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  • - - it mean s a confrontation with that big env e l o pe mar ked "Night Reading . 11 ( \ - 2 ­
  • e v e ry night except th is one night and why did we have to get up and s t a r t ro am in g th is one n ig h t? I 7 / 1 2 / 6 4 - - page 2 So b ack to bed and up ju st in tim e to m ake it to the C h ristia n Church - N ational C ity C h ristia
  • and thv hom e­ mad e b read n1adc m ore news than the sta ti stics of th e prL·ss c o:1f ,,r e;ncc. - l ­ 1964 Saturday , July 1Hth__ (_conlin11ed) Phili p Carter, Hodcling Carler's son , who is no\\' with NEWSWEEK, was th e re, a very hand som1
  • LBJ's presidential campaign; press conference at LBJ Ranch; photos taken of LBJ and Lynda Johnson on horses; LBJ's statement to press about riots; helicopter to Haywood Ranch for boating; BBQ for lunch; Lady Bird reads book and swims; LBJ naps
  • him the appropriate key. Anoth er thing. Driving back from Montgomery to Billingsley one night, somcwht:rc in the neigh­ borhood of Prattville.:, which she says is a hotbed of the White Ci: izcns Council, they had seen a bonfire off the road
  • for the youngest ·ones instead of g.o ing to the ~peech. ­ ·By 11 ;30 Lyndon was· into his night reading. He is captive all the . :J ·1 ~----------------.-~....-:1.:J. \ week nights, a~.d what a_ glorious relief we.ekends are.!
  • e , u n d e r E is e n h o w e r, I th in k . I th o u g h t it w ould ta k e the a tte n tio n , the a c c la im , th e s p o tlig h t, off the D ip lo m a tj a n d th is w a s th e ir night,^ th e ir l a s t n ig h t w ith th e J o h n so n a d m
  • Start children; Johnsons hold Diplomatic Reception; Lady Bird names guests; small dinner party for the Joe Frantzes and Governor & Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads before sleep
  • Room with a daughter, a nephew. and some friends, beginning properly, of course, with the blessing. In the afternoon v:c slept and read. revival. Sundays are our day of A'1
  • Johnsons to National City Christian Church; walk around White House grounds--LBJ invited about 200 tourists from Southwest & Southeast Gates to walk with them; Him and Her beagles entertain group; bowling, nap, reading and television; dinner
  • Breakfast with LBJ; coffee with niece, Becky Alexander; Lady Bird meets Dave LeFevre's parents; sunbathing and mail; reading, swimming and walking with dogs; dinner with LBJ; LBJ's decision to run for Presidency; letters from parents of fallen
  • Personal reading; telephone call with Mary Lasker about items for White House; Philip Bobbit's visit to White House; walk on White House grounds; to "West Side Story" with Lynda Johnson and Philip Bobbit; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Republican Convention
  • wa$ never heard . This is Lynda 1 s first day at work in McG~orgc Du:i
  • Gloomy day; breakfast & reading newspapers; LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; Dean Rusk to testify before Congress; upcoming Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; Johnsons have lunch with the Arthur Krims; walk around South Grounds
  • Visit by Mayor Robert Wagner and sons; LBJ & Lady Bird to memorial service for Senator Clair Engle; lunch; Lady Bird reads "When the Cheering Stopped"; dinner with Anthony Celebrezze, Willard Wirtz, Dick Goodwin and their wives; Robert Wagner
  • LBJ & Lady Bird are at Brooke Army Medical Hospital for tests; doctors find small growth in LBJ's colon; doctors issue press statement; Johnsons helicopter to LBJ Ranch; LBJ meets with Arthur Okun; lunch; Lady Bird to bed and reading; LBJ goes
  • Cyrus Vance, Dick Helms & Dean Rusk fly to LBJ Ranch; Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew arrive by plane; lunch; guests depart; Lady Bird still feeling ill, lies down to read; tours of Danz & Martin Ranches; Marvin & Marion Watson arrive by plane; George
  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
  • , then reads Louis Auchinclass book, Brownstone Front; LBJ meets with foreign policy advisers about Vietnam; Poverty Bill passes; Adlai Stevenson; Arthur Schlesinger book
  • a s t e r n c o u n trie s. And I do not th in k i t is m y im a g in a tio n th a t m a k e s m e s e e in D ean R u s k an a l m o s t i m p i s h tw in k le of th e e y e , a m o r e read y sm ile . And ev e n V i r g in i a , a s L u c i w ould