Buffalo Criterion, 1984-01-04

              wednesday january 4 ujh4 tint of-town 25c vol si — no i rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region jackson returns to us with goodman group met with president reagan at white house jesse jackson demo cratic candidate for presi dent of the united states who is rated third in a pack of eight candidates has completed a trip to damas cus syria to obtain the freedom of captured u s navy lt robert o good man jr 27 and has returned home with the former prisoner of war mr jackson and lt goodman who had been held prisoner since dec 4th were flown out of syria aboard a u s airforce plane enroute to rhein-mein air force base in frankfurt west germany where lt good man was to undergo a brief physical examina tion president reagan was thrilled by the release and telephoned damascus and spoke with rev jackson li goodman and u s ambassador to syria rob ert paganelli he told mr jackson it is a great day here in washington all ameri cans thank you there have been a lot of prayers in washington i have been praying for you i couldn't be happier you can't quarrel with success we are delighted that this brave young man will soon be united with his family and that his ordeal is over the president contin ued we hope that the syrian government will continue to work for peace in lebanon so that all foreign forces — syrian israeli and the multina tional peace keeping forces — can come home and allow that country to be united independent and soverign once more wednesday lt good man's parents joined him rev jackson and the president at a press conference at the white house relatives included his father robert sr a retired u s pilot his mother marilyn a new york city bank teller his wife terry lynn his mother-in-law lorraine bryant of portsmouth new hampshire the goodman's live in virginia beach va they are the parents of two daughters morgan z and tina 6 he grew up in portsmouth n h and entered the naval acade my in annapolis md after graduating from high school school in 1974 he and his high school sweet heart terry lynn were united in holy wedlock in the mid 70s services held for joyce allen community activist funeral services fo the late joyce peggy lewis allen were held thurs dec 29th at 1 p.m from the thomas t edwards funeral home 995 gene see st pastor ronald f thomas officiated mrs allen passed away on december 24.1983 at 5 a.m in buffalo general hospital she was born on march 11 1928 in lackawanna one of three children of the late emma and william lewis she was baptized by the late rev arthur j phillips in the second baptist church where she grew up in sunday school mrs allen was very active in the church she sang in the junior choir was on the junior usher board and the junior missionary society she became president of the young people of western district assoc until she resigned to attend nannie burroughs missionary college in washington d c she majored in christian education grad uated and then returned to lackawanna she later married rev adolphus allen to this union one son was born for 27 years she was executive director for the black history week observance program which she pioneered at second baptist church when it was located on simon st among those helping her on this program were mrs lucille owens rev a j phillips and frank e merriweather who ren dered spirituals on the violin and the late mrs hulit merriweather curry she built up the program from an audience of less than 15 persons to nearly 2,000 people attending some of the programs mrs allen wrote re ligious articles for the buffalo criterion before becoming assistant fi nancial secretary of the great lakes baptist asso ciation she received proclama tions from the city state and county for this work she was also the assistant financial secretary for the great lakes district assoc was affiliated with the gospel hour on wblk radio was former ly affiliated with wufo was vice president of the missionary society of mt olive baptist church and held numerous other posi tions in state and local associations her survivors are her husband rev adolphus allen a son adolphus donovan allen a step daughter sarah mac clemens two brothers cornellius lewis and wade montgomery lewis four aunts sadie gross lelia marshall helen gar nette of virginia geo wright many cousins nephews nieces and other relatives and friends remarks were made by erie county executive edward rutkowski mayor james griffin thomas radich mayor of lacka wanna bro ted johnson of wufo n<a acker president naacp leeland jones of the black history foundation don allen wblk radio frank messiah n y department of labor ms mary chappelle black history foundation rev adolphus allen pastor of mt zion baptist church in irving n v rev otis bostic pastor of faith temple c.0.g.1.c and rev glenn dußois mod erator of the great lakes district assoc the eulogy was given by pastor ronald f thomas pastor of mt olive baptist church pall bearers were deacon walter tucker deacon john burton john elliott deacon roosevelt woods carl bellamy and cleveland kirkland interment was in forest lawn cemetery joyce p allen girl scout council to sponsor essay contest on black women the girl scout council of buffalo and erie coun ty is sponsoring a council wide essay contest the theme for the contest is famous black women from 1900 to the pres ent there will be first second and third place prizes for each troop level and certificates for all girl scouts who participate awards will be present ed at the girl scouts black history program on satur day feb 18th at mount st joseph academy lo cated at 2064 main st please call carolyn lee at 837-6400 for further information ms diane savage is the public relations representative for the expressway neigh borhoods attention explosion victims the ellicott district concerned taxpayers inc in conjunction with the city of buffalo's dept of community develop ment is now accepting applications between the hours of 8:45 a.m and 4:15 p.m monday thru friday for those victims whose property has been damaged by the ware house explosion for more information contact e.d.c.t at 644 william st at 856-7034 or 856-3262 there is also section eight pre-screening ap plications available only to those people whose homes were totally destroyed the winner's circle rev jesse jackson this week the winner's circle salutes a national figure the rev jesse jackson rather than a local talent as has been its custom he has no tcmpctaiu'fl',tcvobe chosen for this honor because of his success in obtaining the release of navy flier lieut robert goodman jr from syria who had been held since december 4th after his a-6 e intruder jet was shot down this feat stands head and shoulders above any act performed by anyone that has come to local or national attention the sight of the navy officer his wife terry lynn and their two chil dren robert goodman sr his father his mother mrs marilyn goodman and his brother martin goodman should have been a source of pride to all americans the victory of the rev jesse jackson in obtaining the release of lieut goodman also focused the attention of the nation on lieut mark lange the pilot of the goodman plane who was severely wound ed by the syrian sa-7 heat-seeking missiles and who later died the compassion that all of us should feel for the deceased 26-year-old flier and for his family is based upon the fact that the life of a human being was snuffed out in the days of his youth the emotion of joy for the one escalates the feeling of sorrow for the other these emotions for most americans are not based upon the love of . race but upon the love of humanity which returns us to the deed of the rev jesse jackson and his entourage from the moment that it became apparent that jackson would toss his hat in the ring for the presidency members of the media began their usual tactics that have been so much part and parcel of the recent ameri can scene members of the media have flaunted their right to freedom ot the press under the first amend ment of the united states constitution in order to violate the fourteenth amendment jjiights black and hispanic ameri cans in the attempt to stymy their political hopes and aspirations by casting doubt on the competency and moral fitness for the offices to which they aspire the rev jesse jackson is eminently qualified by education and experience to run for public office jackson was born in greenville south caro lina on october 8 1941 after graduating from high school he attended the university of illinois on a football scholarship before transferring to north carolina agricultur al and technical college in greensboro north carolina he received his ba degree from there in 1964 after attending chicago theological semi nary he was ordained as a baptist minister in 1968 his interests have been on economic and civil rights for all americans what has become most distressing for those americans who perhaps idealistically believe that any american with the constitutional qualifica tions of being a citizen of the united states thirty five years of age and a resident od the united states for fourteen years can run for presidential office was embodied in an advertisement which appeared in the new york times in nov of 1983 there a group named jews against jackson ran an advertisement en titled do you believe that any jew should support this si^n should any decent ameri can it showed a picture of the rev jackson embracing yasir arafat under the photograph were listed five statements that jackson was said to have made regarding the middle east situation with which the group disagreed rev jesse jackson and lt robert goodman jr killer blast still being probed tuesday night decem ber 27th a most devastat ing blast that reminded one of a war zone struck in the north division grosvenor area leaving six persons dead seventy others injured devastat ing a 5-story warehouse a church and at least three dozen homes and ruining two fire trucks all firemen from hooker and ladder 5 were killed and last rites were held saturday morning dec 31st with more than 3,000 firemen from various cities attending the almost lilly-white area had changed to minority residents from the mid-'3os at that time the criterion had only three subscribers in the area — mrs giles the tommy land family and the sirlee gaskin families ' the old st paul ame zion church sustained terrific damage and had to ! be demolished fire commissioner langdon said the exact | cause of the explosion was 1 under investigation but suspicion pointed to the propane gas the operator of a lift truck from which a 55-drum of propane gas fell was indicated by an erie county grand jury to ace if the de,b/.h«.j»xmlr\jb classified as homicides on tuesday jan 3rd the civilian who lost his , life in the explosion was 1 alfred j arnold 34 he had gone to his mother's room to warn her to leave their frame house at 612 north division when the warehouse next door blew apart and a piece from the building struck him in the chest funeral service for him were held from the thomas edward funeral home on tues jan 3rd donations to the disas ter relief fund formed by the buffalo news and empire of america sav ings bank to aid victims will be accepted through jan 7th the fund was initiated with donations of 1,000 each from the big e and the news for direct victims whose homes and belongings were destroyed by the blast the sherman l walker center 608 william st is a depot for registration as well as the masten ar mory chimera radiator form erly located at 148 ellicott st upstairs near north division owned the de stroyed building the late sherman l walker started in the funeral business and the late rosa montgomery both early buffalo political activists were residents of this same area in the early 20s the average car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute leaders discuss grenada president ronald reagan is shown at a recent meeting with prime minister edward seaga the discussions which were held in the president's private office considered in general terms the necessity for measures to stabilize grenada including meaningful economic aid head start expanding services to low income families the policy committee of the bethel head start program is pleased to announce the opening of three additional centers in areas that are not present ly served by head start head start is a child development program de signed to serve low income pre-school children and their families it is designed to meet the social educational health nutritional and psychologi cal needs of children the bethel head start program serves 285 chil dren in four locations in buffalo they are expanding further into the county of erie to serve 96 more children in the area of south buffalo the fruitbelt and depew and lancaster these pro grams will be housed in the following sites st brigid school 32 children serving chil dren of the old first ward 220 fulton aye st john baptist church 32 children 184 goodell st and st james school 32 children 500 ten-ace blvd depew this expansion will give the head start program seven centers and 381 children the total budget for operating the new centers with 96 children is 235,228 they have applied to the usd a for reimbursement for the nutritional part of this program twenty addi tional staff members were hired the bethel head start program is funded by health and human ser vices through the com munity action organiza tion of erie county inc the program is delegated to the bethel ame church rev eugene e mcashan executive di rector and mrs mary e randolph project direc tor new president the board of governors of the daemen college alumni association have a elected ann o'donnell as president mrs o'don nell is a cancer research scientist at roswell park memorial institute other elected officials are elizabeth ivers as recording secretary and dale m demyanick as treasurer ann o'dounell daemen college names director of student activities paul w hughes asso date dean of student affairs at daemen college announces that carl bur nett is the new daemen college director of stu dent activities carol comes to daemen college from the state university of new york at buffalo where she was director of their parents orientation program her master's from suny buf falo is in counseling and educaitonal psychology carol burnett the winner's circle iseepaate 71 f serving 1 \\ orking leading in vvny inner cities l since 19231 price only 20 c ivr cop