Buffalo Criterion, 1984-12-19

              rochester niagara region *- the buffalo criterion ■ timi^+mmmmmaamm 11 m i ■ j ili,i t » •» ol 59 — o 51 mm****~~~mmm*aemmmammmmmaam*mmm im.w,mm*mm *, wednesday ; ffiit-of-town 25c merry christmas ureetilnqs surround yourself wit those you love and eocperienee all of the beauty of the season a joyous holiday season to our staff contributors advertisers customers subscribers & weil-wishers — from — che buffalo criterion appreciation service given in honor of rev henry hall the annual appreciation day service for rev henry hall was sponsored by trinity baptist church 41 spruce st rev joseph davia is pastor rev hall ia a nationally known evangelist and an associate minister of trinity baptist church who is affectionately known aa father hall because of his many adopted children city county clergy musicians and laypersons participated in the successful aervice rev lawrence pastor of the house of prayer delivered a soul-stirring message a delicious dinner with all the trimmings followed the program shown in the photo are mrs mary thomas day mon and jackie thompson grandchildren of rev hall mrs mary hackney mra g west the honoree cutting the cake rev hall mra laurie dußois rev joseph davis pastor mra annie moore mrs joseph davis and others ucc commission for racial justice joins nat'l protest against apartheid dr charles e cobb executive director and dr benjamin chavis deputy director of the united church of christ commission for racial justice were arrested on december 4th at the south african consulate in new york city dr cobb and dr chavis along with four other prominent black leaders were arrested for blocking the entrance of the con sulate while protesting the vicious brutality of the apartheid regime of south africa these arrests were a part of the growing national protest in the united states against south africa's racist oppression the coordinated demon strations began 2 weeks ago at the south african embassy in washington d c and the national protests have continued to be coordinated by trans africa a national black lobbying organization pro moting the concerns of african people in the u s and abroad others arrested with drs cobb anu hhvi_i were attorney basil a paterson former n y secretary of state and the former deputy mayor of new york city new york state assembly men albert vann and roger green and ms jewel jackson mccabe president of the coalition of 100 black women dr cobb stated we are here to protest against the evil of south africa's apartheid government and policies the prophetic voice of the church must speak out loudly to chal lenge this evil dr chavis commented we intend with our arrest today to send a signal not only to the ruthless leaders of the racist avaricious zealots of apartheid but also to the millions of people of south africa who are struggling for justice and freedom that we stand in solidarity with them dr cobb further stated the oppression of black apartheid nfta locals donate toys food in the spirit of giving in the christmas season the niagara frontier transportation authority and union locals 2028 and 1949 of the international longshoreman's associ will donate over 2,500 in food md toys to the city mission of buffalo the salvation army and the sisters of charity on thurs dec 20th at 10 a.m in the metropolitan transportation center near the greyhound ticket counter this will be the second year the president of the locals and the nfta has taken the responsibility to collect toys and food for the city's needy families most of the food will be donated directly to the salvation army and the city mission the toys will be given to the sisters of charity to be distributed to the area's . orphanages toys money and food including 12 turkeys were donated by the food wholesalers in the city and employees of the nfta the presidents of local 2028 and local 1949 kenneth carlucci and ralph guile along with nfta chairman raymond f gallagher and nfta executive director joseph d la ton a will be present at the ceremony to distri bute the toys and food to the different organiza tions a 5th annual parade of stars planned on monday dec 3 president reagan welcomed entertainer lou rawls to the oval office at the white house to congratulate mr rawls for his fundrais ing efforts on behalf of the united negro college fund on december 29th mr rawls will host the sth annual lou rawls parade of stars a television fundraising special to generate contributions and pledges for the forty-two privately funded black colleges and universities which benefit from the united negro college fund over the past four years the special has raised over 16 million in contribu tions the money from the fund keeps tuition and other costs within reach of students from low-income families mr rawls informed he president that this year's special will be a twelve-hour national telethon involving twenty of the nation's top entertainers both black and white succumbs mansfield bedney funeral services for the late mansfield bedney jr will be held on wed dec 19th from edward's funeral home 995 gene see st mr bedney bom sept 26 1930 was the son of the late mr bedney and viola george bedney he attended public school no 31 and boys vocational high school he worked for budget boys and republic steel company mr bedney attended lincoln memorial united methodist church as a young man he served in the armed forces was stationed in texas and received an honorable discharge on sept 17 1952 surviving mr bedney are his wife laversie bedney a daughter ca vena a sister mrs geraldine cook and two nephews robert j cook and anthony harold cook md a host of other relatives and friends with the name of god the benificent the merciful freedom what is freedom webster says that freedom is the state of being free personal liberty or national independence black peo ple don't have any of these things at present do they in order to be free he has to have some way to produce something for himself and then being known or represented by those things in which he produces no one has freedom who is controlled by someone who produces something for himself because the one who produces something for his people are the sole beneficiaries and salu taries the world is controlled by two powers one the national sovernity and the other the divine sovern ity let us deal with the national sovernity the national sovernity is the people's controlling pow er or government of the people or people's choice here i will mention a few democracy kingship re public dictatorship totali tarian state and many many more but we have to try and find rational understanding in the national sovernity you have over 140 coun tries and each country is controlled by a govern ment but here is the tricky part each of these small countries is control led by not a large country by muhammad ramadon but the largest country in power over all countries or should be said national sovernity government in the national sovern ity there is always a government that is always more powerful than the other governments and this government as a rule influences the other small er governments now how does he do this he does . this with materialistic power and this material power is represented in economics — pays one's way or money when a country controls the money its a tremen dous amoung of influence over that country's cul ture it controls the religion education mor als and public opinion it controls the media news , papers television and the radio music publishing companies recording companies control and manipulate your taste of music the government in turn manipulates the purpose and values of each indi vidual by controlling the money through a subsidi ary government head such as a state in these united states in order to understand the above statement one has to search his rational self and try to find reality in what has happened and what is happening to us as a people continued next week continued on page 7 f serving 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