TV Looks Back at 1964s Memorable Sights Sounds
CBS two hour retrospective reviews the year 1964 recalling both tragedies such as Harlem riots hurricane Dora the Good Friday quake and the Kennedy assassination coverage plus triumphs like the Olympic Games Beatlemania and political conventions Narrator Reasoner lists notable losses and notes many hopeful moments were unrecorded leaving a nuanced year in memory
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Missing Cash In Troubled Times and Pigeons Die
A man recalls finding a dollar in unused pants and reflects on a thriving economy rain after hard times. NBCs The Andy Williams Show and CBS holiday specials air tonight. The last known passenger pigeon died in Cincinnati Zoological Gardens in 1914.
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Oysterman Elvin Walker Dead in Oyster Boat Fire
A smoldering cigarette ignited a bank mattress aboard a Deep Creek oyster boat, causing the death by asphyxiation of Elvin Sherwood Walker, 25. His body was recovered from the smoke-filled cabin Saturday.
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