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  • Contributor > Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 (remove)
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ci and I. 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 r 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • 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 ■^ . '-i
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/12/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/7/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/26/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/19/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • , 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