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Micronesia’s Leading Newspaper Since 1972 voi: 21 No. Í10 Saipan, MP 96950 ©1992 Marianas Variety Thursday ■ August 20,1002 Serving CNMI for 20 Years Miller demands explanation One-on-one controversy A GOVERNMENT press state­ ment released about two weeks ago and retracted on Monday about a one-on-one meeting be­ tween Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero and Rep. George Miller may make it more difficult for the CNMI to gain the sympathy of the latterin theongoing congressional investigation of local labor and immigration problems. At the same time, Miller, who chairs the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, said in a letter to Guerrero dated Aug. 12, that the US Congress was considering alternative actions to stop the exploitation of alien workers and discourage evasion of US laws by the local garment industry. Referring to the press release issued by the governor’s public information office after the July 30 oversight hearing in Washing­ ton, Miller said: “Since no meet­ GOVERNOR Lorenzo I. Guerrero receives a baseball from officials of the Department of Natural Resources during yesterday's signing of the ing was requested or occurred, I proclamation designating SepL 14-19 as CNMI Arbor Week. am sure you understand my con­ sternation to read, in your state­ ment, that ‘Today’s meeting im­ plies Congressman Miller remains Court awards $2.4M an ally of Governor Guerrero and the Commonwealth and points to gang a good working relationship with Congress.” to scuba diver’s family linked to 3 Miller demanded an explana­ By Gaynor L. Dumat-ol Japanese company and was earn­ Hirai while they were maneu­ tion on how “these blatantly inac­ ing more than $60,00 a year. vering m the tunnel that the theft cases curate statements were issued” by THE FAMILY of Akinobu Ilo, The $2.4 million due to the former was running out of air. Guerrero’s office. the Japanese who died after family of the dead Japanese, ac­ Hirai gave the diver his octopus POLICE authorities have uncov­ “These events are very disturb­ running out of oxygen while cording to the judgment, was the regulator. ered a teenage gang believed re­ ing to me personally and cannot scuba diving at the tunnel in estimated total earnings of Ito if When Hirai surfaced, he no­ sponsible for at least three recent help but raise questions about the Grotto in 1988, should be paid he were alive and working until ticed that Ito has not followed burglary and theft cases in Saipan accuracy and reliability of infor­ $2.4 million in damages for the 70 years old. him so he went down again and stofes. mation provided to me by your “wrongful death,” the Superior Yamagishi and Hirai had to pay found Ito who appeared uncon­ Police Chief Antonio C. Reyes office." Court has ruled. damages for “negligence,” the scious. said the existence of the gang was He urged Guerrero to resolve Presiding Judge Pedro M. court said. Both failed to warn Ito But instead of bringing Ito to discovered after one of its four the CNMI’s labor problems. “In Atalig, in a judgment issued that the 100-foot deep water was the surface right after he was members, a male described only as under 16 years old, was arrested the meantime, the Congress has last June 22 yet, ordered de­ beyond the capability of a novice found, the complaint said Hirai early yesterday morning after a little, choice but to consider alter­ fendants Shigemi Yamagishi, diver, the suit filed on SepL 14 and Yamagishi attempted for “ 15 brief chase with police officers. native actions to ensure that the diving instructor, director and 1989 said. to 20 minutes” to resuscitate Ito The juvenile was arrested at the CNMI garment industry does not shareholder of Macro Energy On SepL 24,1988, while diving in the water. Inc. which taught scuba diving in Grotto waters, Ito's compan­ . A physician identified only as back of Saipan Grand Hotel at evade US laws and exploit for­ about 4 a.m. by a police team eign laborers...” to Ito; Nobuo Hirai, dive guide ion, Yosuhiro Fujitomi encoun­ a Dr. Takagi who happened to and supervisor of Ito during the tered a problem with his diving responding to a call that there were Guerrero’s response was dated be with the group of divers incident; and Marianas Ocean gear so both surfaced. burglars at Universal Novelties in the following day. “I most sin­ helped revive Ito who was Inc. to pay the amount to Ito’s While they were back on the brought onland about 10:36 aun. Susupe. cerely apologize for this unfomate family. surface, the complaint alleged, Ito’s pulse was still beating and When the police officers arrived event,” he said. “You and I did not The drowning victim’s wife Ito’s diving supervisor did not the diver vomittcd water. the four scampered away and the meet after the July 30th hearing.” Ryoko who was left with two check the lalter’s remaining air Minutes later, Ito’s pulse rate police officers gave chase. He said he also did not know children, was represented in supply. became weaker and at about 11 The arrested juvenile disclosed how the “misinformation hap­ court by the Fitzgerald Law When the group went under­ a.m., or 14 minutes after he was that he and his three other com­ pened. Guerrero said the newspa­ Office. water again, the suit claimed, Hirai brought to land, Ito’s pulse panions were all teenagers and per articles about the meeting ap­ The suit also named the in­ directed Ito to follow him and, on stopped beating. that all of them originated from peared a week before his return to surance carrier American Home their way back to the surface, the In June 1988, about three the Philippines, the police chief the Saipan on Aug. 11. Insurance Co. as defendant. diving instructor chose the long­ months before the incident, Ito said. (See the text of both letters on Ito, 46, died on SepL 24,1988. est and deepest way. and another Japanese, Yosuhiro “It is a sad thing to say that a page 5 ) He was employed by a major Minutes later, Ito signalled to continued on page 7 group of young Filipinos would continued on page 7 2-marianas variety NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 20,1992 THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 W Q rld Affairs PI ______Guerrero still waiting Senate clears doubts for result of probe on Cing-Camacho case on Demapan’s election By Rafael H. Arroyo US plans massive food airlift GOVERNOR Lorenzo I.. Guerrero said he had in­ Guerrero said yesterday he roam Somalia in the thousands, malia,” said Tony Knight of Save Libutti said US personnel would structed the attorney general to THE< SENATE yesterday legiti­ By REID G. MILLER The general, who leads a 34- would wait for the results of an the general replied: “If necessity the Children. ’’But if the US Is just not be involved in distribution wrap up its investigation of the mized the election of Juan S. member advance military team, investigation of the scuffle be­ demands that armed forces are going to dump the food in an and acknowledged that he and his incident. Demapan as its presiding officer MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - The toldreporters the operation would tween Public Safety Director involvethreeC-141 Starlifterand needed to protect the planes and uncontrolled fashion, it could team weren’t fully prepared for Cing has filed an assault and by unanimously adopting a reso­ United States prepared Tuesday Gregorio Camacho and Senator: their crews, I would not hesitate cause more problems than it will the logistical problems they face. battery complaint against lution to confirm the actions of; to launch an airlift to starving eight smaller C-130 Hercules David M. Cing before deciding Somalis within48 hours, the start cargo planes. to recommend it.” solve.” “We know where we’re going Camacho for allegedly kicking the Senate majority in ousting Libutti also said he would con­ Food attracts the many armed and what we want to achieve, but on whether or not to discipline himandhiscaron Aug. 11 when former Senate President Joseph of a massive operation to deliver The US government expects to Camacho. sider air drops of food to starving bandits and militias roaming the we ’ ve got some homework to do,” Camacho and other DPS offi­ S. Inos. 145,000 tons of food in 60 days. ship 13,000 tons of food to So­ Guerrero was commenting on regions Of southern Somalia if largely desert nation. Some of the general said. cials and personnel were pick­ Senate Resolution 8-27, which As an advance US military team malia this month and 8,500 tons Senate President Juan them are hungry and loot food; Aid experts estimate 1.5 mil­ eting the Legislature because of was introduced by Senator Paul began laying the groundwork for in the first week of September, lack of security on the ground Demapan’s request that the prevents the planes from landing. some steal it to trade for more lion Somalis could starve within the delay in the passage of the A. Manglona, seeks to erase all the airlift, some aid agencies ex­ the US government’s coordina­ governor take disciplinary ac­ The amount of food the United weapons and ammunition. weeks if food is not delivered fiscal year 1992 budget. doubts regarding the removal of pressed concern the ambitious tor for Somali aid, Andrew tion against Camacho. States plans to deliver is almost By some estimates, up to half of immediately. Virtually all the rest Camacho, on the other hand, Inos Demapan’s assumption of American operation could create Natsios, said in Washington. “I consider his concern as le­ double the total tonnage sent to the 88;000 tons delivered to So­ of the country’s 6.6 million people the Senate’s top post. security and distribution prob­ Two planes arrived Tuesday gitimate and I share his con­ filed a counter complaint against Somalia since January by the In­ malia so far has been looted. are malnourished and need help. Inos was removed during the lems. and the rest are expected in cern,” Guerrero said in an in­ the senator for intrusion and for ternational Red Cross, the United Libutti met Monday night with Tens if not hundreds of thou­ August 12 session by a group US Marine Brig. Gen. Frank Mombasa by the end of the week. terview. “I hope these things allegedly calling his group “co­ About 100 US servicemen and Nations and other agencies. United Nations and Red Cross sands already have died. composed of Senators Demapan, Libutti said he hoped the first would not be repeated. Elected conut heads.” women will eventually be in­ Such a large amount delivered officials in an effort to coordinate Despite months-old relief ef­ Manglona, Edward U. Maratita, planeload of food would leave or appointed officials must re­ During the same interview over a relatively short period rep­ their efforts and indicated further forts by the Red Cross and other David M. Cing and Francisco M. this Indian Ocean port city on volved. spect every citizen, regardless Guerrero assured equal protec­ When flights begin to Somalia resents a huge logistical opera­ meetings are planned. smaller charities unable to cope Borja. Thursday for Wajir in northeast­ of whether he is a senator or an tion to all the people of the tion that could overwhelm the “I think they are very conscious with the scale of the crisis, the The Senate was at that time was ern Kenya. in a week to 10 days, Libutti said, ordinary individual. Commonwealth. “As com- skeletal international relief staff that this can cause problems if not world until recently ignored finalizing action on the budget for From Wajir, the food will be the planes’ crews will carry only “Before deciding on any rep­ mander-in-chief of our Com­ communications gear and light trying to feed the starving in handled properly,” said Gregoire Somalia’s plight. fiscal year 1992 which was passed NEWLY elected Senate President Juan S. Demapan bangs the gavel trucked to the nearly 400,000 rimand or sanction, I need to monwealth, I can assure each during his first session yesterday as presiding officer. Somalia’s interior. Tavemier of the International Red Ireland’s foreign minister, by the House of Representatives. people living in camps run by the arms. hear both sides. I just can’t sus­ and every individual citizen in UN High Commissioner for Asked what would happen if “We’ve been working all along Cross. “I think there will be coor­ David Andrews, recently called it the five senators were prepared be removed from office by a vote during the August 12 regular ses­ pend or reprimand the director our community that they are they are fired on by bandits who for the flooding of food into So- dination.” “the land God forgot.” to push for adoption of Senate of seven members. But there is sion,” Manglona said in Senate Refugees along Kenya’s border. unless a thorough investigation secure in their persons and Resolution 8-26, the resolution also a provision that the suspen­ Resolution 8-27. is completed.” property,” he said. calling for the removal of Inos. sion of one or more sections in the The resolution further empha­ K G B releases file s UK supports World briefs When Inos called for adjourn­ rules may be done through an sized that majority of the ment, the group objected and affirmative vote of the simple members of the Senate unani­ FA A to finance T in ia n sought a voice vote on the motion, majority in order to accomplish a o f 2,000 fo re ig n e rs exclusion mously voted to suspend all B reak-in at M iyazaw a office’s which was subsequently defeated specific purpose. Such a motion pertinent rules for the adoption of zone in Iraq TOKYO (AP) - A member of a rightist group was arrested Tuesday a irp o rt fence p ro ject by a 5-4 vote. After announcing is not debatable and must be put Senate Resolution 8-26. kille d d u rin g purges afternoon after breaking into the Tokyo office of Prime Minister Kiichi that they were moving the venue THE COMMONWEALTH Ports to an immediate vote of the Sen­ “After all nominations were LONDON (AP) - Britain will Miyazawa’s parliamentary faction to oppose the emperor’s planned of the project as finally formu­ for the session, they convened at ate. MOSCOW (AP) - The former more than lOmillionpeople died: Authority (CPA) recently re­ made for the office of the Senate support a proposal for an exclu­ visit to China, police said. lated; the Commonwealth Ports the hallway near the office of KGB on Tuesday began releas­ in Stalin’s purges, and millions ceived word from the Honolulu “The motion for suspension of president, the majority of the sion zone in southern Iraq to pro­ Miyazawa was away on vacation and no injuries were reported. Authority meeting the require­ Demapan and adopted the resolu­ ing files on more than 2,000 more perished in related fam­ office of the Federal Aviation all pertinent rules was duly and members did unanimously voted tect Shiite Muslims from air at­ A Tokyo police official said the man arrested was Iwao Kishimoto, ments set forth under the act; and tion ousting Inos. properly made and seconded for foreigners from 31 countries who ines. Only a tiny portion of the Administration (FAA) that to elect Senator Demapan as tack, Prime Minister John Major who identified himself as a ranking member of an unknown rightist the limits of obligational author­ Under Rule 1, Section 2 of the were executed in the Soviet victims were foreigners. $847,780 has been allocated for the placement of Senate Resolu­ presiding officer of the Senate,” Chernenko said the KGB car­ said Tuesday. group in Osaka, ity for the current fiscal year.” Senate rules, the president may tion 8-26 on the order of business Union duringthepolitical purges the West Tinian airport security the resolution said. ried out so many political ex­ Major accused Iraqi President Kishimoto locked himself into a fifth-floor office used by the faction “We want to express our appre­ of Josef Stalin. fence. Most of the victims - includ­ ecutions during the late 1930s Saddam Hussein of waging “sys­ that Miyazawa leads in Parliament and shouted his opposition to the ciation to the FAA for approving According to CPA Board ing one US citizen whose file that several new cemeteries had tematic murder, genocide, of the proposed visit by Japanese Emperor Akihito to China in October, the the grant application for this par­ Chairman J.M. Guerrero, word has riot yet been released - were to be built in Moscow, includ­ Shias.” official said. ticular project,” Guerrero said. Distribution of $1.4M finalized “We propose to monitor the about the project is contained in a executed after allegedly engag­ ing a mass grave at a nearby “The FAA has acted favorably on THE SENATE yesterday estab­ subsistence in an amount deter­ about $120,000 for each senator. whole area from the air,” Major July 28 letter from Henry A. many of CPA’s requests. The ing in spying, a Russian Secu­ collective farm. The Russian B ush backs hum an rights body lished the allotment of Senate mined by the majority leadership. The Senate also appropriated said. “We will instruct the Iraqis Sumida, airports district office rity Ministry spokesman said at government so far has made no HONG KONG (AP) - President Bush has thrown his support behind a approval of the funding for West funds for fiscal year 1993 and for 579,200 for the housing, subsis­ not to fly in that area. They will be manager of the FAA in Hono­ It also calls, for the establish­ a news conference. effort to compensate victims’ proposal for a bilateral human rights commission with China, a leading Tinian Airport’s perimeter fence the first quarter of FY 1994. tence and air transportation al­ Anatoly Chernenko said his family members, he added. attacked if they fly in the area that lulu. is one more example of the FAA’s ment of a Senate leadership, ac­ American legislator said Tuesday. In a resolution introduced by lowances of its Tinian members, ministry, the domestic wing of Chernenko presented a folder is proscribed.” This allocation is made within generous support and assistance. count and a president’s official Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the commission, if agreed to by Senator Paul A. Manglona, the representation account. while another $88,704 was set the former KGB, has started re­ of files on about 500 Austrian Major spoke in an interview on the amounts authorized under the On behalf of the board, manage­ aside for Rota members for the China, would likely take some of the sting out of the U.S. Congress’ distribution of the Senate’s $1.4 The balance will be divided leasing the information “to re­ citizens to a representative of Channel 4 News, following a 5 1/ terms of the Airport and Airway ment and staff of CPA, I want to same purpose. annual debate over linking human rights with preferential trade policies million operational funds was equally between the three senato­ store the good name” of the vic­ Austria’s embassy in Moscow. 2 hour meeting with Cabinet for China. Improvement Act of 1992, as thank the FAA in general, and Another appropriation made tims and fill in “blank spots” in Austrian officials have sought outlined, finalized and .adopted rial district delegations. members. A government official “Such a commission would work to resolve general human rights amended by the Airport and Air­ Mr. Sumida in particular, for ap­ was the $100,000 for the Soviet history. access to the files for almost two way Safety and Capacity Expan­ unanimously by its members. Under the distribution sched­ who briefed reporters said that problems, and also address specific cases,” Baucus told the Hong Kong proving our grant request.” president’s official representation The files provide the time, years. sion Act of 1987,” Sumida stated Under Senate Rules, off-island Britain would contribute six air­ branch of the American Chamber of Commerce. Guerrero said the next step in uled, the legislative delegations account while $52,096 was ap­ place, method of execution and Most of the Austrians “were in his letter. “The issuance of a senators will receive allotments craft to a multinational force en­ He said Beijing so far has given no indication whether it would agree for CPA to put the project out for of Saipan, Rota and Tinian are propriated for the leadership ac­ burial site for most of the vic­ repressed for no good reason," grant offer is subject to approval for travel to Saipan, housing and forcing the exclusion zone. to the plan. public bidding. appropriated $360,000 each, or count. tims, many of whom had emi­ said Yuri Cherepanov, who led The official also said that Brit­ grated to the Soviet Union in the the investigation into the cases. ain was prepared to commit a 1930s and 1940s. Most victims “It’s a tragic list, difficult to K orea h it for using torture battalion of troops if requested by SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A top dissident leader said Tuesday the were shot by agents of the read," Chernenko told the Aus­ the United Nations to escort relief NKVD, the secret police force trian embassy official. “But I human rights situation in South Korea had improved, but he accused the FOURTH paragraph of the traffic lights story on page 7 of yesterday’s columns in Bosnia-Herzegovina. that in 1953 was renamed the give it to you in the hope that government of still using torture against political opponets. Major interrupted his vacation issue should have been “By the middle of next year when the project KGB. some of the (victims’) family ‘Torture in its highly sophisticated and barbaric form is still being in Spain to return to London for would be finished, motorists passing Beach Road have to stop when the Westemhistoriansbelievethat members ------—are -still------alive.” used against political detainees,” said Kim Keun-tae, who was released the emergency meeting with light on is red.” A mixupoccured and that instead of red yesterday’s last week after two years and three months of imprisonment. paragprah stated" when the light on is green." Cabinet officials. Kim, 46, said human rights have improved in the past five years, but Asked whether he felt any res­ he said 800 political prisoners remain in jail. He told a news conference ervations that President Bush was ¿M arianas cV ariety'$P * there is a danger of reversion in human rights because torture is still getting tough on Iraq because of irO U (O felPil being used against dissidents. Serving the Commonwealth for 19 years the election campaign, Majorsaid: FIND He warned the government can resume widespread texture anytime to Published Monday to Friday By Younis Art Studio, Inc. “I’m not just going into an elec­ oppress its oppqnents. “That reversion always can take place,” he EV1ERV7THINC Publishers; tion, and (French) President added. The government denies keeping political prisoners. Abed «id Paz Yowfe (Francois) Mitterrand is not go­ Y O U IKMEED ing into an election, and we both Nick Leg aspi...... Editor M e m b e r of R ioters bu m 100 vehicles FROM /A to Z feel very strongly about this is­ Rafael H. Arroyo...... Reporter The DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Rioters smashed and burned at least 100 Ma. Gaynor L. Dumat-ol....Reporter sue.” “What we’ve said to the Associated Press vehicles Tuesday after an unidentified gunman shot and wounded a top Iraqi authorities is that we are opposition lawmaker, witnesses said. ananas arietjr now perfectly clear that they are Paramilitary troops and riot police stood silently as protestors set cNew§ P.O. Box 231, Saipan MP 96950-0231 © 1992, Mananas Variety engaged in systematic repression ablaze four cars and smashed others with rocks and hockey sticks in a Tel. (670) 234-6341/7578/9797 All Rights Reserved of the Shias in the south of Iraq, Fax: (670) 234-9271 four-hour rampage in central Dhaka. that it isn’t acceptable, and that Rashed Khan Menon, chief of the leftist Workers’ Party, was shot in C LASSIFIED ADS SAIPAN Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Dino Jones (left), acting Public Works Director Manuel it’s got to stop,” Major said. the chest Monday night as he stepped out of his office, witnesses said. . Charguaiaf and traffic comn)itte& chairman Efren Camacho during Tuesday’s mestino about the TEL, 234-6341/7578/9797 · FAX 234-9271 installation of traffic lights in Saipan. w THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5 4-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 20.1992 Letters: From ack

China turns to nuclear (Editor’s note: Following are gress. other privileges given to the CNMI Congressional report would enable the garment indus­ the text of the letters of Represen­ plants for electricity tative George Miller and Gover­ I would like you to explain how try to thrive by employing a per­ nor Lorenzo I. Guerrero) these blatantly inaccurate state­ manent alien work force, taking advantage of the tariff differential By CHARLENE L. FU its are in the north and its railroads ments were issued by your office, confirms campaign and duty free entry, paying la­ can’t carry enough to feed the Dear Governor Guerrero: and how you came to further borers less than the U.S. minimum HANGZHOU, China (AP) - Af­ rapidly developing southeast characterize a meeting that never ter the news each evening; televi­ Hydroelectric plants produce I was very distressed, following occurred. These events are very wage, and using the “Made in the of terror in Bosnia sion announces which parts of nearly 30 percent of China’s elec­ the July 30,1992 hearing on the disturbing to me personally and USA” label. Hangzhou won’t have electricity tricity, but the major water re- Commonwealth of the Northern cannot help but raise questions By JIM DRINKARD elderly couple. some witnesses may be killed and Governor, I encourage you to the next day. sources are in the underdeveloped Mariana Islands’ (CNMI’s) gar­ about the accuracy and reliability “There is every reason to believe that other evidence is being ma­ resolve the CNMI’s labor prob­ The rotating blackouts are southwest ment industry, to read newspaper of information provided to me by WASHINGTON (AP) - A cam­ these individual accounts are part nipulated or will remain inacces­ lems. In the meantime, the Con­ Hangzhou’s way of dealing with a The nuclear program has hit accounts and see a press release your office. paign of terror that included ran­ of a story repeated throughout sible,” the report said. growing nationwide energy some majorisnags. frohi your office claiming that we gress has little choice but to con­ dom and organized murders has Muslim Bosnia-Hercegovina in Separate intelligence· figures sider alternative actions to ensure shortage. At Daya Bay, where two 900- held a private meeting at my re­ As mentioned at the hearing, largely accomplished the “ethnic April, May and June” of this year, obtainedbyThe Associated Press that the CNMI garment industry The shortages have prompted; ;: megawatt reactors are under con­ quest the following day. the Congress remains very con­ cleansing” of Muslims from Serb- the report said. indicate that some 2.3 million does not evade U.S. laws aid China to turn to nuclear power struction just 30 miles (48 kilo­ cerned that the intent of General inhabited regions of Bosnia- The result is that roughly 70 Muslims already have fled exploit foreign laborers to gamer evenas Westemnations shutdown meters) from Hong Kong, work Since no meeting was requested Note 3(a) to provide employment Heizegovina, according to a con­ percent of the territory of Bosnia- Bosnia, about one-third of them a competitive advantage over reactors because of safety con­ was halted for nearly two months or occurred, I am sure you un­ for citizens and residents is not gressional reportreleased Tuesday. Herzegovinahasbeensubstantially to Western Europe. Leading ref­ garmentsmanufacturedelsewhere cerns. in 1987. Officials said 316 steel CATHOLIC priest Jesus O. Hapal(left) and lawyer Michael Dotts walk to derstand my consternation to read, being' met in the CNMI. It is . The document, the first official cleared of its Muslim inhabitants, uges are Austria, Germany, Hun­ in the United States. It is one of only three nations reinforcing bars had been left out their care after yesterday’s trial at the Superior Court. in your statement, that ‘Today’s unclear what benefit the residents US government report on the who were formerly the majority, gary, Sweden and Switzerland. with more reactors under con­ when the first layer of concrete meeting implies Congressman of the CNMI as well as citizens horrors, includes graphic eyewit­ leaving exclusively Serbs in the More than 600,000 have fled to Sincerely yours, struction than in operation, ac­ Miller remains an ally of Gover­ throughout the United States re­ ness descriptions of how Serb ir­ region next to Serbia. Croatia, and nearly that many was poured for the foundation. cording to the Worldwatch Insti-; Hong Kong is to receive about nor Guerrero and the Common­ ceive from the CNMI’s garment regulars brutally forced Muslims Two committee aides said they remain in the non-Serb-controlled Trial of priest /s/GEORGE MILLER tute in Washington. The others, 70 percent of Daya Bay’s elec­ wealth and points to a good industry. The Congress never from their homes in the Bosnian interviewed scores of refugees, portions of Bosnia, the figures Chairman Cuba and Romania, have yet to tricity, but residents of the British working relationship with Con- envisioned General Note 3(a) and regionadjacenttoSerbia. One 44- including survivors and eyewit­ showed. put a reactor chi line. colony have protested its con­ year-old mother from the town of nesses to atrocities, as well as Among other key findings in in sexual abuse China’s first nuclear power struction and expressed concern Kozarac told Senate Foreign Re­ United Nations, Red Cross, US the report: The Honorable George Miller I can certainly understand: such a have caused you. plant a 300-megawatt reactor at lations Committee investigators of Embassy and local government -The death toll associated with about earthquake risks. The Daya Chairman, House Committee meeting did not, of course, take Qinshan, 56 miles (90 kilometers) taking food to her parents in a officials and workers for humani­ the forced removal of Muslims Bay area is crisscrossed by fault on Interior and place. I, too, am distressed and I did not return to the Com­ north of Hangzhou, began trial case begins nearby village,only to findayoung tarian and hum an-rights groups. from their Bosnian villages far lines, one of them only four miles Insular Affairs beyond that surprised and dis­ monwealth until August 11th. The operation in December and is ex­ (6.4 kilometers) from the plant. Serb neighbor outside their house. The Muslim charity organiza­ exceeds the numbers killed ei­ By Gaynor L. Dumat-ol Prior to the alleged sexual abuse Washington, D.C. 20515-6201 mayed. Surprised that such a local newspaper articles all ap­ Dressed in a camouflage uni­ tion Mehamet alone has video­ ther in death camps or in artillery pected to start commercial gen­ Qinshan has taken nearly seven incidents, according to the young misrepresentation of the facts peared at least a week before my form, he ordered them out, and the taped more than 1,000 eyewitness eration next summer. years to build, two years longer THETRIALofCatholicpriestJesus lady, she sought counselling from Dear Chairman Miller: should find their way to print and return. Our investigation, which shelling of cities, but has re him for problems concerning her couple emerged hand in hand. accounts of atrocities in the ethnic- Work chi two more reactors at than planned. The government “Jess” O. Hapal started yesterday profound dismayed that this oc­ will be shared with you, will de­ ceived less international atten­ family and friends. “Please don’t. We are not guilty,” cleansing campaign and collected tion. Qinshan is to begin next year, says planners underestimated the with the testimony of a pretty 15- Re: Newspaper Accounts - currence might jeopardize the tail my travel schedule related to eventually bringing total capacity year-old ninth graderwhoisaccus- The youngladyadmitted, though, the father pleaded, according to them in its bureau in Zagreb, -There is widespread evidence construction time. Private Meeting - Your Letter of respectful relationship between the news release. at the facility to 1,500 megawatts. ing her former teacher of having that in many occasions she was the her account. The neighbor, the 21 - Croatia, the report noted. of “organized killings” in deten­ Outside the main gate, a slogan August 12,1 1992 our offices. sexual relationship with her. (Hie who called the priest over the year-old son«* a local Serb mili­ But assembling a comprehen­ tion camps run by Serbs, as well A plant with two900-megawatt says, “Build a nuclear power plant Again, I most sincerely apolo­ reactors is under construction and For almost five hours the young telephone. She also admitted hav­ tant, slit both parents’ throats. sive picture of the process, includ­ as rapes, beatings and starvation. Bring prosperity to the people.” I have your letter of August 12, Presently, I am at a loss as to gize for this unfortunate event a third has been approved. Nine ladj' disclosed from the witness ing sent him pictures of her with “I The woman escaped, but never ing confirmation of the individual “Killings in the camps often ap­ Down theroadisanothersign: “The 1992, sent by facsimile to our how this misinformation was You and I did not meet after the reactors could be operating in stand her version of the alleged Love You” dedications. learned the fate of her brother and stories, is a mammoth job and be­ pear to be recreational and sadis­ glory of the nation.” office this morning. In your let­ created. A thorough investigation July 30th hearing. China by 2000, generating 3 per­ ; Wien foreign reporters visited, romance between her and Hapal, The two last met on Nov. 22 son, both of whom lived with the coming more difficult “We fear tic. when, according to the young lady, ter, you express distress about is now being conducted to find cent of the country’s power. plant officials said the reactor was her formel music teacher. her uncle, a former official at the accounts in our local newspapers out how this mistake was made. Sincerely, There has been no public dis­ shutdown for tests and they were Htipalhadbeencharged withfour counts of sexual abuse of a child. A Department of Public Safety, saw that you and I met privately, fol­ In sincerely apologize to you for cussion of safety issues, and for­ not permitted inside. In the West, them at a big rock on the beach in lowing the July 30th hearing. If any inconvenience the appearance /s/Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero eign observers fear the govern­ suchatimeisusuallyconsideredthe person convicted of the crime may No delay seen in peace talks be punished by not more than five San AntiHiionotfar from her uncle’s you are disturbed and distressed, of these unfortunate articles may Governor ment might conceal problems. safest for visitors. By JAMAL HALABY national security will continue. years imprisonment or a fine of not house across Beach Road. foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, “It’s always a problem if you Officials cited safety as their pri­ Arabs have urged the United more than $2,000 or both. When the young lady’s uncle Lebanon and Egypt. don’thavearelatively free flow of mary concern. They said, for ex­ AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Foreign States not to grant Israel guaran­ “He gave me chocolates, can­ confronted them, she said in the Abu Jaber said the Damascus information and public access to ample, that the containment dome 1 Minister Kamel Abu Jaber said tees for the loans, which it needs dies, two of his shirts, three hand­ witness stand that the priest said, meeting would “review the Arab safety hearings,” said Christopher had been built several times larger Tuesday he did not expect any to absorb 400,000 Jewish immi­ kerchiefs, pictures and a rosary,” “Sorry, sorry” to her uncle with position ... especially in light of Flavin,the Worldwatchlnstitute’s than required for a 300-megawatt delays in Arab-Israeli peace talks (Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak) grants, until the Jewish state halts the young lady said at the witness bended knees. vice president for research and an reactor. The young lady’s family subse­ CLUB scheduled to begin next week in Rabin’s visit to Washington and all settlement activities in the stand. energy specialist They also expressed pride in quently reported the alleged inci­ Washingtoa its impact on the peace process.” occupied territories. Theyounglady claimed the priest P.O. BOX 1778 China says its program is safe positive reports by the International dent to the police. SAIPAN, MP 96950 (USA) Speaking in an interview with The minister was referring to In the interview, Abu Jaber said told her he loved her and cared and thatfew alternatives are avail­ Atomic Energy Agency after two abouther. “He wished wished I was But Michael Dotts, counsel of the TEL. 234-5520 state-run Jordan Television, Abu U.S. President Bush’s approval in response to whether the able. inspections during construction. older,” the young lady said, her defendant pointed out that the young Jaber expressed doubt that an Arab Washington talks will be held on of $10 billion in loan guarantees “Nuclear power must be vigor­ “The IAEA believes we have no eyes avoiding Hapal who was lady was a victim of a broken family meeting planned for Wednesday time: “Until now, that iswhat we following talks with Rabin in ously developed inChina,”Energy safety problems and thsreis noreed looking at her intently. because her parents separated when in Syria would call for the post­ Washington on Aug. 7. expect”The talks are set to begin Minister Huang Yicheng declared for us to be inspected again after Basal on the criminal complaint she was in sixth grade. ponement of the sixth round of Monday. KARAOKE LOUNGE The deal, which has caused last year. going on line,” said Wu Zhaqyuan, earlier filed, Hapal is accused of Dotts also tried pointing out that Middle East peace talks. Asked whether the negotiation widespread concern among Arab While the economy grew an a plant official having sexually abused the ninth the young girl allegedly had a previ­ That meeting, called for by will be delayed in response to W ide selection of English, Filipino nations, was reached after Rabin average of 11 percent annually in Qinshan sits between Hangzhou grader (hi Oct 30.,Oct 31,Nov. 18 ous girlfriend-boyfriend relationship Syria and the Palestine Liberation calls by some Arabs, Abu Jaber with another teacher in the same suspended most construction of 1985-1989, outstripping the 8.5 Bay and Qinshan Mountain. The and Nov. 22 last year. and Japanese Songs! Organization, will include offi­ said: “Some parties have called school who eventually broke off new housing uni ts in the occupied percent growth of electricity pro­ nearest residents are on the other In those four occasions, the young cials from the PLO and the Pal­ with her and went home to the West Bank. But some construction for that (delays), but there is duction. China’s main energy side of the mountain, about half a lady said, she and Hapal were estinian delegation as well as the “fitenchkissing ...hugging.” Butin Philippines. deemed to be in the interest of nothing official in that regard. source is coal, but its main depos­ mile (0.8 kilometer) away. one of the dates mentioned which The defense counsel tried was a Halloween night, the young portraying her as a bitter young lady disclosed that the priest alleg­ lady who was out to avenge her edly wentbeyondkissinginside his having been jilted by her alleged UN weapons inspectors leave Iraq car at Micro Beach. previous boyfriend through the “He touched inside my clothes,” priest who is also a Filipino and By ANWAR FARUQI Minister John Major met with his have received assurances that depicted the visit as orchestrated that the Iraqis did not tell the the young lady said. She said she who, according to Dotts, looks like Cabinet to discuss the situation in Washington will do everything it by the United States to provoke inspectors that government min­ also touched him. the the ninth grader’s previous man. NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - UN Iraq. can to stop Saddam Hussein from Iraq, according to the Times, the istries were off-limits. weapons inspectors left Iraq on Dumas said the UN Security attacking tens of thousands of Washington Post and the ABC- The inspectors are charged un­ Tuesday with important informa­ Council is discussing giving Shiite rebels in the southern TV network. der the Gulf War cease-fire with Arts Council calls meeting Shiites in southern Iraq the same tion on ballistic missiles, as the marshes. The Times had reported the UN overseeing the destruction of THE ARTS Council is calling a general meeting of all the delegates and United States and its Western al­ protection it gives Kurds in the Al-Iraq, a leading, pro-govern­ team would try td inspect the Min­ Iraq’s weapons of mass destruc­ CNMI representatives to the Cook Island Festival in October. lies pressured Baghdad on an­ north. ment newspaper, on Tuesday istry of Military Industrialization tion. The meeting is scheduled at 6:30 pan. tomorrow at the Convention other element of the Gulf War “The Baghdad regime has not called the focus on the Shiites an and that Washington was ready to Tim Trevan, spokesman for the Center, Arts Council Executive Director Maggie DLG. Wonenberg said. cease-fire - Iraq’s treatment of been aily more tender with the attempt to “prolong the UN eco­ bomb ministries if the team were UN weapons CQmmission, said This will be the first of a series of meetings scheduled every Thursday. Shiite Muslims. Shiite population than with the nomic sanctions and to continue rebuffed, as had been anticipated. Monday in New York that the The purpose of the meetings is to provide updated information to French Foreign Minister Roland Kurdish population,” Dumas said the aggression against Iraq.” But team leader, Russian Nikita team had gathered “significant delegates regarding the festival in the Cook Islands. Dumas confirmed Tuesday that in Paris. “Thus the international The UN weapons team had Smidovich, said Tuesday he nei­ additional information about Participants in the meeting are asked to bring on Thursday their passports the Western allies will try to community, and the allies in par­ planned a surprise inspection of ther takes orders from Washing­ Iraq’s ballistic missile program.” and four passport photos (for passport and visa). protect the Shiites by forbidding ticular, are concerned about this an Iraqi military ministry in ton nor paid any attention to the He said the inspectors did not Delegates should be prepared to fill out the visa forms for Australia in Iraqi military flights over Shiite situation.” Baghdad but postponed it after a Times report. He also told reporters try to enter any ministries during tomorrow’s meeting. Passports will also be collected. territory. And British Prime Iraqi opposition leaders say they weekendNew YorkTimes article after arriving inManama, Bahrain, their 10-day tour. 6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 20,1992 THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7 Rival abortion - T e e n a g e . . . Bill proposes stiff penalties Republicans hit Clinton groups gather Continued from page 1 do this...maybe their parents ne­ in Houston glected them,” the police chief for immigration law violations HOUSTON (AP) - Several said. to boost Bush's chances hundred anti-abortion demon­ Reyes said it was the first time By Rafael H. Arroyo fraudulent immigration and iden­ border without warrant of the per­ prisoned for not more than five By TERENCE HUNT egates bellowed when Patrick Clinton and the Democratic-con- enlisted two veterans of past elec­ strators prayed and preached in his career as a police officer in tification practices and for en­ son and the personal effects in the years or fined not more than Buchanan recalled Bush’s World trolled Congress in convention tion victories - former White outside a Houston clinic while the Commonwealth to know that’ REPRESENTATIVE Herman T. hanced investigating authority possession of anyone seeking ad­ $2,000, or both. HOUSTON (AP) - Republicans War II service. addresses duringprime television House aide Mitch Daniels and abortion rights activists banged a group of teenagers of Filipino Palacios is pushing for a tougher when enacted into law. mission to the Commonwealth. Any alien found to be in an at their national convention Buchanan delivered a speech in time Tuesday evening. Former advertising expert Roger Ailes. drums and chanted in a rau­ descent are involved in theft cases. Immigration and Naturalization If an immigration officer has This is if such an officer has rea­ unauthorized possession of any Tuesday sought to launch a support of Bush after challenging President Ronald Reagan and Daniels will advise advertising cous but peaceful demonstra­ Reyes.said'the juvenile was Office and better enforcement of reason to believe that the alien sonable cause to suspect that false, counterfeit or tampered comeback in voter support for him in the primary elections. Buchanan were Monday’s stars. writers for the campaign, said tion Tuesday. turned over to the correctional Commonwealth immigration being interrogated is in the Com­ grounds, which would be dis­ document may be excludable or President Bush with aggressive The morning after harsh criti­ “What we need now is a good' Tony Mitchell, the campaign’s Nearly 600 people repre­ center and his case would be laws. monwealth in violation of any closed by such a search, do exist deportable as an undesirable alien attacks on Democratic challenger cism, however, Buchanan praised cavalry charge and that’s what deputy press secretary. Ailes said senting the rival camps con­ handled by the juvenile court. House Bill 8-140, which was laws governing aliens, and that to bar a person entry into the in addition to or in lieu of pros­ Bill Clinton. Clinton as “a tough customer; he we’ve got to begin at this conven­ he would help “on an ad hoc ba­ verged on a Planned Parent­ Investigation disclosed that the introduced by Palacios, seeks to the alien is likely to escape before CNMI. ecution at die discretion of the They called him a womaniz­ takes a beating and he comes tion,” said Gramm, the scheduled sis.” hood clinic near the center of teenagers were able to take a enhance the office’s law enforce­ a warrant can be obtained for his Under the bill any officer may attorney general. ing, marijuana-smoking, unsuc­ back.” keynote speaker. “We’ve got to The president said the conven­ the Republican convention lighter, baseball cap, cigarettes ment authority to improve its arrest the bill allows the officer to also ask the Superior Court for a Also, any person who know­ cessful state governor with a With Bush trailing in polls and pull out our sabers, spur our horses tion was “off to a pretty good and dollar bills and coins from ability to detect, apprehend and make the arrest without a war­ search warrant to enter any pre- ingly or in reckless disregard har­ ** city. It was the largest gather­ radical wife, who would give espousing a loosely-defined start.” The economy - his biggest ing since such demonstrations Universal Novelties but the deport illegal aliens. rant.. piises or buildings for the pur­ bors, conceals or shield from de­ Americans higher taxes and gut agenda for a second term, his party Bush and Vice President Dan political problem - produced fresh began last week in connection amount of the money was not “Any immigration officer shall If the alien, who after arrest and pose of locating or detecting per­ tection an illegal alien or attempts the Pentagon. They said he was a felt the need for a strong offensive Quayle underscored their com­ evidence of decline. Starts of new with the party gathemg. indicated in the police report. have power without warrant to status determination by the Supe­ sons reasonably believed to be to do the same, would be held guilty of harboring an illegal alien supporter of homosexual rights, a to win a second four-year term for mitment to fighting drugs and re­ housing fell 2.8 percent in July Metal and wood barricades Last month, two other stores— interrogate any alien or person rior Court, is found not to have illegal aliens. and upon conviction may be im­ secret liberal disguised as mod­ him in the November election. forming the legal system as they despite the lowest mortgage rates and dozens of uniformed po­ Fishing Tackle and a neighboring believed to be an alien as to his currently valid authority to be in The bill imposes stiff penalties prisoned for not more than five erate, a draft dodger and a novice Sen. Phil Gramm and Housing campaigned outside the conven­ in nearly two decades. lice officers kept the two sides store operated by a Korean—were right to be or remain in the Com­ the Commonwealth, he will be for fraud. in foreign affairs.. years or fined not more than Secretary Jack Kemp were the tion hall. Democrats were quick to react separated exceptfor a few loud also burglarized by a group of monwealth,” Palacios proposes in deported under the provisions of Persons who manufacture, “Where was Bill?” the del- traffic, smuggle in or out, receive, $2,000, or both. big-name Republicans attacking Bush campaign headquarters to the Republican attacks. debates. teenagers. his bill. the proposed measure. The chief said there was indi­ possess or use any forged, coun­ The Bill also penalizes those “We are here to preach the The bill, otherwise known as Palacios also proposed to em­ PUBLIC NOTICE cation that the same group was power any Immigration officer to terfeit, or tampered immigration who employ, assist or induce an gospel of Christ to ihese sin­ the Immigration Enforcement Act In the Superior Court of the responsible for the burglary at of 1992, will likewise provide for conduct searches at the border or or labor document, is guilty of illegal alien to enter and reside in Quayle vows not to repeat mistakes ners,” said Randall Terry, Commonwealth of the FishingTackle andtheother store. criminal penalties for certain the functional equivalent of the document fraud and may be im­ the Commonwealth. Northern Mariana Islands ByCHRISTOPHER getting the year wrong. told Cable News Network’s Ber­ foun(ier of the anti-abortion CONNELL Meanwhile, a male Chinese “I guess he misspoke,” said vice nard Shaw in a mid-day inter­ group Operation Rescue. walking in Garapan on Tuesday ADOPTION CASE presidential press secretary David view. The anti-abortion activists with a woman companion lost his Fasten your seat belts. The life you save may be your own HOUSTON (AP) - US Vice Beckwith. NO. 92-77 “I’m going to rely on my own demonstrated in apparent vio­ clutch bag containing his Social President Dan Quayle vowed Quayle is trying to use his spot­ political instincts. They got me lation of a state court’s tempo­ Security and alien cards and $10 In the Matter of Petition for Tuesday not to repeat mistakes of light at the Republican National where I am. I’m a determined rary restraining order. It said cash to snatcher who fled cm foot. C o u r t . . . the Adoption of: his clumsy 1988 campaign and Convention to recast the image individual,” Quayle said. This protesters must stay 100 feet GLAISEN ROSE GENOVA predicted he will be a help, not a forged in many voters’ minds by Continued from page 1 time, he noted, he has his own (30 meters) away from abor­ E tpison signs ROXAS and MORRIS ROY hindrance, to President Bush’s re- a shaky performance in 1988 as staff. Fujitomi, enrolled in a scuba tion clinic doors and 25 feet (8 diving course offered by MEI in GENOVA ROXAS electioa Bush’s surprise running mate. Four years ago, the Bush cam­ a g r e e m e n t meters) away from clients. Saipan. £xutM m t Minors, “You are going to see a new He began that campaign cm the paign run by James A. Baker HI By: AUGUSTIN Dan Quayle,” the vice president defensive as the media hammered Joining the protest were f o r P a l a u After Ito completed the diving assigned handlers, to the young about 20 men who said they KUMANGAI CASTRO JR. boasted in a television interview. Quayle with questions about how Indiana senator and kept him out course, Yamagishi issued a card were local clergy and wanted m aster plan certifying Ito as an open water Petitioner. But during the interview, he got into the National Guard of battleground states. Quayle committed another of the and law school, and his gaffes Quayle insisted there was no to turn themselves in for vio­ KOROR, Palau (AP) - An agree­ diver of ADS, a Japanese scuba Stock up on lunchbox lating the order. NOTICE OF HEARING gaffes that have dogged his im­ have provided steady fodder for bad blood between him and Baker, ment under which the United diving agency that issues a card Notice is hereby given that on age. comedians. who is quitting the State Depart­ The judge took no action on States and United Nations will certifying a person as an open favorites before your crew September 3, 1992, Thursday, Asked if Bush’s re-election But Quayle said all will be dif­ ment to become White House the ministers’ claims, but said finance the formation of a Palau diver. at 1:30 PM in the courthouse of would make him the heir-appar­ ferent this time. before the hearing that there is National Master Development Aside from the ADS certifica­ goes back to school the Superior Court in Susupe, chief of staff and take charge of ent in the 1996 election, Quayle “I had a bad campaign in 1988 no procedure for individuals to Plan .was signed Wednesday by tion, Yamagishi also issued a Saipan, Commonwealth of the Bush’s fortunes. “Our interests replied that “we’ll talk about turn themselves in on civil vio­ CMAS one-star certification to w i t h Northern Mariana Islands, the personally and I am not going to are the same, and that is to re-elect President Ngiratkel Etpison. lations. Ito. CMAS is a French company petitioner will petition the Court 1994,” after Bush is re-elected, repeat the same mistakes,” Quayle the president,” said Quayle. The idea for the Master Plan, conceived two years ago, is to recognized worldwide for certi­ to adopt the above-mentioned fying a person as a CMAS diver, minor. direct Palau’s economic growth. the suit said. Dated this 18th day of August, A “master planner” will solicit 1992. the views of Palau’s leaders and But the course Ito and Fuj itomi /s/Reynaldo O. Yana residents as the plan is written attended were substandard, the Attorney for Petitioner over the next 18 months. suit alleged. We Design & “Palau will experience rapid The defendants, the complaint economic change during the next has said, provided the diver with PUBLIC NOTICE decade. But with a plan, this de­ defective diving equipment, gave inadequate teaching lessons and In the Superior Court of the Print velopment will be on our terms,” Commonwealth of the failed to recommend a dive suit­ Etpison said in a statement. Northern Mariana Islands able for Ito. Q uality Bread Products The agreement calls for the US On Nov. 17, 1990, the court i l l * Brochures Department of Interior and the ADOPTION CASE 1 granted the defendants’ motion Pocket Bread NO. 92-78 * Calendars UN Development Programme to dismiss the suit based on Ito’s each to contribute up to $350,000, having signed an exemption ( P i t a ) plus administrative costs. Inte­ In the Matter of Petition for •Books agreement before diving at the Saipan Loaf the Adoption of: rior previously committed to an Grotto, but the court reconsidered CRISTINA DELA CRUZ •Menu Covers additional $565,000 for natural its decison. Tuturam Pan de Sal Minor, resource surveys. The court’s reconsideration By; GUILLERMO S. • Posters “Although the Department of states that by signing the agree­ Spanish Bread LIFOIFOI and FELICIDAD the Interior and UNDP are fund­ ment, Ito may have waived any DELA CRUZ LIFOIFOI, Subm arine Sandw ich ing the Master Plan, it is the cause of action against MEI but, Petitioner. •Corporate Logo Palauans who will be making the according to the court, the ex­ & French B read NOTICE OF HEARING •Letter Heads decisions about their future,” In­ emption agreement didnotextend Notice is hereby given that on terior Assistant Secretary Stella to Hirai and Yamagishi, indi­ Other Bread Orders Please Call: September 3, 1992, Thursday, • Business Cards Guerra said in a statement. vidually. at 1:30 PM in the courthouse of First In Electronic Publishing 234-3793 the Superior Court in Susupe, ··· More Bread Products are now available at the following stores: DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE Joefen San Vicente, Susupe, Chalan Plao, Hafa-AOai Saipan, Commonwealth of the Shopping Center, Six-Ten Stere, PL Store, Christine Minii-Mart, Northern Mariana Islands, the Payless and other stores. A DRINKING PROBLEM? = petitioners will petition the court Younis Ait Studio, Inc. to adopt the above-mentioned P.O. Box 231 Saipan MP 96950 minor. Alcoholics Annonymous meets every Monday, Dated this 18th day of August, We are located In Garapan Wednesday, and Saturday, 7:00 p.m., at the Younis Farm, Dandan Heights 1992. Tel. 234-6341/7578/9797 · FAX 234-9271 Christo Rai Church Social Hall kitchen in Garapan. /S/Reynaldo 0. Yana For more information or immediate help, call the P.O. Box 231 Saipan MP 969.50 Attorney for Petitioners HOTLINE at 234-5100. Tel. 234-3793/0862 8-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VffiWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 20,1992 THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9 Hussein undergoes Allen denies m olesting children By DANA KENNEDY refused the offer. move his children from “an atmo­ race Room at the hotel wearing Police said only that no charges Farrow’s spokesman, John sphere so unhealthy it can surely khaki pants and a shirt and look­ had been filed, but that A1 len was NEW YORK (AP) - In a stunning Springer, said he had never heard leave irreparable scars.” ing frail. He coughed before a suspect in a probe. treatm ent at Mayo Trooper Debbie Roy said public appearance Tuesday, of the alleged offer. He added that “I hoped that despite many speaking and switched glasses to Tuesday she could not confirm or WAREHOUSE ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Woody Allen said that he had the swelling controversy has up­ conflicts and much anger, that read his prepared statement. declined to give the name of the frequented the Mayo Clinic. deny a statement given by Sgt. Jordan’s King Hussein, who is urologist treating Hussein and been falsely accused of molest­ set his client. withcalm and compromise I could “My one public appearance in Former President Ronald Reagan John Mucherino to a British tab­ being treated at Mayo Medical would not estimate the length of ing his two youngest children in a “She isn’t exactly turning cart­ obtain an agreement in the best years and it’s all straight lines,” and his wife, Nancy, were in loid in which he alleged that Allen AVAILABLE Center for a urinary tract prob­ his stay. A general examination at “heinous” scheme by hisex-lover, wheels down the country roads,” interests of the children,” said Allen said wryly as he left the Rochester last week for their an­ was being investigated for an lem, also will undergo a general the clinic usually takes two to Mia Farrow, to retain custody. said Springer.“She’s as upset and Allen. “Then, suddenly and room without taking questions. nual routine exams. assault on a minor. .75« PER SQUARE FOOT physical exam, a Mayo spokes­ three days. “This is an unconscionable and unhappy as anybody in her posi- appallingly I was accused of hav­ In less than a week, Allen’s Hussein had been receiving “It may have been off-the- man said Tuesday. “It depends on what they find gruesomely damaging manipula­ tionwouldbe.” Allen,56,dogged ing molested my beloved 7-year- charmed career and intensely pri­ 6000 SQUARE FEET treatment for urinary tract bleed­ record, it may have been out of Hussein, who arrived in Roch­ here in the early stages of his tion of innocent children for vin­ by ever-escalating accounts of his old daughter and hysterically die vate life has turned into a mid­ ing since Saturday at Hussein context, wecan’t say at this time,” ester Monday night in a motor­ exam,” Gade said. “He will be dictive and self-serving motives,” love affair with Farrow’s adopted ne£t day of molesting my dear 4- summer nightmare. Medical Center. His private phy­ Roy said. cade from Minneapolis-St. Paul seen by an internist and an inter­ said Allen, reading from a two- 21-year-old daughter and reports year-old son.” Just when the city’s tabloids were still reeling from the Allen said he loves 5oon-Yi IDEAL GUALO RAI International Airport, will be seen nist will decide what type of sician, Samir Farraj, said the page single space statement that he is under police investiga­ Alien said the second allega­ filmmaker’s acknowledgment of Previn by an internist and a specialist specialized care is required.” king’s condition is “not serious,” Allen also said Farrow’s law­ tion, called a news conference at tion had been dropped “I suppose an affair with Soon-Yi Previn, , 21, the adopted daughter of LOCATION during his clinic visit, said This is the king’s first visit to but he advised Hussein to seek yers demanded $7 million in ex­ the Plaza Hotel Tuesday after­ because its substance was too in­ Connecticut state police con­ Farrow and her second husband, spokesman Chris Gade. Mayo, which Gade said Hussein care “in a specialized clinic, which change for them not bringing al­ noon. sane even for the instigator to stay firmed he’s a suspect in a crimi­ Andre Previn. Farrow has 11 Doctors began their evaluation chose because of its reputation has the advanced techniques and legations against him to Con­ He portrayed himself as a con­ with.” nal investigation. Continued on page 11 and tests on the 56-year-old for specialty care. necticut state police. He said he cerned father who wants to re­ Allen entered the packed Ter­ POW ER/W ATER NOW equipment that we lack in Jor­ monarch Tuesday, he said. He Celebrities and politicians have dan.” Text of Allen's The People Behind You CALL 234-7193 or Nazareno statement NEW YORK (AP) - Here is the 235-7151 for inform ation M arley a savvy businessm an text of the statement read by staying Woody Allen to reporters Tues­ KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - and earned more than $75 million day. A t Y our Service ... Reggae superstarBob Marley was beforehis death in 1984 at age 36, Over the years I have always in office a savvy businessman who dif­ Taylor said. been reluctant to speak with the MANILA, Philippines (AP) - HEEDED IM M EDIATELY fered greatly from his public im­ The manager estimated that press and have assiduously Beleaguered Philippine National age as a marijuana-smoking, girl- Marley’s estate has earned an es­ avoided publicity. Because, how­ Police chief Cesar Nazareno said chasing, soccer-playingmusician, timated dlrs 100 million since. ever, of all the rumors, innuendos Tuesday he is not resigning amid his longtime manager says. Taylor’s association with the and cruel untruths circulating over Part-tim e Early Childhood Instructorfor rumors he was coddling crimi­ Dot Taylor - who managed the reggae star will be the basis of the past week, I feel I must make Fali Term at Northern Marianas College. M.S. nals. singer’s career for a decade - will “Marley and Me,” according to L. a statement. A grim-faced Nazareno ap­ set the record straight in a new Michael Henry, chairman of First, I am greatly saddened that in Early Childhood or related field peared before a Congressional biography to be published in 1993. Kingston Publishers, Ltd., which sources close to Mia Farrow have hearing two days after Manila released to the public allegations or B.S. with experience. Contact Sarah Taylor told a news conference is putting out the book. newspapers reported he had been last week that Marley was por­ He and Taylor had been work­ instigated by her of child abuse on Osborn, 234-3690 ext. 10, Bldg. Q fired by President Fidel Ramos. trayed as a “spliff’-smoking mu- ing on the book for the last two my part. This my lawyers tell me He has come under fire fol­ sician“who stayed so high that he years, Henry told the news con­ is a currently popular though hei­ NMC Campus. EOE lowing widespread accusations didn’t know what was going on.” ference. nous card played in all too many thatmany officers of the 100,000- Marley was “a very intelligent, Taylor, 49, a Jamaican, was of child custody fights and, while / strong police force were involved smart, sawy businessman,” who Marley’s manager from 1974 un­ sometimes effective, the tragedy of programming one’s child to in kidnappings, murders and other was keenly aware of his finances til the singer’s death. crimes. cooperate is unspeakable. On Monday, Ramos denied The truth is that I have tried in Sister Rem edios newspaper reports he had fired H ope still m akes people laugh private fra- the past eight months Nazareno but left open the possi­ MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (AP) - nursing home in Dawson. to work out the details of humane, sharedcustodythatrespectedboth P r e - S c h o o l bility of replacing him by saying, He moves a little more slowly Hope said he still plays golf “We will get to that later.” now. Sometiirtes, he tells the same “every chance I get.” And asked mother’s and father’s rights. I “As of the moment, I am still joke twice. But at age 89, Bob if he would go to entertain the hoped that despite many conflicts is now chief of the Philippine National Hope still can make an audience troops this Christmas if the coun­ and much anger, that with calm and compromises I could obtain Carlo T. Sanchez Police,” Nazareno said at the laugh. try went to war, he responded, an agreement in the best interests hearing of the House Committee Hope had several thousand “You bet I would!” Electronic Technician OPEN of the children. Then, suddenly on Public Order and Security. people cheering and clapping Before Hope’s monologue, he and appallingly I was accused of In answer to a question on Saturday evening at the was shown on video performing having molested my beloved 7- for registration ... whether there was a plot toremove Montevideo High School. Hope in vaudeville acts, on radio, in year-old daughter andhysterically him, Nazareno replied: “I am not and his wife, Dolores, also sang a movies and on television with the next day of molesting my dear for School Year 1992-1993 aware of that. I am just a good few songs. The performance was Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, 4 1/2-year-old son. This last alle­ Carlo puts state-of-the-art technical know-how in your corner. His expertise soldier doing my duty.” a benefit for a building project at Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, August 17 thru August 21, gation has quietly vanished, I He also denial rumors he was the Johnson Memorial Home, a Lucille Ball and many others. suppose because its substance was strengthens the quality o f the service we offer to the people o f Saipan. With Carlo between 8:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. protecting gambling syndicates. too insane even for the instigator Monday through Friday at the controls, you're connected. Personally, Carlo sees his work as important to “I deny that. I do not gamble P rince treads a little lighter to stay with. myself, nor have I protected any These totally false and outra­ NEW YORK (AP) - Prince, whose the local community. "People need telecommunications services," he explains. r Requirements include: 1 of these illegal gamblers,” he said. include Prince using an incestu­ geous allegations have sickened song “Darling Nikki” persuaded 1. Birth Certificate Congressmen said the charges ous reference while the other will me so, I felt that for the sake of all Tipper Gore to form the Parents "And, I feel our primary investment into the future of Saipan as a local company is 2. Immunization Card issued by CHC were contained in “poison letters” instead have a scream in place of my three children I must try and Music Resource Center, is tread­ 3. $25.00 Registration Fee being distributed by Nazareno’s the offensive word, said Prince remove them from an atmosphere to give our customers exactly what they deserve - the best." detractors. ing a little lighter these days. publicist Garvey Rich. so unhealthy it can surely leave | 4. H. I~JI1ÜIFfirst monthIKUI III I tuitionIUIIIWII uiof $100.00 I UU.UU | He’s releasing two versions of “There are billions of people in In another nod to the Parents irreparable scars. his next album - one that will Music Resource Center, the For additional information, please contact the school at the world,” Nazareno said after This is an unconscionable and scald the ears of Sen. A1 Gore’s unedited version of the new al­ gruesomely damaging manipula­ the three-hour hearing. “Some are T el. # 2 3 4 - 6 2 4 7 wife, and one which won’t bum will carry a parental advi­ tion of innocent children for vin­ The Right Call. good, some are bad. I just have Each album will contain the sory warning sticker. The album dictive and self-serving motives. one request: spare my children.” song “Sexy MF,” but one will is due in stores next month. To make matters more atrocious Ramos’ predecessor Corazon - if that were possible - several Aquino appointed Nazareno in days ago, attorneys representing Give inform aticn about crim es committed TV sitcom star w ins Topaz 1990 to a six-year term. the other side called a meeting DALLAS (AP) - Actress Kather­ brunch Sept. 20 in Dallas. The with my own informing them that CALL Sources close to the adminis­ ine Helmond, who plays Mona on award is given each year to a any publicity, even if the allega­ tration, speaking on condition of the TV sitcom“Who’s the Boss?” native of Texas who has contrib­ tions are totally unfounded, would iCi’imesfoppers anonymity, said Ramos and Inte­ and earlier played Jessica Tate on uted to the film production indus­ hurt me. They then proceeded to Overseas, Inc. rior Secretary Rafael Alunan “Soap,” has been named winner try. demand dlrs 7 million, saying that of the 1992 Topaz award, pre­ wanted to replace Nazareno but After years of performing in if I submitted to their demands, ITAE 7/92 2 3 4 - 8 5 2 1 sented by Women in Film-Dal las. they would not press the allega­ 234-7272 could not do so without due pro-. stock and repertory theater on the Ms. Helmond, who’s from East Coast, Ms. Helmond, 58, tions, and that they could make (PARA) cess since his term was fixed by Galveston, is to accept the award began winning stage acting my children unavailable to the law. at a champagne reception and awards and appearing in TV. authorities. 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 20,1992 THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 Feds seize RATES: Classified Announcement Per one Inch column -S3.00 Classified Display ■■ t y c o o n ' s Per one Inch column-S3.50 ■■ Iran agrees to pay DEADLINE: For Tuesday Edition - Friday 5:00 p.m. - For Friday Edition - Wednesday 12 noon ZZZZ $50M resort NOTE: If for some r e a s o n your advertisement Is incoirectm call us immediately to make the necessaiy ——— corrections. TheMarlanas Variety NewsSrVlewslsresponslbleonlyfofoneincorrect Insertion. We reserve - By E. SCOTT RECKARD the right to edit, refuse, reject or cancel any ad at any time. ------$130M to oil firm s LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal· 1 WAITRESS RESTAURANT 1 MANAGER (RESTAURANT) 1 SUPERVISOR (STORE SUPPLIES) - 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - agents said Tuesday they have By JEROME SOCOLOVSKY mittedby US companies, includ­ it expected the settlement to yield Westem Shah Mohammed Reza 1 AUDITOR-College grad., 2yrs. expe­ High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary MANAGER 1 BARTENDER - High school grad., 2 $800 month. seized a $50 million resort near ing Arco and Sun, reached sev­ $115 million after taxes in the Pahlavi by Islamic militants. yrs. experience. Salary $3.50 per hour. rience. Salary $5.77 per hour. Salary $4.04 per hour. Palm Springs owned by high- THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) eral billion dollars. 1 GENERALMANAGER-Collegegrad., 1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILD­ 1 CASHIER - High school grad., 2 yrs. Contact: MARGARITA R. TENORIO 1 ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN - High fourth quarter. Arco did not pro­ Two other American compa­ experience. Salary $2.50 - $3.50 per dba SAIPAN OFFICE SUPPLY, P.O. school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary rolling golf tycoon Ken Mizuno, - Iran has agreed to pay two US As deliberations and judgments vide an estimate. “Given the 2 yrs. experience. Salary $8.65 per ING - High school grad., 2 yrs. experi­ $700 per month. nies involved in the venture had hour. ence. Salary $3.75 per hour. hour. Box 81 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. who was arrested in March in oil companies $130.45 million of the international arbitration difficulties in the refining mar­ already reached compensation Contact: PANTHER ENTERPRISES. 1 FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER - No. 234-8864 (8/27)TH/2639. Contact: P CLARK (SAIPAN) INC., Contact: L & W AMUSEMENT CORP. P.O. Box 2330, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. Japan’s biggest tax-evasion case. each for losses suffered follow­ panel are secret, publicizing of keting industry, it is certainly a INC., Caller Box PPP335, Saipan, MP dba LEN'S BAR & RESTAURANT, P.O. College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary agreements, according to a Sun $1,500 - $3,050 per month. No. 234-8546 (9/3)TH/2677. In a news release, the Customs ing the 1979 Islamic revolutioa settlements is left up to the op­ welcome influx of cash,” Sun statement released in Philadel­ 96950, Tel. No. 234-2104 (8/20)TH/ Box 81, CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. CLASSIFIED ADS NEW 08728. No. 234-8864 (8/27)TH/2638. 1 ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE HOUSE­ Service said it and the Internal It was described as the last posing parties. spokesman Bud Davis said. phia. KEEPER - College grad., 2 yrs. experi­ 1 SUPERVISOR (NIGHT CLUB) - High 1 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - College school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary Revenue Service seized the Hotel major oil-related claim at the 11- The settlement was welcomed Davis said the tribunal was ex­ Through the joint venture the 1 GENERALMANAGER-Collegegrad., ence. Salary $4.50 - $9.00 per hour. grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,200 Indian Wells, the Indian Wells year-old Iran-US Claims Tribu­ 2 yrs. experience. Salary $8.65 per CONSTRUCTION 1 HEAD WAITER- High school grad., 2 $1,200 per month. in the 'United -States by execu­ pected to approve the settlement American companies had rights per month. Contact: RAY INTERNATIONAL INC. Country Club, the Indian Wells nal here in The Hague. tives of both oil companies. hour. WORKER yrs. experience. Salary $4.04 per hour. Contact: E.C. GOZUM & CO., INC. dba within 75 days. to a share of the 200,000-barrel- Contact: “CHNT AMERICA KEYMON 1 BARTENDER HELPER - High school dba KARAOKE CLUB DUET, Caller Box Racquet Club and six acres of The agreement was reached “It has been a long and difficult TSK-ECG/EMILIO GOZUM MAN­ PPP 296, Saipan, MP 96950 (9/3)TH/ Despite the agreement, the a-day output at the oil field in WORLD COMMERCIAL CORPORA­ 1 MASON grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.35- POWER SERVICES, P.O. Box 2310, adjacent land. Friday between Iranian represen­ legal struggle, and we are satis­ TION, LTD., Caller Box AAA809, Saipan, $3.10 per hour. 08832. companies cannot return to Iran Gulf waters near the United Arab 1 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2 Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-0517 Also seized last week were two tatives and the Atlantic Richfield fied with the outcome,” said MP 96950, Tel. No. 288-3828/2848 (8/ yrs. experience. Salary $2.30 - $3.00 4 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. (9/3)TH/08831. ______because of the longstanding US Emirates, the statement said. 20)TH/08727.______experience. Salary $2.35 - $3.00 per 2 COUNTER ATTENDANT - High school Cadillac stretch limousines and Co. and Sun Co. Inc. and occured Lodwrick M. Cook, chairman and trade embargo. per hour. grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.95- According to the terms of the 1 LABORER, CONSTRUCTION - High hour. 4 CARPENTER two Mercedes-Benz automobiles, without official arbitration by the chief executive officer of Los The settlement covers the 12.5 1 GENERALMANAGER-Collegegrad., 2 GARDENER - High school grad., 2 $3.20 per hour. agreement, the companies will be school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary 2 SHEET METAL WORKER - High Contact: WINCHELL'S INC. dba according to John Luksic, Cus­ tribunal’s nine judges, according Angeles-based Arco. percent stakes held by Arco and 2 yrs. experience. Salary $8.65 per $2.35 - $3.00 per hour. yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.40 school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary paid by the end of die year from hour. per hour. WINCHELL'S DONUT HOUSE, P.O. toms’ special agent in charge in to a source close to the proceed­ Sun Senior Vice President Sun in Lavan Petroleum Co. an Iranian escrow account held 1 PLUMBER - High school grad., 2 yrs. $2.15 per hour. Box 2371, Saipan, MP 96950 (9/3)TH/ Contact: RUFINA B, GUEVARRA dba experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.00 per 3 WAITER/WAITRESS RESTAURANT Contact: GERTUDES FELIPE dba Los Angeles. ings. Robert H. Writz Jr. called it “a (LAPCO), a joint venture with by he tribunal for the payment of RBG ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 1243, - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. 08830. hour. UNITED BUILDERS CO., P.O. Box The property seizures, which The source, who spoke on con­ fair settlement.” He said it shows the Tehran government and state- such settlements. Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8927 1 SALES PERSON - High school grad., Salary $2.15 - $3.10 per hour. 2060, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- dition of anonymity, declined to (8/27)TH/08783. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15-$3.50 1 HOUSEKEEPING CLEANER - High 1 MASON - High school equiv., 2 yrs. totaled about $50 million, were “that international exploration ownedNational Irani an Oil Com­ The Iran-US tribunal was set school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary 7967 (9/3)TH/2678. experience. Salary $2.35 per hour. authorized in a warrant issued by say how much higher an indem­ agreements can be enforced and pany. per hour. 1 ELECTRICIAN - High school equiv., 2 up by the 1981 Algiers Accords, 1 WAREHOUSE WORKER - High $2.15-$2.60 per hour. 1 PAINTER a federal judge in Las Vegas, nification the two companies ’ had that compensation can be ob­ The American companies’ which gained freedom for the ACCOUNTANT school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary 2 KITCHEN HELPER-High schoolgrad., yrs. experience. Salary $2.20 per hour. 1 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2 Contact: ARRIOLA EQUIPMENT, P.O. Luksic said in the news release. sought. tained when their terms are dis­ stakes were expropriated by Iran ’ s $650 - $800 per month. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15-$2.50 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.25 Americans held hostage at the 2 ACCOUNTANT (CPA) - Collegegrad., Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATE­ per hour. Box 1164, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. He declined further comment, Earlier reports indicated that puted.” revolutionary government shortly US embassy in Tehran following 2yrs. experience. Salary$1,000-$1,500 per hour. 234-3441 (9/3)TH/08833. RIAL SUPPLY, INC. dba CMS, P.O. Contact: HOTELNIKKOSAIPAN,INC. 4 PLUMBER - High school grad., 2 yrs. citing an ongoing investigation. the total value of oil claims sub- Sun, based in Philadelphia, said after the overthrow of the pro- the Shah’s ouster. per month. Box 609, Saipan, MP 96950 (8/20)TH/ dba HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, P.O. Box Contact: UNITED MICRONESIA DE­ experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.45 per 2 AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICIAN In a report on the seizures last 2506.______5152 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950 (8/ hour. week, the Las Vegas Review- VELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. INC., 20)TH/2502. H.E. MECHANIC - High school grad., 2 A l l e n . . . P.O. Box 5235, Saipan, MP 96950 (8/ 5 CARPENTER 4 MASON - High school grad., 2 yrs. yrs.experience. Salary$2.15perhour. Joumal said Mizuno, 58, was the 4 MASON - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. 20)TH/2500.______3 BARTENDER Contact: CERON HEAVY EQUIPMENT target of a multimillion-dollar Continued from page 9 experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. 1 PLUMBER - High school grad., 2 yrs. Contact: JOCELYN N. GATBONTON & PARTS LTD., P.O. Box 1095, Saipan, 1 ACCOUNTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. 1 ARCHITECT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 per hour. dba ABELYN'S ENT., Caller Box PPP MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8128 (9/3)TH/ money laundering investigation children, four of whom are her experience. Salary $900 - 1,000 pfer experience. Salary $1,000 per month. 6 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. 425, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322- 08836. and was named in a sealed crimi­ natural children. She and Allen month. Contact: MARIANAS MASONRY experience. Salary $3.00 - $4.25 per 5288 (9/3)TH/08834. adopted Moses, 14, and Dylan, 7, , V CONST. CO., P.O. Box 121 Saipan, MP nal indictment issued June 19. Contact: WILFRED P. CHUN dba FA­ hour. 2 WAITRESS, RESTAURANT CILITY ENGINEERS & CONSULTANT, 96950, Tel. No. 234-7118/8592 (8/ 1 GARDENER - High school grad., 2 The newspaper, citing an uni­ and had Satchel, 4, together. 2 COOK HELPER-High school grad., 2 AllensaidTuesday that the “one Caller Box AAA 235, Saipan, MP 96950, 20)08721.______yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.00 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. dentified state gambling official, Tel. No. 235-3900 (8/20)TH/08716. per hour. ROLEX FOR SALE: said Mizuno lost $66 million in thinglhavebeen guilty ofisfalling {sTEELMAN (STEEL WORKER) 7 CLEANER/HOUSEKEEPING - High 3 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. 1 SHEET METAL WORKER - High experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. 18 karat y/g Gent's two years playing baccarat at The in love with Miss Farrow’s adult school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary Contact: PAVILLON ENTERPRISE dba AUDITOR $2.50 - $3.75 per hour. Presidential with Blue Mirage hotel-casino. daughter at the end of our own ananas ^ariety^™ $2.15 - $3.00 per hour. ISLAND SNACK BAR, Caller Box AAA years together and, painful as that 5 CARPENTER - High school equiv., 2 3 WAITRESS - High school grad., 2 yrs. 31, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 8970 (9/ Baguette Diamond dial Mizuno also was targeted in a 1 (SENIOR) AUDITOR-Collegegrad., experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.90 per civil action filed in June seeking might be, I and certainly the 2yrs.experience. Sa!ary$5.77-$19.23 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $4.00 3)TH/2676. and Diamond Bezel. hour. to freeze his assets on behalf of children do not deserve this form per hour. per hour. 9 WAITER - High school grad., 2 yrs. ]%EoxidL«x37 to F rid L a y Contact: DELOITTE & TOUCHE, P.O. 2 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 1 MASON Original paperwork and 52,000 Japanese residents who of retribution.” yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.50 experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.25 per 2 CARPENTERS box is included.Sell for Box 308, Saipan, MP 96950 (8/20)TH/ hour. 1 DRIVER - High school equiv., 2 yrs. boughtmemberships ina golf club Farrow’s lawyer, Alan 2507. per hour. $ 17,000.00 firm ^^M aríanas^^Variety^ 5 MASON - High school equiv., 2 yrs. 2 FRONT DESK CLERK - High school experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. northeast of Tokyo designed for Dershowitz, who has said that the experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.75 Contact: GIAN CARLO, INCORPa Call Roy at 235-1930 no more than 2,800 members. Connecticut investigation con­ ( Γ,ίΖ,.-. η-му . м.пц. 1. m i _£Γ;.·;)£ 25'j D e l i i r e r s r per hour. RATED, P.O. Box 548 CHRB, Saipan, ENGINEER Contact: JESUS B. YUMUL dba YCO or 235-1931 cerns suspicions of sexual abuse CORPORATION, P.O. Box 932, Saipan, Contact: PACIFIC MICRONESIA MP 96950, TeL.No. 322-3606 (9/3)TH/ Japanese authorities arrested The doctor is in New York 1 MECHANICAL ENGINEER - College MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-9805/7425 (8/ CORP. dba DAI-ICHI HOTEL SAIPAN 08776. him in February on charges of of another of Farrow’s children, EÏEÆ« Λ --Jrr: in . grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 BEACH, P.O. Box 1029, Saipan, MP evading dlrs 44.4 million in in­ said he would not comment until 27)TH/2635. 96950, Tel. No. 234-6412 (8/27)TH/ - $1,768.00 per month. come taxes owed on money raised after Allen’s remarks. t h e Contact: SHINRYO CORPORATION, 2633. P.O. Box 2484 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, MISCELLANEOUS by sale of the memberships, cost­ After he issued a startling Tel. No. 322-1195 (8/20)TH/08725. 1 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. W ORK OPENING AT ing $13,950 to $54,260, in the statement of his love for Soon-Yi J M o r n i s a g 1 GENERALMANAGER-Collegegrad., experience. Salary $2.1.5 per hour. Ibaraki Country Club. Tax offi­ Monday, Allen played clarinet at 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2,000 per Contact: KYUNG HO CORPORATION, MANAGAHA ISLAND month. Caller Box AAA 1977, Tel. No. 235- cials said the previous record in his regular weekly gig at The first daily MECHANIC 1 RESERVATION MANAGER-College 4026 (8/27)TH/08781. ______(FOR LOCAL HIRE ONLY) Japan for alleged tax fraud was Michael’s Pub in midtown Man­ Chronic Fatiguo Now AntUviral Drug n ew spaper grad., 2yrs. experience. Salary$1,400 $28.6 million. hattan. Paparazzi camped outside Amotiaon Holds published on 1 MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR-High per month. 1 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. Promise of Curo Questions Remain over Results schol grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary 1 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. In addition to Indian Wells, Farrow’s Central Park West Off

Answer to Previous Puzzle ACROSS strokes 36 Adversaries 1 Once and for — 39 Born Continental gets new relief 40 Adhesive 4 Make substances WILMINGTOXjDel. (AP) -Con­ suitable to deal with potential investors, 9 Mock 41 Chapeau tinental Airlines convinced a fed­ settle claims with the federal gov­ 12 Split — soup 43 Army off. eral bankruptcy judge Tuesday to 13 Merrymaking 44 Spielberg ernment and negotiate airline 14 Female: alien extend, for the sixth time, its ex­ equipment leases, said Barry P. 45 Enthusiasm colloq. clusive right to file a reorganiza­ 15 Kin to berel 47 "The — and Simon, Continental’s general 16 Image the Beautiful" tion plan. counsel. 50 Walk wearily 17 — ’n' roll However, thejudge indicated she He said the airline gave a draft of 18 Buffalo 51 Mature P 0 D 20 Astaire ID 54 Female sheep was becoming impatient with the a reorganization plan to creditors 55 Pertaining to LA 21 Delirium proceedings. Monday night, but that it wasn’t GARFIELD® by Jim Davis tremens: the nose A T T и abbr. 56 Offspring T H 1 s US Bankruptcy Court Judge ready to file with the court. 57 Mr. Koppel HEEV.' SHE PW T HAVE 23 Indian weight 8-20 © 1992 United Feature Syndicate Helen Balick extended the exclu­ Continental’s creditors wanted a REMEMBER CINPV? THE &IRL BRAIN SURGERH1 AFTER ALLÍ 24 "Candid —" 58 "Murder, WHO SAIP SHE COULPN’T GO 28 Tattered She —" sivity period 45 days, until Oct. 2, 30-day extension to the exclusivity 4 Gets up OUT W ITH ME TONIGHT ? I cloth 59 Possessed OUST SAW HER AT THE STORE ‘A PIM BULB 5 Trims and said she wants to hold a con­ period to “hold their feet to the 30 Soaks 10 Mocassin BRIGHTENS DOWN 6 Shake­ thoroughly 11 Antlered firmation hearing in December on fire.” The stockholders committee speare’s 32 Masqat is 1 Dwelling: animal river a plan fa- Continental to leave opposed any extension. led by Mexican invest«· Alfredo bidder. with the Pension Benefit Guar­ its capital abbr. 17 Having 7 Write 34 Make lace branches bankruptcy court Continental filed for protection Brener has offered to invest $385 • “We have somebody out there anty Corp., a federal agency that 2 Meadow 8 TV's Ginger 35 Tennis 3 Charles E . — 19 Exists Companies that are reorganizing from its creditors in December million. The twohavenot completed flying around, and they have not insures pension plans, over the Grant: inits. 20 Distant 9 Time gone by 21 Sag undo' bankruptcy laws cherish the 1990. their review of Continental's fi­ decided to land yet. But I urge pension deficit left behind by 22 — Bay time to file their own plans because Maxxam Inc., owned by inves­ nances. that they do,” Balick said of Air Eastern Airlines. Continental Buccaneers 24 Assassin they can do so without much in­ tor Charles Hurwitz, has offered to Simon indicated Tuesday that he Canada’s interest. Airlines Holdings Inc. owned 25 Kind ot terference from creditors. put dlrs 350 million into Continen­ still considers Air Canada, which Simon said Continental has Eastern under the name Texas 1 2 collar Continental needs more time time tal for a controlling stake. A group 26 "— Without had an observer in court, a potential virtually completed a settlement Air Corp. 12 3 a Cause" PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz 27 him of 15 property 29. Openings Pilots offer 18 31 Summer highlight 21 22 33 Famed to assist 37 Tennis game necessity 28 2^j 38 Seat on horse 42 As far as Lufthansa 32 45 “The Sun — Rises” FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - 36 46 Symptom ot Lufthansa pilots have offered to an allergic 40 reaction take a pay cut and work more 47 Wager hours to help the financially 48 Be in debt 49 Conducted troubled German national airline. 50 Equality But the airline said Tuesday it 47 48 49 52 Tibetan STELLA WILDER gazelle would not respond to the offer 54 53 Terminate until official wage negotiations 55 Compass '57 point begin later this month. And a union YOUR BIRTHDAY representing lower-paid employ­ ees indicated it was reluctant to go along with the pilots’ offer. № d Sp ®t Lufthansareported an operating By Stella Wilder feel as though danger is lurking just ness you might not otherwise address. loss of 542 million marks ($374 around the corner today, and indeed ARIES (March 21-April 19) - A million) for the first half of 1992. Born today, you are one of those in­ the risk factor is higher than expected. deal or arrangement with others may Sto Sto Last year, the company put losses dividuals who can always count on be­ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You go awry before the work gets done to­ ing in the eye of the storm; that is, must know today what is appropriate day. It is necessary to rearrange your at 426 million marks ($294 mil­ wherever· the important events are and what is not — in word and deed. time. A SUNNY DAY BE&INS lion). transpiring, and whenever the big de­ You have the power to hurt or heal. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - You WITH THE SUN. SO DO The airline - with majority LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - You velopments are happening, you are may find yourself revisiting 'old THESE WORDS. FILL IN government ownership - has al­ sure to be there in the center of it all. can do much that you have planned to­ haunts today or indulging in a little THE MISSIN& LETTERS You are one of those rare individuals day without any intrusion or distrac­ nostalgia that is both painful and FROM THE CLUES. ready said it would cut 1,750jobs who has the capacity to make things tion from others. pleasant. this year, with plans to slash an­ happen when they do not begin on SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - their own, and your influence over oth­ You’ll find yourself waiting for impor­ other 3,600 jobs in 1993. You’ll feel as though you are finally, ers is likely to be felt far and wide as tant messages today. Some will come; With the airline in trouble, the ating costs on its own, and gener­ questions of wage negotiations riers have access to almost all major not immediately spelled ouL some may be delayed. Don’t fret! once again, in peak form'' today. In­ long as you live. deed, creative energy is increasing. FIRST DAY OF TME WEEK German Employees Union ating an additional 500 million and personnel productivity,” German airports, while Lufthansa However, there were some strings You are quite versatile, and always SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) (DAG), which represents marks in new revenue next year. Hillgaertner said. is limited to only a few US airports. attached to the DAG offer. interested in a wide variety of ideas — An enormous effort may be re­ CANCER (June 21-JuIy 22) - An and endeavors; you are, in a sense, a quired of you today before you can set­ unexpected setback today may have COLORFUL SUNDOWN, Lufthansa pilots and some other However, it did not spell out how Lufthansa spokesman Peter The airline has also been hurt by To help cut loses, Lufthansa is in pioneer — for you are always looking tle into a routine which brings you you dealing with emotions you thought higherpaidpersonnel, cm Monday the airline was to accomplish this. Hoebel said the airline Is not the fare wars for transatlantic the process of setting up a subsid­ into opportunities for the first time, enjoyment. you had set aside for good. offered to take a month’s pay cut Most Lufthansa employees, commenting on the DAG offer. travel. iary domestic carrier, Lufthansa leading the way for others as you CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - з ё > т а _ OUCM.' IT HURTS score remarkable success for yourself Contentment may seem elusive at this and work more than the required including lower paid ground “We have to discuss everything DAG’s proposal of giving up a Express, whichas envisioned would time and time again. time. Talk to your friends; be open and For your personal horoscope, 4 S e r a ______TALL PLANT 37.5 hours per week. personnel, are in the Public at the negotiating table and not on month’s salary on a one-time basis hire non-union employees with Also born on this date are: H. 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Inc ψζο FRIDAY, AUG. 21 Take advantage of those “down sions Lufthansa cutting an addi­ “It would be incorrect to reduce tion treaty which the airline says Other details on how many extra for its employees when it begins LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may times" today to tend to personal busi- Copyright iS92, United Feature Syndici te, Inc. tional 500 million marks in oper­ the weak position of Lufthansa to puts it at a disadvantage. US car- hours members would work were operating in late October.

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MONTREAL (AP) - AirCanada spokesman Denis Couture. “We Canadian Airlines parent, PWA routes. on many routes, making it easier are not going to be controlled by TODAY’S SPORTS: On this day in 1974, " Y O U INDEED and United Airlines plan to co­ Corp., Air Canada are still talking Also, passengers would be of­ to book an Air Canada-United DATE BOOK TODAY’S BARB United Airlines.” fered one-stop check-in for both connecting flight through cen­ second baseman Davey Lopes had three BY PHIL PASTORET operate on scheduling to make it about a merger, PWA spokesman home runs, fjve hits and five, stolen 9 iFneoiw i/A ifcD Z Aug. 20, 1992 The secret ingredient in our sister-in- easier for passengers to connect The agreement, which is sub­ Jack Lawless said after the United airlines for flights between tral reservation systems used by bases in leading the Los Angeles Dodg­ law’s famous potato salad is also the se­ ject to government approval, does Toronto and selected US cities. travel agents. s M t w I F ers to an 18-8 victory over the Cubs. from one airline to the other, the announcment. Couture said a Today is the cret reason we no longer attend family companies announced Tuesday. not involve either carrier taking a merger between Air Canada and The one-stop check-in also is be­ United, a subsidiary of UAL 233rd d a y of 1992 picnics. TODAY’S QUOTE: “If this nation dare 'ananas 'Variety' financial· stake in the other, the ing considered for Montreal and Corp., has its principal hub at and the 62nd Ж promise greatness, then education is the © 1992, NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. The alliance, set to begin Oct. Canadian Airlines is still possible. day of summer. buttress of the covenant.” — Terry 25, would help Air Canada’s fi­ airlines said. The cooperation with United Calgary and cities in Europe, Asia Chicago О’Hare' International Assembly-line mass production, be­ Sanford nancial picture by providing ac­ Air Canada and its rival, Cana­ and Latin America.' TODAY’S HISTORY: On this day in gun by Ford M otor Co. in 1903, m ade щ would give Air Canada’s passen­ Airport. Air Canada has service 1968, Warsaw Pact troops invaded and the automobile widely affordable. By cess to many of United’s hubs, dian Airlines, have been losing gers more convenience when fly­ Passengers would also be able to О ’ Hare from Toronto, Calgary occupied Czechoslovakia. TODAY’S WEATHER: On this day in 1986, heavy rains along much of Utah’s 1910, nearly 500,000 motor vehicles C LASSIFIED ADS said Air Canada officials. money and looking for alliances ing beyond its route system and to redeem frequent flier mileage and Winnipeg. United has other TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Benjamin Har­ Wasatch Front caused general urban were registered in the United States TEL. 234-6341/7578/9797 · FAX 234-9271 “It’s a win-win situation for with US carriers since merger talks funnel passengers into United’s at either airline. The two also hubs in Washington, D.C., and rison (1833-1901), U.S. president; Van flooding; 1 to 2 feet of water in intersec- alone. the twocarriers,” said AirCanada between the two soured. network of US and international would share one reservation code Denver. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VEEWS-15 14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VffiWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 20,1992 Business/Finance;*.jääiii______Business/FinancegSSI! House construction falls 2.8% EC expects delay M exico reduces foreign debt WASHINGTON (AP) - Con- National Mortgage Association. MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico reduced its foreign debt by 6.6 percent struction of single-family homes But he said the low rates and an to slightly over $76 billion in the past four months, the Treasury and apartments fell 2.8 percent in increase in new home sales in Ministry announced. in punitive tariffs July, the government said Tues­ June, the first in five months, In a repot to Congress on Monday, the ministry said it had reduced day, but analysts predicted that should improve confidence. the debt by $5.8 billion between April and July. BRUSSELS,Belgium(AP)_The “The EC needs to act quickly as return for U.S. tariff concessions. the lowest mortgage rates in An increase in the number of The report said Mexico added debt of only $397.6 million during the European Community said frustration is beginning to rise,” he The American Soybean Asso­ nearly two decades will halt any applications for building permits same period and received $745 million in adjustments due to a weak­ Tuesday it expected the United said. ciation has claimed that about dlrs further erosion. in July also suggested renewed ening dollar and other factors. States to delay imposing punitive Washington, he said, was not 1.5 billion in U.S. exports have Robert Villanueva, an econo- housing activity. Applications, The report said Mexico had bought back $7.171 billion of its foreign tariffs on European exports in a prepared to wait until the GATT been affected by the EC subsidy , mist for the National Association often a barometer of future con­ debts. long-*running trade dispute over council meeting in late September policy. of Home Builders, said surveys struction, rose 3.7 percent for the soybeans. for the next discussions in the dis­ A report by a GATT panel in oftheorganization’smembership first advance in five months. Still, W orkers retu rn to refinery The 12-nation trading bloc has pute. 1990 backed the American posi­ early this month showed .that most analysts expect housing ac­ asked the United States to put off Tuesday marked the end of a 60- CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (AP) - The first of 875 workers locked tion and said the community’s builders plan to boost construc­ tivity to remain muted this ÿear, any measures until a meeting Sept. day period for bilateral talks under out two weeks ago from one of the world’s biggest oil refineries policy discriminated against for­ tion modestly. although improved over last year, 29 of the General Agreement on a special GATT procedure. The returned to the job Tuesday, and talks were scheduled over the fate of eign producers in violation of in­ “Not a surge,” he said, “but when starts fell to 1.01 million, Tariffs and Trade. GATT is a fo­ United States was preparing a list ternational trade rules. certainly a solid increase.” the lowest since 1945. So far, starts another 2,000 laid-off workers. rum and an arrangement for pro­ of European goods, worth up to The return of about 80 of the 875 maintenance workers followed a The United States and nine other In July, however, housing starts are21 percent above the first seven moting freer world trade. dlrs 1 billion, that would be subject weekend agreement between them and a Hess subcontractor providing soybean exporters have turned fell in every region except the months of 1991. “We don’t expect measures will to punitive tariffs. down the community’s offer to South, which posted a slight gain. “People are still worried about for increased pay and benefits. be taken by the Americans today,” The duties would be levied to The lockout of the maintenance workers on Aug. 4 prompted labor compensate by lowering tariffs on Many analysts had expected jobs and incomes,” berson con­ said the spokesman, who spoke on compensate for losses the United violence resulting in the layoffs and a shutdown of contruction for an beef or other farm products. The construction to rise last month tended. “It’s really a problem of condition of anonymity. States claims its soybean farmers adjacent dlrs 1 billion project. Refinery production, about 375,000 other soybean producers are: Ar­ following the sharp drop in mort­ confidence.” In Geneva, Andrew Stoller, a have suffered because of EC farm barrels per day, has been unaffected by the unrest, company officials gentina, Brazil, Canada, India, gage rates after the Federal Re­ David Lereah, an economist senior official at the U.S. trade subsidies. Pakistan, Hungary, Poland, Swe­ say. serve slashed two short-term in­ with the Mortgage Bankers Asso­ mission to GATT, said the United The United States complained to den and Uruguay. terest rates on July 2. Fixed-rate, ciation, agreed that growth in States was considering its next step. GATT in 1988 that European sub­ Stoller said the United States C hinese business in T aiw an 30-year mortgages now are be­ residential construction will be He criticized the “relaxed atti­ sidies to soybean processors vio­ remaineddissatisfied with the EC’s modest. lated a 1962 bilateral accord. Un­ low 8 percent for the first time in HONG KONG (AP) - A China-based company is opening an entertain­ tude” of the EC’s executive agency offer to lower import tariffs on Cheapest houses found in Jackson “Low interest rates have done and said senior officials in charge der that agreement, the EC agreed nearly 20 years. ment center in Taiwan filled with restaurants, karaokes, discos, health some farm products. He calculated Paso, 51.8, and New York, 17.6. all they could for the housing of soybean decisions were on va­ not to place duties on imports of By JOHN D. McCLAIN that91.1 percent of the hones sold Instead, the Commerce De­ centers and other attractions, a state-run Chinese news agency reported the offer was worth only about dlrs The Home Builders analyzed partment reported, housing starts market,” he said. “We need help cation. soybeans and other oil seeds in during the second quarter could Tuesday. 200 million. WASHINGTON (AP) - People have been purchased at prevailing 327,977 sales of new and previ­ dropped to 1.12 million at a sea­ from other sectors of the China News Service said Shanghai Taiwan Entertainment Center economy.” living in Jackson, Mich., enjoyed interest rates by a family earning ously owned homes in 173 met­ sonally adjusted annual rate, down Ltd, which it identified as the first wholly foreign-owned entertainment The Commerce report showed the most affordable housing in the area’s median income. ropolitan areas for its latest in­ from a 1.15 million rate in June, company on the Chinese mainland, registered the eight-story building that single-family housing starts America as summer began, ac­ The median income in Jackson dex. The home price data were when they fell 3.8 percent. Tuesday. collected from court records, dropped 4.1 percent to a 959,000 cording to a survey released during the April-June period was “It really does show how cau­ The entertainment center is designed to promote closer trade ties while the income data were cal­ annual rate after falling 1.9 per­ Tuesday by the National Asso­ $36,800and themedian home price tious builders are,” said econo­ between Taiwan and China, China News Service reported from Shang­ ciation of Home Builders. was $59,000. The median means culated by the Department of mist David Berson of the Federal cent in June. Housing and Urban Develop­ hai without giving details. Relations between China and Taiwan have Those shopping forhomes out­ that half of the families earned more been frosty because both claim to be the legitimate ruler of all China. ment. side the Midwest might look at and half less, or that half of the However, indirect trade and investment through Hong Kong has boomed the Brazoria, Texas, area in the homes cost more and half less. The survey found the purchas­ ing power of a typical American Keating issues budget over the last few years. South; or Greeley, Colo., in the According to the mortgage un­ With a total area of 11,000 square meters (122,100 square feet), the family to buy a home improved West, or Nashua, N.H., in the derwriting standards used for cal­ 100-million yuan ($ 183-million) entertainment center will open in during the second quarter, al­ to cut unemployment Northeast. They were the most culating the index, a family could October, the report said. affordable in their regions. afford to purchase a home costing though the national median in­ By PAUL ALEXANDER old, striving to secure a larger come of $36,800 and the median Pass San Francisco, however. three times its annual income, or in slice of the world market.” B ell-union talks bog dow n It was the most expensive metro­ this case, $110,400. The calcula­ price of $105,000 remained un­ SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Prime The budget allocates 1.2 bil­ politan area in the home builders’ tion used a prevailing interest rate changed from the previous pe­ Minister Paul Keating issued his lion dollars ($865 million) over WASHINGTON (AP) - Contract talks between Bell Atlantic and survey. The least affordable cities of 8.42 percent. riod. first - and possibly last - budget two years for job-creation pro­ unions representing nearly 52,000 telephone workers have broken off, in other regions were Chicago in In Jackson, 91.1 percent of the “Households earning the na­ Tuesday, a deficit-ridden plan grams, primarily public-works but employees continued working Tuesday with no immediate plans to the Midwest; El Paso, Texas, in homes sold during the first quarter tional median income were able aimed at creating jobs and im­ projects like roads and railways, strike. the South, and New York in the were priced at or below $110,400. to afford to buy 55.5 percent of proving his Labor Party’s bat­ and increased outlays for voca­ The talks broke off Monday, before the contract expired at midnight. Northeast Brazoriascored90.9; Greeley, 82.2, the homes offered for sale na­ tered popularity. tional training programs for the “We are without a contract as of midnight,” said Jeff Smith, a Jackson scored 91.1 on the and Nashua, 87.1. tionwide, up from 53.9 percent in Since Keating ended Bob unemployed. The goal is to cre­ spokesman for the Communication Workers of America. “But we did Home Builders’ Housing San Francisco, on the other hand, the first quarter,” said Robert Hawke’s eight-year term as ate 800,000 jobs over the next not strike, and we are not making any plans or threats at this time.” Magazine reports Camiÿs defect “Jay” Buchert. Affordability Index. That meant scored just 6.7; Chicago, 66.8; El Australia’s leader in a party cau­ four years. It was not known when the talks would resume. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The will decide “on a case-by-case Wagon owners lack that escape cus vote last December, he has Increased spending also was Officials of the union and the regional telephone company disagreed owners of 1987-1991 Toyota basis” whether to bill Toyota for route, however. If the fuse that injected new vigor into languish­ announced for social services like over who broke off the talks. Camrys could be trapped inside repairs, which average $1,300, operates thepowerwindows blows, Dollar drifts lower; gold drops ing Labor, but it continues to lag Medicare, public housing, pen­ their vehicles if they use power said John Hanson, a spokesman the rear-hatch lock will be disabled behind the opposition coalition. sions and child care. V olksw agen to rehire w orkers door locks, according to Con­ for Toyota Motor Sales in Tor­ as well. NEW YORK (AP) - The dollar the German mark against most 126.15 Japanese yen, up from The next election must be held To fund the programs, Dawkins sumer Reports. rance, Calif. Consumer Reports cited a case drifted lower against most major other currencies, Mahoney said. 125.70 yen late Monday. by early May, and the 1992-93 forecast a deficit of 13.4 billion MEXICO CITY (AP) - Volkswagen de Mexico said Tuesday it will The magazine said the power The National Highway Traffic where firefighters broke into a Political unrest abroad tends to currencies in thin trading Tues­ Other late dollar rates in New budget was seen as Keating’s big dollars ($9.7 billion) - 3.3 per­ rehire about 90 percent of its 16,000 employees after a federal panel locks may stick, preventing the Safety Administration began an Maryland woman’s 1989 Camry drive investors into currencies that day as investors digested news on York compared with late Monday, chance to set a course out of the cent of gross domestic product, ruled it could nullify its labor contract because of a wildcat strike. The doors from being opened from the investigation of the problem last when she found the locks disabled, the US economy and tensions in are considered safe havens, such included: 1.3055 Swiss francs, lingering recession that has seen up from 2.4 percent last year. factory in Puebla, 70 miles (112 kilometers) east of the capital, locked inside and the outside. In some summer. In May, the federal the door panels hot to the touch, and the Middle East. Gold prices also as the dollar and the mark With down from 1.3165; 4.9430 French unemployment hit 11 percent. The 1991-92 budget - hit hard out the workers July 26, five days after the strike started. Work was cases the fuse blows, disabling agency stepped up its inquiry, the car filled with smoke. fell. traders uncertain about the US francs,downfrom4.9635; 1,106.00 Opinion polls show that job­ by lower tax revenue and in­ scheduled to resume there today. power windows, too. asking Toyota to submit an engi­ Toyota’s decision not to issue a Dollar traders were somewhat economy and in turn the dollar, they Italian lire, down from 1,111.00, lessness is voters’ top priority. creased spending to help the un­ Toyota officials acknowledged neering analysis of the problem recall drew criticism from consumer discouraged by news that con­ were leaning toward the mark and 1.19855 Canadian dollars, up Keating is gambling that putting employed - projected a shortfall there have been about 50 cases of by the end of this month. groups. struction of single-family homes Tuesday. W ang files for bankruptcy from 1.19475. people back to work will help of 4.73 billion dollars ($3.41 bil­ lock failures, but noted that is out The problem is caused by an “It’s a clear sign that there’s and apartments fell 2.8 percent in In New York, the dollar fell to The price of gold for August more than the size of the deficit lion at current exchange rates) BOSTON (AP) - Wang Laboratories Inc., the computer giant founded of 809,000 Camrys sold. The electric relay that can become some real problems at Toyota in July, said Richard Mahoney, vice 1.4570 marks from 1.4640 late delivery fell $ 1.10 to dlrs 335.80 a will hurt. after four years of surpluses. But as a Chinese immigrant’s dream 41 years ago, tumbled into bankruptcy company said door locks on the stuck in the open position, allow­ taking responsibility,” said Sean president of foreign exchange at Monday. In earlier European trad­ troy ounce on the New York Com­ “The budget has three funda­ the final deficit blew out to 9.34 court Tuesday after failing to keep pace with a rapidly changing market. 1992 Camry were redesigned, but ing electricity to flow uninter­ Kane of the Center for Auto Safety, Citibank. ing, the dollar fell to 1.4580German modity Exchange. Republic Na­ mental objectives,” Treasurer billion dollars ($6.73 billion). Wang chairman Richard W. Miller, hired three year's ago by founder An that it isn’t planning a recall of the rupted to the solenoids, electrical an independent consumer watch­ “Housing starts were weaker marks from 1.4625. tional Bank of New York later John Dawkins told Parliament in The spending plan is ex­ Wang to rescue the company, said the firm was on the brink of earlier models. components that control the locks. dog group based'in Washington. than the market expected, which Government officials in Wash­ quoted a bid of dlrs 336.40, down a nationally televised speech. “The pected to be helped by an es­ bankruptcy since his arrival. Miller said Wang had no alternative but to ington and Paris have threatened to The problem potentially affects The solenoids overheat, prevent­ “It’s a very serious safety haz­ keeps interest rate expectations 85 cents. first two are about jobs: jobs now timated 1.6 billion dollars seek Chapter 11 protection because the cost of restructuring the firm ing all four doors from unlocking. enforce UN resolutions to ease re­ 900,000 cars: 1987-1991 Camry ard.” low and naturally the dollar suf­ Jeffrey Klein, chief gold dealer and more jobs in the years ahead. ($1.16 billion) for the sale of over the past few years drained away cash needed to meet debt The only way to get out of the pression of Shiites in southern Iraq. sedans and station wagons made Several years ago the center sued fers a little bit,” Mahoney said. at Union Bank of Switzerland, said “The Australian economy is part government assets like inter­ obligations. The company said it currently owes about $550 million. car in that case is through the trunk, In New York, the British pound in the United States and Japan. Toyota, forcing it to recall 1983 to Tensions between the United activity has slowed this week as. way through a momentous period national airline Qantas and During its bankruptcy reorganization, Wang plans to cut about 5,000 Instead of a recall, service de­ Consumer Reports reported in its rose to $ 1.9305 from $ 1.9250 traders considered their positions 1987 Camrys to fix a problem States and Iraq also caught trad­ of transition. Our objective is to domestic carrier Australian jobs. partments at Toyota dealerships September issue. with pulsating brakes. ers’ attention Tuesday, boosting Monday. The dollar closed at after last week’s selloff. have new industries alongside the Airlines. 16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-AUGUST 20,1992 SPORTS Retirement McEnroe up saddens Bird ends 13-year from month loyal fans of inactivity By ROBERT W.TROTT basketball career NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - John McEnroe brushed off the By HOWARD ULMAN Dave Gavitt called Bird “the me, on my back, on my body.... rust from nearly a month of inac­ BOSTON (AP) - Larry Bird’s Unfortunately, it all came down retirement Tuesday saddened greatest player I have been asso-' tivity to beat Jan Apell 6-1,7-5 as to this. loyal fans who cheered the BOSTON (AP) - Larry Bird, a dated with. He is the definitive the Volvo International finally got moves of “Larry Legend” for quiet Indiana country boy who professional arid is a class act off “I would have liked to play under way Tuesday. 13 years, but many knew the helped carry the NBA to new the court· as well as on. He repre­ little longer, maybe a year or two, The start of the tournament, ailing forward’s timehadcome. heights of popularity, retired sents everything I admire in a but there’s no way I can do that, washed out by rain Monday, was “I’m disappointed as a fan Tuesday from the Boston Celtics, person.” •so I’m retiring.” delayed about two hours Tuesday that we won’t get to see him ending a 13-year career that Gavitt said Bird would remain Bird, drafted in the first round by rain. First-round singles play play anymore,” ; said Dave changed the game. with the club and carry out ad­ in 1978 as junior eligible, was went on as scheduled under Loffredo, a 36-year-old “This is not a sad day,” Bird ministrative duties including beset by a series of injuries in the mostly overcast skies, but four deliveryman. "But for his well­ said at a news conference. “It’s a community relations. last four seasons. He played only doubles matches were postponed. being; it was the best move he very emotional day, but not a sad Bird, 35, was plagued by back six games in 1988-89 before un­ Tenth-seeded Alexander could do” day, because I knew this day was problems for the last two seasons dergoing surgery to remove bone Volkov, llth-seeded Brad Gil­ Bird was a three-time NBA going to come.” of his career. His last game ap­ spurs from both heels. bert, No. 12 Amos Mansdorf, No. MVP, winning the award from Bird’s brilliant passing, pin­ pearance was Aug. 8 when the Bird took his team at Indiana 14 Andrei Cherkasov and No. 16 1984 to 1986, and was on the point shooting and relentless re­ United States won the gold medal State to the NCAA Final Four in Paul Haarhuis joined the ninth- league’s all-star team 11 times. bounding made him the consum­ at the Olympics. He was score­ 1979, losing to a Michigan State seeded McEnroe in advancing to “I thought it was going to mate team player. Bird and less in 12 minutes. team led by Johnson. It was the the second round. happen last year,” said David archrival Magic Johnson, another After that game, Bird said he beginning of a career-long rivalry No. 15 Omar Camporese was Brandenburg, 25. “It seemed selfless master of the court, kept would announce his plans for the during which they met in the NBA the only seeded player to lose, inevitable.” future in 2-3 weeks. He made that finals three times. It culminated Tom Trabucco, 32, also was the NBA from becoming just a falling to Martin Damm, 4-6,7-5, bunch of school-yard superheroes. announcement Tuesday at Bos­ this year when the two played 6-2. resigned. togethef to bring the United States “He can’t play no more. I’m They were a contrast in styles - ton Garden, the building he graced McEnroe took advantageof the Olympic gold. sure he’s the type of guy, if he Bird, the shy, reticent faim boy; so often with his game-winning road-weary Apell, who arrived Between them they won eight can’tplay lOOpercent,he won’t Johnson, the hardcourt bon vi- shots that he earned the nickname Monday night from Germany, by play at all,” Trabucco said. “I vant whose bright smile lit up “Larry Legend.” NBA championships and popu­ making the 22-year-old Swede mean, at least he’s not taking Hollywood. Y et, they will forever “I’m excited going into a new larized a new statistic, the triple­ run throughout his match and the money and running.” be linked. During their era, atten­ life, but I’m going to miss this double - double figures in points, handling Apell’s serves withease. Bird, drafted in the first round dance soared, TV money bal­ life,” said B ird, his eyes reddened rebounds and assists. Apell won on only 27 of his 46 in 1978 as junior, was beset by looned, salaries skyrocketed and with emotion. “I’ve been on a Johnson retired last November first serves (59 percent) and 10 of a series of injuries in the last basketball once again became a high for 17 years. I enjoyed it, I after announcingthat he had con­ his 27 second serves (37 percent). four seasons. He played only team game. just didn’t like the injuries that I tracted the AIDS virus but is “I was always under pressure, six games in 1988-89 before NBA Commissioner David had, but that goes with the terri­ considering a return to the NBA. even when I had good serves,” undergoing surgery to remove Stem said, “Quite simply, Larry tory. Bird played in all eight games Apell said. Despite his travels bone spurs from both heels. Bird has helped to define the way Bird was a three-time NBA of the Olympic tournament., and the fact he hadn’t played out­ “You want Larry Bird lpok- a generation of basketball fans MVP, winning the award in 1984, At 2.06 meters (6-foot-9) and doors on a hardcourt in 17 months, ing.good, not looking bad. It’s has come to view and appreciate ’85 and ’86 and was on the with little jumping ability, Bird Apell didn’t give up. time for the Celtics to move the NBA. In the future, great league’s all-star team 11 times. added a new dimension to the “He surprised me,” McEnroe forward with their young play­ players will be judged against the “Sometimes it’s been along 13 forward position with a passing said. “I knew he had come from ers,” said Owen Bourque, 27, a standards he has set, but there will years, sometimes a very slow 13 acumen and creativity that helped Europe and beenon the clay courts cook at a downtown bar who never be another Larry Bird.” years,” Bird said. “The last couple bring the Celtics three NBA titles so I knew it was important to get was stirring chili. ______Celtics executive vice president of years have been very tough on in 1981, ’84 and ’86. a strong start to discourage him.” NY Yankees beat Oakland Athletics Triathlon By BEN WALKER the inning when he relieved with eighth. Farr finished for his 18th Oakland played without catcher set Aug. 29 the bases loaded and one out, and save in 23 chances. Terry Steinbach, who is day-to- THE NORTHERN Marianas NEW YORK (AP) - Right fielder retired major league home run Despite the loss, the Athletics day after receiving 20 stitches in Triathlon Federation will spon­ Mel Hall made a diving catch on leader Mark McGwire on a foul retained their five-game lead in his right leg after being spiked by sor the first of several triathlon Camey Lansford’s sinking liner pop. the AL West because second- California’s Luis Polonia on Sun­ events on Aug. 29. with the bases loaded and two Lansford followed with a slic­ place Minnesota lost 81 in Cleve­ day. Jamie Quirk, playing in The triathlon will consist of a outs in the eighth inning Tuesday ing drive and Hall, known for his land. Steinbach’s place, was called for 400-meter swim, a nine-mile night, preserving the New York bat more than his glove, charged Rickey Henderson homered on catcher’s interference during a bike race and a three-mile run. Yankees’ 7-3 victory over the in and toward the line, dove and the first pitch of the game for the three-run second inning. Teams will be included. Oakland Athletics. made a backhanded grab inches Athletics, who began anine-game Henderson hit his 12th home Registration fee is $3 ($9 per Jose Canseco’s two-run single off the ground. road trip. Henderson connected run of the season, and fourth lead­ team). Registration is at 6 a.m. in the eighth pulled Oakland Hall also had three hits and so off Scott Sanderson (11-8) for his ing off. Sanderson settled down and the event will start promptly within 4-3. Steve Farr became did Don Mattingly, who hit a two- 54th career leadoff homer, ex­ quickly, retiring the next 16 bat­ at 6:30 a.m. the Yankees’ fourth pitcher of run double during a three-run tending his major league record. ters. There will be a two-hour time limit for completion of the event The swim will be at the Olympians win swimming championship Kan Pacificpool inMarpi, while the bike portion will be from MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - who set a world record of 2:10.16 were wondering, ‘What’s he do­ freestyle in 56.06 seconds. the pool to B ird Island overlook Olympic gold medalists Mike in the event in Barcelona two ing?’ and that was kind of fun.” Angie Wester-Krieg of (newly paved road) and back. Campbell, Calif., the only other Barrowman won the 200-meter weeks ago, came from third place Martino of Americus, Ga., the The run will be in the same breaststroke, and Angel Martino at the 100-meter mark to win in gold medalist on the U.S. 400- ’92 Olympian to compete Tues­ day night at the final national area. took the 100 freestyle Tuesday 2:13.52. meter freestyle relay, had to use a Call Bill Sakovich for ques­ night at the National Swimming swimming meet of the season, “I wanted just to race and have late surge of her own to pull away claimed her first national title, tions or other information at Championships. fun,” Barrowman said. “People from Michelle Jesperson of winning the 200-meter butterfly 234-1001 or Wolf Mojica at Barrowman of Potomac, Md., saw me third at the 100 and they Madison, Wis., and win the 100 in 2:11.92. 234^6615. ■

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