Word: drafting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Resisting the Draft...
Rogers did resist the draft, but only feebly. Nixon gave him his greetings personally in a conversation on Dec. 1. The next day Rogers saw his physician for the first checkup he has had in several years. "I'm not able to handle a tough job like that, am I, doctor?" he joked. But in his own mind there was little question about his health. He feels fine, is a frequent golfer and squash player, drinks little and does not smoke. "I'm sorry to say," the doctor said after the examination, "that...
...never happened until a federal judge in Baltimore last week declared that Michael Shacter, 21, was eligible for such an exemption. A Library of Congress clerk, Shacter had claimed to be a C.O. even though he told his draft board that he was an athe ist. He was denied that classification, and in August was charged with being a draft dodger. Though raised as a Jew-his Orthodox grandfather was a C.O.-Shacter claimed to have his own re ligious faith, based on the belief that "man's mortal soul is the most perfect element in the cosmos...
...faults-a penchant for "throwing into a crowd," and tipping off a pass play by dropping his right foot back just before the ball is centered-are correct able. His recent knee injury is a minus, but could work as a plus by exempting him from that other draft-military service. Always on the lookout for taller, stronger quarterbacks, some scouts prefer Greg Cook, Cincinnati, 6 ft. 4 in., 205 Ibs. He led the nation in yards gained by passing (3,272). The scouts like the way Cook's head sticks up like a periscope above the mauling linemen...
...Because the members of the Corporation are "drawn from a rather special band of the American political and social spectrum," he said, they will be unable to cope with student protest against the Vietnam war, recruitment, and the draft...