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ore om TWO BOMB threats yesterday port was alerted by the Depart­ Taking the threat seriously, Although it was not ascer­ ployeesoffwhile the matterwas forced the evacuation of em­ ment of Public Safety at 7:50 the CPA office quickly called tained if the second caller was being investigated fully. ployees and caused a disruption a.m. about a "male caller with Labor& Immigration and asked the same as the first, Rosario Yesterday's incident marked at the Department of Labor and an accent" complaining about that employees leave the build­ noted that the second caller also the third time that public build­ Immigration office near the his papers not being processed ing as soon as possible. sounded upset about his papers ings on Saipan became the ob­ Saipan International Airport. at the Labor & Immigration of­ Operatives from DPS and not being processed at DLI. ject of bomb threats. According to Commonwealth fice. Civil Defense Office were then Again occupants ofthe build­ Only last month, a bomb threat Ports Authority Public Informa­ The caller apparently said an­ immediately dispatched to the ing were rushed out and DPS was received at the Governor's tion Officer Frank Rosario, the grily there was a bomb in the scene where they conducted a and Civil Defense once again Office at the Administration CPA Security Office at the air- DLI Building. search. No bomb was found. conducted a search, blocking off Building in Capitol Hill. Hours after employees re­ access roads towards the build­ The second incident involved turned to their desks, however, ing. a bomb threat also reported at Aldan-Pierce named another call was received by a They found no bombs. the Bank of Hawaii Building in Labor& Immigration employee By 2:00 p.m., police declared Puerto Rico. at about 10:30 saying a bomb an all clear situation. Both incidents prompted new DFS president will go off at 12:30 in the same It was at this point that offi­ evacuation ofemployees but no DUTY Free Shoppers Saipan building. cials decided to send all em- bombs were found. Limited (DFS) yesterday an­ nounced .that Marian Aldan­ Pierce has been named the company's president effective Suit could open scrutiny May 2,1995. Aldan-Pierce succeeds Playford Ramsey who has been ofpast leases-- Mitchell promoted to a key position at DFS in its Taiwan region. As By Rafael H. Arroyo upheld. What's important is for president, she will be respon­ Variety News Staff the court to rule whether the gov­ sible for all of the company's THE LAWSUIT brought up by ernor did 'wrong or not. Let him business development activi­ taxpayer Jeanne Rayphand chal­ walk to court and answer this on ties and the hiring and training lenging a public land lease in Navy its merits," said the Saipan law­ of the management and staffof' Hill could promptscrutiny of past yer. its ten stores on Saipan. disposition of public land. During yesterday's interview, "I am honored to be given Marian Aldan-Pierce This was according to Mitchell said a ruling in favor of this opportunity. Over the last Rayphand'scounsel, TheodoreR. his client would make it logical nineteen years, I have watched accomplishment in working her Mitchell, as he yesterday ex­ for the public to ask whether their DFS grow and contribute to way from secretary to president plained his client's motivation in interestwas upheld in the disposi­ our economy," said Aldan­ is due to her hard work and filing the latest of two taxpayer tion of other past land leases. Pierce. dedication. I am confident that lawsuits facing the Froilan C. Referring to the latest taxpayer " A major part of my new these came qualities will bring Tenorio Administration. suit as a "test case," Mitchell said her success as president," said role will be to encourage the "The central issue here is a favorable ruling may allow for ;' companyto grown and improve Coe. whether the governor violated the the scrutiny of possibly more Theodore R. Mitchell the quality oflife for the people Aldan-Pierce will be the first law in disposing public land the "questionable" leases. in the CNMl," said the new woman to hold the position of way he did," said Mitchell in a "Ifplaintiffprevails in this case Mitchell. 'president. "I am proud that presidentamong the DFS group telephone interview with the Va­ then it logically follows that the Raypharid earlier brought DFS has entrusted me with this ofcompanies. riety yesterday. disposition of vast tracts of public Tenorio to court questioning his DFS companies serve over great responsibility." "Our motive is to see the law land should be looked at," said Continued on page 6 DFS Mid Pacific Region 22 million international travel­ president Bob Coe expressed ers per year at over 150 duty his confidence on the appoint­ free and retail shops at airports ment. and major downtown areas. "Marian has proven herself DFS Saipan Limited is a part to be a leader. She has pro­ of the DFS group of companies vided guidance to hundreds of located throughout the Pacific Saipan employees and uni­ and Asia. Founded in 1961, formly they respect her. Her Continued on page 6 SGMAputs Up Hotline THE SAIPAN Garment Manu­ facturers Association has initiated the establishment of a multi-lin­ gual hotline to assist garment in­ dustry workers with, problems arising about their employment. A statement from the associa­ tion yesterday indicated that SGMA Chairman James Lin had already passed the word to all Partly cloudy with general members about the "La­ morning and late bor hotline." He said the access numbers are provided for all eth- evening showers Garapan Elementary Schoolstudents form a line as they perform early morning drillsyesterday at GES Continued on page 6 ballfied. The students are members of GES trackand field teampreparing for a school-wide competition. 1_." 'l't '2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- MAY 4,1995 THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 Doomsday cult lawyer nabbed ',\ £~~HP~~d~!~~for!!~~dat airport ing frequent television appear­ could be used to produce the of the firm had moo a slander local authorities. He was out on By KOZO MIZOGUCHI Authority (CPA) levied a $355 been checking it on a daily ba- day from March 6th to May3rd".' ancesto defendthe cult. Police deadlynervegas on cult property. complaint in February against bail in that case. TOKYO(AP) - In whatappeared fine to its own Chairman of the sis. After checking with the De- for 58 days, or $290, for a grand say Aoyama may have broken They also are still looking for Aoyama and the sect. Au­ A Japanese newspaper, the to be the latestmove to neutralize Board of Directors for parking partment ofPublic Safety (DPS), total of $355. slanderedlaws whenhe accuseda suspects in the shooting of the thorities have reportedly found Sankei Shimbun, reported Mon­ the leadership ofa doomsday cult violations at the Commuter Ter- it was revealed that the vehicle -Asked what he plans to do fertilizercompanylastJanuary of National Police Agency director, traces ofsarinnearthe cult's com­ day that police have found cult, suspected in nerve gas attacks on minal parking lot of the Saipan belongedto the CPABoardChair- with the vehicle, Hocog said he Tokyo subways, police Wednes­ spraying a cult commune with who was shot and nearly killed 10 pound. leader Shoko Asahara at a cult,,';';: International Airport. man. will have the car repaired and day arrested the cult's top lawyer. sarin, the nerve gas used in the days after the subway attack. He Aoyama, a 35-year-old gradu­ facility just outside Tokyo and ,.j> '"'I Victor B. Hocog, who repre- Hocog said he paid the fine as ship it to Rota for his company's Like more than 150 other cult subway gassing. The cult was heading the investigation of ateofJapan's elite Kyoto Univer­ have him underaround-the-clock 1'; sents Rota on the seven-member an examplethatCPAboardmem- use. members arrested since last denies involvement in the March the cult. sity law school, was arrested at surveillance, but the report was I:i.~' Board of Directors, paid the fine bers, management and other em- CPA Executive Director month's deadly attack, attorney 20 attack, which killed 12 people Aoyama was arrested after Tokyo's Arakawa police station not confirmed. Police refused tO~1 for leaving his black-colored, ployees are not exempted from Carlos A. Shoda said there is a Yoshinobu Aomoyama was and sicken 5,500 others. found that the fertilizer company when he went there to visit an­ comment. J] Cherokee Jeep at the parking lot the promulgatedrules and regula- 48-hourgrace period atthe pub- picked'up on suspicion of an un­ Police have yet to announce a had no capability of producing otherarrested sect member. As Police Wednesday also contin- ;~t~ from March 6th until May 3rd. tions of the CPA. lie parking lot at the airport. related, relatively minor crime. direct link between the cult and the poisons Aoyama accused it of the top lawyer, he was overseeing ued raids on the cult's Mount Fuji.;;: Hocog, who was leaving for Idon'twantanycomplaintfrom Anything after that could result Aoyama, 35, has been one of the the attack, but they claim to have spraying, a Tokyo Metropolitan dozens of legal battles the cult is commune in Kamikuishiki vil-'·i§; miles),;~\ Rota Wednesday morning, said anybodythat I was exemptedfrom in a car being towed at the cult's mostvisible officials, mak- found tons of chemicals which Police spokesman said. Officials fighting across the country over lage, 110 kilometers (68 . everything from alleged southwest of Tokyo, to look for 'I he bought the vehicle from an our own rules and regulations owner's expense.
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