European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 3 Michigan registered nurse named miss America 1988 Atlantic City . At1 miss Michigan Kayc Lani inc , mild mannered registered nurse who Shook up the latent Competition with a polynesian dance in a Bare Midriff costume was crowned miss America 1988 on saturday night. The first runner up was miss Louisiana Patricia Brant 23. Of Monroe the second runner up was miss Nevada Slack James 23, of Las vegas the third runner up a miss Colorado la Tanya r. Hall 22, of Boulder and the fourth runner up was miss Mississippi Toni saw right 23, of Moss Point the first Black miss Mississippi. Wearing an off White lace hand beaded gown with a sweetheart neckline and a wide silk taffeta flounce inc Monroe mich., resident was crowned by last year s Winner kill pc Cash 22, of Memphis Tenn. Rafko 24, look her Victory stroll Down the run Way in convention Hall As emcee Gary Collins Sang Theta Gcarl Standard Therese  the Green eyed Brunette who became a registered nurse in 1985, Pul her hands to her face shaking and burst into tears when her name was announced. She hesitated before walking Down the runway giggling and waving to inc sell out crowd of 26,000 in the Hall and millions in a National television audience. The 5-foot-id. 131-Pound Rafko said she would make a different miss America because her Job car ing for the terminally ill Al St. Vincent medical Center in Toledo. Ohio has prepared her spiritually emotionally physically and  Rafko told reporters Lacr that she almost gave up competing in pageants after Many losses. She won the miss m Michigan pageant june 13, her seventh try in a state Competition. She was first runner up a year ago in the Michigan pageant in 1983, she competed in the Ohio pageant. She said she gave it one More iry after i opened up a Fortune cookie and it said next year is your year ,. Thai s when 1 returned Back to the state pageant last june and my family was with me All inc  Rafko said she would take a year of personal leave from her Job. But planned to visit her patients because i know they re Back there cheering me on. One patient said this was a will o live until sept 19," she said she Hopes to obtain a master s degree in oncology. Inc study of tutors and Haematology the study of blood and its diseases and would Tike to manage a hospice program. She had one of the pageant s More unusual talents performing a Haw Attan tahitian dance in traditional garb. The Bare Midriff costume she chose to Wear caused her some concern because she recently underwent surgery to remove a non cancerous tumor from her abdominal area. I have a scar Down Here she said pointing to miss America 1988 Kayc land Rae radio her stomach but it s very  Rafko is of ukrainian descent but said her Mother named her after a woman she met from Hawaii the 51 contestants this be included one korean american arid three Black . Two of the 10 finalists were Black Hall who Sang inc pop tune i am changing and Seawright who Sang we re going All the  the new miss America receives a $30.000 Cash scholarship and the income from a year of personal appearances. Cash estimates she earned More than $ 100,000 during her reign. It was the sixth year As master of ceremonies for Collins who is the husband of miss America 1959 Mary Ann Moulcy. Group seeking revenge after Manila slaying Manila Philippines up communist Hil squads vowed sunday to retaliate for the murder Here of leftist organiser Llandro Alejandro raising fears of a riling Cycle of violence and counter violence thai could Lead to renewed martial Law. Meanwhile some 3,000 centrist supporters of presi Dent Cora Ion Aquino revisited inc scene of her great est Triumph to Appeal Tor the survival of constitutional democracy and to pay i hair respect to inc soldiers who put Down an aug. 28 coup. The marchers also condemned the assassination of Alejandro the Secretary general of the Bayan leftist Alliance who was am bushed in his car sat r m ilm Mph urday shortly after announcing plans far a major protest action. The ale Bongcayao brigade organizers of underground Sparrow hit squads that have killed or wounded More than 60 Security officers in Manila and neighbouring Cit ies since february issued a signed statement to Media organizations promising revenge for the Alejandro killing. The reactionary farces once Mare killed an unarmed Leader of the people the statement said noting the murder of Bayan Leader Lando Olalia in november. This is a Clear violation of the rules of War. In so doing the reactionaries have set he Lone of the Strug Gle the statement said we cannot Lake this matter sitting Down. Being the army of the oppressed and struggling masses in Man lathe Abb will have to respond accordingly about 1 so people turned out sunday morning for a mass in Honor of the 27-year-old Alejandro whose car was ambushed by two or More men in a while Van. Police said they still had no leads in the Case. University of the Philippines professor Randolph David a respected political analyst and one of the marchers at the pro Aquino Parade said it was quite obvious Alejandro was murdered by people hoping to provoke an All out civil War. They want to provoke  he said. If the cause oriented organizations Start launching violent actions they would find justification for the imposition of martial hive the government May just do  the murder is a terrible thing it bodes ill for our country he added. We Heli Cyc that the extreme right is beginning a process that is similar to the death squads in latin  the rally was held in the same Broad Avenue be tween two army Camps where the people Power movement that brought Aquino to Power was born. Delegate is go Between among belligerents from Page 1 political prisoners providing material re Lief to refugees and tracing family Mem Bers who have lost track of each other. The Geneva conventions of 1949, ratified by 165 nations authorize the com Mittee to perform those functions automatically when treaty signatories go to War. They also permit the i arc to offer its services when a nation is suffering internal armed conflict. Most countries admit the i arc under such circumstances. Some Don t. The 7-year-old Iran Iraq War currently is inc Only declared International War but the i arc is working in 36 other countries because of internal conflicts. The i arc performs us duties in a coun try Only when in is allowed to work according to its own rules Kruck said. The committee insists on seeing All prisoners of War in All prisons without witnesses and As often As the delegates wish. When committee member work behind rebel lines inc same rules Wippl. Kruck a Delegate since 1380, has worked for the committee in Cambodia Colombia Al Salvador. Iraq Nicaragua Peru Spain and Thailand. I can Tell you what i do. I m not Al Lowed to Tell you what i Sec she said referring to prison conditions. One important i arc function is to Forward prisoners letters to their families. The committee forwards 130.000 messages each month Between Iran and Iraq tunnelling them through the Geneva office. Prison authorities censor each message to make sure the Content relates strictly to family mailers and the delegates must Check it too usually in front of the writer. Kruck recalls one iranian s letter that she could nol read because it was written in Farsi but she found the symmetrical handwriting striking. The prisoner explained that he had filled the Page h writing Only i love of Over and Oxer. He had been in prison a years. Another prisoner handed her three let ters that the could read. He had written one each to his Girlfriend his Mother and his sister. Kruck said when she scanned the first one she blushed repeatedly in reaction to its intimate erotic prose. He said you like the letter that s the one for my  the delegates record the names of All prisoners interviewing them privately sometimes with a translator s help they look for signs of physical abuse. On subsequent visits they ask for prisoners by name make wardens account for any absences and verify the explanations. They inspect inc food plumbing. Access to Light and other conditions. They insist on seeing every Section of the prison even if authorities decline at first to admit them to some rooms. Sometimes we will Wail two or three hours for them to open the door. The director will say Well we Haven t used this room for 10 cars " Kruck said Ulins that authorities usually capitulate when the delegates refuse to go away. And sometime unpleasant surprises wait behind the locked doors. In the Case of civil conflicts delegates also investigate visitation privileges. Arc prisoners allowed privacy with visitors How much Lime do they get can they touch the visitors or docs a Glass parti Tion separate them you might think it s stupid bul it s important if you re in jail for a Long time it s vital to be Able to touch someone you know Kruck said. Kruck said inc i arcs work has nol changed much since the 194" conventions but she believes it has become More vital to the victims because wars and civil conflicts such As those in Cen trial America. Indochina and the Middle East lend to last longer. She said Many conflicts such As the i97s indonesian invasion of Eal timor and continuing civil strife in Uganda get Little attention from the Media. In those silk Lions i arc delegates become a prised source of help for victims. Sometimes you Are frustrated be cause you can t do As much As you d like to. But you gel a lot of satisfaction. You become humbler when you come Back and Sec How Well off you