Buffalo Criterion, 1985-01-30

              wednesday january 30 february *> lib . hil-uf-lcwn _ > wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara reg rochester unemployment council formed the rev charles r white executive directo of the buffalo area metropolitan ministries inc bam ml has announced that in re sponse to continued high unemployment in western new york and the need for some economic relief for the unemployed families in our area the buffalo area unemployed council has been formed this council sponsored by the buffalo area metropolitan ministries inc bamm the buffalo afl-cio council the l aw region 9 and the new york community action network nycan will be an organization of the unemployed offering discounts from area mer chants to it its members the coming together of the community to reduce the financial hardship of the unemployed and offer them support is unique in this country churches unions citizen groups merchants and financial institutions have joined in making this effort possi ble the sponsors of the buffalo area unemployed council want to thank m & t bank national fuel gas nynex telephone co niagara mohawk and marine midland bank for their initial contributions we also thank those in dividuals who have made personal contributions remarked rev whit to focus on economic relief for unemployed presently we have a variety of merchants who will be offering discounts to members of the council the nfta is cooperating with the council in an effort to provide reduced fares to members of the buffalo area unemployed council we are inviting other merchants in the community who wish to join in offering discounts to call the council at 883-7717 on monday feb llth the group will begin offering the discount to members of the buffalo area unemployed council who pay a 2.00 member ship fee locations for joining the council will be announced next week blue cross contributes 25,000 blue cross of western new york has made a grant of 25,000 to the poison control center located in the children's hospital of buffalo blue cross president charles k rath present ed a check in that amount to ted stibbards presi dent of the children's hospital on january 14th in his presentation mr rath commented on the importance of the center as a unique valuable service to the community and as a means of saving many thousands of dollars in needless emergency room visits he pointed out that of the approxi mately 16,000 calls re ceived by the center in 1983 12,400 involved ex posure to potentially harmful substance while 3.600 were requests for information only 12 percent of the calls result ed in emergency room visits these figures indi cate mr rath said ' that potential visits to the emergency room were avoided due to the availa bility of the center in well over 80 percent of the exposure situations a conservative estimate of the number of emergency room visits that might otherwise have occurred in 1983 is 10,000 at an approximate average cost of 75.00 per visit we are talking cost savings of 8750.000 m a single year we consider that an excellent return on funds that amount to about two and a half cents per blue cross member equally as significant according to mr rath are the savings realized by other hospitals in western new york because they do not have to duplicate the services provided by the center in most cases calls are merely referred to the center for those rare situations that the center is not equipped to handle mrs esther d eddy executive director of the center has established communicati'-n links to a national poison control center the center was estab lished ai children's hos pital as an outgrowth of calls rece;ved in the hos pital's emergency room concerning accidental ....... it has fielded an increasing number of calls in each year of its operation as an additions senice the center presents educational programs throughout the community and through the electronic media mrs eddy noted that bitty-five percent of the calls received are d regard to children under five years 0 f b g ti the satisfaction of assisting in real emergencies * of allaying the fears of anuous parents in many cases makes it all worth while blue cross began fund ing the center in hi and this year increased it con tribution from 20,000 in previous years to the 25,000 pven this «_• the increase mr rath said is a recognition of ttie growing utilization of the center by the commu mty as well us the expanding costs of its operation that must be met only 90 of the 2000 islands of micronesia it the pacific ocean are inhabited a question of fairness - u.s senator alfonse d'amato makes a point during a recent news conference stating his opposition to a proposed u.s treasury tax plan that would sec the elimination of property tax deductions from federal in come taxes joining ihe senator are left-to-right senator daniel movmhan new york state comptroller edward regan and governor mario cuomo we are discuss ing tax fairness reminded senator d'amato and i do believe the proposed tax plan has been thought through the fact is the president has not signed off on treasury's plan and for good reason it is hawed and it would hurt the hard-working middle class not just in new york state but across the nation rusk named washington — lew lehrman national chair man of citizens for america has announced the appointment of brian i rusk of buffalo to the post of district co-ordina tor in new york's 31st congressional district the year-old-group is president reagan's grass-roots lobby and has been tapping prominent community leaders from around the nation to serve in key positions within the organization ' citizens for america has been noted for its unprecedented speed at organizing throughout the nation local groups have been built by community leaders in 292 congres sional districts in 37 states from coast to coast • lehrman says that the national non-partisan omit league *&&.* _.• promote the facts about policies of economic growth and a strong national defense and that members will lobby their congressmen and sen ators to keep america first in opportunity and in freedom according to president reagan there is one group that is getting the word out about the administration's policies that group i citizens for america rusk will lead the organization * efforts in this area enlisting the support of other leaders from both political partial to make the new commit - tee effective lehrmari said thai rusk will be a powerful voice lor federal policies that will keep america number one i know that the president is grateful lor his leader ship the president named lehrman as the group l national chairman during the founding ceremonies at the white house in august of 19k white house spokesman larry speakes says that the president backs the group to the hill most recently members have begun a major push in support of the government cost-cutting recommenda tions of the com mission and in support of the administration s position with regard to u s - soviet arms control negotiations in addition the group is currently lobbying strong ly for public support of legislation favoring a balanced budget amend ment to the constitution and will continue its efforts in support of aid to central america leehrman is the 46-year old entrepreneur who close to winning the new york gubernatorial race in 1982 he is the former president of rite aid drug store in 1973 he founded and is chairman of the lehrman institute an internationally respected public policy forun lor the study of economic and foreign policy rusk is director of public affairs for daemer college in amherst he is serving his third lan as national director of the polish america congress representing 13 million polish americans a leader in civic and community affairs rusk has acted as co-chairman and co-host of the two annual telethons raising over 505,000 for food and medicine in poland brian i rusk aka house victimized by burning cross we shall not bo mlr-nt on this kind of deplorable action said faye b bryant national president of alpha kappa alpha aka in reaction to the burning of a cross in front of the aka chapter house on the campus of george xach in atlanta lim 15th such violence in 1986 is incomprehensible and indefensible bryant said the aka's move to the house on greek row less than a year ago gave them the distinction of being the only black sorority at tech to have a house mary shy scott aka regional director and an " atlanta resident the joy and exhilaration the members had exhibit ed as they moved into the residence these emotions have now been replaced with anguish and fear scott said in a statement issued __■ afith alonejnh m pettit president of georgia tech said that an investigation was under way and that the appio priate penalty would be imposed pettit labelled the action as a reversion to a leer enlightened state and said that never in his 13 years as president of georgia tech had sue h a blatant act of racism been perpetrated — aka---wih --*»•_.* f-r georgia tech to complete its investigation before taking action but the investigation must be comprehensive and swift we will monitor the administration's actions to insure that this occurs vb-.van'said if,itt]wfr alive that the administra tion lake every measure necessary and impose the severest penally possi ble she said aka is america's pre mier lettered ejr ganizalion for black women undergraduate hapten on more than 325 chapters make up 25 percent of the sorority's membership elder john adams succumbs hoe . going services for the late elder john adams pastor of the star of bethlehem church of god in christ were held thursday jan 4th at 1 p.m from the slate tabernacle church of god in christ 234 glenwey_d aye elder artel bell is pstor superintendent rev james kirkwood officiated elder adams was born on january 4 1907 in bkers county georgia to the late aron and lizzie adams _ he was brought up in georgia and as a young man received christ as air personal saviour ha was married l diuise hajmer who is now deceased he was tailed into the ministry at the age of 23 he moved \>, rome new yeirk where he was ordained under the late bishop shipnan in 1903 in 1969 he married annie bell thorn as an evangelist many souls were saved and adde-d to the church after a short illness elder adams passed away on january 16 1985 surviving him are his devoted wife annie thompson a sister lottie mines of raleigh n c lour daughters rachel johnson of albany georgia edith donaldson of tampa florida araniinlha smith of buffalo juanita davis of s-'heneclady n v ; verdel wilson deceased nine wins johnnie lee of fort lauderdale kla jerry ernest and emanuel all of schenectady n v carl david nathaniel and joseph of llt ire n v and arthur lee of bul falo three step-daughters maple sneu mrs wil liam i ann hawkins and mrs harold pearlene mcleod all of utica n v 48 grandchildren 28 great grands 11 great great grands and a host of other relatives and freinds elder adams - see page 2 services held for rev 0 c amos the rev r e baines paste of /..,. baptist church officiated c the funeral services for the late rev o c aniens friday jan 25th at 11 a.m at memorial baptist church 770 parkway where ■„ was apsl'jr . rev amos was born in mange-id mississippi on june 23 1923 he was the youngest ■•' four children born to the union of the late leonard and margaret amos he also received his education in marigold rev amos served in the armed forces as a private in the 1227 th engine fire fighting platoon he was honorably discharged or jan 1 1946 he relocated to buffalo where he married the former minnie young on april 10 1953 rev amos was or dained to the ministry on june sb 1964 ' his pastorates include the true bethel baptist church of buffalo and the glad tiding baptist church of medina ny his current pastoral until his death was _ the memorial baptist church he belonged to varieius religious and cejmmunity organizalie-ns to name a few are past-presidenl of the orleans ounty branch of the naacp ihe ministers assexiatiejn of medina and the minis ters conferen<;e and western district baptist assex'iution e-f buffalo rev amos passed away on friday january 1 1985 at the veterans hospital at 8:45 a.m after a lengthy illness his survivors are his wife minnie l amos seven children lawrence darlene v of buffalo patricia a jerry riley of rochester ktti.dell j denisei u s army w germany david shelia of newburgh n v kathrylyn and alicia amos and oscar collin of buffalo two sisters mrs cora dean snips and johnnie q douglas of iceland mississippi a brother robert d rose of buffalo ten grandchildren and many other relatives in church family and friends rev o c amos robinson backs continued day care program county legislator barry l robin son d-buffalo said friday that his yes vote helped the erie county legislature approve a measure aimed at obtaining continued funding for the county's non-publicassistance day iqitr t*?r/gn>rrn ins.,i and ii resolution arses the stale legislature to imimit in it 1985-86 state bud-gal ■ grant hi the pragma which i scheduled *■ be terminated at ii end of february because ol insufficient funding the day ale program i a valuable tool in helping worfchf mothers stay off the public assistance pills said robinson this year because e,f budget deficits we couldn't fund it fe,r li duration •-! the year ■>. barring any infusion of slate ... federal monies i well ■.'.,. .- li , „' m ■ . . 1 1 february said rejbinsein noted lhat the legislalure increased funding fe>r the day care fe graa by 100,000 u 6278,000 during budget pre eedings this fall bui unlike previous years this year's appro priation and lei lie derived slrie kly frenn county tax eieillu/s with no federal or state aid day care is probably one of the most cost-effective programs to be ad ministered by the social services de partment because it is designed to keep working families with low incomes off welfare roßs for example the cost ut providing public assistance benefits to a single parent wiih iwo children is three tunes as ...... i as it woulel cost to provide monthly eiay caie assistance t.ir these same children he said in urging the slate to make the grant robinson pointed out that it too weiulel accrue significant savings by keeping sued families off welfare furthermore male approval of such a gram would signify the male's willingness lei help f^rie county recover aval ihe crisis help a regain its tinaneial footing re i .. saiel the resolution in addition u seeking ihe slate grain calls for the chairman if the legislature's social ser vices committee io inviie representa tives of the child are coalition f wny to his next regularly scheduled commit tee meeting to discuss their concerns and any additional recommendations western new york belted by blizzard buffalo ei county a/id western new tort sufferce 1 a dt-\-staling blizzard of 19 which lasted over a week aiming i'l a close in some areas monday it cleised scheje-ls businesses niads highways thruways and caused mm cancella tions h'jspituls had their troubles getting workers ui vsork and gelling supplies the " blizzard of 5 had maye>r griffui working day and night and the tt-sisttui«;e of the nation-il guard during all of this duress and stress the burglars robbed furniture in the central park phil winch reminds us e,f what hap pened in the blizzard of 1977 when traffic was snarled busses stranded in the middle of the reiaeis and over nutht buntiara robbed wen's pawn shejp 421 william st , at spring st furniture was seen on jefferson avenue and william and in the middle of towne gardens parking lot the in.>n gales of the establishment were pulled to the ground and the plate glass broken so great was the problem that the late mayor stan makowski did ne-l seek re-election occupational therapist to be honored denise korys-wiech of buffalo ail be honored at the kessler institute annual dinner dance 01 march ii 1 the farsippui.y hilton the dinner is held annually to ,-■>•,,. employees whom service to the institute i ii multiples of five years forys .'•-, . a senior occupational therapist at the institute for five years will be cited for her contributions at the 1985 mm kesaisr bistituu for rehabilitation is a non-profit physical reha bilitation hospital specializing in the treat ment of spinal cord in juries brain damage con genital and acquired am putations and other disabling illnesses and accidents the institute offers com prehensive rehabilitation services al both the west orange and east orange new jersey locations sen iny.^l • king ling in wny r cities jt price only 2(y per cope