Buffalo Criterion, 1985-01-23

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion rochester — * 3 vol 60 — no i -■' -■•■■•— r i ■ ■-- -~ - ■■'■ ■■■-•■■■ -. ■-. ...... wednesday january s.l-2'j 1985 il«i-i ll - i"l 111 ■>•-■; ill ~ . 111 out of town 25c niagara region m summer youth employment program announced job applications to be distributed buffalo mayor lames 1 griffin announced that applications tor the city's summer youth employ ment program will be distributed on sat jan 26 and feb 2 from 9 a.m to 3 p.m at 703 main st training tartnership act administered through the buffalo and erie county private industry council required that applicants must be residents of the city nt buffalo and be be tween the ages of 14 through 21 applicants must also meet j.t.p.a eligibility guidelines with regard to family income the summer youth km ployment program funded through the jobs the mayor's summer youth program assigns individuals to work at various city department and non-profit agencies for 8 weeks during july and august since 1978 approxi mately 22.800 yuths have been employed by the mayor's summer youth program the city of buffalo has benefitted by having its young people employed earning money and contributing im measurable service to the community the city of buffalo is an equal opportunity em ployer for more information call 855-4088 scholarships awarded thursday evening at the park country club the buffalo telephone company and ericsson communi cations awarded the top competing students in western new york scholarships shown from left in the photo are bill brown a student at erie community college the guest speaker united states congressman henry j nowak lynda deking of canisius college honored guest dr robert s marshall president of daemen college frank notaro of sunyab and winner of 500.00 ericsson esteem scholarship and trip to sweden europe david passmore ist runer-up from daemen college joseph hob la non unlmtitr ef ericsson communications and dennis m roonev chief executive officer of the buffalo cellular telephone co the buffalo cellular telephone company ser vices erie and niagara counties with reason ably priced mobile and portable cellular car telephone service cutting rates & eliminating shelters may be fairer by norman hill in my last column on treasury department's plan to simplify the income tax i pointed out that the idea of taming the loop deduction monster had been shown to be very popular people think that the tax system is complicated and unfair the idea behind the tax simplification accord ing to the treasury dept is to end up with the same amount of revenue as before - the deficit has to be tackled separately — but with people paying in a much more straight forward and equitable way rates would be slashed for everyone but shelters and most deduc tions would be eliminated in the new republic's summary of the effects of the plan families below the poverty line would pay no taxes individuals making 10,000 or less would have their tax rate cut on avarage by 32.5 percent about 20 percent of all taxpay ers would pay the same tax as they do now or less 20 percent - those who itemize their tax returns and depend upon shelters and other deductions to reduce their taxes - would pay more that is both the beauty of the plan and the cause of part of its political opposition its yinl^«^'-uphas its own particular favorite deductions that it will fight hard to protect from accelerated deprecis allowances to oil depletion and foreign investment credits corporations and investors are aghast at what they may lose under the plan but the plan is meant to subject business activity and investment to more rational criteria than whimsical tax breaks and loopholes give the treasury dept says that under the present system the taxation of capital and business income in the u s is deeply flawed it lacks internal consis tency and — it contains subsidies to particular forms of investment that distort choices in the use of the nation's scare capital resources it provides opportunities for tax shelters that allow wealthy individuals to pay little tax undermine con fidence in the tax system and further distort economic choices as an example of this there is a wide disparity in how much different companies pay in taxes some companies pay up to 46 percent of their profits in taxes others actually receive refunds even with large profits because of the numerous shelters and loopholes available to them there are deductions that other groups will want to retain the labor move ment is concerned that the business groups will succeed in lobbying for keeping their breaks while workers will lose de ductions on unemploy cutting rates - community leaders to be lauded the program was origin ally planned tor sunday jan 20th but because of inclement weather it was postponed until sunday january 27th frank b mesiah sr employment consul tant with the division of affirmative action of new york state programs will be the guest speaker awards will be made made to the following community leaders rev joseph e davis pastor of trinity baptist church who will receive the religious award mrs nellie b king principal of the harry s truman elementary school in lackawanna n v the education award david echols executive director of the buffalo municipal housing authority the community service award cecil yon stepp a graphic artist will receive the arts and culture award miss felicia stenhouse a student at grover cleveland high school will receive the youth award special youth recogni tion will be given to miss kenetta bryant miss rene moody miss kim berly card well and eric eve mrs theresa e pope is chairman and mrs johnnie m mayo is chapter president rev joseph e davis religious award felicia stenhouse youth award testimonial planned honoring howard powell sam coleman a testimonial dinner honoring howard bud dy powell and sam coleman for 25 years of devoted and dedicated services to the lutheran church of our savior will be held on thursday feb 14th at the kensington place mr powell served as treasurer and mr cole man as custodian the donation is 9.00 for reservations and infor mation call 885-1108 naacp wages fight to combat racism launches five-point statewide program citing several recent publicized incidents as growing examples of racism in 1985 being accepted once again in polite society mrs hazel n dukes state naacp president announced a five-point statewide program to com bat what she termed the new assault on civil and human rights we will not be deflected from our mission now by intimidation public opinion faint hearted leaders or mis placed priorities we must wage war on those public officials and their programs whose mean-spirited racism con demns millions of new yorkers to live in hopeless griding poverty mra jukes saw in launching the statewide campaign at the organiza tion's annual board meet ing at the adam clayton powell jr state office building 163 w 125 th st saturday the five-point program announced at the board meeting will involve sum mit meetings of parents teachers clergymen members of fraternal or ganizations and civic groups mrs dukes added these meetings she said will devise ways to identify means to provide the services and direc tion that will renew the vigor stabilize family life and build healthier families question the banking in dustry on its hiring and retention of blacks in management positions mrs dukes stated the naacp will also call on the city and state to provide economic assis tance to low and middle income families seeking to buy or renovate housing in the area of criminal justice mrs dukes said her organization will con tinue to lobby against the death penalty seek to in crease the numbers of blacks in policy-making positions and attempt to end police brutality finally the group will lobby for increased assistance for housing and energy costs for better health care to enhance family stability in the tuies community and lor rebuilding of housing stock mrs dukes charged each of the state's five state regional directors with the responsibility of holding meetings and con conference on the major programs and asserted that the organization will be meeting with key legislators and the gover nor on the programs during the organization's anual legislative mobiliza tion and lobbying session in albany on february 18-19 th the new york state conference of branches of the naacp has 77 chapters and nearly 60,000 members including 10 prison branches the program will also interna'l saviors day set in february the attention of the world was focused on the richard l jones armory last february when minister louis farrakhan of the nation of islam held a rally for rev jesse jackson as part of the annual observance of the muslim saviours day convent v in feb.uary of 1985 however not only the attention of the world but also many prominent representatives of the third world community will join with the nation of islam to participate in in ternational saviours day 1985 themed liberation the universal struggle on sunday feb 23 at the hyatt regency in downtown chicago the nation of islam will host symposiums aimed at de vflopu^f a utufi«d lohal strategy for liberation of the oppressed of the earth the symposiums will ex plore third world libera tion struggles theology for liberation interna tional politics of libera tion education for liber ation liberation struggle for women and youth and internal tonal zionism the evening of feb 23rd will feature a gala international banquet at the richard l jones armory with special key note speakers and world famous entertainment the saviours day convention also features a saviour journal of ads and endorsements from indi viduals small and large businesses and organiza tions institutions etc the 1984 souvenir journal contains over 600 pages of ads from black people and groups from around the world for more information concerning the interna tional saviours day 1985 anrf lite i\fiftf siuvenir journal contact saviours day 1985 final call inc 734 west 79th st chicago el 60620 or call 312 994-5775 nowak suggests buffalo as site for gm's saturn corp representative henry j nowak id-buffalo in a letter to general motors chairman roger smith has asked that gm give every consideration to buffalo as a possible site for its new division the saturn corporation the congressman wrote in light of bethlehem steel corporation's recent curtailment of production at its plant in lackawanna new york adjacent to the city of buffalo hundreds of acres of property fronting on lake erie are being made available for new industrial and commercial development this site offers prime access to an established port shipping facility with excellent rail-highway links centrally located to serve major populations in the east midwest and canada a buffalo area lo cation offers the opportunity to use cost effective lake shipping of both raw materials and finished products perhaps such a waterfront location also might prove beneficial to gm's chevrolet facilities on delavan avenue in buffalo and on river road in the town of tona wanda because buffalo tra ditionally has been a major auto manufacturing cen ter it has an inherent pool of skilled labor and the establishment of a new plant in the buffalo area would enable you to tap many of the 16,000 ex perienced workers whose jobs have been eliminated since 1979 as a result of increasing auto imports and the recession your decision to locate saturn corporation in the buffalo prea would be a vote of confidence in the future of our region as well as a welcome boost to our on-going economic revitalization efforts jamaican military & police seize 9,250 lbs of marijuana kingston jamaica w i — a dawn patrol of ja maican police and military agents seized 9,250 pounds of cured ganja marijuana and arrested ten men among them a police corporal near montego bay earlier this week the sea raiders drawn from the police narcotics squad and the jamaica defense force jdf coastguard nabbed a drug trafficking boat in the sea off reading a residen tial resort and montego freeport the ten men with 185 parcels of processed ganja each weighing 50 pounds were on board one of two canoes another boat sighted off the coast escaped the men whose names and nationalities have been withheld for the moment were arrested they were scheduled to appear before the monte go bay resident magis trate court on wed nesday the operation was part of the jamaican govern ment's tough policy against drug trafficking other arrests are expected in the case according to authorities new utility consumer booklet available a consumer question and answer blooklet based on the public service commission's new com plaint procedures entitl ed have a problem with your utility is now available assemblyman william b hoyt(d-buf falo has announced the booklet has been released in an effort to inform consumers of newly developed complaint filing procedures designed to aid consumers against unfair and improper utility practices the booklet points out the various stages of the commis sion's new complaint procedures consumers will be informed of how to file a complaint how to participate in an informal hearing or an in formal review how a decision is reached on a complaint and how to appeal a decison consumers will learn what options our com plaint program provides when they have a problem that they have not been able to resolve with their utility paul gioia chairman of the new york state public service com mission emphasized copies of this free new booklet are available upon request at assemblyman hoyt's office room 257 donovan state office bldg 125 main st bflo 14203 or by calling 716 847-3100 tony brown will host nul's founders day with popular television personality tony brown serving as host and ossie davis and ruby dee as principal narrators the national urban league will present its founders day observance sun jan 27th at 3 p.m at st mark's united methodist tony brown see page 6 see pg 2 f serving i working leading in wny inner cities l since 1923 i price only 20 c per cop