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  • MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE ( WASHINGTON Sunday, December 10, 1967 Page Sunday, December 10th, was a romantic, off-beat day. I woke' a little before 9:00, asked for all the papers and a big pot of c.o ffee, and leisurely read and ·read
  • Lady Bird reads newspapers about Lynda Johnson Robb's wedding; for several hours, Lady Bird reads the love letters LBJ wrote to her while there were courting in 1934; Lady Bird dresses for Diana MacArthur's party; Lady Bird and Tony & Matianna
  • ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se. We had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
  • Batt of the A R A ; Howard B irch with the F arm ers Home A dm inistration, and P eter Jones with the Department of C om m erce, who had prepared m e b y giving me Night Comes to the Cum ber~ lands by Caudel, to read; and some 34 press, Helen Thomas
  • Creole shrimp, plus party food. The guests left about 11:30, and Lyndon went to night reading, and I to bed with my current book. I was delighted that he had told Herman Jones that he wanted to appoint Bess to the first vacancy on the Committee
  • Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
  • Show; tea with the Bill Livingstons; tea with houseguests; late night due to House vote; 8th Congressional reception; men receive briefing while women have program from Presidential descendants; dinner; Johnsons to Texas; Lady Bird sleeps & reads
  • Si ■paon and Alfred O&to,unt1l theJ were quite old when li~rr1acn diapaon Y1a1teo hie brother and nepbewa 1D Alab&• 1d 1a73. He apent ao ■ e ti ■e a, ■1 t&thera oo•e and while tnere read & oook of ■ y mother•• whioh he enjoyed ao aucb tb&t be wrote
  • to know, as a fem a le p a rticip a n t in a p ictu re s to r y w as what to w e a r . I d ecid ed on m y h ea v y w alking sh o e s from the Grand Tetons and p o ss ib ly som e h ea v y u n d erw ea r. And m y b eig e pants s u it . He sp read out m aps
  • the Saturn rocket. That^plus voluminous m a t e r ia l that L illia n L e v y and Jim Webb had sent m e, gave me heavy reading fo r a long evening, and^I hope/y^better preparation fo r what I see to m o rro w in Hun t s v i lle . I certa in ly wouldn't c
  • ext y ea r or so I want to n ail down som e h isto r y . Then w e had b re a k fa st in the kitchen and read w ith a little pain, a little s a d n e s s , that te m p est that L u ci's c o n v e r sio n to C a th o licism h a s ca u sed . L iz sa id
  • e p t e m b e r and O c t o b e r and November o f 1 9 3 4 , a n d f r o m me t o h im a b o u t t h e same t im e a n d t h e r e were a few f ro m hi m i n s u c c e e d i n g y e a r s on up t o 1 9 4 0 . Though I h a v e n ' t re-read them i n
  • Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Boyhood Home in Johnson City; Lady Bird is recorded reading script; late lunch; Lady Bird records narrative to be used at the LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird has tea for her restoration friends from Fredericksburg, TX; tours
  • ; Sargent Shriver on "Meet the Press;" Johnsons call Shriver; discussion about Vietnam; Lady Bird reads newspapers; Johnsons & guests to bowling alley; call to Luci Johnson Nugent; dinner; LBJ falls asleep during movie; bridge game; Commander Jones' girls
  • nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
  • on LBJ; Gridiron Dinner; Lady Bird gives tour of White House and has dinner with Mrs. Dobie; Lady Bird goes through "Read and File"
  • arrive; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird reads & goes bowling; party for the Bob Jacksons; reminisces about 1934; guests watch "Journey to the Pacific" and "Pancho" Head Start film; Mrs. Jackson's father dies on this day; Lady Bird has massage and goes to bed
  • of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
  • Lady Bird to LBJ's hospital room; vote on Highway Beautification Bill; Luci Johnson reads LBJ a poem and a prayer while LBJ kneels; LBJ to surgery;--removed gall bladder and kidney stone; Lady Bird talks to family and Billy Graham; LBJ returns from
  • Lynda Johnson and goes to hair salon; Johnsons and guests dine with the Connallys at the Governor's mansion; discussions about LBJ Library; Johnsons return to White Housie; Lady Bird reads her diary from 1929-31
  • Lady Bird discusses rugs for White House; Voting Rights Message; seating arrangements at Capitol for speech; LBJ's experiences at Cotulla; Lady Bird reads Cotulla part of speech; response from Democrats vs. Republicans; back to White House to visit
  • Lady Bird has breakfast, packs & says goodbye to Lynda Johnson; flights canceled due to snow; Lady Bird stops at Bergdorf Goodman on way to Pennsylvania train station for trip back to Washington, DC; Lady Bird reads "The Arrangement" on train; Lady
  • to Luci's party at City Tavern in Georgetown; LBJ arrives at the party; LBJ and Lady Bird read Sunday papers until Luci came in
  • Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells