Buffalo Criterion, 1988-11-03

              vol i.l - no h rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region price only 25 per copy nationally — o the criterion is dean of all minority media wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday november !-'». 198 established in 1925 express yourself vote metpo program offered to minorities seeking career in journalism facts & fiction about chest pain groups to present african american education week the niagara alliance of black sal educators niagara county communi i college the niagara falls board of education and the center i*-r study and stabilization of the black family will present african american educa tion week tin is a celebration involving lhe whole family at tin niagara community center and girls club 15th street and center avenue it will be held monday . november 7th from 6 i 8 p.m in the gymn the guest speaker will in mrs florence baugb a mem ber t the buffalo be an ol education music an and poetry presentations by students • .[ the niagara falls school district will ik featured to conduct seminar the center for study and stabilization of the black family in conjunc tion with niagara county community college will present a part of t ha black family forum col loquium sister thi-a bow man who will conduct a seminar on teaching cultural awareness a teoai-telle-tl survival skill monday nov 14lh from 7:30 to 10 p.m at the niagara university chapel alumni hall admission is free sister thfa bowman dr fulani's campaign launches radio ad blitz tin independent presi de-niial campaign of dr le-nora fulani li.i begun a massive radio advertising effort to ing dr fulani's message to black listeners in major cities across the country dr fulani the first woman and the tit—.l african-american ever to in on the ballot in all 50 stall's and tin district of columbia is urging tin black electorate to dump the duke in november in order to teach the demo cratic party leadership thai they can't continue to ignore lhi black agi-n a mil still take our votes 1..1 urantod ' e.tiiiiii'i-lators across ih political pi it nil have iii.i.-d that with ihe race l.e-iween mr bush anil mr dukakis so close dr i 1.1111 may indeed suc ce-e-d in he-r plan to cost the in nil ii - rfte t-lectibn our beloved brother malcolm x taught us mi put the democrats tirst if ' the democrats put you last " the ads will re-mind black listen ers the honorable min ister louis farrakhan told us about the democrats 100 lb said you have no right i.i support some thing that you have given -.. much lo and get so little from who do you plan to listen to this year the black democrats who piv-uai for jdtohiii - ffe-ni sen or our great and powerful independent black leaders who have told in democrats where 1 go you decide drlenorafclani george bush's brother spoke before amherst g.o.p pictured from left before jonathan bush brother of g.o.p presidential candidate george bush addressed 111(1 of the party faithfuls for the amherst republican committee celebration dinner at the buffalo marriott hotel last tuesday evening are j vaughn bud millane member of the erie county g.o.p executive committee amherst i ol chairman ralp cessario lynn millane first woman ever elected is the amherst town board jonathan bush keynote speaker and brother of vice president george bush marge mrs james i griffin and city of buffalo mayor james d griffin mr bush received a standing ovation from the large audience lincoln women to host bazaar lincoln united metho dist women are sponsor ing third annual bazaar on sat nov 12th from 9 a.m to 4 p.m at the church 641 masten aye corner of masten and northland aye they invite the public to come and browse around enjoy the auction food and much more nat'l commission against drunk driving ncadd honors wkbw-tv washington d c wkbw-tv of buffalo has been honored with a add 1988 certificate of commenda tion ncadd was formed in 1984 to implement recommendations contained in the 1983 report of the presidential commission on drunk driving today it is a major catalyst for action and program implementation between public and private organizations and federal state and local government agencies wkbw-tv is being recognized for lis video presentation cry for life the video produced by vvkbw includes two music videos — some one's child and drag free america — a 45-rpm record and two news series the project developed after an incident in june of 1987 when three high school students and their driver education teacher were killed by a drunk driver cry for life is now being shown in 23 states and has been requested for use in the new york state athletes against drunk drivers pro gram leon rollins succumbs funeral services were held for the late leon rollins monday oct 31 at 1 p.m from meadows brothers funeral home the reverend landon mcuall officiated mr rollins was bom january 6 1925 in anda lusia alabama to bud rollins and beuna mac rollins he departed this life on october 25 1988 the deceased attended covington county train ing school in alabama lb came to buffalo at an e-arly age after being discharged from the navy he worked at the westing house plant and nichols school mr rollins survivors are a sister leola simmons of boston mass two aunts loan dennardand neal mcgee of andalusia ala an uncle of cleveland ohio charlie rollins and lee rollins and other relatives and friends interment was in forest lawn cemetery submitted by catrena wright leon rollins pastoral anniversary of new hope b.c slated for nov 19th the new hope baptist church 543 richmond avenue in buffalo ex tends an invitation to the public to join in the celebration of the bth pastoral anniversary of their pastor the rev paul f thompson a pastoral anniversary banquet is planned for nov 19th at 7 p.m at new hope baptist church the public is invited to attend these anniversary services beginning nov 14th to nov 20th the sun nov 20th service will begin with the 10:45 a.m worship service and at the 4 p.m service the guest speaker will be the rev kurt klingbeil of the kenmore baptist church banquet tickets are 10 oo each reservations may be made by calling the church at 883-0821 durham memorial sisterhood to observe 30th year the sisterhood of durham memorial ame zion church 174 eagle st will celebrate their 30th year fellowship program sunday nov 13th from 4 to 6 p.m an invitation is extended to the public to come out and celebrate with them various gospel groups from all over the city will participate on the program there is no charge gladys chase is president natl u.l president to address 125 th equal opportunity confab john jacob president of the national urban league will address the 25th silver anniversary meeting of f'oc conference of the buffalo urban league inc on wed nov 16th at 11 a.m at he buffalo convention center mr jacob was sworn into office by the board of directors of the national urban la-ague on sunday dec 8 1981 and assumed tin office of present on january i 1982 he w«»-8^mwttmt9lm * president of the national urban league lore being elected president in assuming the office of president mr jacob stated that this is my goal as i assume this important post to make a difference to help guide the urban league movement to new heights of effectiveness to help educate the nation " ii - unfinished responsibilities and to help bring fresh opportunities to the black and poor people who are -!■• constituency of the urban ague prior to joining the urban la-ague movement john jacob worked for the department of public welfare in baltimore maryland as a class super visor in the areas of service to families children services protective and me-itla--al se-tv-ice mr jacob will address the theme - 25 years of equal employment oppor tunity progress tickets for the conference at a cost of 25.00 per person may be obtained by contacting the buffalo urban league at 854-7625 the meeting will start at 8 a.m the community is invited to speak here national urban league president john e jacob understanding taxes program revised for 29 years the irs has provided free ma terials for teaching stu dents how to prepare tax returns the understand ing taxes program was substantially revised last year interactive computer software videotapes transparencies and hand out materials help teach ers explain how in prepare a tax return plus history economics and legislative processes orders for the teacher's resource package are now being taken those who received the package last year will receive updated copies of the tax forms module and the computer software ask if your high schoolers will receive the program interested teachers should see their principal or department head sgt courtney lamont participated in nato exercises army sgt courtney lamont has participated in the nato-sponsored ex ercise return of forces to germany 88 reforger the exercise was de signed to evaluate plans and support agree me-nts between nato member naitons to exercise west germany's ability to sup port deploying fores and to la l the ability of european-based units to quickly ink reinforcing units with then posi tinned equipment lament is the son of mary lamont of 210 strauss st in buffalo he is a combat engineer with the m.h engineer battalion in wi st ger many proclamations presented voter registration month was recently held this photo was taken at wufo's studios at 1080 lasalle during the deputy speaker eve report heard at 12 noon on saturdays the photo shows a proclamation from the city and county shown in the picture from left are rev ty cobb and charlie fisher accepted the proclamations for mr eve george nichols assistant to eve and otis glover — criterion photo see page 2 see page 7 see page 3