European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The vol. 53, no. 16 50 i tuesday May 3,1994 d 8693 a free at last Mandela says de Klerk concedes election As s. Africa begins new Era a Johannesburg South Africa a a next tuesday i shall Lay Down my re apr african National Congress Lead a possibilities As state president. I shall Beer Nelson Mandela claimed Victory monday in South africans National election. A free at last a he exclaimed eight Days Handin amp Over the presidency to Deia a de Klerk said. A or. Mandela has walked a Ion or. Man before he was due to be inaugurated As and now stands at the top of the h it a a Faith my Aoi Lant. A Catt. I a amp Idois inf Lull Al Cal the country a first Black president. Two and one half hours after president . De Klerk conceded defeat Mandela stood before an ecstatic crowd in a ballroom draped in Anc colors to accept the Reward of a life spent fighting apartheid. A this is your Victory too a Mandela said. A you helped end with about 44 percent of the estimated 22.7 million votes counted the Anc had 62.6 percent to 23.7 percent for de Klerk s National party. The Zulu nationalist inkatha Freedom party was a Distant third with 6.2 percent followed by the pro apartheid Freedom front with 2.8 percent. The Anc was projected to win around 240 seats in the new 400-seat parliament in Road 01, he said of the Anc Leader who spent 27 Quot years in prison for opposing the policies imposed by de Klerks party. A i hold out my hand to or. Mandela in Friendship and in a i never thought i would see this happen to see this Man go a said one mixed race woman crying bitterly. De Klerk the mood at Anc election Headquarters in the Carlton hotel in downtown Johannesburg was far More upbeat. Mandela wearing a which will select a president certain to dark suit danced on stage As hundreds of be Mandela on Friday. On May 10, the new Leader will be inaugurated at a care Mony attended by world leaders. Mandela a speech and that of de Klerk marked the end of a remarkable Era that began with Mandela a release from prison four years ago and Culm supporters joined a choir in singing Nkosi is Kelela Jairika or god bless Africa. A this is one of the most important moments in the life of our country a he said. De Klerk is expected to serve As one of two vice presidents and in his speech he made Clear he expected to maintain a p. _. _ rated last week when the county a a Black powerful presence in government majority voted tuesday through Friday in the first democratic election. About 300 people Many of them weeping watched de Klerk As he conceded the end of his presidency at National party Headquarters in Pretoria. During the past four years we have proved that we can work together a de Klerk said referring to the relationship he has nurtured with Mandela since freeing him from prison. A despite our differ see Mandela on Page 2army no apparently shoots wife kills self by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern Germany a 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 Gelbach said air Force 1st it James Law a spokesman for the Kaiserslautern military Community. An autopsy was Mam. found innocent of assisting suicide see Page 2 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 supporters of Nelson Mandela celebrate in Cape town As he Ancus Lead widens. Singapore takes a whack by Ellis hen1can a. A new Day. A Singapore a caning really Isnit so bad. A 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 Crimi. Nals. A a a a a a a. A. A a a Ain 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 an 18-year-old senior at the Singapore american school pleaded guilty to vandalism including Spray painting automobiles. T on sunday Singapore s prisons department charged that critics of _ caning do not know what they arc talking about. And the government moved to a set straight the a Smiscon see whack on Page 2
