The World : S. Africa Blacks End Strike

More than 1 million South African blacks returned to their jobs after a one-day strike in which police reported nine people killed and more than 70 arrested in overnight unrest in at least 24 black townships. In addition, it was reported that police shot several blacks, possibly killing three, at a funeral near Port Elizabeth for earlier riot victims. A witness said police fired tear gas into a church before the funeral started, then shot at mourners as they tried to flee. The strikers, who mounted the country’s largest anti-apartheid protest to date, were joined by another million black students who boycotted classes, calling for May Day to be declared a public holiday.