Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Those with birthdays drawn first will be the first to be inducted; those with birthdays drawn near the bottom of the list will be almost sure of exemption throughout the year. Those classified 1-A and not drafted during the year will drop into a lower-priority pool and will ordinarily be draft-exempt for the rest of their lives...
...estimate how many men under his local draft board have higher numbers and how many might be called. If it looked safe, he could drop out of school, wait to not be drafted, and go on with whatever he wanted to do: His liability would expire the first...
More confusion: Say Sept. 10 is drawn first tonight, and July 14 is drawn first next year. Who is drafted first in 1971, a 19-year-old with a July 14 birthday or the college junior born Sept. 10 whose deferment expires...
...entering its fourth week of national exposure, "Sesame Street" promises to become one of the most popular children's programs on TV. In the show's first week on New York's educational channel, it attracted a viewing audience four times greater than the channel ever had before, Lesser said...
Senior George McManama, who was to center a first line of Owen and senior Ron Mark, had sprained an ankle in practice earlier in the week, and Harvard went with sophomore Tom Paul, a hustling forward whose potential was unproven after an injury sidelined him for most of last season. But Paul was quick to prove...