European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 4, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a wheels of draft set to Roll if Gulf situation requires it Page 7  los Angeles times Chicago a if War in the persian Gulf leads to a resumption of the draft the Fate of millions of Young americans May be decided not in the Mideast but the Midwest. Within hours of a Call up a secretly located data processing Center near Chicago could begin dispatching overnight mail Gram draft notices across the nation. Fearing sabotage officials decline to reveal the exact site of that computer. A in 24 to 72 hours we could have our first induction orders in the mail a explained air Force it. Col. Ronald Meilstrup Deputy director of the selective service systems regional Headquarters in Illinois. No one has been drafted in the  since 1972. And there a clearly no groundswell for reviving the draft even now despite suggestions made at recent congressional hearings. Re instituting it would require action by both houses of Congress and the signature of the president a process Likely to provoke heated debate. Still the persian Gulf crisis has raised new questions not Only about military preparedness but also the fairness of an All Volunteer Force in which minorities and the poor could do most of the fighting a and dying. If a draft is approved officials say they now have an a equal Opportunity system at the ready that could till training Camps with 100,000 civilians in barely a month. A we. Function something like an insurance policy for the nation a a said Glenn Ford operations officer for the regional draft Headquarters in Denver. Indeed _ Ever since the standby draft was created in the Wake of the Iran hostage crisis in 1979-81, a few thousand military reservists and civilian volunteers have been preparing for the potential reactivation of the draft. Although commonly referred to As draft boards the panels would really have Little say about who w Ould be called. Gone Are the Days when National draft officials set regional and state by state quotas or when the whims and prejudices of local Board members could dictate who was drafted and who was not. Much of the flexibility has been bred out of a system that was widely criticized during the Vietnam War for enabling Large numbers of Middle and upper class Whites to escape military service. Under current Law men must Register for the standby draft when they turn 18, and the data Are fed into the nationwide computer. Women Are exempt. The data Bank currently has the names of 15 million draft eligible Young men on  the draft were reactivated the age group with Pri. Mary vulnerability would be 20-Ycar-Olds. First a lottery would be held to determine draft priorities by birth Date such As May 12 or june 16. A /. Then following the dictates of that lottery the Chi How the d raft would work who must Register men must sign up when they turn 18 women Are exempt. Who would be called first a lottery would determine draft priorities by birth Date such As May 12 or june 16. Then 20-year-Olds would be called followed by 21-year-Olds, 22-year-Olds and on up to 25. Last would be 18 and 19-year-Olds. Exemptions still allowed hardship conscientious objector ministerial. Exemptions not allowed student or Job related deferments. A the los Angeles times a Cago arca  run out draft notices for 20-year-Olds. Next would come 21-year-Olds, then 22-year-Olds, and on up to 25-Veai-Olds. Last in line would be 18-and 19-Ycar-Olds. Perhaps in keeping with the no nonsense atmosphere of the new draft induction notices would be As dry As the Mouths of the shocked Young men who open them. There would be no a greetings a As draft notices of another Era once began. Thev would be entitled a order to report for induction Quot and include a travel voucher to the nearest induction Center. Draftees would be Given 10 Days to report. Local boards would be limited to granting deferments a and even that Power has been severely curbed. Draftees could still argue hardship conscientious objector or ministerial claims to the boards. Student or Job related deferments the most popular avs to delay or evade military service in the old Days have been eliminated a i enjoyed  my at the University of Florida receiving those letters from the Dii Ift Board asking How 1 was doing in school a Douglas Maddox. Now the selective service director in Florida recalled. Now if you arc at College you will be a 1 Lowed to finish the a use Mester that you Are currently enrolled in then you will be drafted. It you afe a senior you will be allowed to graduate a y Mark Kiester a 20-year-old. From Redondo beachvcalif., will begin Lus last semester at i ammo Junior College later this month and plans to graduate in june Kiester said he and his friends have talked about the draft and they re a pretty much sea red. Most of amp Are up on the situation. We know there will be. No deferments for  random interviews with draft age men nationwide revealed widespread confusion and misgivings about the vulnerability question although the rules Are fairly Clear  a in a in school so i probably  have to go a at a least that a what my grandmother said a predicted Greg Parham a 21-year-old psychology major at the University of Colorado at Denver. A a in a the youngest surviving male in my family so my older brother would  tar Ham was wrong on both counts. Madam , 23, a supermarket manager in Marietta ga., said he believed a draft would create morale problems for draftees and volunteers alike. A the problem i see with having a draft is you Are forcing people to do something which other people have done out of their own volition a said , who describes himself As a conservative Republican. Still Holzhauer said he would ser if called. Similarly at the Massachusetts Institute of technology 19-year-old Sophomore physics major Beniamin Quot Marshall declared a i would t want to go but if i were drafted. I know i would  even so Kuwait is a a not Worth losing lives Over a Marshall said. Totes recover total Pittsburgh apr a 3-year-old girl who was found clinically dead in a Snowdrift last week will lose part of Orie toe but her brain appears undamaged a doctor said wednesday. --.a. Brittany Eichelberger of Elkins w.va., a looks great certainly neurologically a said or. Pat Kochanek a specialist in paediatric intensive care at children a Hospital of Pittsburgh. The physician feels the cold and prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation prevented brain damage. A i think gods the one who did it a Brittany s Mother Melinda said at a Hospital news conference. The toddler Clad Only in a Nightie was found stiff and Blue dec. 24, at least 21 hours after she wandered out of her trailer Home in 27-degree weather. A Eichelberger said Brittany has said Little about her ordeal. A the Only thing she said so far is that she went outside to look for mom and dad. She thought we went to work. And then she fell off the  such a Complete recovery from severe hypothermia is extremely unusual. Kochanek said. Lingering effects Are a weakened left Arm probably from the the colds effect on the arms main nerve and a touch of pneumonia. A a Eichelberger said Brittany fell asleep on the Couch. The night of dec. 23 and she decided not to Wake her. She was. Found on her Back Loyard from the trailer. A neighbor administered car until medics arrived. Brittany a body temperature was 74 degrees when she reached Davis memorial Hospital in Elkins. Doctors continued resuscitation measures for 3�i hours before the girls heart resumed beating. T she was brought to the Hospital in  but with a blood pressure and a heartbeat Kochanek said. She understands that something serious happened Eichelberger said of her daughter. _ a she says she s not going to go outside and play any Mory a she said a and Robinson added that Brittany has agreed to Tell her parents from now on before leaving the House. Quot the family has lop cd Christmas presents yet. A it s All still there Quot under the tree Eichelberger said. R top three Money making movies for 1990 1 ghost $206.1 mill.3 pretty woman $178.4 Mil ssw.v.v.v.oa.v.3 Home alone $152.1 Mill source exhibitor relations co. A amp cheery films help Hollywood earn $5 billion in 90hollywood apr a cheery Trio of surprising blockbusters a Quot ghost a Quot pretty woman and a Home alone a led Hollywood in 1990 to us second Best year Ever with a Box Ouilee take of $5 billion. While such expensive dramas As a Days of Thunder and a pro Tocop Llu , the three feel Good movies and releases like  mutant Imja a turtles and �?o1 he Hunt for red october helped deliver about 1 billion customers to ninth american ticket windows. That is a drop of More than 11 percent f rom 1989, but higher ticket i ices a $7.50 at some Heaters in los Angeles and new York a increased the Industry a Box office take the motion picture association of America said wednesday. The total amount spent by moviegoers was just shy of the 1989 record of $5.03 billion the min a said. Attendance dropped for several reasons. There was no runaway hit like 1989v a Batman a which made $252 million. In addition movie fans continued to rent and buy movies on video and the recession put the squeeze on Leisure time spending. -.v. A ghost a a love Story,.made $200.1 million to emerge As the years most popular title and the 11th biggest of All time. A pretty woman a a Cinderella tale about a Hooker and a businessman was second with $178 4 million said exhibitor relations  a , a a Home alone a a comedy about a kid left Home alone to fight off burglars jumped to third place Tor the year with $152.1 million. Among the Star studded flops were a a 1 he 1 to Jakes with Jack Nicholson a a i he Bonfire of the a Hircsy with Bruce Willis and. Loin Hanks a a Havana with Robert red Ford a the Rookie with Clint Eastwood and a Stanley amp Irish with Jane Fonda and Robert de Niro / a Home alone made $25.1 million Over the five Day new years Day weekend to claim first place for the seventh straight weekend. The last film to he no 1 for seven weeks was the. Original a ghost busters in the summer of 1984. Montana wardens to join by the new York times Helena Mont. A the state decided wednesday that Montana game wardens and Federal Park rangers should join Hunters in killing any Bison that strayed from their Home in Yellowstone National bark this  a the purpose of the joint Effort is to prevent the Bison from transmitting a deadly disease to Entile in surrounding  but some scientists say there is no basis for fears that such a threat exists i he action wednesday was taken by the Mon Tana department Offish wildlife and Parks