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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1971
Page
12
Washington AP reports that Men with low draft numbers who lost deferments especially college graduates in June or dropouts will be first called when the Selective Service resumes inductions. Nixon expected to sign. first call within two weeks. total calls this year projected under 110000.
In Jacksonville Florida a World War I veterans group votes to boycott the Veterans Day parade claiming Oct 25 has no meaning to them as Congress sets the holiday date to Oct 25 for a three day weekend instead of Nov 11.
Rep. John Seiberling urges a ban or five year moratorium on coal strip mining until land reclamation methods improve. His proposal faces opposition from Interior subcommittee members who note strip mining’s cost advantages and potential health and safety hazards of underground mining alternatives.
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