Buffalo Criterion, 1983-06-08

              the buffalo criterion vol 58 - no 24 wednesday june 814 198.1 u.s postage paid permit no 1314 buffalo new york rochester niagara region wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation black sororities & fraternities adopt resolutions representatives of 600 000 college-trained blacks endorsed a march on washington and pledged support of voter registra tion and minority econom ic development at a weekend conference in chicago at the hyatt regency o'hare the meeting attended by 217 officials of eight greek-letter sororities and fraternities was the first greek leadership conference to be called by the eight on civil rights and economic issues al though they have cooper ated on social and educa tional concerns for nearly 50 years it was conducted in two plenary sessions and eight workshops around the theme of leveraging the combined strength of more than half a million college trained blacks through networks for communica tion and action following addresses by rev joseph e lowerv president of the southern christian leadership con ference sclc and mar garet bush wilson chair man of the naacp the delegates passed**a resolu tion to support a mass march on washington r'for jobs freedom and peace on august 27th the demonstration will mark the 20th anniversary of the 1963 march that i m catapulted rev martin luther king jr to national leadership and prompted a series of civil rights acted by congress both rev lowery and mrs wilson cited the leadership potential of the organizations which have more than 4500 chapters in the u s and foreign countries most of the members is in adult graduate chapters ac cording to ozell sutton president of the sponsor ing pan-hellenic coun cil of greek-letter or ganizations and chairman of the conference in addition to backing the protest march renew ed voter registration ef forts and economic devel opment the delegates called for improved quality in elementary and second ary education the vote on education was accom panied by a blast at culturally biased tests that called for close review of possible harm they do sutton in remarks pre pared for the conference said that nomination of a black candidate for presi dent of the u s is an issue around which local leaders can rally it will stimulate voter registra tion and will oblige all candidates to consider the political agendas of 26 million black americans he declared a series of other resolu tions encouraged greater installation services set the installation service of the rev walter l peacock as pastor of the lily of the valley baptist church 2412 tenth st niagara falls n ¥„ will be held at the new hope baptist church 543 rich mond aye in buffalo sunday june 19 at 5:30 p.m " rev paul f thompson is host pastor the public is invited rev walter l peacock crenshaw county family reunion slated niagara falls will host the 15th annual crenshaw county alabama family reunion on july 15th and 16th religious services will be held fri july 15 at the new hope baptist church 1122 buffalo aye in niagara falls • saturday july 16th the evening activities will be held at the ramada inn 401 buffalo aye the schedule is as follows 1 p.m the luncheon and program 4 p.m a tour of niagara falls 8:30 p.m a skating party at the niagara skateway 1038 cleveland aye niagara falls and at 9 p.m a disco/dance for further information contact mr and mrs leevon ridge way at 897 0031 in buffalo or equilla c hasley at 285-2235 in niagara falls abused children to get protection from new law a bill sponsored by assemblyman william b hoyt d-buffalo has been signed into law by gover nor mario cuomo the new law is designed to protect abused children by giving social service agencies enough time to appeal a court order to send a child back to a potentially dangerous home it imposes an automatic stay until 5 p.m of the next business day — of the court order to return the child to parental custody the stay can lie waived at any time if all parties agree this legislation was necessary because there have been a number of cases in which child care agencies have been un able because the case is heard late in the day to appeal a family court order to return the child to the care of its parents said mr hoyt chairman of the assembly subcommittee on child abuse the agencies feel that there are times when such an order places a child in danger this law will give child care agencies the opportunity to protect the child's emotional well being and physical health by allowing time for an appeal before any harm can be done the bill i a.6272 5.4703 passed the assem bly may 2nd and the senate may 16 dale volker r-depew spon sored the measure in the senate the new law takes effect immediately william b liml young former buffalo man dies suddenly funeral services for the late clarence c martin jr were held wednes day june 8 at 1 p.m from the h alfred lewis mortuary 968 jolferson avenue clarence martin jr cliffy was born on april 19 1951 and passed away on may 30 1983 he was the son of clarence and audrey martin he was raised in buffalo and attended st nicholas and bishop turner high school and buffalo state college he joined the u s marine corps in may 1971 and completed four years of military service he was honorably dis charged in july 1975 in san diego california he resided there until his untimely death surviving him are his parents two sisters mrs evelyn stepney and miss margaret martin three brothers george martin michael martin and step hen martin he also leaves many beloved uncles nieces and a host of cousins and friends the rev thomas a moore officiated inter ment was in forest lawn cemetery clarence c martin club to cite burnette 4 students the mary b talbert civic and cultural club will present its 9th annual achievement awards din ner honoring georgia burnette director of nursing at roswell park memorial institute and four students from area schools friday june 17th at the golden nug get inn 2046 fillmore aye at 7:30 p.m for ticket information call 892-7728 or 837-8202 georgia burnette shown in the photo from left at the mr wonderful 83 all male pageant at 2001/vip club in buffalo are michael palumbo coordinator judge brian d rusk national director of polish american congress judge penny williams reporter for wgrz-tv 2 mr wonderful winner wayne pinedo of buffalo holding a dozen red roses judge barbara snyder single life columnist for buffalo news judge larry levite president of wben am/fm radio and judge colleen gaughan talk show host for wivb-tv 4 pinedo named mr wonderful for wny mr pinedo a freshman student at buffalo state college was recently chosen mr wonderful from dozens of contestants before thousands of mostly a female audience at the 2001/vip club at the university plaza in buffalo wayne pinedo competed in a swim suit tuxedo talent and costume competition as mr wonderful 83 mr pinedo received 500 from the main entrance world of hair care a trip for two by plane with 2 nights lodging in new york city from taylor travel a car stereo from cruise v sound a 100 glp and certificate from napolis men's shop a watch from watch world and a dozen red roses from raroblin rose floral 7.9 m earmarked for wic program more than nine million dollars in federal funds intended to expand the supplemental food pro gram for women infants and children wic could be lost if the state does not quickly implement a plan to distribute it city council president carol bellamy and barbara blumenthal chairperson of the new york state wic association charged tuesday that state has not yet begun to distribute the funds there is a real danger that the money cannot be spent by the september 30th 1983 fed eral deadline the state is obligated under law to return unspent funds to the u s treasury wic provides nutrition education and a basic monthly food supplement consisting of dairy prod ucts eggs juice and cereal to at-risk women and children who because of inadequate incomes are in need of improved nutri tion and health care noting that a present the city is unable to serve approximately 190,376 po tential wic recipients due to funding limitations the council president said it is ironic that last year the state sued the united states dept of agriculture to release wic funds and this year the stele seems to have buttled up the money in its own bureau cratic maze there are all too few programs left to help feed the hungry new yorkers we can't afford to lose these precious dollars wic fund are monies well spent said ms blumenthal clearly this program has helped cut the rate of infant mortality and reduced the incidence of health problems in chil dren in short wic works and its funds should be bellamy and blumen thai explained that the state had received 7.9 million earmarked for wic as part of the federal jobs bill passed by congress in april and an additional 1.4 last month but they noted because funds must be returned if not utilized used as widely as possi asba " the officials estimated that an additional 29.625 participants could receive the nutrition assistance provided by the wic program during each of the remaining months of fiscal year ims if the state released the wic funds immediately it's hard enough to get washington to provide urgently needed nutrition assistance funds ms bellamy said and when we return them unspent money we diminish our chance of getting it again those hungry tomorrow will bear the brunt of today's state lethargy father son banquet planned the seventh annual father and son banquet will be held friday june 17 at trinity baptist church 41 spruce st minister joseph e davis is host pastor the oldest and youngest fathers will be honored there will be door prizes for the young people a movie entitled amazing grace featuring the late dr martin luther king jr will be shown a full course dinner will deserved all of this is for the donation of 3.00 per person for reservations call deacon walter h kemp sr at 845-6123 all are invited dr william l sutton director of corporate relations for eastman kodak company joins william a johnson jr president and chief executive officer of the rochester urban league in congratulating one of this year's two kodak/urban league scholarship win ners — michael a robinson a student at edison tech in rochester the second annual awards will be presented officially on june 18th at the urban league's salute to black scholars honoring nearly 100 out standing black high school students john w bryant of east high school is the other recipient of the four-year scholarships which cover a minimum of 50 percent of each student's tuition kodak & urban league honor scholarship recipients rochester — eastman kodak company in con junction with the urban league of rochester has awarded college scholar ships to john w bryant and michael a robinson it was announced by the two organizations the students will be formally recognized at the urban league's fourth annual salute to black scholars on june 18th the students both ro chester residents were selected from a field of about 100 candidates who will receive the black scholars award at the gathering they were chosen on the basis of academic excellence and economic need upon making the pre sentation of the kodak urban league scholars awards kodak's tom hiatt director of public affairs commented we are pleased to again be partners with the roches ter urban league in this joint effort designed to recognize and support minority scholars seeking higher education mr bryant of 67 evergreen st plans to attend buffalo state uni versity in the fall to study mechanical engineering while attending marshall high school he was involved in two kodak sponsored programs — duest and pris 2-m - as well as being senior class presdient and a member of the executive council student forum and inspiration club he is also active on the yearbook staff as a writer and a black scholar he is the son of john and belinda bryant mr robinson of 192 congress aye will attend florida a&m in the fall to pursue studies in business administration and elec trical engineering cur rently a student at edison technical and educational center he is vice presi dent of the student gov ernment and a member of the national honor soci ety student senate forum and who's who among american high school school students he was selected the most outstanding student in american studies at edison and has been named to the school's honor roll for three consec utive periods in the community he is active in the 4-h club explorers and minority introduction to engineering he is the son of perry and doris robinson the students kodak rochester urban league grants will cover a mini mum of 50 percent of their tuition costs beginning in the freshman year and continuing for an addition al three years or until the completion of the bache lor's degree whichever comes first this is the second year for the program with scholarships going to daryl e dunbar of east high school/purdue uni versity and pamela free man of bishop kearney high school state university last year the scholarships are a part of kodak's overall support of minority educa tion the company has also recently implemented the kodak minority aca black sororities seepa scholarship recipients is page 7 1923 1983 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our office has been open every week ol every year since our existence serving our communities you've just gotta sign up lor 1 copy , 1 the buffalo criterion every week lot only 20 national 25 upstate new york's oldest , m largest minority press — the only wny minority paper that is registered is i bona fide newspaper under the march 3 1879 act of congress - regulating newspapers