European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday March 20, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 in Johannesburg Anc Leader Nelson Mandela smiles about the mandate against apartheid while president . De Klerk in Cape town acknowledges Victory Calls for Early sharing of Power Cape town South Africa a Nelson Mandela urged president . De Klerk on thursday to talk about establishing an interim government this year that would oversee the dismantling of apartheid. Mandela the president of the african National Congress said the president must capitalize on the mandate he won from White voters tuesday and move quickly to share Power with the Black majority. A your demand is that the interim government must be introduced this year and we think that is possible a Mandela told a news conference. Whites voted 68.7 percent to 31.3 percent tuesday to forge ahead with talks that will end White Rule and give Blacks voting rights for the first time in South africans history. Support for de Klerk in the Whites Only referendum exceeded All predictions. The vote was the most solid step taken toward ending apartheid in South Africa a nation branded for decades As an intractable stronghold of racism. A today we have closed the Book on apartheid a said de Klerk who celebrated his 56th birthday wednesday. A today in a certain sense of the word is the real birthday of the real new South african major issues still must be resolved Between de Klerk and Black leaders and there is not Likely to be a Swift Transfer of Power. A we sincerely Hope now that or. De Klerk has got an overwhelming endorsement for his role in the negotiations that he will be Able now to move with Speed a Mandela said. Mandela said an interim government was needed to ensure a Swift and fair transition to a non racial democracy. A the purpose of the interim government will be to supervise the transition from an apartheid to a democratic state. We Are demanding that that should be done As soon As Andries Treu Nicht Leader of the pro apartheid conservative party conceded defeat with a warning to de Klerk that a the will be the victim of his own a emr. De Klerk has won his referendum just like Mikhail Gorbachev won his. Gorbachev is today out of Power. And or. De Klerk is negotiating his own government out of Power a Treu Nicht said. Mandela on thursday urged Treu Nicht and the right Wing to take part in the talks on a new Constitution. Mandela said he still supported International sanctions imposed on South Africa to protest apartheid even though Many nations arc dropping the measures in Light of de Klerks reforms. A sanctions were introduced for the purpose of inducing the ruling party to dismantle apartheid and to extend the vote to All South africans. Neither of these has been achieved a he said. Intense Hunt launched for embassy bombers Buenos Aires Argentina a with the dead and injured mostly accounted for the government has turned its attention to tracking Down the terrorists who demolished israelis embassy with a car bomb. Government officials appeared to believe the claim of responsibility for tuesdays blast issued by the pro iranian shiite Muslim group islamic jihad in Lebanon. But Interior minister Jose Luis Manza no said wednesday a for them to be Able to do that in Argentina they have to have had partners or local immigration officials reviewed files on people who entered or left the country during the past two months the government news Agency team reported. At least 11 israelis and 10 argentines were killed in tuesdays blast. Perhaps six More Lay crushed below tons of Concrete steel Wood Brick and Glass according to rescuers jewish spokesmen and investigators. The unofficial tally of injured is 240, court attorney Alfredo Bisordi said. President Carlos Menem offered an air Force plane to carry the dead israelis Home. The bodies of the 11 embassy employees and spouses identified so far were to leave thursday. Other victims included a doctor who was walking by the embassy when the bomb exploded and the pastor of the roman Catholic Church across the Street. The Argentine Senate denounced the attack Ana flags flew at half staff at Public schools. A Public March was organized for thursday afternoon. The islamic jihad in a communiqu6 issued wednesday in Lebanon said an Argentine convert it identified As Abu Yasser placed the bomb and died in tuesdays explosion. The attack was to avenge the feb. 16 killing of shiite Leader Sheik Abbas my Sawi and his family in an israeli helicopter attack in Lebanon. There was no Way to prove the claims legitimacy but the wording and the Koran verses were the same As those used in previous communiques from the group which has launched car bomb attacks in Lebanon. Security experts from Israel were invited to assist in investigating the bombing As were the governments of the United states Britain France Germany and seven other nations whose ambassadors met with foreign minister Guido i Telia on wednesday. Controls were tightened at Border Crossings highways airports and Waterways. Scores feared dead after Brazil mudslide Rio de Janeiro Brazil a a landslide roared through a rain soaked Shantytown in a Southeastern City on wednesday killing at least 37 people and burying scores of others. Rescuers worked through the night digging through mud and wreckage for. The missing. Police said the death toll could Rise to 150. The disaster occurred at an outlying Hillside District of Belo Horizone capital of Minas Gera is state 290 Miles Northwest of Rio. A we have reports that dozens of people most of them children some of our people say 200, get away and were buried alive a said police chief Paulo Mansur. A we wont know How Many for Mansur said 37 bodies were found at the site. A morgue said seven of the 10 bodies identified so far were children. Seventy people dug out of the huge Mound of Earth were hospitalized Mansur said. About 400 Brick and wooden shacks were destroyed in the Barrag Inha slum Home to 1,000 of the shantytowns 40,000 residents said fire department sgt. Esigenia a Luz. He said 100 to 150 people were still pinned under the slide. A i was Only Able to save my baby boy a one woman sobbed leaning on her husbands shoulder for support. A i carry the other. God he a still in there was no official explanation for the landslide and no investigation was planned until after the Rescue operation. The Independent journal do Brasil news service quoted local engineers As saying a Landfill on which a construction company had its offices gave Way after Days of rain. The news Agency said a 300-foot-wide shelf of mud that supported the construction company perched atop a Hill above the slum collapsed. The Avalanche flipped trucks and cars and pushed Pine Trees hundreds of feet Down the Hill. A there was a Large tremor and a loud noise and then a Wall of Earth swept Down the Hill a a Luz said by Telephone. A those poor people never had a Chance to get away
