The Register, 1979-11-27

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104 Year Old Says
'Martini A Day May Increase Your Life Span'
By Priscilla Smith
"Frequenting the
neighborhood pub and
downing a martini a day, may
actually increase your life
span," says Winona Wilonka
of California who is 104 years
old.
According to the November
2 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical
ASaSociation,   Mrs. Wilonka is
right. Those people who drink
about three beers, two glasses
of wine or two highballs per
day may be less likely to die of
coronary disease than people
who abstain from alcohol.
A group of Harvard doctors,
who submitted the study, said
they observed the drinking
habits of more than 1000 men
and  found  that   "moderate"
consumption of beer, wine
and liquor may reduce the risk
of heart attack.
The Boston researchers have
documented information of
568 men who died of heart
disease compared with the
data on an equal number of
men in the same age groups
and basic socio-economic
background.   They have what
they call strong evidence that
"alcohol itself" and not some
other vitamin or mineral in a
drink protects against heart
disease.
One of the researchers, Dr.
Walter Willett, says they are
not certain why alcohol
produces the effects shown in
the study, but they think
alcohol    may    increase    the
Alexander Wins Danforth Award
When Dr. Sandra C.
Carlton-Alexander and her
husband Rondal, were
recently appointed to the
Danforth Associate Program,
it marked a growing list of
honors for Mrs. Alexander.
Dr. Alexander is an
assistant professor of English
at A&T and president of the
Greensboro   chapter   of   the
National Association of Negro
Business and Professional
Women's Club (NANBPW).
It seems like just a few years
ago that Dr. Alexander was a
hardworking undergraduate
English major at A&T. A
native of tiny Warsaw, N.C,
she excelled in her collegiate
studies and became the second
A&T graduate to win one of
the    prestigious    Danforth
Serious Threat To Peace
Since Cuban Missile Crisis
United Nations(AP)-The U.N.
Security Council was expected
to begin debate Monday on the
U.S.-Iranian crisis in response
to a request from Secretary-
General Kurt Waldheim
contending that it is the most
serious threat to peace since
the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
The United States, which
for nearly two weeks blocked
an Iranian request for the
debate, agreed because it
believed the debate would
result in a strong resolution
demanding release of the 49
Americans held hostage in the
U.S. Embassy in Tehran for
three weeks, a State
department official said.
The hostages were visited
Sunday for the first time since
their ordeal began Nov. 4 by
an American official as tens of
thousands of Iranians held the
daily anti-American
demonstration outside.
The official, Rep. George
Hansen, R-Idaho, reported
the captives were still being
kept with their hands tied
loosely and were "anxious"
but healthy. He also reported
one of them was recovering
from chicken pox.
(See Iranians Page 5)
Dr. Sandra Alexander
Foundation    fellowships    for
graduate study.
Dr. Alexander attended
Harvard University, then
enrolled at the University of
Pittsburgh, where she earned
her Ph.D. degree in American
literature. Her specialty is
Afro-American literature.
As a Danforth associate,
•Dr. Alexander and her
husband will join more than
500 other persons from across
the nation in projects to
encourage the humanizing of
the learning and teaching
experience on college and
university campuses.
"Students keep me
motivated," said Dr.
Alexander. "I feel that I can
help Black students gain the
basic skills needed to compete
in the job market.
"Not caring for your fellow
man is the thing today," she
added. "Where have all the
humanitarians gone?"
Ms. Salutes Prominent Women
By Trudy Johnson
According to Ms.
Magazine, this current decade
has 336 contributions to
women. These involve areas
of        their personal,
professional, and marital
lives.
These affecting Black
women the most are briefly
discussed as follows:
1970 and 1971. The
National Press Club admits
women members. The
National Women's Political
Caucus is organized.
1972. The     Equal
Employment Opportunity Act
empowers discrimination
cases. Shirley Chisolm runs
for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
1973. The National Black
Feminist Organization is
founded. The first Feminist
Federal Credit Union is
formed (in Detroit).
1976-1985. The United
Nations declared these
designated years as the
"Decade of Women, Equality,
Development, and Peace".
1976. President   Carter
appoints Patricia Harris as
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development. The
National Association of Black
Professional Women is
formed (in California).
1977. Faye Wattleleton is
the first Black woman (and
first woman) to be elected for
Planned Parenthood
presidency      since      the
organization was founded.
1978. For the first time in
history, more women than
men entered college.
1978-1979. Ntozake
Shange's "For Colored Girls
Who Have Considered Suicide
When the Rainbow Is Enuf"
has made national
controversial authenticity for
its dramatic poetry.
1979. Yvonne Brathwaite
Burke, a Black
congresswoman (from
California), is one of the
founders of WOMEN, USA,
an organization promoting
economic justice and so
forth.
For the first time, more
women are taking positive
actions toward a more
distinguished United States.
body's high-density
lipoproteins-a substance that
protects against heart failure.
Willett also adds that previous
studies have also found
medicinal value in alcohol, but
are inclusive as to what
specific component is
beneficial.
Staunch supporters of the
"healthy effects of alcohol
study" include Mrs. Wilonka
mentioned earlier. She
attributes her long life to brisk
walks each day, vitamins twice
daily, a bourbon on the rocks
each evening and dying her
gray hair, brown. Mrs. Brown
says all these things help
develop a youthful self-
attitude about oneself.
A Greensboro widow says
she's been married twice. She
says  her  first  husband  died
(See Heart, Page 3)
Traditional Student
In Prime Of
Adult Life
By John R. Brincefield, III
The traditional college
student is in the prime of his
adult life. Career
opportunities are plentiful and
their life expectancy has
steadily increased.
But what about the non-
traditional student? This is the
student who for some reason
or another has postponed his
education and has worked for
a number of years before
deciding to come back to
school.
Data from the Computer
Center at A&T State
University show that from an
active enrollment figure of
5,421 students, there are 1, 147
of these non-traditional
students who are twenty-five
years of age and older.
What brings these older
students back into the
educational system?
According to Dr. Emory
Sadler, chairman of the
Psychology Department, there
are a number of factors.
"Some students simply come
back to up-grade their
credentials whereas others are
interested in the subject
matter. They may elect to take
just a course or two," he said.
(See Degree, Page 2)