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Show The Magical Mystery Tour ... ...is coming fo fake you away .... . - - l-- vVv, J 4 . day was chosen. This number remains re-mains the same even though the person may have a deferment from the draft until he finishes school. When his deferment expires ex-pires he is placed in Die pool of draftees, keeping the same number num-ber to which lie had been previously previ-ously assigned. Kenneth Buckbeo, a junior, was another lucky winner, Buck'bee's floor had a $10 pool with the money going to the person whose birthday was picked first. As luck would have it, Buokboe didn't even have the quarter which was needed need-ed to enter the pool. Dale Darby, No. 3G4, was almost at the bottom of the list. Darby was pleased with the drawing but is planning to enlist in the Marine Corps upon graduation in spite of the pick. Jon. C. Wilhelmsen holds a No. 44 position in the lottery. Upon graduation Wilhelmsen is planning BY JOHN CREA Staff Writer "It was the first thing I ever wen!" Tlie grand prize is army induction; induc-tion; the contest was the national draft lottery. But junior Steve Elsnad isn't the only winner. He, along with everyone else who was born on Sept. 14, will be the first to go. The losers were bora on June 8. In the first Selective Service System Sy-stem "lottery" drawing on Monday Mon-day Night, all males from age 19 to 26 were included in the pool. The most prevalent question asked ask-ed by the students was whether or not their student determent would remain in effect under the new system. sy-stem. The answer is yes; the student stu-dent deferment will remain in effect. ef-fect. Under the new system, a person is assigned a number corresponding correspond-ing to the position that his birth- Fate fell upon the Utonian staff as Jon Wilhem-sen, Wilhem-sen, editor and staff members Randy Smith, Lorin Marks and Hal Hoberscn all made the draft lot. tery top 100 selection. to enlist in the army in order to have a better chance of obtaining training In a field which would be of interest to him. Junior Frank Wotjech, No. 3.1G said, "I sure was happy to have been picked near the end of the list, but would have accepted the draft if my birthday was in the top third. Now I can make plans for after I graduate without having to worry about the draft." |
