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27 reform Dems oppose Kennedy; charge he shows no comprehension of reform aims, sides with old-line leaders; group includes Adams, R W Richmond, Mrs M Field; Kennedy backed by Albany orgn; Von Arsdale says Central Labor Council voted 'overwhelmingly' for him
Dem platform hails achievements under Kennedy-Johnson Adms
25% of male Negroes aged 14-19 in work force are unemployed according to normally unpub US statistics; jobless rate nearly twice as high as for white teenagers, has been 21-25% since '58; white rate seems stabilized at about 14%; no ready explanation for difference seen since both groups have grown by almost 50% in past 10 yrs
THEATER cannot escape the law of supply and demand: who lives to please must please in order to live. Theater will live according to the pleasure it provides — nothing more. And we, who love and would aave this institution dedicated to pleasure for better days, who would use it to reform common morality and to elevate public taste—can do this only by a profound alteration of what the audience has come in to buy from us. We must revolutionize the nature of pleasure in the American Theater.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 22—Quadrangle won the 95th running of the Travers today after muffling unexpected opposition from Mrs. Henry Obre's Knightly Manner.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 19, 1964, covering August 23, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Beach Boys
Louis Armstrong
1964Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster[†]
Raymond Vincent Ferraro is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current broadcaster for ESPN/ABC and select Vancouver Canucks games on CBC Sports/Sportsnet. He played for 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hartford Whalers (1984–1990), New York Islanders (1990–1995), New York Rangers (1995–1996), Los Angeles Kings (1996–1999), Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2002), and St. Louis Blues (2002).
1964Kong Hee, Singaporean minister and criminal[†]
Kong Hee is the founder and senior pastor of City Harvest Church.
1964Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (born 1883)[†]
Edmond John "Ned" Hogan was an Australian politician who was the 30th Premier of Victoria. He was born in Wallace, Victoria, where his Irish-born parents were small farmers. After attending a Roman Catholic primary school, he became a farm worker and then a timber worker, and spent some time on the goldfields of Western Australia.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]