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Curtis Tarr. the new Selective Service director, has increased monthly draft calls through the month of July because local draft boards have fallen 20 per cent short of their quotas so far this year.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Draft Boards Fail to Meet Quotas, Increase in Induction's Called For | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

Von Spreti's cold-blooded murder sent a chill through the diplomatic corps in Latin America-and elsewhere. Since the beginning of 1970, eight such kidnapings or attempts have occurred in Latin America. All the victims but Von Spreti were freed, most after as many as 20 political prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: The Helpless Hostages | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

The recipients of the Knox Fellowships are: John W. Curtis, of Lowell and Ft. Meade. Md. (History and Literature); Logan D. Delany, of Eliot and New York City (Economics): Richard A. Frank, of Quincy and Flushing. N. Y. (Biochemical Sciences): Alan Geismer. of Lowell and Shaker Heights, Ohio (English).

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Seniors Granted Fellowships Funding Travel and Study Abroad | 4/7/1970 | See Source »

First time around, in fact, Curtis Tarr turned the job down flat. "I told them," he informed reporters, "that if it was satisfactory to them I had rather stay" in the Pentagon. After several more prospects had rejected the position and one contender had been unofficially vetoed by the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Draft: Conscripting a Chief | 3/23/1970 | See Source »

CURTIS E. ALDENDIFER Culver, Ind.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 9, 1970 | 3/9/1970 | See Source »

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