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ny
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Co tI ed fro Pale 1
you'd expect to die in a group
of whites of tbe same age dis
tribution.
-In 1987, the I t year for
hicb full statistics are avail
able, there ere nearly 75,000
exce deatbs among Black
American ." reports tbe
magazine. "For perspective,
that's more than three times
the total number of AIDS
death reported la t year. And
it' nearly one-third of the
total number of Black people
- almost 255,000 - who
died in 1987."
. THE OLLOWING data,
indic ting the degree by
which the death rate {or
Blacks exceeds tbat of white
for several leading causes of
death, WI prepared by the
magazine orking the NCHS:
Conti ued fro Pu e 2
very lovely man" as long as
he urged Black people to be
non-violence in the face of
violence. Minister Farrakhan
explained. But when Dr. King
put non-violence: in the con-
text of speaking out again t
the Viet Nam war. then he
was charged with "meddli .gOt
in American foreign po licy
and .. he paid for it wi th his
life."
VBUCO lists
activities
Each Monday - Excrci e
for fun and health. 11 a.m.
Each Wedne day - Bingo
before lunch.
Tuesd y. 6th and 3rd -
Blood Pre sure Clinic, 11
a.m. to :\ p.m. - Bowling at
Lake ide Lane. South
Haven, 1 2 p.m.
Thur day. l Sth - Lunch
at Covert School. 10:30 a.m.
o meal served at Center.
Saturday. 17th - Van
Buren United Civic Or
ganization Executive Baord
Meeting at 11 a.m. and mem
her hip meeting 1 p.m.
Thur day. 22 nd 23
Senior Lifeline wil be closed
for Th nksgiving Day.
Thursday. 29th and 30th -
Movie Matinee:"Glory" will
be shown.
Wedne day, 28th - Legal
i ranee. C 11 for appoint
ment at 764-8378. Lawyer in
Senior Lifeline Office from 9
.m. to 12 noon.
For form a i tance, in
formation. unch, making ap
pointment • vial of life. legal
i ranee, recreation. table
arne. hopping trip. - if
th Senior Lifeline c n be of
a call 764-
- Accide •.. 24� higher;
- Canc:er •. .32CJ. higher;
. - Heart Di ea e ... 38�
. higber;
- Cirrbo is/liver disease
••• 77'11 higher;
- Stroke ••• 82CJ, higher;
- Diabet� ..• 132CJ, higher;
- Kidney failure ... 176'11
higber;
- Homicide/ki lled by
police ... 500% 'higher
What's killing the Black
population in sucb numbers?
The report notes the "hazards
of drugs and violence take an
awful toll on the young ... The
chief killer of young Black
men nationwide is gunfire.
But tbese killers are more tban
matched by the fact that can
cer, cardiovascular disease,
diabetes and just about every
other disease you can think of
hit Blacks much harder tban
whites."
Beyond speculation abo '
lifestyle difference , genetics
Clnd stre caused by racism
and poverty, American Healtb
Minister Farrakhan said
that the powers in America
can tolerate his national
-" S top the Killin g " to u r ..
which hegan in October
1989. but "If I extend Stop
The Ki II i ng to the govern
ment of the United States and
her effort to make war in the
Persian Gulf. then the Per i
dent may wish to charge me
.ith �di�ion.". • 't
He defined sedition' S
speaking against or provok
ing others to rebel against the
government. a crime for
which President Bu h is cur
rently seeking the death
penalty.
"What kind of leaders are
we that we would let America
use our sons and daughters
and we ... will not lift up our
voice and say' hell. no. never
again'!'" he asked. "You may
say that Farrakhan is anti
American. I say that Bush
• nd the government) is anti
American. Whenever you
have these sick �olicies that
make thc American people
utter and then when voice
ri es up that is unafraid to
peak the truth. you ilence
thai voice. then you are the
real un-Arncr ican."
IKE S I' 0 S I·: TO
numerous requests from the
international news media for
a statement on the gulf situa
tion. Minister Farrakhan c u
lioned King Fahd of S udi
Arahia not to he tied to
"America's ar mongering."
He also warned that Pre ident
Bush doe not intend to
withdraw American troop
from Saudi Arabia even if
Iraqi troop withdraw from
Kuwait.
The three-day event com
memor ted the 60th anniver-
ary of the birth of the ation
of I lam in Detroit nd the
93nd Oct. 7 birth date of the
Hon. Elijah Muhammad.
tates, -there is ODe clear, fix
I Ie cau e of American
medici 'I color sap: tbe.llck
of sood medical care. At
every sociceconcmtc level,
Black Americans get medical
care inferior to that available
to whites.-
e great co t
in human sufferi , this - glar
ing failure in on part of our
heal care syste ultim tely
aftec the amou t we all pay
for medical care - states tbe
special report.
-A man ith
pertension wbo ends up on
dialysis; a 10 ·-birth-weigbt
baby placed in the neonatal in
ten ive care unit; a oman
ith poorly· controlled
diabetes .wbo become blind
- al represent a great
cost •.. in bealth care dollars.-
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