Buffalo Criterion, 1983-05-04

              rochester niagara region u.s postage paid permit no 1314 buffalo new york wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion vol 58 — no 19 wednesday may 4 1983 dedication ceremony held at library -_-— j-4 *«• - .— ■."• - the north jefferaon library at jefferson and e i lira was recently presented a beautiful picture for the study hall dedication services were held with the artist william cooper others on hand for the program were county legislator barry robinson dr monroe fordham seated from left sharon holly doris watts north jefferson library manager standing from left are paul rooney director of the buffalo and erie county libraries and david hoxie assistant branch manager of the north jefferson library — criterion photo group made trip to protest energy costs delegation traveled to d c called for roll back the nypirg citizens alliance rev ken sher man president traveled to washington d c early this week to protest high gas bills mrs mamie garrett the criterion representa tive made the may 3rd trip to the nation's capitol to lobby for the roll back of natural gas prices congressman henry nowak d-33d attended the meeting which was quite a success sponsored by the alliance on 400 leroy aye the group thanks the national fuel gas for donating 500.00 towards the trip while in ' washington the alliance enjoyed a sight-seeing tour includ ing the white house and arlington cemetery congressman nowak issued a statement of thanks to the group as follows thank you for coming today to communicate the strong concern of western new lurks about the soaring natural gas prices we experienced last win ter thank you also for the hard work you have done in collecting these 173.000 plus signatures document ing that concern i hope this broad ex pression of concern will help accelerate congres sional debate on this issue i hope it also helps accel erate achievement of a comprehensive solution as you know i have joined more than 100 colleagues in the house in cosponsoring h.r 2154 i believe that bill is an excellent vehicle for achieving the comprehen sive result we are all seeking we do not want a decontrol bill that sends family budgets out of control we want and desper ately need legislation that provides natural gas to consumers at a fair price your presence here to day will help sis achieve that result area minister cited rev a charles ware pastor of friend ship baptist church was the guest speaker at concord baptist church rev matthew silver pas tor it baltimore mary land on april 29th while there he was presented a certificate of honors citizenship by mayor donald schaeffer the certificate read as follows city of baltimore hon mrs mamie garrett reporter orarv citizenship to rever end a charles ware in honor of your visit to our city i william donald schaefer mayor of the city of baltimore an pleased to extend a cordiai welcome and to issue this certificate of honoray ci tizenship given under the corpor ate seal of the city at baltimore this 29th day of april in the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and 83 william donald schaefer mayor rev war also visited cleveland ohm where he spoke at the list anni versary of rev a e campbell jr pastor of temple baptist church april 24th rev ware thanks all of his members and friends who accompanied him on these trips to help make the programs successful this photo of governor cuomo was taken april 29th at the first meeting of the job training partnership committee chaired by jewell jackson mccabe on the governor's right in the photo to the governor's left is lt governor alfred delßello who service as vice chairman of the committee to delßello's left is herman badillo who serves on the executive committee of the jtpc job training partnership committee held 1st meeting governor mario cuomo fri . april 22nd convened the first meeting of the new job training partnership committee which is in charge with designing job training and employment programs to replace the ceta pro gram the new job training partnership pro gram will heavily empha size private sector involve ment in job creation and training the meeting was held in the 44th floor hearing room of two world trade center new york city in addressing the 46 member committee the governor outlined the three major aims of the committee 1 to assure that the state's resources are used to create job opportunities or those who need them most those who have suddenly been left jobless after years of gainful employment due to shifts in the structure of our economy those who work n unstable marginal jobs and therefore do not earn enough to support their amilies and young people who have left school without acquiring the skills they need to get a job 2 to develop programs aimed at preparing work ers to meet the needs of new york's changing economy and thus create a strong foundation for eco nomic growth and 3 to insure that the greatest possible percen tage of the funds available are distributed directly to those in need and are not tunneled off for excessive administrative or bureau cratic expenses one of the earliest specific recommendations the committee must make is designation of the local service delivery areas through which job training and placement programs will be administered the committee received and reviewed a staff proposal for the creation of thirty such areas throughout the state the city of new york four upstate cities and large counties would each comprise a single service delivery area elsewhere groups of contiguous counties would be designated these thirty areas would 3 promoted at big e empire of america fsa has elected joanne e carroll to personnel office james m harris to banking officer and charles c parker to assistant auditor an nouncement of the promo tions was by paul a willax president and chief executive office at empire of america mrs carroll joined em pire of america in 1982 as a compensation analyst a native of bath n v mrs carroll earned a b.s degree in consumer eco nomics and public policy from cornell university she is a member of new york employee benefits conference and the amer ican institute of banking mrs carroll and her family reside in snyder mr harris earned a ma degree in criminal justice from the stale university of new york at albany he joined empire of america in 1979 as a management trainee in his new position mr harris will be responsible for telemarketing and the big e telephone center he is presently enrolled in the m.b.a program at canisius college mr harris and his family live in buffalo mr parker a native of buffalo earned a b s degree in accounting from charles parker the federal budget — an assault on the poor national urban league's president john e jacob friday called the 1984 federal budget obscene calling in stead for creation of a universal employment system from the sutler's golden ballroom at the 56th annual meeting of the buffalo urban league he called on blacks to solve some of their own social problems he noted that black ameri cans are one tenth of the nation's population but that they comprise one fourth of the unemployed and one third of the poor and for each dollar earned by a typical white family a black family earns 56 cents according to the state of black by june carter america's 1983 report comparing the 1984 federal budget with that of the urban league mr jacob said that mr reagan's budget should be a blueprint for ameri ca's recovery instead it is an assault on the very poor of this nation '' and were it available in book stores would be stocked in the section marked cur rent affairs it should be put on the porno shelf for its treatment of america's growning num bers of poor people it is an obscene document continuing mr jacobs pointed out the fact that under president reagan plan the federal budget program will cut federal services held for e f hutton v p boating mishap victim atlanta ga — apr 21 — a memorial service was held thurs apr 21 at the morehouse college campus in atlanta ga for t m alexander jr first vice president and public finance national accounts of e f hutton & co mr alexander who was 50 was presum ed drowned in a boating mishap off the coast of honduras on sat apr 16th mr alexander had been on a deep-sea fishing trip with his wife janis and friends and was reported to have fallen overboard in rough water continued searches by boats and helicopters had failed to recover mr alexander's body as of this date mr alexander joined e f hutton in 1979 follow ing an extensive career in banking finance and real estate in both the private and public sector he had worked for chase manhattan bank and for dun & bradstreet both in new york during the mid-19505 prior to going into business for himself as president of alexander _ associates real estate brokers from 1958 to 1966 in atlanta he became the first black investment banker for courts & co of atlanta in 1966 from 1969 to 1974 he was appointed by the president of the u s as the regional administrator and as assistant federal housing administor for the u s department of housing and urban devel opment mr alexander was a consultant on insurance and real estate to the ford t.m.alexander jr alexander to deliver commencement address dr lenora cole alexander director of the women's bureau u s dept of labor and one _ two buffalo stan college graduate wr will receive the college s 1983 award to distinguish ed alumni will deiive buffalo state » llltn com mencement addres ai 1:30 p.m friday max 20th in memorial audi torium at the ceremony tot 2.249 baccalaureate and 432 master's degree can didates the distinguished alumnus award will go to maj gen richard m cooke commander ma rine corps air bases western area/command ing general marine corps air station el torn calif under dr cole-alexan der the women's bureuu is carrying out a congres sional mandate to formu late standards and policies to promote the welfare of working women and ad vance their employment opportunities this includes promo tion of employer-sponsor ed child care addressing the school-to-work transi tion problems of young women and increasing employment among wo men through job fairs and job matching services additionally the bureau works closely with women in high-level corporate positions to help other women move up the management structure dr cole-alexander had • also increased the if reau's internationa irt volvemeni anil n 198 led the i s delegation w the pans meeting «__ working ham nee of the role nt omen in itri econom at mat __■__. she was elected imf chairwoman at tne vvorh ing party she also ha initialed discussions with the international labor organization about possi ble cooperative efforts on women's employment and training issues before assuming her present position the but fain native served as vice president lor student al lairs at the university of the district ol columbia and vice president tor student life at american university following het 195 graduation from bsc dr cole-alexander received her masters and doctor ' ate degrees at the suit university of new york a buffalo she is active in many professional organi zations and is a member of phi delta kappa and delu sigma thela sorori is ' a 1952 buffalo mai college graduate with . bachelor of science de gree in education maj gen cooke is the recipient of five air medals the joint service commenda tion medal purple heart the combat action rib bon presidential unit ciution marine corps dr lenora cole alexander commencement address ee ig 7 federal budget see page 2 job training seepage 71 promoted see page 2 1923 1983 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our otfice 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 — or only 20 national 25 upstate new york's oldest and largest minority press — the only vv n minority pap that is 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