Word: senning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Commission will very likely do in II-S to satisfy these critics. If this is done, a lottery such as the one proposed by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) would be needed to select men from the swollen draft pool. In the lottery system, all men reaching the age of 18 would be examined by the local draft board. Those who passed the physical and mental tests would be assigned a number by the board. After these numbers were assigned, the selective service system would conduct a national drawing. It would put into a "fish bowl" as many numbers...
...District (Richmond and surrounding counties) had they run a candidate against the incumbent Democrat this fall. Nevertheless the Republicans face serious problems. They have not been able to build up an effective statewide organizations; local offices have largely been left to the Democratic Party in return for the late Sen. Harry Byrd's "golden silence"--his refusal to support Democratic nominees for President. As a result, Virginia went Republican in 1952, 1956 and 1960. But the outcome of this trade-off with the Byrds has meant a Republican Party far weaker than the voting patterns of the state would indicate...
...Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy (D-Minn.) gave his third and final William Belden Noble Lecture last night and finaly discussed the issue his audience had been waiting for -- the war in Vietnam...
...Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy (D-Minn.) last night blamed the level of morality prevailing in this country -- particularly in business and the legal profession -- for widespread corruption in American government...
...Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy (D-Minn.) said last night that the Church must take a clear and unambiguous stand on important political issues. He cited poverty, race relations, and America's world role as areas particularly requiring the Church's attention...