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1964 Disneyland

July 1, 1964

July 17--Disneyland celebrates it's 9th birthday

1964 Articles:

Disneyland Fall Victim Near Death
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A 15-year-old Long Beach boy was fighting for his life into Saturday night after falling from a bobsled near the top of Disneyland's 500-foot model of the Matterhorn. Mark Maples, son of Jack Maples of 2821 Vuleta Grande Ave., remained in a coma late ...

A Fantasy That Paid Off
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The place is surrounded by a berm, a high barrow of earth, that insulates it from the external world. There is a single gateway where admission is charged. This, the land of Disney, is more secure than ancient Troy. No Trojan horse will get into ...

Two Girls With Dream Jobs
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Ten years ago, when Walt Disney, then a 52-year-old boy, was ready to open Disneyland he said to his army of visitors, "The only thing I run promise you is that this amusement park will never be finished. Each year we'll try to add something new, ...

Second Disneyland
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Walt Disney has always had a soft spot in his heart for Missouri, which is probably why St. Louis will be the site of the second Disneyland in America. Although born in Chicago in 1901, Walt was raised on a farm in Marceline, Mo., then educated in Kansas ...

Spike Jones At Disneyland For 6 Nights
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Spike Jones and his City Slickers open a six-night engagement at Disneyland at 8 p.rn. Tuesday, with three shows nightly in Tomorrowland's 20,000 Leagues area. Songstress Helen Grayco will be featured. Other Disneyland special nighttime ...

African Veldt
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Way down in Jungleland, below the Amazin' Disney line, there's news among the gnus. "The Trapped Safari" is the new headline feature and a bit of bright fun in Disneyland's far-famed Adventureland and the Jungle River Cruise. Jackals, hyenas and buzzards ...

Satchmo Stars At Disneyland
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"Dixieland at Disneyland starring Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong will be presented Sept. 25 and 26 on the Rivers of America in America in Frontierland Disneyland. The cast of more than 300 persons including many who, helped create Dixieland music, and ...

Little Skimmer From Fairwinds
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An amphibious vehicle that rides on a cushion of air. No wings, wheels, or boat or such type bottom supporting it is under completion in Col. Melville W. Beardsley's garage at 40 Windward Drive, Fairwinds, Severna Park. "The Little Skimmer," as Beardsley ...

Disneyland Schedules Christmas Festivities
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Floats, dancers, bands and marching- units representing 25 nations will depict Christmas customs around the world in Disneyland's Tenth Annual Christmas Parades Dec. 20. The parades highlight two full weeks of Yuletide festivities at Disneyland which ...

New Years Eve Fete Slated At Disneyland
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Disneyland will greet its Tencennial Year with what is billed as the biggest and happiest New Year Eve party in the nation. Fourteen dance bands and specialty groups will entertain throughout the park in the biggest talent line-up in the five-year ...

Attractions Opened/Closed in 1964:

Astro-Jets

Catfish Cove

Columbia Sailing Ship Below Decks Museum

Mickey Mouse Club Headquarters

Mickey Mouse Club Theater 3D Jamboree

Tomorrowland Jets

Parades Performed in 1964:

Christmas In Many Lands

Mickey At The Movies Parade

Parade Of Toys

Shops Opened/Closed in 1964:

BoneKraft

China Closet

Ruggles China And Glass Shop

Yale And Towne Lock Shop

Events in 1964:

Crown Prince Harald of Norway Visits Disneyland

30 United Nations Ambassadors Visits Disneyland

Princess Chumbolt and Dhani of Thailand Visits Disneyland

Prince William of Gloucester, England Visits Disneyland

Lord Mayor Hansen of Copenhagen Visits Disneyland

Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York Visits Disneyland

Princess Abitya of Thailand Visits Disneyland

Sulton Njimoulah of Cameroon Visits Disneyland

July 17--Disneyland celebrates it's 9th birthday

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson of Iceland Visits Disneyland

ADDITIONS:

*COLUMBIA ("below decks" addition re-created quarters of 18th century American seamen) -- Frontierland

*THE JUNGLE CRUISE showcased the "Trapped Safari" and other additions (including The African Veldt region with lions, giraffes, zebras, jackals, wildebeests, hyenas and antelope) -- Adventureland

INVESTMENT: Total to date: $50.1 million

ATTENDANCE: 5.9 million

HIGHLIGHTS:

Total attendance passed 44 million in August. A sellout crowd of 19,000 celebrated New Year's Eve at Disneyland. "Spring Fling" was again the highlight of Easter Week. More than 50,000 seniors and their dates from 130 high schools attended four all-night Grad Parties in June. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Wayne King starred in a giant five-night Big Band Festival. Sunsner entertainment included weekly hootenannies and appearances by Spike Jones, Perez Prado and Harry James with their orchestras.

Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, Sharkey Bonen°, Sweet Emma Barrett and Ben Pollack starred in the fifth "Dixie-land at Disneyland." Floats from 25 nations and more than 3,000 persons took part in the "Christmas in Many Lands" parade. The "Parade of Toys" was a daily attraction during Christmas time.

Disneyland's Community Service Awards program honored 15 county organizations with cash awards totaling $13,000. The Outstanding Award was won by the Volunteer Bureau of Newport Beach.

FAMOUS GUESTS:

*Crown Prince Harald of Norway (February)

*30 United Nations Ambassadors (February)

*Princess Chumbolt and Dhani of Thailand (February)

*Prince William of Gloucester, England (February)

*Lord Mayor Hansen of Copenhagen (March)

*Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York (May)

*Princess Abitya of Thailand (June)

*Sulton Njimoulah of Cameroon (June)

*Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson of Iceland (August)

*Other guests included ambassadors, legislators and cabinet officials from Ceylon, Denmark, Chile, Nepal, Mexico, the Arab states, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Naples, Argentina, England, Tunisia, Chad, Japan, Venezuela and Korea.