Record 1964 traffic toll hits 47800 deaths and $8.2 billion losses
The National Safety Council reports 1964 total traffic fatalities rose to 47,800 with about $8.2 billion in economic losses. Howard Pyle says prevention techniques are widely known but applied unevenly. mileage reached about 840 billion miles with a death rate of 5.7 per 100 million miles. December set a new record for deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
Abby Dalton Gives Birth to Daughter Kathleen Kinmount Smith
Actress Abby Dalton welcomed a daughter in a Hollywood hospital on Wednesday. The baby is Dalton’s second child. she is married to Jack D. Smith, a wholesale electrical supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Abby Dalton
Joey Bishop
Kathleen Kinmount Smith
Miss Dalton
Jack D. Smith
Mountain in Canada Named for Kennedy Found in 1935
Dr. Bradford Washburn, head of the National Geographic Society Yukon Expedition, discovered the Canadian mountain recently named for President John F. Kennedy in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Bradford Washburn
National Geographic Society
Yukon Expedition
Kosygin Heads to Hanoi with Talks on Soviet Aid
Premier Kosygin flies from Moscow toward Hanoi to discuss Soviet military aid to North Vietnam. He plans a stop in Peking en route and back, signaling a challenge to Chinese influence in Hanoi amid Soviet China tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Saigon
Peking
Red China
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Kosygin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rodion Malinovsky
North Viet Nam
China
Soviet Union
Oil Depot in Cuba Shelled by Anti Castro Commandoes
Anti Castro commandos shelled a major Cuban oil depot at Casilda near Trinidad on Tuesday, claiming heavy damage. The Cuban government reported only minor damage, saying a gunboat fired on the installation with 57 mm cannons and machine gun fire but militia repelled the boat and limited damage to nearby homes. The Revolutionary Recovery Movement claimed responsibility for the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Casilda
Trinidad
Havana Radio
Revolutionary Recovery Movement
Also Mentioned on This Page
Juan F. Sierra
Denver
Elizabeth
Love Brothers Paint Store
Middletown
Cotton & Dacron
Meth
Jacqueline, Corelli
Wadras
Madras
India
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!