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Teen crop boom tied to 1963 birth surge and future schooling
Washington reports the Population Research Bureau says by 1974 more than 4,000,000 teenagers will be born yearly, with 17 year olds reaching 4. million and the 1947 birth rate the highest since 1926. The forecast cautions higher high school enrollment, college demand, and employment challenges as one in three now are 17 or younger. Many 17 year olds face unfit for military service, and about a quarter of girls and two percent of boys are already married.
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