Buffalo Criterion, 1988-03-24

              established in 1925 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years - featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday march 24-30 1988 the buffalo criterion price only 25 per copy inner cities since 1923 wny serving working leading in vol 64 — no 13 rochester niagara region further protection sought for civil servants public the kerner report 20 years later calendar of local events for jesse jackson blue cross releases results of election the re-election of dr carl markello of west seneca as chairman of the board of directors and charles e rath as president of blue cross of western new york inc took place thursday mar 17th during the annual or ganization meeting of the board members held at the buffalo club the board meeting followed the an nual meeting of the cor , poration held at the same i location re-elected as blue cross officers are francis h hayes executive vice president donald w ] niles senior vice presi - dent john r barrick "; vice president finance • robert j croce vice president of marketing nicholas j fitteriok jr . vie president claims and membership chester s hejna vice president special products and ser vices gary j kerl vice . president electronic data processing richard m ; reid vice president ad - ministrative services richard a villari vice president alternate de livery systems leo c welsch vice president . provider relations thom as a fortunato secre tary nat'l black talent directory becomes reality hollywood calif — the beverly hills/holly wood naacp recently hosted a press conference at the historic hollywood rooseve'y hotel to intro duce the new national black talent directory this directory is a compre hensive source reference of blck professionals who are active in every phase of the entertainment in dustry formatted to carry headshots agent mana ger information and union affiliation the first annual edition will be published in june of this year who can be listed in the directory anyone who performs in front of the delgadoes posed for photographer anthony j delgado chairman and mrs ora lee lewis delgado executive director of the langston hughes insti tute 25 high st are shown as they posed for a criterion photographer recently the langston hughes institute is a wonderful in stitution in the heart of our community it is a multi-purpose center that caters to the needs of all ages choirs invited to sing for jackson a youth gospel festival sponsored by the western new yorkers for the jesse jackson campaign will be held on good friday april 1 at 7.30 p.m at the free spirit m baptist church 1242 jefferson avenue in buffalo area youth choirs will come together and sing to support the jesse jackson campaign youth are urged to attend mass choir rehearsals each thursday and friday at 7:30 p.m prior to the concert at free spirit baptist church all are welcome free of charge to worship in song with our area youth choirs karen gayle carter is on the publicity committee and the rev timothy lewis careathers is pastor committee looks for change as reported in the last edition of the criterion the crusade for change committee a citizens group met in a news conference and announced plans to draft dorsey glover to run against arthur eve in the 141 st state assembly district the spokesperson dave hampton cited the incumbent's failed economic policies and deteriorated conditions of the assembly district in seeking the change in representation among the committee members shown are attorney david hampton and lewis paige front second and third from left and william burroughs committee chairman second from left rear further plans for the proposed campaign will be forthcoming — criterion photo marlette greenfield elected to daemen bd of trustees rosemary smith mar lette and leonard green field have been elected to three year terms on the board of trustees of - daemen college announ . ced acting chairman ed ward p gueth jr their knowledge and experience will contribute greatly to this fine institution noted mr gueth mrs marlette is cur . rently vice president of marlette plating com . pany inc . and a trustee of the automobile club of western new york a graduate of the juilliard school of music mrs marlette holds both a b s in music and an m.s in music primary education her extensive communi ty participation has includ ed trusteeship on the boards of the buffalo seminary the community music school and the nichols school a former president of the three arts club of new york city mrs marlette is also past commodore of the north shore yacht club leonard greenfield president of samuel greenfield company inc and president of gcf inc was honored by daemen college in 1987 as the recipient of the presi dent's award a dedicated community leader mr greenfield is a board member of temple beth zion past president and board member of the american foundryman's society and past presi dent of the westwood country club he has also served on the board of directors of the amherst public li brary the jewish center of buffalo rosa cop ion home for the aged united jewish appeal and the bergman tool manu facturing company mr greenfield attended buffalo schools and is a graduate of lehigh uni versity and gettsburg col lege rosemary marlette leonard greenfield home to commemorate a quarter century of fair housing advocacy on wednesday april 20th housing opportuni ties made equal will com memorate a quarter cen tury of fair housing advo cacy with a silver anniver sary dinner at the buffalo museum of science nearly 250 members dim supporters are expect ed to hear a keynote address by dr james l hecht a former buffalo resident and author of the book because it is right a chronical of the early years of the fair housing movement in the united states as one of the group of clergy and laymen who founded home in 1963 dr hecht,played a prom inent role in the organiza tion's early years in 1970 dr hecht moved from buffalo and was instru mental in establishing home of richmond plaintiff in the u s supreme court's land mark havens decision a retired research chemist dr hecht is now on the faculty of the university of delaware jainraer rvc&»'rnapr kirn kunzig and mark pearce report that the celebration — which they characterize as a re union of fair housing activists — will include special presentations to wivb-tv crowley webb & associates and the presentation of the annual james crawford award the evening's music will be provided by the com namaii mitotic aßntoor's jazz workshop tickets which are avail able through april 7th can be obtained by calling home at 881-5973 the public is cordially invited to attend home a not-for-profit organization with more than 600 members is the only agency in western new york providing com prehensive services to vwrftrra or housing utscrim ination bisons to hold buffalo school days at pilot field the buffalo bisons baseball club owner rob ert e rich jr joined buffalo school officials in designating april i§th and 20th as buffalo school days at pilot fifilu ■■ early indications are that some 15,000 elemen tary and secondary public school pupils will attend special opening season games matching the bi sons against oklahoma city as part of the bisons inaugural season at its new pilot field home schools superintendent eugene t reville will throw out the first pitch at the 11 a.m secondary school day game on april 19th he will be supported by an expected attendance o 7,200 senior cjh students and teachers from schools throughout the district elementary school day on april 20th will involve an anticipated 8.000 or more 4th through bth grade students and their faculty chaperones first pitch honors will be fulfilled by joseph mur ray associate superinten dent for instructional ser vices school days at the park is a showcase of ways in which professional sports can be mads an integral part ot trie educa tion of western new york's young people and will demonstrate local community support for buffalo bisons and new stadium the celebration will be highlighted by a best banner competition for which each school has been encouraged to create 3 x 6 banners to be displayed at the games banners will be judged and a bison trophy award ed to the winning school scn«xiul«i activities will include the customers playing ot the national anthem by selected buf falo school bands transportation will be provided by the nfta and national school bus com pany and will financed by the buffalo board of edu cation naacp chapter accepting nominations for awards do you know someone who has performed an outstanding service far above job requirements to make this a better com munity for all give meaning to your choice the buffalo chapter naacp currently is ac cepting nominations for the medgar evers civil rights human relations community service and youth awards send nominations along with justifications to the naacp dinner com mittee 531 e ferry st buffalo new york 14208 if you make a nomina tion be sure to include your own name address and telepnone number additional information may be obtained by calling 884-7242 the deadline for nominations is mid night friday apr 22nd buffalo area residents to hear about agency to end violence buffalo area residents will learn about the state plan to end violence in our society from experts who will speak at the gethsem ane baptist church on sat mar 26th representatives of the new york state martin luther king jr commis sion will be at the church to talk about efforts to establish a new york state institute for non-violence harry belafonte chair man of the commission calls the effort absolutely essential we must once again take up the lessons that martin luther king jr taught us and learn to resolve our differences non-violently or perish in the waves of violence that must surely overtake us if we continue to ignore these trends that are on the rise in our country mr belafonte stated the king commission had determined that there was a need for an institute for non-violence after spending a year studying the matter and working with two experts on dr king's methods late last year commission chair man belafonte presented the idea to governor cuomo who included it in his state-of-the-state mes republican leaders back bush in presidential race the results of super tuesday vividly under score what we have believed to be the reality of the 1988 presidential campaign george bush will be the nominee of the republican party de clared former new york state assemblywoman carol a siwek and cheek towaga republican town chairman valeric a leuthe who are co-coor dinators of the bush for president campaign in the 33rd congressional district we are proud to have supported vice president bush by circulating and filing the greatest number of signatures on petitions of all the republican presi dential candidates in the district mrs siwek stated the recent action by the erie county board of elections rejecting the pe titions filed for senator robert dole for president due to insufficient signa tures indicates that george bush has the most support here in erie county mrs leuthe stressed the positive and en thusiastic response for george bush that we re ceived during our success ful petition drive coincides with the results on super tuesday and throughout the nation mrs siwek said congressman jack kemp has withdrawn from the presidential race as delegates to the republi can national convention in new orleans we plan to launch a kemp for vice president campaign which could propel wny's congressman onto the national ticket the election of a bush-kemp ticket will open the doors of the white house to erie county mrs siwek stated in addition to their support tor kemp for vice president mrs siwek and mrs leuthe along with fellow bush delegate sey mour knox iv and alter nate delegates norma somer of grand island dominic telesco of the university district and george siembida of de pew are planning a series of town meetings throughout the 33rd con gressional district as delegates and alter nates to the republican national convention we wilt not only be nominat ing a president and vice president we will be voting on the party's platform we are commit ted to opening up the political process to en hance voters participa tion mrs leuthe ex plained we urge all republi cans to attend these un precedented town meet ings to provide us with input which we in turn present at the conven tion mrs siwek added directory see page 7 violence see page 7 see page 4 see page 2 see page 3