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Captains: Nick Branca, Andy Freed and John Griffin...
Entertainer Merv Griffin was hailed as a tough and savvy bargainer last year when he bested billionaire Donald Trump in a battle for control of Resorts International, which owns casino-hotels in Atlantic City and the Bahamas. But now Griffin's plunge into gambling is looking like a dubious bet. Last week Resorts reported a $46.6 million loss for the year's first half. To stay afloat, Resorts may have to reduce sharply the $925 million in debt that Griffin assumed when he acquired the company for about $365 million...
Antiquated city pumps break down all too regularly, backing up raw sewage into East St. Louis High School and forcing the cancellation of classes. At the Villa Griffin public housing project, a persistent pool of sewage on a playground, dubbed Lake Villa Griffin by angry residents, led to the filing of criminal charges against the city to force sewer repairs. When Mayor Officer failed to appear at a hearing on the matter, a county judge clapped him into jail briefly for contempt...
Much of the crack trade is conducted in the housing projects, which have been run by a private firm since 1986, when the corrupt local authority was ousted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Living here is hell," says Villa Griffin resident Rosie Kimble, 44. "I'm scared to go out to church at night for fear someone will break in while I'm gone. It's already happened once. With all the dopeheads around here, there's shooting almost every night. You walk out the door, they're liable to shoot you dead...
...There's nothing here for me," says Jeffrey Hickman, 18, a Villa Griffin resident. "Only dope, gangs and shooting every night. I'll stay and graduate from school, but there's no way I can make something of myself here. I got to go someplace else, anyplace. Maybe the Coast Guard...