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rrneck

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4. Looks like LBJ is yelling at the pilots of a nearby plane to shaddup with the engine noise...
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 11:28 PM
Nov 2013
http://www.scottcalonico.com/yelling-lbj-the-real-story/

(Johnson) also pressed for a joint appearance of the Democratic candidates somewhere in Texas. They arranged the meeting at the airport in Amarillo, where campaign advance men stopped all air traffic during the brief ceremonies so that the candidates could address the crowd. But they had not counted on the Republican-leaning airline pilots, who deliberately ran the engines of their planes in order to drown out the speakers. At the close of the ruined appearance, a photographer snapped a concerned Kennedy placing his hands on Johnson’s shoulder, trying to calm his angry, gesticulating running mate.


But this is just off some dude's blog, so there's that.

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