Lottery Puts Fate of Half a Million Men at Stake
The United States conducts its first military draft lottery in 27 years. A large glass jar holds capsules with birth dates to determine draft order for 1970. Lt. Gen. Hershey pushes a new jar, and 53 youths will draw capsules to map birthdays to numbers, guiding draft calls through the year.
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Washington
Stock Exchange
Ice
Nixon
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Congress
Selective Service
New Jersey
Navy
District of Co
Birth Control Message Unceasing for Jamaicans
Kingston Jamaica AP reports a national birth control push led by government and the National Family Planning Association. From 1968 to 1969 the program aims to reach 120000 to 150000 women, with 38800 new entrants and 39000 return visits across 135 clinics, while the birth rate declines and contraceptive access broadens.
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Kingston
Jamaica
National Family Planning Association
Agency For International Development
Lenworth Jacobs
Family Planning Board
Jacobs
Seventeen Children Orchestrate Home Music Program
A family of seventeen children follows a strict chore plan with weekly kitchen duties and a thumbs up or down mark for job quality. Music lessons fill much of life as the father, a guitarist, teaches four youngsters locally while the mother leads vocal training at the piano. The oldest son, a guitarist, organized army bands and credits the upbringing for their discipline and success.
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Puerto Rico
TV SI
Southern California
Cuff Barrows
4000 Voice Crusade Choir
George Beverly Shea
Tedd Smith
Norma Zimmer
Ethel Waters
Myrtle Hall
Kgld-Tyv
Channel
Alluui
SEC
uTry
Oelity State Bank
The
Fidelity State Bank
Garden City, Kansas
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Garnand
Garnand Chapel
Garden City
Diedre Garnam
la Restone
Boe
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YV HiNowm.n
Aires
Penny Wan
Foam County
Firestone
Umd
Ateat Artiata
Settee
Hardware & Lumber
Warp Bros
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