Buffalo Criterion, 1970-11-14

              price 10 cents helping to know and build a better community since 1925 buffalo n.y saturday - nov 14 - 20 1970 vol 44 n0.—27 '■-, ■ t _. . , jr -../ „ ;-■ tf • wih w-l | u:4 1w ff ' .."■'" york's oldest * largest wo ■ ■■ n_l m i".'i m v l fc ■■" best-selling negro weekly did you know for many years the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in new york state * * today it is the only paper printed by negroes be twees cleveland and new york city _ send your news photos ads to 625 william street . v * •• •■ .-■ -.- -.- a •'.- .... -. l *_.- a i support your only and nec essary press the buffalo criterion 100 million minority bank deposit program is planned by capital formation and bank’ers ass’n 28 banks to v participate in 28 cities * new york — capital forma tion inc a national non profit foundation working in minority economic develop ment and the natonal bank ers assn the nationwide as sociation of minority banks has announced a one - year program to redirect 100 mil lion of new deposits into mi nority banks across the coun try *: there are 28 minority owned banks m 22 cities in the u 5 said samuel s j beard chairman of capital formation and the $ 100 million will increase deposits in these banks by one-third capital formation and the national bankers association nba have the responsibil by for administering the pro j gram the source of new de posits wiu v ia^"fll6ii a ew»j porations fabcfr unions;:;reli gioos and . educational fist ku t rjilfbil fedei _§§ setn awsft and " v*ip»_«t4;.'''ipd slate end i local i government ) . • under the direction of cap ; ital formation and the nba each of these sources will be invited to redirect substan tial deposits into the minor ity banks during tits coming year mr beard and dr ed ward d lions executive di rector of the nba are na tional co-chairmen or the i program the back deposit program is warmly endorsed by pres idem nixon who has empha sized that encouraging in creased minority business ac tivity is one of the priority aims of this admnistration with authority from the white house george p shdultz director of tha off ice of management and bud get has sent an official memorandum to the heads of all federal agencies and departments in structing them to . cooperate fully in the program actively involved in imple mentation are commerce secretry maurice htstans treasury under secretary charles e walker th pres ident's advisory council minority j business f enterprise and th commerce i depart ment's * office of minority business enterprise v y :,'. a the money that can low info the minority banks as a i mih lof | th programs will do.-'ntytcht to catalize the de veropownt of an increasingly viable minority business com munity ' dr irons said — the new deposits of 100 million will increase total de : posits if minority banks by 33 per rent and could nie-u m additional % % 50 y million in banking rev j w moore named to narcotics council friday county executive b john tutus announced the appointment ol the rev joseph w moore 791 hum t-ihjt pky to the narcotics guidance council lor a term expiring dae 31 1973 pastor of new hope bap list church w richmond aye rev moure eeestewß the rev wil«ard a w lliam whs has tesig nod because he moved out of the mate rev moore attended tem pie urtven tv in pruud.-l fh:a pa and the american divinity school in chicago itunois he previously served m pastor ol community baptist church in wittiamstown n d fram i.mwj friend ship bapt mi church from 1553-s5 and trinity baptist church pontine michigan | from m»43 ■-„.■....-: •." rev moore i president at ».*■*■» baptist * ****** f * ference ot buffalo and v exoatx president of the council eg churches vice housing foundation of the moderator of the great lakes baptist association member of tha board cf managers of the new york state baptist convention member of the board of di rectors of the buffalo bap tist association and is a member of the board of di rectors of the buffalo naa cp ■ photo below-.during his ieee campaign far lieuten ant governor el new york state basil pattrrsan stopped by the newly.named a d courts formerly wilier park ci and chatted with mrs a d price her son a d price jr and a niece et mr price of virginia who hew ta buffala to attend the pro gram senator 1 petersen was accompanied by cornell man horace johnson i in the lowi r photo sen ater peterson shakes hands lib mrs christine dixon whose late husband edward in 1991 was tba first negre to run or councilman af the i liic-ciii district backed by the criterion among ethers shewn are roy jackson councilman horace johnson nd herb bellamy criterion photo ■ ■■*-... - t-.yi {"_*■<« l-_.i v national diabetic week i november 15-21 will.am k ivjiisher m d commissioner of health has declared the week of novem ber imi as national dia betes week in erie county the erie county department of health in . cooperation with the diabetes deli : service the lay s&clety of buffalo diabetes associa tion and the parents of dia betic children oil united fund agencies will spon sor nation diabetes week and conduct six free dia betes screening clinics nov .*■:]! through 21st michael a ibrahim md . deputy commissioner of health and chairman 0 the diabetes detection sir vice said diabetes is a serious public health prob lem " it a . leading earn of blindness ■■ . gangrene : and heart attach ii.-f year in erie cotwly kmm 23 pm fl a l.l a a_._i_4 tee added there arc over * rnsh hon people to - the united state today who have a dr ibrahim . also stated the known diabetic is not the problem thie person is under proper medical su pervision the person who may have diabetes and does not know it creates the mat serious health prob lem it is ettlmated that there are about two million people in the united states who have diabetes without know ing it it is important that this person—the one with unknown dlabecs is found diagnosed and treated dr ibrahim urges every one over 40 over-weight a relative of a diabetic or tha mother of a baby weigh ing nine pound or more at birth to go out and be test ed for diabetes during national diabetes i week we will he trying to find as many of the un known diabetics in our at en as we can dr ibrahim paid a simple mood text can help determine whether or not you're a hidden dia betic—h may even save your life you run help yourself by choosing a clinic date and location most convenient for you ' ... women’s drive goes over the top the leaders of the women division of the 1970 united fund campaign are a ut smiles because of the part they played in making the live go over lite top they ita-.htd use share of 205,000 a week ahead of ; time shown are mrs william v callahan ellf cott district chairman left mrs joseph a bergantz women's division chairman cen ter point to their accomplishment as mrs dallas b trammel elmwood district chair man looks 0n ... photo courtesy evening news incident in dorchester teenagers try to show the way in a i ens ion-ridden changing community by lawrence g weinstein this article is reprin'ed from the oct 1970 issue of the a d l bulletin national publication of the anti-defa mation league of b'nai b rith thirty-seven teenagers armed with brooms and shov els their facet and hands crrvered with soot ignored the cameras r©f jptevnion and * " '...- a s??rt i press newsmen as they set i about their chosen tusk to clean the rubble and debris from the three floors of agu dath israel synagogue new england's oldest orthodox sanctuary . ' the synagogue in the dor chester area of boston which had once been predominately jewish and was now mostly a black ghetto had been desecrated by fire two teenagers are now before the courts on a charge of arson the young men who came to clean it up were the black members of a neighborhood group called youth inc and the white members of the fl nai b'rith youth organiza tion's aza they had come together because they were concerned '..., the groups were not strangers i o each other bey had met before as part of a dialogue sponsored by the anti-defamation league to tee what youth cculd do to lessen the tensions in th mattapan-oorchester area that meeting of boys and girls planned with adi j members of youth inc feed ] >! « greater boston bbyo j study group called utah was a candid confrontation the black youths made i clear that m their view they mat not come to meet with i jewish group but rafter j ilk a white one they sail lacks do not have angry ftp toward jews as jews but toward whites in general for years of injustice they wid that * few extremist gain the at lent on of the mass media and give a false ira preasloßiy■blacks :. do sup putt t-'blaci power to the was of increaeuig economic i md political power but ad cot-din to them most btweh-t > tfih want integration . they were annoyed that modershi blacks stem to have so much difficulty gaining news cover i sge or money tor th-'ir proj-i em t ' i al of the teenagers—mack and waste—agreed that urban school hr blacks are poor containing ember older rijid teachers who can't relate to incident in dorchester tea slated saint nicholas home school association will hold its an nual membership tea sun nov 15th rom 2 to 4 p re at the school hall 18 web km st mrs grant white is presi dent mrs alfonso gillette publicity chair man and father nuwer pastor \ ■ grant given to combat alcoholism the buffalo foundation mr charles stewart direc tor today announced a grant of 9,000 to the buffalo area council on alcoholism to wards the interim funding of an alcoholism prevention center at northampton st and michigan aye j the center is now under the direction of rev edmund millet of the united metho dist center cty ministry ■ the grant supplements a previous grant obtained by the buffalo area council on i ; alcoholism from the . wes tern new york foundation and is intended to complete financing until april i 1371 at that „ tone the center ex pects ' to have j money ' for a demonstration project - from the state of new york . di vision at • ajeofcofchm th \ be fatty directed by*'the buff toai r coxoaxll on alcohol ism '. a.-.y y'-yi ' v [„ robert tj hern an , assis tant executive di ector in dicated that : the . center is the first 1 in a series of such centers to be located in the core areas of the ounty n y telephone to hire and train 182 disadvantaged jobless .:? new york • telephone com part 1411 broadway new york n v wall hire art train 132 disadvantaged job less persons under the jobs job opportunities in the bus iness sector program the u.s department of labor has announced accord i n g to perciva m punter acting regional man power administrator for the u.s dept of labor the new proposal approved recently call tor a federal invest ment of 427,205 the new i 13-month contract will pro vide new-hire trainees . with entry - level training as por ters and telephone operators for a period of is to weeks trainees will earn from 2 68 to.s2-6 per hew after training 4 -..*: ■'..■ ■■':'■[• the jobs program is a joint effort of the labor de partment ta dv-ihe;t.j*£tkj3n alliance of business m « n't ti.rc ana ir tiaadrmmagtd jobless persons "">"'"■ i - '„ in recital the department - t of music at üb announces that ta recital will be given by th charles gayle ensemble in recital covial heads guidance council erie county executive b john tutuska recently an nounced the ; appointment ' of james covia 431 spring si'le a'v eiigertsv^lie to the newly-created position of executive director of the narcotics guidance council for erie county the position had teen rec ommended by the county ex ecutive to give added impe tus to the county's efforts in combatting narcotics and dan gerous drugs it has a salary n-rts of l_.80 *-».'. i«.08 a year funds for the ; po_ft!j»v were approved re.cn h he erie ■', county lts-^aiaruvc at mr..*tutuska's request '■■■-.- mr co-rial who is 38 is a forrtwr as executive d re-tor of i the e r*i e county yoath bo.-d n'ir.j in that capacity j fr,>m . use . 1989 \ to march 18to lie | recent «' hat been cnrn-i5r_-ter of the m rine midland career center mr tutu . in ra-»-»imc .*-# mr cev-al's afjpmntraefit which -■- tears effective - naae-tlr ately taicfc r covial will wo-fk eiostty with the t e*m_wr rf he narcotics gtfl-l_*rj coun cil «**» oh was approved sev eral .. months age try coun ty egi»latars has dteiea tn inci-de implementing th ccwicil's goals and pt^etifep which ant **« make basse m . forrn—ttoa an drug spate rammfy available to the ctu n of r„t cotioty to ■_*»: | rect people in need to t fhe ! proper assistance to work with other local v guidance councils in coordinating prob lems of drug abuse and to develop program in educ tion and community aware 1.m9 . y:.r yv v mr covial s ; who served in the u.s army l*opi oct 26 19m to oct 23,*j»5 i a vice president j of home ; housing opportunity made equal . ■ lie i.is,'tal*otpresaient;df the buffalo jcfcapter north c«ro cqviai james covial b john tutuska conductor ; distinguished paul freeman above conductor tin -. beak dence for ; the detroit.jijin phony was guest csnductsr far the buffala pbilharmtamte orchestra to two perform ances with violin pincha ittkerteem 22 as xoleht nee stk and 10th v -»» % freeman.'.tonildef ed one it ' acmhm'a^tsia^fyedm^im posers * has also oerved fagl dallas first buckj<o«xsi;et«r t a « paaitietry 4.«fs*!!i 1 fia littlejohn gives view on result of election by staff reporter contacted by the cntsiitn shortly after election the rev m l littlejohn republican conservative candidate for assemblyman u3rd district said * ' i i , . it was a thrilling experi ence and i leaned much from the campaign i accept ed the challenge because i am deeply interested in my people i saw an opportunity for blacks to gain more vot ing power in the state leg lature with a republican rep resentative in the assembly > coupled with a man of eofor john hemphill for sejwsv from the 155 th district th was the best and most potent - political ?* ta s r 3»l^4^'*tktcre^t fs our race bs rate ■% hegrp political ■ hjr_rv*hy aay pa ty wtttofjhi any **»_> rbetof-t icp^v 4 yy offered - political bargain '. v ; y further elaboiat m gj mr litflejohn y ■ :-.. ■"■ ■ a a ._.-■ «*■*»'-„ a,,.,i pal photo below — this scene ok place at -..' the guiding light restaurant - during 7 a reception tin;'honor uf secretary of ibe _ f ihs grand temple bnchk • v . kelley she spoke at the s«th anniversary banquet ef elite y temple at the ramanda inm dgt muriel t davidssn ; wa chairman among those pre eni were r hugh arnold d j t tl ci ; deputies maxie sla - weß : and alfreds v f.dwar*j '-.. :> n d dgl velma williams estelia - mctune and ethers **_!§**' criterion phot 9k__;:t ■ :'-• ys*a_y_s see page 8 see page 7 5 seepage's see page c see pages