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Page A6 Texas A&M UniversityCAMPUSThe Battalion Monday, August 31; Problems continue to arise in hurricane-hit area THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lack of leadership, organization obstructs increased relief efforts "I think that's right — it's going PERRINE, Fla. — Pastors and church goers heard messages of hope and thanks Sunday in Hurricane Andrew's after- math, while hundreds of thousands sought relief from heat, rain, traffic and shortages. Platoons of volunteers were joined by more U.S. soldiers called out by President Bush. Troops in cargo planes and heli copters reached the heavily damaged ar eas carrying tents, clothing, water, ice and can openers. Health officials feared disease could arise from a lack of clean water, rotting food and garbage covered by swarms of mosquitoes, while disorganization contin ued to plague the massive, sometimes over zealous relief effort. Tempers simmered as temperatures hit 90 degrees. "I'm hot. I'm tired," said Gwen Bul lock, an official from hard-hit Florida City who lost her home and has been sleeping in the trailer that now serves as City Hall. "My wire is getting shorter and shorter." "ITl follow anybody who's in charge. But we need somebody in charge right now!" said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Mike Anderson, trying to get a supply-filled plane unloaded at Tamiami Airport. An Army Chinook helicopter also sat on the runway, waiting to be unloaded. The aircraft were loaded with bottled wa ter, fruit juice, iced tea, and pallets of charcoal and charcoal lighter fluid. "I can't even get hold of the front gate," Anderson said. He complained that the various mili tary, government and local authorities were operating on different radio fre quencies. Few rested Sunday, the seventh day af ter Andrew swept through South Florida. Religious and political leaders tried to rally spirits. "We don't know how this is all going to be put back together again," chaplain Matthew Cox of Wesley Chapel told sol diers at the damaged Homestead baseball stadium. "But God comes in a vision to say: 'Do not be afraid.'" Gov. Lawton Chiles, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Roman Catholic Archbishop Edward McCarthy of Miami were among those who spoke to congregations. "Somebody said this area will never be the same," Chiles said as sunlight streamed through a hole in the roof of the otherwise-dark Bethel Baptist Church in Richmond Heights. even better," Chiles said to a chott "Amen!" "After the flood, there is reconst tion," Jackson said before speaking other church. He urged that Fieri poor and immigrants be put tower building. Authorities said four disaster aid offices were open and 11 more were If set up Sunday. Some 160 miles of road had!; cleared and all primary roads wereo- Banks and check-cashing services ope Sunday, and distribution of governn checks began in the disaster area. 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Bryan Local churches offer spiritual aid as work crews continue to rebuild coastal regions THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORGAN CITY, La. - Ser mons and hymns rose above the whine of chain saws clearing hur ricane debris in Louisiana on Sun day as the spiritual and physical healing inched forward. About two dozen worshipers at New Zora Baptist Church fanned themselves with .cardboard and shouted "Amen, brother" after the Rev. Ezekiel Simmons II told them: "I was sitting there in that shel ter watching the trees fall and the wind rise, and the Lord game me a/ message. The Lord said, 'Don't worry. I won't give you more than you can bear.'" Like most of Morgan City, the tiny church had no electricity. Windows were propped open with branches of trees toppled by Hurricane Andrew. Nearby, at the First Baptist Church, a throng jammed a build ing that was missing part of its roof and window glass. 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Hurricane Andrew hit the Ba hamas and South Florida before raking Louisiana on Tuesday night. In Louisiana, four deaths resulted from the storm that caused an estimated $400 million damage, including $300 million to sugar cane, corn and other crops. An estimated 8,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and the Red Cross said 25,000 people are displaced. It had 887 evacuees staying in nine shelters, down from 50,000 in 206 shelters at the height of the storm. More than 63,000 customers dured their sixth day wil electricity Sunday, down from 300,000 whose' power knocked out earlier in the wed may take as long as 10 day three weeks to restore custoi in hard-hit areas such Jeanerette, Franklin and Patter) Battalions of utility workers^ rebuilding the power grid!! scratch in some areas. The si; obliterated 102 miles of line; 300 towers between New! and Morgan City. Inthelii Rouge area, the potentwi snapped 600 utility poles wrecked 3,500 miles of transi sion lines. "In the areas where there crews and trucks working, customers are cheering/' said Benedetto, spokesman ford; States Utilities. In areas without power,!! dents had no electricity forst« microwaves, refrigerators, openers, lights, air condition! hot water heaters and televisi sets. Residents queued up Sunday for water, ice and if scrambled eggs and grits frt: Louisiana Baptist Conven! kitchen, hot meals from Louisiana National Guard sandwiches from the Salva! Army. A&. lack cau; ANAl Calif. - I s fore has i team bee pressed c Sure, Bush returns to origina election year issue, job: Post-convention rhetoric shift still includes 'family value; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bush WASHINGTON — Before the Republican conven tion, before Woody-bashing and Hillary-bashing and the God-less Democratic platform, before the phrase "family values" became a politi cal sledgehammer, there was the economy. Now, having charged up their socially conservative base. Re publicans are back to square one — President Bush's declaration months ago in chilly New Hamp shire that the issue this year is "jobs, jobs, jobs." Democrats and some Republi cans are saying the GOP blew it at their Houston convention with a two-week assault on Hillary Clinton, working women, homosexuals, draft- dodgers, Congress and Democrats. They say their research shows moralistic messages from speakers such as Patrick Buchanan, Pat Robert son and Marilyn Quayle may have solidified support among core Republicans, but they left other voters cold. "They hurt themselves. People were turned off," said George Stephanopoulos, communications direc tor of Democrat Bill Clinton's presidential campaign. "They're backing away so energetically that it makes you know they made a mistake." Some Republicans, including campaign and White House officials, concede the cumulative effect of the convention may have been overkill. "They messed up. They went too far," said one party strategist who insisted on anonymity. "They just lost control of the tone." There was a thematic shift to economics last week. But even as the president lurched from values-laden assaults on Democrats to promoting his job-training and trade policies, even as prominent clergy berated Bush for bringing God into the race, campaign offi cials denied they were in retreat or had detected any signs of backlash. "We're not downplaying family values. But that is not the central issue. The central issue is the econo my," said strategist Charles Black. The convention, with its heavy values orientation and large contingent of religious-right delegates, sel dom conveyed that impression. Haley Barbour, an informal Bush campaign advis er, said that's because its principal goal was to make sure people who typically vote Republican got excit ed about voting for Bush. "His strong support for family values is a part of that," Barbour said. "But as we move in the coni weeks from a secure base to building on that"' the swing vote, some issues will be more prom® and some less." Last week started off in the convention's acet wake with Bush scorning the Democrats for lea" the "three simple letters" G-O-D out of their pi form and Rep. Newt Gingrich likening Demon! values to those of Woody Allen, whose newf friend is his ex-girlfriend's adopted daughter. But the rhetorical temperature fell rapidly! that. GOP officials in the campaign and the W House now insist that -when their candidates surrogates talk about family values, they'll Stic policy — highlighting what they see as sharp pi san differences on child care, school choice, reform, health insurance and tax changesJ they'll do it in a good natured way. The shift in tone and substance is welcomed! Republicans who believe their party needs to rd the many voters who polls indicate are not interest in hearing about homosexual rights, radical fd nism and the like. "The mandate has been laid down," said pol Neil Newhouse. "I'm not sure how the decision made. I think it was the right decision." •Bush praised Clinton on Wednesd for supporting an anti-flag burning resoli tion in Arkansas.. •Barbara Bush, campaigning Thursda in California, defined family values way: “It’s caring about each other communities, it’s putting your anr around each other and being there, it’s setting an example. . . . Family values 'different things to different people.” •Marilyn Quayle, in a television inte f view Thursday night, said criticism Hillary Clinton was a tribute to her writings and other professional accomplishments •Vice President Quayle denied thurs day that “family values” is a code phrass for bashing gays or Hillary Clinton. A&M Ag the game scoring 1 fend off i machine, And s what hee toughest a win. But y< faces fro five mile place on TheE hyped al as the re Walsh, b tion was The s through champic at Anab Througf the Agg punts. I ble. The z fastballs es. 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