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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1969

Page

3

Quakers plan to cross into Canada with cash for aid

About 200 Quakers and antiwar allies plan a 2:30 p.m. Saturday border crossing at Derby Line Vermont to ferry roughly $2,000 in cash to Canadian Quakers for antibiotics and other medical supplies to aid war victims. The action, to violate the Trading With the Enemy Act, would see them prosecuted if caught. organizers say prior warnings to the White House and Treasury went unaddressed.

Derby Line U.S. Treasury Department Canada Red Cross North Vietnam Vietnam White House Nixon Treasury Mayer University of Massachusetts Amherst Woolman Hill Quaker Center Deerfield Mass Treasury Department

Peace Corps Exemptions Sought in Draft Debate

Peace Corps Director Joseph H Blatchford urged peacetime service exemptions from the draft and backed a voluntary national service force. He proposed three years of Peace Corps service to secure peacetime exemption, with overseas and domestic duties, and noted some local boards defer while others draft volunteers. He spoke to a Senate subcommittee chaired by Edward M Kennedy as it reviewed Selective Service administration.

Washington Joseph H. Blatchford Peace Corps Blatchford Senate

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