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UNIVERSITY OF HAWA.ll lt~RM'{' arianas %riety;~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 · '&l ~ Tenorio 'fears' 4-way race By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio By Jojo Dass may be confident in his·reelection Variety News Staff ·,! I bid, but a four-way race is a pain DEMOCRATIC Party chairman ful scenario for him. Benigno M. Sablan yesterday said "I don't like it. When you have he is not running with any of the so many candidates, it would be party's two contenders for the i' very hard," Tenorio said in an gubernatorial post explaining he interview Saturday. has to remain "neutral" to main Republican Party's gubernato tain the party's integrity. In a telephone interview, the rial candidate Pedro P. Tenorio, Lands and Natural Resources sec the incumbent governor's uncle, retary said he will "very likely" is of different opinion. turn Lt. Gov. Jesus Borja down "Everybody has the right to run should the latter ask him to be his (for public office). If that's their running mate. in an upcoming choi~e, they should go for it," Democratic primary. Pedro said. Gov. Froilan Tenorio had said The two Tenorios were react Sablan is Borja's likely running •! ing to a report that former Gov. mate. He said he "heard" Sablan, l Larry Guerrero and Rita Hocog who is "definitely not with me," Inos were planning to run as inde may run with Borja. pendent candidates. But Sablan insisted he is not Froilan and Pedro, who are po mnning because "I can't afford it, tential rivals in next year's guber and I wouldn't want to solicit natorial election, were engaged in from supporters only to have them a cordial conversation when in mn my .office eventually." terviewed by the Variety at the "I am really poor now. When cocktai I party for the IT&E's 10th people support your candidacy anniversary at the Hyatt Hotel. Governors all. Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio beams as he shakes hands with his potential 1997 rival, former Gov. and put in money, you're bound "The former governor and I are Pedro P. Tenorio (center) while another former governor, John Waihee of Hawaii, looks at left. Photo was taken to give them favor when you win. not talking politics here," the at IT&E's anniversary party Friday. And I don't want this to happen," governor said. ~............... ,,.,,=,,,.,.,,....,.,,,,,_,,.,,,.,:,,•,=--"'"" mo,a•~==~=-=-~~~ Sablan told the Variety. Making a jest on the possible Besides, he said, he has to re Continued on page 24 r 1 main "neutral" and "look after 1 'Secret' DNA test on Hillbroom? party rules and policies_ so that 1: By Ferdie de la Torre while Waechter is the f~rmer es- I there will be no further splits." \ VarietyNewsStaff tate executor Bank of Saipan rep- ! A split in the party, he said, LA WYER David J. Lujan has resentative. 11 only tends to weaken its chances Weather exposed an alleged secret DNA The Variety tried but failed to j · of winning the top posts. test conducted by Larry get Waechter's side. 1· "I have to remain neutral to Outlook Hillblom 's estate "representa-. Lujan claimed they discovered maintain the party's integrity. I tives" on Junior Larry during the proceedings in am not in a position to support Hillbroom. Carl.smith's (former executor's any of them [Tenorio and B01ja]. Lujan, on behalf of Kaelani . counsel) February 1996 billings In fact, I have to stay away from Kinney, said in court documents that the estate tested Junior's blood them," he explained that Peter Donnici and Joseph · allegedly against' someone who Sablan also expressed hope the Waechter.secretly took some of . :volunteered he was the father. losing candidate in the Demo Junior's blood· in th.eir posses- . "Whether this person honestly cratic primary would refrain from siori and surreptitiously con- . · asserted .that claim or was part of Junior Larry Hillbroom mnning as an independent since ducted DNA testing iri Novem- a ruse contrived by the estate.and such will threaten the party's ber 1995. Donnici to get their hands\ on has been tested and they know unity. Donnici is chairman of Junior's genetic mapping, the re- the results," said Kinney's law- ''I'm hoping no independent HillblomCharitableTrustBoard suit is the same. Junior's blood . Continued on page 24 Conffnuea on page 24 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-MONDAY- NOVEMBER 25, 1996 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEWS-3 Hijacked plane crashes MORONI, Comoro. Islands (AP) 500,000 residents and relies heavily A hijackedEthiopian airlinercanying At least 50 of175 passengers confirmed dead on its annual influx of more than 175 peopleranoutof fuelandcrashed ''Straight after that everybody was from the water, and a diver said many said 17,000 tourists, mostly from France inthewaternearatropicalresortonthe running and we were getting the boats more were trapped in the plane, The BBC quoted an unidentified and South Africa, who come for the CoIDJroslslandsoffEa&Africa. There out, going to try and rescue any survi Thomson toldTheAP. ''Heestirnated Ethiopian Airlines official as saying beaches, fishing and scenery. were at least 51 survivors, an airport vors we could." that 60 to 80 passengers were still the hijackers were transit passengers With their dramatic volcanic peaks official said early Sunday. Eleven hijackers commandeered strapped in their chairs and had who initially had traveled from and palm-fringed beaches, the islands About50bodieshadbeenretrieved Flight961 shortlyafterittookofffrom drowned," the hotel manager said. Bombay, India, and that he didn't liejustsouthoftheequatorandhavea fromthedownedfuselage, whichbroke the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Divers worked overnight with know their nationality. sub-tropical climate. into three pieces in Satunlay's crash. theEthiopianNewsAgency reported. torches in attempts to retrieve more There were eight Israelis and eight Ethiopian Airlines offers the most Doz;ensof additional bodies remained Theydemandedthepilottakethem bodies, another hotel employee, who Britons on the flight Italy reported connections within Africa of any Af. trapped in wreckage some 700 meters to Australia, but didn't believe him declined to give his name, said early three Italians survived. U.S. officials rican airline. At 50 years old, it is one (yards) from shore, divers said when he said there wasn't enough SWKlay. said an undetermined number of of the continent's oldest airlines and Islanders scrambled in small boats fuel, the agency reported The plane Most of the survivors were criti Americans were on board. until recently had been regarded as to rescue survivors, and vacationing got as far as Moroni and tried for a cally injured, hotel officials said. A ToeSouthKoreanforeignministry one of the best-run in the world. As Frendl doctorsfromthene.arbyGalawa crash landing. hotel worker told Radio France Inter said one oftheir diplomats assigned in Ethiopia sank deeper into civil war, Beach Hotel treated survivors on the HotelmanagerBruceThomsonsaid national lhat islanders floated the sur Kenya,LeeHun-jong,hadbeenkilled the state-owned airline ran into finan beach. survivors told him two hijackers wilh vivors to shore on pieces of wreckage on the flight cial problems. Rescue efforts were hindered by bombs were on the plane and a third or small boats. French radio said the flight had two It had three 767s for its long-range rough seas, the fear of shark attacks wasapparentlyinthehold Theexplo ''Fortunately, we had about 15 va French passengers, but the French routes.BoeingspokesmanBrianAmes and nightfall. sives were never detonated, the pas cationing French doctors who gave a foreign ministzy would not confirm saidthedownedwide-bodytwinjet,a The motive for the hijacking was sengers said, and the plane ran out of hand, who cared for those they could, that 767-200ER, was delivered to the air not immediately clear. The BBC re fuel while the pilot negotiated with the right there on the beach," he said Comoros, an impoverished archi line around 1986. It was the 187th 767 ported early Sunday that two hijackers hijackers. TheplanewasdestinedforAbidjan pelago with three main islands, has built had been identified among the smvi At least 51 people survived the in thelvoryCoastafterstopsinNairobi, vors and arrested crash, Aluned Chanfi, deputy man Kenya; Brazzaville, Congo; and The Boeing 767 crashed around ageratMoroni' s Hayayi International Lagos, Nigeria. midday off the main island of Grand Aitport, told The Associated Press Theplanewascanying 163 passen Comore about 25 miles (40 kilome early SWKlay. The BBC quotedemer gers and 12crew members, Ethiopian ters)northofMoroni,thecapitalofthis gencyofficialsassayingtherewere54 AirlinessaiditsentateamtoMoroni, /T&E employees belt out a song during last Friday's anniversary celebration at the Hyatt Regency. The company marked its tenth year in grand fashion with dignitaries from both the government and private sector in attendance. lush chain in Mo:zambique Channel survivors. but said it would not release a passen I between Madagascar and the east Af A French military aircraft and an ger list until Sunday. I rican coast EthiopianAirlinesain:raftwitheqw~ The BBC reported from Addis ;:;i ''Therewasaloudnoiseasithitthe ment and doctors who were headed Ababa that air traffic controllers lhere water. Witnesses say that it was flying for the scene had arrived at the airport monitored the hijackers' frantic de very low over the water lll1d one wing overnight, chief air traffic controller mands for 25 minutes. Survivors re touched into the water and then the Mohammed Shady said. portedthehijackers werespeakingthe plane crashed," hotel receptionist Police and military divers on Satur Ethiopian language Amharic as well Natalie Bier told the BBC. day had retrieved about 50 bodies assomeFrenchandEnglish,theBBC ! MAqEl~N OiNiNq RooM BRUNCli MENU TliuRsclAy, NovEMbrn 28rli, 1996 II :00 AM,. 2:00 PM $19.00 Adu[r / $9. ~0 clii[dREN 4,.