by
Otto McCUrrin
new uses for
UMBILICAL CORD: Two
surgeona have found a use at last
for umbUteals oordi the
leftovers from belly buttons.
They ttkt rtln from the cord
and tuhion It Into a substitute
artery. They think they have
saved the legs of five persons
given the substitutes because
their own leg arteries had
become blocked.
The umbOica) cord is the
unborn baby's life-line, bringing
blood and nourishment from the
mother through the placenta.
After birth, the cord Is cut near
the abdomen and tied,
fashioning the belly button, with
the rest of the cord then
discarded along with the
placenta or 'afterbirth.
Drs. Herbert and Irving
Oardik presented their first
report on umbilical cords
recently to the International
Cardiovasculsr Society in
Edinburgh, Scotland. These two
surgeons at Montefiore Hospital
In New York developed the new
arteries st New York University
Meidcal Center and Union
Hospital.
A substitute artery up to two
feet long can be fashioned from
one umbilical vein, or two veins
can be joined together to make
It longer. This makes it suitable
to replace arteries leading from
the groin down to below the
knee, the surgeoms said.
Eight patients facing loss of
their legs were given the new
artery when other subsitutes
were judged unsuitable or when
the patients did not have veins
of their own that could be used.
The operations succeeded in five
cases.
NEW METHOD REVERSES
VASECTOMIES: A new
technique for performing sugery
with the aid of a microscope
may give men who have chosen
to become steralized a chance to
change their minds later. A San
Francisco surgeon, in a limited
number of cases, has had
dramatic success - nearly 100
percent - reversing vasectomies
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by rejoining previously severed
sperm ducts with 'his
mlscroscoplc procedure.
The first 14 operations,
performed In Australia, all
resulted In pregnancies In the
patient's wives. And 10 patents
operated on In California In the
last eight months all have normal
sperm counts, with two of their
wives already pregnant.
The new technique is being
perfected by Dr. Sherman J.
Silber, a urologist with the
University of California Medical
Center and the Veterans
Administration Hospital in San
Francisco. Vasotomy, a simple
operation which prevents the
release of sperm by cutting and
tying off the vas deferens, oi
sperm ducts, has generally been
considered a drastically
irreversible step. Nevertheless, it
has become the birth control
option of about a million
American men each year.
The use of conventional
techniques to rejoin the severed
was deferens has had sporadic
success, but even with the most
experienced surgeons, only
about 10 to 30 percent Of the
patients have become
demonstrably fertile, said Siber.
Those methods . have relied on
the aid of the naked eye. Silber
instead uses an operating
microscope which magnifies
sperm ducts 40 times, ss well as
highly polished forceps and
suture thread finer than human
hair.
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Drad Scott Case began in St. Louis Circuit Court, June SO. The In SZJ3 CfOCwFO
Importance of this case Is that Justice Taney ruled that BLACKS
wart not citizens and thus not entitled to the protections of the HARRISBURO - One of the
Constitution. ' ;vV ' v,-: fow states to the nation that
President Joseph Jenkins Roberta, native of Virginia, lends low-Interest money to help
declared Liberia an Independent republic July 26. Cotnlnt to minority businesses -
Uberia as
a young man, Roberta helped organise the mUltla. in
. 1839 he became commander of the Llberlan ' amy and 1841
was made governor of the colony. When the country became a
Republic In 1848, Roberts was elected its first President.' Durijig
his teri year tenure of office, he visited the principal nations of
Europe and obtained full recognition for the Republic of Liberia.
Although voluntarily surrendering his office iu 1858, ha did not
retire from active) participation in the affairs of the young
republic. He aided in formulating laws, secured credit, and
smoothed out difficulties between the natives and the colonists.
Roberts served as President a second time from 1872 to 1878.
Frederick Douglass . published first Issue of ' his famous
newspaper, the NORTH STAR, December S. ,;
1848 : - . ; U - . v'
Free Soil party organized at Buffalo, New Yor jxwventlon
attended by several Negro abolitionists, August 9-10.
William and Ellen Craft escaped from slavery in Georgia,
December 28. EUen Impersonated a a slaveholder and William
acted as her servant in one of the most dramatic slave escapes.
.. 1852
First edition of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Issued, March 20.
" . ' 1853 '
William Wells Brown published CLOTHEL, the first aovel by
an American Negro. ' ,
1860
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PREGNANT WOMEN AND
COFFEE: Pregnant women who
drink more than six cups of
coffee a day have
chance of mi
University of Illionois researcher
says. Paul Weathersbee says he
based his findings on results of a
small percentage of the 550
families he observed during
1974. ' We found that 13 of the
14 women who said they drink
an average of seven cups of
coffee or more daily had an
unfavorable pregnancy,' said
Weathersbee. (NNPA)
CATraCH&T
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highways or onto busy
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AMERICAN AVTOMOBlue
ASSOCIATION REPORTS
THAT MOSB. ANIMAL.'
ACE KILLED BY AUTOS
THAN FROM ILLNESS.
U. S. PopuUtion: 31,443,790. Negro Population 4,441,830
(14.1) Abraham Lincoln elected President, November 6.
South Carolina declared ' Independent commonwealth" Decl8
Confederates attacked Fort Sumpter, April 12. President Lincoln
called for 75,000 troops, Loyal Negroes volunteered but were
rebuffed. For almost two years, Negroes fought for the right as
one humorist put It, "to be kilt."
Bull Run, a Union disaster, July 21.
Major Gernal John C. Fremont Issued proclamation freeing
slaves of Missouri rebels, August 30. Lincoln nullified the
proclamation.
School established at Fortress Monroe, Vs. with a Negro
teacher, Miss Mary Peake, September 17, school (aid foundation
for Hampton Institute.
Secretary of Navy authorized enlistment of Negro slaves,
September 26. '"; v?;
Mary Peake's front parlor on September 17, 1861, marked the
beginning of an idea that swept the South. Daughter of a ifree
ive a greater Negro woman and Englishman, Mary Peake had been privately, fl m I
s carriages, a educated In Alexandria by her father before moving to Hampton IjLE. JOE1QS
iiois researcher h ... . ....... . . . m r mmttf
in io4d, wnere sne surrepnousiy gave lessons in reaaing ana
writing to free Negroes of the vicinity and to the few slaves bold
enough to slip to her house. When Hampton was burned by the
Confederates in 1861, the Peakes moved into the old Brown
Cottage at Kecoughtan across the Hampton Creek. Here Mary
Peake taught children in the mornings and grown-ups every
afternoon. "
NEGROES IN CONFEDERACY "
Confederacy was first to recognize the Negro as a military
factor In the war. As noncombatants, Negroes were muscles and auociatpd with Frazler Realty and
backbone of rebel war effort. South lmmpiessed Negro slaves to lnwnce, Inc. The local Aim, which
work in mines, repair railroads and build fortlflcationa, thereby ' bf" new management
, , j, . , , 4 since the retirment of its founder and
releasing a disproportionately large percentage of ablbodled former ownet R L Frazi
whites for direct war service. Small number of Negroes Mail; ip&wjM, Buying, $e'ningi renting
rebel army, but few Negroes, If any, fired guns In anger. RegWant iml Insuring real property. The new
of 1,400 free Negroes received official recognition In New owners are Ralph J. Heiter, Fred K.
Orleans. This regiment, however, did no fighting; it later became. Rufflri and Jimei C. Black.
by a strange mutation of history, the first Negro regiment ' Jones, who attended N. C. Central
Pennsylvania - has just Issued a
brochure explaining who'a
eligible, how much they can get,
and how to get It.
We still have more than $3
minion left this fiscal year to
kelp minority business,"
commented Owen Montague,
director of the state Minority
Business Development
Authority. "We have to make
sure that minority people know
It's there, and how to apply.'
In fact, Montgague added, his
office can direct applicants to
several agencies qualified to
assist with the procedures.
"Once eligibility is
determined, we have no hard
and fast rules about the type of
business which we'll lend
money," said Montague. "We've
approved $200,000 for a man in
Pittsburgh to open i a new Four years and li400 pages Part of the second volume
JTr. IS ' u P" fter he began his research, Duke examines the legal problems
Philadelphia man buy University law professor Arthur raised by affirmative action
Volkswagen deatershlp, $7 000 Larson has published the first plans in the nation's universities,
to another Phtadelphla resident fuU Iegal treatise on sex where facutly hiring decisions
to buy the building in which his discrimination in the American '
business Is located, and $26,500 workforce are usual'y made by committees
to a house painter in The two-volume work nd chares of sex
Stroudsburg to expand his believed to be the most "scriminatlon become difficult
to6" definitive yet written on sex to Prve- ,
Minority loan applicants need discrimination, covers the faculty hiring processes
not necessarily be black, Puerto history of the practice from the 08,1 1 necessaruy be tested by the
Rksan descent, or Oriental. The time when it was wholly ame metlod as those used for
physically handicapped are" also auctioned by law until the "tmbll?n ories," Larson
liul. 1.1 i, j Dreiani when iinnusn im
noiea in, an interview.
to social or economic wmnln8 revolutionary gains in Aaernic discrimination is not obsolete
advantages, have been denied ffWt status. JrtbJnj yonjan Identify changes.
normal financing, or reasonable person, wno servea as "
? iinHersprretarv nf lahnr In fha eXISUng ratios.
Thl hm.h,, i. .v.n.hia k flr8t Eisenhower Administration, , .Luf?a his work on the
The brochure la available by ,d h . . . . federal laws and executive orders
balance" In the treatise and Promulgated in the early 1960s,
"take a strictly imnartlal and ttom which the majority of
attitude In a field that by its women's advancement hi legal
very nature is filled with
advocates on both sides.'
He is James B. Duke
Professor of Law at Duke and
Director of the university's Rule
of Law Research Center.
Larson found sex
discrimination law so complex,
and the legal remedies so
overlapping, that he devotes his
second and larger volume to the
Ronald E. Jones, a real estate procedural aspects of the field,
broker and native of Durham, has m
writing: . Minority Business
Development, 403 South Office
Building, Harrlsburg, 17120.
Joins Frazior
Roalty Firm
LADEVA DAVIS, Public Television's newest chef, reels offf recipes like a nightclub comic telling
jokes. The attractive young black woman emphasizes that she is an actress, music and dance teacher,
not a home economist or a professional cook. Content of the program, scheduled to premiere
nationally on PBS on Jan. 21, was selected and the recipes and nutrition tips scripted by a panel of
nutritionists working with a professional chef. (UPI)
Difro Law Professor Publishes Treatise On
Sox Discrimination In Employment
work status has come. He also
covers representative state laws.
Published by Matthew Bender
and Co.. Larson's treatise will
include one or two more
volumes on discrimination based
on race, religion, national origin,
age and physical handicap. It
will be kept current through
semi-annual revisions and an
annual supplement.
The treatise is bound in
loose-leaf covers, and thus can
be kept up-to-date by replacing
sections as the law
In addition to his current
work on sex discrimination,
Larson has written several other
legal books, Including a
seven-volume treatise on
workmen's compensation.
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officially recognized by the Union Army.
NEGROES IN UNION ARMY ' '
The 178,975 Negro soldiers in the Union Army were organized
into 166 all Negro regiments (145 infantry, 7 cavalry lg heavy
artillery, 1 light artillery, 1 engineer). Largest number of Negro
soldiers came from Louisiana (24,052), followed by .Kentucky
(23,703) and Tennessee (20,133). Pennsylvania contributed more
Negro soldiers than-any other Northern state 9,612). Negro
soldiers participated In 449 battles, 39 of them ; major
engagements. Sixteen Negro soldiers received Congressional
Medals of Honor for gallantry In action. Some 37,638 Negro
soldiers lost their lives during the war. Negro soldiers generally
received poor equipment and were forced to do a large amount of
fatigue duty. Until 1864, Negro units, with four exceptions (Fifth
Massachuserrs Cavalry, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts
Volunteers and Twehty-nlrith Connecticut Volunteers v were
officially designated "United States Colored Troops" (USCT).
There were few Negro commissioned Officers; the War
Department discouraged Negro applicants. The highest ranking of
the 75 to 100 Negro officers was Lt. Colonel Alexander T.
Augustana, a surgeon. Some 200,000 Negro civilians were
employed by Union Army as laborers, cooks, tea ma ten, and
servants. 1
NEGROES IN UNION NAVY
One out of every four Union 'sailors was a Negro. Of the
118,044 sailors in the Union Navy, 29,511 were Negroes. At 1
lour negro sailors won congressional Medals of honor
University and Shaw University, was
scenscd by the N. C. Real Estate
Licensing , Board after passing the
Otober examination.
He is married to the former
Donnie L Harwich of Stanley, N. C,
they have two children.
CORRECTION i; , ;
It was erroneously 4 reppftsa last
week in the .'.tto'ry.ioft the
Emancipation Proclamation Program
that one of the participants, Ms.
Deborah Williams was a student at A
A T. Ms. Williams is indeed a
graduate of A A T, but is now a
graduate student at Southern Illinois
University.
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THERE IS A SPECIAL COLLEGE FOR YOU
And You Can Afford It, Too
Ask any young person
about his or her plans for a
college education and you'll
probably be astounded by
the haphazard way a college
in chosen. :'
Some choose a college on
thp basis or campus decor.
Some count the number of
PhD's in the catalog. A few
check out the availability of
transportation while others
opt for a college which of
fers some degree of prestige
But the one method which
is, at the same time, both
. heart-breaking and unneces
aery, is to choose a college
on the basis of costs.
Perhaps the beat kept
aecret within the education
al community la the fact that
any Qualified student can
attend the college of his
choice. ..regardless of fin
anclal coneideratlons. -
I discovered this phen
omenon myself less than a
dozen yeara ago when I at
i tended a seminar at a prea
figloua Ivy-league . univer
ally. I was told by the Dean
that money la never a prob
lem when the school Identi
fies a atudent who has the
qualifications required by
that particular institution.
But knowing this fact Is
not enough. A potential atu
dent and his parents have to
learn the best technique for
negotiating an attractive financial-package.
. The time to arrange fin
ancing for the school of your
choice is before you commit
yourself to any college or
university; . : ; -
But first you must decide
what kind of college fits
your Individual needa and
aspirations. This should be
done without any consider
ation of whether or not a
certain college Is, too ex
pensive. In fact, you may
discover, too late, that a
less attractive achool.,.or a
public Institution.. .can actu
ally coat store than a pri
vate college of high quality.
The aecret ia found In the
magic of flMsciataid. With
up to 60 of students at
private colleges receiving
scholarahlp assistance . it
ia inevitable that inequities
are prevalent. You have, to
learn how to turn those in
equities to your advantage.
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