Buffalo Criterion, 1981-03-18

              the buffalo criterion wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation wednesday march lit 24 1981 vol m - no 12 rochester niagara region u.s postage paid ii it mv mi nn iujitaio fcw york marchers demand federal funding to save our children a grtntp at about 1,400 concerned atlantans marched on th buhard russell federal mag , on march 9th la dramatize their demand for oabolaaoial fnafcral funding for ttm investigations of 21 cases til mutder and kidnapping of young atlanta children organized by the southern chris lion loader confrrenc and th black orgy of metro atlanta th marchers proceeded down m i km jr drive from antral united metho mat church to the rusoell building th rev joseph .', urttery presi dent of sclc charged that if president reagan can send 125 enl&xt to c salvador to interfere bo ha affairs of that nation h ought to ba shim to taast 12 nullum to atlanta to eafceh th killer of our children u/wery said that a m mopaaaam to view th atlanta crisis oa total janlooitd from th killings and violence against black serosa tb nation there is an environment 4 hostility against bim~fc people in thi country tbotl is lod by inoonottivit r to black and brown and poor paapl at high lev*ls in both tha private and public sectors block and poor people or being blamed lev tb eecoocik ertoi m lice ' tm\i**\**ra wfces tfiey arm peeaiaed b rita mmmm*rf mttmmw mm%xtj barm psmmbmb 99*9 nb fa trail progi *=.* ottorting then ha but dr lottos pmtmg smfc dr cameron m aleaanoer prwudsmt ol the georgia missionary baptist convesuon bishop joeepfc c cam st at ttw christum mstbodaa eptaoopol church and bishop frederick m tajv cf th african a.a . m . m - eptsaopoj church mmmwa\mm*m iuuinnmi mmtgmtßmßt <*©** igmft told th marchers that d**p the — w^»v»^w wk mmmm\fmmm 9amw attack against tb black and pc*w out movement for juotic with the help of wim ww forme ffiucv president ham imrm-is and two sclc staff member boraniu lafayvue partanpaled u tha rath ne dad aevweal hundred stucwu of the atlanta university lynu-i marchers carrwsi signs calling tug federal funding of th poke investiga tions mack unit and save our children black people will uot cower under the assault cm black life dr lowwrv said but will m in action a new ' ■■■■» that ads sjiread aero thi country to counter the assault and press for a positive black future promoted to new post s notional fuel has an naunred that lma j ms has amhpvi promoted to supervisor-customer mar vice inquiry group-coti ouster liusuicoa main mo mill parted national fuel ta l assigned to tonawanda consumer butiwtj as a junto commercial cwrk to 1970 oh woo transferred lo consumer buoiness main a a una custom er account clerk o*«i hi nest ii year ah wurkisl in several cierical capacities among them customer service hope oentatlva i customer ac count clerk i and custom or service representative it ml hilt ho a son ami daughter they result in tin fal velmaj hill fed aid suggested in 22 cal cases rep nowak says request should be made washington — rep henry j nowak d buffalo has suggested that the city of buffalo should formally request federal technical and fi nancial assistance for the 22 caliber investigation „,. m.mhi •*** iteatho tit even tears mm nowak said be bad itanmaeid tf*_lhiffl m wotlgmttrra wilis ts aid to vie president bash who mad that they kmm rertnem carefully may re quest from th city est buffalo for asssjusc " th ccttgressman add ed tb trauma and continuing crxicera that this tragedy tarn caused in th tmmtmk community 00*001 end thus est mould bnng te bear aa -*,*.'■•. manure to ry mam this investigation " mat ah mat he had discussed th sod request wtth msyor griffin and advio*d tbat th mayor submit a formal grant request for technical oasis lance and federal funding to help mmwwwf th local '****** f lb prolonged inyestigation ranging from such mom as the trvertim for pots toaaol goto to lahorotory test ing note and foe for * sport consultants our cotnmunitt re main confronted by on unusual tragedy that roe tinues to elude resolution nowak added i trill certainly tin ail i con tn follow op on the city's request for whatever ami tone the federal govern ment may he able te rentier to help us reach a successful conclusion of this investigation aha s plan 50th great lakes regional confab for april celebrating their mhh great lakes region conference more than 1,600 members of alpha kappa alpha sorority inc from the atom of michigan ohio west virginia pennsyl vania and new york will convene at the buffalo sutler hotel april 10 11 ond 12th hooting the 1981 regional are gsmino phi omega and comma lota xtm*t try regional conference work -! i i!l refwt the national theme iniki.-ti it decis»»*r a design in action in the fighlies rclstias dr glucwi stephen s.;iii letnat , lakna , h*k>m*j director and director of graduate programs in urban cmmooling and pr.ifi ssor of counseling and educational psychology qaiega nt education michigan but at fast lansing she further oteteo that a am implement our role and responsibilities for this decade we will find that true commitment will ha challenged and tested as we work during this prtriod that ho been projected to bo tho more difficult il id in our history the keynote speaker for the friday evening ill meeting ail lie the honorable lauii stokes congressman from the district of ohio congrestnnan blufcaa is the recipient of sit honorary doctorate degrees the most merit from morehimsf college in atlanta whs was bestowed am turn last week a revet ad and respected member of congreos in february of mm congressman stokes was ap|sifnled by speaker thomas t tip hail to the lltsjse committee on standard of official conduct ethics committee after having served less than a year on th select committee to rnnduct an investigation anil study of the circum mono surrounding id death of or martin ! li king jr id.-'^leaker of the house appointed him chairman of this committee in december 197 congressmen stokes completed these historic investigations and filed with the house of representatives 27 volumes of hearing which comprised of a final re port and recommendations for adminis trative and legislative reforms speaker for the formal awards banquet on saturday will be dr julia purnetl i di^tinjrui.'thed member of the sorority ant former itrngtatna bwn*iaa dr ?.,".' ii is notion prasad of th links fnc ftiiame mp*tm p,«sai tmnmas and workshops will comprise friday afternoon and all day saturday activities workshop will emphasize self fulfill ment one of th mandates of lbs aorority-designed to acquaint aaoanbers of alpha kappa alpha of traditions which affect women prepare ham tor new and changing rotes in society and increase tbeir knowledge in critical mmm whkh affnd tbeir daily exletene other mandate which ii '» aaldrt-aawl or life-long learning health care arts and heritage which i designed to preserve the history of alpha kappa alpha which highlights outstanding contribution by 111 it women ond promotes noteworthy contributions of ml i americans in various field officers ami members of th lamina phi omega and lamma lota chapter of buffalo will host the ml anniversary crest lake regional conference have worked with the great bake regional director dr gloria stephens smith to make certain that every iisj t of the convention i bitty loped 1 provide for the program satisfaction torn fort anil entertainment i the delegate anil of the porticipanu hi regional director is optimistic that this will be one of m finest and most productive regional conferences nfta will cut diesel costs by 290,000 with bulk purchase facing aha two-edged i.t of uncertain supply and evei inrrwaoing prices officials of the niagara frontier maportatlon authority ham moved la attain some stability m th lit fuel mrket ami save money at the sme time in a unique plan approved by the wta roardof commissioner the au thority will borrow some 5 million in *****. term notes to finance the purchase «< three million gallons of dit-ael fuel for jj metro bus win that three mmttms gallon represent the annual in wmtoty of diesel oil for the bus tany the note would be paid off **** fund reimbursed by the federal pill otot hi hut which tnnil.f not molly be forthcoming until april tat f r _*** 9 sfta chairman allen i wjaeehni the authority will enjoy ma savings through the bulk proposal '•>•' gulmioti has alreodv hod a ss iff on the cost of operating ■» mater „«,.„, liakdebnm indicat 7_on december 10 19*0 the price of i at *„« ir fie per gallon ; m fcttav „ , f z ;„,, . tmjmww nt g-,l j j higher i not unrealistic by wrta*inj th p r-mir w , maamti ** mrtro bu n h"lk *'* lwr thtnir<t 1 . we insure the availability of our fuel supply for the year and 2 are avoid the upward apirslling fuel prices thai c can reasonably anticipate under deregulation speaking te reporters at a new conference in the metropolitan trans portation center chairman ivekdebrun produced a number of graph and charts to substantiate the savings projected under the bulk purchase plan he estimated that the totel fuel cost saving to be realized would be approximately 600,000 fran that he said we mu*t subtract the cost of storing the fuel 11195.000 delivery charges 25,000 and the cost of borrowing the money 9o 00 the net result dekdebrun calculat ed wa a 290,000 savings with moss transit substdie facing elimination in the rat future and decontrol of fuel price dnv ing up the cost of operations it is apparent that we mu«t continue te de i*e innovative imaginative programs to cope with the shortfall between highet operating cost and lower govern ment subsidies i^kdebrun concluded i am grateful to the board for undersunding the unpleasant fiscal realities facing the authority today and for giving this plan their supplort ■ ... minority business opportunity fair set the upstate new york regional minority pur chasing council and the minority business oppor tunity committee srill hold their third annual minority business oppor tunity fair may 6 at the hearthstone manor in depew n v from 9to 4 p.m the fair will provide a one-stop opportunity for minority vendors and con tractors to introduce them selves and their products and services to major companies federal state county city and govern ment agencies approximately 100 com panies and agencies will be represented if you've attended other fairs you'll be glad to know that many firms that you haven't met will be there cong horton met with prime minister thatcher wooftaagoooi ii c — ta*gr***mmi i raw flarta a repabhrsa from rochester n v , shown i th left m ******* meeting with prime minister margaret thatcwr during her vlalt to the notion capital cottar jork kemp from huffs la een in the background rep chisholm to address u.l dinner representative shirley cmahnim trill be the speakef at the buffalo urban league's 54th an nual dinner fri apr 24th in 1968 rep chishotm woo elected to the 91st congress her constitu ency is in the 12th ssionai district in the borough of brooklyn n y the center of her district is bedford stuyve sant and includes perls of bushwick brownville east new york and green - point when mrs chisholm entered the 91st congress as a freshman in 1969 she extended herself as a force to be reckoned with she was assigned to the house of agriculture subcommit tee on forestry and rural villages which she felt had no relation to the need and problem of her district admonished by the speaker if the house to accept and be a good soldier the mad the unprecedented move of placing an amendment before the house '.. remove her name from the committee she prevailed and was then assigned to the veteran affairs com mittee which had some relevancy to her istltu mncs in i«7l vmgresswn man chisholm took sn other p and ron for president sb mm th first ark warn te 4 the nation highest office although she i not ckbrolm bflo.'s leading black radio minister lashes out against wufo & its new management the elder lace a npigi sr pastor of holy temple church of cod in christ in 672 clinton st sayo that 11 move by the new management of wueo to trim religious broadcasting io discriminating barraaaing and intimida ting the religious community with which it has been act ustomed if listening to for the post 16 years or since the inception of wufo f wufo had lesa than 12 hours of religion programming weekly that was aired on saturday mornings and sunday mornings and sunday ofternoon the holy temple hour of decision could be heard each sunday afternoon from 1 p.m to 2 p.m elder fight also hated that he wa taken off the radio monday - friday 9.55 am to 10 am with momenta of meditation without being notified by the new management he has been invited to two meeting and tin was never mentioned or a reason given a to why wufo m now trimmed religious broadcasting to five hours on sunday morning from 7am to 12 noon with no live broadcasting from any church in the immunity elder spight states that this unwarranted move by the radio station's new manager is harass ing intimidating and discriminating of the worst kind for it deprives the lam fortunate the sick and shut-ins the hospitalized he senior citizens the handicapped prisoners and even people who work on weekends and who carry radios to their ft to listen for spiritual edification and spiritual renewal elder spight further states that a coalition of ministers are being organized to stand together against this discriminating move by wufo tn removing live i*'li'i religious service from the sirwsvea and trimming religious programming ha says thai there are 65 paotoro and rburrhe signing petitions and letters of protest voicing their opinions againat thi discriminating act these petitions and lettera of protest are being sent to tha fcc in washington d c for a thorough investigation asking thorn for a dental of a license renewal unless thia mnme is corrected and live religious broadcasting is restored to the church and th community elder spight state thai tee new manager stated hio reason given tar trimming religious programming to because of economics and his sir •* te upgrade lb radio station kktar sp«ht states in response that i cannot understand bow paying churches could hurt lb station economically when less than ij boors of retigvsi programming wo being aired out eg 7 day and that the radio airwaves h*lrmg to the people elli lee a spkjiit a<m pm 21 1923 1981 criterion press and still ih no 1 wny central cities largest press ihn i.ftii ha urn iijicn every ywek 1 every year ssii our rsisletse tervniq tun i ommuriitieo vou'v 1.1 gotta hjn up lot a . opy i 4 th tluftab criterion every vwrk — hit only 20 naiiuna upstair new york's okiett and latgast nsnuiitv pifst - th only wny minority paper that » i.-i!m.t.,l as * bona ltd newspaper under th man h 3,1879 a 1 of congress - trqulattng nrwtpaparii