Word: lbj
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...late 1956 or early 1957, Jenkins recalled, he was treasurer of the LBJ Co., which owned the television station, and "I was seeking an insurance company from which insurance on the life of the then Senator Lyndon B. Johnson might be purchased. I made no secret of this search, and I'm confident that Robert G. Baker knew of it, either from me or indirectly. Mr. Baker told me that he knew Don Reynolds, who represented a company which was beginning to specialize in insurance for former heart attack patients. Mr. Baker did not tell me that...
...birthplace last year, and after she presented her painting to the President in Washington, he wrote her that it was "a marvelous piece of work. You have captured a piece of my early years that mean a great deal to me." The President also owns her paintings of the LBJ Ranch and his boyhood home in Johnson City. I am very proud...
McNamara-who lopped off a cool $8 billion. In December, the J.C.S. members and McNamara all flew to the LBJ Ranch, where the President, sitting at a picnic table near the banks of the Pedernales River, heard them out. McNamara explained that he and the Chiefs were "98% agreed" on the budget-it was that other 2% that mattered. Each Chief explained why his service needed more money than McNamara wanted to allow. When it was all over, the President agreed with his Defense Secretary, and McNamara's cuts were reflected in the $49 billion military budget sent...
...states tried to depict themes representative of the Great Society. Texas trundled by proudly with a model of the LBJ Ranch, including a plastic Pedernales River, and a beagle with a tail that wagged. Minnesota's banner heralded the state as the SOURCE OF MAN POWER AND BRAINPOWER, while Hubert's old college band cut loose with The Minnesota Rouser. Education and recreation were the principal themes, Southern states, by and large, had the prettiest girls, and each state had some touch that was indubitably...
...would be well-nigh impossible, complained President Johnson during his long sessions with Budget Director Kermit Gordon at the LBJ Ranch, to squeeze Government spending next year to less than $100 billion. There was no magic in the arbitrary $100 billion figure. Having mentioned it, however, Johnson was able to display a flourish of frugality when he sent Congress a budget this week calling for $99.7 billion...