Buffalo Criterion, 1977-07-27

              vol 51 — no 11 wednesday july 27 • august 2 1977 eand still wny's only official minority newspaper - not lust a free shopper bulk rate handout political or clipout sheet rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion mks.l l - nation 7tv ribbon-cutting the ribbon cutting at the new ascension chem ical of america corp aluminum chloride pro duction facility in hunts vllle i.i may hth wa hlkhlikhl of day's activi ties welcoming the jack on brothers i mi and jesse home to walker county ascension the only lllark owned industrial iln riii mi manufsrturtnk company in the u **„ was founded by president jesse fflata in met \ s r lt>72 and now i etpand ■ n its activities *- teva tinder general manager i *■* jackson the brothers were horn nd raised ia walker county nesr ifuntssille famed author welcomed alet haley famed au • hoi of root was greeted at the 371h annual convention of the national newspaper publishers assoclstion in st imim ma hi mr marjorie ft p.rh.m nnpa treasurer and publisher of the cincinnati herald aad paul i x brown repre senting coca cola usa after the dislinqutshed author was honored in hi publishers he poke nt the i tidal i'm mi urn revealed that his booh was now being translated into 1 languages tie aha said scholarship wee in mv easlahlished iron hi earning and pointed out thai a a result of the pniii-iii 1 account of hi family he ' ha noticed * row trend toward strengthening family tles = from left to right maurice a wadsworth — partner ■'. carddry carpenter li.ii & ark harry m perk — president day ** rnimermann kenneth <. knight — t'enrral msnsgrr metro coav ; richard w wilson -*- president hatih a '■-,!. inc roherl it ll.nil mta chairman seated contract signing ceremony held recently niagara frontier iran . p..nation authority chair man < healer ii . ll,mil officiated at a ronsultsnt contract signing ceremony in huffalo recently cheer ing the way for mia to begin work on 111 general engineering and arrhi iei tun phase of its light rail rapid transit project the linn contract totaling mi._:.<l kill has been approved by i ml i mid rover assignment on the in fan unit under ground section of tin 6.4 mile line as well as *-•.■■*»*■ engineering taking part i the ceremony were seated chairman llardl snd standing from left to right maurice a wadesworth partner corddry car penter deiti and zark harry m perks presi deal day a oner mann kcnntht knight enetsl managrr skta metro construction di vision robert c olson president olson a i *'...(• professional corporation crban ea the president if the i.-mm kappa chapter of delta sigma theta phitorweno daniel <• shown presenting scholarships to thi year's recipients they are from left sb right karlitha land of lyaemrn college dsrlene itadgetl of the cniversity if buffalo mn ivni.i watkin of kent state obsequies held for walter lee wilson i it r unheal semcesy were held for the late walter lee wilson mon july 25 a.m .<■ the thomas t edwards funeral c inc 993 genesee rev palmer mc on officiated alter lee wilson en 1 into this life oct 16 in moundville ala moved to buffalo in where he remained his death on july 21 in veterans hospital r leaves to mourn c children samuel ray and linda of aloosa ala two s mrs melissa rob n of rirmington ala mrs dauna brown of indville ala one c mr floyd walter ncka wanna _' y ral sister ami bro <-". nietes nephews mnny more relative a dear friend mrs y wanlrof buffalo ferment wa in forest n cemetery delta continuing scholarships _■__■ ii.*v*a**r_---..ian umm thftrsma kappa f h.*p ter of fmta sigma theta sf.rr*rity of buffalo n ifiseping with it motto of pr-.v community service has again swarded icrtiniiing we-jarshtpv u threr awards were based ttn scholastic ability and fi nancial reeds are miss dsrlene badgetl a)ha vrgy student at ih uni versity of rfro ; mis karlitha 1 land a ml wr**k majeir at dacmen ccißeg and miss i ranis watkin a student f speech pathology at kent state university ohio miss radgett will graduate thisivear and miss und and mis walk ns will tenth tart lheir ophom<rr t . year in soptemr-er community groups feel penn is harassed ycmjomwmm*)jm mertjnk was ht-td s july s3 at build heaj.jm.rtcr osn g*"ne-_**r st a here tht mtmoool sialif-trttj was koard '»"**. r*rprr*«**ttauv**s at tfw black iifflmuruiy demand an immediate saiion on the blau-nt and n t-.i..5 ekpiottataw of corairussroner kobert i pt-tin and the em pbm-r of the ih-pt of human rasciurrt-s by tin tw media i . tor the p«*t wvcn days yarkni new media thrmtgh use of innuendo meranr and harra m»-m have tried and con mod t-ommissioner rvnn and various em ployee of the lb.pt of human resource of wrong doings since the i hi has allegedly ireen investigating the lb»pt of human resources for over h months and no formal accusation have been made one inescapbily conclude that the entire situation i politically motivated this has been a repeated pattern utilized every important election and i a device to set ethnic group against rthnic jrroup h the wtenti.t of p m venurv the hasca community from tally exercising their po tential an ir to stranirii out political impact we re i ihi con triv.-d method of impeding our people and our com munity from attaining their natural growth and devekvprornt and do not intend to t-t idlely by and fierirui these things to go oti unchallenged and un do ked thentore we have ihi day requested that the resident tvf the united stnte cause an investigation to be made into the activities ol the local dept of justice vva urge you to write the ive«iii«.p.t of the united states ihe attorney gett ers and all of the news media conveying your indignation and disgust and demand that they discontinue this character assassination please join us in a m rally to ire held at the martin luther king park fformerly humboldt park on sun july 31 at 2 p.m sponsored by the community in support of com robert c perm mrs sophia williams new women's state president the fi'.kh annua con vention of the empire slate federation of wo men clubs inc was held july fi-9 in r'ishkill n n the attendance was very gi.id and the ses sion interesting the new pre-ident is mrs sophia i williams of buffalo a past presi dent of the phyllis wheat rtt-t ptv . lallion lhakc 2nd vice pn . kulh inman n.y.c . r.l v pre . betty royal v.n nixon is chm e-«*iitive vks huh vms press confab held for kenneth johnson due to the expressed community concerns re garding the conviction of kenneth johnson the young adult leadership caucus and the commit tee to clear kenneth johnson held a press conference at th la fayette square entrance of the buffalo and erie county public library sat july 23 at 12 noon this precipitated a ral ly and demonstration of the concerned local com munity demanding the minimum sentence for kenneth johnson delta's 34th convention slated for denver washington — an ti od for change will lie the theme of the 1-1 th sail convention of delta sigma the ta inc a national public -• im sorority 1 tie held hi the convention center in denver colo august 612 mrs lln iron daley national president if ill 95.000 member organiza tion on major prblems faced by our nation 4,000 delegate and their families are expected to attend the five day -. sion . she pointed out that the program ha been planned to foe use atten lion on major probem particularly by women and minority citizens we ■•[... i the di i gates to mm thr*e problem in a forth right tiiklma daley motorcade held for moody a n!<hon >• .. tu j sb honor of mt m«..s f intgh jr candidsx »** kuh-»tt d4»trkt cc«,m d man july itu ■. fil motorcade turned v«*t to lie very tikxisstu vvuh ■■»«' !'"' i ir fp|lij vans and motoit'sft participating the vehicle began at tup market in the tobtt lartiens shopping i'iajs loured the ullit'ott it-s trut and returned lo th spanish/american cen ter 2tll swan st , 10 * hug rally thai w u * ptevl ously poctfmineil the innemty hutine m ii rallied a color television set which na won by nn elided f r l httttiiin sr of wiritkta aye the iemainitig prize and winner are b follow a portable radio ms rhonda mccrnr a fmk-ket calculator mr ester rapleraia and two crises of beer eat h mw to mr prank mcdonald and mr william aleiandtr mr hilly hine will receive a special prize for being the individual that sold the highest number of tickets for the raffle mr hint sold over f 100 worth of chance there wa free tret and refreshment at the rally and a goad time «_« enjoyinl by veryiww bobby fonville makes statement following in * -!.:> mcnt from bobby fon ville candidate for ma ten district councilman someone asked mi how i had the ltd lo run for councilman in the msstrn district and being a democrat they d msn you ure sr foolish how do sou expect « republican to i in the»e tin after ivon in a district that ha been rant rolled for twenty year my rt-apnaae wa that i believe in * iwo parts bleat people talk abo.il nixon and at the b«d thing that h ha done but hi about the tkcmo rtal eastman or lhaf drmorrst wallace who treated war people with distrust nd distaste i will an give up ray pari for h*i nixon did nor d 1 expect a mm ml lo five op hi parly for whot i**l man wallace and he ciiulliltrdc of aamhera v,m,*,r*i have door lo vatt p**ople i bclo tr in » iwo ports aa a system reran | m i ■ pubth n doe n.o mat on 1 — w r f h*i in ks cm ha done i the district rrwr the past twenty sear i can m.u - v**p*aet delta convention see psge 7 vss v*ni**ms veer ll 1913 ■• 1977 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press s mm our fflre has fceeo ape ever heel l c - crs set stare r etlttrnrt sen in <.„ t muubuag you've fust guitii sign up for a copy of ho htiffiilo criterion every week — for only — 15 c national - 2»c upstate new lurks oldest and largest minority pre — the only w.n.y minority paper th.it is registered as a boon fide newspaper under ihe march 3 1879 act at congress ■— regulating newspapers