News & Economy
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: none
Population: 191,888,791
Life expectancy: 70.2 years
Dow-Jones High: 891
Dow-Jones Low: 776
Cost of a new home: $20,500.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $--
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.30
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.54
Cost of a gallon of milk: $0.95
News Headlines
James Hoffa Gets 8 Years for Jury Rigging
Warren Commission Says Oswald Acted Alone In Kennedy Assassination
GOP Nominates Barry Goldwater, Democrats Nominate LBJ
Martin Luther King Wins Nobel Peace Prize
China Explodes First A-Bob
LBJ Wins landslide Victory 43 Million to 27 Million
Beatles Invade America
Hoffa Sentenced For Jury Tampering
Arnold Palmer Wins Fourth Masters
Stampede Kills 300 AT Peru Soccer Game
Soviet Union Now Using Spy Satellites
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Bread And Butter - The Newbeats
2. Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
3. I Get Around - Beach Boys
4. Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - Jan & Dean
5. Out Of Limits - The Marketts
6. Suspicion - Terry Stafford
7. Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
8. She's Not There - The Zombies
9. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
10. Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-las
 Top Albums
• Hello Dolly! - original cast
• Honey in the Horn - Al Hirt
• Meet the Beatles - The Beatles
• The Songs of the West Side Story - soundtracks
• The Second Barbra Streisand Album - Barbra Streisand
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
Best New Artist: The Beatles
Best Pop Duo or Group:
A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“People,” Barbra Streisand
Best Pop Male Vocal:
“Hello, Dolly!,” Louis Armstrong
Best Rock and Roll Recording:
“Downtown,” Petula Clark
Record of the Year:
“The Girl From Ipanema,” Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
Song of the Year:
“Hello, Dolly!”
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Mary Poppins -$102,300,000
Goldfinger -$51,100,000
Viva Las Vegas -$4,675,000
A Fist Full of Dollars -$3,500,000
Roustabout -$3,000,000
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Rex Harrison: My Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie Andrews: Mary Poppins
Best Director: George Cukor: My Fair Lady
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov: Topkapi
Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova: Alexis Zorbas
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Bonanza
2. Bewitched
3. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
4. The Andy Griffith Show
5. The Fugitive
6. The Red Skelton Show
7. The Dick Van Dyke Show
8. The Lucy Show
9. Peyton Place II
10. Combat
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - The Defenders (CBS)
Best Actor - Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show
Best Actress - Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show
Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
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Time Capsule: 1964