ro
e
n
B TO HARBOR-Local
people got a chance to find out
hat the ichigan State
Uni er ity/Benton Harbor
Proje t i all about. Their
chance cam Saturday, June 7
at Lake Michigan College
hen the SU/BH project
held an ov rvie e ion.
Dr. John h eitzer, cting
Dire tor, Center for Urban
ff ir, MS , and coor­
dinator of the SU/BH Pro­
ddr ed th 0 peopl
Lany Carter
t year Bill oleman's
five year old daughter wa
given an inje ti n for an thma
condition. The do g g ven
by the d tor however far
e ce ded hat was safe, re-
lting in vere paralysi of the
child th t h la ed to this d y.
The anguish the Colern
family uffered a a re ult 0
their physicians's negligen
ptompted Bill Coleman, alon
with other vi tirns of mal­
pr ctice, to found ..1..
ichigan Citizen Against In­
cornptent edicine .
"At fir .A.I.. as made
up of small group of victim
that hated doctor" y herry
Fletcher ho attended the
first .A.I.M. meeting in Augu t
19 5. 'Since th t initial gather­
in , ho ever e h ve reformed
our way of thinking. Doctor
are till to blame for a 1 t of
unnece ry suffering but manu­
fa tur r of drugs and devi e
are equally t fault in certain
in ances."
Sherry u s he contro ersial
D n hield manufactured by
.H. R bins of Richmond Vir­
gmi an example of how
even d ctor can become v· tims
of defective product put off
on the American public by
un rupulou companies.
" Intra-uterine devices are
off the market no " she
Coed s por s, ' - Turn topego 14
a gro · 9 prac ice
9
arbor
ans
o ar
a
BULK RATE
U.S. Po tag.
PAID
MI41M>22
Permit No.50
aid that in 14
month orne 45 "signifi ant"
proje t have been completed
or are under ay ell into the
planning tage.
ccording to Dr. h eitzer,
the overvie conferen a
for tho e re idents ho could
not attend the earlier Lansing
se ion. There were 23 city
re idents and ix city bu ine
o ner among the 200 par­
ticipants at the Lansing con­
ference.
h eitzer ere
four major ar ion
explain 'except Pro e ter rt,
a medi ated IUD. The banned
I D's have been the cau of
infertility septic aborti n, and
terility " ys Sherry, who
p r nally, i involved in liti­
g tion over the defective Dalkon
Shield. 'But it i common
for a manufacturer to shift
the blame to the doctor or the
patient. A.H. Robins will
pend millions in litigation to
protect th m lves from their
own Dalkon Shielf. Their
andard line is 'You may have
en red bacteria upon removal
or in rtion of the device'."
To date, .A.I.M.'s biggest
sho of force happened in
at the 'BH E p rience" Con­
-terence. They ere: commu­
nity organization and par­
ticipation; education and
human development; and
busine de elopment and em­
ployment.
Jam F.A. Turner, Com-
munity Education Conference
Director, pre ented a urn­
mary of the work hop on edu­
cation and human de elop­
ment.
"There is a need to educate
teenage female ho are hav-
Con nu 3
ovember 19 5 when do tors
trom und the tate of Michi­
gan met at the Civi Enter in
Lasning.
"There ere literally th u-
sands of doctors there" says
Sherry, 'and at least 200 of u .
And e ch of us had his and her
own picket signs. One read
Don't Be A Victim of Quack
Attac '."
'There were other humorou
sign " Sherry adds, but the
terrific grief suffered by most
M.A.I.. participants was
brought to human terms in the
form of a woman of carried a
ign through ut the day that
depicted a child, her child in a
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SUPPORT SCL(
vener, SCLC
at ion
th
Muskegon Urban League
membership campaign
GO
Le ue of Greater
h s de ignated a
through June 30
19 6 Membership
Time. The theme
Hackley a chairm an of the
embership mmittee.
ing ith r. Ral
George
o I
citizens.
t torney Theod il-
Ham 1 r. Presiden the
Board of Direct rs ha
appointed Th m Raly per-
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