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Approved by the Senate 78-7 last week, Henry A. Kissinger was sworn in as the nation's 56th Secretary of State-and the first naturalized U.S. citizen to hold that post. With his proud mother Paula, 73, holding the Bible, Kissinger took the oath of office from Chief Justice Warren Burger while his father Louis, 87, son David, 12, and daughter Elizabeth, 14, looked on. A beaming Nixon introduced the new top diplomat as a man of "poise, strength, and character...
...next month or so. I'll need you close by." But none of this had altogether prepared Henry Kissinger for the news that he, an immigrant, a Jew, a professor who still spoke English with a marked German accent, was about to become the nation's 56th Secretary of State. He told the President -what else could he say?-that he certainly had no objection to his name being submitted to the Senate for confirmation. Then, still in the pool, the two men talked about problems ahead...
...City may be looking for a strong bargaining position on the remainder of the complex, called the "related facilities" building. But with a splashy ceremony next Tuesday, the 56th anniversary of the late President's birthday, where a model of the library designed by I.M. Pei will be displayed, the Library Corporation will be in the driver's seat aiming seriously for a May 1974 completion date...
...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...