European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 9, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 3 King trial aftermath Bush urges incentives to revitalize inner cities during los Angeles visit president Bush right takes a walking tour through  riot zone thursday. Los Angeles apr president Bush pledged Friday to redouble efforts to win congressional approval of a a com Mon sense agendas that he claimed would revitalize the nations inner cities. A a we be got to try something new a Bush told a group or Community leaders and volunteers in a boys and girls club located on a Block of burned out buildings in a riot torn los Angeles. The economic proposals the president outlined were All proposed by the administration in the past. They include a Enterprise zone tax Breaks for businesses that locate in inner City areas and incentives to make it easy for Public housing tenants to buy their own Homes. Bush was politely applauded by the audience but produced the largest response a a standing ovation a when he criticized the news Media for coverage of the riots and race relations. A the Media has to cover what a working a he said. Meanwhile criticism of the slow police response to the riots mounted. California supreme court Justice Armand arabian said in unusual remarks thursday a any slower response and we would have seen photos of policemen pasted on milk containers Ana listed As  police chief Daryl Gates has attributed slow response to the need to protect firefighters from rioters who went on a rampage after a jury acquitted four White men in the police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King on april 29. Earlier Friday Bush extended his gratitude to the Security forces that helped restore order and he visited a hospitalized firefighter seriously wound co the night the rioting erupted. A the firefighters they All do such great jobs a Bush said during a Hospital visit with Scott Miller 33, who was snot in the face while responding to a fire. Fifty four people died in the rioting. 2,383 were Imu Rcd and More than 15,000 were arrested. Looting and thousands of fires contributed to an estimated $785 million in damage. The National guard and Federal troops continued a withdrawal from the streets. About 2,000 troops patrolled streets although More than 13,400 were on standby if needed. Bush a spokesman said Friday that Federal troops would be redeployed this weekend but would not leave the area. A they will All still be available for duty a press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said. He said the total number of military personnel in the los Angeles area would remain the same. A we want to make it Clear to the people that they re not moving out Quot Fitzwa Ter said. A a we re worried it might be misinterpreted. He said he did not know the exact reason for the redeployment. The Prospect of completely removing the troops worried some. A they need the Force in the streets a said Helen Franklin. A people feel safer in the streets and you can walk the streets  would t escort firefighters chief says los Angeles a a Lack of police escorts delayed the fire departments response time during the outbreak of last weeks fiery riots fire chief Donald Manning said. He alleged the police department broke promises to protect firefighters. In a report to the fire commission Manning complained thursday that police dismissed fire department requests for Protection As a not a top  during a meeting of the commission he also said the police department failed to come through on assurances that it would protect firefighters. A we were assured by the police department that plans were in place that we would have escorts and that if there weren to barricaded suspects and there weren to snipers we were their next priority a he said. But Manning said the promises were broken. He compared the police to a a lending Agency assuring that you re going to get a loan before escrow closes and then not giving it to  police chief Daryl Gates has attributed slow police response to the need to protect firefighters from rioters who went on a rampage after a jury acquitted four Whites in the police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King on april 29. The commission has asked for an investigation of the police escort problem. Even when fire engines were being pelted with rocks and bottles a police Captain refused a request by a battalion chief for police escorts. A the was told that was not their top priority a Manning told the commission. They would not let him get close to the top police  escorts were provided sometime after 9 p.m., roughly hours after the riot broke out but Only after Manning said he dispatched his top assistant with a Quot very pointed message to police officials in the City Hall emergency operations Center. Wounded baby born to woman shot in Abdomen during riot Lynwood Calif. Apr a woman nine months pregnant was shot in the Abdomen during last weeks riots in los Angeles and gave birth to a healthy baby a with a Bullet wound. Elvira Evers 39, was shot while returning to her Compton apartment april 30 amid riots sparked by the acquittal of four Whites in the police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. A daughter Jessica Evers Jones was delivered by caesarean Section a Bullet lodged in her right Elbow. Doctors at St. Francis medical Center said the 6-Pound, 12-ounce girl is healthy except for the wound. A fortunately it was a flesh wound a said attending physician . Moosa adding that the Bullet did no to hit any Bone or tendons. A the mothers in remarkably Good condition a he said. Moosa said the Bullet was Likely fired from a .38 or .45-caliber handgun. It penetrated the Placenta which serves As a baby a life support system and could have been fatal to both Mother and child he said. A the fact that the Mother was pregnant certainly provided some sense of Protection a he said. At a Hospital news conference thursday Evers her baby resting in her arms said she did no to know she had been shot. A it Felt like a bottle hit me in the stomach a she said. But a neighbor did notice and drove her to St. Francis. Once there doctors delivered the baby. As one doctor started the Newborn breathing another worked to dislodge the Bullet in her Arm. The baby required two stitches the Mother none. Both were released monday. Evers said she feared the worst at first. A when i noticed that the Hole was there i Felt a tingling sensation but i was All right a she said. A i said a of my baby a  i did no to feel my baby  before the caesarean however nurses detected a heartbeat. A was soon As 1 heard the heartbeat i knew she was Fine a Evers said. Elvira Evers with her daughter Jessica Evers Jones