Buffalo Criterion, 1978-12-07

              wny's ingest & only accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester ... niaaars imim the buffalo criterion vol '■ 7 - no ho wednesday december 7-13 1978 i'ktt iv - sno*tsl 2 leaders met for group discussion shown abate are mime of the r.-ligiott and nmniunilr leader front w.n.y who gathered al m.«a)ld muhammad 11,1 lim ated al mli hixen a sycamore rereatly dim-iiaaing community survival among ih.m who attended were imam all banked councilman jam lid phil ittihinsteln hi hilala z muhammad th jesse nash imam hassan imams ktittta and hoot imam a allem hassan various opinions were voiced and the meetiaa adjourned on a positive not - criterion phot agreement reached on operation o f cmhc left to right hr william v kinnard jr president el the buffalo general hoapital otis oatea president of the central erie community mental health center in me i erite davie aetata director at the buffalo offire il the state office ta m.ntal health end dr latino ward erie county ( nmmianion.r of menul health discuss a memarandam ttt understanding regarding operation of th community menul health < eater at bo goodrich si the agreement between buffalo general aad »"• tilral erie call for buffalo i ieneral to again seek federal funda to assist the hoapiul in operating tbe center while providing for citizen participation in lb management of the raster through a twn tint governance atrurture s page 3 for compleu start |. upper room plans annual mission .* tbe upper b.him com munity prayer band is a again eoliritlng dona tions from the publir to a 9 them on their good will mission to the erie caaaty old tots horn oad other nursing homes a new year day this mission la made anoually to help bring oy to the uvea of the aenioi bars who are shut in 4*9 who seldom ae yaa to wish them well tb prayer band rend *» aaag services ha prater mad bible rending m distributes fruit aad f pw^atee at the wra-a homea in an gat to bring holiday tot to thoae who are sick aai shut in in these the prayer band has been doing this evan gelistic work for ii years through the public'a con cern and kind generimity they art appealing again thia i.hi for whatever aid that can be reader lo help carry mil this mlonian for 1100 father and • ha.lila i a the group serve them opplex oranges banannaa and cookie the i mil will surely bless lho who show kindness and cm.cm for their fellow lit.thin who are lea fortunate as prices on everything have me up the prater hand » appealing for churches to help with this endeavor xii donations may be oentto the prayer band in rare of rev t.1 nr ihißot 100 humboldt fkwy h.iftsh n y 14214 for farther ,„ formation contact rev henry hall at wm 4699 on new year da at 12 noon the prayer band will leave from antioch itaptlat church 131 flor ida st corner of jeffer at re william hon ton pastor for then trip to the old folks home a their appointment at the home l for i p.m anyone wishing to accompany the rroup meet the prayer band at this local inn ret.lilrnnll dußoiais fenernl director si i tiro l llt han pr k . henry hall advioer sn.ldbiroabois — rov asoow bkv gienn 11 li.l brv ml li all council on race relations honors comm gambino aj civil service l w**t a josephine fc*j*t)tt.ir >< jackson 2 qu««n has re g *• 1978 human gg award of the £"***> council on r**w*tjoti a yarding to the rev j h of south fbrcme **»• cwincil president the award is in recogni lion of her dedicated service to th council in helping it meet human needs particularly in the area of employment op portunities for members of minority groups the award is the second honor presented to comm amhirvt by the council in 197jv sh received its ' women of the year ward comm t'.ambino was anted to the state civil service commission in 1977 sbe formerly served for three man a a member of the nrw york city service commission bells sav-a-tape benefits olv infant home oo*oa has been r ben'a sav*-a tj j 0 1 ** our jt9 « victory infant wj laekawinrui n . • * i i ha used tppjv a sperialhr -^» wb*wcbatr for * u^»?p»d child st the ,*, bet a ivr south park aye , l,*ck wan has designated the infant home as its first recipient in the save-a tape campaign hart emphasized that all bell mark register apes from any store may b applied in the infant home goal the home will receive a ha-'ist cash donation for ii!____.l_,_l ................—... .__._.,. ■ each f.loo " worth of bell register tapes saved tbe public is n.skcd to save their bells register tape and mail them to olv infant home at 790 ridge rd i-acka wanna administered by the sisters of st joseph the infant home in one of the family ■■■ social agencies founded by father baker olive m . jacob given deputy director post albany - olive m jacob has been appointed deputy director for local services programming for th state division of alcoholism and alcohol abuse announced john r lucca director since she joined the division in 1977 ms jacob has been special assistant to the director for treatment planning and development from 1974 to 1977 he had been program coordinator for the holism treatment program st beth israel me 1 center a new york city a position which involved coordination of a comprehensive alcoholism program including a 50 bed detoiification unit * 500 patient outpatient clinic and a 50 bed halfway bouse a graduate of dublin university m jacob holds graduate degree in social work from trinity college in dublin and new york university > ms jacob formerly of new york city resides st -!<• wiib-n st albany met lsr will be m 6.000 school & health officials say no shots no school v <#' j-m-ta no ad-oof tbat ora tbe siau-nv-nt dtsb-teed b school amd lib ■..*:_&-» at a preas o-ntert-nee held rarrntly at tba blue croea/btue shwld h _.(;_-.-.** aflrr reviewing 9 ur er.unu-1 x lev*u of a ht tl entr-rers for tb pate ta year health and acaaad official decided thai otnealhi-ig muat b done to protort tit chadtaai srhool • u-*rr ar those rhddren who mousrwd kindergarten last fall lor first graders in school nrm g~nmsrs m anhnasa without * kindergarten nearly twenty free perrent of the hi illi entering school tm th first urn ara not fully immunized mhwl officials stater angela associate supt of elementary education for the dfe-ceo school and f:ug*ne bevtua sunt of the ftul'slop school have mgr.tti ihat thia yaw m&ermra a*fl be mmhaama . la nag jan 09 omy have not been mdequaxety tmmunued tw cannot show put that thry are m process ta being uamuaued ih richard judrlsohn cccnmumcable dta*aa control ufa of the erie < assay health l'»t'j.i an nounced that srhool rtiroas have completed checking records and had aeveral itvar.iool climes principals have lieen given . lii of those children *'■"'»• imitiimuatiims are raa . nmjii i and letters ar in sent to the parents explaining what varrtnes the-1 children need and th children muat -■__-! a.a.11 t.-,l when they return jan bth dennis .... im imnrtis m mhi ii munization program co ordinator lor the new york st*te health fe»pi ex plained thai new york sßau law i l ui.t all school mi 1 be fully immunized or tbey are not to be in achool the cnfurvem.nl of this '.. at this point is the fttst step in esubltshing a nit-chan mn whereby the tnw will ih ir.iih-i and uniformly enforced in the following tr o'mara mm out goal is to raise immunisa tions levels to at least 90 by the fall uf l<»7y in ordci to reach the goals of hkw's national immuni tatkm initiative the immunization awareness committee ia a coalition of nauonal state and local organizations winking together to help raise the immunization level b the w.n.y region it lias baan upf»ort hy * granl from the blue cross and mi shield plans of w.n.y nyc bd of education proposal receives opposition new york - the anti-defamation league if b'nai nth has ex pressed serious misgiv ings over the reported new york city school board proposal to assign new teachers on the basis of residency to achieve a racially integrated achool faculty arnold forster adl s genera counsel based his reaction on published re ports that the board of education is proposing to send acher with ad dresses in predominantly white neighborhoods to schools in minority areas and those residing in hugely minority neigh borhoods to schools in white area in our view said mr forster this new propo sal is not significantly different from the board prior policy of assigning teachers on the bam of race by designating certain neighborhood aa white and others as black or hispanic the board would not only engage in the divisive sa_______________l_______j practice of racial categori i?!'in of rk-tßhborhooda but would alio attempt by subterfuge what they expressly disclaim — to assign on the basis of race thr school board pro posal if assign teachers by residency was in reaction to r federal suit challeng ing the racial assignment a 1)1 along will the american jewish con grass had filed a fricnd of court brief in the case known as caul ea board of education second b c plans men's day dec 17 men's day will be held at second baptist church 18 church st lackawan na sun dec 17th oemon hodges of shiloh baptist churrh will be the speaker at the 1 loo service rev cvne havbon formerly of lackawanna and now of trinity baptist church tn niagara falls will ha the speaker at a p.m th public is invited organization to cite several at awards dinner th love train dang charity organization inc will hold its tth annual award dinner sunday iw 17lh ... the hu11 convention center at 7 p m the honorable inn d griffin will he the main speaker the ti.iiiitt..i>s aro mrs ruby bulls samuel matwell mrs joyce allen mia carole a varner hon tithirge k arthur hon david a collins hon jamea pitts hon minnie iii.-it mrs kathryn sullivan mra i niil little hon david ecbitls prove bank mrs sarah hitman mr kushi hi ton roderuk brutnt i>fii-u qbm|m oh m clover rev l l jones anil john winston in addition a trophy will lie presented in memory nf the late rat e i mcneely for tickets contact mi evelyn johnson 884-0023 bro ted johnson ia executive director rev rosemary walker proa and mrs evelyn johnson secy block grant hearing dates set the f.th t.-at commu nity development block < irani performance and proposal hearings will lie ii.id the week of dec nth and january l&th-lkth the performance hear ings will provide a per spective on the use of tin c.8.d.0 1 funds during the third and fourth years of the program a well as information on submission of fifth year proposals as in the past on proposal hearings will recuive citiien proposals for project and program which intend to use th year • b.d.g funda copies of all regula-1 tions applications pan formance reports bearing records correspond ire and other document per ■ tabling to th c.8.d.0 programs are available on - iili/.'ti request i the < iff of cilixan fmrtttui ! tion and information at 210 it hall hi ml eat 476 goodyear foundation awards grant to home lackawanna - the josephine tymmt foundation of buffalo has announced the awarding of ■ 15.000 grant to our lady of victory infant homes at 790 ridge rd . lackawanna n r the goodyear foundation exists for the purpose of assisting poor omen and children with physical needs the grant will be used to furnish and eouip a parent visiting room for handicapped children sister veronica anne s.s.j director of chil drens services at the home esptatned that the home house i handi capped children who range in age from newborn to eight years the children suffer from a wide range of debilitating and handicap ping conditions which h*avo ihem non ambula tor without ve-rbal ability ami e»tremclv limited in their potential develop ment hie children are generally destined tor institutional plan tit at far the balance of their young live until recent year the infant home served a child population which was more normal in response to community needs the home now serve least who need intensive care this change in service bas omitted in a ncstd for a more adequate and ape cialixed area for tbe children and their visiting families through hi of tbe visiting room the home hopes to promote family unity to increase the children relationship with family member and to normaltre aa ... possible their living en vironment his c parted that til visiting are srlll fn used over l.oflo times hiring the first ..••• nf 1923 1978 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press oar office haa heen open vert week at evert year sine our cxintence serving smtt communities you've just gotta sign up for a copy ml the buffalo criterion every week ft.r onl i5 c national 20r upeuu nest york * oldest and large minority press — tlte only w.n.y minority paper thai to registered as a bona brie newspaper under tbe march 3 1179 art of congrena — regulating newspapers