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1965
. SUNDAY. APRIL 18
E a s te r Sunday, A p r il 18.
str e a m in g in ,
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Unhappily I aw oke ea r ly w ith th e sun
I had slep t in th e little back room b eca u se Lyndon s le e p s
so litt le th e s e nights
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the man m y l i f e ,
I s l ipped off a fte r a wh ile and got about 30 m in u tes in the sun,
E lo is e
and H om er T h o rn b e rry , they and th e ir th ree c h ild ren drove by - I m ean
fro m E l P a s o on the way into A u stin ,
of T e x
- d e v e r y b o d y .
Sun is h is n a tu r a l b e n e fa c to r , and Lyndon lo o k e d r e a s s u r in g ly
b r o w n a n d h e a lth y .
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MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
W ASHINOTON
T h u r sd a y , O cto b er 14,. 1965
Page 3
I le f t
- m e .
And then in the e a r ly m orn in g sun, w e w ent out
b y the pool - - Lyndon in the h am m ock .
I sa t b e s id e him and m ade
plans - - a p o s s ib le m e e tin g of th ose p eop le who cou ld do som eth in g
about a cq u irin g
- r e , it w as a b righ t, c le a r day, of
sp a rk lin g sun .
We b egan by going to S t. M arks to church, w ith L u ci
and C o n g ressm a n T h o rn b erry.
T h ere w as a lin e in B ill B a x t e r 's serm o n
so m eth in g about how e v e r
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the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- , a little c o n c e rn e d th a t it
I d o n 't w a n t a n y b o d y to know a b o u t t h e m . "
h e r e i s th e b l a c k b e a s t of d e p r e s s i o n b a c k i n o u r l i v e s .
F r i d a y , S a t u r d a y , Sun d a y , M o n d a y h a d go
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y - ' - . THE WHITE HOUSE
S u n d ay, M a r c h 6, 1966
WASHINGTON
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A nd n ow , L yndon h ad gone out to g e t the la s t sun w ith A .
K r im s , and D ia n a .
h o u se.
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a n d the
A nd I, h u ngry fo r e x e r c i s e , w
- a y s d e t r a c t e d f r o m h is dignity.
A l a r g e w o m a n r u s h e d up a n d p in n e d a w h i te o r c h i d on m e .
The
p r i e s t 's s i s t e r gave m e a h an d m ad e sun bonnet - - blue and w hite ch eck ed .
A l l th e l i t t
- HOUSE
WASHINOTOH
Sun day, Ju ly 23,
coyote.
1967
Page 7
T h e y o u n g c i t y g i r l w a s l i s t e n i n g to i t w h i l e s h e w a s b e i n g
c o u r t e d b y the d e t e r m i n e d young f a r m e r - - " s o d b u s t e r " th e y c
- , w hen Lyndon and I had ,
h ea rd o f the R u ssia n s' f ir s t sh a tterin g trip in s p a c e .
; O nce m o r e , Lyndon u se d th is ch an ce for a p e a c e o ffe n s iv e .
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" F ro m that p e r s p e c tiv e , w h ere the sun sh in es in a ll
- h e r in a s o r t of sun p o r c h r o o m f o r us
to m a k e p u r c h a s e s f r o m , an d a b o u t 6:40 w ith A m b a s s a d o r and M r s .
B e l l we le f t f o r the P a l a c e on top of th e h ill. T he band w as p la y in g
th e S t
- and th er e w o u ld be a m a n r id in g shotgu n - - w h ic h the G o v e rn o r
e x p la in e d to m e^"on top".
c a lic o and sun b o n n e ts .
And th ere w e r e s e v e r a l o ld e r la d ie s in q u ite a u th e n tic
A nd a ll the tim e th ere
