Buffalo Criterion, 1988-06-23

              rochester established in 1925 niagara region the buffalo criterion us irking riingin v \\ ier lilies price only 25 per copy vvny's oldest and lar american weekly for over 60 years - featuring paid legitimate circulation mm**wm*mt**m*mmmmamrmm mammaaam " hursday junk 23-29 i - ■ ijpil.l n>i mi*+.mmwim am mm a*ljw.mmm*-**u why george bush is losing roswell park applauds outcome of cigarette liability trial black & white women with infants more likely to be in labor force confab continues look at black family the planning commit tee and the board of directors of the enter for the study and stabilization of the black family announces that the second northeastern regional conference of the black family will be held octo ber 13 14 and 15th at the ramada inn 401 buffalo avenue in niagara falls n y the conference purpose will be a continuation from last year to bring know ledge awareness and ac tion to strengthen the black family the conference will highlight such issues as the inner city the underclass and public policy developing the black family role role of the female and the male developing the black family role of the chil dren increasing employ ment of young black males in urban america part ii reduction of the single black female preg nancy rate in urban public schools part ii among other new topics during the three day conference speakers will be conducting workshops delivering lectures and facilitating group interac tion the center for the study and stabilization of the black family officially opened this year and is housed on the campus of niagara university for more information concerning the confer ence call 71b 285-1212 extension 584 byron brown named county eeo director byron ia brown has been miller director of the division of equal employ ment opportunity eec by erie cojjtst cii-f-mi'iv dennis t gorski oae of the division's primary purposes is to assure that all county employees are treated equally in matters of employment such as hir ing transfer layoff term mailon promotion or re tail without regard to their race sex religion age national origin disa bility marital status color or status as ■ viet-nam era veteran . the basic service area of the division of edo are complaint investigation . the minority business en terprises/women business enterprises program con tract compliance monitor ing job bank services em ployee recruitment com munity outreach and equal employment opportunity training as part of his duties as director of eeo brown will be responsible for coordinating communica «*.*»:» us > a.>n,i-iii anil business development pro grams before joining the gor ski administration brown was press secretary to roger i blackwell chair man of the erie county legislature he has also served as public relations representative for assem blyman arthur o eve deputy speaker of the assembly and executive secretary to council presi dent george k arthur brown will be paid 31,957 annually he is a graduate of buffalo state college byron brown freddie mac to buy 450 million of mortgages from goldome realty corp arlington va — a 450 million transaction between goldome realty credit corp goldome of buffalo and freddie mac the federal home loan mortgage corp will pro vide mortgage money at attractive interest rates for borrowers in goldome's 30-state lending area under the terms of the contract goldome may sell up to 450 million of single-family fixed-and adjustable-rate residential mortgages to freddie mac under its cash or guaran tor program under the cuarantor swap pro gram goldome will re ceive a like amount of freddie mac mortgage participation certificates pcs or freddie mac ad justable-rate mortgage participation certificates arm pcs which repre sents interests in those same mortgages the contract was negotiated by freddie mac account executive ron ross f michael salb north eastern regional vice pres ident for freddie mac stated this contract gives goldome the flexibil ity to receive cash for the investment quality mort gages or to convert the loans into pcs or arm pcs which are more liquid assets pcs and arm pcs trade in the capital mar kets along with other mortgage-backed securi ties are widely accepted by investors by selling them using them as collateral for borrowings or employing them in a variety of cash manage ment techniques the insti tution can easily obtain more funds to lend to its customers emerson young family care center opens the sheehan memorial hospital emerson young family care enter recently opened at 305 perry st the new health care facility was dedicated to 1 * memory of the late emerson young a member of han '• board of directors he passed away at the age of 78 in the hospital he loved so much this photo shows a portrait of mr young while some of the staff members look on shown from left are angeline pillion r.n willie mac larkin lillian fisher and richard bergerian — criterion photo voter registration deadline july 15th friday july 15th is the deadline for new voters to register you must regis ter if you have failed to vote within the last four years moved since last election or any youth who has turned 18 years of age those who don't have to register are if you voted within the last four years haven't moved or had a change of address or registered voters who have moved or changed their address have 30 days before the primary to re register offices to be filled on primary election sept 15th are for the federal government u s sena tors and u s congress men state state sena tors and state assembly men city city court judges and county district attorney minimum wage restoration act there is a move now in congress and the state legislature to increase the minimum wage today the minimum wage of 3.35 per hour is worth 2.60 in 1981 dollars the current level was reached jan 1 1981 it was the last of a four-step increase authorized by congress in 1977 while the minimum wage has remained the same since 1981 prices have gone up 27 in the last 6 years the state bill would raise the minimum of 3.35 an hour to 3.85 immediately to 4.25 in 1989 to 4.50 in 1990 and to 5.05 in 1991 the kennedy-hawkins bill in congress would do the same the state bill would peg minimum wage there after to 50 of the average hourly wage in the state the naacp urges you to vote in the primary anil general election because the legislature needs to hear from you and if you don't vote you are not counted and decisions are made for you the naacp located at 531 e ferry st also says that the increased mini mum wage will increase emdlovment when the last minimum wage was raised civilian employ ment rose by 4.1 million a raise of 4.5 remember — you can't vote if you are not registered if you don't vote — don't complain if you need an assis tance call the naacp at 884-7242 or 884-7243 tragedy to triumph vietnam navy veteran dave roever who surviv ed an explosion of a phosphorus grenade he was holding will tell the story of his ordeal and new life as an evangelist in south vietnam when he is the speaker at full gospel tabernacle in orchard park thurs july 14th at 7:30 p.m his appearance is spon sored by the men's and military committees of the greater buffalo-niagara graham crusade as part of the preparation activities for the billy graham crusade in pilot field buffalo aug 1-7 accompanying roever on the program will be dennis agahanian known as the world's fastest acoustic guitar player blending outlaw blue grass classical country and rock and roll music roever calls his talk tragedy to triumph because he was burned beyond recognition or dick gregory urges president's help to fight obesity nationwide new york — dick gregory the comedian turned nutritionist discusses his weight reduction program with two of the 13 seriously overweight person who sought out his help in loosing tin excess pounds ihe pair in from left peler kefalides 17 a telephone solicitor form west palm beach florida who weighs 500 pounds and mike parte ho 30 an activity director in a nursing home pa struthers ohio who weights i"i pounds gregory brought the group lo new york city for extensive counseling on the disciplines of his weight reduction regime before tatting the 1.1 to a new treatment facility he has established for group weight reduction programs — photo by carmen l de jesus starts new weight reduction program with thirteen seriously overweight men and women new york - flanked by 13 seriously overweight persons dick gregory the comedian turned nutri tionist said recently that obesity repre sents an urgent health hazard to this nation and he called for the support of president reagan in establishing i na tional institute of obestit and weight management he called in addition for a national clearing-house to give information on obesity treatment programs and tor a congressional investigation of this national american health crisis america is one-million tons over weight gregory told reporters at this city's penta hotel the crisis of obesity in america is both a medical and public health problem and it needs im mediate government support gregory w ho is chairman of the nu trition firm correction connection inc in philadelphia pa said he would personally start a 40-day east and prayer vigil today tor the obese of our nation he said in addition that the men and women with him would immediately enter a weight reduction program under his supervision in his remarks and also in copies of his letter to president reagan gregory said that obesity afflicts 34-million americans and more than 11 million of these are extremely overweight despite this fact gregory said only 23 of 127 american medical schools require students to take a course in nutrition obesity is the most serious health problem in america today - it is well established as the number-one nutrition related problem in our nation gregory said ten to 13 percent of our children are overweight and obesity is well-estab lished as the number-one nutrition relat ed problem in our nation lb -... i this association of obesi ty wilh coronary artery disease hypertension and diabetes melhtus is well-known mortality rate rise preci pitously with increasing body sj/e america is the most obese nation in the world we are 10 million ton overweight current estimates predict that you lose at least one year of life tor every 10 pounds of excess body fat gregory reported that in was forced to discontinue the treatment of hjdson because of hudson's extraor dinar few of leaving the home he had not left for years to move to a facility run by gregory for continued treatment scores of overweight persons reacting lo news of gregory successes with hudson have subsequently asked the comedian/nutritionist to supervise their own weight reductions three of the persons seeking help are the lather mother and on from one family and one 370 pound woman joined the gregory program with her 325 pound 17 year-old son gory has been successful in su iiem-ing the weight loss regimens of several seriously overweight persons during recent years the best known of this group is walter hudson a man who came to the attention of the world when he became wedged in the door of his home in hempstead long island n y hudson broke a weighing scale at some figure above 1.000 but showed steady improvement last fall under gregory's supervised diet plan freddie mac see page 21 triumph see page 2 see page 3 see page 7 see page 2