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  • LADY BIRD AND LYNDA JOHNSON REPORT ON THEIR WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH ON LADY BIRD SPECIAL; LBJ READS UNFAVORABLE COLUMN ABOUT WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN, ASKS ABOUT HECKLERS, SIZE OF CROWDS, LUCI JOHNSON
  • LBJ'S APPEARANCE AT DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA; CELEBRATION IN PANNA MARIA, TEXAS; CONNALLY DISCUSSES JAMES BATES' ACCUSATIONS ABOUT IMPROPRIETIES IN LBJ STATE PARK LAND ACQUISITION, PRESTON SMITH'S OPPOSITION TO WAGGONER CARR; LBJ READS PROPOSED
  • TIMING OF BEGINNING OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS AFTER BOMBING HALT BEGINS; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO CONSULT WITH CREIGHTON ABRAMS, READS CABLE FROM ABRAMS AND ELLSWORTH BUNKER, ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON BRIEFING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
  • 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
  • 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
  • 0:00-0:10 contains last segment of September 21, 1968, audio diary; 4:08, transcript should read "Voltaire's Candide." There are several missing and wrong words in the transcript.
  • Bird & LBJ discuss statement; Lady Bird visits with guests before going to Capitol for State of the Union message; teleprompter malfunctions; LBJ does not read the "I will not run" statement; visit in Speaker's office; buffet dinner at White House