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of the current fiscal year was an­nounced over the weekend by In­teriorSecretaryBruceBabbittwhosaid the move was in linewiththeAdministration's effort to "cutyesterday's government to helpsolve tomorrow's problems."

According to Babbitt, underPhase II of the National Perfor­mance Review, PresidentClintonhas asked each federal agency totake a long hard look at everysingle federal program to makecuts wherever possible to makegovernment "more efficient andless costly."

He said the recommeridation toclose the office came from aTIAhead herself, assistant SecretaryLeslie Turner, after an intensiveinternal review of the agency.

Butaccording toBenavente,the

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GUA~DED SECl;JRITY GUARD.,A.T."1. Muzz~four Hossain, right, asecurity 9,uard..S,lts ne~ to a police off!cer dur!nga court recess in 8case ag~ms.t po.'lce officerJos,epha KalAat. Kalpat was foundguiltyofobstructingJustice forthreatenmg Hossam, a witnessinanassaultcaseagainst her brother, Francisco.

Diego T. Benavente ...good for the Commonwealth be­cause of one differcnce we havewith all insular areas. That is, wedon't have a delegate to US Con­gress," said Benavente.

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Josepha L Kaipatmate reason to contact the wit­ness." "She's there as a specta­tor," the judge said.

The policewoman was chidedby the judge for her action. Policeofficers, he said, must protect thecitizens of the CNMI including

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OTIA closure may hurtNMI more than others

By Rafael H. ArroyoVariety NewsStaff

THECNMI willbe at a disadvan­tage compared to other insularareas if and when the InteriorDepartment's plan to close downits Office of Territorial and Inter­national Affairs (OTIA) pushesthrough, House SpeakerDiegoT.Benavente said.

In a, telephone interviewyester­day, the speaker said he is not sothrilledabouttherecentannounce­merit that OTIA will close downas hedoes notexpect sucheventu­ality to be of benefit to the Com-monwealth. .

"My initial reaction is we willonly be able to see what happenswhen the closure is completed.But I am really not sure it will be

for three years after completingher jail term.

Ll.S, District Court Judge Alex'R. Munson also ordered.the de­fendant to "enter into a programthat willtreat hergamblingaddic­tion."

Defense lawyer Richard W.Pierce has told the court that hisclient had a gambling addiction

ness in an assault case.Josepha L. Kaipat was re­

mandedtothe Departmentof Pub­lic Safety following a bench trialyesterday, She will be back-incourt tomorrow morning forasentencing hearing. The maxi­mum penalty for one count ofobstruction of justice is one yearin jail and a$1,000 fine, accord­ing to the Commonwealth Code.

Kaipat was found guilty by thecourt of threatening tokill A.T.M.Mouzzafour Hossain, a securityguard, on October 19, 1994~ Thethreat was made while Kaipat'sbrother, Francisco wason trial forassault involving the witness.

In finding her guilty, SuperiorCourt Judge Marty Taylor saidthe defendant had no businessbeing in court at the time herbrother was on trial. He also saidthe police officer had rio "legiti-

pleading guilty to one count oftheft of college funds. She wasindicted by a grand jury in July.

The theft was committed be­tween June.26, 1992 and AprilS,1993, the indictment said.

Cabrera, who was working atthe college's Business Center atthe time of her indictment, willbegin serving her sentence begin­ning March 28, 1995. She wouldbe placed on supervised release

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New form ofdrugabuse uncovered

SyFerdie de Is TorreVarietyNew5 Staff

ADPICTION Specialist Joseph, Kevin Villagomez has expressedalarmoverthealleged increasing inhalantabuseamongkidsonSaipan,which hedescribed as"deadlyserious." , . ;

Villagomez, aclinical psychologist andheadof theCommonwealthHealth Center Substance Abuse/Addiction Treatment Program, toldtheVariety 'yesterday that in the past two weeks.six kids.ages 12-16,wentto hisofficeforinhalant abuse treatment.

The clinical psychologist disclosed that, the most commonly usedsubstance by kidsarebutane gasand.gasoline which poserealdangersinceit mayamong otherthings: explode right on theirface., '1 amcallingthehelpof the community.the parents to beaware ofthis inhalantabuse...I do believe thereareotherkidsout therehavinghooked to thestuff," he said. . .

Villagomezpointedoutthatamajorroadblock torecognizingthesizeof theinhalant abuseproblem is thereadyavailability ofproducts thatare inhaled.

"Inhalants arecheapandcanbepurchased.1egally in retail stores inContinued on page 6

A POLICEWOMAN was con­victed yesterday of obstructingjustice inconnection with an inci­dentlastyear in whichshe "threat­ened to kill" a government wit-

By Rafael I. SantosVariety News Staff

A FORMER Northern MarianasCollege cashier has been sen­tenced to six months in jail andordered to pay a restitution' ofmore than $80,000 for embezzle­ment, U.S. District Court docu­ments indicated.

AgnesTudela Cabrera was sen­tenced in the U.S. District.Courtlast Friday, three months after

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to check it but employees fromthe nearby Pacific Gardenia, whofirst saw the smoke, informedthem that the restaurant was onfire, prompting them to rush out­side.

Diaz claimed that the fire ofstill unknown cause probablystarted at the laundry area or inthe kitchen then spread to the res­taurant.

Inside, three video machinesand one jukebox, all owned byTown and Country, and two tablevideo games belonging to FrankTesiro, were also damaged.

The kitchen area was totallyburned while the interior portionof the restaurant was heavilyburned.

No one was reported hurt in theblaze which lasted for more thanone hour, witnesses said.

rial Affairs to defend against ahighly critical Omnibus legisla­tion that would eliminate most ofthe perks enjoyed by the CNMIunder its Covenant with the US.

But according to Torres, itwould be good for them to havecanceled the trip as it would meanless expenditure for government,the trip being paid for by the ex­ecutive branch.

"I don't see anything bad ingoing there as we definitely needto make a good presentation thereto appeal our case. There is meritfor four or five of our lawmakersgoing. But eight or ten membersgoing is maybe just too much,"said Torres.

This is because, the Garapanlawrnaker said, US Congress maynot look at abigCNMI delegationin a positive way.

"There are already enoughpeople there from the CNMI.More legislators going there mayraise some eyebrows.Borne USlawmakers may think we're hav­ing a picnic there at the expenseof taxpayers and that may notaugur well in our bid to win theirsupport on our cause," he added.

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ing spent and shall consider theamount of revenues without sig­nificant adverse effects on busi­nesses and individual taxpayers.

"The taskforce will recommendreforms after appraising and as­sessing how the proposed reforms

Fire destroys notedc. Kanoa restaurant

By Ferdie de la TorreVariety News Staff

FIRE razed a restaurant inChalanKanoa yesterday morning, de­stroying an estimated $AO,aOOworth of property.

Witnesses told the Variety thatthe fire broke out at Reiko"s Res­taurant on Beach Road shortlybefore 10:30 a.m.

"It's terrible. I have to start allover again. We have been in busi­ness for 34 years." said FranciscoDiaz, owner of the structure.

Diaz said they were preparingto open the establishment whenthe tire occurred.

Diaz said he and his four em­ployees were taking their lunch atthe barracks located behind therestaurant when he smelledsmoke.

He instructed his receptionists

Stanley T. TorresMitch Pangelinan, also includeJuan S. Demapan, Paul A.Manglona, Eusebio A. Hocog,Thomas P. Vi Ilagomez andEstevcn M. King.

Asofyesterday, only DelaCruz,Santos, De rnapan, andVillagomez have been confirmedto have left for the D.e. trip. Thedeparture of the others have yet tobe ascertained.

The D.e. trip is being regardedas the most important ever for theCommonwealth as leaders appearbefore Galleglys Subcommitteeon Native American and Territo-

Those to sit in the statutoriIy­created body are the secretary ofFinance; the Governor's specialassistant for management & Bud­get; and one appointee each fromthe Senate president, the Housespeaker, the Saipan Chamber ofCommerce, the Saipan GarmentManufacturers Association, theHotel Association of the NMI,the CNMI Bar Association, andthe CNMI Contractors Associa­tion.

These nine members will thenby a majority vote appoint fourmore members: a tax accountant,a person representing small busi­nesses and two persons from theprevious CNMI Tax Task Force.

The tax task force was createdby law to study existing tax lawand tax regulations and to makerecommendations to the gover­nor and tbhe CNMI Legislatureon ways such laws and regula­tions may be improved.

Under the new law, the taskforce shall also review the man­ner in which tax revenues are be-

Mitchellexpressed disappoint­ment with the denial. "We're dis­appointed with the SupremeCourt decision." he told the Vari­ety. "The odds are very muchagainst us," he added, noting thatof the more than 6,000 cases el­evated to theSupreme Court,onlyabout 85 of them were enter­tained.

Torres, two other solonsforego trip to US capitalATLEASTthree members of theHouse of Representatives whowere earlier given travel authori­zationpapers fromtheGovernor'sOffice have decided to forego thetrip to Washington, D.C.\

This was learned from Rep.StanleyT. Torres who yesterdaysaidheand RepresentativesHeinzS.HofschneiderandJesusT. Attaooptedagainst going to the nation'scapital as they felt their presencein a January JI congressionalheari ng called by Rep. EltonGallegly would no longer be nec­essary.

"We decided to stay behind aswe feel it' is better for us to stayhere. There is already. enoughpeople there for the hearings andI don't feel comfortable joiningthe group,"said Torres in a tele­phone interview yesterday,

Torres, Hofschneider and Attaoalready have approved TAs forthe Washington D.e. trip as wellasRcprescntativesAIvaroSantos,BenjaminA. Sablan, Ramon DelaCruzand HermanT. Palaciosfromthe House. Senators who werealsogivenTAs, according toSpe­cial Assistant for Administration

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Sablan is a long time financialofficer for the Joeten group ofcompanies, and is considered tobe one of those who shaped thelocal conglomerate into what it istoday.

On the other hand, Grauerswhois generai manager for Hyatt Re­gency Saipan is president of theI5-member HANMI.

Joeten, along with Duty FreeShoppers Inc. Saipan, is consid­ered one of the moguls in theCNMI's retail industry.

Benavente's appointment ofSablan was to made known toacting Governor Jesus e. Borjayesterday after the latter came upwith letters urging the differentparties to get their appointeesknown as soon as possible

The speaker said he recentlyreceived a letter from the actinggovernor asking quick responseto the need to get the task forceappointments moving.

Under the new tax law, the taskforce shall be comprised of 13members servingthreeyear terms.

In the same judgment, Hefnerruled in favor of plaintiff, Aldan­Pierce, saying there was no con­stitutional violations: Mitchellsaid the disputed parcel of landwas purchased by AntoniaVillagornez, a person of NorthernMarianas descent but the moneywas provided for by two non­NMDs, namely, Randall Fennelland Brian McMahon.

The rightsto the property,whichwas purchased in 1986, were latertransferred to Aldan-Pierce.

Mitchell appealed thecommon­wealth court decision in the ap­pellate division of the U.S. Dis­trict Court which later affirmedthe judgment. The case was el­evated to the Ninth Circuit Courtonly to be withdrawn by Mafnasfollowing the creation of theCNMI Supreme Court.

Asserting that it had jurisdic­tion over the case, the new Su­preme Court heard the matter andruled in favor of Mitchell. Thedecision was however reversedby the California Court.

Mafnas"petition for writ of cer­tiorari was denied this month.

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By Rafael H. ArroyoVariety News Staff

MIKE SABLAN, chief financialofficer for J.e. Tenorio Enter­prises, has been named by House

.Speaker Diego T. Benavente ashis appointee to the Tax TaskForce which is up to be createdpursuant to the newlyenacted TaxAct, Public Law 9-22.

Another appointee, CliffordGrauers, has also been named tothe same task force to representthe Hotel Association of theNorthern Mariana Islands.

Ina telephone interview yester­day, Benavente said he findsSablan an excellent choice to sitin the very important tax panelwhichwas to beestablished alongwith changes in the tax structureproposed under the new law.

"He's one of the first guys I hadin mind for the tax task force. Heworks for a company that is im­portant to us, his background inbusiness is excellent and he'saware of our tax structure," saidBenavente.

Sablan,Grauers getnamed to tax panel

By Rafael I. SantosVariety News Staff

THE U.S. Supreme Court hasrefused to grant attorneyTheodore R. Mitchell a permis­sion to file an appeal in an ArticleXll case.involvingMarian Aldan­Pierce and his client. Leocadioe. Mafnas.

A notice sent by the highestcourt to the Ninth Circuit Courtin California indicated thatMitchell's petition for a writ ofcertiorari has been denied. Thedecision was entered by the Su­preme Court on January 17.

Carlsmith lawyers who are rep­resenting Aldan-Pierce were notimmediately available for com­ment.OtherSaipan attorneys saidthe decision meant that "theMafnas case is finished." How­ever, Mitchell said the battle isfar from over.

"It's starting all over again,"Mitchell told the Variety yester­day afternoon. "We will ask theSuperior Court to reopen and re­examine the 1986 judgment ofJudge Robert Hefner [in whichwe lost]," he said.

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complained it stressed Japanesesuffering, ignoring the conse­quences to Americans if U.S.forces had been required to in­vade the Japanese islands.

After Martin Harwit, directorof the National Air and SpaceMuseum, lowered the estimatedAmerican losses from an inva­sion on the advice of a historian,the congressmen and the Ameri­can Legion demanded his re­moval. The exhibit was to haveopened in that museum theworld's busiest in May.

Some historians think theSmithsonian acted too hastily intryingto make anyhistoricalcom­mentary on the bombing.

"I know a gentleman in hisearly 70s who was waiting off thecoast ready to go in and do house­to-house. fighting," said JackHurley of the UniversityofMem­phis in Tennessee. "Try tellingthat guy that it was a big ethicalmistake." "If I had beendirector (of the museum), I wouldhave said, 'Let's wait anothergeneration' before We put thatplane out there.":

Another historian, Kirk- Jef­frey of Carleton College in Min­nesota, said he regretted that feel-

. ings in America remain so strongthat the Smithsonian might haveto be "mute on this importantevent."

But he noted.that the issue.has alw "

ays been emotional. Ina poll in1945, he said, a sizable minority.of Americans said they favoredpostponing the official'surrenderof Japan so more atomic bombscould be detonated over' the is-lands. . .

:"(President) 'Harry Trumanwould have been crucified if ithad come out later that he pos-.sessed a weapon of-thiskind anddid not use it to save Americanlives, regardless of the argumentover how many American livesthat might have been," Jeffreysaid. Truman was the U.S. presi­dent who presided over the war'sfinal days,including the decisionto use the atomic bomb.

The Smithsonian's board ofregents is composed ofU.S..VicePresident AI Gore, the-chief jus­tice of the U.S. Supreme Court,three membersof theHouse, threesenators,and ninecitizensselectedby Congress.

can B-29 warplane which bombedHiroshima on Aug.'6, 1945.

About 210,000 Japanese werekilled by the atomic bombsdroppedon thecitiesof Hiroshirnaand Nagasaki, leading to the swiftconclusion of a war many Ameri­cans feared would consume hun­dreds of thousands of U.S. lives.

Plans for the exhibit havedrawn fire for a year, ever sinceAmerican veterans' groups de­rnanded to see the script and con­cluded that the Smithsonian, un­der the influence of "revisionist"historians, had taken a viewpointthat depicted the United States asthe aggressor and the Japanese asthe victims.

Now the critics want theEnola Gay to be displayed alone,without commentary.

Smithsonian Secretary I.Michael Heyman visited some ofthe regents last week. Some saidlater they were left with the im­pressiontheexhibit wouldbedras­tically scaled back or canceledaltogether. Heyman has avoidedreporters' calls.

Congress provides much ofthe Smithsonian's money, and 81congressman in a leiter last weekdeplored the way theSmithsonianwas handling the exhibit. They

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celebrate the lunar New Year, orSpring Festival, which beginsTuesday. News reports said hewished Taiwan's 2 I millionpeople a happy new year.

Jiang reiterated Beijing's po­sition that there is only one Chinaand that peaceful reunificationmust eventually be achieved.

"On the premise that there isonly one China, we are preparedto talk about 'any matter, includ­ing all matters of concern to theTaiwan authorities," Jiang said.

He suggested that negotiationsshould be held to reach an agree­menton officiallyending thestateof hostility between the two sidesthat has continued since the civilwar ended.

The governing regents of theSmithsonian America's nationalmuseum were to decide Mondaywhether to scuttle an exhibit fea­turing the Enola Gay, the Ameri-

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renegade province that has nosovereignty. The Nationalist gov­ernment of Taiwan fled, to theisland after losing a civil war onthe mainland in 1949.

"We are also ready to acceptinvitations from the Taiwan sideto visit Taiwan," Xinhua quotedJiang as saying.

"The affairs of the Chinesepeople should be handled by our­selves, something that does nottake an international occasion toaccomplish," he said.

Jiang made the speech aboutTaiwan policy at a tea party forTaiwanese guests and membersof non-Communist parties held to

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beware of a "growing separatist haveonly unofficialcontacts withtendency and the increasingly Taiwan.rampant activities of the forces Jiang also called for rnoreeco-working for the independence of nomic exchanges and coopera-Taiwan' on the island in recent tionbetween the.two sides ofth~years," Xinhua said. Taiwan Straits/ for. the sake of

"Certain foreign forces have common prosperity. He alsofurther meddled in the issue of promised that the rights and in-Taiwan, interfering in China's terests of Taiwanese who investinternal affairs," Xinhua quoted in the mainland would be pro-him as saying. Jiang did not tected.specify what these actions were, Talks in Beijing between thebut said they impeded reunifica- semiofficial organizationstion and threatened regional sta- represe nting both sides endedbility. last week without reaching final

Beijing was angry when the agreements on three issues onUnited States sent Transporta- the agenda: repatriation of hi-tion Secretary Federico Pena to jackers and illegal aliens andTaiwan in December on an offi- settlement of fishing disputes.

BEllING (AP) • President JiangZemin welcomed Taiwan's lead­ers to visitthe mainland and sentholiday greetings to the people ofTaiwanon Monday, the eveof thelunar New Year.

Jiang, who also is chairmanof the Communist Party, alsowelcomed officials from all par­ties in Taiwan to visit and ex­change views about Taiwan­mainland relations and "peacefulreunification," the Xinhua NewsAgency said.

Jiang indicated he continuedto oppose any suggestions that hemeet Taiwan leaders in a thirdcountry or as part of an interna­tionalmeeting.Officialmediasaidhe welcomed Taiwan's leaders to

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A security guard stands near the site of an exhibit on the atomic bombing of Japan plannned for theSmithsonian's Air and Space Museum Friday in Washington. The proposed 10,000 square foot exhibit,scheduled to open in May, has come under intense criticism from vererens groups and members ofCongress. The fuselage of the Enola Gay, The 8-29 that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 isbeing worked on behind temporary wallat rear. (AP Photo) . ,

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A plan to shift some mem­bers of the PSS central officestaffto morecentral location,onethatiscloserto mostof Saipan's schools,it also on hold, pending the avail­ability of funding.

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five classrooms and a new basket­hall court at Garapan ElementarySchool. The basketball court wasdonated byRep.StanleyT.Torres.

,Also completed recentlywas the new cafetorium at RotaElementary School. Thecafetorium includes two class­rooms on the second floor.

One project that is still suf­fering delays is the relocation ofthe PSS central office. A lack offunding, along with problems inmaintaining a site that has been

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completion expectedby theendofJune of this year.

More projects are gettingstarted with the awarding of con­tracts for project designs. Theseinclude new librariesat San Anto­nio and San Vicente ElementarySchools, more classrooms atTanapag elementary School, andthe renovation of special educa­tion facilities at Marianas HighSchool., Severalprojectshavebeencom­pleted in recent months, including

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torical items, Navel Administra­tion and TTPI items before.theytoo are gone forever.

We must insure that our past ispreserved for future generation ofchildren and visitors.

Please contact, the ExecutiveDirector at 235-4785 to discussworking with the Council for theHumanities to save localhistoricalitems and family folklore frombeing lost forever.

tion works out the details withSNM Corporation, which will bedoing the work.

Commissioner of EducationWilliam S. Torres also said thatwork will resume sometime InFebruary on the long-delayedMarianas High School gymproject. He said that the workwiIIresume whether it is done by theoriginal contractor or by anothercompany.

A number of ongoing projectsareprogressing well, includingthelong-delayed classroom projectsat San Vicente and KoblervilleElementarySchools. Bothprojectsare nearly completed.

In addition, Phase I of the,new Tinian High School projectisstill very much on schedule, with

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GETTING the green light to fi­nally move forward with theKagman school-project was goodnews for the PSS, which is nowseeing good progress on a numberof important capital improvementprojects.

The Kagman school, whichis expected to include an elemen­

,taryschoolandajuniorhighschool,has been in the planning stages formore than two years, but the PSScouldn't get the notice to proceedfrom the: Department of Publicworksuntilthis monthdue tosomeproblems in negotiating theproject's design work.

Another major project thatmay start soon is the Sinapaloschool on Rota. which can beginonce the Rota legislative delega-

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ONE ot the most important func­tionsof the Council is, to fundprojects and activities that pro- 'mote the humanities in CNMI.Humanities includes the preser­vation, appreciation and under­standing of Chamorro andCaro­liniancultures.

To achieve this goal, the Coun­cil wishes to fund projects whichlocate, identify, reproduce, trans­late. prepare for viewing an docu­ment CNMI Chamorro and Caro­linian family. historical items forexhibitionto thepublic. TheCoun­cil will provide up to $500 forselectedprojects, to pay for prepa­ration and reproduction of

The funds could be-used forcopying-old pictures, photocopy­ing historicaldocuments, or trans­lation of original documents fromthe original Spanish,German,Japaneseorotherlanguages. Fundscould also be used to pay for en­largements, mounting, printing oftext. or recording oral histories ofthe items to be exhibited.

What is the purpose of histon­cal and family importance? Doyou havepictures of your father or

. grandfatherin his backyard black­smithshophand-makingmachetesor coconut scrapers? A picture offamily,communityor governmentgatherings before 1965?' A letterfrom a family member or friendwho was sent to Yap or Palau orsomewhere else during the colo­nial periods? Perhaps you havediscoveredasetofphotosfrom theSpanish,German.JapaneseorearlyU.S.erasshowingmembersofyourfamily and other people; or per­haps you have discovered lettersor diariesor other documents suchas.old newspapers or proclama­tions, all of these and more are thekindsof items that the Council areinterested in. This includes oldclothes from the Spanish and Ger­man times,or arts and crafts fromany period prior to 1970.

. What we will accomplish isthe preservation of items whichwill soon be lost because of age,weather, mildew, and other dam­age. The CN¥I has already lostmostof thehistoricalmaterialfromthe Spanish and German timesoLet's save what is left and alsosavethe more recent Japanese his-

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When news of the helicopter downingbroke, Richardson sprung into action asChristopher's officialemissary.Richardsonhelped secure the release of Hilemon's co­pilot, Bobby Hall, who had been held as aprisoner. Hall says he "would have beentortured, beaten and maybe even starved"had Richardson not been in North Korea.

"Richardson's workwasveryimportant,"a State Department official told us. "Hewouldn't have had to callus if he had takenhis normal trip. But becauseof thesituation,Richardson was in contact fairly frequentlywith officials in Washington." .

Richardson's spokesman told us thecon­gressman made more than 23 calls to theState Department, plus calls to the pilots­families.

Other sources confirmed the scene at the,DMZ and added thatRichardson's calls weremadeonunsecured phonelines. American offi­cialsfigured thateverywordwasbeingrecordedby the NorthKoreans, so they turned it into anegotiating ploy. 'The calls wereused to sendmessages to 'the North Koreans knowing thattheywerelistening inontheconversations,"oneofficial toldto our associate EdHenry,

As the negotiations progressed. the nor­mally-detached Christophershowedunchar­acteristic amounts of emotion'aridlogged aheftyphonebillhimself.Christophergotcon­cemed during a half-day period when hehadn't heard from Richardson, who had de­cided to cool off the negotiations by taking alongwalkChristopherputoutanS.O.S. tothe.GermanandIndonesianembassies whohavediplomats in Pyongyang, becausehe fearedthat Richardsonhad been 'abducted.

'There was a periodwhenwe weren't surewhere (Richardson) was," one StateDepart­ment official told us; "We don't haverepre­sentatives inPyongyangsoourinformation isvery scarce."

When Christopherfinally got Richardsonon the phone he saidhurriedly, "Wherehaveyou been? I was worried about you!" Atanother point, Christopherpersonally calledRichardson's wife to let her know that herhusbandwas OK.

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Calling home from NorthKorea costs plentyWASillNGTON - The next time Rep. BillRichardson, D-N.M., conducts high stakesdiplomacy with a nuclear nation, he shouldcall Secretary of State Warren Christophercollect.

Ina strangetwistto lastmonth's downingofa U.S. Army helicopter, we've learned thatNorth Korea refused to let Richardson crossthe Demilitarized Zone with the remains ofChiefWarrantOfficerDavidHilemon untilhepaid his telephone bill: $10,000 in calls toChristopherandotherofficialsover thecourseof five days.

More astounding than the price, accordingto American officials; was the fact that NorthKoreademandedpayment in cash. U.S. mili­tary and State Department officials gatheredthe money from government funds and paidthe bill at theDMZas Richardsoncrossed theborderinto South Korea with Hileman's cas­ket.

'There was a cash transaction at the borderbetween the U.S. and North Korea to DayRichardson'sphonebill,"oneknowledgeableAmericanofficial confirmed."You can't givethe North Koreansa check or a credit card."

The moneywasexchangedduringa solemnceremonyat the borderthat includeda prayer,a moment of silence and six North KoreansoldiershandingHilemon's remainsover to aUnited Nationshonor guard.

Although North Korea remains staunchlyCommunist,theyshoweda decidedlycapital­istic streak when it came to the.phone bill.'They were very firm about the bill beingpaid:' one source told us. "But they weren'tbeinghostile.Theyjust neededthe currency."

Richardson's bill. was uncommonly highbecause trade restrictions prohibit AmericancompaniesfromconductingbusinessinNorthKorea. That means there,are no direct tele­communications links between the two na­tions. Thenuclearframework agreement signedlastOctober,however,will open phone linksbythe end of thismonth.

A State 'Department official told usRichardson was able to reach ChristopherbycallingCanada,whichpatchedhim throughtoWashington: The astronomical rates, how­ever, drove the bill up to $IO,()()().-,...nearlyeight times North Korea's per-eapita yearlyincome.

The payment to Pyongyang was a smallprice to pay for Richardson's second straightsuccessfu Iforeign foray.Lastyear,hetraveledto Haiti to meet with Haitian dictator Raoul

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Proposito Para MarianasSi Congressman Elton Gallegly muna' huyofig un proposito 'nai para hu

arnotMarianas nu ayo na pudet i hita dumispopone immigrationyan otro sihana asunto tat komo mananaIon taxyan sueddo.

Para uguaha inekufigog gi san papa' na guma' Congresson. EstadosUnidosagupa' na haane giya Washington pot este na proposito. Gaige guihei Gobietnota as Froilan Tenorio yan otro man ma'gasta para hu defende estenapudet i dipotsihe bumense hit umapprueba i CovenantAgreement gi 1975.

Tita padedese mohon este pago na ora yangin deste tres afios malofan imembron imina' Ocho na Lehislatura ha chogue i chechofia. Lao mantinane' ni politikan inachachag yan mafataiigaye este ni asunto siha.

Marnposha estotbayo' i ha propopone pago si Congressman Gallegly sa'potdiskuidon imina' Ochoyan Nuebe na mernbron lehislatura niminamandaniRepublicannapattida natafafana '.un piligrosu na futurapara i famaguonta.

Yanginsifiaha pega i haanen yan futuranfarnaguonta este siha na senoresyan senoras gi ti asegurao na estao, pues guaho uno listo yan preparao parabaihoarnot siha ni mange na siyan niha. Klaro na mampos gueko i setbisionrepresentasion yakanaha' tai bali todo i finachochu' niha pot kuatro afios natiernpo.

Tatnai nesesida pago para tafan figafigaha' hulo ' gi Saina sa' fatso nakualidat yan setbision representasion ta resibe ginen i man menhalom namembron lehislatura. Lao guaho petsonat ti baiho seha umapelayo' gi asCongressman Gallegly na unae' hit pudet umaregla este na finatsu gi halom .gima'ta.

Esta pot tres besis 'nai hu appellayo' gi as Congressman Gallegly na potfabot sede harn umareglasin hu entalo ' iCongresson Estados Unidos gi estesiha na problema. Areglon pot para tana' metgot rna's i konductangobietnamento solu chalan exsision para ta gobietnan maisa hit. Estague' nahugagagao si Congressman Gallegly nu este na pudet.

Hanae'yo' konsuelo sa' ha inkluso un probision 'nai para uma estableseayo i mafananaan "Wage Review Board" pot para hu estudiaye haf" nasisteman sueddo kombene para iya Marianas. Ginen este na koyentura 'naisiempre uguaha kabales na inadahe yan facto na inina hafa mauleg nasisteman sueddo para hita. Hanae' hit pudet rumeskata i industrian magagoguine ni hafafiafiago poko mas 0 'menos $30 Miyon pesos gi sakan nikumikilulog gi halom ekonornian Marianas.

Hu appelayo' as Congressman Gallegly sa' ti kombene na ayo siha naasunto i manmanae' hit pot direchota gumubietnan maisa hit para otro ufandispopone ginen hiyofig. Hu fafaisengue' lokue' na i exsision para tagobietnan maisa hit sumasaonao i mandato ni tanae' i gobietnota pot para huaregla este siha na problema komo tatan tano'. Ha chogue si GovernorTenoriochecho 'fia lao mampos paosa i membron lehislatura gi este siha naasunto.

Seso lokue' hu abisa i membron lehislatura na ufan.egaga' sa' yangin tisifia ta aregla este siha na problema siempre hu entalo' i Congresson Estados .Unidos. Arnafige kao lache i hagas hu pofiga giya sihapot este siha na asunto.Hafa probleman niha i lehislatura? Ni uno malago umekufigog sa' siha ha'man dinanche. Pot prueba, atan pago hafamasusesede sa' seguroyo' namasehapineka' unrato i yomug na abubon miyo esta dididi' atrasao ipara inreskata i man tineteka na asunto siha. '

Pot kuatro afios nu pago kulan mohon mangaige hit gi halom simenteyota apapagat i man matai na rnufiga i chatchogue siha na chochu'. Lao ni unoume'ekufigog sa' todo man matai ya an matai este taotaonihafaya unsafiganeti un hinifigog, Estague' i chetnot simenteyo i chetnot i man kabilosu nakabayeros ni fumatachuchufige i siyata guihe hulo' gi kuetpon guma'lehislatura.

Tatnainesesida pago kontodo guaho para baiho fangagao pot tiha choguesattonhafa responsablidat niha 'nai manman hula' na para huchogue checho'publiko. Lao binecho sa' hagas matataitai ni Congresson Estados Unidoshafa siha tinigege'ho deste 1972. Ayo mina' sin hafa na ditension mafige.'yo'ya hufafaisen si Congressman Gallegly na pot fabot nae' ham konsiderasionsa' este na fatsu yan chatche'cho' i membron lehislatura ti reprcscntao gi hafadipotsihe i fehman na dinisehan i mayotmente gi taotao Marianas. Si YuusMaase.

Jose M. Castrorandum of Understanding speci­fies the terms and conditions.ofthe pilot project, she added.

hundred hours ofcommunity service.TheCourtjustified this sentence by

reminding thedefendant thatimporta­tionofunlawful drugs intoSaipanwasaserious matter affecting the childrenas wellas theadults of theCommon­wealth and that when apprehended,persons who violate this lawshouldexpect to spendsignificant incarcera­tion time in a mainland prison. TheCourt noted that there is no parolefrom a Federal prison term.

Thiscasewassolvewiththepartici­pation of the United States Drug En­forcement Agency andofficers oftheCNMIDepartment ofPublic Safety.

dealing with the youth.He said the Foot Patrol Pro­

graminWestern Garapanis work­ing well-andthe house would cer­tainly help to expand the pro­gram.

Sirok told the Variety that intheir January 20 meeting, theNMHC Board of Directors ap­proved the request, signifyingtheir all out support with the pro­gram.

The NMHC acting corporatedirector said since the program isnew to NMHC, they would like topilot out the project to secure ser­vices.

The execution of the Memo-

Mariana Islands.Pursuant to a plea agreement en­

tered into with the United StatesAttorney's Office, the defendantClarissa A. Alejandro wassentencedina sealed proceeding onJanuary 18,1995 to thirty-four months imprison­ment and ordered by U.S. DistrictCourt JudgeAlexR. Munson to par­ticipate in a drug treatment programunder the direction of theBureau ofPrisons. Judge Munson additionallysentenced the defendant to serve afour-year term of supervised releaseafter she completes her prison sen­tence andordered hertoperform two

Castro mentioned that some ofthe calls are felony cases involv­ing loss of life and some weremisdemeanors such as breakingof windows or damagingcars andothers.involved family disputes.

"Because of all these calls, wewould liketo do more preventionprogramswithinthehousingcom­muriities. We need more policeofficers to patrol these areas andalso to interact with our peopleand to do more educational pro­grams," he pointed out.

The commissioner stressedthathis intention isto have the juve­nile officers as well as the patrolofficers use the housing to help in

UNITED States District court JudgeAlex R.Munson yesterday, signed anorder Unsealing Criminal Case 94­00020 as applicable. to Clarissa A.Alejandro. .

Clarissa A. Alejandro, in a sealedproceeding, hasonNovember I, 1994entered a pleaofguilty toimportationofaScheduleIlControlledSubstanceandpossession with intent todistrib­ute a Schedule Il ControJled Sub­stance basedoncharges thatinvolvedthe importation andpossession withintent to distribute crystal metham­phetamine alsoknown as"ice"intheCommonwealth of the Northern

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signed the agreement during a­simple "inauguration" of the newsub-station located in Sugar KingII, Lot 018, D40.,

Castro wrote a letter to Siroklast January 4, expressing his in-.terest in acquiring a housing unitto carry out their crime preven­tion programs andexpedite patrol'responses to community calls:

The DPS commissioner citedthat patrol officers and 'criminalinvestigators responded to a lot ofcalls within Lower MIHA andUpper MIHA housing inGarapanand also within Koblerville hous­ing areas.

DPS puts Up new substationTUESDAY, JANUARY31, 1995-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWSAND VIEWS-7

By Ferdie de la TorreVariety News StaffTIIE DEPARTMENT of Pub­

'ic Safety has established a new:ommunity-based police sub-sta­tion in Sugar King area in linewith their crime prevention pro­grams.

This developed as the DPS andthe Northern Marianas HousingCorporation (formerly MIHA)yesterday entered into an agree­ment allowing DPS to utilize oneunitof NMHChousing.

UPS Commissioner Jose M.Castro and NMHC Acting Cor­porate DirectorMarylou A. Sirok

Methamphetamine suspect Clarissa Alejandro in a fiie photo.

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solvents; plastic-bagasphyxia; inhala­tionof stomach contents after the in­halant userloses consciousness fromsniffing, and trauma as a result ofaccidents while intoxicated.

Committing impulsiveanddanger­ous acts is another hazard resultingfrom inhalant abuse.

"A youngperson maybecome un-:characteristically violent andaggres­siveastheresultofsniffing inhalants.Temporary psychotic-like reactionscan lead toactssuchasattempting toflyor physically trying to stopa rain.Reactions vary according to the sol­ventinhaledandtheindividual'sphysi­calandemotionalstate,"heexplained.

Habitual users, those whohave be­come dependent on the use of sol­vents, are at riskforchronic depres­sion. Suicide hasbeendocumented ina number of cases of long-term sol­ventusers.

On theotherhand, Villagomezsaidnitrites arehistorically havebeen usedbycertain groups, largely gaymen, toenhance sexual experience andplea­sure.. Nitrites, whichareoftencalled"pop­

pers"or"rush"aresometimes sold asroomodorizers., Under the third category-anes­

thetics-the principal substance ofabuse is nitrous oxide, a colorless,sweet-tastinggasused bydoctors anddentists forgeneral anesthesia.

It is often called "laughing gas"because if often induces a state ofgiggling and laughter.

Thesubstance isoftensoldinlargeballoons from which the gas is re­leased andinhaled for itsmind-alter­ingeffects.

Inhaling the gas may deplete thebody of oxygen and can result in.death. Prolonged use can result inperipheral nervedamage, Villagomezconcluded.

tive Jeff Schorr yesterday indi­cated the speaker's concerns mayhave merit. ,

"Ifcircumstances remainastheyare today where there is no substi­tute arrangement or organizationfor somebody to act as a point ofcontact, then I willcertainly agreewith the speaker," said Schorr.

"However, we're talking'about'somethingtooccurineightmonthsand there's a lotof.ti meformecha­nisms to be put in place. Accord­ing to Secretary Babbitt's memo,it appears he hasplans to put someoperations in place in other agen-.cies or in other parts ofInterior. Ifthat can be done in a way that itisefficient and does not lose thethings our office js built up onover time, that would address theconcernsof thespeaker,',' headded.

Schorr yesterday pointed outthat although the closure ofOTIAis to be expected, it is not officialyet until it is validated in law byact of the US House of Represen­tatives and the Senate.

,The closure, added Schorr,would also mean-closure of theOTIA field offices on Saipan,Guam, American Samoa, the USVirginIslandsandtheformerTrustTerritory Transition Office inPalau.

. OTIA, which began existencein 1980under acongressional ini­tiative signed into law by thenPresident Jimmy Carter, was for­merly known as theOffice ofTer­ritories.

It began setting upfield officesduring the I980s.

The Saipan field office' wasopened in late 1986 by VirginIslands Field Representative BobBunn. Schorr said he has beenwith the Saipan office eight yearsand two weeks ago yesterday.

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Villagomez said volatile solventsare eithergases, suchas butanegasfumes, orliquids, suchas gasolineorpaint thinner, that vaporize at roomtemperature.

Besides gasoline and paint thin­ner, products with volatile solventsinclude spray paint, paint and waxremovers; hairsprays, andpropellantgases used in aerosols such aswhipped cream dispensers.

Volatile solvents produce a quickform ofintoxication-c-excitation, fol­10we4 by drowsiness, disinhibition,staggering,lightheadedness,andagi­tation.

Because many inhalant productscontain more than one volatile sol­vent,Villagomez stressed, it is diffi­cuit toclearly identify inhumans thespecificchemical responsibleforsub­sequent brain or nerve damage ordeath.

"Somevolatilesolventsareinhaledby abusers because of the effectsproduced not by the product's pri­mary ingredient but by propellantgases, like those used in aerosolssuchas hairsprayorspray paint,"hementioned.

"Solvents are chosen by kids pri­marily because of their easy avail­ability.lowcost,rapidonsetofeffect,and convenient packaging in smallcontainers that can easily be con­cealed,"hesaid.

In contrast to alcohol and con­trolled substances, the purchase ofthese substances is not illegal forchildren in mostcountries.

Themostimmediate dangerto theuser is sudden sniffing death(SSD).Severecardiac arrhythmia whenthesnifferinhales certain solvents, usu­allythepropellants contained incer­tainaerosols, saidVillagomez.

Headded thatdeathsarealsoattrib­uted to thedirect toxic effects of the

is something other areas may wel­come but for the Commonwealth,because we don't have a delegatelike other territories do, I reallydoubt it will benefit uS,:Jijid thespeaker.

According to Benavente, withthe plan to close down OTIA, ithas become more important forthe CNMI to pursue a delegate toUS Congress if the islands' inter­ests weretobetakencareofwithinthe federal bureaucracy.

When asked for his commentsabout the impending cfosure ofthe OTIA, DOl Field Representa-

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CNMI .will continue to need aparticular federal office to dealwith on issues of concern to boththe US and local governments inthe absence of representation inUS Congress.

"If we don't have the OTIA todeal with, then we would have tobe dealing with other offices, dif­ferent departments and agencieson different matters, instead ofjust going to one contact agencyon all these issues before us. This

Continued from page 1avariety ofseemingly harmlessprod­ucts, he said. " As a result, adoles­cents whosniffinhalants toget highdon't face the drug procurement ob­stacles thatconfront abusers ofotherdrugs."

Since it is impossible. to controlsuch widely and commonly avail­ableproducts as those used bysniff­ers, the addiction specialist stressedthatefforts mustbedirected towardprevention andearly intervention.

"Treatment modalities needto betailored specifically for users andaccess totreatmentandrehabili tationfacilitated for this largely ignoredpopulation," he said.

He explained that the abuse ofinhalants, which includes a broadarray ofcheapandeasily obtainablehousehold products, isnotviewed inthesamehigh-risk category asdrugssuchasalcohol, crystal methamphet­amine, cocaine, marijuana., andheroin.

"Somepeopletendto view inhal­ant"sniffing," "snorting,""bagging"(fumes inhaled from aplastic bag),or"huffing" (inhaled soaked rag in themouth) asa kindofchildish fadto beequated with youthful experimentswith cigarettes," the specialistclaimed.

Heemphasized thatsniffing vola­tile solvents, which includes mostinhalants, can cause severe damageto thebrain and nervous system. Bystarving thebodyofoxygen or forc­ingthehearttobeat more rapidly anderratically, inhalantscankill sniffers,mostof whom are adolescents.

Hediscussed thatinhalants canbebroken down into three major cat­egories-volatile solvents, nitrites,andanesthetics.

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aprogram receivingfederalgrant.A trial was vacated after she de- .cided to enter a plea ofguilty lastyear.

The U.S.Attorney's Office rec­ommended ajail term of not morethan nine months. Court docu­ments indicate that this crime ispunishable by imprisonment ofbetween six and 12 months and afine of between $3,000 to$30,000.

As a result, Gordon, who wasthen handling the assault case,had to request for a continuationof the hearingasthewitnesswouldnot be able to testify because ofthe incident.

Kaipat admitted sitting downclose to Hossain but denied hav­ing threatened him. She claimedthat she only asked for Hossain'shand to see the injury which thesecurity guard sustained in an'at­tack by Francisco Kaipat.

The police officer testified thatshe .stopped talking to Hossainand said nothing else when toldby an investigator to stay 'awayfrom the witness.

Before threatening-thewitness,Kaipat was upset and angry overa statement which she had givento Aldan, according to the gov­ernment.The documentcontainedinformation on the state of mindof her brother at the time of theassault.

Kaipat was angered when shegot no assurance that the state­ment would not be used againsther brother, Aldan said. Utteringprofanities, the policeofficer said,she would stand by her brother,Aldan added. ' '

During a trial, Kaipat told thegovernment that her family mat­ters more than the law. Later, sheclarified that she was only refer­ringtothe statementandexplainedshe would nothavegiventhestate­ment if she-knewit would be usedagainst her brother.

The document was never intro­duced as an evidence in the trialof Francisco in October.

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The court,waived the paymentofafinebecauseof thebigamountof restitution owed and "the un­duly burden the addictional fi­nancialobligation would causeon the defendant's dependents."

Cabrera, 48, and resident ofChalan Piao, initially pleaded notguilty to the charge of theft from

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witnesses and judges.Hossain was scheduled to tes­

tify against 'francisco Kaipat, aformerU.S.Army soldier, duringa night trial last October 19whenthe incident happened.

Franciscowaschargedwithtwocounts of assault with dangerousweapon stemming from an inci­dent in which, he allegedly at­tacked Hossain with a hatchetand fired shots at him using arifle.

He was convicted of one countof assault and battery for whichhe was meted one year in jail.

On the night of .October 19,Josepha Kaipai -sat close toHossain outside court room Bandtoldthewitnessthatshewouldkill him "anytime anywhere,"Assistant Attorney GeneralCheryl Gill said in her closingstatements.

The Bangladesh national tookthe witness stand twice and toldthe court what transpired on thatevening before 7:00 p.m. Kaipatallegedly said that for three orfour days he would be under po­lice protection, but after that pe­riod in which he was under theirprotection, he would be killed byher "anytime anywhere."

Government witnesses led bydetective-JosephAldan said theyobserved Hossain "shaking" andcrying after he was threatened.Assistant Attorney General AlanGordon, who also testified yes­terday for the prosecution, saidhe noticed the security guard inthesamedemeanorand"appearedvery disturbed."

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The documentis also askingdonor countries to set aside 0.7percentoftheirgrossnationalprod­uct by the 2000for foreign aid,anissue whichwhile is already beingadopted by some countries, hasalso been met with resistance bysome others. PacNews .

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The University of the SouthPacificlecturer, naidusaidthat ba­sically the donor countries weresaying to developing countries to"use what you (already) havewisely".

The Philippine UN ambassa­dor,Rasali, whowasoneof 10vicechairpersons of thisfinalPrepCom(preparatory committee), said thesuccess of the summit should notbe judged of funding. The UNsponsored document finalized atthis sumrnit.undere revolutionary"20/20" formula that has not met

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sharing arrangements with othercarriers. Thiscomesamida periodduringwhichseveral regional car­riers have been suffering losses.

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the 1994 budget in parliament inNovember 1993,. leading to thecollapse of the first Rabuka gov­ernment. PacNews.

Pacificcommission technical sup­port team workingwith South Pa­cificcountries (SOPOAC)missionsparticipatingattheexhaustivetwo­weekfinalnegotiationsforthesum­mit agenda,VijayNaidu;

Prime MinisterSitiveniRabuka.The newairlinercarries thecol­

orsandlogosofbothairlines andwillbe used for theirown andjoint ser­vices. It's leased form Australia'sAnsettWorldwideAviatiorrServices,andwill be maintained andoperatedbyAirPaci!ic,withplansforaTongancabin crew.'

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be heard in .the Suva Court ofAppeal on February 24.

The seven are Fiji Associa­tion party leader, JosevataKamikamica, Ratu VilliameDreunimisimisi, Ratu SerupepeliNaivalu,ViifameGonelevu,RatuEmosi Vuakatagane, ViliameSautekaleka Tunidau and AllNational Congress MP, David

.Pickering.They were sacked by the'

SVT management.board. in De­cember 1994 for voting against

controlled areas and also with thepeace committee in Arawa. Hesaid in all the' areas' he visited,there was nosign of human rightsviolation,butpeoplewantedpeaceand normalcy back on the island.

Vendrell, who last visitedBuka in August of last year, saysthebiggestpoliticalchangein thisconflict is the ceasefire. He said,heWi:\S satisfiedwiththeresultsofthis visit and will report his find­bigs to the UN SecretaryGeneral,Boutros-BoutrosGhali. PacNews

.The congressman said oc­cupational and health authoritiestold him there were 42 willfulviolations of federal law last yearwhich management knew aboutbut chose not to correct.

Meanwhile, StarKist Sa­moa is reported to be consider­ing to cut 400 jobs at the plantinSatala because of proposedchanges to the shift work pat­terns. The company has neitherdenied nor confirmed the re­port. PacNews

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soum Pacificcountries expect­ing new financial resources fromthe upcoming WorldSocial Sum­mit on .Development, have .beentold that there won't be any.ac­cordingtoamember Ofthe South

Fiji, Tonga air carriersto lease Boeing aircraftFUI'S carrier, Air Pacific, andRoyalTonganairlineshavesignedadealtojointlyleaseaBoeing737~300aircraft Inwhatis thefirstsucharrangement between two Southpacific nations, RNZI reportedMonday.

The sighing ceremony washeldat Toriga'sFua'amotu airport.and followed ajoyride in the air­craft for Tong's King Taufa'ahauTupou IV, accompanied by Fiji

Expelledpartymen sue partySEVEN ex-Sogosoqo niVakavulewa ni Taukei MP's inFiji who were expelled by theparty last April, are seeking$200,000 US-dollars in damagesfromtheSVT,DailyPost reportedMonday.

Their legal representative,Samuela Matawalu, a Suva law­yer, said he had filed a writ ofsummons for compensation lastNovember. Daily Post.says thereare indicationsthat the SVT partywill appeal the case, which will

UN envoy says conflictsaw no rights violationTHE UN Secretary General en­voy Francese Vendrell who.vis­itedthe PapuaNewGuinea islandof Bougainville last week saysthereis no'humanrights.violationassociated with the six-year oldconflict on the island, NBC re­ported Monday.

Vendrell made the commentafterreturning from the fact find­109 to Bougainville last Friday.While in Bougainville.VendrellmetwithseveralBRAcommand­ers who are now in government-

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"For liberals in the West, theseare curbs on personal liberties.But theyarenecessarysafeguardswhich enable Singaporeans as awhole to enjoy more freedom,greater security, and a safer en­vironment," Goh said,

Singapore also rejects West- 'em-style democracy, saying thecity-state is too small and fragileto allow unlimited freedom ofspeech, which could underminethe people's confidence in thegovernment.

"Muslims in Singapore:A sharedVision."Effortshave beenunderwayfor

severalyears to improvethelot ofmostly Muslim Malays. As agroup, Malays lag so far behindthe super-achieving Chinese interms of educationand economicprogressthattheysometimes seemlike a permanentunderclass,

•'Each communityinSingaporehas to strike its own balance be­tween its individual identity andwhatit sharesin commonwiththeother communities,"Lee added.

"TheMalay/Muslimcommunitywill find it more difficultto strikethis balance than the Chinese orIndian communities. Islam is anallencompassingreligion. It isnot

, onlyaspiritualfaith,butacompre­hensive way of life."

Hawaii how toconduct ourselves inthe Philippines for something thathappened inthePhilippiries,"Marcossaid. "Any student would tell youthisiswaybeyond thejurisdictionofa Hawaiian court. So they arealog­gerheads of the government, So Idon't see it is enforceable."

Timber'workersblocakdeparliamentCANBERRA; AustraUa(AP)­More than 2,000 timber workerswho fear government-imposedcutbacks in woodchipprocessingwill cost them their jobs-block­aded Parliament House on Mon­day, forcing Prime Minister PaulKeating and other politicians towalk through their picket lines;

JOetimber·wor!<ers,'whocamefrom all six Australianstates,blocked each of the six entrancesby parking timber trucks across,access roads.

They lifted the blockade'only ,briefly ·to march through down-.town Canberra, disrupting lunchtime traffic throughout the capi­tal.

Keating merely brushedpastthe demonstrating workers, tell­ingone group that he would lookat their pamphlets later. '

One of the protesters toldKeatingthat heand hiscolleagueswere merelytryingto protecttheirjobs.

Parliament.Officials proclaimed five

"shared values" in an attempt 10findamoralanchorinafastchang­ingworld.

Originally touted as a searchfor a national ideology to preventthis Southeast Asian land frombecoming too Westernized, thefinal versionsteered clear of reli­gious and political controversy.

Parliamentcodifiedthefiveval­ues in a "while paper" in 1991 butdid not enact them as law: nationbefore community and societyaboveself; familyas the basicunitofsociety;communitysupportandrespectfor theindividual;consen­sus; not conflict and racial andreligious harmony.

Lee's remarks were made at aceremony to launch the book

have caused social ills such asunwed pregnancies, drug addic­tion,breakupof families and highcrime rate.

"Hollywood movies saturateand accustom us to Westernlifestyle and their social and fam­ily norms... The Singapore sky­linemaylooksomewhatlikeNewYork, London or Sydney, but theSingapore ethos is and must re­main different," he said.

He also defended thegovernment's paternalistic rolein determining what is good forits 3million citizens and in spell-

and otherdocuments toshow hewasin contact with Gunigundo duringthevisit.

"They keep saying PresidentRamos does notknow anythingaboutthis,"Marcos said. "Asfaraslknow,the president was fully informed,because that's what ChairmanGunigundo told me over the tele­phone before the-rip andduring thetrip when I spoke to him over thephone I from Switzerland ."

Marcos said-the U.S. courtrulingconstituted an infringement on Phil­ippine sovereignty.

"We are being told by ajudge in

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"Singaporean Singapore" toevolve,thedreamofamultiracialmeltingpot was abandoned.

Instead, there is a new empha­sis on strengtheningand respect­ing ethnic and racial roots. Offi­cials now speak of a mosaic ofcultures, a successful blend ofimmigrantpeoples who madeanunlikely nation thrive throughhard work, tough government,and free enterprise.

The muzzle has been removedfromdiscussionofethnicallysen­sitive issues, a strict taboo sincebloody race riots in the 1960s.

Special "cultural months" ex­tolled the separate heritages ofthe Chinese, Malay and Indiancommunities: The constitutionwas amended to ensure that eth­nic minorities are representedin

Carreyhavebig fan followings.In the midstofsuch a deluge

ofWestern symbols, Singaporemust manage the "external in­fluences so that we absorb thegood'and filter out the undesir­able," Goh said.

, "By striking, the right bal­ance between tradition andchange, we can remain securelyrooted by our heritage, but with­out being imprisoned by thepast," he said.

Goh and other leaders haveoftenchidedtheWestforitserod­ing moral values that they say

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Theelder Marcos died inexile inHawaii inSeptember 1989.

Marcos Jr., said he was asked tovisit Switzerland by 'MaglanggolGunigundo, chairman ofthegovern­ment

agency charged with trying tore­cover thebillions which Marcos al­legedly embezzled during his 20­yearrule,

Efforts to contact Gunigundo forcommentwere unsuccessful. Marcosproduced telephone credit card bills

About 76 percent of the 3 mil­lion people in this small city-stateareofChinesedescent, 15percentethnic Malays and 9 percent eth­nic Indians and others.

Lee's comments reaffirmed ashift away from the quest for acharacteristic identity that longengrossed the country's leaders,

In the 1970s, there wasa searchfor distinctive formal clothing toset citizens apart from those ofothercountries. Itfizzled. Nationalsongsandcommunitydanceswerealsopromoted,with littlesuccess.

"One people, one nation, oneSingapore" was the theme Or the25thindependenceanniversaryin1990. But itseemed to conflictwith fresh debate over thecountry's ethnic roots.

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awarded $7.3 million to21Filipinostortured during theMarcosadminis­tration. Thesamejuryhadawarded $766.4 million to more than 9,000other victims in a class action suit.

But- thegovernment claims ithasfirst rights to theMarcos fortune be­cause themoney wasalleged .stolenfrom theFilipino peopleat large.

During a breakfast forum, Marcossaid thegovernmentofPresidentFidelRamosasked him 10 visitSwitzerlandlast July to verify the status of theSwiss accounts before proceedingwith negotiations 10divide themoney.

Government officials had accusedtheyoung Marcos of trying to with-

Goh's call reflects thegovernment'sperpetual mistrustofthe West, even as the' facade ofSingaporesocietyhasbecome moreWestern thananyothercityinAsia.

Fads andfashionsfromWest­ern countries-reach here within'weeks.teenagerswithbaseballcapswornbackwards regularly hangoutattheWesternfastfoodrestaurantsspreadover the city-state.

FM radio stations are clones ofU.S.airwaves; Americansoapsareregularfareon the nationaltelevi­sion and Hollywood stars likeArnold Schwarznegger and Jim

SINGAPORE (AP)-Confirmingthat the government has aban­doned efforts to form a uniquenational character for this city­state, a senior official saysSingaporedoesnotexpecttoblendits different ethnic groups into auniformidentity.

"Each community has to feelthat it has all the room it needs toexpressits identity and culture. Itmust not feel hemmed in by theothers,especiallyby the majorityChinese community," DeputyPrimeMinister Lee Hsien Loongsaid Saturday.

The governmenthopes the dif­ferentraces willcome together tosharecertaincommon values andbasicloyalties,but it"cannot andshouldnot force the pace of inte­gration,"Lee, said.

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By ROMY TANGBAWANMANILA, Philippines (AP) Theson of thelatestrongman FerdinandMarcos said Monday hevisited Swit­zerland lastJulyat therequest of thePhilippine government inaneffort tocutadeal underwhichManilaandhisfamily would divide theMarcos for­tune.

Rep. Ferdinand "Bongbong"Marcos Jr., told reporters the visitwas 10 check on the status of bankaccounts worth more than $ 360mil­lion which the government claimsthe late president embezzled andshipped abroad.

OnJan.20,afederaljury inHawaii

PM urges Singapore to retain core valuesBy VIJAY JOSHI

SINGAPORE (AP) ~Hollywoodmovies are swamping Singaporeandthecity'sskylinemayresembleNewYork's, butSingapore's val­ues must remain different fromthoseof the West, the prime min­ister says.

"We cannot tum the clockback.Thus,all the moreimportantthat we retain our core traditionalvalues even as we become morecosmopolitan," Prime MinisterGohChokTongsaid in a messagereleased Monday for the LunarNew Yearholiday.

Singapore no melting pot anymore

Marcos son: Trip to Swiss banks about mediation

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Country singer Mary ChapinCarpenter, nominated for fourGrammy Awards this year, wasperforming in theEastRoomafterdinner.

Thegovernorsareinthe midstof their annual four-day wintermeeting in the nation's capital.They were due back at the WhiteHouse on Monday morning for abusiness meeting with Clinton.

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The Clintons' 115 guests in­cluding the Vice President and

Former Miss Amer~cas Phillis George (1971), left, and Kaye Lani rae Rafko (1988) right, flank current titleholder.He~ther Whitestone at ~ New Yqrk ne~ conterence to lauch the 75th anniversary of the Miss AmericaOrganizatIOn, Thursday. .Whitestone IS soarmg into cyberspace, joining hands with the White House andrenewing her commitment to community service causes in hopes ofshedding her image as merely a beautyqueen. (AP Photo)

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JohnEnglerandhiswifeMichelleshowedoff aphoto of their tripletgirls, born just after the Novem­ber election.

"That's the smartest re-elec­tion strategy in America createyour own constituency," Clintontold Engler. '

As an estimated 130 millionAmericansweretunedintoSuperBowlXXIX in Miami.the White,House crowd supped on an el­egant dinner that may have beenprepared with the game site in

By SANDRA SOBIERAJWASIDNGTON'(AP) -After along day of debate on welfarereform, the nation's governorsrepaired to theWhiteHouse Sun­day night for a black-tie dinnerwithPresidentClintonandHillaryRodham Clinton.

TexasGov. George W. Bush,making his first visit to the WhiteHouse. since his father lost thepresidency to Clinton in 1992,flashed reporters a thumbs up ashe waitedin the receiving line.'

"It's a thrill to be back," saidtheformerpresident's eldest son.

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Muslim rebels agree to form provisional gov'tZAMBOANGA, Philippines rillas as partof the national police government would be organized, when the term of the present re-(AP) - Muslim rebels will be al- and military. Misuari saidthechiefgovernment gional government, whichManilalowed to establish a provisional He alsosaid it wasstillunclear negotiator, Manuel Yan, said it established in 1992, expires.govemmentinthe southem Philip- how many of the southern prov- could be as early as March 1996 Hesaidtheprovisional govern-pines early thisyear, the leaderof incesare to be included in the au-the main rebel faction said Mon- tonomous Muslim government.day. , An agreement under the late

Nur Misuari, chairman of the President Ferdinand Marcos andMoro Natienal Liberation Front, thefrontin 1976identifiedl3south-told reporters thiswasagreedupon emprovinces aspartof theMuslimin talks late Sunday with govern-, region. Thefront is insisting thatament representatives negotiating a new agreement with the govern-settlement of the two-decade-old mentofPresidentFidelRamos alsoMuslim rebellion. should coverthe samearea.

Efforts to contactgovernment Most of the provinces, how-representatives were unsuccessful ever, aredominated byChristians,because they were said to be in including the proposed regionalmeetings. Misuarisaidthetalks capital, Zamboanga City.were "verysuccessful," sayingthe Misuari said he ~cts thetwosides alsoagreed to makethis finalagreement willbe reached insouthern port city, 850 kilometers June.(530 miles) south of Manila, the "Once we takeoverand estab-capital of theMuslim autonomous lish an autonomous government ._region. weassurethe people here that no-

"Although there was some body willdisturb thepeacebecauseheated argument ...we wereableto we knowevery nookand cranyinreach someagreements on vital is- thernountainsand thecountryside,"suesfacing us," Misuari said. he said. "I will not allowanybody

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He saidPeru"firmly maintainsits position todefend theboundaryline," but that "we are making ef­forts, both governments, I under­stand,tokeepthisfromescalating."

Gen. Jorge Ortega, Ecuador'sarmycommander, wentto thedis­puted area Sunday. He describedheavyfighting by air andon land.

InMacas, a townofSeveral hun­dredabout 145kilometers(90miles)from the zone of fighting, Ortegagreeted fighter pilotswhowerefly­ing airpatrols along theborder inA-37jet fighters. Civiliansclustered in the street listened, toradioreportsofthefighting asfighterplanes streamed overhead. Thetown's small airport was turnedintoamilitary way-station, throughwhichseveraldozensoldierscarry­ingautomatic riflesclomped intheircombatboots.

Ortega said Ecuadoreans wereholding onto the attacked borderposts, including theoneatTenienteHugoOrtizwhereanti-aircraft fireshotdownthePeruvian helicopterSunday. Officials said that sevenPeruvian soldiers were killed.

Gen. JoseGrijalba, commanderof Ecuadorean troopsin the battlezone, said there were "apparentlytwoEcuadoreansoldiersdead,"buthesaidthatfigurewasunconfirmed.

Reporters in Shell-Mera sawasimple wood coffin draped withEcuador'syellow, blueandredflag

.Sunday.

Matetrial "Lineae;esMaria C. & Ignacio SantosLucia B.CamachoAgustin B. & Ruby Camacho (Hawaii)Louise C. & Juan O. Villagomez .Cecilia B. CamachoJuan B: CamachoRosa B. CamachoRita B. CamachoAngelina C. &, Gregorio B. Munaand additionally survived by numerous cousins,nephews and nieces.

Paternal Lineae;esMerced V. & VictorinoC, Cabrera (Dec)RomanaV (Dec)&' Alejandro C. TuddaRaphael G. & Maria B. VillagomezJesus G. & Nieves S. VillagomezFather Jose G. VillagomezJuan G.·& Louise C. VillagomezJustice Ramon G. & Angelina C. VillagomezConsolacien Y.&Francisco B. QuichochoCecilia Y. &. VicenteA. San Nicolas

Last Respects will be paid at his parentsresidence, Francisco & -IsabelC;: Villagomez,Fina Sisu, Saipan beginning at 7:00 a.rn. onThursday, February 2, 1995. The Holy SacrificeOf The Mass will be offered on the same day atChalan Kanoa Cathedral at 3:30p.rn, and burialwill follow immediately. .

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force were "fighting to repel theattack," the communique said.Molina said Sunday evenin& thatEcuadorean army fliers hadbombed a base at Pachacutec,"which is in our territory."Peruvian radio reported that ,asquadron of air force Miragejetshad taken off from the northerncityof Piurain the direction of theconflictand that other pilots werestrapped into their planes, await­ingflyingorders.Piurais850kilo­meters (530 miles) northwest ofLimaand80kilometers (50miles)from the border.

Troops continued moving to­ward the border in civiliantrucksbelonging to local fishermen, theradio said,

InQuitoonSunday,EcuadoreanPresidentSixto Duran-Ballen ad­dressed a crowd from the palacebalcony.

Reflecting the' alarm in theEcuadorean capital,hesaidthatallsectors of the country, includingthepolitical opposition,werepre­pared to "firmly maintainour p0­sition."·

''We are notgoingto retreat," hevowed, addingthattheborderbasesunder attack "are on Ecuadoreansoil."

Peruvian officials maintain thattheareawhereEcuadorclaimsfight­ing has occurred is clearly withinPeru, according to the mapagreedin 1942.

"It makes usangryandpainsusthat these skirmishes, which havetaken place in Peruvian territorywith the presence of Ecuadorean

The government has arrested10armedbandits, eight men andtwo women, for,the attack. Themen confessed, the governmentsaid. The Khmer Rouge saidMondaythat those arrested wereinnocent,

At the same time, the KhmerRouge radio accused of the U.S.government of providing mili­taryassistanceto Cambodia, andthreatened to kill more Ameri­cans ifthe aid continues.

Sunday was the 53rd anniver­saryof the signing of the RioPr0­tocol that endeda 1941 war be­tweenEcuadorand, Peru over theentireborder. Ecuadorcontendsitlost almost half its territory withthe signingof the protocol,and itlater declared the territorial limits

"setby theagreement to bevoid.Peru and Ecuadoreach con­

tend that the present skirmishesare taking place on its own terri­tory,andtherefore indefenseof its.own sovereignty.

TheEcuadorean militarycom­mandinQuitosaidPeruvian forcesattacked basesatSoldadoMonge,TenienteHugoOrtiz, CoangosandCueva de los Tayos with planes,helicopters and mortars on Sun­day morning.

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three Ecuadorean soldiers werekilled Saturday. . ,

Peruvianofficialsdidnotcom­ment on the fighting Sunday, norhave theygiven'anycasualty fig­ures.ButLima's Channel4 televi­sionreportedSundayeveningthat30 Ecuadorean and six Peruviansoldiershad been killed;and,thatsixPeruvians were woundedandthree missing. '

The fightingcenteredon a dis­puted 8D-kilometer(5D-rnile) un­markedstretchof their'(I ,600-ki­lometer) 1,0000mile border, theCordillera del Condor .a densejungleareawithgold,uranium andpossibly oil,reserves, as well as ariverthatcouldprovideEcuador'ssolenavigableaccessto theAma­zonRiver.The areawasthe siteofbloodyclashes in 1981.

Hadden Jr., was wounded in theattack. ,

Khme.r Rouge radio said theAmerican couple ·were am­bushed because they were aid­ing the government in its fightagainst the rebels, The govern­ment has blamed bandits, notrebels, for the assault. .

Rebel radio said the attack­ers weregiven 20 oxen, 20 wa­ter buffaloes and 100,000 Thaibat ($4,000)

Death And FuneralAnnouncement

OfSaipan, was called to hiseternal rest on Wednesday,January 25, 1995 at the age of 28 years. In his death;he now joins his grandparents, Ignacio P. and Ana G.Villagomez, Gregorio & Angelina B. Camacho

HIS PEACEFUL SPIRIT AND MEMORIESWILL LIVE IN THE HEARTS

OF HIS FAMILY:WIFE: Gail Aiko Fujiwara Villagomez

PARENTS:Francisco Garrido & Isabel Camacho Villagomez

BROTHERS, SISTERS, SPOUSES & FAMILIES:Diana (Diane) & Joseph Sablan

*Allen Joe, Franklin Paul & KimberlyDiego & Sally Villagomez

"Elizabeth, Dominic & Dick JonathanEstanislao (Stanley) & Maria Villagomez

"[olyn, Greg & [evelynAngelina (Angie)'& Lawrence Castro

*BonJovi'Teresita (Terry) C. Villagomez*Jordan, Richard & Kourtnee

George C. VillagomezEleonora (Ellen) C. Villagomez

*KassandraEvelyn & Isidro Ada

*Vincem, Marilyn, Katrina, Chris & DavidEllen Elnguel (Palau)

1st Lieutenant USArmy

He will also be missed by his parents in-law,Shigeru & Ruby Fujiwara: brothers & sister in-law,Mark, Rodney & Jill Fuj iwara all of California.

By ANDREW SELSKYMACAS, Ecuador (AP) -TwoPeruvian helicopters were report­edly shotdown, killing sevenPe­ruvians, as Ecuadorean officialsaccused Peruof mountinga "mas­sive offensive" along a disputedborder.

A Ecuadorean Joint ChiefsofStaffcommunique reporting thefirst helicopter downing said thatone Ecuadorean had been beenkilled and anotherwoundedSun­day in the fourth day of borderclashes.

Defense Ministry spokesmanCol.AlbertoMolina said that twoPeruvians werecapturedwhenthesecond helicopterwas downed.

There were conflictingreportsof casualties. Ecuadorean fieldcommanders said20Peruvianand

Peru choppers downed by Ecuador12-MARlANASVARIETY NEWS ANDVIEWS-TUESDAY-JANUARY 31, 1995

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia(AP)-KhrnerRouge rebels haverewarded guerrillas with waterbuffaloes, oxen and money forkilling an American woman andher Cambodian guide in an am­bush, rebel radio said Monday.

Susan Ginsburgh Haddenand her the guide were killed onJan. 15in Siem Reap province,260 kilometers (160 miles)northwest of Phnom Penh.Hadden's husband', James

Khmer Rouge rewards3 Americans' killers

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whether they wanted to join withan Indian company to manufac­ture cars for the growing domes­tic market.

Since India began dismantlinggovernment controls on itseconomy,car manufacturers suchas General Motors, Korea'sDaewooandMercedes Benzhaveenteredcollaborationstoassemblecars in India.

Italian firm expanding to IndiaNEW, DELHI, India (AP) ­

Italy's IndustriePinanfarinaSPA,is lookingfor markets in India forits motor parts, Times of Indiadaily reported Monday.

. The Turin-based company'schairman,SergioPinanfarina,willlead a business delegation to In­dia in February for possible mar­keting deals.

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to five percent of theGDP, but hasfailed tobring itbelow at7.3percent .

The Confederation advocatedscrapping subsidies onfood, electric­ity for fanners; fertilizer and seeds,saying these were being used to winvotes during elections and were notreachingthepoorwhoreallyneededit

to September 1994show total ex­ports down 54. percent from theprevious corresponding period.

Western Samoa's main exportcrop, taro, a rqpt vegetable, hasbeen decimated by disease in re­cent years. Many islanders relyon money remitted by relativeswho have emigrated to NewZealand, Australia, the UnitedStates.

struction scheduled tobecompletedby mid-I996.

Theproposed pipeline willstretchfrom thelargegasfields located intheCarnarvon Basin off the coast ofWestern Australia, terminating inthegoldmining centerof Kalgoorlie inthestate'ssouth.

in Japan, is seeking improved ac­cess' to the huge Japanese insur­

-ance business.. The British officialwelcomed

the recentlyconcludedU.S.-Japanagreement on financial,services,which liberalized various aspectsof Japan's financial markets.

Heseltine, who is in Japanon anofficialvisit, will meet with Japa­nesetrade minister RyutaroHashimotoon Tuesday.

lsigdward B. PalaciosDirector~ Procurement & Supply

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALPROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES AT

ROTA HEALTH CENTERRFP95-0021

THE CNMI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS REQUESTINGINTERESTED PRIVATE INDIVIDUALs/COMPANIES/CORPORATIONS TOSUBMIT APROPOSAL. FOR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICESFOR ROTA HEALTH CENTER. SUCH SERVI.CES WOULD INCLUDE ON­SITE PROVISION OF 24 HOUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICESCOVERAGEAND AMINIMUM OF 60 MEDICAL MANHOURS PER WEEK,WITH AMINIMUM OF 30 OF THE 60 MANHOUHS TO BE PROVIDED BYACNMI LICENSED PHYSICIAN. A,PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THERFP WILL, BE HELD ON SAlPAN ON FRIDAY, 3 FEBRUARY,1995, AT9:00 A.M. IN THE CONTINUING EDUCATION ROOM COMMONWEALTHHEALTH CENTER. A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ONROTA ON TUESDAY, 7FEBRUARY 1995, AT 10:30 A.M. AT THE ROTAHEALTH CENTER. THE PUBLIC; AS WELL AS INTERESTED' PARTIESARE ENCOURAGED TO ATIEND THESE HEARINGS. INTERESTEDPERSONS OR FIRMS MAY SUBMIT THEIR SEALED PROPo.SALS TO .THE DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT'AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE,SAIPAN..THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE SEALED PROPOSALS IS4:30 P.M. 24 FEBRUARY 1995. SEALED PROPOSA~S WILL BE OPENEDAT 8:00 A.M., 27 FEBRUARY'1995, AT THE DIR'ECTOR'S CONFERENcEROOM, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY, LOWER BASE, SAlPAN.

Is/Dr. Isamu J. Abrahamsecretary of Health .Department of Health Services

beer be rectified. The official saidJapanese taxes on scotch whiskeyarehigherthan those on reer.·

Takemura reportedly toldHeseltinethatJapan isconsideringvarious measures relating to thenation's tax system;' HeseltinealsoaskedthatU.Kfinancial con­glomerate LJoyds of London begiven further access to Japan's in­surance .market, the official said.Lloyds, which currently'operates

ated 500 nevi jobs which will in­crease its workforce to 2,000-.

Yazaki moved to Western Sa­moa in 1992, replacing an opera­tion it had in Australia.

The United Nations considersWestern Samoa as one of theworld's leastdeveloped.countries,It hasfew industriesand maintainslargely traditional way of life.

CentralBankfiguresfortheyear

Corp., Broken Hill Proprietary Co.Ltd.and Gold Minesof KalgoorlieLtd., a unitof Normandy PoseidonLtd.

A statement from Western Min­ing said Monday that the WesternAustralian.state government hadap­proved a planforthepipeline's con-

sent.a report. to Finance MinisterManmohansingh.askioghimtobring

. down thefiscal deficit tofivepercentoftheGross DomesticProduct inthenext two years, The Business Stan­dardreported.

Thegovemmentdeclaredlastyearthatitwould reduce thefiscal deficit

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Dismantling of subsidies urgedNEW DELlll, India (AP) -Indianindustrialists are urging the govern­ment to dismantle subsidies withintwo years so that the federal fiscaldeficit can be:controlled, news re­ports saidMonday.

The Confederation of Indian In­dustries, the biggest industry body,

Britain wants Improved accessto Japan's insurance marketTOKYO(AP) - Britishtrade min­isterMichael Heseltine met Mon­daywithJapanesefinanceministerMasayoshi Takemura and pushedfor improved access to Japan's li­quor and insurancemarkets.

Afinanceministryofficialbrief':'ing reporters on the 20-minutemeetingsaid Heseltine asked thatthe differential between Japan'staxes on scotch whiskey and onotheralcoholic beverages'such as

Japan's auto parts firm. finishesexpansion in Western SamoaAPIA, Western Samoa (AP) ­Japanese auto parts firm Yazakihascompleted adlrs U.S. 2.1 mil­lion expansion of its plant in thisSouth Pacific island nation.

Prime Minister Tofilau EtiAlesana, opened the new manu­facturing facility at a weekendceremony. He praised it as animportant boost to its backwardeconomy.The expansion has ere-

$.3Bpipeline planned in AustraliaPERm, Australia (AP) - A,con­sortium of threeresource companiesplanstobuilda 1,370-kilometer(851~

mile) pipeline across outback West­ern Australia to link offshore gasfields with energy-hungry miningoperations.

The 400 million-dollar ($ 304million)pipelinewi11 bedeveloped asa joint venture by Western Mining

Timberworkerspicket atthe HouseCANBERRA, Australia (AP) ­More than 2,000 timber workerswhofeargovernment-imposed cut­backs in woodchip processingwillcostthemtheirjobs blockaded Par­liament HouseonMonday,forcingPrime Minister Paul Keating andother. politicians to walk throughtheirpicket lines.

The timberworkers, whocamefrom all six Australian states,blocked each of the six entrancesby parking timber trucks acrossaccess roads.

They lifted the blockade onlybriefly tomarchthroughdowntownCanberra,

disrupting lunch time trafficthroughout the capital. Keatingbrushed past the demonstratingworkers, telling one group that

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last year. Van, whose homeis650kilometers (400miles)awayin Hunan Province, is one of anestimated6.5millionmigrantjob­seekers who have poured into cit­ies like Shenzhen and Canton inGuangdong Province,which bor­derson the wealthyBritishcolonyof Hong Kong.

Shenzhenhasanestimatedonemillion migrants, and its newspa­pers predict inore than half willstay here over the holiday. Thecity is organizing partiesand pub­lic entertainment for them.

In Canton, the capital ofGuangdong, migrants werealreadycamped at the train station in mid­Januarytomakesuretheygottick­ets.

They tended to group togetherto deter pilfering. The stench oftrash and body odor filled the air.People slept on their luggage,

Indonesia may be on tria'!-, in Portugal-Australia rift

By JENIFER CHAO ation of East Timor. hasbeencondemnedbytheUnitedTHE HAGUE,Netherlands (AP) Portugal, which is contesting Nations.- On the World Court docket a the 1989treaty for oil exploration Hearingson thecaseopenMon-challenge to an oil exploration in the Timor Gap, claims it is in- day in The Hague.treaty between Australia and In- valid because Indonesia's annex- Portugal is suing Australia,donesia. But the real issue in dis- ation of the former Portuguese sayingthetreatygivesimplicitrec·pute is Indonesia's 1976 annex- colonywasillegal.The annexation ognitiontoIndonesiansovereignty

. over East Timor and underminesNorth Korea wants to the territory's rights to self-deter-mination.establish ries with RP Australiasays thetreatyisvalidbecause Indonesia controls East

MANILA, Philippines (AP) • A discuss formal relations. Timor.senior North Korean diplomat ar- A pressconference was sched- The Timor Gap section of therived Monday, and a Filipino dip- uled for Tuesday. Timor Sea lies within the territo-lomatic sourcesaid he would hold The Philippines maintains rela- rial waters of both Australia andtalkson establishing formal diplo- tions with South Korea and sent East Timor,matic relations. troops to the U.N. contingent dur-

Li Do Sop, the North Korean ing the Korean War. Since Indonesia is not a partyambassadortoThailand,andacom- The two governments have to thecase, theoutcomeis likelytopanion, Ro Kyong Choi, were made discreet contacts in recent be less important thanthe factthatwhisked away by Philippine pro- years aimedat establishing formal the hearing provides a forum fortocol officers soon after their ar- ties. anattackonthe'Indonesianannex-rivalatNinoyAquinoInternationaJ 'North Korea had been a strong ation.Airport. supporterof the Communist Party "If Portugal.wins the case, it

Theymadenostatements. A of the Philippines which has been will helpother governmentsin thePhilippine diplomatic source, waging a 26-year insurgency to worldtosupportourcase andmakespeakingon conditionof anonym- establish a Marxist state. How- clear that Indonesia's occupationity, said the North Koreanswould ever, the insurgency hasbeen wan-meet with Philippine officials to ing in recent years. is illegal," saidJose AmorimDias,

the Ti morese resistancemovement's EuropeanUnionreo­resentative.

The World Court, the chiefju­dicial arm of the United Nations,has nopower toenforceitsrulings.

Indonesian rule in East Timorhascomeunder internationalscm­tinysincetheNovember1991 mas­sacre of about 100civilians in thecapital, Diii. Since then, the EastTirnorese independence move­inent has grown more vocal. InNovember, riots erupted in Diliand East Timorese studentsoccu­pied the U.S. Embassy groundsinJakartaduringavisitbyU.S.Presi­dent Bill Clinton.

The Indonesian military saidMonday that its troops killed twoEast Tirnorese over the weekend.The military said the two ~ereguerrillas who refused to surren­der and started a firefight.

Indonesian troopsinvadedEastTimorafterPortugal's withdrawalin 1975 set off a civil war. Sincethetakeover, Indonesiahasrepeat­edly faced international accusa­tionsof human rightsviolations inits suppression of dissent

drawing millions of people fromvillagetocity, the trains,busesandferries have come under increas­ing strain.

This year, to curb the stam­pede, the government is raisingthe price of round-trip rail ticketsby 50 percent and has demandedthat factories persuade at least 60percentof theirmigrantworkerstostay on the site rather than join therush horne. .

Factory bosses have beenasked to drop rail tickets from thebenefits packages they offer toworkers, and to reduce the 15-20days of New Year vacation usu­ally given to workers.

Migrant travel from Jan. 11 toMarch 11 is expected to top 30millionpeople,up7.8percentfrom

PUBLI.C, ANNOUNCEMENT

Saipan Sea Ventures, Inc.Show Boat, Inc.Pelley Boat, Inc.

Pelley Boat Charter, Inc.Pelley Enterprises, Inc.

Saipan Ice & Water Co., Inc.Saipan Photo Lab, Inc.

Nino's, Inc.Core Construction, Inc.

Deputy Administrator

The administrative and Marketing of above companiescan be contacted at these new Telephone numbers:

233-7676,233-7677,233-7678 (FAX) • Saipan Sea Ventures, Inc.,Show Boat, Inc., Pelley Boat Charter Inc.

233-9298, 922-9299,322-9297 (FAX) • Saipan Ice & Water Co., lnc.,Nino's, Inc. Pelley Enterprises, Inc. and Core Construction, Inc.

On February 1, 1995 theADMINISTRATIVE AND MARKETING OFFICES of the.

,follOWing companies are moving from Saipan Ice & Water Co.Building at Lower Base to anew location at Pelly Enterprises

in China town (Sketch Attached)

JOBINNDUNCEMENT

Qualifications: Bachelors degree inbusiness orpublic administration withat least sixyears of progressively responsible supervisory experience,preferably inpension orfinancial administration work. The applicant musthave the ability to properly interpret laws and regulations governing theRetirement FundlWorker's Compensation Commission.

Manager, Administrative Services Branch

The NMI Retirement Fund isnow accepting applications forthe followingpositions:

Location: Saipan

Primary Duty: Assist the Fund Adrnlnistrator inthe daily operation oftheFund.

Location: Saipan

Primary Duty: Supervision of the administrative function of the Fund.

Qualifications: Bachelors degree inbusiness orpublic administration withfour years ofexperience, two ofwhich must be inasupervisory position.Or acombination ofahigh school diploma plus 8years ofadministrativeexperience, four of which must be in a supervisory position. Pensionadministration experience preferred.

Applications and full position descriptions are available atthe Fund'soffices on Rota, Tinian and Saipan. Completed applications forms, copyof police clearance, and proof of eligibility to work for the governmentmust be received by the Fund no later than February 15,1995. The Fundisan equal opportunity employer.

14-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-JANUARY 31.1995

China seeks to curb New Year's stampedecooked on portable stoves and last year and wouldn't do it again.shared a Junchbox or a stick of Yao,20, came to Canton threesugarcane bought fromstreetven- years ago from the western prov-dors. ince of Sichuan and went to work

Two cleaners carelessly swept in a leather bag factory. Suchdust into one group's meal. Three jobs pay about 400 yuan ($ 48)[military policemen armed with month, triple what a farm workerguns and clubs shoved a man in earns. She said her sister, cousinragged clothes against a railing and brother-in-law had followedand questioned him. her.

A loudspeaker on a police van "Almost everyone in the vil-incessantly bellowed orders to lage wants to come to Canton,"the crowds to move this way or she said.that. During the first three decades

Lin Shengyong, 32, a clothes of Communist rule, strict travelvendor who scalps train tickets controls tended to keep peopleat holiday time, fumed about hav- where they were born.ing to give the police a cut. Migration to the cities began"They'll lock us up and beat us if after rural communes were dis-we don't pay them," he said. banded in the late 1970s, and to-

He insisted he only adds 10 .day. as China embraces capital-yuan ($1.20) to the price of a ism, morethan 80 millionChineseticket. But Yao Haizhen said she arethoughtto have left their farmspaid double the price to a scalper for industrialjobs.

By RAYMOND CHOW

SHENZHEN, CHINA (AP) - farfrom home, in the dreary dormi­toryattheelectronics factorywhereshe works,Yan Yangqui imag­ined the dinner her family waspreparing for the Chinese NewYear, and the seat left vacant forher at the table.

''They will lay out a bowl andchopsticks for me, but I won't bethere," said Van Yangqui, 20, afewdays before the holiday beganMonday night.

The holiday, celebrated wher­ever there are large Chinese com­munities, is a time when familiesreunite, and in populous China,NewYear is a time of vast humanmigrations.

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10 WAITRESS NIGHTCLUB- f1ighschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary $2.75 per hour .Contact: COMMONWEALTH ENTER­TAINMENT CORPORATION dbaGolden Club., P.O. Box 2853 Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 288-1254(1/31 )M/18104.

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1 ACCOUNTANT- College grad., 2years experience. Salary $2.75-5.00per hour.3 GAS STATION ATIENDANT2 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR­High school grad., 2 years experience.Salary $2.75 per hour.Contact: AA ENTERPRISES, ING. dbaTanapagServiceStation., P.O. Box 1880Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 322-4447(1/26)M/17930.

1 PAINTER- High school equiv., 2 yearsexperience. Salary $2.75 per hour.Contact: BENAVENTE ENT. dbaMarianas Review P.O. Box 755, Saipan,MP 96950(217)T/18037.

----1 COOK- High school grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary $3.00 per hour.Contact: . MICRO PACIFICDEVOPMENT, INC. dba Saipan GrandHotel, P.O. Box 369 Saipan, MP 96950.Tel. No. 234-6601 (217)T/1428.

1 MASON- High school equiv., 2 yearsexperience. Salary $2.75 per hour.Contact: ARLENE C. TORRES dba S& A Enterprises. As Lito, P.O. Box 610.CK, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­6545(1/31 )T/18097.

1 GENERAL MANAGER-College grad.,2 years experience. Salary $5,88 perhour.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary $2.45 per hour.1 CIVIL ENGINEER- College grad., 2years experience. Salary $3.00-S.00per hour.3 MASON4 CARPENTER1 PLUMBER1 STRUCTURAL STEEL WORKER2 COOK1 ELECTRICIAN· High school grad., 2years experience. Salary $2.45 perhour.Contact: JESUS & DOLORES O. DELACRUZ dba Galaxy Enterprises Inc., 433CK Saipan, MP 969S0. Tel. No. 234­5542(1/31 )T/18102.

----2 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT2 ACCOUNTANT- College grad., 2years experience. Salary $2.75-S.00per hour.18 HOUSE WORKER- High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary $2.75per hour.Contact: R. S. M. CORPORATION.,P.O. Box 7634 SVRB, Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-S542(1/31)T/1602.

1 AUTO DIESEL MECHANIC- Highschool equiv., 2 years experience. Sal­ary $2.75 per hour.Contact: . TRANSAMERICA CORPO­RATION., P.O. Box 1579 Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-7833( 1/31)T/1489.

2 CAR WASHER- High school equiv., 2years' experience. Salary $2.50-2.75per hour.Contact: NESTOR R. ABLOG dba Gen­eral Fashion Center., P.O. Box 1447,Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-753S(1/31)T/1492. .

1 BUILDING MAINTENANCE RE­PAIRER· High school grad., 2 yearsexperience. Salary $2.75 per hour.Contact: SAPPHIRE ENTERPRISESINC., P.O. Box 2869, Saipan, MP96950.Tel. No. 234-9869(1/31)T/18096.

1 KITCHEN HELPER- High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary $2.45per hour.Contact: JAIME G. AGLIPAYdba JrRestaurant.& Karaoke., P.O. Box 28CK, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No. 234­1118(1/31)T/17804.

1 CARPENTER-High school equiv., 2years experience. Salary $2.75 perhour. .Contact: GLOBAL ENT.INC. dba Dia­mond Ice & Water., P.O. Box 5146,CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.234-5922(1/31)T/18101.

5 WAITRESS1 BARTENDER- High school grad., 2years experience. Salary $2.75 perhour.2 COOK1 MUSICIAN- High school qrad., 2years experience. Salary $600 permonth.Contact: CHINEN CORPORATIONdbaHit Wave Disco Bar &' Restaurant Aka:Seoul Rest. & Bar.. P.O. Box 3052 PR501, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. NO.235­9420(1/31 )T/18103.

6 SEWING MACI-lINEOPERATORS2 CUTIER MACHINE2 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRER- Highschool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary $2.75 per hour,Contact: GRACE INTERNATIONALINC., PPP 109, Box10000 Saipan, MP96950. Tel. No. 234-9862(217)T/18028.

2 MASON2 MAINTENANCE WORKER- Highschool equiv.; 2 years experience. Sal­ary $2.75 per hour.Contact: HERMAN R.GUERRERO dbaGlobal Trading Ltd. Island Home De­velop. Island Home Warehouse., AAA663 Box 10001 Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 322-2112(217)T/18093.

1 INSTALLER, CABLE TV- Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary $6.00­7.00 per hour.1 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER- Collegegrad., 2 years experience. Salary $5.50­6.50 per hour. must be skilled in writingprograms using DBase,. Foxbase, C­Language, Lotus 123, Pagemaker,WPerfect, Dos and Xenix OS.Contact: MARIANAS CABLEVISION,INC. P.O. Box 1298 CK; Saipan, MP96950. Tal. No. 235-636S(217)T/18031.

1 CAMERA OPERATOR- Highschoolequiv.,2years experience. Salary$2.7S­3.S0 per hour.Contact: MARIANA SPORTS CLUBINC. P.O. Box 1142 Saipan, MP 96950.Tel. No. 233-0670(217)T/18032.

2 LAUNDRY WORKER- High schoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary $2.75­3.60 per hour.Contact: TROPICAL LAUNDRY &LINEN SUPPLY CO., LTD. P.O. Box5540 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel.No. 322-3077(217)T/18029.

2 ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MAN­AGER- College grad., 2 years experi­ence. Salary $5.80·10.00 per hour.3 SEWING SUPERVISOR- Highschoolgrad., 2 years experience. Salary $4.0S-·10.00 per hour. . .100 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS25 MACHINE PRESSER (PRESS'OPERATORS)2 COOK20 CUTIER2 ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT-Highscnool grad., 2 years experience. Sal­ary $2.75-7.00 per hour.Contact: SAM MARIANAS, INC. P.O.Box 1630, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.322-3444(217)T/18030.

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Phaewbloo, a village just insideThailand to where Karen leaderGen. Bo Mya and others of hiscommand fled.

The Karen .leader told APTelevision assistant LinShiau-pei Sunday that theBurmese government wantedto clear the area his guerrillascontrolled in order to builddams across the SalweenRiver. Thailand and Burmahave been discussing the con­struction of such dams whichwould provide hydro-electricpower for energy-hungryThailand.

. He also admitted that onereason for the Burmese successwas the recent defection of aBuddhist faction from the ranksof the Christian-led KNU.

The Burmese governmenthas depicted the ongoing fight­ing as a· conflict between thetwo Karen sides. It announcedthat the 'Buddhist group hasformed the Democratic KayinBuddhist Organization.

A conflict within the KNUhas festered for many years asthe Chri stians - mainly Bap­tists and Seventh' DayAdventists exercised a virtualstranglehold' on power and didlittle to provide economic as­sistance to the majority of theirimpoverished Buddhist follow­ers.

Some of the Karen leadersbecame rich from the sale oftimber and minerals tothe Thais,sent their children to Thaischools and set up residences inthe country.

two Libyans and the unaccompa­nied suitcase. But the paperquoted the FBI document as say­ing the only link with the Malteseflight is that some transfer bag­gage from KM 180was unloadedat the Frankfurt airport baggageprocessing point where the suit­case was first sighted.

It quoted the FBI document assaying: "There isnoconcreteindi­cation that any piece of luggagewas unloadedfrom AirMalta 180,sent through the luggage routingsystem at Frankfurt airport, andthenloadedonboardPanAm 103."

The IndependentquotedtheFBIpaper as saying that.the baggagerecords were "misleading" andthat the bomb suitcase could havecome from another flight or havebeen simply a "rogue bag insertedinto the system." Western intel- .ligence agencies initially werereported to believe Irancomrnis­sioned a Syrian-based terroristgroup, Ahmed Jibril's PopularFront for the Liberation of Pales­tine-General Command, to carryout the bombing after the UnitedStates accidentally shot down anIranian airliner in July 1988.

But after a long investigation,that theory was sidelined and U.S.and British law enforcement offi­cialschargedthe twoLibyanswithbeing behind the bombing.

Jibril has denied any involve­ment in the bombing.

4,000 guerrillas were thestrongest of what were oncemore than a dozen ethnic in­surgencies fighting for greaterautonomy 'from the military­run central government. TheKaren rebellion first erupted46 years ago, making it one ofthe world's longestlasting in­surgencies.

Rut in recent years theRangoon government has beenable to put down or negotiatepeace deals with most of theguerri lias except the Karen whowere joined by pro-democracygroups after the military bru­tally put down an anti-militaryuprising in 15'88.

One of the groups, the Na­tional Coalition Government ofthe Union of Burma, said Sun­day as many as 15,000 refugeesfrom Burma may have crossedinto Thailand, and they are nowwithout shelter, medicine orfood.

A statement from the Na­tional Coalition Government 01the Union of Burma said villag­ers in the area of the attackshadto take refuge in Thaiterritorybecause .of heavy shelling byBurmese government forces ...

"These people have no shel­ter, no medicine and no food,"said the statement. "Urgent andimmediate assistance is re­quested."

Thai authorities have curbedaccess to the remote areas wherethe refugees are, and firsthandreports are not available.

The Thai military have alsothrown a cordon around

the bombing carried out. Theysaid the NSA report was declassi­fied Jan. 23 under the U.S. Free­dom of Information Act.

The Iranian Foreign Minis-.try has rejected the allegation asbaseless.

But The Independent predictedMonday that the FBI documentmarked "Director FBI-Priority"will increase pressure on investi­gating authorities to reopen thecase against Tehran.

Computer records reportedlyshowed that an unaccompaniedsuitcase thought to contain thebomb arrived in Frankfurt airportDec. 21, 19880n Air Malta FlightKM 180 before being transferredonto Flight 103.

U.S. and British authoritiessubsequently charged two LibyanArab Airlines employees whoworked in -Malta, Abdel BassetAli· al-Megrahi and LamenKhalifa Fimah, with putting thesuitcase on Flight KM 180.Theywere reported to be Libyan intel­ligence men.

Libya has denied involvementand refused to hand them over fortrial, prompting U.N. sanctionsagainst Libya.

The Independent said theFrankfurt airport baggage recordsare vital to the prosecution casebecause they provide the only di­rect link between Malta and Ger­many and therefore between the

By DENIS D. GRAYBANGKOK, Thailand (AP) ­Burmese forces were Mondayattacking the last major Karenbase in the northern sector oftheironce potent insurgency andmoving against guerrilla basesto the south, Thai military andaid sources said. .

Some of the leaders of theethnic rebel movement, alongwith thou sands of followers,have already fled to Thailandand more refugees are expected.

Thai Foreign MinisterTaksinShinawatra said Sunday that therefugees would be granted tem­porary asylum.

The headquarters of theKaren National Union, atManerplaw, about 240 kilo­meters (150 miles) east ofRangoon, fell to governmenttroops Thursday night after sixdays of fighting.

Thai Border Patrol Police of­ficers, who spoke on condition

. of anonymity, said the Karenhad also lost six other basesalong the Thai-Burmese borderin the areas north and south ofManerplaw.

The officers said Burmesewere pressing hard against thestronghold of Kawmoora andhad also opened up another frontagainst the Karen further southopposite the Thai province ofKanchanaburi. Nearly 1,000refugees were reported alreadyinside Kanchanaburi and moreKaren villages were beingevacuated in face of the Bur­meseadvance.

The Karen who field some

Burma expands offensive vs rebels

Paper: FBI casts doubts oncase vs Libyans in bombingLONDON (AP) -A Londonnewspaper said Monday that aleakedFBIdocument casts doubtson the case against two Libyansaccused of the 1988 bombing ofPan Am Flight 103 overLockerbie, Scotland.

The Independent said the se­cret five-page briefing paper fromthe US. Federal Bureau ofInves­tigation challenges prosecutionevidence thatthe bomb originatedin Malta. where the Libyansworked.

The newspaper did not revealthe date of the document, how itobtained it or if it tried to authen­ticateit.The newspaperpublishedthe report two days before theHouse of Commons is to begindebate on claims that Iran, notLibya, had ordered the attack.

The bombing of the NewYork-bound plane on Dec: 21,1988,killed all 259 people aboardand lion the ground, The fightoriginated at Frankfurt, with aLondon stopover.

Questions about the Libyanconnection were raised last weekwhen The Times of London andother British papers printed de­tails of a 1991 U.S. National Se­curity Agency report.

The newspapers quoted theNSAreportas saying thata formerIranian interior minister, AliAkbar Mohtashemi, paid $ 10miJIion in cash and gold to have

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ward for the league as an organi­zation. "It takes unity to create ateam, and it takes unity to createthe NBL", he said.

Now he wants his players tomove into a larger arena to com­pete with teams from other na­tions in the' region. While henoted that the All-Stars need morepractice and need to play harder,he expressed confidence in theirability, "Micronesia, watch out:'he warned. "When you come toPalau in '88 expect warriors."

.did not need the 4gers to cover thespread.

Previously, the biggest bet at aU.S. sports book was $1 million byLas Vegas casinoownerBobStupakontheCincinnatiBengalsinthe1989Super Bowl.

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vision Coach Rufino Aguon. "Weplayed catchup basketball."

However, while the West­ern All-Stars had the ball less,they possessed a higher degree ofaccuracy in their shooting, led byveteran CenterMessy Rikrik witha game total of 22 points.

National Basketball LeagueCommissioner Joel Toribiongcalled the tournament a step for-

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All-male teamThe. group of Jun Ronquillo,

Steve Sullivan, and Joshua Bergercaptured theall-maleteamcategory.

They bested two other teams bycompleting the race in 3 hours and3 minutes.

RonquiJJo took the swimmingevent in 27 minutes and 38 sec­onds. Berger finished the bike racein 1 hour, 43 minutes and 13 sec­onds and Sullivan darted the finishline in41 minutes and 36 seconds.

. Ail-female teamJody Christopherson, Jackie

Frost, and Frieda Leonard excelledin the all-female category.

The' trio. outpaced the team ofCindy Camacho,CarolLynnPierce,and Chris Santos.

Christopher biked in I hour, 44minutes and 16 seconds. Frost fin­ished the swimming event in 37minutes and4 seconds and Leonardfinished the running .event in 54minutes and 18 seconds..

Mix teamThe mix team category was par­

ticipated in by'6 teams. It was wonby the only two-person team ofAlison Cutler and Randy Rice.

Cutler finished the swimmingevent in 34 minutes and 4 seconds.Rice completed thebike race in 1hour, 15minutesand 15secondsandran in 43 minutes and 2 seconds.

Among the women triathletes,10 joined the individualcategory ,six in the all-female team categoryand 6 in the mix team category.Forty-five males joined the event.

A brunch and giving away ofdoor prizes at the. Paci.fic IslandsClubculrninated theevent. (AAPD)

aftergoingup35-1Oearlyin thethird. quarter on a 9-yard ID' pass from

Young to Watters., ."We knew we weregonna kick

their butts. but we couldn't saynothing," Sanders. said. "They.never had a chance to beat us. Thereal Super Bowl was' last weekagainst Dallas." ..

But Sanders wasn't the show.Young was.

His sixID passesbroketheSuperBowl recordof fivesetfiveyearsagoby Montana.,wholedSan Franciscoto its first four titles.

'This is something you'll neverforget,"Rice toldYaung as thequar­terbackcradledtheMVPtrophyafterthe game. Young agreed.

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JohnCruz 17 K Rengill 12.JessPacheco . 15 I 0 4 2 4 W, Villegas. 24

BenMatagolai 18 I 2 I 3 E. Cuenca 32Dong Pilapil . 16. 4 0 14 10 18 Dave Otiwil 11

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Robert Quitugua 8 5 I 4 2. 15 Vince Salas 14 '0 0 0 O. 0

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"All alongl felt~ IwasplayingwellblltI neverhad thisgame to fallback on," said Young, a two-timeleagueMVP whosepassingratingof112.8broketheold recordsetin 1989by who else Montana.

"Steve Young proved that he istruly the greatest quarterback of alltime," said Deion Sanders.

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minutes and21 secoridson the bike,and ran in 55 minutes and 33 sec­onds.

The rest ofthe top 10finishers inthe men's division were KiyokazuOnishi (3rd-2:51: 11), JohnHoffman (4th-2:54:0l ),JeffMiller(5th-2:56:30), Kozo Uemura (6th­2:58:47),YukoOtani (7th-3:03:16),Al Hogenauer (8th~3:06:46), PeterSinclair (9th-3:08:42), .and KrisGills (10-3:10:19).

Women's DivisionSakuri, 24, crossed the finish line

25 minutes and 47 seconds aheadof38- year old Erika Lewis. Lewisplaced second in the individualwomen's division. She completedthe.race in 3 hours and 14 minutes.

Sakuri outpaced Lewis in theswimming event by 7 minutes and35 seconds, 12minutes and 10sec­onds in the bike race, and 6.min­utes,2seconds in therunningeverit.

Sakurai's swimming record was24 minutes and 45 seconds. Shebiked in 1 hour, 23 minutes and 50seconds, and ran in 59 minutes and38 seconds. Lewis clocked 32 min-

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tomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresllonding para­graph.Let your birthday star beyour daily guide.

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In 1902, Pittsburgh's Thomas Leachwas the leadinghorne-run hitter in theNational League, with six for theseason.

By Stella Wilder

Born today, you are more adeptat taking advantage of unexpectedopportunities that arise in life thananyone else born under your sign.Your success rate is sure to be re­markable, particularly when the.odds are stacked against you. Ver­satile and always interested inbroadening your horizons, you willenjoy untold opportunitiesthroughout your life. You will havethe chance to explore all your na­tive talents to the fullest - provid­ed you do not limit yourself to anyone field. Diversity is the key toSUCCE:SS inyourprofessional life.

Your personal affairs, on theother band, are likely to be uncom­monly constant and stable, whichwill provide you with strength andinspiration. Your tenacity andlon~evitywill also serve you wellduring the difficult times in yourlife..

Also born on this date are:Carol Channing and SuzannePleshette, actresses; PhilCollins, musician and singer;Norman Mailer, author; Nolan

. 1f&'a.n. baseballlliayer.To see what 18 in store for you

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agers, leagueofficialsandorgariiz­ers will be held at 5:30 p.m.

"We will inform the public. assoon as we finalize everything,"Rogolofoi said.

The women's league's lead or­ganizerisEliasRangamar, thepJay­ingcoach of 01' Acesamateurcageteam. The league will be playedunder the auspices of SABA.

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threetouchdowns.But most important, Young fi­

nally erased the stigmahe inheritedbyhavingthebadluckto replaceJoe

San Diego Chargers linebackerJunior Seav answers questions duringSuper Bowl XXIX pictur.e day at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami lastTuesday, while wearing a hat that explains how to pronounce his lastname. (AP Photo)

Women's cage leagueto be finalized todayThe Women's Island-widebasket­ball League will be finalized in ameeting todayat theGilbertC. AdaGymnasium in Susupe.

Saipan Amateur Basketball As­sociation (SABA) President TonyRogolofoi said fourteamswillkick­offtheevent which wasearlier ten­tatively set on February4th.

A meetingof teamcoaches,man-

witha flu-like illness andaseparatedshoulder, didn't geta vote.

NordidRickyWatters, wholikeRice,tieda SuperBowlrecord with

Eastern team.ruins Palaucage crown

By Sarah ClaytonFor the Variety

IN a closely fought contest, East­ern Division All-Stars outpacedthe Western Division team Satur­day night gS-84 to take the ll:.J­

tional trophy in basketball.Strength and stamina won

out over finesse as these teamshad had only one practice beforethe championship tournament,which was sponsored by ShellCo. (Pacific Is.)

As Eastern All-Star CenterLawrence Leonard put it, "Wereally weren't playing any kind ofset offense or defense. We wereplaying run on' gun."

The two teamswere closelymatched and stayed within a fewpoints of each other the entiregame; However, the Eastern Di­vision had the edge in rebounds,which eventually gave them thegame.

The team's offensive gamewas ledbyForward BrianTulmau,who landed 22 points in the gameand GuardTopps Sungino; whosepower drive down the court leftno doubt asto which direction theball wouldbegoing,

"They took the lead fromthe beginning," said Western Di~

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game,wastheunanimous most valu­ableplayer. Hewassogood thatRice,who caught 10passes for 149 yardsandthreetouchdowns while playing

Mike Steflabotte of Altoona, Pa., does some touch up work Monday. January 23, 1995, on a San Francisco 4gers emblem he spray-painted onhis front lawn. 4gers won over the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. (AP Photo)

thefirstteam towintiveSuperBowls."It's a lot of money, but I wel­

comed. it," saidJimmy Vaccaro, raceand sportsbookdirector at The Mi­rage. "He askedmewhatI thought. ItoldhimI would tell him" afterthe

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Smith, 35, dashed from thestart to finish line ]2 minutesand 42 secondsaheadof 27-y'ear..old Tyee Mister. Mister placedsecondin the men's division. Hecompletedthe racein 2 hours,44minutes, and 34 seconds.

Mister edged Smith' in theswimmingeventby I minuteand.a second.but Smithmanaged toreverseand establish a lead of 4minutes and 8 seconds: in thebike race, and 9 minutesand 35­secondsintherunningeventoverMister. .

Smith's swimming recordwas27 minutes and 41 seconds. Hebiked in r hour, 18 minutes andJ3 seconds, and ran in 45 min­utes and 58 seconds;while Mis-'ter clocked 26 'minutes and'40seconds in the water; I hourl.22

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Localandvisiting triathletes tooktheir hats off for Stuart SmithandHiroe Sakurai when theduobaggedthe individualmen's andwomen'sdivisions,respectively,during the 1995Lite-sponsoredSaipan Island Triathlon eventSunday at PauPau Beach.

A total of 67 triathletesfromJapan,Guam,andtheCNMIpar­ticipatedin thethe individual;allmale, all female, and mix teams .categories. .

The event covered ],500meters of swimming competi­tion, 44 kilometersof bike raceand aIO-kilometer run.

Men's DivisionSmithfinishedthethreeevents

in 2 hours; 3] minutes, and 52seconds, while Sakurai crossedthe finish line in 2 hours, 48minutes, and 13.seconds.

Smith, Sakurairule triathlon

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Man bets$2.4Mon 4gersLAS VEGAS (AP) -A gambler is$300,<XX> richer after betting $2.4million on theSanFrancisco4gerstowintheSuperBowlonSuriday, morethan double the record sportswagerin theUnitedStates.

Theunidentified manwalkedintoTheMiragecasinoon Saturday andmade the' bet on 8-1 odds for SanFrancisco.

The4gersdefeated theSanDiegoChargers 49-26inMiami,becoming

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By DAVE GOLDBERGMIAMI(AP)-RelentJess.Overpow­ering. And mostof all quick.

That'sthe SanFrancisco offense.TheSliperBowl wasjust I minute25second old Sunday when it startedclicking andItneverreally stopped.

Led bySteveYoung,theoffensecapped a season like none other byswamping the San Diego Chargers49-26in theSuperBowlon Sundaytomake the 4gersthefirst franchiseeverto win thegamefive times.

"That's the.bestoffense you'reprobably evergonnasee," saidline­backer JuniorSeau of the ChargersafterYoung'stwo touchdownpassesin thefirst4 minutes and55 secondssentthe4gers on theirway.

Young, who threw~ recordsixtouchdownpasses, starting witha44­yarder to Jeny Rice ]:25 into the

4gers win Super Bowl

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