Buffalo Criterion, 1984-11-07

              rochester niagara region wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion vol 59 — no 46 wednesday november 713 1984 '_ out of town 25c jackson to renew economic thrust reconvenes push internal trade bureau pitb while he will continue his political activities through the national rain bow coalition the rev jesse jackson said that he will return to operation push after the november 6 election to renew the organization's economic thrust in the private sector rev jackson said the public economy deals with a 900 billion annual budget but the private economy has a 4 trillion budget the gnp - plus five of every six jobs and all the wealth we cast our political votes occasionally once every two years or so but as consumers we cast our economic votes our dol lars everyday we must never put all of our trust in only one lever of liberation e.g politics we must use all that we've got — votes dollars marching feet developed minds and a morally right cause to liberate ourselves and the nation — and do it continuously thus on vmmm-aw nov 15th from 3 a.m to 6 p.m at the push national headquarters in chicago 930 east 50th st old members of the push international trade bur eau pitb will be recon vened george johnson president of the johnson products co the world's largest black manufactur ing company and chairman of the board of pitb said we art inviting new members to oe present and join ve'll have present at thai meeting corporate officials from the businesses who previously have trade agreements with push and we'll present a proposed plan of action to benefit associa tion members we may even have a few other surprises rev willie barrow ' interim national direct j f push sited push m currently i hiking u a new list of target companies we iir vet h>us trout using rev jackson's in creased national political stature to challenge the private economic sector to treat fairly and trade with small underdeveloped and underutilied minority busi nesses to rejuvenate pitb and continue to build black hispanic and s»*-*e"e*e*n economic institu tions businesspersons wish ing more information nay contact the rev george e riddick or attorney jan nette wilson at 312-3733 3366 did penthouse exploit first black miss america publisher tells his side and gives new details in its september 1984 issue penthouse maga zine published a series of nude photographs of the first black miss america vanessa williams in sex ually explicit poses with another woman after countless hours of tele vision hype and thousands of newpajter articles amy blcks feel that the former miss america was the victim of racism and exploitation by penthouse publisher bob guccione what was the publis her's motives for printing the pictures why hasn't he been sued why the latest pictures of williams in a scv m theme is all this ,-. part of a plot to defame black women answers to these ques t:cr,b will be presented on the next edition of tony brown's je.il h \ as host tony brown gees inside penthouse maga zine to present a revealing interview with bob guc cione in addition to photo graphs that appeared in the september and no vember issues of pent house publisher guccione is publishing more in the january issue in that issue vanessa williams is shown in attitudes sug gesting sado-maso c his ism which were taken by a second photographer williams claims that she was betrayed by the first photographer tom chia pel while she admits to singing a release for the new january pictures the ex-miss america stands by her contention that she did not sign — or does not rememer signing — a release for chiapel the photographer who sold the first set of photos to guccione william is suiing chiapel tony brown's journal is america's longest-run ning and top-ranked black-affairs television series it has been spon sored by pepsi-cola co for nine consecutive years the program will be seen in this area on wned-tv channel 17 at 10:30 p.m on tuesday no 13 penthouse publisher bob guccione above re sponds to that charge and others when tony brown goes inside penthouse magazine for a revealing interview en the upcom ing ediiton of tony brown's journal also discussed is the story behind a third set of photos that the magazine plans to publish in its january issue showing the dethroned miss america in attitudes suggesting sado-masochism bob guccione as a company it has been our privilege to be a supporter of uncf for over 35 years...p&g through uncf is investing in the future stated donald lowry senior vice president of procter and gamble during a star-studded reception for uncf to announced p & g's 1984 committment play to benefit rotary service fund rotary theatre night with the amherst players will present catch me if you can this play by jack weinstock and willie gilbert will take place on tuesday wednesday and thursday nov 13 14 and 15th announced brian d rusk amherst rotary spokesman the proceeds will bene fit the rotary service fund the play will be held at the smallwood drive school at 300 small wood drive in snyder n y the price is 3.75 per person and the production will take place at 8 p.m for further information contact the program chairman dr thomas a jambro at daemen ccl lege at 839-3600 proctor & gamble brand makes pledge to uncf donald lowry senior vice president of procter & gamble co officaily announced p&g's 1984 contribution during a re cent reception for uncf held in los angeles as a company it been our privilege to be a supporter of uncf for over 35 years stated mr lowry to the hollywood celebrity crowd tionally received p&g support through the proc tor and gamble fund 1984 marks the first major contribution from five p&g brands crest toothpaste who in 1983 underwrote local events in new york and philadelphia will be join ed by pampers charmin crisco shortening and crisco oil as contributors in 1984 these five procter &. gamble brands ere providing this support because we believe that through uncf wo will help give capable young people the best opportuni ty available to become well-educated decision makers of the future lowry said developing and imple menting support programs for uncf is a key factor in this year's p&g's commit ment a consumer coupon redemption program and local fundraising events in 20 cities will generate increased awareness of uncf and the telethon making the december 29th telethon even more suc cessful stated lowry you heard me refer to p&g's contribution as an investment and that's exactly what this i5....l am proud of procter ik gam ble's corporate involve ment with uncf...pt*ssg through uncf is invest ing in the future said mr lowry our town to be staged by school's theatre arts dept the department of theatre arts of the buffalo academy for visual and performing arts is pleased to announced its major fall production of our town by thornton wil der this great american classic will be directed by fortunato pezzimenti our town celebrates the joy of life on dec 12 13 and 14th at 7:30 p.m in the main theatre there will also be a special matinee for outside schools on dec 14th at 10 a.m mr pezzimenti has as sembled a fine cast which includes bridget lett christina bykowicz and jesse martin in the roles of the stage manager emily and george setting is by john arcangelo with costumes by merriejann miller and john d'arcangelo tickets are 3.00 and reservations can be made by calling 852-8667 be tween 8 a.m and 3 p.m art work on display kariuki muturi of ken ya east africa a senior at buffalo state college is exhibiting his art work and that of his older brother njee still in kenya at the museum of african and african-american art and antiquities 11 east utica st entitled zamani za kale once a upon a time the exhibition of painting and drawings in india ink and wood carving opens with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m nov 4th through nov 30th tues day through saturday noon to 5 p.m the work of kariuki who is majoring in both graphic design and eco nomics with a minor in anthropology is both representational and ab stract while his brother who is self-taught works entirely in the abstract kariuki will be present sunday to discuss the work which he describes as being sophisticated inter pretations of african cul tural themes kariuki mutural can be reached through the inter national student affairs office phone 878-5331 revival planned rev a charles ware pastor of friendship bap tist church 402 cinton st will conduct a revival at first baptist church on ingham avenue in lack awanna services will be held from monday nov sth to friday nov 9th the public is invited to come out and enjoy these services rev moses l ware sr is host pastor open meeting slated for lupus foundation the lupus foundation of america inc western new york chapter mil hold an open meeting or sun nov 18th at 2 p.m in st paul's lutheran church 4007 main st in eggertsville the guest speaker will be rocco c venuto m.d nephrologist asso ciate professor of medi cine at sunyab and co-director division of nephrology at sunyab dept of medicine his topic will be renal dysfunction in patients with lupus r^snsasm__saaa-sam family entertained relatives the pattersons bryants and laniera entertained relatives for a week from baltimore maryland while here they visited key interesting high points of the area in the photo from left are mrs jackie hayman mrs cynthia askew and mrs ann james all of baltimore mrs connie bryant charner patterson and theodore bryant other family members not shown are mrs martha murray mr and mrs willie lanier mrs mary harris clarence patteraon mr and mrs frank merriweather and others — criterion photo publisher says black elected & appointed officials targetted there exists throughout the united states scores of civil rights organizations concerned with providing legal resources to minori ties and the poor though under-funded and over burdened in terms of caseloads they represent the avenue of last appeal for victims of discrimina tion political and legal disenfranchisement gov ernment misconduct con stitutional violations and the host of structural and institutional violations and the host of structural and institutional inequities that represent the gap between the real.sy of injustice and the ideal of true equality and justice in american life these organizations work as privately support ed attorneys general in cases which the federal government is regrettably derelict in prosecuting itself hrough the civil rights division of the u s department of justice advent of the consortium the publisher of the impartial citizen has suc _ cessfully enlisted a con sortium of four such organizations in address ing the issue of harass ment of black elected and appointed officials in the prototype case of barbara sims vs lawrence cook chief judge new york state court of appeals the impartial citizen and its publisher persisted in focusing public atten tion on this cancer in our society in the hill know ledge that it was not a popular cause even within the civil rights move ment and its legal instruc tions who work from day to day on the crisis edge of a holding action to save lives on death row open class room doors halt illegal electoral practices or illegal surveillance activi ties of the government it was mr prichard's conviction however that black elected and appoint ed officials had been targetted for extinction in a sinister new agenda of lawlessness under color of law because of the extra ordinary strides made by blacks in the sixties in gaining political influence in their communities and in the halls of government paying tribute the i.npartial citizen pays tribute to members of the legal consortium the center fo constitu tional rights founded by william kunstler arthur kinoy the late ben smith and morton stavis in 1966 and its staff attorney betty bailey to the naacp its national executive director benja min hooks and associate general counsel george hairston the national conference of black law yers hey ward bums and the national bar associa special to the buffalo criterion from the impartial citizen lion for courageously ac cepting the challenge d restoring buffalo cot court judge barbara sims to her rightful place on the bench to which she was duly elected in 1979 the significance of this legal initiative is twofold it attests to the sensitivity responsiveness and fore sight of these public interest organizations to outrageous miscarriages of justice where the victims are black elected and appointed officials and civic leaders who have become victims of official and private harrassment it reflects at the same time an important political commitment to the sup port of black leadership in public and civic life which has become increasingly under siege since the civil p.stf.'.-.'e era in this sense the consortium symbolically represents an unprece dented multi-ethnic array of forces committed to transcending the class conflicts which partially impeded the progress of the civil rights movement after the assassination of rev martin luther king jr the publisher of the imparliil citizen takes pride in having contribu ted to the formation of this consortium judge barbara m sims was removed from her elected post on march 29 1984 by the new york state court of appeals for havine admitted to bail 3 defendants in 1978 who hired her husband wil liam sims an attorney after they were released she also admitted to bail 7 defendants in 1979 the first year after her election who later hired attorney sims to represent them judge sims testified that she did not ask the defendants to hire her husband and in no manner participated in their de cision to retain him one of the defendants stated under oath that a repre sentative of the commis sion on judicial conduct questioned him regarding the circumstances in 1980 at which time he told the investogator that he did not know judge sirrs had never seen nor talked to her the remaining defendants stated that at no time did the investiga tor from the commission ever question them the commission by gerald stem in 1981 in an unsworn document charged judge sims with releasing her husband's clients on bail even though they knew that their allegations were false no one appeared at any of the hearings to testify against her or in support of the charges judge sims had releas ed more than 7,000 de dendants on bail during black officials targetted see page 2 j serving 1 working leading in ww inner cities l since 1923 i price only 20 c per copy