Buffalo Criterion, 1979-01-10

              ww's largest & only accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation ... • rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion vol 53 - no 2 wednesday january 10-16 1979 —«—■ ■' "' sssssssssaaaa ssssssssssssaawawaal ftx'sl tst — a a tk>*'tl lar black judges sworn-in i'ollural history »■** made nov 8 1(178 ith the nsfsssa of two blarlta judge samuel lirren to tax supreme court and the other judge barbara sim to the city court bench judge green la the ural hints from upstate new lor to sit on the supreme court item it and judge sim i the naif mark woman in new york state to be innd to a judicial peat the first scene shown judge green at hi reception held at the buffalo athletic club slung with other participants mr green judge theodore kinder judge penny wolfgang councilman herb bellamy and judge mccarthy judge sim reception was held at the nsistspsswaa democratic tan in the photo at right la the ***** family prom left to right are jedge barbara sims sue cynthia and donna nsstrsj i judge sim secretary william frank and former judge william — criterion photo herb ross improving the i anertkt f h*rk imetwel ess ah has kern ho i.o.urea in lb baffala ben eeal mcapital i rmpmtui i be improving is saw ret per mag si ma bass lass essfsbxg **> east l ih herb hat bel-well i bad m . sssf st bulla i lb snsxaxa rherhre all wsaaai it knaaa n f km mr la aba helped many **•>* s*n frwn the atm ms , vice president mondale with black leaders la v rr «**•■"«.■ walter f mandate uses hi hand xake a point about th carter administration's commitment on fighting the dual problems of uaempltivmcnt and inflation to a group of black teadara during a recent briefing at the while hi the group representing professional and service organization «*, invited to the white haas to be briefed on the administration's priorities the budget the anti inflation fight and other ****** by the vice president and other while llouae ataff members blue shield of w n y files for rate increase t*ba stuck oi w.n.y reerntiy fdad with the n.y'.s insurance bar an average 14.7 increase m rates hear ings ess the proposed rate increase wave held jan nth at 10 a.m in the buffalo **♦ office building wt tsnsrt ift john t man run pre dent of taw ..* «'• besdla insurance plan aajd sre have held off as kmg a pnasssui out the pressure of inflation have feared us to request this increase our last increase a granted two and a half fears ago in july ol 1»7b the < • n«u»ne price index ha risen & 2 during a imilar period that inflatkmary pressure on our providers and our operations more than justifies this request fnr an overall 14.7 increase the actual increases requested cover just two pf the plan's health can tei j . '" ' programs the 0/m contract will ri an average of 10 9 under the proposal the medi car complementary pro gram will rise t2.70 from cam to 7.45 monthly losses on his program are running more than 2.3 milium dollar a year they result from the flan inability to raise rates gradually as costs increased mr manyon aaid blue shield ha always bad a valued relationship with the skate insurance 1 kapt . . we believe that they will rerngnire that we must have tbas rate in crease to preserve the bawl integrity of ihe han blue shield is a not-for profit corporation we must keep blue shield on a break-even basis we must protect our subscribers renovation plans for ellicott mall headed for drawing bd the ettfcott mad tatm r*g vxwnpsea on buffalo a east aide will move a step closer toward restoration by government or private developers a members of the community review planning and design con tin tot tin housing which were submitted recently to the uraater kiihaki development foundation tt.bdk and the buffalo municipal homing authority uimhai three local architectural firms developed innova tive restoration a-kerne for the housing under contract to ihlil the tanning was funded by a snvra block grant to the city of buffalo of 30 000 a pre review id the three architectural sub missions were held mon jan nth from 9 to 9:30 am in room 1502 of the rand building the three participating architectural firm are robert traynham cola architect p.c stleglitf snxasjhta tries arthi torts and pat q caatl sftwvvwkw a czsja architects a committee will review the mhemw within the next two week kaawaaata from each plan could ha used to formulate on saafcmtt mall reakiratana plan buffalo councllmen tteorg arthur and jam pitts and tllen claytor of the seventy eight meetora turn corp are serving eft the review committee other reviewers areil member of obbf ••> members of the staff trf bmha a representative of the city of buffalo i-erg of community beveksß ment he presidents id the tenant association pi hlicirtt mall and douglas - towers an independent • architect from lb a-heater v and an independent mar ket consultant from near . york city :-. the architectural firms considered in their plant kuicott mall bislsiallsa v emergency energy assistance program initiated in falls : niagara falls - ito niacap energy pro grtvm announces the he . saatag_af the 1978 eg tended emergency energy aasistsnc program and ■• be taking application v ** extended fuel assistant for sidarf and families that could qualify under the new guidelines the program started on jan 3 of this vest and will continue until march loth the program is open to anyone who has never applied at siat f or never received assistance ik-fore th ir h n*^ap i lease call or come fa more information to the niacap center near you east side center ikh si multi-purpose center 25.v2811 north end center 2818 highland aye 282-1003 niagara st center 1902 niagara st 284-1985 lasalle center th st ami t oli in blvd . 253-6270 ws-kport center 88 e fast aye 4.t1-6-532 evershed center setth 4 and frontier aye 283-9257 alcoholism program 417 portage rd imener niagara 285-4406 for those interested copies of your income far jan 1 is7b to june 30 1978 will he needed also copes of your paid or unpaid bills for the last year and/or current or unpaid bill no originals win be returned and copies are requested hoyt urges governor to retain berle assemblyman william b hoyt of buffalo has called on gov carey to retain peter a a berle as commissioner of the new york state dwpt of environmental consent aaxtß in response to a report that the governor is planning to replace bart hoytfd 144 th a d sent the governor a telegram fa rong support of the present commissioner peter berle is clearly the best commissioner of environmental conserva tion the department ha had since it waa founded ft 1972 said hoyt <* member of the aaae*nig>y environmental conserva tion committee far tkf past four years and aft rd*nt environnwntalist * peter hat had excellent rapport with the assembly environmental committee and has carried out an admittedly difficult fab in a responsible san well a rasponah maitnar i think the governor would he ill-advised to replace a person of iwl * calibre and i urge him ant to do so i*l meetings slated for membership enrollment for council of boy scouts sua s*aa7 the 1979 at in the greater g^iw^jwntrer council iil 1?f to of americs a ess*>tormation meet ( r v w aawt raw amqsrlt * aaakl t)f|**r4 tha month of r*jli»«i(«i lor a y'tkrougheßtt^c lj^2>h«aparanta • 4-1 wmxgmltskmt 11 gj»ti,,ga s2gj *£*&**£ a*as tl fta^^xr ** *•* ho wat ™ twill ) l wj*j llnd and ss i •»- f r»ke ss*d tba 8 8 me g»js£iijmn awx j *■"•• along with the community organization that are chartered to use the scout ing program the creator niagara frontier council provides help an that the scouting program is relevent to the needs and concerns of youth wach said we want to help units main tain a high level of quality wad to increase the num bar of youth of all races colors ethnic back grounds and economic status who have the opportunity to take part in the scouting program the sustaining mem bership enrollment is needed to raise 35 ** of the councd * operating bud get since 65 ,* provided aa the result of united war campaign wach wan ten percent come from other sources volunteers sought the erie county unit of he american cancer so ciety is seeking ex smokers to serve as volunteers for american cancer society smoking withdraw clinics in erie county this year applicants must be at least 18 years of age ex-somkers are being given priority considera tion ' since they best understand the problem of those who are trying to rive up the smoking habit according to a spokesman for the amen can sneer society both city residents and those from outlying areas are urged to volunteer the goal of the erie — w ~'~ tw . .......... ußftlt j i5gw.l.,.,n...:^._.,....1f county unit is to make smoking withdraw clinics accessible to all in w.n.y who desire to quit smoking according to the ameri can cancer society the incidence of lung oral and internal cancer is on the rise and definite relationships between these cancers and smoking have been shown by statistical date m recent yttars volunteers for smoking withdraw leaders in erie county should contact the american cancer society office no sutler hilton buffalo 14202 m call 858-1628 family dinner enjoyed gar lucas trust sy stems analyst at marine midland entertained his family at the buffalo athletic club for christ mas dinner gary is the youngest son of the late geneva lucas and archiuppes lucas of buffalo hia way of saying merry christmas to his family was to provide a pleasurable evening of food and beaverage long-stem rosea were presented to the ladies and a toast he composed that read like this love is the theme of our presence here its powers of life we must all revere our hearts are the tools in which we build our uvea for this night signifies its ascending heurht family members pre sent were his brother stephen locus and wife annie placid jean and juan parker aunt and uncle ethel lane prather aunt archie lucas father and wife marilyn faith prather cousin and lynn parker placid jean parker garylucas robert e maley appointed trie appointment of robert e matey an general superintendent • master mechanic at chevrolet motor dm won « buffalo plant baa been announced by la wood plant manager male succeed charies c hogsn who wa uansfvsi i to chevrolet detroit mi oar and axle plant aa general superintendent - pro duttion malay a native of buffalo ny began ha lievroiet care as * general motor awftawa gmi student assigned to chevrolet's tonawaßtfa motor plant h had been a master mechanic at tinaiii swaa motor save it fatsret holds a masters degree ww pusir.ets adnuni*te*ti«n from the state university of new york tt ifcfrnsrv continuedon page «} 1923 1979 criterion i press and still the no 1 why central cities largest press our office has been open er week of every year state our existence serving ear communities you've ju*i gotta alga up for a cany of the buffalo criterion every week for unit 5 c national 20c < palate new york'a oldest and large minority press — the only w.n.y minority paper that is registered ** * bona fide newspaper under the march 1 1879 art of eagre - reg.ut.ng newspaper