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Show 15 SUNDAY HERALD SUNDAY, DECEMBER Utah County. Utah 6, 1959 o What Are Facts On Population? ! Is - : a ' By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International If you WASHINGTON (UPI) 18 chil read at average speed, world in the dren will be born during the time it takes you to 60 FOR MB .'. during the a net So . n7 V7 grows init year, ty 135,000. the 50 million about creases by equivalent of adding an entire na; tion the size of France. This is the ''population explosion" that has- plunged religious and political leaders into controversy over the need" for global " Each Mil '4" read this sentence. Nine people have died the same interval of time. world's population showed growth of nine. the total Every 24 hours, ' r i ? ' - 'i birth .control measures. The basic facts of population growth are not in dispute. In years, the introduction- of measures has health modern caused a sharp drop in death rates, particularly in underdeve Ljt . re-te- nt . I, oped countries. But birth rates generally have remained at high levels. Birth Rate Soars -- The result has been a dramatic acceleration in the rate at whiih the human race, is multiplying Before World War II, total population growth never exceeded i per cent a year. Today the growth rate is about 1.7 per cent ' world wide, and more than 3 pe cent in some parts of Asia and IAVN . tra-dtiion- al I fciriiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii "T nnnnnnn. tv Africa. At 'this rate, the population of 'the earth will increase from the to about present 2,900,000,000 to more and 4.000.000,000 by 1930, I than 6,000,000,000 by the end of the century. If the facts are not in dispute, their implications are. An. in debate creasingly acrimonious which already has involved Pres? dent Eisenhower, Protestant an.i Catholic religious leaders and all candidates r for the 19S0 nearly presidential nominations? centers around three questions. 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