European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 9, 1992the stars and stripes Page 3 trial aftermath Bush expresses Hope As he visits . Area ravaged by rioting president Bush right takes a walking tour through .�?Ts riot zone thursday. Los Angeles apr president Bush toured los Angeles riot zone thursday expressing horror at the destruction and shame Over the racial animosities that helped trigger it. But he declared in a voice shaky with emotion a los Angeles is going to recover. This is a great  Bush left his motorcade to inspect the ruins of a shopping Center. He Snook his head and grimaced at the charred remains of a Row of washing machines and dryers in what was once a laundromat. A this is just Wanton lawlessness a he later commented. The acrid smell of smoke still filled the air. Dereke Carr manager of a supermarket that was saved from destruction by the stores sprinkler system talked solemnly with the president in the wreckage of the store. Bush later said Carr told him that the stores own employees had joined in looting the store. A horror and dismay were what he Felt Bush told reporters during the tour. Television stations were asked not to broadcast Bush a inspection tour live so As not to Tell potential troublemakers of his whereabouts a a precaution underscoring worries that the violence May not have run its course. But the president also offered Hope. In a speech to an interdenominational congregation in the mount Zion missionary Baptist Church in the heart of the riot area he predicted that the City would overcome its immediate pains. A we arc embarrassed by interracial violence and prejudice we Are  he told ministers civic leaders and parishioners. A we will do our level Best to see that it is  his voice quavered. Everyone joined hands during a lengthy prayer. The president grasped the hand of gov. Pete Wilson beside him. Bush called for a commitment to family strength and Faith in god and a teaching kids right from  a government can to do that a he said. Bush s tour took him through riot battered parts of Korea town and impoverished South Central los Angeles. In some Downtrodden areas entire blocks were burned. In Korea town one of the hardest hit areas onlookers stared in sullen silence As the motorcade passed. Children waved but adults did not. Korean business owners urged Bush to Speed Federal Aid to help them rebuild and voiced concern about tensions Between their Community and Black americans. A talk does no to do anything. We need action a one tearful woman told Bush. Bush replied a my heart aches for those who have lost their jobs. But this Community is  he said Federal Aid was coming quickly and assured them a the american dream still  in yet another meeting the president told Black leaders that the Justice department will follow through on inquiries into whether civil rights were violated a a the rights of Rodney King or anyone  would t escort firefighters chief says los Angeles apr 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 3v4 hours after the riot broke out but Only after Manning said he dispatched his top assistant with a a very pointed message to police officials in the City Hall emergency operations Center. Wounded baby bom 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 t 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 i heard the heartbeat i knew she was Fine a Evers said. Elvira Evers with her daughter Jessica Evers Jones