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A meeting called by the City Commission on Human Rights in an attempt to settle a plumbers' dispute in the Bronx ended in failure yesterday after tumultuous arguing.
Panama to ask major econ concessions in talks with US but will not press for new Canal treaty; Chiari seeks ltd gains before his term ends Oct 1; recent visit of US special repr Anderson aided moderate stand; Solis hails Anderson role
again lifts them by ears to show that they do not object; illus
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HISTORIC TRIP OF SHALOM The first trip of Israel's new $20 million liner. Travel Editor Robert Meyer's dramatic story. Today's WorldTelegram.—Advt.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 29, 1964, covering May 5, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Original Cast
The Beatles
Al Hirt
1964Jean-François CopĂ©, French politician, French Minister of Budget[â ]
Jean-François CopĂ© is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007, when assumed other tenures in the governmentâincluding Minister of the Budgetâat the same time. He also served as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne and president of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) group in the National Assembly. In November 2010 he became the party's secretary-general. In August 2012 he announced that he would run for the presidency of the UMP, facing the former Prime Minister François Fillon.
1964Heike Henkel, German high jumper[â ]
Heike Henkel is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She was Olympic, World and European champion. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
1964Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)[â ]
William Donald Payne was an American writer and producer. He wrote several episodes of The Simpsons after 2000, many of these with John Frink, whom he met while studying at the University of California, Los Angeles. The duo began their careers writing for the short-lived sitcom Hope and Gloria. Payne later moved into writing feature films, including My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), and co-wrote Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Thor (2011) and its sequel Thor: The Dark World (2013). Payne died from heart failure caused by bone cancer in March 2013.
1964Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer[â ]
Minami Takayama is a Japanese voice actress, narrator and singer who is currently affiliated with 81 Produce. She is also the main vocalist of Two-Mix and ES CONNEXION when it was active. Her uncle is a former New Japan Pro-Wrestling managing director Hisashi Shinma.
1964The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.[â ]
The Council of Europe is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, representing 46 member states from Europe, with a population of approximately 675 million as of 2023; it operates with an annual ordinary budget of approximately 500 million euros.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[â ]