Word: 12a
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, Raymond Luzzana, one of those arrested received a reclassification and a notice of delinquency from the Detroit draft board. The letter notified him that he had violated section 12A of the Universal Military Training and Manpower Act of 1948, which makes it a felony for anyone to hinder its operation...
...main objection to the conduct of Holmes and the draft boards involved is that it plainly perverts the purpose of the Draft Law. Title 12A has traditionally applied only to delinquency in failing to register and be available for the draft. In addition, as national selective service officials continue to reiterate, conscription is not a punishment and the United States Army is not a patriotism school for Vietnam protesters...
Despite this impressive array of hardware, ADC and NORAD officers are pushing for at least three new defense systems: 1) the 2,000-m.p.h. YF-12A manned interceptor; 2) the Airborne Warning Control System (AWACS), using high-flying radar planes to detect low-flying bombers that try to sneak in under regular radar; 3) the Army's Nike-X system (TIME, June 18), designed to destroy enemy missiles. So far, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has not given a go-ahead on any of the three...
...enemy bomber in one-fourth the time needed by a more maneuverable but slower F-106. Plans are now to use the plane for an assault on the Russian-held world speed record (1,665.89 m.p.h.), and the big black bird has already been redesignated the YF-12A (Y for prototype, F for fighter), which means it may soon go into production as a tactical U.S. Air Force fighter...