Man dies eluding cops By Ferdie de Is Torre foot patrol officer near the Dai­ sped off towards the Navy Hill. Noone was reported hit during No other details were given. ichi Hotel area. Police said Lairope ran off the the Garapan shooting incident. DPS Director Jose M. Castro A MAN who encountered a po­ Lairope was allegedly seen aim­ roadway leading to Chalan Also in Garapan, it was reported ordered the removal of road­ lice officer on foot patrol in ing to shoota police officer. Gun­ Galaidi but hit a large tree. Saturday at 12:40 a.m. that two blocks in designated areas in Garapan and tried to elude arrest shots were heardand Lairope fled Responding ambulance arrived male individuals, including a ju­ Garapan and instead reactivated by riding a motorcycle was killed the area on board a motorcycle. and transported him to CHC venile, were arrested for illegal police patrol to ensure'safety after he allegedly crashed to a big Upon fleeing, another police where he was pronounced dead. possession of firearms and am­ among tourists. tree in Navy Hill Saturday night. officer spotted him driving reck­ DPS did not release the de­ munitions and disturbing peace. Police patrol is part of DPS Department of Public .Safety lessly in the Western Garapan scription of injuries pending the The two arrestees were alleg­ police visibility program in the identified the fatality as Jose area. autopsy. edly seen walking suspiciously. tourist belt. Lairope, 26.He was pronounced Lairope was also observed not dead at the Commonwealth wearing a helmet. Both the head Health Center Saturday at about and tail lights of his motorcycle 7:50p.m. were not on, prompting the of­ Initial police investigation ficer to pursue him. showed that at 7:29 p.m. Lairope The officer ordered the subject allegedly had an encounterwith a to pull over but the latter instead 5 more appointees near confirmation SENATOR EstevenM. King has thrown his unconditional sup­ port to another batch of gubernatorial nominees to two govern­ ment boards and one commission at the end of a confirmation hearing yesterday. In a felephone interview yesterday, King, who is chairman of the Executive Appointments & Governmental Investigation Coni­ mittee ofthe Senate, said he will be endorsing the confirmation of Vicente M. Sablan, John S. Dela Cruz, Guadalupe Flores, Lorenzo DLG. Cabreraand CarmenC. Gaskins to othermembers MPLC Executive Director Bill Concepcion (right) and acting Special Assistant for Planning & Budget Eli of his Committee. Cabrera await their turns to testify in yesterday's EAGI confirmation at the Senate. "Based on the hearing, the testimonies and my review of their credentials, I find them apt for confirmation," said King. Witnesses in yesterday's confirmation hearing were generally in support of confirmation by the nine-member Senate. Homestead rights for All five nominees appeared yesterday before the Senate Com­ mittee on Executive Appointments and Governmental Investiga­ tion to answer questions from its members. common-law couples Sablan, who was former speaker of the House of Representa­ tives has been nominated by Governor Froilan C. Tenorio as SENATOR Henry DLG. San couple is married, they cannot commissioner for the Civil Service Commission while Dela Cruz Nicolas is coming up with a legis­ jointly apply. I have seen a lot of and Flores were appointed members of Mariana Islands Housing lation that would recognize un­ my constituents denied of home­ Authority Board of Directors. married, but living together part­ steads because they are not le­ Gaskins and Cabrera, on the otherhand, were nominated by the ners for eligibility in the the gally married though they are liv­ continued on page 10 Commonwealth's Homestead ing as husband and wife and with Program. children at that," said San Nicolas. Tentatively called as the Com­ "I do not think it is fair to de­ monwealth Husband & Wife Act prive common-law families of the of 1994, the bill is currently in the right to shelterjustbecause of the drafting stage and will seek to absence of a legal document. They allow common-law couples to live with the same needs as mar­ jointlyapply for such homesteads. ried people so I want to accord "Right now, in the absence of them the same rights any legally any legal document stating a married couple has," he added. Henry DLG. San Nicolas Man who attacked his own wife still at-large A MAN who allegedly beat up his Attorney General Charles Rotbart to have the m m arrested and pros- common law wife until the latter who filed charges against the man ecnted, was unconscious, remains fugi- last Wednesday. The court also set a bail of tive as of this time, a government SuperiorCourt Associate Judge $10,000 for Pinaula's release, prosecutor said. Edward Manibusan ordered the $15,000 less than what the court Manuel Santos Pinaula, who arrest of Pinaula last week fol- has requested. Malvera Larkfield (Gregg Kiesge) proposes marriage to Felicity Fair was ordered arrested last week, lowing a request from the govern- Pinaula is said to be a resident (Heather McGee) in a scene in "Caught in the Villain's Web" a has not been arrested by the·au- ment. Rotbart said in his affidavit of Capitol Hill, but as of this time, melodrama being staged at the PIC. thorities, according to Assistant that there were enough evidence continued on page 11 PAC NE'v\'Sr,r'.PER ST,\CKS , I..I~, 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY, APRIL 19,1994 US Patriot missiles reach S. Korea TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1994-MARIANAS VARIETYNEWS ANDVIEws-3 By PAUL SHIN North Korean rocket attack. paredness. conflicts in the face of "the iron­ officials prevented inspectors South Korean police were de­ Robert Gallucci, the assistant clad Republic of (South) Korea­ from the U.N. International SEOUL, South Korea (AP) • 'Iebuteb VOWS to run DCCAwell ployed to fend off protesters, U.S. secretary of state in charge U.S.joint securityarrangements." Atomic Energy Agency from in­ By Ferdie de la Torre Tebuteb,a knowneducator,had The first shipmentof Patriot anti­ UndertheumbrellaoftheDCCA whatplansofprogramaregoingon Staff employees from the DYS Yonhap said. of the Korean nuclear issue, met About 36,000 U.S. troops are sta­ specting facilities that can pro­ a long distinguished career in the missile batteries arrived in South are the Historic Preservation Of­ and the problems,"he said. led by Eloise A. Furey,ChildPr0­ President Clinton ordered the Monday with UnificationMinis­ tioned in South Korea under a duce plutonium. NEWLY-appointed acting Di­ Public School System both as a Korea Monday aboard two U.S. fice,Nutrition Assistance Program, He stressedthat he wantsto en­ tectiveServicessupervisor, warmly missiles shipped to South Korea ter Lee Yung-duk and other se­ mutual defense treaty. rector of theDepartment of Com­ teacher and administrator. military transport ships, the Initially North Korea reacted DivisionofYouthServices, Office sure that thatthere willbe internal welcomed Tebuteb as the at a time of heightened tension of nior Seoul officials. Speaking at an annual meeting munityand Cultural Affairs Tho­ Prior to his appointment as act­ Yonhap news agency said. negatively to the Council state­ of Aging, Commonwealth Coun­ and external evaluations of pro­ administration's newappointeefor North Korea's nuclear program. It is not known how many Pa­ inSeoulofthePacific-AsiaTravel mas Tebuteb has assured that he ing DCCA Director, he is a mem­ U.S.andSouth Koreanmilitary mentbutitsofficialshaverecent!y cil for Arts and Culture, Division gram to determine whether such thedirectorshipoftheDCCAwhen But by the time of their reported triot missiles will eventually be Association,KimpredictedNorth taken a softer stand, voicinghope willrunthedepartmentefficient!y ber of the Board of Regentsof the officials in Seoul refused to con­ of Veterans Affairs, and Low In­ project is indeed working. thelatter touredtheDYSandother arrival a month later, the tensions deployed, but U.S. officials have Korea would eventually bow to and make every effort good Northern Marianas College.Heis firm the report, apparently fear­ of resolving the problem through come Home Energy Assistance At present, Tebuteb said, he is divisions last week. had eased somewhat, and a new saidthe firstshipmentwouldcon­ international pressureand accept enough to provide the services to alsoaspecialassistanttotheBoard ing anti-U.S. protests by radicals dialogue. Program. gettingtoknowandhearthepeople The DYS played a majorrolein round of U.S. diplomatic efforts tain six batteries. full inspections of its nuclear fa­ the public. ofEducation. who oppose deployment of the Last Friday, South Korea Tebutebpointedout thatin run­ in thedepartment, expressingtheir blocking the appointment of was under way. A nominal Patriotbattalionhas cilities. In an interview with Variety missiles on Korean soil. droppedademandforanexchange Tebuteb vowed that he will ningthedepartmentthatdealswith problems. TaitanoafterII ofits staffemploy­ On FridaySouth Koreaopened three to six batteries, with eight "The NorthKoreanswill notbe yesterday,Tebuteb said although make'every effort to provide the Yonhap, the South Korean na­ ofenvoyswithNorthKorea,clear­ wide range activities, he will em­ Hesaidhewasgenerally pleased ees, voiced out for the rejection of the way for renewed negotiations launchers each. Each launcher able to continue to defy world beingthe appointeefortheDCCA tional news agency, said six Pa­ ing the way for the Pyongyang services as mandated by the de­ phasizegoodrelationship withthe withthereceptionof