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- 1964
Sat urday, July 25~
Was an easy and pleasant day.
About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's
office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press
conference.
Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
- Press relations
- Informal press conference in LBJ's office; Goldwater calls LBJ "the biggest faker of all time"; LBJ walks ground with press; lunch with Senator Richard Russell; visit from Alabama relatives who tell about public accommodations; dinner with friends
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- ; press party; reminiscences about Brick House, the store and childhood
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- Election day; Lady Bird is suffering jet lag; Johnsons arrive at polls before officials; Lady Bird mentions the busy fall at the LBJ Ranch landing strip; Johnsons and guests drive around ranches; LBJ meets with press; Lady Bird takes nap; dinner
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- Bill Moyers gives briefing on LBJ's health; Lady Bird sends telegram for President Eisenhower's birthday; Johnsons spend few hours in quiet, sunny room overlooking countryside; press were allowed to take photographs; Lady Bird goes to Great Falls
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- Roanoke Island; Lady Bird sees childhood friend, Emily Crow Selden, from St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Press Reports about LBJ's fast driving at the LBJ Ranch
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- John Gronouski sworn as Ambassador to Poland and Larry O'Brien as Postmaster General; press invited into LBJ ranch house for tour; swearing-in ceremony at Hye Post Office; story of LBJ jumping in cotton at gin and playing baseball; LBJ mailed first
- Batt of the A R A ; Howard B irch with
the F arm ers Home A dm inistration, and P eter Jones with the Department of
C om m erce, who had prepared m e b y giving me Night Comes to the Cum ber~
lands by Caudel, to read; and some 34 press,
Helen Thomas
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- Lady Bird trip to Kentucky; press; Lady Bird meets Gov. & Mrs. Breathitt; 8-hour tour by motorcade; Lady Bird halts car to shake hands with schoolchildren; Lady Bird walks to Arthur Robertson home & Lick Branch School; reminiscences about Fern
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- ; meeting with curator, dictation & bowling; Lady Bird describes Christmas decorations; Christmas party for 611 press women; Lynda jokes about recent press story; Lady Bird mentions guests and reminisces; gift related to Lady Bird's trips; music; dinner
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- LBJ's 58th birthday; cookies & coffee for press who are invited into the house; LBJ reminisces about his life; Johnsons & guests drive through the ranches; Lady Bird describes flora and fauna; guests are invited to dinner party; Lady Bird describes
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- Lady Bird cannot sleep; Johnson Administration officials fly in and out on ranch landing strip; LBJ has staff meeting; lunch; LBJ and Robert McNamara have press conference; Lady Bird works on furnishings for guest houses and hangar; staff depart
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- LBJ has bad cold; Lady Bird records diary; desk work; LBJ Library meeting; documentary on Johnson Administration; Lady Bird reminisces about Lynda Robb's bassinet; LBJ & Lady Bird greet Lynda & her baby; LBJ & Lady Bird walk in Rose Garden; press
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- Johnsons' 33rd wedding anniversary; Lady Bird has medical appointment; office work; LBJ has televised press conference; Lady Bird works with Lynda Johnson on wedding plans; lunch; Lady Bird has dress fitting with Adele Simpson; Lynda Johnson & Chuck
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- Johnson family and friends to St. Barnabas Church; press corps is invited in for refreshments; LBJ's plane takes Cantinflas and his sick wife to Temple to hospital; lunch with Senator and Mrs. Paul Douglas; Senator Douglas reminisces about 1960
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- LBJ on phone with McGeorge Bundy about foreign problems; LBJ meets with Dale Malechek about LBJ Ranch; lunch with staff, helicopter to Bergstrom and flight to DC; LBJ talks with press pool about Vietnam; Foreign Aid Bill; stop in Columbia, SC
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- Lady Bird to St. Barnabas Church with Dorothy Territo & Simone Poulaine; flight to meet Liz Carpenter and female press at Jefferson, TX; small crowds at Marshall airport and downtown; Lady Bird tours Excelsior Hotel; lunch at Guarding Oak & Ruth
- relaxation, and talking with
the press people, with F ra n ces L ew ine and H elen Thom as, whom I had named
Gemini, the twins, as w e w e re coming down.
fro m T i m e the L ife man, who’s
Nan Robertson and Jean (somebody)
having a difficult time
doing
- ; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird gives short speech; reception for Alabama women officials; presentation of watercolor to Lady Bird; relaxing on the plane with press; dinner with LBJ at Marshall McNeil's; news coverage of Huntsville trip
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- Lynda Johnson & Luci Nugent's family at White House; Lady Bird has hair styled; family photos in Yellow Room; family outside for press photos; Luci gives press conference; Lady Bird works on Henry Branden's script; Lady Bird & Ashton keep LBJ
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- Lyn Nugent's first birthday; LBJ & Lady Bird have breakfast; desk work; Lady Bird swims 30 laps; Lady Bird to Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty meeting; press conference & photos with Lyn Nugent in the Rose Garden; visit with Andre Meyer
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- of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
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- is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom
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- to press; Lady Bird accidentally opens door for reporters' room; Lady Bird meets Nancy Negley at LBJ Ranch to hang pictures & arrange furniture; lunch; to Lewis Ranch; hair done in Austin; visit with Luci & baby; Lady Bird has dinner with classmate
- ; Sargent Shriver on "Meet the Press;" Johnsons call Shriver; discussion about Vietnam; Lady Bird reads newspapers; Johnsons & guests to bowling alley; call to Luci Johnson Nugent; dinner; LBJ falls asleep during movie; bridge game; Commander Jones' girls
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- to hospital; Lady Bird tries to contact Chuck Robb in Vietnam; Lady Bird calls Chuck's parents; Lynda Robb gives birth to baby girl; Lady Bird calls General Lewis Walt to get message to Chuck; LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci hand out cigars & candy to press
- Christening at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church for Luci Nugent's baby; Lynda Johnson is proxy Godmother; lunch; to funeral of Mrs. Wright Patman in Texarkana; visit with Gordon Fulcher; to Karnack with press; helicopter lands at Dorris Powell's
- is p r e tty y o u n g w ife a n d
gentle Larry Temple with Lu Ann, and young Bill Blackburn,
and Lyndon's Press Secretary George Christian, whom I never
s e e a n y m o r e w ith o u t th in k in g o f th a t lu d ic r o u s n ic k n a m e
h e h a s r
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