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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/31/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • for an attack on Lebanon, and I pray that any crisis w ill hold o ff another twenty days. And for the country, an interesting headline. Senator Teddy Kennedy w ill fight Russell Long for the job of Senate whip. Lyndon is not waiting for the New Year. Ever
  • New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/28/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • MEMORANDUM C THE W H ITE HOUSE W A S H I N G T ON Page 1 Thursday* M ay 28, 1964 What a busy day. It began a little a fte r 11, by going to A r lington C e m e te ry to la y a w reath on the g ra ve o f P re s id e n t Kennedy, because to m o
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • that thi~ wa~ the sa.nie group last y~ar that had so :;\\'J.n1pctl Prc:sitlcnt ___ .,,,, '--·­ 1964 Monday, July 20th (c1 •. tinued) Kennedy that he had lost a tie clasp and a shoe, so it was reported, and had been kissed, mauled and clutched
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/5/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Bird describes Jack Valenti; guests for dinner at White House with meeting about campaign; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and recording White House entertainment
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • a chance to thank him clvi1"' again. And the _illustrious architect, ~h Pei -- a quiet, gentle man • . I asked him how the Kennedy Library was coming. He told me that they . I -~· ............;. ~;.," . __...:._,:____.::_,;,_,,_,_,.._,,,,_.,,;d
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/16/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a n ' t h e l p b e l i e v i n g h e l i k e s L y n d o n , to o, t h o u g h c o m p l e t e l y w ithout th a t m o t h - t o - t h e - f l a m e a ttitu d e th a t so m a n y in te lle c t u a ls had f o r P r e s i d e n t Kennedy. B e c a u s e
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • Office work; swearing-in ceremony for District of Columbia Council; LBJ gives off-the-cuff speech; Lady Bird has lunch & goes to hair salon; family photographs in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the West Hall; Francis Lewine interviews Lady Bird