For the media. By the time they sold it in the 80s, it was huge and provided the family with substantial earnings. Then mrs. Johnson took some of the funds, investments, and she invested it into large ranching operations. She alsoarly managed those. She was an early civil rights advocate. She was so strongly inigne supp of the civil right act, that she was there when lbj signed that bill. She was the only woman in the room in 1964 when he signed gly that. She also was very strongly interested in an advocate of women seeking higher education. Most known for the Beautification Programs. The Beautification Program ssin wasnt justg. Planting flowers. The Beautification Program was very encompassing. Care of urban life, cleaning up the highways. L there were environmental ark elements. There were pollution control elements. There was National Park conservation elements to what she did. Part of the Beautification Program was, first of all, the committee for a more beautiful capital. They sta
Two daughters. She ran his Congressional Office the age of 21 and had two daughters. She ran his Congressional Office. She purchased and managed an mae austin radiod station. She owned and managed large ranching properties. Lady bird became first lady when she was 50 years old. She was first lady for a little over six years. D at the she died at age 94, and shes buried at the lbj ranch in texas. Lbj went into the navy in 19411942, during world war ii,r and while he was in the navy, ed lady bird ran his Congressional Office. She answered correspondence. She coped with political en problems in his district, and s she gave special attention to any of his constituents who visited washington and visited his office. Lady bird johnson, with an inher ten tans from her mother, purchasedu apt small Radio Station in aust, texas. It was in terrible financial condition. L new close to bankruptcy. She took over that station. Foun she hired all new onair staff. She found commercial sponsors. She kept
The man outside the white house. Police say man reportedly traveled to dc from dallas intending to kill, quote, all white police. A phone call from texas helped raise the red flag. Fox 5 Marina Marraco is live outside the white house with the details. Marina . Reporter yes, in the wake of what happened down in texas, Law Enforcement saying that if you hear something or something is suspicious, raise that red flag and that seems exactly to have been the case in this situation a concerned wife actually called Montgomery County police in maryland saying her husband had traveled from irving texas to Silver Spring where he was booked at a days inhotel but she says that he health and Human Services made threats to kill all white police here at the white house and unfortunately you cant see the white house now, the lights are turned off but from police. That wife called Montgomery County police, and roughly about 1 30, Montgomery County Police Officers went over to the Days Inn Hotel off of 1
Fwargary walters former whi house chief usher. When did you begin to think about the events that were going to unfold on january 20th with the inauguration after new president . Well, we had to begin because of budget issues a year and half before that. Each fouryear cycle we have to prepare for the possibility of a change of administration. Even with the sitting president. So our procedures began us down the road in the budget cycle of putting additional money if for inaugural activity which included things of packing up one family, getting ready to receive a new family, and overtime associated with that. It began for about a year and a half to get the money in the budget cycle. Then went to the next summer. Gathering information as each of the candidate started to announce that they were going to run for president. We started to gather information that we could gain from the media whether it be television or newspapers or magazines or articles about what their favorite likes and disl
Fwargary walters former whi house chief usher. When did you begin to think about the events that were going to unfold on january 20th with the inauguration after new president . Well, we had to begin because of budget issues a year and half before that. Each fouryear cycle we have to prepare for the possibility of a change of administration. Even with the sitting president. So our procedures began us down the road in the budget cycle of putting additional money if for inaugural activity which included things of packing up one family, getting ready to receive a new family, and overtime associated with that. It began for about a year and a half to get the money in the budget cycle. Then went to the next summer. Gathering information as each of the candidate started to announce that they were going to run for president. We started to gather information that we could gain from the media whether it be television or newspapers or magazines or articles about what their favorite likes and disl