Buffalo Criterion, 1986-07-10

              niagara region the buffalo criterion rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation vol f>o — no 28 thursday july 10 its 1986 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price dill 20 per copy omega's to observe 75th year in d.c becomes first greek letter group to form federal credit union washington d c — the 75th anniversary grand conclave of the omega psi phi fraternity inc will convene in washington d c july 25-aug ist at the sheraton hotel according to grand basileus moses c nor man of atlanta ga the pre-registration figures for the conclave are at its highest level ever indicat | ing a record setting attendance for the meet ing the host chapter for the ' 75th anniversary grand conclave is the over 400 member alpha omega chapter based in wash ington members of alpha omega and the local omega wives quettes have been working dili gently for almost two years in the planning and organizing of this giant convention this effort has been coordinated by the grand marshall of the conclave edward ja clement a public school principal of landover maryland mr clement is a member of th . host chapter me hnn been ably nnninterl by in.-ii.l . - nf ' on inve rimming cum milter omega itnrlhrra will me ut wnnhliigb.n aa both dnlrgntra and vlallora from the fifty nlnlrn and ninh far away pin en nn mouth korea ktltf/pa anal the cnrrll.ran in addition u the regular buairionn nennionn tier will be n number of üblir pro grama of internal ba the community them will of course alar or a nun,trr of outalanding tan ial nil taking plnrr in eluding a pan hellenic gala saluting the other major sister and brother black greek organiza tions 1986 was also a major milestone in the history of omega psi phi fraternity for another important reason the fraternity has for a long period been ori ented to endeavors in the fields of finance and economic development and on february bth omega became the first national greek-letter or ganization to recieve a federal charter for a credit union grand basileus norman accepted federal credit union charter no 24234 presented here by ms elizabeth burkhart a member of the board of director's of the national credit union association the president of the omega federal credit union is a former fratern ity grand keeper of finance kenneth a taylor of st louis missouri the omega credit union is now open for business iveeauntt ityi.lr nay that ll.e i 10.11 l union ahall pfovi.ln a nnfe . or verileiil irirann of tour imaging drift through aynternnllr nnvlnga and will provlda fun.ln from whir h nerribein may main low ronl loaria for provident and prrwlur live pur | oar a fn i member n nharra ara ifiniitt»l up lo liqo t*9 fnf'.rronlior j.n kngen nrr trnlng rr.nilr<l to mil lorjjrno the i hi.t-gm i rerlit hum will ire 1.-mq in wanblr.gb/r ll (. , at lhe ira trr r.al ion nl . i l<-«-l<|.ia irrn building of 1,0 fratrrr.il y kemp joins initiative to stop drug trafficking - washington d c — rep jack kemp r-ny has joined congressmen charles rangel and ben jamin oilman in an initiative to provide states and localities with the resources to more effec tively combat drug abuse and drug trafficking congressman kemp said states and local agencies simply do not have the necessary re sources to respond effec tively to the escalating drug problem in this country they are being overwhelmed by the drug problem in this country they are being over whelmed by the drug problem and cannot carry the burden of confronting atone '— — ~- kemp added a strong coalition of private and public organizations is crucial to our efforts to develop and implement a comprehensive coordin ated national strategy to combat the drug crisis this important initiative will provide our communi ties with the funds needed to battle the narcotics dealers this legislation will authorize 750 million a year to provide states with increased resources for en forcement treatment re habilitation and preven tion of drug abuse and trafficking the bulk of the funds will be used to help intensify state and local efforts to apprehend and prosecute narcotics dealers as well as provide the facilities to hold convicted felons the remaining funds will be used to establish and improve drug rehabilita tion and treatment cen ters lincoln memorial church welcomes new minister lincoln memorial united methodist church 641 mama-n avenue wel comed its new pastor the reverend melba varnec chancy of baltimore maryland sunday july 6th she delivered her first sermon entitled can thou bones live the words of the scripture were taken from ezekiel 37:1-4 and galatians 6:7-18 rev chancy was assist ed in the service by rev everett f spring interim pastor and william leigh lay leader vietnam vets mourned dead & missing during 4th celebration by abdullah luqman '._ this picture ahowt abdullah liqmaa at the apex of the vietnam veteran memorial in washington d c while america celebrated as 210 year arc the stawe of liberty ceotaa sial — e=;:>er of th buffalo chapter of vietaa-a veterans of america lac iwai wis holding a atleot dg3 to honor tbe aicb froa esters sew york idßad sissiag-ia-acace priscaers of war aad cr other uas^ag aabceored tad -'— ----: laaaaicaa haafali at a san aad veteraa's park oe the ffamstotx ; chapter ::' ".". * a use niagara oi-xer te a treatsxa doqajias atm a ia speech cc sic focrsh of jaiy li£2 m i-c=*sfc are ie great prrr^aee - rcrrd fceadne tad cf -■—■»' *•»« n-im*jiii ie m jiecanax vi ssdepeaaesee arrm *» at ■* y ft xs a c acae ef s jaiiji 3«w*ec as ie act — i^mr ssa taa t cf a=s gkectas amsi.fmraar z_i set t-'-m fatata af ssaaee eaeky praperxy aac saeepea dene that brought life and healing to you but not me this fourth of july is yours not mine you may rejoice i must mourn color guard captian raul rodri guez and his men are among the deaths so each escalation of the war produced a longer list of deads when you reach the apex in the black granite structure reflections of the people looking seem to merge with the name of the dean as one is not certain that the names of the dead do aat belong to the living to many this apex vj_r o*>con dread the bviag the livaig dead or the mtswrg vietaaa veteran -.* t-q*amaa ob of th vets waiting la stand his w-cch cc g^arc said we lave the r.sraes cr the wall of those who lout th*jr hires m vieta-ca bat *_-..»* dc*t act jrrkxie anpot.ee those spoa t«a caer-raj were sprayed the dry depecdest cg*-i s=-c the mentally sstasie cees wi eaaaot andentaad what tiey ix wr^eg rcfftio has its v raeaasnal a aa oeiy a chap off of th oc x wtaaiagvas in oe capcai •.£•* xvi .>. caapoaad cf two keg iyru cjt-.i cf j.~ik^r zjlea gra=xe jvtz art lie i-x's =.£=*-( if aaag-rrr-i ate f i the ajes=x war as jc vales soared •-=* apex ** dw »-*_» -:* rwws of isnes gr-.-w fap-nat is exjpr tut sssea are tc*d =. ta jr sf •-£*=• r-esaaaxvesa — black history program held the gethsemane baptist church 55 grape st and the western new york baptist women recently sponsored a black history program honoring black leadership past and present some of the local honorees were mrs e d mcneely mrs mary hackney and rev henry hall the speaker for the program was rev a charles ware pastor of friendship baptist church 402 clinton st shown in the photo seated from left are mrs hackney and mrs mary crosby chappeile standing from left are rev h v reid pastor of gethsemane baptist church rev hau and rev ware naacp urges continued expansion of business & job opportunities baltimore maryland — representatives of the national association for the advancement of color ed people naacp dur ing its annual convention last week were urged to help turn the tide of negativism that threat ens the development of minority enterprise and jobs in the united stale addressing delegates to the naacp's annual convention raymond j pritchard chairman and chief executive officer of brown & williamson tobacco corp called on business and community leaders to jointly apply their resources to expand business and job oppor tunity but create an environment wt.nl severely depresses mdi vidua incentive " prichard haul that busi ness and community lead ers must continue u identify opportunities to create jobs and encourage minority business develop ment together we must apply resource - dollar time arid energy - it make those opportunities widely available in said together we must turn the tide of negativism that blocks our progress upward economic development goals a major effort of llie naam la to work with ii h companion i entourage upward mobility of lllnik in corporate aim-run to increase pro urnment opportunities for ilia k suppliers and to aconnnjl rally strengthen mini ■ enterprise pritchard i bed a an example a joint effort of the ma ■ and llrowr * williamson i develop a small business in'ubn nam - public invited to attend open events at national urban league confab a special feature f the l l annual conference ',' the national urban league which will be '.■>-- to the genera public without charge it at exciting and colorful exhi bit program showc«aj»e for commitment to aqnal op-porumity at a mo wr.e convention center m san francisco th exhibit pr'-gra ot>x aa th avax day th ; :*% a j a oir-fernxc of th v-'l gets txd*rw*y srxday v 2*ah a i a.ta 4 »_. -.*•>** at *. pja s*y.£hghi*d w •>* th histiu -.' --•-,' thar 200 corporation ixd pas ersx*kt tgervs oa mn . imf 21 asd 7 >*» im-j'£i *-«»* extent i wq be .■>-- : * .'" 3 as v i v -„ x . *.-.-. i/i v i v -. - 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