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Vol. 6
Milk May Be Killing
Our Black Children
By Al Irby
Milk is almost a perfect
food. It’s loaded with vitamins
and minerals as well as protein.
Food experts have long
claimed protein deficiency is
one of the most serious
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A view of the leaning tower at the construction
site of the new VA Hospital
News-Review Staff Photo by Frank Bowman
P.O. Box 953
problems in ghetto areas. Milk
is relatively cheap, and it is one
food Black children seem to
like without much prodding.
Ask anyone, and they’ll
probably agree, that three
glasses a day is a good idea.
Now the above statement is
refuted by a noted New York
Amsterdam News columnist,
Nicholas J. Gonzalez. Gonzalez
makes this frightening
observation: “There’s only one
problem with milk. If you
VA Hospital
Employee
Receives The
Exceptional
Service Award
Mr. Ulysses Phillips, Nursing
Service, was recently honored
in ceremonies held at the VA
Hospital with the highest
as ard the Veterans
Adi .frustration grants, the
Exceptional Service Award.
Twenty-six other employees
were also honored in these
exercises.
Receiving Superior
Performance Awards were:
Chapbin Daniel B. Churton,
Chapbin Service and Henry E.
Mullenhard, Fiscal Service.
Receiving Special
Advancements for Performance
were: Dorothy W. Dean,
Stephani Ann Eaton, Nancy W.
Erbbnd, Mary Ann Fontaine.
Mary L. Odom, Ardella K.
Oliver, Barbara D. Vamum,
Mary B. Armstrong, Mozella B.
Fryer, Ann Marie P. O’Leary',
Nursing Service; Dennis B.
Smith, M.D., Neurology
Service; and Ruben J.
DeVelasco, M.D., Psychbtry
Service.
Receiving Quality Increases
were Annie P. Veal Medical
Service and William L. Howard,
Nursing Service.
Receiving a Suggestion
Augusta, Georgia
happen to be Black, drinking
milk is more likely to be the
same as drinking poison-a milk
poison, of course, but a poison
just the same.
“Tragically, one of the best
kept secrets in America is the
simple fact that at least seven
out of ten Blacks-more than
25 million Blacks in the
U.S.-simply cannot digest milk
properly. And this inability to
digest milk can, and does every
day, produce symptoms
ranging from chronic
indigestion to irritability and
confusion in children-and
everything in between. While
the American dairy industry
has pushed milk as the perfect
food, it isn’t for Blacks, it can
be a harmful substance, one to
be avoided at all costs. The
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Mr. Willie Stargell
The Organizational
Breakfast for the Paine College
Athletes Hall of Fame was held
on Saturday, February 12th, at
the Thunderbird Inn. The
master of ceremonies was Mr.
S.B. Gandy who also serves as
Coordinator for the group.
The speaker for the occasion
was Mr. Willie Stargell, first
baseman for the Pittsburgh
Pirates. The affair, attended by
more than one hundred (100)
athletes of the College, was the
initial setting for the formation
of the group.
Mrs. Ruth White,
Administrator of the
Pittsburgh Sickle Cell Center
and also the person
instrumental in getting Mr.
Stargell to come to Augusta,
Certificate and S 100.00 cash
award for an approved cost
reduction idea was James A.
Long. Jr., Engineering Service.
Receiving the Director’s
Commendation were Luvem
Geter and Alfred Walker,
Nursing Service.
Solomon Walker, Building
Management Service; John A.
Williams, Dietetic Service;
Mary C. Pierce, Nursing
Service; Harold Bussey.
Nursing Service; and Joseph C
Hamilton Jr., Radiology
Service, received a certificate
and pin for 25 years career
service.
Mae Y. Van Hom, Nursing
Service and Henry S. Bentley,
Personnel Service, received a
certificate and pin for 30 years
career service.
source of all the trouble is a
complex sugar found in milk,
called lactose. In order to
break this down in the
digestive tract, the body must
produce an enzyme, lactase.
While all babies, regardless of
race, do make lactase, most
Blacks will stop -lactase
production at about age two.
Without lactase, this sugar
simply passes down the
intestine without being
absorbed, and actually
ferments right in the body,
producing noxious chemicals.
If you are lactose intolerant,
symptoms start appearing an
hour or two after you drink
milk-and those symptoms can
include diarrhea, gas, and
abdominal pains, among
others. Unfortunately, since
the problems Blacks have with
milk have not been widely
publicized, many doctors don’t
know about the dangers in the
white liquid. As a result, many
digestive problems common to
Blacks have been misdiagnosed
as colitis or other syndromes,
instead of lactose intolerance
Many Blacks have gone
through elaborate medical
testing, and taken expensive
drugs, when the source of their
troubles was milk-and when
their problems could easily be
ended, if milk was only
removed from their diet. Since
so little has been done to
inform the Black community
about the dangers of milk, you
Willie Stargell Speaks
Io Paine College Group
introduced him to the audience
as a very warm person whose
concern for his fellowman
extends far beyond those
sports fans in the stadium. She
praised him as a family man
and also for his civic
mindedness. He is president ot
the Black Athletes Foundation
who has been a stanch
supporter of the Sickle Cell
Anemia Program.
The officers of the
organization are: M.E. Bames,
president; H.R. Dagget,
treasurer; Herman F. Harris,
Secretary and Director of
Publicity ; and John Cummings,
AC Presents South Indian Dances
Yaniini Krishnamurti
A virtuoso of the dance of
South India, Yamini
Krishnamurti will appear in the
Augusta College Lyceum Series
8:30 p.m. Feb. 26 as a prelude
February 17, 1977 No. 43
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Charles Bellman, executive vice-president of The Augusta Chamber of
Commerce and Al Irby, news editor of The Augusta News-Review, discuss the
future of Downtown Augusta.
News-Review Staff Photo by Frank Bowman
might think medical science
has only recently uncovered
this problem. But that simply
isn’t true. Many thorough
studies have been done,
including one at the prestigious
John Hopkins Medical School
in 1971. That investigation
showed that 50% of children in
a group of 312 were unable to
digest milk properly, compared
to only 16% of white children.
Yet, inspite of the fact that
researchers have shown that
milk and Blacks don’t mix, our
politicians and so-called
government experts continue
to push milk on ghetto school
children.” You may ask why
our Black physicians and
politicians in-the-know have
not let this important
documentation be known to
Black people.
Program Chairman. In addition
to the members of the
Executive Committee, the
Criteria Committee, whose
primary function is to establish
the requirements for selecting
candidates, is composed of Dr.
Aiandus Johnson, Dr. I.E.
Washington, Banaka Roberts,
Roscoe Williams, A.E. Bryant,
Bishop P R. Shy, M.M. Scott,
Dr. Crtarles Gomillion, James
L. Walker, and Dr. Rudy
Patterson.
Persons interested in
participating in the project
should contact any member of
the Executive Committee.
to the college’s Cullum Third
World Cultures Program on
India scheduled to begin spring
quarter.
She is known for her
Editorial
Black Festival
Runs Into Trouble
BY AL IRBY
There are times when half-truths can be
constructed, so that they will convey a subtle iota
of total conformity with reality. That was the case
of the article carried in last Thursday’s Augusta
Chronicle stating that the Augusta Black festival
projects would la 1 ;dy three weeks; when in truth
the Black Festival’s activities will last the year
round. It seems as if some people are envious of
the Black community receiving a portion of the
revenue sharing money for cultural advancement.
There seems as if someone or group downtown
is endeavoring to inject politics in an effort to
abort this fledgling community project, that is
designed to bring much culture and a variety of
entertainment to all of the people of the CSRA,
irrespective of race or color, it is hard for many in
the Black community to understand the Augusta
Chronicle’s reporter, John Sorrells’ caption:
“550,000 Black Festival plans unveiled”. His entire
story is a labyrinth of contradictions. To begin
with Mr. Sorrells’ story was lucky to get by the
citv editor’s desk, if correct investigation is the
criteria. In one of his other statements he said:
“that the Festival was projected to be a year round
affair.
Surely, the fact, that the officials of the Festival
use of three CETA personnels are not troubling Mr.
Sorrells, and some other people downtown, when
there are numerous groups that are non-profiting
using CETA funds. There, maybe a few loose
strings in the organization, that need tying. But the
Festival has the backing of some of the most
influential Black citizen, including Dr. Julius Scott
of Paine College and other business and
educational leaders. If this is so, then everything
pertaining to the Festival must be above board in
integrity.
Mas be the word Black should be deleted from
the name of the Festival, so as to remove all racial
connotation. But then that would be a complete
cop-out of Black identity, which most certainly
w ould be untenable.
White entertainers will appear on numerous
programs, and white kids, as well as adults will be
able to see much of the attractions, because many
acts and personalities will visit white areas and
playgrounds.
innovative expression of the
classical style of Bharata
Natyam and the romantic style
of Kuchipudi. On her first tour
of the U.S., under the auspices
of the Performing Arts
Program of the Asian Society,
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Miss Kirshnamurti will perform
in both styles, accompanied by
a group of Indian musicians.
Those with an active AC
alumni card will be admitted
for SI; others, $2.
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