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The team that will represent the Commonwealth at the National Panasonic Challenge Bowl in Orlando, Florida on June 10-13 (from left to right):Jojo Villagomez, Jon Concepcion, Yun Jin Lee, Jose Puyat, Jr., Rosalyn Ajoste and Kim Jong Ho. (See story on page 11)

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still investigating the possible in­volvement of Palacios. WIth thecriminal offenses charged.

Ishibashi, who has been doingbusiness on Saipan for two yearsnow, wascharged with 12 countsof criminal charges including 3counts of illegal possession offirearms and six counts of illegalpossession of ammunition.

He is also facing one count ofmethamphetamine possession,one count of "ice" possession withan intent to deliver, and illegalpossession of marijuana, Marsh

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Lawyerswelcome

•eveninghearingsTHE CNMI Bar Association haswelcomed SuperiorCourt judges'announcement that they are readyto hold jury trials in the eveningsif necessary.

"This (the announcement)means that they are willing towork hard ...it's a good spirit onthe part of our judges," MichaelWhite, bar association presidentsaid after going through .1copy ofthe announcement from the Su­perior Court.

Presiding Judge Alex Castro,and associate judges EdwardManibusan, Marty Taylor andMiguel Demapan said in a noticeto lawyers that they are willing towork from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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Prior to his nominationTebuteb is member of theBoard of Regents ofthe North­ern Marianas College and isspecial assistant to the Boardof Education.

He had a long distinguishedcareer in the Public SchoofSystem both as teacher andadministrator.

A holder of a masters de­gree in Education 'from the.Western Oregon State Col­lege, Tebuteb taught sociol-'ogy and geography at the

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rested with the Japanese business­man during the execution of anarrest warrant last Monday night,was released by the police.

Senior government prosecutorRussell Marsh said authori ties are

said.In addressing the concern, the

Congresswoman reminded thetwo officials that they had as­

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The appointment, which is onan acting basis until Senate con­firmation is received, became ef­fective yesterday. .

Tebuteb's name and resumewas submitted to the Senate Com­mittee on Executive Appoint­ments and Governmental Investi­gations Monday.

Tebuteb, a memberofthe Caro­linian community on Saipan, was. .tapped by the governor in lieu ofprevious appointee MaggieOlopai-Taitano whose nomina­tion failed to get the required ad­vice and consent of the Senate.

By RafaelH. Arroyo

GOVERNOR Froilan C.Tenorio earlier this week sub­mitted the name of educatorThomas Tebuteb to the Sen­ate as his nominee for the di­rectorship of the Departmentof Cultural & Cultural Affairs.

In a letter to Senate Presi­dent Jesus R. Sablan Monday,Tenorio expressed confidenceand hope that the upper cham­ber of Legislature will act fa­vorably on Tebuteb's appoint­ment.

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Department of Public Safety athis Garapan office Monday.

It was the biggest bail bond tobe set by the court so far involv­ing multiple criminal charges.Ramon I. Palacios, who was ar-

their Performance Bonding com­panies for the timely completionof the projects by this summer, orbe forced to face civil litigationfor breach of contract," Teregeyo

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tion of the five classrooms becompleted by the contractors andready for occupancy by the startof the school year 1994-1995.

Since that meeting, Teregeyosaid, she has not seen sufficientevidence that the contractors takethe deadline for completion seri­ously.

"As my Committee has indi­cated to you at our meeting, yourrespecti ve offices should beardown hard on the Contractors and

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By Rafael I. Santos

A ONE million-dollar bail bondhas been set for the release of aJapanese businessman who wasarrested early this week for illegal

Delay in PSS projectsdisappoints TeregeyoCONGRESSWOMAN Ana S.Teregeyo has expressed disap­pointment over the delayed con­struction of the five new class­rooms for two public elementaryschools on Saipan.

Teregeyo, Chairperson of theHouseCommittee on Health,Edu­cation and Welfare confrontedBoard of Education ChairmanDaniel O. Quitugua and Educa­tion Commissioner William S.Torres for the delay of the projectsat San Vicente and Koblervilleelementary schools.

In her letter to Quitugua andTorres dated April 4, 1994,Teregeyo asked the two officialsto provide her office a progressreport for each project and whatactions they plan to take to insureits completion by this summer.

The Congresswoman said it wasagreed during their meeting onFebruary 10at the Speaker's Con­ference Room that the construe-

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also on a tour but has a businesspermit, he added.

Ifconvicted, each of them maybe imprisoned for maximf 25years, according to Marsh

The arrest of the three Filipinoscame less than 24 hours after aJapanese businessman was alsobusted for drugs and guns at hisGarapan office. Kojo Ishibashi isbeing held on $ Imillion bail bond.

torial race.Hocog and Atalig, according to

Villagomez, have submitted theirresponse to the contestants' argu­ments in time. The next step wouldbe for the Committee to deliber­ate with both parties on their po­sitions.

During the scheduled hearings,Villagomez said any party to thecontest may be assisted by coun­sel.

"However, such assistance shallbe limited and shall not relieve aparty from the primary responsi­bility of presenting evidence tothe Committee or of answeringany committee inquiries," saidVillagomez in his notice of hear­ing.

and Community Relations.Some of the improvements may

be made immediately by divisionmanagers and the acting execu­tive director. Other improve­ments include Board policydeci­sions or changes in the CNMIlaws.

Although the Task Force hascompleted Phase I of its re­port, the utility still welcomescomments' and suggestions.Please write to the public in­formation office at P.O. Box1220, Saipan or send a fac­simile to 322-4323.

Chief Public Defender DanDeRienzo. The COUl;t has yet toappoint lawyers for the two de­fendants, Marsh said.

Marsh described the arrest ofthe three and the seizure of 100grams of "ice" as a "very largebust."

Further investigation revealedthat Agulto is here on the islandas tourist while Manuel is ille­gally staying in the common­wealth, the government lawyer

THE SENATE Credentials Com­mittee tasked to entertain protestsconcerning two Senate seats forRota in the last elections hasscheduled a hearing 10:00 a.m.April 26 Tuesday at the SenateChamber.

According to Sen. Thomas P.Villagomez, Committee Chair­man, he called for the forum tohear oral arguments from both thecontestants and the defendantswith regards to the protest.

Contestants Francis M. Sablanand Joaquin Q. Atalig have ear­lier submitted a memoranda offacts and arguments stating whythey are contesting the victory ofRota Sens. Eusebio A. Hocog andRicardo S. Atalig in the last Sena-

"The Task Force has attemptednot to alter the suggestions sub­mitted by our employees or cus­tomers, thereby providing theCUC Board with an honest andaccurate picture of their views,problems and solutions," Palacioswrote in a memorandum to theBoard.

The suggested improvementsare divided into eight categories:Customers Service; Service Ap­plication Process; Telephones &Radio Dispatch (Control); Op­erations; Regulations & Laws;Facilities; Staff Improvements;

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of about $100,000, Marsh toldreporters.

The controlled substance washidden inside an artificial fruit,he added.

The suspects were brought tothe DPS and detained.

Judge Edward Manibusan set abail of$500,OOO for the release ofAgulto and Manuel and $250,000for Alejandro during a bail hear­ing yesterday morning.

Alejandro was represented by

Senate poll protestheard on April 26

Panel suggests 59CUC improvements

ChoiIn Taek, presidentofPangJin SangSaCorporation, with (left to right) Del Camacho, residentmanager,RufinaMilesandBobbieMizutani, showsone of the300 shirts donatedby the garment factory to Hopwood.

THE COMMONWEALTH Utili­ties Corporation (CUC) Board ofDirectors today recei ved the finalreport from the Public ServiceImprovement Task Force. Thereport contains 59 observationsand suggestions to improve op­erations at the public utility.

Created by CUC's former Act­ing Director Velma Palacios, thedocument is intended to serve asa transition report for the newlyconfirmed Board of Directors.Palacios told the Board that com­ments were gathered by CUCemployees and the public at large.

They were arrested Tuesdayafternoon near a store in Susupeby Customs and DPS agents,Marsh said.

Their arrest followed the dis­covery of crystal methamphet­amine concealed in a DHL pack­age which came from the Philip­pines via Guam. Customs offic­ers discovered the illegal sub­stance during a routine inspec­tion of packages coming fromoutside the CNMI.

On Tuesday afternoon, the threewere seen picking up the packageat the DHL branch in MiddleRoad. Investigators followed thesuspects immediately after leav­ing the DHL office.

While in Susupe area, the in­vestigators stopped the three andfound in their possession 100grams of"ice" with a street value

designed to support people with arange ofexperience in a variety ofcircumstances: faculty and staffmembers ofschools, colleges anduniversities; scholars and writersworking in institutions with re­search or educational collections,such as museums, libraries andhistorical societies; scholars andwriters working in institutionswith no connection to the humani­ties; and scholars and writersworking independently.

For further information andapplications contact: Division ofFellowships and Seminars, Room316, National Endowment for theHumanities, 1100 PennsylvaniaAve., N.W., Washington, D,C.,20506, oryou may call (202) 606­8466. You may also contact theCNMI Council for the Humani­ties at Caller Box AAA 3394,Saipan, MP 96950, or call 235­4785.

also encourage the kids to do wellin school and be a good citizen,"Miles said.

Hopwood has been celebratingthis year for the first time the differ­ent ethnic cultures.

The school under the leadershipof Tom Pangelinan-the princi­pal, had successful series of pre­sentations ofChamorro, Palauans,Filipinos, Chuukese and other cul­tures in the past months.

The other adviserswho are work­ing for tomorrow's event are LouWabol, Henry Kaipat, John Pialur,and Henry Yarofalpiy.

Meanwhile, Miles said in behalfof the school she was very gratefulfor the support of CongresswomanMalua Peter who sent a solicitationletter to Choi In Taek, president ofPang Jin Sang Sa Corp.

The polo shirts to be printed withCarolinian designs will bedistrib­uted to the.students.

Taek said he is always willing tooffer help especially to the stu­dents.

By Rafael J. Santos

THREE Philippine nationals, in­cluding a woman, are currentlydetained at the Department ofPublic Safety following their ar­rest the other day for alleged im­portation of crystal methamphet­amine hydrochloride.

Government prosecutor RussellMarsh yesterday filed four crimi­nal charges against Arnold Z.Agulto, Rodolfo .G. Manuel andClarissa A. Alejandro after theywere caught in possession of"ice."

Aside from being accused of"ice" importation, each of themwere charged with conspiracy toimport a controlled substance,possession win an intent to de­liver and possession of a con­trolled substance.

THE COMMONWEALTHCouncil for the Humanities wishesto announce that the 1995-1996National Endowment for the Hu­manities is now accepting appli­cations for Fellowships for Col­lege Teachers and IndependentScholars. The application dead­line is May I, 1994.

These Fellowships provide sup­port for work on projects that willmake significant contributions tothought- and knowledge in thehumanities. Specifically this Fel­lowship program provides oppor­tunities for individuals to pursueadvanced work in disciplines ofthe humanities. Projects proposedfor support may contribute toscholarly knowledge or thepublic's understanding of the hu­manities, and they may addressbroad topics or consist ofresearchand study in a single field.

The Fellowships programs are

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Hop-wood to displayCarolinian cultureHOPWOOD Junior High Schoolis coming up with another enter­taining ethnic culture presenta­tion-:-this time the Carolinian.

As thisdeveloped, PangJin SangSa Corporation, a garment factorylocated in Chalan Laulau, donatedyesterday 300 polo shirts to theschool to be used by students fortomorrow's "Carolinian Apprecia­tion Day" celebration.

Rufina Peter Miles, one of theschool's Carolinian advisers, toldVariety that the students and teach­ers will be presenting differentCarolinian songs and dances.

Miles said the performers will bedisplaying their Carolinian cos­tumesand beads on theBeach Area.

There will also bea demonstra­tion among others on mwar mak­ing and food preparation, she said.

Well-known andrespected Caro­linian brothers Lino and FrancoOlopaiare the invited speakers whowill narrate to the students how theCarolinians migrated to Saipan.

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former Air Force chief of staff,said in an interview that whilethere are limitations on air power,"there's limitationsto everything.Because of the limitations of di­plomacy, (NATO) turned to 'airpower."

Dugan said he believes the useof air power is "relatively inex­pensivev'arthis time, and the riskof the loss of an aircraft will notdeter the United States and itsallies from conducting furtherstrikes.

"The purpose of a military op­eration is to bolster diplomacy,"Dugan said, adding that "the Rus­sians will be key to making any­thing happen" in bringing thebloody conflict to an end.

"It may well be that w~ struck,not so much to get the attention ofthe Serbs, but ofthe Russians," theretired general said.

U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden, a seniormember of the Senate Foreign Re­lations Committee and a critic ofthe Clinton administration'spolicyin Bosnia, hailed the strikes, sayingthey "should lay to rest the tiredarguments that air power alone isineffective in the Bosnian crisis."

warned the Serbs against assum­ing that the U.N. and NATO areafraid to use greater force.

"We have a formidable air ar­mada there, more than is neces­sary to conduct the operationwe've been conducting to date,"Perry said. "So it would be a verybig miscalculation for the Serbsto believe that this was a forcewhich was limited to conductingan occasional close air supportmission. We could conduct muchmore than that if necessary."

Norman Polmar, naval histo­rian and author of several bookson the military, said in an inter­view that the United States risks"getting sucked into" the Bosnianconflict with such piecemeal at­tacks.

"Right now, it's relatively easyto identify targets and we haven'tlost an aircraft. ... But the situa­tion could change to where theyare forced to go in under badweatherand poorconditions. Thenthey could hit the wrong target,lose an airplane and a pilot," theanalyst said.

"It's not worth the effort or therisk" oflosing either, Polmar said,but it's preferable to putting tensofthousands ofU.S. ground forces

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Gorazde. But they lost communi­cation with the ground-based aircontroller that was helping themfind the target, and instead wentafter the command post, the gen­eral said.

"Rather than risk the probabil­ity of somebody inadvertentlygetting hurt, they pulled off thetarget because they were also lowon fuel and the weather was dete­riorating," Sheehan said.

In Monday's air action, FrenchMirage fighter jets flying underNATO direction were unable toget under the 6,000-foot (2,000­meter) cloud cover where theycould fire on Serbian tanks shell­ing the U.N. post in the Muslimenclave, Sheehan said.

NATO then called in two Ma­rine FA- I 8 fighters to try to si­lence at 'least two Serbian tanks.Basedon initial reports, they man­aged to destroy a single tank andthree Serbian armored personnelcarriers.

"It's a law ofphysics. Flying inbad weather, regardless of thetechnology of the machine, ishard," the general said.

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Shortly after 11 p.m. Monday, days ago in the Jan. 17 quake, partment, or Caltrans estimatedGov. Pete Wilson, Mayor Richard driving in this most car-dependent the repairjob would take 140days.

It offered contractor C.C. MyersInc. $14.9 million, plus $200,000for every day it beat the deadline.

C.c. Myers worked seven daysa week and finished 74 days early,earning a $14.8 million bonus. Therepairs were paid for by the federalgovernment.

Wilson, Riordan and Vice Presi­dent Al Gore were scheduled toattend a reopening ceremony Tues­day morning.

The magnitude-6.7 quake kilied61 people, injured at least 9,000 andcaused $20 billion in damage.

The quake collapsed two bridgesand damaged four others on theSanta Monica It also closed parts ofthree other freeways.

Commuters were forced to adjustwork schedules and use surfacestreets and public transportation toavoid long delays.

"It has really been a drag," saidChristopher Dow, a photographerwhose 25-mile (45-km), 3D-minutecommute from Topanga Canyon tohis downtown Los Angeles studiotook an hour after the quake.

Ridership on Metrolink, thecity'scommuter rail system, increasedfrom 10,000 a day beforethe quaketo 31,000 before leveling off at thecurrent 18,000.

State Transportation SecretaryDean Dunphy warned thatthe re­opening may bring 'back some oldproblems,

"What did the freeway look likewhen theearthquake occurred?," heasked. "If I recall, it was jam­packed."

Although NATO has some 150attack planes at its command inthe region, only two jets wereinvolved in each of the two sepa­rate attacks - one Sunday againsta group oftents housing a BosnianSerb artillery command post, andanother Monday against a hand­ful of tanks and armored person­nel carriers.

Sheehan, a Marine general whois the director of operations forthe Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Lt.Gen. Sir Michael Rose, the Brit­ish commander of U.N. militaryforces in Bosnia, made the deci­sion on the nature of the strikes.

"Gen. Rose clearly managedthe level ofviolence that was nec­essary," the Marine general said.

Sheehan pointed out that bothSunday's and Monday's opera­tions were made more difficultbecause of poor weather condi­tions and low cloud cover.

On Sunday, two U.S. Air ForceF- I6s zeroed in on a Serbian tankand artillery position that hadshelled U.N. observers in

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WASHINGTON (AP) •NATO's two limited air strikesagainst Serbianground forces nearGorazde reveal some of the con­straints of air power and the factmilitary commanders are con­vinced that force alone will notsettle the Bosnian conflict.

"Milltary might won't solve thisproblem," Lt. Gen. John Sheehantold reporters at a Pentagon brief­ing Monday.respondingto aqueryabout the "parsimonious" natureof the attacks Sunday and Mon­day.

"The intent is ... very frankly, toget the parties back to the bar­gaining table," he said.

The strikes were symbolicallysignificant because they mark thefirst time NATO ever .launchedattacks against ground forces.

But the attacks were extremelylimited in scope, given the type ofdevastation an overwhelming,round-the-clock air war could un­leash, as in the Gulf War.

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CNMIofficials traveling toeitherif these two locations," saidPangelinan.

Therefore, he said it is incum­bent upon departments and ac­tivities to provide advance notifi­cation for the type of assistancerequired.

"In doingso, we can avoidfrus­tration, inconvenience and com­plaintsfromCNMIofficialsagainstliaisonoffices staff for the lack ofimmediate assistance to the trav­eler," Pangelinansaid.

"Both offices have small staffandcandoonlysomuch,therefore,your full cooperation in planningandcommunicating in advanceofyour actual travel is appreciated,"added the administration official.

like to see these business, whichare often "cash poor" and "landrich," use their assetsas.collateral'to obtain the necessary Perfor­mance Bond, thereby, creating a

bidding for various Capital Im­provementProjectssimplybecausetheydo nothavethe available cashfunds to purchase a PerformanceBond. The Senatorsaidhe would

Gov't travelers askedto inform LN0 of needs

SPECIAL Assistant for Ad­ministrationJoaquinI.Pangelinanhas asked all department and ac­tivityheads to inform CNMI liai­son offices abroad beforehand ofwhatever assistance they wouldrequire when traveling to suchplaces.

In a memorandum dated April12,1994,Pangelinan tooknoteofthetaskbeing handledbyboththeGuam and Hawaii Liaison Of­fices thus the need for advancenotification for the type of assis­tance necessary for a traveler.

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CNMI labor has depleted the fi­nancial resources of the CNMI.By contracting out to non"CNMIcorporationswehave significantlyundermined the Commonwealthstransition to economic maturity.This has driven the private sectorwages down to the extent thattheindigenous population has littleopportunity to work in the privatesector for a salary that can suffi­ciently support a family.

Moreover,mostof thefundspaidout to non-CNMI corporationsleaves the CNMI, never to be rein­vested into the economy. "Even ifwe were to invest millions of dol­lars into technical training pro­grams for our local citizens, wewould still have a source of non­government employment thatwouldpay far below the necessaryfunds needed to raise and supporta family," said Hocog.

The Senator believes that wemust begin to strengthen the pri­vate sector for local employment,muchlike wecurrently have in thegovernment sector.

He realizes that many smallbusinesses within the Common­wealth, i.e.,construction compa­nies. are unable to comoete in the

ByFerdie de la Torre

Hocog mulls edge to local bidders

Sen.EusebioHocog

SENATOREusebioA Hocog (0­Rota) Chairman, Committee onResources, Development andProgramshas recently introducedSenate Bill 9-80, which insuresthatlocalbusinesses receive pref­erential consideration in the bid­ding process for any capital im­provement projects regardless ofthe source of funding.

The Senator has asserted thatforfar too long the impact of non-

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1994-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWSANDVIEWs-5

Hopwoodstudentnabbedfor dope

ANOTHER male juvenile was ar­rested Tuesday after he was alleg­edly found carrying possible mari­juana at Hopwood Junior HighSchool inChalanPiao.

Theboydescribed as 16yearsoldwas the 10th juvenile nabbed forallegedlyconcealingcontrolledsub­stancebelievedtobemarijuanainsidedifferent schools on Saipan in lessthan one month.

Initial information released bytheDepartmentofPublic Safetyshowedthattheboy was arrested inside theschool campus afterhe was spottedhiding possible marijuana.

The incident was reported to policeTuesday at 10:04 a.m,

The Division of Youth Services ishandling the cases involving juvenilesapprehended fordrug possession.

LastApril4,anine-year-old boy wasarrestedforallegedlycanyingmarijuana

.atSan Vicente Elementary School.OnMarch29,a14-year-old boy was

picked up after hewas seen trying tohide a sheet ofpaper containing a sub­stancepossibly marijuana inside oneofthe classrooms atHopwood.

One week earlier, threeother malestudents were likewise arrested forcarrying the same dope inseparate in­cidentsatTanapag Elementary Schooland Marianas High School.

Last March IS, four male juvenileswere also observed bringing possiblemarijuanajointsatMHSandHopwood.

Recently, theCommonwealthHealthCenter Substance Abuse!AddictionTreatment Program revealed thatmarijuana useinCNMl isquite high atboth junior high school level and atsenior high school.

The CHCstatistics showed that outof 26 students whosought treatment,three arebetween 10-12 years old, 15are 13-15 years oldandeight between16-18 years old

tinue to be the largest singleparty in Parliament - to keeptheir hold on power.

But the pro-Ozawa faction'schoice for prime minister, For­eign Minister Tsutomu Hata, saidTuesdayhestillhopesthecoalitioncanrestore theunity ithadlastyearin pushing for anti-corruption andother reforms.

'There's nothing that says wecan't make up, so long as wefocuson the reason why we created thisnew coalition government lastAugust," he said.

Hata planned to leave Wednes­~yfurM~h,Moroa»,ro

attendthesigningceremonyfortheUruguayRoundworldtradeagree­ment reached last year.

Research Laboratory, said it willstart again when demand andprices for minerals increase anddeposits on land diminish. Paral­lel research is also being con­ducted by China, Japan, SouthKorea and India.

"It would not surprise meto seeit within a IS-year time period,"saidCrook, adding that thesouth­west Pacific is geologicallybettersuited to undersea mining thanother ocean areas.

Heenvisageshugefloatingplat­forms will sit on the ocean's sur­face while robotic or remotecon­trolledmachines,connectedto thevessel above, mine the sea floor.

Meanwhile, some wealth hasalready been found on land insome island states.

Hugegold and copper minesaswell as oil wells are alreadyoper­ating in Papua New Guinea al­though some projects have cometo grief because of political prob­lems. For instance, what wasonce the world's largest coppermine at Panguna on the islandof Bougainville has been shutdown since 1989due to an armedrebellion by secessionists.

Disputes with indigenouslandowners have also slowedgold exploration in the neigh­bering Solomon Islands.

Gold has been mined in Fijisince the tum of the century andthere are now plans for a hugeopencut copper mine.

Tiny quantities have beenfound in the sand of beaches onVanuatu and Fiji leading tohopes that rich deposits of golddust have been washed just off­shore.

For the second day in a row,leaders of a conservative factionled by Hosokawa ally IchiroOzawaboycottedacoalitionmeet­ing called by their more liberalpartners.

However, the No. 2 officialsfrom all the coalition parties metTuesday. evening and agreed tocontinue talking Wednesday.

"OUf. discussions are stillstuck," said one of the nego­tiators, Takashi Yonezawa ofthe Democratic Socialists."Somehow we've got to find away out of this."

If the coalition splits, thepro- and anti-Ozawa factionswould need to win over someLiberal Democrats - who con-

named after the British navalcap­tain who sailed through here 200years ago after being cast adrift ina small boat following the mutinyon the Bounty.

Here and in other places geolo­gists suspect oil formed in sedi­ments over 20 million years agoand is now trapped in the porousrock of ancient coral reefs longburied thousands of meters (feet)beneath the seabed.

Among other tantalizing min­eral finds are nodules of the man­ganese, copper, nickel and cobaltwhich have formed over millionsof years on the ocean floor aroundtheCook Islands west of Tahiti.

Sucha resourcewouldbe worthmillions of dollars on land.

But at 4,000 to 6,000 meters(13,000 to 19,000 feet) underwa­ter theirextraction isdifficult and,to date, uneconomic. At thesedepths water pressure is immenseand even sunshine can not pen­etrate.

Yet technology is being devel­oped now in anticipation of in­creasedmineraldemandnextcen­tury.

"Underseaminingisjust aroundthe comer," said Muller.

Researchers from the Univer­sity of Hawaii are planning to testexperimental undersea miningequipment next year on mineralcrustsontopofanunderseamoun­tain 1,600 meters (5,250 feet)underwater, north of Papua NewGuinea.

Undi rsea mining was tried andfailed ii the ocean between Ha­waii and California in the 1970s.'

But Keith Crook, of theuniversity's Hawaii Undersea

Hawaii, A. Samoa win EPA grantsHONOLULU (AP) - Three government and private agencies inHawaiiand one in American Samoa are winners of environmental educationgrants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.·

The grants are awarded under the National Environmental EducationAct.

The Hawaii Nature Center of Honolulu will use a $20,000 grant toprovide teacher training and produce resource guides for field study ofwetland endangered species.

I!" $5,000 grant to Maui County will establish an educational partner­ship between the Wastewater Reclamation District and the county'sschools to combine classroom presentations with tours of the wastewa­ter reclamation facilities.

The American Lung Association of Hawaii will use a grant of nearly$5,000 to join with the Girl Scouts and the state Department ofEducation to promote awareness of potential health hazards associatedwith indoor air pollution.

- resemble those. that broughtdown the Liberal Democrats.

The Liberal Democrats mayhave trouble staying together thistime as well.

Thoughstillgauntandpalefroman unspecified illness, LiberalDemocraticpowerbrokerMichioWatanabe, a former foreign min­ister,hashintedstronglyhewouldbe willing to quit the party andjoin with part of the coalition.

"I'vegot thewill, thedesireandthe strength," the 70-year-oldWatanabe said Mondayoutside ameeting of his followers.

Meanwhile, coalition leaderscontinued their squabbles Tues­day over how to choose a succes­sor to Hosokawa.

NOTICE is hereby given that Teresita A.Munoz of Guam, has filed a petition in theCommonwealth 01 the Northern MarianaIsland, Commonwealth Superior Court tobeappointed asadministratrix 01 thestateof Isidro C. Pangelinan, deceased. Theattorney ofrecord isJUANT. L1ZAMA, P.O.Box 1508, Saipan, Northern Mariana Is­lands. The hearing onthepetition issetlor10thdayof May, 1994 at 1:30p.rn., at theCommonwealth Superior Court . .All inter­ested persons should appear at this hear­ing.All persons having claim against the es­tate, or against the deceased should tiletheir claim with the Clerk of Court 01 theCommonwealth Superior Court within sixty(60) days alterthefirst publication of thisnotice.

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and south across the Equator andeast and west of the InternationalDateline.

Its total land mass is a minus­cule 811 square kilometers (313square miles). But its territorialwaters or exclusive economiczone covers a massive 3.5millionsquare kilometers (1.3 millionsquare miles).

For the last decade most islandnations have extended theirboundaries 200 nautical milesbeyond their coastlines, givingthem possession over hugeswathes of the Pacific.

"It would be marvellous for is­land countries to have undersearesources found and exploited,"saidIeremiaTabai,aformerpresi­dent of Kiribati who now headsthe region's main political andeconomic grouping, the SouthPacific Forum.

Muller sees oil as the brightestprospect, even though the searchfor petroleum has stopped andstarted with little success sincethe late 1960s.He hopes that newprospectingtechnologywilleven­tually strike a bonanza.

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"We just don't know enoughabout what is out there," saidPhilipp Muller, who heads theSouthPacificAppliedGeoscienceCommission (SOPAC), which ischarged with surveying theregion's resources. "There havebeen some promising results butsomuch isstillunexplored.We'veonly just scratched the surface.This is a real frontier for prospec­tors."

Most island countries are madeup of dispersed archipelagoeswhich have little in cash-earningresources besides coconuts, fish­ing and tourism to sustain them.

One of them, Kiribati, consistsof 33 coral atolls scattered north

resign over financial impropri­eties.

But the Liberal Democrats arenotexpected to have an easy timefinding coalition partners to gaina parliamentary majority. Theparty lost its majority for the firsttime in 38 years in elections lastJuly.

Voters were outraged over aseries of scandals involving Lib­eral Democratic leaders. In addi­tion; many legislators, includingHosokawa, had left to form newparties.

Ironically, Hosokawa's finan­cial scandals - including accep­tanceof an interest-free loan thatopponents say was actually anunder-the-tablepoliticaldonation

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"As (the party's) president ... Iam obligated to stand for thepremiership," Yohei Kono told aLiberal Democratic Party meet­ing' according to secretary-gen­eral Yoshiro Mori.

The ruling coalition - compris­ing eight blocs - is in tatters afterPrime Minister MorihiroHosokawasaidlastweekhe would

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has become a favorite trainingsitefor major league ball players fromJapan. I wouldhope that wecouldattract professionalbaseball teamsfrom both the United States andJapan to play some internationalpre-seasonexhibitiongamesin theCNMI. That would be a firstof itskind. Wouldn't that be great?"

A multi-sports complex in theCNMI will provide athletes withstate-of-the-art training, givingthe Commonwealth a decidedadvantage in hosting futureMicronesian and South PacificGames. "Having this complexwill be a win-win foreverybody," said the Governor."Who know, maybe you'll seeme out there doing a few lay­ups."

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population: 'The good news foradultsandyouth,alike,isthissportscomplexwill remainopenMondaythrough Friday until 11:00p.m."

At this first stage of design, themulti-purpose sports facilityincludesmultiplebasketball courts,racquetball courts, volleyball,weight room,saunaand whirlpool,locker rooms and showers, martialarts training rooms, table tennis,aerobic training rooms, indoor/outdoor track, Olympic sizeswimming pool, tennis courts,soccer field and baseball fieldstadium. In addition, classroomswill be used for CPR and standardfirs aid certification, health andfitness programs, and educationalinstruction by coaching staff.

The Governoralso said, "Saipan

tremendous respect for the workMr. Dennis has alreadydone hereon Saipan, and that is why I knowhe will provide the leadership weneed to get this project off theground," said the Governor. "Wehave named this project TEAMSPORTS COMPLEX because itwill take a teameffort to bring thisconcept from the drawingboardtocompletion."

Recognizing the importance ofsports for many in the CNMI, theGovernorsaid, "the increasein thenumber of teams that participatedin this year's Micronesian Games,as well as our success in winningthe second highest number ofmedals in sports competition,clearly showstheappetite ouryoungpeople have for sports."

The Governor also said thefacility will benefit the general

4 p.m., for public viewing andeducation of variousimmunization programs,educational materials, types ofimmunization activities, healthprofessionals and public healthstaff toenhance publicknowledgeof theavailabilityofimmunizationservices provided to the childrenin the CNMI.

Gov. Froilan C. Tenoriorecently signed a proclamationdeclaring April 23 to 29th as"CNMI's Immunized ChildrenAre Tomorrow's Wealth."

GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenoriohas named Pacific Island Club,Saipan, General Manager JimDennis to spearhead the drive tobuild a multi-purpose sportscomplex for the CNMI.

The announcement came at lastweeksofficial reception,hostedbythe Governor and the First Ladyhonoringtheathleteswhocompetedin the Micronesian Games. Theproject is to be known as TEAMSPORTS COMPLEX. TheGovernorsaid,"Ifeelthatouryouthneedsconstructivealternatives, andthis wouldbea strong,positivestepfor us to take."

Denniswilldrawon hisextensivemanagementexpertisetoworkwithbusiness and community leaders,and the legislature to securefinancing to build the sportscomplex. "I haveahigh regardand

The outreach program at theheadstart centers will coincide the"National Headstart Week" onApril 25 to the 29th.

"We will be going around thecenters, immunizing, distributestickers, pamphlets and othermaterials ... and also gi ve icecream,." she said.

Meanwhile, the walk-in freeimmunization which started theother day, will be held daily fromIl:30a.m. to 12:30p.m. and4:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m. aside from theregular clinic at theCommonwealth Health Center.

The DPHES is encouragingparents to take the opportunity tobring their children to update theimmunization and also for thosebehind to catch up.

"It's very important as one wayof preventing children'sdiseases ... complication ofdiseases lead to death, end upbedridden because of braindamage," Untalan said.

The DPH continues to improve,in its effort to provide a widerange of immunization services,through Women and Children'sClinic, Walk-in ImmunizationClinic, Community OutreachServices, School Health Program,and Children's DevelopmentalAssistance Center.

The Public Health will openthroughout the third weekof AprilMonday to Friday from 8 a.m. to

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THE DEPARTMENT of PublicHealth and EnvironmentalServices will conduct a "NationalPre-School Immunization Week"to promote health and protect thechildren against vaccinepreventable diseases.

Elizabeth Untalan, associatedirectorfor Public HealthNursingDivision, said the immunizationweek will be on April 23 to 29 aspart of the program in promotingthe immunization month.

Untalan said during this week,public health nurses will visit theheadstart centers on Saipan andalso put up temporary clinics atPayless in Chalan Kanoa andJoeten in Susupe from 8 a.m. to12 noon.

The immunization will beagainst measles, mumps, rubella,polio, diphtheria, pertussis(whooping cough), tetanus,haemophilusinfluenzatypeB,andhepatitis B.

She said from the present 71%immunization level, they want toreach the national goal of 90%level by 1996.

She said it will be the first timetheyconduct immunization to thespecific age group focussingpreschoolers.

"We failed to attain the goallast year and we want to maintainthe 90% level," Untalan said.

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Dennis to head sports complex drive

Army Reserve to useDPS shooting rangeTHIS is to inform all island residents that members of the Army Reservewill be utilizing the Department of Public Safety shooting range thisSaturday.April 16,1994from9:00a.m. to 10:00p.m.andonSunday,April17,1994from9:00a.m, to 10:00p.m. The purpose is to conductweaponsqualification,

The shooting range is located at Capitol Hill, north of Vestcor VillageApartments. Aflagwillbeplacedat theroadentrance totheshootingrangeindicatingusage of the range.

Nearbyresidents are asked not to be alarmed and everyone is asked tostay away from the area.

Foreigncompaniessay piracyisrampant in book publishing,audiorecordings, the movie industry,trademarks and design.

the U.S. computer companyMicrosoft Corp. says it has lost upto $30 million in Chinafrompirat­ing of its software,

Microsoft recently won a claimagainst a Shenzhen-based enter­prise that was counterfeiting itstrademark hologram. .AD admin­istration official confirmed that aChinese court ordered theShenzhen company to payMicrosoft 200,000 yuan ($23,000).

13.14 points to 5,475.34 afterMonday's 77-point fall.

MANILA: Share prices closedlower in moderately heavy trad­ing in the absence of fresh incen­tives. The Philippine compositeindex of 31 selected issues fell8.48 points to 2,634.60.

SEOUL: Share prices closedlower on profit-taking after sixstraight days of gains. The KoreaComposite Stock Price Index fell13.60 points to 880.87 in moder-ate trading. .

SYDNEY: Australian shareprices closed higher after severaldays of quiet trading. The A11­Ordinaries index of share pricesrose 19.1 points to 2,095.1.

KUALALUMPUR:Malaysianshare prices closed sharplyhigheron strong buying ofqualitystocksby Japanese and other foreignfunds. In its biggest single-dayrise, the Composite Indexjumped51.48 points to 1,024.82.

assure adequate cotton supplies tomajor t~xtile enterpriseswithgoodproduction andprofitreeords, whilethose involved in speculation andprofiteering of cotton would facepenalties, which Ding did notspecify.

Earlier, the government an­nounced it was raising the price itpays to farmersforcottonandbuy­109 moreof the crop in an effort to.curb decreasing production. Thisyear, farmers will get 8 yuan (92U.S. cents) per kilogram (42 centsper pound),up 1.4yuan (16 cents)per kilogram (7 cents per pound)from last year.

Somefarmershad refusedtoselltheircotton,waitingforpricestogoup.

The cotton shortfall has causedmany textile factories to suspendoperations and increaseimports ofcotton.

years, and fines increased to up to50 percent of the value of theillegalbusiness,orup to fivetimesthe profits earned.

Liu cited 14 recent· cases inChina of foreign trademark in­fringement. Ten of the big-namebrandswerefromtheUnitedStates,including Kodak, Levi Strauss,Colgate-Palmolive, Procter andGamble, Coca-Cola and Mobil.

The United States has the big­gest share of the 59,466 foreigntrademarksregisteredinChina,andtherefore has more problems withtrademarkinfringement. theadmin­istrationsaid.

In Hong Kong, share pricesclosed sharply higher for the sec­ond straight day.

The HangSengIndex, the HongKong market's key indicator ofblue chips, rose 261.32 points, or2.8 percent, closing at 9,738.09.On Monday, the index hadclimbed 178 points.

Brokers attributed the uptrendto fresh buying by Japanese in­vestors and continued confidencein the future of the Hong Kong'smarket.

The markets were closed in In­donesia and Thailand for nationalholidays.

WELLINGTON: NewZealandshare prices closed higher inquiettrading. The NZSE-40 CapitalIndex rose 28.18 points to2,151.87.

TAIPEI: Share prices closedlower inmoderate tradingbecauseof continued profit-taking. Themarket's Weighted Index fell

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State controls on cottonsales not to be liftedBEllING (AP)-TheChinesegov­ernment has decided to keep statecontrols on the cotton market be­cause of diminishing harvests, anofficial newspaper said Tuesday.

Internal Trade Minister DingJunfa said thestate wouldcontinueplanning and managing all cottonpurchases, marketing and storage,the China Daily reported.

A Ithough the government hasgraduallylifteditscontrolsonmostother commodities and allowedmarketforces tosetpricesandman­age supply and demand, two yearsof decreases in cotton productioncaused by poor weather, pests andplant disease, and farmers leavingthe land is forcing the state to keeptight control over the market.

Last year, the harvestof 4. I mil­liontonswas500,000tonslessthanin 1992.

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Hosokawa, the yen's rise in valueagainst the dollar was keepinginvestors on the sidelines.

The dollar ended at 103.52yen,down 0.96 yen from Monday'sfinish.

Hosokawa announced on Fri­day that he will step down to takeresponsibility for alleged impro­prieties in his personal finances.

tration acknowledged that trade­mark infringement cases have in­creased in China along with theboom in foreign trade.

"One of the key reasons is thatthe legal sanctions on these actsare not severe enough," the state­ment said.

It said authorities handle morethan 13,000 trademark infringe­ment and counterfeiting casesannually, with about 500 of theseinvolving foreign trademarks.

Last year, China tightened pen­altiesfor trademark infringement.Maximum prison sentences wereextended from three to seven

rights protection. China faces pu­nitive trade sanctions if the U.S.Trade Representative's Officeconcludes that China has failed toadequatelyenforce lawsandregu­lations to protect trademarks,copyrights and patents.

A similar threat of U.S. tradesanctions in 1992forced China tostrengthen its laws and regula­tions. But Charlene Barshefsky,U.S. deputy trade representative,said last fall, "Enforcement, par­ticularly in copyrights, trade­marks, and patents, is essentiallyabsent."

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BEllING (AP) • With the dead­line nearing for a U.S. review ofChina's protection of foreigntrademarks and patents, Beijingon Tuesday defended its recordwhile admitting that infringe­ments are growing.

"We have basicallybrought theChinese law (on trademark pro­tection)intolinewithinternationalpractices," Liu Minxue, directorgeneral of the State Administra­tion for Industry and Commerce,said at a news conference.

Last November, the UnitedStates started a six-month reviewof China's intellectual property

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HONG KONG (AP) • AsianstockmarketsclosedmixedTues­day, with both share prices andthe U.S. dollar falling in Tokyofor the second straight day be­cause of political turmoil in Ja­pan.

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Every year, the criminal divi­sionhandles about 500 cases,Gillsaid, adding that there areonly sixlawyers assigned in her division.

Reacting to a possibility thatthe legislature would enact a lawthat would set a limit on pleabargaining practices of govern­ment attorneys on specific typesof crimes, prosecutors saidsuchalaw would violate the"prosecutorial discretion"ofgov­ernment lawyers.

While the legislature can makelaws and evaluate the policies ofthe Attorney General's Office, itdoes not have the right to imposesome limits on the functions ofgovernment counsels, Gill said.

"To limit the persecutory dis­cretion [of government lawyers]violates the separation of power,"Gill added.

For his part, senior governmentprosecutor Russell Marsh saidthelegislature should 'not tell pros­ecutors how to carry out theirduties and responsibilities.

"No oneshould tellprosecutorswhat to charge," he said.

case, even if the government has .presented enough evidence, thuswasting prosecutory resources.

Reacting to an observation thatthe government had a very. strongcase against 1.0, Gill said the casehad only "medium strength."Grantingthatthegovernmentsuc­ceeded in prosecuting the clubmanager, Gill believed 1.0 willonlyhave beensentencedtoabout90days citing the fact thatshe hada clean criminal history.

She added that the anti-prosti­tution statute was a new law.

"Nothing is really certain," thelady lawyer said.

Thegovernment mustalsocon­sider that winning a case againstthe defendant does not mean theend of the case. A court decisionmaybe challenged in appellatecourts, prolonging the litigationprocess while draining the gov­ernment much needed funds.

Gill also said that the Depart­ment of Corrections spendsabout$30,000 a year for every convict.Instead of spending such amountfor 1.0, if she were convicted ofpromotingprostitution,themoneyshould be used instead for thecommunity, the lawyer said.

For a single prostitution case,she said a government lawyerspent almost a month just to re­spond to a motion questioning theconstitutionality of PublicLaw 8­14. There are still 13 prostitutioncases that are pending in court,the lawyer told reporters.

;q s part of our community program to immu­nize as many babies beginning today (Mon­day,April 11th) we wish to urge all parents

with toddlers to ensure that their babies receivetheir "BabyShots" assoon as possible. The Divisionof Public Health will extend its hours starting thisMonday thru Friday for a month for your conve­nience. Extended hours are: 11:30 A.M. to 12:30P.M. and from 4:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.

Let us be responsible citizens by taking care of thehealth of our children. Immunization (Baby Shots)will go a long way in preventing our children fromsuch diseases as nerve damage, mental retardation,paralysis, muscular problems, deafness and death,among others. Let's protect our children. Bringthem to the Division of Public Health for their BabyShots.We appeal to the following associations to assist us in ourimmunization

drive to reach as many parents with toddlers: Filipino,Korean, Japanese,

Chinese, Palauans, FSM and the Marshalls. Si YuusMaase!

CherylGillthat there are other factors to con­sider before entering into a pleaagreement. These include thechances of winning the case andthekind of offense involved.

In the case of 1.0, the govern­ment entered into a plea bargainbecauseprosecutorsbelievedtheirtime and government resourcesmust be spent in more seriouscrimes.

La's offense, although a seri­ous crime, is not as serious asother cases such as murder thatmust be given priority by pros­ecutors, Gill stressed. "Prostitu­tion is non-violent crime... noteven a crime against property,"she said.

Gill as well as assistant attor­ney general Alan Gordon saidthere is always therisk of losinga

the Superior Court gave 1.0a sus­pended sentence and fmed her$2,000. The club manager, whohails from the Philippines, wasalso ordered to leave the CNMIwithin 120days after the sentenc­ing which took place last March31.

Undertheprovisionsof theanti­prostitution statute, an offendermay get a maximum penalty offive years imprisonment and a$lQ,OOO fine.

Teregeyo said the governmentshould have proceeded with the

.prosecution of 1.0,given the factthat "the case against the defen­dant was legally well grounded."She said the conviction ofanotherDouble Shot employee by, thename of Evelyn Liarta of prosti­tution made it unnecessaryfor theprosecution to enter into any pleaagreement with thedefendantandher lawyer.

Gill however explained that thegovernment normally agrees to aplea negotiation for several rea­sons including the need to "con­serve" prosecutory resources.

Because of limited number oflawyers and scarcity of funds forthe division, government coun­selsprefer to use theirprosecutorydiscretion and agree to a plea bar­gain, she said.

"That is why plea negotiationsare an essential process of the[criminaljustice system],shesaidin an afternoon press conference.

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AG defends plea pact on prostitutionTHURSDAY, APRIL 14,1994:-MARIANAS VARIETYNEWS AND VIEws-9

By Rafasll. Sant08

GOVERNMENT prosecutorsyesterdaydefended their decisionto enter into a plea negotiationwith a person accused of violat­ing the anti-prostitution law, say­ing the plea agreement wasreachedfor the best interestofthegovernment.

At the same time, they ex­pressed opposition against thepossibleenactment o'a law limit­ing plea bargaining policies of

. government attorneys.CherylGill,Chiefof the Crimi­

nal Division of the AttorneyGeneral's Office said that gov­ernment lawyers are cognizantthat plea negotiations with per­sons charged with criminal of­fenses "require a dozen of fac­tors."

Gill was reacting to Rep. AnaS. Teregeyo's letter to the Attor­ney General's Office expressingdisappointment over what shecalled "the government's failureto push for the maximum pen­alty" for the violators of PublicLaw 8-14 which she authored inthe House of Representatives.

Teregeyo, in her letter to Act­ing Attorney General RichardWell, singled out the case ofEvelyn 1.0,-manager of DoubleShot night club in Gualo Rai inwhich a plea agreement was en­tered into by the defendant andthe prosecution.

Based on the plea agreement.

lies in the rural area were af­fected.

The brief; four-sentence re­port did not say how the ninedied, or give a figure for thevalue of the damage caused bythe storms.

Arkansas on Monday totaling$14,615, Kendall said.

A review over the weekendshowed "that a short-term capitalgainof $ 6,498 from 198

o commodities trading was.notreported," he said. 'The federal taxonthisgainwouldhavebeen$3,315;thestatetaxwould have been$514.TheClintons aretoday paying thesetaxes plusaccrued interest."

Kendall said the CJintons paid$10,134 in federal interest andpaidArkansas$652forbackinterest, Theydid not pay any penalties on theamounts.

Theyinitiallyhadpaid $17,680infederal taxes for 1980 and$2,836 inArkansas taxes.

Asource closetotheClintons' taxsituation, speaking to White Housereporters onconditionofanonymity,said the details of Mrs. CJintons'trading "are confusing."

Theadditionalincome"wasjustoverlooked," he said, suggestingthe Clintonshad notgottena year­endstatementfromthebrokerage­Stephens Inc. of LittleRock - thatdetailed the commodity gains. .

He said the extra income hadnothing to do with the Clintons'Whitewaterinvestments.

The WhiteHousealsodisclosedthat the Clintons were audited bythe Internal Revenue Service in1982 with respect to their 1979taxes and not required to paybacktaxes.

mfected by the HIV, the virus thatcausesacquired immunedeficiencysyndrome, than women.

But the bank said there is evi­dence that conditions in Asia, par­ticularly SouthAsia, showthatthetrendis for moreandmorewomento becomeinfected.

It saidthatamong thereasons forthe rising infection of women arebiological factors, frequent birthswhich may require blood transfu­sion and the low statusof womenwhich prevents them from acquir­ing means to protect themselvesagainstAIDS.

Thebanksaidresearch hasshownthat the HIV infection is highestamong womenbetween theage of15and25andtheincidence onmenpeaksbetween 5 to 10yearslater. Itadded that the threat of infectionfor women is 2.5 timeshigher thanfor men in the region.

The reason for the difference isnot fullyunderstood butcontribut­ingfactors includetheincidence ofsexually transmitted diseases, somesexual practices and women's nu­.tritional status.

Theriskofinfection isalsohigherin countries thatdo nothavea safeblood supply and where there is ahigh rate of unmanaged births.

a.m. last Thursday, causingdamage to 50,000 buildings and'more than 10,000 'hectares(nearly 25,000 acres) of farm­land for wheat, rice and oil­bearing vegetables, the People'sDaily said. Some 50,000 fami-

for taxliability - theClintons "haverepeatedly saidthattheywill correctany mistakes in their tax returns ...andtheyaredoing sotoday," Kendallsaid.

Even so,thedisclosureonlyaddedto thecontroversy surrounding Mrs.Clinton'strading activities.

The new documents alsocontra­dict earlier suggestions by WhiteHouse officials and the presidentthat Mrs. Clinton got "cold feet"when themarket started to tumsourwhile shewaspregnant with daugh­ter Chelsea, andthatshegotout.

Thenewrecords show shetradeduntil May1980. ChelseawasborninFebruary 1980.

Traders havesaidMrs. Clinton'swell-publicized $100,000 killing inthecattle futures market was highlyunusual fora beginner.

Those gains - and now the addi­tional profits of $ 6,498 - are ex­pected to be partof a congressionalhearings into the Clintons' invest­ment in the Whitewater real estateventure inArkansas anditsrelation­shipto a failed savings andloan.

The new documents showed ac­tivity in a second account, differentfrom theonein which Mrs. Clintonwassaidto haveputup $1,000 andturned it intoa $100,000 profit.

They showed Mrs. Clinton putup$S,OOOofherown money inasecondtrading account in October 1979.

TheClintons wrote checks to theU.S. Treasury and to the state of

warning in its annual Asian Devel­opment Outlook 1994 releasedTuesday. It said the epidemic islikelytohavemajorsocioeconomicimplications for Asia and the Pa­cific.

At present more Asian men are

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BEIJING (AP) • A tornado andhailstorm hit south China'sJiangxi province, killing ninepeople and injuring 279, an of­ficial report said Tuesday.

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WASIllNGTON CAP) • PresidentandMrs. Clinton's underpayment oftheir1980 taxes is thelatest install­ment in the confused account ofHillary Rodham .Clinton's adven­tures in commodities trading.

'They view it astheirduty tocomeforward, disclose the mistake andpay what is owed," the Clintons'personal attorney, David Kendall,said Monday as the White Housereleased new documents on thecouple'sfinances.

Thenewmaterial hasbeen senttothe Internal Revenue Service, theU.S. tax agency. Itshowed that theClintons did not include on their1980 taxreturn anadditional $6,498profit Mrs. Clinton made inthecom­modities market.

'The Clintons do notknow howtheerroroccurred butacceptrespon­sibility forit,"Kendall said, readinga statement at a news briefing.

Theyearat issue iswhen Clinton,then theattorney general of Arkan­sas, was elected to his first term asgovernor.

The earnings are in addition to anearly $100,000 profit the WhiteHouse earlier acknowledged Mrs.Clinton made in commodities trad­ing in 1978-79, largely in the riskycattle futures market.

Even though the underpaymentoccurred 14years ago- well beyondthe three-year statue of limitations

MANILA,Philippines(AP) -TheAIDS epidemic is shifting to Asiaand the threat of infection is likelyto be higherfor women than men,the Asian Development Bank saidTuesday.

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AGENDA

CIVIL ACTION NO. 92-0005

JOHN M. SABLANExecutive Director

iN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FORTHE DISTRICT OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

ROBERT B. REICH, Secretary of Labor, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFLABOR,Plaintiff,v.JAPAN ENTERPRISES CORPORATION, a corporation, AMERIANA CORPORA­TION, a corporation, SAl PAN FUTABA GROUP CORPORATION, a corporation,TAKAHARU KOMODA, an individual, and HIDEAKI SAWADA, an individual,Defendants.

The Board ofDirectors ofthe Northern Mariana Islands Hous­ing authority is scheduling aregular meeting on Friday, April15,1994, at 10:00 a.m., at the MIHA Conference room inGarapan. The agenda for the Meeting is as follows:

PUBLIC NOTICE. . ,

PUBLIC NOTICE

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

Upon consideration of the application foratemporary restraining order and the supporting Memoran­dum and Affidavitfiled herein, and itappearing tothe Court that there isreason tobelieve that defendantsare and willcontinue to liQdidate, encumber, transfer orotherwise make personal and corporate assetsunavailable tosatisfy ajudgment inthismatter prior toahearing forfull injunctive relief; and that suchdisposal 01 personal and corporate assets willresult inimmediate and irreparable injury toplaintiff andtothe public interest; and it being the Court's duty to protect th~ public Interest since the disposal ofdefendants' assets willfrustrate enforcement of the ActbydepriVing plaintiff of recovery ofsubstantialback wages alleged to be due Defendants' employees;

ITISTHEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiff's application fora temporary restraining order is granted;

ITISFURTHER ORDERED that defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees, all persons inactive concert orparticipation withthem and allother parties who receive actual notice ofthis order bypersonal service orotherwise be, and pending hearing onplaintiff's motion for preliminary injunctionthey hereby are, restrained from:

1. Directly or indirectly transferring, liQuidating. encumbering, pledging, assigning, or otherwiselisposing ofany property orassets ofJapan Enterprises Corporation, Ameriana Corporation orSaipan'utaba Group Corporation except for ordinary business expenses; and

. Directly or indirectly transferring, liQuidating, encumbering, pledging, assigning, or otherw.ise, sposing ofany property orassets ofTakaharu Komoda orHideaki Sawada, except forordinary hVlngt :penses.

r ISFURTHER ORDERED THAT defendants shall, under penalty ofperjury. each file with this Court ands rve onplaintiff within 10days ofthe date ofthisOrder, anaccounting ofallproperty. real orpersonal,Yo ierever located whether domestic orforeign, which they own, directly orindirectly, Inwhole orInpart.a otherwise have an interest in,including butnotlimited toan accounting ofcash, stocks, bonds, otherir,itruments orsecurities held inany location including safe deposit boxes, and ofany refunds, accountsp;yable due them by, or deposits with, the Commonwealth Division ofTax and Revenue;

illS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants shall, under penalty ofperjury file with this Court and Serve0'1 plaintiff within 10days of the date ofthisOrder, allcurrent accountants' reports. bank statements,d icuments indicating title to real or personal property, or other indicia of ownership or Interest Inp operty ofany of the defendants;

ITISFURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff may cause to have copies oftnlsTemporary Restraining Orderposted, distributed, published ordisseminated to the extent necessary to effectuate the terms ofthisOrder.

Byitsterms. thisorder shall expire at4:30 p.m., onthe 22nd day ofApril. 1994, unless within that period,and forgood cause shown, it is extended fora Innger period of time.

ITISFURTHER ORDERED that defendants are directed toshow cause tothis Court at10:30 a.m. on the22nd day of April, 1994, why this Order should notbecome a preliminary injunction pending theoutcome ofthe trial in thismatter.

Dated thisf2th day ofApril, 1994 at4:30 p.m. atSaipan. MP 96950.lsi ALEX R. MUNSONUnited States District Judge

Interested persons may present oral orwritten comments onthe above agenda. For information, please contact John M.Sablan, Executive Directors at the MIHA office in Saipan, tele­phone nos. 234-6866/9447, Monday through Friday, exceptholidays, between the hours of7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Thepublic is invited toattend.

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MBA will be the team's coachand Aida Punsalan of MHSwill be the assistant coach.

The team will be practicingtwice a week, alternating sitesbetween MHS and MBA, toprepare for the national com­petition. (FDT)

"I don't think most lawyerswould not mind," White said re­ferring to the possibility of law­yers attending court hearings inthe evenings.

"This seems to be the only wayto do it," he stressed.

The president of the 250-strongassociation added that he wouldnot mind making some adjust­ments in his schedule ifhe were toattend ajury trial in the evenings.

The Criminal Division of theAttorney General's Office alsowelcomed the idea ofholdingjurytrials in the evenings.

"I'rn perfectly willing to bethere prosecuting," Cheryl Gill,Chief of the Criminal Divisionsaid yesterday. She said it wouldnot be a problem for her to attenda hearing between 6:00 p.m. to9:00 pm.

Carmel High School duringthe competition held at MHScafeteria.

Patrick Tellei, the Voca­tional Education Coordinatorfor the Public School Systemwho coordinated the competi­tion, said Stephen Smith of

a criminal case which has beenpending for over a year will beauthorized to file a motion for anexpedited trial schedule.

"Upon a showing of good causeat the hearing of such motion, thecourt will hold the jury trial insuch expedited criminal matterMondays through Thursdays from6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.," their an­nouncement read.

With regards to plea agree­ments, lawyers must notify thecourt immediately upon reachingsettlement in any civil case forwhich a jury has been demandedso that that case may be taken offcalendar at the earliest possibledate.

Plea agreements in criminalcases must be submitted for courtapproval 45 days prior to the dateset for trial, the judges said.

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It is the second time thatLee and Villagomez will bepart of the Commonwealth'sChallenge Bowl team.

The MHS and MBA studentsoutclassed competitors fromRota High School, GraceChristian Academy and Mt.

from Mondays through Thursdaysif needed.

At present, the Superior Courthas only one courtroom equippedto handle jury trials, thus, onlyone jury trial is calendared at atime.

The trial court has a full docketof 21 criminal jury trials and fourciviljury trials which translates toone jury trial for every two weeksthrough the remainder of 1994,according to the judges. Sincesome of the jury trials could notbe accommodated during the 1994calendar year, some are beingcalendared for 1995.

In order to ease the backlog, anew policy will be implementedbeginning May I of this year,according to the judges.

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Marianas Baptist Academy sweptthe runner-up spots. They willjoin the MHS students on the teamthat will compete for the Com­monwealth in this year's nationalPanasonic Academic ChallengeBow! to be held in Orlando,Florida on June 10-13.

The Commissioner said at thenational competition, the CNMIstudents will compete with stu­dents from the 50 states, Wash­ington, D.C., Guam and the U.S.Virgin Islands.

Marianas Baptist senior YunJin Lee was second in the math,science and computers category,while MBA senior JonConcepcion was the runner-up inthe arts, music and humanities.

MBA senior Jo Jo Villagomezcame in second in the social sci­ences and language category.

rooms at San Vicente andKoblerville was affected but alsoatGarapan elementary school.

He said they leamed that thecontractors failed to complete theprojects apparently due to finan­cial problems.

The San Vicente and Garapanprojects have the same contractorwhile at Koblerville has different,Quitugua said.

The two contractors working thethree projects, however have thesame bonding company which isthe JTS Insurance, he stressed.

He said upon learning for thedelay, he immediately asked Com­missioner Torres to take necessaryaction through proper proceduresso that thecompletionoftheprojectswill be ahead of time.

Quitugua said as part of the pro­cedures, Torres first sent a notice tothe contractor about the delay andinforming that that were notable tocomplete the projects as agreedupon.

He said the Commissioner thensent another letter to the bondingcompany (lTS) to take over andproceed with the construction.

The BOE Chairman said he wasinformed that since last week, thebonding company has been takingcharge of the construction at thethree schools.

"We are not neglecting theprojects and intentionally doingit...we just go with the proper pro­cedural process," he added.

The construction cost $250,000in each three schools.

ered rille and 138 rounds of as­sorted ammunitions,

The Criminal Division of theAttorney General's Office sub­sequently filed criminal chargesagainst the businessman Tues­day.

Ishibashi appeared in court forthe bail hearing also Tuesdaywithout a 1.. .vyer. A hearing hasbeen set fqr tomorrow to deter­mine if the defendant is qualifiedto avail free legal services.

Earlier he was told to declarehis financial statements to figureout if he qualifies to be accordeda court-appointed counsel to de­fend him in this case.

THREE students fromMarianas High School will repre­sent the Commonwealth in thePanasonic Academic ChallengeBowl national competition in Or­lando, Florida after they won allthree categories during Saturday'sevent.

Education Commissioner Wil­liam S. Torres said MHS sopho­more Kim Jong Ho won the math,science and computers categorywhile MHS junior Jose Puyat Jr.,won the arts, music and humani­ties.

Torres said the sweep was com­pleted by MHS freshman RosalynAjoste in the social sciences andlanguage category.

Ajoste also won the NorthernMarianas Geography Bee in thepast.

On theother hand, students from

sured the Committee that theBonding Company, in each in­stance, would assume responsi­bility and would mobilize equip­ment and personnel immediatelyto complete the projects.

"To my complete disappoint­ment, as late as last week, the onlyaction taken by the Contractor forthe San Vicente project was toassign six Filipino workers tomanufacture lumber forms formasonry work," Teregeyo said.

On the other hand, she contin­ued, according to her recent meet­ing with the school principal ofKoblerville-s-Mrs .. MargaritaAdriano, she found out that thecontractor "had done absolutelynone."

"As you will recall, our jointstrategy-PSS and HEW Com­mittee-to eliminate the need fordouble-sessions in San Vicenteand Koblerville elementaryschools, takes into considerationthe availability of these additionalclassrooms when SY 1994-1995starts this September," she said.

She urged the two officials oftheir concerted efforts in this mat­terbecausethe integrityof theclass­room construction program in bothFY 1993 and FY 1994 CIP alloca­tions would be placed in jeopardy.

Meanwhile, in an interview withVariety,Quitugua assured that theywere not "sitting" on the projects,saying they werejust following theproper procedures.

Quituguaexplained that actuallynot only the construction of class-

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said yesterday.Ishibashi is expected to appear

in court on April 22 to face thecharges that carry a maximumpenalty 0£60 years imprisonmentand a fine of about $60,000, thegovernment lawyertold the Vari­ety.

DPS agents led by officer JackSalas, armed with an arrest war­rant, raided Ishibashi's office nearBlueberry Hotel Monday nightand seized less than a gram ofcrystal" methamphetamine alsoknown as "ice" or "shabu" and3.31 grams of marijuana.

Investigators also recoveredtwo handguns and one high-pow-

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Saipan Sea Ventures has of­fered sailing tours on board thePution Saipan for 120 studentsfrom 5th and 6th grade. Thisactivity will be highlighted with alecture on the importance of car­ing for the ocean environmentand learning the impact of Pollu­tion on the corals and sea life inour waters.

TOURISM FESTIVAL (May20):

We are pursuing the coopera­tion of tourism related and localentertainers of our business com­munity to offer their entertainerssuch as Polynesian Dancers, localvocal artists, and other touristsentertainers for an evening offreeconcert to our community. Venueis proposed for the AmericanMemorial Park.

PASEON ESTUDIANTESYAN MANAMKO(Studentsand Senior Citizens' IslandTour) (May 10):

JSTA is sponsoring an histori­cal island tour for Saipan'selderlies and students from thepublic and private schools. Thetour will commemorate the 50thanniversary of the end of WorldWar II. We are working withJSTA in providing bus servicesfor our students and seniors.. GOLFTOURNAMENT (May

12): Public and private organiza­tions will compete in a mini-tour­nament. Proceeds will' go to theconstruction of the NMC Tour­ism Facility.

Honolulu­site pickedfor prisonfacilityHONOLULU (AP) • A site nearHonolulu International Airportwill be the location of a new fed­eral detention center.

The Federal Bureau of Prisonshas selected a 2.5-acre site onNorth Nimitz Highway in the Air­port Industrial Park, according toan announcement Tuesday fromSen. Daniel Inouye.

The Bureau of Prisons will builda 500-bed short-term detentionfacility to house individuals await­ing trial or sentencing, Inouyesaid. Federal detainees now arehoused in the overcrowded stateprison system or on the mainland.

The project is estimated to costabout $60 million and create about180 construction-related jobs,Inouye said. When completed, thedetention center will have about225 fulltime employes.

Two other sites also were underconsideration, one near the state'sHalawa Correctional Facility andone in Campbell Industrial Park.

Potential sites in Pearl City andnear the Immigration and Natu­ralization Service in Honoluluwere eliminated earlier.

nity, MVB and local artists willjoin hands with the SCC in thisTrade Exposition. Small busi­nesses and tourism related comepanies are invited to exhibit theirproducts and challenge othercom­panies toemploy CNMI residents.Employers will set up booths, pro­vide a list of available jobs, andaccept applications on site. TheCommonwealth Council for Artsand Culture, CNMI artists andcraftsmen and the Man Amko arealso invited to display and selltheir crafts and artwork and dem­onstrate their skills.

WAKAI NEKKO NO KAICULTURAL EXCHANGEPROGRAM: (May 8):

The 26th Voyage of this grouphas been included on the calen­dar. As in past visits, the passen­gers of this cruise ship will havecultural exchange programs withour students.

DAY OF SAILING ON THEPUTION SAIPAN: (May 11):

In an effort to encourage ouryouth to pursue private enterprise,MVB and the tourism related busi­nesses will join the Chamber ofCommerce in exposing the worldof business to our youth. Stu­dents will receive hands-on expe­rience of the business world forone day. Members are asked toprovide a list of positions avail­able for the one-day takeover byApril 15 so we can coordinate thenumber of students with the par­ticipating schools.

TOURISM SEMINAR FORSTUDENTS (May 3):

MVB and the NorthernMarianas College will team upand conduct presentations toCNMI students. Topics will bedetermined based on grades.

SMALL BUSINESS &TOURISM EXPO AND JOBFAIR (May 6 and 7):

To reaffmn the commitmentof the employers in the varioussegments of the business commu-

Rico and end at the intersection ofQuartermaster Road on BeachRoad.

GREEN TOURISM (IS­LAND BEAUTIFICATION)(May 1-7):

NMC has again offered to takethe lead in organizing a group ofstudents, teachers, and other in­terested individuals in protectingand enhancing our natural envi­ronment. The NMC students willconduct trash-a-thon and planttrees at Obyan Beach. Studentsfrom the various schools will plantcommemorative trees at the pre­mises of their hotel sponsor. TheJapan Saipan Travel Association(JSTA) again offered to coordi­nate with their guests island (Io­cation pending) tree plantinglbeautification project. We en­courage all members to enhanceand beautify their business envi­ronment.

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THE MARIANAS Visitors Bu­reau and the Saipan Chamber ofCommerce (SCC) Small BusinessCommittee has joined efforts inplanning related activities com­memorating the 11th AnnualCNMI Tourism Week and SmallBusiness Week since the two cel­ebration properly complimenteach other. Both encourages thepeople of the CNMI to be activein the private sector where theycould participate and share thebenefits that our major industry,tourism, brings to our commu­nity. The Tourism Week Com­mittee has incorporated the plansof the SCC and other activitiessummarized below:

TOURISM AYUDA FUNRUN (May 1):

This annual three-mile fun runwill kick-off tourism week activi­ties. Registration is $25.00 withproceeds going to KARIDAT.The race will begin at 6:00 a.m.from the Army Reserve at Puerto

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1 CLEANER, COMMERCIAL - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $2.45 per hour.Contact: DELOlnE & TOUCHE, P.O.Box 308, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.322-7337(04/28)TH/8565.

1 PAINTER2 MASON2 ELECTRICIAN4 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.45perhour.Contact: BIDENCIO C. AMADO dbaA.B.C. Enterprise, P.O. Box 7109,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­8654(04/28)TH/14765.

1 AUTO BODY REPAIR - High schoolequiv., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.75per hour.Contact: GOLDEN NEENA CORPORA­TION, P.O. Box 2646, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 235-Q597(04/28)THI14753.

3 AUTO MECHANIC - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.45per hour.Contact: WON'S CORPORATION dbaW~n'sAutoRepairShop, P.O. Box 1850,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­3429(04I28)TH/14756.

2 FOREIGN EXCHANGE TELLER ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $3.00 per hour.Contact: CONOR EXPRESS INTER­NATIONAL INC., Caller Box AAA-N672 .Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 235:2661(04/28)TH/14764.

2 'UPHOLSTERY - High school grad., 2yearsexperience.Salary:$2.45perhour.Contact: P AND M ENTERPRISES, AsTeo, Saipan, MP 96950. (04I21)THI14659.

2 WINCH OPERATOR - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.50­$2.75 per hour.1 STEVEDORE - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.40-$2.60per hour.Contact: SAIPAN STEVEDORE COM­PANY, INC., P.O. Box 208 CK, Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 322-9320(04/28)TH/8563.

1 CASHIER -Highschool grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary: $2.45-$3.00 perhour.Conlact: FLORES, INC. dba Shoe Gal­lery. Tony's Guitars, Adventure Store,Shoe Avenue, P.O. Box 368, Saipan,MP9695O. Tel. No. 234-6087(04/28)TH/8562.

1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2years experience. Salary; $700-$900per month.Contact: PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL(SAIPAN),INC.,P.0.Box3052,Saipan,

. MP9695O. Tel. No. 234-7995(04I28)THI14760.

5 WAREHOUSE WORKER - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $2.45-$2.85 per hour.Contact: ISLAND BOTTLING COM­PANY, INC., P.O. Box 266, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 322-2653(04/21 )THI14667.

1 DRIVER1 BEAUTICIAN - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary:$2.45 per hour.Contact: YAMENG, Caller Box AM 800,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 235­0752(04/14)15207.

1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.45perhour.2 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.45-$2.65per hour. •Contact: ELEPHANT CORPORATIONdba Top Construction, P.O. Box 3562CK, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­8547(04/14)THl15202.

4 KITCHEN HELPER1 DELIVERY MAN - High school grad.,2 years experience. Salary: $2.45-$4.50per hour.2 COOK - High school grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary: $2.45-$5.50 perhour.Contact: LUFTHANSA SERVICESAIPAN, INC., P.O. Box 270, Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No.288-2920(04/14 )THI15201.

1 ASSISTANT ENGINEER - Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $4.50­$5.00 per hour.2 CABLE TELEVISION INSTALLER!TECH - High school grad., 2 years expe­rience. Salary: $4.00-$4.50 per hour.Contact: TECHNOLOGY SERVICESCORP., P.O. Box 1015 CK, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-7350(04/14)TH/8392.

1 CIVIL ENGINEER - College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $700-$900per month.1 PLUMBER1 ELECTRICIAN1 CARPENTER1 MASON - High school grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary: $2.45 per hour.Contact: NICANOR A. BOCAGO, P.O.Box 744, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.234-5232(04I14)TH/15210.

1 SEWING SUPERVISOR -High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $4.00­$9.00 per hour.Contact: NEO FASHION INC..P.O. Box1718, Saipan, MP 96950. (04/21)THI14668.

1 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC1 AUTOMOBILE BODY REPAIRER1 MECHANIC, AUTO - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.45per hour.Contact: MGJ ENTERPRISES, INC.,P.O. Box 1271, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 235-3192(04/21 )THl8491.

1 WAITRESS - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.50 per hour.Contact: NORMAN CHAN dba JadeGarden Restaurant, P.O. Box 2447,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­6573(04/14)TH/15211.

1 LAUNDRY WORKER - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.45per hour.Contact: TROPICAL LAUNDRY &LINEN SUPPLY COMPANY, LTO., P.O.Box 5540 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950.Tel. No. 322-3077(04/21 )TH/14665.

1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad.. 2years experience. Salary:$2.45 per hour.Conlact: EMMANUEL D. TIJAMO dbaMannylou's Enterprises, Cailer BoxCCC, 555, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.233-9175(04/21 )TH/14662.

1 SECURITY GUARD2 REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.45 per hour.Contact: TORRES REFRIGERAnONINC., P.O. Box 714, Saipan, MP 96950.Tel. No. 235-1662(04/21)TH/14661.

1 SALES REPRESENTATIVE - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $3.75 per hour.Contact: ASIAN SOURCES INC., PPP1016, Box 10000, Saipan, MP 96950.Tel. No. 235-2730(04/21 )TH/14655.

1 ACCOUNTANT,CPA-Collegegrad.,2 years experience. Salary: $2,000 permonth.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ­College grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $2.45 per hour.1 MAINTENANCE WORKER1 ELECTRICIAN· Highschool grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.45perhour.Contact: CHANGSHIN RESORTSAIPAN CORP. dba Hotel Riviera Re­sort, Caller Box AM 928, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 235-2111 (04/21 )THI14654.

1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.45-$2.75 per hour.Contact: DINO M. JONES dba OIL Re­cruiting Agency, Caller Box AAA-1157,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 322­8151 (04/21)TH/14666.

1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.45 per hour:Contact: AGNES P. DL GUERREROdba6 DLG'S Enterprises, P.O. Box 1271,Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­9189(04/21 )TH/14663.

3 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $5.5Operhour.110· SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR10 FABRIC INSPECTOR10 CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR10 CUTTING ROOM ATTENDANT10 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER·High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.45-$5.50 per hour.Contact: SAIPAN MANUFACTURERS

.INC., P.O. Box2017,Saipan, MP9695O.Tel. No. 322·3006(04I14)TH/15203.

1 ACCOUNTANT ~ College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $900 permonth.Contact:ASG CORPORATIONdbaBitePrinting, Caller Box PPP 273, Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No.233-2677(04I21)THI14656.

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1 OFFICE CLERK - High school grad.,2 years experience. Salary: $2.45 perhour.Contact: AGNES P. DE LEONGUERRERO dba 6 DLG'S Enterprises,P.O. Box 1271, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 234-9189(04/21 )TH/8490.

Accountant

1 MEAT CUnER - High school grad.,2 years experience. Salary: $2.50 perhour.Contact: PLAZA CORPORATION dbaHighway Market, P.O.Box 2569, Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 233-0386(04/21 )TH/14669.

1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $600 per month.1 BAKER - High school grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary: $450 per month.1 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $2.75perhour.Contact: YOUNIS ART STUDIO dbaMarianas Variety News & Views; lJandanBakery House, P.O. Box 231, Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 234-6341.

1 GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCEMECHANIC - High school grad., 2yearsexperience. Salary: $2.88 per hour.Overtime $1.5X. Various days, varioushours according to employer's require­ment, 1 day off per week.1 ELECTRICIAN - High school equiv., 2years experience. Salary: $4.43 per hour.Overtime $1.5X, Various days, varioushours according to employer's require­ment. 1 day off per week.1 EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER - Col­lege grad., 5 years experience. Salary:$4.93. Overtime $1.5X, Various days,various hours according to employer'srequirement. 1 day off per week.Contact: SAlPAN LAULAU DEVELOP­MENT INC. dba Kagman Golf Course,PPP 1020 Box 10000, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-9335(04/14)THI8383.

1 ASST. OPERATION MANAGER ­College grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $700 per month.Contact: S.S. ENTERPRISES dbaSindbad, P.O. Box 89, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-6413 ext. 1560(04/21)TH/14657.

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1 MANAGER, BOUTIQUE - Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary:$39,500-$40,000 per year.1 INVENTORY CONTROL ACCOUN­TANT/SUPERVISOR - College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $11.00 perhour.1 SECURITY TECHNICIAN ASSIS­TANT - High school grad., 2 years expe­rience. Salary: $6.36 per hour.1 FLOOR SUPERVISOR - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary:$1,962-$2,000 per month.Contact; DFS SAIPAN, P.O. Box 528,Saipan, MP 96950(04121)TH/8496.

1 MANAGER, RETAIL STORE - Col­lege grad., 2 years experience. Salary:$5.80 per hour.1 ASSISTANT MANAGER - Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $780per month.Contact: 888 ENTERPRISES, SadogTasi, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 322­6330(64121)TH/14658.

1 STORE MANAGER-College grad., 2years experience. Salary: $5.80 perhour.4 SCREEN PRINTER - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.45per hour.Contact: 0 & S ENTERPRISES, INC.,P.O. Box 5503 CHRB, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-7786(04I14)TH/15204.

1 PRODUCTION MANAGER - Collegegrad., 2yearsexperience.Salary: $5.50­$11.00 per hour.7 GARMENJ' FINISHER - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $2.45per hour.25 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR ­High school equiv., 2 years experience.Salary: $2.45-$3.50 per hour.Contact: MARIANA FASHIONS, INC.,P.O. Box 1417, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 234-8607(04I14)THl15209.

Employment Wanted

1 MANAGER (CONSTRUCTION) ­College grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $1,000-$1,900 per month.1 SUPERVISOR (OPERATION) - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $800-$1,260 per month.1 MUSICIAN - High school grad., 2years experience. Salary: $800 permonth.1 AUTO MECHANIC - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $735per month.2 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2yearsexperience. Salary: $5.20 per hour.1 SUPERVISOR (HOUSEKEEPING) ­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary: $3.90 per hour.1 AUTO ELECTRICIAN - High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary: $3.15per hour.3 COOK4 WAITER, RESTAURANT4 CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING3 GOLF COURSE (MAINT.) LABORER1 MAINTENANCE WORKER - Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $2.45-$3.00 per hour.1 SUPERVISOR (RESERVATION)1 BARTENDER1 DISHWASHER2 GOLF COURSE STARTER1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER3 CARPENTER1 MASON· High school grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary: $2.45 per hour.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ­College grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary: $4.65 per hour.4 WAITRESS (REST.) - High schoolgrad., 2yearsexperience. Salary: $2.45­$3.60 per hour.Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD.P.O. BOX 572 Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.322-46921322-QnO ext. 409. TH. 4/21

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of ambitious goals for the sur­vival, protectionand developmentof children to be achieved by theyear 2000.

Since that time, some lOOcoun- .tries, both developed and devel­oping, have. prepared NationalProgrammes ofActions to imple­ment the goals and strategies ofthe World Summit.

"More than I50countriesaroundthe world have ratified the Con­vention on the Rights of the ChildMuch, however, remains to bedone," the letter says.

The two organizations considerthe attainment of the mid-decadegoals outlined would serve as thefoundation for achieving the goalsand targetsfor theyear2000.(FDT)

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Marianas High School in 1981­1983 after which he became So­cial Studies program manager forthe PSS in 1983-1988.

After that, he served as princi­pal ofTanapag Elementary Schooluntil 1990.

Tebuteb also served as a mem­ber of Governor-elect Tenorio'sTransition Executive Committee.

In his appointment letter forTebuteb, the governor soundedimpressed by his nominee's cre­dentials.

"Mr. Tebuteb has kept abreastof developments in his field byactivel y pursuing continuing edu­cation credits. He has attendedtraining programs and workshopssuch as those on Grantsmanshipand Proposal Writing, Educa-tional Planning and PopulationProjection Training, Hospitality

~ . .vlanagement Training and Super­visory Management Workshop,"said the chief executive.

Tebuteb was not available whencontacted for comment yesterdayas he was on tour of the differentdivisions and offices within thedepartment.

feeding and end free and low-costsupply of breastmilk substitutesto health care systems as definedby the International Code, achieveuniversal iodization of salt, virtu­ally eradicate guinea-worm dis­ease, and ratify the Convention ofRights of the Child in every coun­try.

"It is our conviction that theachievement of these goals is de­pendent not so much on addi­tional financial resources, impor­tant as this may be, but even moreon the political will, vision andcommitment ofleaders like your­self," the letter states.

The World Summit for Chil­dren held at the United Nations inNew York in 1990, endorsed a set

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Sablan Construction Company. Ltd. will beconducting blasting operation at their Sab­lan Rock Quarry Site, Dan- Dan Naftanarea, Saipan, 15.7N 145.8E from surfaceto 288 feet (ASL] and aprox. 2 miles radiuson all quadrants.

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MAFE holds night of recognitionTHE MARIANAS Associationof have received the Support Staff level in the Presidential Award.Filipino Educators (MAFE), will and Employee of the Year award for Excellence in Science andhold its recognition night on Fri- in the Public School System since Math Teaching. Guadalupeday, April 16, 1994, at the Grand 1989. Since 1984 a total of 24 Sabino, a recently retired mathBallroom of the Diamond Hotel. Filipino mentors have been the teacher at Hopwood, became theThe affair will recognize Filipino recipients of the Teacher of the first mentor in the CNMI to winteacher awardees who have dis- Year award in their respective the prestigious award in the na-tinguished themselves through schools. In addition, four have tional level. Another Filipinotheir exceptional performanceand been recognized as Science teacher, Leodegaria Lacson, re-outstanding contributions to edu- Teacher of the Year, while two ceived national level award incation in the Commonwealth of have received the honor as Voca- 1989.the Northern Mariana Islands. tional Education Teacher of the Leading the awardees are

The association will award Year at Hopwood Junior High Arsenia Gallardo and Ernestoplaques of recognition to 53 out- School. Alano who have received thestanding Filipino educators. since 1987, six Filipino teach- CNMI Teacher of the Year awardThere have been 12Filipinos who ers have won awards in the state in 1984 and 1993 respectively.

The officers of the Filipinoteachers association are JosefinaBorre, president~'Myrna

Gutierrez, vice-president forin­ternal affairs; Ernesto Alano, vice­president for external affairs;Robert Alada, secretary; RollyLimjap, assistant secretary;Evelyn Reyes, treasurer; RenatoJarabese, assistant treasurer;Manny Valeroso, auditor; andVirgilio Abueme, public relationsofficer.

socio-economic developmentgoals, according to the two offi­cials.

The jointeffort ofUNICEF andWHO was contained in WHO re­portwhich was furnished recentlyto the DepartmentofPublic Health& Environmental Services.

The to priority goals to beachieved by the end of 1995 are:raise immunization coverage toat least 80%, eliminate neonataltetanus, reduce measles deaths andcases, eradicate polio in key ar­eas, and increase the use of oralrehydration therapy (aRT) to 80%to help control diarrhea.

The five others are to makematernity hospitals "baby­friendly" by supporting breast-

Nakajima, director-general ofWHO, brought to the attention ofall government and head leadersten priority goals which along withintensified efforts to reduce mal­nutrition, to expand access to safedrinking water and sanitation andpromote universal primary edu­cation.

The goals would position eachcountry to effectively pursue other

~saryWe, the family of the late

would like to invite all our relatives and friends tojoin us for the Second Anniversary Rosary of ourbeloved husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather.

Rosary will be said nightly at our residence atSadog Tasi beginning April 10, 1994 at 8:00 p.m.Sunday.DaHy mass will be offered at 6:00 a.m.Krista Rai Church.

On the final day April 18, 1994 Monday, rosarywill be said at 12:00 noon. Mass of Intension will beoffered at Kristo Rai Church at 5:00 p.m. atthe sameday. Dinner will be served immediately at our resi­dence at Sadog Tasi.

Please join us. Thank youThe Family

FRANCISCO CRISOSTOMO ALDAN

REDUEST FOR PROPOSAL

THE Committee to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary

of World War n is soliciting bids on T-shirts, Hats and

other memorabilia items to be offered for sale at the

Commemoration Concession shop. All entries must in­

clude (1.) A sample of the item Submitted for Bid; (2.)

The Name, Address, Telephone and Fax (If Available)

number of the bidder; (3.) The cost of the item submitted

and (4) The quantity of goods which can be made avail­

able by May 25, 1994. All entries must be Submitted with

an application to the commemoration committee. Offices

before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday April 26, 1994. The Com­

memoration Committee will present its decision to the

winning bidders on or before Friday April 29, 1994. The

application form contains further information on the

items which will be considered and is available at the

Commemoration offices at American Memorial Park

(670) 233-3392/93).

Deadline: April 15, 1994

Commemoration Committee50th Anniversary of World War IIAmerican Memorial ParkCaller Box AAA 2275, P,O, Box 10001 Saipan,MP96950

The Commemoration Committee ofthe 50th Anniversary ofWorld War II requests proposals for the production ofa 40­45 minute video of commercial and educational quality onthe Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary on Saipan,June 12-18, 1994 The proposal should include:

INVITATION TO BID

• Concept• Length of tilDe to produce• Price frOID start to finish

THE UNITED Nations Interna­tional Children Emergency Fundand the World Health Organiza­tion appealed to all heads of gov­ernment and state for their per­sonal leadership in achievinggoals for improving the well-be­ing ofchildren around the world.

In a joint letter, Mr. James P.Grant, executive director ofUNICEF and Dr. Hiroshi

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Dave Telgheder to highlight a six­run third.

Willie Banks (1-1), beaten bythe Mets in their three-game sweeplast week in Chicago, earned hisfirst National League victory, al­lowing six hits in six innings.Banks, who pitched for Minnesotalast year, struck out five andwalked four.

Reds 9, Expos 4In Montreal, Thomas Howard

hit a go-ahead single in the five­run 11th inning as Cincinnati ex­tended its winning streak to five.

playersin the teamandwhocan playone at a time,areurgedto callRic at234-6031. Entryfeeis$800andonlyhalfofthe amountisneededtosubmitteam rosters.'

The tournament is sponsored byMarpac, distributor of the"King ofBeers," Budweiser which will pro­vide free uniforms to all the teams.Gameswill startthefirstweekofMay.

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looked at strike three.Kruk rewarded a sellout crowd

with an RBI double in pis first at­bat and went 3-for-5. Bichette,who has homered in all but one ofthe Rockies' six games, is 13-for­26 with 11 RBIs. Cubs 9, Mets 5

Steve Buechele drove in fourruns with a double and homer,and the Chicago Cubs ruined theMets home opener in New York.

Buechele doubled homeChicago's first run in the secondinning against Bobby Jones (1-1)and then hit a three-run homer off

Gozurn Construction Co., L & W,Marfran Enterprises and La Fiesta.Theyjoin earlierteam entrantsreign­ing champion RB-ElectricaI, DuetKaraokeClub, the Boxer,JG SablanConstructionCo.,CoralOcean Point,Ff Enterprises, BPS Security Ser­vices, TasiToursandFishingTackle.

Those whowishtojoin the tourna­ment whichallowstwo non-Filipino

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FIVEmore teams have expressedtheir intention tojoin the PhilippineAmateur Basketball Association's5th Annual Marpac ReinforcedBasketball Conference to increasethe number of would-be partici­pants to 14.

TournamentcommitteechairmanRicQ.Taycosaid thefiveotherteams

areSaipanManufacturersInc.(SMI),

Dante Bichette hit his fifthhomer of the season, a two-runshot in the eighth inning that sentthe Colorado Rockies past Phila­delphia 8-7 Monday, spoiling thePhillies' home opener in Phila­delphia but not the return of JohnKruk.

Kruk, playing only six hoursafter undergoing radiation treat­ment for testicular cancer, gotthree hits for the Phillies in hisfirst game this season. He got up'with the tying run on second inthe ninth inning with one out, but

PABA cage loop attracts 14 teams

thegamewithastrainedrightarchinthe first quarter.

Warriors 122,Mavericks 108InOakland,Calif., LatrellSprewell

scored33pointsandbecameGoldenState's single-season leaderin3-pointbaskets.

Sprewell, 11-of-17fromthe fieldand 8-for-8 fromthe free throwline,madethree3-pointersto increasehisseason total to 130. He entered thegame tiedfor theclub record of 127established by Tim Hardaway in1991-92.

TheMaverickswereledbyJimmyJacksonwith25pointsandFatLeverwith 16. Dallasstill needs one morevictory in its last seven games toavoidmatchingPhiladelphia'srecordlow of nine "wins in the 1972-73season,

for a decision, which has alwaysbeen after the seasonends."

Johnson,34, led theLakers to fiveNBA titles in 12seasons. He retiredin November 1991 after learninghehad contracted the AIDS virus.

He succeeded Randy Pfund ascoach last month, and the Lakerswere 5-3 under Johnson enteringTuesdaynight'sgameagainstGoldenState.

The Lakers were 33-41 and trailedtheDenverNuggets byfourgamesforthe eighth and final Western Confer­enceplayoffspot, TheNuggets playedhostto Phoenix onTuesday night, Aft

erTuesday night'sgames, boththeLakers andNuggets had sevengamesleft.

Continued from page 16Canseeo said.

Cansecohasaverylegitimateshot,Zephyrs managerChris Bando said.

"He hasmajorleaguepower,a lotof sock inhis batandyou can't teachthat. You either have it or you

don't," Bandosaid."IftheBrew­ers didn't thinkhecould move uphewouldn't be here."

The Cansecoboysstartedplayingbaseball when they were 12. But at15,whileJose waslearningtohitandfield, Ozzie was made a pitcher.

"I had a pretty good ann and thecoach just told me one day I was apitcher," he said. "I always lovedbatting,buthe wouldn't let metouchone."

Canseco was drafted as a pitcherby the Yankees in 1983 and spentfiveyearswith themin thatposition.An ann injury in 1986 ended hispitching and gave him new incen­tive.

''1alwayswanted tobeaneverydayplayer," hesaid. ''1likethisalotbetter."

Canseco'snatural powerandabilitymakehimavaluablecommodity,Bandosaid. Witha little honing, hefeels therecouldbeanotherCansecointhemajorssomeday.

''He can still makeit," Bandosaid."He's only 29, and some guys don'tmature untilthey're29."

Rockies beat Phillies, Cubs ruin MetsCanseeo ...have used me," Canseco said. "I

lovethegame,but I spent 11years inthe minor leagues and I felt it wastime toseewhatelse there is in life."

On top of that, there was alwaysJose's shadow. The two actuallyplayedtogetherbrieflyinOaklandin1990,when Ozzie hit .105 in 19at­bats. Ozzie also had 29 at bats withthe Cardinals in 1992, hitting .276and drivingin three runs.

'There are lots of,times when I'mout in a mall or in a restaurant orsomething and people will ask for .myautographthinkingI'm Jose," hesaid. 'Then I have to explain who Iam. Sometimes they don't believeme. They think I'm Jose and justdon't want to give them an auto­graph."

Sometimes people hear aboutcontroversies in which Jose is in­volved and think Ozzie's in themtoo, he said.

'They stereotypeme as being thesamewayheisandI' mnot.I'm arealeasy going gUy, it's unfair to thinkI'mjust anotherJose."

Cansecodecided to give baseballanother chance, as long as it wasn'twith the Cardinals' organization:

"I thought if I could get with anorganization where I really had ashot at the big league I'd do it,"

I'm 150percent. That's what we'vegot to discuss,whether she can givethat tip."

John Black, the Lakers' publicrelationsdirector, said he was sur­prisedbyJohnson'scomments, "Idon't expect him to make an an­nouncementbeforetheseasonends,but that could change," Black said."Asofnow.hehasn'ttold usanythingdifferently. So obviously, he's toldtheTimessomethingdifferent fromwhat he's told us up to this point.

'The stuff he told the Times isnews to me. I plan to ask him aboutthe statementshe made. As of now,no announcementis planned, to myknowledge. Hehasn't saidanythingto us about movingup his timetable

Spurs ... Continued from page 16

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Magic . . . Continued from page 16

All five Indiana starters finished indouble figures. Reggie Miller, whomadeonlyoneofhisfirstsevenshotsandhada streakof32 successfulfreethrows end in the first half, didn'tmiss a shot in the second half whenhe scored 16of his 22 points.

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Indians . . . Continued from page 16

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By Stella Wilder

Born today, you prefer your pri­vacy, and you respect the bound­aries of those around you. You arealwavs fighting for the rights ofunderprivileged or disadvantagedgroups and individuals, and youenjoy a natural attraction to theunderdog. You are quiet, thought­ful, even retiring, and you neverseem to stand in anyone else's way- just as you never expect othersto stand in yours. Your reach forthe top is sure to yield you greatsuccess in the career of yourchoice.

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Also born on this date are:Ann Sullivan, teacher of HelenKeller; Justin Smith Morrill,Vermont legislator.

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Magic leans against'stint as LA coach

'Top-seed loses to his·tennis practice partner

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DAVID Robinson scored 29points and Willie Anderson added23 to lead host San Antonio to a101-89 victory over the Minne­sota Timberwolves on Mondaynight, ending the Spurs' three­game losing streak.

San Antonio moved within twogames ofHouston inthe MidwestDivision race, but the Spurs haveonly six. games remaining and the

By JOHN NADEL

-INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP)·Magic Johnson, wondering ifthe constant travel in the NBAhas placed too many demandson his life, is leaning againstreturning as coach of the LosAngeles Lakers, a newspaperreported Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Times saidJohnson will decide by the endofthe week, perhaps as soon asFriday. The Lakers say theyknow nothing of such plans,contending Johnson had in­tended to discuss his situation

I with them after the regular sea­II son ends April 24.

BIR.1\1INGHAM, Ala. (AP) •Top seed MaliVai Washingtonlost to frequent practice partnerDavid Witt 7-5,6-4 on Tuesdayin the first round of the dlrs288,750 Eddleman U.S. ClayCourt Championships.

Witt, ranked No. 189 on theIBM-ATP Tour, is to play thewinner of a match Wednesdaybetween Swede Mats Wi landerand Brent Larkham.

In a rain-suspended match, No.

Rockets have eight.J.R. Reid, starting in place in

the injured Dale Ellis, added 14points for San Antonio, and Floydhad 11. Dennis Rodman grabbed15 rebounds.

West led the Timberwolveswith 16 points, Isaiah Rider hadIS, Person 14, and Thurl Bailey11. Christian Laettner had 13points and eight assists.

The Times said Johnson, citingrestrictions on his lifestyle, esti­mated his chances' of leaving at70-30.

Johnson told the Times he dis­cussed the situation with his wife,Cookie, on Sunday .night afterreturning from his high schoolall-star game in Michigan andexpects to meet with owner JerryBuss and general manager JerryWest in the next few days.

"I don't know if a meeting hasbeen set up," Bob Steiner, aspokesman for Buss, told TheAssociated Press on Tuesday.

Buss said over the weekend heexpected to meet with Johnsonafter the season.

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2 seed Mikael Pemfors of Swe­den led BrazilianqualifierRobertoJabali 3-1 Tuesday night.

In other first-round matches,No.7 seed Grant Stafford of SouthAfrica rallied past Sergio Cortesof Chile 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, and No.8Bryan Shelton ofAtlanta defeatedcountryman Robbie Weiss 6-3, 6­4.

South Africa's Christo vanRensburg beat American DougAach 1-6,7-6 (12-10), 7-6 (7-5) in

Hornets 99, Heat 97In Charlotte, N.C., Dell Curry

scored 21 points, including 14straight in a key second-half rallythat gave Charlotte its fourthstraight victory as they fight tocatch the three teams currentlybunched together in the sixththrough eighth playoff spots.

Miami needs just one more vic­tory to secure a playoff berth.

"I have no knowledge ofanychange from that," Steinersaid.

Johnson told the Times hewill continue to speak with hiswife about the situation.

"I' lliet you know at the endofthe week," he told the news­paper. "Eitherway, I'm in it allthe way or I'm out of it all theway. Like I've told her, 'We'vegot to think about.our lives.Our life has been great. We'vesettled in to me being retired,we've settled in to me beingaround home. And now we'vegot to give all that up again?'

"That's what we've got totalk about because once I'm in,

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2 hours,24 minutes. Van Rensburgsaved six match points in the sec­ond-set tiebreaker before winninghis first clay court match in 10outings on the tour.

Jared Palmer of Tampa ousteddoubles partner Todd Woodbridgeof Australia 6-4, 6-4. Jose-Fran­cisco Altur of Spain defeatedNicolas Pereira of Venezuela 6-4,6-4,and Marcelo Filippini ofUru­guay downed Mauricio Hadad ofColombia 6-0, 6-4.

Salley had 21 points and Ricehad 19 for Miami, while AlonzoMourning had 19 points and 10rebounds for the Hornets. LarryJohnson added 15 points, Bogueshad 12 and Hersey Hawkins 10.

Magic 108, Knicks 100In New York, Nick Anderson

scored 23 of his season-high 36points in the second half and Or­lando broke New York's nine­game home winning streak.

Anderson hit six ofthe Magic'sII 3-pointers on a night.when thetwo teams combined for the most3-point attempts (47) in leaguehistory, breaking a five-year oldmark.

Patrick Ewing had 22 pointsand 18 rebounds and Charles

ROOKIE Manny Ramirezhomered in consecutive inningsand had five RBIs to lead theCleveland Indians to a 9-6 victoryMonday over California in an­other sparcely attended homeopener for the Angels in Ana­heim, Calif.

A crowd of 37,285 - more than27,000 short of capacity at Ana­heim Stadium - watched Cleve­land starter Mark Clark (1-0) al­low only two hits over seven in­nings to secure the victory.

And they saw Ramirez, a 21­year-old who won the startingright field job this spring, hit atwo-run homer off John Dopson(I-I) in the fifth, then add a three­run shot off Bob Patterson in thesixth to put Cleveland up 9-0.

The Angels rallied for five runsin the ninth with two outs, butSteve Farr struck out Bo Jacksonwith two runners on.

Orioles 7, Tigers 4Ben McDonald pitched seven

shutout innings and Cal Ripkentripled in two-runs as the Oriolesspoiled the Tigers' home openerin Detroit.

Baltimore scored four unearnedruns in the third inning, and addedthree runs in the sixth. RafaelPalmeiro added two RBIs for the

Oakley 16 points and a season­high 22 rebounds for the Knicks,who have lost three straight gamesand four of five after winning ISstraight to tie the NBA season­high.

Pacers 121, Celtics 108In Indianapolis, Rik Smits

scored a season-high 32 pointsand caused two centers to foul outas Indiana swept a season seriesagainst Boston for the first timesince the Pacers joined the NBAin 1976.

Indiana shot 58 percent,outscored Boston 37-16 from thefree throw line and used an 8-0run at the start of the fourth quar­ter to pull away.

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Orioles.McDonald (2-0), carried a one­

hitter into the eighth before giv­ing up two runs. He allowed threehits in 7 2-3 innings, struck outeight and walked three.

Detroit starter Tim Belcher (0-2) gave up seven runs and sevenwalks in 5 1-3 innings.

Brewers 4, Rangers 3,In Arlington, Texas, Dave

Nilsson christened The Ballparkat Arlington with a horner andKevin Seitzer tripled in a run asthe Brewers spoiled the opener ofthe Texas Rangers' new dlrs 189million home.

Milwaukee starter JaimeNavarro (1-0) shut down Texasover seven innings, retiring 17straight at one point. Dave Scanlanpicked up the save.

Texas starter'Kenny Rogers (0­2), gave up eight hits in 7 2-3innings.

Blue Jays 14, Athletics 5Rookie Carlos Delgado drove

in five runs with two homers, andJohn Olerud and Paul Molitoradded four RBIs apiece for theworld champions in Oakland Ca­lif.

Olerud, last year's battingchamp, also homered twice. He

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By MARY FOSTER "It's been a long time," Canseco it was the fmal one, retiring in I hit the ball, no matter what I did, year. ;'::::;,::~said Tuesday as he waited to take July after the St. Louis Cardinals I'd never make it to the majors Last spring, he led the C8idiirright field for the Zephyrs, the acquired Mark Whiten in a trade with the Cardinals." . nals in home runs and RBI,siJ\,:Milwaukee Brewers club in Class on the last day of spring training In 1992, Canseco was voted the the exhibition seasonand;wa$'.AAA, the top-level of the minor and sent Canseco to Louisville, bestplayerin the American Asso- 'assured he'd make the team)'~}:.

leagues. "A lot of springs think- where he played until his retire- dation. He hit 22 home runs for "The Cardinals di~'J:~f~

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) • He'looks just like Jose.

But nothing else in OzzieCanseco's life has mirrored his-famous twin brother's. WhileJose was collecting contracts,,_ and celebrity, Ozzie waslost in me minor leagues.