Buffalo Criterion, 1969-08-16

              ■ fr '"'\- * : :'--< ■.■■:-■' 0 mpa*mmmm m ' ' bk western new j . • y york's oldest largest and best-selling negro weekly vol 12—no 15 buffalo n v saturday august 16 22 1969 helping to know and build a better community since 1925 price 10 cents did know for many years the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in new york state '„. • • ■ '■.. ■■ , ... vj,*"s r -■ _ - .'"''' :"" today it is the only paper printed by negroes between cleveland and new york city v send your news photos ads to 625 william street support your only and nec essary press the buffalo criterion barbara sims confrontation harassment lane mayoralty candidacy stirs political analist pot first negro to enter mayoralty contest by staff rf.pori one of fever of today's ot/jartdr-u local negroes what tndiv.dual community work i-.---.-n m m associate of the criterion ambrose i lsa _ former cruet un cdl umnist in 1963113 announced . rttat he would enter tlie nov 3th general election us a can didate for mayor on the unity independent party ticket ' in order to become a sue cessful candidate he need 1500 val.d signatures by sep7 jih four other teammates are roosevelt rhodes of 103 m m , county legislature fifth distinct j rcten g itoiues mi 431 l utica st county legislature ! sixth district carl neal 141 pine st i county legislature seventh u.-!ii-it wfbeit ales 171 box st fulm.-re district („„ : muiv mixed reaction the arm iivcment by jr lane has brought about nrxrd reaction by wh^e and blacks as has previous fce brcak race r'fice - seeker surveys show chut mr lane h picked mammria a«mt atm has uia hacklna pi m an v m **»** in th t>laik movnnwrn indepen dent lh-m-xi.it as *„-* as independent voters he m ex pect d to run m « m\c*ia w in getting on the ballot the strong negro demo cratic mud-toe observers say did not take the proper par ticipation and interest as a bole in the 14jtd assembly races as a hope of avoiding the present crisis it will take the proper action in the may oralty race this is expected to give the organization a ma jority in the negro area observer review pattern dating back to 1925 when james raynard the first negro to seek election to the board of supervisors it took sight years later before sher man walker finally won in 19w in the case of the first council rac the criterion backed edward dixon in 1939 for lillicott district council man twelve years inter in 1951 leelend june was suc cessful in 19 35 negroes entared la'e politics when a 3nrt as sembly clerk was appointed two candidates made at tempts bti.'jre arthur maid wfck was uuccessfuliy elected the fist tiegrtt to run for t i um-ilniwn-ai was ru fus frailer who sought the cat a 1931 on the american labor party line mrs lil lian meade tuccredn tht late cord m alone -.*■ a car dirtite sought a cou m i'-lurge mat in the ear'y 60 befor oeimar mitchell won ta-j9«s.,;;ly >^^„ i y poor smowpf aero made ; f'*r the r v court hewch oivrj by clar«»ce makmev 1957 and later by judge wilbur | trammel judge william sims and as*ft-*-r da r crt burrtll before judge trammel was successful in 1068 if these facta set any pat tern mr lane wsi go down in history as breaking the ice lor a possible negro mayor alty success within the next lour to twelve year provided some type of redist ictin will not lake the reality out of this desired dream it h an indication that several other race candidates will be interested by that rime this battel is based on the fact that in almost every in stance the first mack person to seek a public ftffice was tfy a forerunner 7 7 absent from canfab " the criterion wbich has participated in more mayoral ty campaigns than any other ocal medium or organization was not made aware of the laos press conference this coverage wou'd involve n white mayoralty candidate dating back to mayor schwab's cam patgn in th c 2<h candidate for mayor cw-nesy duffelo lve.i-.ne new ■:'■ j amrrosf i lane on the horizon while sitting here mtth a yw m mwbmbm*mi tor tbe safe return of the apollo li moon travelers i almost mid we could come back to m-nrmi again but can we i aboutd hope not i hope that a would take a jon search ltg look at these mw-fi-mous vrormw of urn mm who ml *«■ m the moon a short step tor man a giant leap bar mankind _ i hope we will press for mmd to a g*ant leap in oui field of human rotations i am a ftrtn boltever that ff we put on a vigorous campaign horizon . .«.' i 1 -, — . t-l below—councilman johnson at the mmmtyn district was m head recently ta meet o j simpson eat at he nation's flashiest football becks upon ma arrival at the buffalo in ternational airport o j la aaatartad to add much tn the buffalo bills offensive and boost the team's morale ctairteny buflal evening mara ." fetes out-of town guests mrs w*ulam clark of 44 pine si was hostess at a partly recently ba n oring rev and mrs johnny tone of birmingham ala who were her house guest rev jones is the coun'y prince at triumph the church and kingdom of cod in christ and the former pas tor if mr clark guests attending th ramy mete the rev an mrs john smith mr and mr boyd benson mr and \ mrs card-tin mrs kiwe i may mrs lucille waystaff mrs j.xhnne haywood mr t rnsic bew nelson and labs j dorothy brantley unity meeting the stale young people's unity meeting of the western new rork diocese of the church ol god in chris will be held in syracuse n v en sept 12th at 8 p.m see picture page candidacy causes backlash by staff reporter p puraser ' city s court v judge > william sims and hie wile } ttarbara m sims hat brr-n ihe vichms of constant tsar j«tnem mac mis suits carneiacv for district attorney on the liberal un ci was announced it has been reported more than three weeks ago mrs sims was informed that she was going to be arrested judge sims has also been threatened with arrest v - various types of intimida tion and threats of bodily hum have been received by therm .-:."-■ just prior to the announce ment of her candidacy mrs sims confiscated « gun held by one of her clients which was turned over to the police to prevent any criminal ac tion against her client she wan neither arrested for pet it larceny nor was be charged with possession of a dangerous weapon however the fear and cowardice of the d a came into sharp focus on monday august 11 when judge mm and his wife barbara m sims were at a jewelry store on j4a*n street approximately \ at tnti.-p^rßi.-yyyy-a^.-.-i itttsle st tins hod c 1 weiibt-rj jewelry store about j p.m to get a r.ng w*scb laid beat left foe repair by a secretary jerome mfller wet formed cmi sn m i a k urr.ed the ring to mrs sims j earlier when mr sims arrived home after closing his bou tique shop at 297 e ferry st which sells rings be dis covered that the ring had not been returned to mrs sims they returned to the store at 8:40 and found that mr mil ler had left the clerks said that they did not know where the ring was v - mr sites talked do mr mil ler by phone at the jewelry store who stated that be did not know where the ring was he thought be might have thrown il in the garbage can an argument ensued and race again the buffalo police refused to protect the rights of members of the black population and failed to give them equal protection of the law . . . - ths type of confrontation has caused many citizens of color to charge that the city acfminisratiort for the past tour years has aat ti'y by while the buffalo pof-cs force has h&pme more and more like an oc cup.ition army y during the entire episode ectlng chief cl detective gavin stalled that he was acting on the orders of the district attorney peter no taro an assistant d.a ar rived on the scene and stated he had done just right the jewelry store owrter begged them to keep him i:t of any rimir.yi proceeding.y j attorney barbara m sims j witnesses to convene at aud sept 26-28 oscar milton presiding min cer of the buf fa'o central angr-cg-t tion of jehovah's witnesses announced that the i roup's lancaster co % regi on has been des*gnxted the wot congregation for the 3 y semi-an.nu.il circu con wuson being held sept 14 -' i in buffalo's war memorial ' mdiisfma ■. • mr daniel hat-eft meaner of the hoist oof!*reg2ttica has sees actively planner to ta j vern a full program of mia | eves under the assembly heme right kad ol mm.v «*.** i | - an 7 ; jar milton pasted mr itu as conchadutg the j nd sp*as«ca of jeh.-v.iys ij witnesses mrs l wright elected to frat church posts mrs mary louise wright i was elected district grand right noble governor thurs day aug 7th in the l.i j*i;*ej hotel during the tin bien-1 li.'l convention of th it rict grand househal of ruth no 7 grand un fed or-1 let of od..i*-i v mrs wriiiht will serve the state of new york especially the wny ire*l > sh also succeeded herself for the ninth year frdjy august ist as president of be women's aurj-ary to th western baptist ass'n rev h v reid was elected mod r-.*ar mrs wright resides with her husband a former na orally known boxer and n»jier during the 19's oli ver snow flake wright at 4*l wood'awn aye david anderson gets new post david l anrv-rso chief of social work service at die veterans adm.tv*!ration hos pita in lincoln neb has t-mtm .„,.■*•**. cmef 4 the social service division of the agency's department of vet erans benefits to washing ton d c mr andenson will be re sponsible tor establishing out patient social service at re gional u s veterans assis tance centers across the country • while serving in the lincoln post he was active in com m v n i t y affairs serving as vice president and program chairman of the maione com munity center board and es a board member of the lincoln com muni-try council housing help inc and the comnfittee of 1,000 he also served as a faculty field instructor for the univer s i t y of nebraska graduate school of social work ' mr anderson came to the lincoln v a hospital three years ago from the v a hospital in east orange n j where he was assistant chief of social work service for five years accompanying him to his new post will be his wife the former miss nancy king and two daughters kathy and paula he » the youngest son of mrs ora l anderson and the late james t anderson photo below — recently trinity baptist be came the first local church lo complete payment ol its s^oo pledge for a life membership to the national association lor the advancement of colored people the worthy cause was initiated by mrs mary j hackney left others are pev s l hargrove pastor receiving the naacp mem bt-rsh ri plaque from rums frasier chairman of ihe na acp life membership proj ect and sherman l walker i man of the trinity bap tist church trustee board marine midland promotes william r bailey the promotion a wil'.tem r bailey to assistant vice president of manne midland trust co of western new york has been announced by john l h'tttrick executive vice president 7 mr bailey continues to serve as manager of the bank's community develop ment division a position he has held since the division was created a year ago to broaden the function of the section the division directs and coordinates marine's ef forts to assist in the overall development of the city of buffalo particularly in core areas i the new assistant vie a i president joined tbe bank a a management trainee in 19*6 and was named assistant manager of the community relations section in april 19s8 bore in ctarlotte n c he moved la buffet io . wil * bis ; fcim-'y in 1*42 and was grad uated from hurchinaon - cm ; tral technical high school and the state university of luflalo front itm-m he 1 sawed wxfi he u a air force in europe he is professional vifce pres ident of build inc a direct or of rhe black business de velopment corp the coali tion for capital corp and african cultural center a trustee and treasurer of the buffalo equity foundation and a member of the state regional advisory board of the small business adminis tration and the recmul moo agement consultants in 1966 he was a loaned executive to the united fund ot buffalo * erie county . mr and 1 mrs bailey and their three children live at 147 urban st buffalo to represent school district at education confab dr samuel l woodard for mer vice principal of genesee humboldt junior high school buffalo is representing tha .' itmphia school district at he national association for african american education conference in atlanta ga aug 19 24 he will present two papers dealing with afro-american history on the elementary lev el dr woodard is now di rector of program implemen tation for the philadelphia school district i - promoted william bailey buffalonians return from texas visit mrs and mrs frank moore and mrs frank i merriwtather st have ra | warns mate from a delight 1 ful visit m their home in ju<ton texas which they have nut via ted for many years they were the guests l mr move's sister mrs sarah m thompson other relatives and friends to them the city is almost entirely new only a few spots left to be renewed the business section bos some of the most beautiful buildings to be seen any where and also beaut-tut churches and other types ol structures ihe city has stretched out so much and it is said to have neatly 1,500,000 in pop ulation the section in which they stopped was . said to have been a hunting ground when they left people as as hospitable as ever and it was a pleas ure to ride through mow of the residential sections arid see the beautiful hemes most of which are brick mg*e houses and ranch style with their wt-11 kept lawns one could just feel the great pride they had in the r neigh borhood - j we had the pleasure ol touring the astrodome which we are unable to describe except to say that it is very huge and very beautiful houston has one recently century theatre gio petre recreates one at the ireil provocative smd talked about film roles is z , from sly helm's novel i a woman part i ilartla wednesday sept 3rd at the century theatre - see page i texas visit see page 4 cs*e pg «>