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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—The United States warned military leaders in South Vietnam: today that American support was based on maintenance of a government free of “improper interference” by military leaders in Saigon.
ROME, Dec. 22 — Pope Paul VI tonight made a fervent Christmas appeal to the world for brotherhood, disarmament and rejection of class, racial and national strife.
ALBANY, Wednesday, Dec. 23—Assemblyman Stanley Steingut of Brooklyn and State Senator Julian B. Erway of Albany have been named by the Democrats to the top posts in the 1965 Legislature.
Philip B. Kohut, former Democratic leader and Public Safety Commissioner of Long Beach, L. I., was indicted here yesterday on charges of accepting parking‐meter bribes.
SAIGON, South Vietnam, Dec. 22—Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Khanh supported today the resumption of supreme power by the armed forces despite United States opposition.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 23, 1964, covering December 23, 1964.
The Beach Boys
Elvis Presley
The Rolling Stones
Barbra Streisand
The Supremes
1964Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Eddie Jerome Vedder is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. He was previously a guest vocalist for supergroup Temple of the Dog, a tribute band dedicated to singer Andrew Wood.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]