European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The a Eft amp and Lpes vol. 53, no. 16 500 tuesday May 3,1994 d 8693 Ade Klerk bows to Mandela s. Defeat in historic election Johannesburg South Africa was less Clear whether the party would apr president  Klerk con win a two thirds majority that would ceded defeat monday in South africans allow it to write a permanent Post apart first All race election to Nelson Mandela who will become the country a first Black president. A a a v. With 40 percent of the votes counted de Klerks National party had just 24.5 percent support to 61.4 percent Tor Mandela a african National Congress. The Zulu nationalist inkatha Freedom party a bitter rival of the Anc was a Distant third at 6.4 percent. A emr. Mandela will soon assume the highest office in the land with All the awesome responsibility which it bears a de Klerk said at a news conference at National party Headquarters in Pretoria. Referring to his negotiations with Mandela on ending apartheid Over the East four years de Klerk said a i thank in and congratulate him. He deserves the congratulations Good a Hes and prayers of All South africans. A i look Forward to working with him constructively in the government of National Unity in our common Effort to promote the Well being of All our people a said de Klerk who shared the Nobel peace prize with Mandela for their efforts to find a peaceful end to South africans system of racial separation. Mandela was expected to make a Victo Heid Constitution single hand edly. The new parliament is to elect a president Friday setting the stage for Mandela to replace de Klerk As head of state. De Klerk is expected to be vice president. In a bid for National reconciliation the Anc suggested sunday night that White conservatives and Zulu nationalists could join in the new government despite their relatively poor showing in the vote. The Independent electoral commission which organized the vote and counting said final results might not be available until do Klerk today. In some places counting that was supposed to have started at 6 . Saturday still had hot begun monday morning. And Many of the teachers Ana Bank tellers hired to hand count an estimated 22.7 million paper ballots had to return to work monday leaving counting posts a staffed. At other stations disputes by statement later monday formalizing arose Over the use of party supporters to what had been anticipated for months count ballots. Since the Anc arid government set the in another example of the disarray the dates for the country a first election Al commission had to scale Back drastically lowing the Black majority to vote. The vote total for the White Liberal dem the Anc was certain to win a majority socratic party after a computing error sent in the new 400-seat parliament. But it see Mandela on Page 2 by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern Germany a 27-year-old army staff sergeant apparently shot his estranged wife and then killed himself late Friday after finding her with another Man. Authorities identified the dead Man As staff sgt Joe n. Melvin of he co 191st Ord in in Miessau. The shooting occurred in the town of Sie Geibach said air Force 1st it. James Law a spokesman for the Kaiserslautern military Community. An autopsy was inside today Kevorkian found innocent of assisting suicide see Page 2 supporters of Nelson Mandela celebrate in Cape town As the Ancus Lead widens. Scheduled for today Law said. / Law identified the soldiers wife As army sgt. Cynthia Melvin who is assigned to the Warrior preparation Center at Einsiedler Hof air station near Kaiserslautern. Cynthia Melvin was transferred monday afternoon from a German Hospital in Kaiserslautern to nearby Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center said Marie Shaw a Hospital spokeswoman. She was shot once and a suffered severe stomach wounds a according to a see shoots on Page 2 Singapore takes a whack caning by Ellis Henican new Day Singapore a caning really Isnit so bad. That anyway is the latest word from the local government which has been smarting in recent weeks Over complaints from abroad about Singapore a practice of flogging Petty criminals. In the two months since american teen Ager Michael p. Fay was sentenced to six lashes with the Rattan human rights groups and the . Government have condemned caning As Barbaric. Fay on 18-year-old senior at the Singapore american school pleaded guilty to vandalism including Spray painting automobiles. On sunday Singapore a prisons department charged that critics of caning do not know what they Are talking about. And the government moved to a set straight the a Smiscon see whack on Page 2 . Plans to shut Down embassy in Grenada see Page 6 seafood delicacies making the most of jellyfish and seaweed a see pages 20-21