Buffalo Criterion, 1978-01-04

              you 2 - n ; wednesday mm _ 4-11 i*l7l of kl iv - national 2te upstate n y.'s largest and only accredited minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester niaaara reaion the buffalo criterion swearing - in ceremony htflalo waa fortunale rnough to obtain a minor ity woman city court jadge barbara m minis appointed by tail going mayor stan makowski in l»ft-eitilwr js§23b shown al ha wearing in re rr moat from left i mr sims far-silt son and daughter william rank sad **»* cjathis mr c merriweather mother mr sims and william sims husband criterion photo cocktail party held for judge sims the above photo la a sense from judge sims rorktall part given st city court jan ist the photo »♦*■•». a few of the part attendants who wished judge 81ms sun-ess shown in the photo from left to right art bennie metis mil carrssqullln jurigr barbara sim mrs de jesus and mr solomon 1 us mori ck-enes of ilu ammmmamm ii parts will be seen in lbs criterion's nest edition .—• criterion photo another hurdle cleared for transit wed l>rv 27th t arkad the start tor sn.-iihtioo of use final environmental imp 1 statement icm mi lite l.'k kail transit t.i'i pusmd for buffalo him gat frt«il«.r transporta bate authority chairman chaster r : hardt an nounrad that the donj ant prepaid jointly by nfta and th urban mass transportation ad ministration iumtaf ws appro/'.d for publication hy the 11 s li»-pt ot transportation dm 15th and is now being distri buted to offfc ml acustea v ivnr % rtir<'*»/<r 30 day pertma during who t nmttaia gumma mem agendas prill rm **— mm tm formal environmental tlaaraib will termt the start of final design on the metro rail pr _)»* t and allow the nfta to üb)t-»t ita sfipli stwtri to umta for tha oiul irrsnt whi will make nnstnulion of the long-awaited transit system a rrahty this eis is the ilmins tar t.*t twafty u-n year study and deals with gli poaatms aasnaaaaamsßte at ml and amtxenh as pasta of bb l&&t m aaii as replying to qoettxst raised by ps_bt and ir,tnernrr.er.tai review m publi libraries as srefl aa * nfta itfe mm on lite metropolitan transporta tion antes cuban intervention a threat to africa's integrity american support for tha wall-being and politi aj integrity of africa i aing undermined by a rend of thought in this country that minimizes the significance of the massive and widespread cuban intervention in africa rather than providing insights into one of the gravest political crisis to threaten afri a aince in dependence or proposing a positive and constructive american response this appro avoids or prefers to wish away the problem many statements rom african leaders forcefully expraaa grave concern over the extensive pre sam of cuban fon-aa on the continent in january 1971 zambian praeldent kenneth kaunda warned of a plundering tiger wtth its deadly cubs now coming in through the bask door a cleai reference to the interven am with soviet backing at met 20,000 cnbar tiy ha yard rustin soldiers in the angolan civil war on april 19 1977 a spokesman of the zaire government rhargttd that the invasion of shaba province of zaire was masterminded by the so viet-cuban alliam-e using angola as its puppet in rerent week the carter administration has begun to demonstrate a firmer grasp of african realities ambassador andrew young who one ilea rilietl the cuban army in angola bs a stabilizing for c now realizes that what we are seeing la a . on tin us t ion of death and destruction almost everywhere there is a cuban military pre setve it's a new kind of olonlaliam this shift cannot be plained a the product of some to gain pohthsl support in the united states rather the carter administration had had its mind hanged by a year of cant . with the view of africa in the minds of too many americans bow ever africa remain aa al-str tion 1 rm --. ly ih-ir sititudes toward africa are shaped largely x the priorities gad symbols of american poll tica there i a powerful impulse to ign afri an realities in order to reserve certain illusions about the soviet uitani and to advance domestic and foreign policy new unrelated to africa it maintain that the normali zation of relations srith cuba might be lowed if the united stale took even the most minimal moderate and restrained steps to express out opposition to cuban be havior in afrva some have contended that if you just ignore the massive preserve in an gola cuban involvement in africa resembles a conventional foreign aid program cuban involve dr james odom named interim pres dr jama a odom jr acting vice president fer academic affair at harrisburg area commu nity college became m tenuin president jan 2 1978 he succeeds dr jamea a manilla ( mom nerved as acting pr*aaad*.iit sept 1974 to "■ :- ms during the y*a of dr clyde 1 flocker he has received * bachelors degree from the universttv of buffalo a masters degree from ohio 9*9 univ and * doctor lain english from the ullsßistly rf michigan lhfhl____ti imlllti he served flint com munity junior college in flint mich in a number of capacities and was annate director of admissions at howard mversitv before joining hsrnsburg area junior college in 1966 a co ordinator of admissions snd records in hi it yean „, w*a.c be has beer dean of stu-sent as sistant to the president vice president for educa tional services he hss been active in p-t-a and the roy scouts is sctive on tbe xtard of trustees o county general osteo pathic hospital in annoucing the recom mendatkm of the trustees personnel committee to name dom president bruce e cooper board chairman said odom had kindly consented to accept this as an interim oresi dency but does not wish to treat this as a caretaker regime cooper sis aid no search comma ** is being considered right now after tuesday « meet ing odom in an address o the faculty outlined several objectives for tht college including liaison between the board of rustees and the adminis trational and the faculty invitation and expansion f cultural programs and an honors program in the iberal art field increas ng work study program or students interna ions program which would include one semes ter programs in canada israel and england streamlining the decision making process while at the same time reducing the number of meetings snd aid open home scenes open house was beta for the new candidates elected in november at city 11*11 sunday jan ist history waa made when four minority candidal were sworn in with one bold over there are now fire of the fifteen council men from the inner-city the top photo shows a bln/li coundlxnen four of whom were elected in the november election prom left to right sth ward booster free teddy reynolds maaten district councilman dave collin councilman-st large george arthur council pres delmar mitchell councilman-at-lerge herb bellamy and ellicott hstnet councilman james pitts second photo two black legislators ware elected in the gen aihl election of 77 sare roger oiacawell not showa and minnie fill ml shown center who wan n.eeled by friends ai.d well-wishers shown from left are bennie matte hlictt councilman pitt mr gillette masten council man collins solomon dejesus sn.l a ttv art nderson third photo mayor jimmy griffin reread appointed david echols as the new hassan resources commissioner shown standing center along with friends shown from left are donald mr»sia*_ma ctnam echols oils glover snd council-has collin 1 nirrum pmtwam a review of black women in politics the year 917 saw minority women make a -.'-'-. -^*- m*..4.-'m tsmtar '-*■ * ma ax pdbu-s ai:h r gsbattaeiatad as 7th distmt coonty leg lata li.ft sad the *„ pat£in*_bt of buffalo g__j _■•- » ____ attor nrst dh*l a-üßßao bba_r ney barbara m sims named to city i mm judge tee a afltr mat terra fill the in iii j raaaad by the aaahaat of judge ft u johnson to swgt court beginning vi the early 40 minority women sougbt ejmtise off*a the lata bessie l walker who hmarae the first onsen rtt infill in t harge of the women's section el bathhouse no i william and bennett j bi 1943 ran for ( rata thaaa of the fjfa ott district loans the pr mary ra * ae the gop aide by rally 13 **• a short time later msttie green ran for congressman in the 37th district in the mid hi mrs cecil brown was gp pointed 12ih ward super visor to fin the unexpired term or her flnt husband supervisor cadi bream she was succeeded by pauline mcgowan who wgs later elected to the same post mrs lillian meadows mrs i_itign meatuses was elected super of the old llth ward and cora p maionev wgj dotted the first woman councilman when she won over george rose for masten district coun.il man in the 1960s mrs meadow was also elected th first tt-itiioritv demo am state camnjittee roman added to this dr lydia by staff reporter wright was appointed in tne early ml »-* th first bflßßßfev an tiifwn ot in ihtftate shod board . saa*a then mr fl.-rs*_v c watch aad mr meaa-ba r-*hart_b_b has barm asm-lad aa-cnuee a the _»*_ tun board i h the hangs of the osißtv haa mr aaa aisd _„..- j 11,4 seek re-almtinc so one i-an ****> that afut our women first tat sttive parts in i a they tut * dry spell for legislative ot&w urit.i 1977 ahen minnie i'.iiit'tu wa _•-. lad 7th i >■.*.' l 1 5 a a",vial tt •■■ ....:,.„., „■■.■■■...« mrs sims lias served as tn assistant dtstri l at torney gad has been a wssaty candidate for his net attorney a well as a andidate for city court _!,_<__._. in our more than five decades of inner-city ser vice and active participa tion in politics some of he name of non-minority women we re all who have been public servants in os judge weiner judge madge taggert judge roae la.mendota judge ann mikol judge de-ores denman judge man ann killeen shirley stolarski mrs albert slominski mrs jenevieve stern iak and mrs ida hines plus women on the school board the common council and the county legislature mrs sims father the late frank i mem weather sr who kkk ff the inner-city political novement in the 20s erved as a campaign official for chief city court judge wolu judge dickey and judge wyle gala when the thought of a negro judge was a dream since there were only a handful of our citizens here and at that time only one prgiticing attorney clarence m maloney who opened his office in 1927 while mrs gillette wui not have to seek re election until 1979 mrs sim will seek a full ten year term in 1978 at which time all her well wishers supporter and friends can work for the success of this ven ture because mv h itrstegy seemingly is being formed up against her election despite th p**.ded ratio of black nd white women elected n ruffslo the city of good neighbu counc ilwomen congratulated • esmy r*yaoms rra i the _ th ware roosters is • ■**« * a if ■»...-# < tsaisthwiwaaa shirley stol»r*ki reynold con grssalaßß fao ■•■**_*!■ oa mo-t a*t*akx^m xraf+apty am mma*a9tm-fafaxm bar bs heap ap the pama ***** , . chtr hon rsoks ■. - . ■ ■ i cuban mnwotbh iseepsges 192388 i978 criterion press nd still the no 1 wny central cities largest press iter 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