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  • Robert Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles; LBJ discusses gun control with Senator Mike Mansfield; LBJ calls Senators Dirksen & Aiken about agriculture; Lady Bird cancels appointments; Lady Bird works on telegrams for Rose & Ethel Kennedy; LBJ makes
  • Kennedy walked into his office, the first time after John Kennedy 1 s death. It was Lyndon that suggested that we see Guess Who's Corning to Dinner, and we all went out to the hangar which is completed now, for showing movies, . and very nice, except
  • ; Lady Bird meets LBJ at hangar; park meeting continues at the LBJ Birthplace; to LBJ Ranch house; Johnsons, Lynda & Chuck Robb and the Krims drive the Lewis place; Robert Kennedy announces run for President; "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner?" movie shown
  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
  • 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
  • Lady Bird to hair salon; Lady Bird to Columbia Island for daffodil plantings; back to White House for photos in the Rose Garden & Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to lunch at the Jockey Club; office work; Lady Bird records diary