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- o u t V e r n a ,
a n d S e n a to r a n d M r s . K a r l M undt.
d e c lin e d .
I o b s e r v e d th a t the R o b e r t K en n ed y s
M r s . K ennedy is aw ay .
T h e r e w e r e tw o G o v e r n o rs : R ic h a r d H ughes of New J e r s e
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CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON
WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES
December 31, 1968
Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold.
headline for the world.
An ominous
With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the
U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
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and spicy.
She was accompanied by a phalanx of relatives, the Burton
Bosseys, Alexander, a grandson, and Antoni Shoumatoff, a granddaughter,
and her son, Nicholas and his wife.
I t was a good day for cupid with
Betty Beale there and her new fiance, whom
- a p p o i n t e e s
1 5 8 women a p p o i n t e e s .:
the E ast
front
January
about
row r i g h t
eight new women just
a p p o in t e d who
p JU. '
were to be sworn i n .
affair,
Including
That
was the
C a t h e rin e W h i te,
d e s i
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
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WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 12, 1968
in v i s i t o r s ' s e r v i c e .
Page 3
And M r . W est who told ab o u t th e c l o s e t s b y
H a m m a c h e r Schlemm e r and the new r u g in the S tate D
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days.
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n
We t a l k e d a b o u t ^ i s t i c a , and the f ir s t p la ce I e v e r saw
C
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that odd G reek w ord,^ a new c ity a r isin g in the d e s e r t /^ o m e 15 or ZO
m ile s from K arach i, w h ere the sc ie n c e of how
- s w h i l e M a r i l y n w a l k e d u p a n d
down b e s id e m e r e la y in g q u e s tio n s and new s a n d m e giving h e r a n s w e r s
u ntil I finally said,
thrilled.
" W h y d o n 't you g et in a n d s w im ?"
S he w a s s o
It a l w
- draws a crowd; Lady Bird has tea for Mrs. Alexandros Matsas, wife of departing Greek ambassador; tea & tours for five new ambassadors' wives; discussion about Shah of Iran; LBJ greets group; John Macy meeting about Fine Arts Commission; bowling
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Broadway play; m y own m in ister B ill Baxter and his pretty young wife,
from St. M arks; M argaret Truman Daniel and her husband Clifton Daniel
o f the New Y ork T im e s; Abe F ortas and Woody and Mary Ellen Woodward.
This is the firs t time w
- a r ily n , s to p p in g
to c a l l J o h n G o n e lla a t h o m e and c o n g r a tu l a t e h im on the new
b a b y b o r n l a s t n ig h t.
w o uld b e a g i r l .
We h ad so h o ped it
And J u a n it a a b o u t th e L i b r a r y .
R eedy
- e in th e L B J L i b r a r y .
I know
h o w m u c h e p h e m e r a l w e a r e l e t t i n g p a s s b y - - a l l th e l i t t l e c l i p s o f m e
on new s show s fro m
C a l i f o r n i a to M a in e .
E a c h of the t r i p s h a s b e e n
- Lady Bird swims; LBJ has growths on hands & heel, possibly cancer; Lady Bird has coffee for Ambassadors' wives; office work; lunch with Lynda Johnson to discuss wedding; Lady Bird meets WMAL group to receive film of her New England trip; Lady Bird
- a y , J u n e 9, 1967
P a g e 10
We a r r i v e d a t th e B u r l i n g t o n A i r p o r t .
It w a s in th e m i d d l e 8 0 s.
A n d m y b r o w n c o t t o n s u i t - - the new one b y A d e le S im p s o n w ith th e w h ite
b l o u s e a n
- New England
- ; flight to Burlington, Vermont; Lady Bird rides sky lift to Mount Mansfield; visit with Erich Leinsdorf who left Middle East before conflict; dinner at Spruce House; speeches by three Governors from Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine; musical entertainment
- New England
- n d s as D orothy V redenburg
B u sh , L ibby R ow e, and K atie L ou ch h eim , and proud new a d d itio n s.
T h ere
w a s D r . M ary B unting of the A to m ic E n erg y C o m m issio n and p r e tty
V ir g in ia M ay B row n o f the ICC, th e
- LBJ gives commencement address at Glassboro, New York; Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird to booksellers' convention; welcoming ceremony for President & Mrs. Trejos, Costa Rica; Lady Bird names houseguests; Lady Bird to hair salon
- Johnsons are awakened by telephone; Lady Bird goes to her room & has nightmares; Lady Bird reminisces about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Lady Bird is leaving on Friday for New England trip; Luci Nugent's baby due soon; drive through Washington, DC
- Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam
- e n s a i d o n e tim e
th e c o u r t in New J e r s e y h a n d e d dow n a d e c is io n
w h e r e a n o ld la d y in h e r w ill h a d le f t a b e q u e s t to B illy S u n d a y b u t s h e r e a l l y
m e a n t B illy G r a h a m — a n d th
- for Arthur Goldberg & George Ball; news stories about LBJ-Goldberg rift; LBJ makes speech; Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in George Ball; Ball gives speech; Eve Labouisse talks about Greece; dinner guests; Lady Bird visits with Luci Nugent
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
