Buffalo Criterion, 1985-10-17

              hochestefi niagara region the buffalo criterion linorittj newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation mursday october 17*23 183 a a in i aa i hi mw;j j mpljlp.aem . • vol 60 - no 42 in the picture stanley bolas is flanked by some of his supporters in the euicott and masten districts on the extreme left is louis w johnson a republic j committeeman in the masten district followed by mr reed mr bolas and woe-die lee durham the republican zone leaders in the ellicott dibtrict * - criterion photo bolas gets backing for sheriff monday oct 14th eugene a reed a democratic committeeman representing the 32nd district of the ellicott ward for the past six years endorsed the republican party standard bearer stanley m bolas for sheriff of erie county in spite of his political affiliation mr reed openly endorses mr bolas because in his words mr bolas without a doubt is the most qualified and best candidate i no longer subscribe to the old notion of voting a straight political ticket i learned several years ago that the smart voter votes for the better candidate regardless of his or her political affiliation and from a more general point-of-view i think it is political social and economic suicide for our people to blindly support a single political party mr reed represents a recent and growing trend in the black community political leaders who historically encouraged their const it to vote a straight democratic ticket are now encouraging the voters to either change their party affiliation or split the ticket during an election rutkowski seeks approval for alcoholism clinic erie county executive edward j rutkowski has asked the erie county legislature to approve a state grant to open a northern erie clinical services center designed to provide alcoholism services to residents of northern erie county the erie county med ical center has received a grant from the new york state dept of alcoholism approving a new three year demonstration pro gram said rutkowski this clinic will provide individual and group assessments individual and group therapy and medication where appro priate rutkowski went on to say that as many as 1/3 of the residents who use the facility will be family members of alcoholics who need counseling to deal with the effects of alcoholism on their family alcoholism is a prob lem that is tearing away at the fiber of the family unit rutkowski said it is a disease that not only destroys the life of the individual with the prob lem but also the lives of his or her family the counseling services that we will provide to these families will help them cope with their problem and work at keeping their family together ecmc has applied to the state health dept to authorize the additional service and the state has replied that it will approve the application adminis tratively once an appropri ate site for the clinic is located rutkowski said that several sites have been looked at and he expects a decision to.be made within the next two weeks the county is looking towards a january 1 1986 opening date coretta scott king to write syndicated column coretta scott king the leading human-rights spokeswoman will begin writing a syndicated news paper column on nov ist it will ik distributed by special features the syndicate arm of the new york times syndication sales cord mrs king's column will cover human rights and other issues of concern my column will ad dress major challenges we face in america and around the world mrs king said in announcing her column i'll also be writing about issues that are often overlooked my perspective will be firmly anchored in 30 years experience in the non violent movement for social change among the papers to be carrying mrs king's new column are the boston globe seattle intel ligencer los angeles times the dallas morn ing news and the detroit free press the founding president and chief executive officer of the martin luther king jr center for non-violent social change inc in atlanta mrs king has been continuing her late hus band's advocacy of peace and justice through non violent action her book my life with martin luther king jr holt rinehart and win ston 1969 became a best seller and was translated into more than 16 languages in 1964 mrs king was elected chairperson of the martin luther king jr federal holiday com mission which was es tablished through her leadership by an act of congress to formalize plans for the first legal holiday in honor of dr king it will be celebrated on jan 20 1986 and every third monday in january thereafter mrs king has received early 30 honorary doctor ates from american uni versities and more than trinity choir plans premiere concert the trinity youth and young adult choir under the direction of james manuel invites the public to attend their premier concert sunday oct 27th at 6:30 p.m this exuberant event will be held at the trinity baptist church 41 spruce st in buffalo rev joseph e davis is the theme song for the concert is so glad i'm here,...ln jesus name guest soloists on the program are ms frances singer ms roberta stewart and ms millie spain guest musicians will be steve dixon on bass and marvin dolly on drums mr manuel will also be featured on the keyboards and mrs tina weus assistant director also on the keyboards regina howard is president of the choir la donna y clements is publicist james manuel arthur blasts griffin's campaign george k arthur democratic candidate for mayor wednesday called mayor griffin's refusal to apologize to the makowski family and his attempt to back peddle on his personal attack on the late stanley makowski by casting aspersion on the democratic party as con temptible at a press conference mr arthur states stan makowski was a man of honor who held the basic rights of humanity sacred his kind and gentle manner endeared him to his community and all the people of this city he was a gracious man who never needed to insult anyone he worked with all people whether they differed in opinion or not stan makowski was a man committed to the ideals of the democratic party he shared the beliefs of the working man and was committed to improving the quality of life for everyone in this city mr arthur continued mayor griffin has attempted to discredit mayor makowski by false ly labeling his administra tion as corrupt he has attempted to discredit the man by calling him weak mayor griffin is attempting to denigrate our memory of stan makowski in addition mr arthur noted every adminis tration has disagreements on various issues which reasonable men and wo men can debate and ultimately resolve this philosophy was the hall mark of the makowski ad ministration there were times when stan and i disagreed on issues but never was there a time when we could not sit down as gentlemen and talk these problems out mayor griffin's unsub stantiated allegations and attacks on the makowski administration is un warranted and a disgrace that he is not man enough to admit that he is wrong and apologize to mrs makowski her family and the entire polish american community common council presi dent arthur was joined by county legislator henry mazurak school board member robb flowers council member david p rutecki and comptroller whelen in assailing mayor griffin's attack on mayor stan makowski and his administration mr arthur concluded his remarks by calling on mayor griffin to ' raise the level of his campaign to address the issues rather than personalities and stop attacking the various ethnic groups that make buffalo the city of good neighborhoods the national caucus and center for the black aged will sponsor a candidates night friday oct 25th at the sherman l walker center 608 william st at 6 p.m thelma dial is presi dent cogic to make mark on economy 45 million projected for annual november convention the church of god in christ a memphis-based 3.7 million member de nomination adds a possible 45 million to the memphis economy during and after its annual november convention in memphis according to roy smith i director xot^cpmmtimxdevmlopmkatxpt • the memphis convention and visitors - bureau the church of god in christ said j mr smith represents a major contri . bution to the economy and vitality of the memphis and shelby county area he said over 15,737,000 is directly infused into the memphis economy as a result of the convention a breakdown showed that the church of god in christ conventioneers spend 65 percent of that amount for food and lodging in area hotels and the remaining 35 percent in local retail stores and for transportation and area attractions smith said according to the united states travel data center for every 44,000 spent for leisure or convention travel a permanent job is created in the economy therefore the church of god in christ can take pride in being indirectly responsible for helping to employ more than 357 persons in memphis because of your annual convention smith also said that dollars genera ted from convention delegate expendi tures traditionally continue to turn over in the economy after the convention ends accordingly he said the total indirect benefit could be doubled or perhaps tripled resulting in as much as 145 million added to the memphis economy from the convention ..... however according to bishop wl lorter coordinator " for convention those figures were based only on 21,500 persons which do not represent the total attendance of almost 50,000 less than one-half of the persons attending our convention are voting delegates and many of them commute from the tri-state area the church was organized in memphis in 1907 by the late bishop charles harrison mason bishop j o patterson of memphis son-in-law of the late founder presently heads the world-wide denom ination the international holy convocation wiu be held nov sth to 14th the first three days will be held at mason temple 958 mason st formerly sth the convention will move to cook convention center thursday night nov 7th and wiu remain there until after the service of the holy communion monday nov llth the saints will then return to mason temple for the duration of the ten-day meeting which will include a meeting of the general assembly law-making body of the church during the last two days •» bishop charles h mason founder bishop j o patterson presiding bishop bill strengthens hazardous waste cleanup program representative henry j nowak d buffalo has said that approval by the house public works committee of legislation reauthorizing a five-year 10 billion super fund pro gram reflects growing national sentiment for seriously strengthening expanding and accelera ting our hazardous waste cleanup efforts noting that he has long been committed to the enactment of a strong effective and workable super d program nowak explained to this end i have been actively working as a member of the water rescources subcommittee to incorporate several key provisions as the bill was being developed in conjunction with four other congressmen from the public works committee we worked to provide the subcommittee chiairman . with an alternative to a much weaker committee bill and 90 of our proposals were accepted by the committee among the strengthen ing provisions were a 10 billion authoriza tion over five years the senate passed version would authorize a 7.5 billion program expansion of the na tional priority list to 1,600 by 1988 with mandated schedules for completion of feasibility studies of the cleanups a requirement that epa complete cleanup of the existing 541 sites on the national priority list within five years of enactment with com mencement of 150 addi tional cleanups annually provides that cleanup standards under various environmental laws — including the application of strict water quality criteria under the celan water act — be applied to the program expansion and strengthening of current requirements for a na tional registry of diseases and persons exposed to toxic substances an in ventory of information a complete list of areas restricted because of toxic contamination medical care and testing in cases of public health emergencies believed to be caused by toxic substances and periodic survey and screening programs establishment of a program for alternative and innovative treatment technology research evaluation and demon stration legal authority for citizens to sue epa to compel action to prevent a release of toxic substances if imminent and sub stantial endangerment to the public health exists establishment of com munity right-to-know pro grams to provide the public with information on the hazardous chemicals in their communities and assist in the development of local emergency re sponse plans a requirement that epa use permanent treatment rather than transfer to other locations if feasible and achievable i believe that this measure approved today oct 10th * nowak said makes a number of necessary improvements to the current law and will provide epa with a proper tools to effectively address the hazardous waste sites that are plaguing our nation i hope that these safeguards wiu be re tained in the final bill that clears congress i certainly will continue my efforts to achieve a strong final product coretta scott king . see page 7 se i g t t . 1 11 tl rr . -. : : -:.'■:. . price only per copy