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Williams proposes to broaden his original resolution that started probe to include probe of 'illegal, immoral or improper' activities of any Sen or ex-Sen; would empower com to probe giving or taking campaign contributions under 'questionable' circumstances; scored by Jordan and Magnuson
Dirksen, Humphrey and Atty Gen Kennedy reoch accord in Dirksen amendments; compromise on Atty Gen's power to initiate suits for compliance under Title VII detailed
exile orgn, Revolutionary Recovery Movement, claims temporary capture of E Cuban port of Pilon and demolition of sugar mill after battle with Castro forces; map; communique signed by M Artime Buesa and R Quintero; mere raids promised; Castro charges US attack; warns of Cuban response; US denies link with raiders
Min Chen Yi (Communist China) says situation is 'explosive,' blames US, lrs to GB and USSR; demands restoration of coalition and 'neutralization' of Vientiane; calls for new Geneva conf
pilot and 4 persons on ground killed as F-105 crashes into Las Vegas housing development and explodes; 2 others hurt; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 13, 1964, covering May 14, 1964.
The Beatles
Original Cast
The Beatles
The Dave Clark Five
Al Hirt
1964Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer[†]
Suzy Kolber is an American football sideline reporter, co-producer, and a former ESPN sports anchor and reporter. She was one of the original anchors of ESPN2 when it launched in 1993. Three years later, she left ESPN2 to join Fox Sports, but returned to ESPN in late 1999. In 2023, she and several other ESPN employees were terminated by the network in what was described as a cost-cutting measure.
1964Alan McIndoe, Australian rugby league player[†]
Alan McIndoe is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative wing, he played club football in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the Illawarra Steelers, with whom he topped the League's try-scoring list in 1991, and the Penrith Panthers. On 4 October 2006 McIndoe was named on the wing in a 40 Year Panthers Legends Team. The same year he was named on the wing in the Illawarra Steelers' "Team of Steel".
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]