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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. It
carriers made rare Sunday home del
ies in other parts of Dade County
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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.
Through plastic sheets covering
gaping holes, the refrain from the
hymn "Praise Him From Whom
AU Blessings .Flow" spilled into
streets littered with wind-
thrashed tree limbs> ! utility poles
and power lines.
Wallace Stickney, director of
the Federal Emergency Manage
ment Agency, surveyed damage
in the area Sunday and met with
victims at one of five disaster ap
plication centers that opened Sat
urday.
By Sunday morning, the agency
had received 2,198 applications
for aid. It can take seven to 10
days for checks to be processed af
ter the paper work begins.
Centers were besieged with so
many requests over the weekend
that appointments l\ave been
booked through Wednesday to
file applications for checks rent,
groceries, new clothing, emer
gency home repairs, transporta
tion, household items, prescrip
tion drugs and occupational sup
plies.
"Everything is on a fast track
regarding emergency federal aid,"
Gov. Edwin Edwards said.
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
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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.
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