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  • g day going over the p lan s for the new ; ' ad d ition feg -tha fine tooth com b - - d ecid ing m y bedroom w indow s on the ■ n o rth m u st sin k further for v iew and pr o p o r tio n , ■ although I’d g iv e up another ’ b o o k sh e lf
  • Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer
  • . And then there was Lynda B ir d in New Y o r k to talk to. She'd been to see " B a r e fo o t in the P a r k " the night b e fo r e , and the night b e fo re that she»d seen " H e llo Doll y " , and she sounded like she'd been having a m a rvelo u s tim e
  • Lady Bird sleeps in; meeting with Eleanor Lemair about changes to Solarium; meeting head of Florists Association about Lady Bird delivering Easter flowers; Lynda Johnson in New York City; LBJ and Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch; dinner at Ranch with Jesse
  • THURSDAY, JU LY 2, 1964 - page 1 T h u r s d a y , J u ly 2nd, L u c i 's 17th b i r t h d a y . S e v e n te e n th w as a v e r y s p e c i a l y e a r w ith m e - - th e y e a r w h e n I b e g a n f a llin g in lov e w ith s o m e b o d y new e
  • in g . :‘ \ '1 ■ « !« ^ J a n u a r y 3 ; 1967 - - p a g e 2 I b a c k f o r l u n c h ,. and th e n I sp e n t the a fte rn o o n w ith R o y . ^ ■-iwr, w ew alk e d o ve r t h e o u tlin e o f M r . K l e in 's new shop w ith h im ; j F
  • ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d . It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I have m et b efo re. And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
  • Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
  • c h w a s p a in te d , had a. new flo o r , c le a n and b r ig h t i n s i d e , o n ly , a la s , w ith c o lo r e d w in d o w s th a t w ou ld h a v e b e e n b e t t e r l e f t c le a r . . L yn d on w a s in an e x u b e r a n t m o o d . l
  • e r s a n d h ad t r a v e l e d in a c o v e r e d w a g o n ,^ to i t s p r e s e n t site ^ - ^ n d i s s t i l l p ro d u c in g grapes! Our new m i n i s t e r , the R e v e r e n d J . W. L a n g f o r d , f r o m C a n a d a , i s ab o u t th
  • LBJ and Lady Bird to St. Barnabas Church; new minister is Rev. J. W. Langford; to Lewis Place with Jesse Kellam and Marianne Means; brunch at LBJ Ranch; visit from John and Nellie Connally; mention of progress of John Connally's right hand; Lady
  • and s ta ff to jo in A . W . and lo o k a t a new r a n c h th a t i s fo r s a l e . h im ! A lm o s t a n a d d ic tio n w ith A nd I w a s to jo in h im - - I p r o m is e d , I hop ed - - a t 1 :3 0 . So M r . B o w e n and P a t and I d r o v e
  • our boat had sunk right a fte r we had le ft January 2nd or 3rd or 4th, we set out boat riding in two boats, one that had been lent to Lyndon a fter ours had sunk, and the oth er A. W. ‘ s, equipped with brand new m o tors, which made it stand up on i
  • r a i l s i l v e r s ic k le of a new m o o n a n d the b r e e z e on the to p d e c k w a s v e r y w e lc o m e , I s e t t l e d down f i r s t f o r a long d i s c u s s io n w ith A lan B oyd a b o u t the freew ay c o n t r o v e r s y in San
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests
  • . / th a t v e r y o ften g re w in c lu m p s c lo s e by. I m a d e a n o te to w r ite th e h e a d of th e hig h w ay d e p a rtm e n t in New MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE ( WASHINGTON S e p te m b e r 23, 1966 - - p ag e 5 M ex ic o to t e l
  • New Mexico
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • a l y e a r, w it h L y n d o n 's b le s s in g . M u c h o f th e in c r e a s e i s c a u se d b y new e d u c a tio n a id m e a s u r e s p u sh e d t h ro u g h th e C o n g r e s s t h i s y e a r and s o e a r n e s t ly urged b y L y n d o
  • to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y . W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t . A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
  • e N o b o d y w o u ld b e l i e v e i t . T h ird , K T B C 's p la n e, T h e c o m f o r t o f h a v in g a p riv a te , d isc ree t,m odeoftravell e a v i n g a t th e h o u r w e w a n t e d , c o u ld b e q u ite w ip e d o u t b y new
  • New York
  • Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
  • Carlyle Hotel, New York City
  • V MEMORANDUk . THE WHITE HOUSE WA8HINOTON M onday, M a rc h 1, 1965 T h e new m o n th b e g a n a t th e R a n c h , w ith a g r e y sk y . vl £ o u ^} w ith Jew el an d D a le . I d ro v e a ro u n d We lo o k e d a t th a t o ld C a lic h
  • d and b e a u tifu l, w a s fu ll o f ta lk abou t t h e ir new h o m e . I h av e m is s e d h er and M a x e x c e p t fo r ^ b ig g a th e r in g s fo r s e v e r a l y e a r s and it w a s fun to h a v e a q u iet e v e n in g w ith th e m . ■^
  • e r in g . A nd a t r i o of s o u th e r ners - - G o v e rn o r R o b e r t M c N a ir of S outh C a r o lin a , new 0 I b e lie v e ,: a n d M il l s G odw in o f Vir g in ia --^he h a d rid d e n o n th e t r a i n w ith m e in ‘65. A nd D
  • 01:01 - should be '64, not '65; 03:58 - marble from "New" Mexico, not Mexico; 03:30 to end of tape is very fast and Lady Bird sounds like chipmunk
  • a r s . A new s e rv a n t - - a C h in a m a n . L y n d o n h a d a r r a n g e d to h i r e h im in S an S a l v a d o r w ith o u t e v e r l a y i n g e y e s on h i m , k n o w in g t h a t h e s p o k e no E n g l i s h a n d a l i t t l e S p
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to St. Francis Xavier Church; LBJ gives Lady Bird & Jesse Kellam khaki ranch clothes; ranch guests are the Bob Hardestys & Harry Middletons; LBJ hires a new servant, Mr. Wong; Johnsons & guests ride through the Danz & Martin Ranches
  • u p e rb c o r n b r e a d , and L y n d o n . a te s e n s ib ly . J$ th e lo n g New Y e a r 's v a c a tio n w a s a tim e of the b r id g e to u rn a m e n t, th is w e e k e n d i s the tim e of m o v ie s . L a s t n ig h t, i t w a s
  • e d ! \ N e v e r w ill ; T h e S e c r e t S e r v ic e p ic k e d u s up w ith a c a r , a n d w e d r o v e up p a s t the c e m e t e r y to s e e the h a n d s o m e new hurir tgow o n g ate M r . W e i g l h a s m a d e u s to m a t c h
  • LBJ and Lady Bird have breakfast and go for walk; new wrought iron gate at family cemetery; meeting about landscape design for ranch; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and others; LBJ's weight loss; renovation of Johnson home in Johnson City; Lady Bird
  • , reteim a, redbud - - I h ave a lw a y s w anted a long allel^ o f b loom in g t r e e s , but don’t have the eye to know w h e re th e y shou ld b e . , 1 - ': w en t to the b ir th p la ce h o u se . It sounds s o p om p ou s. I m u st find a new n
  • t L iz re m in d e d u s a t l e a s t t h r e e tim e s to c o n v e n e a ro u n d the TV s e t a n d w a tc h L yndon on h is n ew s c o n f e re n c e . T h e r e w e re th r e e m a in p ie c e s of n ew s - - the a p p o in tm e n t of a new U
  • v e r n o r H u g h es of New J e r s e y c o u ld n ’t b r in g t h a t w o n d e r fu l jo lly M r s , H u g h e s , w ho w a s te n d in g one o f t h e i r eig h t o r nine c h i ld r e n . , T h e r e a r e so m a n y young a n d h a n d s o m
  • a good c o m p a n io n L iz O dom i s ! re m in is c e d about v ario u s tr ip s . We We h ad a d r i n k in r o u t e , a n d th e n w h e n w e la n d e d J e s s e m leaKj o i n e d us and t h e D e a th e s a n d w e w e n t to a new S p a n ish
  • tu r e s who w a s k illin g a l l of h i's l i t t l e k i d s - new b o r n g o a ts — a n d a b o u t a r e t u r n of w o lv e s who had n o t b e e n s e e n in t h e s e p a r t s f o r m a n y y e a r s u n til th e l a s t t h r e e o r fo u r
  • 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 . th e ro a d And somewh e r e a lo n g go t th e new s from Lynd o n the ah
  • as the day for m y W om en D o e r s lu n ch eon . f' M r s . V in cen t A sto r o f New Y ork w as one of the f ir s t to a r r iv e and bow led m e o v er b y sa y in g that sh e w anted to con trib u te $10, 000 to the b e a u tific a tio n p r o g r a m
  • tes a s far ap art a s C a lifo r n ia and New J e r s e y . E v ery th in g w as fin e , ex cep t b e c a u se of the r a in the night b e fo r e and the m uddy yard th ey couldn't s e r v e — the lo c a l la d ie s cou ld n 't - th e lem o n a d e
  • r th e f u tu r e , an d to n ig h t is f o r s u c c e s s . W e a te q u a n titie s of f r i e d f is h , w a tc h e d th e new s on TV , e v e r y b o d y 's v e r s i o n o f th e s te e l s tr i k e s e ttle m e n t, a n d th e n r e t u r n e
  • a m e o v e r about 1840 fr o m G e rm a n y , and sh e w a s t e llin g about how h a rd h e r fa th e r ^ w o r k e d in th is new p io n e e r la n d . T h e r e w a s a p o e m about it . And th en sh e w a s a ls o t e llin g abou t how m u ch
  • e w ent on to church s e r v ic e s at the L utheran C hurch. is a m em b er o f. Of c o u r s e , that is what the C h an cellor And th ere w as a cu rio u s blending of the old and the new , the e ld e r ly m in is te r spoke in G erm
  • Church services at St. Barnabas with Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Reston, Lynda and Gerri Whittington; to Johnson City with stories of LBJ's grandparents and Indians; to Austin to see Gov. & Mrs. Connally; to Sen. Ralph Yarborough's for New Year's; flight
  • e lie v e . She had ju st fin ish ed a new s c o n fe r e n c e and the p eo p le in ch a rg e o f the F e s t iv a l w e r e rath er w id e -e y e d at how w e ll sh e had p e r fo r m e d . She w as r e a lly settin g out to m ake th em glad th
  • a n d ta lk e d a n d ta lk e d a b o u t the U n iv e r s ity , i t s d i f f ic u ltie s , i t s f u tu r e , the new A d m i n i s t r a t i o n in o A u s tin , th e in c o m in g G o v e r n o r S m ith, w h a t Jo h n w ould do w ith h is lif e
  • g t h e r e . The p a i n t e d w o o d e n c h a n d e l i e r in the li ttl e s ittin g r o o m h a s gone up, a n d I lik e it v e r y m u c h . I s p e n t the m o r n i n g stuffing a l b u m s a n d b o o k s into the new b o o k c a s e s
  • Lady Bird works with Herbert Wells & Roy White on LBJ Ranch house renovations; Lady Bird fills bookcases and decorates; good news about Nellie Connally's surgery in Houston; John Connally flies to LBJ Ranch for visit & meeting with LBJ; LBJ, John
  • s th e m a s t e r g u e s t r o o m u p s t a ir s and s a v in g th e G ay R o o m fo r th e G o ld b e r g s , p u ttin g th e G r o n o w sk is in th e c h ild r e n 's r o o m a n d th e L a r r y O 'B r ie n s in th e new t r a ile r dow n th e
  • r o f a l l t h i s dram a g av e u s a s i g n a l , and t o g e t h e r M u rie l and I w alk ed o u t t h e d o o r and down t h e g r e a t s t e p s o f th e C a p i to l u n d e r t h e commanding handsom e new ly b u i l t p o r t i c o — f
  • a n d a new s t a r t . • A nd w e h a d a d e lig h tfu l t im e ta lk in g w ith .W alter a n d M arj o r i e about th eir hom e. M a r j o r i e lo v e s i t . I t 's the b e s t h o m e th e y 'v e e v e r MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE
  • n g a new p l a y L a t e r on I g a t h e r e d h e r up an d Te x G o ld - s m i t h , who i s l e a v i n g f o r A s i a n e x t w eek, t o s i t down f o r a q u i e t d r i n k in f r o n t o f t h e f i r e , a n d Dr. E l i z a b e t h