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The Augusta News-Review-June 13,1981-
The Augusta News-Review
Mallory K. MillendetEditor-Publisher
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Rev. R.E. Donaldson Religion Editor
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Mrs. Mary Gordon Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Geneva Y. Gibson Church Coordinator
Mrs. Fannie Johnson Aiken County Correspondent
Mrs. Cara WestMcDuffie County Corresponsent
David DupreeSports Editor
Mrs. Ileen Buchanan Fashion & Beauty Editor
Roosevelt Green Columnist
Al Irby Columnist
Mrs. Marian Waring Columnist
Philip Waring Columnist
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While more and more
of us are learning the value
of Vitamin supplements,
the knowledge of the
necessity of trace minerals
is scant. One of these trace
minerals is selenium and,
according to reports thus
far, it is well worth
knowing about.
A number of claims
have been made based on
studies. Selenium protects
against the cadmium and
mercury in large fish such
as tuna and swordfish and
increases the effectiveness
of Vitamin E. It is also
Walking With Dignity
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM■ By Al Ilby
(LENA HORNE AND
HER MUSIC,)
.... The Lady and Her
Music: This show brings
one of the most
sophisticated of all the
sophisticated ladies to the
stage of the Nederlander
Theater in a superb and
unforgettable Broadway
musical entertainment.
There is no doubt in
anyone's mind that Ms.
Horne was the inspiration
in the great Duke
Ellington's "memorable
Sophisticated Lady."
ONE BLACK WOMAN
EXTRAVAGANZA
.... A vision in white,
Ms. Hnrne was something
slightly more than that in
blazing red and gold lame.
She is not merely a lovely
singer par excellence. She
is very beautiful and can be
very funny. She struts and
sashays. She can be
elegantly classy, or sassy,
or low-down, mean and
funky.
Miss Horne gives one
of those performance that
brings clusters of spectators
to their feet from time to
time for spontaneous
ovations.
.... It is a toretaste of
things to come in an
evening that exults in the
range and variety of the
American popular songs,
particularly its show tunes.
The credits do not come
from Harlem, but abound
in names like Koehler,
Arlen, Harburg, Rodgers,
Hart, Hammerstein,
Martin, Blane, Youmans,
Cbamin, Aznavour, and
numerous others. The
Lady of Songs, weaves
biographical fragments into
her musical retrospective,
starting with, the days that
I strolled the streets of
Harlem as a young man.
Beginning with the
early days of the famous
Cotton Club (Copper
Colored Gal of Mine") and
Including several flashbaeM
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Cancer And Blacks
Parti Os A Two Part Series
claimed that selenium cuts
the risks of heart attach
and arthritis and slows
down the aging process.
There is also the übiquitous
claim of increased sexual
health and function. Good
sources of this near miracle
are brewer’s yeast, garlic
and liver.
But probably the
greatest claim made about
selenium, one of 20 trace
minerals, is its ability to
combat cancer. Where
selenium is abundant in the
soil, air or water, cancer
Hollywood experiences ("I
felt bad for a while---12
years to be exact.”) The
movie “Moguls" of those
racist ordeals become the
stuff of her comedy and
satirical reminiscences. Her
early days in Hollywood
were a racist nightmare. In
the beginning Hollywood
w anted clowning Blacks only,
and Lena certainly was not
one of those. Introducing
"Stormy Weather”, one of
her cinema classics, Ms.
Horne observes that it was
a song she had to grow to.
On the other hand, she has
only fond memories of
"Jamaica", the Hamburg-
Arlen musical that took her
to Broadway.
The calypso lilt of
"Push De Button" recalls
some of the fun of that
happy collaboration. Like all
great stylist. Miss Horne
seems to become totally
identified with the song she
is singing. She grasps its
story and character, its
immediate drama, its
essence.
She has an ex
traordinary sense of a
song's italics- the precise
emphasis on word. note,
and beat that seems
unalterably right at the
moment. She can caress a
phrase, a word. or
syllable. As a performer.
Miss Horne seems to be
having the kind of good
times that makes the
audience want to share not
merely her perfromance,
but her enjoyment. She
says "I love the words and
I have great joy of melody
line."
....The enjoyment is not
limited to those thrilling
pasages when Miss Horne
lets it all out. There are
exquisite delicacies like
“The Surrey With the
Fringe on Top" (With
music director Harold
Wheeler’s lacy piano
obligato). "I'm Going to
Nil Right Down and Write
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BLACK R&SDURC6S IMG.
BLACK CONSERVATIVE
rates are low; there is a
direct relationship between
low selenium intake and
high cancer incidence.
J apan and the United
States are examples of this
selenium see-saw
relationship. American
women, including those of
Japanese background,
suffer from a breast cancer
rate that is four to five
times higher than that of
Japanese women. Selenium
is plentiful in the Japanese
diet, scarce in the diet of
Americans.
muted trumpet).
“Yesterday When I Was
Young” (with guitarist
Steve Bargonetti), “Love
Me or Leave Me” (with
bassist Bob Cranshaw.)
Besides the fervor and
Going Places
Centennial Planning For Paine By phup waring
....This is the first of two
annual features on Paine
College Family activities.
The 1980-81 college year
appears to be one of overall
progress and upward
thrust. Programs in
education, cultural activities
and athletics have been
fruitful.
President J ulius Scott
has given excellent overall
administrative leadership.
Vital fund raising for
current and future needs
have had solid starts. A
backward look at past
graduation-week columns
have revealed discussion on
people, places and events
of the Paine College family.
As an example, we’ve
looked with amazement
at service given the college
and many national
organizations by my friend
Dr. Dan Collins. We've
saluted the unselfish
leadership rendered as
volunteer national alumni
executive secretary by Dr.
Charles Gommillion. We
noted the decade-long
interest and devotion of Dr.
Evelyn Berry coupled with
the promotional work for
Paine in Florida by Edward
Davis, former president of
the National Insurance
Association.
This annual Paine
feature has also
congratulated Clara West,
Ruth Crawford. Rupert
Blanchard. Magnolia
Donahue and doctors
Vivian Robinson and
Justine Washington tn
*lntiin|i vttriouti hotiuts and
One experiment
conducted at the University
of California compared
blood bank samples from 17
countries and found that
the blood samples from
countries with low cancer
rates had an abundance of
selenium. In another
experiment, selenium was
added to the water of one
group of mice and not to
another. . ,
The group with
selenium in the water had a
10 percent breast cancer
rate; the group without
selenium had an almost 100
intensity of “I Got A
Name" and "If You
Believe,” there is the sweet
lyricism of “That’s What
Miracles Are All About,”
from a musical Charlie (The
Wiz) Smalls is working on.
The show has been
beamed on the fine in
stitutional leadership being
gixen by such persons as
Herman Harris, Rev.
Luther Neal, S. B. Gandy,
Dr. Ike Washington and
others.
We are happy to have
had the service of Dr. and
Mrs. J ciin Lynda, as the
former served as interim
dean. We regret the
passing of M.M. "Skipper"
Scott and Dr. Frank Davis,
Paine’s Man of Science."
Salute To Qunicy
And Chuck Smith
....Our annual spotlight
turns recognition on Quincy
Robertson and Charles
Smith.
Qunicy. business
manager under four
presidents, has played a
vital role in the business
operations of the college
since the late 19605. Well
trained, keen of insight and
skilled in business
management, he has stayed
with Paine College through
thick and thin, good and
bad times. There's now a
well accepted adage in
Augusta that it was Quincy
Robertson, the late Dr.
Canute Richardson and a
few others who actually
saved Paine during its
worst financial crisis some
ten years ago. He has
helped revamp business
operations.
He has served for
many years as a deacon
and treasurer at Thankful
Baptist Church.
Next let's look at
genial Charles Smith,
director of development,
nt n i • :
percent breast cancer rate.
Dr. Richard Schrauzer,
who conducted the
experiment, feels that
selenium makes the
difference in cancer rates.
"If a breast cancer patient
has low selenium levels in
her blood, “he says, “her
tendency to develop
matastases is increased, her
possibility for survival is
diminished and her
prognosis in general is
poorer than if she has
normal levels.”
Dr. Raymond
stylishly staged by Arthur
Faria and slickly designed
by David Gropman (set
ting. Thomas Skelton
(lighting) and Stanley
Simmons (costumes). The
Lady's gorgeous wardrobe
is by Giorgio Sant ‘Angelo.
served his alma mater in
several capacities always
with efficiency, integrity
and with a record of skilled
accomplishment. Now the
coordinator of several
college development
promotional programs, he
has a major fund raising
responsibility, life stream erf
the institution. During his
tenure many important
public and private sector
grants have come through,
including a health growth
of the I'NCF. Charles sings
in the choir and is an
officer of Trinity CME
Church.
Both men work closely
under the leadership of
President J ulius Scott. The
Paine College Family owes
both a "Thanks. Well
Done" salute!
Pritchards Return
To Georgia
....The late Dr. Channing
H. Tobias' niece. Mrs.
Frances Pritchard, and
new phew. John Sidney
Pritchard. Jr.. have
returned after a forty-year
absence in New York City,
to Middle Georgia. Frances,
a graudate of Paine College
and the Fordham University
School of Social Service,
had a distinguished career
in social work. John
finished West Virginia State
and Columbia University
and was an educator.
Frances resides in Fort
Valley with her husband
while John lives in
Millegeville with his wife.
Both have many Augusta
tirea friends who’ve
uek-omed their return It*
Shamberger, a cancer
researcher at the Cleveland
Clinic, has taken blood
samples from hundreds of
actual cancer patients and
compared them with blood
samples from normal
individuals. He found that
all the cancer patients --
except those with leukemia
- had smaller amounts of
selenium in their blood.
Other researchers have
since found selenium
lacking in the blood of
leukemia patients as well.
"The key to cancer
prevention,” he said, “lies
in assuring the adequate
intake of selenium, as well
as of other essential trace
elements." He estimates
the amount of selenium in
our diet to be about half
that of the Japanese.
We should. Dr.
Schrauzer advises, change
our diet. "Eat more
seafood, fish, whole grain
cereals and whole wheat
bread, and less beef, white
bread, potatoes and foods
loaded with refined sugar.”
Selenium fights cancer
successfully, many believe,
because it operates in
conjunction with Vitamin E
to metabolize cancer
causing chemicals and
eliminates them from the
body.
But before we beat our
chests too much about this
great discovery of selenium,
one note of caution should
be sounded. Selenium in its
pure firm is both an
essential trace mineral and
one of the most poisonous
minerals on earth. Because
it is toxic in large
quantities, it should be
remembered that although
some helps, an excessive
amount can harm.
Notwithstanding the
potential abuse, selenium
prevents the hemoglobin in
red blood cells from being
damaged by oxidation and
aids in the regeneration of
the liver after damage,
especially by cirrhosis. It is
also used to slow down the
aging process or premature
aging by an inhibiting
action on free radicals
along with abother
discovery called S.O.D.
(superoxide dismutase).
Cancer, however, is a
"disease of civilization.”
Just taking selenium alone
will neigher prevent nor
cure cancer. It is the end
result of health-destroying
living and eating habits --
smoking, red meats,
carcinogenic substances in
the air and work
environment and, especially
for Blacks. poor early
detection.
Next week: Cancer and
Blacks.
TONY BROWN’S
JOURNAL, THE
TELEVISION SERIES. IS
SHOWN EVERY Sunday on
WRDW.TV 12 at I2t3f>
To Be Equal
By Vernon E. lordan, Jr.
Legal Aid For Poor
In Danger
Legal aid for the poor
is in a fight for its life. The
Administration had targeted
the Legal Services
Corporation for destruction.
LSC is the federally funded
but locally run program
that gives poor people
access to representation in
civil cases.
The Administration’s
plans were temporarily
derailed when a
Congressional subcommittee
voted to reauthorize the
program, but with new
restrictions that will hamper
its operations.
Even so. LSC faces a
hard fight for its life.
Passing the first hurdle is
no assurance that Congress
will reauthorize the
program, fund it at realistic
levels, or even keep it from
being so tied down with
regulatory restrictions that
it could not function as it
has in the past.
The attempt to wipe
LSC off the books is
amother example of trying
to kill a federal program
that has worked well. Legal
Services has been
universally regarded as a
program that assists
milliixis of poor people at
minimal cost and with
maximum effectiveness.
Legal Services made its
way to the top of the hit
list by bringing some
widely publicized class
action suits challenging
some discriminatory laws
and regulations.
But while such cases
make headlines, they are
relatively rare. Virtually all
of the Corporation's work
related to providing legal
representation for
individuals who would not
otherwise be able to afford
a lawyer, and therefore,
would be denied access to
their legal rights.
Like most programs
that bear the “social"
label. Legal Services is
locally-oriented; it’s not
some monster agency in
Washington remote from
local concerns. The poverty
lawyers work for private,
nonprofit organizations in
330 communities, each
governed by a board made
up of kxjal attorneys and
citizens.
They serve thirty
million people, whose
poverty makes them eligible
for the program’s aid. Last
year it handled 1.5 million
legal matters, the vast
majority of which were
settled by negotiation,
outside the courtroom.
Facts About Buying
A House
FORMS OF
OWNERSHIP:
.... When you buy a
house, title may be taken in
your own name, in your
spouse's name, in the name
of husband and wife, in the
names of several people, or
by a partnership or cor
poration. We do not
presume to give legal
advice in the column, buy
exactly how the title is
vested is vitally important.
Lenders may want the
signatures of both husband
and wife, but there may be
valid reasons to oppose
this. Buyers should
thoroughly investigate the
legal complications in
volved before taking title
to real property.
Co-ownership by two or
more persons means that
each person has a
proportionate interest in
(all) of the prqierty. No
single co-owner can sell or
mortgage the property
without the joint action or
acceptance of the others.
Tenancy by the entirety
exists only between a
husband and wife. If one
spouse dies. the other
immediately owns the
> i nil property.
Joint tenancy is similar
except that the co-owners
need not be husband and
wile. Tenancy in common
divs not include the right
ot surxixorship. but
miter* he lx like joint
Poverty lawyer spend
most of their time on
family law cases, such as
child support actions,
b o using complaints,
consumer fraud, and other
important matters. When a
poor person has an
eviction notice. an
irregularity in his ' pension
payment. or is denied
participation in an
entitlement program. he
can go to the poverty
law yers for help.
Poverty lawyers have
helped workers unfairly
dismissed from their jobs to
get reinstated; ended
landlord harassments and
building code violations,
challenged unfair and
illegal denial of welfare
benefits, and provided a
wide range of otner
services ranging from
simple divorce settlements
to counseling neighborhood
action groups.
These are not trivial
matters; they are
enormously important to
the individuals affected by.
them. Without the poverty
lawyers, the poor would
have no legal recourse.
In effect, they would
be denied access to the
legal system, denied the
right to representation, and
denied the ability to defend
their rights and interests
through legal means. That
would make a mockery of
the principle of equal
protection under the law.
Foes of the program
say such services should be
provided as charity by the
legal profession. In fact,
many lawyers do donate
their time ami take cases
for no fee.
But there is no way in
the world for over a
million such legal matters a
year to be handled by
private sources. Nor is
there any way private
lawyers would have the
outreach capabilities of
neighborhood poverty law
offices.
Most important of all,
access to the courts and to
necessary legal
representation is a matter
of right, not a charity to be
dispensed randomly by
some socially conscious
iaywers.
Ending or curtailing
legal aid for the poor would
be tantamount to declaring
that the American system
of justice is reserved only
for those with cash to pay a
lawyer, a notion that is
practically self-destructive
and morally obnoxious.
In community property
states a husband and wife
hold an equal share in most
property acquired during
their marriage. Two ancient
common law rights, dower
and curtesy, grant the wife
and husband, respectively,
a survivor’s share in the
real property of a deceased
spouse. They are spelled
out by statute in most
states today.
Title to real estate is
the foundation of
ownership of real property.
It means that you have a
legal right to possession, to
use it in any lawful
manner, and to exclude
others from using it. Title
to property usually is
transferred by a deed. A
deed describes the land and
puts in writing the owner's
intention to transfer, or
“convery” it to another. It*
is signed by the owner and
acknowledged before a
notary public and delivered
to the new owner, who has
it recorded with the county
registrar.
Home Mortgages
Explained: ;
....The majority of houses,
both new and old, are
bought with mortgage
money. Relatively few
people could afford a home
otherwise. The home
mortgage loan consists of
two basic documents: a
n l .. t n f