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Friday " August 28 , 1992 Saipan, MP 96950 , Serving CNMI for 20 Years

Top-rank fight, part two

Palacios

Crime Stoppers gives 1st reward

CRIME Stoppers, a private orga­nization assisting police efforts to trackdown perpetrators of acrime, has given its first reward to a witness who provided informa­tion that led to the arrest of a criminal.

The witness, whose identity was witheld, received a $500 reward earlier this week.

Crime Stoppers Administrator and Assistant DPS Chief Frank

C. Duenas said the witness was instrumental in the solution of a robbery and kidnapping case about two monthS ago.

The anti-crime group was or­ganized in Saipan on April 4,1990 by the Rotary Club. It is an affiliate of Crime Stoppers International which started in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1976 and has an estimated 1,000 affiliates world-

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RP consul leavingPHILIPPINE Consul to Saipan Julius Torres is vacating his post at the consulate soon.

Torres said in an interview yes­terday that his term as consul ex­pired on Aug. 6 but he would continue to occupy the position until after the Department of For­eign Affairs (DFA) in Manila has named his replacement.

He arrived in Saipan Tuesday night after a three-week stay in Manila. .

Torres has 60 days from the date of the new consul’s ap­pointment to prepare to leave the post.

The outgoing consul said he would be stationed back to the DFA main office in Manila be­cause he has reached the limit for a consul to hold a position overseas for six consecutive years.

Torres assured that as long as he remains the consul, he will continue assisting Filipino workers in the Commonwealth, particularly the Filipina club v’orkers’ legal battle against a

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newspaper giant which pub­lished a report last month stat­ing that most Filipino women working in clubs and karaokes are prostitutes.

According to the consul, he talked yesterday to Michael Dotts, counsel of the 88 club workers who filed the libel suit against Pacific Daily News and discussed the plan to modify the suit so more Filipina club work­ers would be included as plain­tiffs.

Torres, however, declined to say how many more Filipina club workers were signing in as plain­tiffs against the suit versus PDN.

The Philippine Consulate in Saipan will also have a new as­sistant to the consul because Leonardo Robles, the person oc­cupying the position, died from an illnes last Aug. 8.

Torres said he has recom­mended a replacement for Rob­les but did not name his recommendee. He said Robles’ replacement would be known soon.

Bruce

TWO GOVERNMENT officials — Representative Herman T. Palacios and Tim Bruce, the governor’s legal counsel — en­gaged in a near fist fight yester­day, witnessed by three US con­gressional committee staff mem­bers who were investigating local labor and immigration conditions.

“They saw everything, and it’s a shame,” according to Rep. Crispin Guerrero.

The incident happened during a meeting between the House of Representatives and Lori Sonken, Richard Mellzer and Virginia Sablan, professional staff mem­bers of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Sub­committee on Insular and Interna­tional Affairs.

One of the visitors said the in­cident was “really uncalled for.”

The Legislature was also the scene of a physical confrontation between government officials two weeks ago.

Officials and employees of the Department of Public Safety were picketing outside the Legislature when DPS Director Gregorio Camacho allegedly kicked the car of Senator David M. Cing.

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PIC burglaries puzzle policeBy Gaynor L. Dum at-ol

AN AVERAGE of three theft and burglary incidents each week have been taking place since last month at Pacific Islands Club and the police suspect that the perpetra­tors could be insiders.

“This is a tough one,” Police Chief Antonio Reyes said.

Locked lockers, doors and even a safety deposit box at PIC have been opened without indication that force was used.

In other cases, things of swim- mingpool guests were stolen from the poolside in broad daylight, the police gathered.

This week, for example, the police recorded at least two theft

incidents at PIC.A person lost $300 and other

personal belongings inside a bag placed on the poolside while the person went swimming.

The following day, another theft incident took place but the details were unavailable as of yesterday.

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Reyes explains shooting by cop

Court CalendarBy Gaynor L. Dum at-ol

THE POLICE officer who shot American Robert Helman dead after the latter allegedly aimed a knife at him feels sorry he fired the gun last Sunday afternoon.

“The officer is the type who makes people laugh...he is dis­turbed about what happened,” Police Chief Antonio Reyes said.

Reyes explained, however, that Officer Ismael Aguon “had no choice” but to shoot Helman, 44, because the American was poised to attack the officer with the knife.

The police chiefs statement was made after Daisy, the wife of Helman, was quoted as saying that Aguon should have only crippled her husband by aiming at his leg instead of shooting him in the chest area.

But Reyes said “nobody in the world is taught how to cripple a person. It’s either (the police officer’s) life or his life.”

The police chief'explained that Helman might have attacked the police officer if Aguon had not acted fast enough. “If the guy did not care about his life... would he care about a police officer’s life?”

“A police officer is entitled to save his life," Reyes added.

Aguon, according to a police report e a rlie r , was dispatched Sunday afternoon to the Benavenlc apartments in As Lito after Helman’s wife reported to the Department of Public Safety that her husband was trying to commit suicide by stabbing himself.

Cing has filed a complaint for assaultand battery against Camacho.

Palacios, interviewed after the fight, said he had asked Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero to dismiss Bruce “as he does not belong to the governor’s cabinet.”

Bruce, on the other hand, said: “It is unfortunate that this thing had to happen, and right in front of our guests. But the best policy we can have is to truly show them the Com­monwealth and not hide anything about ourselves, our shortcomings and our problems.”

“The meeting was very cordial and was going on smoothly and we were able to tackle a lot of things, especially those related to the re­cent Washington oversighthearing,” Guerrero said. “It’s just embarrass­ing that it had to end this way.”

Witnesses said the closed door meeting was going on when Bruce, who was coordinating the schedule of meetings for the visitors, went inside the chamber to remind the group that they should move on to their meeting with the Senate. Rep. Pedro R. Guerrero was in the middle of a presentation at that time.

Seeing Guerrero’s irritation at Bruce’s entry, Palacios confronted the attorney and said his action was

Early this month, a thief broke into the room occupied by an American guest, scattered the things inside the guest’s attache case and only took coins valued at less than $10.

Upon his arrival at thé scene, the police report said, Aguon tried convincing the already bloodied American to drop the knife but Helman refused and poised him­self to attack the officer, prompt­ing Aguon to shoot.

Helman was pronounced dead at 4:23 p.m. at the hospital. His financial woves drove the American to stab himself. Aside from the gunshot wound in his chest, Helman had four self-in­flicted stab wounds in the arms and his right thigh.

The American left two children, the youngest of whom is one year and a half.

Reyes said Aguon, who joined the DPS more than three years ago, went on a five-day adminis­trative leave to recover from the incident

Aguon, Reyes added, “is a very nice guy” who had a way of calming down people which was the reason why he was the one dispatched to the Benavente apartments.

Aguon was only the second police officer in the history of DPS who shot and killed a person.

The first one was retired Police Chief Joe Castro who shot a man trying to attack him with a bolo two years ago.

Reyes said as much as possible, the DPS tries to resolve a trouble without using guns.

The police chief wished that he would not be forced shoot a per­son dead while in the performance of his duties as police officer until he retires.

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alPalacios, at the same time callinghim an “a_______ ”. Palacios thenallegedly shoved his hand at Bruce’s face.

The two then put up a fighting stance but were prevented from hit­ting each other by Speaker Thomas Villagomez.

Palacios, interviewed after the incident, said he did not like the way Bruce behaved. “He ap­proached me and pointed a finger between my eyes and called me names. That was when I pushed him and told him not to call me names. Butwhatreally got me riled up was when he poise to fight,” Palacios said.

He apologized to the visitors, saying “I’m really sorry but this is an action which you have just wit­nessed from a white American ver­sus an elected official of the ‘brown US community’.”

Sonken, Meltzerand Sablan were invited to the Commonwealth by Resident Representative Juan N. Babauta to see for themselves the local labor and immigration condi­tions. They are scheduled to return to Washington today.

Reyes observed that the inten­tion in some of the cases was only to burglarize, not steal valuable items.

PIC management was advised to hire more plainclothesmen.

JUDGE PEDRO M . A T A U GSept.110:00 A.M.Joseph S. Inos vs. Juan S. Demapan, et. al.Sept. 2 9:00 A.M.Jones & guerrero Co. vs. Merian T. LizamaJesus DelaCruz, et. al. vs. Angelica C. Aldan, et. al.Triple J. Saipan vs. Sylvestre R. RalsangBank of Saipan vs. Fuamoli U. SantosGabriel F. Boyer vs. Sylvestre RasiangWorld Wide Corp. vs. Green park Ent. Inc.Kim Chong Kyun vs. Jose Juan M. Dela Cruz, et. al.Shlnchl T aka h a s h i vs . Ikuo YoshlzawaAdvance Textile Corp. vs. Ikuo Yoshlzawa et. al.JUDGE M ARTY W .K . TA YLO R Aug. 31 9:00 A.M.CNMI vs. Pedro AyuyuCNMI vs. Vincent RAymond Attao3:00 P.M.CNMI vs. Vincent Raymond AttaoJUVENILESJUVENILESS e p t 29:00 A.M.CNMI vs. Brenda S. REyes CNMI vs. Pedro P. Pinaula CNMI vs. Robert Dela Rosa CNMI vs. Ricardo B. Songsong 1:30 P.M.henry Efnest Hofschnleder vs. Joanne M. Hofschneider Elizabeth DL Guerrero et. al. vs. Oscar M. KingNarruhn, dorlta vs. Narruhn, FrankCellulosaT. Orquiza vs. Rolando B.REallngoSept. 39:00 A.M.CNMI vs. Leonora F. Bordallo, et. al.ADOPTION ADOPTION ADOPTION ADOPTION Sept. 4 9:00 A.M.JC Tenorio Ent. vs. Choi Kwang SooUniversal Rental vs. George A. EdmundsJC Tenorio Ent. vs. Tri Gold G en­eral TradingTown Hosuse Ent. vs. JC Int’l. Inc. Sunny Market vs. Lawrence M. FlemingJC Tenorio Ent. vs. Choi Kwang SooUniversal Rental vs. Michelle Rose CastroUnbn Bank vs. Zenaida F. Hog Sunny Market vs. Rolando Eugenb lang Yu Meei vs. Mark Javier Garrido Kwek’s Ent. vs. Pacific Builders Inc. Happy Market vs. Edgardo De Dios MacabaloPacific Int’l. Marianas vs. David llo Cresencia B. Villagomez vs. Fran­cisco KalpatIsland Fiesta Foods Co. vs. Terry B. SantosKwek’p Ent. vs. Florence Fleming Lucky Supermarket vs. Serafín A. CamachoPacific In t’l: Inc. vs. Jose O. LitulumarLucky Sepermarket vs. Serafín A. CamachoF & B Servbe Sta. vs. Julie B. RobertoF & B Service Station vs. John A. Deleon Guerrero

Universal Rental vs. Palsldo M. TagabuelHighway Market vs. Ariel R. Dumaplt Highway Market vs. antonio P. VillanuevaHighway Market vs. Antonio P. VillanuevaUniversal Rental vs. Lucia C. Sablan Universal Rental vs. Ray C. Sablan Universal Rental vs. Joseph V. Ada Universal Rental vs. Juanlto A. CaamchoUniversal R ental vs. Rosie F. MafnasUniversal Rental vs. Carmen M. FujihlraUniversal Rental vs. Rolando T. EugenioUniversal Rentalvs. Gloria Ann Die. DueñasUniversal Rentalvs. Ray C. Sablan Universal Rental vs. George A. EdmundsTown House Inc. vs. Anthony P. De LeoTown House Inc. vs. Min Kyung WooTown House Inc. vs. Lucy S. Bowen Town House Inc. vs. RogerGagnon Town House Inc. vs. Toger Gagno Town Hosuse Inc. vs. Terry B. SantosTown Hosuse Inc. vs. Sang Young Corp.Universal Rentalvs. Felix S. Panes Town House Inc. vs. Bartolome S. OrdonezTown House Inc. vs. GEorge M. & Florence FlemingTown House Inc. vs. Estherlita R. SablanTown House Inc. vs. Brothers Corp. town House Inc. vs. Ronaldo V. Dimaanotown Hsouse Inc. vs. Jose C. & Alicia GuerreroTown House Inc. vs. Hermina C. FlemingTown House Inc. vs. Paul Kim Universal Rental vs. Access Silla Trading Corp.Universal R ental vs. Leonardo Roldan Jr.Carmen Safeway Meitetsu vs. Jesus P. UsonCarmen Safeway Meitetsu vs. Luis V. SaturnoPacific Financial Corp. vs. Rolando T. EugenioPacific Financial Corp. vs. Rolando T. EugenioPacific Financial Corp. vs. Santiago N. KalenPacific Financial .Corp. vs. Moon Haeng LeePacific Financial Corp. vs. William S. ArrblaPacific Financial Corp. vs. Daniel I. LietoPacific Financial Corp. vs. Manuel C. AnguiPacific Financial Corp. vs. Vicente M. AldanPacific Financial Corp. vs. Alfredo A. GonzalesPacific Financial Corp. vs. Roger D. GagnonPacific Financial Corp. vs. Britillia A. ArriolaO riental M arket vs. Martin M. Sablan, et. al.Pacific Financial vs. Robert & Melanie S. Dela Rosa Pacific Financial vs. William & Estela KaipatPacific Financial vs. Evangeline P.Balbon & SanchoPacific Financial vs. George H.Arurang & Wirang M aOriental Market vs. Ramona S.NavarroTranspacfb Int’l. Inc. vs. Michael P. Kileleman

Pacific Financial Corp. vs. Thomas L. JoabUniversal Iron Works vs. Lino Valdez Un viersal Iron Works vs. Pepe Pons Pacific Int’l. Inc. vs. Gloria Ann DLC DuenasPacific Int’l. Inc. vs. Elphidia B. SablanTriple J. Saipan Inc. vs. Wilfredo ChingTorcuato B. Tudela vs. D. Christina S. AldanT.S.S. Corp. vs. Benusto L. Piteg T.S.S. Corp. vs. Shogo Nakamatsu Transpacrfic Int’l. Inc. vs. Gloria Ann DuenasTranspacific Int’l. Inc. vs. Elphida B. SAblanPenny’s Meitetsu vs. Guam A irTer- minal SEr. Inc.Bank of FSM vs. Stenson Solomon Pacific Int’l. Marianas vs. Moses QuituguaTransAm erican Devt. Corp. vs. Tudela, Franciso T.JUDG E A LEX C. CASTROAug. 319:00In Re Estate of Uol, Vicente CNMI vs. Antonio I. Sablan CNMI vs. Isidro I. Misa Sept. 1 9:00 A.M.Arturo F. Urbano vs. Sae Woun Corp. et. al.CNMI vs. Ingka A. Philip 1:30P.M.In Re Estate of Castro, Dolores C. In Re Estate of Ogumoro, Jose In Re Estate of Agulto, Pedro S.In Re Estate of Manglona, Fran­cisco A.S e p t 2 1:30 P.M .In Re Estate of Taisacan, FelisMatantaoSept. 48:30 A .M .CNMI vs. Towai, Raymond A.1:30 P.M.CNMI vs. Eric Scott YoungROTASept. 39:00 A .M .Pacific Constr. Co. vs. Paul A.SantosJUVENILEC ontinental A irlines vs. Japhil Constr. Corp.Cece Gift Shop vs. Antonio O. QuituguaCece gift Shop vs. Antonio O. QuituguaContinental Airlines vs. Antonio O. QuituguaPenny’s Meitetsu vs. Angel S. HocogBank of Hawaii vs. Carmen C. RangamarFrancis S. Barcinas vs. Carmen T. Cabrera & Ramona C.Pacific Island Aviation vs. Antonio O. QuituguaLucky Store vs. Tricia H. Manglona Six-Ten Store vs. Antonio O . QuituguaKwek’s Ent. vs. Antonio Q. Quitugua Continental Airlines vs. Ignacio K. MesngonIsland Diners vs. Antonio Q. Maratita Continental Airlines vs. Angel S. HocogDress U Up vs. Bobbie Taisacan Dress U Up vs. Henry M. Ogo Patty’s Unisex vs. Tricia Manglona Patty’s Unisex vs. Antonio O . QuituguaOverseas Emp. Recruiting vs. Raymond Flawau Rota Import & Transport vs. Beato A. MendiolaTJ Ent. vs. James N. Kintaro

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CRIM E Stoppers Chairman Ben C. Camacho hands over to DPS Assistant Chief Frank C. Duenas the $500 reward to a witness who helped solve a crime.

Crime.. # continued from page 1wide.

All that a witness needs to do, according to Duenas, is call Crime Stoppers which is housed at the Department of Public Safety, at 234-7272 the soonest he or she can get to the phone after or while watching a crime unfolding.

A witness need not identify himself but he or she has to have a fictitious name for the purpose of claiming the reward when the case is solved.

Each month, according to Duenas, Crime Stoppers receives an average of seven “good” calls

or positive calls.Ben C. Camacho, interim

chairman of Crime Stoppers, said the community’s support for Crime Stoppers was picking up and that many are already aware that such an organization exists to assist law enforcers.

Rotary Club is being given fi­nancial and other kinds of support in the anti-crime project by Duty Free Shop, Continental Air Micronesia, Micronesian Tele­communications Corp., Marianas Visitors Bureau and this news- paper, among others.

Chinese robbed while sleeping

By Gaynor L. Dum at-ol

A CHINESE was robbed of $2,000 in US dollar bills and $5,000 in H ong K ong dollars while sleeping in his bedroom Wednesday night.

The police said the thief en­tered the house of Chen Ti Wang in Dandan by breaking into the back door and took the money from the Chinese’s pants pocket

Chen Ti was reported to be connected with Shore Develop- ment Limited but the police did not

indicate the Chinese’s position in the company.

Meanwhile, a thief stole a laven­der swimsuit from among an array of elothesowned by a ladv ioumalisi which were left overnight by her laundrywoman on the clothesline.

It was thé second time the jour­nalist was robbed of her swimsuit in a span of two weeks.

In the first incident, the thief also got only a black and white swim­suit from a clothesline full of clothes at the back of the journalist’s apartment.__________________

PSS releases plans for health conference

nity parents - the central fotus of the conference, and panel sessions that will feature professionals who will respond to issues and con­cerns raised in the parent work­shop sessions.

As the governor’s state coor­dinator for the nation-wide pro­gram Torres has overseen the work of the CNMI council, that began work on the a CNMI plan that would design and implement activities to promote President Bush’s national education goals found in America 2000.

In February, the council at­tended a national level conference in Washington and was chosen to review and coordinate similar activities in the US insular areas.

Council members urge parents to attend the conference series, parents may register for any of the conferences by calling their local public school principal or counselor. In Saipan, callCatalino Sanchez at the Public School Central Office, tel. 322-9823, ext. 258.

PUBLIC School System Com­missioner William S. Torres yes­terday released the final plans for Governor Guerrero’s “healthy Children: Ready To Learn” con­ference series that begins on Sept. 21 arid 22 in Rota, followed by a conference for the Tinian com­munity on the 24th and 25th, and a three-day conference on the 28th, 29th and 30th in Saipan.

The conference goal is to impart knowledge to parents, especially the “new parents” of the CNMI, of the existing health and educa­tion program and services avail­able to them and the procedures to obtain them, the importance of prenatal care for expectant mothers, and the importance of physical examinations and im­munizations for children.

The conference has a three part format. It is made up of a general assembly consisting of speakers from the private and government service agencies who will present their programs and services, workshop sessions with commu-

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MY, MY, look at what those high-ranking officials are doing. First, the Camacho-Cing kicking inci­dent. Now, aface-pushing, near fist fight between a lawyer and a lawmaker inside the Legislature building, complete with Washington guests on the “ringside” as spectators.

If government leaders represent the aspira­tions of the people, do they also reflect the deterioration of the people’s character? Pity if they do.

Early this week Superior Court Judge Alex Castro expressed concern over the increasing brutality of crimes committed in the Common­wealth. “Crimes unheard of when our forefathers were still here are happening in Saipan,” he said during the sentencing of an accessory to a mur­der.

The judge was shocked by the fact that mur­ders were being committed without provocation.

The Camacho-Cing kicking incident was pre­ceded by a verbal exchange regarding the delay in the passage of the government budget. The near fist fight yesterday between Representative Herman Palacios and governor’s counsel Tim Bruce was caused by the latter’s alleged inter­ruption of a presentation by another legislator before the visiting staff members of US congres­sional committees.

Were the budget delay and the interruption of a proceeding enough provocation for a physical fight among educated, highly placed officials of government? Is it too ambitious for the people to expect their leaders to speak and behave more respectfully and with much more restraint than us ordinary individuals?

Judge Castro has suggested a public debate or a study by the Legislature on the wisdom of adopting the capital punishment as a deterrent to brutal crime. Imposition of capital punishment should scare persons with criminal tendencies, he said.

Perhaps the good judge, who also had long experience in prosecuting criminals, could sug­gest how to make government officials, our leaders, behave more like leaders instead of like street fighters.

Otherwise, we might as well make boxing gloves or kimono the official attire for government offi­cials. Hail

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Companies used loopholes to trade with IraqBy Jack Anderson and Michael Binstein

WASHINGTON - Two years after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, some of his more no­torious accomplices are still at large: the web of US and interna­tional corporations that served as his weapons pipeline. So far, they seem beyond the reach of the Justice Department

Most of the blame, however, rests with the Reagan and Bush administrations which, prior to the Gulf War, were actively fos­tering such trade for commercial and foreign policy reasons.

Former Undersecretary of De­fense Stephen Bryen told us: “State and Commerce had pro­grammed themselves to promote trade with Iraq, but they didn’t care, unfortunately, that some of that trade was really illicit and really involved unconventional

weapons. They weren’t interested in these complications to their policy.”

In doing so, the road was paved for Iraq to make us of gaping loopholes in US export regula­tions. Investigators today are finding that even US exports to Iraqi missile sites may have been entirely legal.

But as investigators sift through export records in search of poten­tial illegalities, they are receiving scant assistance form the admin­istration. House Banking Com­m ittee Chairman Henry B. Gonzales, D- Texas, recently charged: “Ironically, President Bush was personally involved in the effort to limit the flow of pre- Aug. 2,1990, Iraq-related infor­mation to Congress, yet he has not taken the lead in marshaling the resources of the federal gov­ernment to assist law enforcement agencies in pursuing Iraq-related

cases.”Gonzalez charges the adminis­

tration with devoting more re­sources to whitewashing its role in arming Iraq than in pursuing US companies that may have ille­gally shipped weapons to the Baghdad strongman. Last month, he charged that his investigators had received numerous com­plaints from law enforcement of­ficials who feel their efforts have gotten short changed.

US officials acknowledge that the investigations have been problem-plagued, but they deny there is any coordinated effort by the administration to stymie these probes. Nevertheless, the US Customs Service, the lead agency in tracking illegal exports to for­eign countries, has clearly en­countered serious difficulties - mostly from the Commerce De­partment.

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Jr’s Agendaby John DelRdsario

With CUC’s financial debacle, we wonder how long will it take for the Board of Directors and the Governor to come to grips with the fact that the utility agency needs a major overhaul in its fi­nancial management system.

There was Shell Oil Marianas who toe* its case to the legisla­ture for some concrete answers after all appeals to CUC and the Governor’s Office failed. It fi­nally got paid and CUC came within its contractual obligations with its oil supplier.

But it’s back to square one, friends. CUC is once again in arrears with Shell Oil Marianas.

Oh, we now have Mitsubishi— CUC’s generator supplier—who is also asking for payment to the tune of $5.9 Million plus five percent interest per year.

It seems this entire episode has become fashionable—vendors

appealing to the legislature for payment of what they ’re owed by CUC. Is the Governor and the Board of Directors aware of the seriousness of these obligations to which CUC seems oblivious? I am beginning to wonder how CUC wouldfare if it begins paying its liability with the Common­wealth Development Authority sometime next year to the tune of $500,000 per month. Another solicitation for additional grace period may be in order? Appeals for payment from the legislature has become a broken record.

Perhaps I have been a bit too critical and merciless inmy views about the maimer CUC has dis­posed of public funds. Well, it is a natural reaction knowing that you and I will be’paying dearly fpr the mistake of some huncho whose forte never came anywhere close tofmancial management and

accountability .NparIt will be interesting to find out

how the board and the Governor disposed of these concerns. The down turn in the local economy should be an easy excuse to ride on at least for an organization that is adept to squandering public funds. It’s mind numbing and absolutely humiliating! The re­cent Oversight Hearing in Wash­ington is a serious matter that calls Tor some critical review of the very issues raised by members of the Subcommittee on Interior and International Affairs. I might offer that the concerns brought into focus by the Subcommittee arc matters of mutual neglect. It is now up to jis to rectify them with a sense of responsibility.

Legal issues brought to the Subcommittee’s attention by Mary Beth Herald are legitimate

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t o b i g o t r y pRfeSS CoV eR a0e oF THe 1992 СаМРйбМDear Editor:Pending before the CNMI Sen­

ate is a proposed bill, S.B. 8-83, which the Legislature has already approved. This bill would define the term “local” td mean ,vthose persons that are eligible under Section 4 of Article XII ;of ttie Commonwealth Constitution.” Like many people, I support the intent of Article XII and think that Section 4 ’s definition of a “persOTt of Northern Marianas Descent” is fair and workable for thepurposes of Article VII. Even taken out of context, the definition in Section 4 makes sense, historically- speaking. But the definition should not and cannot be applied outside the context of Article XIL Let me explain.

Under S.B. 8-83, “locals” will beentitledto“local discountrates” at “any business establishment” which offers such discounts. I presume that the wording and intent of S.B. 8-83 is to hinder or even prevent “non-locals” from also receiving any local discounts.

My ancestors were from Northern Europe and North America, which makes me both a so-called“haole”andanon-local.. Like other non-locals, I came to the CNMI to work for the “local” government And, like a local, I pay taxes, I obey the laws, I am US citizen, and I expect the gov­ernment to treat me fairly and equally.

But the purpose of S.B'. 8-83 is continued on page 15 fSbC Ki' MrN. tJeWS -M ea

‘Chamolinian Seedling’ replies to Haole’ Si maaseDear Editor,This is in response to Bom in

the USA “haole’s” letter regard­ing US-CNMI ties that appeared in the August 14,1992 issue.

Before challenging the state­ments made by the writer I would like to say that none of my argu­ments are intended to defend, condone, of justify the irrespon­sible words and/or deed of double standard local politicians, gov­ernment administrators and their self-serving business associates. My presentation will focus on the writer’s advocacy of accepting a defeatist attitude when it comes to issues involving local self- governance.

In point number one the USA Haole says the CNMI cannot be a part of the US and still have in­dependence. I disagree. The British Commonwealth of Na­tions is a free association of in­dependent nations that retain in­dividual national sovereignty rights while they develop, pro­mote and implement co-beneficial policies. They agree to respect the ideological and socio-eco­nomic diversity among members who are unique and co-equal partners in their Commonwealth of Nations. If British common­wealth affiliates can be indepen­dent of each other and still form a political commonwealth, why is it not possible for the CNMI?

I believe that the designation of the Northern Marianas as a com­monwealth implies a bilateral agreement between our indig­enous people and the federal government to establish laws that would be mutually beneficial. Yes, the US Congress has the final authority to enact legislation affecting local self-governance but would it be right for a big and powerful nation like the United States to bully a small common­wealth into doing what the US feels is right without first giving the CNMI a chance to evaluate and then modify it’s present po­sition if and when it is reasonable to do so?

It would be discriminatory for the US congress to forcefully apply one standard of behavior for one territory while allowing another territory to practice what the US Congress publicly pro-

claims is wrong. Are you aware of the fact that American Samoa has a minimum wage lower than the minimum wage in the CNMI? Are federal immigration, labor, wage, commercial and other laws created by the US congress uni­formly applied to all territories of the US? If you take some time to research this question I think you would be surprised with the an­swer.

While growing up in the con­tinental US I learned, in US his­tory, that the US was a staunch advocate of human rights and believed in fair play. Didn’t the original 13 colonies fight for the right to self-govemance from England because of the second class treatment practiced in the American colonies? England as the military protector and exclu­sive caretaker of the colonies had a legal right to imposed its will upon the colonies. If the inhab­itants of the colonies did not question or fight against the un­fair practices of their wardens there wouldn’ be a nation called the United States of America. The refining of true democratic prin­ciples in a republican form of government would not have been allowed to evolve into the most resourceful and powerful de­fender of human rights that it is today.

Yourprediction that in 20 or 30 years we will lose the right to retain local ownership of land in the CNMI may be based upon false assumptions. Are you as­suming that US citizens and for­eign nationals are guaranteed the right to won land in the CNMI by the US Constitution? History records how US citizens and foreign immigrants used military force to displace American Indi­ans from lands they loved and respected, butldon’trecall a time when the Supreme Court estab­lished a legal precedent declaring a Constitutional right of US citi­zens andforeignNationals to own land. A Haole should know his constitution better than I.

Article 12, section 6 of the CNMI constitution was designed to prevent future generations nor our indigenous people from ex­periencing socio-economic hard­ships and to protect our heirs from

being displaced from their home­land. What’s wrong with pro­viding economic opportunity and security for future generations whose origins can be traced to the CNMI? This is a constitutional provision that should be adopted by all sovereign nations who love and care for their prodigy.

Why do you proclaim, with confidence, that CNMI represen­tation in the US congress will further deteriorate local self-gov- emance? Why couldn’t you consider the possibility that ef­fective and persuasive congres­sional representation would pro­vide a more meaningful and di­rect line of communication be­tween our local community and the US governing body? Im­proved communication would make it possible for Congress to understand the needs, desires, and aspirations of our people. An active lobby could provide fed­erally sponsored development programs (with accountability restrictions) that would move our local economy toward self-suffi­ciency and responsible self-gov­emance.

You indicated that full inte­gration into the US governing system with the right to vote for President and congressional rep­resentation would allow good US laws to protect our basic human rights. Your argument here is also faulty, because we have had full protection of our constitu­tional rights for quite some time and I don’t believe that we would allow their exclusion in part or in whole while pursuing self-gover­nance. We love our democratic freedoms and we would naturally work hard to retain them.

Somewhere in your letter you claimed that we already owe Uncle Sam so much. What spe­cifically do we owe? Do we owe it to you and Japan that you sub­jected our islands and it’s people to the tragedies of war? W W II superpowers bombed our islands, killed our people(don’tlookonly at Japan. What about friendly fire victims) and forbade us from speaking our local language. Do we owe you for bringing alcohol, cigarettes, drug abuse, disobedi­ence to parents, guns, and all those other nice western vices to the

Marianas? Or maybe we owe you for teaching us how to build concrete ovens for homes, or how to use industrial chemicals to pollute our beautiful lagoon so we could kill our fish, the reef and get sick from food poisoning for eating our ocean food resources?

Oh, no, maybe you’re talking about all the money the US has given us to run the government and stimulate the economy. Even this I would not consider a le­gitimate argument If good ole Uncle Sam can pour billions of dollars in war, reparations into Japan to rebuild a nation that forcedUS involvement into WW II without expecting a return on it’s investment why do we owe Uncle Sam so much when the total amount spent on these islands is token compared to what he did for Germany and Japan and we were supposed to be on the same side as our Bom in the USA, dear ole Uncle Sam. And you talk about what we owe.

While discussing alternatives you were right about the prevail­ing negative attitude toward pur­suing independence but I ’m dis­turbed about your pessimistic at­titude regarding the potential for self-sufficiency and indepen­dence, especially if Guam became reunited with the rest of the Marianas.

1. The Asia-Pacific Rim is predicted to be the next global region with the potential to ex­perience explosive economic ac­tivity as the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam and other Asia- Pacific nations join the world community in global import/ex­port trade relations. The Mariana Islands can serve as a hub for transshipment or commercial port activities which will generate millions of dollars inrevenues for local government coffers.

2. If the Pacific island nations adopt master development plans with strict observance of perfor­mance zoning laws designed to perpetuate and promote ideal paradise island environments the tourism industry would experi­ence a windfall of economic benefits. Concrete jungles (like Honolulu) are out but paradise fun m the sun will never go out of

continued on page 13

Dear Editor:Through your widely-read

newspaper, we wish to thank all the civic organizations, friends and individuals who gave their kind support and prayers to the following:

1. Melchor Pilande, hit-and- run victim. His remains were repatriated on August 1,1992.

2. Efren Reyes, hit-and-run victim. He was airlifted on Au­gust 11, 1992. The Dept, of Foreign Affairs had coordinated with the Overseas Workers Wel­fare Admin, and the Dept, of Social Welfare in Manila to help the victim’s families.

3. Leonardo P. Robles, who died last August 8, 1992. His family and the ‘ Phil. Consulate staff wish to thank everyone who condoled. We also wish to thank the paramedics who immediately responded to out 911 call and the doctors at CHC who fought to save him.

Very truly yours,/s/Ma. Janora M. Bernardo Finance Officer & OIC

U S D A c h e e s e w i l l b e b i t t e r

Open letterThe Honorable George Miller Member, United States House

of Representatives 2228 Rayburn House Office

Building Washington, DC 20515-0507

Dear Congressman Miller:I am writing to you in hopes

that your “good intentions” will not destroy the lives of the people of the CNMI.

Before I continue, perhaps it is best that I tell you a little about myself. I amnot an “indigenous” member o f the Saipan commu­nity. I am, however, a Pacific islander, o f Ulithian, Palauan and European-American descent. My family and I have resided in Saipan few over 20 years. I at­tended schools in Arizona, Vir­ginia and Florida and have trav­elled throughout the US, Japan and the South Pacific.

During the oversight hearings inD.C. which were televisedhere, there were accusations about the

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Law hikes subsidy for public televisionWASHINGTON (AP)-President Bush on Wednesday signed into law a bill that sharply increases government subsidies for public television m the United States.

It also bans the screening before midnight of “indecent” adult-ori­ented programs by public televi­sion as well as America’s pre­dominantly commercial television outlets that are privately owned and financed by advertising.

Congress approved the three- year, $1.1 billion reauthorization for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting earlier this month. It must still pass legislation appro­priating the money.

The law signed Wednesday

authorizes government contri­butions to the corporation’s budget increasing in steps from $251 million this year to dollars to $425 million in 1996.

The White House had threat­ened a veto because of the spending increases, but backed off after Republicans mustered only 22 votes in the Senate on a proposal to freeze public radio and TV subsidies.

The government provides about 15 percent of public broadcasting’s support, with the rest drawn from corporate and individual grants and contribu­tions from viewers.

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The Iraqi president already has removed all fixed-wing aircraft and mosthelicoptersftom the zone, while on the ground, the State Department says, there has been no fighting for at least two days.

Saddam, it appears, is challenging Bush only with the kind of bluster he directed at Washington during the 1991 Gulf war.

Iraq said Wednesday it would not abide by the allies ’ “no-fly zone” but proposed defusing its confrontation with the West by establishing a “wisemen committee,” a group of elder statesmen to mediate.- The Iraqi official press had said earlier that theregionwouldbe turned into “a graveyard for the fleeing in­vaders.” But the action of Saddam’s retreat speaks louder than those words.

Bush, meanwhile,hit therigftt notes on Wednesday. He condemned Saddam’s “harsh repression” of the Shiites in the south, merchants in Baghdad and other Iraq is in the north. Then the president flew south to Louisiana to register his concern for Americans coping with Hurricane Andrew.

This is the combination of resolute leadership and compassion Bush is tryingtoprojectinanuphillstruggleto win re-election in the November vot­ing. He even took the precaution of notifying Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton before announcing the no-fly zone, thereby disarming the Democratic challenger.

Clintonhaspassedupforeignpolicy briefings, knowing they could make him appear to beasupporterofBush’s actions. In this case, he gave his public approval, suggesting only that the president should have acted toprotect the Shiites last year.

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Former INO employee cites Mafnas’ successA FORMER employee of the Immigration and naturalization Office yesterday lauded Immi­gration Chief Jose P. Mafnas for improving the office’s services to the public.

Pete K. Teigita, in a letter to Mafnas, recalled that in the past people who needed to transact business with the INO had to stand outside the office for one to two

hours. Now, he said, people could go straight to the designated windows.

“I have seen that under your supervision, you have set up all the systems to alleviate conges­tions in the office," Teigita said.

Mafnas had been a police chief, senator and Senate president be­fore assuming the top post at the Immigration Office.

MARGARITA Adriano and Daniel Celjs (center), principal and vice principal, respectively, o f the Koblerville Elementary School, accept five air conditioner units from Tom Lee of National Pacific Insurance and Joseph Reyes and Tony Reyes of Pacific Basin Insurance and a company representative of Carrier, Saipan.

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legal concerns which we have mutually treated with a que sera attitude. They should be addressed seriously with local resolve to work with our national counterparts in their resolution. I am sure that members, of both the Subcommittee and the Full Committee are compassionate people who understand the need to stay out of perpetuating neo-colonialism. Admittedly, we have learned and lived with double standards—a legacy of the oldTiust Territory Government to which we feel it was perfectly legal.

The CNML however, is under the sovereign jurisdiction of the U.S. Govern­ment. And while one may argue that our Mother Country is in deeper mess with respect to the abuse of basic rights, it is not a good and tolerable excuse for us to follow either. If our economic achievements were attained through the exploitation of alien workers here, I am afraid that we will be marching to the courts almost every other week. Aliens are people too. They know what their rights are when treading American soil. Let our triumps and successes be enjoyed by everyone who contributed to it. Let it be ours to share!

* * *For all that may have gone wrong in our soul-searching efforts to understand the

“Ways of Washington”, one must understand that the federal bureaucracy isn’t a perfect governmental institution and that there’s constant efforts in the works to get rid of jhe kinks. We may run-up against a thick wall of frustration against Washington which really puts a test on our ability to persevere under the most try ing of circumstances. To run away from it is cowardice. To criticize decisions eminating from the system without our participatibnis a reflection that we have yet to grow-up so that we can begin understanding that a lot of good can be achieved via our direct participation on debates or discussions on issues that will eventually affect us. Let us allow reality to sink in and let us begin being realistic about our relationship with the U.S. Government

I might reiterate.that I too fully support the notion of a sovereign Northern Marianas. But until we learn how to rule ourselves with a sense of maturity and responsibility—political accountability—let us allow ourselves the opportunity to grow-up or outgrow what I call political adolecency. Take charge and let us all begin anew. __________________________________

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PSS-RFP NO . 92-0016

The Public School System is soliciting competi­tive sealed proposals, from interested individual or Firm for die Removal and Disposal of Leftover Food (Pig Slop) from the kitchen facility and respective schools participating in the School Meal Program for SY ’92-’93, specifically for Rota.

Proposal specifications may be obtained by visit­ing or contacting the Rota Liaison Office during normal working hours. Inquiries shall be directed to the Rota Liaison Officer, Jr. Jess Taisague, at telephone numbers 532-0561/62.

All Proposal submission shall be in duplicate in a sealed envelope, facemarked “RFP 92-0016” and addressed to Mr. David Babauta, Chief, PSS Pro­curement & Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950. Proposals must be submitted no later than 10:00 amMonday, September 14,1992 at which time and place it will be opened and read. The minimum allowable bid to be considered is set at $600.00 US dollars. Late submission will not be considered under any circumstances.

The Public School System reserves the right to reject any and all proposals for any reason and to waive or amend any defect, if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best interest.

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Palau receives grant for health programASISTANT Secretary for Terri­torial and International Affairs Stella Guerra announced yester­day a grant for the Republic of Palau under the Department of the Interior’s Operations and Maintenance Improvement Pro­gram (OMff).

“This project supports our goal of improving health care delivery in the insular areas,” Guerra said.

Thè grant will continue a two- year contract to assist Palau’s Ministry of Health with an ongo­ing maintenance program for health facilities in Palau. The grantaward will provideSl 16,379

for Fiscal Year 1992, to be matched with equal funding from the government of Palau in fiscal year 1993.

The funding will provide a graduate engineer to be placed in the position of Hospital Mainte­nance Engineer. The grant also includes training of a Palauan counterpart to the Maintenance Engineer position.

The project is part of a multi­year program to improve opera­tion and maintenance of island infrastructure in accordance with a plan of action.. The plan was developed by the Palau govem-

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Jellyfish sting cases increaseTHE DIVISION of Fish and Wildlife received a phone call today fromDr. Hofschneider of the Commonwealth Health Center (CHC) with regard to an extraordinary number of jelly­fish sting cases over the last couple of days.

He reported that they had a total of 16 patients come in to the CHC both yesterday and

today with stings from jellyfish -while swimming in the lagoon.

Two of the cases were reported as being serious conditions with severe pain, coughing, and cramping. Although this could be the result of allergic reactions, even small stings can be serious,

The DFW would like to warn the general public that there could be an influx of jellyfish in the

lagoon at the present time due to the weather conditions we have been experiencing.

The combination of strong westerly winds and the ocean currents could be bringing these drifting planktonic animals into the shoreline waters.

Please exercise caution while swimmingbecause jellyfish are often difficult to spot, the DW said.

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Tinian sets Labor Day festiv itiesTINIAN Labor Day Committee members have been meeting to organize the 1992 Labor Day festivities set for Friday, Sept. 4.

The Tinian celebration pre­cedes the CNMI-wide celebra­tion on Sept. 7.

Included in the many activities will be the announcement of the 1991 Tinian Employee-of-the- Year. Nine public servants are vying for the honor, which awards as $1,000 cash prize, trophy and promotion to the winner. The nine were selected by their re­spective departments/agencies during the 1992 Public Service Recognition Week celebration at the end of May.

Other activities will include honoring public service retirees, and employees who presently have over 15 years of govern­ment service. A poster contest, tent decoration contest, games for children and adults, and pot-luck lunch will also add to the days “family oriented” theme.

Tiriian Labor Day Committee Chairman Estevan M. King is anticipating a very enjoyable and successful event. “If this Labor Day celebration comes off well, we hope that funds will be made available for future events,” he

King said both the Tinian Pub­lic Service Recognition Week and Labor Day festivities have had to depend solely on donations from the community and volunteer support. King was appointed chairman by Mayor James M. Mendiola. King also said about 30 off-island guests will be at­tending the celebration.

This year’s candidates for Tinian Employee-of-the-Year are: Agnes M. Borja, Adminis­trative Officer n, Department ol Public Safety; FlorenciaM. Borja Labor Foreman, Department ol Public Health & Environmental Services; Barbara M. Camacho, Fiscal Officer, Office of the Mayor; Arthur M. Hofschneider, Inspector II, Immigration & Naturalization Office; Principia C. Monkeya, Community Devel­opment Specialist I, Department of Community & Cultural Affairs; Bernadita C. Palacios, Legal Secretary, Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission; Raynaldo M. Pangelinan, Trades Specialist n, Department of Natural Re­sources; Ricardo E. Rafon, Trades Specialist I, Department of Pub­lic Works; and Erlinda I. Sanchez, Clerk in, Personnel Office.

King said this will be the first time Tinian has selected its own Employee-of-the-Year. He said the winner will travel to Saipan to participate in the CNMI-wide Labor Day celebration.

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Bids must indicate the availability of parts and services on island. Delivery time and price should be included.

Vehicles must be CEF marpands, Saipan. It must also be ready for immediate delivery and have a one year maintenance/warranty agree­ment which includes parts and labor, rustproof/undercoated, safety inspected prior to delivery at Marpands, with registration fee payable at the CNMI Treasury.

All bids must be in a sealed envelope Marked IFB92-0049 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than August 31,1992 at 2:00 P.M., at which time and place, all bids would be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered, ¿he CNMI government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

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among older mothers. Amnio­centesis, a test for birth defects that involves drawingoutasample of amniotic fluid with a needle, is commonly performed on those over 35 but can trigger a miscar­riage.

In younger women, the risk of amniocentesis is actually greater than the risk of Down syndrome, so the procedure is not generally done under age 35. But because mostmothers are young, they give birth to more than 70 percent of babies with the genetic defect.

Until the mid-1980s, there was no way to safely test younger mothers-to-be for Down syn­drome. Then researchers found that checking the mother’s blood for abnormally low levels of a protein called alpha-fetoprotein could spot about 25 percent of those whosefetuses were afflicted.

Since then, researchers have discovered that unusual levels of two more blood proteins - unconjugated estriol and chori­onic gonadotropin - are also signs of Down syndrome, although no one knows why.

In the latest study, doctors from the Foundation for Blood Re­search in Scarborough, Maine, and Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., examined the accuracy of checking for all three of the proteins in mothers’ blood.

Pregnant women’s alpha-feto- protein is already routinely tested as a way of revealing neural tube defects in the unborn. Over a three- year period, the doctors performed the three tests on 25,207 women in Maine andRhodelsland. These women were expected to have 36' babies with Down syndrome.

The results of the study, di­rected by Dr. James E. Haddow, were published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medi­cine.

The tests identified 962 preg­nant women with at least a 1 in 190 chance of having fetuses with Down syndrome. These women turned out to have 21 fetuses with the disorder, or 58 percent erf the total.

When the tests reveal ahigh risk of the syndrome, doctors then recom­mend that womenreceive amniocen­tesis, which can pinpoint the disor­der. Using the blood tests as a guide, doctors found one case of Down syndrome for each 38 amniocente­ses.

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Cham olinian.. .continued from page 5style.

3. With the communist take over of Hong Kong in the horizon and with diligent government support., and concentration, the Marianas could become, a free market banking center for Asia- Pacific trade relations. Modem technology with improved inter­national communication satellites and fiber optics networks could make an international banking center a reality.

4. With proper research and development the natural ocean resources could be protected, cultivated and harvested for worldwide distribution.

5. If MPLC or another govern­ment agency looks toward de­veloping a non-profit island hotel, island shopping center on as little as 16 Hectares of public land for local benefit I envision annual revenues that could yield $8 mil­lion - $10 million which could go toward interest-free loanpackages for CNMI homestead recipients, and other social welfare programs benefiting youth, women, and the underprivileged.

You want money? You got it! No matter what we choose to

do to develop self-sufficiency all of our decisions should take into consideration the environmental, social and economic impact to protect and preserve the island paradise beauty that should last indefinitely.

We need well planned and en­vironmentally compatible invest­ments not hand outs or charity to make these islands global eco­nomic gems in a diversified world economy.

As for your concern about gov­ernment corruption. Keep in mind that sooner or 1 ater the majority of ourlaw-abidingcitizenswillreach a point when they will be forced to realize that some government leaders have failed to act respon­sibly in their privileged positions. Voters will see that a select few keep getting richer while deceived voters are left behind to eat the scraps. Corrupt officials have taken for granted the people’s tolerance of their double stan­dards, arrogance, mismanagement of government operations and appropriations. Talk will be cheap and fall upon deaf voters ears.

What do you do with a fruit tree that bears no fruit? You bum it down and replace it with trees that, “will bear fruit!” It’s time to break traditional voting patterns for a chance to see radical changes in public finance service opera­tions.

Maybe the arrogance, the lack of appreciation and the unfriend­liness you have tried to depict is not a real reflection of our true Chamolinian identity. It could very well be a displacement of the frustration our people have had to submit to during hundreds of years of foreign occupation. Maybe some of us have become weary of always having to listen to what other people feel is right for us.

Many local people who are still good and can see the adversity, corruption, confusion and anxi­ety resulting from bad apples leading them. The few bad apples

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C ham olinian...continued from page 13should not be a reason for you to become our prophet of doom un­less you can taken an honest look into a mirror and see perfection.

If you’ve been in the CNMI for a long time then you must have met some good people and i ’m sure that they have redeeming qualities. So, rather than play the role of the “ugly American,” try extending a sincere helping hand by gently leading the way to a better CNMI a better people. Love, friendship and humility can go a long way. Try it, you’ll like. I hope you will because I’m hop­ing to see the day when you can change your name from Bom in the USA, Haole to one more en­dearing in nature like Bom in the USA Chelu (Chamorro for brother).

I appreciate and enjoy the privilege of being a citizen of the United States and ‘ ven a choice I would rather be governed by the US than any communist govern­ment but that really isn’t the is­sue. The right to self-governance and the preservation of our Chamolinian identity are our concerns. Our people have had lo endure centuries of foreign gov­ernance. So, all we ask for is time to work out what we, the indig­enous people, feel will assure the survival of our Chamolinian people and our proud heritage.

Bom in the USA “haole,” I still believe that congress has men who are reasonable and patient with the CNMI. Yes, they can do what they want, and, they will do what they want. I hope they want to respect and endorse our struggle to exercise responsible self-gov­ernance for the future well being of our beloved Commonwealth.

Well, Chelu (Brother), thanks for giving us food for thought and although I don’t agree with you I respect your right to speak your mind. Now you have a responsi­bility to help your right to speak your mind. Now you have a re­sponsibility to help effect a change for the common good by sharing your positive ideas about how you, me and others can make the Northern Marianas Islands a bet­ter pi ace for us to l ive and prosper.

My only advise to you is that try to understand these issues from a different point of view.

Best Wishes from a “A Chamolinian Seedling”

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s a y i n o . . continued from page 5not to guarantee “locals” a local discount, they already receive that. The purpose of S.B. 8-83 is to institutionalize bigotry and resentment toward non-locals. What other purpose could S.B. 8- 83 serve? Why does the legisla­ture care if non-locals receive discounts at private business es­tablishments? Will it ruin the tax- base? What is wrong with the current no-definition system?

S.B. 8-83 is patently unconsti­tutional because it denies non­locals the equal protection of the law. Certainly, our legislature

realized that the guarantee of equal protection in the CNMI Constitu­tion applied uniformly to non­locals and locals.

I urge our Senate to withdraw S.B. 8-83 from consideration, or, alternatively, ask our governor to veto the bill ifit is passed. IfS.B. 8-83 is actually made law, I will have no choice but to file a law­suit asking the Superior Court to declare the law unconstitutional. If I must do so, I ask in advance for the support of the both the local and non-local members of our community, including busi-

nesses.By “support” I mean not only

moral support, but “just say no” support too. For example, S.B. 8- 83 has no provision authorizing enforcement. This means a busi­ness could “just say no” to S.B. 8- 83, and still give both locals and non-locals the “local discount” without suffering any adverse consequences. After ail, the leg­islature cannot tell abusiness what it must charge its customers. And government should never foster bigotry.

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USDA.. . ' continued from page 5“booming” sex trade, corruption in the government and the alien labor “problems.” As of late, there have been attacks, of course “with good intentions,” butnone-

. theless attacks by several federal Agencies.,

Two things about these “at­tacks” greatly disturb me. The first being that many of the alle­gations that were brought up are just that - “allegations.” Some of them ridiculous, such as the “booming sex trade.” It was ob­vious that you read the article which ran in the local papers al­leging there are 3,000 plus prosti­tutes here. Anyone who lives here and has an inkling of com­mon sense, knows that that is a gross untruth. That particular report lumped all Filipino and Asian waitresses and hostesses together and tagged them as pros­titutes. The Pacific Daily News and the “European-American”

doctor who were purveyors of this misinformation are currently being sued by a number of Fiiipina waitresses. There is some pros­titution here, but there is no “booming sex trade:”

The second thing that disturbs me about these attacks is the fact that they have been made within the period of several months, and have been made when the treat­ment of alien laborers has vastly improved from what it was in prior years, and is consistently improving. Yes, there are prob­lems, and certain people associ­ated with the problems. But, in general, anyone who passes the garment workers ’ housing, or the construction workers’ barracks can see that they are much im­proved and amenities such as basketball courts and TV rooms are seen at many of these housing facilities.

In past years vou almost never

saw an alien worker driving his.her own ear or watching his/ her own TV. Now, many have these amenities and the conditions keep getting better. Again, there are exceptions, but that’s just what they are, exceptions.

You have never been to our island, you have not lived here and experienced what we have experienced. You have not seen us change from an island pur­posely made dependent on USDA food and US money to an island who’s economy is gaining much ground and where economic in­dependence is probable. We have no unemployment, no bad sub­stance abuse or trafficking prob­lem, a low crime rate and a greater standard of living than we’ve had in the past, and conditions are steadily improving.

There may be several reasons why these attacks are happening,

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INVITATION FOR BIDPSS-IFB92-0025

The CNMI Public School System is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of Koblerville, San Vicente and Garapan elementary School Six (6) Classrooms with Toilet Facilities, Saipan, CNMI. Bids in duplicate will be accepted in the PSS Office of the PSS CIP in Lower Base, Saipan, no later than 3:00 PJM., local time, Friday, October 09, 1992, at which time and place all the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids recei ved after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security maybe a certified check, cashier’s check, bid bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer, Public School System, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The bidder is requested to submit with his bid, a copy of his Business Permit as a compliance with die Contractor’s Registration and Licensing Law of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Plans and Specifications are available on or after August 25,1992 at the PSS CIP Office in Lower Base, Saipan. A noo-refundable payment of $300.00 is required for each set. A Pre-bid Conference for this project will be held at 2:00P.M., local time, Friday, September 18,1992, at the Office of PSS CEP, Lower Base.

Attention is called* to the Labor Standards provisions for wage rate determination of the CNMI classification and salary structure plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the documents received shall be the sole property of the Public School System, Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the excep­tion of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications “Instruc­tion to Bidders” Page 1-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Public School System reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Public School System, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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USDA...continued from page 15Perhaps it is a lack of under­standing on the part of the federal “do-gooders” who, with lax re­search, consider “allegations” facts. Perhaps, in this an election year, pressure is on to make sure that any threat to stateside em­ployer/businesses be dashed. And of course our garment employees, who number only a few thousand, are destroying the economy of West Virginia. Or perhaps now that economic independence can be seen on the horizon, it is time to set us back, to keep us depen­dent. This time, in lieu of not creating any type of local economy and getting us used to the USDA cheese, as was done in prior years, you will force unfair and unreasonable minimum wage laws and destroy industries which are the backbone of our frail economy.

If you look past the “allega­tions” and obvious misconcep­tions about the handling of our affairs by our own local govern­ment officials and our people, you see the great accomplish­ments and sound economic progress that has been made over the years. We now live on an island where, until recently, our economic future was sure to steadily increase. And we live on an island where the treatment of our alien labor force consistently improves. All in all, we have a fairly young (14 years old) but good government, that in general has done an outstanding job, considering we havn’t had 227 years of experience as the federal government has had.

There is no other place in the USA I would rather live and raise my children. There are many more problems in your home state of California regarding illegal aliens, mistreatment of alien workers, government corruption, pollution, prostitution, rampant drug abuse, racial discrimination, racial violence, and so on, to keep you busy for a long time.

And remember, your govern­ment has had 227 years to correct these problems. Perhaps a hear­ing should be held regarding each state’s inability to resolve the above problems. Perhaps we could give them some tips on how to improve their economies.

Remember, Mr. Miller, when you propose legislation concern­ing the CNMI’s minimum wage and immigration control the number of people you will destroy economically, such as my sister, who makes only $6 an hour and cannot afford a baby-sitter at $4.25 an hour, therefore, she will have to quit working, and apply for welfare.

You may think us uneducated people who can be manipulated and bullied to do your biding, such as with many minorities in the mainland, but remember, Mr. Miller, the USDA cheese we used to enjoy so much, will have a very bittertaste about it if we are forced to eat it again.

Thank'you for your attention.Sincerely/s/Robert HunterCNMI Resident

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Hurricane damageestimated at $15B

FRANKLIN, La. (AP) - Hurri-cane Andrew threw its deadly fury into Louisiana’s bayous and marshes with 140 mph (225 kph) winds, and tornadoes, striking only a glancing blow at New Orleans before heading deep into Cajun country Wednesday.

The storm, already labeled the costliest natural disaster in US history with damage put at more than $15 billion, added plenty to the bill itranupearlier this week in Florida and the Bahamas.

A tornado spun off by the storm ripped through a New (¿leans sub­urb, and 30 people were reported injured. Andrew also flooded roads, uprooted trees, tore off huge limbs and started power lines popping throughout the region.

“This house is falling apart around me,” said Ken Perry .man­ager erf an airport in Patterson, 60 miles (100 kms) west of New Or­leans. “I’m standing in water right nowin the house, and we’re lOfeet (meters) above sea level.”

A natural gas pipeline exploded early Wednesday in a residential section of Kenner, a New Orleans suburb, said CapL Mike Zito, Fire Department spokesman. He said the blaze might have been ignited by an exploding transformer. No injuries were immediately reported.

About 75 people were evacuated.A high school in Patterson wheke

120 people tookrefuge lostitsroof to the wind, said Sheriff Huey Bourgeois of Sl Mary Parish. He said no one was hurt.

Andrew was blamed for 17 deaths in Florida and the Bahamas. Official reports of any deaths in Louisiana were not expected for hours.

Tens of thousands of people rode out the storm in shelters and boarded-up homes.

The hurricane’s leading edge came ashore about 0400 GMT Wednesday and scraped along Louisiana’s coast, a marshy area dotted with cypress trees, Spanish moss and fields of sugar cane. The storm center came ashorefour hours later, 55 miles (88 kms) south- southeast of Lafayette.

At 0900 GMT, the center was 40 miles (64 kms) south-south­east of Lafayette, heading north­west at 12 mph (19 kph). Its top sustained winds had dropped to 115 mph (185 kph), the National Hurricane Center reported. A storm surge of 10 to 15 feet (3 to4 1/2 meters) of water was possible near the eye, and up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain were pos­sible.

“The rain was whipping really

bad. We could see it, but you couldn’t see outside because the rain was hitting the window in sheets,” said Junius Crochet, assis­tant police chief in Morgan City.

A tornado cut a swath seven miles (11 kms) long through LaPlace, a town of nearly 20,000 people 20 miles (30 kms) west of New Or­leans.

“There’s nothing left but splin­ters,” Lucille Perilloux, 46, said of her home. “All I heard was a loud, loud noise. I turned to go into the house and it picked me up and threw me. It rolled me across the ground, almost to the street”

Thirty injured people were taken to River Parishes Medical Center, which was without power, said" hospital spokeswoman Rosa McDuffie. She said three erf them, all seriously injured, were being taken to New Orleans-area hospi­tals.

Parts of Grand Isle, a 7-mi]e- (11-km-) long barrier island 1*10 miles (177 kms) south of New Or­leans, were under water and power was out The 1,452 residents had left in the first wave of evacuations Monday.

President Bush on Wednesday declared parts of Louisiana amajor disaster area, opening the door to federal relief aid.

INVITATION FOR BIDPSS-IFB92-0023

The CNMI Public School System is soliciting sealed bids for the Marianas High School Multi-purpose Gymnasium at Susupe Village, Saipan, CNMI. Bids in duplicate will be accepted in the PSS Office of the of the PSS Q P in Lower Base, Saipan, no later than 3:00 P.M., local time, Wednesday, September 30,1992, at which time and place all the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security maybe a certified check, cashier’s check, bid bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer, Public School System, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is­lands. The bidder is requested to submit with his bid, a copy of his Business Permit as a compliance with the Contractor’s Registration and Licensing Law of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Plans and Specifications areavailable on orafter August 18,1992atthe PSS CIP Office in Lower Base, Saipan. A non-refundable payment of $600.00is required for each set. A Pre-bid Conference for this project will be held at 2:00 P.M., local time, Friday, September 11,1992, at the Office of PSS CIP, Lower Base.

Attention is called to the Labor Standards provisions for wage rate determination of the CNMI classification and salary structure plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the documents received shall be the sole property of the Public School System, Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the exception of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications “Instruction to Bidders” Page 1-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Public School System reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Public School System, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is­lands.

/s/William S. Torres /s/David P. BabautaCommissioner of Education Chief, Procurement/Supply8/12/92Date 8/14-21-28

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‘Wild Man’ terrorizes M anhattan residents

B y D A N A K E N N E D Y

NEW YORK (AP) - They call him the “Wild Man,” and he’s been terrorizing a Manhattan neighborhood for seven years.

Larry Hogue, a 52-year-old homeless crack addict, roams the streets with an assortment of weapons - a machete, a screw­driver, an ice pick - and police say he has a penchant for chasing women with small dogs and pushing pedestrians into traffic.

He’s been arrested or sent to mental hospitals at least 37 times since 1985, but always ends up back on the streets, a mix of af­fluent high-rise apartments and rough tenements on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Hogue has a long history of crack addiction and mental ill­ness, police say. But a person cannot be committed to a mental hospital involuntarily unless at least two doctors agree he is an immediate danger to himself or others. And he can only be held

by the legal system when he commits a serious infraction and is tried and convicted.

“Unless they have a court or­der, we can’t keep them long,” said Martha Reyes, administra­tive coordinator at Sl Luke’s Hospital, where Hogue has often been taken. “We can’t force them to stay. Our hands are tied, too.” Helen DePaz, a psychiatric nurse at St. Luke’s, has watched Hogue come through several times. “He takes his medicine and then he’s nice,” she said. Hogue was re­leased from prison last week af­ter a three-month term for van­dalism. He’s already been picked up twice, once for chasing someone with a knife. On Sunday, he was sent to Bellevue Hospital after he scratched a car with a knife, police said.

Sunday was a warm, sunny day with thousands of people stroll­ing the Upper West Side. Before the vandalism incident, Hogue walked into traffic and pulled his pants down, sometimes ap­

proaching people, trying to open car doors.

When stopped for an interview by a reporter, Hogue was both friendly and hostile. He appeared disoriented.

‘T m a very angry guy,” he said, dipping a cherry popsicle into a cup of take-out chowder and then eating it.

Hogue said he likes smoking crack but added that “I need food and $5 a day to live.”

Asked how old he was, Hogue said, “Old enough to kill. I ’ll kill anybody for money. If you want someone bumped off, let me know.”

Luis Gomez often sees Hogue walk into the middle of 96th Street, pull down his pants and sit down as cars race by. Hogue frequently urinates and defecates on die sidewalk, Gomez said.

“It’s real scary,” said Gomez, wheeling his 9-month-old son, Nicholas, in a stroller down 96th Street.

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HONOLULU (AP) - Officials with the Catholic Church say Pope John Paul the Second will move Father Damien de Veuster one step closer to sainthood. Father Damien, who helped lep­rosy patients at Kalaupapa on Molokai Island more than 100 years ago, will be recognized for beatification by the pope during a ceremony at the Vatican tenta­tively set for October 1993.

Kalaupapa remains home to leprosy patients.

The ceremony will move Damien one step away from be­ing declared a saint by the pope. He will be known as Blessed Damien after the beatification.

He died in 1882 of Hansen’s Disease, or leprosy.

A number of people, includ­ing Mother Teresa, have signed petitions asking the pope to make Damien a saint.

Patrick Downes, editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, said it usually takes two documented miracles for a person to become a saint, and Damien has only been credited for one miracle so far.

Damien is credited with cur­ing a dying nun who prayed to him, according to Irene Letoto, staff director at the Damien Museum on Oahu. Evidence of the miracle was found last year.

INVITATION FOR BIDIFB92-0051

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed bids for the purchase of the following vehicle.

One (1) Unit each 4x4 United States manufactured one and a half (1- 1/2) ton pick-up with automatic transmission; diesel engine; power steering; air-condition; flatbed aluminum body with fold able sidings and rear tailgate, and dual rear tires. Vehicle must be equipped with trailer hinges and the bumper must be reinfaced to have weight strength at no less than two (2) tons, and a towing strength of one and half (1-1/2) ton.

One (1) each six (6) passenger van, United States make or meets all United States Federal Motor vehicle safety standards; gasoline engine; automatic transmission; power steering; and full air-condition.

One (1) each 4x4 pick-up, United States make or meets all United States federal motor vehicle safety standards; six cylinder engine; standard transmission; air-condition; and power steering.

All vehicles above must be equipped with identical replacement tire and flat tire removal tools, warranted for one (1) year from date of delivery including routine maintenance, tune-up, and replacement of faulty parts during one year period, must be white in color, and be equipped with federal signal, strobe hawk light-bar with public address system (PA300).

Vehicles must be CIF Marpands, Saipan. It must also be ready for delivery within fifteen (IS) working days from the date of award, unless otherwise agreed by DPS in writing for a longer delivery time, have a one year maintenance/warranty agreement which includes parts and labor, rustproof/undercoated, safety inspected prior to delivery at Marpands, with registration fee payable at the CNMI Treasury.

All bids must be in a sealed envelope marked IFB92-0051 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than September 14,1992 at 2:00 P.M., at which time and place, all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered. The CNMI government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

/s/David M. Apatang ¡¡w-a

INVITATION FOR BIDPSSIFB92-0021

The Public School System is soliciting Competitive Sealed Bid from interested individual or firms for the procure­ment of Food & Non- Food Items for SY ’92-’93, specifi­cally for the island of Rota.

The specification packages are now available andean be obtained by visiting the Administrative Services Section, PSS Central Office, Lower Base, during normal working hours. All inquiries shall be directed to the Administrative Services Officer, Mr. Felix Nogis, at telephone numbers 322-4051-3.

All Bid submission shall be in duplicate in a sealed envelope, facemarked “IFB 92-0021”, and addressed to Mr. David Babauta, PSS Procurement & Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, MP 96950. bids must be submitted no later than 10:00 a.m., Friday, September04,1992 at which time and place it will be opened and read. Late submission will not be considered under any circumstances.

A non-refundable fee of $25.00 dollars must accompany the bid. The twenty five dollar fee may be a certified check, cashiers check, or other form acceptable to the Public School System made payable to the treasurer, Public School System, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Bidder is requested to submit with their bid a copy of the business license and health permit.

The Public School System reserves the right to reject any and all bid for any reason and to waive or amend any defect, if in its sole opinion to do so will be in the department’s best interest./s/William S. Torres /s/David Babauta,Commissioner of Education Chief, PSS Procurement &

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PUBLIC NOTICEThis is to inform the General Public that

Marianas Bank, Ltd.is now completely under new management and ownership.

The Bank’s name has been changed to

“City Trust Bank”The new management and current staff of the bank would like to take this

opportunity to express its sincere appreciation to all its valued customers for their support and full trust in letting us service your banking needs.

We certainly look forward to a continued growth and prosperousbusiness relationship.

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Gervais new service manager at Joeten MotorJOHN GERVAIS joins Joeten Motor Company, Inc. as its new Service Manager. John will be charged with the responsibility of overseeing the mechanical, autobody shop, Ziebart rus'tproofing, Auto Safety In­spection Center and Car Wash Division.

John has over 10 years of expe­rience in the automobile business and was with Bill Eger Ford and Circus Auto Sales of Denver, Colorado before acceptinghisnew position here on Saipan. He re­ceived advance training in the areas of Service Management, Warranty and Policy Administra­tion, Warranty Claims, Budget

Gervaisand preparation. Building Qual­ity Service and Quality Care of Professionals under the auspices of Ford Motor Company.

The Staff and management of Joeten Motor Company, Inc. welcomes John.

Nissan service advisor at JoetenJOETEN Motor Company, Inc. welcomes Mr. Shintaro Kon, Nissan Service Adviser as the lat­est addition to the JMC working force. He is currently conducting a 6-month training on mechanism, good maintenance and improv­ing customer service and work­shop operations with the company’s Service Staff. Mr. Kon will also provide assistance on after-sales activities and war­ranty claims of Nissan products.

Mr. Kon is a graduate of the NissanTechnical Institute School in Japan and has 24 years of ap­plied experience with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. He has subse-w m m m m m m m m m m

Konquently been assigned to other countries prior to taking up his new post here in Saipan.

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n ew s b r ie fsToyota's p ro fits fall 45%TOKYO (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp., Japan’s largest car maker, reported Wednesday that its overall net profits fell 45 percent in the fiscal year that ended in June because of stalled sales in Japan and abroad.

It was the second year in a row that Toyota has reported a large profit ‘ecline, and signifies the depth of difficulties faced by Japan’s auto industry. .

Japan’s economy·continues to slump, and Toyota Executive Vice President TatsuroToyoda warned that any pickup in overseas demand is likely to be gradual and would probably be offset by fierce competi­tion from other auto makers.

Chinese show healthy prisonersBEUING (AP) - Chinese officials have released snapshots purported to show a political prisoner and plan to release videotapes of him and two others to demonstrate they are healthy, an American human rights advocate said Wednesday.

John Kamm, an American businessman based in Hong Kong who frequently visits China to press human rights cases, said the Chinese action reflected a growing openness about political prisoners. Up until a few years ago, China never released prisoner information.

Chinese authorities apparently hope that releasing photos and infor­mation will be enough to satisfy Western critics, especially American legislators who want to link China’s human rights performance to trade.

Taiw an-China tra d e h its $3.4BTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan’s indirect trade with China through Hong Kong soared 34 percent to $3.4 billion in the first half of this year, the Board of Foreign Trade reported Wednesday.

The government agency said Taiwan’s indirect exports to China jumped 38.96 percent to $2.85 billion in the six-month period, while Taiwan’s imports from China increased 13.4 percent to $557 million.

Indirect trade with mainland China accounted for 4.6 percent of Taiwan’s total foreign trade of $74.6 billion, officials said.

Meanwhile, Taiwan^ indirect trade with China in June shot up 38 percent to $638 million US dollar, favoring Taiwan by $453 million.

Officials attributed the widening trade across the Taiwan Straits to a surge of indirect investment in mainland China.

V ietnam A irlines fly to C hinaBANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Vietnam’s state carrier has resumed flights to China after a 13-year suspension, the official Voice of Vietnam radio reported Wednesday.

The Vietnam Airlines flightfrom Hanoi arrivedTuesday in Quangzhou in southern China, said the broadcast monitored in Bangkok.

It said there will be monthly flights between the two cities until October, then two or three flights a week.

Vietnam and China agreed to restore transport and other contacts during a summit last November.

Im perial b u ria l p lo ts for saleBEUING (AP) - Ethnic Chinese who live abroad can return to their roots after death by buying a burial space in an imperial cemetery, the state- run Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday.

Xinhua said a 9-square-foot plot in the Qing dynasty cemetery in Zunhua, about 170 miles south of Beijing, will cost $100 to $500.

Many Chinese cities offer incentives to ethnic Chinese to come to the “motherland” with investments or high-tech ideas. Zunhua is one of only a few places trying to lure them back in death.

Book selling like h o t cakeTOKYO - Tens of thousands of Japanese have scooped up copies of a waterproof English vocabulary book that turns time spent in the bathtub into study hall.

The book, entitled “Remembering English Vocabulary in the Bath,” looks like just another of the hundreds of English primers available here.

But its waterproof paper, made of the synthetic polypropylene, sets it apart - as do the booming sales it’s racking up in bookstores.

P rie s t face sex-related casesPORT HAWKESBURY, Nova Scotia (AP) - More sex-related charges have been filed against twin Roman Catholic priests in Nova Scotia. The Revs. Claude and Clair Richard face a total of seven new charges after two men came forward recently to talk about incidents dating back to the mid-1960s.

Two charges of indecent assault and two of gross indecency have been filed against Claude Richard, stemming from when he was assistant pastor of a church in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in the 1960s. No court date has been set.

Clair Richard face two counts of indecent assault and one of gross indecency from when he was parish priest in Margaree, Nova Scotia, in the early 1980s. He is scheduled to appear in court in Port Hood on Oct. 27.

Both have been convicted on several sex-related charges and are facing trial on others.

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R u les on w h ale h atch in g* p rop osedTHE COASTAL Resources

Management (CRM) Office and the Division of Fish and Wildlife this week received a Federal Register notice, detailing· pro­posed regulations meant to ad­equately address the potential detrimental effects of activities associated with “watching” ma­rine mammals.

The notice was sent to CRM and DFW by Jacoba Seman, Fed­eral Programs coordinate«· with the CNMI Office of Planning and Budget, and included a covernote alerting the CRM administrator and the chief of DFW of the notice’s details.

The. proposed regulations are the direct result of a November 1988 workshop which evaluated whale watching programs and management needs.

The workshop was sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries

Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangltae

Service and the Center for Marine conservation. It had been called because it was recognized that organized whale watching tours had recently grown into an actual industry over the past few years. Hundreds of thousands of people have now undertaken the activity from various types of coastal ves­sels, both in US - jurisdictional waters and abroad.

As a result of all this “watch­ing”, NMFS is concerned that whales and other marine mam­mal populations might in some way be harmed.

The intent of the workshop was to determine if whale watching from close-sailing boats had any demonstrable detrimental effects on whale populations and whether any whale watching rules, such as

minimal approach distance re­strictions were warranted.

Workshop participants con­curred that new regulations were needed and they should be com­bined with a strong public educa­tion campaign.

Although whales were the fo­cus of the workshop, participants expressed concern about the ef­fect of observing smaller ceta­ceans (dolphins and porpoises) and pinnipeds (seals and sea li­ons). While dolphins and por­poise may be more mobile than whales, NMFS believes there is a need to include these marine mammals in the proposed regu­lations.

Testimony during the workshop included statements that during whale watching excursions: indi­vidual whales and porpoises had been harmed by boat craft propel­ler blades; female whales had been separated from their suckling calves; and individuals had been driven to potentially lethal shal­low waters.

NMFS is proposing these regu­lations under the authority of sec­tion 112 (a) of the Marine Mam­mal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA). The MMPA was in­tended by Congress to protect all marine mammals in US waters from hunting, molesting, harass­ing and other forms of abuse.

Ironically, it is widely recog­nized that whale watching pro­motes public awareness of the world’s great cetaceans’ struggle for survival. During whale

watching excursions tour guides often present interpretative les­sons highlighting the population destructive effects of pas whaling practices and the non-target, tuna catch-associated porpoise and. dolphin kills currently on-going.

Local Cetaceans Sightings:While much of the organized

whale watch expeditions are in the coastal'waters off the US Eastern, Western and Gulf coasts, and the waters surrounding the State of Hawaii; whales of sev­eral types, including the widely- known Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) visit the waters of the Mariana Islands sporadically. Smaller cetaceans, however, such as dolphins and porpoises are far more common.

Sightings of these are always a joyous occasion to CNMI ocean­going tourist and boat captains alike.

On the Saipan/Tinian/Saipan Emerald and Super Emerald tourboat ferries, dolphins and porpoises are often spotted by Captain Benny S. Iriarte, who enthusiastically calls them out to tourist and boat ferry passengers, hoping that they too, might catch a glimpse of these highly intelli­gent marine mammals. Most of­ten the sighting is a once-in-a- lifetime event for these island tourist.

In December last year, CNMI charter boat Captain Christopher Stuckey relayed how excited he was to see a female Humpback whale and calf in the channel waters between Saipan and Tinian.

General Requirements:Vessels or aircraft that carry

paying passengers for the pur­pose of observing whales, dol­phins, or porpoise are required to post on board a copy of the regu­lations and a copy of the diagram that illustrates how observing these animals should be con­ducted.

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RulesM · Continued from page 28mum approach distance of 100 yards (91.4 meters) for approach­ing all whales and 50 yards (45.7 meters) for dolphins and porpoise in any vessel or by any other means including, but not limited to swimming or diving (see dia­gram).

Aircraft will be prohibited from operating within l.OOOfeet (304.8 meters) of these animals and are prohibited from attempting to encircle any whale, dolphin, or porpoise.

The proposed rules will apply to all persons subject to the juris­diction of the United States or any vessel or aircraft operating in water or lands under die jurisdic­tion of the United States.

Vessel Operating Procedures:The proposed regulations in­

clude precautions that should be taken by a vessel operator when approaching a whale, dolphin, or porpoise or when an animal once approaches a vessel that is under­way.

When a whaie, dolphin, or por­poise approaches a vessel, the operatorof thatvessel should take precautions to minimize distur­bance to the animal. This in­cludes maintaining speed and di­rection and avoiding low-speed maneuvering such as reversing direction, using bow thrusters, or suddenly changing propeller pitch.

A whale, dolphin, or porpoise

should never be approached “head-on” by a vessel or aircraft from any distance.

Under the regulations, it would be illegal to operate a vessel or aircraft or carry out an activity in a manner that disrupts the normal movement or behavior may be manifested by, but is not restricted to, the following whale activity patterns: a rapid change in direc­tion or speed; escape tactics such as prolonged diving or fleeing into the water, underwater course changes, underwater exhalation, or evasive swimming patterns; interruptions of feeding or mi­gratory activities; aggressive postures or changes directed at intruders; attempts by a whale, dolphin or porpoise to shield a calf from a vessel or human ob­server; the abandonment of a pre­viously frequented area; or other, stress-related behavior that may include vocalizing, finning, tail lobbing, tail raking, or breach­ing.

Getting Involved:Concern for whales, like other

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want more responsible steward­ship programs for the Earth’s natural resources.

The federal report included a call for public feedback on the NMFS findings and Ms. Seman was referring the matter to the CRMO and to the DFW for com­ments and to inquire if any CNMI- based input was warranted.

Staff members of the Coastal Resources Management Office are now discussing the issue with members of the CNMI’s Division of Fish and Wildlife. A copy of the six page report is available at the newly-relocated CRM office

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‘CNMI"Division of Fish And Wildlife Office in Lower Base.

Written public comments and requests for an Environmental Assessment should be sent di­rectly to Dr. Nancy foster, Direc­tor, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Ser­vice, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. Com­ments on the proposed rule must be received by 2 October, 1992.

The CNMI public is reminded that under The Marine Mammals Protection Act it is against the law

to harm or in any way harass our local waters-visiting marine mammals. Penalties are ex­tremely severe, even for first time offenders.

Anyone who observes a viola­tions is encouraged to document the event (preferably photo­graphically), carefully noting the time, date, and location of the violation. Record any vessel identifying information includ­ing boat type, ID number, etc., and immediately contact the CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife and the US Coast Guard for prosecution.

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B usiness/FiiiancegsSi!Claims from hurricane damage seen at $4.2B

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Insur­ance companies are being swamped by claims as the damage toll rises in Florida and Louisiana from Hurri­cane Andrew. Official estimates on the number of claims filed are not expected until next week, but some industry officials say An­drew could match or exceed Hurri­cane Hugo’s S4.2 billion in claims.

Hartford-based insurance com­panies said their adjusters arrived in Florida on Tuesday to begin assessing the damage but were hampered by power and telephone outages and airport closings.

They also mobilized to begin handling claims from hurricane

damage in Louisiana, which was being pummeled by the storm Wednesday morning.

Aetna Life and Casualty Co. said it had received about 500 claims Monday and a much heavier deluge of calls Tuesday, though no numbers were avail­able.

Travelers Corp. ’s had received about 1,500 claims by late Tues­day. The company had nearly11.000 claims from Hugo, cost­ing Travelers $45 million after taxes.

ITT Hartford Insurance Group said it expected to field more than2.000 claims by Tuesday night.

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to scandal in IndiaBOMBAY, India (AP) - A gov­ernment-appointed panel has linked two US banks to stock brokers involved in India’s worst financial scandal and recom­mended further investigations to see if they broke the law.

In its 90-page report Monday, the panel said Citibank of New York and Bank of America of SanFranciscooverstepped Indian banking guidelines to make money available to the brokers, who turned around and invested it in the Bombay stock market

Thepanel saiditsuspectedsome of brokers’ transactions were fictitious to cover up other deals while the banks received a guar­anteed return for financing bro­kets'stock activities.

Neither bank commented on the report. Bank of America As­sistant Vice President for public relations, Fiona Shrikhande, said the bank is studying the report.

Ravi Bhatia, Citibank’s direc­tor of corporate affairs, said in a statement that bank officials are studying the report and promised to cooperate with the panel.

India’s stock market reached an all-time high on April 2, then fell 800 points, or 20 percent, during the last week of April when the scandal became known. Many small investors went broke, and the stock mar­ket still suffers.

Investigators have traced the scandal to financial deals that

stock brokers handled among the banks. They say some bank offi­cials allowed the brokers to use receipts from loan agreements to raisemoneyfor stock investments.

The latest report said Citibank andBankof America misreported transactions in their books to make available millions of dollars to brokers who now are under arrest.

In May, the Reserve Bank of India, the nation’s central bank, said the scandal involved at least 17 major banks, including a Brit­ish and an Australian bank, in illegal deals worth 30.8 billion rupees, or $1.1 billion at current exchange rates.

In its third report issued Mon­day, the six-member panel ap­pointed by the Reserve Bank linked U.S. banks to the scandal for the first time.

The report said Citibank, Bank of America arid six Indian banks bought and sold shares through brokers, but the buying and sell­ing rates listed in the books didn’t match.

“Nosatisfactory explanation has been given as to why these huge losses have been borne by the brokers or such huge gains to brokers have been allowed to ac­crue,” the report said.

According to the report, Citibank loaned the key suspect in the scandal, Hershad Mehta, $20 million on April 10-13 to settle part of the money he owed to the State Bank of India.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 92-133EDWARD W. CAMACHO, Plaintiff,

-V-CONSOLACION S. RASIANG and SYLVESTRE R. RASIANG,

Defendants.

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by the Court in this matter on May 11,1992,1 have levied and executed upon, and will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for current lawful money o f the United States, all o f the right, title, and interest o f Defendant Consolacion S. Rasian in and to the following property:

An undivided 4,000 square meter portion of that certain lotmoreparticularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a comer, designated as Comer No. 1, which is South 89’ 40' 52" W, a distance of 1,500.48 meters from triangula­tion station "GARAPAN";

Thence S 13’ 22' 25" W, 77.60 meters to Comer No. 2;Thence N 86’ 18' 58" E, 132.76 meters to Comer No. 3;Thence N 44* 04' 32" E, 99.04 meters to Comer No. 4;Thence S 88 41 41 W, 183.48 meters to Comer No. 1, the

point of beginning;Containing an area of 11,306.0 square meters, more or less, and

being situated in land square seven, section 1, unit 0, as shown on APWO Drawing No. 11408 on file with the Clerk of courts, Saipan.

The sale will be held on Friday, September4,1992, at the hour o f 1:30 p.m., at the Police Station in Susupe, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.

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

Dated this 13th day of August, 1992:/s/Lt. JUSTO R. CRUZ

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Hills defends NAFTAUS political parties hit for taking "blood money

By RICHARD L. VERNACI

WASHINGTON (AP) - A con­sumer group accuses America’s major political parties of taking “blood money” from cigarette companies and suggests they re­turn millions of dollars ’ worth of contributions.

But the Democrats and Re­publicans said nobody’s break­ing any laws, and they plan to keep the money.

“It is blood money,” said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public C itizen’s Health Research Group. “It is money that has been raised off the death of people in the United States.”

Public Citizen, an organization founded by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, said Wednesday tobacco interests have given some $3.1 m illion in “soft

money” to the two political par­ties during the current'election cycle.

“Soft money” is political lan­guage for contributions given to the parties to be spent on such general uses as voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives. It is not directed to a particular candi­date.

Wolfe’s group said that by June 30 Democrats had received $731,000 in such contributions from tobacco interests, and the Republicans got $1.34 million.

In addition, the group’s report named 13 people with ties to the tobacco industry who are con­nected with President Bush’s re- election campaign and three on· the staff of Democratic presiden­tial nominee Bill Clinton. It also named 29 people who have

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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - US Trade Representative Carla Hills said Wednesday the new North American Free Trade Agreement would not be an obstacle to trade with other nations.

She also warned the United States will impose trade sanctions against the European Community unless a long-running dispute over soybeXns is settled.

“I don’t want to do i t ... but we have to,” Mrs. Hills told reporters in a satellite broadcast from Washington.

She said the deadline for reso­lution of the dispute with the 12- nation EC was “immediate” and insisted the problem must be solved “in the very near future” to avoid imposition of sanctions.

Mrs. Hills also defended the North American Free Trade Agreement, linking the United States, Canada andMexico toform

a vast market of 360 million con­sumers.

“We have raised no trade barri­ers to anyone,” she said. “All we have done is lower trade barriers among the three.”

The accord, she said, would help the world trading system by creating a larger market in the three countries.

Seeking to ease fears that it would lead to protectionist trad­ing blocs, she said, “The United States will not take that path. We want to trade globally and vigor­ously all over the world.”

In the soybean dispute, the United States last week postponed any move to slap tariffs on EC exports to give both sides more time for talks.

The community wants any ac­tion put off until a meeting Sept. 29 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. GATT is a

forum and a mechanism for pro­moting freer world trade.

The United States has been preparing a list of European goods, worth up to$l billion, that would be liable for retaliatory levies.

The duties would be imposed to compensate for losses the United States contends its soybean farmers have incurred because of unfair EC subsidies. The United States complained to GATT in 1988 that European subsidies to soybean processors violated a 1962 bilateral accord. Under that deal, the EC agreed not to impose duties on imports of soybeans and other oil seeds in return for US tariff concessions.

The American Soybean Asso­ciation has claimed that some $1.5 billion in American exports have been affected by the EC subsidy policy.

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NEW YORK (AP) - Gold prices fell Wednesday and the dollar closed at 1.4065 marks in New York, up from the record low close of 1.4015 marks the previous day.

Traders said the dollar moved in a narrow range, partly cm specula­tion about a realignment of the exchange rate mechanism of the EuropeanMonetary System, which links the currencies of most gov­ernments in the Common MarkeL

John McCarthy, chief currency dealer at ABN-AMRO Bank NV in New York, said traders were mildly disappointed by news that orders to US factories for durable goods fell 3.4 percent in July. The unexpected sharp drop increased doubts about the economy’s recovery.

“But the good sign was that the dollar still held up fairly well under that pressure,” McCarthy said

In'New York, the dollar closed at 124.85Japaneseyen,upfrom 124.55 Tuesday. TheBritishpound closed at $1.9860, down from $1.9895 Tues­day. Other late dollar rates in New York, compared with late Tuesday’s rates, included: 1.2580 Swiss francs, upfroml.2475;4.7950Fienchfrancs, upfrom4.7825; 1,074.75 Italian lire, up from 1,071.00, and 1.19175 Ca­nadian dollars, up from 1.18985.

On the New York Commodity Exchange, gold bullion for cur­rent delivery settled at $338.30 a troy ounce, down from $340.60 on Tuesday. Republic National Bank said gold fell to a late bid price of $338.15 a troy ounce, off $2.35. .

On New York’s Comex, silver bullionforcurrentdelivery settled at$3.669 a troy ounce, down from $ 3.70 Tuesday.

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NY stock prices rebound; dollar firmsNEW YORK (A P) - Stock prices rebounded Wednesday as the fall­ing dollar stabilized.

The market was steadily higher throughouttheday.peggedtogains in the value of the dollar against the German mark in trading in New York and Europe.

Still, trading was light and the environment for stocks remained largely pessimistic. Traders attrib­uted much of the gains to interest in individual issues, rather thanabroad market rally.

Market professionals remain concerned about the dollar, the wcakUS economy and uncertainty in the presidential election cam­paign.

Fears of the poor economy were reinforced when the government said orders to US factories for du­rable goods plummeted in July for the second time in three months. The 3.4 percent drop was the big­gest in seven months.

Economists had been anticipat­ing a small decline of less than 0.5 percent. Orders had increased 2.8 percent in June but they fell 2.1 percent in May.

But the report (fid not appear to hurt stocks immediately. And it prompted a rise in bond prices on hopesfor lower interestrates, which in turn helped the stock markeL

The stock market had fallen sharply in recent days, largely be­cause of the dollar’s decline, which was prompted by a wide gap be­tween US and German interest rates.

But when the dollar rebounded this morning, stock prices turned around with it. The dollar was trading late at 1.4057 German marks inNew York,upfiom 1.4015 late Tuesday. The dollar rose in Europe to 1.4070 marks from 1.4020 late Tuesday.

According to preliminary calcu­lations, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 14.59 to 3,246.81.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining by about 10 to 7 on the New York Stock Exchange, with 1,010 up, 734 down and 572 un­changed.

BigBoardvolume totaled 171.84 million shares as of 4 p.m., against 201.65 million in the previous session.

The NYSE’s composite index rose 1.01 to 227.48.

US political...continued from page 31worked in the Reagan or Bush administrations and another 10 who were in previous adminis­trations.

“It is no wonder that the US government has performed so abysmally in failing to control the use of tobacco, which kills nearly 500,000 Americans every year and drains $52 billion a year in health spending,” Wolfe said.

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, an outspoken critic of tobacco, sent a note support­ing Wolfe’s demand. Koop said taking political money from to­bacco companies was “uncon­scionable.”

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Thrift bank execs agree to $75M restitution orderWASHINGTON (AP) - Charles Keating Jr.’s son-in-law and three other former executives of Lincoln Savings and Loan settled civil charges in the nation’s most notori­ous thrift collapse by agreeing to a record $75 million restitution or­der.

The settlement, announced Tuesday by the Office of Thrift Supervision, is the largest ever ob­tained from individuals, according to the agency. But much of it prob­ably will remain unpaid.

Son-in-law Robert M. Wurzelbacher, who was senior vice president of Lincoln’s Phoenix- based parent company, American Continental Corp., says he is broke. So does Judy J. Wischer, former president of American Continen­tal.

Under the settlement’s terms, Wurzelbacherowes$30millionand Wischer, $25 million. Lincoln’s formerpresident, Robert J. Hubbard Jr., and the S and L’s former chair­man, Andre A. Niebling, owe $15 millionand$ 5 million respectively.

Wurzelbacher is turning over to the government $133,000 from the sale of a vacation home in Michi­gan. After that, his lawyer, Mark Beck, said he has “essentially... a negative net worth.”

A thrift office attorney, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said insurance should provide around $10 million. Any restitu­tion collected will go to the Resolu­tion Trust Corp. to offset taxpay­ers’ estimated $2.5 billion cost of protecting depositors in Irvine, Calif.-based Lincoln.

The four former executives also accepted lifetime bans from the banking industry and limits on their ability to borrow from federally insured institutions. They agreed to cooperate with regulators by testi­fying in related cases.

The OTS cases against Keating; his son, Charles H. Keating III, and another American Continental di­rector, Robert J. Kielty, remain open.

Keating, 68, was convicted of California state charges of swin­dling investors, and is serving a 10- year prison sentence. He still faces trial, starting Oct. 10, on federal charges. Wurzelbacher, who has pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to cooperate with pros­ecutors, faces up to 15 years in prison.

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The cuts are to go into effect on Oct. 15, with Lufthansa’s fall and

winter schedule, the airline said in a statement to the news media.

The reduced fares require a minimum stay of seven days and a maximum stay of three months.

Flights to New York, Boston, Montreal and Toronto from all

German airports will cost 999 marks ($713), the statement said.

Fares to Washington D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Calgary and Edmonton will cost 1,199 marks ($856), while flights to Dallas, Houston, Miami and Vancouver

will be 1,299 marks ($928).Tickets further west to Los An­

geles and San Francisco are to cost 1,499 marks ($1,070).

Weekend flights carry a sur­charge of 50 marks ($36), the statement said.

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News Corp. earns $358MSYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Me­dia giant News Corp. Ltd. on Wednesday reported a profit for its latest fiscal year in contrast to a loss a year earlier.

The company, which is led by Rupert Murdoch, cited stronger performances by its British and Australian newspapers and its US television business for the turn­around.

News Corp. owns seven US TV stations and operates the Fox Television network.

In February 1991, News Corp. escaped potential financial catas­trophe by restructuring its bank debt.

Since then it has raised about S2.25 billion through asset sales and sales of new debt and equity and used proceeds to reduce its debt. It also negotiated an exten­sion on $3.26 billion in debt oth­erwise due in 1994. News Corp. reported a net profit of 501.68 million Australian dollars, or US $358.7 million, for the fis­

cal year ending June 30. It lost 392.88 million Australian dollars in the previous fscal year.

Revenue fell 7 percent to 10.19 billion dollars, or US $7.29 bil­lion, from from 10.97 billion Australian dollars a year ago. The decline was attributed mainly to the absence of nine US publica­tions that were sold in June 1991.

News Corp. ’s operating income rose 2 percent to 1.59 billion Aus­tralian dollars, or US $ 1.14 billion.

“I think we’re ... demonstrating that we can not only sustain our businesses in pretty adverse mar­kets in which we operate, but we are able to grow our profit quite significantly,” said Kenneth Cowley, a board member who heads the company’s Australian interests. “In other words we can bloom without a boom.”

Chief financial officer David DeVoe said net debt of “slightly under” 10 billion Australian dol­lars, or $7.15 billion, was expected to be scaled down in the current

year, while interestexpenses should be substantially less. He ruled out further major asset sales and said much of the improvement would be funded from surplus cash flow generated by the group’s busi­nesses.

The company said it had im­proved operating margins at its British and Australian newspaper operations and at the seven Fox TV stations in the US

But it said its Twentieth Century Fox Film operation had a disap­pointing year mainly due to three movie box office failures, includ- ingBette Midler’s “ForThe Boys.”

Profit from the film entertain­ment division fell to 126.98 mil­lion Australian dollars, or US $90.79 million, from 210.58 mil­lion Australian dollars a year ear­lier.

The moviemaker is expecting better results later this year with the release of the sequel to “Home Alone” and two other films, “Hoffa” and ‘Toys.”

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INVITATION TO BIDDPW92-ITB-00237

The Department of Public Works is soliciting sealed bids for the procurement of a Utility Aerial Bucket Truck for the island of Tinian, Common­wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Bid in duplicate will be accepted in the office of the Chief of-Procurement and Supply at Lower Base, Saipan until 3:00 p.m. local time, Friday, September 4, 1992 at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read allowed. Any bid re­ceived after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

The basic requirements are as follows:a) Ground to bottom of platform height - 48 ft.b) Working height - 50 ft.c) V8 Gas engine or diesel engined) Hydraulic disc brake;e) Two man basket;f) 500 lbs. capacity;g) Fiberglass upperboomh) Insulated lower boon;i) “A” frame or radial arm outrigger; j) Meets OSHA and ANSI standards; k) One Year Warranty; and1) Spare time, jack and lug wrench

The catalog and specifications of the bucket truck should be submitted together with the bids. Bids for a brand new and/or reconditioned bucket truck maybe submitted.

The truck shall be delivered to the Supply Rep., Tinian, Island of Tinian, CNMI. the government reserves the right to reject any on all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

/s/ELIZABETH H. SALAS-BALAJADIA Director of Public works

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You run the risk of not getting paid out of NAP’s FY’92 funds by not submitting your invoices on or before September 30,1992.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALDPW92-RFP-00240

The Department of Public works is soliciting proposals from qualified firms for Mechanical Engineering design of the Commonwealth Health Center, Saipan, CAT SCAN and Respiratory Department. The A/E firm and its signa­tories must be professionally licensed and registered in the CNMI. '

Scope of Work:The design services required are for:1) Fire Sprinkler System;2) Air-conditioning & Ventilation System;3) Water Supply system;4) Plumbing system; and5) Others as CHC may requireThe following criteria (in descending order of importance) will be used in the evaluation of the proposals.

1) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm and it’s key members and staff with the type of work described;

2) Professional qualifications of the principals and key staffs; and

3. Locally based firm and availability of the Professional Engineer for consultation.

Proposals shall include the following:

1) Updated standard from 254 and 255;2) Design approach and methodology; and3) Time frame for the proposed work.

Sealed proposals in triplicate will be accepted at office of the Chief procurement and Supply at Lower Base, Saipan, no later than 4:30 p.m., local time, Friday, September 4, 1992.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any imperfection in the proposals in the interest of the Government

/s/MANUEL S. CHARGUALAF Acting, Direçtor of Public Works 8/20/92 Date

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M istrial declared in spym aster caseBy LAURIE ASSEO

WASHINGTON (AP) - A fed­eral judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the trial of Clair George, a former CIA spymaster accused of trying to cover up il­legal shipment of arms to Iran and aid to Nicaraguan rebels during President Reagan’s administra­tion.

The mistrial was declared after the jury announced early in its sixth day of deliberations that it was hopelessly deadlocked. US District Judge Royce C. Lamberth scheduled a new trial for Oct. 19.

George, 62, was the highest ranking of four members of the Central Intelligence Agency im­plicated in the Iran-Contra scan­dal that has aired charges against a parade of officials from the Reagan presidency of 1981-88. He showed no emotion.

“I regret to inform you that we, the jury, are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on any count 1 to 9,” said a note from jury fore­man Steven Kirk, which Judge Lamberth read aloud. He then granted defense lawyer Richard Hibey’s request for a mistrial and set the new trial for October.

Hibey objected, telling the judge, “There is a legal question whether this case should be tried again.” However, the defense lawyer did not describe the legal issue he planned to raise.

George, former head of CIA’s overseas spy operations, pleaded innocent to three counts of ob­structing Congress and a federal grand jury and six counts of per­jury and making false statements. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine upon conviction.

George was accused of con­cealing from Congress his knowledge of the Reagan administration’s secret arms sales to Iran and former White House aide Oliver North’s military s.up- ply network for the Nicaraguan Contras.

George misled Congress when he said he did not know who was involved in a military supply plane shot down over Nicaragua on Oct. 5, 1986, said prosecutor Craig Gillen. The spy chief knew the plane was part of the Contra resupply network, Gillen said.

George also was accused of obstructing investigations by or­dering a subordinate CIA official, Alan Fiers, the chief prosecution witness, not to tell Congressional committees details about the Contra supply network. During the trial, Fiers testified that he told George in 1984 thatif North’s Central American operatic« be­came public “it will be worse than Watergate.”

Hibey attacked Fiers as a liar who set up George to avoid being convicted of felonies himself. Fiers pleaded guilty to two mis­demeanor counts of withholding information from Congress and testified under immunity from prosecution.

George, testifying in his own defense, blamed the charges against him on “hypocrites” in

Congress and a prosecutor who he said had hounded him for years. Lawmakers already knew about North’s operation whenhe briefed them in late 1986, he contended.

“Congress wanted to set somebody up... andl walkedright into it,” he shouted while pound­ing the witness stand. “I did not lie,” he said.

He added that he felt “no guilt of any kind” for not immediately telling lawmakers that a man in­

volved with (he plane downed in Nicaragua was former CIA offi­cial Felix Rodriguez. George in­sisted he was not certain of that whenhe testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Oct. 10,1986.

In any case, he argued there should “be a discretion on the part of the agency (CIA) on what they tell the Congress.”

A major Iran-Contra trial sched­uled for next Jan. 5 is that of former

Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. He was indicted June 16,1992, chi five felony counts of obstruction of justice, peijury and making false statements.

Weinberger was accused of concealing extensive personal notes of high-level Reagan admin­istration discussions about secret US arms sales to Iran and about aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. He also was charged with lying to Congress about his knowledge of a Novem-

ber 1985 shipment of Hawk mis­siles through Israel to Iran.

Weinberger’s prosecutors on Tuesday made public a document for use at the January trial saying that then-Vice President George Bush disagreed with Weinberger’s and former Secretary of State George Shultz’s opposition to the Iran-Contra arms arrangements. The document consisted of hand­written notes by a Shultz aide de- scribingaWhiteHouse discussion.

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Filipino veterans gain US citizenship

By PAUL A. DRISCOLL

CHICAGO (AP) - It took half a century, but the United States has extended a welcoming hand to Filipinos who helped defeat Japa­nese invaders in World War n.

A federal judge on Wednesday swore in 132 Filipino veterans as citizens of the United States.

US District Judge Abraham LineolnMarovitz,who served with the Marines in the Philippines during the war, said he has con­ducted many such citizenship cer­emonies.

“But with all my heart and all my soul, 1 tell you folks, none has moved me as much as this one today,” said the 87-year-old jurist

The Philippines were a US pos­session when Japan invaded three days after Pearl Harbor.

Someof thenewcitizens are frail now and three are in wheelchairs. But most appeared to be healthy and vigorous as they raised their right hands and pledged their loy­alty to a new land.

“I waited far this for 50 years,” said Flora Carino, at 85 still spry and smiling. “It’s been my dream sincecollege andhigh school to see Uncle Sam.”

She was a nurse with guerrilla units after Japan invaded her homeland on Dec. 10,1941; Now, she hopes to move to this country and live with relatives in Califor­nia.

She and the other new citizens were granted citizenship under a 1990 law that exempts them from customaryresidency requirements.

The law applies to Filipinos who served with American forces or with the Philippine Scouts or other national units between 1939 and 1946.

An estimated 70,000 survivors are eligible for citizenship under the law, said Ernesto P. Golez, commander of the American Legion’s Philippine departmenL The swearing-in ceremony was held during the legion’s national convention.

“These people love America, they fought for America,” said Emesto P. Golez, a member of the Philippine Commonwealth Army who joined the guerrillas after Ja­pan conquered the islands.

Golez, who lives in this country and became a citizen in 1982, said most of the new citizens still live in the Philippines but plan to move here.

One of the youngest new citi­zens is Roberto Banos, 66.

He joined the guerrillas in Ma­nila when he was 17 and was wounded in the arm as he escaped from the Japanese.

“My dream was to come to America even when I was still young,” be said. Another who escaped from the Japanese is Erdalfo A. Garcia. 72, a retired fanner and teacher.

“I love America and I love free­dom,” he said. “America is a good country. It protects freedom.”

MESSAGE OF APPRECIATIONWe, the family of the late

SATURNINOMATAGOLAI

KAIPATwould like to take this opportunity to express our deepest appreciation and

gratitude to all our relatives and friends for their kindness and understanding

during our time of sorrow.

Thank you so much and may our Lord richly bless you. Once again, from all of us

and to all of you...UN DANGKULO NA SI YUUS MAASE.

THE KAIPAT AND SANTOS FAMILY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSCUC-RFP92-0023

The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) is requesting proposals from qualified engineering firms for the provision of Con­struction Management Services for the Sadog Tase Wastewater Treatment Plant Modification Project is Saipan, CNMI. The project is being funded jointly by CUC and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The project involves the modification of presently existing 9 million gallon storage tank by addition of mechanical aeration equip­ment, addition of system structures, and other necessary improvements, all in accordance with the plans and specifications. The plant is designed to provide secondary treatment The estimated construction- period is 72 weeks from the date of the notice to proceed, which is expected to be issued in March 1993.

A mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference will be at 9:00 am on September 03, f992, at CUC’s Conference Room No. 1, Lower Base, Saipan. Proposals from firms that do not attend the Pre-Proposal Conference will not be considered. No inquiries will be addressed before the Conference, or after September 10,1992. A comprehensive scope and construction plans are available for review at CUC’s Wastewater Division, Lower Base.

Scope of Construction Management Services will include but will not be limited to:

1. Critical review of Plans and Specifications for errors.2. Assisting CUC with the Invitation to Bid process.3. ReviewingContractor’ssubmissionsofworkschedules.shop

drawings, etc. and providing recommendations to CUC.4. Conducting regular inspections and preparing regular progress

reports for CUC and EPA.5. Developing Operations & Maintenance Manual.6. Initiating and managing any change orders.7. Reviewing Progress Payment Request8. Assisting CUC in closing out the Contract9. Providing hands-on start-up for the wastewater treatment

plant for four (4) weeks.

Selection will be made on the basis of:• Technical qualifications of key personnel and overall person

nel assigned to the project Approach to project, including project office location Previous experience with similar projects Organization of firm and project team ReputationCompleteness and quality Total cost Time to complete

Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed envelope to the Procure­ment and Supply Manager, Mr. Pete Torres, Lower Base, P.O. Box 1220, Saipan, MP. 96950, no later than 3:30 pm local time, on September 18,1992. Six copies of all proposal documents are to be submitted. CUC reserves the right to reject any and all proposals for any reason and to waive any defects in saidproposals, if in its sole opinion to do so would be in CUC’s best interesL All proposals shall become the property of CUC.

FurtherinformationcanbeobtainedbycontactingCUCWastewater Division, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, P.O. Box 1220, Lower Base, Saipan MP 96950; Phone (670) 322-9371; Fax (670) 322-7033. /S/RAMON S. GUERREROExecutive Director, CUC tm-a a*-n

INVITATION TO BIDDPW92-ITB-00239

The Department of Public Woiks is soliciting sealed bids for the Construction o f Proposed Chief Aghurubw Memorial at Managaha Island, Saipan, MP 96950, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Bids in duplicate will be accepted in the Office of the Chief of Procurement & Supply at Lower Base, Saipan until'l:00 pjn.; local time, Friday, September 04,1992, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, Bid Bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is­lands with a notation on the face o f the check: “Credit Account No. 1453”.

The bidder is required to submit with his proposal, a copy of his business permit as a compliance with the Contractor’s Registra­tion and Licensing Laws o f the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Specifications and plans of the project are available on or after August 24,1992, at Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works in Saipan. A non-refundable payment of $100.00 is required for each set. Pre-bid conference for this project will be held at 1:00 p.m„ local time, Friday, August 28,1992, at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works on Saipan.

Attention is called to the Labor Standards Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Specifications must be paid on this projecL

All bid documents received shall be the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the exception of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications section, “Instruction to Bidders” Page 1-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth o f the Northern Mariana Islands.

/S/MANUEL S. CHARGUALAF Acting Director of Public Works8/19/92 V2i-H

Second Anniversary I Rosary

would like to invite all our relatives and friends to join us in prayer for my beloved husband and father. Nightly rosary will start at 8:00 p.m. on Aug. 26 Wednesday at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Guerrero (Kumoi) in Kagman.

On Thursday, Sept. 3,1992, Mass of Intention will be said at 5:00 p.m. at San Vicente church.

Dinner will be serve after the mass at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Guerrero in Kagman.

Thank you very much.The Family

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^ Procoplo Ventura, Sr.Late father of Arlene

Ventura Quiatchon passed away on July 28, 1992 at the age of 60 in Cebu City, Philippines.

Mass will be said at the Mt. Carmel Chapel every 6:00 in the evening starting August 28 to September 6.

Dinner will be served on the last day of the mass at Arlene’s Boutique grounds in Chalan Kanoa, Dist.l

Your presence will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You.From the Management and Staff of

Arlene’s Boutique

Note: Arlene's Boutique will bB dosed on Sept. 6 11111

INVITATION TO BIDDPW92-ITB-00238

The Department of Public Works is soliciting sealed bids for the Construction of Energy Conservation Measures at Mt. Carmel School Library, Insulate Roof and Install Plexiglas,- Saipan, MP Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Bids in dupli­cate will be accepted in the Office of the Chief of Procurement & Supply at Lower Base, Saipan until 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, September 04, 1992, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above time will not be accepted under any circumstances.

A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, Bid Bond or other form acceptable to the Government made payable to the Treasurer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is­lands with a notation on the face of the check: “Credit Account No. 1453”. Bid Security is not required if bid amount is less than $25,000.00.

The bidder is required to submit with his proposal, a copy of his business permit as a compliance with the Contractor’s Registra­tion and Licensing Laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Specifications and plans of the project are available on or after August 24,1992, at Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works in Saipan. A non-refundable payment of $50.00 is required for each set. Pre-bid conference for this project will be held at 2:00 p.m., local time, Friday, August 28, 1992, at the Technical Services Division, Department of Public Works on Saipan.

Attention is called to the Labor Standards Provisions for Wage Rate Determination of the CNMI Classification and Salary Structure Plans, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Specifications must be paid on this project

All bid documents received shall be the sole property of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the exception of bid bonds, certified checks or cashier’s check which will be returned to the bidders in accordance with the specifications section, “Instruction to Bidders” Page 1-2, Paragraph No. 05, Bid Guarantee.

The Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any imperfection in the bid proposal in the interest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

/s/MANUEL S. CHARGUALAF Acting Director of Public Works

INVITATION FOR BIDIFB92-0059

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed bids for the purchase of the following vehicles

One (1) unitfour door sedan, 2.0 liter, 16 valves, automatic transmission, power sterrfing, power brake system, with air-conditioning.

One (1) to three (3) four door sedan(s), 1.5 liter, 4 cylinder engine, and front wheel drive. Bids should include quotation on automatic and manual transmission plus with or without air-conditioii.

Vehicles must be CIF Supply Rep., Rota, it must also be ready for delivery within fifteen (15) working days from the date of award, unless otherwise agreed in writing for a longer delivery time, have a one year maintenance/warranty agreement which includes parts and labor, rustproof/undercoated, safety inspected prior to delivery at Marpands, with registration fee payable at the CNMI Treasury.

All bids must be in a sealed envelope marked IFB92-0059 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than September 8,1992 at 3:00 P.M., at which time and place, all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered. The CNMI government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

/s/David M. Apatang

ADDENDUM NO. 01 TO

P S S -1 F B 9 2 -0 0 1 9The Invitation For Bid for the construc­tion of proposed Tinian High School which was scheduled to be opened on Friday, August 21,1992 was postponed until September 04,1992, due to change in scope of work. All changes in scope and other Bidding instruction can be secured from the PSS CIP Office, Saipan, on August 24,1992. Bid Opening will be held at the CIP Office on Friday, Septem­ber 04,1992, at 3:00 P.M.

/s/WILLIAM S. TORRES Date: 8/25/92

/s/DAVID P. BABAUTA DATE: 8/26/92

8/28 9/1

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL R FP 92-0058

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competi­tive sealed proposals for the MANAGEMENT OF THE ENERGY EDUCATION PROGRAM of the Common­wealth Energy Office.

Specification for the above may be picked up at the office of Procurement and Supply Lower Base, Saipan, during regular government working hours.

Proposals will be evaluated by the following criteria:1) Ability to Perform Job2) Cost3) Delivery of Servicesd

All proposals must be in a sealed envelope marked RFP92- 0058, submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than September 14,1992 before 4:00 P.M. Any proposals received late will not be considered. The CNMI Govern­ment reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the CNMI government.

/s/David M. Apatang8/28 9/4-11

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Dear EditorI am a Rotanese and I was ashamed

what those Rotanese Senators were doing in the Senate which was con­trary to the interest of the CNMI.

Senator Paul Manglona and Sena­tor Edward U. Maratita voted “No” to the house version budget for their political motivation although the $158M million budget will save the people of Saipan approximately $4 million. Good that Senate President Joseph S. Inos’ “Yes” vote, the de­ciding vote that made the budget pass. Thank you Senate president Joseph S. Inos for a job well done.

Looking back during the 1992 budget debate before its final ap­proval, there were many interesting issues raised, prompting a question of one’s credibility in the call of office.

Senator Edward U. Maratita of Rota opposed the 1992 budget pri­marily because some twenty on­going employees with the office of Rota would end up living on food stamp. I support that endorsement and his reason because only respon­sible senators may bluntly come up with this accusation before the Au­gust body. As a result, Senator Ed­ward U. Maratita voted “No” to the budget.

Senate President Joseph S. Inos, however, took a different view, saying that Senator Edward U. Maratita’s statement is grossly erro­neous.

I hope to hear the issue on who is telling thetruth so that wecanidentify liars in the Senate.

The approved house version of budget allows Rota to hire 40 addi­tional employees in different depart­ments of the government agency. The only thing that is taken away is the spending authority of the mayor of Rota. The spending authority is now delegated to the resident director of each department.

Why did Senator Edward U. Maratita inteiject “20” employees which, in fact, only eight employees are illegally employed by the office of the mayor. They became illegally employed, because the law stipulates that the mayor can only allow “60 FT’ means only “60” employees can be employed yet he employed “68”. Is there any more illegal employees to be employed by the mayor’s office thatnecessitatesSlOmilliondemand for Rota budget?

Incidentally, the budget of the municipal councils of Rota and Tinian are still solidly intact. Some of these employees of the mayor of Rota can be shifted to the municipal council funds so that these eight il­legal employees of the mayor will not suffer the consequence by pay­ing back to the government the sal­ary they received.

We cannot deprive the taxpayers of Saipan the necessary services that should be extended to them for the betterment of their community like water improvement project, sewer line, road construction and repairs of their delapidatcd school buildings. The people of Saipan deserve the best and they should demand the best.

Hafa Adai!/s/Jesus M. Taisacan Rotanese

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Tokyo share prices surge in heavy tradeTOKYO (AP) - Share prices shot up the Tokyo Stock Exchange in heavy trading Thursday, as par­ticipants welcomed reports about a package of economic stimulus measures to be announced by the government on today.

The US dollar closed un­changed against the Japanese yen.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed l,013.35points, or 6.13 percent, ending the day at 17,555.00points. On Wednesday, the index gained 160.88 points, or 0.98 percent.

The index now has risen3.245.59 points, or 22.68 percent, in the seven trading days since Aug. 18, when it closed at 14,309.41.

Newspapers reported Wednes­day that the stimulus package would exceed 9 trillion yen ($72 billion), and would include an expansion of the portion of public pension and insurance funds that can be funneled into stock in­vestment.

“The gloom of the whole mar­ket is gone,” said Daniel Marull, a trader at Sanyo Securities Co. “The market’s not looking down at all.”

Investors also were encouraged by an overnight rise on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones stock average of 30 industrials rose.14.59 points to 3,246.81, traders said.

The broader Tokyo Stock Price Index of all issues listed on the first section rose 63.07 points, or 4.94 percent, to 1,340.45. The TOPIX inched up 0.54 points, or 0.04 percent, on Wednesday." An estimated 620million shares were traded, up from 326.8 mil- lionon Wednesday and thehighest volume in nearly a year.

On the foreign exchange mar­ket, the dollar closed at 124.95 yen, unchanged from Wednesday. After opening at 125.27 yen, it ranged between 124.95 yen and 125.35 yen. The US currency ended trading at 124.85 yen overnight in New York.

Traders said the dollar’s initial strength came as participants fo­cused on covering oversold dol­lar positions because of expecta­tions that the currency’s recent weakness will be discussed at this weekend’s meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations. Profit- taking later reduced those gains, they said.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL R FP 92-0060

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competi­tive sealed proposals for the procurement of CLEANING/ JANITORIAL SERVICES for the Department of Com­merce and Labor.

Specification for the above may be picked up at the office of Procurement and Supply Lower Base, Saipan, during regular government working hours.

Proposals will be evaluated by the following criteria:1) Purchase Price2) Delivery of Services3) Ability to Perform Job

All proposals must be in a sealed envelope marked RFP92- 0060 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than September 8, 1992 before 4:00 P.M. Any proposals received late will not be considered. The CNMI Govern­ment reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the CNMI government.

/s/David M. Apatang8/28 9/4

AMENDMENT INVITATION FOR BID

IFB92-0050

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competi­tive sealed bids from qualified individuals or firms for an OFFICE SPACE LEASE for the Division of Environmen­tal Quality.

Specification for the lease may be picked up at the office of Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, during working hours (7:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and 12:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.).

All bids must be in a sealed envelope marked IFB92-0050 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procure­ment and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, before 2:00 P.M. September 8,1992, at which time and place, all bids will be publicly open and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered. The CNMI Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

/s/David M. Apatang g/M w

AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

RFP92-0051

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed proposals for the procurement of Laundry Services, Security Guards Services, Pest and Rodent Control Services, Trash Collection Ser­vices, and Outside Ground Maintenance Services for the Common­wealth Health Center.

Specification for the above may be picked up at the office of Procure­ment and Supply Lower Base, Saipan, during regular government working hours.

Proposals will be evaluated by the following criteria:

1) Purchase Price2) Delivery of Services3) Ability to Perform Job

All proposals must be in a sealed envelope marked RFP92-0051 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than September 14,1992 before 4:00 P.M. Any proposals received lhte will not be considered. The CNMI Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the CNMI government.

/s/David M. Apatang8/28

42-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VffiWS-FRIDAY-AUGUST 28,1992

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The NMI Retirement Fund (Fund) is soliciting proposals from all interested and qualified person or finns to set up a Novell local area network computer system. The detail RFP package is avail­able to be picked up at the Fund Office located at the ground floor of Naum Building.

The proposals must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 18,1992 to the:

Administrator NMI Retirement Fund

P.O. Box 1247 Saipan, MP 96950

The Fund reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any imperfection in such proposals, if doing so. is in its best interest.

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INVITATION FOR BIDIFB92-0054

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed bids for the purchase of the following vehicle.

Two (2) each PICK UP TRUCK, at least 3/4 ton, standard, 4 cylinder, with air-condition, must be easily maneuverable even at 10 mph.

Bidder must have a representative on Rota and parts must be readily available on Rota or Saipan. Representative must be authorized to provide services for warranty and/or repair.

( Vehicles must be CIF Supply Rep., Rota; it must also be ready for delivery within fifteen (15) working days from the date of award, unless otherwise agreed in writing for a longer delivery time, have a one year maintenance/warranty agreement which includes parts and labor, rustproof/undcrcoated, safety inspected prior to delivery at M arpands, with registration fee payable at the CNMI Treasury.

All bids must be in a sealed envelope marked IFB92-0054 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than September 14,1992 at 2:30 P.M., at which time and place, all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered. The CNMI government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

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INVITATION FOR BIDIFB92-0055

The Chief, P rocurem ent and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed bids for th e purchase of the following vehicle.

O ne 91) u n it 1992 double cabin pick-up, air-conditioner, 5 or 6 speed m anual transm ission, AM/FM radio, hardtop, 4 wheel drive.

O ne (1) u n it 1992 4 door sedan, 4 cylinder, 1.6 liter, autom atic transm ission, air-condition, and AM/FM radio.

Bids should include w ith or w ithout a one year in surance policy and an option to purchase price.

Vehicles m ust be C IF M arpands, Saipan, it m ust also be ready for delivery w ithin fifteen (15) working days from the date of aw ard, unless otherw ise agreed in w riting for a longer delivery time, have a one year m aintenance/w arranty agreem ent which includes p a rts and labor, rustproof/undercoated, safety inspected prior to delivery a t M arpands, w ith registration fee payable a t the CNMI Treasury.

All bids m ust be in a sealed envelope m arked IFB92-0055 subm itted in duplicate to the office of th e Chief, P rocurem ent and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan , no la te r th an Septem ber 15,1992 a t 2:00 P.M., a t which tim e and place, all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received la te will not be considered. The CNMI governm ent reserves th e righ t to reject any or all bids in th e best in terest of the governm ent. |

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INVITATION FOR BIDIFB92-0053

The Chief, Procurement and Supply is soliciting competitive sealed bids from qualified individuals or firms for the maintenance of the Susupe Sports Complex.Specifications:

BASEBALL FIELD AND SOFTBALL FIELD1) Cleans officials stands, dugouts, bleachers, and field area at least

twice a week, including sweeping of the dugouts and officials stands.

2) Maintain and mow the entire field, including keeping the infield free of grass.

3) Keep fenceline clear of weeds and grass'with periodic spray of weedkiller.

4) Grass should be cut to within 1/2 to 3/4 inches weekly.5) Clean and cut grass surrounding the gymnasium.6) Clean and cut grass around the ballfields up to the road and other

boundaries, including the parking area to the road. «TRACK AND FIELD AREA

1) Cut grass and clean running rack weekly (within running area only).

2) Cut grass of field at least every other week, including the fenceline and sitting area.

All bids must be in a sealed envelope marked IFB92-0053 submitted in duplicate to the office of the Chief, Procurement and Supply, Lower Base, Saipan, before 2:00 P.M. August 31,1992., at which time and place, all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received late will not be considered. The CNMI government reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the government.

/s/David M. Apatangr 8/21-28

BID PROPOSALS TO SELL

The Mariana Islands Housing Authority (MIHA) is ac­cepting bid proposals for the following used items to be sold as is and without warranty.

Q uantity Item13 30" electric range14 14 cubic ft. refrigerator

I 3/4" x 100' electric power snake1 Map drawer cabinet1 Printing m achine1 Toyota Hiliix pickup (1988)

Please submit al! bids before the deadline on Friday, September 11, 1992, 3:30 p.m. to M IH A ’s main office in Garapan. Bidders for refrigerators must secure a method to safely recycle or disposed of the refrigerants, should you have any questions, please contact John M. Sablan, Executive Director, at 234-9447/7670/7689/6866.

MIHA reserves the right to reject any or all bids in the interest of the government.

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BID PROPOSALSThe Mariana Islands Housing Authority (MIHA) is requesting bid proposals for typhoon, fire, earthquake, and vandalism insurance for MIHA’s section 8 housing units and the MIHA offices on Saipan, Rota and Tinian (including all furnishing and equipment).

Detailed information on building size and value can be obtained at MIHA’s main office at tele­phone number 234-6866/7670/7689/9447. the contract should cover a period up to three years with a renewable provision yearly.

Deadline for submittal of proposals is 3:30 p.m. September 4, 1992.

MIHA reserves the right tareject any or all bids in the interest of the government. mA_2U2i

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From 1985 -1990, Commerce licensed the sale of $1.5 billion worth of sensitive US technology to Iraq. In 1990 and.’91, Com­merce repeatedly denied Customs the print-out of export licenses to Iraq on grounds that the data contained “proprietary” informa­tion about American firms. Frustrated and angry, John C. Kelly, director of Customs stra­tegic investigations division, aired his complaints publicly in Feb­ruary 1991. Only then was the list turned over.

But the bureaucratic battle rages on. Customs recently faced snags in acquiring detailed data for several other ongoing investiga­tions, including one probe into Leybold Vacuum Systems, Inc.

Leybold sold metalworking equipment to Iraq, which inves­tigators nor suspect was used in Saddam’s nuclear weapons pro­gram. Commerce harbored sus­picions dating back to 1988, but approved the exports anyway. One source familiar with the case says that Commerce is once again raising the “proprietary” infor­mation clause as “a shield to hide their own transgressions.” a Commerce official told our asso­ciate Dean Boyd that Commerce is “fully cooperating with Cus­toms.”

Commerce isn’ttheonly agency with culpability. A Customs in­vestigation into the late Dr. Ihsan Barbouti and his son Haidar Barbouti, both Iraqi nationals suspected of procuring weapons technology in the US, has been on the slow-track as well.

One source says that a request forwarded last year through the Justice and the State Departments for an interview with a foreign national vital to the case “went into the black hole” for months.

The case has been ongoing since spring 1990 and no indictments are expected in the near future.

In another incident, it was not until after the invasion of Kuwait that Customs was allowed access to US intelligence reports that a year earlier had identified matrix Churchill, an Ohio-based tool m anufacturer, as apart of Baghdad’s international arms procurement network. Customs had been probing the firni for months.

After being provided this in­formation and a Treasury De­partment ruling that the company served as an Iraqi front, Customs closed down Matrix in September 1990 and seized $2 million of its assets. However, there’s been no indictment filed agaisnt the company. Today only one Cus­toms agent is assigned to investi­gate the company’s tangled in­ternational weapons trail.

Unfortunately, this case is all too typical of the scandal-within- the-scandal of Iraq gate.

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PUBLIC NOTICETHE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SER­VICES, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, HAS PREPARED BLOCK GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993, AND ANNUAL REPORT FOR ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FISCAL YEAR 1991, PROGRESS REPORT FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991. ALL OF THESE REPORTS AND APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION, REVIEW AND COMMENTS AT THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WEEKDAYS, 7:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M., THROUGH 15 AUGUST 1992.

/S/DR. JOSE L CHONG DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

t i lfia Ч и ПУ цREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Marianas VisitorBureau (MVB) is solicitingproposals for the preparation and publication of the Annual Report of MVB’s operations and activities for Fiscal Year 1992.

All inquiries regarding the proposal should be directed to Ms. Priscilla Dela Cruz, Deputy Managing Director, at telephone number 234-8325/6/7. Annual reports from previous years are available for inspection and could be used as guidelines.

Proposal must be received by the Marianas Visitors Bu­reau no later than 3:00p.m., Friday, September4,1992, at which time and place all proposals will be opened and read. MVB reserves the right to reject any or all proposals if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best interest.

/s/Bennet T. Seman Managing Director

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL(CUC-RFP92-0024)

The COMMONWEALTH UTILITIES CORPORATION (CUC) of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is requesting proposals from qualified firms for the Procurement of 1 or 2 Units Aerial Baskets.SPECIFICATIONS:24,260# GVW HI-RANGER MODELNEW STYLE, GAB, ULT HOOD 48' FLOOR HEIGHT 366 CID V/8 GAS ENGINE TWO MAN BASKET FIVE SPEED TRANSMISSION 500# CAPACITY TWO SPEED REAR AXLE FIBERGLASS UPPER BOOM 90:00 X 20 TIRES INSULATED LOWER BOOMSPOKE WHEELS GAB SHIELDHYDRAULIC DISC BRAKERS MICRO LOCK BRAKE

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Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope, marked CUC- RFP92-0024, in triplicate, to the Procurement and Supply Manager, Mr. Pedro W. Torres, CUC Procurement and Supply Office, Lower Base, Saipan, no later than 2:00 p.m., local time, on Monday, August 31,1992.

The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defect in said proposals if, in its sole opinion, it is in the best interest of the Com­monwealth Utilities Corporation to do so. All proposals shall become the property of CUC.

/s/RAMON S. GUERREROExecutive Director s i-m

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSThe Mariana Islands Housing Authority is soliciting pro­posals to lease and develop the North Garapan Annex H property consisting of approximately74,000square meters. The property is centrally located in Garapan, close to the main hotels and within walking distance to Micro Beach. The maximum lease is for 55 years and is not affected by Article XII of the CNMI Constitution. Those interested may pick up the detailed Request for Proposal and Appraisal Report at MIHA’S office in Garapan, Saipan, or contact telephone numbers234-7689/7670/6866/9447, or facsimile number 234-9021. The deadline for submitting proposals has been extended to October 2,1992, at 4:00 p.m.

MIHA reserves the right to extend the deadline for sub­mitting or reject any or all proposals whole or in part, or required amendments or modifications to proposals with­out liability whatsoever. MIHA also reserves the right to amend or supplement requirements and material, in writ­ing, at any time prior to the submission date.

/s/Juan M. Sablan 8/7-14-21.28

Edberg starts preparation for US OpenCOMMACK, N.Y. (AP) - Top- seeded Stefan Edberg began final preparation for defense of his US Open tennis title next week by defeating Markus Zoecke of Ger­many, 6-2,7-5, in the first round of tjie Hamlet Cup tennis tourna­ment Wednesday.

The Swede, who won the Volvo International in New Haven, Conn. last, week, started by breaking the German player’s service. He spent the rest of the 93-m inute match erasing Zoecke’s challenges in uncom­fortably humid weather.

In a second-round match, fourth-seeded Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia eliminated Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden, 6-3, 6-4.

“It was very hot and unpleasant on the court today but you have to be prepared,” Edberg said. “And as long as you keep winning, it’s no problem. When you win you don’t feel the heat.”

Edberg, ranked second in the world, won the last three games of the first set and broke Zoecke ’ s service in the 11th game of the second set

The 26-year-old Edberg won six tournaments in 1991 but only two this year (Hamburg in May was his first) as he lost his No. 1 ranking to Jim Courier, French Open winner.

“I ’ve been playing better this summer,” Edberg said. “I picked up my game. I feel I ’mhilting the ball well. It was nice to win a tournament last week. It meant a lot to me.”

Korda, the French Open runnerup this year and ranked sixth in the world, took a 3-0 lead in the first set and was never challenged.

Graf battles injury, virus infectionNEW YORK (AP) - Two-time US Open champion Steffi Graf is battling a shoulder injury and vi­rus infection as she prepares for the 1992 tournament, which be­gins Monday at the National Ten­nis Center.

“I had a lot of problems with my shoulder at die Federation Cup and now it’s bothering me again,” the second-seeded Graf said Wednesday. “Now I ’ve caught a virus infection. That’s why I ’ve been taking some time off to slowly get better.”

The shoulder problem is her primary concern.

“It’s been good for thepastfew days,” Graf said. “It’s an inflam­mation that comes and goes. I ’ve been trying to work with weights and strengthen the muscles around it. It was bad at the Federation Cup and then the Olympics.”

The Wimbledon champion, who lost to 16-year-old Jennifer Capriati 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in the Olympic final, left her Florida home early to prepare for the tournament and was also able to avoid Hurricane Andrew.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERSCPA ANNOUNCES THE FO LLO W ING TW O PR O JEC TS

1. SEALED PROPOSALS for PRO C UREM ENT AND DELIVERY OF O N E (1) AIRCRAFT R ESCUE FIREFIG HTING VEH IC LE T O ROTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ROTA MARIANA ISLANDS, AIP No. 3-69-0003-05 will be received at the office of the EXECUTIVE D IRECTOR, COM M O NW EALTH PO RTS AUTHORITY, Saipan International airport, P.O. Box 1055, Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, until 2:00 P.M., September 22, 1992, at which time and place the sealed proposals willbe Dublidy opened and read. _ „. __________

2. SEALED PROPOSALS for PRO CUREM ENT AND DELIVERY OF ONE (1) AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIREFIG HTING VEHICLE TO W ES T TINIAN A IRPORT, TINIAN MARIANA ISLANDS, AIP No. 3-69-0011-03 will be received at the office of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CO M M O NW EALTH PORTS AUTHORITY, Saipan International Airport, P.O. Box 1055, Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, until 2:00 P .M ., September 22 ,1992 , at which time and place the sealed proposals will be publiclyopened and read. .

The projects, in general, both consist of the procurement and delivery of one airport rescue firefighting vehicle in accordance with the specifications.The projects are being financed by funds from the Commonwealth Ports Authority and from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the contract awards, if they

are to be made, will be made within two months (2) from the receipt of bids. Depending upon availability of funds, CPA reserves the right to hold such bid in effect for three (3) months from the date of bid opening.These contracts are under and subject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, of September 24, 1965, the Federal Labor provisions and the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) provisions as contained in the contract, specifications and bid documents.

All mechanics and laborers on these projects shall be paid no less than the minimum wage rate established by the U .S. Secretary of labor. A copy of the Department of Labor Wage Rate Determination is applicable to these contracts and is made a part of this specification (See Section 70-24).

Each bidder must complete, sign and furnish, prior to award ot the contracts (AIP No. 3-69-0003-05 and AIP NO. 3-69-001 -03) the "Bidder's Statement on Previous Contracts Subject to EEO Clause", a "Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities· (See Proposal).Required Notices for All Contracts.

a The bidder must supply all the information required by the proposal forms and specifications.b The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA), in accordance with Tide V I of the Civil rights Act of 1964 hereby notifies all bidders that they (bidders) must

affirmatively insure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for award.

The bidder’s attention is invited to the fact that the proposed contracts shall be under and subject to the equal opportunity clause as set forth in Part III, Section 302 (b) of Executive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375 dated October 13.1977, and Section 60-1.4 (b) of the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR 60-1) as implemented by Section 152.61 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, to the contracts and labor provisions as set forth in Section 152.55 and AppendixH. Part 152, of the Federal Aviation Regulations, and to the applicable provisions of title VI of the civil rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252) implemented by Part 21 of the Regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. Also, the proposed contracts will be subject to the Contractor's Certification of non-segregated facilities.

The apparent low bidders and any known first tier subcontractors will be subject to a pre-ward, equal opportunity compliance review by representatives of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, before the award of the contract for the purpose of determining whether the bidder and/or his sub-contractors are able to comply with the provisions of the equal opportunity dause.

If the bidder has participated ir a previous contract subject to the equal opportunity clause and has not submitted compliance reports as required by applicable instructions, the bidder shall submit, priorto award of contract, acompliance report covering thedelinquent period or such other period spedfied by the FAAor the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor.

A bidder or prospective price contractor or proposed subcontractor shall be required to submit such information as the FAA or the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, request prior to the award of the contract or subcontract. When a determination has been made to award the contract or subcontract to a spedfied contractor, such contractor shall be required, prior to award, or after the award or bqth to furnish such other information as the FAA or the Director requests.

Contract documents, including plans and specifications, may be examined at the Office of the Executive director, Commonwealth Ports Authority, or can be obtained from this office upon the payment of SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($75.00) for each set of specification documents. This amount is non-refundable. Payment shall be made by check payable to the Commonwealth Ports Authority.

Copies of the aforementioned contract documents may also be examined or obtained at the office qf Efrain F. Camacho, Consulting Engineers:Efraln F. C am acho, Consulting EngineersFlam e Tree TerraceP.O. Box 2415Saipan, MP 96950Phone Num ber: 322-7814/7815

A pre-bid conference will be held at SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL A IR PO R T TERM INAL BUILDING, at 10:00 A.M. on August 25 ,1 9 9 2 to explain and clarify any questions regarding this project. Questions should be submitted to the Consultant, in writing, at least five (5) days in advance for answers at this pre-bid conference, with a copy of same mailed simultaneously to the Executive Director, Commonwealth Ports Authority.

Each prospective bidder shall file with the Commonwealth Ports Authority, a t the above Saipan address, a notice of his intention to bid in a form substantially similar to that supplied herewith, not less than six (6) calendar days prior to the da:e hereinabove designated for opening of proposals.

Each proposal shall be on a form furnished by the Commonwealth Ports Authority.The Commonwealth Ports Authority reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any defects in said proposals, or any of them if

in its sole opinion to do so would be in its interest./s/J.M . Guerrero

Contracting Officer for CPA FEDERAL REQ UIREM EN TS FOR ADVERTISING (INVITATION FOR BID)

Newspaper notice or public advertisement must include the following statements:I . The proposed contract is underand subject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, of September 24, 1965, and to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

and Federal Labor Provisions.All labor on the project shall be paid no less than the minimum wage rates established by the U.S. Secretary of Labor.Each bidder must supply all the information required by the bid documents and specifications.The EEO requirements, labor provisions and wage rates are included :n the specifications and bid documents and are available for inspections at the Commonwealth Ports Authority.Each bidder must complete, sign and furnish, prior to award of the contract (at submission of the bid), the ‘Bidder's Statement on Previous Contracts Subject to EEO Clause" and the "Certifications of Nonsegregated Facilities" as contained in the Bid Proposal.A contractor having 50 or more employees and his sub-contractors having 50 or more employees and who may be awarded a contract of $50,000 or more will be required to maintain an affirmative action program, the standards for which are contained in the specifications.To be eligible for award, each bidder must comply with the affirmative action requirements which are contained in the specifications.1n accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award of any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement.W om en will be afforded equal opportunity in all areas of employment However, the employment of women shall not diminish the standards of requirements for the employment of minorities.

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CLASSIFIED ADS NEW1 ACCO UNTANT -College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 per month.· Contact: M IG UEL E. SABLAN dba SAIPAN M ACHINERY, P .O . Box 131, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-2600 (9/11)F/08932._____________ '

1 A CC O U N TA N T-C ollegegrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.19 per hour. .1 H.E. M ECHANIC - High school grad.,2 yr?. experience. Salary $3.65 per hour.Contact: SAIPAN STEV ED O R E CO., INC., P.O. Box 208 C.K., Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-6469 (9 /11)F/2722.

1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.19 per hour.1 PROJECTENGINEER-Collegegrad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $5 .77 per hour.Contact: EMILIO P. Q U IATCHO N SR. dba EQ C O NSTRUCTIO N, P.O. Box 1073, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 8827 (9 /11)F/08925.

2 BARTENDER1 RESTAURANT W A ITR ES S - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: MOGAMBO, INC. dba CAFE M O G AM BO , C aller Box P P P 157, Garapan, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3118 (9 /11)F/08923.

1 SALES REPRESENTATIVES, GEN. MERCHANDISE - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.25 per hour. Contact: HERM INIO S . QUEJA dba CARITAS ENTERPR ISES, Caller Box AAA 1037, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-7936 (9 /1 1)F/2723.

1 DRESSMAKER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: SAINT TR ADING CO., INC. dba ‘ SANTHER'S", Caller Box AAA 2127, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235- 5009 (9/31)M /08898.

3 FRONT DESK CLERK4 (CHAMBER MAID) HOUSEKEEPING CLEANER3 DISH W ASHER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.00 per hour.2 CLEANER, HO USEKEEPING1 ASSISTANT COOK2 PAINTER3 W AITRESS (RESTAURANT)1 CASHIER1 COOK2 PLUMBER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.4 W AITRESS (N IG H T CLUB) - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.50 per hour.1 HEAVY EQ UIPM ENT O PERATO R - High school-grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $4.00 per hour.1 RESTAURANT M ANAGER - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. S alary$1,000 - $1,700 per month.Contact: KAN PACIFIC SAIPAN, LTD., P.O. Box 527, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-2211/2/3 (9/11 )F/2729.

1 ICE CANDY MAKER - High school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour.Contact: A N T O N IO R . D E LE O N GUERRERO dba O N E S TO P KOOL SPOT, P.O. Box802, Saipan, MP96950, Tel. No. 234-7290 (9 /1 1)F/08933.

1 MAINTENANCE W ORKER, S W IM ­MING POOL - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. Contact: PACIFIC M IC R O N E S IA N CORP. dba DAI-ICHI H O TEL SAIPA BEACH, P .O . Box 1029, Garapan, Saipan, MP 96950, Te l. No. 234-6412 to 5 e x t 1505 (9 /1 1)F/2730.

1 ASSISTANT MANAGER -College grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $1,200 per month.Contact: M ICRO ASEAN CORP. DBA M ANILENA FAST FO O D C EN TE R , Caller Box PPP 608 Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. 234-5571 (9 /11)F/

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-MANAGER1 MANAGER (GIFT SHO P)1 A SSISTANTM AN AG ER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $700 - $1,000 per month.Contact: CALVOSPECIALTY RETAIL­ING (SAIPAN) INC. dba BENNETON, P.O. Box 245, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-1813 (8/28)F/08796.

1 CONSTRUCTION MANAGER - Col­lege grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $30.00+ per hour.Contact: FLETCHER PACIFIC CNM I, Caller Box AAA 330, Saipan MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-3300 (8/28)F/2652.

1 GENERAL MANAGER-Collegegrad., 10 yrs. experience. Salary $7,200 per month plus performance bonus.S .C . PRO PER TIES (SAIPAN) INC ., Caller Box PPP 1020, Saipan. M P 96950. Contact: SALAS AND MANIBUSAN, UIU BUILDING, SAN JOSE, SAIPAN, Tel. No. 234-7455/7427/7428 (9/4) F/ 2697.

1 SALES MANAGER - High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 per month.Contact: Z & L INTERN ATI NAL C O R­P O R A T IO N , Caller Box P P P 546, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-5240 (9/4)F/2692.

1 OPERATION MANAGER - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 -$ 1 ,5 0 0 per month.Contact: JS C CORPORATION AUTO REPAIR SHO P, P.O. Box 2240,Saipan; M P 96950, Tel. No. 235-1721 (9/4)F/ 08837.______________________________

1 MANAGER (SERVICE STATIO N) - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 - $2,000 per month.Contact: INOUE ENTERPRISES, INC. P.O. Box 1998, Saipan, MP 96950, Te). No. 322-3361 (9/4)08862.

ACCOUNTANT1 ACCOUNTANT - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $7.51 per hour. C ontact: D IO C E S E O F C H A LA N KANOA, P.O. Box 745, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3000(a/28)F/Q8800.

2 A CCO UNTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.19 per hour. Contact: NINO'S INC., P .O . Box 1808, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-9299 (8/28)F/2647.

1 ACCOUNTANT -College grad. 2 yrs. experience, salary: $900 per month. C ontact: M E IT E T S U S H O P P IN G CENTER, INC. dba MEITETSU MART, P.O. Box 38 Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. 234-7313/7490(9/8)T/08864. y/<7 P

1 ACCO UNTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $900 per month. Contact: MEITETSU S H O P PIN G C E N ­TER, INC. dba MEITETSU MART, P.O. Box 38, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8313/7490 (9/4)F/08864.

ENTERTAINER1 W AITR ESS, RETAURAN T - High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .15 per hour.Contact: CHINESE GOODS CTR. dba C A N T O N R ES T., P .O . Box 2351 , Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7236 (8/28)F/08795.

10 W AITRESS (NIGHTCLUB)2 BARTENDER1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25- $2.50 per hour.2 D ISC JOCKEY -H igh school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .25 - $2.65 per hour.15 DANCER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25 - $4.00 per hour.Contact: STAR FOUR CORPORATION dba STARLITE DISCO CLUB, P.O. Box 1778, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 5520 (8/28)F/08790.

1 W AITRESS (R E S T A U R A N T)1 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: STRINGSTONE ENT., INC. dba YAKINIKU REST., Caller Box PPP 535, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322- 7192 (8/28)F/08789.

MECHANIC1 BLDG. MAINTENANCE R EP A IR ER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. ..Contact: KONRAD S. R EYES dba KONRAD & ASSOCIATES, P.O. Box 1425, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. 234-7703 (8/28)F/08798.

1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILD­ING - High school grad., 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary $2.50 per hour.Contact: ARNALDO G. GUBAN dba A R G IE M A IN T E N A N C E /C O U R IE R SVC., P.O. Box 2120 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-3663 (9/4)F/08860.

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3 H.E. OPERATOR1 D IESEL MECHANIC - High school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour.2 CARPENTER3 MASON - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25 per hour.1 EXPEDITER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.75 per hour. 3 ICE MAKER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.3 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $600 per month.1 DELIVERY MAN - High school equiv.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $525.00 per month.Contact: JOHN T . SABLAN dba JG SABLAN ICE & W A TER COMPANY, P.O. Box 2119, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-5155/58(8/28)F/2650.1 PLUMBER 1 ELECTRICIAN-1 A/C TECHNICIAN - High school grad .;.2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 -$ 3 .1 5 per hour.1 UPHOLSTERER - High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 -$ 3 .0 0 per hour.1 PRO JECT(ENG INEER) M ANAG ER- Collegegrad., 2yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 - $3,840 per month.Contact: H O TELN IK K O S A IPA N ,IN C . dba H O TEL NIKKO SAIPAN, P.O. Box 5152 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-3311 ext. 2022 (8/28)F/2649.

2 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: JIM M Y G . A G LIP A Y dba G O O D S A M A R IT A N G E N E R A L CONST. & A UTO PARTS SALES, P.O. Box 28, Saipan, M P 96950(9/4)F/08867.

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10 CUTTER (MACHINE)10 PACKER (HAND PACKER)1 0 IRO N ER (PRESSER) - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .5 0 - $5.00 per hour.60 SEW ING MACHINE O PER ATO R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.50 per hour.3 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2 .15 - $3.00 per hour.4 OVERHAULER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $5.00 per hour.Contact: MICHIGAN INCORPORATED. P.O. Box 2682, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-9555/6 (9/4)F/08857.

10 FINISHER (TRIM M ERS)10 SEW ING MACHINE OPERATOR (SEW ER)5 CUTTER, MACHINE - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 - $6.50 per hour.C ontact: B Y U N G H O S U H d b aMARIANA FASHIONS, INC., P.O. Box 1417, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 8607/08/09 (9/4)F/08859

15 (SEW ER) SEW ING MACHINE OP- EFIATOR - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: CO M M O NW EALTH G AR­M ENT INC., P.O. Box 741, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7550/51 (9/4)F/ 2691.

MISCELLANEOUS4 PUBLIC (CUSTOM ER) RELATION OFFICER2 FAST FOOD W ORKER1 JANITOR - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.15 per hour.3 W A R E H O U S E W O R K E R - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25 - $3.25 per hour.1 BAKER - High school grad., 2 yrs, experience. Salary $2.35 - $3.00 per hour.3 SALES CLERK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.00 per hour.1 A DM IN IS TR A TIV E A S S IS TA N T - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 - $900 per month.Contact: J .C . T E N O R IO E N T E R ­PRISES, P.O. Box 137, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6445/47 (8 /28)F / 2636.

1 SCUBA D IV ER -H igh school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $500- $700 per month.1 SCUBA INSTRUCTOR - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 8 0 0 - $1,000 per month.Contact: MARIANAS SCENIC C O O R ­DINATION, P.O. Box 1142, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-5778 (8 /28)F /2651.

1 HOUSEW ORKER-High school equiv.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.1 AUTO BODY REPAIRER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: ISAURO S. EUG ENIO dba D.E.E. ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 2629, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-5272 (8/28)F/08788.

2 A D M IN IS TR ATIV E A SS IS TA N T - Collegegrad., 2 yrs.experience. Salary $5.77 per hour.Contact: PELLEYENTERPRISES, INC. P.O. Box 1808, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-9299 (8/28)F/2645.

1 GRAPHIC ARTIST - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.77 per hour. Contact: KONRAD S. R EYES dba SING S & GRAPHICS, P.O. Box 1425, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-4343/ 7703 (8/28)F/08798.

1 V ID EO R EN TA LC LE RK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.1 SUPER VISO R - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $650 per month. Contact: KONRAD S. REYES dba KEVIN'S VIDEO, P.O. Box 1425, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-2302 (8/28)F/ 08798.6 GARDENER - High school equiv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $3.00 per hour.Contact: FELIPE I. RUAK dba R EN­TE R P R IS ES , Tanapag, Saipan, MP 96950 (8/28)F/08794.

3 CAR RENTAL (AGENT) CLERK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.75 - $3.00 per hour.Contact: ISLAND D E V E LO P M E N T CORP. dba DOLLAR RENT A CAR, P.O. Box 1292, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 288-5151 (9/4)F/2690.

1 SILKSCREEN PRINTER, M A CHINE- High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour.Contact: SAIPAN ICE, INC, P.O. Box 1808, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-

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3 COOKS - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: С & M CORPORATION dba MING PALACE CHINESE RESTAU­RANT, P.O. Box 1219, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3311/3399/1005 (9/4)F/08849.

1 A D M IN IS TR A TIV E A S S IS TA N T - Collegegrad.,2 yrs.experience. Salary $4.62 per hour.Contact: ANDRES T. CAMACHO dba AAC ENTERPRISES, Caller Box AAA 1136, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 256- 1036 (9/4)F/08861.

1 A DM IN ISTR ATIVE A S S IS TA N T - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 per month.Contact: U NIVER SE IN S U H A iiC c U N D E R W R IT E R S (M IC R O N E S IA ) INC., P.O. BOX 512, SAIPAN, MP 96950 (9/4)F/08866.2 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: MICHAEL SZE PRO D UCTS INC . dba H O N G K O NG C H IN E S E RETAURANT. P.O. Box 596, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-7384 (9/4)F / 08829.

W AITRESS-RESTAURANT PINSETTER MECHANIC, AUTOMATIC- High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour.2 MAINTENANCE REPAIR- BUILDING- High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $450 per month.Contact: JTG E NTERTAINM EN T & PROM OTION dba SAIPAN BOW LING CENTER, P.O. Box 29, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6420 (9/4)F/2682.

I BEAUTICIAN3 DRESSMAKERS3 SEAM STRESS (DRESSM AKERS)1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER (Build­ing) - High school equiv.’2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary: $2.15 per hour.1 ACCOUNTANT -College grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $900 per month. Contact: CHRISTINE'S MART. INC. dba Christine's Dress Shop & Boutique, Christine's Accounting Services, Caller Box AAA 46, Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. 234-5053 (9/4)F/08884.

2 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25 per hour. Contact: SAIPAN SEA VENTURES, INC., P.O. Box 1808, Saipan, M P 96950, Tel. No. 322-9299 (8/28)F/2646.

2 CASHIER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25 per hour. Contact: SAIPAN INCE, INC., P.O. Box 1808, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322- 9848 (8/28)F/2644.

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1 ASSISTANT O PER ATIO NS MAN­AGER-College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 per month.Contact: BANK O F GUAM, SAIPAN BRANCH, P.O. Box 678, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-5015/5000/5005 (9/7) M/2728.

1 MANAGER, PRO C UREM ENT S E R ­V IC E - Collegegrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.77 per hour.Contact: ALFONSO C. M ORATO dba P .C LA R K IN C ..P .O . Box 2330, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8546 (9 /1 1)F/ 2 7 2 4 .______________________________

1 ASSISTANT MANAGER, O FFIC E - C ollegegrad.,2 yrs.experience. Salary $1,000 per month.Contact: TAESA N CO. (SAIPAN) LTD. dba TAE SAN TOURS, Caller Box PPP 423, Saipan, MP 96950, 234-8853/4 /7 (9 /11 )F/2726.

1 OPERATION MANAGER - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$1,000 per month.5 HOUSEW ORKER - High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: JUAN Q. IG ISAIAR dba J & E ENTERPRISES, Caller Box PPP 446, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 288-0497 (9 /11)F/08930.

1 GENEFIAL MANAGER-College grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,500 per month.1 A CCO U NTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $900 per month. Contact: ELEPHANT CORPORATIN dba TO P CO NSTRUCTIO N, P.O. Box 673, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 5725 (9 /11)F/08926.

1 ACCOUNTANT -Collegegrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $600 per month.10 SECURITY GUARD - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 - $2.35 per hour.C ontact: JO A Q U IN V. D E LE O N G UERR ER O dba ISLAND S EC URITY SERVICES, P.O. Box 803, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-0508 (9/11 )F/08928.

5 HEAVY EQUIPM ENT OPERATOR - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.25 per hour.Contact: W ESTERN E Q UIPM ENT IN­CORPORATED, P.O. Box 1402 CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-9561 (9 /11 )F/2700.

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Born today, you have something special about you which will no doubt be difficult for you or anyone else to define, but because of this indescrib­able “something” your chances for re­m arkable success in the field of your choice are quite possibly unequaled. Though some may call your trem en­dous attributes “genius" — a label you prefer to avoid — you still require some guidance and direction if you are to develop your potential to the fullest.

When it comes to business, you h?ve what it takes. In personal affairs, how­ever, you may consider yourself some­what “backward," for contentment in romantic endeavors is likely to be rather elusive for you. You are highly affectionate and require a good deal of amorous companionship.

Also born on th is d ate are: C harles Boyer and Ben G azzara, actors; Leo Tolstoy, author; Donald O ’Connor, ac to r and dancer.

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

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), educator-religious leader; Charles Boyer (1899-1978), ac­tor; Donald O’Connor (1925-), actor-sing- er-dancer, is 67; Ben Gazzara (1930-),

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You mustn’t sit still today while others are bustling about getting things done. Keep up the pace.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - You have what it takes today to make some big personal progress — and you’ll want to include an old friend, too.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - You’re ignoring im portant signs and signals telling you in no uncertain term s just where you need to be right now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— You’ll have to get used to hearing “no" today — unless, of course, you can update your ideas appropriately.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - A new contentment is just around the corner today, but there are obstacles to overcome before it can be yours.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - You’ll enjoy a third-party look at your own personal life today. What you dis­cover may prom pt some change.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - Your energy is on the rise. You may experience some difficulty narrowing your focus. Solicit suggestions.

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actor, is 62; Lou Piniella (1943-); base­ball star-m anager, is 49; Ron Guidry (1950-), baseball star, is 42; Scott Hamil­ton (1958-), figure skater, is 34; Janet Evans (1971-), swimmer, is 21.

TODAY’S SPORTS: On this day in 1955, in an NFL preseason game that saw Los Angeles defeat New' York, 23-17, in overtime, the sudden-death rule was employed for the first time.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather k:U her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman sim­ply breaks off relations — but they all will console themselves with another man.” — Charles Boyer

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Magma inside Pm atubo risingBy CLARO CORTES

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Mount Pinatubo rumbled with hundreds of earth tremors Thurs­day as magma rose toward the surface of the volcano, possibly for a new, violent eruption.

Meanwhile, monsoon rains continued to drench the area near the volcano, 110 kilometers (60 miles) north of Manila. More than a week of rain and the threat of a new eruption have forced more than 200,000 people from their homes.

The Philippine Institute of Vol­canology and Seismology mea­

sured 709 low-frequency and 45 high-frequency treihors during the 24hoursendingat6ajiL yesterday.

The figures were slightly lower than the736low-frequency and 67 high-frequency quakes recorded a day earlier.

Low-frequency quakes indicate that magma, or molten rock, is rising to the surface. High-fre­quency quakes show that rock formations underneath the volcano are fracturing because of pressure.

Rene Solidum, the institute’s chief volcano observer, said Pinatubo’s high seismic activity could either lead to a quiet build­up of the dome inside the crater or

Roh, Bush to discuss Korea-China relationsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) - PresidentRohTae-woo will meet President Bush in New York next month to discuss suspected North Korean nuclear weapons devel­opment and Seoul’s ne w ties with China, it was announced yester­day.

Roh will address a session of the United Nations General As­sembly to speak on how new re­lations between South Korea and China will positively affect peace in the region, said presidential spokesman Kim Hak-joon.

Details of Roh’s Sept. 20-24 trip are still being worked out with the UN speech set for Sept 22, Kim said.

China and South Korea put aside four decades of Gold War ani­mosities and formally established

diplomatic ties last Monday.The accord capped a decade of

expanding economic ties that fi­nally prodded Beijing to recog­nize the South Korean govern­ment despite its decades-old friendship with Communist North Korea.

Roh said that China would play a positive role in his country’s reunification with North Korea, dividedfrom the south since 1945.

China is expected to encourage North Korea to speed up its tenta­tive rapprochement with the South and also to agree to inter-Korean nuclear inspections.

North Korea’s refusal to agree to inter-Korean inspections has blocked other dialogue on imple­menting inter-Korean peace ac­cords adopted earlier this year.

3-way...lost big to both semifinalists - and conceded to the Latin American champions after the score reached 24-0 through four innings Tues­day.

Valleyfxeld battled Zamboanga City, Philippines, before falling 2- 0 Tuesday night. Jerwin Sagun ended the Canadian dreams with a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the fifth.

“They probably took our game as ‘in the bag,”’ Canadian coach Paul Deschamps said, believing the Far East team had overlooked iL

Lake Charles defeated South Holland 3-2 in eight innings Tues­day aftemoonwhenChrisDeggans homered.

“Whenlsawhowhighitwasand howfastit was going, Iknew it was gone,’’Lake Charles managerSteve Manuel said.

South Holland’s Ken Sterling homered in the top of the sixth to tie the game and send it into extra inningsr

In Long Beach’s Tuesday vic­tory, Ryan Stuart hit two home runs and Alex DeFazio added a bases-loaded double.Jonathan Rancourt homered off a shrine in center field to give Valleyfield, Quebec,a4-01eadina 10-3 victory Wednesday over Kaiserslautern, Germany, at the Little League World Series.

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The Canadian champions fin­ished the World Series tournament with a 1-2 record. The European champs, fighting aflu bug all week, ended at 0-3.

“We were 0-2. Winning a game here is good for them,” Canadian manager Paul Deschamps said. “It was great to hit the ball again.”

Valleyfield had been shut out twice before Wednesday’s game.

Rancourt’s second-inning home run hit the stone shrine that houses the bust of Howard J. Lamade, a Little League benefactor after whom Little League’s stadium is named.

“You swing the bat and away it goes, eh?” Deschamps said. “Somebody brought the ball back to him. I’m sure he’ll have.that on his shelf for a long time.”

Mathieu Meloche scored on Jonathan Brault’s single after be- inghitby apitch. Rancourt’s homer scored Brault and Jeremie Lefebvre, who had walked.

The German teamcountered with three runs in the third. Paul B rantley walked,moveduponRoryCoilings single and scored when Scott McClanahan reached on an error. Julian Sumpter’s double sewed Collings and McClanahan.

“It seems like everything went wrong from the minute we left Europe,” Kaiserslautern manager gary Marullo said.

to an explosive eruption.Solidum said the dome was 375

meters (1,240feet)long,275meters (900 feet) wide and 100 meters (330 feet) high.

“If the pressure inside the vol­cano is low, the lava dome inside the volcano’s crater will continue to grow,” Solidum said. “How­ever, this does not diminish the possibility of an explosive erup­tion which might happen if high pressure buildup is. attained by the magma.”

Solidum said scientists are esti­mating that an eruption of the mountain would not be as severe as the one in June 1991 thatkilled

more than 700 people and is blamed with affecting weather worldwide.

The 1991 eruption also forced the US Air Force to abandon Clark Air Base, which had been one of the oldest and largest American military installations overseas.

Clark, which was turned over to the Philippines last November, lies only 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of the volcano.

Meanwhile, a tropical depres­sion on the extreme northern tip of the main island of Luzon caused floods in several areas around the volcano and in the Manila area.

Weather officials said an ap­

proaching storm in the Pacific also is dumping monsoon rain on Luzon, largest of the 7,100 Philip­pine islands.

Luzon, including the Manila, has been experiencing monsoon rains since last week.

Education officials suspended classes for the day inmetropolitan Manila because of the flooding.

The Department of Social Wel­fare and Development said eight people have died, most of them by drowning, since last week’s rains in provinces near Pinatubo.

Some 516,940 people in five provinces near Pinatubo were “affected” by the floodings.

Gov’t offers plane for MarcosMANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine government has offered Ferdinand Marcos’ family a plane to return the body of the former president from Hawaii, a Cabinet member said yesterday.

A spokeswoman for Marcos’ widow Imelda acknowledged receiving the offer. The spokes­woman, Sol Vanzi, said Mrs. Marcos would consult her three children beforedeciding whether to accepL

The exiled Marcos died in Hawaii in September 1989 and his body was entombed there. Former President Corazon Aquinorefusedtoallowthebody to be buried in the Philippines butrelen ted on condition Marcos be buried in his home province of Ilocos Norte rather than in Manila.

Mrs. Marcos had planned to

fly the body from Hawaii to the Philippines next week and bury Marcos on what would have been his 75th birthday, Sept. 11. But the Marcos family said it could not raise the dlrs 180,000 to charter a planefrom Honolulu toLaoag, 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Manila in Marcos ’ home province, Eocos Norte.

On Thursday, Interior Secretary Rafael Alunan said the govern­ment had offered a C-l 30 transport plane to return the body if the Marcos family agreed to pay for the fuel and other expenses.

“We issued a letter of intent yesterday and we are awaiting the official reply,” Alunan told report­ers.

Alunan said Marcos would be given military honors befitting a veteran of World War n , including a flag-draped coffin and an honor guard.

But the honors will fall short of those normally accorded a former president, Alunan said. Marcos was ousted in the 1986 popular uprising that installed Mrs. Aquino into the presidency.

The govemmentclaims Marcos pillaged the national treasury duringhis 20 years of authoritarian rule/

Mrs. Aquino left office June 30 after an election won by her can­didate, Fidel Ramos, a second cousin of Marcos.

The Marcos family is believed to have assets worth billions of dollars, much of which the gov­ernment claimed was embezzled duringtheMarcosadministration.

But most of the known assets are covered by a woridwi defreeze imposed by a US federal court in 1986. Mrs. Marcos claims she has been paying her bills with loans from supporters.

US im poses ‘no-fly* banBySUSANNE M. SCHAFER

WASHINGTON (AP) - US war­planes are in the air and ready to enforce President Bush’s ban on Iraqi civilian and military flights over southern Iraq in defense of the region’s oppressed Shiites, Pentagon officials say.

Bush set 10:15 a.m. Eastern time yesterday as the deadline for the air shield. That would be dusk in Iraq.

US surveillance planes and their fighter escorts would then be free to cross Iraq’s borders south of the 32nd parallel to pinpoint the movements of Saddam Hussein’s ground and air forces, Pentagon officials said.

“No Iraqi aircraft, either fixed- wing or rotary-wing, military or civilian, will be allowed to flysouth of the 32nd parallel,” Pentagon spokesman Bob Hall said Wednesday.

“We will respond appropriately and decisively to any Iraqi failure to comply with this requirement or with any other interference in our air operations,” Hall added.

Pentagon sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they fully expect Saddam’s forces to

test US and allied resolve with possible “cat and mouse” ploys, perhaps by flying aircraft just over or quite near the border of the “no- fly zone.”

In advance of Bush’s announce­ment, the Iraqis moved all rotary and jet aircraft out of the southern region but put some of their top-of- the line Mirage jets just north of the 32nd paraEel, one defense official said.

US combat pilots havebeen given “a certain flexibility” in deciding whether to pursue the Iraqis. But they wEl go after any aircraft acting aggressively, the official said.

“We know we won’t catch ev­erything. But we’re not going to be stupid about it,” he said.

Shortly after Bush made his an­nouncement, Iraq said it would not abide by the order. It proposed set­ting up a “wisemen committee” to investigate conditions in Iraq’s south for Shiite Muslims, whom Westemgovemments contend have beenbrutaEy repressedby Saddam.

Bushsaidhis ban was authorized under US Security Council Reso­lution 688, which demands an end to Saddam’s repression of civil­ians.

Apparently attempting to blunt

criticisms that he was motivated by personal political interests, the president said the allies agreed to act in response to “new evidence of harsh repression” by Saddam against the Shiites.

Bush said the no-fly ban, dubbed “Operation Southern Watch,” would remain in effect “until the coalition determines that it is no longer required.”

“We seeklraq’s compliance, not its partition,” he said at a White House news conference.

“Whatemergesfromeyewitness accounts... is further graphicproof of Saddam’s brutality,” the presi­dent said. He said Iraqi helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft had been bombing and strafing civilians in the south.

Bush said his aides notified Democratic presidential nominee BiU Clinton of the action against Iraq. “I’m not worried about the politics of it at all,” he said.

Speaking to reporters while campaigning in Memphis, Tenn., Clinton said he supported Bush’s action. But he renewed criticism that the president had not moved fast enough to prevent Saddam from attacking Iraqi Kurds in the north as well as the Shiites.

48-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRID AY-AUGUST 28.1992

SPORTSMiller beats Korason

By Frank D. Palacios

CLARENCE Saka retired the last 12 batters as the Miller Draft took charged scoring the last six runs in the 1 ast four innings for a come- from-behind 7-6 victory over the Tenorio Korasons last Sunday to remain unbeaten with a 3-0 record in the slow-pitch softball tourna­ment.

The Korasons jumped to a 6-1 lead in the first three innings on RBI’s by Ben, Joe and Paul Tenorio. After that they went down consecutively in the last four innings with the help of ex­cellent defensive performance.

The Miller Draft slowly but

surely stole the game as their bat kept busy thanks to a Korason costly error on top of the seventh that allowed the Miller Draft to hand the Korason their first de­feat of the season. Beside an outstanding job on the mound, Clarence Saka also went three for three and scored two runs to lead the Draft.

The Tropical Garden As Maetog improved its record to 2- 1 with an easy 7-0forfeiture over the Town and Country Sound Waves in the second game.

The COP Enforcers were trail­ing 1-0 after half-inning but the Remington Red Sun came up with only eight players in the

field to win their first game of the season with a 7-0 forfeiture.

The NPI Blue Sharks erupted for 10 runs in the first three in­nings and went on to stop the Precinct #3 Gang, 14-3, in the fifth to remain unbeaten with a 3- 0 record.

After increasing their lead to 11-0, the #3 Gangs then got on the score board with two runs in the bottom of the fourth and could manage only one run in the fifth to suffer their third consecutive loss without a victory.

Eddie Saka went three for four and Ray Saka knocked in two runs to lead the Sharks.

6th Rota Cliff Fishing Derby reels off Sept. 4SERIOUS fisherm en in the Mariana Isl ands are preparing for a long weekend of action with rods and reels at the 6th Annual Rota Cliff Fishing Derby, which gets underway on Sept. 4.

Registration for the three day event, sponsored by the Mariana Visitors Bureau and the Rota Mayor's Office, is currently un­derway.

The event is expected to again attract participants from as far away as Korea and Japan and as near as Rota and Saipan. A group of 10 to 14 is expected from Tai­wan. The anglers will swarm the shoreline cliffs of Rota as they pursue the biggest fish or the largest number of fish species. Another prize category rewards the largest total weight of the catch.

Sharks, turtles, shellfish, eels and octopus are out, but otherwise anything snagged from the sea is a potential entry in the contest.

Last year, an 11 pound trigger

fish took the honor for size, a local fishermen turned in 18 species and a top catch of 60 and a half pounds took the other top prize.

Official Rota fish­ing points will befrom Pona Point,Liyo’ Cliffs and As Matmos Point.

The deadline for registration, which requires a $25 entrance fee, is 4:50 p.m. on Sept. 4. Con­test officials are warning poten­tial participants to bring bait and equipment, since these items are expected to be in short supply in Rota, the most common fish caught are snappers, skipjacks, groupers and barracudas.

Derby winners will receives trophies and cash prizes in addi­tion to other sponsor contribu­tions, including round trip plane tickets, dinner cruises and clothing. A Sunday night awards banquet will be held at the Chamorro House in the Rota

Pau Pau Hotel.According to the MVB, spe­

cial air ticket rates are available for registered Cliff fishing Derby participants.

Men’s Island-wide Slow Pitch Softball League (Team Standing as of Sunday, August 23,1992)

T E A M “A ” W in Loss Pet GBGlaziers 3 0 1 .000 -Miller Draft 3 0 1 .000 -Korason 2 1 .666 1D F S Defenders 2 1 .666 1Tropical Buds 1 2 .333 2C O P Enforcers 1 2 .333 2Remington Red Sun M T C Shoe Gallery

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Team “B ”Abogadoes 3 0 1 .000 -Blue Sharks 3 0 1 .000 -As Maetog 2 1 .666 1Toyota W heels 2 1 .666 1O l’Aces 1 2 .333 2Sound W ave 1 2 .333 2Hopwood Hilitai 0 3 .000 3Precinct #3 0 3 .000

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Runs: (7) Tony Cam acho (6) Ray Saka, Ben M esa (5) Joe Tenorio, Eddie Saka, Mike Rowe, Abel Celis, Jess O m ar, John D iaz

Doubles: (3) Töny Camacho (2) Ray Saka, Ben D uenas, John Camacho, Hector Billimon, Tony Lizama, Giovanni Mira, Kirk Vergith.

Triples: (3) Ben M esa (2) Jam es Tanaka, Jack Santos.

Hom eruns (3) Greg Cam acho (2) Jess O m ar, Pete Towai, Tom Diaz, Tony C. Cam acho, Brian Nicholas.

RBI’s (7) Greg C. Cam acho (6) Jeff Cam acho, Tony C. Cam acho, Jerry Ayuyu.

Pitching Leaders PlayerFrank Pangelinan John Aldan AI Taitano Joe Torres Clarence Saka Noel Ignacio Mark Quitugua John Diaz Mariano Martin Eddie Cruz Joe Sablan Abel Celis Donald Flores John T . Cam acho

Team Inn R Er Hit So W /L EraGlazers 10 2 0 7 0 2-0 0.00As Maetog 5 0 0 2 1 1-0 0.00Glazers 9 2 2 4. 1 1-0 1.55Korason 17 10 4 21 2 2-1 1.64Miller Draft 16 11 5 17 5 2-0 2.18Blue Sharks 9 3 3 3 1 2-0 2.33Ol’Aces 10 14 4 15 1 0-1 2 .80Enforcers 17 19 9 30 0 0-2 3.70Blue Sharks 11 6 6 12 2 1-0 3.81Sound W ave 7 7 4 8 0 0-1 4 .00 -Korason 5 6 4 12 0 0-0 5 .60Defenders 18 29 12 23 3 2-0 6 .00Sound W ave 7 6 6 13 1 1-0 6.00

T/W heels 20 23 19 30 2 2-1 6.55

3-way fight for US little league teamsBy KELLY P. KISSEL

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - The Dominican Republic and the Philippines wrapped up spots in the Little League World Series semifinals, but in the American bracket, three teams were alive for two spots.

The only thing certain about the 5-2 victory today by Hamilton Square, N.J., over South Holland, 111., was that it eliminated the Central champions. LakeCharles,

La., and Long Beach, Calif., who play tonight, still are alive.

“In this format, I don’t really see a front-runner,” Long Beach, Calif., coach Jeff Burroughs said after his team beat Hamilton Square 6-4 Tuesday.

Long Beach is the only un­beaten American team, yet an ap­pearance in the semifinals is not a done deal. If Lake Charles beats Long Beach tonight, Lake Charles would get a spot in the semifinals Thursday.

Hamilton Square appears a likely candidate for the semifinals, but still could be eliminated.

Three-way ties will be decided by runs allowed per inning, then the second spot decided by head- to-head competition. Hamilton Square could be eliminated if Lake Charles holds Long Beach to one run or less in a six-inning game. Then, Lake Charles would get the top spot based on run differenti al. Long Beach would take the sec­ond spot based on head-to-head

competition.Extra innings or a high-scoring

game would further confuse the mix.

This year is the first under a new format. Teams play three round-robin games and the top two qualify for the semifinals. The championship game is set for Saturday afternoon.

Hamilton Square pitcher Matt Wolski knocked South Holland out of contention with a three-run homer in the top of the sixth. He

drove in Adam Famoso, who hac reached on a fielder’s choice, aric Jeff Vlasac, who walked.

In the international bracket, the semifinal pairing is set. Even so the Dominican Republic and the Philippines will play wha amounts to an exhibition game today.

V alleyfield, Quebec, anc Kaiserslautern, Germany, wil play what amounts to a consola tion game. The European teair

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