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(j 11,, •' By Rafael H. Arroyo Another developer· reportedly ready to take over ment for MOM was confirmed Variety News Staff yesterday by Ferr himself. THE GOVERNMENT has ter to fulfill its commitments under ing Base is covered by a compre Meanwhile, the Variety learned The 13-story MDM Resort minated the defaulted land lease the I 987 lease, including its fail hensive public land use plan and that with the Apex deal scrapped, Hotel project is said to consist of agreement for Apex International ure to pay the required rental has previously been designated the Division is now looking for 504 guest rooms, restaurants, Corp. and is currently entertain amounts. as a harbor site for small boats ward to a land lease agreement swimming pools, a health spa, a ing another developer for a pos A recent audit conducted by the and fishery-related activities. with MDM Development Corp. tennis court, baIIrooms, confer sible lease of the same site. Public Auditor's Office of the According to Ferr, the termina for a planned beachside resort ence rooms and a children's ac Assistant Attorney General Dan Apex lease discovered that the tion of the Apex lease was a rec hotel, condominium and marina tivity center. Ferr, who serves as counsel for company owes the government ommendation made by the Public complex in area fronting the Kristo Asked yesterday about the the Public Lands Division, con some $840,000 in rentals and has Auditor in its audit of the land Rai Church in Garapan. MDM Corp. hotel project, acting i. lease deal. firmed that a notice of termina failed to construct its planned The existence of a lease'-"""" agree- ___ __,....,.. ontinued on ~2 i tion has been issued March 27 to hotel/marina complex in the Apex President Hajime Mori. Garapan Fishing Base as stipu Ferr said the termination lated in the lease agreement. I stemmed from Apex's inability The 4.2 hectare Garapan Fish- MVB nixes bill to cut its share in room tax By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff THE MARIANAS Visitors Bureau is opposing a bill that will reduce its· share from the hotel-room tax by 10 percent. The amount equivalent to the 10 percent would go to the building a cultural and performing arts center. • A_·,i: In a letter addressed to.Rep. Ana S. Teregeyo, who introduced ' . ~)II~ HB I 0-188, MVB board chair Antonio S. Guerrero and Manag ing Director Anicia Q. Tomokane said the reduction in the MVB 's share would redound to reduced spending for promotions of the CNMI. They said 60 percent of MVB's total.budget.goes to promo tions.
"As tourism is our major source of revenue, the CNMI should · .... :.: . be spending more money to promote itself and not allow the NMI to regress or stagnate by decreasing promotional funding," ··-~-- Guerrei;o and Tomokane said. They claimed it was largely through aggressive promotional advertising abroad that "we see,'read and hear that the traveling - ·. A mother hblds h_er baby tight for immunization shots about to be administered by attending nurses at the Continued on page 42 Commonwealth Health Center's MCH section. The hospital has encouraged parents to bring their babies for shots as part of Infant Immunization------Week. Borja losing hope RP Petition for alien teachers garners 715 signatures will act on worker ban By Rick Alberto 285 because "within the upcom Variety News Staff By Rafael H. Arroyo Commonwealth will get lifted. ing labor complaints and alle ing weeks it looks like some of the Variety News Staff According to acting Gov. Jesus gations of abuse on Filipino THE ASSOCIATION of Com decisions are gonna be made as far THE CNMI government is on C. Borja, he is close to terminat workers here. monwealth Teachers yesterday as the nonresident teachers (are the verge of losing hope that ing the memorandum of under The ban prompted a number submitted to Gov. Froilan C. concerned)." the current ban on the deploy standing he signed with the Phil of high-level visits from Fili Tenorio and Speaker Diego "We're hoping that the petition ment of Filipino workers to the ippine government due to the pino officials after which came Benavente 715 signatures collected Continued on page 42 latter's "inaction" on its avowed an assurance that the ban will from supporters of 87 terminated lifting of the ban. be lifted soon. alien teachers in an effort to have "I have already told the AG The lifting of the ban got their work contract renewed. that I'm thinking about sending a entangled with a cabinet re The signatures were affixed to a n:::D'> _·.•·-·····1>:. letter to the Philippine saying, vamp initiated by Philippine petition that sought an answer from ·.!.J;;::/11··· •.·::: ...· ... we're sorry, we cannot live up to President Fidel V. Ramos. Up government leaders regarding the ·. U 00 our agreement," said Borja. to now, the ban is still in place, fate of the teachers, most of whom "We're sorry if we hurt your much to the dismay of CNMI are Filipinos. people but it appears that noth officials. Mick Hamilton, an ACT leader ing is going to be resolved and According to Borja, CNMI from the Marianas High School, '. that it perhaps means we may employers may now have to said the signatures were also de have to advise our people to look look at other countries for their livered to Education Commis elsewhere for their employment manpower needs, although the sioner WilliamS. Torres and to the needs," said the acting governor. decision to scrap the labor Board of Education. The Philippine government in MOU is not yet final. The association's goal was to March oflast year stopped send "Keep in mind, I am just collect at least 1,000 signatures, ing certain categories of contract thinking about it. I may change but Hamilton said they decided to submit the signatures yesterday -Partly cloudy Jesus C. Borja workers to the CNMI due to pend- C~ntinued on page 42 even if the number fell short by ------(~
2-I\IARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 19, 1996 FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 N. Korea plans more incursions i· SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - military. heightened alert. There have any peace measures must be istry and other administration North Korea is planning new North Korea caused alarm since been no further commu discussed by the two Koreas. agencies, he said. 19 new copsjoin DPS military border incursions by early this month by nullifying nist incursions into the demili In the new planned incur The scholar said that the mobilizing 1,000 tanks and the armistice that ended the tarized zone that separates the sion, he said North Korea North's hard-liners also By Ferdie de la Torre nine recruit,. 10.000 troops to press its de 1950-53 Korean War. It then two Koreas. would amass 1,000 tanks and showed strong obj Variety News Staff Acting Gov. Jesus Borja led the mand for direct peace negotia marched heavily armed troops The North Korean moves 10,000 troops in a highly vis ection to President Clinton· s NINETEEN newpoliceofficershave government dignitaries in congratu tions with the United States, a into the neutral border village were widely seen as an effort ible prairie inside the 4 kilo proposal for four-party peace joined the CNMI' sDepartment of lating the graduates he called the report said Thursday. of Panmunjom on three to force the United States to meter (2.5 mile) wide DMZ talks involving the United Public Safety. "guardians ofpublic safety." The South Korean newspa straight nights. start negotiations with it to on the central front-line, called States. China and the two Membersofthe I3thPoliccCycle Borja reminded the officers that per Hankyoreh Shinmun said Each time, the troops with replace the 1953 Korean ar "the iron triangle," the site of Kore as. took oath ofoffice administered by their primary purpose is "to protect in a Beijing-datelined report drew without incident. But mistice with a peace treaty, some of the fiercest fighting Clinton and South Korean Superior Court Presiding Judge the life, limb and property and not to that an ethnic Korean scholar South Korea immediately put snubbing rival South Korea. during the Korean conflict. President Kim Young-sam Alexandro C. Castro during instill fear." in China became aware of the its 650,000-member army on Washington maintains that "Their plan to do this in a proposed after their meeting yesterday's graduation ceremony at DPS CommissionerJoseM. Castro North Korei.ln plan during his ------·------. highly visible area is obvi on the southern resort island the Diamond Hotel. urged the new recruits to help their recent visit to Pyongyang. ous," the paper quoted him as of Chej u Tuesday that the Police Officer I Clement R. superiors, supervisors and show re ··1 fed obliged to disclose saying. Observers believe that four-party talks could arrange Bem1udes was narnedcla~s' valedic spect to their co-workers particularly this. because I think that the the North apparently chose the a new peace mechanism on torian. He is the son ofConnie Reyes the community they must serve. mows being pushed by some border village of Panmunjom the Korean peninsula. Bem1udesandJuanDLG.Bennudes. Castro said with the new gradu hard-liners in the party and for its earlier incursions to North Korea. which insists Officer Eddie I-Chih Chen was the ates, DPS still needs more law en military are dangerous and can attract world attention. on a two-way meeting between salutatorian. Chen, son of Cheng forcement officers to reduce crimes hurt the future of the Korean Hard-liners, mostly from the it and the United States, has Chen-Pin and Myra Chen, is the first in the Commonwealth. people." the unidentified military, clash often with mod yet to respond officially to the: Chinese policeman ofthe DPS. The nine Saipan officers are Jerry scholar said in an interview erates from the Foreign Min- new proposal. JasonT. Tarkonggrabbedthethird L. Ayuyu; Clement R. Bermudes; with Hankyoreh. placewhi]eJerryL.Ayuyureceived Julian R_ Camacho; Eddie I-Ch eh Hankyoreh. known for its the"TopGun"awardforrulingthe Chen; Eric F. David; Elden M. Dela ..:riticism of the Seoul govern Israeli attacks resume, i gunshootingtraining. Cruz; VictorV.Hocog;FrederickL. ment and the United States, Of the 19 officers, nine are as Sato; and Jason T. Tarkong. . Act~ng Gov. Jesus Borja {left) and DPS Commissioner Jose M. Castro troop the line of the new police officers~ signed on Saipan, seven on Rota and For Rota are James M. Calvo;Joel reportedly maintains good con truce plans underway durmg yesterday's graduation ceremony at the Diamond Hotel. tact with North Korea and three on Tinian. G. Charfauros; Jonathan D. Garces; sources close 10 the hard-line By SAM F. GHATIAS face missile hit, police said. The cadets had completed rigid John W. King; AlbertT. Manglona; communist country. BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Is Helicopter gunships blasted sevenmonthsofacademicand physi Glen L. Maratita; and Steve M. The paper said the ethnic Ko raeli warplanes blasted an apart Hezbollah positions on the edge cal training conducted by different Mendiola NMC president: Gov't treats rean scholar in China, from ' ment building in a south Leba of an Israeli-occupied border , instructors from DPS and Northern The three for Tinian include whom it obtained the informa , non village Thursday, killing enclave in the country's south Mariana~ College. Ramona P. Cabrera ( the on! y lady tion. enjoys good relations with seven people, including four east, firing six air-to-surface SaipanDPS has now a total of 142 member of the cycle); Patrick A. the college as a 'step child' police officers, including the new Manglona; and Mathew C. Masga. \'orth Korean leaders in the children, and injuring 10, mili missiles. By Rick Alberto nual increases. human resources, on know-hows from government, ruling party and tary sources said. The Iranian-backed Shiite ' Variety News Staff "We' re considered as stepchild of theoutsideratherthan know-hows from The attack was on the village Muslim guerrillas ofHczbollah, Power outage tomorrow THEpresidentoftheNorthemMarianas the government," McPhetressaid. within." of Nabatiyeh Fayqah, which is or Party of God. did not tire any College has complained the govern- She pointed out that the legislature McPhctres wa, thankful thatthecur ~~? adjacent to the main market town Katyusha rockets on northern THECO.MMONWEALTHUtilitiesCorporationremindscentralSaipan men tis treating theNMC merely as a appropriated "sufficient"fundforthe rentandpreviouslcgislarures weresup of Nabatiyeh in southern Leba on Israel Thursday. . resident~ about a power outage scheduled for tomorrow ,April 20. "stepchild" that does not deserve the college but that the appropriation was porti ve of tl1e college. non. Forty-nine people have been i TheCommunity Utility hasbeenaskedtorelocatepowerpolesattheNavy same favored treatment a, theelemen- vetoed by Tenorio. She said that in the past she had to I Civil defense rescuers mshed killed and I 94 wounded in eight Hill intersection of the Commonwealth Health Center and American taiyandsecondaryschoolsin the Pub- Thecollegeanticipatesa$ l .4-mil- "fight" for funding. 1 to the scene to try to pull the days of battles, according to 11g • Memorial park, CUC said in a news release. lic School System. \ion deficit for personnel and opcra- "W c have to educate \he politicians, RSM wounded and dead from under ures from Lebanese police and OfficialssaytheworkisimperativefortJafficsafety. Boththepowerpoles AgnesM. McPhetresexplained that tions. the leaders of the role ofhighcrecluca the rubble. Bulldozers were from Israel. Most of the fatali and high voltage electrical wires will be transferred to anew location away for the last three years the college's The NMC president said "all the tion in the development of a country, in PRINTERS A South Korean military commander looks through a viewfinder of a budgetappropriationhasremainedat money" had been poured on the el- thedevelopmentofthe economy," she '?M-~I camera with a telescopic lens as he checks the North Korean side at called in and the sources said the ties have been Lebanese civil from the traffic flow. $4.8 million. ementary and secondary education said. Tel: 322-3043 the demilitarized zone near the border village of Panmunjom, north of casualty toll was expected to rise. ians. W cathcr pennitting, the power outage will begin at 9 amSaturday. Itis Seoul. South Korean forces are on alert as armed North Korean troops The building had been used hy The fighting has largely been important for customers to realize that the power poles that are being McPhetres said NMC' s budget for since these are "mandatory" while col- McPhetresalsosaid lhecollege needs Fax: fiscal year I 996wasoneofthoseline- legeeducationis not. 322-5305 marched in the DMZ again. AP photo families who defied Israeli or on Lebanese territory in the south relocated aaommodate two separate electrical systems: Feeders One and money for the hiring ofmore staffs "be itemvetoedbyGov.FroilanC.Tenorio. "What they fail to see is that the causetheenrollmcntisgmwing. '' ders and stayed in the region and as far north as Beirut and the j Three, therelea,;;esaid. "We' re actually funded the same college provides viable economic de- following a week ofintense fight ancient city of Baalbek in the Therefore,whenthepowerpolesandhighvoltagewirescomedown,the She said there are courses that.the level of three years ago," she told the velopment," she said. college needs to offer but that "we ing. eastern Bekaa Valley. powcroutage will affect customers on both systems: from the Lower Base ~~~UREs Variety Wednesday. "If you don't train teachers to teach couldn't hire new faculty because we The three-story building took Some 400,000 southerners power plant U:> to Puerto Rico, down Middle Road to Navy Hill, the ~ . rt ,r· McPhetressaidthatwhiletheappro- in the school," she explained, "you'll don't have the money.·• a direct air-to-surface missile hit, have been driven from their , CommonwealthHealthCenterand portionsofGarapan. ChalanLaulauand , •.-~e~ priation forpersonnel had remained the never raise the level of the school sys- The money that government appro iii' . ~" ~ said the sources, speaking in towns and villages. , GualoRaitoSanJose,SusupeandportionsofChalanKanoa. .,.. ·'?: ' c::::> sarne, the money that the college ha, to tem. Ifyou don't graduate nurses we priates annually for the NMC is onlv ""1:1 :=2 -·.··· south Lebanon on condition of At least 17,000 people have ' This Saturday' soutagewill begin at9am. All powerwill be restored by pay in retirements and annual incre- will continue to depend on importing forthe salaries and other benefits o·f [)fff anonymity. heen evacuated from northern i ; 6pm. ments for faculty and staff had in- nurses so we will never reach the ideal faculty and administrative staff ' Customen; who need additional infomiation are encouraged to cont.act Tue Gift lhat The deaths occurred amid Is Israel. cn:a.~ed. situation where we wa!ll to be eco- The college gets the money it uses raeli air and artillery attacks, Israel's Operation Grapes of i either CUC' s Corporate Communications or Power Distribution personnel On the other hand, the PSS, it was nomicalJy self-sufficient. We'll al- for operations from the tuition and Loves -rou Eack · which resumed in the morning Wrath began April 11 with the pointed out, get its appropriation an- ways be depending on importation of other student fees. ! at322-4033. ------·-----·-·------...... - --·------·-·----·---- Exotic Birds• Parrots • Canaries • as the United States issued what aim of enc.ling noss-border Cockaliels •Parakeets• Love Birds• .1 amounted to a call for a cease rm:ket attacks. AKC PUPPIES Dog (;roon1i11g ;froi/(1/J/e fire in the 8°dav-old hostilities. In 1985, lsrnelon:upieda440- ' U.S. State Department spokes- squarc-milc (I, I 00-squ:irc-ki Budget reduction not to affect C Store Hours: Monday to Friday man Nicholas Bums said that if lometcr) region in southern By Mar-Vic C. Munar CNMI that Washington is com governmrnt is doing to meet the the available money. 10am to 6pm • Hezbollah made the first move: Lebanon to halt such attacks. in seven y<.!ars which is sup Saturday mitted "to finish out" its obliga "matching requirement"undcrthe "We arc not against the Kagman ' by halting its rocket attacks on The United States, Israel's Variety News Staff posed to start in fiscal y<.!:H 10am to 5pm tion. 1992 pact. project," Heggestad said. "Our Sund:Jy-Closed : northern Israel, the Clinton ad main ally, has blamed Helbollah THE OFFICE of Insular Affairs 1996. In a March 27 statement sub ''I'm here to make sure that concern is to make sure that the , ministration believed Israel for triggering the escalation by has requested a budget of $305.2 "Pending legislation, sup mitted to the US House Subcom things are going smoothly; that money available will actually would stop its retaliatory attach. firing r()(;kets on Israel anti has million for fiscal year 1997. Such ported by the administration mittee on appropriations, Stay man projects are being built; and that build something and this is our "Ournbjectiveis to as quickly blocked attempts to condemn budget proposal, according to In and incorporated in the fiscal said "fundamental commitments everybody understands the basic problem with Kagrnan project." ''Will you let termites eat up as possible end the fighting," the Jewish state at the United sular Affairs Director Allen year 199(, conkrenL·c bill. will to US insular areas \\'ere inad relationship in the process for The interior oflrcial said it is · Burns told reporters traveling Nations. Stayman, is the "lowest since fully fund the ncgotiarcd fi equately funded in the past be getting money." Heggestad said now up to the local government to our invest111ent?'' . with President Clinton in Japan The United States and France. 1985." nancial al!rccmcnt with the cause they competed for limited in a briefing with reporters before decide if it wants to push through Com 111 on\;. ea l I h g" ,. er nm en t : on Thursday. Lebanon's former colonial ruler However, budget director for discretionary appropri,\tions." leaving Saipan yesterd.iy after with the project. But CNMI has to · In southern Lebanon, Israeli and a traditional supporter, are insular affairs Dave Heggcstad by apprnprialing and allocat CALL: said the reduced budget proposal Under the 1992 agreement be noon. finJ a local source of funding for ing to the Conm1ormealth S 11 ; fighter jets began the day with a trying separately to broker an tween the US and the CNMI. the Heggestad assessed that the it, he added. million annual for thL' t1L'\t · raid on suspected Hezbollah armistice. won't affect the federal local government would match CNMI is using the federal money As for the 1997 budget pro seven years," Stavman said. :. guerrilla targets in the market U.S. Secretary of Stale War- , government's previous funding the $120 pledged by the federal "wisely." posal for insular areas, the The legislation. lie added, real : town of Nabatiyeh at li:45 a.m. ren Christopher worked the commitment to the CNMI, spe government, which means the There was, however, a proposed CNMI would have a share of lcH;ates the balam.:e of the S27 .7 (0345 GMT). phones with the leaders of Israel cifically the $120 million appro CNMI would also have to pro project turned down by the inte $1 l million from it. Of this million annual appropriations to Helicopter gunships and in and Syria, which has 40,000 priation for local infrastructures. duce$ l 20 million to fund its $240 riordepartment. This was the con amount, $3 million would be termittent artillery fire soon fol troops in Lebanon and is the "The reduced budget (for 1997) meet other high priorities." struction of Kagman School. allocated for labor and immi lowed. dominant power there. docs not have any practical impli million infrastructure projects. Stayman reminded the !louse Heggestad came to Sai pan for a The interior department had gration. One person was killed and nine French Foreign Minister cation here in the Common subcommittee that "until Con two-visit to monitor grant pro appropriated only S4 million for This is pursuant to a pend wounded when a Nahatiyeh Herve de Charette has visited wealth," Heggestad told a press gress enacts new legislatirn1. the the school project, but theCNMI' s ing proposal in Congress to PH .. 234-8794 e FAX 235-6868 house took a direct air-to-sur- Israel, Syria and Lebanon. briefing. grams and infrastructure devel tiscal year ! 992 funding Incl ,1f The funds are in place, opments in the Commonwealth, public works department came give the CNMI $77 million in $27. 7 million is mandated to con Heggestad said as he ~ssured the and to find out what the local up with a plan that cost more than Covenant funding spread out tinue." .. · .. · ...... '' '.'' .. ' .. '., .. ' . . ' . . . . '' t I I'' I• '''•'I'' FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 -MARIANAS V ARIEJY NEWS AND VIEWS-S 4-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 19, 1996 JACK ANDERSON and MICHAEL BINSTEIN WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND @ 1.1:ITl:lf S TC Tl·II: l:l)ITCI?
r- ·<:: ····· -,······· ····-; -·~.: ·· · '"'': ·C::,: •·• • •·• ····:-~. ,<--~,.,·· •·. ····, .. ,,,,..... :.~,,:.. ,-.: .. w.-: ... :.~:::.:.,:.: ..,,,:.:.~,-.:.:.,. ·.·:· -:·:·.::)::-: ·:·:·:·; ;: ; : ; · ···-· ;,· .,.,,,.,., .... -·-;.w-·· ··· .·. ·, .. ..-,,.:,.,:;-·-·.· · · · CIA comes to terms CNMI teenagers very lucky with French faux pas Dear Editor: at night and hardly ever be both In last Wednesday's PON, 1 saw I am writing to tell you how lucky ered. You can meet up with friends a picture of three girls in Guam and WASHINGTON -The Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed WOULDN'T LIFE 8E 5/MPLER IF teens are in the CNMI. Here many and hang out next to the beach the headline read, ''This place isn't a story we broke last May detailing how a sex scandal in the for,:ign teens get chances to experience fun without someone coming up and safe anymore." In Guam, I hear EVERYONE SPoKE EHGLJSH? intelligence community created an international uproar - and -gave and enjoyment. In some parts of ask for trouble. ·-·-·-·-·-· .. ,::x::/ many stories about gangs and vio the United States a black eye. the world, teens have curfew and if In Guam, wherever you go you lence. In the CNMI, there are gangs The French government made waves in February 1995 when it they disobey this curfew then they always have to watch out and make but most of the time the peace is Choose developers wisely expelled five CIA agents stationed in Paris for conducting political and are brought to jail for about 24 sure you' re in a safe place." It is so kept and the problems between them economic espionage. hours. unfair. Why can't people just be as are internal. THE RECENT discovery made by the Public Auditor's Office about As we reported last year, the rare diplomatic brawl between the two Here in the CNMI there is only carefree as Saipan is? I answered Most teens roam wherever they lease violations committed by Apex Corp. should serve as an eye traditional allies was triggered by sensitive information the French one place that has a curfew for her question with pride, "In the please. Respecting other, villages opener and a warning for the government. minors and that is Hotel Street. CNMI there is peace among most government obtained from a female CIA agent in Paris. Classified U.S. and turfs is the right thing to do. The fact that Apex did not fully fulfill its financial obligations and Many minors or teens are usually races. Sometimes people do have This letter is to tell CNMl teens intelligence reports we had access to alleged that the agent passed the accompanied by an older teen or problems and there is violence once also reneged on its avowed plans to build a hoteVmarina complex on how lucky could they be in such an secrets to a French official with whom she was romantically involved. adult. in a while but most of the time, all enjoyable. entertaining and care the beachside near the Horiguchi Building should make our leaders A knowledgeable intelligence source told us that the CIA' s inspector A while ago, I met a ,girl from we think of is FUN and enjoying free environment. realize that care and caution should be employed when deciding on general is issuing a new report that reveals the agency was indeed trying Guam. She really loves Saipan. life. We also mind our own busi Sincerely, who to give our precious public lands. to steal economic secrets from French companies and trade officials. She said "In Saipan you can go out ness and let others have fun too." S. Y. The fact that the Commonwealth seriously ·needs an economic shot The classified report also confirms that the mission was compromised in the arm should be no justification for a haphazard and hasty by the agent's sexual dalliance. The report comes on the heels of a high-profile Senate hearing that Studying abroad a good experience approach when dealing with land lease approvals. examined extent of economic espionage by friendly nations in the Dear Editor: sending Haole people off-island for liberty unless she has herown defi At a lime when dollars are hard to come by, the need to manage and United States. Chaired by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who heads the I was reading an article yester seminars, training and other so nition. Let the students and parents dispose of our precious land wisely and properly could not be better Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the hearing found that many day regarding students going abroad called government business trips choose where to send them to emphasized than right now. American companies have had their economic secrets stolen by foreign for higher education. Mrs. other than locals. school. I for one would never take McPhetres said that it was a waste True, the worldwide economy is in such a bad shape that normally governments, adding up to billions of dollars in annual losses. Remember these people can pack a course at our so-called college. of CNMI government money send up and leave anytime, Saipan is not eager developers from the Japan, the US, Korea and other rich nations The bungled French affair shows that America· s hands are not clean The facility itself used to be a hos ing these students abroad when they their home, and so why should they pital. Remember every hospital are adopting a wait-and-see attitude before taking the investment when it comes economic espionage. The only difference is that our can take certain courses that are care if they stay or not. I think that has a morgue. What class is being plunge. mistake-prone CIA got caught. Intelligence sources say the French flap offered here. Well, I lhink she is it is too late for the college to say taught in what used to be a morgue. More often than not we have seen how investors seem to hold on to is illustrative of the same kind of bureaucratic bungling and indiffer missing the point. that its a waste of CNMI govern human anatomy? their capital tightly, hedging for better times ahead. But this should not ence that allowed Aldrich Ames to compromise American secrets for When students travel abroad they ment money because the law was Let's face it, students learn more gain experience in life. think that be reason for us here in the Commonwealth to lower our guard and nine years before being caught. I changed. I know of some students and are more comfortable learning Like Ames, the agent in France operated in an organizational culture is the main study that these students that got the loan yet never com in a very nice atmosphere and a readily accept the offers that our coming our way. in desperate need of reform. The new CIA report admits that agency that travel abroad go through. Life pleted their education. Now that state of the art facility. Let us not Government leaders should not make it a practice to roll down.the Salute to a Pioneer of Marianas Tourism officials let the agent continue her spying even after they discovered abroad without mon and dad is very was a waste of money. start talking about a waste of CNMI educational. red carpet at the first callers lest we may find ourselves falling prey to One of the island's pioneer of tourism, Mr.Joaquin surpass the US in the year 2000. that she was carrying on an affair with the French official she was She talked about freedom. I don't government's money. Money here I think the CNMI government is know but the dictionary says that in the CNMI is better spent on edu- glib-talking businessmen who promise a lot yet have not much to offer LG. Sablan (Pitu) was called to his eternal rest after a I wish that he lived a little longer in that with a targeting. spending most of the tax money freedom is enjoyment of personal in terms of economic returns. short bout with cancer. He died quietly in his Dandan visionary like him, we would have done exceedingly well ''The issue here is that we have another Ames case," one intelligence Contrnued on page 42 Even if the CNMI had in the past earned quite a reputation of home in the presence of his family and relatives. in our dealings with the economic power of the next source told our associate Ed Henry. "The CIA culture wanted to protect Local custom dictates that I address him "Tun Joaquin" millennium. I am sure that his business associates will subjecting investors to an agonizing maze of bureaucratic red tape, this woman rather than real! y discipline her." because he is my uncle and an elderly relative. miss him for his intellectual acuity and contribution for ( No to Villagomez's proposal I While Ames was stopped in his tracks once CIA officials learned of adopting a lenient entry for just anyone with rosy plans is not the Tun Joaquin's success story in business started both the tourism industry and the economic well-being of Dear Editor: The Senate apparently disagrees. identified by their race, color, or answer. nearly three decades ago when he and his wife Nan the Northern Marianas Community. May he live in his betrayal the Paris agent was allowed to stay on the CIA payroll even We live in the Northern Mariana In Senate Bill 10-7, authored by ancestry -from exercising their fun We may have seen that deregulation may be a growing trend among Chong established and operated a small mom and pop everlasting peace and I humbly ask that we remember after she flunked a lie detector exam that tipped off agency officials to Islands, which is still a democracy, Sen. Thomas P. Villagomez, citi damental right to vote. nations who are out to entice foreign capital, but being too loose, it store in Chalan Piao fondly known on the island as the him and his family in our thoughts and prayers. Si Yuus the indiscretion. right? As citizens, we enjoy the zens who are not of Norther I hope that either the House or the "Pitu Store". Maase Tun Joaquin for all your heart felt commitment Instead of firing the agent, the CIA allowed her to continue handling constitutional right to equal protec Marianas descent could no longer Governor will recognize the un should be noted, also has its dangers and we have to be cognizant of In 1973, Tun Joaquin endeavored into what was and contribution to make life better for your people in sensitive cases. Intelligence reports show the CIA claimed it could not tion of the laws regardless of race, vote on constitutional amendments constitutionality of this bill and that. then just a budding tourism industry and found em these pearly isles. fire the agent because she was so distraught that she might have color, or ancestry. We also have relating to Article X,II of the Con never allow it to become law. Leaders should be much more conscious of the high standards of ployment with Micronesia Tours. Two years later **** overreacted and leaked even more information to the French if the the fundamental right to vote, cor stitution. The bill therefore de Sincerely, fiduciary care expected of them when deciding on who should get the recognizing the "alluring potential" of tourism in the Guine gi mapos na semana, ha diiigo un' sainata as agency severed its tics to her. rect? prives a certain class of persons - Tred Eyerly CNMI, he founded his own tour company, Saipan opportunity of using our most precious of resources. Seiior Joaquin LG. Sablan, mas matuiigoiia komo si Tun "She said, 'I will not be fired!"' explained one intelligence source. Tour Services (STS), which he and his family oper Joaquin Pitu. Dispues de gera, machochu' si Tun Joaquin lsn 'tit quite interesting to note that the violations oflease conditions ated for the last sixteen years. gi depattamenton i Navy. Gi trenta aiios dispues, ha "So the agency caved in and said, 'OK, we'll make you a contract Kudos to seat belt bill's author being uncovered by the Public Auditor nowadays are those that have In the late 1980s, Tun Joaquin joint ventured with tutu hon un' tendan dikiki' gi ha gas lugat niha giya employee."' Dear Editor: before lawmaker finally realize the should be made applicable to all been approved by the previous administrations when developers are theJAL Group and established what is today a kading Chalan Piao yan i asaguaiia as Nan Chong. Meanwhile, the agent kept spilling secrets to the French through her I don't know when.will e ever safety benefits of seat belts. Now the islands. literally being made to go through the eye of a needle before they can tour company in the Marianas--STS Enterprises, Dispues de ennao, machochu' gi Micronesia Tours, lover. She reportedly disclosed the identities of the spies in our learn! Years·back the set belt law I wonder who the families of those It is indeed sad that we learn get their projects going? Inc. Up until the day he died, he was president of STS un' kompanian turista guine. Bastara ke men halom na embassy, the names of CIA agents in Paris, and the locations of safe went into effect on Saipan. Rota deceased ones are to blame for only after tragic events visited upon Enterprises, Inc., a company that employs more than taotao, ha tutuhon lokue' kompaniaiia yan JAL Group. houses there. and Tinian was exempt for I don't what could have saved the Jives of us. Rep. Vicente Atalig deserves Would it be wrong then for some of us to assume that years from forty people. He also established the Dandan Shell 'Nai ha taitai na mauleg yan homlo' para kinalamteniia i The House and Senate intelligence committees are now privately know what reasons! It has been their loved ones. The rule here is applause for introducing legisla now, we may see more leaseholders folding up because we have been gas station. bisnis turista, ha apattague' ya ha establese i Saipan reviewing the classified damage assessment by the CIA's inspector very difficult for me to compre if it's a matter that involves safety, tion that will now make it manda too accommodating today? In January of 1994, the Saipan Chamber of Com Tourist Enterprise ya ha maneha yan familiaiia disi sais general in an attempt to figure out who should be held accountable. The hend why such a legislation ex then let it apply Commonwealth tory for Rota and hopefully Tinian clude Rota and Tinian. Safety is a wide. For that matter, any legisla to use seat belts. With the Apex lease terminated and another new one coming in to merce, in recognition of his vision for tourism, busi (16) aiios na tiempo estake matto haanen ma'agaiigiia. CIA' s former station chiefin Paris has already retired in anticipation of matter that does not need to be tion that addresses the good of the take over, we hope that the government would be wise enough to ness successes, personal contributions to the island Para un' men halom, kalagtos na hinason taotao yan the scathing report while the chief of the agency's Europe division is and his entrepreneurial spirit, he was awarded the dueiio gi kompania, humuhuyoiig maiigone turista para u political. It took several deaths whole lot of the Commonwealth V.C. CAMACHO discern worthy investors from the not-so-worthy ones. expected to be called on the carpet. "Businessman of the Year" for 1993. fanue' empleaoiia na parehogue' yan siha manman aliligao The whereabouts-and personnel status--of the Paris agent who We must learn to really ask ourselves whether the investors we are Tun Joaquin's successes in bu~iness came through para i familian niha. Lunues poi Junes ha planeneha hafa enticing are worth the land we will be losing. whattheChamberofCommercereiterated "hardwork, para u chogue. J filosofiaiia gaige na hana' tatkilo i onru compromised the agency is still a secret. You W..VE so M\lC.11 io Land, after all, is one wealth we and the future generations can fall hardwork and hardwork". He was an unassuming gi mas eh a hafa na kinimi te. Mas hana · baliiia inaiigogho BACK.ROOM BANTER- Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. privately SAY A~UT MY fETllS ... paid President Clinton a backhanded compliment recently. back on when times get rough, one that is not increasing nor decreas man, quiet, humble and superbly bright. He speaks giya guiya sa' sumen presiso gi relasion todo taotao kao \'lHA.i t)O '\'Ol.l 'r\.&,.VE Chamorro, English and was very fluent in both spo bisnis osino gi petsonat na manera. Estague' na klasen Shelby, who switched parties in 1994 partially over personal battles ing. io SAY A~T tt\£? ken and written Japanese. taotao si Tun Joaquin. with the president, can still barely contain his contempt for Clinton. But Let us make sure that we can get the most benefit out of every square I know that Tun Joaquin's vision was beyond Kariiiosu yan ha komprende hafa linala'. Seso teiiga behind closed doors he displayed grudging respect for the president's foot of land we lease out. tourism. He saw a need for a certain venture that also 'an mamahanyo' gi tendan niha, hulie' mona un' amko political skills. Twenty-five years is surely a very long time for an unworthy deals with his people. But I will leave that venture to ha kikilili' Iatan bentoiia sa pago tumutunog ginen i bus When Clinton released his 1997 budget two weeks ago, Shelby investor to take hold of something that is of utmost importance to us. be unraveled by his family. It is a vision that will i Navy. Mampos ha gomgum korasonho dispues 'nai u joined some fellow GOP senators and aides in a small room just off the bring back what was once our forte-a sense of matuiigo ham mas hihot piot guine gi kuatro aiios na Let's urge our leaders to choose wisely. Senate floor. Shelby sidled up to a stranger and said he could not believe community. Hopefully this vision will come into tiempo. Hana' hanidosuyo' sa' maseha esta amko, ti fruition which will stay in this community as his way pumara machochu' para i familiaiia. Un· mauleg yan how shameless-and smart- Clinton was for proposing most of the of saying Si Yuus Maase for your generosity. malag na modu si Tun Joaquin para todo man hoben sa' spending cuts to take effect after he left the White House. Tun Joaquin lived right next door where I grew up i estoriaiia mauleg na espehos para todo dumiseha "Don't you wish we could get away with putting out a budget like in what's known among our people as Lali Four. His bumisnis yan u matetuye gumana gi gasgas na manera that?" Shelby whispered. "I really can't believe this guy. I would be humble demeanor and sense of humility was a rare i peso. Toda i ha gana para i familiafia ginen ashamed to release something like that-ashamed. Wouldn't you be?" quality for a man known among his classmates (J apa, masahalomfia. nese Administration) as the brightest in his class. I Lao guaha un' mas maog' na kontribusion ha polu etters to the editor are welcome on any subject so Jong as ...... •..• iii ~l~<>·• compare him to the likes of former Supreme Court para i taotaota si defunto. Este na pakete siempre ha they are hand-signed (no photocopied signatures please.) · Abed~P~Y~n!s .··· Justice Jose Dela Cruz. Both share a sense of humility kone hit tatte gi hagas metgot na sensian komunida gi LLetters addressed to other publications or to third parties Rafael H. Arroyo ...... Editor and each was successful in his field of endeavor. entalo' Chamorro yan Carolinas. Baiho polu este na are discouraged. I know too that he's quietly discussed with renown asunto ya si Nan Choiig yan i famaguoniia u binaba gi Faxed letters are allowed, so long as there is a voice P.O. Box 231, Saipan MP 96950-0231 Member of Japanese media his personal concerns about invest propio na okasion. Bai ho faisen hamyo ginen i humidde telephone number for verification, as are uElectronic mail" Tel. (670) 234-6341/7578/9797/9272 The Associated Press [AP] ment in the islands and what trend, i.e., tourism na patte gi korason miyo na in hahaso si Tun Joaquin gi 1&11a.llS1~Cl!lll&!l Letters endorsing particular political candidates are not en Fax: (670) 234-9271 should take as we saturate mega-resort development ATIONAL tinayuyot miyo. Para todos i animumo sainaho pot couraged and all letters are subject to editing for length and ~ 1996, Marianas Variety NEWPAPER with an 18-hole golf course as a component. He's met ekonomian Marianas, hunanae' hao mit grasias pot ti un' All Rights Reserved )';.,..~ id ASSOCIATION and discussed tourism and other investment schemes malefan iiaihon i tumatitiye hao komo uno gi mas respetao content. All letters remain the property of the Variety. with the world's second economic power destined to na amko' mame. Si Yuus gachoiigmo. Si Yuus Maase!. , t' 6-MAR!ANAS VARil:TY_N_E\\'_S_AND ~IEWS-FRIDA Y-APRIL 1_9._1_2_92_ ___ ---~----- FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEWS-7 ------~- ·------
I• CHC urges infant immunization i PR! 0 R towidesp=d i rnmunization, Ei g.hty-five (85) peri:ent ofthe cases This is an improvement over last children need vaccination before greatest challenges is tracking Island m.edia scrutinized By Mar-Vic C. Munar try to pry into their own secrets. the time. though, he said. i nkc·riou sdiseases killed ordisabled were in Chamorros. Carolinians and years figures of only 74% of two entering elementary school. down delinquent children who are Variety News Staff The seminar was sponsored by One question was raised: "Why other Micronesians, mostly from FSM thl iusands ofchi ldren each year. years olds. The goal of the Di vision About 90% of children entering behind on their immunizations. CALL it reversal of roles: Mem the Society of Professi6nal Jour does (unpleasant) story about a Tensofthousandsofcasesof para and Palau. There were several com of Public Health is to achieve 90% school for the first time are up to This is complicated by the fact bers of the press yesterday faced nalists and the Commonwealth relative of a government official plications from the measles, and sev l:,tic polio,andanaver.igeof 450.000 coverage of all children. date. However, waiting until that many people are frc4uently scrutiny from people they nor Council For the Humanities. appeal to the press1" me asks cases were reported annu eral people had to be hospitalized. In order to prevent outbreaks of school-age to up-date your child's moving on and off island. mally scrutinize. Prof. Tom Brislin, a journalism To which Brislin replied: The Countries with excellent vaccine ally in the United States and its terri diseases, we must achieve 90% or immunization places your child The goal of National Infant Im Administration officials. legis professor from Hawaii, talked misbehavior of a relative tends to tories, programs. that loosened their poli better. Every parent and every and the community at great risk. munization Week is to raise lators and business leaders threw about some of the ethical and indicate the government official's These grim findings were noted by cies, have shown sudden resurgence child must do their part to protect The Division of Public Health awareness about immunization questions; the reporters replied. moral dilemmas journalists have incompetency in executing the CHC' s Primary Health Care Divi of vaccine preventable disease, and the entire community. would like to work closely with issues and encourage members of At the seminar entitled "Ethics to deal with while inside the news Jaw." sion as it encouraged the public to many deaths in children. This is Parents understand the :mpor parents, community organiza ourcommunity to protect our chil in the CNMI Legislature, the Press room-not to mention the pres As in the case of other sectors take part in National Infant Immuni specially true forpertussis(whoop tance of immunization but many tions, and schools to keep every dren from deadly diseases by im and your Government," held at sure of deadline. of the society, Brislin says, the zation Week. ing cough) in some European coun are unaware that the majority of one infonned about the need for munizing on time. Please en the Aqua Resort Club, He alw spoke about why the Fourth Estate is confronted with 'TheCNMiwasfortunatetobegin tries. vaccinations need to be adminis courage your family and friends immunizations and the impor ncwsmakers managed to get a media, under certain circum situations that are "universal" in an active immunization program un In the CNMI, the Di vision of Pub tered before a child's second birth tance of accurate immunization to properly vaccinate their chil glimpse of some of the "trade stances, decide the way they do. nature, as well as questions that dert.he CS Navy administmtion in the lic Health has instiruted policies for day. It is commonly known that records. One of the Division's dren. secrets" of the people who always May be not necessarily right all require contemplation to answer. late 1950s. Today the Division of children to receive vaccinations Consider these: "What is my Public Health offer.; thisser:ieewith against nine diseases: diphtheria, teta professional function in the soci out charge to children," a news re nus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, ety and what demand does that lease fro; CHC ~aid. rubella, hepatitis Band Hemophilus Aggie Muster event Sunday Court issues ruling on function place on me? Do I chal Tom Brislin The measles epidemic in theCNMI influenza type b. It is hoped that THE SAIPAN Muster Chair, Celebration will be held on lenge emotional loyalties and look of J993- l 994hadover I 20casesof hepatitis A will also be included in Miss Kathryn Ladoulis, '9 I, Sunday April 21 from noon to realistically at differences be big role in keeping democracy decreased to the point that it is diagnosed measles. Over90%ofthe this list soon. has presented an invitation for 3 pm at Kilili Beach Park, tween conditions loyalties and alive. fouling the democratic machine," cases were in people who had no In the CNMI, only about 83% of land disputed since '91 all former students, spouses, Susupe, Saipail at the loyalties demanded by my role? Inanarticlehewroteinthe Feb.18 Brislin wrote. record of prior measles (MMR) vac children under the age of2 years are parents of students, and loyal Minachom Atdao Pala Pala. Do I remain sufficiently well-in issue of the Honolulu Advertiser, "The country's founder knew cination. up-to-date with all their vaccinations. THE SUPERIOR Court has issued a recover Pun tan Flores. "friends" of Texas A&M to Please bring a dish to share, formed to be able to understand Brislin laments the decreasing "civic the press was an integral part of decisionsenlinganheirshipclaimover It was agreed that in the event attend the 1996 Aggie Mus what you would like to drink, the implication of my decision?" participation" of the press because the the citizen-democracy. The •••••••••••••••••••• 6.5 hectares ofland in Kannat Tabla Joaquin's heirs recover the Puntan ter. The event will be held on $3.00 per person for BBQ, One's judgement, Brislin says, they serve news that are "less nour free flow of inforn1ation was es disputedincourtsince 1991. Flores property. Joaquin's brothers Sunday, April 21 at I0:45 AM Lawn chairs and your favorite should always be guided by moral ishing for the civic mind." sential for citizens to make con AssociateJudgeMiguelS.Demapan would thcneitherreceiveequal shares al the American Memorial Texas recipe to contribute to a and ethical standards. "A burning question is whether scientious decisions about how :,~u~ mt 11111rn 1@1i1@111~rn ordered that the property shall be di oft he property or split upJoaquin "s Park - Court of Ilonor. in future cookbook. The media, Brislin says, play a the quality of information has they were to be governed." ~w: vided equally among the five sons of share in Karma! Tabla. Nino's proudly presents Garapan, Saipan. • • the deceased Vicente P. Seman; Jose, The siblings linally decided that any One of Texas A&M's greatest • its expanded menu of • Felipe, Juan, Odorico and Joaquin . distribution ofKannatTabla would not traditions, Muster was first held • Bellisimo Italian Food • • FelipeandJoaquinarenowdece.1sed . include Ramona and Lucia. in 1883 when Aggies met to live Court information showed that when J acoba · s estate was probated and f-: over old college days, the victo • over eighteen pasta dishes served with your • l • Semandiedin I932hewa~survivedby wascompletedin 1993.lnthepmbate L ries and dekats won and lost upon • choice of nine different pasta noodles. hiswifeJacobalgiborandfivesonsand proceeding. Luciaenteredanobjection i drill ground and classroom. • Enjoy the best Pizza in town. • daughters Lucias. Iriarte and Ramona to the Petition for DccrccnfFinal Dis !'"' Here in the Pacific during WW • Tasty and Greaseless Fried Chicken. • S.Chong. tribution nfthc KannatTabla property ll, some twenty five Aggies on • A good choice of seafood and meat. • Odorico, the administrator and the because she wanted to clear up certain Corregidor Island in the Philip • eldest living child, wa~ between 12 and discrepancies re la ting to a mortgage, pines who were stationed to resist • New special menu 13 years old when their father died. Miguel S. Demapan encroachment problem and the return a Japanese invasion, mustered to • JUST FOR KIDS • Odorico testified that before his ofa prntion orland . celebrate San Jacinto Day shortly • ONLV $1 .99 w/ softdrink • father died he entrusted / entrega) Kannat Tabla property is for Felipe, However. Lucia admitted that the before the island fell under siege • Dine leisurely with your family and friends in a • his land to his mother Jacoba. Odorico, Juan and Jose and the Kannat Tabla should bcdistributcc.l tD and all were captured or killed. Puntan property to Joaquin. • clean, and great service restaurant. • Jacoba died in 1944. Her estate the sons pursuant to their mother's In 1923, the March Texas Aggie consisted of parcels of property situ Jacoba owned Puntan Flores wish. urged, ''Ifthereis an A&M man in • Pick-up or delivery of all food. Have your party • • ated in Gualo Rai. property which was taken by the Later. in suppon ofhcrclaim toone one hundred miles of you, you are 1996 Honda Civic DX 3DR HB, Mf, • at NINO'S. Prior to Jacoba 's death, Odorico Japanese administration through a seventh of the Kannat Tabla property. expected to get together, eat a • ALL AT LOW-LOW PRICES. • asked her for Gualo Rai' s property forced sale. Presently it is considered a Lucia testified that she never promised little, and live over the days you AC, AM/f MRADIO AND MOR£! but his rnothertoldhim it was meant government land leased to private cor Odorico that she would not i nterferc spent at the A&M College of : NINO'S Dan-Dan : for Ramona and Lucia. porations. with KannatTabla. Texas." Let every alumnus an All the brothers respected and In a 1991 family meeting, the sib In tliesix-pagc ruling, Dcrnapansaid swer a roll call... limited to dealer stock on hand • Tel: 235-4253/4254 • honored their mother's wish. lings decided thatJoaquin should have the court finds that Lucia's testimony The Muster activities will in • We want to be no. 1 in your stomach. • Odorico said prior to Jacoba' s an equal share in KannatT abla because claiming one-seventh of the property. clude a ceremony where Texas • IT'S A BELL/SIMO!!! • death, she told her children that the of the possibility that they could not blatantly contradicts her sincere and Aggies pay their respects to all credible statement to honor and respect those who are absent because of •••••••••••••••••••• her mother's wish. death since the last Muster ac • • • • • • • Dcmapan pointed out that thcprin cording to Miss Ladoulis. • • • • cipkof parental respect is traditionally The -Muster tradition is more • • • • so strong that tlic lather', word is nol to than 100 years old. More than • • • 0 0 • he disputed. P,1rcntal 1bpcct isl1nc,,r 400 musters will he held around Cl • 0 0 the major till'mc'.S of traditi1rnal the world this year, "wherever GI 0 • e 0 e Charrn1m 1cultun:. Texas A & M former students live "' 0 0 "' 1ncj ud,l!C saidJ acoha mmleap1117 idu, and work." G) • 0 • ti • without an objection from anyone. Everyone is encouraged to join • • • All the family members respected and the San Jacinto Day BBQ Cel • • • • F.R.P. WORKS • ARTIFICIAL TREE honon.: ,· ment, not distribution," Dcmapan saic.l . enjoying the Texas BBQ, games, ... .. : ...... - .. "Accordingly, the discrep,mcies relat and fun. Bring the family . ... ing to a mortgage. an encroachment The San Jacinto Day BBQ problem and the return of a portion of Kannat Tabla which Lucia refers to in 'T1-E herohjection arc now the concerns of Dl:SIGNAnDi DRIVER • KITCHEN CABINET •LINOLEUM herhrot.hers." (Material and Installation) (Material and Installation) The judge saitl Seman 's wife took .. ,ffws«,,,%:<-' •. t_· ~,:.-;•~~. '' t I I'' ','1'/ ' '.' '' ''"' •' .. 8-MARIANAS--·------VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 19, 1996 ------FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIET.Y NEWS AND VIEWS-9 Sablan seeks Inouye support Marshalls power firm wins case K. Inouye, Sablan asked for strong the Covenant between the US and "Like Guam, the Virgin Islands, equal treatment and protection," i .. - ~ == By Giff Johnson PacMac and instaled by International livery, Matson dropped the new "'l endorsement on H.R. 2676 to give the NM!. Puerto Rico and American Samoa, he said. torney James McCaffrey, also the District judge wrote that Pacific Forthe Variety 8 ridge & Construction (IBC). generator on the Ebe ye dock, pos requests that Pacific Machinery the CNMI a delegate seat in the US Also, the Federal Laws Com we too wish to be blessed by Con "Nothing would make us prouder Machinery conceded that the Marshall MAJURO-A Hawaii district court The Marshall Islands Journal on sibly damaging the unit, !BC in repay to KADAthe$ l25,000 spent House of Representatives. mission established under Section gress and be granted delegate sta Americans that the fulfillmcnl of Islands isa viable forum for hearing judge ruled in favor of a Marshall Friday (April 12) reported that the stalled the unit, but it never worked for what the suit claims wa, an "inef the case, even though Pac Mac in "Our people seek a voice in Con 504oftheCovenantrecommendeda tus to represent the interests and our dream to have a voice in the US Islands power company in dismiss district oourtrulingsaid that the proper properly. fective overhaul", as well as exces sinuated, without proof, that the venue gress." said Sablan. "We are the non-voting delegate for the CNMI well-being of our people who seek Congress. ing a $150,000 civil suit that was place to hearth is case would be in PacMac engineers. along with sive fuel costs incurred because the ~nly member of the American po sometime in 1986. would be prejudiced by the fact that ~;( brought against them by Pacific Ma the Marshall Islands, not Hawaii, !BC, recommended that the gen generatoroperated very inefficiently. litical family without such non "As you may remember, through Senator !mata Kabua, a leading cabi !·-~1.t~ chinery, a Honolulu company that since the problem with the gen erator be overhauled, and KAJUR/ voting representation which has In ordering the dismissal ofKAJUR net mini stcrin the government, is the your efforts and some ofyour Senate sold a generator to the K wajalein erator became evident in the been accorded to all other US terri collea,,"Ues, legislation was intrcx:luced Gallegly 'remark' KADA paid approximately half andKADA from the suit in Hawaii, chairman ofKA DA. based power plant. Marshall Islands and that most tories." he told Inouye. to approve the commission's recom the overhaul price. But still the ·-,,·" ·<~-t~',-•. Pacific Machinery claimed that . ll1e proposal for a CNMI del mendation. Regretfully, the bill died witnesses expected to be called generator failed to produc~ the . ... ~-... ·.. both the Kwajalein Atoll Develop /. ::v+~ ',e, ~n:>-..... ·.·. e!!ate has been introduced in the in the committee withnoaction taken," irritates Borja are available in the Marshall Is 3 .3 megawatts nor full desalin ment Authority (KADA) and the lands. ' I0-lth Congress by Guam Delegate Sablan told Inouye. ization flow as promised in the By K wajalein Atoll Joint Utilities Re KAJUR, which operates the Robert A. Underwood and is cur "Both the original and amended Rafael H. Arroyo purchase agreement. AND OPENIN -, • • ~ , ' • " ., • • • • • ,• • • • • J .~ ' ••••~ ' the future," said Takesy . . ...0 11111 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 19, 1996 ------'----~FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEWS-11 I, 1. I SBA runs after borrowers Crimes go unreported in RP 'I i By Rick Alberto US has asked the District Court to amounting to a total of$50, l 42.69. days had passed since the service defendants. MANILA, Philippines (AP) to authorities. per I 00,000 said they were conducted four surveys per year Mahar Mangahas, president of Variety News Staff sell two lots belonging to Lucinda The complaint said Pangelinan of the notice without any action The court was asked to order - Victims report less than one In 1995, the group found a victims of theft, while police with a nationwide sample of 1,200 Social Weather Station, said THE United States government is S. Pangelinan and Joseph S. Reyes, and Reyes mortgaged a lot to se from them. the defendants to pay their loans in every I 00 crimes to the Phil monthly average of 411 thefts received reports of four case persons each time. frequent reports of crimes com after the two real properties of al on the one hand, and Singeru I. cure a loan of$ l 8,257.14 in Febru "The defendants are now in de plus interests within three months ippine police because of a lack per I 00,000 people, while per 100,000. More serious crimes like bank mitted by policemen were one legedly delinquent borrowers from Techur and Dionicia Quitugue ary 1992. fault under the tenns of said prom from the issuance of the order. of faith in police and the legal people had records of only one For robberies, an average robberies and kidnappings were reason why people arc reluctant the Small Business Administration. Kapileo, on the other, in the event It said it served a notice of de issory note and mortgage," the com Failure to pay, the US said, system, a private polling group theft per 100,000. of 234 people per 100,000 each not included because the group to go to authorities. In two separate complaints, the that they cannot pay their debts fault to the couple but that over 30 plainant said. should compel the court to ap said Thursday. It reported a monthly aver month said they were victims, felt tliey were not appropriate for People also are unwilling to The same was true for Techur point a commissioner or order the In a seven-year survey of age of 178 robberies per while only two cases per a general survey. devote the time, effort and money and Kapileo, who allegedly owed US Marshal Service to take pos crimes like theft, robbery and 100,000 people in 1995, com l 00,000 were reported to po In comments in the nation needed to report crimes, ! /4 nabbed in Garapan fjglj.t / the SBA the principal sum of session of the mortgaged proper physical violence, the group pared to an average of only lice. The group ally circulated Philippine Star, Mangahas said. $31,885.55, the US said. ties and direct the sale of the lots Social Weather Stations said one per I 00,000 reported to i FOUR men were arrested for 52-year-old man complained Meanwhile, the St1periorl It said the SBA was entitled to to pay the amounts owed to the crimes appear to be declining police. !allegedly fighting each other that an unidentified person/s Court gave a no jail tenn fo foreclose the mortgages of the four SBA. but that Filipinos remain ex In comparison, in 1989, a tremely hesitant to report them monthly average of 534 people iat an establishment in stoleaboxcontainingseveral manwhowasfoundguiltyof 1 1 1Garapan Wednesday night. tape players in. side one of the as. sault .. and battery.. . I %~~\ Arrested were Win Ming rooms at Marianas High The court sentenced j OSHA reaches out SAIPAN . Shi, 35; Guo An Zhang, 20; School Wednesday morning. LorenzoC. Pangelinan to one RP immigration chief says Chang Yao Yu, 32; and Chui In Chalan Lau Lau. Alic. ia year imprisonment, all sus- How do you say I. Zhang Han, 21. Quitugua Sablan, 33, -0f pended. . to Chinese workers judge should also apologize A caller reported to police Kannat Tabla, was arrested for Pangelinan was placed un- ·. Thank You THE OCCUPATIONAL ing with OSHA in the latter's MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The ture processing. Phi Ii ppi ne immigration chief, criticism to your Special about a disturbance created allegedly slapping a 31-year- de. r... o.n······e·.··.·. y··.e_.·.·.• a.·r. ····p·r. o·.·· ....b a...... t .. 1.·o·. n.·.... '.. ·. H.•.·.e· Safety and Health Agency has effort to reach out non-English That wascutto 28,SCXlpesos ($ I ,095) by the group. resulting with old woman on the face was.o.rderedtopay$350fine-.. I been conducting a series of semi speaking workers. for a $1,000 fee levied against two after the British Embassy intervened Secretar/1 the arrest of the four. Wednesday morning. Pangelinan pl~aded.guiity.. nars in Chinese language to edu The first ones were conducted wrongly imprisoned Hong Kong men. and argued that theiroverstays were I The reason behind the fight In Fina Sisu, a 46-year-old to the charge ·.. · 1 cate Chinese W<'fkers about their ion March 27 and 28. Another \ blamed underlings Thursday and said caw,.:d by their imprisonment. .... by treating them to lunch al the / was not indicated in the re- woman sought police help af- Courtinf<>rmation showed rights under the law, garment in seminar is slated for April 22, Lin the judge in the case should apologize. Clearly hurt by the criticism, immi port, according to Public ter a man pushed and choked that the defenda~~ \Vjth a mal_e H,att Regency Saipan. i dustry leader James Lin said. said. Hong Kong and Philippine newspa gration chief Leandro Yerceles fired Safety Information Officer her at a residence the other compar.ion punch~d 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY- APRIL 19, 1996 FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEY.,S AND VIEWS-13 Rota Sabana plan finalized Loan program to end by 1997 THE US Department of Vet ROT A's Sabana Protected ervation of the Sabana what monwealth of the Northern ters will eventually be issued creasing demand forthe program, (NMHC) at telephone numbers eran Affairs (VA) pilot housing Mariana Islands (CNMI) has re Area Management Committee one committee membertermed after the applicants provide -ad it is hoped that the U.S. Congress 234-7 689/7670/6866/9447, or loan program for areas with land cently been increased to has finalized the Sabana Man the treasure of Rota - tran ditional documentation and in will continue to extend the Joseph M. Palacios, Veterans restriction, the Native Ameri $120,000.00 and the interest rate agement Plan it has been work scended differences. REST ROOM i· • formation to the VA Office in NADLP beyond 1997. Affairs Administrator, CNMI can Direct Loan Program dropped to 7.5 percent, fixed i;g on for almost nine months. The Sabana was designated Honolulu. For additional information, Veterans Affairs Office at 233- (NADLP), will be expiring in for thirty (30) years. The protected area encom a protected area in 1994 Interested CNMI-descent vet contact Thomas C. Duenas, 3475 on Saipan. On Tinian and October, 1997, the Northern passes 148. 7 hectares, the Pub- through Rota Local Law No. Several loan applications for erans are encouraged to take ad Loan Specialist. or Diana P. Rota, contact NMHC' s Field Rep Marianas Housing Corp. an 1ic Information Office said in 9-1. CNMI native veterans have been vantage of this particular pro Crisostimo,Manager, Mortgage resentatives, Frances H. Diaz at nounced. approved for Saipan and Rota. a news release. In arriving at the plan, the gram, as itis the only VA housing Credit Division at the Northern 433-9213 and Charles Manglona Under the program, eligible In the course of six meet members of the committee One project has been completed loan program that has been imple Marianas Housing Corporation at 532-9410, respectively. ings at the Rota Public Li tried to address the myriad of veterans may obtain a residen on Saipan, while one is ongoing mented in the CNMI. brary held between August issues and problems inherent tial housing loan to purchase, and another w·ill commence The VA Loan Guaranty Pro 1995 and April 1996, the com in determining proper land construct or improve one's soon. gram has yet to be implemented mittee composed of 25 per use. home. Since the inception of There are currently two ongo locally, due to unresolved con the program, native veterans sons n:prcsenting 15 public "We don't want to repeat ing projects on Rota and an cerns the U. S. VA Office has from the Pacific area have been other one will also begin soon. agencies. formL'rs, hunters and the mistakes others have with respect to Article XII issue. the most active participants. Several other applications Meanwhile, funds for the tl~e tourists industry, voiced made." said Francisco S. V In a news release, the NMHC from the CNMI have been pre differences and arri\'ed at Toves of Rota's Department NADLP are being concentrated said the loan limit for the Com- qualified and commitment let- in the Pacific region. With in- a!..!rec111cnt. of Land and Natural Re ~A cum111i1rnent to the prc:s- sources. 'lj,ellow !Randkerchief's Family Restaurant NOW SERVING JAPANESE DELI Saban a ProtectidXrea ,w;tkiaJ!tiJhtcbrfiffiftti~ ;;;;~~iitijc:itlpiiBJlj;[i$;w, B~t?W(ti~ Rj!p~i{ Grout, Mike Hartsock, Frank.Toves,Joe F}as~ri({f V'zfe..,4.p~f~r,g, M.ant;sr:.sNf?nfl.l"i'I~, ]'hgrms TON·KATSU Mendiola, Jess Castro, James Mangloria: /••••.·····:> >••·:··•:•• Tender & Juicy Beef i ?/ >· )ii(••··••• i·• ··.' Back row (L to R): Estanislao Taisacan; ··: Vincent ga1vo, :Henae .Gansue, · Isaac. Calvo, .• Jr'. H,rman SHABU•SHABU Apatang, Pedro Ogo, Eric Gilman. · .... > . . _····· · -· .·.· · . .•. , · _.. · · .. ·. · •.· i i . . .. <> . It was agreed in the commit firing range used by police. ize themselves with the abun- SPECIAL LUNCH BENTO FOR S4.'>0 ,.,.._ Includes: Rice, soup & iced tea -{,'\;>y: tee that the chief purpose of The firing range will e relo- dance of flora and fauna on 'e're also serving dinner~· ~}~~ the Sabana Protected Area is cated out of the Sabana Pro- the Sabana. An eco-tourism 1 to provide the groundwater. tected Area no later than J anu- trail. pamphlet distribution Open at reasonable price , J . . ··,::i:~~$¥ The Sabana lies over the aqui ary, 1977. boxes, boundary demarcation Monday 1_0 F_nday:11 am to 2_ pm & 5pm to 10pm (c\c.__:--,_ -~ .-- t~- ·r,.;;·i~ ) Saturday·IQ·OOam to2 OOpm '-I[-.'?', ·· ._;...,.::..:'.:~. fer that provides the Once the committee deter- signs, and education inter- r-.::171-'fy'l::'-'·;,.:.r~ NOW OPEN ON UN DAY 10:00AM TO 3:00PM '-.. ··o· ' '-· (",,·:c"'-_t:_'."'_,._' -· 'J ,/@., Commonwealth's only potable mined the purposes of the area, pretation signs will also be 1 0> , I (,:.~::,· •...... 1..'-''W"~ ;,i-e:_..,. :.,,-•x ..... II° water. committee members desig- developed, with a view to ~ ,· •. :-: -,:;..:p;;:k.----.-:..~~, l' The other purposes were nated the following zones: minimum imJ>act on the rank-ordered as follows: con Agricultural zones; three Con- Sabana and maximum benefit serving wildlife, wildlife habi servation zones; Communica- for the visitor. tat, and plants, protecting tion zone; Tourism zone Success of this program de- farmland and existing farm (MVB Botanical Garden and pends on the commitment of ing practices; perpetuating the Peace Memorial); and the DPS the people of Rota to preserv- medicinal use of plants; pro Firing Range. ing its treasure, according to Ongoing two-bedroom residential project in Sinapalo, Rota made possible by the USDVA pilot housing loan tecting forests; allowing for a The Conservation Zones are Eric Gilman, Special Assis- program. to protect roosts of the tant for Environmental Policy Marianas Fruit Bat. Without an Research, wh coordinated the preservation of these ar- the committee and is the fa- Save from 25 to 37o/o* ~iw~tTIONAL eas, the survival of bats on cilitator for the project. INTER-KAM TRA vet AGENcv TRAVEL Rota is threatened. If the two owners who have P.O. BOX 3397, SAIPAN, MP 96950 AGENT ~~~1 With MTC's Business Plan There are strict regulations lots in the Sabana Protected TEL. 235-5554/5555/8888 FAX. (670) 235-7070 NETWORK ~ on what can e done in the Area are any example, that zones. For example, hunting should not be a problem. At With MTC, you don't even need to leave of deer or dove is prohibited the meeting April, Juan A. in the bat conservation zones. Sablan, representing his fam- your office to start saving autornaticaily on Plants traditionally used for ily said "It is a fantastic model all direct dial long distance cails. medicinal purposes may be that could be used in the whole THINKING OF ----- OAK and HALFMOON collectcrl for personal use CNMI an beyond." We'll sign you up right over the phone! Headboard only, not for commercial use. He urged that the wording Price Starting Threatened tree species are of the plan to be very precise, With WorldPass, the more you call. protected throughout the to avoid any confusion, and WHERE TO at $79.00 Sabana Protected Area, and voiced his hope that everyone the more you save. clearing of forested land in on Rota would become in- Single Bed Set the area is "highly discour- volvcd and attend a public in- aged" unless agricultural land formation meeting on the GO THIS (Matt/Box) ------becomes scarce. Sabana Protected Arca Man- Several facilities and pro- agemcnt Program which is Call the WorldPass grams are proposed in the scheduled for Tuesday May 7. Sabana Management Program. at 6 pm at the Roundhouse! in SUMMER? Chemical mixing stations and Song Song. Hotline 234-9236 chemical storage sheds will Before it can be legally Queen Bed Set · be constructed on the Sabana adopted, the Sabana Protected then let INTER-KAM TRAVEL help you. Double Bed Set (Matt/Box) proper, so the farmers will Area Management Plan needs (Matt/Box) have central locations to pre- the approval of the Secretary just call, and we'll do the rest for you. pare fertilizer, thereby keep- of Lands and Natural Re- Services Offered: ing down unnecessary con- sources, Benigno M. Sablan, • Airline Reservation & Ticketing _J 11 -~~-~~~jl_sa~~n E.nt. lamination. Mayor Joseph Inns; ·Rota (Asiana Airline, Continental Airline, Freedom_Air, A botanical garden near the Senators Paul A. Manglona, Japan Airline, Korean Airline, Northwest Airline, Beach Road To PIG+ ------existing Peace Memorial will Ricardo S. Atalig and Eusebio and United Airline) Real value for the CNMI be an important educational A. Hocog and Rota Rcpresrn- • Hotel & Car Reservation Joeten Frames available additional charge center for visitors to familiar- tative Vicente M. Atalig. • Package Tours Chalan r,.Ka]3K Bldg. -----·------· ---- ··- -·-· - -- ,---- • Special Discounts for Group Piao ravel (2F) 1 Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:00 AM-7:00 PM I • Free Ticket Delivery * Di,counts depend upon term commitment I --·-·······--· Sunday 10:00 AM-6:00 PM WE ACCEPT • · · · 1·---1· I VISA ··--- • Travel Insurance and volume of call,. •\ )\~) BUCKLE-UP -SAIPAN l .------~ -- . -· -----·--·-·----- . ' .. . I,•,'' ~=r-~ 14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 19 . 1996 FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 YOUR Low PRtC~ .·. LtADiR DAI ' Tilt l~LAAJD The best quality. The best prices. 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'17 TOAST SPRING SPRING FIELD FIELD BABY CALAMINE POWDER LOTION 15 oz. soz. (31v8 pt1ursefa jrtJSh hc1k this summ8r bp sehctin5 in t1ur all-n8W s8leclit1n efhawt[!i@ slzirt,shc1rt cmd_jumper. , , Ir ,'/:·' "·' . ., ' -r 16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 19, 1996 FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17 Coast Guard unit takes safety into classrooms "THE UNITED Slates Coast Guard cal view of a boat overloading, im emphasized along with what to do in Auxiliary, F1otilla3-29 Saipan, com proper loading, and bow riding con theeventthatyourpartnerneedshelp. pleted its Water & Kids lecture to the sequences. The improper load bal A water safety coloring book were schoolchildrenofKoblervilleelemen ance of a boat was illustrated by a given to the students at the end of the tary School recently. The lecture in model floated in water and filled with lecture. This public education pre cluded a slide show of water safety, weights to show what happens if it is sentation will be offered to other demonstration of proper fitting and not balanced right The children each schools in Saipan and eventually to useofalifejacket, some safety equip wanted their tum to try this act The theneighboringislandsofTmianand ment required on a boat and a practi- swimming "Buddy System" was Rota." DFS honors March en1ployees • j .. ,,_." Public Education Officer Gil Saures presents one of five USCGA Water & Kids Completion Certificate to Acting Principal Mrs. Lavena C. Babauta, Koblervi/le School. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY TRAINING! Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Wastes Ifyou, your employees, or your company offers, accepls, or transports hazardous mBterials and wastes, you won'l want to miss this! . Certificates for training that meets Department of Transporta tion (DOT) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration .•.. ·. (OSHA) requirements will be awarded to those who complete this 16 hour course. I Choose your session: April 22-23, 1996 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM April 24-25, 1996 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM April 26-27, 1996 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Fees: $250.00 Includes training, course materials, certification, \ and lunch! (from left) John Romisher, Edwin Vicky Butteris, Anne Blanton and Gus Tagabuel. , Trainer: Davey Doby, Certified Environmental Trainer MARIAN Aldan-Pierce, Presi An awards ceremony was con and is supervised by Vicky J Professional Training Technology dent of DFS Saipan Limited, an ducted by John M. Romisher. Butteris at the Dai khi Hotel shop. i COME nounced the selection of Eliza Mike Troup and Gus Tagabuel Edwin has been employed at [ To PreRegister: Call Melody Actouka, Northern Marianas College, beth Guerrero and Edwin Tenorio assisted with the ceremony held ! Department of Continuing Education at 234-5498, DFSsinceMay8, 1995. He works [: as March 1996 Employees of the in the Galleria Coffee Shop, ext. 1810. in the Sales and Marketing De Month. Garapan. Elizabeth was selected partment as a Bus Driver. Edwin I· IN RANGER f: from the Sales category and Edwin was recognized most for his will r MUSTANG I.' was selected from the Sales Sup-· ingness to help other employees [. port category. in his department, cheerfully Each recipient was awarded an greeting passengers on DFS buses, \i, AND Employee of the Month certifi and knowledge of his job. Edwin ca,e and pin, and $ I 00 in cash. was recommended by Gus They become eligible for selec Tagabuel in the Transportation tion as 1996 Employees of the Department. Mr. Oyama repre TEST Year in their respective catego sented Rieko Guerrero, Vice nes. President for Sales and Mar Elizabeth has been employed keting at the awards ceremony. by DFS since January 27, 1996. A welcome w~s also ex DRIVE She was recommended for her tended for new employees customer service skills, Japanese Anne Blanton, Vice President / language skills, and strong ;ltten of Human Resources, and -~ ;;':)/? dance record. Elizabeth was rec Naomi McMahon, Assistant ONE '-CCb,__ I ~--=?' ommended by Howard Markley Training Director. On My Way Car Seat (up to 20 lbs.) 3 styles to choose from About 1,500 feet of new TODAY! pipelines laid last week GOVERNOR Tenorio's Wa lines to the m.ain water pipes. ter Emergency Task Force re Residents in the homestead .,1, Also Available: ported this week that over who have never had water will ·,, 1,500 linear feet of new wa start to receive services 24 ' • F1 50 Trucks ter pipelines were installed hours a day. • Aerostar Cargo Vans from April through April 11, Meantime, 980 linear feet 1996. of main waterline was in • Econoline Cargo Vans Most of the water construc stalled last week on Beach tion projects have been com Road. Another 480 fee.t was ESCORT pleted along Saipan' s main constructed in Chalan Kiya. CROWN VICTORIA roadways. Contractors have The task force continues to Hiking Boots 0-9 months now moved to Chalan Kiya, make progress on its other JOETEN MOTOR COMPANY INC. CARMEN'S-~-~- ~ AUTOMOTIVE SALES, PARTS & SERVICE Store Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-7:00 PM Beach Road and the Kagman projects including the instal Homestead. lation of water meters, ground Saturday 9:00 AM-8:00 PM WE ACCEPT .,]r, v,~J 234-5562 to 5568 or 235-5557 or 235-5559 i!=::::. In Kagman, contractors are water exploration, leak detec Sunday 10:00 AM-6:00 PM P'l!!.Sti. now connecting new lateral tion and water conservation. 11 First on Saipan! '·, ', ', ·~ ''.,rf 1=-- • 18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 19, 1996 ______Noted US educator joins PREL FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-19 Honolulu -Br. Thomas Will Dr. John W. Kofel, PREL's serves, and create new oppor assistance to address those Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. iam Barlow. nationally recog executive director said that Dr. tunities consistent with the needs. "I feel honored to ha vc the nized educator and advocate Barlow will help inform and laboratory's mission and As McREL senior director. opportunity to work with cdu for change in education, has enhance PREL · s program of goals. Dr. Barlow served as team catnrs in the Pacific region." joined the Pacific Region Edu work. deliver selected educa Dr. Barlow has 28 years of leader for an educational re said Dr. Barlow. "I know there cational Laboratory (PREL) as tional services throughout the experience in education and form initiative in North Da is much for me to learn here. \'isiting scholar. l O Pacific entities PREL has expertise on critical is kota. and hopefully for me to offer sues affecting education to The initiative devdoped to others. T am happy to be day. Previously, he was se content standards for English here as part of the PREL nior director, Mid-continent Language Arts, alternative as o'hana, and I believe that to· AFFORDABLE Regional Educational Labora sessment/authentic tasks for gether we can make a real con 24 Hour Central Monitored tory (McREL), Aurora, Colo those standards, and multiple tribution to the lives of the rado; associate director. Mid assessment measures to test children of this region. It is in r-- -ALARM SYSTEMS --, west Regional Center for Drug their validity. This particular this spirit that I come." Free Schools and Communi initiative has assumed national "We are delighted that Dr. Whole Frying '$ 95* MonthlyChargesl ties; and chair. High Risk significance because the En Barlow has accepted the challenge I starti~g at $34.95 I Youth Demonstration Grant glish Language Arts standards to help PREL bring about change f *Certa~~ terms and I Review Committee, CSAP were among the first devel to Pacific region education," said -CHICKEN 1998 cond1t1ons apply. SAMHSA, U.S. Department of oped nationally for that disci Dr. Kofel. "His work with. and !1 Health and Human Services, pline. contributions to multicultural edu L------~ Washington, D.C. He also has played a major cation, American Indian curricula His areas of expertise in role in a multiple Laboratory development, drug free school clude school reform at state, Network Project, "Pathways." programs, students and families PHCIF1C'"SfCURITf RLRRm district and local levels; pro Pathways is an electronic da at risk, and understanding of cur 24!?. -e gram assessment and improve tabase and interactive means rent educational issues are directly GUAM: 646-2307 • SAIPAN: 234-5626 ment; professional develop of supporting schools in their applicable to PREL's program of ment; curriculum design in school reform efforts. Path work for the region." cluding integrated curricula; ways went on Internet Febru PREL' s mission is t,) assist edu multi-cultural education; and ary l, J 995. cation, government, community program design for high risk He is the author of numer agencies. businesses, and labor youth, their families and com ous scholarly works on critical groups to maintain cultural lit SAIPAN munities. educational issues, and has pre· eracy and improve the quality At Mc REL, he served as cur sented numerous papers at/or led of life by helping to strengthen riculum, instruction, and many conferences, symposia and educational programs and pro DENTAL school reform project manager workshops on educational reform cesses for children, youth, and and team leader, working throughout the nation. adults. closely with schools. state Dr. Barlow, who started his PREL, with Pacific service cen PLAN education agencies, cities, and career as a secondary class ters in Honolulu, Saipan, and Yap governors' offices in the up room teacher at Randolph Se is an independent, nonprofit cor per Midwest states. nior High, Randolph, Ne poration for educational research He has established particu braska, earned bachelor's and and improvement, serving Pacific larly strong relationships with Master's degrees in English children and educators in Ameri We put a smile on \I' North and South Dakota, Ne Education from Wayne State can Samoa, Commonwealth of I braska and Missouri, states in College, Wayne, Nebraska and the Mariana Islands, Federated your face with high which he acted as facilitator two doctorate degrees-one in States of Micronesia-- Chuuk, of the State Planning Com education in administration, Kosrare, Pohnpei, and Yap- U.S. quality dental care mittee whose job is 10 assess curriculum and instruction; Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the JIJimmy Dean THE ULTIMATE BBQ RIBS state needs and design plans the other in English-Language Marshall Islands, and the Re GROUND in the CNMI. .. at for comprehensive technical Arts-from the University of public of Palau. 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Authorities identi found inside an apartment and gered into the apartment. surgery at the University of Cali with a shoulder wound at Martin whosenamewasn'tdisclosed, was EL SEGUNDO, California ated the plant just south of (AP) - A gunman shot three day as authorities searched for fied him as Richard Su.:vens, taken to Porter Medical Cen- No motive was 12iven for Luther King Jr.-Drew Medical in stable condition at Robert F. (AP) - A former employee Los Angeles International Air fornia, Los Angeles, Medical people. two of 1hem fatally. the gunman. 44, of Rutland. tcr, where one of them, Lenora the shooting. ~ Kennedy Medical Center in opened fire at a Hughes elec port as the gunman marched Center, said hospital spokesman Center in Los Angeles, hospital before killing himself outside The search was called off A handgun was found un Brace, later died. Stevens was awaiting trial on spokeswoman Tessie Cleveland Hawthorne, said hospital spokes tronics plant. wounding an un through the plant. Warren Robak. an apartment complex near after four hours when police der Stevens' body in the park The other victim, Robert the charge of reckless endanger said. woman Susan Konell. armed security guard and two "A guy with a gun! A guy Wounded employee Tony 1v1iddlebury College. determined that one of the ing lot outside the 28-unit Brace, underwent surgery for ment for firing a handgun in a bar 1 workers and taking a man hos with a gun Everybody out'.," The college locked campus bodies found at the low-in- complex. The body of David a gunshot wound to the head in Rutland, about 30 miles (48 a Hughes worker shouted to tage before he was arrested, Lawrence was found in a and was in critical condition. kilometers) south of Middlebury, Md Andrich, 5.3. of Lake police said. Walter Cowlings testifies about fight pickup truck. Authorities believe he was said State· s Attorney John Quinn. Waddy, 62, resigned in I 993 Elsinore. a private contractor for undisclosed health reasons working in the two-story after 16 years at Hughes, and building. between Nicole, OJ Sin1pson was unhappy about unsettled At I0:25 a.m .. the gunman came medical claims, police Capt. out of the complex holding a hand By MICHAEL FLEEMAN glimpse of Cow lings' torn loy Ron Green said. gun to the head of a man, Green LOS ANGELES (AP) - Al alties to Simpson and BALI FASHION The gunman entered the said. A police officerordered him "A.C." Cowlings testified that Simpson's slain ex-wife. plant Wednesday morning, to surrender and the gunman com he was so upset after a violent Indeed, Cowlings only critically wounded the guard plied. fight between O.J. and Nicole grudgingly acknowledged that with a .38-caliber pistol and Waddy was booked for investi Brown Simpson that he re he knew Simpson had struck then went upstairs to a com gation of attempted murder and fused to go to a Rose Bowl Ms. Simpson that night, a shift puter room, where he shot one bail was set at $500.000. football game with Simpson. in his stance from the previ employee in the shoulder and Wilson said he was unaware In his second day of a depo ous day when he said another in the hip, Hughes of any dispute over medical sition in the civil case against Simpson's fights never be spokesman Emery Wilson Jr. claims. But a union official Simpson, Cowlings said came violent. said. said Waddy had filed a griev Wednesday that he stayed Cow lings was questioned by "The suspect was inside ance in 1993 complaining that home in case Ms. Simpson an attorney for Ms. Simpson's moving around the building Hughes refused to give him needed him after the couple's estate in a wrongful death law and at various points in time his job back because of an on infamous 1989 New Year's suit that accuses Simpson, the 1 he had control of different em the-job neck injury. fight. former American football star, ployees." Green said. Security guard Ramon Ramirez, The testimony offered a of being responsible for the O.J. Simpson June 12, 1994, slayings of Ms. Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted of their murders last October. As Cowlings did on Tues day, he invoked his Fifth T-SHIRTS, GIRLS DRESSES, Carrier Air Conditioning Amendment right against self incrimination to certain ques MUMU'S SHORTS & MANY MORE! tions, such as. when he was asked about whether Ms. ;3!~ ····;tff Simpson had been having an Darrell Gabey sits in his wheelchair, before Bernhard Goetz's testi affair with Simpson's friend, mony, in state Supreme Court in the Bronx Borough of New York (FRI - SAT - SUN) CUSTOMER football star Marcus Allen, Friday. Bernhard Goetz, 48 claims he shot Gabey and three other back prior to the murders. youths in December 1984, after they menaced him for $5 on a Cowlings said he did learn Manhattan subway train. AP Photo · GREAT BARGAINS, GE~UIN~: SA.LE!r after the murders of such an PRECIATION affair, but he refused to tes tify about how he learned F. Lee Bailey about this information. Cowlings has generally hearing on taken the Fifth on any ques SALE tions dealing with his activi jail sentence ties between the morning af · · APRIL 19 - MAY 11 ter the murders through the moved up day of the notorious slow TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A speed Bronco chase. federal judge moved up a hearing With this restriction, plain for imprisoned defense lawyer F. What·s Up??? tiff attorney John Q. Kelly Lee Bailey. who told an appeals focused his questioning instead court he was being held ilkgally on Cowlings' knowledge of since he satislied a c<1111t:rnpt of S impslin ·soften-stormy relation court orc.Jcr. Carrier offers for the first time ship with Ms. Simpson. U.S. District Judge \1amice Simpson has downplayed the 11 Paul scheduled a hearing for 2 11 New Year's fight as a mutual 30000 BTU 220V ever TRADE-IN of an old p.m. ( 1800 GMT) Thursday in lf 36000 BTU 220V wrestling match. Cow lings appar Tallahassee on Bailey's request carrier unit. ently saw it as more serious. 42000 BTU 220V to go free after six weeks in fed "He was so upset by it that 48000 BTU 220V t:ral prison. he didn't go to the Rose Bowl Paul had earlier said he would • with O.J .... that day," said Splits Units (High Wall) Your old Carrier Unit is worth not hold a hearing until next Mon lead plaintiff lawyer Daniel day. He moved up the hearing $100 towards purchase of a new Petrocelli. who represents after Bailey filed a motion Wednes Goldman's family. '"A.C. day with the U.S. I I th Circuit Court Carrier Split System. stayed hack ... in case perliars of Appeals in Atlanta. -.. Nicole needed him." By Bailey's lawyer, Roger DAT[: S!ATURDAY. 20 APRIL 1996 the end of the day. Cowlings Zuckerman, said Paul' soriginaJ plan 9000 BTU 110V brought Ms. Simpson to the hos would have meant a week of unwar V[NUt: MOUNT CARM[L BA~[BALL nrLD 14000 BTU 220V pital to treat what he thought may ranted imprisonment for Bailey, 18000 BTU 220V have been a conc·ussion. said who on Monday turned over to the TIMt: 9:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. I 25000 BTU 220V Petrocelli. court 400,000 disputed shares of ·-~ .. The Carrier Man Can "Cowlin!.'.s acknu\, k:d!.!ed th:it "l=OOD, GAMtS!, S!PORTS!, l=L[A MARKtT AND MANY MORt .... stock. >licole h;d been hit~·· said Bailey's "incarceration under Petrocelli. CARRIER GUAM, INC. these circumstances would be un Saipan Branch • Middle Road, Gualo Rai Cnwlings was sd1edukd t<> fair and unlawful," Zuckerman BRfNG Tl-4[ WliOLf ~AMILY D DJRS return fur more quc·stioning 011 SAIPAN COCKPIT HANS CARRIER Phone: 234-8330 • 234-8337 • Fax: 234-8347 said. April 26. , f ! I . 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TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. dol The dollar· s weakness fol of steam, dealers said. first section was down 4.17 Declining issues outnumhcred plained that an executive order signed by Ramos March 29 lar traded lower against the lowed its decline against most The Nikkei Stock Average points, or 0.25 percent, to advancer 655 to 396, with 169 calling for 50 percent tariffs on all wheat imports would send Japanese yen al midafrernoon key currencies overnight in of blue chip issues shed 3. 72 1,673.31. TheTOPIXhadfallen unchanged. the price of bread soaring. Thursday, while share prices New York because of grow points, or 0.02 percent, clos I .85 points, or 0. I I percent, the The benchmark No. l 82 l 0- "We expect them to keep prices at a reasonable level," Ramos Call right now and ask about our on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ing uncertainty over German ing at 2 I ,8 l 2.50 points. day before. year Japanese government honds said. But he advised people to switch to fried rice if the price of finished slightly lower. interest rates, an overnight fall On Wednesday, the index Trading remained active, with were sold at 97.57 yen, down from bread rises too much. "That's the beauty of our system. great package tours. The dollar moved lower as on Wall Street and a surge in had lost 5 I .95 points. or 0.24 an estimated 530 million shares Wednesday's 97.60-yen close. We have options," he said. expectations grew that the demand for Mexican pesos. percent. changing hands on the exchange· s Their yield, which moves in the Wheat used as animal feed will still have a tariff of 50 percent German central bank would Weakness in the U.S. dollar The Tokyo Stock Price In first section, down from opposite direction, rose to 3.340 in 1996 and 1997, Ramos said. The tariff on wheat feed will be not cut interest rates at its and a 70.09-point fall on Wall dex of all issues listed on the Wednesday's 554 million shares. percent from 3.335 percent. reduced to 40 percent in 1998 and 1999 and will be further cut TO: BALI, .H.ONGKONG AND HONOLUl~ policy-making meeting later Street combined to pull stock to 35 percent in the year 2000. . . Thursday. At prices lower early in the ses midafternoon, the dollar was sion. dealers said. upS-Stakeat Mazda Cellular phone use dips The Tokyo Stock !Ford changing hands at J 08.02 yen. Plan now for the Micronesian Games down 0.40 yen from late Exchange's main index I~ . ---···-·-- . . . ------·------\---:--·--·,--, BEUING (AP) - The cost of buying and using mobile telephones is Wednesday in Tokyo and also bounced-back slightly on buy falling in China, where there are only about four regular phones for ->from May 1 to May 5, 1996. below its late New York level ing by domestic pension funds every 100 households. of l 08.20 yen. at one point, but soon ran out "The cellular phone will no longer be a symbol of the new rich," the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday. Call for your reservation now for Hotel, 1 Although phone installations have been rising in cities, even Air Transportation & Car Rentals ·•·:1rc·Roi: ;UD'liPDRRTIDN public phones can be hard to find and often have long lines. P.O. BOX 267 San Jose, Saipan MP 96950 Tel. 234-5911-8 Increasingly, people are investing in mobile telephones so that they can make and receive phone calls wherever they are. 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Apple released the figures after SAN JOSE, California (AP) - driven by takeover rumors and a cus on wherethecomputerindusnyis changeinseniormanagement,caused headed He plans to give details of a recov U.S.financialmarlcetsclosed.Itsstock Apple Computer Inc. reported its finished down 62 1/2 cents to $25.25 worstquarterlyperfonnance-a$740 individuals and businesses to hold "'That's a pretty sobering report ery plan next month and said the on the Nasdaq Stock Markel million loss on sinking sales and profit back on purchases for several weeks card, ifyou will," Amelio told report- company should return to profitabil- margins- and said it will lay off 1,500 in January and February. more employees over the next ye.u:. Apple's loss for the three months CHAN NGAI FUNG, male, 28 years old, Hong Kong citizen, The company had previously endedMarch29amountedto$5.99a Coca-Cola earnings up 12 and KOU LAI MENG, female, 26 years old, Macao citizen, warned about the loss for its second share. That compares with a profit of arrived on Saipan on March 16, 1996 for business and plea fiscal quarter, saying it would have to $73 million, or 59 cents a share, for pay for the declining value of unsold the same period of last ye.u:. sure. Revenue was $2.2 billion, down percent in first quarter computers and severance for 1,300 job cuts annoWJced in January. from $2. 7 billion. ATIANTA (AP) - Coca-Cola Co.'s with our long term goals," CokeChair markets are showing signs ofimprove But its troubles worsened, as the Apple' sprevious worstquarterwas profits rose 12 percent in the January manRobertoC. GoizuetasaidWednes ment, the Atlanta-based company said. The two were scheduled to go back home on March 18, 1996. Mexico is Coke's second biggest mar quarterlyreportmadeclear. Apple's April-June 1993, when the company March quarter as stronger sales in the day. But they disappeared without a trace and have not been seen sales fell a staggering J8 percent from lost $188 million. United States offset weakness in Latin Thecornpany'sstock,however, was ket after the Uniterl States. Gil Amelio, hired as chairman and America, the company said. off $1.25 per share at $80.125 on the Coca-Cola is continuing to reap ben January to March while the overall efits from a marketing program that since then. personal computer industry contin chief executive officer in February to Net income for the three months New Y orlc Stock Exchange. Worldwide case volwnesales rose 7 features the nostalgic hour-glass shaped tum the company arolllXI, listed four totaled $713 million, or 57 cents a uerl to grow, though at a slower rate share; compared with $638 million, or percent, off slightiy from the 9 percent bottles. The company said it also is than last year. Gross profit margin fell major problems to correct 50 cents a share, in the first quarter last gainregistererlayearago. U.S. volume beginning to see results from the launch A $20,000 reward awaits anybody who can offer any infor to 9 percent, below the 15 percent He said Apple has too many un year. Revenue for the quarter was $4.2 was up 8 percent, compared with 3.5 of its massive marketing push tied to mation that would lead to the whereabouts of the two miss margin it had in the last three months profitable prcx.lucts, has focused too billion, up9 percentfrom$3.9 billion in percent in last year's first quarter. the Summer Olympics. Coca-Cola also announcerl a 2-for- I ofJ 995 and far from its typical high much on product features rather than the same period a year ago. Economic difficulties in Latin ing persons. America contributed to a 2 percent stock split, effective May 10 for share 20 percent rate. customer needs, has too many differ- '1bis kind of growth is right in line qecline in volume in Mexico, and a 4 holders of record as of May I. Trading percent drop in Argentina, though both in the split shares will begin May 13. Please relay any information to: CHAN NGA/ FUNG Miss Wong - 235-2262 or Mr. Kuy - 234-7242 KOU LA/MENG Chinese Association of Saipan, CNMI April 18, 1996 Mentadent Aquafresh Arm & Hammer-! Sensodyne • $48 Close-Up. $47 1 Rembrandt. $42 · - 1\ 11\\\!\ ·\j.\!' ~' %~-:;~ Ultrabrite • $29 ---- -:. --:::.---- PeroxiCare 11 $25 I Source. lnformal1on Resources Inc .. Chicago NEA GrnPtuc The manufacturers of Crest are probably smiling: 1994 sales totaled an impressive $426 million. Colgate, at No. 2, earned $159 million less. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VJEWS-29 28-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 19, 1996 Kim meets with political rival Burma unaffected by boycott peace. By JU-YEON KIM agreed to meet separately with Kim Dae-jung blamed his op Even though it lost its majority, By DENIS D. GRAY Some university students in the create a middle class and gener ager of Diethelm Travel. Matzig country and there are a lot of SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - three top opposition leaders- Kim position party's poor showings in the ruling party considers the elec Kim Dae-jung also demanded PHATT A YA, Thailand (AP) - United States are also pressing ally opens up an impoverished said he has received only one good people in Burma we want that the President make public President Kim Young-sam said Dae-jung, Kim Jong-pi! and Kim the elections on vote-buying by tion results a vote of confidence, Despite attempts to persuade tour consumers not to buy products of land which has isolated itself from piece of "hate mail" because of to help," he said. his 1992 election campaign Thursday he has ordered a tllor Won-ki. the richer ruling party. because the losses were smaller ists to shun Burma because of its American companies doing busi the international community since Diethelm' s operation in Burma. "But we're caught up in a funds. President has been ough probe of alleged fraud in last "I have ordered a full investiga But charges of prosecution bias th&11 expected, and because of a Kim suppression of democracy and ness in Burma, including the oil 1962. A notable exception among philosophic quandary. Can we accused of having accepted dirty week's parliamentary elections tion regardless of their political have surfaced, with their refusal first-ever win in the capital city of human rights, visitors arc flock company Unocal and Pepsi Cola. "I really believe tourism will the some I ,500 PAT A delegates morally set up a business as long and predicted that many elected parties. to prosecute a ruling party candi Seoul. money during his successful ing to the exotic, military-run na The military regime. which help expose the problems they was John Gray of Sea Canoe as a human rights situation ex legislators may lose their seats as I expect thar many elected leg date for his alleged involvement At the luncheon, which lasted 1992 presidential campaign. tion in record numbers. came to power in 1988, has been have. And it brings employment. Thailand Co. ists that our clients could not a result. islators will face the possibility of in a money laundering scheme for for over two hours, the two Kims The opposition party had said Asian investors have sunk more widely criticized for suppressing How can that be negative?" "We want to be there.Burma· s accept in their own homes Kim made the remarks in a losing their seats," presidential former President Chun Doo agreed to cooperate in present it would hold a parliamentary than a billion dollars into hotel all political dissent, brutality says Luzi Matzig, general man- got some of the best canoeing towns?" meeting with top opposition leader spokesman Yoon Yeo-joon hwan, on trial for alleged bribery ing a united front against com hearing into the campaign fund construction, and Western travel against ethnic minorities and fail Kim Dae-jung. quoted Kim Young-sam as say during his 1980-88 rule. munist North Korea. President if it is given one-third the seats. agents are touting Burma - an ure to honor results of a 1990 The luncheon meeting was the ing. Involvement of the candidate, Kim also explained the results But having won only 79 seats, ancient land of spectacular election won by a pro-democracy first get-togetller between tile two The prosecutor general's office Kim Suk-won, owner of the of his Tuesday summit with the election was a crushing blow temples and scenery - as a "hot, party led by Aung San Suu Kyi. political rivals since tile president has said tllat over one-tllird of the Ssangyong business group, a ma Clinton, Yoon said. for Kim Dae-jung. new product." In an earlier interview with the took office more than tllree years elected legislators are under in jor conglomerate, was not dis At the U.S.-South Korea sum The two Kims have been arch Delegates to the annual confer Associated Press, the Nobel Peace ago. vestigation for alleged election closed until after the elections. mit, the two leaders proposed rivals since their days as oppo ence of the Pacific Asia Travel prize winner urged tourists to President Kim had refused to law violations. Of the 79 already President Kim also said that the four-way Korean peace talks in sition leaders in the 1960s. Association, one of the world's avoid Burma until more progress meet opposition leaders, appar booked, 4 7 belong to the ruling ruling party expects to gain a leg volving the United States, China Kim Young-sam joined the largest tourism organizations, say towards democracy is made. She ently believing that doing so New Korea Party, and 13 to Kim islative majority by having inde and the two Koreas. ruling camp in a three-party the boycott hasn • t proved a prob also criticized the government for would boost their standing. Dae-jung's No. I opposition pendent candidates convert. It is The two Koreas are still tech merger in 1990. lem and generally praise Burmese building hotels rather than schools But riding high after strong group, the National Congress for currently I I seats short of major nically at war 43 years after the President Kim is to meet with efforts in opening up the once and hospitals. showings by his governing party New Politics. ity in the 299-seat unicameral leg end of the Korean War, with two other heads of opposition hermit nation. The government, however, in last Thursday's legislative elec The ruling party has been ac islature. only an armistice maintaining parties later this week. One of the themes of this year's hopes to attract up to half a mil tions and a successful summit with cused of flagrant vote buying and conference, which continues lion tourists during "Visit President Clinton, the President other illegal actions. through April 25, is to promote Myanmar Year," which officially Due to our overstocked inventory we're slashing prices on our used vehicles. the six Mekong River nations as opens Nov. 18 but has in effect "Asia's last tourism frontier." been promoted as such since this This is the chance to get the car you've always wanted at a Great Price! LOOKING FOR TEMPORARY The countries include Burma, Jan. 1. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cam Privately, Burmese officials say STORAGE SPACE? bodia and the southern Chinese they don't expect more than Storage Store you Business records, inventory, or Personal Possession in province of Yunnan. 200,000 - which is still double "We are quite confident in what last year's number. 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By RON KAMPEAS and using a recognized IRA code related incidents since then, leav the windows in his house, adja LONDON (AP)· In the fifth Lon word, warned a bomb was planted, ing three people dead and dozens cent to the one where the explo Sue Tristem, also walking her don bomb scare since the Irish 12 minutes before the blast. injured. sion had taken place, had been dog down The Boltons, said, "It Republican Anny ended its cease "The officers had just started to All the attacks have been in shattered. sounded like an enonnous fire SISTER REMEDIOS EARLY CHILDHOOD fire in February, an explosion blew searchtheareawhenat2154(2054 London, apparently because the Formally dressed residents, work (firecracker). It smelled like out windows in an exclusive area GMT) the explosion took place," IRA does not want to provoke walking home from dinner par fire." of west London. Park said. "Luckily there were no pro-British Protestant militias in ties in the mild, jasmine-scented On Feb. 9, the IRA detonated a DEVELOPMENT CENTER The blast Wednesday evening injuries, as police officers were N orthem Ireland into retaliating, evening, were unable to get past massive truck bomb in east tore through an uninhabited house already searching the area. There which would could lead to whole police cordons to their houses in London's Docklands business undergoing renovation on The were no evacuations." sale bloodshed. an area that is home to million district, killing two newspaper Boltons, a street of elegant Victo He said the explosion "was It was not clear why the IRA aires and diplomats. vendors, wounding scores and .s%\~®~ rian terraces. probably the work of the IRA." would have chosen a privately Winnie Gordon-Strauss, who wrecking several office build We've had minimal damage to The IRA ended its 17-month owned house on a residential side lives in a house adjacent to the ings. Phoned warnings were property. there was no loss of life cease-fire on Feb. 9, citing what it street as a target; previous bombs one bombed, was stepping out given. Six days later, police and no injuries," said police said was British intransigence in have seem aimed toward causing with her dog when the blast blew experts defused a small bomb spokesman Steve Park. attempts to bring peace to the maximum economic damage or apart a lamp in her vestibule. contained in gym bag left in a An anonymous telephone call British-ruled province. · maximum inconvenience. "I've still got glass in my hair," phone booth in the theater dis received by The Associated Press There have been four bomb- "This is NOT a legitimate tar she said. trict of London's West End. get," said one indignant man "Why would the IRA want to Phoned warnings also were NatureAJJ climbing into his Jaguar. He said hit here? Itjustdoesn't make any I N T E R N AT I ON A L -=~"~\\~ April 20, 1996 April 21, 1996 Has arrived on Saipan with ~~~~D ~ ''Target Health Paks" !Ao!AOBAY ({:.,a/ (r~m1 . 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Worshippers from several downtown churches damaged by the April Michael Kinsella 9A Joe Rosario 17A Ned Arriola 7B 19 terrorist attack joined together for a nine block procession to an open air chapel near the site. AP photo. l Rudy Pedernal 2A Joe Dela Cruz 7B Sid Taisacan 10A Jess Wabol 2A Arthur Camacho 18A Pete M. Atalig 78 Norman "Dung" Tenorio 10A Ben Lizama 18A Pete Untalan 78 Joe Lizama 2A Nakamura Maaki 10A Brian P. Reyes 2A Joey Dela Cruz 1BA Saudi dissident to be Jack Guerrero 10A ~\.\0 Larry Tenorio 1BA Ysau lrinaka BB Mel B. Sablan 3A Ray C. Sablan BB allowed stay in Britain Jess B. Castro 11A Lawrence Camacho 3A Tony Barcinas 1B Joel Torres BB ALUE LONDON (AP) · A Saudi dissi Masari's asylum request, saying Jess Taitano 3A Dr. Larry Hocog 11A Speaker Diego Benavente 11A Robert Naraja 1B George Duenas 8B dent is to be allowed to stay in Dominica might not be able to Jay Sorensen 3A Kim An Young 1B Britain, free to continue his hu Joe Demapan 11A resist Saudi pressures to expel al Benjamin Duenas 1B Frank D. Cabrera 9B man rights campaign against his Masari if he were sent there. Jack M. Sablan 4A Joe Jones 9B .. ' DESCRIPTION . . . : . : . . STOCK# . ~OLOR. I. PRICE -. country's royal family, according Al-Masari, 49, was arrested in Daryl Voss 4A Frank Rosario 12A Jesse Yumul 2B Rufinlnos 9B to a news report Thursday. Saudi Arabia in 1993 and held for Joe S. 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Dave lgitol 13A which did not cite any source for Under heavy pressure by the Gordon Tydingco 5A Ray Diaz 13A Joe Guerrero 3B 90 TOYOTA TERCEL 2DR JT 469718 RED 3,995.00 Nobert Flawau its report, said al-Masari is to be Saudi government to get rid of al 5A Tim Eldredge 13A Gus Flores 3B Deding Hocog 1OB 90 TOYOTA TERCEL 2DR JT 529530 SILVER 4,295.00 given exceptional leave to stay in Masari, Major's government said Joel Sablan 5A Frank Ada 13A Alvin Hofschneider 38 Alice Concepcion 1OB Frank Castro SA 90 NISSAN SENTRA 4DR JN 516960 BEIGE 4,995.00 Britain for at least two years but at the time that his activities in Ben Aldan 38 Rosie Q. Davis 10B that his request for asylum has not London jeopardized Saudi con Andy Balajadia 14A Antonette Aquino 1OB Harris Lawrence 6A 91 MAZDA 4X4 S-CAB P-UP JM 153308 BLUE 7,995.00 been granted. tracts w:th British defense con Rick Kautz, Jr. 14A Joe Morcilla 4B Tony M. Taitano 6A Saudi Arabia's Ambassador in Jaji 0. 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Hole ~o. 92 NISSAN STANZA 4DR JN 892121 WHITE 7 595.00 cel trade deals with Britain worth mands greater democracy and Joe "RC" Cabrera ?A A Duty Free Tournament millions of dollars. campaigns against alleged cor Felix Aguon 16A Jack Lizama SB 93 MAZDA B2200 4X2-CAB JM 359407 GRAY 8,595.00 Al-Masari, a former physics ruption in the Saudi roya! family. Greg B. Sablan BA Joe Taitano 16A Newman Techur SB of Champions 94 FORD EXPLORER 4DR 1F A54258 B. BLUE 18,995.00 professor, has been fighting a le In 1985, Saudi Arabia signed to John Matsumoto BA Danny 0. Quitugua 16A David S. Demapan 58 gal battle against an order by buy more than $15 billion in Brit Vic Chong BA Joe C. Mafnas 16A Victor Balajadia SB Qualifying Event Major's government for him to be ish arms, and in 1993 ordered 48 J~ETEN deported to the Caribbean island Tornado fighter planes and other . ·1· MOTORS COMPANY, INC. of Dominica, which has offered British military e4uipment worth · j_ . AUTOMOBILE" SALES, PARTS, SERVICE to accept him. $6 billion. Britain also wants to SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS , First on Saipan! Tel. 234-5562/5568 • Fax 23407498 On March 5, a judge ordered sell its Challengertank to the Sau ~ the government to reconsider al- dis. Pre-registration 8-B-Q will be held at the Kilili Children's Park on Friday, April 19, 1996 at 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 32-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-APRIL 19, 1996 FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-33 Jury agonizes for Menendez verdict Syria stays out of Lebanon fighting By SAM F. GHATTAS war in Lebanon could ·swiftly raeli government spokesman fense agreement between Hezbollah attacks. The Syr parents' Beverly Hills mansion Jose Menendez and his socialite she said, and on July 2, when the By LINDA DEUTSCH they seemed like souls worth sav BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) · escalate into a huge confla Uri Dromi. Lebanon and Syria ... when ians will play a key role in any and began firing shotguns. wife, Kitty. brothers are due for sentencing, LOS ANGELES (AP) · Jurors ing. With an eye on future peace gration involving two of the Syria's state-run Tishrin Syria did not make a single cease-fire agreement, and that Prosecutors portrayed the broth the defense ask for a new who chose life imprisonment over "There was no way we could "It's eerie to be in the position will talks with Israel, Syria has strongest armies in the region. newspaper has called Israel's move in the defense of Leba would be a further ers as greedy brats out to get their a death sentence for Erik and Lyle put them to death," said juror of deciding someone's life or trial. effectively told its 40,000 However, Israel and Syria offensive a "crazy escalation non," said Lebanese ex.ile acknowledgement of their Menendez agonized during delib Bruce Seitz. death," Wolfberg said. "It's cold. parents' fortune. But the brothers Whilethejury'sdecisionisonly troops in Lebanon to hold their have both sought to pressure of death and destruction" and Raymond Edde, a former poli leading role in the country. erations that one said were eerily "There were other good things It was almost like the defendants claimed they killed after years of a recommendation, the judge does fire while bombs crash down one another without provok Foreign Minister Farouk al tician and a strong critic of Israeli officials have largely similar to the defendants weigh about them that warranted their when they made their decision to incestuous abuse in a dysfunc not have the option to impose a around them. ing a direct confrontation. Sharaa said the "aggression Syria's role in his homeland. refrained from criticizing kill. It was very difficult to deal tional family, a defense powerful death sentence in contradiction of ing whether to kill their parents. life, that warranted their living." Apart from switching from With its attacks, Israel wants has by far exceeded all the Syria has troops to Lebanon Syria for the surge in The panel, which took 13 hours Juror Andrew Wolfberg, who with." enough in the first trial in 1994 to the jurors' wishes. Had they pro red berets to olive battle he! - Syria to rein in Hezbollah, limits." ostensibly to prevent a reig Hezbollah attacks. Instead over three days to recommend life spoke emotionally about the The penalty verdict, which deadlock two juries - one for each nounced death, he could have re mets, Syrian troops around while Syria appears to have But Syrian President Hafez niting of Lebanon's disastrous they have blamed Iran for its without parole, said Wednesday agony of such a decision, said he drew gasps from relatives, ended brother. duced it to life. Beirut have barely responded given the guerrillas a free hand Assad's army has remained 1975-90 civil war. But they role in funding, training and they spared the brothers because felt as if he was in the brothers' a long effort to place blame in the In the wake of acquittals in the For jurors, the trial's emotional to Israel's relentless air and to fire their rockets on north silent despite its huge pres have become a permanent equipping the guerrillas. of their youth, lack of criminal position when they opened the Aug. 20, 1989, murders of mil murder trials of O.J. Simpson and impact was overwhelming. artillery strikes aimed at the ern Israel. ence in Lebanon, including presence and have allowed But it is the Syrian army history and the impression that door to the family room of their lionaire entertainment executive rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, pros Though they said their decisions Hezbollah guerrillas. There's been only one brief front-line positions only 10 Syria to dominate its smaller that controls Hezbollah sup ecutors got a much-needed vic were made purely on the law, If Syrian forces were to en Israeli-Syrian clash in seven miles (16 kilometers) from neighbor. ply routes from Iran through tory despite the jury's rejection of they spoke of hiding their feel ter the battle, the current mini- days of shooting. Israeli troops in south Leba Syria and Israel are both try Syria and on to Lebanon, and their call for the death penalty. ings behind stony faces, offight Israeli helicopter gunships non. ing to use the current conflict its widely believed that Syria Erik, 25, and Lyle, 28, took the ing back tears when lawyer Barry fired on a Syrian base Friday, In Beirut, Syrian troops on to strengthen their positions could silence, or at least limit, verdicts like pale statues, show NOTICE TO BIDDERS Levin pleaded for Erik's life, and At least 17 killing one soldier and wound the hills overlooking the capi in future peace talks. guerrilla attacks. ing no emotion. Lyle's lawyer, crying when they rendered their ing several during an air raid tal have simply watched as The on-and-off negotia Meanwhile, the Israeli Charles Gessler, wept. guilty verdict and their life pen SEALED PROPOSALS for the WEST TINIAN ~IRPORT AIRCONDITIONING AND RENOVATION, TINIAN, on south Beirut. The Israelis Israeli military aircraft tions, suspended in Febru strikes have damaged power "Lyle is relieved because he alty recommendation. killed in MP CPA PROJECT #CPA·TA-001-96, will be received at the office of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, were quick to say that they blasted away at Hezbollah ary, have made little progress plants, created a flood of refu wants to live," Gessler said. "You "It will always be something I COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY, Saipan International Airport, P.O. Box 1055, Saipan Mariana wanted the Syrians to stay out strongholds. since they began in 1991. But gees and set back the clock on know life without parole is not will relive," said Wolfberg, who Islands 96950, until 2:00 pm, May 10, 1996 at which time and place the sealed proposals will be publicly attack at of the fighting, adding that the At one position, curious sol both sides see the talks as Lebanon's economic recov something to be looking forward recently passed the bar. opened and read. helicopter fired only after be diers stopped their dail:r ac the only solution to the de ery. The net result is that a to. So you can't say he is happy, Juror Lesley Hillings said pan Egypt hotel ing shot at by the Syrians. tivities to watch as Israeli jets cades of feuding in the weakened Lebanon will be but he is relieved." elists were convinced that the The project, in general, consists of the West Tinian Airport Airconditioning and Renovation, all in accor "The Syrians are not a tar howled overhead. One soldier Middle East. even more dependent on Leslie Abramson, the fiery brothers had a horrible childhood. Suspected Mus dance with the plans and specifications. CAIRO,Egypt(AP) get. But the Syrians are every played his flute uninterrupted. The Israelis hope their lat Syria's political and military lawyer who represented Erik "We felt the parents were very lim militants attacked a group ofGreek where (in Lebanon)," said Is- "What's the use of the de- est assault will end the weight. The project is being financed by funds from the Commonwealth Ports Authority. The bidder's attention is through two trials over six controlling, demanding. We felt tourists in front oftheir hotel Thursday, invited to the fact that the proposed contracts shall be under and subject to the equal opportunity clause years, said the brothers are they did not have a normal child killing at least 18 people and wounding as set forth in Part Ill, Section 302 (b) of Executive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375 "both such considerable hu hood and we felt sympathy," 14, police said. dated October 13, 1977, and Section 60-1.4 (b) of the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (4 CFR 60- man beings that they will find Hillings said. At least three gurunen, shouting 'Go:! )as implemented by Section 152.61 of the Feder~I Aviation Regulations, to the c~nt(act and lab_or provi a way to be productive." "We did think there was psy is Great," opened fire with automatic sions as set forth in Section 152.55 and Appendix H, Part 152, of the Federal Av1a\1on Regulations and The verdicts will be appealed, chological abuse." weapons and pistols in front of the the applicable provisions of the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1~64 (78 Stat 252) implemented by .Part Europa Hotel as the tour group was 21 of the Regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. Also, the proposed contract will be leaving the building, said police sources subject to the Contractor's Certification of nonsegregated facilities. Police arrest three over whospokeonconditionofanonymity. (04/11/96) The sources said at least 18 people The apparent low bidder and any known first tier subcontractor will be subject to a pre-award, equal had been killerl. opportunity compliance review by representative of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, alleged bid to kill cop The Interior Ministry, which is in US Department of Labor, before the award of the co~tract for th~ purpose of determining w~ether the HONG KONG (AP) · Police Police said the arrests, by charge of Egypt's police, confirmerl bidder and/or his subcontractors are able to comply with the prov1s1ons of the equal opportunity clause. said Thursday they have ar the organized crime branch, that the attack had occurred but gave rested three men in Hong Kong were based on information few details. If the bidder has participated in a previ?US contract_subje~t to the_ equal opp?rtunity clause a~d h~s not in connection with an alleged from New Zealand police. Witnesses had earlier said some of submitted compliance reports as required by apphcab(e mstruct10.ns, the bidder shall _submit, p~or to conspiracy to murder a New New Zealand police say the the victims were Polish tourists, but an award of contract, a compliance report covering the delinquent period or such other period spec1f1ed by Zealand police officer prob 14K triad, a major racketeer employee at the hotel, reached by tele the FAA or the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, US Department of Labor. ing Asian organized crime in ing organization in Hong phone, said all the foreign casualties his country. Kong, is suspected of hiring were Greek. A bidder or prospective prime contractor or proposed subcontractor shall be required to su~mit such They said the three, arrested New Zealand mobsters to kill an The employee, who refused to give information as the FM or the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, requests pnor to the in raids starting April 2, have officerwhowasinvestigating 14K his name, saidagroupof Polish tourists award of a contract or subcontract. When a determination has been made to award the contract or been released on bail and have activities in his country. had been entering the hotel at the time subcontract to a special contractor, such contractor shall be requiref.prior to award, or after the award, not been charged. A fourth The Hong Kong statement did of the attack. or both to furnished such other information as the FAA or the Director requests. THIS IS TO INFORM ALL TINIAN AND ROTA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT person was questioned and not identify those arrested or their Egypt's official Middle East News released, they said. group. Agency said the dead included one THE CNMI JTPA OFFICE IS SOLICillNG FIITY (50) APPLICANTS PER ISLAND FOR Contract documents, including plans and specifications, may be examined at the Offic·e of the Executive Egyptian man and 13 women, most of THE YOUTH VACATION EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. SPECIFICALLY, Director0 Commonwealth Ports Authority, or can be obtained from this office upon the payment of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($350.00) each set of plans documents. This amount is non-refundable. whom were Greek. It did not give PRIORITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE ACCORDED TO THOSE STUDENTS BELOW Payment shall be made by check payable to the Commonwealth Ports Authority. details of the identities of the other victims. POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINE (ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED). HOWEVER, Copies of the aforementioned contract documents may also be examined or obtained at the following The gunmen, wearing black jackets, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDS, THE PROGRAM MAY offices of Juan C. Tenorio & Associates, Inc. escaped with a driver in a van, the police sources said. ACCOMMODATE THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED HIGH INCOME TO Juan C. Tenorio & Associates, Inc. Bus driver Gama! Mahmoud FULFILL THE 50 SLOTS. P.O. Box 3447 HLL,sein told the news agency that one Agana, Guam 96910 gunman with a pistol stood across from Phone Number (671) 472-2686n the hotel, which is near the pyramid,, DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS ARE: REPUBLICAN PARTY while three others with automatic rifles P.O. Box 551 openerl fire on tourist,. TINIAN MAY 03, 1996 (FRIDAY) Saipan MO 96950 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING I tried to chase after them when they ROTA MAY 17, 1996 (FRIDAY) Phone Number (670) 234-5222/3 were getting into a microbus, butoneof thetenuristsstartingaiminghisweapon NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED AnER THE ESTABLISHED DATE. A pre-bid conference will be held at the Office of the Tinian Airport Manager, Commonwealth Ports Au To all Republican Party members and prospective thority, West linian Airport, at 10:00 am, May 3, 1996 to explain and clarify any questions regarding this at me so I had to stop," he was quoted candidates: as saying. project. Questions should be submitted to the Consultant, in writing, at least five (5) days in advance for ALL STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT OR CONTACT MRS. ROSE PATO answers at this pre-bid conference, with a copy of same mailed simultaneously to the Executive Director, 'They got away." Commonwealth Ports Authority. Our next General Membership meeting will be held Witnesses said the front of the hotel (SCHOOL COUNSELOR) AT TINIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND MR. ANGEL HOCOG AT on April 24, 1996 at 6 p.m. at Garapan Central Park. was punctured with bullet holes and ROTA HIGH SCHOOL. Each prospective bidder shall file with the Cof11JTionwealth Ports Author!ty, at the ~bove Saipan add~ess, We will be discussing the following matters: taxis in front of the building had shat a notice of his intention to bid in a form substantially similar to that supplied herewith, not less than six (6) 1) Deadline for Letter of Intent, and tered glass, the news agency reported. calendar days prior to the date hereinabove designated for opening of proposals. 2) Candidate fees. Egypt has been fighting an insur gency by Muslim militants since 1992, Each proposal shall be on a form furnished by the Commonwealth Ports Authority. but for the last two years the attack, We urge your attendance at this important meeting. have been largely confined to southern The Commonwealth Ports Authority reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to Egypt waive any defects in said proposals, or any of them, if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best BENIGNO R. FITIAL The militant, want to overthrow the FELIX NOG! interests. Chairman, Commonwealth secular government and create an Is ff PA EXECU VE DIRECTOR Republican Party lamic state. Isl Carlos A. Shoda More than 920 people have been Contracting Officer for CPA kille FRIDAY. APRIL 19, 1996 -MAR!,>,,NAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-41 ------DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prl_or to publlcation NOTE: If some reasonyouracwertisement ls Incorrect. call uslmmediatety CROSSWORD PUZZLER to make the necessary corrections. The Marianas Variety News and 11-lf RE. VJEf:::E SO MAl.v'-( lH£ HEALTH CEPARTIIJ80 - Wlws Is responsible onty for one lncoirect Insertion. We reserve the right MADE i-\ER.. R.rr /f,J A to edtt refuse. reject or cancel any ad at any time. COMPlAltJTS FROM PwPLi; IA.JHO GOT . /00·1;:ATII-JG' SECTl()J ACROSS 43 Goddess of . _____, dawn Cl SICK ... -· v 1 Which 44 Towel Answer to Previous Puzzle 02 HOUSEWORKER-Salary:$2.75 per person? insignia 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$2.75 per hour 01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal .· ~.\_ 4 Irish poet 45 Neighbor of 01 POWERHOUSE MECHANIC-Sal· hour J) Contact: BRIAN P. REYES dbaBPR Pro ary:$2,000-$4,500 per month, Bilingual in 'i/" 9 Female ruff GA Employment Wanted ary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal· fessional Service Tel. 234-1618(4/ Japanese language 12 One (Ger.) 47 Musical wor1( Contact: CHANGSHIN RESORT SAIPAN ary:$2.75 per hour 49 Actress 19)F223563 01 MAINTENANCE MECHANIC-Sal· 13 Shadow CORP. dba Hotel Riviera Resort Club Tel. ary:$800-$1,500 per month Contact: MR. RODRIGO M. CAPATI dba 14 Those Danner 35-2111 (4/19)F223584 Saipan Woodcraft Ent. Tel. 235-5607(5/ holding office 53 Shrewd 02 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal Contact: SAIPAN SANKO TRANSPOR TATION, INC. Tel. 234-3363(4/ 03)F223726 15 Insect 57 So-so grade 01 MANAGER, TRAVEL AGENCY-Sal ary:$2. 75 per hour 17 Dopes 58 Elictt Contact: NAPU INCORPORATED dba 25)Th223641 ary:$3.00-$5.00 per hour 01 MECHANICAL ENGINEER-Sal· 19 - Saarinen 60 Males Get Covered Surf Tel. 235· 7873(4/ 01 GUIDE, TRAVEL (GUIDE, TOUR)· ary:$800-$1,200 per month 21 Printer's 61 - Moines Job Vacancy 19)F223564 01 INSTRUCTOR, MARINE SPORTS Salary:$3.00-$5.00 per hour 04 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR· measure 62 Flowing Salary:$600-$2,000 per month, Bilingual 22 Chicken garments Announcement 01 SUPERVISOR (CLERICAL)-Sal Salary:$2. 75-$4.00 per hour 03 FARMER-Salary:$250 per month in Japanese Language chow- 63 --carte 01 SUPERVISOR-Salary:$1,000 per ary:$3.00-$5.00 per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75-$4.00 per Garfield@ by Jim Davis Contact: HONG XIANG CORPORATION Contact: MARIANAS AQUA SPORTS, 25 Tibetan 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal hour month Tel. 433-0763(4/19)F223562 INC. Tel.234-1234(4/25)Th223639 gazelle DOWN Contact: M. SANWA PLANNING LTD. ary:$3.00-$5.00 per hour Contact: BLACK MICRO CORPORA YOO KNOWWHAT THE: 27 Female dba Mitsue's Restaurant Tel. 235-7102/ Contact: GLORIA CORPORATION Tel. TION Box 545 CK Saipan(5/03)F60266 WORLD NEEDS? garments 1 "Charlotte's 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.50-$4.00 9-29 (!:I 1995 Unrted Feature Syndicate 233·4995(4/26)F223667 322-3523/3251(4119)F223581 21 NURSES-Salary;$1,200 per month 31 WWII area per hour 2 Hasten Contact: PARAS ENTERPRISES, INC. 01 CIVIL ENGll~EER-Salary:$1,200 per 32 Forcefulness Contact: MYUNG SUNG CORP. dba In 34 Heston ID 3 Single Janeiro city 01 FACTORY MANAGER-Salary:$2.80 10 Noun suffix 23 Character of 01 ELECl"RICAL MA\Nl"ENANCE-Sal ternational Insurance & Tour Agency Tel. TEL. 234-8604(5/03)F223729 month 35 Big- 4 Christmas per hour 01 CHIEF MECHANIC-Salary:$3.50 per 11 Kind of curve a people ary:$3.20 per hour 234-1941/2(4/19)F223560 36 Cerise 5 Outgrowth Contact: WINCHELL'S INC. dba Contact: FAIRTEX MANAGEMENT CO., 02 WAITRESS-Salary:$2.75 per hour hour 37 Lone Star St. 6 Hebrew 16 Decimal base 24 -moth Winchell's Donut House Tel. 234-5566(4/ LTD. Tel. 234-9522(4/19)F223577 Contact: MING DYNASTY INVESTMENT Contact: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 38 Philatelist, month 18 Fix in the 26 Of missile 01 SUPERVISOR, RESTAURANT-Sat mind (var.) industry 26)F223663 CORP. dba Ming Palace Restaurant Tel. CORP. Tel. 235-50B6/92(5/03)F223715 e.g. 7 Bi plus one ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour 20 Companion 28 Hosp. 01 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR-Sal 234-1005(5/03)F223732 41 Enemy 8 Sultry singer 01 SUPERVISOR, RESERVATIONS· of aah attendant 04 WAITRESS (RESTAURANT)-Sal ary:$2.75 per hour 01 MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour 42 -Minor 9-de 01 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER-Sal Satary:$2. 75-$3.50 per hour 22 Islamic holy 29 Perlonner ary:$2.75 per hour 01 MUSICIAN-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75 per hour 01 BEAUTICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 30 Male and Contact: JOSE T. TAROPE dba ary:$2. 75 per hour hour Contact: SEN MAULEG CORPORATION Contact: ROSVIECAR CORPORATION female Chemiboy Ent. Tel. 322-4919(4/ 01 PRODUCTION CHECKER-Sal 01 MASON-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 pr hour Tel. 235-7521 (5/03)F223733 dba Rose Beauty and Barber Shop Tel. 32 Vi<::_~'Y. 26)F223661 ary:S2. 75 per hour 234-7858(5/03)F223716 Contact: ONWEL, MFG (SAIPAN) LTD. 01 MANAGER, CONSTRUCTION-Sal· ary:$1,900-$1,995 per month 02 COMMERCIAL CLEANERS-Sal 33 Mal de- 02 COOK-Salary:$700-$800 per month Tel. 234-9522(4/19)F223578 35 Explosion 01 MAINTENANCE, REPAIRER-Sal ary:$2.75 per hour 02 BARTENDER-Salary:$2.75 per hour PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz Contact: CNS CORPORATION dba King· 39 Roman 51 ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour Contact: JOHN T. & GLORIA DLG 06 WAITRESS-Salary:$2.75 per hour fisher Golf Links Tel. 322-1100(4/ 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$5.00 per hour SABLAN Tel. 322-8056{5/03)F223734 Contact: SAi-CHi us INTERNATIONAL .AND I WANT TO l i-1EAR '(OU MADE 40 Also Contact: ROBERT C. BOURGEOIS dba 01 JANITOR-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per BUT I DIDN'T COLOR 41 Iron symbol 26)F223660 INC. dba Queen Karaoke Night Club Tel. THANK THE JUDGES D OUT Bobby B's Manpower Service Tel. 322- hour A FOOL OF 44 33rd U.S. ------01 GOLF COURSE STARTER-Sal· 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$2.75 per hour 256·8808(5/03)F223720 FOR THIS AWARD .. T~OSE PICTURES!! pres. 01 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Sal· 0444(4/19)F223580 i YOURSELF AGAlt-J ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour Contact: SAIHON DEVELOPMENT INC. C 31 46 "Moonstruck" ary:$1,100 per month IT WA5 M'1 DOG!! 01 GOLF COURSE, LABORER-Sal Tel. 234·6832(5/03)F60291 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75-$3.49 per ' Oscar winner Contact: EVERTRUST CORPORATION 12 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR-Sat 48 Employs ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour hour 1------[ 34 dba 123 Discount Store Tel. 233-4242(4/ ary:$2.75-$3.00 per hour 49 A-E linkup 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal Contact: SY'S CORPORATION dba Pa 26)F223656 Contact: HANSAE (SPN) INC. Tel. 234- ary:$2.75 per hour cific Gardenia Hotel Tel. 234-3455/66/ 50 Spike - per hour 51 Attirmative 5296(4/19)F223582 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal 03 COOK-Salary:$2. 75-$3.50 per hour 77(5/03)F60283 52 Tokyo·s old 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASS!STANT-Sal 01 SUPERVISOR, HOUSEKEEPING - ary:$2.75 per hour namP. ary:$3.05 per hour 01 CABLE TV TECHNICIAN-Sal Salary:$2.75-$4.50 per hour Contact: MODERN OFFICE FURNI 01 SUPERVISOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour 54 Thurman of Contact: OCEAN OIL INTERNATIONAL ary:$6.25-$7.50 per hour 04 CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING-Sal TURE & SUPPLIES, INC. Tel. 234· Contact: L & Y CORPORATION dba "Pulp Fiction" Tel. 322-0609/3149/444 7( 4/26) F223644 Contact:'MARIANAS CABLE VISION ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour 6832(5/03)F60295 Happy Market 11 Tel. 233-4989(5/ 55 -Avrv INC. Box 1298 CK (4/19)F60141 56 Spanish 04 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per 03)F223735 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER- Sal· 01 ELECTRICIAN MAINTENANCE-Sal queen hour 57 ary:$3.00-$5.00 per hour 03 SEWERS-Salary:$3.05 per hour STELLA WILDER 59-40 01 AUTO. ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.75- ary:$3.00 per hour 02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC· Contact: ISLANDS CRUISE LINE 01 FASHION DESIGNER-Salary:$1,500 (rock group) $3.50 per hour Contact: MODERN STATIONERY & Salary:$3.05 per hour 61 (SAIPAN) Tel. 233-2556/7(4/26)F223648 per month TRADING CO., INC. Tel. 234-6832(5/ 01 H.E. EQUIPMENT OPERATOR - Sal Contact: KAZUE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 01 HEAD WAITRESS, RESTAURANT Salary:$2. 75-$3.50 per hour 03)F60297 ary:$3.00 per hour YOUR BIRTHDAY dba Kazue's Boutique Tel. 322-6337/8(4/ 02 MEATCUTTER-Salary:$2.75 per hour 01 HEAD WAITER, RESTAURANT-Sal Contact: KIM, SUNG· SEO dba Kae Contact: PLAZA CORPORATION dba 19)F223573 02 WAITRESS-Salary:$2.75 per hour Poong Corporation Tel. 234-9018/3338(5/ KidS.... ~ .... THERE ARE SEVEN THINGS IN ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour Highway Market Tel. 233-0386(41 ~· DRAWING "A" THAT ARE MISS- 01 WAITRESS, RESTAURANT-Sal Contact: MING DYNASTY INVESTMENT 03)F223722 26)F223B49 02 FABRIC ASSEMBLER-Salary:$2.75- CORP. dba Ming Palace Restaurant Tel. By Stella Wilder read the< corresponding para ing to your ideas recently. ING FROM DRAWING "B." HOW MANY CAN YOU FIND? $3.05 per hour ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour graph. Let your birthday star be SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. Zl) - 01 WAITER, RESTAURANT-Sal 234-1005(5/03) F60290 01 TRANSPORTATION AGENT-Sal 01 ACCOUNTANT-Satary:$5.00-$9.33 02 QUALITY CONTROL -Salary:$5.00· Born today, you are not the your daily.guide. What you see or hear on the sly to ary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour ary:$3.00-$3.81 per hour per hour $6.00 per hour kind to sweep anythin~ under the FRIDAY, APRIVll. day may not be exactly accurate, 01 AIRCON, TECHNICIAN-Salary:$2.75- 02 HOUSEWORKER-Salary:$2.75 per 02 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:$3.00- ® '@ 01 INDUSTRIAL WELDER (ARC)-Sal· 04 SEWING SUPERVISOR-Sal rug, no matter how tnvial it may TAUR\JS Aces demolish Brewers, 16-0 CHRIS Nelson pitched six shut-out Kapileo, Mel Teregeyo, and Mabel Ben Hocogs sacrifice RBI in the sicth tomakeittothirdwithoutstrandingand ond only to retired at home and then innings,gaveupjustonehitstrikingout Ngimgemelas each knocked in two made it 10-0 but the aces weren't the other gun down trying to make it ends the game stiking out the last batter eight with two base on ball and Steve runs to lead the Aces. Kapileo and through yet with their highest out-put home. Nelson's highlight came in the of the ball game for the aces fourth Coleman came in relief facing just Teregeyo 's two-run single and Palacios of the game, a six-runs seven inning fifth striking out the last batter and consecutive victory of the season, the three batters with two strike outs and RBI Fielders choice gave the Aces a 5- rally led by their pitchers Nelsons RBI continued the stretch retiring the side in loss dropped the Brewers to 2-2. one walk as the U.M.D.A.Acesdemol 0 lead in the top of the first They double and Coleman's RBI single the sixth making it four in-a-run. Be Winning Pitcher: Chris Nelson(3-0) ished the Miller Brewers in seven in increased their lead to 9-0 with two helped by five brewers errors for a foreColeman then came in relief, strikes Losing Pitcher: Joe C. Guerrero(2- I) - nings 16-0 on a ten-run mercy rules. more runs in the third and fourth in commanding 16-0 lead. out the lead-off batter, walked the sec- -Francisco "Tan Ko" M. Palacios Offensively for the aces, Glen ningshighlighted by Inosuke Yamada' s The Brewers never threatened Palacios scored four times and Ed RBI triple aided by four brewers errors. through-out but the runners managed Joe Camacho Monday game Pan American champs pitting D-9ers, hope for Olympic gold I A winner, finally Seabees Four's By ED SCHUYLER JR. the winner to make the team. AFTER being left off the CNMI a bogey on par 3 and #7. Halfway• .. AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) -Anto Whoever represents the United through thetoumamentCanulcho' s .• .. All-StarS Team for the upcoming rescheduled nio Tarver and David Reid, the only States in the 12 weight classes at Mobil Games in Guam. Joe "Ka- closet competitor was Joe Lizama U.S. boxers to win titles at the Pan Atlanta, the team will be the most who finished the front nine at 3 MONDAY game between the Bank American Games, hope to take a big internationally inexperienced since overpar39comparetoCamacho 's. of Saipan Lite Beer D-9ers and Red step to getting Olympic gold by win the 1972 Olympics at Munich. impressive 3 under 33. Dog Seabees Four's game has been ning the box-offs. To give them a late jolt of interna Inspite of his 2 over par 38 in rescheduled. The Bank ofSaipanLite Reid will participate in one of six tional experience, the team members the back nine, Joe C..arnacho still Beer D-9ers' opportunity to inch bouts Thursday night at the Augusta l11llilaged to shot a one under 71 and alternates will participate in dual closer to a play-off spot that would Richmond County Civic Center, gross to tie Lizama' s net 68. How meets against the German and Rus have helped league leader Stevedore whileTarverwillboxinoneofthesix ever, a scorecard playoff between sian Olympic teams before going to Lizama and Camacho gave the Mauleg widen its lead over second bouts Friday night. Atlanta. . prestigious April Ace to the latter player Red-Dog SeabeesFourforthe IfanOlympictrialscharnpionwins, They will box the Germans on after Lizama bogey hoJe #18. Penant Title went back to square one he makes the team for Atlanta. May 17 at Portland, Oregon, and Close behind and runner-up when the Seabees rallied for four runs Ifhe loses to a challenger, they will May 23 at New Orleans, then meet wa<; Tony Rogolofoi with a net 69 in the bottom of the sixth after trailing box again Saturday afternoon, with Continued on page 43 ,foJ1owedby&lFloreswithanet7l 10-6 to tie the ball game up at 10-All. Joe "Kamikaze" Camacho and senior citizen Tony Taitano After a scoreless seventh, and whowas4strokesbehindatnet72. the2hourtimelimitationhadrunout, Romania, Russia set · mikaze"Camachotookouthisfrus .• Aside from becoming April the Game was re-scheduled to con tnltion on hisfellow golfers last Ace of the Month Joe Camacho · tinue where they left off. Saturday 13th, ~t earned the 9llfilifyingrighttopar- •••·. On the second game of the night pace in preliminaries Aprif 1996 ·.·. ticipatein thetipcomingAceTolll"-\ Wally Chong lrnocked in three runs By JAVIER MAYMI was fifth in the vault .. > Theeveritwasfortheselection narnent in®m.bl#fotthe ~{ ... and John Camacho pitched a four Matjanas.Q?~tiyQllb'. . •··•··· .. / ·.··•• tigious Refalawasch Assc,:-· · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - SvetlanaChorlcina, the defend Golf hitter leading the Toyota Wheels for April A& of theMonth'by the ciatiori Player of tbeYear title:. Romania and Russia made strong ing uneven bars gold medalist, led Refalawasch GolfAssociation. At passedTeamBud-lce7-3toeventhe showings Wednesday night when the way for Russia as she began series at 1-a piece. It was all Wheels stake wasJoe Lizama' s net 68 dur-· mem1:.~~A~~n~······• the women's preliminaries ended the defense of her title by topping .charoBorja It cpnveyaj its thatiks) afterthreeinningsofplayjumpingon atthe WorldGymnasticsChampi the standings along with China's top 5-0 on four hits and four Bud-Ice onships. Xuan Liu. Both finished with a ~p~ZfflS'~~< error before Team Bud-Ice finally Gina Gogean, the defending 9 .825 score. Russian Dina ~-~~·stut as be biroie holes # 1 and '#6 1IyClub forallo~the~ofits scored a run in the top of the tight world champion in the floor exer Kochetkova, meanwhile, topped fullO\Vedby ~~onhole#4and course. fourth inning on Jess Mesa's RBI cise, led the way for Romania, Xuan in the beam as they finished single and another in the fifth earning the top qualifying spot in 1-2. when Ben Cabrera sacrifices in a the floor. She also tied for third in ''It was a good all-around ef Local kart racers vie run. Wally Chong's two-run the balance beam with teammate fort," Gogeai said single in the bottom of the sixth AlexandraMarinescu. Lavinia Not too far behind, however, inning extended the Wheels lead Milosovici, meanwhile, finished were the Shannon Miller-less for championship back to five, 7-2. Team Bud-Ice second in the floor exercise and Americans, who managed to reach managed to score a run in the fifth in the uneven bars for Roma the semifinals in all four events. THE local racers has started to like to invite the general public and seventh but wasn't enough for the nia Teammate Simona Amanar have racing events here on Saipan, racing fans to watch the local race on loss. Continued on page 43 and its being held at the Marianas Sunday April 21, at 2 p.m. Seaside Circuit in Marpi. In an The entrance is free, so the local interview with the Variety, Pub racers invites you to come down and lic Information Officer of Team support your favorite local raceratthe YoUR SPoRTS DoLLAR AT WoRk ... Saipan KikoOliversaid that there Mariana~ Seaside Circuit in Marpi. will be races every month until The winners for the February Race is the end of the year for points, so as follows: whoever have the most point is 1st Place:H. Yoshida 20 points the Champion Racer. 2nd Place:Y. Kitani 15 points The Race Kart goes up to 75-80 3rd Place:R. Pabalan 10 points miles per hour. 4th Place:R. Chico Jr. 8 points The local racers of Saipan would 5th Place:E. Apoong5 points .. ·. 4t1i Hyatt Fun.,Fest · I • • - • • ' ~ THIS isa public service announcement The deadline for completed appli to notify all charity organizations that cations is Wednesday, April 24, the Hyatt Regency Saipan is now ac 1996. Only those applications sub ceptingapplicationsforfundscollected mitted by the deadline will be c'on during the upcoming fourth annual sidered. Hyatt fun fest. For more infonnation, pease con FunFestFundapplicationsareavail tact Gregg Kresge at the Hyatt at able from Gregg Kresge at the Hyatt. 234-1234 ext. 25.