News Digest
Governing party loses at least 29 seats
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The
governing party suffered its worst election
setback in 41 years of power Wednesday, los
ing at least 29 of its parliamentary scats to far
right and anti-apartheid rivals.
Riot squads with whips, tear gas and shot
guns dispersed blacks protesting their exclu
sion from the balloting, and police said more
than 50 people were arrested. Anti-apartheid
leaders, who called a general strike, said 3
million people stayed away from jobs and
classes
With results in from 160 of 166 districts, it
appeared the National Party would retain 93 or
94 of its previous 123 seals. The far-right
Conservative Party improved from 22 to 38
seals and the liberal Democratic Party moved
from 20 to 33 scats, the most ever for an anti
apartheid faction.
Independent commentators said it was the
first time since the National Party came to
power in 1948 that it failed to get a majority ol
the popular vote.
The Conservatives, who want tougher en
forcement of racial segregation laws, lost by
only five votes in Vcrccmging, former district
of National Party leader F.W. dc Klerk.
With his party narrowly retaining its out
right majority in Parliament, dc Klerk, who
was not a parliamentary candidate, is expected
U) dc ciccicu next wcck lor a live-year icrm
president. as
Foreign Minister Pik Botha and Defend
Minister Magnus Malan were rc-clccicd bv
margins sharply lower than in the white c\eJ
lion of 1987. The Conservatives, who favor
stricter racial segregation, won their first-ever
seats in Pretoria, the capital, and in Cape Prov
ince and the Orange Free State.
Sources report explosion
at missile complex in Iraq
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Many
sources report an explosion Aug. 17
at an Iraqi missile plant south of
Baghdad and some put the death toll
at more than 700, but Iraq’s obses
sively secret government has said
nothing.
Western diplomats reached by
telephone Wednesday in Baghdad,
capital of Iraq, confirmed an explo
sion occurred at the huge missile
complex but said they had no details.
No information was available on
what caused the explosion, but there
was no immediate indication of sabo
tage.
In London, the daily Independent
quoted diplomats and Middle East
sources Wednesday as saying 700
people were killed, including Egyp
tian engineers helping the Iraqis de
velop a new missile.
An official of the rebel Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan reported by tele
phone that sources in Iraq said 700
bodies were removed from the plant
and the casualty toll might reach
2,500 dead and wounded. The offi
cial, known to The Associated Press,
asked that his name and location be
concealed.
Judge rules Bakker competent1
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A fed
eral judge ruled Jim Bakker com
petent to stand trial on fraud
charges Wednesday after a gov
ernment psychiatrist testified the
PTL. founder was not going crazy
when he broke down last week.
Bakker’s trial was recessed and
he was sent to a federal prison in
Burner for psychiatric evaluation
last week after he was found in his
lawyer’s office hallucinating and
hiding under a couch.
“For the First time in three
years, the whole situation came
home to him and he began to cry,”
Sally Johnson, chief of psychiatric
services at the prison, told U.S.
District Court Judge Robert Potter
Wednesday.
Potter asked Bakker, who was
brought to court in leg irons and
handcuffs, to stand and answer
questions.
Asked if he was able to assist his
lawyers, Bakker said, “I’m very
tired, but I believe I can.’’
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