Buffalo Criterion, 1984-06-06

              rochester niagara region wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion vol 59 — no 24 wednesday june 6-12 19h4 qui of-timn 2."»r mrs clara hale founder of hale house in i art . receives a gift of flowers from arthur barnes president of the new york urban coalition for her pioneering efforts in caring for the children and mothers addicted to narcotics and helping to restore families damaged by drugs joining in the presentation made during the recent day-long conference on the innocent child at the harlem state office building are at left dr lorraine hale director of hale house and dr loretta p finnegan of the jefferson medical college who has documented the many serious medical problems common to children born to chemically addicted parents iiltx-rt photo hale says one out of 20 new yorkers are drug abusers state figures point up dangers to their children one in twenty adult residents of new york state is involved in some form of serious drug abuse dr lorraine hale the director of hale house told participants in a recent new york city conference on the inno cent child - children of chemically dependent par ents using statistics from the new york state division of substance abuse services dr hale told the 300 participants what makes the problem even more complex is that when we discuss adult drug users we also mean their children the day-long conference at the harlem state office building was sponsored by hale house a harlem based child care facility for the offspring of addicted parents in cooperation with the new york urban coalition inc and the new york state division of substance abuse ser vices both arthur h barnes president of the coalition and julio a martinez director of the state agency spoke to the participants in her remarks dr hale noted that the forms of abuse vary but among the young rich and poor free-basing and speed balling mixing cocaine with heroin and/or demerol are currently the most popular a number of celebrities and other prominent persons have been injured or have died while involved with th practices dr hale said several speakers warn ed about the dangers of drug abuse t ihe develop ing fetus or lo the unborn child in her remarks dr hale noted that the forms of abuse vary but among the young rich and poor free-basing and peed balling mixing cocaine with heroin and or dem erol are currently the most popular a number of celebrities and other prominent persons have been injured or have died while involved with these practices dr hale said several speakers warn ed about the dangers of drug abuse to a developing fetus or to a newborn child dr lore p finnegan professor of pediatrics at jefferson medical college used color slides to show the harmful effects of some chemicals on a fetus as well as on newly born infants she said some were born prcmatjiely others were the victims oi crib death while others were born with missing or deformed limbs some were victims of hyper activity learning disahili ties and severe retarda tion dr finnegan said when a mother is chemically dependent on a drug or barbituate during pregnancy the child goes through a withdrawal period within the first four days of its life dr finnegan said if the mother is dependent on several substances the newborn will go through a separate withdrawal tor each substance the mother is addicted to the physician added a leading authority on children born to addicted parents dr finnegan recommended the estab lishement of a therapeutic community for addicted mothers and their chil dren where they would receive the positive rein forcement they need the closest existing model for such a facility is hales house located in appreciation program planned for mrs alice haskins the public is invited to attend an appreciation program in honor of mrs alice hoskins special church nurse to pastor a charles ware of friend ship baptist church and visiting ministers on sat june 23 at 4 p.m at the william street ymca 585 william st this affair is sponsored by mrs mamie garrett chairman f friendship baptist church and mrs marilyn peacock co-chair man of faith temple church of god in christ nypirg citizens alliance to hold dinner-dance at golden nuggett the nypirg citizens alliance will sponsor it annual dinner dance sat . june 9th at the golden nuggett 2046 fillmore aye cocktails will be served at the cash bar at 7 p.m dinner at 8 p.m and prizes will be awarded at 9 p.m invited guests are mayor james griffin comptroller whelan and council president george arthur the donation is 10.00 per person jackson lauded for community service the bth annual volunteer activist awards presentation waa given recently by the empire of america and the united way a certificate for community sen-ice waa awarded to leroy jackson standing 3rd from right whose name was submitted by child and family services rev charles walker to be guest evangelist at trinity minister charles walk er pastor of the nineteen th street baptist church in philadelphia pennsyl vania will be the guest evangelist lor the week of inspiration at the trinity baptist church 41 spruce st buffalo the revival begins each night at 7 o'clock starting monday june llth to friday june 15th pastor walker earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in mus ic from de paul univer sity in chicago during that time he studied piano with the famous russian composer pianist alexan der tcherepnin and his wife mmc ming tchere pnin he has also had the opportunity to perform with numerous symphony orchestras both in the united states and abroad while preparing for the ministry at colgate divin ity school in rochester lie v iimniiminniu ily the school to write a composition in memory of the late dr martin luther king jr requiem for brother martin pre miered at the divinity school and has been performed and recorded at carnegie hall in january 1972 in august 1970 pastor walker assumed the lead ership of the nineteenth street baptist church jnder his leadership the church has grown in numbers and spiritual fervor pastor walker has serv ed on the executive com mittee of the foreign mission hoard of the national baptist conven tion u.s.a inc the ideological commission of the national baptist con vention u.s.a inc the philadelphia ministers conference and a mem ber of the missionary bap tist pastor's conference of philadelphia it was under til nation , all la | mst convention ihui i pastor walker traveled to i africa on several occasions i for missionary work he i was also invited along with four distinguished pas tors to preach in the soviet union as a guest of the soviet baptists i pastor walker is : married to the former sylvia sanders they are the proud parents of two i sons pierre and jason i rev charles walker donaldson to speak at daemen dr robert s marshall the president of daemen college and phil beuth vice president and gener al manager of wkbw-tv has announced that abc tv national white house correspondent sam don aldson will address the daemen college forum in cooperation with wkbw-tv this will take place at 12:30 p.m on monday june 25 in the executive dining room on the second floor of the charles j wick campus center at daemon college 1380 main st in amherst key media civic and community leaders have been invited to attend this daemen college forum sam donaldson also the anchorman for abc world news tonight - sunday has held the white house post since 1977 he is a • regular interviewer and round table participant on this week with david brink ley as the chief abc-tv white house correspon dent mr donaldson re ports on president rea gan his administration and its policies sam donaldson roveia the daily activities of ihe president at the white house and travels with president reagan during his foreign and domestic trips he also covered the 1976 campaign and elec tion of jimmy carter law to guard low-cost hydropower called for rutkowski says'lt doesn't make sense to pay twice erie county executive edward j rutkowski has proposed measures to ensure low-cost electricity for area customers and to allow the county to buy ontario and quebec hy dropovver if the price is right in a letter to the erie county legislature mr rutkowski warned that a law enacted in 1982 to qualify the county to distribute hydropower could be threatened by litigation instituted by the state power authority he asked the legislature to approve stronger wording tor the new proposal subject to referendum the 1982 action quali fied the county to preserve the favorable rates grant ed to western new york residential and rural con sumers because of their , r»fmimj*v».*lr ith,-y!,v*i*r*.^<'-i mi stations it was approved by referendum in 1982 to take effect when present controls expire we are paying for this power through removal of property from the taxable rolls and continuing tax exemptions it doesn't make sense to pay twice mr rutkowski said although county at torneys believe the earlier measure can survive the court action mr rutkow ski said it is advisable to bolster the county's authority and possibly take advantage of cheap ca nadian power if local utility rales continue to climb mr rutkowski said his proposal is a standby action to attempt to hold down costs for residential power consumers in addition he said he will continue to oppose re quests for unnecessary rate increases in its latest request niagara mohawk proposed the highest rate of return for investors in its history i think the state public service commission must reject the application tor an 1 percent rate of return and allowing the utility to bill consumers tor federal taxes years before . ..■* i paojr-fiats co reinu them mr rutkowski said he submitted a resolu tion to authorize the county attorney's office to intervene in the rate-hike cane with the state public service commission the county plans to coordinate opposition with the city of buffalo the state attorney generals office and the state consumer protection hoard democratic candidates continue to race rev jesse jackson center demo cratic candidate for the presidency states thai is is still in ihe running after vice president mondale received the necessary delegates senator hart also will be in the running both jackson and hart say that will take their fights right in the floor ol the democratic national contention to be held in san francisco california next month this photo was taken of rev jackson at a speaking engagement held in buffalo at kleinhans music hall recently rev l t boyce is shown at the left and rev andrew whitted is shown at the right — criterion photo what's the key mr and mrs romeo r doyle recently celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary mr and mrs doyle both agree that the key to a successful marriage must include love trust patience understanding and a sense of humor i see page 31 f serving 1 working leading in wny inner cities i since 1923 a r , i price only 20 per copy l a