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...Apac district hospital near Alenga, where THETA has encouraged the nurses to accept traditional approaches, it's not uncommon for patients to ask a healer for supplemental herbs or to check themselves out to seek traditional remedies. But even in Apac, the doctors are not so accommodating. Okello carefully fills out referral forms provided by THETA, but they often come back with no comments or diagnosis. "We don't get the feedback," says Okello, who takes it upon himself to make sure patients are following their regimens. "Maybe they feel it time wasting...
...from the Area Planning Action Council (APAC), a government-funded program, was spurned, and a mutual dislike grew. APAC felt the big brothers were too radical; the big brothers felt APAC was another white pacification program...
...project, the credit union folded in 1969 as too few members repaid loans, and the Bayside Mall closed last year, claiming too little business volume. APAC cut its staff of part-time help and beginning in December will be funded on a month-to-month emergency basis. The clinic, which seems to be set for the moment, must under new guidelines become self-sufficient...
...local board, which gives residents a firm voice in the administration of many community undertakings-among them Head Start nurseries, senior-citizen programs, remedial education and recreation projects. In recent weeks some 14,000 people turned out to cast ballots for 200 candidates seeking 120 seats on the APAC boards. From the Irish and black community of Dorchester to the Italian North End, Boston has witnessed a merry binge of mainstreeting, leafleting and parties with some of the excitement of a mayoral election...
...turnout reflected APAC's burgeoning impact. The first election, in 1968, drew a dismal 52 voters. This year 1,628 North Enders went to the polls. Many of them had made no use of new APAC-sponsored facilities (a Head Start nursery, a softball diamond, and even a local theater), but they recognized APAC's importance as a community force. Said Margaret D'Ambrosio, a middle-aged housewife, as she left the polls: "They never had meetings and things like this when we were kids growing up. I don't go to meetings now myself...
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