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lice reports, Baskin pushed hiswife against the wall during afight and threatened to stab herwith a knife. Policedid not pro­vide the name of the 36-year-oldfemale victim from San Vicente.

DPS received the complaintfrom a caller from the Common­wealth Health Center where thewomanwas treatedfor injuries.

Alsoduringtheweekend, a 34­year-old Dandan resident wasnabbed for allegedly assaulting

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rightcar. He is said tobe hearinga buzzing sound, apparently as aresult of the assault.

Rep. Sablan was not availableforcomment. Oneof hisstaffsaidthe Saipan lawmaker was off-is­land and may come back tomor­row.

Meanwhile, police arrested amanover the weekend for assaultand battery and assaultwithdan­gerousweapon.

DPSidentified themanasJesseT. Baskin, 35. According to po-

around 10:00p.m. Friday whenagroup of about ten men aboardanother truck stopped ncar themin front of Herman's. One of thesuspects asked if the victim had"shabu" another slang term formethamphetamine hydrochloridealso known as "icc."

The victim said he steppeddown from the backof the pick­up and responded by saying"what?" It was at this point thathe was beaten up by the group.The worker, whowantsto remainanonymous, told the Varietythathe was punched several timesonthefacialareaby threemenwhileothers were watching. Hedid notfight back as he was helpless,hesaid.

Afriendwhowason thedriverscat startedthe pick-uptruck andtold the victim to get in so that

after the incident. DPS spokes­personCathy Sheu toldreportersduring a regular press briefingyesterday afternoon that an as­sault and batterycaseoccurred atthe labor office Fridaymorning.

Shedidnot givethenameofthesuspect and the alleged victim.However, she identified theworker as a 32-year-old fromSusupe. Clementecurrently livesin Susupe and is 32 years of age.

As of yesterday, he was stillcomplaining of pain around his

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Quin Wu makes a second glance ~t the interior of what used to be the Nine-Star Gold near the GarapanElementary School yesterday. The ieweky etore was among three establishments destroyed by a pre-dawnlire dUring the weekend. Quin Wu's Hong Kong Store (far right section of building) was spared by the blaze.

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AGROUPof teenagers whowereasking for "icc" have mauled aworker late Friday in front ofHerman's Food Basket on Air­pon Road,causinglacerations onthe facial area of the victim.

The victim,a26-yearoldmain­tenance workerat a San Vicenteestablishment, wastransported tothe Commonwealth Health Cen­ter wherehe wastreated andlaterdischarged.

He received between four tosevenstitcheson his rightface asa result of the deep cuts inflictedon him.

The victim, who just finishedattending achoirpractice atSaipanCommunity Church,waswaitingfor his laundry to dry up with afriendwhentheassaulthappened.

According tothevictim,hewassitting at the back of a pick-up at

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Relatives ofRobertoClemente,a worker of the congressman'sbrothertoldtheVarietyyesterdaythat the assault occurred at thelabor office during a scheduledarbitration.

Clemente was allegedlypunchedontherightjawbySablanat around 10:30 a.m. Clementehasfileda laborcomplaint againstSablan's brother George, alleg­ing non-payment of wages.

The two were scheduled for ahearing Friday morning butGeorgereportedlydidnotappear.When Rep. Sablan met the Fili­pino worker inside the labor of­fice,he allegedly punchedhimonhis right jaw, Clemente's rela­tives said.

Clementefiledacomplaint withthe Department of PublicSafety

garmentindustrytookover10years in becoming cannot bechanged overnight, not evenin one year," he said.

Pierce was responding totheproposedlegislation Gov­ernor Tenorio submittedThursdaycallingfor agradual'shut off' of the supply ofworkers from the People'sRepublic of China for a pe­riod of five years.

If passed by the legislatureand signed into law by theGovernor,thenewlaw wouldgo intoeffect sixty days aftergubernatorial approval andwould extend a hiring mora­toriumUntil January I, 2001.

The proposed legislationwould howevergiveemploy­ers the opportunity to recruitnew workers from locationsother than the People's Re­public of China and .would

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THE PROPOSED morato­rium on workers from the'People's Republic of Chinawillnotsolvelaborabuseprob­lems in theCNMI,theSaipanGarment Manufacturers As­sociationsaid.

Responding to a proposedlegislation submitted by Gov­ernor Froilan C. Tenorio,SGMA Executive DirectorRichard A. Pierce said ban­ning Chinese workers wouldhurt the local apparel indus­try,beingthe biggestandma­jor employerof workersfrommainlandChina.

Hesaidtheeffectof thepro­posed ban wouldbe devastat­ing as it will knock down the"well-oiledmachine"that thegarments industry has estab­lished for the last ten years.

"SGMA urges the CNMIgovernment to remain: ontrack. Thebanisoff~ track. TIleanswer is from within - en­force local federal laws; edu­cate the public; the employ-,era.the employees," saidPierce in a letter to the chiefexecutiveyesterday

Withcloseto4,000workersfrom PROCfromabout7;000rank-and-file employees, hesaid it is virtually impossibletochangemorethanhalfof itsworkforce in 60 days.

"The cost isprohibitive, the'well-oiled machine' that the

'Banning Chinese notthe answer -- SGMA

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action from the Philippine gov­ernmentjust have to bebased ondocumented complaints.

"He sent out a message to allFilipinos working here that hewill do what he can do to helpaddress their Iabor concerns,"said Padilla.

Froilan C. Tenorioand Labor Secretary NievesConfesor so thewhole thingcouldbe discussed," Padilla said in atelephone interview with theVariety yesterday.

According to Padilla, Revillaaired concern about the plight ofworkers here but maintained that

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Big Garapan fire leavesstoreowner badly burnt

By Rafael I. Santos Police reports only indicated lasted for about thirty minutes,that fire broke out at the Nine-Star according to her. She said sheGold, ajewelry store located near became aware of the huge fireGarapan Elementary School. The only when she noticed smokename of the injured person was coming out from an air condi-not provided. tioner inside the general mer-

Cathy Sheu, Department of chandise store which she owns.Public Safety spokesperson said She immediately turned off theyesterday that a man was trans- main switch and went out of theported to the Commonwealth store together with her sister.Health Center due to an injury. "I'm lucky, I'm alive," she said,She did not provide further de- complaining that no one both-tails about the blaze which also ered to tell her about the fire.razed the NBC Beauty Shop and a Several bar workers and occu-portion of Vue Hoi Karaoke. pants of the apartment units at

Eyewitnesses however told the the southern portion of the build-Variety that the injured man is the ing stayed by the road andowner of the jewelry store which watched the huge fire but no onewas opened just last year. Quin warned her about the blaze.Wu, 30, owner of the Hang Kong None of the women also calledStore located on the same build- the police for assistance, sheing were the fire broke out identi- added. .fied the jeweler only as Mr. Fang. A dress shop and Quin Wu's

According to her, the People's store were spared by the fire al-Republic of China businessman though her air conditioning unitwas critically injuredasaresult of could no longer be used.the fire. She said Fang, 30, was Nine-StarGoldownersinclud-still at the imensivecare unit when ing Fang'did not try to save someshe visited him yesterday morn- of their jewelry while the fireing. was raging. Gold items were sal-

"His right face is burned...it's vaged only after the fire, Quinbrown. His hair is gone" she said. Wu said.According to-her, Fang also sus- Firemen had to break the glasstained serious burns on his arms door at the' Yue Hoi Karaoke toand body. stop the fire from spreading. The

The man is now in stable condi- bar was partly damaged but ittion, according to her. was in a mess when checked yes-

Eyewitnesses believed Fang. terday. The Nine-Star Gold shopwas inside the bathroomwhen the was totally razed except the con-fIre broke out. He sustained the crete wall. All items inside theinjury when he tried to come out shop were reduced to ashes.of the establishment shortly after Police could not say how muchmidnight Friday, Quin Wu, a was lost in the fire, but said theHong Kong citizen said. incident was still under investi-

All of the businesses have no gation. Quin Wu also refused toexit doors and witnesses said Mr. speculate the value of propertyFang could have 'avoided the in- which was gutted by the blaze.jury had his store been installed Quin Wu and thefamily of Fangwith a back door. stayed for a few days at Sun Inn in

The building where all the said SusupecounesyoftheNMIchap-,businesses are located, is owned ter of the American Red Cross.by certain Yang Guo Hua, a busi- Fang could not speak as of thisnessman from mainland China, time,accorrungtoQuin Wu, whensaid Quin Wu. asked what could have caused the

The conflagration broke out at fire. Police only sad it was "acci-about 12:50, a.m. Saturday and dental."

being abused here," said ReneFerrer, president of the CaviteAssociation.

According to Ferrer, it seemsthe senator has been receivingconflicting repons of the real la­bor situation here prompting thevisit.

"He was here mainly for firsthand information on what is hap­pening to our countrymen here,"he said.

Another association official,Cesar Padilla, told the Variety themeeting with Revilla focused onwhat needs to be done with re­gards toallegations of labor abusein the CNMI.

"He told us that should we haveany problems, we should let himknow, especiall y if there is some­thing solid to back up suchabuses. He said he will berelay­ing any information to SenatorBIas Ople (Labor Committee)

A BLAZE caused by an "acci­dent" destroyed four Garapan es­tablishments including a jewelryshop after midriight Friday andiniured a Chinese ieweler.

He specifically sought ways onhow to go about mutual protec­tion for both CNMI employersand Filipino workers, accordingto Juan S. Tenorio, aclose Revillafriend who is a member of theGovernor's Economic Council ofAdvisers.

Early Sunday, Revilla hadbrunch with RP Consul RenatoVillapando at the Hyatt discuss­ing the same issues. He, however,said there was no definite subjectmatter brought up by the senator,his visit being a personal one.

Later in theday, he met with hisfellow Cavitenos at the Hyattlobby.

'The senatorisdeeplyperturbedby reports of Filipino workers

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Low-key visit from. RP senatorBy Rafael H. Arroyo

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1994 -MARIANAS VARIETYNEWS AND VIEWS-3

A SENATOR from the Republicof the Philippines was on islandover the weekend for a whirlwindvisit aimed at verifying reports ofabuse committed on Filipinoworkers in the CNMI.

Sen. Ramon Revilla planed inSaturday evening for a brief.low­key two-day stay. He left earlyMonday after a meeting with Fili­pino workers comprising theCavite Association the night be­fore.

On arrival, he met with Gover­nor FroilanC. Tenorio over run­ner at the Jade Garden Restaurantdiscussing labor and economicissues.

Chinese tourists who frequent Yue Hoi Karaoke will have to look for another bar after a weekend fire closedthis popularGarapan night spot. Below, photo taken through the broken glass door of the karaoke bar showsits interior which is littered with broken glasses, cups and ashes.

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there's no signature yet," he saidearly Monday.

IsraelradiosaidthePLOhad alsoagreed to free all the 300 prisonersdetained during the rioting. It saidextremistfactions - such as IslamicJihad - agreed to abide by the ac­cord.

Only isolated outbreaks of vio­lence occurred Sunday in Gaza,where a shaky truce between thePLO and the militantsheld.

ButIzzedineal-Qassarn, Hamas'military wing, said it would attackofficials of Vasser Arafat's au­tonomygovernmentandstartacivilwar unlessArafatremoved toppo­lice officials.

In a leafletdistributed in Gaza, italso demanded the releaseof jailedIslamic activists and said those re­sponsible for Friday's bloodshedmust be tried and executed.

In a bid to ease tensions,Arafatrelcased Sl Islamic militants fromjail Sunday.

Hamas, which opposes the Is­rael-PLO peace process, also dis­tributeda leafletSundaycallingonits military wing to attack Jewishsettlers and soldiers.

Israeli Prime Minister YitzhakRabin responded to the threats byorderingextra troopsrushed to theGaza Strip to protectJewishsettle­ments and to the West Bank toprevent riots.

Nabil Shaath,thePLO's toppeacenegotiator, said Friday's riotinggrew out of anger over Rabin'sbanning of Palestinians from jobsin Israel and the failure of interna­tional donors to deliver promisedaid.

"111is Palestinian land has beenunder siege and collectivepunish­ments by the Israelis for weeks,preventing our workers from at­tending their jobs, preventing ourproductsfrom beingexported.pre­venting our fishermen from goingto sea, and this has resulted in acatastrophe," he told reporters.

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bythekillingofanEastTimorese bya trader from Sulawesi, another is­landin the Indonesian archipelago.The trader has been charged withpremeditated murder.

Indonesia annexed the formerPortuguese colony in 1976 after in­tervening in a civil war there.

The other half of the island ofTimor has been part of Indonesiasincetheend of Dutchcolonial rulein 1950.

EastTirnorese, whoareprimarilyCatholic, have waged a guerrillacampaign and conducted civil dis­obedience to try to gain indepen­dencefrom theMuslim-led govern­ment.

Indonesia has beencriticized forhuman rights violations in EastTimor, including a 1991 massacrein whichsoldiers fired on unarmedcivilians.

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia­Herzegovina (AP) - RenegadeMuslim forces and Serbs gainedground against government sol­diers in northwestern Bosnia assenior U.N. officials met to con­sider NATO airstrikes to halt theattack.

The Bosnian Serbs' militarycommand said its forces recap­tured all of the territory lost togovernmenttroopsinlastmonth'soffensive, the Tanjug NewsAgency,the official news serviceof Serb-dominated Yugoslavia,reported late Sunday.

There was no U.N. confirma­tion of the Serb gains, but thestatementappearedtimed to staveoff a NATO attack.

The top U.N.official in former

Australia urges calm in TimorSYDNEY, Australia (AP) - For­eignMinisterGarethEvans appeaIedMonday forcalminEastTimorandagainurged Indonesia to withdrawmostof thesoldiers stationed in theformerPortuguese colony.

Hundreds of students and youthshaverioted in thecapital, Dili,overthe past 10 days, raising fears of arenewed crackdown by Indonesiansecurity forces.

"Unfortunately there are a num­ber of currents running, not onlybetween theEastTimorese and themilitary, but between the EastTimoreseand others from elsewherein the archipelago who are seen astakingjob opportunities and creat­inga verydifficult environment forthe people on the ground," Evanssaid.

"It's importantthatpeopletry notto taketo the streetsand generate aviolent reaction, but try to talkthrough these problems in a more

2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-NOVEMBER 22, 1994

Rebels, Serbs gain ground in BosniaBy SRECKO LATAL Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, and border and military activity from were under attack by rebel Mus- The government's 5th Corps

the military commander, Gen. Serb-heldCroatia."Theyalsosaid lim forces and Serb armor, ac- routed renegade Muslims un-Bertrand de Lapresle, met in they would not tolerate a contin- cording to the United Nations der Fikret Abdic from nearbyZagreb, Croatia, to decide if ued blockade by Croatian Serbs and both sides in the fighting. Velika Kladusa in August andNATO warplanes should attack of supplies to Bangladeshi U.N. Serb artillery in neighboring then broke through.Serb linesSerbs in Croatia aiding the offen- soldiers in Bihac. Croatia was firing across the bor- in a stunning advance lastsive. Government troops in Bihac der in support. month.

The U.N. Security Council au­thorized NATO to mountairstrikes into Croatia to protectthe U.N.-declared "safe area"around Bihac, in Bosnia's north­western corner.

The New York Times reportedin Monday's editions that NATOwarplanes were ready to bomb aSorb-controlled airfield inCroatiaon Sunday,but were forced tocalloff the attack because of badweather. The Times quoted uni­dentified Western officials.

Akashi and de Lapresle issueda statement condemning "cross-

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only a small portion of the EO.its is very clear that the court hastaken judicial notice that theLegislature is composed of twohouses and thaI in order for thereorganization to fuIIy lakeplace, it requires approval ofboth the House and the Senate,"he said.

Among the former divisionchiefs that were replaced byGovernor Tenorio in the courseof his reorganization of govern­ment are former Customs ChiefEdward DL. Guerrero and Pro­curement & Supply ChiefDavidM. Apatang, both under the Fi­nance Department.

Reyes believes there may havebeen other division chiefs whoconverted into the Civil ServiceSystem but were fired just thesame.

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The Library wishes to thankthe200students whodecorated post­ers. andto invite thepublic tovisitthe library this week to see thedisplay. The posters will be upthrough November 30.

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division chiefs. who were withthe Civil Service, to come backand contest their positions.

"This issad because the imple­mentation of the EO has alreadygone through. But unless I amnot reading it right, it appears anargument is being opened up

ticipate, free of charge, on a firstcome, first served basis.

The workshops will be heldeach morning from December I

THE JOETEN-KlYU Public li­brary has announced the winnersof the Children's Book Weekposter exhibition.

In a news release the Libraryhas askedchildrenand youth whodecorated posters for the libraryshould come in to see i.l their

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DFS holds exhibition onHermes leather products

Pete P. ReyesHeindicatedthat theE.O.could

not do the exemption in as muchas it took effect with only onehouse approving it- the Senate,meaning it cannot be consideredan action of the Legislature.

AccordingtoReyes. thejudge'sopinion gives way for terminated

DUTY Free will be co-sponsor­inganexhibitionandleatherworkshop with Hermes of Paris, thecompany said in a news releaseyesterday.

HermesisaFashionhousefromParis which began as a saddlemaker. Over the years the com­pany has evolved into a luxuryretailerandis famousworld widefor its scarves and leather handbags.

The exhibition will include asaddle maker and a leather craftsperson from Paris. It wiII alsohave static exhibits about horses.Crafts work shops will also bescheduled and local people, aswell as tourists are invited to par-

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position has been rendered ex­empt from Civil Service and thatthe governor pursuant to the E.O.has already appointed someoneas DYS administrator to serve athis pleasure.

Munson however, disagreed,saying exemptions from CivilService rules could only be pro­vided by law, meaning only thelegislature has the solo authorityto exempt government employ­ees from the system.

"... it isclearthatthegovernor'sauthorityto reorganizetheexecu­tive branch does not include theauthority to exempt governmentemployees fromthe CivilServicesystem because that authority isgranted exclusively to the Legis­latureby themore recent andspe­cific terms of Article XX," saidMunson in his five-page order.

the RECD title.Thefarmlending, ruralhousing,

waterand wastedisposal, commu­nity facility, and business and in­dustry programsformerly admin­istered by FmHA or RDA willstillbe available at the newly namedRECDoffices.The farm loanpro­gramswilleventually become partof a new Farm Service Agencycreatedunder this reorganization.

"Forthetimebeing, people want­ingthoseimportant services shouldgo to the localofficethatprobablywill still have a Farmers HomeAdministration sign out front,"Blancosaid. "Asadditional changesare made, we will be letting thecommunities know about them."

For additional information re­garding RECD services in Saipanindividuals may contacttheSaipanAreaOfficeatHoriguchi Building,3rd Roor, P.O. Box 370, Saipan,MP 96950, Telephone number(670) 234-6848, according toSaipan Assistant Area SupervisorHoward 1. Macaranas.

Other REeD (formerly FmHA)Offices in the Western Pacific arelocated in Guam, Palau, Yap,Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae andMajuro.

Oops sorry!The photo caption on page 3 Monday Nov. 21 issue of Marianas

Variety should read"Ten of theeleven governmentemployees whocompleted a week­

long training on accounting at the Northern Marianas College showtheir certificates after a simple ceremony Friday. The training wassponsoredby the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture and funded by theDepartment 'of Intertior. (L-R): Teresa Camacho, Ernest Sablan,ElpidiaTenorioRoselia Teregeyo, AntonioCabrera, Nick Nekai,GilAgulto,John Litulumar,NoelChargualaf, Kerry Bowles(instructor),and Joe Chong. The eleventh trainee was Emiliana Meuao.."

Reyes finds basis to argue E.O.AN ORDER penned by US Dis­trict Court Judge Alex MunsonFridayon amotionfiled bydefen­dants in the Maggie Taitano casehascaught theattentionandfancyof Representative Pete P. Reyes.

The reason: it casts some seri­ous doubtson the authority of thegovernor to fire and hire divisiondirectors under his executive or­der that reorganized the govern­ment.

"Given what Judge Munsonsaid in his order. it appears anyprevious division chief fired byGovernor Tenorio could go backand argue his case. It is possiblethat the governor lacked tha au­thority in replacingsome of thesepeople," said Reyes in an inter­view yesterday,

Munson in his Order onDefendant's Motion for Recon­sideration dated November 18,took exception to the claim thatpursuant to Executive Order 94­3, all division directors are to beappointed under the governor'spleasure, thus making them ex­empt employees outside of theCivil Service system.

The defendants in the Taitanocase filed a motion asking thecourt to reconsider an earlier or­der that Taitano be reinstated asDivision of Youth Services chiefunder the Community and Cul­tural Affairs Department.

They claimedTaitano may notbe reinstated because the DYS

Revamp results to namechange for USDA agencies

TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22.1994 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS ANDVIEWS-S

SOME familiar U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA) agencies havenew names under the department'sreorganization, but the same workcontinues, according to Francis J.Blanco, Acting State Director.

Blanco, who has been serving asthe Farmers Home Administration(FmHA) State Director for Hawaiiand the Western Pacific, is now theActing Rural Economic and Com­rnunity Development (REeD) SlateDirector.

Congress passeda bill authorizingthereorganization lateinSeptember,and Secretary of Agriculture MikeEspy issued orders making changesonOctober 20.

'TheentireUSDAwasreorganizcdinaneffort toprovide bctterservice tothepublic while reducing the numberofagenciesrequired todolhis,"Blancosaid.

"Overthenext five year, savings tothe taxpayers will total $3.6 billionthrough theeliminationof14separateUSDA agencies andstaffreductionsof up to 11 ,<XX> nationwide."

Blanco said the FmHA and theRural DevelopmentAdministration(RDA) are being abolished andmost of their loan and grant pro­grams are being taken over under

Second, redistricting has left many con­gressional districts friendly to liberals.

Political analyst Charles E. Cook alsosees Democrats losing moderate voicesthrough retirements and defeats. "Theyaren't going to lose many liberals," saysCook. "So the center of gravity within theDemocraticcaucusis goingtomovesharplyleft."

Under one scenario spun by Coelho, theDemocratic caucus could be thrown intochaos if the Democrats lose more than 25seats, which is within the range he's pre­dicting. Others like Cook are forecasting ablow-outofasmanyas 35seats. "Twentyfive(losses)is thecut-off,"warnsCoelho."Onceyou get over 25 you're starting to ask fortrouble. The closer you get to40 youcouldhave defections (to the GOP). Or say youget to 30, you could havea coalitionset upwhere Democrats and Republicans get to­gether and organize the House in a unityticket....Youcouldhave Democrats bolt theparty and for a coalition government withRepublicans. "

Coelho even believes House MinorityWhip Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., the Demo­crats' chief nemesiscouldbeelected HouseSpeaker even if the-GOPfalls 10 seats shyof winning a numerical majority in theHouse.AGingrichspokespersondismissedCoelho's conjecturingasbeing"in thezoneof political science fiction" and "on theextreme edge of plausibility."

The lessonfor Coelho isDemocrats mustcement their ties to conservatives withintheir own party--or face an even furthererosion of their base. He added that "thepresident is good at this stuff (ironing outdifferenceswithrebelliousDemocrats). Butfrom day one it's going to be different thanthe last two years."

"(The Democratic leadership) will havetodeal with them,because if theydon't, theconservatives will team up with Republi­cans and control everything. Dependingonthenumberof (lost)seats, youaregetting tothe point where it could be like 1981-82,where the conservatives and the Republi­cans controlled the House votes."

Coelho says Gingrich is alreadyworkingtoinduceDemocraticdefections totheGOP,and acknowledged that some conservativemembers of the party might bolt if Repub­licans get close. Coelho added that there'snot much President Clinton can do at thispoint to dam the defections.

JACK ANDERSON and MICHAEL BINSTEIN

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

WASHINGTON-Speaking of the af­termath of a nuclear war, NikitaKhrushchev once said: "The living willenvy the dead."

Apolitical corollarytothatchillingstate­ment may be in the making for HouseDemocrats the morning after the Nov. 8midterm elections.

EvenifDemocrats surviveaRepublicanonslaught and retain their numerical ma­jority, the victory will be one of the mosthollow in the history of the House ofRepresentatives. The casualty count goesbeyond the number of seats the Republi­cansgainon theDemocrats, whocurrentlyhold a 40-seat advantage: The HouseDemocratic Caucuswillemerge balkanizedbetween liberals andconservatives becausemoderates are facing a meltdown in theirranks.

Thisspecterisbeingsuggested byoneofPresident Clinton's closestpoliticaladvis­ers, former California Rep. Tony Coelho,and several senior political strategists.Coelho told us during a recent interview:

"The odds are the Democratic caucuswillbemoreliberalbecausethemoderatesare the ones that have dose races and arelosing....You're going tohavethe(Demo­cratic) conservativesdemanding a biggervoice.The liberals will have a biggerper­centageof the caucusand willbe demand­ing that you stay the narrow path." Theresult. Coelho added may be that "youwon't have the votes to put things throughwithin your own caucus."

Rep. Jim Mclrcrrnou,DWash., a liberalandaclose allyof HouseSpeakerThomasFoley, D-Wash., concurs with Coelho'soutlook."(The I04thCongressis)goingtobe one of the toughestsessions, I think, in50 years," says McDermott. "Whoeverwins the so-called numbers game-andhas 218 (seats) plus one-will essentiallybe struggling to govern the whole time."McDermoll fretsthatRepublicans willteamup with Democraticconservatives to steerthe agenda away from things he's-beenpushing, like health care reform.

The coming upheaval reached criticalmass because of two dynamics, saysNorman Ornstein, resident scholar at theAmerican Enterprise Institute. First, theactivism in the Republican party tends tobe more on the ideologically conservativeside,just as the activismin theDemocraticparty tends to be more on the liberal side.

Democrats face trouble

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Dibin (Deficit) GobietnamentoGimapos nasakan, tahufigog na gaidibii gobietnamenton Marianaspoku

mas o'menos $40Miyonpesos. Kumeke Hegna este na magasta mas ke hafaguahagipottanrnunedan gobietnamentonMarianas. Laoumafagcha' ichinaflegekonomia 'nai mumenos mas i rinikohen tax ke hafa hagas marikokohe.Estague' umumenta mas i tafafana' na dibin gobietnamento.

Makat rna timon ennao na galaide' sa' 'nai ta hatsa i layag, pumara imangleya manlailai naihon hit gi hila mandankulo na napu ni tai minaase'.Ha tutuhon hitdumagao fiaihon gi katkuetdireksion. Sigeta pogsaigalaide'tamentras ta nanafiga i kina hulo' mafiglo.

Ipuntonahudiskukute estenaproblemai dibingobietnamento sa' maulegta ketufigo amano 'nai manmagasta ayoi $40Miyonnadibi. Tipot para tafanaguadog tupu' sa' buente mauleg na rasonguahana taiguihe na kantidadibingobietnamento guaha pago. Lao gaige gi Constitusion Marianas na debi taapaseeste na kuenta gi halom dos anos na tiempo.

Unoskuantos sifiat umanog ni lamayot patte fumafiago este na dibi: 1.) Ipresente na sisteman tax debi uma areglagi manera 'nai sifia mas ta umenta irinikohen kontribusion tax piot gi bandanmandankulo na bisnis siha. 2.) 1mana'nanalo na tax (rebate) kada sakan, mauleg ta ribaha menos ke 95 potsientopot para sina ta katso nesesidatta.

Responsablidatta umapase este na kuenta ayo mina' na' magof 'naidumafia i dos guma lehislatura pot para hu ina todo akto pot para ta areglaasunton tax, immigration, labor yan sueddo. Pot primet biahe ha danchekoyenturafia taimano 'nai sina uguaha areglo yan adelanto gi hagas manmasoyu' hit ni Congresson America.

Sifia ha' ha chuot hit i fuetsao na tinilaika gi hagas tafa' kustumbre->­lamafiana. Lao afarielos, obligasionta yan responsablidatta umapagayesumudae' finkas todo nesesidatpublikon Marianas. Estague' sustansiafia i tagobietnan mamaisa hit pago na tiempo. Ti makateste na katgo sa' estague'dinisehata 'nai ta appruebarelasiontayan Estados Unidos de America.

Siha lokue' i lospobres man finatoigue iranYuus tat komo linao, dilubio,pagyo yan didogna chinafleg ekonomiaya mit pot mit gi kada estado mana'fan basta gi checho' niha sa taya' finkas. Gi hilo este na pinadese, igobietnamenton estados siha ha hatsa i kontribusion tax pot para hu kontinuaoperasiona, Pinalopu' este mas 'nai mumenos i ayudon salape ginen igobietnon federal.

Estague.' siha na rason na hagas man masoyu' hit para ta exsisia sensianresponsablidat gioperasion gobietnamenton iyaMarianas. Ayo siha naayudoi hagastaresisibe ginen lago kulanguinaifen pagyo, estamaribahapapa' gi unkatma na klima 'nai sige hit ta dibina hafa mamamaila.

Lao pot para infotmasion todos manman apapase kontribusion kadapagamento, baiho soyu' iadministrasion nauna' rna inaamana' nai manrnagastai $40 Miyon na dibin gobietno. Presiso este na infotmasion sa' direchon imanmanapapase kontribusion kumeturigo hafana disposision guahagi tax niha apapasehalom ginenminasahalom niha. Kao este na gasto humanao guatogi hatsadan sueddo yankaopropioennaosihanasubrida, programanhinemlo ',edukasion, etc.

Yangin i kakatnefia este na dibi poduiig gi programan mariferen manmalango, kuanto gi entre ennao na grupo sen sina man maprebeniye setbisiogi hospitatCHClaopotpolitika,mana' hanao parasanhiyorig na hospitat? Giennaonagrupo, hayedipotsihekapaskumubre gaston hospi tat laodibadde sa'kakama'gas gikornunida? Megai abuso gi este na programa sa' kontodo timediko manasaonao gi madirogan opinion doktu. Man malefa hit na hitaumapapase estesihana medikoya kadaunogiyasihakuali fikao gi checho'na,Dispues, mauleg hospitatta ke memegaifia na hospitat publiko ni hulie' sanlago. Maila ta usa sa' hospitatta i CHC.

Debi tafaneyag na i uson yan furigsion sahyan i para un kineni' desde unpuntaestaotro punta, Yangin ayoha' sinatafahannakareta ibaratolaomaulegna sahyan, pues tafafigonfotrne sa' ennao ha' nina'sinataya man matte hit gichita. Mungahit gumuife mangareragi un dankulo yan guaguan na sahyan'nai tatufigo ha' na tisifia ta fahan. Maila tafan diberas yan praktiko gi hafafuetsan salape'ta ya ta aksepta na guahalinimitte gi todoasunto. Estague' unfinana'guenrnafiainata namauleg taexsisiagi todokinalarntenta: Senmas, SiYuus Maase.

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later in the day and said thegovernment's interpretationof theArticle ill provision on reorgani­zation was erroneous. The courtsaid only the legislature has theauthority to exempt governmentemployees from the civil servicesystem.

At the same time, the federalcourt said the Senate action toapprove the E.G. is not consid­ered an action of the legislature asthisbranchofgovernment iscom­posed of the House and the Sen­ate.The lower house had rejectedthe reorganization plan.

Taitano brought a lawsuitagainst the Department of Com­munity and Cultural Affairs andthe CNMI government last year.alleging that she was terminateddue to her gender, political affili­ation and race.

A jury however did not finddiscrimination, but said Taitano'sdue process right was violatedbecauseshe was not given the op­portunity to beheard why she wasfired.

Longmadeatimelymotionseek­inghisclient's reinstatementwhichwaslatergranted.The governmentmovedfora stayof theorder pend­ing the determination of a motionforreconsidcration,The same firstgovernment motion was grantedbutthereconsideration wasthrownout last Friday "because the basisof the defendants' motion...is theerroneous statement of law thatthe position of DYS Administra­tor is specifically excluded fromthe civil service system by law."

A POLICE officer accused ofthreatening to shoot a womanpleaded not guilty yesterday inSuperior Court while a 47-year­old father and his son pleadedinnocent to methamphetamineand marijuana charges.

Jesus Omar entered a not guiltyplea through his counsel, G. An­thony Long at an arraignmentbefore Judge Alex Castro yester­day morning. Long has been ap­pointed by the court to represent

Maggie Olopai- Taitano

Motion vs Taitano'sreinstatement failsFORMER community and cul­tural affairs official MaggieOlopai-Taitanomaysoongetbackher positionfollowing a court rul­ingon a motion stopping her rein­statement.

The U.S. District Court threwout a CNMI government motionSlopping the reinstatement ofTaitano, saying Governor FroilanC. Tenorio has no authority toexempt government employeesfrom the civil service system.

Assistant Attorney GeneralDouglas Strand argued in hismotion that Taitano was consid­ered civil service exempt follow­ing because of Executive Order94-3 which reorganized the gov­ernment.

The E.G., he said, is now a lawin the commonwealth. This ex­empts plaintiff's former positionfrom the system and grants thegovernor thesole authority to fillthat position with a person whowill serve at the pleasure of thechief executive, Strand said.

However, Judge Alex Munsonrejected the argument and agreedwith the plaintiff the Tenorio hasno authority to remove peopleunder section 15,Article III of theCNMI Constitution.

Ally. Anthony Long said lastFriday that the section allowschanges in government positionsand functions of each office."There's no expressed power be­stowed on the governor to re­move and 'exempt," he told thecourt Friday morning.

Judge Munson issued an order

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to eat fibrous banana sterns andbetel nut just to keep themselvesfrom starving.

Hesaidhe hirnselflost his fatherto starvationwhile his family wasin Ngaraard.

The reunion provided Peleliuwith a chance to express its grati­tude for Ngaraard's graciousnessin WWII and the help that it hasreceivedsince.

And if the meals were any mea­sure, the Peleliu's gratitude wasoverflowing.

Mountainous quantities of crab,taro,rice,eggs and sweets wereallcombined inIunchboxesmadefromthe bottoms of sodacartons.

But the leaders also regard theeventasan investment in the future.

"(Thereunion) bringsus togetherandkeeps usremembering theshar­ing of the hardship," Remengesausaid. "We want generations andgenerations to remember."

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Malielegaoi shaped up to opposi­tion MP Letiu Tamatoa.

The clash took place aroundparliament's kava bowl - asTuilaepa and Letiu engaged in aslanging match. Jackets off, thetwo wereapproaching each otherwhen other members stepped in.

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chief of the hamlet Elab andNgaraard's official state historian,noted that these close ties beganbeforetheperiodof Spanishdomi­nance over Palau.

As legend has it, it was settlersfromPeleliuthatgraduallyworkedtheir way through Airai, Ngiwaland finally into modern-dayNgaraard.

Many believe that it was thissense of a common origin thatprompted Ngaraard's high chiefduring WWII, MadrengebukedNgirturong Ngirchobckclou, toac­cept the families of Pelcliudespitehisnation's ownconsiderablc hard­ship.

Uclsias FUIT'.io Rengiil, the highchief of the hamlet Ngesias, said,"These people took care of us inNgaraard whentherewasnofood."

Upon their arrival, the peoplelived in thejunglesof Ngaraard forabout a year, hiding from U.S. at­tack planesand praying for a con­clusion to a war that was not their

you were not so old and sick, I'dgive you what you want."

After again demanding a fight,Tofilau was escorted back to hisseat. Butternpers remainedfrayedas parliament took a break, withMPshavingto interveneasdeputyprime minister Tuilaepa

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School.Dancersfromthehamletsofboth

statesregaledpartygoers withbothtraditional and more moderndances, withthemusicvaryingfromchants to Credence ClearwaterRevival.

Humor dominated many of thedances, bringinghoots,hollersandlaughterfrom the audience.

Oftentimes, the entertainerswould bejoinedaspartygoers addedtheirownaccentandoffered moneyto the dancersas a show of appre­ciationfor their performance.

However, thedances, specificallythedelal a ngloikormotherdances,also provide the only formal com­munity expression of the feelingsof the peopleof Ngaraard for theircounterparts in Peleliu and viceversa.

Through the lyrics of the songsto the dclal a ngloik, the people ofboth stales related the feelings ofkinship thatthey haveforeachother.

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WESTERN Samoa's prime min­istcr,Tofilau Eti Alesana, has ac­cused the leaderof theoppositionof being behind a petition againstthe country's value added goodsand services tax.

Tofilau told parliament thatTuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efishould stop disturbing the peacein Western Samoa. He told thehouse that it's illegal to object toa lawsuch as theone which intro­duced the V AGST, because par­liament had made it law.

Theprimeministersaid theanti­VAGST petition, which is re­ported to have collected 90-thou­sand signatures so far, is illegal.

Earlier, Tofilau who is 70 andhad a quadruple heart bypass sur­gery in 1989.walkedacross to theoppositionandbrandished his fistat Tagaloa Pita challenging himto a fight.

Tagaloa declined saying. "If

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Lino Wichep looks to the podiumas congratulatory speeches aremade to the first class to gradu­ate from the Pohnpei State PoliceAcademy, November 10, whichwas held at the College ofMicronesia-FSM gym.

As a result, most of the tribalnationswerehesitantto takeon anadditional population.

On Friday afternoon, about 350people from Ngaraard crowdedonto boats heading to Peleliu inmemory of thoseWWIIeventsandto solidify thealreadyclose bonds.

With them, they carried 52 wo­venbasketof'uncooked kukautaro,13 taro plants, 12 basketsof betelnutclusters (biruch) and hand-wo­venpandanos pursescompletewitha betelnut kit.

Originally, the reunion wasplanned tocoincidewiththe Baulcof Peleliu celebration.

However, recognizing the strainof an influx of U.S. veterans andtheir families on local resources,Ngaraard instead sent food andmanpower, postponing thereunionuntil thisweekend.

Thehighlight of thereunion wasan all-nightparty Saturday on thesame site as the Battle of Pclcliucelebration, PcIeliu Elementary

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By SARAH CLAYTON

PELELIU,Palau-Onemonthafterthe U.S.-Palaucommemorationofthe50th anniversary of the WorldWar II BattleofPeleliu, the peopleofthestatesofNgaraard andPeleliugathered here on the same site thisweekend for their own celebrationof the endof the war.

They were commemorating theforced evacuationofPalauansfromPeleliu to Babeldaob, mostly toNgaraard, just before the bloodyU.S. invasion of Peleliu on Sept.15, 1944.

Madrengebuked ThomasRemengesau, the chairman of.Ngaraard' sCouncilofChiefs,said,"Our chief was the only one whoaccepted them."

With U.S. air raids making itdifficult forfarmerstogoout to thefields and the large-scale appro­priation of harvested food by theJapanese military,Babeldaob's re­sourceswere already strained.

POHNPEI - The Pohnpei StatePoliceAcademygraduated itsfirststudentsNovember 11 inceremo­nies at theCollege of Micronesia­Federated States of Micronesiagymnasium.

Despiteheavy rain, almost 100persons attended the graduationto see the 10active police officersreceive their honors.

During two weeks of heavytraining the officers attendedcourses on criminal justice, firstaid, investigative techniques, andEnglish.

The 10 graduates are LinoWichep, Remiko Pretrick, KonerNicolas, Kostan Loyola, CainLegitimus,Cresensio Amor, Ben­jamin Celestin, Golden Charley,Sylvester Ladore, and KulianHadley.

Pohnpei graduates 10new police officers

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Palau celebrates Peleliu Battle's end

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Vanuatu polls void, says groupIN VANUATU. the opposition New Caledonia oranywhere elseinUnityFromhascondemned thepoIl- theworld, to vote in theprovincialing that took place in Noumea last elections.week for country's provincial gov- He said it was illogical for theemmentelectionsas"nullandvoid," act toprohibit voters inPort VilaFront spokesman Peter Taurakoto and Luganville from votingsaidyesterday. while allowing ni- Vanuatu liv-

Taurakoto said the government ing in a foreign territory to vote.hasbroken theDecentralization Act The provincial governmentbecause the law states clearly that elections were held on Novern-people eligible tovotemustreside in ber 15 but no official resultstheir respective provinces in have been released yet. How-Vanuatu. ever. the Unity Front maintains

Hesaidthere isnoprovision inthe it has won three ofthe six prov-acttoallow theni-Vanuatu living in inces.

THE NEW Solomon Islands gov- iting thenumber of political partiesemment ofprimeminister Solomon and banning independent membersMamaloni is proposing major ofparliament.changes to the country's constitu- A further amendment will pro-tion, SIBCreported yesterday. vide for thepolitical party winning

In itsProgrammeofAction for the the largest number of seats in anythree yearperiod 1995 to 1998 an- general election toformthegovern-nounced Friday, the government ment.plans tointroduce an amendment to It is also being proposed that thetheconstitution toextend thelifeof Leadership Code Commission Actparliament from fourto five years. berepealed orchanged andthat gov-

Another proposed amendment ernment backbenchersbeappointedaims to tackle the problem ofdefec- as chairmen of government statu-tionsand political Instability bylim- tory boards.

Amepc~n Samoa race heats upAC:0 URTill Amencan Sam~ IS ~o claimthatimpropriery may have costdecide the.oulCOme?fth~electJOn ill them a victory in theelection earlierfour seats ill the terntory sHouse of this month.Representatives, RNZI reported Another seat is still undecidedyesterday. because both candidates won the

The result in six out of twenty same numbcrofvotes butboth refuseseats was .challenged.bu.t two con- tohave lots drawn todetermine thetes~L~ wlthdrC"':' their c<?mplaints, winner, saying they wanta specialsaying they don t want iheir con- run-off election.st.ilu~ncies to go through another Governor AP-Lutali says he willelection. call a ten-day session of the assem-

The challenges go to court be- bly in December toraise anumberofca.u~e th~y could not be settled ad- issues. including taxation and themmistratively. The two candidates confirmation ofappointments.

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is also part of the CPA's overallupgrading of its facilities. UsingPortland cementconcretewill re­sult in less maintenanceand canwithstand accidental spillage offuel than asphaltconcrete.

The Board also approved theawarding of anappraisalcontractto the Pangelinan and Rasa. aSaipan-based firm to appraise ailairportsandseaportson the threeislands in the Commonwealth.

The last appraisal for the air­portwasdonein 1985.CPApub­liclyadvertised theprojects whichresulted in three appraisal firmssubmitting proposals. The CPA

Efrain F. Camacho

Camachosaid theprojectcamein significantly lower than theengineer'sestimateof$4 million."Perhaps. thecompetitiveness ofthe bid is due to the sluggisheconomy,"Camachopointedout.

CPA said that with the expan­sion of West Apron. two morerelatedprojectswillfollow.Theyare thecorridorextensionand thecompletion of theremaining sec­tion of the parallel taxiway. Thelatter two projects will be bidedout at a laterdate.

Camacho said the entire apronis goingtobe constructedof Port­landcementconcrete(PCC). This

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At Its recentmonthlymeeung,the Board also approved a con­tractfor the Pangelinan andRasafirm to appraise all CPA proper­ties on Saipan, Tiniari, andRota.

The Board made the awardbased on recommendations sub­mitted by theCPA's engineeringconsultants.

West April expansion is aproject that the CPA has beenconsidering for about threeyearsinanticipationofadditional flightsfrom Kansai Airport in Japan.

It is also pan of an on-goingprogram for continual improve­mentof theoperatingfacilitiestoprovide the most convenientandsafe environment.

The tWO additional parkingpo­sitions will give the CPA badlyneededaircraftparkingareas. It isnowalmostroutineforasmanyasfiveaircrafts to beon the groundat anyone time with only foursports available. This is happen­ingwithoutUnitedAirlines whichis expected to begin flying intoSaipan on December4. 1994.

Following the construction ofthis project will be the extensionof the corridor and two moreJetways. Once completed some­time next year, there will be atotal of six parkingpositions forlarge aircrafts at the airport.

According to Efrain F.Camacho. CPA's consulting en­gineer. the CPA is now awaitingfinal concurrencefrom the FAAwhich is expected anytimesoon.Hesaidonceapprovalisreceived,thenoticetoproceedwillbegivento thecontractor.

''The CPA is very much en­couragedwiththelevelof partici­pantsduringthebiddingprocess."Camacho said, "This is the firsttime that other larger firms otherthanBlackConstruction haspar­ticipated.

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"With the emergen~y' regula­tions,wehavenochoice,butwithothers,we wouldbepleasedto beasked," Pierce told GovernorTenorio.

tophernightclub Fridaynightandassault another person with beercans and cups. The woman fledthe scene after the attack. policesaid.

On Saturday. a man allegedlyassaulted another person at thenorthernparking lotof DutyFreeShoppersin Garapan.Policesaidthe victim • 34. was punched bythe suspect after annoyinghim.

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were unable to get the truck'splate number. Another vehicleovertook the victim's truck.

The victim. who was bleedingas a result of the beating. wasrushed to the CHC by three co­workers. He was releasedshortlyaftermidnight. Apolicemanwhowas atthehospitalgot a reportonthe case.

granted leavetoapplyforajudicialreview but this was contested bythe USP. But High Court judgeDavendra Pathik rejected theUSP' sapplication and allowed Dewa ajudicial review.

Dewa is fighting thecaseon thegrounds that the University of theSouth Pacific breached therules.ofnatural justiceinthatitdid notgivehima fair hearing.

The USP was ordered to meetcosts. The university wasalso or­deredtofilea reply to Dewa'saffi­davit in supportof the applicationforjudicialreview within 14days.

Tony Sarapio, owner of Pohnpei'snewest sakau bar.

build one with class and distinc­tion.

Theresults of that dream canbeenjoyed here injust a few feetbe­hind the Sokehs Rebellion Gravesite.

The Diamond Head View Barsits on the historic shores ofKomwon laidwith a splendid viewof Sokehs Rock. Itsconstruction isof good wood put together withforethought; the floor is concrete.Ageneral storeconnects tothebar.A cooling breeze comes in off thewaterthrough theopen-air sides.

Tony said the bar opened No­vember4withalmost a 100peopleattending the celebration.

But the brothers aren't contentwith things as they are. '

We're going to extend," smiledTony, "we're going to put a fewhutson theshoreline. to meetfish­ermen when they comeinandwe'regoing to build a restaurant for aIunch crowd -localfood ofcourse."

As for the sakau in Pohnpei, "itcomes from Kitti," smiled Tony.who added, "it's the taste we en­joy."

changeandwebelieve other-s havebeen feeling jt also." said Pierce.

Pierce ended his letter to thechief executive asking that theAdministrationworkwith the in­dustry. in the spirit of coopera-tion. .

"Please ask us to sit andconferwith you and your advisors. Wehave asked this after every new

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another person. Masino LautistruckthevictimwithaMotorollaradio unit. Sheu said, addingthatthe victim was also punched onthe left cheek. No further detailswere given.

In Achugaoarea,policesaidanunidentified female wenttoChris-

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the passenger side was smashedwitha hardobject, destroying thewindow.

The assailants sped away to­wards Koblerville area.The sus­pects were pursued by the victimand his friend but lost them and

Fiji solon getsaction on his caseANOPPOSITION memberofFiji'sparliament and former lecturer,Fereti Dewa, haswon therighttoajudicial review over his claim ofunfair termination of his contractby the University of theSouth Pa­cific.theDailyPostreported Satur­day.

From 1991 onward. Dewa'scon­tract was renewed on an annualbasis instead of the normal threeyears. But in December last year.the USPdecided not to extend hiscontract despite a satisfactory re­porton his workperformance.

Dewa took courtaction and was

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Reportsof "slave labor"hit theheadlines of mainland newspa­pers in 1992 in the wake' of amajor lawsuit lodged by the USDepartment of Labor against thegarment firms of Willie Tan.Saipan's biggest apparel manu­facturers.

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also provide an exem-ption of upto three workers per employer ifthose employees are "domesticworkers. or bona fide executive,professional, ormanagerialwork­ers."

According to a news releaseissued by the Governor's office,the reason given for theproposalto ban PROC workers was thepolitical situation in their homecountry, togetherwithcertainpro­hibited practices "imposed bytheir employers at work sites."

The two-pagereleasealso saidGovernorTenorio's actioncamein response to his growingcon­cerns about the denial of human

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wide publicity, East Timoresedissidents have riotedduring thepast 10 days in the capital.

Police said some of the ami­governmen t demons trationslast week were instigated byforeign journalists.

In Jakarta, Foreign Minis­try spokesman Irawan Abidinsaid: "APEC is over. If more(journalists) want to go Dilithey will need permissionfrom the information depart­merit."

East Timor, a remote eas t­ern region of the sprawlingIndonesian archipelago, is theonly Christian-dominatedprovince in the overwhelm­ingly Muslim nation.

The United Nations does notrecognize the annexation ofEast Timor by Indonesia. TheUnited States and neighbor­ing Australia do, and alsopress for more human rights.

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cused of human rights abuseswhile curbing the pro-indepen­dence movement, including a1991 massacre when dozens ofprotesters were killed.

Hoping to improve its rightsimage, Indonesia invited foreignjournalists to visit East Timorafter they reported on the Asia­Pacific Economic Cooperationforum meetings earlier this

He campaigned on an anti-cor­ruption platform, promising tomake theoil monopolyPetroleosMexicanos clean up pollution inthe state and to impose fiscalausterity.

Both on state and federal lev­els, officials have passed laws tostiffen penalties for fraud, limitcampaign spending, guaranteeopposition access to the mediaand permit independent moni­toring of polling places.

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.In a rare show of openness thismonth, Indonesia issued workpermits to foreign journalists tocover East Timor, a former Por­tugueseprovince thatJakartaan­nexed in 1976.

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litical parties and civic organiza­tions monitored thestate's 1,744precincts. Atleasteightgroups, in­cluding national chambers ofcom­merce,planned their own projec­tion basedon exit interviews andobserver reports of fmal counts atrepresentative precincts.

Polls predict thePRIgubernato­rial candidate, Roberto MadrazoPintado,willwinwithmorethan60percent of thevote.

Madrazo, 42, is a reformist who

Four foreign journalists told to leave TimornaI,Indonesia (AP). Thegov­ernmentonMondayorderedfourWestern journalists to leave thetroubledprovince of EastTimor,where they were covering pro­independence demonstrations.

The journalists did not havethe required work permits to bein thearea unlike dozensof otherjournalistsreportingontheeventsduring the past 10 days, said

Mexicans vote in Tabasco's electionBy TRINA KLEIST

VILLA HERMOSA, Mexico(AP) • Mexicans voted in a state­leveltestofrecentnational reformsmeant to give opposition partiesmoreof a chanceto challenge theruling Institutional RevolutionaryParty.

PollsshowedthePRI,whichhasruled Mexico for 65 years, wasfavored.to win the governorshipandmostof the 17citycouncils inthe Gulf Coast state of Tabasco,thoughofficialsofthe leftistDemo­cratic Revolution Party, or PRD,saidtheyWere confidentofmakinggains.

Officials saidturnout onSundayappeared to bewellover50percentbefore the polls closed at 6 p.m,(<XXX> GMT). FIrstresults werenotexpected untillateSunday orearlyMonday.

There were some reports of ir­regularities. Statepolicemen wereaccused of trying to organize amultiple-vote scheme, and morethan 1,800 ballots were stolen inone town.

"Tabascowasconsideredalabo­ratoryfortherevolution intheearlyPlU'! of this century," said PRIspokesman Jose Alberto Aguilar:"Now,it isconsidered a laboratoryfor reform."

TabascoisthefirststateelectionsincetheAug.21 presidential bal­lot, considered Mexico's fairestelection. But political reforms areusually slowtoreachthelocal levelin Mexico.

Somepeopleblocked roads lead­ing to the towns of Nacajuca andCardenasearlySunday,saying theywanted topreventparties from bus­ingvoters fromonepolling placetoanother to cast multiple ballots - apractice knownas the"carousel."

In Cardenas, a city governed bythe PRO, policespokesman EfrenGonzalez Lopez said officers ar­rested about 30 plainclothes statepolicemen late Saturday. He saidtheyadmiued theyhadbeensenttooperate a carousel.

State police chief HernanBermudez Requena disputed theclaim. Hesaidthemenwere travel­lingtoanothertownwherehelphadbeen requested by electoral offi­cials. He also said the men ap­peared tohavebeenbeaten before amagistrate ordered their releaseSunday afternoon.

Officials inTeapahad toreprintmorethan1,800 ballots after amanfalsely posing as a state electionofficial tookballots from threepoll­ingplacesSaturday night.

OppositionsupportersinthetownofSanCarlos briefly detained sev­eral vote counters, claiming theirplantoquickly tally votes was partof a plot to cover upfraud.

Nearly 5,OOOobservers from po-

cious incident involving a Viatrain on Sunday, A locomotiveand baggage car we1e derailed asa train carrying 60 passengersleftRimouski,Quebec,about200miles northeast of Quebec City.

Rimouski police ConstableI Daniel Lebel said someone dam­aged a switching system withcement blocks. No one was hurtin the early-morning incident.

ine development.In a speech read for her at a

meeting of UNESCO's WorldCommission on Culture and De­velopment, Mrs. Suu Kyi saidtotalitarian governments rejectdemocracy and human rights byarguing that they are Westernconcepts opposed to nationalculture.

"True development of humanbeings involves much more thanmere economic growth," shesaid. "At its heart there must bea sense of empowerment andinner fulfillment. ... In this para­digm, development requires de­mocracy, the genuine empow­erment of the people."

"If the U.N. and its agencieswish to assist this development,they must support these move­ments which seek to empowerthe people, movements whichare founded on democracy, andwhich will one day ensure a eul­ture of peace and of develop­ment."

Mrs. Suu Kyi, a winner of theNobel Peace Prize,has been heldunder house arrest in Rangoonsince July 1989 by the Burmesemilitary junta.

Her speech wasreadbyformerPhilippine President CorazonAquino at the opening of a five­day meeting of the commission,but it was not immediatelyknown how the speech reachedMrs. Aquino.

Officials said the speech wasprepared at the invitation of thecommission's chairman, formerU.N. Secretary-General JavierPerez de Cuellar.

Mrs. Suu Kyi did not say howthe United Nations should sup­port democratic movements norsuggest how it could help winher release.

In herspeech, sheunderscorednon-violent change as a hall­mark of democracy.

But she warned that povertythreatens social stability, andthat ethnic conflict and minoritydiscontent are two of the great­est threats to internal and re­gional peace.

She said the "minority" in de­veloping countries are actuallythe poor who do not have accessto government or economicpower.

"And when the dispossessed'minority' is in fact an over­whelming majority, as happensin countries where power is con­centrated in the hands of thefew, the threat to peace and sta­bility is ever present even if un­perceived." she said.

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and smoke became overpower­ing ... so webeganbreaking win­dows to get out," said Bosada,who broke his hand escaping.

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BRIGHTON, Ontario (AP) ­Terrified passengers jumpedfrom the windows of a burningtrain Sunday after it crashed intoanobject onthe tracksandcaughtfire.

As many as 60 people wereinjured. Police said they suspectvandalism caused the accident.

The Via Rail train carryingmore than 400people hit the ob­ject after dusk, and fire broke outin the engine and the first twocoaches of the train, said ViaRail spokeswoman Dianne Gra­ham.

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the value of this system, what itcan do to bring people togetherand stimulate the economy, youcan't possibly help but want thisfor everyone;" said C~rfj co-cre­ator of the standard languagecalledTCP-IP thatcomputersuseto talk to each other on theInternet.

Established in the 1960s as away for the military to keep intouch with university and scien­tific researchers, the Internet hasbecome the tool through whichcompanies link their internalelectronicmail anddatanetworkswith those at other firms aroundthe world. It has also becomeboth a giant library andoutlet forcreative and informativeexpres­sion.

Preciseusage hassofarprovenimpossibletogaugebutestimatesof people with Internet accessrange from 3 million to 30 mil­lion.

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hours in rural areas, where call­ing in will be done over toll-freelines. After that, extra hours willcost $4 each. For its first sub­scribers, MCI will provide threemonths of service for $20.

MCI declined to disclose sub­scriber or revenue goals butDonahuecalled it "a big revenueopportunity and an increasinglystrategic opportunity."

Withit,MCImovesto thefore­front of companies trying to ex­pand the Internet beyond its baseof scientists, students and thecomputer-savvy.

Some current devotees of theInternet loathe such efforts, ex­pressing feelings like those of aruralhomeownerwhohasahous­ing subdivision go in nearby.

Prominent Internet developerVinton Cerf said he has facedmany questions from earlyInternet users about its growthand his recent decision to be­come senior vice president fordata architecture at MCI.

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Microsoft Network, an on-lineservice available next summerthat will also have a tie to theInternet.

MCI announced its Internetconnection several weeks ago aspart of a software product called"networkMCI" that packaged e­mail, a news and database ser­vice and other productivity pro­grams together. However, it wasstill hammering out agreementsand withheld details until now.

The MCI plan is striking in itsbreadth, withanelectronicshop­ping mall that is securefor creditcard transactions, simple soft­wareforconsumers andprogram­ming tools and consulting ser­vices for .businesses that wantcustomers andsuppliers to reachthem on the Internet.

"There's really no one doingali of what we're doing," saidJohn Donahue,vice president ofmarketing for MCl's businessproducts.

Consumers will be chargedabout $50 for the Internet soft­ware and $20 a month for sevenhoursof accessincitiesand three

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the second-largest long distancecompany incompetitionwithna­tional on-line companies. likeProdigy and America Online andscores oflocal computerbulletinboards tied to the Internet.

It is the second announcementin just days with the potential toreshape the on-line industry.

MicrosoftCorp.last weekpro­vided a first glimpse or The

OPEC to set outputlevels, choose chief

By KENNETH L. WHITING deservedthepost.Since theresulthas to be unanimous, nobodycould be elected.

NigerialaterofferedformerOilMinister Rilwanu Lukman as acompromisecandidate.

Since Subroto of Indonesiastepped down in June after com­pleting the maximum two terrnsallowed,OPECPresidentAbdallaSalem el-Badri, who is Libya'soil minister, has been acting assecretary general.

NEW YORK (AP) • Mel Com­munications Corp. on Mondaywillunveil its Internet service toconsumers and businesses, be­coming the biggest brand nameto sell access to the global com­puter network.

The 'internetMCI" service,which begins inJanuary, willput

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BALI, Indonesia (AP)- Oilmin­isters of the Organizationof Pe­troleum Exporting Countriesopened asummit Monday,wherethey are expected to set produc­tion levels for 1995 and elect anew secretary general.

Indonesia's President Suhartowas guest of honor at start of thethree-dayrneeting, whichfeaturedseveral dozen Balinese dancersand the clapping of a ceremonialgong.

In prepared remarks, Suhartoappealed to OPEC to close ranksand act wisely.He calledfor mu­tual respect and urged them to"abstainfromcornmittingactsdet­rimentalto other members.

"Strong solidarity must be re­flected inconcertedactionstakenharmoniously by its members,"he added.

Suharto did not mentionIraq'sinvasion of fellow member Ku­wait.

With crude prices weak, theministers arrived in Bali in a re­strained mood. They will focuson how long - not whether- theyshouldholdproductionat thecur­rent ceiling of 24.5 million bar­rels a day for all 1i members.

The averagepriceof abasketofcrudes monitored by the cartelwas slightly under $17 a 42-gal­Ion barrel last week, far off thegroup's $21 target.

Saudi Arabian Oil MinisterHisham Nazer said he wants tocontinue the current productioncap through next year, hoping toforce higher prices by late 1995.

As the world's largest crudeproducer, pumping about 8 mil­lion barrels a day or a third ofOPEC's total output, SaudiaArabia .has far more clout thanothers.

Indonesian Oil Minister IdaBagus Sudjana said that most ofthe others seemed in favor of asix-month rollover.

Paul Toungoui, Gabon's oilminister, said he wanted to hearall proposals before reaching adecision.

"I have no objections to anyproposal...wewillconsiderthree,six or 12 months," he said.

Selection of a new secretarygeneral from three candidatescould be the thorniest issue.

At the last OPEC meeting inJune, Iran vetoed the nominationof Venezuelan Energy MinisterAlirio Parra, who was backed bythe 11 other members.

The Iranians insisted that theirformer deputy oil minister,Hossein Kazempour Ardebili,

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Forhispart,GephardtonFridaytagged the Republican proposal a"huge giveawayfor the rich" thatwould increasethe deficitand cutprograms for farmers, veterans,senior citizensand others.

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isa formerchiefof the AirForce'straining organization, the AirTraining Command.

OakswillstarthispositionDec.1. He will oversee all flying andground safety activities at USAirand report directly to ChairmanSeth Schofield.

The airlinealsosaidithasaskedPRC Aviation, a Tucson, Ariz.­based consulting firm, to con­duct an independent audit ofsafety practices and Policies.

Rabin to visitSouth KoreaSEOUL (AP) - Prime MinisterYitzhak Rabin will visit SeoulDec. 14-17, becoming the firstIsraeliheadofgovernmenttovisitSouth Korea, an official an­nouncemcnt said Monday.

Rabin will hold a summit withSouth Korean President KimYoung-samand exchange viewson the recent situationsin North­east Asia and the Middle East,chief presidential spokesmanChoo Don-shiksaid.

DuringRabin'sstay, bothcoun­tries also will sign an aviationagreement that will open a directair flight between their capitals,transportation ministry officialssaid.

Israel and South Korea estab­lishcd formal diplomatic ties in1962but theirrelationshavebeenbumpy because of Seoul's rela­tionships with Arabcountries.

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cisions that are not in the bestinterestsof thiscountry,"saidSen.Tom Daschle, a Democrat run­ning against Dodd for Senate mi­nority leader.

Rep. Richard Gephardt of Mis­souri, favored to retainhis post asHouseDemocratic leader,ledthreedaysofprivatemeetings lastweekto begin formulating a messagethe minoritycan use.One partici-

with USAir and Boeing Co.Weintraub said thejet had two

routine pre-flight checks beforetaking off for Pittsburgh, but nospecial maintenance.

The USAir mechanic in chargeof theplane's departure saidinoneofthedepositions thathewasnevertold of the complaints, the Tri­bune-Reviewof Greensburg, Pa.,reported Sunday. If he had been,he said, theBoeing737wouldnothave left Chicago.

In Washington,telephone mes­sages leftwith National Transpor­tation Safety Board spokesmanMike Benson Sunday were notimmediatelyreturned.

Afterthedepositions werefiled,U.S. District Judge Charles R.NorgleSr.deniedUSAir'srequestto move three lawsuits resultingfrom the crash to federal courtfromChicago'sCookCountyCir­cuit Court.

The Pittsburghcrashandone inCharlotte,N.C.,in July that killed37 of the 57 people aboard, haveraisedquestions amongsometrav­elers aboutUSAir'ssafety.USAirhas had seven accidents, six ofthemdeadly, inthepastfive years.

Also Sunday, USAir an­nounced it has hired a retiredcommander of U.S. Air Forcesin Europe tobecomethe airline'snew vice president of corporatesafety.

Robert C. Oakes, 58, left hismilitary post earlier this year,ending a 35-year career. He also

working folks."Innumerousinterviews,Demo­

crats said their response won'ttake shape until leadership racesare settled, the Democratic presi­dent formulates his own legisla­tiveprogramand theysee thefineprint on Republican legislation.

"I want to govern and put poli­tics behind us but we are not go­ing to be pushed into making de-

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Strange noises reported aboardUSAir flight 427 before crash

By F.N. D'AlESSIO

CHICAGO (AP) - At least threepassengers on an earlier leg ofUSAir Flight 427 complained ofstrange noises before the jet tookoff on its final, fatal flight, ac­cording to a lawyer representingvictims' families.

Philip H. Corboy, a lawyer su­ing USAir on behalf of some ofthe families, said reports of com­plaints were filed Thursday indepositions in.federalcourt.

The three passengers said theyhad heard anoddnoiseduring theSept.8flightfromCharlotte,N.C.,to Chicago, he said.

The jet left Chicago for Pitts­burgh later thatday andcrashed afew milesfrom thePittsburghair­port, killingall 132peopleaboard.Investigators havenotdeterminedwhat caused the crash.

The type of noise the passen­gers said they heard was not de­tailed in the depositions, Corboysaid, nor was it clear why theythought it was unusual.

USAir's chief maintenanceforeman in Chicago, Gerald E.Fox, was told about a report ofunusual noise but allowed theplane to take off without investi­gating because the pilot told himthe craft was fine, USAirspokes­manRichardWeintraub saidSun­day.

Fox is a defendant in thc law­suit filed by Carboy on behalf ofsome victims' families, along

a complete contract," Rep. Ben­jamin Cardin, head of a Demo­cratic transition committee, saidof theRepublican campaignmani­festo' "Contract With America.""We don't knowhow they're go­ing to pay for it"

Republicanswonamandate forchange, but "not a mandate forextremism," addedSen. Christo­pher Dodd of Connecticut, run­ning an uphill race for Demo­cratic leader.

House of RepresentativesDemocratic Whip David Boniorof Michigansaidone of the prin­cipal responsibilities next yearwillbetosustainanyvetoesPresi­dentClintoncasts.With203likelyseats in the House - more thanRepublicans ever had during 40years in the minority - and 47 inthe Senate, a united Democraticpartycouldeasilyprevail in thesestruggles.

"The Americanpeople have toknow where thecontrasts are be­tween Republicans and Demo­crats," Boniorsaid."They willbethe champions of corporate wel­fare. We willbe thechampionsof

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WASHINGTON (AP) • Out­numbered in the U.S. Congressfor the first time in four decades,Democrats will play the role ofwatchdogandspend the next twoyears attemptingtoholdRepubli­cans accountable.

They'll make sure theRepubli­cans - who took control of theSenate andHouseof Representa­tivesintheNov.8elections- keepthe deficit in check and shieldstudentloansandothersocialpro­grams from the budget ax.

They'll also try to hold the lineon any attemptstoenacta conser­vative social agenda.

"I'll vote for some spendingcuts, sure," as well as work withRepublicanson welfare,saidSen.HarryReid, a Democrat,echoingthe views of many in his party.

At the. same time, he said, "Ithink we (Democrats) have tostand fOr something. I think wehave to have a social conscience.I think we have to be concernedabout the working people."

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1994 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWs.·IS

/s/ROMAN T. TUDELAExecutive Director/Contracting Officer

2.All labor on the project shall be paid no less than the minimum wage rates established by the U.S. Secretary of Labor.

3. Each bidder must supply all the information required by the bid documents and specifications.

4.The EEO requirements, labor provisions and wage rates 3re included in the specifications and bid documents and.are available for inspections attheCommonwealth Ports Authority.

5. Each bidder must complete, sign and furnish, prior to award of the contract (at submission of the bid, the "Bidder's Statement on Previous ContractsSubject to EEO Clause" and the "Certitications of non-segregated F3cililies" as contained in the Bid Proposal.

6.Acontractor having 50 ormore employees and his subcontractors having 50 ormore employees and who may be awarded acontract $50,000 ormorewill be required to maintain an affirmative action program. the standards for which are contained in the specifications.

7.To be eligible for award, each bidder must comply with the affirmative action requirements which are contained in the specifications.

8. Inaccordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of1964, Minority business enterprises willbe afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response tothisinvitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race. color or national origin inconsideration foran award ofany contract enteredintopursuant to thisadvertisement.

9. Women will be afforded equal opportunity in all areas of employment. However, the employment of women shall not diminish the standards ofrequirements for this employment of minorities.AC#1 0538(1 0/25,28,11 /01,04,11,18,&22)

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Date: 10/11/94

1. The proposed contract is under and SUbject to Executive Order 11246, as an.ended. of September 24, 1965, and the Equal Opportunity (EEO) andFederal Labor Provisions.

The bidder's attention is called to the fact that the proposed contract shall be under and subject to the equal opportunity clause as set forth in Part III,Section 302(b) ofExecutive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375 dated October 13, 1977, and Section 60-1.4(b) of the requlations oftheSecretary ofLabor (41 CFR 60-1) as implemented bySection 152.61 ofthe Federal Aviation RegUlations. to the contract and labor provisions as set forthinSection 152.55 and Appendix H, Part 152, ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations, and totheapplicable provisions ofTitle VIofthe Civil Rights Act of1964(78 Stat. 252) implemented by Part 21 of the RegUlations ofthe Office of the Secretary ofTransportation. Also. the proposed contract will be subject tothe Contractor's Certification of Nonsegregated facilities.

The apparent lowbidder and any known first tiersubcontractor will be SUbject to a pre-award, equal opportunity compliance review for the purpose ofdetermining whether the bidder and/or hissubcontractors are able to comply with the provisions of the equal opportunity clause.

If the bidder has participated in a previous contract SUbject to the equal opportunity clause and has not submitted compliance reports as required byapplicable instructions, the bidder shall submit, prior to award of contract. a compliance report covering the delinquent period.

Abidder orprospective prime contractor orproposed subcontractor shall be required tosubmit such information as the Executive Director requests priorto the award of a contract or subcontract. When a determination has been made to award the contract or subcontract to a specified contractor, suchcontractor shall be required, priorto award, orafter the award. or both to furnish such other information as the Director requests

Contract documents, including plans and specifications. may be examined atthe Office ofthe Executive Director. Commonwealth Ports Authority, or canbe obtained from this office upon the payment ofTWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) foreach set of plan documents. This amount is non-refundable.Payment shall be made by check payable to the Commonwealth Ports Authority.

A pre-bid conference will be held atthe CPA CONFERENCE ROOM, DEPARTURES TERMINAL BUILDING, SAl PAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, at10:00a.m. on Wednesday, November 02, 1994 to explain and clarify any questions regarding this project. Questions should be submitted to the Consultant, inwritlnq, at least five (5) days in advance for answers at this conference, with a copy of same mailed simultaneously to the Executive Director, CPA.Attendance atthe pre-bid conference and site visitare considered essential to the potential contractor's understanding of the project elements.

Each prospective bidder shall file with CPA, anotice ofhis/her intention tobid inaform substantially similar tothat supplied inthe specifications. not lessthan six (6) calendar days prior to the date hereinabove designated for opening ofbids.

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

SEALED BIDS for WEST CORRIDOR EXPANSION FOR GATES 5 & 6, AT SAl PAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SA/PAN, MARIANA ISLANDS, AlP ProjectNo. 3-69-0002-21 will be received at the office of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY, Saipan International Airport. P.O.Box 1055, saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, until 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 23, 1994, at which time and place the sealed bids will be publiclyopened and read.

The project, ingeneral, consists ofbuilding an expansion to the existing passenger departure and arrivals Corridor for Gates 5 & 6,atSaipan InternationalAirport all inaccordance wlth theplans and specifications.

The project is being financed byfunds from the Commonwealth Ports Authority and from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The contract award.if it isto be made, will be made within two(2) months from the date of bid opening. Depending upon availability of funds, CPA reserves the right to holdsuch bid in effect for three (3) months from the date of bid opening.

This contract is under and SUbject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, of September 24, 1965, the Federal Labor provisions and the Equal Employ­ment Opportunity (EEO) provisions ascontained in the contract. specifications and bid documents.

All mechanics and laborers on the project shall be paid no less than the minimum wage rate established bythe U.S. Secretary of Labor. A copy of theDepartment of Labor Wage Rate Determination isapplicable to thiscontract and is made a part of this specification (See Section 70-24).

Each bidder must complete, sign andfumish, prior to award of the contract (AlP No. 3-69-0002-21) the "Bidder's Statement on Previous ContractsSUbject to EEO Clause," a"Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities" (See Specifications).

Required Notices for All Contracts.

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

b. The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA), in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. hereby notifies all bidders that they(bidders) must affirmatively insure that for any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded fullopportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color. or national origin inconsideration foraward.

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Ad­vances in communications tech­nology will help toppledespoticregimes because unfavorablenews can no longerbecensored,thePhilippines'securitychiefsaidMonday.

Gen. Jose Almonte, thePhilip­pines' NationalSecurity director,said themediahasbecomeaforcefor leveling political hierarchiesand establishing "a kindof directdemocracy in many of our coun­tries - not so much by design, asby the unavoidable workings oftheirprocesses andtechnologies."

While many Asian govern­ments try to control news enter­ing their countries, the days ofcensors and scissors are num­bered, Almonte told an interna­tional conference of Asian, Aus­tralian arid Pacific media execu­tives.

Almonte,one of the leaders ofthe army- rebellion that toppledPresidentFerdinand Marcos, saidphotocopiers and fax machineshave made the censorship of po­litical stories in the internationalmedia less practical.

He said "news gatekeepers"were losing the battle againstlaptop computers, wireless tele­phones and mobile dishes thattransmitted newsstories directlyto orbiting satellites.

Satellitedishes themselves"arenow apparently thesizeof pizzasand getting smaller," he said.

Almonte said the Iron Curtainin EasternEurope provedvulner­able to the combined assaults oftheVoiceofAmerica, RadioFreeEurope and the BBC.

He said Chinese students keptalive their resistance in the wakeof TjananmenSquare through di­rect-dial phones,faxes and elec­tronic mail, while even recentlythe East Timor militants embar­rassedtheIndonesian government- at small cost.

Alinonte said the media's af­fect on a political system wasnobetter illustrated than during thedownfall of Marcos in 1986.

"Ironically, it's global newsorganizations thataregelling big­ger and bigger ... threatening thepolitical empires with replace­mentbymediaempires," hesaid.

Almonte saiditwastheyears offoreign reporting on the Marcosfamily's extravagance, hiddenwealth and human rights crimesthatprimedthepopulation to sup­port the mutineers.

He said suchforeign mediare­ports were usually circulated asphotocopied sheets, reprinted inthe "mosquito press."

But with modem technology,the news could now be receiveddirectly.

Technology will undermine despots

gether for early Monday after­noon.

The UnitedStateswas sendingAttorney General Janet Reno tohead itsdelegation.

Cooperation between theUnitedStates andItaly is consid­ered a model in the fight againstorganized crime. Their alliancewas largely forged by GiovanniFalcone, whoconvincedbig-timeMafia bosses to testify on bothsides of the Atlantic. The mobassassinated theSicilianprosecu­tor in May 1992.

Much attention at the confer­ence will focus on the so-calledbanking havens for criminalsseeking to launder profits fromtraditional income-drugandarmstrafficking, extortion and prosti­tution.

Somethinktankssayorganizedcrimedoesa whopping $3 trillionworth of business around theworld, and that's a realistic esti­mate, Italy's anti-Mafia "superprosecutor," Bruno Siclari, saidlast week. .

Joiningthe internationalcrimescene in the last three years havebeen gangs in the developing,capital-short nations of theformer Soviet Union. Some ex­perts thinkasmanyas500bossescontrol small crime bands inRussia alone.

Please Join Us In PrayersThank You,The Family

FIRST ANNIVERSARY ROSARY

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We, the family of the late Augustin I Palacios invite all ourrelatives and friends tojoin us forthe First Anniversary Rosaryof our beloved one beginning Monday, November 21, 1994.

Nightly Rosary is being said at 7:30 p.m. at the residence ofMrs. Esperanza U. Palacios in San Antonio. On the final day,Tuesday, November 29,1994, Rosary will be said at 12:00 noon.Mass of Intention will be offered at 6:00 p.m. at San AntonioChurch.

Nations gather to combatgrowing number of mafias

By FRANCES O'EMlLiO

NAPLES, Italy (AP) • Intent onoutsmarting mobsters who knowno borders, crime fighters andpolitical leaders from around theworld are meeting in this orga­nized crimecapital to coordinatestrategy.

Delegates at a three-day U.N.conference openingMonday willdebate whetherit's enoughto trytomeshlawson banking,extradi­tionandotherareas-or ifit's timeto devise an international con­vention of statutes against orga­nized crime.

Italy, hostof the conference inthebayside Royal Palacethatwasthesiteoflast summer'sG-7sum­mit, is recognizedas a trailblazerin many approaches to attackingorganizedcrime.

Naples is ;Orne turf to one ofItaly's three powerful organizedcrimegroups, theCarnorra, whichinvestigators say hasbeenreelingfromthearrestor defectionto thestate of several top bosses.

U.N. Secretary-GeneralBoutros Boutros-Ghali arrivedSundaynight.HeandItalianPre­mierSilvio Berlusconi,whosesix­month-old conservative govern­ment hasbeencriticizedby someas easing up on Italy's mafias,scheduleda news conferenceto-

comment.Sunday.Three photos showed Bailey

leavingwhatthenewspapersaidwas Gere's apartment buildingin London's Chelsea area.

In one picture, she is hop­ping over a garden wall to theyard of the building next door.There was no sign of Gere athis apartment after the reportappeared.

We the family ofthe late

that he is serious about his newrelationship withthemodel,LauraBailey.

"In Richard's own words, itis all over between (him andCrawford)," the News of theWorld quoted an unidentifiedfriend of Gere as saying. "Hethinks Laura is very sweet andsees his future with her."

Gere was unavailable for

Your presence is very much appreciated.

Mrs. Crispina Taisacan TenorioChildren & Grandchildren

sth DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Reception will be held at the Parish Social Hal/following theEucharist Celebration.

JOSE ARRIOLA TENORIO(''Joe Eleven")

are inviting al/ our relatives and friends to join us in commemorating his

in the Celebration ofthe Eucharist on Wednesday, November 23, 1994 atSan Vicente Church at 6:00 PM.

LONDON (AP) - A tabloidnewspaper published photos re­portedly showing a 22-year-oldmodel making early-morninggetaways fromtheLondonapart­ment of American actorRichardGere.

The weekly Newsof theWorldnewspaper said Gere's marriagewithsupermodel CindyCrawfordwas on the brink of divorce, and

Model linked with Richard Gere

Schwarzenegger, Emma Thompson star in 'Junior'NEW YORK (AP) - Emma love scenes with Arnold floor?"Thompson's image as a right- Schwarzenegger. "Andshewasrolling aroundwiththinking Englishwoman with a And how did the epitome of me on thefloor," Schwarzeneggerstiffupperlipanda classyaccent Brit gentility hit it off with the saysinSunday's New YorkTimes.gets a tweak in her latestfilm. megastarAustrian body-builder? "I was laughing my head off over

"Junior,"acomedy about amale Sufficeit tosay thatwhenthey thewhole approach. Shebroke thescientistwhogetspregnant, fmds met,shesaid,"I'm SOIT'j. I haveto ice very quickly, so we could getThompson wri thinginpassionate touch you. Canyouliedownon the downto work."

Actress Bardot leads animal rights demonstration in ParisPARI~(A~) •Bri~itteBardothas stockingstoresinananimal-rights ablaze.a fashionup: Fur IS not sexy. demonstration Saturday. Two hundred fur industry

The actress-t~ed-activist led Bardot's supporters doffed workers held a counter-protestabout400 people in a paradepast theirbloodstained furcoatsat the nearby. No clashes were re-some of France's biggest fur- operahouseandsetmanyof them ported.

Denver house becomes museum for ex-Israeli premier Golda MeirDENVER (AP) • The house 1969-74, and died in 1978. "This was the gatheringwhereGoldaMeirspenttwoyears "It was a turning point in my place," said Mary Ferrell, di-crucial to her political and intel- life because it was in Denver rector of the Auraria Founda-lectualdevelopment willbecome that my real education began," tion. "Some people see this asa museumandconference center. Meir once wrote. the birthplace of Israel in the

Meir lived in the house while In the kitchen of the brick U.S."she was in high school here in duplex, young men and women The building will house the1913-14. She went on to lead shaped the idea of a national new Golda Meir Center for Po-Israel as prime minister from Jewish homeland. litical Leadership.

Townlifts 21-year ban on dancingiR\JMANN, Ark. (A.ll) _You Jerry'sTavernowner JerryPH- only four taverns: the owner of "We hadkind of a bad reputa- just have a basic right to be ablecan drink and shake a leg in low,whoproposedliftingtheban, onewasn't interested in allowing tion back then," Gossett said. to dance."Trumannnow,butyoubetterkeep acknowledged that dancing and dancing. Today, Jonesboro has plenty Other small towns,have hadyourfists to yourself. drinking years ago createdprob- MayorDavidGossettsaid a lot of private clubs that serve aleo- dancing bans for decades.

The City Council lifted a 21- lerns, including fights. That's all haschanged since1973,whenthe hol, In 1990, the U.S. Supremeyear-old ban on dancing at three in thepast. council passed the ban. Nearby There ishardly roominJerry's Court even weighed in, uphold-tavernswherealcohol is served. "Dancingshouldnot beagainst Jonesboro, home of Arkansas Tavern to dance. Pillow said he ing a century-old ban in Purdy,

However, Alderman Donnie the law, but the police should be StateUniversity, wasdryandout- does not plan to expand, or hire Mo., where teen-agers claimedTaylorwarned thatthebarscould allowedtostop it if thereis fight- of-towners came 10miles (16ki- any live bands to play. religious zealots were clampinglose their dancing privileges if ing," Pillowsaid. lometers) to drink in Trumann, a But,he says, "I felt likepeople down on their fun at proms.patronsthrow punchesinsteadof The councilliftedthebanNov. northeastern Arkansas town ofkickingup theirheels. 14 in a 9-1 vote. The town has about6,400.

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Two 50-gallon (200-liter)drumsmarked"infectiouswaste,"one of which was leaking, werediscovered on the freeway.

"As far as wewereconcerned itwas hospital waste," fire inspec­tor Wayne Garrard said.

Garrardsaidthespillage,whichcontainedfleshandbloodbelievedto be human, was strewn alongthe emergency lane. Traffic wasrerouted for five hours, disrupt­ing the morning rush hour.

August when Hurricane Johndamaged the atoll's support fa­cilities. The work of destroyingchemical rockets had only re­sumed in early November.

About 6 percent of the U.S.chemical weapons stockpile isstored on Johnston Atoll, located700milessouthwestofHonolulu.Theplantbegandestroyingweap­ons in June 1990.

with donations fromthe Chaldeancommunities in the UnitedStates.

Iraq'sChristiancommunity isoneof the world's oldest.

St. Thomas converted the iniLialChristians herein thefirst century,when Iraq - then Mesopotamia ­waspartofthePersian Empire. TheChaldean language, cousin to theAramaic spoken in Jesus' time,sounds like Arabic and lookslikeHebrew.

Christians never ruled the area,theirfortunes varyingwithsucces­siveempires.

WheneverIslamic lawscameintovogue,Christians suffereddiscrirni­nation. Theycouldnot ridehorses.No crosses could be displayed inpublic.Christiandoctors andscribesin highoffice were tossed ontothestreets.

InmodemIraq,about70percentofChristians belong totheChaldeanChurch.Otherchurches include theAssyrian Orthodox, Armenian Or­thodox, Coptic andasectknown asthe Mandeans, who worship Johnthe Baptist.

Christians say theyfaceno offi­cial discrimination. The mostprominentmemberoftheChaldeancommunity, Tariq Ariz, was for­eign minister during the GulfWarand is nowdeputy primeminister.But Aziz changed his identifiablyChristian birth name of MikhailYuhanna to one that sounds moreMuslim.

On the local level, Christianscanface obstacles.Publicschoolsare supposed to offer Bibleclasses if Christians make up atleast25 percentof students.Someprincipals try to prevent enroll­ment from reaching that level,Christians say.

toberepairedbeforetheplantcanresume operations, it said. Notimetable for the repairs wasgiven.

"This type of detonation is notexpected, butbecause the systemis destroying potentially explo­sive materials, the facility is de­signed to withstand this type ofoccurrence," the Army said.

The severedsectionsof rocketsare supposed to drop into an in­cineration furnace which bumstheboostercharge,propellantandany residue of chemical agent.

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Robaksaidhe hadno detailsonthe donor.

Crosby,53,wasadmittedto thehospitalwitha deterioratingliveron Nov. 2. His publicist, ElliotMintz, blamed Crosby's failingliver on decades of drug abuse,includingheroin and cocaine.

Crosby,Stills and Nashhits in­clude "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,""Marrakesh Express" and. withNeil Young, ''Teach Your Chil­dren" and "Our House."

BeforeCrosby,Stills and Nashwasformed, Crosby was a mem­ber of the Byrds, whose hits in­cluded, "Mr. Tambourine Man,""Tum! Turn! Tum!" and "EightMiles High."

riages.WithsomanyChristianmendeparting, anestimated 1,000Chris­tianwomenconverttoIslameveryyear tomarryMuslims.

Underscoring the general insta­bility, a bombexploded outside aBaghdad church Oct. 30, killingthree policeofficers andthe deaconwhodiscovered it.. The government has beenalarmed at the prospect of losingChaldeans, a pillar of the profes­sional middle class.The MinistryofReligious Affairs requested thatchurch sermons discourage leav­ing.

Thatseemed tohavelittle effect.Many are still eager to head forthriving IraqiChristian communi­tiesin Detroit andChicago.

"Mostofuswouldpreferto leaveIraq,but we are too poor. It's hardto reach any country where youwould reallywanttolive,"saidone28-year-old worshiper, whodidnotwant to give his name for fear ofrepercussions.

The government has taken in­creasingly stringent measuresagainstemigration. Apassportcosts40,000 dinars. That is less than$100 due to the Iraqi dinar's eel­lapse, but it represents more thantwoyears' salary for anyone earn­ingtheaverage Iraqiwageof 1,500dinars a month.

Key professionals such as doc­tors must deposit up to 1 milliondinars and usually have tosignpa­pers forfeiting their homes if theydonot return.

The middleclasshas beendeci­mated by theeconomic collapse. Achicken costs nearly a month'swage. Many people live off gov­ernment food subsidies supple­mented by church rations bought

HONOLULU (AP) •Operationsat the U.S. Army's chemicalweapons disposal plant onJohnstonAtollcame toahaltoverthe weekend when a rocket thathad been drained of chemicalsexploded.

There were no injuries or es­cape of chemical agents fromSaturday's "low order detona­tion," but the blast damaged ashearing machine that was cut­ting the 6-foot-long rocket into18-inch sections, the Army saidSunday.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - DavidCrosbyof therock groupCrosby,Stills and Nash received a newliver Sunday in'a seven-hour op­eration and was in critical condi­tion.

The musician's condition wasnormal for organ transplant pa­tients, saidWarrenRobak,spokes­manfor theUniversity of Califor­nia at Los AngelesMedicalCen­ter.

Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil, whoheaded the transplant team, saidsurgery went well.

"We will watch his progressclosely for several days and I amoptimistic that he will do well,"Busuttil said.

Crosby undergoes liver transplant

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In anancient tongue that Jesus wouldhave understood, Baghdad'schurches echo with Christian lit­urgy. Thereare special prayers forrelieffrom the economic devasta­tion wrought by the internationalblockade.

For many in the nearly 2,cro­year-oldChaldean sect,relieffromisolation andhardship meansflee­ing. The exodus accelerated thissummer afterIraqimposed Islamiclaws that include banning publicconsumption of alcohol andchop­ping off thieves' hands. Severalamputations have been shown ontelevision, Iraqissay.

"Thewarand the problems afterthewar, theembargo, theWesternpropaganda, they strangle the Ira­qis, especially the young people.Thereisno work,nohope,"saidtheRev. BoutrosHaddad, aparishpriestandChaldean Churchhistorian.

Exact statistics are unavailable,but the Chaldean community isbelieved to have declined to about6OO,<XX> Iraqis from 1 million adecade ago.Thatisabout3percentof Iraq's predominantly Muslimpopulation of 18 million.

The numbers areespecially dis­heartening for a dwindling minor­ity.Theyfeartheymaybesetuponasthecrisisdeepens, andtheyworryChristians are notexemptfrom Is­lamic laws.

'There is freedom ofprayer, butnot exactly freedom for each reli­gion,"said Monsignor EmmanuelDelly, thepatriarch'sdeputy.

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points in the second half butplayed hard," Carlesimo said."The key to the game for uswas our offensive reboundingand taking care of the bali."

Chris Dudley had 15 re­bounds - seven in the fourthquarter as Por t l andoutrebounded Detroit 46-24.

"You can't let a team crashthe offensive boards like Port­land did and expect to win,"Detroit coach Don Chancysaid.

"You can't allow a team thatmany easy second shots. I toldour guys about their rebound­ing ability before the game,and I said it again at halftimeand wrote it on the blackboard,but we just didn't get it done."

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ­Wishful thinking can get you fartoday, but doing something will getyou the rest of the way. Timing isessential as you take action.

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startoftheround-robinportionof theWorld Championship, Samprasbounced back Sunday with an im­pressive perfoonance. And he alsobeatAgassi in thesemifinals,

Agassi isexpected toremain NO.2and Becker No. 3 when the fmalrankings for theyearcome outMon­day.

Sampras, 23, is the first player toSlay atopfortheentire year since IvanLend! in 1987.

"It's a great accomplishment. Itjust proves that I have been reallyconsistenteventhoughIpulledoutofsix events.:Being injured right afterWimbledon wasveryfrustrating andthe Openexperience was very dis­couraging. I still maintained thatNo.1rankingbyapretry goodmarginandI hopeto continue that.

"I gotAndreright behind me,dy­ingtobeNo. 1so Ijustneed tokeepworking hard

Although beaten byBecker infiveof their previous sixindoor matches,Sampras rose to the occasion Sun­day,evenas9,cxx)faminthcFcsthallecheered forhisrival.

He ended the year with a 74-11record, andisnow6-5against Beckerin hiscareer.

Becker, who was alsoseeking hissecond title after winning in 1992,collected$64O,(XX) forhisrunner-upfmish.

TheGerman, whowill beTJ Tues­day,thtmdered30 acespastSampras,whoonlyhad9.ButBecker also had12double-faults, while Sampras hadthree in the two-hour, 39-rninutematch.

"I returned a lotbetter than when Iplayed himWednesday. I puta lotofpressure on hisserve, and asa resulthe hit a number of double-faults. Itplayed a huge part in the match,"Sampras said.

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leaving Alabama followinghis junior year, also held Pis­tons point guard LindseyHunter scoreless. Robinsonand Hunter were high schoolteammates in Jackson, Miss.

"We didn't have much togo to onthe bench," Blazers

.. coach PJ. Carlesimo said. "Ithought James did exception­

. ally well."In other games, New Jersey

edged the Los Angeles Clip­pers 98-97 and Sacramentobeat Cleveland 96-88.

Clifford Robinson scored26 points, Buck Williams had15points and 12 rebounds andTracy Murray added 14pointsfor Portland. Joe Dumars ledDetroit with 35 points, 22 inthe first half..

"We were down a lot of

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Portland ends 3-game losing streakPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ­With James Robinson fill­ing in at point guard andRod Strickland, Terry Por­ter, Negele Knight andClyde Drexler out with in­juries, the Portland TrailBlazers had just enough toend a three-game losingstreak.

Robinson had 24 points,eight assists and only six turn­overs as the Trail Blazers ral­lied to beat the Detroit Pis­tons 98-96 00 Sunday night.

"It wasn't difficult playing48 minutes ... I just restedduring timeouts and freethrows," Robinson said. "Wereally can play well withoutClyde and Rod. We've just

.got to keep playing hard."Robinson, who averaged

11.6 minutes last season after

thathelooked almost invincible. Butinjuries slowed himafter hissecondWimbledon titleandhewas beaten intheRound of 16at theU.S. Open.

DefeatsbyAOOreAgassandBeckerlastmonthonEuropean indoorcourtstook some shine offhiscrown.

Although he lostto Becker at the

ingmaintenance manDanny Bisarawill play forward and Suwaso em­

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Korea," Indci, a pofcssicnal wrestlerI1.ImXI polidcian, said inTokyo.

"North Korea isam planning toac­cepalarge-scaleicurgrrupfnmlapen,which I am~ will help frien:ishipbetween oor countries," be<rl±d

a good win here because the fallhasn'tbeensogreat," saidSampras,whoalsowonhere in 1991.

The American collected $1.225millionforhisvictoryandbroughthis1994 earnings to$3lfJ7,812, an an­nual record forthetour.

Samprasbegantheyearsostrongly

Otbereveusircludernassgymnastic~00l.l.a0C'.CS ardtwo otm Arrericanboxers, iberepxtsaid,Therepatdidnxgivenarres,

"I~ this will crntribute to theexchanges between Japan and Nooh

ingcoach of 1994 PABA ChampionFt/SNE.

Ermitanio, during a phone inter­view, said ihauhc Mobil Oilers'line­upwas completed recently after onemonth of tryout lastmonth.

"Wcarcready but PABA isnotyetready (0 receive new icarns. 'They(PABA) have nOI given outapplica­tion forms yet," Ermitanio said

Ermitanio would notdisclose thenames ofsome of theplayers intheirlineup.

"Wehave already fiftccnplayers inthe lineup butwestill have tofinalizewithone OrlWO olthoscinthe list," hesaid.

Among those in the line up areteam captain ball and CAM Corp.accountant Ted Tadco; former ECGozurn guard and Samsung com­panyenginccrCarlosSuing;JunOsiasofSablan Consuucuon, Hewill playforward

Also in the team are former RBElectrical forward Noel Gamboa ofHome Improvement; Mobil aviationanalyst and forward player AlexPricia; and Mobil trailer driver JoelLumacad whowill playguard.

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Mobil ready to join 1995 PABAMobile OilMicronesia Incorporatedis all set tojoin the 1995 PhilippineAmateur Basketball Association(PABA) Inter-Commercial Leaguewhichwillcommencecarlynext year.

This was confirmed to VarietySports yesterday by Mobile OilMicronesia administrative staffEmerson Ermiranio,

Mobil Micronesia will bejoiningtheleague forthefirst time since U1C

league's formation in the eighties.Emerson Ermitanio works as one

of the accountants of Mobil. He isabrother of Elmer Errnitanio, manag-

while Slaying in Korea," the KcreanCentral News Ageocy repot said

It said the evert will be bested byNath Kcrea am aJaparese wrestlingassociaikn lradxi byparliaImltarianKanji Irdci.

in January, Wimbledon in the. sum­mer,andtheffiM/ATP TourWorldChampionship for the second timeSunday.

"Thisendstheyearonagreat,greatnote,'·'Samp-assaidafterbcatingBorisBecker 4-6,6-3,7-5,6-4.

"Itgivesmeabitofsatisfaction. It's

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Sister Angela, fourth from left, of Mount Carmel School receives a $10,000 check from Amigos Golf Club. The amount is from the proceeds ofthe Bud/Joeten Proud Bird Golf Classic Tournament which was organized by the same golf club. With Sister Angela, from left are Amigostournament director Karl T. Reyes, Eli Maravilla of Joeten, Tom Shimizu of Budweiser, Mel Molloy of Continental Micronesia, and AGC officersJack Taitano, Jack Guererro, Joe Camacho and Pete Igitol.

North Korea to sponsor professional slugfest

ByNESHASTARCEVIC

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ­TwoGrand Slams, eightother titles,recordearnings, toprankingsafe. Notabadyear, butPeteSampras thinks itcould havebeenbetter.

Sampras wontheAustralianOpen

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A. pufessirnaI Japanese wrestlingassociatirn cmfirmed Morxiay thatNcrthKrreahas invitedArmicanbox­ersMOOarnrred Ali am Gecrge Rre­man ardJ~ martial artists amwrestles to a Pyoogyang exhibitionslugfest

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Pete Sarnpras upsets Becker

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