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February 17, 1990, Saturday, Home Edition

Part A; Page 30; Column 1; Metro Desk

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CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF;

SACRAMENTO;

SENATE PRAISES MANDELA ON RELEASE

From Times Staff and Wire Reports

The state Senate passed a resolution Friday congratulating Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid leader who was released this week after 27 years in prison.

The resolution passed on a 23-6 vote, but only after an amendment to condemn the violence that Mandela's movement has sparked failed 15-16. The condemnation call came from Sen. John Doolittle (R-Rocklin), and drew sharp criticism from more moderate senators, who labeled him a hypocrite and ill-intentioned. Doolittle blamed the African National Congress for a 1983 car bombing that killed 19 people and for periodic torture deaths of civilians.

Brief

CALIFORNIA -- GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; LEGISLATION -- CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA -- RESOLUTIONS; MANDELA, NELSON R; POLITICAL PRISONERS -- SOUTH AFRICA; PRISONER RELEASES; AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS; BOMBINGS -- SOUTH AFRICA; CENSURES