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In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]
1964Anne Applebaum, American journalist and author[†]
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She holds Polish citizenship as well.
1964Tony Granato, American ice hockey player and coach[†]
Anthony Lewis Granato is an American former professional ice hockey left winger and former head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. He served as head coach of the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Previously, he was the head coach of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Colorado Avalanche, as well as an assistant coach for the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1964Breuk Iversen, American designer and journalist[†]
Breuk Iversen is an American designer and writer. He is known for launching 11211 Magazine and his 2003 site-specific exhibit, with Jan McLaughlin, at the Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery of the "Salon des Refuses": the Offal Project, that explored issues of economy, aesthetics, politics and popular culture through society's by-products.
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Negroes riot, Rochester, NY, after arrest of Negro at st dance; 500 police unable to control clash centered in Joseph Av sec; stores reptd looted
St Helena Parish school bd asks Fed aid to draw up desegregation plan; reprs appear in ct mins before deadline for ordering complete and immediate integration to ask that Community Relations Service, set up under new Civil Rights Act, and Fed Educ Comr Keppel help 'preserve peace and tranquillity of community'; bd had repeatedly refused to submit plan, claiming fear of violence; bd and State Atty Gen Gremillion maintain Civil Rights Act is unconst despite plea for help under it; ct extends deadline for filing plan indefinitely; case is 1st referred to Community Relations Service
de Gaulle, in Bonn conf in which he failed to gain Erhard support for ind French nuclear force, reptdly belittled multilateral fleet and criticized W Ger for supporting it; W Ger holds it is not bound to follow French policy, says France knew of Ger plan for role in fleet before '63 cooperation pact was signed
Rusk reptdly tells Latin-Amer foreign mins US presses USSR to halt Cuban subversion in hemisphere; reptdly holds Khrushchev and Castro impressed by US concern; does not see changes before US elections but reptdly detects new USSR and Cuban attitudes
Johnson, Goldwater agree that racial tension should be avoided in campaign, statement issued after White House meeting; text; Johnson commented on meeting at earlier press conf
Westchester County traveling regis teams meet with great success among Negroes; Urban League and Women Voters League urge election officials to expand program; Urban League drive, under $12,000 grant from Norman Foundation to stimulate Negro voting, held factor for success
Sen votes to form 6-member Select Com on Standards and Conduct consisting of 3 Dems and 3 Repubs
Johnson uses press conf to stress how wide and deep are differences between him and Goldwater; says he believes campaign aim is to discuss issues, that he thinks voters are more interested in issues than in candidates opinions of each other
Elections Bd repts only 4,443 persons have regis in firehouse drive; NAACP aide says doorbell ringing is most effective, plans drive soon
FCC, 4-3, renews licenses of 8 radio stations despite FCC staff charge all 8 carried too many commercials; Chmn Henry, in strong dissent, charges FCC reneges on pledge to police over-commercialization
Murphy bars scheduled protest march by Harlem Defense Council; council repr W Epton defiant; 160 Negro leaders urge Wagner rescind ban; will seek to persuade Epton and J Gray to call off march; NAACP exec sec Wilkins asks US rights leaders to conf, NYC, in effort to keep riots from damaging rights movement; Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant quiet; CORE pickets police hq; illus; Rockefeller has phone call with Wagner, pledges state aid; Farmer repts CORE bars demonstrations now; Haryou-Act sponsors conf aimed at ending unrest; Murphy commends police on performance during riots
WASHINGTON, July 24—President Johnson offered understanding and cooperation today to Premier Moise Tshombe of the Congo. He thus completed an official change of attitude toward a man Washington had vigorously opposed.