Lottery Draw Confuses Draft Boards Across States
A United Press International survey finds local draft boards overwhelmed with questions after Monday's lottery. Officials in Michigan Mississippi Massachusetts and New York report lack of Washington instructions and uncertainty about how the draw affects 19 year olds and those with deferments.
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United Press International
UPI
W. J. Myers
Michigan
Selective Service
Washington
Miami
Charles L. White
Mississippi Selective Service Manpower Division
Paul Feeney
Massachusetts Selective Service System
Agnew Backs Women Reporters at Blair House Coffee
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew surprised women reporters at Blair House by playing Sophisticated Lady on the piano and praising them as prettier and nicer than men. He signaled a December speech before a 22 day Pacific and Far East trip with his wife Judy. He said he likes all reporters and only calls troops to attention when needed.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Blair House
Judy
Pacific
Far East
War divides church members at NCC assembly in Detroit
At the National Council of Churches five day gathering in Detroit middle class attendees voiced anger over Vietnam calling for withdrawal by end of 1970. Delegates praised antiwar actions and supported aiding deserters while a resolution urged Nixon to seek a cease fire. Also noted Kent State Lab Band invited to Montreux festival with other university groups.
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Detroit
UPI
National Council of Churches
America
Vietnam
Assembly
U.S
Canada
Washington
Nixon
Saigon
Kent, Ohio
Kent State University Lab
Montreux
Switzerland
North Texas State
Texas State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robb Denies Atrocities In His Vietnam Unit
Marine Maj Charles Robb son in law of Lyndon B Johnson rejected charges that his Vietnam unit committed atrocities like Song My. He told reporters at a news conference in Las Vegas that policies and deeds precluded such actions and that his men avoided civilian casualties. He spoke while attending a 12th Marine District conference and responding to charges from Anthony R Martin Trigona of Champaign Illinois.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Charles Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Song My
Robb
12Th Marine District
Anthony R. Martin-Trigona
Champaign
Martin Trigona
University of Illinois
The
Daily Illini
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Percy
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Martin- Trigona
Martin-Trigona
da Nang
Lynda Bird Johnson
Shooting Of Newsman Is Probed
Cleveland press reporter Peter Brown 25 was shot dead while another reporter Howard Price Jr. 25 described unloading a nine millimeter pistol. The coroner awaits a full report before ruling. Robb, Marine recruiter and husband of Lynda Bird Johnson, is mentioned in the inquiry.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Press
Peter Brown
Brown University
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Howard Price Jr
Brown
Morse Urges U S Blameless If War Crimes Probed
Former Oregon senator Wayne Morse told about 75 people in Shaker Heights that if American soldiers in South Vietnam are found to have committed atrocities the United States should be held responsible. He urged evidence be clear and weighed a possible run for Oregon governor or the U.S. House after year’s start.
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South Vietnam
Morse
Shaker Heights
Oregon
US S. House of Representatives
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