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Show 125 limit Draft clarified Registrants who met requirements for student draft deferments during the 1970-71 school year will continue to be deferred until they graduate, reach age 24 or drop out of school, which ever comes first. This clarification of the Selective Service Law comes from Col. Richard V. Peay, Utah Selective Service director. He also reports that college student deferments have been eliminated tor those entering college in the summer of 1971 or later. Non-deferred college students are eligible to have their inductions postponed until the end of the semester or term or academic year in the case of their last academic year or until they drop out. Another point is that college students may drop their ll-S deferment at will. This means a student may enter the l-A pool late in a year when it is apparent his lottery number will not be reached. Col. Peay said lottery number 125 will be the highest called this year and he encouraged men born in 1951 or before with lottery numbers in e 1969 or 70 pool, to take advantage of the opportunity to face their maximum exposure this year. Any registrant who holds a lottery number of 126 or above and who is classified ll-S may request in writing to his local board that they terminate ter-minate his ll-S deferment and place him in a l-A status, will on December 31, 1971 be placed in a less vulnerable catagory and not subject to call in the following years of his liability. The advantage of wllege students with lottery numbers above 125 is obvious and all Utah local boards have instructions to accept written requests for the classification change. T . i |