We've compiled moments from 1963 — a pivotal year in U.S. history — and are tweeting them as they happened then. A project by @NPRCodeSwitch, tweets by @katchow
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Guy Lombardo and his orchestra will perform their traditional New Year's Eve celebration at Times Square, broadcasted by @CBS.
In San Francisco, "night-spot managers [reduced] prices to lure more customers." One hotel dropped its dining deal from $17.50 to $12.50.
Most night clubs are at capacity this New Year's Eve and customers will pay about the same as last year, reports the @WSJ.
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"We have no choice but to use our bodies to stop the parade," members of Philadelphia's chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality said.
One city official said he wasn't sure if the city could prohibit blackface at Philadelphia's parade.
From the @AP: A civil rights group is protesting blackface comedy in Philadelphia's New Year's day parade.
Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona says he'll formally announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination early next month.
At this time, the only other declared candidate for the Republican nomination is former Minnesota governor, Harold Stassen.
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Gov. Rockefeller said yesterday that he will enter Oregon's primary as part of his effort to win the Republican presidential nomination.
Viewers from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan told researchers that American TV shows portray the U.S. in too "rosy" of a light.
U.S.-made TV shows create a "generally favorable impression" of American life in Japan and four European countries, reports the @nytimes.
The @AP reports that 21 people died in a hotel fire in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday night and that 66 people were injured.
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Pres. Johnson: "I am unconvinced that we are getting the maximum possible output per employee... I think we can do better."
Pres. Johnson said 9 out of 10 gov't employees do a "full day's work for a day's pay but [he wants] that 10th man to measure up also."
President Johnson's crackdown on U.S. hiring puts pressure on federal agencies, reports the @washingtonpost.
Sen. Barry Goldwater is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination tomorrow, reports the @LATimes.
The arrested guardsmen were federalized by the late President Kennedy to enforce orders to desegregate the University of Alabama.
Three blasts in late Nov. went off "about a block from the hall where Negro Vivian Malone lives," reports the @AP. No injuries were reported