Buffalo Criterion, 1985-03-27

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region a yjhsjm<sa»e . . — wednesday march 27-april 2 rochester out-omifwn 25c ■ hi mi inn ii i i ■ nil iiini ■ vol 60 — no 13 south african question continues which way for south a frica ? for the last 25 years predictions of an imminent race war in south africa have abounded most of teetse warnings have come after sporatic outbursts of violence such as the shootings at sparpeville in 1960 and the 1976 soweto student demonstrations these drama tic tragedies drew world attention leading many people unfamiliar with the complexities of south africa to be lieve that violent revolution was imminent with whites less than one quarter of the total population their days in power seemed numbered kecent events have again drawn our attention to south africa and there are renewed warnings of a bloody race war if the government does not act quickly to end apartheid and establish majority rule but if we have learned anything about south africa during the last quarter century it is that the random acts of violence there are just that and that an organized violent opposition which has the strength to topple the military might of the south african gov ernment is not a likely prospect while the world has waited for what seemed to be inevitable the south african regime has continued on much the same course that was set in 1948 tjjcti ifteui has been entxerrched by the recently adopted constitution and the homelands policy continues making the majority of south africans foreigners in the land of their birth all this is bolstered by a military force more powerful than the combined forces of sub-saharan africa to be sure apartheid will end someday and there will be black rule in south africa however to continue to assert that violent revolution is imminent is to ignore both the extra ordinary military capabilities of the south african regime and its ability to employ extreme forms of violent oppression to maintain the status quo i believe that change in south africa will come about through on the one hand and the resistance of individuals and groups dedicated to nonviolent peaceful change wjthin that country on the other it is the ongoing violence of the government of south africa and the occasional act acts of sabotage by its opponents which attract the fleeting attention ot the news media consequently most americans are not aware that there are hundreds of groups within south africa working for peaceful change the include churches trade unions civil and human ignis groups women's groups and from a philip randolph institute social welfare and humanitarian agencies people of all races who are committed to seeking democratic change in • south africa are struggling as individuals or in groups under the harshest of circumstances the degree to which peaceful change is possible in south africa depends largely on the ability of its nonviolent groups to continue the flight these groups face incredible odds but are committed to the struggle to democratize south africa south african government responds to both violent and nonviolent resistance with more and more oppression its opponents who employ violence face a sentence or exile at the infamous robben island prison those who resist non violently face detention without trial jail and the peculiarly south african invention known as banning which briefly relegates one to the status of a non-person some who resist are forced to seek refuge in neighboring states or in europe to date most americans who abhor apartheid have expressed their opposi tion in three ways 1 they have urged the american government to abandon constructive engagement and to adopt a policy which xlearjv xjnnemnfl apartheid 2 they have called for disinvestment on the part 11 american corporations doing business in south africa and 3 they have supported the sports and cultural boycotts of south africa conducted by mucn of the vorld community while these tforts have not brought about the end of apartheid they have let the people of south africa know tht they do have roreign lilies n the struggle for freedom i believe that it is time a found ways to broaden our support for the freedom movement in south frica during my two recent visits there he point which was most frequently stressed was this that meaningful change in south africa an only e>me about from within the struggle for change within south africa is primarily the responsiblity of the people of south africa thi was reaffirmed to senator ted kennedy during his visit here by winnie mandela the site t neison mandela the imprisoned leader rd he african national congress in my next column i ail discuss one method by which americans can broaden their support for those working to bring about peaceful change in south africa half of the world's population lives in just four countries china india tha soviet union and the united states pharmaceutical insurance coverage for elderly proposed by governor governor mario m cuomo has announced that he has sent to the legislature a bill creating a program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage epic the 28 million pro gram would take effect april ist 1986 would not only provide direct bene fits to participating senior citizens but would also amend the educaiton law to encourage the substitu tion of generic drugs wherever possible in the dispensing of all legally authorized prescriptions to every new yorker — whether or not they are participants of the program this bill reflecting the findings of my interagency task force on prescription drug assis tance for the elderly represents a responsible targeted and prudent re sponse to helping low and moderate income senior citizens meet the increas ing burden of high pre scription cieu sssala '' «*»**>, governor said the governor said the program is designed to provide state financial assistance for unmarried individudals with annual incomes below 9,000 and married couples with joint annual incomes below 12,000 whose castastro phic drug expenditures exceed predetermined de ductible levels the governor noted that while the alderly more than shy other segment of society are threatened by rising drug costs the greatest burden fails upon that portion of the elderly who must spend a dispro portionate share of their incomes on this medical necessity compassion demands that we meet our moral obligation to preserve the dignity and quality of life for those most in need but unable to provide for themselves governor cuomo said in announcing the epic program legislation the governor urged to legis lature to join with him in a non-partisan effort to im amecuauety ctcjeic sals growing problem in a pragmatic and fiscally responsible manner mental health agency presents award for excellence shown in the photo from left at the presentation of the joseph house memorial award for excellence in the field of mental health at the restoration society's headquarters at 175 potomac avenue tuesday afternoon are jeffrey spencer president of the restoration society inc john r guastaferro jr award recipient and restoration society executive director muriel r house secretary of restoration society and wife of dr joseph house and constance miller secretary of the friendship foundaiton inc brian d rusk spokesman for the restoration society noted that the restoration society helps mentally disabled persons to function socially seneca grail complete af basic training airman terence moody apn of lester and dolores moody of . 502 sherman st has been assigned to sheppard air force base texas after completing air force basic training during the six weeks at lackland air force base texas the airman studied the air force mission or ganization and customs and received special train ing in human relations in addition airmen who completed basic training earn credits toward an associate degree in applied scjpnce through the community college of the air force the airman will now receive specialized in struction in the wire maintenance field he is a 1983 graduate of seneca vocational high school friendship to make trip our annual trip to cleveland ohio to worship with the great big family of the temple baptist church will be held on the weekend of april 27th and 28th the deadline for all monies will be the second sunday in april the bus fare is 22.00 per seat there will be no half fare or one way fares rooms are as follows single 44.00 doubles 50.00 25.00 per per son triples 60 oc 15.00 per person and quads 70.00 17.50 per person you may see any of the following members of the transportation commit tee amon billups chairman mennie hud son dorothy f harris randall billups stanley mrs mammie garrett reporter billups we have ordered 3 buses 2 for departure on sat and 1 for departure on sunday rooms have been reserved at the holiday inn north randall adjacent to the famous randall park hall rev a charles ware nfta to host open houses beginning april 12th with the delavan-college station the niagara fon tier transportation au thority nfta will host a series of metro rail staiton open houses the public of western new york will get their first chance to see the state-of-the-art design and completed construc tion of six metro rail sub way stations dates for the station open houses are as fol lows delavan-college open house apr 12-16 dedi cation ceremony apr 12 humboldt-hospital apr 19-23 dedication cere mony fri fri 19 a.m amherst st apr 26-30 dedication fri apr 26 allen-hospital may 2-5 dedication thurs may 2 at 9 a.m summer-best may 7-9 dedication tues may 7 at 9 a.m and utica st may 10-13 dedication fri may 10 at 3 a.m in addition nfta has fillmore residents ban together in pac about 50 persons com prised of fillmore demo cratic committeemen leaders and youth vowed to ban together to oust stephen godzizisz fill more district councilman in the upcoming election the newly formed fill more political action com mittee held its first meeting at 1567 genesee st at 4 p.m on sat mar 16th to discuss the issues plaguing the fill more district they were extremely concerned over the lack of services in the district the defending of various community ser vice groups and the false promises made by stephen godzizisz the spokesman for the group lafayette hunt committeeman in the fillmore district 42 said the group will spend the next several weens meet ing planning and discus sing strategies for he election 1 a new council man after i lengthy discus sion „ ail the candiiiates presently kin the seat it was the consensus i the group to draft ms ada l deans as heir candidate for the seat a motion vas made by charles wastley and seconded by alfonso rowe and charles williams to draft ms deans for the fillmore councilmatic seat the vote to draft ms deans was unanimous ms deans said he was pieased and honored to te considered as a candidate and pledged her support to the fillmore pac a ter pac continued on pg . ] nfta open houses continued on pag 2 j serving working leading in wni inner cities _ since 192 i did you know that the national association of negro following clubs youth clubs for girls business and professional women's from ages 12 to 18 mr b&p clubs for clubs inc nanbpwc was founded in boys from ages 12 to 18 young adult the spring of 1935 the president of the clubs for young women from ages 18 to new york club invited the business and 31 and beta psi clubs for young men professional women's clubs of philadel and women in college phia pennsylvania and atlantic city new jersey to form a national organiza nanbpwc offers consumer education tion and leadership training programs it also has a student loan fund there are 12,000 members in this organ ization which presents national and today the organization is a coalition of local awards to different people for out 300 local groups it is committed to corn standing community service munity service its programs deal with education employment health housing young people interested in community and the problems of the elderly service work are invited to join one of the price only 20 c per copy