Word: 56th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time is approaching when concrete plans for the John F. Kennedy Library have to be prepared if the Library Corporation is to meet its hoped for unveiling date of May 29, the 56th anniversary of the birth of the late president...
...Library Corporation hopes to have final plans for the 12.2 acre site ready by May 29, the 56th anniversary of the late President's birthday...
...between his 56th and 57th tour victories had many of Arnie's Army worried that their hero, at 41, might be over the hill. Many observers felt that golf's most exciting pro had become too fat financially, too comfortable for the rugged grind of the tour. Palmer may have shared some of their concern: since New Year's he has not had a cigarette or a drink. The quiet life and concentration on his game have obviously paid off. "I haven't felt this good in 20 years," he crowed after the tournament...
...November 1967, however, a reconnaissance aircraft accidentally strayed off target and happened to photograph Sap Nao. A routine chick of the film revealed that the village had been obliterated. Unofficial investigations showed that CIA personnel on their own initiative had instructed AIE pilots of the 56th Special Operations Wing at Nakhorn Phanom Air Force base in Thailand to bomb Sap Nao. The pilots, unaware that the Ambassador had not approved the target, had made the strikes. It was later established as well that in fact no ammunition had been stored in the village...