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DAILY NEWS Sunday, June 15, 1986 r. I -f x-Mtmx: ANTI-APARTHEID RALLY: Marchers along 42d St. display banners and signs protesting tne racial policies in South Afnca. dailv news 35,000 march and demonstrate against South Africa across the city More than 35,000 people of all shades and sizes marched, chanted, clapped and sang their way across the city yesterday in a massive demonstration against His story was reported by Daily News staff writers Ruben Rosario, Mike Santangelo and Larry Sutton. It was written by Stuart Marques.

W- "'70. aii apartheid in South Africa. The marchers gathered at nine points around the city from Greenwich Village to Harlem and converged on Central Park about 1 p.m. in what organizers called the largest anti-apartheid rally in the United States. Speechmakers, including the Rev.

Jesse Jackson and exiled anti-apartheid activist Alfred Nzo, condemned the Reagan administration for not imposing harsh economic sanctions on South Afri- GATHERING STORM An editorial PAGE 47 ca. Reagan contends that sanctions against South Africa would harm black people there by damaging the try's economy. Argue for overthrow Other speakers charged that peace might not come to South Africa until the white regime of President Pieter Botha was overturned. "We rally in New York to end the crucifixion in South Africa," said Jackson. He called on the United States to "open the arms" of the By MIKE SANTANGELO and LARRY SUTTON Oaily News Staff Writers The brotherhood and good will generated at yesterday's anti-apartheid rally stopped just short of Mayor Koch.

Twice during lulls in the program at Central Park, the crowd yelled "Koch go home, Koch go home." By 3:45 p.m., about 90 minutes after he had been scheduled to address the crowd, the mayor had had enough. Just after a musical group was introduced, he left the stage without speaking. "He's for the cause; he is not for being insulted," mayoral spokesman Lee Llanbelis said afterward. The mayor marched with the apartheid protesters from Dag Hammers kj old Park on EL 47th St. to Central Park.

He left to attend two other events and returned to the park shortly before 2:15 p.m. the time he was supposed to talk. Koch stood to the side of the stage while a number of speakers and performers went ahead of him. They included tennis star Arthur Ashe, labor leader Tom Van Arsdale, City Council member Ruth Messinger (D-Manhattan), Manhattan Borough President David Dink-ins and Rep. Major Owens (D-Brooklyn).

The crowd hooted during Van Arsdale's lengthy speech, and there were yells of "Stop! Enough!" Llanbelis said it was clear to Koch that the rally organizers could not control who was allowed to speak at the microphones. The last straw apparently came when Messinger took the microphone to introduce an African musical group. The mayor turned to an aide, motioned for him to leave and then walked to his car parked on the Fifth Ave. side of the park. He never spoke.

X. 4 8 9. i tun iff Statue of Liberty to blacks of South Africa. The rally came two days See MARCH Page 17 HARRY BELAFONTE marching to anti-South Africa rally. OAN CRONrN'OAILV MEWS.