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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1967
Page
1
The Supreme Court ruled that city health fire and building inspectors must obtain search warrants before entering a man’s home over his objections. The decision was delivered Monday and continues to shape local enforcement practices.
Potter County commissioners held their regular session on Monday with the justices of the peace pressing for higher pay. A report shows they earn more in neighboring counties for similar work, prompting renewed calls for salary increases.
The piece notes U S neutrality in a growing Arab Israeli clash as UN talks stall. It reports Egypt claiming to shoot down an Israeli plane and capturing a pilot, while Israel blames Jordanian fire. It questions US commitments and whether Nasser could be bought off with aid amid regional pressures.
U S officials stress neutrality as Britain joins in pledging to stay out of fighting in the Arab-Israeli conflict. McCloskey says policy is neutral in thought, word and deed though defense of independence remains. White House aides hint at questions over actions if oil or security are threatened. A separate brief notes Keith Williams fined $100 and license revoked for drunk driving on a lawn mower.
United Press International reports a full sealed war with Israel claiming deep advances in Gaza and Sinai and destruction of 374 Arab aircraft. Gen Moshe Dayan calls the blow devastating as Egypt Syria and Jordan dispute air war results. Egypt says it repelled an Israeli brigade and pushed into Israel. Arabs claim 158 Israeli planes shot down.
The Soviet government declared firm support for Egypt and other Arab states and condemned Israel as the aggressor. It warned it would take necessary steps and urged UN action to end the fighting and restore peace. The Tass report echoed that Israel had started hostilities against the United Arab Republic.
Police chase into forest lands after two officers are shot and wounded. About twenty hostages were taken by a group of 30 or more armed Hispanic Americans linked to Reies Lopez Tijerina amid long standing land grant tensions in New Mexico.
The New York Stock Exchange opened with heavy selling as war news from the Middle East sparked a market-wide downturn. The Dow Jones average slid to 847.77, with declines echoed in London Paris and Toronto as investors reacted to crises and calls for neutrality.
US Air Force F105 crews reported shooting down three MIG17s during a raid on Cam Yen airfield 20 miles northwest of Hanoi. Two more MIGs were downed by Phantom jets in the same 90 minute action north of Hanoi as B52 bombers operated from Guam and Thailand. Ground fighting in South Vietnam showed no major change.
Al Ahram reported that 6th Fleet aircraft carriers were 20 miles off Tel Aviv with hints of possible U S intervention if the tide turned against Israel. Previous Arab reports claimed the tide had already shifted.
Israel says it broke through Gaza and seized El Arish in Sinai, claiming major gains. Premier Levi Eshkol states the enemy is nowhere in sight as land forces advance. Command reports 374 planes destroyed, eight Israeli pilots killed, 11 missing or captured, and extensive seizures of prisoners and weapons in Sinai.
The United Nations Security Council failed to reach agreement on a cease-fire resolution amid the Israel Arab conflict. Private talks extended into the night as debate over troop withdrawals stalled progress, with India and the Soviet Union backing a withdrawal demand and the US Britain opposing it.
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