Buffalo Criterion, 1984-08-22

              vol 5'j — no 35 s"-*iiiitr»iimii ii niiiii i iiumti out-of tour b,r>c nesday att.lvf 2 2k iott rochester niagara region wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion black dollar pays set for sept 1-5 natl program focuses on support for minority businesses by daniel r acker the buffalo branch naacp will promote black dollar days and support for minority busi ness again this year this is the way the program works use only two dollar bills 2.00 or susan b an thony silver dollars 1.00 to make purchases during these naacp black dollar days ex change your money for two dollar bills and susan b anthony dollars at the various banks spend your money with minority businesses first to boost our economy before you shop at other places this national and local demonstration will in the united states 3 lead to the opening of new job opportunities for the unemployed and the underemployed 4 lead to the creation of new businesses and new business opportunities for black americans the total income for blacks in the united states in 1982 was 150 billion this is about the same as the gross national product of canada and close to the income of the 9th richest nation in the world the total income for the average black family is 53 percent of that of the average white american family the average american wage earner saves 4 percent of his annual income while the average black american saves only one percent of his income let us spend wisely and save more 1 dramatize the power of the black consumer 2 impress local and national businesses — as well as the black commu nity with the importance of the black spending power mayor young endorses hosea williams for congress if anyone can change congress hosea williams is the man said atlanta mayor andrew young when questioned about his en dorsement of long-time civil rights leader and georgia state representative young and williams were two of dr martin luther king jr key men in the inner circle of sclc in the days of demonstrations and marches in birmingham st augustine selma mont gomery and throughout the south the congress said mayor young is an old boys club - staid cautious everyone trying to be re spectable most people who go to congress play the game by the rules - just happy to hang on to their jobs but you can't make a difference in congress and be respectable and hosea hat never been concerned about being respectable he fights for what he believes in - and he just won't stop more than any of the others in dr king's inner circle mayor young said it was hosea who led the marches took the beatings went to jail he was jailed 113 time dure th mptt ment the mayor said and he served a total of about a year and a half as dr iv used to say - c need hosea to shake things up and that's what hosea will join congress in congress and for congress said mayor young hose williams has de voter !■;. e .- i..i t .,_._ people poor people poor blacks and poor whites lies a driven man - he just doesn't stop had it not been for the heroic work of hosea williams at the edmund ten is bridge throughout the selma demonstrations on the march from selma to montgomery i don't know that we could have had the ting rigths act passed m 1965 the mayor said and the passage of that federal law makes it possible l»i a black person from at lanta to become the only black congressman from the deep south said mayor young and i think hosea williams is the man for that job the sth district seat which hosea is seeking was held by young before he re signed to become president carter's ambassador to the united nations young was succeeded by the present in cumbent wyche fowler jr a white politician who formerly had served as admtt'i president of city council mayor andy young rep rosea williams church to receive 29,500 in grants christ lutheran church 768 broadway at fox st baa received two grants totalling 29,500.00 from the margaret wendt foundation and the lu theran church in ameri ca to operate a youth employment and referral program for young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 the program is sched uled to begin at the end of september at christ lu theran church 768 broad way , the proposal was pre pared by kenneth holley with pastor john e christ jr and the rev john n sanders jr serving as advisors baptist ministers back kirkland the baptist ministers conference of buffalo and vicinity headed by the rev james r banks ii recently endorsed the can didacy of theodore kirk land for state senator of the teh district in communication to mr kirkland baptist ministers conference mated we pray that rod's blessings and guid ance will be with you in this campaign may victory be yours mr kirkland the candidate responded that he is honored to have their endorsement and will serve with god's direction during his term in office the baptist ministers conference of buffalo and vicinity represent 100,000 churches and members in this area king solomon to celebrate 12th year the congregation of king solomon holiness church 92 monroe st will celebrate the 12th anniversary of their pas tor rev a motley spells on sunday sep 16th at 6 p.m evangelist sally long will 1 the guest speaker all are welcome to attend the day of jubliee the day of jubilee sponsored by the commu nity gospel organization inc 1490 jefferson aye , will sponsor live entertain ment and activities sat aug 25th from 10 a.m to 6 p.m featured on the pro gram will be a live broad cast of bro don allen the wblk mobil van a live play a fashion show a bread dance contest mike and janes gos pel singing gospel preaching food game etc all are invited to come out and have a good time services held for joseph giles funeral services for joseph giles 81 of ash st were held august 2nd from st ann's roman catholic church mr giles came to buffalo in 1928 from pittsburgh he succumb ed in buffalo general hospital after a long illness he had been a waiter on the new york central rail road for 40 years he is survived by two brothers and one sister all of pittsburgh the pat rubino funeral home was in charge of the remains burial was in holy sepulchre cemetery buffalo briefs clifford h charles a phd candidate in psy chology t the university of pittsbuij-h visted his family on donaldson rd this week mrs shirley lanier of northland aye is home recuperating after sur gery at sister's hospital mrs ann james mrs cynthia asqew and ms jackie hyman were the guests of mrs mary g harris mrs shirley la nier and other men of the family last week they returned to their home in baltimore mary land by plane sunday morning mrs james and mrs asqew are cousins ,>• mrs harris and mrs lanier monday aug 20-24 evangelist monteio cur tis of daytona beach florida will be in a week's revival at st sinai holiness church 223 coit st rev simmons is host pastor all are invited what i value more than all things it good humor - thomas jefferson king holiday commission passes congress atlanta — mrs coretta scott king president of the martin luther king jr center for nonviolent social change inc fri day congratulated the united states congress for the passage of legislation to establish a natinal com mission to assist in the first observance of the federal legal holiday hon oring martin luther king jr on the third monday in 1986 the legislation passed both houses of the congress last week by a unanimous vote and now awaits the president's signature mrs king thanked the members of the congress for responding so quickly to her request for the establishment of such a bipartisan commisison which would encourage appropriate ceremonies and activities throughout the united states relating to the first observance of the federal legal holiday honoring dr king which occurs on january 20 1986 mrs kings said that the congress acted in the spirit of the man for whom skss v.xa-.viu is named in putting aside partisan interests in order to make the holiday substantial and meaningful and a time for all americans to reflect on the principles of racial equality and non-violent social change as espoused by dr king mrs king praised con gresswoman katie hall who sponsored the legisla tion house speaker thomas p o'neill jr house minority leader robert michel and repre sentatives kemp con yers gray and more than 100 co-sponsors of the legislation in the house and senate majority lead er howard baker sena tors ted stevens robert dole charles mathias jr and other members of the senate for exceptional leadership in securing quick passage of the bill mrs king expressed the hope that the president will sign the legislation as soon as possible so that the commission can pro ceed with its plans the 31-members of the commission will include four presidential appoin tees 4 members of the u s house of representa tives appointed by the speaker 4 senators ap pointed by the president pro tempore mrs king 2 other king family mem bers 2 king center representatives and 14 representatives from la bor business civil rights and religious groups en tertainers and others to be appointed by the other commission members the bill also provides for a director and a 5-person staff the commission evill annual holy convacation to be held aug 20 - 26th the 6th annual holy convocation of the church of god in christ western new york first ecclesias tical jurisdiction will con vene at saintsville cathe dral church of god in christ 1242 jefferson avenue in buffalo from monday august 20th to sunday august 26th bishop leßoy r ander son will preside the general theme of the convocation will be the king is coming acts 1:11 all ministers of all denominations all saints of god men and women of all nationalities are invit ed to attend this great pentecostal feast sunday aug 26th ser vices will be held at the convention center in downtown buffalo bishop leßoy r ander son is presiding bishop mrs anna v nelson supervisor of women bishop j o patterson national presiding bishop and mrs mattie mcglo then is general supervi sor of women bishop leßoy anderson installation services slated installation services for elder and mrs joseph chavis will be held mon aug 27th to sept 2 at bethel tabernacle united holy church of america 666 clinton st churches participating in the week-long service are new macedonia f b h c elder n j roach pastor memorial church of god in christ bishop j dockery pastor new macedonia u h c of a eld »**~, . williams pastor grace tabernacle c.0.g.1.c eld houston williams pastor beulah temple u h c of a youngstown ohio elder w harris pastor sunday sept ist at 3:30 p.m the installation dinner will be held at the holiday inn downtown members of the installation committee are sis justine holder chairperson deacon w f jenkins deacon charles gidney sis edna chatman deacon charles mccutcheon deacon herbert gennis sr deacon joe foster deacon alvin gidney deacon w h humphrey jr bro richard alexander sis thelma young bro james adams bro david pride rev annie gidney sis barbara alston sis martha newell and sis w robinson brother david pride is the ticket chairman sis be mice young publicity chairperson and sis edna chatman hostess chairperson rev and mra joseph chavis religious leaders to observe 21st anniversary by mrs mamie garrett rev and mrs w l jones leaders of the mt aarat baptist church 971 jefferson aye are cele brating their 21st anniver sary the theme of the anni versary is love for the servants for the work man is worthy of his labor matt 10:10 sendees were held sun day aug 5 12 19 and will conclude on the 26th participating churches f aaihiaitts were king solomon holiness church rev sis motley spells pastor macedonia baptist church rev l a boyd pastor friendship baptist church rev a c ware pastor and antioch bap tist church rev w bunton pastor sunday aug 19th friendship baptist church kind friends all enjoyed a lovely service with mt ararat rev ware delivered a very timely and dynamic ser mon deacon lee myree and deacon joseph bennett were on the anniversary committer tbejoeeravt ing committee consisted of mrs doris clark and mrs evelyn clay the finance committee was made up of the official board rev and mrs w l jones groundbreaking ceremony rescheduled for pedestrian mall the groundbreaking ceremony for the down town pedestrian transit mall and the memorial auditorium metro rail station scheduled for wed aug 22 at 10 a.m has been re-scheduled to fri aug 31 at 10 a.m the ceremony will be held on the west side of main st in front of memorial auditorium and will be attended by repre sentatives of all levels of government transit mall merchants and various community and downtown civic organizations the executive director of the niagara frontier transportation authority joseph d latona will act as master of ceremonies last month the john w cowper co a locally based construction firm was the low bidder on the 3.1 million dollar i itract to build the auc iritim station the station which is the first of the six stations to be built will feature a sports related theme to compliment its location next to the me morial auditorium which is a buffalo center of sports activity the construction is scheduled to be completed in the late summer of 1985 the pedestrian transit mall stretching from scott st and main to goodell and main is scheduled to be completed i the summer of 1986 the mall has an estimated total construction cost of approximately 42 million dollars located through out the mall will be five other surface stations besides the aud station they are the seneca st station the church st station lafayette square station the huron st station and the theatre station the lafayette square station and huron st station have already been putting out to bid with the cowper co being the apparent low bidder at this time the design of the mall is based on a tried and proven concept found in european cities which incorporates vehicular free-pedestrian right of way areas which are land scaped to create a parklike setting to give the environ ment a sense of quiet beauty and security mr latona said this groundbreaking means so much to this city because it marks the beginning of the end of buffalo's central city as it has been for the last ten years a new modern 21st centura cen tral city business district will evolve from the completion i of this uniquely designed and landscaped project king see page 2 7 serving working leading in wny inner cities i since 1923 price only 20 c per copy