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Wage hike delay looms By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

THE BILL seeking to delay the upcoming minimum wage in­crease may yet get Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio's approval, this was learned yesterday.

In a press statement, Tenorio said he is now inclined to sign

House Bill 9-493 into law after receiving new information from his staff.

Earlier, the governor sald he may possibly veto the bill owing to concerns about its possible impact on the government's rev­enue collections.

A major consideration was that

Tenorio brother given .design contract anew

By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

A F1RM owned by a brother of Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio has cor­nered' yet another design con­tractfor a construction job at the Pueno Rico Dump area, this was learned.

Sec. Edward M. DL. Guerrero, the contract was given to JCT A just over two weeks before the deadline.

postponing the wage hike might cause a dent in the government's income tax base.

Yesterday, he indicated a change of heart on the matter after he had his advisers review the legislation's possible impact.

"The more information I re­ceive from my staff, the more it looks like I will have to sign the bill into law," said the governor. "At this time, it looks more like I will approve the bill rather than vetoing it, as I thought I would earlier."

According to the chief execu­tive, there was information he didn't have at the time when he said he was going to veto it.

H.B. 9-493, which is currently on the governor's desk for signa­ture, seeks to defer by six months the implementation of the next 30-cent wage hike scheduled to

Froilan C. Tenorio

take effect this coming January 1st.from thecurrent$2.75 to$3.05 per hour.

The increase was pursuant to PublicLawS-21, which provides for a yearly increase up to the $4.25 federal wage level by the

year 2000. But acting on a request of the

Wage and Salary Review Board, the Legislature passed H.B. 9-493 to reset the effectivity date of the next hike to July 1st.

The postponement was to give the Board ample time to come up with a more justifiable recom­mendation, one backed with suf­ficient infonnation from the mid­decade census.

In an earlier statement, Board Chairman Joaquin S. Torres said the board needs to wait for census data to be able to make a more informed decision on the wage issue.

He added that such informa­tion would be vital in deter­mining whether the increases under the wage law could be absorbed by the Common­wealth economy. But the Department of Public

Works quickly came up brush­ing off any insinuations of fa­voritism or impropriety about

He said the design contract was awarded through an emer­gency procurement scheme au­thorized by both the Depart­ment of Public Works and the Procurement and Supply Divi-sion. .

Although the award was not ?oliticians disclose poll spending

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the contract award. Juan C. Tenorio and Associ­

ates was given the $142,000 contract early this month to do plans for the fencing and slope stabilization work necessary prior to the actuai closure of the dump.

The des.ign, which is required by the US Environmental Pro­. tection Agency, was finished . and the plans were promptly su brnitted to the EPA before the Dec. 15 deadline.

According to Public Works

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preceded by the usuai bidding procedures, Guerrero defended the deal saying the arrangement was necessary due to the urgent need for the plan and on the belief that JCT A was ·uniquely qualified to do the job.

He brushed off any insinua­tions that the decision was based on the contractor's connections.

Earlier, another firm con­nected to Juan C. Tenorio.­Commonwealth Architects and Engineers - was given a con-

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Lt. Gov .. Jesus C. Borja smiles as he welcomes visiting royalty, Princess Ashi Ke sang Wangmo Wangchuck of the Kmgdom of Bhu~an. The princess, who is on a private trip to Saipan, paid a courtesy call on Borja and Gov. Froi/an C. Tenono yesterday. (PIO Photo)

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Manglona, Torres, Morgen top spenders By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

SENATOR Paul Manglona is the biggest election spender, disburs­ing a total of $35,000 during the Nov. 4 elections.

David Rios spent the least at only $40.

Senator-elect Juan P. Tenorio received the biggest monetary contribution in the amount of $30,005. He spent $28,557.

These figures were gathered from campaign contribution and expenditure reports submitted by the candidates to the Board of Elections.

The next biggest spender, records showed, was candidate for House of Representatives Jack Torres with a total election ex­penditure of $34,140.

Tailing Torres was David Apatang, who spent $30,381; fol­lowed by Luis Crisostomo, $30,221.

The candidates' expenditures covered food, television, radio, and newspaper campaign, post­ers, streamers and other printed materials, rent of room facilities, and various equipment and dona­tions to constituents.

Big expenditures did not assure victory for the candidates. Torres, the second biggest spender, for instance, did not make it.

On the other hand, some candi­dates who did not spend much made a good showing during the elections. Re-elected Rep. Malua Peter, for example, spent only $6,777 and Rep. Pete Reyes, $10,730.

Senatorial candidates were ex-

pected to have spent more be­cause they went on island-wide campaigns.

However, there were candidates for the lower house who spent as much as or even more than some senatorial candidates did.

Congressman-elect Rosiky Camacho spent $26,921, while senatorial candidate Juan De ma pan's expenditure regis­tered at $22,756 while reelected Sen. David Cing spent $14,037.

In-kind contributions include foods, cans of beer and soda, leaf­lets and streamers, and free use of room facilities.

Big business establishments were among the candidates' big­gest bankrollers, records showed.

Of72 official candidates, only 40 beat the Dec. 24 deadline for submission of financial statements to the Board of Elections

Under the law, candidates are Continued on page 8

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2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- DECEMBER 28, 1995

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Bill Clinton

TOKIO (AP) - President Clinton's trip to Japan, which was !XJS!pOflcd at the last minute in November, will take place next April 16-18, the Japanese Foreign Ministry anoounced Tuesday.

Clinton will meet Japanese Prime

realfmning theimporumceof the U.S.- F Japan security alfumcc. I

That alliance has been under stress i since September, when three U.S. ser- I i

vicemen allegedly raped a schoolgirl r_ '1·

on Okinawa, the southern island where about two-thirds of the 47,CXXl U.S. , troops in Japan are oosed. i .

Clinton hoo planned to visit Osaka, !j \ Japan, in November to attend the an- i I \ nual swnmit meeting of the Asia-Pa- Li 'I cific Economic Cooperation forum. ii 1,as, ......... ...., ... "" ,,..,.,..._

That trip was also to have included a I ' meeting with Murayama in Tokyd. · ' i f

But the president was foiced lO can­cel his trip due to the budget barrle in Washington with congressional Re­publicans. Vice President Al Gore at­tended the APEC summit in Clinton's plxe.

The two sides considered reschedul­ing the trip for January butcouldn 'lfind a good time.

US coilllllander of NATO to Ineet with Serb leader By HILARY APPELMAN

TUZLA, Bosnia­Herzegovina (AP) - The American commanding Bosnia's peacekeeping force will shun the Bosnian Serbs' top political and military lead­ers Tuesday at a meeting he has set with other rebel offi­cials.

Radovan Karadzic remains the leader of the rebel Serbs and Gen. Ralko Mladic their military commander. But a U .N. war crimes tribunal has indicted them on charges of genocide, and a spokesman for Adm. Leighton Smith said the U.S. commander will avoid contact with the two.

All war crimes suspects are subject to arrest on sight by members of the NATO-led

force assigned to keep the peace in Bosnia.

Smith, who heads the NATO-led mission, "does not wish to meet Mister Karadzic or General Mladic," said a spokesman for the mission, Maj. Simon Haselock.

The American was sched­uled to meet at 12:30 p.m. (2300 GMT) with Momcilo Kraiisnik, a senior aide to Karadzic in Pale, 15 kilome­ters (nine miles) southeast of Sarajevo.

Haselock said that the trip had two purposes - establish­ing personal contact with Serb politic al leaders and promot­ing freedom of movement over former front lines, as called for by the peace agreement signed Dec. 14 in Paris.

Smith has "instructed the Serbs that he expects journalists based in Sarajevo to be permitted to travel to Palewithoutfirstseek­ing any kind of prior authority from the Serbs themselves," Haselock said.

In Sarajevo, both Bosnian gov­ernment and Serb troops pulled back from front lines as NATO soldiers positioned themselves between the warring factions.

Local armies have been given until midnight Wednesday (2300 GMT)_ one week since NATO formally took over from a U.N. peacekeeping force - to complete their preliminary withdrawals.

In all, 60,000 NATO-led troops are taking positions in Bosnia to enforce a U.S.-brokered peace accord that seeks to end Europe's deadliest war since World War II.

Students bow their heads in mourning as the hearse bearing assassinated Chinese business tycoon Leonardo Ty passes by during his funeral at Makati in Manila. Hundreds of Students and supporters from Chinese community here turned out to bid farewell to Ty, 82, who was assassinated by the dreaded Alex Boncayao Brigade, the hit squad of the Manila-based break-away faction of the Communist Party of the Philippines. (AP Photo)

The United States, Britain and France have the largest contin­gents, and their troops make up more than two-thirds of the force.

Two or three companies of French soldiers -300 to 400 troops - were positioning themselves between the warring factions in areas around Sarajevo that were being demilitarized.

Troops celebrated a muddy first Christmas in Bosnia: British troops held a traditional Christ­mas dinner in Sarajevo's Zetra stadium, next to sprawling cem­eteries.

British officers, dressed in Christmas hats and wearing tinsel around their necks, served tur­key, stuffing, sausages and mince pies to British troops of the 7th Signal Regiment.

Americans enjoyed a hot tur­key dinner and a visit from a local man dressed as Santa Claus as they prepared for the arrival of thousands more soldiers.

"I was hoping for a white Christ­mas, but I guess rain will have to do," said Air Force Capt. Ed Tho­mas, sloshing through ankle-deep muck at Tuzla air base, the U.S, headquarters in Bosnia.

The 1,500 soldiers at the Tuzla base spent most of the day patrol­ling and setting up equipment in a cold rain.

Reports of a meeting between Mladicandthefuturedeputycom­mander of the Russi an contingent drew NATO criticism Monday.

Russia, a traditional ally of the Serbs, is participating in the peace­keeping mission in the sector po­liced by American troops.

Maj. Nigel Brans ton, a spokes­man for the NATO-led force, called the meeting between Mladic and Maj. Gen. Nikolai Staskov inappropriate.

"It's not in the spirit of the IFOR operation," he said, re­ferring to the NATO-led Implementation Force.

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PIA closes door to further talks By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

THE Pacific Island Aviation has closed the door to further talks with Commonwealth Ports Authority officials, claiming the CPA is unable to find a way to rely less on the "onerous" passenger facility charges to fund its operations.

In a letter to CPA Executive Director Carlos A. Shoda dated Dec. 14, Jim Stowell, PIA's chief operating officer, said that while he appreciated the time spent by Shoda and CPA airport facilities commit­tee chair George A. Sablan in discussing PIA 's concerns in a meeting two days before, "we at Pacific Island Aviation are disappointed ... that the Ports Authority is unable to find a way to more equitably fund its operations."

Stowell also nixed the CPA's request for PIA's cur­rent financial statement, say­ing "it would be more produc­tive if the airlines were to look into the port's use of PFCs to determine whether the ports ne.ed to charge the amounts

currently being collected to effectively operate th') CNMI's ports."

The financial statement would have been evaluated by ports officials in trying to de­termine if the PIA needs a re­duction of PFCs.

Ports officials had said ne­gotiations would continue af­ter the PIA submits its finan­cial-status report.

In anolher letter sent to Sen. Thomas Villagomez, chair of the Senate committee on pub­lic utilities, transportation,

and communications, last Dec. 20, Stowell said that "frankly, we are not interested in Mr. Shod a' s evaluation of our financials."

In his letter to Shoda, Stowell said looking into how the CPA uses the proceeds from the PFCs would allow "other knowledgeable persons to participate in the process of managing the facilities."

The PIA claims the S4.45 charge being levied per pas­senger leaving Tinian and Rota is exorbitant.

In comparison the facility charge in Saipan is $2.85 and $1.33 in Guam.

Stowell said in his letter to Shoda that in the "absence" of Shoda's and Sablan's "ability to convey what specific measure in PIA financials wouldmove(CPA officials) to implement a more reasonable PFC shedule, continu­ing conversations wo~ld seem un­productive."

"We will pursue other and, we suspect, more constructive means of reducing the Commonwealth Ports Authority's onerous passen­ger facility charges," Stowell said

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in his letter. In his letter to Villagomez,

Stowell asked for a compromise from the CPA to resolve the issue. "We at Pacific Island Aviation believe a compromise on this mat­ter is something the port can and should afford."

Stowell 's letter to Villagomez

was in response to the senator's concern about the reported termi­nation of operations by the PIA to Rota and Tinian next February.

Villagomez urged the CPA and the PIA to continue negotiations until the issue of facility charges is resolved.

Villagomez said that it was more cost-effective for the PIA to con­tinue its services than to invite a new airline .

Villagomez offered his committee's assistance to both parties "in any appropriate way."

The PIA has proposed the re­duction of the PFCs by 50 percent, but the CPA has not acted favor­ably on the suggestion.

Before the elections last Nov. 4, the PIA threatened to sus­pend flights to ~ota and Tinian for two days to dramatize its demand for the elimination of the "exorbitant" fees.

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By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

LANDS Registration and Sur­vey Deputy Director Isaac M. Calvo has sought the dismissal of a $2-millioncivil lawsuit filed against him by Rota Senator Paul A. Manglona.

Calvo claimed that his state­ments, which made the basis of the complaint, were made with­out malice.

Calvo, through counsel As­sistant Atty. Gen. Thomas Clifford, said as a public offi­cial he enjoys absolute immu­nity or privilege for any state­ments made basis.

Clifford in its answer to the complaint filed Dec. 26, said

the relief sought in the com­plaint would deny Calvo's right to free speech under the First Amendement of the US Consti­tution.

Calvo asserts that the state­ments were made without neg­ligent or reckless disregard for the truth.

Defendant admits that his statements at the press confer­ence and political rally in ques­tion were each made before a number of persons.

Manglona sued Calvo over the latter's allegations thal he ille­gally benefitted from a land transaction on Rota.

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MTC hooks up with AAA Cellular Inc. TO MAKE it more convenient for customers to sign up for cellu­lar service, Micronesian Telecom­munication Corporation (MTC) has entered into an cxcl usi ve agency agreement with AAA Cellular.

Under the new agreement, cus­tomers can now to to the AAA Cellular store in the TranspacCen­ter on Middle Road, purchase a cellular telephone, and have their MTC service programmed and activated right there in the store. AAA will also show customers how to operate their phones be­fore they leave the store.

"Wireless communications are playing an increasingly impor­tant part in our current busy lifestyles. In addition to business uses, more people are now using cellular phones for pleasure and everyday purposes. TI1ere are just so many advantages to not being tied down to one location with a stationary phone," said Albert Wu,

President of AAA Cellular. "We're very proud to be the

first and only agent of MTC Cel­lular, and to be able to make sign­ing up for cellular seIVicc even easier for our customers."

According to MTC General Manager Rob Enfield, AAA 's strong reputation in the commu­nity and history of serving custom­ersonbothSaipanandGuan1played a factor in the decision to enter an exclusive agency agreemenL

"Our primary concern is to pro­vide quality cellular seIVicc; AAA Cellular offers the equipment knowledge and specialized cus­tomer service that our customers need," said Enfield.

In other news for MTC cellular users, MTC now has a new hot line that can be used to report any net­work problems and make sugges­tions for bcuer service. Customers can ring directly into MTC's engi­neering department by calling 682-.::'.ELL.

ence last Oct. 25 and a political rally on Oct. 29 slandered him.

He claimed Calvo has vio­lated the CNMI Government Ethics Code Act of 1992 be­cause the lands official improp­erly used government time and funds to conduct a smear cam­paign against him.

The suit said the allegations were that the senator benefitted from a questionable deal involv­ing land he acquired from Amanda B. Manglona.

Allegations purportedly had the senator gaining nine hect­ares ofland over the one hectare that he was supposed to have been titled pursuant to the ac­quisition.

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IProanNatioo by John S. DelRosario, JR.

Cancer and Long Term Care The number of indigenous people who have died of either breast or

other forms of cancer over the last decade is a matter for concern. I'm not sure what this deadly disease could be attributed to, but it definitely has jolted my senses.

The Commonwealth Health Center, Lhrough its weekly program on KMCV, has discussed lhe causes of cancer attributable to tobacco. It's a program on preventative medicine that is best adhered to rather than chancing a long bout with terminal cancer. And it is especially useful for young people who haven't started using tobacco be it smoking or chewing.

In the several trips I have taken to off-island medical centers, I have seen too many dying cancer patients taking each day as it comes, hoping that the next break of dawn they'd wake-up to embrace another blessed new day. It is a painful experience that healthy people can't possibly imagine. It is a disease that afflicts even the healthiest people.

Perhaps the one aspect of this experience that I find rather astounding in big cities like Honolulu, Los Angeles and San Diego is the big hearted people who have no relationship at all with terminal cancer patients who volunteer their services in cancer centers. They'd clean the place and empty all the trash cans. Restaurants with specialties even volunteer to cook for these patients at no cost. Others volunteerto take those who can move about on a ride through scenic and historic places or shopping centers.

I sit quietly in one comer watching every volunteer go through his/her chores. Each had a bright and happy face, flashing smiles from the heart. There ·s that ultra-sense of caring for the afflicted who require long-term care. It is !his sincerity in caring that brings back font memories of what I see here among our people though it is beginning to disappear somewhat. I could hear a silent voice deep in the back of my mind saying "Big city, big hearted people". I can't believe it!

I have heard young people say that they'd tum over their parents to convalescent homes because they don't want to handle the dirty side of caring. There was laughter when this young teenager said it. I was troubled by that statement in that though it was said with a sense of humor, if not, ignorance, it carries a subtle message of what may be coming down the pike. There are households who have even hired Ii ve­in-maids to handle the daily routine of caring for their elderly. It is a responsibility that is effectively transferred to maids rather than the children themselves. It boggles the mind if this isn't the destiny for those now kicking fifty, sixty, seventy and eighty.

Here at home, I remember visiting a relative at the Commonwealth Health Center. At the waiting areaofone of the wards.I saw an old friend shaving her father's beard at the comerof theentrance. The old man was on his waning days. And we all know that it is really difficult a task leaving a family behind to care for loved-ones who have returned to that infantile stage. Nothing deterred her from giving that care and love to her father. I was proud of her sense of compassion and love which seems to be a fast eroding tradition.

I sincerely hope that down the years we don't lose that sense of caring for loved-ones who need long term care. After all, we're all headed in that direction, like itornot. And in a community known for its sense of caring unmatched anywhere in the world, it is best that we constantly nurture it in light of the fact that over the long haul, many of our people would be afflicted by terminal or other long-term illnesses. It is when they're afflicted with it that they need that special love and care from loved-ones. Somehow this cultural tradition needs to be nurtured constantly for it is a special trait that makes us unique from all the rest.

Need to deal with long-term care Long-term care is one of the labyrinth of issues in health care that

needs to be addressed squarely. Medical referral, mind you, is just one small aspect of health care that is really the tip of the iceberg. Each area in health is tightly linked to the other which simply means that you can't consider one aspect without taking into consideration the other issues that are equally important.

Is loog-term care the respoosibility of the immediate family? U so, would this traditional f onn of care survive the strains off amily econmrics down the srretch? If no!, MJen does it beaJlre society's responsibility? To what extent must government roll down its Tcrnmy Lift cr anns to eml:ra:e this long-term respoosibility? Should govenurent build convalescent lxxnes and defray all costs that cares with this facility, including medical co,t?

These are just some of the questions that all of us must deal with without a choice. And it is impooant that we start deliberative discussions on what lies ahead for !oved-cres who would fall into the long-te.rmcarecategcry. It in vol vcs the survivability of a cultural traditioo in this regard in an era that may make it awfully difficult trying to keep up with rredical bills, tirre and energy to ensure that our older folks r.:ccive decent care in their final days; er neglect them aliogethcr and relegate this responsibility to the staff and management of convalescent homes. Think aboutiL It'sourproblemall the way around. Si Yuus Maase yan Ghilisow!

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Serbs demand delay in Sarajevo turnover By AIDA CERKEZ

SARAJEVO, Bosnia­Herzegovina (AP) - Bosnian Serbs who do not want to be ruled by the Muslim-led Sarajevo government are report­edly burning houses in areas they must leave and have de­manded more time to hand over their districts of the divided capital to their foes.

NATO and Bosnian army of­ficials reported Wednesday that Serbs set several houses on fire overnight in areas around Sarajevo that they must relin­quish under the peace agree­ment signed in Paris this month.

The government army warned on Wednesday that compromis­ing with the Serbs by delaying the timetable for returning their Sarajevo districts to the Mus­lim-Croat federation would weaken NATO's mission to implement the peace plan.

Reports of the burning of houses came hours before a pre­liminary deadline for military forces on both sides - the Serbs and Bosnian government - to pull back from some districts around Sarajevo by late Wednesday night. NATO offic­ers have reported good progress on the withdrawals.

French soldiers were moving into zones between the two sides. One French soldier was slightly wounded Tuesday when a light armored vehicle ran over a land mine near Trnovo, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Sarajevo.

Maj. William Pijpers, a spokesman for the NATO-led force implementing the agree­ment to end 3 1/2 years of war in Bosnia, said the Serbs "are burn­ing houses as they go, rather than live under federation rule."

He said sketchy reports indi­cated several houses were set afire around Sarajevo overnight.

The Bosnian army First Corps said houses were burned in Serb­held districts around the Sarajevo airport, southwest of the city.

On Tuesday, Bosnian Serb leaders met with the NATO commander, U.S. Adm. Leighton Smith, at their head­quarters in Pale, southeast of Sarajevo.

They told him they wanted a delay in the timetable for hand­ing over their districts around Sarajevo}They cautioned Smith that the success of his peace mission might hinge on such an extension.

The demands reflected Bosnian Serb unhappiness with the peace agreement, negotiated on their behalf by Serbian Presi­dent Slobodan Milosevic.

Smith said he made no prom­ises to the Bosnian Serbs, bu1 would consider their demands.

Bosnian army officers warned that if NATO started compro­mising with the Serbs afteronly a week of their planned year­long mission, they soon would find themselves in the same pre­dicament as the compromised U.N. peacekeeping force they replaced.

Momcilo Krajisnik, a senior Bosnian Serb official who met with Smith, indicated many of the tens of thousands of people living in Serb-held districts of the capital and suburbs may leave rather than submit to rule b:tthe Muslim-led government.

Bosnian Serb officials appear to be using that fear to try to wrest concessions out of the new NATO mission.

Although Krajisnik did not

specify what might happen if thousands started to flee, Serb anger could cause some to try to slow down or sabotage the agreement.

At minimum, a mass depar­ture of Serbs from the Sarajevo area would increase ethnic sepa­ration rather than reassemble communities separated by 3 l/2 years of war.

"We certainly tried to explain that the key to the implemep.ta­tion of the agreement lies in Sarajevo," Krajisnik said.

"We should find a good solu­tion for Sarajevo and remove the main obstacle to the agree­ment."

"We must do something be­fore the undesirable conse­quence occurs," Krajisnik said.

The peace agreement initialed last month in Dayton, Ohio, and signed in Paris, spells out roll­ing deadlines for transfer of authority over Serb-held dis­tricts of Sarajevo, beginning Jan. 19 and concluding two months later.

U.N. officials have hinted in the past that the deadline for allowing the Bosnian army and police into those districts could be stretched.

Smith has the authority to ex­tend the deadline until the end of the NATO mandate next December, but he did not say whether he would do so.

"I made no other commit­ment but to take their request and try and ensure that I have full appreciation of the prob­lem, and seek counsel," Smith said.

He praised the progress in the NATO mission thus far, saying he was "extraordinar­ily encouraged" by coopera­tion from all three sides.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5

Lawyer doubts vasectomy claim By Ferdie de la Torra Variety News Staff

NO MEDICAL records show­ing that lhe late multimillion­aire Larry Lee Hillblom had a vasectomy, according to peti­tioner David Moncrieff's counsel Randall T. Fennell.

Fennell disclosed to the Va­riety yesterday that what Carlsmith lawyers (represent­ing Hillblom's estate execu­tor) showed him was only an investigator's report.

Fennell said the report indi­cated that Hillblom told some girls he was having an affair with that he had a vasectomy.

"Considering Hillblom had a problem with using a condom, it's a pretty standard line," he said.

The lawyer said Carlsmith does not believe it, either.

"If they did, why are they offering Junior (Larry Hillbroom) $50 million?" Fennell said.

He questioned why the ex­ecutor is fighting their at­tempts at DNA testing, "which would settle the matter once and for all."

"Give me a break," Fennell

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said. Fennell was reacting to the

executor's allegations that Hillblom had a vasectomy years before his alleged 11-year-oldson Junior Larry was conceived.

David S. Olson, one of the law­yers for the executor, said in an affidavit that they expect to prove at trial based on evidence that the late businessman had a vasec­tomy.

If indeed Hill bl om had a surgi­cal excision to be sterilized, there's no way he fathered Junior Larry and his alleged seven-month-old daughter Jellian Cuartero

Jones deals Torres one final bashing

William Torres

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

CONGRESSMAN-ELECT Dino Jones is moving out of the Board of Education but not without giving his nem­esis, Public School System Commissioner William Torres, one last jab.

Jones assailed Torres for al­legedly taking actions not sanctioned by the board.

Jones singled out Torres' creation of the Rapid Re­sponse Team which, the out­going board official said, re­quired the board's approval.

The Rapid Response Team, a body composed of officials and personnel from the PSS central office, was tasked to "investigate the problems of public schools and formulate corrective measures to be adopted by the schools in the CNMI."

''The team was created by the Commissioner immediately after his contract was renewed," Jones said, "but its functions were not clear."

The creation of the team, Jones said, said was not necessary "be­cause there are principals who are more knowledgeable in the af­fairs of their respective schools."

"It is ridiculous to send out of­fice people in the field to monitor school problems when they have their own regular jobs to do," Jones said.

In the first place, Jones added, appointed members of the Rapid Response Team were not given additional compensation for such additional jobs.

"What the Commissioner should have done, " Jones sug­gested, "was to get the principals together and let them discuss school problems."

Jones also took to issue Torres' reshuffle of three public school principals without the concur­rence of the education board.

The Commissioner, according to Jones, circumvented the PSS policy when he moved Marianas High School principal Doris Th­ompson to San Antonio Elemen­tary School and replaced her with James Fagger.

David Borja has been appointed principal of Hopwood Junior High.

Torres should have made pub­lic announcements about vacan­cies in the positions, Jones said. This policy, he added, was aimed at making the selection more com­petitive.

Jones clarified, however, that he had nothing personal against the three new appointees.

"The issue here is about fol­lowing proper policies," Jones said "How can we expect PSS personnel to be loyal to the agency if they see policies being ignored."

Hillblom. Junior Larry and Jellian, repre­

sented by petitioners Kaelani Kinney and Moncrieff respec­tively, have claimed paternity and heirship.

David Nevitt, one of the coun­sels for the executor, denied that

--theybffered $50 million as settle­ment to Kinney.

''That's not true. I have no idea about that," Nevitt said in a tele­phone interview yesterday.

Meanwhile, Superior Court Pre-

siding Judge Alexandro Castro allowed the executor to pay the bill services to Carlsmith, Ball, Wichman and Ichiki law firm.

This developed as Castro is­sued an order yesterday denying Kinney and Moncrieff's motion that they and Special Master Rexford Kosack be permitted to review the appropriateness of the bill prior to the court's authoriz­ing payment.

"Having reviewed the Carlsmith bill and petitioners'

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In a two-page order, the judge authorized the executor to pay 80 percent of the total $438,993.60 bill, or S351, I 94.88 to Carlsmith.

The outstanding 20 percent, or $87,798.72, Castro said, will be discussed and ju stifled at the J anu­ary 5 administration of the estate conference.

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US seeking $16,000 in payments from borrower THE United State government is seeking over $16,000 in de­faulted payments from a bor­rower from the US Small Busi­ness Administration.

In a civil case filed before the District Court against Gregorio C. Sablan, whose address is P.O. Box 401, Saipan, the federal govern­ment said the borrower still had an outstanding principal of $12,767.29.

In addition, the accused still had to pay $3,388.56 in ac­crued interest up to Dec. 15, accroding to the complainant, represented by US Atty. Frederick A. Black and Assis­tant US Atty. Frederick J. Kerley.

The government likewise asked that the borrower pay the interest after Dec. 15 to the date of judgment at the rate of 8 percent annually and interest from the date of judg­ment until it is fully paid.

According to the complaint, Sablan made a loan ofS22,700 at 8 percent interest per annum in 1987.

Sablan allegedly defaulted in the payment under the terms of the promissory note to the Small Business Administra­tion.

Sablan was to pay $287 in monthly installments.

Various payments reduced the outstanding principal bal­ance to $12.767.29.

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projects THE Public School System broke ground last week on two new el­ementary school libraries. Both San Vicente Elementary and San Antonio Elementary will receive new library bulidings.

In an address to government dignitaries and the students of San Vicente Elementary School, Com­missioner of Education William Torres underscored the impor­tance of books and reading.

He said San Vicente's new li­brary will benefit not only the students but the entire commu­nity .

According to PSS School Li­brary Coordinator, Katharyn Tuten-Puckett, the construction of the new libraries is an impor­tant step in making information more available to students and increasing student interestinread­ing and learning. "A library and

its contents open up the world to students," she said.

At an earlier ceremony at San Antonio Elementary School, PSS Chainnan Daniel Quitugua said he saw the new library as a special Chrisunas gift to the children. He encouraged the students to both enjoy and respect their new li­brary.

The construction of the two li­braries has been eagerly pursued for several years. Recent approval by the Department of the Interior made commencement of the project possible.

The Department of Public Works has already begun pro­cessing the necessary construc­tion contracts. Upon completion of these contracts, b11ilding will begin. The libraries will be com­plete four months after the start of construction.

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AQUA Resort Club won the grand prize in the First Annual Holiday Illumination Contest sponsored by the Marianas Visitors Bureau.

The hotel got the six judges' nod for its "exemplary expres­sion of the holiday spirit through the creative and decorative use of lights."

MVB Managing Director Anicia Q. Tomokanc presented a plaque yesterday to Aqua's general man­ager, Mark M. Muiai, in a simple ceremony.

The hotel also gets a free booth space, courtesy of the MVB, at next year's World Travel Fair in Osaka, Japan.

"We 're very proud," Murai said after receiving the winncr's plaque.

He in tum cited all the hotel staITs for their panicipation in decorating

the hotel. He said the hotel did not hire any

outside decorators. With a Disneyland motif whose

centerpiece is a castle that dominates the lobby, the decoration expense ran to about $20,COO, Murai said.

As early as August,hesaid, a meet­ing was held to discuss the decor theme.

Murai said tlJC decoration commit­tcc decided on "something that is more joyful, happier, and brighter."

Murai said that putting on the bright lights in and out of the hotel, which is situated in the northern part of the island that is sparsely popu­lated was a way of drawing the community people.

"Many people enjoyed taking pictures and we have many kids also coming and enjoying the decoration," he said.

Aqua bested seven other ho-

tels. The participating hotels were

judged anonymously last Dec. 19 and 20.

One of the judges, Mary Ann Borja, wife of the lieutenant gov­ernor, said Aqua's showcase as "very impressive."

"It has met all the criteria," she said.

She cited Hotel Nikko, Aqua's neighbor, as one of the grand winner's fiercest rivals for the prize.

The other judges were Arts Council chair Carmen Gaskin, MVB board member Sofia Tuwai, 1995 Ms. CNMI Universe Karah Kirschenheiter, and student lead­ers Lorrie Mendez of Mt. Cannel and Shirley Lizama of Marianas High.

Tomokane thanked all the ho­tels that participated.

.TH~_RSDA Y, DECEMBER 28, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-7

H~o_u_s_e_D~em~o-c_r_atssetagenda By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

))!NO Jones and Rosiky Camacho, the only Democrats in the HouseofRepresentatives, will join hands in dealing with pos­sible odds they might encounter at the Republican-packed cham­ber.

"Ideological differences have been part of the history of the legislature," Jones said. "We, of course, expect di ff crcnces in opin­ions during discuss ions but I think it is time to set aside politics."

Camacho, for his part, foresees no serious conflict with the Re­publicans.

"We're here to work for the people," he said. "We will coop­erate with the Senate and the executive branch."

Jones and Camacho were the only lucky Democratic candidates for the House who made it in t11e last elections.

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The 18-man House has I 6 Re­publicans and two Independents.

"Partylines will not not be big obstacles," Camacho said. "I' II give my best and try to work i_n harmony and understanding with the majority."

Info kits on Inhalant Abuse Act to be issued

Pedro Dela Cruz

ALL businesses that engage in retail and wholesale of prod­ucts that come under the defi­nition of inhalants as defined in the "Anti-Inhalant Abuse Act of 1995", will be receiv­ing informational packets while picking up their busi­ness license renewals for 1996.

This was the announcement made by Commerce sec. Pedro Dela Cruz in a news release

issued by the Special Assis­tant for Drugs and Substance Abuse.

As stated in the Purpose of the bill, the law and its regula­tions are to control the use, possession and distribution of the dangerous products and substances, with particular focus on persons under the age of eighteen because of the preva­lence of inhalant abuse with that particular group. One teen died earlier this year after having been admitted to the Commonwealth Health Center, while others have been seeking treatment from the CHC's Addiction Specialist, Joe Villagomez.

Informational packets have been prepared by the Governor's Special Assistance for Drug and Substance Abuse, Richard A. Pierce, which have gone to the Commerce Dept. 's Busi­ness License Division for dis­tribution, at the time of re­newal for relevant businesses in the Commonwealth.

War Against Drugs Task Force to m.eet GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio's Special Assistant for Drug and Substance Abuse has sent out letters of invita­tion to various public, private and community groups to par­ticipate in the first Drug Task Force meeting.

The Drug Task Force will hold its first session on Janu­ary 18, 1996 at 3 :00 PM at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.

In Governor Tenorio' s "War Against Drugs" declaration, the formation of a Drug Task Force was to be assembled, in unison with the Special Assis­tant for Drug and Substance Abuse, Richard A. Pierce, to formulate, report, facilitate, and implement a diligent ef-

fort to combat and eliminate the deadly menace of drug and substance abuse to the Commonwealth's society .ind family system.

The first Task Force meet­ing will be open to the public. Invitations have gone out to various groups centering around law enforcement, treat­ment and education and pre­veniion.

Included are Health Center administrators and represen­tatives, the Dept. of Public Safety, the Attorney General's Office, Criminal Justice Plan­ning, the Public School Sys­tem. student body leaders, chu:ch groups, the Chamber of Commerce and other busi­ness associations.

Jones' said he wants to address such areas as public health and safety, crime prevention, budget and federal relations among oth­ers.

Among his priority bills as fol­lows:

• Removal of the Department of Labor's investigative powerto strengthen its basic functions that to ensure safety and proper com­pensation of workers;

• Recall of police officers de­tailed with the Division of Cor­rections and the Business Licens­ing Division.

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SOLOMON Islands auditor general, Isaoc V ula Tatapu, has suggested that local accountants team up in order to compete with established ovcr.,cas au­dilcompanies, SIBCrejX)!1Cd W edncs­day.

He says the participation of Solomon lslamlersinaudiling work is .imponant

Bul Mr. Tatapu says in order to compete with their overseas counter­parts they have to team up rather than practice on an individual basis.

geographical distances, through pro- more than 500 individuals vol- its Official Representative; mating people-lOJ:COple contacts, untcercd with over 20,000 Sports Director Jim Tobia as Tenor1·0 economicccqierationandexploring man-hours of work in support Team Manager; Distance Run- a • o any useful CJP!X)rlUilities to develop of the Games, 22 working ner Coach Chrisler Friberg and Continued from page 1 trade committcesandl2sporttour- distance runners Elias tracttodotheA&Edesignofthe

· nament committees. The enor- Rogriguez, Randy Germinaro Kagm211 School project Inrcspoosc,PresidentOltersaidhe mily of the preparations and and Eneriko Ardos. No medal

is pleased to received "the distin- The project, however, has been guishcd Ambassador of Italy," on holding of the Games was not was captured but the exposure shelvedaftcrtheDepartmentoflnte-behalf fthc I f S anticipated at the onset. provided the marathon runners riorrefusedtogivcitsapprovalonthe

0 i:mpeo thcF M. Regarding the future of the feel of SP Games class. A&Eexpenditurc.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP NO. 0018

The Department o_f _Public Health is soliciting co:11petitive sealed proposals from licensed and qualif1~d proposers for the prov1s1on of providing comprehensive pharmaceutical _se_rv,ces at the _CC?mmon":'ealth Health Center. Services are to include, but not l1m1ted to, prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, medi­cal supplies, as well as diatetic supplies.

Interested p_roposers m_ay obtain copies of the RFP specifications and other nec­es~ary details at the office of the Director, Procurement and Supply Lower Base Sa1pan MP 96950. ' '

A pre-proposers conf~rence and site visit will be held at 9:00 A.M. on December 19, 1995 1n the Continuing Education (CE) conference room at the Common­wealth H~alth Center. All 1nt~rested businesses or individuals are encouraged to attend this meeting. Each interested party, however, is requested to send no more than two representatives to the conference.

Proposals must be s~bmitted in a sealed envelop marked with the appropriate RFP number to the director, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than January 15, 1996 at 1 :00 PM. To facilitate the evaluation process proposers are requested to submit at least seven (7) copies of the pro­posal.

The CNMI Gov~rnment reserv~ the_ right to reject any or all proposals for any reason, and waive any_ defect 1n s~1d proposals, to negotiate with all qualified proposers, or to ca~c~I 1n wh?le or in part of the l=lFP, if determined by the CNMI Government to be 1n its best interest.

/s/Dr. lsamu J. Abraham Secretary of Health

/s/ Edward B. Palacios Director, Procurement & Supply

As for the Puerto Rico Dump con­tract, Guerrero was adamant that the contractor'srclationshipwiththcgov­emor had nothing to do with the award.

"I don't believe there is any impro­priety or favoritism involved here. We did not give the project to them just because the governor's brother is part of the group," llie secretary ex­plained.

"We chose JCT Aba'iedonqualifi­ca1ions, on who has the ability and rr.~our~s to do the job in a very short ume. As you know, we were up agam,11hc urgcmc:omplianccsched­uk:s set by EPA. We needed 10 have Llic plan by Dec. 15 and so we had 10 act fast. WcrcallyhadnoLlmctoopcn it up for bidding," said Guerrero.

'TIJC Public Works secretary ex­plained !hat in Cllil y Octoocr, tlic DPW had in fact submitted an oriui-

" nal slope stabilization plan done in-housc, but EPA reportedly rejected the ~uhmission with just a few weeks before the deadline.

The federal agency then suggested

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required to submit detailed re­ports of contributions and cam­paign expenditures 50 days after election day.

Some candidates on Rota and Tinian, according to a member of

He mooe the comments while re­sponding to a question why expatriate Robert Goh's accounting finn of Honiara was getting most of the stal!J­tory autnorities' audits.

The question was raised by the c.om­mittee for public accounts, in a report to SUJJIX)rl tne 1996 budget

Mr. Tatapu reveale,i to the commit­tee that Robert Goh's comµmy is only auditing fourstallltory authorities, with other authorities being shared amongst other accounting finns ... .Pacnews

lhat a private furn with expertise in lhe envirrnmental engineering field be tapped to do the job.

Thal was wren DPW decided to give the cootracl to JCT A.

"JCT A is the best capable furn to do it as they have a Guam expen en board. We feel we did the right thing, as evidenced by the kind of product that was produced It shows they had the expertise to do it," said Guerrero.

"Now, we are on track and the design that we have is the most appro­priate and logical we could have as a means to stabilize Puerto Rico Durnp," he added.

According to Guerrero, EPA re­viewed the plans last Dec. 4th and gaveitprcliminaryapproval.DPWis now awaiting final approval from the federal agency.

The slope stabili1.ation entails the clearing ofland mass for about IO to 12 feet in, all around and to keep that in place by putting up fencing.

This is to stop the seepage of all contaminants out into the ocean and to keep tra.~h from falling into the water.

Right after the slope stabilization is ccrnplctcd, the next step isf ora Puerto Rico Dump assessment to be con­ducted on what is there in the dump.

"All these are preparatory mea­sures to the actual closing of the dump and the EPA has lurl lined up the things WC need to do," he said

the BOE staff, filed their state­ments with the local election board but these reports have not been turned over lo the central office i.n Garapan.

BOE Executive Director Juan M. Diaz had warned that those who would fail lo file their finan­cial report face a fine of $500 and 90 days in jail.

Public service group asks COLA increase fHE Fiji public service asso­;iation is asking the govern­ment to pay its members a 3.5 percent -Cost of Living Ad­justment (COLA) increase ef­fective from January l, 1996, the Fiji Times reported Wednesday.

The FPSA is further seeking the payment of annual merit increments to all civil servants who qualify under criteria to be agreed upon between the union and the public service commission.

They are also asking for in­creases on work-related allow­ances such as subsistence, meal, shift-work and transfer.

FPSA general secretary Mahendra Chaudhry said the association's position on

COLA would remain an inte­gral part of the pay structure.

Mr. Chaudhry said that if gov­ernment could throw away US$5-million on the purchaseofa Navua farm and allocate $14-million to the National Bank ofFiji, it should be able to afford paying COLA to civil servants . He said the $7- ~­million put aside by government in the 1996 budget for civil ser­vice pays would not be enough.

He said $3.S million of the amount had been earmarked for the rectification of existing anomalies in the service.

Theother$3.5 million willJ)e used to defray the cost of ·a merit increment based on cri­leri a to be thrashed ou l be­tween the unions and govern­ment. ..... Pacnews

Fiji senior ntlnister faces Rabuka's axe AJI'SprureministerSitiveniRabuka is expected LO announce a new look cabinet early next year with a senior minister facing the axe, the fi ji Times reported Wednesday.

Senior government officials have confirmed that Mr. Rabuka has been considering q,tion, for a cabinet re­shuffie in the past weeks.

The move is expected to coincide with the announcement of a perma­nent secretary reshuffie after several diplomatic postings have been final­iz.cd.

At least one senior minister is ex­pected to be demoted in the cabinet rcshuflle.

There is speculation that the minis­ter would berone the first political casualty of the Natiooal Bank of fiji

disaster. But sources would oot con­fmn this.

At lease ooe backbencher is ex­pected to be called into cabinet.

Those being tippxl for life en the frOlll bench are Isirneli Bose, Taufa Fakatale and Vincent Lobendahn or Leo SmitlJ.

The new cabinet member is ex­pected to become minister for in­frastructure, public works and transport.

Both Mr. Lobendalm and Mr. Smith have worked in this portfo­lio.

The position is held by Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, who is also minister for regional development and multi-ethnic affairs .... Pacnews

FSM President gets $3014 M froin Fund PAUK.IR, Polmpei - President Bailey Olter signed a bill appro­priating$3, 141,522from the Gen­eral Fund of the federated States of Micronesia for period ending September 30, 1996.

The approved sums included $15,300 for travel and 515,500 for contractual services, grants, subsidies and contributions for the FSM Banking Board; was $37,222 for Rural Economic and Community Development Ser­vices (RECDS); $71,000 to settle unpaid expenses of the FSM Games; and $3 million Business Development Loan Fund.

The President, however, item vetoed $16,800 for a Financial Analyst position, $13,500 for an automobile; and$3,000 for a new portable computer.

In his letter of December 21, 1995, lo Congress Speaker Fritz, Otter said the items for the FSM Banking Board that he vetoed arc not real necessities for the Board's operations.

Furthermore, he said has in­formed all Executive Branch Offices that they should de­crease their 1997 budget pro­posals by l O percent from the 1996 budget.

Sports exec resigns THE chief executive of the Fiji sports council, Colonel Pio Wong, has re­signed in the wake of an audit repJ!t in10 the financial affairs of the couocil.

Details of the audit have not been made public but it was triggered by an anonymous lcucr which alleged mis­management of millions of dollars of council funds by Colonel Wong in !he award of contracts without calling foc lenders and using council J:)lq)Crty to build his hOll.'l!.

While the audit was in progre&<; vir-

tually theemire staff of the sports coun­cil wrote a letter saying they no longer wanted to work underColoocl Wong's management

The staff called for the termination of Colonel Wong's contract,saying they feared victimi7.ation if he returned to his job. A week later Colonel Wong resigned

The Fiji sponscouncil hasappointcd iL~cieputychair, Alice Taocte,as octing chief executive until a substantive ap­pointment is madc. .. .Pacncws

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fycoon jailed over mall disaster By PAUL SHIN

SEOUL, South Korea (AP)· The' owner of a ritzy shopping mall that collapsed was sen­tenced to 10 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for the disaster, which killed 501 people and injured 900.

Lee Kwang-yo! said. The three-judge court also

imposed prison terms ranging from eight months to three years, plus fines of up to dlrs 17,000, for 23 others, charged with various irregularities con­nected to the collapse.

rescued alive after being trapped for up to 16 days in the rubble without food or water except for rain that seeped through.

With the five floors collapsing like pancakes and a fire that raged for two days, some remains were so bad! y damaged they could not -- t

be identified or even found. Thirty-one families, unable to

find bodies, recently held mass funeral services with unidentified remains put in one large urn. Compensation still remains unre­solved. Families want an average of 280 million won ($361,000)

per victim. The city, representing the Sampoong owner, has offered 170 million won ($220,000) for each victim, an amount comparable to compensation paid in previous accidents. It said the mall owner doesn't have more money.

Lee Joon, 73, was found guilty of negligence in con­nection with the June 30 col­lapse of the five-story Sampoong Department Store on more than 1,500 shoppers.

Lee's son and president of the mall, Lee Han-sang, 43, was given a seven-year sen­tence. He was convicted if negligence and bribing gov­ernment officials.

Eleven defendants, mostly low-level mall and construction company officials, had their sen­tences ofup to two years in prison suspended for up to two years.

Those found guilty included 12 Seoul city officials who 100:C bribes in exchange for allowing illegal design changes and con­struction.

South Korea eyes purchase of attack planes from Israel

The sentences were in line with the prosecution's re­quests.

"The defendants deserve stern punishment for bribing related officials, thus causing a major disaster," senior judge

Under Korean law, the defen­dants have 10 days to appeal.

Faulty design and poor construc­tion were blamed for the worst civil engineering disaster in South Korean history.

The collapse and subsequent rescue work received wide at­tention as several people were

SEOUL,SouthKorea(AP)-South Korea is close to final approval on a plan to spend $R32.5 million on Is­raeli-made unmanned attack planes, the Defense Ministry said Wednes­day.

Thepurchaseoftheplanes,known as remotely-piloted-vehicles or RPV's, would take place over three years starting in 1997, it said

While South Korea has long pur-

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chasedmostof its military equipment froolthe United States, it recently has branched out to other sources, includ­ing high-tech weapons from Russia as part of a loan repayment real.

Last week, Seoul made an unusual announcement outlining a five-year, $ 113 billion arms build-up program that includes the purchase of South Korea's first AWACS early-warn­ing aircraft

It also called for spending S9ffi million on AT ACM missile systems and Ml.RS rockets, along with S9ffi million on SAM missiles and attack helicopters.

The defcrre speming announre­m:rus come at a tirre of heigtien:d temion with North Korea, am ire massivespemingisplannedinorderto catch up with Ire =nunist oounny.

The Defense Ministry estimates that South Korea's overall military strength-exduding the37 ,CXX)troq)S and sophisticated WeaixxuY Wash­ington keeps in South Korea under a mutual defense pact- amounts to 71 percent of that of North Korea.

North Korea's 1.2-million-strong military is the world's fifth-largest South Korea's military is 650,00J strong.

Prosecutors conduct probe in Kwangju

By JU-YEON KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Prosecutors probing the killing of at least 240 pro-democracy pro­testers by government troops be­g an an on-site investigation Wednesday, meeting with survi­vors and wjtnesses of the 1980 crackdown.

The visit to the southern city of Kwangju is part of an investiga­tion into a 1979 coup and the bloody suppression of activists that followed six months later.

Former presidents Chun Doo­hwan and Roh Tac-woo arc al­ready behind bars for leading the military coup, which eventually brought both major generals Lo power. Treason charges are ex­pected to be added later in con­nection with the "Kwangju Mas­sacre."

Wednesday's on-site investiga­tion was the first by prosecutors in Kwangju, a hotbed of anti-gov­ernment politics. Many crucial questions, including how the shooting began and the number of deaths, have yet to be resolved.

Activist and human rights groups claim protesters armed themselves with weapons they stoic from police stations only after soldiers shot at them. Some also. allege that military helicop­ters fired on protesters.

An earlier government investi­gation supported the military's claim that the firing started acci­dentally.

The official death toll of 240 has also been questioned by dissi­dents. They claim many more were killed and secretly buried by the military. Victims say the heavy toll resulted in part from random attacks by the military on uninvolved citizens.

Lee Jong-nam, 41, told pros-

ecutors that he was beaten uncon­scious by troops while ferrying merchandise for his store.

"I was not even near a proteSt!ll the time, but they just staned beat­ing meon the head withclubs,"he said.

Meanwhile, prosecutors visited a police hospital to question Chun, but it was not known whether the weakened former president was able to answer.

Chun was in the 23rd day of a hunger strike, protesting what he calls political retaliation. The hos­pital said his health has deterio­rated, and that he has been given sugar, salt and vitamin-fortified water to drink since Monday.

Three more former military of­ficials were also questioned by prosecutors about the deployment of troops in Kwangju, 240 kilo­meters (150 miles) southwest of Seoul.

The junta headed by Chun and Roh sent soldiers to sup­press tens of thousands ofpro­democracy protesters. Chun became president in 1980 and was replaced by Roh, his hand­picked successor, in 1988.

Roh is standing trial on unre­lated corruption charges. He is charged with taking bribes for a dlrs 650 million slush fund he amassed during his 1988-93 tenn. Prosecutors have said corruption charges will also be brought against Chun.

President Kim Young-sam, a former opposition leader who joined Roh 's ruling party in 1990, ordered his predeces­sors punis

hed in a dramatic reversal last month.

He had earlier said that his­tory should judge the ex-presi­dents.

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Diana's role as envoy depends on the Queen LONDON (AP} - The wishes of Queen Elizabeth IT will be para­mount in deciding whether Prin­cess Diana becomes an ambassa­dor for Britain, Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said Tuesday.

Rifkind is the first member of the government to speak out pub­licly about a possible new role for the princess since she indicated her wish to be a goodwill ambas­sador in a BBC television inter­view last month.

"I thinkyou have to be careful about the word ambassador," the foreign secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today program.

The word ambassador has a spe­cific diplomatic meaning but is sometimes used generally to de­scribe "someone who heips ad­vance the interests of the country they belong to," he said.

"These are issues that will need to be considered, and they will be considered, quite properly taking into account the wishes of her majesty the queen. That is the single most important consider­ation," Rifk.ind said.

Last week, the queen sent let­ters to Diana and her estranged

Survey finds Australians more in favor of a republic SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -Fifty-six percent of voters want an Australian to be head of state instead of the British monarch, according to an opinion poll published Wednesday.

Results of the survey, printed in The Australian newspaper, show only 36 per­cent still want to be ruled by the British crown. Eight per­cent of those polled were un­committed.

Prime Minister Paul Keating, whose Labor govern­ment faces an election early next year, wants to declare an republic and replace the mon­arch with an Australian presi­dent by 2001 - the 100th anni­versary of Australia's federa­tion.

The newspaper said the question of a republic has hardened as an election issue.

Seventy-two per cent of Labor Party supporters want an Austra­lian head of state while 53 percent of supporters of the conservative Liberal-National Party still back the monarch.

Support for a republic is strongest among voters under 50 years old. Support for the monarch is strongest among those over 50.

Australia is an independent nation. However, like some other former British colonies, such as Canada and New Zealand, has retained the mon­arch as head of state.

The opinion poll was con­ducted by telephone among 1,200 voters cross the country earlier this month.

husband, Prince Charles, urging them to divorce. Charles has agreed but Diana has let it be known that she will nOl respond until her lawyers return from va­cation in January.

Charles and Diana, who separated in 1992, have aired theirmarital woes throughbooks,interviewsandfrienrn. The Sunday Times called the public feuding between the royal couple "ere of the biggest public relations battles this century."

Rifkind was asked whether he had discussed a future role for Diana with Prime Minister John Major.

"I think we are at a very delicate moment with regard to the future ~f the prince and princess ofWales,"he said

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on the decisions they themselves take with regard to their future. I don't think it's he! pful at this moment to speculate on these matters," he said.

Britain's Prince and P.·incess of Wales look their separate ways during a recent memorial service on their tour of South ~area. It was announced last week, that the Queen had requested that the couple move towards an early divorce. A spokesman for Prince Charles said that the Prince has no intention of remarrying. (AP Photo)

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12-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- DECEMBER 28, 1995

Syria ... Israel peace talks reopen By BARRY SCHWEID

WASHINGTON (AP) - Israel and Syria are resuming their land-for-peace negotiations with an unusual air of opti­mism that the results this time will be positive.

At stake are the future of the Golan Heights, a strategic bor­der enclave, and the prospect of relations between two coun-

tries that have fought three major wars since Israel's founding in 1948.

Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, determined to accelerate peacemaking with Arab neighbors, already has hinted that for the right peace terms Syrian President Hafez Assad could recover the bor­der buffer zone in its entirety.

And Assad, usually taciturn and in·scrut;ible, has tele­graphed in his own remarks and through the Syrian press that he is inclined to come to terms with Israel.

Peres, more upbeat than usu\!, said Tuesday that he was "happy about the new tone" in Damascus and that it w'l.s increasing prospects for

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and the French Foreign Minister Herve De Charette, left, walk to their press conference after their meeting at Arafars office in Gaza City. De Charette said France would continue to back the Palestinian autonomy government politically and financially. (AP Photo)

peace. "We have never had such good music," the prime minister told high school stu­dents in Haifa.

Talks between the two sides broke down last June in Wash­ington. They agreed to meet again after Secretary of State Warren Christopher made a trip to the region two weeks ago.

The secluded 1.100-acre (445-hcctare) riverside Wye plantation, about 50 miles (80 kms) east of Washington, was selected as the site to make peace.

The talks are due to run from Wednesday through Friday and resume after New Year's Day. Christopher, who is va­cationing in Santa Barbara, Calif., plans to return to the Middle East Jan. 10 to try to push a deal through. American mediator Dennis Ross will guide the discus­sions between three-man del­egations.

Syrian Ambassador Walid al­Moualem and Uri Savir of the Israeli foreign ministry will be in charge.

Unannounced and with these­crecy the Clinton administration hopes will prevail, Ross met sepa­rately Tuesday at the State De­paruncnt with the two sides.

The outline of an accord is clear. Israel would give up the buffer zone from which it can monitor Syrian tank movements and pro-

tect villages in northern Israel from shelling. In exchange, Syria would sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state.

The 14,000 Israeli Jews who Jive on the Golan Heights may be uprooted - Peres says it is prema­ture to discuss their future - and the ski resort on Mount Hennon abandoned along with the winer­ies and other industries and agri­culture developed during the 28 years Israel has held the Golan Heights.

Christopher, Ross and other senior administration officials are eager to promote a settlement. It would add to President Clinton's foreign policy achievements in :m approaching election year.

Whether Clinton would send U.S. peacekeepers· to the enclave or offer Israel a security pact is not clear. "Americans will carry on with you step-by-step, shoul­der-to-shoulder lo ensure that your struggle for lasting peace with security is achieved," Christopher said Nov. 16 in Jerusalem.

Administration officials said he referred to Israel maintaining a qualitative military edge over the Arabs and that Israel had not re­quested either American troops as peacekeepers or a security agreement.

After the talks, options being considered include an extended Christopher shuttle between Damascu& and Jerusalem and a meeting between Peres and Assad.

INVITATION TO BID Israeli leaders upbeat about talks The Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC). a subsidiary corporation of the Commonwealth De­velopment Authority (CDA). is soliciting bids from au­thorized automobile dealers in the Commonwealth. for the procurement of two (2) vehicle units with the following specifications:

One (l) Unit. Pick Up Truck (Long Bed) (Llx2). with automatic transmission; L1 cylinder, and must be equipped with liftcapabilities to load/unload appli­ances/materials.

One Cl) Unit, Pick Up Truck (Regular Bed) (Llx2), with automatic transmission. 4 cylinder.

2.4 liters or greater displacement; 116 or greater horsepower. power recirculating ball steering; power front discs, rear drum brake system; electroni­cally fuel injected induction system; air-conditioning; AM/FM radio/cassette; safety glass windshield win­dows; side mirrors; bench seat/reclining front bucket; rear/front mudguards; and. rust proofing and under­coating.

Pick-up trucks must be CIF. Saipan. have one-year maintenance/warranty agreement. and meet all safety inspection requirements prior to delivery at NMHC Central Office in Garapan. Saipan.

All bids must be sealed and submitted. in duplicate, to Ms. Marylou Ada Sirak. Corporate Director. at the NMHC Office no later than l 0:00 A.M., January 19, 1995, at which time and place all bids received will be opened and publicly read aloud Bids received late will not be considered. For information, contact the NMHC Office at 234-9447 /7689 between 7:30 a.m .. 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holi­days.

NMHC reserves the right to reject any or oil bids in the interest of NMHC.

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By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli leaders were upbeat Wednesday about the pros­pects forp::acc with Syria on the eve of the resumption of negotiations with Damascus.

Prime Minister Shimon Peres said he was he was "happy about the new tone" in public statements by Syrian officials, telling high school swdcnL~ in Haifa, "We have never had such good mw;ic from the nonh."

"I know that with S yriaandLcbanon we will have to make tough decisions. Wecannotrunawayfromthcm.''Pcrcs added.

A leading lawmaker in the ruling Labor Party suggested the government should ocgin preparing to uproot the 13,00:) lsrJClis living on the Golan 1-leighL~, which IsrJCI capture.cl from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and which Syria wants back.

"I don 'L see Jewish settlement~ re­maining on the Golan Height~ in the event of a withdrnwal," said Hagai Merom, head of Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Commiuec.

He added that the govenuncnt must pay the settlers compensation.

Israc1'sChanncl2TV saidUriSavir, the head of the Israeli delegation to the talks, had pennis.sion from Peres to discuss a full withdrawal from the Golan.

Israel-Syria talks, which began in 1991, are to resume in Washington Wednesday after a six-month hiaws.

L<;rael has never officially agreed to Syria's demand for a full return of the strategi: platealL Polls indicate the pros­pect is unpopular among Israeli<;, al­though the majority against a pullout

appears to be shrinking. InDamascus,PresidentHafezAc;sad

is revealing little about Syria's 0\\/11

peace plans. "There arc general ideas and general

views which indicate the desire to push the peace process f orwanl," A<;Sad said Saumlay af tcrmceting Egyptian Presi­dent Hosni Mubarak.

Syria's ruler for 25 years, Assad has rcbufT edcountlcss pcxc profX)SJ.lsovcr the years and moves at his own deliber­ate pace.

However, Syrian officials have sounded more upbeat than at any time since 1991, when lsr~l and Syria be­gan negotiations that have so far achieved little.

The two countries remain deeply su~-picim1~ of each other, but a growing numbcrofSyrianshavecomclOacccpt the possibility of a pca:.c deal with Isr.icl.

During a meeting in the Jordanian ponof AqabaTucsday,Jordan'sKing Hussein and Egyptian prcsidcn t Hosni Mubarnkexixcssoooptimism thats yria would follow their example and m:ike peace with Israel.

Egypt's state-run Middle Eastern News Agency qootcd Hussein as say­ing "all of the concerned ~es were detennined to proceed in the direction of p;!3Ce."

Syria offered no condolences after the Nov. 4 assassination of Prime Min­ister Yitzhak Rabin by an Israeli mili­tant But Syria said Rabin's death cre­ated fresh opportunities for peace and there has been a flurry of behind-the­sccnes activity in recent weeks.

Pcrcs has hinted that Israel will con­sidcr a complete withdrawal from the

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Israel wanisfull relations with Syria, and will seek Syrian promises to con­trol Islamic militants in neighboring Lebanon, where Syria is the main power-broker.

In return, Assad would expect large dollopsofforeignaid, which the United States already is providing to lsrnel and its current Arab peace partners, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians.

Assoo will also seek to have Syria's authority over Lebanon recognized by the Americans and the Israelis.

Syria has some 40,(XX) troops in Lebanon, ostensibly IO preventarckin­dling of the 1975-90civil war. But the military presence has made Syria the dominant political force in Lebanon, a role Assad has no intention of relin­quishing.

Syria also wants itself removed from the U.S. list of COI.Ultries that sponsor terrorism,achangcthal wouldimprove the climate for foreign invesuncnt

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Autopsies begin in cult tragedy By THIERRY BOIN ET

GRENOBLE, France (AP). Authorities began autopsies Tuesday in an effort to con­firm all 16 charred bodies found in a forest over the weekend were members of the Order of the Solar Temple, a Swiss-based cult.

Investigators said they hope the autopsies, expected to be concluded Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, will help them reconstruct the exact se­quence of events that led to the deaths.

A murder probe was opened Sunday after authorities found that all 16 bodies had bullet wounds, including three young girls shot to death in the Al­pine forest in southeastern France.

Authorities also found evi­dence indicating some of the 16, arranged in star formation around a bonfire, were drugged or asphyxiated at the site near the village of Saint­Pierre-de-Cherennes, 30 kms (18 miles) southwest of Grenoble.

On Monday a local resident told police he saw three Mercedes-Benz cars with Swiss license plates headed in the direction where the burned bodies of 16 cult members were found, authorities said.

The witness, identified as Christian Ferary-Berthelot, said he saw the automobiles drive through Saint-Pierre-de-

Cherennes on the night of Dec. 14, one day before authorities believe the killings were com­mitted.

On Friday police discovered two Peugeots and a Golf with Swiss license plates as well as a Renault with French plates belonging to the sect parked 2 kms ( 1.2 miles) from the scene of the drama. It was that discovery that led police to search the area.

"I contacted the police when I saw that the four cars in the parking were not Mercedes," Ferary-Berthelot said in a telephone interview.

The three young girls in the group of missing members of the Swiss-based Order of the Solar Temple were among those shot to death in the Al­pine forest, said Prosecutor Jean-Francois Lorans.

"Every body that was found had one or several bullet wounds," Lorans told a news conference Sunday. He said it was possible "the killers are among the bodies" found burned Saturday, 30 kms (18 miles) southwest of Grenoble.

'It could be a multiple mur­der with two or three sui­cides," he said, describing a ritual similar to others by the cult that left 53 dead in Swit­zerland and Canada in Octo­ber 1994.

Lorans said the discovery of packaging for drugs and toxic substances indicated

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that members of the group "ab­s or bed toxic, sedative sub­stances."

He added that dark plastic bags on the heads of some bodies "were probably placed on their faces before they died."

Inrestigators at the site also found a shotgun and the pass­ports of 16 missing cult mem­bers in four cars that belonged to some of those that vanished, all but confirming the bodies

found were theirs, said a source close to the investiga­tion.

Among the bodies positiv ely identified among the

missing were a French police­man, his two daughters and Patrick Vuarnet, the 27-year­old son of the Vuarnet sun­glasses tycoon, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The bodies were transported late Saturday to Grenoble. The children were identified as the

two daughters of one of the police officers, ages 2 and 4, and the 6-year-old daughter of a friend of Patrick Vuarnet, the source said.

The Order of the Solar Temple, which has roots in centuries-old secret Roman Catholic societies, had mem­bers as far away as Australia. Investigations have reportedly failed to prove suspected links to money laundering and arms trafficking.

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Fresh wave of violence in Chechnya BySERGEISHARGORODSKY

MOSCOW (AP)- After a new upsurge of violence in Chechnya, Russia and Chechen rebels have two choices to end their year-old war: compromise on self-rule instead of independence, or fight to the bitter, bloody end.

Either option could mean still more months of blood­shed. The guerrillas have re­grouped and appear to be well­equipped for winter, and nei­ther side appears willing to settle for anything but com­plete victory.

Prime Minister Viktor Chemomyrdin says there is no military solution to the con­flict that began Dec. 11, 1994, when Russian troops marched into Chechnya to crush its drive for independence.

Even as Russian troops were trying to pound the rebels into submission in some of the heaviest fighting in months, Chernomyrdin insisted Mon­day that his government wants to make peace.

The Kremlin signed an agreement Dec. 8 with the government installed by its troops in Chechnya, giving the republic expanded control over its internal affairs and the right to open representa­tive offices abroad.

But the rebels weren't in­volved in negotiating the agreement, and President Boris Yeltsin's government appears unwilling to resume negotiations that collapsed in October.

Instead, Russia insisted on elections Dec. 17 to legitimize its handpicked leader for the republic, Doku Zavgayev, ig­noring rebel demands for Rus­sian troops to withdraw be­fore the vote.

If talks with Russia resume, a key demand by the rebels is likely to be new elections.

The rebels so far won't ac­cept either Zavgayev's gov'." ernment or expanded self-rule under the control of Moscow.

That has led to some of the fiercest fighting in months.

A IO-day battle for Gudermes. Chechnya's sec-. end-largest city, killed at least 600 Chechens, half of them civilians. According to Chechen officials. one-third of the city, which was spared in earlier fighting, is in ruins. Gudermes might be only the beginning.

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The rebels appear to domi­nate the areas southeast of the Chechen capital of Grozny and are harassing Russian troops elsewhere.

The Kremlin's strategy ap­pears to be based in part on the belief that the majority of Chechnya's residents are tired of tpe war.

Russian authorities also seem to think the guerrillas can't sustain a prolonged war, and would sooner or later seek an honorable way out, such as accepting an am<Jesty.

In order to undercut the au­thority of Dzhokar Dudayev, a former Soviet air force gen­eral who became president of

A Christmas tree is installed in the center of GUM, the state department store, for the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations in Moscow. Shoppers wandering through GUM can admire the lavish decorations laid out for the upcoming festivities in honor of the New Year and Russian Orthodox Christmas which is celebrated on January 7. (AP Photo)

Chechnya in 1991 and spear­headed its independence drive, the Russians installed their own man this spring.

With its leader, Zavgayev, in place, Russia now claims to have a legitimate negotiating partner instead of Dudayev, making any talks with the rebels unnecessary.

Yeltsin's government is hop­ing for a compromise among the Chee hens under Zavgayev 's lead­ership - enforced by his police and Russian troops.

That seems to work in indi­vidual locations, with village el­ders and pro-Moscow police of­ten persuading guerrillas to leave villages to avoid violence.

But so far, the Kremlin and its Chechen supporters have failed to win the public's loyalty by delivering on promises of massive aid.

At least 30,000 families remain homeless, according to official figures, and there is no economic activity besides limited agriculture and market trade.

The rebels also havedemon5trated theycaneasilyreturn. Tryingtothwart the elections and remove Moscow loyalists, armed separatists recently seized key buildings in several cities.

Russia could go after the rebels with its full military might, but that wouldn't be easy.

During talks with the rebels in the summer and fall, Moscow made a key mistake by letting the rebels leave their hideouts in the southern mountains and spread through Chechnya. Now they're in a position to fight.

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Although Thackeray does not hold an official position in government, he commands great influence in its adminis­tration and is widely regarded as the de facto ruler of the state.

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The new proposal was to have been announced by De­cember 10, but Thackeray said that even the renegotiated con­tract was not acceptable to the government. "The main thing is the common man," he said.

An Enron spokesperson in London told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the company has not been consulted about a further price reduction.

"The proposal we will con­sider is the one put to the ex­perts' committee," said spokesperson Susan Wear.

Another Enron spokesper­son had told reporters in Bombay earlier in the month that the new proposal envis­ages construction of a 2,450 megawatt plant.

The cost per megawatt of power has been reduced to 26.2 million rupees ($748,000) from 44.9 million rupees ($1.28 million), the spokesperson had said.

The power project - which Enron is building in partner­ship with Bechtel Enterprises and General Electric - was the largest investment to be made by a foreign consortium since India's began to liberalize its economy in 1991.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15

Japan's bank monitoring plan hit By P.H. FERGUSON

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese regulators' plans to more ,closely monitor Japan's be­leaguered banks fall far short of being a majoroverhaul, crit­ics said Wednesday.

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday unveiled steps aimed at tightening oversight of Japan's financial industry, which is saddled with an enor­mous load of bad debt and plagued by scandal.

Under the measures, an­nounced by Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura, banks will be ordered to hire outside auditors to examine assets and more bank inspectors will be hired.

Takemura, speaking to re­porters, called the steps "dras­tic," but critics quickly ques­tioned whether the changes would address the industry -and regulators' - fundamental problems.

"What is needed is a change of consciousness among gov­ernment officials and private financial institutions alike," said Japan's largest daily newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun, which carried a re­port on the ministry's plan on its inside pages.

Japan's once-powerful banks are awash in bad debt left over from the high-flying 1980s. About 40 trillion yen ($400 billion) in irrecoverable debts have been reported by the banking community, though economists have esti­mated that number could ac­tually be as high as I 00 tril­lion yen ($1 trillion).

The banks' international reputation - and that of the Finance Ministry - took a beat­ing earlier this year with rev­elations of more than $1.1 bil­lion in trading losses accrued at a U.S. subsidiary of Daiwa Bank by a bond trader over a 12-year period.

As punishment for what American regulators say was a high-level cover-up, Daiwa was ordered to shut down its U.S. operations. And the Fi­nance Ministry came under harsh criticism for failing to quickly inform U.S. regula­tors of the losses.

The ministry's plan was coolly received by the market Wednesday, with analysts say­ing it was not a factor in the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average's climb to its highest levels of the year.

The influential Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the country's pre­mier financial newspaper, also downplayed the importance of the new measures.

It said they would help "to a certain extent" but added: "There are still many prob­lems to be addressed in the Finance Ministry· s adminis­trative methods."

Toru Nakakita, a Toyo Uni­versity economist, said the oversight plan "doesn't change the actual system."

The plan calls for more fre-

quent auditing, and for the banks to be rated according to their capital adequacy ratio and risk management levels. However, results of the gov­ernment audits will not be made available to the public.

The ministry also an-

nounced it will beef up its force of bank inspectors by 66, bringing the total to 466. But finance minister acknowl­edged even that beefed-up force is dwarfed by the 8,000 such regulators in the United States.

The ministry will be able to banks will be placed under order specific improvements obligation to report any irregu-in their daily operations, and larities in their operations as will hold the power to file for soon as possible and the min-bankruptcy for the financial is try will also inspect banks' institutions it deems in danger overseas subsidiaries - a move of failure, officials said. seen as aimed at avoiding an-

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"Thank you; we cannot forget your hospitality," one shouted.

The cremated remains of lhreccrew­mcn were handed over to Soulh Ko­rean Red Cross rcprescnlatives who wore white fa;cmasks.

Afler quick medical checks, the sur­vivors werereunited with wcepingrela­ti vcs at a Soulh Korean govcrnmcnt building out.side the border village of Panmunjom.

Other f amilics wailed at a makeshift altar, clutching lhe clolh-wrappcd urns containing lheashes. Tnrlitional offer­ings 10 the dead had been laid ouL

One of the men, Kim Bu-gon, 10ld rcponcrs one crewman was shot dead andanothcrdicdwhcnflamcsengulfed the 103-lOn 86 Woosung as it was fired upon by a gunship rutcr strayITTg into North Korean tcrritol)' on May 30. A lhird man died of illness, he said.

Although Kim claimed the crew members were forced lO denounce South Korea in radio programs in lhe North, he added: "It's true that we intruded deep and attempted lO flee and were fired upon."

South Korea welcomed lhc release, although Unification Ministry spokes­man Kim Kyong-woong said it was unrelated lO resuming rice shipmenlS . · Soulh Korea and Japan discussed

food aid in Seoul on T ucsday, but the only decision was to coordinate assis­tance.

The South Korean news agency Yonhap, quoting an unidentified gov­emmcntofficial,rcportcd the two coun­tries would hold talks on the issue with the United Slates during high-level consultations ITT Hawaii in mid-Janu­ary.

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North Korea has avoided dialogue with Seoul while enrow-aging contact with anti-government groups in the South.

One government official closely in­volved in the matter indicated Tuesday that aulhorities were considering ai­Jowing Red Cross and olher charity groups 10 provide "small-scale" relief goods, including rice.

Inter-Korea relations have been strained over a series of incidents, in­cluding the fate of the fishenncn.

It was a key sticking point when a lhird round of rice lalks between the two Korcas in Beijing - their fm;t offi­cial contaets in more than a year -broke down in July.

The North had promised during the second round to rellim lhe ship and its crew but later reneged, saying they should be dealt with under North Ko­rean Jaw.

Soulh Korea already had shipped 150,000 lOl1S of free rice lO the North, and Japan had provided 300,000 tons -

half free and lhe rest on concessional tenns.

Aid agencies say lhe North's food shortages are worsening. After mas­sive floods last summer elev~ much of its farmland, the reclusive counlry wa-i forced lO tum lO outside aid for the first time.

But the UN. World Food Program, citing lack of donations, is shutting down its operations there, despite lhe danger of widespread famine.

Experts say the North's food prob­lem is chronic and Iha!. it may be 3 j million tons short of the grain it needs to feedits23 millionpeoplenextye.ar.

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01 HEADWAITER-Salary $2.75-3.50 per hour 01 ASSISTANT MANAGER, RESTAU­RANT-Salary $3.50-4.66.per hour 02 COUNTER ATTENDANT-Salary $2.75-3.48 per hour 01 AUDITOR-Salary $3.00-3.52 per hour 01 BARTENDER-Salary $2.75-3.36 pe; hour 01 BARTENER(SENIOR)-Salary $3.00-4.11 per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary $3.00-4.21 per hour 01 SECTION (CHEF)-Salary $3.50-5.52 per hour 03 CLEANER COMMERCIAL-Salary $2. 75-3.50 per hour 02 CLEANER HOUSEKEEPING-Salary $2. 75-3.28 per hour 05 COOK-Salary $2.75-3.25 per hour 02 COOK -Salary $3.05-4.95 per hour 01 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary $2. 75-3.42 per hour 01 LEAD SUPERVISOR (MAINT.)-Sal­ary $3.50-7.71 per hour 02 MAINT. WORKER-Salary $3.05-5.75 per hour 01 MANAGER, RESTAURANT-Salary $3.50-6.28 per hour 01 FLOOR SUPERVISOR-Salary $3.50-4.48 per hour 03 WAITER, RESTAURANT-Salary $2.75-3.69 per hour 01 WELDER COMBINATION-Salary $3.15 per hour Contact: KANG CORPORATION dba KANG AUTO SUPPLY, KANG COMM'L BLDG. RENTAL, KANG REPAIR SHOP, GENERAL, KANG GENERATOR RE­PAIR & RENTAL TEL: 288-9366/7/8(12126)T21824

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1,700 per month Contact: W&K CONSULTING ENGI­NEERS dba WINZLER & KELLY EN­GINEERS TEL. 234-0482(12/25)M

02 GUEST RELATIONS REPRESEN­TATIVE-Salary:$1,200 per month Contact:SAIPAN LAULAU DEVELOP­MENT, INC. dba LaoLao Bay Golf Re­sort TEL. 256-8B88(12/25)M4901

01 HOUSEWORKER-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: PONCIANO C. & VIVIAN P. RASA dba P&R ENTERPRISES TEL. 234-7712/1042(12/25JM21902

01 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact:AUGUSTIN K. CASTRO, JR. dba ACJ ENTERPRISES TEL. 234-7856(12/25)M21821

01 GENERAL MAINTENANCE-Salary $2. 75-3.00 per hour Contact: JARIDON INC. TEL: 2346651(12/28)TH4964

01 FLOWER ARRANGER-Salary $3.00 per hour Contact: EDWARD S. TENORIO dba -­ISLAND FLORIST TEL: 235-1001(12/28)TH2190B

01 GRAPHIC ARTIST-Salary $3.50-5.00 per hour Ccntact: YOUNIS ART STUDIO, INC . dba MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS & VIEWS TEL: 234-634119797(12/28)TH4959

01 (SUPERVISOR) CIVIL ENGINE~f:l­Salary $1,000.00-1,300.00 per mor,th Ccntact: SHIMIZU CORPORATION TEL: 234-5438/9(12/28)TH21912

01 ELEVATOR ENGINEER-Salary $800.00 per month Contact: JOSE S. & MARILOU CATAMBAY dba INTERNATIONAL EL­EVATOR EOUIPT. TEL: 233-7158(12/28)TH21913

01 AUTO PAINTER-Salary $2.75 per hour Contact: SUNG WOO H.E. CORPORA­TION TEL: 234-1760(12/28)TH21914

01 BEAUTICIAN-Salary $2. 75 per hour Contact: NORMA A. CLAROS dba CLAROS ENTERPRISES TEL 234-5074(12/28)TH21910

01 AUTO BODY REPAIRER-Salary $2. 75 per hour 01 AUTO BODY PAINTER-Salary $2.75 per hour Contact: GOLDEN NEE NA CORPORA­TION TEL: 235-059710405/2200(12/ 28)TH21909 ,

01 DRESSMAKER-Salary $2.75 per hour Contact: DANILO S. DE GUZMAN dba D&C ENTERPRISES TEL: 235-73S8(12/28)TH21S06

01 RESERVATION CLERK-Salary $2. 75-3.30 per hour 02 NIGHT AUDITOR-Salary $3.00-3.60 per hour Contact: PACIFIC MICRONESIA CORP. dba DAI-ICHI HOTEL SAIPAN BEACH TEL: 234-6412(12/28)TH4943

01 CARPENTER-Salary $2. 75 per hour 01 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary $2. 75 per hour Contact: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORP. TEL: 235-5086/92(12/28)TH21905 mm,m 01 ELECTRICAL DRAFTER-Salary $1,000.00 per month Contact: EMC2-ELECTRICAL dba EMCE INC. CONSULTING ENGI­NEERS TEL: 234-0673(1/4)T21891

01 MARKETING MANAGER-Salary $3.00 per hour Contact: COMMONWEALTH GAR­MENT MFG. INC. TEL: 234-7550(1/4)T21890

01 PLANT MANAGER-Salary $3.00 per hour Contact: MIRAGE (SPN) CO. LTD TEL: 234-3481-3(1/4)T21889

01 CLERK, VIDEO RENTAL-Salary $2.75 per hour Contact: VICENTA C. GONZALES dba GONZALES ENT. TEL: 235-2621(1/4)T21887

01 COOK-Salary $1,000.00 per month Contact: CASA INC. dba CASA TEL: 233-2940(1/4)T21893

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary $3.00 per hour Contact: NIKO NIKO INC. TEL: 234-7550(1/4)T21881

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary $3.00-6.00 per hour Contact: FRIENDLY FINANCE CO. INC. TEL: 234-6676(1/4)T5047

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1995-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1,000 per month Contact:SHIMIZU CORPORATION TEL. 322-3482(12/25)M21820

01 H.E. OPERATOR-Salary:$3.00 per hour C~tact:EAGLE CORPORATION TEL. 233-4545(12/25)M21814

01 COMPUTER OPERATOR-Sal­ary:$4.00 per hour Contact:ASIAN SOURCES, INC. TEL. 235-2730(12/25)M21815

01 REFRIGERATION & AIRCON ME­CHANIC-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: NARUSE IDIP dba NARUSE IDIP HEF/AIRCON SERVICES Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 2411, Saipan M. P 96950(12/25)M21817

01 SALES SUPERVISOR (WHOLE­SALER)-Salary:$3.00 per hour Contact:C.O.L.T. INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION TEL. 234-8516(12/ 25)M21818

01 ASSISTANT RESERVATION MAN­AGER-Salary:$1,600 per month Contact: MICRO PACIFIC DEVELOP­MENT, INC. dba SAi PAN GRAND HO­TEL TEL. 234-6601 /3 ext. 112( 12/ 25)M48B8

01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Sal­ary $2.45-5.00 per hour Contact: FRIENDLY FINANCE CO. INC. TEL: 234-6676(1/4)T5046

01 NIGHT AUDITOR-Salary $3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: SUWASO CORPORATION dba CORAL OCEAN POINT RESORT CLUB TEL: 234-7000(1/4)T5049

01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary $5.25 per hour Contact: HENRYK. PANGELINAN AND ASSOC. INC. TEL: 234-5236( 1/4)T21882

02 LABORER, CONSTRUCTION-Sal­ary $2. 75 per hour CONTACT:SANG YOUNG CORPORA­TION dba WATER WELL DRILLING TEL: 234-7100(1/4)T21884

01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Sal­ary $3.50 per hour 01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary $900.00 per month Contact: G.C.G. & COMPANY, INC. TEL: 288-7166(1/4)T21885

02AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: SAIPAN AUTO SUPPLY CO. dba Quality Builders lnc./Sasco Service Plus TEL. 234-8379(1102)T21865

01 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$2. 75 per hour Contact: ONWEL MFG. (SAIPAN) TEL. 234-9522/25(1/02)T21864

03 REFRIGERATION & AIRCON TECHNICIAN-Salary:$6.00 per hour Contact: JWS AIRCONDITIONING & REF., INC. TEL 235-5572(1/02)T5011

01 CASHIER-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: DONG SUNG CORPORA­TION dba Saipan Supermarket & Choi's Discount TEL. 288-2938(1/02)T21859

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$3.50-$6.50 per hour Contact: SABLAN CORPORATION dba Sablan Construction Co., ltd. TEL. 234-7947(1/02)TS010

60 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$2.75-$3.00 per hour Contact: EUROTEX SPN INC. TEL. 234-5273177(1 /02)T21947

01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$3.00 per hour Contact: LUZVIMINDA S. INDALECIO dba Jacies Manpower Services TEL. 235-3687(1/02)T21944

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.50 per hour Contact SUN PACIFIC ENT., INC. TEL. 233-6682(1/02)T21946

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01 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER-Sal­ary:$2. 75-$3.00 per hour Contact: SAIPAN INSPECTION SER­VICES TEL. 234-5277/73(1/02)T21948

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$2.75-$5.50 per hour Contact :SAM SUNG ENTERPRISES. INC. TEL. 234-7452(1/02)T21857

01 CHIEF MECHANIC-Salary:$1,700 per month Contact: KANG SAN CORPORATION TEL. 235-4949(1/02)T21855

01 EXECUTIVE CHEF-Salary: $3,360 per month Contact: LSG LUFTHANSA SERVICE SAIPAN INC. dba Gateway Rest. TEL. 234-8258(1/02)T21851

01 ARCHITECT-Salary:$403.85 bi­weekly Contact: Grace Christian Academy DBA NON-PROFIT PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEL. 322-3320/3850(1/ 02)TS022

01 JANITOR -Salary:$2.75-$3.30 per hour 01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.75-$3.20 per hour 01 MASON-Salary:$2.75-$3.20 per hour 01 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.75-$3.20 par hour Contact: PHILIPPINE GOODS CONST., INC. TEL 234-6485(1/D2)T5006

01 CUSTOM TAILOR-Salary:$2.75-$3.20 per hour 01 WAITRESS (NIGHT CLUB)-Sal­ary:$2.75-$3.20 per hour 01 BARTENDRESS-Salary:$2.75-$3.20 per hour 01 CLUB SUPERVISOR-Salary:$700-$800 per month Contact: PHILIPPINE GOODS INC. TEL. 234-6485(1/02)TS007

02 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Sal­ary:$3.50-$4.75 per hour 01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:$3.50-$4.75 per hour Contact:MICRONESIAN BROKERS (CNMI), INC. TEL. 322-0318(1/ 02)T2185~

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$2. 75-$3.00 per hour 04 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:$2. 75 per hour Contact: MIDWEST TRADING COR­PORATION TEL. 235-8752(1/ 02)T21736

01 COOK-Salary:$2. 75-$3.00 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$2.50-$3.00 per hour 01 OFFICE MANAGER-Salary:$3.50-$4.00 per hour Contact: GAUDENCIO C. MACALi NAO dba GCM Enterprises TEL. 322-7461 (1/ 02)T21B55

01 ASSISTANT MANAGER-Sal­ary:$700 per month Contact: MICRONESIA (INT'L) JEW­ELRY. INC. dba Micronesia Money Ex­change, Inc. TEL. 234-9531 ( 1/ 01)M21942

05 WAITRESS NIGHT CLUB-Sal­ary:$2. 75 per hour Contact: JONAH D. VANDERGRIFF dba Lasco Manpower Services TEL. 233-6330(1/01 )M21935

02 WOODCARVER-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: RODRIGO M. CAPATI dba Saipan Woodcraft Ent. TEL. 235-5507(1/01)M21936

01 AUTO/DIESEL MECHANIC-Sal­ary:$2.75 per hour Contact: KANG CORPORATION dba Kang Auto Supply, Kang Comm'I Bldg TEL. 288-9368( 1/01 )M21933

01 GRAPHIC ARTIST-Salary:$500 per month Contact: LAWRENCE A. LEE dba Larry Lee Associates TEL. (670)322-1096(1/ 01)M21943

02 MANAGER, SAMPLE DEPART­MENT-Salary:$11.00 per hour Contact UNO MODA CORP. TEL. 234-1861/2(1 /01 )M4996

01 TRAVEL CONSULTANT-Sal­ary:$1,220 per month ($400 housing allow.) Contact:NTA MICRONESIA & SOUTH­ERN PACIFIC dba Mach Tour TEL.234-9309(1/01 )M21940

01 AUTO-BODY REPAIRER-Sal-ary:$2. 75-3.50 per hour 01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary $2.75-$3.50 per hour Contact:PHILIPPINE EAGLE CORPO­RATION dba Philippine Eagle Auto Re­pair Shop TEL. 288-0928(1/01 )M21938

01 ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$4.00-$7.00 per hour 01 PUBLIC RELATION REPRESENTA­TIVE-Salary:$4.00-$8.00 per hour Contact: AQUA RESORT CLUB SAIPAN CO. dba Aqua Resort Club Saipan Co., Ltd. TEL. 322-1234(1/ 01)MS005

01 BOUTIQUE· MANAGER-Sal­ary:$1,500-$2,500 per month 04 SALES ASSOCIATES-Salary:$550-$1,500 per month Contact:CARONEL (SAIPAN), INC. TEL. 322-5417(1/01 )M21931

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.75 per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: COURTNEY'S PLAZA dba Joseph T. Torres TEL. 235-1662(12/ 18)M21737

02 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.75 per hour 1 0 MASON $-Salary: $2. 7 5 per hour 10 CARPENTERS-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: E.C. GOZUM & CO. INC. TEL. 256-0331 (1/01 )M21941

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary $3.00-3.55 per hour Contact: HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN, INC. dba HOTEL NIKKO SAIPAN TEL: 322-3311 (12/26)T5175

01 CIVIL ENGINEER-Salary:$ f,200-$1,500 per month Contact: SHIMIZU CORPORATION TEL. 234-5438/9( 1/11 )Th21994

01 STEELMAN-Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact:H.S. LEE CONST. CO., INC. TEL. 234-6856(1/11 )Th5151

02 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­Salary:$2. 75-$3.50 per hour Contact: MARIANAS REPAIRS CO . INC. TEL. 234-9083(1/11)Th21999

01 WAITRESS RESTAURANT -Sa\­ary:$2. 75 per hour Contact: MICHAEL SZE PRODUCTS Inc. dba HONG KONG RESTAURANT TEL. 234-7384(1/11 )Tl121985

02 KITCHEN HELPER-Salary:$3.00-$3.50 per hour Contact: LSG LUFTHANSA SERVICE SAIPAN INC. dba GATEWAY RESTAU­RANT TEL. 234-8258 (1/11)Th21987

l.11 CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING -Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: SAIPAN KORESCO CORPO­RATION TEL. 288-6001 (1/11 )Th21988

01 PHOTO DEVELOPER -Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: LEE'S lNC. TEL. 234-7768(1/ 11)Th21991

01 HORTICULTURIST -Salary:$1,030 per month Contact: APEX INTERNATIONAL CORP. TEL. 322-3053(1/11)Th21996

01 COOK HELPER -Salary:$2.75 per hour Contact: SEUNG-HEE CINDY YU dba PELICANA CHICKEN RESTAURANT TEL. 235-718717474(1/11 )Th21998

15 MASON -Salary:$2. 75-$3.00 per hour 20 CARPENTER -Salary: $2.75-$3.00 per hour Contact: DR. AKM. AL.AMGIR KASEM dba VICTORY TRADE INJERNA­TIONAL TEL. 233-0~94(1/11)Th21997

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YOUR BIRTHDAY By Stell a Wilder

Born today, you are destined to go through more than your share of personal difficulties. Whenever the going gets tough, however, you search for a lesson in it. You al­ways manage to rise to the occa­sion and accomplish more al each new turn. Your life ma,Y prove the classic come-from-behind success story! Though you may be born with little, you will learn lo parlay what you know into considerable success in any field you choose. You never fail to surprise your critics. Because you always strive to reach your personal best, each time you attempt something, your best is better than before.

You may be guilty of concen­trating too much on your image. Those who know you well are sometimes surprised by your in­consistencies, but they are able to see through the facade into your heart and mind.

Also born on this date are: William Gladstone, statesman and author; Andrew Johnson, U.S. president; Tom Bradley, Los Angeles mayor; Ted Danson and Jon Voight, actors; Mary Tyler Moore, actress and pro­ducer.

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To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding para­graph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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19) - You can broaden your hori­zons today and ready yourself for greater accomplishments in the near future. Success is at hand!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - A domestic squabble must not be allowed to threaten all that you've worked so hard for in your relationship. Don't overreact or exaggerate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March ZOJ - A more aggressive attitude could prove beneficial to you as a new goal presents unusual risks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -You needn't contain your excite­ment today as a new opportunity unfolds. Grit your teeth and go for it!

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U.S. yacht sets-sail in pursuit of Sydney-Hobart race record SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The American maxi-yacht Sayonara beat its rivals out of Sydney Harbor on T ucsday and unfurled its spinnaker sail in a slrong northeast wind, hoping to .break the 20-year-0ldrecord time in the Sydney-to-Hobart classic.

With 15-18 knot nort.hea<;t breezes forecast to continue for at least a day, the Sayonara has a decent chance of ocati.ng the record set in l 975by Ameri­can skipper Jim Kilroy in the U.S. maxi-yacht Kialoa ill of 2 days 14 hours 36 minutes 56 seconds.

HundredsoflmU5arrlsof pcqilelined Sydney Harlx:r's shores to w.uch 98 ya:hts surge past the heals and let their multi-hued spinnakers blcx:m as they virtuallywind-surf eddown theeastOOlSl of Australia toward 1-loont, I 68kil001c-

rers (630 nauti:al miles) away. Toe spinnaker run out of Sydney

1-larbor is one of the most colorful spectacles in sports,

Oose behind Sayonara wereAus.,ie rivals Brindabella and Fudge, both aoo caµiblc of breaking the record

They oonled neck-and-neck oown the length of the harbor, heclingover4 5 degrees as they ta::ked for position. Fudge led at first, but fell behind when its main sail tore loose from the boom and had to Ix: refastened

Sayonara, out of San Franci9.::o and owned by Oracle computer company chief executive Larry Ellison, is a 5/4 favorite to win the 51st running of the race, bookies say.

''We aim to be there in 2 l/2 days," said Billy Erkclcns, Sayonara'ssailing

masler. Race sponsor Telsira will pay a !Jo.

nllS of US dlrs I 'irl ,500 (250,CXXl Aus­tr.ilian oollars) if the winner breaks the record.

Launched only last April, the 23.8-metcr (78 1/2-foot) Sayonara has al­ready built credibility by breaking the 15-year-0ld Oakland-to-Catalina race record in its debuL

Ahwnbledeckhandon theSayonara ~ attracted as much a1te11tion as !he boatitself:NewsCorp.mediamagnate Rupert Murdoch, a friend of Elli5oo, who sailed his own wooden ketch Ilina four times in the race in the 1960s. Murdoch quipped that his role on the Sayonara is "ballasL"

No nautical dilettante, Murdoch brought the Ilina into Hoban in second

Players, fans back to Sugar Bowl business NEWORLEANS(AP)-Texasand you don't play well, it's a bummer." Texas and Virginia Tech wasted no VirginiaTechgotdowntothebusiness Texas, ranked ninth, and V~ia time fulfilling one of those expec-ofgettingreadyfortheSugarBowlon T~,No.13,playonNewYear sEve. talions. . . Tuesday. Their fans, me.mtime, got Therrfansbeganplaysoonerandwere Texas l.Jcketmanager Mike Bos down to bl1SlllC.$S on Bowton Sireet. expected to sray at it longer. said they had 40,000 attempts to

Texascoa:hJohnMackovicandhis ''We startetl seeing some team rol- reach their phone number in just staffarrivedMondaynightHisplayers ors on Ouistmas Eve," said Baibara tru:e~ hours the Monday after the were in town in time for an afternoon Broussard, a French Quarter bartender, pamng was announced. They could practice Tuesday in the Superdome. "By this weekend, we expect them to have sold 50,000 to 60,000 tickets,

Virginia Tech came in Tuesday be packed along Bourbon Street." Bos said. It was the same story momingandheldanaftemoonpractice The Sugar Bowl, sponsored by in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school at Tulane. Nokia, looked for both a good could have sold 30,000 had it had

"It's a week for our kids to have a matchup and two teams that would !hem, an employee said. good time," Mxkovic said. "But we bring ~ig c~owds to New (?rl~s, Ticketsforthisyear'sgamerange don'twantlolosesightofthegame.lf executivedirectorTroy.Mathieusrud from$ 60 to$ 100.

UMass is 110. 1 in college basketball MASSACHUSETIS, which reached other teams than us," ~huseus Ariz.ona and Iowa No. I for the first lime in ochool history coach John Calipari said after beating Ariz.ona dropped six spots after la,-last season, went ba:k to the top of the Georgia Tech just hours after Kansas ing its first game of the season, at home rollcge basketball poll Monday. had been beaten in theother game of the to Syracuse.

TheMinuiemen(7-0)movedupone inaugural Jimmy V Classic. "Now ~husetts held the _No. I spot spot from last week and were the run- you 're a bigger targeL To tell you the twice last season, the first tune for Just awaychoiceofthenationalmediapanel, truth,I'mnotsureifwe'rethebestteam one week, then was on top for four receiving58of64 first-place votes and in the counny." weeksi:Jtcrintheyear.Sixochoolsheld 1,593 points, 90 more than runner-up KenUJcky (7-1), which was fourth theNo. l position last =n-fv!as-KenUJcky, last week, received three first-place sa:huscns, Arkansas, North Carolina,

ThethirdchangeatNo. l this&a.so!I votes and WdS followed by Memphis UClA, CollOO:ticut ~d Kansas. came about because of Kansas' over- (7-0), which was No. I on one ballot North Carol ma agam led the Sec-time loss Io Temple last Friday. The and moved up two sp:,ts, and Kansas. ond Ten this week and was fol-Jayhawks (7-1) hat been !Op-ranked Ciocinnati (7-0)continueditsclimb lowed by Illinois, Syracuse, Wake fer three weeks after taking over fer frnmapreseasonNo.21 ranking,mov- Forest, Utah, Geo~gia, Mississippi Kentucky, the preseason No. L The ingfrnmninthtofifthandgettingone State, Missouri, Michigan and Wildcats held the top spot until losing first-place vote. Georgetown held sixth Duke. T~e ~n_al five were Virginia to Massachusetts. and was followed by Connecticut, Tech, V 1rgm1a, UCLA, Clemson

"Being No. I means more to the whichgotthefina!No. I vale, Villanova, and Tulsa.

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East title and got next week off when Chicago beat Philadelphia oo Sun­day.

Larry Centers and Aeneas Will­iams, twoof Ariz.on:a'sfourProBowl selectees, provided the looe bright spot for the Cardinals (4-12).

Centers caught 12 passes to set the NFL season record for receptions by anmning back. He finished the game with IOI, surpassing Roger Craig's

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Jersey. Miami won for only the second time

in nine games, both victories coming again<t the Nets. The victory kept Mi­amifrom falling to.500 for the first time under first-year coxh Pat Riley.

Armon Gilliam 9;:orcd a season­high 29 to lead New Jersey, which lost for the sixth time in rev en outings. The Nets, oown 88-73 with six minutes to play, 9;:0l"OO 12 unanswered points to cut the deficit to 88-85 with I :35 to play,

OuisChilckmadetwo3-pointersin the final 20 seconds to pull the Nets to 94-93,butOwensmadctwofrcethrows with 3.4 seconds to play fer the f ma! rruugin. Chilek had a last-second 3-point attempt blocked by Bimbo Coles.< "Hawks 94, Clippers 88<

I 0-year-old standardof92 in the first half.

Centers set up Greg Davis' 21-yard field goal in the second quarter witha29-yardcatchfromDaveKrieg. And Davis' 23-yard field goal in the third p:ricxl followed Centers' high­light-reel vault over Dallas' Larry Brown, turning a short hal1back pass from Garrison Hearst into a 16-yard gain to the Dallas 11.

Davis' second kick tightened the score to 24-13 a~ the Cardinals look advantage oft wo Dallas turnovers in

In Atlanta, St.cvcSmithscoredsix of his 22 points in the finru 3:22 when Atlanra was outscoring Los Angeles 11-5.

Los Angeles rn.llicd from a 7-point fourth-p;riod deficit and Terry Dchcre tied it 83-83 on a layup with 3:46 lcfL Stacey Augmon muscled inside

to give the Hawks an 85-83 1eoo., and Smith, who conneclfd on seven of IO shot~. drilled a 3-pointer to make it 88-83 with 2:34 lcfL

Smith added three free throws in the final 1:08.

MookieBlaylockhad 13JX)ints.,eight a£'sists and four steals for the Hawks, who have won three of their last four games, Ken Norman added 20 JX)ints, 11 in the first period.

Los Angeles, which lost for the 11th time in 14 games, was led by Loy Vaughtwith23JX)int,and 13rebounds.

Pistons 100, Warriors 90 In Auburn Hills, Michigan, Otis

the first 6: 13 of the third quartcr. WilliaJT1.s returned ari interception

48 yards for a touchdown, and Davis got his second 3-pointer after a drive which began when Kevin Williams fumbled the ensuing kickoff.

But it was too late. 'The Cowboys exploited every weakness the Cardi­nals had shown during a season of falling short of expectations - poor protection for Krieg, Krieg's own erratic passing and tlic weakness of Arizooa at right oomcrback, across from Aeneas Williams.

Thorpe had 26 points and 11 rebounds to lead Detroit over Golden Suue. The Pistons won for the founh time in five games and moved within one game of .5<XJ at 13-14.

Golden State rookie Joe Smith left lhcgame with 3:58 lcft in the third after losing his balance on a rebound and landing hard on his right hip. Smith did not return, but the team said he should beavailable Wednesday night at Wash­ington,

Detroit led 57-46 at the half, then fought off a Warriors rally early in the third. A 3-JX)inter by Latrcll Sprewell got Golden State within four, 59-55, but the Warriors never got any closcr.

Thorpe led all ~. while Allan HoUSI.On oodcd 20 and Grant Hill had 17. BJ. Armstrong led the Warriors with 14 and Mullin had 13.

Raptors 93, Bucks 87 In Hamilton, Ontario,roolcieDamon

Stoudamirescorcd2 l pointsandaddcd

plocc in 1964. wound. the 64-year-0ld Murdoch was Munloch "blooded" the Sayonara ready to race.

lastThursdaydwinganmc-upraceon "This is just total relaxation," the hrubor; af t.cr the race, he reached up Murdoch said Tuesday. "The big thing to grab onto a line, and the rope pulled you notice here is that people think of his hand into a pulley, nipping off the tip nothing cl<:e when they' re on a boat but ofhisrightindexfinger. Aftersome racing ... I think it's a terrific stress minor plastic surgery to mend the reliever.

Saipan Golfers Association Ace of Aces/Membership Tournament

LaoLao Bay GolfReson (West Course) Dec.23, 1995

Membership Low Gross Winners I. Brian P. Reyes 77 I I, Noibcrt Sablan 90 2. Ed Manibusan 79 12. Rudy R. Sablan 91 3. Frank Castro 83 13. Pete llibus 91 4. Fred Camacho 83 14. Roman Demapan 92 5. Juan L. Babauta 84 15. Joe Demapan 93 6. Charles P. Reyes 87 16. Max Castro 95 7. Ray Diaz 87 17. Plas Tagabucl 99 8. Pete R. Reyes 87 18. Ed Manglooa 102 9. Tooy Taitano 87 19. Ben Aldan I 02 10. Joe Agutto 90 20. Ray Salas l03

2 I, Ed Flores Membership Low Net Winners I . Brian P. Reyes 69 5.Max I. Castro 73 9, Frank Ca~tro

IO.Ed Manglona 11.Plas Tagabucl 12.Juan L. Babauta

2. Norbert Sablan 72 6.Fred F. Camacho 74 3. Charles P. Reyes 72 7 :Ray Diaz 75 4. Ed Manibusan 73 8.Rudy R. Sablan 75 Ace or Ace Low Net Winners l. Brian P. Reyes 69 6. Ray Diaz 75 2. Norbert Sablan 72 7. Rudy R. Sablan 75 3. Ed Manibusan 73 8. Tony Taitano 78 4. Max I. Castro 73 9. Joe Demapan 79 5. Fred F. Camacho 74 IO.Ben Aldan 84 Category Winners Less Putts Most Birdies l . Ray Diaz (28) l. Brian P. Reyes 2, Rudy Sablan (28) 3. Juan L. Babauta

2. Judge Ed Manibusan 3. Juan L. Babauta 4. Fred F. Camacho 5. Pete P. Reyes

Closest To Pin Hole no.3 Frank Castro Hole no.7 Fred Camacho Hole no,12 Brian P. Reyes Hole no. I 7 Frank Castro

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who finished 7-3 with five abscnccs, was next at west yokozuna.

An assistant lo Akebono, speaking bytelephoQefrnmthe wrestler' sstable, said Akeb6no has recovered from his leg injuries and will comperc in the New Year tournament, which srans Jan. 7 at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena He is seeking his ninth tourna­ment victory,

OLCki (champion) W akanohana, 12-3, who woo the la,t tournament in a playoff with his younger brother Takanohana, was rnnked in the third­best SJX>L The pluyoff was the first rournrunent bout between brothers in swno history.

American ozcki Musashimaru, or Fiama!u Perri tani frcm Hawaii, was in the f ounh best spot He finished at I 0-5.

Konishiki, or Salevaa Fuauli Atis:moe from Hawaii, was promo!Cd by two steps to No. 10 macgashira for his 8-7 rcconl in the last toumamcnL

Among foreigners in the 26-mcm­lx:r juryod.ivision ju.,1 lx:low the top40-mcmbcr makuuchi division, Amcri-

I I assists,hclpingTorontoenditsthrcc­game losing s1rcak.

The Bucks, who trailed by as many as 22points in thefirsthalf,ctU theRipurs' lead ro 87-81 on Glenn Robirnon's 3-poinrcr with 5:20 remaining.

Stoudamire, who reoched the 20-point pluteau for the ninth tinie this sroson, iced the game with two free throws for a 93-84 iead with under half a minurc to play.

The game was played at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum and drew a sellout crowd of 17,242.

Nuggets 114, Mavericks 102 In Ixnver, Dale Ellis scored a sea­

son-high 30 JX)ints, iocluding 6-of-7 shooting from 3-point range, and Den­ver handed Dallas its sixth straight loss.

The mcthodic.al Nuggets built a 12-JX)int halftime lead, ext.ended it to 16 after three quarters and allowed the Mavericks no closer than nine points in the fmal period.

Longest Drive Hole no.6 Tony Taiiano Hole no.9 Tony Taicano Hole no. 18 Ray Dia?

can Sunahama, or American William Hopkins, was promoted by six steps to No. 6 for his I 0-5 record last towna-menL .

American Yamato, or American George Kalima, was promoted by five steps to No. 8.

Kyokushuzan, or Mongolian Batbayar Davaa, was demoted by four steps to No. 9 and Daiki, or American Pcrcy Kipapa,alm fell one IIOICh to No. 11.

Inmakuuchi,the topjuniordivision, Nanf u, or American Kaleo kekauoha, was promoted from No. 4 to No. 2 and Ryudo, or Brazilian Lewis Go Ikemori from Soo Paulo, remained at No. 8.

Hoshitango, or Argentine Imach Marcelo Salomon, was demoted by 14 srcps to No. 26and Sentoryu, or Ameri­can Henry Arrnslrong Miller, was un­changed at No. 37.

Hoshiandcsu,ArgentineJoseAnto­nioJuarez, wasdemO!Cd by 17 steps to No.49.

In sandanme, the second junior divi -sion, Takamio, or American John Fcleunga, was demO!Cd by 26 steps to No. 2 and Kyoru, or American Eric Gu:,-pcr, was demolcd by 19 st.cps to N

0. 100.

M:lhmoud Alxlul-Rauf added 21 points, Bryant Stith !7, .Talcn Rose 16 and Antooio McDycss 15 for Ixnver. Dikcmbe Mutomoo hoo 11 points, 18 rebourKi, and five of the Nuggets' 11 blocked shots.

The Mavericks, losing for the 17th timeinthelast 19gamcs,againfailedto CillllroachDickMouahis~carccr victory. Jim Jackson 9;:ored 31 points andTonyDumascameoffthebenchto get 22 for the Mavericks. Jazz 114, Trail Blazers 104

In SaltlakeCity,Karl Malorescored 47 JX)intsand Utah~ a 16-0scrond­quaner nm to take the lead foc good in defeating Portland

JeffHomacek scored 19 points and Antoine Carr addro 14, including IO in the dccisi ve second quarter when Utah lllmedaseven-pointdeficitintoan 11-JX)int halftime lead. The closest Pon­land got after that was 112-104 with one minute left

20-MARIANAS V ARIE1Y NEWS AND VffiWS-1HURSDA Y- DECEMBER 28 1995

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0nl Pacers halt Bulls winning streak INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Chi­cago Bulls came up one victay slntof the loogest winning streak in fraochire histay, looing to Indiana 103-97 Tues­day night for their first def~ in 14 games. .

ThePacers, whostretched therrhome

winning streak tosevengames,heldoff a Oucago charge in the fourth quarter when Scottie Pippen ~ 15 of his 26poinl'>.

The Bulls, who fell behind by as many as 24 in the first half, cut their deficit to 97-94 on a driving layup by

Tosanot;tmi ,proinoted to fourth highest rank TOKYO(AP)-Tosanoumi, who upset Takanohana and American Akebono during the last tourna­ment, was promoted by one step to komusubi, or junior cham­pion second class, in rankings · for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament released Monday.

Tosanoumi,a23-year-oldcol­lege graduate wrestler who ranked No. I maegashira(senior wrestler) in the last tournament in November, finished at 9-6. Kornusubi is the fourthhighestrank in the trooitional Jai:miese spmt

Tosanoumi dumped yokozuna

(grandchampion)Takanohanaon the seventh day and twisted down yokozuna Akebono on the ninth dayoftheNovembertournamenL Akebono, or Chad Rcwan from Hawaii, suffered a leg injury in the bout with Tosanoumi and withdrew from the tournament on the 10th day.

Takanohana, who finished at. 12-3 in the last tournament, re­mained at sumo's hig.hest rank­ing of east yokozuna in the rankings announced by theJ apan Sumo Association. Akebono,

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Cowboys beat Cardinals 1EMPE, Ariwna (AP) - The Dallas Cowboys earned home-field rightsthrougrouttheconferenceplay­offs, and got Emmitt Smith one of the National Football League's most priz.cd records in the process.

Smith had the NFL rushing title wrapped up before Monday night's game against the Arizona Cardinals. But he needed one touchdown to break the league record of 24 in a season, set by Washington's John Riggins in 1983. Smith's 3-yard scoring run came with 5:49 left in the 37-13 victory, the final game of the NFL's regular season.

Kevin Williams of the Cowboys closed his third year in the league with a career day, catching touchdown

passes of 25 and 48 yards from Troy Aikman among his nine grabsfor203 yards.

Brock Marion contributed to the Cowboys' quick start by returning an interception 32 yards for a touch­down in the first quarter, and Chris Boniol had field goals for Dallas of 39, 23 and 24 yards.

The Cowboys (12-4) lostthehome­field advantage to San Francisco last year, and dropped a38-28 decision to the 49ers in the NFC championship game.

This time, the right to play at home until the Super Bowl was the only thing at stake for the Cowboys, who claimed their fourth straight NFC

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RGA to close '95 vvith Ace of Aces tourney TI!E Rcfalawasch Golfers Associa­tion will close the year with the hold­ing of the 1995 Annual Ae,e of Aces Tournament on Dec. 30 at the Marianas Country Oub in Marpi.

RGA is urging all aces to be present in the ycarcnd tournament Twelve winners of this year's monthly ace tournament will square off to deter­mine the best RGA golfer of 1995.

Tee time is 7 a.m. A general membership and pot­

luck meeting will immediately fol­low after the toumamcnt at the Thir­teen Fishcnncn Park in Garapan for the election of 1996 officers.

Members and other golfers intcr­esled to become members of RGA, and all members, arc welcome to attend.

Annual re2"atta slated Jan. 7 TI!E Over the Reef Yacht &ub will hold the 12th Annual Budweiser Regatta on Jan. 7 oo the beach in front of the Dai-Ichi Hotel. Trophies, dooaicd by Budweiser, will be given to the frrst three finishers.

There will be two races each in the morning and in the af temooo. The frrstrace will begin at 10 am. and the second at 11 a.m. After a lwich break. the third race will ccxnmeoce at 2 pm, followed by the final roce at 3 p.m. An awards ceremony will close the event at 5:30 p.m.

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Pippen. MarkJoclc9Jn responded with a 3-pointer to give Indiana a 100-94 edge with 34.8secondsremaining,and the Bulls never drew closer than five points again. ~ Smits led the Pocers with 26

poi.its. Reggie Miller scored 20 and Jocksonfinishedwith 13pointsand 10 assists.

Michael Jordan matched his aver­ageof30pointsbutshotjust l l-of-28 from the field.<

Rockets 100, Grizzlies 84 In Houston, Hakeem Olajuwon

scored 18 points as Houston ended a two-game losing slcid with a victory over Vancouver.

lVfario Elie, starting in place of in­jured guard Clyde Drexler, added 16 points for Houston, which appeared on its way to a rout early in the game but failed to put Vancouver away until the final two minutes.

Eric Murdock led the expansion Grizzlies with 16 points, while Bryant Reeves added 12 points and 16 re­bounds.

Houston reached the 20-victory pla-

teau on its third try after consecutive losses to Soo Antonio and Orlando.

ByronScott'slayupwithaboutseven minutes remaining made it 72-69 be­fore consecutive baskets by the Rock­ets' Sam Cassell and Mark Bryant and Eldridge Recasner's 3-pointer snuffed out the Grizzlies' final threat

Heat 96, Nets 93 In Miami, Billy Owens, in his first

night back after missing 10 games with a shoulder bruise, scored a career-high 31 JX)ints to lead Miami ovcr New

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! oro_nto 28 R_oberto Al~mar jumps to avoid catcher Mike Stanley who was out on the first leg of a double play m this 19~3 flle photo m New York. Alomar, eager t~ 9et that winning feeling again after a frustrating 1995 S(!as_on with Tor(!nto, aweed Thursday to an $18 m1//1on three-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles. The six-time All Star ts the fifth new player to join the Orioles since Pat Gillick took over as general manager last ~~ D

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