White House Romance Courtenay Valenti's unique access to Johnson
Courtenay Valenti, a girl then 242 years old in the humorous account, visits the White House, chats with President Johnson and aides, rides helicopters, sits in meeting rooms, and remarks on sneakers. Johnson calls her weekly, she is described as his favorite girl friend, and her father Jack Valenti comments that the romance will continue.
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Lynda Valenti
White House
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Tex
Enay
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Courtenay Johnson aka Corry and Chiquita charms White House
Courtenay Johnson, the President's young friend, known as Corry to her father and Chiquita to the President, drew reporters during Sunday church visits and a Bethesda Hospital visit. She declared her love for Pat Nugent instead of Prez, prompting a light rebuke from Johnson.
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Pair Travels 2 800 Miles By Boxcar
PORTLAND Maine AP A Maine couple Harold C Ford and his wife rode over 2800 miles in a boxcar to Portland They packed eight room house furnishings a tractor a pickup truck a trailer five cats 6 bales of hay some grain dogs and 20 sheep The trip cost about 1100 if movers were used to carry the furniture alone would have been 4700 They converted the boxcar into a two story living space with animals below and living quarters above They sold their 40 acre farm to move closer to birthplaces and relatives claiming Montana offered fewer opportunities for students and noting railroad rules required tending animals during travel
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Russell warns turmoil in South Vietnam harms war effort
Senator Richard B. Russell said political turmoil in South Vietnam seriously hampers the US effort, citing Defense Secretary McNamara that anti Communist activity fell by as much as 50 percent in April and May. He warned that American battlefield gains may be wasted as civil disorders distract South Vietnamese forces. Russell, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urged an honorable end to the war and said internal strife casts doubt on progress.
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Tunnel Collapse Claims Youth In Ocean City Dig
Ocean City police identified 16 year old Gary Hale Day of McLean Virginia as the youth suffocated when a tunnel he was digging under his summer home gas rent shelter collapsed. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a local doctor’s office.
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