Buffalo Criterion, 1979-04-18

              i ft mhhr rw n^w-w khhr — mvfv vb9vmmihi mv ™ w^n^r^^^b^^nr"1nrm"*^mh wnys largest & only accredited minority newspaper - ftitini paid imitate circulation the buffalo criterion vol m - no 16 wednesday april 16-24 1979 total iv - satrquat hr fireman thomas white retires after 22 years a surprise retirement dinner was given at th ml una holiness church of clod 32 oakgmve holiness church of jml 32 oakgrove st in honor of fireman thomas white after 22 years of service to the city of buffalo fireman white wa with engine 1 for 24 years and engine 34 for 3 year pictured are the bend table guests mr and mrs tknmaa whit nee show 3 in th runs along wvtk fire commissioner and mrs fred rands mr and mr lewi runnel mr and mr wile d lewi and lie robert runnel the white are member of mt zioa eider otis steven la pastor — criterion ptmta marathon dance benefitted sickle cell program aa.á ul.l.s prs.s d ßgff.lo lat cu~sg s,d7 hs.s.d is z.d au.l dur stmb.s pr.rud aw th thr...4.j ni btu~s.d b sktl c.u flls.w liswmad and ed.e.~åo cei4et let.*.d 1 th sbrraad l w.mi n fui’urc cs’btv eo wwla,a 81 ftnt w i.l*l ligm sr aq.la ei xswulnk dostar marva freeman johnny bar dona t*arhn parker row two i r dolly ftontei robin franklin rita jackson sandra how*no anthony franklin valencia jardner rafael owe mmmxt covington al crosby and cynthia yarborough -—- < " fit 4 it 4 c-v|*i sales tax limit on gas called for th new york stat mies tax on th purrhaw of gaaoila would b limited and sale tax an hssnn heating fuel pur chases would on complete ly liminsted under term of two bills assemblymsn john b shaafar vvu bnmaviliei ■* pooc*riag in the assembly the measure limiting th sale tax an gasoline purchases has just been btroduced m the assem bly it would mipo a ceiling prohibiting th collection of anv atntn and local •*]** tax on th retail price of a gsllon of fa that exceeds 70 cents per gallon at the present ime * cents of th price of each gallon of gas is la exempt so this limitation would not be triggered in counties with a 3 percent ale tax until the gas pump exceeds 82.9 cant a gallon this is computed as follows fuel price 78 rents plus state sale tax m 2.8 cents phis local ales taa of 2.1 cents totalling 82.9 cents driving a motor vwtw d t * nex-essity in today '• or i*i v and motorist are btaralry being held boatag by lugher aft price ahmftrt awnri otrer the past ev*r*j weeks gasuiina price h*v skyrtkk**>d at aa manmng rat and there m every tstslxhihl of ******** inrraaaau an the future while the legislature may not have th power to control the selling price of gs*oiine we can certainly aa our part in easing th burden forced on driver in teem of th amount of sales tna that mum pas a the price of gseo une at the pumps con tinues to soar the state at reaping * windfall profit at the expense of the con wasnr limiting the ****** tax nor gallon could help the motorist during tha energy crunch and would not hurt the state finan cially in the slightest ef»ar also leaffir-med his position that the state should immediately abo lish the unjust mies tax on hc»me heating fuels tax elimination for home heating fuels urged 1 am co~*rpon*onng a bill in the a*9s»jrabl7 which would ejimini the re maming sales tat on liars treating fun purchase if th state ma nan fit tn aajrwe to a two parent rtiductkm by 1941 there 1 no reason we cannot go all th wsy and eliminate it entirely sheffer said the assembly earlier this sensjon passed • bill living counties th cmtion m iwdiaca or elimm*ie heir portion of th energy mis tax sheffer up port--rl this measure but be rfc*racten2*<1 it en an rr.d run around the real i*eu si hand — total alimina ion of la energy ansa tax w both th ***** and local level state rand are being fal*aawen by run way energy cost imffur concluded new york ha a responsibilit to see that everything preamble is dor to ease this costly burden so far this responsibility ha been irnored " appointed sales manager w.ui*m**l.le n.y • paul l brrmka of 210 delaware ave buffalo ha been appointed ssles ■ nilir in metropolitan ufa insurenre company's lafayette square office at 5500 main st williams rifle the appointment was snnounred by district sal manager francis p teftottdn clu as s airs manager mr ranks will be responsible fur tan sale and service activities of * staff of representative ■' lie joined metropolitan ufa m a sale represen tative fa the lafayette square offire in ortober 1979 is currently studying mr th chartered ufa underwriter designation of the american college ad ha completed on fart of use life under writer training council a native of lackawanna mr brook la a graduate of lafayette high sean buffalo and niagara uni versity niagara fall me la a member of the buffalo branch nf the national association for the advancement of colored people and enjoys tennlr writing and i bona al i l brooks women's day speaker april 22nd captain marian ran win be she women's i fanaii at refuge temple 43 jefferson ave on sunday april 22 a 7.30 pro rev robert l sander is pastor and mr pauline wauls i rvoarnau chairman sua das will rocoive a mama of science degree in aft public affair studie with honors from the rata university of nam york nt buffalo on klsy wkb liar new book hssnd " pes apakt-uve in ommunily relation in take law enforcement arena rationale and iv lign is being published by the trttxts of urban affairs ol th university and will bo disaemmat u large uihan law en forcement sgencie a tionwide ma lias i s!s current a serving an a member of the boa iit of education's lank fort thai is investi gating discipline and drug in the buffalo public school system and witf construct a summary . re port with kenneth braurt sheriff i.i erie county community law school classes offered registration form are now available for build organization th community law sr hool the last course closes th week of june i lib build la located at 339 genesee ft..phone b64-0110 courses offered are runinai law public as ristence law landlord & ion ant consumer job rights domestic rela tions health and educa tion mortgage and res estate th commonity law school a not the conver tional type of law school it will not offer any credit hours at a degree nor will it qualify you for an accredited law school what it will do is to offer a eerie of free class teaching members of the irmmunrty their legal rights in various arena of law the classes will focus on legal issues which aria from pexypie live and experience th instruct ors are attorneys who have paricauaad in th particu lar area they are teaching the cla**e will (»■ taught in plain english the hap i to demystify the confusing language of the law a set of reading material will be ii.-m.n butnd to each ennsua on each subject offered by the community law school th community law school is a resource which la excellent for ftgtfair cornmiuuty rgani/ali<in staff persons and mem bars of la mhmjc a well county-wide child abuse organization formed county executive ed ard j rutltoniki an vmxad last friday * turn ttruaty-wld organitatkin m answer the need of ft**wat**ftnn child abuse nd m«rwg m western tjjrn york eaflnd p a c e &*•** aid community this child bum/n fw trostment program *•*» specially trained wktmunjtv voltmteers whe w provide pamprofes w r>»habiliutiv sar **• to u**a9*a*4na*a*abn*ax»*b w«d*wfcrt county ™** tn which child *?«*• ad neglect ha 2^t*d mr luuurwuki ■;.■■ ac ha the back f »* °* the communitv •**! htyxacsior advisory fj4rd and wfll work fr ■••* a the child mwirnjlltiit of the erie g»y diept of social m which will refer mmdfamilie to this "** w|rartkation j^jaty executive rut *"** mated that the ir**3 oftjieprcsgram \ tjl family 7«^bjp by providin ppeov a link » hy peosidarig ** a a link j ** the kjlatecf ivc'i-nt and th outside world and thereby reduc ing child abuae and neglect ucntatd in the erie county medical center _ c » wa established because of several factors a 6,000 children assure reported a victims of susprsfted child abuse and/or neglect in 1977 and in 1978 this figure rrsse by 6ft : b a parent-aide can establish an exclusive rela tionship with a family and c in year's death of a child resulting from an abusive attack baa caused the community to become mcrhulied and has de manded that a program be established to prevent the abuse and neglect of children in erie county the extensive training the parent-sides will un dergo will allow the aide to ia the family in parent ing skills home manage ment including meal plan ning nutrition and house hold chores ervcrnrrng them to seek out commu nity resources help them p.a.c.e bill proposed to create revised countercyclical grants program ren henry j mows d-bflo has announced he ha co-sponsored legis lation to create a revised unta*rcyclical grants prcagram and target fiscal assistance to hard-pressed local governments such a buffalo erie county and lackawanna if enacted the measure would provide a total of 2 75 million to the three government in the cur rent fiscal year - 1 472.691 to buffalo ftl.211,577 to the county and 466.433 to lacka wanna atrrmar supported by the administration the proposed intergovern mental fiscal assistance amendments of 1979 would supplant the broad er countercyclical grant i'wigrarn that expired in 1978 the new bill would provide 9250 million in fiscal 1979 and 4150 million in fiscal 1980 kg local governments with unemployment rates of 6 5 percent or more it als would establish a ii billion stand-by rncaaaion in surance program which would take effect only if the nations una»mpioy roent rate exceeded £. percent cottgress^rian nowak said the bill provides the targeting which is absolutely necessary if the federal government is to assist the neediest areas such a our which are hardest hit by a recession and require longer periods of time to recover nearly 0 percent of the fund made available under thj bill will be distributed u local governments when unemployment rates are r percent or more enact merit of this progrturj would provide vital bud getary relief to our local govetrimenl and our pro perty taxpayers proposed allocations under the second v**r « 4150 million national auth orgsnixation have not yet been determined since they would be based on unewipw t-ient lata for the first six month o 1979 naacp accepting nominations for annual awards the buffalo branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people inaacpl is accepting nominations for award to persons who have contributed greatly to i>e development of the black community during the last year the persons chosen far the swards will be honored at the branches annual dinner in the sutler hilton hotel on june 10th the awards are the medgar ever civil right award human relations award and the commu nity serivce award names of persons recom mended should be sub mitted in writing to the naacp headquarters st 531 e ferry st and explain reasons for the candidate nomination to start 1st herb alpert 10-k run cmympic decathlon champion bruce a**mrk*r has been named a the official starter for the 1st annual herb aiperulo-k run which will kick-oft at 8:00 am on sunday april 29th in orifnth psrfc the com run with th star charity rare — l by a am re cords to benefit the t j martell pc*undaur*ri for leukemia r**nsvrb and st elmo village a l*>s angel based ncm — — - a rwl^p^hpi ompb l\mw1 pvvitn organization is # u *** * to draw sfvme 4.000 run ner de*dtine for r+0pi iitga(imje|r has been r**t ls»fo*-e midnight april 25th famtltl#«r wrbo will ml 0 off th 10-k run i the first of a major list of celerrritie who will be fa-artirirkstirvg m the amvp^vt . a rvwvwywt auns-l of at^msfr|*fn runner wiil ha n*owhs**l ahnrtlv bltcelxnno criminal justice workshop to be held april 21st the public i invited to hand a workshop on youth and th criminal justice system pre sented bv th rllij criminal justice commit tee saturday april 21 1 p.m at the buffalo convention center the moderator nil be dorothy shield criminal justice specialist staff of assemblyman arthur o eve the panel nnd top*c will he a follow bob wayrntrr attor ney juvenue juaaucn pro gram kkatewad yaatb advocacy rncbesinr s y - effort of 71 l^sapsantic an youth clay cistvarn lei.eairynj lvertor n y s l>visinn for yosah - pra-trlal rhvuvmrwi to keep kids am of jail lurhara m 7*»ms buf ranttssra as ajrwa rwi falo city cckurt rbf — juvs*nlvf in coairt effect ■* the i bnen v bdl bnr»rta ifamr-aoe trior ton c\5*ma*lc»r btfllao halrvgy house lasrtursw w'cmyeei hlorfa c\sp*»g sunyab ~ w promams of reeryal ** vaar.iiea john dublin bu'me police officer - ' vam-tai-sf sjvs tickets can th is more ist-afedly u 8 ihlffsvs jus-enivs continued on page 2 1923 1979 av/tsj , am*a?fs«f criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our office be been open every week of every year since our existence serving our communities you've just gotta sign up fur a copy of the buffalo criterion every week — for only 5 c national mb i petal new york oldest nam large*4 minority pre — th only w.m.i minority paper that ia registered an a bona fide newspaper under the march 3 1879 act of congress — regulating newspapers