Buffalo Criterion, 1979-05-02

              why's largest lioiiy accredits msnarity newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester hi tattwi the buffalo criterion m^^———^——a^—^^fa i ■ ar fa,—d vol 53 - no 18 wednesday may 2-8 1979 uttsi iv mtio»mi m rochester criterion minister of the week rochester try in the yeara to coma waa not to be hip enough to hold the lord moved him off north st to mm of the locs ymca'a arnette branch to ron tinue hia church aervkea during the firat couple of yeara pastor mccul touch held a full time job working at xarot cdrp he did not rely on the church to aupport himaelf end family lie and hia wife paid moat of the bills out of their own pockets with the faith and esparto turn that tod would provide their needs it waa while holding services at the ymca that the congregation began to ipand the lord waa ending in the sheep for this shepherd com mented rev mccullough after dedicating himself for over three yews to his church and job the lord began to open the door of blessing and tn 1975 pastor vaßm|flß would leave his mmd |" at the renew of gorj and the people i said work full tame in fit ministry faith temple full gospel stayed at the ymca a tittle new a year and a half during this period rod had minister of the week rev jerry mccullough pastor of faith temple full gospal church county executive rutkotwski proposes memorial the t i in hoses d thi eek thai an effort »- •»•*>'»•> i name is m.<t l ijhrar at the i tvt tonal m «».. a center ie honor i ihe ast dr *». >»»♦>» i.*»r the ggesuon of this noble deed is that of twenty eseretivr edward i ffcasha the counts i:»rculi*c said in a letter to the president 4 the medical staff at erie county «♦►.•< center recently the people ol erie count wvvuf saddened i iran of the death of dr w verb jan a former thief of staff at the e j meter memorial hospital i jones was a pillar in this community and enjoyed the respect and admiration of he is see ph>s*r*en his c*>mmunity and inderd ft eg aaj i bet il i ruin that ih jones contributions to this community and his ctcmplary aaeum in the medical profession deserve a truly fitting and lasting memorial in his name i believe a west id be appropriate to dedicate ihe medical library in the *»» erkf county medical center to d jones in grateful recognition for his many yearn of service to this great public hospital thin art will erve to continuously remind v all of hia significant contributions to medical training and to devotion to the health and welfare of individunl 61 the community i understand that your committee will he making recommendation n an appropriate memorial and i forward this suggestion to you for your careful and serious ronalderation " the hospital committee will nana make recommendations on an appropriate memorial fw he enter dit.vv yfiibyjones construction to begin on ymca til ivf v/ag a the new ymca will be welcomed by htaff reporter work sill «*»•!• begin on a avweaasaaae > m * « the corner of em she and wsvaaw to watson to howard ml good *%•* »> mm ft anil repl*e the old michigan assy branch ymca which for a half renews was a cultural recrewtonal and whtotn standout for buffalo's non white population we ihmk that the new vmca will help to revi talize the area which was one of the beat and moat active m the city the william st business men's assise was one of the best in the city one of the first wool worth stores of buffalo we opened on william near krettncr mm further east on wil liam m one of the ywds and annas today the htiertnmit walker community cen ter heated at ww william st t an ass i which brings activity into the commundr and this coupled with i <•■ ymca and il provisions f«*r senior citizens will sdd to th betterment of the area they we neighbors of th buffalo criterion the announcement has brought bark some enthu siasm among th area residents — who believe the new building should have been erected first before demolishing the old building ns was done in the case of the emergent y hospital it is being demolished after the erec tion of its succeaor - the sheehan hospital 20 klansmen indicted on federal charges twwnty alabama ku kli.y i snsmen were in ditted on federal charges in april relating to shoot ings into the homes of naacp leaders and racial ly mixed couples and the wrest of a white man by impersonating an phi agent attorney general griffin b bell said an eight j count indictment was re lumed in u s district court in birmingham ala by federal grand jury among the 20 indicted all ashen of klan i chapter 1015 in sylacau ga ala waa a childwa i burg polio officer wil liam m bayfield thirteen were charged j in one count with conspir ! sag on nov 30 1978 to [ shoot into the homes of local naacp leaders i willie j william and ; charles woods to intimi i date and discourage them from rontinuing an equal - omplovment campaign both black men had i been leading efforts to obtain robs tor blacks in ; the syfacauga and hit ! svrahurg police and fire dept * . and woods had i wade complaints about alleged police brutality [ and harassment of mark charge in the con spiracy were wayne yin net james ii betti mahton w rurrheli joseph stewart charles stewart fred holme jr , gerald r johns william e maaaoy arthur d riley thomas a smith rickey w maness randy c ward and rayfietd lit indictment said vincent gave ward a 12-gauge sawed-off pump shotgun ward fired into [ woods home in childers l burg while stewart fired | into williams home in r syucauga and mane [ shot into williams auto i mobiles charles stewart was charged in a separate count with violating the fair housing act by hor*inir into williams home charged with aiding and abetting him were bettis maness joseph stewart and johns wwd we also rharged with violating the fair housing act by shooting boo woods home hurrhell riley smith massey and holmes were charged with aiding and abetting him vincent and eight other kiansmen were < ha/gad in another conspiracy with plotting in nov 147*1 to intimidate two white women juanita t fowler and debra ann payne by shotting into the house they were sharing with two black men bobby ii huntley and clinton kirkland in sylacauga charged with vincent were ward joseph ste wart howard s webb burcheu will r rey nolds edward e deer man roger d champion and johnny hutto ward was also charged with violation of the fair housing art by shooting into the house joseph stewart webb and reynolds were charged with aiding and abetting him bettis was charged in another count with being an accessory after the fact by receiving from ward the shotgun used to fire into the house of the racially mixed couples in a third alleged conspiracy nine klan men were charged with agreeing among them selves on jan 5.1979 that webb would impersonate an fbi agency and arrest leon r jarrett hwged were webb burcheu johns harle funds allocated to purchase & rehabilitate 22 apartment units action last wee by the buffalo urban renewal agency paved the way for the use of 100,000 in federal block grant money to purchase and rehabili late 22 aslside apartment units that will he owned and managed by 1490 enterprise inc , non protit community group the largest share of the appropriation is allocated to purchase the buildings at 1527 and ims jefferson aye new brunswick blvd they will be reeled into moderate income housing owned and operated by the 1490 ea»l phase inc the president and board chairman of the group is herbert l bellamy a councilman at large however acting commu nity development com missioner bruce c baird vice chairman of the agency commented i see no conflict of interest he ha a board to which he i answerable it is a esntimate non-profit rporwrcm commenting further baird said he hopes there are future instances in which other profit ccimmunrty oirporatkms undertake such projects authors book on how to obtain college degrees without classroom attendance phoenix - i harks r campbell editor and co wisher of the arizona informant newspaper , has written a book on how to tain a college degree with little or no classroom attendance the author points out in the hook the various ways unknown to many one can get a i..liege degree accre dited without leaving hi or her home according to the author there wa many colleges throughout the united states where one can earn a college degree without any classroom attendance scores of coqegee and univ wstties award the bachelor * and masters degrees without the stu dent's setting a saw in the classroom some colleges accredited award doc torate degrees with only a minimal of classroom at tendance the author feels that blacks should tone advan tage of external nontradi tiona means of me quiring a degree for further details write the arizona informant publishing co attention charles r campbell 223 north ninth st phoenix arizona mm hardwick suffers multiple injuries in auto accident arthur hardwick jr 62 buffalo * first minority assemblrman who recent ly wed 0 s rep shirley a chisholm fd-n.y.i was involved in an auto acci dent monday april 23rd he was admitted to the millard fillmore suburban hospital on tuesday suf fering with a broken leg and ribs neck and back injuries a possible frac tured pelvis and possible internal injuries amherst police said hardsnck buffalo first black liquor dealer was injured in a collision of his luxm cxi and a pickup true in amherst after the impact police said hardwick'a auto jumped a ditch and slammed into a tree the truck driver jeffrey j wilgua 19 of 139 hawley st buffalo escaped injury wdgus however was issued summonses charg ing inadequate brakes and failure to yield the right of-way in a left turn hospital officials de clined to give more speci fic details about hard wicks injuries in com pliance with the family's request hardwick was elected to the assembly in 1964 and served for two years mrs chisbolm was elected to the assembly in the same rear and remained there until her election to congress in 1968 they resident in am herst housing committee of cao to sponsor forum the anger and frustra tion in buffalo's neighbor bonds increase with each corporate or political deci sion that says since you're not profitable for us why should we invest m you mortgages for home improvement are difficult to acquire insurances are extremely hard to attain and in some instances rate and redlining is a deterrent to improving neighborhoods and the deterioration cycle be comes greater added to this elected officials talk of distributing federal block grant funds only to areas of political influence these are some of the problems that homeown ers and tenants in buffalo undergo how to revitalize and continue their neighbor hoods are some of the questions citizens have — and what about living conditions in municipal houaing the problems are many and well known but getting answers is often difficult he housing committee of the community action organization of erie coun ty baa for this purpose created a forum where tenants homeowners and the officials and advocates of sound housing policies can exchange ideas and information it is towwds an understanding that tenants too have respon sibilities as do landlords the principal speaker will be housing court judge anthony p l rusno the other partici pants we ray bommer v p erie county saving bank william bradberry direc tor neighborhood revit alization city of buffalo otis outen chairman cao housing committee anthony potenza execu tive director buffalo neighborhood housing services richard proeeer executive director cow munity planning advisory council george wyatt executive director buf falo community planning advisory authority fr dennis woods director division of housing catholic chwities panelists will answer questions on code en forcement housing re sources how federal funding reaches the peo ple and what low and moderate income home owners do to save their investments to address buffalo urban league dinner secretary of state of the state of new york basil i'aterson will address the f»2hd annual dinner meet ing of the huffnlo urban league inc on may old in the sutler hotel golden ballroom mr i'aterson was named sectetaiy of state of the state ol new york by.gov hugh caret on jan ist gov carey stated in naming basil pateson as secretary of state that mr paterson » widely respected labor mediator could bring the state office his art of mediating things and get tine people together mr peterson is a former member of the new york state senate he served as vke chairman of the democratic national com mittee from july 1972 through january 1977 mr patt-rsr.n was ap pointed by gov nelson rockefeller in 1971 to serve as a member of the temporary state commis sion on the powers of local government and in 1972 by mayor john lindsay to the temporary state com mission for revision of the charter of the city of new york mr pattrson has senrd as deputy mayor lot labor relations and personnel since januwy l\)7h he ha ilane extensive work in the field of labor-man agement telation having served as a member ti the now york l*«gi statute's select committee on pub lic employee union as a member of the arbitrator mediator panel of the office of collective bar gaining o the city ol new york and on a special labor panel for the ameri can arbitration asms he also nerved a president and chief executive offi cer of the institute of mediation and conflict resolution an urganita lion which pioneered in the in . of community dispute settlement mr peterson has long been active in community affairs he in also served bb president of the new york city branch of the naacp hoard member ol manhood foundation a program of ex-offenders member of the board of directors of th harlem lawyers assoc member of the board of directors ef the legal action center it addition he was a member of the boer of editors of the new york '•*"» journal member nf the advisory itowd of the black theatre alliance as well as * member of the bowd of directors of the fund for the city cd new york mr paterson will ad dress himself to the buff urban t.r*gv»e theme " ( ocmfibbbmhii si a turning point ticket for the dinner a s coat of 14 00 per person may he purchased by contacting the buffalo urban league at am-7625 basil patterson wh & fm to hold an affair of honor the women's horn and foreign missionary society of the a.m.e zeoo church wvu end this quedrennium a rt fourth mas meeting which will be held 3|m v sth st shaw memori am e zion church 4*3 porter aye rev milton a williams dd • boat paaxor buffalo district preai dent mrs edith carlson will preside over the meeting which win herm at ip hp am wrth the business session rschatf ing an 11 00 message hy r*>v moses mcclain pastor of harriet tuhman am v 7*r»r church in niagara fall snd clone with lonch at ] n m which will he an affair of honor — a time to *** thank you to all who have participated during the y*»r hy working for mission all r r*,-.-r d an department are *•*.- to site | continued on rage *>| klansmen charged i continued on 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