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Vigils, scuffles
mark first day
of registration
for nation's men
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nam-era songs and chanting "Hell no,
we won't go!"
Most of the protesters around the
country limited themselves to mar-
ching or distributing leaflets, but there
were a few exceptions. At least five
young men - four in Des Moines, Iowa,
and one in Madison, Wis. - burned
draft registration forms and four
women chained themselves to a
registration table in the Kansas City
post office where young men signed up.
A lunchtime rally that preceded the
form-burning in Madison drew about
300 people.
There were no nationwide figures on
the number of people signing up or the
number of demonstrators. Officials at
post offices generally reported a light
turnout - both of registrants and pr-
otesters. One of the biggest demon-
strations was in New York City, where
hundreds marched outside and milled
around inside the General Post Office
opposite Madison Square Garden.
THE PROTESTERS made no attem-
pt to interfere with registrants. "We
are not here to be provocative," said
Paul Mayer, a spokesman for Coalition
Against Conscription, sponsor of the
demonstration.
'eSteve Wolf, 20, walked around the
demonstrators to sign up. "If there was
a solid answer to stop war and bring
about peace, I wouldn't register," he
said. "They're not coming up with a
better answer. So how can I follow
them?"
About 80 protesters were outside the
post office in Louisville, Ky., displaying
placards urging registrants: "I want
you to think before you register for the
draft.'' Rodney Wayne Brown, 20, said,
however, that he wouldn't mind being
drafted. "I can't find a job and it's no
good being out on the streets," he said.
Kevin Foust, 20, was first in line at
the post office in Greenville, Pa., about
70 miles north of Pittsburgh. "I'm for it
100 per cent," said Foust. "I think it's
more or less my duty to sign up."
The president has said he does not in-
tend to revive the draft, but wants
registration for precautionary reasons
as well as to display U.S. determination
in the face of the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan."
' egistration was almost blocked
when a panel of three federal judges in
Philadelphia ruled Friday that
registration was unconstitutional
because women were not included.
But Supreme Court Justice William
Brennan lifted that order Saturday,
allowing the process to go ahead.
Pogo for president update
-~-- A ~FT. MUDGE, Okefenokee
rt Q Swamp-An eerie, lackawanna
silence echoed through the
Okefenokee and butterflies cluttered
by as Pogo Possui once again
mounted his revered, veneered
cypress stump. Swamp critters,
e and'media monguls
4" -aalike thronged at Pogo's feet,
waiting for their favorite mythical
little mild-mannered marsupial to
speak. Several in the crowd feared
this would be Pogo's final campaign
appearance. Others simply knew Pogo would throw in his poly-tickle towel.
The media mavens chanted on the importance of this new poly-tickle
development. But at that moment, the candy-date arrived on the scene to
break out a heap o' good news. Said Pogo: "I'd jest like to thank Edgar
Egret for bringin' in the news of my nationable success. An' unlike what
some o' you may spect, I've decided to remain an undecided candy-date.
'Fact, my candidature's jes' gettin' gone. 'Course, if it looks like I don't have
even a theo-rhetorical reasonable chance of gettin' the youth of this country
to vote. . . wull, I maydrop out. Meantimes, I'm gone on pluggin along an'
tryin' to debate them younger voters before the 'Lections. An' if they can
show me their ain't worth nuthin', wull, I 'spect I'll jes' up an' quit an' git
back to fishin' ... But if'n I can show 'em somebody's gonna win-with or
without their vote-it may show 'em their vote's important, an' then I'll keep
on a-running. ao remember, "We have met the electorate-And they is
us!" [a
On the outside
Conditions are expected to remain partly cloudy with widely scattered
thundershowers ending early this morning. Today's high temperature
should reach near the 85' mark. Q
Happenings
FILMS
AAFC-Last American Hero, 7 p.m.; Thunder Road, 9 p.m., Aud. A,
Angell.
Michigan Media Summer Film Showcase-Generations of Resistance,
Temptation of Power, War Without Winners, 7:30 p.m., MLB 3.
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(USPS 344-900)
Volume XC, No. 43-S
Tuesday, July 22, 1980
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