Buffalo Criterion, 1969-11-08

              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 pres , western new -. * york's oldest largest and best-selling negro weekly the buffalo criterion vol 42—no 21 buffalo n v saturday nov 8-14 1969 price 10 cents helping to know and build a better community since 1925 meharry med school offers incentive to negro students to offer special summer courses with financial aid at least cm medical school hag a detailed plan to re lieve the acute shortage of negro physicians m the united states — a shortage which was pointed out in the october journal of - the american medical associa tion which stated that only 2 percent of the nation's physicians ate black that school ts meharry medea i college in nashville which already has graduated almost . half of the black physicians and dentists now practicing in the country metis iff y the country's only private ' predominantly black medical school three years ago ret about reor in ing its celling method and course metartal to attract " progressive - minded indents as part of rt ; re vision meharry set up two programs specicaflly destgaed la attract more college \ sttt dent .. into medical | sod den l&rj/ixwbetber at meterry w^lea-ticra v xw friomerjira science pntnrsm ! administered by dean of re • ***>«-*> mna r,a*_t svubißbb dr c w johnson gives i college students an intensive ; summer course m subjects related to those they may j encounter the first year in i medical school twenty stu dents from five tennessee ! colleges enrolled in the 10 week course last summer they are being counseled during the academic year in what subjects to study out side reading to supplement their biomedical preparation and are being encouraged to pursue health careers one immediate expectation of the biomedical . sruder.ts is that they will score high er on the medical college aptitude tests after having been in the program from one to three summers in addition to an allowance of 500 for room board and 1 01 her expenses the students receive 500 each as a stip end i which is ": about the amount they might have made working during the summer according to the dean the other program the master of medical science degree program accepts college graduates with high aptitudes - for medical and dentistry but with insuffi cent science j backgrounds into a course which can take from 15 months tn 3 years depending upon the negro history race relation's expert speaks at canisius dr august meter on at lb uartnti itjrrmoirt . ex pens in negro his'ory snd j~m ttfj&tttsj . spoke lit i tbe .-'' cafjsjus cc*-f»tt a tv dew center aotha-t utn nov 19 ii l it m on mick ns l.cr.a m in the ii i jj tletv "-: t«rv •' • ;"'. mmam-itsi*z pi'-l scif ii ■' tca'hfy bi * ken stale i'm vsrsity or mt-,fr is the mrtti i of several known rh i v ui v and ictrsuhani a „■ fan nation lm ■'■• ci)i-itfi'tt"m '' set up - 10 stsly lac it'-s srt and vtmier«:e m amcrvs v a member l the national a«3\,*orv com mi on . civil . disorder j i that wm s**iw by gov mb kernel at i'.lm ,*. be is presently a consul to the national commission n the came antf pftnnnatqa of v«a»«tc made by dr milton euen bo*<sr j -',-."" ■ dtv meets fm book 6lh annual xmas sale at carlton house nursing home dec 14th on sunday december 14 i f.om » to • p m he rec | reation department ist he < flit»n st . will ctkiduct rat bli annual chrirrma ssj kre culle will be served at flits ate made by the ptitlen inriudinf pillows t-prtin moslurt corsage doll stoles r*<l--»r u snd jewelry christmas , welti knitted tin cro ihet items toys holders j>*n*tm«i snd many other the proceeds from l rat are used to expand the various function of the ket teatinn department ami help to rnsk cnrwri twit ion to charity ot^awti'-mi'ion th sal is open to the pub it for further irfformstlo contact mr edith l hon win ; retimtlw dim-to far ion house nmf**aj haas 999-2109 ext 21 between j and 9 o m mon lay though i'u.i.iy featured at radio city gospel singers willa ward and company were featured in radio city music hall's new stage spectacle that . life which opened thursday nov 1 th produced by marc piatt j the show also featured tbe radio city music hall pwocketta ballet company symphony orchestra and other guest artists accompa nying that's life will be*the american premiere of the brain a film comedy star ring david nlven jean-paul belniondo bour vil and eli wnllach h • j b dargen elected head of cao at a tymeial meeting of the community action or niimtan of erie county tee board of directors thursday nov 14 the cao persornd committee mr donald neff - announced the comtaittre's recommendation f,mr julian _ dnrgtm for the position el executive director of cao mr dar **»*». appointment a * adapt by m majority vat ef tee hoard m dargan w « begin hi ***«• with ckq on jaa 1 ml his solar - will be 4*»,..t*rlush was a «,,, pim*d by the board by „ hbbjatwhia v general foods **•»*» seeking mete varl kvm seeking far earl h __**** meals may find « sb „ 4 menus -- y dan fa •*«*«*, ** *"• plan meal by ttr :.;,*•» there moment i yet day when y lean plan what you will srrv la few days ahead *'"'■ center opens a pr-tud rev »«,.. bs ' mitchell pastor si faith baptist church shows fea tures of use play ream in the new martin luther king memorial center attached to he rear f use *-».♦•» bas ust church 29 humboldt parkway '.. v interested n-.ook«r are dr ralph w l«we repre senting the council of churches seated from left reims ealy * diana sim mons william coleman kstherlne cook roy cole man and eileen cook , the beautiful 3-story building including base ment costing 139,099 has a large auditorium an - the top floor several class rooms and a nursery en the first floor it will be used as an inter-racial center approximately 999 persons attended photo courtesy evening news recording star vivian reed at shoreham hotel epic recording artist vivian reed begins an 11 fe engagement at wash ington d c's famed shore ham hotel miss reed was named most promising fe male vocalist at last year's national association of tel evision and radio artists asrociition her epic album vivian reed features her unique interpretations of such songs us i wanna be free and you've lost that lev in feeling and ha re ceived tremendous critical ncciram , her recently re leased epic single is entitled walk on my side mis reed . who has ap peared on numerous televi sion programs including the merv griffin and steve al len shows recently complet ed a number of successful college and club appearan ces throughout the state and canada she has on of the most impressive musics back grounds of any singer in the pop field today bora in 1945 miss reed began sing ing in church choirs at the aft of 2 was giving re citals at 15 and completed live yean of study at the pittsburgh musics institute before going on to ihe jullllard school of musk where the young voice major fas awarded a three-year scholarship while building a solid ca reer as a vocalist she also found time to appear in numerous stock presenta tions learned to speak three languages and become adept st piano and violin .. vivian's own reasons for finally settling in the pop field are well summed up to her comment in pop music a singer hfis a much wider selection of available material being a sentimen talist i'm able to choose the exact type of song that will express my own per sonal feelings film feautures banking for negro youths ' a new mo ion - picture to encourage black youths to consider bank ing as _ career has been produced , in detroit and is believed to be the first of its type the film produced by the international afro-american museum in cooperation with tbe'national bank of detroit is called the bank is open to you the 15-minute color film i wiu be distributed national ly by the international afro american museum it fat designed lor schools com munity organizations church es and other groups inter ested in caee development ; the film originated from an id c a of dr charles wright president of the in ternational afro-american museum and dr charles f whitten director of the museum's career films . li brary the bank is open to you is die second of a series of films on career opportunities produced for the benefit of black youth in cooperation with busi ness industry and appro priate professional groups , dr wright comments the first motion picture produced by the museum watta rhythm band featured on tv show - television cameras rarely poke their gleaming lenses into the watts area of south east los angeles unless some problem comes up but cbs-tv goes to watts with its ann-margaret from hollywood with love entertainment special sat urday evening dec 6 to cover the colorful watts 103 rd street rhythm band in tuneful action in front of the famous watts towers the band is a wonderful musical group says ann margaret i'm so pleased ■ that we were able to get them to perform on oui show we not or.ly do the love land number which 1 intro duce at the watts towers but he band and i do the specials grand finale on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier uss hornet starting with spreadin honey nearly a year ago the watts 103 rd street rhy thm band has hit the charts repeatedly this year morn notably with do your thing from their to gether album and till you get enough from heir in the jungle babe album in addition to their rec ords the octet also has be come a popular attraction on the college concert cir cuit the group's biggest engagement was with peggy lee a she and barbara streisand opened the inter nationa hotel in las vegas la july it is not just the band sound that has made it a top act the dance . routine with which the islrd strict er accompany themselves have a distinctive flair that sets them apart from dth-ir musical groups who also photo on left - this • rlo f workers fright ) were ecngratttiaicd for their fine work fas the cancer crusade drive af ims fey mis hope i and miss hope iso the workers arc center mrs ralph durant mrs anna davenport who has ve.'tmteered her services tar nineteen year and miss vacate mttrehiaan they more than likely wilt be active ia the 1979 crusade postmaster myron blakeney presents awards postmaster myron f r.iakeney buffalo post off ice - made presentations to if postal employees for out standing performance of their assigned duties and for beneficial suggestions . the awards were - present ed to the employees on the workroom floor of the ma n posa office 1200 w.lliam st november 13 at.l m awards were six postal m ployees who .* volunteered their services as summer aide counsellor j for the 136 summer employment program in recognition of this outstanding perform ance as summer aide coun selors they were presined special service awards consisting of a superior ac complishment award ceit.fi cate.gold lapel emblem and 100.00 cash ■ 77 <; y..,.^7 they were lillian l lea 131 - woodl-iwn aye fvarl l moore i*9 wobiers aye ■ thsinas d ' person 917 . adams st arl«r*e j ward : till jefferson aye . helen , 12 w.11.5m •- 21 ■; fil'more , aye nd william if wife i'.lbsh 17 jritey st i ",. v •*.%• *'.■..-'■ - ;.-' y willing workers unity meeting to meet in rochester the western new yost church of god in chris wtll hold its young people willing workers unity meet ing in rochester n %-. at 512 north st december 14th at 8 p m buses will be leaving buf falo from the prince ol peace temple church of god in christ 1551 jeffea son aye at 6 p m the da nation is 3.00 minister sam kiritte is 1 president and joe loufi courton state cnairman of i advertising i - - - - - 7 v-.v .., '_,*••■ artists exhibit nov 30-dec 14 the buffalo society ■ artists small painting and photo exhibit will be held november 30th to december 14th from 10 a m to 3 p m in tha foyer of vrt maria college 210 pto _ ridge road for further infor matisc concerning the exhibit call mr john mietcarek chatr man of publicity at b mm v **..«* atlanta ga emile duplessis left ad ministrative assistant to larry morgan i general sales manager of the detroit coca cola company reviews a weekly sales rep*-it in mr morgan's office as part of his orien tation mr duplessis covered the party's sales area with several district managers n order to get the route salesman's view of the business duple-ads 34 attended george | washington carver school and northern hmt school in detroit he is a native of new f orleans la with 15 years experience in tho i field of retail merchandising , mi harry see page 4 watts band * see page 7 banking fob negro ,-,,' iyouths y'yy see page 7 jtace^rtxations *• y j oh pig 4 -, m „.,„—. ______ ... is ■ . ;....„