Buffalo Criterion, 1979-03-21

              wny's largest only accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester — — — niaaara rt»t_iofi the buffalo criterion vol x - no 12 wednesday march 21-27 1979 lof at r r - natklsiftvi iqt general motors seeks permission to announce settlement for interdivisional engines limkol - general motors has filed a motion in federal district court in chicago seeking the court's permission to i'wsttri wait alt nationwide to 07.000 owner rd 1977 oldstnohile paatenger car a ms settlement offer negotiated with the allot ney general of 47 states concerning the inlerdi visional usage of engines chairman thomas a murphy announced contrary to some pub lished reports mr murphy said the u s court of appeals for the seventh circuit in ite decision on feb •_* did no rule that um'a settlement offer could be eitentled individually to these mil it owner ' rather he sax the court recommended that the district court consider the advisability rd permit ting communication of the offer to individual owner to thay could decide whether to accept of reject if om is given the opportunity to attend th offer we will cooperate with the court to help get the offer to the owner for their consideration ** quickly as possible oaf in its motion noted that over a year has elapsed since the proposed settlement was first an nounced during that lime the motion said the offer has received persistent wide spread publicity wait at tendant interest ia when it would rtuali be made available to efig a pur chasers numerous m tential offerees _**• m quired and continue to inquire aa to when they will receive the offer of settlement " tbe motion alto potni out that tb court at appeals smalt ratogaiaed poteattai of ferees must be wonder ing whatever became of the 0200 and the mechani cal insurance policy each had been promised " the motion further notes that tbe district court has itself regarded the communication of the after as a matter of urgency general motors short that vw sad is aauuaas to eslrnd the offer to e_gibi r mr iih o •__» they ran make t_*v own rt fttaor as to mtmihtt to accept a ar not " tb e_ter provsdeo tor a 0200 payment and if eligible a uaueoarume motoet insurance corp jmjci special mechanical performance dirt covering th entire power train lengwe trsnsny on and drive •*._>) fur 3d month or sr o**i miles trtmn tb date of original delivery whichever wcuto first th agreement with the g.m.asittlf.miint erie county awarded federally funded grants erie county met utile edward j rutkowski ha announced two grants from th community ser vice administration in washington totalling 417,667.00 to go to the county sponsored lon munity action organua lion the first grant is an m.iioo project for a one-time twelve month veteran * outreach pro gram special emphasis on this project will be given to the disadvantaged veteran who fought in vietnam the other grant totals tx13,567.00 and will fund neighborhood muhi-oer ia'i|tnr.irh.aitl mtini mm vice renter health retor ral adult education and general community out reach programs the receipt of these grant from the federal awernment trill greatly improve the quality of life here in erie county county executive flittlaia ski said county executive spoke at naacp meeting the monthly meeting of the % .*, air for february **. hew at naacp headquarter 111 _ perry s at 6 p.m special goeal for the evening wis i rh county i tet urn idward nsitfcttwahi th meeting haired by 1 a president dan arker rid frank ma-.,ah was called to hear ihe views of r»t*n-**«i , m more affective affirmative ac-ion and ub fo outh a foflowup m.rtln ia rh,âukd 1..v i . marr 24.h 6:30 1 thp naacp h..dqua,ii~m shown in th photo u,e nfracp p~~.4drai liuitaio ( h.pte,j i)sss arker eri caunt uruth f4.ard kutlm~..bs nd 1,.a m.-.tah — 4 ñirrk.ø phiø no 2nd class schools says fisher equal educational opportunities urged the potential of judge curtin's order it for second clam schools in our city's neighborhoods and a better funded more en riched offering at th magnet school imy there is no room for any second class schools in buffalo and no room for any students at any buffalo school speaking to over 70 people at her home tally at a gathering to collect completed peti bono mrs judy fisher said as soon aa judge ' tirtin issued his order i urged the board of educa lion by letter to aaaure all parents of buffalo publu •____) children that all children will be offered equal durational oppor tunities " mr fisher referred to the february ln order li federal judge john t curtin which will force restoration of art music physical education foreign language small class sites and leather aides in the magnet schools only while rein stating integration coor dinators guidance coun selors librarians leather aid and reading teacher and aide in non magnet schools the order demands no less than a commitment from the board and til interested parties to en suring buffalo doe ant have * dual school system — one good one fair mra fisher continued i urge all candidates run ning for the board now to adopt a stand which ill allow intuitu for all services for ail schools mr fisher concluded in new position mrs placid jean parher of chatham km was recently appointed director of nursing admin miration at kheehan me morial f.mergrnry hoe pital a graduate of d you ville college mr parker holds a master's degree from canisius college she worked 0 years ■* millard fillmore hospital 1.1 years at children's lltsspital and eight years a clinical instructor of adult health nursing at buffalo general h.stotlai dr yerby jones succumbs di w y.iw jœ ~ bì.4 4 aíi 1 kw ___ $ m~sa oç~mk~oðo thths~i’~~tfl v íntmart.foioio y.~s ò.d sd m*r~h 4th 1t79 a b~a cbapui p~.v y~msrsi rvw et h.kl m4~i mard 1 1 pm m lawr chapd 14 •~ bufl.d n or lawfl cr~mr~miy i-p jones mmm born in memphis ten i ib 1904 he and hi tote mother wee two of the first blacks to reside on fillmore aye she was a substitute school teacher in tbe early 0 when the total number of minority chord touch was in th ray of ten he was a graduate of matteri park high school and received late medical degree from university of buffalo school of medicine m 1934 he took his internship in st louis mo . and ii the late ms opened his office at 4_a jefferson aye and ** mained there until __> xmpertv was acquired to make mean for the **__— park ______ extension for world war ii workers in the curl 40 from there he relocated to 436 sycamore j he imer movesi to r-49 humboldt f*wv where he main tained a private practice for 0 years one of the hobbies of dr jones was to buy scores of records of popu lar symphonies and score as the records were played he attended man : f j,.m_||j ■ ' ' ih jones conunued his reisttonshtp with the ijb medical ecbor-l and began to specialize in apimln a eventual becoming t clinical professor of smamtwy and otahalmt . he became head of the lb division of opthalmdogy - la ibm he i i t the t«r at v v i memorial hospital and exenlualty became chiel til opthalmo wigy there he nxae to o the mever hos pital chief ol statf in 191x4 the first physician to perform a cornea trane pwtmm ml w*«*m new > ork and the o*rt ha lint-logy i-""1 v"i for the buffalo ije bank lie i credited with having trained *••■'• i the opthabnologists now practicing in the greater huff sin araa he also w attending •-\ i ll ill i i i , i at 11 old vteulsufer clinic in buf falo st the gowsnda slate hospital and at millard fillmore hospital he retired from the meyer staff in 1972 in 1942 he was elected to the american oillege of surgeans one of only 14 mara men so honored at ids w xihio jonis 118 build investigates onyx construction oili si of the black federal ml ii i ha expressed xliasalistaction with ihe thxxt construc tion txd i nii'ipttiasn com pany's postponement ol a *. tt*-.11.1 1 march 7th meeting at the build community town mall at which time build desired ui obtain information as part of their investigation into the legitimacy of the th-ivi firm at a minority business enterprise build claims that onyl wss formed with th purpose of taking advent age of 10.7 ol the work designsted for minority contractors by not having the necesssry equipment and manpower not a proven trark record ot security lo obtain the necessary bund - — # _. ...— ii onvi is md not lo lie a bonafide minority firm then build has demanded that the nia gara frontier transporta tion authority rescind its decision to sward onyt the contract to construct th light kail rapid transit line charges against ' invs are presently oeing investigated by state and federal authorities ■-^ _».- • aaa ll'till'il lii 1 a february meeting in alden between build end onyx left many questions unsnswered according to build representatives who insist that chi did not have a plan for recruitment and naming of iiiin mil pimple build therefore i tpiattt i 1 a march 7 meet ing according to build thiyt president william sterling said he would l t•..iitiihv ti in i much ol th i.-.ii i.'ti tnformstion to build hfsdi|iiartera tm man 2 build officials said they never received the information two days ptinr to th man 7 meeting build representatives refused a request from ihtyt to postpone the meeting than on tue*day march fl '..• attorney tor the onys linn bennett lieder celled i cancel tha meeting after etpressing the need for mar time to gal he the ' i fur malum sought by iii and that a rescheduling was necaa tan constant delays by onyx has ted hull.fi officials to claim that ihiyi has not acted in good i iih in addressing the concerns of the mark community and further delays b myx will seriously jeopardise their opportu nity to represent the minority community on the rapid transit line city eligible for urban parks program rep henry j nowak lv3f n.y.i ha an nounced that th city of buffalo and erie count baaw been declared eligi aaxe naaa acjaraa bgi ble for the new urban parks program the city and county are two of wiix cities and counties acroaa tb united statea named *. eligible to receive direct matching grant to re habilitate deteriorating urban park end recreation systems mr nowak «*.-. *.. * key element of president carter • l"*?t urban po licy the urban park and wmctwfirm 1 recovery pro grammas the potential for improving the many maths and recreational facilities m buffalo and erie coun ty i have worked closely with mayor griffin in obtaining this designation and look forward to the grant application that will lead to federal assistance in the rehabilitation of our area * dark " th urban park and recreation recovery pro mam was approved by the th congress and has a funding fl*__anxatioex of million annually far - 1 f'*tal years 197 h *- end at 1125 million for fiscal year 19r3 appropriations are now rending before the 00th congress it is another example of a targeted program aimed at those arta that need assistance the most our area is blessed alh many neighborhood parka and recreation facili tie and with the assist ance of this program thoee facilities that have deteriorated with age can be upgraded for the people who need them moat congressman nowak con cluded the program will be administered hy the llept of the interior a heritage conservation and recrea tion service ihcrsi no date has yet been set foe application to be sub mitted by cities and counties to speak at faith b c christian fellowship day at faith baptist church «_*. humboldt pkw on sunday march mm at 4 00 p.m tbe rev allen b green will speak from the sub ject god working tbrowah you v all church worker mmd especially workers in the church school are invited to attend rev green m paator of tbe second baptist church in lack wanna n.y deacon leo w sey rtonr chairman mr aim harvey superinten dent of church school and rev junius w cofield pe-f rev allen b green author writes on college degrees pbtxenii aril - cbaiie r campbell editor sad i o üblmher of tbe an run informal newspaper ha written a book on bo to obtain * college deg ret with little or bo classroom attendance tbe avtbor points out in tbe book tbe arietta ways | unknown to want how one earn get a rollr-te degree accredited without leav ing km or her home according to the author there or many college throughout the united state here one ran earn • college degree without amy haaaruum attendance classroom attendance scores of cooegea and universities award tbe bacbelor a and matter * degrees without the students setting a foot ia tbe dasaroom some colleges accredited ward doctorate degree with only a minim of claasroom attendance the author feel that blacks should take advantage of external aoa traditional mean of acquiring a degree for further details write tbe anyone infor meat publishing co attention ( harle r campbell 222 north ninth st phoenix arirono mm woman installed officers sarah vickeys president of w.o man women on the move for action now i a non-partisan poli tical organization aimed at educating and upgrading the black political commu nity recently installed four new women to th executive board mrs shirley thompson is we president the four officers arm gratis nix asst tre surer mary if watson lia*ion officer tlwen neal public relations ihr .; and ronnie thomas rec secretary an advisory council wa ilso installed oon*x**ing of the following theodore kirkland alfonzo thompson john smith joseph steven res tdnsn lhirsnt l-troy im itv>ti cl_i "„ *<•"-:.... charles michsux george holme sat brown edward hudson willie young ernie careen norman jack*oa tom thorn james shu ford charles rurk nrs everett jr dr winston hardiman dan hillisrd r c hsrdon charles amos and homer daniel honorsrv member a • joe johnson nst singi ton snd lawrence comic rh of new . »-* c*v awsrd were also pne ser st the tallatior i-weettsor h#nry loch jr six swarded a plsqo for his epoetin of event in the inner city mrs wends morgan r*veiv«sd the plsxjue for mrs pc»rl fancy who ws rut nre*ent for hen osrtatsh mir wort bovood th call of ■*•*•>" erie county sheriff's dept to participant in canadian police week sheriff kenneth j braun announced this week that the erie county sheriff's dept has been invited by the niagara regional provincial police to participate in a display ana demonstration the week of may 13th in observant of canadian police week the exhibit will continue through may 19th the exhibit will he held st th niagara pen shop ping mall center in st catherines ont vehicles of the sheriff ilept that are included in the display will be the crime stop per van safety educa tion van motor cycle division and an trie county sheriff's patrol c this is the second year that the f.ri county sheriff's tlept h hern muted hv the niagara regional provincial polie to join in observ*r.nce of police week it canada musical slated the inspirational choir of tabernacle rsptt«t church 172 johnson st _**>*» hsx-ing s musics sunday march 25th st 5 pm rev f.lroy l day is p*>«t/>r outlaw on page 7 continued x pag 2 ■■ 1923 1979 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our office ha been open every week of every year since oar existence aervta our communities yen just gotta sign up for . ropy of the buffalo criterion ever week — i or only i5 c national or upstate set york's idol amd lergeot minority pre — the only w.n.y minority paper thai is register a a boa tide newspaper under tit march 3 ih7b act of congress — regulating newspaper