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Notable appearances and events span LBJ library visit to chili cookoff
A record 10,000 people gathered at the LBJ Library in Austin to meet former President Lyndon B. Johnson and buy his book The Vantage Point, with autographs and mingling. Chili champion Woods of Los Angeles won the World Chili Cookoff in Terlingua, dethroning Wick Fowler as judge claims stirred controversy. Also in Bali Connally chatted with tourists on a rest stop during economic talks, while Cindy Machado relinquished her California Dairy Princess duties to marry. Evangelical Methodist founder Dr. J. H. Hamblen died at 93 in Abilene. Mamie Eisenhower lauded for treatment. she will turn 75.
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LBJ
Austin
Tex
Lyndon Be Johnson
Johnson
New York City
Terlingua
CG. V. Woods
Los Angeles
George Wright
New York
Wood
Texas
Wick Fowler
Fowler
Dirty Women Creek
Whight
Henderson
Connally
Bali
Treasury
John B. Connally
den Pasar
U.S
Nixon
Bali Beach
Manila
Tokyo
Trinceas
Cindy Machado
California
Misa Machado
Modesta
Nancy Vandenburg
Artesia
Byron Watson
Caruthers
Evangelical Methodist
Cies
J. H. Hamblen
Evangelical Methodist Church
Abilene
Methodist Church
Evangelical
John A. Young
Adam Clayton Powell
Young
Powell