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NYC dismisses B Reicher as its appraiser on charge that J Curtin, key witness for co, paid for Caribbean cruise for Reicher, 1 of his employes and their wives
SAYS RICHARD NIXON WILL WIN Henry Taylor tells why Nixon's close deleat by John F. Kennedy won't stop his Termination. Today's World‐Telegram Advt.
Sen, 67-17, votes to make bill pending business; rejects, 50-34, Morse motion to refer bill to Judiciary Con for 10 days; motion was backed by Southerners and Dirksen; none of 10 other non-Southerners on com backed Dirksen; com members Keating, Dodd and Hart attack motion; King warns that rights orgns plan 'direct action' drive if Southerners filibuster beyond let wk in May; 15 from Southern Christian Leadership Conf conf on drive; NAACP gratified by Sen votes
US Appeals Ct, 6-2, rules that US Sup Ct '63 decision voiding convictions if accused was not advised of right to trial counsel is retroactive without limit; ruling seen freeing thousands who cannot be retried because witnesses and evidence are no longer available, and many others who recd long terms as 2d offenders after being deprived of counsel at 1st conviction
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 25, 1964, covering March 27, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.[†]
The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 139 deaths.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]