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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 .
He
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.
I a s k e v
- & 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
- Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
- 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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- will be thin king of you.
We arc 00 pcopk, all tbc studen ts of the National M usi c Camp
- not the le a s t b it frig h te n e d
lo o k in g .
I d id n 't w a nt to add an e x tra g e rm so I j u s t patted h im and
s a t down and h e ld h is hand.
H e showed m e the a rtic le about L u c i by
H e le n Th o m a s as to how she w as ta king C
- r s l i n e d
up in c o s tu m e s .
And M e r lin , m y old fr ie n d , had told m e I c e r t a i n l y .
w o u l d n e v e r h a v e s e e n the King A r t h u r l i k e t h i s o n e .
It w a s s l a p s t i c k ,
a n d e v e n I w i t h m y
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
- le ft and I d ecid ed I m igh t a s w e ll liv e it up.
I c a lle d in
C h ief King,-^and got a m a s s a g e , and when he had fin ish ed , tip toed to L yndon's
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
:' WA SHI NOT ON -
M onday, A p r il 1, 1968
d oor
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What a jo y i t is to h a v e a n u r s e h e r e w ith h i m .
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 .
He
S om eone c a l le d th a t M a r y M a r g a r e t V a le n ti
C h ie f King c a m e and gave m e a b r i e f
- d h im a n d h e d i d n 't
We l e f t h im i n H e l e n 's k eep in g .
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 .
W a r r i e L y n n w o u ld
O ddly he s e n s e d I th in k
th a t w e w e r e n o t loo king a t h im
