Buffalo Criterion, 1988-08-18

              wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years - featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 vol 64 - no 34 thursday august 18-24 1988 the buffalo criterion rochester niagara region tribute to dr king opens on capitol hill in honor of dr martin luther king jr and in commemoration of the 1963 civil rights march on washington congress man john lewis d-ga will sponsor hand in hand for justice a historical exhibit focusing dr king's leadership of the civil rights movement congressman lewis was the youngest of the na tional leaders of the 1963 march on washington and was the chairman of the student non-violent coordinating committee at the time of the march the visual tribute to dr king will be displayed in the rotunda of the cannon house office bldg first street and independence avenue se from aug 22-27th the exhibit will be introduced to the public at a 5 p.m reception on aug 22nd speaking at the recep tion will be moshe aumann consul general embassy of israel con gressman walter faun troy id-dc jess hordes associate director wash ington office anti-de famation league allen jackson deputy execu tive director martin lu ther king jr federal holiday commission and stephen silbiger wash ington respresentative american jew congress ; brad minis legislative director and congress man lewis will host the program hand in hand for justice presents photo graphs and historic texts on the highlights of king's career and message it shows jewish support of the civil rights movement and depicts how dr king is honored in israel it has been on display throughout the united states and was produced tribute to king the rev milton williams former buffalo cleric becomes bishop at the 43rd quadrennial session of the african methodist episcopal zion church convening in charlotte north carolina july 25th thru aug sth the rev milton a wil liams was elevated to the office of bishop within the african methodist episco pal zion church his assignment by the church will carry him to england and ghana where he will preside over the i>ondon-birmingham conference and the west and east ghana confer ences respectfully this election follows over two decades of loyal and com mitted service to kingdom building under the chris tian banner bishop williams will serve the 12th episcopal district along with his wife lula g williams mis sionary supervisor the rev williams had served for seventeen and a half years in the western new york area as both pastor of durham memorial and shaw memorial churches and presiding elder of the rochester-syracuse-buf rev williams bishop milton a williams wedding bells to chime for couple mr and mrs george scott announce the marriage of their daughter anita j scott mr and mrs james moore are the parents of her fiance james moore the wedding will be held sat august 27th anita j scott and james moore this picture shows the bride-to-be's sister angela scott and the best man who is the groom to be's brother steven moore — criterion photos steven moore and angela scott recognition dinner held rev a motley spells pastor of king solomon holiness church 92 monroe st recently honored the church family with a dinner at the golden nuggett inn former members friends and well-wishers * among those shown in this photo are rev sis motley-spells and her husband rev albert spells 4th from left leaders of king solomon holiness church sis bostic sis lester and pastor manley of manley temple in rochester n y seated from left are sis lee bishop terrell i king solomon's bishop pastor r cade of st michaels holiness church and others this photo shows guests hosts and hostesses for the dinner they are deacon h motley deacon ronnie deacon jones patricia rose chressa thornton l motley v motley and others — criterion photos new assistant hospital administrator named at e c medical center ella gilbert has been named assistant hospital administrator at the erie county medical center she comes from wash ington d c where she worked in various adminis trative capacities at the d c general hospital for 8 and one-half years most recently as chief of man agement assistance and review before that she was a medical technologist for 18 years working in various hospitals of the capitol including walter reed army medical cen ter georgetown univer sity and howard hospital she holds both a mas ter's degree in business administration from how ard university with em phasis on health services administration and an undergraduate degree in psychology and urban planning from the univer sity of the district of columbia she also is a graduate of medical technology and is certified in genetic coun seling in her new position at the erie county medical enter she will be respon sible for varied depart ments which include the emergency department outpatient services ambu latory surgery and a new burn treatment center on its completion among her numerous professional associations is the national association ella gilbert rev bennett smith elected to national office the rev dr bennett w smith sr pastor of the saint john baptist church 184 goodell st was elected 2nd vice president of the 1.5 million member progressive na tional baptist convention inc in their annual meeting august 7-12 in kansas city missouri dr smith will serve as a stewartship specialist in his new capacity with the convention using the book authored by him titled handbook on tithing the progressive nation al baptist convention is headquartered in wash ington d c and repre sents over 1300 churches nation wide candidate deplores dukakis attitude towards emotional illness dr lenora fulani the independent candidate for president of the united states has criticized dem ocratic party presidential nominee michael dukakis for his insensitivity and ignorance in respond ing to charges that he had suffered from depression and that he had received psychiatric treatment mr dukakis who initially refused to release his medical records has denied that he was ever depressed dr fulani who holds a doctorate in develop mental psychology and is the director of a network of community mental health clinics located in the inner city communities of new york city noted that while it's well and good for dukakis to say he doesn't suffer from de pression there are sub stantial numbers of ameri cans who do his response displays an insensitivity to those people who have suffered emotional dis tress and have sought help like many people in this country she added 1 have gone for help with emotional issues when i needed it it's a whole lot better than going to an astrologer moreover mr dukakis insistence that he never needed and never sought help is typical of the white american male's obsession with appearing perfect trinity's new leaders pose rev and mra daniel b lucas are shown as they posed for a criterion photographer recently they are the new leaders of the trinity baptist church 41 spruce st and are shown with their children marque and essence - criterion photo overflow crowd turns out at the people's forum 88 by abdullah luqman the buffalo criterion press club in conjunction with wufo radio and prrhjta-tr-i faro itn't •*^,~ speaker eve reports and the gospel community hour presented its an nual people's forum — election 88 featuring candidates for the 141 st assembly district the erie county district attorney and city and county court judges at the 1490 center 1490 jefferson avenue saturday august 13th from 10:30 a.m until 2:30 p.m before a standing room only crowd co-moderator eva doyle gave opening instructions each candidate will make a three minute opening state ment after the opening statement the media will ask one question within a minute and the candidate will have two minutes to answer and the other candidate will have one minute for rebuttal when that portion is over we will turn it over to the audience i have a sign-up sheet here and we will acknowledge you in the order that you signed the timer arthur j booth will stand when you are half-way and hand signal your last five seconds glover i want to thank the criterion for providing the opportuni ty for this forum to take place and i want to thank this great audience for attending i want to thank all of those people who signed my petitions i would like to explain who is this guy dorsey glover who is running for the assembly seat i think that you should know that i am a u s bom citizen from pennsylvania who came to buffalo at the age of 19 looking for employment i worked on several different jobs i received my post high school education in buffalo with a unrhnlne hf i-uausvaa viauiuiiisutil.ion degree from the university and a masters of business administration degree from canisius college eve first of all giving honor to god who is the heat of my life i want to thank him for giving me a safe flight from new york city so that i could be here i thank the buffalo criterion anti all of the sponsors of this program the issue of this campaign is arthur eve's record lam very proud of that record lam very proud that my colleague has selected me as the deputy speaker of the nys assembly which affords the opportunity to lie a part of leadership the first question asked both of the candidates to please detail what you expect to accomplish for the 141 st assembly district in the next two years and how do you plan to do it glover i plan to very basically initiate a system that will result in a percolating up effect 1 am going to have the community involved in making decisions that will affect their lives i am going to establish a community council the people who serve on that council will be people who live in that assembly district and they will make the decisions and develop strategy these strategies that the council develops willl become my marching orders eve i will continue on many of the things that we have established we will continue to make children very very continued on page 7 continued on page 2 gilbert — see page 3 people's 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