h uld
h pro-
HEALTH
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by Dr. De n Or­
nd hi medical team
that I -f t
ve c:tarian di r, regular e xer­
i e nd tr. man gem nt
c n oft n rever e even the
o t e ve re oronary artery
6tockage .
.: <{)T. Alexander Leaf, former
c"" irman of the preventive
med ici ne department at Har­
v rd Univer ity Medical
Scho l, calls the research a
Iandrna r tudy."
- Orni h is a re earcher and
t te n d i n g phy ician at the
Univer ity of California, San
Francisco Medical School and
Paci fi Pre byterian Medical
Ce'nt e r. Here is an e cerpt
rom hi' book, "Dr. Dean
rni h ' Program for Revers­
ing Heart Di ea e."
Ornish recrui ted 48 people
who had just undergone
coronary angiography-X-ray
t:udie that how the precise
extent of heart disease.
':TH 43 MEN and, five
vJ>rne n, ages 41 to 71, all had
tnjou hea di ease. The ex-
p'e�imental group had 28
p.eaple, the comparison group
2:6.: Comparison group me m­
bers wo uld follow the i r ow n
cr.�tor ' recommendations f�r
d1 t and life tyle change.
:·a ules fo r the e xperi mental
8!DUp included:
::"';_No smoking, caffeine,
cfle�se or egg yolks.
.:-A low-fat vegetarian diet
{O : mea r, po u I try 0 r f ish) .
.:-- C hoi est e r 0 I lim i ted to
five milligrams a d a y..
Calories from fat limited to
lO,percent of total diet.
-Moderate amounts of al­
cohol and sugar were allowed.
Calorie not restricted. Salt
restricted only for those with
hypertension.
-Excrl:i e (walking) -a
h a l f-fio u r r d a i l y or an hour
three time a week.
-Mental relaxation and
stress m a n a g e m e nt techni­
ques, including tretching,
deep breathing and medita­
tion_, practiced an hour a day
on averag'e. "
1 � the ex pe ri me-ntal group,
ix people did not complete
testing. Among the remaining
22: people, 18 (82 percent)
showed a reversal of
cor�nar -artery bl<;>ckages
aft�r one year, three showed
no significant change--and one
acfually got worse. "This per-
bo
Your
rof
ion I
gram," Orni h ay .
In the omp ri on group,
one per on dropped out and
10 of th remaining 19
develop d m a s u rab l y worse
heart dis s c . while thre
how d no i ni i ant change.
On average, the arterie of
patient in t he compari oin
group clo ed an additional 8
percent.
Significantly, i x people In
the compari on group showed
measurable rever a1. Orni h
ay this wa becau e they ex­
ercised more, and cut their fat
and cholesterol intake.
The greate t rever a l oc­
curred in mo t evere block­
ages, which take year to
build and often are more cal-
cified. The average blockage
in the experimental group
shrank 5.5 percent, but the
most severe ones shrank near­
ly 9 percent.
IN ADDITION, Ornish's
patients experienced a 91 pe r-:
cent reduction in frequency of
chest pain, mo. tly within the
ir t few week.
Dr. Henry Ginsberg, an as-
ociate professor of medicine
at Columbia University,
doubts that Orni h's program
is practical for mo t people. '
"The real issue i whether
hi result are practical for
the whole population. I don't
think most people would be
willing or able to .follow his
regimen," Ginsberg says.
Ornis h, however, says that
his regimen may be an alter­
n a t rv e for so me p e 0 pie t o
bypass surgery, angioplasty
or cholesterol-lowering
drugs.
For a free reprint of "Good
News About Your Heart," send
'a self-addresse d, stamped en­
velope to: Reader's Digest,
Rep r in t Man age r, D l' pt. C 2 9 J ,
Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570.
· .. The Detroit Ch pter of
the Na tion I Co Ii lion of 100
Blac Women i non-profit
organiz tion of women from
variou po ilion of employ­
ment, that re triving to
make a noticeable difference
in our communi tie , and
society s a whole. As i ting
t u d e n t s , don ting to
charities, nd helping enior
are jut few ..of the thing
that the e ladies do collec­
tively. Interested? Contact
Denise Mar hall-Walker t:
(31 ) 273-0234 ...
· .. April 6th, mark the
date for the Omega P i-Pbi-
Fraternity Mardi Gras Ball and
scholarship fundraisers.
Proceed will benefit a select
number of Detroit area youth.
(313) 872-1534 ...
· .. Community Training
.and Development Corpora-
om
· .. Although gre t de I of
our troop h ve been ble ed
to return home from the' w r
nd the clutche of Sadd m
Hu ein' madne , let' not
forget to pr y for tho e th t
are still there and their
familie ...
orics Anonymou ,
i having the MRCNA VII,
"Today We Live" convention
at the We 'tin Hotel in Detroit,
July 4th through' July 7th
1991. For inform tion and
regi tratio n, contact the of­
fice at (313) 543-7200 ...
· .. Your Neighborhood
/
Bla'ck owned bank an a .
by NATHANIEL SCO'IT
Correspondent
Hom.e Federal Savings
Bank of Detroit, in it 1990
"state ment of condi lion," lis t
its assets a� S23,672,696. But
according to Wilburn R. Phil­
lips, president and chief ex­
ecutive officer of ho m e
federal, "at a minimum," the
banks assets should be six
times that figure.
Home Federal Savings i
Black owned, Phillips said.
�With our ability and the num­
ber of mi nori ties in De troi t,
we ought to be worth a mini­
mum of S150 million."
Forty three years ago the
bank was founded by five
Black men. One, Lowell W.
Baker, is alive today, Phillips
said. When the bank began,
wit has s'e t s 0 f S 247 ,000, i t
was only "allowed" to special­
ize i housing. But today
Home Federal is a full service
bank, he added.
From such meager begin­
nings, Home Federal has
grown to. be an as et to the
Black community, Phillips
said. Today the bank has S4
million on loan to churches
and not 0 n e ... is i n de fa u It."
MOREOVER, Phillips
said, the bank is entering into
an agreement with the city of
Highland Park and will pro­
vide loans for the City's
Senior Home Improvement
--Grants Program.
Thomas Kelly, director of
community development with
the city of Highland Park,
said the home improvement
program will be announced
April 1.
He sa i d
funded by
Agency on
senior and
individuals.
Initially, Highland Park
will have approximately
S60,000, 'Kelly s atd , The
grants will be on a case by
case bas is.
Home Federal Savings will
not only make loans but will
initiate contracts with corr­
tractors and each job will be
inspected before the contrac­
tor gets paid, Phillips said.
As a banker, Phillips is
concerned about banking. He
the program,
De troit Area
Aging, is for
or handicapped
nc
ult •
I corporatio th t
ill e prime candidatel for
rebuildin contr ct to ma e
'''.,AII, .. um u e f mlnor! ty ub­
contr ctor .
"The lar e- ale effort to
. rebuild u ait I a te t of the
incerity of the U.S. and
u attl overnments and of
U.S. corpor tion ," Jacob
id.
City H II c n prove to be
quite helpful nd omewh t
v l u ble in providin per­
tinent information bout
every thin from city m tter .
to obt ining permit! For the
ne re t city h 11 or to find the
pi ce that ill be t fit your
need c II: ( 1 ) 224-2989 ...
... I'm ure th t Ch nne l
7' J Y Berry an hone tly
ay that he had ju t much
fun your truly, when we
played our egment of the Per­
fect Match Dating G me
recentl y. All toge ther there
are five game in the series,
and the proceed will benefit
the Harmonic PI yhouse
Theatre. Two game remain.
(313) 331-4860 ...
... Summer Job not only
help our youth bring in extra
income to help with orne of
thei xpe nses, but when
or h
Culp
u ed properly, it can'be a ey
f ctor in rai Ing their setr-e -
teem. To incr e the chancel
of obtaining ummer job
t rt a early pos ible. If
none of the given jobs re
available, continue to 100
hard and keep your eyes and
e rs ope n, pe rhap e me
employer (or potential
employer) will be open to
ere ling a job source ...
... Heyward Dortch, still
h regi tra tion form avail­
able for tudent to ttend the
Michcon Career Day Semi­
nars, on April 27th. To get
one, call either: (313) 256-
6800 or (313) 256-6799 ...
e 0 the community
"believe the "lack of con­
fidence II Blacks have in them-
elves keep them from
having confidence in other
Blacks and that i partially
the reason Home Federal
Savings' assets are not "150
million. "
IN ADDITION, he s atd ,
"We(Blacks) are so easily In­
fluenced by the media; we
don't check things out."
Phillip aid there are 53
minority financial institu­
tions in America and in
Michigan, Home Federal is
the larges 1.
According to Phillips,
.. BI ack busi ness Flourished in
Detroit in 1949 but today
there is not one Black hotel in
the ci ty."
Why? Phillips said, "We
have lost pride. II And in part,
Phi 11 ips at tr ib utes t h'e "los t
pride" to integration. ,
He said he "is not anti-in-'
te gr a t io n" but he does feel
that it was an impediment.
Phillips asked the question
who are we? and then said,
"Hell! I had to go to Howard
Un ive rs l ty in W.ashington
D . C. be f·o reI he a r dab 0 u t
Black culture."
PHILLIPS advocates In­
volvement w h ic h doesn't
mean that everyone ha to go
to college, he said. "You have
to become aware of the
economics of the city."
Through Home Federal's
involvement witJl minority
companies, Phillip said,
young people will be able to
acquire kills. ,
He added, "We are going to
get kids off the streets and
give them jobs."
Home Fede r al has' three
locations but Phillips would
like to see branches
throughout De troi 1. "·But, he
said, "I can't do it unless you
help me (by depositing in
Home Federal)."
The key, he aid, is unity.
"The pooling together of our
resources for the benefi t of all
of us."
He added, "Hold your head
up high and be proud. I am
here to tell you that you can"
do anything you want to."
Carter,
continued from Page 1
me l ," says Maurice Carter.
The I is t of incons istencies ,
irregularities and .q ues ti o ns
surrounding the Carter con­
victions long:
-Inability ·of witnesses to
agree on assailant's physical
description, type of clothing,
etc.
-Conflicting police
reports, missing statements,
suppressed evidence and
lawyer incomp,etence.
-Discrepancies involving
M'a-Ie
c�ntlnued 'from Page 1
. m iss ion e r, New Yo r k' Cit y
Department of Mental Health,
Dr .. Douglas Giascow, author,
" T,Il e B I a c k Un de r cia s s " ,
GI�gg Watson, of Zerox, Dr.
Samuel L. ,Myers, Jr., Profes-
or of Economics, University
of .Maryland, and Marvin H.
Mal_(inney, Program Officer,
Ch,arles Stewart Mott Founda­
tion.
Member of the Senate
Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs Committee attending
the ,hearing were Senators'
Ri gle, Sanford, Jim Sas er,
of!ennes ee; Richard Shelby,
of Alabama; Jake Garn, of
Utah; Afon.se D'Amato, of
New York, and Pete
Domenici, of New M6Xico.
Jacob, of the National
Urban League, could not at-
lend the hearing but'issu,ed a
statement commending the
Senate Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs Committee and
the efforts of the newly
formed CommiSSion on the
Statu of Black Males for
placing the issue of black
males at the forefront of this
country's dome tic agenda.
Jacob added, "Through re­
search, as we 11 as na tional and
community based initiatives,
the National Urban League
has for years provided I eader­
ship on issues pertaining to
the development and well­
being of our young African­
American male . �
IN H ... R te timony at the
hearing, Dr. Height 'aid the
is uc of Black males �annot
be eparate from the Issue of
the Black amily. She aid.
"The Black family i the foun­
dation that nouri he achieve-
ment, provides sU'pport,
enh8�ces self esteem, shapes,
our Ideals and goals and
tempers behavior.
Dr. Spencer emphiuized
that teachers must be trained
to deal with young Black
males and th t job training for
Black males hould be ex­
panded.
Sen 'tor Sanford, who wa
instrumental in organizing the
biparti an Commi ion on the
Status of Black Male, said.
"it is time for the nation to
t.urn its concern to the di ad­
vantage born with each
Black male child."
Those interested in obtain­
ing information on the 21 t
Century Commis ion on'
African American Male can
contact the Wa hington" D.C.
office of the Commis ion at:
3704 Huntington Street, NW,
D.C. 20015, or caJl (202)686.
2891.
witness statements'.
-Leading w i t ne s s con­
victed of perjury and sent to
prison as habitual offender.
-All white jury from
which two Black women were.
excluded.
-Open violations of con-
,stitutional, right before,
during and after trial.
, -Threats against "key"
witness testifying Carter was
"Not the gunman." ,
-Left-handed gunman­
Carter is right handed.
-Carter's picture placed
next to police co'mposite
drawing in Benton Harbor
Herdd-Palladium newspaper
before plaCing him in lineup.
-Two key witnesses pick a
suspect from fi rs t Ii neup-dis:
appearance of suspect's pic­
ture from police file.
-Witne es pres,ent at
scene of hooting never called
to trial.
-Other wi tnesses possess­
ing valuable information on
'C art e r 's be h a I f n eve r sub­
poenaed.
CARTER liAS compl ied a
portfolio comprised of
verified records to "proyc"
his innocence. Lack of finan­
ci 1 a si lance, ineff ctive
trial counsel, nor a"money­
hung.ry" appellate attorney's
inco·mpency ha not dam-'
. pened Carter' spiri 1.
· The N.A.A.C.P., Operation
Push and other organizations
combilled with many, up­
porters and petitioned Gover­
nor Blanchard, Attorney
General Kelly, and var.ious
tate legi lators-on Carter's
behalf. All declined to get in-
volved.
April, 1984 proved a turn- '
ing point in Carter's life.'
Cable News Network (CNN)
aired a two-part series on the
Maurice Car er s at Mar­
quette Branch rison. The
CNN crew compared Carter's
story to that of Lenell Get�r in
Texas, which CNN special as­
s i g n me n t crew also aired
before the story was picked
up by CBS's Sixty Minutes.
In the two-part sequel,
Carter passed "three" lie
detector tests with "flying
colors." Peter Perdoma, a
polygraph expert from
Marietta, Georgia, was hired
b y C N N to ad min i fe r the
polygrapb to Carter. CNN
correspondent Larry Wood
stated" "Carter made a vtry
credible witness.
TODAY, Carter' story
seriously challenges the judi­
cial system's methods of ob­
t a in in g
convictions-especi lly when
th� aq:used are Black
American. Testi-monies of
credible eyewitnesse , ex­
pert, pa sed p'Olygraphs and
a ho t of verified documents
attest. to judicial "wrong
doing" in Maurice Carter's
story.
Maurice Carter i deter­
mined never to quit fighting
to get his conviction over­
turned and to clear his name.
Carter say, "I did not commit
this crime of which I have
been wrongly convicted. I
did not do it. 1 am innocent."
After fifteen yeaTS of
trying to prove hi innocence,
Carter' struggle to overcome
this injustice is far from being
over. With recent exposure of
police corruption in Benton
Harbor, by Ci ty Commis­
sioner George Wysinger and
others, he is optimistic the
ti me for JUSTICE to tri umph.
At The Library
April 14-20 'is National
Library Week, with the theme
being, Read: Succeed". A .... <\is­
play of biographies will be set up
in the Junier Department and
_Library will bookmarks will be
given out.
Pre-School Story time will
resume spring session on Wed­
ne day, arid Fiiday, Apri110 and
12. The filin, "Letter To Amy"
will be shown along with other
st ries and songs fori young
children, ages 3-5.
Movies for children are
shown on Saturdays at 1 p.m.
Showing April 13 will be:
"Nino's Little Pizzaria" and
"Liang And The Magic
Paintbru h."
The Junior Department dis­
play case features artifacts from
the country of China.
Ecological Jj ch-In
Ecological Teach-in, at Brun�
son Park, in Kalamazoo Wednes­
day, April 10" from 12:6 p.m.
There will be live bands,
speakers and information
booths. Learn about alternative
energy source , inexpensive and
made in the U.S.A. There will
also be a march before the r lly,
beginning at the Bumh rd Stu­
dent Center, at 11 a.m. Can 381-
9243 for further informatic-n.