Buffalo Criterion, 1983-11-02

              rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid circulation the buffalo criterion wednesday november 2 1983 - niagara region vol 58 — no is iritr-it-r-atatta-irrftrrai out-oftciwn 25c jackson enters presidential race run jesse run our time has come — run jesse run from welfare to our fair share run jesse run from freedom to equality run jesse run from aid to trade run jesse run the rainbow coalition will bring about martin luther king's dream run jesse run joy is coming in this election run jesse run the first question asked how can the honorable jesse jackson win the answer is easy — with the rainbow coalition of blacks hispanics 25 to 50 million poor whites disenchanted women the elderly the handicapped the unemployed the retired the under employed the never hired the old poor the bankrupt farmers the new poor the youth the obsolete workers and those americans who feel that america's interests would be better served from the black perspective better than from the white-middle-class-males point of view will rev jesse jackson's candi dacy just take money out of the community no the right reverend jackson has enriched our community with contracts worth more than one and one-half billion dollars basically vjrit'n operation push members there is no limit to what he could accomplish if all of our people were mobilized behind his programs will our ethnic groups lose all of the political ground that we have gained with white candidates by supporting rev jesse jackson not as a group but certain individuals should be willing to sacrifice for the good of the whole many offices will have black elected run jesse run by abdullah luqman officials as a result of rev jackson's campaign maybe even a governor the real nuts and bolts of living are not controlled by who is in the white house as much as who is in city hall the world will see that the blacks are not midgets but giants who were standing in a hole how far can he go just as far as we push him there was never a catholic president before the beloved john f kennedy a white southerner did not have a ghost of a chance in harlem new york and other northern black communities before jimmy carter if there is no clear-cut democratic favorite who has sewn up the nomination by the convention the honorable jesse jackson will be in a position to bargain using his own delegates and his prestige among delegates committed to other candidates as a tie breaker in return for his support he may be able to extract concessions to place in the platform domestic and international issues of concern to blacks hispanics women and other members of the rainbow coalition he may be able to secure cabinet appointments even a rflack vice-presidential candidate run jesse run our time has come run jesse run from welfare to our fair share run jesse run from freedom to equality run jesse run from aid to trade run jesse run the rainbow coalition will bring about martin luther king's dream — run jesse run joy is coming in this election - run jesse run yes vote urged on proposal 8 erie county executive edward j rutkowski has joined the buffalo building and construction trades council to urge a yes vote for the constitutional amendment allowing in creased economic develop ment powers to local governments the question will appear on the november bth state ballot as proposal number 8 if voters approve the state legisla ture can empower coun ties cities towns and villages to issue self-sup porting bonds to improve under-developed area the technique has proved effective in 37 other states the amendment was sponsored by state sena tor joseph r pisani r-new rochelle who join ed mr rutkowski and officials of 19 affiliated unions at a press confer ence at the executive inn mr pisani initiated the drive for the amendment and uicuipoialed suggeg tiona from mr rutkowaki kkam.^^mmmmmm • since it has worked so well in other states we should give it a chance to work for us mr rutkow ski said there is no cost to the taypayer and it can have tremendous impact on creating new jobs mr rutkowski said mr rutkowski explain new hope's pastor receives doctorate the rev paul f thompson pastor of new hope baptist church re ceived the doctor of ministry degree from drew university at madi son new jersey on friday oct 21 during the university's fall convoca tion dr thompson has been pastor of new hope church since nov 1980 prior to assuming the pastorate of new hope the rev dr thompson was for eight years associ ate executive minister of the american baptist church of new york state he was the first black staff member currently he is second vice presi dent of the state unit of american baptist church ed in addition to his educa tion from drew univer sity pastor thompson also holds a ba degree from morehouse college in atlanta georgia and a master of divinity degree from | cola-ate - rochester divinity school of roches ter n y dr thompson has serv ed as assistant pastor of the antioch church of cleveland ohio and pastor of the emmanuel baptist church of niagara falls the olney street baptist church of providence rhode island and the church of the good shepherd baptist in oakland calif he is national secretary of the black american baptists national caucus locally he is affiliated with the baptist ministers conference the advisory board of the urban league and the commu nity food center of wes tern new york a buffalo resident graduated from johnson ■ c smith university on july 30th barnngton stevens of 80 montana st received the bachelor's of science degree johnson c smith is a four-year private liberal arts university in char iot north carolina founded in 1867 rev paul f thompson wny foster care association held dinner the western new york foster care association held their annual awards dinner at the heartstone manor 333 dick road recently tbe guest speaker for the occasion was clay osborn regional director of the new york state division of youth region i remarks were given by anthony young assistant to the director of the nys faithful churchworker dies funeral services were held for the late mother maria myers on wed oct 19th at 1 p.m from the first centennial bap tist church mother myers was the wife of the late rev jesse myers founder of the first centennial baptist church although pastor myers passed in 1972 mother myers continued her faithful services as former first lady of the church she waa also missionary society presi dent pastor's aid chair man ; an outstanding mem ber of the mother's board was a deaconess an avid supporter of the sunday school dept and was one who had no limitation on placing her self wherever her services were needed in the church mrs myers was the daughter of the late henry and agnes armster she was born in crugar mississippi on june 30 1907 christ became a part of her life at an early age while still holding on to god's unchanging hand she moved to buffalo in 1949 and united with the mt olive m baptist church under the pas torialship of the late rev t c watson first centennial m baptist church was found ed and had its first meeting in the living room . of mother myer'a home at 428 emslie st some 25 years ago she had an undying love for her church on friday oct 14 1983 at 1:30 p.m she departed this life mrs myers maria myers inner-city political caucus makes endorsement the inner city political caucus is endorsing and urging all to vote on november bth for the following candidates who in their opinon are the best qualified for each office in the city and county gov ernment they are as follows edward rutkowski for county executive mrs genevieve starosciak county clerk barry rob inson county legislator timothy pawarski county legislator george k arthur council president hugh scott city court judge robert whelan city comptroller other endorsements are herbert bellamy council-at-large cliffor bell councilman-at large john moffit coun councilman-at large clif ford bell councilman-at councuman david col lins masten district councilman steven gad zitz fillmore district councilman and lenny gentile university dis trict councilman senior citizen's council asks candidates to stand the council of senior citizens of buffalo a.id erie county consisting of 14,000 members 80 affili ated clubs and 100,000 seniors with william j owens as communica tion's chairman an nounced the results of a letter survey of leading candidates for the novem ber elections questions posed were if you are desirous of our support and want to be on aur team state how your office can further the goals of senior citizens and keep the gains we have made there were 40 replies if we do not hear from you we will assume you are not interested and that you have a casual in boston black gets run-off bid birmingham mayor gets re-elected mayor richard ar lington the first black mayor of birmingham ala was re-elected to a second term in elections held last week arlington 48 polled 56,967 votes or 60 percent to 37,608 votes or 40 per cent to john katopodis a white who is president of the birmingham city council arrington called his victory a start of black white unity in the city in boston a black community activist and college professor melvin king will face raymond flynn in a run-off election to be held in november following elections held in boston on wednesday that ended in a dead heat kevin white the bos ton mayor for many years is retiring from office king is a resident in the south end section of boston flynn 44 from the irish catholic section of the city is a city councilman the winner's circle when one visits the attractive omar beauty products and treatment salon on the second level of the main place mall in buffalo and takes one look at its owner dr mary jo lackey the question how do you spell beauty immedi ately pops into mind and the answer is — you spell beauty"—dr mary jo lackey dr lackey is unquestionably beautiful she looks like a delicious chocolate cover ed bronze statuette the remarkable dr lakey's beauty is not just skin deep she has developed her inner beau ty in part by attaining almost unparalled educa tional and academic achievements in the field of business and finance although of west indian and american indian des cent mary jo the second oldest of the nine children of the late chester and geneva lackey grew up in buffalo she attended buffalo grade and high schools her higher education was obtained at sunyab from which she received a b.a and a masters degree in busi ness administration she then did post graduate work in business at cornell and at new york university dr lackey returned to suny/b law school where she earned a ph.d in business and a j.d in law in 1971 although she spent her last year of law school at the emory school of law in atlanta georgia during most of her higher educational experi ence dr lackey was also employed full time immediately after her graduation from suny in business administration she started teaching busi ness law and economics at rosary hill now re named daeman college she taught there for seven years after leaving dr mary jo lackey rosary hill dr lackey was employed by contin ental can company also known as continental group inc as director of human resources dr lackey stated that it was there that she became deeply involved in the corporate world and learn ed some of its methods of finance mary jo was promoted to the legal staff of the corporation in the securi ties and investment divi sion she said it was while i was there that i had a good exposure to busi ness on a corporate level i became knowledgeable regarding the business roundtable and the trilateral commission she left after she had absorbed what she felt was necessary and returned to atlanta ga where she worked in former presi dent i&iwai i£&lt executive office of the commerce department during all of her experi ences her goal has been to own her own business now the proud owner of the omar cosmetics line she is without argument her own best advertise ment dressed in a designer red dress with lipstick that exactly matched it her large expressive eyes were art fully framed by her eye brows which had been carefully shaped in her salon to accentuate them her flawless velvety bronze skin was sharply contracted by her luxuri ous thick chin length black hair cut and shaped to perfection she displayed perfectly manicured hands with long tapered finger nails the nails also were applied to the length she desired in the beauty center explaining her business enterprise dr lackey said i developed the formulae for a complete line of cosmetics then had wny foster care assoc see pg 7 senior citizens see page 7 vsee 6'71 winners circle see page 7 yes'vote see page 2 m serving i working 1 i ending in j wny i i inner cities i isince 1923 j i price % only 1 i 20 i % per copy m