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- Middleton about bur film project and then around four o'clock
Friday, January 10, 1969
Page 4
into the Lincoln Bedroom for a two hour sittin g with Robert Berks
the sculptor, who is doing my head.
I took a batch of mail in and
signed i t and worked
- with Harry Middleton about film project; Lady Bird sits for sculptor, Robert Berks; visit with Lynda Robb & Luci Nugent during sitting; dinner for Hubert Humphrey and the Cabinet; photos of ladies & LBJ with Cabinet; toasts; papers to LBJ Library
- Act; Lady Bird observes Robert Kennedy; LBJ & Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch
- LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
- would not be a candidate for re -e le c tio n .
desk is a bleak business.
Emptying a
I thought about how the house had looked
when I had v is ite d Mrs. Kennedy five years and two months ago.
could be gripped by the sadness then.
Today I cannot.
I
- , and then w hen e v e r y th in g i s in p la c e in it
it w i l l be turned o v e r to the F e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t,
B obby w a s e a s y , r e la x e d , but he i s an e n ig m a to m e .
M r s , R o s e Kennedy w a s th e r e , a s s lim and p r e
- Women Doers Luncheon with speaker, Jane Jacobs; funny story about Mrs. Charles Marsh; LBJ makes brief appearance; office work; Dorris Powell tells stories about Lady Bird's mother; LBJ & Lady Bird to dinner in New York honoring Jacqueline Kennedy
- at the ranch with P re s id e n t Kennedy.
tie the deer under a tree.
T h o m a s v ille , in fact.
We a ll but had to
And Con gressm an John P ilc h e r , of G eo rg ia -
He and I re m in is c e d about Aeneas A frican u s - and
MEMORANDUM
THE WH I T E
- ; to hair salon; reception in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for Conference on the Status of Women; Lyn Nugent's birthday party; Luci Nugent records sound from party for Pat Nugent in Vietnam; late dinner; special mass for Lyn Nugent at the White House
- Lady Bird to hair salon; Lady Bird to Columbia Island for daffodil plantings; back to White House for photos in the Rose Garden & Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to lunch at the Jockey Club; office work; Lady Bird records diary
- a n ' t h e l p b e l i e v i n g h e l i k e s L y n d o n , to o, t h o u g h
c o m p l e t e l y w ithout th a t m o t h - t o - t h e - f l a m e a ttitu d e th a t so m a n y in te lle c t u a ls
had f o r P r e s i d e n t Kennedy.
B e c a u s e
- Lady Bird to Kennedy Garden to meet Multiple Sclerosis group; Victor Borge's humorous remarks; Lady Bird to lunch at Evelyn Symington's where she tells history of house & describes artwork; conversation about Beautification & Common Market; Lady
- l a r l y a t th o s e f r o m a b r o a d - - a b r i e f h i s t o r y o f Cape
Kennedy.
And th e n c lo s e to noon s a t down on th e s k id t r e p a t C ape K ennedy
w h e r e we w e r e m e t b y D r . and M r s . T h o m a s P a i n e , D r
- Lady Bird has breakfast & hair styled; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb fly to Cape Kennedy; tours of facility, lunch and briefing by Apollo 8 astronaut; competition for space facility between Florida & Texas; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird's
- Lady Bird meets with Jim Webb about Cape Kennedy trip; Lady Bird has coffee with evening guests; Lady Bird works on upcoming speeches; Lady Bird to hair salon and visit with Lynda & Lucinda Robb; National Council on the Arts party; Lady Bird
