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Rue the Day You Were BornWASHINGTON (AP)Hip first draftlottery in 27 years was hold Monday night, sending men horn on Sept. 14 to the head of the line for 1970 draft calls.The first birth date number was drawn by Rep. Alexander Pirnie, R-N.Y,, ranking Republican on a special House subcommittee on the draft.Fifty-three young people previously selected as unofficial advisers to the SelectiveService System drew the 366 plastic capsules containing the dates.Others will be called in the order inwhich their birthdays were drawn Monday night, until the local boards throughout the nation fulfill their 1970 draft quotas.IThe list drawn Monday night applied to all men between 19 and 26 years of age as of the end of this year.Onlv those classified 1-A or 1 AO williff'.actually be called.But men now deferred or exerr.pt would retain their place in this order of call should thev later become 1-A or 1-A-O, that is,wavailable for the draft.STARTING IN 1 AM Alt Y, earl draftboard will begin calling men for militaryservice on the basis of that list.The first ones called will be the men with birthdays matching the date next to No. 1.Bv the time most draft boards haveKeptLotterySystemBv I*AT FLORESThe new Selective Service lottery put Into\tnnrtav niaht determines the draftmen who hoid numbers between 244 and 366 will almost surely not he inducted Draft delinquents and all volunteers areI0~n thfn firct-nrinr-worked their way half way through the List — into the middle or upper 100’s — they will probably have all the men theyneed for their 1970 quotas.Men with birth dates drawn early in the list can be almost sure of receiving a draft notice next year. Men with middle r a n g e numbers may have to wait all year to see if they are drafted. Men whose birthdays are drawn late in the list, next to numbers in the 200's or 300 s, probably will not be drafted.EVERY MAN in the country who reaches the age of 19 but not 26 by Dec. 31, 1969. will have a place-in-line number determined by Monday night's drawing.But only men classified 1-A “available for service — will be subject to draftcall in 1970.Men granted deferment or exemption by their local draft boards will not be called while their deferments or exemptions continue.But the place-in-line number they draw in Monday night's lottery will stay with them. If thev lose their deferments or ex-emptions and become 1-A, they will fall iaek into line with other draftable men in exactly the same place they would have occupied if they had not been deferred orIn other words, if a man nowf deferred stands third on Monday night s list, he would become third on the list to be drafted in any future year should he become1-A.EACH YEAR, while the lottery system continues, a new drawing will be held, assigning place-in-line numbers to a brand new group of men — those who reach the age of 19 during that year.That group will be the draft’s prime target for the following year, while the men w*ho have already fared the draft, in 1-A classification, for one year without actually receiving .heir draft notice will move into a safer category.They could, legally, still be drafted — but only if the draft uses up all of the new group of 19-year-olds first. And the WhiteHouse says that is unlikely.President Richard M. Nixon had announced that his goal is eventually to eliminate the draft entirely and rely on anall-volunteer army.The lottery began at 8 p.m. when, aftera brief invocation, draft director Lewis B, Hershev ordered the unlocking of a black box containing 366 blue plastic capsules and ordered them poured into a largeglass jar.
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Tue, Dec 02, 1969
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