February 17, 1990, Saturday, Home Edition
Part A; Page 30; Column 1; Metro Desk
104 words
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