Buffalo Criterion, 1985-09-05

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion rochester vol 60 — no 36 ■ - ■■ - ■ - m.*mammei*mm<ikm,mmmaa.*m*mamm wnn tl m^jißa»mjw*qr:irj,f"'~*y thursday september gjl niagara region out-omvwti 25c minority business enterprise wins n hesc collecting on students loans new york leads in collections new initiatives in collec tion procedures many in advance of other states and the federal govern ment have resulted in the collection of 121 million in defaulted student loans by the new york state higher education services corp hesc this represents 30 percent of all dollars recovered nationwide data published by the u s department of educa tion indicate that new york's percentage in crease in defaults during the last complete fiscal year was only about half that of the national average defaults nation ally increased by 40 percent in 1984 as com pared with a 22 percent in crease in new york's default volume new york's guaranteed student loan program is the largest and the second oldest in the nation new york began a state guaranteed loan program in 1958 predating the federal program by seven years over 4.7 million loans totaling 8.5 billion have been made since then its default volume - 537 million since 1965 — reflects the fact that new york was making loans long before many of the other states began participating in the federal program the majority of loans in the newer state programs have not yet reached the point where defaults growth in these state programs has been ac companied by a drop in new york's share of all defaults a trend which is expected to continue as other programs mature hesc conducts a tape match of its default files with the new york state dept of audit and control in order to identify state workers who are in default these employees are then encouraged to take advantage of a payroll deduction plan to repay their loans approxi mately 450 borrowers are currently participating in islamic women's conference held the nation of islam study group recently sponsored an islamic women's conference at the kensington place dining hall the conference featured various women of all backgrounds exchanging views and idea the conference climaxed with a lovely dinner some of the guests tie shown in the photo they are from left in the back row sandra mcqueen eva m doyle criterion columnist shirley jackson florine sailor ayanna najuma cynthia ball williams captain marion baas barbara moe kamal mcqueen bradella foy and jean curry shown on the front row from left are karima amin alberta ford mary chappeile octavia hudson captain ameenah rasul and catherine mcqueen — criterion photo stroh's run for liberty slated for oct 12th olympic gold medalist bruce jenner incited buffalo residents of every size age and shape to participate in the restora tion of the statue of liberty by running in the oct 12th stroh's run for liberty the stroh's run for liberty is the world's largest single day run and involves americans in every state jenner said you don't have to be the world's greatest athlete though to participate walkers io_r_ers and serious runners are en couraged to sign up jenner the 1976 olympic decathlon winner earning the title of the world's greatest athlete was recently appointed official spokesperson for the eight kilometer or five mile run to be held in 127 cities and seven military installations across the 1 united states ' as americans living in ; the spirit of freedom and democracy we should take this opportunity to give of ourselves to the statue of liberty for each of us who participate the stroh brewery co will donate a minimum 2 entry fee to the restoration fund jenner said the stroh's run for liberty is sponsored by stroh and supported by the plymouth division of chrysler corp adidas usa is the official athletic footwear and apparel for the event itroh establish ed the run in 1984 following as 3 million pledge to the restoration project to register for the oct 12th stroh's run for liberty pick up entry forms that are available at participating chrysler plymouth dealers and where stroh's and stroh light beer are sold ihe entry fee is 8 until oct ist and 11 through oct 12th all runners will receive a medallion cast from metal of the original statue of liberty made almost a century ago and a commemorative booklet containing individual race and time results in every market jacob urges reagan to help free boesak john e jacob presi dent of the national urban league has urged presi dent reagan to make a personal appeal to south africa to release rev allan boesak and other anti-apartheid leaders in south africa he also asked speaker of the house thomas p o'neill and senate majori ty leader robert dole to lead congress to pressure south africa for release of i thevictimsof the apartheid government in doing so mr jacob recalled that approxi mately a month ago on july 23rd rev boesak came to the united states to address the annual conference of the national urban league in wash ington d c speaking to those who in view of its outspoken ness had expressed con cern for his safety when he returned to south africa rev boesak said do not be concerned for me because in my country much more is at stake than simply the life of one man be concerned for all those nameless little people who have no protection whose names are not known who will die tomorrow and no newspaper will even write one single word about them if 1 die tomorrow do not mourn me and do not come to my funeral and sing freedom songs if while 1 am alive you were not willing to participate with us in the struggle for freedom and justice mr jacob commented rev boesak's calm realization that his life might be in jeopardy on his return to his country lends special urgency to our appeal to the president and others to bend every effort to secure his immediate release and the release of other south african victims messiah williams passes messiah williams 82 of alfred d price courts died tuesday august 20th in sheehan memori al hospital after suffering a heart attack he was well known in the community which he walked throughout fre quently mr williams had been a 50-year subscriber of the buffalo criterion funeral services were held saturday aug 24th from the jefferson aye community church of which mr williams was a long and active member he retired from the tonawanda chevrolet plant several years ago and prior to that was a utility man for charles and morrison's dept store he was also a gifted artist having made several out standing paintings mr williams is sur vived by his wife evelyn and four sons randall gerald roger and henry two brothers stanley williams who was a former criterion columnist for six years and dallas williams and one sister ruth his older sister quintella jasper passed away this spring burial was in forest lawn cemetery the thomas edwards funeral home was in charge of the remains the pastor rev na thaniel burgess officia ted kelley completes training son of shirley j kelley of 14 fosdick st and lilton l kelley of rural route 6 abbieville ala has completed air force basic training at lackland air force base texas the airman who is remaining at lackland for specialized training in the security police field studied the air force mission organization and customs and received special instruction in human relations completion of this train ing earned the individual credits toward an associate degree in applied science through the community college of the air force he is a 1982 graduate of seneca vocational high school airman lilton l kelley child care public hearing to be held in buffalo buffalo residents are asked to testify at a hearing of the new york state commission on child care on sept 10th at the united way of western new york building 742 delaware avenue the hearing scheduled ambar contractors awarded prime contract from nfta ambar contractors a minority business enter prise was the recipient of the first construction per formance bond obained by the niagara frontier transportation authority under its new contract designation and bonding assistance program at an august 28th board of commissioners meeting ambar construc tion was awarded a prime contract for the roofing of the niagara falls interna tional airport's terminal building of the five bid proposals received ambar had the lowest bid of 65,250 in order to be awarded the contract after board approval it is necessary for the bidder to obtain a performance bond from a surety or bonding com pany in the past obtaining a performance bond had been a major obstacle for minority con struction firms in bidding on major contracts with the assistance of the new york job devel opment authority the law ifinru»t_q_ryrl ufjeenrtiaarl associates p c new york city and carlos portes & associates inc the nfta was able to secure a bond for ambar within the nfta it took the coordinated efforts of the mbe task force the affirmative action dept and the executive dept to present the final board approved bid package for bonding via the jda and carlos portes commissioner ernes tine green chairperson for the mbe task force said as a nfta com missioner i am pleased that the authority made such a concentrated effort in securing bonding for ambar contractors bonding is important to construction firms if a construction company secure bonding it is regulated to a subordin ate minor role within the industry a performance bond is required for most major construction projects be cause it protects the owner r i_.-_veß.per default if the project under construction is not com pleted or partially com pleted to obtain a performance bond re quires substantial finan cial backing excellent credit and an impeccable work record the new york job development authority's bonding program in which ambar participates guarantees to the bonding company in case of default by participating contractor reimbursement for the lost the jda program also offers tech nical assistance to minori ties in bringing their business and finances into compliance with the strin gent requirements of the surety companies the nfta encourages any minority firm who wishes to pre-apply for technical/management assistance for the securing of bonding to contact the nfta's affirmative ac tion department rabies clinics offered a series of free rabies clinics will again be offered this year to erie county residents at a number of locations throughout the community under a program of the county health depart ment county executive edward j rutkowski announced these clinics are an important reason for the success of the health department's efforts to control and contain the spread of the disease mr rutkowski explained at the same time he added they provide a valuable community ser vice for pet owners to protect their dogs rabies inoculations not only provide protection for family pets against any contact with wild animals they also protect everyone — particularly small chil dren — who might be inadvertently bitten by a pet dog county executive rutkowski said 3rd annual benefit performance scheduled on september 15th the tralfamadore cafe be comes the focal point of hope in the struggle against a devastating disease the third annual benefit perform ance and cocktail party an evening of jazz at the tralf is set to benefit the niagara frontier associa tion for sickle cell disease sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects one out of every 500 black americans and members of other ethnic groups as well sickle cell anemia can cause many medical problems major organ damage anemia stroke blindness and premature death there is no cure for this disease the master of cere monies for the benefit is the honorable councilman clifford beu the honorary co-chairpersons are senator anthony masiello and yvonne scruggs-leftwich the program begins promptly at 6 p.m and boasts musical perform ances from allen carrier's universal visions and paul neal and presence of love awards will also be presented to individuals and organizations for their support of the association and its programs this year's awardees are senator masieuo u.a.w local 424 the challenger newspaper and james huntley tickets may be pur chased at the door or in advance at the sickle cell association for more in formation call 832-3044 hearing see page 2 rabies clinics see page 2 hesc see page 7 f serving working leading in wny inner cities i since 1923 1 f price > ionly ipw * o p y j