350 people become U.S. citizens in Austin
The new Americans stood in a packed LBJ Auditorium at UT.
#246 Presidential Fallout Bunker in the Desert ART INSTALLATION in Palm Springs (4/12/17)
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1968 White House Tour with Lady Bird Johnson - LBJ Documentary Film
Claudia Alta Lady Bird Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 -- July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States (1963--69) during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson.
Notably well educated for her time, she proved a capable manager and a shrewd investor. After marrying LBJ in 1934, when he was a political hopeful in Austin, Texas, she used a modest inheritance to bankroll his congressional campaign, and then ran his office while he was serving in the navy. Next, she bought a radio station and then a TV station, which would soon make them millionaires. As First Lady, she broke new ground by interacting directly with Congress, employing her own press secretary, and making a solo electioneering tour.
Johnson was a lifelong advocate for beautifying the nation's cities and highways (Where flowers bloom, so does hope) and the Highway Beautification Act was informally known as Lady Bird's Bill. She was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian honors.
As First Lady, Johnson started a capital beautification project (Society for a More Beautiful National Capital) to improve physical conditions in Washington, D.C., for both residents and tourists by planting millions of flowers.[30] Her beliefs regarding the importance of national beautification can best be summarized in her statement that where flowers bloom, so does hope. She worked extensively with American Association of Nurserymen (AAN) executive Vice President Robert F. Lederer to protect wildflowers and the planting of them along highways. Her efforts inspired similar programs throughout the country. She became the first president's wife to advocate actively for legislation[3] when she was instrumental in promoting the Highway Beautification Act, which was nicknamed Lady Bird's Bill[5] and sought to beautify the nation's highway system by limiting billboards and by planting roadside areas. She was an advocate of the Head Start program.[3]
Johnson created the modern structure of the First Lady's office; she was the first to have a press secretary and chief of staff of her own and an outside liaison with Congress.[30] Her press secretary from 1963 to 1969 was Liz Carpenter, a fellow University of Texas alumna. Carpenter was the first professional newswoman to be press secretary to a First Lady, and she also served as Lady Bird's staff director. Johnson's tenure as First Lady marked the beginning of the hiring of employees in the East Wing to work specifically for the First Lady's projects.[26]
During the 1964 election, Johnson traveled through eight Southern states in her own train to promote the Civil Rights Act,[30] at one point giving 45 speeches over five days.[26] It was the first solo whistlestop tour of a First Lady.[25]
In 1970, Johnson published A White House Diary, her intimate, behind-the-scenes account of her husband's presidency spanning November 22, 1963, to January 20, 1969. Beginning with Kennedy's assassination, Mrs. Johnson recorded the momentous events of her times, including the Great Society's War on Poverty, the national civil rights and social protest movements, her own activism on behalf of the environment, and the Vietnam War. Johnson was acquainted with a long span of fellow First Ladies, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Laura Bush, and was protected by the United States Secret Service for 44 years, longer than anyone else in history.[33]
Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Laura Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, (second row) Caroline Kennedy, Barbara Bush, Susan Ford Bales, (third row) Maria Shriver, and Patricia Tricia Nixon Cox attended, representing eight presidential families (excluding the Johnsons and counting George H.W. Bush's family and George W. Bush's family separately).
At 9:00 A.M. on July 15, a ceremonial cortège left the Texas State Capitol. The public was invited to line the route through downtown Austin on Congress Avenue and along the shores of Lady Bird Lake to pay their respects. The public part of the funeral procession ended in Johnson City. The family had a private burial at the Johnson family cemetery in Stonewall, where Johnson was buried next to her husband who had died 34 years earlier.[45] Unlike previous funerals for first ladies, the pallbearers during the funeral services came from members of the armed forces.[45][46]
She was the first former First Lady to die in the 21st century.
On June 7, 2008, Texas honored Johnson by renaming the state convention's Blue Star Breakfast as the 'Lady Bird Breakfast'.[47] In January 2009, St. Edward's University in Austin completed a new residence hall for upperclassmen bearing the name of Lady Bird Johnson Hall, or LBJ Hall for short.[48]
Omni Hotel Downtown Austin
Omni Hotel Downtown Austin:Just a short stroll from the stimulating 6th Street Entertainment District, this accommodation in Austin is centered and convenient to all of the sites and destinations in this bustling area. Guests of the Omni Hotel Downtown Austin who are forced to work while in town are quite near to the government and business districts of the city, as well as to the Austin Convention Center. Those who have come to experience the more historic and leisurely sides of this southern region are within easy distance to shopping, dining, golf, and entertainments. Other points of interest include area golf courses, Palmer Auditorium, the U of T Campus, LBJ Presidential Library, Highland Mall, Auditorium Shores, Texas State History Museum, and Zilker Park. Guest car parking is available onsite at the Omni Hotel Downtown Austin, and the airport is within twenty minutes of the hotel.
Guestrooms at the Omni Hotel Downtown Austin offer ergonomic working spaces, wireless Internet access, satellite television, valet laundry, room service, premium appointments, and local telephone service.
There is a business center onsite at the Omni Hotel Downtown Austin, which also offers 24 hour reception, multiple dining and lounge options, a fitness center, a swimming pool, a whirlpool, and a full service spa.
North Las Vegas library being recognized by Goodwill
The North Las Vegas Library on the first floor of the city hall building is in the spotlight.
West Charleston Library-Las Vegas -p3
West Charleston Library-Las Vegas -p5
Poet Laureate of the United States Address in Las Vegas Valley
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on Sept. 26, 2015, gave his first reading in the Las Vegas Valley at the campus of Nevada State College in Henderson. The reading marked Herrera’s Nevada debut after being appointed the 21st U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress in June 2015. He earned an MFA at the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is the author of 28 books of poetry, novels for young adults and collections for children, most recently Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes (2014), a picture book. His poetry books include “Half the World in Light” (University of Arizona Press) and “187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border “ (City Lights). He is the first Hispanic poet to serve in the position. When his appointment was announced he said: This is a mega-honor for me, for my family and my parents who came up north before and after the Mexican Revolution of 1910 — the honor is bigger than me.” Herrera’s reading was part of the “Poets of National Stature” program initiated by Bruce Isaacson, Las Vegas’ and Clark County’s first Poet Laureate. The program seeks to expand the knowledge and practice of poetry in Clark County. The reading was co-sponsored by Nevada State College and held the same week of the dedication of two new campus buildings, including a 250-seat theater, where the reading took place. Herrera was born in Fowler, Calif., in 1948. The son of migrant farm workers, he moved often, living in tents and trailers along the roads of Southern California, and attended school in small towns from San Francisco to San Diego. In 1972 he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in social anthropology. He then attended Stanford University, where he received a master’s degree in social anthropology, and in 1990 received a Masters of Fine Arts degree at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He was previously Poet Laureate of California.
NIXON in color
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Former President Carter visits Austin
Former President Carter visits Austin
Abby's Ghosts talk at Atlantic City Historical Museum on Oct. 3, 2014
The Atlantic City Historical Museum hosted a Flashback Friday program - Abby's Ghosts - on Oct. 3, 2014. Absecon Lighthouse Executive Director Jean Muchanic discussed some possible paranormal activity that she has experienced at the lighthouse.
Mercedes Club LBJ Ranch Tour
The Texas Hill Country April 2017 event. A trip to the LBJ State Park and Ranch. Lunch in Stonewall, Texas at Lindig's Cafe.
His Obsession Almost Consumed the Country: Washington Gone Crazy (2004)
Michael Jay Ybarra (September 28, 1966 – June 30, 2012) was an American journalist, author and adventurer. About the book:
He was a non-fiction writer whose work appeared in various national publications. In 2004 his book Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt won the D.B. Hardeman Prize. It is an important historical work on McCarthyism. As the extreme sports correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, Ybarra wrote articles about outdoor adventure, providing the genre with a wider audience than it typically receives.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Ybarra graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990 with a B.A. in political science. It was during his undergraduate years at UCLA that he started writing professionally for the Los Angeles Times followed by the Chicago Tribune. During his brief stint at the Chicago Tribune he interviewed future President Barack Obama.[2] After graduating from UCLA Ybarra moved to Washington, DC where he wrote for the Washington Post. He left when he decided to further his education. In 1992 he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Master's in political science.
Ybarra had a 25 year career as a journalist and author. He wrote for: the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. A prolific and diverse writer, he also contributed articles to The New Republic, Upside, CIO Decisions and Alpinist magazines. The piece he wrote for the Washington Post, Activists Attest to Romania's Idea of Democracy was entered into the Congressional Record at the request of Senator Ted Kennedy. His story about Hurricane Katrina The Long Road Back for CIO Decisions magazine won a National Azbee Gold Award from ASBPE (American Society of Business Publication Editors) and a Bronze Tabbie Award for feature article. Ybarra reported on a wide variety of topics and people such as: President Obama, Pulitzer-prize winning author Michael Chabon,[3] Patagonia founder/climber Yvon Chouinard, novelist Norman Mailer,[4] historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr, veteran climber Fred Beckey[5] and television personality Bill Maher.[6] He was the author of Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt (Steerforth Press).
In the early 1990s Ybarra began working for the Wall Street Journal as a staff reporter in the Journal's San Francisco bureau. It was during this period that Ybarra started researching and writing Washington Gone Crazy. The book was published by Steerforth in 2004 to much critical acclaim. Author, professor and CBS News commentator Douglas Brinkley wrote of the book Esteemed scholar Michael J. Ybarra's Washington Gone Crazy-based on extensive new archival research-offers a fair-minded, and ultimately devastating, portrait of Nevada's notorious Cold Warrior. A truly landmark study. It was a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize,[7] The New York Times Book Review listed the biography among the 100 Notable Books of the Year[8] and was shortlisted for the Ambassador Book Award in American Studies. Washington Gone Crazy won the D.B. Hardeman Prize for the best book on Congress from the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation.[9] Award committee member Dr. H.W. Brands, the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor of History at The University of Texas at Austin, said Ybarra's work is that rare book which has something really new to say on an old subject. In popular culture, Washington Gone Crazy is mentioned on the History Channel's Pawn Stars in the episode Take A Seat. A digital version of Washington Gone Crazy, featuring an introduction by Sam Tanenhaus, a former editor of The New York Times Book Review, is slated to be released in 2015.
While on a trip to Peru in 2004, Ybarra took his first climbing lessons. He subsequently became an avid climber and adventurer. Ybarra traveled widely climbing, hiking and kayaking in such places as: Nepal, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Switzerland, Italy, Thailand, Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Montana, Utah and the Sierra Nevada. From 2007 until his death in 2012, Ybarra chronicled his adventures for the Wall Street Journal as its extreme sports correspondent publishing more than 30 pieces.
Civil Rights Summit: Jimmy Carter
Former United States president Jimmy Carter discusses the progress and shortcomings of civil rights in America.
Grant helps North Las Vegas kids participate in summer reading program
More than 100 low-income students to benefit.
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Constitution Day: Kansas in the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review to three separate cases involving the state of Kansas in 2019, which it will hear in October and November. Stephen McAllister, U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas, and special guests explore the constitutional issues raised in each of three cases:
- Kansas v. Garcia: whether federal immigration laws preempt Kansas identity theft criminal laws.
- Kahler v. Kansas: whether a state is compelled by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment to recognize an “insanity defense.” Kansas — like some states, but not others —has abolished an affirmative insanity defense, and the defendant in question has argued he was legally insane at the time of the killings.
- Kansas v. Glover: in a case originating in Lawrence, whether it is reasonable for a law enforcement officer to assume the driver of the vehicle is its registered owner, as a general matter.
Guests panelists:
- Toby Crouse, Kansas Solicitor General
- Sarah E. Harrington, Goldstein & Russell, P.C. and counsel for the defense, Kansas v. Glover
- Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Sidley Austin LLP and principal drafter of petition for certiorari, Kahler v. Kansas
- Derek Schmidt, Kansas Attorney General
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Air Force One
Air Force One is the official air traffic control call sign of a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. In common parlance the term refers to those Air Force aircraft specifically designed, built, and used for the purpose of transporting the president. The Presidential aircraft is a prominent symbol of the American presidency and its power.
The idea of designating specific military aircraft to transport the President arose in 1943, when officials of the United States Army Air Forces – the predecessor to the U.S. Air Force – became concerned with relying on commercial airlines to transport the President. A C-87 Liberator Express was reconfigured for use as a presidential transport; however, it was rejected by the Secret Service amid concerns over the aircraft's safety record. A C-54 Skymaster was then converted for presidential use; this aircraft, dubbed the Sacred Cow, transported President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and was subsequently used for another two years by President Harry S. Truman.
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The Origins of the 25th Amendment and the Role of Lawyers in Public Service
The panelists discussed the role of lawyers in public service, the initials steps in drafting the 25th Amendment, and the role of the American Bar Association.
The panel was moderated by John Rogan, Fordham University School of Law.
Panelists included:
Lowell Beck, former Assistant Director of the American Bar Association Washington DC Office
Dean John Ferrick, Former Dean, Fordham University School of Law
Professor Joel Goldstein, Vincent C. Immel Professor of Law, St. Louis University School of Law,
Linda Klein, President, American Bar Association, Managing Shareholder, Baker Donelson