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THS LI3SARY OF BE 200 U $ 2- •iV**" BOCA HAIOH ?LA BOCA RATON NEWS \ Vol. 15, No. 98 Thursdoy, April 23, 1970 22 Pages 10 Cents YOURDAY 197D APRIL T97O S M T W T Nixon cuts deferments 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 [23]24 25 Congress is asked 26 27 28 29 to allow stopping all Musical student exemptions featured WASHINGTON (UPI) —President Nixon ordered an end today to any more occupational deferments from at school the draft, as well as deferments for fathers except in cases of possible "Guys and Dolls," the musical extreme hardship on their famines. fable of Broadway based on a Nixon also asked Congress to open story and characters by Damon the way for him to stop all student Runyon will be performed by the deferments. All those holding defer- Boca Raton High School Choral ments could keep them, however. Dept. for its final two shows Nixon said in a special message to tonight and tomorrow night. the House and Senate that such About 70 Boca Raton High School deferments "are no longer dictated by students are featured in the cast, the national interest." so hop out to the school to see He issued an executive order your son, daughter, babysitter or stopping immediately deferments neighbor as an entertainer. Show based on occupational or farm work and on fatherhood except where local time is 8 pjn. in the school Selective Service Director gymnasium. draft boards determined extreme hardship would result. Curtis Tarr announces He asked for a change in the draft President Richard Nixon's law to eliminate a provision now draft message to Congress. — Sheriff to speak guaranteeing deferments for un- UPI Telephoto. A Detroit River anti-iwllution league held a funeral to affirm a united desire to end pollution. After a short dergraduate college students. for nearby Lake Erie in connection with yesterday's eulogy, a funeral wreath was thrown into the river and Nixon also outlined adjustments in Citizens for Boca Raton Inc. national observance of Earth Day. The meeting bet- quickly pulled out so that it would not become polluted the lottery system for drafting 19-year- will host Sheriff William Heidt- ween Detroit officials (left) and Windsor officials was by the river. — UPI Telephoto. olds, which Congress passed at his Fund bill man tomorrow at Schrafft's request last year. Restaurant at 2:30 p.m. He'll Under the present lottery system a speak on area law enforcement youngster whose sequence number is, excludes problems and will answer for example, 150, may be called by one questions from the audience after Hijacked plane heads draft board while a man with a lower his talk. The meeting is open to number in a different draft board is not governor the public without charge. called. "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI) — A The President proposed a new bill to prevent a governor from system that would put each month's "putting the arm" on road eom- draft call on a national basis with the home from Cuba trip tractors and engineering consultants It's adult night same lottery sequence numbers effec- for a "Governor's Club" or other tive nationwide. MIAMI (UPI)—A small private for gas, sandwiches and coffee. He had political purpose was defeated today. If you're tired of TV and bored plane, hijacked by an armed ex-, gotten cigarettes during a stop at Rock "Even if college deferments are But the Senate passed 41-1 an with the beaches, why not drop by convict and his girl friend in North Hill, S.C., but failed to get a bottle of phased out," Nixon said, "college men amended version prohibiting officials the Community Center tonight Carolina, took off from Cuba today for Scotch at Jacksonville. who through ROTC or other military or employes of the Transportation for adult night in the recreation a return flight to the United States. Wayne Davis, manager of Ted programs have chosen to obligate Department from collecting such room. Ping pong and billiards are Th<? Federal Aviation Admi- Aircraft Service, handled the themselves to enter military service at funds for a governor. the spotlighted sports. Doors nistration said it was advised the plane refueling, a 20-minute task. As he a later date would be permitted to Sen. Reubin Askew, a Democratic open at 7 pan. was due to land at Miami International drove toward the plane, parked just off postpone their active duty until candidate for governor, fought the bill Airport about 1:15 pjn, EST. It a runway away from the terminal completion of their study program." as discriminating against an in- departed Cuba at 11 a.m., the FAA Davis was queried over the radio by He stressed that in doing away with cumbent governor seeking re-election. said. the pilot: "You are alone, aren't you?" deferments he was speaking of But Sen.Jerry Thomas, DRiviera Quick facts The single-engine Cessna 172 landed "Yes," replied Davis. "Just me and "phasing out—not the elimination—of the gas and the sandwiches." existing deferments." Beach, said other legislation could at Havana's Jose Marti Airport at 5:40 "equalize" the situation and "this bill Davis also gave the pilot some maps "The sudden elimination of existing ajn. after three refueling stops along recognizes that the great power of the of Cuba. "I'd hate for him to get deferments would disrupt plans made Weather: Fair and warm through the South Atlantic Coast. governor's office shall not be used hijacked to Cuba and not know how to in good faith by individuals, com- Friday, no rain on the way. The plane, hop-scotching between against the people." High yesterday was 84, low get there," he explained. panies, colleges and local school refueling sites in South Carolina and Thomas said huge contributions to this morning 74. Noon today The FBI in Charlotte, N.C., said systems on the basis of those defer- Florida, made its last U. S. stop at the the governor are reflected in higher 82. Low tonight 73, high Meeks had served a term for armed ments," he asserted. Fort LauderdaleHollywood In- bids on road work, adding that tomorrow 86. robbery in a northern prison, and it The trail of the single engine Nixon pledged to bring the draft ternational Airport at 3:04 a.m. It left testimony before investigating promised to give a full background on chartered plane hijacked yesterday gradually to an end but said it would be Boating: Seas 4-6 feet, inland at 3:24 ajn. committees showed that "arm- Meeks Wednesday night, but later held shows a final fuel stop in Fort several years before this could be waters choppy. Small craft The hijacker, identified by the FBI twisting" by Gov. Claude Kirk's staff off on releasing the information. The Lauderdale before the last leg of the accomplished. should exercise caution. as Ira David "Orrie" Meeks, a Negro and former Transportation Secretary Winds southeast at 15^20 mph. recently released from a "northern girl was identified as Diane McKinney, journey to Havana, Cuba. — UPI A special presidential commission 18. Michael O'Neil produced "hundreds of Today's tides, high: 9:09 am. prison," had radioed Fort Lauderdale Telephoto. recommended earlier that the nation thousands of dollars" for Governor's and 9:51 pm.; low: 3:40 a.m. turn to an all-volunteer army by mid- Club, his war on crime fund or for and 3:46 pjn. Friday's tides, 1971. Nixon had supported the concept political dinners. in his presidential campaign but in his high: 9:51 ajn. and 10:39 The debate was aimed against in- message, he said there was no way to p.m.; low. 4:22 a.m. and 4:36 Negotiations begin to end cluding the governor in the general bill say when it could come about. pjn. to prohibit any officer og employe with But as a first step, the President Fishing: Loxahatchee reports dominion over the Transportation lots of bass being taken, called for a 20 per cent pay increase, Department from soliciting or accept- mostly yearlings but a few retroactive to last Jan. 1, for enlisted 2-day mutiny Trinidad ing funds from anyone who seeks to or hefty ones also. men with less than two years service. does business with the department. Television: "The Whale Hunters PORT OF SPAIN (UPI) - A rebel The situation at the base 11 miles hills to wage guerrilla warfare. But (Continued on Page 10A) other sources said the mutineers still of Fayal" on channel 5 at 7:30 army officer has begun negotiations north of Port of Spain was not clear. held the base. pjn, Azores islanders still with Attorney General Carleton The army said it had the situation The death toll in three days of hunt whales with long boats Phillips to end a two-day mutiny at the under control and that some rebels, County schools open and hand harpoons. demanding a bigger voice for black violence rose to six today when police Chaguaramas army base, unofficial shot and killed a man who was trying Movies: At the Boca Raton sources said today. persons on the island, had fled into the Theatre, "Marooned." Show to blow up a power substation on the on Aug. 31 next year times 5:30, 7:45 and 10 pjn. outskirts of the city. At least 40 rebels were reported wounded in fighting at would be back from summer vacation It's catch-up night Chaguaramas.