First Draft Lottery Draw Sets Date for 1971 Draft
Washington officials announced July 9 1951 births as the initial group to be called in 1971 in a national lottery. Delegates activated red capsules with dates and green capsules with numbers, delaying 15 minutes when a drum malfunctioned. About two million 19 year olds are in view, with drafting tied to Pentagon needs and local boards filling quotas.
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Washington
Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee
Pentagon
America
Former Gladette Billy Ray Cox Named Vice President of Harding College
Billy Ray Cox is named vice president of Harding College by President Clifton L. Ganns and board chair W. L. Howard. Cox, a Summa Cum Laude Harding graduate,戻 holds CPA credentials and serves as associate professor, tax and business consultant, and home football announcer in Searcy Arkansas.
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Gladette
Billy Ray Cox
Harding College
Cox
Southern Methodist University
State of Texas
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Internal Revenue Service
Harding
Ernst and Ernst
Certified Public Accountants
Dallas Ceramic Company
American Studies
Arkansas
Mattie Jean Cox
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Library picks showcase Texas stories and classic thrillers
Gladewater Public Library shelves move on titles from Texas author to Western tales and caper histories. Patsy Carpenter roams amid rodeo grit and rancher memory while The Serpent's Smile and Nine Princes in Amber tempt mystery and science fiction fans.
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Texas
Gladewater
Patsy Carpenter
Sonny Shanks
Rober Wagonner
Elizabeth Savage
Hollister
Hollisters
Maine
Noel
Borland
Colorado
Olga Hesky
Special Germ-Free Hogs Tour At Hopkins County Park
The Hopkins County Park facility near Sulphur Springs uses evaporative coolers to maintain 85 degrees for its germ free hybrid breeding stock hogs. Visitors must wear rubber footwear and, to view hogs up close, shower and don special office clothing. An AP report from Window Rock, Arizona covers a Navajo claim against the federal government.
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Hopkins County Park, Inc
Sulphur Springs
George Reed
East
Texas
Associated Press
Window Rock
Ariz
Eye-Opener Notes From 1968 War Era and Local Tales
A mix of reminiscences and regional items includes a Vietnam duty note and a two week Australia rest, a topless swim prompting a UW pool rule update, a Senate clock installation in South Africa, plus memories of Navajo land claims and a Gladewater teacher in Arizona. It also covers teens cleaning Atlanta streets, a US draft lottery, and personal reflections on war, peace, and a father’s death.
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Pullman
Wash
Washington State University
Robert L. Stephenson
Neal
Ron
Arizona
Navajo Land
California
Navy
San Diego
Middle of Nowhere
Bnless
Neal’s
Sam
Marine
Air Force
Lemon Grove
Point Loma
Indian Claims Commission
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Ohio
Gladewater
Gladys Fletcher
Milk Safety Oversight by Texas Health Department
Texas Milk Law authorizes the Commissioner of Health to set sanitation standards for milk and dairy products. The Milk and Dairy Products Division inspects producer dairies and plants, issues permits for tankers, and conducts regular samples and testing across the state and beyond.
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Texas State Department of Health
E. Peavy
M.D
Texas
J. E. Peavy
State Health Department
Health Department
First parking meters installed in Oklahoma City in 1935
A newspaper man invented the world’s first parking meters in Oklahoma City in 1935. The message promotes litter prevention with a civic call to action and notes advertising funded for the public good by Keep America Beautiful with the slogan People helps prevent litter.
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Oklahoma City
America
Police precincts consider new emergency roadblock device
The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin reports a compact roadblock gadget that fits in a police car trunk. It uses a net across the road to stop vehicles at 80 mph within 200 feet, absorbing kinetic energy like aircraft carrier arresting systems.
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FBI
Jest A Bi MINUTE Jest A Bi MINUTE
A humorous column notes social quips about prices, manners, and modern life. It cites remarks on grocery costs and wit about women, mothers, and physicians, ending with playful adages and a farewell until next week.
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