Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry on beach; Lady Bird changes into comfortable clothes for the beach; back to Corpus Christi hotel; rest; hair styled; rioting & looters in Washington, D.C.; LBJ & Lady Bird discuss postponing upcoming dinner; Lady Bird dines on a showboat
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday)
Citation
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday), LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19680408