Word: brayton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There would be only one categorical exemption, for "ministers of religion" - a title that few 20-year-olds could claim. Otherwise, said Selective Service Spokesman Brayton Harris, "there will be no student deferments, no occupational deferments and no automatic deferments for family status," meaning that married youths, young fathers and even mothers would be subject to induction. Local draft boards, however, could defer those who pleaded excessive hardship or asked to be excused as conscientious objectors...