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Every day more and more people
with cancer re cured and that is g od
new reports the ati na] Cancer Insti
tute I. Of all Americans who et
c ncer only Ine in three nearly 50
percent of th treated oday can be
cured.
Although cure rate for Blacks lag
behind tho for the general population,
they too are improving. The be new
i that Black can help protect them lve
from developing many form of cancer
in the first place.
In fact, CI y that many cancers
can prevented through teps people
can t e every day, teps that also pro
mote good health. They re:
-Don't smoke or use tobacco pro-
duct. Smoking of any kind cause
cancer of the lungs, mouth, and throat.
igarette smoke combine with other
cancer-causing ent to increase the ri s
of many kind of cancer.
-Vary your diet to iriclude lot of
fre fruits and vegtable ,beans, peas,
bro n rice, and whole gain cereal. The
vitamin and fibers in the food may
protect ainst veral forms of cancer.
Capitol comments
ministration in iearagua and called on
Congre to withdraw all authorizaton
for funding U. S. military operations and
. ance to government ithout regard
for their treatment of their citizens.
"It ha encouraged and supported re
volution in nation ith legitimate go -
emment . It h exported U. S. milit�
personnel to areas of hostilitie in viola
tion of the War Power Resolution, and
now it eks to snub its nose at the rule
of international law and the forum of
orId opinion by repudiating the right of
icaragua to take its legitimate grievance
to the orId Court.
The Detroit Congressman is a party
to veral lawsuits regarding the Admini-
ration' ctions in Central America,
particularly in EI Salvador and icaragua.
The Reagan dministration, Crockett
id, ha by its "complicity in the mining
of icaragus' habor, violated both the
irit and the letter of international law ."
-Inc ude 10 -fat f ds that are a)
I w in calori s. Fat inc rea can er
ris s as d e being overwright. Cho
I an meats fi h," and poultry. Trim fat
fr m meat and in p ultry befor
c king. Try baking, broilin ,or roastin
meat and fish rather than frying them.
. APRIL 25 - MAY 1,1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE THIRTEEN
on the cancer fron
Limit your u of butter, mar' rin
cream, sh rtening nd getabl i1 •
Avoid 'hidden fats li e tho in salad
dre in and snack fo ds like potato
chip .
-If you drink alcoholic beverage
have no more than one or two a day.
A review of Montgom
ery's Children by Richard
Perry (San Dieao: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, 1984).
292 Pages-Hardcover
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In 1946, Montaomery
a small, self-contained
community nestled away in
the mountains of upstate
Yark, safely tucked
A BI ck Woman
Show me a Black woman
1'0 show you
trag«Jy of some form
� muted rendition of
SopIIocI«m history. .
Show 1M a BIIIcJc woman
and I'll show you
tM trul� of 'hIzI1ie.s
b«wel appauance, and
SftI1Iinr, and is.
Show 1M a Black woman
and 1'1/ show you
you'v« not S«1f enough
10 I1fIlb any c/Qims.
For knowing 1M trum
of our lives, you'� not
lived enough to know
1M rtaJity • riMs hmJ .
on-lives.
Show me a Black woman
and I'll show you
yourself: that is, unless
you know her, and not
necessarily
Biblically, you've
forfeited a depth-life
will one day exact its loll
On. And sinking, sinking
you'll cry out in the ·
mirror: I never knew you
10 be so exacting
A mistress. And lhe history
of man will roll on.
Over. Show me
A Black woman .
. I'll show you
A chance of escaping.
-J.A. Miller
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away from the encroachin
decadence of modem soc
iety. Its small balld of
Black families conducted
their lives I in relative
freedom and
In 1960, wi the con-
struction of the racetrac ,
Montgomery e a self
cOntained metropo , re
plete with a 4-iane hiahway
and all the vapries of
�tanlife.
In 1980 .•• but that's the.
intriauin tale of Mont
gomery's Children. With
an anful blendin& of fan
tasy and reality, the r�
becomes connected with the
lives of several families re
siding in Montgomery. It's
compelling dramatic plot is
imqinatively narrated and
sufficiently suspenseful; it
contains dements of love,
"friendship, vengeance,
murder, etc.
All of these elements and
the authors astute insights
into the paradoxes of Black
experiences combine to
make Perry's second novel
a po erful and haunting
reading experience.
It's one weakness is an
anticlimatic ending. Ther
are, in fact, several "mini"
climaxes interspersed in the
story. But the weaving of
lives and details evident in
Montgomery's Children be
comes unraveled toward
the end and the reader may
be forced to make his own
conclusions. Still,' it is a
suitable choice for an eve
ning of fireside reading.
HIGH ICHO OL .
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Pe pIe ho drink heavily have a greater
ri d vel pin an er than p opt
who do n t, expecially if they aI
smo e ci arette .
-Avoid unne e ry X-ray. and don't
as for' on that your doctor or dentist
does n t recommend. If an X-ray i
necessary, a for shields to protect
other parts of your body. Repeated
exposures to X-rays over a long period
of time can increase cancer risks.
-Keep yourself safe on the j by
using protective clothing, rna s, gloves
and other fety equipment. Follow
work ite health and safety rules.
- lighter- ined Blac should take
extra measure to guard again too
much sun.
-u e trogens only for as long as
necessary. Discu their u with your
doctor. High dose e rogens can increase
cancer ri s.
For a free booklet on cancer ri sand
how 0 control them, write, Good ews,
Better ews, Best ews, Cancer Preven
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