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Karl Atfklai
**■ .Receive* appointment
Fait Food Fair
On Thursday, December 12, the
Charlotte Area Fund will be spon
soring a Fast Pood Fair at Double ,.
Oaks Center at 13*6 Woodard Ave
Representatives from several fast
food businesses will be on hand to
discuss Job opportunities. The Fast
Food Fair wUJ last from 10am. until
12 pm. For mors Information, call
Ms. Blackson at 372-3M0.
* Last week it was mistakenly
stated that Mrs. Kennedy was the
•lady pictured in the photo that
"accompanied the N.C. Mutual Life
Insurance article. The lady shown in
the photo was Mrs. Geraldine
Hairston
Records Show fewer Infant TV' J‘ ®*®*i®*
fewer infant deaths in North Caro
lina from medical condKtam that
were fatal than 10 years ago.
Kirk said that 10 years ago more
babies were dying because of peri
natal conditions such as prematurity
(low birth weight), respiratory
'(Bstress (hyaline membrane dis
ease), and birth injury (lack of
oxygen). There were also more
infant deaths among babies born to
diabetic women.
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“While these conditions still
occur, we are better able to hcdp
these babies survive by detect^
the conditions early ahd providing
specialized medical care,” Kii%
said. “This has helped North
Carolina to reduce its Infant mor
tality rate 37 percent over .Um past
decade.”
Dr. Richard Nugent, Head of the
Perinatal Care Program in the N.C.
Division of Health Services, said
that when two year statistics from
1973-74 were compared with those
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