Buffalo Criterion, 1981-11-18

              vol m — no 47 wednesday november 18*24 1981 the buffalo criterion rochester niagara region 11 "■' wa-^w-^^ooo-bp u.s postage paid j£rmlf no iji4 ttutrtaid new york wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation committee plans for tv special planning the lou haa i parade ■<) ttm tv **••*•. scheduled lo air in iluffalo sat no 21 to benefit the ualted i rtl|e h e fund are from left art i lot me parade of mlar coordinator john a johnson ( timmlsa lower of cri counly department i youth service chairman of the parade of star campaign and mrs earline collier chairman •■( the special activiiit * committee par mar information or lo volunteer tall ma mitltwe at 71t1rt.5 0303 dr m williams leaves area to pastor in mobile ala lane pi i tt*»p pab of we-tera new york amp team ( horrfcea dr malea l william k fram ml aad paator of shaw mease-rial boa left lor mobile a-_a_oa_o tali be **« pool or the mb ami urn tkmetk th i»m who ll**d la the baffalo ore lor ik rear t______*___l derham memorial and later shaw memorial a b b */ pmivio i mwvrm ■ aw bbwiwt h_iw wemtwaw *% tvi r charche he pti-i-wlid v«t the i eeeto new york coaference toe ii years rev i rite la now pasturing shaw memorial and rev joseph kerr la lh presiding elder of wny shown i the photo in the photo from left are th linen nits proctor maggie turner michael ellis samuel harrla andrew whitted bishop s bishop milton william ma freeman rudolph well lltireiu wells curtis walker ami <**.* vaughn criterion pbntti mayor advises beware of out-of-town offer service available m"m*ismte b _ itqouai caa unm aowlwvlw according to reports from the mayor's office tie senior citizens the data sl computer sys tems p o bos 13r2 new york new ynrk is circu lating a brochure in which they promise the senior citizens of the cits of buffalo up tn 200.00 if they fill in the application and if they qualify s2o 00 fee ttr 115.00 if ytm pay in advance what they are not tilling the senior citizens is that they are referring to >.* monies i that are being distributed - to qualified person filing a . laun for real property tax credit for homeown ers and renters itllll this credit is not only for senior citizens hut for all who qualify however the mayors office air senior citizens offers th service ft of charge to all senior citizens at all its senior center locations and in room 218 cxv hall also mosl senior citizens enters offer this servke free of charge th mayor's office he senior citizens cant inn all senior citizens to hestitato before sending in their money and personal data to strangers according to edna c pelonero director for the senior citizens all of our files are kepi strictly confidential please contort the mayor's office for senior citizens before trusting v sir money to persons who know perfectly well that thia servic is being offered across the state free of charge by moot agencies engaged in ser vices to armor dtixens ms pelonero * final remark were remem ber if it it a legitimate program for seniors we know of it and stand reedy to help you receive any benefits to which you are entitled please ca"ll us at to*-4141 for further infor matiot the deadline for ming tt2t4 is december 31 rati minister returns rt william v callahan jr „„.. 1 msurvioß missionary baptist churrh in allium cbbb-lf cueymans n ¥„ will be the gut-sl apeaker sea saa 29th at the it a.m service nt i mutt baptist cmarrh 11 spree st in buffalo th oervie i*sponsored hi the missionary youth depart nt m te cißaliaa io a native buffalonian belonging to trioiiy met chareh all of hia ufe ■» •" th son of poo—a aed mrs wilham v ab mead and at quaintante ore invilitl to aam att mm hear hue valentini new head of civil service &_ faßaiing his unset t*k*a cratfirmatton by the stat senate on ort 27th joseph a p ma un bbbbip by the p vatomi haa wsamed the presidency of 0b s-ete civil service c_mnu*«utn latiiaßa bet s iuh i-a native of rochester d a graduate of tlte caftersity of toronto's st wthaet's college and nf johns university of lew school in brooklyn ■ cnaraissioner valenti f-wrn mm recently as rfitemuve deputy com ' b_*sioner of the state %*%*. tt taxation and fly of daring i his bbsot rae*wtl*r aa • i votll t aw b of the slate af taiathvt and dartng ysar baas in the post jpfeswsd omgtr ta and m*ae*"s rrst major ww i r-mbc tt»l he m already indicated hi ■**» » revilalire the maaatioa and manage sat nf toe dept of civil ***«<** « this agency i-:pq*t to celebrate the first hundred years of the merit system in new york state as dent of the stole civil seme com mission valenti alio will head the state ivpt of • civil service the sato's ctmtral personnel agency the civil service dent is sponsible for monitoring joseph a p valknti hodges named deputy comm in state post albany - • industrial conunieasoeer lillian rob erts head of the new york stale dept of labor has announced the appoint meet of virgil h hodges as a deputy commission er he will be based in the department's albany headquarter bringing 1 ear of state service to the post of deputy commissioner mr hodges ill coordi nate thy ad.tunijtrat uwt of the labor dapartmoet department's federally funded employment awl training programs in !-_•_ ing the job serve di vmtrm the ceta opera turns division and th unemployment insuraace division prior to thi appoint ment ciammiimwt lodge was the director ef the department s ' 1 t a operation division dar ing hit 4-year tenure m that position the ceta operations division was completely reorganized becoming a model pro gram for other states he served as administrator of the labor department affirmative actioa pro gram for on veer before being named eta direr tor mbaa^ssimbwewo i 1969 mr hodges was appointed director at the mount morris commu nity rehabilitation center of the sew york state narvtath addiction control i mission in harlem a post which he hem until 1972 at that urn the commission assigned him to head the state's largest drug abase rehabilitation facility the arthur kill community rehabilitation center on staten island where mr hodges served as director until joining the state labor dept in jan 1977 prom 1967 until imb mr hodge was kxecutive director af the oo laund cnmmonßy family centos he worked to the field of asocial work front 1961 to 1967 beginning with th new york city youth board progreesing through the ranks he odministored severs youth board on to brooklyn mr hodges graduated cum bud in iwmt from morris brown college in atlanta hi alßa h earned a b a in brno maay i bm he graduated with an m a in anthropology from awa new york university school of education where he also completed tear as work toward a doctorate mr hodges was active m the civil righto move mem with the late dr martin lather king jr a lifetime member of the naacp he also serves on the board of director of the albany urban league and the board m directors of the martin luther king jr center for non-violent social change he and his wife verne have two children virgil 18 age 12 and rath f age 8 a native of atlanta georgia he is a resident of cohmfc n y as deputy commis sioner mr hodges salary is 50,494 wwowmwbk ii hodt-p.s lackawanna resident recipient of scholarship richard m trtyne 71 franklin st lackawanna is the first recipient of the gwendolyn e mitchell scholarship ms hell a state university at buffalo grad uate died last year after 30 year of employment with erie county a social services dept the scholarship was created in her honor through dona toms from her colleagues and friends the aw scholarship will be given annually to a graduate student at u/b's school of social work who was employed in a public social services area and plans to return there after completing studies the scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic achievement and excellence in field place ment activity mr trzyna was presen ted the achotarship by erie county social service commissioner fred j buscaglia who serves as chairman of the scholar ship fund southern poverty law center's klanwatch the an htm poverty la center was created in the early 70s by three lawyers joe levin morns deet and julian bond for ovi-i three years the mm-pmrrt legal cent ha bei-orm w*ll known for filing numenm c action civil rights tea •> on behalf of minorities mat the poor the k hmb____l i a n*w addition headed by randall williams m mama the w ol klae groups or ktaverns throughout the united matt m you have beam the victim of klan violence or u_twmdation and eiah to sue contact klanwatch southern poverty uw center lis g hull st meatfo-aery ala 36101 more lhan 50 lawyers around the nation have fmßßßeeead to represent chkuit for frwe it necessary who have tas-n the varum * racist mi threats or harrassment _ the director of kkaewati randall williams caucasian was born and raised in alabama and ausperts that he had klansmen of both aides of his «*,„„ during to ibso a and perhaps on his father's side in the 60s these are a few m mr williams observations by abdullah luqman * there he been a bvrssa rd 50 over five *«■> a artive klan bmßßmmßasmmrwwm i in th united stat oiildren art liteeail t*ng to hate h*rfo»*e they walk tne klan is w-f*itis aho«t bringing mbtsbl non kind m change through vtolenre they ar terrortstw pore and simple the klan ij to he gaining a t?b?e il america th is there is a little bit of klansmaii hiding in mb one of us and until we figure out a way to do something about it,'we probably will always be confronted by tho klan in one form or another ot^sa_oo^ofio we wish tin southern poverty law center and the klanwatch the greatest amount of success however tho while robe clad xxx no longer mult terror into oie hearts of the economic deprived th greatest fear of poot ameri cans especially htm i i losing their jobs in a reagan plus 6 months kill among blacks the top three worrit til concerned ocimumka first was getting n job second was keeping the job hint they have and third was getting promoted or transferred '• a highttr pay job daemen to host nat'l psychologist leader dr robert s marshall the president of daemen coileg located in am herst n v proudly areaonnres that the na tional president of the association of black pgy < holf-mst will address the ijeemee college '' oram of ideas dr terrell of nashville tennessee will fly to buffalo to address thia luncheon forum at 12 noon on thursday dec rd in the executive dining room of the charles j wick center of daemen college 4380 main st leading black commu nity and civic leader aero new york slate will ik invited to attend the forum dr william k lyles consulting t i'r-y holngjftt psychoanalyst and strongly supportive mem ber of the association from statin island new york will introduce dr terrell dr terrell will address the topic of what are the challenge and re sponsibuities for block collegw student during the 1980s dr marshall daemon college president noted it is indeed an honor to have dr terrell fly to buffalo to address th daemea college forum of idea dr terrell represents a group with a most di*t»l.gu.«rvsf mem bership dr terrell is also aa associate profcssta in th meharry medical o&t^e heels of medicine sod graduate studies and director of the fiak-m harry clinical psychology training program dr terrefl is a found of the national association of black psyd^ogh dr david l terrell musical extravaganza set you are cordially invited to attend the senior steward musical extrava ganza sponsored by the jesse chase brotherhood chorus of historic bethel ame church 1525 michi gan aye sun no ,*» at 6:30 p.m the public is invited rev eugene e mc ashan ie minister jess chan chairmen and mra thelma phelps di rector valenti - see page 2 1923 1981 criterion press and sl the no 1 wny central cities largest press our t*r ha been open every wed at **_ year save taa iena * serving our , mraunaw you've ... iv gotta sign up lor » copy ri th bullab criterion every i***|i — it at na tional 2p upstate new york aides 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