Complex 34Hour Draft Lottery Draw Through Plexiglas Drums
Washington AP reports the 1970s draft lottery proceeded with rotating plexiglas drums and capsule draws to determine the 1971 Selective Service pool. Curtis Tarr oversaw guards and observers, delays due to a snapped axle, and emphasis on fairness amid criticism of randomness. Winners born dates ranged from July to Christmas Day, with final results certified and no bomb threat found.
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Curtis W. Tart
Order of Armed Forces
Tarr
Lewis B. Hershey
Dee
Jdnle
Selective Service
Missouri police academy funding approved for campus build
JOPLIN Mo AP Funding for the police academy building has been approved by the Missouri State Law Enforcement Assistance Council at a cost of 100000. The academy will be built on the Missouri Southern College campus with 50 percent funded by the council. Construction is slated to begin in about three months and will serve southwest Missouri and nearby state personnel.
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National Bureau of Stand
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Aeport
Joplin
Police Academy
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Missouri Souther Colleges
Southwest
Missouri
Union Electric Says No Need To Turn Off Lights
Union Electric of St. Louis says customers should not cut power use this summer while urging sparing use of lights and appliances only as a precaution amid a potential shortage. A power failure near south St. Louis was blamed on equipment issues, not reduced demand, in a region served by Union Electric with 8.5 million watts capacity. The Labadie plant’s first unit on the Missouri River is about 40 miles away.
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South St. Louis
Union Electric
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Labadie
Missouri River
Masters Degree for MU Graduate Thomas, Aide to Hazelwood
John B. Thomas grandson of Mrs E W Lierheimer of the Alamo Apartments earned a master of arts from the University of Missouri Columbia and a bachelor of science in education from Northeast Missouri State College in Kirksville in 1963. A geography major, he served as a U S Army personnel specialist, taught in Pattonville for three years, and will begin teaching in the Hazelwood School District in St Louis County this September.
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E.W. Lierheimer
Alamo Apartments
University of Missouri, Columbia
Thomas
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
U.S. Army
Pattonville
St. Louis County
Wellsville
Hazelwood
128th Birthday For Texas Ex Cowboy
Bartow Florida July 4 Charlie Smith an ex slave who became a Texas cowboy celebrates his 128th birthday He is the oldest Social Security recipient and has drawn benefits since age 113 He was kidnapped from Liberia at age 12 and renamed Charlie Smith by a Texas rancher who chose July 4 as his birthday He still wears a gunbelt though he no longer carries a gun
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Fla
Charlie Smith
Texas
Charlie
Mitchell Watkins
Liberia
America
Bookmobile Schedules Stops for Auxvasse in July
The bookmobile has announced a stop in Auxvasse on Tuesday July 7 from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. and again on Saturday July 11 from 1:30 to 3:45 p.m. The notice lists library outreach as the Daniel Boone Regional Library service.
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Auxvasse
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