06 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1967
Page
1
American air strikes deep into North Vietnam claim 77 MIGs shot down as 113 strike missions and five B52 raids widen the war. A Navy Crusader was lost and crews reported heavy combat with Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces across multiple provinces near Saigon, Da Nang, and the DMZ.
Pre-registration for all summer school students at Frederick County Junior High School and James Wood High School will be held Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the James Wood library.
Washington reports from American observers say Israeli air force largely struck Arab air power on day one, with claims of 374 Arab aircraft destroyed and 161 Israeli planes shot down. Pentagon crowding details scarce as fighting continues. The piece notes aircraft origins, tank counts, and potential parts shortages amid arms supply cuts.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk accused Cairo of lying in its report on U S air activity on the Israeli side in the Mideast war He said the report was invented for a purpose yet to be ascertained and warned it could be propaganda Rusk cited three concerns including oil shipment cutoffs and Arab demonstrations at U S and British embassies in Beirut Baghdad Damascus and Alexandria He noted Egypt showing its version to the Kremlin while Moscow urged a quick end to the conflict.
Edward Givens Jr., 37, Air Force major and astronaut candidate, died when his 1964 compact car left the road near Pearland south of Houston. He was married with three children and survived by his parents. Two Air Force Reserve officers were injured. Givens had been named as one of 19 new astronauts in 1966 but had not flown in space.
Israeli forces push toward the Suez Canal within 90 miles as battles widen across Sinai and Gaza. Israeli air supremacy claimed with reported destruction of hundreds of Arab planes while Egypt blocks the canal and Arab nations retaliate against U.S. support for Israel.
Life magazine photographer Paul Schutzer, 35, of New Rochelle New York, was killed at an Israeli wharf during the Arab Israeli war. He covered the Sinai armored battle. American TV producer Ted Yates died of wounds in Jerusalem after being shot in the Mount of Olives Intercontinental Hotel lobby.
National Guardsmen and about 80 law officers hunted an armed band led by Reies Lopez Tijerina after they shot the Rio Arriba County courthouse in Tierra Amarilla. Hostages were taken for two hours as a deputy sheriff and a UPI reporter were seized. several people were arrested or held under guard.
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