Buffalo Criterion, 1970-08-15

              the buffalo criterion vol 44—no m a buffalo n.y saturday aug 15-21 1970 price 10 cents helping to know and build a better community since 1925 did you know for many years the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in new york state ■■ " "" ' i*v a ' ' " .. - - today it is the only paper printed by negroes between cleveland and new york city send your news photos ads to 625 william street f y support your only and nec essary pres t jl svt western new york's oldest largest and best-selling negro weekly dr patrick v ... j solomon trinidad and tobago's ambassador to the united nations left receives limited edition set the u k 25th anniversary commemorative medal from admiral william mccormick vice president goyei-notenteij^aceount franklin mint renter pa near philadelphia the proof consists jof a sterling silver medal struck in each of the five official u n.'languages ; • the u n >; commissioned * the franklin mint * the - world's largest § private mint to strike the medals more than 3,000 banks in the u s are cooperating with the u.n by offering the medals for sale to the public sigmas plan regional meeting here director fatally shot confab set for april 1971 director killed the buffalo chapter of phi beta sigma fraternity theta sigma chapter w he host to the eastern region conference according to an announcement by officers of the local chapter - the convention w'l be held april 30-m ?.. 1971 at a buffalo location to be an nounced later > ," phi beta sigma fraternity was founded in 1914 in wash naiu d rc by a anf-tf taylor leonard mors asil charles • brown theta sig ma which is the lcc_l chap ter is honored to hay in its ' raemtoership dr ; i __ scruggs the revered dr scruggs is a charter mem ber of phi beta sigma and wrote the fraternity hy <*<.-*> our cause speed on „;_- i^,a i-^*^*e%^'^—-sp^^fy ■*-.- ft ft is this theme that - has j irispired^t-ari^iafjsjig vrsah through their chapters « and .-•! membersh'i to take thi frtre front on ; the battle * fields tor equality and freedom th fraternity played a ; major role irt the fight for equal rights life membership in the n\acp aided ia rhv lobby for the civil rights bill ire washington contribu ted to the leadership coher ence on civil rights and , had full representation on the staff in washington local office are thomas ellington president clar ence cooper vice-president br—cm herid£rj*:rt jr sec retary and albert simmons treasurer director shot * the criterion received word that charles vv pecke el detroit regional * director who headed he plan ning committee which met at the executive motel in may was shot to death aug 12th while in bed by two young thugs who broke into his apartment ■•.-.*-■.■'' -."< f united;thru-t-t _ v wwmt b««k*-lj . president md publisher new lady maga aine chats with two of america most influ ential black women in congresswoman shir fey chisholm mew-york and i mi dorothy l!f height in of the . national council i negro women . "... ry^"^^y:^yy in her washington d c offices 1 recent 11 mi-e •. hisholm the first black u s congress-j woman—met with new lady " . executives j i heads of leading black woineit ot-gstm s c^lppks for a united thnist to effect i[i.ee chang in economics politics educa tion and in the at large younp people g are saying thing to us mid '* mrs chi-shloro and we can no longer ; turn them off * xi as head of ncw miss height continues to urge greater rarity of purpose and mean iit icm among black women - groups whose combined membership reaches into the treiukmi •---." ." . new lady with offices in hayward california and new york city is geared to j tack women through its features fiction and articles format photo below k*3ptw tee scenes t-qk place fit aha calvary cms • church f im7x olicett ml lev ■ j h ughim aaatm^y rnllv during the annual baby and p-s-leenaga g contests the tcp photo hows the pre-teca d contest winners cayie peps daughter of mrs grral-lne pave wen first prise on the left feaaterina wilson daughter of mrs delia wilson won sec ond prize in the center is paster llghtsey $ j in toe lower picture are uk baby contestants little paul s chapman son et mar/orie chapman wen first prize of sum the second priw went to d-vlna bald win daughter at mrs bald win which was meat not shewn on the right is tim othy talley with ms mother mrs evelyn talley who was third prize winner ot 15.m mrs virginia jones was chairman • „ criterion photo rev w williams to leave lincoln 1 the rtv • wills a willi ims pastor of lincoln mi nori-i untied m-thod t l »; t mm has betsi appointed m an exscutiv start position lh ill gensral hoard of l-.du aim aocbrdk to as announcement august 2nd by bishop w ralph ward jr overseer uf h wny con bjmm*tte cf the church . in his new posit i i rev v_.--tti will bo assigned 10 '*•«■ board «... edticat'.io head quartets in ns»*tv._e term i the appointmcrtt was mad ** ha rvfh <*»• rs • tl ir ham general secretary of st division of the local church o tbs gtne.ce beard c education rev williams tat xt'j ■-. y s h ' further stated that hi duties wi be to de vc i b'a.k leadership situate m ■ in bltfct y.<nr*v>d'st cj-«rch hwi-bjhf-ut the nation th program .< jrned to br'.i vfj;ro youth into the ,<-_-<-_ , r-v wlkam s ; who ha serve on the s-1.-jo com kiissiai on human rehrr'on i a-d';fcis r«e arc laurie w2l his trite ann laurie wim move to naitwilre about sept tot i mrs viola coleman g right who has been active as a sunday school teacher and missionary in evangelistic temple church of god in christ 701 braodway was henored for many yeai . of service to the church by the district missionaries sister grady perkins presi dent left presented a 300.00 token and other gifts at th church rev m a bailey is pas tor ...,..,■; y^%iiu in bible recital rev leon wilcox of sar diego calif and torrherlj lof buffalo is presenting a biblical recital ff a ma die shall he live again thurs august 27 ,:-» p.m at unity baptist church spruce and sycamore and sunday august 11 . p m ., at the humboldt pkwy bap tist church „;, humboldt at woodtawn the | public is m mi • - •--■ • •:%- ii drug program a program on drug addic i un ww be held _« th pa i»rt pa library tuesday august 18 at 7jo p m . - the film drugs and he i\cu system we he shown and a frier adjvi corttkiad ; with the jefferson hda.e_.c comer's l e a d proe.ta.ta lets ed_i*_te adf*t df.-wr em w-if pf j w-bct ips exrcrence wit drugs th pi grant .- beta offered by the library for an}^e^:.i*flunf atformatjoo or htfj x-tac_ins drugs annual flower show slated wi.v:it park courts one of the first developments of tha buffalo municipal ' h-htsin authority i hav.ng \ its an nual flower show friday august 21 at l>*h - % there are approximately 90 ardens which t were planted a.id cared for by tenants the gardens wll be inspect photo below i mrs mar.yy.c).appetlo shown with potior thomas iront row center was the women's day * svpakcr at first *' baptist church j2 i ingham aye recently * > mrs i rosalie rigginv was hun women of the church are t-*wn in the background — criterion photo seeks vaccine for arthritis research/to develop a vac one that will eradicate in fectious agents known to ' c_-jse certain types of ve nereal idsaases arthii tired trachoma an infectious di ! ease of th 4 eyes is bein j conducted by dr abdullah v lse assistant professor ot microbfolbgy meharry medi | cal college orv is received a grant of j5.750 from the flu imi if 111 food of research corpora tion six thousand dollars of the front money will be used for tqu.pmtnt and 2,750 for j supples according to dr i r«r ***.*■- ar»->rh-b ._.!.' ra dr fsa.4s studying the nature "■. cf the immune re sponse to the agents that cause trachoma y and lym phqgran-'fcwna venereum - ve nereal | disease g by inrmuni zttioa of monkeys rabbits mice - aad .. other animals ag ents causing trachoma are transmitted from one indi vidual ' to another by contact he explainer '■. y.-ul ivj r wr*rf hearth organi zation estimates at least 40 million inoividuai are infected ■'; ** '■":¥■ t ih ftrachoma throughout the • world and vaccine y.i -■ ■:,;;. .;"' ■•' creates african stock exchange - mr jackson bradley a native off buffalo now livlmg new york city was a vis tor of his relatives and friends this post week mr bradley has organized he • african *.; stock exchange associa to * o n ' development corp inc slate of new york department of state albany n y ; to , buy sell deal in and with goods wares merchandise and in real ':- and personal property of every kind and descrip t>nx ■'■■• '■■ .*£ '■■', ■•: y,-y for stock information call lu 3-7466 3802 3rd aye bronx 57 n y mr brad»/»y a union prin ■ ter n nyc took his appren t:ceship at the criterion in the mid-forties ij xy.y yr*v j new funeral home opens thomas edwards announ ces the opening of his funer al establishment at w5 gen esee st east ef hllmor aye sunday august mrd an ooen house will be held the public is - welcome rochester youth aid police i rochester n y — about i 5 young people started their summer with * march 0 rochester police - headquar ters the youngsters taamb ts of the ner-crty were there not to protest but in support of peace and understanding ■ the boys aid girls were bavin a different kind of cor.i.'.cntui am with police — a cfis-rotttatic ti cooperation 71 are members of ro che^er tens on patrol top program now in its l-itrrth-vcar community service the top youngsters lived a three-day orientation at po lice headquarters preparing them for their summer jcb the tops w.i help the po lice as they have during the past three years by cover ing parks playgrounds svim areas day care centers lt br-arie and ,-,, other area t hrotighout thai city highly v<_ibie in blue jackets and wlctey t-shirts :" emblazoned with the top embletn they'll corstinue to perform services ranging from umpiring ball games.and breaking up tights to rescuing drowning vr-_ms -"— top program financ ed by an eastman kodak i i moany grant through ro chester jobs incorporated rji secures meaningful crr.p';;rr.-r.i for inner-city teens and at the same time provides an itnfortant com munity service , ,„■:••■• , i direct communication top has received national publicity in such magazines as look and ebony due to the program's ti pie threat nature in addition to provid ing jcbs and community ser vice it opens a # direct line of ccmmunscaflon between in ner city teens and police detect pat thompson rochester's policewoman ad mlnistrator off top says it's a two-way street the tops sea how , the officers work so they have a better understanding of the police the off leers working in close contact with the kids have a better view of their prob lems and attitudes i summer jobs most of the tops are black „ but there ; are " whites and puerto ryn youngsters in the program boys fill most af the stats but there are a few girls a ate hired as-civilian employees of the rochester | police ' bureau meaning they do not have nolle power—and are paid 1.85 an hour far a work day top operates at peak levels cum the summer hot '**•''<-' «*••»• i ' .—•.. a y .*"***. ,„ maintains a small • for ort the job year-round at r school in libraries and ij'.iy ground judging by the hundreds a ftp plications received tft a progrtm re a popu'nr • one with the teens la top four years of operatic ne,-.rly 300"yc-ung*«ers have taken part and the number of po tonua.ly serious situation that have been averted y mail presence is impossible mi estimate following their ca*n_ron tation - orientation at po lice htariquarters roches tor's teens on patrol _** see page «)