Buffalo Criterion, 1984-05-30

              rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region vol 59 — no 23 wednesday may 30 june 5 1954 out-of-town 25c bill focuses on restraining fuel hikes in a special report to the 13rd congressional dis trict rep henry j nowak makes the follow ing report the house energy and commerce committee by a vote of 22-20 has approved legislation to restrain natural gas price increases the narrow vote margin reflects con gressional divisiveness over the issue and amend ments are expected to be offered by both deregulat ing and reregulaling back ers when the bill reaches the full house for debate the new bill although not as comprehensive as earlier legislation i have co-sponsored does pro vide price relief in several critical areas following expiration of a number of controls in january 1985 s_tevrir(4 am tb * 1 take-or pay con tracts could he reduced to 50 percent for three years when supplies were scarce many gas contracts were signed requiring purchase of specified quantities of high-cost gas whether it was needed or not this has in some cases forces use of expensive gas while lower cost gas was available the bill would permit cutbacks of those required amounts of high-cost gas when they could not be used escalator clauses writ ten into many contracts take effect when most new gas is deregulated on jan 1 1985 prices tied auto matically to other rates that rise in january could fly up as much as 20 percent according to committee estimates the bill would cap these prices house unit moves to curb natural gas price rise at december 1984 levels for two years unless renegotiated imprudent purchases would be prohibited with the federal energy regu latory commission requir ed to block pipeline passthrough costs in cluding any purchasing or operating practice which ' does not result in the lowest reasonable rates ' while ferc is now required by law to disallow excessive costs resulting from fraud abuse or similar grounds the agency has refused to include bargaining for the most reasonable prudent purchases in its review standards contract carriage would require pipelines with ade quate capacity to transport gas purchases by utilities or companies directly from producers currently pipe lines that act as wholesal ers between utilities and producers can refuse to carry gas contracted di rected if they do not want the sales competition deregulation for the most part is not affected by the new bill old gas would remain under controls and most new gas would still be decon trolled january 1 the most expensive hard-to get gas prices now rise monthly at a specified rate plus inflation these . prices would be frozen on the date of enactment of the new legislation until january 1 1985 and then rise only with inflation i would prefer to see controls extended and will continue to support efforts rep henry j nowak hud honors gov't community groups several area govern ment and community or ganizations were honored by the buffalo office for their work in educating th public on their rights and responsibilities in the area of civil rights particularly housing the award certificates for organiza tion contributions were presented to joseph b lynch buffalo manager for the dept of housing and urban development in ceremonies held on thurs day may 17th those honored included home housing oppor tunities made equal the greater buffalo commu nity housing resource board jefferson & lewis counties housing re sources board onondaga county community hous ing resource and roches ter community housing resource board the 1984 regional fair housing awards were presented by joseph d monticciolo region ii administrator regional housing commissioner on friday may 18th the hud staff member award went to angelo lamberty equal opportunity specialist in recognition of his exemplary per formance and outstanding contribution made toward achieving fair housing the local government award went to the niagara kails human rights com mission tor us efforts in affirmatively furthering lair housing and the field office award went to the buffalo office in recogni tion of outstanding success in achieving fair housing objectives the buffalo field off ice under the leadership of joseph b lynch manager was one of five groups honored tor their role in promoting fair housing by the depart ment of housing and urban development at an awards ceremony in washington d c at the naacp youth division to present awards kimberly caldwell chairperson of the naacp's youth council's second annual awards reception announces that in honor of ' old american month the youth divi sion of the naacp will give awards to a number of outstanding americans at a reception thursday may 31st the youth council is paying tribute to older americans the reception will be held at 1609 genesee st from 6:30 p.m to 8:30 the guest speaker will be mrs mary j hackney she is the first black woman to serve as presi dent of the church women united of buffalo and erie county her life has been a testimony to her person al motto to serve this present age last year the guest speaker was mrs mary chappelle a retired teach er and leader who will be honored this year the folio-wing seniors will also be honored ms mamie humphrey of calvary cme church ms geraldine pope cal vary cme church ms edmonda leland gain inc ms mattie hunter gain inc ms rosemary reeves shaw memorial kimberly caldwell rev william h homer feted for 57 yrs of service rev william h homer was honored sunday may 27th 4 m at the hearthstone manor in depew n v . for 57 years of christian and commu nity service rev homer one of six children of william m and julia a homer was born april 1 1902 in green wood delaware in 1925 he married emma j tindley the daughter of dr charles a and daisy tindley dr tindley was the noted composer of hymns rev homer began his pastorate in atlantic city in 1926 in 1929 he came to lincoln memorial united methodist church in buffalo where he pastored until 1965 ■ he was appointed to warren methodist church in pittsburgh pa until 1971 at which time he went into retirement and accepted an appointment as pastor of the north ridge methodist church in lockport n v until 1982 he then again retired from active pastor ate in 1983 he was appointed pastor-emeri tus of lincoln memorial church in buffalo where he had previously served for 34 years mrs lauretta ander son mrs homer's niece has directed the senior choir since 1965 rev homer has travel ed extensively throughout the united states and abroad in 1963 lincoln church sent him to the holy land he also visited london rome cairo jordan israel athens and paris in 1963 he was also appointed president of the buffalo urban league and served as a delegate to the national convention in los angeles california he was the first negro minis ter in the 90-year history of the chatauqua institute to be chosen as leader of the methodist house in 1964 rev homer served in the u s air force chaplain core and traveled to alaska in 1965 he was selected as a member of a team that traveled to south america for the national board of the methodist church to preach and inspect the churches there as a member of this team he visited panama city sao paulo rio de janeiro buenos aires santiago chile brazil and pern lincoln memorial church is both pleased and proud to have this very knowledgable and distinguished man return to buffalo and to serve as its pastor-emeritus cao head start receives 2.9 million in fed funds the community action organization of buffalo and erie county has been awarded a 2.9 million federal grant to support its 19th year of head start programs serving low income families under head start the cao provides comprehen sive services including classroom instruction health and nutrition edu cation to more than 1,000 pre-school children and their families plus specialized services for approximately 100 handi capped children services are provided through four centers three in buffalo and one in lackawanna serving the steel city and south towns area — which operate a total of 34 classroom settings con gressman henry nowak reports forest district civic assoc installs new officers this photo was taken last monday at the installation nf never wi nffwv.es fee th • f.ssev i.ljlelel civic association at the polish cadet's hall shown from left are arthur e sullivan first vice president of the forest district civic assoc newly installed president harold bryan installing officer of the city of buffalo mayor james d griffin presented a symbolic predessor of the new cellular mobile radio car telephone by dennis m rooney thief frorsitc • offies.e mm catsaa«l m.^fo , « t.eev new buffalo telephone co peter j reibel outgoing president david rutecki north district councilman and al rusdto director of sales for the celluar buffalo telephone co ic . mr rooney and mr ruse were the guest speakers for the 50th installation eve voices opposition to tax cuts favors tax reforms deputy speaker arthur o eve has announced that he is opposed to any tax cut proposal for those earning 30,000 or more a tax cut of this nature would decrease substan tially the amount of the revenue available to help deal with the myraid of problems facing residents ot new fork state es pecially the elderly the poor minorities working poor and moderate income family he said eve noted the federal tax cuts already put forth by president reagan have benefited the upper mid dle and high income tax brackets while in fact disproportionately hurting those in our society who were in fact at a level designated poverty for a family of four eve cited a study by the congressional joint com mittee on taxation show ing that since 1978 federal income taxes on a family of our at poverty level have jumped from 269 to 1,076.00 - almost a fourfold increase one dollar in every 10 earned by such a family at the current poverty level which is estimated at 10,600 by the federal government eve said that congress man charles range 1 in a letter to john e chapo ton assistant treasury for tax policy pointed out that the federal tax burden has increased for families least able to pay those whose income are at or near the poverty level eve said our present system of government needs to be putting more resources into programs for senior citizens day care and health needs especially as related to children programs for our unemployed youth in urban areas have to be developed we need summer and after-school jobs to deter crime and motivate our youth toward productive careers mr eve also said that infant mortality rates are still high for blacks and diseases we supposedly conquered years ago are still rampant in many of our urban areas and illiteracy has not been brought under control the deputy speaker said that he could not see how with just a few of the problems memtioned the state could be discussing cutting revenues so badly needed to help those in our society who cannot help themselves eve stated that he would be in favor of tax reforms citing as one example that the current system of low-income relief is un duly complicated and does not adequately thatk into account family size a better approach would combine the current low income relief mechanism personal exemptions the minimum standard deduc tion the household credit and the low-income ex emption into a single low-income deduction ac companied by exemptions for dependents this new approach could better re flect the ability to pay of large low-income fami lies additionally the simplication gains for tax payers with low and moderate incomes would be dramatic subdue your appetites and you've conquered human nature charles dickens penny sales tax increase seen aiding city schools a penny sales tax increase can help to ease erie county's fiscal crunch and supply badly needed resources to local govern ments and school districts erie county executive edward j rutkowski said preliminary projections show that a penny increase would provide an t-dditi tional 10.4 million on an annual basis to the city of buffalo generating 41.4 million on an annual basis to the city of buffalo generating 41.6 million in annual revenue compared to the 1983 allocation of 27.5 million based on current enroll ment data the buffalo school system is slated for an increase of 4.9 million above 13 million received for 1983 erie county govern ment has kept property taxes low we have lived within our charter limita tion but costs threaten to exceed our abilities local governments and school districts face similar con traints so we must look toward broadening our resources mr rutkow ski said if the increase is enact ed by sept ist the county can ameliorate massive layoffs or service cuts and preserve the county's fis cal integrity he added the mandated costs for erie county as well as local governments and school districts will not go away it is prudent to meet them in a responsible manner before conditions get worse mr rutkow ski said he added that he hopes local government and school officials will use additional sales tax revenue to hold down local property tax levies without action now we face grave conse quences which will erode the quality of life in erie county local programs such as libraries public safety bridge and high way maintenance recrea tion and cultural facilities will suffer mr rutkow ski said surprise birthday party given to mother mary moon friends and the family of mother mary e moore gathered sunday may 27th at 3 p.m for a surprise birthday celebra tion honoring her as she celebrated her 83rd birth day sis catherine griffin and mother betty byes co-chaired this gala event mother moore is presi dent of the mother's board of the prince of peace church of god in christ 669 kensington aye in buffalo bishop leroy anderson is the pastor mother moore is the mother of four daughters a song a grandaughter two great grandchildren and two sons-in law delicious food was serv ed at this pleasant event and was enjoyed by all who were present mother mary e moore youth council see page 3 hud see page 3 natural gas see page 2 m serving working 1 leading in | wny 1 i inner cities i vsince 19231 m price \ i only i 2 c % per cop m