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Governor Rockefeller proposed yesterday a $1.7 billion program to purify New York's polluted lakes, streams and rivers.
Letter carriers in this city —and probably in most of the nation—will need backs as strong as their legs today. Their mail loads this morning are expected to be among the heaviest in memory.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—It has been a scant six months since the United States Supreme court, in a 6‐to‐3 decision, laid down its historic rule that both houses of state legislatures must be apportioned on the basis of population.
Mayor Wagner called yesterday for a $340 million increase in state aid to New York City for the 1965‐66 budget year starting July 1. This request for assistance, greatest
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo, Dec. 27—The Congo has charged that officers from Algeria and the United Arab Republic are leading Congolese rebels on the country's northeastern border.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 23, 1964, covering December 28, 1964.
The Beach Boys
Elvis Presley
The Rolling Stones
Barbra Streisand
The Supremes
1964Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter[â ]
Gregory Stephen Perkins, better known by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many solo records. In 1997, a portrait of Tex Perkins by artist Bill Leak won the Packing Room award at the Archibald Prize.
1964Maite ZĂșñiga, Spanish runner[â ]
MarĂa Teresa "Maite" ZĂșñiga DomĂnguez is a retired Basque Spanish middle-distance runner.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[â ]