January 22, 1986, Portland Observer, Page 7
Earthquake victims’ Christmas
b y R o b e rt Ix ith ia n
c r u d e s tr u c tu r e . A la r g e p lu s tic
w a te r r e s e r v o ir sto o d on th e
M E X IC O C I T Y - P i l a r . M o rv e la .
E u c h re s ia . N a rv e s s o . E d u a rd o .
R am on — c h ild r e n o f fa m ilie s le ft
h o m e le ss by th e S ep t. 19 e a r th
q u a k e in M e x ii o C ity .
T h e c h ild r e n liv e w ith th e ir
fa m ilie s in te n t r u m p s set u p in
c o r n e r w ith s p ig o ts f o r use by th e
c a m p re s id e n ts .
M e x ic o C ity ’ s w a te r is n o t s u it
a b le f o r d r in k in g , a n d G ild e n
w o n d e re d w h e th e r th e ho m eless
w e re d r in k in g it a n d s u ffe r in g
d ia r r h e a a n d d y s e n te ry - " M y
c o n c e rn is a b o u t p e o p le w h o d o n ’ t
h a v e fa c ilit ie s to b o il w a t e r . " he
sa id .
G ild e n s a id th e C h ris tm a s fie s ta
b ro u g h t som e fu n a n d e x c ite m e n t
in to th e liv e s o f c h ild r e n f o r w h o m
th e h o lid a y may o th e r w is e h a v e
p a rk s a n d on th e s tre e ts in one o f
th e c it y ’ s p o o re s t se c tio n s . C itlo-
m o M o re lo s , w h ic h w a s h it h a r d
by th e q u a k e .
C h ris tm a s h a d lo o k e d b le a k fo r
th e c h ild r e n ,
but
the y
w e re
tr e a te d to a s p e c ia l C h ris tm a s
fie s ta D e i . 24 b \ m e m b e rs o f the
o r ig in a l m e d ic a l te a m se n t to
C o lo n ia M o re lo s by th e S a lv a tio n
A rm y
in S e p te m b e r. T h e
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v o lu n te e r d o c to r s a n d n u rs e s h a d
beer. sad. " T h is is p r o b a b ly th e
only C h ris tm a s th e y ’ ll k n o w ." he
sa id , as th e c h ild r e n ra n a n d
s h o u te d in w h a t u m o u n te d to a
c o n tro lle d rio t.
E le v e n -y e a r-o ld R a m on h a s h is
a rm s f ille d w ith a la r g e to y tr u c k ,
bags of p e a n u ts a n d c a n d y , f r u it
d r in k s a n d a box o f K e n tu c k y
F rie d C h ic k e n . O th e r c h ild r e n
c a r r ie d d o lls , s o c c e r b a lls a n d
c o lle c te d SIH.CXX, in th e San
F r a n c is c o a re a , w h ic h the y used
to p u rc h a s e to y s a n d c a n d y fo r
o v e r 2. (MM) h o m e le ss c h ild r e n
in v ite d to th e fie s ta .
C lu tc h in g n u m b e re d In ke ts a n d
w ith t h e ir p a re n ts w a tc h in g fro m
o u ts id e a fe n c e , th e c h ild r e n
w ild ly a p p r e c ia te d th e toys, p a s
trie s . ca n d y a n d e n te r ta in m e n t
p r o v id e d by th e v o lu n te e rs .
A c lo w n a n d a M o r io c h i b a n d
p e r fo r m e d on a s ta g e m ad e fro m
c o n c r e te bloc ks d e s tin e d to lie-
com e new houses The S a lv a tio n
A rm y h a s pure b a s e d tw o bloc k-
m a k in g mac h in e s a t $»><).(XX, e a c h
w ith in te r n a tio n a l a id fu n d s . T h e
m a c h in e s w i ll e a c h p ro d u c e e-
n o u g h conc r e te b lo c k s e a c h d a y
to b u ilt tw o th re e -ro o m hom os,
s a id M a jo r G le n G ild e n . sp o ke s
m an f o r th e S a lv a tio n
A rm y
in
M e x ic o C ity .
G ild e n s a id th e S a lv a tio n A r m y
has o p e r a te d in C o lo n ia M o re lo s ,
a n a re a c h a r a c te r iz e d by u n e m
p lo y m e n t a n d a lc o h o lis m , f o r 51
y e a rs . T h e e a r th q u a k e o n ly co m
pounded
an a lre a d v -d e s p e ra te
gam es. T h e ir gle e w a s e v id e n t.
R am on liv e d in a c a m p n e a rb y .
H is f a m ily ’s ho m e h a d be en d e s
tro y e d . he s a id , b u t his la rg e
fa m ily h a d e s c a p e d u n h a rm e d
He c o n tin u e d h is s tu d ie s in a
n e a rb y sch o o l.
W a tc h in g h e r six c h ild r e n fro m
o u ts id e th e fe n c e w a s lu a n a
R o d rig u e z . w h o s e ho m e ha d a lso
been d e s tro y e d . U n fo r tu n a te ly ,
h e r b r o th e r a n d s is te r w e re
k ille d , b u t h e r im m e d ia te fa m ily
s u rv iv e d . She s a id th a t p ro b le m s
c o n tin u e d w ith th e s lo w n e s s in
th e w ay a id w a s c o m in g to th e
" d o m n ific o d o s , " e a r th q u a k e v ic
tim s. She h o p e d f o r a n e w hom e
b u ilt w ith som e o f th e c o n c re te
b lo i ks s ta c k e d n e a rb y
Hob Lothian is on
sojourn in Mexico.
white-ruled South Africa Carter also called for appointm ents of
more Blacks and women to state boards and com m issions and to
the state appellate courts She warned, "We cannot become self-
satisfied, for if we do, we shall no, overcome."
Celebrating the firs, o fficia l state and federal Martin Luther King
Day in honor of the civil rights leader, state government o fficia ls
joined 200 people in a march around the Capitol Speaking after
ward to a crowd of about 300 people in the Oregon House of Repre
sentatives chambers, Rep Margaret Carter, mother of the b ill" that
created the King holiday, called for an end to state investment in
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cats, Ih e
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a six-week
s itu a tio n , he sa id .
A c c o r d in g to G ild e n . o v e r HX)
S a lv a tio n A rm y v o lu n te e rs s e rv e d
o v e r 500.(XX) e a r th q u a k e v ic tim s
w ith m e a ls, c lo th e s , b la n k e ts ,
te n ts , m e d ic a l h e lp a n d o v e r one
m illio n lite r s o f p u r if ie d w a te r , in
th e th re e -m o n th p e rio d b e e ,w e e n
th e q u a k e a n d C h ris tm a s . G ild e n
s a id th a t 1250 fa m ie s re m a in
ho m e le ss in C o lo n ia M o re lo s a-
lo n e . T h e S a lv a tio n A r m y 's l.o
E s p e ra n z o c e n te r in th e c o m m u
n ity c o n tin u e s to s e rv e 5.000
m e a ls a d a y , he sa id .
F o u r te n , c a m p s w e re v is ib le
fr o m th e s ite o f th e C h ris tm a s
fie s ta . In one c a m p , se, u p in a
p a rk , a s m a ll C h ris tm a s tre e
sto o d in th e m id s t o f c o o k s ,oves,
ro p e s, a n d w a te r c a n s . C h ild r e n
fro m th e c a m p p la y e d in th e p a rk .
A la r g e tre e n e a rb y ha d been
d e c o ra te d w ith lig h ts .
A , a n o th e r c a m p , c a rs w h iz z e d
by ju s , fe e , fro m a n o u th o u s e se,
u p o n th e p a r k in g s t r ip o f a m a jo r
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