Buffalo Criterion, 1981-06-24

              the buffalo criterion vol m - no 26 vtdnesday june 24-30 mi rochester r ■ ■• • "; , , niagara region us postage paid wkmit**j(a ul4 i»attesio.m*.stkk * wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester/criterion church youth of the week rex be«ier — thera young people at member of tbe youth dt-partittent ed the ml veraoo bapttat church ml lm*pb aw rev j i jackson la pet.tlw they at the rhßdnm -,<«-- mra wilson m*oom%9my taw 9 bammh xit ysdaatta bora wttaoa baaaed bleah.li wbara naacp to hold annual convention channel 17 to carry nightly convention highlights 2^^^^^^h^^^^-^^^p_v^-niflhh^_____a june 29-july 4th i buffalo - highlights of this year naacp con veataaa trill be broadcast am 290 through july 4 at 11 p.m on channel 17 veteran journalist carl rowan will anchor the nightly coverage providing .? i minutes of fi'ghl'ghta of the major daily activities and events major area for • insider alum during the five-day maxantion is the effect of the reagan admlnistra tlaa'a *■... it nt.tunic and international prrliciea on black americans prrai deal ronald reagan ix expected ito appear and address th conference ' stimetime during tin initial day's activities also scheduled to take part in the pr.veedinjra are tuch national black figure a andrew young coretta j king julian bond the rev jesse jackson and r benjamin hooks naacp executive n.t.i pwmvs~mikjsm9k •>■; hurmsn carl t row m m waa the find black american to sit with the president's cabinet cod with the u s national security onmcii aa three tor of the united states information agency in i*"**64-*ss during th kennedy admiatotrataoa he served as deputy assis tant secretary ot state for public affairs sod wm a member erf the u s l"*"*l*kat'cm lo th united nations he also served m u s ambassador to finland he is ■ permanent panelist on aoronsky and company the wyp ular public affairs mow broadcast on tv st«.t,tm across the nation men saturdays st 7;30 p.m on channel 17 m is also * frequent panelist on meet the pries milium of americans listen to the rowan pail a series of radio commentaries tin national flairs he is also a reeving r'llltot of the header digest lor which he writes four to eight articles a year old urban league center prior to redevelopment on of ihe moat popular center in beffato up raid he ttomotltioa tor lb kllirntl dtatrit-t bedraelopmrnl program esmipleied in 1901 wm th buffalo urban league at i*ss cedai st a criterion photographer took thta picture in the third boot auditorium el the building in the left foregrraad ta th ex-watt ih*«s the bra wmtata l .*_ _._* refreshment with be fey iken pester ml tier ssstara utabeeaa church bto wet know yotttlx are c w bvwwa aad the tale andrew brawn th photo ****** ha to the late 40 shiners to donate 5,000 to roswell park onthurs june 25 the prince hall shrinen will make , their 4th annual charity ihinetitsn lot mcd m-al reseat to roswetl park memorial institute presentation of a check for 16.000 all be made by the officers of hadji temple no 61 the iocs if i lis te in it 2 of the search building at ri tl park this tamtam tan th total rjnnetod to eer 2onoo n.o.w announces era countdown rallies set for cathedral pk ta - ntseyn^irne _**• in more than i*^s t m across the country _. he md on june wxh **• astional organiaatton -» wet/men has an fsmnced the era cceuntdowri , raw mark the beginning ja th fin --._'. cam t lev ratify th equal **""»* amewment __ ran states are ss 3r ami a m im g"m state have * d si-ice 1972 . t nates have yet to em era pasta *» part of the national *** campaign the rut __, — t *' •"* nxar ____*' of now is !____?-.• r « s park church i main v from ' gma 1:30 the ralls .■&*** will mclude the asg speakers mary nne freedman bob grimm florence baugh and judge penny wolf pang ma bessie scrtoep perel a vassar graduate and original suffragist will also be honored she will be wearing th flrigin l sash and pongee dress worn in the parade deism fifth avenue at the time wr-mem war fighting for the right to vote other participating on th program will be ( oii-kilman at large ctt-orge arthur ( r-uncii man dave collins rufus fraswsr of the naacp the urban la-ague guild and attv ron tet-s of the legal aid bureau rally organizer will distribute era cc-untdown journal vail l/%mm/ilr'sl 7 post the dean - william otis walker the dean h.i is the power of th black pre william otis stalker the veritable t*c!itt>r and puhlixher of the t"l*?v***,*id call & post suffnred a massive heart attack in !*?*-*}, at the age of m his srvilithvn mm ruarded and in did met believe that he would live to see the new year but he did now american can rhstisstr -.««-, bout this bvin le-jceyvd known as the dean of the black press on an ufx^iming edition of the national television aeries tony browns journal meet the dean^ks william o walker has tackled many adversaries in his long limirne he crusadt _ for the right of blacks to eat at union station in washington and led the fight for jobs for blacks in cleveland ttwe and utility companies walker used the medium to crusade for the righto el black americans host and execuuv producer tony brown questions walker about his ins*c)lv»mt?nt with the republican party his controversial political schist with former cleseland mayor carl stokes his break into the newspaper business in 1919 and how he perceives the unique role of ihe black prt-ss in rt'spcirise to a question posed to him reitardin th tobellini of rlack republicans as conservative walker ays i am perhaps m militant than most of the rlack democrats for the richts of black rjwple a black person in american can't bo a conservative becau«ae being conservative would indicate that you were satisfied with the tain aae and lax not and at republic are not we want change lent we lx lif s .* that change can tarty come about when ye«u form alliances with other people sometime these ,•,,-, * may appear tie lie strange walker in hi rn«i*t rexealin interview j m\en more outspoken about the rift which developed ist-tween the black le-arlership "' cleveland md car stokes have yeesi ever gotten egg on your face by tin rt)mt-t»ody in office that you late-r rtecame disappointed with asked tony bosvn of the dean yes i have replied walker with a lamf-h that person is carl stokes walker continues then in the last couple of years he turned against us w o walker's personal it v brilliantly unfolds on the program with the aid of two other guests ronald kiaaer who has written a detailed analysis of walker's career for the cleveland magazine gives the audience greater insight -•-.* the political power wielded by the news paper itiaj-nate hrr-siktk>_t the years journalist robert mcgruder manaj-inj editor at the presof-ir-us cleveland plain dealer explains walker's crmtributions to jwirna'.tsm and his community and the srjrecial role of the black press althcrugh walker for decades has been a fiowertul figure in this community he denies that he has tried to be a pem-e-r broker 1 have tried to crusade for those thin that i thought tbe black an-nmunity was entitled to and to let the white ct-mmunity know our installed as resident imam masjid muhammad a member of the american muslim mission locand at tlfi michigan aye . bufialo resenti install medcljalifl nun.lilin m resident imam 1 western new york and narks catmda p-mpphmh imam nuriddin ha ness ed lei continue striving in the name of allah god for he cause «*. human rli'vi'le.pme.it as revealed in holy tvur'an hadlth and the teaching of imam w d muhammad leader of the american muslim mission community a retiding nauve ol " buffabi imani nuriddin has a wife and ta the father of tan children he hat been en arttat member m th islamic community ha thi pari ton years and ha furxcuonad v ataistanl imam tnd chaplin in the erta county sheriff's de partment he ta an artrvt panit print on many wm munity commit and .* presently employes by . [„ new york ihato division tar youth i'd unit inn paw et im munity it-.ei<te,rt.t-.,t bui it-oral i'xr.-tlt-nt i are tan nrioritim of imam berra «_..'• lint of nmct-ms and it i slam ta darmc tnr id public bmettaw abdrl-faleel inrlddto rwmwwmm waa^^*m*-i ivvimhbmi bellamy gives statement regarding paying city debts faitowiag i * luteals at blade its court ilinan at urge herbert ttemans *■ being a lawmaker 1 urn t-t-ry mce*ns*d alts dt»irii things the rij*ht was the council nn*ml>i-rs has bs-s'ti advised by the city's lop lawvi that it ia mutetm to use pension hand to pay off the city debts i have at rtmsulted private attor neys to reaseatrh till matter and they tt-ll me it is illegal lo list pension funds bes'ousi tins funds sre si-tually heltl in trust lor those persons who worked many sear and one day will kink to retirement and have lht*se funds available fur them 1 have also iwt-ti assured by the mayor utat the money needed for the budget will ik ttrthctstmng in state assixlanct it is also unfortunate that a lew i rem might m laid off or in in n y „,. ent'l-d..but as a business man and lawmaker 1 muss follow this law for thoste i«w who might try to make a isi-till issue out ol this metier i . it only my that i reprrs-etil all the people inthecilyolßuifalo.andl am not t out inn.l about a few i.ii ut trying to ay i am harming ints black i ttm n i unit v over the years the black communi ly knows where i stand they know that i have linen in the foreiront fighting for the right and betterment for the commu nity ' fur lie last twenty years my lecotd on what 1 have done will speak far me and not like my rau^nte who e4t * what dtal ol tip am**j**»**a it is time that un eel th until raeiaarx atop their p.i..'t„il vramltai bitaitia thee mayor and try lo c-netpe rule with him -„. that t<«i'ther »• can prt-n-nt thu financial itu tltsn of the city to the t«le and has m eater thant-e i the stale coming to our aid much sinner in fan if ihe council ttvetntn-t hail t-eiupai—d a few month ago ■*.- wuxtld not by in this situation at th pre time i an be i uj.tt 1 n lo vote with the mayor or the council if i wl thai my votae is legal and in tht best latoiela of all of tlit people in th city of buffalo editor cited the eli'icott district islitkir of agencies trill host their annual com munity day on wed june 24tb this year's site will be town garden plato <•- william st at jefferson over twenty community service age-met are parti cipating the will provide printed inform.it ion to area twtaadeota and hjise staff available to answer que ■ tn from 10 am to 4 p.m a dedication program will lie held at 10 a.m to l-»o*eor frank e m**rn weather editor publisher of the buffalo rtiaev newspaper too prtnaa will honor the vferrt weather tamily'a many . . .. ** year of ," aaaiatißfi map xort and wrs-tce frank e merri weather whelan gets backing from black ministry two prominent mem bar of ; buffalo black ministry have announced their support for the candidacy o city comp troller robert e vtiutoi for surrogata rev elijah j ecbola president of the empire missionary baptist con venlkm and pastor of the fir shtioh baptist church id buffalo and ram i t betyce who i former president of th baptist ministers confer ac current chairman of finance of the stat it t.i j and sunday ■_**_ congress of christ ed ucatioa and pa-tor of the calvary baptist church of buffalo cila-4 mr whelan as an lndepei_rnl public official posy "* t-uif the financial and aditunintra ttv ***** vital to the letmtm ", f if-s l skama *** rev bcryc mhmpd i mi know n hut \**>.> lit for a number of years and he ha always l«,n a conscicntii-bis aarhto who knows hi jab me a • gt r.ue-ft.xn who is emi nently capable and tfuali had to handle probit*m thai may arise arßh tami bee aad tadr*r***aet srith r.-sra-rt ba th of t of wmw*\^^fkmmw and vi fw"pi that the time hss come tt n m4*mwmwmo in res d_fw im thai f w ******** ****-** bob w'he.an * * | a best a ********** tor t*rh • mra'ajtlm iwdatial pftelti*a n sis mary l anderson to speak sitter mary ioutoe an derson of th prior if peace terr chtatch of god in christ w.ti he the guest speaker at th ron of sevseor church of god in christ t (--,-«,« st j saamx july 12th at 4 p.m th pear i pnt,-*-rmd try ihe vpuinl si andera.'ie i the axes a bishop i s am it mm ■ ■ .-, th '. first nrtaavaaa at it kprtialaatk dmritt of the cntmhm of /.-.' i ch-na,spi****-h crjlte ftriaawßrtstoto saparg tear now jsee pace 7 the dean ( n pate 71 1923 1981 criterion press and still the nt 1 wny central cttrra largest press our eijtes hat iran .**- evets vveeb of v v yemt ' «*■.* est tsatenr tern out ciatmrnuisttirt i re than whs care juts 2ft 1979 tor peat child l atlanta star lost you's t gotta se up i'll » re i ' '•» fm-tlaki ry mmtrm m n-k 2tr na.kisai ft fpxt **•**> yo*b't atora ant itta mevmm tfa-a mv 0u wny now syr mto t , t**r***rad m » toss ft i**,ii**,i**,h*-i *•*—' i*ie starch i ".*-** a at.a — — •■•*, nenrsoat