Buffalo Criterion, 1969-02-01

              western new york's oldest jl w jbfc ftfl tmm '■ ' ""--'" - ' - - ■■:-:" *-" * '•''.*'. '* largest and yr*g ' mat mm 9 a m ** ' best-selling negro weekly , a^'«^*m i vt7f5 llsalllljr did you know for many years the cri terion was the only pa -; . '-.. • .;.,* j -_>* ... i _.... ■.„ r v i ; '.'-''. per printed by negroes in r - *- - - " ** • > new york state :;, j -;- ' i ~.. '„;.;.. ■,'-.,-.' -, '■" ' y ; .. ' i 7 . :■_ today it in-the only i paper "•■' '"..'' : ■''■-- -'■" ': ■'■' j '- -.' '': .'.-' ' - printed by negroes rb c tween - cleveland and new york city t 7 --■ vj.vi ::.,-,,- v 1 send your news photos ads to 625 support your only and nec essary press pkice 10 cents the buffalo criterion / buffalo n.;y saturday february 1 - 1969 v 1 •-■■--- : *..- 7 ,-____■_ ■_ i •'•■■■ . ■ **■ t**i _.. . ,„' • helping to know and build a^better community since 1925 „ vol 48—no 2 2d class completes training at marine trust ten citizens to be honored at negro history program to honor ten . ten persons be honored for coir.-nunity service at the annual national negro his to?jr program \ friday feb.l 14 at sl john baptist church citadel and michigan accord ing t mrs joyce allen gen eral chairman they are ." ' rev - and mrs b c mo 1 cartey bishop e f mcclel lan rev and mrs s k lew is rev t liana > frank e mar 1 i weather jr buffalo crlterk'i sherman l walker mrs mary crosby chapelle mrs utile milliard donald mullinv gerald ponipay and ix raid allen '.' py t . j,l ■;; guest speaker * will be dan aid lee maiden of ih c siate naacf * -.-:'-. . v "_ w stokes to speak at kleinhans february 5th rl'i ctevwftml mayor carl bj ****** mm * prate m tv v white ■ prowem.7,'at - kleaihanj _ wujle ha ij - 4 on wednesday yah i g g-.m p.m < or imsfces will zjm'itmw •«<*«* * lijfeif'jl^tor m pp r i in j rliw tin 1 « r ii'ttti tectura^^el f r 1 c % . tpaosorjsd t py ca__*__li___aj f-^^m^'^w * s dk7*j^^pa^t,,«s i to bo ei«et_*d mayor it a ma vmsdwn ctty tout aliice 4 . ak&la9tikaaha 1991 si ace wen me of bis be*fr4ww : etctunpushmeftt 7baa b*eo 5 mm format of the cteve ', boozy no program a ik ■ jmar community - action ' pro ■ i;ram to . raise t 250,000 by a public doaat-ati which will augment civic effort la boos of health welfare and rec nathm t '..,,,,- : r ;" .* . - a tmt\*ket clowland mr stokes drooped out of high school u work in a fourx'ry he then entered the army at mam 11 10 atved with the army occupation in germain after being honorsrbly dis charged a a corporal he re turned to school and received km high school diploma l mr soke at!ended west virgin stale college and cleveland coljesa of western reserve unlver«lty while at * the i'mversity of minnaaita law school be earned a b.s i :: lew degree ilb-'fmauy jp cmvod ..: an :. lli -. degree by attending night c'asaes at cleveland . marshall law stokes mishap victim l ''' m^pmwr<mmmm9m her john * h monroe pas r tec of greats hope baptist church wai involved la aa auto accident jan 13th while waiting for a traffic light at main and allen st the car i owned and operated by ed riley mat struck from behind giving rev monroe a severe shock he was token to vet erans hospital for observa han the criterion and many others wish him a speedy ra : coveiy "-..'. " ( * safety slogan contest opens feb 1st , _ the 13th annual traffic sm'.-t j slogan steelworkers urge all-out vote feb 11th caucus of black strelwm *<• i . j i'ndoise abel burke mo teny -.-,' - ■ i •'■; f i * citing j exu'iis've civil right progress made under ihelr bstos 1 incumbent aiim<ni.itu tktv.'-m'-ad line committee tmgaui'ail tit black members m t the i ■■■ i.ii ttcwwarfcitii " of ; amartea ... ha recommended he reeleciiim <;{ ail three top : yaw a officers 7 j j president 1 w ahel sec retary treasurer walter j > hiuie and vice fimhlan jfo-'j epb p moluny were endorsed it * the riiir.n.ituc i .' t naifcn.il meeting on 3«a.71*-l m phu-i adelphli '; th caucus group *!-<> urged ] tslkom htdemlpai support f th candidacies trfft^aihanlel lee and leander sitnms two big fines aeek.n high in lie .; labor i gamut .'• v ho 1 * v v jlmm eltlima ms i ui*wa*»^''lfaiee*f»tin ?» pmttk : fot n*erna.ion a tellers which will ; tabulate - the v«es to be or tuesday feb hi by i tome 1.2m.0m steel workers 7 ' ■'.-.■'■ "- ' ' ,'-*. - a-fy a -*>. .; i s>mro it involved m a tight j fight to become ittrectof^of : the ' union's "' district " i ; whose | headquarters are in h*s home ; 1 csiderxe of . baltimore md vlf victonous simms will be the first negro tit head ■ vtpwa district and a a re suit will become the first black member of the steel worker policymaking inter national executive board , both lee and simm are being strongly supported by the abel burke-molony team '* fact which i viewed very favorably by the ad hoc com mittee j ncc to sponsor conference on black - white power feb 6 j the national conference of ; christians and jew will spon j sor a conference on black and white power thursday v ; feb th in the brotherhood*la-ac tion building 40th st and 7ih aye new york beginning at i:3 a.m -:■ i the keynote speaker will be dr nathan wright chairman of he iftft and ims national black ptxwerr'e6nferense»"and author of the recent book let work together '♦-.■■ * harry o blight associate new yortt program * director of the * nccj j and conference coordinator said that the con ference is being called to con sider a new look at the use cf power whether there la a legitimate place.hi our soci ety for separate as well a togetherness and the ques tion can we wrok together bright said that die areas of interest with which the con ference will be concerned tie education law enforcement economics polities and com munity - - -*. the conference black power—while power a new look a a follow-up to one sponsored by the nc c j in now york last spring that conference black power — a positive force was or ganised and con ducted by black power advocates dr wright executive direc tor of th dept of urban work of the episcopal d cese of newark will deliver the keynote address at 10 m a.m conference participants will then break up into v.n ou interest groups . office supply industry calls negro salesmen ! mm 82 of \ lh«j nation's officfo product > dealer are concerned aba v i the % race problem in tin united state the men who supply the na tion's office with pencils paper t i is furniture and dic tating machines ere ready in give list black nu*n and mem b«ti;."u/vo th _' r minorities "« mora meaning role in then firm '■•':■-'-. * c<i •■ "£&?■*: j [ 7 these weie tue hiding re ; purted lin a new coast to-con t *, urvey 7 lor a ape ml report 1 can the black man make li in t bi » f indunuy >•-. in the \ december issue o the tp.ag.i ilne o 11 1 c a'r appliance klmhursii ml nation itier-j cliandhjngt.'tna,jsai;tne'7 cav^tha -. j office . products -; held -** j f the dealer were exited j what i your responsibility i to minorities sortie t^j-i ac knowledged a social r*****sansu : biluv 10 - work lor i e*oio<sm t integration - 11 laid thoy . bad ji , j^*ipoos!iiu^*,{nr*4 9 a rtam d4*l nay m wi ih^iiid m<f^:%y-s f however only it mid they felt a moral 7 respondi ■ ; bi l ity ito hire train and push ' | forward into position el re sponsibility minority :-' group : members v v'--v *. <.'; : '• v t x the 77w who hire racial rnlr.ortt.es r 43 reported their work is satisfactory 3 said it it outstanding and 22 re j fused sio generalize to . the question were they hired mostly for manual work 45 said yes 29 no and to - bo answer : ■ the critical guage of how far dealers'are willing to go said the study is whether the office products dealers would i hire negroes or other minor ' ay group mt-maet as outside i salesmen to this key ques i tion 71 of ' the dealer _$£ negro salesmen '-,"•: i<s rowan named to board of wash journalism center , washington—-carl t rowan i ryndicafed columnist and tel evision commentator hos been named a member of the board at trustees m the washington journalism cen ter ..'■-.-. . :** ■*'*. *» nawbold noyes chairman of the center's board of trus tees and editor of tha wash ington star announced that rowan was one of four new members of the board the other new member are frank batten publisher norfolk - portsmouth newspa pers inc norfolk va john k ryertaon senior editor the kiplinger washington ed itor inc washington and richard s solum president cbs hewn new york } mr rowan winner of num erous awards for journalistic achievement while he was a reporter for the minneapolis tribune is a former deputy assistant secretary of state for public . affairs former ambassador to , finland and former director of the united states information agency john h johnson president of the johnson publishing co in chicago also is one of the 29 members of the center's board of trusters the washington journalism center an independent non profit institution awards ap proximately 49 fellow ships each year to young profes sional journalists journalism students who have had profes sional experience and young negroes interested in careers in journalism each fellow j ship provides tor 1 weeks of tudy and work in washing ton ■-..; v ' the center has a three-year s:sis«o grant from the fort foundation for a program to rowan jehovas's witnesses at aud feb 14-16 3-day circuit asssembly the buffalo congregation oft jehovah i witnotaasisou'theasl i umt „ will i attend . three-day £ circuit assembly sponsored by k the watrlmower " bible and tract society of brooklyn | n.-'vvjj assembly si\k-a ill bet memorial auditorium f<*bru-i1 ury 14 itt ■ - * > ■ j 77 in reading the announce ment to - th congregation it their kingdom hall ronald man presiding ': minister j urged that personal invitation*t be extended to all rea'-*'w»ii dttnti to ", attend!ithe key mate j address of fhe assembly mr louis beija district supervi sor \ will 7 peak on the sub ject law and order — whan f and how sunday the 1 l«th at 2 j pat _>%■**! j-v _>' y a g t john caieter circuit up*"m visa for the world headquar lets of the watcfctower socie ty will address \ the • audience i sunday at a p.m hi subject yssm y ae4^m*wf}kti t r_j ip w^i_^,%*-^'s*-*4 i coleman id " fljat 2c?»iv*fi tion plans are announced well , ' in advance so that the entire j congregation may prepare to ■ attend the scriptural discus sions and advance their min ister ial i training every one associated with our congrega tion in planning to • be pre ent he stated " * r7 *' whole families including children will be at the audi torium to benefit from instruc tion and practice in christian living jesus set i the exam ple he concluded when at ; the age of 12 he was . found at -; the center of jehovah's 1 temple and said did you not know that t must be at the house of my father " ;" | the watchtower ■ society is encouraging more participa tion in the bible study work by scheduling a special pro grant on this subject saturday night th public is invited to j attend r.v^''v * j '"'' ' 1 2nd information meeting feb 13 the second public informa tion meeting in a continuing , series planned by buffalo , public schools will take place , thursday feb 13 at 8 p m ; in south-ode , junior high school 430 southside p_cwy i it was announced by schools , superintendent dr joseph ' ; manch.»""»_.i i the southside meeting fol lows the introductory program held at riverside high school on jan if - j „ or manch said the \ purpose of the meeting is ita answer question j from interested members in the ,: community . and to help clarify wins and goals of the school sys tem,.77?-:"i ;; *' ''-; •;■/. **£.£*; the southside program is , not restricted to citizens in . the south buffalo area but i open to : anyone interested i in the affairs and objectives of buffalo public schools the { superintendent • stated ** „ . the meeting will include a j presentation by school staff ol current activities and a discussion \ of new ideas the audience will be given an op portunity to ask questions cm a wide range of educational topics * dr manch will chair die discussion in the school audi tornim ■•' "«-'■ vr v negro history speaker donald lee president n y state naacp director and assistant appointed to epis the . board of trustees of the state 4 university of $ new york has appointed julian s j peasant g jr £ as director of j the experimental program hi independent study epis at state university a buffalo g epis was , established in september by the university under the . sponsorship of the select committee on i equal opportunity to enhance and expand the educational oppor tunity of minority students in the buffalo area and the state under <: the 7program "" mora than 124 minority group stu dent from the metropolitan buffalo area have been a mitted to the university thru the extension of * the enroll ; ment quota for 10m-w • detroit scope mag analyzes what's with black business and how it is doing the inauguration of presi j dent nixon again placed the spotlight on the new admin istration's - eft-expressed plan tto increase g black capitalism as an instrument of self-help ; for ghetto residents ; .. i -„, j * jim ingram takes a pene trating look at black business ;— its success stories and some . ot b its failure in the january 18th issue of detroit scope magazine ,_.; •■•_..*'■, % according to ingram it seems j that the . cry learn i baby learn may take prece dent over burn «. baby bum and evolve - into earn baby earn as some of the neces sary efforts to make it pos sible begat to surface * ingram quotes a leader in the movement for economic ' development of - the black community as saying what many whites fail to under stand is that flacks are talk ; ing about becoming the fran chisor ratner than the fran chisee of the snbinesses _ asist director international jazz recording artist archie skepp has been appointed associate di rector of the eapertaietrtal program for independent study at state university at buffalo mr shepp will act as coordinator betwcev'ndmtalv ir.ii.irs and student \ partici pating at . the program f •' y-c to addition to hi position with epis mr shepp 81 erve aa lecturer . i music 94 aa assistant director of the clack studies program new in the pi-icn ing stag at lh university . mr shepp well kmau ta jan aftrlaaadaa was reared to philadelphia and received a r5 to drama from *__•*. dard college defer turning ta a full-time career in tarn sat he tptt-jht to tie new i : vert city public school sys lent narked far the depart ment mi welfare there and became part at new york's mahfthalw for youth since ptoyfng with the ar chie sfcepp • ml duo qoar j let at ike world festival in ■ helsinki to 1362 he has been one of the most exciting a y an i garde saxophonists in the field mr . shepp , cut his first professional recording in im2 and has appeared at sev eral newport jazz festivals " : 1 during those years he con tinued us . vital interest in drama the two arts merged in hi to allegory junebug graduates re-flight a play with music and lyrics which was produced by new york city chelsea theater center early in 1147 v archie mil vr neighborhood museum to mark negro history month the negro in american history on view feb 1-7 ax%ot*kt.ai hie negro in american hlsit«y s a special j exhibitior in honor of > negro [ history month will vhe on view at muse the bedford . lincoln neighborhood muse j urn feb 1 thru 7 the exhi biion has been brought to i muse through the efforts of the museum's community ad visory council '' *>-*'. more than 500 documents hook photographs medals j artifacts and original . news ; ; papers depicting some of the outstanding achievements of afro-americans have been as sembled < for the exhibition by middleton a harris a native | of brookjiyh mr ; harris is founder and director of ne gro history associates lnc j over the last decade he has developed one of the country's largest and most valuable col lections of material on airo american history * ?,, describing . this exhibition mr harris points nut tt i gives a broad view of the ne gro experience in america from colonial to present times the display is intend ed to arouse further research on the part of viewers to ; bring about a better under i standing of how we got where we are today in race rela tions and to promote har mony arid deeper understand ing between groups of people and individuals .... among outstanding material in the exhibit are the original burlington vermont times on view i northington singers observe 6th anniversary feb 16th the nortkington singers will i celebrate their sixth anniver } sary on sunday february 14 ki p.m at walls memorial ame lion church 43 glen • i-w avenue special guests i vi be the christian arthurs j from akron ohio iiong with 1 the gospel community group youth training participants and parents attend session at marine midland j buffalo . an orientation . ses _ i sidn was held recently at mai rine ' midland * trust co . ot ' j western new york for 14 ; members of the bank's yn.'dl ! opportunity in v banking prt gram ami their parents '■_. f ; the yob prom am l a pkg i aerl effort under way at marine to aid local h gh school seniors in preparing for bus \ ness * carpet ',-. r * ■ "- '-* ■ ? -;. '■-'„ * . the*progrum w a * ' eitafcu liiibed m the fall of 1967 with 12 youths who then were •*•*%>.; sots at four buffalo . high | schools and had been selected ;. from a group of 25 appuet l • who and went mt^lcv4,i ! nine of the . 12 original • train : i tei completed the course and j ! cha»e either to join the ban i on a full-ma has or to tern tnuo their education in » w-;.v":,;->.'5 ; : v ','- the program runs-each yejf j i roß^cktobe r.a'!thi]poate^3iapdr *"" und ptovseck tot 1 phiihiipahi t t receive train hiife(',a3ai."t tinulng.-their high school yttad lies during the nine-month pc | riod the students irk abet "; i three ' hours daily five day a week after school training includes orientation and actual p j service in - banking services i industrial financing mart gapes and other loans mid land time charge plans i branch operations and person inel topics , - to qualify for the program i and to continue en the job i training the stodenti are re i quired o maintain passing i grades in school to show im provement in their work per formance and to maintain a good attendance t record at both'school and work gradu ation from high school fes prerequisite to earning a yob program ceritf.cate of com , pletion :■_ w ■ ■. ■ primary object iver of the pro , gram is to etjc'-'ara^s.h-lßh school senior to conaptets their educaton : kna to em phasise bus ines career op ' portttnitles lor * kkatmgg who otherwise may net be aware of such opportunities the pro j gram was established in co . operation with buffalo super j intendent of schools dr jo i seph manch the board of ed ucation and high rchool prin cipals and guidance counsel , ors ■ v'-v ■/':".'": ■'' the recent program includ i remarks and briefings by marine president david 1 | laub executive vice presi i dent john l hettrick senior vice president c edward berrymani vice president al mai a babbidge and com ' munity development division manager william r bailey the program . concluded wits the trainees conducting | their parents on tours of their work areas ■-' -.'..... '••'; '.• current - participants in the program include ft georgia adams its burton i st sheila anderson 173 syc j amore st diane basset 232 i laurel st paul cos ten }*%' 1 317 fox st ; neville grant 77 lemon st - william ma si 11 orange st albert moore jr 1 humboldt hkwy , and brenda patter mb 12 boat st all of east high school shrill hawkins m florid st frank jeter 7*l florida st dennis scbulu 121 f!oa ida st and barbara schwanfce 134 geisten si ; of lafayette high school wiflaid moe 5 clinton st and gerald patterson 29 mor ton pi of hutchinson itch ' oicai - fejij hem page 9 so page i see pag 2 ! see page '«)',", see page b .' '"■■" ii ■■■ hi iimii — a.i