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52 years ago, draft order spurred marriage frenzy in Las Vegas

When her boyfriend called to propose, 18-year-old Claudia Reott was surprised — not by the lack of romance, but by the urgency in his voice. Fifty-two years ago today, they were part of a nationwide rush to the Clark County Courthouse that lasted right up to President Johnson’s midnight deadline. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)