| Selective Service System: History and Records (322 words) |
 | A lottery drawing - the first since 1942 - was held on December 1, 1969, at Selective Service National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. This event determined the order of call for induction during calendar year 1970, that is, for registrants born between January 1, 1944, and December 31, 1950. |
| Reinstitution of the lottery was a change from the "draft the oldest man first" method, which had been the determining method for deciding order of call. |
| The highest lottery number called for this group was 195; all men assigned that lottery number or any lower number, and who were classified 1-A or 1-A-O (available for military service), were called to report for possible induction. |
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