European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes july 1985 birth rate up in census Bureau says Echo of baby Boom in Early 60s Washington a americans had More children in 1984 than the pre Vious but the upsurge in newborns was Only an Echo of baby Boom of the 1950s and Early the census Bureau reported there were births and deaths in the Bureau said in its first report since 1979 that analyses the components of population in 1983 there were Down from in in addition to the gain from births last net immigration was estimated at to bring the nations population to As of there were More births than deaths last but the net population in crease did not result from a higher Fertility census Bureau officials it resulted from the fact that the children of the baby Boom were having babies them these officials in the nations total Fertility rate for 1984 was births per atheist scout is denied a promotion a 15yearold boy scout who told his leaders he does not believe in god was penalized and May even have been expelled from the his parents said Anita Trout said saturday it is not Clear whether her son Paul has been since he has received no formal expulsion but National leaders have twice writ ten the family to say that boys who do not believe in god cannot be Paul has been a member of the Organiza Tion for six she in april he went before a Board of review in where he attends boarding seeking a promotion to life one step below Eagle he was asked flatly if he believed in god and he said no and the discussion went on for some when the committee forwarded its re she Paul was denied letter answered she and her wrote the boy scout National Council in to ask the organizations position on questions about she said she received a letter in May from the head of the National it was nationals position that a belief in a supreme being was Basic and a very important requirement for Ever becoming a scout in the first Trout of that person does not believe in a supreme he cannot be a member of the she quoted the letter As she said after the couple wrote seeking a second letter repeated the Trout said the family is awaiting further word from the National and Paul is trying to have a new Board convened to see if he can win his promo Tion and have his status straightened soviets in East Germany get a new commander Berlin up Pyotr Lutscher has been named commander of the soviet forces in East the official East German news service adn has he succeeds Mikhail the soviet Union is estimated to have about troops in East which is below the level needed to keep the population total Fertility is defined by population experts As the number of children who would be born to women during their lifetimes if the birth rate for a particular year were to remain unchanged in the fun to keep the population experts estimate that a rate of births per women is to allow each woman to replace her and to allow for some infant births Are currently adding to the population because of the unusual number of people in their childbearing As these people the smaller baby bust generation behind them will produce sharply fewer if the rate remains the if the total Fertility rate remains Low Over a period of the population will eventually and then could begin to fall As deaths begin to exceed experts even with the Assumption of ultimate Fertility of births per it would take about 40 years for the population to Stop the Bureau and the new study looked at three different measures of and found current activity Well below baby Boom Levels in each the total Fertility rate of per women edged up from per in but was less than half the rate of recorded in 1957 when the baby Boom the total Fertility rate dropped by 27 percent from 1970 to the Bureau re two other the crude birth rate and general Fertility were also included in the with the caution that those rates can be distorted by the unusual num Ber of people in the childbearing the crude birth rate was births per people in the up from in 1983 but Well below the rate of recorded in and the general Fertility rate was 66 births per women aged 15 to 44 Dur ing the that was up from in 1983 but also Well below the 1957 of the Black population increased by percent in twice the rate of the White which grew by per the report turning to the deaths recorded in 1984 was up slightly from in the crude death rate was per the same As in that was Well below the crude death rate of per in at immigration was Down from in immigration was in Proba Bly the Peak year since world War the Bureau due to the Large number of cuban and haitian entrants that the report covers Only Legal with no estimate of the number of illegal Harvest Amis style up photo two Amish Farmers gather Hay from a Field in while a pair of horses pulls their horses and mules Are still needed because members of the Amish sect do not accept the use of modern farm Best Sellers compiled by the new York 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