Buffalo Criterion, 1968-12-21

              the buffalo criterion ; vol 12—no 20 i *, buffalo n y saturday dec 21 27 •■ 1968 price 10 cents helping to know and build a better community since 1925 y yes there is a big ... ■ ,'..-•. ;■ * * „ difference the buffalo criterion western new york's institutional negro voice i will never muddy - up the field it is fully equipped to do the job your ads t and sub script help to perpetuate buf falo's only necessary and legiti mate negro press ;' -«" '■ l '■ '■ . i_i " 1 ''.' 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' '■-,'■'..- . a happy & prosperous new year to all 70 dental scholarships to be available to negro students program set for ji 969 70 school year v ' chicago ■' inpi)—the ameri can fund for dental educa tion's new program of dental scholarships for black college students has moved into its second year with the an nouncement that applications are available for the ims 70 school year v . z-£&2 hailed as a giant step by black denial educators the nationwide program was made possible by a 177,500 three j year challenge grant to the afde by th w k kellogg foundation last april the program arms to seek math denial students through an intensive career guidance effort and availability of its scholarships •" l our men and two women are currently completing their final year of pre dental ed'j cation with the help of afde schotaß&p for the ism-s3 school year each are at dif-t eient undergraduate | school i ground utt"":<«tetiy * r * " alt sts are receiving stjioo i from the afde > p.jvaosg ' i titty maintain good grades , they will also receive up to ; s2,*c for each of the lota ' years of dental school i two of the current scholar i ships are sponsored by the ikeiiogg founuauuo mi tut an anonymous con tributiun one by pepsi-co new york and one by proctor * gamble i co cincinnati [ david sloane chairman of i the afde's advisory commit tee for the program said that itec lor the program said den in the last years black den tists have decreased to the point that today there is only one black dentist per 11,500 ibiack people [- sloane who is special proj j dental scholarships bessie l walker well - known business and political figure succumbs ry mrs sett l walker de -; parwsd th life on saturday newest 14 1968 at in p ■ in ■ in ufaette general ' ho - pji*l after a long illnvtr ' * i i mrs ■ walker wfta,':l>oni in | pittsburgh perm january 19 i 1106 in vt h came to buffalo where the and her j husband established a funeral j haaitmun which became known as walker's funeral home > mrs walter w well-known .- to iftj common.iy for her " outness and guidance to y many who came to her ha >' aid a time of untie she ';:; em -' also - meaeed in ' pollute .■ - when her hatband was super visor of thus fifth ward she .-'' was a member c the eastern .':-.'; star and was very active in church work up until the tme'ei'-btr illaaw - through he mw.y contacts ■ wfckfc/-,«&fr sssae m ber utr :■ time she became known to entity as mother because she was like a mother to those who knew her well for many ,■ yean the and her husband sponsored a prostata known a as . sunday - nocturne wtßth s wa heard "; each i sunday at * 11:11 pm . and this broadcast ill he'pr'd to comfort many who :;, were taut-«n and those who loved gospel moaic mrs walker will long be remembered tot hetvtova of children her kindness and g«tier.r»,ty to mwv and be cause of this site was loved by many she leaves to mourn her buffalo youtt training on sub in pacific ixsfm •; übs hornet cvs 12 at tea fhtnc ! make second class wayne 5 wright usn 22 son of mr and mrs john f wright of 217 e utica st , participat ed in hunt r killer anti auh marine warfare exercises in hawaiian waters aboard the anti-»uhmanne warfare air cm!i carrier uss hornets hornet and other ships of he united states and canada recently participated in the junt exercise as part of an operational readiness evalua tion for the i s shipe prior to a western pacific deploy-1 ment j tanudien facort squadron ■ two turn sting ' t destroyer ' ureort hmcs mackenaje co lumbia snd yukon as the v s m the searching and screening operations also pantc.patmg was the caamd tan submarine hmcs oritm and royal canadian air fare maritime squadron ml *' ''■• 1 the i ii tm.iu.i effort | j which mbs suged by the us 1 antisubmarine warfare group i five provided a realistic i i vmiion in which the pa mi.pat ling u.s and canadian units could evaluate and perfect as methods , j hornet * presently operating with ihe us seventh fleet i in is western pacific . ' panel held on neighborhood tension in nyc c r o-jewtsh oenatons in new york following the re cent school strike were dlv owned three successive sun day evenings ending dec kth by alexander j allen east ern regional director of the national urban league and sh#d poller chairman of the governing council of th american jewish congress the discussion was entitled the negro-jewish confron lauon and was held at the mud st ym-ywca it was sponsored jointly by the aj congress and the 92nd st y an i n tegrated audience of more than 800 men and wom mi heard floyd mckissick former national d i rector of ihe congress of racial equal ity corf and theodore ttlkel actor-singer who is na tonal vice president of the aj congress and co-chairman of 1 its commission on jewish affairs . ; .-,,-.. many attend anniversary affair "-•;':'... this at ma toss place rs tmmif kt the th wedding awdwrsary f mr and mrs caen mathis in their heme ;; aad iaelfeix omit daughter | eight at m'te ferry ft . j eg among out-of-town guests ■ attend'ng.werej r tl - ,-.- mr and mrs lawrence par - ter daytae otde mr james ■-; e mathla jerseylaty n j ; ', aad mr robert price clave * land oh yy -■', - p % awmg th mm ,' buffalo -''.. attending worer '■***'''&+* if s%*f ettd'mrs eugene how ■ i ard mr and \ mrs morris . mislay mr and mrs rich , aid 8 a i 1 y t mr and mrs , g cytitha -" edwards tj mr '£ and : mrs charles lockett mr and mrs robert lang mr and mrs wsnrtell lewis mr and | mrs james hennhaw mr j and mm john j ; wharton } m me and mrs wlfliaen while mr and mrs leonard holme i :. mr and mrs sam bate mr j and mrs jean sharp mr and ;: mrs eugene mays mr and ! feeii.—-i ■■".':' i -.■-.,:,..., .;.,'. mrs beanie reed mr and mrs eldrtdge varnado mr and mrs wilbur strother mr and mrs cleveland wllttams mr and mrs charles white mr and mrs henry mcclnn moos mr and mr thomas tesmer mr and mrs wil ham : davis mr % eugene mays ir,i mr preston mays mr and mrs bugetie gar nett mrs richard henderson mr and mr roy a maihis mr and mrs theodora math is mr and mrs george grif fin mrs 4 uilfaa taylor mrs nadine smith mrs ester cal bway *..'» | ■ ' v '-- ■..'. ','*-' mr and mrs walter oliver mr joe mathis mlts cecile d mathis 7mr richard l shaw miss . lynda k ed wards mr leman boyd mrs pearl evans ... miss rita hayes mrs ger aldins sims mrs voncitle j smith mrs bertha robinson mrs francis sawyer miss beverly edwards and mr roy mathis jr leroy andersons given 10-day trip to holy land . j b a j kepcyovki pirns '■ dees a st mary's manulsw wring '- corp |« hafcoa»*pr wwtinjj licked or a la-tia trip ta the hwv lan ta a ep and mrs lerey andersen during services dee isth at [ ike prince a peace church . a god in christ jctfenwn at brunswick tv amtttotm left '»-- ata ta m i *—, . —». with all expenses paid by mr kopcynski * criterion photo rites held this s one of the la test photos of the late alfred d price of hedley st who man aged the willert ',' park hoos inf project from its beginning in 1938 until his death thanksgiving day 1968 mr j price formerly with the de partment of social welfare an active ymca and commu | nity worker is survived by his wile virginia and a son alfred . :...; panthers on both ends of violence in nj i jersey city n j f npl the black panthers have con tinued their association with violence as victims and as suspects .:-,'-'"■ -;."-■' a few days after the pan thers office in newark was i bombed three panther mem bers were arretted in this city and charged with a subma chine ; gun * attack an a police mhi onhouse # /■.,.:'■ 6-.i"v a spokesman for the pan thers anthony kaiser called the newark : bombing a retal iation for the jersey city at i tack but newark deputy p lice chief '„ kenneth melcho-.r said that any link between the two incidents was pare speculation " ' : ' i carl c nichols the party's i chief organizer tor new jer sey suffered a broken right . arm and leg bums during the newark bombing threo oth i m weft also injured «" :-. ■ arrested rin . the jersey city \ submachine attack were *- isa iah rowley 24 the panthers new jersey defense minister victor perer it of brooklyn and charles count hicks ' 3 of jersey city ' rejoins defender , louis mania de at erratic national committees deputy chairman in charge of the mi norities end nationalities di vision resigns jan 10 to re turn to sengttacke publica tions which publishes tv chicago daly defender chicago dally defender i buffalonian appears on julia tv show - eafeim jmlatta i ßetwy so ker who appmatest tuesday night dec zi a uncle low tea t«fevw**ea stow was been vi buffalo n v dec tttfc i*l ha is a relative of be tatoeru being « cousin of conrad o taibert and hi his mother mrs lmie jack son-baker moved to califor nia shortly after eugene's birth he has appeared with the our gang kids and later on formed a trio trav eling the night club circuit and tv shows he will appear again on the julia show nbc tuesday j dec 31 8:30 p.m channel *. ' he came from an acting t family as his aunt catherine jackson had one of the lead ing parts in porgy and bess which had a long run on broadway ',_.".'■,,'.. 1 fan mail may be sent in to uncle lou ; co the julia show,:2oth century-fox p.o box 900 beverly hills - calif ■ j -' mf ■ .' • a - photo below — .' this picture was taken dur ing the recent anniversary of the redeemed gospel singers at the refuge temple church on jefferson aye near high rev guy graves is shown rendering a solo the singers will appear in a program with the hewitt singers of ak ron ohio on sunday jan 19 3 p.m at centennial baptist church 299 high st rev j e myers pastsr f rev graves who has been hospi talized right after this picture was taken is now heme again . ,:■ =■.£'. '('■ criterion j photo nixon's urban outlook good says stokes m'~.*'r?-*y w-t.2 .**. tw^-.^m new york i i according ; to cleveland's nugro mayor carl stoke -*, president nixon was reported friday dec 39 to have told is delegation of american mayors that if tie had 50 billion to give to fight the problem of the cities he would give'it y : y '"■-;] ; stokes made the commentl to newsmen after the presi dent-elect met with the dele gation from the national league of cnies stokv said he left the meet ing at the fieri hotel with the impression that nixon is optimistic about ending the vietnam war hopefully itokes said this would mean j channeling mime of the money being spent in v.etnam to the cities the president-elect did rec ognise stokes ssaid that the problems of the ni are going to require money . la reporting nixon's remarks about * the =■$» lilian - ssajtmi said nlx.m would not have i ihe money because he budget ! s dicing prepared by the am going administration * asked whether the presi dent-elect was sensitive hi the problems of negroes stokes • ■ pi,«t ■ tttm rs sensntte the problems of mack ameri cans from the problems of the tie when be expressed con cent about the cities he must be expressing it about black americans " - .-.-. •. ■;-; .-■. photo below — s rev herbert v reed of tetheematte bap church bids - rev daniels of trinity baptist church rochester n v farewell as the guest speaker . finished his sermon | at gtthsemana church m grape st recently ; «.; j xriteriim phote anthology of negro poetry in preparation julian messnes announces the preparation of an anthol ogy to he called negro voices \ with beatrice m murphy well-known negro poet and writer as editor - .. i miss murphy invites negro pons under 30 to submit their poems directly to her at 117 ft st n.e washington d c mm . it is the feeling of both the j publisher and the editor that today's youth speaks eloquent ly and passionately for the black people and that they need only an opportunity to be heard negro voices hopes to meet that need • a sell - addressed stamped envelope for the return of un acceptable materia must be included poems that have been published either in.mag ■ a/ines newspapers or books i are eligible but the name of the publication must appear on the script ! poems should preferably be typewritten one'to a page there are no £ restrictions as to form subject matter or length no script will fee con sidered after apni l 1909 jobs available jobs and job training | a brighter future is in store or some 7,000 jobless in 20 league cities nil's 9.1 mil lion contract with manpower and training i development the largest single training agree ment in ; this government a gency's 8-year history calls for on-the-job training from 4 to 2 weeks depending on the industry and the job slot buffalo is included among the ! league cities '\ . y?l • negro history course starts january 8th black history the his lory of th c american ne j gro a six - week course be ' ■"— . . ' . ." ■ gins jan 8 7:30 p.m and every wednesday thru feb 12th " • v ■'. .'-....:.: a m us l course for all y americans it will be held st the lutheran church of our | savior 20 brunswick blvd just off jefferson 3rd electric signal south of sears and ca nis us 3rd block west just oil humboidt pkwy ; " learn of jour own heritage it's important learn of your neighbor's heritage that's important too your children should learn from their par ' ents that's most important ! m subjects black history and a civilization g american slav l cry compared to other terms | of slavery reconstnic tion america reflects on i black america black contributions . and achievements black h america today ■'; .*'.,' i -- 1 .--. dolores clen chosen miss phi beta lambda s . ; - ■ y _ - the coronation of miss ken i toeky state college was held j oct 10th in the bradford an ot-.i uit in frank fort ky > mm eloia hurst was crowned diss i kentucky state while her t attends miss \ taoy ; armstrong 1st mis linda ] floyd 2nd and the court watched the thnktog moment miss dolores glen a set lor st kentucky stale college majoring in business dmus titration specializing fa mem i uu»u .,.-■.. hnaien ml , phi beta lambda she fa ; the daughter of mr and mrs * john glen of lackawanna n y •._-, '■- f after the coronation the > grand ball was held in the t bell gym on saturday the - homecoming parade a foot - bail game against parsons i college and a dance that * night highlighted the exciting weekend for the queen and - her court see page 7 see page i