Buffalo Criterion, 1983-01-05

              wednesday january 5-11 1983 the buffalo criterion vol 58 — no 2 permit no 1314 buffalo new york rochester niagara region u.s postage paid wny's largest ft only accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation county files suit to lower energy costs erie county executive edward j rutkowski has filed suit in federal court to compel state and federal officials to take adminis trative action which would lower natural gas costs and refund massive in creases which have been passed on to consumers the suit would require the federal energy regu latory commission to dis approve supply contracts which allegedly permit monopolistic price goug ing the added costs have been passed automatically to consumers by utility companies despite abun dant supplies consumers are wrest ling with prohibitive in creases and it appears that rutkowski calls for refund of access costs to consumers a portion of the blame can be attributed to bureau cracy that is unconscion able mr rutkowski said residential heating bills . in western new york rose 34 percent in 1982 and could rise another 12 percent in 1983 national fuel and other utilities contend they cannot con trol costs because pipeline companies are regulated by the federal agency we are asking the companies to refund the excess costs to the con sumer that could amount to 500 million in western new york mr rutkow ski said the price rise has been attributed to contracts between utilities and sup pliers to guarantee the availability of gas after a threatened shortage in 1977 the contracts were permitted under the na tural gas policy act of 1978 which removed con trols from some classifica tions under ferc supervi sion pipeline companies base their prices on a mix of supplies from , new ; wells which are free from regulation and old wells which still are regulated ninety percent of u s gas is subject to regulation mr rutkowski said i believe that the suppliers are inclined to pass on the full cost of jtobfttess gsa ffifi could order them to produce a mix which would reflect actual costs of regulated and unregu lated gas and this would be more in the public interest he added the state public service commission regulates only about 20 percent of the total cost of gas so the responsibility lies with federal officials he said these extra charges add to inflation more than 3.5 million resi capt burgess feted at xmas party jkcfeptain burgess the military policeman who i rwjognixed joseph christopher while he was in the a/mcd forces arrived in buffalo dec 16th to pick up his reward buries christopher was convicted of a bed joseph christopher while he was in the ■ forces arrived in buffalo dec 16th to pick peward money christopher was convicted of a stfllingspree of black men in 19 0 in buffalo niagara s|r*d nd new york city bbthe captain was honored at a christmas party given by willoughby's insurance co 1523 main st corner of e ferry st where he was presented the rewards — one from willoughby's a plaque from the eastside kiwanis club and one for lt anderson of hawaii for service beyond the call of duty sheridan east provided the lodging for captain burgess stay at their own expense the top photo shows from left jeff willoughby and dave fields presenting captain burgess with plaques as walt willoughby looks on the second photo from left shows jeff willoughby and captain burgess as rev bennett w smith pastor of st john baptist church presented a check to captain burgess while walt willoughby waits to present his check the third photo shows from left mr and mrs jeff willoughby captain burgess kathy piranino secretary dave fields and mr and mrs walter willoughby gathered around captain burgess to congratulate him for his call beyond duty — criterion photos him m v * henry hau >» shown with some of his demonstration tools that god save see the light 0 ' *° "* ™"" bermonfi the are wotki x *«**-- helping people to evangelist to celebrate 90th birthday rev ha.l says we cannot beat god doing anything the evangelist said god told me to use these demonstra tions and he is blessing me right now on sunday jan 9th is rev hall's birthday he will be 90 years old he will be the guest speaker at trinifv -„. be ilif guest sjjeaßt-r al innuy baptist church 41 spruce st at 11 a.m t t i * ■■•**]** * - ** v """ i »* ye-f t™"":i rev hall has been preaching 51 years and has been visiting the erie county infirmary on new year's day for 35 years he has been a member of trinity baptist church rev joseph davis pastor for 44 years he has been writing weekly sermons for the criterion writing weekly sermons for the criterion vu a a „ cci-jr lleejlio l i liiet i f_*a_l i»_l for 35 years city officials get pay raise i-ast week the buffalo common council approv ed pay raises for elected city officials to take effect on january 1 1984 the mayor's pay will go from 45,000 to 55,000 other city fathers must survive the 1983-re-elec tion to receive the raise the city comptroller will esculate from 40,587 to 50,000 the council president from 32,000 to 35,000 and councilman from 22,000 to 25,000 those who voted in the negative were council man-at-large george k arthur ellicott district councilman james w pitts and lovejoy council man norman m bakos it has been just 30 years ago that a resolution sponsored by buffalo's first black councilman leeland n jones jr to raise the pay of the councilmen from 3,500 to 6,000 passed the council other employees were included in the package the money was borrowed from the pension fund center to hold program highlighting black men & women of the old west the langston hughes institute is planning a special program to recog nize the achievements of those men and women of the old west the story of the black cowboy has not been told neither is the history textbooks or on the screen in this effort a display is planned to highlight the black men and women who helped to settle this country and tame its wild frontier the langston hughes institute is asking for contributions of drawings photographs books poetry or other materials which focus on the black cowboy if anyone can recommend a film on the black cowboy that can be used please contact the langston hughes insti tute at 881-3266 this is of four programs being coordinated by mrs eva m doyle chairperson of the afro-american history committee for the langs ton hughes institute mrs ora lee lewis is the executive director of the institute gospel community a ward dinner jan 9th by mrs mamie garrett shown in this photo are members of the gospel community hour organization they will hold their annual gospel community hour award's dinner on sunday jan 9th at 6 p.m at the golden nugget 2046 fillmore avenue this year the honorees will be mrs mildred stallings mrs gussie mitchell james mcloud and ray berry tickets are 12.00 per person and may be purchased at the door or from any member of the gospel community hour t c smith is president winford lucus vice president jonnie pickens secretary and sonny means chairman rutkowski see pg 21 m 23 1983 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press out office has been open every week ol 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 20 national 25 upstate new york's oldest and largest minority press - 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