~------arianas %riet_Yr;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 '&l ews floods By Rick Alberto bulletin Corp. said many residents would Variety News Staff eithernot be receiving waterer be TYPHOON Yates, upgraded into rt"ceiving less water from their a supertyphoon, took its time in faucets until the weather clears as coming yesterday, with people most of its main reservoirs had keeping watch the whole morn Continued on page 16
ing and afternoon. . ' Saipan was virtually at a stand still as government offices and Yates .. keeps . schools closed. Many private sector offices sent their employ .p.9lice busy ees home at 12 noon. Hotels, restaurants, buildings, By Ferdie de la Torre and homes boarded up their doors, Variety News Staff THE DEPARTMENT of Public Safety has doubled up its person nel on a 24-hour duty as super GTAhas no business in typhoon Yates hit Saipan and Tinian yesterday. CNMI-- Guam senator Public Safety Information Of By Zaldy Dandan ficer P02 Arnold K. Seman told Variety News Staff the Variety that DPS intensified GUAM SENATOR Tom Ada on Monday said Guam Telephone its patrol out in the streets to moni Authority investments should be on Guam and not in the CNMI. tor any eventuality brought by Ada in a media release, a copy of which was obtained by the Yates. •t Variety, is asking why GTA has submitted a bid with the Federal ~ Seman said the officers were (, Communications Commission for a license to provide personal also fielded to advise the general communications Services in the CNMI. public to take precautionary mea Ada is the chainnan of the Guam legislature's committee on sures. water, utilities and electronic communications, which held a For safety purposes, he said the hearing on GTAyesterday. . police would try their best to limit "(Why is) GTA. .. planning on investing income generated the vehicles in the streets as trav from local GTA telephone subscribers for the construction of elling is hazardous during bad telecommunication facilities (in the CNMI) that will not directly weather. benefit the very customers the revenues were generated from," "The police officers will take Continued on page 16 Continued on page16 Cing to DPW chief: 'Keep your word' By Zaldy Dandan Tenorio, in a recent interview, the governor," he said. "We agree Variety News Staff said he is not neglecting the road that Saipan has biggertraffic prob SENATOR David M. Cing (D improvement needs of Rota and lems, but we also need road im Tinian) yesterday said he is glad Tinian. provements and we 're not even that Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio has "What we 're doing is we 're talking about widening roads on promised to look into the road addressing where the (more seri Rota and Tinian-we l1ave two improvement needs of Rota and ous) problems are, and once we lane roads only." Tinian, but what the two islands take care of the problems over Cing said the two islands' will need are actual deeds not mere here we go to Tinian and take care continue to fight for their share of words. of their problems," he said. federal highway funding. "The governor's statements are According to Cing, however, "We can't get anything Jone good, but he'll not be governor Rota and Tinian need only $1 without a compromise," he said. Thai House Restaurant owner Jack Hudak (right) gets help from forever," Cing said. million a year for the next seven At the same time, Cing said Nemrod Baterna in securing his establishment's neon billboards as "Who's going to carry out his years. Public Works Secretary Edward winds brought by super typhoon Yates gained strength yesterday noon. promise?" "We don't want to argue with Photo by Ferdie dela Torre Cont1nued on pa-ge 16 ~nued rise in teen pregna~cy ~~t~ fores~e~ I (, . Weather By Ferdie de ta Torre pregnancy rate among said. Bruss said only 20% of these /! . Variety News Staff Chamorros. The 1995 fertility rate here was adolescents are using contra- " THE DEPARTMENT of Public In a health progress report, the 2325. l live births per 1,000 ceptives, and only 33% are us- Outlook Health Services is anticipating a medical director noted that teen- women 15-44 years of age. ing condoms during sexual in- continued rise in the teenage age pregnancy rate here (where "This is compared to the US tercourse. pregnancy rate among the in- mother is less than 18 years old) is 1992 fertility rate (all races com- "This is concerning for both digenous popµlation in the 3.5% lower than the US rate (all bined)of68.9Iivebirthsperl,OOO future trends in teenage preg- CNMI. ' races combined) of 4.9%. women 15-44 years of age," he nancy and the transmission of Public Health Medical Direc- He said the teenage pregnancy pointed out. HIV and other STDs," he said. tor Dr. Jon B. Bruss said the rate for Chamorro females less On the other hand, Bruss said TheprimaryfocusoftheFam- increase may be expected on the than 18 years is nearly twice as sexual activity amongCNMiado- ily Planning Program, Bruss ,, .. /.. basis that the CNMI has fol- high as the US rate. lescents is lower than the US, but stressed, is the prevention of lowed Guam in terms of health There were 1508 live birth_s in remains above 50% for high teenage pregnancy. 1 patterns. He, however stressed 1995 in the CNMI for a birth rate school students and nearly 30% "Many of the teenage preg- 0~it:j:1t;w*i·· the latter has a higher teenage of 26 per 1000 population, Bruss of junior high school students. Continued on page 16 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 1JIU~~[)!,}\SE_PTEMBER 26._]996 -MARIANAS VARif-:TY NEWS AND Yll::WS-3 ar' Sablan: New regs 'ridiculous' Iran warns US of Senate president says governor should obey law conflict with the U.S. throughout have been no signs of a confronta sponsoring international terrorism, rines, and is expected to take de By ANWAR FARUQ\ saiJ Monday. the Persian Gulf," Maj. Gen. tion between Iran and the United a charge Tehran denies. livery of a third within six months. week that he will ask the courts to garment industry, from licensing DUBAI. United Arab Emirates The Garment Industry Morato Jeclarc the new regulations ille States, and both countries regu Rezaie, who heads a 120,000- The Iranians also have deployed to manpower hiring. (AP)· Amid a U.S. military buildup Mohsen Re::aie, head of the para rium Act, he said, has already gal. I military Islamic Revolution Guards larly make threatening remarks to man force with its own army, air anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles ' f" " The secretaries of Commerce, in the Gulf, a top Iranian com placed a cap on the number of But Gov. Fruilan C. Tenorio ward each other. force and naval units, said Iran also near the Strait of Hormuz, the nar Labor anu Immigration, and Fi mander wamed that any confronta Corps, said in remarks published garment workers the CNMI can on Friday, said he wants the neV: The U.S. military buildup in the was prepared for a possible attack row gateway to the Gulf through I! , . nance are the members of the tion could quickly escalate into a Tuesday. hire. regulations to be either mollified "The Americans know that if Gulf region, which now totals by Israel. which one-fifth of the world's oil "'" p.inel. U.S.-Iran war over the strategic ~ The new regulations would al or revoked. the slightest incident occurs in the 30,000 military personnel, 25 com "If Israel wants to take action supplies flow. Commerce Secretary Pedro Q. waterway. low the hiring of over 7,800 new He said he didn't know that the "If the slightest problem breaks region, it may lead to a massive bat ships and more 200 warplanes, against us, it will use its air force, Iran's armed forces on Sunday Dela Cruz, last week, said the garment workers. regulations would allow the hir out forus orthe slightest pressure is war," the English-language Tehran is aimed primarily at Iraq. and in response we will not re began war games in the Gulf, but regulations would not increase the Sablan, however, said filing a ing of more garment workers. exerted on us. we will disregard all Times quoted Rezaie as saying. Rezaie' s comments were seen strict ourselves to the air. We will the maneuvers did not appear to numberol' garment workers in the lawsuit to stop the implementa The new set of regulations was CNMI. ~ restrictions and become engaged in Despite the strident tone, there mainly as a warning to America decide where and how to respond be in response to the latest ten tion of the regulations is unneces signed by Tenorio last Sept. 3. It and its allies not to take threatening to Israel," Rezaie said without sions in the Gulf, which erupted I le said the reoulations "mere Iv I action toward Iran, which has long elaborating. Aug. 3 I when Iraqi President sary. creates a Garment Panel that set a ceiling" c;n the number ~f l-~-~-~--··-- Saddam Hussein sent troops into "We just have to obey the Jaw," would have full control over the workers pursuant to the law. chafed at the presence ofU .S. forces Israel and Iran are longtime en Jesus R. Sablan Froilan C. Tenorio in the Gulf since it regards the emies and they currently wage a northern Iraq to help one Kurdish he said, "and that's what I'm go region as its own sphere of influ proxywarinsouthLebanon, where faction defeat an Iranian-backed ing to tell the governor-Obey By Zaldy Dandan ence. the Iranian-backed Hezbol]ah rival. The Americans responded the law. Whatever the governor Bill seeks to limit liability of doctors Iran and the United States have guerrillas fight Israeli troops and with missile strikes in southern Variety News Staff has on this issue I hope -he's act THE NEW set of garment indus been at odds since Iran's 1979 an allied Lebanese militia. Iraq. ing responsibly." nurses in rendering emergency care' Islamic revolution toppled the pro Iran has been rebuilding its Iran said the five-day exercises try regulations i; "ridiculous," House Speaker Diego T. Western shah. The Americans forces in the Gulf in recent years. kicked off the week-long "Sacred Senate President Jesus R. Sablan Benavente told the Variety last policemen, and other law-enforce emergency instructions to an emer have imposed sanctions on Iran It has commissioned two Rus Defense Week," marking the start menl o/'Jin:rs rendering emergency gency medical technician at the and accuse the government of sian-built Kilo-class subma- of the 1980-88 war with Iraq. meuical ,ervices. scene ot· an emcr~enc·v skill ,,:," Go\ m1111ent and private entities, not be liable unlcs; the i11,1 nic: i, '!h in the course of training people in were made with negligcnL·c. Clinton straddles critics of UN, emergency medical services, shall Neither will ane111er~cnc1 111,·d1- also be free trom liability for any cal technician follu11 in; 1h,· i1htn1c· cil'il damages resulting from those tions of a physician he ii"hk l"r signs nuclear test ban treaty training.programs, the hill says. any civil damage,. By BARRY SCHWEID United Nations: The U.N. does a That policy is reflected also in the The bill says the legislature rec As unucrstm>J in thc hill_ "cl'.1c1- UNITED NATIONS- US.Presi good job, but let's not go overboard. recent U.S. missile attacks on Iraq, ognizes that ··a threat to the public gency 111cuicc1l .,cn·iccs" a11d "c111c1- gency medicate care" o_r.: th, >Sc tkll dentBil1Clinton1riedtohaveitboth Clinton's straddling was symbol the widening of a no-fly zone over health and safety exists whenever .i if not done rnu!J lead to ,criou, waysinabriefstopoveratthe United ized by his brief visit to the United southern Iraq and a U.S. campaign . / there is a need for emergency st:r ; vices." physical or mental Jisah1iI 1.\· ilr Nations before resuming his hunt Nations. to oust Boutros Boutros-Gha!i as / J, for votes for re-election. He signed the treaty to outlaw U.N. secretary-general. , Public entities. emergency res death. He!audedin aspeechhere Tues nuclear weapon tests explosions, In Tuesday's speech, the Presi- ! cue personnel and professionals, The bill states that persons J, 1111~ Manuel A. Tenorio day"all the UnitedNationsisdoing which he had championed, made the dent both chided "some Americans" I and private citizens should be en emergency medical scr\'icc, &~ to couraged to provide emergency considered to be acting in gllncl to lift the lives of millions by pre annual U.S. speech the General for ignoring what the United Na- : By Rick Alberto Assembly,heldaquickroundoftalk.s services, it says. faith unless they "fail to acr -.1 i,h serving the peace, vaccinating chil tions has done as the world grows I Variety News Staff with Japanese Prime Minister It states that any person who regard to a manifest duty"' ,,r ":1c·' dren, caring for refugees ... " more interdependent and chastised I THE House has approved u. l)il\ renders emergem;y care, not for with malice or with wanton 11r ,,, :\\ But he also ticked off a list of Ryutaro Hashimoto, Prince Saud U.N. members for failing to adopt ! limiting the liabilities of doctors, compensation, at the scene of an ful disregard of the conscquc11c~, U.S.actionsabroadthatmostlywere ofSaudi Arabia and Foreign Min "zero tolerance" policies for narcot nurses and paramedical workers emergency is not liable if his or her as affecting the life or pl(\pc111 ,,t taken independently of the United ister Yevgeny Primakov of Rus ics trafficking and terrorism. for civil damages resulting from omissions were done in good faith. another." Nations,including arranging a peace sia, and then flew off to New In his first presidential campaign their omission; while re;dering The scene of emergency does Authored by Rep. ,\bnut'I ..\. settlement last year for Bosnia and Jersey to campaign for votes. fouryearsagoOintonspokeofdeep emergency care, if done in good not include emergency rooms and Tenorio, the bill was pa,,cd bv the' I forging an agreement with North Clinton's list of U.S. diplo U.S. involvement with the United faith. I other places where medical care is House on first and final rcaui1;~ lt L ____~ Korea in 1994 to freere its nuclear matic successes underscored the Nations, typified by the idea of a Known as the Commonwealth offered. will now go to the Senarc fo1~:1fJ· weapons program in exchange for view he expressed after splitting with U.N. rapid deployment force. His Good Samaritan Act, House Bill Two heavily-armed soldiers of Khmer Rouge breakaway faction stand Thephysicianor nurse who gives proval. guard while their leaders and Cambodian negotiators are holding talks energy supplies. . allies to try to punish foreign coun ambassador to the United Nations, 10-191 authored by Rep. Manuel at the former Knmer Rouge base in Pai/in last week. After the The president's implicit mes tries for trading with Iraq, Iran and Madeleine K Albright, called for a A. Tenorio, also includes private negotialors the Cambodian flag was raised over Pai/in for the first time sage to the American people, Re Cuba, that''where wedon'tagree, the policy of'assertive multilateralism," citizens involved in emergency ser m mo_re_ than two years. On Tuesday the Khmer Rouge faction publican challenger Bob Dole and United States cannot and will not which meant joint action to take vices among those given immunity negot1atmg the terms of its s_urrender with the G_ambodian government critics of strong U.S. ties to the refuse todo what we believe is right" force. 1s dem_andmg several top mtlttary posts and contmuedpossession of the from liability. ~------.1 Others covered by t11e bill are gem-nch region 1/ controls. AP Photo ~------:------·------_J Two Joe/en Motors employees remove the US and CNMI flags as ernergency n1edical technicians in FBI arrests China assails Japan strong wmds brought by Yates started to hit Saipan yesterday after the basic, inlemiediate, and para noon. -Photo by Ferdie de la Torre medic categories; and firefighters, .~ll.e~ed spy I - l ' /, ' ' ' • • :' ,1'' '~- over disputed isles I NEW YORK (AP) - FBI agents By TERRIL JONES the islands, said Hiroshi arrested a naval intelligence of UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Hashimoto, spokesman for ficer on charges of spying for Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Japanese Prime Minister South Korea, a radio network re Qichen told his Japanese coun Ryu taro Hashimoto. "Our posi ported. terpart that Japanese rightists tion is clear." The officer, identified as Rob had violated Chinese sover The Jispute over the cluster ert Kim, was reportedly taken into DISCOUNT TO. LOCALS FOR: eignty in building a lighthouse of eight islands 400 kilometers custody late Tuesday at a military • Braces on a tiny series of islands at the (250 miles) between China anu installation in Fort Myers, Vir 0 Teeth Whitening center of a dispute between the southern Japan highlights the • Teeth Cleaning ginia, and FBI agents were said to two countries and Taiwan. strains of China emerging as a be searching his house, CBS Ra • Fillings "China considers this Chinese regional power, challenoino dio said. 0 "' • Denture Repair territory," Qian said Tuesday in Japan's leadership in east Asia_ CBS said it wasn't immedi his first meeting with Japanese The island dispute comes at a • Extractions ately clear what his motive might • and other Dental needs Foreign Minister Yukihiko delicate time for Japan, which has have been in spying for a country Ikeda. Both are attending the been lobbying for support in its &~ & 'Week,«/, friendly with the United States. U .N. General Assembly debate. bid to become a per111anent mc111- ~a.uadalte The location of his home was not "It is well known over the bcr of the U.N. Security Council. disclosed. years, both historically and in Japan is one of the lea . --·- --·--·-·--·-·-····---·--·----·--·------·------·------·-- the Month) Rita Sablan, General Affairs and Kinoshita, General Manager. 6-MAR!ANAS VI\B-_lETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1996-MARIANAS VA_RIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 Korean tourist loses Pinatubo not likely $9,000 at airport (as culled by Philippine Consulate) By Ferdie de la ,orre window screen and took assorted to erupt in near future Variety News Staff jewelry worth over $2,000owned by A KOREAN tourist reportedly lost a 50-ycar-o\d woman. Foreign secretary to si-gn treaty · ·· MANILA,Philippines(AP)-Mount the volcano continuing to settle down the mountain by the eruption contin hispouchcontainingS9,000cashand lnSanJosc,amanwasarrestedfor FOREIGN Secretary Domingo Siazon Jr. will sign in New York the interna- Pinatubo, whose eruption in 1991 killed from its prior eruption. ues to be washed down by rain, clog other items at the Saipan lntema- childabusewhenheallegedlystarted tional treaty calling for a halt to nuclear testing worldwide. more than 800 people and changed __ But =9n¢µy explosions will oc ging rivers and covering villages. tional Airport before dawn Tuesday. slapping his three-year-old daughter Siazon will represent the Philippines in the historic signing oftheComprehen- world weatherpattems, is not expected casionally occur when rain reaches In August, a 50-meter (165-feet) Police said the 45-year-old tourist who cried inside a car parked at a sive Test Ban Treaty (CfBT). to erupt again soon, despite a series of millions of still-hot deposits on the section of a dike built to conrml the forgot his pouch on one of the con- beach side Tuesday afternoon. Other members of the Uni!P.-d Nations will send their presidents or prime tremors, an official said volcano's slopes, he said volcanic debris co11apsed, caused crcte benches atthe airport between 3 In Dandan, thieves took a TV set, minister including US President Bill Clinton, to sign the treaty. Raymundo Punongbayan, chiefof These secondary explosions are of flooding in towns east of the volcano. a.m. to 4 a.m. stereo system, a binocular, and $300 The pact was concluded two weeks ago after the UN members voted 158-3 the Philippine Institute of Volcanol- ten mistaken by residents for erup The 59-kilometer (37-rnile) -long The tourist, who just arrived on cash in one of the rooms at Rabago on its implementation. _ ogy and Seismology, gave the assur- tions. dike was built this year nt a cost of 2. 7 Saipan, immediately returned to the Apartment Tuesday. The Philippines was the firstcosponsoroftheresolution, after the Conference ance at a symposium Tuesday in San However, the deposits are capable billion pesos ($ 103 million) in an ,uqxm but noticed thatthe pouch wa.~ In Chalan Piao, two minor boys on Disarrnent boggec( 9own in Geneva, __ ,. ... -····· ... __ ,...... _Femando ..t.own. in .Pampanga'provs . of. burying. villages _whenever big. . _attemptto protect Pampanga towns aln:aJv missin!!.. were taken into police· scustody after All the five declared nuclear-power states-Great Britian China, France, ince, near the volcano. chunksofvolcanicdebrisareloosened from the volcan;c debris, which is In n1.herpoli;e report. an unidenti- theyweredetectedtohaveconsumed Russian Federation of States and the U .S.-have been backing this initiative. Punongbayan said tremors regis- by rain, he said. expected to remain dangerous for India. a nuclear "threshold power'', is expected to refuse to sign the treaty. tered near Pinatubo are the effects of tied pc!"on/s sneaked into a house in beeratHopwoodJunior High School Volcanic debris left on the sides of years. Siazon will also start last Tuesday a series of bilateral meetings with his ------Sadn!!. Tasi bv break.in I! a bedroom's Tuesday, police said. coW1tel]Jarts in Asia . . . Today Vietnamese claiming us parentage ·~--')a__ -__ -_-- -- Bill·: No full charges I !'. !p!~~:!e::~~e!in:!c~~~:!1n~};~i! rally in front of US Embassy in Manila :1_:_1 for interrupted service - ...... 411 1 areas by contributing 10 sewing machines for vocational trainees. By CLARO CORTES States." Americanservicemen,andtheirrela- A statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the MANILA, Philippines (AP) Manyoftheprotesterscarriedplac- tives. By Zaldy Dandan amount overcharged to the ser Two oung Kurdish refugees, who were evacuated from Northern Iraq, enjoy refreshments provided for them u oritheir arrival at Anderson AFB in Guam last week. This. first group ?f 792 refugees, evacuated to protect Philippine Embassy in New Delhi donated the machines to the Sulah voca- Eighty-five Vietnamese picketed the ards reading: "American father, do But a re-examination of their pa- Variety News Staff vice consumer, as well as court thpe from Iraqi reprisals, were flown out of Turkey on the first leg of a Journey that eventually wr/1 take them tional Training Center. U.S. Embassy Wednesday demand- not kill me," and "No food, noeduca- pers when they arrived in the Philip- A BILL filed by Rep. Manuel A. costs." to newm homes on the US. . mam,an· , d . APPhoto - .. ing that they~ accepted in the lion, no country, no freedom. pinesfortrainingshowedtheirdocu- Tenorio would make illegal the However, the bill provides that Philippine Ambassador to ImliaJuanitoJarasaJaudedtheceritef for uphold- United States under a program for United States. This is not what ments were incomplete or fraudulent practice of charging for full ser the .consumer should make an ing the welfare of women workers ashe presented the contribution ofthe center Vietnamese fathered by Ameri- you promised." and they were left here. vice by telephone and cable tele oral or written notification of the .~_ ~.,rw, ;,,i t 1 ; • in simple ceremonies. can servicemen. The protesters are among 339 Three of the protesters were al- vision companies and by the disruption in service before the Jarasa also cited the center's officials for worlcing to preserve the dignity of "We were found to be fully Vietnamese staying at a camp on lowed to enter the embassy com- Commonwealth Utilities Corp. billing date. ~~~~l!llll!II~-~------these workers by providing them decent job oppotunities. qualified when we were allowed Palawan island, southwest of Ma- pound Wednesday to deliver a letter for periods when service has been The bill states that "from time The center, located in a depressed area of New Delhi, trains students from to leave Vietnam," said Nguyen nila, who were allowed to leave appealing for a re.consideration of interrupted. to time ... telephone companies, poorfamiliesandfocusesongarbagedumpscavengersandhandletsofhuman 111i Kim Nguyen, a leader of the Vietnam under an "Orderly De- their case. House Bill l 0-29 J provides public utilities or cable televi vfill. uatu parliament postponed waste. protesters. "We demand that the U.S. parture Program' for Vietnamese A U.S. Embassy spokesman de- that such practice would be con sion operators charge for their Port Vila (PNS)-The Vanuatu's celled the scheduled meeting because sessionouststhecw-rentgovenunent. Most of the scavengers are women, the DFA statement noted. The Philippine star goverrunent resettle us in the United whose fathers were believed to be dined to comment sidered a misdemeanor. services even when there are 1 parliament's extra-ordinary session four fom1er government ministers On Tuesday evening the five par Any telephone company, pub extended periods of interruption calJed for yesterday to vote on a no had switch to the opposition. ties in the opposition have signed an lic utility or subscriber cable or and no service is provided." Bello new solicitor.. general confidence motion in Prime Minister It claimed it had the numbers to agreement setting out guidelines for broadcast entertainment service The "practice," according to PRESIDENT Ramos swore into office last Tuesday new.Solicitor General Maxirne Carlot Korman has been install anew government. The speaker their government. convicted of charging for peri the bill, "is a source of frustra Silvestre Bello and fonner solicitor General Raul Goco Philippine postponed to Monday, September rejected the application saying he had Under the agreement the Union or m as odsof i nterruptcd service of more tion to those ... being required to 30, because a two-thirds quorum was already accepted a government for Moderate Parties of Serge Vohor ambassador to Canada, with a rank of chief of mission. than six hours would be "re- pay for periods of service they not presented. the sitting on September 30. would hold 4 portfolios including the Palace lawyers led by Executive Secretary Ruben Torres, Chief Presidential ' quired to restore four times the did not receive." ------~ This afternoon's sitting was boy The opposition took the matter to prime ministership, the National Legal Counsel Renato Cayetano and Justice Teofisto Guingona Jr. hailed and cottedby govenunentmernbers. Only the Supreme Court which ruled that United Pmty would hold four minis welcomed the appointment of Bello as the new chief govenunent counsel. Red Cros:s·;volunteers standby 25ofthe50-memberhouse-24oppo the Speaker's rejection of the opposi tries including the ministry ofjustice Cayetano said that Bello will be able to bring in a "united legal front" for '~,:;.".::;... . sition MPs and the speaker-were tion petition was unconstitutional. and the MTF Group of Melanesian government lawyers, especially amid the prospects ofsuits before the Supreme present. The government appealed against Progressive Party, Tan Union and Standby status to access the avail Court (SC) against the Ramos administration on the legality and constitution DUE to the Tropical Stnrm Watch The opposition numbers did not the ruling and the Appeal Court up Fren Melanesian Party would hold ability of the volunteers. 'lo vol ality of the controversial Southern Philippines Cowicil for Peace and Develop for the islands of Sai[1an and include two members-HildaLini and held the ruling and set the session for the other 4 ministries including the unteers are needed for response at ment (SPCPD). Tinian, the NM! Chapter is put Robert Karie-who are on suspension. today. deputyprimeministership .... Pacnews this time. ting all Disaster volunteers on The opposition petitioned the ex Meanwhile, the opposition claims He cited the fact that Bello previously served as justice W1dersecretary before __ Further updates will follow as Standby. Volunteers are to call tra-ordinary session early this month it has 30 MPs on its side and it would he left the government service to run in the 1992 senatorial race. The Pf117ipplne Star more infomiation on Typhoon Mother wants the Chapter office at 234-3459 after the government abruptly can form th~ next government after this with their availability. This is only Yates becomes available. her child Shelter for OCWs in Hong Kong returned Solomons cabinet revamp CALL it a Cl)' or crisis center or escape shelter for distressed Filipina migrant Honiara (PNS)-Solomon Islands National Planning and Development workers. · SuvaO'NS) A 20 year old mother in The Hong Kong government has turned ov~r to the Philippine C0nsulate primeminister,SolomonMamaloni, portfolio. Fiji's northern Laba,a town wants BUYING TROCHUSSIIELLS' has announced a reshuffle of his In other changes, minister for General a sheltercalJed the Filipino Overseas Workers Development Center in back her bilogical son SheikAsif cabinet which also amalgamated politics and national security, Vic Homantin, Kowloon, to sere as a refuge for battered maids or exploited workers Khan, who wa, mistaken given to the in the Crown Colony. someministriesandrcducedthenum tor Ngde, now becomes the new wrong parent.,, because he is her fiiot berof portfoliosfmm 19 to 17, SIBC minister for agriculture and fish TI1e three-storey center is located on a 6,000 square feet land used to be the bom. Fonner British Military Hospital. reported. eries, while the minister for com Solina Makti Salivaliva had her Children play along a flooded railroad track after overnight rain in Manila. Continuous rain in the past week. The foreigo minister, Danny Philip. merce, industries and employ TI1e center was turned over to the Philippine Consulates last September 19 brought about by three tropical depressions, inundated /ow-lying areas of metropolitan Manila. JJ.P Photo baby given to Farida Bi Khan by by Hong Kong's Chief Property Manager Francis Shum who presented Consul now becomcsministerforcommerce, ment, Nathaniel Supa, takes over wbasa hospital staff, the Fiji times General Estrella Berenguel a symbolic key to the former military hospital. industries and employment. the Health and Medical Services reports. The Man/ta Chronicle 1-lowcvcr,hcn.:mainsdcputyprimc ministry. The two familes are involved in a minister. Minister for Agriculture court battle against government for UN commends RP on dues payments TI1e new foreign minister is David Edmund Andresen is now the new Laba • 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 ______.T~H~U~R:::::S'..=D:'...'..A~Y~,..::S:.=E~PT.!:..;E~M=B.=:'.E~R-=2.':'.:6,._.lc-:_996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS~l3 Yeltsin meets Chernomyrdin Japan launches small rocket By JULIA Rl,JBIN MOSCOW (AP) • Although doctors TOKYO (AP) - Japan launched off at 7:00 a.m. (2200 Tuesday and several-metals were conducted cause of kinks in the scheduled of an unmanned space shuttle sank But no transfer yet o_f reins of Russian gov't a small rocket containing several have said he may be too ill to undergo GMT) from Tanegashima Space aboard the rocket during its brief experiments on crystal. after landing in the Pacific Ocean, heart surgery for now, the Kremlin in since Sept 13 for tests ahead of the health, and have said he should step being held in Moscow is recognition of scientific experiments briefly into Center in southern Japan. flight. The TR-IA was built to con and a science satellite launched in sisted Tuesday that Boris Yeltsin is able planned bypass surgery, aides said. down ifhe can't govern. the achievement of Russian cardiovas space Wednesday. The rocket "The flight of the rocket was Therecoverysectionofthepay duct experiments. Its first flight August 1994 after several delays 10 work lli!d held his weekly meeting Yeltsin's office said the two men Across town, experts gathered for cular surgery," said Yeltsin, who has lifted 200 kilometers ( 125 miles) normal, and the separation of the load was plucked from the ocean was in 1991. It is 13.44 meters (44 failed to deploy properly. Another with the prime minister. Yeltsin met discussed "a broad range of issues," but an international conference on heart been detennined to have his surgery in above the earth then returned back payload was conducted as surface east of Tanegashima: at feet) long and has a radius of J .13 one launched early last year with Prime Minisler Viktor did nol elaborate. surgery, llild Yeltsin sent them a mes Russia down as scheduled. planned," aJ apanese space agency 10:23 a.m. (0123 GMT). meters (4 feet). wobbled out oforbit and splashed C/1emomyrdin al the Cenirnl Clinical The Communists renewed calls sage of welcome. "I wish the participants in the confer The TR-IA rocket splashed said in a written statement. This was Japan's fifth TR-IA Japan's space program has been in to the Pacific. Hospital, where he has been staying Tuesday for information on Yeltsin's 'The fact that the conference is ence strong health, happiness and new down in Pacific waters 14 min Experiments on the gro,wth of launch. Wednesday's flight had plagued by a series of embarrass Tanegashima Space Center is successes in their noble cause: of re utes and 20 seconds after lifting colloidal crystals, heat transfers been postponed several times be- ments. about. 1,000 kilometers (620 storing people's health," his message In February a small prototype miles) southwest of Tokyo. said. Visiting specialists include top American heart surgeon Michael Kuwait hopes Japan will NORTHERN MARIANAS DeBakey, whose advice has been sought by the Kremlin in Yeltsin's Boris Yeltsin case. DeBakey will take part in a doc comfortable right now that our rela buy more oil from Gulf -- tors' meeting Wednesday to determine tionships will proceed on a normal By TERRIL JONES Velayati, Ikeda expressed con -- HOUSING CORPORATION whelher to go ahead with Yeltsin's course and a positive one." UNITED NA TIO NS (AP)-Ku cern over reports of Iran's links surgery and when. The Financial Times, citing uniden waiti officials told Japanese For with terrorism, including Hamas Dr. Renat Akchurin, the president's tified sources, said Monday that Yeltsin eign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda that and Hezbollah. surgeon, was asked at the conference suffered a stroke and cannot work more they hope Japan will buy more oil 'There has been some rumor Tuesday whether Yeltsin 's operation than 15 minutes daily. from the Gulf Cooperation Coun or doubt of activities of Iran with could be cancelled altogether. Yeltsin's spokesman Sergei "No," Akchurin responded. "It can cil to meet Japan's expected in terrorist groups such as Hamas, Yastrzhembskyissuedastatementflatly crea~e in energy needs. be postponed." denying the report, which he said was and Foreign Minister Ikeda indi The surgeon said over the weekend "literally stuffed with unverified infor The request came during a meet- cated our concern" in his meeting lhat the operation could be delayed for mation and references to anonymous ing Monday between Ikeda and with VelayationSunday,Hamada The Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC), fo1merly the uptotwomonthswhileYeltsin'shealth sources." , foreign ministry officials from said stabilizes. The president had said the Despite speculation that Yeltsin is GCC countries on the sidelines of "But if there is no evidence, it , Mariana Islands Housing Authority (MIHA), is soliciting sealed bid for the operation.would be late this month. too ill to run lhe government, he has the U.N. General Assembly, Japa is not proper to claim Iran is in Rehabilitation of the Section 8 Housing Units in Rota. Bid must be in dupli~ Russian stocks fell 3 percent Mon been seen on television meeting with nese Foreign Ministry spokesman volved," Hamada said. day on concerns about the 65-year-old aides and appears to be in overall con Hidehiko Hamada said. He said Ikeda suggested Iran cate, must be marked RFP-NMHC-05/96 and must be submitted to the president'shealth,andplungedinearly trol. Ikeda met for 45 minutes with offer proof that it does not suppon Corporate Director at the NMHC office at Garapan, Saipan, until 10:00 trading Tuesday. But talk about more serious prob foreign ministry officials from terrorism, if possible. "If the Ira In Washington, President Clinton lems has intensified the political ruckus Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, nian side has any evidence it is not a:m., l~al time, ~riday, Septem~er 30, 1996, at which time and place the said he ish't worried about instability over both his health and his reluctance Saudi Arabia and the United Arab involved, it should be more posi bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the stemming from Yeltsin's health be to step aside for ijll but the briefest Emirates. tivelydisplayed,"Hamadaquoted above deadline will not be accepted under any circumstances. cause Russia has "come a long way in time. The GCC "expects Japan's en Ikeda as saying. . developing the constitutional mecha The Communist speaker of par U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord, right, and Assistant Defense Secretary Franklin Kramer. ergy demands to increase, so the Velayati responded that "our · ~ bond_ of fifte_en percent (15%) of the total bid price must accompany the nismsof authority" since Soviet times. liament, Gennady Seleznyov, said second frorr: right, shake hands with Director General Orita of Japan's foreign ministry, left, and Directo~ GCC share ofthe Japanese market support (to Hamas) is spiritual, ''They have worked out the relation Tuesday that the doctors' decision General Akiyama of Japan's rjefense ministry prior to a meeting in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1996, to should go up," Hamada quoted not physical," Hamada said. discuss U.S.-Japan secunty issues. AP Photo bid. Th.is secW1ty bond may be in the fonn of a Certified Check Cashier's ships that will exist between President Wednesday should be made public the Kuwaiti officials as saying. lkeda spoke to the GCC repre Yeltsin and Prime Minister so Russians know whether their presi Ikeda responded that "it is cer sentatives Monday of the need to Chee~ or Bid Bon? made payable to the NMHC. The bidder is ;equired to Chernomyrdin," Clinton said. "I feel dent is able to serve. tainly desirable to increase (oil) fight terrorism and "the need to sub~t the fol~o~mg doc~ents ~ith the proposal (1) a copy of his/her US-Japan insurance talks deadlocked prcduction level, Gut it is not up to cooperate with countries con bus~ess pemuts m compliance with the Contractor's Registration and Li TOKYO(AP)· Ta!kswiththeUnited 'The schedule will be pretty tight, to cover nursing, accidents and sick the gove.rr.,nent but the private cerned, especially Iran." censmg Laws of the Conunonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (2) States over further opening Japan's so I don't think anything along the ness. sector to handle," Hamada said. He again noted claims of Iran insurance market to foreign compa lines of fonnal negotiations will be A law that took effect April 1 "Mr. Ikeda said he would make funding terrorism, "but our point curr~nt fmancial statemen~; (3) a lis~g. of existing and past projects, in nies are dead in the water, a senior possible," the official said allowed Japanese life and non-life efforts so that the Kuwaiti posi of view is, it may not be true, and tta11i1,11,t official said Wednesday. Kuboisscheduledtoattendagath tion is relayed," Hamada said. it seems rather troublesome" for cluding ~tes of c?mplet:Ion; (4) a_ listmg of manpower with copies of insurers to form subsidiaries to enter employee s CNMI issued work perrmts; and (5) a completed listing of equip .ft~lllBmJt~~~~-~ii~~···· "Nothing has changed. A big gap ering of finance ministers from the each other's fields as well as the third In his meetings with the GCC governments to make unfounded remains between the U.S. and Ja group of seven (G- 7) richest industri sector. Those subsidiaries are sched representatives [t!ld with Iranian accusations,Hamada quoted him : ments. 1980:i,Soii~;~ij~Mi.~i\Y~·rY Y)>F<•< ..•. \ <•··• No~~f~ j~ iQ~~pwgJi.ariillig ~y.4\\milo. r.nissilt:plants and selling pan," a Fmance Ministry told report alized countries in Washington SepL uled to begin operations on some Foreign Minister Ali Akbar as saying. them~J!~~h#o(ogies;thplJJ:tiJ'iptj6Q.Niiiiisi:fysaidin.areportmadetothe ers after a meeting between U.S. 28. level in October. Plans and scope of work of the project is available at the respective NMHC nati~!eij~~; };)···· );h;d;.;>.··<.r: .···••/···············. Ambassador Walter Mondale and The U.S. and Japan remain far A report in the local press offices at Garapan, Saipan or at Songsong Village, Rota. A non-refundable North ~~.~/IS the ~ii?' ~Prp ______T_,__,H'-'-U~RS~D~A~Y,_., S.,_.E,..PT~E ... M:,,B~E,..R~26, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND V!EWS-15 14-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 Fed Reserve leaves interest rates alone 2-year forecast for home PCs By MARTIN CRUTSINGER closed-door internal debate by by nudging interest rates higher. strong economy with no infla kets was mixed. The u.:s. stocK WASHINGTON (AP) - The the Federal Open Market Com It would have been the first in tion. I am glad about that," market initially shot up by 50 ·points, but those gains were By EVAN RAMSTAD Super fast, colored PCs: laptops with handles movie or all of Beethoven's nine Federal Reserve, split over rais mittee, the group of Fed board crease in Fed rates in 19 months. Clinton told reporters during a l'iEW YORK (AP) - Paced by symphonies. ing interest rates, opted to do members and regional bank While some private econo campaign stop in Freehold, New quickly whittled away by profit advances in chip design. persona\ lBM has controls built into its home For PC makers, developing new the ones they produced two years But modem speeds, which have nothing six weeks before presidents who meet eight times mists worried that the central Jersey. taking. The Dow Jones industrial aver computer makers are offering PCs for lights and other appliances. kinds of machines is in1portant to earlier. advanced from 9,600 bits per sec American voters go to the polls. a year to set interest rates. bank's inaction threatened ris Republican nominee Bob Dole age ended the day down 20. 7 I at faster machines and lowering the Meanwhile, variations of the all maintain growth and market share - This phenomenon has gone on ond (bps) two years ago to 28,800 President Clinton said the de In advance of Tuesday's meet ing prices down the road, Presi complained that interest rates un 5,874.03. But the bond market, prices of existing models about purpose PC, including devices that particularly since sales growth of tra since the first chip that could be now, will not experience the same cision "shows we have got a ing, the last before the Nov. 5 dent Clinton welcomed the de der Bill Clinton are still "higher in everv six rnonrhs. just do one or two things like brows ditional PCs has been fastcroverseas mass-produced was created in kind of jump by 1998, simply strong economy with no infla election, a number of econo cision as a confirmation of his every category." His running always worried about the future B~t sever.ii new trends will also ing the World Wide Web or ordering than in the United Slates, a trend 1959. Of course, the process be because of the physical limits of tion." mists had predicted the central campaign claims about the U.S. mate, Jack Kemp, had pledged course of inflation and interest comes more wondrous each time telephone lines. Modems are now appear in the next couple of years, a pizza, will become more common. expected to continue as the U.S. mar The central bank's decision bank would launch a pre economy. before Tuesday's meeting to rates, rallied with strong demand it happens because tht; starting coming out at 33,600 bps and including some that will make the 'The computer as we know it will ket reaches saturation. followed nearly five hours of emptive strike against inflation "It shows we have got a "bang on the Fed" if it raised pushing the yield on the bench point is much higher. engineers will work on smaller public b~aden its perception ofcom notgoawaybuttherewill bean entire A look at what consumers can rates. mark 30-year Treasury down to new generation ofcomputermachines expect in PCs overrhenexttwo years: From 1996 lo 1998, the most gains. Companies are also work puting. popularly-priced .PC, ranging . The ,reaction in financial mar- 6.99 percent. PCs themselves will do more things. dedicated to specific things," said THE INSIDE STUFF ing on software t<;chniques. tQ. ,C't The rhythm of the computer from $ 1,000 to $ 2,000, will D Alreadv,Gatewav'2000sellsa$4,000 Robin Raskin, editor-in-chiefofFam squeeze more data through an ex industry is provided by engineers move from a main chip with about syste~1 with ~ 31 inch (77 .5- ily PC magazine. 'They're going to isting phone line. who keep figuring out how to 3 million circuits to one with about cenlimeter)monitorthatcana\soserve take all different shape.~ and they'll IN SOFTWARE design and manufacture chips that 6 million. as a television. /\nd Acer includes a cost a lot less because they' l\ do one Many innovations in software ,,. thing well." contain twice as many circuits as Two years ago, thechipsthatpow are being driven by the Internet as phone with its newest models while . ·iill, •. eredPCs costing $1,000.to people try to integrate the data 2,000 were from the last genera they work with on their PC with tions of the Intel 486 family and, in the broader public network. New Apple Macintosh, the Motorola game programs, for instance, will 68000-series. Their fastest speed allow users to play opponents l>:;.;'\';,;..,\\,~./~~;:~ was 66 megahertz (MHz). through the Internet. Today's PCs are run by Intel's Microsoft Corp.'s Windows ·-en ·a3 0.. Pentium chips at 133 MHz, while and Apple's Macintosh operating ·--IJ C Macintosh machines have systems are oeing improved fo .. .c -('a G) 0 PowerPC chips that run at 120 bridge the gap between data in (.) > CL MHz. More expensive models side and outside the PC - elimi "C ti have Intel chips that run at 200 nating, for example, the distinc 18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEW~~ND YIEWS-THURSDA Y- SEPTEMBE._R 26, 19~------~------, EEK & MEEK® by Howie Schneider CROSSWORD PUZZLER • HO\\; i S fi O"'----' By Erel A. Cabatbat of the 1996 Interhotel Basketball ics of Davidson Otiwii for a 1-0 ing several three point attempts, tively took their big men out of Variety News Staff League championship series at lead. Otiwii's inside game and most which came when PIC's the rebounding picture. ,. PACIFIC Islands Club goes for the Gilbert Ada Gym. post-up plays clicked as he started to rip them apart. Guys like Rico Maglanque, the jugular while Dai-lchi Hotel Pacific Islands Club took the wreaked havoc on Dai-Ichi's de Leading PIC's offensive will Roel Macapobre, P. Constantino tries to stay alive as the two teams first game of the best of three fense. be reliables Sean St. Clair, John and Adonis Macoto must Tues meet today for game number two play-off, 78-57, behind the hero- The defending champions' fluid Neville, Yosh Gabaldon and An day. The four combined for a running offense and excellent ball drew Casci. paltry 26 points. movements were the key factors For Dai-Ichi to equalize, it must Big games should also be ex for PIC's rousing victory. PIC's solve PIC's perimeter defense or pected from Alegre and Caramoan big men likewise managed to better, connect on their outside for their team to comeback in the shackle the offensive games of shots to open up the lanes. Their series. Tom Alegre and ElmerCaramoan. big men must control the boards PIC came out very prepared for Alegre was limited to a measly to give the team second shot op- · the duo as they effectively took 12 points while Caramoan failed portunities. the Dai-Ichi's scoring machines miserably from the outside, miss- In the first game, PIC effec- Continued on page 19 \' .It 'Rota fi.Shillg· d~Fby up· By Erel A. Cabatbat and the Rota Mayor's Office, the fishing event. Variety News Staff fishing derby features the Future The winner in 'the billfish ..; THE 1996 San Francisco de Legend A ward worth$ I 0,000 for category will get $3,000; the 't· the biggest catch in the billfish second, $1,500; and the ·third r· ') Borja Fiesta Fishing Derby ( I I category with a qualifying weight will have $500. . i will be held in Rota on Octo ber 5 and 6. of 500 pounds or more. In the wahoo, the ·heaviest ·\..._,/ Sponsored by the Luta Ma Aside · from the grand prize, will get $1,000; the second rine Education Center there other awards up for grabs in placer gets $700 and the third the fishing competition such as will have $300. \ (LMEC) in association with billfish, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, The first placer in the yel '. t the CNMI Office of the Gov ernor, CNMI Department of total weight and most variety cat lowfin tuna will be given Commerce, Marianas Visitors egories. $1,000; the second placer $700 Bureau, CNMIDepartmentof A total of$ l 9,000 in cash prizes Lands and Natural Resources, is up for grabs in the two-day Continued on page 19 . Bud Light Dart League .standings as of September 23, 1996 Masters Division Team Name w L Pct. Members of the International Expedition ride 0:1 bicycles at the Mom's Round 2 "Bad Boys" 25 14 64.10 Yokohama Port, south of Tokyo, after arriving by satlboc!t from Siberia. By Patrick Tellel Patrick's Hatrick's 33 19 63.46 To deliver the Olympic Environmental message host city, the expedi and Erel A. Cabatbat Michelob "This is It" 21 18 53.85 28 24 53.85 tion department Lillehammer Norway crossed Siberia by dog sleds and Variety News Staff I Copenhagen/Skoal Outdoors skis and proceed the two and half year by bicycles. AP photo POI "Sure Hits" 10 42 19.23 HOT PEPPERS went on a scar- A-Division ing binge in the fourth inning to Team Name w L Pct. Pacific World "An~us Beef Eaters" 34 21 61.82 surmount a four run deficit to rout Tom'i, Golf Club epair Cards clinch NL Central the Mixers 20-9 in the third game "Tommy's Nightmares" 32 23 28.18 Team Red Dog 29 26 52.73 PITfSBURGH (AP)-The St Louis Cardinals began the 1996 season of the opening day of the 1996 Manny's "Fly Boyz" 28 27 50.91 with a new owner, manager, cleanup hitter and closer. They're ending it Women's Slowpitch Palau Oleai Beach Restaurant 27 28 49.09 with a brand-new title: National League Central champions. Pacific Mirage "La Raza" 27 28 49.09 League at the Koblerville Ball Beltran Investigation "Low Lifes" 22 33 40.00 Ray Lankford's bases-loaded single drove in the go-ahead run in the Field over the week end. Mozart's Overthrows 21 34 38.18 seventh following Gary Gaetti 's tying homer and the Cardinals clinched . Julie Tokyo led the Peppers' 8-Dlvision Team Name w L Pct their first division title since 1987 by beating Pittsburgh 7- I Tuesday night. comeback with a 4 for 5 ABs with Ritzy's Cafe 32 12 72.73 It was the sixth division championship fornew Cardinals manager Tony a triple, two RBI's and scored Miller MGD 33 22 60.00 LaRussa- his fir~t in the NL-and SL Louis' fifth since divisional play began Budweiser "Dart Busters" 30 25 54.55 three runs while the rest of her Pat's Hat's 29 26 52.73 in 1969. teammates scored at least one run Oleai Beach "White Trash" 28 27 50.91 St. Louis.the fifth team in I2yearstoclinch a division title in Three Rivers Pacific Mirage "Bees" 24 31 43.64 and a hit. Saipan Computer Services 19 36 34.55 Stadium, W,L~ shut out fnr six innings by Esteban Loaiza (1-3) but tied iton Behind by four 5-9, the Peppers ·"Team SCS" · Gaetti 's leadoff homcr, his 21 st. Gaetti 's homer seemed to take the pressure Micro! "lnshenanigans" 14 30 31.82 racked 15 runs in the top of the C-Dlvlslon Continued on page 19 ;: fourth for a big 20-9 Iead. Pepper's · Team Name w L Pct. '·.'.•,;;;r,,.":).,T_..,__.,...,. ___ ,:,,= .... ~ .. _.__.,i:.,, - -~.,:.,J.-""""'"-.,.....~·..<•l-l•~~:1,;.·~--....,:J;:t".:..~~-=r=~ Pacific Mirage "C Notes" 46 9 83.64 pitcher Sue Ellis limited the Mix- Canadian Club "Conquerors" 27 17 61.36 ers to a single run in the last three Manny Villagomez 20 24 45.45 innings for the win. Pacific World Angus Beef Eaters II 20 24 45.45 Cowboys struggle Juanette DFS "Bulls Eyes" 18 26 40.91 Camacho took the loss. Hot 98 "Captain Hattrick and His In the first game, Drunk Dart Children" 22 33 40.00 IRVING, Texa'i (AP)- Since Emmitt bruised ribs, a sore neck, a sore knee Lillian Rudolpho's "Rudartos" 12 32 27.27 Smith arrived, t11c Dalla~ Cowboys' and a sore ankle. Mendiola went perfect in four trips Mixed Doubles Division running game has been unstoppable. He's averaging only 3.3 yards per at bat and scored two runs while Team Name w L Pct. Mashon & Rosemarie 13 9 59.09 Which is the main reason they have . carry, gained just 25 yards in his last Bertha Sablan likewise went three Mackie & Yumi 26 18 59.09 won three Super Bowls in the 1990s. outing and is 140 yards behind for three with a walk including Everitt & Jean 25 19 56.82 23 21 52.27 Now. they can't nm. Ami, t11ey're Washington's Lany Allen for the NH. three-run inside the park homerun Rudy & Miles Larry & Doreen 28 27 50.91 having trouble winning. rushing lead. as the defending champions, Mark & Gladys 13 20 39.39 15 29 34.09 ~mith has been hurting. He has ~C_o_n~ti-n-ue_d_~_o_n_p_a_g_e~19 Conffnuecfon page 19 Bob & Merle --·------ ',_ :~.. ~~~> .-, \:'' tJv[arianas %riet~ \ '. . \ ~.. Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 '&1 ·\"'· r.o. Box 231 Soipon. MP 96%0 • Tel. (6/0) 234-6311 l • 7578 • 9797 Fax: (670) .234 927 l ···{-./ -