Oral history transcript, Tom and Betty Weinheimer, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Title:
Oral history transcript, Tom and Betty Weinheimer, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Number of Pages:
48
Description:
How the Weinheimer and Johnson families knew each other; meeting LBJ and Lady Bird; LBJ’s 1954 campaign; the Weinheimers being Democrats; the history of party allegiances in Gillespie County, Texas; the impression LBJ made on local citizens by brining foreign dignitaries to the Ranch, Fredericksburg and Stonewall; press coverage of the small towns around the Ranch; a member of the press falling into a vat of pest prevention solution for goats at the Weinheimer Ranch; the story of LBJ throwing beer cans out the window of his car while driving near the Ranch; LBJ’s drinking , smoking and eating habits; LBJ’s generosity; LBJ giving a bull to the President of Mexico; problem with the land the Johnsons purchased from the Sweeney family for the LBJ National Historic Park; LBJ as a neighbor; LBJ’s impulsiveness and joking nature; LBJ’s views on Vietnam; the Weinheimers being at the Ranch with LBJ during the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago; LBJ’s perfectionism; LBJ’s health after the presidency; the death of Secret Service agent Clarence Knetsch’s daughter; LBJ’s sense of humor; the Weinheimer’s visiting the White House; Betty Weinheimer trying to sell books at the LBJ birthplace; LBJ’s health and mood after the administration; LBJ’s preference for being surrounded by people.
