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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—President Johnson has instructed the State and Defense Departments to make every effort in the new year to reunite the nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo, Dec. 20—Thirty more white hostages are feared to be dead in the northeastern Congo, according to refugees who arrived here today.
Precious gems are anonymous. Their value is international, stable, and quickly transferable into cash. No other commodity carries such a high price in such a small, easily transported structure.
The police have opened an inquiry to learn whether fleet taxi drivers have to kick back to dispatchers for jobs and other services.
ALBANY, Dec. 20—The Republican leadership in the Legislature was forced today to postpone action once again on its reapportionment program.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 16, 1964, covering December 21, 1964.
The Beach Boys
Elvis Presley
The Rolling Stones
Barbra Streisand
Andy Williams
1964Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director and illustrator[†]
Kunihiko Ikuhara , also known by the nickname Ikuni, is a Japanese director, writer, artist, and music producer. He has created and collaborated on several notable anime and manga series, including Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Penguindrum, Yurikuma Arashi, and Sarazanmai.
1964Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Gregory Joseph "Joey" Kocur is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is best known for his activities as a fighter and enforcer, as well as being one half of the "Bruise Brothers" with then- Detroit Red Wings teammate Bob Probert, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Joe Kocur is a 4 time Stanley Cup champion.
1964Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (born 1880)[†]
Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. In his later years, he took up photography and took many portraits of notable people. Although he was married to women for most of his adult years, Van Vechten engaged in numerous homosexual affairs during his lifetime.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]