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 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 Thurmond
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/16/1968 (Monday)
Citation
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/16/1968 (Monday), LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19681216