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b y the b ru tal sla y in g tonight of D r. M artin Luther King.
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- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
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F r i d a y , A p r il 5, 1968
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WASHINOTON
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w ith a h e a v y h e a r t to d a y , b e c a u s e of th e tra g e d y of D r, King*s d e a th .
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- Lady Bird slept little; Lady Bird has coffee with LBJ; they decide Crossing the Trails of Texas trip should continue; Lady Bird alters speeches to include statement about Martin Luther King; to Dulles airport; Washington & foreign correspondents
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down b y the g r a v e y a r d - - no u n f a m i l i a r s ig h t f o r M i s s i s s i p p i a n s , and th e
h o u s e w h e r e L y n d o n w a s b o r n a n d a r o u n d loo king a t the c a t t l e .
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on T u e s d a y n ig h t; a n d th e n fo r th e a f t e r d in n e r e n te r ta in m e n t f o r King O laf
on T h u r s d a y n ig h t.
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is a d o ra b le but stre n u o u s.
h a d h a d a l it t l e g i r l .
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c o m e o v e r l a t e r a n d s p e n d the n ig h t w ith h im .
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