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Azcona Hoyo, a 59-year-old civil engineer, was inaugurated in the capital’s national sports stadium be fore about 40,000 spectators. “To the United States of America, we reaffirm our friendship, and we vow to work for a pluralistic, partici patory democracy,” he said, a cold wind ruffling his silver hair. Azcona Hoyo’s administration is expected to smooth ruffled relations with the United States, which hopes to strengthen Honduras as a bul wark against communism in Central America. The new president also pledged his administration’s support for the so-called Contadora process, a multi national effort to negotiate a peace treaty to end regional conflicts in Central America. “We begin today a term of diffi cult work with innumerable, compli cated problems, some of them per haps without possible solution,” Azcona Hoyo said. “But 1 pledge that I will not rest in the battle that we are beginning at this moment against poverty and backwardness in all their forms,” he said. Honduras is the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, after Haiti and Guyana. It has an un employment rate of more than 40 percent, an illiteracy rate of 40.5 percent and a foreign debt of $2.3 billion. Its infant mortality rate is the highest in Latin America. It also has been one of the hemi sphere’s most unstable nations. In its 165 years of independence, it has suffered 385 armed rebellions and changed its government 126 times. Azcona Hoyo is the 75th president. Slouch By Jinn Earle "No more sleeping pills from now on! I’m just going to play this Super Bowl tape. ” Tutu attacks medic for playing down success of U.S tour Associated Press JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Bishop Desmond Tutu said Mon day his just-completed tour of the United States raised nearly $1 mil lion to aid political prisoners, refu gees and his Anglican Church di ocese. He blasted “servile” segments of the South African news media for playing down the tour’s success. The black bishop of Johannes burg also accused South African me dia of distorting his remarks during the three-week tour to suggest that he supports violent revolution rather than peaceful protest. The government said it was “shocked” that the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner would express support for a “terrorist” organization that lamed land mines and bombed uildings. Tutu said he still believes there is an “outside chance” that non-violent protest can succeed in ending apart heid, under which South Africa! five million whites control the gov ernment and economy. Meanwhile, a Monday evenin; police report said authorities founc the bodies of six men who had bet: burned to death in Amahlongn- township, near Port Shepstone ot the Indian Ocean. It said the men apparently wen killed in fighting between rival Zuli and Pondo tribes that has left mon than 50 dead in a week. In Molt eno in the eastern Cap< Province, the report said polkt found the charred body of a blad woman in a shallow grave, appai ently a victim of political unrest. Witnesses said a 15-year-old girl was shot to death by police in a blad township west of Johannesburg when a riot squad broke up a meet ing that was debating whether s(u- dents should return to school when the new academic year begins Tues day. Visions of vocations dancing in their heads Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress is back. And many members of Con gress are thinking of leaving. Not leaving permanently. Just leaving on vacation. Or as a vacation is described in the argot of Capitol Hill, “a district work period.” The only fly in this pleasant ointment for legislative aches and pains is as small as a wallet-sized calendar and as large as the Gramm-Rudman deficit reduction legislation. On the third day after returning from a year-end recess, many mem bers of the second session of the 99th Congress were turning their January thoughts to the lazy days ahead — in J uly. Rep. Trent Lott, R-Miss., the House Republican whip, noted that the Senate had scheduled a July va cation that is one week longer than that set for the House. Rep. James Wright, D-Texas, the House Democratic leader, replied that the decision had been taken to lengthen the House holiday to match that of the Senate. Both Lott and his counterpart across the aisle. House Democratic Whip Thomas S. Foley, hand out wallet-size cards each year bearing the dates of congressional recesses. The problem this year is that be cause of the House decision to ex tend its July vacation to match the Senate, the Foley vacation card it now outdated. But Lott, adoptingi wait-and-see policy, has yet to send his order to the printer. Speed Reading Free one hour lesson! Double your speed. Aggieland Inn Tues. Jan 28 and Wed. 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