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Since the Korean War, however, the Selective Service law has been amended so that no local draft board is required to defer any student solely on the basis of his rank in class or his score on an aptitude test...
...reply Hershey emphasized that the Selective Service law was amended after the Korean War to provide that no local board should be required to defer any student solely on the basis of a grade on any test or his standing in class or "any other evaluation of that character." He added that this was done to preserve the local boards' authority over draft classifications...
...anywhere from $5 billion to $10 billion in defense spending for Viet Nam next year may well expand it to the limit. Shortages of skilled la bor are showing up in the construction, aviation and shipbuilding industries. As a result, draft boards throughout the country have been ordered to defer specialized defense workers...
...sense, Fowler will be the first U.S. Cabinet member to be exposed directly to Europe's newly increased self-confidence. In international politics and defense, the Europeans still largely defer to U.S. leadership. In monetary matters, however, they feel increasingly that Europe's economic strength already makes it an equal partner with Washington. Fowler faces considerable skepticism and disagreement about the whole idea of monetary reform. Practically all the Europeans (except the British) oppose his plan for an international monetary conference, believing that any reform should be left to the powerful Group of Ten nations...
Last month Mexico's first two women Senators took office. Uruguay and Colombia each have one woman Senator, and nearly every other country has at least one lady Deputy. Do they quietly defer to the menfolk? Certainly not. Colombia's ex-Senator Esmeralda Arboleda de Uribe, who has a TV show called Controversia in Bogotá, grills political leaders on the country's touchiest issues. Costa Rica's Maria de Chittenden, 45, is a great believer in womanly wiles. She is easily the prettiest Ambassador to London's Court of St. James...