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Telephone conversation # 8120, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES WEBB, 6/10/1965, 9:25PM (Item)
  • "(RE ASTRONAUTS NOT COMING TO RANCH REPORT PUT OUT BY NASA OFFICIAL JULIUS SCHEER)"; LBJ ON HOLD 2:15; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK AND CHARLOTTE BROOKS AT BEGINNING OF CALL
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO PRESS REPORTS QUOTING NASA OFFICIAL JULIAN SCHEER THAT ASTRONAUTS WILL NOT GO TO LBJ RANCH FOLLOWING LBJ'S UPCOMING VISIT TO HOUSTON SPACE CENTER; POSSIBLE FUTURE WH VISIT BY ASTRONAUTS; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 2082, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 2/14/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • BROWN ASKS LBJ TO ADDRESS BUSINESS GROUP IN NYC; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; POLLS; CUBA; VIETNAM; NEW PANAMA CANAL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION & KERR-MCGEE; NASA; RALPH YARBOROUGH; JOHN CONNALLY; DON YARBOROUGH; JOE KILGORE; JIM WRIGHT; ALLAN SHIVERS
Telephone conversation # 4344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO NASA POSITION; PRESS REACTION TO REUTERS NEWS STORY ON INCREASE IN US ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM; AMBASSADOR LEONARD UNGER'S OPPOSITION TO OPERATION IN PANHANDLE OF LAOS
Telephone conversation # 8511, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/6/1965, 1:47PM (Item)
  • TRANSFER OF SST FROM FAA TO DOD OR NASA; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR; STENNIS' CRITICISM OF EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO REPORT HOURS HE SPENDS
Telephone conversation # 10113, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES WEBB, 5/10/1966, 11:25PM (Item)
  • WEBB DISCUSSES CUTS IN SPACE FUNDING AND RESULTING PROBLEMS IN MEETING SPACE GOALS; SATURN ROCKET TESTS; LBJ DISCUSSES OVERRUNS IN DEFENSE AND SPACE BUDGETS, SUGGESTS WEBB DELAY SOME PAYMENTS; WEBB'S CONCERNS ABOUT NASA JOB CUTS; LBJ'S COMMITMENT
Telephone conversation # 11632, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES WEBB, 3/10/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • WEBB DISCUSSES WALTER MONDALE'S QUESTIONS AT SENATE HEARINGS ON APOLLO FIRE; NASA OFFICIALS' HEALTH PROBLEMS; LBJ SUGGESTS WEBB CONTACT HHH; CONSULAR CONVENTION; NYT OPPOSITION TO SPACE PROGRAM; JOHN GLENN AS POSSIBLE HEAD OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/24/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird desk work at the White House; decorating Luci's and Lynda's rooms; meeting with Lillian Levy and Liz Carpenter about proposed visit to space facilities; LBJ's early involvement in space; women on payroll at NASA facilities; civil rights
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • down, and then cam e Lyndon, look in g not a t a ll lik e a m an who had le f t W ashington y e ste r d a y aftern oon , flow n to H ouston and in sp e c te d a xojartr-space flig h t c e n te r , m aking a sp eech to the NASA e m p lo y e e s
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/23/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird has breakfast & hair styled; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb fly to Cape Kennedy; tours of facility, lunch and briefing by Apollo 8 astronaut; competition for space facility between Florida & Texas; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird's