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PARIS, Dec. 13 — Secretary of State Dean Rusk declared today that the United States, despite French forebodings, remained fully committed to the security of the North Atlantic Alliance.
New York suburbs include some of the wealthiest areas in the country, but they are becoming increasingly plagued by poverty.
The Kennedy family announced yesterday the selection of an architect for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at Harvard University. At a news conference at the Hotel Pierre, Senator‐elect Robert F. Kennedy named I. M. Pei, Canton‐born New York architect, as the designer of the library and, in conjunction with it, of a projected institute for advanced political studies. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of the President, was present but did not say anything. Nathan M. Pusey, president of Harvard University, outlined plans for the Kennedy Institute, which will be connected with the Graduate School of Public Administration. When negotiations are complete, Richard E. Neustadt, professor of government at Columbia University, is to be the institute's director. Eugene R. Black, in charge of fund‐raising for the library, announced that more than the original goal of $10 million had already been raised! But he said fund‐raising would continue, to provide an endowment for the institute. “I have never had a job as easy as this one,” said Hr. Black, the former president off the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. “Contributions have come in from all over the country and the world, ranging from a few cents to a quarter of a million dollars. Over four million Americans have given something.”
TELEVISION: a great big yawn. Read “The Truth about Television” starting today in the World‐Telegram.—ADVT.
Two large groups of apartment dwellers have taken measures in recent days to protect themselves against muggers, purse ‐ snatchers, rapists and burglars.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 9, 1964, covering December 14, 1964.
The Beach Boys
Barbra Streisand
The Rolling Stones
Elvis Presley
Andy Williams
1964William Bendix, American actor (born 1906)[†]
William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, known for his portrayals of rough, blue-collar characters. He gained significant recognition for his role in Wake Island, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Bendix is also remembered for playing Chester A. Riley, the earnest and clumsy aircraft plant worker, in both the radio and television versions of The Life of Riley. Additionally, he portrayed baseball legend Babe Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story. Bendix frequently co-starred with Alan Ladd, appearing in ten films together; both actors died in 1964.
1964American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.[†]
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which most commonly affected African Americans. The movement had origins in the Reconstruction era in the late 19th century, and modern roots in the 1940s. After years of nonviolent protests and civil disobedience campaigns, the civil rights movement achieved many of its legislative goals in the 1960s, during which it secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]