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SAIGON, South Vietnam, Saturday, July 4 (Reuters)—Communist guerrillas overran a South Vietnam military camp close to the Laotian border early today, killing 44 soldiers and wounding 22 others, including three United States advisers.
THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS PLAY “THE DEPUTY” Info on theatre pg.‐Advt.
“THE DEPUTY” TICKETS NOW FOR July, Aug., Sept., Oct. Details on theatre page. “Compelling.” N. Y. Times—Advt.
NJ Sup Ct jury awards $1,215,140 to S Miller, 17, and parents in negligence suit against Chatham Educ Bd and teacher J C Cloidt; award believed one of largest ever; boy was paralyzed in gymnasium fall; parents charged lack of supervision
named by Pres Johnson to aid UN mediator Tuomioja in Cyprus crisis
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 1, 1964, covering July 4, 1964.
Louis Armstrong
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
The Beatles
Barbra Streisand
1964Cle Kooiman, American soccer player and manager[†]
Christopher Clemence "Cle" Kooiman is an American former soccer defender. He played professionally in both Mexico and the United States including the first Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance, American Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer. He earned twelve caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national soccer team in 1993 and 1994. He was a member of the U.S. team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
1964Elie Saab, Lebanese fashion designer[†]
Elie Saab is a Lebanon-based fashion designer. He started his business in the early 1980s and specialized in bridal couture.
1964Edi Rama, Albanian politician[†]
Edi Rama is an Albanian politician, artist and writer who has been serving as the 33rd and incumbent prime minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports from 1998 to 2000. First elected mayor of Tirana in 2000, he was reelected in 2003 and 2007.
1964Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Mark Allen Slaughter is an American singer and musician, and one of the founders of the glam metal band Slaughter.
1964Mark Whiting, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]
Mark Randolph Whiting is an American writer, director, designer and actor.
1964Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (born 1893)[†]
Gaby Morlay was a film actress from France.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]