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J ss J c on es Appeal
Luanda, Angola-The Rev. Jesse jackson while on a
tour of t em Africa last wee appealed to the Reagan
dmini tr tion to top its policy of "d tabilization"
to ard the leftist government in Angola. The U.S. along
. th hite ruled South Africa have been aiding rebels who
are trying to overthro the government of Jose Eduardo
do Santo. In addition, the Reagan admini tration has
I beled Angola a client state of the Soviet Union and has
once again placed it elf along side South frica as the only
t 0 governments in the orld which do not have
diplomatic relations ith Angola. While in Angola
Jae son also talked with a white South frican oldier
ho had been captured during one of the frequent South
African raids into neighboring Blac tates.
Bac Lo sU Rce
La e City, Uf.-Utah's only Black state senator
j t bare y 10 t his bid for the Democratic nomination for
the U.S. senate last eex. Terry Williams gathered 491ft of
the remaining 51 ent to real e
_ ........ nan Crai Oliver. illiam said he m y have 10 t the
r because he i Blae and not ormon in a state
ho population is les than loBI k and more than
70 ormon. Both illiams and Oliver had poken out
inst South frica and his support of aid to the Contras.
L Jr. ns Commission Seat
Atlanta, 08.- In his first political race the 28 year old
son of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
recently on a seat on the Fulton County (Atlanta) Com
mi rsion. artin Luther King III defeated the incumbent
ilton Farris.
Blae s And High B ood Pres ure
ta Monica, Ca.-An expert in vascular disease has
reported that American Blaeks may be genetically
predisposed to high blood pressure because of an unusual
ability to retain salt. Researcher Dr. Clarence Grim of the
Po t Graduate School of Medicine in Los Angele said
preliminary results from a tudy suggest that high blood
pressure is inherited. Grim believes Blacks developed the
ability to retain high levels of salt thousands of years ago in
Africa. Such a retention level was needed in the hot
African un. High blood pressure or hypertension leads to
stro es and heart and kidney failure. Blae s are twice as
li ely as whites to have high blood pressure. In fact, it is
timated that 75 0 of all Blae adult males have high
blood pr sure.
Blae Hebrews Deported
Tel Aviv, Israel- The Isra Ii government recently
deported t 0 member of America's Blac Hebre
religious eel. The Blae Hebre s claim that Blacks ere
the original Je of the Bible. There is a Blac Hebre
community in Israel which frequently finds itself in con
flict with the government. Blac Hebre leader Ami-Ben
Carter said the t 0 people who ere deported to the U.S.
had been held in detention by the Israelis for more than a
year.
oda e ey
NNPA National Correspondent
Washington D.C.-Gaining
Black political power and
barnes ing the Blac vote for
1986 Senate races ere the
topics of a recent two-day con
ference held on Capitol Hill to
outline and devise campaign
strategies for tho candidates
competing for seats in the up
coming November elections.
C. Delores Tuc er, chair of
the Democratic ational
Committee Blac Caucus and
the architect for the brain
storming meeting, urged the
40 invited political, religious,
social, business and civic
leaders to return their com
munities and encourage sup
porters to cast their votes. But
the main thru t of the a
tional Blae Leadership Fami
ly assembly was to give voice
and economic support to
Black candidates who would
otherwise have limited finan
cial resources to run for
political office.
"We do not ant to repeat
the Ies ons of the post:
reconstruction era," said
Tucker arning the audience.
"I'm tired of thi struggle but
as long as you're moving down
the road to freedom, I'm with
you."
Members of the Congres
sional Blac Caucus and the
Democratic ational Commit
tee, co-sponsors for the a
tional Blac Leadership Fami
ly conference, updated the
group on their various ac
tivities on the Hill and offered
support.
William H. Gray III
(D-Pa-2), chairman of the
House Budget Committee,
stre sed the need for more
Blac political officials and
talked about the declining
economy.
"I know we've been told
that America is bac and
everything is rosy," he said.
"But in reality, if we 100 at
t e economic indicators we do
not a rosy economy.
Deficits are not good for
economic growth, job creativi
ty and productivity. They have
a negative effect on those
situated at the end of the
economic totem pole."
The conference a al 0
sponsored and fully funded b
the newly formed Bethune
DuBoi board. Tucker, the
creator of the Fund aid it
was e tablished a a vehicle for
expanding the participation
and facilitating the empo er
ment of Black in the political
arena.
The organization's agenda
included establi hing a
political action committee
(PAC) to provide direct finan
cial upport to Blac can
didates running for the
enate and Congre . to re
cruit and train you Blac pro
fe ionals for invol ement in
the political proce ; and to
create an i ue-oriented
re earch and policy fellow
program at a Blac colleg in
the honor of Rep. Augustu F.
.Hawkins (D-Ca.)
"When you lift up your
leader hip, you lift up your
people," said Hill. "This is
not a partisan issue. e ere
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