Buffalo Criterion, 1982-12-15

              us postage paid ii kmll no nn imiaio nuvvokk wny's largest & only aceredted minority newspaper — fcarunngpakil-cgitimatectrcubtion the buffalo criterion vol 57 - na 51 wednesday hi ember 15-21 i 2 rochester niagara region congressman opposes gas tax increase possible breakthrough in sickle cell treatment the death penalty computers help fight fraud in food stamp program washington d c — altar january i states must match reported in aim of fond stamp applicant against other wag data to verity infor saltan tin th food stamp application a v s dept of agriculture official v today on thai dot all state will haw a mage matching system in screen perww incorrectly reputing in income to receive ood stamp incnrrect reporting of wages assets and r iun**s i a significant aroo it ateu in th food wurnp program according to mary 0 jorsti mi assistant secretary for ood solo consumer service some people inaccurately report their income to qualify for teat watnp benefits she said to counter this usda recently issued rule re coiling oil states to match the wogtea of applicants and i-ir ■< ■!,>-!-•. th s i 4 "-. i.ij ailsuhimif tkm rt<*i>td and/or unetn ptoymsmt compensation rscords many stateo already are involved in mm form of wage matching some states it it i income infor mation provided on finxl stamp opplicotions against their own state anil inderal employes records as well as welfare and revenue records other states match with workman's compensation i'snk ac counts hospital as state unitfrsitv inlormation to verify information on fotxl stomp and other pumir assistance applications wage matching ha been u*ed successfully in several state in one north i r..|in county a enmputcrired match of wag reported on food stamp application against employer wage records showed tha v 74 food tamp recipients received more benefit than they wwr entitled to stat official estimote that th recipient - 10 percent of oxtx rnuntt easekvad gxa l*-a.,1 v c*y m rm-emem lomra during a two-year period tv documentary looks at why newspapers fail the htitfai l*ourier-ei press the cleveland press the philadelphia bulletin the washington star — all newspapers which shared long years of maaam ami pom • — rat oil of them are memories now recent victims of a changing soriety why did they fail what responsibilities fall tv » community's surviv ing paper wnf.d tv s documentary unit records mmi thought provoking responses from industry winners and losers on a final edition fri dee 17 at 9 pm on channel 17 producer/reporter iran lucca interviews union loaders and reporter in th half-hour public affair special as well a roger h parkinson lurnier pub maker of the nation's most rec*nt mas newspaper totality th buffalo couri rr-ksjtre which publish ed its final edition on september i'oh he also questions murray 11 light admai and vice president nl th washing lan post rhama vail publisher/editor of the cleveland plain dealer and samuel mckeel pres ident 1 the philadelphia fcmoaornr and th daily what was the pre dnmin om factor thot kilted off th courier-f.spress s*y political writer rat herman the news m*ai out gun l us in the tranche in thi fierce war their parent company ma chip stan v gem apparently prepared to **** mo money ovvr the ag ma than the folk bn purchased v a few i*or bock " observe tv cm jim rskn • \\> stepped covering the new to th **£ *■* we hod ma*b * « old-foshioned but i view a newspaper a just list — a news paper i thought w wfre doing less of he news and a ua more of the features i didn't think ih local impact was mr light of th huffaio news nis t declining census figures and lhe loss of major retailers we were fortunate as a city to have still maintained two competitive newspapers through all these years in soys competition from tv 111 radio lhe growth of suburban newspapers liornmus operating costs economic issues ultimately bring newspapers down hut other factors precede the red ink hi same actors that separate great paper irom the mediocre ou have to aggressively ftirtif tphli in the things of ihe in.mutt and try in make them happen says ihe cleveland plain deal er's vail the post's hradlee agrees moat good newspapers with good active local manage ment don't ail what h.ippeiis when a two paper town suddenly becomes * one-paper town thi pos«>s a tremendous burden on th survivor observes vail today you've got in make ure that everybody ha an opportunity to have their soy so that nobody feels that you're smug complacent ornery — you don l want to have people eel that you're thrusting a point o view down their throat the post s rradle is concerned that the owners and editors o a monopoly paper will get so scared of being accused of being dictatorial that they will bland os»c - that the document ry state has home mortgages for ew yorkers at 12.5 percent sonyma urges i\i aj i new yorkers to apply new yorkers or being urged to **; for born mortgages at 12 5 percent interest through o pro gram of the slate of new york mortgage ***** sonymai the stole agency has provided some $ 130-mil ik for mortgages through 21 banks throughout the slot for loans to purchase emm tr rm.m trnmmity aw k -,'..!■ a dwswngs both cooperative and atlll tht ofter was mad in a aeries ol advertisement thai start til lo appear in publication around new s'ork slat last week th fixed rate equal monthly payment mort gogi - whk-h can run lor a ifr-yeai term cat be obtained wtth • *>*« payment as low as ten percent for persons moot ing eligibility require mem of participating hanks morrower in th sonyma program must he first time home buyers except f<»r properties in federally specified get areas created by the slat legislature in 1970 x alleviate th reexirnng shortgmge of funds for residential mortgages lii new y'orlt city baaed «».. . | 1 »» ismymm h,t l-b*u**i tn revenue bond and provided ooosw than 30.1xw mortgages tn new vwk s .<.:*• francwo lugovtno i the chairman of the sonyma boon ol dim lot and edward m bopp i lhe agvmvs eseculive director and chiel esecti tiv olfktl additional information con he obtained trom participating hank or by fslling the 101 l free sonyma number 1-roo f>22-m74 group to make annual pilgrimage ike upper room mm hand i mtsisi pirn la its annual visit lo the ltd folks 11-,.t i aid n v on new seat day mrs 0 11 dubois show a left in lhe •■'■-. her husband m.-v iii.titi it limit sgrector and best henry hall al ih right 4,m*m at *;•(*■ hag t th public for donation of rherks ia order th tit . mat buy fruit > and and rookie tot th elderly father sad mother . ikifirwd in the iqalhal—i tie and mr !•..!«..,. and ret halt are 1 a •'•■■. prepared the goodie ta take iv it old folks i ... .:...; 1,,-md ymt ... v ... . urge yem ie •■-. i u i • freely l this aaasaal ". m tm are alae .■ i mmm in ,-..., hi if i aide with iht group and nut aim tm ky ih m asm th gift io th ******>■ this photo shows the elected officer la a one-year term of the cilirrns council m human relation at th beautiful fnrdham drive residence of th dullards they are from left rosa mcdaniel and norman i,..irila"l <<■ chairpersons james magsv em chairman of buffalo and erie i mini bar assoc frank m.s..k co-chairperson raphael dullard treasurer and carol strief secretary doug note photo citizens council on human relations elect officers the citizens council on human relation was formed in the spring o 1%-t and conducted its first annual meeting in vtnbor 196.1 at the council's 20lh annual meeting held sun nov 14th in the beautiful home ol mr and mr roy foe dußard 41 fordham drive the council presented to james l mac.avern pres ident of the erie county bar association the wil liam g conable award symboliring the bar asso ciation's contribution to o variety of civil rights causes by the bar member attomevs the conable award i presented in memory of attorney william g con able a charter member and the council first chairman of the education committee the late w ct conable was o the brother of congressman b conable jr of the 3?th district of new york i .'. * at ihe november meet ing charter members dr john j hoffman and raphael dußard were presented plaques for their continued efforts in the field of civil right other charter members who were unable to attend were dr glover barnes polly i taylor dt newton garver and dr roderick officers elected at the annual meeting were norman goldfarb rosa mcdaniel and frank me siah ccxhairmen carol streiff secretary and ' directors elected were drnald summers msryi lyn hochfield abel fink john hoffman george iggers carl green irving sone john medige gar field hinton hetty pasco and dorrine salley more pirture la n .< week's i do a rally planned for eddie carthan former mayor of tchula miss b rally mill i>e held in port nl eddie james carthan former mayor ol tchula mississippi nn sat . dei iwh the rail will bt hi-ltl at the masten center 7j5 humboldt pkwy at e ferry st irom fi to h p m mi < i.tiiih tta the moyor of tchula hi ihe time ol his orresl when he was charged with murder and assault along will seven co-de(endanto murder charges hay b*en dropped but the miss issippi supreme court continue to deny mr ' iiid.iti appeal or boil on the assault chaines frank chapman of new york assistant eseculive director ol ihe national mliittiii vsi'u-ai racist mul i'l.liii nl repression will 1 the guest speaker at thi rally the public is invited to attend for further information call kwmj4wj or 82h-5167 christmas baskets will be gift to the needy ■ in home health or i'r gram in rm 325 95 li.it.hiti st sre hoping to donations from the public of small gifts including fruit hard candy cookies cosmetics knit cops scarves mit ten gloves socks 1 a arts and rah supplies plant nut jewelry toiletries and stockings the staff originated the idea after they found that up to 200 of approximate 1500 in-home health core clients live alone and hosre no families th client ate enabled to stay in their own homes instead of being institutionalized hy receiving doily homemak er assistance srith such tasks a preparing meat < liristm\nrasm.ts continued on page sf iconlinued on page 7 ( see pago 7 see page 3 see page 7 923 vs criterion press and still th no 1 wny central cities largest press oir oil ii h*#n n(<n v*ry w»*l it e\eiy y«*r suae our lentt rv*a our timniuntrws mri up to • us i th l i aa 2ty w's ••'■<•«' snd utgrst i-i ,\ ptp*s • ih oriy w.n v nn 1 i taiwi ikst ts rrjotrrtnl a • txins l«w rwws|mi|«r imctet th m*rrh 1 lltoatlr congress - trgtilattny newsiatwr