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LIEUTENANT Governor Jesus C. Borja yesterday said he will

. run against Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio in a Democratic Party primary.

Borja, in a media conference, said he told the governor Tuesday that "I have concluded; based on advise and recommendations from.my family and supporters, that I could not accept his offer to run with him in' 1997."

He said his family and support­ers "felt" that Tenorio would not win even ifhe (Borja) teamed-up again with the governor. ·

Asked if he believes he has bet­ter chances of winning against the Republican gubernatorial candi­date, former governor Pedro P. "Teno" Tenorio, Borja said "Yes."

The governor, he said, has "hurt too many people already" through his actions.

Jesus C. Borja

As an example, Borja said his relatives and supporters "felt slighted" by the governor's say­ing he will seek reelection, a few months after announcing he will support Borja in 1997.

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THE application of Joo Ang Apparel to operate a garment factory in a residential area in Dandan and next to a school has been rejected, the Coastal Resources Management said yesterday.

"The location (of the factory) is very bad," CRM Director ' Manuel C. Sablan told the Variety:

"It is a residential area and there's a school. Putting up a garment factory right in the middle is not compatible to the adjacent-land uses," he explained.

Sablan said his office received a petition signed by some 65 residents in the area objecting to the factory being sited next to a headstart school.

Sablan also said the people who went to the public hearing on Joo Ang's application last month objected to the location.

The proposed factory is an existing one-story commercial build­ing which Joo Ang owner Oh Mal Ja has renovated and expanded.

"The people who talked to me are in agreement that (the gover­nor) is not liked."

Borja added, however, that he has no "ill-feelings at this point in time" toward Tenorio.

"We had a good meeting (Tues­day). He was disappointed but he understood and we wished each other good Irick and shook hands."

Borja said he does not regret running with Tenorio in the 1993 election which they won handily against then incumbent gover­nor Lorenzo I.D.L. Guerrero and lieutenant governor Benjamin T. Manglona.

Borja said he will even support Tenorio if the latter wins the Democratic Primary scheduled

Froilan C. Tenorio to be held no later than April 1997.

"I suggested to him that I thought I could convince my sup-

porters and family to run together with (him) ifwe hold theprimar; and he won.

"I think I can justify my action and say, 'Look the governor has succeeded therefore ifhe wanted me I would rnn wfrh him."'

However, Borja said Tenorio wanted to name his rnnning mate within a week "or so."

Asked if he thinks that the CNMI Democratic Party could survive a primary between two of its highest elected officials, Borja said "I think so."

He admitted, however, that he doesn't know yet how he would campaign against Tenorio­whose administration Borja is a part of.

"But I suppose there would be ground mies laid do~n by the

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"The (CRM) board denied the application and recommended that (the owner) look for an alternative site which is more condu­cive to that type of operation," Sablan said.

.,.C,--o_n.,..ti-n-ue-d-.-o_n_p_a_g_e__,1,.,.6 Inmates keep themselves busy doing some furnitures as part of the DPS Division of Corrections' rehabilitation program The prisoners' finished products will be displayed on Friday at the DPS. .

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Federal officials here to help plan prison project

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

TWO FEDERAL representatives from Washington, D.C. are now on Saipan to start w~rking with the local government on plans to improve prison facilities in the CNMI.

Co1Tectional program officer William Wilkey, and architect Buddy Darden, both of the Na­tional Institute of Corrections, arrived on the island Sunday for a whole-week visit.

In a brief telephone interview, Wilkey told the Variety the trip is part of the federal government's commitment to provide the CNMI assistance in the supervision and construction of the correctional facility.

Wilkey said he and Darden are meeting with local police and prison officials to discuss with them matters involving "the train­ing of personnel and the writing of policies and procedures."

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2-MARIANAS V ARJETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- NOVEMBER 21, 1996

Pla11es collide: 13 dead QUINCY, Illinois (AP) - A com­muter plane coming in for a landing collidedatarunwayintersection Tues­day with a small private plane that was trying to take off, igniting a fire­ball that killed all 13 people aboard

both aircraft. The planes collided on runways

that "intersect, actually cross," said David Smith, manager of Baldwin Municipal Airport

The airport, which serves smaller

planes,doesnothaveacontroltower. The incoming plane was a United

Express flight with nine passengers and two crew membersthathadorigi­nated in Burlington, Iowa It was scheduled to fly on to Chicago after

the stop in Quincy. The private plane, with two people

aboard, was from the St Louis area, but it was not immediately known where it was headed.

Mike Coultas, a private pilot, was arriving at the airport when the crash occurred.

"I kept thinking to myself I can't believe this aircraft on Runway 4 does not see the other aircraft," which was landing, Coultas told CNN.

"Just about the time I got to the fence to park my car, the two aircraft impacted at the intersec­tions of the two runways and then exploded into a ball of flames," Coultas added.

Don Zochert, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administra­tion, said the United Express plane was a Beech 1900 aircraft with a seating capacity of 19.

Adams County Sheri.ff Bob Noll said the other plane was a King Air 200.

A spokesman for United Airlines, which operates United Express, said the commuter flight was operated by GreatLakesAviation, whichisbased

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Skies were overcast at the time of the crash, but visibility was l O miles.· The wind was light

Three fire departments and four ambulances were at the airport, eight miles from Quincy.

Quincy, on the western border of Missouri and Illinois, is 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of St Louis and250rniles ( 400 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.

·· Helicopter sale to Iran··

· worries US · JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The United States wants information on Indonesian-built helicopters with possible military uses being sold to Iran,avisitingU.S.senatorsaidTues­day.

Washington is worried that the Super Pruna helicopters, made under license from France, could be used against U.S. forces in the Middle East, said Sen. Christopher S. Bond, a Missouri Republican.

Iran is buying seven Pumas for il~ oil industry, but Indonesia· s military also uses that model as a troop canier, according to Technology Minister BJ. Habibie, head of the government's aircraft industl)'.

"We need infonnation about the capability of the helicopters," said Bond.

The senator spoke to reporters af­ter meeting with President Suharto. He said they didn't discuss the heli­copters, focusing instead on trade, economic cooperation and human rights issues.

Iran is to barter fuel oil for the helicopters. The government hasn't released any other details of the deal.

Ousted Serb generals hold on to power

By JADRAN PANDUREVIC PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -Despite claims by the Bosnian Serbs' leader that their military commander, Gen. Ratko Mladic, was willing to step down, his general staff said T~es­day no such move had been agreed upon.

Trying to end a bitter power struggle, President Biljana Plavsic met Monday senior aides to fired Gen. Mladic, who have disobeyed her orders to step down.

Plavsic' s office then issued a brief statement on state-run TV saying details of the milit.uy shift had been agreed to and would be implcml'ntcd soon. No more was said, mid those present were not availablt: for com­ment.

But in a statement faxeu to 1l1e Associated Press in Belurade, th<: rebellious generals said Plavsic had "abused" the TV to issue an erront:­ous statement.

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Suit alleges 'pachinko fraud' By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

TWO more Korean investors have joined a civil lawsuit against two privatecompaniesforallegedfraud and breach of contract over a pachinko slot machine deal.

The World Brothers Corp. (WBC) and its president, Jong Hyeon Choi, and Kun Ung Lee, through counsel Stephen J. Nut­ting, intervened into the suit seek­ing $360,000 and $500,000 in gen-

eral and exemplary damages re­spectively.

Named defendants were the World Trading Corp., (WTC) In­ternational K.S.T. Enterprises, Inc., (IKST) doing business as the Ori­ental Hotel and as an amusement machine operator respectively.

Also sued were the couple Goo Ho Cho and Yong Cha Yi, share­holders and directors ofWTC and IKST.

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King declines offer of seat in gaming body

Esteven M. King

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

TINIAN Sen. Esteven M. King has declined his appointment as commissioner of the Tinian Casino Gambling Control Commission, saying he wants to finish his term in the Sen­ate.

"I am in this circumstances as senator now, I may not be accommodating the opportu­nity to serve in the TCGCC," King said in a letter to Tinian Mayor Herman M. Manglona, who offered him King, a first term senator, is reportedly not seeking reelection the posi­tion after his Senate term ends

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

THE HOUSE Committee on health, education and welfare program has invited education officials to air their opinions on the Teacher Education Program bill which will be tackled at a public hearing today.

The hearing to be presided by committee chairman Sen. Paul Manglona will be held at 9:30 this morning at the Senate cham­ber.

Expected to give testimonies are representatives from the Public School System, Board of Education, Northern Marianas College, NMC Board of Re­gents, and the CNMI Scholar­ship Office.

To be at the floor is House Bill 10-270 which proposes to establish the Teacher Education Program as a "post-secondary companion program" to the Teacher Academy Program,

next year. The board of the gaming

commission is presently com­posed of Chairman Jose Mafnas, Vice Chairman Jose Borja, and two commission­ers, Vicente Manglona and Jose San Nicolas. King would have been the third commis­sioner if the board confirmed his appointment.

King, nevertheless, thanked the mayor for nominating him to the position.

"Your action have (sic) in­still (sic) pride on me with a sense of humility," King said.

"Despite the opportunity for greater personal gain of the TCGCC Commissioner's po­sition, I refuse to accept it because I swore to honor my duty to serve as a senator until my term expires. I swore to do my utmost to discharge my duties with the credit to those who have confidence in me and to myself," King said. However, King said he would be willing to take the position "should the opportune time arrived."

King also assured Manglona that he would extend any as­sistance the Mayor's Office may need from the Senate.

which is the only teaching pre­paratory course in the CNMI.

The bill proposes the award­ing of $12,000 college scholar­ship to qualified students pur­suing a professional degree in teaching.

The bill is aimed at luring local students into joining the Commonwealth teaching pool to lessen the need to import teachers from off-islands.

The bill states: The need to create a scholarship program to encourage more CNMI schol­ars to become teachers to serve our rapidly growing student population and to decrease the costly dependence on recruit­ing teachers from outside the CNMI."

Under the bill, students who are sent to study off-island un­der the scholarship grant would be required to come back and practice their profession in the CNMI.

Jong Chui Go and Duk Man Kim sued the defendants demanding $397,500 in special and exemplary damages for the same causes of action.

WBC, Choi and Lee stepped into the case citing that they were also fraudulently induced into transfer­ring large sums of money to the defendants for purposes of operat­ing a pachinko slot machine busi­ness.

Theintervenors' complaintstated that Cho, representing himself as the owner of the Oriental Hotel, sought investors to purportedly fi­nance the operation of a pachinko slot machine business within the hotel.

Cho introduced himself as the owner of the Oriental Hotel and that he had the necessary licenses and permits to operate 220 pachinko and slot machines within the Commonwealth.

Cho alleged it was his intention to operate 50 such machines from thehoteland 170othersat various locations on Saipan.

Cho agreed to provide the build­ing location, the management, per­mits and operate machines and

share the profits from I 5 machines equally with Choi for an invest­ment of $300,000 within six months.

No steps, however, were made to purchase any slot machines and no efforts to install and operate the promised business.

OnJuly 14, 1995ChoandChoi, executed a contract agreement purportedly to outline the terms of a joint venture wherein Cho on behalf of IKST agreed to take such steps as necessary to start the business.

It was agreed that 15 machines would be leased to the interve­nors. The parties would share the profits from such operations equally. ·

On the same date, defendants Cho and Yi executed a contract agreement with intervenor Lee wherein eight machines would be leased to Lee under similar terms and conditions offered to Choi.

Defendants failed to perform the agreements.

Cho then represented there was some difficulty in installing ma­chines on Saipan at the Oriental and advised intervenors that the

machines would be installed on Tinian in April.

Last March 18, both parties ex­ecuted a third agreement wherein the defendants agreed that if the operations on Tinian did not return profitable, the intervenors would be compensated 23 machines of the $500,000 principal sum in­vested if and when each investor demands.

As a result of repeated demands made on defendants for the return of the money, Cho agreed to trans­fer shares of stock in Serenita Corp. valued at $140,000 as partial com­pensation.

The defendants' failure to per­form under the contract has caused intervenors to suffer general dam­ages in the amount of their joint investments, Jess the value of the stock in Serenita Corp. in the amount of $360,000 plus reason­able interest for the loss of use of such moneys.

Intervenors have incurred spe­cial damages spent in travel, hotel, and meal in an effort to compel the performance of the defendants or to recover their investments, the complaint said.

Tenorio orders quick transfer of EMT services from DPS to DPHS

Froilan Tenorio

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

GOV. Froilan Tenorio has ordered the immediate transferofthe Emer­gency Medical Services to create a Division of Mobile Health Ser­vices under the Department of Pub­lic Health Services.

In a memorandum sent to DPHS Secretary Dr. Isamu J. Abraham and Department of Public Safety Commissioner Jose M. Castro, Tenorio told the two officials that he expects to receive an imple­mentation plan for the Mobile Health program on or before this Dec. I.

The governor explained in his Nov. I 4 memo that the intent of Executive Order 96-3 is to create a strong lead agency for the pro­gram in accordance with current national standards and recommen­dations.

E.O. 96-3 seeks to unify the existing components of Mobile Health in order to provide effi­cient and economic services to the Commonweal th, said the chief executive.

With regards to a joint DPHS­DPS Nov. 7 memorandum, which states in part, that DPS will retain all its full-time employees

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(FTE's), ambulances and equip­ment, Tenorio reminded Abraham and Castro that the clear intent of E.O. 96-3 is to transfer all assets (including federal funding) cur­rently used for EMS to the Divi­sion of Mobile Health.

The creation of the new di vision will cause the transfer of 40 FTE' s from D PS--comprised of no more than 31 FTE's from the Fire Divi­sion and the remainder are to be transferred from the Tinian, Rota, and Saipan EMS offices.

"I simply do not understand why (as you assert in your memoran­dum) DPS needs to retain EMS FTE's and equipment (such as the ambulances) to be able to per­form rescue operations,'' Tenorio told the two officials.

Where needed, the governor said, EMS personnel and equip­ment will continue to be dis­patched along with Fire Division personnel to assist in those situa­tions requiring such equipment.

To comply with E.O. 96-3, Tenorio said Finance and the Of­fice of Management and Budget shall prepare the necessary pap~r­work and assist with tl1e transfer of personnel and funding.

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memo, Abraham submitted a draft of the transition agreement between DPHS and DPS~

Under the draft agreement, DPHS, an10ng other thi~gs, agrees that by Jan. I, 1997, a new division in the organizational structure with the title "Mobile Health" will be created and a qualified EMT or Paramedic appointed to handle th·c operations of the division.

ByDec. l, 1996,DPSagrecsthat one CNMl licensed p\1ysician medical director will be appointed who shall proviuc 20 hours per week to the Division of Mobile Health.

The director shall approve all policies, procedures, programs, protocols, etc. pertaining to the pro­vision of health and medical c,u·e by the Division of Mobile Health.

On the other hand, DPS agrees among other things, to lranst·er b\: Dec. I, I 996, EMS Training Cl;­ordinator and the Administ;ative Officer, including all funds ap­propriated for these positions anu equipment assigneu to these per­sons, to DPHS.

By Jan. I, I 997, DPS shall trans­fer three ambulances and all equip­ment and supplies from DPS­Saipan to provide EMS to DPIIS.

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'J,R'a fflCllliana'J by: John DelRosario

I Linguahen Natibo DESTE mina' tres grado, matuthon manmafanague ham fino' English. Todo atte guaha pot para bai'n fan eyag manfino' Amerikano. Deste mana' muttan sinko sientemos esta kotten eskuela pot para un' mahusga kao magahet na fumino' Chamorro osino Carolinas hao gi kampon eskuela.

Hu chage mana' mutta pot frihonada lao 'nos pot hu hasfigon. Guaha mangachofigho manmahusga pot ha usa lifiguahen niha ya manmasentensia. Gi mismo kotten estudiante, guaha lokue' areglamento pot chupa, manyute' basula yan muna' dafio propiadat eskuela. Ada.'le guihe na tiempo para un'magagacha' fumino' Chamorro osino Carolinas. Mauleg sa' ti sen megai gi mafiaina tumufigo direchon niha ya ti mabatsala i asunto halom gi kotte.

Lao ayo na areglamento pot para u fan mafanague famaguon manmanaita yan mafigge' fino English pot preparasion i tetehnan na grado estake u fan magradua. Guaha bintaha yan disbintaha gi ayo na areglamento. Umanog dispues hafa tinatefia yangin mampos ma 'emfasisa un' ineyag gi famaguon natibo. I resuttan este na finanague gaige na regulat ta u'usa gi halom gimata. Esdesit, todo kinalamtenta ta fino Efiglilise i famaguonta kulan primet lifiguahen niha.

Matto i tiempo 'nai debi ta bira este guato gi lifiguahen Chamorro yan Carolinas. Kontodo ·guaho man isasague nu este sa' produkton ayoyo' na tiempo 'nai fuetsao debi un'eyag fumino English pareho ha' kuentos yan mafigge'. Suette na ha chuchule' i lahiho klase gi fino' Chamorro ya sesso mamaisen hafa kumeke ilegfia galago,bola, siya yan otro siha na attikulo. Deste ayo na haane, hututhon kumuentuse gi fino Chamorro. Adumididide', ha komprende hafa dipotsihe hila'fia. I punto: Fanague i famaguon miyo nu i prefekto lifiguahen niha kosake sifia ha tufigo ginen manogue' mage.

****** Debi lokue' si grandma yan grandpa uma'usune lifiguahen

natibo gi fiietos yan fiietas sa' sumen presiso na ta abiba uson lifiguahen tano'ta. Hufigan guaha 'nai dididi' bonito dobladafia i fino' English piot ya un' fa' offisiomo applifig na fino' Amerikano ni mesklao yan fino' Chamorro.

Ti bai' malefa un' fin a ositan gi sanlago na sofigsofig giya Guam 'nai umesalao hulo' si grandma: "Rudy, Joseph, don't play in the katan guma' because if the kareta comes and chiniget you, hekua' ti hutufigo". Ai, dios miho, yangin para un'fino' English pues usa entero sin un 'meskla kulan sopas pasifiko. Pago yangin para un 'fino' Chamorro, pues usa lokue' kabales sin un'naye ni ti ayafia.

****** Un' finagpo' chochu ', umakone' dos amigo para i salon.

Estaba un' marina na fuetsudo na bumiyayat. Buente malago' i prohimo fuma' amigo i dos Chamorro ya ha offrese setbesa gi fino' English. Ni uno gi ods fifino' English pues sige madibina hafa para umasafigan. Ilegfia i uno, "Pare, mufiga man oppe sa' komo lache finota sifia hana' }amen hit ennao na sendalo". Gi uttimo biahe, finaisen i dos kao malago mumo. Umakonsutta talo i dos ya umakonfotma na para uma'oppe "yes". Ai, ni minachom atdao timalie 'nai pafigpafig kodun i marina.

****** Ti bai' malefa lokue' 'nai pago huchage kumano' ayo na

totche i mafananaan "salami". Era guaha matto tiaho ginen Guam ya mafiulele' mage salami, ham, keso yan otro siha fina' lateria. Ha fatinaseyo' bentoho salami.

Umasodayo' yan i amiguho Tom Saures ya hu faisen para bai 'n hame umamotsan taloane. Era, sesso ham umasoda' gi kelat agrikuttura Hopwood gi papa' tronkun niyog gi oran amotsa. Sali ha' ham guihe na tiempo balutan hagon choda osino pafiales gi bento' mame.

Lao pago na taloane dididi' espesiat sa' salami sandwich bentoho yan peanut butter jelly. Ai, ni timafato oran 'las tres

· estayo' sen fialafig. Uttimo yan finenina bumentoyo' sandwich para i eskuela. Ti payon tiyan natibo pan. Hu birayo' tatte gi balutan hagon choda yan pafiales. Magahet na i taotao 'an iial_afi,ii.,..tacio mange.

I'vE BEEN L,t,,CER~iEP BY FALSE ACC\.JSATIONS ...

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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

Sub grounding is latest Korean conflict WASIIlNGTON -The foundering of a North Korean spy submarine off the coast of South Korea last September, which led to the deaths of at least 18 crewmembers, re-emphasized the po­tential for conflict between the two hostile neigh­bors, a conflict that would inevitably involve the United States.

The Sang-o class submarine can carry 21 people, and may have been, when it ran aground near the city ofKangnung on South Korea's rugged north­east coast. Eleven crewmen were found dead of unexplained gunshot wounds on a hillside three miles from the sub and one was captured; seven more were killea by South Korean soldiers.

The South Koreans mounted a massive man­hunt to find at least one more North Korean infiltrator still at large. The intensity was similar to the three-day manhunt last October that in­volved 20,000 soldiers and dozens of sniffer dogs. A Jone North Korean spy was eventually cor­nered and shot to death.

U.S. intelligence sources say the sub intru­sion-albeit perhaps accidental-is just more evidence that North Korea is continuing its hostile and aggressive attitude toward South Korea. Kim Jong II seems to be pursuing the same threatening course that his late father did. One million ·North Korean troops are still massed on the border. Spies are still sent south to infiltrate.

Tensions remain as thick as ever along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). An example is the once-secret tunnels that run beneath the DMZ. Built by North Korea to facilitate an invasion, they were gradually discovered by the South Koreans.

One unfinished tunnel has now become a tourist attraction where visitors are escorted a half mile down a dank corridor that ends at a thick concrete waJI with a smaJI peephole. The wall is guarded around the clock by two South Korean soldiers. Fifty yards beyond the wall is another waJI and another peep­hole, which is guarded by soldiers from North Korea. In between are explosives designed to detonate the tunnel if necessary.

What worries U.S. analysts most is that the desperate economic situation in North Korea might cause Kim to make a serious miscal­culation and try a "foreign adventure" to divert the population's attention from their domestic woes.

The food shortages are critical, but the hermit kingdom doesn't like to accept hand­outs. They did accept 150,000 tons of rice

from South Korea last year, but their contin­ued hostility toward the South is not likely to produce any more offers.

One indication that North Korea is falling apart is the increased number of defectors who've ventured south in the last two years. About 800 defectors now live in the south­most having come in the last'five years-and 1,000 more are waiting in China and else­where for South Korea to accept their request for asylum.

It's not just how many are leaving, but who are leaving. For instance, Sun Hye Rim the former wife of Kim Jong II, sought asylum with her sister and niece after leaving a villa in Geneva last February,

A former film actress she is the mother of Kim's eldest son. It isn't clear whether she and Kim were ever married, but they lived together for four years until 1971

when Kim fell for a younger woman. Little is known about the reclusive North Korean leader, including the number of wives he has had and the number of children he has fa­thered.

"North Korea is still pretty much a mystery to us," admitted a Central Intelligence Agency source to our associate Dale Van Atta.

"We wish we knew more, and some day it may really haunt us that we didn't."

The commander of U.S. forces in Soutli Korea, Gen. Gary E. Luck, in fact, recently testified before a congressional subcommit­tee with ominous words: "The question is not, 'Will this country disintegrate?' but rather, 'How wiJJ it disintegrate- by implo­sion or explosion? And when?'"

Nevertheless, there has been no stand down in North Korea's beligerant stance, as the recent sub incident demonstrates. Since No­vember 1970, Pyongyang has sustained a massive program of military modernization that has shifted the balance of forces on the Korean Peninsula dramatically in its favor.

"By nearly every measure of relative com­bat power, the North Koreans enjoy signifi­cant advantages over the South," says a highly classified Defense Intelligence Agency esti­mate.

Despite the alarming disparities of man­power and armor that the DIA has discovered with cold calculation, they note that the South Korean equipment is much more modern than the old equipment used by the North Kore­ans.

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Deeper probe on K-B Bridge collapse . THE GOVERNMENT of

Palau will hire an experienced engineering firm to do a de­tailed forensic investigation into the actual cause of the K­B Bridge's collapse last Sep­tember.

only driveable link between the main population center in Koror and the large island of Babeldaob.

This was disclosed by Palau President Kuniwo Nakamura who saicl an in-depth investi­gation on the incident is nec­essary as per the recommen­dation of the US Army Corps of Engineers in its prelimi­nary assessment report.

According to a news release, an intensive and thorough fo­rensic investigation will re­quire between six to eight months to complete and may end up costing approximately $200,000 or more.

But Nakamura said his ad­ministration is fully commit, ted to doing whatever is nec­essary to determine the cause of the collapse of tµe K-B Bridge.

Ev~n though the cost of such an in-depth, meticulous foren- . sic investigation may be high, Nakamura said it pales in com­parison to the economic in­jury caused by the incident.

"Money spent on this inves­tigation will be money well spent because we will be able to identify the reasons for the collapse and thus, ultimately, the parties responsible for the incident," said Nakamura.

The Koror-Babeldaob ("K­B") Bridge collapsed last Sept. 26, just months after a two year repair project was com­pleted in July 1996.

Before its collapse, the K-B Bridge spanned the Toachel Mid channel, providing the

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The Drive would be accept­ing canned or dry goods dona­tion from students, commu­nity members, and the busi­ness sectors.

Perishable goods will be ac­cepted on the morning of Tues­day, November 26, also the deadline for any donation. ·

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The bridge also supported the main water, power and communications lines provid­ing service to Koror.

The collapse temporarily plunged Palau into a national state of emergency. But de­spite the positive response by the Palauan people, the pri­vate sector and the govern­ment, many must still deal with serious hardships caused by the collapse, including the enormous economic burden on the go~ernment and the pri­vate sector.

Since the collapse, power and communication lines have been fully restored and run­ning water has been made available for at least eight hours a day, with plenty of drinking water available at all times.

Regular and reliable ferry seJ'.vice provides transporta­tion for passengers, vehicles

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and cargo between the two is­lands which will soon be aug­mented by the addition of a larger ferry boat.

The Preliminary Report team spent three days in Palau in early October investigating the reasons for the collapse, during which time they re­

. ceived the full support of the Palau National Government.

In general, the preliminary report states that for reasons still unknown, the main span

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of the bridge collapsed due to a chain-reaction type failure that is suspected to have started at the top deck slab near the main pier on the Airai side.

It also states that the top slab on the Airai side com­pletely unraveled and lost its capacity to resist the compre­hensive forces within the Bridge. The Bridge apparently failed in a matter of seconds after the top slab failed.

In order to confirm the ex­act cause of the failure, the report recommends that a fur­ther, "complete and thorough investigation," particularly including a "meticulous foren­sic effort," be undertaken.

The Palau government has identified and contacted such engineering firms that are ex­perts in this kind of work, said the news release.

The forthcoming, in-depth and thorough investigation, at a minimum, will include the following:

•An examination of the sev-

era! repair cables inside the bridge to determine whether the failure was abrupt or a gradual yielding of materials.

•Sampling and testing of concrete to determine, from both the repair project and the original construction, the strength and quality of· the concrete, the composition of in-place material, and evi­dence of corrosion, if any.

• Documentation of all per­tinent underwater evidence by professional divers conduct­ing a focused and coordinated with and directed by forensic engineers.

•Further examination of all project records, from the re­pair project as well as the original construction, includ­ing thorough research into the background of .the bridge, study of daily construction logs, and additional, in-depth interview with individuals di­rectly involved with the con­struction and repair projects, as well as individuals who witnessed the collapse.

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LABOR and Immigration Secretmy Thomas 0. Sablan yesterday said there are about 200 overstaying Korean na­tionals illegally worlcing as tour guides on the island.

In an interview, DOU Secretmy Thomas Sablan said these foreigners are now being closely monitored with operatives ready to make arrests soon.

The illegal workers, he said, are usu­ally seen driving batche, of Korean tourists around the island on board unmarked pick -up trucks.

He said several others were also seen coordinating beach sports activities for the tourists.

"The Depamnent has already con­finned activities of these illegal aliens .... they are involved in sports activities at the beaches ... they also drive unmJ.rked vans cruising tourists," said Sablan.

Sablan said these foreigners are em­ployed in hotels. He however refused to divulge details but warned these

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establishments could face revocation of business licenses should they con­tinue to employ overstaying foreign­ers.

"I am warning operators of these establishments, the DOU will not hesi­tate to work for the revocation of their

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Teregeyo guests in tonight's I TaoTao Ta WITH the face of the Common­wealth changing at such a fast rate, keeping on top of all the improvements that need to be made seems like a tough job.

And just where does the money come from? Any bills to spend money must by law come from the House of Representatives, and must be thoroughly checked out by the Ways and Means Commit­tee.

Congresswoman Ana Teregeyo is the current chairperson of the Committee, bears a large respon­sibility to make sure that spend-

ing bills do exactly what their supposed to.

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HBO comedians open show at Gilligans THE doors of Hyatt Regency's Gilligans' opened this past Satur­day night for a 13 week engage­ment of -HBO comedians spon­sored by Power 99 and Pierre Crockerell Productions. Over 250 people jammed the venue to hear Tony Woods, the first comedian to appear for this limited engage­ment.

Woods is a veteran of only HBO's "Def Comedy Jrun," but also starred in several leading comedy productions on ABC, NBC, FOX and Comedy Central.

Two hours before the show, over 100 people lined up outside of Gilligan's to make sure that they had a seat for this sold-out performance. Tony Woods kept the audience laughing with one outrageously funny joke after an­other. After his performance, Woods sign autographs and talked to the audience. Woods said "The Saipan crowd is one of the best audiences I've ever performed to. From the laughter and applause, they loved me. I just can't wait to

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Supplemental bill not dead yet By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THE CHAIR of the Senate Fis­cal Affairs Committee yester­day said the bill that would appropriate the unexpended fiscal year 1996 revenues to­talling $8,429,800 "is not dead yet."

Sen. Henry DLG. San Nicolas (R-Tinian) said his committee will still look for ways to find monies for the bill which has been in the Sen­ate since the House of Repre­sentatives passed it last Sept. 17.

Finance Secretary Antonio R. Cabrera,. in a letter dated Oct. 24 but sent to San Nicolas only last week, said there is no more funding left for the bill.

He added that the bill should

IT &E Overseas Inc, will present their gift to the community of Saipan-'-- the largest playground set over installed on the island on tomorrow.

The new Tronkon Daok Play­ground donated by the company will be officially dedicated with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:00 at the Tronkon Daok Park.

IT&E purchased the $48,000, 18-station play structure and has it installed in a centrally located area on the island.

This is that everyone would be able to enjoy this fully equipped expensive, and secure playground area, the company said in a news release.

"There are so many things a company can do for a commu­nity," said IT&E Vice.President­General Manager JosephJ. Perez. "But there's something extra spe­cial when it's a playground set that's being donated. You know that you're going to make a sig­nificant contribution to the chil­dren of Saipan which everyone can enjoy - parents, educators, and the public."

The Tronkon Daok Playground features slides, tunnels, bridges monkey bars, stair climbers, swings, and rock-n-ride toys.

The play set is designed to en­hance a child's imagination and ingeniously encourages young­sters to en joy hours of creative fun.

For more information, contact Lupe Flores at 670-234-8521.

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have been passed before or during fiscal year 1996, which ended last Sept. 30.

San Nicolas, in an earlier interview, said his committee would have to wait for the Department of Finance figures

on the deficit before acting on the bill.

The Senate legal counsel has advised the committee that the bill is unconstitutional.

Steve Woodruff, in an Oct. 7 memo, said that as the CNMI Constitution requires, no ad­ditional appropriations can be made until the remaining fiscal year 1994 deficit of some $20 million is paid for.

The CNMI Constitution states that a budget deficit should be retired within two fiscal years-which was also pointed out by Cabrera in his letter.

The bill would have funded the following:

• $3 million for the Land Acquisition Fund which would pay for the government's ac­quisition of private land, in-

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stead of the government ex­changing public lands for it.

• Some $2 million for the Northern Marianas Housing Corp.

• $1. 7 41 million for the Re­tirement Fund. The appropria-

tion would include money for the early retirement bonuses of Public School System teachers, and the $1 1,000 early retirement bonus of former representative Mametto U. Mara ti ta.

• $236,800 for the cost of office rentals of the Tinian's Mayor Office; the Tinian La­bor, Immigration, Commerce and Finance offices; the Saipan Mayor's Office; and the Office for Youth Affairs.

• $200,00 for Tinian High School's collateral equipment.

• $150,000 for Rota's road paving, drainage and building improvements.

• $250,000 for the Northern Marianas College gym.

• $180,000 for the purchase of ambulance and emergency rescue vehicles.

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In light o_f :fish kill'

Boats in marina.under watch By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

TIIE head of the Coastal Resources Management yesterday called on the proper authorities to strictly enforce the Jaws on dumping by boat opera­tors at the Smiling Cove Marina

Director Manuel C. Sablan made the call following the discovery of dead fishes floating in the marina waters last Thlll"Sday and Monday.

The Division of Environmental Quality, meanwhile, failed to pin­point the source of pollution which caused the "fish kill," which also occwred at the drainage next to Dai­Ichi Hotel Wednesday last week

DEQ Director John I. Castro Jr. said a multi-agency meeting held Tuesday concluded that several fac­tors could have contributed to the fish kills, including storm-water runoffs,

stirred up de trims (particles) from sediment, poorwatercirculation,stag­nant water as a result of the blocked · drainage next to Dai-lchi, dumped waste, and sewage overflow.

The DEQ did not withdraw its "beach hazard" notice for affected beaches in front of Dai-Ichi, Hyatt Regency, and Hafa Adai Beach Ho­tel and the Micro Beach despite the fact that those beaches ''now meet

Sablan insists Tenorio should quit By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

SENA TE President Jesus R. Sablan yesterday said that with the rerent defections in the Democratic Party coupledwithl.t.Gov.JesusC.Borja's decision to contest the party's guber­natorial nomination, Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio should just resign.

'Tm serious," Sablan said. 'The governor should follow my advise that bofti he and I step down."

He said that if the governor steps down "all issues and concerns would be resolved-his, mine and the people's."

Sablan last week said he would "follow" Tenorio's advise that he step down from the Senate, on the

condition, however, that Tenorio would also resign as governor.

"I'll siep down ifhe steps down," Sablan said "So he would not be in conflict, too."

TenorioearliersaidtheSenatepresi­dent should resign as senator "be­cause otherwise he will just sit over there and do nothing. He (will not) approve our bills and budgets."

But according to Sablan, heis only accountable to the people.

Me said only the CNMI voters can decide whether he remains in the Senate or not.

Being in the Senate while running as lieutenant governor will not lead to a "conflict of interest," Sablan said.

"I'm in the Senate to serve the

public. I'm not anybody's puppet I won'tconfinemyselftopettypolitics and bickering like what the governor is trying to do."

He will leave the Senate, he said, whether he wins in 1997 or not

Tenorio's''advise"toSablancame after the Senate president blamed him (the governor) for the delay in enact­ing the capital improvement projects (CIP) funding bill.

''He came out with (that statement) justafter(hiselectionvictory), wow," Tenorio has said.

But in an interview Friday, the govemorsaidheactuallydoesn'tlike Sablan to resign.

"I just want them to do their job ( as legislators.)"

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By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff.

Tiffi WIFE of a Korean businessman who was murdered inside his store in San Antonio lastNov.13, temporarily closed the establishment and flew to South Korea.

Officials of the Korean Association told the Varietyyesterdaythatthewife of victim Byung Ok Suh closed the

ChalanStoreandstayedinarelative's house for feat shortly after the inci­dent

The widow with her four-year-old daughter and some relatives went to South Korea Tuesday morning, sources said.

The widow, however, is expected to return to Saipan within a few days, the officials said.

Sources said Mrs. Suh and her daughter were sleeping in their room located at the back of the store when thesuspectsenteredtheestablishrnent.

,A wakened by the noise created by the suspects, Mrs. Suh checked the store.

Sources said three of the suspects brokethecashregi.sterandtook$6,(XX) to $7 ,(XX) cash.

NORTHERN MARIANAS HOUSING. CORPORATION INVITATION TO BID

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Governor Froilan C. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus C. Borja, through the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC) Board of Directors, are soliciting competitive sealed bids from licensed firms in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas for the procurement of used vehicles.

Specifications for the above may picked up at the NMHC Office in Garapan, Saipan, during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

Vehicles must be CIF, Saipan, and it must have a manufacturer's extended warranty agreement which includes parts and labor, which shall be no less than two (2) years. A comparable replacement/courtesy vehicle must be provided while the vehicle(s) is/are under repair or service during the warranty period. The vehicle must have rustproofing/undercoating, immediate delivery, with a safety inspection and vehicle registration naming NMHC as new owner, completed prior to delivery to NMHC.

All Bids must be submitted, in duplicate, and sealed in an enveloped marked "!TB-Vehicles" to Marylou Ada Sirok, Corporate Director, P.O. Box 514, Saipan, MP 96950 at the Garapan NMHC Central Office before Monday, December 9, 1996, at which time and place, all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be accepted.

NMHC reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the Housing Corporation.

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"NMHC Is an equal employment and fair housing agency"

CNMI standards for public recre­ational use."

"In the interest of public safety, DEQ is recommending that these areas remain posted ... DEQ contin­ues to recommend that no one fish or swin within 300 feet of these posted areasuntilfurthernotice,'' Castro said.

DirectorSablan of DEQ said the Smiling Cove lacked "rangers" to go afterimproperpracticesofboatcrews like fixing the engines right on the water and dumping water with deter­gents with which crews wash the dishes and boat parts.

He said enforcement lies with the marina section of the Department of Lands and Natural Resources.

'The only way to catch them is for the employees of the marina section to walk around and be visible and check what is going on," Sablan said.

Sablan said the· quality of the wa­ters at the Smiling Cove "keeps de­grading and going down."

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"So now it's starting to affect the fish," he said

He also said the Smiling Cove isan enclosed place with poor water citcu­lation.

The dead fish found in Smiling Cove included eels, water snake, mullets, goatfish, rabbitfish, and sur­geon fish.

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Speaker to broker OPA, CUC meet

Diego T. Benavente

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

HOUSESpeakerDiegoT.Benavente said on Monday that he will invite officials of the Commonwealth Utili­ties Corp. and the Office of the Public

· Auditor to a meeting where the ''facts could be straighten out"

Public Auditor Leo uiM:otte has claimedthatCUCrefusedtopayOPA th:equi.valentofl percentoftheutility' s budget, as required by Jaw:

Whiledenyingthattheydonotwant to pay, CUC is asking the House of Representatives "relief'fromlawsre­quiring government agencies to pay OPA I percentofanagency'sannual budget

Benavente said the meeting will "clear up" the apparently contradic­torystatements fromthetwoagencies.

CUC Chairman Benjamin A. Sablan,inaNov.6lettertoBenavente, said the utility is ''willing to pay its fair share, but we should not have to pro­vide the bulk of the operating budget forOPA"

Enclosed with Sablan' s letter is a draft of a bill whicli he said would amend current laws and "con:ect the issues affe.cting CUC."

SablansaidOPAisgettingtoomuch money.

HesaidtbatPublicLaw9-66,which he dubbed "the public auditor's 1 per­cent tax," gives OPA some $4 million.

The law originally allowed the re­programming of excess or surplus monies to the medical referral pro­gram and/or the CNMI scholarship limd.

However,PublicLaw9-68removed all reprogramming authority and left the SHiplus money to OPA.

But P.L. 9-68 also specified that OPA may enforce its own tax collec­tions through a lawsuit.

CUC, according to Sablan, is the most independently-audited CNMI agency.

The utility, he said, also has an internalauditorwhoisafulltimeOPA employee whose salary is paid by CUC, and a chief accountant who is a fonner regional audit supervisor for the U.S. inspector general.

LaMotte, in a earlier letter to Senate President Jesus R. Sablan and Benavente, said CUC and OPA have earlier agreed that the utility will pay in installments.

On Oct 25, however, uiM:otte said CUC'slegalcounseltoldOPAthatthe utility no longer intends to make any payments.

But according to CUC's Public In­fonnation Officer Pamela A. Mathis, LaMotte's letter is "inaccurate."

She said CUC has been negotiating withOPA'sattomeyinthedrawingup of a payment option.

Reacting to Mathis' s statements, LaMotteinsisted that CUC "reneged" on its commitment to pay OP A.

He said that ''no such 'negotiating' has taken or is taking place."

LaMotte said that the 1 percent OPA is asking from CUC covers not only audits, but also OPA's duty of implementing the &hies Act, review-

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ing and making decisions involving procurement bid protests and respon­sibilitiesjn the area of investigations.

The public auditor also took issue againstCUC's saying that the utility's feetoOPAshould "reflect the services theyrenderus,"andcitingtheexample of an OPA employee worlcing full­timeatCUC from which he draws his salary.

LaMotte said the employee is an internal auditor assigned full-time to CUC at the utility's request.

He added that OP Ahas also agreed more than three months ago to deduct the employee's cost from the amount due-afact,LaMottesaid, lhatMathis­"conveniently chooses to ignore."

CUC, Mathis has said, is asking OPA to accept payment under 1 per-cent ·

She said that the utility has earlier sent a letter to the Legislature to ask that lhe law be amended to provide ''relief' not only to CUC but to its customers.

But according to Benavente in an earlier interview, his position ''right now'' on cue· s ''request" is that the utility ,justlikeany othetagency, should pay OP A Headded,however, that the Legislature will look into CUC' s con­cerns "andmakesure that if (theutility) would make payments, it would not disrupt their services."

The Legislature, according to Benavente, doesn't want to hear any more rate-hike ''threats" from CUC.

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US vetoes B.-Ghali reelection By ROBERT H. REID ·

UNITED NA TIONS(AP)-Stand­ing alone in the Security Council, the United States vetoed Boutros Boutros-Ghali for re-election as U.N. secretary-general Tuesday and appealed to African states to offer other candidates to avoid a diplo­matic deadlock.

Stage set for diplomatic battle at UN

But the 74-year-old Egyptian immediatelyindicatedthathe would remain a candidate, as U.N. rules pennit. African ambassadors urged the United States to change its mind but began consultations to see if they wanted to support other Afri­can candidates.

The United States, as expected, cast the Jone vote against Boutros­Ghali among the 15 council mem­bers during Tuesday's opening round of a selection process which could take weeks.

Washington announced last June it would veto Boutros-Ghali be­cause he allegedly failed to pursue U.N. reform vigorously. U.S. offi­cials said the Republican-controlled Congress was unlikely to pay the dlrs 1 billion in U.S. debts to the United Nations with a change in U.N. leadership.

"I think that the Africans have to make theirownjudgements," U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright said. "Wehavestatedoverandover again we will give special prefer­ence to an African candidate, but it's important for them to come forward with an African candidate" other than Boutros-Ghali.

But there was little indication the Africans were ready to back down. The United States offered no alter­native candidate.

China, which also holds veto power as a permanent council mem­ber, was expected to reject any can­didate unacceptable to the Afri­cans. Other permanent members include Russia, France and Britain.

The council must agree on a can­didate and forward the name to the 185-member General Assembly before Boutros-Ghali's five-year term expires Dec. 31.

"We are very pleased with the

results," Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Elaraby said. "It proved that the whole world was behind Africa and the candidate Africa chose, which is the current secretary-gen­eral."

The 14-1 vote was unusual in an organization where the United States wields enormous influence. Western diplomats cited several factors, including discontent over Washington'srefusaltopayitsbills and the decision to announce op­position to Boutros-Ghali in the U.S. media before advising fellow U.N. members.

Ambassador Alfredo Lopes Cabral of Guinea-Bissau noted that candidates had in the past over­come objections of permanent members in initial voting rounds.

U.N. Spokesman Sylvana Foa quoted Boutros-Ghali as saying he was "gratified and really appreci­ates the overwhelming support shown by the member states of the United Nations.

''This is just the opening round," Foa said. "He's in it until the Secu­rity Council makes a final deci­sion" on a new secretary general.

Foa said a 14-1 show of support "is rather conclusive" in a demo­cratic process and "this is obvi­ously not a democratic process." Without mentioning the United States, she said the strong support shown Boutros-Ghali should be noted by "member states."

The Africans were heartened by first round support among key American allies such as France, Italy, Germany and Britain.

Clinton administration offended many key allies in June when it announced it would veto Boutros­Ghali to The New York Times rather than to U.N. ambassadors first.

"I don't think that members of the Security Council told anybody in advance other than what we have seen this year that a permanent member decided to announce the

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U.S. officials were hoping that after an initial show of support, Boutros-Ghali' s allies would seek other candidates or convince him to step aside for the good of the United Nations.

''Attheendoftheday, the U.N. needs the U.S. more than, with all due respect, it needs to retain its current leadership," State Depart­mentspokesman Glyn Davies said

Davies said the United States would like to see attention shift to possible successors "capable of bringing serious reform to the in­ternational structure, an able diplo­mat."_

'We think it's important to get beyond this and change the leader­ship for the next decade," he said.

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Boutros-Ghali' s supporters maintain· that he has pursued re­fonn, albeit under U.S. pressure. They cite reductions in the U.N. bureaucracy, a zero-growth bud­get and the appointment of Ameri­cans to key U.N. posts.

Supporters claim the Americans resent his independence at a time when the United States is the world's only superpower and hiJ,ve made him a scapegoat for policy failures by the major powers in Somalia, Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia

_ Born to one of the wealthiest and most prominent Coptic Christian families in Egypt, Boutros-Ghali was appointed to the Cabinet of the late President Anwar Sadat and played a key role in negotiating the Camp David peace agreement be­tween Egypt and Israel.

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Reseai-ch claim.s transplants helps sight of legally blind

By PAUL RECER WASHINGTON (AP) - Four patients who are legally blind have regained some sight in one eye after undergoing the transplantation of fetal eye cells, a researcher reports.

Dr. Manuel de! Cerro of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den­tistry said the treatment is still

"highly experimental," but it represents the ffrst successful attempt to improve the vision of patients suffering from re­tinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of blindness in adults.

Del Cerro said of eight pa­tients who have been evalu­ated following the transplan­tation therapy, four said their sight was definitely improved, while four others experienced no improvement. All, how­ever, remain legally blind, he said.

The researcher presented re­sults of his work this week at a national meeting of the So­ciety for Neuroscience.

Dr. Gerald J. Chader, an eye researcher who recently left the National Institutes of Health to join the Foundation Fighting Blindness, said Mon­day he was guardedly opti­mistic about de! Cerro' s find­ings.

"This has not been pub­lished or peer reviewed," said Chader. "I would like to see it in publication."

But Chader said a presen­tation by del Cerro to doctors at NIH earlier this year was well received and the researcher has a good reputation for careful work.

"I would accept his findings." said Chader. "But the proof of this procedure will be whether or not the improvement lasts."

Up to now no effective treat­ment has been found to slow the course of the disease.

RP patients usually start los­ing their sight in their 30s, first developing night blind­ness. Most end up legally blind, able only to distinguish light and dark.

Del Cerro said patients with RP generally have otherwise healthy eyes and become blind only because of the failures of the rods and cones at the back of the eye.

"It's like the film in a cam­era has gone bad," he said at a news conference. "We try to put back a roll of fresh film."'

The "film" consists of fetal eye cells that are inserted around the central focal point of the affected eye. A tech­nique of microsurgery is used.

About a million fetal cells are implanted, said de! Cerro, This restores, at the very best, a fraction of normal vision.

He said the best result has come in a patient who now has a "keyhole view of the world" in one eye.

Three other patients had some marginal improvement, with some able to detect hand motion near their eyes, while four others were not helped.

''We don't expect patients will recover a full field of vision," said de] Cerro.

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Retinitis pigmentosa, RP, is an inherited condition in which light­gathering cells at the back of the eye degenerate, slowly dimin­ishing vision, and eventually causing blindness.

The procedure is conducted only on one eye in the patients and the researcher emphasized, "No harm has come from any of these procedures. There has been no infection or intense inflamma­tion."

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VA TI CAN CITY (AP) · Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday arrived at the Vatican for an audi­ence with Pope John Paul II in a historic encounter between Cold War alumni.

Castro's motorcade drove through St. Peter's Square on a damp chilly morning about IO minutes before the audience.

Just an hour before Castro's arrival here, the Vatican press of­fice said in a change of plans that no reporters or photographers could be present when Castro ar­rived inside the Vatican for the audience.

The decision, by the Secretariat of State, was to make the Castro meeting no different than audi­

. ences the pope held last week with other world leaders who attended the U.N. Food Summit in Rome, the press office said.

Only the pope's and Castro's personal photographers and Vatican Television would film the event.

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WASHINGTON (AP)-Faced with an unfavorable psychiatric evalua­tion, John W. Hinckley withdrew his requestformonthlyfarnilyvisitsaway from a mental hospital where he was sent after trying to kill President Reagan more than 15 years ago.

A court-appointed psychiatristand psychologist who conducted exami­nations this fall, rejected Hinckley' s claim that he had regained his mental health, defenseattomey Barry Levine acknowledged Tuesday.

But Levine argued that their report "was never expected to be favorable," because government prosecutors had "handpi eked" the two therapists for the examina­tion.

Hinckley has been confined at St. ElizabethsHospital since 1982, when he was found innocent by reason of insanity in the March 30, 1981, shooting of Reagan. Reagan's press secretary, James Brady, was also wounded in the attack along with a Washington police officer and a Secret Ser­vice agent.

Hinckley sought permission to leave the hospital grounds once a month for unescorted to visit with his parents that would last one day.

Nearly a decade ago, a request for similar privileges was with­drawn after authorities found that Hinckley had written to convicted killer Ted Bundy and kept photo­graphs of actress Jodie Foster, whom he had stalked when she was a student at Yale.

Hinckley dropped his latest eff orta day after Levinereceivedreports from the two court-appointed therapists who disputed his claim to improved mental health.

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ers show up on the pope's door­step.

On one side at Tuesday's meet­ing was a bearded, cigar-smoking 70-year-old whose revolution has endured for nearly four decades and become a cultural icon for the left.

The other was a 76-year-old Pole who leads nearly l billion Catholics and helped bring down Communism in the Soviet bloc -deepening Cuba's isolation.

Their encounter could lead to a papal visit to Cuba, the only Latin

American country John Paul has bers of society. Castro also railed not visited, and set a new course . t bargoes

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The U.S. government said 1t would pay close attention to such a trip.

"Obviously, we'll watch that visit and see if it ... creates some change in the way Castro oper­ates, the way he thinks," U.S. State Department spokesman Glyn Davies told reporters in Washington, D.C., Sunday.

At their meeting, the pope was likely to push for greater political liberty and more freedom for the Church, including better access to the media and permission for foreign priests to work in Cuba.

John Paul also would like to see the Church play a role in any political transition, as it did dur­ing the collapse of of Commu­nism in Poland.

For his part, Castro would cer­tainly welcome any encouraging words against the longstanding U.S. embargo on Cuba. A per­ceived papal blessing could en­hance Castro's standing.

"I will bring him a salute, a message of friendship," Castro

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said at a news conference Sunday to close the U.N. World Food Summit. Castro came to Rome to attend the summit. "Certainly I won't tread on questions of theol­ogy."

As for a papal visit to Cuba, "It would be a very important event and would have repercussions on international opinion," Castro said. 'The pope has condemned the embargo."

Just Wednesday in opening the summit, the pope restated his op­position to the use of embargoes,

man. Castro was educated in Catho­

lic schools, and told Italian offi­cials Saturday that he has always respected religion in his officially atheist state.

The pope himself has sounded downright Castro-esque in his fre­quent condemnations of unbridled capitalism, consumerism and the suffering of the poor.

The Cuba visit could come in October, when John Paul travels to Brazil, his only scheduled trip to the Western Hemisphere next year.

Among Castro's predecessors, Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito came to the Vatican to see Pope Paul VI in 1971. John Paul re­ceived Y asser Arafat three times, in 1982, 1988 and 1990.

But Gorbachev has the record: four meetings, including one on Monday, when the pope and former Soviet leader recalled each other's roles in bringing down Communism. ·

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By TERENCE HUNT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -President Clinton said Wednesday he thinks everyone in his administra­tion should answer questions about contributions from wealthy Indone­sians but compared his plight to the 'Atlanta security guardfalsely accused in the Olympic bombing.

''I think we should answer what­ever questions are asked I've told everybodyelsetodothesamething," Clinton said at a news conference kicking off his Asia trip. The presi­dent has denied his administration's foreign policies were affected by con­tributions from wealthy foreigners.

Clinton made hisremarlcs during a joint news conference with Austra­lian Prime Minister John Howard before the president was to address a joint session of Parliament.

The two leaders said they discussed agricultural subsidies that have hurt Australia but agreed that actions by European nations were at the root of the problem.

On questions raised about Demo­craticcampaigncontributions, Clinton said:

"One of the things I would urge you to do, remembering what hap­pened to Mr. Jewell in Atlanta, re­membering what has happened to so many of the accusations over the last fouryearsthathavebeenmadeagainst

GROZNY,Rus.ga (AP)- Two Rus­sian police officers were fatally shot . after being abducted in the breakaway republic of Chechnya, officials said Tue.sday.

The policemen were kidnapped Saturday, and were believed to have been tortured before they were killed. Theirl:xxlieswerefoundMondaynight on the banks of the Terek River, the Interfax news agency said, citing offi­cials in Russia's Interior Ministry.

Also, Russian troops came under attack three times Monday in Chechnya, but no injuries were re­ported, Interfax said.

Chechnya has been relatively calm since the Russians and Chechen rebels signed a cease-fire in August follow­ing 20 months of fighting.

The two sides have worked out additional agreements in recent days that include plans to hold parliamen­tary and presidential elections in Chechnya this January.

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Last month, the FBI cleared Rich­ardJewell as a suspect in the bombing after months of defending himself against reported suspicions and little evidence.

Clinton's comment came amid a fresh report that several top U.S. offi­cials visited for lunch at the Indone­sian home of Lippa Group owner Mochtar Riady in February 1994, shortly after one of the banking conglomerate' sexecutiveswas given atop-secretclearanceanddesignated for a government job.

A month after the lunch meeting, Lippo'sheadofU.S.operations,John Huang, andhiswifedonated$20,000 to the Democratic Party.

Canberra, the capital city, was one of the president's first stops on a 12-day tour of Australia and the Philip­pines and Thailand.

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Al-Sayeh was the only one of four Palestinian hijackers to sur­vive when ·.German· commandos

· stonned the Lufthansa plane .on Oct. 18, 1977 in Mogadishu, So­malia, and freed the 87 hostages.

She was arrested in 1994 in Oslo, Norway, after 17 years on the run and extradited fo Germany.

The hijackers, from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pales-tine, commandeered theLufthanser airliner after it took off .from Mallorca, Spain.

They were trying to force the release of imprisoned group mem­bers and left-wing terrorists from Gennany' s Red Anny Faction.

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. TI1e hijackers also threatened to kill the S:l passengers and remain­ing four crew members.

At that point, Germany broke off negotiations with the hijack­ers.

· Gennan commandos stormed the plane after it landed at Mogadishu and killed the three male hijackers. Two German sharpshooters were wounded, .as was al-Sayeh. · Afterward, she served a short prison term in Somalia. then dis­appeared until her arrest in Oslo, where she had lived for about three years under a new identity with her husband and young daughter.

The court said al-Sayeh's pre­vious. prison time would be de­ducted from her sentence.

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party. Whatever th~se are ~:m willing to comply with them.

In an earlier interview, the former Supreme Court associate justice said he agrees with Tenorio that the present administration has been "doing a lot of good for the people and for the Commonwealth (as a whole in terms of) economy and services."

Borja said he will announce the name of his running mate next

month. Among those who were report­

edly in Borja 's list of possible running mates are Board of Edu­c a ti on Vice Chair Esther S. Fleming, former constitutional convention delegate Frances M. Borja, former Supreme Court chief justice Jose S. Dela Cruz and Maria T. Pangelinan.

But in earlier interviews with the Variety, Fleming, Dela Cruz ~nd Frances said they are not yet

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The CRM, meanwhile, con­ducted a public hearing on the staff housing project of a casino operator on Tinian last Thurs~ay.

Sablan said they would review the project, which the proponen.ts said they would finish in six months.

Sablan, however, was skeptical about this.

"I don't believe they're gonna finish any project (in six months)

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Wilkey said his team's mission is beino coordinated with the De­partme~·1t of Corrections, the De­partment of Interior, and the local Department of Public Safety.

Wilkey won't give further com­ments, saying he was busy.

The condition of the prison fa­ci I itv in the CNMI has been a con~em of the DOI.

In a report submitted to the Congress last June, the depart­ment remarked that "as law en­forcement in the CNMI becomes more effective, current substan­dard facilities must be replaced by an up-to-date 200 bed facility that would house local prisoners, immigration detained and federal prisoners."

The department has recom­mended that the CNM1 govern­ment be allowed to use the Cov­enant money for the construction of a jail facility.

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on July 16 of this year, has been undergoing medical treatment at Straub and The Institute of Reha­bilitation and Research (TIRR) in Honolulu, Hawaii and Houston, Texas, respectively.

The FSM Code provides that the Vice President cannot become Acting President unless a decla­ration is made by a majority of the principal officers of the executive departments appointed by the

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prepared lo enter politics. The Democratic Party has yet

to decide whether or not hold a primary, which, according to party rules, should be held if there '.11'e more than one candidate seeking

nomination. Party chairman Benigno M.

Sablan earlier said the party lead­ership "will do all it can to recon­cile the differences" between Tenorio and Borja.

Tenorio announced last Decem­ber that he would not run for an­other term. The announcement was followed by his and the party leadership• s endorsementofBorja as the Democratic candidate for the 1997 gubernatorial election.

But after months of saying he might still change his mind, Tenorio announced midyear that he intends to run for a second

term. Tenorio, in an interview Tues­

day, said his chances of wi~i~g in 1997 is still "as good as 1f I m running with (Borja)."

of that magnitude, unless it's a bamboo or wooden house," he

said. Sablan also denied that a hotel

project being undertaken by the World Corp. in Pau Pau violated a CRM regulation on the manda­tory setback of at least 150 feet from .the shoreline.

The Variety was provided a pic­ture of the project showing the

alleged violation. "It meets the mandatory set­

back required for a public land," Sablan said.

Chief Public Defender Dan DeRienzo has several times de­manded the closure of the deten­tion facility which he describes as "worse than a medieval dungeon."

DeRienzo reiterated his call

Monday. The local government has dis­

closed that a plan to construct a $20 mi Ilion jail facility is under­way.

Lt. Gov. Jesus Borja has said the government is now negotiat­inu ~with a South Korean com­

pa~y which has offered to fi­nance the project.

During a recent visit to Saipan, Office ofinsular Affairs Director Allen Stayman promised local officials that he would seek the Congress' support for the CNMI' s

jail project. During a recent visit to Saipan,

Office of Insular Affairs Allen Stayman promised CNMI offi­cials he would seek the help of Congress to enable the CNMI to build a new prison facility.

President or by a declaration of at least two-thirds of Congress.

Congress thus took it upon it­self to make the declaration in absence of a declaration by the principal officers of the executive departments.

TI1e Constitution has no provi­sions for an Acting President nor Acting Vice President.

The declaration was made on Nov. 8, bearing the signatures of Speaker Jack Fritz, Floor Leader Joseph Urusemal, and at least 12 other lawmakers.

For local hiring only

&

· are now interviewing: ·

• @ookslBartenders • Waiters/Waitresses • <Dishwasher

Experience preferred but not essential.

We ~ffer excellent employee benefit plans.

To apply, please send your resume to:

WDI, SAIPAN INC. P.O. Box487

Saipan MP 96950 or fax to (670) 234-7347

Call tel: 332-7516 and Margi, tel: 234-3332 for more Information.

Immediate Employment C>FFIC::E CLERK

Local Hire Only Please apply in person at our Garapan, Middle Road Office

. No phone calls please ·

Mid-Pac Micronesia PPP 215 Box 10000, Saipan, MP 96950

we BUY U/ED CAR/! WE'LL PAY CASH

Call: Ben Lizama at 234-7133

G?oma:z-£;;-c-,

TRIPLE J

LOST PASSPORT Chinese Passport owns by

Guan Weijian, was lost. The owner declares it null and void.

c.o;Cifl{lfiJi(?,f.trn:t. ~t?r..r:.<~·~ ~\fftu,.rnJlt(; Three (3) 720 sq. ft. & One (1) 2,160 sq. ft.

D' SEBASTIAN BUILDING. Located in Tanapag along roadside

Perfect for business or office. CONTACT: . ·

Tony Cmuacho Tel. 322..:3283 or 322-7672

FOR SALE OR RENT JAPANESE FOOD

RESTAURANT FULLY EQUIPPED

• Call: 233-2278 Fax: 235-6920

;' LAND FOR LEASE 55 YEARS, GOOD LOCATION

FOR APARTMENT, BARRACKS, WAREHOUSE. 500 sa. M.@SS001Mo.

$6,000 DEPOSIT LOCATED AT AS PERDIDO

BETWEEN AS UTO, BEACH ROAD CONTACT: 256•4461

FOR SALE 1994 Toyota Paseo, PS, PB, Auto, AJC, AM/FM Casset.te, Sunroof, Wheels, 18K Miles Tel. 322-7446

. FOR SALE 48,000 BTU, Twin Head, Split A/C w/ Dual 24,000 BTU Head, 8 mos. old Tel. 322-7446

.LAND FOR LEASE 55 years, 400 sq. m. near highway, $375.00/mo. plus $5,000 security deposit in As Perdido. Tel. No. 256-4468

PUBLIC NOTICE IN 111E SUPERIOR COURT OF 111E COMMONWEAl.111

OF 111E NOR111ERN MAAIANA ISLANDS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 96·1127 KIM YEO YOON, and KAN~i. HAK SHON, Plaintins,

~NG, YU:MEEI and CHEN, I-CHIN, • Defendants. M ON_S · TO DEFEND,&'f ~·MEEI LANG: · YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and ' required to serve ul)On the lay," 9ffices

O'Connor, Dotts & Bar:ies, Plaintiff's at­torney, whose address 1s Post Offk;e !3<>x 1959 Second Floor, Nauru Building, SusuP13, Saipan, M.P ~6950, ari answer to the Complaint which 1s herewithS\)rved UP.On you, within 20 days after s,erv1ce of 11\is summons uwn you, !lxclusive of the day of service. If you. fall \o file an an­swer in accoadance with tt11s Summ~ns, judgment by defautt may be tJken agamst You for the relief demanded in the Com­lainl

p By order of the above Court

JOVITA C. FLORES Clerk of Court

ls/By: Deputy Clerk of Court

Dated this 12th day of October, 1996.

'Note: Any answer that you wi.sh. to ; file must be filed and served on Plaintiffs

counsel by no later than Decem~r )2, 1996 121 clays after the final publication date ol this notice.)"

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

O'CONNOR, D01TS & BANES, Plaintiff, · -v-JONAH D. VANDERGRIFF DBA 1.ASCO MANPOWER SERVICES, Defendant Civil Action No. 96-1085

SUMMONS

TO: DEFENDANT JONAH D. VANDERGRIFF DBA 1.ASCO MANPOWER SERVICES

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon the Law Olfies ol O'Connor, Dotts, & Banes, whose address is Post Office Box 1969, 2nd Floor, Nauru Building, Susupe, Saipan, MP 96950, an answer to the Complaint which is herewith seived upon you within 20 days after service of this summons upon you) exclusive ?f the day of service. If you fail to do so, Judgment by default will be tak.en against yo~ for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

·oated this 26th day of September, 1996.

ls/JOVITA C. FLORES Clerk of Court

"Nole: Any answer that you wish to file must be filed and seived with the Court and then on Plaintiff's counsel by no laterthan Decem· ber 19, 1996 (21 days alterlhe final publica· tion date of lhis notice)."

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN

MARIANA ISLANDS

MEITETSU SHOPPING CENTER, INC., Plaintiff, ·V· CARLOS C. SEMAN, Defendant. Small Claim Case No. 92-609 and consolidated cases (S.C. Nos. 92-643, 94·54, and 94-436)

THIRD AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to a Wrft of Execulion issued by the Court in this matter on June 6, 1996. I have levied and executed upon, and will sell, at public auction, to the highest bid­der, for current lawful money of the United States, all of the right, title, and interest of Defendants in and to the following property: One (1) Yamaha baby grand piano, model· GH2, serial no. 4760251, color black, size approximalely 7 ft.

The sale will be held on Friday, November 29, 1996, at the hour of 11:30 a.m., at Westpac Freight, Puerto Rico, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. The property maybe inspected 15 minutes prior to the sale,

The sale will be held without any warranties whalsoever, whelher express or implied, all of which are hereby expressly disclaimed. The sale is subject to approval by the Court. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids, for any reason.

DATED, lhis 18th day of November, 1996.

ls/JOHN B. JOYNER

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1996-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-17

~@vlarianas %rietr~ DEADLINE: 12:00 noon the day prior to publication

·c.1assifie'd Ad.s Section: ·. NOTE: If some reasonyouradvertisementisincorrect,call us immediately to make the necessary corrections. The Mananas Vanely News and \t1ews is responsible only for one incorrect inserlk?n. We reserve the nght I to edit, refuse, reject or cancel any ad at any time. ~

Employment Wanted

·~ciAtila Job Vacancy .

Announcement · 01 STOCK CONTROLLER-Saf­ary:$3.05 per hour 01 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JARIDON INCORPORATED Tel. 234-6651(11/28)Th63247

01 ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER-, Safary:$1,200.00-1,700.00 per month

"eontact: ASKUS (SAIPAN), INC. dba Creative Pacific Union Tel. 235-3456(11 I 28)Th226677

01 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: GOO JOO CORPORATION dba Pan Chie Wholesale Tel. 235-1573(11/28)Th226676

01 ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER-Sal­ary:$2, 1 DO.DD per month 01 PROJECT MANAGER-Sal-ary:$1,500.00 per month Contact: HBR INTERNATIONAL, INC. Tel. 235-1436(11/28)Th226674

03 SALES REPRESENTATIVE-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 04 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ARCHITECTURAL PROD­UCTS OF CA. SAIPAN dba OBJ Man­power Services Tel. 233-1455(111 28)Th226669

01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CAMACHO INVESTMENT CORPORATION dba Summer Holiday Hotel Tel. 234-3182(11 /28)Th226670

01 OPERATION MANAGER-Sal­ary:$800.00 per month 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: TRI-ALL INTERNATIONAL CORP. Tel. 234-1603(11/28)Th226663

01 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JOSE M. BORJA dba Borja Security Tel. 256-2443(11/28)Th226665

01 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal-ary:$3.05 per hour . Contact: EXCEL CORP. dba Chemtek Cafeteria Tel. 234-1399(11/ 28)Th226666

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$800.00 per month· Contact: MIGUEL E. SABLAN dba, Saipan Machinery Tel. 235-2600(11/ 28)Th226667

01 IRONER (MACHINE PRESSER)­Salary:$2.90 per hour 01 CUTIER-Salary:$2.90 per hour 13 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: MICHIGAN, INC. Tel. 234-9555{11/28)Th226668

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$3.40 per hour Contact: PRINCESS CORPORATION dba European Gilt Centre Tel. 234-5759(11/28)Th226655

12 DANCER-Salary:$3.05-3.75 per hour 10 WAITRESS (NfGHTCLUB)-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 03 WAITER {NIGHTCLUB)-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 02 DISC JOCKEY-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour 02 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: STAR FOUR CORPORATION Tel. 234-5520{11/28)Th226654

01 FRONT OFFICE MANAGER-Sal­ary:$2,500.00-5,490;00 per month 01 FRONT DESK CLERK-Salary:$3.05-3.41 per hour 01 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05-3.16 per hour 04 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.21 per hour Contact: SAIPAN HOTEL CORP. dba Hafadai Beach Hotel Tel. 234-6495(11/ 28)Th63232

I ·------

01 HEALTH PLAN COORDINATOR (Claims Examiner)-Salary:$1,040.00 per month Contact: MOYLAN'S INSURANCE UN­DERWRITERS INC. Tel. 234-6129(11/ 28)Th63233

01 ACCOUNTANT-Safary:$550.00-600.00 per month Contact: PELLEY BOAT CHARTERS, INC. Tel. 233-9298(11/28)Th63236

02 FORKLIFT OPERATOR-Sal­ary:$2.90-3.50 per hour 02 MAINTENANCE BUILDING RE­PAIRER-Salary:$750.00-850.00 per month 03 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.90-3.50 per hour 11 MASON-Safary:$2.90-4.25 per hour 03 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$2.90-4.25 per hour. . 02 PLUMBER-Salary:$2.90-3.25 per hour 05 WAREHOUSE WORKER-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: SABLAN ENTERPRISES, INC. Tel. 234-1558(11/28)Th63235

01 QUALITY CONTROL CHECKER­Salary:$3.05-3.20 per hour Contact: YANG JIN COMPANY dba Yang Jin Buying & Trade Information Service Company Tel. 235-2421(11/ 28)Th226657

' 01 GENERAL MANAGER-Salary:$9.80 per hour Contact: VIENNA CORPORATION Tel. 235-2200( 11/28) Th226658

01 FRONT DESK CLERK-Saf­ary:$1,200.00 per month Contact: SAIPAN KORESCO CORPO­RATION Tel. 288-6001 (11/21)Th226564

01 GENERAL MANAGER-Sal­ary:$2,000.00 per month Contact: woo JUNG CORPORATION dba Sang Jee Rent A Car Tel. 233-0731 (11/21)Th226557

01 SUPERVISOR-Salary:$700.00 per month Contact: ANGEL CORPORATION dba Angel Market/Laundry Tel. 234-1124(11/ 21)Th226559

01 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER-Sal­ary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: CAR MAN CONSULTING, INC. Tel. 322-7625{11/21)Th226563

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$350.00 bi-weekly Contact: SUSANA T. MAFNAS dba Travellers Lodge Apart. Tel. 235-5121 (11/21)Th226566

02 WAITRESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 1 O WAITRESS/BAR-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: KWON ENTERPRISES dba K'S Hideaway Karaoke Tel. 234-1775(11/21)Th226565

01 HALL CLEANER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 05 WAITRESS, RE3TAURANT-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 04 COMMERCIAL CLEANER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 04 WAITERS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: EDGARDO B. LOS BANOS dba Jade Skills Manpower Supply Tel. 233-5233( 11121 )Th226561

03 ELECJRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour 05 CARPENTERS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 1 O MASON-Salary:$3.05 per hour 05 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 20 GROUNDSKEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: EDGARDO B. LOS BANOS dba Jade Skills Construction Tel. 233-5233(11/21)Th226562

02 STORE KEEPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: DOUBLE LUCK INT'L. INC. Tel. 234-3873(11/21 )Th226560

• • • • • • -~.-~.-~.

01 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$4.00-7.00 per hour Contact: BLACK MICRO CORPORA­TION Tel. 234-6800(11/21)Th63165

01 AIR CONDITION/REFRIGERATION MECHANIC-Safary:$3.05-4.50 per hour Contact: SUWASO CORPORATION dba Coral Ocean Point Resort Club Tel. 234-7000(11/21)Th63166

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1,200.00-1,400.00 per month Contact: SHINRYO CORPORATION Tel. 234-3488(11/21 )Th226569

01 AUTO MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JOHN T. & GLORIA DLG. SABLAN (11/21 )Th226567

01 COOK-Salary:$730.00 per month Contact: CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH Tel. 234-6026(11/21)Th226570

02 TOUR GUIDE-Salary:$750.00-1,650.00 per month Contact: TASI TOURS & TRANSPOR­TATION INC. Tel. 235-9373(11/ 21)Th63177

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$800.00 per month Contact: AUGUSTIN K. CASTRO JR. dba ACJ Enterprises Tel. 234-7856(11/ 21)Th226572

01 ELECTRICIAN-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: A & T INC. Tel. 235-8120(11/ 21)Th226575

02 PAINTER (AUTO BODY)-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 02 MECHANIC (AUTO)-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CONSUELO PALACIOS PARK-BAZA dba JEJ Auto Repair Tel. 234-2302(11/21)Th226576

01 WAITER RESTAURANT-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour 01 WAITRESS RESTAURANT-Sal­ary;$3.05 per hour 01 RESTAURANT MANAGER-Sal­ary:$1,500.00 per month Contact: THE SAMURAI CORPORA- . TION dba Hyaku-Ban Restaurant/ Southern Cross Trop .. Rest. Tel. 234-3374 (11 /21 )Th226577

02 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour . Contact: WENCl;SLAO P. JUCUTAN dba Wen-Fel Enterprises Tel. 288-. 1063{11/21)Th226578

02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: HONG SIK BAIK dba BJ Gar­den Restaurant Tel. 235-5219(11/ 21)Th226581

01 ASSISTANT MANAGER (OFFICE)­Salary:$900.00-1,200.00 per month Contact: ROYAL CROWN INSURANCE CORPORATION Tel. 234-?256(11/ 21)Th226580

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$700.00-800.00 per month 02 LEGAL ASSISTANT-Sal-ary:$10,000.00-16,000.00 per annum Contact: LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT C. NARAJA (11/21)Th226579

03 GROUND MAINTENANCE-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: RAINALDO C. AGUON dba 3A's Ground Tel. 235-1583(11/ 21)Th226574

02 MAINTENANCE BLDG. REPAIRER­Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 SECURITY GUARD-Salary:$3.05 per hour 04 WAITR ESS-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 COOK-Salary:$3.05-3.15 per hour 02 COOK HELPER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 02 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 ASSOCIATE ELECTRICAL ENGI­NEER-Salary:$3.25 per hour 02 BOWLING ATTENDANTS-Sal­ary:$3.05 per hour Contact: CAPITAL ENTERPRISES CORPORATION dba Capital Bowling Gefller-(+2/S}Th~

02 COOK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact~ t.1. SAflWA PLANNJl'JG.LT.ll. •• dba Mitsue's Restaurant (12/5J.Th633B8

01 AUTO BODY REPAIRER-Sal­ary:$3.10 per hour Contact: GOLDEN NEENA CORPORA­TION Tel. 235-2200(11/28)Th226659

01 DRAFTER-Salary:$1,000.00 per month Contact: TWIN CORPORATION Tel. 235-2200(11/28)Th226660

01 AUTO/DIESEL MECHANIC-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: KANG CORPORATION dba Kang Auto Supply, Kang Comm'!. Bldg. Rental, Kang Repair Shop, Kang Gen­erator Repair & Rental Tel. 288-9368(11/ 28)Th226661

01 MASON-Salary:$2.90 per hour 04 COMMERCIAL CLEANERS-Saf­ary:$3.05 per hour 01 CARPENTER-Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: TRIPLE L CORPORATION Tel. 322-6183( 11 /28) Th226662

01 MECHANIC-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: ROSVIECAR CORPORATION Tel. 234-7858(11/28)Th226671

02 CASHIER-Salary:$3.05-4.50 per hour 02 BARTENDER-Salary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: NIIZEKI INTERNATIONAL SAIPAN CO., LTD. dba GIG Disco­theque Tel. 234-5050(11/28)Th63254

01 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 SALES CLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: JOCELYN G. TAITINGFONG dba JGT Enterprises Tel. 233-3483(12/ 5)Th226798

02 QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) IN­SPECTOR-Salary:$1,500.00-2,000.00 per month 01 QUALITY ASSURANCE MAN­AGER-Salary:$2,500.00-3,000.0D per month 01 REGIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER-Salary:$2,500.00-3,000.0D per month Contact: LI & FUNG (EXPORTS) LIM­ITED Tel. 234-8300(12/5)Th226797

01 SALESCLERK-Salary:$3.05 per hour 01 WAREHOUSE-WORKER-Sal­ary:S3.05 per hour Contact: DONG SUNG CORPORA­TION dba Choi's & Saipan Supermar­ket Tel. 288-2938(12/5)Th226799

02 F.ASTFOOD WORKER-Sal­ary:$3.05-5.00 per hour Contact: J.C.A.' INC. dba McDonald's of Saipan Tel. 235-8761 (12/5)Th63371

01 TECHNICAL OPERATOR-Sal­ary:$4.75-5.75 per hour Contact: FAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY Tel. 322-9088(12/ 5)Th226792

01 SCUBA DIVING INSTRUCTOR-Sal­ary:$2,000.00-3,500.00 per month Contact: PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT INC. Tel. 322-8876(12/5)Th226794

01 STORE MANAGER-Salary:$3.50 per hour Contact: CREDENCE INCORPORA­TION dba Credence Sari-Sari Tel. 235-6046( 12/5)Th226796

39 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$2.90 per hour 01 ADMJNISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$2.90-6.00 per hour 01 PRESSER (MACHINE)-Salary:$2.90 per hour Contact: GRACE INT'L INC. Tel. 234-9682{12/5)Th226793

01 MECHANIC (MAINTENANCE)-Sal­ary:$2.90 per hour 32 SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR­Salary:$2.90 per hour 01 PACKING SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$4.50-6.00 per hour 01 SEWING SUPERVISOR-Sal­ary:$3.50-5.00 per hour Contact: WINNERS CORPORATION Tel. 235-1805(12/5)Th226784

• • • • • • ... ~ .... ~ .... ~.

01 COMPTROLLER-Salary:S1,50D.oo-2,00D.OO per month Duties and Responsibilities: Direct finan­cial of the company; Prepares various financial analyses of the company's operations for management's guidance. Formulate and revise major economic objectives and policies for the company. Prepares reports which outline company's financial position fn areas of income, expenses and earnings based on past, present and future operation~. Directs preparation of budgets and fi­nancial forecasts. Determines deprecia­tion rates to apply to capitalized items. Prepares governmental reports. Advises management on desirable operational adjustments due to tax revisions. Ar­ranges for audits of company accounts. Advises management about insurance coverage for protection against property losses and potential liabiftties. Master of DBase/Dease, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, and Microsoft Word required (DBase, Dease, programming knowledge pre­ferred. Must be a CPA.

. Contact: PACIFICOM, L.L.C. dba Pacificom Tel. 322-1111 63092

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$650-900 per month. 01 DRIVER{DELIVERY TRUCK)-Sal­ary:S3.05-3.50 per hour Contact:COMMERCIAL TRADING OF SAIPAN dba The Water Company Tel.235-6051(11/14 11/15 11/ 18)226679/80

05 SCUBA DIVING INSTRUCTOR-Sal­ary:$800.00-1,250.00 per month Contact: BIG DOG CORPORATION dba Big Dog Dive Station Saipan Tel. 322-2363( 12/5)Th226788

15 DANCERS-Salary:$3.05 per hour Contact: A.S.C., INC. dba Nagoya Star Night Club & Karaoke Lounge (12/ 5)Th226789

02 WAITER-Salary:S3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: NtNO'S, INC. Tel. 233-9298{12/5)Th63344

04 WAITERS-Salary:$3.05-3.50 per hour Contact: SHOWBOAT INC. Tel. 233-3973{12/5)Th63343

04 WAREHOUSEMAN-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 01 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Sal­ary:$3.05-3.25 per hour 02 .DELIVERY ROUTE TRUCK DRIVER-Salary:$3.05-3.25 per hour Contact: SAIPAN ICE & WATER CO., INC. Tel. 233-9298(12/5)Th63342

01 ACCOUNTANT-Salary:$1,000.00-2,200.0D per month Contact: R & C TOURS SA/PAN, INC. Tel. 235-3935(12/5)Th226785

02 STOREKEEPER-Salary:$3.05-3.30 per hour 01 SUPERVISOR (SALES)-Sal­ary:$3.30 per hour 04 CARPENTER-Salary:S2.9Q-4.DO per hour 01 SUPERVISOR (BOUTIQUE)-Sal­ary:$235-6604(12/5) Th63358 Contact: YCO CORPORATION dba YCO Servistar Hardware/Liberty Plaza/ Liberty Sportshoppe Tel. 235-6604(12/ 5)Th63358

02 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST-Salary: $3.50-6.00 per hour Contact: MARIANAS DIAGNOSTIC, LTD. (11/18, 11/20, 11/22)226726

03 REGISTERED NURSE-Salary: $3.50-7.00 per hour Contact: MICRONESIA HEALTH SYS­TEM, LTD. dba Pacific Medical _Cen­ter(11/18, 11/20, 11/22) 226725

WANTED . IMMEDIATELY

FULL-TIME TYPISTS (2) *Word Perteet knowledge a must *Excellent English skills Salary varies with experience.

For inqul~es orto sepd r,~mes{ ·:/.·.:-,:.· ~1132,2~1330 .\.:'ltI

18-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- NOVEMBER 21, 1996

EEK & MEEK® by Howie Sclmeider

Garfield@ by Jim Davis

PEANUTS-® f.\E JUST FOLLOWED ME 'fO srnOOL ..

I TI-IINK SI-IE WANTS TO KNOW Wl·l'< '<OU'~E f.\ERE \N K\HOER6ARTEN

STELLA WILDER

YOUR BIRTHDAY

By Stella Wllder

Born today, you tend to be too trusting for your own 11ood. You wouldn't forsake your faith in oth­ers, though, even to better your standing. Your belief in those around you remains your greatest strength. Try to remember, though, that there will be times wbea others take advantage of you simply because you take them at their word. Many may try to c6r­rupt you in some way, or tr8;I1S· form you from a trusting soul mto someone more realistic and world­ly. You must remain firm. Be as­sured that your own strengths can see you through even the most ~­ficult times. Remember, seldom 1s the world simply black or w~te; you must learn to recognize shades of gray.

When it comes to romance, you have the upper hand, as age and experience will prove. Oi course, you will have to weather your share of disappointments, but y~ur faith in others enables you to eDJOY deeply intimate relationships.

Also born on this date are: Dale Carnegie, lecturer and ·au­thor; Scott Joplin, composer; Zachary Taylor, soldier and U.S.

DATE BOOK Nov. 21, 1996

Today is the -326th -day of 1996 and the 61st day of fall.

TODAY'S HISTORY: On this day in 1783, Benjamin Franklin witnessed the first manned hot-air balloon night in Paris. On this day in 1877, Thomas Edison announced the invention of the phono­graph. On this day in 1922, Rebecca L. Felton or Georgia became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Sen·ate.

president; William F. Backley, editor and aatbor.

FRIDAY, NOV. Z1 SAGl'ITAIUUS (Nov. zz-Dec.

Zl) -Take a new account of all your resources today. You can use what you have more wisely, more efficiently and with more creativi­ty.

CAPRICORN (Dec. ZZ-Jan. 19) - Be careful not to change your behavior to please others to­day. Have confidence in yo_urself, and learn when to compromise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. ZO-Feb. 18) - Don't try to make too many plans for others today; focus more on personal activities. Do yourself a good turn today.

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Olajuwon had 10 points and five rebounds as the Rockets took a 71-48 halftime lead. He the walked from The Sununit wtder his own power to be takentoMethodistHospitalforprecau­tionary test$.

A team statement said Olajuwon's condition was not believed serious.

The Rockets shot 8-of-11 on 3-pointers in the fusthalf andfinished IO­for-20. The TirnbeIWolves had held their previous eight opponents under 100 points.

Heat 104, Nuggets 86 AtDenver,AlonwMoumingscored

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The Heat, who never trailed after thefust~ix minutes of the garne,shot54 percentfromthefielpandwent9-of-I4 from 3-point range to end their three­game losing streak.

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Antonio McDyess scored 27 points for the Nuggets, who committed 24 turnovers and dropped to 1-4 at home.

Bucks 100, Mavericks 'Y7 At Milwaukee, Johnny Newman

scored 27 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter,and Annon Gilliam had 27 points and 13 rebounds as Milwau­kee held off Dallas.

Gilliam made his second straight start in place of Vin Baker, the Bucks' leading scorer who missed the game due to a hip injury.

JasonKiddhadseason-highsinpoints (25)andrebounds(13)andeightassists for the Mavericks, who were without Chris Gatling, their second-leading . scorer who sprained his right knee in practice Monday.

Knicks 92, Magic 88 At Orlando, F1orida, New York be-

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Ewing became the 23rd player in N:Bl\.· history to score 20,000 career points when he hit a layup midway through the second quarter. He fin- · ished 8-of-15 from the field, grabbed 16 rebounds and blocked seven shots.

John Starks had 15 points and Charles Oakley contributed 12 points and 14 rebounds as the Knicks beat the two-time defending Atlantic champi­ons at Orlando Arena for the first time since March 27, 1994.

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ing Magic (27-for-76, 36 percent) with 24points.

Cavaliers 73, Hawks 63 InCleveland, TerrellBrandonscored

18pointsandClevelandfowidawayto slow down Mookie Blaylock in a low­scoring victory over Atlanta.

The second-half total of 60 points wastwomorethantheNBArecordfor fewest points in a half. That dubious mark was set by Fort Wayne and Syra­cuse in 1955.

Atlanta shot 32.4 percent (23-for-71 ), hitting less than 40 percent for the four1h time in 11 games this season. Cleveland wasn't much better at 37 percent (30-for-81).

Darmy Feny had 14 for Cleveland, and Philis added 12 Laettner led At­lanta with 16, Tyrone Corl>in had 14 and Blaylock 13.

SuperSonics 106, Raptors 98 At Toronto, Shawn Kemp had 26

points and 18 rebounds as Seattle be-

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The player coming from the winner's bracket that advances in the finals will only have to win once in order for him to take the title. The playerwhowill come from the loser's bracket will have to beat his oppo­nent from the other side of the draw twice to win the championship.

Registration fonns are available at theAdaGym.

For more infonnation, call Terry Huberat235-8377 or Mario&peleta at233-3094.

RGA ... Continued from page 20

be at 7 am. and golfers are requested to be at the greens not later than 6:30 am All participants will begin their rounds on a shotgun start. ·

For the second day, tee-off time will be at 10:30am., showtime is 10 am. All revenues raised will be given to the beneficiaries to help them with their graduation expenses.

Deadline for submission of ennies will be on Sunday, Dec. I.

Formoreinforrnation, contact Tony Rogolifoi at 234-1001/12. or Jess Wabol at 234-6167.

gan a six-game Eastern swing with its eighth straight win.

Kemp, who required two stitches to close a cut to the side of his head with about five minutes left in the game, had 20 points and 13 re­bounds in the first half to lead the Supersonics to a 61-36 lead at the break.

Doug Ouistie brought the Rap­tors back, scoring 22 of his game­high 31 points in the second half.

Gary Payton scored 24 points and Detlef Schrempf added 17 for the Sonics.

Lakers 112, Warriors 109 At San Jose, California, Shaquille

O'Neal had 26 points, including nine dunks, and Nick Van Exel had 27 as Los Angeles shot 58 percent in beating Golden State.

O'Neal, who had six points in a late 14-7 Los Angeles run, added 12 rebounds and seven assists as Los An­geles won for the fifth time in its

·Sportsbi-ts SGA's Annual Turkey Shoot and November

Ace of the Month THE Saipan Golfers Association is inviting all current members to the annual "Turkey Shoot" and November "Ace of the Month" golf tournament to be held on November 23 at the Laolao Bay Golf Resort's West Course.

All players are advised to be at the golf course by 6:00 a.\n. for the pairings.

For more information, call Ray Diaz at tel. no. 322-6581; Ben Aldan at tel. 234-1618; and Norbert Sablan at tel. no. 322-4363.

Club-Ten's Turkey Shoot Tournament

THE Club-Ten Golf Association will hold its Turkey Shoot Touma­ment onNov. 23, 1996attheMariana Country Club (MCC), Marpi.

Tee time is set at 11 :30 a.111. and golfers are expected 10 Ix at tl1c fair­ways at 10:30 am.

Entl)' Fee is peggetl $55.00 per player. For more infonnation, call Annie Pickelsimer at 664-2286. (EAC)

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played in a schedule that will not affect the ongoing 1996 Palau

Women's league at the Koblerville diamond.

Rrst Round Tournament Schedule Men's Division Game 1 6:00 p.m. Friday Susupe A03S vs Miller Lile Hit & Run Game 2 7:00 p.m. Friday Susupe Sedi Kau vs Halina's Ntchen Game 3 8:00 p.m. Friday Susupe POC Kepelol vs Senna Game 4 9:00 p.m. Friday Susupe Ohn Sakau vs YCO Seivislar Game 5 10:00 p.m. Friday Susupe Diamond Hotel vs La Familia Game 6 8:00 a.m. Saturday Susupe I Luv U Man vs Gannaoot's Game 7 9:00 am. Saturday Susupe PIC Hotel vs Tribes Game 8 10:00 a.m. Salurda.y Susupe T earn Palau vs Big Dackly Women's Division Game 1 8:00 a.m. Saturday Kobleiville T earn Refaluwasch vs Oreos Game 2 9:00 a.m. Salurday Kobleiville Running Rebels vs Strikers Game 3 10:00 a.m. Salurda.y Kobleiville Sakau vs (to be announced) Ail games will be rain or shine. Game times are subject to change ard it will be the responsibility of the coaches and managers to verify the schedule. Ail Saipan Softball Association regular season Men's League games for Friday, November 22nd will be rescheci.Jled to Friday, December 6th at the same time.

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For the Waniors, Latt-ell Sprewell had 24 of his 33 points in the first half and added JO assists.Joe Smith had 19 points and 12 rebounds.

Blazers 92, Kings 90, OT At Portland, Oregon, Arvydas

Sabonis sent the game into over­time and then scored the winning points on a short hook shot with 20 seconds left to lead Portland over Sacramento.

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-- Kingfisher .G~lf Links Champioflsh~ Fl~ht (Medal Play) _ · Contestallt ·- 2-Day Gross · Steve Rush 150 Jess Wabol - - 151 Eddie Peter 154 RudyPedemal 156 Joe Lizama 166 A Fl~ht (Medal Play) Daryl Voss ·150 Dave Crisostomo 165 lsao Saso 169 Diego T. Benavente 169 Danny 0. Quitugua 169 B Fl~ht (Medal Play) Edward Flores, Jr. 169 Ronald Pablo 169 Pete A. Tenorio 178 Ray Dela Cruz 181 · Jose C. Mafnas 182 C Flight (Medal Play) Juan Pedro Kim 182 Mario S. Salas 1B4 Yon-Kyo "Mark" Shin 187 Roman S. Demapan 190 Tom Terlaje 191 Seniors Flight (Net Play) Donald Dellinger 143 Jose T. Sablan 149 Y. Enomoto 150 Serafin Pablo 154 Tony M. Tailano 157 Comlimenlaly Prize for Low Gross: Bob McLaughlin 172 Ladies Flight (Nel Play) Ayoko Matsumoto 134 Noriko T ogawa 140 Antoinette Aquino 142 Kunie Kamimura 144 Bobbie Guerrero 144 Complimentary Prize for low Gross: Tessie Blair 166 Closest to Pin: (Men) Juan T. Lizama (Ladies) Tessie Blair

Belle ... Continued from page 20

'"I just want to come over and be an integral part and continue.to put up big numbers and play defense and watch Frank Thomas hit more home runs. I get to see it first-handed now," Belle said.

In 1995, Belle became the first player in major-league history to hit 50 doubles and 50 homers in the same season. Last year, he hit 48 more homers with a league-leading 148 RBIs.

He has a career slugging percent­age of.580, which is second among active players to Thomas' .599. Be Ile and Thomas are the only ac­tive players to drive in 100 runs in each of the past five seasons.

Belle has 234 homers and 711 RBIs the last six years while Tho­mas has 215 homers and 698 RBIs since 199 i.

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1996 Youth Volleyball League

Angels humble Knights in 3 sets By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

DEFENDING champions the An­gels overcame an opening set loss yesterday to score a3-15, 15-3, 15-3 win over the Mount Crume! Knights at the opening game of the girls' senior division of the 1996-1997 Youth Volleyball League at the Gil­bert C. Ada Gym.

The Knights appeared headed to an upset win after taking the first set withAriaAktunkaand Dionne Santos

leading Mt Crumel's charge. In the second set, Angels' coach

Dolores Rangamar made several ad­justments tostopthemomentumfrom going to Mt Cam1el's side. The game began to tilt towards the An­gels' favor as Connie Camacho, Lani Kintoki, Julie Tokyo, Dakiko Billy, Pauline Tudela and Nadireregrouped astheirteamtooktheset, 15-Stoeven the match at one set apiece.

In the final set, Camacho, Nadine and Brenda took over to ensure that

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the Angels' opened their title reten­tion bid on a bright note.

The tournament, which is open for girls whose ages range from 15 to 18 years old, calls for a double round robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals. The four teams will then figure in a single round elimination to determine the two finalists.

Rose Cuison and Jonas Barcinas coached the MC Knights.

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Aside from the Angels and Mt Crume! Knights, Grace Christian Academy, Lady Dreamers, Lali-4 and the Ayers are also competing for this year's tournament. Two more teams have expressed their inten­tions in joining the league.

In a related event, tournament organizers are still inviting inter­ested teams to enter in the girls' junior division as well as in the boys' senior and juniordivisions ..

At least four teams are needed for

each age bracket The boys' senior division is open to all volleyball play­ers whose ages range from 15-18 years old, while the junior bracket is open for 12-14 year olds.

Tournament rules allow teams to have one 19 year old player ln their lineups.

Entry fee is pegged at $100 per team.

For more information, call Jovie Omar at the Ada Gyin at tel. nos. 234-1001 or 234-1002.

Table te_nnis tilt set By ,Erel A; Cabatbat Varieiy News Staff

P ADDLE\VIELl)ERS takecenterstageastheMarianasAmateurTable TennisAssociation(MAIT A) holds an islandwide toi.nnamentonDec. 7, 1996 at the Gilbert c: Ada Gym. . . .

MA 1TA president Terry.Huber said that the tournament will feature an Open division and ~ age brac.kets depending on the number of

· entries preserit during th~ competition proper. . Entiy fee for studentsis set at $1 O while paddlewielders in the Open · ·

Division will have to shell out $15 . . Registratioriandpairmgswill be~oneat8:30am.onDec. 7 and actual

games will be hel4 30 minutes after; The numner ofagedivisions will also be detennined before the start of the tournament . . • Trophies will be given tb the top three winners in every age bracket

"If there will be more than four age brackets, due to a big number of turnout, we will only give trophies to the winners and the runner-ups," Huber said. ·

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Huber added that the tournament will haveadoubleround elimination fonnat with a match consisting of a best of three (games or sets) affair.

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2nd PIC Thanksgiving Softball tilt starts Friday

By Erel A. Cabatbat Variety News Staff

ACESGOupagainstMillerLiteas the 2nd Annual Pacific Islands Club's Thanksgiving Day Slow­pitch Softball Tournament kicks off this Friday, Nov. 22, 6 p.m. at the Susupe Sports Complex.

Aside from 16 teams competing in the men's division, six teams are also seeing action in the women's side.

The tournament, which will last until Sunday evening, calls for a double round elimination fonnat.

Otl1er teams playing in the open­ing night include Sedi Kau tangling with Halina's Kitchen at 7 p.m. while Kcpelol takes on Be1111a at 8 p.m OhnSakauandYCOServistar face each other in the last game at 9 p.m.

In the distaff side, Team Refalawasch takes on the Oreos in the 8 am. opener at tl1e Koblerville Ball Field on Saturday, Nov. 23. In the second game, the Running Rebels face the Strikers and Sakau go against the sixth, yet unknown opponent

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open the second day and tl1e con­tinuatio!l of the men's first round of eliminations. Thetwoteammeetat 8 am. followed by the matchup between PIC Saipan and Ttibes. Team Palau and Big Daddy from Guam, twooftheearlytoumament favorites, close the first round with their 10 am. match.

All men;s eliminations matches will be played in Susupe on Satur­day and Sunday afternoon. The championship match will be played at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24.

In the women's side, games will be played in Koblerville. The women's championship game will be played at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The games wi II be played rain or shine.

A trophy andothervaluableprizes will be given by PIC to the top three finishers in both the men's and women's divisions. ·

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According to Tony Rogolifoi of tl1e RGA, the two-day golf event aims to raise money to benefit the 5th Fire Cycle and the 14th Police and Customs Cycle.

'The tournament is open to all golf enthusiasts and features six flights. These are the Championship, A, B, C, theSeniorsandtheLadies' flights," · Rogolifoi said.

Thegolfevent,oneofRGA'smajor tournament~. offers trnphiesand tluee round !lip tickets couitesy of PIA to designated winners in the six brack­ets. The winners will also get various golf items such as drivers and many more.

1995 champion Joe Lizama is ex-

pected to defend his.crown. Other incentives will also be

given to golfers who will make the closest to the pin m1d the longest drive in selected holes dming the tournament.

Entry fee will be$ l 50per golfer inclusive of green fees m1d pay­ment to tl1e awards banquet that will be held on Dec. 8 at Plumeria

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Belle signs up with White S'Oi: CHICAGO(AP)-TheChicago White Sox made Albert Belle U.S. Major League Baseball 'shighest-paid player, giving the priz.ed free agent a five-year $ 55 million contract.

l11e White Sox get a slugger who genernted big numbers for the Cleve­land lndians, along with a lot of com­motion.

"I' II continue to be Albert Belle," he saidTuesday. "l'mnotgoingtochange mypersonalitybecausesomeonewants me to change. My No. 1 priority is to produce."

Pressed by reporters about his nasty reputation, Belle responded: "The bad-

guy image you gave me, right? My main concern is what goes on on the field. I can't please everyone."

White Sox owner Jeny Reinsdorf, urged by star Frank Thomas to sign Belle, outbid the Indians and Florida Marlins with a package said to give Chicago a dlrs 5 million buyout for a sixth season.

"It's not about the most money," Belle said. 'Tm sure I could have shopped around and got more money. You got to look at the personnel, you got to look at the organiz.ation m1d the direction it's heading."

While the details weren't immedi-

ately available. Belle's package w,L~ thought to eclipse both Barry Bonds'$ 43.75 million, six-year contract with San Francisco and Ken Griffey Jr. 's $ 8.5 million average salary under his$ 34 million, four-year deal with Seanle.

Belle, suspended five times durino eight often tempestuous sea<;0ns with the Indians, led them in 1995 to L'leir first AL pennant in 41 years and a secondstraightALCentral title in 1996.

Belle has been suspended five times in the last six years, including once in 1994 for using a corked bat against the rival White Sox.

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