Buffalo Criterion, 1985-05-08

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region rochester vol 60 no 19 mm**meewamm***mmmem**mm liiii miiin ■********■ wednesday hay m 4 m 2_qut-of to-rt p 2f>c i i vets fund drive for jobs counseling on matching grants promised hope is to stimulate participation a study of new york city's veterans of the war in vietnam has revealed that blacks and hispanics and those who saw heavy combat in vietnam are far more likely to have been afflicted by a variety of serious problems with jobs their families and personal stress the study found these groups of veterans are far more likely to be out of work or underemployed and also subject to night mares drinking problems divorces and arrests this encyclopedia of social problems revealed ten years after the u s ended its involvement in hostilities in vietnam comes out of a report prepared by the ralph bunche institute of city university for the vietnam veterans memorial com mission ivvmc the commission sper headed the building of the vietnam veterans me morial unveiled on mon day in lower manhattan and the ticker tape parade on tuesday attempting to raise 2 million for the memorial and for a jobs training and counseling center the commission was promised a 1-million matching grant by donald trump the real estate magnate to encourage participation by private citizens and local businesses to encourage private donations further philip morris usa has promised a matching grant of 250,000 for contributions sent to the vietnam memorial c/o philip morris 120 park avenue new york n y 10017 a contributions sent through philip morris would be matched by that firm and the total amount would then be matched by tlse trump challenge grant pentagon statistics have shown that blacks and hispanics served in com bat units in vietnam in numbers that far exceeded their percentages in the american population correspondents in vietnam have reported on extensive black and hispanic participation in marine and infantry rifle companies and especially in strike forces like the 173 rd airborne the vvmc study esti mated that there were about 150,000 veterans of the war in vietnam in new york city among other findings the vvmc study revealed that the black nfta to hold grand opening it's finally here the dawn of a new era in transportation nfta metro rail will hold its grand opening saturday may 18th new york state governor mario m cuomo will be the guest * parades bicycle and running races and free rides on the metro rail will be events the citizens of the niagara frontier can look forward to on sat may 18th governor cuomo will deliver the keynote ad dress at the public dedica tion ceremony in front of the m&t rank one m & t plaza on main st at 11:30 a.m the parade which will be one of the biggest parades in the history of buffalo will include bands floats twirlers drill teams clowns the national military color guard from washington d c and the buffalo police dept the parade will start at delaware and chippewa and move south to niagara square east up court street and south on main and pass the reviewing stand at one m&t plaza the parade which is scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m will proceed down main to swan st the bicycle race will start sat may lhth at 8:25 a.m at the niagara falls convention center and end at the town center amherst n y the 8k tac sanctioned fool race will begin at niagara square at 8:30 a m . and will proceed children's contest to kick-off fund raiser the faith baptist church floral club at 626 humboldt parkway will kick-off its annual fund raiser with a children's contest on sunday may 19th at 4 p.m in the martin luther king cen ter the keynote speaker will be miss tina marie palmer a nardin academy graduate who is presently attending for dam university in the bronx n y she is also a member of their honors program of study miss palmer is presi dent of the afro-american studies club and is a member of the sigma delta chi society of professional journalism mrs mamie bell is president of the floral club and dr kathlyn wiggins-jones is the pro gram chairperson rev james r banks is pastor tina marie palmer rev thomas moore takes out naacp life membership rev thomas moore right pastor of bethel ame church michigan avenue at e ferry st is shown as he presented a check to j carl bland co-chairman of the naacp life membership committee for his life membership in the naacp a plaque will be presented to rev moore at the naacp's annual dinner june 9th as the branch celebrates its 70th anniversary chairpersons set for african relief benefit new york — joel p martin president of j p martin associates inc lee archer vice presi dent of general foods and dr roscoe brown president of bronx com munity college are bene fit chairpersons for the may 21st new york premiere of richard pry or's new film brew ster's millions to aid victims of the african famine crisis dr dorothy i height president of the national council of negro women and oumarou g youssou fou ambassador and executive secretary of organization of african unity are honorary chair persons universal pictures in association with richard pryor's indigo productions and the black american response to the african crisis barac are jointly aponaaaitmjg aimujuutaanu premieres of brewster's ' millions on tuesday may 21 in four major u s cities all proceeds from the premieres will be channeled through barac to sites in ethiopia kenya ghana and senegal where food medical care and shelter are being provided barac is a coalition of clergy entertainers journalists business people health profession als community leaders and concerned citizens who have formed a a na tionwide network to re pond to the millions of africans now oppressed by severe drought and famine rev j alfred smith vice president of the professional national bap tist convention is chair man of the barac board of directors marilyn mccoo is spokesperson for the benefit it is only through hieghtened awareness and giving that the people of africa can be helped through this tragedy said oumarou g youssoufou the com bined efforts of j p martin associates and universal pictures indigo productions and barac will make may 21st a special successful day for returns from madrid vernon wooten right 32nd degree mason and organizing state deputy grand master recently returned from a trip to madrid spain he reports i am hjr in | li < mil mmtwrnm l.n f lnnii lirotht.r masons and sisters are meeting together on the same level kneeling at the same altar and praying to the same god no matter what your race creed color or religion this was a beautiful sight to behold in the photo at the left is the most sovereign grand commander and most worshipful grand master of gran loggia d italia degli a.f.a.m giovanni ghinazzi he is the person who issued the legal masonic papers to the mw omega grand lodge and omega supreme grand council of u s a mr woolen said our grand master ruffin green was elected second vice president of co.l.p.s.a.s the international confederation of grand lodges while in madrid mr wooten along with other lodge members enjoyed a very pleasant and fruitful stay his column '' free masonry will appear in the criterion next week pierce appointed employment counselor the appointment of eugene pierce an em ployment counselor in the county social services dept as deputy superin tendent of the erie county correctional facility was announced by erie county executive edward 1 rut jtjw-iki the 49-year-old cheek tow agan succeeds joseph gallagher who was appointed superintendent of the allien facility in april eugene fierce lias broad experience both in counseling and in law enforcement his ex pertise will greatly benefit the correctional facility operation county executive rutkowski said prior to joining the county mr pierce was a security officer for ten years at the bethlehem steel corp lackawanna plant and president of directly affiliated local 23332 afl-cio mr pierce began his career at the steel plant as a general laborer he was laid off as part of the general reduc tion in plant operations in 1981 a 20-year veteran of the u s army reserve and new york army national guard mr pierce served as a senior military police man before his retirement from th service in 1973 he is the former super intendent of the build halfway house providing counseling and rehabilita tion to ex-offenders and worked as a branaalor at the masten park drug rehabilitation center mr pierce holds a master's degree in ameri can studies from suny buffalo and a bachelor of science t ifrec from buf falo state university col lege he is also a graduate of lafayette high school he is a recipient of the black achiever award from 1490 jefferson inc the community service award from the buffalo branch naacp and the martin luther king award from the inner city martin luther kin coun cil mr pierce was named scout leader of the year in 1976 by cheektowaga cub pack 618 and receiv ed the public servant of the week award from the bufalo courier express in may 1976 the appointment effec live immediately is not subject to confirmation by the county legislature the position has a base salary of 122,503 fugene pierce give him his flowers by mrs mamie garrett an appreciation pro gram will be given on behalf of herb primm religious disc jocky on radio station wblk for twenty-years of service to the community the program will be held at the antioch baptist church 1327 fillmore avenue rev william bunton jr is pastor on sunday may 19 at 3:30 p.m featured on the pro gram will be the antioch mass choir the new kings of harmony the bible tone singers the wilson emmanuel singers sis martha craft bro richard smith and special guest choir the independent church of god in christ in niagara falls n y mr primm's radio list ners friends and well wishers are invited to attend this program mr primm began his broadcasting career in the gospel field in 1965 during this year he was affiliated with the gospel community organization serving the community as a religious disc jockey with gospel and spiritual music every sunday from 9 a.m to 10 a.m during the same year mr primm dedicated one-half hour every day during the week to the community playing a variety of gospel songs in 1975 under the direciton of g w al bright religious director radion station wblk herb started a very unique program called the dedication hour from 10 p.m to 12 midnight this program was designed for and served many people in the areas of buffalo niagra falls dunkirk lockport canada attica prison and albion correc tional facility many dedications for song requests to the bereaved sick and shut ins the elderly in homes and hospitals the incar cerated and many others were taken by his wife dorothy and the staff of wblk's dedication hour who volunteered much of their time to assist mr primm is presently working on sundays from 12 p.m to 3 p.m sending out good gospel and spiritual music over the air waves to many his famous words are i hope i have said a word or played a song to brighten your day — today tomorrow and the days to come herb primm shown in the photo are the delta jabberwock committee chairpersons standing from left are ventrese stanford contestant laison chairperson barbara johnson decorations and props chairper son and dianna jacobs workshop chairperson seated from left are johnnie mac hodges prizes and awards chairperson alpina taylor souvenir booklet chairperson and joyce harrington program chairperson jabberwock extravaganza planned the buffalo alumnae chapter of delta sigma theta sorority inc will sponsor a jabberwock ex travaganza 1985 sat may 11 at 8 p.m at mckinley high school auditorium 1500 elm wood aye jabberwock is a tradi tional affair sponsored by delta sigma theta soror ity on an international level it is based upon the poignant fairytale of alice in wonderland jabber wock is a mythical creature composed of many parts of different animals each contributing to the whole each year the jab berwock summoned the creature of his kingdom to put on a show — an extravaganza in keeping with the fairytale the members of the buffalo chapter have summoned fraternal church social talent and other public service organ izations in the greater buffalo community to a gala with the theme from whence we've come — toward the year 2000 twenty-three contes tants between the ages of nfta see page 3 jabberwock 4 lsee page 2 african relief see page 3 matching grants i see page 3 serving l working leading in wny nner cities since 1923j price rnce only 20 per copy a