Jul 26 1964

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Details of a report financed by NASA Manned Spacecraft Center delving into the question of why so few Negroes were qualified for jobs with MSC were made public. The report on manpower available from minority groups indicated that Negroes seeking scientific and technical jobs in the space age would have to change their attitudes toward education, shifting from traditional subjects to those needed in the space age, such as physics. It also indicated a need for changes in curricula and in educational emphasis by Negro schools, as well as im-proved placement provisions in many schools. The report, financed by a $38,000 contract from MSC, was prepared by Drs. J. A. Pierce and B. A. Turner of Texas Southern Univ. (Houston Chron., 7/26/64)

Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia toured John F. Ken-nedy Space Center. Rahman stated after his tour: "I can't say what impressed me most. Everything impressed me. It was so scientific." (AP, N.O. Times-Picayune, 7/27/64)


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