Buffalo Criterion, 1981-06-24

              the buffalo criterion wednesday june 24-30 1981 voi "_. - v 26 rochester niagara region us postagi paid inmif no 1.(14 rafl-aioniwyork wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation old urban league center prior to redevelopment one nt the meat popular < enter in llullalo up until ihe demolition for the llliti.ti diatrirt redevelopment program m-.lriril ia l!mi ass the buffalo urban league at lim cedar si a criterion photographer look this picture in ihe third floor auditorium of the kindling in ilit left foreground la tb _ trriiti c * a 1"i itf p tji ■■ ait'j b mtai^^m wt^pa^*.~m^ggß*me^i^mma director he tale william l i aaaa having refreshment with be e'ey bin pastor of liar ssvtmtr ititheran harrh other well ..,,.,, t__th . arrt v . i i he tale aadrea 1t the photo dale ha to ihe tale tte ffl_tl_______b i______a______aii nl ■-•-*-■- -..--.._ mm lift n ■ j__fi if nl il_lß_______________wß___________^_________________h shiners to donate 5,000 to roswell park on thurs june t ihe prime hall khrtners ill make their ith annual charity lltmnttim for mcd i nl resear d to itnsaetl i'ark memorial institute presentation of a cherk lor imn hi will lie made liy ihe officers of h*u|i temple no lit the htcal iitl.lt it in room 2so of the reseat-h ruiminn rt ro-well park ttiis dtrmatton ring the total tiamtecl tf nve o.<loo rochester/criterion church youth of the week ran he-let — theae young people are aiakiu of ihe . lb i u.iim«i of th ml neman hap churrh 3m kttmp aye be j i jarkaon to mi»rw * ihe rhimtrn ** mr *** mi wtlaim juhaay m w haaa jt otaim-a roae \\ n ruperd i'i.hh.di wilatvn installed as resident imam m •■■■..» muhammad a mwtibet nl the american muvlim mission i*-bled at ijis n',l ** * i i * aye • '.■.'•,*■ recently installed v..t i ti * nuriddin a kevudent imam nl western sadl 0 "^ nu,io imam nuriddin has vow ed ut continue striving in the name f allah ood for he caus of human development a revealed in holy './■■' h ..!■<> and the leaching of imam w ll muhammad hatter of the arnerifsn muslim mission community a residing native t buffalo imam nuriddin hit a wife and is ihe father of two children he hti mm nn mi live nit-mtii-t til the islamic cimitiitiniiy im the past leu years ami hii functioned as vt-imntii imam atul chnplm in the krte county shetim's dt linrtment lie is un art ite i iilu i|i.ml mi ninny ctim rrinri if v rmnmiltet's iiiml i jiresentlv lll|ilf*yetl liv the new york state division education job rum munity development and im*itil euellente nn inn ivrinritie of imam null s list of concerns aid ll mum is ilirtf tor of public itelnlions . ■ ■ m..1 i 1.1.-1 i.1.1 sis mary l anderson to speak s_rter mary louise an derson of the prince of peace temple church of god in chnrt wtl he the guest speaker at ih r owe of sharon churrh of god in chri*t tm joneses si s*i_d_v jt.lt 12th st i pm the prnrrsm ,* spot sored by ihe ypww si ant_*r*o»i j use anderson of ihe f f_vte«ia_tical d>*.n o the chtirvhe of old in naacp to hold annual convention channel 17 to carry nightly convention highlights june 29-july 4th i buffalo - highlights of this year » naacp con vention will 1 brosflfsst june 2_th through july 4 at 11 p.m on channel 17 v.i.r in loiirnalist carl rnwan will anchor the nightly coverage providing 11 minutes fif highlights li the rn*|**t tad activities and events major atea fur consider ation during the five-day convention '■ the eft of the reagan administra tion atv'ial economic anil in.rrii_tii.ii_l pub us on black americans presi deal ronald reagan is bpacßad to appear and atidn the conference s-bbbllib during th initial day's activities at t lii-dul ,| tit uke part in th pii medina are mich national black figure s andrew young coretla kinj julian bund the mm jesse jackson anil dr benjamin hooks naacp lenitive direr tar achorman carl t row sti ih was ihe first black american to ail with the president's cabinet sort with the u s national security council as direc tor of the unit il states inffirmalion agency in 1964-66 during the kennedy administration he server as deputy assis tant secretary of stale for public aftairs 111 vvh a member of the u s delegation to the united nations he alio served a d s aftilia sailor to finland 11 is v t im.in nt panelist i n aoronsky ami company it pop ulnr publk affairs stum broadcast on tv station aims th nation seen s;iturtlnv al 7 hi p.m on ' channel 17 he is i*l a ' frequent panelist on < meet the press million of american it.len in the rowan report a series i radio lolllll-111,1111 tm national ill in he i r s also a roving editor nt id header's digest . for which he writes hat i eight articles a year the dean uhat i - the poster of the black press william otis walker the veritable editor and publisher of uv cleveland call x port suffered a massive heart attack in 1980 at the age of . i his condition was guarded and many did nc believe that he would live to st ■ t*ne«f year bui he did n'.w american can discover more itlxmt this living legend known as the dean of ihe black pre on an upcoming edition of the national television cries tony brown's journal entitled the dean william o walker ha tackled many adversaries in his long lifetime he crusaded for the right of blacks to eat at union station in washington and led ihe fight or jobs for hl.uk in cleveland store and utility companies walker iis.xl the medium lo crusade for the fight of black american host and executive prtiducer tony brown questions walker about his involvement with the republican party his controversial political schism with former cleveland mayor carl stokes his break into the newspaper business in 1.1 and how he perceives the unique ml of the black press in response to a question posed tri him regarding thf labelling of black republicans as conservatives walker says lam perhaps more militant than most of the black democrat for tbe rights of black people \ black person in american can't be a conservative because being conservative atnild indicate that voti were satisfied with the suta nut and in no snd era republican are not we want change but we believe that change can only come about when yi<u f'-rm alliance aith i<her people sometime these alliance may appear to lie strsnge walker.t in his most revealing interview j t ever more outspoken about the rift which developed between the black leadership in cleveland and carl stoke have you ever gr ten egg on your face by p king somebody in office that you later became disappointed with asked tony bown of the dean yes i have replied walker with a laugh that person is carl stokes walker continues then in the last couple of years he turned against us v <) walker's personality brilliantly unfolds on the program with the aid of — bonald kisner who ha written a detailed anahsis of walker's career for the cleveland magazine gives the audience greater insight into the political power wielded by the news paper magnate throughout the years journalist robert mcgruder managing editor at the prestigious cleveland plain dealer c plains walker's contributions lo journalism and his community and the special role of the black press although walker fur decades has been a powerful figure in this community he denies that he has tried to tie a power broker i have tried to crusade for those thing that i th.itight the black community wa entitl«*d to and t lei the white commumtv know our thf dean ml 1.l i wiiiiamotis wal.kflt editor cited the ellicott district coalition of agencies will host their annual com munity day on wed june 24th this year's site will be town gardens plaza rm william st at jefferson over twenty community service agencies are parti cipating the will provide printed information to area residents and have staff available to answer ques tions from 10 a.m.atot4 a dedication program ill be held at 10 am to honor frank e mem weather editor-publisher of the buffalo cntert-m newspaper the pr.igram • ill honor the mem weather famtlv's man years of menmur.itv sup port and service ; frank f merriweather whelan gets backing from black ministry two prominent mem ber of buffalo's b!»ck ministry have announced their support for the candidacy of city comp troller robert ... whelan for surrogate rev elijah j echols president it the empire missionary baptist con vention and pastor 0 ths first shi-oh baptist church of buffalo and rev l t boyre who is former president of the baptist ministers confer ence current chairman of finance of the sute b.t.u and sunday schor.l congress of christian ed ucation and pastor of the calvary baptist church of buffalo cued mr w helan r as an independent iwblit official pfis-i-sfsing th financial end administra tive skills vital t the offire of surrogate rev uoyce added i have known bob whelan tor a number of year ami he has slways born a conscientious worker ah knows his job he is * gentleman who i ami nenlly cspable snd ju*l fied to handle problem thst may an*e wilh fami lies snd indimctusl with respect to lb offtce of surrogate snd we feel thst tbe time - ss ciirrse for the people trt twcogtllr thai boh whrtan i the best choice for sikh s sensitive rudma position " n.o.w announces era countdown rallies set for cathedral pk buffalo - noon-time mm in more than 1 14 mm arm ik country am he it on jure vkh ?• sl organ "* women have an vmm a^l era <'««•«*** n rifts mark >).. hegmning * !*» final „.„•, f , m * w-le-n ihe equal 5 m amendment "* imam lair are r y june 30 2 3s v «*** tjww since 19^3 r «•♦*•* states have mi „, -"*** r*a p •**» part of h „„„„,, *** kaptr of now . ,» ■"" ms k chvh j m streets f s ,:» the rnlw "**%**_,. the eaker mary anne freedman bob crimm florence baugh bnd judge penny wolf ms bessie schoep psrwl a assat graduate and original suffragist a ill also be honore.l she will be wearing the origin sl sash arttl pongee dress worn in the parade down fifth avenue at the lime women were fighting for the right to vr4e others participating on the program will be councilman at-urge george arthur council man dave collins r u f u s frasser ttf the naacp the urban league mid snd atty rose sconiers of the 1-ega aid bureau raily organizers will distribute era countdown vim bellamy gives statement regarding paying city debts r - i^un'i twaawi lulluwtag ik a stalement ma 111 ».._... nam at large herbert illlamt • being a laa-makei « am very ti.rtterned about it.mng thing the right way the oajncd members have bea>n ..■>■... ,* by ihe i it-stop lawyer thait it is illegal to use pension funds in pay off if*e dty debts i have also f.*uit.-.i privat btlor meet tt reasearchjiilmt matter and they u ii me it is illegal to use m>n*toti lunds because the lunils are hi t-iallv heltl in trust ft those iersons who h..r|,.^i man year and no day will look in rt lite-new and hsve these fund available for them i have also been assured by th marat that the money needed bit the badge ill ■ ~ ■ *-** * is g b is also unlortun.te lhat _ lets persons might ih laid oil ot m lm-omeni nii.il but aa a business man and lat.mul.t-i i must follow the 1 fur those tea who might try to make a racial insue out ot ibis mallet i ran only ay ihhl i repiest-tit all the peopls in tht city nf huffubt atitl i m ti i concerned about « lea mi i-,t hying to uy i am *. - -..... ij lit i,i.,,i community over the years the hla.-k communi ty knows where i land ll * know ihiit i have t .■*, tht luielrillll fighting lor the rights and bt tti'rment for the i ntnmu nity for the inst twenty yen my it mt nt what i have done will sponk tot me snd no like my pill agues aho titter nal ilu't will tl ll i time thai umir of the coiiiitii members mop thin personal vendettas bgrnilurt the mitxni tiiul tiv in cooperate with hint so lhal inurthei we can piesi'tit tin liiiiint i.il situa tion nt the city to ihe mil mid hava ii giviitt'i i liiin m l the slate tninini in mil aid mtn h simimr in fait d the count il members hud cooperated a few months ago wfl bruuld tii.l lie in this situiitioti ut the i can be ii unfed on to viile with ihe mayol <•! tin council if i foil lhal my vole i b-nul and ill the bell interests of alt of the jh-inle in ihe city nt icon'l p»ae isee page 7 i9*.m s criterion press and still th nn 1 wny ccntial ctta's largest press t i-t«e h hrtrtl i*l every tw „( vsrvlvear aatt r .»_ v.-n », v ntoq ttut t ommuf i thoaa u ha care as w a ***"» i»ii ■ gjatt 2*l 1979 la kx last a am lost you've n»t a*«tta aign up it a t.ipy tt th llu j_i 20 upstfit hew york's oldest aod ueyrtl time pre ■■ thr atki wny nsnarny p-apef thai a registered m • bona m oewtfuper ur*irf th w-h3 s?<--*t<_coi*jrrs -■ t*94st*tgi_-__{_it*i