Buffalo Criterion, 1981-08-19

              rochester niagara region wny's i_argest & onhy accredited minority wspaper - featunngpaidleg the buffalo criterion vol m - n m u.s postage paid it knot no iji4 i*->a_o.nrwvqkk wihmmio august !»•». i shi k-mart to sponsor carl rowan report ' troy mich - mart corp , wa become a sponsor of the art rowan report a weekday radio series i commentaries a national affair that air m tw country's 41 largest matin ii areas th mart-sponsored broadcasts will run through .'»: rowan's report airs monday through ytiaay in buffalo on ww from 7:30 to 7:35 am h'tmai a •(...» srm verted am they often fnctta on improving tw quality of lit tor minori ties his subjects include sh kk call mtavnte college whow ship for nteart »--- blacks ,_ congress i r*i^*bß an and youth employment one of the moat honored journalists in american history rowan has re ceived wide expoeur in various media he is a permanent panelist on tw public affairs television ahnai agronsky&co and he appear frequently on meet the press hit syndicated column for the chicago sui times goes into really half of 11 h households rowan also boats mr washington my world a period half-hour television show , rowan is the only journalist fat win the sigma dew medallion for report ing in three successive years he recently receiv ed the peal sir award the highest honor in american broadcasting far ma television special race war in rhodesia edward j kreltt direc tor of advertising and marketing (>.. x mart corp praised the rowan program we are most pleased with the initial reception to the x mart sponsorship and we are penud to he a part of this h-cniality program i he said cari t rowan naacp to hold membership party the buffalo branch naacp trill sponsor a dwo memhership cock tall party sat sept 12th from to 12 pm at \ t po jefferson aye tw 9 00 donation in f*bßße membership for to'ket information call ■ isawpbi cah *••• 7241 from 9t05 p m nd ms_o7(tt after « p m picnic scheduled the national bar a hoc and black ameri can law students assoc apt sponsor a joint picnic at akron " fall n v a . aug _. at ;_- noon featured will se food refreshments soft hall ev halt and nth raeieetk bctivitiea tw donatio *„ 10 00 per p*'si i 15,00 per couple bad 20 00 per family coca-cola co makes commitment program announced in response to changing gov't policies atlanta ia - the coca cola company ami operation push have announced a morali-nnveiianl which will channel over tin million to black business nil to tin itlack community the plan was hailed by b*»th organiza tions as symbolic of an underlying mm direction for american business under the new federal philosophy of shifting responsibilities for main economic programs from the government to the private sector the announcement was made by donald r keotigh president of the coca 1 company and in rev jesse jackson national president of operation ml mr keough said president reagan in hi speech to the naacp on june 291h appealed to business and industry to bring about an economic emancipation 4 black and the poor economic rvvitalization the president bid is the surest most equitable v to ease the pressures on ill the seements f our society ' given thi new directi.fr mr kf-ugh continued and tw new economic policy ss recommended fry it -,■'., i < reagan nd as enacted by c"ft|crei if . uncm ttf tha trmm rntrrpnst system ib wing tmaapamsa te direct response to this new direction we are accelerating and enlarging par pn#ram already in place and the black community as an integral part of our system and society will benefit with dignity and will receive a well-deserved piece of the action rev jackson acknowledging the program announced by tw coca-cola co said this program will indeed become a model for trier am industry president reagan has put tw lull squarely in i lie court m the private sector and tw coca-cola co has responded li is th intention ol operation push -■ see that other leading companies in the private sector follow this initiative by th coca-cola i the plan is designed to incresse black involvement in eight areas of tw cftmpany'a business system i bottler franchises recognizing the need for h1 i americans pi share in ownership and wealth the company will identify bottling franchises which may become available and refer such opportunities to a pool of btack prospective investors 8 fountain wholesaler wine distributorships the company will appoint 32 ills owned distributor across tin country within the next 12 months and has committed to provide specialized training lists of iros|m customers anil future ads a and counsel as necessary to assist these businesses success the company is all research ing opportunities of it wine products the estimated value of the_e programs i 81.3 million for over 100 new fob plus ownership 3 business development tw company will establish a venture capital fund of 1.9 million for the funding of black participation in th areas associated with and serviced by th company and the soft drink industry 4 advertising tw company will double the amount of it advertising dollar in black owned newspapers and magazine and increase it advertising cxpe ntiture with black-owned radio the estimated value of this advertising is over 2 million in addition a black-owned advertising agency will be given age rr>-of-record responsibility for a company brand with an estimated budget of 8 million 5 ranking the company will sub tsntisllv jr>cr^*i*r iis de ro*-:t inrtl -__..; act mzs x^acjl-owassj banks and increaa the tusssbat of biac_xrwned fasnnal u •.- cl ed by the ommmeay 9m total ■■■■::..*:■.■'* m t area repctaetst s2 asilltft -■■ a hmuspemmassad kmrntatemsmt . tw company ia actively searching ts » black it ran **. board of duatmm and expects to have selected that person within afar months tw c caopapf m also committed to continue it teneg and promotion of blacks to management positions toward the goal a 12.6 percent at the management force at least 100 ot the blue collar openings during tw next yam will be filled by blacks tw i id the n*m contained tn twse f»a_la _. approximately t ; million 1 corporate < . • infant . tw company will continue to designate significant portion of pa corporate contributioris to mack orgßßmaatmas and institutions tw initial annual •*.:_»■ of these t1r....,i • - is 2&0,000 in the area nf education additional scholar ships and chair ill ba endosrad at black colleges and universities * isffcl and services tf company will continue an active minority purchasing program end expand it in terms of mmhr rd minority vendors snd dollars spent this ***** the !*»*! of this minority purrha*mg will increase to an estimated 14 million through oeer hot suppliers rev jackson said operation push is now ending its natiorial withdrawal of enthusiasm campaign and will uke affirmative steps to promote and publicize the new relationship lhat has been established between black america and the coca cola company boost to push the rev jesse l jackson left president of operation push people i fitted to serve humanity in and edward byrd director of affirmative action for heuhtetn inc met al the recent pish annual convention in chicago and discussed use of * contribution hv the he mem foundation to tw organization's excellence in education find heublein a major marketer of foods nd beverage including smirnoff and ntitr_t fried chicken which had a popular exhibit at the convention focusing on job opportunities mayor griffin boosts corvettes auto show api i saw in i atgxua _*»■.■** laming bucaio sham km soth * teoa_b * **" perk arr eeetrd m c«__tafß_h-l corvette seated are mats meyer iaasm 1 t.ria mad he ■_!£. ■ flriartm n_l_____________t _>*___■ k-ft are h_____bßi member r«_»t hohufc-ra l hamburg l«tita spears n»"«b v it katvn kothenwrgrt west setteva _.<•_ ™*"*" caat wraea bath liuinna uaramt htashamsi l>.nk „ out -„!.-*,, *,„( i nn st l north tttnawand pilgrimage planned on sunday morning sept 13th tbe 55th annual pilgrimage to the father millet cross and field mas *• old fort niagara will ba held the combined honor guard of saint isaac jogue province sixth new york district fourth cl knights of columbus under the direction of marshall robert had anna will lead the colorful procession into the fort at 11 a.m at ] ] 30 a m mass and holy communion will w pilgrimage — intern'l food festival to be held the town gardens businessmen's associa tion is sponsoring an international food festi val and carabana on sat sept sth and sun sept 6th to be held at the tow gardens plaza william . and jefferson aye this event will bring all elements at the buffalo community together in a celebration of the diverse food feat — save mary's shrine campaign underway waged a lave it m.ry , shnn <"•-...■!.:-.:.-. haa been bam v ..* the * mary's wait on pine and broadway in buffalo members of uu ••■-■■; '**'* feel that this churrh should be preserved in view of it's 13 tears of service lo tw community . . .. .. * it is tw oldest roman catholic arch at buffalo aad tw first church te buffalo to have ovens to ocr mi her of perpetual help these devotion •** ►- -?. held *** every wednesday for tw past 54 years u at are interested in wiping tw work of this committee to save st mary a shrine send in four name address phone comber *-"* 11 la save sc mar « shrine po boi _*, genesee st saaasm wags h y 14225 naacp shuns denver blacks pan ii el * two part seriee tn part i o this aeries on tw hostile !-'«..... of tw national naacp leader towards president reagan when he appear a a guesi at their annual convention ie denver i explained that th*.i - jten hooks bad margaret buah wilson's — wwvior did more to harm poor blacks than to find relief in a furious view a young black woman questioned why they kepi ringing tw president why did they invite him il twy were going to treat ma like that chi tire occasions in his speech - and in a genera philosophical aenee •»* tw president was more in step with black america than wore the national leaders of the host group when he rejected tw inherent superiority •>. white children tw premise of manda tory busing and ex trotted the necessity of black colleges these leaders are hot for busing for race mixing and cool on keeping blatk colleges hl therefore the denver clash w tweer the naacp national leader and ronald reagan was not racial bat philosophical me president urged blacks *_ booker t washing did at the turn of the century to rerognixe twms ives as s nation within * nation to develop their osm economy and to turn over th 140 billion they spend srith other blacks in most neighborhoods what really brings prosperity is when the ft ot that neighborhood is then multiplied l.v turning over several times within that community...in the black communities in america the turn tver is less loan once before trie dollars those si mi by tony brown billion go out into the community at large and lhat has to w changed 1 the president sattl tht advice anil common sense notwithstanding the dint civil rights leaders will manh thousand ol blacks into conventions in major hotel this summer to unload millions of d.'lists into the coffers of the white establish ment enemy while blaming reagan for hi economic ills „| blaik people for all of their protestations nf injured innocence and fair-sounding ! rhetoric about programs lo help poor blacks tin naacp's leadership spent more than 3 million with denver's white business community to protest white racism ami black poverty resid*-tils of tin five points area of denver a black neighborhood com plained that the naacp delegates were instructed to avoid thai part of the city the black small businesses a.d restaurants found their welcome signs to w of little use in attracting any of the money from the naacp * affluent poor ' if any of the noble rhetoric of the civil right groups is going pi have mean they will have to recognize that the black underclass is hurt more by lass segregstion from middle-class blacks ■ m from separation from whites by race the government is obligated to share the tax bourcea with thia impoverished community and the middle class is needed to pry then if*ise but even if the c.1,.,,1 government wanted to economically emancipate black ghettos it larks the expertise to do naacp dr uku appointed to chief medical examiner post dr justin m uku an internationally known doc tor who was born tw son of a nigerian tribal chief tain and educated in scotland has been named chief medical examiner for erie county dr uw go has wen named to the 50 10 a year job to fill the vacancy left by the death of dr judith m lehouy ia march according to coun ty officials he has been deputy chief medical examiner since 1973 and ha wen in charge of the medical examiner's office since dr lehouy's death one of eight anna ia his family dr titni was sent to medical school fei timet later interned in tw famous linda!e ii -. ■ -.. in i/mdon after moving to ameri ca dr uku worked a te me^l . examin er in new york city before telling the deputy position here dr tlt lives m am writ art bt wife elatr and i tw father of erven children ran in age from one to 29 h m . son john is a pht in the nigerian air corp he return to his home land annually to viajt hi mother and beo toe a d jc-t-nm.cki see pg ; seepg 7 see page 7 1923 1981 memmpfgaemiaammansmmp^ll^ma*waa*m criterion press and still th no 1 wny central ours largest press cxir cc he heen open every meek d evaty yeai test iaa atatence yervsvi out mm,,,n,,ws \ j w mil yxta t«n up it * v v til the ivtlub cm km every week — h iwk 20 upßiatt new yocvb am md ut^rtt ■■..*.. „ pte - 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