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Babcock, Sherra - Director
HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND SURER SERVED AS AN OFFICIAL HOSTESS. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND. THEY HELPED LAUNCH THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER...
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Avlon, John P. - Senior Columnist
MENTIONEDYOU ARE QUOTED IN IT. GOSH, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF IT. MAGICALLY, THERE WAS A COPY. I WENT TO THE PAGE. IT WAS CALLED "TOURING DIXIE WITH LBJ."...
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Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
EVENING THAT NIGHT. PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS COMING TO AUSTIN AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A BIG DINNER AND FUNDRAISER. $100. [LAUGHTER] I HAD GOTTEN AN EXTRA...
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| 00:11:45 |
Avlon, John P. - Senior Columnist
DAYS BEFORE NIXON'S RESIGNATION, WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE FOR YOU WITH THE EXPECTATION AND THE PRESSURE AND THE RUMORS? >> I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH...
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| 00:12:10 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
WERE GETTING USED TO -- WE DID THINGS DIFFERENTLY. [LAUGHTER] I GUESS THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. DAD NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT TO THE FAMILY UNTIL IT...
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| 00:16:18 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
BEEN IT WAS A VERY AWKWARD MOMENT OF WHAT DO YOU SAY. WE CAME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY KNOWING WE WERE HEADED UP TO THE EAST ROOM WHERE HE WOULD BE SWORN...
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| 00:16:45 |
Avlon, John P. - Senior Columnist
IS IT LIKE TO GROW UP IN THE WHITE HOUSE? A KID'S PERSPECTIVE ON A DAY-TO- DAY LIVING STANDPOINT. WHAT ARE YOUR ROOMS LIKE? >> FIRST THING IS IT BECAME...
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Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
I WANTED TO KNOW WHO ELSE HAD BEEN IN MY ROOM. [LAUGHTER] SO I ASKED THE CURATOR. HE SAID, WELL, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY FAMOUS. [LAUGHTER] AND SO,...
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| 00:24:24 |
Avlon, John P. - Senior Columnist
YOUTHFUL REBELLION -- HOW DID IT MANIFEST ITSELF AT THE WHITE HOUSE? >> UNLIKE LYNDA, SHE LIVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITH HER PARENTS ACROSS THE HALL....
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| 00:24:39 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
THIRD FLOOR TO MYSELF. I ACTUALLY TOOK JULIE'S AND DAVID'S ROOM. WE CAN ALL TELL EACH OTHER WHO LIVED IN THE ROOM BEFORE THE OTHER PERSON DID. WE DID...
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| 00:28:12 |
Avlon, John P. - Senior Columnist
WHITE HOUSE. YOU BOTH HAVE VERY GOOD STORIES. THIS HAS TO BE HIGH ON THE LIST OF ANY TEEN FANTASY. LYNDA, WHAT IS YOUR STORY? >> THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE...
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| 00:28:42 |
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
PEOPLE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT ME. THEY DESCRIBED HOW THEY PUT ON SOME DIFFERENT CLOTHES AND WENT DOWN ONTO THE FIRST FLOOR AND WALKED THROUGH THE HOUSE....
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| 00:33:43 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
WHO COULD OUT- DO WHO. HE CHALLENGED ME. I HAD THREE OLDER BROTHERS. I AM USED TO BEING AROUND MEN. IT DOESN'T PHASE ME. AS MY HUSBAND AND MY STEPSON...
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| 00:38:31 |
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
SAID WHAT I WANT FOR MY BIRTHDAY IS A DAY AWAY FROM THE SECRET SERVICE. AND DADDY SAID, I CANNOT GIVE THAT TO YOU. BECAUSE ACTUALLY, BY LAW, BY LAW,...
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| 00:39:55 |
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
SHE WAS WONDERFUL TO LISTEN TO AS LONG AS SHE WASN'T SAYING ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOU. BUT SHE CAME TO OUR WEDDING. I MEAN, SHE WAS FASCINATING. IMAGINE,...
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| 00:45:28 |
Avlon, John P. - Senior Columnist
HAVE YOUR PROM AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. AND I DID NOT COME UP WITH THE IDEA. THE PROM COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH
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Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
THE IDEA. [LAUGHTER] AND THEY CAME TO ME AND THEY SAID, IS THIS POSSIBLE, AND I SAID, WELL, I DO NOT KNOW. SO I WENT TO THE USHERS OFFICE, WHICH AS LYNDA...
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| 00:48:25 |
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
PEOPLE TO THE PEACE TABLE. ANYWAY, IT WAS A VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL. BUT THAT RECOGNIZED THAT ONE OF THE FREEDOMS OF THIS COUNTRY IS IS...
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| 00:50:44 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE DEMONSTRATORS FROM 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WHICH IS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. IS THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE MORE ABOUT THE...
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| 00:52:03 |
Avlon, John P. - Senior Columnist
CONTROVERSY OVER VIETNAM -- THE FATHER'S LEGACY ON CIVIL RIGHTS WILL ONLY GROW WITH TIME. HEALTH CARE THOUGH IS IS THIS A BIG PART OF YOUR FATHER'S LEGACY...
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| 00:52:31 |
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
THE TIME OR THE COUNTRY, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH SOMEBODY, YOU WANTED GOVERNMENT TO WORK. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE -- [APPLAUSE] I KNOW. WE HAVE, AND IT...
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| 00:58:19 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
I THINK THE HELSINKI ACCORD IS ONE OF THOSE THAT KIND OF GETS LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. AND THE BERLIN WALL -- A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT CREDIT THE BEGINNING...
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| 01:01:12 |
Babcock, Sherra - Director
TOO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT LADYBIRD -- LADY BYRD? >> WELL, MOTHER SAID SHE WAS ELECTED BY ONE PERSON. [LAUGHTER] AND SHE TRIED TO HELP HIM....
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Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
AND OVER AGAIN, I WANT YOU TO BE LIKE YOUR MOTHER. HE THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST ABOUT THE MOST PERFECT WOMAN HE HAD EVER MET, AND MAYBE ONLY TO HIS MOTHER....
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| 01:05:31 |
Babcock, Sherra - Director
CLUB? [LAUGHTER] >> YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT LYNDA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. UNLESS SOMEBODY PICKS UP THE PHONE AND ASKS YOU...
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| 01:06:22 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
STILL KEEP IT YOUR OWN AND CONTINUE THOSE LEGACIES? SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE MORE DIFFICULT THINGS TO DO. THE EASIER THINGS ARE TO SIT AROUND AND TALK...
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| 01:06:59 |
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY IS -- THEY REACHED THAT TIME THEY WANT TO DO IT. BUT, LET ME TELL YOU, YOU COME TO THE LBJ LIBRARY IN NOVEMBER AND WE'RE...
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| 01:11:50 |
Bales, Susan Ford - Daughter
THE STORY OF, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE RECEIVING LINE, AND YOU DID NOT KNOW WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO MEET THE CHAIRMAN. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE...
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| 01:13:27 |
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson - Daughter
WAS VENUS -- [LAUGHTER] NO, NO, IT DOES SUGGEST TEASING. I WAS NOT NOVENAS. VENUS IS WHAT I WANTED TO BE. LUCY WAS VENUS. MOTHER WAS VICTORIA. SHE THOUGHT...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.