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Muhammad Ali contributes to Africa aid
Muhammad All has long
been known for making
predictions rome true with
hia fiats, in the glare of
kleiglights. before millions
of fans. Ijis t weekend he
did the same thing with his
heart, quietly, without fan
fare He took $100,000 out
of his own pocket and
handed it over to U N IC E F
and A FR IC A R E , for the
benefit of children from
drought stricken A frica.
The fight promoter. Don
King, added a check for
110,000.
The background of the
story is not well known, but
there's a moral in it for our
times of hype and ballyhoo,
starvation and riches.
Six months ago, Ali and
King decided to contribute
the proceeds from Ali's title
defense against the massive
Chuck Wepner to fight an
even bigger opponent
the
widespread drought
and
famine conditions that have
claimed the lives of 100,000
people
mostly infants and
children
in the impover
ished Sahel region of West
Africa.
Ali successfully defended
his heavyweight champion
ship, but the turnout for
the fight was disappointing
There were a lot fewer
proceeds to divvy up than
expected
And as some
limes happens with charity
benefits, even for the most
worthy causes, it looked
like the children were going
to have to wait.
That's not the way Mu
hammad Ali wanted it.
Maybe it was because of his
religious convictions. Maybe
it was because of the photos
of starving African children
that were shown to him one
morning at U N IC E F in
New York. Maybe it was
because he now has an even
bigger title to defend
champion of the world's
children.
Probably we’ll
never know, because for
once, the champ wasn’t
talkative
He just reached
into his own pocket to
honor his pledge.
The setting was a spec
tacular lawn party given for
M r and Mrs Herbert Mu
hammad. Ali's manager, a
long time supporter of aid
for African children, and
the son of the late Elijah
Muhammad, spiritual leader
of the Nation of Islam.
Arranged by Don King, it
was widely reported as the
first interracial party ever
given at the Muslims' Chi
rago compound.
The occasion was Ali's
departure for Manila to
defend his title against Joe
Frazier, and it was a joyous
one.
The champ and his
wife were guests of honor.
Dick Gregory and Sandy
Barron emcee'd.
Clifton
Davis and Della
Reese
entertained.
Stevie Won
der sang.
Ixtla Falana
danced
Ali and Howard
Coaell sparred.
Very quitely, toward the
end, Ali came out of the
crowd to hand $100,000 to
U N IC E F
the
United
Nations Children's Fund
and A F R IC A R E Don King
was by his side, with his
own cheik to the two
organizations.
N e ith e r
asked any recognition for
their contributions - which
will be used to dig wells in
Senegal and Niger.
“ O ur co n tribu tion s to
date represent only a drop
in the bucket," Ali said,
"The people in the Sahel
need a lot more help than
this.
Not just food hand
outs, but long term help so
that this kind of starvation
will never Lake place again.
Never."
The champ's fist was
clenched. Then his fingers
relaxed.
"Don and I just hope we
ran set some kind of
example.
If other Ameri
cans
all kinds of Ameri
cans -■ will join in, we can
lick this problem. We can
save those children.
We
ran really help."
In a joint statement, Mr.
C. I ’ayne Lucas of A F R I
CARE and Mr. C. Lloyd
Bailey, Executive Director
of the United States Com
mittee for U N IC E F , said
the Ali King contribution
will mark the opening bell
of a new, nationwide drive
to help the people of the
Sahel. U N IC E F has seven
million dollars worth of
self help projects already
underway
all of them
benefilting children in ba
sir, practical and inexpen
sive ways. It needs another
six million dollars for work
in th e
next
m o n th s .
A F R IC A R E
has an ad
d itio nal m illio n
dollars
worth of projects ready for
implementation.
"Right now, for the first
time in this whole long
tragedy, it looks like there
is going to be some breath
ing sp are,” Lucas and
Bailey said.
"Near normal
rainfall finally came to the
Sahel. It has given us some
precious time. Tim e to help
the Sahelian people prepare
th e m s e lv e s fo r f u t u r e
droughts. Time to help the
Sahelian
countries
grow
enough of their own food to
feed their own people. Time
to dig wells, plant trees and
vegetables, build health
centers and teach. But we
must act now, before it is
again too late.
"Muhammad Ali and Don
King's contribution will give
us a head start in collecting
the money needed. I t is a
fine beginning."
The
two organizations
have appealed to all na
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P .0. Box 1486, Washington,
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For further information,
write: U.S. Committee for
U N IC E F , 331 East 38th
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York 10016 or A F R IC A R E ,
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Doctors M artin Collis and John Eckerson cling to a life ring in the cold waters of Puget
Sound off Port Angeles. Washington. After thirty minutes they have begun to experience
the chilling effects of the forty nine degree water cooling off their bodies and bringing on
the condition of hypothermia
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circulation to your estremi
ties, arms, legs, hands and
feet." Eckeraon explained,
"Your heart just says to
your arms, 'Bye bye old
buddy, see you later."
"It I body) defends itself
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Dr. John Eckeraon, University of Victoria hypothermia
researcher, climbs aboard a Coast Guard helicopter after
being immersed in the forty nine degree waters of Port
Angeles, Washington for almost one hour. By the#time this
photo was taken, he was already experiencing hypothermia
the cooling of the inner body temperature.
legs reach the same temp
erature as the water."
But that defense mecha
nism becomes an active
threat to the victim during
the re w a rm in g process,
traditionally warming the
victim by applying heat
externally.
W ith ex ertio n , wl
vhich
generates heat, or external
warming, the circulatory
system in the arms and
legs is dilated, dumping
cold blood back into the
“core", which is already at a
lowered temperature.
If the "core" tempera
lure was hovering around
eighty five degrees, where
heart failure frequently oc
curs, that
“after drop"
might kill a hypothermia
victim.
Little wonder the
physicians call it "paradoxi
cal."
Eckeraon, Collis and Dr.
John Hayward, the third
researcher in the llniver
sity of Victoria's, four year
study, strongly advocate
using heated,
humidified
oxygen to warm the vie
tim's body from the inside
out as a safer alternative.
"We didn't invent this
idea, it's been used before,"
Collis said, "but nobody had
experimented with it.
It
had been used in emergen
cies but there were no
control factors."
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how heated oxygen worked
was to d e v e lo p d a ta
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to begin was to use them
selves and others as guinea
pigs.
Eckerson. forty eight, and
Collis, thirty seven, are the
two oldest "guinea pigs."
T h e rest are betw een
twenty and th irty.
Child
ren die quickly when ex­
posed to cold, Eckerson
said, Lut how hypothermia
affects older persons is not
known from scientific data.
The Coast Guard helicop
ter, which picked up the
two victims in last July's
experiment, flew around for
fo rty -fiv e m inutes while
heated oxygen was admim
stered to Eckerson. Collis
was allowed to rewarm only
with the cabin heat turned
up to maximum.
Both were “well within
n o rm a l
te m p e ra tu re
ranges" by the time the
chopper landed. Eckerson
said.
“ The e x p e rim e n t con
firmed our belief in the
effectiveness of the heated,
humidified oxygen but I'm
not at all sure we should
heat the cabin of the
helicopter that much. In
serious rases that could
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tionally prominent Ameri
cans to express their soli
darity, through
personal
contributions, for the child
ren of drought stricken A f­
rica.
Those persons of
institutions who wish to
join in assisting should send
their tax deductible dona
tions to “Save the Sahel,”
IW H O
Thursday. September 11, 1975
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