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Draft Board Officials Explain Duty Amid Controversy
In America small groups of unpaid draft board members decide which young men will be inducted for service perhaps to Vietnam. They face long hours and varying views while carrying out quotas and protecting registrants. Local boards number three to five members appointed by the President with 95 appeals boards nationwide and a total Selective Service staff of about 205 in Washington.
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Hal Cooper
New York
America
Viet Nam
D. A. Ghrist
Kansas City
Kan
Christ
Board &4
Otto Ziegelmeyer
Ziegelmeyer
Wilma Crane
Board 84
Washington
National Selective Service Appeal Board
Malcolm F. Miller
Selective Service
Southern California
California