Buffalo Criterion, 1983-04-13

              wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion wednesday april 13-19 1983 vol 58 — no 16 rochester niagara region u.s postage paid permit no 1314 buffalo new york youth night at langston hughes center the langston hughes center 25 high st held several community programs during the months of february and march the programs featured a business seminar with area politicians and senior citizens programs this photo was taken at a youth night program many area youth were lauded for community achievements the program featured singing dancing poetry reading etc this photo shows the youth as they proudly pose along with mrs ora lee lewis second from left executive director of the langston hughes institute and the criterion's columnist mrs tva m doyle second from right refreshments were served following the program — criterion photo chicago elects its 1st black mayor editorial - hard fought victory the mayoral campaign in chicago is over it developed into a race contest with black democratic candidate harold washington facing candidate bernard epton white the fair-minded intelligent decent citizens of america are blinking in shame over the way the municipal election in chicago was conducted however the people have spoken and harold washington squeaked out a narrow victory over republican bernard epton chicago has been a highlight for many years for blacks in american politics it will be recalled that the first black congressman in this century oscar depriest was elected in 1916 for ten 2-year terms to 1936 his main piece of _*--_____»_ _____ ___. __, i-.yn_h bill he made at least three trips to buffalo to help kick off their political drive in the mid-20s which has steadily progressed mr washington campaigned hard in and out of chicago his victory can be interpreted in many ways it is an example for others of our group to follow he received 97 of the black vote and 10 of the white vote in becoming the head of america's second largest city this victory was possible because of the hugh number of black youths registered to vote — and die just that black people have been voting allot tins century — for white candidates — and no one has said a mumbling word with a big minority population steadily growing and taking over the cities they are bound to get elected to high offices the criterion congratulates mr washington and his team upon his very fine political accomplishment harold washington services held for albert halton jr funeral services for the bate albert haiton jr mas held sat april 2 at hi a.m from the thomas it albert haiton jr as held sat april 2 at 1 a.m from the thomas p edwards funeral ome 995 genesee st cv c taylor officiated ' mr haiton was born on march 23 1941 in cam den arkansas he was the son of the late albert haiton sr and mrs lealor smithl haiton he passed away on march 30 1983 at the erie county medical center he joined the 11 s marine corps in 1959 and served four years surviving him are his wife mrs bettye haiton three daughters lena lori and lela haiton all of buffalo a son antoney haiton two step children stacey and alfonzo filder two sisters brenda willis and vivian haiton all of buffalo a brother ira elliott jr of mt holly arkansas eight nieces four nephews one grand child a great grandchild and a host of other relatives and friends interment was in elm lawn cemetery albert halton jr active in the shoes for poland drive are dr matt a gajewski and mrs clara weber shown in the photo from left at shoes for poland donation by wnys am 1120 are brownie michalski mcl kase tom chmielowiz co-chairman brian d rusk co-chairman richard b solecki coordinator dr matt galewski chairman greg chwojdak of wnys am 1120 and gred chwojdak sr of wnys 1,200 pairs of shoes donated for needy on sunday march 20th in front of the polish union hall at 761 fillmore aye buffalo over 1,200 pairs of shoes were donated for the needy in poland this winter especially children are without proper footwear for poland's snowy winter according to brian d rusk co-chairman of the shoes for poland drive these 1,200 pairs of shoes were collected by greg chwojdak with the wnys am formerly wwol am 1120 radio station polka country program this program airs from 10 a.m to 1 p.m sundays mr chwojdak was assisted in this drive by the thruway mall super duper brian d rusk national director of the polish american congress and richard b solecki national vice president of the polish american congress noi sees opportunity to put black america back to work the nation of islam is back in the fish busi ness the followers of the honorable elijah mu hammad under the direc tion of minister louis farrakhan have imported thousands of pounds of resyi ftsh from sooth africa the ship that brought in the fish arrived march 25th and docked in . at port newark new ' jersey brother larry x nation al assistant to mm farrakhan who was in town from the nation of islam inol headquarter ed in chicago to take care of the legal part involving the fish said the main thrust of the fish pro gram is to create jobs for the black community he added that mm farrakhan said spiritual teaching without an eco nomic base goes • for naught the muslim's imported - fish were caught in the unpolluted waters of ar gentina once caught the fish are immediately head ed gutted filleted and quick frozen bro larry said the fish are a blue whiting which is the first time this type of fish has been introduced to the ameri can market this is the first trial shipment for more than a year the noi has been negocia ting with the japanese government in order to bring this fish here mr tajiri president of the japanese-afro society ( a business trade organiza tion with offices in japan and atlanta georgia was instrumental in helping the noi obtain the fish in march 14 black mayors from the u s went to japan in order to help strengthen business and trade for the black community in america however bro larry said elijah muhammad had set up trade with japan in the early 70's which opened the door for trade for black america he said thai minister farrakhan is in accord with the mayors efforts and invites the black community to share in the muslim's fish program several thousand pounds of the fish have been distributed to mu hammad's temple no 7 in new york as well as several other muslim temples on the east coast in addition the fish will be sold to the black commu nity at a low price the fish pro s-ram is capable of putting black america back to work we don't have to beg others to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves said bro lin wood x head of temple no 7 in new york he further stated that the hon elijah muhammad for years call ed for black people to ' get up from their condition and minister farrakhan is now calling to the pimps and muggers to stop exploiting their people and work in a clean honest job selling fish under the leadership of elijah muhammad the noi in 1974 were import ing millions of pounds of fish which grossed them more than 2 million a year the success the hon elijah muhammad met with before said bro larry only points to the success muslims have now he also said that minister farrakhan in rebuilding the messen ger's work pointed out that the nation of islam must be rebuilt with a strong economic base which elijah pointed to those intered in finding out more about the fish program may contact muhammad's temple no 7 at 212 778-5991 proposal seeks to reduce welfare costs erie county executive edward j rutkowski has proposed establishing a federally-funded program to reduce welfare costs by stepping up the search for jobs in the private sector for more than 11,000 employable recipients of food and stamps he submitted the pro posal to the county legis lature mr rutkowski said the program would concentrate on clients who have the greatest potential for regaining jobs in the private sector and it could save the county taxpayers 16 million through the closing of aid cases tax credits will be available to employers who hire the clients getting recently un employed residents back to work is good not only for the workers their families and the community but also represents the most meaningful way in which we in local government __■ stabilize and hopefully reduce the public assis tance caseloads and costs the county execu tive said mr rutkowski's letter asks the legislature to authorize acceptance of a 360,000 grant through the state dept of social services to create 28 positions including 22 counselors and trainees plus six clerks it would cover fringe benefits and office and phone costs for a six-month period from april ist to sept 30th no county funds are involved of the potential target group of more than 11.000 employable food stamp recipients approximately three quarters would be drawn from the home relief category of public assistance and one-quar ter from persons for whom food stamps are their only aid members of the two groups tend to comprise the most recently employ ed and are most likely to hve the skills education and training to readily re-enter the labor market when counselors locate private employment open ing mr rutkowski said the projected total an nual savings of 4,128,302 would include a total direct savings of 1,663,880 for the county based on closing an estimated 2,500 home relief cases the projections utilize the average monthly cost of 230 for home relief 68.51 for medicaid and smaller vrying amounts for food stamps wards chm for daemen dinner the honorable john r shearer vice president of the new york state assoc of towns and amherst town clerk has been named chairman of the awards committee for the ninth annual oaemen college president's scholarship dinner this was announced by mrs alice m posluszny chair man for the 1983 daemen college dinner dr robert s marshall is the president of daemen col lege the dinner will be held on thursday may 5 in the charles .'. wick center at daemen college 4380 main st in amherst hon shearer will chair the daemen awards com mittee that chooses a distinguished leader of western new york to be saluted at the daemen dinner previous award recipients have included former n.f.t.a chair man chester r hardt chancellor willard a genrich st and publish er george j measer mr shearer is president of the amherst south rotary club trustee of daemen college trustee of st francis hospital ; president of the theatre of youth director of the national conference of christian and jews and president elect of the amherst chamber of com merce amherst rotary schedules auction cecil mctaggart presi dent of the amherst north rotary club announced the third annual rotary auction apr 24th from 1-4 p.m in the wick center on the daemen college campus 4380 main st the public is invited to attend all proceeds will be used to offset commu nity service projects spon sored by the amherst north rotary club includ ing cradle beach crippled children camp clearfield library learning resource room millard suburban hospital lifeline system and others hundreds of items will be auctioned including dinner and theatre tickets hotel vacation packages radios watches and home furnishings mr mctag gart said over three hundred participants are expected to attend and proceeds from the auction are anticipated to surpass last year's profits of almost 4,000 the auction will be preceded by a champaign brunch hosted by the amherst area rotary clubs amherst north south and williamsville from 11 a.m to 1 p.m for further information contact peter stevens at 694-6857 or jerry childs at 689-6958 1923 1983 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our office has been open every week of every year iirkv our existence serving __. ._________• you've just gotta sign up for a copy of the buffalo criterion every week — for only 20 national 25 upstate new york's oldest and largest m ority press — the only w.n.y minority paper that is registered as a 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