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a e By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff Saipan tycoon found positive for 'ice

A PROMINENT businessman was arrested yesterday after he had been found to have used methamphetamine, or "ice," a violation of one of the conditions while under probation in connection with his conviction for ammunition importation charges.

John T. Sablan, owner of JG

Sablan group of companies, waived his right to contest the federal government's allegation before the district court in Guam which tried and put him on probation.

The ammunition charges date back to 1992.

The drug test conducted on

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Sablan was routinary while he's on probation.

Also in 1992, the millionnaire son-in-law of former Gov. Lorenzo I. Guerrero was summoned by the Superior Court to answer a drug importation charge after authorities allegedly found one-half gram of methamphet-

Students from Mt. Carmel School scramble for candies and other goodies tossed by Santa Claus from atop a firetruck yesterday at Chalan Kanoa field. DPS has been been making the rounds of schools as part of the 3D's prevention month.

HK firm waits but may turn to Guam for its casino plans

By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

A HONGKONG firm is waiting in the wings to build a casino hotel on Saipan but is likely to consider Guam as an alternative site should casino gaming not be legalized here.

Hongkong Entertainment Overseas Investment Ltd., through its local consultants, brothers Henry and

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Vicente M. Sablan, said it has started touching base with Taotao Guam, a non-profit organization pushing for the legalization of casino gaming in Guam.

"Our company is very serious in putting up a hotel and a mini-casino here on Saipan but it seems the Legislature doesn't know we' re that serious with our plans," said Henry.

Right now, the Hongkong firm is awaiting action on a gaming bill pending at the House of Representatives.

House Bill 9-371, which already passed the Senate, provides for the licensing and operation of one minicasino on Saipan and an unlimited number of similar casincs on Rota and Tinian.

According to the Sablan brothers, the hotel Hongkong Entertainment is envisioning would be worth $ I 00 million at a minimum, with at least 300-rooms.

"We have identified three possible sites on Saipan and have been talking with Gov. Tenorio about our plans. Right now, we.believe we are most ready to put in our investment,

pay the fees and acquire land," said Henry.

"We are all set. In fact we have received support from Swan Airlines, which has assured us of flying in at least 300,000 tourists in our first year of operation," the other Sablan, Vicente, said.

But in light of the current snags in the passage of casino legislation, the Sablans said the company is getting restless and may set its sights on Guam instead.

Guamanians are currently in the thick of plans to legalize casino gambling in the island.

Although there has been strong opposition by the Catholic Church, a group of Guam citizens have formed Taotao Guam with the intent oflegalizing casino gaming through initiative.

A Guam Business News report indicates that 52' percent of registered Guamanian voters surveyed by MRD, Inc. support casino gambling.

There are also reports that similar moves to legalize casinos are on in

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amine inside his pants' pocket. He was acquitted of the charge.

Yesterday Sablan effectively admitted his addiction to drug after he asked the court to allow him to undergo a 28-day drug rehabilitation program in Napa Valley in California. The in-patient, intensive program will start Dec. 18.

Showing concern, District Judge Alex Munson allowed him to undergo treatment. Sablan was scheduled to depart last night at 8:40.

Munson observed in court that Sablan appeared dissipated compared with his appearance six months ago, when he last saw him.

Munson, however, was equally

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concerned about Sablan's addiction during the days that he is not under the eyes of the court when he arrives in the US and before he


Hyatt election,.today

Elwood Mott Jr.,

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

PROPONENTS and critics of union at the Hyatt Regency Hotel yesterday exerted their last-ditch efforts to persuade employees to their respective

camps as they prepared for today's election. · Some 304 eligible voters are expected to cast votes. Election starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m.

About 50 anti-union employees yesterday picketed in front of the Hyatt Hotel, pushing for the rejection of the union.

They were bearing placards that read "No to Union, No to Headache." ·

Union leaders and supporters were not perturbed. "We will win," said Elwood Mott Jr., an officer of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 5.

Also involved in the election is the Commonwealth Labor Federation.

In a letter to local workers, Mott said "the union is here to help stop exploitation, to get


Tenorio leaves for Korea, Hongkong GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio yesterday jetted to Korea on an investment-related trip and will be flying to Hongkong on the way back, the Public Information Office disclosed yesterday.

Public Information Officer Bruce Lloyd in an interview yesterday, confirmed Tenorio's departure but said he is not privy to details about the trip.

Tenorio' strip came a day after he signed the revised contract for World Corporation to do improvements on two vital Saipan roads.

The Korean firm has proposed to finance and undertake the construe-

tion of the Chalan Pale Arnold and the Cross-island back road. Under the deal, the CNMI government would later pay World out of annual grants from the Federal Highway Administration.

The FHA on Monday approved the road deal on the condition thl!,t the contract, which had been approved much earlier by the CNMI government, would be revised to ensure participation of local contractors in the project.

The new revised contract, will now be forwarded to World Corporation's Korea office for sig

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'Serious' talks on budget impasse By DAVID ESPO between President Clinton and Sen- ernment, butitcouldshutdownagain merous other issues. They both say thin~. the problems are that diffi-

WASIIlNGTON (AP)-Aftermore ate Majority Leader Bob Dole. if agreement is not reached. their plans would clear the U.S. bud- cult. . . lhan two weeks of false starts, con- At !he White House, spokesman One Republican official, speak- get deficit in seven years. &u:l!er, the White House and con-gressional Republicans said BarryToiv said, "we expect serious ing on condition of anonymity, said The announcement appeai:ed to gr_ess1?nal Democrat~ had assailed Wednesday night that "serious ne- negotiations on Friday.1bis is what both sides were expected to arrive at representprogress,andRepubhcans, Gmgnch for threatenmg to P!unge gotiations" toward a balanced bud- the president has wanted." Friday's meeting prepared to make at least, seemed optimistic they were port.10ns ot: the govemme~t mto a get will begin Friday with the White Officials said numerous details a serious offer, meaning it would moving closer to theiryear-longgoal Chnstmast11!1e shutdO\.vn m order House and continue unintemipted remain to be worked out, and the achieve a balanced budget in seven of producing a seven-year balanced to force Clinton to yield on the through the weekend. two sides offered differing interpre- years using economic forecasts of budget. Clinton is a Democrat. broader balanced budget.

"We have a long way to go, and tations of how talks might proceed. the Congressional Budget Office, After months of tumult, House Any govern.ment. shutdown they have a long way to go," Sen. Disagreement on how to balance which evaluates financial matters Speaker Newt Gingrich said ~e would.be less .d1sru~uve than last PeteDomenici,chairmanoftheSen- the U.S. budget led to the shutdown for the legislative body. extended budget battle was neanng month s. Officials said the g.ovem-ate Budget Committee, said after a of parts of the national government The two sides remain divided by its end game. "We owe the Ameri- ment would furlou.gh an es~1mated day of discussions that included at for six days last month. Politicians enormous differences over taxes, can people a balanced budget in the 280,000 workers if spendmg au-least one telephone conversation voted to temporarily fund the gov- national health insurance, and nu- next nine or 10 days, period," the thoritylapsed,far~elowtheroughly ~it{i Georgia Republican said. "I don't 800,000 affected m November.

Clinton's approval rating tops 50 percent in 1995 NEW YORK (AP) - President Clinton's approval rating has topped 50 percent, while the popularity of Speaker Newt Gingrich and other House Republicans has dropped in the past year, according to a New York Times/CBS poll released Wednesday. .

Clinton's approval rating of 51 percent was the highest since February 1994, the Times said. Thirtyeight percent said they disapproved of the way the Democratic president is handling his job and 11 percent did not know or did not answer.

Whoopi Goldberg appears with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a Capitol Hill forum on proposed cuts in federal programs for children. Goldberg, once a welfare recipient herself, played talk show host at the hearing set up as a television studio interviewing families and caregivers who relied on federal welfare programs. (AP Photo).

Only 29 percent approved of Gingrich's job performance, down from 34 percent in October. And 26 percent said they approved of how Congress is handling its job.

When asked which party they most trusted to balance the budget, the public was evenly divided, with

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41 percent trusting the Republicans in Congress and 4 I percent trusting Clinton. Just a year ago, after the Republican triumph in the midterm elections, 60 percent said they trusted the Republicans more in balancing the budget and 28 percent named Clinton.

Thenegativeratings for Gingrich and the House Republicans do not seem to have rubbed off on Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who had a 52 percent favorable rating.

The one sign of trouble for Clinton in the poll was in Bosnia. Only 36 percent said the president's plan to send troops there to enforce the peace agreement was the right thing to do.

The poll was conducted among a random sample of I, I 11 adults by telephone Dec. 9-11. The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.

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Bill proposes greyhound racing By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

WITH HIS casino bill taking the back seat in the House of Representatives' agenda, Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio has submitted draft legislation seeking to legalize another form of gaming - greyhound racing.

The 16-page draft legislation, transmitted to both houses of Legislature on Tuesday, seeks to bring the new gaming activity to Saipan, similar to that currently drawing evening crowds in Guam.

"As you know, Guam has found greyhound racing to be a significant source of gov-

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"We have already received inquiries from potential investors who would be interested in bringing such racing here," said the governor.

Tenorio said dog racing would be a good idea as it will provide entertainment opportunities for tourists in the evening.

"Other than cultural dances, we don't have evening activities for tourist families," Tenorio stressed.

The draft legislation takes note at how greyhound racing has provided a steady flow of income to the Guam government, both directly through taxes and fees and indirectly through additional jobs it generates and the number of tourists it attracts.

Besides, the bill notes, the pro-

posed activity is a relatively benign form of public gaming which will not have major negative side effects and which is not inconsistent with the culture of the Mariana Islands.

"Although these races would not generate as much income as casinos, they would be less invasive and would likely have less negative social impact," said Tenorio.

Union members not privileged to stay here indefinitely--Aloot ALIEN contract workers who believe that joining a union will allow them to stay in the Commonwealth indefinitely are badly mistaken, Acting Attorney General C. Sebastian Aloot said.

On his way to a Tucson, Arizona conference of Attorney Generals, Afoot presented the Commonwealth's position on union and labor management issues to officials of the National Labor Relations Board in Honolulu and the US Department of Labor in San Francisco.

"The position of the Commonwealth has been clear and consistent," the Acting Attorney General said following the meetings, "All residents have an equal ability to exercise their rights under CNMI and federal laws, including those governing unions and collective bargaining. In other words, they are free to join union."

"What is being overlooked by some, however, is that these rights are subject to the 'commonwealth's superior right to control its own borders through immigration and foreign labor laws," Aloot said.

and local laws make union organizing and operating somewhat different than in other parts of the United States.

Asked what this might mean for foreign workers choosing to join a union in the future, Aloot said, "Union membership or non-membership - or gaining union seniority - will not result in any greater rights to remain in the Commonwealth."

Aloot said the CNMI's "Non-Resident Workers Act," which puts a priority on hiring U.S. citizens, will determine whether foreign workers stay or go home, rather than membership in a union or other labor organization.

Aloot emphasized the CNMI view that, "immigration and work status are not a proper subject of collective bargaining between a union and an employer."

The Acting AG said he presented the CNMI' s stance on union issues to Philippine officials last month on Saipan and that they appeared to understand and accept them.

"My meetings with the NLRB and DOL were equally cordial but candid," Aloot said. "I am confident that they now understand that the Commonwealth

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under the Covenant will not be invalidated through the improper application of domestic U.S. laws."

Aloot said Commonwealth and federal officials agreed to work more closely to ensure effective and proper enforcement of all applicable laws.

THE A TIORNEY General's Office has charged a man who allegedly beat an eight-year-old child.

Assistant Atty. Gen. Gabriel Acosta charged Brent G. Fukuichi, of Capitol Hill, wi'th child abuse.

Court information showed that last Nov. 12 Fukuichi "intentionally struck the child who was in his custody inflicting physical pain and or injury."

Acosta said "such pain or injury clearly beyond the scope of reasonable corporal punislunent."

The court summoned the defendant to appear on Dec. 18 for an arraignment before the Superior Court.

In police report, a 27-year-old man suffered injuries after he was allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat by another person at a residence in Chalan Kanoa Wednesday night.

The victim was taken to the Commonwealth Health Center,

No other details were given in the report.

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT. Schoolboys from the Tanapag Elementary School dance the maas yesterday at the Manamko Center to entertain some 50 elderly men and women. (Sffll rotated photo on page 24.J

At Hopwood, a 24-year-old woman sought police help after her watch she placed on a table in one of the rooms was allegedly stolen Wednesday morning. (FDT)

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Stop the chaos, the hatred THE UNION movement on Saipan has taken on a feverish pitch once again as another hotel gets faced with the ordeal of having to deal with the union question. .

With Saipan Grand and Hafa Adai Hotels already smarting fro~ the experience of having successful union bids, the prospect of organized labor affirming its presence on the island is as great as ever.

Today, employees of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, one of Saipan's top hotels, will go to the polling center to decide on whether they too would take the route taken by their colleagues from the two other hote_ls ..

This.day marks the culmination of days of planning, of campa1gmng and of readily-noticeable tension between management and rank and file.

The Hyatt campaign may have proven to be the hottest mo~emen~ to date, possibly equalling the tense contest that marked the p1oneenng Hafa Adai movement.

One may have observed that the Hyatt was the one that was really given full support by off-island unionists. It was the one where employees were really banded by union organizers into one big, loud and coherent salvo.

Last Tuesday and Thursday's demonstration indeed made a n~ise enough for CNMI leaders to hear and for regular. hotel pal:on~ to notice.

Although the rantings were a good mamfestauon of solidanty among Hyatt's working class, they may have been a headache for the management as the situation may have unnecessanly depicted chaos and confrontation.

More importantly, the disruptive appearance of their exercise_ of freedom of assembly may have aggravated the already combative stance taken by CNMI government officials.

One should remember that the union move has already been under attack from members of the House of Representatives.

In fact a legislation to reimpose the four year limit o~ alien workers . has been introduced as a direct consequence of the growmg resentment

to the untried and untested union move. Even Gov. Tenorio had once expressed his disdain on the union

movement saying it has no place in an island like Saip~. So although there may be legitimate endeavors bemg fought for,

engaging in an agitating assembly of jeerers and hecklers would only tend to undermine the cause.

Besides this may only add fire to the already tense si~ation. . . What if because of the demonstration, policy makers like the cntics

in the Ho~se find reason to believe that picketing and work disruption may logically come next as may be gleaned from the restless approach that was employed? . .

And what if as a reaction, oppressive policies like the four year lm11t be triggered.

One must take into consideration that even though government has taken moves to ensure protection for workers, the built-in bias and prejudice against non-locals still exi~t. . .

Haven't we grown tired of sometimes seemg so°:e locals beratmg non-locals over parking spaces and laundry machmes. Or perhaps seeing natives being entertained first at government counters despite long lines of people waiting to be served. .

Worse, as one male Filipino teacher expenenced lately, local people mauling and physically hurting non-locals. . .

Though such occurrences could not be generalized, they contmue to happen much to our dismay. . . ,

With the mostly non-resident union proponents breaking Sa1pan s normally serene working environment, it is not hard to see the hatred intensify. . .

If that happens, it is not only the union worker endmg up beanng the heat but all alien workers.

How can the union ever sto

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I Galaide By: John DelRosario

Wage Review Board at Work The work of the Wage Review Board is a task in

itself. What it eventually recommends as floor wages (minimum) for the various industries here will be based on factual income premised on the 1993 Census Report.

There are a number of issues which must be remembered as the whirl wind of agreements and disagreements spiral into a heavy storm. They are: 1 ). The determination of a floor wage (minimum) is one of the very essence of self-government. 2). The industry wage contained under pertinent law is the surest way of preventing the system from bankruptcy. 3). The fate of the garment industry isn't so much whether the minimum wage should be equally enforced for it will have petered out in ten years by natural death. Thus, the more urgent and relevant query that leadership must wrestle with is finding a replacement industry.

We should also be grateful that we have a strong and level headed chairman leading the board. I have known Jack S. Torres as a co-worker in the first constitutionally established bicameral legislature in 1978. He's one person who speaks his mind and will not stop at anything to make a positive difference, specifically, in imrro.ving the economic lot of the often neglected ma3onty. And he's determined to go to bat for them with an ultrasense of commitment.

Torres is equally determined to strike a happy medium in the floor wages of the various industries. That he's associated with L&T is, in my view, inconsequential. I have seen him argue his case with higher-ups in both public and private sectors to get his message across. And he usually prevails! Regardless of his associ_ati9ri,. he _spe~ks his mind to the hilt in what he believe\ 1s nght m, i.e., requirements of the law, for or against L&T and other companies similarly situated. As former director of the Department of Commerce and Labor, he's taken the extra mile to assist companies come to terms with labor law requirements. That's Jack Torres, a tough minded, forthright yet mindful individual when it comes to matters of public laws and policies.

I admire the gentleman's foresight and vision. He's fully cognizant that the CNMI is sitting atop a four legged financial or economic stool. We can't afford standing on one leg, i.e., tourism industry; nor the garment industry and smaller service industries. Nor should we put all our eggs in one basket such as plans to establi,h a gaming industry here. We have to have a combination of all four sectors working together on a complimentary basis. Friends, we either work in harmony or sink into the abyss of the Marianas Trench together.

The "Other" Leak in the System

Since the golden days of the Trust Territory Government and well through the inception of our constitutional government and even through these days the perks given off-island expatriates (US Mainlanders and Third World Countries) that are hardly offered anywhere except here.

These perks include housing, transportation to venue of employment and repatriation, hardship compensation, paid vacation and sometimes ground transportation provided by the government. This doesn't include resume' building where these expatriates bilk the system with education and training money, funds that are best spent in building a cadre of indigenous professionals and technical people.

At a minimum, we spend close to $40,000 on each expatriate employee and as though we are overflowing with hard to come by public funds, we even extend the same perks to "local hire" who quietly take the fringe benefits as though it comes with the territory. You try to deny them and they dish out threats of lawsuits as though they have the court's decision ready and handy in their palms.

I strongly recommend that as a matter of policy, all expatriates who wish to work here beyond two years must be taken off these perks so they can become a part of this community. Those who hold responsible positions without the benefit of the requisite qualifications or expertise must be asked to leave the system alone. I'd be damned if they are going to use the system building up resumes' so that it's padded down before returning home. It's not our responsibility to make sure you are eventually qualified for the job you have now. You're supposed to have the requisite expertise before applying for the job.

I have several names on my list and have done my home work specifically on just what qualifications did they have before taking their jobs, training and seminars they took in order to qualify. There's a certain office here where the boss has taken more trips while failing to keep up with the very intent of a federally funded program. And I will explain this matter in the near future.

**** If the CNMI Retirement Program is going to remain

solvent as is the case today, then all government departments and agencies must cooperatively guard against hiring non-indigenous people who are sixty years old (60) and could easily join the chorus through age. This may look insignificant in terms of number. Nevertheless, it fits the proverbial million mile journey which.begins with the first step. Little by little·it eats away against a system (Goliath) and the only time it matters to us is when David (non-indigenous workers) finally floors the beast! Then we begin asking: "How did this happen?" By the time we muse ourselves with this question, the solvency of the progra?'l may be highly questionable. A matter of public policy, anybody?

Come on, Mr. Del Rosario 1'6ar Editor: TheblatantracismespousedinJohn

De1Rosario,Jr.' scolumn never ceases to amaze me Gust as it ever cease to annoy me). In his December 11, 1995,columnJolmdecidestosuggest that Korean storeowners are somehow more apt to cheat on their taxes thananyoneelseontheisland Pardon me - John doesn't suggest it - he comes right out and says it He is sickened whenever he goes into a Korean store and sees that the fish in the store are overpriced. John knows that local fishennan only charge$2.00 per pound for rabbit fish, but those nasty Korean storeowners are charging $4.50perpound. From this point, John takes the le.<ip into wondering whethe~those Korean fish purveyors are paying taxes on all that money they are earning on those rabbit fish.

Since when did being Korean have anything to do with overcharging for basic grocery items here in Saipan? Has John been in any of our nonKorean owned markets lately? Doesn't "uneasinessl'lUl up" his spine when he goes into any of our major non-Korean grocery stores here and sees the daily price gouging Saipan consumers are made to endure. Price gouging has been going on so long on this island that it is deemed normal. I don't, however, think that any particular race of storeowners have cornered the market on ripping off the

peopleofSaipan. Wehavebeentold for years that it is the shipping cost from Guam to Saipan that makes the differenceinSaipanandGuarnprices. Please tell me that there aren't still people out who believe this nonsense. Prices are high on Saipan because grocer's charge high price to makeinflatedprofiK These grocer's are Korean, Chinese, statesiders, and indigenous. Are non-Korean markets less likely than Korean market<; to cheat on their taxes even though they too buy product<; at a low price and sell them for a high price?

What about the fisherman who charges the Korean market $2.00 per pound for rabbit fish. Why is the fisherman more likely to pay his taxes? Is it because he's not Korean? Are Koreans the only people who cheat on their taxes here? If so, this is quite a revelation, which should make the tax auditor's jobs a lot easier this year. I suppose John would say 'Just audit the Korean taxes." Grow up Johnandfindanewhobby-maybe a white hood and a little cross burning would appeal to you.

David Meese

P,.S. Uneasiness"runsupmyspine" every time I read your column, but it doesn't make me wonder whether or not you pay your taxes.

Outgoing SYFL chair sends kudos Dear SYFL Patrons, TheSaipan YouthFootballLeague

(SYFL) concludes its second season this year by playing two games on Saturday, Dec. 9, with visiting teams from the Guam Youth Football League. 1hls year was another successful season for the SYFL.

Historically, a small group of us becameSYFLfoundersin1993. Our dream was to start an exciting tackle football program for Saipan' s youth. The league was to comprise of 4 Pee Wee Teams with some 100 players and team cheerleaders. Other goals included having young people learn someimportantlifelongconceptssuch as maintaining passing grades in school, practicing sportsmanship and teamwork, improving self-esteem, and experiencing personal growth and improvement, and to live "drugfree."

SYFLfoundersrea!izedtheirdream in 1994 when: I) the SYFL was incorporated with by-laws and rules for the League; 2) fundraising was started to plll'Chase football uniforms and equipment; 3) players, coaches and officials were recruited; 4) cheerleadinggroups were formed; 5) a football field was set-up; and 6) games were scheduled Their dream continued this year as well.

In 1995, the SYFL expanded with two Midget Teams, in addition to its fourexistingPee Wee Teams. Additionally, the football field was resurfaced to improve safety for SYFL players, a score board was purchased to add better control of time during games,andofficialsandcoacheswere offered in-service training.

I would like to express my sincer~t appreciation and congratulations to our more than 130 CNMI youngsters who participated on our Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Teams as Pee Wee and Midget players or ir,er asmstants. You made tackle football a reality here in the

CNMI. As SYFL participant<;, you met

your obligations to attend football practices while maintaining passing grades in school. You also had opportunities to practice sportsmanship and to develop teamwork skills.

Several groups of individuals have earned my respect for helping our SYFL players and cheerleaders. They include SYFL officials, coaches, officers and board members, parents, vendors, donors, Governor Tenorio, and several of his administrative staff members.

Frna!ly, various CNMI media provided invaluable assistance to help bring SYFL activities to the CNMI community.

Marianas Cable Television (with telecast sponsors IT&E, Lollipops, Tires-To-Go and Triple J Motors) and announcer Robert Coldeen, Variety Publisher Abed Younis, Saipan Cable Television's reporter Michael Wright, Power 99 announcer Joe Reyes, and reporters from the Marianas Observer and the Saipan Tribune. Thank you for helping this year.

Our 1995 Season was a time of growth and improvement Our first seasonin 1994wasatimeofdevelopment, organization, preparation, and implementation of the SYFL.

Please note that I fonnally submitted my resignation as SYFL Commissioner, effective on Dec. 9, after serving for two years. ijowever, I intendtoremainaSYFLboardmember.

Thank you for your cooperation, support, and interest in helping to promote the SYFL as it continues to serve the youth of Saipan. Please have a safe and enjoyable holiday season.

Conlially, Jolm M Romish!r l 9'J5 SYH.. Commissiorrx

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Cody lists SCTV's 'shortcomings' Dear Editor: Even with impending compe

tition. I've tried to be patient. I've

listened to the excuses. However, I think 4 months between public complaints is justifiable. The following is a list of wrongdoings committed by SCTV to the people of Tinian. These crimes are not new, but have evolved over the years, and yet no justice seems foreseeable. To some, these grievances may appear trivial. However, those who have dealt with SCTV know what I speak.

I) Tinian was without service for six consecutive months between 1994 and 1995. What did SCTV do as a reward to the people of Tinian for their patience when service was finally restored? They increased our rates. Nobody would have put up with that slap in the face under normal circumstances. However, these are not normal circumstances. SCTV owns a monopoly on Tinian, for the time being. I guess they think they can get away with anything.

2) It's bad enough that this region's viewers are subject to view week-old tapes. It is compounded by the fact that SCTV uses second-hand tapes, resulting in frequent video problems.

3) Tinian viewers experience constant reception problems. I

don't mean microwave problems. I mean poor reception caused by old, worn-out, second-rate parts and equipment.

4) Volume inconsistency. One channel may be so slow that you couldn't hear it if you sat right next to the television set. Another could blow your eardrums or speakers out.

5) The way they cut off some shows in mid-sentence or run over into other shows to run their commercials is annoying.

6) The TV guide is almost always late, usually a couple of days, more often longer, and yet we are still required to pay the full price. To my knowledge no one has ever been reimbursed for this, which has been going on for the four years I've lived here. Not only is the guide late, it is so full of inaccuracies as to be pitiful.

With all these problems SCTV continues to run self-promotional ads. It seems to me that the money would be better spent on the above mentioned problems.

It's no wonder that SCTV experiences a constant turnover of personnel, including the GM position. I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that there must have been a half dozen GMs in the seven years I've lived in the CNMI. The new GM told me he wasn't aware of the problems encoun-

tered or caused by his predecessors and would try to alleviate them. Guess what, mister GM, that's the same excuse your predecessors used. The "SCTV GM Manual on Public Relations" needs to be updated.

Just when I think that SCTV management can't get any more callous, they pull a stunt as what happened last week. After all these years of poor service a member of SCTV management finally visited Tinian.

Guess what the offer was? We' II give you two free months of service (now that the threat of competition is here) but you' II have to commit to SCTV for 14 additional months! Is this throwing the dog a bone or what? Does SCTV think the people of Tinian is that stupid?

Finally, considering all of these inefficiencies, we are still required to pay the same rate as Saipan viewers. How about it management, where is the justification? I guess as long as the big boss makes his bucks what does he care about the "little people."

Oh, yeah. Merry Christmas!

Sincerely,

Michael Cody P.O. Box 231 Tinian, MP 96952

Correction, Mr. Richard Pierce Dear Editor: Your December 13' sedition of

newspaper included a letter from Richard A. Pierce, Special Assistant to the Governor for Drug and Substance abuse, which contained a grossly erroneous statement.

Mr. Pierce wrote that the "Saipan Youth Football League would now allow alcohol consumption at their 2nd Guam Sai pan Goodwill games on Saturday." He was referring to an

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announcement in 12/7 edition of the Variety.

I have in front of me a copy of that announcement. This is what it says: "S YFL is reminding the public that alcoholic beverage consumption in the area during the games is strictly prohibited, the games being a family event."

The same message was given over the public address system at every game this season. I know; I was the announcer. Also, that

announcement was carried in press releases and on my sports segment on Marianas Cablevision.

Although Mr. Pierce got his facts wrong, at least his concern was made with good intentions.

Sincerely,

Bob Coldeen SYFL Announcer

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Sonoda named new Customs chief By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio has appointed Jose A. Sonoda to the position of director for the Customs Division of the Department of Finance.

The appointment made last

Tuesday was to take immediately, it was learned.

"I am confident that you will perform admirably in assisting the secretary of Finance carry out the mandates of the department and the Commonwealth government," Tenorio told Sonoda in his short,

one-page appointment letter. The position of Customs chief

used to be held by Vicente Camacho until he was appointed recently as deputy secretary of Finance.

The appointment of S0n9.da is in line with a provision in Execu-

tive Order 94-3 which states that all officials at or above the level of division director, or the equivalent by whatever title known, shall be appointed by the governor.

The same provision also indicates such officials shall also serve at the pleasure of the governor.

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Students from all the public and private schools on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota are invited to attend and compete.

The three categories are grades 5-6, grades 7-8, and grades 9-12. The competition will consist of a written elimination round with the top 6 finishers competing in the oral Quiz Bee.

The Quiz Bee will be broadcast live on Saipan Cable at 10 a.m., Dec. 16.

Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category immediately following the contest. An awardsandrecognitiondinnerwill be held that evening.

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N~AjT;livfti°i=;iring Labor prober By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE A TI'ORNEY General's Of-fice has agreed to recommend a no jail term to a former labor investigator who wanted to admit stealing the proceeds of a labor settlement case.

Assistant Atty. Gen. Christine Zachares will recommend five years' imprisonment, all suspended, against defendant Frank S. Ada.

Ada, through counsel G. Anthony Long, entered a plea agreement with Zachares.

Ada was charged with theft by unlawful taking or disposition, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received, and misconduct in public office.

If convicted of the charges, Ada

faces a maximum jail term of 11 years and $11,000 fine.

Under the agreement, Ada will plead guilty to theft by unlawful taking or disposition.

The government in return will move to dismiss the other charges.

Both parties agreed that Ada will be placed under five years in probation.

He shall pay $3,000 fine. Within one year, Ada must pay

restitution to Remington Club employees-Manuela Fe Lim; Liza Postrano; Rowena A. Quiachon; Rena Deleon Santos; Angelina L. Ayroso; Felicidad E. Cabailo; Benedicta San Juan; Marites Yap; Marivic Victoria; Bong Kil Kang, and Ronaline Saladero.

Ada is also required to perform

500 hours of community work service in two years.,

Court information showed that on Dec. 2, 1993 until Oct. 14, 1994, Ada, who was then an investigator with the Department of Commerce and Labor, took the $8,500 settlement proceeds.

The Garapan-based Remington Club paid the money for the benefit of Juliet Tupas and other club employees.

Lawyer Dennis O'Shea reported to investigator Juan Salas of the AG's Investigation Office that Ada was responsible for delivering the settlement money to him no later than Nov. 2, 1993.

The amount was to be paid by Oct. 20, 1993.

O'Shea caller! the defendant on the dealine date to confirm the

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payment. Ada claimed that the payment was late because Remington needed additional time to gather the money.

O'Shea continued checking with the defendant on a weekly basis through mid-November, but continued receiving excuses.

O'Shea then checked with Remington and was told that the payment had been made on Oct. 14, 1993,aweekpriortothedeadline.

O'Shea contacted Ada who said the payment had been received and that it would be delivered

immediately. The money was not delivered.

O'Shea decided to contact Ada's supervisoron Dec. 9, 1993 and informed him of Ada's behavior.

On the same day, Adaarrivedat O'Shea's office and paid the amount.

On Jan. 31, 1994, Ada gave a statement to investigator Curtis Hibdon of the AG Investigation Office, admitting he had lied to O'Shea about the money.

Ada said he withheld the settlement money and gambled it away.

Man charged with burglary on Rota

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE GOVERNMENT has charged a man who burglarized and took money and other items from establishments on Rota, including a school.

John Gilbert Atalig, of Sinapalo I, Rota, was charged before the Superior Court with two counts of burgary, two counts of theft, attempted burglary, and criminal mischief.

Assistant Atty. Gen. Gabriel Acosta said between last Sept. 6-27 Atalig broke into the Rota High School JR OTC Building and stole $940 cash.

On Sept. 22, Atalig attempted to enter the Wholesale Store, causing damage to property.

The following day, Atalig also burgl~zed the Teteto Beach Club and ran away various sundry items consisting of retail merchandise.

The court summoned the defendant to appear for an arraign-

ment before the Rota Superior Court on Jan. 4.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General's Office also filed attempted theft by deception against Kimo L. Gottwald.

Acosta said between last Oct. 4-27 on Saipan, Gottwald tried to obtain property from Micro! Corp. Inchcape Insurance Services "by purposely creating a false impression."

The defendant attempted to get insurance proceeds for the alleged loss by theft of his vehicle.

Arraignment was set for Dec. 18.

Coldeen son held anew


THE POLICE arrested again the son of TV sports newscaster Robert "Bob" Coldeen for allegedly creating a disturbance at their house while reeking alcohol Wednesday night.

Alexander David Coldeen was remanded back to police custody for violating the terms and conditions of his release in the previous criminal case.

No form,tl charges have been filed against him in connection with Wednesday's incident.

A$5,000cash bail was set for his release.

Alexander was charged before the Superior Court with possession of weapon without proper identification cards, possession of altered firearm and disturbing the peace.

He was released to Coldeen who claimed his son "is a very nice and responsible person" when he is not under the influence of alcohol.

Coldeen acted as a third party custodian.

Part of the release condi lions was to prohibit Alexander from drinking alcohol and observe an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.

Court information showed that last Oct. 13 the defendant phoned hismotherMarthaat !Op.m.threatening to shoot Robert and his (Alexander's) sister.

Coldeen searched their house and found a .22 cal.rifle inside Alexander's closet.

Alexander was never issued an identification card for such firearm, according to the Attorney General's Office.

The gun's barrel and stock had been shortened.

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DOLi expediting labor cases-- Sablan By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

LAl:feR and immigration Secretary Thomas Sablan said yesterday his office is expediting the resolution of labor cases pending in the department.

He made the statement in reaction to complaints from several contract workers whose cases have not been acted upon since they were filed.

Several nonresident workers told the Variety their cases have been dragging on for at least two years. Most of them were Filipino workers who felt "we a(e being discriminated against."

"We seem to be in a no-win situation here," said a Filipino worker who asked not to be identified. "We know, many of our employers have relatives in the labor department. How can we expect to get due attention."

Some of the complainants, due to lack of access to the labor office, had tried to seek attention from officials through letters to the media.

Only one so far- fisherman Genaro Sardom-has come out in the open.

Sablan urged contract workers who have complaints "not to be afraid and come see me

personally." The Department of Labor

and Immigration, Sablan added, "is more than willing to entertain their complaints."

He said the labor division is currently working on thousands of cases, some of which, he said, were filed way back in 1987.

"I was not yet the labor secretary when these cases were filed," Sablan said.

The labor division, he said, has resolved over 300 cases since he assumed office early this year.

Statistics is not available as of press time.

"Our goal is to expedite the (resolution) of these cases," the labor chief said.

Most of the complaints were about unpaid salaries and some of them, according to Sablan, involved huge amounts of money that they could not be resolved immediately.

At any rate, he said the CNMI government is pushing efforts "to prove to the Philippine government and other goyernments for that matter, that we doing our part to help the nonresident workers . "

"We aim for the lifting of the workers' ban impo.~ed by the Philippine government," he said.

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Hotel worker gets jail term • ing the vehicle. By Ferdie de la Torre

Variety News Staff SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Miguel Demapan gave a six-month jail term yesterday to a man who hit a steward supervisor of Hyatt Regency Hotel with a vehicle last month.

D lt b f h le Satur allegedly suspended r or assau '1 use o.. ue lC ~7~~~:.orviolatingwork-related

Demapan sentenced Reynaldo D. Mortel, also a steward of Hyatt, to one year in jail, all suspended except six months.

Mortel was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Mortel, through counsel Chief Public Defender Daniel J. DeRienzo, reached an agreement with Assistant Atty. Gen. Gabriel Acosta by pleading guilty to the charges.

Pursuant to the agreement, Demapan ordered Mortel to pay $500 fine in one year while being placed under probation for five years.

For DUI, the judge also sen-

tenced him to three days in jail concurrent with the term on the other charge.

It means Mortel will serve the three days within six months while in jail.

Court information showed that Mortel "purposely caused bodily injury to Tony Satur with a dangerous weapon, to wit a vehicle."

Satur, the steward supervisor, suffered injuries.

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When Mortel saw Satur walking near the entrance of the hotel lastNov.6hesteppedonthegasof his vehicle and hit the supervisor.

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AIDS in Vanuatu IT'S ANTICIPATED, the deadly AIDS virus will be identified in Vanuatu within the next three to four years.

Although Vanuatu officially has reported no cases of AIDS/HIV, there's prediction that the deadly virus may already exist in the country, but has not been detected because HIV testing among high risk groups has been limited

This prediction is contained in the latest edition of the Pacific health dialog (PHD) produced by the Pacific basin medical officers training program at the Univer-

sity of Hawaii and the Fiji School of Medicine.

An article by Myriam Abel, the officer in-charge of preventative services, with the Department of Health in Vanuatu, published in the dialog, says that with the increasing mobility, the spread of the disease into Vanuatu is only a matter of time.

She says Vanuatu' s close proximity to countries with high incidence of HIV such as Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia increases the risk of HIV infections ... Pacnews

Forceful deportation hit TWO IMMIGRATION officials in Papua New Guinea who defied a court order by forcefully deporting Australian lawyer John Gordon were found guilty of contempt of court yesterday, the National reported Wednesday.

National court judge Tracy Doherty reserved punishment on officers Kevin Artango and Simon Kamni until their lawyer Loani Henao, returns from overseas in mid January.

The third officer charged with contempt in the incident is understood to be still having psychiatric problems.

Contempt proceedings were launched by Mr. Gordon's lawyer, Greg Sheppard, after the defendants defied a national court order preventing the officers from deporting Mr. Gordon.

Mr. Gordon had arrived at the Port Moresby Jacksons airport only to be pulled in by immigration officers and sent back to Australia after an hour of interrogation.

Justice Doherty said in her judgement that an order of a court is an importanr document.. .. Pacnews

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checks in in the program. Munson called Sablan's wife,

who' 11 be accompanying him, from her seat during the hearing and asked her if she could control her husband. She answered yes.

Munson followed up, "Has there been any time you couldn't control him?" She answered no.

When asked further if she would ask the help of the court in case

· ~he encountered any problem, particularly Sablan's taking of controlled substance, Mrs. Sablan said she would.

The wife informed the court that the whole family was happy with the businessman's taking the step to get treatment and that her husband himself was looking forward to his trip to the US to seek treatment.

She added that her husband was taking some medication to lessen his craving for drug.

Sablan was under the cu.stody of the US Marshall until the time he was to board the plane in Saipan.

In Guam he was to be met by the Marshall there and be under custody until his departure for the US when the court temporarily releases him from custody to attend the rehabilitation program.

"You're on your own in California, andyou'llhave to proceed to the hospital as agreed upon," Munson told Sablan.

The court recognized the possibility that the treatment would be extended and therefore set the revocation hearing in Guam for Jan. 30 next year.

The Guam hearing would decide if Sablan' s probation would be revoked or if he would be sent to jail for violating a probation condition.

The violation, if proven, has a maximum penalty of six months, according to US Assistant Atty. David T. Wood, counsel for the US government.

If Sablan' s rehabilitation is successful, his lawyer can, however, present the results during the revocation hearing.

Sablan's conviction in Guam stemmed from his and his friend Jose C. Terlaje's arrest on Oct. 6, 1992, at the Saipan International Airport after customs inspectors allegedly found 347 rounds of 30-cal. carbine bullets in their luggage.

The bullets were found in several cellular-phone boxes, a flashlight and deodorant container.

The two friends bad come from Guam.

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Kagman project given another try By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

DESPITE recommendations to the contrary, the Department of Public Works is giving the design contract for the planned Kagman School projectonemorechancetogetfunded before the whole thing is scrapped.

This was learned from Public WorksSec.EdwardM.DL.Guerrero whosaidheisexpectingtheproposed school design to get funded through the $240 million bond issue being prepared by the CNMI Government

''I have requested that DOI look at it again with the idea that there will be other funding available to complete the job," Guerrero said in an interview Tuesday.

"We have requested their approval and we are waiting anytime now to receive a response from Insular Affairs," added the secretary.

"So I have asked the public auditor to give us 90days to resolve this. If90

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days comes up and still no approval forthe$ l.2 million, then I will tenninate the contract"

The design contract for the school, priced at $1.2 million, earlier drew Interior's disapproval in light of the

Froilan C. Tenorio

factthatonly$4millioninCIPmoney was appropriated for the construction of the school facility.

With the ccntract not getting federal funding support, the Finance Departmenthadearlierrecommended that the design job be terminated.

The advice reportedly went unheeded.

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"As you know, Mr. Al Stayman came here around three weeks ago and was told by the governor that the Legislature has given him authority to float the $240 million bond So now the Kagman School is part of that bond issue such that the question of funding would no longer be a problem," said Guerrero.

Underthe bond scheme, theCNMJ government will be selling bonds to raise the money needed to undertake infrastructure improvement all at one time.

Bond purchasers will then be compensated upon the bond maturity plus interest

According to the DPW boss, Stayman told the governor to resubmit the project so DOI could look at it again.

"So there's that possibility of him approving the $ 1.2 million for the design," said Guerrero.

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Kids share Christmas with elderly By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

A GROUP of fifth and sixth graders from Tanapag Elementary School yesterday spread the Christmas cheers to their elderly counterparts, dancing and singing before them and later dancing with them at the Manamko Center in Susupe.

The schoolchildren were accompanied by Josephine

Jones, a Chamorro bilingual teacher aide and Richard Rosokow, a Carolinian bilingual teacher.

Jones, 19, said it was the second time this year that they entertained the elderly men and women, the first a few months ago when the children sang "songs of thanks."

Yesterday the 30 children both sang and danced before some 50 senior citizens. They

sang Christmas carols in Caro-1 ini an and Chamorro and danced maas, the 'hula, and cha-cha.

"We always share the joys of Christmas to our manamkos," Rosokow said.

Jones said that she would like the children to come to the Aging Center often to let them "associate with their elders."

"The reason I like them to

come more often is that our elders hold the key to our past and I would like our future to be the ones to receive that key so that our culture would not die," said Jones, who is enrolled in Education at the Nothem Marianas College.

The children had also a grand time dancing the chacha with their elders.

Toward the end of the program, Santa Claus, police officer Joe Saures, arrived and greeted each of the manamkos.

The children had previously

performed at the Saipan International School.

Next week they will spread the Christmas spirit to the sick confined in the Commonwealth Health Center, Rosokow said.

Today it will be the turn of students from Hopwood Jr. High to entertain the Commonwealth's aging community.

Next week the manamkos will go caroling at the Governor's and the Lieutenant Governor's residences, as well as the hospital.

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Demapan bidding politics goodbye By ~ar-Vlc C. Munar could not decide whether he in 1992. Variety News staff was a Republican or a Demo- "I enjoyed being a lawmaRer,

SENATE President Juan S. crat. He ended up becoming serving our people for four years.

said, will give him more time to spend with his family.

Demapan revealed plans to do consultancy work. He is licensed in Guam and the United States. Demapan said he will relin- party less. It has been a most rewarding ex-

quish politics as soon as he He became Senate President perience in my life," said the

"I guess I cannot say much as of this time. I'll now be concentrating on my family's future," he said.

He would not be a total recluse, nevertheless, as he "will still be watching what's happening the government and local politics."

leaves the legislature next following a coup that toppled lameduck senator. m~n.th. . then Senate chief Joseph lnos Absence in politics, Demapan

I m still young; I can still work and earn a living," Demapan said in an interview Tuesday.

Demapan, on~ of the most colorful personalities in local politics, faded from the limelight after he was defeated by Democrat candidate Juan Tenorio during the Nov. 4 elections.

His re-election bid was marked· with confusion as he

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The council's First Cycle of

Grantlines for 1996 tackles at least three general topics: family heritage, lessons from Manamko, and foundations of American democracy.

Last year, Barrineau said, the council mounted a photoexhibit entitled Familian Islas Marianas, which featured family folklore, stories, traditions and

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for a proposal similar to this one," Barrineau said. "The whole idea is to use family heritage as a tool to make people realize and become aware that family traditions and values are the ones that make up a culture."

The loss of these family traditions, the council chief added, would mean "a serious loss of identity."

The second grantline deals with "lessons from the Manamko and the Extended Family in the Chamorro and Carolinian Culture."

This grantline should indicate how family structure changed over the past years.

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"The ideas are very broad. We want the community to come up with specifics," Barrineau said. "The projects can be in any form (such as) seminar, photo-exhibits, forums, TV shows."

Barrineau said the grantlines have been ongoing since the creation of the federal! y funded council in 1992.

The previous projects, he said, were initiated by the council.

"We are now inviting the public to participate and we hope to get more new ideas," Barrineau said .

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FIVEGUAMresidentshavesued the Department of Lands and Natural Resources Division of TI.ands for refusing to acknowledge them as owners of a piece of land in Garapan allegedly previously belonging to their deceased father.

The Arriola brothers Juan, Gregorio and Jesus, and their sisters Maria A. Villagomez and Carmen A. Pablo asked the Superior Court to declare them as owners of approximately 48,000 square meters of land.

The plaintiffs, through counsel Reynaldo 0. Y ana, also claimed they are entitled to compensation for the taking of the property by the Division of Lands formerly called Marianas Public Land Corp.

Y ana said the Arriolas, all NMI descent, and their father Jose San Miguel Arriola, occupied the property since prior to the war

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The Land Commission and MPLC, however, refused to acknowledge that the land belonged to the claimants.

The MPLC' s refusal was based on the fact that it had already claimed the property as belonging to the government, Y ana said.

MPLC also had leased a part of the land to third persons.

Y ana said the Arriolas have never been compensated for the taking of their interest in the property.

The lawyer said the plaintiffs are entitled to compensation pursuant to the Commonwealth Land Exchange Authorization Act.

Yana also requested t:he court to "grant the plaintiffs any other relief which deems just and proper."

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Hyatt ... Continued from page 1

higher wages and better working condition."

On the other hand, Lynn Seman, spokesperson for the anti-union camp, said she was not convinced the union can do anything to help employees.

"They (union supporters) are campaigning against Hyatt but they cannot touch the managers," Seman said in an interview,

"and when trouble comes, the employees would be the ones affected."

The anti-union group is composed ofresident workers. The pro-

union camp, which staged its own rally on Tuesday and Wednesday, is led by nonresident workers.

Seman, however, said the event has nothing todo with racial issues.

"(Hyatt) is an international hotel and its staff is a mixture of different nationalities but the issue here is about employees not about races," Seman said.

"They are saying that they will fight for our rights. What rights are they talking about. We do not want them (union) to come here and take out money," she said.

The union, Seman alleged, "is functioning as a business. They are not Amnesty International."

Union critics in the legislature have labelled the Local 5 Group as "gangsters out to earn profits from

CNMI workers." "Th.is is a misconception," Mott

said, emerging from a meeting with labor officials at the Department of Labor and Immigration office.

Mott met with Labor Secretary Sablan, Labor Director Frank Camacho and, Immigration Management Officer Ric Perez.

Mott said Perez had sought the meeting.

"This meeting indicates that the government now recognizes labor movement in theCNMI," Mott said. ''This is the first step toward a good relationship between the union and the government."

However, he said, the establishment of this relationship "is not going to be a short process. This will take time."

Placard-bearing union supporters led by Elwood Mott march from Micro Beach to Hyatt Hotel last Tuesday. Photo by M.C. MUNAR

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The meeting, Mott said, "was harmonious, although we did not agree on everything.''. .

The union leader discussed with tabor officials certain aspects of the law which, he said, "have to be modified."

He mentioned for example the "elaborateness" of the local immigration and labor laws.

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Tenorio ... Continued from page 1

nature and then to FHA' s Washington, D .C. office for final approval.

According to Lloyd, acting Gov. Jesus C. Borja is scheduled to leave Sunday for Korea to deliver the new contract to World officials and possibly to discuss details of the project.

Borja is reportedly being joined in the trip by Public Works Sec.

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seas Investment is a holding corporation with a wide range of business interests in Asia and America. It has 30 wholly-owned subsidiaries throughout Hongkong, China, Macau, Taiwan, US, Canada and Australia.

To manifest the company's seriousness in its planned mini-casino on Saipan, the Hongkong-based firm has reportedly brought in $20 million dollars deposited at Bank of Hawaii as starting money for the acquisition of the necessary licenses and permits.

A top official of the Hongkong company last October wrote Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio indicating its intention to operate a mini-casino in its planned hotel.

Both consultants said the target market of their casino hotel will be the upscale Chinese travelers, from Taiwan, China and Hongkong.

"As you may know, out of the total 1.75 billion population of China, around 275 million is from the upper middle class. This is the market we are targeting and our estimates tell us that these tourists would be spending up to $1,000 per person per visit," said Henry.

Currently, the Marianas Visitors Bureau is eyeing increased promotional efforts in China to draw more tourists from PROC.

The Sablans said if the CNMI captures even a small percentage of PROC travelers, it would be a tremendous boost to Conunonwealth arrivals.

According to the HOI consultants, aside from the $5 million upfront fee the company is ready to pay, they see a more positive cash flow for the Conunonwealth, and the possibility of no income tax.

According to the Sablan brothers, the CNMI government should make

tails some of which could be discussed between the employers and .the union."

At any rate, Mott said he looks forward to seeing the government and the union meeting compromises "that will benefit everybody."

Mott plans to meet with new members of the legislature when they assume their post in January.

Edward M. DL. Guerrero and Finance Sec. Antonio R. Cabrera.

With the absence of both the governor and the lieutenant governor inuninent this weekend, Lloyd said Senate President Juan S. Demapan may likely assume the governorship in an acting capacity.

Tenorio is expected to be back in the Commonwealth by Monday.

Asked what the governor's Hongkong stop is all about, Lloyd declined a guess.

a decision on casinos before the Commonwealth loses out on other possible gaming destinations in the Pacific.

"As Saipanese, we would definitely prefer that our planned casino be located on Saipan in as much as there is no visa requirement. This would be a boost to our revenuegeneration efforts as the China tourist market is an endless, bottomless pit," said Henry.

"But if the Legislature is not serious in its obligation to represent the interest of the people, then we're looking into Guam," said Henry.

The Sablans lamented that instead of looking at ways to make the casino bill workable for the CNMI, legislators have focused more on how to kill it and delay economic development.

"Our lawmakers have taken the position that the people should decide on casinos. Why is it that when they raised our taxes they opted to do it without letting the people decide. And now there is a proposal for outside money to come in, they should ask the people? it all sounds ridiculous," the duo commented.

Although they appreciate theconcems about social problems associated with casinos, the two consultants said there is always a way to work out solutions to such problems.

'The casino operator can come up with a membership plan to ensure that only tourists will be allowed to play. Besides, we can up our membership fee to a point where only the upper income bracket will be able to play if only to discourage our local people from gambling," said Henry.

As to the apprehension about criminal activities rising, the two consultants said that should be left out for the law enforcement agencies to address.

""We have the FBI, the police, the DEA and other agencies that could help. We should have faith in their capabilities to help us in this million dollar industry," said Henry.

Hong~ong Entertainment Overseas Investment Inc. consultants Henry and v,~ente M. Sablan (right and left, respectively) with Taotao Guam Association president Patrick San Nicolas.

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NORTHERN MARIANAS COLLEGE (NMC)

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If you have any obligations (Business Office, Library, Bookstore, missing transcript. health evaluation report, etc.) that have not been cleared or, you did not request for registration packet. you will not be able to register.

If you are unable to register personally, you may authorize in writing a friend or family member to do so for you. Your 1.0. (driver's license, NMC student 1.0. or a valid passport) and the person who you authorized to register on your behalf must present an identification card. Part-time nondegree and new students do not need to request for registration packet.

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3. A Cashier will be located within the Admissions and Record's Office. You will be called to either make payment and/or pick up your computerized class schedule.

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Bosnia, Rabin 95's top stories By PAUL ALEXANDER

BOSNIA'S civil war and the peace agreement designed to end it was the top news story of 1995, barely edging out the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, according to a poll of the world's news media by The Associated Press.

It was a tumultuous year for Bosnia that included the fall of U .N .-declared "safe havens" to the Bosnian Serbs, who also held U.N. peacekeepers as human shields against NATO airstrikes.

But as 1995 drew to a close, a NATO force that is to include 20,000 U.S. troops was moving in to guarantee the peace, raising hopes that the

war may finally be over after 3 1-2 years.

A year after winning a joint Nobel Peace Prize for his part in advancing the Mideast peace process, Rabin was shot down by a 25-year-old Israeli law student after giving a speech at a peace rally.

Newspapers, news agencies and radio and television stations outside the United States were asked to list the top I 0 news stories of the year. The AP conducts a separate poll of U.S. media.

With 157 responses from 40 countries, Bosnia - the No. 4 story a year earlier - finished first with 1,257 points, based on 10 points for a first-place vote to one point for a 10th-

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place selection. The story earned 59 first-place votes.

Rabin's assassination finished second with 1,243 points and 63 first-place votes in one of the AP poll's closest votes.

France's decision to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific - sparking riots in Tahiti and widespread protests elsewhere - was the thirdranked story, with 801 points and six first-place selections.

In fourth place, with 529 points and four first-place votes, was the gas attack on Tokyo's subway system that killed 12 people and shattered Japan's belief that it was safe from terrorism. An apocalyptic cult was blamed.

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Next was the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City that killed 169 people and brought America face-to-face with homegrown terrorism. The story garnered 467 points and one first-place vote.

In seventh place, with 426 points and one first-place selection, was the bloody ci vii war in Chechnya that left Russian facing resentment over its brutal crackdown.

It was followed by U.S. sports star 0.J. Simpson's acquittal of murder charges for

General view of the demonstration held by public sector workers and students against French Prime Minister Alain Juppe's plan to overhaul the social security system, in Paris Tuesday, the 12th day of the public transportation employees' strike. Chances for an early settlement of the conflict appeared dim, with both the government and the powerful public sector unions refusing to compromise. Juppe will defend his plan later Tuesday at the National Assembly de.bate on a censu:e motion introduced by the Socialist Party. Banner at bottom reads: Workers, students, all together. Banner at center reads: Ra,! workers on stnke. (AP Photo)

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The fits and starts of the Mideast peace process, slowed by terrorist attacks in Israel, was ninth with 294 points and three first-place ballots.

Rounding out the top IO was the continued rise of Muslim fundamentalism in Algeria and elsewhere with 279 points and two first-place ballots. The second IO stories, with their point totals, were:

11, Jacques Chirac's election as French president, 232.

12, The Brent Spar conflict between Shell and Greenpeace, 168.

13, Developments in Russia, including President Boris Yeltsin's health problems, 160.

14, Rogue traders causing problems for the Barings and Daiwa banks, 149. 15, The U.N. Women's Conference in Beijing, 145.

16, The U.N.'s 50th anniversary, 131.

I 7, Former Italian Prime Minister Andreotti' s indictment for alleged Mafia ties, 119.

18, The bombings that terrorized Paris, 113.

19, Mexico's financial crisis, 105.

20, The continued spread of AIDS, 86.

In addition, these stories· were named on at least eight ballots: the defection of two of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's daughters and their husbands; the resignation of NATO head Willy Claes; Zaire's outbreak of the deadly ebola virus; continued ethnic conflict in Rwanda and Burundi; the U.N. pullout from Somalia; the British royal family; Burmese dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi' s release from six years of house arrest; Quebec's independence referendum; the collapse of a South Korean shopping mall that killed 50 I people; the rise and fall of the Japanese yen; and the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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'I\vo DFS 'Employees of the Month' chosen PRESIDENT Marian AldanPierce announced the selection of Jetley Suresh and Rick Mafnas as DFS Employees of the Month for November.

$100.00 in cash. They each become eligible for selection as a 1995 Employee of the Year jn their respective categories.

ability. Jetley was recommended by Assistant Howard Markley from the Dai Ichi Hotel Shop.

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Rick Lemaich and John M. Romisher conducted an awards ceremony in the Galleria Coffee Shop, Garapan. Jelley was selected from the Sales Category and Rick was selected from the Sales Support Category.

Each recipient was awardeo an Employee of the Month Certificate and pin, and

Jetley is a Team Leader who has been employed by DFS Saipan Limited since September of 1991. he was recommended because of his strong customer service, sales success, and willingness to help others. Supervisors and coworkers. he was also recognized for his perfect attendance, reliability, and depend-

Rick Mafnas has been employed in the DFS Security Departinent since November of 1993. he was recognized most for his competence in discovering errors, apprehending shoplifters, and saving DFS from other monetary losses. Rick was also recognized for his positive attitude and strong self-control on the job. Rick was recommended by Rodney Klinge, Security Manager.

THE Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture in support of the Public School System, is seeking visual, traditional and performing artists, interested in giving ~n instruction to elementary age students at the schools during the designated intersession periods.

Thenamesofinterestedinstructors and a description of the artform they will be teaching, will be given to those school's who have requested the names of available art instructors. Selected instructors will be paid a flat artists fee, which has already been predetermined. Artists will be required

to hold ten-one hour classes over the ten day intersession period No alternate dates may be made, as this a posted Public School System intersession schedule.

If you are interested in giving an intersession worlcshop, you may register at the Arts Council Office at the Capital Hill Convention Center or call 322-9982 or 322-9983. For further infonnation, you may contact Margarita Wonenberg, Robert Hunter, Sandy McKenzie or SinfrosaPinaula at the Arts Council Office, telephone 322-9982 or 322-9983.

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Mr. Urwin spoke of the importance of enrolling students in foundation year. He said there was a need for students to discuss problems with University counsellors and AusAid staff .... Pacnews

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Island Artist Exhibit takes place on Tinian THE "Island Artist's Exhibit", the Commonwealth's largest annual display of largely contemporary visual art work opened at the Vincent Fleming Memorial Arts and Culture Center on Tinian December 6, 1995. A portion of the original exhibit, held at the Multipurpose Center last September was travelled to Rota and now to Tinian. Travel of the exhibit was made possible through a grant for underserved communities recently granted to the Arts Council by the National Endowment for the Arts.

A reception was held on December 6, at the Vicent Memorial Arts and Culture Center to open

the exhibit. Arepresentativefrom the Tinian Mayor's Office, Arts Council Board of Director Members Candy Taman and Joseph San Nicolas, Arts Council Execu-

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The Exhibit will be open to the public through December 19, 1995. For further information, you may contact the Arts Council at telephone 322-9982 or you may contact Juanita Mendiola at the Arts Council Office on Tinian.

A visitor at the "Island Artist's Exhibit" studies a painting by local artist Robert Hunter. The exhibit is currently on display on Tinian.

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12 die as violence in Bougainville erupts TWELVE people were killed yes- Ruhwaku areas in Siwai and from terday in fresh violence on Buin were involved in the incident Bo~gainville as delegations. to the The rebels were reported to have Cauns peace talks gathered m Port targetted Kohkui village, but before Moresby last night, tne National re- the attack could begin, members of ported w ednesday. the resistance force were notified . Resis?"ce fighte~ from Siwai and quickly moved in to investigate

killed eight rebels m a gunbattle the reported sighting ofrebels in that with a rebel squad at Kunnu village area. yesterday morning Eight high-powered guns were

The shoot-out erupted after a tip- recovered by resistance force mem-off that the rebels were planning to hers from the scene of the fighting. move on civilians at Kohkui village. Yesterday's shooting and thekill-

Retreating resistance force mem- ing of a soldier on Monday morning hers then walked into 2 rebel am- in the north west district have been bushandfouroftheirmembersdied strongly condemned by the in a grenade explosion. Bougainville transitional govern-

According to sources in Siwai, ment led by Premier Theodore rebels .from the Mukakuru and Miriung .... Pacnews

Reddy calls on Fiji to ll~-~t~~g:~£~E-E!2I~ Reddy, has called on the Reserve floating the dollar could result in Bank to immediately abolish ex- volatility of movements in the ex-change controls and float the Fiji change rate, and he questioned dollar, RNZI reported Thursday. whether this was a good thing.

Mr.Reddysaysfloatingthedol- He also said that the benefit of Jar would help make Fiji a more floating the dollar was that it took competitive exporter. Currently, the positioning of the exchange the Fiji dollar's value is pegged to rate out of the hands of politicians. a basket of currencies, the Ameri- RatuJone however admitted that can dollar, the Australian dollar, a freely ·moving currency would the New Zealand dollar, the Brit- be the way to go simply because ish pound and the Japanese Yen. the world was moving that

But the governor of the Reserve way .... Pacnews

Banabans set celebration THE BANABAN community in Fiji will begin today a week-long celebration to mark 50 years after the first Banabans came to Fiji, the DaiJy Post reported Thursday.

Fifty years ago this Friday (December 15), 1,002 Banabans landed at Naku village on Rabi island.

The president, Ratu Sir Karnisese Mara, will open the celebration with the unveiling of a cornmemorau ve plaque, on the exact spot, where the landing took place in 1945.

At the height of the Japanese occupation of the northern Pa-

cific during the second world war, the Banabans were evacuated from their original home land, Ocean island, just north of the equator.

From the original 1,002 that landed, the Banahan population in Fiji has now grown to 4,000. Another 250 are at Ocean island, which is being administered by the Rabi council from Fiji.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of their arrival on Rabi, Banabans throughout Fiji and from as far as Tarawa in Kiribati, have converged on Rabi island ... Pacnews

MAFEA Induction of Officers and Christmas Party 1995

The Marianas Association of Filipino Engineers and Architects will hold an induction of officers and Christmas party on Saturday, December 16, 1995 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pacific Islands Club (PIC) Hotel Annex Bldg. 1, in San Antonio.

All members and their families are cordially invited to attend on this special occasion.

For further information, please call Tito or Toots at Telephone numbers 288-5330 or 233-7712.


Fiji migration continues to rise THE RATE at which Fiji citizens are emigrating continues to rise, RNZI reported Thursday.

According to the latest figures released by the Reserve Bank of Fiji, a total of 2,466 Fiji citizens emigrated during the first half ofthis year.

Emigration, particularly of skilled and professional workers has been an economic problem in Fiji since the military coups of 1987.

In 1993,atotalof 4,107 people emigrated, this grew to 4155 in 1994 and judging by the halfyearly figure for 1995, the total

for this year is expected to exceed the 5,000 mark.

This year's figures show that 57 per cent of those leaving were housewives and children, with correspondents suggesting that Fiji is losing its appeal as a safe and stable place for famllies .... Pacnews

Niue elections set February VOTERSinNiuewillgotothepolls soughtareductiontothenumberof ment Bill 1995 which will enable onFebruary 16, 1996,afterthecur- the government's solicitors em- payout for a new Child Benefit rent house of assembly is dissolved ployed on the island. Scheme in 1996. January 5, Radio Niue reported. There are currently three lawyers The bill has now been given to a

The announcement was made by employed by government has spent select committee for recornmenda-the premier, Frank Lui, at the end of on legal advisers, particularly on the tions and will be brought back to the today's sitting of the house which recentcourtcase.sheldin Wellington, house on December 20, which is spent much of the day discussing New Zealand. alsoexpecte.dtobethefinalmeeting two motions. Theother,sawtheintroductionof of the assembly before

One motion, which was defeated, the Benefits and Pension Amend- dissolution .... .Pacnews

Gov. Tenorio is mobbed by members of the Saipan media after announcing his decision not to seek a second term. The chief executive cited personal reasons tor his plan to exit after his term ends in 1997.

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PNG enacts new law on land claims THE PAPUA New Guinea parliament yesterday passed a law making it illegal for landowners to take dispute compensation claims overmajornatural resource projects to foreign courts, the National reported Thursday.

The law which also prohibits foreign courts from hearing com-

pensation claims by PNG nationals was passed with 73 to three vote.

It was introduced by mines and petroleum minister John Giheno.

The law makes it illegal for Papua New Guineans to sue a company in an overseas court for compensation.

However, that does not stop foreign lawyers to be engaged by nationals to represent them in PNG courts as at present.

The pasing of the new law came in the wake of a US$3 billion compensation claim by Fly River people currently being heard by the Victorian supreme court in

Australia. Mr. Giheno has said that the

new law did not stop the people from taking court action for compensation claims within PNG.

He said courts overseas including the Victorian supreme court had no jurisdiction over PNG and the PNG government was not

obliged to abide by any of its decisions and rulings.

Mr. Giheno also said the Fly River landowners would get 60 days to withdraw their cases from Melbourne and transfer it to PNG or lose the right to take the case up in the country after the period lapsed ... Pacnews

Opposition, moderate parties form coalition

BODY RHYTHM. Schoolgirls from Tanapag Elementary School dance the hula to entertain the manamkos at the Aging Center yesterday, their way of imparting the Christmas cheers to their elder counterparts. (See related photo on page 3.)

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NUP, with 9 members, had appeared as the main power broker between the UMP which won 17 seatsandUnityFrontwith20members.

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Hilda Lini said the council considered a "very good" last minute offer by the Unity Front which would have given the post of prime minister to NUP, but decided against it because she said it was not serious in providing a stable administration.

The executive council therefore honored the agreement to form a government it made with UMP last week .... Pacnews

Solomons group puts off planned mass action THE SOLOMON Islands council of trade unions has decided to defer its planned general strike until some time in January, RNZI reported Thursday.

The council's general secretary, Tony Kangovai, says this is to allow time for union members to return from their Christmas holidays and for affiliated unions to obtain collective mandates to strike.

He says the unions of some major companies have already agreed to strike.

These include the palm oil producer SIPL, coconut oil and copra producer PIPL and timber company Pacific Timbers.

The council has decided to go ahead with the strike after the government rejected its demand to sack three cabinet ministers, shelve some government bills, and not to sell its timber forests to overseas inte.rests .... Pacnews

22-cent wage in Solomons needs review, solons told THE SOLOMON Islands parliament has been told that the country's legal basic minimum wage has not been reviewed for almost 10 years, RNZI reported Thursday.

Answering a question raised by East Honiara MP John Maetia, trade and employment minister George Luialamo said the legal minimum wage of 22 US cen!s per hour was last reviewed in 1986.

Mr. Luialamo says his ministry is also concerned that some companies, especially those owned by Asians, have been paying their workers below the legal minimum wage .... Pacnews

Arts Council sponsors X'mas ·. Caroling EVERYTHING always seems brighter during the Christmas season. Wespendtimewithourfamilies, enjoy good food and music. Unfortunately, many in our com-

Book signing at the Library DOTTIE Wintterle will sign copies of her children's book Grandma's Love Saturday Dec. 16, 1995 at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library.

The book is written in both Chamorro and English.

Rich colorful batiks by Judy Flores, details island life at its most beautiful, in this book about a loving grandmother's sage advice for her grandchildren. "To love one another is the first, and most important lesson to remember" quotes Grandma. "Take time in your life to enjoy the beauty of God's creation" she continues.

Last April. Grandma's Love won the prestigious Maga'lahi Art Award, given each year to outstanding works by the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency.

The books, authographed by Wintterle will sell for $10.00 on Saturday, a five dollar discount from the regular hardcover price. This activity winds up the Story Book Tree book collection.

Wintterle has lived in Guam since 1969, recently retiring from the department ofEducation after teaching for 34 years.

Presently she teaches a class in reading and writing methods for the education department of the University of Guam extension at Northern Mariana College.

Calling on all veterans with service-related disabilities THE Division of Veterans affairs, Department of Community & Cultural Affairs and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs wish to infonnall U.S.AnnedForces Veterans of the Vietnam Era, Persian Gulf veterans and all Veterans with Service-Connected disability who wish to see a VA Physicians should contact your local VA at telephone number 233-3475 foranappointment. The VA Physicians will be on island on December28, 1995.

A copy of your discharge papers (DD214) is needed to determine your eligibility. All Veterans are encouraged to call the Division of Veterans Affairs for an appoinnnent.

The Veterans Affairs Office also wish to remind all interested (CNMI Decent) Veterans that the NativeAmericanHomeLoanProgram has been increased from $80,000.00 to $120,000.00 with an interest rate of 7 .0%. Application may be pick up at the DivisionofHousing (formerly MIHA) or call Ms. Diana: Crisostomo at telephone number 234-7689 or call Mr. Joseph M. Palacios at the V~terans Affairs Office at 233-3475 for further information.

munities are, for some circumstance, not able to participate in many of the activities associated with the holidays. This year, the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture is sponsoring a Christmas Caroling project. The activity is one of several included in a special grant for under served communities recently awarded to

the Arts Council by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Council, in cooperation with several other agencies will, hopefully, be bringing a little more cheer to those people who may need it the most.

The Olomwaay band will be performing Christmas and local music at the Christmas Program

for the handicapped, sponsored by the Rotary Club on Saturday, December 16 from 11:00-1:00 pm. The band will perform at the Senior Citizens Office for the Man'amko on Wednesday, December 20 from 12:00-2:00 pm and on the same date at the Division of Corrections from 6:00-8:00 pm. On Thursday, the band

will perform at the Commonwealth Health Center at the Oiildren's and mental wards from 6:00-8:00 pm Christmas gifts will be presented to the children by the Olomwaay band and Arts Cooocil Staff.

For more infonnation about this .activity, you may contact Martin Sablan at the a:.AC office at telephone 322-9982 or 322-9983.

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RP sets record in Hollywood Christm.as P.arade THE PHILIPPINES has set a them to visit the Philippines," she in Los Angeles, the Department partment estimated that nearly a 88 countnes. . In a press state-world record by becoming the said. of Tourism, the Philippine Con- million watched the spectacle ment, T~ur_1sm. Secret~r.Y first foreign country to take part The Philippine float displayed sulate General and sponsors such along the three-mile parade route. Ed~ardo Pilapil s~d !he part1c1-in the annual Hollywood Christ- thecolorfullightedlanternsrnade as Duty-Free Shops led to the The Hollywood Chamber of pauon of the ~hhpp~nes was a mas parade held Dec. 3 in Los in Pampanga, dancing the unique Philippine participation as the Commerce, organizers of the an- "concrete man1festat1on of our Angeles, California, the Depart- sound of bamboo music from lone foreign country in the pa~ nual event, said the parade was determinationtopromoteaggres-ment of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Banda Kawayan. rade. also carried by 400 television sively our country as a whole-said yesterday. Resplendent in their sequinned The Los Angeles Police De- stations and eventually shown in some destination."

The Philippine entry was an Filipina dresses as they waved to island-like float featuring three the crowd and television cam-Filipina beauties, the Banda eras were fashion models Gill Kawayan and the dancing Ian- Baltazar, Bb. Pilipinas Tourism terns of Pampariga. '93 Jeanette Fernando, and Bb.

"We welcome this opportunity Pilipirna '94 Charlene Gonzales. to offer an international audience They were cheered by thou-a Christmas celebration with a sands of Filipinos who lined the Filipino flavor, as well as a parade rqute. Now on its 65th glirnpseofourculture," said Con- year, the parade is held at the sul General Josue L. Villa. onset of the Christmas season

Tourism Undersecretary Mina along the landmark Hollywood T. Gabor, who represented the Boulevard. Its traditional attrac-Departrnent of Tourism in the tions have been Hollywood film prestigious eveI\t, called the and television stars, as well as hi-country's participation a success tech floats of major corporations in terms of raising the level of and some non-government orga-awareness if the Philippines as a nizations. tourist destination. This year, the combined ef-1 "hopefully, we could interest forts of the Filipino community

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News reports from the Philippines . .

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PRESIDENT Ramos left for Bangkok the other day to attend the fifth ASEAN Leader's Meeting that aims to further strengthen political and economic cooperation in the region. The fifth meeting on Dec. 14-15 is expected to lead to the signing of three major agreements by the seven leaders. These agreements are the. Bangkok Leaders Declaration, the TreatyonSoutheastAsiaNuclear Weapons-Free Zone, and the Protocol to Amend the 1992 Frame-work Agreement on Enhancing Asean Economic Cooperation.

The leaders are also expected to adopt the joint report of the Asean foreign and economic ministers who convened earlier in Bangkok. After the summit, the President will proceed to Cambodia for a two-day state visit (Dec. 17-18) to strengthen bilateral ties and encourage more interaction among Filipino and Cambodian businessmen to increase two-day trade and investments.

Phil. Journal

IN BANGKOK, the Asean has cited the Philippines as top performer in this year's first half surge in intra-ASEAN export levels. The development was noted by the ASEAN Free Trade Area Council, the body which oversees the implementation of ASEAN's plan to bring down tarriff levels for ASEAN-wide trade by the year 2003.

The AFT A Council's report, in turn, was endorsed by the ASEAN Economic and Foreign Ministers the other day for the presentation to the two-day ASEAN Leader's Summit that starts today. The trade of goods within ASEAN member economies jlHilped by 22. 7 percent to$3 l.l billion during the first half of 1995, compared to the $25 .3 billion level during the same period in 1994.

Phil. Star.

THE PHILIPPINE Air Lines (PAL) maintenance and Technical base at Nichols passed recently the US Federal Aviation Administration's maintenance audit as a foreign repair station for jetliners calling at Manila.

A team of US FAA inspectors audited PAL's maintenance systems and safety procedures at'the PAL Technical Center from Oct. 23 to Nov. 2, 1995 and favorably recommended the renewal of the airline's certificate as a foreign repair facility. The team was led by Edward Thorp, US FAA aviation safety inspector based in San· Francisco.

Aside from the US FAA; the Philippine flag carrier is also certified by the British Civil Air Authority, the Irish Aviation Authority, the French OGAC and

the Netherlands RLD as a foreign repair station for their respective carriers. Phil. Star.

ANOTHER nation is interested in the ubiquitous Philippine passenger jeepneys, which some quarters want to phase out. A team from Nigeria's department of transportation is exploring the possibility of importing Philip-pine jeepneys.

Representatives from the Nigerian Federal Urban Mass Transport Agency are in town to discuss possible joint ventures for the manufacture and assembly of jeepneys for Nigerian and African markets. The three-person mission from Nigeria was accompanied by Charge d' Affairs Hermes Dorado of the Philippine Embassy in Lagos. Phil. Star

THE UNITED States decided to extend for another 18 months a scheme that allows about $1.3 billion worth of Philippine products to enter the American market at low or zero tarriff.

Philippine Ambassador to Washington Raul Ch. Rabe said the proposed budget bill sent to Capitol Hill by President Bill Clinton would extend the Generalized systems of Preferences, whichexpiredlastJuly21, to January 31, 1997.

"The inclusion of the same provisions in the presidential and congressional budgets makes extension of the program almost certain,'.' Rabe said in a report to

Manila. The Philippines, along with its

ASEAN neighbors, has strongly lobbied for the extension of the GSP. Manila Times

AN ENRAGED President Ramos declared war on terrorists and promised to get the perpetrators of three attacks on Filipino-Chinese nationals last Monday in Metro Manila.

"We are intensifying our war against the Alex Buncayao Brigade (ABB) because they have made the people the victims of their war. And if they claim responsibility for this, we are going to make sure that they as a group or as individuals pay for these crimes," the President said during a special news conference at Malacanang.

Groups ofhitmen gunned down two Filipino-Chinese industrialists Monday morning, Leonardo Ty and his driver died instantaneously in Tandang Sora, while Benjamin Yu survived an assault in Kalookan.

Hours later in Quezon City, gunmen opened fire on the car of Filipino-Chinese businessman Ramon Chua, killing the son of his Singaporean friend and a police escort. Phil. Star

TI-lli peso edged lower against the do11(11' on Tuesday on lack of forex inflowscomingintothesystem. The peso (average reference rate) was pegged at P26.212 or a 0.6 centavo clip from Monday's P26.206.

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Flig~t aftfJnqants of the Philippir:ie Airlines (PAL);: the country flag Cf!rr:ie': d1str!bute ,rea(lets to passing motorist as their union picket the air/mes mam office m suburban Makati. The group Is protesting the management's continued refusal to sign their Col/ect,ve bsro11ining Agreer~tmt which has dragge_d on to almost three year. /~.~ . 11oto).

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China bids to stop population growth BEIJING (AP) . After failing to curb population growth despite the harsh one-child policy, China will turn to the carrot as well as the stick, the country's leading newspaper said Thursday.

Peng Peiyun, who heads the State Family Planning Commission, said in a signed commentary in People's Daily that China needs to rely less on administrative fiat.

"Lowering the rate of births in

this way is very unstable. Family planning work in villages is relatively weak and has failed to change the attitudes of a portion of the masses," the commentary said.

"The masses are not satisfied with some family planning methods, and that has affected their relationship with the party and cadres," she said. "Some grassroots cadres feel the work is hard and have become fearful, weary and slack."

Peasants must be made to reaJ;ze that having fewer children will make their families richer, healthier and happier, she said. Her article did not say how this would be done.

Peng did not imply that coercive measures would be abandoned, but she is the highest level official to declare a shift in family planning tactics.

Lower level officials in recent months have heralded experiments around the country giv-

Kim Jong 11 may visit China SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea's de facto leader Kim Jong II is expected to visit China in March, a South Korean newspaper reponed Thursday.

In a Beijing-datelined report, the Hankyoreh Shinmun quoted an "informed" North Korean source in the Chinese capital as saying the visit would be unofficial because Kim would be coming as an unofficial leader.

The report indicates the 53yearold Kim still will have not assumed the country's top two titles by the time he visits.

Hankyoreh, a national newspaper, is known for its anti U.S. and anti-South Korean government criticism. It is believed to have good contacts with North Korea.

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The report said Kim would visit Shenyang, a major Chinese provincial capital close to North Korea, where he would meet ranking Chinese Communist Party officials.

The topics were expected to include China's military and economic aid for North Korea, it said. The North's economy is faltering badly_ and the country is facing massive food shortages.

The report did not say whether Kirn would visit Beijing to meet top Chinese leaders, including President Jiang Zemin1 and Premier Li Peng. Jiang visited South Korea in November.

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greatly strengthened economic links with capitalist South Korea since the two countries established formal ties in I 992.

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For nearly two decades, fines and birth quotas set at the national level and imposed by local officials in urban neighborhoods and rural villages have been used to limit family size. Although not officially part of

the policy, forced abortions and sterilizations have also been used to try to meet targets.

While the growth rate has slowed, China is still adding 14 million people a year to its 1.2 billion population.

Peng said China's poorest 70 million peasants were the worst violators of the policy.

Australia, Hongkong resolve airline row CANBERRA, Australia (AP) · Australia and Hong Kong signed an air services agreement Thursday, ending nine-month dispute over the right of Qantas airlines to serve Singapore and Bangkok from Hong Kong's airport.

Transport Minister Laurie Brereton said in a statement there will be some limits on the numbers of passengers Qantas Airways Ltd. can carry from· Asian cities.

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Nor, Brereton said, should the agreement affect Qantas if it takes up substantial unused rights that were agreed with Hong Kong in 1991, provided it doesn't introduce larger aircraft such as the Boeing 747.

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~.~Po~ s~~~~,~!'~,.~!~!~~~~, .. ~~~~~':.~! NAHA, Japan (AP)· The wife of dent." two weeks of treatment. ··; Ian~ J aneselaw erssaidthelaw "It's been made a big issue inter-one of three U.S. servicemen ac- "Thegirlwasveryyoung and she On Monday, Harp also offer~ a did .~ ~f w the tri~ to be moved nationally,"saidAiMorine, 18, who cused of raping a 12-year-old girl wasinnocent,andthat'sthepartthat tearful apclogy to the.court, ~s ng ; Id 0th . US colleague hi~ won a lottery for one of the few made an impassioned plea for for- really hurts," she said. for forgiveness for his role m ':he '.111 rtito erras d.

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· · Sh dded th h J • p tors questioned him mte erence w g . · g1venessandleruencyThursday. ea ats ewantstoapoo- cnme. rosecu . . . . ood "Iftheydon'tmakeafairjudgment "Please, don't take my husband gize in person and is trying to raise Thursday about mcons1stenc1es m th~J . ed b th t there will be a reaction from th~

awayfromhisfamily,"YolandaGill, money with the help of friends of statements given by all tluee me~. f ~ areh~oy akiy .~ r=a foreigners sol think it will be fair" 28 told a three-judge panel hearing relatives to pay compensation. De- As Harp said he bound the grrl o noise e is_ m nJ' ti ul ' · th~casethathassparkedangeratthe fenseattomeyshavesuggestedthat with tape that he had bought, his ,Arakawa,anOki_nawan eense:;;- Evange11·ne presence of U.S. bases in Okinawa, 500,000 yen ($5,000) from each mother began weeping. in the yerfor Ledet, said 'r\f ed~~sday er where two-thirds of the 47,000 defendant might yield lighter sen- courtroom's spectator secuon .. ~e th~ four lawyers In:et. Wh~t M:· ArnericantroopsinJapanarehoused. tences. c1aimed he was acting only at Gill s Gnffith has bee~ domg here IS sen- Bruce di es

Navy Seaman Marcus Gill, 22, of Gill; Marine Pfc. Kendrick Ledet, behest. . ,, . ous harm to the mterests of the d,7-Woodville, Texas, puthisheaddown 20, of Waycross, Ga.; and Marine "IwasafraidofG1ll, Harp test!- fendantsandusdefense)awyer~. at age 77 and began crying. Tears streamed Pfc. Rodrico Harp, 21, of Griffin, fied. "Ididnotreall~knowGill,?ut OnerecentdemonstratJo~against down his face before he wiped them Ga.; are charged with rape causing what I had seen ofh1m, he acted like the bases drew 58,000 Okina~ans. away. injury, which carries a maximum a bully." On Tuesday, abouthalfofa village

"I've never been so hurt in my sentence oflife in prison. The testimony at Naha District ~f 400 peopl~ turned out to prote~t life," Mrs. Gill, a loan officer at a Gill has acknowledged raping the Coult came against a backdrop of live-fireexerc1sesbrthe ~.~.forces, credit union in Cyprus, Calif., said 12-year-old girl, while Harp and conflict and culture clash between lo~.g a tar~et of res1d~nts rre. in a low, clear voice. "(But) I Jove Ledet have admitted they helped three Japanese lawyers and an We think that the Judges should him and I always will love him, for plot her abduction but did not rape American attorney involved in the not be subjected to ~ndue pressure better or worse." her. She was seized as she emerged defense. to fmd these men gmlty. They have

Mrs. Gill apologized to the girl, from a stationery store where she Michael Griffith of New York tolivehere,"saidGriffith, whorep-herfarnily,theresidentsofOkinawa had bought school supplies. claimedhehada"dreamsetoffacts" resents the families of two defen-andtheU.S.military,askingthemto The girl suffered facial and ab- that would help him get the trial dants. ''foqpve my husband for what he dominal injuries that required two moved off Okinawa because of the Okinawa residents dismissed

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Evangeline Bruce, a philanthropist and widow of diplomat David K.E. Bruce, died Wednesday of a heart attack at her home in Washington. She was 77.

· Mrs. Bruce, born Evangeline Bell in London in 1918, became oneofWashingtonsociety'sgrand dames.

Friends remembered her as a gracious hostess, devoted mother and philanthropist.

She became involved in local youth programs after her daughter Alexandra was found shot to death in the family estate in Staunton, Va., in 1975. Mrs. Bruce founded a shelter in her daughter's name for runaways, homeless teen-agers and pregnant girls in 1977.

The Sasha Bruce House remains the only shelter in the District of Columbia where young people can come in off the streets by themselves.

Mrs. Bruce also wrote "Napoleon and Josephine: An Improbable Marriage," which was published earlier this year.

Her late husband was named the first U.S. chiefliaison to Peking in 1973 and went on to serve as ambassador to WestGermany,France and Britain. He died in 1979.

Mrs. Bruce is survived by two sons, a granddaughter and a sister.

Indonesian boats sink; 30 dead, 80 still missing JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) · Two boats sank in a stonn, killing 30 people with 80 reported missing, the daily Kompas said Thursday.

The report said the KM Bunga Coklat and KM Belibis sank Monday in the Gulf ofBone near South Sulawesi, some 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) northeast of Jakarta, while the KM Bunga Coklat was trying to rescue passengers from the other boat.

Police Lt. Col. H. Subekti said both left the port ofWotu Nohu in South Sulawesi bound across the gulf, when KM Belibishad engine trouble in a storm.

HesaidKMBungaCoklatcame alongside Belibis, which was rapidly taking on water. Both capsized and sank.

Subektisaid l 12passengerssurvived. He said both boats, with a total capacity of 100 passengers, were heavily overloaded for the six-hour journey across the gulf.

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49 people believed dead

Plane crashes near Verona, Italy By TRISHA THOMAS

VILLAFRANCA, Italy (AP) - A Romanian turboprop airliner crashed in a snowy oochard in northern Italy moments after takeoff Wednesday, bumingablackswaththroughthetrees and apparently killing all 49 people on board.

Romania' stransportminister, Aural Novak, told the Romanian state news agency.~ thatthecharterplane exploded three minutes into the flight Rompress gave no details, and Italian authorities did not confirm the explosion. Nor did they suggest any cause for the crash.

ToeSoviet-builtAntonov 24, bound for Timisoara, Romania, went down about 8 p.m. (7 p.m. GMT) less than a

mile ( 1.6 kilometers) from the runway at the Villafranca airport, about six miles (10 kilometers) outside Verona.

The plane carried 41 passengers, including 34 Italians, said Vincenro Canfarelli, the airport director. He said thereappearedtobeooswvivors. The otherpassengmincludedtravelmfrom theformerYugoslaviaandtheNetherlands, said Lucio Parenti, a regional officialin Verona. Theeightcrewmembers were Romanian, he said

The famlel' who owns the oochard where the plane went down said he heard a strange sound from plane engines just before the crash. He looked out his window to see flames leaping from the wreckage about 100.yards (meters)away. The farmer, who asked

nQt to be identified, called firefighters. The first contingent arrived within

about 15 minutes, the farmer said, but the blare, fed by fuel from the plane's full tanks, took a long time to put out

Hoursafterthefirewasextinguished, theplane'swreckagewasspreadacross hundreds of yards (meters) of snowcovered fields surrounding the large black patch in the scorched orchard. The tail wasthelargestrernainingpiece in sight; smaller debris hung from the small trees.

A row of coffins covered by plastic sheeting stretched out nearby.

Hearses rolled down muddy, narrow roads to takeaway the bodies, all of whichwereaccountedforbeforedawn, saidMuroFranchini,anairportspokes-

man. He said that firefighters would concentrateonsearchingfortheplane's black box in the morning.

Several hours after the crash, smoke and the stench of airplane fuel filled the air. Hundreds of onlookers crowded the narrow, muddy roads in the area. Police struggled to keep them back.

About 30 grieving relatives arrived attheairpottaftermidnight. Theywere to be put up there until morning, when the bodies would be identified. The Banat Air route primarily serves Italians doing business in Romania

A Romanian television station, Pro-1V, said Banatrented the Antonov 24 from Romavia, a Romanian aviation company.

Banat Air began flying in 1993 and

has routes to Verona, Istanbul, Turkey, and Thessaloniki, Greece.

Timisoara, a city of 330,000 residents in western Romania, has traditionally been a place of interest for Italian business. The Italian clothing company Benetton set up its first Romanian shop there shortly after the 1989 uprising that toppled Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

It was the second major crash this year of a Romanian jetliner. On March 31, a Tarom airlines jet bound for Brussels went down about three minutes after taking off from Bucharest's Otopeni international airport. All 60 people aboard the Airbus A-310 were killed.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)· Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remained in the dark Wednesday, long.after powerful storms released their grip on the West Coast.

"Notmuchwecandoaboutit,'' said Dick Bagley, arealtorinRedwood City, who had been without power since late Monday.

"We' re going outto dinner, going to bed early, trying to take it in stride. But we're staying away from the refrigerator and freezer. I'm afraid of what we'll find."

Moments later, Bagley brightened.

"I' II be iiamed, The lights just flickered," he said. "Yep, they're on. I think they're staying on."

The storms that began Sunday night peaked late Monday and early Tuesday, blasting the region with winds topping 100 mph ( 160 kph} and torrential rain. Five deaths were attributed to the storm. Up to 1.8 million people lost power along the West Coast.

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The Jughandle Beach Country Bed-and-Breakfast Inn near Fort.· Bragg, 150 miles (240 kilometers) up the coast from San Francisco, also lost water. "We' re calling ourselves the great unwashed,'' owner Sue Schlecht· said.

She was buying bottled water. for the inn, which also lost power when a utility pole across the road was cut in half. Schlecht said she didn't expect the electricity to be back before the weekend.

In Oregon, the deluge was accompanied by the strongest windstorm to hit the state in more than a decade. Gov. John Kitzhaber declared a state of emergency for western Oregon before he headed for an aerial tour of the hardest-hit areas.

Kitzhabercalledin 150National Guard members, mostly to clear roads and set up generators along the Oregon coast.

In Washington state, the storm caused havoc before moving north to Canada.

Winds gusting to 90 mph (145 kph) downed trees and power lines, knocking out · power to 365,000 electric customers at the height of the storm, utilities officials said. About half that many remained without power W ednesday.

Normally balmy Southern California wasn't spared storm damage. Hundreds of feet of the Ventura Pier, the nation's longest wooden pier, collapsed Wednesday and high surf flooded several seaside homes in Carpinteria.

The storms were an economic boon in the Sierra Nevada, where snow-starved ski resorts hoped for weekend cpenings. But it was a mixed bag for the California's rich farm economy.

Gerry Rominger, who has 700 acres (280 hectares) of almonds about 70 miles (112 kilometers) north of Sacramento, said he lost about 100 trees this week.

In San Francisco, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said it clocked a record wind gust early Tuesday.

"(The anemometer) went to 134 mph (214.4 kph) before it blew off the tower," said district spokeswoman Teresa Lee. "That's the highest we've ever seen."

The storm's drama didn't end for at least one San Francisco family. Their home teetered atop a gaping sinkhole that formed Monday.

On Wednesday afternoon, crews propped up the home so the family could remove some belongings before the structure is razed on Thursday.

Meanwhile, 17 of the 23 families who were evacuated from the area were allowed to return home Wednesday night.

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Tomorrow, December 16, Whimsy-Saipan has more surprises in store for its patrons: the center will celebrate its First Anniversary Party, and as usual, there '11 be snacks, games and entertainment.

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_By SUE LEEMAN GREENSTED, England (AP) - At the tiny timber church of St. Andrew's in Greensted they' re resignedly planning to rewrite the guide book.

St. Andrew's had been famed as the oldest wooden church in the world, dating from 845, but scientists have concluded that it was built more than two centuries later.

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The researchers also have cast doubt on the church's claim to have given temporary sanctuary to the body of St. Edmund, a 9th-century king of East Anglia and later patron saint of England, on its journey north for final burial.

It remains, however, unquestionably the oldest wooden building in Europe, a century or more ahead of the stave churches of Scandinavia.

The scientists say tests on the split oak trunks used to build the nave show they were felled in 1070 - 57 years after the saint's last journey.

"The St. Edmund thing may be a complete myth,'' said Ian Tyers, a dendrochronologist who has spent the last eight years dating buildings in this part of southeastern England.

"And I'm pretty unhappy saying it is the oldest wooden church - some Japanese temples may be older."

Tyers used a hollow drill bit to cut small core sections from the nave timbers. This revealed the rings created as the trees added a new outer layer each year. By measuring the distance between the rings, dendrochronologists can work out how old a tree is.

They can also work out the time when the tree was cut by c~rrelating the size of the rings w~th weather records - fat rings with wet years, narrow rings with dry.

The Rev. Tom Gardiner the vicar of St. Andrew's, is' unbowed. . ''Greensted remains the oldest wooden building in Europe,'' he said. "People are still coming here because they regard It as a place of pilgrimage."

The Anglo-Saxon Chronic_les, a 13th-century manuscript, says St. Edmund's body spent a-night at a wo~den church in what was then known as "Greenstede," or "green place," he said.

That event was said to be in 1013, when Edmund had been dead 143 years and his bones were being moved from London to Beodricesworth, known for centuries now as Bury St. Edmunds.

In the 1960s, a group of Danish archaeologists found evidence of an earlier wooden

church under the present chancel floor, Gardiner said. This is believed to date from 654 when St. Cedd, a Saxon monk, won converts in the area.

Every year, some 8,000 tourists come to Greensted, 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of London. Their purchases of guidebooks, dish towels and stationery bring in vital revenue for the church, which currently needs $ 16,000 to repair its tower.

Gardiner plans to amend the guidebook, which sells for dlrs 1.60 at the back of the church, to reflect the latest findings.

Tyers agrees the church is Europe's oldest wooden building. Its closest rivals, 30 wooden churches in northern Scandinavia, were built in the 12th and 13th century, he said.

"This church is the only one of many to remain -and now we want to know how it survived," said Tyers, who will publish his findings next year.

It may simply have been overlooked when other, more prosperous, local churches were rebuilt in stone, he said.

The nave, built out of split logs set upright, is the oldest part of the present church. Its original thatch roof has been replaced by tiles.

Signs · of the church's Norman inheritance include a piscina, a basin used for washing Communion vessels, in the corner of the chancel.

The chancel was built in the early 16th century; a high tower with pointed roof followed in the 17th century.

In the 1830s, Victorian restorers shortened the nave's timbers because the base had rotted, removed ancient plaster from the log walls and added stained glass windows.

St. Edmund's connection with the church, even if only a legend, will endure.

A medieval painting in the church shows a beatific St. Edmund, who was scourged, shot with arrows, then beheaded by the Danes in 870.

On a beam is an engraving of the wolf that, according to legend, retrieved Edmund• s severed head "from a thicket.

Sunday attendances at St. Andrew's are steady at around 60, a healthy level for a country church.


UN chief Boutros-Gali says

Transfer of peace chores to NATO easy UNITED NA TIO NS (AP) - The United Nations could tum over its Bosnian peacekeeping operation to NATO within four days of a Security Council decision formalizing the transfer, U.N. SecretaryGeneral Boutros Boutros-Ghali says.

But the United Nations would still play a role in civilian operations in Bosnia, including humanitarian assistance, police and prosecution of war criminals, the secretary-general said.

His comments were contained in a report presented Wedn"esday to the council. Advance copies of the text, due for formal release Thursday, were distributed to reporters.

In the report, Boutros-Ghali said that once the Security Council votes to transfer peacekeeping authority to NATO, the process "could occur within 96 hours of the council's decision."

British Gen. Rupert Smith, commander of U.N. peacekeepers in Bosnia, would become deputy commander of the 60,000-member NA TO force but would retain command· of U.N. units scheduled to leave the former Yugoslav republic, the report said.

Many of the U.N. troops from NA TO countries such as Britain, France and Canada are expected to be added to the new, U.S.-led command. But Boutros-Ghali said he was unable to say how many would remain under NATO command.

"The repatriation of United Nations military personnel not

required for (the NATO force) ... will begin immediately after the transfer of authority,'' he said.

Boutros-Ghali said he planned to appoint a high-level U.N. official as the United Nations coordinator in Sarajevo to supervise remaining U .N. operations in Bosnia.

He expected the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to remain deeply involved in assisting the return to their.homes of more than 2 million people displaced by

the ethnic conflict. He also said U.N. civilian

police would assist in guaranteeing protection of human rights as called for in the peace agreement initialed last month in Dayton, Ohio by leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia.

The secretary-general also said the United Nations would remain active in efforts to investigate alleged war crimes and prosecute those believed responsible before the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

Police officer in Rodney King beating released LOS ANGELES (AP) -One of two former police officers convicted in the videotaped beating of a black man that led to three days of riots finished his home confinement Wednesday after more than two years in custody.

Laurence Powell was put uJder house arrest Nov. 17 after his release from a halfway· house, which followed time in a minimum security prison. He and co-f!efendant Stacey Koon were convicted in 1993 in U.S. court and sentenced to 30-month terms for violating Rodney King's civil rights by beating him after stopping in 1991 for apparent traffic violations. The officers, both white, had previously

been acquitted by a state court, touching off three days of deadly rioting in Los Angeles. A bystander had videotaped the police beating of King, and the images were widely shown on television before and during the state trial.

Koon was scheduled to be released Thursday.

A man seeking Koon opened fire and killed two people last month at a different halfway house where Koon was living. Koon was out at the time. Powell completed home confinement, which allowed him out for work but gave him a curfew and other rules, said Patricia Ellington, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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"I am confident that the United Nations has the ability to perform the tasks assigned to it, provided the parties cooperate and provided the member states make available the resources that will be necessary," he said.

Boutros-Ghali also challenged the widespread view

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"The original and primary purpose in deploying United Nations peacekeepers in Bosnia and Herzegovina after war broke out there was to protect humanitarian activities," he said.

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Judge orders girl chained to mother By KIM CURTIS

ffiLUMBIA,SouthCarolina(AP) - A judge ordered a 15-year-old girl with a history of delinquency to remain chained tohermother-24hours a day, seven days a week - for a month.

Family Court Judge Wayne Creech, who handed out the punishment on Dec. 7, refused to comment on the case Wednesday, citing ethical reasons. Tonya Kline said she has a history of truancy and shoplifting and recently spent two months in a state juvenile detention center for breaking into a house.

Shesaidthatprompted the judge to order her to spend the month chained

to her mother, Deborah Harter. If Tonya is caught unshackled, her 38-year-old mother faces 30 days in prison.

Tonya was ordered io wear a traditional prisoner's belt with wrist and ankleshackles. Theshacklesarehanging loose, but her mother is required toholdametalringattachedtothebelt by a short chain.

And she has to hold that ring all day, every day.

She and Tonya go everywhere together- to school, to the store, to bed, to the bathroom.

Harter; a homemaker, said she agrees with the punishment, but thinks the judge may have gone a bit too far.

Navy officer denies sexual harassinent PEARLHARBOR,Hawaii(AP)A senior Navy officer accused of sexualharasmnentblames the allegations on disgruntled i:mployees bent on carrying out a vendetta against him.

Capt.FredDew,a25-yearveteran, contends he has never sexually ha0

rassed a worker under his command and suggested the complaints were calculated to furthertamish the Navy's image.

''The timing of the latest anonymous accusation is clearly designed totakeadvantageofpublicsensitivity totheNavy'srecentproblemsrelated to sexual harassment,'' Dew said Wednesday through his lawyer.

Dew,47, has been reassigned from the Navy' sPublic WorksCenterpending an investigation. The allegations include sexual harassment of an employee, ah unrelated charge of adultery and conduct unbecoming an officer.

DewwascommanderoftheNavy' s fourth largest public works center,

overseeing l,(J(X)civilianworlcersand a$ 400 million budget He contends that disgruntled employees made the allegationsafterheplacedthemunder the supervision of a stricter manager.

Dew said his fiancee'sjealous exhusband made the adultery allegation.

The Navy investigation is the latest involving alleged sexual misconduct in recent months as the service continues to struggle in the aftermath of the 1991 Tailhook sex scandal.

Last week a senior admiral in Europe retired early after being demoted and censured for sexually harassing a subordinate with whom he had a yearlong affair.

Last month, the commander of U.S. Forces in the Pacific, Adm. Richard Macke, was sharply criticized for saying that three U.S. servicemen accused of rape in Okinawa would have been better off had they hired a prostitute. He has since been forced to retire.

Yuval Rabin, right, son of late. Israeli Prirr,ie Mini~ter Yitz~ak Rabin comfort his mother Leah, dunng a graveside serv,ce mark,ng the end of the 30-day mourning period at _Jerusalem_'s Mt. Herzl Cem(!tery. Rabin was shot and killed by a Jewish extremist at a peace rally ,n Tel Aviv on Nov. 4. (AP Photo)

"This is a very stressful situation thejudgehasputmein," Hartersaid. "Ileadheraroundli.keapuppydog.''

sending her daughter back to the detention center.

to school every day, and she can't sneak out of her house at night

"I'm ready to get on with my life," Tonya said. The judge told WCIV-TV in

Charleston he did some checking before he imposed the punishment and found no state or federal laws against this type of restraint

"I agreed to be responsible for my daughter," Harter said. ''I'm giving her a second chance.'' Buther mother might have to wait

a little longer to get on with hers.

He said he recently ordered the same sentence for a 10th-grade boy.

Tonya said she's grateful for that ''It's not as bad as it seems," she

said. "I think about the positives, not the negatives."

Harter said she and her husband, Tonya's stepfather, are never alone and she misses going out with him and spending time with friends. Harter said anything is better than

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Move to cut funds for US troops fails By DONALD M. ROTHBERG

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress rejected moves to cut off funds for U.S. troops in Bosnia. But, reflecting sharp divisions over their deployment, lawmakers were denying President Clinton a clear expression of support as he departed for the signing of a Bosnia peace agreement Thursday in Paris.

Lawmakers debated into the night Wednesday a series of resolutions that tried to mix disagreement with the president with expressions of support for the troops. As they did so, U:S. military cargo planes were landing in Bosnia amid record snowfall.

The White House grasped at a Senate vote, and later one in Congress' other chamber, the House of Representatives, al-

lowing funding for 20,000 U.S. peacekeepers as the best it could hope for.

"That was probably the strongest statement of support they could possibly make,'' presidential spokesman Mike McCurry said after the Senate vote.

"Having voted overwhelmingly not to shut off funding is, in a sense, supporting the president's judgment.''

By a vote of77-22, the Senate rejected blocking the deployment by cutting off funds for the Bosnia operation. Hours later the House voted by a much smaller 218-210 margin to reject a measure would have reaffirmed a vote last month to deny the funds.

But the issue didn't end there. Both houses of Congress moved on to debate resolu-

tions ranging from expressions of flat opposition to the deployment but saying Congress supports the troops to endorsing Clinton's policy.

Votes were expected before Air Force One lands in Paris early Thursday morning.

A Senate resolution supporting the deployment "notwithstanding reservations,'' had the support of the White House and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who hopes to oppose Clinton in the next presidential election. That proposal would bar the NATO peacekeepers from becoming involved in efforts to restore civil governmental institutions in Bosnia and would commit the United States to lead a move to arm and train the Bosnian military.

Asked if Clinton could ac-

cept a resolution supporting the troops but not the policy, McCurry said: "We'll take it. We'll take it ifwe can get it."

"If it's a question of supporting the troops and being grudging in support of the mission, we understand that,'' said McCurry. "The president will accept that judgment.''

Senator after senator, Republicans and Clinton's fellow Democrats, opened their remarks by conceding that they were powerless to halt the deployment of U.S. troops as part of a 60,000-member NATO peacekeeping force in Bosnia.

"U.S. troops will be deployed in Bosnia no matter what the Congress does,'' said Sen. Arlen Specter, a Republican. "Congress should support the troops without endorsing the president's policy.''

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"It's obviously going to be a tough winter for our troops in Bosnia," said Specter.

Dole led the opposition to cutting off funds, saying he opposed such moves during the Vietnam War.

"It is wrong because it makes our braver young men and women bear the brunt of a decision not by them but by the commander in chief,'' he said. "It was wrong during Vietnam, and it is wrong now," said Dole.

Dole, who negotiated with the administration to come up with a resolution acceptable to the White House, appealed to senators to keep their remarks short so that the vote could take place before Clinton left for Paris.

As the debate droned on, that hope faded.

· .No famine in·• Bosnia war, us· State says.

By CARL HARTMAN WASHINGTON (AP) - Bosnia has had no major famine or epidemic in nearly four years of war, said Phyllis Oakley, assistant secretary of State for Refugees, calling that "a really remarkable record.".

"Ms. Ogata told me last summer that there were finally two cases of death through malnutrition that have occurred in the Bihac area. .. ,'' she toldanewsconference Wednesday.

'There had been one child who had died of malnutrition and she reported that the other case had been an old man who had been too proud to go out and beg for food.''

SadakoOgataisU.N.HighCommissionerforRefugees. Ms. Oakley said Ms Ogata has been asked to continue work on problems in the former Yugoslavia throughout the reconstruction. Ms. Oakley added tlu.t the Dayton agreement to be signed in Paris Thursday provides for a new commission to deal with repatriating refugees and compensating them for lost property.

People had not died of hypothermia or exposure to the elements, Ms. Oakley went on, but the major problem now is housing - there is enough food and medicine to get through the winter.

Getting refugees in Bosnia through the winter is the first concern, she reported. In the spring, she said, Ms. Ogata wants to organize a return of refugees in phases, beginning with Bosnians now in Croatia and Serbs . who want to go back to Croatian Krajina from their refuge in Serbia.

A final phase would deal with those in western Europe who are suffering less hardship.

Ms. Oakley said 3. 7 million people in the former Yugoslavia still need relief, to which the United States has contributed nearly dlrs I billion. since 1991. Over 19,000 Bosnian refugees had been settled in the United States since February 1993, she added .

. The State Department has provided $229 million, she said.

--FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-43


Treaty a bold push for Bosnia peace For Serllian President Slobodan

Milosevic, it was a battle to keep Bosnian Seib leaders cooperative while Serlls in Sarajevo feared the day the Muslim-led government will assumecontroloftheirneighborhoods under temlS of the peace acconL

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"A new era is opening for BosniaHerzegovina,'' French Foreign Minister Herve de Oiarette said. "Nobody could have believed this just six months ago. Sarajevo was being bombed at its cruelest Civil war was

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The country will consist of administrative regions WKler control of the Serbs and a Muslim-Croat federation, but the devastated divided capital of Sarajevo is to be reunited under rule of the Muslim-led government

Thehundredsofthousandsofrefugees among the Muslim, Croat and Serb populations who viciously battled each other can return to their homes and vote within nine months. War criminals are to be pursued, and theintemationalcommunityistoprovide billions of dollars for reconstruc-tion.

Ointonwassending20,000American troops to join the NATO-led peacekeeping force known as !FOR, after winning grudging acceptance from Congress this week. France and Britain would each commit 10,000 about troops, whilethebalancewould be made up by other European nations. The peace process was a battle of hearts and minds for leaders in Bosnia and for the U.S.-led allies who forged the agreement after NA TO airstrikes in August forced Serb concessions.

And the clock was ticking the minute the accord was to be signed at midday Thursday; Clinton has promised to bring American boys home in one year.

The allies long struggled over whethertocomrnittroopstothevolatile tinderbox of a region that helped set off World War I. But with other ethnic

conflicts brewing elsewhere in the Europeandthebruta1Serbshellingof Sarajevo stining world outrage, they decided it was time to make a stand ''It's a moral obligatioa and it's an obligation because it's Europe," said French Foreign Ministry spokesman Yves Doutriaux. "This part of Europe could become a member of the European family, the European Union."

For Chirac it was a struggle just to hold the signing, having to deploy a fleet of helicopters to shuttle dozens of leaders to the ceremony despite a crippling transport strike.

In an effort to strengthen the Dayton accord, Balkan leaders and international mediators in Paris discussed mutual recognition among Bosnia, Croatia, Seroia and other states.

Bosnia and Seibia will establish diplomatic ties, chief U.S mediator Richard Holbrooke said Wednesday night The foreign ministers of the two former Yugoslav republics will exchange letters of recognition before Thursday' sagreementtoend the war is signed.

Holbrooketoldreporters,however, that Seibia and Croatia were not yet ready to talce a similar step. He declined to provide any details.

"This is a matter of time,'' Holbrooke said. 'They will recogniz.e each other.''

Mutual recognition is a major step toward cementing real peace in the region, as it could prevent any new expansionist wars. The Balkan war started in 1991 when Serbia wanted toexpanditsbordersattheexpenseof neighboring republics that sought independence from Serb-led Yugoslavia

In an action that could jeopardize theimplementationofthewholepeace accord, Serbs in Sarajevo voted overwhelmingly to reject the accord and keep their city divided, according to referendumresultsreleasedWedne:sday.

The international community said the referendum was invalid, while Serb leaders said it reflects a genuine demand by the Serb residents in the Bosnian capital who are afraid of MuslimandCroatrevengeasaresult of deep animosity created by the war.

'Toe so-called referendum has no hold. The Dayton agreement will go on as planned,'' Holbrooke told reporters.

Milosevic and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic secretly m.!t Wednesday at the American ambassador's residence in Paris to discuss a compromise for Sarajevo.


Searchers: Bones may be of Che GuevaITa By PETER McFARREN

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A scientist scraping away at the reddish dirt of a dry ravine in the Bolivian highlands has unearthed three human skeletons, one of which may be the bones of guerrilla leader Clle Guevara.

remains are among the three skeletons. Perhaps two dozen Cuban and Bolivian guerrillas died with Guevara in 1967.

Argentine forensic expert Alejandro Inchaurregui, who is examining the bones, said it could take five days to identify the remains.

ter two retired anny generals involved in Guevara's capture and burial disclosed last month that the guerrilla leader and some of his followers were buried under an airstrip in southern Bolivia

Guevara, an Argentine doctortumed-guerrilla, fought alongside Fidel Castro during the communist revolutioninCuba,and becamethatcountry' s second most influential leader.

peasants and Indians failed. In October 1967, the Bolivian army swrounded his tiny band in the jungle and wiped it out.

Guevara remains a figure of ahnost mythic proportions, his bearded likeness still spread across Latin America on everything from T-shirts to truck mudguards.

Since the excavations began there have been conflicting reports as to the

burial sight and if in fact Guevara was buried. OnereportsaidGuevara' s body wasincineratedandhisashthrowninto the forests swrounding V allegrande.

Theinteriorminister,CarlosSanm:z, has said that if the grave is located, Guevara's remains will be easily recognmible:AfterGuevarawaswounded and captured in a clash with theanny in October 1967, he was executed and his hands were severed.

A search team found three skeletons Wednesday afternoon near the spot where two retired generals involved in Guevara's capture have said the rebel was buried. Some human bones and a skull had been found Tuesday night

It was unclear whether Guevara's

Hugo San Martin, the national secretary of the interior, said the investigation will continue with the hope of determining whether the bones belong to Guevara orto another slain guerrilla

The government ordered the dig af-

He later returned to South America to try to spread the communist revolution, buthisefforts to rouse the Bolivian UN panel calls on Iran to

Arafat confirms January date allow human rights visit i ti Pal • • I • UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. . Iran allowed Copithome's prede-

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GAZA CITY, Gam Strip (AP) _ provide Palestinians with a freely said he was planning to register his possible and expressed concern The proposal Wednesday cites a PLO chief Yasser Arafat is.sued a de- elected national leadership for the first ca.,didacy Thursday at an undisclosed Wednesdaythatexecutions and torture large nwnber of executions, cases of cree Wednesday ordering elections in time in their history. Candidates location. He is a heavy favorite to win. were being carried out in the country. torture and inhwnan treatment of pris-the West Bank and G=. be held Jan. for the 82-member council, except The main opposition movement, the TheU.N.comm.itteeonhumanrights onersinlran. 20,confumingthetentativedatesetfor those already holding positions in the Islamic fundamentalist Hamas group, voted 74 to 26 for the proposal. Forty- ltalso "expresses grave concern that the historic Palestinian vote. The Palestinian Authority, need 500 sign a- has not yet decided whether to field nine countries abstained. there are continuing threats to the life of decree called on Palestinians in the tures and must pay a dlrs l ,OOJ regis- candidates. However, a prominent The proposal will now be submitted Mr. Salman Rushdie ... whichappearto West Bank, ,...~"" and J-··"'em ''to tra · ti rdin th Pal · - H !mad Fa! .. to the General Assembly, where it is havethesupportofthegovernmentof

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that Ruiz Massieu embezzled the money, have pointed toan increase in his assets while in office.

Professor Carlos Heredia of the National UniversitysaidRuizMassieu and his office completed the necessarypaperworkfortransferringfunds. Ruiz Massieu even went beyond requirements by giving receipts when taking money forundercoverprobe.s, Heredia said.

Last week, two friends and former co-workers of Ruiz Massieu testified about the prevalence of government bonus checks.

Prosecutors have focused on two cashier's checks that Ruiz Massieu deposited just before resigning his officeinNovember 1994-for300,000 and 500,000 new pesos.

Ruiz Massieu's lawyers contend those checks were year-end bonuses from the attorney general and the president, whose term was also ending.

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elsewhereshouldtheCUirelltcharg~ be dismissed

Chesler said he has no authority to make such a ruling

Ruiz Massieu, 44, has been in federal custody since his March arrest at Newark International Airport on a currency reporting charge. U.S. prosecutors unexpectedly dropped that charge Nov. 20, saying he had served as much timeashewouldhadhebeen convicted on them.

In earlier hearings, Mario Ruiz Massieu testified to his innocence, claiming that he is being prosecuted because he has criticiz.ed the government of President Emesto Zedillo.

Heisbeingheldwithootbail,largely inisolation,atanundisclosedfacility, despite repeated attempts to have bail set

The assassination Sept 28, 1994, of his brother, Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, the No. 2 person in the InstitutionalRevolutionaryParty, was one of several political killings to rockMexicointhepastseveralyears. GunmanDanielAguilarTrevinoand six accomplices were sentenced to terms ranging from 37 years to 50 years for the killing.

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Haiti police soon to be on their own By MICHELLE FAUk been disciplined or charged.

ST. MARC, Haiti (AP)· When JusticeMinisterReneMagloire protesters got violent and started blames the "youth and inexperi-stoning the keepers of law and ence" ofofficers who average 23 order, Haiti's new National Po- years of age and get only two lice abandoned their mentors, the months' training in Haiti and two Canadian Mounties, and fled. months more at Fort Leonard

When one of their own shot a Wood in Missouri. busconductorinanargumentover More importantly, perhaps, the one gourde (U.S. 5 cents), the civilianpolicelackmanpowerand police hurried the perpetrator to equipment. safety in another town. Angry The initial plan envisaged a townspeoplesetupburningbarri- police force of 5,000 to replace cades, and the police barricaded the 7,500-strong army, which was themselves in their station. backed by some 20,000 rural sher-

"! thought you were supposed iffs and deputies and tens of thou-to serve us. That's what they sands of gunmen known as "at-said," a teen-age schoolgirl told a tac hes." policeman behind the barbed-wire To reach that goal, Aristide last fence nnging the station on Tues- week integrated a 1,400-member day. The policeman ignored her. interim police force into the Na-

There are doubts that, even with tional Police. The move was un-foreign advisers, civilian police popular because nearly halfof the will be able to guarantee security interim police force consisted of when U.N. peacekeepers start former soldiers. The soldiers had leaving Haiti in February. been screened for human rights

St. Marc, the scene of many abuses. violent protests over the years, In Cap Haitien,Haiti' s second will provide a preview of just how largest city with 200,000 people, prepared the rookie cops are. Police Chief Francois Louis re-They'll be without experienced cently complained that his 280-backup after the Royal Canadian member department had only a MountedPolicepulloutnextweek doten vehicles - nine of which and Honduran troops follow in were being repaired. two weeks' time. In the. town of Marchand

President Jean-Bertrand Dessaline, near St. Marc, a half-Aristide's most popular act was dozen policemen panicked dur-to disband the armed forces that ing a protest last month,by dozens had ousted him in 1991 and had of people and fired into the air. policed Haiti, often brutally, for What disturbed U.N. human decades. In the three years after rights monitors who visited the the coup, the army and its para- scene afterward were the spent military allies killed as many as shells, which came from semiau-4,000 civilians. tomatic rifles and not the .38-

Aristide was restored to power caliber revolvers issued to police. after a U.S. invasion last year. The rifles apparently were among With U.~. funding, a police acad- guns seized in a U.S.- and U.N.-emy was established and Ameri- led disarmament campaign. In can, Canadian and French instruc- the latest incident, a policeman tors set about training bright, on Monday shot and critically young people whom they praised wounded a bus conductor whom for the eagerness with which they he accused of overcharging by a absorbedlessonsinhumanrights. nickel. The policeman claimed

Yet in recent months, police that the conductor threatened him officers have been accused of ex- with an iron bar, but witnesses cessive force on at least 12 occa- disputed his account. Other po-sions. One policeman shot and lice officers who were atthe scene killed his girlfriend. None ha~t:_ _ _claimed they were too far away to

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problems. "From now to February, I expect the National Police force to be more qualified. Will they be ready? I hope so,'' he said in a recent interview with foreign journalists. Meanwhile, half

of the 900 U.N. police officers giving the Haitians on-the-job training have left Haiti. The four Canadian Mounties in St. Marc are leaving on Sunday, and 120 Honduran troops in the area will leave in January.

While U .N. peacekeepers are

scheduled to pull out starting Feb.-7, dozens of U .N. police officers will stay behind in a training program that will run until 1999.

Victor Benoit, an opposition candidate in Sunday's presidential election, says the trainers have a tough task.

Activists protest outside the White house last week. The group was protesting the White House Conference on AIDS to be held today, calling it a Clinton re-election gimmick. Clinton was scheduled to speak to the conference later in the day. (AP Photo)

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Bu~iness briefs froniAsia-Pacific · · · · , SYDNEY

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -Australian Associated Press (AAP) has announced agreements with several international financial media groups that will put AAP news and data services on 5,000 news-retrieval screens throughout the country.

The deals with companies such as AP-Dow Jones and Star Systems involve news and infonnation sharing and will also result in the development of fresh products to display news.

AAP financial markets executive director Craig Mcivor said the new agreements would replace AAP's previous 40-year infonnation sharing association with Reuters, which comes to an end Dec. 31.

From next year AAP news will be available on financial screen services provided by Telerate, Bloomberg, Knight Ridder Financial, Equinet, Bourse Date, Re-

search Technology, lnfocast, S and PComstock, Dunai Financial Services and Bridge lnfonnation.

And AAP will continue to be available on its own screen products such as Australian Market Quote (AMQ) and Market Edge.

Mel vor said that the new agreements would allow AAP news services to be seen daily on more than 5,000 screens throughout Australian financial markets.

As part of the new deals, AAP will use AP-Dow Jones and Knight Ridder to replace its international news and data components previously supplied by Reuters.

AP-Dow Jones and Knight Ridder would supply a mixture of real-time and historical information on foreign exchange, commodities, stock prices, and other international news.

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HANOI HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Two joint venture steel mills with a combined capacity of 420,000 tons per year have begun test operations, the official Vietnam News said Wednesday.

Vinausteel Ltd. is a joint venture between Vietnam Industrial Investments Ltd. of Australia and Vietnam's Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Co. and Foreign Industrial Investment Consulting Co.

Vinakyoei is a venture among the Vietnam Steel Corp. and three Japanese companies: Kyoei Steel Ltd., Mitsui and Co. and Itochu.

Both will produce rolled steel and steel rods using imported steel ingots, the paper said. Their completion brings to six the number of joint venture steel mills in

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~iscussio_ns may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible o~ ~e1~g select~d for award for the purpose of clarification and to ensure full understanding of, and responsiveness tq, soh~1tat1on req~i(ements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment· with respect to any opportunity for d1scuss1on and re~1s1on of propo~ls and such revisio~s m~y be p~rmitted after submission and prior to award for the purpose or obtammg the best and final offers. In coductmg d1scuss1ons, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors.

~~~ reserves t_h~ right to reject any and.all bids for any reason and to waive any defect in said proposals. or any of them, 1f 1n ,ts sole opinion to do so would be m the best interest of CUC. All proposals shall become the property of CUC All inquires shall be directed to Mr. Bruce Napell, CUC Legal Counsel at telephone number (670) 322-4033 Ext. 35.

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Vietnam, with several more in construction.

Vietnam is trying to reduce its reliance on steel imports. More than half of the 700,000 tons of finished steel it used in 1994 was imported.

The state-owned Vietnam Steel Corp. recently asked the government to ban imports of steel products that can be made domestically, but economists say local producers cannot yet keep up with the growing demand.

SYDNEY SYDNEY, Australia (AP) · Qantas Airways Lt~. said it has signed a 10-year deal with Canadian simulator specialist CAE Electronics (Aust) for the use of the first Dash 8-100 simulator in the Asia Pacific region.

Qantas said access to the Dash 8 simulator will reduce training costs, improve pilot skills, standardize flight training procedures and release aircraft for revenue generating purposes.

It will also open up several export opportunities.

"Operators in China, New Zealand and South Africa have already expressed an interest in utilizing the facility," the company said in a statement. The airline not did reveal financial details of the deal.

LONDON LONDON (AP) - Australian cities have a significant cost advantage over most of their main Asian

rivals for expatriate business, according to a new survey.

The Economist Intelligence Unit's worldwide cost of living survey placed Australia's five biggest cities around the middle of the 121 surveyed.

The survey compares the prices of goods and services of importance to expatriates. The results are affected by exchange rate movements in each country.

It shows that, at least on expatriate living costs, Australia is cheaper than its main Asian rivals for European and American investment and joint ventures.

Sydney,rankingequal40thwith Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, is the most expensive Australian city.

Perth is 49th most expensive, Melbourne 54th, Brisbane 59th and Adelaide 66th.

Tokyo is the world's most expensive city followed by OsakaKobe and Tripoli. The Libyan capital's costs are distorted because of economic sanctions.

The rest of the top ten are northern European cities, headed by Zurich.

Hong Kong and Singapore, two of Australia's main ri vats in the regional headquarters stakes, are 17th and 23rd respectively.

Seoul is 20th, Taipei 27th and Beijing 31st.

New York, although the most expensive American city, is becoming relatively Jess pricey. It is 36th, making it cheaper than most European cities.

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SU1D.it0Jno seeking to buy -out Dai'Wa's US operations

By DAVIDE. KALISH NEW YORK (AP) - Japan's Sumitomo Bank Ltd. is seeking permission to buy Daiwa Bank Ltd.'s U.S. operations, a move that could be a step toward a bigger alliance between the giant commercial banks.

If approved, Sumitomo's purchase would resolve a Federal Reserve order that Daiwa shut its U.S. business as punishment for covering up a $1.1 billion trading loss in its New York office over the past 12 years.

Sumitomo, the world's thirdlargest. commercial bank with $ 531.8 billion in assets, said last month it is talking with Daiwa officials about a merger, which would create the world's largest bank.

Buying Daiwa's U.S. opera-

tions could be the first step toward such a combination.

A spokesman for the San Francisco division of the Federal Reserve Bank said Wednesday that Sumitomo applied late last week for permission to take over Daiwa's U.S. business.

Sumitomo Bank Ltd., based in Tokyo and Osaka, has previously said it would assist Osaka-based Daiwa in winding up its American operations. But its filing with the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, which must approve such transactions, signaled that the two parties have reached an agreement.

Robert Fienberg, a spokesman for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said that Sumitomo submitted a draft application last Friday. Sumitomo's U.S. opera-

tions are based in San Francisco. He declined to give further details.

Officials for Sumitomo and Daiwa declined to comment.

Daiwa owns 17 bank branches in the United States, as well as DaiwaBankTrustCo., which provides banking services to institutions and individuals.

U.S. authorities in November gave Daiwa 90 days to shut down U.S. operations, which account for 15 percent of the international loans and securities the bank holds. The deadline is Feb. 2.

A 24-count federal indictment against Daiwa charges the bank's management participated in a cover-up of the losses. Daiwa has denied the charges and blamed fonner New York bond trader Toshihide lguchi for the cover-up.

Dollar traded mixed, stocks higher TOKYO (AP) -The U.S. dollar of 101.68 yen. was trading mixed against the Share prices slipped early in Japanese yen midafternoon Thurs- the morning session on selling by day, while prices on the Tokyo domestic financial institutions, but Stock Exchange finished higher. later rebounded as foreign and

Traders said some players were domestic individual investors selling dollars on anticipation that bought medium-sized, incentive-the German central bank will not backed issues. cut its interest rates at its policy- A sharp advance in futures setting meeting scheduled later prices lifted share prkes. Thursday. News reports that Japan's

They cited a monthly report coalition parties are consider-released Wednesday by the ing lowering securities trans-Bundesbank which noted that actions tax and property tax Gennan interest rates were al- provided improved sentiment ready"quitelow"byinternational among investors, dealers said. standards. The Nikkei Stock Average of

Atmidafternoon, the dollar was 225 selected issues rose 215.82 changing hands at IO I. 72 yen, points, or 1.12 percent, closing down0.08yenfromlateWednes- at 19,499.30 points. On day in Tokyo but slightly above Wednesday, the index had its late New York level overnight fallen 29.29 points, or 0.15 per-

cent. The Tokyo Stock Price Index

of all issues listed on the exchange's first section was up 11.21 points, or 0.73 percent, to 1,539.07 points. The TO PIX had lost 1.55 points, or 0.10 percent, the day before.

An estimated 500 million shares changed hands on the exchange's first section, up from Wednesday's 458 million shares. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners 719 to 346, with 143 issues unchanged.

The benchmark No. 174 10-year Japanese government bonds stood at 113. 94 yen at midafternoon, up 0.12 yen from Wednesday's close. Their yield fell to 2.635 percent from 2.650 percent.

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not improving till mid-'96 By MIKE McKESSON

DEARBORN,Mich.(AP)-Weaker U.S. automotive markets and costly launches of replacements for Fore! Motor Co.' s two top-selling vehicles mean fourth-quarter and full-year profits will be lower than last year's, chairrnanAlex TrotmansaidWednesday.

In a year-end briefing that reinforced forecasts made in October by the company's vice president for finance, Trotmanandothertopexecutives said they did not expect yearover-year earnings improvements until the second half of 19%. In 1994, the No. 2 automaker' s profit was a recorcl $ 5.3 billion.

However, Fore!' s Fmancia! Services Group, whichcontributednearly $1.5 billion to that total, is expected to have another record year in 1995, "more than 30 percent higher than last year," Tronnan said

Ford expects the auto industry will finish 1995with U.S.salesof cars and bUcks at about 15 million vehicles down from about 15.3 million ~ 1994. "For a variety of reasons, the size of the U.S. industry in 1995 didn't come in as we anticipated it would," he said. 'We were talking about 15.8 million vehicles, if you

Novell • earnings

triple in quarter OREM, Utah (AP) -Software maker Novell Inc. said Wednesday it earned $59 million in its fiscal fourth quarter almost triple the level reported for th~ same period a year ago.

Earnings for the three months ended Oct 28 came to 16 cents a share, up from $ 20.4 million, or 6 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 1994. Excluding one-time acquisition-related expenses, Novell said iLs pro-fonma, year-agoeammgscameto$61 million.

Fourth-quartcrrevenuefell to$480.5 million from$ 485.9 million. . Novell, best known for iLs networkmg sofuvare, saw earnings for iLs full fiscal year rise to$ 338.3 million, or 90 cents a share, from $206.7 million, or 56 cent, a share, in fiscal 1994. Revenue rose to $ 2.04 billion from $ 2 billion.

remember, about a year ago.'' Trotman said tax increases slowed

the industry's growth in Western Europe and the Mexican peso crisis spilled over into Argentina and Venezuela, slowing their economies.

Fore! expects the U.S. industry to grow to 15 .3 million vehicles next year.

"(In)therestoftheworld we don't see any major surprises, essentially a continuation of the patterns of the last couple of years - slow and steady growth in North America and Europe, rapid growth in Asia-Pacific ... but Japan essentially flat again, perhaps with very small growth," Trotman said

Ford is in the midst of transitions to new models that represent about 4D percent of its North American volwne. Forc!Tawus, thecountry' s bestselling car, is new for the 1996 model year. The Ford Escort and the F-

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Series pickup bUcks are being replaced for the 1997 model year. The pickups outsell every other vehicle in the United States.

New product introductions will continue, T rotrnan said Tuesday, but Ford intends to do it more efficiently under the "Ford 2000" global reorganization it began this year.

"Our new plans call for 50 percent more models ... over the next five years, and we' II save several billions of dollars compared to our prior way of doing business," he said

Trotmansaidthecompanyplans to reduce the number of engine and transmission combinations it uses worldwide by up to 50 percent and cut the number of basic vehicle platforms by one-third.

"We've set a stretch goal of holding our total per-unit costs in the year 2000 at 1995 levels," he said.

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Australia, Indonesia to sign security accord on Monday CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -Australia will sign asecuritypactwith Indonesia, capping a thaw in relations between two nations that once regarded each other with suspicion, Prime Minister Paul Keating announced Thursday.

''The long-tenn strategic interests ofAustraliaandlndonesiacoincide," Keating said

.. Ibis is a major strategic development for Australia and for the region, and a development of fundamental importanc.e in our bilateral relationship with Indonesia, that is about providing for Australia's fo.ure and creating grater certainty about that futme," Ile said.

He told reporters the text of the agreement has been agreed over several meetings with President Suharto over the pa.st 18 months and will be signed by the two nations' foreign ministm Monday in Jakarta.

''The agreement assens in fom1al tenns for the fir.;t time that Australia and Indonesia have common interests in the peace and security of the region and that we intendtocooperate insupportofthoseinterests," Keating said.

''Theagreementisintendedtomake an enduring and powerful. assertion

within the region and outside that the long tenn strategic interests of Australia and Indonesia coincide," he said

''Indonesia has no such agreement withanyothereow1try," Keatingsaid The accord.sets the seal on a major nunaround in Australian/Indonesian relationssincethe 1960s, when Australia regarded expansionist Indonesia under President Sukarno as the main security threat in the region.

But Keating and Foreign Minister GarethEvanshavemademajorstrides inforgingpersonalandgovemmental links with Australia's huge neighbor to the north, despite disagreements with Jakarta over hwnan rights issues in East Tunor and Irian Jaya

Keating said the Indonesian government would recognize that East Tunor, the Conner Portuguese colony that Indonesia invaded in 1975 and then annexed, was a problem for it internationally, but added he would not lecture Indonesia on the issue.

The security accord did not imply any shared political philosophies, he said.

"I have said before Australia is no threat to Indonesia And Indonesia is nq threat to Australia,'' Keating said.

Keating has, in the pa.st, described

Indonesia as the most important nation that Australia has to deal with, underlining Keating' s strategy of aligning Australia with Asia rather than its colonial master, Britain, or its protector in World War II, the United States.

The Cabinet approved the telTIIS of the treaty Thursday, he said

Keating said he had discussed the matter with U.S. Ambassador Edwarcl Perlcins, and would be sending envoys to other countries to explain the agreement

He said talks with Suharto on the proposed agreement started in 1994, whenKeatingsuggestedtheidea,and were completed last month in Osaka, Japan, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit. Keating said he would be swprised if Malaysia did not regarcl the agreementas ahealthy developmentforthe region.

The agreement commits the two . countries to:

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• To promote security co-operation.

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By BRENDA C. COLEMAN IN the jungles of South America, a l 7th<entury Jesuit missionary discovered that Indians were using a nee bark to cure fevers such as malaria. His discovery gave the world quinine.

Since then.herbal medicine has come along way.

It is still practiced in its basic fonn in both primitive and modem societies. And it gave rise to high-tech research and manufacturing that no primitive healer would recogniz.e.

For example, tons of leaves from a Madagascan periwinkle plant are harvested yearly to make precious owices of a powerful drug against childhood leukemia. And scientists are searching the world's disappearing rain forests for cures for cancer and AIDS.

Yet at its most basic level, healing with plants is still one of the least widerstoodandmostmistrustedof arts.

The United States is "like a developing cowitry" when it comes to herbal remedies, says Professor Nomian R. Farnsworth, a globe-trotting expert in narural medicines at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Government rules and the lack of a long tradition of practice have kept the herbal therapy out of the mainstream, Farnsworth says.

''We don't have a history of it like in England or in Germany. We have Indian medicine men, and nobody thinks much of them,'' says Farnsworth, directorof collaborative research in pharmaceutical sciences.

Four-fifths of all people still rely chiefly on traditional medicines, largely plantsandtheircomponents, the World Health Organization estimates.

Many developed countries have integratedherbalremediesintotheirhealth care, says Roy Upton, president of the American Herbalists Guild.

Such countries include Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Austtalia, New Zealand, China, India, Japan and African nations, he says. "In many of those cowitries, not only are herbal medicines widely utilized, but they' re also reimbursed under the national ins=ce plans,'' says Upton, quality managerforanherbalprcxlucts company in Scotts Valley, California

But mainstream U.S. medicine is so uninfonned that it has been a source of

flagrant misinforrruuion in the field, says Farnsworth, who also has served as a consultant to WHO and to the National Institutes of Health.

One University ofMichigan-trained physician who uses herbal remedies in herpracticeestimatesfewerthan5,000 of almost 700,000 U.S. doctors accept such treatments as legitimale and use them.

"All we learned about (in medical school) was drugs," said Dr. Joan Priestley, who incorporated holistic remedies into her practice after seeing patients improve while talcing them.

American consumers, however, are embracing herbal remedies.

The U.S. rruuket for them has more than doubled since 1985, to $I.13 billion in 1993, excluding teas and homeopathic remedies, according to the London finn McAlpine, Thorpe and Warner, Ltd., which has the latest figures.

Growth is expected to continue at l 0 percentto lSpercentannuallythrough 1997, the furn says.

"It's an industry I would compare to the computer industry," says Peggy Brevoort, a past president of the AmericanHerbal Pro:luctsAssociation, based in Austin, Texas. "It's exploded in the last few years.''

The World Health Organization, recognizing a global increase in the use of he!balmedicines,in 1992issuedguidelines for cowitries in regulating their manufacture, safety and sales.

It also promoted their benefits. '1 cannot overemphasize the impor

tance of cowitries ... endorsing the value of medicinal plants in therapy and selfmedication," said Dr. Olayiwola Akerele, then-manager of WHO' s traditional medicine program, at a 1992 conference in Italy.

Herbal medicines are different from high-tech pharmaceuticals using plant compounds, WHO noted.

High-tech medicines use highly isolated chemicals alone or with other active chemicals. Herbal medicines are actual parts of plants, or their juices, oils or gums. They may be used in extracts, tinctures, teas, capsules or tablets with inert fillers.

About 400 herbs are in general commerce in the United States, including 75 to 100 exclusively in herbal remedies, estimates Robert S. McCaleb, president of the Herb Research Foundation in Boulder, Colorado.

His nonprofit educational group receives about 20,000 calls a year from people seeking information, he said.

Medicinal herbs with clear benefits include gingko for treating aging-related conditions, saw palmetto for reducing symptoms of benign prostate enlargement, echinacea (EK-in-A Y' -see-ah) for strengthening immunity and garlic for protecting against heart disease, McCaleb said.

Gingko, for example, is used to increase blood flow to the brain and relieve short-term memory loss, ringing in the ears and dizziness.

Doctors in this country hardly know about gingko -made from the leaves of an ancient Chinese ornamental tree -but more than 100,000 physicians worldwide wrote more than 10 million prescriptions for it in 1989, researchers reported the following year.

As a prescription medicine, it is covered by national health insurance in countries such as Germany, says Professor Varro E. Tyler, a plant-medicine expert at Purdue University.

More than 200 studies have been done worldwide on the effects of gingko in humans, Farnsworth said.

Rather than invest in added research on such remedies, U.S.companies put their money, time and effort into looking for new chemical plant compounds they can modify and synthesize, he said.

A single find can change the world.

About three-quarters of more than 120 drugs that are still extracted from plants for prescription pharmaceuticals worldwide were discovered following up native folklore claims, Farnsworth has calculated.

All of them came from about 90 species of plants, he says.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1995 -MARIANAS YARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-53

In major strategic move

Lotus changes notes for Internet By EVAN RAMSTAD

CAMBRIDGE, Mas& (AP) · Lotus Development Corp., responding to competitive pressrne caused by new Internet technology, on Wednesday demonstrated major changes to its hallmarlc Notes program that allow it to both read and create information for the World Wide Web.

Most of the changes will be in a new version of Notes software that goes on sale on Jan. l. Lotus also cut prices for the new Notes products.

It will be possible to to click onto the Weuwhilereading e-mail sent by a colleague in Notes. In addition, Web pages can be created using Notes. The steps are designed to keep Lotus, bought by IBM five months ago in the software industry's largest takeover, as the leading seller of messaging and groupware programs, whichcombineelectronic mail and sophisticated databases.

''We view this as our turf," said Michael Zisman, chief executive officer of Lotus. "We are prepared to compete."

Lotus has been increasingly threatened by technical standards related to the Web that allow documents to be linked easily regardless of the computers involved, something that Notes first made popular. Those technical standards occur in Web programs, such as browsers, that are less expensive than Notes.

The World Wide Web is a portion of the Internet - the worldwide computernetwork- thathas becomepopular because information on one computer can be linked to information on another without regard to location or the kind of computers involved. Graphics and pictures can be incorporated easily with text

Thousands of companies are incorporating Web standards in communications programs not just for the Internet but on their internal computer networks, something that's become known as _an "intranet.''

''We see companies going off and believingtheycanbuildintranetsless expensively than they can using Notes and we want to address that ... by

makingourproducts more functional and affordable," Zisman said.

The new prcxlucts put Lotus at the forefront of major software producers who are changing their goods to embrace the global data network.

Just last week, Microsoft Corp., the leading maker of personal computer software, outlined an Internet strategy but said it would be months before products are available.

Lotus' announcement was surprising not only in scope but in how close to market the products are. The new version of Notes has been expected for some time but the breadth of Web features was not.

"It kind of takes the windoutof Microsoft's sails," said Amy Wohl, a Philadelphia-area technology industry consultant and newsletter publisher. 'This is stuff that's almost ready to ship.''

Notes has emerged in the past threeye=asl..otus' most important product,surpassingthe 1-2-3 spreadsheet and other office

productivity tools on which the company was built Notes was repeatedly cited by IBM executives as a key motivation for its$ 3.5 billion buyout of Lotus. It is used by 3.3 million people in 7,000 businesses and government agencies.

It has two main portions - a Notes "server" that runs in big computers atthehubofadatasystemandNotes "client," which comes in several fonnsandisusedindesktoporlaptop computers.

A new kind of Notes client was introducedW ednesday, called Notes Mail. It will sell for $55 each in quantities of 50. Another version, which interacts with databases and is called Notes Desktop, will be cut in price from $ 155 to $ 69 each in quantities of 50. A programmable client, known simply as Notes, will remain at$ 275.

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Jeff Papaws, Lotus' chiefoperating officer, said Lotus executives believe increased sales will make up for the revenue lost in the price cuts.

The pricing strategy would not have been as easy to do if Lotus was still an independent company, Zisman said. IBM can offer substantial marketing muscle to Notes, he said.

"We expect to continue to grow this business in triple digit rates as wehaveoverthepast three years,'' Analysts said Lotus' innova-

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W ould like to express our sincerest and heartfelt appreciation to the Most Reverend Bishop Thomas Camacho, Father Gary Bradley Father Isaac Ayuyu, Father Roger Tenorio and Father lno. The Kristo Rai Church Choir,

to our Tech a as Luisa (Chicha) and to our many relatives and friends from here and off islands for all the prayers, kindness, thoughtfulness, support and words of comfort during our time of sorrow.

May the Good Lord bless all of you this Christmas Season and coming New Year.

I Mariko and children, are inviting you once again to join us on the last day of family r~sary which will be celebrated on Monday, December 18, 19?5 with _a memorial mass to be held at Kristo Rai Church in Garapan at 4:00 p.m., Dinner will be served immediately after the mass at the family residence.

Your prayers and attendance are greatly appreciated.

Dankulo Na Si Yuus Maase, from the Family

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Kasparov wins -match vs computer By EDITH M. LEDERERLONDON (AP)- Gany Kasparov

believes chess computers have many ~.Thehighest-rankedplayer in history proved it Wednesday by winning the deciding match against a computer that can analyze more than IO million chess positions in a minute.

"I believe in my superiority and human superiority_ but we can easily losecontrol,'' said a delighted Kasparov.

The score was 1-1 going into

Wednesday's third and final match andKasparov'sreputationwasatstake. He admitted he was wonied that he might lose his netve and control of the game. But the world champion of the Professional Chess Association proved that brain power can still triumph over computer power.

"I wasn't here to play brilliant games," Kasparov said. "I was here to win the match."

Playing with the black pieces, usually considered a disadvantage, Kasparov won the first game. He only needed a draw in the second game to win thernatch_andhe got it despite a serious blunder. The final score: Kasparov I 1/2, computer 1/2.

The Pentium processor manufactured by Intel Corp. of Santa Oara, Calif., won the first match in London in August 1994, which Kasparov blamed

\/l(e the fa.f'l':ilY of_ our beloved. ~ne, kindly invite all our relatives and friends to Join us 1n OlUr Eucharistic Celebration at Mt. Carmel Cathedral.

Masse~ of Intention: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday

December 10 9:00 A.M. December 11 6:00 A.M. December 12 6:00 A.M. December 13 6:00 A.M. December 14 6:00 A.M. December 15 6:00 A.M. December 16 6:00 A.M. December 17 9:00 A.M. December 18 6:00 A.M.

On Monday, December 18, breakfast will follow after the Mass at the family's residence in Chalan Kanoa. Your prayers and attendance will be m.:::;i appreciated. Si Yu'us Moose.

Mrs. Maria S. Tenorio and Children

Juan s. Villagomez Our family would like to invite all our relatives and friends to join us as we commemorate the First Anniversary of his passage to eternal life.

Beginning Sunday, December lo, 1995. Nightly rosary will be said at the family residence in Sadog Tasi at 7:00 p.m. Also daily mass will be offered at Kristo Rai Church at 6:00 a.m. On the final day, Monday, December 18, 1995, tl:le rosary wiU be said at 11 :30 a.m. and the Mass of Repose of the Soul of Juan S. Villagomez will be offered at 5:00 p.m. at Kristo Rai Church. · Dinner will follow at their residence in Sadog Tasi. Your presence and prayers will be greatly appreciated. Kindly join us. Thank you.

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on "bad mistakes" in his play. He avengedthedefeat, winningthesecond match in May in Cologne, Germany. When he plays human opponents like Anatoly Karpov or Viswanathan Anand, Kasparov said it's important "to prove that I'm better."

But he said he understands the computer's strategy and can beat it at home, so the challenge Wednesday was to win on stage in front of an audience.

In the first game, the computer operator,MathiasFeistofHamburg transferred the wrong move from the computer to the chess board. Kasparov said theerror"was not decisive," but British grandmaster Raymond Keene said the result was that "the computer wasn't playing at its full strength."

In the second game, "the computer played incredibly well .. and it fought back brilliantly" at many critical stages, Keene said. "Garry tried too hard to win and made a tremendous blunder ... and he suddenly thought he was going to lose, but was able to save it."

Kasparov said machines may be getting stronger but chess players also can invent more tricks. Chess computers can't set priorities when making evaluations of which move to play, he said. Feist said they can't do long-range planning for the final moves in the game. British grandmaster Daniel King said computer can make calculations _ but don't have a player's understanding of the position on the board.

"It's a very nice comparison between our intellect and our intelligence and the growing brute force ofa machine," Kasparov said. In February, Kasparov will play the largestchesscomputer,IBM'sDeep Blue, in Philadelphia.

"We don't considerourselves to be losers," said Mike Couzens, Intel's European marketing director. "It may be 2-1 in the series but I've got some bad news for Garry. Pentium has a brother. Pentium Pro will be along next year, and next year is another year."

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Dela Cruz extend our profound gratitude to our relatives and friends for offering comfort and support upon the passing of our late wife and mother. We are most grateful for your attendance of her nightly rosaries and her funeral mass, for your thoughts and prayers, and for your unselfish generosity, both financially and in other donations. You have been our source of strength and support in our trying moments of sorrow

Please join us for the last day of her rosary (Finakpo Lisayon Guma) on Friday. December 15. The Mass of Intention will be held at 5:00 p m. at the Kristo Rai Church followed by an appreciation dinner at the residence of Francisco and Estephania Chong in Garapan.

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would like to invite all our relatives and friends to join us in commemorating the First Anniversary Rosary of our beloved Husband Father and Grandfather into eternal life. '

De<ember I 0, I 99S Moss: 6:00 om Rosary: 6:00 pm (Church) De<ember 11-16, 199S Moss: 6:00 pm and Rosary will fallow

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On the final day, Monday December 18, 1995, Moss of Intention will be at 5:00 P:m., Ro~ry will be said at 6:00 p.m. at the Family Residence and Dmner wdl be served immediately.

UN DANKULO NA SI YUUS MA'ASE Mrs. Maria Untalan Hofschneider, Children & Grandchildren


Racing against time to save rare monkeys By TODD LEWAN

POCO DAS ANTAS, Brazil (AP) -Up in a murk')' tangle of vines and branches in the Atlantic Forest, a highpitched squeal breaks the dewy stillness of morning.

Thebranchesswish. Outoftheshadows bursts a flash of orange-gold - a golden lion tamarin, one of the world's most unusual primate species and one of the last few hundred on Earth.

The slender monkey gives a shalp, rasping call, a food call, and a female tarnarin leaps through the high limbs like a streak of fiery liquid. Around her reddish body hangs a ropelike ring of honey-hued fur: two baby tamarins.

Soon, the parents are cuddling the babies in a tree hollow, teaching them to chew bugs and seedpods. It's a welcome sign that the zoo.born monkeys, at least, are thriving in the wild.

Thirty years ago these shy, squirrelsized monkeys appeared doomed to extinction. Loggers cleared their forest habitats. Poachers trapped them for zoos. Dealers sold them as household pets-$ 25,000 apiece.

By 1967,fewerthan 70wereknown to survive on the planet

But an international crusade to save thetarnarinandits habitat has pulled the animal backfromthe brink. Now there's hope the species may sutvive in the wild beyond the 21st century.

The World Wildlife Fund, the Smithsonian Institution, the Frankfurt 7.oologieal Society and Canada have joined Brazil in a risky project to breed tarnarins in captivity and set them loose in the wild.

Tarnarins from 120 zoos around the

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world are trained to sutvive in the forest and released into their last stronghold, here at the Poco das Antas Wildlife Resetve about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Rio de Janeiro.

The project is the first of its kind. It comes as primates and their rain forest habitats around the world are disappearing at the fastest rate in history.

Primates now classified as endangered now nwnber 67. They include the aye-aye lemur of Madagascar, the woolly spider monkey (South America's largest primate), and the mountain gorilla of central Africa.

But at Poco das Antas, the tarnarin is coming back

Today, 703 tamarins live in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest, now reduced to 456 patches of less than 3 percent its original size. When Portuguese explorers anived in 1500, the forest extended along 4,500 square miles (11,655 square kilometers) of Brazil's eastern seaboard.

What remains, though, is a biological a treasure of flora and fauna more diverse than the Amazon rain forests to the north.

The wilderness contains 15 percent ofallknownspeciesandishorncto 171 of Brazil's 202 endangered animals. 1bree years ago, botanist, in Bahia state discovered a record 450 types of trees in a 2.5-acre ()-hectare) area

'This is not just about saving monkeys,'' said· Kathryn Fuller, president ofthe WorldWildlifeFund. 'Thetamarin is the symbol of a bigger effort, a campaign to preserve one of the most important ecosystems on Earth - the Atlantic Forest.''

The tamarin stands at the top of the forest's food chain, she explained. Its presence is a sign of a heal thy ecosystem.

''You know your forest is doing OK if tamarins are living in it," Fuller said. 'They thrive only in habitats with a widevarietyofplant,insectandanimal life.''

It took what primate experts regard as a miracle of nature to get them to act to save the tarnarin.

Ithappenedonernomingin 1%8.A rancher, out surveying a stand of forest he planned to cut in Silva Jardim -about 10 miles ( 16 kilometers) south of

Poco das Ant.as - suddenly heard a piercing screech. It froze him.

He looked up to see a family of monkeys with lionlike manes squatting on the branches, watching him intently.

The man and the monkeys stared at ezch other in silence. Slowly, other monkeys gathered in thecanopy above. Later, prirnatologists discovered there were 300 tamarins in the area

"It wasagiftfrornGod," says Maria Cecilia Kierulff. 'That forest was so small tl1ey should have died long ago.'' She is a biologist who introduces zoo. born tamarins to the wild.

With help from the U.S. National 7.oological Parle and the Smithsonian Institution, AdelmarCoimbra-Filho, a pioneer of B~azilian prirnatology, founded the Poco das Antas resetve in 1974.

He began linking isolated patches of original forest with regrown trees while workers "translocated" the newly discovered wild tamarins to the 13,000-acre (5,260-hectare) resetve.

Meanwhile, U.S. and European zoos bred captive animals and taught them

the tricks of the wilci At first the lessons didn't go so smoothly. "These monkeys couldn't even open a banana," said Lou Ann Dietz, a WWF program officer. 'They fell out of trees and had a hard time catching lizards to eat But eventually they caught on."

By 1983thenwnberofcaptivetamarins had risen to 500 and the project team concluded they had done all they could to prepare them for the great outdoors.

OnMay31, 1984,naturalistsflewin 15 tamarins from the National Zoo in Washington and released them in the forest

The result was a disaster. The adults were clumsy, slow to find food. And they spent too much time on the ground, where predators lurk. After six months only four tamarins remained.

Project workers spent more time with the next batch, teaching them to forage for food, balance on thin branches, find tree hollows for sleeping places. They also fitted them with radio collars to track them.

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YOUR BIRTHDAY By Stella Wilder

Born today, you are a clever and sometimes hot-tempered individual. You enjoy worlµng on projects which involve your mind and physical skills. Never one to balk in the face of a challenge, you thrive on tasks which seem at first to be impossible, but you accomplish everything with great style, energy and panache! You will attract a great deal of attention through your bold and unconventional approach to life, and you can be confident that every bit of criticism you get will be matched by an equal measure of praise.

You know how to make money. This is fortunate because you are even better a.t spending it! You yearn to live a life of comfort and freedom, and you must earn these luxuries by working hard early in life and gathering the needed resources.

Also born on this date are: Alexandre Eiffel, French engineer_ a_nd designer: Dave Clark, mus1c1an; Don Johnson, actor; Daryl Turner, football player.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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'l.'0DAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Alexandre (,ustavc Eiffel (1832-1923), engince,·: Maxwe!I Anderson 11888· l !15!11.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Progress today will probably be slow especially early on, when you and your associates are learning what must be done.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - You have been giving the same instructions over and over again. Today, you may want to be a little more aggressive and insistent to get the best.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - Something that doesn't make sense early in the day will be worth figuring out if only to avoid being taken by surprise tomorrow or the next day.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Have fun today, and let go of your serious, somber approach to something that should give you more freedom and enjoyment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -You may be working with the best today, so you'd better be ready to bring your best to the table. Anything less will certainly be insufficient.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Your brain has been working overtime, and still you haven't come up with a viable solution to that stubborn problem. Perhaps you should take a break.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -You may be afraid of fitting in today, but in the end you'll realize that you are perhaps more suited than others to be where you are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -Technical difficulties will slow you down today. None of these hardships should prove insurmountable if you simply take your time and use a creative approach.

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. 58-MARIANAS'VARIETYNEWS AND.VIEWS-FRIDAY-DECEMBER 15, 1995

Deion Sanders breaks silence, defends coach over defeat IRVING, Texa<i(AP)-DeionSanders finally had an impact with the Dallas Cowboys, but it didn't help them win a game.

The$ 35 million cornerback lost his usual cool in the Cowboys locker room Wednesday, ripping media coverage that has been critical of coach Barry Switzer following a 20-17 loss to Philadelphia

Of course, Sanders was also angry

because his salary keeps popping up in newspaper articles.

'"This was a team loss and nobody should take the blame," said Sanders, who broke his month-long code of silence by seeking out cameramen and local writers. "How can you blame Barry Switzer? A coach doesn't win or lose games.

"The last coach I saw on the field was Woody Hayes. Players are on the

PSS all-school swim championship

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ZIIIIJM 1. Tamiko Winkfield 2. Davina Palacios J111lor High 1 . Xenavee Pangelinan High Scilaol 1 . Jessica Jordan Ulm Elementary 1. Martha Salur 2. Marta Zweber 3. Spenser Rigg 4. Elizabeth Lee 5. Allsynthe Algaier 6. Lisa Pangelinan 7. Aurora Santos Junior High 1. Julia Coward 2. Hat Mi Kim 3. Colleen MacDull High School 1. Noriko Grandinetti 2. Pua Florian 3. Eun Jung Lee 4. Tina Sablan 1l!l1lrlll EJomentarr 1. Elizabeth ,urey 2. Ah Young Shin 3. Dolores Pangelinan Junior High 1. Katherine Lizama 2. Julia Coward 3. Shy Mara,illa High School 1. Noriko Grandinetti 2. Yoon Mi lee 21!11.fm EJ111118ntary 1. Ah Young Shin Junior High 1. Audra Winkfield 2. Tracy Feger 3. Kalherin Lizama m.flll Elementary 1. Tamiko Winkfield Junior High 1. Audra Winkfield 50.Jm Elementary 1. Elizabeth rurey 2. Natalie Rigg 3. Martha Satur 4. Marta Zwel:€r Junior Hlgb 1. Tracy Fe,ie< Hlgb School 1. Yean Mi Yea 2. Han Na Lee li!I.JWll Elamentary 1. Natalie Rigg 2. Amy Paul 3. Allsynlhe Algaier 4. El1Zallelh lee 5. Lisa Pangelinan Junior High 1. Jenniler Pierce 2. Shy Maravilla High School 1. Pua Florian (DO) HyurJ Hwa Suh 1ll!l..lkml. Elamentary 1.Jtll Prerce

2. Amy Paul (00) Dolores Pangelinan Junior High 1. Jenniler Pierce 2. Collen MacOuff [DO) Hae Mi Kim High School 1. Jessica Jordan 2. Krisly Springer 3. Hyung Hwa Suh 4. Eun Jung Lee 5o..EI! EJamentary 1. Davina Palacros 2. Jill Pierce Junior High 1. Xenavee Pangelrnan High Schaal 1. Knsly Springer

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SCA 3.36.72 GCA 3.55.42

SGS 3.00.5

NMA 2.49.52

GCA 40.73 GTC 53.38 SGS 56.45 GCA 58.43 SIS 1.00.06 1ES 10600 scs 1.09.76

scs 34.94 MBA 38.43 MC 39.49

MC 32.23 GCA 37.55 GCA 44.59 MC 47.41

WPS 1.33.80 SGS 1.35.54 SVE 1.49.20

SOA 1.18.88 scs 1.23.13 MBA 1.25.78

MC 1.13.48 GCA 1.58.41

SGS 3.34 03

scs 2.43.40 SGS 2.43.54 SDA 2.56.80

scs 6.18 61

scs 5.18.56

WPS 48.95 scs 52.48 GCA 1 00.20 GTC 1.10.33

scs 37.87

GCA 1.00.13 GCA 1.01.02

SGS 56.91 GCA 59.77 SIS 107.08 GCA 1.10.32 JES 1.29.82

SGS 41.99 MBA 51.14

GCA 50.86 GCA 54.72

SGS 1.47.76

GCA 2.09.94 SVE 2.21.52

SGS 1.30.08 MC 151.57 MBA 1.47.52

NMA 1.29.48 NMA 1.33.81 GCA 2.04.54 GCA 2.18.57

GCA 46.5 scs 485

scs 35.67

NMA 36.77

TAN 2.08.52 scs 2.12.34 GCA 2.15.58

SGS 1.20.31 HJH 1.30.40 GCA 135.06

MHS 1.18.21 NMA 1.26.10 GCA 1.30. 78 GCA 2.52.55

scs 42.65 scs 1.10.22

scs 33.05 HJH 39.85

NMA 28.64 GCA 36.5

2!la..lM Elnmontary 1. Seung Jin Lee 2 J.C. Kim 3. Dennis Pua 4. Nathan Mangarero Junior High 1. Roberto santos High Schaal 1. Joshua Tailano

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field, and that's why they make the money they make. A coach is on the sidelinesandthat'swhyhemakesthe money he makes."

Sanders, who left San Francisco to sign with Dallas this season, has yet to make an impact on the field for the Cowboys, who are 3-3 since he arrived. He normally talks after games but had evaded the media until Wednesday.

Sanders continued in defense of Switzer, who has been the talk of the National Football League for his decision to go for a first down on fourth-

Chinese ... Continued from page 60

Vietnam. Althoughtheregion'stopmaleswim

mer- Thailand's Rattapong Sirisanont - trains in the United States, one of the coachesofSingaporesuperstar,Joseclin Yeo, is Chinese. Both are piling up medals at the Southeast Asian Games.

The Chinese are geographically close, they come cheaper than most Western coaches and they've taken their own country from an also-ran 10 a world sports power. Santiparb gave the Chinese high marks for improving the region's swimming standards.

'Their coaches are a Jot better than ours," Santiparbsaid. 'They are from a

Wheels ... Continued from page 60 fifth inning due to time limitation.

In the second game, Reno Celis scored a run at the top of the first inning on a tw0-0ut solo over-thefence homer. D' 9ers retaliated with

Golfers' ... Continued from page 60

tion triggered lhe idea. The idea was tossed to many clubs and their members for some time now and there is already a general consensus to fonn a federation," Camacho said.

Camacho said that the major concerns of the federation are to represent all local golf clubs in the NMASA by one of its to-be-elected officials and serve as a governing body that will set rules and guidelines for all clubs.

"To do that we have 10 get all clubs involved as a whole so we can address concerns like synchronizing handicapping sys1em for all clubs," he said.

Camacho said the formation of the federation will also make it easy for federations in other countries to recognize the NMI golfers in off-island competitions because it will be the federation's name that will be carried.

'Toe planned federation is envisioned to prepare CNMI' s representatives in regional games and raise funds for their financial need\" Camacho added.

Camacho is working on the plan with SGA colleague John Babauta. Other golfers working on the plan are Jeff Taylor and Rex Palacios of Club

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Davis also noted the need for additional gyms and that most sports Oiganization.~ do not have seed money.

Rebutting the excuses of sports officials that CNMl is not doing well in regional games because of the limited population from which to choose the right athletes for international games, Davis cited Nauru with a population of 10,CXXJ, whichis l/3smallerthanCNMI.

"Nauruissmallbutitisnowamember of the Olympic community. Marcus Steven made a name for him,;elf and his nation. Here the govenurentdoesn' tcare ifwelackfacilities.Thegymislikeatrash pi~ a hell hole with the floor coming off.

and- I from the Dallas 29 in Sunday's $ 14 million a year." IosstotheEagles.Theplayfailedand Sanders, who was paid a$ 13 the Eagles then kicked the winning million bonus by owner Jerry Jones field goal. to defect from San Francisco to Dal-

"GetoffBarry Switzer, it's just flat las, wouldn't let the matter drop. ignorant," Sanders said. "Get off our "We'restillcoolonthiste.am, we're coach. Our coach is going to be upsetbythelossbutthere is no great here." concern, no great panic in motion

'Tm just an honest dude talking ... but you have got to be fair ... facts," Sanders said. "I don't create we're human beings also," Sand-fiction. Wejusthadfourthdownand ers said. "There are no problems a pinky to go. Weshouldhavegone on this team even though we've for it" had a few stumbles. Go ask 30

"That would be all right with me," other teams if they would like to Gallowayansweredjokingly."Imake be 10-4.

Cornmunistcolllltrywhich trains hard.'' Despite their unsavory reputation,

Pranee Sangnak, an assistant manager of the Thai swimming team, said she was confident that there was no doping in her squad.

"This is not high-level competition like the Olympics," Pranee said." We know the level of our swimmers. If some win out of the blue, we would realize something was wrong."

Ren Chun Sheng, one of three ChinesecoachingThai swimmers, said lhe Chinese government had banned all doping, but admitted some coaches still practiced it

"We adopted this from East Germany," he said, adding that at the time the former Communist nation ruled the waves the Chinese did not

one run when Joe "Pepe" Tenorio scored an inside-the-park homer.

After a scoreless second inning, D' 9ers started to distance from its rival when they scored three runs highlighted by Nick Guerrero's two-run single for a 4-1 lead.

D' 9ers scored two more runs in the

500. Other proposed tasks of the federa

tion include strengthening the communication link among all golfers, developing a program for junior golfers and providing leadership in advancing the interest oflocal golfers and the quality of the sport as a whole.

Golf is also making inroads in Rota and providing them technical assistance is just one of the many concerns the federation is expected to extend.

The federation organizers are eyeing the formation of the umbrella club in six months. "Actual.ly this idea was already long overdue. Wehave several sports bodies in the CNMI that have already organized fe<lerations. Perhaps, this is the only place left in this part of the region without a federation," Camacho said.

The proposed federation is also being envisioned as impartial to any member club, especially on the selection of off-island competition representatives.

"Before it was only SGA which sets up criteria for selecting off-island players because nobody was lhere 10 make the selection. We will put safeguards that club representatives in the federaiil!in will not exercise favoritism," Camacho said.

All member clubs will be given the chance to represent the CNMI in off-

They oorely have money for maintenance. The gym is a joke!" he said . "r always hear politicians say 'the

kids are our future. But there is no program to make them physically strong. But observe the kids. They can't run with two feet off the ground. In the U.S. tumbling is part of the curriculum, he added.

Davis said government and sports officials can start getting lhe support of the people by:

• Providing more paid staffers at the gym to help Sakovich and Sports and Recreation Director Louie Wabol implement and oversee their programs and lessen pricey consultanL~;

• Increasing the maintenance budget of the Ada gym and its main1enance personnel; and

fully understand the harmful effects of the drugs. Earlier a number of former East German swimming coaches worked in China.

"!tis bad. It hurts theswinuners. Just like some Thais use 'ya ma' (amphetamines) while driving. But this is worse and more powerful," said anolherChinese coach, Tien Sae Tia

Just like the East Gennans, the Chinese took a long time to admit they had a serious problem.

After the Chinese women won an incredible 12 of 16 golds in the 1994 World Championships, Western coaches openly voiced their suspicions. The Chinese strongly denied they were using drugs, as they did at the Asian Games rn Hiroshima, Japan.

fourth inning as the Islanders committed five errors, 6-1.

The game ended in the fifth inning onaten-run-mercyrulewhenD' 9ers scored six 1UI1S on five hits and two Islanders errors. Prior to the six-run explosion ofD' 9ers, Islanders' Cris Pangelinan scored an RBI double.

island competitions under the federation setup. Club members will choose their own representative(s). The chosen player(s) name will be endorsed in writing by lhe club representative to lhe federation.

To discourage favoritism in the club level in choosing off-island representatives, the federation will require clubs to follow certain safeguards like holding open competitions as basis for selection and following a certain points system to assure a clean selection.

The clubs' identity and autonomy, Camacho said, will not be adversely affected by the formation of the federatior..

"Their autonomy will not be affected because the federation will function asan impartial body. Its supposed guidelines are forlheinterestof not just one but all clubs," Camacho said. ·

Key golf clubs on Saipan has been making contributions to the advancement of the sport. If things will work out right, as most golfers are expecting from the proponents, the formation of the federation is, perhaps, the latest big step in promoting the sport. . As Camacho would put it, the effec

tl veness of the planned federation is to the advantage of all golf clubs and the sport it<;elf.

• expressing appreciation of their athletes by way of financial and facility support.

The irony of it, Davis noted, is that Saipan has track athletes but does not have a track to benefit everyone. "Athletes want to train but they can't train. They run along Beach Road."

Davis' achievement in the Mr. Universe competition gave the public a sen.,;e of glory. The NMI public was not there, yet they feel they have participated. The public gained a sense of belonging, of being a part of the product of his labor.

Davis said that' when he came to Saipanhe wanted tomakeitahealthier co1!1111unity. ''We have sports orgajlizations and govenunent in place to make it a reality.

NBC ... Continued from page 60

billion. Add$400millionthatNBCpaidfor

major league baseball last month, and the total sports check that NBC's parent company, General Electric, has picked up since August is about$ 3.97 billion.

The roe's TV negotiator, Dick Pound, said it "demonstrated the value

oflhe Olympic brand name" that NBC would even consider a deal of this length and magnitude, especially that since considering past history, none of the Olympics was likely to be in the United States.

Startingwiththe$545 million NBC will payforSaltLakeCity and using lhe same formula, NBC and the roe arrived at a dlrs 613 million pricetag for the 2006 Winier Olympics.

Once rights fees and production costs have been recovered through ad rev-

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1995 -MARrANASV ARIE'IY NEWS AND VIEWS059 enue, NBC and the roe will split profits equally.

roe currently gives(i()percentof all rights fees to the local organizing committees, but Pound said that beginning in 2004, the figure will be reduced to49 percent TheU.S.O!ympicCommittee gel~ IO percent, or$ 230 million, of the total paid by the U.S. rights holder.

''We're plowing new ground here, that's what is so exciting about this," usoe executive direc10r Dick Schulz said. ''We see NBC not only as a TV

partner but also as a marketing partner."

NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol said the network already is projecting a profit for the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, for which itpaid$456million, and expects to make money from its other Olympics deals as well.

a two-Games package to the roc. This time, there weren't even any other bidders, Pound said.

"Ebersol said NBC instigated negotiations on this three-Olympics deal shortly after the other deal was announced.

DeShields signs with Dodgers

"CBS has U.S. broadcast rights to the 1998 Winter Games at Nagano, Japan, representing the only break in NBC's Olympic domination through 2008. NBC will do five straight Games after Nagano.

NBC out-maneuvered the bidding process last August when it suggested

"Ebersol said he and Randy Falco, president of broadcast and network operations, spent the next six weeks "getting ready"' for a meeting with roe executives in September in Lausanne, Switzerland, where Pound and IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch entered negotiations.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Second baseman Delino DeShields and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed Wednesday to a one-year contract.

DeShields, 26, hit .256 with 18 doubles, three triples eight home runs and 37 RBL~ in 127 games for the Dodgers last season. He also stole a team-leading 39 ba<:es, giving him 27 or more steals in each of his six bigleague seasons.

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Hoping desperately for his ball to get a lucky bounce anywhere on the fairway except in the water, his ball instead was nowhere to be found.

After being given the allotted time to search in vain for his ball, Jess took a dropforatwo-strokepenaltyandended upwithatriplebogeyforasixoverafter seven holes fora gross total of82 to win the November title.

Jess Wabol shot the day's lowest score, a 73, and a net 69 to secure the December Ace honor.

Wabol, fresh from winning the Governor's Golf Challenge the day before, played flawlessly throughout

· the round as he hit all the greens for pars, except on number 8, where he dropped a stroke for a bogey.

His awesome tee shots were the day's factor as most of them landed well over the 300 marks, and needing only an eight iron, his favorite, for his approach shots to the greens. He also

In 754 career games, with the DodgersandMontreal Expos, DeShields has 253 stolen bases and a .265 batting average.

"Delino provided a spark for our team during the stretch run of the 1995 season and we feel he can be a key contributor to our team in 1996," Dodgers general manager Fred Claire said.

DeShields hit .414 with three horn-

had quiteanurnberofbirdieattempts to shoot llllder par, but his ball wound up inches short of the hole.

Meanwhile, RGA announces the holding ofa meeting on Dec. 19, 6:30 p.m. at the Carolinian Un in Garapan. Main agenda is the upcoming Aces of Aces tournament schedule.

Youth ... Cqntinued from page 60

points from the service line. After a side--0ut, Mt. Cannel again

tookthelead, 14-13.Theleadswitched to GCA's side on two Mt. Carmel enurs, 15-14, needing only a point to win the game. ·

The Knights, however, allowed the Eagles to tie the game for the third time. GCA's Tracy Sokau was not intimidated by the Knights' comeback. She dumped in two points for the win.

Boys Di vision Oleai No Fear prevailed over GCA

taking a 2-1 sets victory, sending a messagetotheothertearns that they are the team to beat this year.

No Fear's line-up is filled wilh big

Yuletide racketball starts Friday THE three-day 1995 Holiday Racquetball Tournament organized by the CNMI Racquetball Association wiH start Friday at the Nikko Hotel S2 court.

Ten players from Guam, six from Japan and 22 from Saipan will see action in the Open, B, C, women's, doubles and Masters (age 45 and above) levels based on International Racquetball Association rules. ·

Tournament coordinator John

Joyner said most of the Guam players will compete in the Open event.

The C level is for the contestants who have not participated in any tournament before. or have participated but have yet to win.

Pairings were drawn last night by Joyner at the venue site.

The tournament is sponsored by Price Costco, Chinese Diamond restaurant, Rudolpho' sand Marine Tech, Inc.

ers and seven RBIs in August and drove in 13 runs in September.

The Dodgers have been one of baseball's busiest teams so far during the off season. They have signed shortstop Greg Gagne as a free agent, added third baseman Mike Blowers in a trade with Seattle, and retained starting pitcher Ramon Martinez and closer Todd Worrell, who were eligible for free agency.

players including ace spiker Joe Kapileo who soars above the net to deliver powerful kills that the opponents could not return.

Garapan Wild Thing upset Marianas High School Dolphins in three-set second game, 12-15, 15-9and 15-13.

Facing a much talented team from MHS, Wild Thing, composed of players from Garapan, played cautiously avoidingunnecessaryerrors,especially in the final set, over the confused MHS squad.

The Tanapagjunior girls, last year's runner-up, won lheir opener against newcomer Whispering Palms School, 15-4 and 15-8, last week.

Tanapag, coached by Jovie Omar for the past three years, is one of the mostimprovedtearnsintheleague.rtis composed of majority members oflast

Rosario's win caps '95 amateur 8-ball PEIERosario earned the honor to lower the curtain for the 1995 amateureightball season when he bested Santi Sablan to win the last official amateur townarnent for the year.

It was a clean-sweep victory for Rosario in all his four rounds of game aside from the championship match. He defeated Ismael Aguon in rowidone, Kimo Jordan in round two, Eddy Blas in round three and Rudy Pangelinan in the penultimate match.

Sablan played seven rounds winning all games except his match against Blas in round two. Sablan conquered Scat Toomata in round one, Mii Tekopua in round three. Jordan in round four, Blas in round five, Romy Sotto in round six and Pangelinan in round seven of the double elimination tournament

year's team, whle WPS still has room for improvement with more games to come.

Another champion from the girls" senior di vision is back 10 defend its title. Coach HankMagofna' s Islanders won their match against GCA's B Team, 15-2 and 15-9.

Last year year's returnees are Jennifer Omar, Kayleen Helgen, Tehani Kirby, Lali 4's Sonia Taitano and Jennifer Lisua.

In the other game, the Dinkers, behind the consistent serving of Jun KosamandReggieRogolifoi,emerged victorious overGarapan Mix-A-Lot in two sets to share the lead with junior Oleai No Fear with one win ea;;h.

Following the Dinkers-Mix a Lot game, boys' senior No fear showed its mastery of the game as it manhandled Garapan Brotherhood in two sets, 15-11 and 15-8. The defending champion was led by outside hitters June Saralu, Wayne Pua and John Rebuenog.

Governor's Golf Challenge

Dec. 8-91995 Lau Lau Bay Resort

Final Results 1Top 5 finishers)

Name Day Day Total one two

Palau Men's Slowpitch Softball League Championship fl{ght Jess Wabol 73 74 147 Jang Wjhew 73 79 152

(as of Dec. 10) Division A DlvislonB Team w L Team w Spec 6 0 Red Torch 5 Turtles 5 0 Koror Tigers 6 Kautz Glass 4 2 Kabekel 3 Pelellu 2 4 China Town 2 Stevedore Waves 2 3 Wild Thing 3 Ambassador.a 2 4 Kool Running 3 Warriors 1 5 L.A. Bomber.a 2 Just For Fun 2 4 Nan Madol 1 Sedi Kau 3 3 Aschooschoo 1 O& KGoods 1 3 OK's Martins 2

Dec.1 O results Game1 Turtles d. Palaliu, 12-7 Game2 Kool Running d. Wolfpack, 11-2 Game3 Specs d. Warriors, 14-4 Game4 Tigers d. Red Torch, 4·1 Gama5 Sedi Kau d. Glazers, 9-8 Games OK's Marlins d. L.A. Bombers. 13-5 Gama? Just For Fun d. Ambassadors, 8-6 Games Wild Thing d. Nan Madol, 15-10

Dec. 17 pairings Game1 Specs vs Stevedore Waves Game2 Red Torch vs Aschooschoo Gama3 Turtles vs O&K Goods Gama4 Kool Runnings vs Kabekel Barons Games Just For Fun vs Warriors Games Nan Madol vs Tigers Game? Glazers vs Ambassadors Game 8 Bombers vs Wild Thing Bye: Sedi Kau, Peleliu. OK's Martins and Chinatown Wolfpack

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Joe Camacho 77 76 153 Joe Li12ma 82 76 158 Jack Sablan 80 81 161

"A" Flight Alex Tudela Andy Nepaiel James Lin Sid Sablan· Mel Sablan

"B" Fllght Joel Dela Cruz Ron Benavente Tom Saures Joe Aldan

1 Norman Tenorio 87

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80 76 156 76 81 157 80 78 158 83 79 162 81 81 162

84 83 167 83 89 172 88 85 173 86 87 173 87 174

Roman Demapan 89 92181 Jack Diaz 97 94 191 John Guerrero 102 97 199 Ovidlo Calvo 100 100 200 (Guam) Jovito Legaspi 103103 206

Ladles Flight Antonetle Aquino 87 78165 Tilde Hocog 94 91 185 Carmen Gaskins 'Tie Breaker by Score Card

Gov. Froilan Tenorio (ri ht left photo), assisted by First Lady Grace Tenorio, hands over t~e A Flight (rophy in_ the G<?vernor's G~/f Challenge to Alex Tudela while Department of Community and Culturaf Affairs Secretary Tom Tebuteb congratulates the awa~dee. _Other wm_ners recewmg the!r trophies are B F!tght top finisher Joey Dela Cruz (second from left), C Flight champion Roman Demapan, and Ladies' Ffiyht winner Antonette Aqurno (nght). Behind the awardees is tournament chatrman Fred Camacho.

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Wheels, D' 9ers beat SSA rivals TOYOTA WheelsandD' 9ersposted victories in last Wednesday's action of the Fust Saipan Softball Association Men's Fast-Pitch Softball in Susupe.

Toyota Wheels defeated MfC in the opener by five runs, 11-6, while D' 9ers bested the Islanders 12-2.

At the top of the first game's open-

ing inning, MfC scored three runs highlightedbyClimacoLaniyo' stworun homer aided by two Wheels errors.

The Wheelstumedthetablearound and jumped to a five-run lead in their half of the inning when the Wheels scoredeightrunsledbyKirkVergith's two-run double and Mabel

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~-~s-~ktappi,ach < infron~~~~~ ~~~e ss Youth spike enters .4th week TIIE4THAnnual Youth Volleyball League, organized by the Division of Sports and Recreation of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, kicked off its '95-'96 season recently at the Ada gym in Susupe.

Atotalof18teamsjoined theooys' and girls' divisions.

Almost 300 youths aged 12 to 18 years turned out to compete in a friendlyvolleyballforthesecond year in a row.

The Athlete's Foot in Garapan donated money to cover the cost of running the league.

Girls' division defending cham-

pion Aschoscho, sponsored by the Northern Islands Mayor's Office, showed its championship,form as it defeated the Grace Christian Academy Eagles in two sets, 15-0, 15-12.

Aschoscho relied heavily on last year's returnees Nadine Lizama, Ruslyn Billy and Jennifer Somo! in carrying both the defensive and offensive load.

The Eagles, after being blanked in the first set, climbed to within three points in the second set to try to force a third set. But Aschoscho's Kimberly Helger drilled in three straight


Ngirenmela's two-run single. After a scoreless second inning for

both teams; MTC scored two runs on two hits, aided by two Wheels errors and two wild pitches for an 8-5 margin.

The Wheels widened their lead in the bottom of the fourth when they scored three runs on three hits, one MTC error, one passballandonewild pitch, 11-5.

MTGC aimed at closing in on the

Wheelers at the top of the fifth but the most they were able to muster was one run scored by Florencio Falig on Cas Cabrera's single.

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NBC buys 3 Olympic gam.es for $B 2.3 NEW YORK (AP) - NBC will spend dlrs 2.3 billion for three Olympics Games that haven't even been awarded to host cities yet,jacking the networlc'ssportsrightsbilluptonearly $ 4 billion in a little more than four months.

NBC and the International Olympic Committee made the announce-

mentjointlyTuesday,awardingNBC exclusive U.S. broadcast and cable rights to the 2004 and 2008 Summer Games as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics.

'The Olympic Games clearly are the most significant sports events in the world," NBC president and CEO Bob Wright said 'This is important

to our affiliates, important to our vision for the future and adds a great deal of value to our network."

Last Aug. 7, NBC announced that it had purchased similar rights to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the2002 WmterGames at Salt Lake City for a total $ 1.27


Chinese coaches accused of widespread doping CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) -Chinese swimming coaches, who learned doping techniques from F.ast Germany, have moved into Southeast Asia to build champions. Have they packed banned drugs into their duffel bags?

Southeast Asian officials maintain the world's long doping trail stops at

their borders. And the Chinese deny they're exporting their illicit expertise.

China was widely condemned in the sports world after 11 ofits athletes - including seven swimmers -tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the 1994 Asian Games. It was the biggest doping

Planned NM! golf federation:

scandal in the history of sports. "We have been careful about this,"

said Santiparb Tejavanija, deputy secretary general of the Olympic Committee of Thailand, one of severalSoutheastAsiancountries to have hired the Chinese. Others include Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and


Golfers' response to the changing times

Fred Camacho

GOLF IN the Commonwealth and the Pacific is fast reaching its zenith, andlocalgolfersarerespondingtothe changing times by forming a federation that will regulate and serve the needs of all clubs and advance CNMI' scompetitivenessin the international scene.

The idea to form a federation has been around for almost three years now, and last month a concerned group started taking concrete steps to

realize the idea. One of the proponents is the affable

NMI Retirement Fund assistant administrator and 1994 Saipan Golfers Association presidentFredCamacho.

He is currently drafting the federation's proposed articles of incorporation.

'The confusion on who will represent all golfers in the Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Associa

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NMI Mr. Universe raps government, private sector For allegedly failing the sports community

COMMONWEALTHofficialsand the private sector - in some instance even sports officials - have failed tp provide the sports community the driving force that will enhance the standards of local sports.

The observation was made by CNMI Mr. Universe John Davis afterretumingfromthewprldfitness competition held in Guam.

Davis did not win any medal but he made a remarkable achievement by making it to the semifinals. He wasthefirstMr. UniverseNMirepresentative and the world competition was his first outside the CNMI.

The world bodybuilding competition - his first outside CNMI -afteryearsoffollowingaregimented fitness program concretized his insights on the role government and sports officials and the private sector in producing top-caliber athletes.

Davis availed himself the facilitiesattheAdagym weightroomand the Saipao fitness Center gym for more tlian a year when he prepared

for the Guam competition. He made it to the competition with the financial support of the local weightlifting federation and with no support from the private sector and the government

His experience made him see and understand why local athletes have mostly fared poorly in major regional · games.

'There is no support for individual sports, like bodybuilding and weightlifting in the CNMI. The only sport adequately supported by the private businesses are baseball and basketball," Davis said.

'The (NMI) government has an obligation to fulfill to the sports community. A,fterthe last Micronesian games, the governor has pledged his total support of sports groups to be funded in the last South Pacific Games," he said. · 'The support, which wasootall-out, came two months before SPG when the Lt Gov. promised to match the athletes' moneydollarfordollar. What was promised as full funding ended in matching. SPG funding should have

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beenpreparedayearbefore(theevent),'' Davis added.

Davis also rapped the attitude of the private sector for giving support to sports groups only when they get publicity mileage in return.

'They have this attitude to protect what's inside their pocket as businessmen. Business groups should make some sort of pledges, not to individual athletes or one group, but to the sports community at large by setting aside a budgetfromtheirmillionsofincomeas a way of appreciation for the community's patronage of their products and services," Davis said

Davis said all sports officials should gather together to make demands for support from both the government and private sectors.

''When you solicit early, they think you're mad. We have a history ftJat we're. not ready for regional events until the last two months. BillSakovicil should give lessons on how to raise money," he said

..,.C,-on""'"'t,.,..ln_u_e_,d,....o_n_p_a_g_e_s-e John Davis, center, with two of the contenders from Europe in the semifinals of the 1995 Mr. Universe Bodybuilding Championships held in Guam recently.

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