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Police see possible 'foul play' in American Memorial Park death gating the case as no witnesses have so far surfaced to identify the killer/s. A TEENAGED boy was found

dead Saturday morning in what investigators so far classified as a homicide case at the American Memorial Park.

Public Safety Information Of­ficer Rose Ada identified the vic­tim as 14-year-old Drake "Jon­Jon'' Asachi Samachi, an ethnic Chuukese and a resident of Garapan.

Samachi had abrasions and con-

tusions on the body. He was taken to the Commonwealth Health Center where he was pronounced dead, said Ada during a press briefing yesterday.

Ada said Samachi was found floating on shallow waters in the channel behind the joggers' path bridge nearthe Bell Tower at 6:25 a.m.

After receiving a call from a jogger about a dead person at the

park, Ada said, DPS Boating Safety personnel and emergency medical technicians proceeded to the area and spotted the boy float­ing face down on the waters.

Samachi was wearing a Wild­cats no. 34 red jersey, blue jeans, and a pair of black sneakers.

DPS personnel transported the victim to CHC. Family members who were located later identified the body as Samachi's.

Members of the Filipino Community of Guam pose for group photo after a memorial wreath laying ceremony last Friday at the Mabini-Tolentino Memorial site in Asan, in line with the Philippine Centennial celebrations.

Photo by Eduardo C. Siguenza

Ada said the boy was last seen alive at the Liberation celebration carnival at the park Friday at 10 p.m.

Ada said police are still investi-

The Attorney General's Office is expected to request for an au­topsy to determine the teenager's

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StaymaJlprods CNMito tax garment sector more

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

THE FEDERAL government is "not sympathetic" to waiving the CNMI's annual $11 million matching fund for capital im­provement projects, Insular Af­fairs Director Allen Stayman yesterday said.,

In a press briefing, Stayman explained the Commonwealth government could tap the gar­ment indu~try to derive the badly needed funds from.

Stayman' s remarks cloused hopes by the business sector to have the counterpart fund waived so that fresh money can be in­fused into the ailing economy.

"We are not sympathetic to waiving it because the CNMI has the opportunity to raise rev­enues," said Stayman.

He cited federal estimates which showed that the garment sector can be able to pay $170 ·million in tariffs if a pending bill requiring the industry to pay import taxes under the General

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Note 3(a) program is enacted into law.

"If the federal government would like that money, there's no reason the CNMI will not try to get it first," Staymari said.

The visiting federal official proposed that the Tenorio ad­ministration double the garment sector's present 3.5 percent user's fee instead.

"That will essentially be $70 million. That will solve a lot of

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Bordallo speaks at -us meet By Sara Grant Variety News Staff

HAGATNA, Guam-Lieuten­ant Governor Madeleine Bordallo represented Gu am over the week­end at the National Ocean Con­ference in Monterey, California, a news release from the Governor's office said.

Friday and President Clinton and First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton addressed the conference last Sat­un.lay.

Speaker, Senate president tell Stayinan: 'We're on san1.e side'

Vice President Al Gore hosted the National Ocean Conference

J\t the beginning of the confer­ence, President Clinton signed an executive order allocating funds for the restoration and protection of U.S. coral reefs.

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THE LEGISLATORS' presiding officers will ~~on _visi~ Wash- .J ington, D.C. to follow up on the"fcderal takeover leg1slat1on now ~ before the US Senate, it was learned. i

The CNMI government is opposed to the bill, S. 1275, which is backed by the Clinton administration.

Senate President Paul A. Manglona (R-Rota) and House Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R-Prec. 2, Saipan), together with Resident r, Rep. Juan N. Babauta, are expected to meet with members of ;,

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abuses. After meeting with Insular Af­

fairs Director Allen Stayman, Senate President Paul A. Manglona .(R-Rota) and House Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R­Prec. 2, Saipan) told reporters that the discussion was "frank," but noted that the federal official re-

mains convinced that an exten­sion of US minimum wage and immigration laws to the islands is now needed.

Still; Manglona said such dis­cussions between the federal and CNMI governments should con­tinue "instead of us fighting it out in the media."

Among the issues discussed were the federal takeover bi II, S. 1275, which Stayrnan and the Clinton administration support, and Manglona 's legislation that would create a wage review board.

Benavente, for his part, said he assured Stayman that what­ever reforms the CNMI will en­act will not be repealed.

"We 're in agreement with the concerns they have raised, like the number of aliens here," the

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Japan's current account surplus up 10% in April TOKYO (AP)-Japan's broadest measure of trade rose 10 percent in April from a year ago, the government announced Monday.

Japan's currentaccountsu1plus. unadjusted for seasonal factors, was at 1.170 trillion yen ($8.1 billion) in April, up 10.3 ixrcent from the sarne month last year, the Fmance Mi.ri.is!ry announced.

The Iise, modest in comparison with recent months, was lower than Tokyo-based economists had forecast But it still mruke<l the I 3th consecu­tive monthly year-on-year increase in the surplus.

The cum:nt account measures the difference between income from foreign sources and foreign obligations payable, excluding net capital investment Japan has come under increasing pressure to revive its sluggish economy to import mme goods and cap a ballooning surplus.

Last month, the ministry announced that the current account recorded its first annual increase on a fiscal year basis in five years.

Japan's economy has been slumping for much of this decade. On Friday, the government reported the second quarter in a row of

negative economic growth, confiITT1ing that the country has slipped into recession.

Japan's economy also contracted on a fiscal year basis for the first time since 197 4, the Economic Planning Agency said.

Gadhafi wounded in attack, claims group CAIRO, Egypt (AP)-A Libyan lslami c opposition group claimed responsibility for an alleged as­sassination attempt on Libyan leader MoammarGadhafi. :111ews­paper reported Sunday.

ll1e Libyan government has de­nied such an attack occurred.

Travelers from Libya, some of whom witnessed the attack, had said it took place on June I, slightly injuring Gadhafi and kill­ing his female bodyguard as they headed to Egypt for an official visit.

AI-Hayat quoted Abdullah Ahmed, the spokesman of the Is­lamic Martyrs Movement, as say-

ing that its gueJTillas cmTied out the attack in the Sidi Khalifa area, 20 miles east of Benghazi in e11st­em Libya.

At least four bodyguards were killed when the group's gunmen ambushed Gadhafi's motorcade and exchanged gunfire for I 0 minutes, Ahmed was quoted as

saying by Al-Hayat, a respected Arab daily.

He said Gadhafi was wounded. Caves in the mountainous re­

gion offer hideouts to Islamic ;;,ilitants trying todeposeGadhafi.

The Islamic Martyrs Movement is known for its influence in that area.

N. Korean food crisis not over

By John Leicester BEIJING (AP)-Hungry North Korea has mobilized children to help plant crops, but the nation's food shrntages will continue even if the har.1est is good, U.N. offi­cials said Sunday.

The har;est's success will de­pend largely on how much rain the famine-threatened country gets in the coming, usually wet, months.

Last year, severe drought wrecked crops, compounding a food crisis caused by years of economic oecay and bad weather in 1995 and 1996.

'This is a very critical period," said Abdur Rashid, a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization of­ficial who led afour-memberteam that spent ! I days inspecting crops and the food situation in North Korea.

But even with rains and a good harvest, "there will still be a siz­able shortfal(" he added.

"The food crisis is not over." Public food rations have run

out in many areas and, while the heal th of children targeted for food aid has improved, the lack of food has left adults vulnerable to dis­ease.

People are sickened by dirty water and cakes made of weeds and herbs that provide little nutri­tion but are eaten to help stave off hunger pangs.

People "are not dying of hunger. What they are doing is dying from diseases ... that they would otl1e1wise recover from," said Douglas Coutts, the U .N. World Food Program's rep­resentative in North Korea

Coutts said the WFP has received just 250,(XXJ _tons of the 600,000 tons of food it appealed for this year.

Prime Minsiter Ryutaro Hashimoto speaks during a Lower House budget committee hearing at Parliament in Tokyo Thursday. AP

Maize planting and 85 percent of rice planting has finished, and the crops appear to be in satisfac­tory condition, Rashid told re­porters.

Foreign governments, which last year offered North Korea more food than the WFP appealed for, are now questioning whether the country is to take steps to solve its problems and wean itself from outside aid, he said.

"Even the primary school chil­dren were mobilized to assist," he said.

South Korean president eyes benefits of dual nationality LOS ANGELES (AP)-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung said his government is working on a proposal that would allow Korean-Americans to enjoy the same benefits as Korean citi­zens in work, property owner­ship, trnvel and inheritance rights.

The initiative would not tech­nically be dual citizenship be­cause that would have such le­gal ramifications as mandatory military ~ervice in South Ko­rea, he said.

Kim commented on the plan and other subjects Saturday in an interview with the Los An­geles Times as the chief execu­tive and his wife concluded a visit to California. The inter­view was published in Sunday's editions of the newspaper.

Kim said the initiative could go into effect as early as this fall. He said his justice minister met with attorneys in Los An­geles recently to study the h:gal issues involved.

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Korean community outside Asia.

The former dissident, who spent three years in exile in the United States during the 1980s, said Korean-born Americans and second-generation Korean­Americans are increasingly im­portant in relations between the two countries.

"Korean Americans who arc well-versed in both cultures and languages can become valuable

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DPS owed OT work By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

TI-IE DEPARTMENT of Public Safety (DPS) is being allowed to continue having overtime shifts de­spite austerity measures that restrict such practice, Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio said yesterday.

ln an inteiview during yesterday's 54th Liberation Day annivcrsmyrites at the American Memorial Park, Tenorio explained government can not afford to stop DPS ixrsonnel from working overtime.

"We allowed them (DPS person­nel) to have overtime because we can not just discontinue the seivice that we provide the public," he said.

Tenoiio said he has ordered other heads of government offices to re­frain from :illowing theirstaff towork

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overtime. "We don't allow unnecessary ex­

JXnditures anymore," Tenorio said. This, he said, is part of austerity

measures being done in the.face of the Asianeconomicslumpthathasdirely been bearing its brunt on the

Commonwealth's tourism-led economy.

Officials finance department records showed DPS spent half the $12 million the previous administra­tion has sixnt on overtime expenses in fiscal year 1997.

Withagovemmentbureaucracy of about 4,000 ixrsonnel, Finance Sec­retary Lucia DLG. Nielsen has said she finds it "absurd" that overtime

expenses reached $12 million. She said the department's $6 mil­

lionexpenses "was the one that really glared at us."

The department, officials said, has consistently been consuming a big chunk of overtime exixnses in the past several years.

The Office of Personnel Manage­ment (OPM), through coordination with the finance department, is spear-

heading a task force investigating overtime expenses.

The investigation is narrowing down on staffing patterns to deter­mine whether overtime shifts was indeed necessitated by the lack of workers.

Also, probers are looking into alle­gations lesser paid employees were unnecessarily allowed overtime to supplement their income.

Aliens can apply for asylum in the CNMI

Continerital·adds ·flights ·to its Manila, Honolulu routes

down (with the feds) to address it," Manglona said.

"We still need to know what the CNMI needs to do about this," he added.

UN requiremenl~. however, are reportedly "very suict."

Aliens can also apply for asylum through the Immigration and Natu­ralization Service (INS), but in the case of the CNMl, an enabling legis­lation needs lo l:x: enacted first.

By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Slaff

CONTINENTAL Micronesia is incteasing seat capacity to Manila and Honolulu within the week, in re~ to the heavy travel de­

. mand for the summer peak this month, itwas learned.

The airline company is running ~xtrafligh\to ManiiaonFiidayand is upgrading the aircraft to.Hono­luluthefollowingday, withanextra section next week. . .

All of the additional Guam-Ma­nila,Guarri flights willbe serviced byBoeing727whileGuam-Hono­lulu~Guam<willbe maintained by B747 ...• · ... · .·. ·. ..··

''These flights will be available for general·. booking by Tuesday momirig.The extra flightto Hono­lulu is currently available for reser-vations and. ticketing,'~ said Walter Dias, Continental staffyice presi­dent.for sales and promotions.

Dias said the additional flight schedules to the two cities were

instituted since Manila and Hawaii remain the most populardestinations foi'local outbound lraffic.

''Toensurewemeetthetravelneeds of our customers this summer, Con­tinental has added extra seats to Ma­nilaandHonolulu,the two mostpopu­Jar destinations for local outbound traffic," he added. · .

He said the current pilot situation withPhilippineAirlineshasalsoadded to nonnal travel demands for all carriers in the region, including the Continental Micronesia

Local resiclentsplanning to plane in to Manila and Honolulu are ads vised to ~ advantage of the daily evening check-in service. at Guam airport from 7pm to 10pm for flights following morning.

Customers on Guam bound for Manila are advised to take advantage of a lunchtime check-in to avoid the rushoftheaftemoonbanklaterinthe day and ensme any spedfic advance seat requests are meL

Continental next month will launch

CPA seeks FAA funding for airport improvement THE COMMONWEALTH Ports Authority is seeking fi­nancial assistance of the Fed­eral Aviation Administration [FAA) for airport improvement projects, it was gathered.

Ports Authority executive di­rector Carlos Salas has dis­cussed with FAA officials the financing of several airport projects, including the West Tinian International Airport improvement plan.

"The discussion was basically concentrated on operational matters including airport fund­ing and budgeting," Salas told Variety.

·He said the installation and enhancement of mivigational

aids to ensure air and landing safety were also discussed dur­ing his meeting with FAA reo­rescntatives.

The negotiation, according to the Ports Authority chief, also included airport projects and navi­gational aids in the Northern Marianas and throughout the US Pacific.

"We are into talks on the im­provement of airport facilities," he said.

Salas also said the CPA nor­mally submits a list of its projects to the US aviation agency which will program the financing re­quest to the national registry for Congressional appropriations. -

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regular flights to two Japanese cit-. ies, biinging to nine the total num­ber of regular routes serviced by the airline to the counay, it was learned. · Starting July 2, Continental will flyNiigataand0kayamaonJuly3 .

Staff vice president for sales and promotionsWaltcrDiassaidCon­tinental is planning tc open the gateway of Micronesia to Niigata and OkayamabyoperatingBoeing 727s.

Okayama will oixrate weekly on Monday and Friday while NiigatawillbeservedduringThurs­days and Sundays.

Dias said the new flights will connecttotheairline'sMicronesia, Asia and Auslralia departures at the Guam International Airport

Continental has successfu11y flown charters to these. two Japa­nesecitieslastyearand has decided to add them as regular routes to feedintotheairlinecompany'shub on Guam.

-Volunteer . lawyers to be recognized. · By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

TIIE CNMI Bar Association ru1d the Micronesian Legal Services Corpora­tion are planning to commend lawyers who had rendered free legal services to low-income residents in tl1eComrnon­wealth.

CNM!Bar Representative Linda M. Wingenbach said a special luncheon for the volunteer lawyers will be held Thursday at the Aqua Resort Club's Raraina Dining Room.

Wingenbach said the purpose of the luncheon is to recognize attorneys who participated the "Gimme Five" pro­gram jointly sponsored by the CNMI Bar Association ru1d MLSC.

Participating lawyers in the pro6rrarn provided legal help to persons qualified for MLSC based on income but who cannot obtain assistance from MLSC due to iL~ limited resources, a conflict of interest or illlY otl1er rea,on.

'"The progrmn encourages attorneys to spend at least five hours per quarter assisting MLSC in providing free legal a,;sistance to low income residents of the CNMI," said Wingenbach in a press statement.

Allen Slayman.

By laldy Dandan Variety News Staff

UNDER a United Nations tieaty, of which the United States is a signa­t01y, aliens can apply for political asylum in the CNMl, a US Inte1ior Deprutmern official was quoted as telling legislators yesterday.

"He told us we should l:x: con­cerned about it, and, of course, we '1e concerned aoout the possible impact," Senate President Paul A. Manglona (R-Rota) told reporters after meeting with Insular Affairs Director Allen Slayman.

Quoting Stayman, Manglona said Clinton administration officials rue currently drafting a letter to Gov. Pedro P. Tenoiio on the asylum issue and how it affects the CNMI, which hostsanestimated40,000alienwork­ers.

Moretho.1110,(XX)oftheseworkers are from China, which is l1l led by a 1epressive. wthrni taiian state.

"Once we get that Iener we will sit

A bill cunently before the US Sen­ate,S. 1275, wouldrequiretheCNMI to host aliens seeking asylum.

S. 1275,a "federal takeover" legis­lation, was cunently passed by the US Senate Energy and Natural Re­sources Committee.

It includes a provision that estab­lishesanasylum system in theCNMl under the suixrvision of the US At­torney General.

Early last year, an asylum-seeking Chinese worker in the CNMI who claimed he was being hunted by the Chinese government for his alleged political involvement here had to go to refer his case to the United Nations Commission on Human Righl,.

Since April, the Legislature has been looking into a policy tliat would allow the CNMI to grant political asylum to foreigners facing threaL, in their home counoies.

In its 1eport late last year, the con­giessional Immigration RefrnmCom­mission cited the absence of an asy­lumsystemin theNorthem Marian,l,, which is a US commonwealth.

Woman leaves child to teenager, disappears

By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

HAGATNA, Guam - On the morning of June 11, a infant was left in the arms of 15 year­old girl in Baza Gardens.

The girl reported to GPD that while she was outside her house doing laundry, a woman ap­proached her carrying a female infant.

The woman stated that she was a friend of the girl's aunt although the girl expressed that she never saw the woman before.

The woman asked if the girl could watqh the baby, but before she could respond the woman gave her the infant with some diapers, and left in a white

American made sedan. The woman claimed that she

would be back in an hour. She never returned. The girl con­tacted the police later that evening.

The infant was transported via Med-Unit to GMH to check the babyis health. The infant was turned over to Child Protective Seivices, who will be starting an investigation.

This case is also under inves­tigation with the police. The name of the girl was withheld pending further investigation.

If you have any information please call CRIME STOPPERS at 477-HELP or GPD at 472-8911.

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People and Videoshops I HA VE always considered those big bus windows as some sort of a boob tube.

You look outside and see a whole range of things happening as the bus moves on to where you're headed.

In Manila, you 'II see tots playing by the roadside or teens hanging around trying to look tough or old women doing their laundry by a fire hydrant or the traffic jam ... anything !

It's like watching different scenes taking place. A collage of daily city life. Wonderful ! No wonder windowseat~ are always prime slots inside city buses. Like, people will virtually push each other around literally to get it. I remember how a man tried to unseat me saying my place was his. "Hey, I got here first," I insisted. "Don't tell me you just went out to pee !"

************* Well, that's most other people's usual alibi inside moviehouses. "Move over buster. That's my seat. I just went out to pee .... and I think

that's my girlfriend too, you know." Wwwwhhaaat !?! There's also this thing about moviehouses I find irritating: The Munchers

and people who tell what's going to happen next! "Wait 'ti! she gets to the cliff. She will jump." She did!

************** 1l1e Munchers are .. um. well ... just fine except that the popcorn or fries

sometimes smell so good you'd be taken away and drool. Worse, you can't stand up to get some. People just don't buy it nowadays anymore:"Ahh, excuse me, I believe

that's my sit. I just went out to have some popcorn." *************

Munchers come with Coke. And it's a hassle when one holding a bag of popcorn and a large Coke

tries to squeeze his way in front of you to be sitted. "Excuse me. excuse me. Whuuuoooops!" Boy that was c-c-cold. And the guys at the back can't stand your noise:"Sssshh. Quiet!"

************ I love films. Did you see Titanic ? I didn't. I was afraid the whole movieplace would be swarmed with Munchers and

Tellers I thus, prefeJTed to just wait for it at the local videoshop. They said Titanic had a tribe of Repeaters - you know, those people

who come again and again and again to watch the same film. So. I figured I 'II face a higher-than-usual risk of nmning into a Teller.

Tellers and Repeaters are usually from the same camp. ************

Videoshop. I love videoshops. It's the best thing there is after bus windows. You come in. look around, check what they have, and get what you want. Easy. Al so. viclcoshops arc I ibcrate<l from Munchers. But Tellers and a few Repeaters have gained foothold I

I once went to one such shop and asked for As Good As It Gets. A guy next to me said: "Oh that one? That's great! You should see it.

Nicholson was blah-blah-blah-blah and Hunt was blah-wah-wah. You know, they went into this blah-blah-blah ... "

God, nobody's safe anymore 1

I opted to ask for an adult film instead but voted against it. I'm not taking my chances on the Teller.

************* But some people can be so obsessed. Have you heard about the guy who stayed inside a videoshop the whole

day waiting for a borrower to return the film he wanted to see? I've ran into a Waiter before. The guy was weird. He stared ut me trying to lock his eyes onto mine, and slowly gazed

downward and up again before mumbling something: "You borrowed Deep Impact ?"

My God it's not even out yet ! I don't know, maybe someday Waiters will go as far as staking out a

videoshop or tailing borrowers or actually snatching a videotape from one and run away with it.

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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

FEC budget increase denied WHEN the vice chairman of the federal agency· that's charged with policing politicians sub­mitted his 1999 budget request to Congress, it came with a simple message: We need more cops on the beat.

Scott Thomas of the Federal Elections Com­mission is like a sheriff with a shiny badge but no billy club. With only two full-time inves­tigators on its relatively meager 53-person enforcement staff, the FEC lacks the funding and support to adequately enforce federal cam­paign laws. And that's no wonder, since the agency's budget is decided by the very people who are subject to its rules and regulations.

Just last week, a House appropriations. ~ub­committee voted to give $2.8 million less to the FEC than the agency requested. Lawmak­ers who had little problem passing a budget­busting, pork-laden highway -bill suddenly become tightwads when it's time to fund the campaign cops who are supposed to keep can­didates honest.

That isn't surprising from a Congress that has generally given little more than lip ser­vice to campaign finance reform. The current system, which overwhelmingly favors incum­bents, works just fine for most elected offi­cials. And they wouldn't dare think of giving the FEC enough funding for a formirJable enforcement staff.

The impotence of the FEC has created a culture in recent years in which politicians often feel free to break the rules or file incom­plete or misleading information about their donors. The few violators who do get caught often aren't penalized until years after they've been elected. And when the FEC does act, it's usually little more than a gentle wrist slap.

An audit of George Bush's 1988 presiden­tial campaign, for example, took seven years to complete. By the time the FEC determined that the Bush campaign had accepted more than $200,000 in illegal contributions, Bill Clinton was well into his first term as presi­dent and Bush was enjoying his retirement in Texas.

It would certainly be reassuring if the non­partisan FEC were investigating the unseemly fund raising of Clinton's l 996 campaign as thoroughly as the zany and highly partisan Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., and his Government Reform and Oversight Committee. But with such a small staff, the agency can't compete.

"If Congress wants us to look at these high­profile cases that they've been looking at, we

need the enforcement people to do that," chief FEC spokesman Ron Harris told our associate Aaron Karp just hours before the agency learned that its $36.5 million budget request would be denied.

When Thomas testified before Congress in March, he tried in vain to make the case that his agency needs a bigger enforcement staff:

"It is imperativ.e to have ... more staff if the laws on the book are to mean anything," he told lawmakers. "Without adequate staff to enforce existing disclosure requirements and contribution restrictions, reliable disclosure will fade, and contributions of any amount from any source may become the norm.

Making matters worse, House Republicans are rumored to be plotting the removal of Lawrence Noble, the FEC's general counsel. Noble earned the wrath of Republicans when he began making noise about barring the use of "soft-money," the unregulated gobs of cash that corporations and individuals can give to political parties. Rather than wait for Con­gress to act on this crucial issue, Noble had the bright idea to try to ban these donations using the FEC's existing power.

House Republicans are also angered about Noble's insistence on investigating groups like Gopac and the Christian Coalition, whose support of Republican candidates prompted allegations that they broke campaign finance rules.

What makes the GOP's attack all the more befuddling is the fact that Democrats seem­ingly have the most to lose if the FEC be­comes stronger. The Republicans already have a wide fund-raising advantage over their ri­vals, and have less need to break the rules. It's the Democrats, you' II re cal I, who opened the gates for international arms dealers and Buddhist nuns in their quest for campaign cash.

As the facts came out about the Democratic fund-raising abuses of 1996, Republicans con­tinued to resist calls for compre):iensive re­form. Instead of changing the rules, Republi­cans argued, we need better enforcement of the ru !cs that are already on the books.

And that's all the FEC is asking for. Unfor­tunately, Republican leaders arc proving that the only campaign rule they care about is this: Get as much money as you can, as quickly as you can. And worry about the laws later.

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US mi]itary 'eyeing' Tinian By Aldwin R. Fajardo Variety News Staff

The US Military is reportedly con­sidering Tinian as a possible relo­cation site for American service­men who will be pulled out of Okinawa, Japan.

According to business sector leaderJoeC.Ayuyu, whorecently emerged from a 902 panel meet­ing, US military officials have signified willingness to meet with CNMI government leaders on the viability of Tinian as an alterna­tive site for the Okinawa bases.

"Tiniancanbearelocationsite," Ayuyu said, adding that he met with Lt. Gov. Jesus R. Sablan who is pushing Tinian as a re­settlement post for the imminent uprooting of the American mili-

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tary bases in Japan. Rear Admiral Martin E.

Janczak, in previous reports, said Guam could be a relocation site for American troops who may be

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uprooted from Okinawa. At least 75 percent of American bases in Japan are in Okinawa.

Janczak, who is commander in chief of the Navy Pacific Com-

Stayman almost cried as he spoke during rites honoring WWII dead

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

INSULAR Affairs Director Allen Stayman nearly broke down in tears as he addressed a crowd of about 30 people during yesterday's 54th Liberation Day rites at the American Memorial Park.

He stressed that the park, done in memory of the estimated 4,000 American soldiers who died dur­ing the Second World War, is something that people "should be proud of."

"We have spent literally hun­dreds of thousands of dollars building schools (roads and other projects)," said Stayman.

"But," he added in a shaky voice before vowing out of the podium, "this is a project we should be proud of."

The ceremony commemorated the inclusion of the names of 20 more American soldiers into the monument: Members of the Sev­enth Fighter Command of the US Army Air Corps.

The Seventh Fighter Command,

Five denied lease of building, sue owners

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

FIVE persons· yesterday sued

In consideration of such ll<i­vance, the corrtplaint said, plain­tiffs would]ease certain portions of a building to be constructed by defendants on a piece of land in Chalan Kanoa.

Stayman said, arrived in the Marianas with the attacking US fleet during the June 1944 inva­sion.

"These fighters," said Stayman, "supported ground troops by fly­ing bombing, strafing and rocket missions against ground targets in the battles for Saipan, Tinian and Guam."

The Command responded to daylight and night time Japanese air raids against Saipan and Tinian.

The inclusion of the soldiers' names was made available through coordinations between the Seventh Fighter Command World War II Association, the Resident Representative of the Northern Marianas, and the De­partment of the Interior.

Stay man also commended Rob­ert L. Ferguson of the association "for his efforts to help bring this project to fruition."

mand, said the possibility of the US military pulling out of Okinawa is likely to happen in at least IO years.

He, however.said it is still early to talk about the movement of the US bases because the matter has to be discnssed between the US and Japanese governments which are parties to the treaty.

Ayuyu said it is logical to put the would-be relocated American bases in the CNMI, considering the Northern Marianas' proxim­ity to Asian countries and the unutilized land on Tinian leased out to the US military.

"A US military presence on Tinian will benefit not only the island's economy but the whole of the Commonwealth. It will pro­vide economic incentives," he told Variety.

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"That will really help us out. Besides, the military has ex­pressed willingness to sit down and discuss with CNMI officials on the possibilities of relocating the Okinawa bases to Tinian," he stressed.

Gov. Masahide Ota's decision not to sign the Status of Forces Agreement, which is necessary for expropriating land in the pre­fecture for use by the US forces, has been supported by public dem­onstration against the presence of US military bases on Okinawa.

Publicclamoron the withdrawal of American troops in Okinawa started since the reported rape of a school girl by three US service­men in 1996.

The national government of Japan is proposing a compromise through revision of the agreement.

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Teno austerity plans lauded

Pedro P. Tenorio

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

INSULAR Affairs Director Allen Stayman said he "'thinks" Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio "is doing the right thing" when the latter stat1ed implementing belt-tightening measures in the face of an Asian economic slump and public sector budgetal)' constraints.

In an interview during yesterday's 54thLil.:erationDayanniversaryrites, Stayman at the same time said he is "'keeping (his) fingers ·crossed" Japan's economy and the local tour­ism industry rebound.

"'I think the governor is doing the right thing which is austerity mea­sures," Stayman said.

'Toere'snotawholelot,"headded, "that the CNMI or the US can do ... economic slump in Japan."

"We just have to try to get govern­ment expenditmes down."

TheCommonwealthhasbeenl.:ear­ing the brunt of last year's currency devaluations in several Asian coun­tries and Japan's ongoing economic crisis.

Indicatorsincludeadwindlingtour­ist arrival from Japan -an erstwhile

More male births noted By Aldwin R Fajardo Variety News Staff

HUNI1NGfor Mr. Perfect is not an easy zeal. And now,Miss Beautiful may need to exert extra effort to compete with her kind just so she can bag her Mr. Perfect

Studies have shown that the male proportion of live births has been declining for at least 20 years in Canada and the United States.

Othersrudiesrevealedsimilar20-yeardeclinesin the maleproportion live births in England, Wales, Den­mark,Sweden,Finland, the Nether­lands, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and other countries.

TheCornmonwealthoftheN01th­ern Mariana Islands is no exception.

A report from the Central Statis­tics Division of the commerce de­partment indicated that there were · fewermenthanfemaleintheNorth­ern Marianas. In 1995, there were 99 males for every 100 females.

Normally, there are 105 males born for every 100 females. This proportion is often called the live birth sex ratio.

By age group, females outnum-1.:ered males in 15-21, 20-24, 25-29 and 70-above age brackets.

Reports said the declines in the male proportionofbirths are not large but even small shifts in the sex ratio can add up. In the US, 38,(XX) baby boys were replaced by baby girls during the last 20 years.

Researchers in the US and Den­mark are now studying whether the pattern of declining male propor-

- tion of births is linked to a similar pattern of increasing birth defects of the penis and testicles, increas­ing testicular cancer, and declin­ing quality and quantity of sperm.

Devra Lee Davis, an environ­mental epidemiologist at the World Research Institute, has said that the reduction in the propor­tion of males born might indicate that some unrecognized environ­mental health hazards are affect­ing the sex ratio births as well as otherunexplained defects in male reproduction.

In the CNWi.I, the decline in the number of male population may also

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At the same tim;;:, CNMI sta­tistics indicated that population increased tremendously be­tween 1990 and 1995, with 90 percent of the population co­habiting on Saipan.

Over 62 percent ofthe popula­tion in the Corrunonwealth were born elsewhere and migrated into the Northern Marianas, most of . them came into 1he CNMl in the second half of the 1980s and into the 1990s.

In 1995, theFilipinoetlmic group was the largest single etlmic group in the Commonwealth, outnum­bering Charnonus.

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l11e economic slump is being ex­acerbated by a low government bud­get brought about by the previous administration 'salleged mismanage­ment.

The finance department has re­ported that the administration of former governor Froilan C. Tenorio spent about$12 million in overtimne expenses for fiscal year 1997 alone.

Also, out~tanding travel advances made by government leaped by $700,000 last yeru·, reaching $2.4 million in total amount

The incuml.:ent governor refused

to comment on his predecessor's spending.

"I don't want to delve on what happened in the past," said Tenorio when pressed ifhe thinks the previous government spent too much.

He added though that a "tre­mendous" reduction in overtime work he has implmented "is one of the reasons why we continue to operate the government

Stayman anived in the Common­wealth last Thursday to hold talks with CNMI officials of various con­cerns including labor and immigra­tionandcapitolimprovementprojects (CIP).

SGMA hires Pierce as its executive director SAIP AN Garment Manufactur­ers Association (SGMA) Chair­man James Lin yesterday an­nounced the appointment of Ri­chard A. Pierce as SGMA 's new Board Executive Director.

Pierce, who served as Associa­tion Executive Director from I 991 until March of 1995 recently re­signed as special assistant for drugs and substance abuse.

Lin saicl, "the Board has asked Pierce to come back in the same capacity tu carry forward with vital industry reform activities.

"Some of these matters are iden­tical with reform efforts he insti­tuted with SGMA, and certainly they are as pertinent today, if not more so, as shown in recent ef­forts to federalize the CNMI's local wage and immigration con­trol by the U.S. federal govern­ment," Lin stated.

Lin further added that Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio has asked SGMA to police its own factories and to take care of its problems, and "SGMA wants to put one of our old policemen back to work."

Pierce's background in the in­dustry and business is extensive.

He became president of Saipan Manufacturers, Inc., in 1984.

The 800-employee shirt manu­facturing f.'lant was sold to a U.S. Fortune 500 company in 1989, and he continued under contract as Vice President until 1991.

In 1991, while employed at an-

other plant, he became SGMA,s Executive Director when James Lin became SGMA 's Chairman.

In 1995,heresignedasSGMA's Executive Director to take a postition with the Froilan C. Tenorio administration as its ·'drug czar."

Pierce recently resigned from the same position with Governor Pedro P. Tenorio's current ad­ministration.

Pierce is a memberof the Saipan Rotary International Club, on the Board of Directors of Saipan Crimestoppers International and participates in the Government Relations Committee as a mem­ber of the. Saipan Chamber of Commerce through his own local company, Safety I st Systems, Inc.

"I believe there is strong local sentiment that wants nothing more than to have the garment industry provide economic benefits to the people of the CNMI," said Pierce.

"There is also strong local sen­timent wanting a safe, lawfully compliant and responsible indus­try and industry leadership. Basi­cally people just wish the gar­ment industry were better family, and it's my job to put this as our priority."

Pierce will be employed as well as United International Corpora­tion, in a management position focusing on occupational safety, wage and hour compliance and human rights advocacy.

AGO seeks revocation of man's probation

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THEATTORNEYGeneml'sOfiice yesterday asked the court to revoke the probation of a man who w:L~ convicted of several c1iminal offenses and chargi,J anew with sexual as­sau IL

Assistant Atty. Gen. Nicole Fore Iii moved the Superior Court to revoke the jail-te1m suspension of Jose Reyes Ayuyu for failing to comply with the te1msand conditions ofhisprobation.

Fore) Ii saiu Ayuyu 's violations in­clude faih.:,-e to seek and obtain psy­chological or psychiatric counseling, non-payment of restitution, and not ol.:eying laws.

Court documents showed that on Feb. 7, 1996 Ayuyu entered a plea agieement in which he pleaded guilty of two count~ of assault with a dan­gerous weapon; and 1-esisting anest.

TI1e cou1t sentenced the defendant lo 10 years' imprisonment, all sus­pended except 70 days.

Ayuyu was placed under proba­tion.

The 49-year-old Ayuyu was re­cently anested for allegedly forcing his brother's girlfriend lo perfmm oral copulation to him ata Koblerville residence.

TheAGOchargedhimwithsexual assault,assaultandbattery,andcrimi­nal oral copulation.

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Teno recounts childhood experiences during war

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By Haldee V. Eugenio Variety News Staff

AFTER espousing the bravery, courage and sacrifices of soldiers whofoughtforthe US during World War II, Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio re­called his own childhood experi­ences of the war during yesterday's 54th Saipan Liberation Day cer­emony held at the American Me­morial Park's Court of Honor.

"I remember the war not as a soldier, but as achild,"Tenoriosaid in his speech.

Tenorio, who was IO years old at that time, was taken out of school to help work on a runway for fighter planes in San Jose. He said that as a child, he couldn't imagine what was about to take place, or understand why it was happening at all.

When bombardment began, however, he was quite certain he didn't want to stick around to fight out what was coming next, and spent the next several weeks finding safe places to hide like caves.

"When the caves became too crowded, we moved on. But even the caves weren't always safe," he remarked.

More than once, stray bombs and bullets claimed the lives of friends and family members, said the governor who was also injured by a nearby explosion.

"A year after the fighting ended, a doctor dug a piece of shrapnel out of my right leg. I still carry the scar as a reminder of those who were not as fortunate," he said.

On July 4, 1946, after the battle had been fought, the American Lib­eration Day was proclaimed.

"On that day, we were liberated from internment, and finally given a chance to start rebuilding our lives," Tenorio said.

Tourist robbed by 2 in Tum.on

By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

HAGATNA,Guam-A27year­old tourist was robbed Thursday evening on Fujita Road in Tumon.

According to PIO Larry Flores ofGPDthe man was walking along Fujita Road when he heard a man yelling at him.

When he turned around he was struck from behind with an un­known object,

The victim crouched down low during the attack while the assail­ant took his handbag.

The victim reported that he saw his attacker flee with the man who yelled at him towards San Vitores Road.

According to GPO, no arrests have l.:een made. The attacker is descril.:ed to l.:e a local male, in his 20is, about 6 ft., with a dark com­plexion. He was wearing a black T­shirt and dark pants.

The suspect who was yelling is described to l.:e. a local male, in his 20is, about 5'6", with a slim build, short black hair, and a dark com­plexion. He was wearing a blue T­shirt and blue jeans.

If you have any information please call CRIME STOPPERS at 477-HELP or GPD at 472-8911.

Pedro P. Tenorio

The governoradded that the brav­ery and the courage of those sol­diers who stormed the beach of Saipan 54 years ago "paved the way for the lasting peace and pros­perity that we enjoy today."

"Today, we are a proud member of the American political family, especially in that our unique Cov-

enant with the United Sates allows us the right of local self-govern­ment in accordance with our own Constitution," said Tenorio.

The Liberation Day ceremonies, which started at around 8:30 am, was. hosted by Chuck Sa yon, Ranger-In-Charge of the Ameri­can Memorial Park .

Edward E. Wood, Jr, Superin­tendent of both the American Me­morial Park and the War in the Pacific National Historical Park, elaborated in his speech the de­velopment and historical signifi­cance of the park.

Insular Affairs Director Allen Stayman also delivered a speech (see separate story).

World War II veteran Guy Gabaldon shared his memories of the war which claimed a hundred lives. The wreath-laying was done by Tenorio and Gabaldon.

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BARRIGADA HEIGHTS, Guam - ComNavMarianas Pl!blic :Aff~ Officer, LL Nicholas Balice presented students from Saint Franqis Sclwl in Banigada Heights with a care package from the crew of.tfie.Y$$, Independence during a ceremony held last week at the schocl( .··. J :· /? \\

Eighth grade students have been corresponding with. cre\V -~~. aboard the USS Independence sinre early spring when the ship.;}Vas .. deployed to the Arabian Gulf. · .. i . .• ;,

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Sailors to meet with family while on Guam

By Jacc,b Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

PITI, Gt.am- Two brothers serving aboard the USS Cowpens, a Navy AEGIS cruiser, will have

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10 win Byrd scholarships By Jacob Leon Guenero Variety News Staff

HAGATNA,Guam-Thewi1U1ers of the 1998 Byrd Scholarship have teen announced by the Department of Education.

The scholarship is a federally funded program that provides under­graduate scholarships for study at institutions of higher education to high school graduates who show promise of continued academic ex­cellence.

According to Jessica Oite of the Department of.Education, applicants to the scholarship must submit an application along with an essay.

Candidates must undergo an inter­view with a panel comprised of coun­selors, school administrators and teachers from each school site. Final approval comes from the Director of .Education. This year's essay topic concerns career choices.

This year's scholarship wi1U1ers willreceive$1,500peracademicyear

to be spent towards tuition and other education related expenses. Wirmers must show acceptable grade point

· averages for full time scholarship at accredited learning institutions on Guam or off island.

Funding for the Byrd Scholarship is appropriated by Congress. The ten selected scholars will each receive thefundingyearlyforuptofouryears of undergraduate study.

'The recipients are: • Christopher J. Angoco Southern

Derrick Muna Quinata was one of over two hundred seniors of George Washington High School who graduated during commencement exercises at the UOG Fieldhouse last Wednesday.

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"Enrollment varies considerably semester to semester," Director of Admissions and Records Janice Tenorio said.

"A change of 100 or so is common," she said, "although initial concerns about the availibility ofCNMl educational assistance may have been a factor.

Tenorio noted that hundreds of students enrolled in adult, continu­ing and comrnunityeducation classes are not included in the regular enrollment figures, only those in "for credit" college classes.

Saipan Computer Club to meet on Thursday

SAIPAN CmputerClub's next scheduled meeting will be held this Thursaay,June 18 at 7 p.m. in Lab W-3 at the Northern Marianas College As Terlaje campus.

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GED-Phone home! THE NORTHERN Marianas College Adu It Basic Educa­tion (ABE) Office wants to hear from all those who passed their GED (General Educa­tional Development) high school cquivalency here in the CNMI.

"We w:rnt to talk to our graduates'-and do a quick fol­low-up survey t see how they are doing," ABE Director Fe Calexterio said.

"It will only take a few min­utes and will help give us in­formation about how the ABE/ GED program benefits stu­dents," she said.

The director said approxi­mately 400 residents have taken and passed the rigorous GED test since it was first of­fered on Saipan more than 20 years ago.

"Our problem is that we no longer have current addresses and phone numbers for most of those graduates," Calixterio said.

GED graduates are asked to call the Adult Basic Educa­tion office at 234-5498, ext. 1730 or send a fax to 234-4940 and provide their cur­rent mailing addresses and phone numbers.

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Marianas Baha'is hosting dance event By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

HAGATNA, Guam - The Mruianas Baha'i Community will bring young perfonners together in dance performances to be presented this week at locations around the island.

Youth dancers from Guam will join with similar groups from Hawaii topresentdanceasaformofcommu­nication and an alternative to less productive, more dangerous choices confronting youths today. They are calling their performances "Celebra­tions of Life's Choices."

"We believe in good lifedecisions," says Byron Hobdy, Spokesperson for the Hawaii group. "We are a group of youth, some Baha'is, some

not, withasetofprincipleswebelieve will help make the world a better place. We have seen the power of youth speaking to youth about the moral issues facing them today."

Baha'i Youth Workshops have presented their dances globally, gar­nering awards at nationar competi­tions. The groups have taken their dances around the world to more than 20 countries, including Russia and other Pacific Islands.

Guam's Baha'i community and the group from Hawaii will present dances that speak to cunent issues such as substru1ce abuse, pre ju dice and issues between men and women. Audiences will include groups from OYA, Manamko, U.O.G. and local shopping outlets. Sonya Nuri speaks

for the Guam group, "We believe the foundation for

global unity lies in the individual and community life and we feel we have something positive to contribute to­ward that." Guam's Baha'i Youth perform around the island and are available upon request

Schedule for Youth Workshop performances:

Tuesday, June 16. UOG Ronmda (SUJdent Center) 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 17. Micronesia Mall (awaiting con­firmation)

Saturday, June 20. Guam Pre­mium Outlets 12 p.m.

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1HREE weeks after its lallllching, the CNMI Food and Nutrition Council's Backyard Gardening Contest has so far yielded 48 par­ticipants, it was learned.

The Council is targetting at least 1,000 active vegetable backyard or container gardens in preparation for the yearly World Food Day celebration on October 16.

· "So far, this is a good result. We hope a lot more will partici­pate," Project Coordinator Mar­garet Tudela t9\d the Variety. ·

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Meanwhile, Food and Nutri­tion Council Advisor Mozhdeh Bruss sai<l that the overall goal of the project is "to increase com­munity and student appreciation for gardening and vegetable con­sumption to be able to maintain a healthy CNMI community."

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N am.e change for Guam capital OK'd Vanuatu gets 4M for HONOLULU (Pacnews)- digcnous Chamorro language e t d I t Gu•im'sdelegatetotheUnitcd pronunciation. a1rpor eve opmen ~i~a~:s i~o;is~rn:~ir:~s~:~: 12u;:.~:t.~~~~:lir~1::~vi1 ;I~; !Zressman Roben Underwood, Chamorro Language Com mis- PORT VILA (Pacncws)- acquisition of equipment for the Management Entity should allow has successfully obtained ap- sion, took the matter to the Vanuatu'sprimeminister,Donald two airports of Pekoa and as well, the rationalisation of the prov al for the name of the U.S. Domestic Na mes Committee Kalpokas and the Regional Office Bauerfield in Port Vila. management of the three concerned Micronesian territory's capi- of the U.S. Board of Geo- Manager for the Pacific States of This financing comes under a airports. tal. Agana. to be change<.f to graphic Names, which the the Agence Francaise de widerprogramofairportdevclop- Underthisproject,theairportof Hagat~a. Congressman said "immedi- Developpement,OdiledesDeserts, ment in the country which includes Pekoa's main focus for ADFfund-

The new spe I ling more ac- ately and unanimously voted Friday signed the financing agree- the building of Tanna island's air- ing, is to receive planes of 30-50 curate I y conforms to the in- to approve the change. mcnt by which Agence Francaise port, the improvement of the two seats for the regional lines as well

Malnutrition in Samoa APIA (Pacncws)-Nutrition experts say the number of Sa­moan children being treated for malnutrition is on the in-crease.

In the past year 62 children had been diagnosed witlrn the condition up ~from 51 in I 996.

Chief nutritionist at the na­tional hospital says the cases ranged from mild to quite se­vere, while on several occa­sions entire fomiles had come in for treatment.

She added greater public

awareness may also be a fac­tor for the increase.

An earlier survey showed that 20% of all children under 5 admitted to the hospital were undernourished, the highest figure fer 30 years.

Des pi tc an abundance of food sources, a World Health Organisation report noted an inc~ease in the amount of sugar in local diets and a shortage of protein, made Samoan chil­dren more susceptible to mal-nutrition.

Firm's staff mistreat locals HONIARA (Pacnews)-Sccu­rity personnel employed by Ross Mining company at the Gold Ridge in Solomon Islands' cen­tral Guadalcanal are reportedly mistreating local within the lease area.

A resident of Tinmiti vil­lage, L::ibu Olovi said that se­cu~·ity officers have entered his home recently without valid search warrant from the police and confiscated some of

..'h, co,111t"fcHio>1 1\1ith:

his gardening tools and cash, SJBC reports.

Olovi says vii lagers from Tinmiti, Yharihaivati and Totua doing gold panning along the streams were either hara;sed by the security offic­ers or chased away.

He says, although the vii I ages are within the mining lease area, gold panning is their source of revenue and they are not mov­ing away.

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de Developpement (AFD) will mainairpo11s PckoaandBauetfield, as planes as Boeing 737 from Aus-grant to the Vanuatu government as well as ~:1e establishment of an tralia and New Zealand undercer-560 million vatu ($US4. I million) Airpott Management Entity which tain conditions. for its Airport Development Pro- will take over part of the activities Other financing sources already gram. unde11aken by the Civil Aviation contributingorconsideringtocon-- This grant will mainly be used Department and this will work on tribute to th';: Airport Program, are for the financing of the upgrading commercial basis. the European Investment Bank and the extension of the Pekoa The objective of this program is which is conside1ing financing spe-Airport on Santo island and the to favour the development of tour- cifically Bauerfield, AusAID, New

ism while offering better air secu- Zealand, the European Dcvclop-

Juvenile cases fu Tonga rise NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews)-The Tonga government's probation of­ficer, 'Ofa Ha'unga says a peaceful and secure community is made of peaceful and united families.

Thefailureofsomeparentstoguar­arrtee d1e safety oftheirchildren from certain crimes is reflected in the num­ber of juvenile cases presented to the courts, Radio Tonga repotts.

'Ofa says of the juvenile ca-es heard by the courts, the majo1ity of offenses committed are theft and house breaking.

There is clear evidence that juve­ni Jes taken to court come from bro­ken families and some have lost one or both parents.

Some cases are refetred to the pro­bation office for legal counselling and other help including supervision of community services.

rity conditions. ment Fund as well as the govem-111e setting up of the Airpmt ment of Vanuatu.

No emergency in Ei.ji SUV A (Pacnews)-The Fiji cabinet Friday clarified thatnostafo _of.emergency had been declared by.gqvemment because of the prolonged drought and the crisis inthe sugar industry . .. · ....... · .. ·.

Cabinet secretary Jioji Kotobalavu says government is consider­ing declaring a"state of natural disaster emergency" under the new natural disaster bill. Kotobalavu says· it.is different to a national state of emergency, Island Networks Corporation reports. ·· .. ·

He said what the cabinet decided Friday was that the state law office . together with the ministry of regional development are to . look at the provisions of the natural disaster legislation which was recently passed by parliament. · ·

Kotobalavu said .they will also look into other relevant legisla- · tion like the sugar decree and the constitution itself so they can advise cabinet on the· desirability of declaring a state ofnatural disaster emergency.

He said it willfacilitate the smooth and speedy implementation of the distribution ofrelief supplies that are need of help because of the extended drnught.

Kotoba1avu said the advice. from .the state law office and the regional development will be considered by cabinet Wednesday.

Suspended Samoan officer changes plea APIA (Pacnews)-Suspendcd im­migration officer, Miliona Tagaloa, ch:mged his pica from not guilty lo !c'llilty in Samoa's Supreme Court last Tuesday to five charges ruising from offcnc:;cscommitted when he worked iii the Immigration Divi­.11on.

1l1c chrn1gc of pica came on the lirsl day ot" ,1 schcJuhl four day trial.

Tagaloa goes up for sentencing on June 22.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of theft as a servant, forgery ru1d material alteration of a passpott without authrnity.

The maximum penalty fo1; theft as a sc1v:mt is a term of imprisonment not exceeding seven years; forgery, a term or imprisonment not ex­ceeding five years; the last of­fence, a term or imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $US67 or both.

Solomons town official reinstated by minister HONIARA (Pacnews)-Solomon lslm1ds home affairs minister, Rcvcr­md Leslie Boseto has orderr:d tlit: reinst:1tement of sacked vice presi­dent of the Honinrn Town Council, Je21iel Loaioa and that all his allow­ances and benefit, be 1-ccovered.

In a Jette · to town counci pt-csident., Robert Wale la,t week, Rev Boseto said the s:1c king of Lonloa early this ye,u· w,t, ii"legal, SIBC reports.

Rev Boscto said under the local government act, the vice president can only be ·voted out or 1-csign, but not to be sacked by the president.

At the same time, Rev Boseto Wednesday ordered that the appoint­ment of l..az;uus Kauhiona as vice president be immediately ceased and that all his remunerations and ben­efits be recovered.

Rev Boseto said Kauhiona's ap­pointment was illegal because he was not elected as required under law.

Meru1while, the minister has also ordered that all vehicles allocated for use by the Honiam Town Council politicians in the Wale administrn­tion be reuived and re-allocated to the appropriate administrative heads. I

---·-----··------ - _ TUESDAY.JUNE 16, 1998-MARIANAS VARIETYNEWSANDVIEWS-11

To alleviate drought in some areas

Water systems get in Rongelap nuclear cleanup to start full operation in FSM By Giff Johnson

For the Variety Majuro-ThefirstphaseofaUnitedStates-fundednuclearrehabilitation program atRongelap Atoll will start in August and take ab<>ut two years to complet!!, according to island officials.

By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variety News Staff

POHNPEI, FSM - Water desalinazation units have ru1ived on the Yap atolls ofWoleai and Ulithi and ru-c in full operation to help alle­viate drought in the Federated States of Micronesia.

'Theunil~ru-ereverseosmosis Water Production Units(RO\:VPUs), which produce I O,CXXl gallons of water per day on Ulithi and 25,CXXl on Woleai.

The State of Yap conn·acted the Yap State Public Setvice Corpora­tion to set up watcrproduction opera­tions to strategically disllibutc water to the outer islru1ds and atolls.

AccordingtoFEMAPublicAssis­tance Officer, Bob Fenton, "a nue partnership has been formed through thecombinedeffortsofFEMA,FSM and thcprivatesectortodelivermuch needed water supplies to the outer atolls."

Last April 3, Pt-esident Bill Clinton declared the FSM a major disaster area, allowing federal funding for 60 atolls/islands.

Federal Deputy Coordinating Of­ficer,Jim Calacal, said FEMA 'smain task is to 1-eimburse the FSM for the production and distribution of water.

In the State of Chuuk, 20 of the 26 deep wells on the main island of

Wenoare now operating and produc­ing 400,CXXl gallons per day. Five drilling rigs are expected to anivc on Chuuk May 26.

Civil Action Teams from the De­prutment of Defense will support a project to drill 30 new well sites throughout Weno.

Waterpumpedfiomwellson Wcno will be distributed to outer atolls.

As leading meteorologist have pre­dicted formonths, the El Nino weather phenomenon has caused severe drought throughout the Western Pa­cific Ocean, includingtheFSM whe1e there has been little rain since Octo­ber 1997.

"A top priori tyas the nuclear cleanup begins is the safety of workers and residents who may return in the future," said Rongelap Mayor James. Matayoshi Iastweek.

A contract was awarded earlier in the week to local construction firm Pacific International Inc. that is kicking off nuclear cleanup and rehabilita­tion effot t; for islanders who have been Jiving in exile for 13 years.

Rongelap was engulfed in a snow stonu of radioactive fallout from the Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954.

Rongelap islanders have a high incidence of thyroid cancer and other health problems from their exposure.

In I 985, fearing continued exposure to radiation from theirenvironment, they evacuated their home islands and have lived in exile since.

EPA. approves permit to dismantle· chemical weapons at Johnston Atoll·

The U.S. govenunent recently provided a$45 million cleanup trust fund for Rongelap in response to studies that show that cleanup work is needed to make the islands re inhabitable.

The initial $8 million project atRongelap will focus on building facilities that will support the ongoing cleanup work and eventual resettlement of this isolated atoll in the northern Marshall Islands, Matayoshi said.

HONOLULU (Pacnews)-The United States Environmental Protec­tion Agency (EPA) has approved a new pem1it that allows for the contin­ued dismrmtling ru1d incineration of chemical weaponsatJohnstonAtoll, located about 8(Xl miles southwest of Hawaii.

Julie Anderson, Director of the EPA' s W ,L~te M:magement Division said in a stntemcnt tl{1t "Our decision was made after a thorough review of public commcnL~". -

She said "the new pem1it will fin­ish the job atJACADS, the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal Sys­tem in the safest mrumer possible for the people and matine life neru· this facility."

TI1e U.S. Army, in charge of the JACADS facility, ,mticipates it will take about three more yems to com­pk:tc the destrnction of all remaining wc:1pons at Johnston, after which the disposal facility will be destroyed and the atoll will become ,m unpopulated

wildlife pr-esetve. Since I 990, the Army has de­

stroyed all of the rockets and bombs and two-thirds of the four million pounds of nerve and mus­tard gas chemical agent- moved from Okinawa, the Solomon ls­lands and Germ.my - originally strn-cd on the atoll.

In the eight years that the facility has operated, the EPA rcporis there has been no documented hrum to people or wildlife.

There are more than 3,000 Rongelap islanders living throughout the Marshalis.

"We'll make a ttip to Rongelap in August to do a ~urvey of the island," he said.

"We'll look at property boundary lines and decide where to locate the dock, fiel;l station and other facilities (needed for the cleunup )."

While getting the first phase rehabilitation work moving ut Rongelap, Matayoshi is also discussing possible radiological assistance with the U.S. Department of Energy as independent scientists.

Rongefap wants to have monitoring and screening conducted before, duting and after the cleanup and rehabilitation work is done so that both workers and future inhabitant~ will have assurances that the island is safe, Matayosf:i said.

Bikini can be safe for habitation TI1esafetyof workers involved in the Rongelapcleanupprogram is a high

p1iotity, said Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi. "We're meeting with the_Depaitment of Energy to see what role it can

play in providing radiaticm monitoting during the phase one work."he said. By Giff Johnson For the Variety

MAJURO-A scientificp,mel con­vened by the Intemalional Atomic Energy Agency gave il, stamp of approval to U.S. government a,ser­tions that Bikini Atoll can be made safe for habitation by displaced is­landers.

In a repo1t released over the week­end in Majuro, the lAEA said radio­logical daw collected by Ame1ican government scientisl, and their pre­dictions about the habitability of the former nuclear test site were excel­lent and needed no f u1thercoffobora­tion.

In conu·ast to furor raised in the South Pacific by a recent IAEA re­port claiming no health and environ­ment problems from the French nucleru· tests at Mornroa, the IAEA repor1 on Bikini is not sp,u·king ;my criticism.

Bikini 1cp11.:sentatiws say that it merely conlinm what a long line of scientisL, from the U.S. Dep:utment of Energy (I.X)E) :md Congression­ally-funded rescm-chers to the Na­tional Academy of Sciences and the Bikinians' own independent physi­cist have agreed to.

Bikini l;aders and the late Pr-csi­dent Amata Kabua had a,ked the IAEA to check DOE data to provide additional assurances to Bikini is­lander.; considering moving back to the former nuclear test site where the U.S. tested 23 nuclear weapons.

IAEA officials travelled to Bikini in May 1997 to take independent samples for analysis, imd their rcpott wa, released Monday in Majuro by Bikini officials.

"No further independent cotrobo­ration of the mea,uremenL, and as­sessmenl, of the mdiological condi­tions at Bikini Atoll isnecessary,"the JAEA report said.

111c IAEA commented on the "ex­cellent quality control of those (ear­lier)measurementsrmdassessmenL,," ,md the 1-cgulru·compruison ofresull, among different scientific groups doing investigations at Bikini.

The reporis repeats an earlier con­clusion that, "Provided certain reme­dial measures are taken, Bikini Island could be pennru1ently teinhabited."

Bikini islanders have been living in exile since the first U.S. tests in 1946.

The IAEA said that the prefen-cd rehabilitation approach is to use po­tassiumfcrtilizertoall measofBikini Island where edible crops can be grown, supported by scraping ,md removing soil from around and be­neath housing areas and its r-cplace­mcnt by crnshed coral to 1-cduce m1y exposure people would r-cccive from the environment.

'!he fcr1ilizcr application ha~ been shown lo work for four-to-five y<cm-s, ,me! would need to be rqxatcd pcri­lxlically. Expcriment.,conducted by DOE scientists at Bikini in the 1980s have shown that the dose of radioac­ti vc cesium in coconuL, was 1-cduced by as much as 95 percent by using pot:L,sium-based fettilizer.

In Bikini's pota.,sium-poor soil, root crops instead suck up cesium, a radioactive element that closely 1-e­scmbles pot:L,sium.

But when powssium fe1tilizcr is employed, the coconuL, naturally se­lect pota.,sium, U.S. scientists repo1t.

Cesium exposure from eating and drinking coconut~ at Bikini was the primary reason that a resettlement attempt in the mid- I 970swasaborted and the islanders evacuated after in­gesting high levels of radioactivity.

The IAEA repott 1ecommends that rehrt1lm· testing of mdioactivity in lo­cal food should be done to see how effective is the cleanup program un­dertaken.

"Asimple.localwholebodymoni­tor :md trnining in its use should be provided as a further means of en­abling potential inhabitants to satisfy themselves there is no significant uptake of cesium into their bodies," the IAEA said.

Matayoshi would like to see all future workers have whole body counts and urine tests done by the DOE prior to beginning work at Rongelap, and then have them monitored during their time on Rongelap so that any changes can be detected quickly and acted upon.

"We' re moving forward with safety measures (for workers). It's one of our priorities." _____________________ ...,

NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING CORPORATION EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

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Governor Pedro P. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus R. Sablan, through the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC) Board of Directors, are hereby giving notice that the NMHC is soliciting proposals from licensed companies in the Commonwealth engaged in building and ground maintenance services to provide maintenance of its Section 8 Housing Units in Rota.

Sealed proposals will be received until 10:00 A.M., June 22, 1998 at NMHC's Office in Garapan, Saipan, at which time and place all proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. The proposal documents, which are available at NMHC's Office in Saipan and Rota, shall be signed by the owner or authorized agent of the 1irm, and shall be enclosed in an envelope which shall be sealed and clearly labeled, "ROTJ\-BUILDING MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL". Companies shall be responsible for the placement of its firm's name and address on the outside proposal envelope.

NMHC hereby notifies all proposers that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contracts entered into pursuant to this advertisement, small business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals and will not be discriminated against on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, handicapped/disabling conditions, or national origin.

Proposal Specifications may be obtained al the NMHC Office in Garapan, anytime between the hours of 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Questions or additional information may be directed to Mr. Norman Pangelinan, Manager for Program and Housing Division at 234-6866/9447, and in Rota, Mr. Charles Manglona, Field Office Representative may be contaded at 532-9410.

NMHC reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any and all proposals in the best interest of NMHC.

/s/ MARYLOU S. ADA Corporate Director

'NMHC is an equal employment and fair housing agency'

10-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-JUNE 16, 1998

N arne change for Guarn capital OK'd Vanuatu gets 4M for HONOLULU (Pacnews)- digenous Chamorro language • d I t Guarn'sde\egatetotheUnited pronunciation. airport eve opmen ~i~~~:s i~Io~is~rn:~:~~s~n;:: 12°;:::t~:~~~rr0r::~v~1 ;I~; gressman Robert Underwood, Chamorro Language Comm is- PORT VILA (Pacnews)- acquisition of equipment for the Management Entity should allow has successfully obtained ap- sion. took the matter to the Vanuatu's prime minister. Donakl two airports of Pekoa and as well, the rationalisation of the prov al for the: name of the U.S. Domestic Names Committee Kalpokas and the Regional Office Bauerfield in Pon Vila. managementofthethreeconcemed Micronesian territory's capi- of the U.S. Board of Geo- Manager for the Pacific States of This financing comes under a airports. ta!. Agana. to be changed· to graphic Names. which the the Agence Francaise de widerprogram;fairportdevelop- Underthisproject,theairportof Hagatna. Congressman said .. immedi- Developpement,OdiledesDesens, mentinthecountrywhich includes Pekoa's main focus for ADFfund-

T11e new spelling more ac- ately and unanimously voted Friday signed the financing agree- the building of Tanna island's air- ing, is to receive planes of 30-50 curate ly conforms to the in- to approve the change. ment by which Agence Fnmcaise pon, the i1;provement of the two seats for the regional lines as well

Malnutrition in Samoa APIA (Pacnews)-Nutrition experts say the number of S:1-moan children being treated for malnutrition is on the in-crease.

In the past year 62 children had been diagnosed witllll the condition up from 51 in 1996.

Chief nutritionist at the na­tional hospital says the cases ranged from mild to quite se­,:erc. while on several occa­sions entire familes had come in for treatment.

She added greater public

awareness may also be a fac­tor for the increase.

An earlier survey showed that 20% of all children under 5 admi ttecl to the hospital were undernourished, the highest figure for 30 years.

Despite an abundance of food sources, a World Health Organisation report noted an increase in the amount of sugar in local diets and a shortage of protein, made Samoan chil­dren more susceptible to ma!-nutrition.

Firm's staff mistreat locals HONIARA (Pacnews)-Secu­ri ty personnel employed by Ross Mining company at the Gold Ridge in Solomon Islands' cen­tral Guadalcanal are reportedly mistreating local within the lease area.

A resident of Tinmiti vil­lage, Labu Olovi said that se­curity officers have entered his home recently without valid search warrant from the police and confiscated some of

j,1 COOJ'4"/'tHio>t l\1ir/1:

his gardening tools and cash, SIBC reports.

Olovi says villagers from Tinmiti, Vharihaivati and Totua doing gold panning along the streams were either hara~sed by the security offic­ers or chased away.

He says, although the villages are within the mining lease area, gold panning is their source of revenue and they are not mov­ing away.

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de Developpernent (AFD) wilt mainairponsPekoaand Bauerfield, as planes as Boeing 737 from Aus-grant to the Vanuatu govemment as well as 1.: 1e establishment of an tralia and New Zealand under cer-560 million vatu ($US4. l million) Aiqio1t Management Entity which tain conditions. for its Airpon Development Pro- will take over pmt of the activities Other financing sources already gram. undertaken by the Civil Aviation contributing or considering to con-~ 11iis grant wilt mainly be used Depmtmcnt and this will work on tribute to the Airport Program, are for the financing of the upgrading commercial basis. the European Investment Bank and the extension of the Pekoa The objective of this program is whichisconsideringfinancingspe-Airport on Santo island and the to favour the development of tour- cifically Bauerfield, AusAlD, New

ism while offering better air secu- Zealand, the European Develop-

Juvenile cases in Tonga rise . NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews}-The Tonga government's probation of­ficer, 'Ofa Ha'unga says a peaceful and secure community is made of peaceful and united families.

The failure of some parents to guar­antee the safety of their children from certain crimes is 1eflected in the num­ber of juvenile cases presented to the cou1ts, Radio Tonga repo1ts.

'Ofa says of the juvenile ca-;es heard by the courts, the majo1ity of offenses committed are theft and house breaking.

There is clear evidence that juve­niles taken to coun come from bro­ken families and some have lost one or both parents.

Some cases rue refe1red to ciie pro­bation office for legal counselling and other help including supervision of community services.

Congra.tu£ations

c"1&

rity conditions. ment Fund as well as the govern-The setting up of the Airpo11 ment of Vanuatu.

N~ emergencyin·Fiji SUV A (Pacnews)---'-The Fiji cabinet Friday darified that rto $late of emergency had been declared by gqvenunent b,ecause of the prolonged drought and the ctjsisin the sugar industry. . .. ·. · •.... · ··•····

Cabinet secretary Jioji Kotobalavu says government is considefc ing declaring a "state of naturaldisasteremergency" under the new· natural disaster bill. Kotobal.avu says it is different to a national state of emergency, Island Networks Corporation reports.

He said what thecabinet decided Friday was that the state law office . together with the ministry of regional development are to look at the provisions of the natural disaster legislation which was recently passed by parliament. ·

Kotobalavu said theywill also look i.nto other relevant legisla­tion like the sugar decree and the constitution itself so they can advise cabinet on the.desirability of declaring a state ofnatural disaster emergency.

He said itwillfaciliiate the smooth and speedy implementation of the distribution of relief supplies that are neecl of help because of the extended drnught.

Kotobalavu said the advice from the state law office and the regional development will be considered by cabinet Wednesday.

Suspended Sa1noan officer changes plea APIA (Pacnews)-Suspended im­migration officer, Miliona Tagaloa, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in Samoa's Supreme Court last Tuesday to live chm-ges mising fromoffen\'!;cscommittcd when he worked in the Immigration Divi­sion.

The ch,mge of pb1 carnc on the first clay of a scheduled four day u·ial.

Tagaloa goes up for sentencing on June 22.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of tl1eft as a se1vant, forgety and material alteration of a passp:i1t wici1out authority.

11ie maximum penalty fo1: theft as a servant is a te1m of imptisonment not exceeding seven years; forgery, a term of imprisonment not ex­ceeding five years; the last of­fence, a tcmi of imp1isonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $US67 or both.

Solomons town official reinstated by minister HONIARA (Pacncws)-Solomon Isl,mds home affai1, minister, Rever­end Leslie Boseto h,L, ordered the reinstatement of sacked vice p1-csi­dcnt of ci1e Honim·a Town Council, Jeztiel Lo:iioa at1d that all his allow­;mces and benefit, be 1ecove1-ed.

In a lette. · to town counci pr-esident, Robe1t Wale last week, Rev Boseto said the s~c king of Loaloa emly this ycat· wm; iflegal, SIBC repo1K

Rev Boseto said under tl1c local government act, the vice president can only be·voted out or resign, but not to be sacked by the president.

At the same time, Rev Boseto Wednesday 01tlered ciiat ci1e app:iint­ment of Lazarus Kauhiona a~ vice president be immediately cea,ed and that all his remunerations and ben­efits be recovered.

Rev Boseto said Kauhiona 's ap­pointment was i \legal because he was not elected as 1equired under law.

Meanwhile, the minister has also ordered ciiat all vehicles allocated for use by ciie Honiani Town Council politicians in the Wale administra­tion be rellivedand re-allocated to the appmpriatc administrative heads.

_______________ TUES_[)AY, JUNE 16-:_}998-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-11

To alleviate drought in some areas

Water systems get in Rongelap nuclear cleanup to start full operation in FSM By Giff Johnson

For the Variety By Jacob Leon Guerrero Variefy News Staff

POHNPEI, FSM - Water desalinazacion units have anived on the Yap atolls ofWoleai and Ulithi and are in full operation to help alle­viate drought in the Federated States of Micron;sia.

TheuniL,are 1everseosmosis Water Production Units(ROWPUs), which produce I 0,000 gallons of water per day on Ulithi and 25 ,CXXl on Woleai.

The State of Yap contracted the Yap State Public Se1vice Corpora­tion to set up waterproduction opera­tions to strategically dishibute water to the outer islands and atolls.

According to FEMA Public Assis­tance Officer, Bob Fenton, "a b11e pm1nership has been formed through thecombinedeffo1tsofFEMA, FSM and the p1ivate sectortodelivermuch needed water supplies to the outer atolls."

Last April 3, President Bill Clinton declared ci1e FSM a major disaster area, allowing federnl funding for60 atolls/islands.

Federal Deputy Coordinating Of­ficer,JimCalacal,saidFEMA 'smain task is to reimburse the FSM for the production and distribution of water.

In the State ofChuuk, 20of the26 deep wells on the main island of

Wenoarenowoperatingandproduc­ing 400,CXXl gallons per day. Five drilling rigs are expected to anive on Chuuk May 26.

Civil Action Teams from the De­partment of Defense will support a project to drill 30 new well sites throughout Weno.

Waterpumped from wells on Weno will be distributed to outer atolls.

As leading meteorologist have pre­dicted formonths, the El Nino weather phenomenon has caused severe drought throughout the Western Pa­ci lie Ocean, including theFSM where there has been little rnin since Octo­ber 1997.

Majuro-The first phase of a United States-funded nuclear rehabilitation program at Ron gel ap Atoll will start in August and take about two years to complete, according to island officials.

"A top priority as the nuclearcleanup begins is the safety of workers and .. 1esidents who may return in the future," said Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi last week.

A conrract was awarded earlier in the week to local construction finn Pacific International Inc. that is kicking off nuclear cleanup and rehabilita­tion effot t; for islanders who have been living in exile for 13 years.

Rongelap was engulfed in a snow storm of radioactive fallout from the Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954.

Rongelap islanders have a high incidence of thyroid cancer and other health problems from their expcsure.

In 1985, fearing continued exposure to radiation from theirenvironment, they evacuated their home islands and have lived in exile since.

EPA approves permit to dismantle . che~ical weapons at Johnston Atoll

The U.S. government recently provided a$45 million cleanup trust fund for Rongelap in respcnse to studies that show that cleanup work is needed to make the islands re inhabitable.

The initial $8 million projectatRongelap will focus on building facilities that will suppo1t the ongoing cleanup work and eventual resettlement of this isolated atoll in the northern Marshall I.slands, Matayoshi said.

HONOLULU (Pacnews)-The United States Environmental Protec­tion Agency (EPA) has appmved a new permit that allows for the contin­ued dismantling and incineration of chemical weap;jns at Johnston Atoll, located about 800 miles southwest of Hawaii.

Julie Anderson, Director of the EPA· s W ,L,tc Management Division said in a su1tcmcnt tl{at "Our decision w,L, made after a thorough review of public comment,". ~

She said ''the new pem1it will fin­ish lhe job atJACADS, the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Dispcsal Sys­tem in the safest maimer possible for the people and matine life near d1is facility."

The U.S. A1my, in charge of the JACADS facility, anticipates it will take about three more yems to com­plete the desu11ctio11 of alt 1emaining weapons at Johnston, afier which the disrxisal facility will 1-.edesh-oyedand the atoll wilt become an unpopulated

wildlife preserve. Since 1990, the Army has de­

stroyed all of the rockets and bombs and two-thirds of the four million pounds of nerve and mus­tard gas chemical agent-moved from Okinawa, the Solomon ls­lands and Germany - originally stored on the atoll.

In tlie eight ye,u-,; that the facility has operated, the EPA rep:irts the1e has been no documented hatm to people or wildlife.

There are more than 3,CXXl Rongelap islanders living throughout the Marshal:s.

'We'll make a trip to Rongelap in August to do a survey of the isla.'ld," he said.

."We'll look at property boundary tines and decide where to locate the dock, fie]j station and other facilities (needed for the cleanup)."

While getting the first phase rehabilitation work moving at Rongelap, Matayoshi is also discussing possible radiological assistance with the U.S. Department of Energy as independent scientists.

Rongelap wants to have monitoring ,md screening conducted before, during and after the cleanup and rehabilitation work is done so that both workers and future inhabitants will have assurances that lhe isl,md is safe. Matayos~i said. ·

Bikini can be safe for habitation TI1csafetyof workers involved in the Rongelapcleanupprogram is a high

p1i01ity, said Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi. ''We're meeting with the _Department of Energy to see what rote it can

play in providing radiation monitoring during the phase one work,''hc said. By Giff Johnson For the Variefy

MAJURO-A scientific panel con­vened by the International Atomic Energy Agency gave iL, stamp of approval to U.S. government a,ser­tions that Bikini Atoll cm1 be made safe for habitation by displaced is­landers.

In a t-eport relea.-;ed over the week­end in Majuro, the IAEA said radio­logical data collected by Americmi government scientisl, and their p1-e­dictions about the habitability of the former nuclear test site we1-e excel­lent and needed no ftnthercon'Obora­tion.

In contrnst to furor raised in the Souci1 Pacific by a recent !AEA re­port claiming no healtli and environ­ment problems from the French nucleru· tesl, at Mo111roa, lhe IAEA rcp:il1 on Bikini is not sp,U'king ,my criticism.

Bikini representatives say that it mc1-cly confim1s what a long line or scientists from the U.S. Depmtment of Energy (DOE) mid Congiession­ally-funded researche1, to the Na­tional Academy of Sciences mid the 13ikinians' own independent physi­cist have agreed to.

Bikini l;aders :md the late P1-csi­dent Amati Kabu:i had a.,kcd the IAEA to check DOE daw to provide additional assunmces to Bikini is­landers considering moving back to the former nucle:U' test site whe1-c the U.S. tested 23 nuclear weapons.

IAEA officials travelled to Bikini in May 1997 to take independent samples for analysis, and their repo11 was released Monday in Majuro by Bikini officials.

"No further independent crnrobo­ration of the measuremenL, and as­sessment, of the radiological condi­tions at Bikini Atoll isneccssaiy," tlie IAEA rep:in said.

'Ilic IAEA commented on the "ex­cellent quality control of those (ear­lier) measurements and as.-;essmenl,, ·' ,md lhe regularcompaiison of results among different scientific groups doing investigations at Bikini.

The reports repeats an emlier con­clusion that, "Provided certain reme­dial measures are taken, Bikini Island could be permanently reinhabited."

Bikini islanders have been I iving in exile since the fo,t U.S. tests in 1946.

The IAEA said that the prefen-ed rehabilitation approach is to use po­tassi um feni Ii zer to al I rue as ofB ikini Ishmd where edible crops can be grown, suppcttcd by scraping and removing soil from a.round mid be­neath housing ru-cas and its 1-cplace­mcnt by cmshed corn! to 1-cduce ,my exp:isut-c people would r-cccive from the environmenL

·nie fc1tilizcr application h:L, been shown to work for lour-to-five yc,u,, ,md would need to be rc[)2atcd pc1i­(xlically. Expc1imrnt,conductcd by DOE scientists at Bikini in ci1e 1980s have shown diat the dose of radioac­tive cesium in coconul, was reduced by as much as 95 percent by using pol<L,sium-based fc11ilizer.

In Bikini's p:ik'L,sium-poor soil, root crops instead suck up cesium, a radioactive element tl1at closely 1-c­scmbles p:ita,sium.

But when potassium fe11ilizer is employed, the coconul, naturnlly se­lect p:itassium, U.S. scientist, r-epcrt.

Cesium expcsure from eating and drinking coconut, at Bikini was the primary rea<;on that a resettlement attempt in the mid- t 970s was aborted and the islande1, evacuated after in­gesting high levels of radioactivity.

The IAEA 1epo1t1ecommends that 1-ehrular tescing of rndioactivity in lo­cal food should be done to see how effective is the cleanup program un­derutken.

.. Asimple. local whole body moni­tor and trdining in iL, use should be provided a, a f urtlier means of en­abling potential inhabitmts to satisfy themselves there is no significant uptake of cesium into their bodies," the IAEA said.

Matayoshi would like to see alt future workers have whole body counts and urine tests done by the DOE prior to beginning work at Rongclap, and then have them monitored during their time on Rongelap so that any changes can be detected quickly and acted upon.

"We 're moving forward with safety measures (for workers). It's one of our priorities." _____________________ ___]

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Sealed proposals will be received until 10:00 A.M., June 22, 1998 at NMHC's Office in Garapan, Saipan, at which time and place all proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. The proposal documents, which are available at NMHC's Office in Saipan and Rota, shall be signed by the owner or authorized agent of the lirm, and shall be enclosed in an envelope which shall be sealed and clearly labeled, "ROTA-BUILDING MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL". Companies shall be responsible for the placement of its firm's name and address on the outside proposal envelope.

NMHC hereby notifies all proposers that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contracts entered into pursuant to this advertisement, small business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals and will not be discriminated against on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, handicapped/disabling conditions, or national origin.

Proposal Specifications may be obtained at the NMHC Office in Garapan, anytime between the hours of 7:30 a.m. 1hrough 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Questions or additional information may be directed to Mr. Norman Pangelinan, Manager for Program and Housing Division at 234-6866/9447, and in Rota, Mr. Charles Manglona, Field Office Representative may be contacted at 532-9410.

NMHC reserves the right to waive any informalities and to reject any and all proposals in the best interest of NMHC.

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JAL jet swerves off Manila runway MANILA, Philippines

(AP)-AJapan Airlines plane swerved halfway off the run­way and stuck in the mud while it landed in heavy rain at Manila's airport Sunday, blocking the tarmac and forc­ing the airport to close.

At least 23 passengers suf­fered injuries while being evacuated down emergency chutes from the McDonnell­Douglas MD- 1 I jet, airport health officials said.

Most of the injuries were

relatively minor but three pas­sengers were admitted to a hospital, officials said. . The flight, from Tokyo's

Nari ta airport with 264 people aboard, was making its sec­ond landing approach, tower supervisor Rolly Pelayo said.

He said the pilot, Capt. Takayashi Minami, had been apprehensive during the first attempt because of limited vis­ibility.

Minami said it was still rain­ing during the second ap-

proach. "There was plenty of water

on the runway," he said. "It was very bad." Minami said that when he

reversed the thrust of the two engines to slow the plane af­ter touching down, he felt the left engine reverse but not the right one.

The airport only has one run­way long enough to service large planes, forcing three in­ternational flights to be di­verted to other airports.

Make it a habit, read Marianas Variety everyday Rescue personnel gather around the Japan Air Lines M0-11 passen­ger plane after it swerved to the left of the runway upon landing at the Manila International Airport fate Sunday. AP

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Albright takes issue with sanctions By Jim Abrams

WASHINGTON (AP) - Con­gress' penchant for imposing eco­nomic sanctions deprives the ad­ministration of the flexibility nec­essary to can)' out an effective foreign policy. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright charged Sun­day.

··J think we must do something about it:· Albright said on CNN's "Lnte Edition, "··because sanctions that have no flexibility. no waiver authority, are just blunt instru­ments. And diplomacy requires us to have some finesse."

The United Slates has just im­posed automatic sanctions on In­dia and Pakistan for exploding nuclear tests.

Congress is considering propos­als to sanction nations accused of practicing religious persecution and Russia for selling missile tech­nology to Iran.

It will ,oon debate whether to penalize China for its poor human rights record.

-:.1 can't do business. or the presi­dent can't do business. with our hands tied behind our bacb:· Albright said in the interview taped

Madeleine Albright

Friday, while the secretary was in London.

Most sanctions legislation passed by Congress gives the president some authority to waive penalties in the interests of na­tional security_

Under a I 994 law sponsored by Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, there can be no exceptions for sanc­tions against countries such as India and Pakistan that break in­ternational agreements on nuclear testing.

"'There is no way to induce those two countries from our perspec-

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tive to get better behavior," Albright said.

Glenn, appearing later on CNN, said unilateral sanctions are prob­lematic, and Congress should look at this issue in the future.

He said the l 994lawwas tough "because some of the previous administrations had been sort of wishy-washy on sanctions."

Albright said she discussed the "proliferation of sanctions" with Senate leaders last week, and Sen­ate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., was receptive to forma-

tion of a working group to study the question.

But Sunday, Lott criticized the administration for not imposing sanctions on China over trade and weapons proliferation.

"The president has refused to impose sanctions where sanctions were called for," Lott said on ABC's ''This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts."

"There's a whole long list of things where they're just going on right about their business."

Critics of sanctions, such as Sen.

Richard Lugar, R-Ind., say unless they are imposed multilaterally, they mainly result in Americans losing business to other countries.

"We need to make certain that we understand what we are doing with sanctions," Lugar said on CNN.

Glenn said he would propose legislation giving the president 30 days to get international coop­eration for sanctions. If he can't, the president could recommend to Congress that it not go that route.

Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler combs his hair upon his arrival in Baghdad Thursday. Iraq says it has destroyed all its weapons of mass destri;ction, as required by the UN Security Council, and that the UN must now lift the economic sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. AP

Chirac: EU should meddle less By Robert Wielaard

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - On the eve of a European summit, France's president said Sunday the European Union must meddle less in national affairs-such as telling his countzy how to sell tickets to soccer's World Cup - and do moretoexpandtheEUintoeastem Europe. .

PresidentJacquesChirac'scom­menl~ during an interview with BBC television raised an issue that will sutface at the EU summit Monday and Tuesday: How far should European nations go in do­ing things together, and how much should be left to national govern­ments?

Chirac complained that the Eu­ropean Commission, which runs the EU's day-to-day affairs, sticks its nose into matters better left to national governments.

He singled out EU Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert's harping on shortcomings in World Cupticketsalesas''int.etference"in French affairs.

Van Miert has blamed France withunfairlyrestricting World Cup tickets to French nationals or resi­dents, and has threatened legal ac­tion.

Chirac complained EU institu­tions "will not work at all" unless they are overhauled before the or-.

Jacques Chirac

ganizationgrowsfrom 15 to25 mem­bers or moll' by taking on candidates in eastern B.rrope.

"We have to reform the institu­tions," Chirac said.

"There is no doubt that the reform must be before the firstenlargement"

Chirac's concerns are shared by Gennan Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Inajointletterlastweekto British Prime Mimster Tony Blair, the summit's host, the two tenned the EU an ivory tower issuing edicts affecting the lives of 370 million Europeans but accountable to none.

On his. arrival here Sunday, Tony Blair said he hoped he and the European leaders will commit to a reform agenda, "ensuring that

Europe is prosperous" and will open up to the East

Though no one questions the need forrefonn, leaders themselves havesofarfailed to pushitfmward.

At last year's summit in Amsterdam,leadcrscouldnotagree on proposals to streamline EU de­cision-makingandrevampitsinsti­tutions, especially the commission -long the preferred target ofEU-bashing politicians. .

Talks in the pa~t year to refonn fmm subsidies that eat up half the EU's $100 billion budget and to forge a new funding fonnula have also made no progress.

EU members - such as Ger­many, the Netherlands, Swe­den and Austria-who believe they pay too much, want their contributions limited.

Others say that is unreason­able, when the EU plans to widen its rdilks.

Also, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Ireland want assurances that special aid for them will not be lost to. newcomers who are poorer than they are.

The leaders will be accompa­nied by their foreign and fi. nance ministers, with discus­sions ranging from the crisis in the Yugoslavia's troubled Kosovo province, to the dete­riorating Russian economy and

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Kosovo fighting escalates By lsmet Hajdari

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) -FightingescalatedonseveralKosovo fronts Sunday, the eve of NATO exercises in the region, with Serbs and ethnic Albanians accusing each other of starting clashes d1at killed at least five people.

Serb forces launched 5(Xl grenades into villages in die Decmii mea in westem Kosovo, according to the Kosovo Information center, which is close to the pro-independence Alba­nian leadership.

In die capital, P1istina, Serbian po­lice colonel Novica Zdravkovic said ethnic Albanian militants killed two policemen and injured two od1ers in separate incidents in Kosovo'ssouth­westem Djakovica 1egion and the Decani area.

More thm1 300 people have died since the c1isis escalated in March, when Yugoslav P1esident Slobodan Milosevic launched a crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians fighting to free the province from Serbia

:Fearingtheconflictcouldspillover into neighboring Albania and Macedonia,

WestemnationswarnedMilosevic

last week that he must chm1ge his hard-line policy or face die threat of force.

NA TO warplanes from across Europe were convening at an airbase in northern Italy to prepare for simu­lated air attacks in Albania and Macedonia planned for Monday to lly to persuade Milosevic to halt mili­tary action in Kosovo.

Albania mid Macedonia, countJies neighboring Kosovo, have agreed to let their tmitOI)' be used for the exer­cises, which we1e ordered by allied defense ministers l11ursday.

NATO also has called for iL~ mili­tm)' plmmers to study options for even tougher action, including direct military intervention in Yugoslavia with air sllikes and use of ground forces.

NATO insisl~. however, that it is only studying iL~ options to be ready for any political decisions.

Outside Belgrade on Sunday, Yu­goslavia demonstrated its own air powerinanairshowdisplayingmilitar helicopters and planes, including Russian-made MiG29 jets.

The show is an annual event. The main ethnic Albanian party,

NATO planes get set for exercise

By Jeffrey Ulbrich . A VIANO AIR BASE, Italy (AP)-Eighty NA TO warplanes from 13 nations converged on several regional bases Sunday to prepare a show of power over Albania and Macedonia that allied leaders hope will convince Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to back down in Kosovo.

'This is an exercise intended to demonstrate the alliance's commitment to peace and stability in the region and the alliance's ability to project power," L1. Gen. Michael Short, commander of NA TO air forces in the alliance's southern Europe division, said at Aviano Air Base Sunday evening.

The planes will come from 15 bases in five nations as well as from carriers in the Adriatic Sea

They were scheduled to participate in exercise Determined Falcon beginning around dawn (2 am. EDftMonday until about midday, flying a route over the Adriatic and into Albanian and Macedonian airspace, Short said.

'lhe NAID action, ordered by allied defense ministers Thursday, comes as the death toll in the Serbian province of Kosovo continues to rise in the face of a govemment offensive to put down a rebellion by the Kosovo Liberation Army.

More d1an 300 people have died as tl1e Serb-led Yugoslav government tries to suppress the increasingly radical independence movement among Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, who make up 90 percent of tlie province's population.

1he W cstem allies oppose independence for die province, but d1ey also want to stop Milosevic's brutal attempL~ to suppress dissent

Thegreatfearisthatifthetwosidesmen'tbroughttothenegotiatingtable, the Kosovo fighting will spill over Yugoslavia's bottlers and ignite a wider Balkan war.

Albania and Macedonia, counllies neighboring Kosovo, have agreed to let their territory be used for the exercises.

AlbanianDefenseMinisterLuanHajdmagasaidinaninte1view]astweek he is convinced Milosevic wants "to dominate the situation by military means."

The danger is, he said, tlmt "those means can spread to Albania." 1-Iajdar-aga said 15,0C() refugees have already flooded from Kosovo into

northern Albania, putting enormous strains on his government NATO also has ordered its military planners to study a range of options

for even tougheraction, including direct military intervention in Yugoslavia with air sllikes and use of ground forces. NA TO insists, however, that it is only studying its options to be ready for any political decisions.

Countries sending aircraft for the exercises include the United States, France, Britain, Spain, Thrl<ey, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium.

On the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault carrier in the Adriatic which will provide four Ranier attack craft for the mission, Col. Emerson Gardner told reporters "We need to show the people that need to know exactly what we can do."

Ethnic Albanians chant "U-C-K''. which means Kosovo Liberation Army (Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves) ~uring a demonstration held in Vienna on Sunday to protest the violence in Kosovo. The c~sualty_ toll ,n the embattled Kosovo province has risen to more than 300 dead, according to Serb and Albanian estimates. AP

the Democratic League of Kosovo, ethnic Albanian militants, known as of gunfoe between tl1e KLA and saidSundaythatSerbianmilitaryand the Kosovo Liberation Army, have Yugoslav soldiers, whose truck police forces "began a broad attack" set up a maze of blockades in con- was ambushed on a stretch of with heavy artillery against three vii- tested areas across the province. road that passes through a gorge. !ages in the Djakovica area, near the MilosevicrevokedKosovo'sbroad The troops pulled out safely border with Albania. autonomy in 1989 in an attempt to and delivered two wounded sol-

The Kosovo Information Center suppress the Albanian independence diers to a nearby hospital. added that Serb policebrought rein- movement. An Albanian report, apparently forcements ofabout40:umored ve- But sine,: the crackdown began, about the same clash near hicles and 15 tanks into the region. the KLA has grown stronger and Cmoljevo, l 5 miles southwest of

The center also said Serb forces more popt..lar among ethnic Al- Pristina, said three Albanians died launched grenades against a cluster bani ans. after an army unit passing along ofvillagesnorthwestofPristinainthe The KLA controls an estimated the road opened fire on them. Drenica region, where the govern- 40 percent of the province, where About 50,000 people have fled ment crackdown began earlier this ethnic Albanians outnumber Serbs the fighting, many ofthem across year. 9 to I. the border to Albania or to

None oftherepor1scould be inde- Reporters traveling southwest Montenegro, which together with pendentlyconfinned, since police and from Pristinadrove into an exchange Serbia forms Yugoslavia.

INVITATION TO BID SEALED BIDS FOR PROCUREMENT, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS RETJREMENT FUND OFFICE PRESENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1998, will be received at the office of !he ADMINISTRATOR, Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund, 1st Floor, Nauru Building, P.O. Box I 247, Saipan, Mariana lsiands 96950, until 2:00 P.M., July 8, 1998 at which time and place the sealed bids will be publicly opened and read_

The project, in general, consisls of the procurement, delivery and installation of manufactured furniture including all labor, handling, materials, supplies, equipment, and items necessary and incidental to complete the installation of manufactured furniture all in accordance wilh lhe plans and specilicalions. Substilulion of ilems specifically cited in the plans and specifications is allowed only when such ilem or items arc no longer manulacJured. A certification from the manufacturer of the ilem(s) unavailability is required. Any substitution mus! be of equal or bcncrquali1y than Iha! required by the spccilications and approved by lhe NM! Re1irc111cnt Fund_

The projecl is being financed by funds from lhe NMI Retirement Fund. The contract award, if it is 10 be m:1de, will be maJc within 111·(1

(2) months from the receipt of bids. The NM! Retirement Fund reserves the right to hold ,uch bid in e\Tecl for three months fmm the date of bid opening.

The bidders must supply all the information required by !he bid forms and specifications. In .iddition, bidder must submit ils Qualification Statement to include al a minimum, an independenlly rrcparcd financial statement rcllecJing the last 2 years of operations; experience in similar type projcc1; CNMI Business License; reference from pas! clicnl(s) anesting 10 !he finn's abiii1ies and quali1y of service_

The Qualilicalion Statement is lo be suhmined to 1he Northern Mariana Islands Re1ircmcn1 f.und Oflice, Isl Floor al 1hc Nauru Building. no laier than 5 calendar days from !he pre-bid conference dale.

Contract documents, including plans and spccilications, may be obtained at lhc Of/ice of the Administrator. NMl Rctircmenl Fund. upon the paymenl ofTwo Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each sci ofdocumenls. This amount is non-refundable. Payment shall be made by check payable to the NM! Retircmcnl Fund.

A pre-bid conference will be held at the office of 1hc NM! Retirement Fund, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July I, 1998 10 explain and clarify any questions regarding this project. Questions should be submitted to lhe NM! Retirement Fund, in writing, at least live (5) days in advance of the pre-bid conference, with a copy of same mailed simultaneously to the Administrator.

Each bid shall be on a fonn furnished by !he Northern Mariana lsiands Retirement Fund.

The NMI Retirement Fund reserves !he right to reject any or all bids for any rca.10n and 10 waive any defects in said bids, or any of them, if in ils sole opinion to do so would be in ils inlcrcst.

Edward H. Manglona June 8, 1998

16-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS TUESDAY- JUNE 16, 1998

Clinton gains from tobacco talks By RON FOURNIER

WASHINGTON (AP) - As anti-tobacco legislation rattles its way through the pipeline, Presiuent Clinton must decide whether co work with Repub­lic.ms and pass it or to em­brace a cynical election-year theory that Democrats may be better off with no hill at all.

Making the rounds on Capi­tol Hill anu at the White House, the theory is rooted in polls showing that Americans support Clinton's two-year campaign against teen smok­ing.

The same polls suggest that siding with Big Tobacco could cause political trouble for Re­publicans.

Looking at such data, some Clinton p'olitical advisers and Democratic lawmakers want an election-year clash with Re­publicans.

They remember how adept Clinton was at casting GOP lawmakers as bad guys in the 1995 government shutdown and believe a repeat perfor­mance might make the differ­ence in their drive to retake control of the House on Nov. 3.

The easiest way for that to happen wou Id be to let the tobacco bill fail after weeks of debate-then pin the blame on Republicans.

On Sunday, Majority Leader Trent Lott noted that the bill's. chief sponsor is a GOP sena­tor, John McCain of Arizona,

Bill Clinton

and that Republican Lott al­l owed the bi 11 to come to the Senate floor.

"Try as the Democrats might, they are going to be pretty hard presseu to make this partisan," Lott said on ABC's "This Week with Sam Donaldon and Cokic Roberts."

Congressional analyst Stuart Rothenberg disagrees.

"Democrats are better off not getting the bill," he said, ··particularly if it gives Re­publicans tax cuts and other issues they can use in Novem­ber."

While there is no evidence that Democratic leaders are working against the bill, they constantly warn Republicans that Clinton's party will ben­efit if it goes down.

"We believe it's a win-win,'' Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle said.

"We'd love the bill, but we'll take the issue" into the

fall campaign if it fails. The picture is not so clear

for Clinton. He needs to do everything

he can to help Democrats re­gain control of the House. - Putting House Minority Leader Dick Gephart in charge of the place could stop the never-ending investigations into his troubles - and si­lence talk of impeachment.

If that were the only consid­eration, said a senior Demo­cratic official with longtime ties to the president, the strat­egy would be obvious: Let the bill die and saddle Republi­cans with blame.

But the president also must worry about his job-approval rating, yvhich continues high despite the drip, drip, drip of embarrassing revelations.

There is vi(tually unanimous agreement on Clinton's politi­cal team that the rating needs to remain high.

It gives him a cushion to survive the expected nosedive after Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr starts revealing his evidence.

One presidential aide said Clinton has been told that working with Republicans to crack down on teen smoking would "beef up his numbers.'·

Democratic and Republican polls alike suggest that it wouldn't take much.

Any legislation that ad­dresses the issue would help short-term poll numbers for

John McCain

Clinton and the GOP Con­gress.

That is exactly what worries some Democratic lawmakers.

They fear Clinton, eying his job-approval rating, will do an end-run around Democrats and accept a measure watered down by Republicans.

It didn't escape Democrats' attention when Clinton talked this weel< about getting close to a "principled compromise" with Senate Republicans.

One Democratic aide said tough-on-tobacco House Democrats have been upset with the White House, and the Senate Democratic caucus ac­cused Clinton aides in a con­tentious meeting of showing signs of "selling out" to Re­publicans.

Some have wondered why Clinton agreed to tax-cutting and anti-<lrug amendments in the Senate: Is he shaping a bill he could sign? Or does he sim-

First Lady enjoying White House

First lady Hiffary Rodham Clinton speaks to the audience at the Hyman Fine Elementary School June 4 in Attleboro, Mass. The First Lady was visiting the school with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, 0-Mass., to view 22 pre-school aged children in the Young Children's Commu­nity Center. AP

By Sandra Sobieraj LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scan­dalous headlines about her hus­bandaside, Hillary Rod ham Clinton is having a good time in the White House.

"People come up to me and say, 'I bet you'll be really glad when all

ofthisisover,' Andi say, 'Notatall,"' Mrs. Clinton told friends and Demo­cratic donors.

"It has been a privilege. It has been a pleasure. It's been exciting."

Mrs. Clinton sounded a note of cynical distaste for the methods of the Republican Party - or "the other

side," as she put it - in remarks Saturday night at a :i, l 0,000-per­couple Beverly Hills dinner for the Democratic National Committee.

ll1e event was meant to fatten cam­paign coffe1, for tl1c November con­~ressional elections. - '"We also wmll to wke back the I-louse of Representatives," Mrs. Clinton said, before inu·oducing her huslxmd.

'1l1e otl1er side has a very simple su·atcgy: Raise as much money from :L, 111:my grnups - like the tobacco lobby - :Ls rxissiblc, ;uid spend that money dcfornin>! :u1d tc,uin~ Jmm \),:m~-rat ic c11;dida1cs," sl;c said.

'"And if that doesn't work. be­cause of negativity, just make the: whole idea of votin~ so distaste­ful that people stay l10me."

Maybe it's the intoxicating scent of all that UOU!\h - at bLst S8(X),(X.X) on Saturday night alom: - but among donors, President Clinton is at !;is most relaxed and unscripted.

With pals Barbra Streisand, Sidney Poitier and Quincy Jones gracing dinner tables at Clinton's fund-raiser Saturday night, the president saiu tobacco lobby ads aimed at killing anti-smoking leg­islation stalled in the Senate.

"Eve1ywhe1e I go, I see the tobacco adve1tisements uy ing toconv ince you that we've got this dark scheme in Washington to build some new fed­eral bureaucracy," Clinton said.

"It's the biggest load of hooey I ever hcm·d in my life."

The previous evening, at a f undraising reception in Po1tland, Ore., he admired Rep. Darlene Hooley 's cumf sneakers and ven­tured a prescription for House Speaker Newt Ging1ich ,mu other Rcpublicun opJx:>nent,.

"If Speaker Gingrich wOie shoes like that, he might be in a better humor. We mightch:mge the whole p.';ychology of~1e RcpL~blic;m Cau­cus in the Cr:,ngn~ss if Ll1cy just hau mmfrn1ahlc sh0cs cvc1y day.

"Maybe that's what the matter is: 111ayb,: Ll1cir shocs hu11 them all Llic time."

What docs $10,{XXl buy these days? On Saturday night, it W,L, dinner for two at tl1c gl,Ls;s-frontcd, high-on-a-hill home of movie mo­gul Lew Wassem1an.

On tl1e menu: Cacs,u· salad, me­d a I lions or New York sirloin, asparagus Hollandaise, potatoes Anna, and ca,rnt souffle.

Not only that, but guests -including ienny McCarthy, of MTV f amc - got their pictures taken with Clinton in front of a 6-foot · wi<lc presidential seal made of flowers.

The backdrop for Clinton's re­marks was a giant flag made of vinyl tubes.

The lone reporter allowed in­side described it as an Ameri­can-flag air mattress.

I ...... .

ply want to keep the bill mov­ing to the House, delaying the devil's choice between show­down and compromise.

Bet on the latter scenario. "We've got to eat all this

stuff in the Senate to keep the bill moving. That doesn't mean we'll like it or that we will live with it," said these­nior Democrat.

The same adviser, and oth­ers in the president's inner circle, insist that Clinton badly wants a tough tobacco bill passed.

It's the right thing to do, they say, and wou Id help his presidential legacy. Cl in ton also feels he would reap enough political rewards to offset the prospect of losing tobacco as an election-year issue.

And he still thinks political pressure will force Republi­cans to bow to his desire for a good bill.

The argument may be moot. Republican and tobacco com­pany efforts to portray the bill as a big-tax, big-government measure may scuttle the pack­age without any Machiavel­lian maneuvers.

"I've read the polls," Gephardt said. "When you 're up against millions and mil­lions in television advertising, it gets harder."

Lott says U.S. must warn China

Trent Lott

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's top Republicrn1 says Presi­dent Clinton's 1x:>licy on China is all c,urnts ,md no sticks.

Majority Leader Trent Lo1tsaid rn1 /\BC that Clinton must bluntly w,u,1 China when he visiLs tl1at counuy tl1is month.

He says tl1c U.S. should threaten to revoke tl1e communist nation's fa. von:d U,ide status, unless it st:u1., ch,mging.

Lott says China lus to stop selling missiles :md other weapons to Paki­stan ,md elsewhere rn1d must improve on human 1ights anu u·ade.

He says, 'The list of tl1ings tl1cy 're doing wrong is endless."

Lott also argues that Clinton's policytowrn·dChinahasbeentoosoft mid maybe even dangerous.

But he acknowledges it's hmtl to prove China used illegal c.unpaign conuibutionstobuyfavorablepolicy.

White House adviser Rahm Emanuel says Clinton has made progress in changing Chinese policy by being respectful yet forceful.

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1998 -MARIANAS VARIET~Y NEWS AND Vl~'?t'._~_J1 -----------

Palestinian aid meeting mulled

BylmadMusa JERUSALEM(AP)-The United States is working to organize a con­ference to colle<:t billions of dollars in aid for the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, a top U.S, official said Sunday.

Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat spoke during a visit to the WestBanktownofNablus, where he viewed the Palestinian stock ex­change. He was to meet with Pales­tinian leader Y asser Arafat on Mon­day.

After the start of the peace process, Washington played host to a 1993 conference to raise funds for the Pal-

LOS ANGELES (AP) -President Clinton telephoned Nigeria'snewmili~ary head of state Sunday and asked him to 11},0Ve quickly toward demOC· racy andcivilianrule,

In a pho11e call!<>AW.ulsalam Abubakar before leaving Los Angeles for Washingfo11;

estinians. Counuies as poor as India and as rich asJ apan pitched in, pledg­ing $3 billion over five years.

Now Palestinian Authority offi­cials are lobbying for a new package to fund infrastructure projects. Half of the 1998 Palestinianbudgetof$ I .8 billion is dependent on foreign aid.

"We are already beginning to think about the next five-year program," said Eizenstat, who noted that the Palestinian economy has degener­ated since the signing of the 1993 Oslo peace accords.

'The Oslo agreements were sup­posed to produce hope, but the eco­nomic circumstances are instead de-

Clinton. '.'reaffirmed the friend­ship of the United States for the people of Ni ge1ia and underscored our desire for improved bilateral rel~tioris in the context of Nigeria taking swift and significant steps toward i.i successful transition to a democratically elected civilian gove!T1l1lent, '' a White House state-

livering despair, and this can erode the constituency for peace," he said.

He said he was talking with Israel about ways to help improve the flow ofworkersandgoodsinandoutofthe Palestinian lands.

Palestinians need pennission to work within Israel, and Israel also bar.; Palestinian vehicles from enter­ing. Ex]Xlrt delays for Palestinian goods often lead to huge economic losses.

"Poverty and deprivation are a breeding ground for instability," Eizenstat said.

No date has been set for the donor conference.

mentsaid Abubakar, an anny general

named earlier this month to replace the Jat.e Sani Abacha, received mili­tazy training in the United States and served as military chief of staff before assuming his new job.

Clinton was in Los Angeles for a Democratic Party fund-raiser.

A group of Lagos, Nigeria youths hold newspapers Tuesday headlining the death of Gen. Sani Abacha. Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar replaced Abacha, whose five-year military dictatorship came to an end last week when he died of a heart attack at 54. AP

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BOMBAY, India (AP) - Res­cue workers found 97 corpses Sunday on an island off western India, raising to 931 the death toll from the cyclone that pounded Gujarat state last week.

The victims apparently were washed onto the island after the cyclone, packing winds of75 mph and whipping up 20-foot waves, hit land Tuesday.

"The bodies were spotted in aerial surveys and workers were then sent to search the island," said Pramod Mishra, a govern­ment official in Gandhinagar, 290 miles north of Bombay.

Aid workers and residents have

disputed the official death toll. They claim thousands of

people were working in the area and were probably swept away by the violent storm.

Most victims were salt work­ers who earned a living trapping sea water in shallow farm fields where it would evaporate.

Sunday's newspapers high­lighted complaints that the gov­ernment provided little or no relief for victims and failed to issue a weather warning in many towns and villages that ulti­mately were affected.

Only 160 bodies could be identified of 697 bodies of salt

workers or port empioyecs found at Kandla, 330 miles northwest of Bombay.

Aid workers said few salt manufacturers kept records of laborers.

Newspapers have reported that contractors eager to rake in profits kept workers in the dark about the approaching cyclone.

Most of the workers were illit­erate and too poor to own even a radio.

On Sunday, mass cremations of unclaimed bodies continued for the third day because govem­me!lt officials feared an outbreak of disease.

BIRD ISLAND DEVELOPMENT, INC. ANNOUNCEMENT OF PREFERRED NON-VOTING STOCK ISSUE

MAQ.E IN CONFORMITY WITH INTRASTATE EXEMPTION TO SECURITIES REGISTRATION, SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Stock May Be lssuecl Or Transferred Only to United States Citizens who are Bona Fide Residents of the

Commonwealth of the Northern Marlana Islands

Bird Island Development, Inc., a Commonwealth ol the Northern Mariana Islands for-profit corporation, announces that Two Hundred Fifty (250) shares ot prelerred (non-voting) stock of the corporation is available tor sale and issuance lo United States Citizens who are bona fide residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Each share shall be sold al a PAR VALUE of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) Per Share. All stocks shall be sold only in conformity with the requirements of Section 3(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933, providing for the exemption of "intrastate" issues of stock, such as the stock now offered by Bird lslancl Development, Inc., from the registration provisions of the securities laws and regulations of the United States.

All stock will be sold pursuant to the following conditions and restrictions:

1. The preferred stock of the corporation shall be issued separately and apart from the common stock ol the corporation.

2. Purchasers must be United States citizens and bona fide residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as determined by criteria to be established by the directors of Bird Island Development, Inc., in conformity with the rules and guidelines genera.Hy acceptable within the United States for determining residence and domicile. Applicants for stock subscription must present acceptable evidence ot both citizenship and residence.

3. No qualified initial purchaser of preferred stock may sell, distribute or otherwise convey any interest or right of control of any preferred stock to any person who does not qualify as a lawful purchaser of preferred stock of the corporation, for a period of nine (9) months, or for such other period of time as may be specified by the securities laws and regulations of the United States, after the date of sale of the last authorized share of preferred stock and after the issue terminates, whether because all authorized preferred stock has been sold to qualified purchasers or because the time period during which the issue is authorized has ended. In particular but without limitation, preferred stock shall not be issued to otherwise qualified intial purchasers as part of any distribution plan, or for the purpose of resale, where such distribution or resale would affect the qualification of the issue for the intrastate exemption described herein.

4. All shares of preferred stock shall carry a written legend on the certificate evidencing ownership of such stock, stating the limitations on resale stated herein.

5. The corporation shall instruct any transfer agent of the corporation, and shall note in the corporation's stock transfer records, that requested transfers of certificates of preferred stock shall not be made to persons who do not qualify as lawful initial purchasers of preferred stock, until the time period has passed during which sale and re-sale of preferred stock is restricted.

6. The corporation shall obtain from each purchaser of preferred stock, and from each transferee ot preterred stock during the time period during which sale and re-sate ot preterred stock is restricted, a written representation that such person a United States citizen who is a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and shall provide such o!her information and/or documentation as the directors may require evidencing the truth ot the w,itten representation.

7. The corporation shall disclose all limitations and restrictions on sale of preferred stock, in writing, to all purchasers of preferred stock.

8. The preferred stock to be issued pursuant to this alter shall be entitled to participate in a non-cumulative fixed annual dividend of AN AGGREGATE OF TEN PER CENT (10%) of any surplus net profit of Bird Island Development, Inc., to be divided among holders of preferred stock pro rata according to the percentage held by each of the total preferred stock, and payable as may be authorized by directors of Bird Island Development, Inc., and shall have priority over any dividend set apart or paid on the common stock of the corporation. The holders of preferred stock shall not be entitled to any further dividend or share of the corporation's profits.

9. Other terms and conditions effecting the stock and rights of each preferred stockholder are stated in Bird Island Development, lnc.'s First Articles of Amendment, filed with CNMI Registrar ol Corporations on November 28, 1997, a copy of which may be inspected at lhe office of the corporation's attorneys, White, Pierce, Mailman & Nutting, Second Floor Joeten Building I, Susupe, P.O. Box 5222 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Attn: Bruce L. Mailman.

10. Bird Island Development, Inc. makes no warranty or guarantee, express or implied, of any profit or return on any investment represented by the shares ol prelerred stock now offered by the corporation, or that the shares al stock now offered will be marketable, now or in tulure. The corporation's golf course and resort project is in the development stage al present, and no commercial or revenue-producing operations have yet begun. Bird Island Development, Inc., recommends that potential subscribers seek the advice of a qualified investment adviser or stockbroker with regard to the potential risks of purchasing shares in the corporation.

Applications for stock subscription are available at the office of the corporation's attorneys. The application period will open on May 26, 1998, at 8:00 a.m., and ,viii close on June 25, 1998 at 5:00 p:m.; applications will be available on weekdays from 8:00 a.Pl. to 5:00 p.m., excepting legal holidays, during the application period. The maximum number ol available shares tor each applicant will be determined by dividing the number of applicants into the authorized number of shares of preferred nonvoting stock. The number of subscribers, and the maximum stock subscription available to each, will be determined as of the day alter the closing date of the subscription application period set forth above. Stock will be issued only after all qualified subscribers have been identified and have confirmed their subscriptions, and to each subscriber only upon payment in full at each such subscription. The corporation reserves the right to extend the subscription application period, or to hold an additional subscription period, if in the opinion of the corporation's directors it would be to the benefit of the corporation and the public to do so.

Please address inquiries to White, Pierce, Mailman & Nutting, Second FloorJoeten Building I, Susupe, P.O. Box 5222 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Attn: Bruce L. Mailman, Tel. 234-6547/6548, Fax: 234-9537

18-MARIANAS VARIETY 1\/_EWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-JUNE 16, 1998

As China visit nears . _ . -.. _ ... · ___ .. Dissident wants rally Starr defe~ds ills t I Cl. t contacts with pre~s o we come 1n on ByAruleGearan --- ·---- <

WASHINGTON (AP)-:-Pros- . ecutors' discussions with reporters

BEUING (AP) - A recently 1e­Je,L-ed Chinese dissident has asked foq:dice pcm1ission to hold a public rally 10 welcome P1esident Clinton whenhevisitsShandiai this month, a dissident monit;ring group said Sunday.

Clinton is expected to spend two days in the fast-developing financial city after his hlte June summit meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

In a letter to the city's police chief, Shanghai dissident Han Lifa asked that 1~sidents be allowed to mlly to welcome Clinton's anival,

said the lnfo1TI1ation Center of Hu-man Rights mid Democratic Move­ment in China.

H,m, f1eed in April after serving tluee years in a labor canip for de­mocracy activism, argued that China's constitution allows free­dom of assembly, the Hong Kong­based group said.

Han sent the letter last Wednes­day but as of Saturday had not received a reply, the group added.

Police permission for public ral­lies is rnrely, if ever, granted, and is even less Ii kel yd uring Clinton's care­fully scripted visit, die first by a U.S.

president since China's militmy vio­lently quelled student-led protests centered on Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Already, police have intenugated and threatened th1ee dissidents who urgedClintontopress Chinese lead­ers on human rights during his visit, the Information Center said Saturday.

Groups of police, in one case as many as seven officers, wenttothe homes of Leng Wanbao, Tang Yuanjuanand Li Wei in the northeast industrial city of Changchun on Fri­day, the gmup said.

covering the Monica Lewinsky in­vestigation broke no secrecy Ja;,vs, lndependentCounse!KennethStmr said Sunday.

"We are living up to our profes­sional responsibilities," Stmr said outside his home a day afterpublia cation of a magazine article that concluded the discussions were il­legal

TheaiticlequotedStarrassaying he and his top deputy briefed re­porters but did not violate grand jucy secrecy laws.

Eritreans pray for peace The White House has repeatedly

accused Starr's office of leaking sensitive information to the press during the investigation of whether President Clinton had anaffairwith former intern M's. Lewinsky and

Brill said evidence is "absolutely Cl)'Stal clear" that Starr's office limed leaks to put pressure on po­tential witnesses and th us strengthen prosecutors' hand.

Grand jµry proceedings are se-. cret, and fe4eral.lawpn>hibits pros­ecute>rs from revealing whatwit­nessessayin the grand jury room.

By Karin Davies ASMARA, Eritrea (AP) -Swaddled in traditional gauzy white, tears stremning down theirfaces, hun­dreds of bmefoot women prayed for peace Sunday at tJ,e country's big­gest Eritrean Orthodox church.

The sons. husbands and brothers of many were locked in a deadly border conflict witl1 Ethiopi,m forces.

"I pray, 'Please come back, my baby,"' said Hiwat, whose 28-year­old son was sent to the fronL

Most of those at the dawn se1vicc have already lived through one of Af1ica 's longest civil wru,. between

EtJ,iopia' s fo1TI1er Marxist govern­ment and Eritrean and Ethiopian rebels.

The fighting stopped when the rebel allies overthrew tl,at 17-year-old re­gime in 1991 andEritreagainedinde­pendence two years later.

After just seven years of peace, they wanted no more war.

·Tiiepeoplewantpeace,"saidpriest Ghebreanilak Tsegazeab.

··war will not solve our problems. Our two peoples pray to the same God. We speak the sanie language. We were once friends, and we will be again."

Diplomats urged both nations on Sunday tostopairraidsoneachother' s tenito1y as a first step toward ending their confrontation, said Italian envoy Rina Serri.

Seni met witli Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki late Sarurday before flying Sunday to the Ethiopian capi­tal, Addis Ababa.

"A cessation of air raids is a partial aspect of a cessation ofhostilities, and that's what we want," said a spokes­man for Isaias, YemaneGebremeskel.

There was no comment from the Ethiopians.

Continued on page 20

then tried to cover it up. MeanwhHe, magazine .editor

Steven Brill appeared on several Sunday • morning news_-shows.to publicizeanddefendhisarticlecriti­cizing Starr, published in the inau­gural issue of his magazine Con­tent.

Such background briefings for reporters "clearly violate tlie lawas interpretedbyvariouscourts,"Brill saidon"FoxNewsSunday.''"There really isn't any other Iawyeroo the·· planet who interprets the law the way he does."

On CBS' "Face The Nation,"

. At _iswe for Starr is whether it is also illegal to. disclose what wit~ nesses. say Outside the room -~-­.such as in .mteiviewswith the FBI· or prosecutors.

"It's defmitely oot grand jury information, if you are talking about

·.· WhatwitnessestellFBiagentsorus before theytestify lxforethe grand jury or aboutrelatedmatterstStarr said in the magazine articlei

Others leaplto Starr's defense Sunday, including Sen. Onin

Continued on page 2il

DEAU a FUNERAi, ANNOUNGEMEN1'

He now joins in eternal rest: Mother: Sally Buttla Heston Father: Lloyd Heston Mother-in-Law: Isabel San Nicolas rojas Brother-in-law: David San Nicolas Rojas Brother-in-Law: Elden Nelson

Survived by his: Wife: Children:

Grandaughters:

Teresita Rojas Heston Roger and Margie Heston (California) Scott Heston (Germany) Geraldine Tudela (Saipan) Jeffrey Rojas Heston (Seattle) Michael Rojas Heston (Seattle) Elizabeth Rojas Heston and Jesse Angui (Saipan)

Hannah Heston (Oregon) Aldreen Semone Tudela Adriano (Saipan)

Father-in-Law: Jose Castro Rojas (Guam) Brother, Sisters am! Spouses: Pat Nelson (Minnesota)

Rick and Carol Frost (Minnesota) Ron and Jenniver Heston (Texas)

Brothers/Sisters-in-Law and Spouses: Frankie and Bridgette Rojas (Ge1TI1any) Jerry and Josephine Rojas (Guam) Pete and Cam1en Rojas (California) Carwin and Margaret R. Brice (California) Frank and Rosy R. Lucero (California) Mary Sa11 Nicolas Rojas (California) Phil and Lourdes R. Palomo (Guam) Raymond and Lena Rojas (Guam)

OOiltiam £/aytJ_ fjf)tr;slo/# Tony San Nicolas Rojas (California) Tommy ;,nd Stacey Rojas (California)

Born on November 30, 1940, passed away in the Grace of Our Lord

on June 13, 1998 at the age of 58.

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West Coast prepares for tsunamis By Rory Marshall

SEATILE(AP)-·nienexttimcyou visit a Pacific Ocem1 beach, you may find a new addition to the signs tliat W,Ull of d,mgcrous undertows and rip tides.

'Ille blue-,md-while signs show a person running from a giant wave. ·n,c message: '"Tsun,m1i hazard zone. In m-e of earthquake. go to high ground or inlm1d."

Tsunmni is the Japanese name for renegade sea waves up to I()() feet high tl1at arc generated by earthquakes or landslides.

And tl1e person on the sign is likely out of luck trying to outrun the wave looming behind him. While the waves don't m~li ntai n their 5(l0 mph top speed on shore. tl1c pace of 30 mph to 50 mph is more tl1,m hum.ms can do on foot.

1l1at's why the federal government and tl1e states of California, Oregon, Wa.,hington, Ala.,ka ,md Hawaii want to improve tl1c technology used to de­tect L~un,m1is and increase civil-disas­ter planning ru1d public education.

Men steady a tsunami buoy on the deck of the National Oceanic and Atmopheric Administration ( NOAA) ship "Ronald H. Brown" in the Pacific Ocean in this undated handout photo. The federal government and states such as California, Alaska and Hawaii have joined forces to improve the technology used to detect tsunamis

"We know tl1at we 're due for a big and improve civil disaster planning. AP

Pepsi ... Co11tiriued from_ p_age _19

Again, the Giants came up short on a golden scoring opportt1nity. In the third quarter, Naputi at­tempted another 45-yar<l field goal and kicked this one short.

But he was roughed up by the Miller defense which resulted in a 15-yard penalty. That gave Pepsi a first-and-IO on the Miller 12.

Pepsi quarterback Tom Mo1Tison connected with Frank Okiyama for a 7-yard gain and Leon Guerrero gained one yard on a run. That got the Giants t0 thc 4-yard line.

13 u t on fourth down, Pepsi run­ning back Shawn Chap.mo swept right and was caught from behind by Miller linebacker Dave H:mis.

The play resulted in a two-yard loss and gave the ball back to the Bears.

People . . . Continued fr<Jm p~ge_4

************* We thought the invention of videoshops signalled the end of conven-

tional moviewatching. Well. it didn't. Instead, it spawned a new breed of Watchers. Aside from the Waiters there are also these guys: * Browsers - Those who spend good time walking by rows and rows

of movie titles but don't borrow anything; * Porniacs - Those who always get adult films and lose five pounds

upon return; * Postniacs - Video lovers who strip movie posters off a shop\ wall

and run away with it. * Delinquents - borrowers who never return the videotape on time;

and * Damaged - people who keep coming back saying there's something

wrong with the video they got when all they need is a good tapehead cleaner.

*****:\:******** Come to think of it. These guys can actually hold convention someday urging legislation

to extend borrowing time perhaps or lobbying to have w:111-sizcd pustc1·s.

It will he c;1llcd thc"'l'irst International Conl·crcm·c oi'thc Vidcoslwp Society ...

"So what arc you'!" ·Tm Damaged. I low about you?" ··waiter." "Welcome aboard, brother."

Rugby ... Continued from page 24

the islands' youth. Lim 's support for the club is

rooted from his personal belief that aide from being a good sports activity, rugby as well is ,1 valu­able way for the people from dif­ferent cultures to interact on a friendly social level.

This according to him, will build camaraderie both on the local and global level.

.. I never played the game my­self, but have noticed the guys

practicingdiligcntly at the Ameri­can Memorial Park over the past few years.

"The num bcr or players has ex­panded by thn:c or four times and latelv. I hav.: noticed. too that mor~ and more highschool ... boys an; participating on this sport." adds Lim.

The Commonweal th Rugby Club will host Ciuam for an an­nual 15-/1.-Sidc match this Sun­day morning at the Aiqirnt Field.

The Rugby Club has been in­vited to Thailand this October to join the 28-team International Bangkok Sevens Tournament.

one,'' said George Crawford, earth­quake progran1 coordinator for Wash­ington state' semergency management division.

1l1e tl1reat is not new. Most of tl1e 132 people killed in

Ala,ka's ! 964Gcxx1Fridayearthquake were victims of Lsunamis. About 20 of theestimated 121 t,unamivictimswere out.side Alaska as the waves ravaged other parts of the West Coast.

In Hawaii, tsunamis are the deadliest natural threat, blamed for more than 3(Xl deaths since the 1940s.

Over the pa.,t cenrury, tl1ere has been an average of one dmnaging tsunami per year in the Pacific basin, with a I 00-yeartoll of about 70,000 pcople. lnjust three years, from 1992-1994. a half dozen tsunamis over 15 feel tall killed more tl1an 2,300 people.

But the threat has taken on new urgency with evidence in tl1e p,Lst 15 years tliat a coastal eard1quake zone from Northern California to British Columbia-the Cascadia subduction wne, where platesoftl1e Earth's crust are colliding - is capable of gencmt­ing gim1t quakes that could send tsuna-

N 0 T

mis rntshing ashore in a matter of minutes.

It really ilit home in April 1992. when a 7.2-magnitudequake struck off !lie cm,t of California's Humboldt County.

"ltcreatcd d ma.,siveamountof drun­uge in Northern California ... mid it produced a small Lsunmi1i'' about 1-3 feet high. suid Eddie Bernard, director of the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory here and chaim1an of tl1e National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Progr,m1.

.. Now, tl1is was tl1e first time tl1at California ilad had a subduction-zone earthquake and ,111 accompanying t,u­nan1i," BcJT1ard said. '"That woke up everybody."

Before L'1at. officials had believed there would be hours oflead time for a L,unruni threat.

··Humboldt really turned all of tl1at on its head," said Richard Eisner, re­gional administrator for the coastal re­gion of C:il;fomia's emergency-ser­vices agency.

The U.S. Senate asked the National Oceanic mid Atrnospheric Adminis-

I C E -----------~----------111is is to retract lhe statements made in Ute letter to the

editor section, Uie July 12th issue of the Marianas Variety

by Kathryn Stewart-McDonald and apologize to Um SDA

clinic for any inconvenience ii may have caused them.

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tration to a,sess the threat and state preparedness. But as Bernard began organizing meetings, he found tl1at tl1c federal officials responsible for issuing tsun,m1i w,unings. ,md the loc,J offi­cials responsible for dealing with tl1c resulL,. didn't know much about each other.

A steering group of representatives from federal agencies and the five states came upwitl1 ;three-pronged approach:

• Hazard a,scssment. A center ww; setup la,tyearinNewport, Ore., to help produce "Lsunruni inundation maps," showing coa,tal area., that would be 11cxxled by tsunamis. Local officials GUl use tl1e maps to plot evacuation routes or decide locations for critical f aci Ii ties such a, fire stations and hospi­tals.

• Warning guidance. 1l1e region's network of seismic stations is being exp,mded ,md upgraded to better track the source and type of earthquakes for NOAA's tsunami wamim, centers at Ewa Beach. Hawaii, aiid Palmer. Al,L,kct /1. series of at-sea buoys that detect water-pressure chmiges also is pkmned, to detect t,unmnis and deter­mine theirsize. And research ,md warn­ing centers are integrating their com­puter systems, so each c:m have access to data from the otl1ers' arrays of seis­mometers.

• Mitigation. 1l1e "t,umm1i hazard zone·· signs are one example, along with signs marking evacuation routes, inforn1ational brochures,school-ev acu­ation drills, w,uning systems such a., sirens. mid otl1cr local efforts.

TI1e "inundation maps'' offer insights. but aren't intended to dictate land-use plmming .

"What you can say is that in general. if ,m earthquake occurs like we envi­sion and if a Lsumuni is produced like we envision, then this area will prob­ably be flooded." Bernard said.

'·If your house is in the middle of it. that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get blown away, but I would recommend tl1at you figure out a way to protect your farnil y in the event tl1 is happens."

Congress appropriated $2.3 million for the jointeff art th is fiscal year and tl1e smne amount la,t year, with tl1e states contributing a., well.

"Our problem is like everybody else: It's resources," said Jim Mackin, miti­gation officer for the Alaska's emer­gency-services division.

"When tliey're made available and there's not a lot of strings on it, it's great," he said. "\.\/hat we need todo in Ala.~ka is different from what they need to do in Oregon ,md California."

Tori Murden, of Louisville, Ky., who will attempt to become the first American and first woman to row solo across the North Atlantic Ocean, checks the handles of her oars in Nags Head, N.C., Satur­day. AP

20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY- JUNE 16. 1998

Bordallo ... ~ontinued frorn_p~ge_!

"International Coral Reef Initia­tive .. launched in 1994 by Guam. Hawaii. American Samoa, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

In her presentation at the con­ference. Bordallooutlined threats to Guam's coral reefs. including land-b,1scd pollution. over-fish­ing and the use of chlorine and dynamite in ocean hunting.

"The l:ick of public education is another problem in protecting our resources ... we have to con­tinue to work to keep the reefs at the forefront of public attention:· she stressed.

Bordallo explained why Guam and other islands in Micronesia have assumed the role of leader-

Key ... Continued from page 1

Congress to assure them that the CN~li can enact the reforms lo­cally.

Manase Mansur, a senior aide to US House Resources Commit­tee Chair Don Young (R-Alaska), will help coordinate the visit.

At the same time, Manglona and Benavente may also visit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is­lands to look into how the two insula1 areas tackle the issues of ownership of submerged lands. casino and related tourist indus­tries. water resources and devel­opment. and zoning.

Boy ... Continued from page 1

cause of death. .. Once again. we arc asking the

public for their assistance in ob­taining information on this case. J\nv information will assist us in capturing those involved in this incident." said i\Ja.

Stayman. . . Continued from page 1

(the CNMI govcmmcnt's) prob­lems. It will be more than ovcrthe S 11 million ma telling require­ment:· Slayman cxplaincJ.

.Stayman notcJ the garment ccc­:"r .. can hear a he a, icr burden .. as it is .. m:1king huge profit, (oi') mer S:211() million :1 year ...

The S:,ip:111 (ic,rn1cnt 'vlanufac­lu,crs :\ssucic,tiun (S(i'.Yli\) has however. been consistently paint·

Speaker ... Continued from pag~_

speaker said. .. We 're going to continue what

we arc doing, and I hope we sti 11 have ti me to convince Congress that we will enact the reforms locally (anc.l stick to it)," he said.

ship and innovation in reef re­search and coral cultivation.

"The University of Guam Ma­rine Laboratory has developed methods forcoral cultivation ... we can develop new economies which will expand to billion dol­lar economies in the coming de­cades ... she said.

.. The community of Guam has shown leadership in the private sector through such organizations us Kids for Coral, created by a single teacher and students at St. Jol;n 's school in 1989," she added.

Gov. Carl Guitenez, originally selected.as the only U.S. gover­nor to attend the national confer­ence, stayed on Guam to speak at fourdifferent graduation ceremo­nies and atte~nd the Philippine Centennial celebrations.

Puerto Rico, a US common­wealth like the CNMI, is also claiming submerged lands own­ership of up to 9 miles.

Further, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands run casinos.

Manglona and Benavente arc expected to look into the impact of gambling on the local popula­tion, including crime, social ad­diction and collected revenues.

The two are also planning to discuss how Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands manage their wa­ter resources and how it has served their peoples.

The Virgin Islands, in addition, has a zoning policy. and has expe­rience with alien labor.

Samachi is the second teenaged deaths in two months in apparent murder· incidents.

Last month, a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death inside his bedroom in Dandan Homestead. Three male teenagers, said to be members of the \o-called ReJ Ru 111 Gang, were ancstcd and charged in court.

ing a gloomy picture of the indus­try.

James Lin, SGMA President, in earlier interviews, said last year's series of curTency devalu­ations in several Asian countries competing with local producers for the US market has put SGMA at a disadvantage .

The Saipan Cl1arnbcr or Com­rncrcc (SCC'J has pinned its hopes on the waiving of the rnatching fund requirc,mcnt saying such could help the CNMI economy to rebound.

Benavente said Stayman also raised the possibility of having the CNtvl I agree to a federal leg­islation that would "as,ist the (is­lands) in their present situation."

If the legislation would be of help to the CNMI, the Legislature is likely to support it, Benavente said.

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Eritreans . . . Continued from page 18 ---- ·~-- ·---··--------- -

Other diplomatic effrn1s were in the works. Five leaders appointed by theOrganizationof African Unity plan t"o begin a mission later in

Starr . .. Continued from page 18

Hatch, R-Utah,chaimianofthe Sen­ate Judiciaiy Committee.

Prosecutors have ai1 obligation to explain complicated cases as they unfold, Hatch said.

"I would believe Ken Sta!T over almost everybody else," Hatch said on the Fox program.

"If he said he didn't violate, or

South ... Continued from page 7

bridges in the future of the two nations," Kim said.

"I value them. Our govern­ment should reach out to them and treat them we! I."

He also said Korean-Ameri­cans should try to join the U.S. mainstream as fast as possible.

'·Koreans who live in America should learn English well," he said, and "become good Ameri­cans." At the same time, their children need to know their roots - their ancestral history, cul-

the week. Also, Egyptian President Hosni

Mubarak i:, trying to arrange a cease-fire, according to Eiitre,m foreign minister Haile Woldensae.

Although no skirmishes have been reported since Thursday, hundreds have died in tank and

anybody on his staff didn't violate (rules governing grand jury disclo­sures), I think you can take that to the b,mk."

White House adviser Rahm Emanuel called public disclosure of prosecutor&· behind-the-scenes role "a bombshell."

"It is now a cloud that hangs over the office of the independent counsel and literally hangs on the legitimacy of that office," Emanuel said.

cure and language, he added. On other is-sues, Kim said he was prepared to face North Korea's !eader, Kim Jong Il, "any time and anywhere" to improve relations between the two Koreas.

During his U,S. visit, Kim urged the United States to lift economic sanctions against North Korea. He said that marked the first time a South Korean head of state has of­fered a foreign policy initiative to an American president.

"Until riow, the United States has taken the lead, but this time, we did," Kim said.

artillery battles on three fronts since eru·ly May.

Bombing raids have killed at least 48 civilians in northern Ethiopia and four people in attacks on an airport outside the Eritrcan capital, Asmara.

Commercial flights to Asmara have been halted since June 5.

"Court TV" founder Biill released portionsofa90-minuteon-the-record interview with Starr on Saturday to promote the inaugural edition of his new media affairs magazine.

lnastatementSaturdaynight,Starr called Brill' s charges reckless and irresponsible.

'The Office of the Independent Counsel does not release grand jury material directly or indirectly, on the record or off the record," Starr wrote.

Sailors ... Continued from page 7

Petty Officer I st Class Patrick M. O'Connor and Petty Officer 3rd Class Robinson M. O'Connor will visit with their father and mother, Robinson and Ligaya O'Connor of Barrigada and give them a tour of the areas on the ship where they live and work.

The Cowpens is. the seventeenth AEGIS cruiserof the Ticonderoga class.

The ship, commissioned in 1991, is capable of conducting warefare both above and below the surface of the ocean.

DEATH & FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT

•

Josefina Pereda Duenas Sablan

(Gabit!Ila) June 14, 1924 - June 14, !998

Formerly of Agana, Guam Passed away in Saipan at the age of 74

PREDECEASED BY: Husband: Segundo Tudela Sablan Son: James Duenas Sablan Parents: Juan De Leon Duenas (Ila)

Isabel Cruz Pereda Duenas (Gabit) Parents-in-Law: Antonio dclos Reyes &

Rita Ramire:1, Tudela Sablan

Brothers & Sisters-in-Law: Apoloni,1 LG. Sablan & Juan Charfauros, Ana LC. Sabl,rn & Vicente C1brer.1, M.iria LC. Sabl,in & Francisco Dela Concepcion, Flur,11 L(;. S.iblan & VicL1! S,rntus. J'.!,1ti, id,1d (D,1iclai) LG. Sabl,1n & Jll,L' Cuncepcion, Lmique LC. Sabi.in & Martha llarcinas, Fr.111cisrn LC. Sabliln & Anlnnia Camachu

Juan T. & Erniliana Aguon Sabk111, Cunsnlacion

SablJ11 & Antonio Reyes, Jose Snntos, Dolores Sabi.in & Jmquin Mendiola, Eslafania Sablan & Antonio Reyes, Vicente T. & Isabel Arlen, S,,bliln, 1-lil,kgarda Sablan & )Ltiln Cepeda, M,1riil S.1blun & Felix Ruberlti, Remedios S,1blan & Jose Cabrera, lsidru T. & RDsa Pilngcliniln Sablan, Bonifocio T. & Magdalena RosJriD Sablan

SURVIVED BY HER: Children (they may be reached at (670) 234-1500) William Duenas Sabliln & Daughter Jessic1 Milrie (Eli:1,abelh San Nicolas)• Jean Duenas Sablan & Daughter Angela l'elicc Sablan Yamashita (Rill Sanlns); Alex.1 Jeanelle' & Miandrae Joy• Run,1ld Duenas & M.1rian Tomokanc Sablan; Lorna Lynn, Cherisse Joy, Jat11L'S Mich,1el, Audrl'y Jo & SL'an Pierre• Judith AnlC1inl'lle f"luL'nclS S.1blan & Son Lance Br,rndon Abast,1

Brothers & Spouses: Joaquin P. Duenas/Maria San Nicolas (C1mudu), Dec. - Alameda, CA Segundo P. & Isabel Pangelinan Duenas -San Diego, CA. Juan P. Duenas - Guam Francisco P. Duenas - Oceanside, CA Gabriel P. Duenas - Colorado Antonio P. Ducms - SF, CA Edward P. & Beatrice Duenas-Las Vegas, NV Thom.is I'. & Barb.1r.i Ducnils-San Diq;o, A

Sisters & Spouses: Ana Duenas/Pele Guc,rreru, Dcs:.-

San Diego, CA llyc!ia P. DucnJs/Joscph 'foves-Agat, Guam Isabel (Bclang) P. Duenos/Jose (Boy) Cepeda, Dec.-San Diego, CA Costantina & Vicente Ibanez-Toto, Cuilm Josefina Gumabon-Barrigada, Guilrn

Rusary is being said nightly at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Diocese of Chalan Kanoil, Saipiln at 8:00 p.m.

Viewing and Last Respects will be on June 22, 1998 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Mass of Christian burial will be offered on tiK• silme clay at J0:30a.m. and burial will follow al Mount Carmel Ccml'lery.

*II is the request of the fa111ily tlint i11 lier, of flowers or wreaths, a donation lo fire church of your clzoice lie made

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEAl:l'H OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

IN THE MATTER OF Cherilyn Kosam Manalo, Ann Marie Kosam Manalo. and Franld Kosam Manalo, minor children, by RESENTINA KOSAM MANALO, Petitioner.

FCD-GU Civil Action No. 98-0194

NOTICE OF HEARING

Notice is hi:rcby given that Rcscnlina Kosam Manalo has filed .i Pt:tition for Appointment of General Guardian for the minor children. Cherilyn Kosam Manalo, Ann Marie Kosam Minalo and Frankie Kosam Manalo. A hearing will be con­<lucted on the 23rd day of July, 1998, al 9:00AM at the Superior Court for the Commonwealth of the Northern M,1riana Islands for the appointment of guardian.

Dated May 21, 1998

Is/ DEPPUTY CLERK OF THE SUPERtOR COURT

FOR SALE 2 Refrigerator, 1 washer, TV typewriter, AC (2) VCR, Cash

Register Machine

LOST PASSPORT NAME: ZHU, QIFEI

(CHINESE)

PASSPORT#: 144028018 EXP. DATE: Sept. 9, 2002

IF FOUND PLEASE CONTACT: TEL. 233-2233 • 233· 1266

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

Northern Marianas Housing Corporation. Plaintiff,

Fl.ORA BASILIUS, aka Fl.ORA JNGAIS Defendant. · Civil Action No. 97-647

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and notified to file any answer you wish to make to the Complaint, a copy of which is served upon you hereby, within twenty-one (2 t J days afrerthe fourth publication of this Summons, and lo deliver or mail a copy of your answer lo While, Pierce, Mailman & Nuiung, lhe Plaintiffs Auorneys, whose address is P.O. Box 5222, Saipan, MP96950, as soon as pracricable after filing your answer or sending it lo the Clerk of Courts for filing.

Your answer should be in writing and filed with the Clerk of this Court at Susupc, Saipan. It may be prepared and signed for you by your counsel and sent lo the Clerk of this Court by messenger or mail. Ii isllQJ necessary for you lo appear personally until further notice. If you foil 10 answer in accordance with this Summons, judgment by default may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

By order of the above coun;

ls/Deputy Clerk of Court

Dared, this 20th day of May. 1998

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

krorrc Wong, Wayne Pmy, Jason ShmkllieiJcr, Jojo Berueco, Rowell Pam.11an arid Kim, Young Sig, Plain1iffs.

"· Oriental Express Corpora11on, in p:rsonani, dbl the Ve~el ScrmC"ta h<"rlackle, gc.1r ml c~urpmcril 1n rem. D&ndJrus Ci1·il Acllnn So. 98-001.1

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVl.:."l 1hJ: pu.-1u.lllltoJiJOr&:rissl)(d by the Cour1 m this mJlter oo June 5. 199&. I II ill ~11 a1 pubhc auc1ion.. 10 the highrn bidder. on lh: tmr,s a~d cood11iom ~, fooh l'.erciobdow, all of !he rig~.1. l!t\e md m1m11 of Dclcndam in ~d lo the fo\\o\li1ilg propeny Ml\' Smnill, a 61 ·f<'lJ\ dinner cru1_~ ,·csscl, Official ND. 1031854, h~r rngmes, 1adk iC:J.T,

cqu1pm:nt etc., currently lorncd at Sm1l:ng C~\'e Marmil. SJi~an. OJ It lime: and Pb" of S11lc ~ sal: wil! OC ~eld on Tuesday,

June 16. 1998 • ~c hcurof I0:30 ,.m. 11 tie t..,w Office of John M. ChJml(rs. MSV Buildin~ 11, Suood Floor. Gmpm. Saipan, (6i0) 233-6)(]1. Th: n:c will be open Jo the. tc~cral public.

[nm;qron of Prors:rJY It ii 1he respomibiiny of !he buyer lo insJX'Cl !he vmcl f(ior _lo the SJk. F~ilure to mlpecl 1he itsstl or any porHo:i thereof will not consmu1e ground for any claim. adJUSlll'tnt [lf rc~i,sioo by the b:.iyer. Prm;xcu1e biddm mJY comJct k.sJy lkl;ian. cumid1J11 of :h~ h'l.ld JI 16~0l 256.~779 Dr (67_0l 23S-7S2 I. for apporntnints lo bol!d ind msr,(cl the ~VV Scremla and for copies of the m.::sme suney.

W1rnnlics and ro~tnfn[j The msd listed for SJ.IC in this n~icc will be sold in 1tscuffi!Ilt condilion, il!ld ill itscu:rem loc21ion The sale will ht held wi1hou1 ~ny wmanlies or Co\·cnJnts whatso.:w, whether c~pre5.\: or implied. iocludin~ but no1 limi1ed ID wamntics of 1i1lc, m:rchJn1abili1y. mdloc fiincss for any purpose whatsomr, all of which wa1n11t1es .md covenants arc hereby e~prcsslyd1sclairoo:I. NeitM:r the tndcrs1gned n« t"ie Plaintiff may give any wmanty c.- co·.-enan!S arc hcr:byc:r.prus or impliei with respect lo the ~use\ !isled for sale in 1hi1 notice. Nei1her the lindmig~d nnr !he plainti'.fs s~.all Ix liable_ for the quality or seaworthiness orlll( Yesstl hsledforsalc in this nmict, or for any fou\i CC'dtfect in lhedescriptim thtreof. 8uyasshall n~ b:en1i1kd to rescission, dam:iges, oc any other remedy on account thmot. c~ a. B.ra.m. lhcauchonulem:iytx::held.,.,ithreu:\IC.Thc

re~l"\'c price on my propeny offm:d loc s.:ile m.1;· or 11t1y no,: b: disdn.std to biddm, tfl the sole d1scre11on r,f the u:xlm1gned.

b. Rights anddu1i=-,njAµcm1n~l'r Ccmimnt w11h rhe IJws. custorr.5 and us.1ge1 oi :he Commonwealth cl 1he Ncnr.crn ManJnJ lslmds governing auc11om sales. th( undersisned shall hm the f ollowmg rights ar,d du1ics m c1:1nduc1t1g the auction sale: (I) to 11r·ithdraw tfie vcs~I listed fo, Slle in 1h1s .'-l'cticc bc:forc sale or ~ion:~ bid for such ptof.(ny is Jc~epred: (2) 10 Jdjourn the sale w11hoo1 ncticc al any lime bi:fore any specifi: proper1y is 5lrud off, w1thou1 ir,rnrrfog an liJbili1y whJISl:.!W: 1hereb7: and (3) 10 rejecr, on l:thJlf of the xJJer, ;iny or ~II bids. for ;in)· 1c.uoo.

c. flliu. Brds may be submiued in .Uvance for 1he \'tuel listed in this notict. The highest of m:h bids will JulomllicJ.lly be corui~md lhc cp,:mng bid fCK the ,ess.i:\. r\d,'Jilcc bids may be 5ubrruuru on\)' in writing. signed by the b1d:kr. ;ind ck limed 10 me Law Office of John M. ChJm\:(n, MSV Bu1\dini II, Secood Floor, Gmpm #1176. P.O. Box llltll I, Saip,n. MP 96950. The bidder assumes JII risk. of non-delh·cry. lJte ddn-try, or nns· ddiwy of b;ds. Any p:rsoo, mduding 1hc PIJintifis m:l} bid in ~!)on al the Juction tile. whe1h~rorno1 such p:rsoo has submi11ed Jn J(Jvancc bid.

d. Dispu:cs The uOOmign~d mJ) rmbn111 !he WS'.CI J 111,d in this not1a: if J d1spu1e arms~ 10 ~n)· b1ili 1kreon.

E11[1nrrnrn1 of Au;,ioo Sfll' a .. ~ E·,(ry mcrnful bidder ~hJII pJ) 10 the

u,ldm1gned ~depos11 of twenty·fal' percent (2Yl: l of~ purt:h~ price immedil!dy af1cr lh: s.:ilc 1s coosummatcd. PJymcnt ~h;i!I be 111 cash or by cc111ficd i:heck mcm of the LJw Office of JOOn M. ChJmhm T1ust A_ccount. The b.JIJncc ffi'JSI be p3d lo the Plaint ifs within f ooy-c1ght (48) houn from 1he dlt~ af sale. in mh or by cmfad checl. lf 1he bJl:mct is r,o\ ~ paid, Pb.in1iffs will 1ctlin lhl: di:posil as liquidated dnnagc~. ,m:J will again aff~, Ult! property for slle.

b. Mi;momndom d Sal: If rcqurn~d b~ the uridmigned. emy sumnful bi~dcr must sig:i J ~frm,mndum of SJk im1Tlffiia1l'ly 3f1arbi: S.:!le ofrhi: 1md 1s struck oil a1 .1u..1100.

C, Cnurr ,\pnnnJI Rcnu1f!:d tl'e1y Slit is subject 10 apix-Ol:JJ by the CN1!1 Th~ Juc!ionw mJkcs no -wa.nnli~i or promise! 11,ilh r~Sf(CI lo co,Hl JpjYOIJI ,if 1hl: slle, iriduJing brn no1 l1m11cd l~lhe lime m whd su-:h ~ppro1'JI n\jybl' ~rJnr=J. No ddJ)' H1 rhe ~rJnt:ng 0f C('lun JP~HAJ: n!J)· C..: iri:und for Jnt· (IJ1m. Jd;uslnlc!~!. or mrn~10:1 bx J11y >LIG.:~·rn·u! b1d~er

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

IN TH[ MATTER OF THE GUARDINJSHIP OF H[IDI LYNN T Sl,BLM A minor ch1lu. rco GU CIVI!. t,CTION NO. QS-020 ·

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BORN toJav. vou :u-c the kiml to follow ca~e;·lv -in the fooL\lcps of other,. :mt! v~u never feel ,Ls though vou :m: in -a hu1w Lo make \'Dur ~miquc m,u-k. "ll1i,-is bournJ tll i1ap-1:;:n. il\Du :uc JMicnt ,md let yourself de, dop mer ti me. but one of your stronuesl cawlnts is the desire to do thin!!s sorn~onc else has done bdorc. \Vhcn vou are older. vou will leam h0\1: to combine tr;1di­tio11 and precedent with original­itv. but until that happens. you arc! c;ntent to urow and develop as a result of y~ur idolization of oth­ers.

There m:t\' come a time. later in lik. whc:n -,uu realize that th<? path yuu 'vc'i~cen fol luwing for so long isn't really for you -or. if it was, it no longcrisl You must be wi \linu to change your min<l and your t;ctics when you feel your­self becoming frustrated with the wav things arc.

·fo sec ~what is in store for you tomo1rnw. fincJ your birthday ancJ read the cmTcsponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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You may have other people thinking somcthin~ that is not at all uuc today. b,L,c<l sol~ly upon your unusual and unexpected behavior.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)­'J11c more vou UY to bn:ak with o·adi­tion lCx.by: the ~lOJ'e difficult it will seem to gt:! done what you w;u1l. Trnst old methods.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)­Coming up with a schedule that ac­commodatcsevc1yone may be down-1ight impossiblc today. Youmaywm11 to be the one to make a sac1ifice this time.

GEMI"il (May 21-Junc 20)­y ou c,m shake things up a little lex.lay. w1d have others thinking that you 're onto something new, when in focllhe old works just fine for you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Messages are likely to be passed back and forth all day long, as usual. To­day, however, only one is sun; to have a major impact on yrn1.

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LIBRA(Sept.23-0ct.22)-You may lind yourself waiting for otl1e1s 10 passjudgmenton somethingyou' ve only just completed. You me feeling confident, however.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)­You me moving into a new phase of activity at tl1is time, and you must give yourself a chance to change geais ,md prcp,ue yourse\fcarefully.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Now is tlic time for you to speak up ,mdsh,uc yourviewsopcnly ,u1<l honestly. Yes nmms yes and no me.ms no: don't confuse the two!

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Michael Jordan, practically all by himself, made the Chicago Bulls champions forone more and perhaps one la~t time.

Jordan scored 45 points and macJe the key play of the game Ii ke only he could, stealing the ball from Karl

Series MVP Michael Jordan cel­ebrates the Bulls win over the Utah Jazz in Game 6. AP

Malone ,ind hitting a jumper with 5.2 seconds left to give Chicagoan 87-86 victory and a 4-2 series victory over the Utah Jazz.

It was an incredible moment forthe greatest player in tl1e game, as dra­matic as anything he has done in a title-clinching game during his mag­nificent career.

Witl1 the Jazz ahead 86-85 and the clock ticking inside of 15 seconds, Jorclan snuck up behind Malone and poked the ball away.

The sound of 20,000 people gasp­ing filled the Delta CenterasJazzfans collectively fem-ed what was about to happen.

And Jordan did exactly what they feared,dribblingto the foul line, pull­ing up to lose defender Bryon Russell ancl draining a jumper.

ThcJ azz still had one more chance, but John Stockton misseu a 3-point attempt just befo1e the bu=r.

Jordan ran to midcou1t and helcl up six fingers to signify six champion­ships-one for every full season he has played this decade.

What made this one even more special was the way Jorclan had to work in the clinching game.

With Scottie Pippen severely hobbled by a sore back, Jordan pumped up 35 field goal attempts and 15 free throws.

Pepsi Giants stop Miller Bears in '98 .MFL opener

By.EDDIE SIGUENZA For the Marianas Variety

HAGA TNA, Guam - Opening the 1998 Miller Football League season wasn't the same way the Pepsi Giants ended their 1997 run for the championship.

Friday, Pepsi gave up a touchdown on the game's first play, and that was enough for the Miller Bears to stop the defending cham­pions 6-3 in action at Wettengel field.

These are the same teams that finished the 1997 season in the title game, which the Giants won 3-0indouble overtime. Yet each squad consists of different players, which Miller used to its advantage. New quarterback Brant McCreadie hooked up with receiver Ron Ancheta for a 54-yard strike on Miller's first possession for the game's only touchdown.

"Ouroffensive line blocked as good as I have ever seen the Miller Bears block," said Mccreadie. "But it was really our defense that won the game. If not for them, we wouldn't have had this chance. They held (the Giants) to only three points."

Those three points came on Vince Naputi 's 45-yard field goal in the second quarter. The Giant offense, with first-year offensive coordinator Bill Quichocho guiding the unit, blew several key opportunities to tie or win the game. ·

"I ~ip my hats off to them," said Pepsi Head Coach Loring Cruz of his opponents. "They played tough against us when it counted. But we're going to get better. We have a lot of new ones and we're missing some of our key players. Now we'll just go back to the basics. That's what brought us the championship last year."

Naputi 's score came after Pepsi defensive tackleNonnan Padrones recovered a McCreadie fumble on the Giants 31-yard line.

Three straight running plays by Pepsi tailback Joe Leon Guerrero produced only four yards, which forced the Giants to kick a field goal. Naputi nailed the kick right down the middle to pull the Giants within three points. · "Not bad for only one practice," said Naputi, who is the leading scorer in the Presidential Men's Soccer League.

. Pepsi missed another scoring chance shortly after the Bear touchdown. Craig Quichocho returned a kickoff 54 yards to get the Giants into Miller territory at the 35-yard line.

Pepsi then got as close to the Bear 12, but quarterback Eric Fejeran was sacked by the Bears' Charles Churchill for a seven­yard loss on third down, moving the ball back to the 19.

In stepped Pepsi kicker Vince Gumataotao to attempt a 37-yard field goal. His shot sailed wide left, blowing Pepsi's chance to get

on the scoreboard. Coritinued onpage 19

Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan, left, holds the Most Valuable Player trophy as coach Phil Jackso_n holds the NBA Championship trophy after the Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz 87-86 in Game 6 of the NBA Fmals m Saft Lake City, Sunday. AP

He made 15 shots, including three 3-pointers, and had his highest scor­ing game in the finals since sco1ing55 against Phoenix in 1993.

He was rewarded with his sixth finals MVP trophy and avoided play­ing his first Game 7 in the finals.

The Bulls have never lost a Grune 6, clinching the title four previous times - beating Portland in 1992, Phoenix in 1993, Seanle in 1996 and Utah in I 997 - without having to face a seventh game.

Now, the basketball world awaiL, the answer to the question of tl1e season: Will this te the final champi­onship for the Bulls - or even Jorclan 's final game?

!fit was,Jorclan lefteveryonewith something special to remember him by.

In the best-played and pemaps hard­est-fought game of the series, itlookc<l like Malone and the Jazz were going to force a seventh game.

They made Jordan earn many of his points from the foul I ine, got a spirited perfonnance fmm Malone (31 poinl,) and Jed for most of tl1e fou1th quarter.

Russell gave tl1eJazzan8 I-79 lead

Angels ... Continued from page 24

Ed A1tcro in tl1c second qumkr, tl1e second witl1 Kr:lftwith tirshmd-goal on the Angel I-yard line which w,1, recovered by Mobil's Tony Barton in the thin! period.

"We haven't worked on our quar­terback-to-center exchange that much," said Kraft Mentor Tony Posadas. 'Toe good thing is that we didn 'tquit We justgottoworkharcler. We cm1't kid ourselves; we need to get in better condition."

Knlft just could not generate an offensive strike. It's Jongestplayfro111 scrimmage came on a 33-yanJ con­nection fromquarterbackMikeOwen to Bruce Meno in the fourth quaiter.

McCoywas 14-of-22for326yards. He led the league in passing last year.

The Eagles' Derek Lemon ,md Meno, who were 1-2 in rushing in 1997, combined for just 34 ym·ds Saturclay.

Degregorio caught seven pa,ses for 119 ymtls.

on two foul shots with 3:20 left, and Utah stayed ahead until Jordan made a pair of free throws with 59 seconds left, making it 83-all.

Stockto; hit a 3-pointcr for Utah with 42seconds left,andJ ordan made it 86-85 by making two foul shots with 37 seconds left.

That set up the sequence where Jordan made the play of the game, leaving his man and coming around the baseline to sneak up behind Malone.

Pippen. a leading contender for the finals MVP until hehacl a poorGmne 5, scored only eight poinl, with four assists, tluee r-ebounds ancl two steals in26 minutes, ashe playecl in obvious pain.

Toni Kukoc had 15 )Xlints, Dennis Rodman had seven points and eight rebounds imd Ron Harper scrn-ed eight. .

l110se cmuibutions enued up be­ing just enough to help tl1e Bulls win perhaps tl1eir last Jordan-era title.

J onJ,m, Pippen. Rodm,m ,md coach Phil Jackso,1 may have played their h1,t game togetl1cr.

Jordm1 will cc a free agent this summer ,md h,L, spoke of reti1ing.

Michelob . .. Continued fro_rn page_24

put on a suung defense. Rw1ola, along witl1 Banjo Basila

and Berm.rd Montano, frusu·atecl O'Douls' offensive game.

The first half ended 57-39 in favor of Michelob.

At the second half of the game, O'Douls' Bobette De Leon gave the team a push, posting I 4 points on tl1e scoreboard.

Palma continued to spark with his consistent defense while putting up some )Xlints for the team.

Ranola, despite O'Douls su-ong defense against him, still m:maged to squeeze in 12-points in the second half.

Basila and Montano provided the necessary suppott for the Michelob bench scoring.

Having put in 8 and 9 strong points in the baskctattl1esecond half respeC'­tively, tl1eywe1-eabletokeeptl1c lead.

DcspiteDcleon,RomicGiimpula and Paul Rafols' p1escncc inside tl1e cou11, O'Douls could not rmLileuvcr

Jackson has insisted that he docsn 't expect to be back, and Pippen, Rod­man anu six others will tefreeagenK

The way things were going at the outset of Game 6, it looked like the Bulls might waltz away with the tro­phy.

GettingbalancedscoringfmmJor­dan, Pippen, Harper and Kukoc, the Bulls opened a 17-8 lead seven min­utes into the game.

But Pippen then left to go to the locker room to have his back Deated. .mu he took his tew11's momentum with him.

The Jazz quickly caught up. ,mu Malone scored seven of Utah's final eight point, in the qua11er as Utah finished the period ahead 25-22.

A controversial call cost the Jazz a chance to go ahead by seven.

Howard Eisley made a 3-pointer just before the shot clock expireu, but referee Dick Bavetta waved it off and ruled it came late.

The Bulls quickly pulled even. ancJ the game stayed tight for the rest of the first half as Jordan. with 23 points, and Malone. with 20. carried their teams.

tl1e g,mie wi tl1 tl1e otl1ertc:m1 's s111ootl1 te;u;-1work.

Me,uiwhile, tl1c l:Jtcst Top Gun Standinu last Sunday showed Michclob's Sonny R,u10\a is way aheau with a 29.0 average poinL, per gmne.

OthcrMichelob 's player.; included in the top ten scorers are BanjoB,L,ila on the fifth spot with I 9.0 ppg. and Bernard Montano on tl1c 8th position with 16.5 ppg.

0 'Dou ls has Ed Palma at the tl1i1tl spot with 24.5 ppg.

Otl1er players include Budlight's Dado Vistal on tl1e second SfXlt with 26 ppg., Richard Pambid of Buuweiser on the founh place witl1 20 ppg., Michelob Light's Jessit! Nicuaowitl1 an 18 ppg., Carlos Suing of Bud Ice Unifi! with l 7 ppg.

Bucllight's Ronald De U)S Reyes came in on tl1e 9th spot with 16 percent average per game, ancl Budweiscr'sEddieRos:uiowitha 16 ppg ..

On next Sundav, O'Do11\s will battle Michelob Li;ht-Halim~ontl1e first g,m1e. 111e ;econd !!,1111c wi 11 featu~'C Kent-Budlight ag7unst Bud Ice Unifi!.

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SPORTS.0D Miller Football League

gels smash Eagles By EDDIE SIGUENZA For the Marianas Variety

HAGA TNA, Guam - This was a game of zones: 111e Mobil Angels being in one of their own, and the Kraft Eagles fumbling their way out ofit.

The Angels, winnersofthelasttwo Miller Football League regular sea­son crowns, smashed the Eagles 46-0 Saturday in action at Wettengel field.

In a preview of what the MFL can expect the rest of the season, Mobil racked up seven touchdowns, four coming on plays of 65 yards or more.

"There'sstillalotoftimingthatour offense has to work on," said Mobil Head Coach I van Shiroma said. 'This should tell everybody that we're go­ing to be tough. We always have a competitive program. We're always looking for the top. We don't 1-ike second place."

Miller Bears QB Brant Mccreadie in his debut at the Miller Football Leagl!e ~ame Friday night prepares to hand off the Pig~kin against the Peps, Giants. Brant threw the only touch-down of the night in a 6-3 win over the Giants. Photo by Eduardo c. Siguenza

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By EDDIE SIGUENZA For the Marianas Variety

HAGATNA, Guam -Although he is taking a new team into the 1998 Miller Football League, George Hernandez isn't new to winning.

Sunday, the head coach of the Pac Sports Cardinal guided his team to a 24-3 triumph over the Keico Mustangs in action at Wettengel field. The Mustangs made their MFL debut as well, but their ros­ter consist domimmtl y of the defunct Keico Cowboys, who sat in the MFL cellar for at least the last four seasons.

PacSports defense, Jed by line­backers Roland Duenas and Bill Jones, held the Mustangs to less than 130 yards in total offense. The Mustangs managed only a 31-yard field goal by Craig Wade in the third quarter. Wade's kick concluded Keico 'sonly drive past the SO-yard line the entire game.

threw three touchdown passes, one each to Danny Cepeda, De1Tick Anderson and Albert Juan, and the Cardinal defense produced a safety to round out the scoring.

1998 Miller Football League McCoy threw four ID passes, two

to Bobby Degregorio. Bruising full­back James Buckmon also scored twice, one on a surprising screen pass that he took 68 yards down field.

Standings (After Week I) PA 0

Team W L Pct. GB PF 46 24 6 3 3

Mobil Angels PacSports Cardinal Miller Bears

1 0 1.000 "We had jitters because we lost

some of our key players from last year," said Degregorio, noting the absence of offensive all-stars Tony White and Chris Watson who are in the military and transfered off-island. "But our defense did a good job as always. Our game plan was just to execute plays and we did it off the

1 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 1.000

Pepsi Giants 0 1 .000 6 24 46

Keico Mustangs Kraft Eagles

0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0

Week I results Friday, June 12 Miller Bears 6, Pepsi Giants 3 Saturday, June 13 Mobil Angels 46, Kraft Eagles o Sunday, June 14 PacSports Cardinal 24, Keico Mustangs 3

The Angels debut the talents of Frank W1ightand Scott Persing, who, with thehelpof an experienced offen­sive line, highlighted their team's output. Wright scored two touch-

Rugby club gets donation By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

THE Commonwealth of National Rugby Football Club (CNRFC) received a $3,000 in donations from Trans America Corporation's president, Antonio S. Lim yesterday.

The amount will be used by The Rugby Club in their interna­tional tournaments as well as for hosting international matches here in CNMI.

The money will also be used to assist the Club's continuing de­velopment of a rugby program for

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, Week II Friday, Julie 19 Mobil Angels vs. Pepsi Giants Saturday, June 20 Miller Bears vs. Keico Mustangs Sunday, June 21 PacSports Cardinal vs. Kraft Eagles

downs, one on a 68-yard punt return and another on an 88-yard bomb from Sean McCoy, while Persing rushed for I 02 yards on seven canies and scored on a 69-yard gallop.

ball." . The Eagles committed eight

fumbles and lost three of the, two coming inside the Angel red zone. Kraft quarterback Mike Owen flubbed two snaps, the first with the Eagles sitting on the Angel 19-yard line which was recovered by Mobil's

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Michelob takes lead in RP Basketball m.eet

By Louie C. Alonso Variety News Staff

AFI'ER beating Bud Ice Unifil, Michelob Bigis once again proved their mightas they defeatedAspecO'Douls, I 02-89 last Sunday in theBudweiser­RP Centeunial Basketball League.

l\.1ichelob now leads the pack in the league's overall standings with a 2 _win and O loss at the scoreboard.

Sonny Ranola of Michel ob Bigis was unstoppable, putting in 22 points in the game's first half.

O'Douls' E.d Palma trailed Ranola in the scoring department ·with 16 points OD the early half.

The game went hot as O'Douls bench was slapped with a technical foul three times. Michelob's bench was also given a warning as their lead was challenged by the hungry O' Douls,

O'Douls' craving to win the game was not enough though as Michelob Continued on page 23

''We executed some plays when we had to and didn't," said Hernandez, coach of the Continen­tal Jet~ la~t year and University of Guam Tri tons in early MFL seasons. "We played a tough club. We'll be meeting them again down the road."

Rookie quarterback Darryl Brown

The {ef/ G~ants gather at third base follow_ing their 11-6 _triumph over the Kraft Tritons in Game 5 of their Best-of-7 Championship Series last :;t!rin/~~G~f V:,,0 JJ~~-game 11-6 and clinched the senes 4-1. The victory gave Pepsi its second championship in three years and third since

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