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Volume 6 Kolonia, Pohnpei, August 30, 1985 Number 16 Compact Strategy meet Extended HDIDNIA, Pohnpei - FSM state and national officials, including federated^tates ofJtCit/wu'SM President Tbsiwo Nakayama, conti- IjiCtqitt/le nued discussions with U.S. admin- istration and Congress officials Aug. 26-27 in Honolulu on the need to remove certain amendments made in the House to the Corpact of Free Association. The President and FSM Congress Speaker Bethwel Henry returned Aug. 28 to Pohnpei with their wi- ves from the South Pacific Forum HISTORIC SHIPS FBVH1RFD IN FSM STAMP RELEASE - The 22-cent FSM-U.S. and Pacific Islands Conference in first class domestic-rate stamp, upper left, features the "USS Jam- Rarotonga and airline and Compact estown," a U.S. warship which cruised through Micronesia in 1870. meetings in Honolulu. The 39-cent stanp for Western Hemisphere international nail, lower (See stories on Pages 2 and 5.) left, features "La Coquille" on which Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Duncnt The talks began Aug. 23 and d'Urville sailed in 1822 through the Gilbert and Caroline islands. were scheduled through Aug. 26 D'Urville was later given command of La Coquille which he renamed with the President, governors and "L'Astrolable," shown on the 33-cent international post card stanp, their staffs meeting with Ambas- upper right, to carry out a three-year expedition in the Pacific. sador Fred M. Zeder II, President The 44-cent international air nail stamp, lower right, features the Reagan's special representative "CSS Shenandoah," the Confederate armed cruiser which arrived April, to the Micronesian status negot- 1985, in Micronesia where it captured four Yankee whaling ships. iations; U.S. Office of Micrones- ian Status Negotiations represen- tatives; Jim Bierne of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com- Historic ships featured on stamps mittee staff, and Jeff Farrow of HDIDNIA, Pohnpei - The FSM Pos- Kosrae, is scheduled for (Continued on Page 3) tal Service issued this month a in October, he said. new "Historic Ships" series of The FSM Postal Service is ac- four stamps to reflect the post- cepting orders for First Day Cov- age rate increases which went in- er cancellations of the Historic (fnsi'de to effect Feb. 17, according to Ships series and First Day covers Postmaster General Leo A. Falcam. will be available for the audobon The Postal Service also is is- and Christmas series for sale to suing a new $10 definitive stamp, philatelic dealers and individual Capitol bidding reopened featuring the FSM government of- collectors, according to Falcam. ficial seal, for operational use The First Day Cover cancellat- (See story on Page 7) in posting large packages, Falcam ions may be obtained by contact- said. ing the four post offices in the An audobon, or birds of Micron- Federated States, or by writing esia release is planned for late to FSM Postmaster General Leo A. FSM EPB organized September, or October and a 1985 Falcam, P.O. Fwx 1376, Pohnpei Christmas issue, featuring histo- '(See story on Page 8) ric churches in Pohnpei, Truk and (Continued on Page 5) t forum backs tomnact, termination of trusteeship accord

HDIONIA, Bohnpei - Pacific gov- point. PIDP disaster preparedness prog- eminent leaders backed the Gomp- "We expect to have a study team ram and the regional energy pro- act of Free Association as it was here early next year," he said. ject which the ESM is participat- approved by the ESM and Marshall The Forum endorsed its South ing in. •p Islands waters and early termina- Bacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty The President and Speaker were tion of the U.N. trusteeship in which is supported by the Presid- accompanied by their wives who IMicronesia, during the 16th South ent and FSM government and which participated in "a very active Bacific Borum held Aug. 5-6 in was signed at the meeting by program," Movick said, which in- -S Rarotcnga, Cook Islands, accord- eight countries, including Aust- cluded a trip to Aitutaki Isl- ing to External Affairs official ralia, New Zealand, Cook. Islands, and, visits with women's groups, James Movick. Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Tuvalu and a regional handicrafts display, Movick, who accompanied Presid- Western Samoa. the Cook Islands constitution an- ent Tosivo Nakayama, Congress All other Forum members were niversary celebration and the Speaker Bethwel Henry and Deputy expected to submit it to their South Pacific Mini Games. Chief for South Bacific Affairs constitutional processes for ap- The President and Speaker were Ira Akapito to the meeting, said proval, except perhaps for Vanua- "impressed" by the small-scale o the President briefed the heads tu which still wishes to see more agriculture development which M of government of the South Bacif- substantive elements in the trea- they saw on a tour provided bj i ic nations during the Forum meet- ty, according to Movick. the Cook Islands government, he ing on the status of the Compact Most of the discussion at the said. M ratification process in the U.S. Forum was related to the issue of The President was interviewed B Congress and asked than to sup- decolonization of New Caledonia, on television in American Samoa port early termination of the according to Movick who said the where the FSM delegation stopped trusteeship in the U.N. Trustee- Forum reaffirmed its support for overnight en route to and fron ship and Security councils. self determination and independ- Rarotcnga. The delegation met •^Outside of the meeting, we al- ence for New Caledonia, condemned with Gov. A. P. Lutali and Lt. so talked with several delegat- the political violence there dur- Gov. Qii Hunken who hosted a for- ions who said they would speak ing the past year and welcomed mal dinner at the governor's res- out in the U.N.," Movick said. the French government agreement idence in Pago Pago on the return The Forum included in its final to hold a referendum at the end trip. joint ccmnunique a resolution, of 1987. The delegation also was hosted stating: The Borum postponed action on to a government dinner reception "Heads of government noted that proposals to give observer status during a six-hour stopover in Ap- the peoples of the Federated Sta- to the pro-independence provis-' ia, Western Samoa, en route to tes of Micronesia, the Republic icnal government of the Kanak So- Rarotcnga. of the Marshall Islands and the cialist National Liberation Front In Pago Pago, the American Sam- Comnonwealth of the Northern Mar- (FUK5) in New Caledonia and to can officials clarified their po- iana Islands had exercised their French Polynesia, stating that it sition en the Compact of Free As- right to self determination in has to set criteria for granting sociation which is pending in the free and fair plebiscites cbserv-. observer status, before acting on U.S. Congress where their non-vo- ed by the united Nations. the proposals, according to Mo- ting delegate opposed the trade "They looked forward to early vick. incentives in the House Interior approval of the termination of The Forum also postponed action Ccnntittee. the Trusteeship Agreement over on a Vanuatu proposal to request Accordfeg to Movick, officials these territories by the United reinstatement of New Caledonia as in Pago Pago said their govern- Nations in accordance with the a non-self-governing colony with ment generally supports the Comp- express wishes of their peoples. the U.N. Decolonization Committee. act and sees in it an opportunity They also looked forward to The Barum unanimously welcomed for American Samoa to establish a the conclusion of arrangements Fiji's offer to host its 17th new working relationship with the for the termination of the Trust- meeting on dates to be set in Au- U.S. government. eeship over the Republic of Pa- gust, 1986. lau." Following the Forum meeting, The communique also noted that the President and- Speaker attend- Constitution voting near "the Forum welcomed and approved ed the Aug. 7-9 Pacific Islands the application by Balau to bec- Conference in Rarotcnga which was ,, Pohnpei - Nukuoro is ome a full member of the Borum attended by all Forum members, scheduled to convene Sept. 3 its Fisheries Agency" and it express- except the Solomon 'Islands and municipal constitutional convent- ed condolences to the family, Vanuatu, plus representatives of ion, while referendums on draft people and government of Balau the U.S. government, Hawaii, Nor- ccnstituticns are set for Sept. 4 for the June 30 assassination of thern Marianas, Marshall Islands, in Ngatik, Sept. 7 in Pingelap President Haruo I. Remelilk. Balau, American Samoa, Chile, Ca- and Sept. 21 in Nett, according The ESM which is the only Mic- nada, the United Kingdom, France, to municipal officials. ronesian government which is an French Polynesia, Japan and mul- The Pingelap constitution would observer member of the Forum be- ti-national corporations. become effective five days after came a full ERA member in 1984. Nakayama is one of seven memb- the declaration of the referendum The Borum also approved a feas- ers of the PIC Standing Committee results by the chief magistrate's ibility study on extending serv- and he served as chairman of a office, officials said. ice of the Bacific Borum Line, a discussion on "Young People: The The Nett constitution would be- maritime shipping company owned Future of the Pacific." come effective on the day the and subsidized by Forum member The conference also received chief magistrate declares that it gcvernnents, to the ESM, accord- reports by the Pacific Islands is adopted by a majority of the ing to Movick, who said, "The Development Program staff at the eligible voters there, according current proposal is for PFL to University of Hawaii on projects to carjention Chairman Quirino call en Kosrae as a transshipment being implemented such as the Mandiols, Pohnpei cites Compocf strategy meet extended Misconceptions' welfare checks," as the tax in- (Continued from Page 1) centives "are to get U.S. invest- HDION3A, Pohnpei - Pohnpei Gov. the House Interior Committee ors to go into business in Micro- Pesio Moses and Legislature Spea- staff. nesia. ker Salter Etse suggested in an Truk Gov. Erhart Aten, who ar- With 40 per cent of the Compact Aug. 9 letter to President Tbsiwo rived here Aug. 27, said that funds earmarked for economic dev- Nakayama reopening negotiations Assistant Interior Secretary Ri- elopment, Zeder said, "Me prefer on the Compact of Free Associat- chard Mcntoya arrived Aug. 24 in that U.S. companies participate ion to correct misconceptions in Honolulu and was expected to par- in that growth." the U.S. Congress about the FSM ticipate Aug. 26-27 in the disc- Zeder praised the FSM President goal of becoming an independent ussions. for his leadership during the self-governing nation. On reports that statements by eight hours that he and the U.S. The governor and speaker said, FSM officials were "intense," At- delegation spent Aug. 23 with ab- "The multitude of amendments of- en said they were "expressions of out 50 ESM officials, according fered by the House of Representa- frustration" over the changes to the AP report, stating that tives of the U.S. Congress repre- made by the U.S. Congress in the Nakayama "deserves tremendous sent something much different agreements that were negotiated credit." than a recognition of our inher- over a 14-year period with four Zeder said that "both sides re- ent sovereignty and our dignity U.S. administrations. congize compromises will have to as a self-governing people. "One ESM will try to go back be made. "The amendments are patronizing and lobby (to remove the tax and "We asked the FSM to send to in language, condescending in trade amendments}," Aten said. Washington immediately a delegat- it and meddlesome in fact," "If it (the Compact) comes out ion which can meet with congress- said, adding that "while of- with the provisions the way they ional committee staff members, ficials of that country speak in are, I don't think it will fly,* federal agencies and, when they glowing terms of the potential he said. return Sept. 9, members of the for economic development in our "A decision will be made, after House and Senate," he said, not- islands, these amendments deprive the Congress finishes its job," ing, "We want to go to Congress us of many of the tools needed by Aten said. "Then we will go back with one voice." our people to achieve this goal." and review it and advise the Pre- The meeting between FSM and U. They cited as "most detrimental sident whether to sign it. S. officials was called to draft to the political and economic de- Zeder was quoted in an article a strategy for getting changes in velojxnent of our islands," the by Howard Graves of the Associat- the Compact resolution when it proh Mtion against enforcing ed Press as stating, "The admini- goes a House-Senate conference fishing restrictions beyond 12 stration remains supportive of committee, after the Senate acts miles, the "Buy America provis- the Compact as it was drafted and on it. ion which restricts ESM freedom approved by the Micronesians" and The House approved the Compact to select construction companies, that Reagan remains "totally and on July 25 with the tax and trade the elimination of special tax fully supportive of the Compact." amendments introduced by the Ways incentives for U.S. investors and The House amendments to the and Means Committee. The Senate citizens interested in working in Compact resolution which repeal Finance Committee reported July the ESM and ability to tax ESM the trade and tax incentives "are 29 the Con-pact with the sane am- citizens working in the United the two sticky areas," Zeder not- endments and Senate floor action States, the reduction of tariff ed^ reportedly was delayed until aft- benefits for FSM goods and the He said that "the tax and trade er the congressional recess which audit amendment which constitutes provisions in the Compact were began Aug. 2 by Qvergy Committee "an unreasonable intrusion into carefully Grafted and structured officials to give the administra- ESM affairs." to help the Micronesians in get- tion and Micronesian governments They cited as beneficial amend- ting economic development help as a chance to lobby against the ments "which cannon sense tells opposed to standing in line for changes. us are necessary for a smooth transition into the post-trustee- ship era," provisions for payment Yap leaders oppose Compact amendments of war claims, indefinite land GOIDNIA, Yap - Yap state elect- agencies. use agreements, prior service be- ed and traditional leaders adopt- "The U.S. Congress now seeks to nefits and Trust Territory gov- ed Aug. 12 a resolution opposing alter the terms of the Compact of ernment obligations, in addition 'some amendments in the U.S. Con- Free Association by amendments to to continuation of some federal gress to the resolution to imple- the joint resolution approving ment the Compact of Ecee Associa- the Compact," the resolution Citing the Bohpsi vote against tion which alter the terms of the said, adding that "some of the the Compact in 1983 and their ba- 'Compact, according to State In- amendments....would seriously un- sic concerns about "the unsettl- formation Officer Henry Muthan. dermine our efforts to economic ing provisions in the Compact aw- The resolution was signed by development by depriving us from arding the united States the traditional leaders Andrew Robo- certain economic benefits and rights of indefinite military de- man, chairman of the Yap propel perpetuating the stagnant economy nial over our territory and the Council of Pilung, and Belanmno left to us as a legacy of the failure of the Compact to attain Hatheylul, chairman of the Outer trusteeship." a ocnmiUieriL from the United Islands Council of Tamol, in ad- States to strive for a truly nu- dition to Gov. John Mangefel and The resolution said, "Some of clear free Pacific," the governor legislature Speaker Joseph Ayin the amendments would undermine and speaker said the U.S. cong- with certified copies to be our sovereign status and effect- ressional action provides an op- transmitted to the ESM and U.S. ively contradict the concept of portunity to reopen the Compact presidents, the U.S. Senate and free association our people ap- negotiations with an insight "into House, ESM Status Ccrtnissicn and proved in the June 21, 1983, ple- attitudes of U.S. law makers. a number of U.S. departments and biscite," Draft bill approved to create foreign Investment Office

3 ^ lELU, Kosrae - Draft legislat-' ging the FSM Congress to provide with the Japan International Co- H ion to create a national Foreigni the funds to design the facdlityi operation Association. •Investment Office to replace the) and to implement the program. —Recommended an evaluation of iFSM Foreign Investment Board and The conferees also recommended all resources development foreign delegate primary responsibility that the FSM Congress to approve aid with a summary report on past to issue permits to the states, the $154,000 budget submitted by aid and assurances that future was approved by partici]Mnts in) the National Fisheries Corp. aid requests conform with the Na- the Third FSM State-Nat .onal Re- Board of Directors to implement tional Development Plan. sources and Development Conferen- the program enacted into law two The conferees heard reports ce here Aug. 12-16, according to years ago of entering into joint from the Micrcnesian Maritime Au- FSM R&D Secretary Bernard Helgen- venture relationships with for- thority FStecutive Director Mike 1berger. ( eign firms to supply expertise, McCoy on foreign fishing activit- The proposed foreign Investment! markets and equipment needed to ies in the FSM, FSM Senator KM as Bill was drafted as a result of develop fisheries resources here. Thomas of Pohnpei who serves as the Second Resources and Develop- m other action, the conference: chairman of the FSM Banking Board ment Directors Conference Nov. —Recommended that Pohnpei and FSM Foreign Investment Board, 16-22 in Yap which recommended; state submit by Oct. 1 a final FSM Development Bank Board Chair- abolishing the FSM Foreign Inv-l decision on its earlier committ- man Herman Semes, FSM Coconut De- estment Board and giving primary ment to form a partnership with velopment Authority Manager Nando authority to the states. ! the national government to devel- Nanpei, College of Micronesia The draft bill states that each op a brick manufacturing industry land Grant program acting direct- state will be the "issuing auth- there with the support of the or Ruben Dayrit and attorney Fred ority" for foreign investment other states, or allow Yap and Ramp of Stoval, Spradlin, Armst- permits in its jurisdiction and Truk to compete for the project. rong, Ramp and Israel on the law that the FSM Foreign Investment —Endorsed a proposed National firm's development projects. Office would be created to assist Trade Promotion Program, includ- Congress Resources and Develop- the states in promoting and coor- ing interstate commerce, as well ment Chairman Koichi Sana of Truk dinating foreign investment in- as exports. The FSM Resources and also addressed the conference. quiries and to review foreign in- Development Department was asked In addition to Helgenberger for vestment permit applications for to assemble and publish trade in- the FSM and Jackson for Kosrae, ible conflict with national1 formation on markets, prices and the other delegations were headed availability of products for in- by Yap Resources and Development National interests are defined terstate commerce and foreign Director Sam Falanruw, Truk Res- as constituting new or controver- sales promotions. ources and Development Director ting existing treaties or inter- —Indorsed the development ana Redley Killicn and Pohnpei Con- national trade agreements; creat- implementation tourism master servation and Resource Surveil- ing a financial liability for the plans for the states and applaud- lance Acting Director Dan Perin. national government, and being ed FSM R&D Department plans-, tc contrary to FSM immigration or, recruit a National Tourism Devel- resident worker preference policy. < opment Officer by the end of Au- Comments sought The draft provides for review' gust. deadlines for the office and an —Su ^ported the proposal to es- KDIONIA, Pohnpei - The U.S. Ar- appeal procedure by the states toj tablisi a business development my Corps of Engineers is request- the President who would appoint and training program through the ing by Sept. 11 public review and an FSM Foreign Investment Offic-j FSM Development Bank. comments on an application by the er. The Resources and Development; —Recommended immediate funding Pohnpei State Community Services Department would provide its ad-i for an aerial photography project Department to construct a land- ndnistrative and technical staff. to inventory natural v resources fill area at Tteketik Island, Kol- Kosrae Gov. Yosiwo George add-1 and land uses for development onia Harbor, to support a float- ressed the opening session of the planning and to provide for orth- ing power plant. conference, declaring that while ophoto mapping, and recommended The Pohnpei state govetiment welcoming the recommendations of that the agriculture census be proposes to discharge about 4,900 the participants, Kosrae will suspended until the aerial photo cubic yards of dredged material have the final say in its devel-j project is completed. en the southwestern shoreline of opment policies. I —Recommended that $25,000 Tteketik Island to construct space "I assure you Kosrae will wel-; should be provided to continue for a power plant switchyard and come your technical and profess- the U.N. Development Program-sup- distribution lines," Col. Michael ional recommendations," the gov-, ported livestock development pro- M. Jenks, Honolulu district engi- ernor said. "However, Kosrae ject in Pohnpei, expand it td the neer, said in an Aug. 13 release* steadfastly reserves its jurisd- other states and include swine, "The power plant itself would iction with respect to the formu- poultry and a feed mill feasibil- be located on an adjacent barge lation of its final developmental ity study in addition to goats and is outside the jurisdiction policies, as is the case with now being raised for meat. of the permit action,* he said. each of the FSM governments." , —Recommended that the FSM Con- The proposal is to fill the re- In his welcoming remarks, Statel gress be asked to provide $20,000 maining 8,500 square feet of an Economic Development Director! to compile and print a fish iden- existing fill area to provide a Gerscn Jackson, conference chair-5 tification chart for the FSM in total fill area of about 66,000 man, urged the participants to conjunction with its marine pois- square feet. support locating the proposed FSMj oning control program. Comments and requests for pub- Aquaculture Center in Kosrae. —Urged the FSM President and lic hearings on this applicalicationt , The participants adopted a rec- Congress to give high priority to No* 1887, mist be addressed to ommendation supporting the locat- funding fisheries training and to Jenks at Building 230, Fort Shaf- ion of aquaculture research and seek a new fisheries development ter, Hawaii 96858-5440, by Sept. , training center in Kosrae and ur- technical assistance agreement 11* Historic ships New airline agreement signed TOIONIA, Pohnpei - ESM, Marsh- the governments obtain a guarant- On new stamps all Islands and Continental Air- ee for air service at (the) pres- (Continued from Page 1) lines officials signed Aug. 20 in ent level. They will own 20 per Honolulu an agreement to estab- cent of the new airline and rec- BCI 96941. lish a new airline to operate on eive a guaranteed income flow The Historic Ships series is routes presently served by Conti- from the airline operations. the third oonmanorative issue nental-Air Micronesia, according "In addition, the governments 8 since the ESM Postal Service was to a joint press release issued will have representatives on the implemented on July 12, 1984. It by the two governments. board of directors and are elig- is designed by Jennifer Toombs One release dispatched Aug. 22 ible to receive assistance in es- and produced by Crown Agents by FSM President Tosiwo Nakayama tablishing and operating their Stamp Co. of from Honolulu states: local airline. Bwland on be- "After several months of negot- "Present plants) call for an half of the ESM iations, the Republic of the Mar- ; application to be filed in Sept- w philatelic ag- shall Islands, the ESM and Conti- ember with the (U.S.) Department o ent," Crown fa- nental Airlines have signed an of Transportation for the neces- eats Philatelic agreement to establish a new reg- sary operating certificate. of long Island, ional airline which will operate •ESM President Nakayama states £ Mew York. routes in the Central and Western that this agreement was a major Wl The series in- Pacific presently served by Cont- step in ensuring essential air cludes a 22-cent inental-Air Micronesia. service for Micronesia and in ESM-U.S. first "The agreement was signed Tues- providing the government with a class domestic day night in Honolulu by Presid- forum to participate in decisions Ui rate stanp with a reproduction of ent Nakayama, President of the Ion the operations of this essent- the USS Jamestown, an American ESM; Barry Saimcn, vice presid- ial air service. warship which cruised through Mi- ent, secretary and general consul "Chief Secretary DeBrum expres- cronesia in 1870 and stopped in of Continental Airline and Oscar sed the importance of regicn(al) Pohnpei where its ocnmander had DeBrum, chief secretary of the cooperation on airline matters the chiefs sign a treaty to guar- Republic of the Marshall Islands and stated the Marshall Islands, antee certain rights to foreign who signature is subject to ap- ESM and Continental Airline would settlers, according to a Crown proval by the Marshall Islands continue to work toward an equit- Agents Stanp Bureau release. cabinet. able settlement of deferring The 39-cent stanp for Western "Under the signed agreement, views on the future of air trans- Hemisphere international nail portation services throughout the features "la Coquille" on which Micronesian_ region." _ Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Duncnt d'- Archives workshop held in addition to being subject to Urville sailed in 1822 on the approval by the Marshall Islands Louis—Isidore Duperrey Expedition RDIDNIA, Kolonia - Representat- cabinet, the agreement has to through the Gilbert and Caroline ives of the national executive to the U.S. bankruptcy court IS islands collecting scientific and branch and Congress and the Pohn- Houston, Texas, for approval, be- hydrographic charting information pei and Yap state governments cause Continental is operating for the French naval ministry. participated in an Archives Work- under Title 11 bankruptcy rest- D'Urville was later given com- shop held Aug. 12-23 at the Trust rictions, according to officials mand of La Coquille which he re- Territory Archives Office in Sai- in Pohnpei. named "L'Astrolable," featured on pan, according to Angie Mualia of ESM Washington attorney Barry the 33-cent international poet the ESM Information Office who Israel said the new joint venture card stanp, to carry out a three- represented the national govern- airline could be operating by the year expedition during the 1820s ment. end of the year, according to an which resulted in the classifica- Palau, the Marshall Islands and Associated Press report in the tion of the Pacific islands into Northern Marianas Islands also Aug. 25 Pacific Daily News. three main groups, Micronesian, were represented at the workshop The agreement to establish a Polynesian and Melanesian. which was conducted by T.T. Arch- new joint venture airline is the "me 44-cent international air ives Director Sam McFneteres and result of the noil apse in May of mail stamp features the "CSS She- University of Hawaii Librarian the March 22 San Francisco Acc- nandoah," the last armed cruiser Aggie Quigg who helped set up the ords to reorganize Air Micronesia to carry the Confederate flag and Trust Territory Archives to help by giving the ESM, Marshalls and proved to be one of the most des- the participants plan and set up Palau control of United Micrones- tructive to U.S. shipping during microfliming archives materials ian Development Association which the American Civil War. in their respective governments. owns 60 per cent of Air Micrones- The British-built CSS Shenan- The national government has a ia and the 30 per cent of Air doah sailed from England in 1864 microfilming center in the ESM Mike owned by Continental which under the conrand of Cant. James Information Office and is plann- was to purchase privately-owned Waddell and arrived April, 1985, ing to put it into operation, as UMDA shares and turn them over to in Micronesia where it captured soon as a full-time operations ;tne governments. four Yankee whaling ships and manager is hired, according to The ESM and Continental init- want on to continue decimating ESM Information Officer Ketson ialled in November, 1984, an ag- the Union whaling fleet north of Johnson. jreement to reorganize Air Micron- the Bering Straits at Alaska, af- Other ESM participants in the esia through the takeover of IM» ter the Civil War. workshop were Perdin Esiel of the which was blocked by UMDA minori- Ihe U.S. government later ac- Congress staff; Frank Castro, ty board members with suits in quired the ship in a damage claim Wayne Mendiola, Yasuo I. Yanada, ithe U.S. court in Saipan. settlement .against British-tuild Masao Robert, Anastacio Dosolua The new airline will be head- raiders and sold it to the Sultan and Akio Martin of Pohnpei, and quartered in Honolulu, but will of Zanzibar, according to the re- Richard J. Baimau and Isabel M. have its primary hub in Guam, lease. Rungrad of Yap. ,cording to the AP report. Vital statistics education urged Jail, restitution Set in slaying i MOEN, Truk - Citing a study riages and divorces and migration showing 48 per cent of the births among and outside of the Federat- >u unregistered for children up to ed States, he said. HDIONIA, Pohnpei - Francisco > five years old in two Truk Lagoon They recommended small pilot Gilmete, 23, of Kitti Municipali- ) villages, participants in the projects to update registration ty who pleaded guilty July 30 to j June 26-July 2 Vital Statistics in places like Truk and the Mar- manslaughter in the June 13 mach- n Workshop here called for more shalls where the populations are ete slaying of his cousin, Benja- ! public education on the import- dispersed, making it more diffic- min Gilmete, 32, was sentenced ' ance of registering births and ult to acquire registration of Aug. 20 by FSM Supreme Court * deaths, according to FSM Health births, deaths and fetal deaths, Chief Justice Edward King to two | Statistician Amato Elymore. he said. years in jail and was ordered to ! The house-to-house survey was And they, recognized the need to pay $6,000 in restitution to the > conducted in two villages in Dub- update procedures for obtaining victim's widow and children. lon and Oman islands to establish and maintaining vital statistics Beginning Oct. 18, Gilmete will j methods for conducting similar which currently is the responsib- be released during daytime work- s surveys throughout Micronesia and ility of the courts through inf- ing hours to work at the Kolonia i to improve estimates of under-re- ormation provided by health ser- Consumer Cooperative Association ! porting in the outlying areas, vices departments. (KCCA) here to meet his restitut- j "Many births are not reported More funds will be needed to ion obligations, according to Ed- until the child enters school," increase and train staffs for im- gar Santos, FSM Supreme Court Elymore said, while health depar- proving vital statistics manage- Ombudsman for Pohnpei. ! tments obtain some information on ment, they concluded. Following the jail sentence, deaths outside of hospitals from The functions of maintaining Gilmete will be on probation and funeral announcements on radio birth, death and fetal death sta- not allowed to drink alcoholic stations, but lack the funds to tistics was transfered in Septem- beverages, except Pohnpeian sak- visit outer islands and outlying ber, 1984, from the Trust Territ- au, for five years and was direc- villages to collect civil regist- ory Health Services Office to the ted to work on the victim's fami- ration information. FSM, while Palau and the Marsh- ly land one day a month for 12 The participants also called alls have not taken over these months to develop the land and for the enactment of laws to pro- functions, according to Elymore. teach the victim's children how vide for a national coordinating The FSM Health Statistics Off- to work the land. agency to direct the compilation ice is responsible for compiling King granted a request by the of vital statistics and to req- statistical reports from the sta- victim's family to allow Gilmete uire civil registration at the tes, but there is "no organized to be released one day to join a local level, Elymore said in a system of civil registration for second traditional reconciliation report on the workshop which was the FSM" due to outmoded vital ceremony, as the first reconcil- attended by 27 participants and statistics laws, inability * to iation took place while Gilmete observers from the four ESM keep track of population move- was jailed shortly after the fat- states, the Marshall Islands, Ba- ment, no single office having ality occured. lau and the Trust Territory gov- charge of civil registration, ernment. roles of the state and national They also recommended laws to governments not being clearly Kosrae code signed require registration of all mar- defined and the FSM Constitution preventing the national govern- Shotaro sworn in; ment from enforcing vital statis- IELU, Kbsrae - The Kbsrae State tics regulations in the Code which was signed Aug. 8 into MDEN, Truk - Kesty Shotaro was law by Gov. Yosiwo George will sworn in Aug. 20 by Truk State make bars and drinking alcohol in Legislature Speaker Simeon Inno- restaurants legal Jan. 1 and will centi to replace former State Se- revise other statutes, according nator Kasimiro Innooenti who beg- to a Kosrae Public Information an serving Nov. 1 a 15-year murd- Office release. er sentence in connection with Kosrae became the first FSM the Oct. 3, 1981, gang beating state to enact its own code after death of Jennings Rochon, 14, of seven months of review and rewri- Dublon, according to a State In- ting of Trust Territory laws and formation and Broadcast Division state statutes by the three Kos- release. rae State Legislature standing Shotaro is a native of Polle committees, the executive branch Municipality in the Faichuk area and the Kosrae Code Project work- of the Truk Lagoon who was ap- PRESENT DONO1DN - Marline inggroup. pointed in June by Acting Gov. Solcncn, center, wife of the Nan- Except for special delayed ef- Bob Mori to the vacant seat rep- of Pingelap, is presenting fects for certain laws, the Kos- resenting Election Precinct Seven July 24 a $50 donation to Presid- rae State Code becomes effective which includes Patta, Polle and ent Tosiwo Hakayama in his office Oct. 1," the release said, add- Wbnei. for his office use on behalf of ing, "There will be many substan- The Legislature Credentials Pingelap's Li en Alia Christian tial, changes in existing Kosraean Committee voted 17-2 on Aug. 19, women's association with Mihel- law under the new code. after a week-long deliberation, ihna Biggin, association chair- "The revised Alcoholic Beverage to recommend the seating of Shot— pMrffOlly jJOGVuDB CD* TPft vCTIBT-Jwil Consumption law, which takes ef- aro to fill the unexpired term was part of $26,000 raised by the fect Jan. 1, will legalize bars until the next legislature is association and donated primarily within certain zoning limitations seated after the March 10, 1986, to church activities during its and the consumption of alcohol in elections. July 21-24 visit to Bohnpei. restaurants," it said. a w OPS issues new invitation to bid on capitol construction I

KOLONIA, Pohnpei - The FSM Office of 000 square feetr" according to "the notice Planning and Statistics issued a new in- which said the project includes FSM exec- vitation to submit bids for construction utive office buildings, capitol (Cong- of the new FSM capitol at Palikir by 10 ress ) and judicial chamber with intercon- a.m. Dec. 2, according to OPS Director necting, precast, covered walkways and John Sohl. two plazas with electricity, water, waste During a May 31 bid opening session in water disposal and limited air condition- the FSM Congress chamber, OPS rejected ing. unopened all national capitol construct- It also includes b) compacted coral on- ion bids and announced that it would re- site parking areas, driveways, service open bidding, because funds were not ex- roads and an access road; c) support fac- pected to be made available by the U.S. ilities of sewage collection and interim Congress at the time to begin construct- treatment system, water distribution, re- ion within the time frame set forth in servoir and other site improvements; d) the contract documents. electrical distribution, and e) landscap- A new "Notice to Bidders" issued here ing. Aug. 14 announced that "sealed bids will The estimated base project construction be received by: Director, Office of Plan- cost is $10 million~$15 million and the ning and Statistics, P.O. Box 538, Kolon- contract time is 600 days. ia, Pohnpei ECI 96941; Telephone (691) Alternate projects to be included as 820 and 821; FSM government TELEX 729- funds are made available are: 6807; at 10 a.m., Pohnpei time, Dec. 2, 1) Executive housing, including four 1985" when they will be opened and read one- and two-story 3,000-3,800-square- aloud with the apparent low bidder to be foot concrete and wood-frame residences - announced at that time. with electrical, water, sewer and other "Bid envelopes shall be clearly marked site improvements, plus an access road 'Construction Bid-FSM Capitol Project.' and parking. Any bids received after the time and date 2) Community College of Micronesia civ- specified will not be considered." il work, including extension of water di- Contract documents will be available stribution and sewage collections systems Sept. 16 and a pre-bid conference will be from the capitol to the campus site. held Oct. 16-17 at the FSM Office of 1) Sewage treatment plant, including Planning and Statistics here* according facultative oxidation pond, treatment to the notice. plant, outfall, sewage collection lines A "Notice of Intention to Bid" which and pump station, access road and con- will be included in the contract docum- crete bridge. ents must be submitted by 5 p.m. Oct. 28 4} Asphalt paving approximately five to the FSM Office of Planning and Statis- miles of existing unimproved road, on- tics here. site access roads, driveways and parking areas. The contract documents may be obtained, 5) Concrete paving for on-site roads starting Sept. 16, with $200 deposit in and parking areas where asphaltic con- cash, cashier's check, or certified check crete paving is indicated in No. 4. payable to the FSM Office of Planning and The notice stated, "Any contract award- Statistics in Kolonia, or Architects Haw- ed under this invitation to bid is expec- aii, Ltd., Suite 300 Pacific Tower, 1001ted to be funded in full or in part by a Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 at grant from the U.S. Congress. either location. "Neither the United States nor any of "The deposit is refundable if sets are its departments, agencies or employees returned unmarked and in good condition," are or will be a party to the invitation the notice said. for bids or any resulting contract. The contract documents will be avail- "Procurement for this contract is sub- able for review only at the offices of: ject to the terms and conditions contain- General Contractors' Association of Ha- ed in the U.S. Grant Award to the FSM. waii, 1065 Ahua Street, Honolulu, Hawaii "Bidders may not withdraw their propos- 96819; Wilton J. Mackwelung, FSM Liaison als for at least 120 days after the act- Officer, Guam Interionational Airport ual date of bid opening, nor may the pro- Freight Terminal, P.O. Box 22197, GMF posal of the bidder under consideration 96921; Jesse Raglmar, FSM Liaison Offic- for award be withdrawn subsequent to the er, Room 308 Azabu Heights Apartments, notice of award, even though the award 1-5-10 Roppongi, Mainato-Ku, Tokyo 106, may be conditional upon further approval Japan, and Epel K. lion, FSM Washington by FSM or U.S. agencies. Representative, 706 G Street S.E., Wash- "The contract will be awarded to the ington, D.C. 20003. responsible bidder with the lowest resp- The project is open to international onsive base bid price subject to the pro- bidding and two bid bonds will be requir- visions of amended (FSM) Public Law 2-65 ed, including one in the amount of 20 per (citizen bidder preference). cent of the base bid and the other 5 per "However, the FSM reserves the right to cent of of the sum of bid on five alter- waive any irregularity in any proposal or nate projects. to reject any and all proposals, or to "Base bid work includes a) nine one- withdraw the invitation without prior no- and two-story cast-in-place and precast tice, if it deems it to be in the FSM'5 concrete buildings of approximately 95,- best interest to do so." 00 FSM EPB organizes, approves functions transfer MOU in oo Pohnpei - The ESM En- The memorandum of understanding for land and tidal watar const- vironmental Protection Board ap- approved by the board to transfer ruction projects. o proved a draft memorandum of un- responsibilities on Oct. 1 is "We'll try to work with the f) derstanding to assume Oct. 1 the subject to approval by the Trust states to come up with an enabl- authority and responsibilities of Territory board during its Aug. ing act to allow them to (select- the Thrust Territory EPB, during 28-30 meeting in Yap and by the ively) refer permit applications its Aug. 14-16 organizational U.S. Environmental Protection to the ESM board, when they feel meeting here, according to natio- Agency. it is necessary," Dannis said. nal Environmental Health Coordin- The ESM board recommended ap- The board recommended that the ator Carl Dannis. proval by the President and gov- President designate the FSM En- s The board elected ESM Transpor- ernors of the proposed fiscal vironmental Health Office to con- 2 tation Chief Robert J. Weilbach- 1986 administrative agreement tinue serving as its staff, sub- D er, the national government rep- with the U.S. EPA outlining envi- ject to the approval of the ESM resentative, its first chairman ronmental problems and how they Health Services Divison chief. and John Sigrah of Kosrae, vice will be addressed. The chairman was directed to chairman during the opening day report on the organization of the of the meeting. It also proposed additional se- board to the Fourth FSM Congress Vice President Bailey Olter wage treatment construction proj- during its Second Regular Session welcomed the board members to the ects to be included in the fiscal in October and its second semi- opening session in the Congress 1986 Trust Territory proposal for annual meeting was tentatively chamber on behalf of ESM Presid- EPA funding set for March, 1986, in Truk. ent IbsiwD Nakayama by citing the The board recommended that the The board also reviewed the challenge of protecting the Eed- states enact their own state en- Trust Territory evironmental qua- erated States' environment during vironmental protection acts, so lity act (PL 4c-78) and the FSM the accelerated development which that many of the functions which law (PL3-83) which creates the is expected to take place under are to be transfered from the FSM EPB and directed the staff to the Compact of Free Association. Trust Territory to the ESM EPB review with the FSM Attorney Gen- "Pollution and the quality of can be further delegated to the eral 's Office proposed amendments water, air and land will be left states, according to Dannis who to current regulations and report to your decision, but these deci- cited the authority to issue en- its reccnmendations to the next sions must be balanced so that vironmental protection permits board meeting. while we protect our environment, we can also encourage development in needed areas," Olter said. Pohnpsi was not represented be- cause its member had not been ap- pointed and the Truk member, ESM International Affairs Division Chief Masao Nakayama, was absent from the meeting which was atten- ded by Weilbacher, Sigrah Sebast- ian Anafel of Yap.

Drawings available HDIONIA, Bohnpei - Design draw- ings of the new Bohnpei Internat- ional Airport terminal are avail- able for viewing at the State Pu- blic Works Division and ESM Off- ice of Planning and Statistics, ADDRESSES ENVIHMMEMIM, PKHECnDN BOARD - Vice President Bailey Ol- according to State Community Ser- ter, standing, is addressing the opening session Aug. 14 of the ESM vices Director Bermin Weilbacher Environmental Protection Board organizational meeting in the Cong- who said that revenue creating ress chanter, Kolcnia. KM Transportation Chief Robert J. Weilbach- services such as shop, car rent- er, right, was elected the first chairman of the board, and John Si- al, snack bar and office spaces grah, left, of Kosrae, vice chairman. Sebastian Anafel of Yap also will be let out for bid. attended the meeting which continued through Aug. 16.

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