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Chmn Hostetter repts SLA will publicize names of all licensed places penalized for liquor law violations; says license applicants must give popular as well as corp name of establishment
Sen Finance Com approves,9-5, Long amendment to tax bill to make maximum personal rate 50% for those choosing to forgo various deductions and allowances to which they would otherwise be entitled; amendment would set 40% rate for 1st $50,000 of income for single persons, 1st $100,000 for couples filing jointly; 50% rate would apply above those figures; taxpayer choosing option would have to use it 5 yrs; long-term capital gains would still be treated separately at preferential rates; amendment assailed by Gore; Treas not opposed to it
Mundt 'shocked' at 'excessive' incomes of some custodians, blames 'irresponsible action' of some but denies any wrongdoing by them or union; notes Local 891 has already imposed voluntary maximum income of $28,600; criticizes bd for not informing local before Sept that custodians were retaining excessive amts under new pay schedule; offers Donovan '62 lr detailing schedule; admits he recd $5,000 gift from local but notes 2 reprs declined gifts; says 'I'm painted with same brush as my colleagues' after it is noted he recd $31,500 as custodian of Manhattan hs; hearings end; Stichman plans rept to Rockefeller
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Carlino and Mahoney decide to limit com to 3 members
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 11, 1963, covering December 14, 1963.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
Trini Lopez
Elvis Presley
1963Greg Abbott, English footballer and manager[†]
Gregory Stephen Abbott is an English football coach and former player
1963William Bedford, American basketball player[†]
William Bedford is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft after playing at Memphis State University. Bedford, a 7'0" center, played for the Suns, Detroit Pistons and the San Antonio Spurs in six NBA seasons, averaging 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in his career.
1963Diana Gansky, German discus thrower[†]
Diana Gansky is a German track and field athlete. She won an Olympic medal and was one of the world's best discus throwers. She represented East Germany and was the 1986 European champion. In 1987 and 1988 she was second in both the world championship and the Olympic games.
1963Cynthia Gibb, American actress and model[†]
Cynthia Gibb is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. She began her career as a cast member on the musical television drama Fame, based on the movie of the same name. She also appeared in the films Youngblood (1986), Salvador (1986), Malone (1987), Short Circuit 2 (1988) and Death Warrant (1990). She received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Gypsy Rose Lee in the film Gypsy (1993).
1963Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (born 1924)[†]
Dinah Washington was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
1963The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.[†]
The Baldwin Hills Dam disaster occurred on December 14, 1963 in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of South Los Angeles, when the dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir suffered a catastrophic failure and flooded the residential neighborhoods surrounding it.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]