Buffalo Criterion, 1986-11-20

              thursday november 20-26 1986 vol 61 - no 47 wivy s necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region rochester 22 caliber killer case retrial underway all white jury to retry christopher by abdullah luqmam the alleged 22 caliber killer joseph christopher retrial began friday before an all-white jury in his opening statement defense attorney scan hill said that christopher was a paranoid schizophrenic paronoia is a form of disorder characterized by delusions of persecution schisophrenia is any of group conflicting emotions and delerio ion of personality hill said it is not what happened hut why it happened the defense strategy seemed to be cede that their client actually committed the crimes but he was incompetent at that time and maybe now this is not an admission of guilt on the part of the defense opined an attorney he said that the prosecution still must prove that the crimes were committed and that the accused is guilty of them beyond a reasonable doubt this kind of defense deals best with punishment once guilt has been established he said there was doubt raised by one black man that the 12-person panel with ~ ttm-t-r mmr.rttm.mm xx-taitt jut will nut convict a white for killing"blacks he cited buffalo mayoral elections where blacks won the democratic primary and a white was elected in the general election on minor parly lineisl in an overwhelming democratic enrolled city assemblyman arthur o eve was defeated by james iriffin in 1977 and george k arthur in 1985 was also defeated by mayor griffin joseph christopher is a white butfalonian who is serving a s3 years to life sentence from his conviction of a killing and a knife attack in manhattan last year christopher was convicted in 1982 in erie county as the infamous 22 caliber killer credited with seven murders anil numerous stabbings that terrorized residents of buffalo niagara falls and new york city in buffalo he was convicted and sentenced to from 60 yranhrmifp fur the murder of glen dunn harold green and emmanuel thomas but that conviction was overturned on pre-trial psychiatric de cisions made by the judge and the district attorney's effort to prove independent guilt in each of the three _ fflh'iri i vi mm i mi ," «' . ■„■.--.- —. ' * *«' . ... the helens attorney era david ti jay anil scan d hill and the prosecutors are albert m ranni and thomas eoannou mortgage burning mortgage burning ceremonies were held recently for the stairway to heaven church of god in christ 1449 fillmore aye elder c gooden is pastor the guest speaker for the evening was elder willie flurence special remarks were made by bishop c h mccoy presiding bishop of jurisdiction no 2 and elder earl nelson burning ceremonies were made by elder gooden pastor bro and sis mitchell and bro northington among those shown in this photo are bro mitchell elder gooden sis mitchell and bro northington shown here from left are elders nelson gooden bishop mccoy eld flurence and dove seated from left are mother isabelle atcheson mother bailey and others b gwendolyn greene elected to national post b gwendolyn greene of humboldt parkway has been elected to a national leadership position with camp fire inc a national not-for-profit youth agency miss greene will serve a two-year term as a mem ber of the national board of directors beginning january 1 1987 she was elected chairman of zone 2 region a geographic area including camp fire councils - in ilea york ohio pennsylvania and west virginia in addition ut the national camp fire responsibilities here serves as board president of the camp fire council of buffalo and erie coun ty miss greene is a retired social worker and the former ttftm etcn tf to military families and veterans of the buffalo chapter of american red cross she serves in various capacities with the camp fire council she is a member of the national association of social workers academy of cer tified social workers del la theia public service sorority and other service organizations she is a trustee of lincoln memorial united methodist church she has served as fund raiser for the united negro i college fund and as ywca leadership trainer in four latin american countries camp fire inc serves 400,000 boys and girls from kindergarten through high school with club camp self-reliance and child care programs the local camp fire council office is located at 2929 main st buffalo n y 14214 entire 6.4 mile metro system opening set gallagher announces grand opening ceremonies nov 29 the chairman of the niagara frontier trans portation authority ray mond f gallagher has announced that the grand opening of the entire 6.4 mile buffalo metro rail system will be sat nov 29th the grand opening whose theme is '' founda tion for the future — forward to the 21st century will be high lighted by a public cere mony at the south campus station on the main street campus of suny at buffalo begin ning at 10 a.m local state and federal dignataries are expected to attend various enter tainment will be provided by the u b zodiaque dance company the last word-jazz researchers the boys choir of st paul's cathedral and of course a special appear ance of santa claus beginning at 11 a.m until 6 p.m on that day all metro rail rides will be free and also on sunday nov 3(th brntai jj r.a so 5 p.m in the eight under ground stations varius choirs from local churches will sing christmas carols to add to the atmosphere of the day the entire system in eludes eight underground stations and six surface station in the pedestrian mall the 1.2 mile pedestrian transit mall is located in the business district of downtown buf falo the entire length of the mall has been designed with lighted arches a 100-foot lighted tower and other amenities to attract people both day and night to the downtown business and retail center chairman gallagher said this is a momen tous and historic occasion that has taken a half billion dollars and many years to complete but will be worth the effort in he economic development if has created and will create in the future eve to keynote new york city black convention deputy speaker arthur o eve will be the keynote speaker during the new york city j 986 star m vention on sat nov 22nd the theme of this year's convention is building coalitions across community boun daries the convention is con vened to address social action priorities for afri can-americans including black economic develop ment the health crisis homeless lack of jobs political empower ment crime and criminal justice the convention will be convened by dr jay chunn president of med gar evers college and the chairperson of the conven tion is dr vernal cave the convention will be held at the house of the lord pentecostal church located at 415 atlantic aye in brooklyn ny lowery says america headed for another viet-nam in nicaragua sclc president dr jo seph lowery said after meeting with eugene hasenfus and nicaraguan president daniel ortega he's convinced the nicara guan government wants the hasenfus incident to become an instrument of peace lowery his wife evelyn and two members of the southern christian lead ership conference staff spent three days in nicara gua talking to government and religious leaders as well as accused american mercenary eugene has enfus but the sclc president says his first and main concern was to let ameri cans know the loss of american lives on nicara guan soil are a direct result of our country's in terventionalist policies and are leading us into another viet nam lowery urged ortega to handle the hasenfus case with justice tempered by lowery — in old england it was believed sleeping on a copy of the ancient greek poem th iliad would cur on of fever alabama is so named from an indian word meaning her we rest funeral services held for mrs eliza anderson funeral services for eliza anderson 80 a founder of mt olive baptist church in lacka wanna was held wed nov 12 from mt olive baptist church 72 was son aye burial was in mt hope cemetery in west seneca mrs anderson died thursday nov 6 19861 in buffalo general hospi tal after a brief illness she was a native of abbeville s c and had lived in lackawanna since 1929 mrs anderson served as a foster grand parent at the west seneca develop mental center and worked more than 10 years at our lady of victory hospital in lackawanna she belonged to many auxiliaries at mt olive baptist church including the senior choir the usher board the mission ary society and the sunday school she was president of the pastor's aid and for more than 20 years was president of the dr watts chorus surviving are two sons henry and paul five daughters mattie britt rose marie anderson shirley booker matilda golden and ermagene alls an adopted daughter virginia burton 29 grand children 16 great-grand children and a great-great grandchild rutkowski reappoints buscaglia as county welfare chief erie county executive edward j rutkowski has announced the reappoint ment of fred j buscaglia of buffalo to a five-year term as erie county's commissioner of social services this is the second toughest job in county government rutkowski said our goal is to be tough with taxpayer wel fare dollars while being compassionate to the truly needy welfare administra tion is a maze of state and federal mandates require ments and regulations rutkowski said buscaglia's department administers 578 million in welfare benefits medical assistance programs food stamps and child protec tion services and operates the erie county homes and infirmary in alden buscaglia joined the staff of the state depart ment of social services in 1959 rising to the position of area director in 1972 he was appointed first deputy commissioner of the county social services department the commissioner be gan his social work career with the u.s army in 1955 he later worked in the psychiatric clinic at buffalo general hospital and was a caseworker for the child protection unit of the society for preven tion of cruelty to children buscaglia 56 is a buffalo native he grew up on the west side and graduated from canisius high school he received a bachelor of arts degree from the university of - buffalo and a masters degree from üb's school of social work see page 3 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