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Hom uy r'
min r
Standard Federal Ban
wlll hold free Com
munity Home Buyer
seminar Thunday,
ovember 12, from 6:00
to 8:00 p.m. at tbe
Golightly Vocational
Technical School. To
regi ter or to obtain more
information call 1-800-
643-9600, ext. 6977.
Atth Ub ry
This week' calendar of
event at The Detroit
Public Libraries include:
-Monday, November 9,
the Doug! Branch will
hold Family Re ding
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Call
833-9714. The Franklin
Branch presen a travel
'slide program entltlted
"Inca Ruins of the High
Andes" presented by Mar
garet Kaminski at 2 p.m.
Call 267-6561.
The Oray Branch presents
Preschool Stories at 10:30
a.m. Call 267-6559.
-Tuesday, November 10,'
the Downtown Brancb
will feature a noontime
concert entitled "M.B.
Johnson Presents Tradi
tional and Original Blues
and Folk on Acoustic
Ouitar" at 12:15 p.m. Call
224-0580.,
Monteith Branch will
hold its chess club meet
ing at 3:30 p.m. for ages
10 and up. Call267-6S60.
-Thursday, November 12,
the Gray Branch will fea
ture Family Films: "Tap
Dance Kid" and "Cricket
In Time Square" at 3:30
p.m.
-Friday, November 13, the
Children' Library
presents the Preschool
Story Hour at 10a.m. Call
833-1490.
WSU Mill nd r
Lecture
The 10th annual Mil
lender lecture and lunch
eon seminar will be held at
Wayne State University at
12 p.m., Friday, Novem
ber 13 at the McGregor
Memorial Conference
Center. 1be event is held
in memory of Robert L.
Millender, a prominent
Black Detroit attorney
and political activist. For
additional information
call 577-0701.
AARP/55 Aliv
Wayne County Regional
Educational Service
Agency is sponsoring an
AARP/55 Alive Novem
ber 9 and 10 at 9:00 a.m.
The refresher driver
CO\1lSC for drivers SO years
and over will be held at
33500 Van Born Rd.,
Wayne. Admission is S8
and for more information
call (313) 467-1314.
I.
HIGHLAND PARK
SEICIEL
_�Jt.ell dl rent
claim d there w a
Ita tical Ii be n electroma -
netic rays nd inc in cancer
Amon children, a report by the
Michl an Departm nt of Natural
R 0 id that until there w
Information about how would
wo biOlogically, there ould con-
. tinue to be s pdclam.
A document by L.I. quotes a
report from the 0 ee of Technology
men, an arm of The u.s. con
, which produced uch an ex
planation.
According to that report, "avail
able evidence indicates" that
elect!'ollllptic fields may affect cell
body' immu y tem to prevent
tumors.
The
the e t of electrom t el
on idendal popul tio . They
- A 1979 tudy by Unive fty of
Chi go re e rchers nc er
theirner nd Ed Leeper of 344
children who dfed of r between
19 0 and 1973 found correl don be
tween childhood cancer and hf h
electrom gnetic fields from power
line, with the children n roy 2-3
tim Ii ely to develop le eml.,
lymphoma and nervo sys m disor
ders . ·th e from low expo ure
home.
- A 1980 tOOy of University of
Colorado � earcber David Savitz of
536 childhood cancer in Den
ver between 1976 nd 1983 found
that children with exposure to power
lin field were on and on half
time more likely to develop cancer.
- A 1990 study by University of
South California researcher John
Peters of 230 leukemia victims be
tween 1980 and 1987 found that
children living in home ne r high
current power line had a two nd
half fold incre e in leukemia.
Detroit Edi on representative
Bruce Whitney tated "no tcientific
basic has been e tablished to warrant
CAN YOU AFFORD TO BE SICK?
om ri I
ound' abl
o m
�I. the con
lonal report fo that eleetrom g
netic el can In rfero ith the
o tion of e creating mu -
o , bleb may ve" ubtle er-
• on reproduction.
Altbo t titu Ita that
the ItOOy sbo "no overt defect
r- and malform tiona" uldng from
the expo ure to electrom netic
el , "the posaiblllty of the exist
ence of n effect remalna an open
queation."
L.I. dded that experiments h ve
shown that uch fields can affect the
"biolo ical cloc " of people and
101116 animals, and, while" it is not
clear whether such effects are harm
ful or long-l ting, " uch d ruption
can cause "altered semitivity to drugs
nd toxim and chronic depression."
The Institute also quoted Dr. Wil-
liam R Adey, Chief of Staff for
research and development at Petti
Memorial V.A. Medical Center at
Loma Unda, California saying that
such fields can affect the power of the
It is hiird to
fell a tree that
is leaning
against a rock.
Itern tive
- In Florida, th Environment 1
egul tory Commi ion ppoln d
n independent force to lead a
two ye r $1 million tudy of th
method nd co ts of I enin rna -
HPhasfewer
dropouts
B RON EIOEL If the anewer I no, to naure th t you stay h 'lttly. make an appointment
Y the Civilized M dlcln In tltute today. E Ing right, thinking right,
OItI,.n Citizen ex_ol Ing properly, d going to th proper th lpeel "-'" wilt eMUr.
decad of high quality nd sick-free living.
HIGHlAND PAIUt - In i� annual
education the Highland park School Call 874-2100 todayl!!
Distrid stated that the dropout rate fell
to 13.5 percent from the 1.6 percent rate Civilized Medicine Institute, 60 E. Ferry, Detroit, Mich. 48202
in 1990-91. Preventa1lve and Alternative Medicine
Director, Dr. Jewel Pookrum, M.D.
The rate for the state went up 6 per- -- --- _ _'
. cent from the 5.38 rate 1be previoes
However, School District statistics
state that even wi th the state inaek
and the city's decrease, Highland Park
was still above the state average.
The dropout rate is defined as the
percentage of students who leaves
school before high school graduation
with no intention of continuing their
education.
The school district noted that the
reeson for COD<%m about the drop out
rate is that students who do not complete
high school "have few opportunities in
a global, high-tech, service-oriented
economy," which "demands educated,
trained, skilled workeD."
- In October, 1990, the town
council of E t Greenwich, Rhode
I land banned all new power line
bove 60 KV for three years. (If the
moratorium i overturned, they may
reque t the town council to order a
(313) 533-6500
-African proverb
DR. RONALD A. WHITE, p.e.
Dentistry For Adu & Chi dren
17701 W. Me ichols
(2BIoc/cs East of Southr�ld Freeway)
Detroit, Michigan
Hours By Appointment
.
447 W.' 9 Mile Road
Ferndale, Michigan 48220
rs:«. sb°�
e Ftresb Place to
Learn how your religious organization can improve
housing in its community -from people and
organizations that are doing it now!
Saturday, November 7, 1992
8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
University of Detroit Mercy
Conference Center
•
The U of D Mercy Conference Center is located in
northwest Detroit on West Outer Drive at the
Southfield Freeway, between McNichols
(6 Mile) and 7 Mile Roads.
For registration information, please ca1l8�9-6306.
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