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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
- n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too.
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M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the
d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o
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- LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United
- Chicago, Illinois
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T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th
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W as lik e a cam p aign d ay.
I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day
s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n .
We ch o se New J e r s e y
b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
- New Jersey
- Lady Bird visits Project Head Start in Newark and Lambertville, New Jersey; airplane filled with press; press conference in the classroom; Lady Bird to Governor's mansion; Lady Bird makes speech in Morven; Lady Bird is interviewed on plane by Los
- New Jersey
- ay 9» 1964
P a ge 3
Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the
dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r .
The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity.
fie ld , w ith
- New York
- New York
- of flo w ers.
And then I went upstairs fo r the nagging troubles of the day, that is,
to listen to a tape of a news conference which two Republican C ongres smen
had had, a fter they had made a v is it to m y tenants in Autauga County, c a r r y ing
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f r i e n d , S e c r e t a r y U d a l l , M i s s S y l v i a P o r t e r , th e G o o d w i n s , a nd h e l i c o p t e r e d
o v e r to S a n M a r c o s to a t t e n d th e I n a u g u r a t i o n of t h e new P r e s i d e n t of the
C
- T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1
T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til
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i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n
o b s ta c le , a m o u n
- of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
- it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m .
T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e
O pera in d eed has a new fa c e .
N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T
HOPE and to r e c e iv e
- then, the only p o s s ib le new a s p e c t o f the speech
w a s som e s ta tis tic s on how our cou n try is turning into an urban s o c ie ty ;
that the annual g ro w th o f the m a j o r c it ie s in this co u n try is 8% g r e a t e r than
the gro w th
- -Cleveland Hotel for speech at YWCA convention; Lady Bird refers to "War on Poverty"; reception for Cleveland women-doers; back to D.C. via car; dinner at a Howard Johnson's; LBJ to New York
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of j u s t c a llin g fo r th f r o m h i m s e l f and f r o m e v e r y o n e a r o u n d h im the
l a s t o u n ce of s tr e n g t h .
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
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- my l i f e ' s b lo o d f o r a l l th e h o u r s
we h a v e sp e n t t h e s e l a s t two m onths in p la n n in g ,
p a in t in g and d e c o r a t in g th em .
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- a b o u t t h e New Y e a r , ,
p a r t ies t h a t t h e y h a d f o r a b o u t t w e l v e y e a r s i n a ro w
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d i d a s k i t a b o u t W a sh in g to n l i f e .
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- and Hartman ranches; Hartman House - LBJ's "own poverty project;" LBJ talks to Mr. Hartman about birth control pills; Lady Bird calls Mary Lasker about New York benefit dinner
- watches home movies; small dinner party; architect chosen for LBJ Library; Poverty programs; photographs by Okamoto; talk with Luci Johnson; Pope's visit to New York; upcoming State of the Union
- a l c i t i e s , b u t nobody h a s e v e r c a l l e d f o r a
n a ti o n w i d e b e a u t i f i c a t i o n p ro g ra m . She showed me th e
her
p i c t u r e s o f h e r g i f t t o th e c i t y o f New Y ork, t h e
t u l i p s and j o n q u i l s
- ra n to n , lo o k in g v e r y p a tr ic ia n and
c a p a b le on th e f r o n t ro w , M r s . H e w le tt S m ith o f W e s t V ir g in ia .
th e n M r s . Jo h n K ing o f New H a m p s h ir e .
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- at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt
- to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests
- as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions
to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand
C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined.
T h ere a r e now 163
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- to ld th e s to r y of a b o u t how S te v e n so n h a d co m e to h im a n d
to ld h im h e w a s th in k in g of ru n n in g fo r the S en ate in New Y o rk S ta t e .
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w a s in th e s p r in g of ' 64, a n d w h at d id L yndon th in k a b o u
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