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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1964
Page
3
Officials describe Johnsons plan to use an early warning system led by radar like specialists in commerce and labor to detect impending price or wage hikes. The council of economic advisers would receive alerts and trigger countermeasures as needed.
London reports that Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy won British support for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Philippines Indonesia and Malaysia in Bangkok to discuss Malaysia talks.
Byron de la Beckwith, member of a prominent Mississippi delta family, goes on trial in Jackson for the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. He faces the death penalty as security tightens for the high-profile case.
London UPI Reginald Maudling, chancellor of the exchequer, forecast a booming British economy for 1964. He praised Douglas-Home leadership and Conservative policies as realistic and ambitious, aiming to shift focus to defeating Labour in the general election.
Technicians completed final preparations for the Saturn launch at Cape Kennedy. Weather looked favorable for a 7 a.m. PST liftoff as the 16 story booster prepared to send a heavy satellite into orbit and test a live upper stage with six hydrogen engines. NASA planned to collect extensive flight data aboard the high power two stage rocket and Apollo payloads for future lunar missions.
General Douglas MacArthur, celebrated for his service in three wars, marked his 84th birthday in New York. A five cadet delegation presented a framed West Point birthday letter while President Johnson sent a telegram praising him as a true American hero.
Chinese Premier Chou En lai wrapped up a reception for Guinean President Sekou Touré in Conakry. This was his last official appearance in Guinea before departing West Africa for Khartoum, continuing a cross Africa route to the Sudan.
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