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By Ferdie de la Torre Carlos. the killing. Variety News Staff The arrest was made on the Public Safety Info1mation Of POLICE arrested a suspect in the strength of an arrest warrant is ficer P03 Cathy Sheu said a caller alleged murderofa woman whose sued by a Superior Court judge, informed DPS Friday at 10:41 body was found floating Friday at the same sources said. a.m.- about a floating body near the beach near the Civic Center in Yesterday, Department of Pub the shore at the Civic Center. Susupe. lic Safety Commissioner Jose M. Sheu said investigators believe Sources said police officers took Castro confirmed to the Variety there was a foul play behind the :into custody a Filipino national the suspect is already in police's woman's death. Saturday on suspicion he may custody. His identity, however, is She said police classified the have something to do with the still being withheld. case as a homicide. alleged murder of the woman Castro refused to disclose any Sheu did not give any more identified as 32-year-old Eutropia more information, saying the At- information pending investiga tion. No information was available Police Officers clear the Ki/iii Beach Park site where a woman's body was as to how the victim was killed, found floating last Friday. 'Teno-Pepero' strategist on but Castro said the woman had torney General's Office is ex sources that the woman's hus injuries to the body caused by fundraiser: ·'Overwhelming' pected to file today in court mur band, Randy Carlos, also a Fili "foreign object." "SoI'lljustsaythatI'mover der charges against the suspect. pino, was reportedly asked by in Castro said an autopsy will be whelmed with the turnout and The commissioner added that vestigators at the police headquar conducted. that 'Teno-Pepero' will win,"' no bail was recommended for the ters regarding his whereabouts The Variety was told over the Villagomez said. suspect's release. when his wife disappeared. weekend that the body was iden Hundreds The Variety learned over the Castro neither confirmed nor tified as Eutropia by Dai-Ichi Hundreds of Teno-Pepero weekend from ·unc'Jnfirmed ~enied if Randy was a suspect in Continued on page 28 supporters, among them Re publicans who backed the Guerrero-Ines tandem that lost in last November's primary, Torres won't quit MPLT board flocked to Friday's $1 OOa plate By Zaldy Dandan At the same time, ToITes said Jose T. Villagomez dinner held at the Diamond Variety News Staff MPLT is more than willing to Hotel's beach garden area. MARIANAS Public Land Trust release the $10 million ear By Zaldy Dandan The crowd estimi}.te com chair Juan S. Torres will not marked for low-cost housing Variety News Staff pares with those of the previ 0 resign despite Gov. Froilan C. loan, and is only waiting for a "OVERWHELMED" was Dr. · ous fundraising events of the Tenorio' s "request." "legal clarification" from the Jose T. Vi11agomez's favorite Democrats and the Indepen In his first interview since the Superior Court. word Friday evening. dents, but Villagomez said governor asked him and the other ToITes said MPLT "from the "I wanted to say 'How sweet Friday's turnout was "special," MPLT board members to re very beginning wanted to give it is,' but someone else already noting the presence of erstwhile sign, Torres said Friday that he out the money,"which, he added, said that," the chair of the Com GuetTero-Inos supporters Ro will continue performing his has been in theCNMI since 1995 mittee-to-Elect Teno-Pepero man Tudela, Board of Educa duties "as mandated by law." and not in any off-island bank. said when asked to comment tion vice chair Esther Fleming, "I do not want any confronta However, he said, recent court on the turnout at the fundraising lawyer Eric Smith and wife tion with the governor, but I rulings on government officials' dinner of the Republican Rhoda. · have to continue doing my job fiduciary duty .. complicakd Party's gubernatorial ticket. as required by law," he said. Juan S. Torres Continued on page 28 Former Palau President N giratkel Etpison dies KOROR, Palau-The Republic of his nation to believe in themsel\'cs Palau lost one of its senior leaders and their abilities," said Nakamura last Friday in former President Continued on page 28 Ngiratke I Etpison who passed away in California after a long i II ncss. The announcement was jointly made Saturday by members of the late President's family, and Palau leaders led by President Kuniwo Nakamura, Paramount Chiefs lbcdul Yutaka M. Gibbons I and Reklai Raphael B. Ngirmang, Senate President Isidoro Rudimch, and I louse Speaker Ignacio Anastacio. "With the passing or former President Etpison, the Republic BIBA! Republican gubernatorial tandem Pedro P. Tenorio (2nd left) and Jesus R. Sablan (2nd right) clasp of Palau has lost not only a great hands with their spouses, Mrs. Sofia Tenorio (left) and Mrs. Annie T. Sablan (ri9ht) and campaign chairman political leader, but also an indi Or. Jose T. Villagomez (center) in a show of unity during Friday's fundraising dinner ai the Diamond Hotel. vidual who inspired the people of PAC .NEV,'$~APER S fA:;,~~ ~ I ' , ~ ' ' I f I- ' \ I I , 1 • ' ···, I r '•.• t·· 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- AUGUST 4, 1997 f ' ' ' t I'' Bomb suspects rounded up MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 By Samar Assad meeting EgyptianPresidentHosni tests showed Israel was mistaken RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) Mubarak at Mubarak's home in in its initial identification of the - Israeli soldiers have swept Borg cl-Arab, Egypt, west of Al two suicide bombers. through the West Bank. rounding exandria. It was Arafat's third visit After the bombings, Israeli up dozens of Palestinian suspects to Egypt in less than two weeks. troops detained relatives of two By Mar-Vic C. Munar today. Both schools are using the C. Tenorio to declare a state of Kagman. This is not to dramatize it down to $46 million. and hustling them away in trncks He left immediately after their young Palestinian men from the Vatiety News Staff year-round mutlittrack schedule. emergency for PSS to quickly anything, but to impress upon the The House ways and means in their search for the people meeting. West Bank townofDahariya who PUBLIC school students gear today Tinian Eltimentary, and Jr. High address the classroom shortage urgent need for this new school," committee has hel ) ' '' ~· •. '1 f I ,.tl11 / I I' ,, 1' I t 4-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY-AUGUST 4, 19~7__ ·--·--- ··- . ... . ----·-·. ------·------. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANJ? VIEWS-5 Joeten earns Ford's prruse Senate sets TCGCC hearing By Gerr R. Cayabyab, Jr. Pacific M:u·ket, WorlJwide Di1ect dealer is projecting sales of m·ound tiibutes the success of the dealership noted. By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff Mark1et Op • '.. - ,'! tlie costs of suit, attorney's fees ,mJ cause im:pm,tble injul)' to plaintiff by otlicr fi.111hcr 1-elicf :1~ the cou11 may inte1fcring witli his present ;md pro Canon deem. posed use of tlie prorcrty, :md tl1at According to the complaint, last pl aintiffintends toconsu11ctap;uui 1cnts ·Bu~fSa17 Marcil 4 the plaintiff entered into on tl1c premises," Cuslmie said. : , -- - •• - I Mrs. Sofia Tenorio (right), wife of Republican candidate for governor, 55-ycar lease agreement with Cuslmic added that tl1e cncroach former gov. Pete P. Tenorio plants a kiss on a guest during Friday's Alfredo C. Pangilinan as the Les rnent inhibits full :md complete use of fuf1draising dinner for the Teno-Pepero ticket. see of EA. 743-1-:1 at Chalan Piao, tl1e lcw;cd propc11y, resulting in lost covering at least a tot:1! area or income ;md pmfiL,. ,·-.- . ' 1·' MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIBWS-7 DOLi seeks MOU t s By Jojo Dass mice of, or revocation of government llecL~ the existence of a number of This section, Around the Islands covers community stories, local events Variety Ne,vs Staff policies. problems in CNMI relating to the and culturaLactivities. Should you have a story you would like to share,' l .. \BOR :u1d lmmigr:nion Sccrct:u·y Citing tl1e Act's definition of the unrestricted flow of cheap labor from or an event that needs to b!:l covered, contact Laila at 234-6341 Th,,rn:b 0. SabLm will seek a Jia- matter, de la Cruz said D , l'I I, •, ,\, / • --., MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9 Palau has new State minister i\. backs voucher plan ONE OF the Palau's long-time public servants was sworn in last By Laila C. Younis improvements within the our public The petition calls for the return of ating a learning environment". Friday as the Republic's new Min International Variety News Staff schools," he added. the 190-day teacher contract and that ''Wewouldliketostoptheinequity ister of State, the President's office ~ INTER-KAMTRAVELAGENCY ll1cCNlvllCouncilofPmentTeachcr In the same meeting, the CPT A the "four month vacation for PSS of the multi-track and single Unck announced · ~ P.O. Box 3397, Saipan, MP 96950 Association on Thursday reiterated also endorsed a petition to consider employees and teachers is excessive, system. Student~ are being deprived Sabino Anastacios, who served as vice chairman of the Senate's Tel. 235-5554/5555/8888 FAX (670)235-7070 :,:~·"Network. iL~ support for the proposed school "Excellence in Education". unwarranted and detrimental to ere- of teaching time," said Camacho. \'Ouchcr pm1c11-.un. Committee on Foreign Affairs dur ""Alter hal'ing meetings and hcm ing his term with the Fou11h Olbiil . f·)jf ing both sides of the issue. we believe. Kelulau, will fill a post that is "vital ,~--'~ ;>~ u11 b:half of the pments. we made a Voucher hearing tomol'.Tow to Presrdent Kuniwo Nakamura's ,l1unr.l decision." CPT A Chainnan . . continued effons in establishing TAKE ADYANTAGEfff TI10mas J. Camacho said. THE HOUSE. committee on health Bill I 0-322 titled "Student Choice amounting between $1,500 and good relations with nations across the globe." e~ntinentn.l~ s pectit :Pflcktttge "1l1e parents rmde the CPT A feel education and welfare will resume to in Education Act of 1997." $2,000. that the system is not doing enough." moffow the continuing public hearing Summoned to the hearing were Tomrnmw's hearing will be fourth ''Mr. Anastacio 's role with the Kuniwo Nakamura he said. on a proposed bill seeking to establish Tinian Mayor Herman Manglona, in the public forum series conducted Administration will be c1ucial in MANILA · $469 · 2N · Admiral Hotel "YI any schools have been neglected a school choice program in the Com Hofschncidcr, Isabella Montague, by the House panel. our continued attempts to provide the last several years." Tinian High school principal, PT A A similar bill, titled School in their needs for classrooms, text Thomas J. Camacho monwealth. essential services to all ofourpeople "Mr. And1es Uherbelau filled this SEOUL · $399 • 3N · Capital Hotel The hearing will be held at the members,HelenAbayare, Tinian el Choice Scholarship Program, booksandschool materials. We need KBC Building Conference Room ementary school princi pa'l, and Pas authored by Gov .. Froilan C. through the generosity of foreign positionthroughsomeofoumation's BALI · $599 • 4N · Aneka Beach Hotel to empower the parents and have Camacho. in San Jose Village, Tinian. lt'starts tor Reid of Grace Christian Acad Tenorio, was sponsored by Rep. economic assistance," said Presi most trying moments, and his ser them involved in being official part Camacho also stated the Board of at 10 a.m. emy. Dino Jones. dent Nakamura in a news release. vicesm1d knowledge will continue to PALAU • $555 • 2N · Palau Marina Hotel ners in education," said Camacho. Education "should have called a pub The public hearing will tackle The Hofschneider bill seeks to Jones' bill, however, was not in "Mr. Anastacio is a man of com be utilized by the Administration to According to Camacho, the lic frnum before deciding not to Rep. Heinz Hofschneider' s House grant each eligible student a grant cluded the scheduled hearing. (MCM) mitment and vision, and his dedi the benefitof Palau," Nakamurasaid. TAIPEI • $679 · 2N · Cosmos Hotel Council is concerned, however, support the voucher program". cation to his country has been Mr. Anastacios also has se1ved in about "accountability" of each "They would have heard the rewarded through his nomination various capacities with the House of school handling the voucher pro concerns of parents," he said. PSS tries principal assessment and acceptance by his peers to Delegates from 1986 to I 992, and SERVICES OFFERED: gram. The Council sent letters to Gov. this extremely important posi W,l~ Palau 'sPostmasterGeneral from Airline Reservations &Ticketing The Council has recommenJed Frolian Tenorio and Representa By Mar-Vic C. Munar To1Tes saici each school will have The evaluation.system, accord tion," said the President. 1984 to 1986. (Asian a Airline, Continental Airline, Freedom Air, Japan the inclusion of a provision that tive Malua T. Peter, Chairwoman Vanety News Staff itsownassessmentteamcomposedof ing to U.S. education department Nakamura also thanked outgo "Mr. Ana.~tacios is well-known, Airline, Korean Airline, Northwest Airline, United Airline and PIA) will allow each participating school of the Committee on Health, THE PUBLIC School System will teachers, support personnel and par model, ha~ the following objective: ing Minister of State Andres well-respected and well-liked ents. • to communicate leadership ex Hotel & Car Reservation to have a program entitled "School EducationundWelfareofficiallystat start pilot programs for principal Uherbelau, whose tireless work throughout Palau, which will also assessment in four schools, Educa 'This evaluation system goes be pectation; Package Tours CommunitySiteBaseManagement". ing their position on the school ethic is said to have succeeded in prove invaluable in his intra-state tionCommissionerWilliarnS.Reyes yond the evaluation system that we •to improve leadership perfor Special Discounts for Group "It will be a way to decentralize the moving Palau "closer to many of dealings in our country," said the voucher program. armounced yesterday. now have," Torres said. mance; and Free Ticket Delivery its most important goals during system, eliminate the long processes "The CNMI Council of PT A rec Pilot schools are William S. The program was recommended • to asses and rate leadership per President. Travel Insurance and expedite the needs of the school," ognizes that changes must be made Reyes, Rota, and Tinian elemen by the U.S, Department of Education fonnance. Camacho said. within the public School System to tary schools, and Hopwood Jun official Ione Wolfe. Accordingtoeprograrnlheschool "ll1rough SCBM, schools will be provide efficient, effective quality ior High. The Board of Education has administrator would be graded ac Temporary K-B Bridge able to handle their own budgeting education toproduceexcellent CNMI The assessment program is given a go ahead for the program cording to school leadership, policy and get the materials they need. It will student\" said Camacho in the let aimed at evaluating the perfor saying it will provide the commis .and government. Communications probably goa., farashiringstaff. And ters. mance of school administrators sioner a mechanism to terminate and community relations, organiza in Palau is completed I it will increa.,e parental involvement ''School Choice/Y ouchers will prn vis a via_the achievement of their principals who are not performing tional, curriculum, and in,'lructional NEARLY tenmonthsafte_rthetragic was cut off so abruptly and so tragi in the decision-making process," said vide the means in bringing about respective schools. well. management and development L -~----- collapse of the bridge that connected cally, furthered our ambitions to ~~~~ Palau's largest island of Babeldaob move forward as a nation while also SAIPAN to its capital state of Koror, a tempo revealing the true character of the rary K-B Bridge is now ready for the Palauan people," said President use of the islands' residents. Nakamura. Careless words, careless Toecollapseoftheorigina1Koror The temporary bridge, which was Giovanni's 2nd Anniversary BabeldaobBridgeonSept26, 1996, constmcted by Daiho Corp., con Celebrate is coming up on the 7th of August, killed two people and injured four. sist~ of two barges connected in the and we would like you l11e bridge, which was ·the sole middle by a metal superstiucture our to celebrate with us. policies hurt the CNMI artery coJ111ccting the Republic's air and includes a pedestI·ian sidewalk port to Palau's business center and a and a passageway for small boats. he U.S. Immigration and represent the interests of Filipinos the need to point out that the majrnity of Palau's population, ,L~o The temporary b1idgc is expected second For just $13 50 per person we'll be T Naturalization Service contended recently that actual Commonwealth is not a foreign temponuily cutoff vital se1vicessuch to have a life-span of five yem,, at • offering up a feast of tmlimited has frequently provided material slavery exists here. Those who country and deserves fair play as water and power to most resi which time a pem1anent solution anniversary anti-pasti, pizza and pasta along with for this column, particularly have actually been here have a from the federal government. dents of Koror. should be in place, said Ll1c Presi complimentary red and white wine. since when in its wisdom, the lot of trouble reconciling reality The PDN noted that the Interior "As a nation, w<: havt: woi·ked dent with this harsh and inflammatory report demanded that all at INS announced it was ready to hard through difficult times to The b1idge ·,v,L, actually op;ned In addition, Club at tl1e Hyatt deport 30,000 contract workers rhetoric. factories in the CNMI employ reach this milestone of once: again Wednesday due to the mechrn1icitl members will receive free entrance from the \CNMI, if that's what the FROM THE GOVERNOR'S DESK Now comes Senator Daniel K. 50% U.S. citizens by the year connecting Koror to Babeldaob," failure oftl1e feniesuscdatthe site to Interior Department wanted I MANAHANTE PARA HAMYO/LEADERSHIP Akaka of Hawaii to inform us that 2000 or be denied the "Made in said Palau President Kuniwo trarisport vehicles from shore to , -just produce your card on arrival. FOR THE PEOPLE Chinese garment factory workers the USA" label. Outside of the them to do. Nakamura. 'This vital link, which shon.!. ·······- ······--···· ______j here are "bonded and indentured" fact that Interior knows we won't GiOVANNi') From 6:00 p.m to JO 00 p 111. That's the same INS that collecls passport fingerprints in through agreements signed in have the population to meet this on Thursday, August 7th liquor stores, gives citizenship to the CNMI using permits report of exactly what services we China. Do I have to explain to a requirement for fifty years if ever Nena .orders kids'. shots . ' . convicted felons by the purchased from Mr. Stuchiner. have purchased from the INS and prominent national lawmaker that the PON predicted this Special thanks to: thousands and until the other As part of our local efforts to Mr. Hair. Mr. Slayman at least got such agreements are utterly requirement alone would PALIKIR, Pohnpci-Presidcnt stitutc emergency campaigns to week, allowed a large scam to reform labor and immigration the recommenda'tion to federalize unenforceable and illegal here? destroy the CNM I economy. The Jacob Ne1w has issued emer contain measles and prevent the TDC and BANFI flourish in which deaf Mexicans functions, the CNMI asked and our immigration controls that he U.S. and CNMI Constitutional paper also wondered about the gency regulations requiring all introduction of the disease," said were enslaved to sell trinkets on paid for technical assistance from wanted. guarantees apply to every worker impact if the government booted school chiltfren to be immunized. Nena. thB streets of major American the IN&. That is how we obtained I hope thal our present visitors on our islands and thanks to millions of legal immigrant The new required immuniza Guam has also begun an inten ·cities. In the CNMI of course, we the "services" of Mr. Johnny Hair. from the U.S. Commission on efforts by my administration, workers out of California and tions of school childrt:11 in the sive campaign to immunize its remember Jerry Stuchiner, the Mr. Hair, who presumably is the Immigration will take some time federal agencies such as the U.S. Texas. FSM are to reflect up-lo-date children, Nena said. so called "rogue" INS agent, source of Allen Stayman's present to reflect on how badly the English Department of Labor are now In the CNMI, we take our medical recommendations regard Nena noted that in the last out who the last time we checked view that our immigration system language and actual doing much more to enforce Covenant agreement with the ing vaccines and required doses, break of 1994, 13 children died in was in a Hong Kong prison for, is hopeless, is something of a circumstances here are being relevant laws and protect the United States very seriously and a news release from the the FSM from measles infection. among other things, peddling mystery man to us. Our beaten up to serve the present interests of everyone here. we expect the same from the President's Office said. "The children of the FSM arc US green cards and even some understanding was that part of his agenda of the U.S. Interior Senator Akaka of course got Interior Department. Of course, The required doses include the cu1Tcntly at risk. It is of utmost CNMI entry permits to the assignment was to train our Department and legislators such his information and point of view a lot of American Indian tribes following: five doses l'or uiph importance that all children arc Chinese. As we watch the INS immigration personnel. If so, he as Cong. George Miller of from Mr. Slayman and the Interior felt the same way about their thcria, tetanus, pertussis; four immunized against measles and scramble around to redeem hasn't done his job and is rarely California. Department and it is the basis for treaties with the federal doses for polio; three doses for other significant child diseases," itself Iron: this latest seen by our DOLi personnel who People who have rarely been his bill which we are told will government. Remember what a hepatitis B: and two doses for said Nena. embarrassment, v.a can't help can't be blamed for wondering outside of ivy league lecture halls, "reform" the CNMI. Unfortunately, great job Interior did of helping measles, mumps and rubclla. All children must receive the but think of the smug put-down how he gained his supposed Washington offices or any closer the rock of information on which them? "Thcrt: currently exist a required immunization prior to of our immigration personneJ in knowledge of their performance. to the CNMI than ten thousand this law is built is composed I welcome members of the measles epidermic in Ncw attending school. the recent Interior . 3port to Occasional sightings of Mr. Hair miles casually describe us as mostly of sand. U.S. Commission on Zealand and Tonga, which The regulation will be in effect labor abusers and operators of Congress, especially since our suggest he is intensively Even the Pacific Daily News on Immigration Reform. We've got caused the nations of Kiribati for 120 -Jays from the dale of investigating nightlife in Garapan. sweat shops. A so-called "human crew later arrested several Guam, generally a cheerleader for lots to talk about. and 1he Solomons Islands to in- adoption which is July 10, 1997. Chinese who attempted to enter We are looking forward to a full rights" group in Hawaii claiming to Interior's attacks on the CNMI, felt Si Yuus Maase. . I r 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MO_N_QA Y-_AUGUST 4._1997 __ ·. ______··- ··- _ ::'•'' ------~------MONDAY; AUGUST 4, 1997 -MARIANA~ VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 16s illegals deported! DLNR targets 'high risk' from January to July areas in drive vs snake Little change for Hong Kong ------~------AmtlystFrankOlingsaidtheChina Democratic Party, despite iL, hostility parties, which will weaken the popu tlll' hulk of those deponed witl1 about· 1·educc the infoux of the snake By Jojo Dass By Jojo Dass government is staying out of such to the Olinese government lar Democrats. But the government Variety News Staff. HXl sent home thus far. A sizeable Variety News Staff into CNMI," she added. disputes. The new Hong Kong appar But he believes this is because says the election will be open even to A TOTAL of l 6R overstaying ,md number of tl1e deponees were nabbed • THE DEPARTMENT of DLNR has embarked on a in G:ir,1pan working as karaoke bar ently "is being left to sink or swim on Hong Kong is still a focus of world candidates critical of Beijing. The illegally employed foreigners have Lands and Natural Resources plan to eradicate the brown been deponed by tl1c Department of girls. il, own," he wrote in Far Eastern attention, and wonders whether the Democrats are ooycotting the provi ~ Filipino deponees. numbering 53, will keep a closer watch on trc::: threat by implementing 11011g . Labor and Immigration in the pJ.~t kong Economic Review. idyll will la,t sional legislan.n'e, but say they will nu'11erous staff field trainings sel'en montl1s. records show. comprised the second largest number what it has categorized as Andrew Cheng, a legislator who Another important lesson will seek re-election next year. of foreigners. .. high risk" cargoes in its cam on how to catch the nocturnal In an interview, Maj. Ralph lost his seat when China ousted the come when Hong Kong votes in the "On the whole, things have been Eight Korean nationals. five Thais, paign to rid th~ island of the reptiles as we! I as programs • Demapqn. DOLi's Immigration En elected assembly ,said Beijing is being legislative election it has been prom working well," analyst Ching wrote. : forcement Unit chief. said the figure seven Bangladeshis and a Pakistani menace brought by the un which include the purchase, were also among those deponed. "verycareful"inits treatmentofHong ised next year. 'Theseareearly days. I 'mkeeping my includes the sel'en chinese nationals checked importation of brown from the US mainland, of at A month Iy breakdown oftl1e depor; deported last week. Kong, and doing nothing to hinder his TI1e voting system will favorsmaller fingers crossed." tations showed April was a "peak sea tree snakes. least three Jack Russel terri Nineteen ··illegal aliens."Demapan son" with 42 foreigners, 26 of them At the same time, newly er:; to be trained to detect the said, were deported last montl1 -10 01inese nationals, sent home. installed DLNR acting secre snakes' presence among car Olinese nationals and nine Filipinos. 1l1irty-one foreigners, 18 of them Among them were four Olinese tary Margarita DLG. goes. Olinese nationals, were deponed in Wonenberg aired the need for The canines, Wonenberg has female nationals arrested in Garapan Jan; 17 in Feb.; three in March; 27 in on suspicion of involvement in a sex May; and 29 as oflast week this month. a closer "'cooperation" among said, is expected to be on is SUB-SPECIALIST COMING ring. The four, it was gatl1ered, have Eleven Chinese nationals were concerned government agen Wonenberg. land this week. already been issued deportation or deponedin Feb.; none in Mar.; 12 in cies like the Commonwealth These, she said, include plumb The brown tree snake, a na ders in the past May; and 17 in June. Ports Authority for the speedy ing materials where the snakes tive of Indonesia, New Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa gestures while address He said more arrests will be made By DOLI's projections, a total of construction of a cargo hold have been known to seek refuge Guinea, the Solomon Islands this month as operatives were ordered ing the Australian Chamber of Commerce at a Hong Kong hotel TO SAIPAN HEALTH CLINIC! 300overstayingandillegallyemployed during the "boat ride" to Saipan. and Australia, is believed io Thursday. Tung said there have been no b(g changes sine~ h~ took up to fan out in known lairs of overstay- foreignersshallhavebeendeportedby ing facility planned to be 1 "It (fence) will be about four office after Hong Kong's change of sovereignty at the begrnnmg of the • ing foreigners. yearend. : contructed by the seaport area. have reached CNMI through Do ·you have diabetes, thyroid problem feet high. The cargoes will di month. "It is business as usual" Tung told assembled members of the I DOU records showed that Oli- DOLi deported about the san1e I The facility, with its perimeter Guam. Australian business community in Hof'lg Kong. AP : ' nese nationals continue to comprise munber of foreigners las years . .==J fences, is expected to dramati rectly be placed into this holding At least 42 brown tree or endocrine disfunction? ------cally stop the snakes' entry. facility upon arrival," said snakes have been sighted since By Marcus Eliason Life indeed goes on, in ways that TI1e snakes, recent experiences Wonenberg. 1986. HONG KOJ\G (AP) - Altl1ough could never be imagined on mainlm1d have established, managed to en "We hope to build it by Octo Government has noted that if I-long Kong had 13 yern, toprep,uefor China. ter the island through cargoes ber. If we get the CPA, stevedores left unchecked, the snakes can Chinese rule, it's only now coming to ''Il1e1emedemonsll,rtionsw;usual. unloaded at the seaport. and other groups' support and cost CNMI hundreds of thousands grips wiLl1 what tl1at really me;ms, rn1d lawsuil, a, usual. media scrutiny ,L, .. We're looking at targetting cooperation on the matter, then of dollars a year in power outages Llie fo,tpost-colonial month h:Ls yielded usual," said Tung Chee-hwa, tl1c PU1BL1C NOTICE high-risk areas ... cargoes for we will be able to build this as this species are known to climb two importmt lessons. China-appointed leader of the Hong closer surveillance," said facility that will substantially powerlines. Lesson No. I is Ll1at notl1ing much Kong government. Practicing Endocrinology in Hawaii, will be available for To all our valued customer, lu, ch,mged on Ll1e su1face. 'Ilic cornt proceedings themselves Civil liberties seem intact, Ll1e press 1,tdiated businessasusu,tl, witl1wiggcd consultations at Saipan Health Clinic on August 8-9. Army COE dumpsite looks ;Ls free ,L, ever, the stock judges ,md lawyers discorn,ing in Please be advised that Sun Inn changed it's 'not aware' of market is setting new record highs. English leg;tlesc, almost ;L, Ll1ough Those interested must have blood testing on August 6th to ensure Hong Kong society has seized the Hong Kong wa, still a British colony. By Jojo Dass discovered" the site, situated blood test results will be available for DR. ED BORNEMANN name. Cong. Dino Jones, express .. high degree of autonomy" that Critics of the new government say Variety News Staff by a Tanapag hill slope. dur ing concern over possible Ch~a pro,mised the British colony it is lowering legal standards in a rush The new name is SUN PALACE HOTEL while SO WHO'S going to do it? ing one of ocular inspections threats of contamination. has in its 1984 agreement on the to get on with post-colonial life. They The CNMI gov~rnmcnt ap he made on various points notified concerned govern it's address and telephone number will handover. fault it for ramming through laws to Health Professional Corporation pears to have been left on its remain the same at P.O. Box 920 Saipan MP around the island as part of a ment agencies to assess the Lesson No. 2 came Tuesday in a suspend labor 1ights approved by Ll1e own to clean up a chemical book on the US 1944 invasion area. court rnling Lliat essentially conceded outgoing legislature, and to 1etroac 96950. Tel.# 234-6639, 3232 Fax# 235-6062. sludge from 52-gallon con ofSaipan he currently is work John Castro Jr., Environ tl1at 01ina reserves tl1e 1ight to limit tivel y br~a&n the govemment' s power SAIPAN HEALTH CLINIC tainers believed discarded by ing on. mental Quality Director, in an tl1at autonomy when it chooses. to depo1t illegal immig1,mL,. US forces by a creek leading fie said the place could have earlier interview. has said they ll1e ruling averted a constitu Members of Llie China-instilled Weekdays: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We would like to express our heartful to the Tanapag village shortly been the site where contin will still have to confer with tional crisis, but troubled jurists legislatrne even complain tl1at tl1e new after the war. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 1 :00 p.m. -~ appreciation for your patronage. We hope gents of US marines wne the Corps on the matter ans woITy that the pledge of autonomy government repeatedly h,L~ hrn1ded Q. This, after the US Army holed-up by a barrage of J apa ~ sec whether the place could was coming undone. Many people over bills for speedy p,L,sage witl10ut We accept most health insurance, credit cards, checks, and cash for services rendered. . Q that we continue our business relationship Corps of Engineers denied nese mortar fire from what is qualify as a .. priority site ... in pragmatic, businesslike Hong proper sc111tiny. knowledge of the existence of now Capitol l-Iills. toward the future. The Corps is currently do Kong say the critics are demand L.------.. ~ the dumpsitc saying the dump The place, estimated to be a ing a clean-up on al least three inl! too much. ing .. may not be ours'" to begin fourth of the Puerto Rico dump Saipan areas where World War II 'ilong Kong's Court of Appeal with. in size. is filled with debris chemicals have been found. • • had been asked to judge the legal ··we arc not aware of it including US-issued mess kits. It is being done under the US ity or the pro\'ision,11 legislature (dumpsite). Nobody has noti US army hcaJgc,1rs, airplane Defense Environmental Restora that China inst.ilkll \\'hen it ttiul- ONE FREE MONTH FOR PAGER Cu~TOMERS fied us about it." s.tid Ilekn parts and au:tylcnc tanks tion l'rogi-am on Formerly !Jscd over Julv I. ousting the eleL·ted Takemoto. the Corps· Env i among others. lJcknse Sitt:s. assemhl;. ·11ii.: tlm.:: judges nded ronmental Studies chief, in an Dozens t)frotting 52-gallon Tanapag. a Japant:sc harbor site un,u1imo~1sly tl1at Ll1ey h;;d nopowerto overseas phone interview from containers can also be found before the Second World War, disqualify Ll1e l'xxly. since it W,Ls 1·ati Guam. stockpiled by a creek. Its still was converted into a US Navy licJ bv China's p,ufotmcnt. .. (The durnpsite) may not be This is to invite the Carolinian Community unknown chemical content, base and used as a supply and l !n~krthe h,u1doveragn:emcnt. the under our jurisdiction." and everyone interested to attend the apparently spilled into the staging an.:a for campaigns meant tell"itrny is to keep its fi\:edoms. legal A lJS Vietnam war vcte1·an creek, has formed a clayish to llush the remaining Japencse system and capitalist system. identified as Bruce Petty "re- Ceremony known as Afaifai (this ceremony magma-like sludge. forces out of the island in 1944. Ci·itics say Ll1e rnu1, 1uling is ,Ul is to bless the newly restored canoe). You adrni.ssion tl1at no matter how much autonomy Chin.1 h,LS pmmi>al I lrng are cordially invited to attend this very Red Cross Water Safety Program on Kung. China 1emains tl1e linal ,uiiiter. important gathering. The meeting is FOR /1. numhn of years the structor and Lifcgu:mling. spolllling to aquatic emcrgen- ,u1d l'.Ul d1.u1gc tJ1c 1ules whenever it N CJ rt ht: rn M a r i ,111 a I s I a 11 ti s Since the sect>nd week or pJe,LSCS. scheduled as follows: Chapter of the American Red July. the NM! Chapte1· has The l.i r,~gua1·d Trai 11i11g ··I long Kong lus b.:en promised C'ro" has provided CtH11111u taught Advanced Community te;1chcs prnspcctil'e lifeguanb ;,iutonrn11y. 'l11is autonomy h;1s been ni ty Water Sal'ety and WatcrSakty and is now in the the skills and knowledge taken away by this _iudgment,"" I long Annual Pager Incentive Program Date: Tuesday, August 05, 1997 Lifeguarding courses to the com middle or Lifeguard T1·aining needed to prevent and respond KongconstituLional sch f .' , , I, I, , 1 P' ' f \' •' I I . I • I, I' 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANb v1Ews:MoNDAY- AUGust'4, '1997 Landslide in Australia Hu11 Sen criticizes By Ker Munthil nitelypostponingCambodia 's mem to 2 million people. It badly needs Vieniamese occupation. Mm1 saved froin rubble PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) bership, scheduled for July 23, to ASEAN's investment. Since the coup, Hun Sen h,L, By Alan Thornhill For tl1e next I 2 hours. searchers, of earth onto two ski lodges when: - Cambodia's new leader lashed protest his violent wkeover. Vietnam, Cambodia's historic suuggled to prevent the royalisL,aml THREDBO, Australia (AP) - including Stu,u1 Diver·s brother, tou1ists ,md 1-eso11 workers had been out at the United Nations today for Hun Sen has shifted directions enemy, toppled tl1e Khmer Rouge in Khmer Rouge factions from allying \Vc;uy from a night of digging ;md workeJ frm1tically to free the 30- sleeping. accusing him of human right~ abuses several ti meson the ASEAN effotts. 1979. Hun Sen, a former Khmer against him. Royalist troops have fimlin~ onlv bodies. 1escuers had ye,u--old Australi.m ski instrnctor. l11ree more bodies we1e found and Southeast Asian mediators soft Cambodia has been impoverished by Rouge cadre, led the Hanoi-installed been d1ivcn towm·d 'n,ailand to stop ne:u·!/ ab:u;doneJ hope of finding l11ey d1illed a 4-inch hole Ll1rough Saturday night ru1d Sunday rooming ened their demands that he allow his decades of wru· and tu1111oil, includ government du1ing the 1980s. The them from establishing bas;cs before :u1y su1virnrs Saturday under Ll1e the unstable wreckage. pumped in after Diver was brought to safety. deposed ii val to return to Ll1e country. ing Ll1e Khmer Rouge regime of the KhmerRougeallicd with R,m,midh 's monsoon rains halt fighting fo1· wn:rkagc of a ski 11:s011 brnied by a hot air to wmrn him. ,md handed the Nine people ate now confomed dead Duling a speech Saturday, Hun late I 970s Llmt led to the deaths of up so-called "royalist" forces to resist months. Lu1dslidc. Jehyd1~tted Diver liquids mid a tfa,h mid IO me still missing. Sen singled out the U.N. Center for SuJdcnly.1hei1·scnsitivedetecton; light. Sometimes tl1ey just held his Ciewsdug50-foottunnels through Human Right~, saying its reports of dents are really good and hard Verge! Amado, vice-presi h,md. the rnbble near whe1e they found executionsfollowinghis takeover had NHS ... picked up what sounded like a muffled Continued from page 7 working," suid Borja. dent; Janneth Ee al, secretary voice coming from under a conc11:te l11ey pulled hirn from his icy tomb Diver. but have detected no more led opposition lawm~erstoflecCarn ------NHS has I 9 members in the ; Cheryl B ocago, treasurer: slab. As a police spokesmm1 later put Saturday evening, 65 hours after the signs of life. bodia in feru· for their Jives. sponsor special education lun yellow and green tracks at Adeloisa Atalig. historian: it. emergency c1ews went "ballistic." hmdslide. Workers are afraid the weather, "It is the human-rights people Hun Sen cheons, Karidat Food Drives MHS. This year's officers are and Leah Vidal, parliamentar Fircmm1 Steve Hirst told 11::scuer, "A miracle has occuired," said which has been mostly sunny for l' who told members of parliament, and school picnics. The stu- Elaine Sasamoto, president ; ian. '] to hold off with their chain saws :md police inspector Chm·lie Sanderson. days, will d1at1ge to rain, collapsing ;t 'Go, you must go, if you don't go elections scheduled for next year, he Jay dm,11 on tl1c ground. So far. Diver is the only survivorof the tunnels they me burrowing and '\ Hun Sen will arrest and kill you,"' replied: "Canorcan'thecome back? provided administrative and moral rience in dealing with outdoor "Rescue team working ovcrl1ead, 20 people brnied when the side of a deswbilizing the jumble of conc1-ete he said. I don't know." Saipan . .. suppo11 and solicited support from educational, children and sum c:u1 :myone hear me·r he shouted. mountain in this tiny ski han1let g,ive slabs that are leaning against each Hun Sun ousted his rival co Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Continued from page 7 various businesses enterprises to do mer programs". ··J c,m hc,u· youl" came tJ1e 1-e way just before midnight Wednes other in tJ1e debris. Pri me Minister Norodom Alaws said R,mariddh's role was nate services. discount,, and materi According to the resolution. eight counselors in training also 1c sponsc. day.dmppinguprooted n-eesand tons Work was suspended petiodical ly Ranariddh in a coup in early July. broached with Hun Sen "but the an als needed for the operation of the Camp Manhobcn is an "impor ceived official copies of the 1-esolu ovemight due to fears of a new slide. In the hours following the take swer is not so straightforward," re camp'". tant program that is viable and tion. Diver, who suffered multiple over, at least 40 of Ranariddh 's fusing to say more until he next meets It also recognizes Taitano as would play an important program ··ram happy topmtake im-ecogniz scrapes and some frostbite to his feet, backers were killed while in cus tJ1e prince. "an active force in our commu to the children and parents of the ing the people who brought Camp was conscious NORTHERN MARIANAS COUfGE CONTINUIING EDUCATION & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER presents - . TIPS & TRICKS.·. . for Improving Employee Performance A Workshop designed for owners/managers Employees make the difference, and owners/managers must manage their human resources wisely. This seminar will offer tips on how to improve employee performance to increase business profitability. Come learn more about • Hiring better employees through effective applications and interviews , Increasing employee productivity through training New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, far left, and New York Police Commissioner Howard Sa fir, far right, listens to Assistant FBI Director, James Kallstrom, center, during a press briefing at City Hall in New York, Thursday. • Motivating employees They were responding to earlier events concerning two suspected bomb devices found in the Brooklyn borough of New York. AP ·Fires .destroy homes ci!l ,C.alifornia By Dana Calvo injury. It crashed in the San was set by an "arson device," SAN DIEGO (AP) - Eleven Vicente Reservoir while scoop investigators said. It began about homes were destroyed and more ing water. or nearly 800 I p.m. Friday in a steep, remote than I ,000 acres ch:irTed as brush firefighters working to control the area. No other dctai Is were avail eop fire:; continued to bum in San blaze, one suffered a minor eye able. The cause or a second !'ire is Diego County, fueled by spo injury. still unknown. radic winds. One fire was delib A teary B.J. Schulz watered an Temperatures were expected erately set, authorities said. area outside her burnt home. to top 100 degrees Saturday, Thirty cars and 15 other slluc 'Tm trying lo prevent this from making firefighting more diffi BIBA MARIANAS! turcs burned, and an air tanker spreading into my neighbor's cult. helping douse the flames crashed. house, because my house is al The Red Cross housed four Firefighters said they didn't ex ready gone," she said. "Every families Friday night at an emer pect to get either of two brush thing I have - my retirement - gency shelter nearby. fires under control until Monday. was in that house. I've got noth Paid for by the Committee to Elect Teno-Pepero To preregister; call Charlene Suzuki at Continuing Education, By Saturday afternoon, homes Dr. Jose T. Villagomez, Chairman Two crew members aboard the ing left.'' 234-5498, Ext. 1812 in the canyon areas near Ramona plane escaped without serious The fire that took her home were no longer in danger. 16-MARIANAS VARIEIT NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY iesen\a\ives precincl ~ House ol Rep u p p,QSfl-P.\0 JQSEPn · House of R epresentariv THOMAS P'NGsenator .,, . BENETT T. SEM~;ecinct 3 M ELINAN VJ (lncumbenri LLAGOMEZ JESUS R. SABLAN "Pepero" PEDRO P. TENORIO "Teno" FOR LT. GOVERNOR FOR GOVERNOR . -..-----:-- : House of Representati,es • I- • '. (ROTA) :'t-'t ALEJO M. MENDIOLA AUGUST 10, 1997 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sunday 0 Senator inoiAj . ·. House of Representatives Precinct 4 Mayor (ROTA) Sena1or )ROTA) MARIANO M. FALIG BENJAMIN T. MANGLONA EDWARD U. MARATITA RICARDO S. ATALIG Susupe Basketball Court House of Representatives Precinct 1 House of Representatives Precinct 1 House of Representatives Precinct 2 House of Represen1atlves Precinct 2 House of Representatives Precinct 3 ANASABLANTEREGEYO IGNACIO"IKE" DELEON OSCAR MANGLONA BABAUTA DIEGO TENORIO BENAVENTE JESUS TORRESATTAO (Incumbent) GUERRERO DEMAPAN PLEASE COME! !ff- - 18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- AUGUST·4, 1997 MONDA Y,'·AUGUST '4, :1997,~rviARiANAS 'vARiEtY"f{Ews· AND Vi'EWS-1~ Gingrich after balanced-budget ·deal approval: Reno :hits a.ttaC1'S' 'OtfjlldgeS B;'Bob.Egelko .. . jHdges. . . Reno als;called'for incrchl-id elect of the ABA lamented the Califom'ia,' wher~ affirmative ac- 'Congress has a lot to. do' SAN FRANCISCO (AP)_.:.: At~ "As the nation's chief law en- f~nding'roi- the .. ' defense of pocir emergence of "minority-free law . : tion was abolished by the Board tomey General Janet Reno spoke forcement officer, I am deeply clients in criminal cases, espe- schools" in California and Texits. ··" .. of Regents, and the University_ of By Steve Visser and cuttaxes, Congress has plenty "We got some big things done Day celebration in this Atlanta "I favor equalizing them, but out· Saturday>agaihst attach by disturbed by this increasingly cially for death penalty cases:Tm- Speaking at a panel on minori- Texas, where niciaJ. r.references ALPHARETI'A, Ga. (AP) - of work left, House Speaker Newt this week, but we've got a lot suburb. I'm not so-sure I'm not for equal congression,fl 'Republicans heated rhetoric;" Reno said 1n a provements witJ·help police and tics,PhihtdelphiaattomcyJerome were b~1rrcd by a fedeml court.· Though lawmakers have passed Gingrich told a crowd in his home more to do," Gingrich said at the Gingrich said he supports a bill izing them up," Gingrich said. "A agai"hst '-'s·o-aailed- .· activist''' speech at the American Bar Ass'o- the courts by preventing' delays Shestack referred to the drastic "'I think that the regents .. : have legislation to balance the budget state Saturday. American Legion's Old Soldiers by Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga., to person who commits the same ciation convention. and reversals on appe:il, she said. decline in minority law school a big conscience of shame to allow families to contribute up to relative threat.to society - the Withoutmentioningnames;she Also Saturday, the president- enrollment at the University of bear,:· S·hestack said. $500 per child, per year to an same number of doses - should refe1Ted to efforts led by Rep. • . . . ' education savings account, simi face the same consequences." Tom DeLay, R-Tex, to impeach lar to an Individual Retirement Critics say current sentencing federal judges because of indi Account Jaws are unfair · to those who vidual rulings, and a bill by Rep. Clinton has threatened to veto handle crack, which is cheaper Henry Hyde, R-111., to restrict fed-. the bill because he said families than powder and more likely to be era! judges' power to strike down would use the'money for private used by members of racial mi- state ballot measures and impose schools, undermining public edu norities. taxes. cation. Attorney General Janet Reno The congressional attack could Gingrich said public education and President Clinton's drug undermine respect for the judi condemns too many p9or chil policy adviser, Barry McCaffrey, ciary and the law, she said. It also dren to inferior schools. have proposed reducing the sen "ignores the fundamental role of "It's just wrong for the poorest tencing disparity for the two fonns an independent judiciary," she children in America to be of cocaine to a I 0- 1 ratio. Janet Reno said. trapped," he said. "It weakens all The plan would impose manda of us and it cheats them." tory five-year penalties for sell The Georgia Republican said ing 25 grams of crack or 10 times he also wants to equalize sen as much powdered cocaine, 250 Thompson: China tences for trading in crack and grams. Current law requires five powder cocaine, but won't en year sentences for the sale of 5 dorse the Clinton administration's grams of crack or 500 grams of is not cooperating proposal to reduce penalties. cocaine, a 100-1 ratio. WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. gressional elections in 1996 by Fred Thompson, R-Tcnn., Satur funneling illegal campaign con day stood by his assertion that tributions to the Democrats. [Gephal'dt insists-- China had an organized plan to '"There is not any question about inOuence the l 996Americanelec the fact that there was a plan there tions, but said he lacked proof for them to become involved in The bodies of three iron workers are removed from the Portland, Ore., International Airport garage ... without more cooperation from our electoral process," he said. Democrats united i construction site where they were killed last Thursday. The three workers fell to their deaths when a portion House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia laughs with his wife Marianne Gingrich, left, and Mary Ann Fish the Chinese government. ·· .. .In terms of the plan itself, the of the parking garage under construction collapsed. AP Thursday during a reception following the budget vote on Capitol Hill. AP By Mike Glover "We're getting no coopera existence of the plan, there's no CEDARRAPIDS,Iowa (AP) tion from the government of questions about that." House Democratic leader Dick China, so we're having to build a Thompson said there were mil Micronesian Tel Gephardt, on the losing end of the circumstantial cvidcncecase,"Th lions of dollars in foreign money -~,fr\l\ recent budget battle, insisted Satur ompson said on CNN 's ··Evans & brought into the United States, •mnt~L,fr\l\' MicronesianTel • /1/llllll,ll\iJ Beyondthecall day there was "essential unity" Novak program. but that he had been unsuccessful IIIIIIIIMJ Beyondtlwcall among Democrats. Democrats have scoffed at the in getting so:ne of the key figures II Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking three "It's a big tent party," said assertion first made by Thomp involved in the fund raising to Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking a Gephardt. "There have always been son when he opened Senate hear testify. SWITCHING TECHNICIAN liberal Democrats and there have ings into questionable campaign Thompson also accused the SUPERVISOR-MTC BUSINESS SERVICE OFFICE CENTER This position pertorms technical functions including repair and maintenance of Electronic Digital Switching equipment, always been mcxlerate Democrats contributions. White House of holding back Responsible to the Manager-MTG Customer Service to organize, implement, staff and supervise the business service contract center to ensure high quality customer interface and service; to protect existing, and new revenue ooportunities for billing equipmen'., and related overseas and interoflice trunk and carrier equipment. and everything in between." But Thompson said Saturday evidence and "deliberately de At a string of fund-raisers in the the company. Specifically, tflis includes customer contract, order processing and service activation for cellular and internet he remains convinced the- Chi laying the production of docu customers in addition to serving as the customer interface lor major business and government accounts. Responsible to High school graduate. Technical school graduate desirable (Basic Electricity, Computer Logic, and Computer Numbering state where precinct caucuses will Systems). Three years or equivalent experience in one of the lollowing areas: PABX maintenance, Central Office nese had a plan to influence the ments" sought by his Senate com organize, cont,rol, motivate, train and coach the business service specialists to ensure a high level of productivity, morale. maintenance or installation, or carrier system, installation and maintenance. Troubleshooting experience desirable. launch the nominating process for Dick Gephardt U.S. presidential and some con- mittee. and sales achievement. Knowledge of electrical theory and application, electronics technology, and computer technology. Ability to use test gear, the 200)presidentialrace, Gephardt Bachelor's degree ir business required. At least 5 years of work experience in customer service, 3 years of super,isorv including oscilloscopes, volt ohmmeters, noise and level measuring meters, etc. Acceptable pertormance on job tests. touted his opposition to a tax pack still a market for Democratic experience and 2 years in the telecommunications industry. Excellent interpersonal, communication, orga111zationaf. agethatwaspartofthe WhiteHouse candidates who appeal to tradi :eadership, controlling, managerial and analytical skills. Denonstrated professional customer contact skii!s. High degree of Human Resources Otlice bµdget agreement with Republi tional party constituencies, like la computer proficiency. AS400 and IBM PC experience preferred. Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. cans. bor. Human Resources Office PO. Box 306 "Joe Lunch Bucket who is out "I'm proud of this party," Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. Saipan, MP 96950 P.O. Box 306 Phone: 234-6600 j here mixing it up 12 hours a day Gephardt told activists, adding, "I Saipan, MP 96950 Fax: 235-9559 ci. doesn 'tgeta20percent break," said really appreciateyourfriendship and Phone (670) 234-6600 c.3 Gephardt, claiming working men support I've been here a good deal Fax: /670) 235-9559 MTG is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer I@ j' and women will bear the burden of in the past" MTC is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Application must be received in the Human Resource office on or before August 6, 1997. tax. breaks for corporate chiefs. But Iowa· Democratic Chainnan Application or resume must be received by the MTG Human Resource office no later than August 6. 1997. Democratic discord overthe bud Michael Peterson said President get agreement has drawn distinc Clinton has succeeded in nudging tions between Gephardt and Vice Micronesian Tel the party to the right, and many President Al Gore, likely rivals -~,fi\ Democrc1tic activists see that as a •mn t~G;(A\ Micronesian Tei 11\ \I\ \IW Beyond the call for the party's presidential nomi key to success. 'cl 11 nation. Beyondthecall ''Outsideofsomenarrowpockets • 111111\ll,ll\iJ Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking an But Gephardt denied he was in organiz.ed labor, I don't know campaigning for the White that there's a broad appeal" to Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking two EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN-ROTA House, saying he was just out Gephardt 's populist message, This position installs, repairs and maintans Telex, data, and special service circuits, installs or removes, repairs and recruiting candidates for next Peterson said. ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN maintains PABX and associated equipment; includes station programming and basic customer orientation as required, year's congressional election. With a strong economy, many This position installs, operates, maintains, and repairs transmission communications equipment and systems installs or removes, rearranges, reconnects, and repairs electronic key systems and associated equipment; includes "I am not engaged in or con in t11e Network Services section. This includes digital and analog carrier, earth station systems, cellular. survey and planning of installation and station programming and basic customer orientation as required. Democmtsareina tax-cutting mood . cerned with any election be as well, he aQ,rued. microwave and associated equipment, trunking equipment. fiber optics systems, alarm systems. tests equipment, etc. Applicant must be a High school graduate or equivalent. Technical school graduate desirable. FCC general license or 7 : yond 1998," said Gephardt. "My "Only if tl1e economy sours will years installat1on or maintenance experience in one or more of the following: PABX, transmission, or related technical · mother used to say I should cross his message resonate," said Peterson. High school graduate. A FCC general Radiotelepl10ne Operator's License (General Radiotelepl10ne jobs. Four years of experience installing and maintaining Northern Telecom Key and EPABX systems. Five years one bridge at a time." experience with inside wiring layout and installation. Must have knowledge of electrical theory and application, electron "If theeconomytums south inJanu Certificate) or equivalent (NABOR or NARTE) certificate will be required within two years of job entry. ics technology, computer technology, and good verbal communication. Still, the Missouri ary of2CXX), he can tell us he told us Democrat's presence in Iowa so. I do think it's a long-term strdl Human Resources Office Human Resources Office raised eyebrows, since he won Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. egy." Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. P.O. Box 306 caucuses there when he sought Veteran labor activist P,at P.O. Box 306 Saipan, MP 96950 the presidential nomination in Marshall, who sits on the Demu Saipan, MP 96950 Phone: 234-6600 12 1988. cratic National Committee and Phone: (670) 234-6600 Fax: 235-9559 i. Gephardt mingled with key · squired Gephardtaround, conceded Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Senior Counsel Michael Fax: (670) 235-9559 ~ Madigan, left, talks with Terry Lenzner, president of The Investigative MTC is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer () activists who backed him in that thatGore startsoutasthefavmitein ..._ __;. ___. campaign and insisted there's Group Inc., prior to a hearing on campaign fund raising before the MTC is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer ______Application must be received in the Human Resource office on or before August 8, 1997. N ______2cm...... J ____ committee on Capitol Hill Thursday AP Application must be received in the Human Resource office on or before August 6, 1997. .... ,•. '. - . . . '' (1' . 20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS,:\@ VIEWS-MO!'JDAY· AUGUST 4. 1997 MbN°i:>AY.'AuausT 4,' i991-MARIANAs' VARIETY NEWS AND viEWs-21 Mt1Se11m honors us airmen Afghan opposition erans came to England to watch worked in the war effort, said she had ans crossed the Atlmitic for Friday's U.S. Air Force Secretary Sheila By Sue Leeman Widnall said the display "magnifi DL'XFORD, England (AP) - Friday's opening ceremony. "personal memories and current ex ceremony at Duxford, the former air cently captures the spirit of mmi mid Queen Elizabeth II h:L, opened a '"Coming back was a thrill," said perience of how the close relation base 50 miles north of London that is army nears Kabul machine dedicllted to peace through museum hono1ingthc ll.S.aim1cnof Joseph McCmthy, 76, of Caldwell, ship between our two counnies over now the aviation branch of the state World W:u- II. c(uling the futlllistic Idaho, a mechanic on P47 Thunder the years has been enhanced by the mn Impe1ial Wm· Museum in Lon strength." By Zaheeruddin Abdullah em provinces. Fighting h,L, raged off mid on in After the speeches, there was a conci\!te-and-glassdome ··anew sym boll, at Duxforddmingthewar. 'This presence of the United States Air don. KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - With ci1e front lines moving ever Afghmiistan since tl1e Soviet Union flying display by vcternn aircraft, bol of Anglo-Ame1ican friendship.". museum is a wonde1ful nibute." Force in the United Kingdom." Also attending were the queen's Opposition soldiers p1-essed closer to closer to the capiuu, the two sides inv'°:ided in 1979. 1l1e Soviet, with including one of the famous B 17 111ous:mds of Ame1icm1 wm· vet- 1l1e Queen. who as a p1incess More than 4,000 American veter- husbmid, P1ince Philip, second son Kabul on Saturday, clai.ming they daily pepper each other wici1 heavy drew IO ye,u'S later, and a coalition of Piince Andrew and a cousin, the Duke Flying Fo1tress bombers, aP5 l Mus wrested some strategic high ground ,utille1y, m01tars and machine gun Muslim rebel forces crushed of Kent, who is the museum's patron. tang mid a P47 1lmnderbolt, all of from the Talibm1 mmy in a battle just fire. Afghanistan's communist regime in Also on the VIP dais were fo1mer which m-e represented in the mu nine miles nortl1 of the capital. The opposition coalition - led 1992. But the former allies tl1en Prime Minister Marg=t Thatcher seum. Befo1-e dawn, opposition troops by Uzbek w,u1ior Malik Pahlaw:m turned their h'llns on each otl1er in a and Chm·lton Heston, the museum's "It was really thrilling to watch the stormed Taliban fighters in ,u,d Ahmed Shah Massood, the factional conflict.1l1e Talibm1 beg:m American co-chai1man. Bl7flypasttoday-Iwishicouldbe Shakm-d:mt and captured a strategic frnmermil iuuy commm1derofKabul fighting ne,u-ly three yem-s ago and The 73-yem·-old actor paid aibute up there with them," said James hill. Opposition commander - wm,is it will launch an all-out has since captUI-ed nem·ly two-thirds to his predecessor as co-chairman, Hower, 75, from St. Joseph, Mo., a Bismallah Khan called it "a major offensive if the Taliban doesn't 1-e of the country. fellow actor James Stewart who died B 17 pilot who was sent to Duxford in battle." tJ-eat from the capital. The Taliban The Taliban, which began as a last month, and joked th~t he felt 1944. The1-e was no word on the number has1-efused, vowingtopushits oppo movement of fo1mer Islamic semi "seiiously outranked" by the gener "Wewerejustmenof21 or22and of casualties. nents out of rocket range. nary student,, believes in imposing als on the dais. of course it was thlilling to be flying, Taliban's lslmnic army, which "We won't give up," said Gui Isimnic law by force and shows little The museum, Europe's hu·gest but in combat you were just scared for Rehman,a front-line Taliban soldier. tolerance for mrn-e liberal inte1p1-eta controls two-tl1irds of Afghanistan, " 1 precast concrete suucture, was de your life,"Howersaid. "I lost a lot of has been losing ground to opposition 'We m-e snuggling until tl1e end of tions of the Kormi, the Muslim holy ,j .·~ ., signed by British architect SirNmman fiiends during the wm·." forces driving on Kabul from north- tl1e evil and corrupt forces." book. 1l1c group banishes women Foster, himself a pilot. It resembles a A glass sculpture outside ci1e mu from tl1e workplace and schools, and _: i.} pmtially buried jet-fighter wing. seum commemorates the 30,000 forces men to grow beards and pray / / ;,.- .J Behind a cuIYing, 300-foot-wide American airmen and 7,031 aircraft Ethiopia needs food aid five times a day. glass front, it houses 21 Ame1ican lost in World War II from Biitish 1l1e northern alli:mce, made up .. _,Jl,ldJ!~ aircraft that flew missions in both bases. ADDIS ABABA,Ethiopia (AP) Some 127,000 tons of food has mostly of Afghanistan's minmity An unidentified Aunt of Saad al-Tai shows his picture to a young relative world wan;, Korea, Vietnam and the Since fund-raising begmi in 1989, More ci1m1 1.2 million Ethiopians already been distributed from a sur groups, also follows a conse1vative in the West Bank town of Dahariya. Saad al-Tai is one of two suspected Persimi Gulf. Many are suspended, tens of thousands of Amelicmi veter will need food aid this year because plus in ai-eas where rnin was abun form of Islam, but one considerably suicide bombers who detonated explosives in a crowed Jerusalem marketplace killing 15 and wounding over one hundred Wednesday. AP giving the impression of flight mis mid other U.S. donors have con drought has destroyed their crops, the dant more relaxed than that of the Taliban. The building's cuIYed shape was tiibuted one-third of the museum's government said Saturday. ,• dictated by the biggest warplmie, a B- cost. Britain's national Iotteiy, which The short rains, from January to \i',i'\\;l: T.•.. '-' ·.• ~ \.. \ 52D Stratofortress with swept-back supports a variety of charities, con Ap1il, we1-e not enough to sustain J\j,,1;L.1i,,, .-,..,: _ ~· tiL•:i.'...~LU.:~.:J ..UJ.d:i~.1 ···'•;·liili~ ~ wings spanning 185 feet and a tail fin nibuted $10.8 million. drought-prone regions, and hmvests Movie star Charlton Heston meets U.S. air force veteran Lawrence Wilbur George in front of a World War II 52-feet tall. The bomber flew more Patrick Leonard, 75, of Boston = down by as much as 70 percent, 8-25 bomber, the type of plane that Heston flew from the Aleutian Islands_, in the Pacific during_th~ war. The than 200 missions from Guam in the gave$25tobecomeafoundingmem the government said. two were visiting the American Museum in Duxford, Eastern England, which was opened by Bntain's Queen Vietnam War. ber of the museum. People living in Tigray, north mid Elizabeth Friday. AP An aerial gunner on B 17s from south Wello, western HmTer and ( 07/ 29/ 97) ci1e 92 Bomb Group, stationed near southern Eci1iopia will need about Northampton in central England, he 98,000 tons of relief food this yem·, PUBLIC NOTICE remembers the war as a time of in tl1eDisasterPreventionandPrepm-ed COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT tense patriotism and comradeship. ness Committee said. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES "We were scared as hell, oh yes," 2ND FLOOR, MORGEN BUILDING, SAIPAN he said. "But we had to come - the COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 96950 British were in trouble." .15 killed in· TEL. NO. 234-6623/7320/8970 • JULY 31, 1997 • FN: PN0797AA.31 THE FOLLOWING IS APUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF COASTAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE CRM OFFICES: · DATE. · . . · APPLICATION · . · . · · Lawyers fear . Bangladesh APPLICANT · RECEIVED . PROJECT . LOCATION TYPE · . ·STATUS . APPLICATION . DESCRIPTION · ~~pon may flee rainstorms · I. SAIPAN ~111!.8:,C HOTEL Co'26 97 SLRr.i-97-X-203 SCRAP 1/ETAl REMOVAL SUSUPE LAGOON & REEF APC APPROVED (07111197) T:1 S IS TO INFORM ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PARIS (AP)-Prosecutors want COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh GARAPAIJ SHORELINE APC APPROVED(07 /16197) 2 HYATi R,WICY s;.PAII Iii 1:, 97 SSrn-97-X-1,0 VOLLcYBALL CO'JRT a man accused of Nazi-era war (AP) - Powerful storms on JTPA OFFICE IS SOLICITING ONE HUNDRED (100) APPLICANTS FOR THE YOUTH the Bay of Bengal swamped VACATION EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. J. ,.i;..~1t.'-J;..s v:s1:ors 07,i 597 SSrn-97-X-212 FILl,mlG ALL SHORELINE A?C'S SHORELINE APC APPROVED(Ol/16197)' crimes to surrender his passport and capsized fishing boats, EUr.:F.!J and report his movements after Jewish groups expressed fears killing at least 15 people and GIVEN THE CRITICAL NEED OF ESTABLISHING WORK EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS t. ~: /t.L T.:.,3.t. 2E~.C~ Cil.'15 '97 SSrn··~ 7-X-213 CCNC:RT AcTl'il:IES SJS~PE SHORELINE APC APPROVED(07 /1819 7)' leaving 50 others missing, that he could flee before his trial. EXITING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, PRIORITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE ACCORDED TO HIGH CLv: Maurice Papan, 86, is accused police said Saturday. of arresting and deporting 1,690 Police said local fishermen SCHOOL STUDENTS AGES 16 & UP, WHO ARE BELOW THE POVERTY INCOME 5. StP!J,1 St:A VE,"JTURES 07, i 6•97 SL,n-97 X2· 4 DIVING P.C!IVITIESllUOY TANAPAG LAGOON LAGOON & REEF APC UNDER REVIEW' Jews while he was a Vichy police rescued 50 people after their GUIDELINE (ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED). boats sank Thursday. SUSUPE LAGOON & REEF APC DENIE0(07124197) official. 6 ISLAl,C I.IA1IIE SP01TS 07121!\7 SLR;r,97-X-215 BANANA BO~T Bangladesh's navy was Documents show he signed ar HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDING, THE PROGRAM MAY rest orders as late as 1944, even searching for the missing 7. JI.I GUERRERO 07,W97 S?lm-97-X-216 DRYDOCK SEA PlJ\NE RAMP PORT & INDUSTRIAL APC APPROVED(Ol /24~7)' after the D-Day Allied landing in people. ACCOMMODATE THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED HIGH INCOME TO FULFILL Normandy. Meanwhile, monsoon rains THE SLOTS. PORT & INDUSTRl/,LAPC UNDER REVIEW' 100 : .>-.~L'.:..';C[ ?~.Pt::::. PP.,:)D 07/22-97 SPlrn,7-X-217 ~/AREHOUcE LOWER BASE When Papon goes to trial Oct. flooded parts of Cox's Bazar and Chittagong districts, ~- s~_: -~~.:. ·.~ 07.23 S7 SSn-97f2',8 'ILl.'.ltlG ALL SHORELINE APC SHORELLINE APC APPROVED(07/24197)' 6, he will be the highest-ranking DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1997. No APPLICATION official of the pro-Nazi Vichy stranding at least I 00, 000 1 people, officials said. WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE ESTABLISHED DATE. 1:, SC!. Ci~ES~ CO :17 2~ ~7 SSm·97·X·219 FIWING ALL SHORELlllE AFC SHORELINE APC APPROVED(Ol/24/97)' regime to face charges of crimes against humanity. He has denied At least 50 mud huts washed any wrongdoing, saying he was away in flashflooding in ALL STUDENTS ON GREEN TRACK ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THE JTPA OFFICE 1i s.:..·p:._1;:J3~rs 07/25. 97 SSrn-\ i-X-12J FIL!IING ALL SHORELINE APC SHORELINE P.PC APPROVED(Ol/25/97)' Cox's Bazar district, 185 follolving orders. LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS CUC, OR CONTACT MRS. LAURENT T. CHONG OR MR. A group representing children miles southeast of Dhaka, the capital. MARTIN C. PANGELINAN AT 664-1700/4 FOR MORE INFORMATION. 12. crn.:..R a,:J 07,28'97 SIAS-97-/.-221 APAFTMENT1 HOTEL AIRPORT ROAD, DAIWAN MAJOR SITING UNDER REVIEW' of Jews deported from France asked last month that Papon be It was the second time in lJ\GOON &REEF APC UNDER REVIEW' thn:e weeks that the region 13. C}.J..L.C 07129:97 SLRrn-97-X-222 BANANA BOAT SUSjPE LAGOON banned from leaving France and RESPECTFULLY, forced to surrender his passport was hit by monsoon floods. MAJOR SITING UNDER REVIEW' !~ tJIKKO KIV..ARU SAIPAN 07/30/97 SMS-97-X 223 VIESTIN SAIPAN RESORT SANANTONIO and report his movements. Last month's floods killed CC:.rn Prosecutors will take the re more than I 00 people. Bangladesh, a delta nation 15 PeCIFiC o:EAN DI'/ 07/25 197 SlRm-97-X-m Dl'il~G OPERATIONS SAIPAN, TIMIAN, ROTA LAGOON &REEF APC UNDE" REVIEW' quest to an appeals court in Bor deaux on Tuesday. of 120 mill ion people, is regu Papon's lawyer, Jean-Marc larly hit by floods and cy Publication of the above list is in accordance with CRM Regulations which require all permil applicalions lo be published in a local newspapers wilhin 15 days or receipt of applicalion. clones that kill hundreds of The lis'. reflects recently received permil applications and !hose with a recent change in status. New applications are marked with an aslerisk ('). Varaut, told the Le Monde news ls/JOSE B. AGULTO people every year. The Public .is invited lo submit writterf comments rega.rding any ol the. above projecls for w~ich a permil decision ha.s not bee_n i.ssued. All permil t:omme~ls should idenlily the proj~cl paper that his client was being ACTING JTPA DIRECTOR by applical1on number. Your comments should be mailed or hand-delivered lo the CRM Olf1ce. All persons who desire a public hearing regarding any pro1ecl may do so by s~bm1ttmg "trapped," and that the a writlen requesl !or a public hearing to the CRM Olfice within fourteen (14) calendar days ol publication of this nolice. Residenls of Rota and Tinian may submit commenls and hearing prosecution's request was "an requesls to their local CRM Coordinalors. Persons wishing to retain \he right to appeal a CRM Permit decision must file a notice of appeal wilh the CRM olfice wilhin thirty (30) days of xc: PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER the issuance of lhe CRM permit decision as provided in CRM Regulalions, Seclion 8 {G). other sign that (Papon) is already SAVE WATER condemned." J I '1· 1 MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23 22-MARTANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- AUGUST 4, 1997 Bosnia may face· sanctions 50years By Aida Cerkez France and Britain, representing the few months, but the Serbs rerently citizenship to the approximately appeared and are believed to have SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina so-called Contact Group monitoring challenged everytl1ing, "from Ar 150,000 Serbs from Croatia, said been massacred when Serbs cap By Donna Bryson But some think independence not cause to celebrate ,md made them so indelibly their (AP) - The top international civil implementation of the Bosnian peace ticle One all the way down," said tl1e Mirza Hajric, an adviser to tured Srebrenica in July 1995. NEW DELHI, India (AP) - l11e own. ian official in Bosnia on Saturday agreement. set the Aug. 1 deadline in Bosnian Muslim representative in Bosnian President Alija Also, about 200 Muslims tried monsoon rnins m-e sweeping away bling 1-ed b1ick, but far away in spirit. direction. Linge1ingbiuemesse111pted developing world. J-Ie believed the1-e Nehru pledged to work for ·"i:" warned the country faced sanc May. At that time tl1ey summoned the joint government, Haris Izetbegovic. to return to th,! Bosnian Croat tl1c dust ,md torporof summer just as N,mda, a biographer of Gandhi three times into lndo-Pakistani wars, WLLS a tl1ird way, beyond alih'11ing ending of povc1ty and ignorance mid tions if its squabbling leaders don't the members of the three-man Bosnian Silajdzic. Meanwhile, other refugees held town of Jajce, encouraged the round. weighty figure of'"50" has ,md of India's first piime minister, and attempts to improve idations · with what he saw a, the impe1ialism disc,Lse and inequality of opportu agree on measures to integrate the presidency to Portugal to inform The problem, Silajdzic said, is have been trying to return to their by the previous retumof90fami Indians embarking on a bout of men Jawaharlal Nehm, said that while between the countries have repeat of both Westcm capitalism mid So nity." Fifty yems bter, his counll)' is government by.Monday. them of the conditions for further that the Serbs want the states to homes. Fourteen Serb refugees lies and pledges from Croat au tal housekeeping. much reason to feel piide. edly faltered. viet-style communism. listed as the 27th poorest count!)' in Bosnia's ethnic-based states financial assistance. have the power to grant Bosnian petitioned the mayorof a Sarajevo thorities to declare Jajce an open 1l1e 50th anniversmy of indepen Perhaps its greatest accomplish Like freedom fighter Singh, mm1y Today, the Soviet Union has col the world by the World Bank, but it had until Friday to make deci Underthe U.S.-brokered Day citizenship, which he said vio suburb to be allowed to return to city. dence from B1itain is no time of ment was forging any nation at all out Indians ru-e discouraged to find tl1ey lapsed and with it, seemingly, r-eason has made saides. sions about ambassadors, pass ton agreement signed in Paris in lates the Dayton accords. their homes now held by Muslim They were turned back, how celebration in 1-Iarbans Singh's tiny of the myriad peoples brought into are sti II facing the problems that foreitherapoliticaloreconomicthird The United Nations Development ports am.I citizenship. But on Sat December 1995, the Serbs con The Bosnian Serbs are insis refugees from Srebrenica. ever, by Croatian police and local room at a home for old "freedom one territol)' by British colonizers. seemedsooverwhelmingatindepen way. India is restructuringi L, economy Program says literacy doubled from urday. envoy Carlos Westendorp trol 49 percent of Bosnia and a tent because tbey want to give Thousands of Muslim men dis- Croats. fighte1s." "It is a state and a society in which dence, when Nehru spoke ofthe "pains along Western free market lines, and 1961 to 1992, altl1ough half India's extended the deadline to Monday. Muslim-Croat federation holds Herecallstliat when he was the age thereisgreatdiversity,butoverarching of labor" in a sobering speech to the the influenceofthe Nonaligned Move adulL, still cannot read. Life expect His threat was that the 30 coun the rest. Each of the three ethnic of his 15-year-old grandson, he was unity,"Nanda s~d. "It is fragmented constituent assembly minutes before ment it helped found has declined ancy also doubled, to 61 years, over tries and the United Nations could communities has a represemative serving his first jail term - for inthesensethatwe haveproblems India became independent. drastically. that time, and infant mortality wa, decide not to deal with Bosnia's in the presidenc~. joining a march against British rule. but tlley are manageable." India's celebrates independence But some Indians sti l1 have. a sense more than halved to74per I , 1 J MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-25 24-MARIANAS VARI~TY NE_\,\'~ AND VIEWS-MONDAY - AUGUST 4, 1997 .-----~ ------'------~ Incl1a's middle class is Liberia swears in ex-warlord through the streets in a victory ercises last year, faction leaders mt seen as sign of progress By Jonathan Paye-Layeleh -"~ MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - parade in his bu! letproof jeep. believed to have hidden many weap hood tliat h(l, become tlie computer ization for making it easier for Indian Fornier warlord Ch:u·\es Taylor was International observers, who ons in case the wur resumes, and By Omer Farooq f H b d O c·ity ·ibout 8(Xl business people to get tl1cir hand~ on B \D I d. ( .\P) row o YL Iera a . " , ' -- I s\\'Otll in us Lilx1ia 's p1csident Satur included ex-U.S. P1csidcnt Jimmy rivalries run _deep. HYDERA 1 , n ia · - . .. ti fN,wDelhi Westemtechnology.But 11csaysmuc1 -ui \ l 1·1,1''tr'des1·nncr·md m1cssou1 10 ~ . d be I Carter, praised the election as free Ni.,c1ia's Abacha said tl1e pcacc 1·, _i,m, s !,tr.a so . ' c :. "",. '. lliconl , ignofsuccessAshartlaunL, more nee s to ·tone. . day. a position he sought for seven 5 vern, on the battlefield ,md finally mid fair, but have w,uned tl1at Taylor· s kecp~gforcc would remain in Lil:c1ia busmessman. 1s tl1c !ace lndi.1 \\ anb to_ . . . b )1, -1 , He lives modest!)· ·Toe poverty and unemployment m . I b 'i(l "'ITS ot IS ,l mo I e p Jone. . . fl . fd r biggest challenge will be _sru:mmtee for ,mother six months, c1s outlined in show as It ce c rates - )c, · · ··tl 1 . _ . 'n~· wife and ?.vcur-okl the country are Just re ecuonso eepe :1chicved at the ballot box. · 1 J 111 l 11 ' p,trc s. - , " J 'd '"We must do the peace accord, buthelns made no 1m cpen cncc. . J· 111 'r ·md pr'icrs c·t,u·il Western problems. 1e s,u . • Two weeks after winning 75 pcr ing SCCUlity. Hc·s,1111ixofmodcmcducat1011,mt! ,lllg c ' tcml.l -: or,tr·tditional somethinoforeducationinthiscountry promises to extend iLs stay. · · · 1· .· 1·1 1·· ·- Lfl'ssovcracoa,1 11e , · b • , • ccrn of tl1c vote in the counuy 's lii,t Despite national dismmament ex- tradii1onal ,·alues. I\ mg proo m 1.i s ifwe want our coming gener<1t1ons to k \ lndi,ITT attire. • p.1stw,u- election. Taylor, d1csscd in !uml-:.:rin:g economy c,m wor ·.. ' s a ln , Jndiabegmiembracing free be better equipped." stop in St. Lucia by Taiw,mese For 1991 !lowing Afriecm robes, promised to successful Muslim. he shows mmon- m,trket capitalism.moving away from He said his 9-year-old Computer ei_s'll Minister John Chm1g, who is immediately set up commissions Taiwan ... tiescanprosperinanationsU11gglmg to its socialist. isolationist past,ITTdopen- Corp. has clients at home and abroa?, visiting I l of Taiwan's allies in Cen bring il, diwrse rvoples togctl1er. b·1 · · tl ·nid had revenues of about$600,000 m aimedatgum·m1teeing human rights Continued fr~m pa~~ 2 • r · "()''1 in_g new patl1s of mo 11ty mto 1c w tml America and the Caribbean. 1l1e mcxxl ,l, India ne,rrs its -'. " - 1·ts most recent )'ear. and promoting reconciliation in b middle ch-;s. China is increasingly using threab imlcpendcncc day h,LS been alll 1va- ·n1e middle ch,s now is estimated One project for tl1e eight-person the troubled west African nation. UnitedSwtesinJune 1995 to visit his and incentives to urge thosecounuies lent. witl1 lndi,ms agomz1ng O\'cr tlic_ to numl-:.:r 250 million. nearly as immy software company involves creaung a "Liberia has burned itself for alma mater, Camell University. to cut their ties with Taiwan. In May, country's poverty. tl1_e slow _pace ol people as the entire population of the virtuallibmryofUrdulanguagemanu- seven years but will rise from the The FOl'Cign Ministry originally change. ,md tl1e etlm1c. rc11g1ous ,md United States. but Just more tli,m one- scripts fora consortium of U._S. umver- the Bahamas switched recognition to ashes again," Taylor, 49, told an had said Lee would visit a Caribbean c,l,tc frictions that all too o\tcn erupt d. sities. Ashar got his start dcs1gmng tl1e Beijing, reportedly in part over con quarter of In 1a. • c u cl audience that included eight Afri island ally- believed to be St. Lucia into violence. ·me ill-defined group r,mges from world's first software script ,or r u, a cern about the future of a new com But India's burgeoning middkcl,tss ixoplc like A,h,tr-whodril'es a tint hmguage spoken in India and neigh- can heads of state. Among them after his Central American trip. mercial po1t built by a pro-Beijing is a mc,t,urc or tl1c stmlcs tl1c country cheap Indian-made cur tliat is India s boring Pakistan. . was the Nigerian leader, Gen. But ties with that country were tycoon. h,l, made since Bnt1sh nilc enlkd 111 most popul,tr model _ to a. salaned "I am happy to be an Indian. The Sani Abacha, whose troops com strained after China's ambassador to ChinarecentlythreatenedthatNica I 947. employee witl1 just enough disposable feeling of pride in reing Indian has posed the bulk of an African the United Nations, Qin Huasun, vis Ash,tr. a boyish '.l.:'i-ye,tr-okl who at income buy a bicycle. a television more 'to do with the culture of our ragua and othercounllies would "ul 10 peacekeeping force credited with ited the island last week and offered morethan6feenowerrnvermost~tl1er ,md a few otlier non-essentials. country-our moorings ure this cul- U.S.$ 1 million in aid ru1d increased timately pay the price," for signing a Indians.nmshissoftwarebus1nc_sstrom ti · J'be I ture."' he said. ensuring security during the 1 1 petition supporting Taiwan's enny an office in a fashionable neighbor- __ .l\~. ~_!:~ ises ieeconomi_c_~------· ------, peaceful, largely trouble-free vote. trade. into the United Nations. Peacekeeping troops main A previous St. Lucian adminis U.N. envoys from Burkina Faso, tained a heavy presence around tration had snubbed a visiting Chi Dominica, Gambia, Grenada, the Centennial Hall in central nese delegation months before 'Illdlatnhe not celebrating Guinea-Bissau, Nicaragua, Senegal, Monrovia, one of the few build elections there in May. This time, The villagers worship nature, pray Solomon Islands and Swaziland By Ramola Talwar does not exist They refuse to pay ings not badly damaged in fight new Foreign Minister George ing to the earth, sun, moon and the called for the General Assembly to ROHIY ALA, India (AP) - The taxes, vote or ride state-owned buses. ing that engulfed the capital from Odium played host to Qin, setting people of AC Bharat village say 11iey have theirown court -pre- grain they harvest On average,. an gnmt pm·allel 1ecognition to both April to June I 996. off alarm bells in Taiwan, which freedom from British rule isn't sidedoverbyeldersunderatree-and extendedfamilyof21 people subsists China ai1d Taiwan. The battle, which killed hun has poured millions in aid into St. enough. They want independence decoratetheirhomeswithphotographs on the equivalent of $285 a year. Charles Taylor, who ha_s ruled Liberia in t~e /~st ~everal years as_ a China ha, blocked past attempl, to In 1978, Singh and seven follow dreds and prompted the U.S. mili warlord is seen at a pol/mg place before votmg m this July 19, 1997 file Lucia and its other Caribbean al from -India of the village's revered leader, Kesri lies. bring up discussion of Taiwan's sta The villaoers belong to the Warli, Singh, a recluse who is reportedly 105 ers were charged with sedition.Judge tary evacuation of about 2,000 photo. Taylor has been sworn in as the war-ravaged country's elected shelter- brought India to the brink president Saturday. AP Qin 's visit can1e on tl1e heels of a tus in the United Nations. Konkani and Dhodiya tribes, some years old. . B.R. Achal)'a diswissed the case be foreigners, was the final explo cause of"insufficient grounds." India ... of b,mkruptcy by the early l 99(k of the indigenous peoples in India "Everyone thinks we talk rubbish. Continued from page 23 sion ~1 a war that Taylor began on U.N. official Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Sunt,ak declined to say how much who are Jumped together under lh: Peoplecallusmadwhenwesayweare "They claim they are not under Reforms begun by former Prime Christmas Eve in 1989 when he who received only 9.5 percent of tJ1e obligation to pay rent for soil ~nder malnutrition remains rampant More Minister Narasimha Rao in 1991 theTiiaigovemmentultimatelywould !are! Adivasi and who often feel therr independent No one understands that launched an invasion to overturn vote. IMF... seek to bonuw. Caretaker theircultivatiort Hciweverfoohshor .than half the population gets by on haveopeneduptheeconomy.Butthe Continued from page 2 cultures are treated as second class. the Adivasi is the true ruler of the President Samuel Doe's dictator The losing candidates included The IMF package is expected to AC Bharat' s residents have waged country," said Yashoda Rasooben. baseless their claim rrµiy be, it cannot less than a dollar a day - a poverty bureaucmcy remains huge, slow ship. two other ex-warlords, and Tay loans of about one year, and the include more state spending cuts, an their independence campaign for at AC Bhar<1t is the name taken by a be said that they are creating an atmo rate woP.>C than that of Ethiopia or moving and prone to cormption, vast .toget,FBI sphere of contempt or hatred against Doe was toppled and killed by lor called upon them and his Japanese government-affiliated Ex increase in value-added tax, ,md no least tJuee decades, but it is benign cluster of hamlets nestled in the rice Rwanda. enterprises are still in state hands and the government," the judge ruled a rival faction, one of several that other rivals .to join in rebuilding Im Bank, taking into account compared to tlie armed efforts of andwheatfields J80milesnortl1ea~tof Yet this same painfully poor coun large sectorsoftheeconomy have not more bailouts of ailing firnmce ,md reward.·.· He said the state was powerful sprang up as the war raged on, the country. Japan's large stake in the Thai property companies, which were hu11 tribal peoples elsewhere in India a~ Bombay. The "AC" stands for "ante try has a middle class estimated at 2~0 yet been opened to foreign investors. enough to collect taxes and fees from killing about 200,000 people and "I am no longer president of economy, would lend an equal by bad loans to property developers well as Sikhs mid Muslims who want Christ," a shorthand dec!uration tl1at million, nearly equal to the entire Still, even the first, tentative steps MIAMI (AP) -The FBI will secede for religious reasons. theindioenouspeoplesof Indiahadan the people of AC Bharat But to Johnson breezes easily in Greece round by easing off. Johnson, who hopes eventually to get the world record down under 43.00seconds, woninamodest45.66, only the eighth fastest qualifierforthe second round. But he's having to mn two 400m races on the same day for the first time and wanted to keep something back. "My objective is the same as al ways," said JohT,son, given a wild card into the championships after in jul)' ruled him out of the U.S. trials. "I came here confident and I am not trying to prove anything. I am just trying to get through the next round as easy as possible. Michael Johnson "It's been vel)' frustrating to this point and I hope I can finish the By ROBERT MILLWARD season strong." A THENS, Greece (AP) - Bid The big debate on the second day ding to salvage a miserable sea of action was who would win the I00 son, Michael Johnson began the meter final. defense of his world 400-meter World and Olympic champion title Sunday with a confident per Donovan · Bailey appeared injured formance as he cruised to victory when he trailed home second in his Kym Carter of the US, (right), and Russia's Irina Vostrikova clear their hurdles, during the 100-meter hurdle in his heat. first round and was upstaged Satur discipline of the Heptathlon, at the World Track and Field Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, The 200 and 400-meter Olympic day by Ato Boldon, who cJocked the Sunday. AP titlist opened up a big lead in the first fifthfastesttimeever,9.78,andAmeri 300 meters of the race and then saved can sprinter Maurice Greene, who his energies for Sunday's second finished behind him in 9.90. Mickelson leads PGA Int'l By John Mossman Jay Haas was next at 29, followed the lead with Mickelson, who bird Mosley beats Holiday; CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) by Dudley Hart at 28. Nick Price ied three holes. Phil Mickelson carded six birdies was in a group at 27. Kendall, playing one hole in a bogey-free round to hold off Mickelson, 27, seeking the 11th ahead of Mickelson, birdied No. to captureJBF.croWn Nike Tour veteran Skip Kendall PGA Tour victory, began the 7 to get to plus-30. Mickelson, MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP)- 'him down . and maintain his lead in the third round with a 3-point lead then at plus:..29, promptly birdied . Shane Mosley overcame illness The judges favored Mosley weather-delayed International on over Scott Mccarron. the sixth hole to move to 31. to defeat previously unbeaten 116-113, 117:..111 and 115:114. Saturday. Play was suspended by light Kendall countered with another Phillip Holiday and take ~way "They thought I would be Mickelson had a 54-hole total ning and rain for two hours Satur birdie at the par-5 eighth hole for his IBF lightweight title · via out of energy, so they told me to of 39 points under the modified day afternoon. At that point, 32 points, but the left-handed unanimous decision .Saturday start moving," the new cham Stableford scoring system, set Mickelson had 33 points through Mickelson also birdied the eighth. night at the Mohegan Sun Ca pion said. ting a tournament scoring record nine holes and Kendall had 32 Kendall reclaimed the lead with sino. Mosley followed his han for the second straight day. John through IO holes. a birdie at No. 12, but then began Mosley was afflicted with di dlers' advice,staying awayfrom Daly set the previous three-round Kendall, who started the day 5 missing fairways and bogeyed arrhea prior to the fight, but he the hard_-hitting South African record of 3 I in I 992. points behind Mickelson, birdied three straight holes. displayed no weakness once the until turning up the effort again Kendall finished at 34, and five holes on his front nine, in The scoring system awards 5 fight started. He won the first in the last three rounds. Stuart Appleby had 32 points. cluding four in a row, and swapped Continued on page 31 three rounds on all three judges' Mosley, 24-0, and Holiday, cards and was, in fact, so busy 31-1, each weighed the class that his handlers tried to slow Continued on page 31 Underdogs advance in du Maurier meet MONTREAL (AP) - Under wasn't normal. I'm not going to THE 4TH Micronesian Games dogs ruled Saturday in the du play like that all the time." will be held in Palau in early Au Maurier Open, with Gustavo Kuerten 's win on clay in Paris gust 1998, and each of the fol low Kuerten and Chris Woodruff boosted his world ranking from ing sports are required to select a advancing to the final of the No. 66 to No. 15. By reaching coach or manager, and submit her/ Canadian tennis championship. the du Maurier final, the 20- his name to NMASA by Septem Kuerten, the French Open year-old will become the first ber 12, 1997. champion from Brazil, routed Brazilian man ever ranked in the The prospective sports to be. top-seeded Michael Chang 6-3, top 10. included in the Micronesian 6-·I, and Woodruff knocked off "It would be great even if Games in I 998 are: fourth-seeded Yevgeny Brazil already had 20 or 30 top •Athletics-Men & Women Kafelnikov of Russia 5-7, 7-5, IO players," Kucrten said. "But •Basketball-Men & women 6-3. it's a dream coming trne." •Basebeall-Men "I was making almost every Kuerten and Chang held ser •Volleyball-Men & Women /BF Lightweight Champion Philip Holiday, left, of Benoni, South shot from the baseline," Kuerten vice for the first four games Africa tries to cover up from the punches of challenger Shane •Canoe Paddling-Men & Mosley, r(ght,. of Pomon~, Calif. during their title fight at the Mohegan said. "I felt if I returned well, I when alight rain fell on the hard Women Sun Casino, in Uncasv,l!e, Conn. Sunday. Mosley won the fight on could control from the baseline. court. They held once more each •Tennis-Men & women a unanimous decision in the 12-round title fight. AP Everything went right. That Contmuea on page 31 Con-tinued on page-31 t;Marianas %riet~- l.i1··r,.,, •. ,.1,1·,;,,·,,,l11,,; I·/•:\·.",,,,,,.,., ,. i'... /;' 6&) I ,.- J; P.C,. E'~,,:'/~·.1 ~:(1irJ1_1r1, iv1PfJt/1.i)r1 • ft:I. 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