Grad deferments out; others still in
WASHINGTON —(UPI)—Congress Thursday was on the verge of approving a new draft law, far different from what President Lyndon Johnson envisioned earlier this year.
The only step left was ratification by the House of Representatives of a "compromise" version worked out by a joint conference committee.
The bill in its present form will guarantee student deferments to college students able to maintain passing grades. But the new bill will allow the president to eliminate most graduate school deferments.
The Senate Wednesday passed the revised draft bill on a 72-23 vote and the House was set to act
on the measure either late Thursday or next week.
Though technically a compromise, the measure is considerably closer to the bill passed by the House May 25 than to what the Senate approved May 11.
The Senate for the most part went along with the administration, which asked Congress simply to extend the Selective Service Act for another four years beyond June 30, when it expires.
At present the bill:
The President intended to use his broad authority to institute some of the reforms he had in mind, including a draft lottery.
KU freshman is charged with five LSD accounts
An information complaint was filed in U.S. Federal Court in Wichita Tuesday, charging a KU freshman with five counts of possession and selling lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
Provide for deferments for all college undergraduates whose academic work is satisfactory to their schools. This eliminates the present system of class standings and test scores as a guide for local draft boards.
The complaint charges Ted Allen Adams, formerly of Wichita and now of Topeka with three counts of possessing LSD for sale
on May 15, May 16, and May 26, and with two counts of delivering and selling the drug to a government agent on May 15 and May 16.
his appearance before U.S. Commissioner Milton P. Allen, here
Adams, 18, was arrested at Ellsworth Hall on May 26 by U.S. Marshal Vance Collins and released on a $1,000 bond following
At that time he was charged with the possession, sale and delivery of five tablets of LSD to a federal agent on May 15. The May 26 charge, presumably comes from a search of his room following his arrest.
Each charge is a misdemeanor which is punishable by a $1,000 fine or one-year prison sentence, or both.
$\textcircled{2}$ Prohibit Johnson from carrying out, without express authorization from Congress his lottery-type system.
Permit the President to go ahead with his announced plan of reversing the age order of induction to take 19-year-olds first.
- Specify that a claim for deferment on grounds of being a conscientious objector be based on religious grounds. This would roll back a recent Supreme Court decision that such objections do not have to have a strictly religious basis.
Retain local draft boards with the federal government authorized to recommend uniform standards but not make them mandatory as the President had suggested.
- Retain presidential authority to specify which graduate students should be deferred. Johnson has announced he plans to limit them to medical and dental students.
- Continue deferments for Public Health Service physicians assigned to the service itself, to the Coast Guard, the Environmental Sciences Services Administration and the Bureau of Prisons. But it would deny present deferments to Public Health physicians assigned to such agencies as the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Economic Opportunity and the Agriculture Department.
- Prohibit an appeal to the courts of a draft classification, unless the person classified had actually reported for induction.
- Require federal courts to give priority to draft cases.
- Prohibit discrimination against women in making appointments to local draft boards.
Girls State-
4 Summer Kansan Friday, June 15, 1967
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Continued from page 1 sumed positions. The Congress is in session each day, considering bills which are often enacted.
Last year the Congress proposed the sale of Girls State sweatshirts to citizens and the adoption of political emblems. Both of these bills were in fact carried out by the Auxiliary, and the Federalists now permanently have a buffalo, the Nationalists, a meadowlark, for their official party emblems.
THE GOVERNOR and city mayors must make many appointments on their respective levels of government. And other officials, too, have duties to perform. It is during this time of government in action that the Girls Staters learn the most about the management of government affairs.
Throughout the week the girls participate in numerous other phases of their citizenship.
On Tuesday they took the bar examination to become lawyers. Mary Musil of Blue Rapids scored the highest on the bar exam, winning for herself the title of Sunflower Girls State Scholar. The girls took the Lawyers' Oath Wednesday.
They have also enjoyed speeches from prominent political leaders, who aid them in their understanding of politics, Gov. Docking,
Mayor Richard Raney of Lawrence,
Commander Grant Lane of the American Legion, Department of Kansas, and many other distinguished guests have visited Sunflower State during the week.
ONE NEW program was a panel discussion of women's roles in politics, presented by Dean of Women Emily Taylor, Mrs. George Docking, and Mrs. Harriet Graham, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
Sunday, Sunflower Girls State will depart from Mount Oread until next summer, when it returns for the 1968 session.
The remaining days at Girls State are filled with many more exciting happenings. Thursday they presented their stunt night, each city participating.
Friday night the citizens will attend the formal banquet, with decorations provided by the Auxiliary of Burdett, Kansas. Saturday the girls will meet Girls Staters from previous years at the candlelighting ceremony, where they will receive their certificates of achievement and Girls State pins.
The two delegates to Girls Nation, also sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, and held in Washington, D.C., will be announced at that time.
Working This Summer or Going To Summer School?
YOU CAN STILL FLY TO EUROPE! Even though you are going to summer school, you can still visit Europe this summer on SUA's one-month summer flight. Or, if lack of money is your problem, you can work for two months and make more than the low $305 it takes to fly you from New York to London. The flight leaves August 8 and returns September 7. Stop by the SUA office today and find out how to spend this summer in Europe.
Call SUA, UN 4-3477 Make Your Reservation Early! All KU students, staff, and faculty are eligible for SUA Flights.
SUA AUGUST FLIGHT 1967
Concert time moved to 2 p.m.
Starting next Sunday the Senior High Music Division will be featured in a 2:30 p.m. choral concert and a 7:30 p.m. band concert.
The concert will be in the University Theatre in Murphy Hall at 2 p.m. instead of 2:30 as was originally announced. The concert, which will be divided into five separate presentations will last approximately three hours.
There has been a time change in the concert set for Saturday by the Junior High Division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
Featured with the Junior High bands, symphonic orchestra, and choral groups. The concert is the culmination of two weeks of hard work and practice.
To those at KU for the Summer we extend an invitation to Worship at the University Lutheran Church 15th and Iowa (across from Templin Hall) Each Sunday; Church Service at 11:00 a.m.
Study and Discussion 9:45 a.m.
UCM—Sponsored supper and discussion program 5 p.m.
The air-conditioned building is open daily for study and recreation use.
Norman Steffen, Fastor
Phone VI 3-6662