Buffalo Criterion, 1981-11-04

              is postage paid pekmit no ul4 buffalo new york wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester niagara region vol >. na 45 the buffalo criterion wednesday november - 10 19s1 caucus hails justice dept rejection of nyc council-redistricting plan aoaeniblytaaß al va&a chairman aad tha saw york stale black and puerto tarn legislative caucus hailemj m land bark im imam by the v s just depr , to rmpmet the hem york city council ka-diotncbsg plan ksmmg tb reasons died try th just dept . ore racially diacntr.ina lory purpnoe ond effect bialapperti ■""">* '■ '- *■■''■ racial garryzanden&g improper eles turn district -» a *. a and lee ratro g'.'sm.-tr and disaoluuoa of minority voting right al at shut arc grtiaa 2m*-t two of th u s voting rights act th detailed de ail ir os issued on ort 27th by william bradford reynold assis tant u s attorney oenar al of th civil right dtvtoicai ' blacks and hispanic the disadvantaged and progressive people no only in new york city but across this country should take heart that in this instance justice has pre vailed and vindicotad us in the relentless defence of our sing rights staled vann thia is a highly significant people's sir tary far i detnocatratea that we cms aria and thai eve caa beat insattoiuva city hall aad political establishment that fails to reopect cmx political rtghu arts human dignity the black and puerto iu-an caucus has played a nuuot role it bringing about the en ion of the city re-diitncting plan going back u aptil of this year the caucuo issuers o census and radlstricting report held preao confer redistrictinu pictured at the caucus preoa conference on this issue are from left aasemblvmen johnson ireen e»e seetslnr mender assemblywoman daniels assemblymen fortune boyland assemblywoman davis caucus vice chairman ■ assemblyman del torn and senator ungues sealed i ohm chairman and assemblyman venn free athletic equipment for your school 11 abdullah t.uqman du to draatic budget cuts many es or now faced with tho problem of funding e«s and aporta programo one til ilia aim of th fun'n eitneao program to to provide them with a viable way to supplement equipment needs at virtuolly no c«ot by collecting itt,«.l put i a seats from an post cereal haa aelmala ran obtain quality sports equip ment ranging from ooftboll and volleyball on exercise mat and balance baaawo in the program first two yeoro more than 140,000 piorea nf equipment were dialrrbutrd to over 3!i 000 elementary ochoola pool cereals in conhinction with the fpaamam's cam on physical eitneao and sporto haa instituted a fun'n fitness program whereby all public private and parochial ochoola can earn free athletic equipment by collecting proof of purchases iron post cereals pool cereals participating brands are raisin mian drape nuts toottleo c w post 1'..-ni 1 alpho-bito honey comb liiape nut flakes bran elakes eortiflod oat elokeo super sugar chopj poat-tens frosted rico krlnklea antl pebbles the first step is lo ehestae a ell organized enthuoioalic ordinate mart a member of tho phymcol education otoff teacher librarian ii \ member of alumni booster and act specific goals decide what equipment your school needs moat and determine how mony point st required do not underestimate it sit,...ii ability sill the support of the entire community ii program begin september ift 1981 mm end june 10 1982 all proof-of-purchoae seal and orders for equipment must be postmarked by july 16 1982 mail special oeols to post fun'n fitneos petal office 800 9260 667 east court st kankakee lulnolo 00901 tragedy focuses on plight of refugees the haitian f a i dilemma lllfce rhestiv otetii mlb drowned haitians washed o**yor onto a fl mda beach has once again f attention un lhe plight of refugees from thai beleaguered land ' haiti ia a .'... i •*>.-,. in which th government mams/tat militia »*. s preaeed all forms of tree political expression ha restricted the fundamentol freedom at the press and assembly and ha en gaged en murder esecu t*r«n imprisonment with rait trial exile and torture in the midst of this brutal violation of human right the vast majority of the haitian people live in sin poverty the ... , between i h >*> fleeing that country for political reo oono os opposed to those fleeing for economic rea sons i fine indeed . the mother of a preg nont haitian girl who drowned in florida has stated that she would prefer to be shot rather than let her daughter's body go back to haiti her vehement contempt for haiti's government in dicates that the haitian refugees are not fleeing solely for economic rea sons moreeiver can there be any doubt that those who are willing to risk death at ses m reach refuge on shores are fleeing a terrifying form of oppression in part the haitian dilemma is complicated by current immigration rules under these rules poli tical refugees enjoy im portant advantages their applications for asylum ore quickly processed and they can receive an immigra tion talus under which they can become american citizens within five years however there is an important qualification haitians by bayard rustin thoae who are deemed political refugee muat have fled from a commu nist nation ouch oo cuba the ussr last germany m vietnam haitians who eorop the duvolier di ■■ i lorship — which though brutal is not ( i ni 11 vi in sl - are classified o eco nomic refugee ond thu übject to deportation while it is easy to understand the special treatment accorded to those escaping communiot tyranny ilia clear that similar protection must be extended to those fleeing other brutal '.- tshipe for political reosono american immigration policy must rid itself of ita double-standard in dealing with refugee eacoplng oppression a single standard must apply to all victim of dictatorship and tyranny the reagan administra tions efforts to deal with the influx of haitian to date have been deplor able the administration has violated international low in setting up kan garoo courts at m*a moreover it has proposed s major reviaon of immi gration law which would permit detention of reiru gees in special camps exempt from most envir onmental codes in addition the administra tion's plan seeks to severe ly limit the role el federal courts in reviesnng de cisions mode by the immigration and naturali zation service on deport tions and the granting of political asylum such emergency meas ures ure a clear affront to human dignity and a violation of due process they betray an absence of compassion and etc can only hope that th propria gibraltar steel expands facilities following profits pictured from left at oilbroltar steel's announcement of a iii million eipansinn in sale coused by the purchase of a i&00.000 ix new annealing furnace are oerald e uvea iibraltnr steel haf avenue plant manager joseph a roaenerker president gibraltar strip steel and strapping dr kenneth e lipke president of . dr kenneth f ltpvc president of gibralur titibraltar roch criterion minister of the week li the year 1966 our r lent pastor rev julius d jackson was called to the pastors . of the mt vwooo baptist church ho ond his wife joaetto coma faithfully from mon we louisiana rev mmcm picked up the staff ast carried the lock ord tho church continued to kind under hi fwiohip a renrgonuo m of the must ilepl £** place appointing j"*4ei»s warfield son of £* late rev robert e ortlekll a minister of toa4r r organization £;_*• postor's aid 2*l workers usher j * deacon board ??***»* tk*rd sunday x ond young p«*v jvdrpt flourishes and •*» tmnendously exchange of t llo»*hip with 2is wh ar.tioch imam church of erie rte«rw»ia the rev a h mo pastor was also established under rev jackson's leadership fven in the midst of progress a little rain must fall on nov 25 1971 thanksgiving morning the mt vernon baptist church was bombed the member and the commu mtv were greatly sadden ed by thi disaster and the incident remained unsolv rfv jackson *•**• j d jackson election 8l results the new third district of f.rie county wos instru mental in turning control of that legislative body over to the democrats „ - -._~. also figuring in the change was the defeat of stan zagora in the sixth there were seven mry men seeking office to buffalo's two legislative bodies five to the counts legislature and two to the common council six went elected but minnie gillette the seventh one didn't make it - zagora lost to shirley storlosk 7.592 vote to l.9s although mr zagora ond ms gillette were democrats who link ed up with the republi can they paid for it when rvmocrotk voters went other results the gop captured the district at torney's office the surro gate court and the county comptroller mr flahertv polled 12.612 votes to mr arcara's 129,340 votes judge mattina compiled 133,930 votes to mr whelans 111.371 votes mrs slominski received 146.902 votes to mr daurias 89.622 votes buffalonian to be featured pianist boston - berklee college school of music sophomore cur mr f william curtis williams of lfll carl st will be b featured pianist in that jones b«y an exciting concert of original iaix compositions and arrangements oct 29th intheßerkleeßecttalllall . c williams mrs pauline t smith buried from lincoln friday oct 23 at i p.m funerol services for the late pauline t smith were held from lincoln memorial united metho dist church 641 masten aye mr smith died sun oct ift in millard fill more hospital in buffalo after a brief illness memorial services sponsored by the gamma phi omega chapter of the alpha kappa alpha soror its of which mr smith was a member were held at the church thurs oct 22 at ft p.m mr smith waa born dec 11 1923 in stueben ville ohio she moved with her family to buffalo at a early age a graduate of hutchinson central high school she received a bachelor of science degree in library science from syracuse university in l?tt2 mm srr.ilh i*>rked as a public arhooj teacher at srhnol 11 4a 47 and 48 from 1946 lo 194 when she became a cloil for the buffslo and brie county central library system after receiving her li brary decree n w he was appointed a lihrarian and assigned to the bookmobile divistem until !'♦'.'• when she was appoinled head of th north jefferson branch lj brsev on east una st she remained in that position until if when she was sj r,te-,j head of the willert park branch in 1961 mr smith returned to the north jefferson branch übrsry sa librarian and remain ed there until i9f when she was appointed uhrart an at the north tart branch library or herte avenue sthere she head ed the hrarw-h for four ye in july m m mia smith w appe-«!»utd a btom head of the liters ttire and j'ine art dept , of the central library dow-ntosen she held the positron until her death mrs smith is survived by hew husband homer i srajtb sr of buffalo * son homer l smith jr . of fne p , a daughter nancy f smith esf b«f f*v two stepdaughter mrs paujnt smiti law pg 2 sea page 3 see page 1 me p 21 se page 2 neepage2 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