Buffalo Criterion, 1982-03-31

              the buffalo criterion vol 17 - no it wepxpsday march si april 6 1883 us postage paid ormttno mtr ■••'. u - *-*. ptftalo t*tw vqkx wny's largest accrecfeedminorijy^teul«paper featui'-ingpsiidles rochester niagara region inner cities prime target for enterprise zones bill kemp comments mwmmmmjm_wb—wbuwmmbbbmbbbm on introduction of tax act washington d c - rep jack kemp and bob garcia have joined presi dent ronald reagan ia the oval office to announce the introduction of a bill to create enterprise tones in america's inner cities and other poverty-stricken areas . kemp res ailed presi dent reagan's campaign visit to the south bronx on august 5 1980 when the president first publicly announced support for enterprise rones kemp and garcia hud introduced their first enterprise tone hill in june 1980 and followed up with a second revised bill in june 19*1 . today the administra tion is sending a strang signal that the people of our inner cities are not the cheat victim of reces sion announced kemp " congress „ mart - wis follow up ** and enact enterprise cones in the nest few months kemp continued " nam ployment in our inner cities is twice the national average ami or minority teenagers it's near 60 as a nation we must not and tenet tolerate this tragic waste of human potential action on the enterprise son proposal now moves to the las ar-r-tting commit tees in the house and senate w need to seas a r«-*kl scene of urgency in the white house and in congress about offering something positive to ear inner cities said kemp he expressed particular ***** rtuit - -_-,- ta «- — - — ■ hope that the btrißilihi controlled senate finance committee will give enter prise zones a top priority this spring kemp also emphasized that the new enterprise rone bill has strong bipartisan support this has never been a republican or democratic liberal or conservative idea kemp explained wea kemp esptained it's not a substitute for existing programs - en terpna tones have no hidden agenda what they do softer is a new tool for creating jobs and oggmemmdaytmpneemmmdm now have n*flh«-r th legislation .. t ..,■:■ mg in kemp arosald provide th r.r umil by allowing mate and local governmenta to draw a robinson seeks affirmative action reforms at ecc mint legislator barry ; l robinson d-lltlo has submitted legislation to n erie maty legist tare which i designed to improve the erie commu nils college's affirmative action program a it relates to hiring student enrollment an cuiricu haa ■""'.;- }*-.-. v f '■ in hia legislation mr robinson cited numerous example of how erie community college is tailing tn meat established affirmative action goals i so far th couege haa attained on two-thirds of me p*a>aalsd 1981-82 mi nority hiring goal i"only 49 persons or ft percent of th 50 people employed full time 1 in community college *****% slat _** minoritias minori bmbx n vnmffiivm miimwv ty held positions represent only 1 * percent of he total workforce m ; the smith asanas and 2.1 percent ef the total num her of persons working at the north campus when one enmparea these facta wtth the college affirmative ac tion goal to have at least 13 percent of the faculty and staff at th south campus and at th north campus to consist of miner it becomes wry clear that mu-rh mor needs to be daae mr robinson also rats ed the questions gp^^m ing whs ic6 minority student dropped out of t iatsb aai i tte fell of ■** iw-tii a rati i iwi sattmrster and the spring ims ilia ssi l i suspect that cutbacks in student aid and cows data out due to lata registration ar factor attributing to thi prob lem said robinson he pointed out th tact that that the city campus curriculum still does not include many of the li—ltl nt la led technical and data processing courses which am offered elsewhere in th college system mr robinson * legtsla tion calls upon the col lege's board of trustee to accept suny chancellor wharton's recommends uon to vest in the college 4dent's all hiring authority aa a mean for achieving increased accountability and im proved coordination a it relates to meeting affirma tive action hiring goals it also . requests ecc president john r puhhou to identify the fall impact on existing minority em ployment at th college of the proposed budget cut back plan to eliminate 104 college positions and to inform the ltrgislaluro of th college's short term and long range plans to meet affirmative action guidelines despite budget culbsscks mr robinson also di rected president b*rtthnii * ***** a hat safety mm will be built into th college's student registra tion system to ensure that disadvantaged students are not closed out of courses snd to ascertain what alternative programs ar being devised to help protect student turn the devastating effect of stu dent aid cuts his restitution will be considered by the laigisla sura at their april ist session barry 1 robinson mt ararat buffet dinner slated th women of deacon em board no 2 of mt £** baptist church 971 willi sen ill sponsor a ***** dinner at th ****** nugget 3048 fill ***** ava sun april em ***** guest speaker ***** mr leslie m crag of friendship ran list church for ticket reservation contact mrs mildred applewhite chairperson rev vv l jones ib paator mss leslie m craig career day-open house planned jn thurs april « s to i pm the <**" m opportunity \****. •***» washington ** .. ui monsnr its annual \***** day-open house pern students from m area high schools 0t students 18 years of y d utter and the *-*•«« pubuc r invited , ik mas activities »« be part of the annual cam drly-open house ***** writing work *■**>• employment tnter *** teehniqu work s«h presentation j«foc fatuities teeth 22 end proper s a sswlaar inter bithrws ** rib«ion by parti cipaung employers and schools and refresh ments patricia mo ,* chair person and mamie john son co-chsirper*on april is'nat'l fair housing month the u s congress has declared that april is national fair housing month housing opportunities mad equal home be lieves that this ******** ia a giant atep for opening the doors to pair hous ing for everyone easter ball set for april llth tasheen presents the first annual easter rail awards '*, featuring top model of taaheaa's j*t/i world of fashion affairs which neat-bin of . special introduction of a fabulous una of spring vat-ar the affair i sponsored hj the international de signers and retail mer chants aasoc a fashion show and a play will also be featured the event will be held km apr 11 at bpm at the oscar micheatis the tre 3061 bailey aye at kensington the advance donation is $*„ per person and at the door 10 couples in advance are 12.n0 and at the door tits 00 legislation marking jan 1 5th dr mlk jr day passes assembly albany - deputy speaker of lh new york state assembly arthur <> eve d huffale.i praised the members of the assembly who voted in favor of hi bill a-7fik6 recognizing janury l&th th birthday of th late dr martin luther king jr as a put holiday in new york state the measure no goes to the state senate for consideration ur king was one ol the fern moral loaders of our nation hi not only championed th causes of minorities and of the peel he championed the causes of all americans ha will alwsys represent the struggle for freedom and justice in thi country it t ter these reasons and ha mmm more that are m new york state should confer upon ban a permanent honor ihe enactment if uus legislation making his birthday a mate holiday li j-arnd the buffalo democrat assemblyman eve ha received numerous tetter and m«-**age of support from tabor leader s and org*-&ix*tit-na ci-immunit group mrs ( ***** scott king me widen of th late civil right leader east ham gevswssaw carey the wl «■*»'. iftcallv changes th ihaarvanre of dr martin luther king it day horn the third sunday of january to january 15th the actual date 4 th king's birth the bill also provides that if january imb tall on a sunday d martin luther king jr day would he celebrated on the taaowsng day many cities school districts ' g **.*< jhi a t + and businesses presently obnarve jan imb a * a holiday honoring dr king at present some a 1 states h*ve designated jan imb a a male holiday those tales include massachusettes pennsylvania net jersey rhode island connecticut ohio llllnetls lowa indiana michigan louisiana south carolina kentucky and florida state senator john dunn has agreed to sponsor tho legislation in the slate senate petered la the phase at the ground breaking'from left are chertee keaton baffala cotnmaaity development organization baaed of dire-dors richard uppold director of housing u 8 department ml housing snd urban devetopmeat david pag director mayer advocacy mm fer person wtth haadkcpphtg (******* mary wa henry president hoard ef director f trsn*itir-n«i services dyflßghtßß prc-jt-rt inr . and congressmen heary newak ground broken for group home a ground breaking ceremony was held to begin ct-mstruction of the transit inn al servic dymphna p»«sj*r tm , group home em rrtatev mar 131 at 11 a.m st 7 nt-rthiand aye near main and maaten the group mass baa listen ili i isstimt throtigt the united strtes department of hmmang and urban de-i-v-ktrpmattet under the 19?9 drmsonstration program ** th nassasafiaaikißl ■ of the chrrats..js m.-auailv ill th group taotn will offer a supervised community living aaperienr and a ****} in ilaily living skills to ten 10 residents s-vheduled u open in late summer of ism the home i th only pen ui be con*tru*-ied « western new york under this particular lll'l demonstration program transitional service inc currently operates community residences starving 19 persons in erie county and is a contract agoncy of the erie county ueiatrtßmm of mental health and the new york state office of mental health forty-four camnus college students accompanied by the cottage's fcx*e*fi*e vice-chancellor for acad affairs rev t dsmod ryan raveled to » aaassajsaa recently to men with u.s sen al d'amato r-c-nyi to expectstot for ts future of student loan pro,rami i assam assured the sua that he • ii oppose additional budget cut in those programs in ****** to meeting ***** ******, d'amato the students participated in a program oe the s*orka«s of the fed«r*l o**rr law maker calls for review editor of home health care services recovering in a continuing effort to monitor the delivery of home health care ser vices in in county county legislator francis j purdum has introduced legislation requesting the county department of social services to closely review all existing home health care ***** to insure thst all standards mandated by the slate of new york are mot and to meruit new contract agen cies to fill any service vends which may exist mr i or turn related that throughout the veers iwo and 1981 he has asked for numerous reports on the status of home health care services in erie county and ha sought legitimate investigations into violations pertaining to delivery of personal and health services to area clients served by home health are agencies which hava contracts with the erie county dept of social service he stated as a result of mv inquiries the county depl of social star ice has had several of its contracts with area home health care gen enes audited by the state ivpl of social services these audits have already resulted in hun dreds of thousands of dollars in financial settle ments which benefit the taxpayer and some audit finding regarding medi caid improprieties will mot likely lead to the imposition of additional financial penalties pordum netted that the taxpayers will recoup even more as tbe state's on going investigation con tinues he explains that the standards and format for th home health care investigations which are frank e merriweather ii ha returned home from a two-week stay in the erie county medical center mr merriweather -"*. bbamsßeeenar heads the buffalo criteri on upstate new york's only legitimately circu lated black newspaper and the criterion press buffalo's mentis oldest black business mr merriweather has ma been able to return to the business as yet but expects to do so in the next few weeks he also takes this opportunity to thank all of those who remembered him with visits prayers and get-well cards being conducted at erie county were modelled after information nipphs*d by him the home health care service investigations erst launched in erie county have served as models for patterning other similar investigations throughout new york slate as an update to the inquiries the county leg francis j pordum enterprise eom ha pag pordum s-e page 7 1923 1982 criterion press and shi he no i wny central cities hbto^aa,|i'ci'rhiiiasmart»*am>aaava*tmc*a>ba-smtmm3bba largest press our aha ha hear open many week a evert y*«r sim out tibmwi t"v*rig out commun«or you'v h.vt gotta *«*. a its a copy t th ****> cnlsi in vr week — kit only 2 national ss'.'i i s»t,*lr ns*w york's oklrtt ltd is st rrton-tty press — list ftss wny toa pnptt thai l * ie-jv.ii tit 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