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By The Associated Press Edited by Kristine Long NEWS DIGEST Nebraskan Wednesday, April 20,1994 Zulu leader agrees to participate in election PRETORIA, South Alnca—Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthclczi agreed Tuesday to end his boycott of South Africa’s first all-race election and bring the Inkatha Freedom Party into next week’s vote. Buthclczi’s announcement that his group would enter the election “at this late stage” could reduce violence in the run-up to the vote, especially in troubled Natal province, which in cludes his black Zulu homeland of KwaZulu. Dc Klerk declared a state of emergency there on April 1. More than 200 people have died the past month in fighting between pro- and anti-election forces, many in eastern Natal. There have been fears of worse bloodshed as the April 26-28 vote nears. “It is my deepest hope that this agreement will bring to an end the violence in our country,” President F.W. de Klerk said. “This agreement is a leap forward for peace, rcconcil iation, nation-build ing and an inclusive election pro cess,” said Mandela, the longtime political prisoner expected to become South Africa’s first black president. But as the talks took place, Inkatha and ANC supporters fought gun bat tles in the Toko/.a black township southeast of Johannesburg. Journal ists saw at least two bodies from the shooting between residents of an Inkatha-dominated workers dormito ry and ANC supporters 1 i ving nearby. On Monday, the fighting in Toko/a killed more than a dozen people, in cluding award-winning photographer Ken Oosterbrock of the Star newspa per. Two other photographers were injured. Buthelezi said his party would join the election only eight days before the vote to prevent “a great deal more bloodshed and carnage.” The ANC is favored to win the election and lead the first post-apart heid government. Buthclczi’s oppo sition to the vote stemmed from his repeated contention that the ANC would be able to exercise unchecked power under a new constitution to take effect after the election. He has demanded autonomy for Zulus and having the monarchy of Zulu King Goodwill Zwclithini rec ognized in the constitution. Buthelczi said Tuesday that the agreement secured the “kingdom of KwaZulu and the role of his majesty the king” of the Zulus. “The whole country including the overwhelming number of Zulus ... want to participate in this election because this election is what we have been fighting for,” Mandela said. Inkatha has the support of 5 to 10 percent of the nation’s 20 million voters. Five percent is the threshold required to get representatives into parliament. International mediation of Inkatha’s demands for strong region al powers will be conducted after the elections, dc Klerk said. The existing all-white parliament will be recon vened one last time before the voting, probably Monday, to amend the elec toral act to permit Inkatha’s entry. It is too late to reprint the 80 mil lion ballot papers, but officials said stamps or stickers could be used to add Inkalha to the list of 19 parties in the contest. Inkalha has had no chance to campaign, but its positions are well known because of its persistent oppo sition to the electoral process so far. Rabin orders arrests of400 Arab terrorists JERUSALEM—Secret service agents and soldiers arrested more than 400 Arabs and seized auto matic weapons in a predawn sweep Tuesday against an Islamic funda mentalist group that terrified the nation with suicide bomb attacks on commuter buses. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, whoordcrcd the crackdown, hinted there could be further moves if the attacks persisted, and officials said Hamas political leaders could be targeted next. “We will fight those who con tinue terror with all the means that are available to us. The only limi tation is the limitationsofthc law,” he said on Israel TV. Rabin balanced his crackdown with gestures to Yasser Arafat’s PLO. He confirmed Israel would allow the return of20,000 to 30,000 Palestinians, most relatives of the PLO police force, once agreement with the PLO was reached. Israel also allowed the return Tuesday of six fugitives from Arafat’sFatah faction, whocrosscd from Egypt into the Gaza Strip. “Their return is a sign that the peace process iscontinuingdespite the obstacles,” Sufian Abu Zayde. a PLO spokesman, said. PLO officials said the roundup of Islamic activists, the largest since Israel deported nearly 400 Pales tinians to Lebanon in December 1992, was particularly ill-timed because it came while PLO negoti ators were seeking the release of prisoners of all factions. About 3,500 Hamas activists arc among the 10,500 inmates Palestinians say arc held by Israel. Palestine Liberation Organiza tion officials said the sweep was unlikely to force a suspension in Israel-PLO talks but would under cut support for the peace process. “These arrests are certainly not going to contribute in any positive way. On the contrary, they feed the skepticism and the convictions peo ple have that this peace process is merely a reorganization of the oc cupation and won’t lead to real peace,” Hanan Ashrawi, a PLO spokeswoman, said. She added that the arrests set AP/C«1 Pox back PLO efforts to persuade Is lamic activists toparticipalc in self rule elections and the process of reconstruction. The focus of the raids, carried out in a dozen fundamentalist strongholds in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, were young activists and a few key preachers of Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad fac tion. Hamas sources some key lead1 ers had fled earlier to Egypt. “The aim was to strike a severe blow at the operational structure of Hamas todisrupt their operations,” said Col. Renaan Gissin, an army spokesman, adding Israel was send ing a “clear message to Hamas that we will not let goof them and won’t tolerate such activities.” Gissin said the weapons seized included aging Karl Gustav rifles and modern Israeli-made Uzi submachine guns and U.S. M-16 automatic rifles. Armed cells of Hamas called the Izzedinc Al-Qassam Brigades carried out recent attacks on com muter buses that have shaken Israc 1 is and led to outcries about the lack ofpublic security. Hamas isblamcd for most of the attacks that killed 40 Israelis since the Isracl-PLO ac cord was signed Sept. 13. Nebraskan Managing Editor Assoc News Editors Editorial Page Editor Wire Editor Night News Editors Jeff Robb Matt Woody Art Director DeDra Janssen Melisea Dunne Mehsllng General Manager Dan Shattll Production Manager Katherine Pollcky Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick 472-1766 Adeana Leftin Jeff Zeieny Steve Smith Rainbow Rowell Kristine Long FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily NebraskaniUSPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St.. Lincoln, NE 68588 0448, Monday through Fnday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m Monday through Fnday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Doug Fiedler, 436-6287 Subscription price is $50 for one year Postmaster; Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE 68588-0448. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1994 DAILY NEBRASKAN Jury awards $3.8 million to Kins LOS ANGELES — A jury sent a $3.8 million bill to the city Tuesday forthc 1991 police beating of Rodney King that reverberated across the na tion and sparked three days of racially charged riots. The tax-free award was signifi cantly below the $15 million sought from the city of Los Angeles by King’s lawyers but well above the $800,000 that city attorneys said was a fair sum. Later this week, the jurors will begin deciding whether 14 officers should pay punitive damages for the beating. “We think that this is a satisfactory result.” City Attorney James Hahn said. One of his attorneys, John Burris, left the court smiling and said, “We’re pleased.” In the current trial, a new set of jurors was asked to decide how much money should be awarded to King to compensate for his medical bills, pain, suffering and loss of employment potential. King offered to settle with the city for $9.6 million; he rejected a $1.25 million counter-offer. Though the city admitted liability as the trial began, its lawyers sought to minimize King’s injuries. Much of the three-week compensatory dam -it ... I could hear my bones crunching every time the baton hit me. It sounded like throwing an egg and hearing the shell crack. _ Kj beating victim age trial was a battle of medical ex perts who disagreed on questions of permanent disability and brain dam age. In the years since he was first glimpsed by TV viewers on a grainy videotape. King, 29, had told the story of his beating only in bits and pieces. At the civil trial, he gave his most graphic account. “I felt like I had been raped,” he told jurors. ‘‘I felt like I had lost half of my face.... I could hear my bones crunching every time the baton hit me. It sounded like throwing an egg and hearing the shell crack." Of when officers hogtied and dragged him to the side of the road, he said,‘‘l fell like a cow that was waiting to be slaughtered, I ike a piece of meat. ... I wasjust so scared. I felt like I was going to die.” He also recalled hisassailantsyell ing racial epithets. The local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People praised the verdict. “It is a measure of the depth of pain and suffering and the understanding that there is permanent injury to him,” chapter president Joe Duff said. Former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, who was in Knoxville, Tcnn., to give a speech on crime, condemned the verdict. “I don’t think Rodney King’s inju ries arc worth $3.8 million,” he said. King’s lawyers portrayed him as a victim of racism, a man who was “beaten like a dog” because he was black. Their experts said he had perma nent brain damage causing mental confusion, blurry vision, headaches and an inability to concentrate. With his notoriety, they said, has come paranoia, transforming King into a fearful man who wears a bulletproof vest, hides behind shuttered windows and hesitates to go out in public. Nixon mostly paralyzed on right side NEW YORK — Former President Nixon took a turn for the worse and was returned to intensive care Tues day, a day after a stroke left him paralyzed on most of his right side and unable to speak, his doctor said. Nixon. 81, was suffering from swelling of the brain as a result of the stroke he suffered Monday, Dr. Fred Plum said. “Hisprognosis is guarded,” he said. “The next 72 hours are a critical peri od.” Nixon’s internist. Dr. Michael Giordano, said the former president would be moved out of intensive care and back to a private room later Tues day. The doctor said Nixon was out of grave danger and described him as “awake, alert, in good spirits and able to understand.” He said Nixon suffered “partial paralysis on his right side.” “It is hoped, but uncertain, that he will have improvement in his neuro logic condition,” the doctor said. “No dramatic changes are anticipated in his condition over the next several days.” Earlier Tuesday, Nixon aide Eliz abeth Johnston said the former presi dent had rested comfortably through the night while callsofconccrn poured into his office in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., about a mile from his home in Park Ridge. Johnston said N ixon was paralyzed on the right side except for his right foot. “He just has a little movement in his foot, on the right side.” she said. Strokes are the nation’s third-lead ing cause of death. They strike about 500,000 people annually, killing one third of them. N1 xon’s daughters, Tric 1a Cox and Julie Eisenhower, went to his bedside Monday night, and again Tuesday. Mayor RudolphGiuliam andevan gclist Billy Graham, who preached last year at the funeral of Nixon’s wife. Pal. were among the first to pay respects at the hospital. Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s secretary of state, called the office from California. “There were hundreds of messages all night long. I’ve lost count," Kim Taylor, another aide. said. Dozens of the callers were politi cal figures and long-time friends, but most were ordinary people, some of whom had survived strokes and want ed to pass along encouragement, Johnston said. Nixon was stricken as he walked into his home from the porch at dinner time, Johnston said. The former president did not col lapse. but communicated that he was in distress to his housekeeper, Heidi Retter. Retter helped Nixon sit down and then summoned help, Johnston said. Nixon was the nation’s 37th pres ident. serving from Jan. 20, 1069. to Aug. 0. 1974, when the Watergate scandal forced him to resign. He came to the presidency after nearly a quarter-century as a Repub lican officeholder — congressman, senator, and vice president under Dwight Eisenhower. Study reveals breast-saving surgerv effective CHIC AGO — Doctors who treat breast cancer can save a woman's life and still spare her breast, according to a study rushed into publication to ofTer reassurance after disclosures of fraud in earlier research. The study, which involved the records of more than 5,800 patients, found that women who underwent breast-saving surgery combined with radiation were at least as likely to survive five years as women who had a mastectomy, or complete removal of the cancerous breast. The effectiveness of the lumpectomy surgery has been accept ed by many doctors. A cloud arose after it was disclosed last month that a researcher falsified data in a land mark study that was the basis for widespread use of the procedure. The latest study backs the conclu sion of the earlier research that re moving only the malignant lump rath er than the entire breast is a life saving procedure. The findings were being published in Wednesday’s Journal of the Amer ican Medical Association. The study was led by Anna Lcc-Fcldstein, an assistant professor of biostalistics at the University of California. Irvine, College of Medicine. “In spile of what came oul... wo should not have a knee-jerk response and go back to mastectomy,” said Dr. Gerard Aranha, director of the Breast Care Center at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. “Conservation is here to stay, but it has to be done under strict guide lines.” Aranha. who was not involved in the study, estimated that half of wom en with breast cancer are candidates for breast-conserving surgery. Breast cancer is expected to strike 1^3,OW Americans this year and cause 46,3UU deaths.