Top AP News Stories of 1964 Named by Editors
The year’s leading events include Lyndon Johnson’s campaign and victory with Humphrey as running mate, Khrushchev’s ouster and Brezhnev rise, civil rights milestones and tragic violence, the Alaska earthquake, Viet Nam hostilities, Congo turmoil, and landmark federal reforms.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Oregon
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry M. Goldwater
San Francisco
Atlantic City
Johnson
LBJ
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
U.S
Goldwater
Arizona
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
U.S.S.R
Tass
Khrushchev
Stocks at Record Highs and Record Volume
AP reports 1964 closed with markets at new record highs amid heaviest trading. Dow rose toward 871.71, AP 32.6, S&P 86.28. gains cooled after UK rate hike and Fed rate jump. Foresee strong 1965 start but slower growth.
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AP Business News
NEW York
Wall Stret
Hirhs
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Standard and Por
Standard and Poor
Federal Reserve Board
Kentucky Claims More Living Ex-Governors
Frankfort report shows Kentucky has seven living former governors. Former Gov Bert Combs notes this is more than any other state and quips that when greeted as governor, six people commonly reply fine, thank you.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Bert Coms
President Johnson Named Newsmaker of the Year for 1964
The 36th U S president Lyndon B Johnson was chosen by AP editors as newsmaker of the year 1964 for guiding the nation through the road to victory in the election and resolving the railroad strike in April. Khrushchev named foreign affairs newsmaker for 1964 with visits to Hungary and Scandinavia and changes in Soviet leadership. The report notes Ford Hoffa and Pope Paul VI among other winners and highlights Johnsons White House economy moves and political considerations.
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Cleveland
Warren
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Congo
U.S
Belgium
Leopoldville
Lumumba Square
Stanleyville
Paul Carlson
Johnson
LBJ
Mary Campbell
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Viet Nam
Amer
Khrushchev
Red China
Berlin
Moscow
Associated Press
Eugene Guthrie
Henry Ford I
James Hoffa
Pope Paul VI
Cassius Clay
the Beatles
Ian Fleming
Lady Bird Johnson
Public Health Service
Tonkin Gulf
Congress
Texas
White House
Bobby Baker
Walter Jenkins
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchv
Hungary
Scandinavia
Egypt
Soviet Union
Khruschev
Tass
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford II
Ford
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Christiana Austin
Teamsters Union
Chattanooga
Chicago
Hoffa
Bombay
India
John XXII
Sonny Liston
Miami Beach
Clay
Liston
Beatles
Liverpool
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
England
America
Ringo
James Bond
Canterbury
Fleming
Eleanor Roosevelt
Texas Woman's University
1965 outlook for jobs income costs and taxes
AP analyzes 1965 outlooks across jobs incomes and living costs. Wage gains and higher taxes shape consumer spending while housing, autos, appliances, food, clothing, and services face varied inflation and demand. Tax cuts may offset state local revenue pressure as the year unfolds.
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Uncle Sam Giveth
Congress
Treasury
Steel Review: 1964 Brings Record Production and Investment
The steel industry posted a remarkable 1964 with production near 127 million tons, surpassing 1955’s record, and capital spending at a new high of 1.8 billion dollars. Profits rose, imports reached a record, and the sector anticipates another strong year despite labor and foreign competition concerns.
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Pittsburgh
American Iron and Steel Institute
AISI
United Steelworkers Union
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George Wallace
Alabama
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
Mississippi
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FBI
St. Augustine
Fla
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Rochester
N. Y
Tran Var Huong
Saigon
Robert McNamara
China
Asia
Africa
Russia
Mr. K
Paterson
Elizabeth
N. J
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Alaska
North America
Chile
Anchorage
Supreme Court
Atlantic
Ion Gheorge Maurer
Todor Zhivkov
Chou Enlai
Alexei Kosyygin
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party of East Germany
Barry Goldwater
Ence
Eugene Young
Jackson
Muehlebach
Kansas City
Congress of Racial Equality
Barber
Lloyd Soper
Austin (Minn
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Federal Reserve
Paul VI
LABOR
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Sault NT
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