Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The bill also narrows the basis for conscientious objection, Kennedy claimed. An aide said its provisions make orthodox religious belief a prerequisite of CO classification.
These students, who are far more numerous than outright draft resistors, believe that the current course of U.S. action promises nothing but a possibly interminable war and the chance of a military conflict with the Chinese Communists. But they are unsure whether violating federal law is a suitable form of...
It is not clear that either objection was grounds for exclusion. The Constitution, which allows each house to "be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members," explicitly enumerates these qualifications. Under Article I, section 2, a representative must be at least 25-years old, a...
> GRADUATE DEFERMENTS. Johnson proposed to end such exemptions, excusing only medical and dental students. The Senate offered no objection, and the House provided only that a presidential board determine if any shortages of critical skills require deferments to be continued in specific fields.
A few days after the stakeouts began in the rear of Pilgrim stores and parked cars near by, the story made headlines in the Houston papers. Then Police Chief Herman Short claimed he had heard a rumor to the effect that there would be a $1,000 bounty for each...