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Night club owner to pay back wages to 15 employeesTHE DEPARTMENT of Com­merce and Labor has ordered a night club operator to pay a total of $31,650 in back wages to 15 employees, mostly dancers.. In an interview yesterday, Chong Kyun Kim, owner of Long Beach Night Club, said the money for payment to the 15 dancers, waitresses, mainte­nance man and choreographer had been ready since July and that he was just awaiting for the DOCL to determine how much exactly was due to his former employees.

The DOCL order, signed by Labor Chief Daniel E. Aquino on Aug. 28, was received by Kim Monday last week.

Last Sept. 2, counsel Jay Sorensen filed an amended civil complaintbefore the US District Court on behalf of 14 of the 15 night club workers.

Choreographer Alfredo Villanueva was not included in the civil suit’s list of plaintiffs.

The suit was against Kim and Antonio A. Reyes, who is also an incorporator of Long Beach Corp.

Reyes earlier denied involve­ment in the club’s management and explained he only helped Kim put up' the corporation which operated Long Beach Night Club.

In their suit filed before the District Court, the workers al­leged that they were locked in their barracks during off-hours, forced to rehearse during the day in the case of the dancers and choreographers, and de­prived of their overtime pay.

The civil suit did not name the specific amount the night club

workers were asking.Kim said that before the

amended civil suit was filed by Sorensen, the 14 night club workers signed a statement that they were withdrawing the case because Kim had promised to pay their back wages.

But the workers, according to Kim, failed to push through with their plan to withdraw the case because Sorensen sought payment for his legal services.

Kim further said that the workers had committed them­selves to a 60-40 sharing with their counsel in the event the District Court decides in favor of the workers.

“The attorney was asking about 40 percent,” Kim said, adding that the girls do not have enough money to pay their counsel if they pushed through with their plan to withdraw the suit.

Sorensen, however, said in an interview that the 60-40 sharing said by the Korean was “not ac­curate.”

“The figure is incorrect. The facts, incorrect,”.said the coun­sel. Sorensen said that the work­ers did not want to drop the case because Kim wanted them to do so without a commitment on the part of the employer that he would pay the workers.

“He (Kim) wanted them to drop the case for nothing,” Sorensen said.

Sorensen said he met with Kim later yesterday and discussed a possible out of court settlement but the counsel said it was not yet time to disclose details-of the meeting.

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Palacios w arnsof new roadblocks

MORE roadblocks, like the barrier put up Monday by the Olopai family on Chalan Monsi- gnor Guerrero Road, may rise in other major thorougfares in Saipan because of the government’s failure to satisfy land exchange cl aims, Representative Herman T. Palacios said yesterday.

Palacios said in an interview AirportRoad in San Vicente could be die next site of a roadblock.

The Olopai family closed a portion of the Chalan Monsignor Guerrero Road in San Jose Monaday morning charging that the government has allegedly failed to satisfy her land exchange claim for the portion of the road which used to be part of her property.

“I have received phone calls from several disgruntled land­owners after Monday’s incident.

By Gaynor L. Dumat-ol

MEMBERS of a family having a birthday picnic in Obyan Beach watched helplessly Sunday after­noon as their friend known only as Noah was carried away by huge waves off the reef while spear fishing.

“I tried myself to go into the water but he was,already too far from the reef and the water was rough,” said Joe Pangelinan, 49.

As of yesterday afternoon, three days after the man was seen drowning off Obyan Beach, au­thorities conducting the search found only a pair of denim shorts and swimming goggles.

Boating Safety Assistant Chief Joe Sablan said the things recov­ered from the vicinity of Obyan Beach would have to be identified first by persons close to the missing man before they can say that the recovered items were Noah’s.

Shortly after Noah was reported missing last Sunday, rescue offic­ers found the missing man’s spear gun.

Pangelinan, who works at the Rota liaison office in Saipan, said his six children, his son-in-law Joe Fujihira, himself and Noah were having a picnic at Obyan Beach that fateful Sunday to cel­ebrate the 16th birthday of

One of them was from a constitu­ent in the AirportRoad area whose land was also partly used by the government for public access but who is still waiting for just com­pensation,” Palacios said.

He refused to disclose names but said there would be other roadblocking incidents in the near future.

Palacios sounded very appre­hensive because should the call­ers make true their threats, the general. public, including many incoming tourists will be affected.

“It is very embarrassing to see our tourists in buses having to be diverted tootherroutes if and when Airport Road is indeed blocked,” Palacios said. “It would show that all’s not well with us here.”

The Olopai roadblock was cleared the other night after a meeting between Governor

Pangelinan’s daughter, Rose.Noah was given shelter by the

Pangelinan family two years and four months ago when Joe Pangelinan learned that Noah only slept at the back of a relative’s house.

While they were eating on the beach, Pangelinan said Noah de­cided to go spear fishing but be­fore proceeding to the water, the man surprised the Pangelinan children by giving them candies and soft drinks.

Later, Pangelinan recounted, they saw Noah already outside the reef about 75 feet away from the shallow reef area, struggling to go againstthe big waves which were carrying him farther.

“There were very big waves and he was in a very deep section of the water so we called the po­lice,” Pangelinan said.

The family members then lost sight of Noah. About an hoyr later, another person on the beach who had binoculars saw Noah again, floating, but he was much farther into the open sea and ap­peared to be no longer struggling.

Pangelinan said he and other members of his familyconsidered Noah, believed to be in his thirties, as an “adopted” family member.

“He called me daddy,” Pangelinan said.

Noah has been a help in the

Lorenzo I. DL. Guerrero, mem­bers of the Olopai family and MPLC officials.

John Joyner, the governor’s public information officer, was asked what transpired during the meeting but replied he was pre­paring a news release about the incident. The said news release was not sent to the Variety as of late yesterday afternoon.

Palacios, in yesterday’s inter­view, continued to criticize Marianas Public Land Corpora­tion, the agency tasked to admin­ister public land including land exchange claims and homesteads.

“The incident last Monday is just another perfect example of how MPLC is doing. While I feel sorry for the public who was clearly inconvenienced, I also feel that there’s an injustice done to some of our landowners,” he said.

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Pangelinan household, Joe Pangelinan said. Before they left for the picnic, Noah volunteered to stay and clean the house but it was clean already so he decided to go.

Until the day the “adopted” son was lost in rough sea, the family never knew Noah’s full name or his exact age.

He was from Palau but he did not want to discuss his broken family, Pangelinan said.

Joe Pangelinan and Noah were introduced during a fishing expe­dition more than two years ago. On their way home, the former learned that Noah slept only at the back of a relative’s house.

“There was heavy rainfall so I invited him to stay in a small house beside my house that night,” Pangelinan recalled.

Police Chief Antonio A. Reyes said they do not have the family name of Noah, either.

Meanwhile, a Japanese tourist reported to the police that he lost a bag containing 1 million in yen bills (about $8,000) over the week­end. The tourist was not identified.

Another Japanese tourist, a fe­male, lost her brown bag to a thief who snatched while she was walk­ing in Garapan near GIG’s disco­theque.

The snatcher was in a pickup truck. The brown bag contained a credit card, a pen and a hotel key.

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WQrld AffairsRamos w ants peace talks in RP

By Robert H. Reid

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Fidel Ramos said Mon­day that peace talks with Commu­nist rebels should be held in the Philippines without third-party in­tervention, contrary to suggestions from rebel leaders.

In a related development, a freed Communistleadersaidgovemment overtures so far have not been enough to convince the rebel lead­ership that Ramos is genuinely in­terested in a negotiated settlement to the 23-year insurgency.

The military, meanwhile, re­ported Monday that 10 New People’s Army guerrillas and three soldiers were killed last week in a

battle in aremote areaof Mindanao island.

Last month, Luis Jalandoni, an exiled official of tbe rebel National Democratic Front, urged the gov­ernment to consider asking third parties, including the United Na­tions and the Swiss government, to assist in negotiations with the rebels.

But Ramos told reporters that the conflict “is an internal problem and should not be international­ized.”

“I hope they will depart from their hard-line stand,” the former defense secretary said. He dis­missed rebel fears about tbe safety of their negotiators as “propa­ganda.”

Bloodbath pushes hack South Africa’s hopes of peace

By Barry Renfrew

JOHANNESBURG, South Af­rica (AP) - The shooting of doz­ens ofprotestershas pushed South Africa’s hopes of peace back yet another step in a land that is facing chaos.

The bloodbath Monday in Ciskei, a black homeland, trig­gered a fierce exchange of accu­sations of blame between Presi­dent F.W. de Klerk’s white gov­ernment and the African National Congress,

Ciskei security forces opened fire on an ANC protest march, killing 24 people and injuring al­most 200 others.

The quarrel emphasized the emerging battle lines in South African politics, where the hope of a peaceful settlement is in danger of beinglost beneath esca­lating political violence.

On the one side stands de Klerk’s government, committed to ending apartheid and sharing power with the black.majority. Butit also opposes black majority rule, saying whites and other mi­nority groups must retain sub­stantial power.

Arrayed with the government are a hodgepodge of groups, most

of them conservative and repre­senting blacks and Asians who oppose the ANC an everything from ideological to ethnic grounds.

They range from the Zulu- dominated Lnkatha Freedom Party tobiackhomelands suchas Ciskei. Some are powerful, others little more than aleader with a handful of followers.

From them, de Kledc hopes to form a conservative multiracial coalition that could defeat tbe ANC alliance in a genera! elec­tion. Government ministers have been talkmginrecern weeks about the millions of votes they believe they can win.

On the other side are the ANC and its allies demanding radical reform to compensate millions of poor blacks fix· decades of racial oppression. These include the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South Afri­can Trade Unions.

It too has unusual allies, such as the military regime of Transkei, another black homeland run by a military strongman, like Ciskei. The main difference isTranskei’s support for the ANC.

The ANC hopes to topple the Ciskei regime.

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Last week, emissaries from the Philippines met with representa­tives of the National Democratic Front in the Netherlands to discuss prospects for peace talks.

Both sides agreed to continue talks but set no date for formal negotiations.

As a goodwill gesture, Ramos ordered the release of several jailed Communists and said others may also be set free to encourage peace talks. But Romulo Kintanar, the alleged former chief of the rebel New People’s Army, said the over­tures don’t go far enough.

Kintanar, who was freed last week, told repeaters that Ramos “needs to take bolder action” in order to win the rebels’ trust.

J.V. Bautista of the church-sup- portedTaskForce-Detainees urged the government at the same press conference to release all 600 im­prisoned rebels rather than a few key, high profile leaders.

The Ramos government, which took office June 30, has made overtures to the rebels but at the same time has sent clear signals that it will stonewall on fundamen­tal issues.

Ramos said he will sign legisla­tion to abolish the anti-subversion law, which makes membership in Marxist groups illegal.

At the same time, he has asked Congress to increase the penalty for rebellion from 12 years imprisonment to death,

because “the government must continue to have a weapon to protect itself.”

Ramos has also ruled out any cease-fire without firm commitments from the rebels.

On M onday, the armed forces said rebels ambushed a patrol from the 601st Army Brigade last Friday in Davao del Sur province, 980 kilome­ters (610 miles) southeast of Manila.

Brigade Commander Col. George Vallejera said the pa­trol leader and two others were killed but government forces regrouped and drove off the insurgents with helicopter gunships and artillery fire.

Koreas to implement accordsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -

North and SouthKoreamay agree at prilne ministers talks next week to implement accords on ex­changes and cooperation, news reports said Tuesday.

Both Koreas had previously maintained that the exchanges - which include visits by divided families and telephone links be­tween North and South - would have to wait until political and military accords were agreed upon.

Talks pn those accords have bogged down over disputes about inter-Koreannuclear inspections.

Korean pool reports said an agreement in principle was reached Monday at a border meeting between the chairmen of the exchanges and cooperation subcommittee for the prime ministers talks.

The agreement would have to be approved by both governments before it could be signed at the Sept. 15-18 eighthroundof prime

ministers talks in Pyongyang.The accords approved in prin­

ciple Monday call for the two sides to create a meeting site at the border village of Panmunjom for the reunion of family members separated by the division of the peninsula, the reports said.

They also called for mail and telephone contact for humanitar­ian purposes. The Koreas have been divided into Communist North and pro-West South since 1945.

New name for Japan Sea proposedSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -South Korea’s navy has produced an 18th century Italian map found in an American antique store that it says provides crucial evidence that the sea separating Korea and Japan is misnamed.

On most world maps the body of water is called the Sea of Japan, but it is called the East Sea on Korean maps.

Korea has long rejected naming the sea aft«· the country that ruled it as a colony from 1910 to 1945, and it is trying to get the name changed by the United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names. Koreans want the body to be called the East Sea or the Sea of Korea, as they say it was originally named in the 16th century. Japan says changing the current name would cause confu­sion.

The new evidence is a map of Asia dated 1777 made by Antonio Zatta, an Italian professor, said South Korean navy spokesman CapL Chung Kil-nam. Zatta de­scribed the sea as “Mare di Corea (Sea of Korea).”

Admiral Kim Chul-woo, chief of naval operations, found the 215- year-old map at an antique gallery while visiting Atlanta, Ga., in May, the navy said.

Israel ready to sign treaty with SyriaWASHINGTON (AP) - Israel’s prime minister said Monday his country is willing to negotiate an interim seamtyagreernentwithSyria while negotiators work toward a comprehensive peace.

In a satellite address fro m Jerusa­lem to the B’nai B’ritti International convention here, YitzhakRahrin toki delegates: “We are ready ... in the absence of readiness on the part of Syria to negotiate a peace treaty with us...even to negotiate interim ar­rangements.”

Rabin said Israel would negotiate “security arrangements to make sure to Syriaand tous that the threat or use of force will be reduced.”

The prime minister said that Syria’s latest peace proposal, dur­ing last week’s Middle East talks here, would merely stabilize - but not normalize - relations in return for Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights.

“Not a peace treaty. Not open boundaries. Not embassies. Not commercial and cultural relation­ship»,” he said.

“The way I understand their position,” Rabin said, “they’re speaking that even for total with­drawal from the Golan Heights, they are ready only to (sign) a peace agreement, but not to nor­malize the relationship.”

Rabin said it’s unclear whether

the Syrian offer “stands on its own feet or is related to the achievement of an agreement in other sections of the Arab-Israeli conflict.”

The Israeli and Syrian negotia­tors in Washington did not dis­cuss redrawing boundaries be­tween the countries, he said.

Last week, Israel’s chief nego­tiator, Itamar Rabinovich, said, “I saw some positive elements” in a document presented by Syria outlining its stand. Details were withheld under agreement by both sides.

Syria’s top representative, Muwaffiq al-Alaf said the docu­ment dealt with withdrawal of Israeli forces and security, among other issues.

The Syrians are still insisting on a full Israeli withdrawal from all Is- raeh-occupied territory in retumfora comprehensive peace, al-Alaf said. The prime minister said it could take six months to a year to achieve any peace agreements in the talks be­cause “every side tries to bargain.” Buthe declared “the atmosphere has changed” and added, “I’m not frus­trated. We have get patience.”

He urged Palestinian negotiators to accept a plan for local elections next spring andfor afive-yearperiod of interim self-government in the Israeli-held territories.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3

W orking group fin a liz in g 902 reportTHE WORKING group formed several months ago to interpret certain sections of the Covenant is about finished with the job, Lieutenant Governor Benjamin T. Manglona said last week.

“They are practically finished with their report. I am just wait­ing for their final product which will be signed by both me and my US counterpart in this ongoing negotiations,” Manglona said in an interview.

Manglona and Lou Gallegos, who are the 902 special represen­tatives of the CNMI and the US, forged a joint agreement for a common interpretation of the Covenant. The formation of a working group representing both the US and the CNMI was one of several agreements reached dur­ing the 902 round of discussions held last May in New Mexico.

Section 902 of the Covenant

provides for regular consultation between the US and the CNMI governments on all matters af­fecting their relationship.

Disagreements have arisen with regards to sections 101 to 105 in the Covenant such as the planned audit of CNMI tax records by the Inspector General of the US Inte­rior Department.

The Inspector General and the CNMI government are currently locked in a court battle over the disclosure of individual income tax records, which is being ar­gued as “contrary to lawstm con­fidentiality.”

The CNMI said it should be allowed to govern itself as guar­anteed by the Covenant

The working group, which is composed of three members each from the US and the CNMI sides, was tasked to review the Cov­enant section by section, focusing

Gallegos on self-government and sover­eignty, with section 101.

Its goals are to identify areas of agreement and disagreement on

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TOP GOVERNMENTofficials enjoy Labor Day festivities at the American Memorial Park Monday (from left): j Special Assistant for Administration Joe M. Taitano, Public School System Commissioner William S. Tomes I and Finance Director Eloy S. Inos. ‘ I

Cancellation of Nakamoto lease paves way for public park projectTHE SAMOAN housing area which was earlier awarded through a lease agreement to Nakamoto Enterprises will soon be designated for a public park, Representative Stanley T. Torres said recently.

In a statement he issued fol­lowing the cancellation of the plannedlease,Torres saidaHouse resolution would be introduced to dedicate the Samoan housing area in Garapan for a public rec­reational park.

“I and my colleagues will push for the park soon. The resolution will soon be brought up either by me or any of my co-members to also assign the area to the Divi­sion of Parks and Recreation for maintenance andupkeep,” Torres said in an interview.

Nakamoto Enterprises was given the go-ahead last year to

lease about five hectares of pub­lic land for a multi-story beachfront hotel complex in the Garapan Samoan Housing area.

Last Thursday, however, the Marianas Public Land Corpora­tion terminated Nakamoto’s lease agreement because of its failure topurchase two privately-owned lots within the proposed site within one year after the lease agreement was approved, or until August 2,1992.

A subsequent extension of 30 days was given by MPLC to the developer to comply with this condition, but still the purchase did not push through.

This prompted MPLC to ter­minate Nakamoto’s lease.

Torres earlier sued MPLC to stop the project.

“This is a victory for the people as they have indicated their ob­

jection to this project. One way or the other, in my heart I knew I would win eventually. Even though my case lost in court, the main thing is that the lease has been stopped and I am happy for the people,” Torres said.

According to the congressman, Garapan is already congested and needs more green areas for recre­ational and park activities.

“I am pro-development, but in this case the adverse impact of that proposed hotel just out­weighed the benefits. A public park will be beneficial for our people today and the generations to come,” he said.

Torres’ appeal before the Su­preme Court was scheduled for a hearing on October 9 but he said it was not clear at this time whether the case would continue.

Manglona self-government issues and to recommend mechanisms to re­solve disagreements.

“They (the working group) have

noted down where they disagreed- but I see there will be better un­derstanding on how best we can pursue differences of, opinion,” Manglona said.

According to the lieutenant governor, there were indications that the US panel continued to insist that the US has full plenary powers over the CNMI, being a commonwealth under the US flag, a contention that was vehemently opposed by the CNMI panel who maintained that there are certain limitations to that under the Cov­enant.

The CNMI panel is represented by Washington Representative Juan N; Babauta, former chair­man of the Marianas Political Status Commission Edward DLG. Pangelinan, and former Covenant counsel for the CNMI Howard Willems.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

BANKRUPTCY DIVISIONIn re

BLAN CO VEN D E, LTD . a Northern Mariana Islands corporation

Debtor.

Case No. BK-92-00002 (Chapter 11)

N O TICE OF PRO CEDU RE AND LA S T D A Y FOR FILIN G PROOFS O F CLAIM A G A IN ST D EBTO RS

TO A L L CRED ITO RS AND PA R TIES IN IN TER EST O F TH E A B O V E CAPTIO N ED DEBTO RS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:1. On March 27,1992, Blanco Vende, Ltd. ("Blanco Vende" of "Debtor") filed a voluntary

petition for relief under chapter 11 of the title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in the the Bunkiuptcy Division of the United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands.

2. O nJuly24,1992, theCourt entered an order fixing October 15,1992 as the date by which proofs of claim must be filed (the "Last Day of Filing of Proofs of Gaim ). The Last Day For Filing of Proofs of Claim and the procedure set out below for filing proofs of claim apply to all claims against the Debtor that arose on or before March 27.1992 ("Pre-petition Claim s").

3. Under section 101 (5) of the Bankruptcy Code and as used herein, the word "claim" means: (a) right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgement, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, urtmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured; or (b) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgement, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

4. The Bankruptcy Code and the Fedral Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure prescribe the following procedures for filing proofs of claim:A. W HO M UST F IL E A PROOF O F CLA IM .

You must file a proof of claim if you ha ve « Pre-petition claim, except if the Debtor's schedules of assets and liabilities (the "Schedules") reflect your claim in the correct amount Acta or omissions of the Debtor that occured prior to March 27,1992 (including, but not limited to, indemnifications and guarantees and alledgcd environmental liabilities) may give rise to claims against the Debtor, notwithstanding that such claims may not have matured or become fixed or liquidated prior to such date. Therefore, any person or entity having a claim or potential claim against the Debtor, no matter how remote or contingent, must file a proof of diaim on or before the Last Day For Filing of Proof« of Claim.B. W HO M AY F IL E A PROOF O F CLA IM , BU T IS N O T REQ U IRED TO.

IF YO U R PRE-PETITIO N C LA IM IS P R ESEN TLY SCH ED U LED B Y TH E D EBTO R IN TH E CO RRECT AM OUNT, YO U DO NOT H A V E TO F IL E A PRO O F O F CLA IM .You may file a proof of claim, but not required to do so, if:

(a) You have already properly filed a proof of claim with the court; or(b) Your Pre-petition Claim is (i) listed on the Schedules the Debtor filed with the Court on

April 13,1992 or any amendments thereto, (ii) not listed as "contingent", or "disputed", and (iii) accurately scheduled as to its amount or classification.C. W HEN AND W HERE TO F ILE .

To be timely, proofs of claim must be filed so as to be received on or before October 15,1992, as follows: B y mail:

B LA N C O VEN D E, LTD .C/O C A R LS MTTH B A L L W ICHM AN M U RRAY C A SE M UKAI & IC H IK I Carls mith Building P.O. Box 241 CH RB Saipan, MP 96950

or by hand delivery to the O a k of the United States District Court, District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Bankruptcy Division, Second Floor, Hariguchi Building, Beach Road, Garapan, Saipan, 96950, on or before October 15,1992 at 4:30 p.m.D. W HAT TO F ILE

Y ou should include a ll Pre-petition Claims against the Debtor on a seperate proof of claim form. A N Y CR ED ITO R W HO F A ILS TO F ILE A PROOF O F C LA IM ON OR BEFO RE OCTO­

BER 15,1992, FO R A N Y PRE-PETITIO N CLA IM SU CH CRED ITO R HOLDS OR W ISHES TO A SSER T A G A IN ST TH E D EBTO R, SH A LL B E FO REV ER BA RRED , ESTO PPED AND EN ­JO IN ED FROM A SSER TIN G SU C H PR E-PETm O N C LA IM (OR FILIN G A PROOF OF CLA IM W ITH R ESPEC T TO SU CH PR E-PETITIO N CLA IM ) A G AIN ST TH E DEBTO R AND ITS PRO PERTY AND S H A LL B E FO REV ER D ISCH A RG ED FROM A N Y AND A L L IN D EBTED ­NESS OR L IA B IL T Y W ITH R ES PECTTO S UCH PRE-PETm O N CLA IM , AND SU CH H O LD ER SH A LL NOT B E PERM ITTED TO VO TE ON A N Y PLAN OF REO RG A N IZA TIO N OR PAR- T IC IP A TE IN A N Y D ISTR IB U TIO N IN T H IS CH A PTER 11 C A SE ON ACCO U N T OF SUCH PRE-PETTTION C LA IM , OR TO R E C E IV E FU RTH ER N O TICES REG A RD IN G SU CH PRE- PETITIO N CLA IM .E. A CCESS TO SCH ED U LES.

Copies o f the Debtor's Schedules of Assets and Liabilities may be examined and inspected byinterested parties Monday through Friday, 8:30 u n . to 4:30 p.m., at Plhe office of the G o k of the United States District Court, District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Bankruptcy Division, Second Floor, Horiguchi Building, Beach Road, Garapan, Saipan, 96950.

DATED: August 20,1992 JAM ES J. FED ER & A SSO CIA TES Attorneys for BLA N CO VEN D E, LTD . Debtor in Possession

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Tourists flooding San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The number of tourists from German have increased so much the San Francisco Con­vention and Visi tors Bureau has hired a public relations firm in Munich.

“Germany is suchahot mar­ket for us, I couldn’t do it all from this office,” said Sharon Rooney, the bureau’s public relations director.

Germans spend the least amount of money in San Fran­cisco, about $76 a day and stay for extended periods of time, while Japanese tourists spend about $ 165 a day but don’t stay as long as Germans, the bureau said.

"We were expecting to meet hippies, and they are very in­teresting people,” said Tanja Kietschka, a 19-year-old stu­dent from Germany.

‘We heard that San Fran­cisco is that city _ to have fun; to see great people. And that San Francisco doesn’t repre­sent the United States,” sjie said.

German visits jumped by al­most 50 percent in 1990, ac­cording to a US government survey of airline travel; The number increased by 10 per­cent last year despite the Gulf War that curbed travel from other countries.

“The more Germans come and say they love San Fran­cisco, the more will come after them,” said Doris Chevron, a US correspondentfor Holiday, a German travel magazine.

I think it’s a city they like the most in the United States, 'lew York is too big for them.

Los Angeles they can’t com­prehend,” Chevron said.

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Illeg al w o rk ers lose jo b sBy Jesus Rivera

FLORIDA CITY, Fla. (AP) - A l ier years of back-breaking la­bor in south Florida fields, un­documented workers are deeply worried about the loss of their livelihood and the possibility of deportation.

When Hurricane Andrew dev­astated south Dade County’s or­chards of mangoes, avocados and limes almost two weeks ago, it also wiped out the only means of income for thousands. Many are here illegally and they earn 20 dlrs to 30 dlrs a day picking the crops from sunup to sundown.

“Where will all these people go? Where will I go?” wondered Miguel Mauricio, a 30-year-old Mexican immigrant who has

worked in the fields and nurser­ies of southern Florida for more than two years.

“Some may go north and work in other states, some may even go back to Mexico or their countries in Central America, but I know most will want to stay,” he said in Spanish.

“It was almost time to pick the limes and avocados. But the wind blew it all away, as you can see,” he added, pointing to the demol­ished homes and bare trees across the street from Florida City’s city hall.

Florida City, one of the hardest hit communities, is home to thou­sands of immigrant workers, mostly from Mexico and Guate­mala. Damage to the agriculture industry has been estimated at

nearly $ 1 billion, and about 8 per­cent of the state’s 6 billion dlrs in agricultural sales were erased. Mauricio, his 27-year-old wife, Alejandra, and their 7-month-old son, Ricardo, stayed in their rented house the day the hurricane swept by. He was hit on the left arm by a piece of window frame, and had the arm set in a sling by a nurse in a first-aid tent in this small city 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Miami.

Mauricio’s wooden house sus­tained roof damage, but he was able to repair some of the holes with the help of friends and neighbors.

“All our basic needs have been met We have received muchmore help and food than we expected. I want to thank everybody ,”he said.

But the massive presence .of federal and state agencies par­ticipating in the relief effort has immigrants worried about being detained and being sent home. That fear has kept some who desperately need disaster relief from approaching food distribu­tion centers and first-aid tents.

The Immigration and Natural­ization Service and the local au­thorities have announced there will be no deportations of un­documented workers for as long as the disaster relief effort con­tinues.

Until Friday, when they were ordered to withdraw from the area, even Border Patrol agents helped those whom they recently had tracked through the farm camps and towns.

Priest accused of abusing 23 childrenZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) - State prosecutors filed charges of child abuse Monday against a Canadian Catholic priest who heads an orphanage here, documents said.

Court papers filed with city prosecutor Manuel Tatel named the Rev. Arthur Winikoff as re­spondent in the case filedby 23 of Ms former wards.

Winikoff, director of the St. Francisco Home of our Blessed Mother of Victory Mission Foundation Inc., was alleged to have abused the orphans by “slapping, kicking, punching and depriving the children for meals for several hours,” the document said.

The orphanage is located in this city, 560 miles (900 kms) south of Manila.

600 Japanese soldiers to join UN in Cambodia

By Mari Yamaguchi

TOKYO (AP) - The government Tuesday gave final approval to send hundreds of soldiers to Cambodia as United Nations peacekeepers, clearing the final hurdle for the first dispatch of ground troops abroad since World W arn.

The order, which takes effect Friday, accepts a formal request by the UN for 600 soldiers, eight ceasefire monitors and 75 police to join the Cambodia missioa

The soldiers’ primary task will be to repair bridges and roads damaged in 13 years of war in Cambodia, where 20,000 UN troops are keeping the peace and

preparing the way for free elec­tions next year.

“Wishing that those who work for international peace will ac­complish their duty safely, I would like to ask for understanding and support from the people,” Prime Minister KiicM Miyazawa said in a statement.

Tuesday’s order has been planned since Parliament passed a bill in June authorizing peace­keeping missions over the heated protests of left-leaning opposi­tion parties. They argue that sending troops overseas violates Japan’s constitutional provision against using force to settle in­ternational disputes.

Because of the opposition, the

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governing Liberal Democratic Party agreed to a compromise limiting the military’s duties mainly to rear-echelon work such as construction.

Opposition groups also contend that the refusal of the Khmer Rouge, one of the Cambodian guerrilla groups, todisarmmeans the law’s requirement that a ceasefire be in place before Japanese troops can be dispatched is not being met.

Other Asian nations - victims of Japan’s aggression during World War II - have expressed worries that the dispatch could lead to a resurgent Japanese military.

The Japanese soldiers will be dispatched by mid-October for about a year of duty. The 600 members of the engineering corps will be replaced after serving for six months by another 600 sol­diers, officials at the peacekeep­ing headquarters in the Prime Minister’s Office said.

Each peacekeeper will get up to 20,000 yen ($162) a day in addi­tion to the normal salary depend­ing on the risk involved, the headquarters said.

If a soldier dies or suffers a severe injury, the government will pay up to 60 million yen ($486,000).

In addition to the 600 peace­keeping soldiers, another 520 troops will be dispatched as a support group, the headquarters said.

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Continental lim its Rota serviceWon’t land on wet runwayCONTINENTAL Air

Micronesia, which resumed Boeing 727 flights to Rota last July, said last week it would not operate to or from Rota when the runway on the island’s airport is wet.

In a letter to Senator Paul Manglona, Continental Air Micronesia’s generalmanagerfor the CNMI Max Kretzers said reports received from pilots and maintenance personnel during the resumption of service to Rota “quickly indicated a possible problem with the runway as it appeared there was a lessening of the braking action than is nor­mally experienced."

Gene Postlewate, the airline’s cMef pilot, told Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) Executive Director Roman Tudela in a separate letter: “When the run­way surface is dry, it provides and excellent take off and land­ing facility for the B727 aircraft.

When the runway surface is wet, however, the braking action is less than what we normally ex­perience from any runway that we serve.”

“On several occasions, our pi­lots have reported the runway to be very slick when moisture is

present,” he added.The Federal Aviation Author­

ity (FAA) in Honolulu later ver­bally advised that there might be a problem with the seal used on the runway wMch was more ob­vious on the larger, heavier 727 aircraft.

The FAA has arranged to pro­vide a friction measuring device and is arranging for its use to test the Rota airport runway.

“As it stands now, however, in the interest of safety Continental Air Micronesia will not operate to or from Rota on a wet run­

way,” Kretzers said.He said the airline had estab­

lished procedures to provide ad­vance condition report one hour prior to departure and again 15 minutes before departure time. If the runway is wet the Rota land­ing is cancelled.

Pacific Island Aviation, on the other hand, expanded its flight schedule and now has a flight operating at 6:05 p.m., specifi­cally scheduled 15 minutes after Continental Air Micronesia’s flight to provide a backup ser­vice with smaller aircraft.

Postlewate said the reason for the unacceptable braking situa­tion must be determined and cor­rected, including a possible re­surfacing of the runway.

“We are very dedicated to pro­viding safe and efficient air ser­vice to Rota,” he said. “The wet runway surface problem must be addressed to assure that we are able to continue to do this.”

MIHA urges passage of bill to pave way for housing benefitsTHE MARIANA Islands Hous­ing Authority (MIHA) has urged the Legislature to immediately pass bill that would bring the CNMI into compliance with the National Flood Insurance Pro­gram.'In a letter to Speaker Thomas

P. Villagomez, MIHA Executive director John M. Sablan said the absence of local statutes to implement the program might hinder the benefits from the newly approved 1991 Housing Act.

“The new housing act will provide entitlement funds to the CNMI for low and moderate in­come families but requires that the CNMI comply with the flood insurance program,” Sablan said.

According to Sablan, without the passage of Senate Bill 8-57 to implement the program in the CNMI, the chanceformore people to secure decent and sanitary housing may be in jeopardy.

An example given by Sablan which requires NFIP membership was the Home Investment Part­nerships Program under wMch insular areas are to be given sub­stantial amounts of entitlements for home improvements.

Sablan, in a meeting last month

with Housing and Urban Devel­opment officials in Honolulu, re­quested the elimination of the flood insurance requirement for the program.

The request is denied, Sablan said the better option for the government to avail of the grant was to pass SB 8-57.

The bill was passed by the Senate last March but had been pending with the House Com­mittee on Judiciary and Govern­mental Organization.

The bill also intends to correct a situation wherein CNMI citizens might not be eligible for federal disaster assistance in the event of a major flood disaster.

Without the CNMI’s participa­tion in the NFIP, flood insurance will not be available here. Local residents will not be able to buy flood insurance policy.

This also means that no federal grants or loans for building or development may be made in identified flood hazard areas, in­cluding those from the Environ­mental Protection Agency.

Another effect of non-partici­pation is that no federal mortgage insurance may be provided in identified flood hazard areas.

PUBLIC NOTICECOMMONWEALTH ZONING BOARD

MEETINGTHE ZO N IN G BOARD W ILL HOLD ITS MONTHLY MEETING ON THURSDAY, SEPTEM­BER 17, 1992, AT 12 NOON, AT THE ZONING BOARD OFFICE LOCATED ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE CABRERA CENTER BLD G ., IN GAR APAN.THEPUBLICISINVITEDTO ATTEND.

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The attorney said he agreed to represent the workers even if they were unable to pay the usual downpayment for the legal ser­vices and hourly fee.

Like almost all labor cases, Sorensen said, he would be paid a contingency fee for whatever is awarded to his clients. He did not say how much he expected to get

in the case of the club workers.The businessman said he was

sorry the workers had to wait about six months to get what was due them. “I am very ashamed. I know all the girls’ families,” he said.

Cash-strapped Long Beach closed last June 15 when the workers walked out. Kim said the business did not go well.

He said he had to sell a parcel of land to meet his obligation to the

workers.Ten of the workers— Aillene

Delos Santos,Ruby B aluyo, Maria Luisa Andrales, Rowena Canlas, Ruth Ordona, Lolita Busque, Marissa Morales, Lanie Abella, Rizalyn Caliwag and Rosita Nunag— will receive $2,403 each.

Villanueva will receive $2,003 while Cherill Demantio, Evelyn Menor, Liza Postrano and Marvelindo Ferdelicio will re­ceive $801 each.

M arian as P u b lic L and C o rp o ra tio nPUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant to the provisions of 2 CMC 4141 et sec, the PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987, notice is hereby given of Marianas Public Land Corporation’s intention to enter into an exchange agreement in­volving the parcels of land de­scribed below. Concerned per­sons may request a hearing on any proposed exchanged by contact­ing MPLC by or on September 7, 1992. If so requested, hearings on the transactions listed below will be scheduled on September 9, 1992 at 9:00 a.m. in the Confer­ence Room of MPLC.PUBLIC PURPOSE - Roadways AcquisitionPRIVATE LAND - Saipan Lot/ Tract Nos. 1723-R/W, 1723-R1 and 1723-lContaining an area of 7,937 square metets

PUBLIC LAND - Saipan Lot/ Tract No. 034 L Containing an area of 23,160 square meters- Saipan Lot/Tract No. 034 L 30 Containing an area of 15,954 square meters- Saipan Lot/Tract No. 034 L 31 Containing an area of 11,580 square meters- Saipan Lot/Tract No. 054 A 01 Containing an area of4,000square meters- Saipan Lot.Tract No. 054 A 02 Containing an area of6,429square meters

Sigon gi probension siha gi 2 CMC 4141 et sec i PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1987, sino i tulaikan taño para propositon pupbliku na akton 1987, nutisia manana i ginen este put i imension-na i Marianas Public Land Corporation humalom gi kontratan atulaikan taño ni ha afefekta i pedason taño siha ni manmadeskribi gi sampapa. Maninteresante siha na petsona sina manmamaisen inekungok put maseha manu/hafa na priniponi put tulaikan taño. A’agang i MPLC antes pat osino gi September7,1992. Yanggenguaha inekungok marikuesta, i inekungok siempre para i sigiente siha na transaksion u fan makondukta gi September 9, 1992, gi oran alas 9:00 gi eggan gi halom i kuatton konfirensian i MPLC. PROPOSITONPUPBLDCU -1’ Ma Chulé I’ Chalan Para I’ Pupbliku TAÑO PRAIBET - Sitio Numiru 1723-R/W, 1723-R1 yan 1723-1 giya Saipan yan ha Konsisiste 798 metro kuadrao na area TAÑO PUPBLIKU - Sitio Numiru 034 L 29 giya Saipan yan ha konsisiste 23,160 metro kuadrao na area- SitioNumiru034L. 30 giya Saipan yan hakonsisiste 15,954 metro kuadrao na area-SitioNumiru034L31 giyaSaipan yan hakonsisiste 11,580 metro kuadrao na area- SitioNumiru054 A01 giyaSaipan yan hakonsisiste 4,000 metro kuadrao na area- sitio Numiru 054 A 02 giya Saipan yan hakonsisiste 6,429 metro kuadrao na area

Reel ayleewal me bwangil 2 CMC 4141 et sec, PUBLIC PURPOSELANDEXCHANGE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987, nge Marianas Public Land Corporation e arongaar towlap, igha e mangiiy ebwe lliiwelo faluw iye e toolong faluw kka faal. Aramasye e tipali nge emmwel ebwe tingor ebwe yoor hearing reel inaamwo lliiwelil faluw fa. Aramas ye e tipali nge emmwel ye re tipali reel kkapsal faluw, nge rebwe aghuleey ngali MPLC wool me ngare mmwal Mayo dia 20,1992. Ngare eyoor tingor bwe yoor hearing, nge rebwe ayoora reel tali faluw kka faal, nge rebwe tooto wool Mayo dia 22, 1992, o to l ye 9:00 a.m. mellol MPLC Conference Room.

AMMWELEER TOWLAP Roadway Acquisition

FALAWAL ARAMAS - Saipan Lot/Tract No. 1723-R/W, 1723- R1 me 1723-1Llapal nge 7,937 square meters

FALAWEER TOWLAP- Saipan Lot/Tract No. 034 L 29 Llapal nge 23,160 square meters- Saipan Lot/Tract No. 034 L 30 Llapal nge 15,954 square meters- Saipan Lot/Tract No. 034 L 31 Llapal nge 11,580 square meters- Saipan LotTract No. 054 A 01 Llapal nge 4,000 square meters- Saipan LotTract No. 054 A 02 Llapal nge 6,429 square meters

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B u sin ess /F in a n ces ^ S SEconomists doubt Bush. Clinton

By Jill Lawrence

WASHINGTON (AP) - George Bush and Bill Clinton both say they have the answers to US eco­nomic woes, buteconomists aren’t so sure.

Bush subscribes in theory to the baseline Republican tenet that “government is too big andspends too much.”

So he’s seeking an unspecified across-the-board tax cut, a capital gains tax cut and other incentives for investment and consumer spending. He stresses his private- business experience as a Texas oilman and said last week that small business was “over-regu­lated and over-taxed.”

He supports a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and wants to let people check off a box on their tax returns to ear­mark 10 percent for reducing the $400 billion annual federal bud-

get deficit.But Bush also recendy proposed

a $10 billion job retraining pro­gram for workers. He’d give tax breaks to first-time homebuyers and families with childrea He would also offer vouchers to help lower-income families pay for health insurance and private- school tuition.

Clinton, inline with Democratic tradition, told a union audience last week that “I want to have a vibrant public sector. I want to use the government to promote growth in the private sector.”

The Arkansas governor main­tains his economic plan would halve the deficit in four years. But his top priority in a first term would be investment in education and public works, rather than stringent deficit-reduction steps.

Clinton programs would spend $220 billion on education, train­ing, transportation, communica-

tion and environmental cleanup. He supports an extensive worker

' retraining program financed by 1.5 percent of the private-busi­ness payroll; college aid for all with repayment tied to future in­come or community service; tax breaks for families, and universal health coverage through public and phased-in employer plans.

Clinton would cut defense spending $100 billion over four years and raise $150 billion from new taxes on the wealthiest Americans and foreign companies doing profitable business in the United States. He says he would cut 100,000 federal jobs by attri­tion and proposes other savings through administrative reforms and controlling Medicare and Medicaid costs.

“Neither plan deals with the current soft, weak economy or the concerns that people have right now about keeping their jobs,”

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said Murray Weidenbaum, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presi­dent Ronald Reagan.

“There are some huge gaps - for example, what’s going to be paid forin what manner,’’added Joseph Duncan, chief economist for Dim and Bradstreet and former head of budget statistics in the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan admin­istrations.

Weidenbaum called Bush’s checkoff box a gimmick and said a broad tax cut now would be premature. Still, he said, “I lean towards the Bush approach

because it’s business that cre­ates new jobs. The Clinton pro­gram pays lip service to private enterprise, but it has an almost endless array of bigger or new government involvement.”

Weidenbaum and other critics say Clinton’s growth and savings projections aren’t realistic.

“You’ve got to look at the numbers in the Clinton program skeptically,” agreed Stan Collender, director of federal budget policy for accounting and consulting firm Price- Waterhouse. “But the Bush pro­gram has no numbers.” Last month, speaking to a gathering of conservative state legislators, Bush brandished a July 24 mid­session budget document that suggests restraints and cuts of more than $200 billion in man­datory spending programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, food stamps, student loans, vet­erans benefits and child nutrition.

“It tells exactly and specifically how to get this budget deficit down,” the president proclaimed.

Bush spokeswoman Torie Clarke said it was “wildly inac­curate” to suggest that meant Bush was endorsing any of the specific cuts.

Boom in China lures foreign investors

By Charlene L Fu

BEIJING (AP) - Three years after troops crushed the Tiananmen Square democracy movement, foreign businesses are flocking into China, lured by a booming economy and an increasingly open market.

In one week in June, Procter and Gamble president John Pep­per, Shell chairman John Jennings and David John, executive di­rector of Inchcape Group PLC, a London-based multinational trading company, all were in China to meet top leaders and explore business opportunities.

“Things are certainly picking up from post-June 1989 days and significantly from last year,’’said Helena Kolenda, an American lawyer who advises foreign firms and helps negotiate contracts;

The workload is so heavy, she said, “there are times I feel like I ’m going to sink."

When Chinese tanks rolled into Beijing streets in June 1989 toput down student-led protests for a freer society ̂most foreign busi­nessmen hopped planes to Hong Kong. They came back in a few weeks, but the lingering image of chaos caused a sharp fall-off in new investment from the West, especMyfrotn the United States.

That has changed over the past year, due largely to China’s im­proved treatment of foreign in­vestors and confidence that its rapid economic growth will con­tinue.

A record 8,926 foreign invest- mentprojects won Chinese gov­ernment approval in the first five months of 1992, more than 15 percent of the total since. China began allowing foreign invest­ment in 1978.

Theforeigninvestmentpledged for those projects totalled $10.45 billion, 2.7 times that of the same period last year.

The government has loosened restrictions thatkept most foreign manufacturers from selling to China’s 1 billion consumers. Western 1 abel s including Lux soap, Head and Shoulders sham­poo, Heinz baby food and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can now be found on many shop shelves.

More foreign companies are being allowed to invest in the re­tail sector. Japan’s Yaohan Inter­national Group signed a contract in June to open a joint-venture store in Shanghai.

Under US pressure, China has strengthened its protection of in­ternational property rights and begun publishing secret trade rules.

China also has taken steps to­ward conforming with free-mar- ket principles in foreign trade in hopes of being admitted to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. .

But the biggest draw is China’s buoyant economy,one of the fastest growinginthe wodd.In thefirstfive monthsofthisyear.thegrossnaticnal product grew 11 percent compared with the same period of 1991, to about790billionyuan($145billionX Industrial production rose 18 per­cent, and retail sales, nearly 14 per­cent

American investment has re­bounded even though US compa­nies would be badly hurt if the US CongresscanœlsChina’slow-tariff trade status. Congress has tried re­peatedly to do so in response to China’s human rights record, but always falls a few votes too short to override· US President Bush’s sure veto.

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B u sin ess/F in an ce psS hhSSD ollar-m ark tu g o f w ar b rin gs chaos to m arkets

By Dirk Beveridge

LONDON (AP) - The tug of war between the strong German mark and the weak US dollar has brought chaos to the world’s cur­rency markets that may not sub­side anytime soon. Britain and Italy took big steps last week to boost their battered currencies, and Germany has promised to try to hold the line on interest rates, leaving markets relatively calm on Monday. But with the key French vote on the Maastricht treaty for European political and economic unity less than two weeks away, markets could get choppy any time.

“It feels like an uneasy calm, but it’s one that could be shat­tered easily,” said George Magnus, chief international economist for S.G. Warburg in London.

Some traders had predicted more wild fluctuations among exchange rates on Monday, fol­lowing Friday’s move by the US Federal Reserve to lower the fed­eral funds rate, a key interestrate, by a quarter of a percentage point to a 29-year low of 3 percent.

That created an even wider dif­ferential with interest rates in Germany, where the key Lombard rate of 9.75 percent has been prompting numerous investors to dump other currencies and stock up on the mark.

Germany’s assurances over the weekend that it would not raise interest rates, which would have put further pressure on other cur­rencies, helped keep the markets quiet Monday, although the mark moved slightly higherfor the day.

Late in the afternoon, the dol­

lar was quoted in London at 1.4030marks, down from 1.4045 late Friday. The pound closed at 2.7973 marks, down from 2.8020 marks on Friday.

When Germany last increased interest rates in July, currency markets went into a .tailspin, throwing the British pound and theltalianliraclose to theirfloors on the Exchange Rate Mecha­nism, which specifies maximum fluctuations between major Eu­ropean currencies. The dollar dropped to record lows.

Britain, after trying repeatedly to prop up the pound through central bank intervention, an­nounced last week it had taken out a loan in European currencies that give it a war chest worth some $14.5 billion for future in­tervention. Thathelped steady the pound.

Markets were also calmed by Italy ’ s decision last week to raise interest rates by 1.7 5 percentage points, to 15 percent, which added strength to the lira and was seen as being no great threat to the Italian economy.

The United States and Britain have resisted raising interest rates even though such moves could restore balance to currency mar­kets for fear they could under­mine any economic recovery.

Although traders saw nothing on the immediate horizon to up­set the balance, all eyes were on the Sept. 20 French ratification vote on Maastricht.

A French “no” vote would kill the treaty, and experts believe it could force European nations to revalue their currencies to ac­commodate for the strength of the mark.

Rail project opponent cites low ridershipHONOLULU (AP) - A leading Dpponent of the proposed Hono­lulu rail system says anew federal study and other consultants’ re­ports show ridership of half of the iast 10 rail projects built nation- illy are lower than projections.

Cliff Slater says the studies in- licate that ridership on the pro- josed 15.6-mile Honolulu light- :ail line from Waiawa to Moiliili nay not be as large as transit Dackers say.

Ridership is a key argument for md against the rail line.

Supporters point to studies showing the rail will significantly iecrease the number of cars on he road through high ridership, while opponents say the system will be a massive waste of tax iollarsbecausenot enough people will use rail to justify building it.

Slater said ane wly-released US Department of Transportation re­port shows fewer people use bus- * 1 . » 1 . —.. . n 1m f i l i/% / \ f 1 f l V t A t l I

est cities to get rail than when only buses transported commut­ers. The report, based upon trend data obtained in the 1990 Census, said ridership has remained the same in two of the remaining five systems.

City transit officials say Slater ignored a warning from depart­ment not to compare the 1990 data to the results from the 1980 Census.

“The 1980 and 1990 figures cannot be compared because dif­ferent questions and different methodologies were used,” said Amar Sappal, deputy director of the city Department of Transpor­tation Services.

Slater said the Federal Trans­portation Administration is afraid to publish studies that accurately compare ridership before and af­ter rail systems are built because that would make it too easy to see what is “really going on.”

Peter Gutmann, senior research manager at National Westminster Bank, believes currency markets could stay turbulent for the rest of the year.

“I can’t see that the present tur­moil is over,” Gutmann said. “The marketis taking abitof abreather, but there may be further turmoil to come in the run-up to the French vote and even after that, with the US elections.” Many experts believe markets will not stay calm until traders see real indications of an economic recovery in the United States.

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Car makers cross keiretsu barriersBy Yuri Kageyama

TOKYO (AP) - The economic slowdown is beginning to chip away at the tightly knit groupings of companies known as “keiretsu,” longapillarofJapan’sphenomenal business success.

The trend is most obvious in the auto industry, where hard times are making friends of past enemies.

Some parts makers once affili­ated with either the No. 1 Japanese auto company, Toyota Motor Corp., or its closest rival, Nissan Motor Co., have started to cooper­ate with both.

“In the past, auto firms forbade their keiretsu auto parts makers to do business with rivals,” saying such ties were “like being an un­faithful wife or husband,” said Nomura Research Institute analyst Makoto Murayama.

But as car sales have shrunk, some subcontractors have begun to cut across traditional keiretsu lines to become more competitive, he said.

In one case, Atsugi Unisia, a Nissan subcontractor, has started

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purchasing gears from Toyota- affiliated Koyo Corp. to make en­gine parts for Nissan cars.

Atsugi Unisia and Koyo also are considering joint development of new designs for auto parts, an al­liance that not too long ago would have been considered heretical.

Keiretsu - which spread risk, development and quality control responsibilities between a major manufacturer and its exclusive suppliers - often are cited as a

major contributor to the success of Japanese industry.

While nobody suggests the keiretsu system is doomed, the re­cent fraying of loyalties indicates that the economic downturn has become so severe that some Japa­nese companies are fundamentally changing business practices to stay alive.

More andmore, rival keiretsu are finding they must link up to make high-quality products at competitive

prices in a slumping auto market. Car makers also are reportedly standardizing parts and reducing the number of model changes to save money.

“Cars aren’t selling. The recent transcending of keiretsu arose out of sheer necessity in an effort to survive,” Masaichi Kato, a spokesperson for Atsugi Unisia, said.

Domestic car sales dropped 3.9 percent last year - the first decline in a decade - and are not expected to rebound quickly as consumers remain cautious.

International criticismof Japan’s chronic trade surplus also is squelching prospects of a big ex­pansion of overseas sales. Auto exports in the first half of 1992 were off by 1 lpercent to the United States and 2.9 percent to the Eu­ropean Community.

Toyota and Nissan, both known for their tight reins on keiretsu groupings, still say they did not foresee extensive joint develop­ment efforts. They also denied re­peats that they liave reached a ba­sic agreementonstandardizing auto

parts.But there is no doubt that sub­

contractors of the two auto giants have been nibbling away at the previously sacred keiretsu borders.

Daikin Manufacturing Co., a clutch maker in Osaka affiliated with Nissan, started selling parts to Toyota in May, although that new business still is less than 1 percent of total sales.

SagaTekkosho, a Nissan-affili­ated bolt producer in southern Ja­pan, will begin supplying aToyota plant later this year.

“We sure hope our work pleases Toyota,” Saga Tekkosho spokes­man Takahiko Sakai said ner­vously.

The keiretsu crossover still tends to be restricted in bumpers, bolts and other less-than-glamorous parts, but analysts say the practice may catch on and be extended to core engine components.

“The more critical standardiza­tions of parts will occur in the future as joint ventures between firms to produce engines,” said TakumilmaizumiofNippondenso Co.

US fañs to exploit trade opportunités in Soviet Union

By Carl Hartman

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is mounting a relatively modest effort to pro­mote commercial ties with the former states of the Soviet Union, even though it has the greatest capacity to do so, a con­gressional investigative report said Monday.

Even though the United States is “the only nation with a dip­lomatic presence in every Soviet republic,” the General Ac­counting Office said, it has as­signed trade and commercial specialists to only two of them - Russia and Ukraine.

“Commercial opportunities in the republics of the former So­viet Union abound,” said Rep. Doug Barnard, chairman of a House of Representatives Commerce subcommittee, who asked for the study.

“But our small and medium- sized businesses need the assis­tance of the US and Foreign Commercial Service to establish themselves in these markets. Unfortunately the (service) is stymied, to some extent, by lack of funds,” he said. “We must do more toputcommercialofficers into these new markets.”

The GAO report said the de­partments of Commerce and State have little information about representatives being sent by competing countries to bid t o business in the former Soviet republics.

“In Tallinn (Estonia), Vilnius (Lithuania) and Minsk (Byelarus), the number of com­

mercial officers from Germany, Great Britain, and Japan are less or the same as theUnited States,” the study said.

It said that Japan and South Korea are represented in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistamn, while Turkey and Iran have opened embassies in several central Asian republics. The study said it was believed that Japan is making studies and in­vestments, especially in eastern Russia, but that it has few diplo­mats there.

The report by Congress’ in­vestigative arm said the Com­merce Department has assigned a commercial officer to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, but not to the other new capitals. Such a position already existed at the embassy in Moscow.

Barnard said in a statement that the department is reviewing the situation.

He said Commerce officials : believe additional commercial staff is needed elsewhere, but that more money would be re­quired to provide them.

“Commercial work receives less attention because initial staffing levels at these new em­bassies are limited, the embas­sies are not fully staffed, and many State Deportment officers who perform commercial and economic work must tend to other pressing embassy func­tions;” the GAO report said.

In most of the republics, State Department officials are rou­tinely assigned to do both politi­cal and commercial work, it noted.

MANAGER

1 ASST. MANAGER - College grad., 2 yrs.experience. Sa!ary$1,<X)0-$1,8C0 per month.Contact: A NY. GOLD IN C .d baP O P P Y CLUB, P.O. Box 378, San Jose, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-1865 (9/16)W / 08958.

1 ASSISTANT MANAGER-High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $700 per month.Contact: JOSE B. GUEVARRA III dba SOLID GOLD ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 2724 CK, Sajpan, MP 96950, Tel No 322-3599 (9/16)W /08953.

1 GENERAL MANAGER - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$15.00 - $25.00 per hour.Contact: U N O M O D A C O R P ., P .O .Box' 1847, Saipan, M P 96950, Tel No. 234- 1861/2 (9/9)W /2713.

MECHANIC

2 P IN S E TTE R M E C H A N IC , A U T O ­MATIC - High school grad., 2 yrs. ex­perience. Salary $2.50 per hour. Contact: JTG E T E R T A IN M E N T & PROM OTION dba SAIPAN BOWLING CENTER, P.O. Box 29, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6420 (9 /9 )W /2711.

1 ELECTRO NIC (TECHNIC IAN) ME­CHANIC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. . Contact: W EI CHIN LUNG dba MAS­C O T CORPORATION, Caller Box PP 613 Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235- 2808 (9/16)W /08957.

1 PO W ER HO USE M ECHANIC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.75 per hour.Contact: MELITON P. V ILLAFUERTE dba M.V. E NTER PR ISES, P.O. Box

-2298; Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235- 0835 (9/16)W /08960.

ENTERTAINER

7 M USIC IANS - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 per month.1 STO CK-CO NTR O L S U P ER VISO R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $4.04 per hour.1 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.43 per hour. 1 WAITER, RESTAURANT-High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.88 per hour.Contact: RONALD D. SABLAN dba PACIFIC GARDENIA HOTEL, P.O. Box 144, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 3455/66 /77 (9/16)W /2742.

CONSTRUCTIONWORKER

1 PLUMBER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: E.C. G OZUM & COMPANY, INC. dba TSK-ECG/EM ILIO GOZUM MANPOW ER, P.O. Box 2310, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-0517/0754 (9/ 9)W /08905.

2 MASON2 W ELDER, COM B IN ATIO N - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Sal- ary$2.50 - $3.50 per hour.1 A DM IN IS TR A TIV E A S S IS TA N T - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $4.62 per hour:Contact: CM GENERAL FABRICATOR INC., P.O. Box 432 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-5203/04 (9/9)W / 08907.

1 ELECTRICIAN1 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: RONALD D. SABLAN dba JR 'S CONST. CO., P .O . Box. 2164, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6796 (9/16)W /08954.

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■ 1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILD­ING - High school grad., 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary $2.50 per hour.Contact: ARNALDO G. GUBAN dba A R G IE M A IN T E N A N C E /C O U R IE R SVC., P.O. Box 2120 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-3663 (9/4)F/08860.

3 COOKS - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: C & M CORPORATION dba MING PALACE C HINESE RESTAU­RANT, P.O. Box 1219, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3311/3399/1005 (9/9)W /08910.

1 PRODUCTION CO O R DINA TO R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $720 per month.Contact: MARINE TECH (SAIPAN) INC.,P.O .B ox8011 CHRB,Saipan,M P 96950, Tel. No. 322-5079 (9/9)W /08911.

5 HOUSECLEANER (Housekeeping)2 HOUSEW ORKER (Domestic Helper) - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: JOSEFINA B. ESPINOSA dba THE EMERALD ENT., P.O. Box 1501 CK, Saipan, MP 96950 (9/9)W /08909.

2 SPO RTS INSTRUCTOR (DIVING ) - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.00 per hour.Contact: PRO-DIVESAIPAN, INC. P.O. Box 664, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No.235-5313 (9/16)W /08958.

1 A D M IN IS TR A TIV E A S S IS TA N T - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 per month.4 W AITRESS - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.50 per hour.2 S ING ER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. Contact: JOAQUIN Q. & M ARGARITA A. C A S T R O d b a D E A N N A 'S RETAURANT/POKER PALACE/CLUB S C O R P I O / K A R A O K E - C L U B ATLANTIS, P.O. Box 2817, Saipan, MP 96950, TeL No. 234-2176 (9 /16 )W / 08956.

1 AUTO BODY FENDER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: KIM HANG KW ON dba ASIA ENTERPRISES INC., P.O. Box 2812, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6778 (9/16)W /2740.

2 LAUNDRY W ORKERS - High school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.26 -$ 2 .2 7 per hour.Contact: TR O PIC A L LAUNDRY & LINEN SUPPLYCOM PANY, LTD., P.O. Box540 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-3077 (9/16)W /2741.

CLASSIFIED ADS NEW1 MASON5 HEAVY EQUIPM ENT OPERATOR - High school equlv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.50 per hour.1 HEAVY EQUIPM ENT M ECHANIC - High school equlv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 - $3.25 per hour.Contact: AUGUSTIN T. CAMACHO dba CAMACHO EQUIPM ENTCO., P.O. Box 53, SAIPAN, MP 96950, TeL No. 322-9715 (9/23)W /09018.

1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: EUGENIO C. VARGAS dba VARGAS ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 623, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235- 0297 (9/23)W /09021.

1 MACHINIST - High school equlv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: CAMILO A. ORALLO dba UNIVERSAL IRON WORKS, P.O. Box 1751, GuaJo Ral Saipan, MP 96950 (9/ 23)W/09023.

1 ACC OUNTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.19 per hour.1 H.E. MECHANIC - High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25 per hour.1 EXPEDITER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. 1 W AREHOUSEMAN - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATE­RIAL SUPPLY INC. dba CMS, P.O. Box 609, Saipan, MP 96950, TeL No. 234- 6136 (9/23) W /2768.__________________

1 MASON - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: G E RTU D ES FELIPE dba UNITED BUILDERS CO. , P.O. Box 2060, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 7967 (9/23)W /2767.

2 HEAVY EQUIPM ENT OPERATOR - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour.Contact: H.S. LEE CONST. CO., INC. dba GENERAL CONTRACTOR, P.O. Box 440, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-5201 (9/23)W /2769.

IFB92-0064

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed bids for the purchase of the following vehicle.

Two (2) Units, brand new 1992 pick up trucks, 4 cylinder, 2.4 liters, step bumper, standard transmission, air-conditioner, and AM/FM radio.

One (1) unit 4 door sedan, 2.0 liters, 4 cylinder, 12 to 16 valves, standard transmission, air-conditioner, AM/FM radio.

These vehicles should have power steering, spare tire, and a lug wrench.

Vehicles must be CIF supply rep., Tinian, it must also be ready for delivery within fifteen (15) working days from the date of award, unless otherwise agreed in writing for a longer delivery time, have a one year maintenance/warranty agreement which includes parts and labor, rustproof/undercoated, safety inspected prior to delivery at Marpands, with registration fee payable at the CNMI Treasury.

All bids must be in a sealed envelope marked IFB92-0064 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than September 17, 1992 at 2:00 P.M., at which time and place, all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered. The CNMI government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

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YOUR BIRTHDAYBy Stella Wilder

Born today, you possess a positive personality and concrete views which, together, are almost certain to see you through the toughest of times. You have been endowed with a tremendous staying power, and as a result you are never one to give up on a pet project prematurely, you stick with it regard­less ot the diiticutties you may en ­counter in the process. You are disci­plined and often quite strict with yourself — though you are much freer in the company of friends and loved ones.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Your charisma and vision will attract a great number of “needy” people to you today. You can supply them with much.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 ,1992 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VffiWS-11

Ran wins Friedheim AwardWASHINGTON (AP) - Shulamit Ran, whose “Symphony” took a 1991 Pulitzer Prize, has won first prize in the Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards for the piece.

That made her the first woman to win top honors for new works by American composers.

Ran, who grew up in Israel and holds dual citizenship, was announced the winner of the $5,000 prize on Saturday. She was chosen from among 61 entrants.

The Washington Post newspaper said of the piece: “This w ok will reward each new listening.”

Second prize went to Richard Wemick, last year’s winner in the chamber music category.

Thatcher arrives in BakuMOSCOW (AP) - Margaret Thatcher arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku Monday as a guest of Azerbaijani authorities.

Theformer British Prime Minister was scheduled tomeet with Azerbaijani President Abulfaz Elchibey and attend the ceremonial signing of an agreement between the southern republic’s government and the British Petroleum company, ITAR-Tass and the Azerbaijani Turan news agen­cies reported.

Under the agreement, Azerbaijan and British Petroleum will develop deep-water oil deposits in the Caspian Sea.

Jackson criticizes ClintonWASHINGTON (AP) - Jesse Jackson, who has criticized U.S. presiden­tial candidate Bill Clinton for neglecting blacks and other minorities, was named Monday to lead a Democratic grassroots voter registration clrive.

Democratic Party Chairman Ron Brown, in announcing the appoint­ment, said the effort will be aimed at “people who have been traditionally shut out of the political process.”

Jackson “inspires millions of Americans,” Brown said. “His record in working for progressive change and empowering and mobilizing people is unmatched.”

Jackson’s appointment was expected despite tensions between him and Clinton.

Kensit gives birth to sonLONDON (AP) - Actress Patsy Kensit has given birth to a sen, her first

child, a spokesman said Monday.Miss Kensit’s husband Jim Kerr, star of the rock band Simple Minds,

was at London’s Portland Hospital when their baby was bom on Friday.“There were no complications and mother and baby are both doing well.

Patsy and Tim are obviously thrilled to bits that everything went well,” the unidentified spokesman said.

Miss Kensit, 24, recently appeared in “Lethal Weapon 2.”

New name for Helmsley PalaceNEW YORK (AP) - Leona Helmsley, serving a four-year prison term

for income tax evasion, has lost control of the swank Manhattan hotel where she «ice reigned as “queen.”

And the New York Post repealed Monday that the 55-story Helmsley Palace will soot undergo a two-stage name change, first to the New York Helmsley Palace, and later to the New York Palace.

Partners with a 49 percent stake in the hotel turned its management over to Interstate Hotels Corp. of Pittsburgh.

The Post said the changes occurred Aug. 26 after arbitrators backed the partners’ claim they were bilked out of millions of dollars by Mrs. Helmsley and her husband, Harry, who gave contracts to Helmsley subsidiaries. The panel ordered the couple to reimburse the partners and give up their management role, the newspaper said Monday.

“The hotel is no longer managed by Helmsley but if she has any suggestions, she can always relay them to the general manager,” said Mel Logan, the Palace’s new marketing director.

Neither Logan nor other hotel officials could be reached Monday for comment because of Labor Day, a nationwide US holiday.

The Helmsley Palace ot Madison Avenue was the flagship of the Helmsleys’ hotel empire. Mrs. Helmsley, 72, appeared in magazine ads depicting the hotel as “the only palace in the world where the queen stands guard.”

Newlyweds ride garbage truckMEMPHIS, Mich. (AP) - A1 Smith and Heidi Evans didn’t hop into a

limousine after exchanging wedding vows. They jumped into the back of a garbage truck.

“We both had the idea at the same time,” Smith said of the getaway after their marriage Saturday. “It’s just like the one I drive.”

The couple met while working separate jobs as garbage haulers. They fell in love and got married in a church in this small town northeast of Detroit But Smith carried his bride into the back of the scrubbed garbage truck, decorated with paper flowers, balloons and a “just married” sign, and equipped with a picnic table for the couple and the wedding party.

Responding to a reporter’s question, the bride and groom discussed who would take out the household trash.

“You are,” she said.“Then, I guess that I am,” he said.

Jerry Lew is raises $45.8M in telethonLAS VEGAS (AP) - Jerry Lewis raised a record $45,759,368 Monday through his annual mus­cular dystrophy telethon, despite protests from victims of the dis­ease and a White House appoin­tee.

“The American people are lis­tening, They heard me,” Lewis said as the tote board registered the new record, nearly $688,000 over a record amount setlast year.

The Muscular Dystrophy As­sociation had been concerned about breaking the 1991 telethon mark because of protests by muscular dystrophy victims.

Lewis, who has worked for years for the association, said earlier that it was important this year’s telethon collect “one dol­lar more” than last year’s tote of $45,071,857.

Last year, corporate sponsors

presented checks for an additional $65 million. This year’s figure for additional corporate donations was not immediately tabulated.

The telethon featured appear­ances by dozens of stars, includ­ing Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Liza Minnelli, Ringo Starr and others.

Association officials said about 100 million people watch the telethon annually.

Lewis kicked off the 21 1-2- hour event Sunday night with an appeal for Hurricane Andrew victims and a promise that this year’s show would be the best, despite the controversy.

Some muscular dystrophy vic­tims are critical of Lewis for an article he wrote in 1990 in which he envisioned himself as a mus­cular dystrophy victim and said the experience would make him

half a person. Others complain the telethon relies on pity.

Muscular dystrophy is a chronic disease characterized by the wast­ing away of muscles. It afflicts about 1 million Americans.

In Los Angeles, about 20 people, many in wheelchairs, protested outside a television station broadcasting the show Sunday.

“Thedisabilityrights movement and the telethon p ity parade are on a head-on collision course,” said Marta Russell, who said people with disabilities want work, not charity or pity.

But Jack Epling, also in a wheelchair outside the station, defended Lewis. “He works for us, he works for the young people and the generation to come, for a cure. I don’t know what else you can askofthemanbutthat,’’Epling said.

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Monday’S Games No games scheduled

Pacific League=W L T Pet. GB

Seibu 68 37 2 .648Kintetsu 55 42 6 .567 9Orix 48 ' 56 4 .462 19{Nippon Ham 48 57 2 .457 20Daiei 47 59 1 .443 21 {Lotte 46 61 1 .430 23Monday’s Games Daiei 8, Seibu 2 Lotte 8, Orix 3

Brewers.. c°m|nueti fro™ page 12Erickson struggled in the early

innings, twice working out of bases-loaded, one-out jams by inducing double-play grounders. Rick Aguilera got the final four outs for his 37th save.

Tim Leary (6-8) held the Twins hitless through 3 2-3 innings but couldn’thalt the Mariners’ losing streak, which reached five games.Cardinals Nip Expos 8-7 Bernard Gilkey’s solo homer leading off the 10th inning gave the SL Louis Cardinals an 8-7 victory over the Montreal Expos on Monday.

The Expos, who have lost three straight, remained four games behind Pittsburgh in the NL East.

Gilkey lined a 2-0 pitch from John Wetteland (3-4) over the left-field fence in Montreal for his fifth homer of the season.

Bryn Smith (1-0) pitched one inning for the win and Lee Smith pitched the 10th for his 38th save.

The Cardinals tied it in the ninth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Gerald Perry.

The Expos scored three runs in the eighth on Tim Laker’s RBI groundout, a wild pitch by Todd Worrell that scored Greg Colbrunn, and Marquis Grissom’s 13 th home run over the wall in left-center field.

The Cardinals scored one run

in each of the first three innings as Montreal starter Mark Gardner was shaky.

Cubs 6, Pirates 5Derrick May hit a three-run

homer on reliever Bob Patterson’s first pitch in the 11th inning and· Alex Arias went 5 for 5 in his second major league start, lead­ing Chicago over Pittsburgh.

The Cubs outhit the Pirates 21- 10, but were shut out for 7 2-3 innings by four Pittsburgh reliev­ers until May’s drive, the second first-pitch homer allowed by Patterson in as many apperances. Todd Benzinger hit a grand slam off Patterson in the Pirates’ 6-5 come-from-behind victory Friday over Los Angeles.

Stan Belinda (5-4)got into trouble in the 11 th by

allowingsinglestoRyne Sandberg and M art Grace, who had three hits apiece.

Andre Dawson bounced into a force play before Patterson re­placed Belinda and May hit his seventh homer.

Paul Assenmacher (4-2) pitched a scoreless 10th for the victory before Bob Scanlan got his 13th save despite allowing run-scor­ing singles by Jose Lind and John Wehner in the 11th.

Braves 7, Dodgers 1

John Smoltz won for the first time in amonth, setting down Los Angeles on three hits over seven innings as Atlanta won its third game in a row. The win, only Atlanta’s eighth in 18games,kept the Braves 61-2 games ahead of Cincinnati in the National League West. The Reds beat Houston 10- 0 .

Smoltz (15-10) was 0-4 in his last five starts with an ERA of 5.28 before Monday. The right­hander was 14-13 last season and 14-11 in 1990.

Smoltz struck out nine and walked five before leaving for a pinch hitter after seven innings. Mike Stanton piched the eighth and Mark Wholers pitched the ninth, allowing a run.

Reds 10, Astros 0Jose Rijo held Houston to three

hits .over seven innings as Cin­cinnati routed Houston for its fourth victory in five games.

Rijo (11-9) escaped a bases- loaded jam in the second inning by striking out Brian Williams and then retired the next eight batters in a row. He struck out six and walked four.

Greg Swindell relieved Rijo and pitched one inning while striking out two. Milt Hill pitched the final inning for the Reds.

12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY-SEPTEMBER 9,1992

SPORTSIt's all over for McEnroe

By Steve Wilstein

NEW YORK (AP) - John McEnroe needed no more con­vincing that his tennis career is over than the cannonade of shots Jim Courier whizzed past him.

Courier convinced him at the US Open on Monday with serves that nearly tore the racket out of McEnroe’s hand, with groundstrokes he couldn’t touch, with volleys he leaped at and barely reached. He convinced McEnroe with two bratal sets that exposed his lost skills at 33 and confirmed the strength and talent of the 22-year-old No. 1 player.

Courier convinced him, finally, in a tie-breaker that McEnroe had fought his hardest to reach, scrap­ping and screaming and sum­moning up all he had left, only to get blown out in a hurry. And when it ended - with Courier go­ing into the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-1) victory’and McEnroe out - he knew as well as his 20,000 fans that this might be his last match here.

Hawks beat Lions 8-2 in TokyoTOKYO (AP) - Greg “Boomer” Wells hit a tying home run and Katsuya Kishikawa belted a win­ning two-run home run in the three-run third inning as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks beat the Pacific League’s front-running Seibu Lions 8-2 at Heiwadai Monday.

Wells, formerly with the Min­nesota Twins, now has 25 hom­ers and Kishikawa has two hom­ers.

The Lions have a 9-game lead over the second-place Kintetsu Buffaloes, who were idle Mon­day.

At Kobe, the Chiba Lotte Ma­rines scored two runs with a solo home run by Max Venable and a one-run double by Takeshi Aikoh and went on to beat the Orix Bluewave 8-3.

Venable, formerly with the California Angels, has 12 homers this season.

No games were scheduled in the Central League.

Standings and results after Monday’s games:

Central LeagueW L T Pet. GB

Y akult 58 48 0 .547 _Y omiuri 60 51 0 .541 {Hanshin 56 51 1 .523 2{Hiroshima 55 53 0 .509 4T aiyo 52 59 1 .468 8 {Chunichi 45 64 0.41314

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“Oh, definitely,” said McEnroe, who won the last of his four Open titles in 1984. “This is a pretty clear indication that Jim has outplayed me, and that the top guys are clearly a step ahead of me. It is not really a difficult de­cision.

“The bottom line is just that I am not as good as the top players. I am a step below the top players.”

He is at the stage, he said, where he can’t beat Courier, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and several other top young players when they’re playing well. For McEnroe, a perfectionist who ruled tennis as No. 1 from 1981 through 1984, there is little joy in being anything but the best.

Courier, winner of the Austra­lian and French opens and a final­ist here last year, goes into the quarterfinals against the winner of Monday night’s Agassi-Carlos Costa match.

Sampras, a 6-3,1-6,1-6,6-4,6- 3 winner over Guy Forget, plays Alexander Volkov, who beat Brad Gilbert 6-2,6-4,5-7,7-6 (7-5).

In other matches, MaliVai Washington won two games Monday to reach the fourth round as he completed a 6-4,6-7 (7-2), 6-4, 6-3 victory over Henri Leconte. The match began Sun­day night but was suspended af­ter midnight by rain.

In the women’s division, Steffi Graf, the No. 2 seed, advanced to the quarters by beating Florencia Labat 6-2,6-2. Graf will play No. 5 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, a 6- 0, 6-1 winner over No. 14 Zina Garrison. Ninth-seeded Manuela Maleevá-Fragniere also made it to the quarters,, beating Carrie Cunningham 6-3,7-5.

Courier took target practice at McEnroe, pinning him on the baseline, forcing him to dash side to side and drawing groans and gasps as he lunged in vain after hard, deep shots.

McEnroe’s magic moments were rare - the occasional leaping overhead, the few drop volleys, the odd ace - and that deepened his conviction to quit.

“I don’t need any sympathy. I

feel like I am very happy with my career,” McEnroe said. “It is just one of those things. You’ve got to decide sooner or later.”

Courier wasn’ t so eager to push McEnroe into retirement.

“We’ll all miss him,” Courier said. “There’ll be other big play­ers, but not another John. Don’t get me wrong. I ’m not writing him off. I hope he keeps playing. He’s still got a lot of tennis left in him. On any given day, John can beat anybody.”

Courier, who yielded just four points in his first seven service games, was broken for the first and only time at 1-1 in the third set after breaking McEnroe. Dur­ing that first-game break, McEnroe yelled at a courtside photographer for rewinding film on his serve and complained to the umpire. The referee spoke to the photographer and ejected him after he made an obscene gesture.

If this was McEnroe’slast Open, it ended after 2 hours, 34 minutes with a forehand return by Courier that McEnroe could only plunk into the net with a backhand vol­ley.

Bad w eath er delays b alloon raceBANGOR, Maine (AP) - Unfa­vorable weather forced organiz­ers of the first trans-Atlantic balloon race to scrub a Tuesday morning launch, but crews re­mained on alert for a possible liftoffa Wednesday evening, race officials said Monday.

By Wednesday, five teams - from the United States, Britain, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands - will have been waiting four weeks for the start of the race. The winner will be the first crew to pilot its balloonacross a paved road anywhere in Europe. A second award will go to the team thathas traveled the longest distance.

Winds were too slow to allow a Monday liftoff, and weather conditions over the Atlantic and in the Bangor area were not suit­able for a launch Tuesday.

The latest launch window runs from Wednesday evening through Friday, race spokesman

John Trehy said, “but we won’t know much until local weather c o n d i t io n s c o m e t h r o u g h o n Tuesday.”

Organizers said a launch could take place anytime up to Sept. 30, but Trehy said Monday that could be extended into October.

“If the 30th of September rolls around and we have a favorable outlook for the next week, then we won’t giveup. We ’11 sit a little longer,” he said.

The flight toEuropeis expected to take three to five days. Orga­nizers canceled Monday' s launch because slow winds could have extended the trip to seven or eight days.

Tuesday would not work for the launch because of a low pres­sure system between Iceland and Scotland whichcouldhave caused a potential hazzard for balloonist landing in Europe later in the week and because of weak winds in North America.

The crews have taken the de­lays in stride, using the time to fine-tune their equipment and make sure it’s ready for liftoff, Trehy said.

“The morale of the pilots is extremely good,” he said, not­ing that crews shared pizza and beer the night before and watched some of the pre-race news accounts taped by local television stations.

Since their arrival in mid- August, the balloonists have visited a country fair, gone whitewater rafting and made several trips to the coast in the Bar Harbor area.

“They’re continually going over their equipment each day,” he said. “Tomorrow morning, there’s a classroom session and they’ll be reviewing launch procedures and inflation proce­dures.”

The two-man teams will be flying identical British-built balloons.

Brew ers down Indians 2-0Robin Yount closed within two hits of 3,000 and Cal Eldred won his sixth straight decision Mon­day as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 2-0.

In Milwaukee, Yount hit a 3-2 pitch through the hole cm the right side for a fourth-inning single off Cleveland’s Dennis Cook (5-7). Yount grounded to third in the first and lined to center in the sixth.

Eldred (7-1), who has allowed only two earned runs in his last 44 2-3 innings, gave up only four hits in seven innings. He walked four and struck out three. James Austin pitched the eighth and Doug Henry pitched the ninth for 26th save.

Greg Vaughn hit his 19th homer in the second. Yount singled in the fourth, stole second and went to third on a passed ball, scoring

on Paul Molitor’s single.Twins 4, Mariners 2 In Minneapolis, Gene Larkin

made up for a costly error with a two-run homer and a two-run double as Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak.

Larkin’s bases-loaded, one-out double off the right-field fence broke a 2-2 tie and made a winner Scott Erickson (11-10).

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Fischer h its US gov’t, Time-WarnerBy John Daniszewski

SVETI STEFAN, Yugoslavia (AP) - Bobby Fischer took a day off from the chessboard Monday, but he gave no respite to his per­ceived enemies, railing against Jews, the US government and Time-Warner Inc.

Tied 1-1 after four games in a $5 million rematch with former world champion Boris Spassky, Fischer said at a news confer­ence: “I think I’m doing quite well, considering I ’ve been blacklisted for the last 20 years by world Jewry.”

Fischer and Spassky are play­ing what the American insists is the chess world championship in this opulent Adriatic resort, defy­ing international sanctions im­posed on Yugoslavia for foment­ing war less than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Spassky, 55, is ranked as tied for 96th in the world by the Inter­national Chess Federation, and experts here say Fischer must de­feat the Russian-born French citizen soundly to bolster his claim to be still the world champion.

Fischer is unranked due to his 20-year absence.

A recluse since defeating Spassky for the world champion- shipinRejkjavik, Iceland, in 1972, Fischer’s comeback has been marked by his caustic, often con­troversial statements.

Fischer responded only to writ­ten questions, a format he has insisted on at the match.

He complained that after two years of pursuing a lawsuit against Time Inc., now Time-Wamer, for defamation of character, breach of contract and other issues, a US District Court threw it out as groundless.

“So I consider that the US gov­ernment and Time-Wamer en­tered into a criminal conspiracy to cheat me out of hundreds of millions of dollars,” Fischer said.

“In fact, they did cheat me out of hundreds of millions of dol­lars, which is the reason that I have not filed or paid my federal or California income taxes since ... 1977.”

Fischer also weighed into the controversy surrounding rap singer Ice-T, a Time-Wamer art­ist who has been accused of advo­cating the murder of policemen in the lyrics of a song.

He alleged that Time-Wamer was sending out the record “in very small, miniature body bags, which I think represent the bodies of police that they hope will be killed as the result of people pay- ■“ ̂ attention to the garbage in the

they are selling.”

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