European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May 2,1994 Anc Cement Victory Johannesburg South Africa apr with overwhelming support from Blacks casting their first ballots the african National Congress on sunday clinched an election win that will install Nelson Mandela As president. As results from the historic election trickled in slowly however the Anc appeared in danger of missing the two thirds majority that would give it Power to write a new Constitution single hand edly. A. It also trailed in voting for Legislatures in two of the nine provinces lagging behind the White led National party in the Western Cape Region around Cape town and behind the Zulu nationalist inkatha Freedom party in the Eastern Regio of Kwa Zulu and Natal. By sunday evening with about 14 percent of the nationwide vote tallied the Anc had 1,661,162 votes or 55.6 percent to 991,798 votes or 32.6 percent for the National party. A Mandela who spent 27 years in prison for his struggle against apartheid will Lead a coalition government that is expected to include the departing president and National party Leader . De Klerk. With the balloting Over Mandela renewed his Appeal. For Unity and reconciliation. Quot the election is past Quot he said in an interview with the nationally circulated sunday times. A now is the time to come together with our political opponents pick up the pieces and build our country a. The Anc led comfortably in seven provinces win ring More than 70 percent of the vote in four regions with huge Black majorities. No other Black led party had More than 4 percent. The National party led with 62 percent in the Western Cape where Many mixed race voters once victimized. By apartheid backed the White  and National party backers taunted each other As scores of people from each faction rallied sunday outside Cape towns City Hall. Quot Down with racism Down with de Klerk a the Anc supporters chanted. In Kwa Zulu and Natal inkatha jumped to a big Early Lead with about 60 percent support but Only a fraction of the regions ballots had been counted and vote Rig Ging allegations surfaced. 1. Digang Mose Neke vice chairman of the Independent electoral commission said counting Iri the regions main City of Durban was delayed by a dispute Over a pirate voting stations a allegedly set up by party officials without authorization. He said votes cast at such stations might be accepted because a people who  believed they were valid  a a a v Vanc and inkatha supporters in the Natal Region have feuded violently for years clashes subsided in the final week before the election but shootings saturday night in the Umla i Black township outside Durban killed four people according to peace monitors. Neither the gunmen nor victims were identified. There were an estimated 22.7. Million votes to be counted nationwide although the election was unusual in that there was no list of voters and no restriction on where people could vote provided the stations were authorized. A hit streets of Europe on May Day from wire reports More than 10,000 anti government demonstrators waving red soviet flags and chanting slogans marked May Day in Moscow by calling for a renewed struggle against president Boris Yeltsin and is policies. A comrades be Brave throw Yeltsin out on his ear a demonstrators shouted at one of the largest rallies so far this year one of three major demonstrations held sunday in Moscow. People also rallied in St. Petersburg Russia and in the capitals of Ukraine Armenia and other former soviet republics. Similar May Day rallies to Mark the traditional workers Holiday were held across Europe. The peaceful marches and demonstrations in Moscow came one year after a bloody May 1 clash Between protesters and riot troops left one Soldier dead and More than 200 people injured. Police on sunday merely watched the protesters sometimes from nearby Woods or courtyards. A no to the bloody regime of Yeltsin and his associates Quot said a Banner held at the Large rally on the former october Square. A save the motherland from the Dollar Empire Quot said another. As soviet Era patriotic songs blared Over loudspeakers Black anarchist flags fluttered alongside czarist and red soviet flags. Many people held portraits of Jesus Christ and soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin. Demonstrators in Moscow wave soviet flags and Tarry a poster of Vladimir Lenin on sunday in a rally to Mark May Day this year May Day fell on the same Day As orthodox easter and Church and government officials had appealed to people to avoid conflict and violence. Thousands of police reinforcements were brought to the capital just in Case. Elsewhere in May Day events a several Hundred thousand germans attended rallies around the country sunday carrying banners proclaiming a work for All Quot and labor leaders demanded action to Stop spiralling unemployment. Germany a slow ending recession and Competition from Low wage countries have put 4 million people out of work and the total is expected to Rise by at least 400,000 this year. About 700 rallies were held around Germany to Mark May Day. A the Heads of Italy a three main labor unions led More than 50,000 people in Turin on sunday in a May Day March and promised to fight the business reforms of the conservative coalition that is now trying to form the next government. Smaller rallies were held in Rome Naples and other cities. A about 100,000 workers in Istanbul Turkey rallied in a driving rain sunday to protest mine closures widespread tar offs and Price increases. Later in the Day a group of demonstrators clashed with police in turkeys Cag Layan District when police tried to disperse them local reporters said. No injuries were reported. Reserves Corpus Christl Texas apr lax training has left National guard and Reserve members physically unfit for combat a government investigation has found. The March 23 report by the general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress was obtained by the Corpus Christi caller times the newspaper reported saturday. R a we believe that the Dod department of defense can no longer afford to continue lax oversight permitting the retention of reservists who repeatedly fail fitness tests allowing Large numbers of reservists to go untested and creating a testing environment that allows failing scores to be changed to passing not in shape for War ones a the Gao concluded. Earlier in March a Gao investigator told a House subcommittee that National guard and Reserve forces May be under trained for emergency combat duty at a time when the Pentagon relies increasingly on them. A it became apparent during the Gulf War that army National guard combat brigades had significant training related problems Quot said Mark Gebicke a military operations expert. For the report cited by the caller times the Gao studied information from 35 Reserve and National guard units. At one Navy unit visited by the Gao eight reservists failed a recent fitness test but three failures were changed to passing scores on paperwork passed up the Chain of command the newspaper reported. The caller times has reported that some Texas National guard soldiers who repeatedly failed tests were allowed to remain in the service while others who failed a test once were denied a Chance to retake it As regulations allow. It. Col. Edmond Komandosky spokesman for the Texas guard denied that there were widespread problems. A to the Best of my knowledge the physical fitness standards Are enforced according to the regulation Quot he said