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Portland Observer
Thursday, July 25. 1974
Community clinic gives
blood pressure tests
SH O P
■ENOW'S
FOR
by M b . M H'auley Richard sun.
CHN
C o o rd in ato r, Com
munity Hypertension Pro
jeet. from an article by Jack
Slates, Ebony, June. 1973
The Community
Hyper
tension Clinic is offering free
blood pressure testing on
Friday, August 2, 1974, and
Saturday. August 3, 1974. at
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Almost invariably, once
detected, hypertension can
be controlled and often the
controlling treatment is re
markable simple.
The hypertension story is
one of life and death ur
gency. of misunderstandings
and myths, of still wide­
spread neglect, fascinating
discov cries, intensive new ef
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to use. and new and great
hope.
High blood pressure seems
to be different among Black
people. Developing earlier in
their life, it is frequently
more severe and results in a
greater number of deaths at
a younger age
more com
monlv from stroke than from
coronary artery disease.
Just what causes hyper
tension?
One well known
eordiologist frankly replied
"We don't have the foggiest
notion." The director of the
Hypertension U n it at Bos
ton's Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital declares 'No one
condition will explain all the
causes of H ypertensio n .
Even when the ailment is
diagnosed, the specific origin
can't be- pinpointed."
Ages Infancy thru 12 vrs.
The individual and his
I)a> ■ Swing - Graveyard
doctor can do much to help
control high blood pressure
Contact
A SIA fam ily
when it is definitely diag
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nosed,
whether
mild
or
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ment, the dual purpose is not
only to keep blood pressure
down, but also to avoid
possible complications.
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Hypertension is similiar
by example, to a steady
increase of water pressure
against the inner wall of a
garden hose.
Hypertension
brings
pressure
pounding
against the walls of the
body's vessels
pounding
until the vessels, thickening
to protect themselves, finally
weaken and like the garden
hose, blow out.
Because it produces no
symptoms until it causes ir­
reversible
organ
damage,
hypertension has been railed
such various names as “the
silent disease", “the quiet
assassin", and "a fooler of a
disease". But. for the person
with hypertension, all those
epitaphs add up to the same
thing:
A deceptive sense
of perfect health.
A new certification pro­
gram that will provide more
highly trained manpower ad
mimstrators and planners for
the Pacific Northwest will be
launched this fall at Oregon
State University under a
$100,000 grant from
the
U.S. Department of Imbor
The grant gives OSU the
resp o n sib ility for spear
heading the training of future
manpower practitioners in
Region 10 of the U.S., which
includes Alaska. Idaho. Ore
gon and Washington.
Gary W. Sorenson, chair
man of the Department of
Economics, will be program
director, it was announced
by OSU President Robert
MacVicar.
Sorenson has
been serving as executive
secretary of the Regional
Manpower Advisory Com
mittee and has been involved
earlier in several state and
regional manpower projects
and publications.
"The certification program
will open new employment
opportunities for university
graduates
men
and
women
-
as w ell
as
preparing
them
to
help
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others in the job market and
to help their communities
and states in more efficient
worker training and utilisa­
tion.” Sorenson said.
Students will be able to
complete
the
certification
program at OSU along with
regular degree work in a
related academic field. Four
special courses and one term
of work as an intern in a
manpower organization will
be required.
It is expected, Sorenson
said, that most who prepare
for certification as manpower
workers will be drawn from
the Schools of Business and
Technology and educatior
and the Departments of Eeo
nomics,
Agricultural
Eeo
nomies. Sociology, Psycho
logy and Political Science.
In its off campus training
work, the university will
conduct various workshops
and seminars throughout the
region.
These will be de
veloped as seen needed by
federal, state, county and
city officials. Sorenson said.
Topics will include Ijib o r
M arket Analysis, Forecasting
Manpower Needs, and Pro
gram Evaluation and Review
Comping brings hazards
b) John J. Grave, M.D.,
President, Oregon
Thoracic Society
O ffic ia ls
oppose
change
Camping can be great fun.
But watch out for hidden
hazards.
Everybody knows
about the danger of fire and
poisoned insect bites.
But
not many people have ever
heard about the damaging
effects of beryllium dust.
In a meeting held July 14. . Exposure to fumes and dust
from a metal called beryllium
1974 in San Diego, the
ran cause damage to the
National Black Caucus of
lungs. The fumes can come
L o c a l E le c te d O f f ic ia ls
from the mantles of some
iN B C L E O ) u n a n im o u s ly
not all - gas lanterns used
adopted a resolution to op
in camping, says Kyle Griggs
jiose in strenuous terms a
of the University of Cali­
bill in the United States
fornia's l^i w re nee Livermore
Senate that would expand
Laboratory.
from three years to five
The mantle in gas lanterns
years the license terms of
is a device, consisting of a
the nation's broadcasters.
sheath of threads, which
The thrust of the resolu­
gives off brilliant light when
tion suggests that passage of
heated by the gas flame.
the Broadcast License Re
When a new mantle is used,
newal Act of 1974 would
beryllium fumes can be re
effectively foreclose further
leased in the first few min
opposition of minorities to
utes. The mantle is usually
challenge incumbent licensees
lit in a confined space -- like
and prevent the needs and
a tent - and the camper
interests of the constituents
leans directly over the lamp,
of the members of N B C 'L E O
breathing the fumes deep
from being ag g ressively
into his or her lungs.
served.
Moreover, the re­
Lighting any gas lamp
solution condem ning the
the first time it's used
in
legislation says its passage
an open area and letting it
would
remove
from
the
burn ten or fifteen minutes
grasp of minorities the op­
in the open can reduce the
portunity for ownership of
hazard to the lungs. Taking
broadcast
fa c ilitie s
and
care not to blow on the Ian
especially V H F -T V outlets.
tern to clean it, a process
N B C /L E O members were
that
stirs up the berryllium
moved to adopt a resolution
dust, is important.
following a background brief­
Many products containing
ing on the issues by Bill
beryllium are not so labeled,
W right, founder of Black
and consumers are not aware
Efforts for Soul in Television
that precautions are neces
iB E S T I in Washington. D.C.,
sary to protect their health.
and one of three acknow­
Some brands of gas lanterns
ledged Black experts in the
contain the metal but do not
nation on cable television.
list it. Workers involved in
W right, now a resident of
making these products face
Oakland, California, urged
the organization to adopt as
its own the strongest pos­
sible language in condemna
tion of the legislation.
Hearings on the bill opened
last week in Washington
before Senator John O. Pas-
tore's Senate Commerce Sub­
committee on Communica
tions, and are expected to be
resumed in July.
Arpad Kemeny, Editor of
“Community needs are, if
C IV IS M , filed a complaint in
a n y th in g , changing more
the Circuit Court of the
swiftly than ever before,”
State for Multnomah County
the
resolution
protests,
against the Mayor and mem
"which should suggest a need
bers of the Portland City
for a shorter, not a longer,
Council and against former
renewal period.” The mem
Commissioner Lloyd Ander
bers of N B C /LE O drafted a
son and the manager of the
telegram of opposition to the
P o rtlan d W a te r Bureau,
bill and sent it to Senator
asking the Court for a
Pastore.
Each member of
declaratory
judgement
to
N B C /LE O is committed to
void Ordinance No. 137679
request time to testify before
which was adopted January
the Subcommittee in op­
4, 1974 ordering an increase
position to the bill.
of the water taxes effective
July 1. 1974.
The complaint states that
Waxy (.lass?
Motorists
the subject Ordinance was
should clean both wipers and
processed, p rep ared and
windshield after a liquid was
adopted in violation of City
application, suggests the
Code No. 21.16.010.
The
National
Highway
Traffic
complaint also states that the
Safety Administration. They
water rates are discrimi
report that the wax com
natory, which violates the
bined with rain or road
Oregon State Utilities Regu
grime can make the wind
lation Act. No. 757.310.
shield nearly opaque and can
Mr. Kemeny is organizing
be a hazard in driving. Re
a committee whose members
move the wax with a window
will join in the complaint.
cleaning product or a mix
Hollis Ransom and Richard
lure of detergent and al- Haeder are the attorneys
representing M r. Kemeny.
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The aim of the Community
H y p e r te n s io n
P r o je c t 's
screening programs is to
locate unsuspecting and un
diagnosed victims of high
blood pressure, then start
them on a program
of
therapy to control the ail­
ment.
Emphasis is on persons
with little access to medical
care who are likely to have
h yp ertension w ith o u t sus­
pecting it.
It is currently
estimated that about 25% of
all Black Americans and 15%
of all white Americans ages
IS years and above are af
dieted with hypertension:
OSU gran t trains
m an pow er p e rso n n e l
the greatest danger. Beryl
lium is used mainly in the
aerospace, nuclear, computer
and ceramics industries.
In h a lin g
v e ry
s m a ll
amounts of berryllium dust
or fumes can cause severe,
irre v e rs ib le lung disease
after such a short period as
six months. Take care with
gas lanterns. It's a m atter
of life and breath.
S u m m er
classes
register
Registration is open up to
the day classes begin for
nine special programs and
the third and final ronren
trated short term whirn runs
August 8 30 at Portland
State University's Summer
Session.
During the third short
term, courses are available in
accounting, biology, chemis
try.
earth
sciences, eeo
nomics, English, foreign Ian
guages. geography, physics
and sociology.
Among the special pro­
grams yet to be offered are:
"Conservation of the Oregon
Environment". August 4 10
with
geography
professor
John Dart; "Consumer Pro­
tection Workshop". August
516 with marketing pro
lessor Jack Taylor; “Com
mumcation Problems in State
Government” August 11 17
with speech professor Ted
Grove; "Learning About the
U n ited N a tio n s ", August
12 23 with North Carolina
Central University history
professor Helhn Edmonds;
"Crime Prevention". August
12 23 with administration of
justice professor Gary Perl
stein;
and
"P o litic s
of
Equality: Chicano Politics in
the U.S.", August 12 23 with
Rudolph de la Garza, visiting
in s tru c to r from Colorado
College.
Anyone may register to
attend the PSU Summer
Session. Formal admission is
not necessary.
For further
in fo rm atio n , contact the
summer Session Office.
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