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~encies to pay o\VD. pow-er bills DOF stops paying utilities for judiciary, Legislature

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE ADMINISTRATION will stop subsidizing the costs of utili­ties consumption of some gov­ernment entities, and will 'shoul­der only bills incu1Ted by agen­cies under the executive branch of government, an administration official has announced.

In a letter to Commonwealth Utilities Corp.' s executive direc­tor Timothy Villagonez, Finance Secretary Antonio R. Cabrera in­dicated that the administration's new policy wil I take effect as soon as CUC released its next billing.

Cabrera instructed Villagomez to "remit utility consumption charges ... directly to the appropri­ate agencies."

Those taken out of the executive department's u ti Ii ties accounts are the judicial and the legislative branches of government, the Pub­lic School System and the North­ern Marianas College.

Each year, the list of govern­ment-occupied buildings ex­pands, and as a result "the funds appropriated becomes insufficient to cover the cost utility consump­tion for all branches of govern­ment." Cabrera said in the letter dated Jan 7.

In fiscal year 1995 and 1996, Cabrera said, only $6 million was appropriated for government building utilities while the actual consumption costs had reached $9.7 million and $11 million re­spectively.

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This has resulted in a deficit, Cabrera said.

PSS, being in charge of all pub­lic schools in the Commonwealth,

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FAA probe starts ! By Jojo Dass I Variety News Staff ) AUTHORITIES yesterday Ii moved the wreckage of the heli­i ! copter that crashed Sunday to ! the offices of Macaw Helicop­j ters Inc., as a federal probe on r: what caused theyagedy for­fl mally began yesterday.

A team of probers, led by Fed­i era! AviationAuthority investi­i! gator Scott Christiansen, is now \ piecing together findings and ~ witnesses accounts in a bid to j establish whether the mishap, ) which left at least two foreign­! ers dead, was caused by a me­/ chanical error. i The Japanese government has / vowed to assist victims of the

Macaw Helicopters, which chartered the flight, can be held liable.

The wreckage was tempo­rarily stored at the Saipanlnter­national Airport's Firefighting unit's headquarters prior to its transfer to the operator's office at the Coral Ocean Point resort.

Witnesses said they saw the ·l

Enstrom Shark helicopter's blades stopped in midair while hovering southward before plunging down on its side.

The fatalities were identified as 44-year old Akihiro Itoh, a businessman whose remains were flown into Japan last Wednesday; and Brian Caldwell, the aircraft's pilot.

Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio consolesrelatives of the four Tinian residents who are believed to have perished at the sea. The governor, together with other CNMI officials, attended yesterday's memorial service on Tinian.

crash who might want to file appropriate charges should the probe 's. results show that the

Two persons injured in the crash have remained under close

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'Teno' unperturbed on Borja plan to sue By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THE REPUBLICAN Party's gu­bernatorial candidate yesterday said he welcomes any lawsuit seeking to disqualify him from running in the November elec­tion.

Former governor Pedro P. Tenorio, in an interview, said it should be up to the court whether or not he can run for an unprec­edented third term.

Tenorio is the CNMI's only __ t\¥Q-term governor. The CNMI

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Constitution imposes a two-term limit on the governor.

Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Borja, in an interview Saturday, said if no one else would challenge in court Tenorio's eligibility to run for governor, then he would be the one to do so.

Tenorio said he "respects" Borja' s decision.

"I've already made it clear in (past interviews) that I welcome this," he said.

"(But) I did look up the (CNMI Constitution) and (have discussed Pedro P. Tenorio

this issue) with other lawyers who said that I can still run because (the constitutional amendment that imposed a two-term limit) was ratified during my second term as governor," he said.

On then attorney general, and now Superior Court presiding judge, Alex Castro's opinion that he is exempted from the two-term limit, Tenorio said he was not the one who requested for Castro's opinion on the issue.

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2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-JANUARY 16, 1997

Hebron accord si By SAMAR ASSAD

EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip(AP) - Israel and the Palestini,ms signed an agreement early Wednesday on Isrncl 's long-delayed pullout from most of Hebron and parts of tl1e West Bank, marking a breaktl1rough in stalled Middle East p.:acemaking.

Deal marks historic breakthrough in MidEast peace furtl1er West B,mk witl1drawals prom­ised in tl1e 1995 peace accord signed by Netanyahu's dovish predecessors.

Thesigningfollowedanearlymom­ing summit between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestini,m leader Y asser Arafat at an Israel-Gaza border crossing. Their chief negotia­tors - Dan Shomron and Saeb Erekat -signed the final accord, Netanyahu spokesman Dan Shomron said.

The agreement lays out ··a pathway of greater hope and possibility for peace in the Middle East as a whole," saiu U.S. envoy Dennis Ross, who pushed for the accord in four months of tortu­ous negotiations.

Netanyahu and Arafat emerged af­terward to shake hands before the cam­eras but did not speak.

Few details of the agreement were immediately available. But according to reports and information provided by officials previously, Israel is to gi.ve the Palestinians control of80percentof the Biblical city of Hebron with days. Is­rael has also committed to roll back its presence in the West Bank in three stages - beginning in six weeks and ending in August 1998.

Ross said the agreement was .. fully consistent" with the previous Israel­Palestinian agreement from I 995, but thepartdealingwithHebronwas"more detailed."

A document - dubbed a .. note for the record" -was attached to the Hebron agreement and referred to tl1e furtl1er West Bank pullouL, and other issues.

"Taken togetl1er these two docu-

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mentsrepresent a very important build­ing block in tenns of developing rela­tions between the two sides ... and peace in the Middle East as a whole," he said.

Wednesday'sagreementisfirstcon­crete step in the peace process since Netanyahu's hard-line government took office in June, pledging to slow

. down the handoverofland to the Pales­tinians. Tensions between the twosides have risen sharply as the stalemate in tl1eir relations lengthened. In Septem­ber, Palestinian frustration sparked clashes with Israel in which 79 people died.

The agreement raises as many ques­tions as it answers - most notably the scope of the planned Israeli withdraw­als. TI1e Palestinians hope to gain con­trol of most of tl1e West Bank, but Netanyahu by some reports plans to cede as little as one-tl1ird of tl1e terri­tory. which brae! captured in tl1e I 967 Midea~t War.

Bazak said Netanyahu would bring

Clinton welcomes Hebron deal, but calls for caution

Bill Clinton

By BARRY SCHWEID WASHJ:\GTOI\ (AP) -l'rcsidenl Clinton \\elcomed the Israeli-Palestin­ian agreement on I Iebron a, a step toward "a lasting, secure Middle bt•;t

peace .. but cautioned tl1ere is hard work still ahead ... l11is is not a time to relax," he said.

"Once again the forces of peace have prevailed over a history of division." Clinton said Tuesday after receiving phone calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Ya,ser Arafat telling him of the accord.

"l'oday' s agreement is not an end in iL-;elf," the president added, during a brief appearance in the White House briefing room. "Bringing its words lo life will require active and continuous cooperation between Israeli and Pales­tinian officials.

"It will demand every effort to stop

tlmse who would choose confrontation owr cooperation .. tl1e president said.

After di fficu I I negotiations. brokered by U.S. mediator Dennis Ross, Nctanyahu and Arafat agreed on a fom1ula for Israel ·s lrn1g-Lklaycd pull­out from 1-lebron ,md parts oft11e West Bank.

Sandy Berger, Clinton's national security adviser, said Netanyahu and Arafat "were both 4ui1e upbeat .. in their conversations with the presi­dent. While breaking a long impasse, the accord leaves many 4 ucstions unanswered. particularly uctails on the planned Israeli with­drawals from the West Bank. Wl1itc I-louse officials, cager lo claim as much credit as possible for their boss, said Clinton's ef­forts in the last few days were "in­dispensablc."Through public com­ments, private conversations with the leaders and the use of his en­voys, Clinton had urged both par­ties to redouble their efforts to find agreement.

Clinton credited Ross and Secre­tary of State Warren Christopher for overseeing the negotiations, and he applauded Jordan's King Hussein for giving the talks an important nudge forward. He also praised Egyp­tian President Hosni Mubarak. Ross had worked on the agreement since last September, when Clinton sum­moned Arafat and Netanyahu to the White House when new violence erupted between Israelis and Pales­tinians in the region.

tl1e agreement Wednesday before his Cabinet - where about half tl1e minis­ters have said tl1ey are against it or undecided. Yasser Arafat is expected to encounter less opposition when he brings the accord before his own Cabi­net

TI1e accord is also to be brought to die Israeli Knesset, where it is exp.:cted to pass by a huge majority with the support of the opposition.

Netanyahu 's most ardent past sup­porters- the Jewish settlers of die West Bank and Gaza -were astounded by his decision tocommittopullingoutof not only Hebron but parts of the West Bank as well.

"Nctanyalm is on the verge of mak­ingapactwitl1thedevil,"DavidWilder, a spokesman for the 500Jewish settlers. who live amid 130,CXXJ Palestinians in Hebron, said Tuesday.

"lfhe goes through with this, he will place all of our lives in severe jeop­ardy."

Settler leaders met Tuesday night in Jerusalem to map a protest campaign against the government they helped bring to power.

'"This agreement is going to tear the nation into pieces," said Elyakim Haetzni, a leader from the Kiryat Arba settlementoutsideHebron. "Netanyahu has cheated us."

PalestiniilllS, meanwhile, started preparations for the Israeli pullout Tues­day. Merchants painted over political graffiti on storefront shutters in the downtown Bab Izawiya area. Bab Izawiya wa, tl1e scene offre4uent past clashes between Palestinians mid Is­rneli soldiers.

But Izzedine Sharabati, one of

15,()()()Palestinians living in tl1edown­town Hebron area tliat will stay under Israeli conrrol, said tl1e redeployment "doesn't make any difference."

"111ere will be no peace between us and the settlers," he said. "The only solution is to get tl1em out of.Hebron."

The talks tl1at began in October nearly broke down over Arafat's de­mands for a timetable for the tl1ree

l11e key breaktl1rough, appears to have been secured by Jordan's King Hussein, who on Monday convinced Arafat to agree to allow Israel to com­plete the withdrawals by August 1998 rnther than September 1997, the origi­nal deadline.

According to Palestinian sources, Continued on page 16

New pact brings Israeli PM behind peace process

By DAN PERRY TEL A VIV, Israel (AP) -The agree­ment reached Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Ben jan1in Netanyal1u and Palestinian leader Y asser Arnfat puts the hard-line Israeli leader fim1ly behind the peace process for tl1e first time. But it leaves much open, planting the seed of future disagreements.

It wa, originally envisioned as merely anuts-and-boltsdocument tight­ening future security arrangement, in Hebron. It was also seen as a way of reestablishing trust after a September breakdown in which Israeli and Pales­tinian troops fought gunbattles and 79 people died.

But four months of intensive U.S.­brokered talks yielded a grander result a deal on Israel's future Wesl Bank pullouts as well - and tl1e first-ever accord between the Palestinians and a right-wing Israeli government

It ovetlaps the September 1995 ac­cord signed by Neumyahu' s dovish predecessor, the slain Yilzhak Rabin. But it also tou 1ens Israel's security

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arrangements in Hebron imd prolongs the timetable for its promised West Bank pullout by 11 months, to August 1998; these were Palestinian conces­sions.

But what is remarkable is tl1e simi­larity between the two accords: Netany,tl1u, who as opposition leader vilified Rabin's <)gfeementasacapitu-

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FBI orders investigation on taping of Gingrich call McDermott may beg off ethics panel probe

By LARRY MARGASAK WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI director has ordered an investigation into tl1e taping of a phone call involv­ing speaker of tl1e house Newt Gingrich. Louis Freeh said Tuesday an investigation would begin imme­diately into the taping by a Florida couple and "the subsequent dissemi­nation" of tl1e content,,

The armouncement c:une as the House ethics committee's rJJ1king Democratsaidhewouldremovehim­sclffromtl1einvestigationofGingrich, bowing to pressure that built quickly over his handling of tl1c phone call.

'!he speaker ofd1e house, second in line to tl1e presidency, ha, one of the most powerful jobs in U.S. politics, witl1 great influence over the legisla­tive agenda.

Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat, said tliat "as a matter of conscience" he ww; stepping aside to call attention to Republican "subversion of an inde­pendent, fair ethics process." He conditioned his recusal on Republi­cans maintaining political balance on the evenly divided committee.

The Republicans could do so by removing one of their members -presumably newly appointed Lamar Smith of Texas - leaving the panel with four lawmakers from each party. Not to be outdone by McDem10U, Republicans accused him of viola!-

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ing federal law by accepting a record­ingof atelephonecall,inwhichGingrich plotted his responses to his admitted ethical wrongdoing,

''"Ille opening of tl1is investigation should not be interpreted as conclusive that there were in fact violations of the law," Freeh cautioned. Federal law prohibits intentional interception of calls from cellular telephones and also the dissemination of any such recording- if the person trans­mitting it knew the recording was i lie gal. McDennott tarred ethics committee Chairwoman Nancy Johnson with accusations of vio­lating the House rules she's sup­posed to enforce. He said she re­f used to consider evidence on the

tape that showed Gingrich breached his commitment not to orchestrate reactions to the viola­tions.

McDennott's comments were in a written statement and a letter to Mrs. Johnson. The chairwoman responded just as harshly, lashing back in a written statement of her own.

"I will not allow angry parti­sanship to divert the committee from its job of providing the pub­lic and the Congress with com­plete information in the Gingrich case," she said.

"We are moving forward to pro­vide full public disclosure of ev­ery aspect of this case to be fol­lowed by a hearing and a vote on the House floor." With the House set to vote on Gingrich's punish­ment next Tuesday, McDermott and other Democrats focused on the content of the tape.

McDermott said Mrs. Johnson "jettisoned the evidence" on the tape and "wilifully ignored its content. "However, Republicans hammered away at McDermott's receipt of the tape. Rep, Bill Paxon, a key member of Gingrich's defense team, said the handling of the tape "may well have an impact" when the House votes on penalties for Gingrich next Tuesday.

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30 gov't housing units on Rota to be renovated

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By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

THIRTY· government housing units on Rota, which are being occupied by low-income fami­lies, will undergo renovation soon, the Northern Marianas Housing Corp. said yesterday.

Some $100,000 has been set aside for the renovation work which wm include repainting and

the setting up of a septic tank. NMHC Corporate Director

MaryLou Sirok said the reha­bilitation of the 30 houses will "bring them up to housing qual­ity and standards."

The last time the houses had a facelift was in 1993, before a major earthquake in Guam that also affected Rota created cracks in the ceiling of some units. _

The so-called section 8 houses are located in scenic Liyo near the Paupau Hotel and overlook­ing the sea at the southernmost point of Rota.

Sirak said the funding for the renovation comes from the NMHC's budget while that for the septic tank from the Com­munity Development Block Grant of the US Department of Housing and Urban Develop­ment.

Families Jiving in section 8 houses pay rent of no more than 30 percent of their monthly in­come.

Injunction sought · · · vs garment factory.,

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE GOVERNMENT is seek­ing the closure of a garment fac­tory for alleged violation of build­ing safety regulations.

The Department of Labor and Immigration, in a complaint filed in the Superior Court, called for an injunction order against Eurotex Inc. in San Vicente.

The department asked the court to stop the operation of the factory "until such time the defendant is certified by the government of having complied with all applicable laws, rules and regulations that govern the health, safety, and welfare of the publi~."

The credibility of the CNMI government, particularly the department, to enforce the Commonwealth Code ·'will be adversely affected creating a Joss of credibility in the local community while this matters is pending," according to the complaint.

During the first inspection of

the working place and bmTacks of Eurotex conducted in July 1995, labor and health officials discov­ered violations of safety and health standards law.

For example, the place was rat infested and poorly ventilated, floors were greasy, fire extin­guishers and exit signs were not visible.

f-ire director Jose Ada reported that the place was a fire hazard.

In September 1996, the com­pany forged an agreement with the departments of Labor and Immigration, Public Safety and Public Health promising to rec­tify its violations.

Progress had been made later, but violations in certain areas re­mained unchecked, the depart­ment said.

When the inspectors visited the place again last January, it was found that "the conditions at (Eurotex) work facilities and em­ployees housing had regressed back to the conditions that existed during the inspection in July 25 and 26, 1996."

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Tenorio suspects Babauta -wants to be NMI delegate

By Zaldy Danc!an Variety News Slaff

GOVERNORFroilanC. Tenorio said yesterday that "it's not a good idea" for Resident Rep.Juan N. Babauta to insist on getting a non-voting del­egate seat for the CNMI "so he can nm for it afterwards."

"If he's not interested in the posi­tion, maybe we should consider, but asking for the seat so he can tun for it-that's a conflict of interest," Tenorio said.

The Variety reported on Tuesday that Babauta met with U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) who, Babauta said, was "very in­trigued" with the Northern Marianas.

Babauta later wrote a letter to Gingrich, in which he said that the people of the CNMI are "greatly disadvantaged" for being the only American jurisdiction "without a voice in Congress."

Tenorio, however, said that after the visit of thrtt of Gingrich's fellow House Republicans, the possibility of the speaker "entertaining" a request for a CNMI congressional represen­tation is doubtful.

"I hate to ask forsomething (that) I know we can't get. I don't think we have a chance to get a seat for the next several years," Tenorio, himself a fonner 1·esident represen­tative, said.

The CNMI may be the only U.S. tenitOI)' without representation in Congiess, he said, but the Common-

wealth is also the only tenitory that has control over its own taxation, immigration ,md minimum wage rate.

"I think the time has come when you don't get something from the (federal government) because others rue getting it

"'The time has come when we have to deserve what we ask Congiess to give us," Tenrnio said.

U.S. Reps. Brian P. Billbray (R­Califomia) Dana Rohrabacher (R­Califomia)andJohnJ.DuncanJr.(R­Termessee) were in the CNMI from Dec. 29 to Jan. 3.

The three were all praises for the CNMI's immigrntion, taxation and minimum wage policies, but were skeptical on the need for a CNMI non-voting delegate in Congress.

Except for Tenorio, all of the Commonwealth's elected officials who spoke on the issue are for con­gressional representation.

Billbray, in a meeting with CNMI legislators, said if the Commonwealth wants representation then it should be willing to pay for the cost, involved.

Rohrabacher, for his pait, said that because CNMI residents do not pay the federal income tax ··you don 'tgct rep1esentation:·

On the otl1er hm1d,,.)1e added, im­posing the federal income tax on tl1c CNMI will "destroy" the local economy.

In sepm-ate inte1viewsF1iday,Scn­ate P1esident Jesus R. Sabhm, House Speaker Diego T. Benavente and

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former lieutenant governor Benjamin T. Manglona said the CNMI should continue to seek representation in Congress.

Sablan said representation in Con­gress is nol an economic issue, but a political one.

"Ancf if we have to pay for it as (Rohrabacherand B illbrny have )sug­gested, then we should have full rep-1esentation."

In a media 1elca.'\C Monday, Sablan blrnnedTeno1iofor··misleading''U.S. congn:ssmcn on the non-voling del­egate issue.

When asked for a comment, Tenorio said Monday that Sabl,m 's statement is "insulting" 10 the con­gressmen.

··111ey should know whether I'm lying to Ll1em or not, and no, I do not mislead .anyone," he said.

Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Borja extends his condolences to a relative of one of the four Tinian residents lost at sea since Jan. 5 and are feared to be dead. Borja, together with Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio and almost all of CNMI government officials attended yesterday's memorial service held on Tinian. Photo cour<esy 01 Governor's PIPO

Sablan agrees with Tenorio on need for prudent management By Rick Alberto Variety News Slaff

THE chairman of the Common­wealth Utilities Corp. board yes­terday welcomed the "advice" his counterpart at the Common­wealth Development Authority had given the CUC on the mat­ter of prudent fiscal manage­ment.

·'It's just a message, and I think the message doesn't go to cue but ii goes to all govern­ment agencies as well, that we have to be responsble," Ben­jamin A. Sablan told reporters.

The other day Juan S. Tenorio said he would ask today's CDA board meeting to defer adop-

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tion of the equity conversion agreement, which the CUC

board adopted and executed last Dec. 30, un!il mOl'e conditions pertaining to rntdown in opera­tional and other expenses are added.

The CUC, Tenorio had said, should practice discipline in its spending since "there wen: some inst,mccs where their expenditures arc uncon­trolled."

Reacting to Trnorio's state­ments, Sablan said, ··1r there arc last-minute conditions or terms that need to be inserted in order to make that document (agreement) ... workable to CDA and CUC and strengthen that document so that no future prob-

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Sablan said they 11ould 1·:1tlier think themsclvcs as 1110n: ofthc solution than the problem, ,1dd­ing that the CUC board "111eant we Ir by passing that cqu i ty con­version (ag1·ee111c'nt) ...

The CDJ\ had taken long to convince the CUC to agree to converting CUC's dci'aultcJ debt of $X l .77X.262.22 (as of Oct. I. 199-+J into cquit)'.

But Sablan said Trnorio's statements did Illll nwan war.

"CDA is not fighting. Thl'y're just trying to strengthen what­ever agreement would be ac­ceptable to C'DA ... as well as CUC." he said.

'J,R' 4 mariiana~ by: John DelRosario

Konsiderasion atkilon tano' Magpi' I uos guma · lchislatura u dana dispucs pot para u konsiueru i

ma'ekstenden atkilon tano· publiko giya Magpi ni inatkikila nu i Kan Pacific. Mase ha gi hi Jo· prinsipio hu suppopotta ma·ekstenden cste na atkilon. guaha lehitimo siha na kucstion ha nesessita u fan ma'oppe pareho ha' gi cntaJo· membron Jehislatura yan offisiat Kan Pacific. Estc siha na kuestion presiso u fan ma'ebalua kosake klaro gi publiko ·nos kuantos sentido na asunto siha komo guiya (publiko) tutot este siha na tano· para i famaguonta.

Tay a· trnbiha ·nai ta lie· monhayan i tetminon atkilon tano· publiko ·nai debi u manana' lo halom gi gobietnon Marianas pareho ha· i tano· yan todo adclanto ni manma·establese guennao na propiadat publiko. Lao siempre un'dia tafagchae· este na asunto ·nai dicho debi u guaha disision haf· taimano para disposisionta nu i tano· yan fasilidat ni .manmahatsa. Kao ta guot' tatte para uson situon guma' f:.tmaguonta pal ta talon pumega gi hechuran pottamoncda ·nai mas mauleg nina· halomna na proposito (kontodo i manhatsa orihinatmente) ma· ink! uso?

Este na kuestion ha choneg halom otro mas impottante na kuestion ni debi ta oppe dispucs: Akuanto magahetna ayo i mansafigan na i manma·atkikila na tano· publiko kulan pinelon salape' gi banko (mafananaan land banking)? Ha obliga hit lokue' fumaisen maisa hit sinseramente kao magahet na yangin u fagpo' i kontrata para tasangane i gumasta salape"fia Si Yuus Maase ya bai"n chile' tatte pago tano' mame yan todo i gaige na adelanto? Kao ti u estotba konsiensiata i para ta chule' tatte dibuenamente tano·ra sin konsiderasion gi gaston salape i umadelanta propiadatta?

Este siha na kuestion mandidog na as unto ni debi u fan marespuesta dispues nu i famaguonta. Hungan siempre u fan mikeble famaguonta ginen atkilon tano· publiko. Siempre u fan duefio gi propiadat yan todo adelanton petmanente na fasilidat ni mahatsa gi tano· publiko. Baiho batgayo· lokue· na yangin u fatto i tiempo u fan kapas du mi side hafa malago· niha nu propiadat publiko gi hi]o· antao yan fitmc na disision. Sina ha' ta pega gi pottamoneda para haye gai interes lao tana' fofona i orihinal na kometsiante ni umadelanta ennao na pidason tano·. Gi tu tot salape, sina tanae· bente-sinko pot sicnto (25'/r) ya i tetehnan ta guot ya ta inbesta gi mauleg na manera para uson ayo na haane ·nai kulan chataaan.

Hu gagagao mohon na i Kan Pacific u sede ma"adelantan tano· gi oriyana ·nai siiia mahats;i areglao na guma· para i mangai nesesidat L1nlihef1g familia. Estc na klasen guma· sina dos klase gi mismo lugat: l guaguan para i gai kcble yan barato para i ti muna' siiia Jao pareho i dos gaige gi un· lugat. Ni uno para u tiningo kao guaguan na gum a· finahanmo solu hago mismo. I responsablidat ma' adelantan

este na lugat residenle madibiden dos: I fasilidat hanom, kandet, chalan yan tilipas aplacha" (sewer) i gobietno. Pago i mahatsan guma siha, i Kan Pacific. Estake ha chulc' latte gastona i dos patte 'nai u tutuhon i Kan Pacific manrikohe ganansia.

Gai sentimentoyo· pot Kan Pacific rason na guaha siha gi kontrata ni pattcta tita komple ya humuyong guiya mismo umusunc sin ginei\goi\g. Estaguc· na adelanto bumaba un' konsepton-mananom chagu;m-pot para tafan mama· ganansia. Guiya tumutuhon un' fasilidat pol para tatagam gincn Japan i miyon na mangagando golf ni mumalague· manhuyoi\g mage piot gi tiempon maneiigheiig. Guiya kumayon mona i chalan para pot fasilidat hotel yan golf ni matatiye dispues nu i otro siha kometsiantcn mandangkulo ni man man hatsa gi otro palte guine giya Saipan. Dispues, listo man ayuda 'nai ha panas hit i pagyo gi I 987 ya tat tronkon telefon ti ha hulog. Mannae· dai\gkulo na ayudo gi este na nesessidat.

Muiiga nina· fan chatsaga ni hafa hu atetutuye gi ginagao para uma'apprucba hafa ginagagaoi\a este na kompania. Nae· nu i ginagao niniha gi hilo' checho fitmc na konsiderasion sa· destc tiempu maulcg na sudadano gi halom komunidan bisnis guinc. Sin fitme na kincmite gincn siha, ti u fan flares tanota pago nu i klascn fasilidat turista ni talilie· pago. Senores yan senoras nae· nu i ayudo ni hagagagao pago. Tarehata manman apase gi hilo' maug na sensian kooperasion. Si Yuus Maase!

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Log reveals psychic spies network WASHINGTON-They were a top secret military Unit of Last Resort: a band of a half dozen psychic spies working business hours for more than a decade in two leaky, wooden World War Hera buildings, T2561 and T2562, on the Fort Meade military reserva-tion in Maryland. .

--When the U.S. military was on a Scud hunt in lraq, trying to find deadly missiles that Saddam Hussein was moving around during Operation Desert Storm, they were cal Jed in.

-When Americans were missing or taken hostage in the Middle East, their abilities were tapped.

-When the intelligence community was in turmoil believing the must infamous ter­rorist of modern times, Carlos the Jackal, was going to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, their phone rang.

The group existed from 1978 to 1995 un­der four successive ultra-secret names: the Grill f'lamers. the Center Lancrs, the Sun Streakers and the Star Gate-keepers. Over that time, a total of 40 military and civilian men and women in the unit's sparse Fort Meade offices were asked to come up with psychic clues to intelligence problems, usu­ally when normal spy methods were not enough.

We were the first to pull the cover back on the unit, in the earlv 1980s, when it was called "Project Grill Flame." In 1995, when the CIA wanted to kill the program once and for all they released a declassified study that criticized the unit's work and provided the justification to have it terminated. Yet the CIA released no details about the actual projects that were undertaken.

From its inception at the CIA in 1978 to its end with the Defense Intelligence Agency last year-and at a total cost of $20 mil­lion- psychic spies responded to hundreds of requests, and conducted thousands of ··re­mote viewing" sessions in an effort to find new information on intelligence projects.

Remote viewing is a process aimed at viewing remote locations, objects and people without actually being then;. Generally, it consisted or two people in a room, which was often darkened. The ··psychic" would be told a number - but would not be told what or whom he or she was looking for or which agency was seehng the infor~ation.

,,The psychics would then relate what came to mind. Some viewers called it disciplined day­dreaming with a purpose.

In the last year, sporadic reports have un­veiled portions of the unit's activities. but our associate Dale Van Atta is now able to provide a more complete picture after obtain­ing a copy of a highlv sensitive, 57-page log of their activities from 1979 to 1989.

The log records at least 182 projects .as­signed by 25 different agencies. The average project consisted of more than eight one­hour sessions. The No. I taskmaker, with at least 93 projects, was the DIA.

The CIA has said that psychic spies never proved to be of any use, but the log reveals that the CIA was the unit's second biggest employer, asking for help on 33 different projects. These requests came after the CIA had disbanded its own psychic unit in 1978 in favor of the Army's project.

Other "!askers·• to the unit inc Jude a II of the military services, plus intelligence agencies like the communications spies at the Na­tional Security Agency. al so located at Fort Meade. But the unit also 'worked on behalf of the Customs Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Inves­tigation and the Secret Service.

It was the Secret Set'vice that begged the unii for help in thwarting a perceived threat from the elusive Carlos the Jackal. who was usually employed bY Libya or other hostile Middle _Eastern countries.

According to the log, it was Project No. 8124, and ran from December 1981 to Fcbruarv 1982. There were six remote view­ing sessions. which sparked intense interest in the spy community. The cryptic Jog nota­tion said: "Poss·iblc terrorist act. Scc,~el Sei·­vice, FBI, DIA involved. High visibility project." ·

But-just like the rest of the $30 billion-a­year intelligence community-the unit failed to locate C;1rlos.

According to the lug, however, the unit w:1s able to provide ··infornrntion of value." In fact, one entry even conccucd that the psy­chic unit may have kept Carlos in hiding. "Information provided could have ueterrc~d the movement of Carlos," the notation reads.

We wi I I reveal more from the secret log and interviews with former remote viewc7·s in future columns.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1997 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND Vrnws'-5

Tenorio airs doubts he'll get Borja's support On '97 Tinian senatorial race

'Borja does not have faith in me anymore'

San Nicolas, Dela Cruz say they're still in contention

By Zaldy Damian Variety News Staff

INCUMBENT Sen. Henry DLG. San Nicolas mid former senator Ramon Dela Ctuz yesterday said they ai-estill in contention for the two Tinimi senatotial seats up for grabs in the November election.

mayoral bet. It was not known who the Unity

gubematotialcandidate is, butother Vaiiety sources said the coalition will back tl1e Republicm1 cmididate and former governor Pedro P. Tenorio.

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

GOVERNORFroilanC. Tenrnioyes­terday said he is already "resigned" to tl1e fact that the Democratic Party will remain divided even after the 6'llber­natotial ptimmy scheduled for Aptil.

·we will remain divided just like tl1e Republicans m-e divided tight now," he said.

··we have the notion that (it's pos­sible that after) a p1immy(the oppos­ing camps) kiss mid make up after­wm·ds-itdoesn'thappen(thatway).''

Tenotio was 1-eacting to Lt Gov. JesusC. Borja'ssayingthathe(Borja) is willing to sign an agreement stating that the candidate who loses in the ptimmy will support the winner.

"I don't think so," Tenorio said. "Jesse' srunningbecausehedoesn 't

think J'mdoingagoocl job. He docsn 't have faith in me. He doesn't trust me miymore.

'"He thinks I'm no g~, that I'm mean and that he's the better candi­date thm1 I am.

"So why should I think he would support me ifl win the ptimmy? I'm only being realistic."

When told that it wasBorja's sup­porters who were critical of him,

Froi/an C. Tenorio Jesus C. Borja

Tenorio said his fotmcnunning mate "believed those words."

"'He based his decision to rnn (against me) on those statements. Otherwise he would have ac­cepted my request that (we run together) again."

Asked if he would support Borja if the latter wins in the primary, Tenorio said he would have to "think it over."

Democratic Party chair Daniel 0. Quitugua announced last week that the party wi II hold a guberna­torial primary in April, after last-

. ditch efforts to convince Borja to run with Tenorio failed.

Tenorio has said that he prefers a primary a mere few months before the Novemberelection, but according to Borja, a primary should be held as early as pos-

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sible "so (the party) can try to mend" differences between the two candidates.

Borja said he is willing to sign a pre-primary agreement stating that the loser will support the winner of the primary in the No­vember election.

"Somebody can always say that somebody didn't live up to the agreement," he added.

"But I don't have any problems if they require (that we sign such an agreement).

•· I'm a party man. I'll go along with what they decide."

Tenorio, in December 1995, an­nounced that he would not run for reelection, citing "personal rea­sons," and that he would instead support B rnja' s candidacy.

Borja was endorsed by the pruty leadership, but after the governor changed his mind and said that he would tun in 1997, the party leader­ship attempted to convince the lieu­tenant governor to run again with Tenorio.

ButBorjasaidhehadalreadymade commitments to his supporters who, he added, do not believe that the governor can win a second term.

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TI1e two were 1-eacting to a Vari­ety report in which it was stated that the Unity ofTinian-Tinian Demo­cratic and Republican Prutics has excluded their names from the coalition's list of candidates.

'Tm only accountable to the pub­lic, mid I'm still a candidate," Sa11 Nicolas said.

Dela Ctuz, in a separate inter­view, said he is "defmitely" numing for senator.

The Vmiety on Tuesday quoted highly-reliable sources who said that the Unity ticket will run unopposed.

The same sources said that fo1mersenator Francisco M. Bmja, a Democrat, and Rep. Joaquin G. Adriano, aRepublican,are Unity's senatorial candidates, while former councilman Joe Hocog, a Democrat, will be the Unity can­didate forTinian's lone seat in the Hou,e of Representatives.

Incumbent Mayor Herman M. Manglona,aRepublican, will be the

Unity chair Joaquin H. Borja in a Dec. 2 interview said the coalition ticket will be made up of a Republi­can cmididate for mayor, and a Democratic cmididate for the House of Rep,-esentatives.

The Republican and Democratic parties will each have one candidate for the two open Senate seats of Tinian.

Dela Cruz told the Vaiiety last November that he will run for sena­tor in the 1997 election.

A Republicmi turned Democrat, Dela Cruz said hewillrunasa Unity candidate.

Aside from Borja, Adriano and Dela Ctuz, Henry Hofschneider of the Public School System is also reportedly interested in running for the Senate .

TheotherincumbentTmiansena­torup for reelection, the Republican Esteven M. King, may not be in contention.

King has said that he is "75 per­cent sure" that he won't run.

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RP-CNMI talks on free food policy next week

Thieves prey on 3 tourists, DPW

By Jojo Dass Variety News Slaff

EXPRESSING optimism that "somethingmay be anived at, "Phil­ippine LalxJr Attache Jesus Varela yesterday said he is leaving for Manila this weekend as preparc1-ti ons for negotiations between CNMI and Philippine governments on thcr granting of free lxJard and lodging allowances toFilipinowork­ers begin.

Tm optimistic we can anive at . something here," said V ruela who is scheduled to be in Manila by Satur­day as fonnal talks begin next week.

To follow is the CNMI's terun of negotiators expected to try con­vincing Philippine government into exempting the CNMI from the Philippine Migrant Workers' Act's provision requiring employ­ers to provide free board and lodg­ing to Filipino Overseas Contract Workers.

The delegates were originally scheduled to leave on the l 9th but Varela said there may be some de-

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lays in their departure. The issue on whetherornot to grant

the mentioned benefits to Filipino non-resident worken. in the CNMI has continuously gathered steam with nolessthruiGovemorFroilanTenorio insisting that such should be left to employers.

CNMI government, Tenorio ex­plained, cannot force employers into granting the benefits since "it is not in our law."

But Varela has explained that the Philippinegovemmentmerelyregu­lates departure of these mignmt workers. He said RP, through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, allows a migrant worker to leave for abroad only if the emp loymcnt contract gurantecs that free lxJard 3!1d lodging will be given.

"Our law is being implemented in Philippine soil. We rue not obli­gating anybody in the CNML If they c311'tputupwith the law the so be it... we'1e not sending [work­ers]," Varela said.

Vruela said the CNMI govern­ment may be sending the wrong signals to Manila with the pre-filing of a bill stressing on how CNMI laws should govern employer-em­ployee relationship.

The bill was pre-filed by Rep. Dino Jones [D-Saip3!1 ].

Varela has expressed fears the . bill could open the door to rampant contract violations involving Fili­pino workers.

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

TWO Japanese touiists were robbed in a spate of nine theft and burghuy incidents recorded in just two days. No rurests have been made thus Eu-.

The robbeiies we1e blan1ed on "(XlOr police visibility."

Police PIO P02 Arnold Seman identified the Japanese nationals as KenMatsunagaruidKimikoMruniku, lxJth 26 yeai~ old. ·

Seman said Matsunaga went for a swim with friends, the other day, in Pau Pau beach leaving his carparked neruty when thieves broke open the car's window and took off with his wallet ruid c1edit cards.

Mruniku, for his prut lost a bike when she went to take dip by the beach fronting the Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio yesterday.

A third touiist, a Russian national identified as 49-year old Smolliar Oleg lost her handbag when thieves also broke open her cru· window parked near a the Botanical Grutlen in Papago near San Vicente.

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"Do you think we would be having so much theft and burglruy incidents if we have enough police ?" raised Seman.

He said the lack of cops has re­sulted to "not enough police visibil­ity" that would have pre-empted any attempts by thieves to break into houses 3!1d parked cars.

Most offenders, it was gathe1ed, we1e "repeaters," or persons who have been detained for similar of­fenses in the past.

Police probes leaking of. BMV drivers exams By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

POLICE rue now investigating a jail inmate suspected to have been pro­viding examinees with leakage on written tests given to d1iver's license applicanL~.

Public Safety PIO, P02 Arnold Semru1 identified the alleged ·'fixer" (L, a cenain Christopher Ayuyu, a detainee who is on the DPS's com­munity se1vice progmm.

Ayuyu, Seman said, has been seen by mi employee of the DP S's Bureau of Motor V chicles as 1-ecieving cash from :ITT applicru1t who had just fin­ished taking the exm11inatio11.

"We m-e now conducting a probe on the matter," saicJ Semrn1.

··we w:mt to establish whetl1cr he I /\yuyu I has indeed been engaged in this scheme,"' said Sem,ITT.

Ayuyu !~tees another prison term if allegations levelled against him were found to be true.

Scrrnm failed to reveal just how much wasAyuyu asking from clients nor on what grounds was he sen­tenced mid detained.

Results of the probe, it ww; gath­ered, is expected to be out e,u·ly next week.

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OLD returning students enroling yesterday for the Spring term at the Northern Marianas College were generally satisfied with changes in the registration sys­tem effected by the school ad­ministration.

One of the changes was taking away from the advisers the task of distributing the registration and financial aid forms to students, and setting up information, ad­missions and financial aid booths for registrants. This change was made to minimize the waiting period, according to Admissions Director Florine M. Hofschneider.

One of the students who ex­pressed satisfaction with the new procedure was former Ms. CNMI Universe Elizabeth Tornokane,

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"I think it (registration) is run-

ning smoothly," she told the Va­riety, while waiting in line before the cashier.

"The waiting time is fair enough because we are scheduled to see our advisers before we come here," she added.

Tomokane said the setting up of an information booth was a good move as it guided students as to what to do and where to go.

In the past there had been com­plaints about the long time it took students to register as a result of several factors including lack of information.

Another satisfied student, Ken McKinney (first year pre-busi­ness), thought the registration sys­tem was more streamlined and

"working fine." Hof schneider said that with ful 1

computerization of the registra­tion, they hope to shorten the enrollment period from the present four days to only two days.

For the meantime, she added, "we've learned to control the crowd and to make it a little bit more comfortable for the stu­dents."

Ilofschneider also cited student volunteers who helped man the information booths.

One such volunteer was Alvin Atalig, 19, who is on his second year in his Associate course in elementary education.

This semester, each student, from the moment he or she re­ceived the registration form, is being clocked in and then clocked out after he or- she finishes the last step in the 1·cgistratio11 "so we know how long it's taking us to register a student," according to l lofsc:hncidcr.

"!fit's too !om: then we shou lcJ fincJ a better procedure to shrn1en it," Hofschncidcr said.

She said the l!rcatest ,m1ount of timestudenL~con~ume is when meet­ing with their adviser to "phm their clcgrccs, plm1 when they 're going to graduate, look at what (subjccL~) had been taken in the past."

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Bogus doctors in hiding SUV A(Pacncws)-Sevem!Asianand local doctors, practising with suspected bogus medical degrees in Fiji, have eitl1er fled tl1e country or gone under­ground. Police and health authorities have been hot on their heels trying to track them down, the Daily Post re­ported.

In one particular incident, Fiji Medi­cal Association President Dr Sachida Nand Mudaliar arrived just in time to witness tl1e surgery's billboard si!!n

being pulled down, as the clinic closed its business. The owner was a foreign national with suspected bogus degree.

In another case, the surgeryofalocal skin specialist wa~ closed down in less tl1an half a day with equipment ancJ mec.Jicine shipped out, after news of bogus doctors scam hit the streeL~. Ef­forts to trace the whereabouts of the specialists ha~ since failed.

None of tl1ese doctors are registered with tlle Fiii Medical Association.

Minister of Health Leo Smith Tuesday called for a complete ban on such doctors. Dr Mudaliar said the closure of several surgeries over the past few days was a clear indiication that doctors operating them were not genuine.

The bogus doctors issues was high­lighted by the Daily Post last week after a patient complained to the FMA that he wa, prescribed a wrong medicine by one forei1m doctor.

PNG's top ~op quits over transfer plan PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -The Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby's top police officer, Assis­tant Commissioner Philip Taku, has resigned from the force. . Taku tendered his resignation to Police Commissioner Robert Nenta amid controversial circumstances sur­rounding his transfer to the.Highlands

Crash victims' kin to get assistance from Samoan gov't

APIA (Pacnews)-The families of the three people killed in a Polynesian Airlines Twin Otter crash last week in Western Samoa are to receive 10,000 tala (US $4,2 I 2) each from the govern­ment.

Prime Minister Tofil au Eti Alesana said on national television Monday night that the money is to help with expenses involved in hosting those ar­rivingtopaytheirlastrespects.Samoan funerals are marked by gifts.

Tofilau said the two survivors will each get 5,000 tala (US $2,212) for hospital expenses. He said the government's gifts are meant to help the fan1ilies concerned while waiting for insurance payments.

11,e Western Sm11oan Prime Minis­ter saicJ at least two cabinet ministers will accompany the body of American San1oan Peato Laupola, one of the three killed, when it's flown to Pago Pago for burial Wednesday.

Tonga Pacific representative at UN meeting NUKU'ALOFA (Pacncws)­Tonga's deputy prime minister, Doc­tor Langi Kavaliku, will represent t11e Pacific at tl1e United Nations Scientific and Technical Committee meeting in Fance next week.

'll1e meeting will discuss assistance to developing countries in tem1s of development and national dism;ters, Radio Tonga reported.

1l1e committee composed of 24 scientists ,u,d members are appointed in tl1eir personal capacity by the UN 's Sccretmy-Gencral. Doctor Kavaliku w,L~ appointed to the committee !mt year ..

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Region, claiming that the transfer wa, political and not a career move, Post­Courier reported.

''I feel I am not being transfered as a career officer, tut on a political basis", Taku said when announcing his resigna­tiondwingthehand-overtake-overparade at the Sir John Guise Stadium Tuesday.

The announcement by the outgoing

police chief surprised everyone who attended the parade, including a tearful National Capita!DistrictGovemor Bill Skate and other police officers.

PhilipTaku, who was commander of the NCO/Central division for the pastfouryears,officiallytenderedhis resignation on Monday. It will take effect on Febbruary 28.

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According to a news release, the state of emergency declaration came as the result of an imminent threat the Typhoon had caused to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the affected areas.

Figir declared a State Emergency last Dec. 27, owing to the damage and destruction caused by Fern on Dec. 25 through 26.

High winc.Js ancJ accompanying waves swept through the main is­lands of Yap State, causing wide­spread and severe c.Jamage to homes, cooking houses, ancJ private prop­erty.

Typhoon Fern also devastated the agriculture sector, destroying most of the crops that people consume for daily sustenance, incluc.Jing co-

conuts, bananas, papayas. ancJ breadfruit.

Public facil itiesand building, includ­ing schools, medical facilities, roads mid utilities have also sufferecJ wide­spread and severe damage.

In this regard, Nen; has autho­rized the expenditures offunds from the disaster relief funcJ to supple­ment the efforts and available re­sources of Yap State and its local governments to alleviate the dam­age loss, hardship and suffering caused by Typhoon Fern.

Expenditures may be used for necessary foocJ, clothing. shelter. medical supplies, compensation for crop c.Jamage, transportation. de­bris clearance, am.I repair of dam­aged property, building materials ancJ other such matters as the Presi­dent determine to be necessary.

The President further authorizecJ and directed the National Disaster Control Office to assist Yap State, in accordance with law.

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Lebed: I'll become president By GEORGE BOEHMER

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -Russian politician Alexander Le bed, giinning and joking as he mrived in Gennany for a five-day visit, said he is sure he will be his country's next president LastweekinMoscow, the highly popular Lebed called 65-year-old Russian President Boris Yeltsinan"old,sickman"whoshould resign.

Refers to Yeltsin as 'old, sick man who must resign' •

inaugurntion next Monday. OnSunday,LebedsaidonRussian

television he had collected $250 mil­lion in campaign funds from '"Rus­sian people who rue interested in improving the situation in the coun­tly."

But when The Associated Press asked Tuesday just how sick Yeltsin is, Le bed, a retired general, responded through a translato1~ "He's sick, but as a parachute general I'm not in a position to make that kind of com­ment.

"If you '1eaparachuter,you '1eonly dead or alive," Lebedadded,smiling.

Before he flew from Moscow to Ge1many as the guest of the piivate Gennan-Russian Forum, Lebed had been quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying Ye! tsin 's "poor

health" might mean Russians will be electing a new president soon.

"I want to become president and I will," Lebed said. In an interview Tuesday with ARD Gennan public television, Lebed underlined his op­position to NATO plans to expand ea~tward.

"We do not agree with that," he said. "We do not want Russia to be weakened."

The alliance will have such prob­lems integrating the first batch of new membersfromthefonnerSovietbloc that "these will be the la~t fourcoun­tJies to be accepted," Lebed said. He did not elaborate or name any coun­tJies.

NATO intends tostartnamingpro­posed new members in July and ad­mit them by 1999.Hungaiy,theCzech Republic and Poland are seen as the

Federal gov't ;hiring 2,000 ~ore to protect US borders By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT

WASHINGTON (AP) - With a record$ 3. l billion budget, the nation's immigration service is allocating$ 400 million in new money to deter illegal crossings along the Southwest border and remove undocumented aliens from the country's interior.

Tile Immigration and Naturalization Service is using part oftl1eextra money provided by Congress to hire 2,(XX) new personnel-including 1,0'.Xlnew Border Patrol agenl, and 350 inspectors at land border crossings and airports.

"Our first priority remains to secure tl1c border," INS Commissioner Doris · MeissnertolcJ a news conference Tues-

day. California will gain 506 of the new

agents, inspectors and sup]Xlrl person-. nel, followed by Texas with 479, Ari­zona with 224, New Mexico with 98 and New York with 62. "We are con­tinuing to concentrate these agents in . the highest illegal immigration corri­dors," Meissner said.

Onccchronically underfunded, INS has seen iLs fortunes improve drnmati­rnlly in recent years while other federal agencies have had to scale back. 1l1e budget for tl1e fiscal year that bcgllil Oct. I is more than double tl1c $ 1.5 billion INS received at tl1e start of tl1e Clinton administration in I 993.

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most likely initial candidates. Lebed said Russia would have to

be part of ooy new "secuiity system" in Europe.

Lebed said he came to Gennany "to find out what Gennany thinks, what Gennany is like."

'This is one of the leading coun­tries of Europe."

Also, he added, "I need investment for my country." Lebed is due to meet with the leaders in parliament

of ma jorGe1man parties, but govern­ment spokesman Peter Hausmann said Le bed's trip is being tJ-eated as a pdvate visit.

When asked if he also would be visiting the United States in the near future, Lebed ooswered, "I will go to the United States after my inaugura­tion."

Russia's NTY network 1-eported Tuesday that Lebed plans to go to Washington for President Clinton's

Yeltsin fired Le bed as national security adviser in October. In response, Lebed has harshly criticized his former boss and formed his own political party. Several opinion polls have shown Lebed to be the most popular politician in Russia.

Hurnan rights groups want Gore to postpone China visit

BEUING (AP) - A human rights group wants Yic.e PresidentAI Gore to delay visiting China for fear Beijing will be further emboldened to step up repression of domestic critics.

Human Rights Watch/Asia, in a letter released Tuesday, urged the Clinton administration to use a planned Gore visit as leverage against China and proof that Washington will not sacrificehumanrightstotradeorsecu­Iity issues.

Likewise, the New York-based group called on tl1e administration to show its commitment to human righL, by lobbying to censure China at the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva on March I 0.

TI1e letter cataloged human rights abuses in China over the past five months: beatings and jailings of the few democracy can1paigners not al­ready in pdson, a campaign to intimi­date Tibet's Buddhist clergy to squelch independence sympathies and an anti-

Al Gore

crime crusade that has featured sweep­ing arrests and speedy executions.

"If (the trip) goes ahead, the Clinton administration will be sending a mes­sage that no matter what the Chinese government does to its own citizens, the U.S. will tum a blind eye. Tile Chinese government will conclude that ifit protesL~ loudly enough, as it has on

human rights, it can force any coun­try to make concessions," the letter said.

Such an approach is "dangerous, shortsighted ru1d ultimately self-de­feating," the group said.

Human Rights Watch noted that when Secretary of State Warren Chris­topher asked Chinese leaders to im­prove human lights during a Beijing visit in November, they replied with more arrests and sentencings.

Washington and Beijing have agreed Gore should visit China in the first half of the year, a, a lead-in to a summit between the countries' presi­dents. Human Rights Watch believes the dates for tl1e trip may be an­nouncednextmonth. Gorcshould not go until China releases "arbi­muily detained prisoners." increases access to Tibet for foreigners and allows humanitarian groups and ob­servers into prisons llild political tri­als.

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Atla11tis docks with Mir By MARCIA DUNN

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP)-Space shuttle Atlantis crept up to the Russian space station rvlir and docked Tuesday night for an astronau l swap 240 111 iles (38-1 kilometers) above Earth.

The two huge spac.:craft neatly linked as they soared south of 11.loscow.bothtravelingat 17.500 mph (28.000 kph). Radio lines

crackled in English and Russian. '"Hey, Houston, we have con­

tact and capture," reported com­mander Michael Baker, who guided Atlantis in at a scant inch (2.Scms)persecond. NASA's John Blaha. who has been living on the Russian station since Sep­tember, was ro switch places with astronaut JeITy Linenger shortly after the hatches opened between

the two spacecraft. Linenger will spend more than four months aboard Mir.

Earlier in the day as the gap naITowed, Blaha sent this mes­sage from Mir to his colleagues en Atlantis: "All bags are packed. Ready for transfer." Atlantis and Mir. which had docked four times previously, wiil remain joined in orbit for five days so the

f J ~ We the children and family of the late

MARIA TAMAOKI DE LA CRUZ Invite all our relatives and friends to join us in prayer for our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grand­mother and sister-in-law.

Daily masses will be offered every 6:00 a.m. beginning January '17, '1997 (Friday) to January 25, 1997 (Saturday) at the Mount Carmel Cathedral.

Rosary is being said nightly at 7:00 p.m. at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Probio M. Cabrera in Chalan Piao, North of Hopwood Junior High.

On the final day Saturday, January 25, 1997, the rosary will be said at '12:00 noon. The Mass for the repose of her soul will be ottered at 5:00 p.m. i3t Saint Jude Church. Dinner reception will follow at Mr. & Mrs. Probio M. Cabrera's residence.

Please join us in prayers Dangkulo na si Yu'us Ma'ase

Ginen I Familia

FUNERAL .ANNOUNCEMENT

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" .. \ltho11;;h your passing wil/ l,e 1111 occasion of.rnrrow and gri,f to your hrethreu and many others.

to you it will bri11;; i11Ji11iujoy and co11.,o/ati1111"

(Franciscan Mirror of Perfec1io11)

FATHER FERDINAND IVICENTEJ

PANGELINAN O.F.M. Cap.

(FEBRUARY 9, 1924-JANUARY 8, 1997)

Fr. Ferdinand passed to the Lord on Wednesday. January 8th at the age of 72. He served as both priest and pastor on both Saipan and Guam. Besides his Capuchin brothers of

Guarn and /-/awali his family also includes: Parents: Vicente Campos Pangelinan & Emilia San Nicolas Sablan (both dee.): Sisters and Brothers-in-Law: Seuera M. and Juan Torres (both dee.) Guam; Maria P. (dee.) & Francisco Tudela (Saipan); Fermina P & Juan Garcia

(dee.) Saipan; Joaquina P. and Juan Reyes (Saipan); Brother and Sister-in-Law: Francisco and Luisa (dee.) Pangelinan.

Nightly rosary is being said at St. Fide/is Friary, in Agan a J-leights, at 8:00 p. m. and will end on the day of the funeral. Last respects can be offered on

Friday. January 17th beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Capuchin Friary. A Mass of the Ressurrection will be offered, the same day at 2:30

p.m. in St. Francis Church (Yono) with burial to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Togcha. In lieu of flowers, donations

may be made to the Fr. Ferdinand Pangelinan Burse (to support the education of future Capuchins.)

nine space travelers can move nearly 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilo­grams) of supplies and experi­ments back and forth.

The combined mass of the two spacecraft was 530,950 pounds (238,930 kilograms).

As Blaha's stay aboard Mir drew to a close, NASA Ad­ministrator Daniel Goldin called to congratulate the 54-year-old astronaut,· a retired Air Force colonel, former combat pilot and the third American to live on Mir. Blaha's two Russian crcwmates are five months into their six-month stay. "We spcnt50 years aiming weap­ons at each other, and I was down there al the Cape and we hugged each other when that flight went off," Goldin told Blaha. "I'll be down there when the shuttle lands, and I'll give you a shake and a hug, roo." When Goldin asked what he could bring Blaha for "quick

pleasure" when Atlantis returns to Earth next Wednesday, the astronaut replied: "I really have not missed anything up here other than one thing: I've missed my wife. I didn't realize how much this separation would sort of hit me that way with her."

Blaha and his wife, Brenda, have been married 30 years. They have three grown children and a grandson.

Linenger, a 41-year-old doc­tor, is also married and has a !­year-old son. The couple are expecting their second child at the end of June, one month after Linenger is supposed to return home. Married astronauts seem to have a slight psycho­logical edge when it comes to long spaceflights, said Al Hol­land, chief of psychology at Johnson Space Center in Hous­ton.

'"There's continuity," Holland said. "You have a reason to come back."

Pot club to sell first legal marijuana in 60 years

By RICHARD COLE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Phones rang, volunteers shouted and marijuana plants grew at the Cannabis Cultivators Club in preparation for what supporters call the counu-y's first legal sale of the drug in over 60 years.

Protected from California's anti-drug attorney general by a state proposition and a judge's order, the club was set to provide pot to its first customer Wednes­day.

Club founder Dennis Peron said the first customer was to be a San Francisco AIDS patient, but the club has 200 physician authoriza­tions on file mid expects many more. The drug is known to counter the nausea and loss of appetite in chemotherapy.

"We are going lo sdl the first legal marijuana in ovcr60ycars in America," marveled Peron, who showed off marijuana seedlings growing in the club's basement.

The club offers smokable pot at $ 5 to$ 60 for 3.5 grams, depend­ing on the quality, Peron said, but "many of our patients c,m 't smoke or don't want to smoke."

So the club offers high-grade, pulverized marijuana in gel cap­sules, $ 25-a-bottle tincture of marijuana soaked in I 5 I-proof rum and dried, pot-spiced pesto sauce at$ IO a jar, and marijuana brownies.

The club's predecessor, the Cannabis Buyer's Club, which Peron also nm, was shutdown by state Attorney General Dan Lungren in last fall's campaign for Proposition 215, the referen­dum that legalized medical mari­juana use.

Last week a San Francisco judge ordered the club reopened, saying it was protected under Proposition 215.

On Monday, White House drug czar Ban-y R. McCaffrey, addressing the San Francisco Medical Society, backed off a Clinton Administration threat to punish doctors who recommend pot for their patients.

"They will not go after physi­cians who might recommend this in the context of an established patient, if it's not being done in­discriminately," said spokesman Steve Heilig.

Girl disemboweled,by pool drain to get $31M

By KIM GAMEL RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -Agirlwhowa~disembowelcdwhen her bottom became pinned to the drain of a kiddie JX)()I will n:ccive a total of$ 30.9 million.

Most of Valerie Lakey 's small rn1d lrn·ge intestines were sucked out in the 1993 accident, ,md the girl, now 9, must spend at least 11 holll, a day being fed intravenously.

On Monday, a state ju1y awm·dcd the family$ 25 million in compcnsa­trny damages, the biggest pe11iorml­in ju1y verdict in Nrnth Crn·olina his­trny. The ju1y was to begin deciding

whether to award punitive d,unages when the maker of the drnin cover, Sta-Rite Industries ofDelavm1, Wis­consin, agreed to a settlement adding $ 5.9 million more.

Su1-Ritcwillpay$25million, while otJ1erp,utics, including Wake County and Medfield Arca Recreation Club, agnxd to pay$ 5.9 million.

Valerie, tlien 5, W,L~ playing in tl1e recreation club's wading pool in Cm-y when she became stuck against the drain cover. Her father, David, mid tlm.:c other adults could not dislodge her, and turning offlhc pump failed to ease the pressure.

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s~~~: .. 'Evit~:.~.~~~~!~M up against his ex-wife's LOS ANGELES (AP) - The car- Relations: nivorous-monsterthriller"TheRelic" I. '"The Relic," Paramount, $ 9.1 debuted in first place at the U.S. box million, 2,095 locations, dlrs 4,327 office with$ 9. I million, followed by average,$ 9.1 million, one week. "Evita,"whichspentitsfirstweekend 2. "Evita,"Buena Vista,$8.4mil-in wide relea,;e. lion,7041ocations,$ 1 l,905average,

"Evita," starring Madonna, earned $ 11.2 million, three weeks. $ 8.4 million and jumped from 22 to 3. "Michael,"New Line, $8.3 mil-704 locations in its third week of lion, 2;2.76 locations, $ 3,640 aver-release, according to Exhibitor Rela- age,$ 63.7 million, three weeks. tions Co. Inc., which tracks movie 4. "Scream," Mirarnax, dlrs 7.4 grosses. 'The movie based on the million, 1,833 locations,$ 4,058 av-Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice erage, $ 50 million, four weeks. stage musical about Argentina's con- 5. "Jerry Maguire," Sony,$ 7 mil-troversial first lady JX)Sted an impres- lion, 2,450 locations, $ 2,862 aver-sive per-screen average of$ 11,905. age,$ 93.3 million, five weeks.

'"The People vs. Larry Flynt," also 6. "Jackie Chan's First Strike," moved into wide release over the New Line,$ 5.8 million, I ,344 loca-weekend, earning seventh place with tions, $4,300 average,$ 5.8 million, $5.3millioninticketsales.Themovie, one week. starringWoodyHarrelsonastheHus- 7. 'The People vs. Lany Flynt," tlermagazipe publisher, moved from Sony, dlrs 5.3 million, 1,233 loca-16 screens to I ,233. tions, $ 4,311 average, $7.4 million,

Otherweekenddcbutswere"Jackie three weeks. Chan'sFirstStrike,"starringthemar- 8. "Turbulence," MGM, $ 4.5 tial-arts star, which took sixth place million, 2,094 locations, $2,132 av-with $ 5.8 million, and "Turbulence," erage, $ 4.5 million, one week. an airplane disaster film that earned$ 9. "One Fine Day," Fox, dlrs 3 .4 4.5 million to finish eighth. million, I ,858 locations, din; 1,856

The top !OmoviesatNorthAn1eri- average,$ 37.3 million, four weeks. can theaters Friday through Sunday, I0."101 Dalmatians,"Disney,$ followed by studio, gross, numberof 3.1 million, 2,024 locations, $1,545 theater locations, receipts per loca- average, $ I 26 million, seven tion, total gross and number of weeks weeks.

Dennis Rodman tops Blackwell list of worst-dressed women LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cross-dress­ing basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman led Mr. Blackwell 's3 7th Annual Worst­Dressed Women List, a roll-call of fash­ion misfits that included Glenn Close, Helen Hunt and Goldie Hawn.

1l1e acid-tongued Blackwell, who was designing dresses for tl1e rich and famous when he originated tl1e list in 1960, annually skewers celebrities in what he says is m1 effort to encourage fashion consciousness.

1l1is year he included a man, Rod-1rnm, for what he said is the basketball star's bad habit of dressinl! in drag.

"In fishnet,md featl1ers}1c' sa u~1isc.x wreck," Blackwell said in unveiling tl1c list Tuesday.

Blackwell h.id praise ror some

celebrities. Gwyneth Palirow, Lauren Bacall, Madonna, Fran Drescher, Whitney Houston, Chelsea Clinton, Bette Midler, Winona Ryder, Sharon Lawrence and Christine Baranski were hailed as "fabulous fashion independents."

The worst dressed list I. Dennis Rodman 2. Glenn Close 3. Lisa Kudrow 4. Helen Hunt 5. Goldie Hawn 5. Di,mc Keaton 6. S,uah, Duchess of York 7. El izabctl1 Shue 8. Drew Barrymore 9. Clain: D,mes JO. Lori Pelly

Pursuant to Public Law 8-41, the Civil Service Commission hereby gives notice that the Board will meet on Wednesday, January 22, 1997, Thurs­day, January 23, 1997. The Board will convene at 9:00 a.m. on all days at the Commission's Office, Capitol Hills, Saipan. Additional information con­cerning this meeting is available at the Commission's Office, Building No. 1211, Capitol Hill, Saipan. The Commission may also be reached at phone numbers 322-4363 and 322-6954 or fax number 322-3327.

AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL Ill. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - October 15, 1996

November 22, 1996 IV. NEW BUSINESS V. OLD BUSINESS VI. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT'S REPORT VII. LEGAL COUNSEL'S REPORT VIII. ADJOURNMENT

ls/VICENTE M. SABLAN Acting Chairman Civil Service Commission

By LINDA DEUTSCH SANTA MONICA, California (AP)-At his civil trial, O.J. Simpson has employed some of the same themes that got him acquitted of murder: claims of conspiracy, cor­ruption and contamination of evi­dence.

But another theme has also been added - credibility.

Simpson has pitted his credibility against that of Nicole Brown Simpson, asking the jury to believe his tale of a blissful marriage and reject her claims of abuse.

The most crucial new elements were Simpson's own testimony and photographs that were either unused or unavai !able during the criminal trial.

The defense rested Tuesday after 39 witnesses and I 4 days of testi­mony. The plaintiffs started calling theirrebuttal witnesses immediately. Closing arguments in the wrongful­death case are scheduled for next week.

Just before Thanksgiving, when confronted with a photo of him ap­parently wearing Bruno Magi is - the same kind of shoes that made tracks around the bodies of Ms. Simpson and Ronald Goldman · Simpson branded the picture a fake. Over the Christmas break, the plaintiffs came up with 30 more photos ap­pearing to show Simpson in the same

shoes. Confronted with the pictures, Simpson testified: "I didn't wear those shoes."

"Do you have any explanation for why all these photographs show you wearing those shoes?" plaintiffs' at­torney Daniel Petrocelli asked.

"No," Simpson said. The defense fought back with its

own startling photos - of the bloody gloves. One picture showed an ap­parent hole in a crime scene glove -a hole nowhere visible on the glove given to the jurors. Defense attorney Robert Baker suggested there had been a sinister switch.

Then there were the bloody crime scene photos. Defense forensic wiz­ard Henry Lee held up his magnify­ing glass and showed jurors a new trail of seven blood drops leading away from the scene. This supported a two-killer theory.

The defense's secret weapon, of course, was Simpson and his much­vaunted charisma. He didn't testify at his murder trial, and his first turn on the stand in November was under hostile questioning by the plaintiffs.

But Friday, under friendly ques­tioning, it appeared he would charm his way through. Simpson portrayed himself as a loving husband mysti­fied by his wife's mood swings in their final months together.

"I felt I had to distance myself from Nicole," he testified, and in-

sisted it was she who persisted in trying to win him back.

Simpson was relaxed and confi­dent under questioning from his own lawyer. He looked frequently al the jurors, speaking as if confiding in them.

Simpson seldom smiled. ·Simpson and Petrocelli clashed dur­

ing cross-examination - at one point, over whether Simpson was Iailoring his testimony to impress the jury."

I believe it's important for me to be honest with this jury," Simpson repeated several times, angering Petrocelli, who never got the direct answer he demanded.

On Monday, Petrocelli accused Simpson of being a liar. The defendant admitted to infidelities during his mar­riage but said he didn't consider those lies. "Morally wrong," he called it.

The plaintiffs then produced a sur­prise piece of evidence -an anguished letter written by Ms. Simpson to her husband sometime before they di­vorced in 1992. He said he never re­ceived it.

Exceedingly detailed, it alleged a litany ofabuse by Simpson against his wife. She said once he "beat the holy hell out of me,"then lied toa doctor by saying she frll off a bike.

·n1c eight-page letter was Ihe sub­ject of rurious legal arguments, and it remained unclear how much ofit would be handed over to jurors.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AMERICAN SAMOA TRIAL DIVISION

TCW SPECIAL CREDITS, a California general partnership, as Agent and Nominee,

Plaintiff,

-vs-

F/V KASSANDRA Z. OFFICIAL NO. 653390, HER ENGINES, NETS, FURNITURE, ETC.; KASSANDRAZ FISHING COMPANY INC; a Northern Mariana Island Corporation,

Defendants.

Civil Action No. 92-96

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO: FN KASSANDRA Z

c/o Kassandra Z Fishing Company, Inc. A Northern Mariana Island Corporation P.O. Box 241 CHRB, Saipan CM 96950

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Summons and Verified Complaint in rem and in personam has been filed against you in the above-entitled Court.

You must respond within 2 months and 1 O days of the date of the first publication of this Notice, unless you· receive the Summons and Verified Complaint in rem and in personam by personal service or by mail, in which case the time to respond runs from that service date, or a default judgment will be taken against you.

Dated: September 4, 1996

~;2?~ ~ ;TL.GO~ CLERK OF THE HIGH COURT OF AMERICAN SAMOA

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

IN RE ESTATE OF, JESUS PANGELINAN MAFNAS, Deceased

CIVIL ACTION NO. 95-781

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR COURT CONFIRMATION

AND APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AND ATIORNEY FEES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Rulo T. Malnas, Administrator of the above Estate, has submitted a petitioo for an order approv­ing settlement and attorneys' fees and that the hearing currently scheduled lor January 14, 1S97 is now rescheduled to February 18, 1997 at 1 :30 p.m., at the Superior Court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, at the courthouse on Saipan, has been set for the hearing of said petition, and all persons interested are hereby notified to appear at the time and place set for said hearing and show cause. if any they have, why the orde'r should not be made. Refer­ence is hereby made to said petition for fur­ther particulars.

DATED January 14, 1997

Is/ DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT Commonwealth Superior Court

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.ANDS

In the matter of the Estate of Brett B. Cruz. Deceased. Civil No. 97-0017

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The Petition of Helen Babauta Cruz seeking to be appointed as Administratrix of the Estate of Bretl B. Cruz, deceased, has been set for hearing before the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, CNMI on February 18, 1997 at 1:30 o'clock p.m.

Any person who has any objection to the petition may file his or her objection with the Superior Court of the Commonwealth ol the Northern Mariana Islands at any time before the hearing, or may appear at the time set for hearing to present such objection or interest in the above-captioned matter.

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned lo the creditors of, and 211 persons having claims against the Estate of Brett B. Cruz, deceased, that within sixty (60) days after the publication of this notice, they must file their claims with the Clerk of Gou rt of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and any claims not so presented shall be barred.

Dated: Saipan, MP January 6, 1997

is/Deputy Clerk of Court

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promotion of the private sector·, major government investments in infrast111cture, and promotion of foreign investment and passport sales to Asians.

President Imata Kabua said he intended to keep on all cabinet ministers as demonstration of this status quo approach.

On the floor, after his election, he tkmked all who voted for him and pledged to "those who had exercised theirrights under the constitution" (to vote a;,linst him) that he would work with them f.lirly.

Several hundredgovemmentwork­ers, high school students and ordi-

Agencies ... Continued from page 1

is the biggest consumer, thus the biggest portion oflast year's utili­ties budget went to this agency.

PSS Commissioner William Tones said the agency's total bill last year reached about $5 million a year-broken down as follows:

FAA. .. Continued from page 1

observation by specialist after they were airlifted to Japan for treat­ment.

They were Seiichi Hanami,21 who suffered a broke backbone

,rr, ' .teno ... Continued f~om page 1

that (Castro's) opinion was is­sued not (upon) my request but by (then Senate president and now Rota Mayor Joseph S.) !nos who questioned my and (then Rota mayor Prudencio T.) Manglona's eligibility to run for a third term.

"And of course, the attor­ney general's opinion is sub­ject to other opinions."

Borja said Saturday he does not want to "appear to be afraid" of running against the Republican Party's guberna­torial candidate, but '"the con­sequences would be worse" if Tcnorio's candidacy is not challenged in court.

''If he's allowed to run and if he wins, what's going to

New ... Continued from page 2 - ----------·---~----lation tl1al would lead to a Palestinian state, now finds himself committing to csscntially the same thing.

For tl1e 1mm who ha.~ been one oftl1c mustouLspoken opponcnL~oftl1c land­for-1:x:acc lom1ula tl1a1 Rabin embraced w, the hcm1 of the peace process, it is eitl1er a stunning tummound or a crush­ing surrender to reality.

Hebron ... Continued from page 2 ,~·ho spokCOn cOnditioll Ofaii.Onyn1ity. Ncumyahu told Arafat ,L~ W edncsday' s meeting beg,m: "We are going to finish tl1is tonight." Arafat. according to tl1c source, replied: "I mn witl1 you until tl1c morning, and yes, we will finish tonight."

·n1e leaders spoke by phone to Presi­dent Clinton, Hussein and Egypti,m PrcsidcntHosni Mubmakaftertl1esign­ing.

nmy citizens ,L~ well as the U.S. Ambassador to the Marshalls Joan Plaisted, watched the voting in the Nitijela chm11ber.

1l1e election of President Imata Kabua is fwther testament to the power of the paramount chiefs in the modem political system of the M,u,hal I Islands.

In contrn.st to former President Amata Kabua's prowess in diplo­macy and the subtle exercise of his commanding chiefly and political power, President Imata Kabua is a blunt speaker who does not shy from confrontation.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he led 1epeated sail-in protests at the U.S. Anny missile testing range lo successfully increase U.S. rental pay-

$2.6 million for power; $1.6 mil­lion for water; and $700,000 for sewer.

For fiscal year 1997, only $7 million has been appropriated by the government for utilities sub­sidy.

"I have been able to convince the governor that the appropria­tions in Public Law I 0-41 for

and heel as well as a bleeding lung; and 29-year old Chieko Watanabe who suffered lacera­tions from below the left ear to the right one.

Watanabe has been in and out of state of comatose during the fiI,t few days following the mishap. She re-

happen when lal't:r on some­body does challenge it?

"Do we have to have an­other election? (Should) the actions he took during the time he was governor (be declared) null and void?

"These are the reasons why l think it should be clarified in court," Borja, a former Su­preme Court associate justice, said.

The CNMI Constitution, he added, is clear on whether or not Tenorio can seek a third term as governor.

"In my opinion (the former governor) can't run.

"[ think ... it 's clear just by (reading) the Constitution. It only says thal the governor can run twice. It didn't say 'except the current gover­nor.'"

Borja said that if there's any

In any case, it puL~ Israeli-Pakstinian p~ace on far finner political footing in Israel, with only tl1e hardcore ideologi­cal right opposed. ·Tram now on, the Oslo agrecmcnl!i no longer belong to only lmlf tl1e people," commentator Menachem Shalev wrote in the Maariv newspaper.

Nctanyahu 's move hm, astowidcd tl1e West B,mk settlers ,md otlier na­tionalists who helped propel him to power l,Lst May. In tl1ose circles, there ,U'e calls to replace him. And in his conservative, religious Cabinet, only a 11,UTow majority support~ the deal.

But in Parliament, with the expected support uf Labor opposition, tl1c new accord could pa.~s by a huge majority -cornp,U'cd to tl1e 1995 accord's l,L\l­minute passage by a single vote, se­cured from a right-wing renegade.

Assuming such approval, Israel is to witl1drnw from four-fift11s of Hebron witl1in days, turning ovcrcivili,m con­trol over the la.\l occupied city lo tl1e Palestinian Authority.

By tl1c end of Fcbruaiy, Israel is to

ments from a few hundred thousand a year to more than $7 million annu­ally.

As the'leading traditional chief for Kwajalcin Atoll, he will be a major force in any future negotiations with the U.S. for continued use of the multi-billion dollar missile testing facility. He is also one of the richest men in the Marshall Islands because of the U.S. rental payments at Kwajalein.

Kabua said after the vote that he intended to take a few days off and rest. 1l1e wake and funeral for Amata Kabua, thatextended foralmost ~uee \\'.eeks and only concluded last Satur­day, had been exhausting, he said. He h,t~ a week to fo1mally announce his new cabinet appointmenL~.

government building utilities will only be for payment of utility consumption charges of depart­mental agencies under the execu­tive branch," Cabrera said.

Torres, meanwhile, said PSS won't oppose the government's new policy. But the agency, he added, will need an additional budget to pay for utilities.

gained.consciousness Wednesday. Watanabe and her younger sister,

23-yearoldTomoko, were frolicking by the beach in front of the Saipan Grand Hotel when the aircraft made its fatal dive.

Macaw Helicopter, have remained to mum words on t11e incident.

doubt on the meaning of the constitutional· provision, the court would look into the provision's "constitutional history."

"It's interesting to find out that in.(the records of the 1985 Constitutional Convention) the delegates specifically said that they look at (a simrlar) U.S. constitutional amend­ment when they drafted ours.

"If we go to that amend merit of the .U.S. Constitution (Amend­ment 22), they had the provision there that (exempts the then in­cumbent president from the two­term limit)."

He said a similar provision was not included by the 1985 delegates when they drafted the two-term limit amendment.

"So it must mc,m that they w.u1ted it lo apply (to then incumbent gover­nor Tenrnio)," Brnja said.

C.UT/ out tl1e first stage of iL~ "further redeployment" from tl1e West Bank's rural area; eight rnontl1s later would come a second stage ,md in August· 1998 tl1c third. ·

Al tl1eend of tl1e tl1rec pullbacks. tl1e Palestinians ,U'e to control all of tl1e West B,mk except Israeli s

cltlcmcrits ,md what Israel considers "military mc,L~" - a huge loophole.

'01c P,tlcstinim1s w,mt to have mos1 or tl1c West Bm1k under tl1cir au10110111y govcnuncnt hoping lo turn tl1.:sc .u·cas into a ful I P,tlcstini,m slate ,Ls pmt ora limtl ~ttlemcnt to be reached by 1999. '[hey say tlicy had ,Ul unwritten undcrst.u1lling witl1 tl1c pn:vious govcmmcnt tl1,11 tl1c ,wtonomy cxp,u1~ion would includ,· 1hc va~l majority of tl1c W.:st B,mk.

Net,my,urn wmus to kL>t:p ,L~ much oftl1e area ,Lshe cwi ,L'iabw·gaining chip for tl1e final scnlement talks, during which he hopes to block ,Ul indcpc'n­dcnt Palestinian state. I le is tl1ercfor1: likely to offer tl1c Palcstini,ms much less - according to some reports about a third of the me,L

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Born today, you are destined for a busy life chock-full of experi­ence and accomplishment. Your talents are many, your limitations are few, but your patience leaves you high and dry at times, particu­larly when you are faced with things which seem extremely un­fair. You treat people with respect, and you expect to be treated the same way in return. You don't like people who are back-stabbers, and since you may enter a profession in which such behavior is routine, you will either have to learn to rise above it or get out fast!

You are determined, careful and logical in your approach to both personal and professional problems. You will learn that there's no substitute for caution and concentration, even though you are perfectly willing to wel­come inspiration and luck into your life.

Also born on this date are: Debbie Allen, dancer, singer and choreographer; A.J. Foyt, auto racer; Marilyn Horne, opera singer; Ronnie Milsap, singer.

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We love to shake hands with our congressman. It makes it harder for him to get his hands on our wallet.

The great question for most of us bill-payers: Is there life after debt'

And then there was the chubby type who made a good living as a roll model.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar-ch 20) - You may want more today than someone close to you is willing to give. Now will be a good time to strike that valuable compromise.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Your careful arrangements may have to change suddenly today as a result of an unexpected develop­ment that will be both positive and negative.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 20 -You can enjoy today's events with greater enthusiasm than you ex­pected, thanks to a sudden resur­gence of spiritual energy.

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Our neighbor grumbles that his wife is always saying farewell. Every time they shop, she waves "buy-buy" at him.

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No one will ever convince us that today's pre-owned autos run better than yesterday's used cars.

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Kukoc lifts Bulls past Bullets CHICAGO (AP) - Michael Jordan scored 39 points, including eight in the final two minutes, and Dennis Rodman reached I 0,CXX) career re­bounds Tuesday night us the Chicago Bulls beat the Washington Bullets 108-107.

ScottiePippenadded 25 points and made three key 3-pointers in the final quarter for Chicago, which won its seventh straight and improved its NBA-best record to 32-4.

Chris Webber scored 33 points for the Bullets, including a basket with eightseconds leftthatsliced Chicago's lead to 106-104. Toni Kukoc was then left alone for a layup that sealed

Superbowl ... Continued from page 20

The game will be distributed i ntemationally by the NFL and ESPN International to more tl1an 175 coun­tries.

Pre-Game,halftimeandpost-game anouncers: James Brown, Ten-y Bradshaw, Howie Long, and ronnie Lott.

TV Game Announcers - Pat Summerall,play-by-play;JohnMad­den, analyst. Reporter- Ron Pitts.

RadioGameAnnouncers-Howard David, play-by-play; Matt Millen, analyst PLAYERS SHARE -Winners: $48,000 per man. Losers: $29,CXX) per man. PLAYER UNIFORMS-NFCwillbethehome team and use the West bench and will havethechoiceofwearingitscolored or white jersey. AFC will be the visiting team and will use the East bench.

SUDDENDEATI-I-Ifthegameis tied at regulation time 60 minutes, it will continue in sudden death over-

Sportsbits ... Continued from page 20 teams will vie for top honors.

In the distaff side, Isa of Guam will be joined by the Smackers, No Fear, ML Carmel Knights, Flyers and another team in the chase for supremacy.

Interested teams will have until Friday to submit their team ros­ters. Registration fee is $200 per team and check should be made payable to Saipan Amateur Vol­leyball Association (SAVA) president Tony Taitano.

Marpac/Budweiscr is the main sponsor of the event for the sec­ond consecutive year.

For more information, please call tournament director Jonas Barcinas at 234-6219. (EAC)

Hit&Run .... Continued from page 20

13-4 while Spec leaned on a big lead to cushion a late surge by MGD in the final inning to escape with a 12-9 victory.

Sedi Kau, on the other hand, leaned on Leo and Gil Kani in trouncing the error prone Red Torch team.

Another win will give them the remaining three slots as the league

. hits the homestretch of its 1996-1997 season.

the win before Webber made a 3-pointer at the final buzzer.

Suns 110, Nuggets 101 PHOENIX (AP) - Kevin Johmon

scored25 poin1Sandrecordedhis6,cxnh career assist us Phoenix rallied in the second half to real: D:nver. Cedric Ceballos added 23 poinlS and rookie center Loren Meyer conl!ibuted sea­son-highsof l 8points and 11 rebounds for the Suns, who beat the Nuggets for the first time in three tries this season.

With 16 assists, Johnson recorded a double-double for the third su·aight game - all Phoenix wins. The Suns have won nine of 11 home games after opening the seuson with six

time. The team scoring first(by safety, field goal, or touchdown) will win.

At the end of regulation playing time, the referee will immediately toss a coin at the center of the field, in accordance with rules pertaining to the usual pre-game toss.

The captain of AFC team (the vis­iting team) will call the toss. Follow­ing a three-minute inte1mission after the end of the regular game, play will continue by 15-minuteperiodswitha two-minute intermission between each such overtime period with no halftime intennission.

The teams will change goals be-

Leonard ... Continued from page 20

surprised," said King, who is re­garded as a 1ing rogue by as many fight fans as consider him a ground­breaking promoter. "Rarely do they recognize my contributions."

The man called boxing's "Teflon Don," has bobbed and weaved tl1rough tl~e grand jury investiga­tions, two federal llials and a p1ison tcnn for killing another man to be­come boxing· s most recognizable and influential promoter.

"Some people may not think he's deserving," saiQ Edwru.d Brophy, tl1e museum's executive director. "But he's paid his dues. And there are few r:coplc in all of boxing histo1y t1iat have had the impact Don King h,L, had."

Over the last three decades, King has promoted over 300 chmnpion: ship bouts, including tl1e tliird Ali­Frazier tight, Forem,m mid Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle," md the first Lcomu·d-Dunm m,rtch. He W,L~ the first promoter to guarantee multi­million purses.

In 1990, King staged the ··Grmid Sl:mi ofBoxing·· card in Mexico City headlined by Julio Cesm· Chavez­Greg Haugen, which drew 136,274 f.ms, breaking die all-time attendm1ce

Brotherhood . . Continued from pa_~e 2~

A total of 21 aces, two xunks, IO kees, one and six goals were scored in the game. Kapileo was the game's heavy hitter with three aces, one kee, one jam and three goals. For the losing team, Mark Kubkim led the Ronics with two aces, one kee and one goal.

In team scoring. Brotherhood simply outmaneuvered the Roni cs in every scoring depmtmcnt. The team had more ace, l 1- l O; more xunks (2-0); more goals (6-1) and more kees (7-3) than the Ronics.

straightlossesatAmerica WestArena Rockets 106, Knicks 86

HOUSTON (AP) - Charles Barkley had 29 points, 12 rebounds and no fights with Charles Oakley as Houston beat New York for the first time since Game 7 of the 1994 NBA Finals. The Rockets snapped a four-game losing streak to the Knicks ar]d broke New York's four-game winning streak.

Barkley talked more trJSh than usual and dominated the matchup in the first half, sco1ing 24 points as the Rockets quickly established com­mand and opened a 63-43 halftime lead. Chris Childs led the Knicks

tween each period, there will be a two-minute warning at the end of each period.

OFFICIAL TIME-1l1escoreboard clock will be official.

OFFICIALS- There will be seven officials and two alternates appointed by the Commissioner's office.

TROPHY - The winning team re­ceives pennanent possession of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, a sterling silver u·ophy created by Tiffany & Company and presented annually to the winner of the Super Bowl. The trophy was named after the late coach Vince Lombardi of tlie two-time Su-

record for a boxing match. ''I've broken every record that's

known to man in this sport in the field of promotion," King said. "However, you 're supposed to be recognized by otliers. It's a gratifying feeling know­ing d1at your conuibution has been recognized and appreciated .. ,

King said his critics can eat crow. ··M,my times you do what you

do," said King, who lust September spoke at Hmvard Law School. "I have made many contributions that have been positive. I think they will be shocked and dismayed."

Leonard, whose charisma and vir­tuosostylemadehim America's box­ing darling in the 1980s, finds himself headed to the hall of fame despite the fact that he will box again Mm-ch I against Hcctor··Macho';' Camacho in AthmticCity, NJ.

A loophole in the five-ycm· retire­ment eligibility rule allowed Leonmu 's selection, said Brophy.

Lconmu's last fight was in Febrn­my 1991,thusmakinghimeligiblein 1996. lliis yem·'s selection ballots weremailedoutNov. I to 142boxing writersandhistorim1s from the United States ,md nine foreign countries.

Even though Leo;m·d :mnouncecl his comeback in Octoocr, it was de­temiined as long w, he didn't fight before Dec. 31 when the votes we1e counted, Leomud 1etained his eligi-

DFS ... <::ontinued_from page 2~ prevail.

The defeats dropped Budweiser to second over-all with a 24.5-15 .5 record. The team is sched­uled to meet fourth ranked Kan Pacific (22-18), a pairing which can prove to be a big headache for eitherteam as bot11 try to bounce back in the winning trail. Kim Pacific lost its 10th week encounter against Sun­set Villia Reso11, l-3.

Oiiental Hotel likewise uies tow·­rest a losing slump by taking on tlie Clippe1s. On top tl1e stimdings tl1ree

with 19 poinL,. Houston and Patrick Ewing each added 13 poinL,.

Hawks 95, Timbenvolves 93 ATLANTA (AP) - Mookie

Blay lock made two free throws with five-tenths of a second remaining to help Atlantaextend its home winning streak to 14 games.

Sam Mitchell hit one of two free throws with seven seconds left to tie it at 93. On Atlanta's next possession, Blaylock drove the lane and drew a foul from Mitchell to set up Atlanta's seventl1 consecutive victory overall.

The Timberwolves, who had their club record-tying, three-game road winning streak halted, could not get

per Bowl champion Green Bay Pack­ers priorto the 1971 Super Bowl. The trophy is a regulation silver football mounted in a kicking position on a pyramid-like stand of tliree concave sides.

The trophy stands 20} inches tall, weighs6.7 pounds. The words"Vince Lombardi" and "Super Bowl XXXI" are engrnved on the base along with the NFL emblem.

ATTENDANCE - To date, 2,412,278haveattendedSuperBowl games. The largest crowd was 103,985 the 14th Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

bility, Brophy said. "Fights arc cancelled and resched­

uled like this one has been. Come­backs aie announced, then put off. Until the bell actually sounds, it's not a fight. Sugar Ray made it tl1e re­quired five years," Brophy said.

Previously, hall of famer Alexis Arguello returned to the ring in I 994, two years after his induction, Brophy said.

·11iis is exciting. I'rn ela1ed to be· up the1e with the -great names and legendmy fighters," Leom1rd said from his trnining can1p outside Phoe­nix, A1iz.

'"People, in general, look at these guys as almost histmical figu1es. So to be included in that elite group is a g1eat honor," said Leonmd, who fo:st ~aptured the public's imagination whcnhewonagoldmedalatthe 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

Leonmu went on to win world titles in five weight classes: welter, junior middle, middle, super-middle mid light-heavy. His recoiu stm,ds at 36-2-l, with 25 knockouts, imd in­cludesvictotiesoverWilf1edBenitez, Robe1to Dunm, Tommy l-lem11S mid Mmvin Hagler.

His last-bout still leaves him feeling sour: He was battered in a unanin1ous decision loss to super welterweightchampTen-y Norris on Feb. 9, 1991.

weeks ago, 01iental (23-17) fell to third afterwinningjust a single gm1ie in iL~ last eight outings. Oiiental is headed fora tough mak'h because tlie team cim 't afford to take the Clippers lightly because the team iscomingoff to a winning run last week. The l 0th running Clippers ( 18-20) dealt erstwhile leader Budweiser a 3-1 rout.

In other pairings, Jariuon (21-19) will go up against Joeten En­terprises ( 11-29); JTG Enterprises (20-20) faces the Nite Busters ( 19.5-20.5) ; and Sunset Villia Resort (17-23) takes on the Jets ( 19.5-20.5).

off a shot in the final half-second. Celtics 116, Warriors 108

BOSTON (AP) - Rick Fox scored 23 points, Eric Williams had 21 and both made key baskets down the stretch as Boston broke a two-game losing streak. Joe Smith scored 33 and lal!ell Sprewell had 32 for the Warriors, whose road record dropped to 5-12 as they completed the third stop of a six-game trip.

The Warriors made one final rnn and cut the Celtics' lead to 110-105 with 1: 19 left, but Boston scored the next six poinL~. including two each by Williams and Fox, to ice their eighth home win of the season.

NBA Team Standings By The Associated Press

All Times EST Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

New York Miami Washington Orlando New Jersey Boston Philadelphia

Central Division

Chicago Detroit Atlanta Cleveland Charlotte Milwaukee Indiana Toronto

Midwest Division

Houston Utah Minnesota Dallas San Antonio Denver Vancouver

Pacific Division

LA Lakers Seattle Portland Sacramento LA Clippers Golden Slate Phoenix

Monday's Games

W L PCT 26 10 .743 26 10 .722 19 17 .528 14 18 .438 9 24 .273 9 25 .265 8 27 .229

W L PCT 32 4 .889 26 8 .765 23 11 .676 21 t4 .600 20 16 .556 18 17 .514 16 17 .485 12 23 .343

W L PCT 28 9 .757 24 12 .667 16 20 .444 12 21 .364 9 25 .265 9 28 .243 7 29 .194

W L PCT 27 10 .730 26 11 .703 19 16 .543 15 22 .405 14 21 .400 13 22 .371 13 24 .351

Late Games Not Included Orlando 114, New Jersey 111 Utah 97, Philadelphia 96, OT Miami 98, Washington 95 Atlanta 93, Cleveland 79 Phoenix 105, Dallas 98 Charlotte 102, Denver 100, OT

Tuesday's Games Lale Games Nol Included Boston 116, Golden State 108 Atlanta 95, Minnesota 93 Houston 106, New York 86 Chicago 108, Washington 107 Phoenix 110, Denver 101 Detroit al Portland, (n) Vancouver al LA Lakers. (n) Indiana al Sacramento, (n)

Wednesday's Games Golden State al Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m Chicago at Minnesota, 8:00 p.m. Orlando al Dallas, 8:00 p. m. New York al San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Toronlo at Seattle, 10:00 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m. Indiana at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday's Game Miami at Boston, 7:00 p.m. Orlando al Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 9:00 p.m. Phoenix at Ulah, 9:00 p.m . Portland al LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

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20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- JANUARY 16, 1997

Saipan Men's Slowpitch League

Hit&Run bags 1st se1nis slot By Ray Palacios and Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

LITE HIT&Run Beermen routed Happy Market II Enforces, 22-6 last Tuesday night to become the first team to advance in the "round of four" of the Saipan Men's Slowpitch League at the Susupe Sports Complex.

The win, their second in as many

Rocball

games, gave the defending cham- . pions a 2-0 sweep of their best of three series against the Enforcers. In their first encounter, Lite Hit&Run won handily, 14-4.

The Enforces took an early two run lead in the first two innings of the game, 6-4 but two cmcial mis­cues in the third inning gave Hit &Run· the big break to mount a rally.

Brotherhood rips Ronics in 0-Kan By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

JOE KAPILEO slammed a goal as Brotherhood ripped Ronics in 0-kan as the I 4th Annual World Organized Rocball Tour­nament resumed last Tuesday afternoon at the Pugua Court of Marianas High School.

The game, which took two days to complete, was extended to an extra period after the Ronics came back in the third and fourth sets.

The Brotherhood appeared to

be cruising to an easy victory after taking the first two sets 16-2 scratch and 16-7 match before the Ronics came alive in the next two sets.

In the extra period, Kapileo made sure that the match won't go long. After Brotherhood won the toss coin, they opted to serve. Roy Kaipat served and the Ronics successfully countered with a volley. The play set Kapileo with his game-winning heroics. -~-~----Continued on page 19

DR. B-Richard Brostrom of Toyota Wheels shoots a free throw during one of his team's elimination games of BANMl's lslandwide Men's Basketball League. (Photo by Erel A. Cabatbat)

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In their tum at bat, the Beermen explode for ten straight runs be­fore sun-endering the first out of the inning. With the score pegged at 12-6, Mel Sakisat, the league's winner in the most runs scored category, showed the form that made him one of the most feared hitters of the league by blasting a two-run homer to make it a 14-6 ballgame.

Boxing Hall o[Fame

With their offense at full throttle, ERA King Joe Torres kept the Happy Market batters at bay. To11"es gave up just eight hits in the second and 15 overall for the series. The Beermen, on the other hand, rattled 34 hits off the Enforcers' bullpen.

The second games of the' play­offs between A Division pennant winners Jet Turtles and Yeo

Leonard,Kinginducted By WILLIAM KATES

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP)-The International Boxing Hall of Fame is making room for one of boxing's golden boys and a flam­boyant promoter whose resiliency amid controversy has earned him a Teflon reputation.

Sugar Ray Leonard and Don King headed the 1997 induction class announced Tuesday. The new 13-member class also in­cluded former light heavyweight champion Jose Torres, now a sue-

cessful author and boxing admin­istrator.

The hall's newest members will be inducted in a ceremony June 15. They represent four catego­ries: modem, old-timer, pioneer and non-participant.

Welterweight champion Luis Rodriguez and featherweight champion Chalky Wright joined Leonard and Torres from the modem era.

"It's great. I guess I'm kind of

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. the Vince Lombardi Trophy .. ·· .· · em:Standard Time. PARTICIPANTS'.~. Green·-.· NETWORK COVERAGE-

Bay Packers (NFC) and New· By FOX-TV to approximately England Patriots (AFC). This. 198 stations and throughout the .. will be the third appearance for United States plus' Bermuda,

. Green Bay {3-0) and the sec- and Guam. . . · · . · ond for New England (0- l). By CBS Radio.to more than

SITE< Louisiana 400 stationswithiri th~ United Superdome,NewOrleans. This. States. The Armed· Forces is the eighth game to be played .Televison and Radio Network in New Orleans and the fifth in will also provide broadcast the Superdome. throughout the world.·

SEATING CAPACITY - Continued_o_n_p_a_g_e-19

Thursday Night League

DFS to keep lead vs Clippers Team Won Lost DFS 25.0 15.0 Budweiser 24.5 15.5 Oriental Hotel 23.0 17.0 Kan Pacific 22.0 18.0 Jaridon 21.0 19.0 JTG Enterprises 20.0 20.0 Jets 19.5 20.5 Nile Busters 19.5 20.5 Team#10 18.5 21.5 Clippers 18.0 22.0 Sunset Vi Ilia 17 .0 23.0 Resort Joeten Enterprises 11.0 29.0

By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

BACK ON top after three weeks of being relegated to the second and third overall, DFS Saipan aims to keep the lead by going up against the Clippers in the Women 'sThursday Night League

Pct TotPins Ave Gm Ser 62.50 28101 936 1022 2963 61.25 28530 951 1027 2979 57.50 28294 943 1019 2940 55.0 27835 927 1042 3005 52.50 28587 952 1037 2934 50.00 28165 938 1029 2975 48.75 28014 933 1011 2961 48.75 25481 943 1014 2946 46.25 27841 928 1012 2913 45.00 28155 938 1047 3013 42.50 27528 917 1039 2934

27.50 27249 908 1028 2889

at the Saipan Bowling Center. DFS is coming off to a 3-1

drubbing of cellar dweller Joe ten Enterprises in the previous round en route to league-leading 25-15 win loss slates. Against the Team # I 0, DFS is highly favored to

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Servistar, Pepsi Spec vs MGD and Athlete's Foot-Sedi Kau and MTC Red Torch were cancelled due to the unplayable field condi­tions caused by rain.

Servistar, Spec and Sedi Kau won their respective opening games to lead their series at 1-0 slates.

Servistar shocked the Turtles,

Continued on page 19

Sports bits RGA Jan. Ace Tourney

THE Refalawasch Golf As~ sociation (RGA) will hold its January Ace Tournament this coming Sunday, Jan. 19 at the Coral Ocean Point Golf Course.

Tee-off time · is set at 12 noon but golfers are advised to be at the greens 30 minutes before the start of the event

The tournament is limited to the first 20 golfers on a first come first served basis. At stake is the club's first slot in its year-ending· Ace of Aces Tournament.

For more information, call RGA president Tony Rogolifoiat234-IOOJ or234-J002 .

*** Above 30 Basketball

Cage Meeting

1, OrganizersoftheAbove30 i: Basketball League will have :, a meeting regarding the ! tournament's final prepara­fr lions on Jan. 19, 5:30 p.m. at /r t?e Gilbert C. Ada Gym Of­) f1ce.

Interested teams and spon­sors are also invited to come.

For more information, please contact Elias Rangamar at 234-100 I or 234-1002.

*** Jam Attack

Coaches Meeting A meeting between coaches

of the different teams set to compete in the 5th Annual Jam Attack is set this coming Friday, Jan. 19, 5:30 p.m. at the Gilbert C. Ada Gym Con­ference Room.

As of present six teams in both men and women's divi­sions have confirmed their participation in the annual vol­leyball event.

Three teams from Guam, two in the men's and one in the women's side, are among the early birds.

Aside from Guam's New Heights I and II," the Lost Boys, Budweiser and two more

c·onffnued on page 1·9