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Lyndon w a s in h is o ffic e - I knew a sta tem en t w as being p rep a red .
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gave it on TV from the W hite H ouse -" A m erica i s shocked and sadden ed
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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
- arborough ca m e up to g r e e t m e .
H e had c a n c e lle d out
a fter the a s s a s s in a tio n of M artin Luther King and I did not e x p e c t to s e e
h im .
I m an aged to be m o r e c o rd ia l than I had been at our la s t m eetin g
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- r . L a b o u is s e
fo r the C a th e d ra l fo r the r e q u ie m m a s s for King Pau l.
T h e en tran ce to the C a th e d r a l w as flan k ed by s o lid flanks of p h o to g r a p h e r s
with fla sh in g bulbs and a u n ifo r m e d p a la ce
- Greek King Paul's funeral; Archbishop Christostomas of Athens; Prince Phillip of England; unpleasant incident with Archbishop Makarias of Cyprus and crowd; long funeral procession to gravesite; Prince Loraton of Cambodia and stone-throwing at US
- with Jesse Kellam and the Thornberrys; upcoming Lady Bird trip with President Truman to Greece for funeral of King Paul; Executive Order creating Committee for the Preservation of the White House
- e s .
In 5 m in u tes he is read y.
And then he is sa y in g , " B e s s, I thought you told m e the P r im e M in ister" ,
or the king or w h a tev er it i s "was sup p osed to be h e r e at 10 m in u tes of 8?"
T h is tim e we w ere down at the N
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h a d put on th e l i s t a n d w a s s o g la d to s e e - - D r . an d M r s . John King
o f o u r o w n H u s t o n - T i l l o t s o n in A u s t in .^
I than k ed Er n e s t C u n e o a s h e c a m e d ow n th e l i n e f