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Worked with Ashton.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
Worked with Bess on Austrian dinner.
Worked with Liz on Texas trip.
4. ! Learned that Martin Luther King had been assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
10:20 Secretary and Mrs. Clark Clifford, Mr
- for Atlanta, Georgia (on airplane spoke to Martin Luther King)
9:15 Arrive Atlanta. Met by Governor and Mrs. Sanders, Mayor Allen
9:30 Rode w/ Mayor Allen, Bo Jones
10:15 Arrive at Communicable Disease Center
Ground Breaking Ceremony - Speech
11:30 To Dr
- Watched Clark Clifford and General Taylor on TV.
1:00 Watched Martin Luther King on TV.
3. 1:45 Lunch - sandwiches. Took plate to the upper deck.
3:30 Nap
4. 5:14 Docked; were met by Luci, Pat, and Joe Batson. (Luci wearing green stockings.)
Went
- :00 Leave palace with Mrs. Martin for Royal Landing, for Floating Market Tour.
Saw lots and lots of little boats with mostly women and children - selling coconuts, papaya,
bananas, and roast duck. Houses on stilts - many had pictures of King and Queen
- / President, Ambassador and Mrs. Martin for official call on King and Queen
4:30 Return to mansion with Mrs. Martin (President went to Victory Monument for wreathlaying ceremony
(over)
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
5:15 Prime Minister Thanom, Thanpuying
- Airport in Lincoln
Photographers caught by surprise. Only a few.
8:52 w/ Secret Service left via King Air
11:55 Arrived LBJ Ranch
3:17 w/ Knetsch to landing strip to look at wildflower seeds
4:35 Returned to main house and drove Danz property
Driving car
- house, Cedar
and birthplace
10:32 Back to main house
11:25 w/ Wests to Cedar House
11:52 President joined
12:31 Left Cedar House w/ President and Wests for tour of Martin Ranch
1:05 Returned to main house
1:25 Lunch w/ President, Wests, Marie, Vicky
- Martin Ranch.
7:37 Brief stop at the main house to pick up Luci and Helene -- to the Scharnhorst
Ranch -- stopped to see Tom Mills' residence.
9:07 Returned to the main house.
Dinner with same group as above.
12 midnight - 1:00 a.m. Chief King.
Retired.
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- Luci and Pat in Hawaii.
Returned to the first floor.
7:50 To the second floor with the President and ladies of the press: Helen Thomas,
Norma Mulligan, Malvina Stephenson, Trudy Feldman, Judith Martin, Fran
Lewine, and Isabelle Shelton -- Lynda
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WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
Entry
No.
Date April 14, 1964
Day Tuesday
Time Appointment O P Activity (include visited by) Expenditure
11:40 Robin Duke
Greet King Hussein on North Portico (yellow dress
- together to the south grounds
for the arrival of the King and Queen of Thailand.
Following the ceremony, shook hands along the rope with
Jaycee wives and met
Wendy Mink and Rebecca Bradford (Congressman Wilbur Mills's daughter).
Returned to the second floor
- filming. Saw Dr. Reed, Helene Segal, and Dr. Wadrop (?)
6:30 Returned to White House
7:00 To President's office
7:15 To second floor with President, Congressman and Mrs. Cecil King, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Douglas
8:00 To President's office with the Kings
- , AUSTIN, TEXAS AND WALKED TO AWAITING AIRCRAFT
2:30 With Udalls, Hartzog, Dr. Young, Simone, Lynda left Austin via King Air
2:50 Arrived LBJ Ranch
With Secretary Udall, George Hartzog, Mr. Kruger, Mr. Woodbin, and Mr. Kiley
3. 4:32
left in A.W. Moursund's
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WASHINGTON
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
Date Saturday, August 12, 1967
Mrs. Johnson began her da y at (Place) The LBJ Ranch
Entry
No.
Activity
Time
not dictated
12:48 Left the ranch via King Air.
1:05 Arrived in Austin
- To the South Grounds with the President for arrival of the King of Norway.
10:50 Returned to the second floor.
11:25 CTJ left the White House for Congressional Club breakfast.
2:27 Returned to the White House -- to the second floor.
Worked at desk.
4:05
- time)
2. 9:45 Arrive Kuala Lumpur. Greeted by King and Queen. Four gold umbrellas. Little girl presented
flowers. 21-gun salute as we walked to stand, shaking hands with dignitaries. Speeches.
3. 10:20 Leave airport in motorcade. Rubber trees.
11:00
- by cottage
Nap
2. 3:45 To Cimarron Beach for snorkeling
5:00 Returned to cottage
3. 7:00 Governor and Mrs. Paiewonsky, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril King, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Diamond,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Faber, Mr. and Mrs. Kramer, Tony and Matianna, and Bess
for drinks
- . Hurst.
7:53 The President's office called.
9:05 Dinner with the President, Marie, and Dr. Hurst.
9:55 Called Chief King.
10:00-10:50 Chief King -(10:15 Saw TV tape of ABC interview with Luci) It had been on TV earlier in the evening.
11:00 Retired
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11:20 Returned to White House - to second floor.
2. 11:29 To North Portico to greet King Hassan of Morocco and party.
To East Room for arrival ceremonies.
To second floor.
Worked at desk.
Recorded.
2:05 To President's office.
2:12 Returned to second
- .
11:26 To the President's office -- accompanied him to the South Lawn for the arrival of
the King/Queen of Nepal. Parade to the Blair House.
12:10 The President went to the office -- I went back to the second floor.
12:35 Lunch on tray in room.
2. 2:00
- :10 Walked to the birthplace.
12:30 Returned to the main house via car.
1:26 Called Haywood Smith (at the ranch).
1:27 Called Chief King.
2. 2:00 Lunch beside the pool with the President, Luci, Lyn, Marie, and Jake Pickle.
2:12 Called Mariallen.
2:18
- With mayors to Red Room for meeting.
5:32 President to Red Room to talk to guests.
6:10 Mayors depart. President to his office.
To second floor alone.
Worked on mail.
5. 8:30 Hors d'oeuvres, gin and tonic in room.
9:00 Back rub (Chief King to second floor)
10
- . du Pont
2:30 Lunch in room w/ Lynda
4:30 Florence Mahoney and Lady Jackson - tea in Yellow Room
6:00 To President's office
6:05 To Mayflower Hotel for reception by King Hussein
6:40 Back to White House to change into red lace dress
7:00 To Warren
- Walk to President's office to greet King of Burundi on lawn
11:45 Talk w/ Jim Ketchum on White House tour. Book and paintings for West Wing.
Telephoned Jim Fosburgh
Telephoned Ruth Johnson re: paintings to borrow
Wrote Alice Brown re: visit
- .
2. Episcopal Church in Blanco
12:31 Arrived main house
3. 1:20 w/ Mrs. Krim and Vicky left via King Air
Read Barbara Ward's paper on urbanization - today's society paper
2:02 Arrived San Angelo and left Vicky
2:05 Continued on
3:18
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MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
Entry
No.
Date September 2, 1965
LBJ Ranch
Time
Activity
8:15 Dr. Heath, Max Brooks, Roy White left Ranch in King Air
11:00 Arrived
-
5:29 Left ranch via King Air
5:46 Arrived Ragsdale Terminal
6:10 Arrived Zeta House and met Lynda.
6:15 Left with Lynda.
6:22 To Driskill Hotel and Driskill Club for
7:17 Left hotel.
7:26 Arrived 1409 Westover Street, Austin -- Jessie Kellam's
- / President, Secretary and Mrs. Dillon
1:30 Lunch w/ President, Secretary and Mrs. Dillon,
Marvin Watson, Sam King, Horace Busby, Liz, Vicky,
and Marie
4:45 Left ranch via chopper to Civic Center. Motorcade
to Driskill for press party hosted by State
- Fisher and then saw "The Night They Raided Minsky's" with Lynda , Shulmans,
10:20 called Wes King the
Alexanders, an d Doug Davidson.
- -- did read and file; signed mail.
Called Jim Ketchum, Dr. Voss, Chef Haller, Chief King, Lynda, Chief Mendoza . . . to
say goodbye. 7:20 Luci in.
7:21 Called Rex Scouten.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
8:30 Dinner at the Fortases with Mr. and Mrs. John
- not be reached -- left word.
6:41 Talked with Liz.
7:50 Called Doug Cater.
4. 8:15-9:00 Chief King. (Called Dr. Grover, Liz, Marilyn, George Christian, and Arthur Krim.)
9:50 Dinner alone in room.
Retired.
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House guests: Arthur Krim - 303.
Lyn - Luci's room
- at Andrews.
7:16 Arrived at the White House via chopper -- to the second floor.
7:29 Called Lynda.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
7:30-8:30 Chief King.
7:42 Called Diana MacArthur.
8:11 Called Dr. Norman Hackerman.
8:22 Called Elspeth Rostow.
8:25 Dinner
- # 362.
5:45 Arrived St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands. Departed airport via car. Stopped
briefly at the terminal to greet Lt. Governor and Mrs. Cyril King.
6:13 Arrived at Red Hook Bay. Were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Erb (Manager of the
Caneel Bay
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by Dr. Dillon Ripley.
2:18
Departed the Smithsonian
Flight #015, first class, for Dallas.
4:55 (Central time) Arrived Dallas.
5:10
about
Took King Air plane to
Pat's, via auto.
--
shown
went directly to Dulles for departure on Braniff
the LBJ
- via King Air; went to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Johnson's residence
in Amarillo (via Austin). Had dinner there with the Johnsons and the Batsons.
4. 8:10 Departed the house with Mr. and Mrs. Neil Johnson and Mr. Batson.
8:45 Arrived at the Palo Dura Canyon
- THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
Entry
No.
The LBJ Ranch
Date Thursday, July 27, 1967
Activity
Time
10:31 Took King Air to Houston.
12:00 noon Arrived at the H.E. Wells
- , Miss Gfeller -- to the Valentis' for John
Lyndon's first birthday.
7:10 All returned to the second floor.
8:30 Dinner with the President, Luci, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
9:20 All to the theater. Saw part of "All the King's Men
- with the President and Simon and Vicky.
9:30 Chief King.
11:00 Simon and Vicky left.
11:20 Retired.
******
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9:30 Dinner with the President, Mary Slater, and Joe Califano.
Chief King.
11:40 Retired.
******
- with the President.
9:25-10:30 Chief King.
Retired.
******
No house guests.
*****