Buffalo Criterion, 1980-04-23

              wednesday april 23-29 lief vol 55 - no 17 wny i largest & only aorciiitctl minority newspaper — feat tiring m legitimate at+amxm bo «_->•**•? niagara bog on the buffalo criterion buffalo aka’s win five awards c.att.tria phi v «..* and t ipmh ms chapters id ******* km *,*.*** si ._*• itjr ira met the rasip taw id lite coosprtitlte sward «. the tarty ntath bat thr >.« r_j i yon **, * a**p.mmmi ' irrmtf held april ip jala el la akroa conven tion center mi akron ota graduate chapter gam ma ha omega mm lb rtsj.pimt of tiro award the leala t whitby award or the - l^f^aww lag graduate chapter af the great lakes aalaa and thelrsa c if...is award fur national pro gram target the aanslah t whitby award was pretested or the exemplary implemen tation the national aka programa the thebna c hodia award waa received lor h_^bbmbl^^^pßpiß reflection of alpha kappa alpha'o na tional program largeta acholarihip heritage career guidance job corps focus on life long learning united negro cotleea fund and the naacp , undergraduate chanter * ten them you saw it in the criterion a , . ma ms waa the rtstfseat 4 iht c < trtf»«t lita jtr the liwrtt itr uiat award un wuetr the heroic i riwmlift award to the underjr.r_i-lu.-te with tht met cumulative aver age and the undergrad sate arrpppppk award the gwendolyn <****%■ turn award wee presented or exceptional undergrad toe esrepttwnai aaaergrao uate musical performance mo sonya m kaatart as recipient of the be mice i -**_***» award trill receive a scholarship and a trie to guatemala at tha culmination of tha fortr ninth boule lo be held li atlanta georgia in jul the undergraduate scrapbook award waa presented for the most unique documented die play of the nation ar programo of alpha kappa alpha bororiir alpha kappa alpha la an international service or ftanuatlon mra cecelia d henderson it president of gamma phi omega and ms debra k jakes president a gamma lota chapter lynch’s to observe 4th anniversary the ith anniversary ef rev aad si 1 v lyach leaders af the please i baptist churrh i'll ridge reed laehawaaaa will be rwlehretec sua apr 27 at 4 p.m guest rbarch will ha f'mmtnurl baptist charrh jeeae stows n v rev jerk f.tlditi.itt paator on a <**** « at 4 p.m cedar i baptist chwe.li re t l raw sora pastor ef cedar greys baptist i it i is buffalo will he the speak et refreshments will be served following the met « ices _ criterion photo the tits anniversary of the durham memorial ami is charrh 174 i ru st . was held recent is . the goes **»»*» wa ihikif hfijs.it spraks presiding bishop of ihe \. \\ district prt stttttatloea tarrr ***** by county eteewtrve 1st black named to state commerce post gmzh m m mmam m mm gg m * - a cm - donald bernard appointed to a w bernard appointed to top economic post in louisiana * a oa mar 7th of thi rear nearly elected louisiana oov david c treen the state • first republican oovemor in norm than i cm rear announced the appointment of donald j bernard * new orleans attorney aa secretary of the dap of commerce ■ bernard alto a republican haa thua become not only the fir black secretary of commerce in louisiana but the feet in the country treen said he would have made the announcement earlier hut bernard was out of the country ironically on an industry-hunting mission in weat afrit a for the city of new orleana a trip whkh according to bernard helped convince him to accept the commerce dept position bernard wee born in oaryvtlle la ha eighth of 10 children ilia fathor worked at the lit sit haui sugar refinery hia mother did domestic work for a family in lyon he la married to the former marilyn thomas and ihey have one daughter jennifer id months old ' at the age of sit bernard divided he wanted to he a priest he pursued that idea lor nine rear completing hi kith school education at st augustine seminary and receiving his undergrad uate degree from divine word seminary foliage in lowa but something waa missing a year after graduating from college he found it - and himself — ba aays selling encyclopedias in baal francisco that oettag aiperience really brought out a lot in me and gave ate tha ability to meet people — and the contacts were phenomenal it at something for me internally in term rd generally being able to sell myself bernard tpltina.l adding thai he won ward •* top producer and top salesman at the company bernard haa gone on to establish a diversified topflight law practice in louisiana and 1 treen i betting lhat he will continue in success streak a one of the state leading amen orglnally when i was approached by representatives of oov treen about eerving in otate government 1 had replied with an unequivocal no as 1 was in the midst of realizing a personal dream — the creation of a strong international and integrated law firm however during a subsequent conver donald bernard young to visit kuwait former united nation ambassador andrew young will spend a 4-day visit in kuwait at the invitation of kuwait's foreign minister young will have lengthy talks on kuwaiti-american tie and arab-american relations in general young will also meet with pill leader yasser arafat in kuwait grand opening of church-owned restaurant held th congregation of deliverance temple church of cod in christ has opened a restaurant under the leadership of f.lder lincoln williams tbe two-fold operation at 724 william st con sists of an ice cream parlor and cafe the restaurant restaurant 53rd anniversary of st john baptist church set for may 4th **■■ may 4 at the 11 **** service si john w church 184 good ell st wis celebrate their w-b anniversary the riar will be the rev «• w 0 mcphee of ml canary ******* cathedral n*«»u bahamas rev mrfhtt *_ one of the *** *«•«««■ preach ?* «* this age and pbooi the follow *• offices president of wn-wjjmoderator of cab 2"3p**ve baptist pam.l **• president-at esst 2 the national m__*^****a*a driven ******* a dm ■"■»}" of he board of vi to * *** foreian ives's » pwnrwawve ban ™ tt lltr ' v t a joha btpt«t church cc i^7 h ■ ««. ** a member shin of tour persons in a william st store front mr alice and mable mccarley two of the original members are still alive and active in the church a the renal ion grew larger facilities were required thus tiiriteila i»ag moves to monroe st sycamore and spruce st and on may 1 1966 toils present facility at 184 • slell st culminating years of sacrifice and determination in 1972 the rev ben nett w smith sr was called to pastor the church he has proven to be a dynamic articulate pastor and leader under whose leadership the church mortgage waa burned and the bonne c mccarley housing com plex erected tv public is invited to attend this service durham presented proclamation citing 22 years of service i i katkaaahi and mayor jimmt griftin who we on head to present a bison to durham i hurrh and to bishop speak thi photo show mrrti her of the buffalo com mon -.__' who present ed • proclaimstion for 22 years of service to oat ham and bishop speaks proclaiming durham ami 7 urn iht.r.h and bishop spraks day from lift are i 111 ill district councilman james pill mullen district councilman david collins who .** a mi m her of durham bishop speaks key michael litis pa of durham and council man-at large george xi sail refreshment ware servrd i..11 ibe pew v - gram — criterion phasm carl stokes to keynote cpac dinner carl stokes reporter and commen tator for w nbc-tv ir nw york city will keynote the f.ighth annual dinner meeting ol the community planning assistance center of wny saturday may mi si 7 f *& p-m in the terrace room in the halo statler hotel a dacadti of promise is the theme for the event stokes urban affairs news media involvement and political leadership experience make him excqltionally an qualified to address western new yorkers at this time of ii is opportunities end decisions for revitali ration in 1967 stokes the great grandson of a slave we sworn into office as mayor of cleveland ohio the first black mayor of « major american city since the population of cleveland was mm 0 white stokes election meant he was also the first black mayor if a predominately white major american city this was not carl stokes only pioneering in american politics in 1962 he become the first black democrat ever elected to the ohio legislature he was re-elected to two successive terms and though other black democrats have since been elected to that state body under district voting stokes remains the only black democrat elected county-wide to the ohio house at representatives stoke continued hi first during hi service as mayor in december 1970 he was elected as president-elect of he national league of cities first black person to be chosen for his leadership position of the organization which represents more than 14.000 municipal governments in all 60 state he also served -! he advisory hoard of th u conference of mayors the steering c nmmittr of urban america inc fleeted '" november 7 i9fi7 stokes took hi pt da later and served two two-year terms a mayor of cleveland having lieen re-elected on november 4 i.wtt by a margin that more than doubled his edge at the polls two years earlier on april ifi 1971 he stated that he would not seek *>■ listmri t a third term but rather for the neitt venr expand mv efforts beyond the cleveland area to assist others partial inrly the locked-in minority groups fo lietter understand hull role in politics iim government once again aaa pioneer on april 17 1972 after lecturing ond doing political am/tag at the community level in 12 stite and 2.1 cities carl joined new york city'g wnbc-tv news as a news menu tor urban affairs editor and news fit in-house election analyst curl is un first nationally known politician lo voluntarily retire from politics and become an awarding winning uranli.*t . the award cam lor the urban journal carl product for the news-feature segment of wnfjfc'a two-hour news show the urban journal is a mini-documentary reporting on and analyzing urban problems hi metropolitan new york sew jersey and connecticut he also sascananaei ii about urban and political subjects tm nbc netwtirk radio the community planning as sistance center cpac is a non-profit organization which provide technical assistance to orfiam/alvms in low ru moderate income neighborhoods voluntary architectural planning ' afpp ing condition survey and twiss conservation review represent nmr of cpac serv*-e < iffm-e art l_r*ted at 1225 mam st , in buffalo i ...:- for tbe anneal meeting are available l-.v calling w6-1 4(h a »« tal hentr will pft v.ste ihe dinner witter frct-tia it lefioral fhairman for thi even tleon o service is president of cpac cari.stokik uncf executive director to speak at fund raiser the faculty oub of state university of n*m york at ruff main street campus arq fie th setting for * comer imb with mr christopher ttirr tltecutivt . i|r . tar of the united ne&ro f r,ii.-,.r fund on sam apr j7lh this occasion marks the second annual presenta tion by tbe nrl friends inc as thru fund raiser pruject in the 1979 effort over 15.000 00 a raised said presented during the annual uncf thrust for fund since 1973 mr i -,' ■ •• a native of charleston w virginia has turn nation a director of the united negro otwtt fund hav inn previously followed an illustrious legal career after graduation from howard university and harvard law school in 1953 he has held position at such program officer with the ford foundation regional own set of fed eral housing and home finance now ml i sever pretigiou taw firm and various philan thropic organizations mr edley ha also been the recipient of numerous award all honorary de grees since 1976 he ha been committee member of the u s supreme court judicial fellow . program other civic affiliations as hoard member span the period from 1956 to the present the united negro col lege fund explicitly articu lates its purpose con trary to popular belief uncf is not exclusively dedicated to scholarship awards and gran for worthy but needy stu dents ha focus is primarily for the benefit of the 4 predominantly black college which it supports all are private and full accredited fifty thousand men and mm benefit from the operating money which the uncf provides to attract and hold the liest qualified teachers im prove laboratory and u*achinj ttjuipment in crease the numlier of library ism-k repair and construction of buildings and finally award scholar ship and financial aid degree programs at c milky ( hmlsfiifhia 11,111 to appear in highland bowl concert famed vocalist sarah vaughan will appear with the rochester philhar monic orchestra friday july 25 for a concert in highland bowl this will be one event scheduled by faslman kodak company for its sanaa of enter tainment in its centen nial year see complete story on page - 3 kkk arrested in shooting tknn - four black women lea ing 1 tavern in ni;tltanisaf:a tenm wen woundttlbv shot gun i t-l from « past*itv t"sir tim «.-, k ijiif tilr,ttl by iht sv's .* i,s m ihe a-rest ..! thrts mn kbiv km mem's-i *. see page 21 see pg 1 i see pane 11 1923 1980 criterion press and sub the no 1 wny central cities largott press i kit oflws has barn apart atari ***** at atari in antra ttar akat anting our ri.mmuniurt iisj vp lu.t a.i ign up fr.r * ' ■-.('» f tha huff all i'rilrri.tn rtrrt ttrrfc -* ttu . nit 20c nation al25e i it-i.il n a > rl - ■****! etui la'i'av milaaarttl prt-*as — ih nit m n i mintrnit papmi thai _* rrgtatarad at a bona f.'l **■** paper atattrt i ha mar • i l*7'l i,f ttngrrss —- rt-gwlaiia aa**a<-pap