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Adm sees threat to entire program in charges of Communist infiltration of Mobilization for Youth program in NYC, a community action program similar to ones envisioned in antipoverty bill Title II which gets about 58% of its funds from Fed agencies
Cong conf agrees on modified version of bill acceptable to Adm; its complex formula bars quotas in '64, gives Pres ltd discretion to remove or increase quotas once imposed; Adm officials doubt they ever will be; bill detailed
ONE OF THE GREAT PLATS OF ALL TIME! “THE TROJAN WOMEN”‐Advt.
Sen com approves amendment to Soc Security bill to let Fed Govt match additional $5 monthly in state payments to those receiving old-age assistance
NYS probes possible use of faulty concrete in paving; alternate routes posted as repairs start; traffic jams minor; illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 12, 1964, covering August 18, 1964.
The Beatles
Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
Louis Armstrong
Barbra Streisand
Original Cast
1964Craig Bierko, American actor and singer[†]
Craig Philip Bierko is an American actor.
1964Andi Deris, German singer and songwriter[†]
Andreas "Andi" Deris is a German singer, best known as one of the three co-lead vocalists of the power metal band Helloween, and co-founder and former lead singer of the metal band Pink Cream 69.
1964Mark Sargent, Australian rugby league player[†]
Mark Sargent is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he played in the NSWRL premiership for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Newcastle Knights, winning the Rothmans Medal in 1989 while playing for Newcastle.
1964Kenny Walker, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]
Kenneth Walker is an American former professional basketball player. He played primarily for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Sky" Walker, he won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1989. He is currently a radio host for WVLK in Lexington, Kentucky.
1964Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (born 1927)[†]
Hildegard Johanna Maria Trabant was an East German woman who became the fiftieth known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Trabant was shot and killed by East German border guards during a crossing attempt, one of only eight women victims of the Berlin Wall, and was the only escapee victim known to have a record of loyalty toward the East German regime.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]