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In 'hot goods' shipments probe Tourism will take a hit US seeks action vs from 'federal takeover' By Haidee V. Eugenio V.1riety News Staff THE CNMI tourism industry two garment firms will likely suffer once the fed-. eral government takes over la­ By Ferdie de la Torre buyers which are not that impor­ bor and immigration policies, Variety News Staff tant in the investigation._ the Marianas Visitors Author­ U.S. DEPARTMENT of Labor Dotts said disclosing the identi­ ity (MV A) said. Secretary Alexis M. Herman has ties is tantamount to harassing the . Perry Tenorio, MV A manag­ asked the federal court to compel buyers. ing director, said a "federal take­ two Saipan garment firms to com­ Dotts, however, pointed out that over" would hasten the exit of ply with an administrative sub­ they have no problem with releas­ non-resident workers who make poena issued against the compa­ ing the names as long as the De­ up the bulk of the workforce nies. partment of Labor will not issue a needed for tourism-related ser­ Perry Tenorio Herman, through counsel press release until the investiga­ vices like hotel operations. Cheryl L. Adams, named as re­ tion is completed or the court shall At the same time, Tenorio and CNMI's economic needs,''' spondents in the petition for en­ give the firms some protections pointed out there is a lack of the MV A official said in an in­ forcement of subpoena Marianas from forms of harassment. local manpower to fill up the terview·. void to be left by alien workers MVA, however, said federal Fashions, Inc. (MFI) and Marianas Alexis M. Herman According to court documents Garment Manufacturing, Inc. filed by Herman before the U.S. once they exit the CNMI. takeover would not necessarily (MGM). District Court for the NMI last "They are providing impor­ result in stricter entry for legiti­ Herman asked the court to re­ in connection with its ongoing Friday, the Department of Labor tant services that the local work mate tourists. quire MFI and MGM to explain investigation on the firms' com­ has been conducting an investi­ force cannot provide so they are Tenorio said the CNMI would why the respondents should not pliance with the Fair Labor Stan­ gation of the wages, hours, and important for the success of our also have to waive the visa re­ produce in full the documents in dards Act of 1938 (FLSA). other conditions and practices of tourism industry. quirement program for legiti­ question required by the adminis­ Michael Dotts, counsel for MFI employment maintained by MFI "Reports have it that we don't mate tourists from certain coun­ trative subpoena. and MGM, in a telephone inter­ and MGM, including compliance have local work force to meet tries once the U.S. takes control The U.S. Department of Labor view yesterday said the firms had with overtime, shipping and the demands of the industry ... of immigration policies. Wage and Hour Division issued provided the documents re­ record-keeping provisions of the That's why the administration "There's a visa waiver pro­ the subpoena against the two firms quested, except the names of the Continued on page 26 is trying to protect the industry Continued on page 26 Trea's~iiii'~ltfU.irt3~t(O() l'ehafu ~liefks· Bill to repeal video tax By Jojo Dass · . . tern. proble"'1 experienced by the NielsensaidFinancewasable · Variety News Staff ·· Department of Financ.e: · · . · to release part. ·of ·the checks now heads to governor YOUSHOULDre~iveyoti~re-~ i;:·' :;.;.fl)~:Fi:narice'Dep~entha.s: • before the system problem was bate check thisweekifyou sub.; . c announced the checks would be enco1intered. tion on Friday passed a local bill , mittedyqur~f.orinslastMarch \ corrfuig outfydm Sept. 13~to 17. She assured that the entire that would repeal the Viewer's ~ JL . .., . . ~. ·.• N"ielseneX:plainedthedelaywas .13,000checks,arriountingtoa Tax. !! This from ·Finance· Secretary· caused by the work that needed to total of $11 million, have been In_troduced by the d~legation j! LucyDLG.Nielsenwhoyester- be done as preparations for the· releasedlastThursdayandFri- chair, Rep. Hemz S. i: day confirmed there has been a release of the checks in time for day, Sept. 16 and 17. Hofschneider (R), House Local :1 delay in the release of 13,000 the target dates coincided with a "The Treasury has confirmed Bill 11-15 now goes to Gov. checks, representing the first regulargovernmentpayday,Sept. tomethatall 13,000first-batch Pedro P. Tenorio for action. batch,followingacomputersys- 10. Continued on page 26 The measure was approved following deliberations wherein Hofschneider said he was able to "convince" lawmakers it is "hypocritical" to tax video pa­ Heinz S. Hofschneider trons, most of whom are the youth, to fund a project that will By Jojo Dass supposedly benefit them. yariety News Staff "We convinced the members i SAIP AN residents may soon no that there are alternatives to (: longerneed to pay an additional funding ... the youth programs i and maintenance for facilities I ;I 15 cents for every movie video i :!1 they rent or movie ticket they of youth centers. :: :! buy. "The overall argument is that :! i! TheSaipanlegislativedelega- Continued on page 2-6 \

'..N.·~~=~'ltfr:tn=:* ex-=z=-=•.r::=-.::.?.=-..:.<.!.c.::.rn.~- •..--,=4-=w==·z··- ==~.:=-~="111..~:....:c.1 Youth elections turnout dismal By Marian A. Maraya tions. Variety News Staff In Precinct I alone, only 47 DISAPPOINTMENT has gotten individuals cast their ballots out over Youth Congress coordina­ of the expected 694 registered tors last night as they saw a low voters. turnout in yesterday's Youth Con­ Youth Congress judge inspec­ gress elections. tor for Precinct I, Rep. Karl T. A total of 1,542 registered Reyes expressed disappointment young voters were expected to with the low turnout. exercise their right to choose their "We did not expect it to be this Rotarian ladies. Rotary Club Saip9n members (from left) Philippine Consul Julia Heidemann, Rhoda Smith, PSS Associate Commissioner Rita Sablan, and NMC President Agnes McPhetres were among those who leaders yet only a small percent­ low," Reyes said last night, while attended Saturday's Rotary get-together held at Plumeria Resort. Photo by Louie c. Alonso age showed up at the polling loca- Continued on page 2o - ·-, . _..... -, ·- ·.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 NATION/WORLD ------~------Bangladeshi wdrker testifies be.fore Young panel: · . · News Br·iefs . I Raisa Gorbachev dies { MOSCOW (AP) - Raisa widely despised in Russia sud­ 29 dead in bus crash in Spain Gorbachev, the spirited and out­ denly received a flood of sup­ LA MUELA, Spain (AP) - A passenger bus going on a three-day 'Conditions in I spoken wife of the last Soviet port and sympathy-with thou­ trip to the coast careened off a highway in northeastern Spain on leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, died sands of Russians sending let­ By Jojo Dass by Congressman Don Young (R­ (DOLi) has remained unresolved he wanted to help, to "merciless" Sunday, killing at least 29_people and injuring two dozen more, yesterday in a German hospital ters, flowers and money to the Variety News Staff Alaska). authorities said. ' for tw0 and a half years, "being harassment and threats. after a battle with leukemia. She Gorbachev Foundation office in A BANGLADESHI national told "(We) could not pay our pro­ Worse, he said he has been ! processed in a system ove1whelmed All of the victims were Spaniards, although ages and identities was 67. the Russian capital. members of Congress how he and spective employer $29,000, so we with similar complaints from traf­ warned he may be the next victim were not immediately released, said Juan Carlos Cordoba, spokes­ Mrs. Gorbachev, who was Some suggested special diets, other alien workers had to work found ourselves homeless and des­ ficked and exploited workers." of a hate crime in the CNMI. man for the regional government of Aragon. He said rescuers found widely admired in the West and others offered their prayers. A here for free for 20 weeks to pay titute. I lived hand-to-mouth for a "But I don't care. I have lost more than a dozen of the victims crushed under the bus. Jahedi said he paid $7,000 in long resented at home, died of few offered blood and bone mar­ their recrniter the $29,000 being year before finally finding a menial everything, all had has been taken The accident occurred Sunday afternoon near the northeastern city recruitment fee, was robbed $1,700 I circulatory and inner organ fail­ row transplants. Herbal medicines demanded fora job that paid $3.05 from me. !tis (now) in God's hands. of Zaragoza. The bus, carrying 52 passengers and the driver, was en job. On some days, I only had one at gun point by his "predatory hu­ ure at University Hospital in an-ived from Siberia. One woman an hour. route from Madrid to the town ofGerona when it tumbled off the NII meal; on others, I and the others man trafficker" while in the Philip­ And yours," Jahedi told Young in Muenster, said hospital spokes­ offered to go to Germany to cook "This was my first glimpse into highway and down into a ditch full of water. went without food," recounted pines on their way to the CNMI, his testimony. woman Jutta Reising. for Gorbachev, saying he must be L how life under the U.S. flag in the Jahedi. and has now "lost everything." Young has always taken the po­ ,:' Mrs. Gorbachev had been at the Mikhail Gorbachev, who led tired of German cuisine. CNMI is different than anywhere Jahedi lamented that a complaint He could not pay the $3,500 he sition that CNMI's labor and im­ hospital since July 25 to receive the Soviet Union from 1985 until "It must be in the Russian char­ Bangladeshi woman slays else on earth," said Nousher Jahedi he has filed with theCNMIDepart­ owes a Bangladeshi money lender migration problems arc "local" treatment for leukemia. She un­ its collapse in 1991, stayed in acter-to run somebody into the during last week's hearing called ment of Labor and Immigration thereby causing his family whom Don Young ones, thus necessitating "local so­ derwent chemotherapy and had Muenster and was at his wife's mud, and them laud them to high her daughters lutions." shown some improvement, but side throughout her illness. heavens after a tragedy strikes," condition deteriorated in recent After Mrs. Gorbachev fell ill, Vladimir Polyakov, a Gorbachev DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A woman, reportedly upset by her days. the couple that had been so spokesman, said recently. husband declaring they were divorced, slaughtered their four sleep­ Cing challenges Hocog to public drug test ing daughters with a meat cleaver and set the house on fire, police $1.Mland· said Sunday. myself as soon as possible," his first 14 months as House Police recovered the charred bodies of the girls, aged 2 to 8, after Cing said. member compared to Cing's suit. . . filed·.·. ' . they were killed Friday night at Khodabakshpur village in Hocog yesterday declined to record during the past eight Mymensingh district, 70 miles ( I 12 kilometers) north of the capital, comment. years, the senator said. By Ferdie de la Torre Dhaka. Asked to comment on the on­ But Hocog's chief of staff, Variety News Staff Rashida, who uses one name, was arrested on murder charges and going probe into the bribery Liana S. Hofschneider, said A MAN has filed a $ !-million her husband, Abdul Khaleq, a poor farmer, was detained for ques­ charges faced by one of his all of the Tinian Republican's lawsuit against a woman who al­ tioning, a police officer said on customary c<;mdition of anonymity. I, staunchest supporters, former absences were justified. 'f legedly rented his house on Saipan ,,t· Sen. Herman M. Manglona, "He was excused," she said, but later developed it into a com­ 4th generation of Gandhi Hocog again declined. adding that Hocog is not ne­ mercial rental property. He added, however, that the glecting his duties, referring Henry J. Yarofalpiy sued wows Indian crowd investigation does not concern to the significant number of Evelyn C. Reyes for fraud and him, and will not affect his can­ bills he introduced that be­ breach of contract before the Su­ AMETHI, India (AP)- She stood tall with her arms outstretched David M. Ging Jose A. Hocog didacy. came law. perior Court. in the back of a Land Rover, then ignored her machinegun-toting Cing earlier said Tinian vot­ A former Democrat, Hocog Yarofalpiy, through counsel guards and plunged into the crowd. ers should be reminded that the is running with Municipal Thomas Clifford, asked the court The people went wild. By Zaldy Dandan Tinian Republicans are imply­ man running against him missed Council Chair Henry H. San to issue a judgment declaring that Campaigning in the parliamentary district that once belonged to Variety Associate Editor ing that "certain Democrats" on half of the 32 House sessions Nicolas, the Tinian GOP's the lease is void or in the alterna­ herassassinated father, former Prime Minister Raj iv Gandhi,Priyanka SENATOR David M. Cing the island were using drugs. He held from January 1998 to candidate for the island's lone tive terminated for breach. Vadra, 27, represents the fourth generation of India's Nehru-Gandhi (D-Tinian), who is seeking a did not elaborate. March of this year. House seat. The plaintiff sought judgment political dynasty. third term, is challenging his "As I stand ready to prove Hocog, according to Cing, Cing, for his part, is run­ to get back the land and the house Republican opponent, Tinian that these allegations are false, I should explain to the people of ning with Municipal Council (improved and expanded). Fort Worth memorial service. Kendall Russell, 3, visits with Texas Gov. George W. Bush prior to a Rep. Jose A. Hocog, to a pub- would like to challenge the Tinian why he is the "number Member Norman S. Palacios, Accordingtothecomplaintfiled community-wide memorial service in Fort Worth, Texas for the victims of the Wedgwood Baptist Church Chavez to meet with US leaders 1ic drug test. [Tinian GOP] to call for a pub­ one absentee legislator." who wants to campaign as a shooting. AP Friday, the family members of Cing yesterday said the lic drug trust for ... Hocog and Hocog has more absences in CNMI Republican. · Yarofalpiy owned the subject 827 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez square meters of land. The plain­ will meet with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, President Clinton and 0th.er tiff and his immediate family leaders this week during a trip to the United States aimed partly at moved onto the lot in 1989. Hurricane watch issued in Bermuda countering what he says are misconceptions about his radical reform Unlicensed tobacco sellers program. The plaintiff constructed a two­ MIAMI (AP)- Foul weather in storm warning were issued for Hurricane force winds extended .1~~~~-i~liJRl~~II>·<· bedroom concrete house on the Chavez announced the meeting with Jackson on Sunday during his face seizure of merchandise the Gulf of Mexico formed Tropi­ Bermuda by the National Hurri­ outward 120 miles from the cen­ weekly radio call-in program, "Hello, President." lot. And in 1995, Yarofalpiy and cal Storm Harvey late Sunday, cane Center late Sunday. ter. By Haidee V. Eugenio son an urgent reason to come to ;i•1£uaas1re1-amMt Reyes discussed the possibility of Along with Clinton, Chavez is scheduled to meet with U.N. and a hurricane watch was issued At 1 I p.m. EDT, Hurricane Gert In Bermuda, customers began Variety News Staff our office to get license," said Secretary General Kofi Annan, business leaders and major media the latter leasing the house. for Bermuda in anticipation of was about 460 miles southeast of heading to grocery stores for sup­ AS THE 90-day grace period for Salas. ~i~l~~~ibiiltl.~~+jf / : outlets. He also will address the U.N. General Assembly. ··•·•··••: ... •.• •:··· ·. '.Toiprev¢nt.•.1ms;. Gµ.ti¢ri:ezL.• Court papers said Yarofalpiy Hurricane Gert. Bermuda. The system was head­ plies on Sunday. the implementation of Public Law Once a license is secured, the ···· · ij!p.tiJ§w~~er1j?hi@ .iet? i r••·•···•v tr·•·?••· < Reyes prepared the lease and A hurricane watch and a tropical through the night. minister Paula Cox. death-defying flight Beverage and Tobacco Control returned to the business estab­ · 11ieJgoveriioi, however, s#id the plaintiff signed it without read­ (ABTC) is now after business es­ lishment. ...•.• ·• bf if tyor'[i~d.th~ttlle... bud~~t ing the documents because he VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - A Lithuanian pilot maneuvered his tablishments that do not still have The ABTC chiefreminded busi­ ··.. · will llgairi b¢tied up in "rhe to.; trusted her to have recorded their stunt plane Sarurday under 10 low bridges along a winding, city­ licenses to sell tobacco products. nesses that it is cheaper to secure . i-ic ani;l political posturing;'' verbal agreement. Japan braces center river flying at speeds approaching 300 kph (180 mph). Andrew Salas, ABTC director. a $100 license than to have their The chairman of the Rules The complaint said the first page Jurgis Kairys dipped his Russian-made SU-26 under one bridge said husincsscs without licenses tobacco merchandise confiscated CommittecandtheLegislature's of the lease was later substituted for democracy LONDON(AP)-FormerPrime span,with just six meters ( 19 feet) clearance between the water and face confiscation of merchandise, all at once. Majority Leader M,irk Forbes for a different page because Minister John Major called his the concrete overhang. The organizers of the stunt flight had insured regardless of whether their to­ Under certain circumstances ...... (R~Siuajaua) stepped tip t() the Yarofalpiy remembers seeing the show part 2 predecessor Ylargaret Thatcher the bridges for$ 2.5 million in case of a mishap. bacco products are legal or ille­ when a business establishment ...... •...·.·... 9.a,i-1 T:[. quti~rr¥ .•• pJateaftl!rGutit!~zjsiu·\ <.. •·· i•i 1fhi:l gpy~111Pt?~i4 11r #1!! riod to be 20 years with a renewal an election and feels Ii ke an Excerpts from Judith Chaplin's of it by his security service. dispose of illegal tobacco prod­ firm an option to recoup its money :•• :A.fj;g~p7~rts(~ n:t(.)Jltlj tjf\vhat /.A?~ Pf ~I du-~ct1,r \\'It.lifor"bps.i at the sole option of the lessee for election. diaries were published Sunday in ucts, particularly those with health invested in buying the merchan­ an additional 20 years. he tefui~d as ''riafouldus"'sejia · •..·.·.• .. :··.. ·.•.·.· .. ·.·•.. · .. •.·.·•.••. :.·•. ·.'..··.·.·.. ::!. o.•... ril.. ·.•.•. :.... Y.· .... •.•.. •.w.:... .•..•.· an ...•...···.·:··.·· •...t ... Y. •.••· o ....u .... ·.· ... •... J .. o..··.· ....•. :.be.....•...·.· ..··.•·.· .. ··.·.:.f ...... a... ·.· .. ·.i·.•·.•. r ...··.··•··. ..to ·.... · .. ·•·•. But it is the race to be The Sunday Telegraph, a London Anti-Milosevic protest warning signs "US General Sur.. dise. Salas said the business firm :r~,i. tSA~~~t~ fJfi fpfomi~ti~ ••.. Nf:ip#~a~sr }~7re :·. due to violations ofexisting health Antonio, Diamond Chinese Res­ >::·:::):;-,:;· ing out to the whole community. ined but cannot be accommodated ings will also be offered in the committee's overall Chair, Sen. island, with its scenic, rustic vil­ and sanitation standards. taurant in Garapan, Lite House Christine Kapi!eo, managerfor this week will be asked to coni.e San Antonio Clinic when its Edward U. Maratita (R-Rota). lages and pristine shores, is al­ L On its Sept. 12 to 18 inspec­ Bar in Chalan Kanoa and Ebisoya J jy H~1<1ee\Vl$@en1o·. >·••. ·• )·· · t~~ ;~~idi~#i kr~~ rH~1f / I>~ij s~. ~~Jfrl;~(§~i4\i~~i DPH's breast and cervical can­ back next Thursday. expansion is completed before In an interview with reporters, ready buzzing with activities as t~~&if tions, the DPH's Bureau of Envi­ Bakery House in Susupe. ·<········ apparent iid~et.ailcl PitOIJink.o ~fot··· hour clinic from 4 to 8 pm, at offered only from 8 am to 4 pm "In the near future, we will celebrations will be the grandest shops, marts, stores and restau­ of / /.ti . the shutdown of the Chalan taurant in Gualo Rai, Golden Is­ ·.-~>~D~~lte: /ppijns.ellin'? .• for ···>•;'gapiplingproqlemis~()W-Pt•·· .·•• w.achines .•ll.a:ve res~ItedJill least eight women can be ac­ every Monday, Wednesday and locate the program away from so far, which will feature games rantowners begin dressing up their Kanoa-based IMF Restaurant and land Chinese Restaurant in •P9~#i ariq P~i;hin~o• slot .ma~•• i.vl)e:r~ hiddenbutif stbere and•· ·•.• •.g~ml!lipg .· .. ir.•i••••\••.·.f.· •. ·..•• •.··.··ii•· •.•• ·.·.. iii•.· .•.... (.•r••·•• working mothers while about another night clinic next Tues­ not visit in the daytime. This is a "fiesta" lunch. from as far as Hawaii to neighbor­ again only a day after their clo­ sumers against patronage of es­ tlfl!.¢llf PP4. rester1ay...... • f\'.Pdi!,-,san;i~ t~me,PMHS§ \·t~r:yie,r. <··········· <.·.·············· )·<·······i······ <·incre~s~d· fro~g59 to),947• sanitation regulations, DPH said. ing with existing health and sani­ Tfr¢,l~dJII~tJn ~tii· Q'tfMI, ./.~h.7/~nf9tll;~gf~i11cli~i4~lf1S. jll lil1 .ll-fll{)lltll P!!fi9d.. ~.ig5e the baby so that they can come retary, said the program needs to vices to the people of our Com­ IMF Restaurant received Grade tation regulations, as they increase Pi~~r~.d4istip11••••fseit1Iera · \ i ~ho se.e.p}cr hi1re• gambli11g.·· · th~goypmm7nr)ifte.dth7f ap. here," saidKapileo who is also a be '"flexible" and "creative" to be monweal th," said Villagomez. A, while Hai Huang Restaurant risks of communicable and food­ ?XftPP1!:SS?(~~t?cii1tt!q,vit1t. /•~~?tsI!Pn t().yjsir.I?:trt:fl§§·.itt-••.· ?11 tr~•· 11llrt1Pm?t.tM~ma.~.•· !,,,... got Grade B upon their re-opening. borne diseases. ~~g~IJ..··.··.•.·.···.······>> ... ••· ...... •. \.•·.·. Five other establishments got Aside from ensuring private prqpJem})llcludizjg.•!llittital .... ('.''Y#.:.ajsp.?ff~r.. g;i1Illbl.ingad-i' .·.·. Cllbr~rasai1f?r¥ver¥M.i.l~r.•. Ex-DOLi staff'no show' at hearing the highest compliance rating. sector's compliance with health •iSsµes(?• fr)•i-ri.••• •.. cii~.t.i?DC?u11s~I1i11g•:tsiqe.from.• •·•·••the goyernmenf g:ets ffl)p:i the. . . Qlqriia. C::fhrffa; ot1rusu~lse1-Yic.es every (week) •· poker 111acbh1e industry, By Ferdie de la Torre partment of Labor and Immigra­ ure to make required disposition These were the Hole in the Wall and sanitation laws, DPH's regu­ t>MflSS' it $ u.b.?litll.Ce. /\.fh1 S~ program .·· da.ys[ $he ii,ddw...... • spends founo five times mgr¢ Variety News Staff tion yesterday failed to show up at of funds received, forgery, and ;lwtl:i~t ... ~~.w················· .. ··········•······• I•• in Susupe, Kim's Tofu Manufac­ lar and unannounced inspections A FORMER employee of the De- the scheduled hearing for her two misconduct in public office. i f)St(';fd;aY.·.¢lt¢f1·••$¢.~?1}~: W:~Y/Jpki .. ture in San Jose and three are also aimed at instituting cor­ ptii#fi ~~ii;! in.P~ ll'IO~t·· pa_.< . J?~S§.ii~ lllSQ ~es to hjre . to address the prnblet'ns asso- criminal cases. The complaint stated that Garapan-based firms: Canton rective and preventive measures tit~r~ c.JJ~i fpr· C:Ol!;ll~.el\ing····· ll~)WY7ar,in.additiQ~!\Irersor1~ c.iated "1ithgambling,• in5lud~ 0 Following the non-appearance, Aldan, who was a DOU staff at ;~~eji~t~Afii~,,~f ;} Restaurant, Hotel California (sale to avoid recurrence of massive · p~illiarpt J<:i. aadrt!s~.·their > 11~\f?~~ific;aHy attt;n4to pa •·••. ingarng abtise andpoker.ad- Presiding Judge Edward the time, stole approximately .•• qµe~.~, ..inresPB~Ftp .• !}f~i.·~r·.·•I\•·· of refreshment) and Paris Crois­ food poisoning that plagued the -• ..- ..·.Cl'~#egey9, 1~~.fl~d~~J~?e~••·••.\ \ai th¢ Qff.iaj Jorits Tree planting The 35-year-old Aldan was fice to wit: while an employee at Mayor's ti charged with theft of services for DOU and acting in that c~pacity .season soon· allegedly avoiding payment of a took and converted a sum of U.S. ~~1i~*~~~wrtar~:1 1 r restaurant bill amounting to currency to her own use, with the $192.50 last May 16 at the knowledge that said U.S. currency ••••~[~1~~I~l~1>!!,~~···· By Marian A. Maraya Remington Club and Restaurant was to be paid to another." fii\lflt1?:1~?f1?~¥l;§.!tiiait1~i Variety News Staff in Garapan. The arraignment was set yester­ ·•gff.(';•tB•••.}9~ lr1ts ;~.;\~.~~~. ENOUGH trees grow on CNMI's ...,.... All DIGITAL SOUND :Jm.4•lltthe.·.same.ti~;fyy tp.i;,.: !I]IDOUIYI In a separate case, the Attorney day. A lawyer from the Public lands and forests but adding more ~ DOLBY EX ~u~!~:0~~ Defender'sOffice, who represented ?t}( ) \ to the islands' vegetation for future Tuesda Se tember 21 1999 General's Office also charged the .:~1v~iff<•·· ...... defendant with theft, theft by fail- Aldan, only appeared in court. ?·~~Mar9rin !\ im~T(';!~~ generations wouldn't hurt, the De­ Get this durable, full- 1 CHILL FACTOR R y4;:ij4;:~y•.•saiplfo ll~q/!~ll.Wds •• partment of Lands and Natural size umbrella with i·· Friday 4•30 • 7 DO· 9:45 pm 'feregeyo's Concern, · ··.·.. · Resources (DLNR) said yesterday. DEQ seminar on today "As traditioriaJly practiced in The Department anticipates an­ your next Mobil 1 oH DEEP BLUE SEA R th~ J)USt,job req~e~\$.f()f '-Yal

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is not so egotistical. Some­ Fear and loathing in the boxing arena times he actually goes off the record to brag about himself. And he promises that, if elected President, he would not IT WAS one of those days Yes, good jabs, and a few the winner. :r.~ti\ ~\.\. FoR THEM change the name of 1600 Pennsylvania to the Trump White when not even a single seat good punches were thrown, Those who consumed adult C\-\()o.~G.\Nq THEIR House or build a bronze and glass tower over the West Wing. could be found in a place that but the outcome was more sur­ beverages by the truckload and DEFINIT\ON OF THE' He would probably stock the joint with supermodels, though, can hold thousands of people. prising than the actual fight. devoured food at Palace Hotel and keep the hot tub President Clinton installed on the South I'm talking about the boxing Those in attendance thought paid hard-earned money to see <.~IDEAl' WoM~N ... Lawn. event billed as the fight of the that Dela Hoya won hands this much-publicized fight. "We would have a lot of fun," says the man who always seems millennium! down (no pun intended). But They, of course, expected to Saving face to be having fun, except when ex-wives or bankers pester him The Oscar Dela Hoya vs. when the judges' decision get their money's worth. How­ for gazillions. Felix Trinidad fight was seen cards were analyzed and the ever, it turned out to be an here on Sunday afternoon at winner announced, the crowd anti-climatic event. A RANKING Senate official once suggested that the commonwealth ... S\JT THA1's MY Once The Warren began toying with a Presidential run, could the Palace Hotel. Everyone "It's just a ploy so that mil­ increase its minimum wage rates to federal level. The Donald be far behind? at the Palace Hotel seemed E){-HUSB~~O Never underestimate a guy who pulls himself out of a $9.2 who wanted to see what was read~ to gnaw on skulls. It lions more can be made and Senate Vice President T-homas P. Villagomez (R-Saipan) said doing billion hole. Why should his legacy be a skyscraper that casts a supposed to be a carnage was was one of those decisions that all of us will have to do this so will encourage resident workers to seek jobs at the private sector. up THER£! shadow on the U.N. when he could cast a shadow on the world? there. floored even the most sea­ again," I overheard someone More to the p;int, he said, a federal rate will end the practice being "To be blunt, people would vote for me," Mr. Trump says. It was standing room. only. soned viewer (not myself). said. done by foreign investors who come to Saipan, open up business, pay "They just would." Why? "Maybe because I'm so good look­ The fight went the 12-round "The boxing world is turn­ Which really isn't that bad, the workers cheap and bring home the earnings or diversify elsewhere ing," he banters. "I don't know. Larry King calls and says, 'Do distance, probably because ing. into the World Wrestling said another one, "because it abroad. leaving the CNMI with not much investment returns to run its my show. I get my highest ratings when you 're on.' " dancing around the ring is still Federation with just a little got me out of doing my chores government efficiently and develop vital infrastructure. The man is pure id, no trepidation, no guilt, no P.C. restraints. not prohibited in a boxing less glitter," someone told me the wife wanted done this past "If they (investors) want skilled professionals. they should pay these (As a friend of his says: "He transmits; he doesn't receive.") match. when Trinidad was declared weekend." people rates fit for skilled professionals not cheap." said Kiyu. His only fear: "I photograph short. I'm 6 foot 3." In a landscape Which brings us to the ongoing debate in Washington, D.C. on of black-and-white candidates, he's Technicolor. legislation seeking to extend federal immigration laws to the Northern The rakish plutocrat thinks he could do better with the work­ Mariana Islands. ing class and minorities than "my own people." He says: "Rich For quite some time now, the locals have been seeing a steady fl_ow people who know me love me. of ··alien workers:· mostly from underdeveloped and developing Rich people who don't know me hate me. By Philippe Naughton his Australian counterparts patrol Dili and spread out in countries. being brought to their islands to handle a range of job posts The working man loves me." DARWIN, Australia from manageri;I one~ to news reporters, "exotic" dancers, garbage about revealing operational de­ small groups across the terri­ JACK ANDERSON and JAN MOLLER And how would the famous ladies' man do with the women's (Reuters)-An Australian-led collectors, farmers. gasoline station attendants and so on. tails, told reporters in Dili on tory. As the situation vote? force to restore order to blood­ While there are CNMI laws supposedly guaranteeing that these Sunday that 2,500 Interfet stabilises, the troops will in­ WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND "I might do badly," he kids. "They know me better than workers be given free housing and transportation benefits, for in­ ied East Timor will put on an troops would land in Dili at noon creasingly turn their attention anybody else. Women are much tougher and more calculating stance, the st;tutes are 11ot being practiced across the board, leaving a intimidating show of firepower (0400 GMT) on Monday. to humanitarian assistance. than men. I relate better to women. I go out with the most room for the exploitation of Third World peoples. whose culture of when it lands in Dili on Mon­ The first challenge the force beautiful women in the world. Certain guys tell me they want "The Australian troops are poverty has deprived them the needed sense of _dig_ni_ty at the work­ Reinventing government day, but the key to its success women of substance, not beautiful models. It just means they will face will be to secure the well trained and well experi­ place. to which investors appear to have been cap1tahzmg on for better lies as much in its ability to can't get beautiful models." Dili airfield and other landing enced in low-level operations returns on investment rates (ROis). No. 1: the right to privacy He does not think Americans would mind a twice-divorced smooth-talk its way out of strips in the territory. The troops of this kind. most notably So­ The federal government has been frowning on this not so much WASHINGTON -Walt Kelly's comic charac­ ticularly the 14th, but the concept has been playboy in the White House. "Actually, I think people like it," trouble. will land in Hercules C-130 air­ malia in 1993 where they ef­ because the employment practices are inhuman (This government has ter Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he applied narrowly and without uniformity. he says about his racy love life. "It's a fantasy. So far Australian Defence craft. known as "Fatboys, ·· engaged itself in wholesale inhuman acts through politico-economic fectively banished banditry is us." Interestingly, most Americans assume they "Of course, if necessary, I could be married in 24 hours," he Force chiefs have kept opera­ and military activities in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Nicaragua, El which can also carry armoured from the area of operations," He was paraphrasing James Madison, who put have such a right. They do not. The public's adds. "It would be very easy. Believe me." tional details about the mission Salvador, Brazil, Chile, and even East Timar where Kissinger's policy personnel carriers. said a veteran peacekeeping it somewhat differently in No. 10 of the Feder­ (majority's) right to know has superseded an Mr. Trump has a new book, "The America We Deserve." of .. realism" virtually gave way for Indonesia's 1975 invasion.) but under tight wraps, refusing even Deployment in Dili would be soldier with experience in So­ alist Papers: "Extend the sphere and you take in individual's presumed, but nonexistent, right to Everyone else is mistaking a campaign for a book tour, so why more so because the hiring and exploitation of Third World workers to confirm the day on which the closely followed by sea land­ malia, R wnnda, Cambodia and a greater variety of parties and interests; you privacy. not mistake a book tour for a campaign? for jobs at a developed nation like the U.S. exposes Uncle Sam to what troops will take off from the ings to allow the force to unload Mozambique. make it less probable that a majority of the Here are some examples (though some states Jesse Ventura, who doesn't want the jagged-edge Pat Buchanan the Office of Insular Affairs itself call as "embarrassment... m the north Australian city of Dar­ whole will have a common motive to invade the have passed inhibiting laws): to be the Reform Party candidate, is wooing Mr. Trump, a the bulk of its military equip­ "Basically Australia h·as international community." win. rights of other citizens; or if such a common - Individuals are regularly compelled to pro­ registered Republican who describes himself as an independent ment including light armoured written the book on low !eve 1 The "embarrassment," said Assistant Secretary of the Interior for motive exists, it will be more difficult to all who .vide "confidential" tax returns in civil lawsuits. tilting liberal on social issues . But force commander Major­ vehicles, more APCs and- if the operations of this kind. They Policy, Management and Budget John Berry is "due to complaints feel it to discover their own strength and to act - Individuals (even the president) may be The two men met 12 years ago when Mr. Ventura appeared in General Peter Cosgrove flew off Australians are determined to are among the best troops in from nations whose nationals are mistreated" in the commonwealth. in unison with each other." questioned in court about consensual sexual be­ Wre~tlemania at a Trump casino-hotel in Atlantic City. Now all to Dili on Sunday determined to show off their firepower - Ger­ the world for such a mission ... I could not agree more on the need for the U.S. to move in and Two points: He feared the tyranny of the havior. politics is Wrestlemania. be as open as possible with the address conce~s about labor exploitation to uphold human rights in man-built Leopard AS I tanks. Howard warns campaign majority, but he found security in the knowl­ - Individuals are susceptible to the dissemi­ Things Trump told me: force that presents the only cred­ the CNMI. I doubt the sincerity though, for how could displacing some "The key will be to intimidate could be long, costly. In a edge that such a majority would have difficulty nation of credit information based upon hearsay, On Pat Buchanan: "He's medieval." 35,000 "alien workers," as what the Murkowski bill wants, do that? ible threat to the International the militia with an overt dis­ televised address to the nation discovering its own strength in a large nation. rather than public records. On Bill Bradley: "He puts me to sleep. And he was the It's a face-saving measure to be done at the expense of the workers. Force for East Timar - the Indo­ play of firepower and tech­ due to be broadcast on Sunday One problem: The Internet has changed all - Individuals' employers regularly provide architect of a tax plan that cost many more billions than it saved. nesian military or TNI. nology. Being confronted with **** that. hearsay information about them on a confiden­ He suffers from a lack of common sense. He didn't run again night. Prime Minister John Gemma Q. Casas, a very close colleague who is now in Manila, once With the TNI on board, Madison based his theory upon the difficulty tial and, therefore, unrefutable basis. in New Jersey because the polls were showing him in deep a Leopard tank is not a pleas­ Howard warned Australians told me how life for a guest worker on Saipan could to be "too Cosgrove hopes his force will of widely separated people of like minds to - Individuals' cellular telephone conversa­ trouble, not because of any great moral reason." ant experience," one former that the campaign could be then only have to mop up rem­ monotonous" that it may almost seem to border on the bland, the banal. rapidly communicate with each other or even tions are overheard and occasionally taped. On Al Gore: "Highly underrated." Australian peacekeeper told both long and costly. Austra­ "You share the same jokes after work, share the same stories or find each other. but he didn't count on the - Individuals are susceptible to being video­ On W.: "He escaped from the drug issue, but his answers nants of the pro-Jakarta militia Reuters. lia has lost only one soldier in maybe recycle ones told a week ago to have something to say during Internet. This ubiquitous medium provides for taped in the "privacy" of their own homes. didn't give people a lot of comfort." responsible for most of the re­ Some 2.000 Australians will active service since it pulled peer discussions. . mass communication on a scale not even ap­ -Individuals' buying habits are gleaned from On Bill Clinton: ··He handled the Monica situation disgrace­ cent killings in the former Por­ form the bulk of the vanguard out of the Vietnam war. but "You l!O to the same places. the same outdoor hikes. You see the proached by newspapers, radio and television. It credit cards and other cards and then used or fully. It's sad because he would go down as a great President if tuguese colony. same fac~c, on the road, at work, at your living quarters, at department force. probably including Howard said casual tics \\'Crc a can be passive or interactive, and it is nearly disseminated by the collecting company at will. he had not had this scandal. People would have been more And that is when the intimi­ stores:· she said. during one of those island motoring get-aways we around 800 sent in from possibility. cost-free, making it accessible for virtually ev­ A historical footnote: The Federalist Papers forgiving if he'd had an affair with a really beautiful woman of dation factor, provided by a Australia's Rapid Deployment But the soldiers themselves used to do every weekend. eryone to get their messages out. were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay sophistication. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe were on a differ­ Mediocrity. she said, reduces one's struggle into passive obedience. large force with vastly superior Force based in Townsville in appear confident that the mis­ Madison's theory of safety through diffusion and Madison to sell the new Constitution to the ent level. Now Clinton can't get into golf clubs in Westchester. The bright, shining embers into ashes of resignation. firepower, will come into play. northern Queensland. seems to have been replaced by the Sunshine public during the debates of 1787 and 1788. The A former President begging to get in a golf club. It's unthink­ sion will be successful and the The things we all have to put up with. "We are anticipating that there Theory: truth emerges under the glare of lights. primary p_oint in the debates was that a republi­ able." The force will also include poorly armed militias will not may be some disquiet at our In other words, more information is better infor­ can form of government could work for a large On the Clinton Chappaqua house: "Very overpriced. I could 250 British Gurkhas, lending put up any resistance. mation. Let the odd and unusual groups be nation, whereas conventional wisdom maintained have gotten him that house for $600,000 less." arrival. That's why we are at­ the force a politically useful If the mission is a success. heard. Their arguments are self-defeating. But that republics and democracies were fit only for On Ken Starr: "Starr's a freak. I bet he's got something in his tempting to gain some high level Asian face and an intimidat­ the 8.000-strong force will be what about the arguments of the majority? smaller city-states. closet." of transparency, of our broad ing reputation as fighting transformed into a traditional The inherent conflict between the eternal mi­ But Madison argued that the shear size - by On Hillary: "The concept of the listening tour is ridiculous. plans, with TNI," Cosgrove told troops. blue beret styk peacekeeping nority (the individual) and the majority repre­ geography and later by population - would People want ideas. Do you think Winston Churchill, when he reporters at a Darwin airforce The Gurkha uni ts, from the force without having used the was stopping Hitler, went around listening?" sented by the state was thought to have been inhibit the formation of tyrannical majorities. base before his departure. second battalion of the Royal robust "all necessary mea­ resolved by the first l O amendments to the His theory was proved regionally when Western On Rudy: "He's made New York the hottest city in the world. "As for the militia. it's hard to Gurkha Rifles that is essen­ sures" mandate granted it by Constitution, the Bill of Rights. states were added to the union and acted as a Ifhe gets beaten, it's virtually unfair. Hillary should run in New say. Plainly they are the factor. tially on loan to the Sultan of the U.N. Security Council. Now, with the likelihood of majorities rapidly buffer to the North-South hostilities which twice Jersey." We would be encouraging the forming on a variety of issues, the rights of the On Tina Brown's Talk: "The magazine looks terrible. Eliza­ Brunei, are trained in jungle "I am not a gambling man. erupted into confrontation. The New England militia to lay down their arms, individual are once again being threatened. states voted for secession in 1814 when the beth Taylor on the cover? Crazy. At least they didn't use a warfare and already well but if I were to rake a bet I Member of P.O. Box 231. Saipan MP 96950-0231 to go to their homesand get on acclimatised to the tropical would say there will he no _ The Associated Press (APL __ The solution lies in an expansion of the Bill of South held sway during the Warof 1812, the end current picture of her." . Tel. (670) 234-6341/7578/9797/9272 with their lives." KEMll!R 51MCE \ lie.$ Rights, including: of which ended the controversy. Then, a few On plastering the name TRUMP all over the General Motors conditions of East Timor. casualties:· said one officn Fax [670) 234·9271 ATIONAL Troops set for noon land­ © 1998. Marianas Variety NEWSPAPER A Right to Privacy decades later, when the North became dominant, building: "It's only on there five times. But I haven't done the But the Gurkhas· main role with the force who is a vet­ ASSOC!' TIOfl All Ri hts Reser,ed ;f~ ~di/ The U.S. Supreme Court has occasionally the South seceded in 1860-61 and civil war back of the building yet, on Madison Avenue." ing. An Indonesian military will be to guard the force it­ eran of various C.N. pcacc op­ found such a right in other amendments, par- ensued. (The New York Times) spokesman, less squeamish than self. while the Austrnlians erations. ------"-~--~-·· •~.,...... ,. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS 9 8-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Landowners oppose Nakamura as~s!~'1llll H.R. 2462 provision Dynasty seeks ferries back 'Ratify Kyoto acCil"tl' By Jojo Dass default payments and show "sin­ Having been in.operation over port for the islands. the leasehold is tolled and the The Dynasty said the se·iz.ure U.S. Department of Defense is Variety News Staff cerity and willingness to repay." the past two years, . the vess.els, Nakamura said Palau will be which ferries people from Saipan ·'will definitely impede the growth given a veto over use of lands By Eileen 0. Tabaranza NEGOTIATIONS are under­ The Dynasty lamented that active participants in the glo­ Debis apparently did not "appre­ and Tinian and vice-versa, have of the local economy and all of the once surveyed. For the Variety way bet ween the Tinian Dynasty businesses" on Tinian. In recognition of the extraordi­ KOROR {Palau Horizon) - bal efforts.torationally man­ Hotel and Casino, and the De bis ciate" the move. become a primary mode of trans- nary burden these conditions im­ President Kuniwo Nakamura age developmentwhile pro. Financial Services, Inc. for a pose on land use. Camacho said has appealed to the Olbiil Era tecting the environment artd new repayment plan on the $7.6 H.R. 2462 exempts the United Kelulau to ratify the accession resources which are the million loan acquired for two States from the very restrictions it of the Republic of Palau to the country 'slifeblo(')cL•· high-speed vessels which was would impose on Guam. United Nations Framework The preside11tc.ited that\yith' recently seized by the financing "The bill would grant similar Convention on Climate Change so many nations alr~ady par­ firm over alleged payment de­ veto powers to the U.S. Fish and (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Pro­ ticipatin~ inthe (Jonv~nti9!l­ fault. Wildlife Service. Besides this tocol to uplift the stature of framework and the ft?t?C81 In an interview yesterday, Joaquin G. Adriano veto, the bill would establish a Palau in the international com­ .. program~, the results of tpf Tinian Sen. Joaquin G. Adriano Robert A. Underwood said Dynasty may still have to dispute resolution process which munity. C()rtfore?ces, rneetj1}~8;/c.on­ "satisfy" Dcbis on the proposed through a court decision made virtually guarantees unresolved, "I now ask you that you reaf­ ventions. ·a11d Jora •as.s9ci~ted Variety News Staff repayment schedule though, be­ Aug. 25, and in favor of Debis GUAM ANCESTRAL Lands holding refuge land hostage in­ firm that earlier endorsement .· .. with ___ thos.r i11~truments \VilI fore the ferries may be released which recently filed a lawsuit Commission Chairman John M. definitely," Camacho noted. of the principles embodied by ijotecLthat the reBublic is the •· have a realjffipact on Palau through court order. against Dynasty over alleged pay­ Camacho has written a letter to In addition, he said the bill vests the UNFCCC (or Convention) . gnly member of the SPF which . .whether th~ 9f'{!l[f '.Vin gar-- "The Dynasty has sent a repre­ ment delinquencies involving Congressman Robert A. huge powers to the administrator and the Kyoto Protocol (Prq­ ···· •.. knot a participant in the Con- •.. ·ticipate or rtoL_·.·•·•·•·. ••·•········ .•. <·• sentative to Debis company to some $7.6 million acquired by Underwood (0-Guam), express­ of General Services to create ad­ tocol),'' Nakarnurasaid in his ventio~-·or tht:f turn of federal excess properties. Moreover. Camacho said the i~,ii~l'tez~:~yS,;j~~it,f.~ Carolinian Chief Aghurubw. Photo by Louie c. Alonso ··Particularly. we object to the definitions section in the bill fur­ cific Forum (SPF) on Oct. 1 tation from permanent change," .tocol;Pala~'.s ac?vffpartic!ipif extraordinary restrictions on land ther limit land use through a nar­ this .year would be a signifi­ he said. · tion will guaranty that th{ is meant to frustrate Rim··.· use that the Act provides where row definition of ·'pu blicpurpose." cant gesture of Palau'sunity By acceding to the (:;onvens ·• ··· 9011ntry receives af~if sJliir~ of such.aid. · · ·· · ·······•···~y .. federal agencies united to restrict He stressed that the intent of with the other members, as he tion .. and· the Protocol, Er&·~····~ay use of excess/surplussed land in Congress is the return of excess i .. Variety /\Jews Staff perpetuity. under penalty of re­ land to Guam for private owner­ GOVER.NOR Carl version," Camacho said. ship and use without delay. AG motion to dismiss murder raps nixed dutiMrezior{ Frjd~}'stiidevery' Excess land leased to a federal "For questionable reasons, this lawrnak.er apparem1x."Yants._.tq agency. Camacho added. would legislation departs from tradition," By Eric F. Say and Luitemburg said that a witness · offer any representation that the become gov.enlo1·,5itingJh~ ~til.l be exempted from transfer until Camacho said. Variety News Staff may have committed perjury. allegedly perjured testimony is rel­ .ongoing_ !Jud get hqatin~sppn­ evant to the guilt or innocence of Oo SUPERIOR Court Judge Frances The judge said the typed min­ .clucted ·,·. by seyera{ committees•···•··• Tydingco-Gatewood yesterday utes of the conference will be made the defendant. .even '-" ith only t\vo y.'eeksJeft denied Attorney General John F. available to the public. "[T]he p11 blic has an interest in before'the,start•of•fiscal. year 2000, ...... ·.·· .· ... ·.· ..... ,·.·· .·· .. Tarantino 's motion to dismiss the Gatewood said Tarantino's ba­ ensuring that homicide cases are over murder charges against a Superior sis for his motion to dismiss was prosecuted swiftly and aggres­ "Yoll don't···begin•[1eliberat• Court marshal. taken from a 1985 court ruling in sively," Gatewood said. ing on tq~ !Judgetl• arthe last IT&E! which the case was still at the pre­ She added, "The defendant him­ SAVINGS Jury selection for the trial ofFrank monthand thcndecidc to dump Ronald Castro, who is accused of indictment stage. self, along with the public, needs the thingon my deff.atl11eJast ...... fatally shooting Franklin Ulloa, will However, she said, Tarantino's finality to this year-old case." rpipp\~.and expt:9p17 ~q s.fg11 it{.··... off-.isl~ng;JhqJinanci a r. c.on­ begin Monday, Sept. 27 at 9 a.m. motion came at the eve of trial. Tarantino's motion to dismiss tj1e .ggvemor _saip, ), . )\'··•.••·•·•·.,· s.trai.p,ts)rnpQst:clby.tpeLegis­ Savings w/ Gatewood also denied Further, she added, the motion Thursday came as a surprise. ····1-If. 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In an earlier interview, $5.52 'A 9 Drawer Dresser ~ The governor, a former chair S pcaker of the Legislature An­ Philippines $2.78 40% 2-2 Drawer Lamp table of the Legislature's Ways and tonio Unpingco (R-Santa Rita) P~an to rr &E. $4.60 Walnut COior Means Cammi nee, said the panel reiterated the need for the Gov­ Taiwan $3.53 $12.88 73% Reclining Chair Now used tohave total oversight on ernment of.Guam to consider Rose c~.)?,~,~~~ Value S125 . thebudget. · .. · ''aU lll,Oiley-sriving'' options; USA $0.73 $1.29 44% \ ''Now its job is not being done He .said Guinn 's finaricial Comparison is based upon a 9.2 minute call placed at 7:00 p.m. on a Saturday and properly," he said. · trouble is "unusually severe," rates quoted for service as of 8·27-99. *startec+PCI amounts reflect a25% startec+PCI i_t,:,1993 Mazda Pick-up ''Why do 13 people have to referring to GovGuam's $25 Global Connect calling plan discount for which conditions apply. For details, please contact i One owner look at everything that goes on million overdue power bil1s, startec+PCI at 235-4724. . l Serviced Regularly· $4,995 within the line agencies of our as well as its $20 million debt > h Oil Painting . i~lancl 1henw~.know where we to vendors, miscel[aneous pres ~-e pnansiaHy, ~nd :we need to · vious year financial commit­ 24" X 36'' gettqis \hingdone or thousands · ments amounting to more than S5DO Value S225 of people's jobs ilre at risk," $2 million, and unpaid 1998 startec+pcr· ~ Gutjerrez said. .· · tax refunds that total $24 mil­ GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS K't;$125 Gu.de1Tez ~,1id the Republican: lion. controlled ~gislature is antici­ Unpingco was reacting to 2nd Floor,Joeten Office Bldg, pating a )ubematorial run-off Gutierrez's letter expressing Susupe, Saipan MP 96950 and is derailing his disappointment over the ..... t ...... • administration's current efforts Legislature's inability to (670) 235-4724 toresunect the island's slump­ workon the proposed $497 .3 Canon Camera ing ecqnomy. mi Ilion budget for fiscal year (670) 234-8418 Fax For more infonnation call: other items available He noted ihat while certain 2000, whkh begins on www.netpcicom The World, Closer to Home DCCA Sec. Thomas A. Tebuteb (left), Lt. Gov. Jesus R. Sablan (center) and Rep. Heinz Hofschneidergather lawmakers could still travel Oct. I. 234-5844 Or 322-1898 Tel/ Fax for a photo after last Saturday's Refaluwasch mass held on Managaha Island. Photo by Louie c. Alonso COMMl:JNffY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS 1l Health seminar at C.O.P. THE OSA TO Research Institute He advocated the Biopathy Taiwan arrivals on decline will conduct a seminar on the theory in 1980. health food Bio-Normalizer to­ His institute is currently con­ By Eileen 0. Tabaranza ing residents, total tourist ar­ Although said market rccov­ ket. Airline. A total of 7,182 night and tomorrow at the Las ducting clinical investigations For the Variety rivals reached 45,667 in 1999 ereu from slump in July this Arrivals from the People's boarded through charter flights Es-pana Restaurant of the Coral in coll;boration with Am-erican, KOROR (Palau Horizon) - against 53,215 in 1998. year at 1.474. the number of Republic of China, the Philip­ in January to August this year, Ocean Point Resort Club. a media Filipino, French, Italian, Japa­ The lackluster performance of The deep plunge could be Taiwanese tourists in August pines, Korea. United King­ down by half from the 14,462 release said. nese, Ukrainian and Russian the Taiwan tourist market has attributed to the 45 percent went down anew to 1.286. dom, Germany anu Singapore recorded in the same period Sponsored by Sun-0 Interna­ scientists/clinicians to further dragged down the overall visi­ drop in the number of Tai­ Tourists from the United also posted increases uuring Iast year. tional. Inc .. the seminarwiJI begin determine the fu]l potentials of tor arrivals in the first eight wanese tourists, Palau's sec­ States mainland. including the eight-month period rang­ There were 3,375 and 800 at 6 p.m. Bio-Normalizer as a natural and months of this year, data from ond largest tourist market. Hawaii and Alaska. also suf­ ing from two percc n t to 13 6 tourists took Japan Airlines Dr.JamesAkiraOsatoandother all-purpose food supplement in the Palau Visitors Authority during the eight-month period. fered an I 1 percent drop to percent. flights and private plal)e and invited physicians from Japan and the protection and preservation (PY A) showed. This market accounted for 20 reach only 4.017 in the first Further. PY A statistics sea arrivals, respectively. the Philippines will conduct the of human health. Overall visitor arrivals, ex­ percent of the total tourist ar­ eight months of this year from showed the actual number of Out of the 800, 91 tourists seminar. His media release describes cluding returning residents, in rivals. 4,494 in the same period last foreign visitors stood at came through Philippine Air­ Osato, the chief executive of­ Bio-Normalizer as having medici­ January to August this year Total arrivals from Taiwan year. 33.387, while returning resi­ lines (PAL) charter flight in ficer of Osato Research Institute, nal value ··against virtually many dwindled by 16 percent to hit went down to only 8,160 in Data also showed the nu m­ dents numbered 6,704 in the August this year. PAL ser­ developed Bio-Normalizer in types of human ailments." only 38,468 against the 45,765 January to August of 1999 ber of travelers from Hong first eight months of this year. viced those people who par­ l 969 as a health food in his own For more information, call 234- recorded in the same period from the 14,714 posted in Kong dwindleu by 12 percent. By mode of transportation. ticipateu in the Palau-Davao biochemical laboratory in Japan. 7000. last year. To include return- January to August of 1998. from 314 in January to August bulk or 34,260 passengers City trade mission on Aug. 18. last year to only 275 in tl1e boarded Continental For the month of August same period this year. Micronesia Airline in the first alone, the number of visitors DOE asks for money Power outages investigated The number of tourists from eight months of 1999. This that flock into the country Democratic Party candidates and their supporters flash the number one sign after filing of nominating Japan, on the other hand, in­ figure represents a six percent reached 5,081, 19 percent way By Eric F. Say He told the Legislature's Com­ petitions at BOE's Garapan office recently. By Eileen 0. Tabaranza fixed the diode. creased slightly by five per­ drop from the 36,416 recorded below the 6,251 posted in the Variety News Staff mittee on Education, which is For the Variety "We cou Id have replaced all cent to 15,410in the first eight. in the first eight months of same period last year. HAGATNA-Acting Education chaired by Vice Speaker Lawrence KOROR (Palau Horizon) - the diodes. It's been very rare for months of this year against 1998. Data also showed first time Director Michael Reidy appeared Kasperbauer (R-Dededo ), that the The Palau Public Utilities Cor-p. the diode to fail," Quinn said. He the previous year's 14.709. About 16 percent came visitors in August were pegged again before lawmakers to reiter­ extra money is needed tohelpbring (PPUC) is CUlTently looking into added the PPUC replaces one of Japan emerged as the through charter flights of Far at 3,509, while repeaters num­ ate his department's need for an the public schools' maintenance the power outage problems, par­ the diodes once every several country's largest tourist mar- Eastern Air Transport and Uni bered 2,697. increase in its fiscal year 2000 system "up to par." ticularly the 15-minute intelTup­ years. budget. He said DOE wants to tion that occulTed during the state The Department of Education "outsource" many activities that funeral of the late Senate Presi­ (DOE) is requesting nearly $184 are currently being done "in­ dent Isidoro Rudimch last Sept. 8 million. house," but emphasized that jobs this year. DOE's FY 1999 budget was would not be lost in the process. PPUC General 'Manager John S165 million. but Reidy yester­ Reidy said DOE's proposal is Quinn said in an interview that 90 day said the department will spend not a ··wish list," but what the percent of the recurring power only $152 million when the cur­ department "really needs" to ef­ outages experienced in the past rent fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. fectively run the island's public few months was due largely to vegetation and some was due to electrical problems. "Power intenuptions were to­ Social Security office moves tally unplanned and unanticipated. . - . . . We rarely get anything wrong, or any problems to our power gen­ which is on the East (back) side of THE U.S. Social Security Office erators," he said, adding that the building. The Social Security has moved to its new location on PPUC's power equipment are Office is not accessible through the second floor of the properly maintained. the bank lobby. HongKongBank building in According to Quinn, the power Parking for Social Security cus­ Puerto Rico. failure that occuITed at I :20 p.m. tomers is also on the East or moun­ People visiting the Social Se­ during the state funeral of the late tain side of the building, close to curity Office should enterthrough Re-electionist House Rep. Karl T. Reyes flashes the "V" sign near supporters bearing his posters during a senator was caused by an electri­ the main building entrance. roadside campaign the building's main entrance cal problem in Unit 5 generator at the Aimeliik power plant. President Nakamura was about Journalism gurus give to deliver his eulogy speech for the late senator last Sept. 8 this year when the power broke out, tips to island reporters which lasted for 15 minutes. Due to the electrical problem in By Eric F. Say ward on a Saturday night. But life Aimeliik, the generator went off Variety News Staff goes on and tomorrow is just an­ line, which caused the generators HAGATNA-The lead in any other day ... in Malakai power plant to trip story is that which grabs the Durin!! the two-dav seminar. also. Quinn explained the trip reader's interest and prompts him topics su-ch as. ··The cii mates and occu1Teu because of the small di­ to get more information from a Cultures of Journalism.'· \\hich ode, a littk switch that controls or report. deal with the people 1,·ho cm c1 helps control the exciter 01· the That was the focus of a seminar the news anu set the news agenda generators, that went out. sponsored by the Micronesia So­ on Guam. were discussed. At l :35 p.m., PPUC crew at MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20-22, 1999 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1999 ciety of Professional Journalists Brislin said Guam is a melting Malakai power plant was able to 8:00-11:00AM Cultural Arts & Craft 8:00-11 :OOAM Arts & Crafts Demonstraffons & Open (MSPJ) and attended by the place for may cultures anu each restart the generators at said plant Demonstrations in Public Display at the Caroliarf'Utt:\ island's print and broadcast jour­ reporter must be aware of that. and to supply power for Koror. and Private School Classrooms 6: 30-1 O:OOPM Speech contest, Food1PrepiJ.ratipq & I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all my relatives, friends and nalists this past weekend at the "If not aware of the signifi­ The PPUC reported that WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 Tasting, Cultural Dancing;&., Live riusic supporters who participated in one way or another in my fundrnising event on Sunday, Hilton Hotel. cance of that. than the real story of Aimeliik power plant came on 3:00P.M. Mass at 13 Fisherman Monument \ \ \ L, The many topics covered by what is being said is lost." Brislin September 19, 1999 at the Garapan Central park. Your presence and support contributed line by I :40 p.m. Quinn said the SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1999 (, )\ L, Hawaii broadcast journalist Elisa said. MONDAY TO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20-24, 1999 to the success of my fundraiscr. power went back after PPUC had 5:00PM Canoe Race Yadoa and former Guam repo11er Yadao. who is managing editor 5:00AM-12:00PM ..F ishing Contgst:-\ ( i' I .i ) 5:00PM Uumw Nigl')t ~ '.'"'I /' yz'/I and now University of Hawaii at Hawaii ·s leading teleYision sta· I am humbled by all your support and confidence in my candidacy for this upcoming THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 (orilx\10 pet plate, '') Professor Tom Brislin high­ tion. KHNL TY-8. said that no 8:00-11 :OOAM Arts & Craft Demonstrations & .. , ~erp:i,i, Ro~sr, Pi~, is. , local.,food election that I commit to work zealously for you, the people of the CNMI. lighted a number of topics that matter what a reporter does it is Open Display at the Carolinian Utt ; . '. ,and\~.\ot IT)9l'e. i\ I / Z. face a sometimes stressed group important that he gets the ··real 5:00PM Mass at 13th Fishermen's Mem. Park ~an\e }1amf t~n¥1\P \ \ \ \ I would like to extend my Best Wishes and Congratulations to all the youths vying for a of reporters. story. ·· 6:30-10:00PM Poster contest, Food Preparation & 7 seat in the Second Youth Congress. Our islands need positive role models and leaders. I Brislin conducted a quick but However. Yadoa added. a rc­ Tasting, Cultural Dancing Clyuii1:,'\ Ni.gn,t /tick~ts a}~i\able ~rpm ~l}.e Aff~ir~ Inc. encourage all youths, please exercise your right to vote again in the upcoming General very info1mative test among jour­ po11er should not sell hi rnsc If short & Live Music C,:ar9lini}.in nalists that revealed how they arc j v· 1 \ / I i ' 1 \ \ \ Election on November 6, 1999. Let your votes be heard today, tomorrow and into the by reporting C.\actly the facts that under such stress anu pressure arc told ID him b1 llC\l'S SDUl'CCS. ; / :-;-:~ \,\ I I -~ ( \ millennium. that. at times. the "real facts·· arc Further. ··11·, imponant to rc­ 1 Thank You, Si Yu'us Ma'ase & Ghilisow! missed. 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SOUTH-P.AC-IFIC· MICRONESIA''.- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS 13 lfMARlANAS VARrnTYfilWS AND VIEWS_:TUESD~r's_SE_I_>_!~1:1~~R 2l_.1999 Kiribati's Tito says UN Plutonium shipments Landfill ordered Toribiong appointed to entry benefits people to stop operations SUVA (Pacnews)-Kiribati lions." he said. may be turned back Presidem Teburoro Tito says his Pre sic.lent Ti to said :in other baris unanimously Micldk Road : OPEN 24 Hours Daily Qucyranne will meet top offi­ passed a constitutional amend­ Garapan Express : Sunday to Saturday - 6 AM to l\lidnight Applications arc ;1v;1ilc1blc al thi.: Commonwt:alth Uti!ilit.:s Corporation, Saipan. the CUC Rota orTinian officr.:. Make it a habit, cials from tile political, religious Copy of Uiploma a11<.!/or ofJkial transcript and n:ccn! police <.:li.:arance must be attachcd. ment on the status change. Sale is for limited time only, while supplies last. FA!LliRE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WILL RESULT IN and civic sectors, to consult on Next month, the French Senate read Marianas Variety everyday \). ALIT0,\1ATIC DlSQUALIFfCi\TION. the proposals. is to vote on the same matter. ASIA TIJESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999-MARIA~AS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 Tim.or peace force begins deployment Police tear gas protesters DARWIN, Australia, at6.30a.m. (2230GMT, Sun- KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ter Mahathir Mohamad. His sod­ (Reuters) -The first troops of day). (APJ-Malaysianriotpolicefired omy trial was to resume on Mon­ a multinational force flew off "It starts firstly attheTindall tear gas and water cannons on day. from military bases in north- airbase where the early move- Sunday at thousands of support­ Anwar was admitted to a hospi­ em Australia at dawn on Mon- ments would have taken place ers of jailed politician Anwar tal last week after accusing his day on a mission to restore by now," Moore said of the Ibrahim who were demonstrating political enemies of trying t;poi­ order in East Timar. deployment, Australia's larg- at the National Mosque. son him. His family and lawyers Auslrnlian Defence Minis- estdeploymentoftroopssince Protesters hurled stones at po­ released test results that they said ter John Moore said the Indo- World War Two. lice and yelled, "Dogs of the gov­ showed a dangerous level of ar­ nesian military command had "The second movement ernment!" and "You are pigs!" senic in his urine. The govern­ promised full cooperation at a would have been here from Both are harsh insults in mostly ment hospital where he was ad­ meeting in the Timor capital Townsville where I think four Muslim Malaysia, where pigs and mitted has yet to release its test Dili on Sunday with Interfet Hercules departed very early dogs are considered unclean. results. peace force commander Ma- this morning, of the order of Police were seen beating dem­ Anwar Ibrahim The protests came on the eve of jor-General Peter Cosgrove. five o'clock. onstrators with batons. It was not the first anniversary of Anwar's "Therefore the launch goes ·The next will be from Dar- immediately known if there were Demonstrators wanted to de- arrest after he led a massive anti­ ahead this morning," Moore win, where there will br: a to- injuries. Police were seen drag­ 1i ver a memorandum to government march from the Na­ told Nine Network television. ta! of about 16 flights, I think, ging at least a half-dozen protest­ Malaysia's king calling for a royal tional Mosque following his dis­ "We hope to have, by the end during the course. ofthe day." ers into police vans. commission of inquiry into missal as deputy prime minister. of the day, in excess of 2,000 Moore said large. numbers Clutching handkerchiefs to their Anwar's claim that he was being The memo to the king was de­ on.the ground in Dili." of Indone~ian military \Vet~ faces, men{bers of the crowd fled poisoned in prison, organizers livered by Anwar's eldest daugh, International peacekeepers arrive on trucks at the port in the provincial capital of Dili, East Timar Monday. Thousands of people are be- leaving Ea.srTimor...... · .···.·.· < into the mosque compound after said. ter, Nurul Izzah. The peacekeepers were dispatched to quell violence in the former Portuguese colony. AP lieyed to have •. been slaugh- Moore said Cosgrpve AaP they were hit by the water laced Supporters say they have no She addressed the crowd be­ tered in East Timor since its received securit)' ~µa.i;~ni~~!) with an eye-stinging chemical and faith in a police probe already fore the violence erupted and people overwhelmingly voted from thy Indonesian !!ljlita.ry • by tear gas. underway. was then ushered by family aides for independence [n a U.N.- in a. meeting .in ~ilt?° Sytj~/ More than 1,000 riot police The rally was the largest in to the king's residence, where stood guard outside the mosque Top E. Timor rebel sponsoredballofonAugust~O. day. < . .... \ • . •. > .···•· > nearly a year, since Anwar's ar­ she handed the petition to pal­ . The force, which will evens "We expypt t.helll J? •• keep ? and a police helicopter circled rest sparked unprecedented anti­ ace guards. tuaUy number about 7,500 those guararytyeS! ~t1rrent1rw~ overhead. government protests. He was con­ Nurul spoke to the crowd from troops front more than 20 na- are. goi'.1giin ~i tfi sorpe ~<>llfj< ·• Police fired without warning victed in April on corruption the same spot where her father ti<>nS, was created by the denceof~9~ouk!raHheP)Sirit on the crowd of about I 0,000 charges and sentenced to six years gave his final public speech. plans for new gov't people that had gathered at the She was greeted by loud ap­ United Nations with a man~·· ·······Qf li..indiqg,'{~ogre J~iq. < Y. in jail. ctateto use "au necessary mea- Orce \Jip.fo~ :$.bas~ atJ?iti mosque to protest Anwar's prison Anwar says all the charges plause and shouts of DARWl."i, Australia (AP) - colony. 1 treatment and then begun march­ against him were trumped up to "Reformasi!" - the battle cry East Timorese independence Gusmao will lead a meeting in sures?· to··st.opthe••ldlling•.and \ajrp9rf ~aA9~e'.1se0t1rfd,J~) fadlitate. hutnanitarian . }iiih ... cata~• .. JervisI3,ythathas a cap~qi~t Gusmao is making plans for a sition from a province of Indone­ was transitional government and send­ sia to a sovereign nation, by 1111Austrhlt.#tfapid deploy• 9fSO()tr9ops,woul~la1nitp?1~ ing a delegation to the World Bank Indonesia's Antara news agency n1entforceVas~dinTownsville, forcesc···>••·.•·••······ · >·t·••·•···<> ... ?/< .. ·. ii (AP) - In a ·simple late-night western coast of Malaysia. uled for Wednesday. The 39- ~ithout pr.qyic.li1g flllltlQ~r$,. ~pl!·.• ~trUnr s~~f~HiYnt• ~ajd ceremony, the man who accused Norhayti spent the morning tak­ year-old Azizan, now a busi­ WJ~ther .. co11di9ons• at. the Ji.i.ie.•9fl~~~ing··di.9•·· n. .><< ...... ·...... ·· .. ·.... ·• .. ··.·. ·.··. > ... ><· the first international troops de­ This weekend, 5,000 retired Wearing camouflage green, the charges, news reports said Sun­ couple were denied permission to politician's family. .•·N'o airline spokesmen. were. avaHable Sunday tn ex.plain disc;reparicyin tqe .reports. on the contents ()fthe ployed to restore peace in East Gurkhas marched through the Gurkhas marched beneath the blaz­ day. marry from their state Islamic Azizan 's allegations form the the air lire ••. Timor. Nepalese capital, Katmandu, de­ ing sun at Darwin's Robertson bar­ Azizan Abu Bakar, 39, was ar­ Affairs Department pending basis of the sodomy case against · m.anuaL> • ··.• ... · > .· ...•. ·. .. > •·•• ...... ··••·• ·.. / > < / . Carrying theirtrademark 13-inch manding equal compensation with racks in heat of up to 90 F (32 rested on Thursday with 22-year­ completion of a mandatory mar­ Anwar, who is already serving Ne1therthe acddentrep9r~ orthe Chin.a Airline§~lat¢n17n{ (33-centimeterJ kukri knives, some retired British officer.;, and alleging Celsius) in preparation for their old Norhayati Saad and both were riage course for Muslim couples. a six-year jail term for corrup­ CO!llUlented •. on r~.marks. by Jhe. dep?Jx·· director·generi1V?f Taiwag.'s Civil Aeronautics,'\.dmini~tration, who suggested 250 Royal Gurkha Rifles will join discrimination by the British army. deployment. charged in an Islamic court with Islamic law prohibits sex out­ tion. mostly Australian troops in the first In Nepal, one of the world's poor­ Though the Gurkhas originate "close proximity" after religious side man'iage. Police raids are Anwar says the sex and cor­ thatttiepi1atwas given..wronginformati.onaboutcrosswiM.s•· . i. <...... The high-profile assignment for Members of the 2nd Battalion of commander during a training session at Robertson Barracks on the the sultante of Brunei, one of bers, the couple exchanged vows 3,000 ringgit ($ 790) fine if con­ Mahathir Mohamad. He faces .•. A full.report on the mish =-th~ third ~uc;~ pi~~~t~f to~ttjket!l.e•· airline. in lessJhan ~ decade expected t,,.,,o y~~rs-< .. · the Gurkhas comes as the dwin- Royal Gurkha Rifles on Thursday outskirts of Darwin, Australia. AP Indonesia's closest neighbors. around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night victed. up to 20 years if convicted. -js ill ASIA 16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 ,•,•,, ,·;-,r •••,,,., '/1-1111.·1··,.;,r,11\r,-1,11 .•.,,,.r.:•,•,·.~·.··.··-.··~· ')"'···· TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 ~MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17 Ahead of anniversary China cracks down on sect US defends N. Korea decision WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Berger said North Korea, which now carrying out tests. said. Such missile transfers would BEIJING, (Reuters) - China has rights group, said sect members the October I anniversary. a meeting. ditions in detention had been dif­ The Clinton administration has shook up Japan in August 1998 On another matter, Berger said violate the Missile Technology arrested at least 300 members of had been rounded up in cities "Although the social tumour of Authorities were investigating ficult. traded little more than access to by test-firing a ballistic missile the administration was still re­ Control Regime, a 3 I -nation pact the banned Falun Gong quasi­ across the country in the past the Falun Gong group has been the case and would punish the One released woman had said Coca-Cola in return for a break on over its soil, was close to trigger­ viewing a CIA determination that designed to curb the spread of religious sect in a nationwide week, including Dalian, cut out, its germs have not been group severely if they were found her hands and feet were bound what it terms a serious missile ing an Asian missile race "which China had suppled M-11 missiles dangerous weapons. sweep ahead of celebrations mark­ Shenyang, Changsha, Chongqing, entirely eliminated and are still guilty, it said. with heavy chains and she was threat from North Korea, Presi­ could be very damaging to our to Pakistan. A declassified ver­ Berger also said China has "sub­ ing 50 years of Communist rule, a Beijing, Wuhan and Tianjin. trying to erode the healthy body Police in Qinhuangdao city in beaten.four times when she said dent Bill Clinton's national secu­ interests." sion of the CIA analysis was made stantially decreased" nuclear co­ Hong Kong rights group said on Chinese state media said police of society," the People's Daily northeastern Hebei province also she would continue to practise rity adviser said on Sunday. The United States was giving public this month. operation with Pakistan in keep­ Sunday. had arrested one Falun Gong said in a commentary. detained six Falun Gong mem­ Falun Gong. She was deprived of Responding-to Republican-led North Korea a chance to build "a "Whether they have actually ing with a May 1996 pledge to The Information Centre on leader and detained 26 members China banned Falun Gong - a bers after 21 adherents gathered food and drink and use of the criticism, Samuel Berger, the na­ more normal relationship with provided missiles is something refrain from helping nuclear fa­ Human Rights and Democratic for illegal assembly, and urged mixture of breathing exercises, in front of shops to practise Falun lavatory for 48 hours, the report tional security adviser, defended South Korea,Japan and the United that we 're looking at, and we will cilities outside international safe­ Movement in China, a Hong Kong greater vigilance in the run-up to meditation, Buddhhism and Tao­ Gong on September 3, said a copy said. the lifting on Friday of key parts States," he said. act in accordance with the law" he guards. ism - in July. The sect shook the of the Hebei Daily seen in Beijing The People's Daily said efforts of a nearly 50-year-old trade em­ U.S. sanctions date to 1950 government in April when 10,000 on Sunday. to disband the sect had been bargo against the North, the when the North invaded the South. Sandy Berger members besieged Beijing's The organiser, Meng Fanjun, largely successful but Falun Gong world's only remaining Stalinist in an effort to reunite the penin­ Zhongnanhai leadership com­ was arrested, the newspaper said. and its leader Li Hongzhi still state. sula under Communist rule. pound to demand official status The Information Centre said I 0 posed a serious threat to the sta­ The administration acted after the brink of war. If the North continued "pro­ for their faith. sect members were taken from a bility of nation what U.S. officials called a pledge Foreign Relations Committee vocative" missile and nuclear­ The People's Daily said police public garden in Changsha early China has offered a $6,000 re­ from the highly militarized North Chairman Jesse Helms, a North weapons programmes, Berger in Nanchang city in southern on Sunday. Their whereabouts ward for the arre~t of Li, who to refrain from test-firing long­ Carolina Republican, has made it said, "our response will be one of Jiangxi province, acting on a tip were not known. lives in exile in the United States, range missiles it has developed. clear he opposes becoming a containing the threat and being off from a former Falun Gong Many of those detained were but Washington has ruled out his This cleared the way for trade in "benefactor of the most repres­ prepared to deal with any provo­ believer, seized 20 members late released after five to IO days, extradition on political and reli­ consumer goods and raw materi- sive communist government on cation." · als. on September 16 as they planned the Centre said. But it said con- gious grounds. the planet," an aide said on Fri­ Republican National Commit­ "So, in effect, they get Coca­ day. tee Chairman Jim Nicholson ac­ Cola and we get a temporary ban Asked whether he trusted cused Clinton and fellow Demo­ Explosion rips through Thai factory on their missile program" while Pyongyang, Berger, on the NBC crats on· Sunday of "taking no talks continue on a long-term ban, programme "Meet the Press," action to develop" a proposed SAN PA THONG, Thailand dead. Lee, was in police custody Berger said in a wide-ranging tele­ said, "Of course not." At the same shield against ballistic missiles (AP) - An explosion leveled A deep crater about 15 meters being questioned about the vision interview. time, he dismissed as "just wrong" from North Korea or elsewhere. a fruit processing factory in ( 49 feet) in diameter was seen cause of the explosion. Republicans who control the a comment attributed to Robert "That's vital to our country," Thailand on Sunday, killing near the center of the factory, He reportedly told police U.S. Congress have been scepti­ Oakley, a former State Depart­ he said on Meet the Press. Clinton at least 20 people and injuring which the explosion reduced to that he was. storing 10 tons of cal of rapprochement with the ment counter-terrorism official, in 1998 dropped his Jong-stand­ about I 00, police said. chunks of metal, brick and con­ ammonium nitrate in the fac­ North, accusing it of"blackmail" that the United States was "pay­ ing objection to anti-missile de­ The explosion was believed crete scattered around a 1.6- tory to distribute to farmers for allegedly pushing events to ing off' North Korea. ployments and the Pentagon is to have been caused by gas hectare (four-acre) area. who sell him longans. used in drying and preserving A large number of structures, The medium-sized factory longan fruit at the factory near including a Buddhist temple and dried the fruit and packaged the northern city of Chiang a hospital, were badly damaged. it for export. Mai, police Sgt. Manat The roof of the temple was torn Rescue teams were initially Nonglai said. A large supply off by the blast and houses as reluctant to scour the blasted of ammonium nitrate, a chemi­ far away as three kilometers ( 1.8 area for fear that two large, cal used as fertilizer and in miles) were damaged. still intact gas tanks might some explosives, was found "I live two kilometers ( 1.2 explode. The stench of gas at the site. miles) from this place and when still hung over the site hours Police at the scene said 26 I heard the big bang, windows after the explosion. factory workers were missing and other glass in my house were The factory is about 20 ki- · and feared the casualty toll shattered," said villager lometers ( 12 miles) south of would mount. Body parts Somkuarn Chitman. Chiang Mai. Police blocked strewn around the site were ITV, a television station, re­ the main road leading to the collected in bags as relatives ported that the Taiwanese town to facilitate rescue op­ Workers line up a giant red star as it is lowered into place on a float in waited nearby to identify the owner, identified only as Mr. erations. Beijing's Tiananmen Square Saturday. The star was being prepared for Chung Mong-hun, center, chairman of Hyundai Electronics Co., enters a parade to mark China's 50th anniversary on October 1. AP the Seoul Prosecutor's office for questioning on the stock manipulation scandal Sunday. Unidentified bodyguards accompany Chung. AP

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They are Kristi Beckel, Joseph ifu~~~ ~ewiey~ly ij ~ mm¥~ §.~!7s/}~-~ig.i ...... itnefy upwi_tfi-~ir haryds ~~mg ~ir !J~}. ijtpn~ ~!11 ~own atjd···· heaven and that God would help After regular morning church Enis, and Cassandra Griffen, all interrogating them i\OOUt iillege4 gang activity,rit~aid/ .. ·.•.. •.• .. . the survivors get their lives back services, religious leaders were 14 years of age. :L1FESTVl;~EIWT-ERf AINMENT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-23 22-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Higher oil prices expected Miss erica to help Vets ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ence as a high-profile spokes- made for comic fodder during United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, - The new Miss America, woman for veterans. the telecast. LONDON (AP) - Consumers mon unity since, achieving a high port for continued restraint, and until they feel stockpiles have Qatar, Nigeria, Libya, Algeria, whose father is a disabled "I've already heard fr6m six Prior to French's corona­ degree of compliance with its re­ none has objected to the idea. come down to an appropriate could pay even more to heat their Vietnam veteran, says she or seven (veterans) just since tion, co-host Marie Osmond duced quotas and causing a sharp OPEC's compliance with this level," Redway argues. Indonesia and Iraq. homes and drive their cars this hopes to use her crown to spot- last night. They said they 're joked that the new Miss year's production cuts has been Global oil inventories are ex­ Venezuela recently proposed winter, with OPEC members turnaround in prices. light homelessness among vet- really grateful that someone America would split the schol­ high, peaking at 92 percent in pected to fall as temperatures cool setting up a mechanism to regu­ showing little sign of budging be­ Contracts for U.S. benchmark erans. like her can be a spokesper- arship money. "She ·s going to West Texas Intermediate crude August, according to the Interna­ and seasonal needs for heating oi I late prices for the benefit of all yond their current levels of oil Miss America 2000 Heather son for them. It's about time share it with her ex-husband," oil were trading in New York last tional Energy Agency in Paris. increase. producers. production. Renee French, 24, of the veterans had a spokesper- Osmond quipped. week at more than $ 24.50 per As a result, industry analysts Economic recovery in Asia and It wants OPEC countries to ad­ Ministers of the Organization Maysville, Ky., a graduate son." French ducked questions barrel, more than double a year­ expect that this week's meeting to a lesser extent, Brazil, should just production whenever prices of Petroleum Exporting Countries design student who has done French had dreamed of be- about her opinion of the rules to-date low of dlrs 11.26 on Feb. will not lead to any immediate also have an effect, says IEA ana­ approach either extreme of a pre­ are expected to stick by their most volunteer work for the Veter- coming Miss America since change Sunday. 17. changes in output. lyst Deborah White. determined band. recent round of cuts in output ans Administration, will cam- she was about 9 years old, her She has never been married, U.S. heating oil has made a "It would be wrong for them to The IEA is part of the Organi­ OPEC ministers are expected when they meet Wednesday in paign for increased govern- mother said. but she has a 38-year-old boy­ similar rebound, trading last week change their production quota zation for Economic Cooperation to discuss the idea in Vienna, but Vienna, Austria. OPEC produces ment assistance for down-and- She pursued it doggedly, en- friend, Tracey Morris, who is simply because of this sharp rise and Development, a group of the some analysts doubt the idea could more than 26 million barrels of at more than 61 cents per gallon out veterans during her reign. tering the Miss Ohio pageant an investor. in price. world's most developed nations. ever work in practice. crude each day, almost two-fifths compared to a low on Feb. 16 of "We have over 250,000 once and competing in the Still, it wasn't Morris who That would be a knee-jerk reac­ White foresees global demand "It's very difficult to target any of the world's total. 29 .20 cents per gallon. homeless veterans, spread na- Miss Kentucky pageant three kissed hrr for the cameras tion,'' says Mark Redway, an ana­ rising by 5 million barrels per day price," says Leo Drollas, chief At its last meeting in March, the And unleaded gasoline prices tionwide," she said Sunday. times before winning it on her Sunday. have risen even more steeply, to lyst with the London-based bro­ to create a total daily demand of economist at the Center for Glo­ group agreed together with key "A large population, of course, ·fourth and qualifying for a In an unexpected twist on an almost 69 cents per gallon from a kerage Greig Middleton and Co. 78 million barrels by the first quar­ bal Energy Studies in London. non-OPEC producers to slash are in Washington, D.C., and shot at Miss America. old Miss America tradition, a year-to-date low of 32.40 cents Ltd. ter of next year. "The main problem is informa­ daily production by 2.1 million in large cities. You find they On Saturday, she sang "As surfer approached French as per gallon. OPEC aims to keep oil prices Upward pressure on prices for tion. You don't know enough barrels, or 2.6 percent of the glo­ congregate in the larger areas If We Never Said Goodbye·· she frolicked in the surf for These higher prices could tempt stable at a high level, and any crude and refined products should about oil supplies - about oil bal supply, in an effort to buoy because that's where the fa- for her talent offering during photographers. some in OPEC to pump more oil increase in production wou Id risk grow accordingly. demand - on a month! y basis .... prices from I 2-year lows. The cilities are that treat those the nationally-televised 79th Carrying his surfboard, Joe agreement, which followed cuts than their quotas allow. triggering a new round of volatil­ Charlie Sharp of the brokerage So you'd be flying in the dark needs." annual pageant. She won a DeMelia of Brigantine walked the year before, extends through In recent weeks, however, min­ ity. T. Hoare Canaccord predicts that most of the ti me." The choice of a successor to Her father, Ron French, 52, $40,000 scholarship and be- up to her. "Hey! Miss March 2000. isters from several of the 1 I mem­ "What they have to do to stabi­ the price for Brent crude could OPEC Secretary General Ri lwanu served in the U.S. Marine came the first Miss Kentucky America!" he said. OPEC has displayed uncom- ber countries have expressed sup- lize prices is keep to their cuts peak this autumn at$ 25 per barrel. "But we wouldn't expect that to Lukman of Nigeria is one poten­ Corps in Vietnam and was ever to win the Miss America Then he handed her his surf­ be sustained for the rest of the tially divisive issue of the meet­ wounded in combat - he was Pageant from that state. board and clutched her from year," he says. ing. shot in the wrist - early in The scholarship money, to- behind as the photographers. ·' As oil prices go up, there will Saudi Arabia and Iran, OPEC's Miss America 2000 Heather Renee French, the former Miss Kentucky, his four-year hitch. gether with the pageant's de- snapped away. "I gotta' go be more and more temptation for two largest producers, have both acknowledges a reporter during her news conference in Atlantic City, He said he believes his cision to drop a 50-year-old surfing, but first I gotta' kiss OPEC countries to bust quotas, nominated candidates to replace N.J., Sunday. AP daughter will make a differ- ban on abortion and divorce. Miss America," he said. and there will be more and more Lukman, who is resigning. But oil coming in from non-OPEC Algerian Oil Minister Youcef countries as well." Yousfi, who is also president of OPEC's members are Saudi OPEC, is widely regarded as a Arabia, Iran, Venezuela, the possible compromise candidate. 61-year-old billionaire searching for cancer cure SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - For Huntsman, the bottom and 40 grandchildren, whose elty. Above the fireplace is his tion meetings, and who says To catch a fly, chemical mag­ line is simple: End human suf­ framed pictures cover every favorite painting, a scene of pio­ success-like catching flies­ nate Jon Huntsman explains, fering. inch of a table in his living room. neers camped by a stream. is just a matter of staying ahead you have to know where it's It's a goal he has carried since "I don't think you can move A reproduction by the same of your target. headed. his youth in rural Idaho, since science forward or provide re­ artist welcomes visitors to the "It's hard to see inside each The 61-year-old billionaire receiving a scholarship to study sources for science for your own cancer center, where other, what makes us tic.k and leaps to his feet to prove his at the University of Pennsylva­ personal edification. It has to be Huntsman's own pioneers work what motivates us to take point on an unsuspecting insect. nia, since he started donating for the general good," he says. in the lab. To some, it seems a risks," he says. "But I don't First calculate its trajectory, he $50 of his $320-per-month na­ As an example, he points to gamble. Not to the man who think I've ever taken a risk in whispers. He kneels down on val salary to the poor decades Michael Milken, who co-chairs never takes notes into acquisi- my life." the plush carpet, then snatches ago. He found the means when a prostate cancer association tlie air where the bug should be. he created the Styrofoam egg with Huntsman and has given at A swoop and a miss. The fly carton and the famous least $45 million to cancer re­ gets away. McDonald's clamshell burger search. Huntsman praised A TV cameraman films inside the new Ferrari 360 Modena presented at the 58. International Motor Show Huntsman shrugs and settles (/AA) in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday. This sports car is equipped with a VB 3.6 liter engine powering container, then went on to found Milken's dedication, but sug­ back into the couch. Failure is it with 294 kW (400 PS). AP his own company in 1970. gested his colleague's goal of i,.,•• just part of the process, he says. He claims he is building a curing his own acute prostate "Always shoot ahead of the massive petrochemical empire cancer may be myopic. The Postal Service,· .. ~t~ ~1~it~j! ...... ~~B t?*# target," he says, reciting les­ just so he car. give the proceeds same goes for those entrepre­ Ford has new car with carriers in deal sons learned as a naval gunner. away. With April's purchase of neurs who wait till their death "You have to use your imagina­ four divisions of London's Im­ to give their billions away. twice typical mileage 11it~r.. tion." perial Chemical Industries, But then, he admits, most IP~IEWIEJNUII®JN fyQJll. WASHINGTON (AP) - An ar­ f~<:~ stiff COtnpl.!l!tj:qtla1, Gbina > ...... ······...... ·······.···· .•. .·. . ·.. It's a philosophy that works Huntsman Corp. is expected to moneymakers have sharehold­ p one company_ ·· .·.· · ·· ·· .. ·· ·.·. ·· · · ·· ··.· · ·.··.· ·•·· ·· ··· · · · · ·.. •· •· · ·.. ·· ····· · ·· · •··· • • I WASHINGTON (AP) - Ford Ford will tum over the keys to bitration board announced Sunday ..• ·h··.·.··.··.··.··.·.. •.·· ..·.·•.· ..· ..... ··.···•.·.•·• ...... •.··.·.·.··..·.· .. ·•·.•.·.•.. ••·•·.•·... ···... ·.•.. ·.•.·.·.··.•. ·.·.•... •.• ·.. ·. <.····.·.·.. ·.··•.. ·.·.··.•.. ·.•·.•..·.• ·.·.·•··.·•·.·•·· .. •.. ·•·.•· .. · ··.. ··.•·.•·.. •.·.. ·•. ·.. ·.·.· .. ·.• •.• .. •.··•.·.. ·•·.··.. ·.•.. ·.. •·••··.· .. ·.· .. ·•·.. •...... •.. •.···.··. ·. ·.·.. ·.·.•... ·... ·... ·...•• ·.·.. ·.·.•.·.. •.. ·.·.•.. •.•.·•.. ·.•.. •... •·.• ·.··.. ·.. ·.•.··· .. ··.·•... ·.·.·.• •.. ·• for the man who built the nearly double its revenues to ers and heirs to answer to. C:hin?Telecorn enjqys strong backingfr?rn itsformcrowner, IS as SJ.mp. e 8.Seeo Motor Co. is delivering a full-size the car in October, company offi­ that the U.S. Postal Service and the world's largest privately owned $7.5 billion per year. Forbes Huntsman says that's why he family car to the C.S. Energy De­ cials said. Other automakers are National Association of Letter Car­ the 1\,fi11istry.of ·.Inf8frtlAfipn.J?d.ust1-y; ... V,.?Jf P... FTgHii.1t~.s .. th1: chemical company from scratch magazine calculates has kept Huntsman Corp. pri­ partmentnext month that gets about working on similar fuel-efficient riers had reached agreement on a and is embarking on his next Huntsman's personal wealth at vate, despite a "phenomenal .. = ABSTAIN 25 kilometersperliter(60mpg)­ hybrid cars or have produced work­ three-year contract that includes mammoth task: finding a cure $3.2 billion. buyout offer from a top Ameri­ twice the gas .mileage of a typical ing models. wage and health benefit increases for cancer. "It's such a joy to give money c.an company in recent months, car. But Ford is the first automakerto for240,0001ettercarriers, the Postal Last week, he officially away and it's such a privilege, he says. or Government officials are calling give the Energy Department such a Service said. opened the Huntsman Cancer and it's even more than a privi­ By keeping the company in the step a milestone in joint gov­ hybrid family car that can be driven The contract covers the period Institute, a six-story addition to lege - it's an absolute duty in family hands, Huntsman has the BE·FAITHFUL ernment-industry attempts to find daily and that they can test. from 1994, when the former agree­ the University of Utah campus. life," Huntsman says. His com­ control he craves. Eldest son - technologies to achieve a mass­ Unlike other future cars being ment expired, through Nov. 20, With $151 million out of his pany lists charitable giving in Jon Jr. heads the cancer insti­ produced, family car that gets far developed, such as those using 200 I, the service said in a state­ own pocket and a pledge of mil­ its mission statement, and its tute, second son David runs the or greater fuel efficiency than today's hydrogen fuel cells, the diesel-elec­ ment. lions more each year, Hunts­ 16,000 employees regularly top company from Brussels. and all family cars. tric hybrid can be refueled at a gas It includes general wage in­ man built a center that looks fund-raising lists for the United of his children except his young­ CONDOM USE The Ford car, called the P2000 station. creases ofup to 2 percent plus cost­ more like a corporate headquar­ Way and other causes. est son, who is mentally dis­ - LSR, ha, a hybrid diesel-electric Toyota already hasahybridgas­ of-living adjustments, and an in­ rcJt~11.16Jcten#f!~~;~q~f£rf .~S ~ayt~~thit~te~~t~liMkg~~ wtH i ters than a hospital and staffed The cancer institute - an at­ abled, work in the business. engine system and can easily be electric vehicle on the road in crease in the postal service's share ·.(:iJ:qp .by/haff frgmJl:J~•¢~!'fg~(,5Qly~t~~p· ~RP{y F.•• •/ r·· \ it with 300 researchers lured tempt to single-handedly revo­ Each family member is self-suf­ refueled and driven daily. It has the Japan, called the Prius. The four­ of health benefit contributions. ••. . ¥arch'sp;J~~ ~ptsspurrrA~o~Sll~Ptf?tj; ~c9~i;d~p~t9 ~i~1~/ from the top laboratories in the lutionize cancer care - is a ficient and none rely on his lar­ ... it's your choice Stl)' ()f passenger room, trunk space and seat compact car gets 28 kpg (66 The postal service had reached j l~fptmatig!l Jlldp$ If )JS.tatis.t.i9s ,• i1l th~ fir~lei~t !11f>tjtp~/ .. nation. personal mission for Huntsman. gesse .. driving acceleration of a Taurus. mpg), and Toyota expects to in­ an earlier agreement with two of its of the •year fi.xe {.•·•·>••> <• •• <<• doctors predict cancers, and he fought off prostate and mouth Lake Valley spread below his use the 9f bled, FREE TESTING als, making it 40 percent lighter Ford and General Motors Corp. Union, and the 61,000-member • .Irtemet in ~r~thalf th~71~r peadydou ft'Oil} ••• envisions inoculations in the cancer. sunken living room - he's not · 2.1/million usersir).~h~·~nd.ofJ9?~to4 miHion,.Chin~•Daily than the Taurus, or about 2,000 have said they do not plan to have National Postal Mail Handlers .said.· · ·· · ···· ·· .... ·... ··.···.······ ... ·.·· · · ·· ··· ····· ··.· · · ·· · ····· ·· not-too-distant future that would But, he insists, his goal is not usually home during the day, he 234-5100 - 24 HOURS pounds (900 kilograms), Ford en­ a hybrid car in production until the Union. protect high-risk patients. to protect his own nine children says, and he's enjoying the nov- gineers said. next century. .YI • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 -MARIANAS. VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-25 24-MARlANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 Y'..L:.:.".:""' •• ______:_:....c-...: ______,..i···-~ ------.. DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to publication EEK & MEEK® by Howie Schneider ~tft[arianas %rietr~ NOTE: If some reason your advertisement is incorrect. call us /I CROSSWORD PUZZLER II immediately to make the necessary corrections. lhe Marianas Variety News and Views is responsible only for one incorrect insertion. We l-l£ SAl.f5 HE 1REASI.JRE5 reserve the right to edit. refuse. reject or cancel any ad at any time. HIS nrn.JDf.. . ACROSS (poet.) Ctassif ie.d Ads Secti·on 50 Buddies 1 Suitable 53 Police alert Answer to Previous Puzzle 4 Wan (abbr.) 01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER-Sal­ 01 BLDG. MAINT. REPAIRER-Sa!ary: 8 Imitate 55 Falher 57 In addition ary:S800.00 per month $3.05 per hour 11 Size Employment Wanted 13 Playing ca rd 58 Un- Contact: YUNA CORPORATION INC. Contact: DABU'S CORPORATION dba I I 14 Sound al suspecting Import &Export/Gen. Const. Co. Tel. dba You-Na Golf Range Tel. 235- Our hesitation 61 Sound at 2060(9/28)T32673 235-2780(10/5)T32771 inteEiY bible !Jat1l:dl~gn'3 15 Collection of Halloween and we are in need of serious applicants who want to learn and grow facts 63 Banking 01 HOUSEKEEPING (HOTEL) 02 WAITRESS-Salary: $3.05 per hour with the business, from sales and marketing distribution to supervising 16 Supreme abbr. litttiii 01 COOK-Salary: $3.05 per hour management positions. 18 - Lingus 64 Pedal digil CLEANER-Salary:$3.05-3.15 per hour ·.· Job Vacancy · Contact: J & JEV ENTERPRISES, INC. Contact: JOAQUIN LG. TUDELA dba QUALIFICATIONS: (airline) 65 Striving for dba Victoria Hotel Tel. 233-2031 (9/ Ann's Creation Tel. 233-7357(10/ I. male/female at least 18 years old w/ mature disposition 20 Cloth advance­ measure ment 28)T80612 5)T32778 2. at least college level . · Announcement · 22 Sea eagle 68 Timetable 3. must have great attitude and Hkes working and dealing with people in 23 Sly. sidelong abbr. 01 WAITRESS (Restaurant)-Salary: 01 GROUND KEEPER-Salary: $3.05 the office esp. in the field. look 69 Orange-red $3.05-3.50 per hour perhour 4. must be U.S. citizen or LR. 25 Next to Sun. stone 01 AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC-Salary: Contact: CHERYL BAKA dba Capitol 27 Highlander 70 French plural 5. no experience required CALL • 10-6 © 1 999 United Feature Syndicate PUBLIC NOTICE $3.05-5.50 per hour Hill Lawn Care Tel.322-6510(10/ PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz 30 Before Wed. article All Interested resident workers are 6. own transportation 235 2551 03 GREENSKEEPER-Salary: $3.05- 5)T32776 32 Direct urged to register at the 34 Time period DOWN 6 Basebalter woman's title 5.00 per hour Dept. of Labor & Immigration, 35 TV's Archie Gehrig 19 Soak. as flax 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal­ ANSWERED EVERLf HERE YOU ARE, MA'AM .. Division of Employment Services for 03 GROUNDSKEEPER-Salary: $3.05- I Bunker 1 Actress 7 Grafted 21 Abhorred ary: $3.50 per hour (heraldry) 24 Massage the job/s being advertised in which 6.00 per hour QUESTION! FACTORY DIRECT) . (inits.) Anouk 2 After noon 8 Immediately · 26 Insect egg you are qualified and available. Contact: SUWASO CORPORATION Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Data­ PARTSMAN 37 Soaked up dba Coral Ocean Point Resort Club Tel. base &JOE System & Lotus Notes. salary: Toyota Corolla'92, 4 dr Sedan 40 Amer. soldier (abbr.) (2 wds.) 28 Business For further assistance, $4.00 ;>,'hr. 9 Foollike part abbr. 234-7000(10/5)T80717 Contact: FLETCHER PACIFIC Manual Trans, Fully-loaded, 41·Wash - dry 3 Beverage please call Alfred A. Pangelinan at Contact: Bill Reyes or Elena Ber 10 Noun suffix · 29 - chi CONST., CO., LTD. (CNMI) Tel. 234- 43 Cigar residue 4 Religious Tel. 664-2078. Looks & runs great. Avail.10/1 poem 11 Twofold 31 Guido's high 5506(10/5)T3301 44 Fleur-de- - 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ STS Enterprises, Inc. Asking Price : $3800 46 Existed 5 Three-toed 12 Compass pt. note 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ ary: $3.25-3. 75 per hour 48 Without end sloth 17 Married 33 Mr. Gibson ary:$3.05 per hour 02 WAITER/WAITRESS-Salary: $3.05 01 WAITRESS-Salary: $3.05-4.05 per Tel. 235-3760 / 61 / 62 Serious Buyers Call 235-3488 35 Bird cry 01 (ASSISTANT) MANAGER-Sal­ per hour hour 10 36 Washington ary:$600.00 per month Contact: ANICIA C. SONODA dba Contact: SAIPAN HOTEL CORP. dba bill Contact: ANELIA CM. BUENAFLOR dba Chamorro House Restaurant Tel. 234- Hafadai Beach HotelTel. 234-6495(10/ 38 Gravel ridge A & W Aereeme Enterprises Tel. 235- 7361(10/5)T80719 5)T80742 39 Plunge 0309(9/28)T32671 42 Bureau part 45 It follows Fri. 02 WAITRESS-Salary: $3.05 per hour 01 COOK-Salary: $1,000.00 per month 111111 BAZAARIIIIII 47 Fed. agcy. 03 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per Contact: ROLAND G. JASTILL6.NA dba 01 WAITRESS-Salary: $634.40 per IT'S NOT A SALE! IT'S A STEAL! hour 49 Raging Golden Lobster Restaurant TeL 234- month ENJOY THE REAL VALUE OF ONE DOLLAR! 51 Place Contact: EMILIO P. QUIATCHON SR. 8779( 10/5) T80720 Contact: U.S. SAIPAN AROUND THE 52 Turfs dba EQ Construction Tel. 234-8827(9/ 1. Location : Micro Beach near Bell Tower WORLD, INC. dba Ocean Restaurant STELLA WILDER 54 Lingerie 21)T32602 01 MAINTENANCE MECHANIC-Sal­ 'rel. 235-5367(10/4)M32749 56 Period 2. SEPTEMBER 25, 1999 (Saturday) from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 58 Actress ary: $3.05 per hour 01 COOK-Salary:S3.05-3.20 per hour p.m. Hagen Contact: BASIC CONSTRUCTION Contact: ROWENA L. O'CONNOR dba YOUR BIRTHDAY 59 And not SUPPLY CORP. Tel. 234-8779(10/ EXECUTIVE HOUSE 3. Items: Clothes, General Goods, Korean Traditional Food l\"s Dimsum & Noodle House Tel. 234- 60 - Sumac 5)T80721 and other many kinds. 62 Lubrica le 3307(9/21) T80516 FOR RENT 66 Prefix with 01 (PASSENGER/TRAFFIC) SUPER­ TUESDA Y,September21, 1999 tomorrow, find your birthday and encounter today. Don't let per­ lingual 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE (SHIP­ A four (4) bedrooms, three (3) bath­ VISOR GATE (TRAINER/INSTRUC­ KOREAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION 67 Violent PING SERVICES)-Salary:$3.05 per rooms, two (2) patios, newly completed Born today, you are destined to read the corresponding paragraph. sonal safety slip through the whirlwind TOR)-Salary: S1 ,500.00-3,000.00 per hour enjoy great longevity in your ca­ Let your birthday star be your cracks. month for rent. Contact: SAi TRANS COMPANY LTD. executive house is ready The Duties: Supervises Passenger/Traffic reer. Your status is sure to remain daily guide. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Tel. 236-2055(9/21)T32603 house is located in ~ quiet community and cargo activities: Handling of flights, APARTMENT/MINI-MART APARTMENTS FOR RENT unchanged once you achieve the WED., SEPTEMBER 22 - You're likely to get a good manitest, reservation and airport pas­ • S!JJdio Aparlmeals 01 WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR-Sal­ at San Vicente. If you are interested, success you most desire, provided, VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - look at someone you love in a senger check-in system. Conducts ary:$4.96 per hour contact No. 235-1839 FOR RENT • Located at Upper Navy Hill• Newly Renovated of course, that you don't get side­ You may not be able to put your new and exciting light today. Re­ regular training and instructions tor pas­ please telephone Contact: ANTONIO S. CAMACHO dba • Furnished with aircons • 24 hour water senger handling. JALPAS and other located in China Town tracked in some way. You may best foot forward today as you newed interest and vigor are two Westpac Freight Tel. 322-1212(91 and leave your name and telephone •3 to 5mins drive to Hospital • includes utiities by Dick Rogers passenger service related duties. Pre­ prove to be one of the ground­ had planned, but you can still be valuable benefits. 21)T32604 number. Telephone: 233-4378 Conbct 322-3607 or page 236-1023 "'-·- ltidSp~"" ferred ability in Japanese language breakers in your line of work, and noticed and rewarded notwith­ ARIES (March 21-April 19) {reading/writing/speaking). 03 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: JAPAN AIRLINES CO., LTD. the founder of a healthy heritage standing. - Your calm reserve may be THE~ 01 MANAGER (N/C)-Salary:S600.0D Tel. 234-6553(10/5)T80734 APARTMENT FOR RENT HOUSE FOR SALE/LEASE BUILDING FOR LEA.SE that lives on long after you have LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) - challenged today by someone who semi-monthly • 2-Bdrm near Coral Ocean Pomt and Contact: WESTERN PACIFIC ENT., Koblerville Elementary School Apt. 15 Units passed from the scene. Despite You must be willing to do things is eager to "shake you up" in 01 MASON-Salary: $3.05 per hour 2-Bedroom House Located in San INC. dba Kimchi Cabana Night Club Tel. • Fenced location, air con in each txlrm, Store 3 Units notoriety and success, you 're not a little more slowly, and with a some way. Don't succumb! You Contact: RENATO G. AZUCENAS dba Vicente Village Oceanview Downpayment $30,000.00 234-6622(9/21 )T32607 refrigerator, stove, water heater the kind to take yourself too seri­ little more care today. Yourusual can avoid all such traps today. Myra's Trading & Construction Tel. 233- • Water, \rash collec~on and sewer paid If interested, please call Tel. No. Monthly $2,750.00 01 MASON-Salary:S3.05 per hour 3193(10/4)M32761 • Electricity not included. Location Koblerv\lle ously, or to think of yourself in style may not be hazard-free at 235-3609 for more infonnation TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Contact: NORTH PACIFIC ENTER­ 235-4341 after 5:30 -m. Tel. No. 288-9430 anything but the most realistic of this time. - Yoursurroundings are not likely PRISES, INC. Tel. 233-3990(91 01 FIBERGLASS LAMINATOR-Salary: 28)T32683 S3.50 per hour tenns. Despite the "idol" status SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) to affect you as directly or as Contact: MARCELO T. ADUCA dba you may attain, you will always -A sudden feeling ofinadequacy strongly as you had expected to­ 01 TRANSLATOR-Salary:S3.05 per MTAAuto & Boat Shop Repair Tel. 323- consider yourself nothing more is not likely to last long today, as day. Focus, tap into yourown inner hour 2880(10/5)T32764 Contact: SAIPAN JET-SKI CLUB Tel. than an average person! an opportunity to shine will be strength. -=:. = G ex::«) = I 234-5858(9/28)T32678 50 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS­ Boredom and frustration are not upon you before nightfall. GEMINI(May21-June20)­ Salary: $3.05-3.60 pe rhour overly familiar to you, and both SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- It's a good day to focus on your c::.«) = ~ e::ce = 01 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 10 CUTTER-Salary: S3.05-3.15 per your professional life and your Dec.21)-It's time to find anew own inner energies and drive. You r,~ Contact: SENTINEL BBC DEV. CO. dba .::«) = p hour personal affairs will offer you outlet for your creativity, as you needn't work too hard at those Pinoy Special Restaurant Tel. 234- 02 SEWING SUPERVISOR-Salary: ..:x:> = T 6010(9/28)T32679 S3.05-7.49 per hour Didn't get your more, each day, than most people are very likely feeling cut off and things that benefit only others. a::ee :: u 10 MACHINE PRESSER (PRESS OP­ might let themselves expect. You, stifled right now, whether you CANCER (June 21-July 22) 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ ERATOR)-Salary: $3.05-3.15 per hour however, can get quite used to know it or not. - What you accomplish today may ary:$3.50 per hour Contact: SAM MARIANAS, INC. Tel. Contact: SAIPAN WATERCRAFTS 322-34 44( 10/5) T32765 living the kind of life of which CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. be remembered for some time, and If-JC. Tel. 234-5858(9/28)T32677 ------most others only dream. 19)-You may encounter some­ not only because you did it. but 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC­ Also born on this date are: Ricki one or something today that puts because it will prove a valuable 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ c, l~'l9 Un,!od Fcatu,c S~rw::1,e.;i10. Inc Salary: $3.50 per hour Lake, actress and talk-show host; you on a slightly different path. service. ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: KANG CORPORATION dba paper today? "NI 11 onld :t:J3MSN\i Plus S 100.00 housing allowance., food Kang Auto Supply Tel. 288-9366(10/ Bill Murray, actor and comedian; Be sureyou'reaware of any subtle LEO(July23-Aug.22)-You allowance S 100.00 5)T32766 Stephen King, author; Larry changes. are certainly riding the crest of a 02 ELECTRICAL REPAIRER (MAINTE­ Hagman, actor; H.G. Wells, au­ AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.18) high-energy wave today, and noth­ NANCE)-Salary:S3.05-3.55 per hour 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary: ing but a good dose of self-decep­ Plus S100.00 housing allowance., food S3.05-3.50 per hour .~-. thor. - You'll enjoy a good deal of allowance $100.00 . tion cab put you down. Avoid it! Contact: KANG CORPORATION dba . To see what is in store for you excitement as a result of an unusual Contact: SAM MARIANAS, INC. Tel. Kang's Market & Laundry Tel. 288- ~arianas 9/ariet~s 322-3444(9/28)T32676 9366(10/5)T32766 On Saipan call. "'1/oa ea.n qet Wlud '!/au it/cud" 01 POWER HOUSE MECHANIC-Sal­ 01 PAINTER-Salary: S3.05-3.50 per ih ary:$4.00 per hour hour (670) 234-6341 • Contact; MELITON P. VILLAFUERTE Contact: NORTH PACIFIC ENTER­ dba M.V. Enterprises Tel. 235-0835(9/ PRISES, INC. Tel. 233-3990(10/ 7578 .9797 28)T32675 5)T32767

01 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 BUILDING MAINTENANCE RE­ Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. PAIR-Salary: $3.05-4.00 per hour dba Saipan Diamond Hotel Tel. 234- Contact: MARIANAS PARAMOUNT 5000(9/28)T80624 CORP. Tel. 233-4030(10/5)T32768 02 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Salary: S3.05 per hour 01 SUPERVISOR/HOUSEKEEPER­ Salary: S1 ,500.00 per month Contact: SUMIKI MITA dba Environ­ mental Protection and Cleaning Ser­ vices Tel. 234-9171(10/5)T32769 TIRED OF A GUY PICKING YOUR POCKET? PICK A NEW ONE WITH A CLASSIFIED AD! 26-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-27 Sosa sn1acks 61st home CHICAGO (AP)-Sammy Sosa On the heels of his 66-homer And now with I 3 games left s defeat Jets, 17-3 has used his home-run hop 61 season a year ago when he lost to after Sunday, he has a slim chance times so far, bouncing out of the Mark McGwire by four in of matching McGwire's almost ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) carries by Indianapolis last week, the defense. batter's box. following the flight baseball's epic home run derby, unfathomable 70 of a year ago. -Vinny Testaverde often seems gained 113 on 30 carries Sunday "When we're running the ball of another ball as it s~ils ove~ a Sosa hasn't let up. McGwire did his part Sunday, to be watching when Doug Flu tie night. well, it opens up other things," fence and then stutter-stepping "We knew he'd strike out a lot, hitting two against Houston to does his one-man gang act. Bills nose tackle Ted Washing­ Flutie said. "It creates an attitude his way around the bases. but he had such potential, .. said reach No. 58. He certainly was watching Sun­ ton and linebacker Sam Cowart and temper. The offensive line The sly le is all his. And now he Jim Lefebvre, who was Sosa's "'Basically, the name of the day night as the Buffalo Bills' 36- stuffed Jerald Sowell on fourth­ can1e in with the attitude that we 're has a record all to himself as well first Cubs manager in I 992 and is game now is home runs," Sosa year-old quarterback beat the New and-inches at the goal line when going to show you, we 're going to - the first man to reach 60 hom­ now managing the Brewers the said. '"All the people come to York Jets 17-3 with his arms, his the game was scoreless in the show the league that we can run. ers twice. rest of the season. the park to see us hit them. That legs, and even his 179-pound second quarter. Overall, the Bills We hammer the ball." 'Tm sure he's not done for the "He's one of the real treasures was one of the reasons why Mark body, sacrificed in a crushing gained 224 yards on the ground And Phillips pointed to the year," Milwaukee pitcher Jason we have in the game now. People and I brought baseball back last block that sprang Antowain Smith against a New York defense miss­ fourth-down play that set the Bills Bere said Saturday after surren­ ask me if I saw greatness in year." on a 12-yard run that set up the ing nose tackle Jason Ferguson off on a 99-yard drive the other dering No. 60. Sammy. I saw a five-tool guy Sosa still packs 'em in at game's first touchdown. after being held to 47 in a 31-14 way for the first score. And Bere was prophetic. Sosa with three outstanding traits - a Wrigley Field, even as the Cubs "Doug's a player. He makes loss at Indianapolis. "The fourth-down play was a came back Sunday and hit a pro­ great body type, he is absolutely continue to play embarrassing plays," Bills coach Wade Phillips Coach Bill Parcells of the Jets big play for us. To take it all the digious homer in his first at-bat fearless and he wanted to be great. baseball with an 18-45 record said in something of an under­ (0-2) didn't blame injuries. way down the field really changed for No. 61 off Hideo Nomo. With He worked hard at it. But to think since the All-Star break before statement. "He made them "This is the first time I've been the game for us," Phi]lips said. a 16mph windblowingout,Sosa's he'd hit 60 - and twice - I Sunday's game against Milwau. throughout the game, even block­ disappointed in the team," said That was when Flutie first homer went way out of Wrigley couldn't have predicted that." kee. ing. We don't expect him to do Parcells, who also was angry af­ shined as the Bills broke open a Field. bounced, hit the windshield Who could have? When Sosa Beginning Monday, Sosa and that." ter the second exhibition game lethargic game and giving Buf­ of a parked car and then rolled reached 60, he ended a seven­ McGwire will go head-to-head Sure Flutie had help against a with Philadelphia. falo (1-1) all the points it would halfway down a side street as fren­ game homerless streak in which in the first of six meetings be­ team that was missing six start­ "It wasn't injuries. I wouldn't need. zied souvenir-seeking fans went he was obviously pressing to make tween the Cubs and St. Louis ers, including Testaverde, the use that as an excuse. Poor play­ First he ran for 14 and 24 yards in chase. - history. Cardinals in the final two weeks. quarterback who also was on the ing. That's what we needed to on the 99-yard drive that came sidelines as a redshirt for Miami overcome. We had a nose tackle after Washington and Cowart's when Flu tie threw the "Hail Mary" out but they did a good job run­ play. duced. example, to have shipped and or to that beat the Hurricanes for Bos­ ning and I give them credit for Then on a third-and- I from the Herman ... Suchsubpoenarequiredthefirms intend to ship goods it produced, in ton College in 1984. that." Jets' 13, Smith ran right, then Continued from page 1 to produce certain specified docu­ violationoftheAct'sovertimepro­ Smith, held to 7 yards on six Flu tie credited the running and broke left, pursued by Mo Lewis, ments relating to the volume of visions, to persons or firms outside Chicago Cubs catcher Benito Santiago (left) and right fielder Sammy Act. sales. annual dollar volume of busi­ the Commonwealth, Wage and Sosa ( ripht) celebrate following their 8-7 win over the Milwaukee Last April, Wage and Hour Divi­ ness, identity of customers, and Brewers m Chicago's Wrigley Field Sunday. Sosa scored the winning Hour would need to be able to run on a ball hit by Santiago with the bases loaded in the 10th inning. sion regional administrator George identity and dollarvolumeof goods make contact with such persons or REUTERS Friday issued the administrative shipped by respondents in com­ firms in order to enforce the Act's subpoena to the respondents re­ merce. so-called "hot goods" provisions," rebate i~ forthcoming," said the quiring them to produce certain Herman said the documents in the secretary said. governor, in an interview with re­ records and documents necessary Finance ... question are necessary to the Wage Wage and Hour, under such cir­ porters shortly before he left for to the probe. Continued from page 1 and Hour investigative detennina­ cumstances, Herman said, would Washington, D.C. to attend con­ Buffalo Bills head coach Wade Phillips cheers with wide receiver Andre Herman said the respondents tion ofrespondents' coverage un­ also need to be able to take all checks have been mailed," said gressional hearings on federal take­ Reed (83) as the Bills make their final score over the New York Jets have failed to provide a substantial der and compliance with the prov i­ necessary and appropriate en­ Nielsen. over legislation. Sunday. The Bills beat the Jets, 17-3. REUTERS number of the documents required s ions of the Act. forcement action relating to such Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio has as­ Rebate money this year, accord­ by the subpoena, and has redacted "In the event that respondents actual or intended "hot goods" sured some $26 million in rebate ing to the governor's special advi­ NewYork's257-poundProBowl Then, on the first possession of ponions of documents it has pro- are investigatively determined, for shipments. money will start coming out this sorforfinance and budget, Michael linebacker. As Lewis lunged for the third quarter, Rutie took the Smith, Flutie leveled him. Bills on a 57-yard, 8-play drive, month, even as he stressed that his S. Sablan, is some $6 million lower .l Tenorio said. Micronesia- would pose finan­ administration is aiming at releas­ than in previous years-at least ..f ··r was looking for a defensive that he capped with a 24-yard scor­ Tourism ... MV A Board chairman David cial burden to employers and ing all the checks before the Oct. 15 $32 million each in 1996 and 1997 back,'' Flu tie said. "But then I saw ing run on which he rolled right, Continued from page 1 M. Sablan said earlier that the would also lower down quality of deadline. to some 19.000 taxpayers. Mo behind me so I headed for zigged left and then went straight U.S. government's downplaying services. ··r made a commitment that the Sablan attributed this "partly" to him. I didn't think he saw me, so I up the middle for the score that gram in the U.S. (for those com­ of CNMI effons in reforming its HANMI said while recmitment rebate is forthcoming and so the changes in rebate rates. was going to hit him high. But then made it 14-0, ing) from Japan (and other coun­ own labor and immigration laws from US would be cost-prohibi­ I chickened out and just cut him." Rick Mirer, replacing Testaverde tries). When they take over im­ has gone too far to jeopardize the tive, workers from Micronesia ··1 am, in a sense, disappointed Added Flutie: "A couple ofline­ who tore his Achilles' tendon in the migration, I'm sure those waivers efforts of the entire CNMI to pro­ come with no job skills, and that Youth ... because of the lack of participa­ men came over to congratulate opener, was 13-of-28for 121 yards FSM carries its citizens only tion on the youths' part. We were me. I expect that attitude from for an offense that never really got will become applicable to the mote the islands as a prime tourist Con!inue~ fr<>_m page 1 CNMI," said Tenorio, adding that destination. through the sixth grade level. expecting that because it's the everyone on the field. !don 'tblock going. there are about J 7 countries in the The Hotel Association of the It added that despite the contri­ the Election Board tallied the re­ Youth Congress' second year, that all the time but sometimes you ··r think as we went along, I got list. Northern Mariana Islands bution of Micronesian workers to sults. we would be able to invite more have to sacrifice yourself and your comfortable with what we were But still, MVA maintains a (HANMI), for its part,hasrepeat­ the tourism industry, their signifi­ On the brighter side, however, support from them," said Cepeda. body." doing," Mirer said. "But we strong stand against federal take­ edly said the imposition of U.S. cant social impacts and costs to the school level elections showed But Precinct 4 saw an increase Smith gotta the 1 and scored on couldn't put any drives back to Buffalo Bills fullback Jonathan Linton (35) is stopped by NY Jets defensive end Anthony Pleasant (98) in first the next play to make it 7-0., back." over. labor and immigration laws on local governments have become slightly higher returns. in the number of voters as op­ quarter action. REUTERS '"We would like to retain local the CNMI would spel I socio-eco­ the subject of regional contro­ "I think because yesterday was posed to last year's. control of labor and immigration. nomic disaster to the half-a-bil­ versy as more Micronesian fam­ a school day and the students are ··This is an improvement be­ By doing that. we are pr;tecting lion tourism industry. ily members who do not work near their respective polling loca­ cause last year. only I 5 voted. those companies that are depen­ For one. the recruitment of have migrated to Saipan. Guam tions. On the village level. how­ Now, we had 19 vorers come in. Tom Watson makes first mark on Senior PGA tour dent on foreign labor for tourism­ workers from only t1vo sources and Hawaii to join their employed ever, they did not have that con­ out of the total 100 ... said poll DALLAS (AP) - Tom 3 feet ( I meter) and made the putt related businesses such as hotels," - the U.S. mainland and family members. venience. worker Juliana T. Lizama. shot behind the leaders and had a Watson has 34 PGA Tour vic­ to go 9 under for the round and "In addition, the students who The low turnout is an indica­ 66 to finish second. Summerhays tories, has won eight major take a five-shot lead. registered by precinct also had tion that the CNMI youth have had seven birdies in a span of nine championships and is in the Watson's approach on the final Hofschneider said the body is enacted into law in August of last classes. Others were working," not fully understood the program, holes and was within three strokes World Golf Hall of Fame. On green landed 40 feet (12 meters) Bill ... "in full support" of Attao's bill year to fund construction of vil­ Reyes said. said Cepeda. of the lead after a birdie on par-5 Sunday, he made his first mark right of the hole and his first putt Continued from page 1 which was recently passed by lage youth centers. Some polling locations for other "They need to come in and learn. 16th, but Watson, playing in the on the Senior PGA Tour, shoot­ rolled 3 feet ( 1 meter) past. the House. It is now pending Asked why a public hearing precincts were as far as San As someone older, I could give next group, answered with a two­ ing a course-record, I 0-under After he calmly made the par it (funding for youth projects) does before Senate. was not called on the matter, Vicente and Capitol Hill. the advice and teach them the putt birdie on the same hole. 62 in the final round of the putt, Watson took off his hat, raised not have to come from the pri­ "There are other ways that we Hofschneider rep! ied that the bill "I think it was because of the ropes. I have been coaching them Watson, who was tied for the Bank One Championship to win his arms in triumph and flashed his mary benefactors who are essen­ can fund youth programs and was referred to the House Ways transportation problem," said on how it is. This is a good expo­ lead with five others at 10 under by five strokes in his second famous gap-toothed grin. tially the kids,"Hofschneidersaid. that is essentially what Vice and Means Committee whose Youth Congress Precinct candi­ sure for them as future leaders of after two rounds, birdied Nos. 2 event as a senior. Watson's first senior win came What helped convince mem­ Speaker Attao has introduced. members "early on decided to date, Luis John DLG. Castro. the commonwealth, .. said Cepeda. and 3 and then took charge of the The 62 broke Watson's ca­ against the tour's best as the top bers of the legislative body, said That is why they were in full pass it since they thought 15 Reyes and Castro both believe The Youth Congress Election tournament with an eagle on the reer low of 63, which he had 11 players on the money list were Hofschneider, is House Bill 11- support of the new legislation cents is innocuous." that the low turnout could have Board has yet to r~veal the offi­ par-5, 530-yard sixth hole at the accomplished three times. His in the field. 464, which was introduced by (HB 11-464) that was intro­ The government has projected been avoided had the polling lo­ cial results and according to the Bent Tree Country Club. 20-under 196 total was a sea­ atson started the final round House Vice Speaker Jesus T. duced and passed by the House to collect $1.2 million in gam­ cations at both precinct and school Youth Congress Coordinator. re­ Watson added birdies on 7 and w son-low on the senior tour and tied with money leader and five­ Attao (R-Saipan). and is now at the Senate," said ing jackpot tax. levels been stationed near each sults have to be verified by Rep. 9 for a 6-under 30 on the front he became the tour's 10th first­ time winner Hale Irwin, who shot The bill seeks to cut five per­ Hofschneider. Some $920,000 has been col­ other. Ana S. Teregeyo before candi­ nine. He nearly holed approach time winner this year, breaking a course-record 63 Saturday, and cent from the I 0-percent gam­ "That (Attao bill) is a more lected during the first nine Youth Congress judge inspec­ dates can be proclaimed winners. shots on 11 and 12 for two more the record set in 1989. last week's winner Gil Morgan, ing jackpot tax and have it used appropriate piece of legisla­ months of the current fiscal year, tor for Precinct 4. Rep. Frank G. Results from Tinian and Rota birdies. He came up just short on Tom Watson acknowledges applause from the gallery as he walks up Bruce Summerhays started a who is fifth on the money list. to fund youth and senior citizen tion," he added. according to records of the Ways Cepeda was also disappointed are still being awaited as of press thepar-5 13th,thenchipped within to the green on 18th hole at the Bank One Championship Sunday. projects. . The JS-cent viewer's tax was and Means Committee. with the apparent ··passivity." time last night. Watson won the tournament with a three day total of20-under-par. AP. iS-Mt,.RIAN~S VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 SPORTS ceama By Eddie Siguenza American Samoa and Samoa were were ineligible, were there illegal The team rounds out with Variety News Staff removed from competition for players on Samoa's SPG team as Fred Peters, Jine Ho Han, Lloyd ONE VICTORY keeps Guam player ineligibility. Shimizu said well? Lagutang, Eddie Pelkey, from the Olympics. Another he was told that Samoa was dis­ "That (Oceania) is a separate Arnold Mesa, Mike Lee, Mike victory, of sorts, could redeem qualified by the Oceania Basket­ issue, but I know it's in front of Swaney, Joey Santos,· Joey Guam from a disheartening ball Confederation because 16 of the (OBC) board," Shimizu said. Cepeda and Jesse Pinaula. loss. the 18 team members did not meet "I don't know what they 're going The Oceania tournament will The pullout of American Sa­ residency requirements. to do. But we made enough noise be held Sept. 30 in Auckland, moa and Samoa from the "What I was told is that Ameri­ of the situation." New Zealand. It was to con­ Oceania Basketball Tourna­ can Samoa pulled out because of Samoa was disqualified from clude Oct. 4. ment later this month, an Olym­ economic difficulties," Shimizu competition in the 1997 Mini pic qualifier, leaves Guam as said. Games in American Samoa. M~n's Basketball the only competitor against the Last month, Fiji pulled out of That enabled Guam to play the Oceani11 Roster host team New Zealand. competition as well. That opened host nation for the gold medal. Mike Swaney It has come down to one game the door for Guam to enter its first Guam lost by a bucket. Paul Shimizu Mike Lee for either team to earn a spot in Oceania tournament since 1981. When Papua New Guinea Fred Peters the Summer Olympics in The sanctions against Samoa hosted the 1991 SPG, Samoa exception of two players Joey Santos Sydney, Australia next year. draws controversy as well regard­ was again disqualified from Chris Fernandez and Richard Carmen Blas "I was under the assumption ing their participation in June's competition for player ineligi­ Gutierrez. Fernandez is out for Arnold Mesa that it would be a Best-of-3 South Pacific Games. Samoa de­ bility. It has also happened in education reasons; Gutierrez Joey Cepeda tournament," said Guam Coach feated Guam for the basketball prior SPGs. won't play due to an injury. Eddie Pelkey Paul Shimizu. "But now it's After two weeks of practice, In their place is Carmen Blas Jesse Pinauta gold medal, shortly after Guam JineHoHan just one shot. One game." recorded seven straight victories. Shimizu said the . Guam SPG and Manny Alegre, two players team is intact for the upcoming Manny Alegre . According to Shimizu, If players on the Oceania squad who tried out for the SPG team Lloyd Lagutang · Oceania tournament with the prior to May. Krung SGA September champ ~~~~g=~~~;~~-i;! MR. HARRY Kamg, a new Resort & Country Club on Rota. Mr. Aldans' 12 handicap gave · an41or .~am -_m,en:tbe~,. that ,the .Saipan SoftbaU:Ass~i~ti,g~:.ww.: '! member for the Saipan Golfers' Time and date will be an­ him a 71 net for the day. 9 1 Association took home the nounced at a later date. In the closest to the pin con­ =~µ~:i/!!br~tt~!~tr:t{it~~-!titch_;-~. ~~t1 \1;~it:::•._-) Septeber 1999 ti tie last Satur­ Second place winner was test, Frank "Koboy" Sablan won . .. All 'interested .. paji~s ·s~oµld: obtain .a·. \V~ver :f'.e>ffi1:·ft.<>rn($e.. : day at the Laolao Bay Golf Re­ awarded to Nobert Sablan who hole #3, Jung captured #7, Joe : _officers-of the association of theAda.Gymnasium:andstarliprepa~).•: sort West Course. also came with identical net score Demapan was the best on hole Kamg shot an front nine score of 69, but had to concede as he is #13 with only inches away for of 44 and a back nine score of 42 already an ace winner. the $500.00 SGA hole in one for a total gross of 86. Sablan shot 41 in the front and prize. Kamg handicap of 16 gave 42 on the back for a days total SGA will be holding next tfft~~i~~~iilillfl' ·., ':Jor inqre infonn~ti

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Home some fun.'" run leader Sammy Sosa should La Russa said the only time get his cuts in the six games Sosa would be intentionally i left against the St. Louis Car­ walked is if there was an open i' dinals and his closest chal­ base in a tight game. lenger, Mark McGwire. "You pitch him tough, you Manager Tony La Russa expand his strike zone," La complained last season when Russa said. "'That's what they teams wouldn't pitch to do to McGwire, except he's McGwire, who hit his 57th got patience to take the walk. and 58th homers and trails So, we 're going to work him Sosa by three heading into a over." three-game series Monday Sosa and McGwire each have night in Chicago. four homers against each ··we 're going to pitch him other's team. Sosa is 9-for-22 like he's dangerous," La Russa with 10 RBIs and McGwire is said. "That means you don't 7-for-21 with 11 RBIs. go four balls and over to first. The Cubs and Cardinals also But you don't say, 'Here's a close the season with three Junior chan:,pion Chiyotaikai is upende~ by To~hiazuma during their Mark McGwire sumo bout in Tokyo Saturday. Loser Ch,yota1ka1 dropped to 5-2 while room-service fastball and have games at Busch Stadium. Tochiazuma is 4-3 after the seventh day l}f'tffe'-''A·upimn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo·s Ryogokt1:Kokug[k(},flr=-:..::::::;:.: ; Ae= ,: \d.jJ ~~ ------·-·------·------,~ "" Pi3 8 5 8 7 -4 l.i 3

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