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Draft registrations rise as belief in draft wanes fades
Selective Service reports 18 year olds increasingly registering for the draft despite no inductions this year. Director Byron Pepitone credits a publicity push for awareness with a national lag earlier in 1972. DOJ cites pending draft cases and past convictions while planning the March lottery for those born in 1955.
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