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Voi. 22 No. 113 . ' Saipan, MP 96950 , t1 993 Marianas Variety Thursday ■ August 19, 1993 Serving CMMI for 20 Years 25^ Criminal complaint filed against Mitchell LAWYER Theodore Mitchell ment of Public Safety. Saipan consultant David Wickline pushed the victim as an act of will appear in Superior Court this The complaint was filed more at the Cafe Mogambo on August self-defense. morning to answer a charge of than a week after Mitchell was 9. Grizzard fell on the floor and aggravated assault and battery allegedly involved in a barroom Mitchell claimed that an un­ hit his head on a cigarette vending with colleague James Grizzard as fight with Grizzard known assailant identified as machine. The lawyer was flown the victim. Grizzard is currently confined Grizzard’s companion, pinned to Guam for cranial surgery, sev­ Assistant Attorney General at the Kuakini Hospital in Hawaii him to the wall and tried to choke eral hours after the fight. Cheryl Gill yesterday filed the for severe head injuries. him A charge of aggravate assault charge against Mitchell based on According to eyewitnesses, Mitchell further claimed that and battery carries a maximum the result of the week-long inves­ Grizzard was trying to break an Grizzard approached him in a sentence of 10 years imprison­ Theodors Mitchell tigation conducted by the Depart­ argument between Mitchell and threatening manner and that he ment and a $10,000 fine. Babauta moves to keep Saipan in Taiwan-Guam airline route RESIDENT Representative Juan Chris Sale, acting commissioner illegally, Babauta said. “I note N. Babauta asked federal authori­ of the Immigration and Natural­ that the requirement is not im­ ties last week to allow flights be­ ization Service. posed on citizens of any of the tween Taiwan and Guam to stop “The elimination of this flight other 15 nations who are eligible in Saipan. has had a significant impact on to enter under the visa waiver Babauta made the request as he our visitor industry and unfairly program,” he said. cited the adverse impact of re­ prefers Guam’s visitor industry Babauta said abuse of the visa quiring direct Guam-Taiwan over our own, even though both waiver program could be pre­ flights on the tourist industry of insular areas fly the American vented without eliminating the the Northern Marianas. flag,” he said. Saipan stop on the Taiwan-Guam The direct flight was adopted Babauta said visitors from Tai­ flights. He proposed the modifi­ by the federal government as a wan represent the third largest cation of the visa waiver rule to condition in allowing tourists from group of tourists in the CNMI. limit the privilege to travelers Taiwan to enter Guam without a Statistics released by the Marianas holding Taiwanese national iden­ visa. Visitors Bureau early this year tity cards in addition to valid Tai­ “Whether intended or not, this show that 11,163 Taiwanese vis­ wanese passports who begin their requirement has caused Continen­ ited the Northern Marianas in travel in Taiwan. tal Airlines to eliminate the Saipan 1992, up by 211 percent from “Because the interim rule has stop on its Taiwan/Saipan/Guam 1991. already had an adverse effect on flight,” Babauta said in separate The non-stop flight requirement the visitor industry in the North­ letters to Assistant State Secre­ was imposed by INS to prevent ern Mariana Islands, Irequest that tary Mary A. Ryan, Assist. Inte­ other people from using the visa this modification be made imme­ rior Secretary Leslie Turner and waiver to enter the United States diately,” Babauta said. Juan N. Babauta CUC finalizes deals to improve finances KEEPING its promise to its cus­ the Commonwealth government tomers and to the US Department and the Department of Interior’s of Interior, the Commonwealth Operations and Maintenance Im­ Utilities Corporation (CUC) has provement Program (OMIP). finalized contracts to improve its After a recent evaluation of the financial status. corporation, the OMIP concluded In a statement released yester­ the initial full cost recovery plan day CUC said it hired a manage­ (or grant pledge agreement) could ment audit firm, is now hiring a not have possibly been achieved US comptroller and a data sys­ due to three primary reasons: tems administrator, set the first ( 1 ) Adequate financial data was board of director’s training on not available in the beginning Sept. 1 and improved computer (1985) about utility rates, proper billing. operation and maintenance of the The corporation’s board of di­ power, water and sewer systems rectors adopted a resolution ear­ with which to make sound deci­ lier this year to help the utility sions necessary for full cost re­ reach full cost recovery by par­ covery. Nor was the billing sys­ BRIAN Walshe (left) of Metzler & Associates with Commonwealth Utilities Corp. Executive Director Ramon ticipating in a federal grant. tem working then. S. Guerrero and former Resident Representative Ed Pangelinan in Washington, D. C. finalize plans tor the The grant, signed by Governor (2) The Legislature eliminated management audit. Lorenzo I. Guerrero, is between continued on page 2 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VffiWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 19,1993 SCC sponsors seminar on fraud prevention THE SAIPAN Chamber of Com­ cussedby KenBass, general man­ merce and the Commonwealth ager of Del Priore Enterprises. Credit Bureau will conduct a fraud A video presentation entitled prevention seminar at the Aqua “How to Catch a Thief’ by noted Resort Hotel on Sept. 2, from 8 fraud prevention consultant Frank a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Abigale will be included. Topics to be discussed are: Registration fee is$25 forchant- credit card fraud, counterfeit ber members and $30 for non­ money and traveler’s checks, as members. well as forged, stolen and worth­ For registration and informa­ less checks. tion, call Ladyvir dela Cruz at NORTHERN Marianas College comptroller Ray Diaz (second from right) in conference with senators during Practical methods of preven­ 234-6132/7058 no later than 4 break in session yesterday. From left: Jesus R. Sablan, Paul A. Manglona, Edward Maratita, Senate President Juan S. Demapan and Juan S. Torres. tion and detection will be dis- p.m. on Aug. 31. Cing blames House Bill to raise retirees’ forlossof$120M benefits recalled multi-year funding THE HOUSE of Representative For instance, Retirement Fund has recalled a bill seeking to pro­ Administrator Tomas Aldan said SENATOR David M. Cing vide an additional 3 percent ben­ HB 8-161 is discriminatory and blamed the House of Representa­ efit to former district commis­ poses an additional burden to the tives Friday for the rejection by sioners and municipal council government. US Congress of the $120 million members. Aldan also said in a letter to the federal financial assistance pack­ Rep. Herman T. Guerrero, one governor that the bill would have age under Section702 of the Cov­ of the sponsors of House Bill 8- a detrimental effect on the fund’s enant. 161, said it would be in the best financial condition. • He also criticized the attitude interest of the Commonwealth to The bill will also be grossly 4 of the lower house for holding correct certain deficiencies in the unfair to current members who hostage the development of Rota bill before it was approved by the are contributing the same amount and Tinian. governor. to the fund and are not eligible for In a letter to Governor Lorenzo David M. Cing Guerrero said Governor special benefits. I. Guerrero, Cing said the House not Tinian and Rota. For us to Lorenzo I. Guenero requested that According to Guerrero, the failed to act on the reform mea­ once again share in the punish­ the House recall the measure be­ Retirement Fund administrator sures demanded by Congress, re­ ment when no one seems ready to cause of opposition from other will provide the necessary changes sulting to the defeat of the fund­ allow us a fair share of the re­ sectors. to improve the bill. Herman T. Guerrero ing package. wards, quite frankly sticks in my “They held public hearings af- craw.” terpublichearings”hesaid. “They He said he was communicating drafted legislation. They debated. with Miller for a possible release Licensing Rummage sale set They conferred. Yet they never of federal funds earmarked for MARK your calendar. Don’t for­ our sellers you must reserve sales enacted what is so necessary. Rota and Tinian under the 702 get the date, Saturday, August 28, space in advance. Space reserva­ Because they refused to set aside agreement. board sets will be the second annual North­ tions can be made by contacting their own personal agendas, we “I simply do not believe that ern Marianas Music Society’s event coordinator, Norma now. have an even angrier and our development should be held rummage sale. Mathews at 234-6225 (during more suspicious US Congress hostage by the Saipanese House meeting Come to the Civic Center Park working hours). To guarantee breathing down our necks.” of Representatives,” Cing said. THE BOARD of Professional in Susupe (the old Legislature your reserved space a fee of $20 Natural Resources Committee “While this position I am taking buildings) where you will find must be deposited not later than Chairman George Millerused the may be viewed as drastic, 1 see it Licensing will hold its September bargains galore starting at 7 a.m. 24 August. There are a few spaces unfulfilled reforms to block the as a survival tactic bound by a meeting on Sept. 7 at 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. left, so don’t delay. seven-year federal grant agree­ duty to seek what is good for my The meeting will be held at the We expect to have a large num­ Come join us, we’ll appreciate ment signed in December by spe­ island.” Cing also attributed the ber of “sellers” to tempt you with your patronage. cial representatives of the CNMI delay in the passage of the fiscal Board of Professional Licensing their treasures. It’s all for a good Funds raised from this event governor and then US President year 1993 budget to the lower office located at the Island Com­ cause, a fun, fund-raising event will help support the music Soci­ George Bush. house. for the Northern Marianas Music mercial Center building, 2nd floor, ety and help them bring new pro­ “I refuse to see the federal dol­ “Apparently, they are more con­ Society. grams to the Commonwealth com­ lars so necessary for the infra­ cerned with insuring that Rota Gualo Rai. If you would like to be one of munity. structure development in Rota and and Tinian are not afforded Tinian go down the drain because enough funds to properly meet view by commiuees and thorough with extensive utility management of the bad faith of some Saipan the needs of their people than reference checks. skills. representatives,” Cing said. with ensuring government can CUC listed what it calls “steps to Start date: On going since July “Most of the abuses pointed out delivernecessary public services.” cue... recovery,” as follows: 1993. involve the status quo on Saipan, he said. (RHA) continued from page 1 1. Metzler & Associates, the 4. In accordance with the federal nation’s best utility management grant, the Commonwealth Utilities subsidies and opposed rte in­ audit firm, was hired by CUC to Corporation Board of Directors will creases without having any knowl­ evaluate and establish an action participate in a series of advance ¿Mananas GVariety'c$& edge of the impact of its decisions plan towards recovery for the cor­ training in fiduciary responsibili­ or a backup plan in place. poration. Six highly qualified con­ ties, policy making, industry stan­ Serving the Commonwealth for 21 years (3) Adequate steps were not taken dards and aspects of providing long Published Monday to Friday By Younis Art Studio, Inc. sultants will travel toSaipanspend- in the first days of the CUC to ing 17 weeks on the audit. term health for the public utility. Publishers: provide for proper financial man­ Start date: September 1993. Start date: First session is Sep­ Abed and Paz Younis agement. 2. An Executive Search Firm, tember 1,1993. The three-year grant specifies The PAR Group, is today conduct­ 5. Deloitte & Touche evaluated Nick L eg asp i...... Editor Member of Rafael H. Arroyo. .R eporter the CNMI government will pro­ ing a nation wide search for a US theutility’scomputer software pro­ The vide 50 percent of the required Certified Public Accountant grams: ORCOM was brought in to Associated Press funding for each and every step, (Comptroller) with vast utility ex­ make corrections which resulted in with the Department of Interior perience. accurate and timely financial re­ P.O. Box 231, Saipan MP 96950-0231 © 1993, Marianas Variety covering the rest. Start date: On going since July ports, better billing procedures and Tel. (670) 234-6341 /7578/9797 All Rights Reserved All contract rewards or propos­ 1993. staff training. Fax: (670) 234-9271 als were finalized only after a pub­ 3. The PAR Group is also locat­ State date: Ongoing since May lic bidding process, extensive re- ing a Data Systems Administrator 1993. 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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Priest backs killing Court denies reduction of abortion doctors of Rangamaris jail term MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A Roman bile Register, did not return phone Catholic priest drew an ultima­ messages seeking commem. SUPERIOR Court Presiding prison since April. Cheryl Gill said, however, that tum from church officials Tues­ In an interview published Sun­ Judge Alex Castro has denied Rangamar entered into a reducing Rangamar’s sentence day for trying to run a newspaper day in the Register, Trosch said a motion seeking to reduce the plea agreement with the gov­ would revoke the intent of the ad that advocates killing doctors he designed the ad, which shows prison term of a female de­ ernment on numerous charges plea agreement. who do abortions: recant or re­ a man pointing a gun at a doctor tainee serving a five-year sen­ of theft and forgery involving Gill said Rangamar owed the sign. who is holding a knife over a tence for theft and forgery. more than $20,000. CNMI a debt which she must Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb pregnant woman. Castro denied the motion of DeRienzo said Rangamar pay through rehabilitation and issued a statement saying he had Two words accompany the pic­ Public Defender Dan had shown remorse of the a jail sentence. given the Rev. David Trosch “the ture: “Justifiable homicide.” DeRienzo to reduce the jail crimes she committed and had Castro’s message was clear, alternative of publicly abiding by “If 100 doctors need to die to term of Katherine May undergone rehabilitation. “if you don’t want to do the my judgment on this erroneous save over 1 million babies a year, Rangamar who has been in Assistant Attorney General time, don’t do the crime.” teaching or relinquishing his pub­ I see it as a fair trade,” he said. lic position in the church.” Trosch, 57, is pastor of St. John He added that Trosch indicated the Baptist Catholic Church at he would recant. 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gfv r ★ ★ ★ Kr trit ★ i 4-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 19,1993 FOURTH AMENDED NOTICE OF Book says over 1,000 SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE UN DEED OF TRUST Americans KGB spies Lucia D. Kashi (aka Lucia D. Deluna) and Akio Kashi, on or By James Rowley they saw their lawyers," accord­ 1989, interview at the State De­ about October 26,1984, gave and delivered to the Mariana Islands ing to the book by Ronald Kessler partment. Bloch asked, “What Housing Authority, acting on behalf of the Farmers Home Admin­ WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI that is scheduled to be published are my options?” istration, United States of America, a Deed of Trust upon certain is investigating information from Thursday by Pocket Books. Instead of saying “cooperate,” a real property hereinafter described, which Deed of Trust was a KGB informant that “hundreds The original information of ploy used in 1985 to extract a con­ recorded on October 29, 1984, under under File No. 84-2303 to of Americans and possibly more widespread Soviet penetration of fession from convicted spy Ronald secure payment of a Promissory Note of the said Trustor to the than 1,000” spied for the Soviet the US government came from a Pel ton, the agents advised Bloch of Mariana Islands Housing Authority, acting on behalf of the Farm­ his constitutional right to remain Union before its breakup, accord­ former KGB employee with ac­ ers Home Administration, United States of America. ing to a new book about the bu­ cess to Soviet files, the book said. silent. “According to his account, the Since the FBIagents had noplans reau. The Deed of Trust and this Notice of Sale affect the property One government official al­ KGB had many hundreds of to arrest Bloch at the interview, ready has confessed to spying in Americans and possibly more than they were not under no obligation hereafter described: recent years before the demise of a thousand spying for them in to read him his rights, the FBI the Soviet Union, and the FBI is recent years,” Kessler wrote in critique concluded LOT NO. 0051538, AND CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1,025 working to develop new espio­ advance proofs made available to The book also reported that: SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN THE DIVI­ nage cases, according to the book reporters. -FBI agents planted electronic SION OF LANDS AND SURVEY’S OFFICIAL CADASTRAL “The FBI: Inside the World’s The information was so spe­ devices in the cars driven by So- PLAT NUMBER 2084/82, THE ORIGINAL OF WHICH WAS Most Powerful Law Enforcement cific that “the FBI was quickly vietdiplomatsinWashingtonwho REGISTERED WITH THE LAND REGISTRY AS DOCUMENT Agency.” able to establish the source’s cred­ workedfortheKGB andtheGRU, NUMBER 14232 DATE MAY 14, 1982, THE DESCRIPTION the military intelligence unit. The The FBI would neither confirm ibility” and mobilized agents in THEREIN BEING INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFER­ nor deny specifics in the book, most major cities to pursue the devices enabled the FBI to moni­ ENCE. but spokesman Bill Carter said cases, the book said tor the movements of the Soviets that “based on information that The book also reported that the because they transmitted signals continues to be received in the FBI concluded it blew a possible that were picked up by electronic The Trustor has defaulted on payment of the Note secured by the aftermath of the Cold War, the opportunity to get admissions of beams installed at certain inter­ Deed of Trust, and by reason of said default the Mariana Islands FB I... has opened a number of spying from State Department sections. Housing Authority issued its Notice of Default on December 11 cases related to the activities of diplomat Felix S. Bloch. -Former President Bush told 1992. the former KGB and its successor Agents advised Bloch of his his attorney general, William P. agency.” rights not to talk to them when, Barr, that he would fire FBI Di­ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mariana Islands Housing A federal law enforcement of­ according to a subsequent FBI rector William S. Sessions if he Authority will, on September 17 1993, at 10:00 a.m., at the office were re-elected. ficial said the book’s figures were analysis, they had no legal obli­ of the Mariana Islands Housing Authority, Garapan, P.O. Box 514, gation to do so, the book reported. “When Bush wondered aloud exaggerated even though the bu­ Saipan, MP 96950, under power of sale contained in the Deed of reau has received a lot of informa­ Kessler referred to an internal how Barr could put up with him, Trust, sell the above described parcel of real property at public tion. FBI critique of the bureau’s in­ Barr expressed his determination Many of the Americans cited vestigation of Bloch in 1989 after to get rid of him after the 1992 action to the highest qualified bidder, to satisfy the obligations had merely innocent contacts with receiving allegations he had election. Bush agreed.” secured by said Deed of Trust. The minimum bid offer shall be not KGB agents, such as at news con­ passed secrets to the KGB while a Criticized in a Justice Depart­ less than 570,000.00, total amount due to FmHA loan and MIHA’s ferences or diplomatic parties, diplomat in Europe. ment report for misusing the per­ expenses. according to this official, who In 1989, the FBI followed Bloch quisites of his office. Sessions spoke on condition of anonymity. to ensure that he would not leave was fired last month by President The sale shall be without warranty as to the title or interest to be “Others can’t be corroborated. If thecountry while they vainlysought Clinton. Sessions maintained he conveyed or as to the property of the Deed of Trust, other than that you T1 see any prosecutions, tha t’s evidence to arrest him. Bloch has had done nothing wrong and was the Mariana Islands Housing Authority is the lawful holder of such being tarred unfairly by longtime a good question.... If there are 30- never been prosecuted, though he deed of Trust. The purchase price shall be payable by cash, certified was fired and lost his pension. bureau officials who resisted his 40 prosecuted, that would depend check of cashier’s check and shall be paid within 72 hours from on how our investigations go.” The book reported that the FBI efforts to increase the number of Besides the official who con­ confronted Bloch with the allega­ women and minority agents and time of sale. fessed, “others refused to talk until tions against him during a June 22, supervisors. The Mariana Islands Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to cancel or extend the date, time and REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL place for sale of such property. Any prospective buyer must be a The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) is soliciting proposalsfor a financialand complianceaudit of the CPAfor fiscal person authorized by the Constitution and Laws of the Common­ year ending September 30,1993. The proposals must be submitted to the Executive Director, Commonwealth Ports wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to hold title to real property Authority, P0 Box 1055, Saipan, MP 96950 and to the Public Auditor, P0 Box 1399, Saipan, MP 96950 no later than 4:30 in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. PM Friday, August 20,1993. The audit be performed in compliance with the following guidelines:

1. 0M B Circular a-128 DATED this 30th day of July, 1993. 2. Standards for Audits of Government Organization programs Activities and functions revised 3. Other applicable Generally Accepted Auditing Standards By: /S/JO H N M . SABLAN Proposals must at least have the following information: Executive Director Title Page: a) Request for Proposal subject b) Name of your company c) Local address and telephone number COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN) d) Name of contact person and submission date MARIANA ISLANDS ) ss. Transmittal Letter: a) Briefly state your understanding of the audit work to be performed. Include an affirmative On this 30th day of July, 1993, before me, a Notary Public in and statement to perform the work within the time period specified. for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, personally B) State a comperhenslve fee for which the audit will be performed, appeared______, duly authorized representative c) Date on which the audit report package will be delivered to CPA. for the Mariana Islands, Housing Authority, known to me as the Your Company's Profile: person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing NOTICE OF a) Provide a brief description of your company which includes your personnel's educational SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE IN DEED OF TRUST, and he background and experience, number of staff, level of staff (partners, mangers, supervisors, acknowledged to me that he executed the same on behalf of the etc..) and a listing of clients. Mariana Islands Housing Authority. b) The description must also include an affirmative statement that at least the partners are certified public accountants. c) Marne and profile of staff members to be assigned to the audit, should your firm be awarded. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first written above. Award will be based on four evaluation factors: price, technical competence, prior experience and ability to meet the deadline. /s/JOSEPH MUNA-MENDIOLA The contract forthls audit will beawarded on August 27,1993. Theaudlt work shall commence thereafterandafinal audit Notary Public report be completed by November 20,1993. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Audit reports from previous years are available at CPA's main office at (he Saipan International A irp o rt. My Commission Expires on the 3rd day of September, 1993. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 Widows continue power struggle widows ippine politics. Public reaction Since leaving the office on June darity with victims of highly pub­ uprising. By Robert H. Reid will show whether the Philippines 30,1992, Aquino has maintained licized crimes. That is tantamount to blas­ MANILA (AP) -Twoof Asia’s has been able to move beyond the a low public profile. In recent The sources, however, say phemy among Aquino stalwarts. best known widows are preparing ruinous effects of the Marcos- weeks, however, shehas appeared Aquino hopes a large turnout will Many of the mutineers turned to invoke memories of their hus­ Aquino conflict. in radio and television spots, urg­ show her successor, Fidel Ramos, against her and were responsible bands to continue a struggle for Formore than twodecades, vir­ ing people to turn out for the rally. that she remains a powerful fig­ for some of the seven coup at­ power which has defined politi­ tually every political event in the She has also lobbied Congress ure. Although Ramos was tempts during her presidency. cal life in this country for more Philippines was a spinoff of that to declare her husband a “national elected with Aquino’s backing, Meanwhile, Marcos followers than 20 years. conflict. hero.” some of his actions have put him hope a large turnout at the funeral On Friday, former President Benigno Aquino was the first Political sources, speaking on at odds with the former president of their leader, set for Sept. 10, Corazon Aquino plans a mass rally of thousands arrested when condition of anonymity, say and her stalwarts. will vindicate his legacy and dem­ marking the 10th anniversary of Marcos imposed eight years of wealthy Aquino allies in the busi­ Ramos revived a population onstrate their own political clout. the Aug. 21, 1983 assassination martial law in September 1972. ness community have promised control program which Corazon Marcos’ body is to be flown of opposition leader Benigno He was sentenced to death for huge sums to drum up a large Aquino, a devout Roman Catho­ from Hawaii on Sept. 7 to his Aquino Jr. alleged links to the Communists crowd. lic, all but dismantled. He has also home province of Ilocos Norte, Three weeks later, Corazon but was allowed to leave for medi­ Pro-Aquino mayors in metro­ promised to break up monopo­ where he is still revered. Marcos Aquino’s longtime nemesis, cal treatment in the United States. politan Manila have placed yel­ lies, including the state telephone supporters are encouraging a large Imelda Marcos, is to bury her Two years later, he was mur­ low ribbons - the symbol of the company controlled by Mrs. turnout among his fellow husband, former President dered moments after returning to anti-Marcos struggle - on trees Aquino’s family. Ilocanos, the third largest linguis­ Ferdinand Marcos, in his home­ challenge Marcos. That led to along major boulevards in ad­ During celebrations last Febru­ tic group in the country. land nearly four years after his mass opposition which culmi­ vance of the rally. ary marking the seventh anniver­ Imelda Marcos faces numerous death in exile in Hawaii. nated in the 1986 “people power” Corazon Aquino has encour­ sary of the “people power revolu­ civil and criminal cases in con­ Both widows clearly hope the uprising that toppled Marcos and aged Filipinos to mm out not only tion,” Ramos paid tribute to the nection with alleged corruption two events will demonstrate that propelled Corazon Aquino to the to commemorate her husband’s role of soldiers who mutinied during her husband’s rule. She they remain potent forces in Phil­ presidency. assassination but also show soli­ against Marcos and triggered the and the government have been US warship to visit Subic rem ains MANILA (AP) - The US Navy is the unofficial US military news­ AGANA, Guam (AP) - An en­ make an overnight stop cm Guam Guam Legislative Speaker Joe planning for a warship to visit the paper, quoted Defense tourage of 150 people will ac­ on Sept. 6. San Agustin, who is helping ar­ Philippines for the first such port Undersecretary Frank Wisner as company the remains of former The body and entourage will range the stopover, said the body call since the closing of the Subic saying the visit was in the works Philippine President Ferdinand leave the next day for Marcos’ will be taken to a funeral parlor Bay naval base last year. but he did not identify the vessel. Marcosbacktohishomelandnext home province of Docos Norte. overnight, giving Guam residents A spokesman for the US Pa­ Military sources, speaking on month, according to an airline Sol Vanzi, spokeswoman for a chance to pay their respects. cific Fleet m Hawaii confirmed condition of anonymity, said the official. former first lady Imelda Marcos, Marcos’ body has been kept in that pi ans are underway but said it visit was tentatively set for Sept. Chris Collins, senior planning confirmed the Guam stopover. She a refrigerated temporary crypt in was too early for a formal an­ 24, probably in Manila. director for Continental Airlines, said it is a long-standing request of a cemetery in Windward Oahu nouncement. Subic was closed last Ncwem- said the body will be placed on a Filipinos on Guam tohave the body since his death in Honolulunearly On Aug. 4, the Stars and Stripes, continued on page 6 Continental flight which will stop there. four years ago. SUPPORT YOTIR CANDIDATES FROILAN C. 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Three” gangs, which incorporate operations because smaller gangs, 7,400members, was at the center and bar gangsters from loan The bloody war between the about 40 percent of the country’s unable to withstand police pres- of one of Japan’s most devastat- sharking and other shady busP huge Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate estimated 96,000 gang members: sure, have joined the larger syndi- ing politics-and-organized crime ness dealings. They also mandate and the Kyokuto-kai gang last YAMAGUCHI-GUMI - cate or yielded their turf. scandals. In 1991, its second boss, a register of known gangsters. month was exactly the kind of Yamaguchi-gumi is the biggest SUMIYOSHI-KAI-With8,000 Susumu Ishii, was linked to top But unlike similar legislation in violence Japan’s police promised gangster syndicate in Japan, and members concentrated in and businessmen and conservative the United States, they do not let to stop when tough anti-gang laws one of the largest in the world, around Tokyo, the Sumiyoshi-kai politiciansallthewayuptoformer the government confiscate money, were enacted two years ago. with membership estimates rang- is Japan’s second-largestsyndicate. PrimeMinisterNoboruTakeshita. or property the gangs have ac­ To many critics of Japan’s ing from 23,000 to 30,000 mem- It was founded by Jusaku Abe in Ishii, who died later that year, is quired illegally. much-touted war on crime, it was bers. The gang, based in western 1918. Under Shigeo Nishiguchi, believed to have used his under- Other lawyers complain the also proof that police have only Japan, was formed by Harukichi who became boss two years ago, world influence to help Takeshita laws violate gangsters’ human made small gains in curbing gang­ Yamaguchi in 1915. The recent the gang has gradually expanded win office in 1987. rights by limiting the freedoms of land incidents since the contro­ association and expression. The versial laws went into effect in Alarmed by growing under­ The latest gangland bloodshed tion,” said the boss of one Yamaguchi-gumi is challenging 1991. world wealth and the fatal began when the boss of a Kyokuto-kai affiliate located in that issue in court. “Nothing important has shootings of two police officers Yamaguchi-gumi affiliate was Kabukicho, a seedy entertainment National and metropolitan po­ changed,” said lawyer Masatsugi by Yamaguchi-gumi gangsters in stabbed to death by a Kyokuto- district of Tokyo that is a center of lice contacted by The Associated Iishiba, a former public prosecu­ 1990, police won broader legal kai gangster in northern Japan on gang activity. “There were a lot of Press refused to comment on last tor who specialized in organized powers against the mobsters. July 17. Police soon arrested the bullets flying,” he said, speaking month’s violence or the effec­ crime investigations. “Here you The ensuing police crackdown Kyokuto-kai gangster and the on condition of anonymity. tiveness of the anti-gang. laws. have an important test case, and sent thousands of gangsters into owner of a mah-jongg gambling The Tokyo Metropolitan Po­ But a report from the National all the police could do was rely on hiding. But police have not put house. lice Department putnearly adozen Police Agency this month said that their old tactics.” any major syndicate out of busi­ A few hours later, however, police departments on special since the anti-gang laws took ef­ An estimated 96,000 gangsters ness, and the total number of gang­ another Kyokuto-kai gangsterwas alert, and hundreds of officers fect, the number of incidents re­ rale Japan’s underworld, and their sters has not fallen significantly dead and three more were injured. were deployed around gangster lated to turf disputes has decreased battles stand out in Japan because since the crackdown began. The And over the next two weeks, headquarters. from an annual average of more of the country’s otherwise low Yamaguchi-gumi, with an esti­ police reported two more deaths Police then threatened to close than 100 to 34 last year. rate of violent crime. With only a mated 23,000 members, has even and roughly 50 incidents nation­ down the headquarters, something Rou ghly one in every five people few exceptions, guns are strictly been able to expand its operations wide, most in Tokyo, where the the new laws would allow them to sent to prison in Japan last year was forbidden, shootings are rare, and by swallowing up smaller gangs 2,700-member Kyokuto-kai is do. The threat would have in­ a gangster, and gangsters accounted the streets of major cities are gen­ unable to withstand the police headquartered. volved time-consuming paper­ for nearly one-third of the total erally safe to walk at night. pressure. “We were seeing a lot of ac­ work and was never carried out, prison population, the report said. d r

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B eyond the call % ^MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 19.1993 Business/FmancenssSSüi Japan may ease Dollar falls rates NEVv YORK (AP) - Foreign Exchange, New York prices. to postwar Rates for trades of $1 million minimum. trade barriers FOREIGN CURRENCY DOLLAR IN IN DOLLARS FOREIGN CURENCY By Mari Yamaguchi Japan. low; gold TUE MON TUE MON Chief government spokesman fArgent Peso 1.0100 1 .0100 .9901 .9901 TOKYO (AP) - The surging yen’s Masayoshi Takemura told a tele­ prices drop Australia Doll .6786 .6801 1.4736 1.4704 Austria Schill .0840 .0844 11.911 11.850 ihreatto Japan’s economic recov­ vision news program Sunday that NEW YORK (AP) - The US cBelgium Franc .0278 .0276 35.95 36.24 ery is prodding the government the government is looking for dollar fell to a postwar low against Brazil Cruzeir .0128 .0129 78.42 77.42 into hasty study of something it deregulation steps thatcouldhave the Japanese yen for afifth straight Britain Pound 1.4864 1.4865 .6728 .6727 has long dallied over: removing a quick impact on imports, though day as a report of Clinton admin­ 30dayfwd 1.4827 1.4827 .6744 .6744 regulations considered barriers to he did not give specifics. 60day fwd 1.4794 1.4797 .6759 .6758 istration support for a weak dollar 90day fwd 1.4764 1.4767 .6773 .6772 foreign products. Japanese reports said deregula­ prompted a burst of selling of the Canada Dollar .7609 .7602 1.3142 1.3154 The amount of yen a Japanese tion would be at the top of the greenback late Tuesday. 30day fwd .7601 .7592 1.3157 1.3172 exporter can receive for $1 of agenda Thursday, when new Gold pices declined. On the 60dayfwd .7594 .7583 1.3169 1.3187 overseas earnings has sunk from Prime Minister Morihiro Commodity Exchange in New 90day fwd .7586 .7572 1.3182 1.3207 about 125 in February to slightly Hosokawa plans an emergency York, gold for current delivery yChlle Peso .002534 .002535 394.63 394.41 more than 100 - leaving the choice Cabinet meeting on way s to com­ China Yuan .1734 .1749 5.7673 5.7190 closed at $371.60 a troy ounce, Colombia Peso .001462 .001462 684.19 683.81 of accepting the reduced income bat the high yen. down $1.50 from Monday’s close. cCzechRepKorun .0342 .0342 29.27 29.27 or raising prices and risking lost Deregulation has been dis­ At 4 pan. EDT (2000 GMT), Re­ Denmark Krone .1436 .1437 6.9620 6.9600 sales. cussed for years as part of efforts public National Bank of New Y ork ECU 1.12830 1.11150 .8863 .8997 Economists were predicting toliberalizeJapan’seconomyand quotedgold at$371.60atroy ounce, zEcudr Sucre .000528 .000529 1895.02 1890.00 today that the dollar could sink as eliminate collusion between busi­ dEgypt Pound .2994 .2994 3.3405 3.3405 off $1.65. Finland Mark .1713 .1723 5.8365 5.8030 low as 95 yen within a month. It nessmen and bureaucrats. But the In Japanese markets, the dollar France Franc .1682 .1680 5.9455 5.9520 closed in Tokyo today at 101.55 reforms never have progressed rebounded slightly against the yen, Germany Mark .5905 .5922 1.6935 1.6885 yen, up 0.30 yen from Monday’s far because of resistance from rising .30 yen from Monday to 30day fwd .5886 .5902 1.6990 1.6942 101.25 - the lowest close in To­ protected domestic industries and finish at 101.55 yen. Traders said 60day fwd .5871 .5888 1.7034 1.6985 kyo since modem exchange rates from powerful bureaucrats who the currency was helped by heavy 90dayfwd .5855 .5872 1.7079 1.7031 were set in the late 1940s. don’t want to lose the tools of Greece Drachma .004219 .004243 237.00 235.70 intervention in the markets by the Hong Kong Doll .1290 .1290 7.7527 7.7525 The main cause of the strong their influence. Bank of Japan, which sold yen and Hungary Forint .0106 .0106 94.08 94.20 yen, analysts agree, is the huge That Hosokawa may be ready bought dollars. In London, the dol­ ylndia Rupee .0319 .0321 31.330 31.130 surplus in what Japan sells to the to override such objections re­ lar fell to 101.43 yen, from 101.09 Indnsia Rupiah .000478 .000478 2093.01 2092.01 United States and other countries, flects not only his reformist bent on Monday. Ireland Punt 1.3790 1.3800 .7252 .7246 compared with what it buys from but also the plight of many Japa­ Israel Shekel .3577 .3571 2.7955 2.8003 In New York, the dollar initially Italy Lira .000624 .000616 1602.50 1522.25 them. nese companies battered by the rose above 102 yen. But, after a Japan Yen .009874 .009865 101.28 101.37 The higher yen was supposed yen’s rise. small financial news company, 30dav fwd .009872 .009863 101.30 101.39 to help there by making Japanese “It would have been better if Market News Service, quoted uni­ 60day fwd .009869 .009861 101.33 101.41 goods more expensive overseas the reforms were done more dentified sources in Washington as 90dayfwd .009865 .009857 101.37 101.45 and foreign products cheaper in slowly. But Japan has to pay the Jordan Dinar 1.4704 1.4704 .68010 .68010 saying the US Treasury approved Lebanon Pound .000579 .000579 1727.00 1727.50 Japan. But the trade surplus has price for not doing anything when of the rising yen, the Japanese cur­ Malaysia Ringg .3921 .3922 2.5505 2.5500 been growing, partly because the it could,” said Tatsuo. Yasukawa, rency shot up. zMexico Peso .321440 .321647 3.1110 3.1090 strong yen inflates Japan’s export chief economist at Sanwa Re­ “All of a sudden, it got hectic,” N. Zealand Dol .5543 .5518 1.8041 1.8123 figures in dollar terms while the search Institute. said Jack Griffin, a vice president NethrlndsGuild .5258 .5271 1.9020 1.8970 nation’s economic slump has kept Sanyo Electric Co. said Sanritsu Norway Krone .1361 .1360 7.3500 7.3549 at Fuji Bank Ltd. in New York. 29.75 it from sharply raising imports. Denki Co., an affiliate producing Pakistan Rupee .0336 .0336 29.75 The report apparendy calmed yPeru New Sol .5000 .4975 2.000 2.010 This has left officials in Tokyo radio-compact disc pi ayers mainly some investors’ fears that the US zPhilpins Peso .0357 .0359 27.98 27.83 groping for a way to boost de­ for export, will close at the end of Federal Reserve might intervene in Poland Zloty .000057 .000057 17568 17560 mand for imports and ease pres­ October, the company announced the markets to strengthen the dol­ Portugal Escud .005774 .005759 173.20 173.63 sure on the yen. today. It said the high yen caused lar. The yen finished at 101.15, aRussia Ruble .001016 .001016 984.50 984.50 The answer, an increasing num­ Sanyo to suffer a S590 million Saudi Arab Riy .2667 .2667 3.7495 3.7495 down from 101.63 on Monday. Singapore Doll .6223 .6225 1.6070 1.6065 ber of officials are hinting, is de­ loss in the first six months of this The Japanese Cabinet is holding SlovakRepKorun .0303 .0302 32.95 33.07 regulation - such steps as relaxing year. an emergency meeting on the yen S o. Africa Ran .2984 .2963 3.3515 3.3753 inspections on imported cars and Canon, Japan’s largest camera this Thursday. fSo.AfricaRand .2147 .2142 4.6575 4.6675 food, and easing restrictions on maker, announced its net profit in “A lot hinges on this meeting, to S o. Korea Won .001235 .001235 809.80 809.85 construction of tall buildings. The the January-June period fell by 48 give us a clue” what the govern­ Spain Peseta .007156 .007045 139.75 141.95 Sweden Krona .1240 .1246 8.0630 8.0275 latter could increase imports of percent from a year earlier to S114 ment will do, said Kevin Lawrie, a Swiizerlnd Fra .6651 .6678 1.5035 1.4975 building materials. million due to the yen’s surge. foreign-exchange manager at 30day fwd .6641 .6667 1.5058 1.5000 Unlike a tax cut, it wouldn’t The Daiwa Research Institute, Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh. 60day fwd .6633 .6659 1.5076 1.5017 cost any money, and it would help a private think tank, predicted The German mark lost ground 90day fwd .6626 .6652 1.5093 1.5034 answer the longstanding com­ Monday that an exchange rate of against European currencies and Taiwan NT .0371 .0375 26.95 26.67 plaints of foreigners about barri­ Thailand Baht .03973 .03968 25.17 25.20 100 yen per doll ar, compared wi th the dollar Tuesday after France cut Turkey Lira .000087 .000087 11492.00 11456.00 ers to selling their products in last year’s average of 125 yen. its overnight interest rate and de­ U.A.E. Dirham .2723 .2723 3.6720 3.6720 nied plans to impose currency con­ fUruguay Peso .239808 .237530 4.17 4.21 trols. zVenzuel Boliv .0107 .0107 93.7000 93.3500 Traders have been expecting ECU: European Currency Unit, a basket of European currencies. The Federal Yen surge a mixed Reserve Board’s index of the value of the dollar against 10 other currencies most European countries to lower weighted on the basis of trade was 94.06 Tuesday, up 0.03 points or 0.03 their interest rates below percent from Monday’s 94.03. A year ago the index was 81.60 blessing to US firms Germany’s in order to spur their c-commercial rate, d-free market rate, f-financial rate, y-official rate, z-floating economies. Such a move is likely rate. Prices as of 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1900 GMT) from Telerate By Mary Beth Sheridan against the dollar on Tuesday, is since European Community offi­ Systems and other sources. proving to be a mixed blessing for cials recently decided to weaken NEW YORK (AP) - Gene US businesses. their coordinationof exchange rates Culligan, manager of a Nissan Some will pose their toughest and interest rates. Investors see Spot m etal prices dealershipinManhattan,is watch­ challenge in years to Japanese lower interest rates as eventually ing nervously as the Japanese yen competitors, whose products will bolstering the currencies, since the NEW YORK (AP) - Spot nonferrous metal prices Tuesday. rises. grow increasingly expensive be­ economies will be stronger. Aluminum - 52.8 cents per lb London Metal Exch. Tue. And rises. And rises. cause of the yen’s value. That’s In London, the British pound Copper - 0.9650 dollars per pound. “It’s hitting me,” exclaimed why the US government has urged rose to $1.4885 from SI.4838 late Lead - 32 cents a pound. Culligan, after the yen hit a post­ a stronger yen - to shrink its trade Monday. In New York, the pound Zinc - 42.74-45.78 per pound, delivered. war record high against the dollar deficit by making Japanese goods was trading at $1.4875, cheaper for the fourth day in a row. “When Tin - - 3.2994 dollars per pound. more expensive here and US prod­ than $1.4890 on Monday. I see price increases at the end of Gold - 371.60 dollars per troy oz. ucts cheaper in Japan. Other dollar rates in New York a model year, it scares me.” Silver - 4.710 dollars per troy oz. But other businesses, which as of 4p.m„ compared to late Mon­ Mercury - 191.00 dollars per 76 lb flask. The yen’s meteoric rise, which import goods from Japan or have day: 1.6941. Platinum - 387.00-391.00 dollars troy oz., N.Y. (contract). brought it to the brink of 100 continued on page 10 THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9 Bentsen opens campaign Asian share prices M1CR0L CORPORATION for NAFTA close mostly higher P.O. BOX 267, SAM JOSE, SAIPAN, M P 96950 · TEL. 234-5911,2,3,4,6,7,8 By Dave Skidmore HONGKONG(AP)-Asianstock age above 21,000for the first time markets closed mostly higher Tues­ in two months. WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury day, with shareprices in Hong Kong The dollar closed at 101.55 yen, Secretary Lloyd Bentsen opened rising to a record high for the sec­ up 0.30 yen from Monday’s close STK # YEAR MODEL LIC. # SELL the Clinton administration’s cam­ ond consecutive session. of 101.25 yen - its lowest finish in C R ESSfD A paign Tuesday for passage of the The Hang Seng Index, the Hong Tokyosincemodemexchangerates U 9 3 -0 3 2 T 1 9 8 7 CRESSIOA AAF-877 4 5 9 5 North AmericanFreeTrade Agree­ Kong market’s key indicator of were set in the late 1940s. CAMAY ment, maintaining its defeat could U 9 2 -1 4 6 T 1 9 8 5 CAMRY A A O -447 2 2 9 5 blue chips, rose 39.30 points, or The market was closed in Indo­ U 9 1 -0 8 2 T 1988 CAMRY 4 DR SDN A A M -742 3 5 9 5 endanger 700,000 US jobs. 0.52 percent, closing at 7,528.79. nesia for a national holiday. U 9 2 -1 7 5 T 1 9 8 9 CAMRY 4 DR SDN AAO-014 6595 “We’re going to take our case to Brokers said Monday ’ s rally con­ Singapore: Share prices edged up R 9 3 -O 0 7 P 1990 CAMRY 4 DR SDN A A R -207 7 5 9 5 the American peqple in an aggres­ tinued because investors expect in moderate trading and the key U 9 2 -1 8 8 T 1991 CAMRY 2000 SDN AAX-921 7 9 9 5 sive way,” he promised in remarks U 9 2 -0 8 7 T 1 9 8 8 CAM RY 4D R LE AAA-977 4 5 9 5 several major companies to an­ index closed at arecord highforthe R 9 2 -0 3 9 P 1 9 9 1 CAM RY LE A BB -381 8 9 9 5 released by his office for delivery nounce good half-year profits later thirdconsectivesession.TheStraits U 9 2 -1 8 7 T 1 9 9 0 CAMRY WAGON A A M -847 9 9 9 5 to the Los Angeles World Affairs this month. Times Industrials Index of 30 ma­ R 9 2 -0 4 5 P 1990 CAMRY WGN 4DR TAXI-364 6 9 9 5 Council. They said the conclusion in jor stocks rose 5.45 points to R 9 3 -0 2 9 P 1990 CAMRY 4DR SDN AAV-151 5 5 9 5 Organized labor opposes the COROLLA Beijing Tuesday of the ninth round 1,928.34. R 9 2 -0 3 5 P 1 9 9 0 COROLLA WAGON TAXI-260 5 9 9 5 treaty, arguing it will permit com­ ofSino-British talks on thecolony’s Sydney: Australian share prices U 9 3 -0 3 1 L 1990 COROLLA STA WGN AAQ-017 4 9 9 5 panies tosendjobs south to Mexico future had little impact on the mar­ closed higher across the board, R 9 3 -0 3 3 P 1992 COROLLA 4DR A A J-4 1 1 1 0 9 9 5 where wages are lower. ket. helped by a finning of the gold PASEO But Bentsen said it will generate R 9 3 -0 2 5 1 9 9 2 PASEO AAV-048 9595 China and Britian are bickering price.The All-Ordinaries indexrose TERCEL about 200,000 US jobs over the over political reforms in the colony 14.4 points to 1,885.1, its highest U 9 2 -0 5 7 T 1989 TERCEL 404 AAH-930 2995 next two years by boosting US before the territory reverts to Chi­ close since the global crash of 1987. U 9 2 -1 9 8 T 1989 TERCEL 4DR AAH-457 2595 exports to Mexico. Failure to pass nese rule in 1997. Taipei: Share prices ended R 9 3 -0 3 1 P 1 9 9 1 TERCEL 4DR AAN-485 5995 it “could put at risk the 700,000 R 9 3 -0 1 0 P 1992 TERCEL 2DR AAT-850 7 5 9 5 In Tokyo, share prices closed slightly higher in thin trading after U 9 3 -1 2 2 1990 TERCEL AAV-782 4 3 9 5 jobs that now depend on trade with lower, while the US dollar re­ a buying flurry late in the session BU1CK Mexico,” he said. bounded from record lows against erased early losses. The market’s U 9 1 -1 5 7 T 1990 CELEBRITY AAG-689 3 5 9 5 ‘‘We’re not going to get behind the Japanese yen. weighted index rose 3.56 points, U 9 3 -0 6 8 R 1989 BUICK CENTURY AAR-034 3995 on the message curve on this one,” SUBARU The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Av­ closing at 4,122.16. U 9 1 -2 3 0 T 1 9 9 0 SUBARU SDN AAU-182 7 5 9 5 Bentsen said. erage shed 59.51 points, or 0.28 Wellinton: New Zealand share U 9 3 -0 9 7 T 1 9 9 0 SUBARU LEGACY AAM-278 6995 Trade negotiators from the percent, closing at 20,841.98. On prices closed higher across the MAZDA United States, Mexico and Canada Monday, the benchmark index had board in busy trading. The NZSE- U 9 2 -0 6 9 T 1986 MAZDA 626 SDN ABC-472 4 9 5 announced agreement l as t week on U 92-108T C T 1 9 8 9 MAZDA A AM -691 1 9 9 5 gained 156.32 points, or 0.75 per­ 40 Capital Index rose 28.54 points U 9 3 -0 7 5 T T 1989 MAZDA 323 AAS-032 1995 environmental andlaborissues that cent, to 20,901.49. to 1.893.44. U 9 2 -1 4 5 T 1 9 8 9 MAZDA P /U P A A C -313 2 2 9 5 had delayed approval of the pact, The Tokyo Stock Price Index of Manila: Share prices closed U 9 2 -2 1 9 T 1990 MAZDA MIATA A A P-323 7 9 9 5 which over 15 years would create all issues listed on the first section higher in moderate trading, helped NISSAN the world’s largest free trade zone, U 92-15G T 1 9 8 7 NISSAN MAXIMA A A C -886 4 6 9 5 was down 6.29 points, or 0.37 per­ by selective buying. U 9 2 -1 2 8 T 1988 NISSAN PULSAR AAF-558 2 6 9 5 stretching from the Yukon to the cent, to 1,681.75. The Manila composite index of U 9 3 -0 1 0 T 1989 NISSAN STANZA AAK-412 3 5 9 5 Yucatan and encompassing 350 Prices weakened after an early 30 selected issues rose 12.02 points TRUCK million people. surge that carried the Nikkei aver- to 1,775.10. U 9 2 -1 9 0 T 1 9 8 8 CHEROKEE JEEP ДВК-921 6 9 9 5 Bentsen said the administration R 9 3 -0 0 4 P 1992 LANDCRUISER AAV-253 1 7 9 9 5 U 9 2 -1 9 7 T 1 9 3 1 4X4 X-CAB ABE-992 1 2 4 9 5 planned to set up a “war room” of U 93-Q 52T 1 9 9 0 4X4 X-CAB AAW-377 8 5 9 5 officials, headed by veteran Chi­ R 9 3 -0 2 1 P 1 9 9 1 4 X 4 X-CAB AAV-366 9 5 9 5 cago politician William Daley, to Late rally boosts U 3 3 -0 9 5 T 1 9 8 9 4X4 X-CAB AAP-022 4 5 9 5 campaign for congressional pas­ R 9 3 -0 3 2 P 1 9 9 1 4X4 DLX AAJ-3B4 1 0 5 9 5 U 9 3 -1 1 7 T 1 9 9 1 4 X 4 X-CAB AAT-196 1 2 9 9 5 sage of the trade agreement. R 9 3 -0 3 0 P 1 9 9 1 4 X 4 DLX A A N -499 1 0 5 9 5 The administration set up a simi­ Wall Street prices R 9 2 -0 2 1 P 1 9 8 9 4X 2 A A N -167 2 5 9 5 lar command center at the Old Ex­ U 9 2 -1 5 2 T 1 9 8 8 4X 2 AAD-311 3 5 9 5 ecutive Office Building next to the NEW YORK (AP) - A late rally Exchange index and the Nasdaq R 92-Q 3B 1 9 8 9 4X 2 A A S-817 5 1 9 5 centered on consumer cyclical over-the-counter index closed at U 9 2 -1 8 9 T 1 9 8 7 4X 2 A A U -380 9 9 5 White House to manage the cam­ R 9 2 -0 4 3 P 1 9 9 1 4X 2 A A U -486 5 5 9 6 paign to win passage of the deficit- stocks drove the market higher all-time highs. R 9 3 -0 0 8 P 1 9 9 1 4X 2 A B C -292 6 1 9 5 reduction package. Tuesday and lifted several mar­ Strength in recently depressed U 9 3 -0 8 8 C T 1 9 8 8 4X 2 AAC-601 1 5 9 5 Bentsensaidmostof the700,000 ket measures to record closing drug stocks plus buying of food, R 9 3 -0 2 2 P 1 9 9 1 4X 2 A B A =162 5 9 9 5 3 4 9 5 jobs linked to trade with Mexico levels. tobacco and other consumer is­ U 9 3 -0 2 4 T 1 9 9 0 4X 2 A A T-984 sues helped set a positive tone for R 9 3 -0 1 2 P 1 9 9 0 4X 2 A A P-16 8 4 9 9 5 have been created in recent years The Dow Jones average of 30 U 9 3 -1 0 8 T 1 9 9 2 4X 2 A A N -971 6 4 9 5 because of trade liberalization. industrials, the American Stock continued on page 10 U 9 3 -0 5 1 T 1990 ISUZU P/UP A A P-12 5 2 9 9 5 U93-101R 1990 PREVIA WGN A A R -597 8 9 9 5 R 9 3 -0 1 6 P 1 9 9 1 PREVIA WGN DX A A W -237 1 2 9 9 5 ces U 9 3 -1 2 0 1 9 9 1 PREVIA W G N DX A A S-123 8 9 9 5 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE NEW YORK (AP) - New York Stock Exchange closing prices Tuesday: In the Superior Court of the I n the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the 531-8 H mstke 1 M organ 73 3-4 S m tBceq 291-2 Commonwealth of the AMR 67 BoiseC 20 7-8 D eltaAir 8 7-8 Northern Mariana Islands A 5A Ltd 44 3-4 Borden 151-4 D ialCp 37 5-8 H onda 271-8 Motoria s 98 1-8 SonyCp 43 Northern Mariana Islands A btLab 25 1-8 В rMySq 54 5-8 D igital 391-8 H onywl s 37 7-8 NLInd 4 3-8 SouthCo 43 1-2 CIVIL ACTION NO. ADOPTION CASE A dava 81-8 В mwk 14 3-4 D owCh 59 7-8 H oiislnt 74 5-8 N avislr s 25 3-8 SpellEnt 7 7-8 N O . 93-86 AetnLf 59 В urINth 55 D ressr 24 1-2 ITT Cp 93 3-8 NflkSo 66 7-8 S unCo 26 3-4 93-938 Alcan 201-2 С Bl 26 1-8 D uPont 491-4 ITW s 371-2 OcciPet 201-2 Supval 36 In the Matter of change of name In the Matter of the Alldsgnl 73 3-8 CBS 242 E Kodak 601-4 1 meera 28 3-4 0 tin 417-8 TRW 65 7-8 of: Petition for Adoption of: Alcoa 741-4 CIGNA 60 7-8 E aton s 45 3-8 INCO 217-8 PacGE 35 1-4 T andy 29 1-8 GORDIANO IGISAIAR TO EMILY ANN PacTel 52 3-8 Teldyn 24 3-8 A max 25 CPC 421-8 E ntergy 381-2 IBM 43 URDIANO I. TEREGEYO. CORNELIUS ABBOTT, AmHes 50 3-4 CSX 75 3-4 Exxon 63 3-4 1 nlflav 1131-2 ParCom 53 Tennco 521-4 P enneys 45 3-4 T exaco 62 5-8 A Brand 31 5-8 С ampSp s 38 F MC 47 1-2 1 ntPap 65 5-8 NOTICE OF HEARING minor, PepsiC 371-2 Texlnst 78 5-8 AElPw 375-8 C dnPcg 16 FedNM 81 3-4 J ohnün 381-2 BY: ANTHONY LEET Pfizer 601-2 TexUtil 48 3-8 AmExp 32 5-8 CapCits 490 1-2 F stChic 44 7-8 К mart 22 3-4 You are hereby notified that a PhelpD 46 5-8 T extron 57 7-8 ABBOTT and RONDA AGenCps 33 3-4 Caterp 80 3-8 F Intste 60 5-8 Kellogg 48 7-8 verified petition was filed in the PhilMr 48 3-8 TimeWa 38 3-8 GAYLE ABBOTT, A Home 613-8 Ceridian 151-8 F lemng 331-8 KerrMc 53 7-8 above-entitled court for an order PhilPet 313-8 T ravier 32 3-8 AmStrs 461-4 Chase 33 3-4 Fluor 42 5-8 Korea 13 7-8 Petitioners. PionrEI 261-8 T rinova 27 1-2 changing the name of Gordiano Kroger NOTICE OF HEARING A TandT 60 7-8 С hmBnk 40 F ordM 51 3-4 21 3-8 P olaroid 38 U AL Cp 1471-4 Igisaiar to Urdiano I. Teregeyo, Amoco 561-4 С hevm 87 3-4 GTE 35 1-4 Lilly 45 5-8 Primeas 551-8 USXMar 18 5-8 in the Superior Court, Common­ Notice is hereby given that Anheus 45 3-4 С hiquta 131-2 G nDyn 96 7-8 Litton 681-8 P roctGm 47 1-4 USXUSS 31 1-4 wealth of the Northern Mariana on September 2, 1993, Armco 63-4 С hryslr 437-8 GenEI 97 Lockhd 63 Q uakrO 67 5-8 UCarb 173-4 Island. Thursday, at 1:30 PM in the A sarco 191-4 Citicorp 321-8 G nMill 59 3-4 M atsu 134 1-2 Q uantm 211-4 UnPac 64 3-8 A hearing of the above-entitled AshOil 313-8 Coastal 31 G nMotr 461-2 M cDerl 30 5-8 RalsRPn 36 7-8 Unisys 107-8 matter will be held at the Supe­ courthouse of the Superior A tIRich 114 7-8 С ocaCI 421-2 GaPac 621-8 McDonld 541-8 Raythn 62 7-8 UnTech 58 7-8 rior Court on August 26,1993 at Court in Susupe, Saipan, Avon 57 3-8 ColgPal 49 G ¡Hete 53 McDnD 81 3-4 ReyMtl 493-8 U nocal 29 Commonwealth of the BakrHu 25 7-8 vjCoIGs 251-8 G drich 47 5-8 McKes 491-2 Rockwl 341-2 WamL 67 7-8 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as В ankAm 45 7-8 С mwE 30 3-8 G oodyr s 411-8 Mesrx 191-2 RoylD 98 WellsF 1113-4 counsel can be heard. Any objec­ Northern Mariana Islands, В ankTr 78 3-8 С omsat s 29 5-8 G race 381-2 Merck 30 7-8 Salomn 48 5-8 WstgEI 15 3-4 tions to the change of name of the petitioners will petition BauschL 47 ConEd 361-8 GtAtPc 305-8 M erLyn 893-8 SaraLees 24 7-8 Weyerh 421-2 Gordiano Igisaiar to Urdiano I. the Court to adopt the above- BengtB 11-8 ConsNG 54,3-4 GtWFn 16 3-4 МММ 1081-8 SchrPI 61 W hitmn 141-4 Teregeyo should be filed in writ­ named minor. BethSti 141-4 С omingln 311-4 H albtn 391-2 Mobil 75 Schlmb 631-4 W hittakr 14 3-4 ing with the Clerk of Court. BlackD 20 5-8 С urtWr 361-4 Heinz :36 3-4 M onsan 62 1-4 ScottP 341-2 Wolwth 24 7-8 Dated this 16th day of August, Dated this 17th day of Au­ Boeing 381-4 Deere 68 7-8 HewIPk 74 M orgSl 76 5-8 S e a rss 52 5-8 Xerox 727-8 1993. gust, 1993. 2 enithE 6 3-4 /s/Jovita C. Flores /s/Reynaldo O. Yana 1Deputy Clerk of Court Attorney for Petitioner 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 19,1993 ASEAN commercial bank mulled KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia The bank also would provide initiativeestablishedby 150 busi­ next year if approval and other change the current tempo of intra- ( AP) - Malaysian interests plan to venture capital that commercial ness groupings in ASEAN ’s mem­ matters are sorted out. He said ASEAN trade, especiallynow that file an application in two weeks to banks now were reluctant to con­ ber nations - Indonesia, Malay­ Malaysian Finance Minister ASEAN was setting up a free establish a bank to finance projects sider, said Ranjit Gill, executive sia, Singapore, the Philippines, Anwar Ibrahim has personally trade area. Rajid said. among members of the Associa­ director of the Institute of South­ Thailand and Brunei. expressed support for such a bank. The institute earlier had pro­ tion of Southeast Asian Nations, east Asian Business. Rajid told reporters the bank The institute’s members felt the posed buying a majority stake in an official said Tuesday. The institute is a private sector could be established sometime bank was extremely necessary to Bank Buruh Malaysia Ltd. Bass leads group in $1.1B purchase of food companies By Susan Hightower company. -Stella Foods Inc., the fourth- The investment group includes largest US cheese producer. DALLAS (AP) - A group of in­ the Dallas investment firm Haas -Metz Banking Co.. vestors led by billionaire Robert Wheat & Partners; Bass’ Key­ -Pacific Coast Baking Co., ia M otors, Inc. M. Bass bought eight specialty stone Inc., based in Fort Worth; which owns SanFrancisco French foodmakers for $1.1 billion be­ Keystone affiliate Acadia Part­ Bread Co. and Gai’s Seattle cause the companies are market ners L.P.; UBS Capital Corp., the French Baking Co. leaders in important niches, the North American merchant bank­ -Mother’s Cake & Cookie Co.. _ Service Special includes: investors say. ing subsidiary of Union Bank of -Specialty snack foods manu­ · $20.00 Labor Specialty Foods Corp., a cor­ Switzerland; and DLJ Merchant facturer Bums & Ricker Inc. • Engine oil change poration formed by the invest­ Banking Partners L.P., an affili­ -B & G-DSD Inc., which manu­ • Oil tiller change ment group, announced Monday ate of Donaldson, Lufkin & facturers and distributes dry gro­ ?· Lubrication that it had completed the lever­ Jenrette. cery products, including pickle aged buyout from Beledia NV, a Financing for the deal was pro­ and pepper products. We service any make and Dutch company. vided by a group of banks led by -H&M Food Systems Co. Inc., model: The companies, which make Chemical Bank. a provider of specialty meat prod­ 4-cylinder & 6-cylinder a L· N _JB foods including pickles, pizza Artal Belgium S.A., a Beledia ucts to the pizza and Mexican meat and ricotta cheese, have an­ affiliate, also will be a substantial restaurant industries; and ■ nual revenues of $2.1 billion. equity investor in Specialty Foods, -Gordon’s Wholesale Inc., a We’ll be open from 8:00am to 5:00pm every Saturday, Specialty Foods said the acqui­ the new company said. distributor of candy, tobacco and S^ B starting July 31 to August 31,1993 _ B sition “serves as a natural vehicle The eight companies included food products throughout the Tel. 234-8333/34 for building an even larger food in the deal are: Midwest. a n · u s m ■ ■ ■ ■ b b b b b b b b b Yen. continued from page 8 plants there, are watching in dread the Nissan dealer, said he recently ample, a stronger yen makes it TINIAN TURNKEY HOUSE AND LOT as their costs soar. Some say the had to jack up the price on a 1993 more expensive to set up a dealer rising yen will discourage US sports car, the 240 SX, by 3 per­ network in Japan. F O R S A L E companies from investing in Ja­ cent. “It (the strong yen) is a short­ pan, which they say is essential to “I’m trying to sell cars, and sighted benefit,” complained The M ariana Islands Housing Authority penetrate the tough Japanese mar­ people’s ideology is that it should Charles Cook, vice president of ket. be cheaper as you get close to the MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (MIHA) has for sale, a 3-bedroom Tinian “It’s good news and bad news,” ’94 model year,” he complained. in St. Louis. turnkey housing unit, including Lot No. said Hugh Patrick, head of the But cheaper products alone will The company, which exports 021T 36, containing an area of 833 square Center on Japanese Economy at not enable US companies to suc­ silicon metal and wafers, in­ creased its sales to Japan seven­ m eters, more or less, on which the dwelling Columbia University’s business ceed in the Japanese market, ex­ school. “On a net basis, they are perts said. That’s because Japa­ fold, to $70 million, since 1985 - is situated, for $81,000.00, to eligible in­ out ahead,” he said of US firms. nese consumers often favor do­ in part by investing in a local terested buyer(s). Among those getting the good mestically made goods, which tra­ assembly plant. news are the US Big Three auto ditionally have been tailored more Now, he says, “to maintain our makers. to Japanese tastes. position in the Japanese market The house will be sold as is, without any This year, their share of the US In addition, with a higher yen, it becomes increasingly expensive.” expressed or implied warranty. The pur­ market has risen 3.2 percentage is more expensive for US compa­ However, other companies say chase price shall be m ade in cash or cashier’s points to 74.3 percent. Japanese nies to maintain facilities in Japan their higher costs in Japan will be carmakers have lost 3.2 points, to help push their products. For outweighed by higher profits check. Interested individual(s) may contact falling to 23.6 percent. Culligan, automobile companies, for ex­ there. D iana P. Crisostimo, Chief, M ortgage Credit Division, at 234-7689/7670/6866/9447 or Late. continued from page 9 Howard M acaranas, Executive Director’s the market in afternoon activity. was a subject of discussion in fi­ index rose 16.7 points to a record Representative on Tinian, at 433-9213, on Some early profit-taking was nancial markets as Federal Reserve 3,025.0. or before A ugust 31, 1993. evident in the market as investors policy makers met privately in The Dow Jones industrial aver­ reacted to Monday’s solid gains Washington to review their stance. age rose 7.83 to 3,586.98, exceed­ 07/26/03/3,11,19 *AC 05502 inspired by the announcement that The Federal Open Market Com­ ing its previous closing high of American Telephone and Tele­ mittee was expected to stick to its 3,583.35 reached on Aug. 11. graph planned to buy McCaw Cel­ current policy course, leaving short­ Advancing issues outnumbered lular Communications through a term interest rates at the lowest declines by less than 7 to 6 on the WHITE COCONUT SI2.6 billion stock swap. levels in recent history. The out­ New York Stock Exchange, with But the selling was replaced by come of the closed-door session 1,027 up, 919 down and 663 un­ renewed buying in the afternoon will not be known for weeks. changed. COMPUTER SERVICES once the market shrugged off dis­ Action in foreign financial cen­ NYSE volume totaled 261.27 appointment over compu ter maker ters was mixed and didn’t set a million shares as of 4 pun. (2000 is looking for a part/full time Hewlett-Packard’squarterlyfinan- consistent pattern for US trading to GMT), against 229.20 million in cial results, which failed to meet follow. the previous session. electronics technician. expectations. Stocks sanks inTokyo where the The NYSE’s composite index Wall Street didn’t register much 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average advanced 0.71 to 251.27. Knowledge of PC repair negative response to a government shed 59.51 points closing at The Nasdaq index gained 4.10, report released in the morning that 20,841.98. finishing at 730.99, a new high. preferable but not required. indicated growth in the Shares moved lower in Paris and The previous high of 726.89 was homebuilding business remains Frankfurt, Germany. reached Monday. sluggish. A late rally in London perked up At the American Stock Ex­ Please call M erly a t 322-9443/4. Meanwhile, the direction inter­ a listless session and the Financial change, the market value index a/i an 6/17ne< 0121») est rates will take in the near future Times-Stock Exchange 100-share climbed 1.33 to 442.66. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 Darwin eyed as gateway to Asia CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - markets to fast growing Asia ern Territory. Its population of Alice Springs, 1,400 kilometers ernment wants the planned rail­ The government said Tuesday that economies in recent years. Asia about 80,000 is made up of many (900miles) south across theoutback road built by private investors. it wants the northern city of Dar­ takes more than half of Aus'-alia’s ethnic groups including Europe­ in the center of Australia. Dawkins predic ted a record fed- win to become Australia’s gate­ exports and will buy more in the ans, Asians and Aborigines. A If built, the line would meet an enil budget deficit of 16 billion way to Asia. future. century ago, its founders hoped existing railroad south from Alice dollars (SUS11 billion) for the 12 That goal was announced in “No longer is Australia a Euro­ the port city would develop thriv­ Springs to Adelaide and so com­ months ending June 30, 1994, Parliament by Treasurer John pean outpost,” he said. ing links with Asia. However, it plete a north-south rail link across widening from 14.5 billion dol­ Dawkins when he outlined a tough Dawkins said a committee will remains a relatively small and iso­ the continent, a distance of 2,500 lars (SUS.9 billion) for the previ­ budget for the fiscal year 1993- be appointed to suggest how best lated community. kilometers (1,600miles). The gov­ ous fiscal year. 94, which included tax hikes on to develop Darwin as “Australia’s Darwin was largely destroyed gasoline and a wide range of con­ northern link to East Asia.” by Cyclone Tracy in 1975 and has sumer goods in a bid to reduce the It will report to the government since been rebuilt. The storm was deepening deficit. next year, he said. Australia’s worst natural disaster. Dawkins said Australia’s inter­ Darwin, 3,000 kilometers The government also announced national trade has shifted dramati­ (1,850 miles) northwest of funding for survey work for a pro­ Pacific Financial Corp. cally from traditional European Sydney, is the capital of the North­ posed railroad to link Darwin with Wet summer Key coffee producers may open IMMEDIATE Japan s rice agree to form cartel market By Henry Wasswa sure fair prices for the commod­ POSITION AVAILABLE TOKYO (AP) - Rice market ity. analysts say a cool, wet sum­ KAMPALA,Uganda (AP) -The The group also will adopt a mer is going to force Japanese world’s major coffee producing plan to hold back 20 percent of its bureaucrats to consider the un­ nations agreed Tuesday to form a imports in order to boost prices. COLLECTOR thinkable: importing rice. cartel to raise sagging prices and “Our objective is to attain real­ The unusual weather is likely said their first act will be to cut istic prices for coffee,” said Anto­ to cut this year’s Japanese har­ supplies beginning Oct. 1. nio Lodder, Brazil’s commerce For more information stop vest five percent below the av­ A communique issued by min­ minister. erage, Toshihara Nishiguchi, isters from about two dozen Afri­ Producing countries in South by our offices located in vice president of Beikoku Data can and Latin American coun­ and Central America agreed in Bank, a rice market research tries meeting in the Ugandan capi­ July on a 20 percent cut in sup­ the Professional Bldg. group, said Tuesday. tal, Kampala, said they will estab­ plies and attended the session in That would mean a shortage lish the new Association of Cof­ the Ugandan capital to help sell of anywhere between 50,000 fee Producing Countries. the idea to the Africans, who had and ask for and 250,000 tons, which would The association will work to been considering a 15 percent cut. have to be made up with im­ coordinate coffee policies, im­ Tuesday’s communique said Sheryl Sizemore Camacho ports before the year ends, prove coffee quality, promote its the African and Latin groups will Nishiguchi said. The predic­ consumption globally, promote meet in Brasilia next month to tion is based on analysis of a development in producing coun­ formalize the statutes of the new 40-year weather and rice pro­ tries and try to balance interna­ association and details of the 20 duction database, he said. tional supply and demand to en- percent retention plan. Japanese government regu­ ШЮ lates the domestic rice market, buying much of the rice crop China to develop more Commonwealth Credit Bureau and reselling it to consumers at subsidizedprices. Those prices is looking for are still about five times higher inland economic zones than the world market level. BEIJING (AP) - Economic de­ Economic Zones in the State The United States and other velopment zones, which have Council, China’s cabinet. “We’re rice producing countries have been concentrated on the east not shutting up the development F u ll T im e pressed Japan to accept rice coast, will be opened in inland zones at all.” imports, but to no avail. and western China to promote Instead, the government wants Government officials say it growth in the hinterlands, an offi­ to focus on zones in inland and A ccou n t is too early to tell what effect cial report said Wednesday. riverside regions to bridge the gap the soggy weather will have on Since the first 14 zones were between the flourishing, the crop, although the Agricul­ opened in coastal China in 1984 wealthy coastal areas and the Representative. ture Ministry is expected to to boost local export economies, rest of the country, which is release a relatively rosy pro­ hundreds more have sprung up, largely poor and underdevel­ duction forecast later this nearly all without central govern­ oped. K now ledge of com puters month. ment approval. In the past four The zones, which offer pref­ “The harvest peak is in late months, about 1,000 have been erential tax policies to attract preferable b ut not .required September, early October, and closed down. foreign investment and trade, there’s no telling until then. “We’re correcting what is over­ would provide a much-needed Things could change,” said done,” saidLiu Peiqiang, a deputy boost to poor regions, the of­ Masami Ishizuka, an official director of the Office for Special ficial China Daily said. Local Hire Only in the ministry’s division of food self-sufficiency. EXECUTIVE HOUSE FOR RENT Please call Wayne at 235-3497 “The government doesn’t want to admit the situation is Partly furnished, 2 story, 2 bath , 5 bedroom bad until it’s too late,” house, quiet area in Dan Dan. Beautiful ocean Nishiguchi said. “Even if they view. 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RENT 08/10,20 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 19,1993 A sian new s b riefs ADB lo a n p ortfolio Lawmakers engage in fistfights TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The divisions wracking Taiwan’s ruling party surfaced at its congress today as fistfights broke out over a move to create a vice chairmanship for a faction leader. rises 10% to $1.52B The turmoil contrasted sharply with the discipline at the Nationalist MANILA (AP) - The Asian De­ based bank’s Quarterly Review million in the first quarter and Party’s previous congress in 1988, when Taiwan had just ended nearly velopment Bank approved loans said the amount was 10 percent $797 million in the second quar­ four decades of martial law and was starting to embrace multiparty and investments totaling $1.52 greater than the $1.38 billion in ter. democracy. billion in the first half of 1993, the loans approved for the same pe­ The bank also announced that it Shouts, scuffles and fistfights involving about 100 of the 2,100 bank said Wednesday. riod of 1992. had approved Tuesday a $100 delegates turned the second day of the congress into chaos after tjje The latest issue of the Manila- ADB said it had approved $7 21 million loan and a technical assis­ motion to create the vice chairmanship was narrowly voted down. tance grant of $598,000 for a tele­ communications project in China. Chinese court jails student ß NO Credit Required The loan, from the bank’s ordi­ BEIJING (AP) - A Beijing court has sentenced a student to three years 0 • N O R e p a ir Bills nary capital resources, is repay­ in prison for pro-democracy activities, a source familiar with the case DIAL 0 ■ NO Long-Term O öligation able over 23 years, including a said today. REIMT - TO - OWI4I three-year grace period. Interest The sentencing came just weeks before the International Olympic will be determined according to Committee is to decide the host city for the 2000 Olympics. Critics, the bank’s pool-based variable including US congressmen, have argued that Beijing should not be lending rate system. given the Games because of its human rights record. DEA A commitment charge of 0.75 The source said Liao Jia’an, a graduate student at People’s University M X S 4 percent will also be placed on the in Beijing, was sentenced earlier this month for planning activities to mark the anniversary of the crackdown on 1989’s massive pro-democ­ COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEMS loan, the bank added. JVC The loan will fund the installa­ racy movement. AM PLIFIER SECTION tion of two optical fiber cables • 27 watts per channel into 8 ohms from 40Hz to 20Hz with no more than 0.9% total harmonic distortion · Motor-drtven volume control with LEO«Fifty preset equalizations: POPS, JAZZ, ROCK, CLASSIC and MOVIE, and multiplexing equipment to Taiwan, Australia ink pact 10 patlems and FLAT · MSEC (Multi Source-Reialed Effect Control) · Live surround: DANCE CLUB, HALL nad develop a modem high capacity STADIUM* Spectra Peak Ind--·?' · Five inputs · Fufl function remote control with power on/off · Active Bass TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan and Australia signed agreements Extension switch · COMJL flAY trunk transmission network. The today to protect patents and trademarks andto promote mutual invest­ CD PLAYER SECTION network will run 5,500 kilome­ ment and technology transfer. • One-bit PEM/DD converter with fine putse interface · VANS: ters (3,437 miles) and will link 4th order noise shaper · Random play · 20 trade program chart Like most governments, Australia recognizes Communist China • 32 random aocess programming«2-way CD et£L auto and Beijing to the cities of Wuhan, rather than Taiwan. It is the first to sign such bilateral agreements with programmed Guangzhou andXian viaTaiyuan. Taiwan, said Vice Economic Minister Hsu Ke-sheng, who presided TUNER SECTION Total cost of the project will be over the signing ceremony. • Digitally synthesized tuner · 30 FM/AM random presets · 5-way $175 million with the bank’s 57 mufti-programmable timer · Preset scan Taiwan, which is not a member of the Paris Convention for the percent share covering the entire Protection of Industrial Property, is negotiating similar agreements with • TAPE DECK SECTION foreign exchange cost. • Twin auto-reverse transports: one lor record and play, the other is lor playback the United States, Germany and other countries, Hsu said. in both directions · High speed tape-to-tape dubbing · Dolby B noise reduction · Auto tape selector SPEAKERS First English Banker released from jail • Twin “Aero-port* system HONG KONG (AP) - A former Malaysian banker was released from 3-way bass reflex design: wooler theater opens prison today after serving eight months for fraud in connection with one of Hong Kong’s biggest corruption scandals. in Cambodia Lorrain Esme Osman, 62, former chairman of the now defunct By Sheila McNulty Bumiputra Malaysia Finance Ltd., was sentenced to one year in prison by the High Court in June after he pleaded guilty to one count of PHNOM PENH, Cambodia conspiracy to defraud. (AP) - Australian investors have He was brought back to Hong Kong last December from London Whfle Supplies opened up Cambodia’s first En­ following a seven-year extradition battle that made him the longest Last Sale Ends glish-language movie theater to serving unconvicted prisoner in Britain. 8/31/93 entertain the thousands of UN personnel, aid workers and jour­ Oil firm to cut work force nalists in the capital. DEDEDO, GUAM AGAMA, GUAM SAIPAN, . BEIJING (AP) - China National Petroleum Corp. plans to cut its work The Vimeantip theatre on bus­ force of 1.5 million by one-third, the latest move in an effort to HARMON LOOP PLAZA ADA'S COM’L & PR0FL CTR. GUALO RAI tling Achar Mean boulevard qui­ Across from McDonald's Marino Dr. next to Next to Hobby Shop streamline China’s mineral and oil industries, the China Daily reported Marianas Electronics etly opened its doors Monday 637-7368/69/70 234-7368/8360 today. 477-7368/69 night with two shows of “Gladia­ The huge state oil company has already relocated 150,000 of the tor,” an American movie about 500,000 workers to jobs in the service industry. The others will be boxing matches in Chicago that PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE shifted by 1995, the official newspaper said. In the Superior Court oi the In the Superior Court ot the features Brian Dennehy and Cuba Commonwealth of the Commc.-wea/thofthe Management is being restructured as well, company president Wang Gooding Jr. Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands Tac said. CIVIL ACTION NO. 92-859 CIVIL ACTION NO. 93-209 Only a handful of foreigners The move is part of China’s efforts to revitalize mining and other turned out for each S3 show at industries, whose poor performance is blamed for hampering industrial BANK OF SAIPAN, BANK OF SAIPAN, what also is the capital’s only air Plaintiff, Plaintiff, growth. vs. vs. conditioned theater. JOSEPH W. MUNA & BARBARA I. SAIPAN CREDIT UNION, The theater opening is another G unm en am bush soldiers M UN A Defendant. step in the return of Phnom Penh Defendants. AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE OF to the more open city it was dur­ BANGKOK,Thailand (AP) - Gunmen ambushed a convoy of soldiers NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY REAL PROPERTY ing the 1960s and 1970s, before en route to a dam project Tuesday, killing two and injuring more than Under and by virtue of a Default Judg­ Under and byviriueof aSummaryJudg- the fanatical Communist Khmer 10, authorities said. ment and foreclosure Order entered on ment and Foreclosure Order entered on March 22, 1993, I am commanded and May 5, 1993, I am commanded and em­ Rouge seized control. It was the third mysterious violent attack in the southern provinces empowered to sell at public auction, tor powered to sell at public auction, for cash, From 1975 to 1978, the Khmer this month. cash, the following described real property: the following described real property: Rouge purged all signs of the bour­ The convoy was attacked on its way to a government dam project in Lot 010 K 291, containing an area ot 898 Lot 007 D 21, and containing an area of square meters, more or less, as more par­ 733 square meters, more or less, as more geois West and drove the country Yala province bordering Malaysia. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai told ticularly described on Drawing/Cadastral Plat particularly describedon Drawing/Cadastral back to a primitive agrarian state, reporters after Tuesday ’ s regular Cabinet meeting that he has asked the No. 010 K 01, the original ol which was Plat No. 007-3-00, theoriginal of which was killing hundreds of thousands of recorded on 19 AUG 87 as Document No. registered with the Land Registry as Docu­ defense minister to go investigate. 87-2910 and 09 SEP 87 as Document No. ment No. 653, on the 27th day of November people in the process. They were The radio station of the Thai newspaper The Nation said Muslim 87-3103 at Commonwealth Recorder's 1970. overthrown when Vietnam in­ separatists were suspected in Tuesday’s ambush, but such speculation SAIPAN. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thaton Tues­ vaded in 1978, sparking 13 years NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tues­ day, November 30, 1993 at the hour ot has proved groundless in the past. Authorities have not agreed on day, November 30,1993 at the hour of 10:00 10:00 a.m., at the Police Station, in Susupe, of civil war that ended with a suspects or likely motives for the recent violence. a.m., at the Police Station, in Susupe, Saipan, Saipan, CNMI, I will pursuant to the said 1991 peace accord. Assailants tossed a hand grenade last week into a Buddhist temple in CNMI, I will pursuant to the said Order, sell the Order, sell the above-described real prop­ above-descnbed real property to satisfy saids erty to satisfy said Summary Judgment and Since then, the largest-ever UN Narathiwat province while monks were saying evening prayers. Eleven DefauttJudgmentandForeclosureOrder.costsi Foreclosure Order, costs and expenses of 5 peacekeeping operation has led monks were injured. and expenses'of sale, to the highest bidder, for sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, in § the country through democratic On Aug. 1 and 2, more than 30 schools were torched in coordinated cash, in lawful money of the United States. As § lawful money of the United States. As per J per Articlal 2of theCNMI Constitution, all sales | Article 12 of the CNMI Constitution, all 2 elections, spurring investment in attacks in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani. No one was injured. shall be limited to those of Northern Marianas z sales shall be limited to those of Northern £ the capital. Even as the UN mis­ descent - Marianas descent. 5 sion prepares to withdraw next DATED, this 19th day of July, 1993 1 DATED, this 19th day of July, 1993. I /s/ISIDRO SABLAN s /s/ISIDRO SABLAN month, new ventures such as the Keep Saipan Clean and Beautiful Dept, of Public Safety 5 Dept, of Public Safety theater are opening almost daily. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-13

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MANAGER 2 MECHANIC (AUTO) 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - 1 MAILROOM SUPERVISOR - High 2 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR - MISCELLANEOUS College grad, 2yrs. experience. Salary school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. $800 p er month. $4.04 per hour. 2 MANAGER, SALES - College grad., 2 Salary $2.15 per hour. yrs. experience. Salary $5.00 - $8.00 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 1 DRAFTSMAN - College grad., 2 yrs. 1 COMMERCIAL CLEANER - High Contact: AA ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. experience. Salary $1,000 per month. school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary p er hour. Box 1880, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 2 COOK (CHINESE CUISINE) - High Contact: JESSICA P. CAMACHO dba $2.15 per hour. Contact: KIM'S JEWELRYCORPORA­ 322-3149 (8/19)TH/012333. school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary TION dba KIM'S JEWELRY, PPP 504 $2.40 per hour. PACIFIC PEARL ENTERPRISES, 1 OFFICE CLERK- High school grad .,^ Caller Box AAA2090, Sai pan, MP96950, yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. Box 10000, Tel. No. 234-5051 (8/19)TH/ 1 AUTO MECHANIC- High school grad., 4 COOK (WESTERN) - High school Tel. No. 235-7327 (8/26)TH/012414. Contact: JESUS T. UZAMA dba J & 012336. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.40- JEV ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. Box hour. $3.00 per hour. 541, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 1 GENERAL MANAGER-Collegegrad., Contact: W.E.L. DEVELOPMENT INC. 2 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT) - High 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - 2599 (9/2)TH/012493. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1.500 per dba ED & MAG'S GEN. MAI NT. SER­ school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary month. VICES, P.O. Box 2528, Saipan, MP $2.15 per hour. $5.77 per hour. 2 BARTENDER Contact: BRADT. NAGOdbaPACIFIC- 96950, Tel. No. 235-1071 (8/26)TH/ 1 GUEST RELATIONS MANAGER - 2 FRONT DESK CLERK - High school 10 DANCERS MARIANAS ENG'G. CO., P.O. box2604, 012419. Collegegrad,2yrs.experience. Salary grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 1 MAINTENACE REPAIRER - High Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-5113 $1,700 per month. p er hour. 2 AUTO MECHANIC - High school grad., school equiv., 2yrs. experience. Salary (8/26)TH/012408. 2 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. Contact: SUSANA T. MAFNAS dba 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 - $4.00 experience. Salary $3.25 - $3.75 per TRAVELLER’S LODGE APARTELLE, $2.50 per hour. per hour. hour. P.O. Box5045 CHRB, SaipanM P96950, 10 WAITRESS - High school grad., 2 1 ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER - Contact: TRIPLE J SAIPAN, INC. dba Tel. No. 235-5120 (8/26)TH/012407. yrs. experience. Salary$2.45 perhour. College grad., 2yrs. experience. Salary Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. TRIPLE J MOTORS, P.O. Box 487, dba SAIPAN DIAMOND HOTEL, P.O. Contact: KUNSAN ENTERPRISES INC. $2,000 per month. 1 BEAUTICIAN - High school grad., 2 Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-1795 Box 66, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. dbaTOMO NIGHTCLUB, P.O. Box616 Contact: CHALAN KANOA BEACH yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 perhour. (8/19)TH/05605. 234-5900 Ext. 266 (8/19)TH/05601. CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235- CLUB CO R P. dba CHALAN KANOA Contact: GENEROSO D. HUERTAS, 1105/6 (9/2)TH/012489. BEACH CLUB, P.O. Box 356, Saipan, GARMENT FACTORY 1 COMMERCIAL CLEANER SR. dba GENE’S BARBER SHOP & MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7829 (8/26)TH/ BEAUTY SALON, P.O. Box 132 CK, 1 BUILDING MAINTENANCE RE­ 1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. 012399. WORKER PAIRER - High school grad., 2 yrs. Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-6662 experience. Salary $5.25 - $6.00 per (8/26)TH/012412. hour. 60 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.50 per ACCOUNTANT 1 PRODUCECLERK-HIgh school grad., 10 CUTTER/MACHINE hour. 1 HAND PACKAGER - High school 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per 10 PRESSER, MACHINE Contact: CLEAN SAIPAN, INC., P.O. 1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 hour. 10 HAND PACKAGER Box 2693, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. experience. Salary $900 per month. per hour. Contact: ISLAND FIESTA FOODS CO. 1 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. 322-5331 (8/19)TH/05602. Contact: ARLENEC.TORRESdbaS& Contact: ONWELMFG. (SAIPAN) LTD., INC., P.O. Box 2247, Saipan, MP 96950, experience. Salary $2.50 - $6.05 per A ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 610, P.O. Box 712, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3824 (9/2)TH/05710. hour. 1 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST- Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-7262 Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-9522/ Contact: JIN APPAREL, INC., Caller College grad., 2 y rs. experience. Salary (8/19)TH/012348.______23/24/25 (8/26)TH/012411. 1 ACCOUNTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. Box AAA 1068, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. $5.77 per hour. experience. Salary $900 - $1,000 per No. 234-3252/3 (8/26)TH/012410. 1 REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN - 1 ACCOUNTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. 2 SPECIALTY COOK (CHINESE hour. experience. Salary $3.11 - $5.19 per CONSTRUCTION Salary $3.00 - $4.00 per hour. REST.) - High school grad., 2 yrs. expe­ Contact: WILFRED P. CHUN P.E. dba hour. Contact: TRIPLE J SAIPAN, INC. dba rience. Salary$750-$1,700permonth. FACILITY ENGINEERS & CONSULT­ 2 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2 WORKER TRIPLE J WHOLESALE. P.O. Box 487, Contact: SAIPAN PORTOPIA HOTEL ANT, Caller Box AAA 235, Saipan, MP yrs. experience. Salary $2.40 - $3.25 Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-1795 CORPORATION dba HYATT RE­ 96950, Tel. No. 235-3900 (9/2)TH/ 1 MASON per hour. (8/19)TH/05604. GENCY SAIPAN, P.O. Box 5087, 012490. 1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 1 PAINT MIXER - High school equlv., 2 Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-1234 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.50 yrs. experience. Salary $2.40 - $2.75 2AIRCON TECHNICIAN - College grad., Ext. 5151/5118/5400 (8/26)TH/012396. 1 BUSINESS CONSULTANT-College per hour. per hour. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.75 per grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$56,000 1 SALES MANAGER - College grad., 2 Contact: MANUEL S. VILLAGOMEZ hour. 1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 per annum . yrs. experience. Salary $3.50 - $8.00 dba M.S. VILLAGOMEZ ENT., P.O. Box Contact: MODERN STATIONARY & yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. Contact: UNITED MICRONESIA DE­ per hour. 7,Saipan, MP 96950,Tel. No. 234-6108 TRADING CO., P.O. Box 799 Saipan, Contact: AC KIM CORPORATION, VELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC. dba 1 OFFICE MANAGER - College grad., 2 (8/19)TH/05599. MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6832 (8/19)TH/ Caller Box PPP 216, Saipan, MP 96950, UMDA, P.O. Box 5235, Saipan, MP yrs. experience. Salary $3.50 - $5.00 Tel. No. 234-0904 (8/26)TH/012403. 05603. 96950, Tel. No. 234-9253/9388 (9/2)TH/ per hour. 05708. 1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2.yrs. 3 CARPENTER - High school equlv., 2 1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BLDG, 1 JANITOR experience. Salary $5.19 per hour. 2 HOUSEWORKER - High school grad., yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $4.00 - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. 2 PHYSICAL THERAPIST - College Contact: O & S ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per per hour. Salaiy $3.75 per hour. jrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $700 - dba SANGLO NO I E/THE HOUSE OF hour. 1 SHEET METAL WORKER - High Contact: L & W AMUSEMENT CORP. 11,000 per month. CORAL/LIM'S BURGER/TIFFANY Contact: AGNES P. DL GUERRERO school equlv., 2yrs. experience. Salary dba LEN’S BAR & RESTAURANT, P.O. Contact: KYUNG HEE CLINIC, Caller SAI PAN, P.O. Box5503 CH RB, Saipan, dba 6 DLG'S ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box $2.15 - $3.00 per hour. Box 81 CHRB, SAIPAN, MP 96950, Tel. Box AAA 921, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7786 (8/26)TH/ Contact: JESUS B. YUMUL dba YCO 1271, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- No. 235-6666/7 (9/2)TH/012494. 012397. CORPORATION, P.O. Box 932, Saipan, 8 SALES REPRESENTATIVE - College 9189 (8/26)TH/05653. MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-9805/7425 (8/ grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $693 1 ACCOUNTANT-College grad.,2yrs. 1 ACCOU NTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. 19)TH/05598. per month. 1 CASHIER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $600 - $700 per experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. experience. Salary $1,200 per month. Contact: TECHNOLOGY SERVICES month. Contact: DAVE MONCRIEFF dba 2 CARPENTER CORPORATION, P.O. Box 1015, Contact: BASIC CONSTRUCTION Contact: MICHELLE HSLEEdba YALE 1 COOK-HELPER-HIgh school equlv., SUPPLY CORP., P.O. Box331, Saipan, MARIANAS TUG & BARGE, P.O. Box Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7350 CONSTRUCTION CO., AAA 341 Box 2 yrs, experience. Salary $2.25 per 5147, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322- (B/19)TH/012342.______MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-6613 (8/19)TH/ 10001, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 05607. 7788 (8/26)TH/05649. hour. 2777 (9/2)TH/012500. 1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad,, 2 1 TRAVEL COUNSELOR - High school 2 COMPUTER OPERATOR - High yrs. experience. Salary $2.35 per hour. grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,500 1 OPERATION MANAGER - College school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary 1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. 1 PLUMBER-High school grad., 2 yrs. p er month. grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2,000 experience and 1 year computerized experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.25 per Contact: NIPPON E X PR ESS HAWAII $2.45 -$3.25 per hour. per month. Contact: PACIFIC PRINTING PRESS airline accounting experience, must hour. INC. SAIPAN OFFICE, P.O. Box 1308, Contact: YAMA’S SAIPAN, INC., P.O. INC., P.O. Box 1447, Saipan, MP 96950, know quatro pro, word perfect, and Infin­ 1 COOK-HELPER-High school equiv., Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7997 Box 94 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. Tel. No. 234-1917 (8/19)TH/012343. ity accounting software. Fluent in English 2 yrs experience. Salary $2.35 per hour. (B/26)TH/012415. No. 234-7268 (9/2)TH/012503. andTagalog. Salary $1,130 per month. 1 ACCOUNTANT - High school grad., 2 Contact: PACIFIC SEI NO AVIATION yrs. experience. Salary $2.75 per hour. 1 SUPERVISOR (STORE SUPPLIES)- CLASSIFIED ADS NEW 1 MANAGER - College grad., 2 yrs. INC , Caller Box PPP 318, Box 10000, Contact: ANTONIO A. ARRIOLA dba High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. experience. Salary $1,500 per month. Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3600 A'S ENTERPRISES. P.O. Box 77. Salary $3.25 per hour. 2 BEAUTICIAN - High school grad., 2 Contact: VERNON BERT & TEODOSIA (8/26)TH/012402. G arapan, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. Contact: MARGARITA R. TENORIO yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 - $4.00 DAVIS dba E T ENTERPRISES, Caller 234-1651 (8/19)TH/05600. dba SAIPAN OFFICE SUPPLY. P.O. per hour. Box AAA 345, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. ENGINEER BOX 114 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. Contact: CHONG WON CORPORA­ No. 235-4027 (9/2)TH/012504. 1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILD­ No. 234-6272 (8/26)TH/05648. TION dba CHAROTTE BEAUTY PARLOR, PPP 408 Box 10000, Saipan, 1 MECHANICAL ENGINEER-College ING - High school equiv., 2 yrs. 10PTOMETRIST-Collegegrad.,2yrs. MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-1808 (9/2)TH/ grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. 1 IMPORT-EXPORT AGENT - College experience. Salary $1,500 per month. 012496. per month. 1 BAKER'SHELPER-HIgh school grad., grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.77 Contact: PIODECIMO A. & MARITA F. Contact: EDUARDO P. PANGILINAN 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15-$2.50 per hour. 13 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR - ACOSTA dba ACOSTA OPTICAL dba EMPRESS ENTERPRISES, P.O. per hour. Contact: I.S.D. SAIPAN CO., LTD. dba High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. CLINIC, P.O. Box 638 CK, S aipan, MP Box 63, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. Contact: ELITE BAKERY INC., P.O. AMERICAN FLAVOR MARKET, Caller Salary $2.15- $2.45 per hour. 96950, Tel. No. 235-8400 (9/2)TH/ 234-8518 (8/26)TH/012405. Box 2754, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. Box AAA 884, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. Contact: UNO MODACORP., P.O. Box 012499.______234-2699 (8/26)TH/012404. 1847, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- No. 233-6610 (8/19)TH/012340. 1SILKSCREEN PRINTER - High school 1861/2 (9/2)TH/05712. MECHANIC grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15- 1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BLDG. 2 AICONDITION & REFRIGERATION 2 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC - $3.00 per hour. - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. 1 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC - TECHNICIAN - High school grad., 2yrs. High school grad., 2 yrs. experience Contact: CLIFF SHOEMAKE dba Salary $3.75 per hour. High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. experience. Salary $2.15 - $7.00 per Salary $2.15 - $2.50 p e r hour. SHOEMAKE & ASSOCIATES, P.O. Box 1 BARTENDER - High school grad., 2 Salary $4.50 per hour. hour. Contact: MARIANAS REPAIRS COM­ 2912, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235- yrs. experience Contact: MIN ENTERPRISES, INC., Contact: MICRONESIA CEMENT, P.O. PANY INC., P.O. Box 2690, Saipan, MP 3442 (9/2)TH/0374.______Contact: L & W AMUSEMENT CORP. P.O. Box 1967, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. Box 2059, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 96950,Tel. 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By Tom Coyne “I want him to play a second Coach says ‘a little too quickly speed, tempo. Andre is aone-tempo NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - weren’t forecast. years, also lost, beaten by Buff chance you’ll be controlling the kind of player- full speed. You just Andre Agassi made quick work of “Any time you have threatening Farrow 2-6,7-5,6-4. match,” Agassi said. can’t keep that up consistently for Kelly Evemden 6-0,6-3 in the first weather like this you just want to Evemden said he hadn’t played Segura, hired last month when a 3- or 4-hour match,” he said. “I round of the Volvo International, get the match over with,” Agassi on a stadium court in months and Agassi’s longtime coach, Nick want to make sure that Andre perhaps a little too quickly in the said. “In a match like this you want had trouble picking up the ball off Bollettieri, decided it was time for Agassi, as long as I’m coaching opinion of new coach Pancho to work cm sane things, do differ­ Agassi’s racket. Agassi to move on, said he’s been him, he senses the score and plays Segura. ent things, but these early rounds “When you can’t see the ball to working with Agassi on getting his the big points and the big sets.” ^ Segura would have preferred the bottom line is you want to get swing at it, you’re not going to first serves in and winning the first- Agassi, who says his wrist is at Agassi take advantage of the easy by them.” have too many opportunities, espe­ serve points. The lesson seemed to full strength, said Segura is provid­ match to work on parts of his game Only five matches were com­ cially against a guy who hits win­ work Tuesday as Agassi got in 78 ing him with a different view of like the serve and volley. Instead pleted on Monday and Tuesday’s ners as frequently as he does,” percent of his first serves, winning tennis. Agassi battered Evemden into sub­ play was delayed a half-hour by Evemden said. 83 percent of those points. By com­ “A lot of what he feels about the mission from the baseline, win­ rain. But all 19 singles matches Evemden had 15 unforced er­ parison, Evemden got in only 51 game, I’ve never even considered: ning the first eight games in a match were played as scheduled and most rors in the first set to just one win­ percent of his first serves and won I feel like it’s adding a lot right that lasted only 46 minutes - plus a of the doubles matches were also ner, while Agassi had 10 winners only 50 percent of those. now,” Agassi said. “I’m playing brief 10-minute rain delay. completed. and eight unforced errors. Segura said he’s also trying to with the excitement of feeling like “I wanted him to come in behind Five seeded players were beaten “Early on I felt like I was putting teach Agassi that he mu I’mstartingoverinsomany ways.” the ball more and serve and volley. Tuesday: No. 9 Amaud Boetsch, a lot of pressure on him without st concentrate more on impor­ Asked whether Agassi has the con­ Today he did that only once. He No. 12 Marc Goellner, No. 14 Ri­ taking a lot of chances. Any time tant points and important sets and centration to become No. 1, Segura needs to do more of that,” Segura chard Fromberg, No. 15 Jan you’re doing that there’s a good learn to pace himself. hesitated. said. Siemerink and No. 16 Carl-Uwe Agassi, who fell from the top 20 Steeb. Aside from No. 10 Agassi, in the international rankings for the the only seeded players to advance first time in five years because of a were No. 11 Marc Rosset and No. Deadline set for coaches’ names wrist injury in the spring, agreed it 13 Jonas Svensson. would have been a good match to Mats Wilander, playing in only IN PREPARATION for the resumes to the Northern able to participate in the work on his game if showers his second ATP tournament in two 1994 Micronesian Games, Marianas Amateur Sports As­ games. This information is March 26 - April 2, 1994, all sociation before Aug. 30. necessary for the NMI to pre­ participating sports must sub­ This is the absolute dead­ pare and send the best athletes B erk er. . . continued from page 16 mit their coaches names and line or that sport will not be possible to the competition. to withdraw from the ATP Cham­ up 5-2 in the second set. pionship because of an inflamed In other matches, Martin, left foot. seeded fifth, lost to Jaime Yzaga “I just battled 2 hours and 45 of Peru in the second round 4-6, and the foot is no problem at all,” 7-6 (7-5), 6-0. isn Pii Becker said. Martin, one of the hottest play­ Sznajder, ranked 157th in the ers on tour after reaching the fi­ world, said he’d learn from play­ nals at Washington and Montreal, • Brochures · Calendar · Books · M enu ing someone of Becker’s caliber. has moved from 92nd to 14th in “It’s 90 per cent mental out the rankings. 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Ben Rivera (11-6) was the re­ The victory was Houston ’ s sev - cipient of the fifth-inning outburst, enthin lOgames.Floridahasnow during which the Phillies turned a lost four of its last five. 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 lead. Rivera Cardinals 8, Padres 4 allowed six hits in five innings. Wo'vo boon a medium tor the Ray Lankford had a homer and Mitch Williams pitched the ninth public oxchango of Ideas lor 9V © ... V many yoars. Wo tako that • > A. a two-run double to lead Bob for his 33rd save. responsibility seriously. Our goal Tewksbury and St. Louis over Armando Reynoso (8-9) gave Is to bring you tho pooplo and events that touch your life— visiting San Diego. up five runs on eight hits in 4 2-3 objectively. Without you, we'd Tewksbury (13-7) allowed four innings. The Rockies - who got bo speechless. runs in six innings on nine hits two RBIs from both Joe Girardi with two walks and two strikeouts. and rookie Roberto Mejia - lost The Cardinals scored five runs for just the second time in nine in the second on a walk, a wild games. pitch, four singles and the by After Dykstra’s 14th homer tied Lankford off starter Andy Benes the game, John Kruk singled and (13-9) in 95-degree heat Darren Daulton doubled before Luis Alicea, who lead off with a Incaviglia’s go-ahead single. single, scored on a single by Ozzie Kevin Stocker added a three-run Smith after Bernard Gilkey walked. homer in a five-run eighth. 16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 19,1993 SPORTSECT US dominates 400-meter races By Stephan Nasstrom pics last year and is undefeated in winning the first one two years ago pion. But overall I’m pleased with took the silver in 50.17. the 400. was sweeter. my race. I’m pleased with my fin­ “I’ve been training four years for STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - “I decided the best would be the “Thefirstprobablymeansmore,” ish.” this race,” Miles said. “Iknewlhad With Michael Johnson leading the 400 and throughout the season I he said. “It was my first major title. Reynolds didn’tgetagood draw, to run at least a 49 to win.” ^ way, everybody knew the United felt very confident I made the right Itfeltreally good. Ihadset that goal running in lane seven, “butltried to The last time an American States would dominate the men’s decision, Andtonightlknewlmade a long time ago. do the best and get off as fast as I medaled in the event was in 1984, 400 meters. Matching the 1-2 fin­ the right decision. “But this means a lot also be­ could and make some ground on when Valerie Briscoe-Hooks won ish in the women’s400was the big “This will definitely put me up cause I had not won a major 400 - Michael,” he said. “But Michael the Olympic gold m?dal in Los surprise. there - if not as the best, at least as meter title.” ran a very fast third 100 meters.” Angeles. Marie-Jose Perec, Johnson completed an unprec­ one of the best sprinters of all time Reynolds came back this year Samson Kitur of Kenya pre- the Olympic champion from edented double in the World Cham­ with my achievements in the 200 after a drug ban that kept him out of ventedaUSmedal sweep by clock­ France, skipped the 400 to run the pionships on Tuesday, leading the and 400.” competitionfor two and ahalf years. ing 44.54 for third. Olympic cham­ 200 meters instead and she made US to a 1-2 finish two years after Going into the championships, “Coming back after such a long pion Quincy Watts, who lost the the semifinals in that event Tues­ winning the 200 meters in Tokyo. Johnson had also set a goal for layoff is hard,” said Reynolds after sole on one of his shoes during the day. Johnson pulled away down the himself after finding out that no running on the fifth anniversary of race, had to settle with fourth in “Perhaps she would have won- stretchto winin43.65 seconds, the other men’s athlete had won two his world record. “When 45.05. had she raced,” Miles said. “Per­ world’s fastest time this year and different running events in the world Muhammad Ali took two of the Twenty minutes earlier, Jearl haps not.” third fastest in history. Butch championships. best years of his life off, the first Miles and Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Miles, a 26-year-old Floridian, Reynolds, the world-record holder “That was something I wanted to time he came back he lost to both semifinalists in the Olympics started as a long jumper and dis­ at 43.29, was second in 44.13. achieve,” he said. “I feel really Frazier... the second time he beat last year, gave the United States its liked the 400 in high school and “Coning into the season I had to good right now having achieved Frazier. first ever 1 -2 finish in the women’s college. make a decision about the 200 or that goal.” “Hopefully my time is yet to 400 at the world championships. ‘Tusedtobea£raidoftheevent,”she 400,” said Johnson, who didn’t It always difficult to compare come to be considered the best in Miles won the race in a seasonal said ‘I’m more comfortable in die compete in the Barcelona Olym- championships, but Johnson said the world or become a world cham­ best 49.82 while Kaiser- Brown 400 now. I’m beginning to like il” Igitol wins Toronto beats Cleveland 6-4 Becker, Amigos Ace By The Associated Press seven innings with five strikeouts In Pittsburgh, John Burkett and no walks. lasted just two innings in his first Courier for July ROBERTO Alomar homered in Royals 3, Twins 2 loss in 2 1/2 months, allowing the first inning for the second In Minneapolis, former Twins homers to Pittsburgh’s Jeff King DAVE Igitol shot a net 65 to win straight game as the Toronto Blue star Gary Gaetti hit a two-run and Carlos Garcia. Burkett (18- post wins the Amigos Ace of the Month for Jays built another quick lead and homer and Jeff Montgomery re­ 5) was trying to become the Na­ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Boris July on Aug. 15 at the Marianas beat the Cleveland Indians 6-4 corded his AL-leading 37th save tional League’s first 19-game Becker, pleased his foot is cm the winner, but was pounded for eight Country Club. Tuesday night in Cleveland. as Kansas City defeated Minne­ mend, defeated Canada’s Andrew The first-place Blue Jays won sota. The Royals snapped the runs on nine hits in his first loss in Facing stiff competition, Igitol Sznajder 6-4,5-7,6-4 on Tuesday their fourth consecutive game and Twins ’ five-game winning streak 11 starts since a 7-1 defeat to relentlessly fired a series of pars in the second round of the $1.04 moved 19 games over .500for the while staying close in the AL West Atlanta on May 28. million US Hardcourt Champi­ to clinch the victory. Norman first time this season. They lead race. Burkett had allowed just 10 onships. (Dung) Tenorio was a close con­ New York by one game. Gaetti, who played for the earned runs combined in winning Jim Courier had an easier time, tender with a net 69. Jack Morris (7-11) benefited Twins for nine seasons, connected his last five starts. He and team­ celebrating his 23rd birthday with “I’m glad I finally get this title,” from a five-run first inning but off Jim Deshaies (11-11) with mate Bill Swift, second in the NL a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jaime said Igitol. “I have been close so barely held on long enough to get Wally Joyner on first base and with 17 wins, were a combined Oncins in a night match. many times.” the win. He lasted five-plus in­ one out in the second inning. 11-1 since the All-Star break. “I’m feeling pretty good,” said Igitol also won the prize for nings, allowing four runs - two of Chris Haney (8-5) pitched the Steve Cooke (7-7) benefited Courier, the No. 2 seed. “It’s good individual low net. Tom Castro them unearned - and eight hits. first five innings for Kansas City, from the Pirates ’ 11 -hit offense to to get one under the belt.” fired for birdies to slip past Jack Cleveland starter Tom Kramer giving up eight hits but just one beat the Giants for the second Becker, the No. 3 seed and (5-3) faced just four batters, and run on Kirby Puckett’s sacrifice time in three starts against them Taitano by one stroke, to win low ranked fourth in the world, with­ all four scored. He started the fly in the fifth. this season. stood a spate of double-faults gross. game by walking Rickey Reds 6, Mets 0 Braves 3, Dodgers 2 Members of the Amigos Golf through the match and played Henderson and Devon White, In Cincinnati, Bobby Ayala In Atlanta, John Smoltz ran his through six deuces in the final Club are requested to attend the prompting a visit from pitching pitched seven innings, and Chris shutout streak to 22 innings game at the Indianapolis Tennis weekly special meetings, on coach Rick Adair. Sabo had a homer and four RBIs against Los Angeles, then Atlanta Center. Wednesday at Joe Rosario’s place, Yankees 11, Rangers 4 as Cincinnati ended a seven-game hung on for its eighth consecutive “It was a good battle, especially 6:30 p.m. Rangers 3, Yankees 2 losing streak. victory. that last game,’’said Becker, sport­ In New York, Juan Gonzalez Reliever Ayala (5-5), making The Braves are 23-8 since the ing a crewcuthairstyle.“He saved hit his AL-leading 36th home run his second start in place of injured All-Star break - the best record in five match points.” S w im C lu b in the sixth inning as Texas beat Tom Browning, stopped the Mets the majors. They trail San Fran- Becker, the 1988 and 1990 US New York for a doubleheader on four hits in his longest outing ciscoby6{ games in the NL West. Hardcourts winner, won in only offers lessons split. In New York’s 11 -4 victory this season. Smoltz (12-9), allowed six hits his third match since reaching the in the opener, Don Mattingly hit a The Reds also got homers from in 7 2-3 innings to beat Ramon Wimbledon semifinals in early THE SAIPAN Swim Club is again three-run homer in a six-run first Joe Oliver and Greg Tubbs - his Martinez (8-8). Smoltz blanked July. conducting swimming lessons inning that chased nemesis Kevin first in the majors - as they broke the Dodgers on two hits until the After defeating Chris Pridham beginning Sept. 4 to Oct. 2 at the Brown (9-9) after just one out and out of a week-long slump. Cin­ sixth when rookie Mike Piazza in his opening match three weeks Kan Pacific swimming pool. 26 pitches. Kenny Rogers (11-7) cinnati had managed just 21 hits hit a two-run homer - his 24th. ago in the Canadian Open, the Lessons will be from 8 a.m. to won his third consecutive start and five runs in its last six games. Greg McMichael got the final German star was beaten by even­ 9:15 a.m. each Saturday morning. and improved his record against Oliver hit a solo homer and four outs for his eighth save. He tual finalist Todd Martin in All levels will be taught. The cost the Yankees to 5-0. He gave up Sabo a three-run shot off Dwight allowed a one-out double to Cory straight sets. will be $20 for the session. four hits in 6 1-3 innings, struck Gooden (11-13), who lasted six Snyder before striking out Tim “It felt kind of strange to be able Please contact Jean Sakovich at out four and walked four. Melido innings. Tubbs hit a solo homer Wallach and pinch hitter Dave to play a match again,” Becker 234-6323, Bill Sakovich at 234- Perez fell to 6-11. off reliever David Telgheder in Hansen to end the game. said. “I wasn’t tired. I was almost 1001, or leave your name and In the opener, Jimmy Key (15- the eighth, and Sabo added an Astros 4, Marlins 0 too loose.” phone number with Jess at the 4) won his third consecutive start, RBI single. In Houston, Darryl Kile pitched Last week, Becker was forced Marpi swimming pool, 322-5226. allowing four runs and 10 hits in Pirates 10, Giants 3 continued on page 15 continued on page 15

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