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Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • a great relief to have it finally over with. A: But we missed it! We really missed it. We wanted to take another train trip. We loved it. B: Was there serious talk of another trip? A: We ended up with a flying Lady Bird Special, which went to three
  • Mrs. Johnson as first lady; trips into poverty areas; Mrs. Johnson and speeches; Lynda and Luci during the presidency; 1964 campaign and train trip in the South; press on train trip flying Lady Bird Special; Mrs. Johnson's control and self
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in their home while I was in company punishment, and my wife's reactions to the rather summary and, to her, high-handed way he ran his household served to highlight the fact that lady Bird is an unusual person. She never gave the impression of worrying at all
  • ; LBJ’s 1937 campaign for Congress; Claude Wild’s influence on LBJ as his campaign manager; Lady Bird; Fort Worth incident to keep LBJ off the runoff ballot; Abe Fortas’ prepared opposition paper.