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Th plan is not
C p licy, but \ a rc
d pied b th r up'
mittce on tfirrnauv u n,
ording t the Sunday
Time, th ountry' large t
circulation new paper.
Howev r, anoth r Cof-
ficial d ni d the report,
th propo at wa rai
h d not b en adopted.
"Th governm nt hould
intervene (to redi tribute
wealth), but ther are various
device and they must be
fair," the unidentified official
told the independent South
African Pre ciation.
The ANC ay the
redi tribution of wealth from
th 5 million white to the 30
million Blacks will a lead­
ing priority if th group comes
to powe�.
Mo t ob ervers b lieve th
ANC would win elections if
Blacks were allowed to vote.
ANC critics ay the group i
wedded to ociali t economic
that failed throughout Ea tern
Europ and much of Africa.
They argue that a free
market economy i the fastest
way to improve Black living
conditions, and it would also
keep killed white from leav­
ing the country.
South Africa's capitalist
economy is the stronge t in
Africa, but it i suffering from
a 2-year-old rece ion, 15 per­
cent i ntlation and high un­
employment among Blacks.
Mississippi St.
to name building
for Black alum
STARKVILLE, Mis. (AP}­
Richard Holmes of Starkville broke
the race barrier at Mississippi State
University 26 years ago.
Now the school is renaming its
cultural diversity center after th 47-
year-old Black phy ician.
"It's abies ing that I got this
honor while I'm still living," Hol­
me , who serves Birmingham-area
emergency rooms, said Tuesday.
At 4 p.m. today, the Center for Cul­
tural Diversity will become the Hol­
mes Cultural Diversity Center. The
two-story, 2,300-square-foot build­
ing once served as faculty apart­
ments.
The center "promote awareness
and appreciation for cultural dif­
ferences, with primary focus on
African-American culture," said
Brenda Richardson, Mis issippi
State assistant vice president for cul­
tural diversity.
_It offers mentor programs and
peer counseling to minority fresh­
men and transfer students.
Of Mississippi State's 13,700 en­
rollment, 1,700 students, or 12.4 per­
cent, are Black ...
Holmes was born in Chicago,
grew up in Starkville and attended its
public chools. He and several of his
iblings were raised by their
grandmother, Eliza Hunter.
Starkville physician Douglas Conner
took Holme in after Holmes'
grandmother died in 1956.
"He has always been quiet, but
he had a lot of determination and
drive," aid Conner, 71, who main­
tains a practice. "Even when he wa
7 or 8, I could tell he was going to go
places."
OnJuly 19, 1965, Holmes entered
previously all-white Missi sippi
State for its second ummer term. He
had transferred from Wiley College
in .Texas as a 21-year-Old
premedicine major.
"Looking back, it was not a bad
experience," Holme aid.
WORLD AND NATION
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Though a bu y raining or com
Impo ibl 0 to otic th u rin
wasn't only in Ethiopia th t p op
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01 on
di do
"Many people th ught I would
continu to com t long I
could " . d Diallo, "but ith th
food hortage in my country, jump­
ing over a bar d n't eem very
important. I kne it w time to
begin more meaningful or. "
TALL D STILL in top con-
dition, 24-year-old Diallo is now
frequently down on her hands and
len , showing villag how to u
th ir land to gro more food. Sh
works for CARE, the world's largest
private relief and developm nt or-
Twenty-three
Blacks killed
BY BARRY RENFREW
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa (AP) _-At leas t 23
people were killed in one of
the wor t weekends of
violence in Johannesburg's
Black township in months,
police aid, nearly half of them
by gunmen who stormed a bar
and nearby homes.
The killings came despite a
peace pact signed last month
by most of the country's main
poli tical groups aimed at
trying to halt the carnage.
Police commanders moved
reinforcements into townships
today in an attempt to contain
the violence.
Police say they are unable
to explain' the upsurge ot
violence.
About 30 unid ntified
gunmen attacked a bar late
Sunday night in Soweto
township and then shot down
people in nearby homes, kill­
ing 10 and wounding four, ac­
cording jo police and
eyewitnesses.
Survivors said the men
entered the bar and began
firing without uttering a word.
After prolonged gunfire,
"there was thi incredible
wailing in the night as people
rushed out and discovered that
relatives had been hit," said a
witness, who refused to be
identified.
Police Col. Tienie Halgryn
said the attackers apparently
came from a nearby migrant
worker's hostel that is a tron­
ghold of the Zulu-dominated
Inkatha Freedom Party.
He said the hostel-dwellers
were angry because police ar­
rested seven of their friends
Saturday in connection with a
killing.
Police aid no arrests had
been made in connection wi th
any of the weekend attacks.
The renewed cIa he have
trained, relations between
Pre ident F.W. de Klerk's
government and th African
National Congre .
Nationwide, violence ha
claimed more than 6,000
blacks lives in the past five
year and has stalled de
Klerk's efforts to negotiate a
new constitution with Black
oppo i lion group .
nutrien hich b anee their di
andhelppreventdise . In COWl-
try here many 0 percent of
the children uffer from malnutri-
tion, this kno ledg . tial.
h ppened in Mali too. My new goal
is to h Ip pr vent th t from ever h p­
pening gain."
With th h t of problems f cing
. Mali, th t go 1 may be even more
challenging than br ing the orld
high jwnp record. Mali i ill strug­
gling 10 reoo from the 1985 �t
and famin. Last year, only three
inch s of rain fell on th arid and
land-locked country, greatly reduc­
ing harvests.
OTHER RIOUS health
problem in Mali is vitamin A defi-
ciency, which c ca blindn
In som regions, 12 percent of the
population is afflicted. In th e -
e , CARE helps plant vegetabl
rich in vitamin A, uch as carrots,
potatoes, spinach and cabbage.
Though her n w wor keep her
IN ADDITION, civil strife has
hampered th work of both farm
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SOARING TO NEW HEIGIITS - As the high jump champion
of Mali, Nan . Diallo w used to soarin through the air. But
lately. he's been spending her days much eleser to the around.
After winning the national title for two conseeudve years, Nana
stopped competing he could work for CARE, the world's
largest private relief and development orpnizadon. '11u;-ouah
CARE, he help fanners plant tree and .nutridous veptable
gardens which help tight hunger and dlse that affeet up to 40
percent of Mallan children. CARE photo by Avid Solheim.
CARE plants the' most
Ylonderful seeds on earth.
Seeds of self-sufficiency that help starving
people become healthy, productive people.
And we do it village by village by village.
Please help us turn cries for help
into the laughter of hope.
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