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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1971)
Diabetes Diabetes, as discovered by a diabetes s c r e e n i n g program carried on by the Multnomah County D iv is io n of Public Health, lias remained fairly constant within the County over a four year span. Figures re leased today by Dr. Jolin 11. D o n n e lly , Multnomah County Health Officer, sliowed that 4.1% of the Individuals screened at two locations througtiout the year were discovered to have the disease. This compares with 4% for 1968-1969, 4.7% for 1967-1968 and 3.6% for 1 9 6 6 - 1 9 6 7 . Total numbers screened have declined from a high 3,403 In 1966-1967 to 493 for 1968, 400 for 1969 and 391 for 1970. The large number screened In 1967 was due to an I n t e n s i v e publicity carried on for one week’s screening and w as sponsored Jointly by the Multnomah C o u n ty Department of Medical Services and the Oregon State Health Depart ment. Dlalxites screening Is carried on at the Multnomah County Health Department's offices at 12240 N.E. GUsan, on Mondays from 2 to 4:30 p.m.; and at the downtown clinic, 104 S. W. 5th from 8:30 to 4:30 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and from 8:30 to 12:00 on Thurs days. The screening service Is available to all, free of charge. Screening Is usually accom plished In two short visits on the same day, the first to drink a solution of sugar-water fol lo w e d by drawing a blood sample within two hours after d r i n k i n g the glucose. Blood samples are sent to one of five laloratorles who donate their services to the program on a rotating basis. The laboratories are Physicians Medical Labora tory, Emanuel Hospital Labora tory, Physicians and Surgeons H o s p i ta l Laboratory, St. Vin cent Hospital Laboratory, and Good Samaritan Laloratory. If tlie sample Is found positive, a patient Is referred to his physi cian for further Investigation and possible treatment. A month later the Multnomah County Health Department sends a fol low-up letter to determine what action was taken and whether the Individual was found to be positive on further testing. This year 8.4% of those screened were referred to their physi cians for further testing, dis closing that 48.5% of the re ferrals did have diabetes. Dr. Donnelly said that only one phy sician Is regularly using the fa cilities available and suggested t h a t other physicians avail themselves of the opportunity to secure the free screening s e r vices for their patients. ’’Early detection of the disease,’’ he s a i d , ’’is very Important.” ’’People who suspect any "ten dency toward the disease should visit one of the clinics," Dr. Donnelly said, "to determine If they do have a positive reac tion." Historical painting of blacks gift of NAACP A panoramic painting depict ing the history of the black man In the United States, "Our New Day Begun" by Jam es De Loache, has been presented to the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans by the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People. Bishop Stephen Spottswood, chairman of the NA AC P’s loard of directors, made the presen tation to Dr. Clifton H. Johnson, director of the Amistad Re search Center, In ceremonies Dec. 10 in Lawless Memorial Chapel on the Dillard University campus. Tlie center, which is now temporarily housed In Dil lard’s library, plans to build a permanent building on tlie cam pus. DeLoache, a black New York artist, was commissioned in 1963 by the NAACP to do the painting, which Is 48 feet wide and alout nine feet high. It tells tlie story of the Negro in America In 12 large panels, with the historic search by blacks for equality being told in a continuing flow from left to right. The first panel vividly de- scrllxjs tlie brutality of the Af rican slave system, and traces black life from the days of slave ships, through plantation life and the Civil War, to the time of the 1954 Supreme Court deci sion which outlawed segregated public schools. There are panels depicting the rise of "King Cotton," the underground railroad, and such alxilltionlsts as John Brown, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. The six central seg ments describe the spirit of the Negroes In tlie face of depriva tion and suffering. In making the presentation Bishop Spottswood said that the event reminded him of the sec ond declaration of the NAACP’s purpose; "to make the Ameri can Negro educationally free for quality education." The first declaration, he reminded, was to make him physically free from lynching. "Dedicated to the militant, disciplined pursuit of the total f u l f i l l m e n t of the American dream for black Americans, the NAACP has fostered through 61 years of its history the cultural identity of the Negro in all the areas of activity in tlie making of the United S tates," said B is h o p Spottswood. "We have encouraged, fostered and sub s i z e d black artists, scholars, authors, poets, painters, pro fessionals and statesmen. • Basic History Pointing out that the Amistad Research Center has the basic history of the American Negro in some 100,000 papers. n '♦ M Slim ‘n ’ trim A radiant complexion can be there are many things you can a g irl’s most precious asset as do to win complexion beauty. In mind that glowing skin also well as a boys, but, like any The first step Is the realization needs vitamin A (found In green thing precious, a clear skin Is that the complexion you seek Is leafy vegetables) and vitamin C fragile. To obtain It — and main more than "skin deep". Your /found In citrus fruit). tain It - you must be ever-vlgl- skin, like your hair, starts from — o— lant. And, as you may know al the Inside. Neither lotion nor ready (perhaps too well), teen cream can m a n u f a c t u r e a Life would lie sim pler if ev years are often the time of healthy complexion. erybody saw things the same troubled skin. However, you can get one by way. But they don't. That’s why, During adolescence, hormonal facial rejuvenation and by exer In the Portland Observer, we changes In your body stimulate cising (preferably outdoors to tell both sides. And more. In the oil glands to produce more oil kesD vour circulation active), d i f f e r e n t views of one story. than your pores can handle eas also by eating the foods that are Maybe ten. Whatever it takes. ily. 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Henry; graduate student In Mathematics and Chemistry at OSU; Mack Felton, J r., graduate student In Science at OSU; and Dr. Frank Shaw, Professor of History at OSU. The panel discussed the need for an NAACP Branch In Corvallis. Under Mr. Vickers direction, members in the Corvallis area have organized and have applied to the NAACP National Board, which met January 11, 1971, for a chartered branch In Corvallis. The meeting Sunday resulted In the e n r o l l i n g of 25 new members, making a total of 84. Mr. Calvin O. Henry was ap pointed organizer by Mr. Vick ers and through his hard work most of the members have been obtained. Temporary officers for the Corvallis Branch are: Presblent - Calvin O. Henry; Vice-President - Mack Felton, PORTLAND/OBSERVER Jan. 14, 1971 Jr.; Secretary - Mrs. Martha B r o o k e s ; T reasurer - Dr. Frank Shaw. THIS IS JUST what she could enjoy during this weather and for years to come. Anything in the fur line try Hamilton Furs. 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