Fair Lottery Proposal for Draft System Scrutinized
The editorial criticizes Lt. Gen. Hershey and the Selective Service on current policies. It cites AAJC objections to classifying non bachelor pursuing students as college students affecting over 500,000 across junior and four-year schools. It advocates a fair lottery basis to ensure equality of obligation in the draft.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
American Association of Junior Colleges
AAJC
Association
Licensing drivers or federal rule changes looming
Paul Harvey argues that while cars gain safety features, driver quality lags. He warns states issue licenses to the unfit and calls for meaningfully tested exams, urging states to tighten renewals before federal controls grow, noting road deaths rise daily.
Traveling Governors Stir Alabama Florida Politics
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes two highly traveled governors, Florida’s Claude Kirk and Alabama’s George and Lurleen Wallace, drawing scrutiny over honeymoon and campaign travel funded by state or party resources. It cites taxpaid trips, photo expenses, and a private state police contract while highlighting impacts on education and Medicaid.
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Washington
South
Adam Clayton Powell
Claude Kirk
Florida
Europe
George
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
State Capitol
Montgomery
California
Kirk
Davidoff Studios
Palm Beach
Florida Development Commission
Republican State Committee
Miami
Dade County
Florida Automobile Dealers Association
Dennis McNamara
Wackenhut Detective Agency
University of Florida
George Wallace
Wallace
Myrtle Kirk
Alabama House of Representatives
Tallahassee
Lurleen
Houston
Computer bill mixup shows evolving mail mess
A letter mixup between Sean Fitzpatrick and Carte Blanche Credit Card of Los Angeles reveals a comically inflated balance note reading 8,000,000. The exchanges show a mistaken card hold, a corrected bill, and a later clarification that no debt exists. The column ends with a travel-tidal note about Kentucky’s Breaks of the Sandy.
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Washington
Sean Fitzpatrick
New York City
Los Angeles
Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatric
Dent
Fitzpatricks
Carte Blanche
Paxton
L.A
Collect
Navy chaplain speaks out against Viet war critics
A Navy chaplain who spent eight months in Vietnam with humanitarian projects condemns critics who never left home He warns Americans against condemning the mission and urges support for troops and the work they perform including building roads and aiding orphans He calls for honest exposure of the war and more praise for the servicemen.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
Vietnam
Navy
U.S.A
China
North Vietnam
Asia
Demilitarized Zone
Fo Ks
Consensus and extremes shape Johnson Nixon race
President Johnson seeks consensus to avoid extremes as Nixon looms as likely opponent. Romney is urged to bow out by rivals to heal party rifts. A Wallace McCarthy split could boost Johnson by reshaping Southern and national votes. antiwar protests unexpectedly lift Johnson's standing.
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Russell Kirk
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Nelson Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Rockefeller
Nixon
Democratic Party
George Wallace
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
South
Texas
Wallace
McCarthy
Henry Wallace
Pentagon
New York
New England
New Left
Three Minutes A Day Fire Safety Plan For Families
A pag eant article outlines basic fire safety steps for homes. It urges drawing a house map with main and alternate escape routes from each room. It stresses smoke danger and a fixed meeting point outside.
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Ralph Nader
Utah
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Safire
Gov. Kirk
Mac's
Don Maclean
Ralph S. Paxton
Tritems
Latin America
France
NATO
Congress
Grand Canyon
Frankfort
Washington News
James Keller
Harold Coffin
Tehama County
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
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