Buffalo Criterion, 1971-01-02

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"'' ■'-," . ■:■■■■■■ ■''■■■"■':■" '" .■'■'.'. : .:-■:: i -' .!■ 7j ii '' .. . ..|. negro w_r eeiciy ■-' y^y y-.y'-i v^'"v ■ >■* y y •'*' buffalo n.y saturday jan 2-8 1971 helping to know and 7build a better community since • 1925 vol.4s—no 1 the buffalo criterion • >.'-.-. - - - 7 i'r .■..-?*;:;.-;•>,-. v ' didyouknow for many years[?the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in new york state i#j r -:,;,. . ! yig|te - 7-1,0 da i<tt-is^the only paper - printed by negroes betweea ■ cleveland and new york city send your news photos ads to 625 william street support your only and nec 1 essary press r^-:yy ' bond says 1971 redistricting may set minority political gains back big cities in east could lose a seat y atlanta ga.—"the 1970 elections ;:- may spell f a long term toss for black voters nationally despite impressive gains primarily in the south y that x is the ; conclusion reached iby political associ ates an atlanta ga - based re-search group headed by georgia _ state representative julian sand ty j ; ..'•'■ - bond noted '; drat the no vember 3rd elections gen era 7 considered ; a victory for ithe ■ democratic parry i and the ' results of the 1970 census \ indicate population shifts and pohrical trends and changes that may not favor ■ mack -' voters 77 \\ while black voters " have been almost slavishly devot ed to the democratic party s^ice the roosevelt era and while the democrats will \ in ! most instances control star v.gisfativ*',;.and congressional red'-rrict-ng7due id 1971 the nine states where losses will occur far outweigh the five states where gains \ will % re sult '■ in terms of black mutt ty*--:>-__^ik t'_ie'"mdisdi cf . politics and election bond s north dakota lowa and wisconsin will ? lose one house seat each but black voters ; are a negligible fact or in these ,; states ;- in new york and pennsy ina 2 less seats each ohio - west virginia tennes see and alabama " one less seat each mack voters stand to lose influence . : 7 pennsysvania's vwo-9 eat rt reduction far ' example lls expected to i came from phil adelphia % and - pittsburgh where blacks have played an important ro!e to democratic party -, politics i despite ■ the fact that quaker state dem ocrats control both houses of the legislature and the state house y "-.: x : in new york a gop con trolled ; legislature with re publican governor 7 nelson roc kef ekr back in the state house for a fourth term is expected tvsbce new york state's 41-man house dele gation by j two by ; euminal i n;g democratic comtro-ied districts in manhattan . a center of black political pow er and the bronx \\ y only x california's five - seat gain is clearly expected to reward y black expectations with the clear poss_bilirty of additional state legislative scats for black representa tives and perhaps one more black i congressional \ seat t si tessa colorado and t'arl zotvt ■": alio ;? gam >,* one g house each and florida will : gain three but bond cautioned that growth in these states unlike j cawornia's increase in both black and white pop ulation represents a migra tion of middle americans away from the crowded cit ies and soj_eked**bli_:k prob lem of the east coast these new ci.xens of florida col orado and . texas ■-« like the new whheij.citiien 7 of cali fornia are running away irom the crowded cfues and so cared wack problem of the east . coast these new civ j zens of florida x colorado and texas like th new white cstiaena of california ara " running away fromitfcaijjj kinds of problems tb*4 at feet black .-. people moss they are not - likely to be ? sympathetic nor are the newv repas-senaoves they m efec^k democratic or jßepublicaj t likely to \ hold : any real sym pathy j tor | black | aspirant 1 bond warned * , / ,*~ «■'■<' y"t-h c democratic party ; may have won in z 1976 be t concluded but mack voters g in spite of - our afogiance .{_ i the defoe rats face the pco_ep-t^jtrfy-j»litocid.simp<*y cef.._iy_»7decade£"tdj.|_>g joins g e photo lamp dept cumnm c simmons -»- iri km i the fbeta lanp tap_rt___at£.-a spg cener-1 electric camyany's team di .. v______a , __. .: __________ 7 >__■! .. a_-i i ■ * - aaaaaaaaaaf aajaj f~ha_ml bt mmvum vwww i land a special st adm inls tration'ao measurement ys terns a devataader be is a graduate:j af . mia ml j ua-awmtt lth a bichetar m science de gree sin business ' admbdstra hem ita uvea at imt invar rt.''7x:-:.;r-y::7,xx 7 y dental care ' take time lor your teeth la the mm el living da p-atak clmeta bnali teeth afta_r men goad dental ha i mia this | week xterx more tr tea at * -- photo below 1 the piaaastiaa ef j,m d williams branch | sales ... man far at oklahoma city to j bread 15 ai a »'.' manager itt continentalßaking company „ has :_ been \ announced 1 wamm iwi nrammatfcml a native fa abilene tessa mr williams is !, a graduate af woodson high . school and attended laagst-a university l lwgstoo,.okta,'y..';-;,y ■ m prist-1 %*?. fawng - itt ■' can taseial inning caw'lac he was employ ed by tinker air farce bast oklahoma city •:. he mm first employed by itt cantintntal k making '■"'■•*' ta t6m as is salesman upon mniaa man t his training he a s promoted ta . t assistant s tales : supervisor -. a_a_i \ ' aia_aa '?" * ha britten north m**w became branch sales m depot l the oklahoma 1 dry bakery as bread sales w»_er ha ta responsible tar all wander trend routes pm bit oklahoma city area -- dinner honors mrs hairston 3 a year-end p dinner,',.honor 1 lag the service at mrs dark llc'r^tori rrllr-.g "\ treasurer i of lloyds memorial church was held recently at the hoi may inn 12 delaware aye the affair aaa sponsored by tha a/sashers al . she trustee board iy-.yv cy | anions these ' attending were dr aad mrs herbert i helmet in in j«yle lev ana mrs jlmmir l sawyer i mr 1 tad mrs albert thornj e son m doris steles clsr • a t tenners mr : henry ' thomasty mr aad imtjjiftjgs art thompson " and mr an i mrs h council | 1 - f c yrsf t t mmm—mw 1 ecc professor receives grant for research kenneth j buhmeyer as sfctetrt professor of . medical laboratory technology at i erie " community cottage .. buy received notice of a research grant -*, from :.--. the research found of die state uni versity of new i york i £$ "",'' he will study the effect of human sera oe a lfmalui serum • precipitate 7 y-y x prof buhmeyer has ■ been at ecc for tour..,years >/,<-: buffalonians were guests in panama city mr and mrs james tories and son james jr.,'spent two y weeks to cobgn 7 and panama city panama visit ing i ber sitter end husband cgti and mr janta :. bailey iheij is stationed to camp 01 crystal bat . panama city they also visited : * sand blast i indian 7 reservation and took a plan , ride over the gulf of mexico and many small islands lyle watt to address mended hearts lyfe e watt ') executive doctor of the heart asso ciation ?. at i wny wih speak on where does your heart association <: money . go at the next ; meeting of the greater buffalo chapter the mended hearts inc at 1:30 p.m saturday jen 9th at the • niagara branch library so porter aye '■'■-. ,:'". , ■ the public invited joins g e research dept jacob g register hat joined i the general g electric company's lamp engineering research laboratory at nets park where he will work as a clevelaadar earned his master's degree la mechani ca i engineering • from , buck nail university ha , was a summer employee at ne 1 a park fa lam ' ■ " rev j w moore re-elected to be feted - the baptist ministers con ference of buffalo and vicin ity reelected '.*■ its | president rev joseph william moore for another year 7 . others elected were . rev j m bradley i end 5 rev l t boyce viae presidents rev h v reid secretary rev guy graves treasurer and rev l c jenkins fi nancial 500wary,7,777y a banquet honoring the president 7 wih be given at the 7 holiday y inn ; 620 dela ware aye friday jan 29 at i which time -. ail officers wfti be installed . : ' , program to be held in honor of dr m l king the grweir cleveland gos pelaires are sponsoring a con cert,'ln honor of dry martin ! luther king jr.'s birtbdate i friday jan 15th 7 p.m un til at the youth time ? cen ter 813 pearl st comer tup per featuring ; tea followin i choirs '"- ■■ '■'--, ' i~'"-i»"-r f:y i :■' ; ml .- ararat ; bufsalo 5 youth and i young v adults calvary youth , choir holy serirals humboldt | youth choir pi grim yauah £ chow trinity's youth choir ? grover eteve land gorpefadra and the lu eta terry singer roberson trio patterson • singers and hs william specials - big gross business not helping blacks :'% wastrlngtarc d.c.—"tta c~nt*j 5 r announced -, trillion .*. dol . la groas national £ product is j not & helping | the nation's i blacks at ail declare ber keley : g 7 burr pre-k-jhttof in national business league lhe ration's % oldest burin association x 7 i § yfeytc^'ci ' -„.:': quite the contrary the ap parent upsurge - to •* the econ omy has been drastically off set toy tafia tion the cutbacks | far defense pending the general motors ? strike and wage settlement this : \ has bud 7a | negative impact upon blacks burred vaddsiyr • ■? „ citing the 1 7 1 • projected nnemptaymei-t figure 5.5 to 6 % bw»ek notes mmt tfeui traditionally means : „"- black unemployment rate of 11 v and a blade teenager rata of nearly a at a time when blacks are pushing tor whits collar 7 jcfba ; m industry and government white are being laid off and ■ normal retire *& ■ b otv due to km > re i t6tmm^bemilt»,-fy^^^^'f tmori tab v eerins i hut dollars are etm scaire tors maem - oorrowera says barrett in addition housing is scarce and,usually priced out of range for blade fam ilies though the income gap has lessened in recent years blacks : still earn less than their white awn-erparta ' „' '" the jj economic * squeeze has caused white construction un ions j to be ' tea receptive to admitting blacks as members in . addition the funds < for government-sponsored bousing and i urban renewal \ projects became i depleted according to burreh's statement ■ l in discussing the plight of black businessman in the light of the vast trilhon-doßar g np burre-11 cited the j fouov problems y - -; increased theft due to high unemployment 4 latest for ■ the 16 to 30-year-old age groups black businessmen are 7 con centraled in die service dustr dye hardest hit by in flation 7 matting it / impossible for item to maintain even a semblance of competitiveness credit already scarce to blacks has dried up and while creditors demand cash customers delay payments and render internal financing difficult - „ w y according to secretary of commerce maurice s tans the government's m i nority enterprise : program suffered to 1970 due to the economic shimp •.-.;', 7-j ■-'";' -'.- burreh ,! commented that the sba 7had run outl of hindi ombe never had any and big business caught to an e«rocotnlc'squeeze amid dwin dling profit is ! little disposed to assist black business ex cept with ■ rhetoric y * ",.--;>,'' -: > b-rretl concluded on a pes simistic note to make things worse there in die ever-grow aw3s?i^*^&s dinners slated jan 22nd & 23rd ch-rtwn a fish da*w 1u be give by the road runner ch at 7i ei.eagsa st friday and saturday january 2-nd and i_rd - * gives report i r.ishop i-roy anderson committee works for dr king day i i washington dc — com mittee of congm-krai - lead ers - a of 3 d_e?u i renewed - drive to have jan 15tb the bir-vd-te of the late dr mar tin luther king t declared ■ a nation i tetiday 7 •-, - the ■ formation ■» - ft-m*nv bittsstm.'i cocanattee phtawt tere.^itseygnwjm mrbatm seven u.s senator i . m».,ln>m*m tjn ifci dents of the national council of churches united auto | workers " stale •, county ; and j municipal | employee 7 union j and other representatives from government labor us ' neat | relfgten and ; the | art § tbe committee urged local communities throughout the usa to ; bead commemorative observances an ; jan lstfi in honor of dr king and to sup port : legislation sin congress that 1 has been introduced by congressman '$. john -^ conyers jr d-micfa 7 and f25 other house ; sponsors ky rites held for bishop g baber in d c detroit i washington d.c — funeral services were held - thurs day ; dec 31st here for the rt - rev ? george w baber bishop 7 serving fa the l second district of the african meth 1 odist episcopal churches who died i early sunday dec 27th final rites were ' held later in detroit mich at the eb enrzrr ame church where he i pastored . when x promoted to the bishopric y y.y^y bishop . baber "! has presided over die 12th district '* which includes arkansas the 4th district taking yin chicago the ist district which lakes in new york state including bethel am e and 7d c lame waring in buffalo and baby bethel hi lackawanna babcr memorial ame \ church roch ester * and ■: churches in niag ara j i a and ] syracuse n.y i : tutuska gives new year’s greetings erie | county * executive b john tuhafca'afannual new year's ? greetings to the * peo pie of erie ; county ' follows | g it ia my sincere and fer y«it;;ii^yi^"as''i fellow citlreoi in j erie county will ■ enjoy a | moat happy healthy and prosperous htm year * - i and aa we count our blessings daring on ( holiday reason it is say epeywhiea i'm suae is shared by the rra^denu-cf x ear gems coun ty that the year—l3tl—will finally bring peace end good wi'l racgtia_i _ the troubled wmd-^g-atr 1 am .-. end j e__»-i eftadty y__icenj and unrest whetw^^ft.may'c-ist'jn our biro nawm y.-;.4 li ' -..-.- ■- .-;-. .-.;•- 7-77 ;-. ;. ■*. ■ „, bishop anderson gives report on convocation j v by elder j mcintosh 7 bishop leßoy anderson pastor .<£- the prince of peace temple arid g the y presiding bishop of i the first r jurisdic lion of ;"■; western new york returned m recently x from -.) the bird national holy convoca tion h_id lin ' memphis , tenri the bishop ; : reports that this i was the greatest meeting m attendance ,- - ever ' held more { than y twenty-thousand people gathered in the hug mid-south col-stum for - the official i day service hear ing our most illustrious na tional > presiding --. bishop j o patterson deliver a most outstanding -■ fa-rage on this day was the greatest hour of the entire meeting 7 ■ bishop anderson r.;'so-r a statement 7 sakfc i „ believe the ■' est__.lidftri_d •'" of -:"- m charles harrison mason theological seminary at , morehouse college in pi .«»»% ga iaritt^:'we___i d mtmaa nt . i_j treat 1 church i : hare die y mjntttm'y w-.'l be rajpei hr';:ok?.:'"mrn'.:doctrfft and hence will be better pre pared 107 serve the people 21 bishop anderson was . elect ed in this meeting to the na tional board of directors of education 7 tor -: saints junior college and academy 33 in lexington -' miss the bishop also holds : the office"of secretary of the nation | board at bishops is a member jet the national board 7of directors or ' the entire 7 church and is chair man of x the : natrona "-' advis jory board tor the 7 • sunday school . 7 department 7 bishop j anderson also serv es ; fifty-tour '?? churches and mis-ions to his i jurisdiction which extends ; from - buffalo into albany y x 1 ; s t -; the j bishop's ' future plans include 4 the j building of a state temp erection of a comfortable • tome for j the aged and ; fhe establishment of ■ a w g shipman me morial theological seminary he resides at 51 bruns wick 9 with hia • r lovely wife mary l anderson who is an english teacher at ben net high school -".-',". : y7;y i elder mcintosh is execu tive i secretary 7of s the wny dlocee jurisdiction no i 1 i ' '- x ",' ■ y '" ' ' "''' ''' . ' '-''■- - ■ r"v ■- photo below anniversary scene the yeung ministers of buffalo and i vicinity recent ly observed their anniver sary with a program at jor dan - grove baptist church las § humboldt pkwy rev glen ' dußois sixth ; from left as hostyyyy.r.y-:-y.yy among others . are rever ends w jj l feider y_y up shaw","v heary hall,a adviser j r tidwcß rev tillman s bjrtd.y w peacock i b beecher president aod char les jci_iin ''.:: * ; yy.y l:y >■'■>- -. criterion photo walker assigned to recruiting office . : commissary man se va i y er is now assigned to the u.y class c 5-2 charles a watk ■ s coast guard recruiting a offieo ■ in buffalo n v the buffalo recruiting " office is }': also responsible foridg far-r rounding areas,;including agara '■•_ fails jj grand bland tonawanda aad jaires^r&gi on dec i iko cs-2 walk " er enlisted to the va cwit is tr.t wm wwitmod 7fcr__--y tial training period f baaf camp at cape may,.^eijej-.u !••*• - ' '- ' '." -■" y 37 , "- his last assignment was '" a 7i board the coast guard cutler buckthorn out ol buffalo i n.ry yyy yyy v yy the : u.s coast guard isy actively seeking qualified young mes between the age et 1 to 21 for the regular en listmeot program the csast j guard is the smallest of aft the armed ' forces ; and baa a ' big responsibility ' ' ? x?x j 7 cs-2 w_l_er7witt;--v^t^y able asset to the buffalo re , cruiting office yy 7 j7-j he may be contacted at the coast guard ■- recruiting of fice lated in the old federal . building 121 ellieott st or by calling m2-2m3 1 pizza business now open " napel's j*pizzia is pan of january ist at 373 sjc more st serving all kinds of sandwiches halves and whole -- for more information call mam '.. i'y ii£h ]< ■ ry s y-y - notice to ■—- '■'•■ ** ■ -■ '-*-*■■-,■■ r ." . ' "... y y ;. ■■'--,■ „..*. i . . - v ..-...-" y*s ",-• y r • niagara fall • syracuse # roch ester and lackawanna renders of the criterion club organizations and church es send news and ada to the criterion 623 25 william st please not later than monday noon o end * week