Buffalo Criterion, 1988-05-26

              vol 64 - no 22 established in 1925 thursday may „ 11 m i lan rochester the buffalo criterion wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years - featuring paid legitimate circulation niagara region democratic party be fair to jesse jackson melvin franklin bass singer of temptations recovering the starting gate b vhitnr timer panel to look at minority hiring here masiello to host hearing june 2nd state senator anthony m masiello d buffalo will host the june 2nd hearing of the state senate minority task force on affirmative action lion is tested remind their progress during tin school year sen masiel lo said it's about the time we test some mi agencies to see how well they are applying the provisions of stale's af firmative action man dates sen masiello explained the purpose of the hear ings also being held in new york albany and rochester is to evaluate state agency compliance with j-.'iecufvi-e v».»i«ii regarding minority hiring anil contracting we have n historical commitment to affirmative action tinting back to 1976 sen ma i.-110 re ailed bui that commitment rings pretty hollow ii it isn't being spread through the state agencies that have direct hiring and contracting responaibili ties the hearing will fie conducted by senators joseph l caliber and velmanette montgomery of new york city begin ning at 10 a.m in the walter mahoney state office hldg . at 65 court st ' this is the time of year that our student pppula i hope mm in,l that the agencies hi being m iliuii.i an till legislature in fighting for equal oppor tunities for nil new york stale worker but ii wsj aren't lending by example if agenciea ii adhering to the i hit but not the intent of laws if their are more effective ways i in hi affirmative lion compliance i want in know about it so we can tighten up the law and make it produce tin hind of results we nil intend ill receives government award p arthur o eve deputy ' speaker of the new york state assembly received the government award " from the westchester mi nority contractors he was honored at a banquet on fri may 21st at the tarrytown hilton in tar ry town n y the group's president lionel a duncanson stated that arthuro eve has supported legislation that has been key to minority business develop ment the westchester minor ity contractors also will announce plans to es tablish a new york state chamber of commerce for minorities deputy speak er eve will also be involved in the chamber and further legislation to support minority business pichard to speak at medgar e vers civil rights banquet the 22nd annual mi-dgar *£**-*-*• civil rights reno-jet sponsored by the buflaio branch mai i will be held at 6:30 p.m sunday june 12 at the buffalo convention center the guest speaker will be dr william f pichard chairman and ceo of regal plastics co in roseville michigan dr pickard owns and operates six mcdonald's restaurants in detroit a graduate of western michigan univer sity . dr pickard holds a master of social work degree from the university of michigan a ph.d from ohio state university columbus ohio and an honorary doctorate in business admin istration from cleary college ypsilanti michigan nominated in 1977 by mayor coleman young dr pickard continues to serve as director of the detroit econimic development corp affilia tions include chairman of the board african development foundation for this he was nominated by president reagan and confirmed by the u s senate he is also on the governor's advisory committee on minority busi ' dr pickard is past vice chairman of the michigan state republican convention he has taught at wayne state university his visiting lecturer itenerary includes the wharton school of business cleveland state university the university of chicago and mc donald's hamburger university directorships include detroit first independence national bank tvs channel 56 chamber of com merce michigan minority minority pur chasing council other affiliations include the booker t washington businessmen's assoc the cleveland urban league as well as executive director of the cleveland naacp he is an naacp life member a member of detroit's hartford memorial baptist church dr pickard delights in motivating people particu larly young people he takes time out for reading music and is a temptations fan or william f pickard daemen college commencement provides honorary degrees shown from left in the photo last sunday at the 37th annual daemen college commencement at kleinhan's music hall in buffalo are dr robert s marshall president of daemen college chinese ambassador to the united nations li luye recipient of honorary degree of laws being congratulated by charles l lumsden former chairman of the board of trustees of daemen college and recipient of honorary degree of doctor of humane letters and edward p gueth jr acting chairman of the board of trustees at daemen college over 250 daemen college students graduated at the ceremony ambassador li addressed the topic young people - an international perspective for world peace and growth ambassador li 63 has been the permanent representative of china to the united nations since 1985 he has served as the vice chairman of the chinese delegation to the 40th 41st and 42nd sessions of the general assembly of the united nations and the president of the security council in january 1986 and may 1987 prior to ambassador li's appointment to the united nations of new york he was the permanent representative of the people's republic of china to the united nations office in geneva and other international organizations in switzerland checks for life memberships in naacp presented j carl bland left co-chairman of the buffalo branch naacp life membership committee is shown as he accepts checks for life memberships from the following from left are mrs elease king in memory of her husband the late allan j king jr mrs hazel vanlandingham mrs garnet h wallace president of the buffalo chapter links and e paul smith st president of the h alfred lewis mortuary inc for his children — e paul smith jr his son and elizabeth smith his daughter a plaque will be presented to them at the annual naacp dinner sunday june 12th love-ln-action seminar set the greater buffalo-ni agara billy graham cru sade will sponsor a love action seminar sat june 11 from 8:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m at the erie community college city campus in downtown buffalo this seminar which will cover practical aspects of the crusade designed to meet human needs in the community is open to church-appointed love-in action leaders pastors and interested persons and is in preparation for the crusade in pilot field aug l-7th keynote speakers will be dr cornelius l hen derson superintendent of the atlanta-emory dis trict north george con ference of the united methodist church and colleen townsend evans member of the hunger committee of the national presbyterian church where her husband dr louis h evans jr is pastor dr henderson will speak on the biblical - _ 4 basis of evangelism so cial responsibility and justice and mrs evans on the practical applica tion of evangelism to human need workshop subjects will be the challenges of youth prison ministry a new beginning ministry with the elderly new and exciting roles aids the church's response and pollution and god's re sponse dr henderson has par ticipated in evangelistic outreach and exchange programs in ten nations and participated in 500 major retreats workshops and conferences he has held management and leadership positions in a dozen church-related or ganizations and institu tions and is a member of the crime commission of metropolitan atlanta and chairman of the more house school of medicine cancer advisory board mrs evans has a strong interest in human rights thanks supporters by mrs mamie garrett rev a charles ware pastor of friendship bap tist church 402 clinton wishes to thank his con gregation and the many friends and well wishers who came out sunday may 22 for the annual mrs mamie mcneely day program it was a great success the speaker for the afternoon was mrs elijah j echols former first lady of the first shiloh baptist church rev ware and the congregation are still plan ning to build the mcneely educational center mrs mcneely dedicated her 10th annual day to the mcneely building and is heading the 10,000 fund raising campaign since 1978 when rev ware became pastor of friendship baptist church , he has strived to fulfill the dreams of the late rev e d mcneely he has also been very active in the community some of rev ware's affiliations are president of the towne garden housing project phase 1 and 2 board of directors of the african-american cultural center executive board of the buffalo chapter of the naacp and also a life member vice president of the buffalo chapter of the s.c.l.c first vice presi dent of the western district baptist associa tion executive committee member of the evangelist board of the national baptist convention usa inc chairman of the evanelist board of the empire state missionary baptist convention of new york state buffalo minis love-in-action continued on page 7 rev ware — see page 7 see page 2 see page 5 see page 7 serving working leading in ww inner cities since 1923 price only 25 per copy