Buffalo Criterion, 1988-12-15

              we make america better when we aid our people."—e l goodwin sr we record buck history every dat voice of the black community vol 4 - no 51 rochester the buffalo criterion the criterion is dean of all minority media price only 25 per copy nationally — uk wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 thursday december 15-21 1988 niagara region keysville ga good news continues nat'l commission against drunk driving honors wkbw rochester to look at potential sites for schools hoyt tosses hat into mayoral race rev reid possible candidate with an assertion that this is a time to build bridges not barriers eight-term democratic state assemblyman wil liam b hoyl tuesday dec 131b announced his candidacy for mayor of bbffalo .*«■».. just . as the trade barriers between the united states and canada have been broken down so too must we tear down the barriers that exist between this city and its suburbs between our own neighborhoods within this city and most tragically between the many heritage groups which are a unique vital and won derful feature of this city he said flanked by his wife and three of his four children hoyl declared that the city of buffalo is at a cross roads ami called for paneled efforts on be-half of neighborhood revitaliza hon realistic solutions to the drug problem greater allocation of ra-sources to education and full partici pation in government by all citizens regardless of race color creed sea national origin or political persuasion me pledged that spa-cial attention would be given in a llnyt administration to more effective mure in novative and mure com passionate delivery of ser vices in the elderly the disabled and the needy he called his message one of commitment ca pability compassion anal conciliation and predict ed victory in next septem ber's democratic primary hoyl was a teacher of american and european history and a democratic party activist before being elected delaware district councilman in i!h>9 he was the first democrat ever to be elected to that position in 1972 hi was a mcgovern delegate to the democratic national con vention in 1974 he defeated a 19-year assem bly incumbent and he has been re-elected to that office seven times he currently chairs the assa-mbly standing com mittee on energy and the assembly subcommittee on child abuse he is a member of the children and families committee the committee on corpor the rev herbert v re-id pastor of gethse mane baptist church located at 55 grape st and one of the city's leading social activists says he is considering a race for mayor re*v ke-ili a registered democrat is considered me of the black commu nity's most influential and politically independent ministers although be has never run tor public office . rev raid said thai supporters have asked him lo consider in-coming a candidate in next year's mayoral election rev keul said he is seriously considering the request and will appoint a committee to study the feasibility of a candidacy in recent months other possible candidates men liona*d for the mayor's seal from the black community include assemblyman arthur o eve chief city judge wilbur trammell and common council pre sida'nl cie-orge k arthur wftthme named k?-v itemi said 1 just feel none of those mentioned are offer ing what the-y his sup porters are looking for i may have to run if he decides not to run for mayor r.-v re-id says in may opt to run for some other elected office according to rev reid a north buffalo resident possibilites include the slat se-nale se-at held by anthony m masiello the common council se-al held by alfred t coppola and county legislative s«-at he-id by joan k barer all of there seals are up for re-election next year at this point the only officially announced can didates for the mayor's office are city comptroller robert wheien and as semblyman william b hoyl bethel a.m.e church has new pastor bethel a me church 1525 michigan aye re cently received a new pastor at the first episco pal district convocation held november 15-18 1988 the convocation was hosted by bethel a.m.e church in phila delphia the mother church tin rev harry white jr has been named pastor and will succeed the rev eugene e mcashan rev white is the son of dr harry j white sr and virginia j white he was born in an a m.e parsonage knoxville term his early education was in public schools of ten nessee alabama utah arizona california and buffalo n y he received his b.s in education from wilberforce university and later his master of divinity and doctor of divinity from payne theo logical seminary wilber force rev white has taught in the areas of elementary education special educa tion and junior and senior high school studies in buffalo rochester pas saic n.j norwalk conn his ministry has included ohio new york new jersey connecticut ber muda and pennsylvania the rev white has received many awards and citations from various or ganizations in the church and community he is a member of the alpha phi alpha fraternity rev harry white sr pastured bethel-buffalo in the fifties and now some thirty years later bis son has been assigned to the same charge lb was received graciously by the congregation the re mcashan was transferred from the new york conference to the philadelphia conference mcashan has paslore-d bethel a me church in buffalo for the past 8 years he was assigned to the pastorate of the historic jones tabernacle organized in 1930 by the lata bishop k r wright jr and named in honor of bishop joshua a jones the church is listed as of , october 19 1980 on the national register as a historical landmark rev harry while jr rev eugene e mcashan scientists estimate that as many as 200,000.000 meteors enter the earth's atmosphere every day these and other meteorites are estimated to add more than 1.000 tons daily to the earth's weight the ballpoint pen is said by some to have been invented by two hungarian brothers—georg and ladislao—who agreed on the advantage of quick-drying ink for use in pens they constructed the prototype and in 1938 applied for patent curling is a sport that resembles shuffleboard or lawn bowling and entails throwing stones at a house it is played on a large strip of ice and uses a stone that weighs 38 pounds 2nd meeting on war memorial stadium redevelopment set mayor james d griffin has announced that the second of a series of three i oaahlj-i.n-entig m diicuss redevelopment of the war memorial stadium site will be conducta'd by the city's dept of community development the second meetwk ■>*** scheduled for wed dec 21st at 3 p.m in room 1417 city hall buffalo 14208 city officials and the team of consultants for the w:--.,v".i-*inai s,t rede velopment project will be present to review final results of the user analy sis alternative de-sign c schemes and the current timetable for thi'p o|w'er interested citizens are mirage-el to attend and to share their opinions annual new year's pilgrimage planned by mrs lurie dußois in tin spirit of the christmas season — peace on earth good will toward men we pastor dußois and the entire jordan grave baptist church family join with the rev henry hall and the upper room prayer band in preparing to make our 40th annual anew year's day visit to the trie county home and infirm ary january 2 ims since n»*w year's day comes on sunday we will go monday january 2 the rev hall was inspired by god to start this ministry in ims and has not missed a single annual visit ever since praise march against police attacks held by patricia thornton earlier this year a multi-racial conglomerate of concerned citizens and organizations such as the black united front buffalo green peace and the new alliance party sister ayanna brown and numerous passer-bys held a march and rally in response to the rampant and deliberate police attacks in the african-american community two unarmed youths were shot in the back for allegedly stealing a car two young students were stopped beaten in broad daylight by two police officers for allegedly robbing a jewelry store further beaten after being identified by the store owner as not being the suspects and charged with the old disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice garbage to cover up the police crimes just a few months later on november 15th a 17-year-old youth by the name of paul dixon was dragged from a restaurant and beaten for allegedly robbing a white man moments earlier although paul dixon as witnesses staled was not the suspect he was further abused kicked in the groin and locked up to cover police crimes again commissioner ralph degenhart was asked to appear before a public meeting in the council chambers on december 9th by councilman james pitts but sent a letter instead degenhart and his boys know that the same racist corrupt system they freely operate within also is the same system our - elected officials are chained and bonded to which renders them powerless to actively and effectively combat police brutality as sister ayanna brown stated during the rally we need a community review board to observe how the police conduct themselves who's child will be next unfortunately that child this time was innocent paul dir-ir pilgrimage — see page 2 hoyt — see page 2 see page 2 see page 3 see page 7