Buffalo Criterion, 1986-11-06

              niagara region the buffalo criterion wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation c * thursday november 6-12 1986 vol 61 no 45 rochester social secutity benefits to increase ssi & social security recipients to see hike by new year hhs secretary otis r bowen m.d has announced that social security and supplemental security income beneficiaries will receive a 1.3 percent increase in benefits beginning with the benefit checks social security beneficiaries receive jan 2nd and ssi recipients receive on dec 31st for social security beneficiaries the average monthly benefit amount for all retired workers will rise from 482 to 488 the maximum federal ssi monthly payment to an individual will rise from 336 to 340 for a couple the maximum federal ssi payment will rise from 504 to 510 social security and ssi checks increase each year based on the rise in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers icpi-w from the third quarter of one year through the corresponding period of the next prior to this year the index had to rise by at least 3.0 percent to generate an automatic increase with inflation under control and the possibility of no automatic wen earn this ■ year president reagan signed legisla tion oct 21st to ensure that all social security and ssi beneficiaries receive a benefit increase this year the ififtpppirjrthw r,l„mirtt,lnr liv nfln/1 f/1-j..rji percent rise in the coi-w to trigger an automatic benefit increase payable from the general funds of the treasury social security payments from the trust funds are estimated to be 2.6 bil lion higher in 1987 because of the automatic increase the 1987 cost of the ssi increase will be about 115 million in addition a number of other changes will also become effective jan ist as a result of automatic-adjustment provisions of the law that are tied to the increase in average wages they include 1 the maximum amount of annual earnings subject to the social security tax will increase from 42,000 to 43,800 2 the maximum amount of earnings that a beneficiary under age 65 may have without losing any social security benefits will increase from 5,760 this year to 6,000 in 1987 3 the corresponding exempt amount for beneficiaries aged 65 through 69 will increase from 7,800 to 8,160 in 1987 4 the amount of earnings required to be credited with a quarter of coverage will increase to 460 up from 440 thia year as a result of the increase in the 1987 wage base the maximum yearly 8/s.iui si-vui tiy uufc e-t-iii y t*i>iimbyet and employers each will rise by 128.70t0 3,131.70 for self-employed persons it will rise by 221.40 to 5,387.40 about 8.5 million workers and self-employed persons who earn more than 42,000 are affected by the higher earnings base cuomo wins by big margin governor mario cuomo was re-elected to a second four-year term as govern or of new york state by a record-breaking victory he won over the republi can of westchester coun ty executive andrew o'rourke mil one percent of the right-to-life party candidate nassau county district attorney doris e dillon in other elections u s senator alfonso 11 amain gathered 7 per cent of the mite to his opponent mark green's 41 percent ned regan former bui falonian captured his off ice 57 percent in 11 percent for radillo rep jack kemp won his 31st district congres sional seat for the 9th time over lame p keane by a 57 to 12 percent for attorney general robert abrams was re elected over king by a 65 in 35 percent vote winning candidates attended garden party the buffalo criterion looked in lis lues and pulled out this historic photo taken this summer in th beautiful flower gardens of mrs william v callahan sr 42 johnson st the garden party was given in honor of judge wilbur trammell shown in the photo from left are judge and mrs trammell mrs callahan counts clerk-elect dave swarts and judge anthony loßusso ml three of the candidates were elected in the tuesday nov 4th election judges trammell and l.nkiissii will return to tin city court bench and dave swarts will serve his first term as erie county clerk january i 1987 — criterion photo gospel crusade against drugs held radio station wt'fo recently held a gospel crusade against drugs at the mt ararat baptist church 971 jefferson aye the program featured a huge array of gospel talent shown in the photo from left are ms laverne btaketj and mrs thelka mccall both of wufo irs key general manager of wt'fo rev w l jones pastor of mt ararat and others calvary cme chuch welcomes new minister rev james taylor shown second from left new appointed pastor of calvary cme church 1007 ellieott st is shown with his staff of clergy they are from left the reverends june williams taylor james williams l c philips and not shown rev j c gidney rev taylor whip hails from st louis missouri is new to the buffalo area the buffalo criterion would like to congratulate him and his family for the lint job that he is doing at calvary and welcome them to the western new york area rev taylor and the calvary family would like to also extend an invitation to the community to worship with them at their sunday morning service at 11 a.m — criterion photo services held for rev frank barbee funeral services for the late rev frank barbee were held sat oct 25th at 11 a.m from calvary baptist church 1184 genesee st the rev l t boyce pastor offici ated rev barbee was born on august 2 1927 in sherrit arkansas but was reared in mississippi he moved to buffalo in june of 1966 where he united with the calvary baptist church he was a faithful and devoted dea con and was a member of the no 1 choir rev barbee was also licensed and ordained by rev boyce and served as pastor of the community baptist church for five years until his health failed rev barbee passed away on saturday oct 18th 1986 in mercy hospital after a long illness his survivors are his loving wife zenobia 11 children 7 girls and 4 sons they are vernal barbee of buffalo hattie miles of clarksdale mississippi alice faye ethel caroline janet and christine barbee all of chicago illinois frank barbee jr of clarksdale miss theodore barbee of lincoln nebraska mar cellus and roderick bar bee of chicago 111 a stepson james johnson of buffalo an aunt janie wellington of memphis term a mother-in-law elsie chester of buffalo two sisters-in-law rachel waker and dorothy griggs both of buffalo three daughters-in-law 35 grandchildren 6 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends pallbearers were the deacons of calvary baptist church the thomas t edwards funeral home inc was in charge of the remains interment was in forest lawn cemetery don't spend too much time in mourning tears are for the sad 1 left to be with jesus and this should make you glad don't fret because my leaving came in such a way we'll have another meet ing in god's eternal day - submitted by mrs mamie garrett high blood pressure program scheduled the high blood pres sure reduction program in cooperation with the american heart associa tion aha erie county health department echd and american red cross arc an nounce calendar dates for free bp screening for those 15 years and older they are as follows mon nov 17 rath bldg room 1004 95 franklin st bflo from 10 a.m to 12 noon and from 1 to 4 p.m the service provider is the echd goldome seneca-caze novia branch 2199 seneca st bflo from 10 a.m to mrs louise malone succumbs funeral services for the late mrs louise c ma lone 74 were held mon day nov 3 from first shiloh missionary baptist church 15 pine st she died tuesday oct 28 1986 in her home born in wilmington north caroline mrs ma lone was the oldest at lens children the family moved to glen cove before settling in buffalo in 1918 s'l nil irul'u ssihrui wi 32 the old hutchinson central high school and buffalo state teachers college where she receiv ed a bachelor of science degree in education mrs malone worked for several community organi zations and was a substi tute teacher in buffalo public schools before be coming a caseworker in the erie county social services department where she was employed for 29 years before her retirement in 1976 mrs malone s church activities dated back al most to her baptism at the age of 12 she was church organist for more than a half-century she began playing the organ for the youth choir and sunday school classes and later accompanied the adult choirs and men's chorus during her years as organist she assisted not only first shiloh baptist church but several other churches in the city in 1960 she was elected assistant music director of the baptist empire state convention her survivors are a son richard a three sisters posey carter of baltimore elease boyd and joan keye three brothers edward l griffin of new york louis griffin and herbert grif fin and a granddaughter interment was in ridge lawn cemetery in cheek towaga pall bearers were john daw kins harrison dockery david gore jo seph hicks leon mc mull en jerrell moss james parker and joseph show ell honorary pall bearers were marvin boyd arthur boyd randy boyd marty boyd jerome boyd david boyd duane keye richard lipkins and louis griffin jr the thomas t edwards funeral home inc was in charge of the remains mrs louise c malone blood pressure | see page 7 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per copy