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In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]
1964Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015)[†]
Darryl Quinn Hamilton was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1988 and 2001 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, and New York Mets. Hamilton prepped at Louisiana State University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge and then attended Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
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Lombardozzi et al: NYS probe of loan sharks finds Mafia gained control of small brokerage houses, compelling them to promote worthless securities when they could not repay loans; testimony involves loans by A Tortorello and securities of C & E Electronics, Belmont Oil and Monarch Asbestos Corps, all defunct
exec com proposes that assn set up hq in Washington, that full-time standing policy com be formed defining Govs' position on key issues and also a com on party orgn; assn is now subgroup of Repub Natl Com; under new plan it would become ind
Javits proposes that Repub candidate be chosen informally by party leaders in Jan to enable him to make 10-mo campaign; says he is not available, seen favoring Lindsay
McCloskey testifies; acknowledges ha made some $35,000 overpayment to Reynolds but says it was 'goof by member of staff; Baker appears under subpoena but refuses to testify on const grounds; McCloskey says Baker was overpaid when co paid him for gen liability ins that he did not handle and that sum was also paid to rightful recipient; plans to recoup overpayment; McCloskey, Baker illus; W N McLeod, former chief clerk of HR DC com denies he knew of alleged arrangements between Baker and McCloskey; acknowledges he recd $1,500 from Reynolds at time of alleged Stadium transaction and regarded this as gift; Reynolds had said it was fee for steering bill through Cong; McCloskey describes meeting Reynolds only twice and knowing Baker; denies having had conversation such as described by Reynolds in which he named Truman
assn sells bldg at 805 1st Av to UN for $450,000; to continue to occupy ground floor
about 3 Vietcong cos overrun 90-man Thiengiao dist hq, supposedly pacified sec of country; kill dist chief and capture weapons; official S Vietnam data show S Vietnamese forces have just achieved 1 of its most effective wks against Vietcong; says ratio of guerrillas killed to S Vietnamese dead at most favorable level since '61; so-called kill ratio is test of mil effectiveness used by US mil command; other data on mil operations; map
Judge Haynsworth to succeed Judge Sobeloff as chief judge for 4th Circuit
Gromyko reptdly agrees to negotiate on all aspects of peace-keeping forces including financing; would discuss rescue fund; confs with Rusk; Quaison-Sackey optimistic; Bouattoura encouraged after confs with Thant and Fedorenko; reprs seek way to avoid Assembly vote on at least interim budget, other action needed before Xmas recess
Pres Johnson stresses need to reduce teen-age unemployment, s, Business Council; says rate is 14.5% but non white rate is 30%
Peron in Rio de Janeiro; illus; Brazil forces him to return to Spain