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To the editor
Sure, the recession has made it rough on Americans the past few years, with the poverty-level population increasing from 29 million in 1900 to more than 35 million. This has been a painful but endurable experience for us.
But outside U.S. borders, there have been some horrifying developments which worsen each year. UNICEF (not to be confused with UNESCO, whose hinds President Reagan wants discontinued) reports that in 1963 alone 21 million children died, most by far in Third World countries. The sheer immensity of the problem almost overwhelms the mind. Some nations lose more than 150 of every 1,000 live births during the first year of life.
And UNICEF has been fighting a losing battle to improve these statistics — for lack of sufficient hinds. It contends that with additional money from the First World, it could save 10 mil
75.6%