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Monday, May 9,1994 Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune A5 Mrs. Clinton: Let's extend our families WASHINGTON The number of traditional families is dwindling, says Hillary Rodham Clinton, so America should be like an extended family of caring friends, neighbbrs and citkens. "Instead of families looking like the Cleavers on 'Leave It To we have families that include test-tube babies and rogate moms. Instead of Sunday night family dinners, we now have cross-country telephone conference calls," the first lady said Sunday in a Mother's Day com, mencement address at George Washington University. Mrs.

Clinton was greeted by 4,800 hooting graduates. "Hillary! I love 7 one young man yelled as she received an honorary doctorate of public service. Mrs. Clinton compared a mother's counsel, protection and nursing to the public issues most important to her: education, crime and health care. "Our community must be a family," she said.

TV star weds, extends contract BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) "Matlock" star Daniel Roebuck has two new reasons to celebrate: He exchanged marriage vows and extended his television contract. Roebuck and Kelly Durst were married Saturday at the Central Moravian Church as hundreds of well-wishers looked on. A non' alcoholic reception was held in a tent in a city park. Fireworks and a ride for the wedding party on the park's carousel capped the evening.

After toasts, it was announced that Roebuck has signed on for another year as legal assistant 1 Cliff Lewis on NBC's law drama "Matlock," which also stars Andy Griffith. How about Generation SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) For young unhappy with their "Generation label, Kurt Vonnegut has an alternative: Generation A. "Now you young twerps want a new name for your generation? Probably not, you just want jobs, right?" the author asked about cheering Syracuse University graduates during his commencement address Sunday. "I hereby declare you 'Generation as much at the beginning of a series of astonishing triumphs and failures as Adam and Eve were so long ago," said Vonnegut, whose books include "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Galapagos." He said older people need to realize it's not necessary to go through "some famous calamity: The Great Depression, World War II, whatever" to come of age.

Ukrainian skaters visit U.S. fans IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (AP) Ukrainian figure skaters Oksana Baiul and Viktor Petrenko, in town with a touring ice show, paid a visit to some of their biggest supporters. The pair met about 400 people Saturday at the St. Mary of the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall, which has worked to raise money for Ukrainian athletes.

The church in this Rochester suburb lavished gifts and flowers upon the skaters and entertained them with traditional folk dances. Baiul, 16, won an Olympic gold medal earlier this year in Lillehammer, Norway, Petrenko won one in 1992 in Albertville. The skaters were in Rochester with the Tour of World Figure Skating Champions, Billy Graham given degree WENHAM, Mass. (AP) The Rev. Billy Graham says Christians are becoming "a despised minority" during this time of world turmoil.

"There's a great diversity of belief and unbelief in our country," Graham told 150 graduates Saturday in his commencement address at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. "Millions of people are disillusioned or antagonistic to religion of any kind. Those of us who are Christian are becoming a despised minority," Graham said. Graham, 75, who never attended a seminary, was given a doctorate of theology degree. "It's a time of great upheaval in the world," Graham said, mentioning civil war in Rwanda and domestic political and social problems.

Still, he said, "I would not like tq be alive at any other time in human history. It's a wonderful time to 'start your lives." Mandela elected president of South Africa Today we are entering new era 1 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Nelson Mandela was chosen South Africa's first black president today by the new multiracial parliament to complete the try's remarkable transition from White rule to democracy. "Today we are entering a new era for our Mandela told tens of thousands of cheering supporters moments later from the balcony of nearby City Mall With the majestic Table Mountain in the background, Mandela addressed the country from the same balcony he spoke from on Feb. 11, 1990, the day he was released from 27 years in prison. "The people of South Africa have spoken in these elections," he said.

"They want change and change is what they will get," The former political prisoner was the only nominee to succeed F.W. de Klerk, with whom he and the newly added ANC anthem. From among the onlookers came choruses of "We have overcome." Military officers gave Mandela his first salute as head of state. Mandela, 75, was serving a life prison term for sabotage against the white government when De Klerk freed him. The two began negotiating the reforms that led to the April 26-29 vote, the first to include the black majority.

Mandela and de Klerk strode in to the chamber together on a red carpet to a standing ovation from the lawmakers, many of them former exiles and prisoners in the ANC struggle against apartheid. Mandela sat in de Klerk's old seat, while the outgoing president sat on the opposition benches for the first time in his 22 years in par-, liament. In a show of reconciliation, Mandela and his main black rival, Zulu nationalist leader Mango- suthu Buthelezi, embraced and shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize shook hands in front of the speak- aamasaaaiSi for negotiating the end of er's podium. President-elect Nelson Mandela, center, enters South Africa's parliament chamber apartheid. Mandela will be inau- gurated Tuesday in a celebration attended by some 40 world leaders.

Members of the new 400-seat National Assembly leaped to their feet in applause and snouts of joy as Chief Justice Michael Corbett announced Mandela's selection. Immediately afterward, Mandela stood on the parliament steps with de Klerk and African National Congress national chairman Thabo Mbeki, his two deputy presidents, to hear the two national anthems. He held his right hand over his heart for both the one used by the white government BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) Voters looking for a way out of economic hardship have turned back to the former Communists, swept from power in 1990 but now professing democratic ideals. The strong showing reflected disenchantment with high unemployment and inflation as the country completes its transition to capitalism. Turnout was roughly 70 even higher, than the 65 percent in 1990: With more than 99 percent of the votes counted, the former Communists, renamed the Socialists, were on top with 33 percent.

As the leading party, they will be asked to put together a coalition government and name a prime minister. Second in Hungary's second democratic elections in nearly 50 years were the liberal Free Democrats with almost 20 percent. The center-right Hungarian Democratic Forum, the senior government coalition partner, was a poor third at 12 percent, with the agrarian Independent Smallhold- ers next at 9 percent. Voters cast ballots for individual candidates and party lists to fill the legislature, but most of the races will not actually be decided until runoffs for those garnering BCCI chief faces charges in Washington WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly three years after the BCCI scandal rippled throughout the world, the bank's second-in-command is facing charges of bank fraud in the United States. Swaleh Naqvi, former chief executive of me Bank of Credit and Commerce International, was arrested over the weekend in the Persian Gulf nation of Abu Dhabi and flown to the United States, the Justice Department said Sunday.

Naqvi, 61, who holds Pakistani and British citizenship, was scheduled to appear today in U.S. District Court in Washington for arraignment on criminal bank fraud charges. If convicted on the three most serious counts, he could face up to 35 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. Gerald Stern, the Justice Department's special counsel for financial institution fraud, called Naqvi's prosecution "one more important step in the investigation of BCCI, and the prosecution of those who were involved in BCCI's wherever may be found," Naqvi's attorney in Washington Joseph dlGenova, a former Us, attorney in the ration's to comment on the charges last week. Naqvi's arrival comes nearly three years after bank regulators wprldwide seized BCCI on July 5, 1991.

Avidits of the bank revealed mind-boggling fraud and phony loans. Some 250,000 depositors and creditors are waging a court battle to reclaim their funds. el th Accompanied by former president F.W. de Klerk, right, and Vice President-elect (AP photo) ing, bellowing incantations as the new lawmakers arrived and calling upon the spirits of deceased anti-apartheid activists. More than 150,000 people, including scores of foreign dignitaries, are expected at the inauguration in Pretoria, the country's administrative capital.

Guests include Vice President Al Gore, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Britain's Prince Philip and Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat. The new government's main task will be to write a permanent, post-apartheid constitution and try to make good on the ANC's campaign promises to provide housing, electricity and jobs for millions of the country's impoverished blacks. Despite the ANC's majority.in parliament, it could face some battles during constitutional debates from Inkatha and the Freedom Front legislators, who say the current constitution does not guarantee provincial governments sufficient autonomy. first members sworn in to the National Assembly. They were followed by ranks of new lawmakers black, brown, white and Indian, in business suits, saris, robes and flowing dresses of brilliant African colors.

The ANC won more than 62 percent of the vote in April's national elections, giving it 252 seats in the parliament. De Klerk's National Party, which had ruled since 1948 and implemented apartheid's laws, won 82 seats, followed by Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party with 43. The remaining seats were divided among the white, pro- apartheid Freedom Front, the liberal Democratic Party, the black militant Pan Africanist Congress, and the African Christian Democratic Party. The assembly chose Frene Gin- wala, a women's rights activist and head of the ANC's research department, as the new parliament speaker. Nominated by Winnie Mandela, she pledged to "make sure that every voice is able to make itself heard." Tight security enveloped central Cape Town in preparation for Mandela's speech.

More than 1,000 police and soldiers, bolstered by 800 ANC marshals, patrolled this morning while a huge new South African flag flew from City Hall. A Xhosa tribal singer dressed in traditional beads and animal skins sat outside the parliament "build- Former communists front-runners Turnout high for elections in Hungary; Socialists get 33 percent of vote at least 15 percent of the vote are held May 29. Of the 176 seats allotted to individual candidates, Socialists had won two with more than half the vote and were leading for 160 others, meaning 174 seats are to be voted in the runoff. The Free Democrats were leading in 12 and the Forum in one. A simple majority is needed to win in the second round.

The, Free Democrats, Young Democrats, Agrarian Alliance and Entrepreneurs party have agreed to jointly support a common candidate in many districts in the final round to increase their chances of defeating the Socialists. The Communists, who took power in 1948, were voted out four years ago, when Hungary and other East bloc countries broke with autocratic Marxism and embraced democracy. Imre Szekeres, deputy chairman of the Socialists, reassured rivals and the electorate that his party intended to abide by democratic rules. Prime Minister Peter Boross of the Hungarian Democratic Forum as much as conceded defeat. "I must say we expected to do better," he said.

"We must prepare to be a constructive opposition." AH the mainstream parties, including the'Socialists, are committed to a market economy, integration into Western Europe and membership in NATO. Differences lie in how they would cope with 12 percent unemployment, 22 percent inflation and the 23 percent decline in the gross domestic product over the past four years. The Democratic Forum has received most of the blame because it was in power during the tough post-Communist period. In contrast, the last Communist government is widely remembered as pragmatic and expert. GREEN ACRES GOLF CLUB is proud to announce Earl Howard as a new partner.

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