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  • on th e ir T V ." So the afternoon fo r Lyndon was State of the N ation, night reading*, and then telephone c a lls, and a b it of a nap. And then we asked the B ill W hites, only re c e n tly back from R om e, the V alentis, M arianne M eans and f h
  • ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se. We had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
  • LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird spent night at Pierre; Lady Bird reads about last night's party; invitations to State of the Union speech; Lady Bird back to White House; LBJ practices speech & rests; separate cars to Capitol; Lyn Nugent
  • ed v e r y happy and c a r e fr e e . ' ■ " ■ 1 w a s w ea rin g m y iv o r y ch iffon by Stavrop olous. Jean L o u is cam e ■A and gave m e a v e r y fa n cy up h a ir -d o , and I w as read y by 7:15 to have r ‘ 'v' ■ ■ ■ ■. - ' .V rf
  • d slaw a n d hot hom em ade b read . A nd th e n a n g e l food cak e a n d h o m e m a d e p e a c h i c e c r e a m , a n d a w o n d e rfu l c h o c o la te cak e th a t M a ria lle n h ad b ro u g h t w ith L y n d o n 's b ra n d on i t
  • activity; LBJ has fever; Dean Rusk conveys well wishes from UN envoys; Lady Bird reads telegrams to LBJ; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; LBJ to sleep; Lady Bird watches Gunsmoke
  • Snow in Washington; reading and editing Ruth Montgomery's book; decorating Lynda's and Luci's rooms; meeting with Dick Adler about entertainment for Italian state dinner; briefing by Frank Meloy on Italy; LBJ's late for dinner because of Cabinet
  • Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
  • Lady Bird to LBJ's hospital room; vote on Highway Beautification Bill; Luci Johnson reads LBJ a poem and a prayer while LBJ kneels; LBJ to surgery;--removed gall bladder and kidney stone; Lady Bird talks to family and Billy Graham; LBJ returns from
  • 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.
  • is moving slowly; Lyn Nugent follows Lucia Jane around giving her hugs & plays on Lucinda Robb's baby buggy; Christmas buffet dinner; Johnson family speaks with Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent, together in Vietnam; Lady Bird reads "Reflections" by Helen Hayes