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HR, 211203, posses farm bill; approves food stamp plan; Northern and Southern Dems trade votes to make passage possible
pro- and anti-segregationists reaction to Wallace vote; Negroes bitter; vote seen giving new life to neo-Dixiecrat drive for unpledged electors; position of Gov Johnson, who had been expected to lead Miss back into Dem column, now in doubt
Wagner urged to keep civil rights, indus and union leaders in continuous sessions until agreement is reached against hiring bias, rept by 3-man fact-finding panel he formed last June; chmn S R Pierce Jr warns warmer weather will spur demonstrations; Wagner repts conf with Bldg and Construction Trades Council pres Brennan
ARAB-ISRAELI SHOOTING WAR? Arab nations threaten a shooting war if Is rael carries out Jordan River project. It's explosive, Today's World ‐Telegram Advt.
Cohn testifies; denies all charges; calls self innocent victim of 'vendetta' by Atty Gen Kennedy and Morgenthau; traces it to disputes arising from own role in '50s as counsel to Sen (McCarthy) com; cites effort to clarify issue of involvement in United Dye case at meeting with Morgenthau in July '62; other details
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 8, 1964, covering April 9, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964Rob Awalt, German-American football player[†]
Robert Mitchell Awalt is a German-American former professional football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, and Buffalo Bills. He played college football at San Diego State University.
1964Juliet Cuthbert, Jamaican sprinter[†]
Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn is a Jamaican politician and retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. As an athlete, Cuthbert-Flynn competed at four Olympic Games, winning two silver medals at the 1992 games held in Barcelona.
1964Doug Ducey, American politician and businessman, 23rd Governor of Arizona[†]
Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and Republican politician who served as the 23rd governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023 and as Arizona State Treasurer from 2011 to 2015. He was CEO of the ice cream parlor chain Cold Stone Creamery from 1995 to 2007.
1964Peter Penashue, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs[†]
Peter Penashue, is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected as the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador in the 2011 federal election. Penashue was the first Innu from Labrador to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada and the first Innu cabinet minister in Canadian history. He was also the first centre-right MP to be elected from the riding of Labrador since 1968, and only the second ever to win it since Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949.
1964Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author[†]
Margaret Peterson Haddix is an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Children (1998–2006) and The Missing (2008–2015). She also wrote the tenth volume in the multiple-author series The 39 Clues.
1964Rick Tocchet, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach[†]
Richard Tocchet is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the sixth round, 121st overall, by the Flyers in the 1983 NHL entry draft and also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, and Phoenix Coyotes. He formerly served as the head coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Arizona Coyotes, and Vancouver Canucks. Tocchet won the Jack Adams Award for coach of the year in 2024.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]