fiovm n. Martin sr.
FROM THE
EDITOR’S
DESK
Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Lack of skills is seen by
many Americans as the prim
ary cause of joblessness, and
government is seen as the best
provider of training, accord
ing to a recent opinion survey
by Public Research. However,
the poll also indicated that a
majority of American feel that'
welfare and unemployment
benefits are so good that they
encourage people not to work.
The best political action for
women, as far as election to
public office is concerned, is in
local government, according
to a survey by the Rutgers .
university Center for the
American Woman in Politics.
The percentage of women in
local office nearly doubled
from 1975 through 1977; how
ever, in state and federal
government, women have
made little progress.
v^miunua law oanning
pay raises for most local
public employees, enacted to
implement Proposition 13, is
unconstitutional, a superior
court judge has held. Louise
Burke ruled in a case brought
by 900 Solano County workers
oe«K,d a co6t-of-living salary
increase.
The suicide rate for Ameri
cans between the ages of 15
■
and 24 is three times higher
than it was 20 years ago, says
a recent Newsweek article.
About 5,000 young people a
year, or 12 for every 100,000
people in the U.S. take their
own lives; the rate 20 years
ago was four per lou.uoo.
In commenting on his losing
bid to regain his seat on the
Mecklenburg Board of County
Commissioners, Bob Walton
attributed his defeat to (t) an
unfair press by the Observer
and News, (2) black voter
apathy; (3) no support from
the Hair and Ray camps as he
tried to give them, (4) a
weakly organized County De
mocratic Party, and (5) a
very conservative state.
“These are too much for a
black candidate to over
come,” Walton concluded.
A recent poll notes that 85
percent of all married men
and 65 percent of all married
women have been involved in
an adulterous affair. The rea
sons for such behavior are
sexual frustration, curiosity,
revenge, recognition seeking
and proof of masculinity.
A New York City judge,
Julian A.~ Heitz, ruled that
prostitutes that don’t get paid
for their “favors” can cry
rape and have the raper fined
and-or imprisoned.
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Entertaining Ideas
'-<* Laura Wells---®
ii goes wunout saying
that you’ll want to put
your best foot forward for
Thanksgiving. A beautifully
set and decorated table will
help create the perfect
holiday atmosphere.
A popular trend in table
top creativity is the natural
look. Bring that look to your
table, with straw or woven
or slatted-wood placemats
- WI A IICOC
add color and texture to the
setting and are easily cared
for. Vinyl-topped mats and
those of uncoated natural
fibers can be wiped clean
with a damp cloth. Select
napkin rings in wood, straw
or with seashell decora
tions. Try mixing different
natural-style mats and rings
-for eves greater aye appeal.
For an autumn center
piece. arrange Indian com.
pine cones, gourds and
dried wildflowers in a wick
er basket or on a wooden
cheese board. Also try
ueing-your house plants. A
• heart-leafed philodendron or
any ivy that trails attrac
tively can be set in a ce
ramic or wooden bowl. Add
tiny artificial flowers and
use two candlesticks. to
highlight the bowl.
Now is the time to add
new touches to your tradi
tional Thanksgiving menu.
My suggestion Is turkey
sweetened with Sabra Im
ported liqueur. Season tur
key inside and out with % '
cup Sabra and salt, pepper
and paprika. Heat 94 cup
butter to the foam. Cook one
finely minced onion and one
cup finely minced celery,
stirring^ until wilted. Re
move from heat. Stir into
one 8 oz. package prepared
stuffing mix along with Vi
cup raisins, Vi cup chopped
mandarin orange sections,
% cup Sabra. 34 cup ho*,
water and one beaten egg.
Rrvtnn Inncolv infn
truss and secure with butch
er's twine. Place on a rack,
uncovered, in a preheated
450* F. oven. Reduce heat
to 350* F. and cook 25 min
utes per pound. Add remain
4&S-J4 CUP Sabra to pan
juices and baste every T5
minutes during final hour of
cooking. You'll make about
10 servings.
Tempt the palate before
your meal or add the finish
ing touch afterwards with a _
"Vandermint Black Rus
sian." In a large Old-Fash
ioned glass, filled with ice.
pour one oz. Vandermint. Vi
oz. Leroux Coffee Flavour
ed Brandy and iVi oz.
Nikolai Vodka. Stir well for
abetter "Black Russian.”
One final tip-let your Im
agination be your guide and
don't be afraid to experi
ment!
November 12 On PBS
“Global Papers” To Premiere
u worldwide starvation ine
vitable? '
Can anything be done to help
the millions who are starving
today?
During the week of Novem
ber 12, public television laum .
cKes a vital hew public affairs
series with a comprehensive
look at one of the world’s most
urgent problems-the scanty
of food and the malnutrition
and starvation it causes.
GLOBAL PAPER: THE
FIGHT FOR FOOD is a three
part probe of one of the
planeCs most pressing crises,
the world food problem. Parts
One and Two, airing on Nov
ember 12 and IS are hour-long
explorations of food-related
issues around the world, inclu
ding footage shot in Mexico,
Thailand Tetiuon c-»
the Philippines and acquired
film from India, Egypt, Brazil
and the People’s Republic of
China. Part Three, a 90-min
ute Global Paper Forum invol
ving participants who are pol
icy-makers, representatives
of concerned food and aid
agencies, fanners and others
directly involved in the pro
blem, will air on Thursday,
November 16.
Julian Bond, nationally
known civil rights activist and
Georgia state senator, hosts
the programs, which are being
produced by WQED-Pitts
burgh, in association with the
American Universities Field
Starr (AUFS). Background in
formation will be. provided
during the telecasts by WNBC
Science Editor Frank Field. In
addition, producers were able
to tap the considerable resour
ces of AUFS, which maintains
a network of 18 correspoo
. dents covering more than 40 ,
countries.
GLOBAL PAPER: THE
FIGHT FOR FOOD is presen
ted on PBS under grants from
EXXON Corporation and the
Corporation for Public Broad
casting.
During the total threeand
a-half-bours of programming
the television viewer will be
exposed to a comprehensive
investigation of the causes and
effects of the serious food
shortages facing one-third to
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tion today. The survey com
bines background, opinions
from experts in the field and
factual material to assist the
decision is left to the or
approach and its effective
ness. Among the potential sol
utions presented are pro
grams dealing with land re
form and use, water manage
ment, population control,
nutrition and foreign aid.
Each explored in depth and
the decision is left to the
yjewer as to which approach
or combination of approaches,
should be mplemented.
Part One (Sunday, Noyem
ber 12, 8 p.m. (ET) focuses
primarily on the world’s chro
nically undernourished — the
some 500,000,000 people in Lat
in America, Asia, and Africa
for whom hunger is a constant
companion or an ever-present
poesiblity - and their attempts
to solve the problem. .
Part Two (Wed., November
15, 8 p.m. (ET) draws the
connection between the people
of the United States and the
hungry of the rest of the world
and examines the effect on the
world’s food problems of Am
- erica policy and foreign Hid
-Part Three, the 90-minute
GLOBAL PAPER FORUM',
FORUM, airs Thursday, No
vember 16, atOpjn. (ET) and
presents debate on the world’s
food and hunger problems by
-1- iL._i_a_as
“Account*Wee” including pol
icy-makers, implementers,
representatives of food and
aid agencies. A roster of im
pressive and talented people
had been assmebled by WQED
for a day-long forum on Capi
tol Hill and included such
panelists as U.S. Senators
George McGovern and Robert
Dole, U.S. Secretary of Agri
culture Robot Ber gland and
Canadian Minister of Agricul
ture Eugene Wbelaa Lillian
Carter appeared to tell the
participants about ber recent
trip to thoee countries whose
people are suffering from hun
ger and malnutrition
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