Buffalo Criterion, 1988-12-08

              44we make america better when we aid our people."—e l goodwin sr we record buck history every d voice of the black community thursday december 8-14 1988 established in 1925 wn v's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation niagara region price mil 25 per copy nationally — 3(1 vol m - no 50 rochester the buffalo criterion the criterion ts dean of all minority media the black leadership syndrome e c health dept cautions on holiday drinking rochester tel to acquire acc corp national naacp chief encouraged following is a statement by dr benjamin l hooks executive director of the naacp on president elect bush's meeting with rev jesse jackson no vember 30th today's meeting sends a strong and welcome signal that the bush administration is going to be much more willing to listen to a variety of voices and consider views of other than its own than its predecessor this is a good lieginning and we fell encouraged by it bush transition office seeks minority recruits by chester a higgins st nnpa news editor washington d c — the incoming bush administration signalled that it wants to include blacks hispanics and women to play a part the presidont-elect has named three of each to his transition team with orders to recruit relatively little known members of each group who had worked in his campaign or for the republican party transition press secretary sheila tate announced that the three co-directors for out reach programs who represent our efforts to identify and recruit women and minorities are constance berry newman 53 a black private consultant and former official of housing and urban development and the consumer product safety com mission jose e marline i an hispanic career air force officer and former aide to the then-senator john g tower ir-txi and betty heitman 59 a businesswoman who formerly co-chaired the republican national committee according to the trio they are already being flooded with resumes of job seekers ms newman said she was very encouraged after receiving 50 resumes from blacks seeking to work in the bush administration for those interested you may contact the office of president-elect presidential transition 1825 connecticut aye n w washington d c 20270 phone 202 673-2300 and direct your resume or phone request to ms man mrs heitman or mr martinez according to your ethimcity or sex director of personnel for this office is chase untermeyer buffalo telephone co names izydorczak lou h ebert general sales manager for the buffalo telephone co leadquartered in buffalo iias named michael a izydorczak is senior account representative for the company in his new capacity for he butfalo cellular none co mr tzydortamk will be hand ling accounts m a day-to day liasis inn market ing new products and ser vices for them the buffalo telephone co services cellular company services cellu mt car boat mobile transportable and portable phones in western new york state after having invested mat 10 million into he local economy with 40 direct and 200 indirect employees mr i7.ydorc7.ak was pre viously a cellular commu nications representative for 4 and one-half years before being promoted to being a senior account representative for buffalo telephone co he is also a 1981 canisius college graduate with a b s degree in business man buffalo branch naacp to install officers the buffalo branch naacp will install officers on day dec lath at a meeting to be held at 6:30 p.m at s3 east ferry 1 according to daniel r acker president of the local branch said since positions or offices were not contested a motion was made and carried to appro the entire ,-.... buffalo branch officers of the naacp the follow ing are the names of officers for the buffalo branch naacp for . iv 1990 presidant daniel r '■'•'• ist vice president rufus frasier 2nd vice president frank mesiah 3rd vice president willie brown treasurer lucille perrin and recording sec retary marion eos the following are indi viduals who were nomina ted for the executive board member-ship for 1989-1!w roger i blackwell edith brown alfred butts clarence connors david a collins oliver j dabney dds john v elmore esq david hampton esq ooorge {'„ iggers robert malone sr john j mccollough vaugh j millane esq mary ruth morrow shelia nickson charles i price william p robinson jac queline e rushton ar thur i taggart mit/i williams phyllis a wright and mr holder all nominees are de clared to he members in good standing in the buffalo branch naacp the nominating commit tee consists of dr oliver 1 dabney chair john v elmore john j mccol lough sheka nicks ■ and jacqueline e rush jacob gave talk here john jacob national president of the urban league was recently a guest sneaker for the buffalo urban league at the buffalo convention center this photo shows buffalo urban league president leroy coles as he presented mr jacob a buffalo bills scarf and hat set at a luncheon held at the kensington place restaurant — criterion photo afro-american business leader sherrell colston shown third from right of colston's mobil service station ferry and fillmore avenue is one of buffalo's most outstanding afro-american business leaders hart he is shown with ms kirn turner » mobil district represents live mrs colston and kelly klenke criterion photo promoted to supervisor was recently promoted to work activities supervisor in the blind association of western new york's man ufacturing division as supervisor she is responsible for managing 26 individuals who are blind and otherwise dis abled these workers process subcontracting or ders which include as sembling packaging bulk mailing and file-folder casemaking the majority of subcontracts are from private industry rhonda r rutledge groups set minority real estate program graduation i the niagara falls com munity housing resource board in conjunction with the niagara falls human rights commission ni agara falls area board of realtors and the u s department of housing and urban iß<w<ltyttni»m will hold i graduation ceremony lot 13 graduates of the minority real estate sales associate program wednesday dec hth at 6:30 p.m at the niagara falls area board of realtors 711 pine aye niagara kails n y the 13 students are t'alh'eririe '' hyrdbrad berry brian carriei shtn mi e cunningham paula s domanski michelle gardella phyllis i hunt vicki i'rv ir margaret my les mildred robinson sally shepherd valeric m staats cynthia a travis and diane s miller woxjtntffp 11 rnnin speakers will include charles mnrttn fair housing equal tip portunity director ot hud and regional vice president of the nys association of realtors phyllis festor president of the niagara falls area board of realtors and < oviwiyrrnivi ant(iivti 1 rendina henry brown dies following lengthy illness funeral services for henry m rrown were held tuesday dec 6th at i p.m from the h alfred lewis mortuary 968 jef person aye the rev landen i mccall offici ated mr rrown departed this life on december '. 19rr after a length illness he was born december 31 1923 in lackawanna n v son of the late henry m . <, and ruth brown he was the grandson of the late david and leila gray and nephew of the late frank gray mr brown's survivors are a devoted daughter carolyn a rrown of buffalo an adopted daughter cheryl brown of north carolina a brother render l ber nice brown of buffalo an uncle render tray f chicago iii a cousin mrs sandra gray ander son of chicago 1 and a host of rieices nephews arid many friends albert ferguson was the organist a selection was sung by ms mary craig and the rev mccall gavi the eulogy pall hf'ntfrv were frirn-'v and friends hfnry m brown walton was keynote speaker depot commissioner for the state education department arthur sam walton was the keynote speaker for lhe issues convention held at the science museum last saturday this year the theme was youth odyssey — a new generation the voyage home well over f<oo people participated the program was sponsored by the new york state urban revitalization task force deputy speaker arthur o p was chairman and ritn hubbard robinson director _ criterion photo police recruiting drive nears end the city of buffalo's campaign to recruit new police officers is heading into its last tew hectic days lefore lie application deadline of friday dec lfith so far more than 11 hundred people have sign ed up to take the exam according to spokesmen for the buffalo municipal civil service commission but they add that as the deadline approaches the number of people making applications will take the total substantially beyond the earlier figure as many as three thousand haw taken the police exam on test day in the past this year buffalo civil service recruiters have taken a strong message to area college campuses in addition 10 appearances before community groups and at shopping malls looking for qualified candi dates especially minori ties and women the city of buffalo has been under court dictates to increase the number of minorities and women on the buffalo police force starting pay for a buffalo police officer of 18,900 is comparable to what a college grad can make in an entry level position in many x fields noted pat irwin the public information officer for the buffalo civil service commission minimum requirements for the position include high school graduation but recruiters have been going after the college crowd kiinting out com petitive pay and promotion pour recruiting continued on p»gr 7 roflehsre see page 2 see page 2 see page 3 see page 7 izydorczak continued on page 2