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'Severe' pink-eye outbreak in NMI

By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

HEALTH officials have warned that a severe type of pink eye or "conjunctivitis" is afflicting an increasing number of adults and children in the islands.

The common pink eye lasts only for four to five days, but the cur­rent type of pink eye lasts until two weeks, it was said.

Dr. Jon Bruss, medical director for the Division of Public Health, yesterday said that reports reach­ing the DPH indicate a number of pe_ople have the severe type of

Jon Bruss

pink eye different from the previ- He said that an outbreak means ous "outbreaks." a departure or an increase from

"We've been receiving reports the normal rate of diseases or ill-that a number of patients have ness. pink eye. I guess we can declare Several months may goon with-this as an outbreak," he told the out any reported cases but once Variety. there is a sudden increase in the

number of patients, that is consid­ered an outbreak, he explained.

''Although our pediatric clinic has not been seeing a lot of chil­dren patients, there are a lot of reports from the adult clinic and the Marianas Eye Institute," said Bruss.

He said a pink eye outbreak commonly happens during school days since the infection spreads from one child to another.

"Conjunctivitis," the medical term for pink eye, is a highly contagious eye infection brought about by certain types of viruses. Its symptoms include red and irri­tated eyes and secretion of clear tears (not puss). Pain is seldom associated with the infection.

Bruss said the present eye in­fection may be caused by "adeno"

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I Buccholz apologizes to high court I · By Zaldy Dandan All their cases have been turned \ ~,,,

1 Variety News Staff over to two new attorneys who,

i THECRIMINALDivisionchief according to Buchholz, "were

I of the Attorney General's Of- under the mistaken impression fice has apologized for AG(?'s thatiftheytooknofurth~ra~tion,

i failuretofollowtheordersofthe the appeals would be d1sm1ssed, / Supreme Comt, which recently which was their ultimate goal." I sanctioned the office. Still, Buccholz admitted that j AGO was also ordered to pay the court's orders did require ac-j a·fine of $320, and its appeal on tion from AGO, "which we ne-i two cases was dismissed. glected to make." . Ross Buccholz, in a letter to He added, "I wish to apologize \ Chief Justice Marty W.K. Tay- on behalfof the responsible attor-\ · 1or, said "no disrespect toward neys and (AGO) for these omis-\ the court was intended." sions. The ... attomeys will be per-! He said the prosecutors re- sonally responsible for the sane-! sponsible for the cases are no tions imposed (by the court)." ! longer with AGO. Buccholz said he will do his I ------------------------r- .. ~-· ··-· ··-

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By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

A LOCAL architectural and engineering firm has sued a

$400,000. :,I J.C. Tenorio & Associates ".!

(JCTA) filed the civil lawsuit '-Ii ..J in the Superior Court against "i

MDM Development Corp., 'I which had planned to build a :J twin tower hotel and tourist complex across Kristo Rai Church in Garapan.

The project did not materi­alize.

JCTA is owne<l by Juan C. Tenorio, the brother of former governor Froilan C. Tenorio. ,,

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;iI,agatfta na~e·: :change·given · .. full recogni~i~n By Tanya M.C. Mendiola

Variety News Staff HAGATNA- The capital of Guam will now be officially rec­ognized as Hagatiia in United States federal documents and by the U.S. Postal Service.

Guam Del. Robert Underwood received word Monday (Tuesday, Guam ti me) in W ,L~hington that stmt­ing September 4tl1, tl1e U.S. Postal Service h .. L~ accepte<l the nmne chm1ge mid therefore, will reflect the islm1d capital 'snamew;Hagatiiaonalldocu­menL~.

Guam Gov. Carl Gutierrez signed the name change into law in March of this year to locally

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CUC defers award of power plant contract

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

THE COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corporation (CUC) yesterday backed off from

awarding its $120-million, 80-megawatt power plant project to Marubeni-Sithe at the last minute after receiving a letter from the Commonwealth De­velopment Authority (CDA) requesting that the latter first be allowed to review the contract.

At the same time, CUC Ex­ecutive Director Timothy Villagomez told reporters that the utilities firm is standing pat on its decision to award the con­tract to Marubeni-Sithe ifCDA does not submit its comments ' on the issue by Friday.

This is despite protests lodged by a group of losing bidders, the : Alson-Tomene consortium,'

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'Gov't should get out of the health insurance business'

By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

HEAL TH Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez said the government "should get out of the health in­surance business" and let the op­erations· be manned by private firms who have the expertise in providing health care system.

The call was made by Villagomez yesterday during the weekly meeting of Saipan Rotary Club at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

"I believe," said Villagomez, "that it is better if the government

could pass the health insurance management to private agency. But I would say that government should be a firm watchdog on these agencies," Villagomez told the Rotarians.

Villagomez who was the guest speaker of the SRC yesterday stressed the importance of health care in the community.

"Most people have car loans, housing loans, credit loans and all kinds of loans bu tthey don't have heal th care. They are just passing

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Monday was Grandparents Day at San Vicente School in Barrigada where students treated their grandparents to songs, dances, floral bouquets, hand made cards and lunch. Here, first grader Jennif~r Caluya of Yigo presents an orchid bouquet to her grandmother, Rogel,a Caluya. Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza

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Jet hijacking by Turk with a toy gun ends

By Elil Unal A!'\KARA (Reuters)-A Turkish man with a toy pistol hijacked a Turkish Airlines Airbus to a Black Sea airport on Monday and bridly held some 76 passengers and eight crew before giving himself up. the tr,.msport minister said.

"The situation is under control and the plane has been evacuated. The two pilots a1Jd the crew were the last to be set free ... Transport Minister Arif Ahmet Denizolgun told reporters in Ankara.

!fr said the man lwd used a pbstic pistol to force the pilot of the Airbus A-3 IO to diver1 the Ankara to Istanbul flight and head for the Black Sea coaswl city of Trabzon.

"It was hiJ3cked by one terrnrist and he was carrying a plastic toy gun. Noone was injured e\'en in the slightest way:· said Denizolgun. \\ ho said the hijacker was called Ihsan Akyuz.

The plane sat on the tarmac at Trabzon for some 30 minutes before the passengers climbed down the stairway to the applause of waiting crowds with police and ambulances standing by.

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President Clinton is applauded by Vice President Al Gore (front center) first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) and the cast of the Lion King, Monday after a special performance at the New Amsterdam Theatre . in New York for Unity '98 to raise funds for Democrats in the fall elections. AP

Prim.aries in 8 US states on

Passengers leave the hijacked Turkish Airlines A-310 Airbus after being released by the hijacker at Trabzon Airport late Monday night. AP

By Alan Elsner NEW YORK (Reuters)- Voters in U.S. eight states and the District of Columbia go to the polls on Tuesday anlid a crisis over President Clinton's behaviour in office that Democrats fear could cost them in the November elections.

Primary elections were scheduled in Connecticut, Maryland, Massa­chusetts, MiI1J1esota, New York, Rhode Island and the state of Wash­ington to choose candidates for gov­ernor, congressional seats, state legis­latures and hosts of lesser offices.

Democratic message. "It's beyond a distraction. This is

mesmerisingnotonlythestate butthe · whole nation," said Brian Donelly, running for the Democratic nomina­tion for governor in Massachusetts.

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Thirty six governorships, 34 Sen­ateseatsandall 435 seats of the House of Representatives are at stake in the Nov. 3 mid-tenn elections.

Democrats had been hopeful of picking up 11 seats they need to recapture control of the House. In the Senate they had expected to hold their own.

Perhaps the most publicised single primary Tuesday was for the Demo­cratic Senate nomination in New Y ork.Fonnervicepresidential nomi­nee Geraldine Ferraro's support ap­peared to be crumbling in the face of a strong challenge from Representa­tive Charles Schumer.

Despite her national reputation, Ferraro has failed to build aneffective

But that was before special pros- fund raising organisation. Defeat ecutorKenneth Starr's lurid report on would probably mark the end of her Clinton's sexual relationship with political career. former Vvhite House intern Monica The winner will face Sen. Alfonse Lewinsky, which has totally domi- D'Amato, who earlier this year had

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I Northwest goes airborne again after 15-day strike

By ASHLEY H. GRANT MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-Flight 90 I, a cargo plane bound for To­kyo, lumbered down a runway as Northwest Airlines returned to the skies for the first time since a pilots' strike grounded the fourth­largest U.S. airline on Aug. 28.

The only other Northwest plane in the air Monday ferried cargo from Anchorage, Alaska, to To­kyo. A Chicago-to-Tokyo cargo flight was scheduled. Tuesday morning. Each plane was to carry four employees, mostly pilots.

Though passenger flights weren't expected to resume until Wednesday, travel agents were swamped with calls to confirm or book flights.

"The phones are driving us bonkers this morning," said Earl Rogers, owner of Duluth Travel,

which relies on Northwest for booking flights. Hisofficehadtaken more than 100 calls in two hours.

"It's happily driving us nuts," Rogers said.

On Saturday, the 6,200-member Air Line Pilots Association ratified a new four-year contract that includes a 12 percent raise over the life of the contract, job protections, stock op­tions and profit-sharing.

Northwest was spending Monday getting employees back and prepar­ing aiiplanes to fly again, spokesman Jon Austin said.

The airline plans to return its first 430 domestic flights to the skies on Wednesday. Thefirstpassengerflight was scheduled for 3 am. CDT (0800 GMT) Wednesday from San Fran­cisco to Minneapolis.

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Hopes thin for 3~yt9-Ii1llit bill By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

HOPES are getting thinnerforthe proposal to limit the stay of non­resident workers in the Northern Marianas to three years, follow­ing increasing pressure from the private sector to squash the legis­lation.

Despite this, government lead­ers have openly expressed inten­tions to install such a limit but assured that preventive measures will be put in place so as not to create severe shortage in man­power supply.

Juan P. Tenorio Thomas P. Villagomez

able local labor. At the same time. Tenorio clarified

that the three-year limit will not be retroactive when signed into law.

explaining that it may mean more thim three years for some nonresident workers.

"Once the worker's contract has already been renewed when the bill is signed into law, they will have to finish that tenn befo,e the three-year countdown st.arts, .. he told reporters.

The proposed three-year I imi t wi 11 apply to all nonresident workers in the CNMI. except for those holding professional or executive positions earning an annual salaiy of more than $30,CXX).

Underthc bill,anonresidentworker shall not be permitted to remain in the CNMI for more than three consecu­tive year:; without exiting the Com-

monwealthand remain off island until such time the worker has secured employment in the Northern Marianas.

Tenoriosaidreponson the number of nonresident workers oulnumber­ing the indigenous population with­out benefil~ and legislative represen­tation have prompted him to intro­duce the bill.

"A nonresident workerwho,on the date of expiration of the three-year period prescribed herein, is lawfully in the Commonwealth under a valid contract approved by the Divisiunof Labor shall be permitted to remain in the CNMI until expiration of his or her contrJct," the bill stated.

Sen. Juan P. Tenorio (R­Saipan), who authored the bill, said the legislation will remain a top priority of the Legislature al­though he stressed that necessary amendments will be made after a public hearing is held.

Tenorio said a public hearing, aimed at soliciting recommenda­tions of the business sector, is expected to be conducted next week.

danger levels of occupancy and every unnecessary expense, bur­den and governmental uncenainty brings them closer to a potential in­solvency or exit from the CNMI.'' Ayuyu pointed OUL

TenoriosaidSenateBill I l-71 dres not intend to push the business com­munity to theedge by virtually reduc­ing the numberofnonresident work­ers in the island but allow the private sector to review its manpowerneeds.

Saipan mayor laments $2.4-M budget for his office not enough

''It is only fair that the concerns of the Saipan Chamber of Com­merce be heard," he said.

Chamber president Joe C. Ayuyu earlier prodded the Legis­lature to hold public hearings on the legislation to allow the com­munity to air its concerns on the possible impacts of the proposed law to the local economy.

"Businesses are operating at

'There may be available workers in the local labor pool who have remained unnoticed because of our continuous dependence on foreign manpower," according to Sen. Tho­mas Villagomez, (R-Saipan).

While admitting that the CNMI needs time more than the three-year ~riod to train its local workforce, Villagomez said employers will get the opportunity to reassess their posi­tions whether they will continue to hire foreign workers or tap the avail-

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

SAIPAN Mayor Jose C. Sablan said his municipality could not function well with only $2.4 million budget allocated by the central CNMI government.

Sablan in an- interview said with the island's 62,000 popu­lation it is difficult for the mayor's office to function ef­fectively given such limited funds.

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CUC eyes lower rates for Tinian By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

THE COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corp. (CUC) will look· into the possibility of keeping power rates low for Tinian resi­dents in the face of the ongoing $12 million built-operate-trans­fer project for the expansion of the island's power supply ca­pacity.

"Those are· the things that we need to look at," said CUC Ex­ecutive Director Timothy Villagomez in an interview with reporters.

"The numbers, " he added, "have to be threshed out to make sure ( the rate) is affordable to the

people ofTmian." Villagomez made the remarks fol­

lowing a letter sent by Trnian local govellllnent heads expressing sup­portforthe 10-megawattpowerplant projecL

The Tmian delegation, according to Villagomez, passed a resolution favoring the project

Government, led by Gov. PedroP. Tenorio, broke ground for the power plant's construction in May this year.

The power plant is being built to meet the municipality's growing power needs.

Tenorio said the plant would pro­vide the needed additional power sup­ply to other companies that would establish offices here.

The plant, according to cue, is actually designed to supply power for up to 30 megawatt, depending on the growth of the island.

The new power plant is being builtundera$12-million build-op­erate-transfercontractbyTelesource CNMI.

Telesource President K.J. Semikian has said the firm will be operating the plant for 10 years under cue supervision and man­agemenL

Tclesource will deliverthepower in bulk to cue. which will be in charge of power distribution.

Semikirm said the new power system is expected to be energized in Jrumary next year_

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cause I know there is crisis. and we shall all work together. I am just saying this out be'cause of the numberof population that we have here and the number of responsi­bilities and services that we have to provide to the people;· Sablan said.

When Sablan assumed office early this year, the mayor was operating under a continuing reso­lution budget of S2.7 million.

For 1998, Sablan asked $4.8 Continuea on page22 Jose C. Sablan

CHC sues anew for unpaid medical bills

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

IBE COMMONWEAL TH Health Center has sued a company that has taken over Mogambo. Inc. forunpaid medical bills amounting to over $16,000. ~

The civil lawsuit was filed against Misamis Connuction, Ltd., \~hich. on April 1995. purchased all stock of Mog,m1bo. Inc. ,md Mogrunlxi Cale in Grn,1p,m.

Mog,m1lxi Cati: lnLs been re11a111ed Ritzy'sCaleby itsncwowncr. which has no ties with Misamis. the V,u·iety learned.

CHC's complaint stated that by taking over tlic- com1xmy. Misamis ,1ssumed its assets and liabilities. among tl1cm the S 16.585 .),6 rncdical bills incuni:d by s.:,en Mogambo ,,orke1, from July \ l)lJ2 totm. I l)l)5.

·11ic complaint stateJ tl1al CHC ,;cnt tl1ree notices lo Misamis !'rom

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

POLICE arTestc:d a l\forianas High School sludcnt accused of assault­ing and injuring another student. according to Dcpanmcnt of Pub­! ic Safety spok.:spcr,on Rose T. Ada.

Ada said the 17-ycar old sus­pect was wiping a classroom wall when the would-be victim passed by and "praised" the "nice job" he was doing.

The suspect apparently took that as an insult, and threw the sponge

July 1995 to May of this year. but the company has reti.Jsed to respond.

The hospital. which is represented by AssistantAttomeyGenernl Celeste E. Andersen. is asking the court to order Misarnis to pay the bills. plus pre- and post-judgment inte:-esL cost associated in prosecuting the case. and any additional relief the coun deems appropriate.

CHC for this momJi alo11e h,L, so J:u·sucd 14 timi.-;. i11cluJin!! ,Vii.• amis. for tJ1eir alleged 1:tilun~ ;o pay the medic,J bills of their worker,.

TI1ese 14crnploycrs allegedly owe CHC a tor,J of S 118.(XXl.

U11dcr the b\,. cmplo_wr~ of alien workers ;ui: ri:sponsible :u1d I i,1hle for the pa~ 111e111 of these workers· medi­cal C\/X:llSCS.

In addition. ,m emplciymcnl n,n­\J,Jct alsl1 l1blig:1tcs th: crnpl,wcr tn pay for the medical rnsls of his or her al icn \\'OJ'KL'r.

at the \·ic1irn. ,\da said. addirn, ilJai Cl fiSI figiJ[ L'llSl!L'cJ hc'[\\·ec'J"J the [\VO.

Thc poli,',' wcr·c caJ/c,d and ar­rested the suspect.

Ada said the vic·tim recci\'cd lacerations.

In another pol ice report. a ., ] -year old tourist lost $1.500 in cash and his Visa and JCB ncdit cards.

Ada said Junishi Murabrni. who is staying at Saipan (,rand Hotel. left his bdongings in his

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FLzght§cC.Munar Love letter from oblivion

AN old sepi:1 envelop. still scaled but without a stamp. dropped from a \·olurnc of ;111 antique Encyclopedia I had bought from :1 thrift stnn.:. I was fascinat,.:d with what was written on the opcning side: "Scaled With a Great Big Ki,, ...

\\'hatta gnofy thing. huh. The· rq1,me·1·· s instinct perked n1c up. hoping to stumble onto something

tli:11 e·,,u lcl eT:1c·~ :1 cL,c unsol\·ed for dccadcs. I tl1ought I might dise·o\·cr a story tlt:11 1\, ,uld b,xlsi 111\· jDumalistic c:u-eer :UJd catapult me imo international fame. It ,\ ,uJd ix' s,,rne'thing that wou Id givc a clue 1!1 Kennedy's ;Lss:L,sination. or anything like• th,ll.

\\'hen I lcx,l,.cd back :11 tl1c c::n1 clup. my illusiuns c:V:IJxiratcd. I low on e:utl1 rould :u1 c111clnp,: 111:ulcJ "Sc:ilcd \1ith a Circat Big Ki,s" contain :my Se'nsiti1e info1111:1tinn that \I e1u Id rh,mge thc rnu1-sc nf hi story''

But whl' not'.' I thllu!.!ht tl1is mi!.'.111 tum out to L-..? more:: sensational tl1,m tl1e S40-rnillion oial pcrforrn;u;,c b_1 i1-lo;1ic:1 l..:wins/..:y. :UJd might eventually produce 111011: tl1:m .,2 boxcs of salarious JLx.·umc:llls tor rong11:ssional inqui1y. Ken St:ur would call me. "[lie Repuhlic:ms would u-y 10 b1i!x me with exclusive strnies. [ would be on CNN. :mJ give Linda Tripp a 11111 for her money.

I knuw th:.tt it's grossly indecent to open someone else's lencr Uust as it is to secretly t:ipe a com ersation with a friend who is enthusiastically rc1·c:1ling intimatc Jc tails o!"hcr life). Hut I couldn't help it. Somehow I had a feeling that the letter was pk:1ding to hc opened, like a genie in a honle Jying to be rek,1scd. (But first I had to consult a lawyer friend to make sure I wasn't l'Dnm1itting any federal offense'.)

So. l opc:11ed it :rnd stumbkJ on a 101 e sto1-y that was probably aborteJ bccause for· some ,·ca.,on the kucr ne\·cr reached its des ti nation. The lener 11 ,1s ,ti most bri 11 lc. and I w.1s tl abbcrgasted to find out that i l was older than J thought. The letter. d,neJ April 3. 1968. was written by a girl from De'dc.:do. (iU'1111.

Excerpts: "/' ,·c hn·11 r/1i11ki11., aho111 rnch 11101ne111 ofow rime roger her. E,·cry dcwil is c/rro11iclccl i11 IJT_I' 111i11d. The hesr j)Cll"l \\·as ... you k11m1· 11·ha1. .\'m,· uho111111y prom pin11rc /' II semi i1 as soon as you ans11·er my li!l/cr bcuwse I 11·wr1 /0 nwke sure ThCJI 111y pic111re does11'1 get las/ in Jiu: /1/(li/ I rcccircd w111r feller 111·0 clays ago a11cl you saicl rhm if I c/011 't 11·ri1e

in Three ,.-eeks. th(// mcwrs 01;r rclmionship is o,·cr. Bw /um· can you gel 11n- feller ll'hcn ci·ei')' rime I send one. I do ger my fellers back. I hope !his m1c rcc1chcs you.

What av ilc inconsiderate boyfriend. sc:tting a Jeadline for his girlfrienJ 's le tier. The poor girl failed to beat the deaJI inc because the lctterncver found its 1,":, to C 'ulor,1Jo Spring ( whcr-e the lxiyfricnd li\'ed).

I rnuld only gw:ss wh_1 it happencd tlwt way. Maylx tl1e girl had misplaced tJ1e kttc:r :il'tc-1 1Hi 1i11:2 it., .. hicii 1, :L, u 11li.,1 gi1 ,1hly stupid. Or 111ayl-..?. she had r-equcstcd "In end 11, 111:1i I the lctle'I'. :1ml tile lrie·11d.fo1-re:Lso11rnfhcrm111. Jid rut mail tl1c letter , ,11 puq1o'ol'. l, til:11 l:u11e··.• ,\h. l tlli11i-; ll\l 11111d1. hut who i-;110\\'s·• llut I could not for the lite r>t' 111c· umkr,1,u1d 11 hy a girl so !Tl lme: with her lx,yfricnd would not 1x:1,1m:1ll:, 111ai! the lc.:ller 10 hc:1 h<J)i'ric,nJ.

C Jr rrn:, b.: ,he !c'ilt the 11To11g address. ·111c) rnu,.1 tx.· · ·ishing e-mail w,L, invented du1i11g tll:ll tr:nc.

.-\II tJ1i, time. tl1e ktleT th:,t dictated the fate of a rdationship h;1d been buried in :u1 Enn clUJxdi:11h,11 11 ;t, 10 rc:1d1 :1 nosy :u1d unscnJpulous ,cpc,ner's h,md three dc·L·aJc, lat,·r.

l c1Hild n,,t help ""nde·1·in!c' wh:11 h:1d h:\ppened to them. If, imlccd, tl1eir 11.:l:,ti, m,hip 1111pr, 'i'-'rl> ended. I could only l0 l:1rne h,th or them-the g.uy for his hcing me, 111,idercite ;1ml the: girl lor her stupidity.

.-\t :111) rillc. it rni:cht hii\'C l-..?c11 a wondcrlul 1d:1tionship tJ1at dcsetwd to J._, r,·,rned. I 1mibl the letter. I llllp.: it\ nut too late.

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[ c» Letter to the Editor Guam, American Samoa Governors unite Dear Editor:

This is precisely the right time for the Com­monwealth to return to the Pacific Basin De­velopment Council (PBDC). We wish to take exception to your editorial of August 28, 1998, "Right Time to fall back in'' regarding CNMl's membership in the PBDC. You stated that the ti ming is not good for CNMI to return to the Counci I when, in fact, the timing couldn't be belier.

We will have significantly greater impact on Washington if we address issues collectively than if each ofus tries to be heard individually, particularly on economic mallers on which we share such com­mon ground, such as the impact on our economies of the Asian financial crisis.

In this era of increasing economic globalization, it is imperative that we have a place in the U.S. debate as our national government makes interna­tional policy in organizations whose actions can impact us dramatically, such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

Ir PBDC did not exist. it would have to he invented. Nootherorg:mization can J'ill its role.The ( 'ouncil of Micronesian Chicf E.xi:cutivcs (CMCEJ. by virtue or its multinational character, is con­strained from interfering in American domestic policies.

Though wholly domestic, the Western Gover­nors' Association (WGA), comprising mainly con­tinental American states with a set of shared inter­ests centered on vast lanJ resources. docs not have an institutional capacity to progress island ques­tion.

The National Governor's Association (NGA) takes on such a broad range of national issues th:1t our own speci:tlizcd interests fri:qucntly can he addressed only at the margins.

Wh i k these and other organizations to which 11·c hclong. including such re!c'ional groups as the Pacific Community. :ill Jiave a utility in the grand scheme of governance. it is only the l'aciric B;1sin Devclopmelll Council which is in a position to address our current ecDnornic problems in ii way which promises 10 h:1vc sustainable impact.

11· we arc on the \'Clgc of' thc global eco­nomic slump you suggest is possihlc. we sim-

ply must be arrneJ with the latest and best inform.ation available to prepare J'or that or any other economic eventuality and to plead our case for relief. We have neither the human nor economic resources to do that job alone. The establishment of that capability with our governments, even if possible, would cost far in excess of the $63,000 we each pay currently in annual dues-which arc feder­ally matched dollar for dollar.

[t is for these reasons that our collc:.iguc, your governor Pete Tenorio, a two-time presi­dent of our organization. took the pruJent course of rejoining us in our common cause at a crucial juncture, when national and inter­national attention is increasingly concentrated on this part of the world. /\I though Hawaii is not currently participating in the Council, the State of Hawaii has invited PBDC to repre­sent our governments in the planning of the October APEC Conference on Oceans, a sub­ject of vital importance to us.

At the same time, because our secretariat is based in llonolulu, collaboration with simi­lar agencies has continueJ unabated on a full range of economic development issues. More­over the expense would be prohibitive for our governments to send representatives to every working session of such Hawaii-based orga­nizations as the Western Pacific f-ishery Management Council, the Maui Pacific Cen­ter and the Pacific Islands Development Pro­gram, when PBDC staff arc there to glean the information, :malyzc it, and disseminate it to member governments in a manner which is tailored to our individual needs .

In sum. we arc convinced of Pl3DC's cost efkctiveness. arc excited about its future, anJ will look forward both to CNMI taking its rightful place at our summit in November anJ Governor Tenorio becomin~ our leader once again in the futun:. '

CARL T.C. GL"rIERREZ

Governor of Gua111 and l're1iden1 of the Pacific lla1in De,elop111e11t C'ounci I

T:\CESE I'. Sl'.'iL\ G111·cn10r of American Sa111oa 1111d \'1cc-l'rcsiilrn1 /If 1/rc Pacific /Jasi,r Dcrl'l//11111c111 Council

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Teno reviews I&S payment bill By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

CONCERNED about possible~ kg :1 l i 111 p L' J i 111 L' 11 Is. (_i l) \'.

1',:Jro P. Tenorio has in­struL·Jed a l'ioser review of a legislation authori'zin!.! the payment or the ~2.2 million settlement a!.!reemcnt re:1chcJ bctwcc11 l&S Co1·p. and the ,\tturney Cicneral's Office.

In a brier intc1·vi..:w yester­day. the local chid cxeL'Utivc said the p:1y111cn1 process is still unJe1-rc\·icw by the AGO to 111ake sure tlL,tcverything will be prop­erly adL!ressed.

While 'frno1-io is vet 10 si!.!n the le!.!islation into l:i1,:. he 111a,Jc an assurann: th:1t the settlement Jcal will be consum111:1ted as a!.!rccJ hy l&S Corp. anJ the AGO dur­mg negotiations.

The ScnaJe special irl\'cstiga­tive crn11111it1ce has concluJed that the sc11leme11t a!.!ree111en1 has violated CNMI l~tws, anJ that it is not bind in!.!. but added that the MVA B;ard shoulJ he given the authority to de­termine whether the govern­nH:nt will pay m not.

The governor lws ..:xprcssed l'Onl'erns on a provision in the hill which ;1uthorizcs the Marianas Visitors Authority

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board to Jctermine how much money will be released to pay l&S for its promotional ser-vices.

Under section-4 of the Jeoisla­tion. the MY A boarJ of dire~tors will be delegated to determine what amount, if any, should be paid to J&S.

This, even as a $2.2 million settlement agreement has already been reached between I&S anJ AGO.

The section also requires MY A to ascertain the actual benefits received by the CNMI from pro­motional services rendered by the Japan-based advertising company during the fiscal year 1998.

Tenorio is still waiting for

A 'Flood' of medical info

Whooping cough WI l(X)PING Cough is also called "1x11ussis... · 11,is is the "P" in our l)JYI' shots.

WhCXlping cough is ;u, ancient dis­casc which has been killing child1cn llJr l'C:lllUl'iCS.

1\s is 1111c ll>r most infectious dis­L':tSc'S. it is most ,b,dly t,,r thc poor. the' \I eak. and the· 1·e·1y 1·01111".

l lnlike 1e1:111us :1ml .diph1h~ri:1, the other me111lx1, of the "J)JYJ"" .series, whmping cough is fa·fro111 vanished in the lJS. ldentilied mse nurn!JC1, have dmppci.l since i111muniz:rtions bc!.!wl. from a hi~h or over 250.0(X) ca~s a yc;u- to ;; 11:ccnt tol I of just under 65(X) a year. But tl1esc ;uc _just the identil1ed c:Ls..:s.

Most c:Lscs of whooping rnugh :uc not iLit.:lllilieJ. In fact, most c:t,cs, CSJJCcial ly inadult,.:m: 1dative ly mi kl.

· 'Chlss ical" whoopin !! cou !!h st:u1s out like a bad rn!J whic11 c,u{ l:tst for up to two wc:cks. In mild cases. the next ,t;1ge is several weeks of mild cough. uftc11111is1akc11 for :L,il1111a or called '"bronchitis ...

111 sc\·erc c;1.scs this scrnnd st:1>.;e is not "' mild. Sp:1.s111.s of rnugh, de­velop. Cmrglting ,o sc:vc:1c it cw1 break rib,.

'I l1c,c ,p:1.,1m c:m Ix:", prol(1ngcd that :1 child \\'ill tum hlue. and\\ he:11 they :111: Ji11;dly able ICJ 1;1/..:c ,1 hre:11h it cn111e, i1111ith :, loud '\1·h,x>p."

It L·:u I take tnonth, Jortltc i11kc1io11 lo n!Tl its rnu1,e. Ma111· childre·n. e,IJCL-i:tlly tiny babies. \1:ill not ,u1·­\ I\~.

The \\'limping rnugh v:1LTinc. the "I'." h:1s alll':1y, km a weak link in the hahy shot.,. I'm two re:tsons.

l~r,t. this vaccine caused a lot of side effects, like levers.

·111ese sideclkcts have lxen prt:tty much eliminated in newer vaccines. thc so-called "attenuated" ("weak­ened") vaccine which is !!ivcn to most children hc1c in Saipa~.

All or these sidc L'ikcts :u-e rllO!l' s,.;vcrc in oldt.:r cltildrc11 aml adults.

This is the re:L,on the Dl'Tshot.s:u-e only given to srn:rll infonts.

After a!.!e six the "P" is r-emowd. Oklt.:rchi 1J11:11 tilld adult., !.!Ct.I lX>Ostcr "DT'or'Td." No"P ... -

'll1e second reason the JXT1ussis shot has t-x:en a "weak link" is tl1at thc immunity pr'lxluced docs not last Ii.Jr 10111.!.

llnlike tetanus and diphtheria. who's effects l:L,t at least l O w:u,, whooping cough immunity begins to fade by tlm:c years, and is gone by fi Ye:.

So older clcms:nt:uy students, ,md their p:u-cnts :u1d tcache1,, no lon!.!cr haw immu11itv a!!ainst tl1is infectiZm.

During who::.ipingrnugh outbr-eal,;s in the states, surveys of kx-al junior ,md senior hi!!h sclllxils il1t1nd that 111:111y oftl1c st{1dents :md tJ1eir 1e:1ch­crs hud mild c;Lses ot· tJ1is int'cction.

They spn:ad the inlcction in the dassrcxirn and tl1cn hrou!.!11t it home ll > their younger hruthcr, ~111d sisters.

There still is nosak way to i11111111-ni1.c older chikhrn :UJd aciult.s.

1:ven tl1e "attenuated" vacc·ine is not :1pprnwd for use: in these age groups.

This is why it is so i111p011am to keep "hahy shot.s" up to date i<Jr inJ'anh and prcschcxiieJ,.

the MV A board or Jircc1ors to convene and comi: up with a spe­cific amount it deem the CNMJ government should cough up for tl1e advertising efforts made by l&S for the: Northern Marian.is.

The bi 11 said the amourll shou Id not exceed $2.2 million. I&S claims that it has rendered pro­motional services, products :.ind materials that would help ad­vance CNMI's ima!.!e as a major tourist dcstin;tion in Japan.

The legislation requires MY A aml the Attorney General's Pete P. Reyes

WHO to intensify campaign . vs mosquito-borne diseases MANILA; Philippines (AP) - The World Health Organization said l\?onday i_t will in~1sify a campaign against the spread of mosquito-borne d1seaseshk: malana and dengue fever in the Western Pacific region.

WHO Director-General Harlem Bmndtland said the organization will ~so _target no~-communicable diseases, especially those 1elated to smok­~:m the ~gion, ~ornc to one-third of the world's population.

Any maJorpublJc health threat to the Western Pacific is also a threat and a concem to the rest of the world," Bmndtland said in a statement at the openinginManilaoflhe49lhsessionofWHO'sregionalcommitteeforthe Western Pacific region.

~egional director ST Han said malaria afflicts 2.5 million people in the 1egmneve1y year, resulting in 20,000deaths. Underlheprognun, which will . continue until tl1e end of the centu1y, Han said WHO hopes to bring the numrer of illnesses down by SO percent and deaths by 80 percenl ·

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Office: to pursue rccm-cry or any ;1mounts paid from thci,;c past or present C N :Vl I gm·ern ment olliL·­crs or employees 1·csr'o1isihlc for the events le:,ding 10 l&S demand­ing for p;,yment despite the ab­sence of ;i val id contract.

Despite these. the bill slatcd th:1t the Lcgisl;11urc rccognizc:s the :1ctu:d benefits provideJ by the promotirnwl efforts of I&S 10 the CNMI.

Sen. P<.!te P. Rc\'..:s. who chi!irs ths: Serrntc comn;ittcc on fiscal a!lait,, e,u·lier Sll!l!lCSt<.!d that a puhlic hc,uing. be comlt;cted to shcd li!lhton the settlement a!.!reemcnt rc7,ciu;d l:xctwcen AGO ;u1J f&S.

I-le was citing a Pub I ic 1\uJ i tor's finding that the advertising ser­vices were delivered by the J&S Corp. without a valid contract with the CNMJ government.

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Land exchange tax bill-~ow -law By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Pedro P. Tenorio yesterday signed imo law a legislation which woul<l exempt from tax obli­gations any closed deals in­volving the sale of private !_ands to the CNMI govern­ment.

Tenorio. in a letter to the Legislature, said the Com­monwealth stands to gain more from encouraging~ the government's acquisition of

private lands than entering into land-exchange agree­ments.

'· Although there will be some cost-impact of this bill, the limited and decreasing public lands in the Common­wealth dictate the need for the government to purchase pri­vate lands forpub!ic purposes than entering into land-ex­

changes," he said. He pointed out that the bill,

which became Public Law 11-36. will add1:ess the bias in the

Stabbing in Tamuning By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

HAGA TNA- A 1\!staunmt owner hc1\! suffcn:<l woun<ls following a stabbing inci<lent perpeu·ated by a client Monday afternoon.

Gu:u11 p.Jiice infonnation officer Lu1y f·lrnl!s saiJ the female suspect ente1eJ Hoa Mai II 1esu1u1,mtat muund noon to Jrop off a bonuwc<l vi<lco tape.

However. :u1 :u·gument ensued re-

suiting to a brawl where the suspect managed tograbapairof scissors she used to repeatedly stab the victim.

111c victim suffered a wound on her alxlomen ,md laccrntions.

1l1e victim rm1 ouL,i<le to seek hcl p. when the suspect flc<l. She was U\!ate<l on the scene by medics.

·n1e GL,e is still unde1investi gation. if you have infom1ation, call GPO at 472-8911 orCRIMESTOPPERS at477-HELP.

Mot~rbiker yields drugs. By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

TUMON, Guam - POLICE arrested a 4J-vear o!J man al­legedly found in possession of "ice" and dried marijuana !caves, Mond:.iy afternoon.

The man, a resident of Deuedo, police said. was

flagged down for speeding on his motorcycle.

Routine inspection yiel<le<l the illegal <lrugs.

Police booked the suspect iden­tified as Nino A vada an<l <letained him for posses sf on of a control led substance.

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The governor emphasized that previous laws tend to fa­vor land-exchanges.

"As such, those whose lands are needed far public· use shou Id recei vc equal tax treat­ment from the government. In all fairness, itshou]d make !JO

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land exchanges are not sub­ject to taxation while pur­chases o'r private lands by .the government are· subject to earning tax, thus the bill, which hopes to remedy the "unequal treatment."

"The Legislature finds that there is an inherent unfair­ness in the ti1x consequences of land exchanges versus land acquisitions for a pub­lic purpose," sai<l Rep. Heinz Hofschneider, the bill's pro­ponent.

MVAmaps out priorities to cope with a 'shoestring' promo budget

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE MARIANAS Visitors Authority committee on public relation an<l adver­tisement has discussc<l ways on how to spend a limited promotional bu<lget.

Members of the comm it­tee. chaired by Marian Al<lan-Pierce, talked over during Mon<lay's meeting on how to di vidc a $2. 7 mil lion promotional budget among the viable tourism markets.

The committee agreed that 75 percent of the money shall be allocated to the Ja­pan market where most tour­ist arrivals into the CNMI come from.

It was also ag1·eed. as sug­gested by MV A marketing

manager Norman C. Berg, that portions of the budget in­tended for other markets shall be pulle<l off and used it in­stead to Japan.

The com mi \lee's final bud­get for J ap:rn, Taiwan, Korea, USA, and other countries was unavailable as of press time.

The commit lee's recommen­dation will be discussed fur­ther <luring the MY A board's Sept. 21 meeting.

MV A board chairman David M. Sablan earlier said the agency shoul<l tighten its belt and possibly cut down some expenses to work within its Ii mited budget.

"We have to work within that means. We soon have to cut <lown a lot in different ar­eas." said Sablan, referring to

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MV/\'s buuget of $7 millio under continuing resolution.

MVA submitted to th Governor's Office a $10.7 mil I ion budget for Fiscal Yea1 1999 to make CNMJ 's tour ism in<lustry competitive.

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COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corp. (CUC) Executive Director Timothy Villagomez yesterday slammed the Commonwealth PrntsAuthority (CPA) over a pro­posed agreement asking CUC to .waive the ports authority's monthly bills, stressing that CPA, "like any other customer, should be paying what they use."

The proposal, contained in a draft memorandum of agreement, was meant to assist CPA in its completion of the $4.9 million Saipan sewer line project which recently ran aground allegedly

after former CPA officials ex­ceeded its scope and placed the cunent management in a predica­ment due to financial constraints.

Villagomez stand, observers said, could further derail the project's completion.

"We have disagreement with that (draft MOA)," Villagomez told reporters.

"My position is that that is not acceptable. CPA is a customer like any orher customer. So, as such, they should be paying what they use," he added.

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take the libe11y of taking" the draft CUC-CPA agreement to the CUC Board of Directors until the waiver provision is deleted.

He said he has asked CPA for a breakdown of their expenses to determine whether the ports au­thority indeed, heeds to ask for a waiver of its monthly utility bills to push through with the .sewer project.

"It is up to them now," Villagomez said.

In a separate interview, CPA Executive Director Carlos 1-1. Salas said he will try to convince Villagomez to reconsider his po-

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sition. "If this particular provision of

the (draft) MOA will make or break the project's completion," said Salas, "then probably CUC will take that into consideration seriously make sure chm th~ project is completed."

"We are keeping our fingers crossed," he added.

Salas said CPA does not want to jeopardize the project's comple­tion that is why he is asking CUC to approve the proposed MOA.

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It also guarantees that the pay­ment may be offset with the monthly utility bills that the ports authority owes CUC for SIA 's operations.

Regulations of the Federal i\ viation Administration (FAA) provi<les that CPA can only spend airport funds for the sewer line project within the Saipan interna­tional Airport's (SIA) jurisdic­tion.

FAA wants it stressed in the CPA-CUC agreement that only £ 1.43 million or about 29.4 per­cent of the total project cost can be charged as this is only what covers SIA premises.

On the other hand. CUC shall be held responsible for the re­maining$3.45 million since, FAA argued, it wiJl benefit island resi­dents, inclu<ling about 700 Dandan residents.~

At least 42 percent of the sewer project, which is seen to run from SIA to the Agingan waste water treatment plant has already been completed by Pacific Drilling Ltd., the project's contractor.

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According to Youth Risk Behavior survey:

Drug use start at early age By Haidee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

THE NUMBER of hi~h school stu­denL~ using m.uiju,m,~ cocaine ,md .. ice .. h,L, remaineu high for tl1e l,L,t two vc;u-s.

A;Dund 503 teenager, or 54 r~r­ccnt of the 932 surveved high scl1<x1/ studcnL~ 1c:po11eu tJ1ai they !~ave useJ m,uijurn1a one or 11101c: times during tl1eirlite.

This h,L~ incre,Lsed fmm the fi ~mc:s for 1995 when the t:rst smvey w,L~ conducted.

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1997 Youtl1 Risk Behavior Survey revealed tl1at about 158 studenL, said they t.Iied using maiijuana for the first time befon, reaching tl1e age of 13. ·n1e bulk of these young ~ser,; me comprised ofCh,m101Toand Cuolin­i;m studenL,.

.. Mon, students are reporting ny­i ng m.uijuana. and nying it at ,m earlier age," said the survey.

What isalsoastonishingis the hu-ge percentage of students \\1lo encou71-te1ed illegal drngs for sale at school.

Of the~ 932 s~rveyed high school studenl'i. 335 · teens said they had

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someone offer, sell or give them an illegal drng inside the school cmnpus dming tlie p,L,t 12 montJ1s at the time of the intc1view.

The mte of injection use has also inc1eased in the la,t two yem,.

Ba.,eu on the study, around 65 high school students revealed that they used a needle to inject any illegal d1ug into their body one or more times in their life.

Meai1while. tl1e san1e smvey con­ducted among students grades six to seven ai1d eight Uunior high school) revealed a high increase in the use of injectionsforillegaldmg intake. From only five percent in 1995, the figu1e rose to 14 in 1997.

"'The 1epo11ed use of needles to in jeer drugs has doubled in the last two years. This should be of pat1icu­lm· concern for health workers," said the su1vey.

Fifty percent of the high school student, who reported using maii­juana for the last 30 days at the time of the inte1view were also local teenagers.

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Although there was an eight per­cent decn:ase in the number of stu­dents who reported seeing adu!L, smoke marijuana around them, an education official said parents and even relatives must be the first ones to educate the children about the hann­ful effects of drugs.

Jackie Quitugua, coordinator of the Public School System's HIV Pre­vention program which conducted

the sul'ley, said there are a number of illegal drug-using high school stu­denL~ who first learned of marijuana and ice from the people around them.

'This should warn the public and weencoumge the adu Its and the teach­ers to be educators," said Quitu1:,rua

The smvey, which was conducted in coopemtion with the U.S. Center for Dise:isc Contml, also reveal that the use of ice among teenagers has doubled in the lasttwoyears,orfrom only seven percent in 1995 to 16 percent in 1997.

Other high impact drug use like sniffing glue and solvents has also shown increase, the survey showed.

The 1997 smvey reflects the risk · behaviorsself-reportedbypiivateand public school students at the CNMI.

ltcontainsthemostsignificantrisks to physical, social and emotional health and well-being among the youths, including the intake of illegal drugs, suicide, alcoholism, cigarette-smoking, sexual activi­ties and betel nut chewing.

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CUC yesterday postponed award­ing thecontrnct to the winning bidder, Maiubeni, after the Commonwealth Development Authority (CDA) said it will first review the conl1<1cl (See related story in this issue.)

Theconsortium'sattomey,Robert 0 'Connor, ai·i,rued du1ingyesterday 's hcaiing that CUC is not following iLs own 1egulations. which, he added, prevent CUC from awarding a con­ll,ict when a protest is filed.

Manglona, however, told 0 'Connor that tl1c1~ is a prov is ion in CUC procurement regulations tl1a1 would allow tl1c aw,u·ding of tlie con­U,1ct.

O'Connor n.:plied that the provi­sion is .. not explicit."

He said tlie cons01tium is "'the l:cst bidder," adding that CUC "c;m 't chcxJsi.: what 1cgulations to follow."

··whatistl1ehmminwaitingfortl1e results of ( our prntcst) when it might even save CUC .uid the u1xpayc1, money?" he saiu.

.. If CUC could wait for two yern, (lx:fcm~ awmding the cont1~1ct) itcou ld wait form1othertwoor tlircc months,"

he said. But, he added, CUC "wants to

steamroll thecontract,soitwill be too late for (the consortium) to do any­thing about (its protest)."

O'Connor said CUC's interpreta­tion of iL~ own rules will allow the taxpaying public "to get screwed," and will set a bad precedent for all government contrnct~.

"We should be allowed a mean­ingful protest process," he said.

Otherwise, he added, CUC's pro­cu1c:mcnt mies should be renamed ..Ha-Ha, Screwing the Lowest Bid­der" rules.

But CUC's attorney, Lecia Eason, mainwined that CUC could aw,ud the conu·act despite ,m ongoing pro­test, citing a letter from the Or/ice of the Public Auditor.

·111econso1tiurn 's protest, she said, '"Ins no legal 111c1it.''

'"It's the same song-and-dance (motion) tl1at tl1ismu n denied a montl1 ago. ·n1ey 're citing the s,m1e old pro­cedur,:s wc'n: not in," she said.

.. We don't even know why tl1cy'n.: here (in court). (Ilic conso11ium rm1kcd) numlx:r six (in CUC'sevalu­

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DPS officers undergo basic traffic investigation training

By Louie C. Alonso Van·ety News Staff

MORE tlim1 20 JXJ!ice oniccrs ,m: p1c:si.:ntly attending a two-week u·aining that would ,L~sist them in 1c:solving u·aflic prob!t:ms on tl1c spot, according to the Dcpm1mcnt of Public Safety (DPS).

ne Basic Traflic Investigation (BTI). said Capt. Dellx:11 R. Sabhui of DPS, will enable u·aflic oflicer, to mc,L\Uri: skidrnm·ks ,mu determine c;u­srx:ed.

.. When they (oflice1,) don't receive ,u1y u~1ining al all, the tl1ing that they usually do when tl1cy respond to an accident is to get the d1iwr mid look at the damage of the cm·. ·111ey could dctem1ine who causcu the lT,L,h mid cvc1ything," said Sablw1.

.. But, with tl1is Ba.sic Traffic Investigation trnining, the 1xilicc officer,

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To lure them into private sector jobs ,

'Hike wages for local workers' By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

TIIERE is a need to increase the wage level offered by the busi­ness community to encourage resi­dent workers to seek employment in_ the private sector, two law­makers said yesterday.

Rep. Heinz Hofschneider at­tributed the local workers' lack of interest in working for the private sector to the very low wage level offered them which, he said, is beyond the "liveable" level.

Hofschneider said that in­creasing the minimum wage by a dollar according to the provisions stipulated in the Resident Workers Fair Com­pensation Act wil.J not even bring the income close to a "livable" level.

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He added that on the basis of the federal poverty income

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guideline and the most recent CNMI census, more than 70 percent of all income earners in the Northern Marianas are living below the poverty line.

"Majority of these people would be nonresident workers because of their entry level being minimum wage at $3.05

per hour," he pointed out. In a separate interview,

Senator Thomas Villagomez suggested that either the sal­ary or the benefits offered by the government to local work­ers be made across the board to provide similar incentives to resident workmen who are in the private sector.

"I would like t_o pursue the idea of giving subsidy to em­ployers so we can encourage our local workers to seek em­ployment in the private sec­tor," he said adding that ma­jority of the local population prefer to work for the govern­ment because of the benefits.

Villagomez said this should. call for a closer coordination between the private sector and the government because non­cooperation by either party would result to a bigger gov­ernment size and higher taxes.

Hofschneider explained that the business community will only see a decreasing govern­ment size if it started attract­ing government employees to move in to the private sector through higher pay and better incentives.

''If they want to see a de­creasing government. size and they don't wantto be burdened by increasing taxes, they should be exerting efforts to encourage government work­ers to transfer to the private sector," he said.

.He stressed that industry players can only do this by coming up with a compensa­tion package deemed liveable for indigenous workers, add­ing that the presence of many locals in the government shows that lowest wage level in the public sector is enough to sustain the family needs.

Hofschneider also said that the possible transfer of local workers to the business sector may result to the delegation of many government services to the private sector, eventu­ally resulting to a reduction in the bureaucracy. ·

"When we privatize a lot of things, we will virtually re­duce the government size and lower the tax burden of the business people. We definitely can slack the tax burden if we see a reduction on government services or size," he said.

He emphasized that the gov­ernment needs to tax some­body in order to provide one position in the government. He said the entry level offered by the government is twice as high as what the private sec­tor offers.

Hofschneider maintained that $3.05 an hour is not enough for resident workers· because unlike nonresidents, locals have to provide for their own housing and transporta­tion facilities. as well as health insurance policies.

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be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341

Nat'l History Day progralll slated THE CNMI Council for Humani­ties is organizing a National His~ tory Day program throughout the Commonwealth for both public and private schools.

The theme for 1999 is Science, Technology, Invention in History: Impact, Influence, Change and be­gins in September 1998 for the year 1999. ·

"National History Day is an ex­citing way for students to study and learn about historical issues, ideas, people and events," the CCH said in a news release.

and intellecrual growth." In addition to acquiring useful

historical knowledge and perspec­tive during the series of state and national competitions, students develop critical thinking and prob­lem solving skills that will help them manage and use infonnation now and in the future.

The CCH noted that in many . states and districts, teacQers are invited to workshops where they share ideas about how the year's theme can be most effectively ad­dressed and also receive informa­tion on how the process works,

Saipan Rotarian Patrick Calvo (2nd from upper right) pose with fellow Rotarians of Gunma, Japan during a Rotary Club meeting yesterday.

"This yearlong educational pro­gram fosters academic achievement Continued on page 22

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Chamorro ·culture celebrated this week By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

THE CHAMORRO Cultural Week Celebration started Mon­day as part of the festivities for CNMI Cultural Heritage Month.

The week-long celebration is being held at the Office of Aging Administration.

Students from G.T. Camacho Elementary School graced the second day of the Chamorro Week

by joining the Manamko in their activities at the center.

Visitors from the CNMI Mu­seum and local painter Chen Xiao Ping joined the Manamko to weavemwar-mwarandhatsmade from coconut leaves.

History researcher and Indig­enous Affairs Office representa­tive Noel Quitugua, who is also manning the week-long celebra­tion, showed his sketches of an-

cient Chamorro women. He interpreted in his sketches

the description of historian Fr. Peter Coomans on what the an­cient Chamorro women from 1600s wore during dances.

"They wore a half-moon brace­let on their arms. Pearl half-moon means the woman belongs from the upper level of the society, the clums half-moon is from the mid-

Continued on page 22

GES Students of the Week

Arlene Annen ion, third-grade stu­dent from Ms. Young's class, is an excellent student who maintains an ·~" Honor status as well as petfect attendance. She is an angel . .. caring and helping her fellow class­mates and reacher. She takes great pride in her personal appear­ance and conduct. Arlene is cour­teous, thoughtful and dependable. She strives to do her best.

Joseph Pangelinan, fifth-grade student from Mr. Schuler's class, is a hard-worker who does well in all of his subjects. He is the class president and is a mem­ber of the Student Council. Jo­seph is very bright and is com­peting for our school in the Math Olympiad. He is also quite re­sponsible and is well-liked by his classmates.

Eide Aque, fourth-grade student from Mrs. Camacho's class, has come to school everyday this year. She has shown interest in all of her subjects and partici­pates in discussions. Eide makes the best of her time by studying and reading library books and other materials. She respects her teachers, classmates and the property of others.

Shirley Collier, sixth-grade stu­dent from Mrs. Mike's class, has a very positive attitude and be­havior. She is very mature, de­pendable, responsible and uses her time on task very wisely. Shirley loves reading and can finish one to two pocketbooks a day. Keep up the good work Shirley!

Patricia Sablan, first-grade stu dent from Mr. Schultz's class, is very motivated student. Sh brings fresh ideas to class an cooperates with her classmate to make A-3 the best class a GES. She is a great student t have at our school.

Jhumil Esposo, second-grade student from Mrs. Middleton's class, has set a great example for his classmates to follow. He is always attentive and involved during class discussions. He's an excellent reader with out­standing comprehension skills. He exhibits good manners and always has a cheerful smile to give.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 ------------------'----- ·-··---

The Around the Islands section covers community stories, local events, and cultural activities. Should you have a story you would like to share, or an event that needs to

be covered, contact Laila at 234-6341

DOF tax managers to attend Guam meeting

Hertz employee honored EV A Sibangan, an emplpyee of Hertz rent-a-car, is the September winner of DRIVE SAIP AN magazine's Drive 'em wild pro­gram for car-rental employees.

DRIVESAIP AI'1 guides and make their visits more enjoyable.

She received a dinner-for-two gift certificate from the magazine.

DRIVE SAIP AN, knm.vn as the magazine with maps, is distributed free by all 21 car-rental outlets on Saipan.

SOME employees of the CNMI Department of Finance will at­tend a Tax Managers Meeting later this week on Guam, according to a Department of Finance report.

A draft of the plan to improve financial management was sub­mitted to the Governor and the Legislature yesterday for their approval, DOF said in a news release.

Six tax and finance managers from the CNMI, along with rep­resentatives from Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Sa­moa will be attending the Tax Managers Meeting to discuss the possibilities for cooperative ef­forts in the area of tax administra­tion.

The September 17 -18 joint meeting is the first of its kind for

Teac~erDay essay contest ..

By Tanya M. C. Mendiola Variety News Staff

HAGATNA, Guam - The De­partmerttofEducation (DOE), In­terim Board of Educationand the Chinese Arts and Cultural Soci­ety are challenging islandstudents and teachers to a writing contest.

The contest will be held in con­junction with Teacher Day on Sep­tember28.

There are two contests: one for students and one for teachers.

The topic of the teacher's essay is ··r Can Make a Difference, I Am aTeacher" and for srudents, "How My Teacher Has Influenced Me."

Thechallenge is open to all pub­lic.and private school teachers and allstudents grades 3 through 12.

TI1e deauline for entries is Sep­tember 23 at 5 p.m.

Entries can besubmitteu to the DOE Director's Office.

The format for teacher essaysis: • Entries must be submitted on

white ruled or plain paper, • Typewritten • Not more than 500 words • Double spaced • Must have name. school,

grade(s) taught, content area, andhome telephone number

Student essays: • Entries must be submitted on

white ruled or plain paper • Typewritten or neatly written

in black ink • Not more than 500 words • Double spaced • Must have name, school,

teacher, and home telephone num­ber.

The Chinese Arts and Cultural Society have given prizes for the studentcontest.

The Board of Education is re­q u es ting the community tocontribute prizes for the teachers contest.

For more information, contact Faye Kaible at the DOE Public InfonnationOffice at 475-0458.

the four U.S. Territories. It will be held in Guam in con­

junction with the United States Department of Agriculture Gradu­ate School.

Topics of discussion will in­clude difference between local tax code and the U.S. Internal Rev­enue Code, legal and regulatory concerns the government may have about cooperative effort and sharing of developed products.

The meeting will also include discussions from tax administra­tion duties to annual budgets spent on maintenance of tax computers

· systems, networks and software. Funding for the meeting is

through the Department of Inte­rior.

presented a draft of the Financial Management Improvement Plan (FMIP) _yesterday.

The CNMI Core Team, along with a group of consultants under contract with the USDA Gradu­ate School, has been working with various government agencies to improve and enhance financial management effectiveness and efficiency.

The goal of the FMIP is to de­scribe the current state of the CNMigovemment'sfinancialman­agement and establish three to five year goals with an action plan on how to achieve these goals.

Winners are selected based on theirspiritofhospitality and conge­niality in dealing with customers.

Sibanganwasrecognizedfortak­ing time to explain to customers how to get the most out of their

Sibangan has been a rental agent with Hertz on Saipan for about a year.the Dai lchi Hotel in Garapan.

Meanwhile, Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio and the Legislarure were

The FMIP is part of the Pacific Islands Training Initiative. The report will also go to the various depart­ments and committees for input and proposed implementations.

Eva Sibangan of Hertz outlet in Dai /chi Hotel in Garapan is DR/VE SA/PAN'S Drive 'em Wild winner for September.

'PUBLIC ANNOUNCE/VIENT

The Carolinian Affairs Office wishes to announce the deadline for entries on the upcoming 1998 Carolinian Cultural Heritage Week

events.

1. Speech Contest Entries -Deadline is September 15, 1998 Open to all Carolinian writing & speaking children. For more information,

Grade School & Junior High Students, please see your bilingual teachers. High School & Private School students, please see your counselors, or have your parents contact the Carolinian Affairs Office.

2. Battle of the Bands Registration - Deadline is September 10, 1998

3. Fishing Contest Registration - Deadline is September 25, 1998.

4. Demonstration of Local Food Preparation - Deadline is September 18, 1998.

5. Carolinian Cultural Demonstrations (Weavings & Carvings) - Deadline is September 15, 1998

6. Booth/Concession Registration -Deadline is September 14, 1998.

All interested individuals are urged to visit the Carolinian Affairs Office in Garapan to fill out the registration forms and pick-up a copy of the criteria.

For more information, please call the Carolinian Affairs Office at 233-1127/1129 or 234-6385.

ls/Francisco M. Rabauliman Executive Assistant for Carolinian Affairs

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Solomons PM refutes · Vatican deal rumors

~za•• · Elsewhere in the Pacific

HONIARA (Pacnews)­Solomon Islands Prime Minis­ter. Bartholomew Ulufa' a\u has refuted rumours alleging that the sacking of former finance minister Manasseh Sogavare was linked to his refusal to sign a financial deal with the Vatican.

Refuting the allegations, Mr Ulufa'alu urged members of parliament to be responsible and refrain from spreading rumours and allegations that have no proof.

Island officials to attend Pacific Night in US capital

The Prime Minister's com­ments follow reports that cer­tain members of parliament are spreading rumours on Malaita, linking the sacking of Sogavare to an alleged financial deal with the Vatican.

Prime Minister said his cabi­net had not discussed any Vatican deal.

He said unless those spread­ing the false information stop. he would ask the police to carry out an investigation because the matter has dra"gged in the Catho­lic Church whi~h is innocent.

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HONOLULU (Pacnews)­Ambassadors and representa­tives of eleven Pacific Island nations and territories will present Pacific Night I 998 in Washington, D.C. Tuesday at the New Zealand embassy.

Organised by the Washington Pacific Committee, the guest of honour will be Jacob Nena, President of the Federated States of Micronesia.

The Committee is an infor­mal grouping ofrepresentatives from Washington-based embas­sies and liaison offices.

Gov't raises • copra prices

HONIARA (Pacnews)-The board of Solomon Islands Com­modities Export Marketing Au­thority has approved a slight increase in copra buying prices.

Announcing the increases, Minister for Commerce, Em­ployment and Tourism, Enele K wanairara said CEMA will buy first grade copra at SI 75-cents (US 15-cents) per kilogramme, an increase of 5-cents

Price for second grade copra will be increased by 2-cents, to SI 65-cents (US 13-cents) per kilogramme.

The increases were effective yesterday and will remain in force for therest of 1998.

Kwainairara said CEMA board had agreed to the increases following advice from his min­istry.

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The members' goal is to fos­ter cooperation and understand­ing of a range of issues impor­tant to both the Pacific and the United States.

Participating in the evening of Pacific entertainment and feasting will be delegates from American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 'New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.

Tonga's pumpkin growers urged to grow other crops NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)­Tonga's growers whose squash pumpkin plantations have been affected by the drought have been urged to cu \ti vate other crops which may help repay loans.

Minister of commerce, Dr Masaso Paunga made the sug­gestion during a meeting last week with growers of the East 0

em district, officials from the ministry of agriculture, devel­opment bank, exporters and a member of parliament.

Paunga says farmers may be able to produce better yield with new crops.

A spokesman for the Devel­opment Bank says farmers will be able to obtain new loans, but their qualification may depend on the hi story of previous loans.

An exporter Steve Edwards suggested to the meeting that government and the Develop­ment Bank should arrange a period of time whereby loans .could be paid back.

Gov't not to help abandoned Vanuatu women in Kiribati PORT VILA (Pacnews)-Vanuatu's Prime Minister, Donald Kalpokas says his government will not assist any Vanuatu woman who is facing marital problems in Kiribati.

He made the remarks when questioned by journalists on the issue of ni-Vanuatu women whom their husbands have aban­doned them in Kiribati.

Kalpokas says these women are not refugees but had lived in the country at their own wish, therefore they are free to choose whether to return to Vanuatu or continue to live in Kiribati.

The Kiribati government recently said it would prepare a memorandum ofunderstanding to have the Vanuatu government compensate Kiribati people who lost their belongings when they were deported just before independence in 1980.

Schools open in Fiji despite water woes SUV A (Pacnews)-All schools in Fiji's western division will open this morning despite the disruption in the water supply.

The divisional education of­ficer western Ramesio Rogovakalali says he has ad­vised school principals not to

close their schools because there is a likelihood that water supply will be restored this morning.

Rogovakalali says his office will make an assesment of the situation at 9.30am today and decide whether to recommend the closure of some schools.

New PNG weather station PORT MORESBY (Pacnews)-Papua New Guinea will soon have an auto­matic weather station to improve its current weather forecasting and other meteorological ser­vices in the country.

The weather station, the first of its kind in PNG will be estab­lished early next year on Woodlark island in the Milne Bay Province.

It is part of the South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warming Up­grading Project funded by the European Union.

Under this project automatic weather sensor and monitor equipment will be set up on the island which can feed the na­tional weather service, weather forecasts and other meteorologi­cal information through a satel-1 ite service.

RP posts trade surplus again MANILA, Philippines (AP) -The Philippines posted a trade surplus for the second consecu­tive month in July, with exports exceeding imports by $36 mil­lion, the government announced Tuesday.

The surplus was a sharp turn­around from the $1. l Obillion defi­cit registered a year earlier. It fol­lowed a trade surplus of $130 million in June,the country's first in nearly a decade.

For the first seven months of the year, the Philippines' trade deficit narrowed to $1.43 billion from $6. 72 billion a year earlier, the National Statistics Office said.

$931 million, yielding a trade sur­plus of $423.6 million in favor of the Philippines.

Japan was the Philippines' sec­ond biggest source of imports·. with purchases totaling $490.5 million, representing 20 percent of Philippine imports.

For the first seven months of the year, exports rose 19.2 per­cent from a year earlier to $16.71 billion, while imports fell 13.0 percent to $17.84 billion.

The Philippine peso has fallen by about 40 percent against the dollar since July 1997, when the regional currency crisis began.

While a trade surplus is usually welcome news, economists warn that declining imports reflect a slowing of the ,Philippine economy caused by the regional financial crisis. Many Philippine imports are semi-finished com­ponents that are processed for re­export, or capital goods used to build future production.

While the Philippines has not been as badly affected as some of its neighbors, its gross national product contracted by 0. 7 percent in the second quarterof this year.

Anti-riot police officers try to block about 70 protesters demanding independence for lrian Jaya, the lndones1an-controlled western half of New Guinea, in front of the Defense Ministry in Jakarta. AP

Electronics and components continued to top the list of im­ports in July, accounting for $466.6 million or 19 percent, but declined 13 percent from a year earlier.

Imports of other major catego­ries also fell sharply, with tele­communications equipment and electrical machinery falling 50 percent, and industrial machinery dropping 22 percent, the statistics office said.

Purchases of U .S.-made goods accounted for 21 percent, or $507.4 million, of total imports in July, down 19 percent from the. year-earlier level. Philippine ex­ports to the United States totaled

Imelda Marcos . hi;nts. at yielding on burial row .

MANILA (Reuters) - Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos suggested on Monday that she might drop her demand for her late husband to be interred at Manila's Heroes Cemetery pro­vided he received "an honourable burial."

She said President Joseph Estrada had assured her the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos would receive just that.

''l know that, I am assured that President Estrada will give him an honourable burial," the 69-year-old widow said in an inter­

. view on Manila's ABC television network.

··wherever it is, the important thing is that we will uphold, he (Estrada) will uphold a great Fili­pino and human tradition of hold­ing the dead sacred, giving the dead an honourable burial," she said.

It was the first time Marcos had given a hint she might be pre­pared to compromise on herorigi­nal demand for the remains of her husband to be buried at the He­roes Cemetery, where two former Philippine presidents and World War Two veterans lie.

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Probe into Suharto's wealth being pushed JAKARTA,lndonesia(AP)­The Muslim-based United De­velopment Party vowed Mon­day to fight for authorization to investigate of the wealth of former President Suharto.

Saleh Khalid, a legislator of the party, known as PPP from its Indonesian acronym, said his party wou Id raise the matter at a meeting in November of the People's Consultative Assem­bly.

He added there were exten­sive demands from the people to return Suharto's wealth to the state to be used to overcome the economic crisis, but the new government under B.J. Habibie is still hesitating· to deal with the case.

The Assembly should come out with a decree that autho­rizes the government to investi-

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gate the wealth, he said. "The PPP will fight. If needed,

we will push for voting in order to achieve our goal," Khalid.

The 1,000-member Assembly will convene a special meeting beginning Nov. 10, November with the main agenda is to pre-

pare political laws for general elections in May next year.

Critics allege the Suharto clan and its associates contributed to the economic crisis by using their connections to craft a web of busi­ness monopolies, often at state expense.

There were growing demands for Suharto to be tried. Suharto's six children own business em­pires are coming under scrutiny from government prosecutors trying to weed out graft.

Suharto, 77, who quit in May following student protests against his 32-year authoritar­ian rule, recently denied having bank accounts abroad.

Khalid said he didn't believe it. "I am confident, Suharto obvi­

ously has assets that could be confiscated by the state," said Khalid.

Indonesian minister says cuts in oil, gas subsidies to proceed in '99

By JONATHAN DRAKE SINGAPORE (AP) Indonesia's energy minister said Monday that his government will proceed with plans to scrap con­trols on the domestic cost of fuel by next year.

"We've decided that the subsi­dies should be lifted, and we 're studying how the gradual process of this can take place," Mines and Energy Minister Kuntoro Mangkusubroto told reporters af­ter addressing the Asia-Pacific Pe­troleum Conference. "Butforsure, it will start next year."

A rise in fuel prices earlier this year helped spur riots and pro­tests that gained widespread sup­port, eventually forcing President Suharto to step down in May.

Domestic subsidies have been a major obstacle in reforming Indonesia's state-dominated oil and gas sector in I ine with other

industries, and the government is seen walking a tightrope between refonn and further upheaval.

"We haven't come up yet with a final scheme on how to do this, but the decision has been made," he said. '.'So starting next year we're going to give up the subsi­dies, bit by bit, in a fairly system­atic way."

Kuntoro cautioned that the changes would be a "very slow process;' ruling out a sudden change because of the precarious state of Indonesia's economy. Asia's financial troubles have hit hardest at Indonesia, triggering the country's deepest economic crisis in decades. ·

During his speech opening the conference, Kuntoro conceded that at present "greater emphasis is being placed on the provision of low cost energy (than reform), given the adverse impact of the

crisis on both corporate and indi­vidual incomes."

Bu the said the government will revise existing laws to open the domestic oil and gas sector to full competition, including the privatization of national oil and gas monopoly Pertamina.

This broader liberalization in the industry will be "coordinated with" the easing of domestic price controls, he told reporters.

Indonesia's budget is currently heavily burdened with the subsi­dies, which account for 16 per­cent of total expenditure.

However, oil and gas revenue has contributed a healthy 33 per­cent to budget income, according to Kuntoro. This is partly because such transactions take place in U.S. dollars instead of the domes­tic currency, which has plum­meted about 80 percent since the start of the crisis.

Looters break into a store as a strike against price hikes by public transport drivers turned into a riot in Medan 1,400 kilometers northwest of Jakarta Monday. AP · '

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.Ex-Chinese President Yang dies By Benjamin Kang Lim

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Chinese President Yang Shangkun, a military strongman who was shunted aside as a rival to the late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, died on Monday, state media re­ported. He was 92.

State television played fµneral dirges and displayed a black-and­white picture ofY ang, who was the second most powerful man in China before his fall.

A television commentator sol­emnly read an obituary that de­scribed Yang as a ·'great proletar­ian revolutionary, statesman and strategist, a staunch Marxist, and an outstanding leader of the (Com­munist) Party, the state and the people's army."

Yang died of an unspecified ill­ness, Xinhuanews agency reported.

There were no signs of public mourning for Yang on the streets of Beijing.

Yang, wlio senred a single five­year term as president until he was dumped in 1993, was one of the architectsofthebloody 1989crack­down on pro-democracy protests around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

Atanemergencymeetingofparty and military leaders in 1989, Yang appeared alongside then Premier Li Peng and said Beijing had been reduced to an "anarchic situation."

The capital needed a military solution, Yang declared, and on June 4 that year troops backed by tanks· cleared the streets around Tiananmen.Square with heavy loss of life.

Yang was replaced as president by current head of state Jiang Zemin.

Jiang, who also holds China's top job in the Communist Party and the military, dropped Yang's half­brother, General Yang Baibing, from the party's powerful 22-mem­ber Politburo during a congress last September.

That move effectively ended the influence of the Yang brothers in Chinese politics.

During the late 1980s m1d early 1990s, Yang was widely regarded as being second in stature only to Deng. He uied. and failed, to use his powe1ful military connections and close ties to Deng to take su­preme power.

An angiy Deng finally pushed Yang into retirement.

Deng died in February 1997. One Western diplomat said

Yang's death removed a "potential thorn in the flesh" for Jiang.

"His intluerice had faded from the early 1990s, but he carried a kind of influence that could under­mine to some extent Jiang Zemin," the diplomat said.

··For Jiang Zemin, it's one more extraneous thing out of the way," he added.

Yang sunrived persecution dur­ing the tumultuous Cultural Revo­lution of the 1960s and more than a decade in political exile.

He builtuponeofthe most pow­erful factions in the military known as the "Yang family generals."

Between them, the Yang broth­ers controlled almost all high-level military appointments in the early 1990s, forging an extremely pow-

erful network ofloyal retainers, btit also stirring up strong resentment among those not favoured.

In 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong's fanatical Red Guards accused Yang of tapping the Great Helmsman's telephone and branded him a "counter-revolution­ary. ',

As head of the Communist Party's general office, he was lam­pooned in wall posters wearing earphones and listening to Mao's conversations. His penalty was a harrowing mass "struggle session" at a Beijing rally and 12 years of political exile.

After his rehabilitation, Yang continued his rise through the ranks and with Deng organised a vast reduction in the size of China's armed forces and its modernisation in the 1980s.

Abandoning Mao's policy, Yang promoted the integration of the armed forces into the economy. The air force built planes for civil­ian use and army factories pro­duced consumer goods for sale in department stores.

Chinese President Yang Shangkun (center) listens to then-Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin (left) as then-Chinese Premier Li Peng looks on during a meeting in Beijing in 1990. Yang, a general-turned­politician who helped modernize China's army and then sent it against student-led protesters in 1989, died Monday. He was 91. AP

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HK exchange rate stays for 6 m.onths HO~G KO:,,.;G (AP) -- Hong Kon~\ cenn-,11 b,mk on MonJay n:a,:urcJ foreign ..:xch:b1gc im·e,­lc)I, by 11:nc,, ing i1s pledge no1 10 cnm·c11 thc 1c11i1or\' \ cu111:nc\· al a itm t'r 1:IIC 10 the [ ·:.S. JolJ:u- l~)r :JI

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c:u·lier Monda\· to :m imervie\\' published in ,; local paper with Jo,;cph Y :un. chid i;:xecutiw of the Hong Kong Monewy Authority.

.. /\n immeJiate move to 7 _g(X) may be misundersto:x.l as a devaluation of tl1e Hon£ Kon~ Jolku·." it said.

The ove1~1ight l~ong Kong Inter­bank Offered Rate climbed above 7.0 percem e:u-ly Monday. but Jropped to 5.5 percem sho1tly after the authrnity rebtsed the statemenL

The benchmark three-month in­terest rate. which hit a high of over 12 percent. dropped to 11.5 per­cent.

The statement said the authority wi\11-eview the exchange rate after six months.

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Y ,m1 tolJ the Hong Kong Eco­nomic Joumal \hat tl1e guaranteed k\'d of COn\'eitibi]ity for al] b,UlkS ,, ould ··,hortly and suddenly" move 10 the weaker le\·d of 7.80 Hong Kon~ dollars per U.S. dollar.

B,~ksrnshed to buy U.S.dollars eMIY Mondav at 1he currem mre of 7.75 Hong Kong dollars. draining local cum~ncy liquidity from the banking sys1ern and sending inter­est rates soming.

1l1e monetary authority guarmi­tced the 7.75 rate earlier this month to boost confidence in the local currency's peg to the U.S. dollar. but said it would change the mte to 7.80 to the dollar if necessary.

Kin Narita (left) and .. Gin Kanie share a light ~oment duri~g an interview with the Ass~ciated Press Television in their hometown of Nagoya Monday. 106-year-old Kin and Gin, or "Gold" and "Silver," are Japan's oldest twins. AP

That pledge gave banks a liquid­ity guarantee.and with that peace of mind, they loaned more money than they had previously. allowing interbank mtes to fall for the first time in months.

Hashimoto to visit Russia Ahera mtechange to 7.80, banks

could conven the U.S. dollar back to tl1e Hong Kong cun-ency. mak­ing a 0.05 Hong Kong Jo\\ar profit for ew:ry l.' .S. Jo\\ar.

A statement issueJ by the au­tl1ority later said it wm1ld guarantee the 7. 7 5 per dollar exch,mge rate to "r1:mO\l? 1mu-kel uncenainties."

They'd been at low levels until news of Yam· s interview hit mar­ket, Monday.

The cun-ency ha, come under pressure from specu\ato1> betting the 14-year peg will go.

MOSCOW (Reuters)-Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryu taro Hashimoto will visit Russia from September 16 to 19 and will hold talks with President Boris Yeltsin. the Japanese embassy in Moscow said on Monday.

Hashimoto, who presided over a big thaw in Tokyo's long

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troubled relations with Moscow, is expected to prepare the ground for a planned visit to Russia by his successor, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. in November.

An embassy spokesman said Yeltsin and Hashimoto· would probably meet on Thursday. He declined to say what they would discuss but the two men are ex­pected to touch on a decades-old territorial dispute that has long blocked improved ties.

Tokyo wants Moscow to return four remote Pacific islands seized by the Soviet army in 1945 but Yeltsin fears any concessions would spark a fierce nationalist reaction at home.

Obuchi has appointed Hashimoto as a special adviser on foreign policy issues and is keen to use the fonnerpremier's warm personal relationship with Yeltsin to help clinch a fonnal peace treaty ending World War Two hostilities.

At two info1mal summits - first in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk last Novemberand then at the Japa­nese coastal reso11 of Kawana this April - Yeltsin and Hashimoto vowed to seal the peace treaty by the year 2000.

Yeltsin has praised Hashimoto as a far-sighted pragmatist who understands that Japan's relations with Russia are too important to remain hostage to the ten-itorial row.

But with Hashimoto now out of office and Yeltsin severely weak-

Ryutaro Hashimoto

ened by Russia's economic crisis, it is far from clear whether the two men can keep up the diplo­matic momentum.

Obuchi, foreign minister in Hashimoto's fonner cabinet, has welcomed the appointment of YevgenyPrimakovasRussia'snew prime minister.

Prirnakov also served as foreign ministeruntil parliament approved him as head of Russia's new gov­ernment last Friday.

But the conservative former spymaster, whose new c,1binet is supported by Russia's Communist opposition, is unlikely to make any territorial concessions to Japan.

The embassy spokesman said Hashimoto would also visit Russia's second city St Petersburg to attend a concert given by re­nowned cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. The concert is part of an autumn festival of Japanese culture.

No diggtng in Bangkok streets . . ' '

BANGKOK, Thailand(AP)­The Bangkok Metropolitan Ad­ministration has ordered no dig­ging on 30 city streets and pave­ments for the next ten years for lhe sake of the public, the Bangkok governor said Mon­day.

The city will soon expand the b,m to 200 more streets, Gover­nor Bhichit Rattakul told report­ers.

Bangkok's streets are mess, with dangerous. gaping holes a

common sight from a myriad of construction projects. including an elevated commuter rail line

and subway system. Early in his administration

Bhichit promised to tackle the problem.

He cited as examples several roads that had been dug up by one city agency, such as the power authority. paved over and then dug up again by another agency such as the telephone company.

The problem has also snarled traffic and drawn complaints from city residents for years, but previous administrations have generally ignored the prob­lem.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 , 1998 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17

US, Japan, S. Korea map strategy towards North

Rubin: Imperative that Japan institute reform

Keizo Obuchi

By Carol Giacomo WASHING TON (Reuters) . The United States reacted favourably on Monday to Japan's proposal .for a missile-detecting satellite as the two allies and South Korea mappedstrategyonwhatthey see as a threat posed by North Korea.

Japan and the United States have charged that North Korea tested a new Taepo Dong I medium-range missile over the Japanese mainland on Aug. 31,angeringJapanese who fear their entire country is now within striking range of the reclu­sive Stalinist regime in Pyongyang.

The United States disclosed Mon­day its experts have now concluded the missile launch was a failed at­tempt to put a very small satellite in orbit

Nevertheless, State Department spokesman James Rubin said, "the North Koreans have demonstrated in this launch a capability to deliver a weapons payload against surface tar­gets at ... increa,ing ranges, confirm­ing the inherent capability to threaten its neighbours."

"So we regard this missile as a threatto U.S. allies, friends and forces in the1-egion,"he told a news briefing.

The launch would be among the topics discussed Monday at a meet­ing at tl1e State Department of U.S., Sou 1h Korean and J apimese officials. U.S. officials said.

Although the three counuies hold regular consultatiom on North Ko­rea, the talks Monday come during a period of rising tensions with Pyongyang.

Ul5t week. Japanese Prime Minis­ter Keizo Obuchi said his govern-

William Cohen

ment would consider launching a "multi-purpose" satellite to detect possible missile launches in advance .

Rubin,discussingthe US.response to this proposal, noted that Japan is a very close ally and many other U.S. allies have similar satellite programmes.

"And given that they are allies, I wouldn't expect us to have a prob­lem," he said. He said he expected Japan would look for U.S. technical assistance in such a project and he indicated that would be granted.

Anotherofficial said Japan has had a satellite-launching capability for many years and conducted the progn1mme ''in a manner that has not raised proliferation or aviation safety concerns."

Earlier Monday, Defence Secre­tary William Cohen said because of concerns over Nonh Korea's recent missile launch, the United States is workingcloselywithJapanandSouth Korea to meet any threat

He also told reporters during a Pentagon photo opportunity with vis­iting members of the Japanese Diet that he hoped Washington and To­kyo could cooperate on anti-missile defence.

"Any threat to Japan's security is also a tlireat to America, so we intend to work veiy closely with our srrong allies in dealing with this particular issue," Cohen said.

TI1c United S1ates hw; been press­ing Japm1 for seve1:tl yem, lo work with it on developing an ,mti-missile defence. But Japan h,L5 not deciued whether it wmit,; to cooperate in such a venture or attempt to develop a costly defence on its own.

Rubin said that also among the

Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office carry boxes containing documents confiscated from the Defense Agency's Cen­tral Procurement Office in Tokyo Monday night. Investigators alleged officials had instructed office staff members to destroy slips and accounting books to cover up its procurement scandal. AP

topics of Monday's agenda would be funding for the two \ight-waternuclear power reactors promised North Ko­rea under a 1994 agreement with the United States that was aimed at halt­ing Pyongyang's nuclear arms programme.

SouthKoreaandJapanhaveagreed in principle to pay most of the $4.5

· billion project but Tokyo balked at signing a contract specifying its share after the Aug 31 missile launch.

"Perhaps after such a discussion (on Monday), we might be in a posi­tion to talk more about what the future will hold," Rubin said.

Washington believes the project, which includes large shipments of heavy fuel oil to North korea, must be funded.

"Let'srernemberwhatwe'redeal­ing with here: the very real and tan­gible possibility that in the absence of a framework, we would have a·crisis with NonhKorea; and the prospect of anuc\ear-annedNorthKoreainAsia, which should frighten both those countries there and any sane citizen," Rubin said.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said on Monday it remained "imperative" that Japan institute reforms to stem its domestic financial crisis.

"It is imperative that Japan takes the steps it needs in terms of fiscal policy," Rubin said in a speech to bankers and businessmen in Charlotte, N.C. ·

Rubin also called on Congress to fund its commitments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) so that the United States can maintain its standing as a global financial leader.

"An absolute imperative right now is that Congress com­plete the process of funding the IMF," he said. "Every day that Congress does not address funding of the IMF is another day that we are at risk."

He said one of the greatest risks to the American economy is a complacency that comes with prolonged prosperity, but the U.S. economy remains sound in the face of the global financial crisis.

"It seems to me one of the key risks to our economy right now is that we allow the prosperity that we are currently experiencing to cause us to become complacent," he said.

As a leader in the global economy, the U.S. is pressing to promote trade liberalisation, encourage economic reforms in developing countries and battle financial instability, that is behind the global crisis, he said.

Ru bin r~iterated President Bill Clinton's call for major industrial nations to stand ready with cash to help Latin American countries fight off the financial contagion spread­ing to developing countries worldwide.

"We are fully prepared to do all that is needed," he said.

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Ex-Ala. Gov. Wallace dies By John Alcorn

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Reuters)-A state funeral was ordered on Monday for former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, a four-time presidential candi­date who rocked his own Demo­cratic Party and the nation in the 1960s by preaching ··segrega­tion forever. ..

Wallace died on Sunday in Moqtgomery, aged 79.

In 1972. during a presidential campaign stop in Laurel. Mary­land. a bullet fired by a would-be assassin paralysed Wallace from the waist down.

Years later. mellowed perhaps by age and the changing times, Wallace reached out to blacks and sought their forgiveness.

··Governor Wallace now rests with God and with history." Ala­bama Gov. Fob James said on Monday before signing an ex­ecutive order making Wednes­day an official day ofmourning.

James• office said Wall ace's body would lie in state on Tues-

day at the state Capitol in Mont­gomery. where flags were low­ered to half staff. The funeral was scheduled for Wednesday after­noon at a local Methodist church. with Franklin Graham. son of the Rev. Billy Graham, delivering the eulogy.

Wallace was taken to Jackson Hospital in Montgomery last Thursday suffering from septic shock caused by a bacterial blood infection and inflammation of his kidneys. His condition improved on Friday from "'critical'" to"seri­ous." But on Sunday, he suffered a fatal relapse.

Condolences came from many quarters. including U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat. In I 965. Lewis, then a young black activist, led a voting rights march that ended in bloodshed as state rroopers on horseback bludgeoned the marchers with billy clubs as they tried to cross a bridge in Selma, Alabama, 50 miles (80 km) west of Montgomery.

Wallace had ordered the troop-

George Wallace

ers to disrupt the march. The re­sulting beating of demonstrators became one of the searing images of the civil rights movement.

Lewis said: "During the 1950s and 1960s, he (Wallace) ;-iever pu lied the trigger and he never threw the bomb. Yet. what he said and what he did as governor of Alabama led others to engage in vicious acts of violence."

"He repented from his ways and asked black Alabamians for

Supporters of political extremist Lyndon LaRouche carry a protest sign critical of independent counsel Kenneth Starr across the street from New York's Council on Foreign Relations Monday where President Clinton was scheduled to speak. AP

US Congress may back $18B for IMF WASHINGTON (Reuters)­U .S. House Appropriations

· Committee Chairman Bob Livingston said on Monday that Congress might support$18 bil­lion for the International Mon­·etary Fund if the White House agreed to push through tough reforms at the lending agency.

"I would not be surprised to see full funding if there's strong conditions," Livingston told re­porters. But the Louisiana Re­publican added: "This is a fluid situation."

The White House has asked Congress for $18 billion to re­plenish the IMF's reserves, drained by multibillion-dollar rescue packages for Russia and

three Asian states. The Senate has already ap­

proved the package, but IMF fund­ing legislation has stalled in the House.

Livingston's Appropriations <;:omrn ittee voted last week to give the IMF only $3.4 billion, a frac­tion of the money the Clinton adminjstration says the fund needs to tackle global financial emer­gencies.

Buttherestofthemoneysought by the White House - $14.S bil­lion to boost the IMF's lending capacity - cou Id be added to the legislation in the full House.

The extra money could also be added in after the, House votes, by a joint House-Senate

conference committee. That committee would hammer out compromise legislation, which could include the full $18 bil­lion for the IMF.

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who has been lobby­ing lawmakers to support the $18 billion package, was up­beat on Monday abouf the chance of passage.

"I actually think we are mak­ing progress," Rubin told re­porters. "I believe, in the final analysis, despite political dif­ferences, we will get it - not because it's an easy vote po­litically - it is not easy - but because it's imperative forour economic self-interest."

forgiveness," Lewis said in a state­ment. "For the most part, he was forgiven because he saw his mis­takes. He saw that he was on the wrong side of history."

Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., said her opinion of Wallace changed as his opin­ions about blacks changed.

"Although Governor Wallace and I were in an adversarial rela­tionship during the civil rights movement, I came to respect him as a man who had the courage and decency to admit he was ·wrong," she said.

Civil rights leader Jesse Jack­son called Wallace "a figure who represented both tragedy and tri- -umph."

·'Toe tragedy was in his early years," Jackson said. "He chose to represent the worst and most divisive dimensions of anti-inte­gration culture. The triumph is that Governor Wallace lived long enough to be repentant of his sins and to be earnest in reaching out

to people he had rejected and endangered." · In his 1963 gubernatorial in­

auguration add_ress, Wallace declared: "I draw the line. in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny and I say, segregation now, segre·gation tomorrow, segregation forever."

In qne of his most famous acts, he stood in the door of the University of Alabama in 1963 to stop blacks from entering under a federal desegregation order.

In 1968, he united Southern segregationists and Northern working-class whites t6 win nearly !Omillionvotesasathird- · party presidential candidate.

In his final years, Wallace in­sisted he had become a changed man. "I was wrong, and I'm sorry. I don't expect people to forget words and deeds · that might have hurt them, but I ask that they try to remember ac­tions designed to help them," he said in 1994.

Clinton discussing military readiness with top generals

By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) President Bill Clinton will dis­cuss a growing controversy over U.S. military readiness with top generals and admirals at a meet­ing on Tuesday, defence officials said on Monday.

The president will visit the Na­tional Defence University at Fort McNairin Washingtontomeetcom­manders-in-chief (CINCs) of U.S. forces around the world, who are in town for semi-annual talks with the Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Defence Secretary William Cohen and Gen. Henry Shelton, chairman of the joint chiefs, are expected to take part.

Members of Congress, especially opposition Republicans, along with defence amtlvsts ,md some senior officers have ~varned that cuts in de­fence budgets over the pa,t decade have weakened the military and that it may no longer be able to carry out a policy of being prepared to fight and win two major regional conflicts at once.

Cohen and Pentagon officials have stressed that the U.S. mili­tary is still the most powerful in the world by far· and that front­line units such as those based in South Korea, Bosnia, the Gulf and elsewhere are well armed and pre­pared to fight and win.

But the secretary, Shelton and oth­ers have conceded that there is grow­ing "anecdotal evidence" from the military that some back-up units are not at full slrengthand thatthecostsof daily operations are threa~ning de­velopment of new aims in an era of budget restraint

"We are facing some strains, par­ticularly in the follow-on forces," Cohen said in a speech prepared for delivery on Monday night in New York to the Council on Foreign Re 1a­tions.

'The Navy and the Air Force are experiencing problems with recruit­ing and retention, in part because of attractive job offers from the boom-

ing private sector. The Army has had to take money out of base operations and infrastructure accounts to pay for readiness," he added.

Cohen has said repeatedly over the past year that unless Congress agrees toclosemoredomesticmilitarybases, the Pentagon will not realise savings needed to develop and build high­tech weaponry needed for the 21st Century.

"We have forces at the tip of the spear, so to speak, be they in Korea or the Gulf or anywhere else, that are fully capable of carrying out their mission," Cohen told reporters in re­sponse to questions about readiness at the Pentagon on Monday.

"Whatever deficiencies exist, we think, can be addressed," he said

Another major problem facing the U.S. military is lagging developrnent ofaproposedanti-missiledefencefor troops and bases amund the world even as some in Congress are de­manding a more costly missile de­fence for the United States itself.

Cohen said on Monday that it was too early to predict if the Pentagon might seek an 'increase in its 1998 budget of nearly $4 billion for devel­opment of missile defences follow­ing five successive test failures of the so-called Thealre High-Altitude Air Defence (IHAAD).

"It's a bit premature to discuss that," he said. "We are looking at all of the readiness issues ... I will be taking this issue up with the president and Congress in the coming months. They need to be addressed."

But Cohen said he wasconfidentof Clinton's ability to carry out his du­ties a~ commander-in-chief of the military despite a report by Indepen­dent Counsel Kenneth Starr accusing the president of perjury in connection with his affair wiaath former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

"I believe the president is capable of carrying out his responsibilities as co_m~der-in-chief," the secretary said m response to questions during a Pentagon photo opportunity with vis­iting members of the Japanese Diel

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Republicans in Congress restless

Clinton tapes' release sought By DAVID ESPO

WASHI:\'GTON (AP) - Re­publicans in the House ofRcp­resentatives are seeking speedy rele,1se of P"residen-t Bill Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony. officials said Monday.

Meanwhile. the two top Democrats in Congress urged the White House to abandon a defense against Kenneth Starr's evidence based on le­gal technicalities.

Several Republican sources. speaking on condition of ano­nymity. said there had been talk of re leasing Clinton's tes­timony later this week in the next batch of material to be made public from independent counsel Starr's voluminous report.

Lawmakers in Clinton's own Democratic Party are likely to oppose release of the video­tape, one legislator said, if not the written transcript of the Aug. 17 testimony in which the president defended his ear­lier claims under oath that he had not had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.

At the White House, spokes­man James Kennedy issued a starement noting that Clinton's lawyers have said Starr's allegations would not support a case of perjury in a court of law. '"Nevertheless, the president has made clear that he doesn't want the work of his lawyers to get in the way of his admission that he had an improper relationship and misled people to keep it private." said Kennedy.

He issued the statement af­ter the Democratic leaders of Congress. Sen. Tom Dasch\c and Rep. Dick Gephardt. broke a three-day silence on Starr's re port.

Nci1hcr expressed an opin­ion on whether the evidence added up to impeachable of­fenses.

But in written statements is­sued while both men were in New York for fund-raising ap­pearances with Clinton, they urged the president to aban­don his lawyerly 1.kfensc.

""The considered judgment of the American people is not going to rise or fall on the fine distinctions of a legal argu­ment but on straight talk and the truth," Gephardt said.

'"l certainly agree with those who have grown impatient with hairsplitting over legal technicalities:· said Daschle.

Daschlc also said Congress should com;ider ,1 post-elec­tion session if it is necessary for a ··prom pt. appropriate conclusion in the public inter­c st.

He also broached the possi­bi Ii ty of "other means to ad­dress the president's conduct,"" in what appeared to be a refer­ence to censure or some other discipline besides impeach­ment.

Bill Clinton

Democrats have been dis­cussing such a punishment in recent days. One aide said law­makers are ta! king among themselves about "censure plus," a sanction that might also require Clinton to reim­burse the government for part of Starr's probe.

Public opinion polls re­leased over the weekend indi­cate a majority of the public favors censure, but favors Clinton remaining in office.

That didn't deter Republi­cans from continuing to call for Clinton's resignation.

Clinton did not address the controversy during the day, traveling to New York for an economic speech and cam­paign fund-raisers for

Democrats. Democrats and Republicans

alike said the Judiciary Com­mittee was eager to expedite the release of more Starr ma­terial. Parts could be released before Sept. 28, one aide said.

Under legislation approved by the I-louse last week, the bulk of Starr's material is to become public on that date. Republican Rep. Henry Hyde. the committee's chairman. has said the panel would not re­lease material that might dam­age the 1·cputation of innocent individuals.

Republican sources. speak­ing on condition of anonym­ity, said Republicans are par­ticu I arly eager to have Clinton's grand jury testimony made public. He testified from the White House on Aug. 17 via closed circuit television. and defended his statements in an earlier deposition in Paula Jones' sexual harass­ment lawsuit that he and Ms. Lewinsky had not had a sexual relationship.

Starr's report includes nu­merous descriptions of sexual encounters between Clinton and Lewinsky in the vicinity of the Oval Office, although sexual intercourse is not al­legcu.

Clinton's legal team has consistently denied the presi­dent committed perjury.

But Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrcy told reporters Juring the day. ""you can· t make a case that he didn't lie in Janu­ary"" when Clinton testified in

Kenneth Starr

the Jones deposition. .. As to his denial in the Jones

deposition that he and Ms. Lewinsky had had a ·sexual

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relationship,' the president maintained that there can be no sexual relationship with­outsexual intercourse, regard-

less of what other sexual ac­tivities may transpire," Starr wrote in a 445-section of the report made public last week.

"He stated that ·most ordi­nary Americans' would em­brace this distinction ... the re­port added.

At one point. according to Starr's report, Clinton spoke in defiant terms. I-le said. for example. that receiving oral sex was not included in a de­scription of sexual relations that the judge in the Jones case had approved.

"Let me remind you, sir, I read this carefully," Clinton told the grand jury. referring to the description, according to Starr's report.

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Case vs Microsoft rem.a1ns

Aviation board will launch wiring checks for old planes

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is preparing to increase inspections of airliner wiring - suspect in the crash of Swissair Flight I I 1 - as part of an effort to tighten supervision of older aircraft.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Les Dorr said Mon­day the program will be announced in two to three weeks.

He declined to provide details other than to say it will cover such systems as aircraft wiring, control systems, hydraulics, pneumatics and pumps.

The crew of the crashed Swissair MD-1 l reported smoke in the cockpit before their plane plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia Sept. 2 claiming 229 lives. Faulty or aged wiring has been suggested as one possibility for causing that smoke, though the cause of the disaster has yet to be determined.

Wiring problems are also suspected in the explosion of TWA Flight 800 on July 17. 1996, which killed 230 people.

Dorr said the soon-to-be-announced inspection program is an outgrowth of the 1997 Gore Report which recommended more than SO aviation safety improvements.

Currently, the FAA operates an aging-aircraft program that calls for increased inspections of the structure of older planes, usually those 20 years old or so.

Dorr said he was not sure what the age limit would be for the new program. noting that the wiring and moving parts of a younger plane with many flights could age more rapidly than those of a less active aircraft.

.. We want to take the knowledge gained over the last couple of years about wiring issues ... and see how we can couple that with modem technology to assess the state of aging aircraft systems,·· Dorr said.

Photo released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showing the crash test dummies "family." Federal safety officials said Monday they will require more advanced air bags in new cars that could save hundreds of lives in high-speed crashes. AP

Microsoft "used its monopoly power in the market for operat­ing system software to foreclose competition in the separate mar­ket for Internet browsers."

··While we 're disappointed the court did not dismiss the entire case, we're pleased the court narrowed the b.wsuit by dismissing one of the government's claims," Microsoft spokesman Mark Murray said.

The Justice Department's claim, made in a separate law­suit, was similar but alleged that Microsoft also actively engaged in ii legal acts, such as exlusionary contracts, predatory pricing, collusion offers with rivals and the bundling of its browser with Windows.

The judge previously consoli­dated the lawsuits filed by the Justice Department and the 20 states.

Northwest Airlines flight attendants and pilots are greeted as they prepare to board a jumbo jet at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus Monday. Approximately 200 crew members flew to Tokyo to prepare for their assignments when Northwest Airlines resumes flights Wednesday. AP

Mother is sent to halfway house for killing her baby

By MIKE CARTER SALT LAKE CITY (AP)- A 22-year-old woman who se­cretly gave birth in a bathroom, let the child die and then stashed the body in a dresser was or­dered Monday into a halfway house for one year.

Heidi Sonnenberg could have been sentenced to a maxi­mum of five years in prison, but the judge said therapy was a better alternative.

··It's been very. very diffi­cult for me to decide just what to <lo with you." Judge Dennis Fuchs told Sonnenherg, who at one point tried Lo speak but was too choked up. "I've struggled with how to balance punishment with the therapy you so obviously need.'"

At the halfway house, Sonnenberg is to undergo a one-year therapy program for women who abuse children.

Sonnenberg pleaded guilty

in July to felony child abuse homicide in the death of the baby, who was born at her par­en ts' home in January. Sonnenberg 's mother found the body of the baby girl I 0 days later in a dresser drawer.

Sonnenberg, whose grand­father held a position of lead­ership in the Mormon church, had managed to hide her preg­nancy by wearing baggy clothes. lier lawyer, Earl Xiaz. said Sonnenberg was clinically de­pressed and suffered from a dis­order which lecJ her to deny she was pregnant and disr<!gard the baby when she was born.

An autopsy showed the infant died from blocked air passages and lost too much blood after her umbilical cord was sev­ered with nail clippers.

··1t is obvious to the court that the baby had a good chance of survival." Fuchs said.

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By LARRY GERBER SANT A ANA, California (AP) -Charles Ng allegedly tortured and killed a dozen' people in a Siena Nevada cabin hideaway in 1984 and 1985. He turned his airest in Canada in 1985 into a six-year exn-adition fighL

Changes of venue, judges. and at­torneys added yean; more to the sa!.!,L

There won't be ,mything speedy about the nictl either. Aftcrjury selec­tion, which could last a month. it could take up to a year to present testimony.

A pool of I .(XXl prospxtive jurors heg,ITT prelirnin,uy screening Mon­day.

Bailiffs b;u1·ed rcpo11crs. saying tl1ere \\W;n'tcnough mom.

Ng.37 ,,u1lla friend. Lcon;u-d Like. w..:n:accusedoflrningpeoplcin !98-1 mid !985totl1ein~motecabin. whc,~ the victims we,~ held in homemade cells. tonured ,md killed. Like com­mitted suicide I I years ago by swal­lowing cy,mide while police ques­tioned him.

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it all to us, the government. believe that we should develop a health care center in the commu­nity. It is to address the disease before it manifests completely,"

Buccholz. . . Continued from page 1

Legal sources have described the sanction as "highly unusual."

AGO appealed the Superior Court's decision on CNMI vs Juan D. Aguon in November of last year, and on CNMI vs David R. Quitugua last Febrnary.

Aguon was charged for alleg­edly growing marijuana in his house, while Quitugua was ac­cused of a traffic violation.

The Superior Court found them not guilty, a rnling that the Su­preme Court upheld when it dis­missed AGO's appeal.

In an order signed by Taylor, Associate Justices Miguel S.

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r~cognize the capital-formerly known as Agana-as Hagatiia.

According to the Chamoru Lan­guage Commission, Hagatiia is the phonetically con-ect spelling in the Chamoru language.

In June, Guam's U.S. Delegate, Robert Underwood, approached

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JCT A's attorney, Carlos L. Taitano, it was alleged that MDM, which has Japanese investors, entered into a written project agreement with JCTA last Feb. 2, 1997.

Under the agreement, JCTA will get paid for providing prof es­sional architectui-al and engineer­ing services in connection with MDM's construction aml cJcvd­opment of its hotel complex and related structures.

The wise reader buys only

one ~ newspaper and saves

because;

said Villagomez. Villagomez meanwhile dis­

closed plans of building a Divi 0

sion of Public Health Office away from the Commonwealth Health Center. This, he said, would pro­vide better services for the local people.

The heal th department, ·

Demapan and Alexandro C. Castro, the Supreme Court said AGO neither filed an opening brief nor did it request for an extension to file a brief.

AGO did not respond to the court's two previous orders to show cause why its appeal shou Id not be dismissed for failure to prosecute.

AGO was likewise ··scolded" by Castro last week for its failure to follow legal procedures in an­other criminal case, CNMI vs Ge Ai Ping.

Castro warned that "any future filings with such complete disre­gard of the Commonwealth Rules of Appellate Procedure will war­rant appropriate sanctions."

the Domestic Names Committee and the U.S. Geologic Survey to request that the change be en­acted.

In the process, Underwood found that the Postal Service had not recognized the change, but the _Names Committee and the Geologic Survey had. It was then that Underwood requested the recognition from the Postal Ser­vice.

In May 1997, JCTA billed MDM $450,000 for its services.

But MDM has refused to pay, according to the complaint.

JCTA is asking the court to order MOM to pay its bill, plus $45,000 in damages .. for the profit that (JCTA) would have ma<le had (MDM followed) the agree­ment."

JCTA is also asking an interest or one percent a month on top of a nine percclll interest. as well as attorney's fees. cos\s or the suit aml any oth<.:r r<.: I id the court con­sidt:rs jL1st and prnpcr.

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Villagomez reported has already received $1.4 million in antici­pated receivables that private companies owe to the hospital in the past.

However, Villagomez said that private employers arc not sure if the alien workers they are bring­ing into the Commonwealth are healthy.

Villagomez said the govern­ment had already screened 34,000 non-resident workers. This, he added, is about 80 percent of the total al ieri workers inside the Com-

monwealth. The 34,000 workers were from

about 58 countries with those from the Philippines and the People's Republic of China comprising the bulk.

Yi !lagomez ,aid there is a large number of non-resident workers who are suffering from tubercu­losis, syphillis and HIV. He added that there were six non-resident workers that have been positive with HIV.

However, the six HIV-positive decided to leave ·the island and ·

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return to their own countries. Villagomez said that at present,

DPH gets a $39 million budget from the government, the $29 million of which goes to the sal­ary of the personne I.

Only $IO million goes to the programs, activities and the com­munity services.

Villagomez told the Rotarians that the government wi II try harder to work closely with the private sector. He added that he is hoping that the hospital could operate in a tertiary level of.health care.

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· d f 3 ~ agovemor'sprimaryin50years. C~ntmue rom pa~e_ Sablan said the mayor's office car, before going down to the appeared vulnerable. However, Democratsfearmanyoftheirtradi-million. but it was never passed will be charging $5 for the ID Grotto in Marpi. D'Amatohasbuilta$l0millionwar tionalsupporters,disillusionedordis-so he resubmitted a request for FY cards to all i~te;ested people on When he returned to his car, chest and polls now show him lead- gusted by Clinton, could stay home. 1999. the island, regardlessofresidency his money, the cards and his ing any potential Democratic rival. Republican governors currently

"Because of the Asian crisis.we're status. suitcase key were gone, Ada Intheraceforgovernor,NewYork control 32 states with three quarters only getting S2.4 million:· said the Underthe stray animal program, said. City council speaker Peter Vallone oftlie nation's population. mavor. adding that Rota and Tinian he said. petowners are required to The case is now under inves- seemed set to win the Democratic They could add to that number by an; to get SIS million each and get license or the so-called dog tigation. nomination to face Republican in- winning Maryland, whose governor S900.C<Xl for the Northern Islands. tag. DPS is asking anyone who cumbent George Pataki in Novem- Parris Glendening was locked in a

Sablan said they are trying their The municipal government is ex- may have any information about ber. Pataki was strongly favoured to statistical tie with Republican Elen ~st in finding other ways to make pected to receive $.50cents for each the incident to call the police at win a second term. Sauerbrey in recent polls. Neither re\'enues through local taxes. tourist that goes to Maiiagaha pursu- 234-6333, or the Crimestoppers Previous primaries this year have faced serious opposition in theirparty

He mentioned that some ways to ant to a bill which is pending before hot) ine, 234-7272. set records for low turnout, which primaries. get additional revenues for the mu- the Legislarure. Sablan added. ------------------------------------------

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woulJ not only get the witnesses and dtiver·s stntement but they could also measure skidmarks. Another thing is they could determine the car speeJ and the angle of the \'chicle which they could easily tell \\'ho is lving ornot. Putting all these thing~ together could ea~ily solve the problem ... continued Sablan.

Sablan also added the partici­pants are "tagging along with the subjects."

"They are doing a lot of math­ematics. a lot of calculations. They are using scientific calculator to work the' problems. It is not just a sketch. the instructors are train­ing the participants on calcula­tions ... said Sablan.

The two-we.:k training. which is being hc:IJ at the Di:tmonu Ho­tel. is ,being participated in by

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ation). ·111is is riJiculous. ,md the reliefthey·rc rc4ucsting is amazingly without b;L,is in fact ... Eason said.

She added that further delays in the power plant project could mean up to S600.000 in monthly losses for cue.

By filing appeals upon appeals. the consortium only intends to shut down the procurement pro-

police officers from Tinian, Saipan and Rota.

Instructors, accorJing to Sablan. for the BTI training all came from the major traffic insti­tute of Florida.

Participar.ts for the training in­clLide seasoned officers and some of DPS new graduates. Sablan said the officets who are attend­ing the training have completed the three or four years service requirement of DPS.

The whole-day BT! training started last September 7.

The participants will be having their BTI Graduation on Friday at three in the afternoon.

Sablan said that having this BTl training is one of the program that DPS have.

1l1e continuing service train­in!!., Sablan adde-d, is what DPS hc,ads shou Id often provide to the pol ice officers to make them more proficient with their duty as law keepers.

ccss. Eason sait.l. Manl'.lona, last month, denied

the motion for TRO filed by the consortium, which wanted the court to stop Cl'(· from awarding the project to Marubeni beforc the disclosure of the proposals submitted by all bidders, and documents showing how CUC evaluated these proposals.

In his rulling, however. the judge also ordered CUC to dis­close the documents.

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Denizolgun refused to specu­late as to the motives behind the hijacking.

··Toe terrorist is being ques­tioned by security police at the moment. We will have more news on the motive for the action from the police."

A transport official who declined to be named said the action had been a protest against secularist dress re­snictions 1:)1athave prohibited Islamic attire in universities.

"It was a protest on the headscarf issue," the official told Reuters.

Some Turkish universities have

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added on Thursday and 469 on Fri­day, including some international flights. Northwest expects to be up to full speed with all l ,700 daily flights by next Monday.

John Bergman, a baggage handler, was told he could begin work a, early a, Tuesday, but opted instead for Thursday morning. He had five days from the day he was recalled to return

to work. Members of other unions, includ­

ing flight attendants belonging to the

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bibliographies and a list of possible topics.

Teachers then introduce the pro­gram to their students who, in tum, ~hoose a topic and begin their re­search.

After analyzing and interpreting their information, students present their findings in paper, exhibits, performances and media presenta-

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level and the wood came from the lower level of society," said QLiitugua.

Ancient Chamorro women also wore turtle plates to cover their breasts. They also wore mwar-

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Brundtland said dengue is making a comeback in the 11:gion. ln the Philippines, dcngLic has killed al least 202 p.:oplc and artlic:tcd mor-e than I I ,(XX) this yc,u·.

I le said another mosquito-bomc disca-;e, the dcfo1ming I ympha\ic Ii-

strictly enforcedsecu\aristdresscodes and prohibited women students wear­ing Moslem-style headscarves from registering for college courses.

The ban provoked large Islamist demonstrations earlier this year, driv­ing a wedge between Prime Minister Mesut Yilmazand the powerful secu­larist military.

When Yilmazcalledforrestraintin enforcing the dress codes, dating back to secularising reforms in tl,e 1920s and 1930s, the generals questioned his commitment to a struggle against a perceived threat from Islamist ac­tivism.

Anatolia news agency said the hi­jacker was 26 years old and a former commando in the southeast where Turkish forces are fighting Kurdish

Teamsters union, had as long- as 14 days to report back. But many of the 31,CXXJ laid off, like Bergman's flight attendant wife, Kay, have decided to retumsoonerthan that Mrs.Bergman plans to be on the 9a.m. CDT(l400 GMf( flight to Omaha on Wednes­day.

''What seems to be the general rule is most people are coming back quicker than they are contractually required to," Austin said.

"Most of them are quite anxious to get back to work." .

Northwest is offering customers bonusfrequentfliermilesthroughthe

tions that are evaluated by histori­ans and educators.

National History Day has two divisions: the junior division (grades 6-8) and the senior division (grades 9-12).

Students can enter one of the following four categories: indi­vidual paper, group exhibit, group performance (a dramatic portrayal of the topic), group media (a docu­mentary using eitlier slides, video or non interactive computer pro­gram).

mwar with yellow flower on its upper front and grass skirt from hisbiscus leaves. The dancers also held castanets made from clums as part of the dance.

"My sketches of ancient Chamorro women came out as what I interpret Coomans words in the history book,'' added Quitugua.

l,uiLsis, has been conu"Ollcd. Brundtl.md said tobacco smoking,

which h,Lssteadily increased in recent years in the region. must· be con­u'Ollcd.

In China alone, about 50 mil lion of tl1c 3(Xl million Chinese men under age 2'J may die in middle age of tobacco-related diseases, he said. Another 50 mil lion may die fmm smoking in old age, he said.

rebels in a 14-year conflict iii which more than 28,CXXJ people have died

Denizolgun said he had talked to thepilotof the aircraft who had played a large part in persuading Akyuz to give himself.

"He told me he (the hijacker) was very amateurish," he said.

Earlier this year a man suffering from depression hijacked another Turkish Airlines domestic flightwi th a toy bear he said contained explo­sives. He was subdued by passengers while the plane was on the tannac at an airport in the country's southeast The toy contained no explosives.

In March an unemployed man wielding a grenade-shaped cigarette lighter staged an unsuccessful bid to hijack a Turkish Cypriot airliner.

end of October. Frrst- and business­class passengers will receive triple miles; coach passengers will receive double.

"We want their business back and we '11 be working hard on that," Aus­tin said.

Northwest's labor worries are not over. The company still has open contract, with its other five unions, and its largest - the International Association of Machinists, with 27,CXXJ members - has rejected a tentative agreement and asked fed­eral mediaklrs to starta30-day count­down to a possible strike.

Groups can consist of two to three students.

State contests are usually held in late April or early May. The top two finishers in each category at the state contest become eligible to advance to the national contest held in June at the University of Mary­land at College Park.

For more information on the National History Day program, please call or send e-mail to Isaac Magofna at 235-4784 or isaac.humcouncil@saipan.com.

Quitugua also interpreted from the history book through sketches on how the Chamorro canoes look like in the past.

Students from San Antonio Elementary School will be grac­ing the Manamko Center to par­ticipate in the event for the third day of Chamorro Week celebra­tion today.

· 'WHOcrnmotremain indiff ctcnt," he said. "We need to ftec our popula­tion - in pa,ticulw· the young -of the tobacco pandemic.

Tobacco should not be adver1iscd, subsidized or glamo1izcd.' ·

Brnndlland said one of the indica­tions of growing tobacco abuse is the rising incidence of tuberculosis in the t-egion.

ll1e WHO meeting ends Friday.

I '\ !

CUC ... Continued from page 1

which has insisted that they be awarded the contract for being more experienced than Marubeni­Sithe and for giving the lowest price off er.

"That's what they say. We'll, we've filed our pupers•and those are over at the Public Auditor's Office," repl icd Villagomez when asked for comment about Alson­Tomene 's position.

In a meeting, the CUC Board of Directors has discussed the pur­chase agreement for the power plant project.

However, despite Villagomez 's insistence that a new power plant needs to be installed in four years due to an impending emergency situation, former CUC Board Chair Benjamin A. Sablan opted for a closed-door executive ses­sion which lasted an hour and half.

The Board, following delibera­tions, announced it is postponing its move to award the contract to the visibly dismayed Marubeni­Sithe representatives.

"We met... to approve the con­tract. We are all done with the

Severe ... Continued from page 1

virnses which lingers on for an average of eight days.

Dr. David Khorram, Saipan's lone certified ophthalmologist who is with the Marianas Eye Institute, said that unlike last year when it only occurs from four to five days, the cunent type of pink eye lasts unti I two weeks, and has actually caused blurred vision among some patients.

"For this year, the epidemic has resulted to loss of vision. Some­times, in addition to causing red eye, it causes inflammation of the cornea which is the elem· covering of the eye. When that happens, light c,m't enter the eyes well, and that's exactly what's happeing now," said Khon-am.

lie alsu con tinned the presence of ,m outbtcak.

"We .u-e having ,u1 outb11:ak righl now of the type or conjunctivitis tlial isa little bit mor-e seven: tl1m1 what we

nrnmally see. PaticnLs .uc complain­ing of visual problems so it's a decr,er inlection, not just on the surface,'' he said.

He addcd he already had several pa{ients who wer-e diagnosed to have dccrc,Lscd visionbecauseofthescour­ing of the coti1ca.

"uLst yc,u· thct-e were no repor1cd c,L'ies ofblum;d vision resulting from pinkeye,butnowit'slmppening. 1l1e blLin-iness or vision may l,Lst for tl1c r-est or tl1eir lives if not ~catcd crnly mid pmpcrly," said 01'. Khomun.

·111c ophtl1al111ologist added tliat if the pink eye is already affecting a person's vision, then he should con­su It m1 eye doctorto be able to prwent fJClll1,ment d.unagc to tl1c eyes.

"l11cy should be seen by mi eye doctor ro give them medication to help deci-e,L-;c inllu11mation of tl1e eye," said Khomun.

Brnss said most of thc time, 90 percent of tl1e cw;cs of pink eye rn-e self-limited or benign disca-;e. It docsn 't pose a problem totl1e infected

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contract... however we received a last minute letter from CDA re­questing if they can be given time to submit their comments," ex­plained Villagomez.

Villagomez said the Board of Directors "voted to give CDA up to Friday."

"If they don't come back on Friday," he added, "the Board is going to get ahead and approve it."

Asked why CDA suddenly came into the picture, Villagomez shrugged, "We have not been in contact with CDA for sometime so its just a matter of giving the counsel a chance to review it."

CDA now technically owns 70 percent of CUC due to debts, and thus, observers noted, wanted to know what financial commitment the utilities agency will take.

A special Board meeting has been set for Monday regarding the matter.

Meanwhile, Villagomez said CUC "will have somebody look into" Alson-Tomene's protest saying there are procedures for this.

"Our goal is to make sure that everything is done properly and we've reached that goal in putting a good contract together," he

person since it only lasL~ fora couple of days.

But a two-week infection, he said, is ··pe11inent" and may really pose setious problems to the eye.

The common pink eye infection doesn 'tgenerally need some medica­tions since even antibiotics are not necessary for virJ.! infections.

Brnss said using over-the-counter eye drops may relieve itchiness but it won't make an individual getoverthe illness fa;ter.

Both health officials said the best way to prevent tl1e spread of the pink eyeinfectionisthroughregularwa,h­ing of h,mds.

111ey said that once a person has pink eye and rnbs his eyes then holds a door knob, the next petson to hold the same door knob may easily catch the vims.

"It's highly contagious so the best way to keep it from spreading is tl1rough washing your h,mds," sait.l Dr. Khrnrnm.

He also dislodged tl1c common bclieftl1at conjunctivitis c,m be con­U~tctcd by looking di1cctly at ,m in­fected person's eyes, and that we,u-­ing sungh,scs may also cunail ib sp1cad.

"W e.uingeyeshadcsdc.x:sn 't work. What sunghLo;css do is keep people from rnbbing tl1cir eyes. lt is only spread by direct contact or through contact with the vims," he said.

It is highly recommended that students and adults with pink eye should stay at home and take a rest so as not to spread the infec­tion. Using a cold compress will also make the eyes more comfo11-ablc, said Dr. Khomun.

Pink t!ye usually occurs on spring ,md fall, or from Ap1il to May ,md from September to October.

u.tst ye,u·, a severe conjunctivitis outbreak happened in most areas of South East Asia. Because of the severity of the infection which was called "hemorrhagic conjunc­tivitis," it caused all the blood vessels in the eye to broke. That n:sultcd in severe redness and bl unincss in vision.

maintained. "Unless we received anything

from the Court, (we are) proceed­ing as planned. The board chose more to work with CDA and as a result it has given CDA time to review and make comments.'' Yi llagomez added.

However, a CUC insider privy to the ongoing negotiations said the power plant project may not get off the ground until after the Alson-Tomene protest has been addressed.

The source explained the con­tract requires that protests be re­solved before any constrnction can begin.

Marubeni-Sithe, the source added, may only proceed with the licensing part of the project while the protest is being heard.

HOUSE FOR RENT Located In Chinatown

Sultabla for· EmplOJIII Housing

Please inquire at Tel. 233-9298/9299

Ask for Cora

FO.RSALE *'89 Mitsubishi 4WD Pick-Up *Cat Gensel 70 KVA *Welder-Gas Driven *1 Bagger Cement Mixer *Toyota Corolla A/C Auto Ask tor Fausto at Tel. no.

234-9084

'94 TRUCK AND CAR FOR SALE

Toyota Hilex 79,000 Miles Toyota Corolla 54,700 miles Aircon and radio/tape player Contact Elder Roberts #235-5858

PROFESSIONAL MALE TEACHER WOULD LIKE TO CORRESPOND WITH PROFESSIONAL FEMALE. SEND LETTER AND PHOTO TO THIS ADDRESS: DOC, P.O. BOX 10172 SINAJANA, GUAM 96926

FOR RENT 1\vo (2) Apartment Units

localed in Garnpan 2BR, I Bath, Fully furnished with aircon 24 hrs. watt:r, laundry facili1ics nvailnhle

For more info1 call 322-9240 ask for Evclyi:1

APARTMENT FOR RENT $475.00/month, semi furnished, 2BR

Inside Chalan Kanoa Please Contact 234-3225

between 1 Oam to 5pm

$600.00/month •Fully Furnished •24 hrs. water •Swimming Pool •Restaurant •Quiet Pbcc Located in China Town Contact: 233-4378 anytime

APARTMENT FOR RENT 1-BEDROOM

Fully Furnished • 2nd Aoor • 24 hours water • San Vicente

Contact: Priscilla Santos 234-9548

LOT FOlfSALE. --San Vicente, 1583 sq. m. -----Tutu ran, 5851 sq. m.-----Capitol Hill, 3420 sq. m.--

Contact: Frank Yuan Tel. 1-626-588-3660 Fax 1-626-588-3655

E-mail: frank@c-mc com

APARTMENT FOR RENT 2 Bedroom Apartm<:nt

(Furnished) North of PIC Hotel

Call: 234-3694

COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT Second Floor, 1,100 sq. ft at

$1.10 per sq. fl Beach Road, Garapan, Saipan

Call 322-3685 or 233-1837

APARTMENT FOR RENT STUDIO TYPE · $350

Including Power , Water Single or Couple Only (Koblerville)

Tel, 234-1233(Day) 288-2222(Evening)

LEAVING! -SALE . POOL BALL & BAR

. /f's UCCll a _r1ood lmsincss, l}O(Ji location. Locn'tcd ·it,; Gnmpn 11.

Interested person, plc.1sc call: 23.3'3321

LOST PASSPORT Name: MA RUDA (Male)

Passport#: P.0751685 Date Issued: March 16, 1993 Tel. No. 233-5668 ·

EUCON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Parents, we have a few

openings in some grades.

Please call and enroll vour child. Tel. 234-3203

FOR RENT 3 Bedrooms, Z Bathrooms,

House For Rent wnh swimming Pool, Fully-Alrcon, 24 hrs. water & power,

very nice view wnaundry facility. CALL: 322-3685

Tanapag, Furnished Studio-$400 - $500/month

2 rooms - $650 - $750/month Pis. call: 235-ll235 & 322-2312

FOR LOCAL HIRE ONLY 1 Warehouse Worker Sa1My:$3.5illlrour 1 Salesman Sa1arr.S3.50illoor

Confoc:t

GUANGDONG DEV. CO. LTD. Tel. 288-2288 • 288-2289

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT one Collector

one Investigator co,1oc1 RELIABLE COLLECTION AGENCY, INC.

Tel. 235-3530- l or 235-3533 Atte111;011, Nerson K. Romon

DRIVESAFllY j

PUBLIC NOTICE IIJ THE SUPERIOR COURT Of THE COW.<ONWEALTH

Of THE NORTHERII MARIMIAISLNIDS

BANK OF GUAM, Plaintiff, -v-SINGERU 1.TECHUR and DIONICIA K. TECHUR,fka DIONICIA Q,

KAPILEO Delendants,

CIVIL ACTION NO. 96-354

THIRD AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE

Notice 1s hereby given that, pursuant to an order issued by the Court m lhis mauer on De-:e~ber 23, 1997.1 will sell, at public auction. to the high­est bidder, on the terms and conditions sel !Orth r.erembelow, all ol the right, 11\le, cmd mteres\ al Defendants in and to the !allowing property: real properw s11uate<I in Kob:erv1',le, Sa1pan. Common­wealth al the Northern Mariana Islands. desig­nated as Lot No. 005 ! 27 4, containing an area cl 939 square meters, more or less. as more par­licularly described on Oraw1ng/Cadastral Plat No 0051 05, lhe original or which was reg,S1ere<1 with !he Commonwealth Recorder's 0/lice as file no. 84-1364onthe31sldayo1July, 1984. The sate is subject to such liens and encumbrances upon the property as appear or record.

Dale, Time and Place of Sale. The sale w,11 be held on Wednesday, September 30. 1998, at lhe hour ol 1:00 p.m .. at the law ott,ces or White, Pierce. Mailman & Nutting, Joeten Cen:er. Susupe, Sa,pan, Northern Mariana Islands. The sale will be open ta the general public.

Inspection of Property. I: is the respons1b1hty ol the buyer to inspecl the property prior to the sale. Failure to inspect the property er any por­tion thereo: will not constitute ground lor any cl3.im, ad1us1men1, or resc1ss:oll by any buyer.

Wauan\ies and Covenants An property \Isled lor sale in tnis Notice will be sold in as current condition, and al its current location. The sale win be held without any wa~ranties or covenants whatsoever, whether express or implied, includ· ing but not limited to warranties of title, merchant­abil11y, and/or fitness for an·t purpose wllatsoe•Jer, all al which warranties and covenants are hereby expressly disclaimed. Neither lhe undersigned nor the Plaint1H may give any warran!y or cov­enant, express or implied, with respect to the property l1Sted ro, sale ,n this Not,ce .. ~either the undersigned nor the Plainhll shall be liable lor lhe qualility or the property listed lor sale in this Notice or for any lault or defect in the descrip11on thereof. Buyers shall nol be entitled 10 resc1s­s1on. damages, or anv o!her remedy on accourn rhereof.

Conduct 01 Sale. a. ~ The auct;.on sate may be netd with reser,e. ihe reserve price on any propef1y ol­lered lor sate may or may not oe disclosed to b1dders.1n thesote d1scre1,on ol lhe undersigned. b. Rights and duties of auctioneer ConS1s· 1en1 w1lh the laws, customs, and usages ol the Commonwealth o1 the Northern Mariana Islands governing au:t1ons sales. the undersigned shall have the following rights and duues 1n conduct­ing the auc11:m sale: ( 1) to withdraw lhe propertv listed !or sale 1n this Notice before sale or be!cre a bid lar such property is accepted: (21 to ad;ourn lhe sale w11hou1 nat1ce al ,any time belorc 2ny spec1l1c property is struc~ oll, without 1ncurr1ng uny l1ab1lity wt1atsoever thereby; and (3i to re­iect, on beha!I o! the seller, any or all bids, :or an~ reason. c. ~ Bids ma,· be subm1t1ed 1n advance l::ir any er all of tr1e prcper1y listed in this Notice. The highest or such bids will automa11ca11,- be ccnsi.j­er0d :he opernng bid lor !ht: 1'.e.";;. ~dvan::::e bids rn-1y be subm·11td c11ly 111 wr1t1ng. s1gnc-d b,- 111e t·rdder. arid o+~l1•,·crt-'G !a tile IJw otrrces ol '//fl Is. F>1crcc, Ma1lmJn & 1\JutllfHJ. Joelor· Center. Susupe, SJ1p,1n, Nor'.h,2m Mii.rianJ Island::;. The bdjer a~sumes J,I risk ol nor1-jeJr.re,). late de­lt•1eiy, or mis-delivery o! ::i1ds. Any per5cn, 1r,clud-1ng lhe Plamt1II, may ::i:a m person at the a:.1ct1on sale, whether or not such person has submitted an advance b.d. d. ~ The undersigned may resubmit any pr0per1y l1!sted 1r1 !his No11ce 11 a d1~pule ,rnses as !o any bid thereon.

Enforcement gt Auction $pie. a. Deposit Every successf'JI bid 1jer sllall pay· to the unders1,J11ed .:i c!epos1t. ol ten percent (1QJ,O) ol n1e pu:ctiase pr',ce 1mm1d1at.ely al\er the sale ·,s consumma\eo. ?ay:11en\ s.t1al\ be 1n cas.!1 or bi cert11;ed check. T ne ba\an::e mus'i be paid 10 the p·ia1nlll!, in care al While, Pierce, Mailman & Nut­ting, w1th1n three {3) days 11am the date al .sale, 1n casll or by cert1l1ed check. 11 the balance 1s not so paid, Plaml111 will retam the deposit as hqu1· da:ed damages, and w,11 again oiler the propeny lor sale. b. Memorandum of Sale. I! requested by the undersigned. every successlul bidder must sign a ~ .. iemor;:rnu'urn ol Sale, unrncrl1a!e!y alter lhe sale ol any proper!)' 1s s1,uck oil at auction. c. Court Appro\'al Required, Every s;i,'e 1s sub· jecl to approval by the Cour. The .'.luct1onc~r makes no warrantres or promises wllh respect to court approval o! tile sale. 1nclud1ng but not l1m­iled 10 the time 1n wh1cl1 such approvul may be granted. No delay ,n tile grantmg ol court ap­proval shall be ground tor any claim. ad1us1men1, or rescission by any successlul bidder. The suc­cesslul bidderw,11 be prompt ,y not1iled1r and when court approval is granted.

Change of Terms and Conditions. The under­signed and the Plainbll reserve the nght to change any or the 1crms hereof b~· announcement, writ­ten or oral, made be1ore the auction sale or at u,e commencement thereof, and such change or changes, by vinue ol 1111s clause. shall be bind­ing on all bidders by cons1ruct1ve notice.

DATED lh,s 3 day ol September, 1998

Isl JOHN B. JOYNER, Auctcneer

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·24-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- SEPTEMBER 16. 1998

Employment Wanted

02 MAIL COURIER-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: MICRONESIAN INVEST­MENT, INT'L., INC. dba Marianas Postal Svc. Tel. 234-8491 (9/16)W27923

01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:$3.15-7.10 per hour 01 MANAGER, RETAIL-Salary:S3.15-5.65 per hour Contact: CHINA HARDWARE DEVEL­OPMENT, INC. Tel. 235-6689(9/ 16)W27925

01 AUTO BODY REPAIR-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 AUTOMOBILE-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: TM CORPORATION lei. 234-2700(9/16)W27926

01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CAPITAL ENTERPRISES CORPORATION dba Capital Bowling Center/Capital Hotel Tel. 233-7820(91 9)W27865

01 TRAVEL CLERK-Sa\ary:S1 ,200.00 per month 04 TRAVEL COUNSELOR-Sal­ary:$1 ,300.00-1,390.00 per month (Housing Allowance: S450.00, Gas: $50.00) 01 INSTRUCTOR (MARINE) SPORTS­Salary:$1,200.00 per month (Gas Allowance: SS0.00) 01 SPORTS INSTRUCTOR (SCUBA DIVING)-SalaryS4.77 per hour (Gas Allowance: $50.00) 01 TOURIST INFO. ASSISTANT CLERK-Salary:S5.50 per hour (Gas Allowance: S50.00) Contact: PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT, INC. Tel. 322-B876(9/21)M27981

01 SALES SUPERV\SOR-Sal-ary:$800.00 per mon1h Contact: KUMANOMI ISLAND CO , LTD. Tel. 233-6298(9/23)W28027

01 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE­P1'.IR-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: l~ICl-!IGAN. INC. Tel. 234-9555(91231W28026

02 COOK-Salcry:S3.05 per l1our D1 lv1M~!,GE"l iRESTAL!RMH1-S2l-ary:S 1,700.00 per monrh ' Contact: CUI RONG CORPOR1\TION dba Wing Li Restaurant Tel. 288-2268(9/ 23JW28024

01 MECHANIC AUTOMOBILE-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: SAPPHIRE CORPORATION dba Diamond Auto Care Center Tel. 233-0802(9/23)W28016

01 SALESPERSON-Salary:S3.05 per hour Conlac\: DAE KYU~lG TRADING CO. LTD. dba Dae Kyung Wholesale Tel. 287-7784 (9123)W28021

01 MECHANIC, A\RCONDITION (LEAD)-Salary:S1 ,213.00 per month Contact: LSG LUFTHANSA SERVICE SAIPAN, INC. Tel. 234-8258(9/ 23)W28018

01 BUSINESS MANAGER-Sal-ary:S1 ,500.00-2,000.00 per month Contact: TRI ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Healthcare Specialties Tel. 322-2783(9/ 23)W28017

01 MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT (MAl,AGERI-Salary:S 1,000.00-S 1,500.00 per mon1h Contact: YANG JIN COMPANY dba Yang Jin Buying & Trade lnlormation Service Company Tel. 233-5061 (9/ 23)W28019

01 PARTS (INVENTORY) CLERK-Sal­ary:S4.00-5.00 per hour Allowance: Housing Allowance $110.00 plus $50.00 gasoline allowance per months taxable 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.-Sal­ary:S4.00-5.50 per hour Allowance: Housing allowance S 110.00 plus $50.00 gasoline allowance per month taxable. Contact: STS ENT. INC. Tel. 235-3760(9/23)W28020

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary: $800-1, 100.00 bi-weekly Contact: NORTHERN MARIANAS PROTECTIONA'ND ADVOCACY SYS­TEMS, tNC. (NM PAS\) Tel. 235-7274(91 25)F28071

01 OFFI.CE HELPER-Salary:S3.25-3.55 per hour Contact: YOUNIS ART STUDIO, INC. dba Marianas Variety News & Views Tel. 234-6341 (9/30)W74437

04 COOK-Salary:S3.05-3.35 per hour 01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal-ary:$2,000.00 per month 01 HEAD WAITER-Salary:$3.50-3.75 per hour 01 COOK SUPERVISOR-Salary:S3.50-6.00 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$3.05-6.50 per hour 01 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 WAITER-Salary:$3.05-3.55 per hour 01 BELL HOP-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 CHEF-Salary:S3.50-6.00 per hour Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. dba Saipan Diamond Hotel Tel. 234-5900(9/30)W7 4432

02 HOUSEKEEPING CLEANER-Sal­ary:$3.05-4.17 per hour Contact: PACIFIC MICRONESIA COR­PORATION dba Dai-lchi Hotel Tel. 234-6412(9/30)W74438

01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, (JN­DUSTRIAL)-Salary:$5.00-11.00 per hour lns\al\s, main\ains, and repairs machin­ery, equipment, such as chilled water cooling system, cooling towers, reverse osmosis water treatment. Installs, maintains and repair physical structures, and pipe and electrical sys­tems. 2 years experience; plus me­chanic diploma. Contact: DFS SAIPAN LTD. Tel. 234-6615(9/30)W74441

02 SEWING MACHINE OPTR.-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour 01 MAll,TENANCE REPAIRER BUILD­ING-Salary:$3.05 per hour 07 SEWING MACHlr,E OPTR.-Sal-3ry:S3.05 µer l1our Conlac:: JIN APPAREL, INC. Tel. 234-3252(9/30)W28117

02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.-Sal­ary:S3.50 per hour Contact: SOON SJK CHOI dba Choi's Enterprises Tel. 233-4242(9/30)W28118

05 (RESTAURANT) WAITRESS-Sal­ary:$3.05-4.25 per hour 02 RESTAURANT SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$700.00-900.00 per month Contact: YANO ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Kinpachi Restaurant I Convenience Kinpach, & Dollar - Shop (9130)W28120

02 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$4.00 per hour Contact: RTL ENT. dba Kin's Auto Cen­ter Tel. 235-4420(9/30)W28122

01 TRAVEL AGENT-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.15-4.25 per hour 01 TRAVEL CONSULTANT AGENT­Salary:S3. 15-4.00 per hour Contact: INTER-KAM CORPORATION dba Inter-Kam Travel Agency Tel. 235-5555(9130)W28123

01 (SEAMSTRESS) HAND SEWER­Sa\ary:$3.05 per hour 01 COMMERCIAL CLEANERS-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour 01 FLORAL DESIGNER (FLORISTI­Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: RITA C. CRUZ dba The First Floral Shop Tel. 235-7482(9/30)W28130

01 CLEANER, COMMERCIAL-Sal­ary:S3.05 per l1our Contact: NICANOR A. BOCAGO dba Bocago Enterprises Tel. 234-5232(91 30)W28131

01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:$634.40-700.00 per mont11 Contact: CONRAD M. SABLAN dba Mother and Child Care Tel. 235-5993(9/ 301W28132

------· 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.90 per

PACIFIC ISLAND AVIATION, INC. is looking for:

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS LOCAL HIRE ONLY

Salary: based on experience Contact: Elena at 234-3600

hour ----Contact: J. SCOTT MAGLIARI & COM­PANY, C.P.A. Tel. 233-1837(91 30)W28135

02 FRONT DESK CLERK-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. dba Saipan Diamond Hotel Tel. 234-5900(9/30)W7 4445

01 GAMEROOM ATTENDANT-Sal­ary:$3.25 per hour Contact: JUANITA I. TAKAI dba RJ En­terprises Tel. 288-2562(9130)W;>S125

PIA is looking for 5 PILOTS

Salary: s2,ooo. 00.s2,soo. 00/mo. Contact: Elena at 234-3600

WANTED 1 (General Manager)

Scuba mving Instructor ·Must hove Podi Certification "Must Read & Speak Japanese Please Contact Tel.# 323-7772

(2) Bedroom. (I) Bedroom Apartment, Fully Furnished. Ceramic Floor Tiles. Laundry Room, Security Gate wllntrrcom Gate,Switcli, 24~rs. water

MODERN APARTMENT .\,\·\·557,~c1'.'i8t~~?!'4i3~t1~ MP %95U

Comaci Person· Uanid Lin Pa.icr 23.1,-..i2:.:s

C~ITI'll STATES lltS11llrfCOURT lltS11<tnOF ,ORTIIERN ~1ARt,\NA ISU~OS

Alexis M. lkm1an. Secretarv of Labor Uni1ed S1a1cs Depanmcnt of Labor, ' Plaintiff, \'

Hyunjin Saipan, Inc. (forrncrly known as Coral Fashion, Inc .. also fom1crlv known as S.R. Saipan (Saipan) Corp-I. Byun Yong Moon. Sang Chui Lee. and Jin Sik L~c. Dl.'fcndants. Cl\'IL CASE NO, 98-11017

TD: fhu nt! Yon!.! Moon Post (Jfli;c Bo{ I 4X9 S:11pan. ;,JP 96950

YOU ARE HEl!EBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO FILE WITH TIIE Clerk of this Court and serve upon

Plaintiff's Attorney F:1ye von Wrange( ESQ. Office of the Solicitor United States Department of Labor I I I I Third Avenue, Suite 945 Seattle, Washington 9X IOI

an answer 10 the complaint which is here­with served upon you, within 20 days after ":rvice of this summons upon you, c:xclus1vc of the day of service. If vou fail to do so.judgment by default wii"I be taken against you for tbe relief demanded in the cornplatnt.

Clerk: Galo L. Perez Date: September 9, I 99H /slDcoutv Clerk

FOR SALE 0 1987 BMW 320 I 43,000 miles, loaded,

exceUent condition $7,000

• 1995 FORD CONTOUR

Loaded, 43,000 miles $7000

Contact: Larry at 288-n&G

0 Local hire only. 0 Sales ahility necessary. 0 Some mcchanicai experience helpful. O With good command of the English language. 0 Must have police clearance and valid driver's license. O Salary commensurate with experience.

Package benefits include Basic Salary, Medical Insurance, 401-K Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation and Sick Leave.

Last day to apply is September 18, 1998 or when filled in. Please apply personally and co11tact:

MR. NOEL TAISACAN l-luman Rc:murccs Manager

~ !~l~~~.:,!..~,I~~~:.~~~; 2nd Floor, Triple J Auto Care Center

Middle Road, Gualo Rai •Tel.Nos. 234-1795/235-7180

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You will surrende1:-the spot­light when required, but you don't feel quite "right" unless you are commanding all of the attention. This will-always be easy for you since you get no­ticed simply by walking into a room.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birth­day and read the correspond­ing paragraph. Let your birth­day star be your daily guide.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) - What happens on a small scale today can indicate what is likely to happen on a far grander scale. Open your eyes if you wish to see the signs.

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National League:

Braves make it seven straight ATLANTA (AP) - Tom Glavine was on hand for Atlanta's first Ji vision title of the 1990s. Appropriately. he played a key role Monday night when the Braves made it seven in a row.

AlreaJy the only team with six straight division titles. AtJ:rnt:1 added :mother to its collection when Glavine fought tlirough control prob­lems to become the NL 's first 19-game winner, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2.

Glavini: ( l 9-6) allowed two runs in six innings. moving within one victory of his fourth 20-win season. Dennis rvlanincz. John Rocker anJ Kerry Ligtcnbcrg pitchcJ one scoreless inning apiece. with Ligtenberg e:irning his 28th

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Di\·ision titles have become so routine in r\tl.1nt:1 that the clinching game Jrell' only 33,367. the seconJ-smallest crowJ al Turner Field since May 28. Even the celebration at the end of the game seemed routine.

Glavine, who allowed eight hits and walked three. ;nJ John Smo\tz are the only play­ers remaining from Atlanta's first division winner of the decade in 199 l.

The Braves won three con­secutive NL West titles be­fore switching to the East in 1994. That season was haJ ted by a strike. which may have helped extend Atbnta's streak·. Montreal \ed the: uivi­sion by six games when play stopped Aug. l 2.

Since the strike enc.led the following spring. Atlanta has cruised to foL1r more division titles.

Curt Schilling ( l 4- l 4) took the loss despite giving up only six hits and striking out l 2 -his 15th l!ame with doubk­figurc stri,kcauts. Mets 7, Astros 4, 13 innings

In Houston. the :\stros clincheJ tl1cir sccllnd strai~ht NL Centr:il championship de­spite their 13-inning loss to the New York Mc:ts.'

The Astros' title was en-

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x-clincr,ed division rn1e y-clinched playoll berth

sured about an hour later when second-place Chicago lost to San Diego 4-3. The Cubs' de­feat dropped them into a tic with the Mets for the wild­card lead.

Houston also won division titles in 1980. 1986 and last season.

Padres 4, Cubs 3 In San Diego. Sammy Sosa

struck out four times for the first time this ye:ir. cooling off following an amazing weekend in Chicago, and Ken Caminiti's home -run in the eighth inning lifted the San Diego Padres over the Cubs.

The Padres (95-56) pulled ll'ithin a game of Atl:rnta anJ Houston (96-55) for the NL's best record.

The Cubs· loss handed the Astros the NL Central title -Houston lost 7-..i in I 3 innings to New York. which pulkc.l even with the Cubs in the NL wi Id-card race.

Sosa came in on a tear, hav­ing hit four homers in three games, including Nos. 61 and 62 on Sunday to catch Mark McGwire in the race for the most glamorous record in all of sports.

Sosa struck out three times against Sterling Hitchcock and once against Dan Mice Ii ( 10-4 ). Sosa has struck out a major league-leading 156 times.

Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for the major league­leading 50th save. making him the fourth pitcher in history to reach 5() sa\·cs.

Cardinals 7, Pirates 3 In St. Louis. Mark McGwire

was back in the lineup. He just didn't look like a home run king.

A Jay after leaving a game at llouston early because of minor back spasms, the St. Louis Cardinals' slul!2er was a quiet 2-for-4. taki~1g few healthy swin£s in a win over Pittsburgh. ,

,\fr(i wire h:1d :11 wo-run single in :1 four-run second innin£ off Jason Schmidt (I J-12). 1-l; has JUSt three singles in 18 at-bats in six games since hitting homer No. 62, and has been caught by

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Sammy Sosa. Against Schmidt, McGwire

struck out in the ri rst on a checked swing and grounded out to first on a checked swing in the founh. In the sixth, he had a rare single to right off Todd Van Poppel on anot·her awkw,ird, incomplete swing.

As a prec:n1tion, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he won't use McGwire in both games of Tuesday night's doubleheader against the Pi­rates.

Brewers 2, Reds 1 In Cincinnati, Jeromy

Bumi tz drove in two runs with his 37th homer and an RBI Jouble, leading the Milwau­kee Brewers over the Cincin­nati Reds.

Steve Woodard (10-11), who h:id lost six straight deci­sions since beating St. Louis on Aug. 3, allowed six hits in seven-plus innings. struck out three and walked one.

Expos 4, Marlins 2 In Montreal, Dustin

Hermanson won his third straight decision and Brad Fullmer hit a three-run homer to lead the Montreal Expos over the Florida Marlins.

The Marlins lost for the 16th time in l 8 games. Florida leads the majors with 102 losses.

Hermanson ( 14-10) allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings.

He won for the seventh time in his last eight decisions. Ugucth Urbina pitched the ninth for his 32nd save.

Fullmer hit his 12th home Jun off Brian MeaJows ( I 0-l 2) with two outs in the sixth and the score tied at 1. Diamondbacks 14, Giants 2

In Phoenix, Travis Lee drove in five runs, three with a two­out double in the second, as Arizona routed San Francisco for its most one-sided victory.

The Giants are 3 1/2 games behinJ Chicago ,111d Ne11~ York in the wilJ-ca,~d race.

Arizona had club-record 17 hi ts. The !;1st one came when Ya111il Benitez hit a high fly ball in the eighth inning that became the first ever to strike the roof of Bank One Ballpark.

Brian Anderson ( 12-12) scat­tered seven hits in ci£ht innin!!s.

Shawn Estes (7- l 1) \,~as pounucu for seven runs. ciulll hits ,111d two walks in l 2-3 innings.

Dodgers 4, Rockies 1 In Los An!!clcs. c·ar!o, Pn,·1

pitched a s~vcn-hittcr for hi, thiri.1 cunsccutivc complete gaml.! and Juan Castro scoreJ th!.! go-,l11cad run on a three­base error as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Co lor·ado Rockies.

Perez ( I 0- 13) struck out nine and walked one. He had com­plete-game victories at Ari­zona on Sept. 9 and against Philaddphia on Sept. 2,-mak­ing him the only Dodgers starter lo throw back-to-back complete games this season.

Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa signs autographs prior to his game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, California. AP

American League:

Indians close in on Central title CLEVELAND (AP) - Dwight Gooden won his fifth straight decision as the Cleveland Indians beat Toronto 6-3 Monday night, keeping the Blue Jays from closing in the AL wild-card race.

Cleveland, seeking its fourth straight AL Central title, reduced its magic number to three.

The Blue Jays entered with 14 wins in their last 17 games but remamed three games behind Boston in the wild-card race. Gooden (8-6) struck out a season-high eight in seven innings and allowed three runs, six hits and one walk. Mike Jackson pitched the ninth for hrs 39th save. Steve Sinclair (0-2) was the loser.

Yankees 3, Red Sox O In New York, Orlando Hernandez ( 10-4) pitched a three-hitter for

his first shutout. The Red Sox lost for the ninth time in 1 I games. Ramon Martinez (l 8-6) allowed all three runs and seven hits in seven innings, striking out nine and walking none. Martinez, winless in three starts, lost to the Yankees last week at Fenway Park.

Angels 4, Devil Rays 2 In St Petersburg, Florida, Todd Creene and Ga1Tet Anderson hit

RBI doubles Juring a four-run eighth inning as Anaheim ended a three-game losing streak and Angels increased their AL West lead to t 11·0 g,1mcs over Texas.

Shigetoshi Hasegawa (8-3) pitched two scoreless relief innings. Troy Percival pitched a pcrf eel ninth for his 40th save, extending his own career high. "

Anaheim won for just the fourth time in 58 games when trailing after seven innin1'S.

Tim Salmon h;;d three hits for Anaheim. Albie Lopez (6-3) took the loss.

Orioles 1, Rangers O ln 13altimore. Pi1ich-hitter Eric Davis drove in the game ·s lone run

with an cighth-inning sacrifice fly as Baltimore" won its sixth straight.

_Ju:1n C,urn1:111 pitchcJ seven shutout innings, Alan Mills (3-4) p1tchl'll a perlect eighth and i\rniando Benitez stnJc'k OU[ the sic.Jc in tile 11111th Im ll!S 21st saw. X:1\·ier l lcrnandez (6-(1) w:is the loser.

Royals 16. Athletics 6 In Kansa City. Mike Swcrney and Jeff King hit three-run homers,

and Dean Palmer Jrove in fuur runs. Ricky Bones (2-1) relicveJ Jose Rosado with one out in the fifth

and Scott Service pitchcJ 2 1-3 innings for his fourth save. ' . The Royals' Jeff King homen.:d for the thir·d strai eht game, hitting

hrs 24 ol the season off Blake Stein (5-9). " ' ' Mariners 10, Twins 3

lnMinneapolis, Mac Suzuki ( 1-1 J got his fil,t major h:ague win :uid Russ l~avts l11t a thtcc-11111 homer ,Ls Seattle dealt Minrn:sota iL, l1fth su~iidit loss. Su7:uk1 allowed_ tbrce nms mid five hits in 6 l -3 innings. '

l:dgar Martinez hit his 27th homer, a 412-root drive oil B .. 1 J R:1dkc ( I l - l 4 ). Ken Griffey Jr.. who leads the: i\ L with :, J hom;;.~ went O-lor-5. '

Domingo . . . Continu~ fr~m page 28

In the other games, Nick Cayetano lost to Bemmdez, Gonzales was trounced by Miguel Lagares, and BiniahanwonagainstJigsAcoclisen 's King's Indian Defense.

ButAcoclisen, in tum, losttoOcena, while Camejo nipped Huber in their match.

The AUS Cup games /Ire played at the Pacific islanJClubeve1y Sunday, suuting at 10 am.

Player; are required to be at PIC before IO a.m. Time control will be

Bodybuilding inTurkey.

This is also m1 incentive for Guam National competitors. Upal1ead are other events such as the Oceania Championships and SouthPacific Championships slated fornext yem·.

Pmticipants will compete in the following divisions:

• High School; • Men's Novice; • Men's Masters; • Mixed Pairs; •Women. Women will compete for Ms.

Guam Fitness. This is an exhibition event. Pruticipants will compete in light-

weight, middleweight and

strictly obsetved, according to the CNMI Chess Association, the tour­nan1ent organizers.

Rescheduled games will be played Mondays to Saturdays, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pinoy Special, which is at Oleai Center on Beach Road.

For more inf01mation, call Vic Brafia, preferably at around 1 p.m., at 234-6010, or Junnel Lomantas at his daytime phone number, 233-3193, or through his pager, 234-4433.

heavyweightdivisions. The divisions for men include bru1-

tamweight, Lightweight, welter­weight, middleweight, light heavy­weight and heavyweight.

Duenas added that he expects about 25 competitors. Some will be fromGuarn's winning bodybuilding team that gm11ered 13 medals (seven gold) inlune's bodybuilding cham­pionships in Tahiti.

The event's primary sponsors are Pepsi Cola Bottling Company,NutraSports,Gold'sGym, Coors Light, Multi-Cover Insurance· and HometSpo1ting Goods.

For more info1mation, please call Gold's Gym at472-5550.

49er . . . Continued from page 28

22 carries for his second con­secutive I 00-yard game, added ,1 5-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. Chuck Levy also weaved 21 yards for a score.

Young's show left the Redskin~ in a miserable state. It was their worst home loss since a 45-0 defeat to Phila­delphia in 1948 and the worst loss in coach Norv Turner's five-year tenure. The Redskins (0-2) have given up 76 points in two games.

"We've created a lot of prob­le ms for ourselves, offen­sively and defensively. We need to come together," said safety Stanley Richard, who left the game with a pu I led left hamstring. "We wish we had a bye week now."

Westbrook, apparently re­taliating for an earlier personal foul-face mask penalty against Antonio Langham, committed the same offense in return near

the goal line to negate a touch­down pass to Leslie Shepherd that would have cut the Redskins' deficit to 21-17. It was reminiscent of a Sunday night game last year against the Giants, when Westbrook yanked his helmet off to draw a personal fou 1 penalty that cost vital field position in overtime.

"We kind of put San Fran­cisco on its heels. That pen­alty hurt us real bad," Shep­herd said. "I took a lot of air out of us .... (Westbrook) said it was his fault. He did not mean to do it. It just came at a bad time."

After Westbrook's penalty, Blanton hit the left upright on a 34-yard field goal attempt. Less than two minutes later Blanton, who struggled t~ keep his job during training camp, hit the crossbar to miss a 47-yarder on the final play of the first half.

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Steve. Young of the_ San Fran~1sco 49er's sneaks into the end zone for a score in their game against the Washmgton Redskms. The Nmers thumped the Skins, 45-1 O. AP

-Aussie defends jail sentence· proposal CANBERRA, Australia (AP)­Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has de­fended an Ausiralian proposal that athletes should face jail sentences if they trafficked in performance­enhancing drugs.

The International Olympic Committee declared its opposi­tion Monday to the proposal, with one senior IOC official saying no international sports organization would want to stage events in Australia in the future if the pro­posal goes through.

The Australian Olympic Com­mittee last month said the penalty for possession, manufacturing and trafficking of steroids and other banned substances should be the same as those for illicit narcotics.

Under the proposal, anyone importing large amounts of drugs into Australia could be jailed for

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life, while an athlete testing posi­tive for steroids could face a two­year prison term. That raised the prospect of drug cheats being thrown into jail during the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

The IOC executive board, which opened a four-Jay meeting Monday in Seoul, said it firmly opposed criminal penalties for athletes.

While drug traffickers ·should face criminal prosecution, athletes should be sanctioned by sports bodies, roe leaders said.

'There is quite a bit of consen­sus that jail should be reserved for the traffickers, dealers, suppliers and true criminals," IOC director general Francois Canard said. "The athletes should be subjected to the sanctions of the world of sports."

But Coates told Australian

Broacasting Corp. radio Tuesday that the measure was needed be­cause some of the dnnrs such as anabolic androgynic st;r~ids, had been shown to have the same ad­verse health and social effects as narcotics.

"The medical people all tell us that they have the same deleteri­ous effects as narcotics and am­phetamines," Coate, said.

'The only circumstance (where athletes would face a jail term) would be if the athletes have in commercial or traffickable quan­tities the hard sports drugs such as steroids," Coates said.

Coates said under the proposed system, Chinese swimming offi­cials who were found with perfor­mance-enhancing druus at January's world swimming°cham­pionships in Perth would have faceJ jail terms.

Sosa's 62nd hom.e run ball ignites wild battle in Chicago

By ERIC FIDLER home run record broken by One man who claimed he CHICAGO (AP)- Remember McGwire last week, the crowd was the first to grab the ball howcalmlytheguyswhocaught outside Wrigley Field had showed up al a p-olice station Mark McGwire's 61st and 62nd swelled to the hundreds. to report a robbery. Police at home runs handed them over? Among those in the crowd the station said he had been

Well, that was St. Louis. This is · d outsr e when Sosa hit No. 62 bitten and kicked and appeared Chicago. Sunday was Milkovich, who to have a broken- hand.

When Sammy Sosa launched left behind his 8 1/2-months- Police took a report but said his 62nd home run onto Waveland pregnant wife and brought a there is no way of getting to Avenue on Sunday, Chicago Cubs 11 pager, ace ular phone, a tiny the bottom of what happened. fans bit, kicked and punched one TV set and a camera with a Witnesses said the man who another until one guy emerged telephoto lens. went to the police station was with the baseball and had to be Fans were crowded around Gary "Moe" Mullins, who has whisked away by police for his Milkovich's 2-by-2-inch (5- caught thousands of balls in protection. by-5-centimeter) TV screen the 40 years or so he has been

"Usually, somebody gets a when Sosa hit the ninth-in- a game-day fixture on the siJe-ball, the struggle stops. But in ning blast. · walks outside Wrigley Field. this situation, I think there "It looked like we had the Neither Mullins nor a man were dollar signs," said one of winner," Milkovich said. "So who claimed to have the ball those in the crowd, Bob I'm running to my left with and was identified on televi-Milkovich. "This was the big- the TV in my hand and every- sion Sunday night as Brendan ~!~h~?,me run ball you'd ever body following me. The ball just Cunningham coulJ be located

kind of streamed over and when Monday. Three people now claim to · 11· h rt tts t e alley there's just a There may be no real way to

be the rightful owner. But po- sea of people." prove who has No. 62. After lice said Monday that posses- The battle continued until McGwire broke the record sion is I 0-tenths of the law in on. e man emerged with the ball major league baseball stopped this case, and whoever has the I d 11 denunJerhisshirtandtook putting a secret code on balls ball now can keep it. off. "As he's running away pitched to him and Sosa.

"Only in Chicago," sighed from me, 500 people took off "Now you know how Elvis Officer Cindy Lance, a police after him," Milkovich said. "It and the Beatles felt. Or the spokeswoman. who sa1·d the was pretty scary." running of the bulls in affair is no longer a police The man found some police P I S · " "Jk · matter. amp ona, pa111, Mt ·ovrch

officers a half-mile (0.8-kilo- said. "I never did that, but I As Sosa closed in on the meters) or more from the park. did it yesterday."

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Jubilant members of the Marpac softball team congratulate one another after wrapping up the Budweiser Labor Day Softball Tournament championship Monday night in Susupe. Photo by Michael Wright

·. COMMUNITY SPORTS .NOTES. Domingo holds lead in AIIS Chess Cup SOFTBALL MEETINGS - The

Men's Fastpitch Softball League is holding an important meeting this Thursday, September 17 at 5:30 pm in the Gilbert C. Ada Gym's conference room. On September'..:5 atS:30 (also in the Ada Gym conference room) a meetirig is · scheduled for the Coed Softball League. The Coed League is tentatively set to start

on October 6, while the Men's. Fastpitch season is set to com­mence on October 12. For addi­tional information, call Joe Torres at 235-1662 ·or Carol Ngiraidis at 323-4247.

LITTLE LEAGUE - The elec­tion of new officers for the. Saipan 's 1999 Little League Base­ball season will take place this Saturday, September 19 at 1 pm

in the Ada Gym conference room. Positions. up for election include Little League President, Vice-President, Senior League Vice-President, Big League Vice-President, Treasurer, Player Agent, Safety Officer, and Secre­tary. For more information, call Michael Evangelista at 664-5103.

· By Zaldy Dandan · Variety News Staff

MANNY Domingo maintains his lead in the I 998 Allied International Insurance ServicesCup'CNMIIndividual ChessChampionshipwithatotal

· of six points in as many games. Ronnie Alfonso is a point and a half behind, amassing four wins, a draw

and a loss. Junnel 1.omantas is at third with four points.

Bodybuilding contest set. for Guam A round robin tournament, the AilS Gup this year attracted 27 players­

a record-and is expected to be the toughest and most grueling chess event in CNMI history. ·

In games played Sunday, Jun Ocena defeated Almer Santos's French Defense, Alfonso edged Lou Pili wale in an English Opening game, while Domingo smashed Nilo Legaspi in their match.

By EDDIE SIGUENZA For the Variety

HAGA TNA, Guam -An ale1t is out for physical fitness gums from Guamand the No1the111 Mruianas.

Coming up fast is the 6th annual Pepsi Guam National BodybuildingChampionships, which will showcase the island's best physi­cal talents invaiious weight catego-1ies.

According to Event Coordinator Joe Duenw,,there 's still time for all iron-pumping men m1d health-con­scious womento present their talenL'i in tiont of ,m expected capacity crowd

at theHyan Hotel Oct. 17. 'This sport has grown since we

first started the National Championshipsin 1992," Duenas said.

:'Every year there are so many new faces. About 70percent of the people me new or have never competed before."

The event will coincide with the Gold's Gym Classic BodybuildingChampionships which is open to everyone.

The National Championshipsrequirecompetitorsto post a five-year residency status on

Akebono suffers upset TOKYO (AP) - Hawaii­born yokozuna (grand cham­pion) Akebono suffered an upset along with ozeki (champion) Takanonami on Monday, the second day of t11e 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

Yokozunas Takanohana and Wakanohana and Ha-waii-born ozeki Musashimaru remained un­defeated at 2-0.

In the day's final bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena in downtown Tokyo, komusubi (junior champion second class) Dejima

grabbed Akebono's belt quickly and bulldozed him out for his second victory against no defeats.

Akebono, or Chad Rowan, is I - I.

Takanohana, who won the last tournament in Nagoya, central Japan, for his 19th career victory, held off No. I maegashira (senior wrestler) Tochiazuma 's pushing and a1:m throw attempts and threw him down at the ring's edge, handing Tochiazuma his second de­reat against no victories.

Guam. Thereis no residency requirement

to enter the Classic Championships, Duenas said.

The goal for competitors is to win the overall title,said Duenas, whowon that crown in its inaugural event.

Two-time winner Ken Rios and I 995champion Roy Siongco are not expected to compete this year, ac­cording toDuenas.

Last yeai·'s overall winner w,L, bodybuilding vetenm Teny Debold.

Duena, said lie plm1s to compete in the Mr. Universe event in November

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For his part, Lomantas beat Ocena~ Ely G. Buenaventura lost to Ding Lavilla in a Caro-Kann game while Rey Y ana could only draw with Gerry Biniahan in a Center Counter Game. .

In other games, Lito Bermudez beat Arthur Abadines, Othello Gonzales drew with Ronnie Cornejo and Biniahan defeated Junnel Lomantas' Alekhine Defense. ,

Terry Huber lost to Gonzales's Sicilian Defense, Cru·J Pogue dropped an Irregular Defense game to Alex Dela Cruz, and Lavi Ila drew with Alfonso.

Edwin Garcia drew with Alie! Urbano in a Sicilian Defense, while Y ana topped Rey Villamar in their match. · In the rescheduled games played Friday at Pinoy Special, Buenaventura drew with Arthur Abadines, Lomantas lost to Vic Brniia, Dela Cmzdefeatcd Alfonso, and Villamor conceded defeat to Lavi Ila

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49er's demolish, embarrass Redskins By Joseph White

LANDOVER, Md. (AP)­Steve Young, off to the best start or his 14-year career, picked apart one of the best secondaries in the NFL and sent the Washington Redskins to their worst home loss in 50 years.

Young threw three touch­downs passes to three receiv­ers and ran for another score - a clever quarterback sneak that left $57 million tackles Dana Stubblefield and Dan Wilkinson on their knees -in the San Francisco 49ers' 45-10 victory Monday night.

··1t's like he's playing in

the back yard,'' said receiver Terrell Owens, whose 20-yard catch over the middle was Young's first scoring strike

of the night. "Real confi­dent. He is allowing us to go out there and make some plays."

Even with Pro Bowl veter­ans Darrell Green and Cris Dishman at the corners, Young was relaxed and effective. He completed 21 of 32 passes for 303 yards, giving him six TD passes and 666 yards after two weeks - his best two-game start ever.

The 49ers (2-0) have scored 74 points and gained 1,061

yards in the two games. "He's having fun and he's

executing very well," San Francisco coach Steve Mariucci said.

"He is playing smart. He's getting a lot of help."

"The sneak was just me and the center," said Young, who tapped Dalman on the behind to call the play unbeknownst to the rest of his teammates. "I put Jerry in motion. and he didn't know what happened."

In the second half, Young connected with Marc Edwards for a 2-yard TD. Garrison Hearst, who had 138 yards on

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