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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAH LIBRARY ~----... --- ·-·- arianas %riet~~ Micronesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 '&1 C"'S ead By Ferdie de la Torre Police see possible 'foul play' in American Memorial Park death gating the case as no witnesses Variety News Staff have so far surfaced to identify A TEENAGED boy was found tusions on the body. He was taken park, Ada said, DPS Boating Ada said the boy was last seen the killer/s. dead Saturday morning in what to the Commonwealth Health Safety personnel and emergency alive at the Liberation celebration The Attorney General's Office investigators so far classified as a Center where he was pronounced medical technicians proceeded to carnival at the park Friday at 10 is expected to request for an au­ homicide case at the American dead, said Ada during a press the area and spotted the boy float­ p.m. topsy to determine the teenager's Memorial Park. briefing yesterday. ing face down on the waters. Ada said police are still investi- Continued on page 20 Public Safety Information Of­ Ada said Samachi was found Samachi was wearing a Wild­ ficer Rose Ada identified the vic­ floating on shallow waters in the cats no. 34 red jersey, blue jeans, tim as 14-year-old Drake "Jon­ channel behind the joggers' path and a pair of black sneakers. StaymaJlprods CNMito Jon'' Asachi Samachi, an ethnic bridge nearthe Bell Tower at 6:25 DPS personnel transported the Chuukese and a resident of a.m. victim to CHC. Family members tax garment sector more Garapan. After receiving a call from a who were located later identified By Jojo Dass Samachi had abrasions and con- jogger about a dead person at the the body as Samachi's. Variety News Staff THE FEDERAL government is "not sympathetic" to waiving the CNMI's annual $11 million matching fund for capital im­ provement projects, Insular Af­ fairs Director Allen Stayman yesterday said., In a press briefing, Stayman explained the Commonwealth government could tap the gar­ ment indu~try to derive the badly needed funds from. Allen Stayman Stayman' s remarks cloused hopes by the business sector to Note 3(a) program is enacted have the counterpart fund waived into law. so that fresh money can be in­ "If the federal government fused into the ailing economy. would like that money, there's "We are not sympathetic to no reason the CNMI will not try waiving it because the CNMI to get it first," Staymari said. ' has the opportunity to raise rev­ The visiting federal official \ enues," said Stayman. proposed that the Tenorio ad­ i He cited federal estimates ministration double the garment "' which showed that the garment sector's present 3.5 percent sector can be able to pay $170 user's fee instead. ·million in tariffs if a pending bill "That will essentially be $70 Members of the Filipino Community of Guam pose for group photo after a memorial wreath laying ceremony requiring the industry to pay million. That will solve a lot of last Friday at the Mabini-Tolentino Memorial site in Asan, in line with the Philippine Centennial celebrations. import taxes under the General Continued on page 20 Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza Bordallo speaks at -us meet Speaker, Senate president tell By Sara Grant Friday and President Clinton and Variety News Staff First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton HAGATNA, Guam-Lieuten­ addressed the conference last Sat­ Stayinan: 'We're on san1.e side' ant Governor Madeleine Bordallo un.lay. mains convinced that an exten­ represented Gu am over the week­ J\t the beginning of the confer­ sion of US minimum wage and end at the National Ocean Con­ ence, President Clinton signed an immigration laws to the islands ference in Monterey, California, executive order allocating funds is now needed. a news release from the for the restoration and protection Still; Manglona said such dis­ Governor's office said. of U.S. coral reefs. cussions between the federal and Vice President Al Gore hosted The order was in line with the CNMI governments should con­ the National Ocean Conference Continued on page 20 tinue "instead of us fighting it out in the media." Among the issues discussed ;; Key legis~ator~ to. visit DC, 1i were the federal takeover bi II, S. 1275, which Stayrnan and the ; 1:::j 1Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Clinton administration support, :1 By Zaldy Dandan _) Diego T. Benavente Paul A. Manglona 1 and Manglona 's legislation that i Variety News Staff <,I would create a wage review THE LEGISLATORS' presiding officers will ~~on _visi~ Wash- .J By Zaldy Dandan abuses. board. ington, D.C. to follow up on the"fcderal takeover leg1slat1on now ~ Variety News Staff After meeting with Insular Af­ Benavente, for his part, said before the US Senate, it was learned. i LEADERS of the Legislature fairs Director Allen Stayman, he assured Stayman that what­ The CNMI government is opposed to the bill, S. 1275, which is yesterday reminded a visiting Senate President Paul A. ever reforms the CNMI will en­ backed by the Clinton administration. US Interior Department official Manglona .(R-Rota) and House act will not be repealed. Senate President Paul A. Manglona (R-Rota) and House Speaker that the commonweal th and fed­ Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R­ "We 're in agreement with the Diego T. Benavente (R-Prec. 2, Saipan), together with Resident r, eral governments are "on the Prec. 2, Saipan) told reporters that concerns they have raised, like Rep. Juan N. Babauta, are expected to meet with members of ;, same side" in the effort to check the discussion was "frank," but the number of aliens here," the Continued on page 20 )i local labor and immigration noted that the federal official re- Continued on page 20 , ··· ~· ~:d~~w~1-tJ;.~i!<:;.,.,·.·,;1~~1~7r.~~~Ti!~~;,-q:·&:0l.lE~r'\·•,..'"~-~~~ .1 ••••

2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND YIEW_S-TUESDAY-JUNE 16, 1998 TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 ·-----·------·------Japan's current account Gadhafi wounded in surplus up 10% in April DPS owed OT work TOKYO (AP)-Japan's broadest measure of trade rose 10 percent in attack, claims group By Jojo Dass Commonwealth's tourism-led expenses reached $12 million. heading a task force investigating April from a year ago, the government announced Monday. Variety News Staff economy. She said the department's $6 mil­ overtime expenses. Japan's currentaccountsu1plus. unadjusted for seasonal factors, was at CAIRO, Egypt (AP)-A Libyan ing that its gueJTillas cmTied out saying by Al-Hayat, a respected TI-IE DEPARTMENT of Public Officials finance department lionexpenses "was the one that really The investigation is narrowing 1.170 trillion yen ($8.1 billion) in April, up 10.3 ixrcent from the sarne lslami c opposition group claimed the attack in the Sidi Khalifa area, Arab daily. Safety (DPS) is being allowed to records showed DPS spent half the glared at us." down on staffing patterns to deter­ month last year, the Fmance Mi.ri.is!ry announced. responsibility for an alleged as­ 20 miles east of Benghazi in e11st­ He said Gadhafi was wounded. continue having overtime shifts de­ $12 million the previous administra­ The department, officials said, has mine whether overtime shifts was The Iise, modest in comparison with recent months, was lower than sassination attempt on Libyan em Libya. Caves in the mountainous re­ Tokyo-based economists had forecast But it still mruke Stayman said he "'thinks" Gov. Pedro 'Toere'snotawholelot,"headded, BARRIGADA HEIGHTS, Guam - ComNavMarianas Pl!blic acerbated by a low government bud­ Tenorio when pressed ifhe thinks courage and sacrifices of soldiers Constitution," said Tenorio. :Aff~ P. Tenorio "is doing the right thing" "that the CNMI or the US can do ... Officer, LL Nicholas Balice presented students from Saint Franqis get brought about by the previous the previous government spent whofoughtforthe US during World The Liberation Day ceremonies, Sclwl when the latter stat1ed implementing economic slump in Japan." in Banigada Heights with a care package from the crew administration 'salleged mismanage­ too much. War II, Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio re­ which started at around 8:30 am, of.tfie.Y$$, belt-tightening measures in the face "We just have to try to get govern­ Independence during a ceremony held last week at the J :· He added though that a "tre­ called his own childhood experi­ was. hosted by Chuck Sa yon, schocl( .··. /? \\ of an Asian economic slump and ment expenditmes down." ment. Eighth grade students have been corresponding with. mendous" reduction in overtime ences of the war during yesterday's cre\V -~~. i I public sector budgetal)' constraints. TheCommonwealthhasbeenl.:ear­ The finance department has re­ Ranger-In-Charge of the Ameri­ aboard the USS Independence sinre early spring when ship.;}Vas .. work he has implmented "is one 54th Saipan Liberation Day cer­ the In an interview during yesterday's ing the brunt of last year's currency ported that the administration of can Memorial Park . deployed to the Arabian Gulf. · .. i ..• ;, 54thLil.:erationDayanniversaryrites, devaluations in several Asian coun­ former governor Froilan C. Tenorio of the reasons why we continue to emony held at the American Me­ Edward E. Wood, Jr, Superin­ The package contains momentos from the ship. i,:' ,: / '. • Stayman at the same time said he is tries and Japan's ongoing economic spent about$12 million in overtimne operate the government morial Park's Court of Honor. tendent of both the American Me­ According to Lt. Balice the package was the crew's way ofsaylngtJii#: "'keeping (his) fingers ·crossed" crisis. expenses for fiscal year 1997 alone. Stayman anived in the Common­ "I remember the war not as a morial Park and the War in the you to the students for keeping in touch with them while theyweredeploy!!d soldier, but as achild,"Tenoriosaid Japan's economy and the local tour­ Indicatorsincludeadwindlingtour­ Also, out~tanding travel advances wealth last Thursday to hold talks Pacific National Historical Park, in the Middle East. ·· ·. • • with CNMI officials of various con­ in his speech. Pedro Tenorio ism industry rebound. ist arrival from Japan -an erstwhile made by government leaped by P. elaborated in his speech the de­ Pedro P. Tenorio $700,000 last yeru·, reaching $2.4 cerns including labor and immigra­ Tenorio, who was IO years old at velopment and historical signifi­ million in total amount tionandcapitolimprovementprojects that time, was taken out of school to The governoradded that the brav­ cance of the park. Sailors to meet with The incuml.:ent governor refused (CIP). help work on a runway for fighter ery and the courage of those sol­ Insular Affairs Director Allen planes in San Jose. He said that as a diers who stormed the beach of Stayman also delivered a speech family while on Guam More male births noted child, he couldn't imagine what was Saipan 54 years ago "paved the (see separate story). way for the lasting peace and pros­ By Jacc,b Leon Guerrero a chance to visit with their parents By age group, females outnum- be attributed to the huge migration SGMA hires Pierce as about to take place, or understand World War II veteran Guy By Aldwin R Fajardo perity that we enjoy today." Variety News Staff this week when the ship makes a 1.:ered males in 15-21, 20-24, 25-29 into the islands l.:etween 1980 and why it was happening at all. Gabaldon shared his memories of Variety News Staff When bombardment began, "Today, we are a proud member PITI, Gt.am- Two brothers fueling stop on Guam where the HUNI1NGfor Mr. Perfect is not an and 70-above age brackets. 1995. The characteristics of these · the war which claimed a hundred its executive director however, he was quite certain he of the American political family, serving aboard the USS Cowpens, brothers' fami Iy Ii ves. easy zeal. And now,Miss Beautiful Reports said the declines in the migrantworlcers were combined lives. The wreath-laying was done didn't want to stick around to especially in that our unique Cov- a Navy AEGIS cruiser, will have Continued on page 20 may need to exert extra effort to male proportionofbirths are not large with local population resulted SAIP AN Garment Manufactur­ other plant, he became SGMA,s by Tenorio and Gabaldon. compete with her kind just so she but even small shifts in the sex ratio in major shifts such as signifi­ ers Association (SGMA) Chair­ Executive Director when James fight out what was coming next, can bag her Mr. Perfect can add up. In the US, 38,(XX) baby cant . difference in the number man James Lin yesterday an­ Lin became SGMA 's Chairman. and spent the next several weeks Studies have shown that the male boys were replaced by baby girls of married males and married nounced the appointment of Ri­ In 1995,heresignedasSGMA's finding safe places to hide like proportion of live births has been during the last 20 years. females; high proportion of fe­ chard A. Pierce as SGMA 's new Executive Director to take a caves. declining for at least 20 years in Researchers in the US and Den­ males employed; a higher me­ Board Executive Director. postition with the Froilan C. "When the caves became too Canada and the United States. mark are now studying whether the dian age; and a high male-fe­ Pierce, who served as Associa­ Tenorio administration as its crowded, we moved on. But even the caves weren't always safe," Othersrudiesrevealedsimilar20- pattern of declining male propor- male ratio. tion Executive Director from I 991 ·'drug czar." he remarked. yeardeclinesin the maleproportion - tion of births is linked to a similar At the same tim;;:, CNMI sta­ until March of 1995 recently re­ Pierce recently resigned from More than once, stray bombs live births in England, Wales, Den­ pattern of increasing birth defects tistics indicated that population signed as special assistant for the same position with Governor et Bank of Guam Design The Perfect and bullets claimed the lives of mark,Sweden,Finland, the Nether­ of the penis and testicles, increas­ increased tremendously be­ drugs and substance abuse. Pedro P. Tenorio's current ad­ lands, Germany, Chile, Argentina, ing testicular cancer, and declin­ tween 1990 and 1995, with 90 Lin saicl, "the Board has asked ministration. friends and family members, said the governor who was also injured Brazil and other countries. ing quality and quantity of sperm. percent of the population co­ Pierce to come back in the same Pierce is a memberof the Saipan by a nearby explosion. TheCornmonwealthoftheN01th­ Devra Lee Davis, an environ­ habiting on Saipan. capacity tu carry forward with Rotary International Club, on the <,,J~~onal Loan for Your Needs' "A year after the fighting ended, ern Mariana Islands is no exception. mental epidemiologist at the Over 62 percent ofthe popula­ vital industry reform activities. Board of Directors of Saipan ·· ·· ···· ·.• +t:::;:;;::;;;;::m:;:w,< • a doctor dug a piece of shrapnel out A report from the Central Statis­ World Research Institute, has said tion in the Corrunonwealth were "Some of these matters are iden­ Crimestoppers International and of my right leg. I still carry the scar tics Division of the commerce de­ that the reduction in the propor­ born elsewhere and migrated into tical with reform efforts he insti­ participates in the Government the Northern most of . as a reminder of those who were i\ partment indicated that there were · tion of males born might indicate Marianas, tuted with SGMA, and certainly Relations Committee as a mem­ I. not as fortunate," he said. fewermenthanfemaleintheNorth­ that some unrecognized environ­ them came into 1he CNMl in the they are as pertinent today, if not ber of the. Saipan Chamber of On July 4, 1946, after the battle ern Marianas. In 1995, there were mental health hazards are affect­ second half of the 1980s and into more so, as shown in recent ef­ Commerce through his own local had been fought, the American Lib­ 99 males for every 100 females. ing the sex ratio births as well as the 1990s. forts to federalize the CNMI's company, Safety I st Systems, Inc. eration Day was proclaimed. Normally, there are 105 males otherunexplained defects in male In 1995, theFilipinoetlmic group local wage and immigration con­ "I believe there is strong local "On that day, we were liberated born for every 100 females. This reproduction. was the largest single etlmic group trol by the U.S. federal govern­ sentiment that wants nothing more from internment, and finally given proportion is often called the live In the CNWi.I, the decline in the in the Commonwealth, outnum­ ment," Lin stated. than to have the garment industry a chance to start rebuilding our birth sex ratio. number of male population may also bering Charnonus. Lin further added that Gov. provide economic benefits to the lives," Tenorio said. Pedro P. Tenorio has asked people of the CNMI," said Pierce. SGMA to police its own factories "There is also strong local sen­ and to take care of its problems, timent wanting a safe, lawfully Tourist robbed and "SGMA wants to put one of compliant and responsible indus­ by 2 in Tum.on our old policemen back to work." try and industry leadership. Basi­ Pierce's background in the in­ cally people just wish the gar­ By Jacob Leon Guerrero dustry and business is extensive. ment industry were better family, Variety News Staff sabella Gift He became president of Saipan and it's my job to put this as our HAGATNA,Guam-A27year­ 235-9000 Manufacturers, Inc., in 1984. priority." old tourist was robbed Thursday We Deliver The 800-employee shirt manu­ Pierce will be employed as well evening on Fujita Road in Tumon. facturing f.'lant was sold to a U.S. as United International Corpora­ According to PIO Larry Flores Fortune 500 company in 1989, tion, in a management position ofGPDthe man was walking along and he continued under contract focusing on occupational safety, Fujita Road when he heard a man Father's Day Specials as Vice President until 1991. wage and hour compliance and yelling at him. Father's Day is Sunday, June 21st In 1991, while employed at an- human rights advocacy. When he turned around he was From Debt Consolidation to Family Vacations ... struck from behind with an un­ FRUTA All fresh, all delicious fruits. Also available - Fruta & Bino Baskets. known object, Bank of Guam has Persona\ Loans for Everything. $25.00 $35.00 $50.00 AGO seeks revocation The victim crouched down low during the attack while the assail­ COFFEE Filled with gourmet coffee, gourmet cocoa, latte mug & saucer and lasty snacks. ant took his handbag. • Borrow up to $20,000 • An Answer in 24 hours New to the island - Ultimate B-i-s-c-o-t-1-i. of man's probation The victim reported that he saw $35.00 $50.00 his attacker flee with the man who • Up to 5 years to pay • Hurry in today, offer By Ferdie de la Torre Court documents showed that on yelled at him towards San Vitores CHESA Great for relaxing Sundays! Beef slicks, nuts. pretzels and BEER. Variety News Staff Feb. 7, 1996 Ayuyu entered a plea Road. good for a lim.it.ed time $25.00 $35.00 THEATTORNEYGeneml'sOfiice agieement in which he pleaded guilty According to GPO, no arrests yesterday asked the court to revoke of two count~ of assault with a dan­ SPORTS Especially for Dad whether he is playing or watching a game. have l.:een made. The attacker is the probation of a man who w:L~ gerous weapon; and 1-esisting anest. Includes sports bottle, cap and refreshments. descril.:ed to l.:e a local male, in his convicted ofseveral c1iminal offenses TI1e cou1t sentenced the defendant 20is, about 6 ft., with a dark com­ $50.00 $75.00 (Golf) and chargi,J anew with sexual as­ lo 10 years' imprisonment, all sus­ plexion. He was wearing a black T­ EXECUTIVE For a work-a-holic Dad. Items for his office - Attitude post-ii notes, desktop paper sau IL pended except 70 days. shirt and dark pants. Assistant Atty. Gen. Nicole Fore Iii Ayuyu was placed under proba­ and snacks to hold him through !he day. The suspect who was yelling is moved the Superior Court to revoke tion. $75.00 described to l.:e. a local male, in his the jail-te1m suspension of Jose Reyes The 49-year-old Ayuyu was re­ 20is, about 5'6", with a slim build, Ayuyu for failing to comply with the cently anested for allegedly forcing Tent display short black hair, and a dark com­ te1msand conditions ofhisprobation. his brother's girlfriend lo perfmm plexion. He was wearing a blue T­ this Friday & Saturday !June 19th & 20th) Fore) Ii saiu Ayuyu 's violations in­ oral copulation to him ata Koblerville shirt and blue jeans. 10:00am-6:00pm clude faih.:,-e to seek and obtain psy­ residence. If you have any information chological or psychiatric counseling, TheAGOchargedhimwithsexual fq

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-.::·-~--···--·-··· .. 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-JUNE 16, 1998 ---·-----··------_ TUESDAY.JUNE 16, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETYNEWSANDVIEWS-11 To alleviate drought in some areas N am.e change for Water systems get in Rongelap nuclear Guam capital OK'd Vanuatu gets 4M for cleanup to start HONOLULU (Pacnews)- digcnous Chamorro language e t d I t full operation in FSM By Giff Johnson Gu•im'sdelegatetotheUnitcd pronunciation. For the Variety a1rpor eve opmen By Jacob Leon Guerrero AccordingtoFEMAPublicAssis­ Wenoare now operating and produc­ Majuro-ThefirstphaseofaUnitedStates-fundednuclearrehabilitation ~i~a~:s i~o;is~rn:~ir:~s~:~: 12u;:.~:t.~~~~:lir~1::~vi1 Variety News Staff tance Officer, Bob Fenton, "a nue ;I~; ing 400,CXXl gallons per day. Five program atRongelap Atoll will start in August and take ab<>ut two years to POHNPEI, FSM - Water !Zressman Roben Underwood, Chamorro Language Com mis- PORT VILA (Pacncws)- acquisition of equipment for the Management Entity should allow partnership has been formed through drilling rigs are expected to anivc on complet!!, according to island officials. desalinazation units have ru1ived on thecombinedeffortsofFEMA,FSM has successfully obtained ap- sion, took the matter to the Vanuatu'sprimeminister,Donald two airports of Pekoa and as well, the rationalisation of the Chuuk May 26. "A top priori tyas the nuclear cleanup begins is the safety of workers and the Yap atolls ofWoleai and Ulithi and thcprivatesectortodelivermuch prov al for the name of the U.S. Domestic Na mes Committee Kalpokas and the Regional Office Bauerfield in Port Vila. management of the three concerned Civil Action Teams from the De­ residents who may return in the future," said Rongelap Mayor James. and ru-c in full operation to help alle­ needed water supplies to the outer Micronesian territory's capi- of the U.S. Board of Geo- Manager for the Pacific States of This financing comes under a airports. prutment of Defense will support a Matayoshi Iastweek. tal. Agana. to be change<.f to graphic Names, which the the Agence Francaise de widerprogramofairportdevclop- Underthisproject,theairportof viate drought in the Federated States atolls." project to drill 30 new well sites A contract was awarded earlier in the week to local construction firm of Micronesia. Last April 3, Pt-esident Bill Clinton throughout Weno. Hagat~a. Congressman said "immedi- Developpement,OdiledesDeserts, ment in the country which includes Pekoa's main focus for ADFfund- Pacific International Inc. that is kicking off nuclear cleanup and rehabilita­ The new spe I ling more ac- ately and unanimously voted Friday signed the financing agree- the building of Tanna island's air- ing, is to receive planes of 30-50 'Theunil~ru-ereverseosmosis Water declared the FSM a major disaster Waterpumpedfiomwellson Wcno Production Units(RO\:VPUs), which tion effot t; for islanders who have been Jiving in exile for 13 years. curate I y conforms to the in- to approve the change. mcnt by which Agence Francaise port, the improvement of the two seats for the regional lines as well area, allowing federal funding for 60 will be distributed to outer atolls. produce I O,CXXl gallons of water per atolls/islands. Rongelap was engulfed in a snow stonu of radioactive fallout from the de Developpement (AFD) will mainairpo11s PckoaandBauetfield, as planes as Boeing 737 from Aus- As leading meteorologist have pre­ day on Ulithi and 25,CXXl on Woleai. Federal Deputy Coordinating Of­ dicted formonths, the El Nino weather Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954. grant to the Vanuatu government as well as ~:1e establishment of an tralia and New Zealand undercer- The State of Yap conn·acted the ficer,Jim Calacal, said FEMA 'smain phenomenon has caused severe Rongelap islanders have a high incidence of thyroid cancer and other Malnutrition in Samoa 560 million vatu ($US4. I million) Airpott Management Entity which tain conditions. Yap State Public Setvice Corpora­ task is to 1-eimburse the FSM for the drought throughout the Western Pa­ health problems from their exposure. for its Airport Development Pro- will take over part of the activities Other financing sources already tion to set up watcrproduction opera­ production and distribution of water. cific Ocean, includingtheFSM whe1e In I 985, fearing continued exposure to radiation from theirenvironment, awareness may also be a fac­ gram. unde11aken by the Civil Aviation contributingorconsideringtocon- APIA (Pacncws)-Nutrition tions to strategically disllibutc water In the State of Chuuk, 20 of the 26 there has been little rain since Octo­ they evacuated their home islands and have lived in exile since. experts say the number of Sa­ tor for the increase. - This grant will mainly be used Department and this will work on tribute to th';: Airport Program, are to the outer islru1ds and atolls. deep wells on the main island of ber 1997. The U.S. govenunent recently provided a$45 million cleanup trust fund moan children being treated An earlier survey showed for the financing of the upgrading commercial basis. the European Investment Bank for Rongelap in response to studies that show that cleanup work is needed for malnutrition is on the in- that 20% of all children under and the extension of the Pekoa The objective of this program is which is conside1ing financing spe- to make the islands re inhabitable. crease. 5 admitted to the hospital were Airport on Santo island and the to favour the development of tour- cifically Bauerfield, AusAID, New EPA. approves permit to dismantle· The initial $8 million project atRongelap will focus on building facilities In the past year 62 children undernourished, the highest ism while offering better air secu- Zealand, the European Dcvclop- that will support the ongoing cleanup work and eventual resettlement ofthis figure fer 30 years. rity conditions. ment Fund as well as the govem- chemical weapons at Johnston Atoll· had been diagnosed witlrn the Juvenile cases isolated atoll in the northern Marshall Islands, Matayoshi said. condition up ~from 51 in I 996. Des pi tc an abundance of 111e setting up of the Airpmt ment of Vanuatu. There are more than 3,000 Rongelap islanders living throughout the wildlife pr-esetve. Chief nutritionist at the na­ food sources, a World Health HONOLULU (Pacnews)-The She said "the new pem1it will fin­ Marshalis. fu Tonga rise Since I 990, the Army has de­ tional hospital says the cases Organisation report noted an United States Environmental Protec­ ish the job atJACADS, the Johnston "We'll make a ttip to Rongelap in August to do a ~urvey of the island," inc~ease in the amount of sugar tion Agency (EPA) has approved a Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal Sys­ stroyed all of the rockets and ranged from mild to quite se­ NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)-The No emergency in Ei.ji he said. in local diets and a shortage of new pem1it that allows for the contin­ tem in the safest mrumer possible for bombs and two-thirds of the four vere, while on several occa­ Tonga government's probation of­ SUV A (Pacnews)-The Fiji cabinet Friday clarified thatnostafo "We'll look at property boundary lines and decide where to locate the protein, made Samoan chil­ ued dismrmtling ru1d incineration of the people and matine life neru· this million pounds of nerve and mus­ sions entire fomiles had come ficer, 'Ofa Ha'unga says a peaceful _of.emergency had been declared by.gqvemment because of the dock, fiel;l station and other facilities (needed for the cleunup )." dren more susceptible to mal- chemical weaponsatJohnstonAtoll, facility." tard gas chemical agent-moved in for treatment. and secure community is made of prolonged drought and the crisis inthe sugar industry . .. · ...... ·.. ·. from Okinawa, the Solomon ls­ While getting the first phase rehabilitation work moving ut Rongelap, She added greater public nutrition. located about 8(Xl miles southwest of TI1e U.S. Army, in charge of the peaceful and united families. Cabinet secretary Jioji Kotobalavu says government is consider­ Hawaii. JACADS facility, ,mticipates it will lands and Germ.my - originally Matayoshi is also discussing possible radiological assistance with the U.S. Thefailureofsomeparentstoguar­ ing declaring a"state of natural disaster emergency" under the new Julie Anderson, Director of the take about three more yems to com­ strn-cd on the atoll. Department of Energy as independent scientists. arrtee d1e safety oftheirchildren from natural disaster bill. Kotobalavu says· it.is different to a national EPA' s W ,L~te M:magement Division pk:tc the destrnction of all remaining In the eight years that the facility Rongefap wants to have monitoring and screening conducted before, Firm's staff mistreat locals certain crimes is reflected in the num­ state of emergency, Island Networks Corporation reports. ·· .. · said in a stntemcnt tl{1t "Our decision wc:1pons at Johnston, after which the has operated, the EPA rcporis there duting and after the cleanup and rehabilitation work is done so that both ber of juvenile cases presented to the He said what the cabinet decided Friday was that the state law was made after a thorough review of disposal facility will be destroyed and has been no documented hrum to workers and future inhabitant~ will have assurances that the island is safe, HONIARA (Pacnews)-Sccu­ his gardening tools and cash, courts, Radio Tonga repotts. office .together with the ministry of regional development are to . public commcnL~". - the atoll will become ,m unpopulated people or wildlife. Matayosf:i said. rity personnel employed by Ross SJBC reports. 'Ofa says of the juvenile ca-es look at the provisions of the natural disaster legislation which was TI1esafetyof workers involved in the Rongelapcleanupprogram is a high Mining company at the Gold Olovi says vii lagers from heard by the courts, the majo1ity of recently passed by parliament. · · p1iotity, said Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi. Ridge in Solomon Islands' cen­ Tinmiti, Yharihaivati and offenses committed are theft and Kotobalavu said .they will also look into other relevant legisla- · Bikini can be safe for habitation "We're meeting with the_Depaitment of Energy to see what role it can tral Guadalcanal are reportedly Totua doing gold panning house breaking. tion like the sugar decree and the constitution itself so they can play in providing radiaticm monitoting during the phase one work."he said. By Giff Johnson mistreating local within the along the streams were either There is clear evidence that juve­ advise cabinet on the· desirability of declaring a state ofnatural 111c IAEA commented on the "ex­ "Asimple.localwholebodymoni­ Matayoshi would like to see all future workers have whole body counts hara;sed by the security offic­ For the Variety cellent quality control of those (ear­ tor :md trnining in its use should be lease area. ni Jes taken to court come from bro­ disaster emergency. and urine tests done by the DOE prior to beginning work at Rongelap, and A resident of Tinmiti vil­ MAJURO-A scientificp,mel con­ lier)measurementsrmdassessmenL,," provided as a further means of en­ ers or chased away. ken families and some have lost one He said it willfacilitate the smooth and speedy implementation then have them monitored during their time on Rongelap so that any lage, L::ibu Olovi said that se­ He says, although the vii Iages vened by the Intemalional Atomic ,md the 1-cgulru·compruison ofresull, abling potential inhabitants to satisfy changes can be detected quickly and acted upon. or both parents. of the distribution ofrelief supplies that are need of help because Energy Agency gave il, stamp of cu~·ity officers have entered are within the mining lease area, among different scientific groups themselves there is no significant "We're moving forward with safety measures (for workers). It's one of Some cases are refetred to the pro­ of the extended drnught. approval to U.S. government a,ser­ his home recently without gold panning is their source of doing investigations at Bikini. uptake of cesium into their bodies," our priorities." ..., bation office for legal counselling Kotoba1avu said the advice. from .the state law office and the tions that Bikini Atoll can be made The reporis repeats an earlier con­ the IAEA said. ______valid search warrant from the revenue and they are not mov­ and other help including supervision regional development will be considered by cabinet Wednesday. police and confiscated some of ing away. safe for habitation by displaced is­ clusion that, "Provided certain reme­ of community services. landers. dial measures are taken, Bikini Island In a repo1t released over the week­ could be pennru1ently teinhabited."

end in Majuro, the lAEA said radio­ Bikini islanders have been living in EQUAL HOUSING NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION Suspended Samoan OPPORTUNITY logical daw collected by Ame1ican exile since the first U.S. tests in 1946. government scientisl, and their pre­ The IAEA said that the prefen-cd dictions about the habitability of the rehabilitation approach is to use po­ ~(,)LNMHU(,)~ officer changes plea former nuclear test site were excel­ tassiumfcrtilizertoall measofBikini AMENDED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS APIA (Pacnews)-Suspendcd im­ He pleaded guilty to three lent and needed no fu1thercoffobora­ Island where edible crops can be migration officer, Miliona Tagaloa, counts of theft as a servant, forgery tion. grown, supported by scraping ,md Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation ch:mged his pica from not guilty lo ru1d material alteration of a passpott In conu·ast to furor raised in the removing soil from around and be­ (NMHC) Board of Directors, are hereby giving notice that the NMHC is soliciting proposals from licensed companies !c'llilty in Samoa's Supreme Court without authrnity. South Pacific by a recent IAEA re­ neath housing areas and its r-cplace­ in the Commonwealth engaged in building and ground maintenance services to provide maintenance of its Section 8 last Tuesday to five charges ruising The maximum penalty fo1; theft as port claiming no health and environ­ mcnt by crnshed coral to 1-cduce m1y Housing Units in Rota. from offcnc:;cscommitted when he a sc1v:mt is a term of imprisonment ment problems from the French exposure people would r-cccive from nucleru· tests at Mornroa, the IAEA the environment. worked iii the Immigration Divi­ not exceeding seven years; forgery, Sealed proposals will be received until 10:00 A.M., June 22, 1998 at NMHC's Office in Garapan, Saipan, at which a term or imprisonment not ex­ repor1 on Bikini is not sp,u·king ;my '!he fcr1ilizcr application ha~ been .11on. time and place all proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. The proposal documents, which are available at 1l1c chrn1gc of pica came on the ceeding five years; the last of­ criticism. shown lo work for four-to-five y1 1\1ith: Je21iel Loaioa and that all his allow­ efits be recovered. IAEA officials travelled to Bikini drinking coconut~ at Bikini was the NMHC reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any and all proposals in the best interest of NMHC. • ADVANCED ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY CO. • CONSTRUCTION & MATERIAL ances and benefit, be 1-ccovered. Rev Boseto said Kauhiona's ap­ in May 1997 to take independent primary reason that a resettlement SUPPLY (CMS) , PACIFIC ISLAND TRADERS· JINDALEE WELDING WORKS In a Jette ·to town counci pt-csident., pointment was illegal because he was samples for analysis, imd their rcpott attempt in the mid- I 970swasaborted wa, released Monday in Majuro by and the islanders evacuated after in­ /1utlunl::.cit "R.l'J1'll'!->'L'>tf,l.tilll': Robert Wale la,t week, Rev Boseto not elected as required under law. said the s:1c king of Lonloa early this Meru1while, the minister has also Bikini officials. gesting high levels of radioactivity. /s/ MARYLOU S. ADA "No further independent cotrobo­ The IAEA repott 1ecommends that Corporate Director YOUR soLUTION PROVIDER" ye,u· w,t, ii"legal, SIBC reports. ordered that all vehicles allocated for N etw orld .. Rev Boscto said under the local use by the Honiam Town Council ration of the mea,uremenL, and as­ rehrt1lm· testing of mdioactivity in lo­ CNMI • GUAM • MICRONESIA government act, the vice president politicians in the Wale administrn­ sessmenl, of the mdiological condi­ cal food should be done to see how 'NMHC is an equal employment and fair housing agency' effective is the cleanup program un­ SAIPAN Tel: (670) 235 5424 • GUAM Tel: (671) 477 4033 can only be ·voted out or 1-csign, but tion be reuived and re-allocated to the tions at Bikini Atoll isnecessary,"the JAEA report said. dertaken. • Fax:(671) 477 4039 • e-mail: [email protected] not to be sacked by the president. appropriate administrative heads. I 10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-JUNE 16, 1998 ______TUES_[)AY, JUNE 16-:_}998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 To alleviate drought in some areas N arne change for Water systems get in Rongelap nuclear Guarn capital OK'd Vanuatu gets 4M for cleanup to start HONOLULU (Pacnews)- digenous Chamorro language • d I t full operation in FSM By Giff Johnson Guarn'sde\egatetotheUnited pronunciation. For the Variety airport eve opmen By Jacob Leon Guerrero According to FEMA Public Assis­ 0 Wenoarenowoperatingandproduc­ Majuro-The first phase of a United States-funded nuclear rehabilitation i~Io~is~rn:~:~~s~n;:: Variefy News Staff tance Officer, Bob Fenton, "a b11e ~i~~~:s 12°;:::t~:~~~rrr::~v~1 ;I~; ing 400,CXXl gallons per day. Five program at Ron gel ap Atoll will start in August and take about two years to POHNPEI, FSM - Water gressman Robert Underwood, Chamorro Language Comm is- PORT VILA (Pacnews)- acquisition of equipment for the Management Entity should allow pm1nership has been formed through drilling rigs are expected to anive on complete, according to island officials. desalinazacion units have anived on thecombinedeffo1tsofFEMA, FSM Chuuk May 26. has successfully obtained ap- sion. took the matter to the Vanuatu's prime minister. Donakl two airports of Pekoa and as well, the rationalisation of the "A top priority as the nuclearcleanup begins is the safety of workers and .. the Yap atolls ofWoleai and Ulithi and the p1ivate sectortodelivermuch Civil Action Teams from the De­ prov al for the: name of the U.S. Domestic Names Committee Kalpokas and the Regional Office Bauerfield in Pon Vila. managementofthethreeconcemed 1esidents who may return in the future," said Rongelap Mayor James and are in full operation to help alle­ needed water supplies to the outer partment of Defense will support a Micronesian territory's capi- of the U.S. Board of Geo- Manager for the Pacific States of This financing comes under a airports. Matayoshi last week. viate drought in the Federated States atolls." project to drill 30 new well sites ta!. Agana. to be changed· to graphic Names. which the the Agence Francaise de widerprogram;fairportdevelop- Underthisproject,theairportof A conrract was awarded earlier in the week to local construction finn Hagatna. Congressman said .. immedi- Developpement,OdiledesDesens, mentinthecountrywhich includes Pekoa's main focus for ADFfund- of Micron;sia. Last April 3, President Bill Clinton throughout Weno. TheuniL,are 1everseosmosis Water declared ci1e FSM a major disaster Waterpumped from wells on Weno Pacific International Inc. that is kicking off nuclear cleanup and rehabilita­ T11e new spelling more ac- ately and unanimously voted Friday signed the financing agree- the building of Tanna island's air- ing, is to receive planes of 30-50 tion effot t; for islanders who have been living in exile for 13 years. curate ly conforms to the in- to approve the change. ment by which Agence Fnmcaise pon, the i1;provement of the two seats for the regional lines as well Production Units(ROWPUs), which area, allowing federnl funding for60 will be distributed to outer atolls. produce I 0,000 gallons of water per atolls/islands. As leading meteorologist have pre­ Rongelap was engulfed in a snow storm of radioactive fallout from the de Developpernent (AFD) wilt mainairponsPekoaand Bauerfield, as planes as Boeing 737 from Aus- day on Ulithi and 25 ,CXXl on Woleai. Federal Deputy Coordinating Of­ dicted formonths, the El Nino weather Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954. grant to the Vanuatu govemment as well as 1.: 1e establishment of an tralia and New Zealand under cer- The State of Yap contracted the ficer,JimCalacal,saidFEMA 'smain phenomenon has caused severe Rongelap islanders have a high incidence of thyroid cancer and other Malnutrition in Samoa 560 million vatu ($US4. l million) Aiqio1t Management Entity which tain conditions. Yap State Public Se1vice Corpora­ task is to reimburse the FSM for the drought throughout the Western Pa­ health problems from their expcsure. for its Airpon Development Pro- will take over pmt of the activities Other financing sources already tion to set up waterproduction opera­ production and distribution of water. ci lie Ocean, including theFSM where In 1985, fearing continued exposure to radiation from theirenvironment, awareness may also be a fac­ APIA (Pacnews)-Nutrition gram. undertaken by the Civil Aviation contributing or considering to con- tions to strategically dishibute water In the State ofChuuk, 20of the26 there has been little rnin since Octo­ they evacuated their home islands and have lived in exile since. experts say the number of S:1- tor for the increase. ~ 11iis grant wilt mainly be used Depmtmcnt and this will work on tribute to the Airport Program, are to the outer islands and atolls. deep wells on the main island of ber 1997. The U.S. government recently provided a$45 million cleanup trust fund moan children being treated An earlier survey showed for the financing of the upgrading commercial basis. the European Investment Bank for Rongelap in respcnse to studies that show that cleanup work is needed for malnutrition is on the in- that 20% of all children under and the extension of the Pekoa The objective of this program is whichisconsideringfinancingspe- EPA approves permit to dismantle . to make the islands re inhabitable. crease. 5 admi ttecl to the hospital were Airport on Santo island and the to favour the development of tour- cifically Bauerfield, AusAlD, New The initial $8 million projectatRongelap will focus on building facilities In the past year 62 children undernourished, the highest ism while offering better air secu- Zealand, the European Develop- that will suppo1t the ongoing cleanup work and eventual resettlement ofthis had been diagnosed witllll the figure for 30 years. rity conditions. ment Fund as well as the govern- che~ical weapons at Johnston Atoll isolated atoll in the northern Marshall I.slands, Matayoshi said. Despite an abundance of Juvenile cases condition up from 51 in 1996. The setting up of the Airpo11 ment of Vanuatu. There are more than 3,CXXl Rongelap islanders living throughout the wildlife preserve. Chief nutritionist at the na­ food sources, a World Health in Tonga rise . HONOLULU (Pacnews)-The She said ''the new pem1it will fin­ Marshal:s. Organisation report noted an ish lhe job atJACADS, the Johnston Since 1990, the Army has de­ tional hospital says the cases United States Environmental Protec­ 'We'll make a trip to Rongelap in August to do a survey of the isla.'ld," ranged from mild to quite se­ increase in the amount of sugar tion Agency (EPA) has appmved a Atoll Chemical Agent Dispcsal Sys­ stroyed all of the rockets and NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews}-The N~ emergencyin·Fiji bombs and two-thirds of the four he said. ,:erc. while on several occa­ in local diets and a shortage of new permit that allows for the contin­ tem in the safest maimer possible for Tonga government's probation of­ SUV A (Pacnews)---'-The Fiji cabinet Friday darified that rto $late million pounds of nerve and mus­ ."We'll look at property boundary tines and decide where to locate the sions entire familes had come protein, made Samoan chil­ ued dismantling and incineration of the people and matine life near d1is ficer, 'Ofa Ha'unga says a peaceful of emergency had been declared by gqvenunent b,ecause of the tard gas chemical agent-moved dock, fie]j station and other facilities (needed for the cleanup)." in for treatment. dren more susceptible to ma!- chemical weap;jns at Johnston Atoll, facility." and secure community is made of prolonged drought and the ctjsisin the sugar industry. . .. ·. ·•.... · ··•···· from Okinawa, the Solomon ls­ While getting the first phase rehabilitation work moving at Rongelap, She added greater public nutrition. located about 800 miles southwest of The U.S. A1my, in charge of the peaceful and united families. Cabinet secretary Jioji Kotobalavu says government is considefc Hawaii. JACADS facility, anticipates it will lands and Germany - originally Matayoshi is also discussing possible radiological assistance with the U.S. The failure of some parents to guar­ ing declaring a "state of naturaldisasteremergency" under the new· Julie Anderson, Director of the take about three more yems to com­ stored on the atoll. Department of Energy as independent scientists. antee the safety of their children from natural disaster bill. Kotobal.avu says it is different to a national EPA· s W,L,tc Management Division plete the desu11ctio11 of alt 1emaining In tlie eight ye,u-,; that the facility Rongelap wants to have monitoring ,md screening conducted before, Firm's staff mistreat locals certain crimes is 1eflected in the num­ state of emergency, Island Networks Corporation reports. said in a su1tcmcnt tl{at "Our decision weapons at Johnston, afier which the has operated, the EPA rep:irts the1e during and after the cleanup and rehabilitation work is done so that both ber of juvenile cases presented to the He said what thecabinet decided Friday was that the state law w,L, made after a thorough review of disrxisal facility will 1-.edesh-oyedand has been no documented hatm to workers and future inhabitants will have assurances that lhe isl,md is safe. HONIARA (Pacnews)-Secu­ his gardening tools and cash, cou1ts, Radio Tonga repo1ts. office . together with the ministry of regional development are to public comment,". ~ the atoll wilt become an unpopulated people or wildlife. Matayos~i said. · ri ty personnel employed by Ross SIBC reports. 'Ofa says of the juvenile ca-;es look at the provisions of the natural disaster legislation which was TI1csafetyof workers involved in the Rongelapcleanupprogram is a high Mining company at the Gold Olovi says villagers from heard by the courts, the majo1ity of recently passed by parliament. · p1i01ity, said Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi. Ridge in Solomon Islands' cen­ Tinmiti, Vharihaivati and offenses committed are theft and Kotobalavu said theywill also look i.nto other relevant legisla­ ''We're meeting with the _Department of Energy to see what rote it can tral Guadalcanal are reportedly Totua doing gold panning Bikini can be safe for habitation house breaking. tion like the sugar decree and the constitution itself so they can play in providing radiation monitoring during the phase one work,''hc said. mistreating local within the along the streams were either By Giff Johnson 'Ilic IAEA commented on the "ex­ .. Asimple. local whole body moni­ There is clear evidence that juve­ advise cabinet on the.desirability of declaring a state ofnatural Matayoshi would like to see alt future workers have whole body counts lease area. hara~sed by the security offic­ For the Variefy cellent quality control of those (ear­ tor and trdining in iL, use should be niles taken to coun come from bro­ disaster emergency. and urine tests done by the DOE prior to beginning work at Rongclap, and A resident of Tinmiti vil­ ers or chased away. MAJURO-A scientific panel con­ lier) measurements and as.-;essmenl,, ·' provided a, a furtlier means of en­ ken families and some have lost one He said itwillfaciliiate the smooth and speedy implementation then have them monitored during their time on Rongelap so that any lage, Labu Olovi said that se­ He says, although the villages vened by the International Atomic ,md lhe regularcompaiison of results abling potential inhabitmts to satisfy or both parents. of the distribution of relief supplies that are neecl of help because changes can be detected quickly and acted upon. curity officers have entered are within the mining lease area, Energy Agency gave iL, stamp of among different scientific groups themselves there is no significant Some cases rue refe1red to ciie pro­ of the extended drnught. "We 're moving forward with safety measures (for workers). It's one of his home recently without gold panning is their source of approval to U.S. government a,ser­ doing investigations at Bikini. uptake of cesium into their bodies," bation office for legal counselling Kotobalavu said the advice from the state law office and the our priorities."______] valid search warrant from the revenue and they are not mov­ tions that Bikini Atoll cm1 be made The reports repeats an emlier con­ the IAEA said. and other help including supervision regional development will be considered by cabinet Wednesday. police and confiscated some of ing away. safe for habitation by displaced is­ clusion that, "Provided certain reme­ of community services. landers. dial measures are taken, Bikini Island In a t-eport relea.-;ed over the week­ could be permanently reinhabited."

end in Majuro, the IAEA said radio­ Bikini islanders have been Iiving in EOUAL HOUSING NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION Suspended Sa1noan OPPORTUNITY logical data collected by Americmi exile since the fo,t U.S. tests in 1946. government scientisl, and their p1-e­ The IAEA said that the prefen-ed dictions about the habitability of the rehabilitation approach is to use po­ 2 @LNM~~@~ officer changes plea former nuclear test site we1-e excel­ tassi um feni Ii zer to al I rue as ofB ikini AMENDED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS APIA (Pacnews)-Suspended im­ He pleaded guilty to three lent and needed no ftnthercon'Obora­ Ishmd where edible crops can be migration officer, Miliona Tagaloa, counts of tl1eft as a se1vant, forgety tion. grown, suppcttcd by scraping and Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation changed his plea from not guilty to and material alteration of a passp:i1t In contrnst to furor raised in the removing soil from a.round mid be­ (NMHC) Board of Directors, are hereby giving notice that the NMHC is soliciting proposals from licensed companies guilty in Samoa's Supreme Court wici1out authority. Souci1 Pacific by a recent !AEA re­ neath housing ru-cas and its 1-cplace­ in the Commonwealth engaged in building and ground maintenance services to provide maintenance of its Section 8 last Tuesday to live chm-ges mising 11ie maximum penalty fo1: theft as port claiming no healtli and environ­ mcnt by cmshed corn! to 1-cduce ,my Housing Units in Rota. fromoffen\'!;cscommittcd when he a servant is a te1m of imptisonment ment problems from the French exp:isut-c people would r-cccive from nucleru· tesl, at Mo111roa, lhe IAEA the environmenL worked in the Immigration Divi­ not exceeding seven years; forgery, Sealed proposals will be received until 10:00 A.M., June 22, 1998 at NMHC's Office in Garapan, Saipan, at which a term of imprisonment not ex­ rcp:il1 on Bikini is not sp,U'king ,my ·nie fc1tilizcr application h:L, been sion. time and place all proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. The proposal documents, which are available at The ch,mge of pb1 carnc on the ceeding five years; the last of­ criticism. shown to work for lour-to-five yc,u,, ,md would need to be rc[)2atcd pc1i­ NMHC's Office in Saipan and Rota, shall be signed by the owner or authorized agent of the lirm, and shall be first clay of a scheduled four day u·ial. fence, a tcmi of imp1isonment not Bikini representatives say that it mc1-cly confim1s what a long line or (xlically. Expc1imrnt,conductcd by Tagaloa goes up for sentencing on exceeding one year or a fine not enclosed in an envelope which shall be sealed and clearly labeled, "ROTA-BUILDING MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL". scientists from the U.S. Depmtment DOE scientists at Bikini in ci1e 1980s June 22. exceeding $US67 or both. Companies shall be responsible for the placement of its firm's name and address on the outside proposal envelope. of Energy (DOE) mid Congiession­ have shown diat the dose of radioac­ ally-funded researche1, to the Na­ tive cesium in coconul, was reduced tional Academy of Sciences mid the by as much as 95 percent by using NMHC hereby notifies all proposers that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contracts entered into pursuant to this Solomons town official 13ikinians' own independent physi­ polt l\1ir/1: Jeztiel Lo:iioa at1d that all his allow­ efits be recovered. IAEA officials travelled to Bikini drinking coconut, at Bikini was the NMHC reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any and all proposals in the best interest of NMHC. • ADVANCED ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY CO • CONSTRUCTION & MATERIAL Congra.tu£ations ;mces and benefit, be 1ecove1-ed. Rev Boseto said Kauhiona 's ap­ in May 1997 to take independent primary rea<;on that a resettlement SUPPLY (CMS) , PACIFIC ISLAND TRADERS, JINDALEE WELDING WORKS In a lette. ·to town counci pr-esident, pointment was i\legal because he was samples for analysis, and their repo11 attempt in the mid- t 970s was aborted Robe1t Wale last week, Rev Boseto not elected as 1equired under law. was released Monday in Majuro by and the islande1, evacuated after in­ AtPhilippines relatively minor but three pas­ proach. (AP)-AJapan Airlines plane sengers were admitted to a "There was plenty of water This Father's Day Brunch you can do the same dull routine swerved halfway off the run­ hospital, officials said. on the runway," he said. way and stuck in the mud while . The flight, from Tokyo's "It was very bad." for the most important man in your life ... it landed in heavy rain at Nari ta airport with 264 people Minami said that when he Manila's airport Sunday, aboard, was making its sec­ reversed the thrust of the two blocking the tarmac and forc­ ond landing approach, tower engines to slow the plane af­ ing the airport to close. supervisor Rolly Pelayo said. ter touching down, he felt the At least 23 passengers suf­ He said the pilot, Capt. left engine reverse but not the fered injuries while being Takayashi Minami, had been right one. evacuated down emergency apprehensive during the first The airport only has one run­ chutes from the McDonnell­ attempt because of limited vis­ way long enough to service Douglas MD- 1 I jet, airport ibility. large planes, forcing three in­ health officials said. Minami said it was still rain­ ternational flights to be di­ Or, you can give Dad ing during the second ap- verted to other airports. Most of the injuries were Rescue personnel gather around the Japan Air Lines M0-11 passen­ ger plane after it swerved to the left of the runway upon landing at the Make it a habit, read Marianas Variety everyday Manila International Airport fate Sunday. AP Something New! .

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14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- JUNE 16. 1998 TUESDAY, JUNE ! 6, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15 Albright takes issue with sanctions Kosovo fighting escalates By Jim Abrams tive to get better behavior," tion of a working group to study Richard Lugar, R-Ind., say unless WASHINGTON (AP) - Con­ Albright said. the question. they are imposed multilaterally, By lsmet Hajdari last week that he must chm1ge his gress' penchant for imposing eco­ Glenn, appearing later on CNN, But Sunday, Lott criticized the they mainly result in Americans PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - hard-line policy or face die threat of nomic sanctions deprives the ad­ said unilateral sanctions are prob­ administration for not imposing losing business to other countries. FightingescalatedonseveralKosovo force. ministration of the flexibility nec­ lematic, and Congress should look sanctions on China over trade and "We need to make certain that fronts Sunday, the eve of NATO NA TO warplanes from across essary to can)' out an effective at this issue in the future. weapons proliferation. we understand what we are doing exercises in the region, with Serbs Europe were convening at an airbase with sanctions," Lugar said on foreign policy. Secretary of State He said the l 994lawwas tough "The president has refused to and ethnic Albanians accusing each in northern Italy to prepare for simu­ Madeleine Albright charged Sun­ "because some of the previous impose sanctions where sanctions CNN. other of starting clashes d1at killed at lated air attacks in Albania and were called for," Lott said on Glenn said he would propose day. administrations had been sort of least five people. Macedonia planned for Monday to ABC's ''This Week with Sam legislation giving the president ··J think we must do something wishy-washy on sanctions." Serb forces launched 5(Xl grenades lly to persuade Milosevic to halt mili­ Donaldson and Cokie Roberts." 30 days to get international coop­ about it:· Albright said on CNN's Albright said she discussed the into villages in die Decmii mea in tary action in Kosovo. "There's a whole long list of eration for sanctions. If he can't, "Lnte Edition, "··because sanctions "proliferation of sanctions" with westem Kosovo, according to the Albania mid Macedonia, countJies things where they're just going the president could recommend that have no flexibility. no waiver Senate leaders last week, and Sen­ Kosovo Information center, which is neighboring Kosovo, have agreed to on right about their business." to Congress that it not go that authority, are just blunt instru­ ate Majority Leader Trent Lott, close to the pro-independence Alba­ let their tmitOI)' be used for the exer­ ments. And diplomacy requires R-Miss., was receptive to forma- Critics of sanctions, such as Sen. route. nian leadership. Madeleine Albright cises, which we1e ordered by allied us to have some finesse." In die capital, P1istina, Serbian po­ defense ministers l11ursday. The United Slates has just im­ Friday, while the secretary was in lice colonel Novica Zdravkovic said NATO also has called for iL~ mili­ posed automatic sanctions on In­ London. ethnic Albanian militants killed two tm)' plmmers to study options for dia and Pakistan for exploding Most sanctions legislation policemen and injured two od1ers in even tougher action, including direct nuclear tests. passed by Congress gives the separate incidents in Kosovo'ssouth­ military intervention in Yugoslavia Congress is considering propos­ president some authority to waive westem Djakovica 1egion and the with air sllikes and use of ground als to sanction nations accused of penalties in the interests of na­ Decani area. forces. practicing religious persecution tional security_ More thm1 300 people have died NATO insisl~. however, that it is and Russia for selling missile tech­ Under a I 994 law sponsored by since the c1isis escalated in March, only studying iL~ options to be ready nology to Iran. Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, there when Yugoslav P1esident Slobodan for any political decisions. It will ,oon debate whether to can be no exceptions for sanc­ Milosevic launched a crackdown on Outside Belgrade on Sunday, Yu­ penalize China for its poor human tions against countries such as separatist ethnic Albanians fighting goslavia demonstrated its own air rights record. India and Pakistan that break in­ to free the province from Serbia powerinanairshowdisplayingmilitar -:.1 can't do business. or the presi­ ternational agreements on nuclear :Fearingtheconflictcouldspillover helicopters and planes, including Ethnic Albanians chant "U-C-K''. which means Kosovo Liberation Army (Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves) ~uring dent can't do business. with our testing. into neighboring Albania and a demonstration held in Vienna on Sunday to protest the violence in Kosovo. The c~sualty_ toll ,n the Russian-made MiG29 jets. embattled Kosovo province has risen to more than 300 dead, according to Serb and Albanian estimates. AP hands tied behind our bacb:· "'There is no way to induce those Macedonia, The show is an annual event. Albright said in the interview taped two countries from our perspec- WestemnationswarnedMilosevic The main ethnic Albanian party, the Democratic League of Kosovo, ethnic Albanian militants, known as of gunfoe between tl1e KLA and . '. saidSundaythatSerbianmilitaryand the Kosovo Liberation Army, have Yugoslav soldiers, whose truck police forces "began a broad attack" set up a maze of blockades in con- was ambushed on a stretch of )fEHICLE FOR SALE· with heavy artillery against three vii- tested areas across the province. road that passes through a gorge. . · As·1s. !ages in the Djakovica area, near the MilosevicrevokedKosovo'sbroad The troops pulled out safely . 1997 HONDA CIVIC DX 2Dr.Coupe . NATO planes get border with Albania. autonomy in 1989 in an attempt to and delivered two wounded sol- The Kosovo Information Center suppress the Albanian independence diers to a nearby hospital. added that Serb policebrought rein- movement. An Albanian report, apparently Please contact Union Bank ofCalifornia, set for exercise forcements ofabout40:umored ve- But sine,: the crackdown began, about the same clash near hicles and 15 tanks into the region. the KLA has grown stronger and Cmoljevo, l 5 miles southwest of N.A. Consumer Loan Department By Jeffrey Ulbrich . The center also said Serb forces more popt..lar among ethnic Al- Pristina, said three Albanians died AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (AP)-Eighty NATO warplanes from 13 at telephone number (670) 234-6559 launched grenades against a cluster bani ans. after an army unit passing along nations converged on several regional bases Sunday to prepare a show of ofvillagesnorthwestofPristinainthe The KLA controls an estimated the road opened fire on them. and ask for extension 224 or power over Albania and Macedonia that allied leaders hope will convince Drenica region, where the govern- 40 percent of the province, where About 50,000 people have fled Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to back down in Kosovo. 225 for details. Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler combs his hair upon his arrival in Baghdad Thursday. Iraq says ment crackdown began earlier this ethnic Albanians outnumber Serbs the fighting, many ofthem across it has destroyed all its weapons of mass destri;ction, as required by the UN Security Council, and that the 'This is an exercise intended to demonstrate the alliance's commitment year. 9 to I. the border to Albania or to Bid(s) will be closed on June 18, 1998 UN must now lift the economic sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. AP to peace and stability in the region and the alliance's ability to project None oftherepor1scould be inde- Reporters traveling southwest Montenegro, which together with power," L1. Gen. Michael Short, commander of NA TO air forces in the pendentlyconfinned, since police and from Pristinadrove into an exchange Serbia forms Yugoslavia. at 11 :OOam alliance's southern Europe division, said at Aviano Air Base Sunday The Bank reserves the right to reject any evening. or all offers. Chirac: EU should meddle less The planes will come from 15 bases in five nations as well as from carriers INVITATION TO BID By Robert Wielaard in the Adriatic Sea Europe is prosperous" and will SEALED BIDS FOR PROCUREMENT, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - On They were scheduled to participate in exercise Determined Falcon open up to the East FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS RETJREMENT FUND OFFICE PRESENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE the eve of a European summit, Though no one questions the beginning around dawn (2 am. EDftMonday until about midday, flying UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. a route over the Adriatic and into Albanian and Macedonian airspace, Short COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1998, will be received at the office of !he ADMINISTRATOR, Northern Mariana II France's president said Sunday the need forrefonn, leaders themselves Islands Retirement Fund, 1st Floor, Nauru Building, P.O. Box I247, Saipan, Mariana lsiands 96950, until 2:00 P.M., July 8, 1998 at European Union must meddle less havesofarfailed to pushitfmward. said. which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and read_ in national affairs-such as telling At last year's summit in 'lhe NAID action, ordered by allied defense ministers Thursday, comes his countzy how to sell tickets to Amsterdam,leadcrscouldnotagree as the death toll in the Serbian province of Kosovo continues to rise in the (Sommonllleu(fb of fbe ~artuern :flllnrillllll ]!l'lnnbs The project, in general, consisls of the procurement, delivery and installation of manufactured furniture including all labor, soccer's World Cup - and do on proposals to streamline EU de­ face of a govemment offensive to put down a rebellion by the Kosovo handling, materials, supplies, equipment, and items necessary and incidental to complete the installation of manufactured COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY moretoexpandtheEUintoeastem cision-makingandrevampitsinsti­ Liberation Army. Wakin's Bldg .. Gualo Rai, Tel. 234-7145n146/6293 furniture all in accordance wilh lhe plans and specilicalions. Substilulion of ilems specifically cited in the plans and specifications is Saipan. MP 96950 Europe. . tutions, especially the commission More d1an 300 people have died as tl1e Serb-led Yugoslav government allowed only when such ilem or items arc no longer manulacJured. Acertification from the manufacturer of the ilem(s) unavailability is PresidentJacquesChirac'scom­ -long the preferred target ofEU- tries to suppress the increasingly radical independence movement among required. Any substitution mus! be of equal or bcncrquali1y than Iha! required by the spccilications and approved by lhe NM! Re1irc111cnt PUBLIC menl~ during an interview with bashing politicians. . Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, who make up 90 percent of tlie province's Fund_ NOTICE BBC television raised an issue that Talks in the pa~t year to refonn 0 June 12, 1998 population. will sutface at the EU summit fmm subsidies that eat up half the 1he Wcstem allies oppose independence for die province, but d1ey also The projecl is being financed by funds from lhe NMI Retirement Fund. The contract award, if it is 10 be m:1de, will be maJc within 111·(1 PURS\.A~T TO P\.BLiC L,\W 8-41. SECTJQ:-; 11. GOVERNOR l'EDRO I'. TE.~ORIO AND LT. Monday and Tuesday: How far EU's $100 billion budget and to want to stop Milosevic's brutal attempL~ to suppress dissent (2) months from the receipt of bids. The NM! Retirement Fund reserves the right to hold ,uch bid in e\Tecl for three months fmm the GOVERNOR JESUS R SABLA~. THROcGH THE CDA ~OARD OF DIRECTORS. ARE HEREBY should European nations go in do­ GIVING :-;oncE THAT THE C0\1MONWEALnt DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ((DA) BOARD OF Jacques Chirac forge a new funding fonnula have Thegreatfearisthatifthetwosidesmen'tbroughttothenegotiatingtable, date of bid opening. ing things together, and how much DIRECTORS WILL HOLD ITS REGULAR \1EETING ON THURSDAY. JUNE 18, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. also made no progress. the Kosovo fighting will spill over Yugoslavia's bottlers and ignite a wider should be left to national govern­ ganizationgrowsfrom 15 to25 mem­ The bidders must supply all the information required by !he bid forms and specifications. In .iddition, bidder must submit ils Qualification THE MEETING WILL BE HELDATTIIE CDA CONFERENCE ROOM. WAKIN'S BUILDING, GU ALO EU members - such as Ger­ Balkan war. RAJ, SAIPAN. ments? bers or moll' by taking on candidates Statement to include al a minimum, an independenlly rrcparcd financial statement rcllecJing the last 2 years of operations; experience many, the Netherlands, Swe­ Albania and Macedonia, counllies neighboring Kosovo, have agreed to AGENDA: Chirac complained that the Eu­ in eastern B.rrope. den and Austria-who believe in similar type projcc1; CNMI Business License; reference from pas! clicnl(s) anesting 10 !he finn's abiii1ies and quali1y of service_ I. PRELIMINARY MATIERS let their territory be used for the exercises. I. RollCall ropean Commission, which runs "We have to reform the institu­ they pay too much, want their AlbanianDefenseMinisterLuanHajdmagasaidinaninte1view]astweek II ADOPTION OF AGENDA the EU's day-to-day affairs, sticks tions," Chirac said. contributions limited. The Qualilicalion Statement is lo be suhmined to 1he Northern Mariana Islands Re1ircmcn1 f.und Oflice, Isl Floor al 1hc Nauru Building. 111. ADOPTION OF MINUTES he is convinced Milosevic wants "to dominate the situation by military its nose into matters better left to "There is no doubt that the reform Others say that is unreason­ no laier than 5 calendar days from !he pre-bid conference dale. I. March 4. 1998 means." 2_ March I), 1998 national governments. must be before the firstenlargement" able, when the EU plans to IV. REPORTS The danger is, he said, tlmt "those means can spread to Albania." He singled out EU Competition Chirac's concerns are shared by widen its rdilks. Contract documents, including plans and spccilications, may be obtained at lhc Of/ice of the Administrator. NMl Rctircmenl Fund. I. Fund's Availability Repon Gennan Chancellor Helmut Kohl. 1-Iajdar-aga said 15,0C() refugees have already flooded from Kosovo into upon the paymenl ofTwo Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each sci ofdocumenls. This amount is non-refundable. Payment shall be 2. Chainnan's/Executive Director's Repon Commissioner Karel van Miert's Also, Spain, Portugal, Greece J. Personnel & Budget Comm1ttee Report harping on shortcomings in World Inajointletterlastweekto British and Ireland want assurances that northern Albania, putting enormous strains on his government made by check payable to the NM! Retircmcnl Fund. V OLD BUSINESS Cupticketsalesas''int.etference"in Prime Mimster Tony Blair, the special aid for them will not be NATO also has ordered its military planners to study a range of options I Pacific Gardenia Hotel Apre-bid conference will be held at the office of 1hc NM! Retirement Fund, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July I, 1998 10 explain and VI. NEW BUSINESS French affairs. summit's host, the two tenned the lost to. newcomers who are for even tougheraction, including direct military intervention in Yugoslavia clarify any questions regarding this project. Questions should be submitted to lhe NM! Retirement Fund, in writing, at least live (5) days I PSS-Financing of capital 1mpro\'cment projects Van Miert has blamed France EU an ivory tower issuing edicts poorer than they are. with air sllikes and use of ground forces. NA TO insists, however, that it is VII. DCD MATTERS affecting the lives of 370 million in advance of the pre-bid conference, with a copy of same mailed simultaneously to the Administrator. I. Reports l Other DCD Mailers withunfairlyrestricting World Cup The leaders will be accompa­ only studying its options to be ready for any political decisions. VIII.ADMINISTRATIVE MATitRS tickets to French nationals or resi­ Europeans but accountable to nied by their foreign and fi. Countries sending aircraft for the exercises include the United States, IX OTHER MATIBRS dents, and has threatened legal ac­ none. Each bid shall be on a fonn furnished by !he Northern Mariana lsiands Retirement Fund. X. ADJOURNMENT nance ministers, with discus­ France, Britain, Spain, ThrlAW.ulsalam toward i.i successful transition to a before assuming his new job. the qualification of the issue for the intrastate exemption described herein. tough-on-tobacco House mance might make the differ­ issues they can use in Novem­ Ken Starr starts revealing his as a big-tax, big-government Abubakar before leaving Los democratically elected civilian Clinton was in Los Angeles for Democrats have been upset ence in their drive to retake ber." evidence. measure may scuttle the pack­ Angeles for Washingfo11; gove!T1l1lent, '' a White House state- a Democratic Party fund-raiser. 4. All shares of preferred stock shall carry a written legend on the certificate control of the House on Nov. While there is no evidence One presidential aide said with the White House, and the age without any Machiavel­ evidencing ownership of such stock, stating the limitations on resale stated herein. 3. that Democratic leaders are Clinton has been told that Senate Democratic caucus ac­ lian maneuvers. cused Clinton aides in a con­ "I've read the polls," 5. The corporation shall instruct any transfer agent of the corporation, and shall The easiest way for that to working against the bill, they working with Republicans to note in the corporation's stock transfer records, that requested transfers of happen wou Id be to let the constantly warn Republicans crack down on teen smoking tentious meeting of showing Gephardt said. "When you 're certificates of preferred stock shall not be made to persons who do not qualify as tobacco bill fail after weeks that Clinton's party will ben­ would "beef up his numbers.'· signs of "selling out" to Re­ up against millions and mil­ lawful initial purchasers of preferred stock, until the time period has passed during of debate-then pin the blame efit if it goes down. Democratic and Republican publicans. lions in television advertising, which sale and re-sale of preferred stock is restricted. on Republicans. "We believe it's a win-win,'' polls alike suggest that it Some have wondered why it gets harder." Senate Minority Leader Tom Clinton agreed to tax-cutting 6. The corporation shall obtain from each purchaser of preferred stock, and from On Sunday, Majority Leader wouldn't take much. each transferee ot preterred stock during the time period during which sale and Trent Lott noted that the bill's. Daschle said. Any legislation that ad­ and anti-

warn China 7. The corporation shall disclose all limitations and restrictions on sale of First Lady enjoying White House preferred stock, in writing, to all purchasers of preferred stock. 8. The preferred stock to be issued pursuant to this alter shall be entitled to side," as she put it - in remarks "It's the biggest load of hooey I participate in a non-cumulative fixed annual dividend of AN AGGREGATE OF ever hcm·d in my life." TEN PER CENT (10%) of any surplus net profit of Bird Island Development, Inc., Saturday night at a :i, l 0,000-per­ to be divided among holders of preferred stock pro rata according to the couple Beverly Hills dinner for the The previous evening, at a percentage held by each of the total preferred stock, and payable as may be Democratic National Committee. fundraising reception in Po1tland, authorized by directors of Bird Island Development, Inc., and shall have priority ll1e event was meant to fatten cam­ Ore., he admired Rep. Darlene over any dividend set apart or paid on the common stock of the corporation. The paign coffe1, for tl1c November con­ Hooley 's cumf sneakers and ven­ holders of preferred stock shall not be entitled to any further dividend or share of ~ressional elections. tured a prescription for House the corporation's profits. - '"We also wmll to wke back the Speaker Newt Ging1ich ,mu other 9. Other terms and conditions effecting the stock and rights of each preferred I-louse of Representatives," Mrs. Rcpublicun opJx:>nent,. stockholder are stated in Bird Island Development, lnc.'s First Articles of Clinton said, before inu·oducing her "If Speaker Gingrich wOie shoes Trent Lott Amendment, filed with CNMI Registrar ol Corporations on November 28, 1997, a huslxmd. like that, he might be in a better copy of which may be inspected at lhe office of the corporation's attorneys, White, '1l1e otl1er side has a very simple humor. We mightch:mge the whole WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pierce, Mailman & Nutting, Second Floor Joeten Building I, Susupe, P.O. Box 5222 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Attn: Bruce L. Mailman. su·atcgy: Raise as much money from p.';ychology of~1e RcpL~blic;m Cau­ Senate's top Republicrn1 says Presi­ A group of Lagos, Nigeria youths hold newspapers Tuesday headlining the death of Gen. Sani Abacha. Gen. :L, 111:my grnups - like the tobacco cus in the Cr:,ngn~ss if Ll1cy just hau Abdulsalam Abubakar replaced Abacha, whose five-year military dictatorship came to an end last week when dent Clinton's 1x:>licy on China is all 10. Bird Island Development, Inc. makes no warranty or guarantee, express or mmfrn1ahlc sh0cs cvc1y day. he died of a heart attack at 54. AP lobby - :Ls rxissiblc, ;uid spend that c,urnts ,md no sticks. implied, of any profit or return on any investment represented by the shares ol money dcfornin>! :u1d tc,uin~ Jmm "Maybe that's what the matter is: Majority Leader Trent Lo1tsaid rn1 prelerred stock now offered by the corporation, or that the shares al stock now \),:m~-rat ic c11;dida1cs," sl;c said. 111ayb,: Ll1cir shocs hu11 them all Llic /\BC that Clinton must bluntly w,u,1 ·1,..... ·::····.,:;j·:;:·.:·: .-: . -:: . .. :.. ·.1··· .;; .'·. _:., ·,,i,'."'·1·,.1'/ :_ _-:·:···: .. ·:.. lfi::··_}:'_.·:.,".;9;,,:,3""::l:, .. ~ offered will be marketable, now or in tulure. The corporation's golf course and time." '"And if that doesn't work. be­ China when he visiLs tl1at counuy tl1is resort project is in the development stage al present, and no commercial or What docs $10,{XXl buy these revenue-producing operations have yet begun. Bird Island Development, Inc., cause of negativity, just make the: month. nu1a eye o~e· 1,0 .-reae1.1es . · whole idea of votin~ so distaste­ days? On Saturday night, it W,L, recommends that potential subscribers seek the advice of a qualified investment He says tl1c U.S. should threaten to ful that people stay l10me." dinner for two at tl1c gl,Ls;s-frontcd, adviser or stockbroker with regard to the potential risks of purchasing shares in Maybe it's the intoxicating high-on-a-hill home of movie mo­ revoke tl1e communist nation's fa. BOMBAY, India (AP) - Res­ disputed the official death toll. workers or port empioyecs the corporation. scent of all that UOU!\h - at bLst gul Lew Wassem1an. von:d U,ide status, unless it st:u1., cue workers found 97 corpses They claim thousands of found at Kandla, 330 miles ch,mging. Applications for stock subscription are available at the office of the corporation's S8(X),(X.X) on Saturday night alom: On tl1e menu: Cacs,u· salad, me­ Sunday on an island off western people were working in the area northwest of Bombay. attorneys. The application period will open on May 26, 1998, at 8:00 a.m., and ,viii - but among donors, President d a Ilions or New York sirloin, Lott says China lus to stop selling India, raising to 931 the death toll and were probably swept away Aid workers said few salt close on June 25, 1998 at 5:00 p:m.; applications will be available on weekdays Clinton is at !;is most relaxed and asparagus Hollandaise, potatoes missiles :md other weapons to Paki­ from the cyclone that pounded by the violent storm. manufacturers kept records of from 8:00 a.Pl. to 5:00 p.m., excepting legal holidays, during the application First lady Hiffary Rodham Clinton speaks to the audience at the unscripted. Anna, and ca,rnt souffle. stan ,md elsewhere rn1d must improve Gujarat state last week. Most victims were salt work­ laborers. period. The maximum number ol available shares tor each applicant will be Hyman Fine Elementary School June 4 in Attleboro, Mass. The First With pals Barbra Streisand, Not only that, but guests - on human 1ights anu u·ade. The victims apparently were ers who earned a living trapping Newspapers have reported determined by dividing the number of applicants into the authorized number of Lady was visiting the school with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, 0-Mass., shares of preferred nonvoting stock. The number of subscribers, and the Sidney Poitier and Quincy Jones including ienny McCarthy, of He says, 'The list of tl1ings tl1cy 're washed onto the island after the sea water in shallow farm fields that contractors eager to rake in maximum stock subscription available to each, will be determined as of the day to view 22 pre-school aged children in the Young Children's Commu­ gracing dinner tables at Clinton's MTV f amc - got their pictures doing wrong is endless." cyclone, packing winds of75 mph where it would evaporate. profits kept workers in the dark nity Center. AP alter the closing date of the subscription application period set forth above. Stock fund-raiser Saturday night, the taken with Clinton in front of a Lott also argues that Clinton's and whipping up 20-foot waves, Sunday's newspapers high­ about the approaching cyclone. will be issued only after all qualified subscribers have been identified and have By Sandra Sobieraj ofthisisover,' Andi say, 'Notatall,"' president saiu tobacco lobby ads 6-foot · wihibits pros­ "We know tl1at we 're due for a big and improve civil disaster planning. AP detect water-pressure chmiges also is By Karin Davies then tried to cover it up. EtJ,iopia' s fo1TI1er Marxist govern­ Diplomats urged both nations on ecute>rs from revealing whatwit­ one,'' said George Crawford, earth­ mis rntshing ashore in a matter of pkmned, to detect t,unmnis and deter­ ASMARA, Eritrea (AP) - ment and Eritrean and Ethiopian Sunday tostopairraidsoneachother' s MeanwhHe, magazine .editor nessessayin the grand jury room. Pepsi quarterback Tom quake progran1 coordinator for Wash­ minutes. mine theirsize. And research ,md warn­ Swaddled in traditional gauzy white, ing centers are integrating their com­ rebels. tenito1y as a first step toward ending Steven Brill appeared on several . At _iswe for Starr is whether it is Mo1Tison connected with Frank ington state' semergency management It really ilit home in April 1992. tears stremning down theirfaces, hun­ Pepsi ... puter systems, so each c:m have access The fighting stopped when the rebel their confrontation, said Italian envoy Sunday •morning news_- shows.to also illegal to. disclose what wit~ Okiyama for a 7-yard gain and division. when a 7.2-magnitudequake struck off dreds of bmefoot women prayed for Co11tiriued from_ p_age _19 to data from the otl1ers' arrays of seis­ allies overthrew tl,at 17-year-old re­ Rina Serri. publicizeanddefendhisarticlecriti­ nesses. say Outside the room -~-­ Leon Guerrero gained one yard 1l1e tl1reat is not new. !lie cm,t of California's Humboldt peace Sunday at tJ,e country's big­ gime in 1991 andEritreagainedinde­ Seni met witli Eritrean President cizing Starr, published in the inau­ Most of tl1e 132 people killed in County. mometers. .such as in .mteiviewswith the FBI· Again, the Giants came up short on a run. That got the Giants t0 thc • Mitigation. 1l1e "t,umm1i hazard gest Eritrean Orthodox church. pendence two years later. Isaias Afwerki late Sarurday before gural issue of his magazine Con­ or prosecutors. Ala,ka's ! 964Gcxx1Fridayearthquake "ltcreatcd d ma.,siveamountof drun­ on a golden scoring opportt1nity. 4-yard line. uge in Northern California ... mid it zone·· signs are one example, along The sons. husbands and brothers of After just seven years of peace, flying Sunday to the Ethiopian capi­ tent. "It's defmitely oot grand jury were victims of Lsunamis. About 20 of In the third quarter, Naputi at­ 13 u t on fourth down, Pepsi run­ theestimated 121 t,unamivictimswere produced a small Lsunmi1i'' about 1-3 with signs marking evacuation routes, many were locked in a deadly border they wanted no more war. tal, Addis Ababa. 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The community of Guam has (rules governing grand jury disclo­ portionsofa90-minuteon-the-record 01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary: $700.00 Plaintiff, Starr . .. 01 SALES MANAGER-Sal- per month Plain1iffs. land-b,1scd pollution. over-fish­ shown leadership in the private Continued from page 18 sures), I think you can take that to the interview with Starr on Saturday to ·1t11tnt ary:$1,200.00-1,800.00 per month "· 01 PLUMBER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Fl.ORA BASILIUS, aka Fl.ORA JNGAIS sector through such organizations Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD. Oriental Express Corpora11on, in p:rsonani, dbl the Ve~el ScrmC"ta ing and the use of chlorine and Hatch, R-Utah,chaimianofthe Sen­ b,mk." promote the inaugural edition of his 01 PAINTER-Salary: $3.05 per hour Defendant. · h<"rlackle, gc.1r ml c~urpmcril 1n rem. Tel. 322-4692(6/16)T72602 dynamite in ocean hunting. us Kids for Coral, created by a White House adviser Rahm new media affairs magazine. Job Vacancy . 01 STEEL WORKER-Salary: $3.05 per Civil Action No. 97-647 D&ndJrus ate Judiciaiy Committee. Ci1·il Acllnn So. 98-001.1 "The l:ick of public education single teacher and students at St. Emanuel called public disclosure of lnastatementSaturdaynight,Starr hour Prosecutors have ai1 obligation to Announcement 01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE­ 01 PROJECT MANAGER-Salary: is another problem in protecting Jol;n 's school in 1989," she added. .] SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION NOTICE OF SAU; explain complicated cases as they prosecutor&· behind-the-scenes role called Brill' s charges reckless and PAIRER-Salary:$3.05 per hour $700.00 per month l 01 BARTENDER· Salary:$3.05 per our resources ... we have to con­ Gov. Carl Guitenez, originally "a bombshell." irresponsible. Contact: DAVID A. WISEMAN dba Ser· Contact: ZHONG JIAN PAC (SAIPAN), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVl.:."l 1hJ: pu.-1u.lllltoJiJOr&:rissl)(d unfold, Hatch said. ! hour vices Unlimited Tel. 234-7520(6/ TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT tinue to work to keep the reefs at selected.as the only U.S. gover­ 'The Office of the Independent Inc. TEL. 235-8861 (6/30)T26952 by the Cour1 mthis mJlter oo June 5. 199&. I II ill ~11 a1 pubhc "I would believe Ken Sta!T over "It is now a cloud that hangs over Contact: PHILIPPINE GOODS, INC. 16)T72601 auc1ion.. 10 the highrn bidder. on lh: tmr,s a~d cood11iom ~, the forefront of public attention:· nor to attend the national confer­ almost everybody else," Hatch said the office of the independent counsel Counsel does not release grand jury dba Folk Pub Disco Tel. 234-6485(6/ YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and fooh l'.erciobdow, all of !he rig~.1. l!t\e md m1m11 of Dclcndam in ~d lo the fo\\o\li1ilg propeny Ml\' Smnill, a 61 ·f<'lJ\ dinner she stressed. ence, stayed on Guam to speak at material directly or indirectly, on the 16)T72572 01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.60 per hour IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF notified to file any answer you wish to make to the on the Fox program. and literally hangs on the legitimacy Complaint, a copy of which is served upon you cru1_~ ,·csscl, Official ND. 1031854, h~r rngmes, 1adk iC:J.T, Bordallo explained why Guam fourdifferent graduation ceremo­ record or off the record," Starr wrote. 02 COOK-Salary:$3.90 per hour THE COMMONWEAl:l'H OF THE cqu1pm:nt etc., currently lorncd at Sm1l:ng C~\'e Marmil. SJi~an. "If he said he didn't violate, or of that office," Emanuel said. 04 JAN ITOR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: SAIPAN HOTEL CORP. dba NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS hereby, within twenty-one (2 tJ days afrerthe fourth OJ It lime: and Pb" of S11lc ~ sal: wil! OC ~eld on Tuesday, nies and atte~nd the Philippine and other islands in Micronesia 01 PLUMBER-Salary:S3.05 per hour Hafadai Beach Hotel Tel. 234-6495(6/ publication of this Summons, and lo deliver or mail June 16. 1998 • ~c hcurof I0:30 ,.m. 11 tie t..,w Office of John have assumed the role of leader- Centennial celebrations. 01 PAINTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 16)T72598 a copy of your answer lo While, Pierce, Mailman M. ChJml(rs. MSV Buildin~ 11, Suood Floor. Gmpm. Saipan, IN THE MATTER OF (6i0) 233-6)(]1. Th: n:c will be open Jo the. tc~cral public. 02 CARPENTERS-Salary:S3.05 per & Nuiung, lhe Plaintiffs Auorneys, whose address cure and language, he added. Sailors ... Cherilyn Kosam Manalo, Ann Marie [nm;qron of Prors:rJY It ii 1he respomibiiny of !he buyer lo South ... hour 01 FRONTDESK CLERK-Salary:$3.05 Kosam Manalo. and Franld Kosam is P.O. Box 5222, Saipan, MP96950, as soon as insJX'Cl !he vmcl f(ior _lo the SJk. F~ilure to mlpecl 1he itsstl or On other is-sues, Kim said he Continued from page 7 03 CEMENT MASON-Salary:$3.05 per per hour Manalo, minor children, pracricable after filing your answer or sending it any porHo:i thereof will not consmu1e ground for any claim. Key ... Puerto Rico, a US common­ Continued from page 7 was prepared to face North hour by lo the Clerk of Courts for filing. adJUSlll'tnt [lf rc~i,sioo by the b:.iyer. Prm;xcu1e biddm mJY 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal· comJct k.sJy lkl;ian. cumid1J11 of :h~ h'l.ld JI 16~0l 256.~779 Petty Officer I st Class Patrick 02 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$650.00- ary:$3.05 per hour RESENTINA KOSAM MANALO, Your answer should be in writing and filed with Continued from page 1 wealth like the CNMI, is also Korea's !eader, Kim Jong Il, Dr (67_0l 23S-7S2 I. for apporntnints lo bol!d ind msr,(cl the ~VV claiming submerged lands own­ bridges in the future of the two "any time and anywhere" to M. O'Connor and Petty Officer 1,300.00 per month 01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Petitioner. the Clerk of this Court at Susupc, Saipan. It may Scremla and for copies of the m.::sme suney. 03 GARDENER-Salary:$3.05-3.10 per W1rnnlics and ro~tnfn[j The msd listed for SJ.IC in this Congress to assure them that the 3rd Class Robinson M. O'Connor Contact: STANDFORD CORPORA­ be prepared and signed for you by your counsel ership of up to 9 miles. nations," Kim said. improve relations between the hour TION dba The Magellan Club Tel. 322- FCD-GU Civil Action No. 98-0194 and sent lo the Clerk of this Court by messenger or n~icc will be sold in 1tscuffi!Ilt condilion, il!ld ill itscu:rem loc21ion CN~li can enact the reforms lo­ "I value them. Our govern­ will visit with their father and The sale will ht held wi1hou1 ~ny wmanlies or Co\·cnJnts Further, Puerto Rico and the two Koreas. Contact: PHILIPPINE GOODS CON­ 5800(6/16)T26789 mail. Ii isllQJ necessary for you lo appear personally whatso.:w, whether c~pre5.\: or implied. iocludin~ but no1 limi1ed cally. Virgin Islands run casinos. ment should reach out to them During his U,S. visit, Kim mother, Robinson and Ligaya STRUCTtON, INC. dba General Const., NOTICE OF HEARING until further notice. If you foil 10 answer in ID wamntics of 1i1lc, m:rchJn1abili1y. mdloc fiincss for any purpose Contractor Tel.234-6485(6/16)T72573 whatsomr, all of which wa1n11t1es .md covenants arc hereby Manase Mansur, a senior aide Manglona and Benavente arc and treat them we! I." urged the United States to lift O'Connor of Barrigada and give 01 AUTO BODY REPAIR-Salary:$3.30· accordance with this Summons, judgment by per hour Notice is hi:rcby given that Rcscnlina default may be taken against you for the relief e~prcsslyd1sclairoo:I. NeitM:r the tndcrs1gned n« t"ie Plaintiff may to US House Resources Commit­ expected to look into the impact He also said Korean-Ameri­ economic sanctions against them a tour of the areas on the 02 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05 per hour give any wmanty c.- co·.-enan!S arc hcr:byc:r.prus or impliei with Contact: B & R CORPORATION dba Kosam Manalo has filed .i Pt:tition for demanded in the Complaint. respect lo the ~use\ !isled for sale in 1hi1 notice. Nei1her the tee Chair Don Young (R-Alaska), of gambling on the local popula­ cans should try to join the U.S. North Korea. He said that ship where they live and work. Car.tact: PASTIME SAIPAN, INCORPO­ Beach Road Auto Repair Shop Tel. 234- Appointment of General Guardian for the lindmig~d nnr !he plainti'.fs s~.all Ix liable_ for the quality or RATED dba Grotto Tel. 233-2298(6/ By order of the above coun; will help coordinate the visit. tion, including crime, social ad­ mainstream as fast as possible. marked the first time a South The Cowpens is. the seventeenth 7184(6/16)T26787 minor children. Cherilyn Kosam Manalo, seaworthiness orlll( Yesstl hsledforsalc in this nmict, or for any 16)T26782 Ann Marie Kosam Minalo and Frankie fou\i CC'dtfect in lhedescriptim thtreof. 8uyasshall n~ b:en1i1kd At the same time, Manglona diction and collected revenues. '·Koreans who live in America Korean head of state has of­ AEGIS cruiserof the Ticonderoga ls/Deputy Clerk of Court to rescission, dam:iges, oc any other remedy on account thmot. 01 MANAGER, RESTAURANT-Sal· Kosam Manalo. A hearing will be con­ c~ and Benavente may also visit The two are also planning to should learn English well," he fered a foreign policy initiative class. 01 STENOGRAPHER-Salary:$4.60 per ary:S1 ,000.00-4,000.00 per month LIG.:~·rn·u! b1d~er Rita Ramire:1, Tudela Sablan Juan P. Duenas - Guam 11 million ma telling require­ competing with local producers INTERIOR DESIGNER-Salary:S600.00· IF FOUND PLEASE CONTACT: Located in China Town d. Cmgc t'f 11•rm~ .1n1! re1,l11m1~ 1'1c utxkrmn~d JnJ S 01 SALES CLERK-Salary: S3.05 per lhc: Pl:1imiffs1mn1·!1:l' ri~h! 10,hJngi: J11y t'f 1:11: lcrn'.sh~ri:oft,) for the US market has put SGMA Francisco P. Duenas - Oceanside, CA 800.00 per month TEL. 233-2233 • 233· 1266 Contact: 233-4378-anytime ment:· Slayman cxplaincJ. Brothers & Sisters-in-Law: hour annl'unccn:cnt. 11rn1,:n L'' l'fJL mJ.:c ~forl' 1b~ Jtll'!too sJle or JI Gabriel P. Duenas - Colorado Contact: RONG-YAN ENT. INC. dba Contact: PHILIPPINE GOODS CON· !hi: L\11m:11.•n.:rm<'111the red, JnJ ~u,:h (hJn~( n ~hang~s. b) \1111.;t .Stayman notcJ the garment at a disadvantage . ccc­ Apoloni,1 LG. Sablan & Juan Charfauros, Ana LC. Antonio P. Ducms - SF, CA Ming Ming Store Tel. 235-2019(6/ STRUCTION, INC. dba Gen. Const., tif 1h1icbLl.~. i1:i!i Ix: h1:J1:1~ en J!! (';~Jm b·, .:-.m1ru.:111 e ~u:1l·e The Saipan Cl1arnbcr or Com­ DJll'ec.22-Jan.19) recovered by Mobil's Tony Barton in O'Douls' offensive game. was, it no longcrisl You must be old works just fine for you. But we're going to get better. We have a lot of new ones and we're in the top ten scorers are BanjoB,L,ila - You may' have to hide yourself the thin! period. The first half ended 57-39 in favor wi \linu to change your min

24-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- JUNE 16, 1998

SPORTS.0 D Miller Football League gels smash Eagles

By EDDIE SIGUENZA In a preview of what the MFL can McCoy threw four ID passes, two For the Marianas Variety expect the rest of the season, Mobil 1998 Miller Football League to Bobby Degregorio. Bruising full­ HAGA TNA, Guam - This was a racked up seven touchdowns, four back James Buckmon also scored Standings (After Week I) game of zones: 111e Mobil Angels coming on plays of 65 yards or more. twice, one on a surprising screen pass Team W L Pct. GB PF PA that he took 68 yards down field. being in one of their own, and the "There'sstillalotoftimingthatour Mobil Angels 1 0 1.000 46 0 Kraft Eagles fumbling their way out offense has to work on," said Mobil PacSports Cardinal 1 0 1.000 24 3 "We had jitters because we lost ofit. Head Coach Ivan Shiroma said. 'This Miller Bears 1 0 1.000 6 3 some of our key players from last The Angels, winnersofthelasttwo should tell everybody that we're go­ Pepsi Giants 0 1 .000 3 6 year," said Degregorio, noting the Miller Football League regular sea­ ing to be tough. We always have a Keico Mustangs 0 1 .000 3 24 absence of offensive all-stars Tony 46 son crowns, smashed the Eagles 46- competitive program. We're always Kraft Eagles 0 1 .000 0 White and Chris Watson who are in Week I results , Week II the military and transfered off-island. 0 Saturday in action at Wettengel looking for the top. We don't 1-ike Friday, June 12 field. second place." Friday, Julie 19 "But our defense did a good job as Miller Bears 6, Pepsi Giants 3 Mobil Angels vs. Pepsi Giants Saturday, June 13 always. Our game plan was just to Saturday, June 20 execute plays and we did it off the Mobil Angels 46, Kraft Eagles o Miller Bears vs. Keico Mustangs Sunday, June 14 ball." . Sunday, June 21 The Eagles committed eight PacSports Cardinal 24, Keico Mustangs 3 PacSports Cardinal vs. Kraft Eagles fumbles and lost three of the, two coming inside the Angel red zone. The Angels debut the talents of downs, one on a 68-yard punt return Kraft quarterback Mike Owen Frank W1ightand Scott Persing, who, and another on an 88-yard bomb flubbed two snaps, the first with the with thehelpof an experienced offen­ from Sean McCoy, while Persing Eagles sitting on the Angel 19-yard sive line, highlighted their team's rushed for I02 yards on seven canies line which was recovered by Mobil's output. Wright scored two touch- and scored on a 69-yard gallop. Continued on page 23 Rugby club Michelob takes lead gets donation in RP Basketball m.eet By Louie C. Alonso By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff Variety News Staff THE Commonwealth of National AFI'ER beating Bud Ice Unifil, Michelob Bigis once again proved their Rugby Football Club (CNRFC) Miller Bears QB Brant Mccreadie in his debut at the Miller Football mightas they defeatedAspecO'Douls, I02-89 last Sunday in theBudweiser­ received a $3,000 in donations Leagl!e ~ame Friday night prepares to hand off the Pig~kin against the RP Centeunial Basketball League. Peps, Giants. Brant threw the only touch-down of the night in a 6-3 win from Trans America l\.1ichelob now leads the pack in the league's overall standings with a 2 over the Giants. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza Corporation's president, Antonio _win and Oloss at the scoreboard. S. Lim yesterday. 1 1 1 Sonny Ranola of Michel ob Bigis was unstoppable, putting in 22 points The amount will be used by in the game's first half. ·_:~.':.~_i_:_-·.~_:_-· __i'_r_,-.~_-.:_~.:_;_~_ _;_:'._'.-.·-~_,;_·_/_~_-, ..r.·; __-_·:·_t_:'._::_t.: __~_-_-.·_-~.~_: .___: __~.:~'.-:_':'·-;_::_\t['l':t.}_~;'J The Rugby Club in their interna­ rg-hI~;;~it{i';I-D:,;~((f·f;{/O,__ O'Douls' E.d Palma trailed Ranola in the scoring department ·with 16 1. ,: · :'.' ·;·{r:J/Itrf:~\;::}.c· -._. : · .. ._ , _: ..: : .. ., _ . 1, tional tournaments as well as for points OD the early half. :~~ - - - ~~ ~~:_,______·- .• '·- ·.~,. • • ······- ..... -~---'- ~.·, ·---.J... '. ·., __ , - >-··-- ·-· ~ ...•. : hosting international matches here The game went hot as O'Douls bench was slapped with a technical foul By EDDIE SIGUENZA in CNMI. threw three touchdown passes, one three times. Michelob's bench was also given a warning as their lead was For the Marianas Variety The money will also be used to each to Danny Cepeda, De1Tick challenged by the hungry O' Douls, HAGATNA, Guam -Although Anderson and Albert Juan, and assist the Club's continuing de­ O'Douls' craving to win the game was not enough though as Michelob he is taking a new team into the 1998 the Cardinal defense produced a velopment of a rugby program for Continued on page 23 Miller Football League, George safety to round out the scoring. 'Continued on page 19 Hernandez isn't new to winning. Sunday, the head coach of the Pac Sports Cardinal guided his team to a 24-3 triumph over the Keico Mustangs in action at Wettengel field. The Mustangs made their MFL debut as well, but their ros­ ter consist domimmtl y of the defunct Keico Cowboys, who sat in the MFL cellar for at least the last four seasons. PacSports defense, Jed by line­ backers Roland Duenas and Bill Jones, held the Mustangs to less than 130 yards in total offense. The Mustangs managed only a 31-yard field goal by Craig Wade in the third quarter. Wade's kick concluded Keico 'sonly drive past the SO-yard line the entire game. ''We executed some plays when we had to and didn't," said Hernandez, coach of the Continen­ tal Jet~ la~t year and University of Guam Tri tons in early MFL seasons. ,:. "We played a tough club. We'll be The {ef/ G~ants gather at third base follow_ing their 11-6 _triumph over the Kraft Tritons in Game 5 of their Best-of-7 Championship Series last meeting them again down the road." 0 Rookie quarterback Darryl Brown :;t!rin/~~G~f V:,, JJ~~-game 11-6 and clinched the senes 4-1. The victory gave Pepsi its second championship in three years and third since . ______. ______--·· ···- . ______. ______Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza SAIPAN P.O. Box 231 Saipan. MP 96950 GUAM .cf,c~~ -~ u---~-~ • Tel. (670) 234-6341 • 7578 • 9797 960 South Marine'Drive, S!Jif~.'t5~~7· ..;;.~= • Fax: (670) 234-9271 Tamunln~l?:l~a. GU~-9I"T""" - PB 8 5 8 7 4 ~ 3 E-rnail: [email protected] • Tel. (671) 12·467;il !i 2697 8 D J u_ M 1 6 9 8 salam [email protected] • Fax: (&J 11' ~9-4 • , . E-mail; yos®gfe~ffleffhef:JM SAIPNJ Mr:, Y 6 9! 0