Buffalo Criterion, 1988-11-10

              established in 1925 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester the criterion is dean of all minority media price only 25 per copy nationally — 30c the buffalo criterion vol ha - no 47 thursday november 10-16 1988 niagara region aids facts that are not true community blue member orientation meetings slated barred at the door black musicians patrons clubs see in next week's edition ! bush-quayle to take up residency at white house come january 20 1989 new federal leadership will move into the white house president-elect george herbert walker bush and vice-president-elect j danforth quayle were the victors in the race for the presidency over gov michael s dukakis of massachusetts and his running mate senator lloyd bentsen of texas following a campaign in which many voters expressed dismay over the choice of candidates the president-elect pledged to work for the respect of those who opposed him and moved to spell out plans for his presidency with 99 percent of the votes in the bush-tjuayle ticket carried 10 states 426 electoral voles with a popular vote of 47,457,046 or 54 percent and was the third consecutive republican presidential win the dukakis-bentsen ticket carried 10 states 112 electoral votes with a popular vote of 40,659.665 or 46 percent and was the fifth loss in six presidential elections for the democrats results of the election for dr lenora fulani presidential candidate for the new alliance parly are still being compiled dr fulani's campaign virtually ignored by the white media and the two other campaigns made history this year by becoming the first woman and the first black candidate ever to stand for president on the ballots of all 50 states and the district of columbia and the first independent black candidate ever to qualify for federal matching funds bush was the first silting vice president since martin van buren 152 years ago to win the presidency george h bush j danforth quay le the fulani factor editor's note — following is a release dated nov 7th from the lenora b fulani's com mittee for fair elections on sunday november 6th george borelli writ ing in the buffalo news noted that the polls show that dukakis lead over bush in new york state has trimmed from 20 points 4-5 points and that the publicans are calling the race a dead heat dr lenora fulani independent candidate for president of the united states is calling on the black community and other supporters of the rainbow social vision to dump the duke by voting for her dr fulani's plan is simple she intends to get enough votes to insure that dukakis and the democratic party lose the election the dukakis strategy has bora to cater to conservative voters — the reagan democrats — and to take the black vote for granted while addressing none of the black communities issues assuming black voters would remain loyal any way if dukakis now loses with this strategy the democratic party will have to renegotiate its relation dr lknoha fl/lani rev henry hall honored with appreciation service rev henry hall 9.1 year young evangelist shown center cutting cake was recently honored with an appreciation service at trinity baptist church 41 spruce st rev hall is affectionately known as daddy hall because of his many adopted sons and daughters rev hall is shown here with members of his immediate family dwayne kenny connie mable gail and tiffany rev and mrs david lucas leaders of trinity baptist church rev james blackburn sis bunton rev loynes deacon hall and others — criterion photo nynex cited for support of minority women's businesses hor the fourth consecu tive year nynex corp has been honored by the while house lor outstand ing promotion of minority and women's businesses the company was hon iii in washington d c recent as pall of minori i enterprise develop ment week jointly spon sored by the u s dept of commerce's minority business development di vision and the u s small business administration a commemorative plaque was presented by james 11 richardson gon zales the commerce de partment's director of the minority supply and de velopment council to moil ruber of nynex enterprises director ol the nynex minority and women's business enter prise program m wbi i in bestowing the award jon/ales noted nynex was one ot the first corpor ations in the country to recognize and support the needs of ih minority business community during the first nine months of 1988 the ma family of com panies purchased more lhan 77 million in goods and services from busi nesses owned by minori ties and women we believe that il is mutually i.nelicial to nynex and in minorities and women to do business together rob.-iis said i mil a practical standpoint it makes good business sense for both vi sk ami minority and women's businesses the purchases were made as pan i ih l m/wbe pro gram developed anil ad ministered l»j nynf.x en terprises tor a nl x since the program * incep tion ii i dm more than 5290 million in purchases have been made from m v\lth vendors nynex enterprises provides a wide variety of cost-eft integrated materials management and technical services tor the nynex family of companies including pur chasing contracting iial il \ control testing riven tor management and distribution enterprises also ottered customized non-telecom municat lulls business ser vices designed to make many other businesses outside the nynex family more productive among these services are customer-owned materials management transportation and ware housing services equip grand opening scene this is a grand opening scene at the nationwide insurance moore agency at 2196 fillmore avenue the photo shows family friends and well wishers mr moore the nationwide agent is shown seated at left along with mrs moore the office manager and her great grandmother — criterion photo expert in women's history black studies to speak dr william h chafe of duke university one of the nation's foremost authorities on women's history and black studies will speak at 8 p.m honda nov 21st in the grupp fireside lounge of the student center ( ani sius college under the auspices of the vv j connors lecture series in american political his tory 11l chafe who is director ol the duke women studies re search center will discuss from roosevelt to rea i.'an politics in ill past 50 years the speaker is also the alice mary baldwin distinguished professor of history at duke ami co-director of the university's oral his tory program dr chafe is the author ot five hooks published by oxford university pi.ss including ha unfinished journey america since world war ii he earned his bachelor's de gree from harvard college and a master's degree and doctorate from colum healthy neighborhoods project now available ralphs citron di s acting commissioner of the f.rie county depart ment of health announces that the healthy neighbor hood project is now available to residents of buffalo's upper fast side health professionals from the healthy neigh borhood project are pres ently surveying residents door-to-door in the area hounded by delavan aye main st bailey aye and william st they are providing free health ser vices including high blood pressure screening home safety checks ro dent baiting and referrals referrals are key essen tials so people can receive help for problems with medical care dental care maternity care trash re moval home safety plumbing and electrical hazards the healthy neighbor hood project reflects the erie county department of health's continued com mitment to providing inno vative health services to communities throughout erie county trinity to observe anniversary sunday nov 13 trinity baptist church 11 spruce st will observe its 71st anniversary the theme for this occasion is let's come together the speaker for the 11 a.m morning service will be the interim pastor rev david lucas the rev clyde wot ford of the united baptist church will be the guest speaker for the 4 p.m program mrs susie riley gen eral program chairperson invites the public to attend these services the anniversary ban quet will be held friday nov llth 7 p.m at the golden nuggett inn the donation is 15.00 per person nynex - see page 2 fulani - see page 2 chafe - see page i see page 2 see page 3