Buffalo Criterion, 1983-08-03

              the buffalo criterion niagara region rochester wednesday august 3-9 1983 vol 58 — no 32 urban league president sees differences between blacks & jews as transitory in a major address in savannah georgia the president of the national urban league has called current differences be tween blacks and jews ' transitory "... rather than sharp and permanent di visions _ john e jacob told a national conference on african american/jewish american relations spon sored by savannah state college that new alli ances between blacks and jews were needed to help america live up to its promises to minorities and to the downtrodden he added black-jewish relations are not as close as they once were just as clearly they are not as bad as many assume what frictions exist between blacks and jews can be traced to common misin terpretations they are transitory differences rather than sharp and permanent divisions the civil rights leader said that some friction between the two groups boils down to the sad fact that some blacks suffer from the disease of anti semitism and some jews from the disease of racism but we cannot define the relations between commu nities by the acts and thoughts of their lease representative elements he said adding the path of inter group relations in an america marked by racism and ethnic tensions has never been easy that two jews in our society he such different minorities said there is a deep as blacks and jews should current of anti-semitism have retained so extraor that runs strong....the dinary a degree of con tin historic thread of anti uing cooperation says a lot semitism and racism is more about the perman always just beneath the ence of their alliance than surface the more transient friction on israel's role as a does •" factor in black-jewish mr jacobs cautioned relations the urban against underestimating league leader declared the strength of racism i see israel as a that must bind blacks and democratic state deserving jews together in common of america's total support cause for despite the the special nature of that apparent acceptance of state rising from a holo caust that we unprecented in the history of the world demands continued sup port for its existence and for its safety in a sea of enemies let me further say that the palestinians are a people whose natural long ings for self-determination must be respected but that they have been badly led and have been mis taken in allowing a terror ist band to monopolize their cause we only hate to see mr arafat's latest rejec tion of the reagan plan which i support — to be convinced that the plo irrelevant to palestinian aspirations destructive of attempts to bring peace to the region and unspeak ably self-serving in its desire to hang on to subsidies and the trap pings of power at the expense of securing a homeland for palestini ans john e.jacob mamie fears succumbs funeral services for the late mamie fears were held thurs july 28th at 1 p.m from lincoln me morial united methodist church 641 masten aye the reverend walter c barton jr pastor offici ated mamie gee fears was born in halifax north carolina june 7 1907 the youngest of two children born to prince albert and sarah arlington gee she came to buffalo in 1927 residing at the friendship home 300 jefferson aye under the directorship of mrs mar garet smith she became a member of lincoln memorial united methodist church in 1927 under the pastor ate of rev william palmer and continued her mem bership under the pastor ate of rev william home r mrs fears was united in holy matrimony to robert l fears in august 1930 she was a truly compassionate and loving person often bestowing benevolent love for man kind she was loved by everyone who knew her because she was so kind and unselfish on june 14th mrs fears was admitted to the millard fillmore hospital sunday july 24 1983 she departed this life surviving her are her loving husband robert l fears sr two sons robert l annie fears and james a lenora fears ten grandchildren seven great grandchildren and other relatives and friends interment was in buf falo cemetery genesee and pine ridge rd the thomas t edwards fu neral home waa in charge mamie fears new telephone co gets started here rooney selected as general manager a new company in western new york has been formed the name is the buffalo telephone company this company has been formed to pro vide remmonablm priced . mobile telephones and portable telephone service throughout erie and ni agara counties the western new york area has an excellent chance of being the first community in the united states to offer such a service according to one of its spokesman the buffalo telephone company owned by asso ciated communications company graphic scan ning corp and western union telegraph co has nameatjennistvl trooney as general manager of the buffalo telephone co mr rooney originally from chippewa falls wis consin for the past 6 years has been marketing manager systems en gineer and applications engineering manager for the harris corp in rochester ny mr rooney a west point graduate served in the united states army and was honorably dis charged with a rank of major the buffalo telephone company will provide tele phone service that is radio xorttrdlieo ana is possible because of technological breakthroughs and alloca tion of 666 2-way radio channels by the f c c to each metropolitan area the buffalo telephone company plans to invest over 15 million and have locally 25 direct employees that could lead to over 200 indirect positions it is estimated that over 1 billion will be invested nationally in this new form of communications dennis m rooney rutkowski named man of the year at the first annual ellsworth statler '' man of the year award presentation at buffalo statler hotel tuesday evening shown in the photo from left are john healy sculptor of award alice m posluszny buffalo area civic leader sandra l schmid director of general pulaski association dr robert s marshall president of daemen college and guest speaker marilou rutkowski wife of the honoree edward j rutkowski honoree t jeff lummel host and president of world food service dr kenneth e lipke master of ceremonies and gibraltar steel founder richard b solecki national vice president of polish american congress and dr s subramani an world famous heart surgeon with children's hospital over 500 people attended the first annual ellsworth statler man of the year award the proceeds from the event will go towards the children's hospital of buffalo mr rutkowski was presented an original glass work of art designed by buffalo artist john healy the award was bestowed upon mr rutkowski for his excellent leadership which exemplifies a ture commitment and belief in the future of erie county and its people daemen college president dr robert s marshall and hotel employees labor leader sam cariola were the guest speakers saluting mr rutkowski at the event rev l daniels to be installed at centennial tor of centennial baptist church 299 high st will be installed as pastor sunday aug 7th at 7:30 p.m rev a charles ware and his congregation of friendship baptist church will be special guests an open invitation is extended to all rev ware is a christian father of rev daniels who is a former associate minister of friendship baptist church rev lionel daniels pas k c push chapter initiates action against pepsi-cola the kansas city chap ter of operation push on wed july 20 began circulating an open letter inviting citizens to attend a one-hour pepsi cam paign reporting session on sat july 23 from 10 to 11 a.m at the zion grove baptist church 2801 swope parkway the letter addressed to fellow workers for social and economic justice cites recent negotiations that push had been engaged in with the pepsi-cola bottling com pany to make it more responsive to the economic needs of the black com munity it listed the needs in the areas of stable employ ment contracts for ser vices and goods scholar ships and charitable con tributions signed by push presi dent the rev wallace s harsfield and push board of trustees chairman the rev wallace s harsfield and push board of trustees chairman the rev a l johnson pastor of zion grove church the letter says further that of immediate concern is the plight of four black men who were discharged un der conditions with racial discrimination over tones the letter says that negotiations have broken down and that operation push is taking con sumer action against pep si-cola beverages and subsidary products which include taco bell pizza hut midas muffler shops frito lay pet foods old ei paso mexi can foods and under wood meat spreads com pany beverages produced by friendship leaders honored by many the sth anniversary banquet honoring rev and mrs a charles ware leaders of the friendship baptist church 402 clinton st was held at the golden nugget inn 2046 fillmore aye on sat july 23rd rev ware received many plaques and awards for his community services and accomplishments for the work that he has done during the five years that he has been in buffalo recognition was given to reverend ware from the city of buffalo executive chamber from mayor james griffin county executive's office edward rutkowski erie county legislator barry l robinson common council city of buffalo delmar mitchell presi dent house of represen tatives u s congress 31st district jack kemp and a plaque from deacon and mrs john jagoe rev ware a very active community minister is a life member of the naacp a member of the executive board of the buffalo branch naacp 1981-1982 annual naacp church financial cam paign coordinator of buf falo and surrounding areas board director of the towne garden hous ing project a member of the erie county charter committee from 1981 1982 is vice president of the buffalo chapter sclc is vice president of the buffalo ministers confer ence from 1981-1982 pastor ware is also first vice moderator of the western district baptist association a member of the board of ethics for the city of buffalo a member of the executive commit tee of the evangelist board of the national baptist convention u s a inc mrs louise langford was committee chan-per son rev a charles ware naacp to sponsor black dollar day new orleans - naacp executive director ben jamin hooks launched a black dollar day pro gram during the naacp convention july 11-15 to drive home to the white business sector across the nation the extent to which their survival depends on money spent by black consumers the program was aimed at demonstrating the naacp's determination to open up more jobs and business opportunities for blacks without resorting to selective buying tactics or boycotts on labor day weekend he announced the naacp will lead blacks in using only 2 bills and susan b anthony dollar coins tor purchases of goods and services by doing so he said we will say to merchants that a signifi cant portion of their income is derived from the black community and that we are insisting upon our fair share of the job and entrepreneural opportuni ties which are available to test black dollar day as the program is called delegates attend ing tfie naacp 74th annual convention ex changed currency for the designated 2 bills and coins at a specially arrang ed booth those denominations were spent on thursday july 14 which was desig nated the day for the local demonstration of the pro gram's effectiveness the idea for this nation al economic action pro gram grew out of a determination by l r byrd naacp fair share consultant to try a similar demonstration in green ville s c nearly two years ago mr byrd who then ran a program called the black economic edu cation plan said he wanted to make local business people aware of the extent to which blacks were supporting them without resorting to the drastic weapon of eco nomic withdrawal or boy cott we created coins with peculiarities he said for use on particular days in a more recent demonstra tion working with the south carolina state con ference they demonstra ted that blacks moved 1.3 million in three days throughout the state mr hooks intends to make black dollar day an ongoing program for labor day each year tuskeegee institute cleared of sex discrimination charges tuskegee institute ala bama has been cleared of sex discrimination charges as a result of an investiga tion by the u.s dept of education's office of civil rights it was announced this week dr brooke g schoepf a former associate profes sor filed a formal com plaint with the dept ment of education in atlanta ga alleging re taliation and sex discrim ination dr schoepf alleged that males less qualified than she were appointed to the administrative positions of a federal project at tuske gee and that she was subjected to different treatment because she made known her intent to file a formal complaint in 1981 differences see page 7 k c push see page 7 f serving working leading in wny inner cities l since 1923 i it tell them you saw it 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