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...inflation winds blow, U.S. consumers do not go on a buying spree but instead forgo big, postponable purchases-such as cars-to save their declining dollars for necessities. On top of that, 250,000 potential buyers have been shipped to Viet Nam, and Stateside draftees and 1A civilians get 4F ratings from finance companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: The Rattles in the Engine | 5/20/1966 | See Source »

...newspaper had condemned the sudden 1A reclassification and drafting of a 4F negro whose legal suit for admission to the University was about to be considered by the courts. Following this stand, the Board of Regents of the school, led by powerful politician-editor Roy V. Harris, threatened to withdraw state funds from the paper if it were to continue its stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editors Fight With Officials Over Control of News Policy | 9/29/1954 | See Source »

...began to see what the war was about . . ." He asked to be classified as eligible for the draft but was found to be 4F (perforated eardrum). He pressed for an overseas war job and got one with OWI, was sent to South China in 1945 to write leaflets and show U.S. movies. Hinton was soon convinced that he wanted to save the Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Facing Life | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

...newspaper had condemned the sudden 1A reclassification and drafting of a 4F negro whose legal suit for admission to the University was about to be considered by the courts. Following this stand, the Board of Regents of the school, led by powerful politician-editor Roy V. Harris, threatened to withdraw state funds from the paper if it were to continue its stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editors Fight With Officials Over Control of News Policy | 6/17/1954 | See Source »

...close high school friend. "That boy who was born in this country had a right to the freedom I enjoyed," he said. "If he could fight, why shouldn't I? Upon release from the sanitarium, Ponte tried desperately to enlist in the army. But he was classified 4F. He tried to join the ROTC, and again was rejected...

Author: By William M. Beecher, | Title: Grass Roots Democracy | 10/7/1953 | See Source »

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