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South African miners riot;
white policemen killed
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
— About 500 rioting black gold min
ers killed two white policemen with
knives and clubs Tuesday night,
seized the officers’ weapons and
used them against police reinforce
ments, news reports said.
Sources among the miners in
volved claimed the police, not the
“What is now needed to
restore credibility and
confidence in South Af
rica is a realistic and visi
ble program. ...”
— South African Feder
ated Chamber of Indus
tries.
miners, opened fire during a meet
ing of the black National Union of
Mineworkers.
The independent South African
Press Association (SAPA) said the vi
olence occurred near the pit of the
Western Areas Gold Mine, owned by
Johannesburg Consolidated Invest
ments, 24 miles west of Johannes
burg.
It quoted a police spokesman as
saying the miners seized the slain of
ficers’ pistols and shotguns, muti
lated the bodies and then fled into a
nearby black township, shooting at
police units sent to the scene.
SAPA did not say what might
have sparked the violence, but there
have been reports that the black
miners were becoming increasingly
militant against the white govern
ment’s policy of apartheid.
Johannesburg is built on a wide
lode of gold, with the mines employ
ing thousands of migrant workers
from distant black communities.
The mine operators house the work
ers in male-only hostels, refusing to
allow them to live with their wives
and children, and that has caused
frequent outbursts of violence, some
of it based on tribal differences.
On the economic front, white
South African industrialists called
for an end to apartheid in an effort
to re-establish confidence in the na
tion’s economy as the inflation rate
hit a 64-year high.
The white businessmen’s call for
an end to apartheid came as the
Central Statistical Services, a govern
ment information agency, said the
inflation rate jumped to 18.4 per
cent in December. That was 1.4 per
cent more than the previous month
and almost double the rate of two
years ago.
The Federated Chamber of In
dustries, the country’s largest em
ployer alliance, said in a statement
that political rights and freedoms
should be extended to all races.
The group called on the govern
ment to create a climate for negotia
tion by releasing all political prison
ers, abolishing discriminatory laws
and permitting blacks to work and
live wherever their skills and wealth
allow, and to share in governmental
power.
“The process of political round
table bargaining cannot and will not
start until all parties are convinced
that government is genuinely willing
to negotiate a new constitutional dis
pensation based on power-sharing
up to the highest level,” it said.
“What is now needed to restore
credibility and confidence in South
Africa is a realistic and visible pro
gram, both of political reform and
economic reconstruction.”
The chamber issued no deadlines.
Local and foreign businessmen in
South Africa repeatedly have urged
the government to speed social and
political changes and have blamed
official foot-dragging in large part
for the decline of the rand. South
Africa’s currency, and international
“The process of political
round-table bargaining
cannot and will not start
until all parties are con
vinced that government is
genuinely willing to nego
tiate a new constitutional
dispensation. ...”
— Federated Chamber of
Industries.
loss of confidence in South Africa’s
economy.
The American Ghamber of Com
merce in South Africa said in a
statement that it supported the in
dustrial group’s proposals.
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Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. — Mr.
Blackwell on Tuesday named Prin
cess Stephanie of Monaco as the
worst-dressed woman of 1985, say
ing her “unisex wardrobe entitles
her to use either bathroom.”
Next on Blackwell’s 26th annual
list of the world’s 10 worst-dressed
women were actress Joan Collins of
the television series “Dynasty” and
rock star and actress Madonna, la- you’re a superstar,
beled “Skid Row’s nomination for a
Blackwell, whose first name is
Richard, issued his first list in 1960
on a suggestion from his business
partner. The list is now a Hollywood
institution and, Blackwell claims, an
honor for those whose wardrobes
are distasteful enough to earn them
a place.
“The day you make the list, you
are a superstar,” Blackwell told an
audience of 450 at Trump’s Castle
Hotel & Casino. “You’re a mess, but
poverty party centerpiece contest”
by the fashion designer.
In a departure from tradition,
Blackwell also named actress Lauren
Hutton “Fabulous Woman of the
Year,” and gave entertainer Liber-
ace the “Halley’s Comet” award for
his “out-of-this-world, brilliant array
of flashy, glitzy glamour.”
Tuesday marked the first time
Blackwell has emerged from his Los
Angeles mansion to announce the
list.
Alsb named to the worst-dressed
list were: rock singer Tina Turner,
actress Michele Lee, actress and co
medienne Whoopi Goldberg, actress
and former model Cybil Sheperd,
actress and singer Lisa Hartman, ac
tress Apollonia, and actress Heather
Thomas.
Blackwell also named 10 women
to his list of “Fabulous Fashion Inde
pendence of 1985.” They included
First Lady Nancy Reagan; Raisa
Gorbachev, wife of Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev; Princess Caro
line of Monaco, sister of Princess
Stephanie; Diana, Princess of Wales;
and actresses Jaclyn Smith, Meryl
Streep, Mary Tyler Moore, Priscilla
Presley, Jane Wyman and Jane Sey-
Blackwell, dressed in a black tux
edo, said Tuesday that he had un
dergone plastic surgery last week on
his face.
“You are looking at $9,982 worth
of restoration,” he said.
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