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The Year In Review 1964 |
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• At Least 37 People Witnessed The Stabbing Of Kitty Genovese In Queens NY But Nobody Called The Police Because They Didn't Want To Get Involved! The Attacker Left Twice But Returned To Sexually Assault & Kill Her. The Entire Event Lasted At Least 32 Minutes! • Warren Commission Says Oswald Lone Assassin Of Kennedy • GOP Nominates Barry Goldwater, Democrats Nominate LBJ • Martin Luther King Wins Nobel Peace Prize • China Explodes First A-Bomb • LBJ Wins Landslide Victory 43 Million to 27 Million • Beatles Invade America Launching The "British Invasion" Of Rock & Roll • Hoffa Sentenced For Jury Tampering • Arnold Palmer Wins Fourth Masters • Stampede Kills 300 At Peru Soccer Game • Soviet Union Now Using Spy Satellites • Dow high 891 low 776 • Jack Ruby Sentenced To Death For Lee Harvey Oswalds Murder • Supreme Court Upholds Civil Rights Act • US Surgeon General Links Smoking To Cancer • Cassius Clay Beats Sonny Liston For Boxing Heavyweight Title • Jim Ryun At 17 Years Old Runs A 3.50 Minute Mile • Aug. 8, US Begins Bombing North Vietnam | ||
New Products For 1964 |
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• Ford Introduces The Sporty "Mustang" • The First Arby's Fast-Food Restaurant Opens July 23 at Boardman, Ohio • Awake, The Synthetic Orange Juice, Is Introduced By General Foods • Carnation Co. Introduces Carnation Instant Breakfast In West Coast Markets • General Mills Introduces Lucky Charms • First Moog Synthesizer Designed By Robert Moog • Computer Mouse Is Patented • G.I.Joe "Doll" - Later Called "Action Figure" Introduced By Hasbro • Maxim, America's First Freeze-Dried Coffee, Is Introduced In The U.S. By General Foods • The Esso Tiger Debuts, Telling Everyone, "Put a tiger in your tank!" • First 7-11 Store - Long Island NY • Shrink Wrap First Used In Packaging • First Demo Of Cassette Tape Recorder • Touch Tone Telephone Introduced • Milk First Sold In Plastic Containers • "Buffalo Wings" Recipe Developed At The Anchor Bar, Buffalo, NY • STA-PREST Slacks The First Wrinkle Free Products Are Introduced • Duracell Brand Batteries Introduced | ||
1964 Prices |
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• Cost of a new home: $20,500.00 • Cost of a new car: Ford Mustang $2,320 Chevrolet Corvair Monza $2,335 Ford Galaxie 500 XL $3233 Comet ( Lincoln Mercury ) $2,375 Mercury Monterey 4 door $2,965 Oldsmobile, Jetstar 88 $3,035 Rambler Classic 4 door sedan $2,557 • Cost of a first-class stamp: 5¢ • Cost of a gallon of regular gas: 30¢ • Cost of a dozen eggs: 54¢ • Cost of a gallon of Milk: 95¢ • Cost of a Hershey Bar - 1oz: 5¢ | ||
Top 20 Songs Of The Year |
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| 01 I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles 02 Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles 03 There! I've Said It Again - Bobby Vinton 04 Baby Love - The Supremes 05 Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 06 The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals 07 Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups 08 I Feel Fine - The Beatles 09 She Loves You - The Beatles 10 I Get Around - The Beach Boys 11 Come See About Me - The Supremes 12 Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes 13 Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann 14 My Guy - Mary Wells 15 A Hard day's Night - The Beatles 16 Rag Doll - The 4 Seasons 17 Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong 18 Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton 19 Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin 20 A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon |
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Top 20 TV Favorites |
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| 01 Bonanza 02 Bewitched 03 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 04 The Andy Griffith Show 05 The Fugitive 06 The Red Skelton Show 07 The Dick Van Dyke Show 08 The Lucy Show 09 Peyton Place II 10 Combat 11 Walt Disney's World of Color 12 The Beverly Hillbillies 13 My Three Sons 14 Branded 15 Petticoat Junction 16 The Ed Sullivan Show 17 Lassie 18 The Munsters 19 Gilligan's Island 20 Peyton Place |
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Sports |
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| • Pro Football Championship: Cleveland Browns 27 - Baltimore Colts 0 • World Series: St.Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees 4 Games To 3 Tyler vs Sistersville 1964-1965 School Year • Football: Sistersville Tigers 24 - Tyler Red Raiders 13 • Basketball: Sistersville Tigers 94 - Tyler Red Raiders 87 Sistersville Tigers 94 - Tyler Red Raiders 77 |
