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Literature Prize awarded to Sartre; he refuses it; is 1st to reject prize fully and freely; acad comments
FBI clears Jankins of having compromised US security or interests, rapt to Johnson; Hoover makes pub summary of findings; says over 500 persons were int; summary does not sustain suspicions, voiced by some White House sources, that Jenkins was trapped into Oct 7 incident; says Jenhins claims he was 'enticed' by arresting officer in '59; says he claims mind was befuddled by fatigue, alcohol, physical illness and lack of food in Oct 7 incident; says he had ltd assn with some persons alleged to be, or who admittedly are, sex deviates; says Jenkins does not recall any acts other than 2 for which arrested; says into with co-workers and White House drs reveal he suffered from gross fatigue and overwork; findings show that Jenkins said no blackmail or compromise attempt was ever made against him; that when he was issued White House pass, '61, neither Pres Kennedy, nor Johnson, nor any staff member knew of '59 incident; that Johnson did not know of it when he became Pres; that Jenkins did not order probe of self because of '61 probe; summary confirms sequence of events that apparently acted to prevent Kennedy, Johnson or aides from knowing of '59 arrest; says Jenkins was given USAF top-secret clearance in '56, Defense Dept top-secret clearance in '57, AEC 'Q' clearance in '58 following FBI full field probe; psychiatrist who examined him Oct 15 repts him in severe depression
Fed ct (Judge Cox), Jackson, Miss, holds US Atty Hauberg in contempt for refusing to draw up indictments sought by grand jury, orders him jailed but delays effective date; orders Acting Atty Gen Katzenbach to show cause why he should not be ruled in contempt; Justice Dept says it is not obligated to draw indictments in cases it does not want to prosecute; will appeal
in hosp with tracheobronchitis
nepotism among charges leveled at Khrushchev by new regime
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1964, covering October 23, 1964.
The Beatles
Barbra Streisand
Dean Martin
The Beatles
Nancy Wilson
1964Eddy Cue, American computer scientist and businessman[†]
Eduardo H. Cue is Apple's senior vice president of Services, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Cue oversees Apple's numerous content stores and products including the iTunes Store, the Apple Books Store, and Apple Music, Apple Pay, Siri, Maps, iAd, iCloud services, and Apple's productivity and creativity apps. Cue testified in the antitrust case against Apple for conspiring on eBook pricing.
1964Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter[†]
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz is an American musician who has been the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies from 1989 to 1995, while also collaborating with Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir for funk metal supergroup Infectious Grooves. After leaving Suicidal Tendencies, he performed with Ozzy Osbourne, Jerry Cantrell, and heavy metal band Black Label Society. Trujillo joined Metallica in 2003 and is the band's longest-serving bassist. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Metallica in 2009.
1964Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (born 1886)[†]
Frank Luther Mott was an American academic, historian and journalist, who won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History for Volumes II and III of his series, A History of American Magazines.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]