Buffalo Criterion, 1978-10-18

              wirt's largest & only accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion vol '.. - no 43 wedsesday october i . 1978 lot i ft — rto>*t ixv shaaa ami paabfts krln m lllttr ja asm j**a jadg rmfttar sim am w/hlam sim fagea read ueay larfcaea lt***ai lames e*a paa sa **♦***. ***** rbrhmaa ethel alba italia *******. wat oar harvard crttertaa i - rili'rtciu phtitii radio-a-thon is successful a badio-a-thon in honor of judge barbara sims incumbent candi 1 cats for city court judge was held sat sept 29th at judge sims headquarter jefferson and k north the katlki a tinm as broadcasted over radio station willi and fea tured man local digni taries sheen in the photo at left is judge suns at mike and husband atty william sims a she thanked the community for its support in making the program a success she also said she will be looking forward to serving on the car court bench ihpih ■ • a disco and refresh ments folkisved douglas towers on the move on fri ort 6 the president of th frederick douglas towers tenant assoc jerry heaves had an open house or the grand opening of tlie senior citizen's recreation room at 108 jefferson aye mr choaves gave thank lo the many people who helped make this project a reality among the guests acre mrs carol lee al vvootlori 1 mmm a ron dozier of mil i mrs mary johnson mrs coleman and b special thanks to the citta workers for decorations under the dilution ol dave green uric i to jimmy bryant aho pre pared the refreshment c --... j .-*._«._ ___-:_■_• ■____!_________■■ to speak at rochester u hester - the first 0 r wendt memor ial lecture honoring the lata prof 0 r wendt of tha university of roches ter dept of psychology will he given at the university friday oct 20 5 prof bernard w arlaston dean of the faulty of art and sci ear at tufts university prof hariestnn will discuss sterotypes and sc.ial change the lecture will .. . .... at 4 p m in room ms of th psisjatk-gy building and is free and open to the public • itarieston who received his ph.d in psychology from the university of rochester in i9m haa been wan of the faculty of six and sciences and assaaar of psychology at tuft a ice 1070 he ha asai bean acting dean of !__!_* college of perial studies a ape dali in the field of faagxaticm and personal ity much of his profes stomal at has center wl on the role of minority groupe in higher educa tion harbatun was awarded an honor doctor of ' science degree from the university of rochester in 1972 he is a graduate of h'/*srd university where he wss a member of phi hat kappa ret ween 1969 and 1970 he served aa provost and then acting president of lincoln uni varsity 1 prof wendt had been professor emeritus of psy chology at heater at the lime of his death in 1977 he served as chairman of the department for ik years and helped to develop it into mr of the university's strongest academic units whose research achievement have gained national recognition an authority on the psychology of learning motivation and per ton prof wendt waa tne antl..it of some imi professional paper hi research includes applied work in area such a motion sit air-sick ness and chemical influ ences on behavior he was the chief plan ncr for the university's m.2 million psychology building which was dedi cated in oct 1074 the 1 r wensh memorial 1-actur is una of the events planned for the university's reunion txoiaectaning weekend tm 20 21 and 22 bernard w hbrleston joe louis courton hospitalized joe liv is courton who **«» one of the criterion's ***** standing new ***** a the aw of 12 is ill « the buffalo general j 1 with pneumonia . - w courton who as sist in the circulation and religion departments will be greatly missed during hi illness he is also active in the church of gad in christ sickle cell & lead testing slated at ecc j families chil * ***** bd students from m mtire community of ****** community college mm .___ -*•—•**•*•*▼ s r rounding com ****** in buffalo arr !**» jf participate in * ?_•* c mr*****'*j*f ****> :*****. toting of children jlvw «* 7jrh " l*tt*r*tt t i*m sate to he remem t bored are tuesday ort 24th 10-2 p.m wednesday f srt 2.-ith 10 a m 2pm or monday evening oct wrr 1 o-r pm monday evening october slat ***-** p m children ages 1-5 wir lso be tested for lead the public is invited _ . - - former buff alonian becomes 3rd president of harrisburg community college the inauguration of james a odom jr a the third president of hani burg area community college was held satur day oct th in the auditorium rose herman lehrman arts center on the campus of karris area community college harrisburg pa dr odom ties to his new role having worked in a wide variety of capaci hies on the community college level he has taught english worked as a student personnel coun selor served as admis skins records officer dean of students executive assistant to the president and in two vice presi dential roles one of which called upon him to lead both the instructional and student services efforts of the college he has also been a graduate admis son officer in a major university b _***._____■ — rm ___, in august of f&7 following the i una a of the colleges first president lje.rey|f -. , r a a*npt who subsequently retired the trustees and the i 1 ■_______! community turned x t'lf l»n ' * j ire i to dr term to an am i the acting presidency until a successor could be found then in january of 1975 when the second president left to take another presi dency the trustees again called on dr odom to serve a interim chief executive it was in may of this year that the institution ronfirmed it confidence in him by naming him its third president born ■ in kira-mlle term james odon was in his teens when his family moved to buffalo n v where he was graduated from a techkai high school subsequent ly he served in the united state marine corps and then entered the univer rmre**re*r ir a in english in it the ohio suite university r_onorecl m an m a in th ******* discipline in 19f.1 and he completed hi dorttirate also tn english at the university of michigan in 1975 james is the son of mr naomi odom of 3 frtyrrtenßr st and the late james a odom his wife dorothy meadows fxlorn is the daughter of the late huby meadows and mable meadows of 576 jefferson aye he has two sisters mrs sane holman of 63 otis pi and mrs betty legge of 36 frontenac st also two half sisters the late mrs frankie kelly and mrs ruth brantley of 322 fox st dr and mrs dom have three children peter susan and paul dr.jamesa.odom.jr n y.'s spanish theatre co to perform in rochester rochester - the spanish threatre repertory company of new york the only pro fessional group ot theatre touring the usa with productions in spar will visit heater on thursday nov 9th under the auspice of club cervantes of natareth college coming to buffalo dixon chairman of the nation goodwill com mission will be the guest of jordan grose mi sionary baptist church i sunday december 10th at 11 a.m also on this date dr dixon will be celebrating his 78th birthday as well as 68 years in the pulpit and in the public relations field rev glenn dubois is host pastor the public is invited rev dr ii ban m i fallon pledges to be a working judge last j falton demo axxrxjsßuvv candi dale lor sxi|*r*sxi court justice in the eighth judicial district in the eighth judh'ia district in an addreaa mm the tow at ambaiw demo crat is cooh itlce pledged if elected to fa a working judge who would sttn-ole bis tana and talent to » reduction of the large bxsckkxad of cases now pending in erie county mr fallon noted that use delay between the ming of a ma of issue and statement of readiness and trail i approaching four ymam ana lhat the simple addition of more judges l not alone going to remedy this situation he noted dial the judge must lie ma.>ss:,-.i -,-.>-,,- and read to roll up their sleeves and go to antra il any sub ms nt ml change in the meant situtation i going to l>e made mr fallon cited the lact that he hs tried over wct cases 11 courts hi til levels and has hum!led numerous appeals in the appellate division court of ap peals nil the federal second circuit court of appeal he also said that hi three years a an assistant u a attorney ami thirteen yenrs as a village judge would i of great value in enabling him to do an effective job on the supreme court bench criterion announces 55th anniversary plans the lluffalo criterion dean of tile upstate central city community activists announces that plans are being made to produce its with anniversary edition in late november the management re port that despite much inner racial criticism by many who have been the top metiers in the busi ness the passing of the time his wen grand and glorious mill it is hoped that till edition will have earned the proper support to make it the best ever thanks participants the rev m.i,is hi wishes to express his gratefulness to ihe first shiloh baptist church the ritv fc j tkhota pastor uml the trinity ilaptist church the rev jue davis pastor and all of the sinter churches and friends that participated in his anniversary service friday oct olli at firs miilt.h church i thank i.il lor friends likeymi added rev hall you ma the best in the whole round wot id may ood ever bless each of you is my prayer i thank v.all rev hall also thanked the honorable judge barbara sims and the honorable judge samuel oreen for their partidpa tion in the service briefing new director •_.♦-• t hamiai writ a ******* *•_*., pir»h_s*l a the sattwaal ttsvt lw m»i catholic kaesrls c*s»l mppaaaed it ,■.!*. nirv-ctt i , pet i res be ims ***.*», r+bitl . .* litlrrim iter in ivn 1 w i km t**lra tale—it ik c._pi mt the tnte-n-ls l*rxroett a a ww i j o - 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