Buffalo Criterion, 1986-08-28

              niagara region rochester price only 20 per copy vol 60 no 35 thursday august 28 - september 3 1986 the buffalo criterion serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation meeting focuses in on legal system public encouraged to speak out interested members of the public may attend and participate in a town hall meeting to be sponsored by the new york state and erie county bar associa tions on thursday sept 25th in the common council chambers buf falo city hall between 1 and 3 p.m the state bar inaugur ated the town meeting as a means of improving the exchange of views be tween the public and the legal profession in new york state the meeting is intended to provide indivdual citizens and organizations with an opportunity to express i themselves candidly on how the court system legal profession and laws generally may be improv ed the state bar associa tion is committed to attempt positive action in response to suggestions which merit the attention and concern of the legal profession the proceed ings will be videotaped and transcribed for distri bution to the association and public the moderator of the town meeting will be rev james demske sj presi dent of canisius college professor thomas head rick former dean of the suny at buffalo law school will serve as reporter lesie g fos chio vice president gen eral counsel of barrister informational systems corp is program chair members of the public interested in participating should submit their name address and telephone number together with a brief statement of the topic or issue they wish to address to the erie county bar association 1758 statler towers buffalo new york 14202 for consideration and selec tion since the program time is limited presenta tions . will jbp.fcnrt tort i£rar maximum of five minutes each the buffalo town hall will be the second such forum to be held in new york state it will be held in conjunction with the new york state bar association's fall general meeting which will take place in buffalo for the first time from sept 25th through 27th garden party planned the honorable judge wilbur trammell is up for re-election for city court judge in the november election the public is invited to attend a garden party in his honor at the home of mrs william v callahan sr 42 johnson st sunday sept 7th at 3 p.m mrs callahan urges all to attend the garden party and meet and talk to judge trammel i as well as other friends and well wishes who want to see the judge on the bench for another ten-year term she also wants to remind all voters to remember primary day is tuesday sept 9th kemp announces 50 million earthquake center award to ub washington d c — rep jack kemp r-n v haa announced the award from the national science ■ rmu.mm^on . insfi to establish an earthquake engineering center at the state university of new york at buffalo suny/b the award is for up to 5 million per year over a five year period with matching funds from private sources this is great news for western new york kemp stated the grant will make buffalo the national and international research center for earth quakes and will attract scientists and researchers from all over the center will influence the develop ment of advanced tech nology in western new york and make new york state more competitive in manufacturing and indus try will provide a tremen dous boom to the economy and industry in the area the orooosal tor the establishment of an earth quake engineering re aarch center was tor up to 5 million per year over a five-year period the institutions participating included city university of new york rensselaer polytechnic institute cor nell and columbia uni versities brookhaven in stitute and lamont-doh erty geological labora tories secured additional funding will come from new york state urban development corp suny/b and dr ronald stein vice president on this proposal since last year and i know what a great package they've put together the caliber of professionals ana institu tions associated with the buffalo proposal is second to none kemp conclud ed services held for doris clemens funeral services for doris clemens were held wednesday aug 27th from friendship baptist church 402 clinton st rev charles henderson officiated ms clemens was born to the late thomas and dora barlow in memphis tennessee on march 7 1913 she passed away on august 21 1986 she came to buffalo at the age of ten and became a member of the friend ship baptist church at the age of 13 under the leadership of rev r b robinson where she attended sunday school served on the no 1 usher board and was awarded a fifty year certificate for dedicated service doris graduated from grammar school in 1927 and hutchinson high school in 1953 she married del mas clemens in 1930 ms clemens was em ployed as a cook by the new york central railroad system during world war ii marco electric com pany was a secretary for the buffalo federation of neighborhood centers inc and the erie county senior aide program she received an award for dedicated service from bfnc in 1984 doris was a life member of naomi chapter oes nys juris diction the daughters of isis hadji court no 62 and the black caucus on the aging ms clemens is survived by a dear friend ralph tisby of buffalo four nieces beverly mccut cheon of buffalo emma thomas of dcs moines iowa gloria nabors and lillian wright of detroit michigan a nephew ronald nabors of wash ington dc and a host of great nieces and nephews and many friends arrangements were made by the alfred h lewis mortuary inc interment was in forest lawn cemetery pallbearers were from the buffalo federation of neighborhood centers men's club doris clemens legislature honored newberg yearke pictured recently at erie county legislature chambers in the erie county hall 25 delaware awfiruift iu'.tsitr wrteie erie county legislature chairman richard a slisz honored wivb-tv anchor rich newberg and wivb-tv photographer don yaarka tor receiving united press international state awards for their features covering pope john paul ii in rome italy and lech walesa of gdnansk poland were from left joel a maten prominent buffalo business community leader and president of buffalo institutional services don yearke wivb-tv photographer and upi award recipient the honorable richard a slisz chairman of erie county legislature congratulating sandy dipasquale wivb-tv station manager rich newberg recipient of upi state award for best feature and for individual achievement jim peppard wivb-tv news director and brian d rusk national director of the polish american congress joel maten helped to set up this entire trip missing from the photo is richard b solecki national vice president of the polish american congress the trip covered by rich newberg and don yearke was meant to follow up on a student and professor ex.:haiyip piagiarm jettveen dsemerr college of amherst n.y and the catholic university of lublin in poland the pope blessen this program with mr newberg present the previous year lech walesa encouraged this program the u.p.i judges comments which accompany the awards to rich and don explain why they were chosen from among all tv stations in new york state and new jersey in these award categories for best feature — for the report hearts and minds together we were impressed with the warmth and sincerity of reporter rich newberg and don yearke's entry this feature was a fine example of taking a complex story and bringing it down to the human dimension the people of poland were portrayed with a nice touch truly a labor of love writing photography and production values were first-rate and for individual achievement — what convinced the judge in the end was newberg's compassion effectiveness sense of fair play and depth along with the high degree of competence that goes with good reporting gilliam appointed albany — new york state transportation com missioner franklin e white has announced the appointment of reginald e gilliam jr as deputy assistant commissioner for rail and freight policy in this position mr gilliam also will direct the newly established freight division and will be responsible for all freight issues involving railroads highways and ports he will also be responsible for the department's efforts in continuing rail passenger services i am delighted that reg gilliam has agreed to take over this key post in the department commis sioner white said this creation of the new freight division will bring under one tent those several reginald gilliam jr problem of homeless/runaway youth has no boundaries each year over one million young people in the united states run away from home or become long-term homeless youth in erie county approximately 3,000 youth run away each year in 1984 the erie county department of youth services provided funding and other technical assistance resources to a network compass house that served 438 youth during 1985 the erie county dept of youth services through the afore mentioned network experienced a slight increase in the number of youth served approximately 470 youth were served john a johnson commissioner of the erie county department of youth services says the problem of homeless/runaway youth has no economic or social boundaries a recent study of population characteristics of youth served by agencies contracting with the erie county department of youth services over the past two years shows fifty-four percent of the homeless/runaway youth served are female forty six percent are male thirty-one percent are black 03 percent are hispanic 03 are native americans and sixty-four percent are white a review of age groups indicates that the vast majority of homeless away youth are within the age group of 15-19 there is a significant number of runaway youth age 10-14 the erie county department of youth services findings through extensive research indicates a strong need for family support for an overwhelming majority of homeless runaway youth most observers involved in the provision of professional human service to meet the needs of homeless/runaways youth feel that a lack of family support and guidance is the major factor contributing to the problem of homeless/runaway youth and may be a very influential factor the department of youth services has observed that a disproportionate number of the aforementioned youth become involved in crimes and often find themselves faced with major problems in the criminal and juvenile justice system commissioner john a johnson said his office is working very closely with the new york state division for youth and the united way to develop and implement a broader range of direct services to impact upon the problems and needs of homeless/runaway youth commissioner johnson said that erie county and the new york state division for youth have already taken major steps to impact upon the problem in erie county such as the following in 1978 new york state enacted the runaway and homeless youth act to provide 60 percent state aid for programs dealing with runaway youth under the provisions of this act runaway shelters have been funded throughout new york state including compass house in erie county the rhya however was aimed at the short term runaway who needed only one or two weeks of care before returning home it provided services only for youth under 18 consequently it did not address the needs of long-term homeless youth who in many cases cannot return home and who are frequently over 18 a considerable number of these youth have been living on the streets where they are victimized by criminal elements and frequently swarts wants county clerk's office to promote boating safety david j swarts the endorsed democrat for erie county clerk has called upon the state commissioner of motor vehicles to public a consumer pamphlet on the topic of boating safety under swarts proposal the state deparment of motor vehicles would publish the boating safety manual and it would be distributed free of any extra charge by the county clerk to individ uals when they register their boats in a letter to state motor vehicles commissioner patricia adduci mr swarts noted that while state law does not mandate licensing of pleasure crafts it does require owners to register their boats with the erie county's clerk's office swarts pointed out between aug 1 1985 and july 31 1986 9,015 boaters obtained their three-year registration permit from the county clerk's office that figure represents a 155 percent increase over the total number of boat registra tion permits which were issued by the clerk's office for 1985 3,529 with the rise of popularity in boating there has been a signifi cant increase in the number of boating acci dents for the first seven months of 1986 the erie county sheriff's depart ment reports 13 boating accidents resulting in two fatalities it is interesting to note that the number of boating accidents and fatalities recorded through the end of july of this year has already surpassed the actual number of boating accidents and related fatalities for all of 1985 according to u s coast guard officials only 30 percent of all boating accidents are reported thus the number of actual accidents is much higher than what is recorded in the sheriff's office moreover the number of navigational complaints has been on the rise for the first seven months of this year the sheriff's department received 327 such complaints versus 298 for all of 1985 said swarts these statistics bear out the fact that more and more boat owners are operating their crafts without a basic knowledge of safety rules that contention is also supported by experienced boaters who report that there has been an increase in boating horse play and in other unacceptable forms of boating opera tions on local waterways asserted swarts - swarts said that the county collected approxi mately 54,000 in boating registration fees over the swarts — see page 2 runaway/homeless — see page 3 gilliam see page 3