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rl FIRST EDITION Hf Arinona Dailn Star Page Ten Section A Tucson, Tuesday, August 18, 1992 NATION 3 QE2 captain, Some L.A. business owners find getting riot loans slow, difficult r' "m' -1. k. r.tr rr Lj Wy -4 1 -if JliL A eLz If ij If IL-, LOS ANGELES (AP) There were broad smiles at Chamber of Commerce when a federal official handed out $190,000 in loan checks to a half-dozen business owners hit by the springtime riots. i The next day, at a Korean-American workshop, the concern of merchants still desperate for aid was re-', fleeted in worried faces.

While more than 1,400 merchants have loans in hand, thousands of others either await payments or l-never applied, frustrated by the paper work and the pro-I cess. About 10,000 businesses were burned or looted in the riots. "The feeling is there is no help available to them, that the system was designed to discourage them," ad-' vertising executive Willie Brown said of fellow riot vic-itims in the black business community. Brown received the first $25,000 installment of a I $131,000 Small Business Administration loan at the Chamber of Commerce ceremony last week. Other business people "just gave up," said Brown.

"The paper work was just too taxing." Robert Park, vice president of the Korean-Ameri-i can Coalition, concurs. "Have you ever seen an SBA form? It's like a book, i an encyclopedia," Park said. "These are Korean mer chants who can't read English, can't do it on their own." The Small Business Administration, the chief lender in the rebuilding effort, claims that its form is no more complicated than a typical bank loan application. It says it has tried to help people recreate lost business records, provided victims with translators when necessary and reviewed prospective rebuilding plans. It has steered more than 1,300 people who needed help with forms to the Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Center in Los Angeles.

Greg Carlson, the center's spokesman, said applicants sometimes have unrealistic expectations. "Some people have the perception they're going to walk in here, fill out a piece of paper and get a check," he said. John Bryant, founder of a rebuilding group, Operation Hope, said that overall the Small Business Administration has responded well, but that it needs to work hard to overcome the basic distrust of the government in the black community. "I think they are a little overwhelmed," he said. The three days of rioting, arson and looting that swept Los Angeles and nearby areas left 53 dead, scores injured and nearly $1 billion in damage.

The unrest was sparked by the acquittal April 29 of four white police officers in the beating of a black motorist, Rodney King. pilot say liner wasn't speeding BOSTON (AP) The Queen Elizabeth 2 was moving fast, but not too fast, when it hit bottom earlier this month, its captain and the local pilot guiding the cruise ship at the time testified yesterday. The 937-foot luxury liner had increased speed to 24 knots the night of Aug. 7 before striking submerged rocks off the coast of southern Massachusetts. There were no injuries, but 1,815 passengers were evacuated at sea.

The ship suffered extensive hull gashes and is in drydock here for repairs. Coastal pilot John Hadley, who was brought aboard the QE2 to navigate through a relatively narrow passage near Martha's Vineyard, said he normally would pass through the area slower with such a large ship, but he felt secure because the QE2 has an excellent crew. Nautical charts indicated a depth of 39 feet in the area, ample for the cruise ship whose hull extends 32 feet below the surface under normal conditions. Divers for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found uncharted rocky outcroppings over the weekend thought to be those struck by the ship. They lie at a depth of about 35 feet.

Hadley testified that the QE2 can Hip 3 feet further below the surface in some ocean conditions. Welders start fire aboard idle USS Lexington breathing apparatus to reach the heart of the fire. "A fire aboard a ship is hard to fight because you have to get your way through so many decks," Daniel said. The Lexington is moored off Corpus Christ! beach, adjacent to the Texas State Aquarium. The ship is being renovated to open this fall as a floating museum.

The Lexington, dubbed the "Blue Ghost," was commissioned in 1943. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) A small fire broke out yesterday aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Lexington, and firefighters extinguished the blaze in less than two hours, fire officials said. No one was injured. Fire Marshal Chief W.L. Daniel said welders were working inside the Lexington when some wood pallets were ignited by sparks.

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