Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...politically delicate. His decision was not included in the Concil's official memorandum of advice to Hershey; he was perfectly willing to let the General take the criticism that followed. Although it was not announced publicly, Johnson is known to have considered two alternatives: * Prime age group of age-mix plan. Under this plan, all men losing their II-S deferments in June would be considered to be born in 1949 for draft purposes. These "constructive" 19-year-olds would be put in the pool with the actual 19-year-olds and selected out according to their months and date...
DESIGN Object Lesson in Beauty When future archaeologists excavate the ruins of Los Angeles and New York, they are more likely to judge the 20th century's standards of beauty by shards of Corning Ware, martini mix ers and stainless-steel subway turnstiles than by whatever fragments of painting and statuary survive. Yet the average American takes the artifacts of every day use for granted. He rarely appre ciates the well-designed objects and manages to ignore the ugly ones...
...council has long opposed the rotary, which Rudolph began last summer as a "temporary" measure to aid construction of the Cambridge St. underpass. Construction of the underpass was far enough along several months ago to allow ending the rotary, but it remained, due to a mix-up with the MBTA...
...needs. But combined with the present policy of drafting the oldest men classified 1-A first, yesterday's directive is a bit of careless expediency--clearly unfair to the students who would have filled the nation's graduate schools next year. General Hershey's statement that a random age mix could not be feasibly implemented is a commentary on the disarray of Selective Service administration, which needs reorganization as badly as its system of deferments...
...National Security Council directive comes just a week after President Pusey pleaded to a congressional subcommittee for a more equitable mix. The decision is a slap in the face to Pusey and the academic community for which he spoke. It is even a disservice to the military, which General Hershey himself has said is worse off with older men than young draftees...