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SAIPAN-Two slightly dif- possibilities of develop­ferent resolutions in two ing themselves in the man­different legislative bo- ner recommended by the UN dies were introduced in Trusteeship Agreement. the past few days deplor- The resolution states ing the unilateral morato- in part: "The people of rium on homesteading the Tinian are in dire needed island of Tinian. of land to cultivate ••• to

The resolution intro- provide their families duced by the Tinian Muni- with the basic necessities cipal Council emphasized of life, the land being the point that themorato- the major source of their rium was depriving the re- livelihood and ••• the so­sidents of the right and called recent moratorium on

N the homestead program de­prives the people of Tinian of their inherent right to develop them­selves, an•:action which is contrary to the basic in­tent of· the Trusteeship Agreement and is not in best interest of the peo­ple concerned."

The resolution requests the High Commissioner and the District Administra­

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NEW PCV PROGRAM ON SAIPAN

SAIPAN - Four new Peace Corps Volunteers began their orientation program for two years of service in the Marianas on July 2.

The four trainees, under the direction of Mr. Bill Lichter, former Maria~as

volunteer and presently in charge of the traini~g program, will complete

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SAIP.AN--With the opening of school just arotmd the corner, preparations are being made to adjust a shortage of teachers to the needs of the com­munity.

Mr. Luis Benavente affirmed that although 32 teachers were needed to open Marianas High School at full strength, only 25

were available. Because of the shortage, there will be larger classes and some courses, such as agriculture, bookkeeping, shorthand and some English classes may not be offered this year.

The Principal of MHS, Hr. Benavente indicated that the majority of peo­ple who terminated their

TINIAN FUND TRANSFER VETOED

SAIPAN - On August 2, District Administrator Francsico C. Ada disap­proved a bmll originating in the Tinian Municipal Council that would have transferred $10,215 from Funds allocated by Con­gress for community pro­jects to the Tinian Gene­ral Fund.

In his message to the municipal council, Ade

stated that such a tsans­fer would have defeated the purpose of PL 5-50. This law passed by the Congress of Micronesia in its first session of 1973 appropriated 12,500 dol­lars to Tinian for grant­in-aid projects on the is­land.

A specific condition of the law prohibits any di­

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contracts did so for personal reason.

The Deputy Director of Education, Mr. Issac Calvo enlarged on the problem by indicating that the Dept. of Education had received

instructions to cut their operating budget by 10% and that they had no authorization to look for replacements for the tea­chers who left. Calvo in-

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dicated also that they had requested assistance from the District Administrator to solve the problem,

affecting -especially Mari­anas High School.

Three possible solutions were discussed in an inter view with Marianas Variety The first would limit enrollment to a number of students manageable by the existing teachers. It was stated, however, that this solution would be diffi­cult, if not impossible, politically. The second would call for delaying the opening of school un­til more teachers could be found. This suggestion is difficult for the reason that it would mean a later closing date, causing hardship for those tea­chers who are interested in enrolling in the Uni­versity of Guam summer school. It would also create problems for those graduating students making preparations for going to college.

The third solution would be to utilize the staff specialists assigned to the Marianas District Of­fice of Education as part time teachers. The pro­blem with this is that it would curtail the on-g9ing programs people hired.

for which the were originally

At this writing, how­ever, plans are continuing for opening school on the scheduled date of Aguust 20.

Both Benavente and Calvo indicated that the pro­blems did not affect the elementary schools where new classrooms are almost finished and will be ade­quate to absorb the increase in enrollment.

There appears to be no. major teachers shortage on ·the elementary level. Nor is the problem one of space at the High School. The recent completion of the Vocational buildings have made more facilities, available.

In discussing the secon­dary teacher shortage with

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Marianas Variety, Mr. Mr. CAlvo emphasized the Calvo indicated that there importance of having Micro may have been strong nesian teachers in the disatisfaction with the schools and expressed hope recent drop in salaries that more qualified people and b:nefits for local US would become interested in hire teachers. the teaching profession.

As a result of the equa- The MHS Principal. Mr. lization o f salaries Benavente, also stated program established by the that the situation was Congress of Micronesia, looking somewhat grim in many US personnel feel the high school and sug­that they are underpaid as gested that it may become teachers. As an example, necessary to eliminate Mr. Calvo described the those students who demon­minimum starting salary strate lack of interest in for teachers in US and furthering their education Guam as being around in order to make room for $7,000.00 a vear. There is those who do their work. also the problem of double He also wanted the parents taxation applicable to t·o understand that it is

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In describing efforts to Our appreciation to all those dear friends, _supporters, recruite Micronesian tea- and member of the Saipan Liberation Day Committee w~o chers, Mr. Calvo expressed have unselfishly donated their time and effort to make strong disappointment at our Saipan Municipal Scholarship and Red Cross Funds the,response from Microne-

raising project a success. sian college students to their invitation to join The following people may claim their prizes at the the Dept. of Education. He Saipan Municipal Administration building, between 8:00 told Marianas Variety that a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during weekdays. a letter of invitation was L----~ ~~---------------------1

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The District is recruit­ing Micronesian teachers form all over the TT and attempting to make the profession desireable by raising the pay levels of starting college graduates to PL 20 and Master's degrees to PL 24. So far there is no information available concerning the progress of this recommen­dation which was sent to the TT for approval. recerlt ly.

This year, 3 Micronesian teachers with BA' s have been hired as well as the one with an MA Mr. Calvo stated that teachers hired from other districts would receive housing benefits

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AIRMIKE FLYING HI H JAPAN-SAIPAN ROUTE SCHEDULE CAB ASKED TO CONSIDER MICRO~ VIEWS IN DECISION

SAIPAN,-(MNS) The next phase in the lengthy and controversial Saipan-Japan airline route case will take place next month. On Wednesday, September 12, oral arguments in the case will be presented before the entire membership of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C.

At issue is the right of an American flag carrier .to operate between Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, and Japan·. At present the only direct air connection between Saipan and Japan is a route operated by Continental/Air Micronesia to Okinawa. Three airlines are active­ly seeking the new route, Pan American World Air­ways, Northwest Orient Airlines, and Continental Air Mike. So far, during the first two stages of the proceedings, Pan Am has been favored in pre­liminary rulings. Both a CAB hearing examiner and the CAB's Bureau of Opera­ting Rights have recom­mended that the route go to Pan Am.

The oral arguments will be just a one-day proceed­ing; and thus the time al­located to each partici·­pant will be severely li­mited. Each of the three airlines will have 25 mi­nutes for its presenta­tion; including five min~ nutes for rebuttal argu­ments. In addition, the board is making time a­vailable to the various governmental units invol­ved, including the Terri­tory of Guam and the Con­gress of Micronesia. A spokesman for Air Microne­sia said the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Represen­tatives of the Congress

have each been given ten minutes for their presen­tations, and represent~­tives from each of the six districts will have five minutes each. A Pan Ame­rican spokesman said there will be representation on behalf of Pan Am at the hearings, but could not say who would be appear­ing.

The CAB is a five-member body, but there is cur­rently one vacancy on the board. Its chairman is Robert Timm of Seattle, Washington. Following the day of oral arguments, is­suing its finding~ and re­commendation at some later date. The entire case would then go to the desk of President Richard Nixon who, because an interna­tional air route is invol­ved, will have the final say.

Continental/Air Microne­sia recently received an indirect boost to its hopes for the route thro­ugh communications from the U.S. Departments of State and Interior to the CAB. Interior Secretary Roger C.B. Morton, while noting that the department has officially remained strictly neutral in the case, stated that because of U.S. Government respon­sibilities to the TT under the trusteeship agreement to promote the political, economic, social and edu­cational advancement of the inhabitants of Micro­nesia, the department ur­ges that "official posi­tions of such duly consti­tuted bodies as the Cong­gress of Micronesia should be given serious conside­ration in arriving at any Federal decision that will affect Micronesia.

Th~ Congress of Microne-

sia has adopted a joint resolution favoring the selecting of Air Micron~­sia for the route, as be­ing the carrier that would most benefit all six dis­tricts of Micronesia.

Similarly, Acting Secre­tary of State Kenneth Rush has written to the CAB noting that sensitive nego­tiations on the future status of the TT are pre­sently under way. "Our ability to negotiate ••• depends- in very great mea­sure on the current per­ception of Micronesian leaders of the manner in which the U.S. Government respects their vie~s and protects their interests", Rush wrote. "The route case and other unrelated issues are thus, in the eyes CJf the Micronesians, 'test case ind1cative of how the U.S. Government might exercise its respon­sibilities and authority under the proposed future political status arrange­ments.

. t t " "It is thus impor an, he concluded, tthe CAB, in forming its recommendation to the President on the Japan-Saipan route case, give careful and serious attention to the views of the legislative bodies of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. This is an obligation on the part of the U.S. Government, and issue which could in­fluence the course of the current important status negotiations.

AIRMIKE REPORT SAIPAN, (MNS)--- 1972 was a year of many accomplish­ments for the Trust Terri­tory's major airline, Con­tine•tal/Air Micronesia. Tourism was up, the air­line increased its total capacity dramatically with the addition of a second 727, and various other im­provements were made in

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The Speaker of the Ponape District Legislature, Itor Harris, has called attention to a problem that the Con­gress of Micronesia should not ignore.

Harris feels there should be representative on the Micronesian status negotiating delegation from outside the Congress of Micronesia. He likens the present me­thod of conducting the talks to tcying to build a house starting with the roof--possible, perhaps, but hardly the best way. What Harris, and many, many others in every district would like to see is more input from the district level, and in a speech a couple of weeks ago tp a sub-connnittee of the Joint Connnittee on Future Status the Speaker bluntly asked for a reorganization of the committee to include non-members of theCCongress of Micronesia.

Now this isn't exactly a new problem. For years va­rious Micronesians groups and individuals have asked to be included in the negotiating process. The Congress feels, however, that to attempt to bring the various factions in Micronesia--traditional leaders, district, and municipal officials,. _youth, perhaps women--into a single negotiating unit would be difficult, expensive, and impractical. That may well be, but on the other­handtthe Congress can hardly afford to ignore the wi­shes of these various groups, and right now many of the well-educated elite of Micronesia feel left out, many of the district lawmakers feel ignored, and many of the traditional leaders do not know what is happening re-garding status.

I recognize that it is can, to make suggestions So I'll just repeat here for those who may have about:

presumptous for me, an .Aaeri­to the CongEess of Micronesia, part of what Itor Harris said, missed it to read and think

" ••• There are many in our district who seriously que­stion whether or not eongress is really authorized to negotiate our future, especially since the 1fUestion has never really been put before the people of our dis­trict; We realize that Congress has authorized itself to negotiate Micronesia's future, but is that enough? We are fully aware that the result of your work will be submitted to the people of Micronesia for approval Ho~ever, it is feared that in the process of the nego­tiations certain rights and benefits may have geen com­promised, in order to reach mutual agreement. We do not object to compromise, it is a very necessary part of negotiations. But we would like to be more involved in deciding what will and what will not be compromised. We realize that prior consultation _between the negotia­ting connnittee and the people would be costly, time consuming, and in some cases impractical but because our future is the more important issue facing us today, the time element and cost factor cannot hinder the de­termination of our future political status."

The Speaker then went on to question the negotiating authority of the Congress, and ask that re--organiza­tion of the negotiating committee to include non=mem­bers of the Congress be explored.

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the service and scheduling.way which have, according Information about · the to the report, cost the

airline's performance du- airline considerable man­ring 1972 is contained in ney and made efficient the company's annual re- scheduling difficult. port to its stockholders, "This direct routing," the received recently ori Sai- report notes, "will make pan. It shows that, fi- an important contribution nancially, Air Micronesia to the increasing success earned $15,354 during the of the air service." year, as co~pared with $8, Another important aspect 446 the previous year. of the airline's opera­Continental Airlines, the tion during 1972 was the parent company, again fai- installation of a new tele­led to show a profit on type system linking all its TT operations, however six districts of the TT. the company showed a pre-tax ioss of nearly a mil-lion dollars, and an after tax loss of $489,600, up more than three hundred t:;lousand dollars over the previous year. Rising costs in every category of operation were blamed for the loss.

.Among the accomplish­ment$ cited in the report are the introduction of jet service to Palau and Yap Districts fo~ the first time, an increase in personnel of about 40 per cent, most of them Micro­nesians, and a 28.8 per cent increase in revenue passengers.

Another particularly significant event that took place during the year, the report states, was the resumption of ope­rations between Honolulu and the TT via Johnston Island, rather than throu­gh Midway Island. This ended more than two years

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GAMBLERS LOSE OUT SAIPAN - Casinos 1n che

Marianas will have to wait until Lady Luck chha~ges her mind. But in the mean time. Proponents of an act to legalize- controlled gambling in the District introduced their measure recently after an initial veto by the District Admi­nistrator on April 2, 1973.

Public hearings have just teen completed on Ti­nian and Rota to test the public reaction to the idea of casinos under the supervision of the govern­ment open to tourists and qualified local residents.

On Rota, the Political Committee of the Marianas Islands District Legisla­ture met with the Rota Mu­nicipal Council and mem­bers of the interested public. According to a report filed by the Assis­tant Legislative Liaison Officer, the municipal council and the audience at the heatings enthusia­stically endors~d the pro­posed legislation to lega­lize gambling in the Dis­trict.

Tinian joined Rota an endorsing the gambling me­asure in a later heatu~g. By unanilll)US vote of the Municipal Council and the 150 people attending the hearings, Act no. 10, 1973 was recommended for ap­proval.

According to the report filed by the Assisstant legislative Liaison 6f­f{cer, Tlnian is the only municipality in Micronesia where gambli~g is legal at the present time.

In related matters, Rota was against a District wide bill to establish a room tax. They felt that this area was properly left to the municipalmties as a source of revenues. The only other source of money available to the municipality is grant-in­aid.

Tinian, after heated de­bate, came to the same conclusion as Rota, They recommended that it its 100re appropriate to have

each municipality levy its own room tax law. Tinian is the only municipality presently without a tax on hotel rooms.

The bill under conside­ration would impose a 10% tax on all rentals oof li­ving space including ho­tels, motels, rooming houses and other types of rental units. In the re­gular session of the muni­cipal council for July, a . proposed ordinanee was in­troduced to impose a 3% tax on hotel space.

The gambling measfire as• well as the room tax have been proposed as sources of revenue for the Dis­trict.

In his earlier veto me­ssage, District Adminis­trator Ada reprimanded the Legislature, saying: :The legislature failed to as­sess the public views when their act was under consi­deration. In an important Act such as this, there is unquestionally a need to have the views of the geft neral public.

The Distad also added that his decision to veto was his own and that he was not acting as an agent of TT government or the Department of the Interior as a "Puppet District Ad­ministrator".

Although the Distad ad­mitted the obvious econo­mic benefits which could result from controlled gambling in the District, he strongly implied nega­tive social effects.

Hearings were held on Saipan recently on the same subjects and the re­sults will form the basis of further action by the District Legislature.

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t or to provide as soon as possible the reasons for the moratorium on the homestead program.

In a related move on Tuesday, a resolution was introduced in the Maria­nas District Legislature flatly opposing the mora­torium~

Introduced by Tinian's representative to the Legislature Herman M. Manglona and Vicente N. Santos, president of· the body, the resolution con­demns the secrecy and unilateral nature of the moratorium. "Whereas, we consider this ~ni­lateral nature of the moratorium to be a breach of good faith and the spirit of cooperation that existed between the status negotiations for the Uni­ted States and the Mariana Islands District," the re­solution stated.

The document went on to admit the need to keep land prices stable on the island but underscored the uncertainty of the outcome of the negotiations. It continued: "At this point

in time, it is not at all certain that an agreement on the use on Tinian will be reached, in the event that the United States should cancel the plans to put a base on Tinian, irreperable damage will result to the inhabitants who have been foreed to rely on the military base who will have lost all of the potential opportuni­ties to develop their is­land ••• "

In a strongly worded conclusion, the declara­tion accused the US of blatently and flagrantly denying the people of Tinian the right to their opinions on what will or will not be done on their island.

Informed observers of both legislative bodies indicate that there is excellent chance that the resolutions will be passed overwhelmingly.

The moratorium on home­steading and leasing land on Tinian was ordered from Washington by the Depart­ments of Interior and De­fense according to Deputy TT High Connnissioner Peter T. Coleman.

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cultu­Aug.

This i is the smallest group ever to be trained on Saipan and brings the total number of PCVs as­signed the Marianas Dis­trict to about 22.

The new group represents a variety of skills and talents to be put to use in the District ~

John Larvick, 21, of Ca­lifornia will teach cons­traction trades and draft­ing at Marianas High School after completing training. Mr. Larvick has his BA from Cal Poly with a major in Industrial Arts.

Miss Alice Atkins, 34, of Louisiana will teacht science at Garapan School. Miss Atkins is part of a program sponsored by Lin­coln University which ~ill result in a l'iaster 1s De~ gree in Education follow­ing two years in the Peace Copps. There are 10 other Lincoln University Intern­volunteers in Micronesia.

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Cindy Giorgis, 22, most recently of ~alifornia,, will teach elementary sc­hool on Rota, Miss Gior­gis is part of an exchange program which will allow a Micronesian teacher to further his or her educa­tion while the PCV takes over the classes.

Mr. Stan Deubin, Deputy Director of the Peace Corps Office in Saipan, indic~~~d thhat the next training pro9ram for the Marianas Islands will be­gin sometime in February, So far, there have been 3 elementary teachers, one vocational education tea­cher for metal working and welding and two secreta­rial trainers ~e~uested for that program.

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Sai an11C>t11D~L111c;News by DANNY DANGZALAN

You hear the sexy voice of our night shift Control Counter girl, ALICE GUERRERO, sweetly announce: "Your attention, please! Will the owner of a white Datsun pick-up, license plate number so-and-so, kindly 100ve it!" Most likely, the car is blocking someone else's car. But, I'd be horrified if one night she would nervously whisper and stammer: "Will the owner of a glowing flying saucer parked outside, with unreadable Martian markings, please move it!" Oh! brother!

The qualification phase for the August KING and QUEEN OF THE LANES Tournament is in full swing. Scores for the 3-game series are not as high as expected,' consi­dering the first-try jitters any bowler may experience. Topping the list of qualifiers for this 100nth is sweet­swinging EDDIE MALLARI of MCC. His hefty 561 -{with_a 235 bubble) is quite impressive, for the time being at least. It will · certainly not stay on top for long, Most of the.top bowlers are still biding their time, waiting until 100st of the low bowlers have had their fun. However, watch out for the llllexpected. Who knows, perhaps after several tries in as many nights, a low bowler suddenly is "on" and he shoots a fantastic high series not even he can dream of. Several pins behind EDDIE are GREG QUITUGUA and CARLOS MANUCDOC.

From past experience, I can safely say that a 525 to 550 series here would be good enough to qualify for the Aug. 26 Championship roll-off. So, get out and qualify now. Be the first Monthly King or Queen of the Lanes. It will be an honor. You'll feel like you are 10 feet high if you are the very first King or Queen of the Lanes in Saipan. What about the fair sex? Shake a leg girls and start qualifying now.

More and more bowlers or teams are wearing groovy bowling uniforms. Perfect for advertising a sponsor's name or business. They come in different colors, styles, shapes and designs. To mention a few, we see: the MIU Strikers, Shooting Stars, Mafia-Toyota, Saipan Bowling Center, D'Sextants, Joe-ten-ers, Bank of America, Air Mike, Waterfront Mariners, etc.

We still have to s·ee individual bowling unifroms with catchy or funny designs ~t the back like: "550 SERIES? NO WAY!", "I'M THE CHAMPION BOWLER OF SAIPAN (then in small letters) "in my dreams only", "NO. 1 SANDBAGGER ( showing a bowler piling up sandbags) 11 120-AVERAGE BOWLER, WANNA CHALLENGE ME?" Or maybe a design showing a drunk throwing a pin towards a set of 10 balls, or rolling a lighted bombshell with fuse.

Enthusiasm in the 8-ball tournament participation is catching fire. A lot of top cue artists or pool sharks have already signed up. We may revise the prize list a bit but this will not dampen the eagerness of those who have signed up so far. They know that being crowned 8-ball champion is no pooh-poch. It's indeed an honor. Whoever comes out as Saipan's best can be very proud because he has beaten the cream of hustlers or preten­ders hereabouts.

Are you sharpening; up your shots JACK YOST? . -~ '

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