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Saipan - A new, and poten­tially cataclysmic threat to the life and ecology of Truk lagoon was revealed this week.

In an exclusive inter­view with Marianas Var­iety, Steve Aiken, Trust Territory demolition expert said he and a mem­ber of the Truk starfish

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charge n the hull of a sunken Japanese cargo ship less than a mile off the west side of Um n in the Truk Lagoon.

Aiken said the charges which weigh 400 pounds each. contain picric acid, a water soluble substance

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RADIO TA I Saipan - The office of the ex r is by District Administrator has your ision. You re issued a memorandum which requ ted to de ib~ for­effectively orders censor- mat he gathered ship of all local news by your sta f. b promptly broadcast over radio sta- written ai1d referred to tion KJQR. th office of the District

The memorandum, issued Admini trator for review June 2 by District Public and cle ranee. '

w lch 1s deadly to sea life i cl ding coral. He said ·rie steel drums which encase the cid have begun to deteriorate and that.it is just a matter of months before the acid begins escaping in o the lagoon in large quantities.

"Sixty tons of picric in the Truk lagoon would

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huyon un emoranda na efekti men e haotdena a mas nsuran todo gasetan lokal na para umanahuyong gi stasion redio KJQR.

I memoranda ni humuyong ginen i O i ial Asunton P bli' a i Distritu as David Mar tit gi hilo fitman i Atmlnistradot

cause overwhelming dam­age," Aik n said.

In his report to the T. T. government, Alken cited possible courses of action: 1) blow up the ship and the d pth-charges where they sit, or 2) sal­vage them and later blow them up individually.

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Distritu as Francisco Ada, ilelegna: "Efektibu este na haane, todo gasetan lo­kal ni harekohe i KJQR debe de umapa a finenena pot este na ofisina ••••••• antes de umanahuyong gi aire. 11

Affairs. Officer David Mar- Th all ged b rassment atita over the signature occurred last week when of Distad Francisco Ada, KJQR r ported that Dis­states: "Effective this 1ontinued on page 5 date, all local news gath- .----==-=------....;~~-'-,._--.....,_,,.=~-....

I ~e ora~d hakontinua, ilelegna na, "guaha siha ninahuyong o gaseta guine gi halacha na nahaguaha ti man presiso na difikulta ya~ problems contra indi­vidual yan kab. an depat­tamento siha yan lokue en-ered by KJQR must. b

cleared initially by this office ••• before bing .aired."

The memo continues "Re­cent events of your news coverage have brought unjust embarrassment to individuals and department heads as well as to the District Administration as a whole. Although you and your news staff may be indirectly unaware of the repercussions, it is the same time essential that certain ethical con-

"((J(J tero Atmlnistrasion D~• Di tri u. todo ke in-...,, direktame hago ftfTl:R yan i taota o gi gaseta

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uguaha si tto man propio na inadahe gi iyomo divi­sion. Mafafaisen hao na un famatinas u forma anai sina matug chadek i gase­ta siha ni anmarekohe pot i taotaomo si Ja umari­fiere g ato gl A ministra-dot uistri ra um pasa.

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PEOPLE COMMENT ON EW ~Rf( A miniature park is being constructed in front of the

Municipal Building in Chalan Kanoa. When the park is completed, it will have three flag poles, one for the United States flag, one for the Marianas flag, and one for the flag of Micronesia. The park will also have a water fountain, some flowers, and a concrete slab with the names of all Saipan's mayors. Marianas Variety reporter Vic Pangelinan interviewed several people to get their opinions about the park. Here are some of their answers:

Juan M. Cabrera, 25, Self-Employed "I think that the miniature park will help make th'e

appearance of that area better. We need one like that in Chalan Kanoa."

Michael J. Davis, 26, Exterminator "It isn't necessary to have the park 'there. I under­

stand that it is a public street and blocking it with a park serves no purpose."

Roea S. Pangelinan, Housewife "It is blocking the street. It would be alright if

they would find a way to have a thru traffic without having to go completely around the Municipal Building just to get to the other side."

Herbert Yamada, 21, Personnel Specialist "Why not spend all that money and time to improve the

Municipal Building itself. And then what's the use if the park is completed and the condition of the streets immediately surrounding it remains the same. It won't be much of a park, will it"?

Miguel Agulto, 29, Carpenter "I think the park is needed to improve the appearance

of that area where many of our elected officials are. But our elected officials at least should have let us know that a park is being erected there. I've seen men working there but I didn't know what they were doing."

Romi Stella, 4, little girl "I like it because I can go there and ride on the

swings and ride on the merry-go-round and play in the sandbox."

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Some say he has nerves of steel. Others think he must be crazy. Peter Wilson of Marine Resources says he is probably one of the most qualified men in his field in the entire world. In Micronesia, at least, his work has become almost legendary. His name is "Chief" Steve Aiken, explosives expert for the Trust Territory government.

HE TAKES PART OH S . Aiken has been blowing things up in these islands

sirice 1955 ••• bombs, ammunition, mines ••• all debris from the Second World War.

After he retired from the Navy, Chief Aiken began working for the Trust Territory on a part time .basis, performing his delicate craft of ,dismanteling bombs •wbenever stray ordnance needed his special kind of attention. Later, he did sone contract jobs blasting

,channels in the Marshall Islands. He is now working 1full time for the Departments of Public Works and Pub-1 lie Safety, doing channel work for the. form.er, disposing of ordnance for the latt r.

MARPI CLEA u Aiken was the man who led the 75-man crew of Saipan­

ese who spent 18 months cleaning tons of explosives from Saipan's north-end "marpi" area. The Chief point­ed out: "When I say we cleaned marpi, I say it tongue in cheek because you can walk with in a foot or two of a bomb ~d miss it."

Aiken said "Marpi" was an ammunition depot for the Army during the late stages of World War II. Ammo and bombs were stockpiled there for the planned invasion of Japan. "You can imagine how much there was," he said. "When the Army pulled out they tried to blow all this ammo in its storage. configuration. About all they suc­ceeded in doing was to spread it all around marpi."

21f POU D £ The area was closed off to the public for years

because of the scattered ammo. Th 18-month project to "clear" the area began in June, 1967. Virtually all the explosives found in marpi w r~ dump&d into the sea off historic banzai cliff. Aik n recalls: "When we were through gathering the ammo we decided that we better destroy it. My foreman, Mike Magofna, and I threw a 24 pound charge into the water and jumped under a truck for cover. That was about 100 feet south of the cliff. I'll never forget what happened next;"

··Hu&E A WAT R., "A huge mass of .water, fore d bv the explosion,

came up over the cliff. It looked like it was about 60 feet high. The wav.e washed over us as we held on to the truck for all we were worth, Mike lost his hold and was washed inland about 300 feet by the huge wave."

Aiken says: "At first people didn't 1>elieve our story ••. but two days later all t~e green foliage began to turn brown and die from th salt water."

"The next four days you could stand on the cltff and all you could see was dead fi~h. I only wish I had thought to announce to the peopl about the fish •• there were enough just floating around to feed the whole is-land."

''To give you an idea of n sue of the blast and

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the amount of explosives that were blown that day, Pedro P ,, Duenas was standing on Charlie Dock and wit­nessed a column of water shoot up higher than Suicide cliff (Mt. Marpi). I guess the splash from the blast went 1200 to 14M feet in the air."

CAR FULL OF WATI.A "I had a new Toyota Crown parked back awav from the

cliff at the dme of the explosion- and when it was over the car was filled with w~ter from the splash and the sides and top were pitted with steel fragments from the bomb casings."

A1ken's work for the past seventeen years ~as taken him t~ virtually every corner of Micronesia. The time he has qpent here has given him a perspective that has proven to be a valuable asset when it comes to making the life and death, destroy or preserve decisions he must make on each of his demolition jobs.

Says Aiken: "On most of my jobs the easiest way out: is to co'unter-charge the explosive where it sits. But we jsut have to consider what the,effects of our deci-sions will be." ' I

He says the greatest reward in his work is hearing a bomb flow under his command--and knowing "that's one

' fl more item that wont kill anybody.

I masasangan na difikut- , ta yan problema masusede gi mapos na semana anai i \ KJQR harepot na i Ofisial Adelanton Ekonomian Dis­trito as Pedro de La Cruz "ha akusa unos kuantos ahenten i gobietnon Trust Territory na man kompite­tensia yan i praibet his­nis." I historia· dinanche ya maprinta gi mapos na' semana na l.{arianas Variety (pahina 9).

I manehanten stasion KJQR as Rudy Sablan ilegna pago na semana na tisina hakomprende i metgot na reaksion i Atministrasion. Ilegna na i rason ni ma­choguen i istoria laveve sa pot uno gi gehilo na ofisial i gobietno nahong linistona para uinfotma i Atmtnistradot Distritu pot espesial na problema gi halom gobietno.

Desde ke manahuyong i memorand dos esta na is­toria man mamantiene, segun i $inangan i mane-

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tineteKa i ~t- u Buddhrl gi Banzai Cl ff 11 humu-'i yong gi r.aseta ~uine gi malofan na semana," ilegna si ,Sablan. "I isturian­mame harepot na i qtatuaj manalamen ya haindika na i ofisinan turista van 1\ Chairman gi Land Advisorv

II I Board "manaaguaguat. '

''Hinasoko na i Distritu ti yana palabra ''manaagua­guat" na umarefiere gi departamentona," ile~na si Sablan.

Si Sablan ilegna na i segundo na istoria i ex­clusive interview van ~i Joaquin Torres, i District Legislative Liaison. I interview hanaanog atgu­mento siha ni hapresenta si Torres gi district liberation day committee anai kakuestiona i areglc ni ilelegna na solo i le­gal na residenten iv~

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Saipan - A KJQR radio news story Monday, June 5, stated that the District Administrator has decided to allow the Buddha statue

on Banzai Cliff to stand, in spite of the advice of his Land Advisory Board.

The story paraphrased I District Administrator

The battle for positions in the Municipal Council, District Commissioner, and the coveted mayor's seat has erupted. Both parties have opened up at each other with heavy artillery.

The Territorial" Party ,lead by their brilliant and courageous commanding officer, Jesus Mafnas, have set up the party's artillery, consisting of a microphone and several speakers in various strategic ·areas. For some nights now the Territorial Party have trained their speaker muzzels at the enemy, loaded up the mic­rophone with high explosives and blasted away at the foes •.

The Popular Party nevertheless managed to endure the unceasing bombardments from the Territorial Party. Under the able command of its fearless leader, Herman Q. Guerrero, the Popular Party have opened up with earshattering rapid salvoes of their own.

All these encounters are just the prelude of the really big .battle which will take place Sunday, June 11.

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Saipan - The people of Saipan will go to the polls Sunday to elect a mayor, eleven district commissioners and fifteen municipal councilmen. Marianas Variety does not intend support or endQrse any party or candidate. Rather, we suggest that in this election, more than any other election in the past decade, it is essential for the voters to examine the credentials of individual candidates.

In the past, knowing the party affiliation of a can­didate was important, since the two parties advocated different approaches to Saipan's future. Now that the philosophies of the parties appear to have merged, voting a straight ticket that is, voting for all 'the candidates of a particular party, is not particu-larly wise. Instead, we urge all voters to examine each candidate and choose the ones who appear most ~ualified -- their party affiliation notwithstanding.

Jim Petetl's

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Francisco Ada saying "the presence of the statue, in' essence, serves a signifi­cant role in the improve­ment of the economy of this District, patticµlar­ly the island of Saipan."

The Distad reportedly said that while the objec­tion of. the Land Advisory Board was given consider­ation, the benefits reaped from the statue in terms of Japanese Tourism over­come these objections.

. As was reported in last week's 9arianas Variety, the Board voted that the statue, erected last April by Nakai-Do Irei-Dai Tours of Miyagi, Japan, should be removed. The Board charged that the group had failed to secure the pro­per clearance for the use of public land.

Be sure to vote Sunday, June 11! It's your duty.

NSUSURA ••• Marianas man kualifikao para unfanmalago para ra­rainan liberation day. . Segun i report si Torres gi argumentona na va ke i contest aktibidan mamati­nas salape para umahatsa mas i fondon scholarship, debe mohon ufanmasovu to­dos ya ufansaunau.

I puntona esdesit na yangin mana ancho i inte­res gi para maayeg i ra­raina tieneke unamas i botu •••. gi un sen (1¢) kada botu, entonses ha~a­mamas i kantedan salapi scholarship ni guaha para ~ estudiante siha gi Dis­tritun Marianas.

Pot rason de i nuebo na regulasion i · istoria ti manahuvong gi redio. Ho­cogha kuentosna si Sablan na "i istoria gaige . ha trabia gi lamasan i ofi­sial Asunton Publika •••••• no lokue guiya i Chairman i Liherasion Day Commit­tee."

The family of the late Vicente D. Leon Guerrero wishes to express their heartfelt Si Yuue Maase to all who assisted him during his long illness and who shared their sympathy with us, , strengthening us with their prayers for the repose of his soul.

*************** Man malago ham nui familian Tun Vicente D. Leon

Guerrero, na in fan man nae dangkulo na Si Yuus Maase para todos hamyo ne umasiste gui duranten y abman na malanguna, yan lokue pitnatici pan miyo giya hame todos ni nu mae ham animo mas ginen y tinayuyut miyo para i tai hinekog na diskanso na.

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trict Economic uevelopment Officer Pedro Dela Cruz had "accused several agen­cies of the Trust Territory government of competing with private business. 11 The story was accurate and was printed in last week's Marianas Variety (page 9).

KJQR station manager Rudy Sablan said this week that he does not under-

·stand the strong reaction of the Administration. He said the reason for doing the story in the first place was that a senior government officer was alert enough to inform the Distad about special prob­lems in the government.

Since the issuance of , the memo, two stories have

been suppressed, according to station manager Rudy Sablan.

"The f:f:_rst story involv­ed the statue of Buddha on Banzai Cliff which has been in the news this past week," Sablan said. "Our story reported that the statue had beep vandalized and inferred that the act occurred while the tourist office and the Chairman of

, the Land Advisory Board were "squabbling."

"I guess the District did not like the word "squabbling" referring to

encouraged to participate. His point was that

broadening the interest in selecting a queen would necessarily increase the voting ••• at 1¢ per vote, thus increasing the amount of scholarship money available to students in the Marianas District;

Because of the new reg­ulations, the story was never broadcast. Sablan's ,only comment was "the story is still on the desk of the Public Affairs of­ficer ••• who is, inci­dently, also chairman of the liberation day commit­tee."

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Torres reportedly argued that since the contest is a money-making activity to increase the scholarship fund, everyone should be

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it has been determined by the United st·ates Public Health Service that paint containing lead can be poisonous if swallowed, and that many paints and paint primers contain lead and are widely used in Micronesia. These paints or paint primers should not be used for painting roofs or water catchments, or any surfaces that can be reached by children.

If paints with lead in them are used oa roofs that catch drinking water,

The announcement also calls attention to the fact th t some paints con­tain arsenic, another poi­son. These paints should never be used on any sur­face that comes in contact with drinkin$ water.

Before buying any kind of paint for water catch­ment or water storage sur­faces, the announcement urges everyone to find out if the paint contains le~d or arsenic. Thia.. informa­tion is on the label, and it is important to read the label completely. It is suggested that indivi­duals interested in more information on safe and unsafe pints to contact their district co unity development office or their department of health services.

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Saipan - The Chairman of the Saipan's Street Paving Co1Dl'littee, Antonio Tenorio and a spokesman for the District Public Works De­partment have announced that the paving project for the streets in Chalan Kanoa will soon be re­sumed.

Improving the street~ of Saipan's most popula­ted, and perhaps dustiest village, began several months ago. The project was halted, however, be­cause -of problems posed by the sewer lines directly underneath, or in the vi­cinity of the area to be paved.

According to Tenorio, the sewer line document called for the contractor (Amelco) to lay the sewer pipes with sewer laterals or stub-outs for future connectioa.

"The stub-outs extend only a few feet from the main line," the Chairman pointed out. "This means that if connections are to be made from house lots to sewer ·laterals, underneath the street portions of the street inevitably must be dug up. Unfortunately, the cost of such a project now will be shouidered by the government. So to avdid these problems in the . future, contractors should be made to under-

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stand that ipes leading from stub-outs to house lots l.18t extend beyond the paving area. And also to keep sewer lines away from the street as much as possible."

Tenorio said that ar­rangements a~e now being made with a private firm to correct the sewer lines and complete installing the rest of the sewer sys­tem in Chalan Kanoa.

Paving of the street& in Tanapag at.d S ,1 Roque is nearing completion. Chalan Kanoa's streets ap­pear to be next in line.

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ho, according to Atalig, I chang~d obs without pro­per clearance; the other I involves an American who has been working on Saipan 1 for nearly three years I without working papers. I

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The island-wide sponsored by Mt. Carmel Parish is now in week. Generally speaking, it has been at m~ndous success. With more than 200 participants and hundreds of spectators play­ing and watching the twelve ~ames each week, the league is offering a much needed leisure time activity for a number of people on Saipan.

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6. 'IORE SCIIOLARSIIIP • llNll

7. RECREATION FACIL1t1L1S fN T (", HI 'AC,! S & CHOOLS

8. JOBS FOR STCOF. 'TS Dl'IUN , 'sLMME, Vi\CAHON

9. MORE MONEY FOR T111, NFl")V \ ) O' D P',OP!.E

10. GARRAGF; OISPOSAI. SF.RY!CcS

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12. HELP MAII\TAI flhi r I f I ll

13. HELP FAR"IERS IN fRA, SI o 1. t I f 'llJUCTS, INCLUDl'G EQUIPME T

14. WILL 'SOT BE INVOLVED I I l !';ESS ING l'IIE fFR\1

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A lions share of the creaLc for the league should go to its organizer, Father Edward Robinson. Credit alsc must be paid to the many volunteer officials and ref­erees without whose help the league could not function.

In the eyes of this writer, the success of the Mt. Carmel Parish League is symptomatic of a crying need o~ the island for more activities of this sort. Fot years, the responsibility for organizing island-wid­recreation activities has been in the hands of Commun­ity Development. Their efforts .have been pitifully fe and far between. In the past two years there have bee· more months when there were no organized sports activ ities than otherwise. On an island with more thar 10,000 people, with a growing delinquency problem, thi~ is inexcusable.

Past experience indicates that the solution does not seem to rest within the present structure of Communit, Development ••• or any other department of the present local government. The operation of a comprehensivE rec~eation program for boyR and girls. men and women,

youn0 , middle aged ana uld requires an ~nthusiast1c, trained individual. A person with these qualifications in the field of recreation does not exist in the pre-

. sent local government. We suggest that a qualified person, interested in

carrying out a recreation program on Saipan be given a scholarship earmarked specifically for studies in rec­reation. His or her return several years henceforth with a degree in recreation could spell the dawning of

a new day in the lives of many people on Saipan. ~at one scholarship, given to the right person, has the potential to have more positive effect on the people of Saipan than ten others given to people who subsequently go into business or leave the islands for want of adequate job opportunities.

In h meantime a Peace Corps Volunteer could be re­est .<l by the district to initiate a recreation pro­

gram w ~h the understanding that the Saipanese would take it ver at the end of the volunteer's term.

Certa1nly an organized recreation program ould not be a cure all. Juvenile delinquency wouid not end. Many peopl would still ·complain that "there isn't any­thing to do on Saipan." But requesting a Peace Corp£ Volunteer nd recruiting an interested person for E

scholar hip in recreation are simple, inexpensive stepe that could make Saipan a better place to li11e.

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Truk District Administra­tor has wisely placed this particular ship off limits to divers until a decision can be made on its fate."

eao est and safest in terms of d,rger to human life. Howev~r, the threat to the ecoloRv of the immediat area is enor­mous. Aike~ estimated that the death of all major ea lit within a radius of 2,500 yards is a o ·tnite possibility if the ip ls exploded.

He sai~ the process of salvaging the charges and moving them to distant locations for detonation would be a dan~erous one but emphc~1z~~ that it is a realis ic option. Late last mon h, with the aid of the Truk district LCU, Aiken supervised the sal­vaging of one of the char­ges for purposes of positive identification.

Aiken th orlzed that if the ultimate decision ls to blow the shlp, another few mon ~s of waiting would not make much di f-. ference. But if they decide n salvage "time is workin ap,ai'lst us."

"After making several dives on the ship I not­iced t, t some other div­ers ha ~een playing with time fuses which they had taken f o the hold. All it would take would be for one guy to hit the fuse the wror.g way and the whole th ng would blow,"

Working against this potentially , disastrous timeclock, Trust Territory officials have this week been trying to arrive at a solution. The Navy has heen asked to send a teartt to Tru~ to investigate the ship and render an opinion about what sho~ld be done.

Meanwhile, there are forces in the Trust Ter­ritory government advocat-ing blasting the ship as the safest method while others favor salvage as the only way to protect the fragile ecology of the Truk lagoon.

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M'J. CARMEL BASKETBALL LEAGUE 72

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Games Total E. Pangetinan, MCC 6 155 O. Raea, Islanders 6 119

Average· 25.8 19.8 13.8 Z3.0 Z2.4 U.6 U.6 U4 u.o Z0.3

J. MaEZroy, Program 5 69 A. Taisiaan, IsZanders 6 78 K. Manning, San Coast 5 62 J. Yost, AmatuguZa 5 58 A. Guerrero, Lanaers 5 58 D. A uian, Program 5 5 7 c. YangiZmau, Amatugula 5 55 r. ·Demapan, IsZanders 6 62

JUNIOR DIVISION . Games TotaZ Average

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What is our cultur? tto; oi cqui~e it? How many times have I hear some of ple in the Mar-ianas talk against alien cultures which disturbed our way of life? · All of us should know that progress bringd new problems for us, to se k further solutions. This we consider normal evo 1

~ in of acculturation Is 1t my culture to speak E ~lish? fo have an

advanced education? To drive .!olden or Toyota or other car the paved To dress this way (clothes we're today)? ve a hospital wit~ mod dtcin mo I lt p my t h v o,rts · vi'sit our i lands and islands?

There are numerous things that can be asked, yet, all of these things mentioned are not part of ou~ orig­inal culture. The culture itself has to ~o with the environment, the people and the many new things that are considered acceptable today that were not accept­ab le yesterday.

A family is a society and each family cultur is dif­ferent from one anothe~. The two family's rules and regulations may be different. It simply means that changes in our environment are taking place from time to tie. The people must adapt nd adjust themselves to all these changes as the time goes by. Culture is a changing thing.

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ly peopl started to p ople had been und. ion. We are Christi

where whe. omeone gets marrie at people in ur s ciety will not accept married unless officiated by th nci n C amorro nd modern peopl

do cce t thts k nd of marriag. How ~il this ever be accep ed bv

Be ause we are living with peoole o and'd fferent faiths our people will E ing~ peopl r o

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Sunday, June 4 on Saipan. Honored ere Paul C.

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