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THE C.N.M.I. and Guam gov­ernments have agreed to coor­dinate their income tax sys­tems, enabling taxpayers from

I 'Oops, sorryl IMr. Castro' Cing offers peace with utility execs SENATOR David M. Cing re­treated from his attack of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., apologized to CUC officials and then turned his ire to delin­quent Tinian CUC customers.

Cing last week accused the CUC and Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio of trying to "get even" with Tinian voters by cutting off their electricity services.

Responding quickly to Cing's allegations, CUC offi­cials denied that utility discon­nections were politically-mo­ti vated.

They. said island residents whose services were discon­nected were those who missed payment of their bills.

"I feel that I have been mis­led by my constituents, your defaulted customers and used for their own ends," Cing said in a letter to CUC Executive Director Timothy Villagomez.

Cing apologized to CUC of­ficials for the "rashness of my Nov. 14letter" and fornotcon­sulting CUC's deputy director for Tinian Gregorio Castro con­cerning the residents' allega­tions.

In a Nov. 14 letter to Villagomez, Cing suggested that the "disconnection of elec­tricity supply of some cue customers was a fonn of "re­taliation" on the part ofTenorio because Tinian voters didn't support his candidates on the island during the last elections.

Cing said he had actually "hoped that the customers' complaints were groundless and Mr. Castro has indeed shown me they were."

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Gurun tie up tax systellls either territory to file in the other.

According to a memoran­dum of understanding signed by CNMI acting Finance Sec­retary Gabriel DLC Camacho and Guam's Revenue and Taxation Director Joseph T. Duenas, those who work in either jurisdiction during a year would be able to file a single tax return.

Acting Gov. Jesus C. BorJa described the scheme as a

"new deal" that would "make life a lot easier for taxpayers who work both on Guam and in the Commonwealth during a given year."

Tax administrators will share information to sort out where the revenues paid should go.

Both Borja and acting Guam Gov. Madeleine Z. Bordallo praised the agreement as a "wonderful example of re­gional cooperation between

our governments." Borja said that from the be­

ginning the Tenorio adminis­tration has emphasized the need to streamline government services, creating, in effect, "one-stqp shopping" for those who deal with government offices.

"The private sector has al­ways understood the advan­tages of this approach, but the government has been slow to pick up on it. Along the way,

Kinney, executor sign stipulation for DNA test

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE COUNSELS for the peti­tioner Kaelani Kinney and Hillblom estate executor Bank of Saipan have signed a stipula­tion, indicating their under­standing regarding the protocol· for DNA test of the collected samples.

David Lujan and John Osborn, counsels for Kinney and .estate . execu.tor Bank of Saipan respectively, said all samples obtained during the inspections are pre·sently in the possession of Kinney's rep re" sentative Peter Barnett of the. Forensic Science Associates.

Lujan and Osborn agreed that the samples shall remain in Barnett's possession at Foren­sic' Science Associates "unless

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provided otherwise." . The test will determine if

. Kinney's son Junior Larry Hilbroom is indeed the late multi­millionaire Larry L. Hillblom' s child. · · · ·

Pursuant to prior stipulations entered by both parties, searches for Hillblom's DNA samples were conduct('.!d at various Hillblom's properties on Tinian, Saipan, anp Half Moon Bay, California.

Under the .latest stipulation, · the parties agreed that .neither

Kinney nor her representatives shall open the samples unless Larry Rag.Le, Of another reprc- · sentative Jesigna~ed by execu­to.r. is present.

The preliminary DNA test of the; samples may be· done by Forensic Science Associates or any other entity or person des­ignated by Kinn~y.

.However, it is provided that the testing shall be done in the presence of designated rcpre-

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PUPPY LOVE. Although it's not her pet, Kelsey Lizama offers caring hands to a "freezing" stray puppy at the Micro Beach yesterday afternoon. (Photo by Ferdie de la Torre)

this agreement will undoubt­edly help both governments to not only be easier on tax­payers, but to collect more revenues as well," Borja saida

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'Release MOU on casino deal'

David M. Ging

SENATOR David M. Cing wants the government to furnish all Tinian leaders copies of the Memorandum of Understanding signed with a Japanese investor for the establishment of floating casino on the island.

Cing wrote Gov. Froilan C. T cnorio seeking the governor's assistance in obtaining a copy of the MOU.

"As a member of the Tinian leadership, I feel it is very impor­tant to be on top of any develop­ments that will affect our island and I strongly believe that the casino issue is of great impor­tance," Cing said in a letter dated Nov. 7.

"I would, therefore, be most grateful of this kind of informa­tion will be in future be automati­cally made available to the lead­ers of our island."

Tenorio announced last month the signing of a MOU with the Yoshiya Philippines Co. Inc. which had offered to bring in $35

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Pacific heads affinn free-trade call By PAUL ALEXANDER

OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Pacific Rim leaders wrapped up a trade summit Sundaybyoffering''downpayments'' onafree-marketdream,rangingfrom pledges of economic deregulation to vows to lower import taxes.

At the Asia-Pacific Economic Co­operation summit in thiswesternJapa­nese city, the 18 leaders issued cal1s for unity, even in the face of iheir political and economic differences, as they try to create a vast pan-Pacific

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More than commerce is at stake, Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama told the leaders as he closed the meet­ing.

"'Through our actions, we affinn the vital importance ... of forgina a re­lationshipoftrustamongourpeopJes,'' hesaid.

The leaders approved an "action agenda" that specifies what members will do individually and as a group to

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Some key disputes were papered over with vague language or left to be settled later, but participants said the mainthingwastokeeptheprocesson track.

'"Th.is is a win-win situation for every country," said Hong Kong fi­nancial secretary Donald Tsang. 'The actual liberalization process will gain

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Conspicuously absent from the gathering, held in a Japanese-style guest house in Osaka Castle, was U.S. PresidentClinton, who sent Vice President Al Gore to fill in while he struggled to break the budget dead-lock. .

One of Gore's chief duties was to make apologies. He told everyone he was sorry for Ointon 's absence, and was to express regret to the Japanese for the flap over a top U.S. admiral ousted for saying the Americans ac­cused of raping an Okinawan girl should have just hired a prostitute instead.

Even as the leaders were meeting, about 300 people gathered on the southern island of Okinawa for the latest in a string of anti-U.S. bases protests. Gore and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama were discussing U.S. security issues in a one-on-one meeting later in the day.

At the trade meeting, China's Presi­dent Jiang z.emin said Beijing would cut tariffs on imported products by a margin of at least 30 percent next year, a step described as dramatic.

But Jiang warned against liberaliz­ing trade too fast, saying developing members need more time because they face greater pressures, risks and difficulties.

"AstheChinesesayinggoes, 'More haste, less speed' " he said.

South Korean President Kim Young-sam pledged that his country would open more than 200 types of business to foreign investment in the next five years, and promised to sim-

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He likened the process of launch­\ng the free-trade zone, begun at the group's meeting in Indonesia ago, to building a house.

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Japan, for its part, promised to speed up plans to cut tariffs on certain imports and revamp an economic­deregulation plan that has so far failed to revive the flagging Japanese economy.

Some leaders used their one-on­one talks on the sidelines of the meet­ing to air old grievances. China and South Korea, for example, chided Japan about a longstanding tendency of Japanese officials to make state­mentsplayingdownJapan' s pastmili­tarism.

But other talks helped ease ten­sions. HongKongisnervouslycount­ing is way down to Beijing's 1997 takeover, and Tsang cited China's expression of"commitrnent ... to one country, two systems."

''To me, that was very reassuring," he said

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Whentheleaderswereshep!K:nled into the castle garden at lunchtime for an abbreviated demonstration of Japan's ancient tradition­steeped art of the tea ceremony, some of them even clowned around a bit.

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AG wants suspect's hair specimen

Manuel S. Hocog

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THEA TIORNEY General's Of­fice has requested the Superior Court to allow the government obtain hair samples for compari­son testing from a man accused of raping a woman on Rota last Sept. 22.

Assistant Atty. Gen. Gabriel Acosta said the hair samples from Manuel S. Hocog may be com­pared by a scientific laboratory with the evidence found at the crime scene.

Acosta explained that when the

rape was reported to Rota po­lice the following morning, in­vestigators searched the build­ing where the crime was alleg­edly committed.

Investigators allegedly seized what appeared to be human hair fibers from the pre­mises.

"The defendant has not made any statements. There is area­sonable possibility that the defendant committed the crime and the evidence requested would be relevant in this case," Acosta said.

Hocog has pleaded innocent to the charge.

Court information showed that Hocog stopped by the Paris Unisex and invited the victim, who works there, and her two male co-workers at Chadd's Karaoke Club.

Hocog repeated! y asked for a mas­sage. Upon arriving at the club, the two workers got off, leaving Hocog and the victim in the vehicle.

Hocog took the victim to his house and pulled her out of his vehicle.

He then brought her to his bed­room where he allegedly raped her.

Afterwards, the accused drove the

Court orders alien's detention TIIE SUPERIOR Cowt has ordered the detention of an illegal alien found to have continuously evading CNMI immigration laws by changing address .

Associate Judge Miguel Demapan said Rui Zhi Chen, a Chinese, shall be jailed in the Department of Public Safety Detention Facility pending his travel papers from theChineseConsu-

late in San Francisco. Cowtinfonnationshowed that im­

migration officers picked up Chen last Thursday pursuant to a default order of deportation issued by the court last Sept. 11.

The court granted permission for Chen to be detained in the DPS . pending his appearance in court

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Officer Edward Cabrera took the witness stand, testifying that Chen would change his dwell­ing place to avoid deportation.

Cabrera said custody and con­tact of Chen pending deporta­tion is difficult.

FOR ART'S SAKE "Tri bu" by Geraldine Meneses is among the most eye-catching pieces auc­tioned at the Hyatt Hotel Sat­urday. At left is photo-artist Jack Hardy beside his piece entitled "Seascape." Meneses and Hardy are among the 19 featured artists at "An Evening with the Cham­ber 1995."

The officer further stated that the re­spondent came into the CNMI on a shon time business entry permit which expired lastMay7_

When hewa~apprehended la~tNov. 16, Chen was distributing card~ in Garapan area for a night club, Cabrera said.

The judge set a status conference on Dec. 13. (FOT)

Poll results out today TIIE BOARD of Elections is expected to release today the final and official results of the Nov. 4 elections.

The delay in the release of election results was caused by the challenge peti­tions filed

by two residents of Tinian and Rota against 23 voters on the two island.c; .

The election offices on Tinian and Rota heard the cases last Thursday and Friday and the decisions were expected to be issued also on those days.

The board decisions were unavailable as of press time. (MCM)

Agri seminar series scheduled THE University of Guam will be presenting lectures on tropical agri­culture and aquaculture which will be beamed via Peaces at to the North­ern Marianas College on Nov. 24 and Dec. 29.

Mark Brotman of the NMC Land Grant has invited interested research­ers and farmers to the lectures which will be received at the NMC Busi­ness Development Center.

The November lecture will be on "Irrigation Management in Agricul­ture," to be delivered by Frank Cruz of the University of Guam, while the December lecture, to be delivered by David Crisostomo, also of the UOG, will be on "Aquaponics." -RA

Reef marine course trainees graduate TIIE south Pacific Envirorunent Pro­gram (SPREP)' and the Australian In· . stitute of Marine Science (AlMS) pre­sented certificates to the participants in the local reef marine monitoring train­ing course in the Northern Marianas CollegelastFriday,Nov.17, 1995.

The course was organized and coor­dinated by the Division of Coastal Re­sources Management in cooperation with SPRFP, AIMS, the University of Guam, and the NMC to train people

from Ftji, Palau, New Guienea, the Federated States of Micronesia, and theCNMiinscientificcoralreefmoni­toring methodologies.

Commonwealth agencies which participated in the workshop were the Division of Coastal Resources Man­agement, the Marine Technology Pro­gram of the NMC, and the division of Environmental Quality.

Dr. Andrew Smith, SPREP Coastal Management Officer, organized

SPREP's involvement in the two­week course. Debie Bass and Ian Miller from the Australian Institute of Marine Science were instructors in the workshop. In addition, Dr. Charles Birlceland, and Dr. Robert Richmond from the Univemty of Guam Marine Laboratory gave presentations. The Division of Coastal Resources Management provided boats and other equip­ment plus personnel, and theNMC provided the venue and computers.

This course included training in identi­fication of marine organism, line intercept transectsurveys,altemativesamplingtech­niques, reef health assesmient, data entry programs and data analysis, presentation and comparison.

The training aims to enhance the Commonwealth resources manage­ment agencies '.ability to monitor coral reefs for adverse impacts from pollu­tion and to evaluate the success of implemented pollution control mea­sures .. , ...

victim back to Chadd's and left. Acosta said the government

does not violate Hocog's consti­tutional rights by obtaining acoun order to compel the defendant to supply hair, saliva and blood samples, "where probable cause has been established that the de­fendant committed the crime rel­evant to the requesL"

'The evidence sought does not invoke the defendant's right not to incriminate himself," said the prosecutor.

Intercession classes on PUB UC schools in the CNMI have started adopting the af­ter-school intercession pro­gram for students who wish to improve their learning skills other than reading and writ­ing.

A press release from the PSS said the intercession classes "focus on improving reading, writing, mathematical, ath­letic and aesthetic skills."

Also offered at the program are courses that deal with such activities as cooking, build­ing a model rocket, and other recreational activities with classroom components were "students discover practical applications for reading, writ­ing and mathematical skills ... learned during the regular school hours."

PSS Commissioner William Torres said the goal of the af­ter-school project "is to pro­vide the tutorials, enrichment, role modeling and counseling to students wishing to improve their learning skills."

From first through third grade, Torres said, teachers concentrate their efforts on implementing early reading intervention programs that uti­lize phonetic-based instruc­tions in a whole language ap­proach.

Torres said intercessions classes "have proven to be godsend as they provide stu­dents have failed a course with classes that enable the student to learn the requisite ski !ls and pass the class.:

This prevents social promo­tion or retaining students in the same grade for a second year.

Intercession classes as held during vacation periods for students on year-round multi­track schedules.

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Lighten Up Amigo IT WAS a slow Saturday morning what after a night of trying unsuccessfully to domesticate stomach cramps that must have started from one beer too many. The intennittent pain was beginning to be very nagging. So I decided to see a doctor to detennine whether it was flu or something or other.

On my way to CHC, I was pulled over by a team of police officers using the laser device to track down speedsters. I acknowledge the apparent infraction so I waited in my car for further disposition. We went through the usual fonnality. The officer asked a number of questions. I gave him short, crisp answers. He asked whether I needed an ambulance. I responded in the negative. He asked this question twice and that's when I started questioning whether he had any common sense at all. Lighten up, officer!

**** I'd like to know whether the laser equipment being used by DPS is brand new

or is it second hand? In either case, is there anybody on staff who is trained to calibr~te this piece of device? ls the use of this device premised on regulations sufficiently promulgated publicly and published in the Commonwealth Register? These questions are asked not to harass DPS, but to protect it from lawsuits. Are officers above the law when out patrolling the public highways? In other words, ifheisn'tin pursuit of a speedster, ishelegallypennitted to exceed the speed limit? I'm ready to put this to a test so lighten up officers and follow the same law as ordinary citizens do.

**** Courtesy is often missing when you place phone calls to both sectors in this

community. More often than not it turns into instant comedy. I mean, I'd call to talk to a specific person and the receptionist repeats the exact query that I just asked. For instance: "This is John Rosario. May I please talk to Mr. Viviano Balesterios?" Came the response: "Oh, you wanna talk to Mr. Viviano Balesterios?" Often I'm tempted to say: "I thought I just asked to speak to him?" But I was scared she'd parrot the question and I am not ready for another bout with redundancy. Lighten up, please?

**** In any gathering, I cou\d basically see most people's heads in front of me. The

one peculiar head that I saw recently was that of a clergy whose pitch dark and shiny hair gives him that boyish look. As the occasion goes on, the breeze started gusting in the fifteen to twenty mile range. The next glance up his direction, the rear center of his head was bare and there dangles strands of hair down his left ear. It dawn on this scribe that he was hopelessly bald, but was bold enough to paste his hair with tons of pomade to cover his skin head. A bald head is a bald head and if I may ask: Whatever happened to your vow of humility? Lighten up, Mr. Clergy!

**** Newspapering is a difficult business especially on an island that could hardly

~fo.rd ~ore than two tabloids. There's this newspaper (Marianas Variety), an mstJtutJon in the Northern Marianas Community (sorry, no harm intended here, yeah?). There also is the Tribune, Voice, Marianas Star, Marianas Beach Press (tourist. oriented) and the Observer. The Observer is still observing though struggling, the Tribune too is still around; the Marianas Star has shrunk in size or is it turning into a falling star; Beach Press beaching steadily and the Voice which has somehow become voiceless. It's survival of the fittest and if for some reason cost and profit have not been on an even keel or better, it's time to fold and leave !t to those who can fit through the hole of a needle. Lighten up, friends. These islands can only afford no more than two tabloids!

**** I had the opportunity to listen to a protracted public hearing on medical referral.

Every legislator gave a towering speech about "my heart bleeds for our students and patients". As I tried to find the nexus between grandstanding and reality in the statements of our men of wisdom, I found dripping at the tip of my pants the words "yawn, nice try, regurgitation, yawn, yawn, yawn, so what, now what, yawn, yawn, no money, so what's your beef?" I had to leave the chamber and what a relief it was to exit it immediately as the whirl of tired old phrases begin piercing my ear drums. Grandstanding and more speeches won't resolve the lack of new revenues for these programs. Lighten up, gentlemen!

**** . I have thought long an.d hard about what's amiss in the way we have approached issues or_ problem solvm~-more misses than hits-until one day one of my brothers-m-law told me a Joke that fits the prescription: "A Chinese ran across the street and started building his second business establishment. An American stopped right in the center of the highway and started directing traffic". If we' re on the same frequency, you'd appreciate the essence of this joke. Lighten up, folks!

**** A doctor at CHC treated an acute diabetic who was wrestling with near­

comatose. For three days, the patient put up with bland hospital food water no sugar, fat and salt. His doctor was very happy at the results of the lab test. The ne~t day, the patient's condition returned to the critical stage. Puzzled, the doctor quizzed the nurse whether she's followed the prescribed medication for his patient. The nurse replied in the affirmative. Subsequently, the doctor found out that the patie?t req~este? salted fish from home the night before. Lighten up, folks! If you re a diabetic, take your pick-health or death!

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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

Now is no time to slash nuke labs' funds WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is con­ducting a top-secret review of future nuclear threats to the United States, and has reached the preliminary conclusion that the most vital national security issue is the possibility of .some "loose nukes" from Russia "falling into the wrong hands."

As they think the unthinkable, Pentagon officials are increasingly alarmed by the specter of a terrorist group detonating a nuclear device without issuing prior de­mands or warning, and with no claim of credit afterwards.

One government nuclear expert told us that an "uaattributed" attack would present some paralyzing problems. "How fast could you go figure out whose that was, or could you?" our source asked. "It's not clear we can-yet."

If the culprits behind the explosion couldn't be determined, everyone would be suspect. It's more than a revenge issue because U.S. officials would have to de­termine if the perpetrators had another bomb at their disposal-and if they planned to use it. Making nuclear explosions some­how identifiable by "original owner" is just one of several high stakes nuclear issues that government scientists are study­ing across the country.

With so much· on the line, the recent decision by President Clinton to preserve the government's nuclear weapons re­search laboratories is a prudent one. At first glance, the idea of any kind of U.S. nuclear weapons research in a world with­out a Cold War seems ill-advised espe­cially at a time when the rest of the federal budget faces draconian cuts.

But over the past year, knowledgeable sources at the Pentagon, the Energy De­partment and the labs themselves have laid out for us the case for keeping nuclear research lab funding at its current level.

The three labs under scrutiny, all oper­ated by the Department of Energy, are Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, and Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. In the past, their key responsibility has been to design, develop and test America's nuclear weapons. But arms agreements with the former Soviet Union began to cut back the need for that task.

President Clinton has committed the

United States to a nuclear test ban morato­rium, which means that these labs have to find an efficient and reliable way to con­duct computer-driven tests without actu­ally detonating the weapons. Few scien­tists have been arguing for actual testing­a wise idea, considering the outrage over France's resumption of nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

Earlier this year, a special commission recommended consolidating most of the three facilities' nuclear functions at Los Alamos -and closing down Livermore, where hundreds of Californians earn their living.

But the Clinton administration conducted its own separate review, released recently, which found that all three labs "provide essential services to the nation in funda­mental science, national security, envi­ronmental protection and cleanup, and in­dustrial competitiveness."

Our sources now believe the administration's argument could be per­suasive to the GOP Congress, which is more concerned about budget cuttingthan bomb-building. But even though the labs won't be consolidated, chances are good that some cuts will be made.

Even the director of the Los Alamos lab, Siegfried Hecker, conceded the need for cuts in an interview last year. "We, as large laboratories, have suffered the same problems that corporate America suffered," Hecker said. "We got large, we got stiff; we got bureaucratic. So we needed to retool, re-exam­ine, re-engineer, to say that what the world now needs is much greater flexibility."

In some sense, what is going on is the reverse of the nuclear arms race. Scientists are now competing to neutralize nukes. The ultra secret com,petition between the labs over the last four decades has had the benefit

of keeping America first in the nuclear race, with a huge technological edge over the former Soviet Union.

While· the labs helped win the Cold War, the question now is whether we can afford a Manhattan Project-like· effort to secure peace. Warned one government expert: "If these nuclear (labs) are seriously cut as we' re coordinating the control of Russia's nuclear weapons and sending out teams to would-be nuclear countries, there'll be hell to pay in the future."

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The play. "Androclesandthc Lion." by Aurrmd Hanis. is one of the most popular pluys ever written for young peDpJe.

Directed by Cheryl Treihercmu per­fanned hy the NMC acting tmupc, the play began it, tour of Saipan with a un:ss rehear,al la.,t Suturu.iy m the Jneten-Kiy11 LibraJ'I.

The opening matinee was held yes­terday also at the Joeten-Kiyu Libr.uy.

Outdoor perfonnanccs will be held on Friday. Nov. 24.4 p.m. at Ame1ic.m Memorial Park Playground:Satun.Jay. Nov. 25.4p.m. atTanapag Beach Park; Sunday. Nov. 26, 4 p.m .. at Americm1 Memorial Park Playground; Saturday, Dec. 2, 4 p.m. at Kagmm1 Homestead Park and Sunday. Dec. 3 5 p.m. at American Memorial Park Playgrnuml.

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sentatives of executor. All test shall not consume the entirety of any individual sample.

"Any parties to be involved in testing any of tAe sampies on be­half of petitioner are precluded from testing the whole blood ob­tained from Kinney or Junior Larry Hillbroom or having access to results of any testing of such blood until the samples c9llccted pursuant to the inspections have been tested," said the counsels in the stipulation.

To open the samples, Kinney shall give executor at least I 0 days' written notice of her intent.

The executor shall endeavor to have its designated representa­tives available at such time to open the samples and commence testing.

The parties agreed to arrange the schedule for opening and test­ing of the samples "mutually con­venient to their respective represen­tatives."

"Executor, may, at any time. re­quest to he pmvidcd, to the extent practicable, with half of the samples obtained during the inspections to enable it to do its own testing," the stipulation stated.

If such a request is made, the Lujan and Osborn said, the parties will open the samples in the presence of their designated representatives who will then detennine an appropriate split of the samples collected.

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Castro had said defaulted custom­ers had used the election issue as scapegoat for their delinquency.

"'The timing was convenient and I was inclined to believe their claims," Cing said as he admonished the cus­tomers with delinquent accounts.

''In order for Tinian to prosper and grow the entire community needs to take more personal responsibility," Cing said

Responding to Castro's proposal, Cing promised to file a bill seeking to subsidize the utilities of lower-in­comefamiliesintheCNMI. He asked the CUC' s legal counsel to draft a bill to that effect . {MCM)

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Police-probe yet · another rape case

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE POLICE an.: invc.,tigating an­other rJpc ca.,c on Saipan which wa, rcpone<l Friday morning.

Public Safety l11fonnation Officer Cathy Sheu refused to pmviue enough infomiation. She said the criminal in­vestigation section agent, arc follow. ing up the case.

The V aricty gathered that a 16-year­old girl appeared at thcCmnmonwcalth Health Center's emergency room, claiming she was rnped.

No ntherdetails were available as of press time.

Last week. the pol ice arrested Anto­nio Mendiola Cunacho. of T,mapag.

Release ... Continued from page 1

million luxury ship that will ser'l'c as floating casino.

The MOU was signed by Tcnonn. Tinian Casino Gmning Commis•;1011 Chainnm1 Jose P. Mafnas and Tinian

and Edwin P. Bia,, of San Vicente. for allegooly assaulting and rnping two women in separate incident, onSaipan.

In another police report, a ]9-year­old man claimed that on Thw-sday ,m unidentified person bmke into his car parked near Chalan Km1oa beach side mid stole a cellular phone, watch and other items.

InChinaTown,a40-year-ddwoman said a burglar entered their residence and took a TV set ThuN.!ay.

In Puerto Rico, six women com­plained that an unidentified pe™m1's entered their harrncks mid rn.nsackcd their rooms of an undc1crm1ncd wnnh of money andjewdryThurs­day night.

l'vlavor fknn,m M. /1.!an~lona. Cing. an ,mli-12a111hli~g advocate,

h.1d been al, xlu, witJ1 Tcnono over the casino issue:.

Their rift rc:1chcJ 1t., pc:tk during tJ1c election rcri,xl when Trnorio backed Rcpublic,m c;mdHJatc, ,upJXHtive of the h1 II tJ1a1 lc!!aliNd ca,1m,., in the CNMI. [MCM)

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Education day THE Board of Education Com­missioner Williams_ Torres an­nounced that the Public School System min office will be closed on Nov. 22, Wednesday, in cel­ebration of the 12th Annual Edu­cation Day. For more information please con­tact the Public Information Of­fice at telephone 322-9812

· Report cards REPORT cards for students at- \ tending the Green Track will be distributed on Tuesday, Nov. 21 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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. Th·e philippin~~ . . .· · .... Chile president to visit RP Another Filipino hurt in Riyadh bombing PHILIPPINE Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Romulo Espaldon reported to the De­partment of Foreign Affairs that another Filipino identi­fied as Alex Catalan was among the 60 persons injured in the bombing last week of a building housing the US Mili-

tary Training Mission in Riyadh.

Espaldon said, Catalan, an employee of a security agency, was released from the Riyadh Military Hospital last Nov. 14 along with another Filipino, Rene Manolong, who also suf­fered injuries from the blast.

P450 M for 'Rosing' rehab PRESIDENT Ramos autho­rized the release of another P450 million and Senator Ernesto Maceda pledged more than P 100 million in congres­sional insertion funds, both for the rehabilitation of areas dev­astated by super typhoon "Rosing."

Complementing this, the So­cial Security System (SSS) said members victimized by

Rosing and other calamities could avail themselves of up to P 15,000 in salary and ca­lamity loans. Senate Minor­ity Leader Edgardo Angara said the latest releases and pledges were still not enough and said PI billion for reha­bilitation alone should be in­cluded in next year's budget considering the devastation wrought by Rosing.

I RP asks separate! I quota for food \

MANILA has asked Wash-I ington to allocate a separate I quota for Philippine sugar­

based food products in ex­change forthe United States' request for the lowering of .

( tariffs ori imports of A.med- ·

1 can .confecti.onary products. i These are the subjects of : ongoing negotiations be· ! tween DTI Secretary Rizalino j Navarro and US trade repre-

sentatives led by Ambassa- 1

dor Mickey Kantor, Philippine food exporters

currently share the US quota allocation with other asean I countries, particularly Thai-/ land. Among the food prod- . ucts exported by the Philip-\ pines to the US include can- I dies, chocolates, sauces and I

. d . d I preparations, an m1xe sea- 1

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CHILEAN President Eduardo Frei accompanied by First Lady Martita Larraechea de Frei and a 40-men trade del­egation from Chile will visit the Philippines from Nov. 20 to 21.

This is in response to an in­vitation made by President Ramos for the Chilean presi­dent to visit the country.

A highlight of the visit is the signing of a bilateral agree­ment on the reciprocal protec­tion and promotion of invest­ments. Ramos will also be the guests of honor and speakers during the seminar organized by the Asia Pacific Office of

Ramos joins . AP,EC .meet

PRESIDENT Fidel V. Ramos left last Thursday for a four­day working visit to Japan, principally to participate in the APEC Leader's Summit in Osaka starting lal>t Friday.

The President was away from the country until yester­day.

Ramos said he would also pursue in Osaka bilateral talks with the leaders of various countries and seek protection for migrant workers not only in Japan but in APEC econo­mies.

He said he is targetting full free trade among industrial­ized member-countries in 2010 and on 2020 for newly developing countries like the Philippines.

the Christian Democrat Inter­national headed by fo~mer DFA Secretary Raul Manglapus. This will be at­tended by delegates from the Asia-Pacific region.

Chile is now one of the most aggressive economic forces in Latin America. In the past 10 years, its gross domestic prod­uct has grown at an average rate of 6.6 percent a year.

Jan-Sept income 7.5 percent lower BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas market with large commercial (BSP) has reported an unaudited requirements coming from im· incomeofP8.3billionfromJanu- porters setting their forex ac-ary to September this year. This counts. is P680 million or 7.5 percent AsofWednesday,thepeso(av-lower than the PS.9 billion in· erage reference rate) was at come posted from =January to P26.229ora2.8centavofallfrom September 1994, BSP Governor Tuesday's P26.201. Gabriel Singson said. Traders ranged between P26.23

For the whole of 1994, the andP26.225withvolumeof$79.4 BSP's next income amounted to million. PI0.03 billion. At the Philippine Stock Ex-

The peso meanwhile, contin- change, the composite index was ued to depreciate in the forex 2,315.26, down 25.15.

Iran to stay in Taekwondo world championship in RP MANILA, Philippines (AP)- The World Taekwondo Federation's executive committee has decided to allow Iran's team to stay in the world championships despite a melee started by the team over scoring, a Philippine taekwondo official said.

About 20 Iranian players and coaches and their manageron Sat­urday angrily confronted interna­tional referee Wong Wai Pui of Hong Kong for allegedly failing to score a solid ax kick by Iran's F. Narjam against Filipino Roberto Cruz in their quarterfinal finweight match.

Philippine officials unsuccess­fully tried to pacify the irate Irani­ans, who later vented their ire on other officials.

A shouting match turned into a shoving match, and an exchange of blows ensued afterone uniden­tified Iranian player hit an offi­cial.

Cruz won by default. Roberto A ventejado, president

of the Philippine Taekwondo As­sociation, said the Iranian team manager and players apologized to their Filipino hosts shortly be­fore the executive committee met Sunday to discuss the case.

"In the spirit of friendship and sportsmanship, we accepted the group's verbal, formal apology," Aventejado said.

Song Chun Hong, vice presi­dent of the Philippine associa­tion, said the Philippine team also had lost "very critical points" in matches Friday but did not com­plain.

Aventejado said, however, that the Iranians were warned that "se­vere sanctions" would be imposed on them if they repeated their "unsportsmanlike conduct."

Such sanctions could include Iran's expulsion from the Asian Taekwondo Union, he said.

... MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7

Pacific Island ·

Mamaloni refuses to discipline 3 ministers

Haste on autonomy criticized as 'undue' FRENCH Polynesia's Employers Federation has criticized what it calls the undue haste with which autonomy has been introduced in the territory, RNZI reported last week.

new statute, which will place more economic control in local hands, will satisfy the demands of the population.

THE PARLIAMENT ARY leader 0£ the People's Alliance Party in Solomon Islands Nathaniel Waena, has expressed disappoint­ment over prime minister Solomon Mamaloni' s refusal to discipline three ministers impli­cated in a two million US dollar scandal with a foreign logging company, Integrated Forest In­dustries, SIBC reported last week.

Mr. Mamaloni told reporters at a press conference that he did not know what to do with the govern­ment minister, and that the law and appropriate bodies set up un-

der the constitution should deal with them.

But Mr. Waena says the prime minister has the power to sack the ministers if they refruse to volun­tarily resign as cabinet ministers.

Mr. Waena says if Mr. Mamaloni can terminate the former deputy prime minister and home affairs minister Dennis Lulei for issuing a casino licence to a businessman who already operate another casino, then he can use the same to remove the ministers.

He also dismissed comments

by Mr. Mamaloni that leaders should not use the media to politi­cize the alleged bribery, saying the people have been informed about the actions of their leaders.

Meanwhile, the Solomon Is­lands opposition spokesman on forestry Joseph Tuhanuku says the police should conduct an in­quiry conducted into claims that three government ministers George Luialamo, Christopher Columbus Abe and Nathaniel Supa accepted large sums of money from a logging company. ..... Pacnews

They say this wasn't nearly enough time to study a document which will have a profound effect on French Polynesia's future.

They saythelaclc of consultation did not reassure employers about the future of democratic debate.

The Federation doubts that the

They fear the new statue will not give investors enoogh trust to in­vest in the territory.

One of their main concerns cen­tres on the strength of the French Polynesian franc, and the Jack of any mechanism linking it to the French franc, which will leave the local currency open to devaluation .... Pacnews

Cook Is. opposition elects deputy head

Fiji PM gets backing THE OPPOSffiON Democratic Party in the Cook Islands has elected its deputy head Dr. Terepai Maoate as the new leader, in a move aimed at soldiating the party, Cook Is­lands News reported last week.

The party' sdeputy Ieaderis now Dr. Robert Woonton, who was elected to parliament for the first time in last year's general elec­tion.

THE SOQOSOQO ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei caucus in Fiji has thrown its support behind prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka in the wake of a threat by govern­m en t backbencher Militoni Leweniqila to block the 1996 bud­get, the Fiji Times reported last week.

Mr. Rabuka was yesterday seek­ing a meeting with Mr. Leweniqila to discuss his public outburst.

Mr. Leweniqila threatened to

bring down the 1996 budget if critical issues facing the govern­ment were not resolved, and ask the President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to step in and elect a new Prime Minister.

His contention is that the Prime Minister and his cabinet make decisions without consulting the rest of the party caucus.

Mr. Leweniqila did not attend yesterday's caucus meeting say­ing he had mportant business to

Australian wreckage found in PNGjungles THE WRECKAGE of an Austra­lian air force. beaufighter and the remains of it's two crewmen have been found in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, 52 years after they crashed, the National reported last week.

The wreckage with the remains of the two crewmen identified as pilotJolm Coates and wirelesss air gunner Charles Hilton Chapple, both Australians, was found in the jungles of New Britain.

RAAF spokesman Ken Llewellyn says the pair disap­peared on November 25, 1943 as

they conducted a low level offen­sive sweep with another aircraft against Japanese coastal barge traffic. ·

A French survey team working through the area came across the wreckage and reported the find to Australian authorities.

RAAF has been able to contact a number of relatives including one man's widow, who was un­fortunately not well enough to travel to the funeral service to be held on November 25, 52 years to the day they disappeared ......... Pacnews

attend to. SVT parliamentarians who at­

tended the caucus meeting ex­pressed shock and disappointment over Leweniqila' s outburst. Some called for disciplinary action against him .... Pacnews

Dr. Maoate replaces founding member, Sir Thomas Davis, fol­lowing an executive meeting ear­lier this week.

Sir Thomas will take up the roles o- patron and advisor.

The leadership changes, will be referred to the party annual gen­eral meeting next year for en­dorsement.

The democratics have three members in Cook Islands 25-memherparliament. ....... Pacnews

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House votes down 1-day break By ALAN FRAM

WASHINGTON (AP) - A nervous House rebelled against Republican leaders and voted to not shut the cham­ber for a day, with rn,relief in sight from the budget impasse that forced a partial federal shutdown.

"Work, work, work," Demo­crats chanted Saturday, after they spearheaded an embar­rassing 361-32 rejection of an effort by Republican leaders to formally adjourn the cham­ber until Monday.

But angry Republicans who command the House later de­cided to put the chamber into recess until Monday anyway, something the majority can do unilaterally.

But the roll call, taken dur­ing a rare, raucous Saturday session, vividly displayed how nervous members of both par­ties are about the public's re­action to the five-day-old clos­ing of large swaths of govern­ment. It also represented a Democratic attempt to paint Republicans as indifferent to the shutdown and its conse­quences for civil servants and people needing federal ser­vices.

Amid the tumult in the House, Republicans tn\nsmit­ted a new offer to the White

House for ending the shut­down that beginning Tuesday idled 800,000 federal work­ers. President Clinton would have to commit to seeking a balanced budget in seven years as measured by the Congres­sional Budget Office, after "thorough consultation and review" by White House and other government and private experts.

That represented slight movement from the long-time Republican demand for a seven-year balanced budget using Budget Office estimates, without any outside input. Clinton has said he wants a longer timetable that uses the administration's more opti­mistic economic assumptions, which would allow smaller spending cuts than Republi­cans want.

Republican leaders said they would discuss the offer with administration officials on Sunday, and agencies could reopen Monday if it is ac­cepted. But asked whether the administration was likely to accept the proposal, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Republican of Kansas, said: "I doubt it. It's a good offer."

White House spokesman Mike McCurry said adminis­tration officials would con-

sider the offer overnight. In an earlier interview with

NBC News, Clinton said he was trying to figure out a way to return federal workers to their jobs on Monday, "if I can find a legal way to get them back to work."

He also acknowledged that "as long as this crisis goes on, I will pay some sort of popu­larity premium." But he also tried to drive a wedge between congressional Republicans, blaming the crisis on "the most intransigent members of the House" and saying that Sen­ate Republicans would "re­solve this on honorable terms if they were free to do it."

During the House vote, about I 00 lawmakers who ini­tially voted to adjourn, mostly Republicans, changed their votes when it became clear that the motion would be de­feated.

After the vote, with the House technically in recess -and the television cameras off - Democrats remained planted in their seats and commenced a series of speeches, demand­ing that the chamber stay in session uhtil it could send a bill to Clinton reopening fed­eral agencies.

"Thank all of you for stay­ing here; being here, doing the

work of Congress, trying to get the federal government up and running again," Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, Demo­crat of Missouri, told his glee­ful rank-and-file.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Republican of Geor­gia, told reporters later, "They aren't helping anything, they aren't helping balance the bud­get. If they want to stay on the floor and make noise, then that's fine. At least it keeps them out of trouble."

Seeking to shift the blame to Republicans, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said Clinton would request that lawmakers keep seeking a solution to the stalemate.

"This is not a time to leave on recess," Panetta told re­porters after meeting with House Democrats.

Both sides are feeling pressure to solve their deadlock, reopen agencies and move onto the loom­ing, larger fight over the GOP's balanced-budget bill.

War end not imminent By BARRY SCHWEID

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) · Balkan leaders held marathon talks Sat­. urday with Secretary of State Warren Christopher as Bosnia's foreign minister quit and a U.S. spokesman declared that nego­tiations to end a 43-month war ''remain balanced on a knife's edge."

Amid speculation that a deal was within reach, to be sealed by President Ointon, there was a stream of disclaimers from the U.S. State Department spokes­man.

"We are still not on the verge of an agreement," Nicholas Burns said at day's end. "They clearly are not there."

With the assertion, the spokes­man blended in what also has become a redundant admonition that "these talks cannot go on forever."

Christopher and cbiefU .S. me­diator Richard Holbrooke took turns ttying to bridge differences on key issues among the Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian delega­tions.

Their aim was a comprehen­sive accord, not a piecemeal or

framework agreement, to be ini- ·. tialed here if the talks succeede,r and formally signed at an inter· national conference in Europe. ·

The unresolved issues in­cluded the scope of two pro­posed ethnic republics and whether Bosnian Serbs, who launched the war in April 1992 after the United States and the European Union recognized the former Yugoslav republic's in- I dependence, would gain control 1

of part of Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital.

Declaring he was making his "own sacrifices," Foreign Min­ister Muhamed Sacirbey re- I signed, saying Bosnian Croats should be given more authority in administering a joint Muslim­Croat federation. TheAmerican­educated diplomat also was hold­ing out for a strong central gov­ernment.

A senior Bosnian government official said in Sarajevo that Sacirbey was dissatisfied with the talks. Burns said "we admire him," while another U.S. official,insist­ing on anonymity, said"it's more of a power play than anything to do with the negotiations."

Rebels celebrate amid peace talks

By TRINA KLEIST SAN ANDRESLARRAIN­ZAR, Mexico (AP) - Rebel and government officials seek­ing to end an uprising in south­ern Mexico neared the end of a week-long meeting Saturday on ways to protect the rights and culture of Mexico's 7 mil­lion Indians.

The two sides met in closed sessions through Saturday af­ternoon.

The rebels and their support­ers on Friday celebrated the 12th anniversary of the found­ing of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, which worked clandestinely among the Maya Indians of Chiapas state before openly rebelling on Jan. 1, 1994.

A rebel negotiator, Comandante Tacho, in a heavy jacket to shield him from the bitter highlands cold, read a statement to _the crowd, which cheered, sang the Zapatista

anthem and thrust fists into the sky.

"Today, 12 years after hav­ing started to walk the long path toward a new, free, just and democratic fatherland, we again say we will continue fighting for all Mexicans," Tacho said.

Seven months after starting peace talks, the two sides have made little progress beyond talking about what they will talk about.

The sides remain far from agreement on the causes and solutions of the uprising, in which at least 145 people have died.

A cease-fire was called in January 1994, and there was only brief fighting during a federal army mobilization last February.

Documents agreed upon. in the current session will be the basis for the next round of talks scheduled for January.

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Train crash kills 1 LARAMIE, Wyoming (AP) - A freight train rear-ended another freight train in the High Plains on Saturday. killing an engineer and sparking a massive fire that fed on thousands of gallons(tensofthousand~ofliters)of spilled diesel fuel.

Sections of U.S. Highway 287, which runs adjacent to the tr..un tracks. wasclosedasflamesandthicksmoke billowed from the crash site. About I 00 residents in 60 homes in a nearby development were evacuated.

Both trains originated in Chicago, one headed to Los Angeles and the other to Seattle, Union Pacific spokes-

man Mark Davis said The Los Angeles-bound train was

stopped on the track when the train headed for Seattle struck it from be­hind, derailing more than 20 cars and spilling an estimated 12,000 gallons of diesel fuel, Davis said Inves­tigators had no inunediate cause for the crash.

An engineer on the Seattle-bound train was killed after jumping from a locomotive and a conductor who stayedwiththetrainwasbadlybumed in the fire. The conductor was flown toabumcenterinGreeley,Colorado, Davis said.

Okinawans protest US bases' presence TOKYO (AP) - About 300 people gathered Sunday in Okinawa for a daylong hunger strike to protest the presenceofU.S. military bases. Pro­testers handed out 10,000 yellow rib­bons to passers-by, many of whom tied them to clothing, car antermas and homes to show solidarity with the hun­ger strikers, who camped out at a local assembly building.

lt was the latest protest of many in recent years, including a gathering of more than 58,000 in October, the larg­est anti-U.S. demonstration ever in Okinawa

It comes amid rising public anger over a series of rapes, murders and other crimes for which U.S. service­men on Okinawa's 42 U.S. bases have either been convicted or are prime sus­pects.

The hunger strikers wore apron-like vests explaining why they are calling for the removal of U.S. military from Okinawa: "Demand it for the victim's family!"

The southwestern Japanese island group is headquarters to more than 60 percent of the roughly 44,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan.

Residents have long said military exer­cises, accidenL~ and crimes disrupt their lives. Anger crested this fall after the Sept. 4 abduction and rape of an Okinawan schoolgirl.

Two U.S. marines have pleaded guiltytotheabductingthegirlinarental car, and a sailor ha~ admitted to the rape.

On Saturday, U.S. Ambassador Walter Mondale apologiz.ed for a top admiral's rerruuks about the rape of a schoolgirl. Adm. Richard C. Macke, conunander of all U.S. military opera­tions in the Pacific, agreed to early retirement Friday hours after saying of the three indicted seivicemen: "For the price they paid to rent the car, they aJUld have had a girl."

On Friday _ before Macke' s com­ments-25 Okinawan women presented a 55,(XX)..signature petition to the prime minister demanding an end to crimes by U.S. seivicemenandarevisionofU.S.­Japan security arrangements.

U.S. military leaders say the Okinawa post keeps the Pacific safe.

Okinawa was occupied by the United States from the end of World War II to 1972.

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One member of the group, 21· Authorities in France said that The_ university :is planning to year-old Brent BanHala, reached BanHala and Jon Poploskie, 20, hold memorial services in Lwv a ski lift station Saturday morning were in good health following the embourg and in Oxford, SO kilo-and alerted authorities. A police incident,butMiamiUJ1jversitysaid meters (30 miles) northwest of rescue squad rushed to the glacier Poploskie was treated for frostbite. Cincinnati. '------··-·------·

Fashion critics not pleased

APEC leaders don casual look By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN

OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Family por­trait~ are usually awkward affairs, and the photo~ession to commemorate the start of a Pacific trade sununit on Sun­day wa~ no exception.

Under orders from their Japanese hosts, the assembled presidents, prime ministers and stand-ins at the 18-mem­ber Asia-Pacific Economic Coopera­tionsummitdonnedcasualclothes. But many looked distinctly uncomfortable doing so.

Asians are accustomed to seeing their leaders turned out in impeccable suits and sober ties. For this occasion, though, the look was a motley mix of plaid and checks, open coUars and as­cots, windbreakers and jogging-type jackets. No neckties.

The Sultan of Brunei, one of the world's richest men, wore a sports coat in a shade of blue just a tad off from the brightly colored plaid shirt peeking out Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Julius Olan, nonnally seen only in

natty businesswear, stood out in a blue­green zip-up jacket in a suede-type fabric.

Some wisely stuck with casualwear basics. Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayamaworeabluebiazer, as did U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who sat in while President Clinton stayed in Wa~gton to deal with bud­get woes.

Philippine President Fidel Ramos featured a sprightly checked shirt under his double-breasted biazer. Indonesia's PresidentSuhartoworea~, and Korean President Kim Young­sam sported an asrot. The fashion reviews were IJ(l( favorable.

"It may be 'in' these days to go infonnal, but I don't think there's any need to purposely dress down," fashion con~ultant Kensuke Ishizu said

"lf they were going out for a golf tournament, that would be one thing, but at an international gathering like this they should use some conunon sense," he said in an intelView.

If the oollective fashion was a bitoff­kilter, the setting was spectacular. Au­tumn winds rustled through the trees around towering Osaka ~ send­ing crim.'iOll and gold leaves drifting down. The backdrop was a Japanrse­styleguesthouseinthccastlegaiden,its graceful eaves framing the line of dig­nitaries.

And most observers would agree that the phoro session was a big step up from last year's portrait in tropical Bogar, Indonesia, when the leaib-s clustered together wr.aring multicol­ored batik shirts. Splashed across the front pages of the world's newspapers, the group photo resembled a strange collage of clashing fabric with prolrud­ing heads.

Although they chatted among them­selves at Saturday's photo session, the leaders appeared a little stiff -especially without the usually gre­garious Clinton to loosen everyone up_

As the leaders waved to the hun­dreds of photographers and TV crews, a Japanese media minder standing to the side murmured: "Wonderful." Then he added:

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Ishizu said he'd have gone for a blazer, white shirt and tie- "defmitely a tie. Maybe a largish checkered necktie or something with thick stripes- That makes the most sense." "Except there is no Clinton."

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OSAKA, Japan (AP) - In a tranquil Japanese-style guesthouse in the gar­den of Osaka Castle, Pacific Rim lead­ers met Sunday to set their seal a free­trade deal. But the meeting was shad­owed by President Clinton's absence and a fray involving an American ad­miral.

Although they were clad in casual clothing - no neckties, open collars, blaz.ersorwindbreakers- the 18 leaders appearedstiffandsolemnastheysettled themselves in high-backed chairs to begin their talks.

Vice President Al Gore, who had arrived the night before, looked fa­tigued He had perhaps the toughest role: ttying to SOOlhe feelings over Clinton's cancellation due to the bud­getcrisis,and dealingwitha newpoliti­cal bombshell - a top American admiral's oonurents on the rape of an Okinawa schoolgirl.

WhileGorewasmakingthe I 7-hour trip to Japan, Adm. Richard C. Ma::ke, commander of all U.S. military opera­tions in the Pacific, agreed to early retire!OOlt after telling reporters that three U.S. servicemen accused of rap­ing a 12-year-old should have bought sex instead.

''For the price they paid to rent the car, they couldhavebadagirl,"hesaid

Waltec Mondale, the U.S. ambassa­dor to Japan, did the initial damage control with an apology. Gore will have to deal with the situation in more depth 1atec Sunday when be meets

pri vatclywithPrimeMinisterT orniichi Murayama.

After arriving late Saturday, Gore headed right into one-on-one meetings that included a 40-minute chat wilh President Jiang 2.emin ofOJina, whom Ointon had promised to meet hexe.

A senior U.S. official said Gore stressed the importance of halting nuclear testing. China has detonated two bombs this year.

The official, whospokeoncondition of anonymity, said the Chinese indi­cated they were seriously studying the matter.

In addition to discussions on China's bid to join the World Trade Organization, Gore told Jiang that Washington wants to resume hu­man rights discussions with Beijing as soon as possible.

The Chinese piesident' s respo= was receptive but not conclusive, the U.S. official said.

Gore apologized to Jiang for Clinton's absence, and to Murayama when they shook hands before a dinner for the leaders_

But wbije Japan was receiving apologies from the United States, China and South Korea have been urging Tokyo 19 apologize for com­ments about its wartime past.

During a private meeting Saltlr­day, President Kim Young-sam of South Korea scolded Murayama for a series of remarks by Japanese ministers tending to justify Japan's colonial rule or wartime atrocities.

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Texas Sen. Phil Gramm placed second Saturday and former Ten­nessee Gov. Lamar Alexanderthird in the unofficial poll, known as a straw poll. Pat Buchanan was well back in fourth place, hurt by a strong performance by another anti-abor­tion candidate, radio host Alan Keyes.

In balloting by 3,355 Florida Republican activists, Dole placed first with I, I 04 votes or 33 percent. Gramm had 869 votes or 26 per­cent; Alexander 7 49 or 22 percent.

"It is a big, big win for Bob Dole," said Dole campaign man­ager Scott Reed.

As the Dole campaign celebrated its victory, Gramm and Alexander suggested the front-ronner's mar­gin hardly proved him invincible. They predicted the results would define the race as a three-way battle heading into the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, the lead­off contests less than three months

· off. The primaries are to choose delegates to the Republican national convention that will nominate the party's presidential candidate.

"If I were Senator Dole I would be worried," said Alexander, who predicted he would gain steam as the race was framed as a choice between a former governor and two Washington insiders.

Dole, Gramm and Alexander in­vested heavily in the event, coun­ing the delegates for weeks with letters, videotapes, visits to the state and phone calls to their homes. Buchanan didn't have the money to match their efforts, but was bank­ing on support from Christian Coa-, lition members and other social conservatives well represented in the diverse collection of Republi­can activists.

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His 301 votes left him a distant founh with 9 percent. Keyes was next with 266 votes, or 8 percent, after winning last-minute support with a fiery speech in which he said Republicans were foolish if they believed tax cuts and balanced bud-

. gets would cure America's social ills without also outlawing abor­tions and promoting two-parent families.

Before the voting, the candidates got 15 minutes each for one final pitch to the delegates, who were also in the convention hall Friday night to watch the White House hopefuls debate. In the debate, the candidates mostly took issue with each other. But president Clinton was the favored target Saturday as eight Republican hopefuls offered themselves as the party's best hope of retaking the White House next year.

Makinghiscase,Doletookcreditfor pushing tax cuts,abalancedbudgetand welfare refom1 through the Senale and said it was time for "a conservative Republican president who5e vision and values and character make him fit to lead the people of the United States of America."

Granun presented himself as the candidate most committed to bal­ancing the budget, a task he said would be dedicated to average fami­lies who often have to anguish over their own spending choices. "I in­tend to stop the government from squandering their money and rais­ing their taxes - so help me God," Gramm said.

Alexander said Clinton was "lick­ing his chops" at the prospect of run­ning against a Republican senator.

'The answers to our most serious problem are not in Washington, D.C.. andneitherisourbestcandidateagainst Bill Clinton."

Buchanan also took shaJii aim at

Bob Dole

Ointon, too, vowing if nomina,::<l "to take that hollow man apan."

The event was dubbed "Presi­dency III" because Aorida Repub­licans have conducted straw polls twice before: in 1979, Ronald Reagan won with 36 percent early on his path to the GOP nomination. In 1987, then-Vice President George Bush won handily, and re­ligious broadcaster Pat Robertson's second place showing was early evidence of the growing strength of Christian conservatives in GOP af­fairs.

It was that history that had the major candidates fighting so hard here O Dole to protect his lead; the others to prove it was hardly insur-

. mountable. It was also the last ma­jor competition of the year, and as such a barometer of support head­ing into the heavy campaigning for Iowa,NewHampshireandthecrush of early primaries that follow those February contest~.

"The bottom line is that Bob Dole is the overwhelming front-ronner,'' said Dole deputy campaign chair­man Bill Lacy.

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By GUY COATES NEW ORLEANS (AP) -Republican MikeFosterwon therac:e for Louisiana govemorSaturday, easily def eating the man trying to be the first black elected to the office.

With 99 percent of the vote reported, Foster had 64 percent of the vote or 972,882. Democratic U.S. Rep. Oeo Fields had 36 percent or 554,993.

Foster, a state senator, said in Lafayette after his victory that his pri­orities would include guaranteeing funding for higher education, and try­ing to give voters more control over state policy through referendums. Fields said he talked with Foster, com­mending him on ronning a good race.

''We're going to have a veiy good relationship as he serves as our gover­nor and I serve as a member of Con­gress," he said.

He added that at 32, he has time to eventually get to the governor's office. "One day things will workout," he told supporters in Baton Rouge.

Nearly 4 percent of the state's 2.3 million registered voters cast their bal­lots before Saturday, setting a record for absentee voting. The election coin­cided with the start of deer season and the second zone of duck season.

PoliticalanalystsallalongsaidFields had little chance of succeeding Gov.

Edwin Edwards, mainly because ofhis liberal Democratic voting record. Fields is for gun control, affinnative action, govenunent set aside contracts for mi­norities, and opposed to the death pen­alty.

'The word (liberal) does more dam­age ·to you than any other," Baton Rouge political consultant Bernie Pinsonat said.

Foster supports legislation to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons and was backed by the National Rifle Association. He also wants to do away with affirmative action, set asides and defends the death penalty.

''This was about conservatism," Foster said of the campaign.

But Edwards, a liberal Democrat, said all the talk about conservatism "may not be good. It is my hope that the governor and incoming Legisla­ture remain mindful of the poor, the disadvantaged, and sick people who need assistance to eke out a living bearing the burdens of poverty, fear and pain."

Fields speculated that people voted along racial lines, as occurred in the primary and in pre-election polls and was widely predicted in this election by analysts. One third of Louisiana's population is black, and

about 26 percent of the 2.3 million registered voters are black.

Whites may have s'ided with Fos­teron Saturday, "but I will say that it's going to take my generation to get them to cross over," Fields said.

Louisiana last had a black gover­nor during the Reconstruction pe­riod after the American Civil War, and he.was installed by the federal government.

Both candidates mostly avoided talking about race in the campaign to succeed the retiring Edwards, who did not endorse either man.

In the campaign, they appeared somber and without charisma in a state where governor's races have a history ·of fireworks, personalities and skeletons in the closets.

Foster, at 65, said Fields was too young and inexperienced lo run a $12 billion state government. Vice President Al Gore reminded a crowd at a Thursday campaign stop that 32 is the age at which Clinton be­came governor of Arkansas.

Early on, Fields contended that Foster failed to reject an endorse­ment from ex-Klan leader David Duke. The Republican reluctantly said this week that he had sup­ported Democrat Edwards. in the

. nasty Duke-Edwards race in 1991.

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China promises big tariff cut in 1996 By MARCUS ELIASON

OSAKA,Japan (AP)- Ina dramatic move to free up world trade, Chinese PresidentJiangZeminpromisedSun­dayto slashChina' soverall tarifflevel by nearly one-third starting next year.

It would be part of "a series of important measures aimed at deepen­ing the reform" of China's economy, Jiang said in a speech prepared for

Shell gas stations picketed WNDON (AP) -Protesters picketed Shell gas stations on Saturday to try to force the company to stop its opera­tions in Nigeria, where nine dissidents were executed.

Picketers from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace said they turned mo­tmists away from more than 100 Shell petrol stations across Britain.

Shell said, however, business was largely unaffected and only 30 to 40 stations were hit

Motorists were urged to fill up else­where in memory of writer Ken Saro­Wiwa, executed Nov. 10 witb eight other activists who foughtforthe rights of the Ogoni minority.

"We are asking Shell customers to buy petrol elsewhere. Shell must listen to the voiceofits customers and pull out of Nigeria now," Greenpeace execu­tive director Peter Melchett said.

Royal Dutch Shell confirmed Wednesday thatitintends to participate in a $3.8 billion natural gas plant in Nigeria

The firm defended its decision in full-page advertisements in Britain's national newspapers on Friday, argu­ing that withdrawing from the West African nation would not hurt the present regime. The Ogoni people will gain jobs and envimnmental irnprove­mcnL, from the project, Shell said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -CentralBank.PresidentGustavoLoyola confirmed Saturday in the capital of Brasilia the merger of two major Bra­zilian banks, Unibanco and Nacional.

The merger had been expected for weeks and was facilitated by new bank­ing regulations announced Thursday.

Officials hope to reduce the number of banks operating in Brazil from the current 255 to about 150 over the next 2 years.

Banco Nacional, like many Brazil­ian banks, had problems adjusting its business after the country adopted a new dollar-pegged currency July I, 1994.

The newcurrency-theReal-helped lower 50 percent monthly inflation down to 1-2 percent, putting an end to easy bank profits.

Unibanco will begin managing Nacional's branches on Monday. The merger will make Unibanco the third large.g private bank in the country.

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Toe announcement appeared de­signed to demonstrate in clear tenns Jiang' s willingness to move along the tariff-cutting path which the West in- · sists is a precondition for China join­ing the World Trade Organization.

At the same time, Jiang sided em­phatically with APEC' s less-devel­oped countries whowonythatspeedy tariff cuts will expose their economies to destructive competition.

APEC member economies must have the right ''to make free decisions and allow for their own initiative and creativity," he said.

Resisting the notion that APEC sbouldsetitselfenforceablecleadlines

for liberalizing trade, Jlllllg called for ''unilateralism and voluntarism." Poorercountriesshouldbeallowedto open up at a "different pace ... and at different periods of time," he said.

Developing nations "need more timesincetheyfacegrell.terpressures, risks and difficulties," he said, wam­ingthatiftheyopeneduptoofastthere could be "severe consequences."

Jiang gave no details about the promisedtariffcutinthetextobtained by reporters as the summit was going on behind closed doors at Osaka Castle.

But a Chinese official was quoted as saying China planned to reduce its average import tariff to 22-23 percent fium 35.9 percent in exchange for

assurances from President Clinton to push forChina's entry into the World Trade Organiz.ation .

''Mr. Ointon has promised to take personal care of the matter," Long Yongru, China's chief negotiator on wro membership, wa, quoted as telling Hong Kong's South China Sunday Morning Post. He said Clinton made the promise when he met Jiang in new Yodc last month.

The United States and China have beenlockajforyearsinafundamental dispute about how to defrne China's economy forpurposes ofWfOmem­bership.

China maintains it is a developing economyforwhichallowancesshould be made. Washington says the Chi-

nese economy is too big and devel­oped to plead ,IX)Verty.

Long was quoted as saying Beijing will cut tariffs on imre than 4,00) of the 6,00) types of items it imports.

'This is our largest ever adjust­ment," he was quoted as saying.

He said the United States will allow China to fulfill its obligations in phases according to the needs ofits particular plans for different industries, which are being reformed fium the Commu­nist model format to the free market

China will also have the special preferential status· of a devt'loping country to allow it to negotiate trarie deals on an industry-by-industry or product-by-product basis, Long was quoted as saying.

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N. Korea gets inuch attention By PAUL ALEXANDER

OSAKA, Japan (AP) - North Ko­rea was absent but far from forgot-ten.

True to its reclusive nature and hardline communist philosophy, North Korea was nowhere to be seen as leaders of the 18-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Conference gathered for theirthird annual sum­mit Sunday. The North is among only a handful of Asian countries that do not belong to the regional trade group.

But North Korea -often belliger­ent, considered the most unpredict­able threat to stability in northeast Asia - was a hot topic as South Korean, U.S. and Japanese offi-

. cials turned their attention from trade to politics.

They worried over the North· s nuclear threat; its efforts to sow dissension among Wa.~hington, Tokyo and Seoul; and how to foster change while helping a country that is in dire straits and getting worse by the day.

Even as the officials were meet­ing. there were reports that the floods which devastated the North in August left behind a second di­saster. The North already is unable to produce enough food· to feed an increasingly hungry populace and has no money to buy it.

A Japanese Red Cross Society employee who recently made a rare tour of regions hit by the floods last summer was quoted by the Kyodo news agency as saying they now are arid and incapable of sustaining crops.

"Some wide areas have become buried by dirt and sand. and look

like deserts in (northern) Africa," Naomichi Shirata said. ''The scale of damage was incredible."

The report raises questions whether the disaster could lead the North, whose economy has been shrinking for years and lost its trade partners with the collapse of the East bloc, to the verge of collapse. Its lone ally, China, has no extra food to give.

South Korean President Kim Young-sam told Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on Saturday that he is worried "whether they can make it through the win­ter."

But he also urged close consulta­tions between Seoul and Tokyo on giving more aid to the North;indi­cating this is the time to link assis­tance to political goals by seeking rapproachement on the Korean Pen­insula. Both countries have shipped rice to the North after it made its first plea for such hd p last summer.

But when it asked for more aid after the floods, Pyongyang balked at accepting it from Seoul while taking it from Tokyo. Kim complained about Tokyo· s policy toward North Korea, saying he had the '"impression·· that Japan had been taken in by a North Korean strategy to divide Tokyo and Seoul.

South Korean news reports said Murayama responded that Japan will not provide further economic aid to North Korea until the two countries establish formal diplo­matic ties and that rice shipments were a '"special. exceptional case."

The North already has been try­ing to drive a wedge between Washington and Seoul by insist­ing that a peace treaty to finally lay the 1950-53 Korean War to rest must be negotiated directly with the United States, which would snub South Korea.

Despite its troubles, the North has been increasingly vitriolic to­ward South Korea, Japan and Washington in recent weeks in its official media, a campaign that ob· viously has the endorsement of shadowy leader Kim Jong II.

In one of his rare public appear· ances, Kim on Sunday visited the North Korean Radio and TV Broad­casting Committee and praised jour­nalists "for their resolute efforts to defend the party and the leader

. politically and ideologically,"the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

The pc>';sihil ity of collapse car­rit:s serious implications. The tense border between the North and South is the world's most heavily gumled. and the North recently thratened Wednesday to scrap a nuclear deal with the United States if Washington con­tinues to pressure it to imprm·e ties with the South.

Under the deal signed in Octo­ber 1994, the North is to dis­mantle its suspect nuclear pro­gram in exchange for economic and political benefits, including two reactors that would yield far less weapons-grade plutonium.

··we have been vigilant in the past. We will have to b.: \'igilant in the future.·· Secretary of State Warren Christopher said Samrday.

Leeson to return to Lion City By KENNETH L. WHITING

SINGAPORE (AP) · The next chapter in the collapse ofBritain' s oldest merchant bank will open this week with the expected re­turn to Singapore of fugitive fi. oancial trader Nick Leeson.

He has been jailed near Frank­furt, Germany since March, shortly after Billings bank was swamped by debts of dlrs 1.38 bill;on.

Sources close to his legal de­fense team say that the 28-year­oldBriton could be back by Tues­day.

Leesonhas promised to coop­erate with Singapore authorities indealingwith 11 chargesoffraud and forgery, and there is much speculation that a plea bargain is in the works. Few expect him to face the maximum sentence of 14 years behind bars.

Leesonoriginallyfoughtextra­dition, but in an abrupt switch last month, announced that he would

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put himself at the mercy of Singapore justice and apologized for expressing doubts lhathe would get a fair trial.

His switch came after Singapore investigators blasted shortcom­ings in the 232-year old bank's management and its internal con­trols for the collapse. An earlier report by the B11J1k of England tried to pin most of the blame on Leeson.

Walter Woon, a law professor and appointed member of Parlia­ment, said the case could be settled by January if Leeson pleads guilty.

He is accused of forging docu­ments and using a fictitious ac­count to deal on the Singapore International Monetary Ex­change.

The prosecution's case is largely outlined in a 183-page re­port that blamed Barings' col­lapse mostly on Leeson's unau­thorized financial dealings while he worked for its Singapore op-

eration. Barings Futures Singapore, the

subsidiary in which Leeson chalked up massive losses, was handed over to the Price Waterhouse accounting firm for liquidation on Friday.

Lawyer John Koh, who once worked for the Commercial Af­fairs Department. represents Leeson. The CAD, the investi­gative branch of the Ministry of Finance. prepared Singapore's report on the financial debacle.

Upon his return, Leeson is ex­pected to be taken to Queenstown Remand Prison, and appear in court within 48 hours to hear the charges he faces. Since he fled Singapore as the bank crashed, there is little likelihood of bail being granted.

There is no jury system in Singapore and whatever sentence is meted would be served in Changi Prison on the eastern tip of the island.

China inflation on target BEIJING (AP) - Rising costs of state-owned enterprises form the main factor driving inflation in China, a government report says. Inflation will fall to 14.8 percent by the end of this year, meeting the government's goal of 15 per­cent, the Business Weekly re­ported on Sunday. But inflation­ary pressures are looming, it said.

The tight credit policy imple­mented this year has resulted in

rising costs for industrial prod­ucts, creating pressure to raise prices, according to the report of the State Infonnation Center of the State Planning Commission.

China must improve manage­ment and upgrade technology .at state-owned enterprises in orper to curb inflation, the repon said.

In addition, a 21.9 percent in­crease in costs for agricultural production in the January-Sep-

tember period compared to. the same period last year has resulted in pressure for higher food costs.

Gross domestic product will reach 5.3 trillion yuan ($648 bil­lion) by the end of the year, a 9.7 percent increase over last year after adjusting for inflation. Re­tail sales are expected to reach 2 trillion yuan ($25 I billion), an increase of 28 percent over last year.

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Explosion jolts Egyptian embassy BY IAN STEWART

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful explosion ripped through the Egyptian Embassy in the Pakistancapi­w! Sunday, killing at least eight people and wounding several more. many of them seriously. authorities said.

At least I 2 ambulru1ces raced to the scene. Witnesses saw six bodies pulled fmm the rubble. Out,ide on the sprawl­ing lawns several employees lay wounded, waiting for medical help.

111cexplosionoccurredatabout9:.30

a.m. local time when the emba~sy wa~ in full operation. Sunday is a regular workingdayinlslamicPakistan, which celebrates the Muslim holy day on Friday.

"It wa, a massive explosion," said Al:x:lul Majid Makhloof, an emha,sy worker. 'There were parts ( of the build­ing) flying all over the place."

A huge chunk of the emba~sy wall was bla,ted away, a stairca<;e stood exposed. OuL~ide the emba,sy build­ingwas a JO-foot(22-meter)deephole.

It wa~n't immediately known what caused the explosion, but police at the scene said they were operating on the a,sumption that it wa~ a bomb.

Another security officer, who didn't want to be identified, said rescue work­ers were pulling bit, of a vehicle out from the rubble, leading investigators to believe the explosion may have been the result of a car bomb.

Several bodies were lyingout,ideon the lawns as ambulance workers struggled to help the wounded. A crane

Walesa faces challenge! from ex-communist I

I By ANDRZEJ STYLINSKI

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Lech Walesa faced a stiff challenge from ex-Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski on Sunday as Poles chose a president for the second time since toppling the Commu­nists six years ago.

The campaign was a symbolic. duel between Poland's two greatest forces since World War II - the Communist party and the Solidarity trade union movement.

Kwasniewski, dynamic 41-year­old leader of reformed Commu­nists, says he is the candidate better qualified to lead Poles to a prosper­ous future. He swears there will be no return to totalitarian practices.

W alesa:,52, says the election is all about forestalling a Communist re­surgence. ThefonnerSolidarityhero says he is not finished with the transfom1ations begun in the peace­ful 1989 revolution.

Kwasniewski won 35.1 percent of theyote33: I percentforWalesa on Nov: 5 intbe first round ofballot­ing, which eliminated ll challenge ers. FJnal opinion polls preceding Sunday's runoff showed it too close

to call. The raccisnotabout issues. Both men share the same strategic politicalgoals: free-rnarli.etandderno­cratic reforms must continue and Po­land should be admitted to NATO and the European Union.

The race is about personalities and the past

Weighing on voters are the memo­ries of 45 years of totalitarian Com­munist rule, of dependence on Mos­cow, repression and censorship.

As well, there are the past six years offree-marketrefonns. Although Poland is a success story, with the economy growing al 5.5 percent an­nually,thetransfonnationfromacen­trallyp]annedeconomy has burdened the c()lll1try with social problems - 15 percent unemployment and one in eight Poles living under the poverty line.

With presidential powers largely ceremonial, except for the right to veto or propose legislation, the elec­tion is not expected to prompt radical changes.

But with a draft of a new constitu­tion due next spring, Sunday's out­comecouldhaveabearingon whether the docwnent expands or limits the

powers of the office of president. j Thecampaignhascenteredlargely I

over whether Kwasniewski. whose i

coalition won control of parliament / in I 993 elections, would restore to I power conupt party apparatchiks. !

Asashipyardelectrician, Walesa J

led the East bloc's first independent i tradeunioninthe 1980sstrugg]ethat i culminated in the Soviet collapse. i

He belongs to no party but is ! backed by his old union, a wide ! range of centrist and right-wing \ groups rooted in Solidarity, and \ the powerful Roman Catholic J

church. ! I

Many Poles are disillusioned ! with Waksa, whose authoritar- ! ian style and stubbornness have i cost him most of the popularity j

he gained lead Solidarity. i

Polls opened at6.00 a.m. (0500 !

GMT) for some 28 mi!Jion eli- • gible voters. Partial unofficial \ results were expected several i hours after the polls close at 8.00 j

p.m. (1900 GMT). The official i I

vote count was not due until ./ Tuesday. ·

The president serves five years, with a two-tem1 maximum. _______ I

To: Our Families, Relatives, Friends, & Supporters In humble gratitude and appreciation for all your moral support, hard

works, contributions, and most especially your Vote of Confidence on the November 04, 1995 Election, we cordially invite you for an APPRECIATION GET-TOGETHER DINNER on Wednesday, November 22, 1995 at 7:00 p.m.

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gingerlyliftedslabsofroncreteinsearch of employees buried beneath therubble.

Hundredsofpolicequicklycordoned off the embassy compound located in the diplomatic enclave blocking street, with barbed wire and mesh fences.

Most of the embassies are located in the enclave, included the United States Embassy which is about six blocks away.

"I was working nearby and I heard the blast and saw flames and came rushing to the embassy," said Tariq Raza, a Pakistan government offi. cial working in a nearby office building.

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Across the road from the em­b~ssy, about 200 meters away, the windows of the multistoried Aus­tralian-based ANZGrindlay' s Bank were blown away.

A crane on the lawn out,ide the embassy was gingerly removing concrete slabs in search of employ­ees buried beneath the rubble.

Moans and screams from injured workers, some trapped within could be heard outside the compound.

Crowds quickly gathered outside the embassy compound. some hin­dering emergency workers, others trying to offer help.

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By JOHN HORN BURBM'K.California(AP)-ltlooks like a mismatch. Robin Willialll',,Rob­en De Niro, Wnitney Houston and Geena Davis are about to clash with Woody. Buzz, Rex and Mr. Potato Head, playthings that aren ·1 even 12 ind1.:s (30 centimeters) tall.

Tnt: holicby film season is loaded with big stars and Oscar-caliber n:­ic;t,es, but it may be Disney's 'Toy Storv" -and the new computer anima­tion ~ystem behind it - thatcollecl, most of the attention.

The tilm about a child's toys come to life. not only could be the season's hrc-lkoutwork but also could establish a new benchmark in animation historv.

l; nlike 1he e\abor,1te\v drawn art­work in "Pocahonta.," or the stop-mo­tion rhotngrJphy of ··,:,. Nightmare

Before Christmas," 'Toy Story" is the first animated feature wholly born and raised inside a computer. Two dozen artist,, many classically trained anima­tors, created the film by manipulating digital model,oftoys. people and places.

The "Toy Story'· animation, by the San Francisco-area Pixar Animation Studios, yields a life-like world where toyssuchas pull-srringcowboy W cxxly ( voiced by Tom Hanks)and intergalac­tic traveler BuzzLightyear(Tim Allen) can walk., talk and emote a, if they were alive.

Although the toys inhabit a zone that is clearly whim,ical, the film's makers have spent two years in front of com­puter screens trying to make the movie a, "t\:al" ~ts possible.

·111e fi\rn' s hum,ms and a dog named Scud don't look especially lifelike, but

2nd Anniversary Rosary

Agustin Tudela Palacios

\Y/e would like to invite all our relatives and friends to

join us in the 2nd Anniversary Rosarv of our beloved husband, father and grandfather beginning No,·ember 21, 1995 at the resipence of Ms. Francis Palacios and

\1r. Chris DLGuerrero in As Matuis. Rosary will be said nightly at 8:00pm and will end on November 29, 1995.

Mass of intention will be offered at 6:00pm at San Roque Church.

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CIVIL ACTION ND: 95· 7048 In lhe Matter ol lhe Applicalion ol DAVID MONCRIEFF for appointmenl as Guardian ad Lilem lor JIINE DOE, HILLBLOM, an inlant.

ORDER FOR APPOllrTMENT Of GUARDIAtl AH UTEM AND SEALING THE PAPERS IPUBUC FR.E COPY) This matter came llefore the Courl on the

molion for appointment of DAVID MONCRIEFF as g1J,3rdian ad I item for JANE DOE HILLBLOM, an inlanl, lo prosecule a claim in lhis Court for lhe infant Upon consideralion of lhe pa-pers submilled and lhe slalemenls of counsel and lhe proposed guardian, lhe motion is GRANTED. Also, due to lhe polenlial for grave danger ol physical harm or olher coercion lhal i;ould result ii her name was disclosed and publicized in conneclion wilh lhis matter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Tl-IE underlying molion and accompanying documenls be sealed, subjecled to disclosure lo interesled parties under the lerms ol a proleclive order, as may be enlered by lhe Courl in the paler-nity aclion, which maintains in conlidencelhe identity ol lhe molher and child.

IT IS SO ORDERED, DATED lhis 161h day of November, 1995. Isl Judge

Hollywood star Kirstie Alley poses for the camera on Hollywood Walk of Fame Nov. 9 in Los Angeles. Alley won a 1991 Emmy for her portrayal of the shallow Rebecca Howe on the long-running NBC sitcom "Cheers." Her star is the 2,056th star on the Hollywood Walk. (AP Photo)

'Mortal Kombat' takes to the road as live show

By MARY CAMPBELL NEW YORK (AP) - "Mortal Kombat," best known as an arcade videogame,isnowashowontheroad

"Mortal Kornbat- the Live Tour" is basically an evening of martial arts, with a little bit of plot and a lot of magic created by special effects, lasers and smoke.

"It's an extravaganza," says David Fishof, producer of the show. "My lasers are bigger than Pink Floyd uses in stadiums. We have surround sound.

"'Mortal Kombat' had to be on the cutting edge. We have to give these kidsahigh]ytechnicalshow. Today the kids are so much more advanced than we were, so into fast pace."

The "Mortal Kombat" tour started Sept 14 at Radio City Music Hall here and will run in the United States through the spring. Next year, it' II tour over­seas, eventually playing 187 cities.

The plot of "Mortal Kombat - the Live Tour" builds to a martial arts tournament called by Shang Tsung, an evil sorcerer who rules the Outworld If hisminionswin,ShangTsungwillalso take over Earth.

'ToemissionoftheseEarth warriors is to prove good can win over evil," Fishof says. "How they do it, that mys­tery is all in the show.

"It's a combination theater and rock 'n' roll production," Fishof says.

A;; well as being a live show on the road, "Mortal Kombat" has had three

incarnations as an arcade video game. It also is a home video game, a movie, a CD-ROM guide and ha~ inspired products such as T-shirts and toys.

Lawrence Kasanoff told Fishof a year and a half ago that he wa~ produc­ing the film "Mortal Kombat" and asked whether Hshof would be inter­ested in creating a Ii ve tour of the filn1.

Among other things, Fishofhad pro­duced "Dirty Dancing-the Tow'' after the success of the "Dirty Dancing" movie.

"I came home that day and told my son Josh, who's 12," Fishof says. "He said, 'Daddy, this thing could be hot' I said, 'Whatdoyournean?Idon'teven know what it is.' He said, 'Me and my friends play it all the time.'

"I said, 'What would you like to sre?' He -said, 'If you can make the characters come to life and do the same moves they do in the game, my friends would go crazy."'

Fishof,39, whosefatherwasarabbi and whose six children range in age from 7 to 16, says he was concerned about the violence in the video game his show is based on.

"We' re nor creating the violence the arcade game has promoted," he says. "We're giving people a nice fantasy fable and nonstop action, by athletes. It's entertainment. We're not tearing off people's heads or blowing them up or tearing their hearts out." · ·

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YOUR BIRTHDAY

By Stella Wilder

MONDAY, NOV. 20 Born today, you are a curious,

suspicious and sometimes judg­mental mdividual with a zest for life and a love of involvement. Your energy is boundless, and your ambitions are simultaneously realistic and lofty. You can be quite critical of those around you, and have a tendency to be slightly paranoid. However, in the big pic­ture. you never relax your firm grip on reality.

You enjoy falling in love, and even though you will play the field a great deal during your youth, age and experience will teach you that loving in the true sense is much better than being in love. That is the kind of love vou will seek when the time comes'.

Also born on this date are: Joe Biden Jr., U.S. senator; Alis­tair Cooke, author and TV host; Bo Derek, actress and model; 7'1ark Gastineau, football player; Dick Smothers. comic; Veronica Hamel and Gene Tierney, ac­trl':sses; Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. attorney general and senator; Chester Gould, cartoonist.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding para-

CLOSERS A professor of physiology at

U.C.L.A. recently published a study that suggests that men may soon breastfeed their babies.

William Henry Harrison had the most children of any U.S. president -six sons and two daughters.

By the year 2000, Tokyo will have more than twice as many residents as New York City.

The clip-on tie was designed in 1928.

graph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

TUESDAY. NOV. 21 SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -

If you are willing to do some leg­work, you may be able to overturn a decision recently imposed by an authority figure.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Are you willing to take the blame for something you didn't do just to make things easier in some circles? If not, then stand your ground!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - A retrospective look will be enlightening. You may see clearly for the first time a situation that was previously clouded by poor judgment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Take care of others just as you would take care of yourself today. You can have a little fun after dark i[ you free up your schedule.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - You should be able to have a great time today without spending any more money than usual. Use your imagination as much as pos­sible.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -You must avoid conflict at all costs today. Aggressive behavior will not work to your advantage at this time.

A University of Minnesota survey of Saturday morning TV revealed that advertising on kids' shows promotes exactly the opposite diet from what the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends.

About half of all Americans watch TV while they cat dinner.

Earth Tip: More than 700 species of butterfly are native to North America. Planting colorful, aromatic flowers will help remaining species prosper and leave you with a beautiful, sweet­smelling garden.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Your reaction to an unexpected circumstance may surprise even those who know you best. You are turning a corner and approaching new terrain.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20l -You may be asked to explain your­self in some way today. Under no circumstances should you feel de­fensive about anything. Remain open and honest.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Romantic situations will be abun­dant today. You must try to use ev­ery possible opportunity to your advantage.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Re­laxation may elude you early in the day because of your unexpectedly busy schedule. In one swift move. however, you can make life a breeze.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -One way or another, you'll be able to find the answer to a perplexing question. Today, you mav have to do something unusual to make anv real headway. ·

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 221 ~ The difference between a lie and the truth may seem vague until you conduct an investigation of your own.

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Rural Americans are 100 times more likely to die in an automobile accident than urban Americans.

A fact that ought to bring relief to hapless investors everywhere is that Ross Perot lost $450 million on the stock market in one day - April 22, 1970.

Men dream less than women.

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Governor's Golf to raise funds for Manamkos TIIB Governor's Office, through the Women's Affairs Office, will stage the 1995 Fust Governor's Golf Chal­lenge next month to raise funds for the Comonwealth' s programs for the Manarnkos.

Proceeds of the event which is . slatedonDec.8and9,atLaulauBay

Golf Coun;e, will be donated to the ManAmkos for their 1996 off-island

Cop ... Continued from page 20

said. "Eventhebestco=intheworldis

not spared of negative comments. It's because a golfer's assessment on a course is basically a personal prefer­ence. There are players who prefer a higher degree of difficulty and chal­lenge," Taylor said in closing.

Taylor is scheduled to leave on Wednemy to compete forfivedays in the Philippines in the Parle Hotel Golf Classic.

He brought honor to the Common­wealth when he won bronze in the last SPG held in Tahiti.

Final ... Continued from page 20 the par-5 fourth hole and three bogeys. His chance for victory disappeared when his final tee shot rolled under a plasticbagdirectlybehindatreeandthe best he could do was save par.

"I'm disappointed, especially after driving it into the trees on the last hole andnotgivingmyselfachancetomake binlie." Gamez said

Fonner champions Tom Watson of the United States and Graham,Marsh of Australia tied for fifth at 276.

Marsh had three bogeys and just one binlie on the back nine in a final round of73, and Watson shot a 70.

0-lllki was only the second player in the 22-year history of the event to win two consecutive titles. American I.any Mize, who did it in 1989 and 1990, finished seventh this time at 277 after a final-round 69.

1 !195-9& Men'1 llablball l.sague Nov.16 games resullS

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trips and other activities. All golfers are encouraged to join

the tournament &!try fee is $150 which includes green fees for two days, refreshments _and awards ban­quet

'The tournament committee is so­liciting the supports of individuals and the private sector for prizes in cash or in kind. Co-sponsors will be recogniz.ed on specific holes by way of billboards that will be provided by the committee.

Sponsors who prefer to provide their own billboard may inform any

01' Aces ... Continued from page 20

two each. Top scorers for 01' Aces 2 were

Saralu with 18 points, Wayne Pua 13, Ryan Camacho 11 and Romeo Iginoef 10.

JasonTaisacanandKenKalen both had eight points each, John Rebuenog and Bob Omar six, Ullysses Kapileo five, Dwayne Atalig four, and Jim Hapdei two.

In the second game, D' Oners came in strong in the first half which they ended with an eight-point lead over the Sharks.

The Sharks came back with more vigor in the last half with Cruse and Quitugua maximizmg their shots from

Islanders. • • Continued from page 20

Sakau placed its semifinals series with Queen'.s Bud back to square one when it defeated the latter by four runs, 10-6.

Earlier, Queen' sBuddefeatedSakau, 15-8. The tie-breaker game will be played tonight at 7 p.11)..

Queen'sBudled3-2aftertwo-and­a-half innings on Rose Taman's RBI singleandVickyMuna'sRBifielder's choice.

Sakau pushed back Queen's Bud

Raptors ... Continued from page 20

point lead, Donald Royal missed a bank shot Billy Owens, who led Mi­ami with 20points, was fouled with 2.9 secondsleftandmadeonefreethrowto secure the victory.

Dennis Scott scored 22 points. AnfemeeHardaway,theleague'slead­ing scorer averaging nearly 29 points a game, was held to just 18, scored only two in the second half and left the game in the fourth quarter with a leg cramp.

Alonzo Mourning had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Heat.

Cavaliers 93, Pistons 90 In Cleveland, Terrell Brandon had

27pointsand 12assists,includingakey basket and assist in the last two min­utes, as the Oeveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons.

The victory was the Cavaliers' sec­ond in two nights after they started the season with seven consecutive losses. The Pistons have lost two straight ·

Grant Hill led Detroit with 24 points, 19 in the second half. Allan Houston scored 15 and Otis Thorpe had 13. The Pistons played without Joe Dumars, who had a sore hamstring and did not dress.

Oiris Mills scored 20 forOeveland, - and Michael Cage had 12rebounds.

Pacers 118, SuperSonics 104 In Indianapolis, Reggie Miller re­

tumed fromaone-gamesuspension for fighting to score 35 points as the Indi­ana Pacers beat the Seattle SuperSonics.

The Pacers made 10 3-pointers, one shy of the team record.

The SuperSonics played almost theentiresecondhalfwithoutcoach George Karl, who was ejected with 10:11 leftinthethirdquarterfollowing

committee members for pickup. Deadline for regislration is Dec. 5.

Show time is 10 am. Tee off is 11 am.

RightswillincludeOwmpionship, A, B, C and Ladies.

Entry forms are available at the · following golf courses: I..auLru.tBay, Coral Oce.an Point and Marianas Country Club. Payments ·by check · should be payable tQ DC·.& cA . (Manamko Program). . . · ·

Forinquiries,caIIFredF.Camacho · at234-7228, Jolm L :)3abautaar235~ 6918, or Remy Sablan at 322-509~). ·

the foul line as they scored at will inside .. and outside the perimeter. . . .

Improved defense, likewise, helped · the Sharks limit the of(ensive of D'· Oners down to 41 points oompaied · with 49 conversions in the first half: ·

Heavy hitters for the Sharks were RobertQuitugua, TomCruseandRene Layon with 36, 23 apd 18 points re­spectively.

TeammatesEdwinBuboshadseven, Wise Aguon and Cuki.Alvarez had four each, Ian Carr three, Rick Sanchez and Luis Cepeda two; and Shout Tarlcong one. ·

Mike Dowdra scored most for.D' Oners with 28 points, followed by Nonnan Margasino 17, John Acosta 16, Dimas Omar 10, Diego Masga 8, Rodney Catalla 7 and Dino Palaci~ and John Cruz with 2 each. ·

when it rallied with six runs in the bottomofthethirdhighlightedby.Rose Benjamin's two-run single and aided by two costly enurs by Queen's Bud

Trailingbyfiverunsinthebottomof · the fourth, 8-3, Queen's Bud rallied with three runs in the top of the fifth irming when its first five batters all hit safely. But baserunning, blunders wac;ted two runners at homeplate, 8-6.

A two-run single by Maria Olmos in the bottom of the fifth brought in the last tworunsofthegame, 10-6. .

Queen's Bud out-hit Sakau, 15-12. The championship game is sched­

uled on Nov. 27. -Ray D. Palacios

his second technical foul. Indiana went ona 16-7 run after Karl's ejection.

Antonio Davis added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers and Dale Davisalsohadninereboundsinhisfirst action in a week. Seaitle was led by Shawn Kemp with 27 points.

Nets 95, 76ers 79 In East Rutherford, New Jersey,

Armon Gilliam had 24 points and 12 rebounds and the New Jersey Nets remained peifect at home by limiting Philadelphia to a season-low 33 first- . half points.

The 76ers have lost four straight, the last three on the road by margins of 32,. 32 and 16.

Kevin &!wards added 13 points for New Jersey, whichoutreboundedPhila­delphia 30-15 on the offensive boards. Jayson Williams had 13 rebounds fot the Nets and Chris Childs had 14 ass sists.

Clarence Weatherspoon led Phila- · delphia with 17 points and lOrebounds. RookieJeny Stackhouse had 16 while Shawn Bradley had 15 rebounds.

Jazz 126, Timbetwolves 102 At Minneapolis, Karl Malone had

another big game against Minqesota, scoring 15ofhis31 pointsduringasix­minute span in the second quarter to send the Utah Jazz over the TIIllbetwolves.

Chris Morris scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half, and John Stocktonadded 13pointsand l 4assists for the Jazz., which is off to its best start in franchise bistorv at 8-2

Malone, who~ av~ed almost '1:1 points against the TIIIlbawolves, missed the first six minutes of the sec­ond quarter afte.r falling hard on his ankle late in the first But he came back to scoi:e 15 in the last half of the period, going6-for-6duringa28-18 Utah spurt that gave theJazza5646 halftime lead they never relinquisbed

NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

SEALED PROPOSALS for AIR-CONDITIONING AND RENOVATION FOR THE MfllN HOLDROOM AND CUSTOMS/BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA, AT SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS, CPA Project No. CPA-SA-003-95 will be re­ceived at the office of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMONWEALTH PORTS AU-

. THORITY, Saipan International Airport, P.O. Box 1055, Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, until 2:00 P.M., Thursday December 21, 1995, al which time a11d place the sealed proposals will be publicly opened and read.

The project, in general, consists of architectural enclosure, air-conditioning and asso­ciated renovation and ADA code upgrades to the existing Main Holdroom and Gus-

.. loms/Bacgage Claim Area at the main terminal building at Saipan lnlernational Airport all in accordance with the plans and specifications.

The project is being financed by 1unds from the Commonwealth Ports Authority. The · .contract award, ii it is to be made, will be made within two months (2) from the receipt

ot proposals. Depending upon availability of funds, CPA reserves the right to hold such proposal in effect for three (3) months from lhe dale of proposal opening.

'This contract is under and subject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, of Septem­ber 24, 1965, lhe Federal Labor provisions and the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) provisions as conrained in the contract, specifications and proposal documents.

All mechanics and laborers on the project shall be paid no less than the minirrrum wage rate established by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. A copy of the Department of Labor.Wage Rate Delermination is applicable to this contract and is made a part of this · specification (See Section 70-24).

Each proposer must complete, sign and furnish, prior to award of the contract (CPA Proj. No. CPA-SA-003-95) the 'Proposer's Statement on Previous Contracts Subject to EEO Clause', a 'Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities· (See Specifications).

Required Noth;es for An Contracts.

a. The proposer must supply all the information required by the proposal forms and specifications.

b. The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA). in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, hereby notifies all proposers that they (proposers) must affirmatively insure that a11y contract entered into pursuant to this ad vertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this invitation and will not be discrimi nated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consider ation for award.

The proposer's attention is invited to the fact that the proposed contract shall be under and subject to the equal opportunity clause as set forth in Part ill, Section 302(b) of Executive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375 dated DctolYJr 13, 1977, and Section 60-1.4(b) of the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR 60-1) as implemented by Section 152.61 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, to lhe contract a11d labor provisions as set forth in Section 152.55 and Appendix H, Part 152. of the Federal Aviation Regulations, a11d Io the applicable provisions of Tille VI of the Civil Rights Act ol 1964 (78 Stat 252) implemented by Part 21 of the Regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. Also, the proposed contract will be subject to the Contractor's Certification of non-segregated facilities.

The apparent low bidder and any known first tier subcontractor will be subject to a pre­award, equal opportunity compliance review by representalives of the Office of Federal Contract Complia11ce Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, before the award of the

· contract for lhe purpose of determining whether the proposer and/or his subcontrac- · tors are able to comply with the provisions of the equal opportunity clause.

If the proposer has participated in a previous contract subject to the equal opportunity clause and has not submitted compliance reports as required by applicable instruc­tions. the proposer shall submit, prior to award of ccntracl, a compliance report cover­ing the delinquent period.

A proposer or prospective prime contractor or proposed subcontraclor shall be re­quired lo submit such information as the FM or the Director, Office ol Federal Contract Compliance, request prior to the award ol a contract or subcontract. When a determi­nation has been made to award the contract or subcontract to a specified contractor, such contractor shall be required, prior to award, or after the award, or both to furnish such other information as the FM or the Director requests.

Contract documents, including plans and specifications, may be examined at the Of­fice of the Executive Director, Commonwealth Ports Authority, or can be oblained from this office upon tha payment o!THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($350.00) for each set of plan documents. This amount is nonrefundable. Paymenlshall be made by check payable to the Commonwealth Ports Authority.

A pre-proposal conference will be held at the SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING, at 10:00 A.M. on. Wednesday December 6, 1995 to explain and clarify any questions regarding this project. Questions should be submitted to the Consultant, in writing, at least five (5) days in adva11ce for answers al this pre-proposal conference, with a copy of same mailed simultaneously to the Executive Director, Com­monwealth Ports Authority. Attendance at the pre-proposal conference and site visit are considered essential to the potential contractor's understanding lhe projecl ele· ments.

Each prospective proposer shall file with the Commonwealth Ports Authority, a nolice of his/her intention to propose in a form substantially similar to that supplied in tile specifications. not less than six (6) calendar days prior to the date hereinabove desig­nated for opening of proposals.

The Commonwealth Ports Authority reserves the right to reject any or all proposals in accordance with Section 3.2(7) of its Procurement Rules and Regulations.

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Sakau evens series with Queen's Bud

Islanders clinch finals bertha ISLANDERSsweptofftheMixALot in tl1e finals race. while Sakau scored a new lease on it,; bid for the finals when it evened the series with Queen's Bud in day two of the semifinal games la,;t r1iday at the Susupe Ballfield.

Mix A Lut sustained it,; most heart­breaking defeat of the season after a close three-run victory by the Islanders, 8-5, following the 18-14 setback last week.

TI1c victory advanced the islanders

to the finals. Joyce Taro went 3-for-3 with two

RBIs with a two-game total perfor­mance of 7-for-7, one triple, one in­side-the-park and one grandslam homerun, and 11 RBIs.

The Islanders jumped toa4-0 lead in the bottom of the firstoutoffive hit,;and one Mix A Lot error.

Mix A Lot managed to score a run at the top of the bottom on Lenise Kapileo's RBI single.

SABA kickoffgames:

01' Ace-s 1, _Sharks wi~ THE 1995-96 Miler Lite Men's Bas- Peter continued his scoring spree ketball League opened Friday with with 20 point<; more in the last half, 01' Aces I and Sharks teams posting while Peter Camacho had l O point~ victories over their rivals at the Ada more. But a last-half rally of 01 gym in Susupe. · Aces led by Elia"Saralu, Wayne Pua ~ O!Aces I wonoverOl' Aces2by andtl1e75percentshCJ?~gofRy~ a mere point, 92-91, in the opener, Camachopulledthew11:i.nmgteam s while Sharks scored a come-from- lead down to a mere point at the end behind 10-pointvictoryoverD' Oners, of the game. 100-90. Peter topscored for 01' Aces I

In the opener, Winsor Peter steered with 38 pointc;, followed by Peter 01' Ace.c; I toanine-pointleadatthe Camacho 18, Jerry Ayu>'° 14 ~1d end of tile top half with 18 points as Rengu1;ll l 0. Peny had eight, while Junior Renguul and Peter Camacho Joe Tattano and Mart Mettao had each scored eight points. · Coiillnued on page 19

Cronies set rocball record RICKYElaiseroftheCronics set anew world record in world rocball when he scored five goals in one game during a matchup against Hot 96 recently at tlte Marianas High School Pugua Court

The Cronies lost the match to Hot 96. The defeat was its fifth in six games. It wa~ the first match for the newcomer Hot 96 team.

Earlier, Martin Mettao, Fred Kai pat and Peter Camacho held the highest record when they scored four goals in one game.

Hot 96 defeated the Crorucs 10 to

nothing in a one-set match. The low score reflect~ rocball's scoring system when a lot of xunks, goals and bad serves are made.

1l1ere were nine aces, 10 xunks, 10 kees and 7 goals scored.

Elaiser was the heavy hitter for the Cronies with one xunk, three kees, and five goals or a total of23 points which was just enough to break even.

Antero Mika! of Hot 96 was the heavy hitter for his team with two aces, three xunks, two kees and one goal.

Raptors beat Bullets STOUDAMlRE's off-balance 13-footer with 2.5 second,; left gave the expansion Toronto Raptors their first road victory, I 03-102 over the Wash­ington Bullet~ on Saturday night

Stoudamire had 23 points and 10 a"-~istsac;Torontowonitssecondstraight game after losing seven in a row.

Wa~hington took 102-101 lead, its first since the first quarter, with 47.1 seconds left when Ju wan Howard hit a short jumper.

But with 11 seconds remaining, Howard made a baseline drive and wa, called for charging, turning the ball over. Stoudamire scored the decisive ba,ket on the next possession, and

Washington's Calbert Cheaney's jumper fell short as time expired.

Alvin Robertson scored 22 pointc; for the Raptors and Oliver Milleradded 17.

Washington got 25 points from Howard, and Robert Pack added 20 point~ and had 14 ac;sist~. Gheorghe Muresan had 18 points and 12 re­bounds for the Bullets.

Heat 93, Magic 90 In Miami, Bimbo Coles hit a 3-

!X)interwith 19.9 seconds remaining to lift Miami over Orlando, snapping the Magic's six-game winning streak.

AfterColes' shotgaveMiamiatwo-Continued on page 19

The Islanders widened its lead to 7-1 when it scored three runs on Beverly Skerei's RBI triple and Taro's RBI single on the bonom of tlte third.

In the bottom of the fourth, Lei Taro

led off with a triple and scored on extra hitter Julie Dela Cruz's ground-out. Mix A Lot managed to pull a four-run rally on the top of the sixtli inning on Lilian Mendiola's RBI single, Analize

Emiliano's sacrifice RBI and Liz Lebria's two-run homer, but shon enough to even the game.

In the oilier best-of-three series, Continued on page 19

'Round the world bike run. Ridding a variation of customized bicycle, the AXA World Rid_e '95 team heads up Route 62 into Grove City Ohio recently. By the time they reached_the,r Columbus,_ Ohw stop, the group of disabled and able- bodied riders had pedaled 12,000 miles of thelf 13,000-mile tnp around the world.

(AP Photo)

COP: Course quality a personal preference THE quality of a golf course is a matter of personal preference. A golf course would be assessed a~ not very well kept if a golfer prefers lesser degree of diffi­cultly and challenge.

Th.is was the statement of Coral Ocean Point Golf Course director and Commonwealtlt's most consistent player and 1995 South Pacific Games medalist Jeff Taylor in reaction to the remark by Guam golfer Bill Payne that

tile maintenance of the COP course has gone down.

Taylor said it was the first time for him to receive such a comment.

Payne wac; here last week with about 90 Guam golfers who competed in the first Joeten Memorial Golf Classic.

"We have a problem here with cmb­grassand weneed$200,000to$400,000 to get rid of it," Taylor said.

Taylor said that unlike other courses

which has a full maintenance man­power, COP at tile moment has a lim­ited 12 to I 5 green people that concen­trate on overall and green maintenance.

"Witll regards to hazard,;, you don't have to maintain it But if you'll ob­serve. COP offers a better green. The rough an:,L~ are a little hit high. but we are doing our best to continuously im · prove the course in general." Taylor

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Final-hole eagle gives "Jumbo" Ozaki victory MIYAZAKI, Japan (AP) -

Ma'iaShi "Jumbo" OLak.i rolled in a 30-foot (9.1-meter) eagle putt on the final hole Sunday for a one-shot victory in the200millionyen($2million)Dun1op Phoenix GolfTournament.

Ozaki, tile defending champion, had trailed until his last shot, which left Americans Roben Gamez and Brandt Jobe and Australian Peter Senior one

stroke behind. "I felt as though I could make an

eagle at the la,t, and the putt I had was similar to the one I had last year and I knew it wouldn't break very much," said Ozaki, whosetupthewinningshot on the 534-yard, par-5 hole with a 4-iron shot from 222 yards (200 meters) out.

His 3-under-par 68 Suncfay gave

him an I I -under 273 total and a first prize of 36 million yen ($ 360,000), putting him first on tile Japan PGA Tour money earnings list with three events left to play.

Senior started the round with a one­shot lead. But after bogeys on tlte 12tlt and 16th holes, he wac; in a three-way tie for the lead approaching the final hole.

His 3-wood approach put him on the back fringe of the green, but his chip shot left him a tricky 20-foot (6.1-meter) downhill put for a birdie and he came up one inch (.4 centinteter) short.

"Jumbo had a good three at the last but I feel like I lost it coming home on the back nine," Senior said. "i didn't do very much. I had my chances but I just didn't do it."

His final-round T2 leil: him tic<l at 274 witlt Gamez and Jobe, both of whom shot 67s on the 6,798-yard, par-71 Phoenix Country Club courst;.

Jobe, a member of the Japan Tour and the Asian Tour order of merit winner this year, also shot an eagle on the final hole.

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