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RESIDENT Representative Juan N. Babauta talks about the Covenant and the relationship between Northern Marianas and the United S tates during a forum sponsored by the Northern Marianas College yesterday. Other speakers are (from left): Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero, Senate President Juan S. Demapan and Froilan Tenorio, Democratic Party candidate for governor.

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f o r p r o b l e m s w i t h U S g o v ’tFROILAN Tenorio, Democratic Party candidate for governor, yes­terday blamed misunderstanding of the Covenant for the current problems between the Northern Marianas and the United States, including the possible federal takeover of local immigration and minimum wage control.

“The Covenanthas been grossly misinterpreted. We have been profligate with the privileges ex­tended in the Covenant and are

now up in arms at the prospect of losing them. Losing these privi­leges is not a violation of self- government, it is a violation of the principles of government,” Tenorio said during the second annual C ovenant Day forum hosted by the Olympio T. Borja Memorial Library at the Dai-Ichi Hotel.

In addition to the threat to local immigration and minimum wage authority, the CNMI may also lose

$120 million in direct federal grants for capital improvement projects for the next seven years.

Tenorio said the Covenant in­clude features that compensate for deficiencies in the CNM I’s geography, demography and edu­cation. He said local control of im m igration, m inimum wage, taxes and duty-free benefit under Headnote 3(a) were intended to promote political, social and eco-

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JU STICE Ram on Villagomez said yesterday the value of US citizenship for Northern Marianas people is zero because they have no voice in the law-making pro­cess in the US.

He made the statement during the second annual Covenant Day forum organized by the Northern Marianas College.

S en a te P resid en t Juan S. Demapan, who also spoke during the forum at the Dai-Ichi Hotel, said the CNMI could have a voice in Congress if it succeeds in hav­ing a congressional delegate like the other TJS insular possessions.

“Hopefully the US will recog­nize one of these days that we need to have a voice in the US Congress,” Demapan said.

Considering the good things that come with US citizenship, the Northern Marianas can accept the present arrangement, he said.

Villagomez’s statement drew a quick reaction from a reader yes­terday. Reader Joe Mendiola, in a letter sent to the Variety, denied that US citizenship has no value for CNMI people just because they have no voice in the US Congress.

“The people of the CNMI can­not vote for the president o f the United States. Neither can the people of Washington, D.C. and other US territories. That circum­stance does not make US citizen­ship inoperable,” Mendiola said.

He said the absence o f a CNMI representative to Congress was tire CNM I’s own choice. “Never­theless, we are citizens and we

Ramon Villagomez owe allegiance to the United States,” Mendiola said. “We are entitled to all rights and privi­leges as well as subject to all responsibilities of citizenship.”

“If you, your honor, consider your citizenship to have a zero value, then give it up,” he said. ‘T urn in your passport. Or, work toward the creation of the inde­pendent republic of the Northern Marianas; then you could have a meaningful citizenship in that nation perhaps.”

M end io la also c ritic ized Villagomez for suggesting that the US citizenship conveyed to the CNMI people was not legal in view of the provisions of the US Constitution that define US citi­zens as those bom or naturalized in the United States.

“Continue that line of argument and perhaps we should conclude that the Covenant itself is not le­gal, or is of zero value, as you concluded the resulting citizen­ship to be,” Mendiola said.

G uerrero : Tre a t a lien w o rke rs w e llG O V ER N O R Lorenzo Guerrero yesterday urged local people to treat non-resident workers well to convince the federal government not to strip the Northern Marianas’ right to self-government.

“The unique features of self- government could be lost if we don’t fight to hang on to self- government,” Guerrero said during the second annual Cov­enant Day forum.

“No other issue is as impor­tant to the Covenant as labor reform. And I don’t mean just reform through laws. I mean a reform of local attitude. We must

treat our workers fairly,” Guerrero said.

He said non-resident workers helped build a modem economy for the Northern Marianas.

“We must treat our non-resident workers better or...we won’t have any workers. Withno workers...we willhavenoeconomy. Or certainly not the economy we have come to enjoy,” the governor said.

Heurgedchurches and other sec­tors and organizations to “lead a moral campaign.” “We need re­form in public attitude,” Guerrero said.

In the same forum, Resident Representative Juan N. Babauta proposed a ceiling on the number

of alien workers in the CNMI.Babauta expressed concern that

if the alien popul ation in the North­ern Marianas was not controlled, indigenous residents could lose political control of the Common­wealth.

He said two out of every three babies bom at the Commonwealth Health Center are from non-resi­dent mothers. A generation from now, the babies of non-resident mothers willhavearightto vote,he said.

“How long will we retain politi­cal control of the Commonwealth Government if webecomeanever- decreasing minority in our own islands?” Babauta said.

He said the Northern Marianas people would also have difficulty protecting their land if they “be­come an ever-decreasing minor­ity.”

He agreed with Guerrero that the alien population has made a sub­stantial contribution to the eco­nomic growth in the CNMI. He said non-resident workers “who have come to help” must be treated “decently and fairly.”

Froilan C. Tenorio, former resi- dentrepresentatiye and senator, said the CNMI needs to convince the federal government that non-resi- dentworkershavenotcausedmuch adverse impact on infrastructure.

Many companies hiring aliens,

like garmentfactories, have their own water, sewer andotherutili- ties systems in place for the for­eign workers, Tenorio said.

After the speeches, some youth participants in the forum showed resentment against for­eign workers. A Marianas High School student asked why the Northern Marianas has toface the consequences of being deprived offedoal funding because of con­cern for aliens.

The student also asked Babauta about his “fear” of aliens taking overcontroloftheCNMLBabauta answered he never said he feared aliens and blamed the media for “sensational journalism.” (GLD)

2 - m a r ia n a s v a r ie t y NEWS AND VTEWS-THURSDAY-APRIL 22.1993

Se o u l to re je c t p la n fo r ta lk s w ith N o rthSEOUL, South K orea (AP) - North Korea may propose resum­ing dialogue with South Korea to divert attention from concerns over its nuclear development, but Seoul will refuse such overtures, officials said Tuesday. North Korea cut off all dialogue with its southern capitalistrival to protest annual US-South Korea military exercises that began in February and ended in mid-April.

The North then increased its international isolation by with­drawing from the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty, fueling sus­picions that it is trying to build a nuclear weapon.

Vice Unification Minister Song Young-dae said the North may

propose talks with the South to ease international pressure for it to accept nuclear inspections.

However, Song said, “Even if North Korea proposes to reopen inter-Korea dialogue, we m ust be prudent not to overshadow inter­national action such as by the UN Security Council.”

Unification Ministry officials said North Korea’s re-entry into the nuclear treaty is a precondi­tion for new talks on exchanges and economic cooperation.

South Korea has held that the nuclear problemis an international issue that cannotbe solved through inter-Korea dialogue.

T he UN Security C o u n cil

adopted a resolution two weeks ago calling for dialogue to per­suade North Korea to rejoin the treaty.

As part o f such international efforts, the United States has re­portedly decided to reverse course and open high-level talks with North Korea soon. The United States and North Korea have no formal ties.

Counsellor-level officials of the tw o co u n trie s’ em bassies in Beijing have met 31 times since 1990 but have failed to make progress on improving ties.

South Korea also is hoping to persuade China, the N orth’s last important ally, to intervene.

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T H E NORTHERN M arianas College Fine Arts and Humani­ties Department will present its first full-length play, “The Di- 'ary of Anne Frank”, on April 30 and May 1, 7 and 8 from 7-9 p,m. at the Convention Center.

The play is based on the ac­tual diary of a young Jewish girl who live in hiding with her family in the Netherlands during World War II, trying to avoid the fate that awaited them from the Nazi occupation forces. Her story has been made famous in a book and movie.

To provide an historical per­spective on the circumstances surrounding the life of Anne Frank, the NMC Fine Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences Departments are sponsoring a

public presentation and panel d is­cussion on the background o f W orld War H on April 26, from 3- 5 p.m. in room A-6 at the As Terlaje campus.

Differences in ideologies can create conflict, leading to war and human suffering. World W ar II was a good example. Germany under the Nazis and Japan under the militarists were nations guided by those who felt superior to their neighbors and justified in simply taking what they wanted.

Both regimes demonstrated a brutal disregard for the rights and lives of others in the process of acquiring lands and resources they desired.

The impact o f this approach was devastating to many peoples

in Europe and the Pacific. Of­ficially condoned murder,rape, pillage, destruction and the use of forced labor place a stigma on both nation’s reputations that lingered for decades.

In Europe, the Nazis painted the Jews as subhumans who were the source o f all the c o n tin e n t’s p ro b lem s , and planned, and almost achieved, their total extermination.

At the presentation and panel discussion NM C instructors Noel Taisacan and Gerry Smith will describe World W ar II in the CNMI and Europe while sociologist Louise Brooks, will discuss the Nazis’ persecution and mass murder o f European Jews.

L i loses tennis game with GohB E U IN G (A P )-In a rare dis­

play, Premier Li Peng played ten­nis Tuesday with visiting Prime M inister Goh Chok Tong o f Singapore.

Li, who was not known to be a tennis player, stepped off the court after only a half-hour looking tired.

The two leaders first played doubles with their wives, then were paired with Chinese tennis players before playing singles for about 15 minutes.

A Singaporean photographer at the event said Li missed more balls than he returned.

He said Goh, who plays tennis twice a week, usually plays a faster game.

Li sat on the sidelines for nearly an hour while Goh continued playing doubles with his cabinet members and the Chinese play­ers.

The games were not scored. They played on a clay court at the state guesthouse.

It was not clear who proposed the tennis games, but Li ordinarily sticks to carefully scripted rou­tine on state visits. He has never played tennis with a foreign leader during his five years in office.

Asian news briefsE u ro p e b la m e d fo r tra d e gapT O K Y O (AP) - A top European Community official said today that the widening EC-Japan trade imbalance is an “explosive situation,” but Japan’s Foreign Ministry repeated its view that the problem is mainly Europe’s fault.

Horst G. Krenzler, the EC ’s director general for external economic affairs, wrapped up two days of talks in Tokyo by calling the $3.2 billion imbalance “an explosive situation that can be likened to a time bomb” because it contributes to European unemployment.

Previous sessions o f the annual talks have focused on EC charges that Japan’s market is closed to European satellite communications services and Airbus airplanes.

G o rb a c h e v h ead s G re e n C rossT O K Y O (AP) - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev officially took the reins today o f the International Green Cross, a new environ­mental organization.

The group, first proposed by Gorbachev three years ago, was launched in the western city of Kyoto following the first meeting of the group’s board of trustees, organizers said by telephone.

“The world is now facing the need for an environmental revolution,” Gorbachev said in a speech. “The International Green Cross must become a global mechanism to develop policies that are consistent with the scale of the challenges we are facing.”

Organizers say the new group would help organize responses to environmental problems like oil spills. Like the Red Cross, it will be largely based on volunteers.

Cops a rre s t 2 schoolboysTO K Y O (AP) - Two schoolboys w ho allegedly beat a 14-year-old classmate to death after bullying him for months were arrested today, police said.

Yukio Hamada, a junior high school student in Osaka, died on Sunday, one day after he was beaten and thrown to the ground by the two suspects, said a police official on condition of anonymity.. The names of the two boys were not released because they are minors. There are no formal charges or trials for juveniles in Japan; instead, authorities have 48 hours to submit the case to Family Court, which would decide the punishment.

U N w ith d ra w s o b serversPH N O M PEN H , C am bodia (AP) - The UN mission has withdrawn its military observers from two districts in north-central Cambodia, fearing attacks by Khmer Rouge guerrillas, UN sources said Tuesday.

Six military observers were ordered Sunday to leave their positions in the Khmer Rouge-dominated province of Kompong Thom after guer­rillas there turned hostile, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

UN military spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Palk confirmed that the unarmed observers had been withdrawn.

“Their location was isolated and therefore difficult to protect,” Palk told The Associated Press. “In light o f the tense security situation in the sector and in that area particularly, it was decided that it was a prudent move.”

The withdrawal further reduces contact with Khmer Rouge guerrillas, who the UN mission has tried for the past year to bring back into the peace process.

The UN has blamed the Khmer Rouge for attacks in the past three weeks that have killed eight members of the UN mission. The attacks have targeted mostly unarmed civilian police and electoral workers.

A Japanese UN volunteer in Kompong Thom was shot dead about two weeks ago, prompting about a dozen of his co-workers to quit the mission.

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lands and that they should remain.“We may have a number of

failures in this regard but I feel certain that with adequate justifi­cation, coupled with comprehen­sive reforms, we can persuade US Congress that local control re­mains of critical importance to continued socio-econom ic de­velopm ents in the is la n d s ,”Tenorio said.

Several bills have been intro­duced in Congress to take away the privileges granted under the Covenant. Among these are the bills introduced by Congressman Elton Gallegly to take away im ­migration control and scrap sec­tion 702 financial assistance; and the bill introduced by Congress­man Lewis F. Payne to deny duty-

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free treatment to CNMI products.“We cannot detract from the

proposition that we have a con­tinuing need for local control over thesematters. But we have tohave a grasp o f the Covenant so we can learn to exercise our rights effec­tively,” Tenorio said.

For instance, Tenorio said, it is a common misconception that the multi-year funding assistance is a right and would flow indefinitely.

“This is not a right. This is a privilege for which we m ust dem­onstrate fiscal responsibility and a justification,” he said.

On the issue of minimum wage and immigration, Tenorio said: “Congress is not intruding in the function o f local self-government. Local control over minimum wage and immigration are not rights

guaran teed in the C ovenant; rather, they are privileges granted and subject to change by Con­gress. If we had recognized this distinction, we may have chosen to deal with these issues differ­ently.”

Tenorio said he would work hard to achieve a more positive relationship with the US if he is elected governor in November.

“I believe our relationship can be restored to one of mutual re­spect,” he said. “ My working reference would be the Covenant. We have the right to self-govern­ment but I also recognize there are responsibilities inherent in the exercise of that right. I believe the US will be responsive toourneeds as long as we act in good faith.” (RHA)

THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3

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GOVERNOR Lorenzo I. Guerrero said yesterday he pre­fers consultations under section 902. of the Covenant, rather than courts, in resolving disputes be­tween the CNMI and US govern­ments.

Guerrero, Resident Represen­tative Juan N. Babauta, Senate President Juan S. Demapan and

former Resident Representative Froilan Tenorio were invited as panelists in the second Annual Covenant Day forum to discuss thefutureof the Commonwealth’s relationship with the federal gov­ernment

There are moves in the US Con­gress to eliminate duty-free treat­ment of CNMI goods, take over

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N EW YORK (AP) - Women with the highest exposure to the pesti- cideDDThadfour times the breast cancer risk of women with the least exposure, researchers said Tuesday.

The study is one of the first to link the insecticide with breast cancer,’ although DDT has been known for decades to cause can­cer in animals. Some scientists said the study could have impor­tant implications for the preven­tion of breast cancer worldwide.

While the findings do not con­stitute proof that DDT causes breast cancer, they could, if con­firmed, provide a possible expla­nation for the puzzling rise in breast cancer in recent decades in the United States.

“Breast cancer is the most com­mon cancer among women, and a lot of the risk is unexplained,” said'the study’s principal author, M ary S. Wolff, a chemist at the M ount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

The study was being published W ednesday in the Journal o f the National Cancer Institute.

The rise in breast cancer fol­lowed the increase in the use of DDT, suggesting that the two might be linked, Wolff said.

Even though DDT was phased out in 1972 in the United States, “w e’re all exposed to it through the diet,” she said. Before 1972, DDT was common in meat and dairy products, and because it is stored in the body for decades most Americans still carry DDT residues, she said.

C hildren are exposed to it through their m others’ m ilk, W olff said. And DDT is still widely used in other countries, including Mexico, she said.

W olff and her colleagues mea-

immigration control and impose federal minimum wage in the Commonwealth.

Section 902 provides for regu­lar consultations between the Commonwealth and federal gov­ernments on matters affecting fheir relationship.

‘To those who say we should go to court more and go to 902

sured levels of a DDT-breakdown product in the blood o f 58 women withbreast cancer and 171 women without breast cancer. Women with levels in the top 10 percent had four times the breast cancer risk of women in the bottom 10 percent.

The researchers also looked for a link between PCBs and breast cancer, but failed to find one. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphe­nyls, are hazardous liquids used as in su la to rs in e le c tr ic a l trans&dzOers. Like DDT, they are widespread environmental con­taminants.

In a commentary on the study, David J. Hunter and Karl T. Kelsey of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston said; “Because the findings ...mayhave extraordinary global implications for the prevention o f breast can­cer, their study should serve as a wake-up call for further urgent research.”

“The study is the best-designed study yet conducted to investi­gate the link between toxic chemi - cals and a m ajor disease in women,” saidDevra Lee Davis of the National Research Council, an authority on environmental causes o f cancer.

The study “should be regarded as a very serious message to all of those concerned with figuring out how to prevent cancer - which is something we have no t paid enough attention to in the past,” she said.

The N ational C ancer In s ti­tu te and the N ational In stitu te o f E nvironm ental H ealth S c i­ences, w hich paid fo r W o lff’s study, have now proposed a series o f stud ies look ing at p o te n t ia l e n v iro n m e n ta l causes of b reast cancer, said Susan S eiber o f the can cer in ­stitu te.

less, I say no” Guerrero said. “The courts are federal courts which see the federal side of the question before they see ours. In all due respect, the political solution (902) is far better than hiring lawyers.”

“The 902 process has scored several major successes. But the chance of victory lies with

us, by fighting to hang on to our great Covenant We will win because we had the politi­cal will to make the necessary reforms,” he said.

He mentioned the proposed increase in the minimum wage, tax reform and estab­lishment of a human rights commission. (RHA)

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dinner a successTHE AMERICAN Red Cross NMC chapter generated $7,500 during its annual kick-off dinner at The Pacific Islands Club recently.

T he evening program included an award ceremony, dancing and entertainment,

The American Red Cross thanks-its top donors which include: Northern Marianas Consultants ($500), Valley Inn ($250), and Saipan Cable ($100).

Food and beverage donations were contributed by Visi Quitugua of Rota, Jose P. Pangelinan o f Tinian, Microl Corporation, J.C. Tenorio Enterprises, Town house, Inc., Marianas Pacific Distributors, Meitetsu. Mart, Island Bottling Company, Oceana Traders, Pacific Trading

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi­dent Clinton’s jobs bill seemed all but dead Tuesday as Senate Repubhcansreaffirmed their solid opposition despite Clinton’s ef­forts at compromise.

The president considers the now $12.2 billion economic stimulus plan essential tohispro- gram for US economic recovery.

Barring an unexpected new ef­fort at compromise by Clinton, the Republican unity means that the legislation virtually has no chance in the Senate, where the m inority R epublicans have blocked it with a filibuster since last month. The filibuster is the m inority ’s m ost pow erfu l w eapon, since it involves unending debate.

And that leaves Clinton staring

at what would be his first major legislative defeat despite 1he fact that his party controls both Houses of Congress.

Republicans are outnumbered by Democrats in the Senate 57-43, but 60 votes are heeded to cut off any filibuster.

Clinton says the measure, which would be paid for by federal bor­rowing, wouldcreate jobs during a still uncertain economic recovery. But Republicans say the measure would pile billions of dollars onto record budget deficits while doing little for the economy.

“The people o f the country are behind us,” said Republican Sen. Larry Pressler, as Republicans emerged united from a closed-door caucus. “ They’re excited about cutting spending. W e’ve got an issue and we shouldn’t let go of itt’r

The bill contains $12.2 billion in

raw spendingforeverythingftom computers for federal agencies to aid for school districts. It also contains $3.2 billion for road- building that would come from a highway trust fund.

Clinton slashed S4billion from the measure on Friday in hopes of moving toward a deal. But Re­publicans rejected that overture because it ignored their core de­mand: that Clinton offset its costs by cutting existing programs.

The Senate planned test votes on Clinton’s package and a much smaller, $6 billion Republican al­ternative.

“It’s pure politics, an effort to embarrass thcpresident, an effort to defeat thepresident’sprogram,” said Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. “And what is atrisk is not the politics of the presidency, but the American economy.”

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f e e t h i g hGENEVA (AP) - Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, is more than six feet (two meters) shorter than previously believed, a team of scientists said Tuesday.

The scientists, who made their measurements using satellite and laser technology during an expedi­tion on the mountain last Septem­ber 29, told reporters it is actually only 8,846.10 meters (29,022.6 feet) above sea level.

Thenewmeasurement was some 2.03 meters (6.66 feet) lower than the last, made by Chinese scientists in 1974.

The calculation was the latest in a series of efforts that began early in the 19th century to determine Everest’s elevation.

The project involved teams of scientists on each side of the moun­tain who sighted equipment set up on the peak by Benoit Chamoux and Agostino Da Polenza.

Chinese scientists at three loca­tions on the Tibetan side used a distance meter to make sightings of the summit and three reference points.

On the Nepalese side of the mountain, a team led by Professor Giorgio POretti o f the University of Trieste also took three sightings, using a device aiming laser beams

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H ealth focusB y C o n n i e S p e r o s

Reduce, Teuse, recycle is the tune which rings out this week. Since Environmental Aware­ness Week is this week, let’s focus on environmental health.

Friday is designated Island- wide Clean Up Day. But, as you can well imagine one day is not sufficient. We need to work together to take pride in keeping Saipan clean. The Litter Con­trol Act cannot be the sole sup­port and enforcing effort to keeping Saipan clean. W e all need to practice litter control and encourage others to use the waste cans available. And, if there aren 't enough waste con­tainers; then, we need todemand more.

Does being “Environmentally Aware” only mean that people

pick up or pact out their own trash? Surprisingly, there is more to Environm ental Awareness. Just think, on this island alone each person on average throws away 4 to 8 pounds of trash, while the national average is 2.5 pounds per person. That is an enormous amount of trash. Granted, Saipan does have heavy industry such as tourism, garments, and construc­tion, but can’t we reduce?

The second place winner in the schools’ song competition ex­plains reducing this way: “L et’s start cutting weeds; Plant fruit trees instead It won’t only beau­tify; T ’will give us good supply; Collect then all the dried leaves, dried twigs, dried branches; Dig a small hole in the backyard. That m akes g rea t co m p o st p i t ! ” Composting is not for farmers only. Everyone can enrich the

soil on which they live by putting leftover foods scraps (except anim al products) and garden wastes into a compost pit.

Reducing resource consump­tion may be a matter o f turning off extra lights, fixing a leaking fau­cet, washing clothes with a full load and drying outside. Reduc­ing trash may be a m atter of crushing con ta iners p rio r to dumping or using your own mug at the office or buying products is containers which can be reused or recycled

Recycling is the separation and the collection or drop off o f spe­cific wastes. Currently, Saipan has three metal recyclers on is­land who accept aluminum cans, tin, copper and iron. W here are your cans going? What happens to all of the empty cans from parties or restaurant use?

Reusing is both the reuse of resources like newspaper and office or school paper or wisely usingyour rinse waterforplants and cars. Reusing is a matter of finding ways to use what nor­mally is thrown away.

M ake P eace w ith the environment.. .Reduce; Reuse; Recycle. “Our island will suf­fer it we don’t cooperate.” Special thanks to W .S. Reyes 2nd grade and employees at DEQ.

Saipan Cable introduces WWF programSAIPAN Cable TV has signed an exclusive agreem ent w ith the W orld W restlin g Federa tion (WWF) Television Network to carry a weekly program featuring superstar wrestlers.

In a statement released yester­day, Saipan Cable said W W F Television Network is the largest o f its kind in the world, with 250 affiliated broadcast television stations in North America and in more than 50 forfeign countries in eight languages.

Fred Lord, Saipan Cable gen­eral m anager, said the weekly program w ould be cablecast on Channel 12 Thursday evenings, from 7:30 pan. to 9:45 p.m.

“WWF Superstars” will feature on a regular basis Randy Savage, Kamala, The Undertaker and Hulk H ogan .

For m ore information contact Fred Lord at 234-7350.

INVITATION FOR BIDThe Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed bids from qualified individu­als or firms for the lease with the option to purchase C O M PU TER EQUIPMENT.Specification and a bid application for the above may be picked up at the Office of Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan during working hours (7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.) ·All bids must be in a sealed envelope marked IFB93-0027 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, before 2:00 p.m., May 2 4 ,1 9 9 3 , at which time and place, all bids will be publicly open and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered. The CNMI government re­serves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSThe Board of Directors of the Marianas Visitors Bureau (MVB) is

soliciting proposals for legal services from interested law firms or attorneys. If selected, the law firm or attorney shall serve as Legal Counsel, beginning July 1,1993 and shall:

(1) Provide advice to the Board of Directors and Managing Director on all legal matters to which MVB is a party or in which the MVB is legally interested.

(2) Represent the MVB in connection with legal matters before the courts of any jurisdiction, any agency or branch of the CNMI Government and any agency or branch of the United States Government

Please provide resumes setting forth the education and experience of each member of the lawfirm orattomeyif asole practitioner. Emphasis should be placed on experience relative to governmental operations. Also, the proposal shall include the number of hours which can be devoted to MVB matters each month, monthly retainerfees to be charged and proposed hourly rate.

The terms and conditions shall be set forth in a contract to be executed following selection of a law firm or attorney.

Proposals are to be submitted to the Office of the Managing Director, Saipan International Airport, P.O. Box 861, Saipan, MP 96950, no later then May 31,1993. MVB reserves the right to reject any and all proposals submitted, if deemed to be in its best interest.

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DUTY Free em ployees of the month Jam es Camu and Margarita Matagolai (2nd and 3rd from left) with com pany executives Joe Villagomez (left) Alex Camacho and Maria Guerrero.

DFS picks Camu, Matagolai for MarchDUTY FREE Saipan has named Margarita Matagolai and James Camu as employees of the month for March.

Matagolai was selected from the sales category and Camu from the sales support category. They received S I00 cash each and an employee of the month certificate and pin. They are also eligible for selection as the 1993 employee of

the year in their respective cat­egories.

Matagolai, who has been a sales associate at DFS Saipan for four years, was selected because of her strong team spirit, perfect at­tendance record, awareness to­ward shop profitability and con­sistent sales efforts. She is cur­rently assigned to the Diamond Hotel shop.

She was recommended by team leader Alex Camacho.

Camu has been working at the DFS warehouse for the past three years. He was recognized for his good attitude toward co-workers, consistent work performance and efficient buying practices for in­ventory items and other supplies. He was recommended by Joe Villagomez and Manny Cruz.

U n i o n B a n k e x e c g u e s t a t B A S I CBUSINESS Assistance Sharing Inform ation .and Cooperation (BASIC), a program for small business owners and managers, will hold a meeting at the CDA conference room on April 29, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Subject of discussion is using financial information to determine stability of the small business and planning. M arilyn W aters of Union Bank will be the guest speaker.

BASIC meetings are free and open to all small business owners and managers. In addition to in­formation presented by the guest

speaker, participants may discuss issues relating to their own busi­nesses. BASIC also provides-an ideal venue for networking with other business people from the community.

For more information, contact Ellie Friedman at the Department of Commerce and Labor, 322- 4324, or Jin>Bingham at the NMC Small Business Incubator, 235- 1551.

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Alcoholic Anonymous, a support group for those with drinking (or drugging) problems m eets every Monday, W ednesday, and Saturday at 7 :0 0 p.m ., and Fridays a t 7 :3 0 p.m. a t the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan.For more information, call the HOTLINE a t 2 3 4 -5 1 0 0 or Wolf M. a t 23 4 -6 6 1 5 (and leave message).

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DR. BETTY Harrison (left) an d Larry Haukadalen, W ASC accreditation team, with San Vicente Elementary Principal Martha Haberman during a visit last month.

Tanapag, San Vicente schools eye accreditation

ACCREDITATION is a long and hard process but Tanapag Elemen­tary School will win it, Alcantro Sarapio, Tanapag FTA President, said.

Sarapio made the statement at the conclusion of the Western As­sociation of Schools and College (WASC) visiting team briefing last month at his school.

The WASC visittobothTanapag and San V icente Elem entary Schools is part of Public School Commissioner William S. Torres’ efforts to expand the accreditation effort as part of the PSS school improvement efforts from thehigh schools to the elementary and jun­ior high level. Hopwood Junior High, Garapan, Oleai, Tinian and Rota elementary schools will un­dergo the WASC team review this

month.Tanapag Principal Linsa Lizama

said the WASC team found the school and its support systems in place and functioning well.

“They’ve advised us to focus now on the instruction program, specifically to bring the core PSS program people to work with us at the school on the subject areas and instruction delivery and to mea­sure student academic perfor­mance,” she said.

Martha Haberman, San Vicente Elementary principal, said the WASC team chairperson reported they would make a favorable rec­ommendation to the WASC Com­mittee for the two schools to re­ceive Interim Accreditation status and begin the preparation phase.

“Three years is not long; and I .

know already that we have got a lot of operations to change, people to motivate core programs to jump start, training to implement, and, most of all, student performance testing to do,” she said.

The principal added that the PSS commissioner said it would be a professional challenge to even the most dedicated staff in the best of schools and they had to get and keep the parents and community with them all the way.

The two public schools had to demonstrate to the WASC team that they were ready to enter the process as candidates for accredi­tation. According to WASC ac- creditationprogramdocuments.the schools now have as long as three years to prepare for the accredita­tion awarding visiL

DEQ announces contest winnersTHE DIVISION of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced the winners in the 1993 Environmental Awareness Week Song and Skit con­tests for elementary and high school students throughout the CNMI.

Winners in the elementary song category were:

1st Place: Garapan Elementary School Glee Club singing “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.)’ Singers were BcmiceNakamura,BettyJeanOrak, MelanieTamayo.Jihye Choi, Match Cabrera, Maria Theresa Nava Win­ter, G loria Cabrera, Surella, O ngklungel, Harley Ngewakl, Elenita Lizama, Antonette Taitano, Tarlin Castro, Jolene Muna, Vidal Camacho; Accompanist - Alvin Filial.

2ndPlace: W.S. Reyes2nd Grade, singing “People of Saipan,” singers were Eileen Fleming, Cecil B. Sablan, Madonna Patricio, Eloise Cepeda, Thesia Dela Cruz,-Milton Villafuerte, Dean Boija, Merranda Repeki and Eileen Sansi.

3rd Place: San Vicente School singing “The Earth is our Home.” Singers were Marybeth Manibusan, Lina-mae Dela Cruz, Tessa Aguon, Sheila Pangelinan, Virine Salas, Dolly-Jean Tkel, Siana Quitugua, Diana Mendiola, Luisa Lee, Frances Dela Cruz, Rianne Pangelinan and Jennifer Guerrero.

Winners in the high school song category were:

IstPlace: Rota High School sing­ing “I tano’ ta giya Marianas”. Per­formers were Steven Maratita, M elvin Q uitugua, Shawnda Taisacan, Ivan Garces, Vicky Jane Mesngon, Tina Sablan, Sharlene Masga, Tricia Manglona and Sonya Toves.

’2ndPlace: Marianas Baptist Acad­emy singing “Beforelt’s Too Late,” performed by Min Jung Lee, Jung Wan Lee, Hae Joo Ahnand Yu Sun Lee.

Winners in the skit contest were: 1st Place: W.S. Reyes Elemen­

tary 4th Grade performing “The Model Student.” Performers were Joan Faustino, Chio Iok In, Tracy Lynn Manglona, Lamberto Cruz, Gayboy Castro, Marcellano Castro, Gordon Elameto. Bonnie Hwang, Mitchell Villafuerte and Ginnie Concepcion.

2nd Place: San Vicente 6th Grade performing “NatureTalk.” Perform­ers were: Martha Mendiola, Alina Hilas, Jay Salas, Salam Younis, Carlos DeLeon Guerrero, Amanda Hayes, T ina Sablan, Gareth Kitchingham and Grant Crenshaw.

3rd Place: Garapan Elementary 5th Grade performing “Reuse, Re- cycleand Reduce.” Performers were: Melanie Tamayo, Betty Jean Orak,

Dena Saurez, Edenburt Yumul and Scott Leon Guerrero.

Honorable Mention was awarded to the following classes for skits:

San Vicente School, 3rd Grade for the skit “The Earth is Our Home”; GraceChristian Academy 6th Grade for the skit “A Little Litter Lesson Learned”; Oleai School Language Arts Room 15 for the skit “A Family Picnic”; Grace Christian Academy 8 th Grade English for the skit “Keep Saipan Clean”; and Tinian High School 4th Period Physical Science Class for the skit “Save Our Envi­ronment”

Honorable Mention was awarded to the following classes for songs: W.S. Reyes Elementary School 5th Grade for the song “The Island of Marianas”, W.S. Reyes Elementary School 3rd Grade for the song “Lis­ten to Our Story”, and Tinian High School 5th Period Biology Class for the song “Whatcha Gonna Do.”

J udges for the contest were: David Chargualaf, EAW Coordinator; Miriam K. Seman, Chief, DEQ; Larry Klawunder, Professor, NMC; Greg Sasamoto, PH-Sanitation; and Noel Quitugua, PSS.

If you would like to hear some of the winning songs, the students will be performing at the Earth Day Cel­ebration in Capitol Hill today at 9 a.m. outside the governor's office.

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C rackdow n on ille g a l a lie n s u rg e dTOKYO (AP) - Labor Minister Masakuni NJurakami on Tuesday called for a crackdown on illegal foreign workers, saying crimes committed by such workers could lead to anti-foreigner feeling in Ja- p a a

“If we fail to cradc do wn, we fear our friendly relations with foreign nations would be adversely af­fected,” Murakami was quoted by a ministry official as saying at a regular Cabinet meeting.

Police arrested 4,813 foreigners

for crimes such as robbery o r em­bezzlement in 1991, the most re­cent yearfor which figures areavail- able, up from 2^78 in 1990.

Murakami is concerned about a public backlash against foreigners because of the rise in crime, said the official, who asked not to be named.

Thousands of swastika-embla­zoned posters urging the ouster of “delinquent foreigners” have been plastered since early this month in spots in and near Tokyo where

foreigners tend to congregate, ap- parentlybyasmall extremist group.

Murakami toured apark in down­town Tokyo Sunday where more than 3,000 foreigners, mainly Ira­nians, usually gather.

The chief Cabinet secretary, Yohei Kono, said he will study a request by Murakami for a minis­terial-level council to cope with the problem.

A two-year-old law punishes employers and brokers who hire illegal workers with up to three

Anti-graft court dismisses bribery suit against MarcosMANILA (AP) - An anti-graft court has dismissed a bribery suit against the late President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Im elda, because o f the government’s “utter inability” to prove its case during the six- year trial. In a decision made public Tuesday, the court said the government’s key evidence washearsay evidence and there­fore inadmissible.

*The suit is one of 33 civil cases filed at the anti-graft court by the government against the M arcoses after ^Marcos was ousted in the February 1986 ‘’people power revolution.”

The Marcos family fled into exile in Hawaii, where the former president died in September 1989:' .

The government claimed that in 1977, Marcos received more than 712,000 pesos ($28,480) in kickbacks from sugar traders Alberto Looyuko and Jimmy Go so that their company could cor­ner the bulk of sugar export allo­cations.

The two men and the head of M arcos’ private office, Ireneo Zaballa; were also defendants in the suit. Zaballa died in 1988.

The government’s main evi­dence consisted of photocopies of letters allegedly written by Zaballa telling Marcos how much he received in commissions per shipment from the sugar com­pany.

The court considered the evi­dence hearsay because the letters were not originals and there was

no evidence o f their authcnlic-Jty.

The letters were in luggage seized by US customs authori­ties when the Marcoses reached Honolulu after they fled Manila.

In addition to the civil cases in theanti-graft court, Mrs. Marcos faces 47 civil and criminal cases in other courts.

The government has accused Marcos and his wife of illegally amassing billions of dollars dur­ing his 20-year rule.

The government wants to con­fiscate $356 million in Swiss accounts held by the Marcoses, but the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has ruled that Manila can only get the m oney if M rs. Marcos is convicted o f a crimi­nal offense.

Former Miami Beach mayor sentenced to jail for corruption

M IAM I (AP) - The formermayor ofM iami Beach was sentenced to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison on a single federal corruption count Tuesday. He still faces trial on at least 30 additional charges.

Alex Daoud’s sentencing came a day after US District Judge James Lawrence King rejected a plea bargain that would have sent Daoud to prison for five years on all the charges.

Daoud, 49, was convicted last

year on one count of taking a 510,000 bribe from boxing pro­moter Willy Martinez.

A federal jury returned a hung verdict on 24 other counts against Daoud. He will be retried on those counts in August, along with six tax fraud charges. The judge, im- posing the maximum sentence, said Daoud allegedly doctored docu­ments in his trial and tried to get witnesses to give false testimony. King gave Daoud three years and

five months in prison, along with a $75,000fine.Butthejudgeallowed him to remain free on bond until the conclusion of his retrial.

If convicted on the 30 remaining charges, Daoud faces a maximum 383 years in prison and $7.25 mil­lion in fines.

Daoud served three terms as mayor of Miami Beach from 1985 to 1991, but did not run for re- election after the investigation be­came known.

years in prison or fines of 2 million yen ($ 18,000).

But illegal aliens continue to stream into Japan because they do dirty or dangerous work that many Japanese shun.

Since wages are higher in Japan than in their countries, many aliens are able to save or send money to relatives back home.

As of Nov. 1,1992, the number of illegal foreigners in Japan was estimated at 292,791, up 35.3.per­cent from a year earlier, according

to Justice Ministry statistics.Japan does not allow foreigners

to enter the country as unskilled laborers, so most illegal aliens ar­rive on tourist or student visas and overstay the visa lim it

Police arrested and deported 32,908 foreigners including 9.782L South Koreans and 7,700 Iranians for illegally working in Japan in 1991, up 10.4 percent from a year earlier, the Justice-Ministry said.

In the same year, police arrested 4,813 foreigners - 2,493 for theft.

61 journalists killed around the world

PARIS (AP) - At least 61 journal­ists were killed around the world in 1992, with Turkey and the war- tomformerYugoslavia sharing the highest toll, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday.

As of Jan. 1, at least 123 journal­ists were imprisoned ‘’for having approached the truth a bit too closely,” said the group in a 500- page annual report, to be presented May 3 in Paris during the ‘’Third International Day for Freedom of the Press.”

China, where 30 journalists were detained at the start of the year, heads the listof nations where jour­nalists are imprisoned.

The former Yugoslavia, in the throes of civil war, is one of the mostmurderous regions forreport- ers, along with Turkey, with 12 reporters killed in each place, the group said. Since the start of hositilities in 1991 in ex-Yugosla­via, 27 reporters have been killed.

Among other reporters killed in the line of duty, six were counted in Tadjikistan, five in Colombia,five in Peru, three in the Philippines and three in Chad.

China holds the record for na­tions detaining journalists, with 30 held at the start of the year, most of them arrested after the 1989 crack­down on the student-led democ­racy movement, Reporters With­out Borders wrote in its survey.

In Turkey, 10 journalists were imprisoned as of Jan. 1, as many in Syria, nine in Iraq and nine in Is­

rael.‘ ’Their doyen, Abdullah Ah al-

Sanussi al-Darrat,has (apparently) been imprisoned in Libya since 1973, withoutcharges or trial,” the report said.

The move toward democratiza­tion across Africa has freed up the press there somewhat but not stopped detentions or seizures of new spapers, particu larly in Cam eroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, ZaireandinSudan, ‘ ’where the Khartoum junta persecutes and tortures independent journalists in sinister ghost houses,” the report said.

Drug traffickers are responsible for some journalists’ deaths in the Americas where information isrela- tively freer, notably striking down reporters in Peru and Colombia and even in a New York res taurant.

In the Middle East, "Saddam Hussein has placed his eldestsonat the head of the Union of Iraqi Jour­nalists, ’ ’ while the media from Iran to Egypt to Morocco, in North Af­rica, is subject to repression. Ar­rests, convictions and newspaper suspensions have multiplied in Algeria since military-backed rul­ers took power to thwart political gains by Muslim fundamentalists, the report said.

Reporters Without Borders in­tervened 221 times in 76 countries last year, mainly via messages, to protest treatment of journalists, console family members or supply financial assistance to newspapers in trouble, the report said.

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C lin to n o rd e rs probe o f F B I a ssa u ltB y S t e v e n K o m a r o w

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton took responsibility Tues­day for the FBI assault on a cult compound in Texas, and ordered an investigation into the move that led cult leaders to torch their com­pound, killing 86 people.

Clinton also said cult leader David Koresh, who was among the people killed in the fiery conclu­sion to the 51-day siege, was “dan­gerous, irrational and probably in­sane.”

He said Koresh bore “ultimate

responsibility” for the heavy loss of life.

“He killed those he controlled,” Clinton said at a brief news confer­ence. (

Clinton said he was briefed on plans to increase pressureonKoresh andhisfollowers and told Attorney General Janet Reno “to do what she thought was right.”

But he took full responsibilty for the government’s actions.

“I signed off on this,” he said. Clinton said he had ordered the

Justice Department and the Trea­sury Department to conduct “a vig-

Some cultists may have been shot while trying to flee

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W A C O , Texas (AP) - Some doomsday cultists may have been shot trying to flee “Ranch Apoca­lypse” before others started the inferno that left scores dead, in­vestigators searching the still- smoldering ruins said.

Whatever happened in the final hours attheBranchDavidiancom­pound Monday, federal agents - under intense scrutiny for starting a tank-and-tear-gas assault that apparently precipitated the fire - placed responsibility for the car­nage solely with the group’s leader, David Koresh. President Clinton chi Tuesday echoed that sentiment. “He killed those he controlled,” Clinton said at the White House.

Koresh and 85 others, includ­ing 17 children under age 10, were believed to have died in the fire that ended the cul t ’s 51 -day stand­off with federal agents; there were nine survivors. Four of them re­mained hospitalized Tuesday, two in critical condition and two in good condition.

Investigators began pulling bodies out of the rubble, but were slewed because “ ammunition was stijl cooking and exploding,” said FBI agent Jeff Jamar. Officials said it could take two weeks to gather all the evidence.

Among developments Tuesday;- The Clinton adminstration’s

handling of the case was sharply questioned by victims’ relatives and attorneys, politicians and ob­servers worldwide. Clinton de­fended Attorney General Janet Reno, who approved the FBI ef­fort to use at least two tanks to knock holes in the compound walls and tear-gas the cult mem­bers out, but said, “I signed off on this.”

Clinton, ordered federal agen­cies to investigate events that led to the fiery end of the standoff. Congressional investigations also were announced. - Five cult members who survived the blaze appeared in federal court, wear-

orous and thorough investigation” of events leading to M onday’s bloody end to the siege.

But Clinton vigorously defend­ing the actions of federal agents, saying that the FBI made “every reasonable effort to bring this per­ilous situation to an end.”

“We did everything we could to avoid the loss of life,” Clintonsaid. “They made the decision to immo­late themselves,” he added, “and I feel terrible about the loss of life, especially the children.”

Clinton earlier said he was sur­prised thatsome people wouldsug-

ing orange jail suits and shackled by the ankles. One of them, Renos Avraam, told reporters that an FBI tank spraying tear gas into the compound had knocked over a lantern and started the fire, and that the cult had “no plan for sui­cide.”

The FBI said its snipers saw cultists setting blazes and that a survivor told investigators that lantern fluid had been poured throughout the wooden complex.

Jaime Castillo, 24, was charged with conspiracy to murder fed­eral agents. Being held as mate­rial witnesses were Avrram, 31; D avid T hibodeau, 24; D erek L o v e lo ck , 37; and G raem e Craddock, 31. All five were being held without bail.

- The FBI turned control of the compound over to Texas Rang­ers, the state’s elite crime-fight­ing force. The Rangers began in­vestigating shootouts at the be­ginning of the siege, during raids Feb. 28 by federal Alcohol, To­bacco and Firearms agents. Four ag en ts w ere k illed and 16 wounded while trying to execute search warrants for alleged fire­arms violations. Koresh had said six cultists also were killed.

- Other details of the start of the siege began to emerge. A court affidavit was unsealed quoting Koresh as saying on Feb. 28 that he would never be taken alive.

“They got me once, and they will never get me again. They are coming: The time has come,” the affidavit by ATF special agent Earl Dunagan quoted Koresh as saying. There was no elaboration in the affidavit, but Koresh had faced trial and was acquitted on charges stemming from the armed invasion he staged to take control of the Branch Davidian sect in 19.87.

Despite his vow to not be taken alive, Koresh later told negotia­tors he would surrender if certain conditions were met, but he re­neged.

- State officials were trying to

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G E O R G E T O W N , G uyana (AP) - People here have seen it all before; the prophet, his cult, the deaths of his followers. The big difference was that the trag­edy of Jim Jones’ People’s Temple was far deadlier than the fiery end of David Koresh and his disciples.

The November 1978mass sui­cide of more than 900 people shamed this South Americanna- tion for years, and Guyanese noted Tuesday the similarities between Jonestown and the de­struction of Koresh’s cult com­plex in Texas a day earlier.

Jonestown “was a lesson for all,” yet the world did not learn,; Sharif Khan, editor o f the Guyana Chronicle, told The Associated Press in an inter­view from his office.

“This is almost like what hap­pened at Jonestow n. They (American authorities) had all the signs from the beginning just like we had in Guyana, and yet they were not able to deal with it successfully.”

Fourteen years ago, Khan ven­tured to Jonestown with US Rep. Leo Ryan seeking to get chil­dren and others out of the camp following reports of abuses. Jo n es’ henchm en fired on Ryan’s delegation at the airport and the California congressman was killed, prompting Jones’ suicide order to his flock.

“Jones was also a charismatic leader who appeared to have people under his spell, like Koresh,” Khan said, adding that Jones engaged in similar stall­ing techniques to thwart investi­gations. With Jones in mind, the American authorities should have wasted no time “neutraliz­ing" Koresh, Khan concluded.

After toe Jonestown tragedy, G uyana P resid en t Forbes Burnham tried to distance him­self from the jungle refuge he had protected, calling the disas­ter “an American incident" be­cause most o f those killed were US nationals.

gestthatReno resign “because some religious fanatics murdered them­selves.”

He said toe only reason he did not speak out in support of her on Mon­day was because he was waiting for thefacts. But itis not possible “for the president to distance himself from things when the federal government is in control.”

Responding to questions about the decision to force Koresh’s hand by pumping tear gas into the compound, White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers said, “I would certainly hope that people wouldn't... use this

tragedy for political reasons.”Myers said Clinton called Reno

Mondaynight and said, “You should sleep well. You did a good job to­day.”

AlsoTuesday.Rep. DonEdwards, a Democrat and chairman of toe House Judiciary civil and constitu­tional rights subcommittee, an­nounced he w alld open hearings Friday on the assault and its after- math.

Edwards said be wanted to know more about why federal authorities abandoned toe strategy of waiting out the Koresh group.

FBI lists people in cult compound

B y T h e A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s

PARTIAL LIST of people who were in the religious cult com­pound in W aco, Texas.

The first section lists people whom the FBI previously identi­fied and who are unaccounted for and presumed dead. Several were believed to have been killed the day the siege began, Feb. 28, though their bodies were never recovered.

More than 30 others also were believed to have been inside, but the FBI has not identified them.

David Koresh, 33, the Branch Davidian cult’s leader, also is pre­sumed dead.

The other sections list m ost of the people who were in the com­pound Feb. 28 and were arrested that day, left subsequently or es­caped M onday’s fire.

In all sections, ages are listed where known. And unless a per­son is listed as “nationality un­known” or as some other nation­ality, he or she is believed to be a

US citizen.UNACCOUNTED FOR:Mary Jean Borst, 49.Pablo Cohen, 38, Israeli.Evette Fagan, 34, British.Lisa M arie Farris, 26.Dayland Gent, 3, Australian. Peter G ent, 24, Australian,

killed Feb. 28.Diana Henry, 28, British. Paulina Henry, 24, British. Phillip Henry, 22, British. Stephen Henry, 26, British. Vanessa Henry, 19, British. Zilla Henry, 55, British.Cyrus Howell, 8.Rachel H owell, 23.Star Howell, 6.Sherri Lynn Jewell, 23.David M ichael Jones, 30. Michelle Jones, 18.Perry Jones, age unknown, re­

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W ACO, Texas (AP) - They were the innocents. Trapped inside the prairiecompound’spink walls,they had no voices, no recourse, no pro­tector.

Seventeen young children, some of them just babies,had the hour of their deaths dictated by David Koresh, the religious zealot who was father to many of them and whocontrolledeveryaspectoftheir brief existence.

These children, none older than 10, “were absolutely underhis con­trol,” FBI special agent Jeff Jamar told reporters Tuesday in Waco. “Once he decided that this is what he was going to do, he was not going to let them go.”

Neither were thechildren’smoth- ers able or willing to disobey their leader’s plan. Jamar said the FBI had evidence that some cult mem­bers may have been killed inside the Branch Davidian compound before the flames reached them. More than 60 adult cult members, including Koresh, were believed dead in Monday’s inferno, and seven older youths are almost cer­tainly among the victims. Eight adults and a 17-year-old girl sur­vived.

In the aftermath, FBI agents said they wanted to ratchet up the pres­sure on Koresh, or break the re­solve of his followers. Maybe, fi­na lly , they would capitulate. Maybe, at least, they would set the children free.

From the start, the children were at the center of the standoff. They were the reason the FBI waited almost eight weeks before moving on Koresh, a 33-year-old high school drop-out who fathered sev­eral infants with womenhe claimed as his “wives.”

“We thought that their instincts, the motherly instincts would take place and that they would want their children out of that environ­ment,” FBI special agent BobRicks said Monday.

“That did not occur,” he said. “Unfortunately they bunkered down the children the best we can tell, and they allowed those chil­dren to go up in flames with them.”

Also victims were the 21 chil­dren who left the compound in the course of the standoff, ranging in age from 5 months to 12 years. Many lost their parents in the flames.

“Anytime that you have to talk to

children about the death of their parents, it’s difficult,” said Bob Boyd of Child Protective Services in Waco, which handled the cus­tody of the freed children. “Chil­dren shouldn’t have to go through that.”

U nlike the adult m em bers, youngsters and teen-agers had in most cases never known any other home than the isolated Branch Davidian compound

Cult members have said ch ik dren played in the compound pool, watched TV and raced around out­side, like “normal” kids. Attorney Dick DeGuerin, hired by Koresh’s mother to represent the cult leader, backed up that portrait.

“I saw no physical abuse of the children,” saidDeGuerin, who vis­ited the compound periodically during the siege. “I didn’t see any scared kids. I saw happy kids - kids that were at peace.”

But former partisans have de­scribed a stark world: one in which Koresh had sex with minors, in­cluding a 14-year-old girl who bore his child; one in which Koresh whipped the children in an under­ground bunker area known as “the spanking room.”

“There was in fact evidence of the mistreatment of children,” FBI Director William Sessions said Tuesday. “We know, for instance, from the beginning that some of those children were in fact wives to Mr. Koresh, that there were chil­dren who were bom to children. ... The pattern o f abuse was there and it was systematic.”

President Clinton, US.Attorney General Janet Reno and agents in charge have all said the children’s safety was largely what prompted the decision to move armored ve­hicles into the compound Monday.

“Mr. Koresh’s response to the demands for his surrender by fed­eral agents was to destroy himself and murder the children who were his captives,” the president said Tuesday. “He killed those he con­trolled, and he bears ultimate re­sponsibility for the carnage.”

Ms. Reno said reports that Koresh had abused children were among the primary reasons the FBI ended its waiting game.

“We had information, and I ’m not sure of the timing of the information, that the babies were being beatea I specifically asked, ‘Do you really mean babies?” said Ms. Reno, who said the reply was, “Yes, that he’s slapping the babies around.”

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determine the best future for sur­viving children orphaned by the fire. Thirty-six people, 21 of them children, had left the compound after the siege began. The state’s Child Protective Services divi­sion has custody of 11 of them; 10 others were released to relatives.

“Most of the 21 have lost at least one parent, and some have lost both parents in the fire,” said Stewart Davis, a spokesman for the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. “We are working to place these children

on a temporary and eventually a permanent basis that will be in their own best interests.”

At the compound, which the cultists sometimes had called “R anch A p o ca ly p se ,” ea rly searches indicated that some of them may have been killed by gunfire before the blaze began, Jamar said.

One body witha gunshot wound was found in the remains o f the buildings, but it was uncertain when that person was shot, Jamar said.

THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-9

Panel hits an titru st su it against US airlines

By James H. RubinW ASHINGTON (AP) - A con­gressional panel sharply criticized the Justice Department on Tues­day over a lawsuit that accuses US airlines of price fixing.

In a bipartisan attack, members of a House Public Works aviation subcommittee said government lawyers seem more interested in legal theory than the likelihood that millions of travelers will face confusion and higher fares as a result o f the case.

Committee Chairman James Oberstar, noting that the airline industry lost $10 billion over the last three years and that lower air fares are blamed by some for the red in k , q uestioned the government’s common sense.

“I f the airline industry had sus­tained greater losses over the past three years, more airlines would have disappeared from the scene and there would have been even less competition to benefit trav­elers,” he said.

Travel agents and consumer groups regard the lawsuit as a disaster, he added. “Against this ... we have only the intellectual theories of Justice Department lawyers.”

But other than “jawboning” the administration, panel members offered no suggestion for legisla­tive action to sidetrack the law­suit.

In a public hearing that was largely a Justice Departm ent bashing, groups representing consumers, airlines, travel agents and businesses attacked a pro­posed settlement of the suit by two of the eight airlines involved.

In the waning days of the Bush administration last December, the Justice Department concluded a three-year investigation by ac­cusing the airlines of sharing planned fare changes through a jointly owned computerized res­ervation system. The government said that enabled the whole indus­try to increase fares whenever any one carrier decided to do so.

The Clinton administration is continuing the case.

B a n c o r p p o s t s

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The totals came to almost $33 million, or $1.15 a share.

C hairm an H. H ow ard Stephenson said “we are pleased with the earnings in light of the slowdown in Hawaii’seconomy.” He said the results were “in line with our expectations.”

“Bancorp’s other markets, par­ticularly in thee Pacific islands and Asian rim, continue to posi­tively contribute to earnings,” he said.

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Special thanks is also extended out to CHC, most especially the ICU attending physicians and nurses, to our techa; Mrs. Rita M. Celis, our relatives and multitude of friends, as well as all others who have made this most difficult time of our lives lightened with the heavy burden we carry in our hearts. We will be eternally grateful for your presence during the nightly rosary, thebrief viewing, the mass, the placing of our .father to his final resting place, your condolences and assistance in our time of bereavement. Once again, many thanks and humble gratitude for sharing your time, support and comforting expressions with us.

In addition, the extended rosary is still being said at the same residence (Mrs. Magdalena Cabrera's Residence), at Afetna/San Antonio. The time has been moved up to 7:30 P.M. instead of 8:00 P.M. The final rosary will fall on Monday, April 2 6 ,1 9 9 3 , and it will be said at 12.00 Noon. The mass will be at 5:00 P.M. Monday at San Antonio Church. Then it shall be followed by a dinner at the family's residence.

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D o lla r tu m b les to 110 yen ;N Y g o ld d o w nNEW Y O R K (AP) - The US dollar tumbled Tuesday to the lat­est in a series of postwar lows against the Japanese yen, closing in on the psychologically impor­tant 110-yen level.

The dollar also fell against most major European currencies but m anaged to end unchanged against the German mark largely due to heavy cross-selling, in which traders sold marks mostly to buy yen and British pounds.

Gold slipped in New York after rising overseas. On the New York Commodity Exchange, gold for current delivery fell 40 cents a troy ounce to settle at $339.90. The R epublic N ational Bank quoted a late bid of $339.50, also off 40 cents.

Currency trading was light but volatile, with the dollar falling against the yen on Asian markets but then holding ground in New York.

Alison Gibbs, an analyst with MMS International, said that as the dollar nears the crucial 110- yen level, yen bulls are growing concerned that central banks might take action to stem the dollar’s decline.

Many market participants be­lieve that level is a floor used to guide in te rna tiona l currency policy. The United States and other major industrialized nations have expressed supportfor a lower dollar as a way to reduce Japan’s huge trade surplus.

Traders increasingly seem to be tom between selling yen to take profits or buy mg more yen in the hope the dollar will be driven even lower.

The dollar seemed to decline initially in New York on a Com­m erce Departm ent report that housing starts slumped 4.6 per­cent in March. But the market ultimately brushed off the slow­down in construction, which was caused by the Blizzard of ’93 and didn’t signal a worsening in eco­nomic conditions.

Some analysts also traced the dollar’s fall to a report of a $200 million sale by the Bank of Fin­land. The bank was said to have sold the dollars as the final leg of amulti-partdeal thatfirstinvolved buying yen, then selling the yen to buy dollars, and finally selling the dollars to buy marks.

“The best thing you can say about today is there was a lot of confusion,” Gibbs said.

In Tokyo, the dollar fell to an­other record low of 110.25 yen, down 0.75 yen from Monday’s close. Later in London, the dollar was quoted at 110.63 yen. In late afternoon trading in New York, the dollar was quoted at 110.55 yen, down from late Monday’s 111.10 yen.

In London, the British pound rose to dlrs 1.5427 from $1.5405 late Monday. In late afternoon New York trading, the pound fetched dlrs 1.5470, more than late M onday’s $1.5425.

Other late dollar rates in New York, compared with late Mon­day: 1.5970 German marks, un­changed; 1.4605.

N EW Y O RK (AP) - Foreign Exchange, N ew York prices. Rates for trades of $1 million minimum.

FOREIGN CURRENCY IN DOLLARS

TUE MON

DOLLAR IN FOREIGN CURENCY TUE MON

fArgent Peso Australia Doll A ustria Schlll cBelgium Franc Brazil Cruzeir Britain Pound

30day fwd 60day fwd 90day fwd

Canada Dollar 30day fwd 60day fwd 90day fwd

yChile Peso China Yuan Colombia Peso cCzechKoruna Denmark Krone ECUzEcudr Sucre dEgypt Pound Finland Mark France Franc Germany Mark

30day fwd 60day fwd 90day fwd

Greece Drachma Hong Kong Doll Hungary Forint ylndla Rupee Indnsia Rupiah Ireland Punt Israel Shekel Italy Lira J apan Yen

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Jordan Dinar Lebanon Pound Malaysia Rlngg zMexicoN.Peso N. Zealand Dol NethrlndsGulld Norway Krone Pakistan Rupee yPeru New Sol zPhilplns Peso Poland Zloty Portugal Escud aRusslaRuble Saudi Arab Rly Singapore Doll cSo.AfrlcaRand fSo.AfricaRand So. Korea Won Spain Peseta Sweden Krona Switzerlnd Fra

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Taiwan NT Thailand Baht Turkey Lira U.A.E. Dirham fUruguay Peso zVenzuel Bollv Yugoslav Dinar

1.0100.7187.0893.0306.00004

1.54951.54571.54221.5385

.7964

.7954

.7941

.7928

.002584

.1749

.001524

.0358

.16421.21990

.000547

.2989

.1820

.1860

.6277

.6249

.6226

.6203

.004604

.1294

.0116

.0322

.0004851.5299

.3720

.000655

.009063

.009063

.009063

.0090631.4874.000574.3890.323311.5400.5600.1484.0377.5405.0385.000063.006782.001272.2667.6175.3164.2154.001257.008677.1358.6863.6849.6839.6830.0386.03968.000104.2724.000259.0117.00195

1.0100.7163.0888.0301.00004

1.53951.53581.53201.5285

.7964

.7954

.7941

.7928

.002584

.1749

.001524

.0358

.16161.20530

.000547

.2989

.1814

.1851

.6253

.6226

.6202

.6180

.004579

.1294

.0117

.0322

.0004831.5229

.3731

.000655

.008993

.008993

.008993

.0089931 .4 8 7 4

.000574

.3883

.322789

.5404

.5516

.1464

.0377

.5348

.0386

.99011.3914

11.20432.72

27793.00.6454.6470.6484.6500

1.25571.25731.25931.2614

387.005.7190

656.20 27.95

6.0900.8197

1829.00 3.3455 5.4935 5.3770 1.5930 1.6003 1.6062 1.6121

217.20 7.7297

86.3531.010

2063.00 .6536

2.68791526.00

110.34110.34110.34110.34

.672311742.00

2.5710 3.0930 1.8519 1.7858 6.7370

26.551.850

25.98.000063 15892.006757 147.45.001284 786.00.2667 3.7495.6174 1.6195.3150 3.1605.2014 4.6425.001257 795.60.008647 115.25.1354 7.3624.6812 1.4570.6825 1.4601.6835 ■ 1.4621.6845 1.4642.0385 25.94.03956 25.20.000105 9604.00.2724 3.6715.000260 3862.00.0118 85.3500.00195 512.00

ECU: European Currency Unit, a basket of European currencies. The Federal Reserve Board’s Index of the value of the dollar against 10 other currencies weighted on the basis of trade was 90.12 Tuesday, off 0.34 points or 0.38 percent from Monday's 90.46. A year ago the index was 90.83 c-commercial rate, d-free market rate, f-financial rate, y-officlal rate, z- floating rate. Prices as of 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1900 GMT) from Telerate Systems and other sources.

.99011.3961

II.25633.20

27421.00.6496.6511.6527.6542

1.25571.25731.25931.2614

387.00 5.7190

656.2027.95

6.1890.8297

1829.02 3.3455 5.5135 5.4035 1.5992 1.6061 1.6123 1.6182

218.407.7307

85.1731.010

2069.02 .6566

2.68001526.00III.20111.20 111.20 111.20

.672311742.00

2.5753 3.0980 1.8505 1.8130 6.8305

26.531.870

25.9015830

148.00779.00

3.7495 1.6196 3.1750 4.9650

795.80115.65

7.38281.46811.46531.46301.4610

25.95 25.28

9565.00 3.6715

3852.01 85.0030

512.00

S p o t m e t a l p r i c e s

NEW Y O R K (AP) - Spot nonferrous metal prices Tuesday. Aluminum - 49.8 cents per lb London M etal Exch. Tue. Copper - 0.9555 dollars per pound.Lead - 32 cents a pound.Zinc - 48.25-52.36.per pound, delivered.Tin - - 3.7181 dollars per pound.Gold - 339.90 dollars per troy oz.Silver - 3.920 dollars per troy oz.Mercury - 205.00-210.00 dollars per 76 lb flask.Platinum - 367.00-369.00 dollars troy oz., N.Y. (contract).

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THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANDWIEWS-11

Business/Finance sSSSS··S u p r e m e C o u r t r u l i n g

Paper subscribers depreciable assetsB y R i c h a r d C a r e l l i

W ASHINGTON(AP)-The Su­preme Court said Tuesday that newspaper subscribers and other businesses’ no-contract custom­ers may be depreciable assets, a ruling that could cost the federal government billions in lost tax dollars.

The court, by a 5-4 vote, said

new owners may depreciate and seek tax deductions for such “in­tangible assets,” just like machin­ery or inventory, if their value and duration can be determined accu­rately.

In other decisions, the court:-Ruled unanimously that a fed­

eral ban on age discrimination does not necessarily bar employ­ers from firing older workers to

avoid paying them pensions. The court said in a case from Massa­chusetts that such fired employ­ees may sue under a federal pen­sion-protecting law.

-Resolved part of an old dis­pute over apportioning the North Platte River’s water by ruling that the US Bureau of Reclamation may continue diverting some for irrigation use by Nebraska resi­

dents.In the tax case, government law­

yers had argued that newspaper subscribers and business custom­ers not under contract are part of a company’s “good will” and can­not be depreciated under federal tax law.

But writing for the high court, Justice Harry A. Blackmun said that’s a matter best decided on a

case-by-case basis.B lackm un said the N ew ark

M o rn in g L e d g e r C o . “has. borne successfu lly its substan­tia l b u rd en o f p rov ing tha t ‘p a id su b sc rib e rs ’ constitu tes an in tan g ib le · asse t w ith an a sce rta in ab le value and a lim ­ited u sefu l life , the duration o f w hich can be ascertained w ith reaso n ab le accuracy .”

Asian markets close lowerH O N G KONG (AP) - Asian stockmarkets closed mostly lower Tuesday, with share prices in Tokyo continuing to fall as the US dollar sank to another record low against the Japanese yen.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 283.91 points, or 1.41 percent, closing at 19,828.43. The index had lost 185.52 points, or 0.91 percent, on Monday.* The Tokyo Stock Price Index

of all issues listed on the first section, which dropped 11.53 points, or 0.74 percent, the day before, was down 10.23 points, or 0.66 percent, to 1,543.34.

The dollar closed at 110.25 yen, the day’s low and down 0.75 yen from M onday’s finish and ¿so lower thanits overnight New York finish at 111.10 yen. It was the dollar’s lowest close in Tokyo since modem exchange rates were set up in the late 1940s.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index of blue-chips fell 41.61 points, or 0.6 percent, in moder­ate trading to close at 6,638.54.

Brokers attributed the drop to

reservations about the outcome of talks between Britain and China which start in Beijing Thursday on Hong Kong’s political future.

Elsewhere in Asia:Sydney: The Australian stock

market turned up Tuesday after­noon after three days of declines. The All-Ordinaries index of share prices closed at 1,703.6, up 7.2 points.

W ellington: The NZSE-40 capital index finished up 8.53 points, or 0.5 percent, at 1,597.89 in heavy trading driven by over­seas demand for forestry blue chips.

SEOUL: The Korea Compos­ite Stock Price Index was down 4.10 points to 721.66 on cautious investor sentiment.

Taipei: Taiwan share prices fell sharply Tuesday in hectic trad­ing, amid heavy selling pressure on finance stocks. The market’s weighted index plunged 129.05 points, or 2.8 percent, to close at 4448.43.

Manila: Manila shares edged lower Tuesday in moderate vol-

ume on continued profit-taking. The Manila composite index of 30 selected issues lost 13.84points to 1,554.81.

Bangkok: Prices fell in thin trad­ing, as players took profits or held off buying in anticipation of an announcement on prosecution of stock market manipulation cases by the Securities and Exchange Com m ission. The Stock E x­change of Thailand index fell 6.51 points to 884.22.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian share prices surged to a new high on the key index Tuesday in active trad­ing boosted by afternoon buying. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Ex­change Composite Index ended up 7.58 points at 672.53 points.

Singapore: Shares at the Stock Exchange of Singapore eased into m odest consolidation Tuesday, ending four straight days o f record-breaking gains. The Straits Times Industrials Index was 8.85 points down to 1,763.07.

Jakarta: The stock exchange composite index edged up 1.513 points, closing at 312.001.

N e w Y o r k c l o s i n g p r i c e s

NEW Y O RK (AP) - New York Stock Exchange closing prices Tuesday:A M R 6 5 1 - 4 A SA Ltd 4 0 1 - 2 A b tL a b s 2 6 7-8 A etnL I 5 1 5 - 8 A lcan 1 8 3 -8 A IdSgnl 67 3 -4 A Icoa 6 4 1 -2 A max 16 3 -8 A m H e s 53 7 -8 A Brand 31 3 -4 A E lP w 3 7 5-8 A m E xp 2 8 1 - 8 A G e n C p s 3 0 7 -8 A H om e 6 7 3 -8 A m S tr s 4 0 1 - 8 A T a n d T 5 7 7-8 A m o c o 57 7 -8 A n h e u s 5 0 1 - 8 A rm co 7 A sa rco 20 5-8 A shO il 26 3 -4 A tIRich 125 A v o n 5 7 1 - 2 B akrH u 26 3 4 B ankA m 5 0 1 4 B ankT r 75 3 4 B au sch L 4 9 3 4 B engtB 13-16 6 e thStl 1 8 3 4 BlackD 1 7 3 4 B o ein g 3 6 7-8 B oiseC .2 5 1 -8 B o rd en 2 5 1 -2 B rM yS q 62 B rnw k 13 5-8 B urlN th 5 8 1 4 CB I 27 5 -8 С BS 24 2 CIGNA 6 3 1 -2 С P C s 4 2 1 4

C SX 75 5-8 C a m p S p s 3 8 3 -8 C d n P c g 1 6 3 4 C ap C its 546 C a ie rp 6 1 1 -2 C erid ian 14 7-8 С hase 33 1 -8 C hm B nk 4 0 1 4 С hevm 83 7-θ С hlquta 14 1-2 C h iy s lr 4 0 1 -8 C iticorp 2 8 3 4 C o as ta l 2 7 1 -2 C o c a C Is 3 8 1-2 C o lgP al 58 7 -8 vjC oIG s 22 3 4 C m w E 2 9 1 -8 C o m sa t 5 9 1 4 C onE d 36 C onsN G 4 9 5-8 C o rn in g ln 3 4 1 4 C u rtW r 3 7 7 -8 D eere 56 5 -8 D eltaA ir 5 6 1 -2 D ialCp 3 7 1 -2 D igital 43 D ow C h 5 2 1 -2 D re s s r 21 3 -8 D u P o n t 5 2 1 4 E Kodak 5 4 3 4 E a to n 91 E n terg y 3 6 1 4 E xxon 66 5 -8 F MC 45 5 -8 FedNM 8 0 1 -8 F stC hlc 4 1 3 -8 F ln ts te 5 7 1 -2 F lem ng 32 F lu o r 43 F ordM 53 3 -8

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F a ll in g b o n d p r ic e s p u ll s to c k m a r t d o w nNEW YORK (AP) - The stock m arke t tum bled T uesday , weighed down by falling bond prices, more bad news about the US econom y and com puter- driven program trading.

Drug stocks were among the issues moving up.

A round of futures-related pro­gram selling pushed stocks lower Tueday afternoon in a session that already had a negative tone, said Hugh Johnson, chief invest­ment officer with First Albany Corp. financial firm.

But the primary focus o f the market was slipping bond prices, which were pushing interest rates higher. Rising interest rates offer investors alternatives to stocks, which means less money for the equity market.

Rising interest rates were help­ing to depress financial stocks.

Setting the day’s negative tone, the government said housing starts fell substantially more in March than most analysts had expected. Much of the drop, how­ever, was attributed to the late East Coast snow storm.

The sour news was in line with economic reports last week show­ing the recovery has not caught fire at the consumer level.

Investors are also unsettled by uncertainty surrounding the fate of President Clinton’s proposals for the economy, said Eugene Peroni, director of technical re­search at Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.

"But health-care stocks bucked the m arket’s trend and moved higher. The issues were depressed after taking a beating in recent weeks because of Clinton’s con­frontation with the industry over pricing.

Markets were mixed abroad, in Tokyo, the225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 1.41 percent. In London, the Financial Tim es- Stock Exchange 100-share index rose 0.9 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 23.50 to 3,443.49.

Declining issues outnumbered advances by about 9 to 5 on the New York Stock Exchange, with 690 up, 1,233 down and 585 un­changed.

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Japanese emperor to visit OkinawaB y E r l o T a l m a d g e

TOKYO (AP) - Since assuming the throne four years ago, Em­peror Akihito has criss-crossed Asia trying to lay to rest the lin­gering ghosts of Japan’s wartime past.

On Friday, Akihito turns his attention homeward to Okinawa, where some of W orld W ar IPs most ferocious land battles were waged.

Akihito will be the first Japa­nese monarch to set foot upon Okinawan soil, and his first stop will be at a graveyard for nearly 200,000 people who died in the name of his father, the late Em­peror Hirohito.

“I lost my husband and my brother in the war,” said Yuriko M inei, who is to lead Akihito and Em press M ichiko through a smaller/nemorial to 167 women and girls of the “Star Lily Bri­gade” who died in the war or committed suicide to avoid being captured by Americans.

“You never forget,” said Mrs. Minei, who is 82. “I will carry the pain with me to my grave.”

The imperial visithasbeen long in coming for Okinawa, which has often found itself treated like a poor cousin by the rest of Japan.

Partly because of security con­cerns, Okinawa was the only Japanese prefecture H irohito never visited after the war - a fact that still rankles many Okinawans.

The chain of 60 small, sub­tropical islands stretching be­tween Japan’s main islands and Taiwan was an independentking- dom that thrived cm trade with China and Southeast Asia until Japanese warriors invaded in 1609.

After centuries of paying both tribute to China and taxes to Japa­nese warlords, Okinawa was for­mally absorbed by Japan in the late 19th century and its king was forced to abdicate.

Older Okinawans are particu­larly bitter over Tokyo’s decision in the closing days of World War II to use Okinawa as a buffer against a US invasion of Japan’s four main islands.

R oughly a quarter m illion people, including 13,000 Ameri-

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Jeffery Little, 32.Douglas Wayne Martin, 42.Lisa Martin, 13.Sheila Martin, 15 Abigail Martinez; 11.Audrey Martinez, 13.Crystal Martinez, 3.Isaiah Martinez, 4.Joseph Martinez, 8.Juliete Santoyo Martinez, 30,

nationality unknown.Jillane Matthews, age and na­

tionality unknown.AlisonBemadette Monbelly, 31,

British.Melissa Morrison, 6, British. Rosemary Morrison, 29, British. Theresa Noberega, 48, British. Judy Schneider, 41.Mayanah Schneider, 2.Steve Schneider, 48.Michael Schroeder, 29, killed

Feb. 28.Laraine B. Silva, 40, British. Floracita Sonobe, 34, Filipino. Scott Kojiro Sonobe, 35.Aisha Gyarfas Summers, 17,

Australian. ^Gregory Allen Summers, 28. Startle Summers, 1. HollywoodSylvia,ageunknown. Lorraine Sylvia, 40.Rachel Sylvia, 13.Stanley Sylvia, age unknown. Doris Vaega, age unknown,

British.Margarida Joann Vaega, 47, na­

tionality unknown.Neal Vaega, 37.Jaydean Camwell Wendel,-age

unknown.Mark H. Wendel, age unknown. ARRESTED FEB. 28: Woodrow Kendrick, 63, in jail. Delroy Nash, Jamaican, in jail. LEFT COMPOUND AFTER

FEB. 28:Brad Branch, 35, in jail, charged

with conspiracy to murder. Livingston Fagan, United King­dom, in jail.

Oliver Gyarfas, 19, Australian, in jail.

Victorine Hollingsworth, 59. James Lawter, 70.Margaret Lawson, 76.

Sheila Judith Martin, 46, in half­way house.

Catherine Matson, 77.Gladys Ottman, 67.Anita Richards, age unknown,

British, in halfway house.Rita Fay Riddle, 35, in halfway

house.Ophelia Santoya, age unknown,

in halfway house.Kathryn Schroeder, 34. in jail.Kevin Whitecliff, 31, in jail.Najara Fagan, 4, British.Renae Fagan, 6, British.Heather Jones, 9.Mark Jones, 12.Kevin Jones, 11.Christyn Mabb, 10.Jacob Mabb, 9.Scott Mabb, 11.Daniel Martin, 6.James Martin, 10.Kimberley Martin, 4.Natalie Nobrega, 11, nationality

unknown.Bryan Schroeder, 3.Angelica Sonobe, 6.Crystal Sonobe, 3.Joshua Sylvia, 7.Jo Ann Vaega, 7, nationality un­

known.Jaunessa Wendel, age unknown.Landon Wendel, 4.Patron Wendel, age unknown.Tamarae Wendel, 5.

SURVIVED FIRE:Renos Avraam, 29, British, in

jail.Jaime Castillo,24, in jail, charged

with conspiracy to murder federal agents.

Graeme Leonard Craddock, 31, Australian, in jail.

Clive Joseph Doyle, 52, hospi­talized in good condition.

Misty Ferguson, 17, hospitalized in critical condition.

Derek Lloyd Lovelock, 37, Brit­ish, in jail.

Ruth Ellen Ottman, 29, also known as Ruth Ellen Riddle, hospi­talized in good condition.

Dave Thibodeaux, 24, in jail.Maijorie Thomas, 30, hospital­

ized in critical condition.

Cold W ar end b rin g s weapons race to A sia

B y E l a i n e K u r t e n b a c h

TOKY O (AP) - Instead of a peace dividend, the end of the Cold War has brought Asia a costly arms race that could accelerate if North Korea continues resisting controls on its nuclear program.

By reinforcing suspicions that it is developing nuclear arms, North Korea’s decision in March to drop out o f the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty appears to have agg rava ted an already growing potential for conflict in eastern Asia.

Many Asian nations have been building their military strength for years, recently aided by arms suppliers seeking new markets after the Cold War. Huge arms e x p en d itu re s by C hina , the region’s only nuclear power, gave its neighbors added incentive to buttress their own defenses and fill the vacuum left by a shrinking US military presence.

If North Korea succeeds in de­veloping nuclear weapons, some analysts believe countries such as Japan and South Korea may be

tempted to begin nuclear weap­ons programs as a deterrent.

In an arms face, perceived threats can be as costly as real ones.

“North K orea’s withdrawal poses a serious threat to many East Asian countries,” said Lin Yu-fang, director o f the Gradu­ate Institute o f International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University in Taiwan.

“W ith its m assive arm ed forces, North Korea can launch a war that would affect all nearby countries.”

North Korea insists its nuclear program is peaceful, and says it withdrew from the nuclear treaty to protect its sovereignty. The International Atomic Energy Agency has referred the issue to the UN Security Council, which may consider sanctions if the North Koreans do not rescind the withdrawal before it becomes official on June 12.

By further isolating them ­selves, however, North Korea’s reclusive Communist mlers sent a warning signal to China, Japan

and South Korea. In East Asia, North Korea is the perennial wild card. The most recent military conflict in the region began when the North Koreans invaded the capitalist South in 1950, starting a war that lasted three years. The Koreas have never signed a peace treaty.

Since the Korean War, a tenu­ous-balance between northeast^ A sia’s military powers - Chinaf the Soviet Union and the United States - has kept peace in the region.

Reports from North Korea of 1.5 million volunteers for a “sa­cred war” to reunite the Korean Peninsula, divided at the end of W orld W ar n , worry the Koreans south of the demilitarized zone.

Even children in Pyongyang schoolyards can be seen practic­ing army drills. “Korea is a dangerous p lace,” said Bob Broadfoot, an analyst at the Po­litic a l and Econom ic R isk Consultancy in Hong Kong. “This is not fabricated. It is a real risk, and the w orld shou ldn’t be

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1 FRONT OFFICE MANAGER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,750 per month.1 (SPORTS INSTRUCTOR) CLUBMATE - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $580 per month.1 CLUBMATE (SPORTS INSTRUC­TOR) - High school grad., 2 yrs. expe­rience. Salary $5.35 - $6.00 per hour.1 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience! Salary $3.00 per hour.1 DISHWASHER-High school equlv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 - $2.85 per hour.4 HOUSEKEEPING CLEANER - High school equlv., 2yrs. experience. Salary $2.40 - $2.80 per hour.1 WAITER/WAITRESS, REST. - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.40 - $2.75 per hour.Contact: INTERPACIFIC RESORTS dbaPACIFICISLANDSCLUB.P.O. Box 2370, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 7976/ext. 5121/5122 (4/29JTH/4456.

1 ASSISTANT MANAGER - College grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $6.50 per hour.Contact:'J & S CORPORATION, P.O. Box 5212 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3078 (4/29)TH/011042.

1 ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER- College grad, must have 2 yrs. experi­ence with commercial and/or sports fishing operation. Salary$2,000-$4,000 per month.Cbntact: DAIWA LEISURE FISHING SAIPAN INC, P.O. Box 2000, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-0533 (4/29)TH/ 4457.________________________

1 ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER-High school grad, must have 2 yrs. experi­ence with dress shop and/or boutique operation. Salary $5.77 per hour. Contact: HIROKOMIYAGAWAdbaSEA SHELL PICK CO. INC, P.O. Box 2786, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7199 (4/29)TH/4459. ________

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1 ACCOUNTANT1 PLANNING ENGINEER - College grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.20- $8.00 per hour.1 PROCUREMENT MANAGER - Col­lege grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 - $2,000 per month.Contact: LUCKY DEVELOPMENT CO, LTD, Caller Box PPP 681, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-7341/2/3 (4/29)TH / 011031.

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11NTERNALAUDITOR-College grad, 2yrs.experience. Salary$1,200-$2,000 per month.Contact: DYNAMIC CORE GROUP, INC , P.O. Box 30§2 PR 174, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-8266/234-5262 (4/29)TH/011032.

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2 REF. MECHANIC - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15-$3.50 per hour.1 BUILDING MAINTENANCE - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 -$3.00 per hour.Contact: TORRES REFRIGERATION INC, P.O. Box 714, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6098 (4/29)TH/011045.

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6 CONSTRUCTION LABORER 1 STEEL WORKER (Sheet Metal)1 ELECTRICIAN2 PLUMBER -High school grad. 2 yrs experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $4.04 per hour.Contact: J.C. INVESTMENT INC, Caller Box AAA 295, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234-2256/57 (4/22)TH/10986.

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1 CHEF DE CUISINE -High school grad. 3 yrs. experience. Must be able to speak, read and write English and Japanese languages. Salary: $1,500- 4,000 per month.Contact: HOTEL NIKKOSAIPAN, INC. dba HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, P.O. Box 5152CHRBSaipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 322-3311 (4/22)TH/004380.________

1 SALESPERSON (WAREHOUSE) - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.75 per hour.Contact: PEARL RIVER CORP., P.O. Box 3052 Saipan, MP 96950.(4/22)TH/ 10985.________________________

1 SALES CLERK -High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $5.00 per hour. Contact: DFS SAIPAN, P.O. Box 528 Saipan, MP 96950. (4/22)TH/004373

I SHORT ORDER COOK -High school equiv. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.Contact: PS ENTERPRISES (PEDRO C. SABLAN) dba IN & OUT CAFE, P.O. Box 2785 Saipan, MP 96950. No phone calls. (4/22)TH/004379.___________1 SHOP SUPERVISOR - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $4.05 per hour.Contact: CAMILO A. ORALLO dba UNIVERSAL IRON WORKS, P.O. Box 1751 Gualo Rai, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3701 (4/29)TH/011040.

3 BEAUTICIAN - High school equlv, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.45 per hour.Contact: EVELYN'S ENTERPRISES dba YOUNG IMAGE SALON AND SUPPLIES, Caller Box PPP 687, Saipan, MP 96950 (4/29)TH/011039.2 KITCHEN HELPER - High school equlv, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: MRS. JOSIE B. ESPINOSA dba THE EMERALD ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 1501 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-1174 (4/29)TH/011043.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - College grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,500 per month.Contact: KIMO L. GOTTWALD dba GOTTWALD INT. INC, P.O. Box 2122, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-3665 (4/29)TH/011036._______________

1 COMPUTER (MICROFILM) OPERA­TOR - High school grad, 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary $2.35 per hour.Contact: JARIDON, INC, P.O. Box 2330, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 6651 (4/29)TH/4455.

1 FRONT DESK CLERK - High school grad, 2yrs.experience. Salary$2.15- $2.50 per hour.Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO, LTD dba SAIPAN DIAMOND HOTEL, P.O. Box 66, Susupe, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-5900 ext. 266 (4/29)TH/ 4434.________________________

1 MATERIAL COORDINATOR - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.50 - $5.00 per hour.Contact: BROTHER CORPORATION, P.O. Box 1984, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8672. (4/29)TH/011035.

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1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.60 - $4.30 per hour.1 BEAUTICIAN - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.50 per hour.Contact: RET ENTERPRISES, INC. dba LE MARJ BEAUTY SALON, P.O. Box 979, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6424 (5/6)TH/01128.

1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$840permonth. 1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 per hour. 1 PLUMBER - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.25 per hour. Contact: VESTCOR REAL ESTATE LTD, P.O. Box 2408, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-3793 (5/6)TH/011104.

1 SALES PERSON - High school grad,2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: VICENTE C. NATIVIDAD CASTRO dba V & N FISHING ENTER­PRISE, P.O. Box 2325, Saipan, MP 96950 (5/6)TH/011133.

16 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.70 per hour.2 COOK - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.60 per hour.1 CUTTER, MACHINE - High school grad,2 yrs.experience. Salary$2.15- $2.65 per hour.Contact: UNO MODA CORP., P.O. Box 1847, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 1861/2 (5/6)TH/4572.____________

1 DESIGNER ARTIST - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 - $3.00 per hour.1 SIGN PAINTER - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.50 per hour.Contact: JESUS B. YUMUL dba YCO CORPORATION, P.O. Box 932, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-9850/7425 (5/ 6)TH/4567.

2 BARBER - High school equlv, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: GENEROSO D. HUERTAS SR. dba GENE'S BARBER SHOP & BEAUTY SALON, P.O. Box 132 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-6662 (5/6)TH/011101.

1 TOUR GUIDE - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 - $7.50 per hour.2 SALES PERSON (GENERAL MER­CHANDISE) - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.75 per hour.Contact: TASI TOURS & TRANS­PORTATION, INC, P.O. Box 1023, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-9373 (5/6)TH/4568.

1 ASSISTANT MANAGER - College grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 1,500 per month.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - College grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,800 per month.Contact: CNS CORPORATION, P.O. Box 5075, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-1800/03 (5/6)TH/011102.

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1 PROJECT SUPERVISOR - High school grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $700 per month.2 ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTER - Col­lege grad, 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 per month.Contact: HERMAN B. CABRERA dba HERMAN B. CABRERA & ASSOCI­ATES, P.O. Box 1421, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-1778 (5/6)TH/ 011103.

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PUBLIC NOTICEIn the Superior Court of the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

ADOPTION CASE NO. 93-29

In the matter of the Petition for Adoption of:MELCO DIZO N PANALIGAN

> JR.,Minor,

by: HARLEY DONAL HENSLEY and R IZ A L IN D A D IZ O N HENSLEY,

Petitioners.

NOTICE OF HEARINGNotice is hereby given that on May 6, 1993, Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. in the Courthouse of the Superior C ourt in S u su p e , Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the petitioner will petition the Court to adopt the aboved-named minor.Dated this 20th day of April, 1993.

/s/ Reynaldo O. Yana Attorney for Petitioners

______ 4/22(011100)

PUBLIC NOTICEIn the Superior Court of the Common­wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

CIVIL CASE NO. 93-392

In the Matter of the Estate of:KINJITAKEUCHI.

Deceased

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The petifion of Hideo Sugiyama seeking to be appointed as Administrator of the Estate of Kinji Takeuchi, deceased, set for hearing beforetheSuperiorCourt, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on the 20th day April, 1993, at 1:30 p.m. is now being reschedule for May 27th, 1993, at 1:30 p.m.

Any person who has any objection to this petition may file his or her objec­tion with the Commonwealth Superior Court at any time before the hearing, or may appear at the time set for hearing to present such objection or interest in the above-captioned matter. The attorney of record is James H. Grizzard, at Caller Box PPP, Suite 374, Saipan, MP 96950.

Notice id hereby given by the un­dersigned to the creditors of, and all per­sons having claims against, the Estate of Kinji Takeuchi, or against the Deceased Kinji Takeuchi, that within sixty (60) days after the publication of this notice, they must file their claims with the Clerk of Court of the Superior Court, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or forever be barred,Dated this 14th day of April, 1993.

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Born today, you a re a ttrac ted to all things in life which m ake use of your v ibran t personality and considerable d ram atic talents. You are one of those ra re individuals who never suffers from insecurity or doubt when faced with the prospect of speaking before others; your way with words is likely to be legendary — and your presence is no doubt sought a t all the best func­tions. You are quite adept a t working e ither on your own or in concert with others.

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can soldiers, died in Okinawa in Japan’s last stand.

The rift deepened after the war, when Okinawa was turned over to the United States. It remained a US territory until 1972,20 years after the occupation of the rest of the Japan ended.

Having remained a US military outpost while Japan underwent its economic miracle, Okinawa is now the nation’s poorest province - its average income only about half that in Tokyo.

Even so, there are signs of a rapprochement.

Unlike Hirohito, now known posthumously as Emperor Showa, Akihito is no stranger to Japan’s southernmost prefecture.

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complacent.”South Koreans fear a desperate

strike by the North if it becomes too isolated. Some South Korean scholars say a nuclear weapons program in the N orth could prompt the South and Japan to respond in kind.

Officials in Seoul say the gov- emmentremains dedicated to rid­ding all Korea of nuclear weap­ons.

Intelligence reports that North Korea may have missiles capable of striking western Japan have led the Japanese to begin reassessing defense strategy.

Japanis in the midst of a lengthy program to upgrade the military, although its constitution p re ­scribes a strictly defensive role.

As the only nation to have suf­fered atomic attack, Japan has a policy against making or using nuclear weapons. But its decision to go ahead with a costly nuclear- energy program fueled with plu­tonium, which can be used to make weapons, has raised questions about its plans.

Elsewhere in Asia, reductions in the US military presence have led increasingly affluent and as­sertive Asian nations to shop for new arsenals in a buyer’s market for arms.

In China, military spending has grown steadily since 1988. A draft budget announced in M arch would raise it again by 12.5 per­cent, to dlrs 7.5 billion. Beijing believes it needsa modem, strong military to project the image of a major power. The Gulf War fur­ther persuaded military leaders to hasten the improvement of weap­ons and technical training.

China has beenshopping among former Soviet republics for ad­vanced armaments now going at fire-sale prices. It bought fighter planes from Russia and was said to be bargaining for an aircraft carrier from Ukraine until the Russians said they would not sup­ply parts.

Foreign Minister Qian Qichen defended the military spending by observing that Western na­tions spend more. He said there is no need for an arms race in Asia.

Taiwan, viewed by China as a renegade province, has built a sophisticated arsenal that includes 150 F -16 fighters from the United States.

LA S V EG A S (AP) - W orld- ranked heavyweight Alex Garcia o f N orth H ollyw ood, C alif., stopped Eric Curry o f Detroit in the 12thround of theirmain event Tuesday night at the Riviera Ho­tel. _____

Garcia, 32-1 with 26 knock­outs, halted Curry, 21-3 with 12 knockouts, with a left hook and a right to the head that prompted referee Richard Steele to end the bout at 38 seconds of the 12th.

Garcia, ranked No. 5 by the

W orld Boxing Council and World Boxing Association and No. 8 by the International Boxing Federa­tion, knocked down Curry in the fourth with a right lead to the head.

Garcia, who was ahead on one

of the three judges’ scorecards and even on the other two through 11 rounds, came on strong the final three rounds of the bout. Garcia, 215, hurt Curry, 235, late in the 11th with a flurry to the head.

C i n c i n a t i . . .on strikeouts - now has fanned 10 or more 32 times in his career.

Cubs 2, Astros 1 In C h icago , M ike H arkey

pitched seven strong innings, and Dwight Smith had three hits and scored both runs for Chicago.

Mark Grace and Derrick May had RBI singles for the Cubs.

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later scored on Jeff Bagwell’s double play grounder. Randy Myers, fourth Chicago pitcher, got his fourth save.

Harkey struck out out four and walked five in winning his sixth straight decision and raising his career mark against the Astros to 4-0 with a 0.96 ERA. M ark Portu­gal (1-1) gave up two runs on six hits and three walks in six in- nings, while striking out one.

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and raced to a 5-0 lead in the second set. He let Leconte, play­ing brilliant tennis at times and error-laden tennis at others, even it at 5-5.

” 1 got off to a little bit-of a shakey start but Henri played w ell,” Edberg said. ‘’Then I started to get into a groove and I got up five-love. Then I don’t want to talk about the rest. ’ ’

Still the Swede took the next

two games and easily won th» third to move into the third round. Edberg and Medvedev are headed to a quarterfinal confrontation if both keep winning.

In;first-round matches, Aaron Krickstein. who lost in the final' last year to Austrian Thomas Muster, beat No. 13 seed Henrik Holm of Sweden, 6-1, 6-2. Paul Haarhuis o f the Netherlands de­feated Swede Thomas Enqvist.

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Lakers smother Timberwolves

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M IN N EA PO LIS (A P) - An­thony Peeler, Doug Christie and Tony Smith gave the Los Angeles L akers’ starting backcourt a breather even as they smothered the Minnesota Timberwolves.

“We ’re trying to keep the pedal dow n,” Lakers coach Randy Pfund said Tuesday night after his young guard trio played the entire fourth quarter and helped Los Angeles pull away for a 107- 95 victory.

“We wanted to force it by run­ning. I thought Anthony was' par­ticularly active tonight. And Doug and Tony are very athletic, rangy players. We seemed to gain when we threw them out there.”

Said Minnesota coach Sidney Lowe, whose team has lost 10 consecutive games: “They pick up the defense and they like to run.They pushed theball, attacked our defense and m ade us backpedal. Their starting unit plays more set-up and we were able to handle that. Their young

guys played b etter than their starters.”

Their young guys played better than Minnesota’s starters, too, “and that was the difference in the game,” Lowe said.

Peeler, the Lakers’ No. 1 draft pick, had been listed as question­able with a hip pointer but scored five of his 18 points during a 7-0 run that gave the Lakers an 88-80 lead with 6{ minutes to go. M in­nesota got no closer than six points the rest of the way.

C hristie , the S ea ttle f irs t- rounder whoserefusal to sign with the SuperSonics forced a Feb. 22 trade to Los Angeles, scored four of his eight points in the final quarter. And Smith, the Lakers’ second-round pick in 1990, scored all four of his points in the period and played superb defense on Timberwolves forw ard Chuck Person.

None of the three guards started, but all played the entire fourth period for the Lakers, who were led by A.C. G reen’s 20 points.

Los Angeles got 55 points from

its reserves.“Right now, w e’re resting guys

in advance of the playoffs,” said Sedale Threatt, the starting point guard who had 16 points and six assists in 25 minutes. “But at the same time, we definitely want to move ahead of the Clippers into that seventh spot and those young guys really contributed.”

The Lakers remained 1 { games behind the Clippers in the race to avoid having to play the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the play­offs. The Lakers have three games left, the Clippers two.

Christian Laettner and Doug West each had 20 points for the Timberwolves, who haven’t won since beating the Lakers on March 31. They have been outscored by an average of 112-96 during the0-for-April skid.

“Losing is one thing,” said Per­son, who is averaging only 10 points in April. “But going out there night after night and losing the same way ... I ’ve never had such a draining season.”

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In Pittsburgh,Tim Belcherpitched a three-hitter, and Barry Larkin continued his assault on slumping Pittsburgh with three hits and two RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pirates 5-0 Tuesday night.

Belcher (1-1) held die Pirates to three singles after allowing 14 hits and 10 earned runs over eight innings i· Ajjis first two starts. He struck out lin e and walked one, im proving his career record against Pittsburgh to 9-4.

Belcher’s last complete game and shutout was last May 10,6-0 over Chicago.

Larkin, who left the game with a thumb injury in the seventh in­ning, also scored from second base on a passed ball as the Pirates lost their fourth consecutive game. Larkin, 14-for-28 against Pitts­burgh last season, is now 8-for-l 1 in his career against Randy Tomlin (0-1).

Tomlin sustained his first ca­reer loss in April. He had been 6- 0 over the last two seasons in the first month.

Braves 5, Marlins 4In Miami, Greg Maddux pitched

well until the ninth inning, and helped himself with an RBI single as Atlanta hung on to beat Florida.

He carried a 5-1 lead into the ninth, but Benito Santiago fol­

lowed a leadoff double by Orestes Destrade with the first homer ever by a Marlin at Joe Robbie Sta­dium. Alex Arias hit his first ca­reer homer one out later to finish Maddux (2-1).

Mike Stanton came on to get his sixth save. Maddux worked 8 1-3 innings, allowing seven hits and three walks while striking out seven.

Ryan Bowen (1-1) walked the bases loaded to begin the fourth, and Mark Lemke drove in a run with a grounder. Maddux fol­lowed with a run-scoring single. One out later, Jeff Blauser hit an RBI grounder.

Expos 7, Dodgers 3In Montreal .Torrid rookie Mike

Lansing tied a club record with three doubles, and drove in four runs in support of Chris Nabholz as Montreal beat Los Angeles.

Lansing, who made the club out o f spring tra in ing from Double-A, is hitting. 418 with three homers and 14 RBIs.

Larry Walker added a two-run homer and rookie Wil Cordero a solo shot as the Expos raked Tom Candiotti (0-2) for six runs in 5-2- 3 innings.

Nabholz (1 -0), who entered the game with a 9.82 ERA, pitched no-hit ball until Jose Offerman singled with two out in the fifth. Nabholz gave up two runs on four

hits, struck out six and walked none in seven innings.

He failed to retire the first three batters in the eighth and was re­lieved by Mel Rojas. He allowed an RBI grounder by rookie Mike Piazza and a two-run double by Eric Karros.

Giants 4, Mets 1 (11)In New York, Barry Bonds hit a

two-run homer in the G iants’ three-run 11th inning, and San Francisco ended a six-game los­ing streak against New York. Darren Lewis opened the 11th with a triple off Mike Maddux (0- 1), the third New York pitcher. Will Clark singled to break a 1-1 tie, and one out later Bonds homered over the center field fence, his fourth this season.

Dave Righetti (1-0), pitched a hitless 10th. Rod Beck earned his fifth save, retiring all three batters in the 11th.

Bill Swift allowed only one hit through seven innings, striking out three and walking one. He retired thefinal 13 batters he faced before being lifted for a pinch- hitter in the eighth.

The M ets’ Sid Fernandez had a National League season-high 14 strikeouts while limiting the G i­ants to three hits over eight in­nings. The left-hander who re­tired 10 straight at one point - five

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B eck er loses $1.65M M onte C arlo to R osset

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M O N T E C A R L O , M onaco (AP) - Boris Becker made an­other early exit from a clay- court tournament and looked to the future as he lost to Olympic cham pion M arc R osset the $1.65 m illion M onte Carlo Open.

Rosset, of Switzerland, beat the th ree -tim e W im bledon champion7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Stefan Edberg, the top seed, came from behind to beat France’s Henri Leconte in a second-round match, 3-6,7-5, 6-1.

Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine continued his hot clay-courtplay with a 6 4 , 6-0, victory over Tom Nijssen of the Netherlands.

In the last match of the day, Andrei Cherkasov o f Russia eliminated No. 4 seed Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia, 6 4 ,6 -3 .

Becker lost in the second round o f the Nice tournament last week on his return to the circuit after being out almost two months because of viral infections.

4 ’The problem is that I didn’t play a tournament in seven-eight weeks,” Becker said. ” My problem now is that I start again on clay which, even if I am in good shape, it is a bit harder for me than on any other court. ’ ’

Becker, ranked no. 4 in the world, looked ahead to more clay-court play

4 ’You know I am going to try again next week (in Madrid) and hope I am going to play a little bit better and build slowly from there because the main goal is the French Open, not Nice or M onte Carlo’ ’

After receiving a first-roound bye, it was Becker’s first match o f the tournam ent. I t w as Becker’s third opening-match loss in Monte Carlo and the 10th in 36 clay court tourna­ments in his career.

Rosset, matching big services with Becker, was a bit steadier from the baseline and took the

first-set tiebreak with four con­secutive points after being tied 3-3.

4’I had chances, o f course, serving fo r the first set at 5-3 .1 was a long game and all o f a sudden th e gam e tu rned around,” Becker s a id .4’In the tiebreaker he hit three or four' very close calls which went his way. Then in the second set it was close until 3-all.”

In the second set Rosset used a between-the-legs return to hold on to his serve in the sixth game.

Rosset was at the net and Becker lobbed over R osset’s head.

The Swiss ran it down and delivered a winning shoot past Becker approaching the net. Even B ecker applauded as Rosset raised his arms m ore in disbelief.

After that B.ecker didn’t win another game as Rosset broke the G erm an’s serve twice.

Rosset lost his first round match at Nice the week before.

4 ’Last week it was my first play on clay and I was playing an opponent (Javier Sanchez) who was running a lot and play­ing a lot,” said Rosset. 4’If I play against an attacking player I feel more patient.”

He is ranked 26 th in the world.Ivanisevic lost for the second

time in three matches on clay. He bowed in the second round at Nice and was so angry he refused to go the press confer­ence and was fined $1,000 by the ATP Tour.

He continued his poor play, having 37 unforced errors com ­pared to Cherkasov’s 11.

Medvedev, the No. 7 seed, won the last seven games as he used his pow erful grounds stroke to force Nijssen into er­rors in the second round match.

Edberg, who lost in the semi­finals at Nice to Marc Goellner, a German qualifier, dropped the first set before he got rolling

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