Buffalo Criterion, 1986-03-20

              niagara region wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation vol 60 - no 12 thursday march 20-26 1986 rochester the buffalo criterion men's day speaker commander billy j pierce commanding offi cer of the fleet maritime atrol aircraft maintenance activity mas jackson ville florida will be the guest speaker for the annual men's day ser vice sunday mar 23 at 11 a.m at pilgrim baptist church 655 michigan avenue the public is invited to attend this service rev r i holloway is pastor com billy j pierce eva b coles 90 succumbs funeral services for eva belle coles will be held at 1 p.m wednesday in first shiloh missionary baptist church 15 pine st she was the mother of leroy r coles jr president of the buffalo urban league she was known for her service to the church and the community mrs coles the widow of leroy coles sr died saturday march 15 1986 in buffalo general hospital burial was in forest lawn cemetery mrs coles was born in richmond virginia and came to buffalo as a bride in 1925 she joined shiloh church and remained a member of its choir for 40 mrs coles mrs eva b coles newly-wed couple this photo shows the leaders of the st john baptist church im goodeu st they are dr and mrs bennett w smith sr who were recently married the church has nourished under dr smith's leadership adding an educational addition and also a housing complex dr and mrs bennett w smith sr beuth to be honored at testimonial dinner a testimonial dinner will be held to honor philip beuth on wed april 16 at the executive hotel in cheektowaga all pro ceeds from the event will benefit the children's hospital of buffalo mr beuth is being recognred for his tremen dous service to buffalo and western new york during his ten years as general manager of wkbw-tv mr beuth has recently assumed new duties with capital cites communica lions inc he has played an important role in the relationship between chil dren's hospital and varie ty club and has been instrumental in making the variety club telethon a major fundraising suc cess he is a member of the children's hospital board of trustees and was named variety club man of the year in 1980 among the honors be stowed upon mr beuth during his 10 years in buffalo are the advertis ing association of ameri ca's silver medal award in 1982 the western new york outstanding volunteer fundraiser of the year 1983 and the buffalo news outstanding citizen of the year award in january of 1986 tickets are 50.00 per person if interested contact the children's hospital office of com munity relations at 878 7713 philip beuth nysfcsp sets state parents convention the syracuse diocesan chapter of the new york stall federation of catho lic school parents inyspcspi will host the third annual statewide parents convention in binghamton new york on april 17 19 and 20th the convention will lie held at the ram aids inn 65 front st binghamton n v and at st patrick's • ll'.die school 58 oak st binghamton the visits has units we call them chapters in it in dioceses in the state the chapters are ie vlbanv chapter the arooklvr di san feder i"i . i catholic second ary school parents and the brooklyn diocesan feder ation of home-school as sociations the buffalo chapter the new york archdiocesan chapter the ogdensburg chapter the rochester chapter the nassau-suffolk chapter nd the syracuse chapter these chapters repre sent 1,053 schools and the parents of 380,000 stu dents the expected attendance at the conven tion is 300-350 parents teachers administrators and other catholic schools the purpose of the parents convention according to mrs beverly majka president of the new york state federation of catholic school parents ist strengthen the bond between parents teach ers administrators priests and all who earnestly desire to see the catholic school ministry flourish and benefit from all entitlements among the numerous convention 3-days of activities open free to public the southern christian leadership conference is planning the observance of the 18th anniversary of the assasination of the organization's founding president dr martin luther king jr the 7lh annual mlx jr me morial weekend is sched uled for april ith through 6th the three days of activities and events in clude thurs apr 3 at 11 a.m memo service at the martin luther king v aiivi'.iat.i.i'.ii i hapel at morehouse college friday april ltd 9 a.m a salute to youth confer.'nee and work shops on teenage preg nancy west hunter st baptist church focusing em young people's achievement and com mencing workshops on teenage pregnancy feature speakers include dick gregory which will be netd at 2 p.m a 12:30 p.m wreath laying ceremony grave site of id martin luther king li center for non violence social change at 770 p.m the 7th annual drum major for justice award dinner world congress center in downtown atlanta among the honorees are black women college president's four-year col leges and the nation's only black lieutenant governor saturday april sth 8 a.m first round of the 3rd annual drum major for justice jolt tournament adams park alfred tup holmes golf course sponsored by the 1 women from 9 a.m to 4 p.m grassroots summit crisis in ta-enage pregnancy featuring dr audrey manlev baatmmr ad ministrator for clinical affairs united states dept of health charles king westside day school treatment center for adolescent boys in new york central united methodist church saturday april sth golfers social other activities to be announced sunday april 6th at 8 a.m second round gold tournament after the tournament 19th hole celebration and awards ceremony all events are open to the public and all are free with the exception of the drum major for justice awards dinner and the golf tournament and related events for more information call 699-0261 or 522-1420 jacob lists steps to achieve full employment on the 40th anniversary of the passage of the full employment act of 1946 john e jacob president of the national urban league declared in wash ington d c on thurs mar ith that the promises contained in that act have come to nothing and the prom ises of the humphrey hawkins full employment act of 1978 have been betrayed speaking at a sym posium on full employ ment sponsored by the national committee on full employment mr jacob pointed out that there are one-third more people in poverty today than there were in 1979 the income gap between the top fifth of the population and the bottom fifth has grown to the point where this country has the most unequal distribution of income in the industrial world and black unem ployment is some 15 descent while black youth unemployment is over 40 percent , some people think we have full employment because over a hundred million americans are at work but a fifth of hem are part-timers and over two million work full-time for less than poverty level wages you can't define full employment by white males alone...full employ ment is w hat it says it is — a detent job at a decent wage for all americans who want to work he declared surveying the overall employment picture mr jacob said that over the past six years america has lost 1.6 million factory jobs it incurred a trade deficit in manufactured goods of 112 billion in 1985 and while three out of five white workers found new jobs only two out of five displaced black worlds did likewise we have to get our economic house in order to achieve the goal of full employment mr jacob said as he listed five step that should be taken 1 rational trade policies that create jobs here at home and don't export them to east asia and other parts of the employment john e jacob scla to hold mlk jr memorial observance program announced to aid developmental disabled offenders erie county executive edward j rutkowski announced thursday that a state agency has selected the county to participate in a 54,000 grant program aided at helping develop mentally disabled alleged offenders in the criminal justice system jointly administered by the erie county depart ment of central police services the state univer sity college at buffalo and people inc the state funded program targets aid to those arrested with psychological or physiolo gical learning difficulties central police services will work with the college in developing training programs for police and correctional authorities and computer assist for early identification 1 arrestees with disabilities people inc a local not-for-profit agency serv ing the adult mentally retarded and develop mentally disabled will prwviin rehabilitative and other support services rutkowski said that it has become quite evident that those with disabili ties particularly the men tally retarded need and deserve special response from the criminal justice system », the developmental disabled may not be aware that they are committing a crime may commit a crime by default or may not understand the system and their rights the county executive ex plained this program will provide these individual with the supervision and guidance necessary to help prevent them from becom ing career offenders early indentification and intervention will be a key element in forestalling future problems he added specialized training for police and correctional officers will begin next month at the county's law enforcement academy will disabled offenders in easter sunday concert little brother damon oliver will be in concert easter sunday march 30th at 7:30 p.m at the center union baptist church 319 northland avenue where rev l watson is pastor bro oliver is a member of the prince of peace church of god in christ on kensington aye bishop leßoy anderson is pastor bro oliver is annointed by god to sing his praises rev watson invites the public to come out and let your souls be blessed by this great singer come early for special seating for further information call 838-1281 damon oliver - 10 years old vocal teacher named teacher of the year at daemen pictured from left at the daemen college teacher of the year award luncheon last friday at daemen college in amherst are erie county legislator william f robinson representing legislature chair man richard slisz deborah l smith principal of buffalo traditional school alfred r jarrett honoree dr robert s marshall president of daemen college announced that alfred r jarrett vocal music teacher at the buffalo traditional school received the daemen collge 1986 teacher of the year award the event was held fri mar 7th in the charles j wick center of daemen college leading area educators community leaders and elected officials attended the ceremony alfred jarrett received both his master's and bachelor's degree in music from howard university in washington d c he was inducted into the pi holding award certificate daemen college president robert s marshall mildred stallings sister of mr jarrett and principal of school no 31 and edward j mcmahon chairman of the education department of daemen college kappa lambda national honor society in music received an award for 27 years of service from the cathedral choir and received the american legion citizenship award the most important attribute required of the award recipient selected as the 1986 daemen college teacher of the year is a superior ability to inspire young people to seek knowledge and understanding to broaden their skills and to acquire methods for attaining personal goals see page 3 see page 2 1 i see page see page 2 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per copy