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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have corresponded with Senator Hatfield several times in the last few weeks about the Volunteer Army Bill that he intends to introduce in the current session of Congress. The reasons why I support this bill are myriad. I am particularly anxious to eliminate the need for young men to choose careers that fit the bureaucratic criteria of being in the "national interest" in order to obtain a deferment; for when our government gains this much control over our lives, then we are losing the battle for freedom at home as well as abroad...
...result of my correspondence, and provided this bill reaches the appropriate Senate and House Committees, Raymond Underwood, legal counsel to Senator Hatfield, will request my appearance as a witness...
...threat of conscription, so much so that you have altered career plans or otherwise done things you wouldn't ordinarily do, please send me a concise summary c/o the Chemistry Dept., University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403. Of course, any other comment on details of the Volunteer Army Bill will be appreciated. Bruce J. Chasan
...have leaped from 15,000 to 225,000 annually. This season, more than 1,000 snowmobile races and ral lies are being held in the northern U.S., featuring such varied events as the sla lom, jumping and drag racing. Though many of the competitions like to bill themselves as the "largest," "richest," "most unique" or simply "world's foremost," Alaska's annual Midnight Sun 600 Snowmobile Race is indisputably the world's coldest and crudest...
...BILL BLASS agrees that Pat Nixon has "a classic Anglo-Saxon look with marvelous bones, a fair English complexion and beautiful legs." He also thinks that she has "a mysterious quality - a bit of the Shanghai Express." But she squanders her assets. "She wears a ghastly bright red lipstick that kills the color in her face. She does not wear any eye make up and therefore looks mousy. She buys brightly colored, constricting clothes." Blass' prescription is to dress her in Edwardian or Russian-inspired clothes. For daytime receptions, he would like to see Pat in a round-cornered...