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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
8
Washington correspondent discusses Woodrow Wilson's 1917 war fears and the modern echoes in Vietnam. It highlights the notion that once a nation wages war brutality enters public life, citing Song My killings and ongoing U.S. policy debates on Vietnam and troop withdrawals.
Saigon reports the past 24 hours saw the heaviest enemy shelling of Americans in four months as U S artillery bombarded North Vietnamese troops in the northern DMZ for the first time in two months after attacks by enemy forces.
President Nixon hears strong dissatisfaction as 3 000 invitees from poverty to business leaders attend a televised panel on hunger. A Cleveland woman says hunger has persisted while Jesse Jackson and Sen. McGovern join participants in challenging welfare and food aid policies.
A sweeping historical summary traces compulsory service from biblical times to modern U.S. drafts. It covers ancient and colonial practices, the 1862 Lincoln era quotas, the 1917 World War I lottery, and the 1940 act, noting evolving mechanisms and public resistance. It also notes wartime casualties and ongoing South Vietnam fighting as December approaches.
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