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By Zaldy Dandan day, said he is "happy to serve," Variety News Staff but added that he sees his job as LIEUTENANT Governor Jesus one in transition. C. Borja yesterday said the ongo "Of course I'll do the best job I ing "firing spree" in the Office of can according to law, and will the Governor has "no logic be certainly cooperate with the (in hind it. except perhaps that it is coming administration's transi being done out of spite;" tion team) and provide them with Borja said the firings show that what's appropriate," he said. the one doing it has "immature Tenorio has also appointed personality." former senator Hilario F. Diaz as "It just doesn't make sense," he the new special assistant for pro said. "They'll be leaving anyway grams and legislative review when the new administration (SAPLR) to replace Gloria comes in." Hunter.------Borja, at the same time, said Robert Dunlap Froi/an C. Tenorio Loren Sutton Continued on page 20 Robert Dunlap's resignation as acting attorney general is "unfor Describing Dunlap as "very Tenorio, meanwhile, has named tunate." professional, a very good and ethi AGO senior counsel Loren Sutton Dunlap resigned on Monday cal lawyer," Borja said, "I think as the new acting attorney. gen DeRienzo quits, over policy differences with Gov. (the Attorney General's Office eral. Froilan C. Tenorio. [AGO]) is losing a good man." Sutton, in an interview yester- but on his own By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff 'Dems should give up now' CHIEF Public Defender Daniel J. DeRienzo has also lawyer could have done a better plaintiff's counsel, Sebastian turned in his resignation to job in presenting the case against Aloot, to prove Tenorio ineli Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio to governor-electPedroP. Tenorio's gible, Borja said Aloot also end his six years at the helm eligibility to serve a third term. failed to point out the differ of the Public Defender's Of With the Superior Court already ences in Camacho v. Northern fice. ruling in Tenorio's favor, how Marianas Retirement Fund In an interview yesterday, . ever, Borja, a 'former Supreme (.1990) and the constitµtional DeRienzo said his resigna Court associate justice, said any . amendment limiting the gover tion takes effect Jan. 9, 1998, Daniel J. DeRienzo appeal will likely be dismissed by nor to two terms as it applies to citing personal, rather than the Supreme Court. Tenorio. political reasons for quitting. will miss many of my dear "They should give up now," The case ruling, penned by DeRienzo said he accepted friends and colleagues here Borja said, referring to Demo Borja himself, was cited by a very challenging job in his on Saipan... ," said the chief Jesus C. Borja cratic Party leaders behind the Tenorio's lawyers in arguing native Arizona--that of being public defender. lawsuit. that constitutional amendments DeRienzo started to work By Zaldy Dandan the first public defender of "They should have (taken the can not be applied retroactively. in the CNMI as prosecutor of Variety News Staff Yavapai County beginning issue to court) a long time ago." Borja said Aloot did not point the Attorney General's Of LIEUTENANT Governor Jesus February next year. Citing the ruling itself which out that Camacho v. Northern "I am saddened to leave. I Continued on page 20 C. Borja yesterday said another mentioned the failure of the Continued on page 20
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By Rick Alberto craft that crash-landed offshore Variety News Staff near Ladder Beach last Nov. 26 CONCERNED agencies yester was polluting the waters because day were wonied that the Pacific of fuel discharge. Island Aviation single-engine air- Coastal Resources Manage ment Manuel C. Sablan informed a board meeting that the plane is still under water and that it was discharging fuel from its tank. Max Kretzers, PIA executive vice president, meanwhile, said it was difficult to salvage the plane since, according to the informa tion he got, the water where the aircraft lies was "too deep." The aircraft was reportedly 70 feet under the water. ),)r ('IJ 1 I '-,'I' - .. ,.-·,r·-· ~'1'.f•-'l'/1;1;4~ )~'l, .,-,·... ,••.•: ·.11_1•1' c I\ 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TI-IURSDA Y- DECEMBER 4, 1997 TI-IURSD°A 'i< o·ECEMBER "4', 'i 9 By JOHN RICE state, after talks in Havana with immigrants a year to expand a old embargo against trade with to broadcast government-run ANICIA Q. Tomokane, managing warnings." "We warned MVB members in Despite such progress, Tomokane HAVANA (AP) - In a rare mo Cuban officials Tuesday. ' legal alternative to the perilous the communist island. Television Marti to Cuba from a director of the Marianas Visitors SheblamedAsia'seconomicwoes April that dark clouds were gathering noted that October's visitor activity 'ment of harmony in U .S.-Cuba The meeting was the eighth in a sea journey. Compliance with the agree blimp floating over the Florida Bureau, said yesterday that there was as being responsible for the whiplash on the Asian economic horizon," should "serve as an overdue wake up relations, officials of each side series between the two sides to Each side lodged some com ments "in general is good," said Keys violates terms of an earlier a 17 percent decline in the number of tothelocaltourisminduslly,asJapan 's Tomokane said. call for any sleepy-heads taking tour praised an accord that has helped monitor the accord signed after plaints Tuesday, bu teach also said Cu ban Parliament President pact in 1987. visitors last October. visitors declined by 6 percent, while She was referring to a presentation ism for granted." prevent waves of illegal immi thousands of Cubans set out for the pact a rare point of agreement Ricardo Alarcon, who headed the He also urged the United States Tomokane pointed to the decrease Korea's sagged by 44 percent com made last April 9 at an MVB mem She stressed that"we '11 promote as gration to the United States. the United States in flimsy rafts in between the two countries was Cuban side in the talks. to accept more Cubans on family . as "an unwelcome validation of our pared with the October 1996 activity. bership meeting at which consulting effectively as possible with the lim "We 're generally satisfied that 1994. working. Hamilton said the agreements visits. r,, economist Edward Stephens Jr. ited amount of resources we've got ;: the Cuban government is meeting That crisis led the United States The accord has survived sev and the periodic talks have helped Hamilton termed the Television i warned that exchange rate turmoil Certainly, promoting tourism is ex to to end a policy of accepting al eral recent crises in relations, in put the immigration "in safe, or Marti issue "somewhat extrane ! and slowing economic growth in Ja: i:;ensive. But the CNMI will find that its commitments avoid repris I _Autopsy confirms als" against Cubans picked up at most any Cuban refugee rescued cluding the Cuban downing of derly and legal channels." ous" and said the U.S. side urged pan and Korea would have an impact not promoting it will be economic sea while trying to reach the at sea. Instead, they are returned two 0civilian U.S. planes in Febru He said that U.S. officials are Cuba to reduce the roughly $500 locally. suicide." United States, said John Hamilton, to Cuba. The United States also ary 1996 and U.S. enactment of a still investigating "a handful" of in fees it charges people trying to Obak was murdered ''Hesurecalleditright,"Tomokane October saw 49,202 visitors arrive Anicia Q. Tomokane U.S. deputy assistant secretary of agreed to accept 20,000 Cuban toughened version of the 36-year- complaints of reprisals against leave the country an amount tough noted. on local shores, with 31,347, or 64 some of the 700 Cubans so far to raise in a country where wages By Ferdie de la Torre served running and shouting, police ··Forewarned is forearmed," she percent, from Japan. I Vatiety News Staff said. said, "and the MVB has emphasized "Airlines and travel agents are im Korea accounted for 9,546 visi returned to the island under the are often the equivalent of less f AN AUTOPSY performed by a Meanwhile, a source said Obak theimportanceofmaintainingacost portant allies. We've blazed a solid tors, or 19 percent of the total, which new policy. Most involve loss of than $10 a month. Guam-based forensic pathologist is the son of retired Pal au Judge cornpetitive induslly and an ener trail all the way from consumers' although lower than October 1996, or changes in jobs, he said. "We raised that not so much as has confirmed that 36-year-old Ngirkelau Amador. getic promotional tempo so we can television sets in Tokyo, to the people was up 44 percent from the previous complaint but as an issue ... that "We're asking the Cubans to in a Alan Obak was indeed murdered, Obak 's real name is Alan B aiei safeguard our market share." who sell them tickets, to the airlines month (September 1Wl). vestigate, and they do," he said. is working at cross purposes with the Variety learned yesterday. Amador, the same source added. Tomokane's promotional ap that fly them here and to the hotels Tomokane concluded, "The battle Alarcon alleged that a U.S. plan the accord," Hamilton said. Sgt.Joseph Aldan ina press state Such information, however, is proachhasfocusednotonlyontourist where they stay. We need to keep up is on for tourists. But if the CNMI ment said based on Dr. Aurelio yet to be verified. but also on the supply side of the this work," the managing director invests enough in tourism, we can Espinola 's autopsy, Obak died as The victim was convicted in late induslly. said. prevail." --~i@§··••••igf •.•.IlJ.9p~_-._·•••·iII• 'JJ}µpg:•· a result of injuries received to the 1980's in Guam for alleged illegal 111<_.·<1a···· >u····s·· >, •... ,i.ii·a-····· m,· .. upper portion of the body. drug (marijuana) charges. Aldan, however, did not indi In 1995, Obak moved to Saipan vv ori .... ····· ..... ····· stan .. 011 .. < • cate what type of injuries the vic where he met his wife, the source Fraud may be sparing banks ~y C:~Rl~; J/JANL~\' prgtocol to tile }.9~2 ¢1ir)late···· tim suffered. said. By Aldwin R. Fajardo asked if there are complaints against to the entry of big foreign banks. KY()TO, Japan• (AP) -· New Chang~Treaty tha;woul? rnan7 "This case is still under investi In other police report, a man· was Vatiety News Staff forgeries of checks, particularly the The Frrst Hawaiian Bank, which gliiruneri{of''give" .• emerged 'date reductions by31 ~ealthier gation andouroffice would like to arrested for allegedly stabbing an THERE ARE good reasons for busi US Treasury checks. has been granted license by the DOC Wednesdayin the give-and-take countries in emissions cif car~ askforthepublic'sassistanceinsolv other person at the Upper Miha in nessmen to be happy about investing Mendiola said cases like check since 1994, will open a new office at between'the United States and bon dfoxide and other "greenc ing this homicide," said Aldan. Garapan Tuesday night. in the Northern Mariana Islands. falsification are normally forwarded the Middle Road with a full-banking the developing world over ex house" gases. Obak, aPalauan, was found dead Arrested was 21-year-old S. Commerce officials are confident to the proper authorities. service. tending fuel emission controls Whether the mandates should in a grassy area near Domar's Attu of Upper Miha. abo1,1t the business prospects despite "If it is involving treasury checks, Thebank, whichisHawaii'soldest to poorer countries inthe fight .also apply to Third wcirld gov Store in New Dandan Homestead The victim, identified as Anto what they claimed are "repressive the report is always forwarded to the commercial financial institution, has against global warming. emrnentsisjust one CjUt:~tiOil in Saturday afternoon. He was na nio Tatios, 22, of Tanapag, suf and tough" laws implemented with Attorney-General's Office," she told previously engaged in car fmancing ''There' salways room to find a complex oftephnica! Jssues . ked, police said. fered a stab wound on the right regards to foreign investments. the Variety in a brief interview. in the Marianas. a solution," a con~iliatory~ thatt9geth~r,_. if ••. ~olyt:cl, will Obak's wife Prescilla Masga leg and was taken to the Com There isoptimismabouttheappar Saipanbanks,in 1994, had consid "More banks is good. It is a good ent absence of the kind of check ered refusing to accept Federal Re indication that the economy is on the sounding·.·Mark.)vlwandosy~, .•... addpp tpa11.l.lpPrefedentedgl9- Delos Santos, of San Jose, identified monweal th Health Center. forgery which rocked the CNMI's serves checks due to numerous fraud right ttack," he said. President Clinton looks on as Army Secretary Togo West speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House spokesman for the '.fhird, \Vorld .. , •.. bal;,att'a¢¥9n lllX)te~~al._plan-..' the victim through his cobra and tiger Both victim and suspect were al tattoos on his shoulder and body. legedly drunk when they engaged in banking industry two years ago. incidents. Camacho also said his office is Tuesday after the President nominated West to be secretary of veterans affairs. West would replace Jesse bloc, said on the third day of ·. ~tary propl~m- ••.· ;· .. , . . / < Brown who resigned in July. AP · negotiations over new climate Obakwasreportedly lastseenalive a fight, according to Department of "Not that I am aware of," says Bankofficials,backthen,areblam more of a regulatory l:xxly and con a . ii·~ciepti.stll··~ytheerm~~iQ.ps, sumer affairs are rightfully forwarded agreement. withtwoPalauanmeninDandanlate Public Safety Information Officer Lilian Mendiola, bankexaminerfrom ing the US Treasury check since it .yliich .anow suhligh~ te> reach Thursday night He was then ob- Maj. J. J. Castro. the Department of Commerce when containsonlytheamountinnumbers, to the proper authorities like the AG · But the Tanzanian diplomat . EarthbuttraJ:).th~.i;5ultiJlgheat unlike other checks that indicate the office. said the northern industrial na .9l.·.·th.e··i.A0110SJ:)h~1:1;:l••.·.¥ay·!J9°St amount in words. ''We do not dwell so much on tions must first comrnitto strong ¥IO?iil avefa~~~in~~~~t?Y Banking Division Director Oscar consumer affairs. But we will be guidelines for reining in their . _ppto~.?:cle~s.Q~l~iJl.s..(§4;· ~~ij*~'~:~~g~i~~f3·0.iS¥1J8Sa1 S. Camacho said there are enough glad to assist in anyway that is own emissions. . . · ,gn:e~flll!r~®eit)l,ytJ99,t~~" indications that the CNMI economy expected of us under our man InascheduledlOdaysoftalks, .in~_ •. 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' .- . ·-···fr -ij· ,:., !:-- . 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- DECEMBER 4, 1997 THURS DA y, DECEMBER 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 Manila water rationing starts Teen center opening set MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Nino' s effects. to reduce daily consumption in sistant crops and vegetables in mended the declaration of metro Taps1n parts of metropolitan Ma- El Nino, an abnormal weather the Manila ·area to 1.15 billion stead of rice, which is highly de politan Manila as a calamity area THE BLESSING and dedication • nil a will be waterless for up to 12 pattern over the Pacific Ocean, liters (300 million gallons) daily pendent on water. so that emergency funds can be of the new "HOUSE OF hours a day beginning Tuesday causes droughts in some areas from the current combined 2.81 A presidential task force as released and water containers can MANHOBEN" in Chalan Kanoa because of a drought attributed to and floods in other places world billion liters (73 I million gallons). · signed by President Fidel Ramos be provided to areas with critical District ·I is sure to take place in the El Niiio weather pattern. wide. Fire trucks and water tankers to study the situation has recom- water shortages. December J 2, prior to the Christ "We are in the middle uf one of Lacsamana said Angat's water will be sent to areas hardest hit by mas holidays, Karidat said yes If you think StayWell is the driest rainy seasons in the past level currently is I 82. 7 I meters the water reduction plan, authori terday. 50 years," said Joel Lacsamana, (602.9 feet), which is 21 meters ties said. Karidat in a news release for iust your average health plan, spokesman of Manila Water Co., (69 feet) below normal and 12.71 Last month, officials announced mally announced the ceremon:es one of two water utilities supply meters (41.9 feet) above the criti a cutoff of water irrigating about MANILA,Philippines(AP),The baht,Japanese yen and SouthKo will begin at I :00 pm. ing the capital. cal level. That amount must sup 25,000 hectares (61,750 acres) of Philippine_ peso _weakened against reari 'Wail have all recently weak- It invites CNMI youth to attend Lacsamana said water was be ply Man:la 's needs until next rice lands in the northern Philip the U.S .• dC>llar ·Tuesday, -mainly ened,> > > > the important event. ing rationed to ensure adequate year's rair.y season begins in June. pines because of low water sup because of spxulative dollar buY: Stocks;meanwhile, were mixed, ti[ "There was never a doubt that supplies i·n the capital as water Sonia Barros, spokeswoman of plies. ing by participants wary of declines burdened by rising .interest rates . ;)~j;;:: our teen facility will eventually levels in Angat Dam, the main Maynilad Water Services, the Farmers in the region, an im in several other Asian .currencies, . and the renewed.Asian c;unency ~rs,f;1;k_''__ -_.. .. ' be opened," according to source of potable water -for the other supplier, said the goal for portant agricultural area, have traders said. volatility, traders said. . •.. ._ iJ:i ~;::i; Karidat's Executive Director Manila area, drop because of El each of the two water districts is been urged to plant drought-re- The peso averaged 35.127 pesos Butbargain-huntiiiginsel~blue ', 'ti~I.•. ·_·· Angie Guerrero. per dollar, compared to Monday's chips helped lift the market's ira.in ~ · "The date was pushed up to ,• ensure that the necessary equip 35.019pesos. • indexslightly}be30-sharePhilip-, ' Traders said Asian currencies pineStockExchangelndexnudged lr. ment are procured and that our havebeehaffectingeachothersince up 2.21 points, O .Im · 5 00 p HJ ,w,J Satuiday 9 00 am • 1 00 P rn I Adminlstorod by: Davi~ lm.u1anc11 Scr,iicc~. lnc: .. Gcncrn\Agcms _J said the U .S, official. l f THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-13 12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY· DECEMBER 4, 1997 Racketeer admits taking bribes eatens force · By TODD ZAUN age - and Dai-Ichi Kangyo to shut China t TOKYO (AP) - An admitted down key operations until the end but they have also pilloried Na racketeer testified Tuesday that of the year after the payoffs came By CHARLES HUTZLER If separatist sentiments continue spreading in Taiwan tionalist leader and Taiwanese BEIJING (AP) · Three days af some of :Japan's top executives to light. reunification should be settled President Lee Teng-hui as a closet ter Tai wan' s pro-independence with Taiwan peacefully. But he the dispute or if independence paid him millions of dollars in a In separate cases involving pay peacefully. separatist. opposition swept to overwhelm warned that military force re forces on Taiwan seemed domi complex extortion scheme that offs to racketeers, police have ar Tang's comments are the stron China and Taiwan have been ing victory in local elections, mained an option to reunite the nant. has swelled into one of this rested executives of Mitsubishi gest to date by a Chinese official divided since the Communists China threatened Tuesday to use mainland with the island Beijing "We will work hard for the country's biggest financial scan Motors Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. on the Democratic Progressive ousted the Nationalists from the force to quash separatism on the regards as a rebel province. peaceful reunification ofthe moth dals in years. On Tuesday, Mitsubishi Es Party's sweep of 12 of the 23 mainland in 1949. Lee'smid- island. Although China believes most erland, but we will not renounce As his trial began at the Tokyo tate Co., a major real estate com mayoral and county election seats 1995 trip to the United States was Chinese Foreign Ministry Taiwanese support reunification, · the use of force," Tang said at a District Court, Ryuichi Koike ac pany,. said its chairman, Jotaro contested on Saturday. He did not taken by Beijing as proof the Tai . spokesman Tang Guoqiang said Tang said Beijing's hand would twice-weekly media briefing. knowledged taking bribes of 690 Takagi, was resigning in what was "This is by no means targeted mention the OPP by name but wanese leader wanted to move China hoped to resolve disputes be forced if foreigners meddled in million yen ($5.3 million) from widely believed to be an act of noted that "there might be some the island away from reunifica igainst Taiwan compatriots but Japan's fourtopbrokerages- Nomura contrition after the company was pro-independence forces emerg tion and toward independence - targeted against two forces: one is Securities Co., Daiwa Securities Co., implicated in the scandal. with Washington's support. international forces meddling in ing in Taiwan." Nikko Securities Co. and Yamaichi, Sokaiya have fed off Japanese The DPP victory halved the China launched testmissiles across China's internal affairs and the according to press reports. companies for nearly 100 years, number oflocal governments now theTaiwanStraitandheldwargames pro-independence forces' attempt He also admitted taking a loan of Ryuichi Koike but their activities weren't ex controlled by the ruling National near the island off and on for nine to create Taiwan independence," I I. 7 billion yen ($91 million) from plicitly outlawed until 1982. ist Party, which nominally sup months in an intimidating show of he added. Separately, Tang Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank - one of the lapse of JOO-year-old Yamaichi Since then, police have been ports eventual reunification with force. Talks China canceled in its called fornegotiations on the with world's largest He is believed to Securities earlier this month. The cracking down both on the rack China, ahd left Beijing with un pique have never resumed. drawal of U.S. forces from the have used the money to buy the shares . brokerage lost customers after eteers and the companies that pay comfortable choices in restarting Earlier, China 'sstate-controlled region. Washington, a Cold War needed to gain admission to the secu some of its top executives were them. There are about 1, I 00 negotiations on reunification. media signaled that Beijing might ally ofTaiwan, has about 100,000 rities companies' annual sharehold charged with paying off Koike. sokaiya still operating in Japan, A group of prosecutors enter the Tokyo District Court Tuesday for the China's Communist rulers have take a softer stance toward the firs~ trial of Ryuichi Koike, a corporate racketeer who brought some of troops stationed in South Korea ers' meetings. In July, the government forced down from about 6,700 in the ·a5 regarded the DPP as anathema, OPP victory. ma1or Japanese banking and securities companies into turmoil. AP 0. and Japan and has told Beijing Koike is an admitted "sokaiya" Nomura -Japan's 'largest broker- early 1980s. · C .c racketeer, and his trial is being closely 0 watched as a test of Japan's ability to 0.. eliminate the influence of organized .Q crime in corporate boardrooms. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking C 0 A common ploy ofthesokaiyais to Causes lung Cancer, Heart Disease, 0 threaten to embarrass a company at ~ the shareholders' meetings by grill Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy. ,f; ing executives on bad business deci D sions or by digging up dirt on their C 0 personal lives. :::, In image-conscious Japan., com-. 0 panies have often paid up. 0 0.. Koike allegedly became so good at the game thath(l advanced to the related but more lucrative position of "protecting" compa nies from other racketeers. According to media reports, the indictment said the bribes he re ceived were "rewards for cooper ating in the smooth proceedings of the companies' annual share holders meetings," a euphemism for the strong-arm tactics he is accused of using to keep anyone from speaking out. "I recognize all of the facts written in the indictments," Koike was quoted as saying by Japanese A female Taiwanese Marine stands at attention during a ceremony to commission new amphibious units at media reports. Spokesmen Tsoying Naval Base in the Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung Tuesday. AP for the Tokyo prosecutor's office and the court declined to com ment on the trial. The Associated Report: Taiwan Nationalists Press was not allowed inside the 3 courtroom. 0 Koike faces six indictments. He C is accused of violating the Com- a5 picking Chang to lead party . mercial Law by extorting money 0. from the companies, which car 0 TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) . Smarting grandfather. Party won 12 of the 23 posts and a 0. from defeat: in local elections, Nationalist leaders were cloistered bigger share of the total votes than the ries a maximum penalty of six V) 3 Taiwan's Nationalists will tap former in meetings and issued no official Nationalists. Independents took three months in prison. Q) Foreign Minister John Chang to im commenL The news reports said seats. Koike is also the first person to z prove the party's image, news reports Chang's appointment will be for Some Nationalists, worrie '. ( ::.::.:---- THURSDAY; DECEMBER 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY· DECEMBER 4, 1997 Kyoto conference continues: High court rulings stir Pakistan political crisis By KATHY GANNON Climate de ·elusive IS-LAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Conflicting rulings issued Tues three days of high-level bargaining of coal-fired power plants would knowledgeable source said. Butjust day by rival Supreme Court jus next week. be among the most effective steps. 2 or 3 percent below 1990 would President Clinton.announced in American negotiators threw the not be sufficient, he said. tices aggravated Pakistan's 2- Washington he was sending Vice Europeans off balance Monday by The Argentine mediator said he week-old political crisis that has President Al Gore to Kyoto next announcing in favorof"differenti hoped Gore would take an active virtually crippled the country and week to preset the U.S. position. ated" emissions targets - that is, hand to move the negotiations to promp~ed fears of a military take He said Gore's presence "shows setting different target levels of ward final agreement next week. over. we consider this to be a profoundly emissions cutbacks for individual The 2-year-old negotiating pro At issue was a ruling by Chief important issue." countries. cess concluding here has exempted Justice Sa jjad Ali Shah that re The vice president will be flying A European Union spokesmen developing countries from manda stored the president's constitu into a diplomatic fray that has suggested this move, which is sup tory cutbacks. But a unanimous tio1wl power to dismiss Parlia quickly taken on a tough, antago ported by Japan, may be a ploy by U.S. Senate resolution last July ment. His action raised concerns nistic tone. The United States the United Stales to push through a threatened to block any treaty pro that Prime Minister Nawaz and the European Union are offer deal allowing it to reduce emis tocol that does not impose binding Shari f's government could be re ing widely different plans for 21st sions less than Europe would. emissionscutbackson Third World moved since Shah has been locked century controls on carbon dioxide But by Tuesday the chairman of countries. in a fierce political battle. with the and other gases, mostly byproducts the closed-door talks, Argentine American industry fears compe r,rime minister. of fossil fuel burning, thatare linked diplomat Raul Estrada, was telling tition from Third World countries President Farooq Ahmed· to global warming, a growing threat reporters that "differentiation as a free to bum as much cheap coal as Lcghari already has come out on scientists say may disrupt the concept is widely accepted." they want. the side of the chief justice. planet's climate in decades to come. A senior administration official, The U.S. negotiators place great But almost immediately after The Europeans propose that in speaking with reporters on condi stock in a proposed article to the Shah's ruling, IO other justices dustrial nations reduce emissions tion of anonymity, said the U.S. new protocol establishing a pro sitting in a nearby courtroom over by 15 percent below 1990 levels by team has no specific numbers in cess for Third World countries to turned it. These justices have been 2010. Clinton has proposed cut mind yet - except that -it wants to voluntarily submit to binding lim opposed to Shah on the grounds backs only to, not below, 1990 retain the back-to-1990 level for its, apparently expecting some that he was wrongly promoted to levels, as of 2012. the United States in any "differen wealthierdeveloping nations to take chief justice, ahead of other more Governments would decide for tiation" scheme. on the burden to help advance the senior judges. De/agates walk from the subway station to the International Confer themselves how to achieve the re Estrada was pushing for a more negotiations. Legal experts were divided over Farooq Ahmed Leghari, President of Pakistan speaks to the press after ence Hall for attending the openrng session of the UN conference on ductions. More fuel-efficient auto flexible U.S. position, accepting But so far none has announced whether the rebel justices had the announcing his resignation Tuesday in Islamabad. Leghari accussed global warming on Monday in Kyoto. AP motive technology and a phaseout deeper cuts below 1990 levels, a any interest in the scheme. legal authority to act. Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif of wanting absolute power and "Presently it is a situation of considering themselves above the constitution and law. flis resignation By CHARLES J. HANLEY in the second of a scheduled 10 chaos," said Abid Hassan Mintb, culminated two weeks of political crisis that crippled the country and KYOTO,Japan (AP) - Negotia- days of talks, said Third World prompted fears of a military takeover. AP tors from 150 nations were work- governments were showing little Supreme Court Bar Association ing Tuesday toward agreement on interest in a U.S. effort to extend president. "I don't see at the mo· , Justice Saeeduzaman Siddiqi, moved from power. one keystone ofa historic new deal industrial nations' cutbackrequire- ment a possibility of retrieving it who i's leading the mutiny on the Sharif has accused both the chief to confront global wanning - that ments to the developing world. quickly." Supreme Court bench, said an justice and the president of con countries be assigned differing \ev- Inclusion ofChinaand otherdevel- In an apparent attempt to pre acting chief justice is to be sworn spiring to undermine his I 0- els of mandatory cutbacks in oping nations under the binding empt his ouster, Sharif's Cabinet in until a full bench decides month-old government. Earlier "greenhouse" gas emissions. accord may prove essential to win- held an emergency meeting and whether Shah was wrongly pro this year, both the goverrunent and But major disagreements per- ning U.S. Senate approval for the prepared to begin impeachment moted. opposition parties had voted in a con sisted elsewhere, and the chairman treaty protocol. proceedings against the president. The current crisis stems from a stitutional amendment to withdraw of the closed-door talks was push- The negotiations, to strengthen The National Assembly or law clash several months ago between the president's power to dismiss ing the United States to make its the 1992 Climate Change Treaty making Lower House of Parlia Sharif and Shah over the appoint elected governments. position more flexible. by adding mandatory emissions ment is to meet later on Tuesday ment of five new judges to the President Farooq Ahmed For their part, U.S. negotiators, reductions, are to conclude with when lawmakers say they will Supreme Court, which expanded Leghari invoked that power in begin the7-dayimpeachmentpro· the bench from 12 to 17. 1996 to dismiss then-Prime Min cess. Shah accused the prime minis ister Benazir Bhutto Shehazad Underlying the chaos were fears ter and the government of ma Jehangir, the lawyer for the EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES that the army may step in to take · nipulating the Supreme Court and president's case was the only per control in Pakistan, where it has creating the divisions on the son allowed to speak and he SYSTEM ENGINEER ruled for 25 of its 50-year history. bench. Shah eventually won, but warned that if the president was Able to describe architecture configuration and Until a day ago, the powe1ful not before he resurrected corrup not allowed to dismiss the gov maintenance of networks, servers and workstations. army chief of staff, Gen. Jehangir tion charges against the prime ernment, Pakistan risked another Karamat, was cast in the role of minister round of military rule. mediator. He arrived at the presi and struck down other legisla "The situation of law and order Should be familiar with: dential palace within 30 minutes tion passed by Parliament. He also may break down completely and t RAID 1/0 of Shah's iuling. charged the prime minister with the military leaders may be forced + Emerging gigabyte network standard Before his mling, Shah, who contempt of court. Meantime, to impose martial law ... the + Massive parallel processing configurations sat on the cou11 with two other the president has come out on the armed forces has a duty to this U.S. delegation members, from left, Senators John Chafee of Rhode Island, Mike Enzi of Wyoming and country," he said. ·+ NT/UNIX clusters Chuck Hagel of Nebras~a, listen to explanations from !heir unidentified staff upon their arrival at COP3 colleagues, refused to hear argu side of the chief justice, particu The chief justice jumped in + Advanced communications technologies Conference press room m Kyoto, Tuesday for the meeting on global warming. AP ments from the prime minister's larly after government supporters 3-5 years experience. lawyer. overran the Supreme Court on quickly to say that the Supreme "You saw it. He wouldn't even Friday, disrupting Shah's hearing Court could not support listen to my arguments," said at· on the contempt of court charge. "extraconstitutional measures" SOFTWARE ENGINEERS torney Ashtar Assef Ali. If convicted, Sharif could be re- such as military rule. Conversant in AS/400 RPG, C++, Visual Basic and/or OOPs languages, 'lwo lndonesia:ns sentenced t<, jail for . . 3-5 years experience. BEIJiNG (AP)- Although Agency said •.. ·.·· .. ·.··.·.·······.·.·· eral .c:qoperatjon''. J,¢tWeep · .·careying;grenades a~ Muslini gathering TECHNICIAL ASSISTANT Hong Kong is no jonger a Brit Wang is China's top represen- •..•.. B.~ijirig .lllld J,pndon( ~~' dation. made hand grenades at the fes Responsibilities incl.ude project management, ish C 16-MARlANAS V ARlETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- DECEMBER 4, 1997 Firm paying for Gingrich party Reno: No need for counsel Gore's knowledge Pdiverted some hearing Tuesday. and Gore by Justice Department donations and use of the White "Feting him in an .expensive By DAVID PACE Co. to be the guest speaker at the Chiefs of Staff. All except Dole of the money he raised into ques The telephone fund-raising in lawyers and FBI agents. House as a fund-raising tool. Some city like London, along with his WASHING TON (AP)- The con company's annual dinner Thurs were out of office when they spoke tionable accounts. And she said the quiry was pushed into the spot · But it was always just part of a Republicans, including Burton, wife and aides, is an incredible troversial speaker of the U.S. day night. at the dinner. department would continue inves light by demands from Republi broader investigation by 120 law also are under scrutiny. bouquet of roses to the speaker," House of Representatives is Previous speakers at the eveµt Atlantic Richfield is paying the tigating others involved in the cans on Capitol Hill, newspaper yers and FBI agents into numer Indictments of at least two spending the week in London with have included former Presidents commercial air fare, lodging and he said. "Accepting private travel O'Leary incident. disclosures and the timetables set ous campaign fund-raising trans Democratic fund-raisers for con his wife and two ;iides, with an Ronald Reagan, George Bush and meal expenses for Gingrich, his from any vested interest that has "Ariy decision not to ask for an by the independent counsel law. actions and figures, including pos cealing the identities of real do international oil company paying Jimmy Carter; former Senate wife Marianne, and two aides. business before Congress raises independent counsel does not It led to-questioning of Clinton sible Chinese and other foreign nors are expected later this month. the expenses. Majority Leader Bob Dole; and They are staying at Claridge's, questions about objectivity later." mean that a person has been exon Newt Gingrich, a Republican, retired Gen. Colin Powell, a one of London's most exclusive· Gingrich spokeswoman Chris erated or that the work of the was invited by Atlantic Richfield former chairman of the Joint hotels, where rooms start at$ 400 tina Martin said the House ethics campaign finance task force has committee approved the trip. ended," Reno said. The House in 1995 enacted a Reaction from the three offi Gingrich-sponsored measure to cials was muted. ban most trips and gifts from out Janet Reno In a single-sentence state Newt Gingrich side interests. But the rules still ment, Clinton said, "The attorney per night. permit private concerns to pay for By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN general made her decision based Company spokesman Albert travel, lodging and related ex WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. At on a careful review of the law and Greenstein said the oil giant is penses incurred "in conjunction torney GeneralJanetRenodeclined the facts and that's as it should picking up the tab for Gingrich with the duties of the member.'! Tuesday to seek an independent be." and his companions because the The speaker has plenty of com counsel investigation of telephone Gore, traveling in Connecticut, dinner generates good will for the pany in accepting such trips. A fund raising by President Bill said, "Now that there's been a full company in London and Gingrich survey by The Associated Press Clinton and VicePresidentAl Gore, and independent review, we can is a major international last year found foreign govern concluding they did notviolateelec put this issue of the phone calls news maker. ments, corporate giants, think tion laws. behind us once and for all." "The guest list in the past has tanks, and universities spending$ Her long-expected decision drew "I am relieved but not surprised," VINYL SIGNS: For indoor/outdoor with col- included people who are news 4.6 million to send .federal law jeers from Republicans. O'Leary said. ors, style and quality, on wood, glass, metal, worthy and who have interesting makers and their staffs across the Understrongpressureformonths But Sen. Fred Thompson, the things to say about international country and around the world in plastic cloth and walls, designed in computer from all sides, Reno told a news Republican chairman of the Senate relations and that's why he was the name of fact-finding. conference, "The decision was committee investigating campaign graphics, artistically drafted, composed with invited," Greenstein said. Gingrich plans to meet this week mine and it was based on the facts finance, accused Reno of "misin a lot of talent and knowledge, is now avail But Charles Lewis, executive with several British political fig and the law, not pressure, politics terpreting the law" and said that her able at Younis Art Studio, Inc. director of the Center for Public ures, including Prime Minister or any other factor." focus on telephone solicitations was Integrity, a government watch Tony Blair; the speaker of the She stressed that the investiga too narrow. Rep." Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, argue during their appearance on NBC's dog group, said having a major House of Commons, Betty tion will continue and her decision At the same time, he said, "I "Meet the Press" Sunday [n Washington. Hatch predicted"lots ofpr!(Jbfemsnf'?r Attorney.~eneral Janet Reno VINYL BANNERS: On cloth and plastic corporation with interests before Boothroyd; and form.er Prime Tuesday should not be viewed as . don't think any of us are surprised" if she doesn't call for an independent counsel probe of Democratic campaign fund-raising. AP materials, from 1-5 feet wide and length from Congress pay for the trip is a Minister Margaret Thatcher. His an exoneration. Pointing out by her conclusion. Thompson said 3 feet to 50 or 75 feet and more, with any potential conflict of interest for schedule also calls for a tour of that FBI Director Louis J. Freeh Reno's interpretation of the law Gingrich. the Museum of Natural History. color, letters size and.style and rich graph- dissented from her ruling, Repub had "hamstrung" the FBI in its licans criticized Reno's decision as investigation. ics. too narrow and suggested she may Reno denied that: "I wantto make have been affected by loyalty to the clear to everyone I am not impos Budweiser. Also hand painted signs and banners, artis By JON MARCUS ······~i·•?i~)';f 4J;~;:~·~erc1efer~ 1¥t~ correct and courageous. She and Freeh aclmowledged their coaster case oLBritish au pair suggest:ed ather trial. ·... . •. Reno also rejected a special pros split, but traded compliments late rial surface of all sizes. Louise Woodward has reached . \ .6.rh9t1g the j~~g9'.( 9.4ie# ff: ecutor to investigate former En in the day. the start what promises to FaDJily of be a ro~;they said.:r¢ftjsing to 31,l()\V ergy Secretary Hazel O'Leary, con Freeh pushed for an independent DIGITAL PRINT: Signs for inside markets/ long appeals process. Arid, as has . t¥ jury to C NOTE: If some reason your advertisement is incorrect, coll us immediately to make the necessary corrections. The Monancs Variety Ne'WS and Vie'WS is responsble only for one incorrect insertion. We Trash bin baby iinproving ·c1assifi.ed· Ads .Section·.·. reserve !he right to edit. refuse. reject or cancel any ad at any time. who got As and Bs. ST. PETERSBURG, Florida 04 DELIVERY WORKER-Salary: S3.05 "She told us she didn't know she Employment Wanted 04 WAITERS-Salary: $3.05-3.50 per 01 MAINTENANCE (BUILDING RE 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal (AP) - Surveillance cameras Surveillance camera spots mom leaving baby per hour hour PAIRER)-Salary: $3.05 per hour ary: S3.05 per hour was pregnant Her mother didn't Contact: ACE VIDEO CORPORATION caught a I Oth-graderclutchingher The teen-ager was back at Contact: SHOWBOAT, INC. Tel. 233- 01 BARBER-Salary: $3.05 per hour 05 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER serious. The 6-pound, I 0-ounce found. She went into the bath lmow," the detective said. dba Kay' Express Cargo (12/4)Th24696 9298(12/11 )Th69625 Contact: LUIS C. BENAVENE dba Salary: $3.05 per hour stomach as she entered a high school Tuesday and summoned full-term infant was breathing on roomat about2 p.m., when classes She told detectives she discarded Benavente Barbershop Tel. 233- 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR school bathroom, where she gave for questioning. Pierce said she 10 CUTTER-Salary: $3.05-3.20 per 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $550.00- 5847(12/18)Th24867 Salary: $3.05 per hour his own and may be released by were let out, and was in there for the baby because she was afraid of birth to a baby and left him in a just over a half hour. "She denied giving birth during a 40 hour 700.00 per month 05 CUITER, HAND-Salary: S3.05 per Christmas, Dr. Danilo Escoto said, peer and family reaction, Pierce said. 70 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS trash can. minute intexview with police, then j Contact: PELLEY BOAT CHARERS, 01 MAINTENANCE (BUILDING RE hour although his Jong-term prognosis was bent over, doubled in pain. It The baby is temporarily in state Salary: $3.05-3.40 per hour INC. Tel. 233-9298(12/11)Th69626 PAIR)-Salary: $3.05 per hour 05 (PACKER)-HAND PACKAGER-Sal A janitor discovered the boy · was obvious she was hurting," admi tied the baby was hers after her 10 MACHINE PRESSER (PRESS OP is not yet known. custody. Prosecutors will decide Cc,ntact: LI OUN CORPORATION Tel. ary: $3.05 per hour about 90 minutes later Monday. said Detective LeRoy Pierce. mother arrived. ERATOR)-Salary: $3.05-3.20 per hour 03 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Salary: 288-0548(12/18)Th24868 05 PRESSER-Salary: $3.05 per hour One of Northeast High School's whether aggravated child abuse 65 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR The boy, called Nicholas by 48 surveillance cameras, which On Tuesday,Pierceshowed the Her family told authorities there Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 GENERAL MANAGER-Salary: $3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: COMMONWEALTH GAR charges should be brought against $13.00 per hour Contact: SAIPAN ICE & WATER CO., 01 SALES MANAGER-Salary: S3.05 per MENT MFG., INC. Tel. 234-3481 ( 12/ school officials because ofChrist was mounted on the wall of a suxveillance pictures to 30 staff were no discipline problems with her 01 DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER her. I Salary: $3.00-5.00 per hour Contact: SAM MARIANAS, INC. Tel. INC. Tel. 233-9298(12/11)Th69627 hour 18)Th24879 mas, was ice cold, barely breath corridor, caught pictures of the and teachers in this school with and that she was a diligent student 06 PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR-Sal 322-3444(12/4)Th24697 01 SEAMSTRESS-Salary: $3.05 per ing and buried under hand towels. IS-year-old mother holding her 1,950 students. A teacher recog I ary: $3.05 per hour 03 COOKS-Salary: $3.05 per hour hour 01 SUPERVISOR-Salary: S3.05 per By Tuesday, his condition was 02 PRODUCTION MANAGER-Salary: 01 MASON-Salary: $3.20-3.36 per hour 02 BARTENDER-Salary: $3.05 per Contact: NAINA ENTERPRISES dba hour stomach as she entered the bath nized the mother, whose name resign or face termination. 04 MAINTENANCE WORKER-Salary: hour Roshis Variety Store Tel. 234-6533(12/ Contact: PIER WAVE ENT., INC. dba upgraded from very critical to $3.50-5.00 per hour room where the baby was later was withheld by police. Borja ... A former researcher for House 10 CUTIER (MACH/NE)-Salary: S3.05 $3.05-3.20 per hour Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. 18)Th24869 · Pier Wave Shop Tel. 233-0892( 12/ Minority Leader Dino M. Jones per hour 01 SECURITY GUARD-Salary: $3.05- dba Saipan Diamond Hotel Tel. 234- 18)Th24880 Continued from page 1 10 PRESSER-Salary: $3.05 per hour 3.20 per hour 5900(12/11 )Th69601 05 CARPENTER-Salary: S3.05 per hour (D-Saipan), Diaz served in the Contact: MARIANAS GARMENT MGF., 02 BARTENDER-Salary: S3.05-3.2D per 05 MASONS-Salary: $3.05 per hour 09 MASON-Salary: S3.05-3.50 per hour PIA ... Hunter was among the several CNMl's first Senate, from 1978 INC. (12/4)Th24680 hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASS/STANT-Sal Contact: BRIAN P. REYES dba BPR Contact: REMED/0 $./DANIEL S. Continued from page 1 officials suspected of disloyalty to 1980, as a Tinian Democrat. He 01 PAINTER-Salary: $3.05-3.30 per ary: $3.05 per hour Professional Services Tel. 234-9127(12/ BUNIAG dba Marfran Enterprises Tel. hour Contact: MARINA M. LOBRIO dba 3M 18)Th24870 322-0414(12/18)Th24881 to Tenorio, who lost his reelec lost in his reelection bid, how 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Salary: result in fines up to $ I 0,000 per $530.00 per month 01 PLUMBER-Salary: $3.05-3.40 per & L Enterprises Tel. 233-2306( 12/ day. tion bid last Nov. I, asked to ever, to Ignacio K. Quichocho Contact: BEN'S INTERNATIONAL hour 11)Th24777 01 HAIR STYLIST (BEAUT/CIAN)-Sa/ 01 OPERATION MANAGER-Salary: "This aircraft and resulting spill CORPORATION Tel. 235-2828(12/ 01 RESERVATIONS SUPERVISOR ary: $3.05 per hour $1,800.00 per month Salary: $3.40-3.57 per hour 02 BARBER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Contact: CHARM, INC. dba Venus has affected thecoasral waters and its 4)Th24684 Contact: MICRONESIAN GARMENT and maintained "an excellent of 02 WAITER, RESTAURANT-Salary: Contact: GENEROSO D. HUERTAS, Beauty Salon Tel. 233-9391 (12/ MFG., INC. · Tel. 235-7120(12/ resources," Sablan said in his letter. $3.05-3.20 per hour SR. dba Gene's Barber Shop Tel. 233- 18)Th24871 DeRienzo ... fice reputation for protecting and 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $3.05 per 18)Th24882 The multi-agency CNMI Marine Continued from page 1 hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary: $9.96-10.46 6662( 12/11 )Th24779 Monitoring Team went to the site defending the rights of indigent Contact: KIM'S GENERAL CORPORA per hour 01 MASON-Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER/ 01 GENERAL MAINTENANCE MAN 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $600.00 per '01 DRAFTSMAN-Salary: $5.30 per hour SUPERVISOR-Salary: S10.00-12.00 yesterday to assess the situation fice Criminal Division in July defendants." TION dba Tofu Factory, Laundrymat & DeRienzo is also currently the Retail Store Tel. 234-7191(12/ AGER-Salary: $9.65-10.13 per hour month 04 CARPENTER-Salary: $3.05 per hour per hour Kretzers said the plane had 45 gal 1991. He was appointed to man 02 HOUSEKEEP/NG CLEANER-Sal Contact: PRINCESS CORPORATION Contact: JESSIE A. ARIZA LA dba Sys Contact: DOKO SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 234- vice president of the CNMI Bar 4)Th24686 ifi~§tofuxxitheirien@Y lons of avgas, a special fuel for air age the CNMI Office of the Pub ary: $3.05-3.46 per hour Tel. 234-5759(12/11)Th2478D tems Services Co. Tel. 234-5334(12/ 1301 (12/18)Th24883 lic Defender in November on the Association. He is a member of 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Salary: 01 ARC WELDER-Salary: $3.10-3.26 18)Th24873 oftl\eir~., .·.. ti craft per hour 01 TRAVEL COUNSELOR-Salary: 01 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER-Salary: ,' "It was a total setu He Sl,lid the responsibility of sal same year, ~ut the Senate con the CNMI Criminal Justice Plan $3.05 per hour 01 AUTO TECHNICIAN-Salary: $3.05 03 SWIMMING POOL MAINTENANCE $7.03 per hour 01 PLUMBING-Salary: S3.05 per hour $3.05-5.20 per hour 1aWyei";ijevilieJ ·· ·· · vaging the wreckage lies on the insur firmed his appointment on Jan. ning Agency, CNMIBar Committee Salary: $3.05-3.20 per hour Contact: CREATIVE TOURS 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER (BUILD Contact: TASI TOURS & TRANSPOR on andProfessiona!Responsi per hour ··.. 311-N:l§stin~," ance company. . 11, 1992. Ethics 01 SALES CLERK-Salary: $3.05 per 01 COOK HELPER-Salary: $3.05-3.20 MICRONESIA, INC. Tel. 322-7417(12/ /NG)-Sa/ary: $3.05 per hour TATION INC. Tel. 235-9373(12/ In his letter sent Tuesday to bility, Family Court Committee, and hour per hour 11)Th24781 Contact: ANTONIA V. TAITANO dba 18)Th69739 'We're working with the insur 01 COOK-Salary: $3.05-3.20 per hour MAAG Enterprises Tel. 235-7602(12/ ~~~~\ahdJ&nesM Tenorio, the chief public defender Court's Bar Committee. He founded Contact: VIRGINIA GLASER dba 3 A's ance company if it's possible to sal Polyshine Tel. 235-8418(12/4)Th24687 01 TAILOR-Salary: $3.50-3.68 per hour 03 JANITOR-Salary: $3.05 per hour 18)Th24874 01 PARALEGAL-Salary: S3,000.00 per ;Wm~ed&hlddencainerastofu vage (the plane)," Kretzers said, add said he was honored by the and organized the CNMI Adult Di Contact: KAN PACIFIC SA/PAN, LTD. Contact: MARIANO K. PANGELINAN month . pip ... ······ . ·... •i•·i·.· ... ··~~/inOftot# ing that removing the aircraft is not an governor's confidence in his abil version program. 01 MANAGER-Salary: $900 per month Tel. 322-4692(12/4)Th69447 dba Island Janitorial Services Tel. 322- 01 AIR CON TECHNICIAN-Salary: $3.05 Contact: PACIFIC ISLAND AVIATION, 1360(12/11)Th24782 per hour INC. Tel. 234-3600(12/18)Th 69744 >1 threeblackmeniiisi&:,lhe? easy task. ity to perform the duties of one of DeRienzo recommended to the Contact: 0 & K CORPORATION dba governor Deputy Public Defender O&K Auto Repair Shop Tel. 234- 01 CARPENTER-Salary: $3.15 per hour 01 BLDG. MAINTENANCE REPAIRER The plane was insured with Ion the highest positions in the CNMI 2995(12/4)Th24689 01 MAINTENANCE MECHANIC-Sal 01 ELECTRONIC MECH.-Salary: Salary: $3.05 par hour 02 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS-Sal ·. ~Toeriehlt1LJt;~~[~~:r Aviation, the largest aircraft insur government. Harvey M. Palefsky as his re ary: $3.40 per hour S750.00 per month Contact: JUAN B. CEPEDA dba JBC ary: S3.05-3.50 per hour ·.. ·qiiy~ ~ .~izJit Contact: BASIC CONSTRUCT/ON Aircon/Relrigeration Shop Tel. 235- a•drug-p1~ ance firm in the world. Ion is repre "My seven-year residence in placement. 01 SALESPERSON-Salary: $3.05 per Contact: L & W AMUSEMENT CORP. 01 OFFICE MANP.GER-Salary: bomo ACROSS 35 Cut Rice keys Hornets win 37 Vessel Answer to Previous Puzzle 1 Urich series 38 Day before CHARLOTI'E, North Carolina season-high 28 points, 18 in the first Robinson adde GTE Pacific wins · By Priscilla T. Castro inning the Turtles needed two runs vancing David Olopai to home. Variety News Staff for a tie and three runs to win. Fourth inning Pitcher Bart Jack- G.T.E. PACIFIC Turtles edged And score 3 runs they did, cour- . son made a grand slam making a . the MGD Starters, 18-17, Mon- tesy of June Lizama, Ross 2-run homer. day night at the Susupe Softball Manglona and Donald Game Four Complex. Pangelinan, who pinch hit for Pepsi Spec defeated I Luv U In the first three innings both Lucian George. Man, 18-12. teams were tied. In the fourth Game Two ·1n the first inning Spec did not inning the Turtles managed to NorthwestdefeatedtheChe'lus, make, I Luv U Man scored 3 runs. make six runs giving them the 26-20, ih the first inning. At the Pepsi Spec scored 10 runs in in lead. In the fifth inning the MGD outset Northwest served warning the fourth inning. It also had five Starters had a back to back grand on the Che '!us that they would grand slams courtesy of Sherman slam courtesy of first baseman Ed dominate the game as they made Ngiraidong, Noel Ignacio, Poland Cepeda and Pitcher Joe Saures. 13 runs. Yamada, NickKoshiro, and Riang The Turtles managed to score Both Anton Iriarte and Tony Yoshino. six runs in the fifth inning, fol- Luzama made a grand slam :.:c-o-'n~ti~n-ue-d~o-n_p_a_g_e"""2""'3 lowed by six more runs, making homerun in the fourth inning. their score 15 against the Starters' Game Three I 0. The third game was shut off -~sportsbit,s In the sixth inning both teams because of the IO-run rule in ef- were tied again, 15-15, but in the feet. The Lite Beer Hil & Run Women's Basketball last inning the MGD Starters were defeated the Camacho Roots, 18- Try-Outs Scheduled · only allowed to score two runs. 18. CALLING all women who are In the bottom of the seventh Kirk Virgith batted a triple, ad- interested in participating in the 1 f:Z:::::z.::::;.J,J~;,J.;:;;, ,c"'~3Ki~o.01.':1c·~.~:~~-?"''·<'i•F ·u::d.'.',IE~ Upcoming Micronesian Games that there is a try-out scheduled (l Promoters m,ge pro~e _of j for his Saturday, December 6, 1997, 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Gil r;:i Foreman-Bnggs dec1s1on iiij bert C. Ada Gymnasium. ~ BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -George Foreman's promoters ' · Attendance is mandatory and sent a letter of protest to the governor and attorney general of New will be monitored. Jersey on Tuesday concerning Foreman's unpopular loss to For more information please Shannon Briggs on Nov. i2. contact Jovie Omar· or Elias New York Knicks' Allan Houston (20) tries to drive around San Antonio Foreman, 48, announced he was retiring after losing the 12- . Rangamar 234-1001/1002. Spurs' David Robinson (50) as Knicks' Buck Williams (52) moves in round decision, thus ending a professional career that began in *** from behind to assist during first half actio_n Tuesday at the Alamodome 1969. Volleyball Training in San Antonio, Texas. AP Foreman, who has a 76-5 record with 68 knockouts, won the All VolleybalJ players and in undisputed heavyweight championship in 1973, and won the terested individuals who are in il.'l WBA and IBP.portions of the division 21 years later. terested in making the All Star Shaq expected to be ! The majority decision awarded the 25-year-?ld Briggs was Team for the Micronesian Games ~~ extremely unpopular. The 5,220 at the Trump TaJ Mahal arena in are urged to come to the work-out ~ Atlantic City, New Jersey, let loose with thunderous jeers it was f;. session. Attendance.is mandatory out for more games .;i. announced. ~j and ~ill be monitored . INGLEWOOD, California wouldn't play against San An (~ The AP had Foreman winning 116-112, and boxing journalists fj Scheduled for the sessions ar as (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal will tonio on Friday night but he l1 Continued on page 23 t;l follow: ~~-~----= miss more games with the Los hoped to have O 'Neal back by ~~~-·.. ·::~·~~l·~~:::.~:s:=:-'.:::.;.:.:i~~~G·...:.:..:,~~~~.:..:-~ ~.··-.:- .:··· ·..... ' Continued on page 23 Angeles Lakers than originally ·Dec. 14. expected because of the abdomi If that's the case, O'Neal will nal strain that has hampered him miss six more games for a total since the start of training camp of 11 since playing in his last two months ago. game against Minnesota on Nov. All indications are that.O 'Neal 19. won't return until Dec. 14 at the The injury caused O'Neal to earliest. On that night, the Lak miss the season-opener, and he ers start a string of six games in re-aggravated it early in the game nine days in six different cities. against the Timberwolves. He Team spokesman John Black came back to score 26 points said Tuesday thatO 'Neal would and grab 12 rebounds after leav be re-evaluated either Thursday ing the game for treatment, but or Friday. hasn't played since. "Officially, we're not going O'Neal was examined by Dr. to say anything until he sees the Miguel Velez, an abdominal spe doctor," Black said. cialist, on Nov. 24, and Velez On Monday, Lakers coach Del confirmed the diagnosis of team Harris said O'Neal definitely Continued on page 23 By Prlscllla T. Castro The tournament winner, how Variety News Staff ever, was Ed Flores, who had a ED "Fast" Peter won the Decem net score of 64. As past winner, he ber Ace with a net score of 67 was not eligible to be the Ace during the Refalawasch Golfers winner. Association's 2 in 1 golf tourna The other high placers were Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, right, clowns with unsuspecting welterweight boxing champion Oscar De La ment held Nov. 23 and 30 at the Tony Satur, with 68; Andy Hoya durin9 their visit Tuesday in New York. De La Hoya is in New York to promote his Dec. 6th fight against Wilfredo Rivera in Atlantic City, N.J. AP Marianas Country Club. Continued on page 23 t)vlarianas %riet~ Micror·,0:;to's Looc:Jinq ~Jewspoper Since 1972 ~ f>.O. Sox 231 Soipan. MJJ 96950 • Tel. (670) 234-6341 • 7578 • 9797 Fox: (670) 23'1-9271