Buffalo Criterion, 1985-10-31

              rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation niagara region vol 60 — no 44 tiil.isiiay october 31 november 6 1985 the buffalo criterion arthur eases ahead in mayor's race by abdullah luqman vital signs say that george arthur has caught mayor griffin and is slowly pulling ahead in the buffalo mayoral race nick constantino's candidacy seems to have no effect on the race between mayor griffin and council president arthur he takes some of the liberal voles that would go to arthur and an equal number that would vote for griffin because they just cannot vote for a black candidate some griffin volunteers said that the people are not coming home this year like they did in 1977 children grandchildren and other relatives filled out forms that said that they had moved back into buffalo using their family's sv-c-a or ou-aer addreoceo right aftm tl primary so that they are eligible to vote in the general election even though they live elsewhere some politicians represent districts that they do not live in thia way "•""- the volunteers said that some people feel that griffin did not back the irish republican army member who was caught at the canadian border wanting to speak and raise funds in the united states and some of his former supporters who no longer serve in his administration are going fishing not voting on election day slowly all factions of the black community seem to have come together to back arthur on merit they seem to be convinced that they and their children will achieve more out of life in buffalo under an arthur administration than they will under another griffin administration a long-time political activist said that charges that arthur will be a racist and only hire blacks in his administration will not stick on him because he tends to lean the other way a bit to make sure that he is fair george k arthur's platform is i believe the public has a right to understand that i strongly advocate and am committed to free and open government one that is free from acrimony and reprisal i believe in foresight and strategic planning to avoid pitfalls and maximize public expendi tures equally important i am committed to providing the city of buffalo with the highest caliber of administration and technical compe tence available my approach for governing the city of buffalo is a mirror of my performance as a councilman-at-large council majority leader and council president i a.-a-.i uiulr t l.lt.r,.j^jttj ana'my approach to leading the city of buffalo through the 1980s and into the 19905 mayor james griffin's platform like most cities in this part of the country buffalo has been hurt by the decline of heavy . industry - plant closings or relocations seem to get most of the headlines and it's easy to lose sight of the progress being made in turning around our local economy studies have shown that two-thirds of new jobs will come from expansion of businesses and industries already in the area under the mayor's leadership the city of buffalo cooperation with other levels of government devised and implemented a comprehensive strategy to assist such businesses to grow and produce the jobs we need nick costantino's platform i be lieve that all who have been the beneficiaries of the strong committment to opportunity from previous genera tions have a responsibility to give it back i can attract talented professionals because i am unemcum tiered by a political machine arcara draws more support the arcara for district attorney committee has announced thai sixteen labor unions five police associations and four ethnic groups have en dorsed erie county dis trict attorney richard j arcara for re-election in the upcoming nov sth election specifically the labor roups are district 76 of the international associa tion of machinists and aerospace workers the new york state unit of united steel workers local 41 of the interna tional brotherhood of electrical workers the afl-cio council district 4 of the united steel workers local 511 of the cement masons the allied printing trades council local 212 of the office and professional employees union local 168 of the afl-cio combination dry clean ers-launderers local 66 of the hotel motel restaurant and cafeteria workers the civil service em ployees association the maritime trades depart ment buffalo port council local 282 of the buffalo professional firefighters the amalgamated cloth ing and textile workers the communications workers of america and the building and con struction trades council of the afl-cio in addition the district attorney for arcara com mittee noted that the buffalo police department benevolent assoc the italian american police assoc the western new york police assoc the cheektowaga police ben evolent assoc and the amherst police club have all endorsed mr arcara's bid for a second term as erie county district attorney finally the polish american congress the federation of german american societies the erie county minority coalition and the his panic organization for political equality have formally announced their support for district attorney's re-election polish american congress endorses mary lou rath last wednesday richard b solecki national vice president for polish american congress left is shown congratulating mary lou rath erie county legislator with brian d rusk right national director of polish american congress upon her polish american congress endorsement missing from the photo are bronislaus durewicz polish american congress of western new york division president and irene drajem chairman of the polish american congress civic affairs committee mrs rath wife of supreme court justice edward a rath jr has recommended polish americans robert drombrowski as erie county finance commissioner and dr walter polka to the child care information and referral task force cultural center honors business leader shown from left last sunday evening at the african-american cultural center where jewish community business leader joel a maten received the center's community service award for helping the inner city black community are emanuel j fried director of the m-nlal of honor play tim last sunday at the african-american cultural center's paul robeson theatre 350 masten aye over 100 black community civic and political leaders presented prominent buf falo jewish business leader joel a maten a community service award mr maten employs a great number of blacks as both president of buffalo institutional ser vices and pendrick laun dry inc at 1198 jefferson at northampton on the east side of buffalo mr maten is an active member and former vice president for the greater jefferson businessmen's association and has been nominated to the state council on alcoholism mrs bain executive director for the african american cultural center presented the medal of honor rag by tom cole and directed by emanuel fried an exhibit spon sored by the vietnam kennedy star of play rosaleen maten wife of joel a maten honoree and president of buffalo imkitutiaoal service ague m bain executive director for the african-american cultural center and chris milhouse public relations director for th center outreach center of paint ings and portraits was on display at the center the african-american cultural center has pre sented plays for 17 years with black and white performers this center is proclaiming last sunday as buffalo institutional ser vices day in honor of joel a maten's efforts women's day planned the second temple baptist church 812 e delavan avenue will celebrate their 37th annual women's day sun nov 10th mrs margaret woods from the power of god ministry church of god in christ will be the guest speaker for the 4 p.m service rosemary beathley is program chairperson mrs margaret sutton general chairman and rev samuel b sutton is pastor eve throws backing to arthur friday oct 25th assemblyman arthur eve publicly announced his endorsement of george k arthur for mayor of the city of buffalo he remarked i urge all of the voters to support and vote for council president george k arthur for mayor in the general election quinnie former buffalonian passes funeral services for the late brown quinnie will be held monday novem ber 4th at 1 p.m from mt ararat baptist church 971 jefferson aye rev w l jones is pastor mr quinnie better known as man ish quinnie passed away after a short illness at cooper green hospital in alabama on october 28th 1985 he was born in dayton alabama to peter quinnie and alice houston the deceased came to niagara falls n v in 1947 where he attended lasalle high school in 1951 he moved to buffalo and attended boys voca tional high school at an early age he joined and was baptized at the lily of the valley baptist church in niagara falls mr quinnie was a golden gloves boxing champion for many eyars he holds the record of seventeen consecutive knockouts in the first round in professional boxing he and his late brother al quinnie were known as buffalo's best boxing family he was employed at union carbide and beth lehem steel company mr quinnie moved to birmingham ala in 1976 and was a con struction worker there he joined the beulah baptist church he was injured and was left with a partially crippled body but not a crippled mind through it all he kept his chin up he was determined to by mrs mamie garrett press on and not give up in 1956 mr quinnie was united in holy matrimony to rosemary cooper and to this union five children were bom in 1978 he was united in holy matrimony to yolan da dickson and to this union three children were born the deceased is sur vived by his mother alice houston of niagara falls a father peter quinnie of washington d c his children anthony rene quinnie of washington d c antoinette robert son of buffalo delane quinnie of dayton ohio duane jean gernay latonia of los angeles calif pateric kimberly and kristi of ala two sisters annie hugley and marion hay nie of buffalo a loving stepmother bessie quin nie of buffalo 11 grand children aunts uncles and many nieces nephews and friends the thomas t edwards funeral home inc is in charge of the remains interment is in ridge lawn cemetery brown quinnie nys trial lawyers assoc to meet decisions 85 seminar set for nov 16th decisions a re view of all recently decided cases and new statutes in the general torts medical malpractice municipal liability plead ings practice and evi dence fields has been scheduled by new york state trial lawyers association for saturday nov 16th from 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m at the holiday inn 4 at the international airport s3 a - . . program chairman for the seminar will be brian shoot esq of the law firm of schneider kleinick & vveiiif and the local program chairman will be paul w beltz esq program chairman for the seminar will be brian shoot esq of the law firm of schneider kleinick * weitz and the local program chairman will be paul w beltz esq tlsra — * „ me program faculty will be bert bauman esq bauman greene & kunkis professor richard farrell brooklyn law school lester e fetell esq fetell & coen perry pazer esq pazer & epstein and brian esq honorable michael f dillon presiding justice appellate divi sion 4th department will be the guest of honor at the seminar luncheon for additional informa tion and a program brochure contact the new york state trial lawyers associaiton 132 nassau new york n y 10038 or telephone 212 349-5890 world community day planned by church women united world community day on friday nov 1 is a national observance sponsored annually by church women united that united christian wo men in an ecumenical ex perience that focuses on issues of world peace and their individual and collective part in that process this year's service written by churchwomen from the farm belt of america nebraska kan sas missouri lowa north and south dakota is en titled harvest of bless ings it expresses values born of closeness to and reverence for the earth that produces food for the hungry of the world the s vice also reflects the challenge felt by these rural women as they recount their blessings their feelings about fami ly home land and their own responsibilities in light of a broadened world consciousness world community day first observed in 1943 as a peace day grew out of the concern of church women united for ways women could bring about an enduring world peace with justice church women united is the unique movement that brings protestant roman catholic and orthodox women together into one christian community prayer advocacy and service these churchwomen who represent a broad spectrum of religious tra dition race age economic status and ethnic back ground work through a national unit 52 state units including ones in greater washington d c and puerto rico and 1,800 local units world community day offerings make possi ble in part the mission of church women united including the inter national projects in sup port of the empowerment of women human rights justice and peace in buffalo world com munity day observances will take place at the st andrews african metho dist episcopal church 197 summer st between walden and doats sts with coffee served at 9:30 a.m the celebration will start at 10 a.m the keynote speaker is rev clara castro pastor of st andrews ame church music will be furnished by angelene smith and birgit burton all are invited to share in this harvest of bless ings serving jl working | leading in | wny fi inner cities i since 1923 j price only 20 per copy ' f