Buffalo Criterion, 1985-11-07

              rochester sion wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation vol 60 — no 45 thursday november 713 1985 the buffalo criterion social security ssi benefits to increase 3.1 cost of living raise slated for monthly payments hhs secretary margaret m heckler has announced that social security and supplemental security income beneficiaries will receive a cost-of-living increase of 3.1 percent in the benefit checks social security beneficiaries receive january 3 1986 and ssi recipients december 31 1985 the increase secretary heckler said will keep social security and ssi beneficiaries abreast of the very small inflation rise that has taken place in the last year for social security beneficiaries the average monthly benefit amount for all retired workers will rise from 464 to 478 the maximum federal ssi monthly payment to an individual will rise from 325 to 336 for a couple the maximum federal ssi payment will rise from 488 to 504 under the law social security and ssi checks increase automatically each year if the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers cpi-w rises 3.0 percent or more from the third quarter of one year through the corresponding period of the flftlt based on the september cpi-w released by the bureau of labor statistics an automatic benefit increase of 3.1 percent will become effective at the end of 1985 the 37 million social security beneficiaries and 4 million ssi recipients will receive the increase benefit payments from the social security trust funds are estimated to be 5.8 billion higher in 1986 than in 1985 because of the automatic increase the 1986 cost of the ssi increase will be about 285 million payable from the general funds of the treasury in addition the maximum amount of annual earnings subject to the social security tax will increase from 39,600 to 42,000 on january 1 1986 the social security administration announced the 1986 earnings base was determined under automatic-adjustment provisions of the law and is tied to the increase in average wages as determined on the basis of data provided by the internal revenue service a number of other changes will also become effective jan 1 as a result of these automatic-adjustment provisions they include the maximum amount of earnings that a beneficiary under age 65 may have without losing any social security benefits will increase from 5,400 this year to 5,760 in 1986 the exempt amount for benefici aries aged 65 through 69 will increase from 7,320 to 7,800 in 1986 the amont of earnings required to be credited with a quarter of coverage will increase to 440 up from 410 this year as provided for under current law the tax rate for employees and employers in 1986 will be 7.15 percent each this year the tax rate is 7.06 percent as a result of the increase in the earnings base and the tax rata the maximum yearly social security tax paid by employees and employers each will rise by 211.20 to 3,003 the maximum social security tax paid by self-employed individuals will rise by 493.20 to 5,166 reflecting both the increase in the wage earnings and an increase in the effective tax rate from 11.8 percent to 12.3 percent under the law the tax rate for the self-employed will rise from 14.1 percent in 1985 to 14.3 percent in 1986 tax credits are available in both years however the tax credit in 1986 is 2.0 percent making the effective tax rate 12.3 percent criterion columnist met with rep nowak this picture was taken on capitol hill and shows the buffalo criterion columnist june carter in the office of congressman henry nowak's office shown in the photo are e plummer godby assistant secretary to congressman nowak june carter and the honorable congressman henry nowak when it came to griffin's style people liked what they heard special permission for reprint given to june carter by ray hill it began as a referendum on jim it began as a referendum on jim my griffin's style but inevitably it sparked a search for his opponent's style and li was found to be lack ing and so jimmy griffin won an unprecedented third consecutive term and he did it on his own terms i am vicious be said and the people returned the ren egade to power to them it mattered not that he wore the blue silks of the republi can and conservative parties to . them he was a generic politician a • free-swinging pugnacious taciturn man who defied both labels and muzzles to them he was tom pause's common man like them he drank beer and he told them that their enemies drank chabils and munched on oris cheese to them he was the grain scooper who had made good — a populist in popu : list's clothing and if in the heat of the cam paign his enemies placed him in the deep-pile carpeting of bankers boardrooms and concluded that he had forgotten where he had come from they ignored it and gave him a mandate to reign — a mandate of massive proportions with calculated daring he had accepted the challenge to make the election a referendum on his style it was a style that kept his friends here and his enemies over there where i can see them it was a style that couldn't abide an honest ray hill difference of opinion that settled scores long after old divisions had been forgotten and the people endorsed that it was a style that had a fierce temper a burning hatred for the press and an irritating propensity to make enemies and then chase phantoms it was a style that has sent his own democratic party into the po litical wilderness for 12 years on this the morning after the night before the shape and form of the administration is in the hands of the pundit for jimmy griffin the mandate is for more of the same but he can be as acerbic as he wants to be for that issue is behind us his kitchen cabinet will surely include banker ross kenzie for fi nancial advice and former deputy county executive michael p mckearing for political affairs republican county chairman victor farley will find an open door at city hall democratic oiairmar joseph crangle won't all of the members of the com mon council will be his enemies and will be over there where i can see them that's a net gain of two from this year that's confirmation that jimmy griffin is one of a kind and has no coat tails the press corps will continue to write stories that he does not like and many of them will join the ene mies list and find that the mayor will no longer speak to them for four years — more than ever — jimmy griffin will be jimmy griffin * if he goes the derby distance and completes the term he will take his place in history as buffalo's most popular mayor and george arthur the good and decent man who ran into this politi cal juggernaut will find a place in history's land of asterisks the quick and easy judgment on this day is that he campaigned not to win but to make jimmy griffin lose in the beginning everybody knew who george arthur was but in the end they didn't know him very well as for jimmy griffin he told the people what you see is what you get and the people liked what they saw griffin wins 3rd time in tuesday's election mayor james griffin 56 won another term of four years by defeating council president george k arthur 51 mr griffin enjoyed the backing of 3 parties he stunned the black com munities by garnering 53 percent of the vote to 47 percent for mr arthur griffin carried the dela ware lovejoy niagara north and his home south districts arthur prevailed in the ellicott fillmore masten and university districts final but unofficial tabulations gave griffin 69,851 votes or 53 percent to 56,479 or 43 percent to arthur the third candidate nick costan tino the liberal and independent better buff alo parties received 4,741 votes or 4 percent in a concession speech shortly before midnight arthur said he was proud of a campaign that had been run on issues merit and bringing people together he pledged in his concession speech to work with mr griffin to move this city forward but he quickly qualified that promise saying that he as council president and other democratic members of the common council would support him when he's right and fight him when he's not right services held for former buffalonian funeral services for the late elzie mayweather hi were held monday oct 21 at 1 p.m from concordia lutheran church 400 northampton st pastor slaght officiated elzie was the son of the late elzie and ruby mayweather he passed away suddenly on october 15 1985 in san francis co california he was born and raised in buffalo and attended the martin luther school he graduated from can isius high school in 1979 mr mayweather lived in new york city for a few years and moved to san francisco two years ago he was currently at the san francisco state col lege and was employed by the homestead savings bank he was baptized and confirmed at concordia lutheran church and was an active member until he left the buffalo area elzie was united in holy matrimony on august 2 1985 to sheila nee pompey his survivors are his wife sheila a brother larry of ft worth texas two sisters darlene allen of forth worth texas and karen of buffalo a three-year old daughter davina of new york city three godchildren lisa anita and lynda of fort worth texas his grandparents sam and bertha swagger ty of uhrichsville ohio paternal grandmother anna mac nelson of camden arkansas and his godparents arlander and flossie chappell of buffalo and many aunts uncles nieces nephews cousins and friends elzie mayweather hi th magellanic penguin of the south atlantic spends five months of th year at *•». never once touching tend the us nickel is really 75 percent copper and just 25 parcant nickel ub school of social work forms commission the school of social work at the state univer sity at buffalo has formed a commission on minority issues which will review its program and policies to make recommendations on how the school can enhance its retention and recruitment of minority students and faculty the commission will also review the school's courses and curriculum ' structure to see where the inclusion of minority con tent can strengthen exist ing offerings the eight-person com mission appointed by frederick w seidl ph.d dean of the school is comprised of two com munity practitioners di ane aviles of the lower westside counseling cen ter and elva patterson director of native ameri can affairs for the state dept of social services and six faculty and professional represen tatives from the univer sity community bertha s laury m.s.w director of field education for the school is chairing the commis sion according to seidl who became dean last january the school has had only minimal success in retain ing minority graduate students pursuing a master's degree in social work given the area's demographics and the fact that ub is the largest urban unit in the sumy system seidl feels it is crucial that minority involvement be enhanced at the school ' we rjtmta jfr if aw job of recruiting and retaining minority stu dents without recruiting and retaining minority faculty he said since social work has evolved as a profession seidl said the field has always been concerned about racism sexism and the oppression of peoples failure of social work schools to respond appro priately to minority consti tuents and concerns can result in denial of accredi tation the commission has been asked for a progress report by march ist youngster to perform in concert proud parents the public is invited to come out and hear the golden voice of little four-year-old dayaria ware in concert sat ' november 23 6:30 p.m at friendship baptist church 402 clinton st special guests appear ing on the program will be the motley specials this young lady affec tionately known as d d is the granddaughter of rev and mrs a by mrs mamie garrett charles ware pastor and first lady of friendship baptist church she is just a little doll and loves to pose for pictures dayaira attends sunday school and sings in the junior choir she also sings duets and leads songs she has been living with her grandmother and grandfather since she was 8 months old and was lawfully adopted by rev and mrs ware on december 14 1983 d d is the youngest soloist in the church she has received money awards from many members of the church ' dayaira antoinette ware rev and mrs a charles ware daniels family to sing the daniels family of niagara falls n v will be presented in a musical concert at the linsey institutional cme church 417 portage road niagara falls new york on saturday nov 16th at 7 p.m the rev john d hadley is pastor king solomon to honor pastor by mrs mamie garrett king solomon's church family will honor their pastor rev sis a , motley-spells on friday nov 29th at 7 p.m at the mt ararat baptist church 971 jefferson avenue rev w l jones is pastor rev sis motley-spells is a faithful and dedicated pastor she is well-known and respected iin the community she worships with various churches and goes to gospel singing programs to support them rev modley believes in supporting everything that pertains to god the minister teaches and shows love by helping people in any way she can she loves to give because god loves a cheerful giver her motto is give and spend all the lord will send king solomon holiness church extends an invita tion to all to come and worship with them and support their pastor rev sis motley-spells in this celebration the church is antici pating a glorious time in the lord singers from the city will participate on the program a special solo will be given by mrs garrett of friendship baptist church nothing helps scenery like ham and eggs marti twain serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per copy