August draft calls
WASHINGTON () - Selective Service an- conscientious objector who mu
nounced yesterday that men with lottery numbers sating two-years duty in public
up to 75 will be called in August. raising the ian role.
callup ceiling from No. 50 set for July. Pepitone ordered the draft b
At the same time the acting draft director, armed forces preinduction exan
Byron Pepitone, indicated that the draft will not candidates with numbers throw
reach beyond No. 100 this year and it is un- iously the cutoff for examsv
likely to reach that number next year. A Selective Service spokesme
Those to be called in August will get thetr the actual draft may stay at 75c
notices in the mail starting July 3. beyond that.
The August call will bring the total drafted in
1972 to 31,100, passing the halfway mark to the Men with low numbers lo
50,000 Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird has large numbers in the last half
set as the ceiling for this year. No draft calls year the draft reached No. 12
were issued the first three months of this year. stayed there. The year before
The April, May, June callup totaled 15,000 and midyear and stayed there.
7,200 were sent notices to report next month. A great deal will depend a
Those being drafted are mainly men born in most recent change in the rules
1952 who are classified 1A, 1.AO and 10. tion. Starting next month m
A 1A is a man available for military service. Reserve or National Guard a
A 1AO is a conscientious objector willing to go their induction notices up to 10
into military for noncombat duty. An 10 is a draft reporting date.
up
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service in a civl-
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is for priie draft
gh No. 100. Prev-
was No. 90.
an said, however,
or not reach much
se deferments in
of the year. Last
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it reached 195 is
on how much the
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Dems sue Nixon unit
i over offc break-in
DEMOCRATIC BIGWIGS Lawrence O'Brien, chairman of the
national committee and Joseph Califano, committee counsel, dis-
cuss the party's suit against the Committee for the Re-election
of the President. The suit stems from an attempted break-in at
Democratic headquarters over the weekend,
MORE TECHINICALT IES
Offagain on again
MI is offagaint
LANSING (P)--Another minor technicality yesterday blocked
validation of marijuana petitions by the Board of State Canvassers.
The board has approved the form of the petition, but it re-
jected the full petition because it was not accompanied by a
certificate from the printer that the size of type used conformed
with law.
The petitions will continue to be circulated, however, and a
statement from the printers will be submitted very soon, accord-
ing to Michigan Marijuana Initiative (MMI) representatives.
Some 50,000 petitions have been in circulation since May 15
seeking to put the question of a constitutional amendment that
would legalize marijuana on the November ballot. Some 265,000
signatures are needed to put the measure on the ballot. MMI says
they have collected over 5,000.
The board had earlier rejected a petition format because it
didn't state where the proposed amendment would be inserted into
the constitution. "It's a minor, technical thing," said Perry
Bullard, local attorney representing the backers of the drive.
Signatures on petitions now in circulation will be valid if the
board approves the petitions. The board is not expected to meet
before next week.
Deadline for submitting signatures for November ballot meas-
ures is July 10. But MMI could continue collecting signatures
for two more years and submit the measure for the 1974 ballot if
they don't get enough for next fall's election.
The proposed amendment would eliminate criminal penalties
for possession, use, or preparation of marijuana. The amendment
would not change laws prohibiting operation of machines or ve-
hicles while under the influence of marijuana.
WASHINGTON ' - Calling
the break-in at the Democratic
National Committee headquart-
ers a "blatant act of political
espionage,' party Chairman
Lawrence O'Brien sued the Com-
mnittee for the Re-election of the
President and others yesterday
for $1 million.
The civil suit, filed in U.S.
District Court, contends that the
break-in Saturday was an in-
vasion of privacy and that the
Democrats' civil rights were vio-
lated.
O'Brien said also the alleged
attempts to plant bugging devic-
es during the break-in was in
violation of laws against wire-
lapping.
Five men, including James Mc-
Cord, chief security officer for
both the Republican National
Coinittee aid the somittee in
charge of President Nixon's re-
election campaign. were arrest-
ed Saturday at the Democratic
national headquarters in t h e
Watergate apartment-hotel com-
plex. Math GOP committees an-
nounced Monday that McCord
has been fired.
O'Brien said the Committee to
Re-elect the President is re-
quested in the complaint to open
its records and divulge its exact
ties with McCord. It wants list-
ed all payments made to Mc-
Cord and reasons for them.
Former Atty. Gen. John Mit-
chell, chairman of the Com-
mittee for the Re-election of the
President, said the lawsuit "re-
presents another example of
Kicking
Quaalude
According to Drug Help of-
ficials Quaaludes - a common
street drug in the city - are
highly addictive and with-
drawal is a dangerous process.
Withdrawal, they say, is safe
only under medical supervi-
sion, and "cold turkey" with-
drawals can be fatal in some
cases.
Both Drug Help (761-HELP)
and the Free People's Clinic
(761-8952) can arrange free
medically supervised with-.
drawal. These agencies urge
anyone who suspects he or she
may be addicted to call or visit.
sheer demoogiiery on the part
of Mr. O'Brien." Mitchell called
the legal action a political stunt.
O'Brien said as far as he is
concerned the break-in had a
"clear line of direction to the
Committee for the Re-election of
the President" and there is a
"developing clear line to the
White House."
However he declined to say
that the Republican National
Committee was directly behind
the break-in. He said the court
suit would determine the facts.
The Washington Post report-
ed yesterday that a consultant
AMA votes to I)aek
reduced pot Penalties
to the White House speil coun-
sel Charles Colson is listed in the
address books of two of the
five men arrested. The news-
paper reported that federal
sources said the address books
contain the name and home num-
ber of Howard Hunt, the consult-
ant, with the notations: "W.
House" and "W.H."
A White : House official said
Hunt last worked for the White
House March 29. for a regular
daily consultant fee. The Post
said Hunt worked for the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency from
1949 to 1970.
SAN FRANCISCO ')-A com-
promise proposal on marijuana
placed the American Medical
Association (AMA) in favor of
making possession of small
amounts a misdemeanor.
Members of the AMA's House
of Delegates, after 45 minutes
of quiet debate yesterday, re-
jected language containued in
ain AMA board of trustees' re-
port and a subsequent referenue
c o m m i t t e e recommendation
which would have called for re-
moval of possession as a crim-
inal act.
The compromise proposal was
offered by the California dele-
gation.
As adopted, the critical lan-
guage which has been the focal
point of the AMA convention
attended by almost 9.000 doc-
tors finally read:
"This AMA House of Delegates
does not condone the produc-
tion, sale or use of marijuana.
"It does, however, recommend
that the personal possession of
insignificant amounts of that
substance be considered at most
a misdemeanor with commen-
surate penalties applied.
"It also recommends its pro-
hibition for public use and that
a plea of marijuana intoxication
should not be a defense in any
criminal proceedings."
Also approved was language
that called for the nation's lar-
gest medical group to pursue a
policy of discouragement against
marijuana,
Speaking in favor of the Cali-
fornia measure was a represen-
tative of the Student American
Medical Association and Dr.
Eugene Ogrod, the recently
elected house delegate who rep-
resents the nation's interns and
doctors training to be specialists.
"We feel it's inmportamut Io
make a first step to begis treat-
ing marijuana as a medical mat-
ter and reduce penalties . . ." he
said.
But Dr. Preston Ellington of
Augusta, Ga., who led the fight
to remove the matter entirely
from the report, said: "What
is insignificant? Is it 50 pounds
of marijuana?"
Other doctors argued that the
AMA had no business involving
itself in a legal msatter. Others
said the AMA has a restonsi-
bility to express its leadership in
the area.
As originally presented to the
AMA by its board of trustees
and before the reference com-
mittee changes, the key lan-
guage read: "Possession of mari-
juana for personal use and
transfer (not sale) of insignifi-
cant amounts should not be
criminal acts . . ." The reference
committee had left the language
intact, removing only those por-
tions referring to transfer and
sale.
The AMA called earlier for
strict penalties for persons com-
mitting crimes with firearms,
but rejected impassioned pleas
that the doctors' group strongly
back gun control legislation at a
national level.