Buffalo Criterion, 1982-02-24

              u.s postage paid h.rmit no uu bi.jitalo,ntwvork wny's jar nest si onfy accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation vv s i »^" j v *~" my . a-a-aa a a . a tr r a r rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion voi 57 ma 9 wconfmsdat hmti 21 march i 198 major development project announced plans ready for development of oak-michigan industrial park m wtma»**'**'*m¥aumtmm mm . m aasa assa-mhtyirian arthur o l.sr has announced plans for th 2 million d*-saln-;,*t>a>-it of mi indu«tnsl park and tmstmi renovation <<* a community center in buffalo hsve been finalized a memorandum td utidw-aahdms signed hy the stale and city officials it—rid the way for the development of the oav.mish.--s industrial omdot and for the conversion of public scboirvl 47 into the pr-xt street center which strti house a health arc center senior citizens pre*gratns a minority rtrntrac-ior a-**-al*t»n and other community facilities assemblyman eve spearheaded the effort in obtain its state portion of the prow funding 2.4 million th remaining funds will come from buffalo's federal community develop ment rltxv grant hlfl this project sail take the vacant nd underutilized land in tht oak-michi gan ce-rrrii-tor and develop it into an are of r.nv potential with new industry new jobs and ism hope stated eve who is deputy speaker of the new york state assembly according to assemblyman eve as many as 1.600 new jobs may be treated as new industries locate in the industrial park he also stated that tbe urban d**bssaa9*-g-anßt c-v-r-*i '* affircrsßtit action ut-ia t*iii amaaag a job uaaain-a aad n r-t rd program to ensu.r thai job created by *.*. om-utdawpm project *** a daasis b aaaaauaß thr rnasrrakuti el p.s 47 into m , ct.-außsmay < > mm » m be landed '■<* up u at am * suae funds mud es uoc aril tnmmem cameuwnmm et the an ryam tntem cassssgasr mhtck at r the residents of buffalo's elliee-tl district the center is located bt pratt and sycamore sts just five blocks from the oak-michigan corridor under the project plan the city of buffalo will acquire 22 acres within the oak michigan industrial corridor urban renewal ares um will purchase 17.6 it these acres located between oak and elm st and tapper and clinton sta reimbursing the it for lane acquisition relocation and demolition up to a limit of 1 million working with the city i'lx will formulate a development plan and marketing strategy to sell or lease the parcels developers purchasing or leasing the first parrels will be encouraged to construct buildings suitable for high technology or same oriented tenants specific project would be financed through udc or other de-velopment programs where appro prist for comrnerkal buildings adjat-ent to the oak-michigan cmridvr suffering from minor deterioration udc would mace available up to 800,000 in funds to enable a local development corpora tion to make low interest facade improvement loans rudc's vigorous affirmative action i*5 *** apply *> the o-surr pro-m-i emiwatag partictpatkin by adnurity maaajuama and mm lor minorities said eve urban design and architect t 11 design guidelines trill be formulated to erasure that all *********** are consistent with th quality of design vdc m committed to prtwinth tesagghargi the slate of new york rev derrick m byrd passes after long illness tv taisr pcs twu-tt m rsrtt •**., i shun wliti cnsinrilttuin jaissa it|a tit hep i i.-a-s.lt thurkt a h p **•->•!» i * t«tiher tfrtruiti bank a fstattta-ts fi-is-st ika ... ->. i»«nusm|sa»*i tn th *, f w vi mmi*-*4-,um st f.*rt-*i l**s«.r c«n**n-r*r turs . lotsim-m t ..,,„. ii nt il hal mm ival.-tr rsrdlonts t rilerion ptwtae ed his l-as.hrl.a ivgrw e»t lisin-*-**lnnf colh'kit in smtisbiit-r n c and tra-mpta-lrsd his minittt-rigl srtwtlis bt ihr hood 19.(2 he served in france in ihe tsfjth pioneer squad ron's medical corp dur ing - rial war i nursing professor seeks national post ullitianit x hunterjgal assistant professor of nursing at the state university of se york al buffalo ir *• letted in the american nurteinjc abso ciutior.'s ct-mmissh.ii of htimiin hitelits tit will become its first new york ist-nle mentlia't eh-rtietl-s svhiell skill lie > hs'ld iiiii in ii associs i ue.n late june reinvention un wa»tun«lon 1 (*.. will determine if she fills one ■ ul thst three position open £ : an the sis member com smssiem wliteh t*«s es ftabiished in l»7(i tr sdilrtts thi et-ual oppor tunist and human right ;: cunas-rna of all nurses snd ■ task i car recipienls with i mac tr ft«*us tin the hum x peopk nf t eilur i a fundraiser feer htinu<r i wss held rvbrußrv 21st from hi p.m at the tußnui hum of dr -: bourne biillhukli dean nl lh shett.l nf ntitsing r hunter t*ho is the chair th fie york stain tr»es ia lalmlla mmttt.i on human h'tis has liven active in i tke state assnciatstn for i,*tk fuss hi years the i bufsaln nttlivr hs lu-rn on ysna"s hoard nf diiw xttttn ee,ace isttft she also insane on the esecutive rwie nd laaa of rgdirstrtisrs nl the health system agency of wny a community hi-ulllt professor ni u/il fur the past four years hunter entered nursing as * iiiii.mm graduate li i.in the edward j meyer memor ial ll'.-tn'.il school ol nursing ami practiced for more hum i'll yeara she received her bachelor's tl.'ltre-e in nursing from u/b in 1971 und het master's in nursing from 11/11 in 1974 she is currently put uink her et tor.il 1,-,-te in ut tit v inm planning a nieithi'r t>l three mrs hunter un.l h.-r hu.lt.in.l archie reieisrel in april imi j the ii in league family life award they reticle al 127 shirley ase m ill il juanita k hunter rites held for mrs florida t barry sßwa tyson barry i^hpieat mnn . feb 23 i l it ans . from friend mg u*h churth 402 watm st r p i a i lsss i pas-tor £-&■». bany an born to _*** mt t ' l*al *?**** m oattoß ala •.;*""**. on ort in puis asps a ,* n e-b ' *-** s*b marr to 5s b«**<7 tm jan ir » *£*** *'*• *" •'"'■*' union rfrr-s **.•!*» horn */*.*** '***** t ch.-.|.h i***»"-a deiott-d sv j*k b«rr -■ . '' tstss bmij-ht<<rs xz£*«l unhurt mckin j e«a lamtve : • iwf h a son tl rj<**»m helenl a«>f rviftalo van dise-asa-aed sons nin irrsnelchiwren 12 great rtsnekhildren lar sisters llli william anal muttress lewi both of clayton ala ; a brother or.se tyson e.f pittsburgh pa the niece of pari bad flutie barry sisters-in law snd many tothretj relatives and friends the buffslo memorial cftapel was in charge interment a in elm las-an ce-netery florida tyson barry legislation proposes naming ecc aud in honor of mlk erie ceiurity l*gi*l.ati>r is,»rry i kot»in-*-»n ha filt-d lexi-.|ati»m urging the bo.ml e,f thista-eg e,f erie community < eiilt-^h to name he budtlorium of the t,.f - new city smpus in honor e.f dr martin luther king jr • i feel that liv naming the ttuelite.riutii in hemeir e.f dr martin luther king atudenta who it iff nt ihe f*wt*y will be w—m gj rapture the true mi-suuag of dr king tart .« use ideals of treeeinm agaasaj camp ****, end peace " robin wm said tfopefull this mes sage will serve *» th li<sirwt*4e*f for an era af l»re»tivrh«er»d and tonga it.-n among student and faculty alike a added • mr x mares a r v lution was sent to th community tjaahmenl ceimmitte ot the erie ( tiirit legislature to iheir cnnskteratinn the relevance of black history month e nt cis'tl rikltts journal believe lhat utat it history month i*»s2 must ih o lime fear acrienis r.'lltt lion tittel analysis ill lie slate nl black amenta the rt-li'vtince ol black history lv the onpung struggle for afrk-an-amer ican lilhtntitin must be nete'tiie-tl al a time t-thon then i a ram-wed threat te ihe wry sursiva e.f all blacks minorities nnel or people in the united states this tecent tlecisie.n of the keagan administra titin lei tnithrr cut vital stcial pr.tgram from the fetleral liudgi-l nhile siniu uine-.tus.il imreasini mili tary expenditures in creases the totcntial tor vast efomestic strife and increased oppression we believe therefore that african-american in particular should utilize through the remainder f jlfebiusry black history esents and pretj-ram-t to plan to strategire for the pre-tent and future strtik l * lh carter c woodson ri benjamin chavis founder of black hi.tr.ry month stresssd the im portance of the relation ship lietwecn ihe ongoing struggle from frt-i-dom ami understanding history a leadinir black historian of our time la-rone bennett stated retently hi . history is important first of ali because si need a esnse of history in order let make histeiry we can slate that there * an urgent need for a greater us of black history as a toeil of analysis we bs-liese that an analysis of the resent moment makes clear that all jtshtors of the black community must work together more than ever to achk-ve unity and a pro gressive step forward to ward nistk-e ll deration and freedom specifically we call upon all national organiza tions in the field of civil rights to join together in a national amp to com bat ihe devastating retreat of the federal government in the equal protection of all citizens under the law secondly we believe that priority must ih iriven to developing a s-iable community-hased econom ic di-vele-ipment program for black and minority women's bureau director addresses role status of black women washington — while black women have made notable shifts to better jobs dr u-nora cole alexander director of tbe labor department's we men a bureau says many difficulties face black si-o men in their dual roles in the home and workplace she suggests that to help overcome pome of these problems women have two areas of need - training m retraining and family support systems speaking at a bureau of the census program ob serving black history month cole-alexander said that btack women have always had a strong attachment to the labor force and most work because of economic need the presidential appoin tee cited statistics that terse as a barometer to determine the general economic status of the black family - 54 percent of all black women are working or looking for work - in 1981 the 15.5 percent rate for black women *» a * double the rate for all workers but it also repre sented an employment gain at *,** from a year earlier — 42 percent of tbe 6.3 million black families are maintained by women along — black women are more than twice as likely as white women to be jobless in low paying job to maintain a family alone they also account tor a larger proportion of the poor — black women earn 56 cent for every dollar earned by men both white and black and less than tbe 60 cent that all women earn the proportion of black women in white-collar jobs rose significantly during the past decade while the proportion in aervice occu pations elropped sharply cole alexander maid she credited this trend to finding better jobs to the gains in education made by black women workers their median educational attainment haa risen to 12 years nearly the level of 12.6 years for white women the unemployment rate for black teenage female she said is more than double that for all teen age calling this one of the most serious employ ment prt-rhlr-ms the na tion face she added that this administration is analyzing the problem a 1 restructures programs and formulate new pol-cas in the are eif training and employment in the area of training nd retraining needs xile-alexander »*.' tt ssas important to identify labe market ahortags gad occupations in the iwrg use and expanding indus tries hiding energy at»ro*ipesc heahh service and ir.fitrtr.alion peor sing and ommonicauc-na she mm pointed m the need tea ademy and affe-erdame ta tare met vice and for tee wl tf.a*t*a alexander founder's luncheon slated aka sisterhood on the move in the ml . is the them lot the founder's luncheon for gamma phi omega and gamma lota chapters sat feb 27th at the golden nugget inn 5046 fillmore aye alpha kappa alpha women will come together in remembrance ana rede diiai-.m to alpha kappa alpha sorority inc which aas founded aa the first black greek letter service organization for college women and graduate at howard university in washington d c in 1908 the founders from both gamma phi omega and gamma lota chapters will tie especially honored ms de-irothy hackney is chairperson of the foun der's luncheon assisted by committee members betty benson geneva davis yvonne b evans elizabeth flood gild gilbert mary mcctaney and theresa e pope mrs nellie b king is president of gamma phi omega chapter and ms lynn perry is president of gamma lota chapter jacob comments on president's budget message appearing beltiw ia a statement from john i jin oli president of th national urban league on the ihn.'i budget proposal submiltrd by president reagan let the congress the 11*33 budget pro posed liv the administra tion is an x rata**l hnrnir story lot huh people virtually every it gram that helps poor and jobless americans aurvive in a deep recession is shame lessly cut from the already low levels that reflect previous cuts the budget cannot pass the simple test of fairness or economic soundness congress should get off this rollarroaai to disaster scrap this budget and frame a new one responsive to the need of the nation and its ■-.«•/ people city of buffalo awards block grant contract housing oppirrtunities made equal inc homk announces the awarding of a community develop ment block grant contract from tha city of buff for 2.2 m oo for iaat to provide ouns*ling educa item and research to city resirjents regarding hous ing di-rrimiaatiem h.o.m.e appoints public education specialist specialist h.o.m.e housing opportunities made equal ha appointed la vnne ( urn to the posi tion of public education specialist z*n robinson csam tive direct is proud tas announce that mr cum ia a native buffst-rmian he graduated srith isaac from wct'a meßmmtaßwm *** sir ****** mag be ; age j at givs 11.0.m x the added capacity to a+rv th hisjs*r.ic c«immtmfty by c cntgi wl ey adding a earned spanish i-pt-stkin member to the waff mr cum •-- baaa estremely acttstt in local community affairs ovet lh years and brings to 11.0.m.e his expertise in serving community pn-b i i.'ttta vavone curry ***** x byrd sr j.var frnm 71 black history month continued on page 3 lag yyu:-se*p*f*s ... . ■ awmwmtm e^--g»sdttii^nßelhhhlmhßl 1923 i(is2 p criterion press and stdj uw no i wny cf ntr cit largest press rant our a*?»t », si t i i-tir i rjnirrrumita-s 11 ....... ye-u'v iu*i gotta sign up tut * copy ** iw bseltofcs ciaarlon s**ry w-wta — ten only national 2s lipmuae hem york svtost ami uitfssi rminhitv ptaa - 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