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Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Herald-Tribune for him, which was in great financial difficulty under the Reids in those days, but finally Jock Whitney took it off their hands. But it had been for sale for a long time before Jock Whitney bought it. But Jack Kennedy ,, did not show

Folder, "Whistle Stop [4 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

ticket, so I felt time all ~£fort there Texas Democrats to elect 11 ar~ the Johnson-Humphrey were plenty of others back hor:1e to keep the campaign moving." Bo-:m in Dallas, Texas Technological the colleg yearbook. Kata Butney gi:-aduated

Folder, "Schedules and lists for 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

Clark Glbbou al•& (Dr. Tr•••ll - AMA preaeatatlooa the way) .. Lla Carpeater Advasace team - Tyler Abell, .1.. Moraa. BUl Whitley. (Two advaace time aeeded) •••k• Heary Wilaoc THE LADY BlllD SPECIAL A whletleetop la early October c.weria& 14 •1

Folder, "Whistle Stop [1 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

Ridge 7:35 AM, EST, October 9 If If It Cypress 7:45 AM, EST, Octobe:r:- 9 • (Change to Central Standard Time) If tt If Marianna 7:10 AM, CST, October 9 If tt Cottondale 7:30 AM, CST, October 9 ti If Ar. --GJ;i,ipl9y 7:45 AM, CST, October 9 (5 Minute Stop

Folder, "Whistle Stop [3 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree at Texas Wnman's University, 31, 1964: March "It is a go0d time tn be a womanbecaufe never have there been such "PP"rtunities unlimited for yr,u.,.how much wnmenare doinf to turn hand and brain f,..,r nur nati,..,nal destiny

Reference File, "Whistle Stop -1964 ("Lady Bird Special," 10/6-9)" (Item)

sent this stO('yto my good pal. Al Spivak of UPI. SOIM time ago it is an account of one of L8Js great political trips, New Or1eans.1964 that I never got published.The trip coincided with the famous Lady Bird Special. LB j took the (ace lS$UI head oc,, I

Reference File, "Whistle Stop -1964 ("Lady Bird Special," 10/6-9)" (Item)

sent this stO('yto my good pal. Al Spivak of UPI. SOIM time ago it is an account of one of L8Js great political trips, New Or1eans.1964 that I never got published.The trip coincided with the famous Lady Bird Special. LB j took the (ace lS$UI head oc,, I

Folder, "Background on stops for Whistle Stop [1 of 2]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 12 (Item)

this Mr. Boney went on laying rail south of the Southern crossing. Railway and had almost left Smithfield before catching the Southern Railway watchman out of place; therefore, he (Mr. Boney) laid this crossing during the night. At that time

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Thomasville, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

I ,"f"'- • FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1964 - 5:15 p . m. EST REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B . JOHNSON THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA Mrs. Sanders, the wife of your governor , tells me this is great quail country. I don't have time today

Folder, "Whistle Stop [5 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

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Folder, "Railroad, details for 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

; -.acts Ill 3. Tbe liDe Tilllidlt uata.lOOCIQN delivered. ad 1be ~- 8'1beequntl7 NU 1882-isil ~ L.~ 'fl:~ --"""~···- -. ~ i.-,,i:~ ,.:.~-1. ~ • • time. ... F'lb..rJ;!.~:. of ,&. 000, 000 .. 1,•. 1~t~::rr;:6'U'O_ • ' • -,anted - of tlala

Folder, "Background on stops for Whistle Stop [2 of 2]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 12 (Item)

of their minor league players. Manicipal p.rdens and park.1, and private ga.rdem, rna};e Waycrou an attractive city, with yea.N-ound bloom, the Park and -:t:ree Commusion supen•i5inf an ag~ssive p:ogram of beautification. The Waycross Journal-Herald, only dally

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 10/6/1964" (Item)

on this whole tour of the South, said the time to come to Rocky Mount is the time of the June German. I explained to them that dancing is more in L uci's and Lynda's line than mine. I did most of my dancing in t he days when your leadi ng citizen, Kay Kayser

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Valdosta, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

hope I can come back some leisurely time and try it. This is a campaign visit, but it is also a sentimental journey. From t he time I was six until I was twenty-one, my summertime s were spent in Alabama with side trips to Georgia. Georgia strains run

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

first. So, I am coming to visit some of the states I know best, in many of which I spent summer-times and vacation-times of my childhood. Ten months ago on a dreadful day that shook our country, my husband became your President. Since then he has tried

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Ashland, Virginia (Randolph-Macon College), 10/6/1964" (Item)

Washington's Alexandria, to have been welcomed in tradition rich Fredericksburg, and now to be at Randolph-Macon College whose roots go back to our historic beginnings. You are fortunate young men. You have come on stage at a time when your country needs you

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)

of the Presidency doesn 1t stop day by day, and it is what be must put first . So, I am coming to visit some of the states I know best, in many of which I spent s ummer-times and vacation-times of my childhood. Ten months a g o on a dreadful day that shook our

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Savannah, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

were alive today, I wonder what she would think of my standing up here talking to you. In her day candidates' wives were seen but not heard. But times are changing and I'm happy to have moral support today from Mrs. Sanders, the wife of your Governor

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Waycross, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

much of the Southern countryside. We have come through the hard times when Southern farm people could earn . "''· '• . ....._,.-, ,, ,. ... . an average gross income of only $186 a year to this new time in which Georgia's per capita income exceeds

Folder, "Entertainment - Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

Ian and Sylvia hammer performers reflected time the BELL of folk music, Ian is a graduate he was a fine arts to fight a fare and flying clearly Toronto. style can respond will not return Sylvia, in the popular over Well-educated

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)

of Fredericksburg and nearby c ounties are looking to future needs -- and preparing to meet them in time. - 1 : ( .... . .. ... " I heard with interest of yotr Salem Church Dam Project which will conserve that resource that every Texan appreciates water

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Norfolk, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)

gave my husband his Silve r Star in the South Pacific during World \Wlir II. Just last January, General Mac Arthur said: "If I'd known Lyndon was to become President, I would have looked after his welfare better than I did, but at the time he seemed

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

at the Navy Yard. So the partnership means jobs and a better community to live in. It spells prosperity for Charleston, and at the same time greater economic and defense strength for the whole country. This partnership takes Federal resources. And it takes men

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mobile, Alabama, 10/9/1964" (Item)

to be in that part of the country where, although you might not like all I say, at least you understand the way I say it. From the time I was six years old, summer meant coming back to Alabama. As I think back to my girlhood, I have so many memories filled

Folder, "Whistle Stop [6 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

•• But there is one essential diffe1·ence. In 1960 Jackie Kennedy was more often seen than heard. So too, was Mrs. Richard Nixon. This time· Lady Bird Johnson is going to be seen and he:Fd, break ing significantly with the tradition that the First Lady should just

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Alexandria, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)

and triumphs : 12 Presidents, 15 signe rs of the Constitution, 15 Se cretaries of State from Thomas Jeffe r son t o Dean Rusk. > I . . .. . . .. . ·. . ..... ., ..--" Yet in recent times, we re c ognize the strain in the South from national life

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Greensboro, North Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

the largest enrollment in North Carolina and perhaps in the Southeast. . - l \ . . " ' . ; l fl This accent on education in Greensboro has given the world such men as 0 1Henry and Wilbur Daniel Steel&, four - time winner of the 0 1Henry award

Folder, "Gimmicks - 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

clean. 1M NG is necessary, even on spackled areas. "Lucite" Wall Paint actually fills tiny hairline cracks. o ORS :AY, IKED. You waste no time stirring or thinning. "LUCIT .. D 1£S TOTOUCHin just 30 min utes. It's ready for a second coat, if necessary

Folder, "Whistle Stop [2 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

Mrs. Johnson: Bill "train Brawley, Lindy Boggs, 3 of ·rrwnan's man in the businesa"---did are hard at work on the trip. schedule and time-wise 1) A call Br~·ley it Everyone is good. purpose. It has ehecked out this What is needed

Folder, "Correspondence re Whistle Stop 1964," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

. Johnson. a member of our local chap Division~ will be making her time. If so, she will cer I am also taking the liberty of sending a copy of your letter to Mrs. Geraldine B. English, President of the Tallahassee Chapter, so that she can make ar

Folder, "Whistle Stop Bills," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

remittance the amount of $90.80 to cover. in Your patronage is greatly appreciated and if at any time we can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to call on us." These tickets were furnished to Mr. J. A Hays for use of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Newhart