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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
6
Washington reports a chronological list of call numbers used in the 1970 military induction. The record catalogs daily totals from January through December, including multiple entries per day and a wide range of figures. The data shows the scope and timing of the draft process across months and dates.
UPI reports the first Selective Service lottery in decades set birth date numbers from 1 to 10. The 366 dates and 26 letters determine induction order for about 850,000 draft eligible men.
A Viet Cong prisoner in Tuy Hoa had a grenade embedded in his head after an X ray. Doctors and a demolition expert removed it during a perilous flight to Qui Nhon, with Maj. Alfred Watson Jr. describing steps to keep the fuse from detonating.
Washington report outlines draft rules for youths born 1944 to 1950. It explains how numbers 1 122 imply likely induction in 1970 absent deferments, numbers 123 244 suggest a draft notice, and numbers 245 366 indicate low probability of service. It notes college deferments and how exemption expiry affects yearly call up levels.
Washington dispatch reports a specified alphabetic order for last-name initials to determine the sequence of inductee calls. The outline assigns repeated letter sequences to birth-date ties and lists mappings such as J, G, D, X, N, O, Z, T, W, P, Q, Y, U, C, T, D, K, H, S, L, M, A, R, E, B, V.
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