Draft rulings tighten path for conscientious objectors
Sele c tive Service Director Curtis W Tarr says few will escape the draft under the Supreme Court shift to include moral and ethical grounds for conscientious objection. He notes college graduates may argue philosophy and religion but cautions against broad "flood gates" while details require sincerity and rigorous training. The court also requires boards to reconsider claims with new evidence and may affect June graduates and overall draft estimates as enlistments lag.
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Washington
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Supreme Court
Tarr
C.O
Pentagon
Congress Blocks NU clear Fuel Price Hike Opposition in Senate House Hearing
Congress opposes a 10 percent rise in uranium enrichment fees proposed by the Nixon administration. Senators Holifield and Gore warn higher costs would raise electric bills, spur private takeover of three government plants at Paducah Ohio and Oak Ridge, and push up coal and oil prices.
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Washington
Ay Nixon
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Senate House Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
AEC
Atomic Energy Commissioners
Paducah
Portsmouth
Ohio
Oakridge
Tenn
Holifield
Gore
Hollifield
Theos Thompson
Congress Fund Drive Called Serious Waste
Anti poverty chief Donald Rumsfeld criticizes House and Senate fund appropriation procedures as inexcusable and a waste of time. He urges replacing fiscal period appropriations with a calendar year aligned to the legislative work year.
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Congress
Washington
Donald Rumsfeld
House
Senate
Rumsfeld
Illinois
Office of Economic Opportunity
Youth's Wild Life Draws Sentence in Court
In Mecklenburg District Court, prosecutor Peter Gilchrist quizzed for unresolved wildlife cases. An elderly man described his son’s charges as “wild life” and the son received nine days in jail with a work release recommendation.
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Charlotte
Peter S.christ
Mecklenburg District Court
Gilchrist
Blue Collar Jobs Show Gains for Negro Married Men
A Census Bureau study shows Negro married men won 28 percent of new blue collar openings from 1960 to 1969 and their median income rose 44 percent while white married workers rose 2 percent. Analyst Ian Levitan calls these gains a real shift in racial barriers driven by economic pressure and sustained employer scrutiny.
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Washington
U.S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Levitan
America
Disturbance Witnesses Testify in Salisbury Case
Witnesses described a May 30 fracas involving Rowan County solicitor Benjamin McCubbins and Police Lt. Crawford Tucker at a take-out restaurant. They testified McCubbins and Tucker were assaulted while bystanders fought, with knifings reported and multiple attackers. Judge Holshouser presides over felony and misdemeanor counts.
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Crawford Tucker
McCubbins
Tucker
Hamilton
Ilton
John Holshouser
Train of thought collapses into empties
A pithy remark notes that many mental trains of thought prove futile, equating them to empty carriages. The line underscores the difficulty of sustaining productive reasoning amid distractions and doubt.
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