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December 19, 1963

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Headlines from December 19, 1963

U.S. TO CHALLENGE SOVIET OVER DUES; Will Insist U.N. Suspend Right to Vote Unless They Are Paid, Stevenson Says Liability to Arise Soon U.S. to Challenge Soviet's Vote In Assembly if Dues Aren't Paid

By Thomas J. Hamilton Special To the New York Times

Stevenson says US will insist on suspending vote if USSR does not pay assessments, news conf; Brit source says applicable Charter Article 19 should be automatic but hopes it will never have to be used; Assembly Pres Sosa Rodriguez wary on how he would act in enforcement; issue not relevant until '64 Assembly session unless special session is called

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ARMS-CUT POLICY BEING REVIEWED; U.S. Step Is in Preparation for Geneva Parley and in Hope of a Soviet Shift Negotiations Preferred U.S. Reviewing Arms-Cut Policy In Hope of Shift in Soviet Stand

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

US revs position preparatory to resumption of 18-nation Geneva conf

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Rockefeller Institute Warns on Subway; ROCKEFELLER UNIT HITS SUBWAY PLAN Gets Federal Subsidy

By Clayton Knowles

Dr Bronk warns that Rockefeller Inst will have to leave NYC if tunnel is built under 64th St, rept to Planning Comm; holds vibrations from bldg of tunnel and operation of subway would disrupt delicate instruments and experiments at inst; NYCTA repr comments

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LUNAR RED SPOTS OBSERVED IN U.S.; 2 Sightings of Gas Eruptions Support Soviet Claim LUNAR RED SPOTS OBSERVED IN U.S. Heat Suggested as Cause Mapping for 3 Years Dubious at First

By Walter Sullivan Special To the New York Timesthe New York Times

DALLAS, Dec. 18--Two American observatories have simultaneously observed what appear to have been huge eruptions of gas from the moon's interior.

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JOHNSON SETS UP TOP U.S. POSITION ON LATIN AFFAIRS; Mann, New Aide to Rusk, Will Also Be Adviser to White House on the Americas PEACE GOALS STRESSED President, at News Session, Says He Is Willing to Meet Any World Leaders Peace Goal Emphasized World's First Obligation JOHNSON SETS UP TOP JOB ON LATINS

By Henry Raymont Special To the New York Times

Johnson announces naming Mann special Pres adviser on Latin-Amer affairs with high policy-making power, press conf

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 18, 1963, covering December 19, 1963.

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The Singing Nun
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
7
2
In The Wind
Peter| Paul & Mary
Last week
2
Peak
1
Weeks
9
3
The Second Barbra Streisand Album
Barbra Streisand
Last week
3
Peak
2
Weeks
15
4
Trini Lopez At PJ's
Trini Lopez
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Peak
2
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19
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Golden Records Vol. 3
Elvis Presley
Last week
5
Peak
3
Weeks
15

Notable Births

1963Jennifer Beals, American model and actress^[†]

Jennifer Beals is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

1963Til Schweiger, German actor, director, and producer^[†]

Tilman Valentin Schweiger is a German actor and filmmaker. He became known in the 1990s for films such as Manta, Manta, Der bewegte Mann and Knockin' on Heaven's Door. He went on to star in international film productions such as Inglourious Basterds and founded his own production company Barefoot Films. Films like Rabbit Without Ears, Rabbit Without Ears 2, Kokowääh and Head Full of Honey, in which he was director, producer and actor, drew large audiences, making Schweiger the most commercially successful German filmmaker.

Historical Context for December 19, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people^[†]

Headlines from December 19, 1963

U.S. TO CHALLENGE SOVIET OVER DUES; Will Insist U.N. Suspend Right to Vote Unless They Are Paid, Stevenson Says Liability to Arise Soon U.S. to Challenge Soviet's Vote In Assembly if Dues Aren't Paid

ARMS-CUT POLICY BEING REVIEWED; U.S. Step Is in Preparation for Geneva Parley and in Hope of a Soviet Shift Negotiations Preferred U.S. Reviewing Arms-Cut Policy In Hope of Shift in Soviet Stand

Rockefeller Institute Warns on Subway; ROCKEFELLER UNIT HITS SUBWAY PLAN Gets Federal Subsidy

LUNAR RED SPOTS OBSERVED IN U.S.; 2 Sightings of Gas Eruptions Support Soviet Claim LUNAR RED SPOTS OBSERVED IN U.S. Heat Suggested as Cause Mapping for 3 Years Dubious at First

The Singing Nun

In The Wind

The Second Barbra Streisand Album

Trini Lopez At PJ's

Golden Records Vol. 3

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 19, 1963