Audi!: Hotels owe gov't By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THEOFFICEofthePublicAudi­tor found that several big hotels , resort and golf courses on Saipan had reneged on their lease agree­ments with the Division of Public Lands, costing the government a total of$888,793 in rental under­payments.

Two phases of audit were per­formed by the auditor's office. Results showed that the delin­quent establishments underpaid the government by $772,363 for lease period covering 19.90 and 1994;and$11 I,430between 1988 and 1989.

It was found out that underpay­ment had resulted from improp­erly computed gross receipts sub­mitted by the lessees to the public lands agency, formerly known as the Marianas Public Lands Corp.

Leo LaMotte

orMPLC. The public auditor's office

faulted MPLC the public lands agency MPLC for its failure to develop and implement monitor­ing and collection procedures re­lated to lease payments.

Tenorio pushes bid to restrict US citizenship

Froilan C. Tenorio

By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio is hoping to get a prompt response from the fed­eral government regarding his plan to restrict US citizenship from certain persons born in the CNMI.

In an interview, Tenorio said he is sending his special 902 representative Brenda Y. Tenorio to Washington, D.C. this week to discuss the citi­zenship issue with her 902 counterpart, Ed Cohen.

Also to be discussed in the meeting is the issue of sub­. merged lands ownership, ac­cording to the governor.

"I hope this issue is resolved in this meeting," said Tenorio.

"I maintain my position that citizenship should be restricted. I.guess from what I gather, it is not a major concern of US gov-

ernment, at least I don't see any indication from them that it is. But to me this is a major con­cern for the local government," said the governor Thursday.

Under Tenorio's proposal, US citizenship would cease to be automatically conferred on CNMl-bom children unless they have at least one US citi­zen parent.

The current provision under Covenant section 30 I accords US citizenship to anyone born in the CNMI, regardless of the citizenship of the parents.

Section 902 provides a fo­rum where the US and the CNMI could discuss matters affecting their relationship.

The 902 representative has had initial discussions with Cohen on the citizenship issue a while back but the latter rec­ommended that an official po­sition paper be submitted by the CNMI side before the US side takes an official stand.

The proposal to restrict US citizenship is being explored on the premise that the unique political status of the CNMI . under the Covenant may allow such a policy.

Another factor that has led to the proposal is the observation that automatic US citizenship is creating a class of citizens outofa steadily increasing non­resident population.

Currently, the CNMI con­trols its own immigration un­der the Covenant allowing for

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The MPLC, the public auditor's office added, failed to "verify ac­curacy of rental computations pro­vided by the lessees."

The report submitted by Public Auditor Leo LaMotte to Secre­tary Benigno Sablan of the De­partment of Public Lands and Natural Resources, MPLC' s mother agency, found that:

•Two establishments did not pay the required rentals to MPLC;

•Five lessees paid their rentals but did not compute their rentals in accordance with their lease

agreements; • One lessees had only partially

paid; and •Four lessees did not fulfill a

previous underpayment dues and another lessee was not credited for the overpayment cited in a previous audit report.

The auditor's office identified the following establishments that underpaid MPLC between 1990 and 1994:

•Pacific Micronesia Corp. which runs the Daichi Hotel in Garapan, $143,973 including in-

terest of $12,691; • Micro Pacific Development

Inc, which runs Grand Hotel in Susupe, $17,457;

•Saipan Portupia Hotel Corp, which runs Hyatt Regency in Garapan, $15,678; and

•Suwaso's Coral Ocean Point, $3,372.

The Kan Pacific Saipan Ltd., which operates the Mariana Re­sort Hotel in Marpi, has not paid a total of$666,841 in rental obliga-tions.

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Post-~_lection analysis _ · . ·. ·

Why the people voted 'No' By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

TO WHAT factors can the over­whelming no-vote win in last Saturday's plebiscite be attrib­uted?

The Variety asked five voters including a no proponent from the education field. One common reason they gave for the no vote was many voters did not fully comprehend the ramifications of the 19 amendments.

Further questionings also led to conclusions that the yes propo­nents failed to come across. On the other hand, the no proponents campaigned harder and cited the whys and wherefores more straightforwardly.

"There was not enough educa­tion," said Ignacio Benavente, chief deputy clerk of the District Court.

Benavente said that for the del­egates, "nothing is bad. For them everything is vote yes. They just tell you this is good, vote yes, but they don't tell you both the ad­vantages and the disadvantages."

Benavente voted yes on the amendments concerning the judi­ciary and the Washington repre­sentative.

But he admits he was influ­enced up to a certain extent by the no campaigners, particularly those opposed to Amendment 13, on education.

"They (educators from the Northern Marianas College, who were among the ardent campaign­ers for no) are in a better position to understand the consequences if you vote yes," Benavente said.

Benavente thinks the ConCon delegates who campaigned for the ratification of all the amendments

Attao: Delay could have altered ConCon outcome

By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

HAD THERE been a postpone­ment of last Saturday's elec­tion, the outcome of the ratifi­cation vote should have been a

lot different. This from House Vice

Speaker Jesus T. Attao who said the proposed amendments to the Constitution should not have suffered such an overwhelming defeat had his proposal to move the election date materialized.

House Bill 10-162 which Attao authored would have moved the vote on the proposed amendments from March 2 to June 29 of this year.

The measure passed both houses of Legislature but Gov . Froilan C. Tenorio opted to sit on it and let the Saturday ratifi­cation vote push through.

"Ifonly House Bill 10-62 was signed into law, the public would have gotten more infonned on

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should have also mentioned the cons, and not only the pros.

"This (election) is non-parti­san. This is not politics. So, they should at least be honest with themselves in representing the public. This is for the betterment of the community," he said.

Diego S.N. Dela Cruz, court security, voted no on all the amendments, citing specifically number 13 because he said he had read that this would put the NMC under the hands of politicians.

Dela Cruz says he had read more "no" ideas than the "yes."

He said the people had not been sufficiently educated. Told that there had been public hearings conducted; he said he wasn't aware of them. "I've never seen in the newspaper that they were having public hearings."

Over at the NMC, faculty and staff are jubilant for the college's concerted campaign against Amendment 13 was a triumph.

NMC President Agnes M. McPhetres said the college's pub­lic education campaign paid off.

"We have done several public education on TV, with myself going out publicly. Also our board

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Malaysia niay ban Shiites KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)-Thegovemmentwill take stem measures to curb the spread of Shiite teachings in Malaysia and may ban the Islamic sect, a senior official said

The government fears the intro­duction of Shiite teachings would disrupt Muslim Wlity and lead to conflict such as in Lebanon, Bahrain and Pakistan, said Hamid Othman, the cabinet minister in charge of Is­lamic affairs. Hesaidacrackdown

similar to the one used against the Al Arqam Islamic movement in 1994 may be needed to deal with Shiites, the New Straits Times reported Mon­day.

The 200,000 member Al Arqam sect was banned in 1994, its com­munes disbanded and several of its leaders arrested and held without trial to crush a perceived threat.

Al Arqam leader Ashaari Muhamadreportedlyclaimedhe was

\ N. Korea defends Cuba I · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Communist North Korea defended

Cuba for recently shooting down two planes flown by a Cuban exile group near its air space, calling the move a "self-defensive measure.''

In a statement issued late Sunday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry

I regretted that the Feb. 24 attackrerultedin thelossofhumanlifebut said the U.S.-based planes committed a "deliberate provocation" against Cuba.

11 "Noone should use the incident fabricated by Cuban exiles asa pretext for , sanctions and intensified economic blockade against Cuba,'' anwudentified 1 North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

'We maintain thatinfringementonthesovereigntyof an independent state should never be allowed in any case;.," he said.

The spokesman's statement was carried by the North's official Korean

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'No arms race in the Asia-Pacific region' KUALA LUMPUR, Malay­sia (AP) -Weapons purchases by Asia-Pacific nations should be viewed as the modernizing of their armed forces and not an arms race, says Malaysia defense minister.

Syed Hamid Albar said that with the end of the Cold War and the cooperation among nations in the region, the buy­ing of sophisticated arms should be looked at "posi­tively," Bernama news agency

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reported Monday. He said Kuala Lumpur, for ex­ample, bought sophisticated arms to replace obsolete ones for its national security.

Malaysia last year took de­livery of jet fighters from Rus­sia and Britain and has or­dered fighters from the United States.

Defense officials said they were to replace planes that were more than 20 years old and were not to match pur­chases by Singapore, Thailand or other neighbors.

Malaysia has also trained navy personnel mainly in the United States in recent years to operate submarines, but postponed indefinitely the or­dering of its first submarine because of budget constraints. Officials also claim their armed forces had been equipped and trained mainly to fight a communist insur­gency that ended years ago. New purchases were aimed at making the force capable of fighting a conventional war.

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a messiah and was accused of devia­tionist teachings.

''Shiitefollowersaretaughtbytheir leaders to become fanatics ... they are told any follower persecuted for his beliefswillbeconsideredasamartyr.

'This is dangerous. We have to put a stop to such teachings as besides being a threat to national security the Shiite ideology could cause a split among Muslims," Hamid said at a Muslim festival in Sile, 300 kilome­ters ( 180 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur, Sunday.

"Everybody knows there is bound tobeaconflictarnongMuslirns wher­ever there are Shiite followers.

"ExamplescanbeseeninBahrain,

Lebanon and Pakistan ... there have been cases of extremism involving Shiites in all these coW1tiies, includ­ingkilling off ellow Muslims," Hamid said.

Hamid said the Shiites were going from house to house in small groups to recruiting those belonging to the Sunni branch oflslam.

Almost all Malaysian Muslims are adhere to Sunni. Officials said some of these who had gone to the Middle Easthavecome back and were spread­ing the Shiite teachings, especially in Kuala Lumpur and Johore Bahru, 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of here. ·

SW1ni Muslims follow the teach-

ings of the foW1deroflslam' s Prophet Mohammed and what he has said to his followers, while Shiites follows these as well as some of the teachings of Mohammed's followers, such as Saidim Ali.

The government fears that its control of the Islamic community would weaken if there are many sects and has always moved against those viewed as a threat to Muslim unity.

About half of the population of 20.5 million are Muslims, almost all of whom are Malays. The oth­ers include Chinese and Indians who are Buddhists, Christians and Hindus.

Dole says GOP nomination to be settled by this week

By TOM RAUM

ATLANTA (AP) · Sen. Bob Dole, happily the front-runner again after a big win in South Carolina, hints that this week's contests could seal the U.S. Re­publican presidential nominiation. His top three rivals say his skip­ping another televised debate is proof he's not the Republican to challenge President Clinton in the fall.

It was one point of agreement during an occasionally testy, hour!ong ex­change. While Dole skipped the WSB­TV forum Sunday night, another Re­publican contender-Alan Keyes- was arrested trying to get in.

'There are still about fourcandidates around. I think if we do very well on Tuesday, there won' tbebutonearound. And that might be. me," Dole told a veterans rally in Towson, Maryland, late Sunday. He was to campaign in Georgia Monday.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich told The Associated Press Sunday night that he will cast an absentee ballot in Georgia but will not make public who

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he is supporting for a few weeks. "In my view, it's now down to three

people and they deserve a couple of weeks to try to dislodge Senator Dole," Gingrich said. "I am not going to en­dorse anyone in the meantime."

Dole suggested that other Republi­can candidates might want to consider folding their campaigns if he sweeps primaries this week. Eight states, in­cluding Georgia, vote on Tuesday, fol­lowe.d by New York's primary on

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Thursday, where 93 delegates will be selected- the biggest single-state trove of delegates to date.

Polls show Dole ahead in all nine states.

The Senate majority leader, after a rocky start in Iowa andhwnbling losses in New Hampshire and Arizona, re­took the lead on Saturday with a com­manding win in South Carolina

But Dole's suggestion that he's got the GOP race close to nailed down found few subscribers Sunday night among his three principal opponents -commentator Pat Buchanan, pub­lisher Steve Forbes and former Ten­nessee Gov. Lamar Alexander. The WSB-TV debate was carried na­tionally on Cable Network News and C-SPAN.

All three scored Dole for his ab­sence.

''There is one candidate who can stand up to President Clinton. It's not Sen. Dole, who can't even stand up here," Buchanan said.

And Alexander said of Dole, "He's supposed to beheretonight .... And he's supposed to be compared with us."

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Labor drops case vs Joeten By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE DIVISION of Labor has dis­missed the case filed by four alien workers against their employer, J.C. Tenorio Enterprises, but at the same time, blew the whistle on the company for making iJlegal de­ductions from the workers' sala­nes.

The labor division issued on Feb. 26 a "notice of no violation of the NonResident Workers' Act" in re­sponse to the complaint filed by Mario Santillam, Dominador Conseja, Rolando Cordero and Ignacio Ayapana.

Labor director Francisco Camacho described some of the workers' allegationsas"frivolous."

As taxpayer plaintiffs 3 seek to replace Torres, Rayphand

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By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THREE persons has asked the Supe­rior Court to replace Rep. Stanley T. Torres and Jeanne H. Rayphand as class representatives in the taxpayer's lawsuit

DorothyTenorioMcKinney, Alex C. Tudela, and Nicolas C. Sablan, all CNMI taxpayers, said Torres and Rayphand while acting on behalf of the Commonwealth have failed to prosecute the case to a conclusion in a timely manner.

In a motion to intervene, the tax­payers, through counsel R. Danin Class, said the plaintiffs' failure has impaired the rights of the absent class members, squandering the limited resources of the government

"Plaintiffs must be replaced as the class representatives so that this mat­ter may be resolved fair! y and timely so as to maximize the return to all class members," said Class in the motion.

Class ex plained that plaintiffs have failed to retain new coW1sel after the disqualification of Theodore R. Mitchell and continued to engage in discovery battles with defendants.

Each day that this matter contin­ues, Class said the taxpayers are los­ing money that is needed by the gov­ernment

"Aside from the loss of rental in­come, delays in the project mean lost tax revenue and lost income through the sales of goods and supplies, as well as the potential loss of the devel­opment project," said the lawyer.

He said the applicants (clients) be­lieve that the plaintiffs are not ad­equately representing the cla~s.

Class said if they are no tallowed to intervene this action will not be re­solved in a manner that will provide the maximum benefit of the taxpay­ers.

Class said Torres is an inadequate representativeduetothefactthatheis an unduly antagonistic litigant and bears a grudge against defendants and their counsel.

Rayphand,ontheotherhand, Class claimed, wasaninadequaterepresen­tative from the start of this action due to her affiliation with Mitchell.

The intervenors asked judgment for a preliminary injunction to pre­vent defendant L&T from proceed­ing with development of the property until the court can decide the case on the merits.

They asked judgment that co-de­fendants Gov. Froilan Tenorio, Land and Natural Resources Secretary Benigno M. Sablan and Division of Public Lands Director Bertha T. Camachoconunittedabreachoftherr fiduciarydutiesandsetthel=easide as being null and void.

Reacting to the new development, David G. Banes, counsel for L&T, said there's nothing wrong as long as the intervenor.; have gcxxl intentions and will not cause delay of the Pacific Mall project.

Banes said L&T hopes that the intervenors will take a look at the fact and agree that the lease of the land is reasonable.

Issues raised by the workers in­cluded late notice of nonrenewal, yearly increase in barracks fee, util­ity deductions, and deductions for life insurance.

Camacho said the late notice of nonrenewal "does not raise a meri­torious claim" under the jurisdic­tion of his office."

He also pointed out that the em ployment contract "contains no provision for advance written noti­fication of nonrenewal."

On the issue of barracks fee increase, Camacho said the con­tract approved by the labor depart­ment "does not specifically autho­rize a $50 per month charge for employer-provided housing."

Camacho also denied the com­plainants' claim for utility fees de­ducted by Joeten from their sala­ries from 1991 to 1992 because it was "barred under the statue of limitations."

Camacho invoked the same law on the workers' claims for life in­surance deductions made by Joeten from 1991 to 1993.

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Under the law, any offense sup­posedlycommittedbytheemployer two years before the complaint was filed would be rendered "W1en­forceable."

The complaint was filed only late last year.

Camacho, however, tackled the life insurance deductions made by Joeten from 1994 to 1995.

He said Joeten violated the N onResident Workers Act when it made such deductions from the workers' salaries. Life insurance payrnent,hesaid, werenotincluded in the individual employment con­tracts approved by the labor de­partment

ButCamachowouldstillnotaward the claims of the workers since they "authorized" therr employer "to de­duct any required cost of group insur­ance participation from earnings."

''Both therespondentand individual complainants thereby made agree­ments or changed existing contracts ..... without the approval of the director," Camacho said.

The labor chief, however, warnedJ oeten against making any future deductions "without spe­cific authorization in contracts approved by Labor."

Union leader Honoria Cambronero, who represented the complainants before the labor hearing, said the workers will appeal the case before the National Labor Relations Board.

Speaker scores Tenorio for his anti-Guam statements

By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Slaff

HOUSE speaker Diego T. Benavente yesterday assailed Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio for de­nouncing the government of Guam and ordering all coopera­tion efforts with the territory stopped.

In an interview yesterday, Benavente clarified that the governor's criticism of Guam is purely on his own and does not reflect the sentiment of the entire CNMI government.

"It is incumbent upon me as one of the leaders who represent the people of the CNMI to come out publicly and say that we do not support what the governor said with regards to cooperation.

"l feel it is my responsibility to tell the people of Guam that there are those of us who do not support him and would want to continue cooperation with Guam," said Benavente.

Benavente, who just recently arrived from an official trip from Okinawa, said he was stunned upon learning about the governor's recent public state­ment undercutting ties with the

neighboring island government. Tenorio in an earlier interview

said he is stopping cooperation efforts with Guam due to the government's alleged attempt to de­rail CNMI efforts to move its planned fiber optic cable project.

Specifically, the governor got irri­tatedoverapetitionfiledbytheGuarn Telephone Authority before the Fed­eral Commwucations Commission which he said would delay the cable project for up to two years.

According to Benavente, coopera­tion on issues of mutual concern with Guam or with any other is­iand entity in the region is of utmost importance and should continue.

"I feel that this is just a misun­derstanding on the landing of the fiberoptic cable. This by all means is no reason for the governor to come out publicly and say what he said," said Benavente.

The speaker said the governor should be more cautious and not to forget that every time he speaks, "he is speaking for the people of the Commonwealth."

"There's a lot of things that we are presently working with the gov­ernment of Guam on. For example,

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we are getting a lot of cooperation and assistance from Guam Del­egate Robert Underwood so gener­ally, it is very important forus to try and seek ways for better working cooperation with Guam," said the speaker.

"\Vhen we look at ourselves and see how small we are, as a group of nations in one region, we will see that we need to work together and cooperate if we are to solve the problems we have," s.aid Benavente.

Nevv lavvs uphold Rota, Tinian agri-ho01esteads By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio yesterday signed into Jaw two bills that would ensure the validity of agricultural homesteads given to eligible recipients in the islands of Rota and Tmi:>n.

Senate Bills 10-1 and 10-2, both authored by Saipan Sen. Juan P. Tenorio, seek to correct legal de­ficiencies unintentionally created when Legislature passed the laws that established the agricultural homestead programs on the two

islands. Public Laws 7-11 and 6-15 cre­

ated the homestead program on Rota and Tinian in 1990 and 1989, respectively.

There have been questions per­taining to how the island programs were to be funded. There were also questions on whether the. legal de­ficiencies could affect the validity

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In announcing his µction, Gov­ernor Froilan C. Tenorio said Rota and Tinian residents who legally

obtained such homesteads accord­ing to permitconditionsestabl1shed~ by the defunct Marianas PublicLand Corp. and later, by the Public Lands Division should be upheld

''No law or regulation should worlc to obstruct their right to receive or eventually receive fee title to their agricultural homesteads," said Tenorio. · It could be recalled that Tenorio last year vetoed Senate Bill 9-180 which seeks to ratify homestead trans­actions on Rota dissastisfied with how the program has been managed

there. He maintained tl1at the public must

be assured that CNMI law is fol­lowed with the distribution and man­agement of all public land, including village and agricultural homesteads.

According to the governor, al­though the new laws will resolve certain legal problems with the Rota and Tinian programs, DPL will still need to investigate whether all permit requirements have been complied with by the homestead­ers.

"MPLC' s failure to adequately

manage the homestead programs and allow recipients to improp­erly transfer their propeny and in certain cases, allow improper structures and commercial estab­lishments to be located thereon, will not be allowed to continue under DPL'smanagement," said Tenorio.

"Where homesteeaders fail to 'I

comply with their pennits, by not actively using their lots for agri­cultural purposes, DPLshail move to recover the property for the government," he warned.

?R't fflcvdanat by: John DelRosario

MAKONDUKTA un' inekufigog gi ayo na lehislasion i para u choma' direchon patgon bastado gin en kosas osino finkas tatafia yangin ti sumasaga yan i lumilesgue'.

Ha estotbayo' este na ginagao sa' seguroyo' na rinikuestan un' abugao ni kumeke protehe pago i finkas defunto miyinario as Larry Hillblom. Geran abugao gi todo atmos banda 'nai makeke puno' un' silensio na tradision natibo gi ma 'ayudan un' innosente ni mumerese na u mapatte dididi' nu i finkas tatafia.

Checho' konkabido 'nai i resutta mafafiago un' patgon debi i man menhalom na u komprende na ti disision un' innosente. Gi primet lugat esta ha' deste mafafiagufia un' patgon bastado disbintaha para i prohimo. Ha katga aputyidon nanafia sa' ti u masaguayan si tatafia.

I mapropopone na ginagao, mas siempre ha sapet i haanen ennao siha na famaguon sa' chinanda ni lai direchon niha ginen as tatan niha. Tay a' sensiata ni natibo sumapet un' kilisyano piot ayo siha i man namase tat komo famaguon ni manmafafiago ti lihitimo.

Debi lokue' u makonsidera i tinilaika gi linala' professional siha na famalaon. Megai gi entre este na professionat ma 'ayeg haye para tatan famaguon niha sin u fan asagua sa' ti hana' presiso ayudon lahe. Hafa para tachogue nu i famaguon niha? Guaha gi famalaonta pumetsige este na klasen linala' ya mufiga na pot mandaton un' fatso na lai para ta choma' famaguon niha gi direchon ha gas mapraktitika guine maseha gi silensio na manera.

Seguroyo' lokue' na soluke bachet konsensiamo, siempre u fatto i ora 'nai hago mismo un' admitte gi lehitimo faml!guonmo na u marikononose si fulano osino fu]ana sa' patgonmo prefekto. Lamegai hulie' mafielo man dafia ya ma 'aksepta gi hilo hinimidde i mafielon niha bastado(a).

Responsablidat lehislatura na una' guaha proteksion para i man innosente. Tai responsablidat u mesague mas i linala' yan haanen i manmafafiago gi hilo' este na attura. Sa' yangin kabales ha tufigo este siha na man innosente hafa para u susede ya sifia mamatinas disision pot no u mafafiago, seguroyo' na ti u mahfiao, siempre ha disidi na maulegfia na u saga gi estao afighet.

I geran abugao pot finkas defunto Hillblom gaige pago gi menan i kotte. Polu ennao na asunto ya i kotte u dinisidi esta i uttimo besis taimano para mapattefia i tetehnan na kosas yan finkas i defunto. Dispues, haye gi entre hita sifia sumafigan hafa mohon disisionfia i def unto yangin sifia rnunafigo halorn gin en tasen Anatahan pot para u satba este siha na ginaddon? Estague' na rason na propio yangin i magagagao na Jehislasion ma disapprueba sin hafa na detension.

**** I san lichan na patte giya Saipan seso tinahofig fuetsan kandet ni

mafato ginen i yinereta' i CUC. Este na chinatsaga gaige na megai esta residente yan kometsiante guine na patte gi tano' ya i yinereta' ni munanae' kandet seso katgado mas ke dipotsihe nina' sifiafia.

Mamaisen ayudo i kabesanten i CUC gi lehislatura na u prekura pumasa appropriasion kosake siiia mafahan todo nesesidat para rnahatsan un'dikiki' na estasion elektrisida para u inayuda i san lichan na kornunida.

Hu komprcndc na kontodo i tipu · hanorn siha para u fan mapegaye yincreta kosakc ti u magtos este na setbisio durante yan dispues de finagpo pagyo. Siempre lokue' mas sifia i man nuebo na residente yan kornetsiante manrnapegaye kandet sin hafa na detension.

I CUC daiigkulo na adelanto ha fatinas gi rinikohen apas utilidat. Esta ti mamatmos gi papa' dibi taimano ha ckspirensia gi man mapos siha na tiempo. Mas fitme 'nai tumotohge ya sige ha apase i dibin publiko yan hafa siha na obligasion.

Baiho soyu' lokue' i lehislatura na u prekura seriosu na konsiderasion pot probleman san lichan na komunida gi bandan elektrisida. Muiiganaestake matai i yinereta 'nai infan e'ensinahyao pol para in kubre este na ginagao. I san lichan na komunida i mas daiigkulo pago taotaofia ya sige ha' mas i hinatsan man nuebo siha na guma' yan bisnis. Mampos chadeg i tinigofig nuebo na residente yan kometsiante ya inige hafa i presente na fasilidat sifia ha . prebeniye. Fan dafia gi hilo' mauleg na inatufigo ya inna' guahaye fondu para i marespuepuesta pago na appropriasion. Si Yuus Maase.

JACK ANDERSON and MICHAEL BINSTEIN

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

Stone's 'Nixon' only tells part of the story WASHINGTON-Oliver Stone's controver­sial new film, "Nixon," is drama-packed with engrossing scenes, devastating in­sights-and grotesque distortions. For a Watergate reporter who helped bring down Richard Nixon and wound up high on his enemies list, the movie was a nightmare revisited.

There were really two Nixons; Stone dis­sected only one of them. His autopsy bared the dark, forbidding, monstrous Nixon at his worst-with only fleeting glimpses of the other, human Nixon.

I must be the last person Nixon would have expected to rise to his defense.- During the Watergate era, I found myself engaged in a mortal battle with this dogged, dauntless president. Each damaging story I published created a frenzy inside the White House, causing him to strike back in ways that some­times exceeded the limits of the law.

At his instigation, the CIA tailed me for months, assigning as many as 18 cars at a time to track my movements; this in deliber­ate disregard of a law that prohibits CIA investigations on American soil. The illegal caper was called "Operation Mudhen"; I was the mudhen.

Nixon also dispatched aide John Dean lo ask the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to dig up some mud to splatter on me. The FBI confiscated all my phone records and compiled a dirty dossier. Watergate Judge John Sirica later ordered the FBI to purge their files ofmy private phone calls and to lay off.

The Pentagon, meanwhile, conducted 11 sepa­rate investigations of me, and the Internal Rev­enue Service spent four fruitless years trying to find something wrong with my tax returns. Someone inside the IRS even forged a docu­ment to create a false case against me.

The notorious White House "plumbers," G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, posted my name on the wall of their basement compound post to inspire them on against the foe. For a while, they thought Nixon wanted me rubbed out, so they secretly sought some exotic CIA poisons to get rid of me.

I could go on. Yet I am, after all, a reporter. So I am obliged to

take excei:-tion to Stone's characterization of Nixon. I had detected quite a different Nixon behind the black jowls, shifty eyes and unfortu­nate ski-slope nose-a shy, introverted man; a sensitive, deeply private person who sometimes

up in the White House wondering whether he was really president.

He could be as dark and gloomy as Stone portrayed him. His awkward, marionette hand gestures and robot-like responses made him a living caricature of himself. Yet he was no clown; rather, he was a shrewd politician, brilliant strat­egist and sharp-as-nails negotiator.

He drove himself into one bruising battle after another, slashing his way to the top, suffering inwardly from the political shellfire and accumu­lating psychological scar tissue along the way. Beneath the scars, the intimate Nixon was a lonely, suspicious man who fought so hard for public approval and was rebuffed so often.

Still, his achievements bespeak the inner supe­riority that unkind fate can nurture-the compen­sating enlargement of brains, tenacity and guile. On the hard testing ground of politics, he some­how managed to warm the chill his visage cast, to triumph over his physiognomy. This triumph of ambition over inhibitions produced two Nixons­one personal, the other political- who were so incompatible that the former referred to the latter in the third person. It was as if Nixon, the politi­cian, were some other guy.

Sources close to Nixon insist he wanted to serve with honor-to be a good president, hopefully even a great president. I know he assigned John Ehrlichman to keep a set of noteboooks itemizing his campaign promises. I suspect Nixon intended to fulfill those promises.

But he was confounded by an epic misjudgment that caused him to commit first the blunders and then the offenses that produced the greatest political scandal in American history­Watergate.

Unfortunately, Stone's portrayal of the years leading up to that period contained some grating inaccuracies. Stone implied, for example, that Nixon conspired with gang­ster Johnny Roselli in the CIA plot to kill Cuba's Fidel Castro and that Watergate fig­ures E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis were implicated in the plots to assassinate both Castro and John F. Kennedy.

I happen to be the reporter who exposed the CIA's plot to recruit the Mafia to knock off Castro. I also instigated and guided the Senate investigation that documented the scandal. As that record shows-and my reporting confinned­Stone' s version of the events is simply wrong.

It's a shame, however, that the facts must interfere with what is an otherwise excellent-if incomplete-portrayal of Richard Nixon.

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IL::> Letters to the ~tor) Lawyer aITested over ~!:.ught on th!e~::::~,~! 'unpaid' rentals, freed

I feel that if this supposed urgent probatelawunderconsiderationfrom the House has no special strings at­tached to the ongoing Hillblom case then simply make the law exclusive of any ongoing cases and their ap-peals.

If the legislature should ~ this bill with these inclusions they will prove that there are no specialinte=t groups involved in this impromptu legislation. If the legislature includes these provisions we will see if the administratorsof theHillblomEstate or Trust come in support or against such an inclusion and prove whether or not they are behind this bill.

The CNMI needs to show more consistency in our laws if we wish to

special interest laws at every blow of the wind It would appear that Mr. Donnici is teasing the CNMI by ask­ing for a wish list He says possibly millionscouldbeusedfromthechari­table trust for CNMI projects. I think the CNMI could benefit millions if we apply inheritance taxes that are applicable in the states. Maybe the legislature should try and speed an inheritance tax bill through for nonindigenuousresiclentsandrecover say a guaranteed 20% of the estate andliquidateourdebtandhavemoney for schools and roads to boot This type of legislation would benefit all the people of the CNMI and not a select few.

Patrick Leon Guerrero

Portland group writes Dear Editor:

Hafa Adai! Our Association was fanned a couple of years ago here in the greater Portland, Oregon/ Vancouver, Washington area, in or­der to protect, preserve, defend, and promote our language, history, arts, tradition, and culture.

We are interested in obtaining any infonnation on the buildingofa table­top model of an ocean-going canoe, or pemaps a Chamoru dwelling, or the methcxl of weaving a coconut-/ pandanus-leaf mat, basket, fan, or hat.

We would also like to receive in­fonnation on native dances as well as thedifferentcostumesthatwereworn. The pericxl of pre-contact would in­terest our Association the most, as we strive for accuracy and authenticity. We feel the need to stand alone as a uniquecultureandnotbelumpedinto

broad categories such as Pacific Is­lander, Asian, Pacific American, etc.

Please advise if there are other learning materials that we can use. We are very much interested in the visual arts as well. Wehopetobeable to teach our members of all ages how to draw and create different subjects that are unique and/or familiar to our culture. We are slowly building our collection of artifacts. We can use photographs, posters, cfilendars, and illustrations of all kind (native plants, endangered animals, geological and historical reference materials). Please forward this letter to the appropriate agency if you cannot provide assis­tance, or let us know to whom we should direct this correspondence.

Dangkolu nasi Yu'us Maase!

Sincerely,

Peter Cruz

Fennell sets record straight Dear Editor:

The CNMI Legislature was unfairly slammed in the March 1, 1996 PON column written by foe Murphy. Mr. Murphy chas­tised our legislature for passing HB 10-1:47, also known here as the "Peter Dcinnici Bill."

Our Legislature, much to its credit, did not pass the bill, it was referred to committee where it will hopefully meet the death it deserves.

Mr. Murphy's column, while well-intended, contains other in­accuracies, which doesn't sur­prise me. The misdeeds of the group who plotted to control the Hillblom estate have gone virtu­ally unreported in thePDN, which has only scraped the surface of the story. Perhaps the report of former Attorney General Rexford Kosack, the Special Master ap­pointed by Alexandro Castro, the Presiding Judge of the CNMI Su­perior Court to examine the self­dealing and conflicts among those controlling the estate, might get the PDN interested enough to pay close attention.

The 200-page report details the conspiracy to take control of the estate, and control the executor's

actions to protect the self-interest of the conspirators. It implicates Peter Donnici (former Hillblom attorney) and Dennis Kerwin (OHL President) among a host of others in on the plot. The Special Master's Report was issued after months of testimony taken around the world, with thousands of pages of exhibits supporting its conclu­sions. Donnici's disingenuous attempts to discredit Mr. Kosack' s motives and ability only docu­ment Donnici' s moral bankruptcy. Donnici also acts as Chairman to the so-called "charitable" trust that can be used to control entities owned by Larrry Hillblom. Larry's will specifically states "that no part of the direct or indi­rect activities of this trust shall consist of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influ­ence legislation," but Mr. Donnici feels free to pick and choose whic;h of Larry's wishes he will respect.

Mr. Murphy is right that the story would make a great movie. My suggested title would be "The Firm, Part II."

Sincerely,

Randall T. Fennel

By Ferdie de la Torre Variery News Staff

THE POLICE arrested yes­terday lawyer Thomas M. Sweeny in connection with a civil case filed by the North­ern Marianas Housing Cor­poration against him for non­payment of house rental.

Police officers served a bench warrant to Sweeny in Lower MIHA at about 10:30 a.m.

The lawyer was handcuffed and taken to the Department of Public Safety.

After he was booked, Sweeny was released because his "representative" posted $2,000 bail at 12 noon.

Following a stipulation signed last Nov. 13 between Sweeny and NMHC, through counsel David A. Wiseman, the Superior Court ordered the defendant to pay the agency $3,817.50 as due rent.

The court asked Sweeny to settle the amount by paying

$817 .50 on the date of the judgment. The $3,000 balance to be paid i,n three equal monthly instal!ments of $1,000.

The lawyer was allowed to stay in the NMHC's rental unit through last February 28. He was, however, ordered to vacate prior to last Friday.

Wiseman claimed the de­fend·ant did not comply with the court's judgment by fail­ing to make payments.

Wiseman said Sweeny has not paid the monthly install­ment of $1,000 due last Feb. I. The monthly rental was paid after its due date.

Last Jan. I Wiseman said Sweeny issued a $1,825 check as payment for the $1,000 monthly installment and monthly rental of $825.

NMHC learned it was a bouncing check.

Despite notice, Wiseman claimed that Sweeny has re­fused to make payments.

This had prompted Wiseman to file a motion re­quiring Sweeny to show cause why he should not be pun­ished for contempt of court for not complying with the judgment of the court's or­der.

At Tuesday's hearing Sweeny failed to show up in court. Special Judge Jane Mack issued a bench warrant for the lawyer and set a $2,000 cash bail.

During yesterday's hearing Mack reminded Sweeny that he is a lawyer so there's no reason for him to be unaware of his violations in court.

Mack forfeited the bail. The judge ordered Sweeny

to pay $845 to NMHC yester­day. He was also asked to pay Wiseman's attorney's fee.

Wiseman was requested to submit his billing to the court.

When asked for comment, Sweeny said: "there was just a confusion on the payment."

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Man nabbed for $40 'bribe try' A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe a po­lice officer who asked him to pull over for traffic violation in Chalan Laulau Sunday morning.

Arrested was Xin Song Kong of San Antonio.

Initial police investigations

showed that a police officer pulled over a car driven by Kong along Beach Road for traffic violation.

Kong handed $40 cash to the officer, but the latter denied.

Kong insisted, prompting the officer to arrest him for bribery.

It was later found out that the

Jury trial for Alvin Camacho set today

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE JURY trial for Alvin A. Camacho, suspect in last year's gunshooting in San Roque that left one person dead and three others wounded, will start today.

This developed as the Supe­rior Court completed yester­day the selection of nine ju­rors, including three as alter-

nates. Assistant Atty. Gen. James

Norcross will serve as the lead prosecutor while noted de­fense counsel Anthony Long will represent Camacho.

The Attorney General's Of­fice is expected to present I 0 to 12 witnesses during the trial.

Camacho was charged with murder in the second degree, three counts of assault with a danger-

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Directors of the Commonwealtll Government Employees' Credit Union will hold its rnontllly meeting on Thursday, March 07, 1996, at 06:00 P.M. at the Credit Union office in Garapan. The following agenda will be discussed:

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VII. VIII.

Administrative Matters A. Call to Order B. Chairwoman's Message C. Rolt Cati Q_ Adoption ot Agenda E. Adoption cl Minu\e(s)

1. February 15, 1996 Operational Matters A. General Manager's Report Legal Matters A. Legal Counsel's Report Old Business A. Proposed NMIRF Loan Agreement-Redraft B. Resolution-96-001 C. Resolution-96-002 D. Travel Policy New Business(e's) A. Resolutions:

1. Reserves 2. Posting-ettective dale 3. Terms and conditions ol loan- Insurance, Delault, Collateral,

Co-Signer, and Security 4. Loan Procedures, FIFO, Priority Listing, Emergency 5. Procurement Policy

B. General Membership Meeting -March 1996 MISCELLANEOUS A. GM. Memo on SCU assets and liabilities, 02120/96-CGECU·96-017 Announcement(s) Adjournment

arrestee failed to show a driver's license and registration for the ve­hicle.

In other police reports, a woman employee at the L&T Garment Factory in Lower Base, was ar­rested for allegedly stealing clothes Saturday morning.

Qiao Feng Chen, 29, of Gualo

Rai, was allegedly caught trying to conceal shirts at the exit area of the factory.

In Susupe, a 19-year-old woman complained that ,an unidentified person took her bag she placed on the beach side of Saipan Grand Hotel Saturday night.

The victim said the bag con-

tained 2,000 Yen, $10 cash, $600 traveler's check, two cameras, and other items.

In San Vicente, a 43-year-old man was injured after he was ganged up by six men outside a night club before dawn yesterday.

One of the assailants also hit him with a metal pipe. (FDl)

CUC asks Legislature'$~~}!1

to prevent crisis situatio:il.t,.:/· IN AMOVEtoprotectSaipan's electrical investments, Timo­thy Villagomez, the executive director of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC), is pushing for immediate im­provements before a crisis situ-

/ ation develops. During a recent meeting at

the CNMI Legislature, Villagomez told members of the Public Utilities, Transpor­tation and Communications

, Committee (PUTC) that $11 : million is required right now in order to improve electric op­erations in the field. "I want to use the situation in Guam as a learning experience. Let's take action now so we don't end up like the people of Guam," Villagomez told the Iawmak-

ers. While the community utility

has generating capacity in the power plant, the majority of its customers are located far away from the plant, in southern Saipan, resulting in electrical line-losses, power fluctuations and even power outages. To remedy the situation,. Villagomez wants to build a substation in southern Saipan within 1996. "The substation will solve our immediate prob­lems and allow us to connect more customers, especially commercial enterprises, to our system," he explained during the meeting.

Villagomez also noted that by the year 2001 the utility must have a new power plant on line,

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Responding __ _ to s the Villagomez visit>PUTC Chair~ man Crispin Deleon Guerrero said members of the Tenth Legislature are ~· .. eager to as­sist in any way they can .. t

In a letter dated February 27, Guerrero acknowledged that this committee shares CUC's concern that Saipan faces an "imminent crisis:" The PUTC further suggested that the Gov­ernor create a "working group" to evaluate funding ~ltema­tives. Otherwise, the commu­nity utility may find ifneces­sary to declare that no new customers be connected to the electrical system in southern Saipan.

Wage hearings resume today THE public hearings being con­ducted by the Wage and Salary Review Board resume today, with the Northern Marianas College testifying.

The hearings were interrrupted when a federal fact-finding mis­sion headed by Insular Affairs Director Allen P. Slayman came to Saipan last Feb. 14. Other members of the mission arrived on Feb. 19_

The mission looked into the wage issue, among other things.

The NMC had also begged off until March since it was busy pre­paring for its Charter Day ob­served last Feb. 23.

The WSRB, headed by Joaquin S. Torres, is conducting the hear­ings as part of an effort to arrive at the rightamountof increase in the hourly minimum wage, if at all.

The second round of hearings started last Feb_ 6.

The hearing on that day actu-

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.students set IN a continuing effort to effec­tively monitor student achieve­ment the Public School System is conducting two standardized ex­ams this spring.

Beginning this week and con­tinuing through mid-March the 'Degrees of Reading Power' exam is being administered to elemen­tary , jr. high and high school students across the Common­wealth. The exam is designed to test reading ability at a variety of levels.

ally did not take place because the Chamber of Commerce did not send any representative. It sent a letter stating that it had no further thing to say on the matter other than a mere reiteration of its ear­lier position supporting the man­dated 30-cent increase.

The 30-cent increase was sup­posed to have taken effect last January but it was deferred for six months pending the recommen­dation of the WSRB.

Torres said the raise in the mini­mum wage might be forthcoming by April, the defennent cut short by three months, but that it would selective and not across the board.

So far, the industries or asso­ciations heard by the wage review board are the wholesale trade,

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construction, Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands, garment manufacturers, and the Commonwealth Labor Federa­tion.

BPL to m.eet today I TI-IE Boarrl of Professional Licensing will be conducting their Mu-ch Board meeting j

on Tuesday, Maich 5, 1996 at 9:00 am. The meeting will re held at the Board of , Professional Li~nsing Office located at the Island Commercial Center Building, 2nd ' F1oor, Gua!o Rai.

AGENDA FOR BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING Date: March 5, 1996, Tuesday

Time: 9:00 AM Place: BPL Conference Room I. Call to Oitler 2 Determination of Attendance & Qurom 3. Review and Adoption of Agenda 4. Review and Adoption of Minutes-fobruruy 6, 1996 Meeting Minutes 5. Communications from Governor's Offire & Legislature

A ~Vernor· s Office .. Appointment of Mr. Gregorio Castro- B. l.egislatui-e 6_ Oia,nnan' s Report 7. Board Administrator's Report · 8. Investigaror's Report 9. Committee Report~ - A. Harbor Pilots 10. Old Bu sines.~ - A. Application for Board's Review

B. Correspondence from ABET reevaluation of Foreign Schools C Letter from PAO Re "Competitive Bidding"

11. New Busines.~ - A. Corpornte Cert.ific-.i.te of Authorization 12. Miscellaneous Business- A. April NCEES Exam-B. WCARB Meeting 13. Adjournment of Meeting

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Poll results certified next week By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

ELECTION returns from Saturday's ratification exer­cise are almost complete, and results may be certified by next week, according to an election board officer.

The Board of Elections' main office on Saipan received yesterday the complete returns from Rota.

BOE' s administrative of­ficer Ray Crisostomo said the

board is just awaiting ballots cast by absentee voters.

"Under the law, we have five days to wait for returns from off-island voters before we can start tabulating the results," Crisostomo explained. "Im­mediately after that, the board will form a quorum and issue a certification."

Crisostomo said latest re­turns showed a 48 percent vot­ers' turnout in Saipan, 70 per­cent in Tinian, and 60 percent

in Rota. Computations made by the

Marianas Cablevision indi­cated that all the 19 proposed Constitutional Amendments failed to get the percentage of votes required to ratify an amendment.

Updated results from MCV showed big percentage of votes for Amendments No. 15, the item on gambling.

istered only at 57 .82 to in­clude Saipan and Rota. There­fore, it still failed to reach the constitutional requirement for a simple majority plus two-

thirds of the votes cast in two senatorial districts.

All other amendments did not reach 50 percent of the total votes cast in the three islands.

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It got a 87 .87 percent votes in Tinian where, incidentally, a casino facility is to be built up.

Votes in favor of the gam­bling amendment outnum­bered the negative votes. "Yes" votes totalled 2,869, based on MCV' s tabulation, while the "no" votes , 2,093.

1 head of a newly created sub- Babauta, "is tQ investigate ', ' committee tasked to investigate the recent deportees who \

the Attorney General's Office's have returned to the CNMl \ recent actions related to labor and other related matters as \ and immigration. it pertains to Labor and Im- /

/ The special fact-finding migration involving the At-I body is a subcommitee of the torney General's role." /

EMPLOYEES at the Criminal Records and Fireanns section at the DepartmentofPublic Safety are con­ducting reviews of all fireanns regis­tration files to identify people with expired fireanns pennits.

Anyone whose pennit(s) has ex­pired should immediately report to the Criminal Records and Fireanns Section at DPS to process their appli­cation for renewal.

In addition, anyone in possession of unregistered firearms should have them registered immediately.

Failw-e to do so is a violation of 6 CMC section 2204 and may result in criminal prosecution.

For further infonnation regarding

PSS takes'. pariin... 1. pe~ce·pole project

IN a whirlwind visit, Febru­ary 14th, Japanese educator Aiko Ito planted peace poles at four Commonwealth public Schools. The three meter, off­white, plastic obelisks bear­ing the message "May Peace Prevail on Earth" in Chamorro, Carolinian, En­glish and Japanese, were placed at Koblerville, WSR, Tanapag and San Vicente El­ementary Schools.

At pole planting ceremonies PSS students d,eposited inside the poles wishes for peace and goodwill. These wishes will be permanently sealed inside the obelisks.

Ms. Ito, the director of a Japanese school, spends her free time bringing the poles to the western Pacific. In addi­tion to the Commonwealth, Ito has been instrumental in the installation of scores of poles in Palau, Guam, the Philip­pines and Chuuk.

The local Peace Pole project is part of a global peace effort associated with the World Peace Prayer Society, a non­denominational, non-govern­mental organization based in New York. It is estimated that there are now over 100,000 Peace Pole located in 130 countries.

Other Peace Pole locations in Saipan include the Lourdes Shrine and Mt. Topotchau.

this matter, contact the Criminal Records and Frrearms Section at tel. no. 234-9137. But overall percentage reg-

Students of Koblerville Elementary School help install a Peace Pole.

I House of Representatives' Appointed members are I I Judiciary and Government Vice Speaker Jesus Attao, I I Operations committee Reps. Manny Tenorio, Ana /

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to the many people who assisted in the campaign against proposed Constitutional Amendment 13 and the thousands

of voters who agreed with us. This ad was NOT paid for with public funds

8-MARIANAS V ARIEfY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- MARCH 5, 1996

Court rules on Nansay case 11-IESUPERIORCourtissuedasum­mary judgment yesterday declaring that the plaintiffs who sued a private company in connection with a land lease have no standing to raise claim of any Article XI 1 violations.

Associate Judge Timothy Bellas said plaintiffs Pedro, Herman and Antonio R. Deleon Guerrero have no standing to claim because they had sold and transferred their interest in theleasedpropertybywarrantydeed.

Court infonnation showed that in 1987, plaintiffs Hennan and Antonio executed an agreement with Nansay Micronesia, Inc. and co-defendant Ana DLG. Little for purchase and lease of real property.

Pllrsuanttotheagreement,aground lease for the property for 55 years in the amount of $1.5 million was ex­ecuted.

Undertheagreement,theGuerreros executed in 1988 the deed to grantee Little,apersonofNorthemMarianas

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Descent (NMD). The agreement also provided for

the lease to Nansay which is a non­NMD finn and sale of the fee simple toLittleof threeparcelsofland owned by the Gueneros.

The agreement gives Nansay the

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Date: Time:

March 6, 1996 9:00 a.m.

Place: CRM Conference Room

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1. Opening Remarks 2. Projects ready for Board Action 3. New Projects 4. Miscellaneous Matters I

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exclusive option to lease for 55 years, while providing Little with exclusive right to purchase three parcels ofland in fee simple subject to the lease.

On Dec. IO, 1987, Nansay exer­cised its option to lease the land by tendering the earnest money of $20,000 to Herman.

The Guerreros argued that since seven years and 10 months have passed, any attempt by the defen­dants to enforce the agreement at this stage is barred from the six-year stat­ute of limitations.

ln res1xmse, the fum argues that if the Guerrero's claim to extinguish Nansay'soption is timely, "Nansay' s claim is likewise time! y and is en-

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chairman, who explained to stu­dents here at NMC the pros and cons and the effect of Article 13. We have gone to Rota and Tinian, talking to the students, the par­ents, and explaining the impact of the proposed amendment," she said.

McPhetres said there were ac­tually total of about 160 amend­ments on which she thinks the voters should have been given the chance to vote.

"Putting the amendments to­gether into (19) clusters was very negative ... .It would have been better, even if the election takes two days, ... to give to the people the privilege to think for them­selves," Mc Phetres said.

She said the Saturday plebisicite was "more precondition as to how to vote.

McPhetres also said that while the ConCon delegates went out on a public education campaign, "it would have been better for a

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the proposals. Even the ConCon del­egates would have had more time for their education drive.

'"lberesultcouldhavebeendiffer­entbecausethemoretimewehad,the more the people would know about the amendments and who knows maybe they would have ratified the Constitution," said Attao.

Unofficial election results show that not one among the 19 amend­ments garnered the required number

Tenorio ... Continued from page 1

the influx of non-resident workers in unlimited numbers.

"We would like to see whether or not the US can support our view that-~ as a unique political entity, we can exclude certain classes of individuals from the citiz.enship provision of the Covenant," said Brenda in a previous interview on the same issue.

Also to be taken up in the 902 meeting is the issue of who should have jurisdiction on submerged lands mid marine resources in the Com­monwealth.

The US Congress, through a pend­ing legislation S. 638, proposes to assert control over CNMI marine

titled to recover under the equitable doctrine of recoupment"

Recoupment is a defense that goes to the foundation of plaintiffs claim by deducting from plaintiffs recov­ery all just allowances or demands accruing to the defendant with re­spect to the same contract or transac­tion.

In a nine-page order, Bellas said the court agrees with defendants that the Guerreros lack standing to assert that the lease violates Article XII.

Bellas saiditis Little, the purchaser of the Guerrero's reversionary inter­est in the leased property, who has standing to raise any Article XI I violations.

new, true group to have gone out and provided public education to expose the pros and cons (of the amendments) so that the people could look at them from different aspects."

She said today's voters are more sophisticated than 1 O years ago. "I guess we have more educated people here, graduates from NMC. Many of them have been practicing critical thinking."

She said the voters tended to put no on the ballot if they didn't "digest" the issues.

"They prefer to vote no than to voteyesiftheydon'tunderstand," she said.

"I don't think they had adequate public education, although I know that the post-ConCon had done their best," she added.

She noted that the delegates them­selves were doing public education. However, she said, "somebody else could do public education so that the delegate would not be viewed as biased," she added

Amendment 13, of all the amend­ments, got the highest peocentage of no votes, at75.33 percent, reflective

of votes to get ratified. Although two proposals, Amend­

ment5 (WashingtonRepresentative) andAmendrnent 15 (Gambling), sat­isfie.d the majority vote requirement, it failed to get the two-thirds vote in any of the senatorial districts.

Under the current Constitution, amendments proposed by a ConCon require a majority vote Conunon­wealth-wide plus two-thirds votes on at least two of the CNMI's three senatorial districts.

According to Attao, there was a good number of reasonable propos-

resourcesbeyonda 12mileradiusoff its coasts.

The CNMI government has taken apositionthatlocalgovemmentmain­tains sovereignty over its coasts for up to the 200-mile radius ofits exclu-

Audit ... Continued from page 1

One establishment, on the other hand, made overpayments to MPLC. Silk Road Corp' Saipan Country Club in Chalan Kiya overpaid by $11,305 represent­ing gross receipts rent that was improperly paid to the agency.

He recommended that MPLC "develop and implement proce­dures to monitor collection of

"Had the Guerreros not sold their reversionary interest in the leased premises, there would be no standing issue and the leased premises would revert to them," the judge explained.

Bellas said because the Guerreros sold their interest to Little, the leased property goes by default to Little wh<;> has legal title to it

Plaintiffs' motion to rescind and canceltheoptioncontractwasgranted.

The court granted Nansay's cross summary judgment to re­cover the $20,000 it paid Herman for the option contract.

Nansay's request for pre-judg­ment' interest, however, was de­nied. (F01)

of the educators' effective. high­handed campaign.

An ad urging voters to vote no on Amendment 13 was one of the first to come out almost daily on newspa­pers, and it was counteracted with a ''Vote yes" ad, aping the same pre­sentation and layout

NMC student Frank Pangelinan, 19, thinks the no votes prevailedover the yes votes because "the delegates kind of tried to persuade the people into voting yesandthatscaredalotof them."

Also,hesaid, th:delega1es "weren't very detailed in their explanations over the amendments; they left a lot of questions unanswered."

Hethoughtthenoproponentswere "very specific" in their reasons and more convincing.

Rep. Stanley Torres said that if he wereamemberofthepost-Concom­rnittee, he would have suggested a different method of conducting pub­lic education, like "explaining to the people that these are what the delegates have done and why they need to change the amendments, and just letting the people de­cide."

a1s from the Thim Constitutional Convention whichcouldhave gotten more support had the public been allowed more time to digest their merits.

'The public had spoken that there was not enough time. I feel sony for the ConCon delegates because they wmked very hard Buttheproblemis really, there was not enough public education," said Attao.

"The timing is too short People should have been given more time because these proposals will affect their lives," said the vice speaker.

sive economic zone (EEZ). Tenoriohadinstructedhis 902rep­

resentative to demonstrate CNMI's ownership of submerged lands and to receive a prnposal from Cohen so conflicts on theissuecouldbeavoided.

lease payments and to verify the accuracy of computations and adequacy of documentation for gross receipts reported by les­sees."

There is also a need for the MPLC and lessees "to better com­municate on matters affecting the computation and payment of rent­als," LaMotte said.

In a letter to the public auditor, Sablan pledged commitment to comply with the recommenda­tions.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9

US ex-envoy declared persona non grata By Giff Johnson mantled an apology from Wil.liam For the Variety Bodde, Jr., US ambassador to the

MAJURO - A former American ambassador to the Marshall Islands was declared "persona non grata" by the Nitijela (parliament) of this north Pacific nation for remarks he made during testimony before a US Con­gressional committee in Washing­ton.

Man.hall Islands lwarnakers de-

Marshall Islands from 1990-1992 for critical statements made to the House of Representatives subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific in late 1995. BoddeisoneoftheStateDepartment' s le.adingPacificexperts,havingserved asambassadortoFijiinthelate 1980s, been a fellow at the East-west Center in Hawaii, and held other top level posts in the region.

Mars halls Foreign Minister Phillip Muller in an wtusually blunt state­menttoldtheparliamentthatifBodde is part of a US team to negotiate future relations between the Marshalls and the US, Muller will refuse to partici­patewith suchadelegation. A 15 year CompactotFreeAssociationbetween the MarshallsandAmericaisnearing its end, and the Marshalls govern­ment is already preparing to hold discussions with the State Depart-

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2 policem.en, killed in. ·am.bush TWO policemen were gunned down in a hail of bullets in a suspected set­up at Port Moresby satellite town of GerehuearlyonSaturday. ThePost­Courier newspaper reports the gun­fire left a thiirl policeman feigning death to avoid the same fate.

AndGerebu police later petitioned their superiors for bullet-proof vests, claiming they are under constant threat Helicopters and large num­bers of policemen hunted for the kill­ers, includingsearchesofnearbyhills. Police at Gerehu received a call at

about 2 am San.utlay to attend to a shootingneartheGerehusportsfields. Threepolicevehiclesweredispatched and found the area quiet

Another venicle with three police­men followed up and went to Naime Street where seven suspects opened fire with what was believed to be high-powered assault rifles. The bul­lets penetrated the door of the police vehicle, killing the driver ins tan ti y. The front seat passenger received serious bullet wounds and died by the time he reached the Port Moresby

general hospital. The third policeman, a special con­

stable in the back of the vehicle, pretended to be dead and was not touched. After the shootings, the criminals took over the police car, dumped the bodies, then drove the police vehicle to the hills, dumped the vehicle, threw the keys into the bushes and fled on foot. Reports at the end of last year had pointed to criminals plan­ning a combined effort to fight against the police .... Pacnews

Party to decide on future of Cooks PM Sir Geoffry Heney MEMBERS of the ruling Cook Islands Party are to meet this week to decide on the future of the country's prime minis­ter, Sir Geoffry Henry, RNZI reports. This foJlows a writ­ten resolution by the party's executive calling on Sir Geoffry to go into early re­tirement.

An extraordinary series of statements has highlighted deep splits within the party, with Works Minister Tom Marsters saying 11 out of 20 government MPs are question­ing Sir Geoffry's leadership. The split appears to stem from the Prime Minister's decision to cut public sector pay by 15 percent because of the Cook Islands rapidly deterioriating financial situation.

Sources in Rarotonga say

there's unlikely to be a gen­eral election, because there isn't enough money, and Sir Geoffry's only obvious suc­cessor is Tom Marsters. New Zealand has declined to give the Cooks a cash bail-out, with the foriegn minister, Don McKinnon, saying the Cooks needs "tough love".

Mr Marsters lays some of the blame for the country's difficulties with New Zealand, saying it's less than useful to get tough when the damage is already done. But New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger says his country is un­der no obligation to bail out the Cooks.

He says the special consti­tutional relationship with the Cooks isn't the same as a blank cheque. New Zealand Trea-

PNG PM Chan tells WB to leave for ifit can't reason out PAPUA New Guinea's prime minister, Sir Julius Chan, says the World Bank can leave his country for good if it is not prepared to reason with his government. The warning comes after a team of World Bank officers cut short a visit to PNG, RNZI reports.

The team was to complete a study into.progress on a pack­age of reforms worked out when the bank had agreed to lend Papua New Guinea nearly USS 360-million. The bank officers say they were told to leave after disagreements about how the reforms are pro· gressing, with the second and final part of the loan depen-

dent on what has been achieved.

Their departure now leaves the payment ofthe second in­stalment up in the air. Sir Julius has denied that he or­dered the bank officials to leave but he admits they had major disagreements with his officials.

But he says the bottom line is that he will not .compromise the integrity of his country. He says if the World Bank decides to leave Papua New Guinea it will not be the end of the world even though the nation remains on the verge of economic collapse after yearnofgovemmentoversi;endingand mismanlagement,,,,Pacnews

sury officials are in Rarotonga helping the Cooks government sort through the financial mess. The Cook Islands is fac­ing a budget blow out of USS 4.6 million this year, and last week defaulted on a half mil­lion dollar payment on a loan from Nauru ... Pacnews

Solomon Is. to improve water supply THE Solomon Islands water authority expects to improve the quality of water in Honiara and to ensure a consistent water supply system. The guality of water in Honiara has been down-graded as a result of the presence of bac­teria in the water, and water supply has been inconsistent because the main supply source has been low, SIBC reports.

But a basic design study for the Honiara water supply im­provement project at Honiara's main water sources, carried out by the Japanese government should improve the situation. The minutes of a basic design study have been signed between the perm~neni~ secretary of the ministry of transport, works and utilities, Francis Ramoifuila and a rep­resentative of the Japanese International Co-operation Agency, Kae Yanagisawa.

Mr Ramoifuila says the study mission will lead to .something tangible for Honiara in the future. Mr Yanagisawa says the mission is in Honiara to find ways to secure more suitable and stable water sources, ... Pacnews

ment on future relations once the treaty expires. The Marshalls is re­ceiving about $1 billion over the 15 yearlifeoftheCompactforuseofthe strategic K wajalein.missilerangeand in compensation for the 66 nuclear weapons tests American conducted.

Marshallsleaders were particularly incensed by the former US ambassador' scomrnents concerning the Marshall government's proposal for nuclear waste storage in the is­lands and about ongoing internal dis­putes over division of nuclear test compensation paid by the US.

The resolution ex.pressed " lhe in­dignation of the people and the gov­enunentofthe Marshall Islands to the recent public representations made by the former ambassador William Bodde. Jr. on the subject of nuclear issues in the South Pacific, which have reflected inaccurately and un­justly on the Marshallese people."

The Marshalls government said thatBodde' s comments wereerrone-

ous, misleading and damaging to the Marshalls. The resolution cited Bodde's comments that, "despite all the money given (by the US) to the Marshallese, there is little infrastruc­ture and health and social needs of the

, country have not been addressed," as insulting.

Bodde also told the US Congress that ''Only two deaths in the Marshall Islands were from the US nuclear weapons testing, although it seems other illnesses, sucp as thyroid could be attributed to radiation.'' The reso­lution responded that the US remains responsible for the adverse effects of its nuclear weapons testing program, wherever they OCCUITed or persist in the Marshall Islands, an it remains a furn policy of the Marshall Islands, supported by the international com­munity, that the US should meet this responsibility to the fullest"

Theparliamentdemandedanapol­ogy and declared Bodde persona non grata until an apology is received.

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With Dole absent I

3 GOP bets debate in Georgia By SANDRA SOBIERAJ

ATLANTA (AP) - Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan and Lamar Alexander courted Georgia con­servatives with promises to sup­port prayer in schools, as they used a televised debate to try to stall the fresh momentum of ab­sent Republican presidential leader Bob Dole.

All three men said the U.S. Su­preme Court made a mistake 20 years ago in outlawing prayer in public schools. They called on the U.S. Congress to pass legisla­tion allowing voluntary prayer in schools and allow it to be tested in the courts.

Early in the forum, Buchanan and Alexander criticized South Carolina primary winner Dole for staying away, suggesting he would prove no match for Presi-

dent Clinton in November if he couldn't first best his Republican rivals in debate.

"I am a better choice against Bill Clinton," Alexander, the former Tennessee governor, in­sisted. Alexander sorely needs victory on Tuesday.

All three Republican hopefuls said they would oppose using American troops to calm tensions on the West Bank, or in the Golan Heights iflsrael negotiated a peace agreement with Syria.

Each also promoted himself as a better choice for Republicans than Dole, who won in South Caro­lina on Saturday and hopes the momentum carries him across Georgia andeightother states with contests this week. Buchanan, a conservative newspaper colum­nist and television commentator,

said he was the only Republican candidate who could bring disaf­fected Democrats into the Re­publican column this November.

Forbes, a millionaire publisher, said his plan to revamp the tax system would provide families with deep tax cuts, and fuel dra­matic economic growth.

Alexander, a former U.S. edu­cation secretary, promised to make college more accessible as part of an effort to help Ameri­cans improve their skills for a rapidly changing global economy.

Just before the debate began, longshot candidate Alan Keyes was taken away from the debate site by Atlanta police. Keyes was not invited but tried to enter the studio anyway.

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"Let him speak!" Buchanan questioned Dole's

credentials as a .cultural conser­vative, noting that he had voted to confirm two Clinton administra­tion Supreme Court picks who support abortion rights. Social conservatives, many of whom are Republicans, oppose legalized abortion.

Dole skipped the debate after spending a day campaigning in Maryland, ignoring his Republi­can rivals to target President Clinton.

"We've got a veto coming. We're going to veto President Clinton in November.'' Dole told cheering supporters at a fair­grounds rally.

Buchanan acknowledged that Dole's big South Carolina win on Saturday had raised the stakes for the week ahead.

"We've got to have a victory and we'vegotto have one soon. If Dole continues to win, a sense of inevitability will develop," Buchanan said. Launching a two-day drive through Georgia, Buchanan looked to revive en­thusiasm among Christian con­servatives, who split almost equally between Dole and him­self in South Carolina.

He earlier warned Dole against naming a running mate who sup­ports abortion rights, maintaining that doing so "will split his party asunder and many of my people will walk out no matter what l do."

Dole countered that he had no "litmus test" for picking a vice president and said Buchanan was more likely to divide the Republi­can party.

In his own television appear-

ance Sunday morning, Buchanan rebutted charges of racism and divisiveness by saying that his championship of American jobs over unrestricted trade would "bring black folks home" to the Republican party. "These are working-class folks who are com­ing our way," he said.

In the same 40-minute inter­view on NB.C television, Buchanan called slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. a "flawed character," but later re­fused to elaborate.

"I don't think it's going to help this campaign to revisit those is­sues," he told reporters.

Alexander, who has languished in fourth place after a promising third in the early New Hampshire primary, was also in Georgia.

Georgia, with its 42 delegates, is the biggest prize in Tuesday's primaries. It talces 996 convention delegates to clinch the Republican nomination. Forbes joined the Atlanta debate but has otherwise ignored Georgia in favor of target­ing New York, which parcels out 93 delegates on Thursday. Forbes said he planned ex.tensive television advertising with posi­tive messages, particularly in Re­publican New York suburbs.

"It sort ofis a three-person race'' with Dole and Buchanan, Forbes told reporters. "I think we' re going to have a very good contest with Mr. Dole." Late Sunday, Dole received a boost with a landslide victory in Puerto Rico's primary and 14 delegates in the winner­take-all race.

Dole has won 91 delegates so far, compared to 60 for Forbes, 37 for Buchanan and 10 for Alexander.

With a c!gllr clenched in his mouth, President Clinton watches his tee shot whlfe golfing at the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandra, Va., Tuesday. (AP Photo)

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Angry over indictment ofgeneral

Serbs boycott NATO meetings By SRECKO LA TAL in the U .S.-controlledsectorofBosnia

SARAJEVO,Bosnia-Henegovina on Saturday following Friday's in-(AP) - The Bosnian Serb boycott of dicnnent of Gen. Djordje Djukic, a meetings with the NATO-led force NATOspokesman,NavyCaptMark after a general was charged with war van Dyke, said Sunday. crimes threatens to become yet an- At the meetings, NATO forces other snag on the path topeace,just as meetwithSerbcommandersandtheir it did after his arrest. Muslim or Croat counterparts to dis-

The militaiy representatives did cuss progress, or violations, of the not show up at three of five meetings Dayton peace accord

Russian Defense minister to meet Chechen leader MOSCOW (AP)· Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev says he is ready to meet with the leader of Chechen separatists, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Sunday.

It is unlikely Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, who has been in hiding for months and is regarded as a criminal by Russian officials, would be willing to undertake such a risky meeting.

But Grachev, who is about to visit the war-ravaged region in· southern Russia, said that "If Dudayev wants to meet with me, I will meet him.'' Meanwhile, Russian news agencies reported sporadic clashes overnight in Chechnya, especially in Grozny, the capital.

Fighting was also reported heavy over the weekend around the rebel stronghold of Bamut, about 35 kilo­meters (20 miles) to the southwest

Russian forces used artillery and air strikes on Saturday against Chechen fighters trying to seize high ground around the village.

"The thunderof cannonade was shaking" Arshty, a village in Ingushetia about4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away, according to a spokesman for lngush President Ruslan Aushev.

Two residents of Arshty were wounded on Saturday by a Russian rocket that exploded near the village, the spokesman said, according to Interfax. Last week, four civilians died and IO were wounded when the Russians shelled Arshty.

ThefightingaroundBamut, which has been simmering for months, has picked up recently. It spilled over the ill-defined border with Ingushetia af­ter Chechen rebels ambushed a Rus­sian armored convoy heading for Barnut

The Russian commander in Chechnya, Gen. Nikolai Tkachev, claims about 500 rebel guerrillas are dug in in Bamut

The lngush have close ethnic and cultural ties to the fellow Muslim Chechens but have not joined their drive for independence from Mos­cow.

That independence drive became a war when President Boris Yeltsin began pouring in troops in Decem­ber 1994 to reassert Russia's claim to the mostly Muslim region and oust Dudayev.

An estimated30,000 people, most of them civilians, have died in what turned out to be a far longer and bloodier war than the Kremlin had anticipated.

Zia to press for meeting with opposition groups

By FARID HOSSAIN DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP)

: • Undeterred by the rejection of her latest peace offer, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will press for talks with the opposition parties to end an increasingly violent 2-year standoff, a government spokesman said Monday.

In a speech to the nation Sunday, Mrs. Zia made a major concession by offer­ing to amend the constitution to allow a neutral caretaker government to conduct future general elections.

But the offer fell short de­mands that she resign and invalidate the results of last month's parliamentary elec­tion, which the three opposi­tion parties boycotted.

The rejection of Mrs. Zia's proposal heightened fears of a bloody showdown after the opposition parties launch a nationwide commercial and transportation strike March 9. They say it will continue indefini1ely until the prime

minister quits. "We are not losing hope.

We will send our latest pro­posal formally to the opposi­tion parties in a day or two," Abdus Salam Talukder, sec­retary-general of Mrs. Zia's governing Bangladesh Na­tionalist Party, said in a tele­phone interview.

Immediately after Mrs. Zia's televised speech, rival activists fought a gun battle in Dhaka's northern lbrahimpur district, leaving one person dead and 15 more wounded.

Another 35 people were in­jured in otherincidents, as op­position activists rampaged through downtown Dhaka smashing vehicles and setting an office building ablaze.

In her speech, Mrs. Zia said her party will introduce a bill in ParliamPrit _ where her party controls nearly all the seats -to establish the mechanism for care­taker administrations to super­vise future elections to safeguard against vote rigging.

The NATO-led force is respon­sible for enforcing and overseeing key conditions of the agreement, such as the withdrawal of heavy weapons and troops from former front lines.

Djuk:ic' sarrestlastmonth prompted Bosnian Serbs to sever relations with the NATO-led force in Bosnia Ties were only restored after an emer­gency meeting of Balkan leaders in Rome at the behest of Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. mediator for the fragile Bosnian peace accord.

Djukicwaschargedbytheintema­tional war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, with shelling civilian targets during the 3 1-2 year siege of Sarajevo.

His indictment drew condemna­tion from the Bosnian Serb leader­ship.

'We can only doubt the further objectivity of the international com­munity and all those in its service," said Momcilo Krajisnik, a key aide to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

In Sarajevo, meanwhile.an Iranian

diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity denied a New Y orkTimes report that Bosnian soldiers were be­ing trained in Iran.

The peace accord does not prohibit such training, but the Bosnian federa­tion of Croats and Muslims is count­ing on the West to retrain and re­equip its troops.

The Muslim-Croat federation is expecting to get $800 million for militaiy equipment from the United States and its allies. Bosnian military leaders plan to sign contracts with American finns to retrain federation troops.

The Bosnian government has fre­quently been accused of violating one of the conditions of the Dayton accords, whichsaysthatforeigntroops helping the warring sides had to be out of the country by mid-January. All factions had foreign sympathiz­ers, but the United States and its allies are most wonied about mujahedeen from lslamiccounniesaiding the Mus­lim-dominated Bosnian anny. They consider them a potential threat to the

NATO-led force and a long-tem1 destabilizing factor in Bosnia.. Last month, Adm. Leighton Smith, U.S. commander of NA TO troops in Bosnia, accused the Bosnian govern­ment of having direct links to a terror­ist training camp west of Sarajevo where NA TO troops found three Ira­nians.

Bosnian Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic denied the charges Sun­day, calling them "propaganda" against his government. He was speakingtotheAustrianP=Agency in Vienna on a stopover en route to Iran.

Muratovic also said that, despite reports to the contrary, all Islamic fighters from abroad had left and insisted that Iran was not delivering weapons to Bosnia

In Iran on Sunday, President Hashemi Rafsanjani pledged his country's assistance to post-war re­construction in Bosnia

A U.N. official said Sunday that oil-rich Gulf states will be a~ked to contribute to the rebuilding effort.

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Howard wants good Asian links By GEOFF SPENCER

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Prime Minister-elect John Howard said Monday he will "maintain the momentum" of good relations with Australia's Asian neighbors but not at the expense its "great liberal-democratic tradi­tions."

But no comoromise on democratic traditions be a unifying and not a divid­ing event for the Australian community.''

At his first news conference since a landslide election vic­tory on Saturday, Howard said he expected to have "excel­lrnt relations'' with Asian states.

"What is not in the trash can is the importance of our re­gion to this country's politi­cal and economic future,'' said Howard, a conservative who's been accused in the past of being more concerned with maintaining old ties with Brit­ain and the United States.

His Liberal-National Party coalition will assume the reins of power this week after crush­ing the pro-Asian Labor Party

... of Prime Minister Paul Keating at the ballot box.

For the past four years Keating followed a big pic­ture agenda based on the need for strong links with booming Asian economies as well as a plan to sever ties with Britain's monarch and declare a republic.

Critics sometimes criticized Keating for glossing over con­cerns about alleged human rights abuses in his pursuit of economic, political and secu­rity ties with neighbors, such as Indonesia.

Of particular concern was continuing problems in East Timor, a former Portuguese colony annexed by Indonesia in 1976.

Howard made no mention of this at the press conference but said: "I will always go abroad representing the great

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liberal-democratic tradition of this country. And I will never ever be willing to compromise the values and principles of this country."

Howard said many Austra­lian prime ministers, both con­servative and Labor, had built healthy ties with Asia long before Keating's term in of­fice.

"Good relations with the re­gion, our region, is not just the invention of the outgoing prime minister,'' he said. "There is a long bipartisan contribution to this process and I will continue it.''

Despite this Howard said he

will be preoccupied with do­mestic issues, such as labor market reform, rather than for­eign policy at )east initially. However, he said his first of­ficial state visit will be to an Asian country.

Meanwhile Howard, an avowed monarchist, said he' II hold a constitutional conven­tion in 1997 on whether Aus­tralia should declare a repub­lic and dump the British mon­arch as head of state.

A ballot on the question is to be held at a later unspeci­fied time.

Howard said if Australia did become a republic "it ought to

"It must not be handled in a way where people feel they are being stampeded or de­nied the opportunity of proper participation in the process,'' he said.

Before his election defeat Keating had promised to hold a series of ballots so that an Australian head of state could be in place in time for the summer Olympics to be held in Sydney in 2000.

Australia is an independent country, but like other former British colonies such as Canada and New Zealand, re­tains the monarch as a sym­bolic head of state.

Demonstrators confront Major with demands for UK passports HONG KONG (AP) - Dem­onstrators on Monday con­fronted British Prime Minis­ter John Major with demands to grant full British national­ity to Hong Kong's ethnic mi­norities and the widows of the colony's World War II dead.

Major is on a two-day visit to Hong Kong, possibly the last by a British prime minis­ter before the colony becomes part of China in 16 months. "Britain is treating us like second-rate citizens," said Anita Gidumal, a Hong Kong­born woman of Indian de­scent. She was among 20 pro­testers who handed a petition to the Hong Kong government before Major held a meeting with colonial officials.

"We expect John Major to issue us a full British nation­ality. We are not Chinese. The Chinese government said they will not issue us SAR pass­ports," she said. SAR stands

for Special Administrative Region, as Hong Kong will be known after China takes over.

Another demonstrator was veteran Jack Edwards, who was carrying the British flag that was hoisted in Hong Kong in August 1945 when the Japanese occupation ended.

He is demanding that Brit­ain confer its nationality on two dozen women whose hus­bands fought for the Allied cause during the Japanese oc­cupation of Hong Kong.

Britain has so far refused the demands, arousing fears among the several thousand members of ethnic minorities that they will become state­less. They will be able to travel on British passports, but these do not grant the right to live in Britain.

In a speech Sunday night, Major reiterated his promise that Britain would continue

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to look out for Hong Kong's interests after 1997. "There is no magic barrier that comes down on June 30, 1997 that will cut off the in­terest or the affection or the concern of the United King­dom for what happens in Hong Kong after that date," he said.

"You cannot cut adrift an instinct or a blood tie ... sim­ply because the legal sover­eignty of the territory changes."

He strongly denied reports in the Hong Kong media that Britain and China had "agreed to disagree" about China's plans to disband Hong Kong's legislature and roll back some of its civil lib­erties laws.

"These are not issues that we' re putting in the back of the cupboard," he said. "We did not agree to disagree. We just disagree and that is a quite different proposition."

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ATLANTA (AP)- Presidential candidate Alan Keyes was taken into custody by police when he attempted to enter a television studio where other contenders for the Republican presidential nomi­nation were preparing to debate.

Lee Armstrong, directorof pro­gramming and creative services, said the station was "absolutely not" pressing charges.

It was not clear immediately whether Keyes was formally ar­rested Sunday. He was taken into custody as he attempted to go in the main entrance of the WSB­TV studios about 30 minutes be­fore the debate began. "I have a right to speak," Keyes shouted as police hustled him away in handcuffs.

It was not clear where he was taken or how Jong he would be detained.

Police said he was not being taken to jail, but Lt. William Charles said he did know know where Keyes was or whether he had been released. He was await­ing a written report from the of­ficers who took the candidate into custody.

Throughout the day, Keyes and a band of supporters had staged an "extended fast'' in five pup tents set up on the studio's front lawn. Keyes also was denied participation in a South Carolina debate last week that was limited to the top four finishers in the New Hampshire primary. He told reporters outside the build­ing Sunday that he was denied entry by WSB-TV officials.

"I am qualified as a candidate in the state of Georgia. No media outlet has the right to choose (who can debate). This is a travesty, a violation of the Constitution," he said.

Keyes supporters shouted: "Let him speak. Let him speak."

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VALLEJO, California (AP)-A mother accused of tossing her 3-year-old son over a sea wall, kill­ing the child, told police she was provoked by voices inside her head.

Lakesha Edwards, 20, was ar­rested Saturday for investigation of murder in the death of Oshay Love. She remained in custody Sunday.

Police said Edwards took her son to the sea wall in Vallejo along Mare Island Strait on Fri­day. She strolled along the walk­way about 300 feet (100 meters), then tossed him over the rail into the water, which feeds into San Francisco Bay, Lt. Al Lehman said.

Police have found no witnesses. Oshay's death was discovered

Saturday morning when Edwards' parents visited her home in Vallejo, about 20 miles (35 kilo­meters) east of San Francisco, where she was raising the child alone.

"As Martin Luther King went to jail in order to secure my right to participate, I go to jail in order to exercise that right," Keyes said on the steps of the TV station.

Keyes and his supporters pitched camp on the station lawn Saturday night and remained there during the day Sunday, even though Keyes left for a while to attend two church services.

The debate among Pat Buchanan, Steve Forbes and Lamar Alexander, started as scheduled shortly after the Keyes incident.

"We never had any intention of reconsidering," the decision not to invite Keyes, Bill Nigut, WSB-TV political reporter and a debate panelist, said Sunday af­ternoon.

Nigut noted that candidates Bob Dornan and Dick Lugar, who also trail far behind in the polls, weren't invited, either.

Along Interstate 35 near downtown Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, motorists pass advertisements for / Harrah's and Sam's Town casinos. With elimination of admission fees and plans for two additional riverboat casinos In the area, the compet.itlo. n the three casinos In Kansas City has heated up as they.

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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS TUESDAY, MARCH 05, 1996. NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE ESTABLISHED DATE.

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14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- MARCH 5, 1996

Afghan women anxious about role By KATHY GANNON

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Even if peace returns to war-weary Afghanistan, Gulalai Habib fears she may never retµrn home - for her daughter's sake.

One of Afghanistan's stron­gest factions, the Taliban, is clamping down on women's rights and opportunities. Even worse, Habib and other Af­ghan women say, the United Nations is not prepared to stop them.

U.N. officials don't dispute that.

"If I even mentioned women to the Taliban they would stop talking to me," said U.N. en­voy Mahmood Mestiri, a former Tunisian foreign min­ister who is trying to work out a peace accord in Afghanistan's civil war. "I'll never do it."

Most Taliban militiamen are former religious students, and the group's governing council in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar is made up of hard­line Islamic scholars.

The group has seized con­trol of about half of Afghani­stan, and diplomats and aid workers say a veil of isolation and discrimination is rapidly descending on women in Taliban territory.

Taliban fighters keep girls from attending school, tell women to stop working, force women to cover themselves from head to toe, and threaten them with harsh punishment if they leave their homes un­accompanied by a man. They have even forbidden foreign women to drive cars.

Worries about the future under Taliban are particularly strong among urban Afghan women who have a tradition of working outside the home and of girls attending school.

Mestiri' s refu~al to confront Taliban leaders over the issue infuriates those women. They contend he. in effect, endorses Taliban actions by not oppos­ing them.

"Who are we that we are not worth the risk? What is the U .N. if it can ignore women?''

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1 has shaken a remote Indone- ince, said Muhammad Said, an i sian region where at least 105 officerofthe Meteorology and \ people were killed last month, Geophysics Agency.

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J,irst Anniversary Ylosary

We, the family of the late

MARIA MAREHAM REYES THOMPSON

"LELING"

Would like to invite all of our relatives and friends to join us for the first Anniver­sary of our beloved one.

Nightly rosary will be held at 8:00 p.m. at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Jose M. Reyes in Papago beginning Tues. Feb. 27, 1996. On the final day, Wed. March 6, 1996 the mass of intention wiJI be offered at 4:00 p.m. at San Vicente Church.

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asked Habib, who fled Kabul, the Afghan capital, in 1992 after Muslim insurgents over­threw a Marxist regime and then turned their guns on each other.

Mestiri says ending the war in Afghanistan is a compli­cated business and bringing women into the peace equa­tion would only further con­fuse the issue.

But peace without women's rights is peace only for men, Habib says.

"We need the U.N. to say to them that unless they give women their rights all aid will stop,'· she said. "They are our only hope. But Mestiri just wants to say, 'I have an agree­ment.' He doesn't care what becomes of women.''

The same fears are voiced in Kabul, which is besieged by Taliban gunmen who daily lob rockets into the city.

"It should be that the United Nations gives opportunities for women to participate in the peace plan," said Mariam Aza, a student at Kabul Uni­versity. "If the United Nations doesn't include women, that means the United Nations is against women in Afghani­stan, against human rights."

Kubrah Dasthgezah, a re­search assistant in the capital, said: "Women should have op­portunities to study. This is under Islamic Jaw. It's human rights for women to study and work.''

Trained as a civil engineer in Afghanistan, Habib fears her 7-year-old daughter, Halal, may never have the opportunities she enjoyed. She hopes Halal will go to school, become self-confident and learn she is equal to any man. But that dream may be out of reach in an Afghanistan run

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mit they consider women in­ferior.

"Women just aren't as smart as men. They don't have the intelligence,'' said Noor Mohammed, a senior member of the Taliban central com­mittee. "We categorically refuse to let women vote or participate in politics.''

Keeping women in seclu­sion, denying them education except for instruction in the Koran, the Muslim holy book, is in keeping with the tenets of Islam, Taliban leaders say.

"That's not Islam," counters Habib. "Islam de­mands - it doesn't suggest -it demands that women be edu­cated, that women be re­spected and be treated fairly.''

Mestiri is pushing a peace plan for Afghanistan that calls for a 28-member governing council with representatives from the numerous rival fac­tions. Asked in December whether his pro­posal would include women, Mestiri laughed. "Women, never. I haven't mentioned women to the Taliban and I am not going to.''

He defended his comments during an interview with The Associated Press.

"The U.N. cannot be ex­pected to do everything right away ... bring human rights to a country like Afghanistan," he said.

Within days of capturing the western city of Herat, Taliban leaders shut all girls schools, sent 30,000 young girls home and fired 3,000 women teach­ers.

"Some women are working, but it's clandestinely," said Angela Kearney, programs manager in Herat for the pri-

vately run Save the Children relief agency.

In the frontier city of Peshawar in neighboring Pa­kistan, Fatana Gailani runs a clinic for Afghan women. Gailani said that she fled her

. homeland in 1979 when So­viet troops moved in and that she helped the Islamic rebel groups that fought the com­munist regime for 14 years.

"When we see that the U.N. is not caring (or women in Afghanistan we feel very much shame,'' she said in bro­ken English.

In New York, Gregoire De Brancovan, U .N. humanitar­ian affairs officer for Afghani­stan, said the approach to women's rights varies among Islamic coun­tries, but he admitted "we're fac­ing some problems in our offices there."

Late last year in the eastern city of Jalalabad, U.N. administra­tors sent their female workers home at the request of a local religious council.

It shouldn't have happened, a senior U .N. official in Islamabad said. "No one can tell us who we can employ ... we are not going to tell women not to work in our offices," said David Lockwood, the United Nations Development Program resident representative for Af· ghanistan. Lockwood says the UnitedNationsemploys 1,003 Afghans in Afghanistan. Of them, 81 are women.

Nearly three months after the Taliban closed girls schools in Herat, the United Nations Children's Fund suspended its education programs in protest.

"The U.N. as a whole has to be an advocate ... it can't be anyone else," Lockwood said. "We have to persuade (the Taliban) that this is on the agenda and they have to listen."

Vendors at a market plac_e wait to,: their customers_ in lrian ~aya capital of Jayapura. A respiratory disease that may be SP_read by pigs has k1//17d 177 f?eople in Japa_wryaya, a remote region of lrian Jaya. The area, about 2,200 miles from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, 1s home to some of the most primitive tribes in the world. (AP Photo)

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15

Spain has new prime minister By ANDREW SELSKY MADRID, Spain (AP) - A conservative party with roots in the Franco dictatorship pledged "a hand of tolerance" after ending the Socialists' 13-year rule in general elections.

Jose Maria Aznar, leader of the Popular Party, told thou­sands of followers in a victory speech Sunday that he would represent "all Spain" as prime minister.

Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, whose government ushered modern Spain onto the world stage but was plagued by a series of scandals, con­gratulated the Popular Party, which despite its origins is now widely regarded as cen­ter-right.

"We will be a rigorous but responsible opposition," a sweating Gonzalez, clutching a rose that is the party's trade­mark, told followers jammed into party headquarters.

Although victorious in Sunday's balloting, the Popu­lar Party was short about 20 seats from winning an abso­lute majority in the powerful 350-seat lower house of par­liament. That means the con­servatives must form alliances with other groups in order to pass their legislation.

Jordi Pujol, leader of Con­vergence and Union - a coali­tion from northeast Spain's Catalonia region - told report­ers he might be interested in cooperating with the Popular Party.

"It's up to (Aznar) to ex­plain first what his plans are, and we'll be waiting," Pujol said from Barcelona, the Catalan capital.

With 99 percent of the vote counted, the election commis­sion said the Popular Party was winning I 57 seats to the So­cialists' 140 seats. The Com­munist-led United Left had 21 seats and Convergence and Union won I 6. Seven small regional parties split the re­maining 16 seats.

The party \\:'ith the most seats proposes a government and prime minister to parliament. Aznar looked virtually assured of forming a government with the consent of smaller parties.

Upon hearing news of the Popular Party's win, thou­sands of followers - some with faces painted in the party's red, white and blue logo - burst into wild celebration outside the party headquarters on a

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downtown Madrid street, wav­ing Spanish and Popular Party flags and popping bottles of alcoholic cider.

They chanted "Bull­fighter!'' a term expressing admiration for tenacity and finesse, as Aznar took the stage in front of the building.

"A grand party of the cen­ter is ready to take over the government of Spain and to govern for all and with all for a common future,'' Aznar said.

His conciliatory comments came after a campaign that turned nasty in its final days, with Gonzalez saying a vote for the Popular Party was a step back to the 1939-1975 fascist dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco. In the campaign, Aznar accused the Socialists of corruption.

As Gonzalez walked into a polling station at a school to vote Sunday morning, by­standers shouted "Get out!" and "Scoundrel!'' at him. Some voters leaving Madrid polling stations on a sun­splashed day dismissed as ex­aggerations the Socialists' warnings that a Popular Party victory meant a return to past repression.

"The Popular Party wants to improve the economy- to tax us less and to create more jobs," said Jose Miguel Bernardo Perez, 51.

Others were worried. "I' rn a little afraid of them.

After all, I remember Spain's many years under the right,'' said a42-year-old woman who would not give her name. "The Popular Party might behave

as centrists at first, but then I think they would move to the right.''

Aznar promised to fight cor­ruption, try to create more jobs in a country with a 23-percent unemployment rate, cut the deficit and balance the bud­get.

He also plans to crack down on the armed Basque separat­ist group ET A, which has killed almost 800 people since 1968. Aznar himself survived an ET A bomb blast that de­stroyed his car in April.

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One of the worst scandals to hit the Socialists involves allegations that they directed a secret war of assassinations against ETA in its safe haven in France in the I 980s.

Gonzalez denies it, and kept a former interior minister in­dicted in the case on the So­cialist ticket.

Aznar has not said how he will accomplish his economic reforms without cutting gov­ernmentjobs, slicing into pen­sions and social security, or raising taxes. But he has as-

sured diplomats he will not take sudden drastic measures to avoid crippling strikes like those that hit France in De­cember. More than 78 percent of Spain's 32 million registered voters cast ballots. The Popular Party could take solace in finishing the evening with a majority in the 256-seat Senate, where the conser­vatives took 111 seats com­pared to the Socialists with 81 seats. Also contested were seats in a regional parliament in southern Andalusia.

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Nguyen Thi Ha, a businesswoman from Thanh Hoa Province, uses divining coins to help push her prayers through to the Gods at the Lady of the Storehouse Temple, also known as "The Businessman's Temple," at Co Me, 20 miles north of Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Flanked by her two best friends, also businesswomen, Ha placed their collective tray of food, wine, biscuits, incense and paper money offerings on the balcony rail and offered prayers in this first week of the lunar new year. (AP Photo)

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Sylveria ''Berang". Cabrera Tudela Asuncion

Born: October 7, 1944 Died: February 25, 1996

Beloved Wife, Mother, Daughter and Sister, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 1996 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Rosary is being said nightly at St. Jude's Church in Fina Sisu at 7:00 p.m. Final rosary and Mass of Intention will be on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Jude's Church.

Viewing will be on Wednesday, March 6, 1996 from 8:00 am to 10:00 a.m. at the Saipan Evangelical Church in Fina Sisu. Final Christian Services will be held from 10:00 to 11 :00 a.m. and Burial will follow at the Capitol Hill Public Ce111etery~

Survived bv: Father/Mother-in-Law: lreneo Soria Asuncion Sr. Husband: Daughters/Son-in-Law:

lreneo Beltran Asuncion Jr. Geraldine Tudela Asuncion-Rodgers & Michael Rodgers, Yvone Tudela Asuncion, Irene Tudela Asuncion

Isidro Sablan Tudela (dee) Rosa Palacios Cabrera Tudela

Avelina Beltran Asuncion from San Marcelino, Zamba/es, Philippines

Brothers & Sisters and families: Jose C. & Margarita C. Tudela, Alejandro C. & Romana V. Tudela (dee), Margarita C. & Eddie Riva (dee), Candido C. & Consolacion A .. Tudela, Nalalia T. & Charles Ronshiemer, Ismael C. Tudela (dee), Teresita T. & Daniel Camacho, Jesusa T. Goga, & Inocencia C. Tudela

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Syria opening up to the world By GREG MYRE

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -From President Hafez Assad in his mountaintop palace to shop­keepers on the cobblestone streets of this ancient city, Syr­ians speak with one voice: We expect peace with Israel, but don't rush us.

Norhing changes quickly in Syria. The capital is at least 4,000 years old, the main mosque was built more than a

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millennium ago, and it's had the same leader for 25 years.

Yet Syria is changing, albeit slowly.

The peace negotiations with Israel, combined with incremen­tal economic and social reforms, have led to an easing of tensions within Syria, a working rela­tionship with the West, and a gradual opening up of the coun­try after years of stagnation.

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television news program, "The Free World," which shows members of Parliament direct­ing pointed questions about eco­nomic policy to government ministers.

It also can be seen in a home· grown rock 'n' roll band called Journey that plays Western music before crowds clad in blue jeans and miniskirts. Economic reform has brought thousands of new Japanese minibuses that serve as cheap, efficient taxis, steadily replac­ing aging government buses and lumbering American cars from the I 950s and '60s.

"Syria has been opening up to winds blowing in from elsewhere in the world,'' said Riad Ismat, a leading playwright and director. "It has more steps to go. But more views are being heard."

The changes are strictly limited to social and economic issues. In the realm of politics, Assad's au­thority remains absolute and there are no dissenting voices on key issues such as peace with Israel.

A formal agreement is within reach, Syrians say, if the Israelis give back the disputed Golan Heights, captured in the I 967 Mideast War. But distrust of Is­rael is widespread, and a treaty will not bring a "warm" peace with active business ties and flocks of tourists.

"It will be a cold peace," said George Jabbour, a presidential adviser for 19 years and now a political scientist. "If Israel in­sists on a warm peace, then it will get no peace at all. We don· t need a new army to protect every Is­raeli tourist."

Western diplomats say the au­tocratic Assad has shown no signs of introducing real democracy, although they expect more step­by-step social reforms that don't threaten his hold on power.

News media remain strictly

controlled. The government freed about 1,500 political prisoners near the end of last year but still holds an estimated 500 to 2,000 long-term detainees, diplomats and human rights groups say. Assad, 65, has a history of heart trouble and diabetes. There have been periodic rumors about his health for years, but he remains in full control.

While he seldom appears in public or on television, his face is plastered on almost every flat sur­face, from car windshields to a recently completed 15-meter­high (50-foot-high) portrait on the side of a downtown office build­ing.

Many posters also include two of his four sons - Basil, who was killed in a 1994 car crash, and Bashar, a major in the army. Syr­ian officials discourage specula­tion that Assad is grooming Bashar to follow him, and there is no clear successor at present.

Nabil Sukkar, a private econo­mist, said Syria is following the "Chinese model," a reference to that country's policy of liberaliz­ing the economy while resisting political change.

Within these narrow borders, there is a bit of debate in Syria.

"I reject socialism. I like mar­ket economies,'' declares lhsan Sankar, a member of Parliament from a leading business family.

Such remarks have earned him the wrath of some in Assad's rul­ing Baath Party. Long-time party members and bureaucrats are re­luctant to relinquish state con­trol of the economy, the official policy until the 1991 collapse of Syria's main backer, the So­viet Union.

"They tell me I'm trying to create a European country," Sankar said of his critics. "I tell them that the people just want the country to develop.'' "Even before Islam came to this

area, there were market econo­mies," he added, referring to Syria's timeless bazaars.

At the Hamidiya bazaar, things are more lively these days. Everyday items like cooking oil and diapers, once hard to come by, are now widely available. At night, flashing neon draws the eye to new, expensive restaurants along the narrow lanes of the Damascus' Old City.

For carpet seller Amin Khalaf, economic reforms have meant more foreign visitors, including big-spending Europeans.

"In the summer, we have Euro­pean tourists arriving by the busload," said Khalaf. "That's something we've never seen be­fore."

Wes tern music and movies, hard to come by until a few years ago, are now in the market. In wealthy neighborhoods, satellite TV dishes have been planted on almost every rooftop. With a bit of prodding, Syrians even admit to watching Israeli television, which provides Arabic subtitles.

All these developments have come since 1990, when Assad took his first big step in improv­ing relations with the West - join­ing the U.S.-led coalition that fought Iraq in the Gulf War. A year later he began economic reforms and agreed to peace talks with Israel.

Syria remains on the U.S. list of countries that sponsor terrorism, but is likely to be scratched off if there's a deal with Israel. The Americans have even hinted that Syria could be in line for U.S. aid.

"We have been able to achieve this reform, cautious as you may see it, without bloodshed," said Retab Shallah, head of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce. "We've done it without social conflict.''

Cristi~a Moraru sit~ high atop one of the Ringling Brothers Circu~ elephants during the rehearshal for her weddm.g, Tue_sday ,n Charlotte, N.C. Moraru, an acrobat for Rmgl,ng Brothers married animal trainer Mark Gebel 1n a pr,vate ceremony later. (AP Photo)

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02 REINFORCING STEEL WORKER· Salary:$2.75-$3.!,0 per hour 02 SUPERVISOR, CONSTRUCTION· Salary:$2.75-$4.00 per hour 01 STRUCTURAL ENGINEER-Sal­ary:$2.75-$5.00 per hour 01 STOCKROOM CLERK-Sal-ary:$2. 75-$3.00 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour 02 PAINTER-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour 01 MASON-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour 01 COOK-Salary:$1,680-$1,750 per month 01 GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE, LABORER-Salary:$2.75-$3.00 per hour 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75·$3.50 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour 03 JANITOR-Salary:$2.75 per hour 03 INTERNATIONAL COOK-Sal· ary:$2.75 per hour 02 FRONT DESK CLERK-Salary:$2.75 per hour 03 DISHWASHER-Salary:$2.75 per hour 02 CASHIER-Salary:$2.75 per hour 02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.00 per hour' Contact:KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN LTD. Tel. 322-4692/0770 ext. 409(31 05)T5730

01 CHIEF ACCOUNTANT (COMP­TROLLER)-Salary: $800-$1,200 per month Contact: JUAN T. GUERRERO & AS­SOCIATES, INC Tel. 234-8803(3/ 05)T222950

01 OFFICE NURSE-Salary:$8. 17 per hour Contact: MHM, INC. dba Saipan Health Clinic Tel. 234-2901 (3/05)T5733

02 ELECTRICIAN-Salaty: $$2.75-$5.00 per hour Contact: Saipan Ice, Inc. Tel. 233-9298 (3113) T

01 MUSICIAN-Salary:$600-$650 per month Contact: PELLEY ENTERPRISES, INC. Tel. 233-9298(3/12)T

02 WATER SPORTS INSTRUCTOR -Salary:$3.75 per hour Contact:MANUEL J. ALVAREZ dba Saipan 'E Tours Tel. 235-8815(31 12)T223033

01 PRODUCTION MANAGER -Sal­ary:$2.75-$3.00 per hour Contact: COMMONWEALTH GAR­MENT INC. Tel. 234-7550/3481/3(3/ 12)T223026

01 YARD MAINTENANCE, WORKER -Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: OSCAR C. CORREA dba Correa Enterprises Tel. 234-9035(3/ 12}T223027

01 SALES CLERK-Salary:$500 per month Contact:SAIPAN INDOOR FLEA MAR­KET Tel. 234-5314(3/12)T223029

01 INSTRUCTOR, ! PILOT-Sal-ary:$1,500-$2,300 per month Contact:PACIFIC SEINO ASAHI AVIA· TION INC. Tel. 234·3600(3112)T223025

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:$3.00 per hour Contact: VICTORIA B. CEPEDA dba AUM Enterprises Tel. 256-2443(3/ 12)T223023

02 TOUR COORDINATOR-Sal­ary:$800-$1,000 per month KOREA TOURISM, INC. dba Koreana Tours Bureau Tel. 233-3001 (31 12)T223021

01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: FJR ENTERPRISES dba Auto Repair Shop Tel. 233-0906(31 12)T223017

01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Sal­ary:$2.75-$3.20 per hour Contact: MICRO PACIFIC DEVELOP· MENT, INC. dba Saipan Grand Hotel Tel. 234-6601/3 ext 112(3/12)T5799

01 WAITER-Salary:$2.75 per hour 04 WAITRESS-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: SUN BROTHERS CORPORA­TION dba White Horse Karaoke Box Tel. 234-2544(3/12)T223028

01 TICKET AGENT(TOUR SERVICE)­Salary:$1,750 per month 01 TRAVEL AGENT -Salary:$1,650 per month Contact: PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT INC. Tel. 322-8876(3/12)T223034

02 REFRIGERATION MECHANIC-Sal­ary:$3.05-$8.66 per hour 02 DELIVERYMAN-Salary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 01 MARKETING MANAGER-Sal­ary:$1,000 per month 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$2,300 per month 01 ACCOUNTANT·Salary:$650-$1,000 per month Contact:JOHN T. & GLORIA G. SABLAN dba JG Sablan Ice & Water Co. · Tel. 234-88081233-3955(3/ 12)T5810

Employment

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01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$1,500 per month 01 PROJECT SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$1,000 per month 07 CONSTRUCTION HELPER-Sal­ary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 01 DRAFTSMAN-Salary:$800 per month 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$2. 75-$3.05 per hour 01 FISH PROCESSOR-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 MASON-Salary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour Contact: JOHN T. & GLORIA G. SABLAN dba JG Sablan Realty Con­struction Tel. 234-8808/233·3955(3/ 12)T5811

06 H.E. MECHANIC-Salary:$4.04· $8.66 per hour 06 TRUCK DRIVER-Salary:$2.75·$3.25 per hour 01 WELDER-Salary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 12 H.E. OPERATORS-Salary:$2.75· $3.05 per hour 01 CRUSHER TENDER-Salary:$2.75· $3.05 per hour Contact: JOHN T. & GLORIA G. SABLAN dba JG Sablan Rock Quarry Tel. 234·8808/234·3219(3/12)T5812

01 WINCH OPERATOR-Salary:$2.80· $2.95 per hour 01 FORKLIFT OPERATOR-Sal· ary:$2.85-$3.00 per hour 01 REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN • Salary:$3.00-$3.95 per hour 01 AUTO BODY REPAIRER-Sal· ary:$6. 10-$6.45 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal· ary:$4.75-$5.25 per hour Contact: SAIPAN STEVEDORE COM· PANY, INC. Tel. 322-6469 ext. 15(3/ 12)T5814

01 ELECTRIC MOTOR REWINDER (AUTO)-Salary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 01 WELDER-Salary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary:$2.75-$3.45 per hour 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.90-$3.65 per hour 01 BULLDOZER OPERATOR-Sal· ary:$2.90-$3.15 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.75-$3.05 per hour 03 MASON-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 01 CRUSHER TENDER-Salary:$2.90· $3.15 per hour 05 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC­Salary:$2.75-$3.45 per hour Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATE­RIAL SUPPLY, INC. dba CMS Tel. 234-6136(3/12)T5808

01 MECHANIC-Salary:$2. 75-$3.25 per hour 01 WELDER-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR· Salary:$2.75-$3.50 per hour 02 STEELMAN-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 02 PAINTER-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 02 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 04 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 06 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 08 MASON-Salary:$2.75-$3.25 per hour 10 TRADES HELPER CONST. LA­BORER -Salary:$2.75·$3.05 per hour 02 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.50-$4.00 per hour Contact:ROLANDO G. BIGALBAL dba RB Electrical & Construction Tel• 234-~ 9855(3/12)T223020

02 TOUR (COORDINATOR) COUNSE· LOR-Salary:$4.00 per hour Contact: RICTOURSSAIPAN, INC. Tel. 234·6052(3/19)T223106

01 MECHANICAL ENGINEER (LI· CENSEDICERTIFIED)-Salary:$5.77 per hour Contact: NAURU COUNCIL MANAGE· MENT CO. (SAIPAN) dba Nauru Build· ing Tel. 234-6941(3/19)T223103

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02 AIRCRAFT INSPECTION RECORD CLERK-Salary:$6.00-$9.00 per hour Contact:PACIFIC AERO REPAIR, INC. Tel. 234-3600(3/19)T223118

01 ACCOUNTANT- Sal-ary:$800=$1,400 per month Contact: PACIFIC ISLAND AVIATION INC. Tel. 234-3600{3/19)T6127

01 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Salary: $2.75-$3.75 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.75-$4.50 per hour Contact: SAIPAN ICE, INC. Tel. 322· 5991(3119)T6126

01 STORE MANAGER-Salary: $500 per month Contact: MICRONESIA MEDIA DIST. INC. dba Bestseller Tel. 235-7612(3/ 19)T223109

01 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$2.75 per hour 02 MASON-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: JUAN TORRES HOCOG dba J & R Hocog Enterprises Tel. 256-7673(3119)T223105

03 GENERAL MAINTENANCE-Sal· ary:$2.75 per hour 01 TOURIST GUIDE-Salary:$2. 75 per hour 03 GENERAL HELPERS-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: ASIA PACIFIC OVERSEAS, INC. dba BJ Marine Sports & Tour Tel. 235-5219(3/19)T223111

'' JOBS'' AVAILABLE

- Min. Age 25, Driver's Lie. Able to do minor mechanical work. U.S.

Citizen or l.R. Immigration Status.

eruJ=t.· Mr.Arnold­

Tropical Rent A Car~ Saipan Airport.

0900 - 1000 Daily

50 Units Pachinko Slot

Machine For Sale

Pis. Call 235-8662

REPORTERS/ ·WRITERS. The Daily Marianas Variety Newspaper is seeking part/full time reporters/writers in Guam or free-lancers to write news

reports/stories on daily events taking place on Guam. Send resume or inquiries to :

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LAND WANTED We are looking for a piece

of LAND·around 1,000 sq. m. more or less in Garapan or Gualo Rai. Prefer along Beach Road

or Highway or any secondary road with good

exposure to the main traffic. Any offer please call MAAN of TN 235-6163.

APARTMENT FOR RENT Studio type, furnished

$400 per month, utility included, suitable for single or couple, good

power and water In Koblel'lille, Tel. 288-2222

vacant L:mcl For. ·-Sale/Lease

l,500 sq. meters. Close to Main

1

Road Power/Water Av:-ilable 234-6025/5570

FOUND 26 NISSAN NO. CM246 LP

CONTACT: 235-6309

Saipan Sunset Cruise, Inc. has immediate need for Administrative As· slstant / Secretary. For more Information Tel, 234°8230

WANTED RENT ACAR

AGENTS • U.S. CITIZEN OR LR. • COMPlITER KNOW HOW • MIN.AGE25 • DRIVER'S LICENSE FULL OR PART TIME

e~ Mr. Arnold -Saipan Airport TROPICAL RENT A CAR

We need House for Rent tt you have a decent pace\ Private houS<J, lurnished wl yard, 3 or more bedroom, in Capitol Hill Of Navy Hill area Renting year to year basis. We are willing to pay up to $8001 month. Please call 288-2222

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YOUR BIRTHDAY

By Stella Wilder

Born today, you have a great deal of personal style, and your dramatic flair will open many doors for you in your private life and professional affairs. You wi.11 also seek out help and guidance wherever it may be, and you will never assume that you are the onl1. one who has things in order while others are falling apart at the seams. Realistic in your out­look and content with your re­sources, you know how to ·make the most out of things that come your way. However, sometimes you let your hunger for the unusu· al steer you down the wrong path temporarily.

More than .once during your life you may think that things are un­raveling and that the end of an im· portant phase is near, but you will prove yourself again and again while demonstratmg your knack for picking yourself up by the boot­straps and getting back m the sad­dle once again. You will enjoy more than one timely renaissance.

Also born on this date are: Samantha Eggar, actress; Dean Stockwell, actor; Laurence Tisch, execu live.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding para-

DATE BOOK March 5, 1996

Today~w~~day·· of 1996 and the 75th · , day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: On this day in 1946, Winston Churchill delivered what was to become known as the "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Frank Norris (1870-1902), novelist;, l,ady Is­abella Augusta Gregory (1852-1932),

graph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

- You may operate under mistak­en notions today, but someone will steer you straight and together you can work things out quite well.

ARIES (March 21-April 19l -Underlying tensions may keep you from being as free as J,lOSsible in your communication with a loved one. A third party may have to help.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Try to avoid bemg too possessive today. You can get exactly the re­action you want from that special someone, if you tone down your methods.

GEMINI <May 21-June 20) -You may have difficulty keeping your hands to yourself today, and whether you are young or old, you'll find a way to make some trouble for yourself.

CANCER (June Zl-July ZZ) -If you lake a risk today, you'll get the attention of someone who means more to you than you know. A secret will be revealed by the end of the day.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - If you criticize too much today, you will not enjoy someone else's com­pany for very long. There are some things you must overlook.

playwright; Rex Harrison (1908-1990), actor; Laurence A. Tisch (1923-), CBS chief, is 73; Dean Stockwell (1936-), actor, is 60; Penn Jillette (1955-), ma­gician, is 41. TODAY'S SPORTS: On this day in 1973, New York Yankees pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson admitted that they had traded wives. TODAY'S QUOTE: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent." - Winston Churchill TODAY'S WEATHER: On this day in 1899, 307 were killed when Barrow Point, Australia, was swamped by a 48-foot storm surge associated with

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -You can supply someone else's needs with ease today, but there will come a time before nightfall when you will wish to be on the re· ceiving end.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0cl. 22) -Take care not to reveal too much of yourself too quickly today. Ase­cret kept just long enough can pique the interest of even the most Jaded person.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -You will not find what you look for today without asking for detailed instructions and directions. Follow them to the letter!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - You may run into someone whose natural stubbornness will slow you down. Now is no time to fight back. Try to play it cool all day long.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You may discover that you and a close friend have something or someone in common. It will not be what you think, but it may be worth some discussion.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Do not take chances with your safety or health today. You can do a great deal to increase both profit and pleasure at work and at home.

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-12th Saipan Major League Facts & Figures Compiled and prepared by SML statistician Francisco ''Tan Ko" M Palacios)

Title Team Runner-Up Champion Toyota Wheels Ngerbeched Chiefs Pennant UMDA Aces Toyota Wheels Sportsmanship Award: Pacific Trading Brewers

Individual Awardees CategoryChampion Runner Up Batting Greg C. Camacho (.528) Ron T. Benavente (.452)

Melvin Sakisa! (15) Manny Evangelista (15)

Run scoring Bob C. Lizama (17)

Doubles Larry Guerrero (4) Sylvan Pua ( 4)

Ron Benavente, Junior Martin Nick Guerrero, Jess Mesa, Greg C. Camacho

Triples

Homeruns RBI:

Manny Evangelista, Ben Hocog, Kirk Vergith, Melvin Sakisat, Greg C. Camacho, Nick Guerrero Reno Celis, Kirk Vergith, Payton Sakuma Ron T. Benavente (18) Greg C. Camacho (13)

Earned runs Strikeouts

Tony T. Benavente (0.56) Chris Nelson (1.00) Chris Nelson (85) Tony T. Benavente (26)

Special Awards Recipients Category Player Team

UMDAAces UMDA Aces

Most Valuable Player Chris Nelson Rookie of the Year Chris Nelson Francisco M. Palacios Golden Glove Award Playoff MVP

Greg C. Camacho Glazers

Catcher of the Year Manager of the Year

Larry Guerrero Toyota Wheels Larry V. Guerrero Toyota Wheels Tony Satur Brewers

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Nomo ... Continued from page 2~

Noma combined with winning pitcher Joey Eischen and Mike Harkey, who got a save, to retire the final 20 Houston batters. Both Eischen and Harkey pitched two perfect innings.

"He threw the ball well," Dodgers pitching coach Dave Wallace said of Nomo. "He threw the curveball well, he had good command. He's a unique guy. He knows when he's got to be ready and he's going to be ready."

After Ramon Martinel allowed three hits and a run in the first two innings, Nomo pitched the third, fourth and fifth.

Game . . . Continued from page 20

wa, the game's heavy hitter with five aces, one xunk, two kees and one goal for a total of 19 points.

AnnieEinawasSCA'sheavyscorer with two kees and one goal.

Tomorrow, Homeboys will collide with T earn Brotherhood for the third game of their best-of-five division title series.

The winner will also earn the right to challenge Hardkoreforthe 1996 roe ball crown.

Defending. • • Continued from page 20

The Hustlers team is sponsored by SaipanStevedore andD' 9ers is spon­sored by Kan Pacific.

Two of the three newcomer teams-San Jose 01' Aces and Dandan Jets-made their debut in the second game.

The Jets, sponsored by John S. Tenorio and wife, placed 12battcrsat the bottom of the second inning and scored seven earned runs on four hits.

John Shine Tenorio led off with a

Tight ... Continued from page 20

Earlier, the Sharks scored their first victory in the playoffs by edging 01' Ares II in the night cap game last Thurway, 100-94,afterahalftimescore of39-35.

01' Aresllwentonahighgearinthe la,thalf, but so did the Sharks. 01' Aces II connected 59 point, in the last period buttheSharkscounteredwith6l poinL5 and increased their lead by two points for the final six-point margin.

In the Thursday opener, Bud Broth­ers took on 01' Aces, 106-%. The Brothers took an early offert,i ve for an I I-point margin at halftime, 57-46.

Both the Sharks and Toyota 'Wheels finished the regular season with iden· tical 10-1 wi;-loss rewn.ls hut the Wheekrs took the pennant title by 1·ir­tue of the point system.

Phoenix ... Continued from page 20

Pacers 103, Hornets 100 Inlndianapolis,ReggieMillerscored

11 of his 31 points as Indiana rall_ied in the final pericx:1 forit,sixth~nsec~tive victory and the 800th for coach Larry Brown.

The Pacers built a 12-point lead in the first half when Charlotte went more than seven minutes without a basket, but had to battle back from a seven­point deficit in the final eight minutes.

The Homet, did well from beyond the 3-point line, making 11 of 16 shot,. Glen Rice was 6--0f-8 while scoring 20 point, to pmduce his tt:am's come­back. Llll1)' Johnwn lee the Hornets with 24 point\ including a dunk that

Pinch-hitterKenRamostookacalled third strike to start the third before Brian Hunter homered over the left-fence fence on a 3-1 fa5tball. Then, Nomo retired the next eight batters, finishing withthreestrikeoutswhilethrowing32 pitches.

Noma, the NL Rookie of the Year la5t se.ason, said he concentrated on his fastball.

"!just tried to give him a fastball, he hit a home run," Nomo said of the pitch to Hunter.

Brett Butler hit a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning to snap a 2-2 tie as the Dodgers made it two wins in as many games.

The Astros ( 1-1) got their first run in the second on consecutive singles by

Morgan ... Contin~d from page 20

both times today," he said. "I thought the second one would be closer than the first one, but it skidded a bit and went further by the hole."

Player's second shot to the 18th in regulation left him 2 inches (5 centime­ters) off the green. His putt curled away a,itnearedtheholebutlefthima I-foot (OJ meter) tap-in birdie to send the match to a playoff.

"I feel terrible," Player said. "I really

single and scored on Kelvin Seman' s first-of-the-season,inside-the-parktwo­run home run.

ChackinlgisomarsingledandNelson Saimon was hit by a pitch. lgisomar scored on Mark Moses' RBI triple. Saimon scored on a fielding error. Melvin Seman walked and scored on a fielder's choice by Joel Palacios. Palacios scored on Seman's single­his second hit in the inning.

TheJet,added three more runs at the bottomofthe third. MarkMose.5 walked on two outs and crossed homeplate on a throwing error.

Melvin Seman reached first base on a fielder's choice and stole home on an error.

Joe Flores followed with a second inside-the-park homerof the season for the Jet's 10th run.

With the IO-run-rule looming over them into the top half of the 4th inning, the score at 10-0, or Aces players avoided a top-of-the-half shutout loss by scoring two runs.

Jason Ca,tro led off with a walk and was later driven home by Jess Wabol' s two-run inside-the-park homer-the third in the season.

SSC ... Continued from page 20

About40 local swimmers com­peted under the SSC banner. The rest came from the three swim clubs from Guam.

(See results box for complete results.)

The event drew praise from

put his team ahead 91-84. Timberwolves 89, Heat 87

In Minneapolis, Isaiah Rider over­came a disciplinary benching to score 30 point,, the la,t on a tiebreaking jumper with 8.5 second, to play.

Rider, who wa, late for the team shootaround and benched for the start of the game, played 37 minutes and recorded a career-high 15 rebounds. The last came off a missed shot by Miami's Tim Hardaway a5 time e)(.­pired.

Tom Gugliotta had 17 points anu Andrew Lang l O rebound, for the Wolves, who have won consecu­tively for just the sixth time this season.

Rex Chapman scored 23 points and Kurt Thomas 20 for the Heat, who ~ay~ lost three stra\ght.

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Derek Bell, Denick May and Sean Berry to start the inning. Martinez then pitched out of trouble, thanks in part to a double play in which new Dodger shortstop Greg Gagne wa5 the middle man and made a fine pivot

Gagne made an even better play on the final hitter Nomo faced, going deep in the hole to flag down a grounder hit by pitch hitter Ricky Gutierrez before turning and throwing to first

"He likes making a gocx:1 first im­pres.5ion," said Dodgers catcher Jl.1ike Piazza, who had two of his team's six hits. "He swprised the heck out of me.

"It's good to see that. I think the pitchers realize they don't have to make the perfect pitch, strike guys out.,,

lost the tournament at the 12th hole. l had about an 8-footer (2.4 meter) for birdie, and just lost my concentration after something flew into my eye. I knew when I missed that putt that it would hurt me."

Player held a one-shot lead over Tom Shaw and Jack Kiefer going into the final round, with Morgan two shots off the pace.

Kiefer sank a 2-foot (0.6 meter) birdie putt on the 18th to take third place. He shot a l-under-par69Sun­day for a three day 10tal of201, 9-under par.

The Jets came back and scored five runs to seal the win. Jotm Sena walked and scored on an error. Herman Kintol followed with another walk. Nelson Saimon singled and was followerl by Jason Lizama who reached first base on a fielding error that loaded the bases.

ThcjetsonlyneededHermanK.intol at third to cross the homeplate safely to seal the win, butKelvinSemanwouldn 't settle fora run. He blasted a grounderto right--0f-centerfor the 4th home n.in of the season and first grand slam of the season.

Jets' Nelson Saimon went four in­nings. He allowed two earned runs on five hits, snuck out one and walked five. Reliever Darrel Ada pitched two­and-two-third innings, allowing eight earned runs on four hits that included two home runs. He also struck out two and walked eight

The Little League division games foragesnineto lOareplayerlSaturdays and Sundays. One game is played on Saturdays and two games are played every Sunday. Sunday opener starts at 10 a.m., followed by the second game at 12 noon. Saturday game start at I 0 a.m.

NMASA official Bill Sak:ovich who said that the event "got an excellent support especially from the parents of the SSC swimmers who came to watch most events."

"We had our own share of top three trophies and Guam swim­mers also got back borne happy with their trophies," Sakovich said.

Rockets 111, Lakers 107 In Inglewood, California, Hakeem

Ol,ajuwon, outshining Magic Johnson, had 29 poinL, and 13 rebound, for Houston.

Olajuwon also had six assists and blocked three shots as the Rockets ran their winning streak to five straight and snapped their four­game losing streak at lhe Forum dating back to December 1993.

Kenny Smith came off the bench to nail 6-of-7 from 3-point range and score 21 points as the Rockets snapped a three-game winning streak by .the Lakers. Sam Cassell added 24 points for Los Angeles.

Johnson had 14 points, had five assists and seven rebounds in 28 minutes.

Nick Van Exel led the Lakers - wi,h2l-points., ... ri1• 0..1,:l' ~-1·,-i'· ... ,~ / .. /.'.\.' .' .. ~.,.,.1.

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20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- MARCH 5, 1996

Phoenix Suns down Mavericks DALLAS (AP) - Charles Barkley scored 26 points in just 27 minutes and rookie Michael Finley added 20 points as the Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 121-114 Sunday.

Smiling and waving at his tor­mentors, Barkley hit all five free throws he had in the quarter as Phoenix took a 17-point lead.

Dallas, which set an NBA record for 3-point attempts on Friday night at Vancouver, hit only 10 of 42 against the more­physical Suns.

ing 16. George McCloud scored 23

points for Dallas. Tony Dumas added 20, while Scott Brooks had 18.

Raptors 100, Cavaliers 89 In Cleveland, Tracy Murray

scored a career-high 29 points as Toronto beat short-handed Cleve-

land to end a seven-game losing streak.

The Raptors, who got 24 points from Damon Stoudamire and 20 from Sharone Wright, wrapped up a 1-6 road trip while sending Cleveland to only its fourth loss in 15 games.

Chris Mills scored 24 points

and Dan Majerle 22 for the Cavs, who played without leading scorer Terrell Brandon, who has a bruised tailbone and sprained ro­tator cuff, and shooting guard Bobby Phills, who has a sprained knee and bruised leg. Tyrone Hill scored a season-high 19 points.

Continaed on page 19

Barkley was unstoppable in the third quarter, scoring 13 points against the depleted Dallas front line. Barkley even took time to toy with fans who waved "brick" cards as he shot free throws.

Wesley Person scored 17 points for the Suns, with Danny Man­ning and Kevin Johnson each add- Tight Sharks, Wheels playoffs rac~

SSC swimmers break four NMI records in Pentathlon TWO Saipan Swim Club swim­mers posted four new local swim records during the annual Swim Pentathlon competition last week­end at the Kan Pacific Pool in Marpi.

David Palacios broke his records in the 100-m breast stroke and 100-m fly event. His new 100-m breast time is 1.16:46, while his new 100-m fly stroke record is 1.03:31.

1HE Miller Lite Men's Basket­ball playoff series is just on its fourth day. But this early, the regu­lar season top contenders-Toyota Wheels and E Tours Sharks-are already projecting a neck-and-neck competition toward the finals.

Last Saturday, Toyota Wheels team scored its second playoff vic­tory over Sunrisers, 92-82.

The Wheelers closed the top

half withanarrowfour-pointrriargin, 48-44. Both teams maintained the same momentwn in the last half but Toyotacameoutwithanadditionalsix­point lead for the final margin.

The Wheelers kicked off the playoff series with a win over the Marpac Brewers last Monday. . 1 •

Last Saturday, the Sharks earned their second playoff win by besting the Brothers in the second game, 111-105.

The Sharks ended the first half withacomfortable 13-pointmargm.

The Brothers came back in the last half with more power.

Brothers converted 63 points against Sharks' 56 points. But be­cause of the Sharlcs' first half ad­vantage, the Brothers' second half rally was enough only to cut six points from the Sharks' early lead.

Continued on page 19 Tammy Winkfield held a new record in the 200-meter individual medley and SO-meter free style in her age group.

Four teams competed in the annual event. Saipan was repre­sented by SSC, while the clubs from Guam that competed were the Manukai, Manhoben and the Tarikito Swim Clubs.

Jets' Seman hits grand slam on 1st day The best record in that medley

distance was kept by Tracey Feger.

The new time posted by Tammy Winkfield was 2.23:38. Winkfield also broke her own record in the 50-m event. Hernew time is 35 :66.

Last weekend's competition was the first outside of Guam since the Pentathlon started in the mid-1970s.

Defending Little League chmnpion temn loses kickoff grune to D' 9ers

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Non10 nearly perfect in 1st exhibition game VERO BEACH, Ha. (AP)- Hideo Nomosaiditwasnobigdeal. Allhedid wao; come within one pitch of throwing three perfect innings in his first appear­ance of the spring.

"Yes, I'm satisfied, but the exhibi­tion season just started," Nomo said

through an interpreterafterretiring nine of the 10 batters he faced to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 5-2 Sunday. "It was nothing special. I would say things are coming around pretty smoothly."

Continued on page 19

DEFENDING champion St Jude Hustlers started the 1996 Little League seasonoff-trackandlosttoSanRoque D' 9ers, 7-2.

D' 9ers took the lead from the openinginningandneverlookedback.

Lead-off batter Johnson Jones singled and scored the first run for D' 9ersandlaterfollowedanother single and scored a second run.

Perry Tudela reached base on a field error and scored the third run on Jimo Mafnas' RBI single.

The fourth run of the inning came from Mafnas himself on a sacrifice

Morgan birdies 1st hole to beat Gary Player OJAI, California (AP) - Walter Morgan made his 8-foot (2.4 meter) birdie putt on the first playoffhole, then Gary Player missed his try from 6 feet (1.8 meters) Sunday to give Morgan the victory in the seniors' Healthcare Oassic.

''When the ball was halfway to the hole, I knew I'd made the putt," said Morgan, winning for the second time on the senior tour.

Player was not happy with the putt that could have kept the playoff going.

"I've putted well all week and just puttedsolidly,"Playersaid. ''Butldidn't hit that last one well at all."

Morgan shot a 4-under-par 66 and Player a 68 to stand at 199, 11-underat the end of regulation play.

Morgan, 54, won$ 120,000 in his first playoff ever. Thepaycheckis more than he earned-$ IO 1,037 - his first year on the tour, in 1992.

Both Morgan and Player birdied the par-5, 487-yard (445 meter) No. 18 to set up the playoff, which took them

back to the 18th tee. 'Thisisthelongest6,200-yard(5,667

meter) course I've played this year," Morgan said. 'The ball doesn't roll much on the fairways, and there isn't a flat place on the greens."

Morgan, playing in the group ahead ofPlayer,hithissecondshotintheshort rough just off the 18th green. His chip shot left him a 4-foot ( 1.2 meter) birdie putt, which he made.

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RBI by Jonathan Tenorio. D' 9ers scored its fifth run when

Mafnas had his second single and scored a run on a back-to-back error.

The sixth and seventh runs came at the top of the sixth and last inning when Rudy Camacho hit a single in a one-out situation and advanced to second and third on wild pitches. He later scored on Jonathan Aguon's single. Aguon scored on a wild pitch.

The defending champion scored only in the second inning when JJ. Taitano singled on a two-out situa­tion, and scored the first of two runs

on Philipp Babauta's RBI triple. Babauta later scored on a fielding error.

D' 9ers pitcher Jonathan Aguon wentthedistance,allowingtwoearned runs on five hits. He struck out eight and walked one batter.

Hustlers' starting pitcher Jack Manibusan pitched three innings, al­lowed three runs on four hits, struck out one and walked none. Reliever Joe Borja pitched three innings. He allowed two earned runs out of five hits, struck out four and walked one.

Continued on page 19

Miller Lite Men's Basketball League (Feb. 29, Mar. 2 playoff games results)

Mar. 2Game 1 Team: Brothers Team: Wheela Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP Ed Diaz 9 0 5 4/8 2 14 Frank Iglesias 14 0 0 2/4 1 2 Jess Dela Cruz • 6 0 7 416 1 18 Felix Palacios 17 0 5 5/6 3 15 Mike Sablan 10 0 1 - - 2 Bon Lee 7 0 2 - 4 4 Tony Diaz 8 4 3 416 5 22 Ray Lizama 10 2 8 10/19 5 32 Jett Diaz 7 5 4 31'4 5 26 Dado Vista! 4 0 6 617 3 18 Juan Diaz 5 0 6 4/9 4 16 George De Guznm 5 0 5 3/6 1 13 James Diaz 11 0 0 1/4 5 1 Jerome lakopo 11 0 3 2/3 1 8 Jack Diaz 4 0 1 m 4 4 Total 2 29 28/35 18 92 Pat Guerrero 15 0 0 - 1 0

Team: Sunrisers Barry Maratita 00 0 0 - 1 0 Total 9 28 22/40 28 105

Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP Halftime score: Sharks 55, Brothers 42 Tom Tudela 11 0 4 0/2 5 8 Jay Morashita 8 0 5 216 4 12 Feb. 29 Game 1 Jarry Benavente 13 0 0 - 5 0 Team: Brothers

Joe Tudela 7 0 8 2/6 5 18 Pla~rs No. 3P 2P FT F TP Clark Ngiraldong 6 0 5 5 10

Ed laz 9 0 5 4/4 4 14 - Jess Dela Cruz 6 0 12 31'4 2 27 Jack Tudela 18 0 3 - 3 6 Jeff Diaz 7 1 10 2/3 3 25 OscarMasga 17 0 9 1/2 3 19 Tony Diaz 8 0 8 5/8 1 21 Goorge Masga 10 0 2 5/6 3 9 Mike Sablan 10 0 0 - 3 0 Jerome Reyes 15 0 0 - 1 0 Juan Diaz 5 0 4 3/3 2 11 Total 0 36 10/22 33 82 Jack Diaz 4 0 2 - 3 4 Halftime acore: Wheela 48, Sunrisera 44 James Diaz 11 0 1 2/3 0 4

Pat Guerrero 15 0 0 - 1 0

Mar.20ame2 Total 1 42 19/25 17 106

Team: Sharkl Team: 01' Aces Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP Playera No. 3P 2P FT F TP Edwin Bubos 11 4 13 19/24 2 57 Winsor Peter 11 2 9 3/3 1 27 Tom Cruse 7 1 0 6/6 4 9 Junior Aenguul 6 0 5 1/2 4 11 Swing Aguon 2 0 0 - 5 0 Peter Camacho 7 1 17 1/3 5 38 Rani Layon 22 0 9 4 18

Jerry A"f1I'IU 5 0 2 - 1 4 Luis Cepeda 19 1 4 3/4 1 14

Elias Rangamar 31 1 0 1/2 1 4 Ron Atallg 9 0 0 4/4 5 4

Wise Aguon 1 0 1 1/2 1 3 J. Tattano 12 0 0 - 2 0 DanJoab 6 0 1 - 3 2 Wayne Perry 3 0 4 - 1 8 Shout Tarkong 13 0 0 1 0 Mart Matteo 14 0 0 - 2 0 Rick Sanchez 3 0 0 - 2 0 Mike Majors 4 0 0 - 4 0 Marq Long 5 0 4 0/2 4 8 Total 4 37 10/14 26 96 Tobi 6 32 29fJ8 27 111 Halftime ICOl9: Brothers 57, 01' Aces 48

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