. Sorry to hear of the death of Lady Bird Johnson, widow of President Lyndon Johnson. Setting aside the pros and cons—mostly cons, as I recall, of LBJ’s presidency, they seemed like a nice First Family. My favorite was the younger daughter, Luci Baines Johnson. She married while her Dad was in the White House. When she announced that the date of the marriage would be August 6, some Japanese commentators protested, pointing out that August 6 was the date the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. When this was brought to Luci’s attention, she said brightly: “OK, how about December 7?”

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