People: Nov. 12, 1965

The uproar died down, and if Luci Baines Johnson, 18, had indeed taken her boyfriend Pat Nugent, 22, down to the LBJ Ranch specifically to ask dad's permission to marry, she just wasn't talking about it. "My personal life is my own," said Luci, as she returned to classes at Georgetown University's School of Nursing. Pat was doggedly silent, too. Ever since he started dating Luci last summer, friends have been kidding him about not getting drafted, but now he is putting a stop to that by going on active duty soon, probably in the Air Force Reserve. A lot of...

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