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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1964
Page
1
Barry, speaking for the Sun, declares the newspaper neutral in labor disputes and rejects boycotts. He notes the Sun is Nevada’s only large daily union newspaper and rejects claims it favors casino bosses due to ads. Weather: mostly sunny with winds, high 106, low 70.
An early morning earthquake measuring strong shook central and western Mexico, affecting ten states including Mexico City. Buildings cracked, power and communications disrupted briefly, but no deaths were reported as hundreds paused election tabulation before returning to work.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy announced she will move with her children from the Georgetown house to temporary quarters at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City in early fall. The family will stay near relatives before a permanent residence is chosen, with the Atoka Virginia country home to be sold. Lee Radziwill has taken an apartment in New York to be near family.
Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt formally files as GOP presidential candidate opposing Sen. Cannon in Nevada. Laxalt abandons earlier no-run stance and hints at a secret issue to attack Cannon, while Cannon defends his record and plans statewide swing to begin next week.
Frank Sinatra, reportedly fully recovered from a one day indisposition in Stockholm, arrived in Paris with a party of 12. He traveled from New York to Stockholm to watch the Patterson Machen bout but rested in his hotel and later planned a possible trip to Switzerland to see Yul Brynner.
Gen Maxwell D Taylor arrived to head a new U.S. political military team aiding South Vietnam. He succeeds Henry Cabot Lodge as ambassador as A Alexis Johnson becomes deputy ambassador. A crude bomb in the U S embassy failed to detonate, caused by the conspirator pulling the detonator pin.
Dr Milton Eisenhower will appeal to his brother former President Dwight D. Eisenhower to publicly back Gov William Scranton for the Republican presidential nomination. Scranton insiders set the plan as Eisenhower’s assignment at the GOP convention with Eisenhower reportedly open to new suggestions.
In Birmingham Reverend Martin Luther King Jr of the SCLC warned that electing Barry Goldwater would be disastrous for the United States and the Republican Party. He urged a strong civil rights plank as the party’s stance during a news conference with SCLC aides outlining a summer Alabama campaign to test the civil rights bill.
A human torrent of 20000 fans and adults surged through Piccadilly Circus for the royal premiere of the Beatles Hard Day's Night. Dozens fainted or were crushed as police barriers struggled to hold back the crowd while St John Ambulance crews treated hysteria victims. The Beatles arrived in a black limousine and were whisked inside as screams filled the night.
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