Buffalo Criterion, 1978-08-02

              why's largest j duly accredited minenty newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation hllkhfflkmhhbmibmsfcaeiiid l_"^w 1 rochester mioaara region the buffalo criterion vol ''-' - no 32 wed.nesdav august 2-8 1978 £______________________________________ rl*^_^~t*mmmmm i'xcl iv - tattotieu ttt many attended fund raiser mm-rr^mm . „ awn 7**m f . t j the aaaaal republican hatty fund raker waa held receady in the golden ballroom el th static dinner rnefctalls and th music of tha tommy , dana orchestra were highlights of the evening shasta the photo ara some of the attendants leg minnie gillette mcwalla rkhardtxen atty william sim judge barbara sims it court candidate mr walter wtlhrughhy gerald becker dr m s mtsflntra and walt wißoughby — criterion photo alphas honored eugene richards the alpha phi alpha fraternity held ita annual dinner danre honoring eageae rkhards p 1 for his design of %****** grande ms nor where the dinner rßammßa**r mm held in clarence n y mr richards is r*m*9mrß front row third from left other alpha brother ahaara are hurt wilson dr bullock dt holland st richard green henry mr seal joseph forma dr lea alon/o thompson bart austin dr green dr williams and check bank music was furnished by the alvia sbeppard band special guest were lon grew woman flurtay chlsholm llardwick and husband arthur judge barbara sims and husband atty william film more photos will appear in the next edition of the criterion — criterion photo hoyt files bill to increase utility tax wants consumer refunds albany - t^,sl.li..f iesijfned m prevent utili -.-» iron reaping windfall p.ofit ** a result of the recant hard decision wat introduced in tha assam bly by assemblyman wii ham b hoyt id hflo ) hoyt aatd his hill which was requested by the city council would force the utility companies to either pass on their estrs profits to their ratepayers or atomism current tax pay ment to the city the hurd decision has forced the city to reduce the real property tax that rat gt /.; to be paid by utility i.rnpanlcs this bill will give the city the right to increase the gross receipt tax from the 1 which la now paid by utilities up to 3 utility rates which are sat by the public service cenaniaaion are based on e-fticipsted coat to utili ties one of which i ansae " noted the buffalo d**mocral if tax were lower the psc would set lower rates the effect of tha hurd derision hat been to substantially re dues utility costs through rsducad tax payment wttheat requiring prupnr tional rate reductions to rtfiwt these lower cost hon pointed out that wiflalo's property tax ***** aaae bean reduced *•« 87.03 to 173,61 pet 11000 a a reault of the awl decision he aaid tint utility compamea ia buffalo weald therefore be a to return nearly 11.4 million in tax that they should have paid to the «* ny if tha utility failed to make such refunds to consumers the city could impoat this new tax the buffalo democrat want on to add that it la absolutely clear utility bills will not go up at a result of this bill the question we art d«aling with is who is to benefit by the hurd imposed tat reductions i don't want it to be utilities i want it to be the consumers if this bill does not patt i am going to call for a determination by the state public service com mission at to whether or not such refunds could be mandated under recently enacted legislation i soon sored requiring the refund to consumers of all eiceas profit earned by utility companies public utilities are different from private corporations in that their rates are set by the p.5.c noted hoyt the p.s.c now hat the authority to order refund when special situations result in excess profit for the utilities i believe that consu mer refund should be mandated by p.s.c if the utility companies are suc cessful in attaining taa refunds for past year which they are now seek ing or if excess profit accrue in the future hoyt aaid eve reaffirms support for downtown erie county campus ; measbljinan arthut *** meet the tc*thrmim t le i****1 **** eaaearalna the m ml arts county tasßontaßy cooete albany - i would g fo again axpreet my t i w-,»>olt n adorae for the proposed pwaaiieret new city cam "**** and any temnorarv m of the erie county r"!*»-*j college ***** v_be located ia the y9***mo*n area of buffalo a downtown site is the wr logical and ptmmtj accessible __■__■__.____* for .!__* ws-^^busb aaßs am tor tne city campus there b would he close to the rapid transit system to a new modern baa terminal and it would be accessible to all hue line ft would also be does to the center of government qty county state and federal and to the thousands of employees of private in dustry who would take vanuge of thi campus to promote their upward mobility and employment any other location would be foully illogical and unaor table women's day speaker the women auxiliary of st john baptist church will have its annual wom en's day program en sunday june 30 at 11 a.m at bt john rapt churl 184 iredell st ' the guest speaker for the morning service will be ms patricia a russell of the federal omnium a tions . commission in washington d c she is a graduate of kentucky state univer stty frankfort x , and howard university school of law she was admitted to the stat of indians bar in 1973 and to the bar of the united state supreme court in 1977 . ms russell has held various positions in the state and federal gtyv eminent she hat taught in the detroit and in dianapolis public school system her positions with the federal govern ment has included the broadcast bureau of the federal communication commission at an attorney and her present position as attorney deputy chief in dustry equal employment opportunity unit-office of la general counsel she is the recipient of various distinguished btniors and awards among them the human itarian service plaque from the chicago chaptei of the national council of negro women she sras alao the first female justice president of the ph alpha delta log fraternity/howard uni versity school of law langalon chapter in 1987-1978 she was a member of who a who in american collage and universities ms russell v a member of the alpha kappa alpha sorority inc and the s'aacp she has been the key note speak for various ms russell patiku * ft lift hi new world patriotism day tha ist aa_h-al ***** world pstrfcjt_a_n day area iwxwhrstad at saamymi muhammad 23 sua july aat 1 pax many aegmenta of tha eoc-mu t came together aad discussed ctk-unoo prob lems wad their aahjtx_ns the px*aanat featured cease tad batted of the n.y.s parole hoard anthony delgado chairman of the board of director of tha langston hughes center far the arte mr pier ami baugh president of tbe board of education rev carter protestant ospto of aut • and imam kb abdel alim imam of maaatf muhhammad i washington d c ctanm kirk land stated that a majority erf the inmates that came before iha parole board said that the reason they committed aha crane that brought them to ptisan was that hey did not has a job something is wrong with aoriet when the only way that a segment of __■ people must resort to crime to make a living moonshining bootleg ging numbers or prosti tution are the only way that some people can provide their children with a college education he said that we can never sit still until ameri ca does what it promised to do the jobs that once were reserved for bilalians blacks are no longer in existence event the gar bage men don't come from our community in order to change this we must change the negative atti tudes that we have ac quired respect begins xvith self and spreads throughout the neighborhood we must stop forcing false gods upon our children lie the santa claus myth how do you think your child feels when santa answers his hopes and dreams while daddy works everyday and doesn't give him any thing mr delgado observed by j-dsa-_j-_h--f________a-i r*ga wbo'xa&cf btsdt i*ananata that all ot tha ill of ss-aety smffa tßaaihrated in the b*bxl_sn he noted that if **» tie-as up the knfaata taw and is ul the avlahan that the in turn can dnt up the rest of the w tbe bk-ud a every natum flows in rdalian vein lie po-atsrd out that the reason that wa are weak a a f-f-ypu i because wa are sjandi-ts retber thaa prx duter we demand jobs tram firms m which we have no investments he added that we must evxtablish our own factot-iee and aervice units at our own neighborhoods mutual funds are one way to start one hundred people putting ten doner a a together will haw •*• 300 to invest at the end of the a year mr baugh declared that parents must become involved with the educa tion of their children something is wrong at home when your child gets into high school and still can't read we have to torn off the radio and tv for a while and sit down and go over their school work with them it is easier to tench a child of eight good study habits than a is a teenager sunday school was a _ eat aid to my education 1 had to memorize verses and read out aloud note this is ao adage if you keep them in sunday school they will keep themselves in public school rev carter of attica said that most of the prisoners are products of their environment and should not be there however there are some who are morally corrupt he is very impressed by the concern that the inmates have for the neighborhoods that they came from when some one comes to them and inquires what they can do for them invariably they answer do what you can to help the kids in the neighborhood so that they wiu not wind up here rev carter ended with this as the solution to our problems - to walk the same way that you talk along these lines 1 have patriotism day bflo civil rights leader retired from u.s dept of h.u.d winston flash iardan-ui chief planning and support branch u ». dent of housing and urban development has announced his retirement from hud to jala the planning assistance consultants inc a group of consultants experienced in mm economic housing abor educational and industrial fields in the any area in a discussion with a reporter from this new paper hardiman remem hers the help and assistance given him by the mem weather family when he and bill sims xrrived in the city from vfemphis term former judge william simp hus band of judge barbara sims in working to improve conditions of black in this city he remain bets the lata sessions of discussions with the late frank e merriweather sr . smitherman westbrooka cart and garrett and the advise these leaders gave him he believes that only history srid record all of the great acbetvemente these early buffalo leaders gave to this community flash m he is known to thousands of buffalo residents has received many honors from the resit-bents of buffalo civil group fraternal and state organizations ever the years for his effort in finding employments and diataßje problems in un employment insurance for hundred of individuals while serving for twenty five years aa the highest black in this area with the n.y.s dept of labor re retired in 1970 from the dept of labor olding the poartion of natal employment consultant equal opportunity divi akin in charge it all areas in new voile stat outside of new york city during use years of the model cities program in buffalo hardiman served as the federal official in charge of evaluating mon baring and making pri mary approval or disap proval of all model cities rarest approved by the city of buffalo at chief of the program planning and support branch hardiman had the responsibility tor provid ing technical advise in the areas of planning real estate activities rehabili tation and relocation to housing and urban de velopment staff city county and village offi cials in the community de velopment block rant and other community de velopment programs he was responsible for re viewing and making deter mination on all block grant programs submitted by the city of buffalo his staff under his direction provided assistance and advise to applicant and recipient communities in the preparation of applica w preparation ot appura tions and execution of program activities however flash takes flash hardiman district 9 meeting of jurisdiction 2 of w.n.y held the district a of j«nerhrt*nr ii of w.n.y prxm-ded by bishop c 11 hacv-ov mm mtaher e walker oba**r*wd ma an nua 1 strict m***eting jul 21-28 the district ********* tendent and paatar lea a . ftt-_r4__t and district m md___________*v mary sm»ag r prr*ick*d over tbe miseting s?*%sst*a«id the district amattag •*** an overall success the district was owaaml snth rev r 1 h*»r**_oe and the swf,it 1 chair as p*vi*l eueats aaaatg with xupt v wne tavnaski sr and his district fcmer hair-ston asset supt woods rterasgie two dyttmttdc m*maagssa aa the people of the l*3 _____________* b___l___________w ____. __. ___■_______■______.__. r nseanso in a smbb|y any the pripl bishop c «. me-o<7j w*»w|pp the sfwllrja aaaa sage on friday ftßß^t *« the i*r*tr**ting condud«xd elder a spwht begins 2 year tour sgt veronica 4 thomas daughter of flon-sn s thomas of 18 oxford ot lias begun a two-year tour of duty from hkkhetm afb hawaii sgt thomas completed four years in the u 8 air force on june 17 1978 aa an inventory control spe cailist she took m eitenlon and was tripled to cross-train into air traffic control she will start the actual tech school training on ' aug 22nd at if tartar afb biloct miss upon completion sha will be th tth slack female in this bald in the entire u.s.a.f sgt thomas graduated from mt ft mary academy kenmore n v . in june 1973 with * college entrance adance course she alao at landed erie community city campwr from 1973-74 continoed oa page 2 icnntisaad on paa 7 i continued on pace 71 fjg*jj-jji^£*ll a r\-*r_n 1923 - 1978 criterion press and still the no 1 why central cities largest press our office haa been span every r*mk af ex-cry year ******* our existence wrrvtog en rvrmntunttiw you've just gotta sign up for a ropy of the buffalo criterion every week — for only — 5 c 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