Buffalo Criterion, 1983-06-22

              vol 58 — no 26 wednesday june 22-28,1983 the buffalo criterion rochester niagara region u.s postage paid per.mit no 1314 buffalo new york wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation woolworth's aids flood victims new york — it cost us money but we would do it again - the smiles were enough to carry us these were the words of aubrey c lewis vice president corporate liaison with f w wool worth co as he discussed this retailer's recent dona tion of 200,000 worth of children's clothing to flood victims in the greater new orleans area while words of appreci ation ha-e flowed from the mayor disaster assistance agencies and religious leaders in that city wool worth's role as good samaritan has been cited in quarters far beyond new orleans as well in his office high up in the historical woolworth building in new york city lewis proudly displays a framed letter which reads voluntarism and private sector initiatives lie very close to the heart of my administration wool worth's innovative re sponse in providing vital disaster relief tells me that the spirit thrives among the american peo ple i am proud to commend your find ex ample for the help and the hope you have shared with your fellow men thank you and god bless you signed ronald reagan the clothing woolworth provided was distributed to flood victim families through more than two dozen church and civic groups in new orleans it wasn't a simple matter of turning the goods over to the proper agencies how ever as lewis explained the merchandise was in a bonded warehouse in houston texas in that it represented goods in ex cess of-import quotas and could not be sold for at least six months even though we plan ned to give the clothes away for a good cause such a donation still required a waiver of import regulations by fed eral officials lewis said ' this was accomplished at zero hoar after art tcrgemt appeal went out from the new orleans mayor's office to u s customs dept officials in wash president lauded retailer's gift of giving in new orleans ington the woolworth dona tion was appreciated more by the community because it was not merchandise that otherwise would be discarded said the rev roger p morin of the new orleans catholic arch diocese's office of com munity affairs often the things that are given to the poor represent some thing people don't want anymore he said i'm convinced that private industry churches and community must work together lewis said of the clothing distribution effort we of wool worth are glad we were able to be of some assistance in this regard new orleans mayor dutch mortal summed up the woolworth gesture as a very remarkable and unique corporate ap proach to aiding the city's flood disaster victims signs legislation this photo shows governor cuomo signing legislation last week behind the governor stand members of the legislature on the far right stands governor cuomo's counsel alice daniel lawson named to had ecc city campus dr cassell a lawson of columbia maryland was named vice president of erie community college city campus on march 16th he succeeds dr leon e butler who resigned last september after being city campus vice president of six years the ecc board of trustees chose dr lawson for the 41,633 job after a five-month search by a committee headed up by ecc trustee william tabom he started his new job on june 16th dr lawson 45 was vice president for aca demic affairs at . coppin v college in maryland where he was a professor of psychology prior to being named vice presi dent of coppin he was the college's dean of educa tion he received a bache lor's degree from langs ton university in okla homa where he held a basketball scholarship he earned a master's degree in education from indiana university and a ph.d in counseling psy chology from the univer sity of notre dame before joining coppin he was assistant to the vice president for administra tion at morgan state university spec 4 jasper b burton returns as new army recruiter aide spec 4 jasper b burton son of mrs vera burton of 97 montana st in buffalo is a new army recruiter aide assigned to the buffalo main recruit ing station according to sgt first class daniel kozakiewicz the buffalo main station commander burton will assist area recruiters through july 15th by explaining to area high school students his recent experience in the army as a carpentry and masonry specialist burton who entered the army after graduation from grover cleveland high school completed basic and advanced train ing at fort leonard wood mo burton can be reached at the buffalo main recruiting station during business hours call 716 856-1650 candidates night held on thursday june 16 the frontier democratic club held a public candi dates night to review individuals seeking off ices the primary concerns of the fix a group dedicat ed to reform within the democratic party were the candidate's potential for community service dedication to open honest government and com mitment to internal reform in the erie county demo cratic committee at the conclusion of the four-hour meeting the fdc endorsed eugene m fahey for council presi dent a__a robert e whe lan for comptroller diane ciurczak paul mullen and vincent lo , velio were endorsed for councilmen-at-large district councilmanic endorsements went to alfred t coppola in the delaware district jose phine golata the fillmore district joel giambra niagara david p ruteck the north and rosen.an lotempio the university district proposed bill would require utilities to report on profits albany — legislation that would require gas and electric utilities to include plain language profit statements in their billing will be introduced in the assembly on monday by republican leader c d rapp rappleyea and assemblyman hyman miller the ranking republican on the assembly corporations authorities and public utilities committee similar legislation was passed unanimously by the state senate on june 14th the senate bill is sponsored by energy committee chairman dale volker the lack of information on the operating expenses and profits of utilities aggravates the suspicions and frustrations of the utility customer those paying the bills deserve to know how their dollars are being used the utility truth in profits bill will conveniently and clearly provide con sumers with such information rapp leya stated state law already authorizes the public service commission to regulate from assembly minority leader c d rapp " rappleyea the format content and clarity of utility company billings and monthly state ments yet state law also restricts the disclosure of some information that would enhance the consumer's aware ness of utility economics miller explained truth in profits legislation would require simple graphic illustra tions of utility profits — delivered along with your gas or electric bill it will provide consumers with the date they need to make informed judgments on itility issues miller continued while there are some sweeping proposals to improve the consumer's role in utility regulations this relatively simple measure can significantly en hance public debate on rate-making questions rappeyea said in view of the unanimous bipartisan support for the measure in the senate we hope the assembly will give the utility truth in profits measure its overwhelming approval the republi can leader suggested sorority to sponsor benefit dinner alpha kappa alpha sorority gamma phi omega chapter and friends of st augustine's center are sponsoring a benefit banquet for the st augustine's center child development program sat june 25th at 6:30 p.m in the ecc city campus atrium noted i chicago-based founder and publisher off black family magazine dr mary ellen strong . will be the guest speaker j for tickets and more information call 897-4110 extension 213 a reception will be held in honor of dr strong on fri june 24th at 7 p.m at 260 crescent aye proceeds from the ban quet will go towards expanding the child de velopment program into a wholistic institution re sponsive to the intellect ual social and develop mental needs of black children the idea of developing such an institution is the brainchild of child devel opment program director cynthia jefferson author of my calendar book volume i and 11 it was in ' fact the publication of her edition of the children's learning text which attracted support from dr strong whose life emem plifies her love and dedica tion to black children and the strenthening of the black family dr strong is currently the founder and publisher of black family maga zine which is distributed internationally she serves on the trustee board of the martin luther king cen ter for social change and co-founded wnov the first black owned radio station in the state of wisconsin she is founder and president of the welcome neighbor ser vice the largest black marketing firm in ameri ca presently operating in 30 major cities dr strong founded and published the milwaukee defender which later merged with the national award winning milwaukee courier presently the largest private employer of blacks in the state of wisconsin dr mary allen strong doctor found dead investigation underway ___. gar ttrntniig _»? v resident anesthesiologist was found dead in his quarters in millard fill more hospital about 2 a.m monday moming the erie county examin er's office is investigating the death an autopsy was con ducted monday but there will be no determination as to the cause of * death because the results of the laboratory tests will take ten days to two weeks a mass of chris tian burial for dr roste ing in his second year of residency at millard fill more hospital will be held at 11 a.m thursday at blessed trinity church 317 leroy aye dr rosteing was bom on july 13 1953 in new york city he attended st christopher's school in tonawanna and calasanc tius preparatory school he attended college at the state university of new york at binghamton and graduated from the state university of buffalo medical school in 1981 he was a gifted musician i performing on the drums ' at several clubs in the immediate area he also taught and performed in the mayor's summer youth program survivors include his father dr horace hoste ing a general surgeon at buffalo general and dea coness hospitals his mother the former mar jorie seymour a sister kirn and a brother kevin brown's memorial chapel was in charge summer youth enrichment program the buffalo urban league 234 jefferson aye announces that the summer youth enrich ment program will be held from july 6th thru august 19th from 9 a.m to 2:30 p.m for agest 3 to 15 years the program site is at the bul/multi service center 234 jefferson aye , corner of clinton st , monday tuesday wed nesday and thursday the program will consist of field trips films movies games visits to sacred heart church ten years later former members of sacred heart church in buffalo are having a reunion at st columa church hickory and north division sts on sunday june 26th at the 10:30 a.m mass former members of the east side church are invited to the mass and social following sacred heart church was closed ten years ago and the congregation ab sorbed by the neighboring parishes all former members are encouraged to attend the reunion it is important that former members of sacred heart church be worded as such because today there is another congregation at the former location using the same name but they are not part of the sacred heart church that was closed these are two totally different congregations and they are not affiliated with each other the lipkes to chair fund raising drive , dr kenneth e lipke and mrs patricia lipke of williamsville have been named co-chairmen of the building fund drive for the amherst museum old colony park at tonawan da creek rd east am herst the museum which began in 1971 in an old stone school house has an urgent need for space for such things as exhibits which result from the over one hundred thousand artifacts belonging to the museum programming and classes in early american skills and the daniel b niederlander library which will contain the area's finest collection of books relating to re gional history several unique archives rare books periodicals historic maps anti building rec ords prints and micro films of the amherst bee which date back to 1879 within the past year the trustees of the muse um mindful of this need for space acquired the annex of the abbott library at the state uni versity of new york at buffalo the building consisting of 22.500 square feet was dis sembed moved and reas sembled on the 35 acre museum site dr and mrs lipke will be overseeing the drive to complete this building dr lipke is the founder of gibralter steel he is an amherst native mrs lipke has been active in numerous civic and chari table groups including the american lung associa tion and millard fillmore hospital dr lipke recently gave up the chairmanship of gibraltar steel in order to try to save the bethlehem steel plant in lackawanna as the building now stands it is a shell requiring all electrical work heating system interior and exterior fin ishing lighting plumb ing furnishings and fix lltum the campaign is to raise the initial 200,000 neces sary to ready the building for the galleries and rooms which it will contain when finished dr and mrs lipke will be responsible for choos ing division leaders and top solicitors they will be in charge of campaign coordination direction and receiving of reports from division leaders and cap tains mr and mrs kenneth lipke millard fillmore head nurse retires after 32 years of service a retirement diner was held wed june 1 at daffodil's restaurant 930 maple road amherst in honor of mrs dorothy walker registered nurse personnel from many departments in the hospi tal turned out to pay tribute to the retiree for her concern and dedication to tender loving patient care over 75 friends and co-workers attended from new york city mr and mrs lacy roe dr jacqueline walker psychologist daughter and son-in-law of mr and mrs urias walker attended the dinner mrs walker is the first minority head nurse to retire from the millard fillmore hospital insurance industry contributes to buffalo neighborhoods a press conference to announce major insurance industry contributions to the six buffalo housing services programs will be held in mayor griffin's office on wed june 22 at 9:30 a.m representatives of all state state farm fire and casualty travelers and prudential property and casualty will announce fi nancial commitments to the local nursing revitali zatidh programs aetna nationwide continental kemper commercial union empire allcity hartford and fireman's fund have also been working with the n h s programs to bring the insurance industry into a working partnership on the local level the initial contributions represent the kick-off effort of a 200,000.00 fund drive targeted at the top 40 underwriters in western new york the contributions will be used to fund programs of the neighborhood housing services in buffalo and rochester summer program see page 7 * 1923 1983 s criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our office has been open every week of every year since our existence serving our communities you've just gotta sign up for a copy of the buffalo criterion every week — for only 2w national 25 upstate new york's oldest and largest minority press — the only w.n.y minority paper that is registered as a bona fide newspaper under the march 3 1879 act of congress — regulating newspapers