Buffalo Criterion, 1984-04-25

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region rochester vol a — is wednesday april 25-may i 19s1 out town 25c nat'l veterans confab to be launched congressmen jack f kemp john j lafalce and henry j nowak will all participate in a national veterans small business conference scheduled to be held in buffalo on sat may sth joining the congress men will be the mayor of buffalo and the erie county executive who will proclaim may sth as veterans small business day in buffalo and erie county the conference co sponsored by erie com munity college and the veterans administration is part of the u s small business administration's sbai nation-wide efforts to upgrade and provide management and technical training for veteran according to franklin j sciortino buffalo branch manger of sba the training session will be of spectal interest to vietnam era and disabled veterans many of who want to go into business for them selves we have organized this seminar to offer practical training counsel ing for veterans already in business and for eterans starting their own busi ness added sciortino the seminar will offer veterans the opportunity to participate in a variety of counseling sessions that include topics ranging from the business plan to computers in small busi ness another special feature of the conference is peer counseling in which veter ans will be given the opportunity to talk with veterans who are now successful businessmen in the buffalo community overall we are quite pleased with the design of this conference said sciortino we are not going to mislead veteran and say that this confer ence will get them started in business but what we are saying is that we will offer veterans a chance to take advantage of some quality management train ing and an opportunity to exchange ideas and views with their representa tives area representatives to participate in may sth small business conference this conference is a step in the right direction and can only benefit veterans who attend said sciortino the conference will take place at erie community college/city campus in downtown buffalo 121 ellicott st from 8:30 a.m to 4 p.m registration information on the conference can be obtained by calling 7161 648-5400 ext 322 or by writing veterans small business conference erie community college south 4140 south wes tern blvd orchard park n y 14127 the cost of the confer ence is only 10.00 which will include a luncheon materials and a reception after the conference to receive evans young award mrs jessica johnson will receive the evans young award for her community service from the buffalo urban league at its 57th annual dinner meeting friday in the hyatt regency buffalo kedra m small 15 a sophmore at city honors high school will receive the annual youth award mrs johnson is the first black to head the state democratic party organization and the first black woman to serve as treasurer of buffalo h carl mccall com missioner of human rights will be the speak wny peace with justice week to run may 4th-13th western new york peace with justice week will be held may 4th to l^th it is a time for western new yorkers to focus on prayer educa tion and advocacy for justice human dignity and freedom and the ending of the arms race the week is coordinated by the interfaith peace coalition of the buffalo area metropolitan minis tries friday may 4th dr helen caldicott will be the speaker at 12 noon at the erie community col lege city campus dr caldicott is a physician and author and is the founder of women's action for nuclear disarm ament and is the president emeritus of physicians for social responsibility her books include nuclear madness which calls for a halt to the nuclear arms race the session is sponsored by women's action for nuclear dis armament wand sunday may 6 a parade and peace fair will be held the parade will begin at city hall at 2:30 p.m and will go up to delaware aye it will include banners bands floats balloons clowns and marchers the parade will end at a delaware aye site to be announced and culminate in a peace fair the fair will include a variety of activities including music arts and crafts games food infor mation and fun this portion is sponsored by the ■ interfaith peace coalition b.b king special to air june 13th watch the b b king special let the good times roll on june 13th on national pbs television at 10 dm est - " world peace celebration thursday may 10th thursday may 10th at 8 p.m is the world peace celebration it will be held at st paul's cathe dral main and cathedral park a festive interfaith cele bration featuring music prayers and reading from a number of faith tradi tions the preacher will be the rev william sloane coffin jr senior minister of the riverside church in new york city and a prominent peace activist this session is also sponsored by the interfaith peace coalition monday may 7th to friday may 11th at noon featured will be for love of this planet it will be held at the buffalo and erie county public li brary at lafayette square a film series will be showed at noon all week at the library downtown this session is sponsored by the buffalo j\rient meeting the public is invited lo participate in these events financial support tor future publicity and planning is need send contributions to western new york peace with justice week interfaith peace coalition 100 wadsworth bflo n y 1.201 or call 716 883 7717 daemen appoints new sales program director christopher g gibas was hired by daemen college as director of the new daemen college sales program which will be offered by the business administration dept his administration duties are involved with design and implementation of the sales program which re cently received state approval in addition to these duties he will be working very closely with the daemenr college cen ter for professional devel opment on certificate and credit free programs in the area of professional sales he will be teaching cours es in salesmanship and principles of marketing in the fall of 1984 mr gibas received a master's of business ad ministration from the state university of new york at buffalo bachelor of arts degree in psychology also from the university of buffalo cum laude and was class valedictorian from cardinal dougherty high school he was previously dis trict sales representative for the drew chemical division of the ashland oil company and sales en gineer for the ohio water services division of the olin corp and the treto lite division of petrolite corp ll has also attended seminars in account de velopment strategies by xerox learning systems dimensional sales and sales management by phychological associates and xerox professional selling systems 11 dance black america sweet saturday night to appear here the dancing of black americans rooted in afri ca and blended with european patterns of movement is the inspira tion for dance black america sweet saturday night a production that is touring new york state and will be in buffalo for a performance at 8 p.m saturday may sth at shea's buffalo theatre this celebration of black street and social dance that has influenced ameri can popular culture for mot than 300 years orig nated with a landmark festive co-produced a year ago in new york city by the state university of new york and the brook lyn academy of music it will be preceded by a seminar on black dance with pearl primus and other dance scholars on thursday evening may 3 and a performance of american black dance on film the develop ment of black tap and social dance with film historian and collector ernie smith on friday may 4th both events are tree of charge and at 8 p.m in communication center/south at buffalo state college grants from the new york council for the humanities and the na tional endowment for the arts are enabling the tour and the buffalo program is being sponsor ed by buffalo stale with the cooperation of shea's the buffalo urban league guild and black dance alliance the four-part saturday evening concert conciev ed and directed by len wood sloan with the musical score by rudy stevenson begins with the drum of africa and the emergence of black dance in america and concludes with a medley of disco hustle electric boogie and break dancing the black dance inventions of the fifties sixties and seventies general admission tic kets are 4 and 6 silver patron tickets 25 and gold patron tickets 50 payable to the buffalo state college founda dance black amer ica proceeds benefit the buffalo urban league and black dance alliance and the patrons committee is under the co-chairmanshin of buffalo state college president d bruce john stone and mary alyce dullard tickets are also available at all ticketron outlets thousands flock to hear imam w deen muhammad wherever the highly respected beloved leader in the western world appears it is imam muhammad who has evolved our independent educational system up to college level taught us to discipline and collectivize our spending habits through ammcop and who is stimulating our cultural growth through the promotion of new world entertainment and the national cultural and economic seminars ammcop bartering day in nyc thousands of americans of african descent met in new york city under the auspices of the american muslim mission committee to purchase 100,000 by abdullah luqman ammcop bartering day [' plus iammcop to barter goods and services for the enrichment of each other the ethnic and society in general marine midland files to establish consumer banks marine midland banks inc have announced that it has filed applications with the federal reserve board and the comptroller of the currency to estab lish consumer banks in 14 cities around the country proposed locations for the banks - which will accept consumer deposits and make consumer loans are atlanta ga bethes da maryland burlington vermont . cincinnati ohio dallas texas evanston illinois morris town n j newton mass pittsburgh pa sadiego calif scott s dale arizona springfield mass stanford conn and tampa florida '' establishment of these banks would be a natural progression for marine's existing consumer busi ness and consistent with our strategy of selectively offering consumer finan cial services nationwide said executive vice presi dent geoffrey a thomp son chief operating officer for consumer and commer cial banking at marine the move builds on marine's strength in con sumer banking in new york state while position ing us to offer quality retail banking services in key markets across the country mr thompson noted that marine's decision to apply for the 14 consumer banks was prompted by a recent federal reserve ruling that allows bank holding companies to set up such out-of-state offices marine midland banks inc is the 15th largest u s bank holding company its principal subsidiary is marine midland bank n a a new york money center institution with an extensive branch and elec tronic banking network in new york state offices in 10 other states and 26 offices in foreign coun tries bill to aid explosion victims passes deputy speaker arthur o eve d-buffalo i has announced that a bill designed to provide aid for area residents whose homes were destroyed when an explosion ripped through the ellicott dis trict of buffalo dec 27th passed both houses of the legislature in making the an nouncement eve said he was pleased that his atnllnigti-w air life tvsem bly and the senate moved quickly in re sponse to governor cuomo's commitment of assistance to the city of buffalo eve explained that as a result of the explosion a large number of homes be longing to low or moderate income residents were damaged or destroyed and that their incomes in most cases were not sufficient to enable them to rebuild their homes or to relocate without aid eve added that the housing conditions in the neighborhood after the explosion were sub standard and a threat to life safety and health "' the purpose of the bill is to remove blighted condi tions caused by the ex plosion by assisting home owners in the rehabilita tion of damaged homes or the purchase of a new home eve said that in order to provide any assistance the commissioner of hous ing and community renew al will lie authorized to contract with the city for grants or loans to home owners up to 15,000 this bill sets out the general guidelines on how the appropriated funds will be used to assist the explosion victims and 1 am greatly encouraged that the state program conforms substantially with the program the city of buffalo currently has in operation eve conclud ed kemp to speak at 112th commencement may 18th u s representative jack kemp now in his seventh term as the congressman from new york's 31st district will deliver the address at the 112 th commencement of the buffalo state college friday may 18th at 1:30 p.m in memorial audi torium noted for his efforts to restore tax incentives for saving investment and individual initiative con gressman kemp is the author of an american renaissance a strategy for the 1980s he has also been a leader in the reformation of the federal reserve monetary policy in 1982 he introduced the balanced monetary policy and price stability act which congress adopted in the form of a resolution which many analysts re gard as one reason for the drop in interest rates in behalf of western new york mr kemp gained strong federal sup port for buffalo's light rail rapid transit system and last year persuaded the u s department of transportation to provide an additional 14.5 million for the downtown transit mall he also established the western new york jobs network designed to function in concert with the white house and gov ; mario cuomo's task force lin obtaining additional economic development assistance for the area among congressman kemp's governmental re sponsibilities are chair raftsnlp of tttt hrjuse republics conference and membership as the ranking republican on the foreign operations sub committee of the house appropriations commit tee and on the powerful house budget committee a los angeles native who received his bachelor of arts degree from occi dental college in 1957 congressman kemp moved to the buffalo area when he joined the buffalo bills as a quarterback he helped lead the bills to afl championships in 1964 and 1965 was twice selected as all-afl quarterback and was named most valuable player for 1965 in the american football league for five years he was president of the afl players association and helped negotiate the first comprehensive bar gaining contract in pro fessional football history congressman and his wife joanne have four children jeffrey jenni fer judity and james their home is in ham burg rep jack kemp hoyt announces new psc plain language procedure for handling complaints assemblyman wil liam b hoyt id-buffalo has announced that the public service commis sion approved new ex panded procedures in plain language for hand ling complaints brought to the commision by utility customers the consumer ser vices divsion receives and acts on some 60,000 consumer complaints an nually according to hoyt the new complaint procedures will provide assistance and protections to consumers the major new features of the complaint pro cedures included 1 assignment at a customer's request of an advocate from the division staff to help prepare and present a complaint 2 recording at a customer's request of the informal hearing to pro vide a record the customer may use for an appeal 3 permitting a cus tomer lacking fluency in english to have an inter preter 4 using telephone con ference calls as a substi tute for an informal hearing when the custom er is physically unable to attend hoyt also says the commission has develop ed informational materials about the new procedures and they can be obtained through a call to the toll free helpline at 1-800 342-3377 or by writing consumer service divi sion 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