Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...supposed to sleep tonight? Frazier has shown America that draft dodging is wrong. He has proved that humility is the best policy. He has taught us the merits of rock salt...
...Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision yesterday, ruled against draft exemptions for men who object only to the Vietnam...
Justice Thurgood Marshall, delivering the Court's opinion on two draft cases, said, "We hold that Congress intended to exempt persons who oppose participating in all war... and that persons who object solely to participation in a particular war are not with-in the purview of the exempting section...
...ruling frees the Federal Government to begin proceedings against alleged draft evaders claiming religious objections to the Indochina...
...than those of other manufacturers, and the current difficulties of the Lockheed Corp. seem to bear them out. Yet charges have often been leveled that defense contractors make excessive profits on contracts for the military, frequently without much risk. Last week the controversy was given new life when a draft report by the Government's General Accounting Office leaked out after GAO staffers became fearful that its findings might be watered down. The report's conclusion: producing arms for the Pentagon is far more rewarding than is commonly realized...