Buffalo Criterion, 1970-08-08

              ! 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 between cleveland and new york city send your news photos ads to 625 william street support your only and nec essary press helping to know and build a better community since 1925 western new ■■ ■ :■ ■ ' : york's oldest largest and best-selling negro weekly ■ •■■■" the buffalo criterion vol 14-no 18 buffalo n.y saturday aug 8-14 1970 price 10 cents democrats name cliff bell erie county vice-chairman is highest post with major party | by staff reporter l:cl tical y negroes are n ( ir;s some bf*cfc<jkraafjk4 hi no tiers never hefo htld by members ctf the rsje this was true iateiy wh a w powerful erie ctur.tw . democratic executive com mittee named a third mem her of our group to its of uf£ta organization at it july meeting .' ' - c'lktord dell ownse.of b tiros drive-in cleaners wh i served ca sergs t-at-arms h j the last scr 00 was r.jrr d v^wthairmaa at the com mittee marking thy first rose • negro ha ht>'4 ouch a i k<r t , pest by a major party b the carfy »-», rufra fraster a ' ktgro served as er county cfc rrm>n if the farmer american labor par ,*>'*--' . :.-•-. v ■ ;'/ otf—r nw>mh*r f otfor ip twiity boh zene kad wst . ' ' mr bc'.i is married he wti hi we heiasw hav.'r two t dren dense 13 . j citfcwd jr they are menrbtfs es aha lutheran church of our saviour rites held for john street 102 : ■■" john | street born july ', 4 18m ha mtawriu vs died jfoiy m la our lady of v irietery . % hospital ; ; after '•-, a . asswt iantts i :-. ■ ' mr street moved to ' lark ha-anna m 1«j rent me**r ma to reside with ma daugh ti mrs xkhard ida eas es of fifth tl -;, -;:•-' -• mr street : was a member <* _ flrstf baptist church here - he worshipped - regu leriy . until pis health began to fail .■; k mr street observed ms l«ad birthday on july 4th ' services were held at first baptist church 229 ; ingham aye saturday aug i st conducted by the pastor ; rev j m themes burial i a in ml • hope cemetery the roscoe c henderson fu neral j home was in charge of the remains f * survivors are a brother samuel of meberrin va a daughter \ mrs : f.asiey of lackawanna 22 grand j chil dren 4 greet grand chil drtn and a heat of friend ' berkely burrell was speaker this teem - tack place dur | «"* a seminar on negrt uu'ioew « the university ol luhah 7 berkley to burrrll l«or»h far felt m tha tm ,, ipr*k*r mr it an advisor to j vf*x!d.»t nixon c § he n*l rusln«n afminiatra «* and ircmfw at theft mat bowes league « st jro chamber ' f commerce hating hand at left (, h jv£&&*p ret l^^«hall'«|mi-orfp c charles v»**«s,*s jfc-ft maca^er ~ of i the fbin»«r»;\m * t branch bank v mm bailey i the marine trust co and two of the speaker assistants mr burr ell touched on prob lem i ran/ranting 1 minority businessmen _ truer i a p fhsta ■'". ' v top entertainer guest in buffalo james brown and hla revue will be featur ed saturday aug bth at war memorial stad ium at 1 p m presented by the unity festi j weekend programs toward progress alro featured will be the road gold coast lucky peterson blues willie colon eddie palmer 1 and the new breeds on sunday august 9th at l p m the star will be the cannonhall adderly quintet tu ete puente mongo santa maria roberta flack ibrvham jazz sextet roc bey dan cers eastern travellers and various gospel group for full particulars see ad on page c - v smith says he paid 320 for one-half hour of air time in . reap » to en article appearing r jn a rt,uia issue nt the y criterion concerning is fl c£t«inumtms jrftttf h sm;tii--who|''."rto*^a #*• yean darted democratic candidate for as<wmbiymafl i rd dis j trict had high praise for the veracity of the ttate taaa ■ :,.,• : ■•■■ h,.|jc mr smith sold the criteri on this great publication has i been i ; battling for civil business and political rights in the wny section for a i great number of years dur | tag my recent campaign i found some crtictsm of t in regards to its size print and pictures—but this i be lieve is offset by an expla nation appearing in an arti cle entitled ' grievances air ed at minority business pro curement seminar the statement reed in the north the negro market is so vast and lucrative until it is difficult for negroes to compete with white merchants who thrive on ft out of 4 media catering to negroes only-one is owned and com pletely handled by negrorar and that medium *» the buf falo criterion the only black paper with ftp own facilities for « complete operation the ether media tor the negro area has white parti cipation as their backbone and are garnering the negro field and making the big dol lar from it smith said that he learned much from the campaign and alter reading the account in the criterion was reminded ■■'■ his 30 one minute poll il ea ads whth amounted to vi2o 00 three hundred and twenty do?lars , far m half tour's time or mac 00 per bur ...,,.- jokingly smith commented with all the blasting m nixon appoints minority aides life magnxine sad last week that president nixon ha done • better overall job n naming marks to administration positions than did presidents johnson and kennedy nixon has picked one black lor an important policy-mak ing job and two others tor i-ffuentlal spot the mag sine said m its july leth ue their pretence—phis the fact that niwn has an pointed twice as many hack to office as any other presi dent—doe give him an over ail edge over kennedy and johnson the story contend ed if tts surprise some p&v life eeya she it may force a change of cpnion net about vixen but about his predecessor the story questions whether { the nixon administration is an equal opporuoity osnptoy ( baptist laymen held 14th yearly work shop the ■.•■'' entire bar sc lay nvn's league hew its lih annuo laynkrva work shoo iu 24-28 at schrafit motor , inn niagara falls n y ': ' '-: i ' 19^k3s8?bsh,!seste*jseii raww^^rnimtty r problems a chiuengei to the black [ churchman ?%-. * v :/.■'^ <:'' lot purpose - was to ~ cul tivate the christian life of toymen ; through , study fel lowship and * aery see the - kiokctff . sneering was . held at new hope baptist s church in niagara falls where the welcome pro gram was given ' with speei music by new hope and trinity church choirs \ saturday - july 25 mr leo w seymour led de votions with greetings and introductions by president a "'.' a jones the welcome address was given by rev murphy greer imoderaton of the great lakes baptist aoosciation mr theodore j i c orr president of the ; buffalo baptist association ! and the honorable e dent lackey mayor of niagara falls "*;, the address was deliver mb settles rocky names aide " gov rockefeller reently announced the - appointment of whlmrn w tyler of dal mar a veteran m the week ly daily and wire service news fields as director of upstate weekly press rela tion in the governor's cam paign for re-elect ion mr tyler directed weekly press service operat oris in gov rockefeller previous state campaign , j .:.'-; he wcs editor foe six year of the weekly chatham n v courier chief the as sedated pre capitol bu reau in albany and press secretary to the then gop nations chairman herbert browne during gov dew ey's 19+4 presidential cam paign -.',. ; mr tyler was press sec retary to the late u s sen ator irving m ives during hi campaign for rearlewion m the senate in-1932 and during senator iras guber aaw iai campajga yin 1954 uln anno)-kuv % the > appoint went gov rocketeer said in a pclttcal context when we mas aboil the grass roots we art ta!king about people — most of rh people at th wokng and heme level - government moat direct channel of com graduates to continue education three east high school students who re ceived diplomas . expect to further their ed ucation this fall principal abnzo thomp son presented certificates to glen garrison top son of mr and mrs glen garrison of butler aye miss evelyn merriweather daughter of editor and mrs frank e merri weather of the criterion and the american legion award went to gary chapman son of mrs chapman of dodge st — criterion photos speaks to s.w u stanley murphy stand ng is shown addressing about 133 steel workers during a recent mass meeting a the villa hot 423 fox st when issues concerning practices in steel circles pertaining i united steal workers union 2603 mr murphy lost the election for the local presi dency by only ' lour votes unt-paj saau iv mmw metk another election but would consider forming a bloc to withhold dues via cor any check-oil and pay them per sonally -*-».*- „■ . -„ other speakers were left willie davis steward ci lo cal 2w4 frank miller v le roy calhoun and tony bar bieri sub - district director barbie stated he has at tempted to form a civil rlgths committee while murphy ceo tends that out of b,«m local members negroes are out numbered and have nv-t only with minor success in ram batting alleged biased prac tices •—. criterion photo new optician willie woods jr above announces the opening of weeds optical a firm locat ed at 1393 fillmore aye near east utica st the es tablishment will specialize in eye examinations by appoint ment glasses fitting and the the filling of ophthalmic pre scriptions doctor's prescrip tions will be accurately jilt ed on - any of the latest styles medicaid prescriptions are acceptable for appoint ment dial 893-m45 ':-.- --. v : ..--,.' littlejohn frowns on politicaal sanctuaries the rev m l little john republican candidate i 0 r assembly man 143 rd district in ... addressing • a campaign strategy com mittee dwelt on the evils of pohfjcaj sanctuaries in negro corrirrtunitiesi >- —. the fluent candidate said simply because a candi date wins a democratic primary election this should not be tantamount to a no vember election uniess that candidate has more to of fer the constituents he will repra«irtt iritra-partiy dc-n tests . should not^eud there the candidate reasoned this country had two ft it major parties and several minor parties in the white section rften it takes the votes of the min or party endorsing the same candidates to bring about a victory the republican patty is too big and power ful for negroes to exclude them hives from per£?cipa-i tion . the minister reminded his strategists the gop for the first in buffalo political history on a state level from the heart of the mack area is offering a rwo-fnr one endorsed package to the voters for more meaningful and powerful repreestnssr fcoo when it endorsed race member tor state senator ssth district and die 143 rd assembly district as mem bers on the side that gets things done and who will be on the side of the gover nor and the majority in the stats legislature rev lritfejohn pointed out i know it will be very difficult or some negro leader a watt as voters to discard the persasadkn of rhetoric emotion and pfa'bj y ear-in and year-out voting habits among our people to switch to the sound one robert hawkes on u of r faculty robert a hawkes direc tor at the seek program at the state university of hew york college at buffalo be came director at the univer sity of rochester's educa tional opportunity - program easier - this month robert l sprout l'r president announced .'.'* ) the university - d rochester pro grim " was formally estabh'shed in-1363 to attract enroll assist and advise students from minor ty and or low-income groups both urban and rural ac djaasjc assistance including tutoring and a summer pro gram for enuring fre*h men is available to student entering under the program the seek program with which hawker has been af filiated at buffalo is spon sored by the state univer sity of new york it is sim ilar to or educational opportunity program bu t offers both prercoßegc and coliege courses * hawkes joined buffalo's sanctuaries sec page 2 baptist laymen . , see page 4 smith see page 2 rockefeller ./-- see page 7 appointees i see page 7 need pnniting or pho to dial the criterion oav>-«.?ro juke aaktkßj