Buffalo Criterion, 1979-03-07

              vnt's largest & only accredited minority fcv.papir - ftttiriig nil lifitinate circilititi rochet fer m wlogoro r»gto the buffalo criterion vol 53 no 10 wednesday march 7-13 <<*'•* ts>c*.l iv - f^mgwat isc rochester gospel choir is on the move rochk8ter — th manley tempi first dora church af th living god's choir under the leadership of dearoneee ii thomae has grown ta he oae of ftorheater'a greateai singing groupa oa the read to the new york state district if yea went to bees emfaahloaed religious singing that will make yea fool good make it a petal to eta the members of manley temple 1 pmtmmb ate corner of webster any sunday morning nfevvw above are th chair __—»_———— f __.______, tempi fnaa ml —_. right are raae ____-.____ da^s boy hb tbwothy ltent maafay j mimiii david ctmmmf deaeaa da__d b-v*du-v ; sd miraia maatay ta.br maatey ( aaaaa tinidij paater taea mantay janet dawaaa shirley dew ottaw wiaakiu are not shewn loagphete newcomers to catering & banquet business th ebony %_ o^mmew are very pleased to publicly announce the opening of their beautiful spacious air t-fwi attained banquet ball - the ebony oenta shanes — conveniently located as 3106 bailey ave id thorton w _ two blocks north of kensinton ave th facility offers baa quet and catering accomo clans hr op to mo people weddings show ers meetings dances bowling banquets retire ment parties and other social and business activi ties for your added pleasure and convenience there is a bar and ample free parking for your nest occasion let the ebony genu help you relas and enjoy it give them a rail al 833-1400 or 892-8811 otha beater ■ ia ro manager of the bar and banquet ball * org owens co-manager d foods and kitchen and eddie dawson eimuuva president and coordinator banquet foods and bavar ages otma baxter eddie dawson okmtlir owens group opposes bank's bid for new branch western savings banka apphcation for new brandi oppo.’d on monday feb 2d the invert in buffalo campaign along with ten other local community groupa ned a statement with the new york mate llankina dept in response i the western new york savings bank's application to open a new branch at 807 elm wood ave 1 >.< invest in buffalo cam paign opposes the new branch because of west ern's poor reinvestment record in the city in the peat the statement cited western's past record 1 western only rein veated « t of . it de poslts in 14 > i family mortgages in th city while it reinvested 60 of suburban deposits in 14 family mortgagee in the suburbs 2 western did not extend many mortgages to area's of high minority concentration directly to com*untralion directly u city residents did not 3 western did not extend almost any km a insured mortgages and is thus insensitive to low and moderate income families needs for low downpay ments on mortgsgas 4 western has been unwilling to meat with community residents to discuss its reinvestment strategies tad policies tor th city of buffalo ft western aattsasiirl its gnma through certificate la secondary mortgage market invest moat by 2*4-v or g million the invert in buffalo campaign chairperaon bishop leroy anderson explained we are anil tag to withdraw our statement in i|i|iooition to western's bran applica tion as soon as they sign an agraam.nl with us for mile reinvestment actlons we wont soma kind of assurance that our money will be spent in the city bay western just want to take mar of our money and spend - it m other placet said annie meiaaiuah another mem ber of invest in lluffalo . the invest in buffalo campaign will have its next meeting on than . march 16 at the prince of peace temple m ken stagton the invest la buffalo campaign ia a grown of community reaiaenta working t with th new york public interest re search group inysiucl to combat the deteriorating affects of mortgage redun y huward *"*""'' contribution ** the •*****' paww adaatrv or being i-erognlaad daring tha satoaalal celebration of thomae "-"■'• invention af a btcandeeceal ught beta laumer waa b.st aam sib patenting a prareee for making 1 aihaa __£__! "■-'•• on of the original ediaon ptaaeera sastsaaaot group of 28 of edleoa'e friend and fallaw area selected for demonstration program receives 500,000 grant spsssssaim.ss henry j nowak fd-bflo i john i lafalca o-taawwwdai snd jack kemp m\y~twtkbm4fwf war fscotto rmed by th wute aaaaa that mb sad erie county - have b*e selected among eight metropolitan areas na tionally to participate m a demonstration prcgram to coordtaate eomotnic growth while meeting clean ah requiremente the buffalo/erie county area was among 24 finalists choaen tram 75 regional contenders to on earlier round of mma-ii tion th tmo 000 federal pant to buffalo/erie county is funded from m million available nationally for the air quality techni cal assistance demonstra tion program - esta blished under president carter's national urban policy to coordinate tha expertise and objective of agencies involved with urban economic develop ment and environmental planning/improvement tha cooperative federal effort involves th en vironmental protection agency tba economic develops at traimatra tion the d«pt m housing & urban development and the dapt of transports t»r the regional grant re qpmbtflt wee mihttco oa the baaie of thraa hgfcl qualifying farter — eco aebsac ar aociaj atraaa eava-rry af atr pacutioa to menoemx da-vatotenant and to rt-_—i ef air quabty ste_tjafjs we are de-ghtad that our area was among tk-ooe ariacted ta pertidpate ta thai innovative program to develoo a rohera-at tra work for dealing jointly with the prvmmma ml aroaonuc and environ mental dacliaa the three cwigreasssvesi aaid " com munities raoetriag this pedal funding aw to develop tanovstive ways to implement plans to attain national air quality stand ards whfl matatafa—bg th community abilities to attract and retain burtoeaa and industry in addition to provid ing tremendous benefits v our local community the congressmen continued this approach will eerve as a model far other cities throughout th nation to use m ii alia iii economic t wi cawwv^^g wesbawhc dovalohaaad/bstviroa montaf goals buffalo's dept of com munity development sad erie county's dapt of environment and planning demoaatratioa program national tribute to clarence mitchell planned warm - baaa—aa hooka asacoth-e director f the naacp will head a art of diatstguiahad na tional toattara pay in bote te ctar-_re_2ta jr at a r-r oa march mm at the vlraahamtaa hittan hotel tv ahaa a_latae mark us au birthday clarenc mhcbeu aarved aa director of the naacp washtagtcn bureau from 1950 to toe resignation to the ml of til ta 1*4 ha joined aha national naacp staff a a aa aaatotont 1 th late walter white who aerveri aa executive secrrtary it is oar goal to share with clarence and his family on this occasion our appreciation and ad miration far the 101st u s senator explained hooks pat nearly four decades clarence has faithfully aad persistently championed the cauae of civil rights through legislative precaea and to so doing has represented all people of this nation at the request of mitchell proceeds from th tribute will benefit p-i«rame of the naacp the dinner ts expected to draw aeveral thousand supporters from all walks of life including the li 4 1 civil rights labor snd buaineaa communi ttoa dinner guests will be entertained by a nationally known perforating artist tickets to th dinner ere 100 par pereon or 81,000 per table of ten for ticket information can 302 4*4-1777 or 212 245-2100 oareaea mltch.ll jr black inventor was an edison pioneer otto 21 1979 marts m 100th anniversary of thomas a edison's da totapaaat of th first practical mesndaacsot bato b honor of the mwa inventor a year long centennial of light is !•■• sponsored j tnonas ajva edison jjoadation of southfl.m sp a recant issue of mwoa centennial news f*wa es two j_wss*h»»al centennial asamd ana of fdiaon's jjgstee lewte howard - vjshasr a black it—mm • hsrt known tor patent ts procaee for making wrtwa fliaavnte vu nam j original ediaon r**e that elect croup _[_* f idlsoa'a friends ul t tawaetors 2 mt to be . f *• had to have m£*&f aaanrtats of jjhsea-w ims 1 1_a___a ' itotia ssatts ______ as in a ■ -— m swamm mlt wwl ■ j-w ssb a*_to m respected ■ nmmmhbbb ■' nff 1 astntn snd 5 aiso y was an fw^^ra\m mq&ctawi ht_ti h mtamimwfwcfim , historian tor the ediaon'r pioneers and aacl«mary to edison wrote upon lati mer's death on uac 11 1928 at th age of 80 vv hardly mown hi i*ahla going ao touch sa rejoice to pleasant memory st having been associated with mm to a grant work for ad people wkler a great men self-taught drartamaa latimer the son of aa eecoped elave eras born on sept 4 1849 to chelsea maaa h read voraciously as a lad write abort stones and taught hima.ll how to draw 1 stay as aa office boy to the boston patent office of crosby and gould he taught btomoif the prind plee of drafting and waa rewarded by being made a draftsman for the com pany so~bo wap ch~sf ~ driwbp ol __ hkh wsrs üb.*t.d tc th u 8 patent of th wumdg*on oa 01 kb dthot~.inhjpea.at — kt ajez l4tlmer build asks for hardt's resignation & halt to contract funds leaders and members of the black federation b.u.i id . an acronyn for build unity independ ence liberty and dignity voted unanimously to call for the immediate resigna tion of chester hardt currently bead of tba niagara frontier trans portation authority's board of commissioners the federation went on record reversing a position of support for mr hardt which was taken by the build steering committee a year ago after monitoring tha n.f.t.a in particular ra handling of minority contracts according to l c smith the official spokesman of build l man improprieties have been found the remarks cam to najnoam to nfta s swarding of a 14 million contract to onvt con stniction co of alden n y n.f.t.a has acted espon-ribly in approving the contract for onyx construction it still has not proven to the satisfac tion of the black commu nity that onyx is a legitimate minority firm mr smith added that thoes firms which the federation and tha com munity know to ba legiti mate ware frosan mil of the bidding usually be cause of not being abb to coma up with bond intb.~io mr haidi th build — an g.xad th 1 ap •~ n.p.t.a ha d.vt..d • loldwbat ~. w 1 41 _ ga~m ___ ~ oñuss in sr~lm.d cu~it butld hu si.o çid,4 œ sflñbsh~k,d 111_wcr~dsky~v~tfl tuput siugstl.mi tnto assistant administrator ms constance a sparks has boon named assistant e4tomaaatratnr at the erie county v dical center effective march 5 she joined th ho-»pstai taaff in 197ft as mvten tirwcter of amta'taw wrvices following j-ta.fi lion from tb f nivvr»itt .<( minnesota where she boida a master's i)*p in hospital and baals care administration and a bath 1 > in iml.nr o«y me spar completed an administrative resr tency at tb rahimoi city hospitals minn and haa gained varted hospital administrative export ****** working m hov-ritela to » paul minn ma spark is a nw-mber of the emergency medtral p mmmrnr plrwni t tw~fav*~vl %***•• administration aaaoc the alumni a irtion of th health cart and lloapiul kt.rs:rs:.tr t-va and lb buffalo tltaptef t th naininil a»**.i.-iat)on for the ad nns-.fr ef cokmr-d iwn in chattel v ton ms spark now *■*..- in ttuffafn controls urged on taxes wages prices ■*-*■ cora praatner a aadst of th occupancy tax repeal and a fight gainst nigh utilities aad *«*. urgaa complete rr-varnmacx controls on taxes prices and wages president carter and the congress cannot con trol inflation by feeding inflation aoys rev prastaar the only logical solu tion is to freeze everything antptatory otherwise inflation oar number one enemy will constantly rode th vitality of our root nation states rev prantnar a musical festival on ice pulls out all the stops a new edltjoa of ship *•* *, johaeoo ice fooiee raises the roof oa areas around the coaatry prom the vary first down beat to the music of the float this haaiti lapptog to tapping festival aa ice 1 • ~- hu’~..7 s.d r,~.f1 the f p -~ with a _____ iids 01 io,*l i~il4 uttldg ~ tb s~alaa 1 eva,7 seep of i’taw step late the imusica see page f page 71 rcawttaaiioapaa s*epot*7 1923 1979 criterion press and still the no 1 why central cities largest press oar office haa been open every week af every year atnre our etlstence eervtag oar coatmualtiasl yea toot gotta alga up for a rap of tbe buffalo criterion every week — for only — is c national ma • upstate new york a oldest aad largest minority preas — the only w.n.y minority paper that la registered ae a bona fide aewepaper under the march 3 1871 act of cengreaa - 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