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2F3FE24A.FIN Page 1 of 2 MSMail DATE-TIME 13 February 95 13:48 FROM Branscum, Larry CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED SUBJECT News Summary for February 13, 1995 [UNCLASSIFIED] TO Marshall, Dana M. Reed, George Saunders, Richard M. Sullivan, Kathryn Marcel T. Thomas Wilhelm, Richard J. Wise, William M. CARBON_COPY NO CC's on THIS MESSAGE TEXT_BODY [[ NEWS0213.DOC 3399 in NEWS0213.DOC ]] ATTACHMENT FILE DATE 13 February 95 13:48 ATTACHMENT FILE NAME NEWS0213.DOC NEWS SUMMARY February 13, 1995 ***NEITHER REUTERS OR FBIS NEWSWIRES WERE AVAILABLE TODAY*** GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) Mexico's governing party apparently has suffered the bigge st election defeat in its 66-year history, losing the central state of Jalisco and its capital, Mexico's second-larges t city. The vote Sunday was a heavy blow to the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, but a vindication of new President Ernesto Zedillo's promise of fair elections and greater democracy in Mexic O. Five independent exit polls and precinct samples gave Alberto Cardenas of the conser vative-centrist National Action Party, or PAN, 53 percent to 55 percent of the vote for governor.