Word: objectore
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...lawyers, half-breed social scientists, who call for a reconsideration of the present system. The lawyers are interested in protecting the rights of men seeking conscientous objector status, of ending the arbitrary power of local boards in granting deferments, in making sure that every man who signs up for the Selective Service understands what his obligations and privileges...
...turned out, neither objector will have to face the firing squad. In July, the first protesting Witness, George Roussopoulos, 22, was retried and sentenced to seven years in prison. Last week, after scattered international protests against the harsh penalty, including picketing of the Greek tourist office in New York and the Greek embassy...
...conscientious objector during World War II, Lowell served a five months sentence in 1943-44 after he pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Selective Service Act. In his poetry, Lowell has written mockingly of that confinement and of those months spent as a patient in the McLean Hospital in Belmont...
...cancel a title bout with Ernie Terrell in Chicago on March 29. While Chicago promoters continued to push fight tickets, Clay hastily dispatched three lawyers to look into the possibilities of an appeal. Meanwhile, it occurred to the champ after all these years that he "might be a conscientious objector...
...Executive Council meeting last night, SDS tentatively scheduled a large meeting for next week at which the two draft experts would speak. SDS will also distribute draft information on the Conscientious Objector form and other legal aspects of the draft...