Real estate business -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Real estate business -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Haas & Klein (Publisher of original)]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1900)]]> Real estate business -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Real estate business -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Haas & Klein (Publisher of original)]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1900)]]> Real estate business -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Real estate business -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Haas & Klein (Publisher of original)]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1900)]]> Real estate business -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Real estate business -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Haas & Klein (Publisher of original)]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1900)]]> Real estate business -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Real estate business -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Haas & Klein (Publisher of original)]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1900)]]> Real estate business -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Real estate business -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Haas & Klein (Publisher of original)]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1900)]]> Real estate business -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- Periodicals]]> Real property -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Real estate business -- New York (State) -- Buffalo]]> Haas & Klein (Publisher of original)]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1900)]]> Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History]]> Women's rights -- United States -- History]]> Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History]]> [Buffalo Public Library]]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Wolfer, Gayle.]]>
The owner of the house, Craig Bush, was allegedly a cocaine dealer looking to sell his home and get out of the drug dealing business. He was also shot and suffered brain damage. His fiancé had been handcuffed by the shooter but managed to escape from the house during the time when Ms. Wolfer was being shot.

Wolfer put up a struggle after the assailant’s handgun initially jammed. She survived her three bullet wounds and less than five months later, by sheer coincidence, came upon the man who shot her. She identified the shooter as Edward Beaufort-Cutner, an Erie County sheriff’s deputy who happened to be mounted on a horse during a patrol at the Erie County Fair.

During his trial it was determined Beaufort-Cutner had stolen $2,600 cash from Bush’s home before he shot his victims. Beaufort-Cutter was convicted of attempted murder, robbery, burglary, and weapons counts. He was sentenced to 29 to 50 years in prison.

Ms. Wolfer’s story was so compelling that a made-for-TV movie called “With Murder In Mind” aired on CBS in 1992. The late actress Elizabeth Montgomery played Wolfer’s character. Gayle and her companion Robert Sprague, who had played a key role in her recovery, attended the filming in Atlanta and served as extras in the movie.
Sprague’s character was played by Robert Foxworth.

WIVB-TV reporter Rich Newberg and photographer-editor Jack Keller documented the making of the movie in a four-part series that aired in May 1992. There were two other Buffalo connections to the making of the movie. Jack Maurer, the executive producer, and Joanie Cuff, an associate producer, were from Western New York. Cuff personally knew Ms. Wolfer and attended school with her children. ]]> Newberg, Rich (Writer, Reporter)]]> Keller, Jack (Photographer, Editor)]]> Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Arts Director)]]> eng]]> Cuomo, Mario M., 1932-2015.]]> Governors--New York (State)]]>
In 2015, following Cuomo’s death at age 82, WIVB-TV Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg talked with Masiello and the governor’s former spokesman in Buffalo, Tim Clark, about Cuomo’s unique ability to connect with people, even if they did not agree with him politically. ]]> Newberg, Rich (Writer, Reporter)]]> Mombrea, Mike Jr. (Editor)]]> Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Arts Director)]]> eng]]> Curtin, John T., 1921-2017]]> Affirmative action programs]]> Race discrimination]]> U.S. District Court Judge John Thomas Curtin (August 24, 1921 - April 14, 2017) was interviewed by WIVB-TV Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg on April 18, 1995. The subject was affirmative action.

Judge Curtin issued rulings establishing minority hiring quotas in Buffalo’s police and fire departments and within the Buffalo School District. He believed minorities lacked opportunities for jobs and a quality education, resulting in what he once called “a poorly trained underclass” that became reliant on welfare.

Born in Buffalo, Curtin served as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York from 1961 to 1967 before being nominated by President Lyndon Johnson for a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. He had been recommended by New York Senator Robert Kennedy. John Curtin was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 14, 1967.

In 1976 Judge Curtin ordered that Buffalo public schools be desegregated. He ruled that minority students in Buffalo had been denied equal protection under the law, and that a segregated school system in Buffalo had been intentionally maintained.

His rulings led to the hiring of more minority teachers and the creation of academically strong magnet schools that would encourage students of all races to accept being bused to these high level schools.

Though Judge Curtin was targeted for criticism and sometimes even death threats by those who felt his rulings were overreaching, he consistently ruled in favor of removing barriers that had been built on “unfairness, bigotry (and) bias” against minorities, women, children, and those with special challenges.

]]> Newberg, Rich (Reporter, Interviewer)]]> Root, Kim (Photographer, Editor)]]> Murphy, Kurt (Graphic Arts Director)]]> eng]]> Drug addiction--Treatment]]> Drug addiction--Rehabilitation]]> In an effort to better understand the nature of addiction, WIVB-TV reporter Rich Newberg presents a series of reports featuring addicts speaking intimately about their drug habits and how their lives are controlled by substance abuse.

Out of Control
(:00 - 8:38) Air Date: June 29, 1989

These reports by Rich Newberg and Mike Mombrea, Jr. are unique in that some addicts allow themselves to be recorded as the illicit drugs enter their bloodstreams and take effect. The viewer learns first hand why it is so difficult for these individuals to straighten out their lives.

Delving even further into the dark side of drug abuse, Newberg and Mombrea record addicts Julie and Randy as they suffer through the pain of withdrawal. They are documented desperately seek help at the county hospital only to be told they must come back in two days because there are no beds available.

During their two day ordeal, Julie and Randy turn to alcohol in an attempt to steady their nerves. They also take part in a group therapy session, candidly sharing the feelings they are experiencing. They long for “a nice, healthy, normal life.” Two weeks after detoxification, the couple appears to be energized and eager to continue on the road to recovery. They are determined to beat the odds, which are generally against addicts leaving detox centers.

Living on Drug Row
(8:45 - 19:09) Air Dates: May 9, 10, 11, 1989

Reporter Rich Newberg and photographer Scott Alexander explore the ease in which heroin and cocaine are obtainable within Buffalo’s inner city. Citizens bemoan the fact that when a low level dealer is arrested, another fills his place almost immediately.

Drug abuse is so prevalent in the city’s housing projects, that children are exposed to hypodermic needles where they play.

We meet two five year old girls whose mothers are deeply concerned that their daughters might suffer long term effects due to their contact with discarded needles. One child drank the contents of a syringe. The other girl pricked her finger on a needle.

A cocaine dealer speaking candidly says five thousand dollars a day can be made on the streets. He adds that “young kids” are recruited to sell because there is less risk to the dealer. He claims it is easy for those arrested to “beat” the family court system.

Saving the Kids
(19:15 - 23:08) November 15, 1989

A shortage of long-term drug treatment centers and clinics in Western New York requires families of means to send their addicted children out of the region for help.

Rich Newberg presents the case of Matthew, outwardly the “All American Boy” from suburban Amherst, New York, who hid his drug problems from his loved ones until he became alienated from his family. Matthew attended one of the area’s most highly rated high schools, but disclosed that drug abuse “before, during, and after school” was a hidden but festering problem.

Matthew’s father was in denial until his son completely cut himself off from the family. Matthew, along with about a dozen other Amherst children who were abusing drugs, became enrolled in the Straight Program in Plymouth, Michigan. The success rate is seventy-five percent and relies on a combination of rigid exercise and an open sharing of feelings to wean teenagers off of drugs.

Matthew’s program lasted twenty-two months and cost $12,000 dollars. Most of the drug treatment programs in the Buffalo area at the time lasted twenty-eight days. While programs like the one in Plymouth offered hope to upscale families who could afford the tuition, there appeared to be a sense of hopelessness in the inner city, where drug dealers ruled the streets and controlled the lives of those who became dependent on them to feed their addictions.

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