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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
  • MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON ’ W ed n esd a y , N o v e m b e r 1, 1967 Page 1 It w a s the day o f the v i s i t o£ the King of N ep a l and h is Q u e e n . T he in o r n in g I sp e n t a t d e s k w o rk , a n d then a fe w m in u
  • Office work; arrival ceremony for King & Queen of Nepal; speeches & parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to Blair House; lunch; meeting with Clark Clifford & Madame Shoumatoff about portrait of Lady Bird; visit with LBJ in dining room; LBJ's announcement
  • graduates they have turned out among the n egro r a c e t han have som e of the other cou n tries re c e n tly re le a s e d fro m coloni az a t i o n , Sitting out on a d e c k l o o king at the ligh ts o f A tlan tic C ity , w hile Lyn don talked to a v e
  • on the day w a s the im p orta nt even t, the $1, 000, dinner p r e c e edin g the gala. In m y orange and y e llo w flo w e re d ta ffeta evening dress® I went with Lyndon and L u c i to the In tern ation al IInn about 6:30,----Luci,'l o o king an absolute
  • acquainted sessio n , exchange of gifts. How delighted I was with those they brought! A paper weight made of copper slag from King S olom on 's m ine, sm elted on silver and dated during the 10th Century B . C . , was fo r Lyndon. A lso a m od ern silver c
  • h a ve done this in wo:-king with fish, wildlife, and recrect:ien agencies. But this type Qf relationship should be extended to those who speak for other public i."lterests -- the private as well as the official groups. ':'hose who so ofte n are your
  • , 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • ^and^most i n t e r ­ fa c t that IS g o in g down to b e the p o s s i b i l i t y of e x p o r t i n g p o s s i b i l i t y of f i n d i n g oil^ w h ic h i s the King when he lea ves the p e r s o n a l guest of of Houston who has v i s i t e d
  • 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
  • in g s a r e th e w o rk of King Mongkut th a t d y n a m ic f e a r s o m e r u l e r in A n n a a n d th e K ing of S ia m , and th e g r e a t g r a n d - C f a th e r of th e p r e s e n t K ing, o r b y K ings w ho^ p r e c e d e d h im . I
  • Lady Bird walks palace grounds; ride with LBJ to airport to fly to Malaysia; welcoming ceremonies where LBJ gives speech; Lady Bird describes Malaysia, people, government & history; meeting with King & Queen; exchange of gifts; Lady Bird describes
  • 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
  • . But Cousin Nat called everybody in the whole wide world his cousin. He was from deep East Texas and sort of a professional East Texan. I remember when the King and Queen, King George and Queen Elizabeth of England, came. There was a big reception--I think
  • 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
  • t h e n w e n t d o w n to s e e th e l a s t p a r t of B e c k e t t , a l o n g w i t h L u c i a n d h e r b e a u . N o w h e r e n e a r a s g oo d a s t h e s t a g e p l a y , I t h o u g h t , w i t h th e King no t a s s t r o n g a s S i r
  • could talk about your Senators , Monroney and Edmond son; I could spend days tal king about your House Delegation, particularly your Majority Leader; but I want to say that none of the things that we have accomplished this year, and this is one
  • :"es t.o be a ci t y planner, a landscape ::rchitect, a. forester , eve:~ a good ga1--denc:r, is assured of a place in t:;:-_i.s most e'.>l;citing new adventure, the r er.'.a king cf our cities 2rid towns . I b$lieve P.!nGricans a~e not just
  • 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
  • u r n e d t o G e o r g ia . W h at a s t o r y book s o r t o f th in g to d o ! I had lu n c h w ith L y n d a in m y b e d r o o m , s h e lo o king b e a u tif u l in h e r p in k d r e s s a n d r e d c o a t, e x c i t e d and e n t h u s i
  • 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
  • -four rooms, compared with the usual three. In them he installed Today's KING is Ir you prefer finer, lighter mixed drinks - today's King is yo11r whisky! Actually caste­ engineered by Brown-Forman co be far lighter
  • he could satisfy all of that wide range of philosophies, bind them together, make a team that could do a good job out of those forty-seven highly individual, "every man's a king" senators. Somebody told him--I wouldn't be surprised if it were Russell
  • 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
  • up on a plate by Zephyr. w h ile I w atch ed te le v is io n , -5^^k it to b ed and ate ^ C h ief King gave m e a rub and I w as ready for s le e p b y 11:30. One o f the p r e ttie s t sig h ts of the day had b een Lynda B ird , who had co m e
  • 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
  • , a n d t h e n he w a s s u m m o n e d b a c k into t h e M a e l s t r o m . He t a l k e d of s o m e of t h e p r o b l e m s . He b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e R e v . M a r t i n L u t h e r King is th e o nly one up t h e r e h i s f o l k s w
  • , a handsome étagère or something from her house, because gradually, gradually I was wanting to make home a more beautiful place. One of the fantastic dinners at the White House they had us to was the King and Queen of Nepal with unpronounceable names
  • 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
  • s e le c t s o m e th in g to w e a r to the D ip lo m a tic R ecep tio : on T u e s d a y n ig h t; a n d th e n fo r th e a f t e r d in n e r e n te r ta in m e n t f o r King O laf on T h u r s d a y n ig h t. A n d so , i t w a s a fu ll m o rn
  • . 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
  • v e r to e n t e r t a i n u s h e r e in th e W hite H o u se - - J o s e L im o n - - who d a n c e d the M o o r s P iv o n f o r the King of M o ro c c o . He i s a t l e a s t m y a g e , a n d th a t m u s t b e s o m e th in g of a p h e n o
  • F u l b r i g h t; C lin t a n d H e n r i e t t a A n d e r s o n , h e ' s loo king q u ite old, th e y a r e b o th m y d e a r f a v o r i t e s ; G e o r g e an d H e le n M a h o n , h e ' s on the Sm i t h s o n ia n B o a r d I b e lie v e
  • in San Marcos. Remember, you stopped there on your way down to the King Ranch? You said it was a rather modest house, but do you remember [any details]? J: It was a modest frame house, Victorian, as I recall. San Marcos was a center where a lot
  • , 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
  • in in g once w a s king. It’ s b e c o m e a s ic k in d u s t r y , nothing h a s r e a l l y c o m e along to r e p l a c e it . And now , two o r m o r e g e n e r a t io n s h a v e l i v e d h e r e , tra p p e d in a s o r t of fate o f s t a le