European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday August 15,1989 Botha resigns As s. Johannesburg South Africa a president . Botha who led South Africa through 11 turbulent years of racial violence and political confrontation resigned monday after losing a Power struggle with his National party. Botha made the announcement in a statement pre pared for delivery on National television. . Do Klerk Botha s successor As National party Leader was expected to serve As acting president until crucial parliamentary elections set for sept. 6. Botha involved in a running feud with his party since he began recovering from a stroke suffered Jan. 24. Said his Cabinet forced him to resign. The statement was released by the Independent South Africa press association prior to the televised address. The escalating Battle Between Botha and his party turned into a Public showdown when Botha announced Friday he had not been consulted about do Klerk s planned aug. 28 meeting with zambian presi Dent Kenneth Kaunda. Foreign minister Pik Botha who is unrelated to the president had issued a statement thursday evening saying that Botha had been informed of the trip. The diplomatic Mission could bolster South Africa s Long strained relations with Black Africa. Botha who met with four Black african leaders Las year had worked hard to increase South african con tact with the rest of the continent and apparently Felt he did not receive proper credit. De Klerk conferred with his Cabinet colleagues sat urday and reportedly obtained their backing prior to monday s confrontation with Botha. All Cabinet ministers including do Klerk mc4 with president Botha Tor three and a half hours monday morning at the president s residence in Cape town. But All those present refused comment until Botha released his statement. Botha previously had agreed under pressure from the party leaders to retire after the sept. 6 elections. Botha in one of his rare Public comments in recent months insisted he was not a sulky old  but he never congratulated do Klerk on becoming National party Leader. Botha also refused last month to attend a Farewell banquet planned for him by the National party. Botha had almost no political Power base after he resigned As National party Leader in february but had almost unlimited government authority under the Constitution he helped introduce in 1984. Special election to be held to replace Leland Houston a the congressional scat left vacant by the death of Democrat Mickey Leland in a plane crash in Ethiopia will be tilled in a Spe Cial election. Nov. Bill Clements can choose the next uniform election Date nov. 7, for the election to fill the downtown hous ton seat Leland held since 1979, or he can declare an emergency and hold one sooner said Clements press Secretary. Wreckage of a plane carrying Leland and 15 others to a refugee Camp in Ethiopia was discovered sunday on a Mountainside 100 Miles from the travelling party s destination. There were no survivors. The 18th congressional District is a varied area that includes one of the City s poorest slums but also Middle income neighbourhoods. Some 70 percent of residents arc i ther Black or hispanic. Meanwhile a Republican received the highest number of votes in a special elec Tion to replace Jim Wright in Congress but the top democratic finisher predicted a Victory in the Runoff. Republican Bob Lanier received 21,978 ballots or 39 percent of the vote in saturday s special election for the 12th District seat surrendered by Wright but Democrat Pete Goren was dated with his 32 percent showing 17,751 votes. Geren a fort Worth attorney got Quick endorsements from both Wright and from Democrat Jim Lane who finished third in the race and with 22 per cent of the vote was the Only other Candi Date to Garner More than 3 percent. A Runoff is necessary because no one in the eight candidate race to replace Wright received a simple majority. Gercon received a ringing endorsement from Wright who resigned the seat june 30 after an ethics investigation uncovered 69 instances of alleged House violations. I want to ask All of you to redouble your efforts because Here s a Man i want to be my successor Wright told sup porters at a Victory party late saturday. He is steeped in the traditions of our stale and country Wright first won election in 1955 and was re elected 17 times in the next 34 years. He received 88 write in votes in the special election after telling constituents he was not interested in trying to win Back the seat. The elections administrator asked Clements to schedule the Runoff for sept. 9. The Runoff must be called 20 to 30 Days after the state canvasses the votes a process that probably will be completed in a week. In Dallas voters approved by a 2-to-l margin a proposal to reorganize the Structure of City Council. The proposal received 41,456 votes to 20,823 against. The so called "10-4-1" proposal called for expanding the Council from 11 Mem Bers to 15, with 10 elected from single member districts four from overlapping super districts and the mayor elected City wide. Currently eight members of Council arc elected from single member districts and three including the mayor Are elected at Large. Proponents said the plan would give minorities a greater voice in City govern ment. Opponents said it would dilute minority voting Power. Others said the plan would t substantially change the ethnic makeup of Council districts. And Dallas area rapid transit officials won a significant Battle when voters in four of five Dallas suburbs decided to retain the Agency. About one fifth of transit Agency s sales tax income was Riding of the five sub Urban elections As was the Fate of a truly regional transportation system. Leland from Page 1 were burned Ackerman said after returning to Washington late sunday. The cause of the crash was not known but the weather was Cloudy and visibility was poor when Leland and his party left Addis Ababa. Bad weather had delayed their Takeoff by two hours. Flags were lowered to half staff at the White House while president Bush and other leaders expressed Sor Row at the death of Leland who was chairman of the House select committee on hunger. He was in route to inspect conditions faced by 300,000 sudanese civil War refugees at a Camp in fug Nido about 100 Miles Southwest of the crash site. The twin Otter aircraft owned by Ethiopia s Relief Agency crashed 4,300 feet up the Side of the 5,500-foot Mountain. The bodies were to be flown to nearby do Bidola and then ferried by a c-130 cargo plane to the capital. Haley said the two Black Hawk helicopters would stay overnight at Gambula. About 34 Miles Southeast of the crash site and begin salvaging efforts at Daybreak. They were expected to be joined by two More Black Hawk helicopters carrying additional Rescue Crews in the morning. About 100 recovery personnel were sent to the site monday and two c-l30s carrying helicopter fuel were to leave for the site later Haley said. The bodies of the americans were expected to be flown Back to the United states later this week aboard a c-141 Hospital plane said an administration official in Washington. Leland s plane did not appear to be attempting an emergency Landing when it crashed said a Pentagon spokesman. Navy capt. Stan Bloyer in Washingon. He said it basically disintegrated after hitting the Mountainside apparently at cruise Speed. The bodies of the nine americans aboard the flight were to be flown Home via Torrejon a outside Madrid Spain. Seven ethiopians were also on Board. Leland s party consisted of two staff members an aide to rep. Ronald v. Dellums a Calif. A Friend of the congressman three officers of the . Agency for International development and the wife of one Aid official. The ethiopians included a . Embassy employee three government officials and a Crew of three. Mourned As a fighter for the world s homeless and hungry Leland was a six term representative from Houston who was elected to fill the seat vacated by Barbara Jordan when she retired. He began his Politi Cal career As a firebrand but won the respect of both liberals and conservatives. Bush said in a statement from the White House Mickey Leland and the other members of his travel ing Pany both americans and ethiopians were engaged in a Noble cause trying to feed the  Leland often said his commitment to ending hunger was rooted in a trip he made to Sudan in 1984, when a starving girl died before his eyes at a refugee Camp. Every Day i Sec her face he told reporters. The trip that ended with his death was his second there since March he visited Ethiopia and Sudan six times in the 10 years he served in Congress. No gets 4 years for thefts Black marketing Mannheim West Germany is a 31-year-old Soldier who plotted with two cafes employees to steal video and stereo equipment from the Mannheim Post Exchange will spend four years in jail at fort Riley kan., a 21st theater army area come spokeswoman said monday. A military judge found sgt. Donnie r. Lockelt of cod 4th in 8th inf div much guilty of nine specifications in solving larceny and Black marketing charges. Lockett was convicted in an aug. 7 general court martial in Mann Heim. The charges stemmed from his plot with the cafes workers thefts of stereo equipment with another Soldier and sales of . Cigarettes on the Black Market. In addition to the jail term Lockett was demoted to the lowest enlisted rank and ordered to pay a $4,000 Fine and to forfeit All pay and allowances. He also was Given a bad conduct discharge. Lockett stole $5,208 Worth of stereo and video equipment from the Exchange s sight and sound Center be tween july and october 1988. The items were found in his apartment the spokeswoman said. Under his sweetheart arrangement with the two cafes workers Lockett used two methods of taking the Merchan Dise the spokeswoman said. The Soldier then gave the women kickbacks. When he took the items to checkout counters staffed by his accomplices the clerk rang up a significantly smaller Price than the item s True value the spokeswoman said. Under the second method an accomplice would write up a Sham deferred payment plan form for Lockett and the Soldier would leave the store with the merchandise without paying for it the spokeswoman said. The accomplices arc american family members. Cafes has fired them the spokeswoman said. Between August and october 1988, Lockett also stole $1,120 Worth of elec tronic equipment from the same store under an agreement with another Soldier the spokeswoman said. She could not say what sort of punish ment the second Soldier had received. In a separate venture Lockett urged subordinate soldiers to buy tax free car tons of cigarettes with their ration Liow ances so that he could sell them for a profit on the Black Market the spokeswoman said. From february 1988 to february 1989, the native of Nacogdoches Texas received an average of 25 to 40 Cartons of cigarettes per month and sold about 30 Cartons a month to a German Contact. The cigarettes Cost $5.50 for a 10 package Carton. They then were sold for25 Marks or More than $12 per Carton the spokeswoman said. Cigarettes in West Germany usually sell for 4 Marks a pack. All soldiers involved in the Black mar acting scheme received non judicial punishment. Some had their army careers Cut Short As a result the spokeswoman  Mannheim office of the . Army criminal investigation come investigated the Case