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US presses legal argument that USSR will lose Assembly vote 'automatically' unless it pays some of debt before next session; case outlined to Harvard Internatl Law Club by State Dept aide S M Schwebel
2d boycott; illus; bd puts absences at 267,459 or 26% of regis, close to total number of Negroes in system and more than 160,000 above normal but far below number of 1st boycott; demonstration drastically cuts regis at some predominantly Negro pss but has little or no effect in largely white sees; Donovan sees boycott now regarded with diminishing favor but Galamison hails it; teacher attendance normal; Malcolm X addresses demonstrators of bd hq
Pres de Gaulle asks Mex 'walk hand in hand' with France, s in Spanish, Mex City; text
Pres Johnson asks nearly $1 billion for 1st yr of war-on-poverty program stressing youth job training and educ, message to Cong; seeks to help 380,000 underprivileged youths through 3 plans that would cost $412.5 million; 1st would be job corps to provide 16-21-yr-old males with job training and educ in about 100 civilian camps and training centers administered by new Office of Econ Opportunity under S Shriver; 2d would provide work and training in home communities for up to 200,000 youths; 3d would be work-study plan under which 140,000 youths would help pay their college expenses through part-time jobs on campus or in pub or nonprofit orgns off campus
Rockefeller holds Legis should enact strong code this session, press conf; says Laporte com rept is 'excellent framework' within which code can be amended but refuses to say if all proposals should be included
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 11, 1964, covering March 17, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Nancy Wilson
Original Cast
1964Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (died 2013)[†]
Stefano Borgonovo was an Italian footballer and manager, who played as a striker. An opportunistic striker, Borgonovo played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and came to prominence while playing alongside Roberto Baggio with Fiorentina during the 1988–89 season, on loan from Milan. His prolific performances with Fiorentina earned him a permanent move to Milan, where he contributed to the club's European Cup victory in 1990, despite struggling with injuries.
1964Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist[†]
Lee Michael Dixon is an English pundit and retired professional footballer who played as a right-back. Dixon was also capped 22 times for England.
1964Rob Lowe, American actor[†]
Robert Hepler Lowe is an American actor, filmmaker, and entertainment host. Following numerous television roles in the early 1980s, he came to prominence as a teen idol and member of the Brat Pack with starring roles in The Outsiders (1983), Class (1983), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Oxford Blues (1984), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), About Last Night... (1986), and Masquerade (1988). Lowe was involved in a sex tape scandal in 1988, which stymied his career for many years afterward. His notable credits during this time were supporting roles in comedy films such as Wayne's World (1992), Tommy Boy (1995), and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).
1964Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer and coach[†]
Jacques Celestin Songo'o is a Cameroonian former professional football goalkeeper who is the current goalkeeping coach of the Cameroon national team.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]