Utah State University Student Newspapers | 2007-04-09 | Page 14

Monday, April 9,2007 Latino vets demand changes NEW YORK (AP) - Activists who believe Latinos deserve more recognition for their contributions during World War II have created an agonizing political problem for PBS and filmmaking star Ken Burns. Several Latino leaders and military veterans, angry that Burns' high-profile documentary series "The War" includes no conversations with Latinos who fought, are demanding changes. PBS and Burns want to satisfy an important constituency, without the precedent of a filmmaker forced to change his vision due to a protest. PBS chief executive Paula Kerger, after meetings with leaders including Congress' Hispanic caucus, has promised suggested solutions as early as this week. Burns' 14-hour documentary is scheduled to premiere in September. PBS hopes it becomes as definitive a record of the World War II experience as Burns' "The Civil War" was for that conflict, and as popular. Kerger has already described it as Burns' greatest work. Even though the film hasn't been seen publicly, its lack of Latino representation was sniffed out by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, a former newspaper reporter who runs an oral history project about Latino World War II veterans at the University of Texas. Rivas-Rodriguez and her staff police projects about World War II all over the country _ books, films, conferences and the like _ to make sure Latinos are represented. Last November, when Burns previewed his film at a museum, her project manager asked whether Latino veterans were interviewed in the documentary. She was told no, and immediately set about trying to raise awareness. Anger over "The War" has deep roots. Gulf Coast residents hope to win cottage in lottery Rare white deer herd living at former U.S. army depot ROMULUS, N.Y. (AP) In a ghostlike performance, the small cluster of white deer slip in and out of sight, peacefully weaving among the hummock-shaped bunkers that once held America's war weapons. The striking image is one Dennis Money wants others to see. "It's a classic moment to see one of these deer on top of an ammunition bunker. You go back to that old saying about beating your swords into plowshares. You put a military base to bed and turn it into a conservation park," he said. Money is a member of Seneca White Deer, a group fighting to save the habitat of the world's largest herd of rare white deer, which live within the fenced-in former Seneca Army Depot. Developers are also interested in planting up to 4,500 acres of willow trees on the decommissioned military site and building an ethanol facility and biomass power plant. It is an unlikely showdown that pits green idea against green idea. But Glenn Cooke, the executive director of the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency, which now holds title to the land, said he thinks the two plans are compatible and that protection and preservation of the white deer have always been a priority. "The issue is whether one group should be given rights to the entire 7,500 acres. We believe several uses can coexist," Cooke said. Empire Green Biofuels hopes to begin construction this spring on the $85 million ethanol project and $30 million biomass plant, said Edward Primrose, a local farmer. AP Photo/Korea Central Hem Agency via Korea News Ser/ice U.S. PRESIDENTS CANDIDATE and governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson, center, poses with his delegation members on arrival at an airport in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, April 8. Richardson, who has undertaken diplomatic missions to countries at odds with the United States, began a rare visit to isolated North Korea to recover remains of American servicemen killed in the Korean war. The four-day trip that started Sunday with the endorsement of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush comes days before a crucial deadline in a recent nuclear disarmament accord. Richardson visits N. Korea PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - U.S. presidential candidate Bill Richardson arrived Sunday in North Korea for a rare visit to the isolated country by a prominent American official. The trip, which has been endorsed by the Bush Administration, comes days before a crucial deadline in a recent nuclear disarmament accord. Richardson, the Democratic governor of New Mexico, said he had no intention of negotiating nuclear matters. The delegation he brings aims to recover the remains of U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War. Still, he told The Associated Press on the flight to Pyongyang that the timing of the visit is important and will show North Korea the United States' good intentions, ahead of next Saturday's deadline for North Korea to shut down its main nuclear reactor. The North Koreans, he said, will understand the symbolism of .a delegation that includes Anthony Principi, the former veteran affairs secretary for President Bush, and Victor Cha, a top adviser on North Korea. "It could be the signal of an improved relationship," he said of the discussions to secure U.S. remains. "The North Koreans always consider protocol very important. They like to be considered a major power in the region." Since the breakthrough Feb. 13 nuclear agreement, there has been little progress. The North has refused to further negotiatate. IRAQ DEATH From page 2 WEJTERN WAT/ Western Wats has increased wages and we are still willing to work around your schedule. We still offer weekly pay, a fun work environment and we'll give you time off for school events, tests and holidays. Call Cody at 753-1303 or stop by 80 Golf Course Drive, Suite B (behind Wendy's on the south of Logan). 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Witnesses said thousands of residents in Baghdad's largest Shiite slum, Sadr City, boarded buses and minivans Sunday for Najaf. "The faithful should participate in a demonstration in Najaf on April 9, demanding that the occupiers withdraw from our lands. They should carry or wear Iraqi flags," al-Sadrs office said. On Sunday, Iraqi flags flew from most houses and shops in Sadr City. Drivers and motorcyclists affixed them to their vehicles. Police escorted convoys of pickup trucks overflowing with young boys waving Iraqi flags, en route to Najaf. An Iraqi flag was hoisted over a military base in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, as Iraqi troops took control of the facility Sunday from British forces. The Shatt al-Arab base is the second to be transferred to Iraqi control in Basra over the past month. BILOXI,Miss.(AP) - Renee McDaniel is not unlike many residents on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Her home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, her family is packed into a government-issue trailer and her insurer paid just enough to replace the battered roof on her house. The numbing discomfort of trailer life isn't likely to end soon. Only a quarter of the trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in three coastal counties will be replaced this year with cottage-style homes. And those homes will be distributed only through a lottery. For the McDaniels, a cottage - if they're lucky enough , to win one - would make life • seem normal again. Bids on the cottages will j] be awarded to manufacturers by the end of this month, the same time frame the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has allotted to hold the lottery. Congress set aside $400 million for a temporary housing pilot program, and the federal government solicited bids from five states. Mississippi had the top two bids and is receiving $281 million for the construction of 4,500 cottages to serve as alternative homes for those in trailers. The cottages are expected to withstand sustained 150 mph winds, or a Category 4 hurricane. "Travel trailers are just too small, and they are inherently unsafe," said MEMA director Mike Womack. "There is a safer, more livable alternative that will be roughly the same cost (to the state) as the travel ]| j trailer." j Currently, about 80,000 people are living in about M 23,000 FEMA trailers in Mississippi. Every month, about 1,000 trailers are , abandoned as families move into alternative housing. By the end of June, Womack anticipates there will be about 20,000 trailers remaining on the coast. By some calculations, that's roughly 71,000 people living in trailers. The cottages will come in two primary models. J The Park Mobile is the smaller of the two, at 340 • square feet. 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