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lfrTn)t-. fri1--; i Tl a -f j- i 1 1 i hi li 1 1 mm ill miij a iir Q--gir-i inn 'iti JiL-T 'ill ii rji ui i i Volume 113 Dayton, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 12, 1990 (Copyright 1990, Dovton Ntwsoootri. Inc. Number 156 The First Cox Newspaper mi -OEO Mandela stands firm While the world changed, Nelson Mandela never retreated from his principles; his voice remains a confident one6A Africa's changing history The turmoil in South Africa represents one of the many tales of black Africans struggling against decades of colonialism7A SOUTH AfricA Whose knockout counts? Boxing world debates Tyson-Douglas bout TWO PAGES INSIDE j'ih i i it I I TOM ARCHDEACONIB I GARY NUHN1B wo, ii '1 7AV- i 1 nt til- TOKYO (AP) Knocking out Mike Tyson was improbable enough for Buster Douglas.

Now, he hopes boxing doesn't decide Mike Tyson knocked him out first. At least two organizations the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Association withheld recognition Sunday of Douglas' 10th-round knockout pending an investigation into a "long count" protest lodged by promoter Don King. Tyson, knocked out for the first time in his pro career, claimed he's still the champion: "I knocked him out before he knocked me out." Douglas, however, said: "Just call it a victory for the small man." Douglas, who is from Columbus, formerly played basketball for Sinclair Community College. While the fight is being called one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, the "long count" controversy once again has the boxing world in a state of confusion. A tape of Sunday's heavyweight championship fight at the Tokyo Dome showed that because of referee Octavio Meyran's error, Douglas was on the canvas for 13 seconds after being knocked down late in the eighth round.

Two rounds later, Douglas knocked out Tyson. Jose Sulaiman of Mexico, president of the WBC, and WBA president Gilberto Mendoza of Venezuela both announced they were suspending the result. "There is no champion before Feb. 20," Sulaiman said. The WBC executive committee will meet Feb.

20 at Mexico City to try to resolve the controversy. The International Boxing Federation, however, said the outcome was clear. "Right now, at this point, we have to recognize Douglas as champion," IBF president Bob Lee said. He said the IBF sanctioned the bout as a championship match, but the Japan Boxing Commission does not recognize the group. While the WBC executive committee is to meet next week, there will be a special session of the WBA executive and championship committees in a week or 10 days, Mendoza said.

At a news conference about six hours after the fight, Sulaiman indicated what course the two governing bodies might take. "When there are problems, a rematch is absolutely mandatory," Sulaiman said. VV 1 ft. 1 .1 a SEE D0UGLAS5A ASSOCIATED PRESS South African black leader Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, draw a crowd in Cape Town after his release Sunday from Victor Verster prison Compromise unlocks door for black leader BLACK ACTIVIST Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years. MANDELA ADDRESSES a crowd outside the city hall in Cape Town, telling them: 'Today, the majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future.

It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaigns of defiance and other actions of our organizations and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy." HIS RELEASE sets off celebrations and some violence. One person is killed in Cape Town, and more than 100 are injured. Twelve people are reported killed in Natal Province, where supporters of the African National Congress have been feuding with a conservative black group. Three are killed and 20 injured in clashes elsewhere.

I OTHER NATIONS urge more progress toward ending apartheid. PRESIDENT F.W. de Klerk's decision to free black leader Nelson Mandela seems a major sign that South Africa is progressing toward ending white-minority domination. ANTI-APARTHEID groups have one of their strongest figures back in circulation. Upon his release, Mandela immediately calls for increased pressure to end white rule.

MANDELA WILL be more available as a mediator between blacks and whites. But Mandela says further steps including the lifting of the state of emergency must be taken before talks can begin. THE RELEASE comes on Mandela's terms. He rejected offers to go free in exchange for a renunciation of violence. De Klerk abandoned this condition.

THE UNITED STATES and other nations are considering lifting sanctions against South Africa. President Bush says Sunday he will consider the future of U.S. sanctions, and invites de Klerk to visit the White House. SMALLER THAN LIFE: Model Beverly Johnson poses with a doll designed in her image. The doll is one of the new toys on display at the American International Toy Fair in New York6C SPLIT: Donald Trump says his marriage is over People Digest, 2A related activities, perhaps as many as 350 people; an amnesty for all exiles; and the lifting of the state of emergency.

The government will seek a clearer ANC commitment to peaceful negotiations over ending armed struggle as the way to de Klerk's promised "new South Africa." Mandela's release first was suggested in January 1985 by former President Pieter W. Botha, who made the offer provided he "unconditionally reject violence as a political instrument" Ten days later Mandela's daughter, Zindzi, read his reply at a rally in Soweto: Only because consecutive white governments had rejected ANC offers to negotiate had the ANC taken up arms in the first place, and it was up to Botha to renounce violence first. As for negotiations, Mandela spoke words that he held to stubbornly to the day of his release, saying, "Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into Pick up the fight, Mandela tells followers WASHINGTON POST CAPE TOWN, South Africa -For black and white South Africans at the center of this country's political struggle, Sunday's release of black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela was the product of an agonizing five-year ordeal of political shadow boxing as the white government and Mandela each sought to negotiate the best possible terms and to extract concessions from each other almost down to the last day. In the end, both sides had to compromise.

The political "package deal" each side hoped to put together, linking Mandela's release to a planned process of negotiations, could not be achieved. Thus, Mandela's exit from prison Sunday was surrounded in ambiguities and uncertainties that are sure to be the first topic of the continued "talks about talks" between the government and black nationalists. For Mandela and his African National Congress, the unresolved issues include the freeing of all other prisoners sentenced for politically ANN LANDERS 2C BRIDGE 15C CLASSIFIED 7C COMICS 14C DEATHS 7C EDITORIAL 8A HOROSCOPE 15C LIFESTYLE 1C LOTTERY 10A MOVIES 4C PEOPLE 2A SPORTS IB TELEVISION 6B By Marcia Kunstel and Joseph Albright COX NEWS SERVICE CAPE TOWN, South Africa On his first day of freedom in 27 years, black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela stepped back into the forefront of the anti-apartheid movement with a call to resume a campaign of defiance and armed struggle. The stately, slim 71 -year-old directed compliments to South Afri can State President F.W. de Klerk, the man who set him free.

But Mandela made it clear he had not traded his hard political line for the opportunity to walk in freedom again before he dies. "The mass campaigns of defiance and other actions of our organizations and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy," Mandela told a huge throng of cheering supporters within hours after he strode down the drive of the Victor Verster prison and into a new life. "The factors which necessitated the armed struggle still exist We have no option but to continue," he said in a confident voice, his bearing that of a longtime leader rather than a man who has just fin-: ished more than a third of his life in prison. What was supposed to be a buoy-' ant welcoming rally was deflated by repeated violent encounters be- SEE FREE5A SEE C0MPR0MISE5A A 1 i i.i.t 1 1 -it 1 I.