Buffalo Criterion, 1968-08-24

              ; it pays to do business with established firms especially your r very own ! i i " it pays to v do business with es it bed fil ni . the criterion press oilen photos engraving ads public relations job print ing and publishing — with one ; of the greatest depths of knowl ; edge about negro development in • western new york — all in one [» atop shopping — a fixture since p1923 i vol 42—no 12 price 10 cents the buffalo criterion western new york's institutional negro voice will never muddy - up the field it is fully equipped to do the job your ads and sub scriptions help to perpetuate buf falo's only necessary and legiti i mate negro press this acurate mouthpiece haa made many contributions to the growth of this community fos more than 2-score years buffalo n v saturday august 24-30 1968 the buffalo criterion yes there is a big difference dr s austin heads mt vernon h.r comm beverly ma calif.—mrs rancid reagan wife f the governor of california rattas attentively as biind tana he tftae eaataaaa left and lin da „ taama ; raaabtt specialty . prepared ' braille programs at a th awgaaait flea do tttdilfc merchandise ■*"*''"" t m*m ty^pp reematt ■ '#« :■ ji gf-fl ... : ..■■-.'- the braille program includ ed fabric aad leather swatches and raised thermeform draw ings ol leading fall silhouettes mere than 200 mind southern california teens attended the show featuring highly descrip tive commentary rock n roll music a n d a perfume explo ' sion sighted teen models wearing clothes from the show walked among the teens and invited them to touch the merchandise x • helping the teens get the feel of fashion were such leading califernians as mrs reagan irene dunne debbie reynolds who commented and pop rock singers sonny and cher who performed mrs j robinson dies funeral services were held monday august 19 v*a at st luke a.m.e zion church for mr jennie robinsrn jackson of mulberry st who was found dead in bed thura day august 11th she was a resident of buf falo tor a number of years and beccme a member at st luke a.m.e zion chun vm mrs robinson more than 250 delegates to attend democratic confab largest number ever of negro delegates with the national democrat ic convention opening in chi cago aug 25th over 250 ne gro delegates will participate n the selection of the party's ' presidential standard bearer ] according to a pre limmary statement by louts martin deputy chairman of the dem ocratic national committee they are from 27 states : and the district of columbia thus tar 228 negroes 139 ; delegates and 89 alternates ! have been reported with mich igan in the lean with 28 he grata 19 as delegates and 7 as attentates . * . in the 11 states of the.old confederacy thus far 73 ne groes bf ye been listed 33 del egates and 40 alternates • .. in releasing this prelimin ary report martin called par t ular attention lb negro po litical develop ment in the swab he said *■-'- . * -,. ti .,./. l we f»*n » have the targes deffgauoa of £«"«•£.«*» | it m the smut that has aver participated in a national coo , vention ul a major party state reconstruction further th c j increased reg istration as a result of the 1965 voting i rights act w«l enable south i crn negroes to play a signif j cant role in the 1968 election martin continued the con structive work of the special ! equal rights committee of ! the democratic national com i mittee which is headed by gov richard hughes of new jersey has made a dramatic impact upon the democratic patty fa the south the gov ernor is determined to make j certain that all democrats i regardless of color have the ! opportunity to participate in party activity at all levels citing statistics compiled by convention library begins sept 5th thursday sept s me bid fafci and erie county public library wifl bag ma fail sebadvlc of mobile library service ... . „ the tour larga bookmobile wil visit 17 locations through rna the county m school and other locations mom places are visited twice a month but several are un a weekly ba strrvmt adults as well at fhtidren each of me four j book van came about van v*sßaea selected for all agea and interests it a desired book i k not m th t jluro*wfc m may be requested tor the next trip fraa the large stock at headquarter the supply of circulating ■**» in the central lfcrarv , m aim available tor the book a adult clientele p rare and ptnno-jiraph records ■■» be rat-ueatad ' . , ■ in era county's inter ', changeable library system atatstlau may he bammed t ay houkmobile stop or 1 waaauaity l*rary ad may be returned at the tame or ay other library outlet the bomnrar card is good any mmm as the system the prem-nt summer ached mobile library '•■'«•« - more ihan 600 mayors city vt.nth ■ nal state and local officials lecentlv at iefttost was h in washington shown ii to ngnti with vice president humnhrni wow vice president george wyatt a^k tent si 6ss ld d entj 6eol w w * a^sis ordnator°ca<vd a d br t empl"yn.™t co stateao ambrobe lane ' **** entertain relatives mr and mrs fred wynn trwntr of fred dejeratensen at broadway and hickory st entertained several relatives and irienda dun the past age days frnrt brty hud at guests mr and mr james e wynn 4 cincinnati ohio guests from washington d c included mr and mrs ernst montgomery mrs em ma holden and her daughter mrs james warner mrs mania stepney and mrs an na williams they toured niagara falls nd canada while in the vi cinity hardwick jr ill arthur hardwick jr buf falo first negro assembly man is reported ill in the veteran hoapital in batavia n y mcinnis visit kin mr and mrs james mc innis and family of 408 east utica st recently visited her brother pete lemon in mas si lon ohio j a son james lowry left friday august 16 for port aberdeen proving ground maryland after vising his family for several days dr r.a hawkes heads seek program the appointment of robert a l-;i ■, to the position of director erf the seek pro gram search for education elevation and knowledge was approved recently at a now york city hmcheffli-meetr ing of the board of trustee of the state university of \ new york mr hawker ap point m nt to tha tlh.oon.a year position at the state university college at buffalo w*ii become effective sept 1 t»6b in announcing the new ap pointment president e k fretwell jr said we are search committee's recom mendation of mr hawkes to head the seek program mr hawken emerbed as the com mittee's number 009 choice out of more than tony candi dates cotandtred for the posi tion he was selected he sttu [ after a oatkajwide recruit ment which included appli cants as far away as berke ley calif the u.s bureau of commerce in washington d c and morgan state college seek prog live mannequins at bflo g-e-x cheektowaga—nine living mannequins will highttt^ht the grand re-opening celebra tion at buffalo g-e-x 2500 w,alden aye cheektowaga on thursday friday and sat urday aug 22d 23d and 24th the mannequins modelling | g-e-x back school and fall fashions will be featured in our shows during the festi val c progress reopening j at 8:00 p.m on thursday the 22d and friday the 23d ami at 1 m and 5 p.m on sat urday the 24th mannecr'n modelling where the living model assumes the l position of a statue moving i rtr&y oven every 15 minutes | to shift poses was first intra duced to the mass-merchan dising public by national bel las ilea of kansas city the ' parent company of g-l-x in early 1967 and has been the ; feature of bella hess-g-e-x openings throughout the coun try | the john robert powers trashing school of buffalo i 1 nrrrtnae the model tot the g-e-x living murine fnoins under the direction of mrs nancy vodkert of the power agency and mr ted ferttg of national bellas h**-g-e-x the living mannequin shows are open to the public and no reservation are nec essary mr james d blakeney '■*■ the general store manager of t*rffato g-e-x corp appointed chm commission on human rights rev dr samuel austin mayor august 9 p.etriuo has announced the appoint neat of rev dr siato austin as chairman et cae mount vernon commission am j human rights rev austin imtetnts bey harry d rob s*mam st she rraignmd fr»«n the caatatiwfea bec»u*e at hit tqini nlment to -». mm nax'nu iin upper new york rev austin pastor ef thr grace baptist church al i mount vernon since im3 waa the former pastor af the pil grim baptist church of buf falo k y he received his elementary ugh school and college training in buffalo and excelled in sports and was offered basketball scholar ships to severe colleges be cause af his interest in tbe ministry which interest began when he was 13 years old he accepted a local scholarship attended buffalo schools and pursued his education at the buffalo bible institute and canisius college with gradu ate work done at the univer sity of rochester and colgate divinity school he received an honorary doctorate de i gree before coming lo mount i vernon rev austin served as pres | ident of the sunday school and baptist training union congress in the city tf rut ilo and was president of the luffalo improvement associat ion which is associated with the southern christian lead ership conference he holds 1 offices in the baptist educa tional center board of direc tors the united missionary baptist assn the naacp the council of churches and the negro registration commit tee of mount vernon he is president of the united ne gro clergy of mount vernon and the unity civic league wllh bis candidacy last year for mayor of the city at mount vernon he became the first negro to run for the of fice of mayor in any city el the state of new york he is currently vice-president of the west cheater crime commit sion dr austin and hi wife the former naomi brawn and , their two children samuel jr age 14 and cynthia age ' 12 reside in mount vernon appointed to staff doctor's hospital i mrmart & mam aa tawarty m**a*4 to the ttatr at omttmr's hospital la tana "■■** x v b it t grada te at taaat state l)al ; enl(y aad i.an s l.und i ai wsßy saßaaf at pediatry jpmvfcas.ftrved a ate pre*i ithwtfsf ihe podiatry atml af na vat western dlvulon ad ** presently th ire amr | r h * ba actwa fat civic sum at i eatnttaaty mrs l morgan dies leaving church service mrx cat a morgan of 281 a&to st died sunday aug ust 11 1968 coming from he morning service at friendship onptiat church ite got in bet car took ft nut uf gear and slumped over the wheel she waa taken in an arrttmilartwj 0 the h pital hut died on hi way ft ip said - -<**'•/■>'•.•- she wax the helnvud moth er of captain dons morgan army nut*e corps currently ml i>ned in yokohama ja pan and a ton melvin mor san of syracuse n y timer of mr claude hum and mra httca bcnaon both of new york city boyce robinson ml theodore robinson both of detroit mich also sur vived by 13 grtn-vih wren 15 nephcnm and mem meres mia morgaa am hem a hftd and active member >.' friendship b ptt-x chuth lace mawlng to buffalo m i w^fnws ; ker .• trtmetmn*it*t r,fiwiwilk».-t s"'c:"*ln nation j to tervinc in the mm ch>ar i*e w also the aecreury nf the b e missionary circle her other activities inciud d beitnt secretary - treasurer of the adam st block club nd secretary of the christian community club mra morgan will be mourn ed by a host of friends not nnly in buffalo but through *« the country mayor's council to administer jkf recreation program fred readme executive director of the mayor's court ut wi v4a.u s.rt—-^~"-j m noonced that the count proposal for the improvement of facilities and personnel strength at the john f ken nedy recreation center has been approved by the new york sflaie division for youth since it s approval 20,000 has been made available for the i rtt p1 c mentation of the program the mayor's , coun cil proposal was in response to recommendations made in an appraisal of the jfk cen ter by the nys division for youth *,* this now program in oper ation this summer provides or the hiring of ten group leaders five faculty afmsonrs state university college and | five indigenous youth leaders one faculty advisor and one < indigenous leader are assign ed to each of five departments ! at he center art musk in dustrial arts drama and home economics also built into the program re provisions and wages for ten students from the state mayor's council school board to hold pro staff meeting a general meeting of the sntire professional staff buf 1 , ut public schools will be held at memorial auditontm tuesday sept 3 beginning at ' a.m » dr e k fretwell jr president of buffalo state uni versity college will be the principal speaker his topic w.tn be two kinds of men make good teachers buffalo's 4.000 teachers and dminisuators from the ten ul office will also hear open ng remarks by dr joseph manch supt of schools dr bernard s roseribtat prem jent board of education will reet staff members on behalf i the board » rabbi leonard buchen president board of rabbis wih deliver the invocation nd jwck bixuore associate supt division of personnel v.l give the in memoram for teachers who died since st year's convocation open music will be prwid d by albert watts teacher i at school 72 flag bearers are students from sooths i untor high school vocal ie ctions will be supplied by li.w joan oliver a student t kensington high school at 2 p.m on tuesday meet | ***** * i be hold in all schools i tor members of the profes sional staff assigned to each school * th the exception ot eacbers of speech correction and physical education speech orrectfcn teacher w?5l meet it school 45 and physical cd cation teachers at school 38 on wednesday sept 4 afl adnata wih open at the reg far time for registration and \ rgprizatton rumor central 88 3 - 714 1 what it rumor central rumor central i a program run try the ih pi of human tattoo wilh the cooperation of a number of concerned cit terns who lane volunteered to uwemlsjrte ntmora which increase rat tat tensions and to nliy accurate ttuitunuiivft mek to the public ' if >.-.• hear a rumor all atl-ntl immediately ■• someone will answer the phone at any lime day or night if rumor central has ba information yon desire a will hr gven an you 11 rumai central does rax have the ap propriate information one of our vutentrrr field perfume will he contacted and he will hveatlgate thr rumor rumor i central vi then call you hack wfth accurate fadonna en orsaataattaaa presently bark tag wbb baner central : awetfcaa civil liberty wm bar ami j committee on • civil diwrdera build cao i kv&r f*.*t tm cm lit 00 ot churches and a«eo ciea i can natl asm t social woftera task force polish falcon preabytery of wny project undemanding ; wtncminster }{<**<-. ymca if you or ya«r organization would like to contribute vel aatrrrt ta am r central contact raymond e jackson coor dinator 1092 main st buf fate n y hm or cso rumor central nt w3-7141 the attire ot rumor cen tral are located at 492 main si donated by the haller stimmt center for bryem * st ration buaitymat institute mrs m l.king to be honored ■ ,".""- '& ■ ' jr :.'■•■ *'-;,■■-; x ".. t jit will ha rhe that attaam tat of the grand daughter ruler n«tti u stathh — ft gold modal of honor award ibpokw the gold medal honor a ward was established by the daughters of the temple as an honor bestowed by the grand daughter ruler to the individual who has the most outstanding record of unusual service for bravery beyond the call of duty and for lead ership in critical circum stances y ,*.* the honor of receiving this first presentation goes to mrs martin luther king jr the wife of the kite martin lu ther king jr her devotion to her hus band her children in prepar ing them for the life that is peculiar of mankind makes it only fitting that the firs award from the grand daughter ruler go to this outstanding human being mrs martin luther king jr th award will be made during the occasion of the elks convention held in new york city aug 24-30 headquarter ed at the new york hilton total see page 7 see page 6 sea page f see pete i see page 4