Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nixon's draft plan, to induct 19-year-olds on the basis of a lottery based on their birth dates, has the unanimous approval of the House Armed Services Committee...
That could open the way for the Senate action which would send it to the White House, where Nixon reportedly has urged its swift enactment...
Immediately, critics from both parties castigated as unfeeling the official assertion that 4% unemployment is acceptable. The stock market dropped again after Kennedy's statement about controls. Once more Nixon issued disclaimers and, a day later, so did Kennedy...
Treasury Secretary David Kennedy is becoming an increasing source of embarrassment to the Nixon Administration. His chronic foot-in-mouth habits, which are costly in terms of both dollars and prestige, began to be revealed the moment that he was appointed. Last December, Kennedy said that he wanted "to keep every option open," including the option of asking for an increase in the price of gold-and that set off a new flurry of gold speculation on the London market. In June and again in July, he said that the Administration might be forced to consider putting controls on wages...
...WASHINGTON-The House Armed Services Committee unanimously passed yesterday President Nixon's draft plan for a lottery of 19-year-olds...