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All schools closed after severe snowstorm
US concerned over coup; Pres Johnson briefed; destroyer evacuates Amers; US source sees it too early to weigh recognizing new regime; US charge d'Affaires F P Picard and aide D K Petterson to remain in Zanzibar
WNDT asks FCC permit to operate 2d station in NYC on Channel 14; details
Sen Finance Com votes extra tax relief for interstate utilities in form of investment credits; some Cong elements seek to neutralize Fed agencies intent to have utilities customers share in savings in form of lower rates
open hearings; Baker's ax-tax accountant M Hauft testifies Baker made $4,000 profit from joint Fla land venture with Sen Smothers; later tells newsmen that Smothers' ex-aide S I Peek was also in on deal; Smothers issues statement explaining, defending venture; Hauft also testifies that Capitol Vending Co pres R L Hill made substantial payments to Baker for his influence in arranging for profitable contract with Melpar Inc, Falls Church, Va; Hill has sued Baker for $300,000 in damages over loss of contract which he claims Baker intended to go to Serv-U Inc, nucleus of Baker's financial interests; Hill testifies mat Baker demanded $1,000 a mo for getting and keeping contract but settled for $250 a mo; says payments totaled $5,600 over 17 mos and ended last July when he learned Baker was 'going to take contract away' from Capitol Vending; testifies on his efforts to have Baker's sec Tyler intercede for him; says Baker phoned Sen R C Byrd last June to get favorable consideration for him (Hill) in placing vending machines in Capitol; Byrd admits call; says intercession was rejected; Nev gambler E Levinson identified during hearing as major stockholder in Serv-U; Serv-U ex-pres Hancock testifies Levinson made trips to PR and VI at Serv-U's expense but denies it was for gambling purposes
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 8, 1964, covering January 14, 1964.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
Elvis Presley
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1964Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter[†]
Beverly "Bev" Kinch is an English former long jumper and sprinter. She held the UK long jump record for 29 years (1983–2012) with 6.90 metres. She is the 1983 Universiade Champion at 100 metres and the 1984 European Indoor Champion at 60 metres. She also represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
1964Sergei Nemchinov, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Sergei Lvovich Nemchinov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils for twelve seasons, bookended by ten seasons in the Soviet Championship League with PHC Krylya Sovetov and HC CSKA Moscow, and two in the Russian Superleague with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Nemchinov works in the Admiral Vladivostok.
1964Shepard Smith, American television journalist[†]
David Shepard Smith Jr. is an American former broadcast journalist. He served as chief general news anchor and host of The News with Shepard Smith on CNBC, a daily evening newscast launched in late September 2020; but his program was canceled in November 2022. Smith is best known for his 23-year career at the Fox News Channel, which he joined at its 1996 inception and where he served as chief anchor and managing editor of the breaking news division. Smith hosted several programs in his tenure at Fox, including Fox Report, Studio B and Shepard Smith Reporting.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]