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  • Contributor > Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 (remove)
  • Subject > Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences (remove)

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  • with about ten governors, and Martin Luther King somewhere in the middle of it. And it was good talk and a wonderful day, and I thought to myself: “Dear Lord, if he can just rest enough to think enough, it just might be wonderful.” I mean, the next 13 months
  • 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
  • , or rather he talked. That treadworn We talked about the He told us how in the days of the French Kings, Louis XIV and XV, i t had been made by using mercury, I think i t was, and after many painstaking years, the workmen would go blind. Then he
  • for. L iz a n d th e o th er V IP 's o f th e H ea d lin er's celeb ra tio n . pH ■ Friday January 31, 1969 page 5 O ur first party back hom e in Austin and JtJxJiA JLoo woA an. experience . W e found a par king pl ace rig ht in ^Aoni—I dare say
  • o t t e r 's question,- as to whether I was going to the p erfo rm a n ce or not. our State Dinner fo r King H ussein. It is the night a fter I don’ t know i f there is any return function o r not, so I spent the next two hours v ig o r o u s ly
  • a r S p an gled B a n n e r on f if e s . T he G ra n d C h a m b e r l a i n g r e e t e d u s , and we w alked u n d e r the gold c e r e m o n i a l u m b r e l l a s up to the p o r c h w h e r e the King a nd Q u een a w a ite d u s . I n s i d
  • king m y c a rd f i l e o f k in fo lk s , th a t m ig h t e a s ily be fo rg o tte n , o ld fr ie n d s s t a f f , people th a t have he lp ed u s th ro u g h the y e a rs o u t o f j u s t fr ie n d s h ip o r p a t r io t is m in w r it i n g
  • Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson go for walk and bowling; trip on Air Force One to Greece with President Harry Truman for funeral of King Paul; Lady Bird visits with others on plane including Archbishop Iakovos, head of Green Orthodox Church; stories
  • in 1930s; Lady Bird describes improvements completed at ranch; Lady Bird discusses the King Ranch at lunch; Lady Bird makes sympathy calls; LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird goes for walk with book; back to White House; Blanco has bitten one of the beagles; late
  • in h im ." So w e d ro v e 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 . d i s p l a y e d
  • fie ld a n d S e n a to r a n d M rs . M c In ty re a n d S e n a to rs S m ith a n d P e ll a n d M u sk ie w ith M rs . M u sk ie a n d G o v e r n o rs V olpea n d K ing a n d M r s . King an d a n a s s o r tm e n t of C o n g r e s s m e n . V E
  • . 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
  • , a n d o n e m y s e l f I 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