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By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THERE is tension among the Re­publican Party members of the House of Representatives over an appropriation bill, and Rep. Ana S. Teregeyo is blaming House Speaker Diego T. Benavente for it.

Benavente, she said, is still in­sinuating that she and other Ways and Means Committee members are trying to curry favors from Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio.

Benavente, last month, said some House members who did not support his position on an override attempt have been "wined and dined" by Tenorio, who denied the allegation.

Teregeyo said Benavente is ac­cusing her and other committee members of the same thing now that the committee, which she chairs, is recommending the ap­proval of House Bill 10-224.

Critics said the bill would "le­gitimize" Tenorio' s controversial

CNMI Code, Constitution, . Covenant go on-line soon

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

NO MORE cumbersome papers. There's no need to leaf hundreds of pages. Just strike a key and click the mouse.

Legal documents such as the CNMI Constitution, Covenant, Commonwealth Code, and court decisions, will soon be available on-line, Law Revision Commission executive director Sam Th­ompson said.

"The information we will be publishing will be provided free to promote greater knowledge of the CNMI law here in the Common­weal th and elsewhere," Thompson said. "Most American jurisdic­tions, including Guam, are now publishing on-line legal informa­tion. The CNMI will be part of this trend."

The commission's electronic publishing consultant Craig Boren

I calls the site "Intra-net rather than Internet" because access will be limited to Saipan computer users.

·11 will be like a local bulletin, Thompson said. · ~·our Saipan site won't be linked to the Internet until the main off-

island telephone communications link is improved. Until then, we plan to publish the information on a separate Internet site in the states, which will permit faster transmission to users worldwide." I

Computer users will need telephone modems and Internet user software to access the commission's on-line information which will i be transmitted over telephone lines from a computer in the ~

11 Commission's office in Nauru building ~n Susupe, Thompson said. ~

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3 'Fujians' convicted By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Edward Manibusan con­victed yesterday three alleged

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members of the so-called Fujian Group for mauling a Chinese busi­nessman last May.

During the continuation of a bench trial, Manibusan found He Yuan Liu, Qiang Shi and Hong Ping Lin guilty of assault and battery charges.

Manibusan acquitted on Mon­day Liu, Shi and Lin of charges of attempted theft by extortion in the same case.

The judge found sufficient evi­dence that the three defendants indeed beat Xue Jiandong after witnesses were presented in the court during the two-day trial.

Lawyer Antonio M. Atalig, counsel for the defendants, asked three persons, including the three accused, to take the witness stand.

To rebut the defense's wit­nesses', Assistant Atty. Gen.

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line-item veto of the fiscal year 1996 budget bill.

But according to Teregeyo, the

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bill would "put CNMI's finances into order. It's not to please the governor. No, that's a very wrong

impression. I <lo not work here to please anybody."

The bill, introduced last April, has yet to be discussed on the House floor because, Teregeyo said, Benavente and House Ma­jority Leader Pete P. Reyes op­pose the proposed law.

"Why won't the speaker give the committee this opportunity?"' she said. "We've done our work and it is only fair that I ask the speaker to put the bill on floor."

'Heated' In an interview yesterday

shortly after a "tension-filled" and "heated" House leadership meet­ing, Benavente admitted that the

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US District Court prevents sale of Lasco boss' assets on Saipan

By Rick Alberto VarietyNews Staff

AN employer ordered by theDivi­sion of Labor to pay almost $500,00'.) to several Filipino work­ers has been restrained by the Dis­trict Cpurt from selling his assets onSaipan.

The temporary restraining order issued Monday by District Judge Alex R. Munson also prohibited Jonah D. Vandergriff, owner of Lasco Manpower Services, from transferringhispropertytothePhil­ippines where he is believed to have flee!. ·

The TRO is in effect for IO days starting from the day the order was filed at the Clerk's Office.

The assets covered by the order in­. elude the employer's motor vehicle, a Cherokee; personal effects; office

· equipment and supplies; oxygen tanks and accessories; and other unspecified ·goods.

Vandergriff also is the subject of a complaint in the District C?urt filed by nineFilipinoemployees, namely Maria Elena Bautista, Adelaida de la Cruz, EduardoGrupo,Placido Manalo, Rob­ert Saavedra,'.Zenaida Espinosa, Anto­nioPascual,Arthur Bisnarand Stephen Dolino. ·

They sued Vandergriff for damages after they were allegedly evicted from the barracks following their filing of a labor case over their $100 monthly housing fee.

According to Munson, he found that an "immediate and irreparable in jury' loss, or dan1age will result to plaintiffs before defendant Vandergriff or his attorney can be heard in opposition to the motion (seeking the TRO)."

Munson also said that the "poten­tial damage to plaintiffs would be irreparable" and that he was con­vinced the TRO motion was based on a "meritorious claim."

· Vandergriff had earlier been found by the labor division to be a "major violator· of the labor law" and "abuser of contract workei;s."

Lasco was pennanently barred bythedivisionfromemployingnon­resident workers.

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Poll: Clinton maintains lead over Dole Perot

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Republi­can Bob Dole trails President Clinton by 15 poinL, among likely voters for theNovemberelectionandRossPerot has dropped further behind the two. according to the latest ABC News Nightline poll.

Clinton led Dole 53 percent to 38 percent with Perot's rating down to 5 percent, according to the survey, conducted Wednes­day through Sunday by the news organization.

There wa, little change from a

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Sept 4 ABC poll that had Clinton with 51 percent, Dole with 40 percent and Perot with 7 percent. In fact, the results match the average of the last five ABC or ABC-Washington Post polls.

·'Jt'sa veiystablerace," said Gary Langer, ABC's senior polling ana­lyst.

In polls since Al!g. 27, Clinton has averaged 52 percent, Dole 38

· percent. Perot hasn't been in the 10 percent range since mid-August.

Among registered voters in the new survey, the gap between Clinton and

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The polls were conducted among a random national sample of 1,027 Americans, including 775 registered voters and 640 likely voters.

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US limited in helping Kurds, says President

By JOHN DIAMOND WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi­

dent Clinton said the United States is trying to help anyone who needs to escape the fighting in northern Iraq, but "our ability to control internal events in Iraq is limited."

Other U.S. officials said Mon­day that only Western govern­ment and relief officials were be­ing evacuated from northern Iraq, where ethnic Kurds have raised fears of severe Iraqi reprisals, in­cluding summary executions, against anyone suspected of sym­pathizing with opposition Kurds or the United States.

The situation prompted a re­buke from Clinton's Republican challenger, Bob Dole.

"In Iraq as in Bosnia, the Clinton administration should be careful about making claims of success that events on the ground may not substantiate, and about giving assurances that it is unable or unwilling to fulfill," Dole said. "The credibility of the United States is at stake."

White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Dole's criticism was misplaced.

"The former senator is unfortu­nately attempting to make poli­tics out of an international crisis," McCurry told reporters. He said Clinton had never asserted that his Iraq strategy was designed to end the fighting in northern Iraq. The intent, McCurry said, was to further limit Saddam's ability to

threaten his Gulf neighbors. Clinton, speaking to reporters

at an Oval Office photo opportu­nity' declined to confirm reports that the fighting in the region had scattered Iraqi Kurds and others working with the CIA to destabi­lize Saddam.

The Washington Post reported Monday that about 200 Iraqi Ar­abs who belong to the U.S.-fi­nanced Iraqi National Congress are holed up at a mountain resort, fearful that the United States has abandoned them since Saddam's forces captured the city of Irbil eight days ago.

The Washington Post reported in its Tuesday editions that more than 100 Iraqi dissidents and mili­tary officers associated with a CIA-financed effort to topple Saddam were arrested and ex­ecuted last June after Iraqi secu­rity agent, penetrated the group known as the Iraqi National Ac­cord.

About 200 Iraqi Arabs who belong to another U.S.-financed group, the Iraqi National Con­gress, meanwhile were holed up at a mountain resort with U.S .. officials making clear they have no intention of helping to rescue or evacuate them, according to the Post.

The National Congress mem­bers were sent into hiding after Saddam's forces captured the Kurdish city of Irbil eight days ago.

Whitewater figure led off to jail for not cooperating

By JAMES JEFFERSON LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) - Keeping her word not to cooper­ate with prosecut9rs, a fonner Whitewater business partnerofB ill Clinton was Jed away to jail Mon­day, denying she was trying to protect the president with her si­lence.

Susan McDougal spent 7 1-2 hours in a federal court lockup before she was put in a van in shackles and handcuffs to be taken to the Faulkner County jail, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) away.

A federal judge cited her for contempt last week for refusing to answer questions about Clinton before a federal grand jury. and gave her until Monday to change her mind. Mrs. McDougal, 41, could be held for up to I l-2 years but could be released immedi­ately if she relents and agrees to testify.

''I'm so angry that they hold themselves out to be so full of integrity, so above reproach," Mrs. McDougal, speaking outside the federal courthouse, said of Whitewater prosecutors. "They will do anything.

There's nothing they won't do" to get the Clintons.

Mrs. McDougal was convicted May 28 of obtaining in 1986 a fraudulent $ 300,000 loan, some of which went toward the pur­chase of land for the Whitewater venture. She was sentenced to two years in prison, beginning Sept. 30.

Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton have not been charged in the Whitewater case, but the president ·s opponents have tried to use the scandal to raise doubts about Clinton· s integrity. The case does not appear to have had much of an impact on his re­election campaign - polls show he maintains a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Bob Dole

Mrs. McDougal reiterated Mon­day that she was refusing to coop: erate for her own reasons, and not to cover for the Clintuns.

Last week,shesaid she wouldn't testify because sh.: didn't ll'anl lo

subject hersd f tu perjury charges ii' her story conflicted with that ol' other prosecution wilncsses.

Mrs.' McDougal also insisted that she had gotten no prompting or assistance from the White House. "If the Clintons have helped me or the White House has helped me, then God help us all because I'm about to go to jail," she said.

White House lawyer Mark Fabiani said only that the White House did not prompt her decision to go to jail.

Whitewater independent coun­sel Kenneth Starr's office has de­nied Mrs. McDougal' s allegation that she was offered a deal to in­criminate the president and Mrs. Clinton.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan WchhcrWright found Mrs. McDougal in contempt for refusing to m1swer questions from the Whitewater grand jury.

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MHS students ask Torres, Tenorio

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By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

IMPATIENT students of Marianas High School are asking Education Commissioner Will­iam Torres: Whatever happened to$ I million for the gyrn project? Why don't we have the gym yet?

About 120 MHS students wrote to Torres and Gov. Froilan. C. Tenorio expressing their disap­pointment over the continued de­lay in the completion of the $1.8 million project which was expectedly available two years ago.

During last week's meeting of the Board of Education, Torres

Froilan. C. Tenorio

said additional funding is needed to complete the construction.

The $ I million initial funding for the project was donated by a Japanese firm.

Also during the meeting, Torres said the Public School System had to order the suspension of construction activities "so it could concentrate on Tinian High School project." Construction work resumed recently. The project is being undertaken by B&R Construction.

One student asked Torres: "Why did you have to be the cause of delay?"

Another student wrote: "Where

did the rest of the $1 million go? I mean, the gym being built ( does not seem to) worth $1 million."

A letter from freshman student B.D. Hernandez reads: "We re­ally need the gym fixed because we' re suffering out here in the sun."

Excerpts from another letter read: "This year is my first year at MHS. Everything looks so new. ... but our gym looks so ugly. ... Please explain to us why the gym is not finished yet."

Physical Education teacher Robert Richardson personally delivered yesterday two sets of letters, one to Torres and another to Tenorio. Each set is one-inch thick.

"After reading that article in the paper, the students came up with those questions and com­ments," Richardson said, refer­ring to an earlier report in the Variety.

Richardson said his P .E. classes are being held in the school ground or under the tree.

"We have no facility for P .E. There is no safe place to hold our classes. Much as the students want to go to their next class feeling confident and clean, there's no­where to shower," Richardson said.

Hopwood principal raises alarm on smoking, drinking students

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

HOPWOOD Junior High prin­cipal David Borja calls the at­tention of proper authorities to store owners violating laws that prohibit the sale of alcohol and cigarets to minors.

Borja said several Hopwood students come to school smok­ing and reeking of alcohol.

"Just last week, Hopwood had to call the Department of Public Safety to escort several young boys and girls for being under the influence of alcohol." Borja said. "Another incident involved

a male student who obtained his false courage and was threaten­ing and fighting other boys be­cause he was drunk."

When the boys were asked, Borja said, they told police inves­tigators that they were the ones who bought the alcohol and cigarets·.

Describing the problem as "very serious," Borja called on any proper agency to look into the matter.

"I am concerned that there are adult members of our community who willfully violate our public laws for profit by selling or fur-

nishing our students tobacco or cigaret products and alcoholic beverages," the principal said ..

Borja said the store owners need to review 6 CMC section 3110 which prohibits sale of cigarets to individuals who are under 15; and4CMCDivision 5 which prohibits sale of alcoholic drinks to individuals under 21.

Borja said he has warned store owners that they may be violat­ing tobacco and cigaret laws, but failed to get their cooperation.

Borja is urging the parents to take the lead in filing a proper complaint against the vendors.

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Torres refused to comment on the letters.

"We would rather work on this project than say anything. I've explained everything during the board meeting," Torres said.

PSS facility specialist Lyle Bicknel said structural problems are among the causes of delay. But solutions , he added, "have been developed."

"We want to make sure this

facility is safe and strong enough to withstand any calamity~" Bicknel said.

In a memorandum to education officials, Bicknel said the con­tractor and all other parties in­volved in the project "believe that opening the gym by June (1997) was a realistic goal, but one that would require a cooperative and concerted effort by all parties in­volved."

P. E. teacher Robert Richardson holding the students' letters he person­ally delivered yesterday to Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio and PSS Commis­sioner William Torres.

Anti-bar exemption bill goes to governor

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News .Staff

THE BILL that would remove the exemption from bar examinations given to certain government law­yers now goc·s to Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio for signing.

House Bill 10-154 was unani­mously passeu by the Senate late last month without amendments.

The bill, introduced by Rep. Os­car M. Babauta (R-Saipan), is strongly surponcd by Rep. Stanley T. Torres ( lnd.-Saipan) who has accused forrni.:r attorney general Seb:1stia11 Aloot of "milking the ,ystl'lll amJ th.: gowrnmcnt."

Aloot \\'as recently sworn into the CNMI bar even without taking the bar examination.

The current Jaw exempts from taking the CNMl bm examination any attornl'y who h,1s worked for the CNM l government for twl>con­secuti vc years, is licensed to prnc­ticc law in any United States state, tcITi tory < 1r posscssil lll. and has p1:1c­ticed law !'or at least ti \'C years.

Torres. in an inll'rview yc:ster-

day, said he hopes the governor would sign the bill, which he said ··would be the best thing that could happen to the CNMI government."

Torres said the current exemp­tion is unfair to the other lawyers who have to take the bar examina­tions.

Asked ifhe·s getting "persona\" with A\oot, Torres said "No, l don't work that way. rm just doing my job. I saw a discrepancy and a weakness _i,n tpe system so I want it corrected.

He said most of the attonwvs who have worked for the 0 ovc~-

'"' ment for at least two years applied for exemption to go into private practice.

But in Alom's case, "he's still working for the govemmt:nt as part time consultant for the gowrnor," Torres said.

Aloot. in an earlier interview, said he became a member of the CNMI bar through lawful mc:rns.

He said three members of the CNMI Supreme Court signed his waiver, as the law authorizes.

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')R'41 rrtcnana~ by: John DelRosario

Is sec a representative business organuation TI-IE PRIVATE sector has seen phenomenal economic growth beyond every ,~1..<;onable eXPfftation despite the NMI being a resowi.:e-poor archipelago.

Ths growth came about tluuugh institutional arrangements, investment~ from economies of scale in East Asia complimented by conducive investment policies here.

lfranklydonotl11owhowmuchofaroletheSaipanChamberofCommerceplayed in this rrrowth or in the economic boom of the late eighties. This is the business or11an~tion that claims to be the "Voice of Busine,s" here who "plays a significant role in the economic development of Saipan .... " It is the elite organization that "monitorsthepulseofbusincss climate and shapes the business community". At least this is what its 1995-96 Director says.

Perhaps we can give this organization credence forplaying "a significant role in the economic development of Saipan" during its first ten years of existence. It was headed by people with vision and commitment to ensure that indigenous businesses have participatory roles in the collective forging of a strong economic foundation.

The SCC' s I 995-96 director says the organization has a membership of 125 businesses. Out of this nwnber, only 21 are indigenous businessmen. Now, there are 1,844 licensed businesses here of which 761 are wholly owned by the indigenous people. How then can the SCC claim to be the "Voice ofBusiness" ifit only has 125 of some 1,844 businesses here?

Furthennore, there have emerged other business organizations here, including the Korean Cham'cerof Commerce, the Chinese Association of Saipan; the Japan Travel Association and I have the suspicion that there might be organized an indigenous business association. The emergence of an entirely separate business organizations boggles the mind whatever happened to the "Voice of Business".

Perliaps the SCC has caught a massive flu, its vision blurred of its self-importance, incapable of lifting a fmger to discern what must have gone wrong with its stated purpose and goal to '·monitorthe pulse of the business cliniateand shapes the business community". Something is wrong is this equation and all roads seem to converge on an out-of-shape sec leadership snuggling to guard its credibility as the "Voice of Business''.

If the SCC disagrees, then it must look iL,;elf in the mirror and ask the obvious question: Whatever happened to the l, 719 licensed businesses who haven't joined? Or perhaps there's the greater question about Korean businessmen who decided to fom1 their own cham'cer of commerce? 1vlind you, the business community here is comprised of Americans (we few loud mouths who hail from a complaint culture), Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Okinawans, Indians, Thailanders, Chamorros and Carolinians. If a majority of them hold membership in the SCC, only then can this organization reasonably claim to be a representative body of the business community here. Definitely, the sec needs to reassess what is it that keeps out others from joining what has been perceived as an elitist business organization. There's a hell ofa lot of room for improvement in this department.

Despondency and Confusion It was a rainy Friday evening. The dark and fearful clouds hovering over

the island blinded the usually colorful sunset in the Philippine Sea. Traffic was awfully slow as news from Power 99 broke of the second US attack on Iraqi troops in Irbil.

As I head up the gravel road at As Terlaje Hill, my spirit was darkened by the thou2:ht of killing innocent Iraqi citizens-women and children-all in the nam; of US interest on middle-eastern oil deposits. I find it senseless !.!oin!.! after a stubborn dictator named Sadam Hussein. ~ J q:1izzed myself whether justice would be served the innocent victims of a war that has eone on for several years now. As though it isn't enough to 1·iew i'oota!.!e o~ CNN news on the hardship imposed upon innocent torJdlcrs 11 ho can't be treated for serious illnesses as a result of sanctions imposerJ upon their country by the US and allied nations.

As l cleared the muddy As Terlaje Hill, there's the late John Lennon's "hce as a Bird"'on FM 103. l turnerJ it up and listened to the beautiful music that he composed before he fell victim to an c1.ssassin's hu\let. Perhaps it was an apprnpriare music in the sense that it lifted my spirit as thoughts of innocent victims fly freely into the heavens to meet their Creator. I quietly protested the nmnner that they died-someone wanted control of middle­eastern oil-and so they too must go. But it must be a great feeling soaring high into the heavens '"Free as a Bird". Don't fret, we'd all be going that way soon, too.

As I cruised down the main thoroughfare at Koblerville, Tinian was hardly visible from the rJark clouds that somehow fastforwarded a long hard day at the office. Yes, I could envision the Enola Gay taking off to Hiroshima and !\agasaki some fifty years ago to inflict the deathly and diabolical blows of the A-Bomb, again, to thousands of innocent people. I can't stomach the fact that it was on Tinian where the most deadly weapon was loaded which brought Imperial Japan to its knees. Indeed, it made history but a painful history, its effects of which still lingers today in the form of a deathly ,II people so adversely affected by radiation. . .

The term radiation had this scribe revisiting a trip l took to Bikini, Ron!.!elap and Utirik in the Republic of the Marshall ls lands in 1974 with the Ato~ic Energy Commission. It reversed my lifted spirit right back to the pits of despondence and confusion.

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Resentment is compounding daily at FDIC WASHINGTON - The nation stop bank regu­lators are once again fretting over a ticking time bomb.

A confidential report on workplace violence at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has found that downsizing at the agency "has created an environment with a high potential for workplace violence."

The February 1996 study, conducted by the California based Workplace Violence Research Institute, recommended that "(safety) training commence immediately and that basic procedures be implemented before layoffs begin in late spring."

'There is no coordinated system for reporting and tracking ofincidents" the report states. "How­ever, almost every site has anecdotally reported less-than lethal violent incidents, 'near misses,' harassment, intimidation, threats, assaults, em­ployees with guns in the workplace, bomb threats and other occurrences."

Dennis Geer, FDIC's chief operating officer, told us the agency has "taken a whole series of steps" to beef up security, including mandatory workplace safety training for all supervisors.

Layoffs at the FDIC have been the talk of the agency for months. More than 900 employees have accepted buy out packages of six months' salary plus health benefits. Even so, thousands of employees are expected to lose their jubs in the near future.

Such downsizing is the price that the agency is paying for success. ln the late 1980s and early 1990s, agency staff levels swelled as a rash of bank failures brought the industry to the brink of collapse .

With banks healthier today than they've been in decades, however, fewer regulators are needed. Bank consolidation has alsu left the agency with fewer institutions to oversee.

Agency employees have also heen dcalt a bluw by the successful clean-up of the savings-and­loan debacle. The FDIC was forced to absorb 2,264 employees from the Resolution Trust Corp. when the thrift clean-up agency shut clown Jan. 1. By law 900 of those workers could not be laid off for at least one year.

"You have all these people coming hack to the FDIC who never worked there."' One agency i11sicler complains. "That's created a lot of resent­ment."

The FDIC has already reduced irs s1alT consid­erably from its peak of 15,00lh:mployccs in 1992. But it still must shed about 3,500 workers to reach its "target'' staffing level of 6,800 employees.

After interviewing hundreds of agency employ­ees, the report's authors found several common threads among workers' complaints:

-'Frustration over the bureaucracy' and diffi­culty in getting timely and accurate information about decisions that will affect them."

--'Widespread distrust of local and headquar-ters management."

- 'Denial that layoffs through non-renewal of contracts and reductions-inforce will actually take place, usually accompanied by false hope that there will be a reprieve . "

UNDER THE DOME-It hasn't taken long for freshman Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., to earn a reputation as one of the biggest windbags on Capitol Hill.

A popular local sportscaster before entering politics in 1991, Hayworth was asked to be the public address announcer for last month's con­gressional baseball game between Democrats and Republicans a charity event sponsored by Roll Call newspaper.

The players take the game seriously, practicing for weeks before the big event. When the Demo­crats' starting pitcher, Rep. Melvin Watt, D-N.C.,. heard that Hayworth would be in the broadcast booth, he immediately f1ashed back to bst years ~arne. - It seems Hayworth had a nasty habit or talking throughout the game, even while ;.ll'tic111 is taking place on the fidd. Fearing his cnncentratiun would be disturbei.l, Watt asked his manager, Rep. Martin Olay Sabel. D-Minn., to relay a message to Hayworth to keep quiet during pitches.

But Hayworth couldn't help himsdL /\s Watt was in his wind-up, Hayworth let go with a sarcas­tic barb about the shape or Watt"s congressional district-an oddly shaped black-majority district that's been the subject nr a Supreme Cuurl chal­lenge. Clearly offended, Walt paused in rhe n1iddk of his wir,d-up to glare up at the brc,adeast booth.

'lt didn't have anything to do with what he said," Watt told us the next day. I just didn't think he should be talking during pitches .... His whole notion is, Tm the center ur atten­tion in this game.' If he wanted to he the center of attention, he should put on a damn uniform and play."

Hayworth says his comment was ··not an insult directed at Mel. We got a call saying, ·wc·J appreciate it if you wouldn't talk like you did last year.' That's tine. I don't sec the big deal."'

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Rota. Tinian senators to FHA:

Islands should be given share of highway funds

Paul A. Manglona

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

A PORTION of the $22 million federal highway funds allotted for the CNMI should be given to Rota and Tinian, senators from the two islands said.

In a Sept. 5 letter to the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) Hawaii office, the senators said Tinian and Rota have highways comparable to those on Saipan, which qualified for FHA funds.

The letter was signed by Rota Sens. Paul A. Manglona, Eusebio A. 1-locog and Ricardo S. Atalig, and by Tinian Sens. David M. Cing, Henry DLG. San Nicolas and Esteven M. King.

They said the "disparity in treat­ment" should be corrected for Tinian and Rota to improve their primary roads.

For the next seven years, the $22 miliion are to be used to pay

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a contract awarded to the South Korean companies World Corp. and Dong Bu.

The companies signed an agree­ment with the CNMI government last year to finance the improve­ment of Saipan roads.

However, the senators said the contract was awarded without leg­islative appropriation or approval.

"Should a measure come be­fore the Senate to appropriate all federal highway funds to Saipan, to the exclusion of Tinian and Rota it will fail," they said.

Manglona, in an interview yes­terday, said they are not trying to derail the World Corp./Dong Bu contract.

"That's the last thing we want to do," he said. "We just want to ask FHA to expand the contract because we think (Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio) did not consider the people of Tinian and Rota in his

David M. Ging

effort to get the funds." Cing, in an earlier letter to FHA,

said the agreement the CNMI en­tered into with the federal gov­ernment and World Corp./Dong Bu may lead to complications for the eNMI.

He said under the agreement with the federal government and World eorp./Dong Bu, the CNMI government would provide the required funding for the seven­year road improvement project if Congress fail to appropriate for it.

But the on! y way that the CNMI could guarantee such funding is through legislative appropriation which has not been made, Cing said.

"How can (FHA)enterinto such an agreement without the approval of the Legislature, and ... what hap­pens if the funding for highways is not made in a specific fiscal year."

'Maturana benefit concert' slated LT GOVERNOR Jesse Borja re­ceived a ticket from Maturana Ben­efit Concert officials . The Legends in Concert will feature Philippine superstars including the "Ambassa­dor of Songs" Bobby Ganz.ales, "ElvisPresley"ChitoBertol, "Doris Day" Vergie Panganiban, "Johnny Mathis" Allan Castro, and "Ricky Nelson" Titus Santiago. ·

The Legends in Concert will be held at the Garapan Central Parle

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MMB Foundation Tickets are $10 for a raffle which will be held at the Garapan Central Park Sunday, Sept. 22nd are also being sold. Grand prize for the mftle is $10,000.

Sponsors of the concert are : Cannen Safeway Enteipriscs, Inc.,

Continental Micronesia, Dollar­Rent-A-Car, Hula Girl Ice Cream, J.C. Tenorio Enterprises, Marfan Enterprises, Marianas Variety, Micro! Corporation, Pacificlslands Club,SablanShop&Save, Triple] Sablan, Inc, and World Tour & Travel.

Proceeds of the concert and raffle will help complete construction of the Sai pan retirement facility for the MercedarianMissionariesofBeniz.

Shown above are Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz (MMB) Maturana Foundation President JM Guerrero (background) and Vice President Clarence Tenorio (I) handing tickets to Lt. Governor Borja.

Legislature to take up UMDA, Kan Pacific, PIC land leases

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

11-IESENATEandtheHouseofRep­resentatives will hold a joint session later this week to vote on the proposed land lea';Cextensions ofUMDA, Kan Pacific and Pacific Island Club (PIC).

The House Natural Reso=Com­mittee Chairman Manuel A Tenorio (R-Saipan)saidhehasrecommended approval for the extensions.

UMDA, in October of last year, signed a 25 year revised lea~ agree­ment with a 15-yearextensionoption.

UMDA has applied for the 15 lea~ extension that includes a proposed country club resort at Marpi.

UMDA's rental schedule for the first five years is pegged at $424,080

Fujians . .. ~ontinued from page 1 James Norcross allowed to testify a record custodian of the Com­monwealth Health Center, two eyewitnesses, and the victim's wife.

The filing of charges of at­tempted theft by extortion, and assault and battery stemmed from

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PJC's 15-ycar lca-;e extension in­chides provisions on the con,truction of a third building to add 90 rooms to the hotel.

For Kan Pacific's lease extension, Tenorio said his committee wanls to increase the company's rent on the 26th yearfrom$ l 4,657 plus 3 percent of the gross, to an annual $250,CXXJ or 3 percent of the gross whichever is greater.

Tenorio said committee members "felt the proposed change fairly com­pares to other leases of similar land uses."

an incident in Garapan when the three defendants beat Jiandong who allegedly refused to give them '"protection money."

Introducing thcmsel ves as gang members. the suspects asked for $1,500 from Jiandong for the latter's "protection.··

When the businessman n:fused. the three mauled him. court infor­mation showed.

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A chelechad loldubech ra Johnson Toribiong ma Kione lsechal el mo President ma Vice-President er Belau a mengemedaol ra rokui el chad er Belau el kiei ra CNMI el mera tokubets longdibel el morngii ra Sandei (Sunday) el Truich ma im (5) Kebesengil chelchal Longetiu el Buil (September) el morngii ersel Central Park Round House el ngara Garapan. A taem a Suelb (12:00 noon) el mo lmuut ra Elolm el Klock ma Tedobech (6:30 p.m.). A rokui el chad er Belau a kmal longtiall el mete remenges a kelmechir ma keikak er tirkal Kohosia. Alii kom kmal chioll er rokui.

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Carolinians to mark Chief Aghurubw Day

By Mar-Vic C. Munar

Variety News Staff CAROLINIANS and Chan10rros willmarkthc26thannualcommemo­ration of Chief Aghurubw, a tribe leader from theislandofSatawal who founded the first village on Saipan.

TI1e commemoration of the Caro­linian tribe leader will officially open the week-long celebration of the Carolinian Heritage Week, which will run from Sept. 21 to 28.

A feast will be held on Managaha island, where the founding tribe leader was believed to have been buried in the early part of 19th century.

A series of workshops on Carolin­ian language will highlight this ye.1r' s observance of the Carolinian Heri­tage Week, said Jesus Elamcto, ex­ec-utive director of Carolinian Affairs Office.

"The holding of these workshops is aimed at promoting and preserv­ing the Carolinian language and culture. We are inviting every­body to sign up for the work­shop," Elameto said.

A series of workshops is sc~ed­uled from Sept. 23 to 27, starting at9:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. They will be held at the Carolinian Utt.

Other activities slated for the heri­tage observance include culrural en­tertainment, battle of the bands, sing­ing contests, poster-making contests, television forum, and "inspirational" speeches from fonnerandincumbent Commonwealth officials.

Jesus Efameto

'"This is the first time that we· re making all past and present officials deliver inspirational speeches," Elameto said.

The Carolinian heritage celebra­tion is part of the observance of the Culrural Heritage Month.

September wac; proclaimed Cul­tural Heritage Month,

1bis ye.1r' s theme is Na 'la '/a, Na manta ywz Na oppan i Kuaum-ta

(To Promote, Expand and Pre­serve Language and Culture.)

"Our indigenous culture is part of the island's attractiveness and chann, so it is appropriate to set aside a particular time for display­ing it," states the proclamation signed Aug. 29 by acting Gov. Jesus Borja

The first week of September was devoted to Chamorros.

Japanese tourist hurt in struggle vs snatcher

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A JAPANESE tourist was injured when she struggled against a snatcher who reportedly grabbed her handbag in Susupe Monday nighL

The 25-year-old tourist suffered lacerations in both elbows and knees, public safety information officer P02 Arnold K. Seman said yesterday.

Seman said investigation showed that while the woman was walking near the Marianas Clean­ers with two other female tourists, a male person who came from behindsuddenlygrabbedherhand­bag.

The victim was dragged several feet away, causing her injuries as

I she held her handbag tightly. When she lost grip of her prop-

erty, the victim tried to chase the snatcher who managed to escape.

The tourist said the handbag contained a wallet, camera and 1

jewelry. The police described the sus­

pect as dark complexioned, about five feet tall, with short hair, and wearing a red T-shirt and black pants.

In other police report, an uni­dentified person/s reportedly stole a Macintosh computer from an office at the Juvenile Detention Unit in Kaginan between Sunday I

and Monday. • In Susupe, the two ropes for the ;

two flags at Joeten-Kiyu Library I

were reportedly stolen Monday morning.

The incident was discovered when a libl"'dl)' personnel wa, sup­posed to raise the flags. ·

English as a second language classes set ENGLISH as a Second Language classes will be offered on Tues­day evenings from 6:30 to· 8:00 p. m. beginning on September I 0th at Immanuel United Methodist Church.

Three classes are available for anyone who would like to im­prove his English communication skills. The classes are: Pre-con­versation, Conversation One, and Conversation Two. These are be­ginning to intennediate levels of conversation and are suited for

non-English speakers as well as students who have basic conver­sational skills.

Anyone who is interested is welcome .to participate in the classes. The.cost for each class is $5.00. Student should bring their own notebook and pen.

Immanuel United Methodist Church is located on As Lito Road just south of the Koresko Resort Club. For more information, call the church (235-7777) and leave a message.

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Business news

Shell buys Exxon Guam assets AG ANA, Guam-Shell Guam, Inc. yesterday announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Esso Eastern, Inc. Guam Branch, which markets products on Guam under the Exxon name.

David O'Brien, President of Shell Guam, Inc., said the ac­quisition is part of Shell's strategy to establish Guam as a regional hub for its business in Micronesia.

"We're looking forward to strengthening our competitive position and serving local communities better, said 0' Brien in a press release.

0' Brien also said many of the Exxon employees will be

Guerrero guests on tonight's Jon Anderson Live

Edward Guerrero

THE DEPARTMENT of Public Works will be in the spotlight on KMCV 7 this evening. On the slate are such issues as the legis­lative bill which earmarks 10 mil­lion dollars for the closing of the Puerto Rico Dump, the re-paving of the road through Tanapag, and the planned phase 2 of the Tinian High School project. The Secre­tary of the Department of Public Works, Edward Guerrero, will tackle these issues and be taking your calls and questions. on tonight's Jon Anderson Live.

Jon Anderson Live is a talk show where viewers can call in with their comments and ques­tions on the issues that matter in the CNMI. Jon Anderson Live airs every Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. on KMCV Channel 7.

WSR PTA meeting WILLIAM S. Reyes Elemen­tary School is proud to inform you that we hold our first PT A meeting on Thursday, Septem­ber 12, 1996 at 6:00 p.m. in the school's cafeteria.

The agenda .is as follows: introduction of teachers and staff; election of '96-97 offic­ers and other concerns.

All parents and guardians are urged to come and attend our school's PT A meeting.

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retained. "The quality of Exxon's network and its people helped support this decision and will ensure a smooth transition."

Shell will acquire fourteen Exxon service stations which includes ten convenience stores, the Cabras terminal and LPG storage facilities on Guam.

Shell Guam is part of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies and together with its sister company, Shell Com­pany (Pacific Islands) Ltd., currently operates seven ser­vice stations on Guam, five on Saipan and six in Palau. It is involved on Guam in petro­leum marketing and storage and LPG. Shell Company (Pa­cific Islands) Ltd. operates

David O'Brien

throughout the Pacific. Other details of the purchase

agreement: •Shell will acquire Exxon's

assets on Guam which in-

eludes Exxon's Ca bras termi­nal and the LPG storage fa­cilities, 14 retail service sta­tion including IO convenience stores.

•Shell services stations on Guam will increase from 7 to 21. Shell operates 5 retail ser­vices stations in Saipan and 6 in Palau.

•Shell's acquisition of Exxon's assets fits well with Shell's strategy to strengthen its competitive position on Guam, and to establish Guam as a regional hub for its busi­ness in Micronesia.

•Supply of fuel into Guam will not be affected.

•There is no intent to close any retail service stations and Shell will maintain relation­ships with Exxon dealers.

•There are over 340 people employed, either directly or iridirectly, by Shell and Exxon. We expect approximately 95% to be retained by Shell. Exxon will provide a separation and out-placement program for Exxon employees who do not accept positions with Shell.

• Exxon will continue opera­tions unfil the hand over is complete around the end of the year. Customers and cus­tomer service are important to both Shell and Exxon. Plans are in place to ensure contin­ued customer satisfaction dur­ing the transition from Exxon to Shell.

For more information, con­tact David O'Brien at Shell Guam at tel (671 )647-0000 or fax (671 )649-4353.

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Misuari remarks irk Palace EVEN Malacanang was irritated by the impolite and hostile language used by Moro National Liberation Front Chainnan Nur Misuari in attacking hard-line opposers of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD).

Executive Secretary Ruben Torres, Misuari' s college buddy and contact man at thePalace,advisedtheMNLFchieftaintotonedownhistiradesagainstSPCPDfoes and to stop playing psychiatrist

Misuari was quoted in media reports as saying the widowed Rep. Ma. Clara Lobregat (Zamboanga City), one of the SPCPD's staunchest critics was "feeling isolated and desperate."

He added that "a woman is not normal without a man." Torres called on Misuari to be circumspect in engaging in verbal tassles with his critics saying he "should evaluate and study the effect of what he is saying."

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Residents seek ban on mining firm MARINDUQUE residents want the government to keep Marcopper Mining Corp., from operating again in their province, according to a Mogpog town councilor.

Allowing the mining farm to operate agan would result in more deaths, Angeles told participants of the forum sponsored by the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center.

She added that some residents, including herself contracted goiter due to exposure to Marcopper mine wastes.

Local government officials including those from the Department ofEnviron­ment and Natural Resources, she added, had been mum about the issue on whether to allow Marcopper to operate again. The Mani/a Times

MNLF forces to join RP military A TOT AL of 5,750 Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members will be integrated into the Anned Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with 250 going to the auxiliary services, Defense Sec. Renato S. de Villa said last Monday.

In a breakfast forum, De Villa told Cebu businessmen that the beginning, the MNLF units will be distinct from AFP units.

He added that within the transition period, the MNLF men would be organized into separate units, trained and deployed primarily in the ARMM.

"When mutual confidence is developed, individual members of these separate units will be gradually integrated into the regular AFP units until there is no longer any separate unit and there is no longer any distinction between the two groups," De Villa said.

The defense chief is confident the integration of MNLF men into the AFP would be accomplished in two years. Slandald

Ramos wants APEC systems ready soon PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos inauguarated last Saturday the APEC Cen­ter for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises (ACTETSME), the first joint venture of the member econo­mies of the APEC.

In a speech during the opening of the center, the President said the establishment of the ACTETSME should assuage the fears of small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, that they would be eased out by big businesses as the world steps into the era of a borderless international trade.

"Ninety percent of enterprises in tlie APEC region are small enter­prises.

They hugely contribute in expanding Apec countries' gross domestic products, investments and exports," he said. Msnl/s Bulletin

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The government on Tuesday said a chol­era outbreak in Manila which left at least six people dead is now under control.

A health department report said the number of acute dianbea cases monitored by three government hos­pitals has been declining since Sun­day, when the most recent death from cholera was reported.

Only25 severedianbeacaseswere treated Monday at the three hospitals, bringing the total to 284.

Leaking water pipes, the suspected primary cause of the outbreak, have beenrepairedandamassiveinfonna­tion campaign undertaken, the health department said

Most of the victims are from poor commu.rrities, where water pipes are often submerged in filthy canals. The capital'sagingwatersystemisknown for numerous leaks that allow easy contamination.

RP'sfamed rice terraces drying up MANil.,A, Philippines (AP) - The majestic Ifugao rice terraces, a pro­tected world cultural heritage, are drying up and farmer;; believe that giant earthwonns are the culprits, an agriculture official said Monday.

Faustino Maslan, regional direc­torof the Department of Agriculture, saidthefarmerohavereportedseeing the wonns in dried-up paddies in the terraces in Ifugao province in the northern Philippines.

1be Ifugaos are known for their woodcraftsmanship and for building the Banaue rice terraces, the world's most extensive terraces, carved through the centuries out of Ifugao' s steep mountainsides.

Philippine authorities say the pad­dies would complete half a circle around the world if linked end to end. Maslan said the farmers suspect that the wonns have been boring holes that allow water from the rain-fed paddies to dry up.

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US, Iraq pleased with 'showdown' By GEORGE GEDDA

WASHINGTON (AP) - As strategic regions go, northern Iraq is no Kuwait. It's a good distance away from the oil fields that lie under Kuwait and other Gulf countries, and when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sent his troops into Kurd country last month, there was no interna­tional clamor for retaliation.

Nothing underscored the pow­erlessness of the Kurds more than the nature of the U.S. re­sponse. President Clinton de­cided that a military strike, al­beit limited, was appropriate, lest Saddam believe he could act with the kind of impunity he had shown previously.

But Clinton struck hundreds of miles (kilometers) to the south of the Kurdish region. He ordered two U.S. cruise missile attacks on Iraq's air defense network south of Baghdad, and he extended the U.S.-imposed ,outhern "no-fly" zone north­ward about 60 miles (95 kms), almost to the outskirts of the lratJi capital.

It's an old story for the Kurds. They get sympathy but little else from the international community.

Now, a week after the Iraqi incursion and the U.S. response, both countries have largely moved to the sidelines, seem­ingly pleased with the fruits of their actions.

Iraq apparently has broken up a CIA operation, based in north­ern Iraq, aimed at undermining Saddam's rule. It also has a foot­hold in the Kurdish territories for the first time in five years. The United States, meanwhile, has further reduced Iraq's mili­tary capability in the south, pre­sumably making less vulnerable both the nearby oil fields and U.S. and allied pilots who pa­trol the extended no-fly zone.

Where all this leaves the Kurds is subject to conjecture. Saddam was able to benefit from the divisions that have plagued the Kurds for years. When one or the warring factions, the Kurdish Democratic Party, in-

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Two policemen have been killed in a stand off between police and a gang of criminals in eastern Punjab province, the authorities said Monday.

Hundreds of Punjab police have been deployed to Nariwal, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of the Punjab capital of Lahore, they said.

Villagers contacted by telephone said as many as 3,000 policemen have moved into the area. So far two houses, apparent! y belonging to the gang, have been set on fire by police.

The standoff began late Sunday when ixilicemen tried to stom1 a sus­pected hideout. Two policemen were ki lied and reinforcement.~ were called in, several newspapers reported.

11,c gang members arc wanted in rnnnection with a variety of crimes ranging from murder to kidnapping.

Oil-poor Kurds may be the ones who lost out vited Saddam's troops to come to their rescue, he accepted ea­gerly.

The rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has been on the run ever since. U.S. government analysts believe Saddam will over time be able to reassert con­trol over the entirety of Kurdistan. There is no evidence the United States inte,nds to stop him.

"We should not be involved in civil war in the north," Defense Secretary William Perry says. "We should focus our actions where our interests are."

The administration is far more interested in what Saddam does with the sites damaged in last week's missile attacks.

"We have warned Saddam Hussein that any attempt to repair those sites or reinforce theni will

be taken very seriously and he must understand the conse­quences of such an act," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. John Shalikashvili says.

The United States will do its best to help the two Kurdish an­tagonists to patch up their rela­tions. But the Kurds can expect little more than that becaus

e the United States sees them more as a humanitarian than a strategic problem.

"Our ability to control internal events in Iraq is limited," Clinton told reporters Monday as U.S. officials said only Western gov­ernment and relief officials were being evacuated from northern Iraq despite fears that Saddam was ordering severe reprisals -including death - against his op­ponents there.

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Saddam's Kurdish allies on Monday overran the last strong­hold of their rebel rivals, the city of Sulaymaniyah, where The Washington Post said about 200 Iraqi Arab dissidents were holed up.

The newspaper reported in Tuesday's editions that more than I 00 Iraqi dissidents and military officers associated with a CIA­financed effort to topple Saddam were arrested and executed in June by security agents who penetrated the group, the Iraqi National Ac­cord.

Five years ago, there was an outpouring of sympathy for Iraqi Kurds when, following an abor­tive anti-Saddam uprising in the wake of the Gulf War, they fled for the Turkish border ahead of Saddam's advancing army. their

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It is not clear what fate awaits the allied programs designed to feed and defend the Kurds that were established in the aftermath of that episode.

State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns predicted Mon­day that the KDP won't be secure with Saddam as an ally and that the rival PUK will rue the day it established links with neighbor-ing Iran. -

Burns said the short-tt:rm gains for KDP leader Massoud Barzani by aligning himself with Bag,1<h.d will only lead to long-term prob­lems for him.

"Saddam Hussein has demon­strated time and again over the last five years, including last week, that he wishes to annihilate the Iraqi Kurds," Burns said, "'And certainly to dominate them ifhe can't annihilate th~m.''

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Seoul to boycott N. Korean forum SEOUL, South Korea (AP)· Despite North Korea's latest moves to invite more South Korean businessmen to its first major investment forum, the Seoul government has decided to boycott it, government of­ficials said Tuesday.

Last week, the North issued invitations to only 20 of the 53 South Koreans who applied to participate in the forum in the Rajin-Sonbong free trade zone near the Tu men river that borders China and Russia.

The 20 South Koreans in­vited to participate in the three-day forum opening Fri­day were all businessmen. Others, including government officials and journalists, were excluded.

Under threats of boycott from South Korea unless all of its 53 delegates are invited, the North issued invitations

for five more businessmen on Monday.

"The North's decision is still short of our demand," a Unification Ministry official said, requesting anonymity.

He said a formal govern­ment decision to stay away from the U .N. Development Program-sponsored forum will be announced later Tues­day.

North Korea sa:d invita­tions were limited by a lack of accommodations in the area. But South Korean officials think the North's decision was in line with its longstanding policy of shunning official contact with the Seoul gov­ernment, which it regards as a U.S. puppet.

They noted that North Ko­rea has issued invitations to government officials, schol­irs and journalists from Ja-

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro/Carolinian Language Policy Commission

Public Notice This is to inform all CCLPC Board Members that there will be a regular monthly meeting on Friday, September 13, 1996 at 3:30 p.m. at the CCLPC office in As Lito. Important matters are to be discussed and the presence of each member is mandatory.

AGENDA 1 . Call to order

2. Roll Call

. 3. Adoption 01 Agenda

4. Election of Officers - '96-'97 Chairman Vice-Chairman

5. Re-Introduction of H B.#9-6 to 'the 10th Legislature

6. By-Laws (Amendments)

7. Adjournment

ls/Candido B. Taman September 6, 1996

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMI GOVERNMENT

INVITATION TO BID 1TB NO.: ITB96-0147 FOR: DATA COLLECTION SOFTWARE

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 1996 TIME: 2:30 P.M.

INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFICf\TIONS AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.

/sJEDWARD B. PALACIOS

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMI GOVERNMENT

INVITATION TO BID 1TB NO.: ITB96-014S FOR: MAINTENANCE OF SUSUPE SPORTS COMPLEX

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 1996 TIME: 3:00 P.M.

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is/EDWARD B. PALACIOS

pan, the United States, China and other countries.

The Koreas have been bitter

rivals since the division of their peninsula into the com­munist North and the capital-

ist South in 1945. They fought a bloody three-year war in the early 1950s.

ASEAN locked in a dispute over Indonesian tariffs on sugar, rice

By VIJA Y JOSHI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)·

Southeast Asian trade ministers will meet here on Wednesday to resolve a dispute over lowering tariffs on rice and sugar that is holding back the creation of a full-fledged free trade area.

Indonesia, the largest member of the seven-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the Philippines have refused to reduce tariffs on the two agricul­tural imports, saying it will hurt its domestic markets.

Senior officials of member na-' tions failed to resolve the issue

during closed-door talks on Mon­day, and will have to let their ministers haggle when they gather for their annual meeting on Wednesday, ASEAN officials said.

Despite the row, the other achievements of the group in push­ing for free trade are not unim­pressive.

Nearly 90 percent of tariffs in

I member nations comprising In­

' donesia, Malaysia, Singapore, I Thailand, Brunei, the Philippines

and Vietnam are scheduled to be reduced to zero to 5 percent by 2003 to create the ASEAN Free

Trade Area, or AFf A. ''1 think the road to Aff A is

fairly smooth and well mapped out. All the member countries have completed their legal enactment and exchanged manuals, revising their tariff schedules," ASEAN secretary general Ajit Singh told reporters Monday.

He said the ministers will in fact be looking at ways to accelerate AFf A by increasing the number of items in the low tariff category by 2000. Many also want to target zero tariffs by 2003.

However, last year, ASEAN agreed to exempt 15 agricultural products from AFTA until 2010 following protests by Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia:

Indonesia says it is willing to lower tariffs on 13 products but cannot open its rice and sugar mar­kets until 2020.

"It is only rice and sugar that are up in the air," said Krirk-krai Jirapaet, the chief negotiator for Thailand, a major rice exporting nation.

Thailand has warned that the diffidence of Indonesia and the Philippines could sully the image of ASEAN, which decided to cre­ate AFT A in the face of a growing

Gov't is not responsible for 1990 poisoning, court rules TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court ruled Monday that a lo­cal government wasn't respon­sible for a 1990 outbreak of well water poisoning that killed two children at a kin­dergarten.

The ruling could have an impact on potential claims over a much larger food poi­soning outbreak this year that has killed 11 people and made nearly I 0,000 sick.

Both outbreaks were caused by the E. coli O 157 bacteria, small amounts of which can cause kidney failure.

In the 1990 .case, hundreds got sick from contaminated well water at a private kinder­garten in Saitama prefecture (state) just north of Tokyo.

The parents of the two chil­dren who died sued the school and the Saitama prefectural government for damages.

The suit alleged that the government failed to follow up on its 1987 inspection of the well water, which con­cluded that the water needed to be boiled if used for drink­ing.

In Monday's ruling, the dis­trict court in Saitama sided

with the prefecture, which said it only conducted the inspec­tion as a "service" to the school's principal and had no obligation to make sure the results were being observed.

However, the court did or­der the school and the princi­pal, Haruo Atsuzawa, to pay the parents damages totaling 98.3 million yen($ 901,000).

In a criminal case, Atsuzawa was convicted in July of negligence and given a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Critics have accused the government of failing to act quickly on early signs of food poisoning in this year's out­break.

The cause has yet to be dis­covered in the worst-hit city of Sakai in western Japan, where more than 6,000 chil­dren got sick.

According to the Health and Welfare Ministry, no one has sued the government yet over this year's cases, although growers of radish sprouts have threatened to take the minis­try to court over its announce­ment last month that the sprouts could be to blame.

global trend toward regionalism. The scope for internal tradealso

has been greatly enhanced in the last two decades because of rapid industrialization of the member economies,someofwhoareoften referred to as Asian tigers.

When it is in place, AFf A will be the fourth biggesttradinggroup in the world with 400 million people.

Singh said ASEAN has also agreed to phase out all the cus­toms surcharges affecting ASEAN products by the end of this year.

On Thursday, ASEAN minis­ters will discuss acommonagenda for the inaugural World Trade Organization meeting in Singapore in December. ASEAN isunitedinitsopposition to West­ern attempts to link trade with labor standards.

ASEAN nations says the West accuses the East oflow labor and environmental standards as 'an excuse to keep its cheaper imports out. That, they say, is a form of protectionism. European countries say they are only trying to pro­mote the plight of workers and the environment, and want the issues to be discussed at the WTO.

Opposition. leader's aide arrested on · bribery raps:·

SEOUL,South Korea (AP}-A key aide to Kim Dae-jung was arrested Monday on bribery charges, dealing a blow to the opposition leader's an­ticipated presidential bid in 1997.

Lee Y ong-hee, a vice president of Kim's No. I opposition group, the National Congress for New Politics, was charged with receiving$ 62,000 inbribe.5inconnectionwiththerecent electionoftheheadofSeoul's board of education.

If convicted, he could be sen­tenced to up to IO years in prison.

Before appearing at the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office for investigation, Lee said he had re­ceived only$ 25,000 from Jin In­kown, who ran unsuccessfully for the post in April.

The case came to light last week when three board members were arrested for allegedly receiving$ 62,000 each in bribes from Jin before the _election. Jin also was arrested.

Lee's arrest was a setback for Kirn Dae-jung' s expected fourth presidential bid in 1997. After losing to President Kim Youlig­sam in the 1992 elections, Kim Dae-jung had retired from politics.

He made a political comeback in 1994, saying he has greater chances of victory in the 1997 elec­tions.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996 - MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11 -----------·-----------

Bougainville peace talks sought CA~llERRA, Australia (AP) -Austr-tlia has offered to revive peace talkstoendaneight-yearguenillawar lx:tween Papua New Guinea and se­cessionist rebels on the copper-rich island of Bougainville.

Australian officials announced the offer on Tuesday, a day after the Bougainville Revolutionary Anny claimed its forces had killed 12 gov­ernment soldiers in a gun fight on the southern end of the island last week­end

Aus tr.ilia has hosted unsuccessful talks twice lx:fore.

Other attempts at mediation have also failed to bring peace to the island, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) northeast of the Port Moresby, che Papua New Guinea capital.

The officials said Australia is ready

to try again, even though there is no sign at present of any move towards rapprochement between the two war­ring sides.

Earlier this year government forces launched a major offensive on Bougainville, but failed to flush out the rebels.

The Australian government is ex­pected to formally make the media­tion offer at ministerial talks with Papua New Guinea in Adelaide on Thursday and Friday.

Fighting erupted on Bou gain ville in 1988 when rebels demanded independence from Papua New, Guinea after a long-run­ning dispute among indigenous land­owners and the Australian operdtors of what was then the world's largest copper mine.

The mine, at Panguna, has been shut since 1989 when the violence escalated.

Thousands of civilians have fled their villages and have taken refuge in government camps.

No official casualty figures have been published although some ob­serversestimate morethan l,OOOhave been killed.

The Australian officials said they are investigating ways of getting more aid to refugees, possibly through the International Red Cross.

On a separate issue, the officials said Australia iseagertoseePapua New Guinea settle a long running dispute with the World Bank.

The bank has threatened to cancel aid worth $ U.S. 25 million if Papua

New Guinea does not implement a set of refonns to the management of its cash-strapped economy and to its for­est industry, which environmentalists claim is destroying swathes of tropical rainforest.

The Australian officials say support

from the bank is crucial to Papua New Guinea's development

"If relations break down, that send, sigI1alsoutthcre to the market, to other donors. It sends signals about Papua NewGuinea'scommitmenttorcfonn programs," one official said.

Regional TV stations boycott arts festival SUVA (PNS) - Fiji Television and other Pacific television stations have withdrawn from covering the Sev­enth South Pacific Festival of Arts in Western Samoa because of the high fee levied by the Samoan govern­ment on them.

ments were made for a reporter to cover the festival ofart; but feltthefce was too much and withdrew frnm covering the festival.

BRA claims killing more PNG soldiers South Pacific Commission televi­

sion video specialist Conrad Mills says the festival organizing committee· sdecision to charge 5,CXXJ dollars was unreasonable and he thinks they should reconsider their decision because they will on! y loscoutonalot of coverage, the Fiji Times reports.

However. the spokesperson from EMTV in Papua 1'cw Guinea has confirmed they would be sending someone later in the week.

The spokesperson says they were not advised to pay a special fee for the coverage.

CANBERRA (PNS)-The Bougainville Revolutionary Anny (BRA)claimstohavekilled 13Papua New Guinea soldiers after overrun­ningaPNGpostatKanguBeachnear Buin in Southern Bougainville at the weekend. A further 5 PNG troops are said to have been captured by the rebels.

The Sydney-based representative of the breakaway Bougainville In­terim government, Moses Havini, told Pacnews that the BRA had prevented

Crackdown on taxi operators

SlN A (PNS}-Fiji' s Department of RoadTransportisclampingdownon taxi op.:rators who me breaching regu­lations, over-<:harging passengers and showing unwarranted driver-1:x:haviour.

The department warns that com­plaints ing the overcharging of fares, metres not being switched on and aggressive driver behaviour, the Sun­day post reported.

The department says it has held discussions with taxi unions regard· ing these complaints and has also ~wn up a fare structure of the taxi industryundertheTraffic([axiFares) Regulation. The Sunday Post says the complaints were mainly for taxi operators in Nadi, Korovou and Suva ... Pacnews

W.Samoa mulls stock exchange WELLINGTON (PNS)- Two pro­posals from two over=is companies to set a stock exchange in Western S,unoa is lx:ing looked at by govem­rncnL

Newlines newspaper says the Cen­trn.l Bank governor, Papalii Tommy Scanlan, feels the proposal will have to be properly monitored and controlled to prevent over.;eas companies and organizations from tL,ing it to launder ill;gal fund, earned through criminal activities like selling drugs. RNZI re­port,.

Papal ii says only a few companies like the state-<Jwned Western Samoa Breweries would be big enough to list themselves.

Western Samoa's neighbor Fiji has a stock exchange while Papua New GuiOC'.iisabouttofollowsuit .. Pacnews

PNG however, warned that at the same time, the ultimate results of the review would be reflected in Fiji's international relationship, the Daily Post reported.

LordmakethecommentsMonday at a luncheon hosted by the Rotary Club of Fiji. He said an approved

political climate will make Fiji more attractive to investment and interna­tional commerce.

Lord said the US was impressed with the Fiji government for estab­lishingawell-balancedConstitutional Review Commission and allowing it to proceed objectively ... Pacnews

Fiji TV new director J effHampton savs the fee was ridiculous.

·He confinned that some arrange-

Meanwhile, the festival's me­dia liaison officer, Leota Ude.IC Petaia, has quit from the testival's organizing committee because he does not agree that stations should be charged for the coverage .... Pacnews

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Netanyahu holds tough line By BARRY SCHWEID

WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli Israeli PM un_flinching on Syria. Palestinians The Israeli leaderreferred to efforts

Ross and other u_s. diplomats are making to find a fonnula for rcsun1-Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu

hdtl to a tough line in exploring Mid­east JX<ICC proSpL"l.15 with President Clinton, but kit the White House with an American promise to rry to help.

'"It's nor an e.L,y road ahead," Clinton observed as he sat with Netanyahu in the White House on Monday. surveying prospects for an Israeli noop withdrawal in the vola­tile West Bank town of Hebron and for reopening peace talks with Syria .tlkr "four-month lapse.

The Palestini:ms are demanding hr,1d restrict its troops to protecting the +!O Jewish settlers in Hebron, an ancicntto\\;11sacredtoobservantJews '1!1<l to Muslims.

And Syria is insisting as a price for peace with Israel that it promise in ad,'1!1ce to give up the Golan Heights, a strategic border enclave that Ismel caprure<l in the 1967 Six-Day war.

On both count~. Netanyahu took a tough line.

He said he would not be bound by the implicit promise Israel's Labor­led government had made to Syria that it could recover the enclave in exchange for peace. And he said, according to a senior Ismeli diplomat, Hebron was too volatile for Israeli troops to pull back.

Even so, U.S. mediator Dennis B. Rosssaidhewouldkeeptryingtofind a formula for reopening peace talks between lsrae\ and Syria - "to find a way to make it possible."

And, Ross said, the United States would support Israeli-Palestinian committees that began Monday to work on the Hebron dispute. includ­ing security problems. "We will help them,·• Ross told reporters as NetanyahuheadedforNewYorkand aspeech Tuesdaytothe40thanniver­sarydinneroftheConfcrcnccofPresi-

PUBLIC ANNO."N CE ME ,._T

SPECIAL EDUCATION STATE ADVISORY PANEL (SESAP) The Commonwealth ol the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System Spe­cial Education Program would like to announce a meeting of the Special Educa­tion Stale Advisory Panel (SESAP).

Meeting Date: Meeting Time: Location:

September 19, 1996 9:00 AM. thru Noon Pacific Regional Educational Laboratory Conference Room (Bank of Hawaii Bldg in Puerto Rico)

The meeting is open to the public and the public is invited to altend. The agenda for this General Meeting is as follows:

lntroduc\ions and Welcoming Remarks State Advisory Panels: Purpose, Roles & Responsibilities Strategies for Ettective Panel Functioning Organizational Issues

Action on Pending Report Focus and Scope of Future Work Information and Panel Support Needs Next Meeting

Any person wishing additional information regarding SESAP and this meeting, please call and leave a message for Margarita Olopai-Taitano, Chairperson, at 664-3705 (phone or TDD) or fax 664-3796. Any person desiring to attend the meeting who requires special accommodations, please contact Barbara Rudy at the above numbers by September 13th.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

U•,/JVUil'A'l!'ION fr@!)!_ BBD flll S S D!FB96-008

Tne CNMI Public School System is soliciting competitive sealed bid from interested individual or lirm lor the procurement of Food and Non Food Items for SY 1996-97 for the island of T1rnan. All items to be delivered mus\ be CtF T1nian Public School System. The specification pac'<age 1s now available and can be obtained a\ \he Procurement and Supply Office Situated on \he 3rd Hoor ol \he Nauru Bu1tding, Susupe, Saipan during regular working hours, Monday through Fnday except Holidays Imm 7.30 a.m.-11 :30 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

All bid submission must be submitted in duplicate and sealed in an envelope facemarl\ed "IFB96·008", and submitted to the Procurement and Supply Office on the 3rd Floor of the Nauru Building, Susupe Saipan no later than 2:00 p.m., September 20, 1996 at which time and place all bids will be opened and read aloud. Late submission will not be considered under any circumstances.

Anon refundable fee of $25.00 must accompany the bid. The check maybe a certified check or a cashier's check or other forms acceplable by the Public School System made payable to the Public School System Treasurer. The bidder is required to submit with his bid a copy of his business license.

The CNMI Public School System reserves the right to rejeci any or all bids if in its sole opinion ,s to the best inlerest of the Public School System. All inquiries to this bidding announcement may contact Mr. Greg Sablan at the Food Services Program at telephone #664-3711.

/sN/illiam S. Torres Commissioner Of Education

/s.'Louise Concepcion Procurement & Supply Olf1ce

dents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

'The United States fully under­st'1!1dsour position," Netanyahu said after the one-hour White House meet­ing with Clinton.

Theprimeministeropenlyappealed

to Syria not to have a "fixed position" if it wanted to see the talks that broke down last May reopened.

"Like us, the United States wants the talks resumed," Netanyahu said. "I don 'tknow ifSyria wants it. Weare looking fora solution in worck"

ing. A senior Israeli official said the

main obstacle was Syria's insistence that Israel first commit itself to a withdrawal from the Golan Heights as a part of a peace accord.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, appears to hold back a smile while standing at his podium as Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, and his entourage of advisors and translators smile during a joint press conference held at the Erez military checkpoint following their meeting last Wednesday. After meeting for more than an hour, Netanyahu said he was committed to carrying out peace agreements Arafat had signed with Israel's previous government. AP Photo

Palestinians asking Israelis to quickly carry out agreements

By SAID GHAZAL! JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - Se­nior Palestinian peace negotiators told their Israeli counterparts Monday that lsmel must quickly carry out promises made in earlier peace agreements, in­cluding a troop pullback in the West Bank town of Hebron.

The demands were delivered during the first meeting in months of the Is-

rneli-Palestiniansteeringcommitteetlmt oversees the implementation of the autonomy agreemenLs of 1993 and 1994.

ThechiefPalestinian negotiator, Saeb Ernkat. has said he would submit a 34-point list detailing lsmeli violations of promises nmde in the accords.

''Therearemanytopics,"saidHm;san Asfour, a member of the Palestinian

Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands

/ Council for the Humanities I REQUEST fOR PROPOSALS #3 The CNMI Council for the Humanities seeks proposals from individuals and nonprofit organizations for projects that focus on LESSONS FROM THE MANAMKO (EL­DERS). Projects should view the Manamko as a rich cultural resource, a repository of knowledge and wis­dom, a vital part of our past, present and future culture. Projects should be compelling examples of what we can learn from our elders and may utilize television, radio or print media. Suggested format include discussion groups, demonstration, displays, story telling, public fo­rums, classroom presentations, publications and other. For more information and an application package, call Ron Barrineau at 235-4785. The CNMI Council for the Humanities is a nonprofit, private corporation funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

negouatmg team "We will demand implementation of the agreement."

An Ismeli troop redeployment in· Hebron head, the list. Ismel initially promised to pull iL, troops out of most of the West Bank city by the end of March, but then postponed the with­dmwal after four suicide bombings by hlamic militanL, in the spring.

After the change of government in Ismel in May, Ismcl's new prime min­ister, Benjamin Ncranyahu, said he wantedtorenegotiatetl1ete1rnsofwith­drawal to improve security for the 450 Jewish settlers who live in Hebron among 94,CXXJ Palestinians.

The Palestinians also dem,md tl1at Israel rcle,L~ hundreds mon.: Palestin­ian prisoners as pledged, pcn11ir the Palestinians to opcrnte ,u1 international airport in the Ga111 Strip and issue more work permits for Palestinian laborers in Israel.

Israel has grndually ca~d its six­month blockade of the West Bank and Gaza in recent weeks, and so me 50,000 Palestinians now have en­try permits to Israel.

Israeli officials said Monday they didn't expect the meeting to yield much more than an agenda for future talks. Prior to the May elections, the steering committee met about once a month.

Shlomo Dror, a spokesman for the Israeli government's chief adviser on Palestinian affairs, said the two sides would have to get to know each other again following the change of power in Israel.

"The important thing is that they are holding the meeting," said Dror. 'This is a new start, and you can't expect achievements in the first meeting."

The Lm1eli delegation is headed by Dan Shomron, a fonncr anncd forces chief of staff.

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asked to OK nuke pact By LOUIS MEIXLER

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -Ba.:ked by nearly two-thirds of U. N. members, Australia urged the General Assembly 011- l\fonday to endorse a pro­posed nuclear test ban agree­ment despite India's opposi­tion.

All five declared nuclear

powers - the United States, Russia, France, Britain and China - support the proposed Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Supporters say the draft treaty would limit the nuclear arms race by making it more difficult for countries to modernize their arsenals.

"We are confident that the

... General Assembly will come to the correct decision and bring the dream of a nuclear test ban into reality," said Sha Zukang, China's ambassador for disarmament.

He called the ban "one step forward to the complete prohi­bition and the thorough de­struction of nuclear weapons."

1 US Senate leader airs reservations :, about treaty on chemical weapons i WASHINGTON (AP)- U.S.

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott expressed reservations about a treaty that would re-

, quire the destruction of chemical weapons, saying it

i was unclear how it would be enforced on Iraq and other "renegade countries.•·

Monday's comments by 1 Lott, coming just two days · after President Clinton called

on the U.S. Senate to quickly ratify the pact, raised ques­tions about Senate approval.

The Senate tentatively is scheduled to debate the treaty on Thursday and vote on it on Friday.

Clinton conceded that con­trols over deadly chemical

weapons are not foolproof, but he argued that their use by enemy states and by terrorists would be reduced by the treaty.

But on the Senate floor, Lott said he was most concerned about countries like Iraq, North Korea and Libya - "the renegade countries of the world,'' as Lott called them. Those countries haven't even signed the treaty, he said.

Lott said he questioned a treaty that the United States would obey, "yet those who are the real threat don· t participate, deny they' re in­volved, or we're not in a position to verify exactly what they' re doing."

L~tt also released a letter

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he wrote to Clinton, dated Sept. 6, in which he asked the I administration to declassify documents about Russian compliance with existing chemical weapons controls. He complained that the administra­tion has rebuffed efforts by Sen­ate Foreign Relations Commit­tee Chairman Jesse Helms to re­ceive those documents.

Lott said unless the papers are declassified, he is likely to hold a rare closed session of the Sen­ate so lawmakers could review intelligence infonnation.

The pact requires all nations signing it to destroy chemical weapons and pledge never to de­velop, produce or acquire such weapons.

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India, which conducted its only nuclear test in 197 4, has vowed not to sign the treaty because it does not require es­tablished nuclear powers to dismantle their weapons pro­grams.

"No country can feel se­cure as long as thousands of nuclear warheads ... are re­tained by a handful of coun­tries," Indian Ambassador Prakash Shah told the assem­bly.

The draft resolution to en­dorse the treaty is sponsored by 126 nations in the 185-mem­ber General Assembly. Aus­tralian Ambassador Richard Butler has said overwhelming support for the treaty could pressure New Delhi into hon­oring the ban.

"The co-sponsors urge all present in this room to support this resolution in favor of all humanity," Butler said.

Sponsors want a full assem­bly vote this week to have the treaty ready for signing when world leaders gather at the United Nations later this month.

Treaties are routinely brought to the General Assem­bly for endorsement after they are unanimously approved by drafting committees. India was the only country on the draft­ing committee not to approve the treaty.

Australia quickly cobbled to­gether a coalition of the treaty's

supporters and took the unusual step of bringing the draft to the General Assembly as a resolu­tion.

The treaty becomes law only after it is signed and ratified by the 44 nations known to have nuclear power or research reactors.

That includes nations widely believed to have advanced nuclear programs: India, Paki­stan and Israel.

"Countries around us con­tinue their weapons programs either openly or in a clandes­tine manner," Shah, the Indian ambasssador, said.

"In such an environment, we cannot permit our option to be constrained or eroded in any manner as long as nuclear weapon states remain unwill­ing to accept the obligation to eliminate their arsenals."

Shah did not mention any countries by name, but was clearly

referring to China, which has a nuclear arsenal, and Paki­stan, which has an advanced nuclear program.

Shah also said that despite the treaty, ma jornuclearpowers would be able to develop weapons using highly sophisticated methods that did not require test blasts.·

Nuclear powers have carried out some 2,045 blasts since the United States detonated the first nuclear device in 1945. The United States conducted about half of those tests.

PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 8·41, SECTION 11, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION (CUC) BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1996. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE AT 10:00 A.M., IN CONFERENCE ROOM NO. 1 CUC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN. THE AGENDA IS SET FORTH BELOW: I. PRELIMINARY MATIER$

A. CALL TO ORDER B. ROLL CALL C. ADOPTION OF AGENDA D. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

1. JULY 18, 1996 It. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

A. STRATEGIC PLAN B. EXECUTIVE MANUAL C. SECURITY DEPOSITS POLICY D. PERSONNEL MANUAL

1. SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY E. OPERATIONS MANUAL F. CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Ill. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT A. LEGISLATIVE REPORT B. CONCURRENCE WITH CORPORATE LOGO C. CONCURRENCE WITH ORGANIZATIONAL CHART D. POWER GENERATION OPERATIONS E. FINANCIAL REPORT F. LEGAL COUNSEL'S REPORT

1. FEDERAL LABOR LAWS/LOCAL CONTRACTS IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. PERSONNEL: 1. ABSENTEEISM POLICY

B. OPERATIONS V. . OLD BUSINESS

A. EQUITY CONVERSION/COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY B. RESOLUTION 96-3/ELECTRIC SERVICE RATES C. POWER PL.AN IV CONTRACT

VI. NEW BUSINESS A. REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF CUC REGULATIONS B. RESOLUTIONS

1. ANTONIO R. CABRERA 2. ELICEO D. CABRERA. 3. ROBERT "RUDY" R. SABLAN 4. PACIFIC POWER ASSOCIATION

VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS VIII. CORRESPONDENCE IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION

PURSUANTTO P.L. 8-41, SECTION 13 ITEM (6), THE CUC BOARD MAY VOTE TO CONSULT WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL

A. HUANG V. CUC ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE WELCOME TO ATIEND AND SUBMIT WAIDEN OR ORAL TESTIMONY ON THE ABOVE AGENDA ITEMS.

IS/BENJAMIN A. SABLAN. CHAIRMAN CUC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DATE: SEPTEMBER 6. 1996

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Ota to demand base reduction TOKYO (AP) - Armed with a re­sounding mandate from his constitu­ents, Okinawa's governor was ex­pected to demand on Tuesday that Japan reduce the U.S. military pres­ence on the islands.

Masahide Ota, the outspoken gov­ernor who has staked his political future on the issue, was to meet with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and meet with reporters afterward

The meeting came two days after Okinawans voted by a 10-1 margin in a non-binding referendum calling for a reduction in the nearly 30,000 U.S. troops based in their sou them prefec­ture.

Ota was expected to demand a formal resolution from either Parlia­ment or the Cabinet on reducing Okinawa's military burden, the Asahi newspaper reported Monday mom-

Masahide Ota

ing. "Five years ago, when we agreed

to compulsory renewal of leases for the bases, thegovemmentsaiditwould

make a sincere effort (to reduce the U.S. militarypresence), butitdidn't," Ota told the newspaper.

'This time we will seek some kind of collateral, such as a Cabinet or Parliament resolution," he said.

Hashimoto said after Sunday's referendum that he hoped to im­prove the situation on Okinawa, and he was expected to call a special Cabinet meeting follow­ing his meeting with Ota.

The governor has defied cen­tral government orders and a Su­preme Court ruling demanding that Okinawan residents renew their many land leases to U.S. military facilities.

Long-festering resentment against the U.S. military on Okinawa boiled over last year when three U.S.servicemen wereconvicted

of abducting a raping a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl.

On Monday, U.S. State Depart­mentspokesmanNicholasBumssaid the United States hopes Washington and Tokyo manage to ease the con­cerns of Okinawans.

Even though it makes up less than 1 percent of Japan's land mass, roughly 75 percent of all land re­served for the U.S. military is on Okinawa, and more than half of all U.S. troops stationed in Japan are assigned there.

g~t ~fP!ll. !llo.6f!!gf_ ~ the families, would like to invite all our

relatives and friends to Join us In the first Anniversary Rosary of our Beloved Mother,

:LucIA P.ANGELINAN DELOS _R_EYES,

~~_Luc.IAN :Bo11s.'' Arafat arrives for.4-day Japan visit

~sary wlfl be said nightly at 8:00 pm at her residence In Kagman II (M/M Alfredo and Maria DLR. Gonzales). Rosary starts Wednesday, September 4, 1996 and ends on Thursday, September 12, 1996.

TOKYO (AP) - Palestinian Ie.ader Y asser Arafat anived in Japan on a four-day visit Tuesday that will in­clude a meeting with Prime Minis­ter Ryutaro Hashimoto.

Arafat was invited to Japan by JapaneseForeignMinisterYukihiko Ikeda, who visited Gaza early this month.

During the official visit, which concludes Friday; Arafat will also meet the Emperor, Ikeda and busi­nessleaders.HewillmeetHashimoto on Thursday.

Arafat is accompanied by Nabil Shaeth, .rrunister for planning and

intemationalcooperalion,SaebAlxlel. Rahim, secretruy-general of the Pal­estinianAuthority,andAbdulAhmed RahmaP_, the cabinet secretary-gen­eral.

AJapanese foreign ministry of­ficial, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Japan invited Arafat so that it could "express political support" for the Mideast peace process.

Japandoesnotplantoannounce any large new aid package at meet­ings with Arafat, the official said though he left open the possibility of something small could be an-

nounced. He provided no details. Since Israel and the PW recog­

nizedeachotherinSeptember 1993, Japan has given dlrs 220 million in I aid to the Palestinians, official said. He couldn't give a figure for this year, saying it depended on whether Japan supports some projects that are still being evalu­ated.

In advance of his departure for Japan, Arafat was quoted as saying that he hoped for further assistance from Japan to help the peace process in the Middle East, Kyodo News reported ·

On the ~assing of our beloved Nana,

There are no words adequate enough to describe the pain and sense of loss that is felt upon the death of one's mother. Yet, in this time of loss. the prayers, kind words, and \?racious support of friends and relathres have been a balm to our sorrow and a source of strength. Your kindness is deeply appreciated and will be remembered al ways.

~ Thursday, September 12, Mass will be offered at 5:00 pm at San Vicente Church. Dinner will follow at the San Vicente Church Social Hall. Please Join us in our prayers.

~u'us Ma'ase' Ginen I Familia

May our lo\ling and kind Lord richly bf ess aH of you and keep you in his heart.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

!Jiie eJluUtm (9J MARIA llauoN eAMACHO

16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- SEPTEMBER 11. 1996

Hortense wreaks havoc from far out Caribbean

By JAMES ANDERSON ROQUERON, Puerto Rico (AP)· An approaching Hunicane Hortense bullied Puerto Rico early Tuesday with wind-whipped rainstonns, flat­tening cars with fallen trees after Jash­ingth';:eastem Caribbean with waves as high as houses.

·'It's a dangerous situation,'' Israel Matos, director of the San Juan bu­reau of the U.S. National Weather Service, warned at a news conference late Monday, when winds on the island were already up to 60 mph (96 kph).

The hurricane had taken a north­erly twist, he said, and threatened to hit land just east of Ponce, a southern city renowned for its colonial Span­ish architecture.

1be eye could stay over the island for two hours before exiting around dawn over the western university city ofMayaguez, Matos said

1n the popular resort village of Boqueron, an anguished Felicia Cohen braced herself Monday night for the hurricane's 80 mph (128 kph) winds that could destroy her home of 16years- "1beCheyenne," a35-foot (JO-meter) boat she had no way of reaching, bobbing out in the bay.

"Pray for me and pray for my home," she said.

Gov. Pedro Rosselle of Puerto Rico warned the entire island was going to be affected by Hortense and said he was concerned about the light turnout at storm shelters- 550peop1e out of the 3.6 million islanders. He urged people in low-lying.areas to evacuate.

Hours earlier, a giant tree tnmk snapped under the force of the ap­proaching winds, crushing eight cars on Hortense Street in San Juan, the capital.

Fwther west in the Dominican

Republic, next in the path of the470-mile-wide (752-k.ilometer-wide) storm mass, residents boarded up windows and moved yachts to safer harbor on an inland river while air­lines canceled flights.

In Puerto Rico, hundreds of sail­boats, houseboats, pleasure craft and government vessels crowded man­grove swamps in the southwest

Hortense, the eighth storm of the Atlantic season, grew into its fifth hurricane early Monday, prompting the National Weather Service to hur­riedly issue a hurricane warning for Pnerto Rico. The Dominican Repub­lic followed suit Monday afternoon.

At 11 p.m.EDT(0300GMfTues­day), the National Hurricane Center near Miami reported that the eye of the stonn was about 40 miles (70 kilometers)south-southeastofPonce. "Hortense was moving, pick up 11th grafpvs.

!Loggers vs bird in forest dispute I • . .

By STEVE GEISSINGER SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Cali­fornia (AP)-Aredwoodforestwith trees 300 feet (90 meters) high and 2,CXXl years old may seecomrnercial loggers for the first time next week if environmentalists fail to inakeacase for a small, raic!ly-seen bird.

The 3,000-acre (1,215-hectare) Headwaters Forest is the biggest redwood forest in the world still in private hands.

Owner Pacific LumberCo. wants to cut down dead and diseased trees and Cf"...ate work for scoresofloggers whereenvironmental p~onsand diminishing areas of available tim­berland have forced the closing of

' many mills.

Environmentalists like the Sierra Oub - who lost a round Monday · when a state board voted to approve the selective cutting - are opposed.

At issue is a forest about 20 miles (30 kms) inland from the Pacific and 200 miles (320 kms) north of San Francisco where some trees were saplings during the time of Jesus Christ.

Headwaters Forest is a so­called old growth forest, un­touched by Paci.fie Lumber even though the company, started in the 1870s, has owned it for years. The area is home to logging mills, farms, ranches, not to mention a siz.able marijuanacrop,accordingtoaulhori­ties.

Pacific Lumber went to state and federal courts to gain approval of a plan to selectively cut unhealthy trees for resale. It won.

The Department of Forestry, a stateagency~maintllinsandsb.ld­ies forests, has said the plan would not harm wildlife and promised to monitoritcloselytoeosmenoheallhy trees were culled.

Environmental groups disagree .. TheyaskedtheBoaniofForestty,

an appointed board that OV~

California's vast woodlands, to in­vokeemergencypowers to stop Pa­cificLurnberfromendangeredwild­life such as the rruu:bled murrelet, a reclusive,small,fast-tlyingbirdthat nests among the redwoods. . ·

In accordance to the "Open Government Act," this hereby serve as a notice to the public that the State Rehabilitation Advisory Council (SRAC) will hold a General Membership Meeting, Friday, September 13, 1996, 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m, at the new E.M.O. Conference Room (South End of Bldg.). CNMI Convention Center, Capitol Hill. For more information, please call 664-6537. Meeting

is open to the public.

AGENDA I. Call to Order & Introduction of New Member & OVR Director fl. Adoption of Agenda & SRAC's May 31, 1996 Minutes (Rota) f fl. Old Business

1. Update of Supported Employment Conference 2. Status of OVR Policies & Procedures Manual 3. Staff Development Training Update 4. Status of Case Management Manual

IV. New Business 1. Commissioner's Technical Assistance Circular 96·01: Clanfication of Section 105 (c) (3) of the Rehabilitation Act

of 1973, as amended 2. Correspondence:

a. Reappointment of Mr. A. Ayuyu and Mr. J. Kaiainoa b. Appointment al Mr. Glen Perez (pending) c. Resignation Director and appointment of new OVR Director d. Chairman & Vice Chairperson

3. Financial Slatus Report 4. Clarification of Transportation Services Provided by OVR 5. Chairman's FY 1995-1996 Annual Report (Draft Only) 6. · Election of New Officers for FY 1996-1997

V, Miscellaneous 1) Trip/training Report: 1996 Rehabilitation Counselling with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults 2) ADA Statewide Conference 3) Status of "Independent Living Center' Grant Proposal

VI. Adjournment

Special Needs: SRAC and OVA are committed to making their activities as a accessible as possible to persons with disabilities or special needs. If you anticipate a need for these services, please notify us at least ten (10) days in advance of the meeting, Approved by the Executive Committee, dated August 27, 1996.

ls/Thomas J. Cama:ho Chairman

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bill is "causing a problem in the leadership."

He said there is a "feeling that certain individuals, in their at­tempt to have a good relationship with theexecutive branch, are willing to protect the governor in some of his actions."

Withoutnamingnames,Benavente said "'the action of some individuals are placing dents" in the Republican­dominated House leadership.

'That's one of my problems this time and one of my frustrations as speaker," he said. "I'm looking for­ward to resolve it"

Benavente said he has been "very uncomfortable" to defend the actions taken by the House in the past few months.

'There is always a feeling that it is borne out of something else."

Asked if he feel his speakership threatened, Benavente said 'Tm not concerned about that I feel there's no attempt to do that, but there's cer-

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Those interested may contact the commission at 235-5890 or 235· 5891.

Establishing a link, 1l1ompson ex­plained, requires entry of certain pa­rameters in Internet dialer software.

"Although Saipan site will not be an lntemet site-at least for now--users will connect to us using an Internet dialer and web bowser," Thompson said.

The commission will also soon pub-

tainly an attempt to go in favor, of what the executive branch wants and needs."

'Not fair' Teregeyo said she and the other

House members still support Benavente as speaker.

'.'But I made it clear to him this morning that if there were political favors received by some members of the Ways and Means Cammi ttee-I need to know," she said.

"I don't have political favors com­ing to me, and I never asked anybody for political favors."

Teregeyo.said it's "not fair for the speaker to insinuate that some mem­bers of the committee are receiving favors."

Benavente,shesaid,shouldbemore straightforward to the other mem­bers.

"He's only our speaker, more or less like adriverof the car, but if some of us felt not wanting to ride along, that person should be given that right, that choice, and itshouldn 't be looked at that that person is trying to run away-everybcxly ha~ the right to choose."

lish an updated Commonwealth Code on CD-ROM, Thompson added.

Thompson said the commission started working on the revision of the Commonwealth Code in 1992. Newly enacted laws and court decisions start·· ing that year were incorporated in tl1e Code.

Thompson said the latest printed version of a Code supplement was published by the commission in 1994.

Putting the Code in the CD-ROM, Thompson said, will make it easier for the commission to update the document each time a new Jaw is enacted

CNMI PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMIGOVERNMENT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP NO.: RFP96-0143 FOR: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATION

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 TIME: 2:00 P.M.

INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.

ls/EDWARD B. PALACIOS

CNMl PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMi GOVERNMENT

REQUEST FDR PROPOSAL RFP NO.: AFP96-0146 FOR: COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 1996 TIME: 2:00 P.M.

INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BIO FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS ATTHE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY LOWER BASE, SAIPAN, •

is/EDWARD B. PALACIOS

CNMI PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CNMIGOVERNMENT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP NO.: RFP96-0144 FOR: COMPUTER NEnvORK CABLING INSTALLATION SERVICES

OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 TIME: 2:30 P.M.

INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS MAY PICK UP BID FORMS AND SPECIFICATIONS AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAIPAN.

ls/EDWARD B. PALACIOS

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~c51'1arianas '%rietr~ Classi·fied Ads · Secti·on'

Employment Wanted

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01 VIDEOTAPE-RECORDING ENGI­NEER-Salary:S1 ,000.00 per month Contact: SAIPAN TV PRODUCTIONS, INC. Tel. 234-0386(9/11 )W225632

01 ARCHITECT-Salary:$850.00-1,200.00 per month 01 CIVIL ENG/NEER-Salary:$1 ,000.00 per month Contact: UNITED PACIFIC CORP. dba Demapan Engineering and Const. Co. (9/11) W225631

01 AUTO PAINTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JAUNG SIG CORPORATION dba Master Auto Repair Shop Tel. 288-2525(9/11 )W225634

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 01 WAITER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 WAITRESS-Salary:S3.05 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DELEN ENTERPRISES, INC. dba Marijos RestaurantTel. 235-6484(9/ 11)W225637

20 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS-Sal­ary:S2.75 per hour Contact: FINE, INCORPORATED Tel. 234-3315(9/11 )W225638

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01 SHIPPING AGENT-Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 FREIGHT FORWARDING AGENT­Salary:$3.05 per hour 06 SHIP STEWARD/STEWARDESS­Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 CHIEF SHIP STEWARD/STEW­AR DESS-Salary:SS.00-7.00 per hour 06 ABLE BODIED SEAMAN-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour 01 CHIEF ENGINEER-Salary:$8.00-10.00 per hour 01 ASSISTANT CHIEF ENGINEER­Salary:$5.00-7.00 per hour Contact: DOLPHIN PACIFIC (SAIPAN). INC. Tel. 234-6331(9/11)W225633

01 TRANSLATOR/SIGN MAKER­Translate material from English into Japanese or Korean; must be able to operate PageMaker, Japanese and Ko­rean Version programs. Salary:$4.00· 8.00 per hour+ $425.00 housing allow­ance per month. Contact: DFS SA/PAN Tel. 234-6615(9/ 11)W61874

01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Sal­ary:S5.00·5.75 per hour Contact: SAIPAN STEVEDORE COM­PANY, INC. Tel. 322-6469(9/11 )W61875

01 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:S3.05 per hour 01 BAKER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: LFP CORPORATION dba Mag's Kitchen Tel. 234-3706(91 11)W225645

01 TOUR COUNSELOR-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: JANG HEUNG CORPORA­TION dba JJ Tour Master Tel. 234-1200(9/11 )W225644

01 TOUR GUIDE-Sa/ary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: LEADER CORPORATION Tel. 234-0421 (9/11 )W225643

03 MASON-Salary:S3.05 per hour 02 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: MARIANAS STAR CORPO­RATION Tel. 235-0403(9/11 )W225642

02 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: JAG INC. dba Tropical Clean­ing Service Tel. 235··5377(9/ 11)W225647

20 COMMERCIAL CLEANER·Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 80 CONSTRUCTION WORKER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 10 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 10 PLUMBER-Salary:S3.D5 per hour 20 MASON-Salary:S3.05 per hour 20 CARPENTER-Salary:S3.D5 per hour Contact: LEADERS INTERNATIONAL (SPN.) CORPORATION Tel. 235-3772(9/18)W225704

01 ELECTR/CIAN-Sa/ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: ARSENIO N. FLORES dba Arsenio Enterpri~es Tel. 234-3572(9/ 18)W225714

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$500.DO per month 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:$600.00 per month Contact: PHILPAN INTERNATIONAL CORP. (9/18)W225715

0;2 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour 01 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: GLOBAL TRADERS, INCOR­PORATED Tel. 234-7415(9/ 18)W2257~3

01 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.75 per hour High School Education required. Expe· rience preferred, but not required. Contact: KAREN KING, SAIPAN IN· TERNATIONAL SCHOOL Tel. 288· 9660(9/18)W61984

04 CARPENTER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 04 MASON-Salary:S3.D5 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:S3.D5 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:S3.05 per hour Contact: FRANK P. SABLAN dba Chris­topher Enterprises Tel. 234-0460(9/ 25JW225816

01 DESIGN ARTIST-Salary:$5.00 per hour + S100 Housing Allowance Contact: ISLAND APPAREL, INC. dba Island Apparel Tel. 288-3441 (9/ 25JW225809

01 MANAGER-Salary:S1,800.00 per month Contact: ISLAND LEISURE CORPO· RATION dba Las Vegas Game Palace Tel. 433-D456(9125)W225810

-----01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:SB00.00 per month 01 ARCHITECT-Salary:$800.00 per month Contact: YANG'S CORPORATION Tel. 235-6784(9/25)W225813

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:S5DO.OO per month Contact: PHIi.PAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION dba Philpan Whole­sale Tel. 235-1041 (9/25)W225812

01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Sal-ary:$ 16,000.00 per annum Contact W & K CONSULTING ENGI­NEERS dba Winzler & Kelly Engineers Tel. 234·0483(9/25)W225814

01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:S3.05per hour Contact: A.C.C.S. CORPORATION dba Cartown Tel. 235-9441 (9/25)W225815

01 WAITRESS SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:S4.00 per hour 01 CASHIER-Salary:S3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: NIIZEKI INTERNATIONAL SAIPAN CO., LTD dba GIG Discotheque Tel. 234-5050(9125)W62317

01 SALES SUPERVISOR-Sal-ary:S600.00 per month 02 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: AMERICAN LIDA DEVELOP· MENT, LTD. CORP. dba Galaxy Shop Tel. 235-5457(9/25)W225820

''NO'' TO DRUGS

02 HEAD WAITER/HEAD WAITRESS­Salary:S3.50 per hour 01 COOK-Salary:S4.00-5.50 per hour 01 INFORMATION OFFICER-Sat­ary:$5.00-9.00 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$7.00-13.00 per hour 01 HOUSEKEEP/NG CLEANER (HALL)-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per hour 01 SOUS CHEF-Salary:S5.00· 10.00 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE WORKER-Sal· ary:S3.30-4.25 per hour 03 WAITRESS/WAITER-Salary:S3.05-3. 50 per hour 01 SINGER-Salary:SB00.00-1,000.00 per month 01 CHEF DE PARTIE-Salary:$3.50-4.75 per hour 01 F & B ADMINISTRATIVE ASStS­TANT-Sa/ary:$3.05-3.75 per hour Contact: AQUA RESORT CLUB SAIPAN CO. LTD. dba Aqua Resort Club Tel. 322·1234(9/25)W62304

02 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:S3.05·3. 75 per hour 01 MARKETING SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$1,000.00-1,500.00 per month 01 MUS/C/AN-Salary:$620.00-625.00 per month Contact: PELLEY ENTERPRISES, INC. Te/. 233·9298(9/25)W62312

01 OPERATIONS MANAGER-Sal· ary:$2,000.00 per month Contact: SHOWBOAT, INC. Te/. 233· 9298(9/25)W62313

01 ASSISTANT MANAGER, MAINTE­NANCE-Salary:$2,000.00-3,000.00 per month Duties: In liaison with Continental Micronesia, supervises ground han­dlings. Should be full authorize signa­tory according to JCAB and JAUs regu­lations. Inspects and ascertain the con­ditional aiiworthiness of the aircraft upon arrival and carries inspection for depar­ture in respect to all technical points o/ view. Must be holder o/ JCAB license (Aircraft-Maintenance Course), Radio Operation License, communicates in Japanese. Contact: JAPAN AIRLINES, CO., LTD. Tel. 234-6556(9/25)W62315

03 ACCOUNTANTS-Salary:$3.50-13.91 per hour Contact: J. SCOTT MAGLIARI dba J. Scott Magliari, C.P.A. Tel. 233-0456(9/ 25)W225819

10 MACHINE PRESSER-Salary:$2.90-3.05 per hour 40 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:S2.90-3.05 per hour 10 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER­Salary:S2.90-3.05 per hour 05 CUTTER-Sa/ary:S2.90-3.05 per hour 02 ADMINISTRATIVE ASS/STANT-Sal­ary:$2.90-3.20 per hour 01 COOK MESS-Salary:$2.90-3.05 per hour 05 PACKER-Salary:$2.90-3.05 per hour Contact: MARIANA FASHIONS INC. Tel. 234-8607(9/25)W225818

2·BEDROOM FULLY FURNISHED, 24 HOURS WAlER SUPPLY

LOCA1ED IN GUALO RAI S650.0M.10tffii PLEASE CALL 234-9710 OR 235-1976

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Law office seeks a responsible worker for clerical and office tasks and errands. Full time position available. Will train. Pay commensurate with experiP,nce. CNMI residents preferred.

Apply in person to: White, Pierce, Mailman & Nutting

Attorneys-at-Law Joeten Office Building, Susupe

WANTED IMMEDIATELY SALESMAN

(Night Route) 4:00 PM-10:00 PM

EXPERIENCE PREFERRED

Please apply at: WESTERN SALES TRADING COMPANY

(Near Philippine Consulate, San Jose, Saipan)

WANTED TO BUY RESTAURANT/ COFFEE SHOP/NOODLE HOUSE

We are looking forward to buy an existing restaurant/coffee shop in Saipan. We also consider joint venture of 50% or any percentage in the operation. Anybody who wishes to sell their operation or wants to invite investment in their existing restaurant/coffee shop, piease send a note with

name of the restaurant and contact number to Box 100UO, PPP 314, Saipan, MP 96950.

WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR RENT

LOCATED IN DANDAN AIRPORT ROAD (OPPOSITE ISLAND APPAREL)

1,600 SQ. FT. Contact: CARGO EXPRESS FORWARDERS

Tel. 288-6617/288-6618 (Joey & Emi)

HONDA CIVIC 1996 3-DOOR, HATCHBACK, 5 SPEED, 2200 MILES, RED

TAKEOVER PAYMENTS $314.57/MONTH

DOWNPAYMENT IS NEGOTIABLE CALL 322-4074 ASK FOR ALAN OR LEAVE MESSAGE

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1990 75 KVA CATERPILLAR GENERATOR.

ONLY 1,200 HRS. EXCELLENT CONDITION $12,000.00 CALL: MAC HOMES (SAIPAN) CO., LTD. TEL: (670) 234-9100

NEED WORKERS!! • CARPENTRY • ELECTRICAL • PLUMBING • BUSH CUTTER •LABOR CALL VTI MANPOWER AGENCY TEL: 233-0498

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PEANUTS® by Charles M. Schulz

STELLA WILDER

YOUR BIRTHDAY

Bv Stella Wilder · Born todav, vou are one of

those ind1wluals ·who thinks. feels and soeaks nothing but what he believes to be the truth, even though there are going to be times when vour truth is contradicted by the \~ews recognized by the major­Jt\'. You have an artistic tempera­nient. and this combined with a strong urge to do things to strengthen vour unique image and secure vour place in the world. you can be difficult to deal v.~th. partic­ularlv when you disagree with those· in authoritv. You like to do thinos \'OUT own \VJV!

F~riunatelv. 'IOU do not blame vour mistakes o·n others, but you \\'ill not give the credit for your successes to those who are not re­sponsible for them. Your willing­ness to be held accountable for good or ill will earn you praise throughout your life.

Also horn on this date are: DJ!. Lawrenec. novelist; Ferdi­nand !',!arcos, Philippine ruler; 0. llenr.·. American author; Bri­an Dei'.•alma, director; Tom Lantlrv. football coach; Bob Pach"V>·ootl, U.S. senator.

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You can expect to clash with someone who has been silent about disagreements in the past. Today you may hear it all at once.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) - If you give compliments freely today, vou \Viii find yourself ahead of the game when darkness falls. Keep this strategy in mind for the fu­ture.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Sympathy and a willingness to lend a hand will go a long way to­day. You may surprise your critics by being far more cooperative than they expected.

SAGITTARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - You will be more than will­ing to devote your sernce to a dif­ficult project today, but your ef­forts will not be entirely unselfish. You v.ill expect rewards.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Your best qualities can be showcased today, provided you can anticipate and ultimately avoid the onset of depression.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - You might receive praise from someone who admires you. You have a great deal of respect for this person. so the praise will be very meaningful.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -The sooner you admit your fail­ures the sooner your triumphs will begin to pay off. You can't have 1t both ways. Try to be realistic.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -You will not find yourself in a posi­tion that will be widely admired by others today, but you can work wonders with what little you find.

GEMINI (May 21-Juue 20) -Now will not be a good time to stir up volatile subjects. Emotional is­sues that have been lying dormant should not be reintroduced at this time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -You will not have to be the leader at all times, but today everyone will benefit if you take the reins and do whatever it takes to emerge victorious.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Keep vour criticism to a minimum to­day, and do what you can to see the positive in situations that oth­ers might recognize as unfortu­nate.

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Boston's wild card chances hurt as Red Sox lose BOSTON (AP) - Scott Karl pitched a six-hitterforhis first major league shut­out and the Milwaukee Brewers hurt Boston's wild-card chances with a 6-0 win over the Red Sox.

The Red Sox had won 26 of 35 games before two weekend losses at Chicago. Their third straight loss dropped them five games behind the White Sox, who lead the American League wild-card race. Boston has just 18 games left

Milwaukee led 2-0 Monday night againstTomGordon(I0-8)beforescor­ing four runs in the eighth on Matt Mieske' s 14th homerof the season and John J aha' s 29th, a three-run shot. The Brewers had scored just five runs in losing their previous four games.

Karl (12-7) pitched his second strnight complete game.

Rangers 4, Blue Jays 3 In Toronto, the Texas Rangers

matched the biggest lead in team his­tory, extending their edge in the AL West to eight games by beating the Blue Jays.

Aces ... Continued from page 20

two bungled free throws by Tony Lizama enabled the Aces post a four point lead, 83-79. Two more turn­

overs from the Maipac five stymied their chances to catch up with their rivals.

ll1en Ren6'Ull canied the Aces' cause as he padded his team's slim lead to nine as he scored seven straight points in a span of one minute, 91-82, 51 ticks remaining. Mmpac mm1-aged to come within five at 91-86 but four Aces' chmities sealed the out­come of the gan1e.

In the second gmne, the Sunrisers buckedaslowsta.tt,2-1 Oto level their

Interhotel ... Continued from pait~O

the eliminations with an unblem­ished run of IO wins. PIC comes in second with 9-1 record, its lone setback coming from Dai lchi. COP and Nikko were tied at third

Packers ... Corit~n~~d from page 20

Brett f'avrc. who ovcrc,unc a rough start to tl1row tlm~c touchdowns.

Dorsey Levens even got into tl1c act. doing his \·ersion of the Lambcau l..<.'ap alicr a I -yard touchdown nm in tl1c second CJ uartcr.

i\ l..;un!Jcau Field n:rnrd cro\\'d of 60,666 watched their J';1ckcrs go ~-D for tl1c first time since lhc strikc-shor1-ened 1982 sca'iOn, when they won tl1eir first three. Philadelphia fell to 1-1.

Brooks had four catches for 116 yards in tl1e first half as the Packers built an astonishing 30-7 lead at halftime against an Eagles tean1 that thinks it ecm unseat Dal las as ruler of the NFC Ea,t.

Edgar Bennett gained 93 yards on 17 carries and also scored on a 25-yard reception when he gmbbcd Favre's

Rockies ... Continued from page 20

player ever to get 200 hib in a season. He tripled, doubled and singled in four at-baL~, and also stole his 50th basc, tying for tl1c NL lead.

l·lardtke, a 24-year-old second b,Lscm,m, ww; promoted from Triple­A Norfolk on Sunday. Dave Mlicki (6-6) pitched I 2-3 innings of one-hit relief.

MickeyTettleton 's go-ahead double in the sixth inning sent the Rangers to their fifth straight victory. Texas, the only team in the league that has never made the playoffs, also led by eight games over Seattle on Aug. 25.

Texas overcame a 3-0 deficit against Pat Hentgen (17-9), who pitched his major league-leading I 0th complete game. Hentgen struck out I 0, but the Rangers still beat Toronto for the sev­enth straight time this sea,on.

Kevin Gross ( 11-8) relieved Texa~ starter Roger Pav Iik with two out, and the bru;es loaded in the fifth. Gross struck out Alex Gonzalez, who earlier ended his O-for-33 slump with a home run.

Indians 4, Angels 3 In Cleveland, tl1e Indians scored

two runs on Albert Belle's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to beat California With the ba,;es loaded and one out, Belledrilledashottoright-centcr, where Jim Edmonds made a diving catch. Jose Vizcaino tagged up from tl1inJ mid scored, and Kenny Lofton also scored

record at 1- l. So overwhelmirnr ww; the Sunrisers' win that they ~sted big leads as much ,LS 53 point~. With Tom Tudela, Joe Tudela, Jcn-y Benavente, Jay Moreshita, Clark, Oscar Masga and Ca~per scoring in double fi,l,'lll"CS, the Sumisers put the outcome of the gmne beyond doubt as early ,L, 17:25, 62-43, in the final half.

Meanwhile, the Toyota Wheels scored their second win in ,L, m,my games when they beat the Sumisers,90-80 in hL,t Saturday's g,m1e to tie CNMI-Miller Lite atop the team st:mdings. Miller Lite 1c­

pulsed the Aces via a 15 point rout, 118-105 in the srn11e playing sched­ule for their second victory.

with 7-3 win-loss marks but COP was seeded third because it won its game against the Nikko five in the second week of the elimina: tions.

In yesterday's no-bearing en­counter, ousted Pacific Gardenia Hotel sneaked past COP 88-87.

p,L,s in tl1e flat ,Uld n1111blcd his way inlo tl1c end zone for a 37-7 lead wil11 six minutes left in tl1c third JX:ricxl.

111c blowoul capped ancxhilaraling week in Green Bay, which bcg,u1 witl1 President Clinton visiting tl1e Parkers at Lm1beau Field on Labor Day.

1 n two weeks. I :a\'rc. whow,Ls 17 -or­-' I liir 26 I yards. Ii.,, SC\'l'll toud1-downs ,md no in lern:pti,ms ,L, the I 'ack -crs ha\'C ou1scorcd tl1cir op1x1nents 7.1-16.

But it ww; tl1e Packers· defense tl1at really spoiled tl1c return of Phi ladclph ia coach Ray Rhodes, who served ,Ls de­fensive coordinator in Green Bay from 1992-93.

The Packers, who had just 16 takcawayslastsca~on,alreadyhave IO, including four in tl1e first half Monday night that Green Bay convened inro 13 poinL,.

Cubs 3, Expos I In Chicago, Kevin Foster pitched a

six-hitter for his first car-eer complete game a~ the Cubs defeated the Montre,tl Expos.

Foster (7-3), who Ii.Ls won four of five starts since being recalled from the minors Aug. 20, walked none and struck out two. He lost his shutout when he gave up a homer to David Segui with one out in the ninth.

all the way from second base when second ba,;eman Robert Eenhoom's relay tl1row bounced in the dirt for an error.

Belle wa~ given only one RB!, his 134th of the season.

Paul Shuey (5-2) got one out in the eighth for the victory, and Jose Mesa pitched the ninth for his 32nd save. Mike Holtz (3-3), who gave up an infield single to Vizcaino and walked Lofton to load the bases in tl1e eighth,

took the loss. Orioles 5, Tigers 4 In Baltimore, the Orioles gained

ground in both tl1e AL East and the wild-card race, rallying from a four-run deficit to beat DctroiL

Todd Zeile marked his 31st birth­day with a three-run homer as the Ori­oles moved within 2 1/2 games of the idle New York Yankees in the ALEast, tJ1e closest they've been since June 20.

Baltimore's 27th win in 42 games

also cut idle Chicago's wild-<:ard lead to a half-game. The teams are even in the loss column, and the White Sox begin a three-game series at Camden Yards on Tuesday night

The Orioles lrailed 4-0 after two innings,butZeilc 's third-inning homer made it close before Baltimore took the lead with two in the sixth. Scott Erickson ( 11- l I) overcame a rocky start to improve to 6-1 in his last eight starts.

NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION

The Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC), formerly the Mariana Islands Housing Authority (MIHA), is soliciting sealed bid for the Rehabilitation of the Section 8 Housing Units in Rota. Bid must be in dupli­cate, must be marked RFP-NMHC-05/96 and must be submitted to the Corporate Director at the NMHC office at Garapan, Saipan, until 10:00 a.m., local time, Friday, September 30, 1996, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above deadline will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of fifteen percent (15%) of the total bid p1ice must accompany the bid, This security bond may be in the fom1 of a Certified Check, Cashier's Check or Bid Bond made payable to the NMHC. The bidder is required to subrrit the following documents with the proposal (1) a copy of his/her business pennits in compliance with the Contractor's Registration and Li­censing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (2) current financial statement; (3) a listing of existing and past projects, in­cluding dates of completion; (4) a listing of manpower with copies of employee's CNMI issued work pennits; and (5) a completed listing of equip­ments.

Plans and scope of work of the project is available at the respective NMHC offices at Garapan, Saipan or at Songsong Village, Rota. A non-refundable payment of $150.00 is required for each set of the plan and scope of work Check should be made payable to "NMHC'. The bidder is required to sub­mit with his/her proposal, name(s) of employee(s) and their title(s) who are designated and authorized by the company to inspect the individual hous­ing units for the purpose of submitting bid estimates. This list shall be sub­nutted upon payment of the $150.00 for the plans ,md scope of work.

The NMHC hereby notifies all qualified bidders that minority and business enterprises will be accorded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this request for proposal and bidders will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, and national origin in consideration for an award.

Pre-bid Conference for this project will be held at 2:00 p.m., local time, September 18, 1996, at the NMHC Office, at Garapan in Saipan. Questions concerning the plans, scope of work and Special Provisions should be sub­mitted prior to the conference. The NMHC reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the NMHC.

Mary Lou Ada Sirok Corporate Director

','NMHC is an equal. employment · and fair ·housing public agency"

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·sers stay alive By Erel A. Cabatbat Vanety News Staff

11-IE UMDA Aces :mJ the Solid Buiklers Surnisers defc:ited scparntc 1ivals in cont1:1sting fashion to keep their finals hopes alive in the play-off round in the Basketball Association of the Nrnthcm Mwiana Ishmds-1996 Miller Lite Men's Basketball League at the Gill'l?1t S. Ada Gym.

'll1e Aces bmcd on the late-game

heroicsof.JuniorRengull toeliminatc M:upac Bue.I Light 95-86 in the first game of the double header. Tiic Sunrisers likewise d,L~hcc.l the final's hope of Saipmi Mmine Tours-Bud D1ywith a50point tlmL~hing.123-73 in the second game.

Ahead by a point, 42-41.t11e Bud Light seemed to be on the verge of scrning tl"icir first win in two stmts ,L~ they opened the final ha! f with a 26-

12nm. With Ray :md Tony Lizama scor­

ing at will by mocking the defense tlirown by tlie Aces, Bue.I Light went up by ,L, much ,L, 15 poinL-;, 68-53. I I :32 remaining.

ll1en tlieAceswenttoRic Alegre's head's up play. Alcgn! caught file when he scored five straight poinL,on a tl11ee point play :md a lay-up to cut Bud Dry's lead to 11. 68-57. Con-

JAPAN B0UN9- Four members of the CNM/ Junior Bowlers Association take a break from their daily practice at the Saipan Bowling Center in preparation for the Tokyo Port Bowl on September 19-22 in Tokyo, Japan. The bowlers are (from left) Eric Magofna, Jon Francis Sana, Katherine Pangelinan and Maridel Camacho. The five bowlers' Japan stint was made possible through the support of the Rotary Club of Saipan, Saipan Bowling Center and the sponsors of the junior bowlers. Not included is Juan K. Tenorio.

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Tinian Fun Run on Sept. 28 TI-IE SIXTII Annual Tinian Fun Run is set to kick off on September 28 at tl1e historic House of Taga ruins.

The ten kilometer marathon tl1rough t11e Tinian countryside of­fers cash prizes totalling $3,000 for tl1e winners. It will begin and end

' on tl1e historic Tinian hmdmark. Aside from the over-all cham­

pion, first and second ii.inner-up, ~ere are four more categories for

men and women at stake. These categories are bracketed into the 18 and below; 19-30; 31-40; and 41 and above age limits. Only one winner, however, will be proclaimed in the age brackets.

"Aside from promoting health and fitness, tlie fun run aims to attract tourist as well," Martin Duenas of Marianas Visitors Bureau (MVB) said.

The popular annual running event,

sponsored by the MVB and tlie :rinian Mayor's Office, is expected to draw more than 50 runners from Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and as far as Japan.

Entry fonns are available at the Marianas Visitors Bureau office located on the Room 15, second floor of tl1e Joeten Dandan Com­mercial Building. Entry fee is $20. Formoreinfonnation,callMVB at ' 664-3214. (EAC)

Rockies edge Astros GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP) -Green Bay Packers rapper-receiver Robert Bnx1ks followed his own ad­vice one week after giving President Clinton his debut CD titled '"Jump Into ·nie St,mJs ...

Brooks caught five \XL,scs for 130 yards mid two touchdowns ,L'1hc Pack­ers routed the dazed mid outmatched Philadelphia Eagles 39- !J in the first Monday Night Football game at Lwnbcau Field in IO years.

Brooks vai.1lted himself into the end zone seats packed with delirious deni­zens decked in green and gold after TD receptions of 25 ,ITTd 20 yards from

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HOUSTON (AP) - Quinton McCracken's two-11111 triple keyed a tlirec-11111 rally in tlie scvcntl1 inning tliat led the Colorado Rockies over tlic l louston ;\stros 4-2.

·111c /\stros bcg:m Monday I 1/2 games behind St. Louis, which played later in S,m Fr,mcisco, in the NL Cen­tral. 'Ilic Rockies were 6 1/2 games back in tlic wild-card race.

Kevin Ritz( 15-! O)extcndedhiste,un record for wins in a se,L,on. Bruce Ruffin worked tlie nintli for his 20tli save.

Donne Wall (9-6) took a 2-1 lead into the seventh bcforeColoradoch,L~d him.

Pinch-hitter Eric Antliony walked witli one out ,me.I Eric Young singled.

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McCracken tripled offtlie wall in left­center field, :md John Hudek relieved Wall. D,mte Bichette, who earlier hit two doubles. delivered ,ITT RBI single with two ouL,.

Mets 6, Marlins I In New York, h'-On Hardtke, who

doubled twice off Greg Maddux in his major league debut a day earlier, drove in tl1rcc runs witl1 a pair of singles that led tlie McL, over the Florida Marlins.

Kevin Brown ( 15-11) had his five­g:U11e winning streaks topped. He leads tlie majors with a 2.(Xl ERA, but once again got little support from Florida hitters - tlie Marlins have scored only eight runs in his la,t six stm"ts.

LITTce Johnson bcc,m1e tlie first Mets Continued on page 19

secutive fouls slapped on Marpac 's Yosh Gabaldon .me.I Ya<;u Irinaka enabled the Aces to mount another rally.

Aleg1e continued to wax hot a, he scored five straight poinL<; in reverse w; he grabbed his own missed ch:uity on a previous tl1rcc- point play oppor­tunity ,md d1ew a foul on his way-up. He conve1ted the put back ,md the chmity to cut Mmpac's lead within six. 68-62.

Ma.rpac 's offensive went sour a-, tl1ey failed to connect on tlieir three successive plays. llie Aces finally

tied the ballgmne on Eliw; R,mgama.r' s shrnt jumper, 68-all, time down to 9:36 remaining. Then the game took ,motlier tum, A1egre committed his fifth and final foul. 9:05 left.

Marpac capitalized on tl1c oppor­tunity w; the Lizama 's connived to score four poinL'>. llie Aces, how­ever, refused to budge :L, they retali­ated witli a lay-up from Colem,ui mid three chwities by Gutiem:z to grab the lead,75-74.

'n1e two teams cxchmiged b,L,keL, until a micial e1rnr by Gabaldon mid

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·Jnterhotel semis on . · By Erel A. Cabatbat

Variety News Staff CAN DAI lchi Hotel breeze through the finals with an unbeaten streak'? Will Pacific Islands Club have a successful defense of its crown? Can two upstart teams pu11 the rug under their much vaunted rivals?

All these questions will be answered as the semifinal round of the lnterhotel Basketball League gets underway tomoITow at the Gilbert S. Ada Gym.

Dai Ichi will face fourth seeded Nikko Hotel in a best of three play-off while defending champion PIC takes on Coral Ocean Point in the other semifinal pairing.

Daiichi andPIC are both favored to clash in the finals by virtue of their impressive records in the eliminations. Dai lchi ended

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Bud Light Dart League Standings as of September 9, 1996 Masters Division Team Name w L Pct. Copenhagen/Skoal Outdoors 16 10 61.54 Patrick's Hatrick's 24 15 61.54 Mom's Round 2 "Bad ·soys" 8 5 61.54 Michelob "This Is It" 13 14 48.15 POI "Sure Hits" 5 22 18.52 A Division Team Name w L Pct Pacific World "Angus Beef Eaters 23 10 69.70 Tom's Goll dub Repair "f ommys Nightmares" 22 11 66.67 Manny's "Fly Boyi' 21 12 63.64 Team Red Dog 17 16 51.52 Pacific Mirage "La Raza" 14 19 42.42 • Beltran Investigation "Low Lites" 12 21 36.36 Oleai Beach Restaurant 12 21 36.36 Mozart's Overthrows 11 22 33.33 B Division Team Name w L Pct. MillerMGD 25 8 75.76 Rilzy's Cafe 15 7 68.18 Pacific Mirage "Bees" 19 14 57.58 Pat's Hat's 15 18 45.45 Oleai Beach "White Trash" 15 18 45.45 Budweiser "Dart Busters" 14 19 42.42 Sapan Computer Services "T earn SGS" 13 20 39.39 Micro! "lnshenanigans" C Division

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