President Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird arrive in New Zealand at Ōhakea. As a Boeing 707 landed the hundreds allowed into Ōhakea air base erupted with delight. Texan Lyndon Johnson came to the job after the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy. Among the cheering children and interested adults, and banners reading “Hip hooray for LBJ”, “LBJ, hooray” and “I like Lyndon”, was air force recruit Ray Mankelow. “People there had raincoats and they were enduring the passing showers coming across, and waiting to see the man.”ray mankelow Lyndon Johnson gets into a waiting vehicle before heading to Wellington.

Source: Stuff September 17, 2021 17:00 UTC