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  • ■I' 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th . W as lik e a cam p aign d ay. I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n . We ch o se New J e r s e y b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
  • Angeles Times reporter; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule; the Johnsons fly to Texas to LBJ Ranch
  • ork and then at 3:15 had m y picture taken with Martha Hartke, r e c e iv in g a cook book fro m her, hoping that w ill do some good fo r them in their election. And then at 4 o 'c lo c k the day- - a top o ffic e r s . what I thought
  • , v e l v e t c o v e r e d p la tfo r m , on w h ich r e p o s e d m any, m any, lo vely .,'? l^ b o ra te p illo w s , each b e a r in g the coat o f a r m s o f a country, and on the p i l l o w s / m e d a l s , rib b o n s, d e c o ra tio n s r e
  • i r c u m s t a n c e . h eart soars. W h en th e t r u m p e t s b lo w , m y A n d w h e n th e y s t r i k e u p th e S t a r S p a n g le d B a n n e r , I t h in k I s t a n d tw o i n c h e s t a l l e r . T h i s ti m e I w a s e s p e c i
  • a r y without p o rtfo lio, fro m the top . . ^ brass, to say that M cN a m a ra is wielding too heavy a hand, or am I imagining things. A t late lunch tim e i w alked in th e door, just in time to encounter Lyndon and then Huff Baines and his w ife
  • s l i k e so m u c h . m o n e y . ; H e l e n lo o k s a t m e in a w r y w a y w i t h a to u c h o f a l m o s t d i s da in . A n d p a t i e n t B e s s e n c o u r a g e s m e a n d r e m i n d s m e th a t t h e r e w i l l b e th e - s o
  • 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
  • l t h e v e r y d a y I go o u t - - " C a r e s s I n f a n t i n e " . This w o u ld b e f o r the b ig 4 - p o s t e r b e d a n d f o r the curtains^ in c o m b in a ti o n w ith the lo v e ly , c l e a r , yello w b r o c a d e - - soft a n d
  • At 10:33, the time Lady Bird says is "11:30" rather than "11:00"
  • and who I somehow feel most drawn to is Kenny O’Donnell, because I will never forget the way he looked that night in the hospital on November 22nd. After they left, our long-time favorite friends came for dinner. Upstairs, on the second floor, informal