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- conversation.
And before
^the evening was over there was dancing to the piano music of an eighty-one
year old German with a curly white mustache and an alpine cap and a vest
that was covered with medals.
He played a ll the old favorites lik e
"Carolina
- ; Lady Bird works while men talk; lunch; telephone calls about LBJ Library, LBJ Park & office business; drive through Reagan Ranch; LBJ eats dinner at Dale Malechek's; Lady Bird exercises & watches Gunsmoke; to Arthur Krim's for New Year's party
- Senator Edward Kennedy's plane crash; Lady Bird calls Rose Kennedy, Birch Bayhs and Mrs. Edward Kennedy; telephone conversation with Lynda Johnson about security problem on her flight; office work; Lady Bird reads; walk around White House
- without self-consciousness and with the so rt o f
enthusiasm that makes you think it is within the reach of Am erica '
today.
.
‘
The net of our hour and a half long conversation, besides a
lot of pleasure for me, was word that he would help on getting
- u r s t made conversation
there was any time
easy.
4 /1 4 / 6 4
Although I c a n 't
say
I made re a l contact with him.
We
sp oke about him h aving p ilo te d the 707 on the way
over.
I approached gingerly the subject of water,
he him self
- birthday party at the Haywood Ranch; Lady Bird has phone conversation with Lynda Johnson in Europe
- Relatives off to Fredericksburg; Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson about her trip to Wyoming; controversy over Luci Johnson's conversion to Catholicism; Lady Bird and guest helicopter to Haywood Ranch; boating, swimming
- Bird mentions guests; topics of conversation are jobs for the handicapped & anti-American sentiment in France; toasts; Lynda Johnson toasts to George Washington; Lady Bird visits; snowing; Lady Bird reads; San Antonio wins cleanest city award
- Hospitals; Lady Bird to Womens' National Democratic Club Reception; pandemonium when LBJ arrives; Hubert & Muriel Humphrey to White House for dinner; LBJ-William Fulbright conversation about Non-Proliferation Treaty; UN position for Humphrey; Lawrence
- ; Johnsons and guests go to Commander John Paul Jones' house to see baby owl; bowling; early dinner; two-hour conversation; confrontation between LBJ and Dean Acheson; Speaker Rayburn's comments about Dean Acheson; donation by Phyllis Dillon
- 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
- r e w a s no co o lin g off p la c e
b e tw e e n h is m in d a n d his tongue.
O n e of t h e t h i n g s I ' v e e n j o y e d m o s t l i v i n g h e r e i n W a s h i n g t o n i n
the W hite H o u se i s
good conversation, interesting a s s e s
- Lady Bird to LBJ's bedroom for coffee, visit with Jack Valenti and watch tv; lunch in Solarium with Lynda Johnson and Charles Robb's family; dessert with LBJ and the Valentis; family conversation about 1968 election & LBJ's decision to run
- meeting; Lady Bird meets with recipient of Jewish Ladies "Lady Bird Johnson" scholarship; Lady Bird is interviewed about bowling by Sports Illustrated reporter; conversations with Dr. Grover about LBJ Library; LBJ & Lady Bird to Mike Monroney's party
- to free circus for 6,000 children; LBJ gives speech at State Department reception; Johnsons greet Prime Minister & Mrs. Egal; exchange of gifts; Lady Bird names guests; conversation about conservation; toasts; Anita Bryant is entertainment
- , it w a s a m u c h lo w e r
key -- w a rm and easy conversation,
our younger days.
r e m in is c e n c e s abo ut B e b e and
And m y ow n k e e n ly e x p r e s s e d r e g r e t that he - - o r
s o it's s a i d - - i s g e t t i n g o u t of p o l
- Arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister & Mrs. Sato of Japan; Lady Bird has coffee for Texas group; Lady Bird has phone conversation with James Symington about Japan and studies Japan information; birthday party for Carol Laise; humorous story about