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- and there began a s e r i e s o f telephone ca lls about
something v a s tly m o re important than one man’ s m i s e r y - - a n earthquake
in Alaska,
C olonel C one11 was the f i r s t to re p o r t it to us, and then o ff and on during
the night there w e r e
- Discussion about Big Bend trip; Lady Bird has lunch and swimming with staff wives; Bess Abell tells story about White House telephone operator and Gregory Peck; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird has clothes fitting; Liz Carpenter receives
- Press reports on Johnson family activities; LBJ and Lady Bird drive around; Lynda tours with friend; Luci Johnson takes friends to Camp Mystic; LBJ on telephone about rioters in Los Angeles; Johnsons drive to Schornhorst Ranch; Story about LBJ
- LBJ & George Reedy telephone call about budget and Congress; planning for Beautification meeting; attack in Vietnam; Lady Bird takes dog for walk; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; LBJ & Lady Bird dine with the McGeorge Bundys; George Reedy
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- ; Johnsons take guests on ride around ranches; visit with Cousin Oriole; LBJ and "Beagle;" Lady Bird and LBJ talk on telephone with Luci Johnson;
- and Pat Nugent to swimming pool with guests; lunch on the terrace; naps; Johnsons watch "Meet The Press;" LBJ praises telephone operator; integration at University of Alabama; article about White House renovations
- Luci Nugent's 21st birthday; Lady Bird works on narrative for "Crossing the Trails of Texas" film; 50 magnolia seedlings germinated from tree at The Elms; meeting about Latin American trip; telephone call to Luci; Lady Bird views Harry Truman film
- ; Merriman Smith story about lost appropriation bill; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird has telephone operators for tea; Lady Bird and Lucia Johnson Alexander shop; Johnsons to Martin Ranch; brush burning in Hill Country; family to dinner
- and the photographer were still there.
X: Back at the White House I had a rub, and in the middle of it Lyndon
came in -- close to 10:00.
But that hostile instrument -- the telephone --
summoned him before we could go to the table and it was nearly 11 :00
"\~en
we
- rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins
- Breakfast with LBJ; work on Christmas party; telephone calls about Tony Taylor; lunch with houseguests; Lady Bird reminisces with Alabama cousin & Tony; recording for ABC television show; Simone Poulain is leaving staff; hair salon; LBJ's cold
- Bird reads newspapers; White House telephones; Lady Bird takes nap; guests for dinner and watching Dean Rusk on tv through Telstar; Lady Bird talks with John Macy about LBJ Library and Thomas Mann about Latin America; talks with Lynda Luci Johnson
- Plantings at the LBJ Ranch; plans for the LBJ birthplace home; trees for Johnson City; renovations for the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ portrait by Peter Hurd; George Reedy and Bill Moyers; Lady Bird talks to LBJ on telephone about several topics; Lady Bird
- Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
- ; Lady Bird names guests at State Dinner; exchange of toasts; LBJ & Prime Minister use direct telephone connection to Thailand via COMSAT; entertainment is the U.S. Marine Corps evening parade and a display of fireworks
- 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
- Breakfast with LBJ; telephone calls & office work; arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister & Mrs. Hoveyda of Iran; coffee with the Otis Singletarys; Lady Bird invites Muriel Humphrey to bring grandchildren to White House; clothes fitting; recording