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Draft chief pick Tarr says he is not anxious to accept post
Curtis W. Tarr, 45, former assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower, was named to head the Selective Service System to succeed Lt. Gen. Lewis Hershey. He acknowledged he would prefer to stay at the Pentagon but said he hoped to serve American youth and would testify before Senate confirmation. Tarr, a former Lawrence University president, was drafted in World War II and holds degrees from Stanford and Harvard. He is married with two daughters.
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