Policy sought for utility firms House moves to lower­stiff .reconnection fees

do not make money from reconnection fees. This will limit the fees to the actual cost incurred in recoririecting," said Tenorio,

CHC to privatize pharmacy in '96

Manuel A; Tenorio

By Rafael H.·Arroyo Vrariety News Staff

THE HOUSE of Representa­tives has. approved a bill that seeks to prevent utility compa­nies from charging delinquent . customers unreasonable reconn~ction fees.

House Bill 9-416, authored by Rep. Manuel A. Tenorio arid five others, aims to set a reconnection fee policy for Commonwealth Utilities Corp., telephonefirmsandtheislands'. two cable TV stations.

Although the legislation rec­ognizes the importance of reconnection fees as a way to discourage delinquency among

· utility users, Tenorio said the present fees charged by CUC and cable and telephone com­

. panies seem to be unreason­able.

"I don't know what is in­volved in the process of setting the fires. I am not saying they are cheating but right. now, I doubt whether it truces $150 or $20 just to flip a switch and have a customer reconnected," Tenorio said. _

According to the Saipan law­maker, he hates to see compa­nies making money out of reconnection fees when the main point behind the policy is

. to encourage customers to be current with their accounts.

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE COMMONWEALTH Health Center's pharmaceutical services will be privatized next year, Department of Public Health Services Secretary Dr. Isamu J. Abraham disclosed yesterday.

In an interview, Abraham said the department is currently solic­iting sealed proposals from li­censed and qualified vendors who could provide comprehensive pharmaceutical services.

He explained that the services include prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, medical supplies, as well as dietetic sup­plies.

Abraham said four vendors, mostly locals, attended a pre-pro­posal conference yesterday at the public health's continuing educa­tion room.

The DPHS top man said he and the other members of the commit­tee-Angela M. Wardlaw, deputy

lsamu J. Abraham

secretary for Hospital Adminis­tration, Janice Stanley, acting di­rector for Pharmacy Services, and Assistant Atty. Gen. Celeste E. Andersen-explained to the po­tential vendors what they can ex­pect with the proposal.

He said three to four prospec­tive vendors have expressed in-

terest in submitting their propos­als.

"We will receive all the pro­posals this January; .. review it, make selections and make award," Abraham pointed out.

He said by April they expect the hospital's pharmacy to be privatized.

CHC is seeking a vendor who could provide on a 12-hour, seven day a week basis prescription drugs and supplies at the outpa­tients clinic.

The successful proposer should be able to engage in the retail sale of a broad range of prescription medication and health and per­sonal hygiene products.

Abraham underscored the need to privatize the pharmaceutical services, saying they have not been able to provide easy access to patients when it comes to nec­essary drugs .

"Sometimes it takes us three to Continued on page 8

The measure was passed on final reading during a session Moriday after almost an hour­long debate. The · vote was unanimous and itis now headed to the Senate.

Currently, CUC charges dis­. connected customers $150 for

reconnection while phone com­panies reportedly charge $20.

During Monday's session, Rep. Heinz S. Hofschneider lobbied for the inclusion of a provision in the ·bill to require that utility finns 150 easier on residential customers.

Palau opens consulate ''This is a consumer protec­

tion bill," said Tenorio in de­fending the measure on the House floor. "The purpose of this is to make sure companies

However, there was a con­

Continued on page 8

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

TOP CNMI and Palau officials said relations between the two governments will further improve as the Palau Consulate Office of­ficially opened yesterday.

"Although we've enjoyed a

Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Borja beams as he joins Palau President Kuniwo Nakamura (left) in cutting the ceremonial ribbon to officially open the Palau Consulate on Saipan yesterday. The new consulate, the third overseas consular office for the republic, is located on the second floor of the Josten Dandan Center

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very good working relationship over the years, the opening of this office will insure even closer co­operation between our govern­ments," acting Gov. Jesus Borja said in a speech during the open­ing ceremony.

Palau President Kuniwo Nakamura echoed Borja' s remark.

"We cherish this good relations we have been enjoying and we hope to further strengthen it," Nakanmra said in an interview.

He said the presence of the con­sulate office would also strengthen trade exchange between the two goyernments and mutual promo­tion' of the two islands as tourist destinations.

The Palau Consulate Office is located on the second floor of Joeten Building in Dandan. Three personnel from Palau are man­ning the office. Yesterdays' open­ing ceremony was graced by top .CNMI officials and their counter­parts from Palau.

Nakamura said he will an­nounce the name of the appointed consulate chief after the holiday.

The Consulate Office·, Nakamura said, would be a "prac­tical and apolitical type of of­fice."

"It's not here to discuss politics but to address the problems of Palau.citizens in the CNMI and to promote better relations with their host government," Nakamura said .

There are over 2,000 Palauans living in the CNMI.

Most of them, Nakamura said, have been on the island even be­fore Palau became an indepen­dent Republic on Oct. I, 1994.

Nakamura has a standing invi­tation to Palau citizens abroad to return home.

But several Palauans, Nakamura said, opt to stay in the CNMI because the Common­wealth offers better economic opportunities.

"Every time I come here, I wit­ness fast economic growth and it always amazes me," Nakamura said.

In the same manner, Nakamura said, Palauans have contributed a

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·. 2-MAREANAS Y.ARIETY NEWS AND VIEWSsWEDNESDA:Y'- E>ECEMBER,20,-1995 • • Federal shutdown to contmue

By DAVID ESPO WASHINGTON (AP)-~a battle without letup, President Clinton vetoed two bills that would have eased a partial federal shutdown, citing "unacceptable cuts" in key programs. A leading Republican demanded the White House "stop playing politics and start balancing the budget.'' With Clinton and the Republican-controlled Con­gress at an impasse, the fallout included a striking, 100-point de­cline on the stock market and mass pre-Christmas job furloughs for a quarter-million workers.

Clinton vetoes two remedial measures than November's that furloughed 800,000.

Clinton spoke with House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sen­ate Majority Leader Dole in rnidafterrtoon telephone calls, but said he didn't know if they would later meet. "1 offered some ideas about how we might reopen the government and how we might re­sume negotiations" on balancing the budget, he said.

"They agreed to take my ideas under advisement," .Clinton said.

Clinton of intransigence on bal­ancing the budget, said they had no immediate plans to offer legisla­tion to reopen the government. Gingrich raised the possibility that lawmakers might be in session Christmas week.

"For us to walk off now and take a vacation, giving up on balancing tl1e budget, would be a tragedy that wouldhauntustherestofourlives,'' said Gingrich, a Georgia Republi­can.

ing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency and the nation's space agency, among others. 'They have sent me legislation that would give our children less clean drinking water, le.ss safe food, dirtier air ... ," Clinton said as sixth grade science students looked on. "Ifl signed these bills, I would be condemning more than 10 million children under the age of 12 to living near toxic waste sites that might not be cleaned up for years."

The same bill would have elimi­nated Clinton's national service

program, while the other one he rejected would have scaled back spending on federal arts and hu-i manities programs by 40 percent ,

Toe White House said Clinton would veto a third spending mea-, sure on Tuesday that seeks to cut hiscops-on-the-streetprogram. The president said the GOP was de­manding he accept "seven long years of unacceptable cuts" as the price for balancing the budget.

In reply, Republicans said Clinton had broken a commitment to negotiate a seven-year balanced budget using the Congressional Budget Office's economic fore­cast

"It's absolutely disgusting,'' said Walter Martin, sent home from his Labor Department job. 'There's a lot of work to be done that's not being done.'' The impact of this shutdown was less pronounced

The impact of this shutdown, affecting a quarter-million work­ers, was less pronounced than Novembet's that furloughed 800,000.

House Republicans, accusing

Monday morning, the president wielded his veto pen against two bills that wouldhave provided fund­ing and reopened portions of the government, one for the Interior Department and other agencies; the other for the Department of Haus-

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By GEORGE GEDDA WASHINGTON(AP)-Theworld­widemovetowarddemocracyslowed somewhat in 1995, and its continued expansion is threatened by move­ments pocating extreme national­ism, Islamic radicalism and repres­sive capitalism, says a survey re­leased Monday.

The swvey, prepared by Freedom House, a New York-based pro-<le­mocracy group, said 61 percent of the world's population lives in "free" or "partly free'' countries. The remain­der resides in countries listed as "not free.''

In 10 years, the numberof democ­racies rose by 19 percent to 117. But for the past year, the study said, the only new entrants are Moldova and Kyrgyzstan.

It cited what it called three major obstacles to democracy's expansion:

Red-Brown alliances -As communism's appeal wanes, Marx­ist-Leninistmovements are abandon-

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Extremist Islam - Islamic move­ments have failed in recent years to attain state power, but their willing­ness to engage in "mass terrorism" has destabilu.ed many s1:llles includ­ing Algeria and Pakistan. Islamic extremism is on the march in several Asian countries, many of which adopt increasingly tough police measures resulting in erosion of political rights and civil liberties.

Authoritarian market transitions -A ''particularly harmful" trend in F.ast Asia is represented by the effort of Singapore's leaders to justify llll­thoritarian transitions to free markets. China and Vietnam are takingasiini­lar but more extreme route.

Of the 117 democracies, the report lists 62 as partly free because of wars, insurgences and a disproportionate influence of the militaiy.

In the 53 countries listed as "not free," !SaregivenFreedomHouse's lowest rating for political rights and civil liberti~~-

They are Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Video of Rabin assassination sold for $.39M JERUSALEM (AP)-Anamateur video showing the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin has been sold to Israel TV's Channel Two and the Y ediotAhronotdaily for$390,000, Israel radio said.

Ori Chelouche, Channel Two's deputy generalmanager,confinned the sale but would not say how much the station paid for the tape, that shows gunman Yigal Amir shooting the prime minister at pointblank range on Nov. 4

The eight-minute tape was to be broadcast Tuesday evening, Chelouche told The Associated Press.

Chelouche said the foreign rights would be sold to the highest bidder.

·WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER'20, 1'995 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VlEWS-3 ---------------------------------~·

'PNG' move may strain relations By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

The House of Representatives' move declaring union organizer Elwood Mott Jr. persona non grata in the CNMI "will not help improve the relations between the government and the work­ers," union counsel John Cool said yesterday.

"1 don't know why they (leg­islators) did that," said Cool, counsel for the Commonwealth Labor Federation. "1 hope this is not another form of harass­ment against the union, other­wise, the US Congress could use this.against the CNMI gov­ernment."

Cool said the House's move came just when the union leader and labor officials reached the first step toward a better under-

Elwood Mott Jr.

standing of the movement. "He (Mott) met with the labor

officials last week and tried to explain what unionism is all

John Cool

about," Cool said. He would not give further

comments. Through House Resolution 9-

141 unanimously approved by the Lower House Tuesday, Mott was declared persona non grata for his union activities.

The resolution stated that Mott was organizing unions in the CNMI "for personal profits."

Mott, research coordinator of the Hawaii-based Hotel Employ­ees and Restaurant Employees Local 5, told the Variety he was discussing the matter with his attorney. He promised to give a statement today.

Some legal observers opine that declaring Mott persona non grata in the Commonwealth might be legally questionable since he is a US citizen.

Interior Department Field Rep­resentative Jeff Schorr, on the other hand, said the House reso­lution could not bar Mott from

coming back to the CNMI. Schorr said several US citizens

were declared persona non grata by the CNMI legislature in the past years.

"Resolutions are not legally binding," he said. "While it ex­presses the feeling of the legisla­tive body, it does not have any substantive effect on somebody's right to be here."

Schorr himself was declared personae non gratae in 1987 "for unnecessary concern about fed­eral presence."

The House had passed the reso­lution even before Schorr came to the island.

"When I arrived on the island a few months later, they passed another resolution welcoming me to the CNMI. It was a nice ges­ture," Schorr said.

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By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

THE GUAM Legislature is set to vote on a resolution asking the federal government to allow the CNMI an exemption from the soon-to-be-imposed Guam Cus­toms, Agriculture and Quarantine inspection service charges, Saipan Sen. Thomas P. Villagomez dis­closed.

Villagomez, who was in Guam last Friday to attend a public hear­ing on the new airport charges, said Guam lawmakers are likely to adopt the measure in their next sess10n.

If adopted, he said, it will now be up to the federal government to back up the proposal.

"We seek an exemption for our people traveling to Guam. This resolution basically seeks an as­surance from the DOT that Guam would not be losing federal air­port grants on account of the ex­emption," said Villagomez in an interview.

"It looks like the Guam Legis-

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lature is supportive of our efforts but the only thing that sort of bothered me is the projection that the exemption might cost Guam some $4.7 million. That projec­tion takes into account all in-tran­sit flights to Guam via the CNMI, including Japanese tourists going to Guam through Saipan," said Villagomez.

According to the Sai pan sena­tor, the exemption being sought by the Commonwealth is for in­ter-island travel of CNMI resi­dents and not tourists coming to Guam through Saipan.

He expressed doubts that the exemption would deprive the Guam government of that big amount.

Public Law 23-45, signed re­cently by Guam Gov. Carl T, Gutierrez imposes a SI O inspec­tion service charge on every pas­senger arriving at the Guam Inter­national airport plus another $5 document fee per cargo consign­ment.

The new airport fees, to be shouldered by the air carriers, is meant to raise the needed rev­enues to fund a more aggressive Customs effort versus illegal drugs at the territory's ports of entry.

On November 29, senators from Guam and CNMI officials held an air transport summit on Rota owing to concerns about the pro­posed fee imposition.

CNMI delegates to the summit aired apprehensions about how

Charfauros

the new fees would inhibit free travel between the islands of the Marianas as it could make inter­island air travel a bit more pro­hibitive in terms of air fare pric­ing.

"The immediate effect of this service charge will restrict air ser­vice to Guam for CNMI resi­dents," the resolution read. "The service charge will significantly reduce the number of flights be­tween the islands, thus causing a negative economic impact for Guam and the CNMI and ulti­mately causing the commuter air­lines to cease their service due to increased costs of providing air service to island residents."

"Without regular air service to and from the islands, the quality oflife, the economic development, including tourism and the well­being of the island residents would be jeopardized," the resolution added.

Resolution No. 340, introduced by Guam Senators Charfauros, Angel L.G. Santos and Vicente C. Pangelinan petitions the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administra­tion to ease its opposition to the exemption and allow a waiver of the fees on commuter airlines fer­rying travelers from Saipan, Rota and Tinian.

Charfauros in an earlier inter­view said the FAA had taken the position that Guam could not allow exemptions without jeopardizing federal airport grant monies.

I Galaide by John S. DelRosario, JR.

A STIIDY conducted by Winzler and Kelly says the island's water source cannot support local water needs. Therefore, we must look into reverse osmosis or desalination to supplement conventional water source.

I'm reminded of a water program once offered by former Senator Herman R. ·~. It ~valves appropriating a $3 Million revolving fund to allow residents to build water catchments for their use especially during the drought season when city water runs dry.

Evei:Y rnemberof a household needs at least seventy gallons of water per day, excluding water for laundry, etc. This use is limited to personal hygiene. Thus a family of six needs four-hundred gallons per day. '

Asthepopulationgrowssodoestheneedformoreofthisfiniteresource. You canforgetaboutpottablewater. It'soutofthequestion. Meetingthebasicneeds of the co~unit_Y on usable water remains a problem and the only alternative to resolve this thirty year old probelm is to resort to desalination.

On the lighter side of ~gs, a couple of the guys were discussing the hardship that the lack of water has unposed upon families with young school children. Next came the discussion on water conservation when a fiiendremarked: '1 can help conserve water! I'll not take shower at least three days week". (Laughter). You .become a domestic and public nuisance. Imagine your spouse and kids heading for cover whenever you enter the house with that strange body odor. Woe!

**** This entire debate on minimwn wage, labor and inunigration and taxes is

more a form of Washington politics than it is ours. I mean, definitely we have screwed-up somewhere and pretend everything is perfect! y fine. I suppose it's the Chamorro Way. No wonder we've survived every conquerorformore than five-hundred years.

Nonetheless, the scheme on the other side of the Pacific is to whip the Mariana Islands each time the Territory of Guam asks to be granted Commonwealth status similar_'? what's given the CNMI. Therefore, each time Washington becomes purunve then you know Guam is again knocking on its aoors. It'll be quite a long ride, yeah?

**** As the Advisory Commission on Compensation reviews salaries for the chief

executive and other higher-ups in government, there are those who take the view thattheCNMI can'taffordgiving the governor a higher salary of atleast$85,000 per annum.

This argument is fluid in that if the question is one of affordability, then we have no business giving judges $120,000 to $130,000 a year. We have our priorities confused in the sense that we refuse granting the chief executive a salary when in fact he appoints judges and every otherdeparnnental Tom Dick andHany. '

Whether the governor is a Democrat or Republican we must grant him the reverence and prestige that comes with the office. He's the tintlar head of the Co~~nwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands who ascended into his post by a ma1onty vote of the people. Doesn't he deserve a better salary than the altar boy's loot that we now give him? Get real people!

In fact, I'd like to recommend that the governor's salary be established at $150,00J per annum; It governor, $130,000; chiefjustice of the supreme court and Washington Representative, $130,000; associate supreme court justices, $120,000; superior court justice, $100,000 and the same salary be given to the presiding o:ficers of the legislature; a.~sociate superior court justices, $85,000 per annum; legislators, $70,000 a year. Everybody else must fall below this category with the exception of doctors attached to CHC.

**** Three local MDs were walking into the men's ward when an old man came

out inching his way to the waiting area. They approached the patient and each asked a question:

Asked Dr. A: "I think you h:[tve a liver problem, right, pop?" Came the terse answer:, "Nope!" Quizzed Dr. B: "I don't think so. It's probably a gall bladder, right?" "Nope!" .. Offered Dr. C: "Wroi)g, I think it must a stomach flu of some sort?" "Nope! We're all'wrong my children. I pooed in my pants!"

(Laughter). · ****

In Honolulu, a medical referee from here was asked by his doctor whether he has pain in his stomach. He quickly answered in the negative. All other ques!,io11_s,.were asked and still he answered in the negative. · · · ·

An interpreter was brought to ease his fear. The interpreter was instructed to ~ ~ patient whether he is experiencing stomach pain. He answered affirmatively. . Said the interpreter: "Pop, the doctor just asked whether you have any pain m your stomach and you answered 'no', why?"

Said he: "Be.cause I'm hurting nai and he wants me to start painting. Doesn't he know I am very sick?"

Explained the interpreter: "No, pain is another word for ache or hurt". Medical referee: 'Then he should have asked whether I'm hurting, nai". Watch your diction, doctor. We have patients who're very particular with

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~ I.I: 1 1 l:lfS TC il·II: l:l)liCI~ No to metal detectors in schools

Dear Editor: I am writing to oppose the installa­

tion of metal detectors in our public schools on the grounds that they are unnecessary, ineffective and waste­ful.

They are unnecessary because the few reported incidents, though alarm­ing, could easily be handled through appropriatediscipline,includingsend­ing offenders to an "alternative school."

Comparison to the federal count is misleading. At the Horiguchi Build­ing, hardened convicts may be sen­tenced to multiple life sentences ( or even death), providing motive for violence and needed security. This need for metal detectors does not exist at MHS and Hopwood

Metal detectors are ineffective be­cause they are easily evaded. For instance, a gun could be tossed over a fence or into a window. Non-metalic weapons would not be detected. If not used by highly-trained and skilled operators and maintenance person­nel, they will not work properly.

Forcing our youth to endure a prison-like atmosphere with a single security entrance is not conducive to theirintellectualdevelopmentandemo­tional growth.

Metaldetectorsarewastefulbecause the money should be used toward edu­cation. If discipline is a problem, and it seems to be, the money should be used to start an "alternative school." All it wouldtakeisaroomortwooffcampus.

MHS teachers could teach one pe-

riod there. This school could be used for students who have exhibited vio­lence, truancy, on<ampus drug or al­cohol use, disciplinary infractions, or other behavior indicating a need for education inan "alternative school."

Even disturbed youth are entitled to an education and our best efforts to assist them.

Hut the maladjustment of a few must not be allowed to ruin the educational environment for all our youth, who are the future of the Commonwealth. Metal detectors on campus are unnecessary, ineffective, and wasteful - a step in the wrong direction.

GREGORY BAKA

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High Court rules on assault case· By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

THE SUPREME Court has de­nied a petition by two brothers "linked" in the San Roque shoot­ing last August seeking the dis­missal of a criminal case against them.

In a 12-page decision, Justices Marty W. K. Taylor, Ramon G. Villagomez and Pedro M. Atalig also denied the petition of broth­ers Juan and Jose B. Babauta re­questing, as an alternative, to di­rect the Superior Court to vacate its order setting the trial date, and to hold preliminary examination.

The ·request to vacate is now moot because the date set for trial, Dec. 4, has passed.

The Babautas applied before the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus in an attempt to dis­miss the criminal charges against them citing that the lower court allegedly failed to provide them preliminary examination.

The petitioners contended they are entitled to preliminary hear­ings under the U .S and Cornmon-

wealth Constitution. The justices said under the U.S.

Constitution, two pretrial deter­minations must be made with re­spect to all criminal defendants.

They said first the 4th Amend­ment requires that a probable cause be made by a judicial of­ficer if there will be a significant restraint on the accused's liberty following the arrest.

In this case, the justices said the petitioners arrests were sup­ported by warrants signed by a Superior Court judge.

The justices pointed out that the Babautas challenge neither the validity of the warrants nor the lawfulness of their arrests with respect to the issue of probable cause.

Second, the justices said the Due Process Clause of the Amendment requires that sus­pects be brought, without unrea­sonable delay, before a judge for an initial appearance following arrest.

The purpose of this appearance is to advise the arrestee of the

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The justices said the petition­ers made initial appearances in Superior Court at their bail hear­ings on the day of their arrests.

"They make no contention, and the record before us does not sup­port an inference, that their due process rights were infringed with respect to their initial appear-

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Juan, the alleged target in the San Roque shooting, was arrested with his brother Jose by the police in connection with the assault and

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Investigators believed that the as­saultincidentthatreportedly occurred during a cockfight in Talafofo area last June 11 triggered last August shooting in San Roque.

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TI-IE Coastal Re.sources Management will spollliOr a scientific expedition to the northern islands of Maug and Pagan early next month.

CRM director Manuel C. Sablan saidtheone-weekexpedition,aboard the CNMI boat Oiallenger, aims to swveythemarineandcoralresoun:es as well as the flora and fauna of the islands.

SablansaidtheCNMigovemment is interested in collecting scientific data on theislands,citing a University ofGuammarinelab finding that' 'there were two plants that were endemic to Maug."

"In addition to that, they found some sort of an amazing thing, be­cause one endemic plant from Bonin Island (in Japan) was also found on Maug, which is really rare."

Bonin Island, some l 00 miles fur­ther to the north, is near Okinawa

Sablan said that some 10 known species of bird live on Maug. ''We wanttoconuborate this and reinforce it ifin fact there are additional species that are existing over there now."

''We're also interested in having archeological investigation, since no archeological report has ever been doneontheislandsofMaug,"hesaid. · "We could probably find in re­

gards to archeological artifacts that could give us some insight into how our ancestors or the early Chamorros lived or whether in fact they have beeninhabitedbynumbersofpeople,'' he said.

Maug, which is about 280 nautical miles from Saipan and takes about a day to reach by boat, is at present uninhabited, but according to Sablan, when he went to Maug 15 years ago, "I saw that there was some evidence that people did go over there .... "

Healsosaidhehadreadahistorical account of a priest that "there's sup­posed to be a treasure buried some­where in the Marianas. And the clue that he gave was that you could see three islands at one time. Maug

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Maug is a group of three islands that form into a circular pattern creat­ing a deep harbor. It is the second nonhemrnostislandsin the Marianas chain.

Sablan said the Japanese used the harbor when the CNMI was under the Japanese and that there is a rem­nant of a Japanese-built weather sta­lion !here.

Sablan said the Maug harbor is an ideal protective haven for ships from inclement weather.

Theexploratoryteam---romposed of marine and environmental offi­cials and experts from theCNMI and scientists from the University of Ha­waii and University of Guam-will stop over in Pagan on the way back.

Theteamwillstaythereforadayor two, whileitwillbeinMaugforthree days, Sablan said.

''We would like to do a general assessment on the island of Pagan­take a look at the reefs and at the impact of the wild life up there," he said.

He said there had been reports of illegalfishingaroundtheisland, which is 173 nautical miles north of Saipan and which takes some eight hours to reach by boat from Saipan.

The team will test the waters for chemicals used in fishing.

Also, there is concern about the defoliation of d1e island because of abandoned cattle and wild goats and pigs roaming, Sablan. "Tncy con­:~ume 2. iot o:~ vegetatior..."

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Accuruing to the CR.tvi head, who i, also chairman of th--: CRM boord, tl1e northern portion of the island is not well-vegetated as a result of the volcanic eruption.

Erratum.··· TIIE caption fodhe photo :oh page 8 of yesterday's issiie pf the Variety contained.: errone? ous infonnation. TripieJPresi~ dentBobJoneswasshowncianc}· ing with his wife, M.argaret; rii:>t Barbara as printed. ,AI.so/friple .. J Motors Saipan geµe*1imiwJ agerWayneHuntwasnotshowri in ~e icture dai.nd.n · ,is statei'f. Our.a~Io~:i,z{/:~1rf Jii1:(\[Jft;

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l\1HS student's bag, Inoney stolen inside classroont A STUDENT claimed that her bag containing money and other items was stolen inside a class­room at theMarianasHigh School Monday afternoon.

Acting Public Information Of­ficer Sgt. Edward Manalili said the 17-year-old girl left her bag inside the classroom.

When the girl returned after a few minutes, she discovered the bag was missing.

The bag contained a wallet, $189 cash, personal check, makeup kit, and other items.

In another police report, a woman complained that a coffee maker was allegedly stolen at the

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In Susupe, a 35-year-old man sought police help after an uni­dentified man allegedly poked a handgun at him Monday after­noon.

The complainant said he ap­proached a vehicle parked in front

of his residence to inquire. The passenger of the vehicle

instead poked gun at him. The vehicle then fled.

In Kannat Tabla and Kagman, burglars broke inside two houses and ran away ap­pliances in separate incidents Monday. (FDTJ

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In response lo this project request, we ask that individuals or firms provide a brief description of !heir experience providing fleet insurance and the reinsurance which they carry as an insurance provider. Responders are also requested to provide any other information they consider perti­nent in a brief narrative.

Proposals must be received no tater than 3:00 pm. Friday, January 05. 1996 at the PSS Pro­curement & Supply Ollice located on the ground floor ol the JTV Building Room A-1, As Lita Road, Saipan, MP 96950. All proposals shOuld be addressed to William S Torres. Commis­sioner or Education and lacemarked "RFP96-001". Proposals must be delivered with an original and a duplicate. ·

A twenty live U S. Dollars must accompany the proposal submitted. The rNenty five dollars maybe a certilied check. a cashiers check, or other forms acceptable by the Public School Sy,­tem Treasurer. All checks must be made payable to the Treasurer. CNMI Publrc School System All proposals must also be accompanied with the companies business permit.

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the laboratory program. said. the nursing recruitment, management bver the next five years, PREL The secretary said privatization will of Rota Health ca.~. security servia:s,

will build on networks it has al- reduce government subsidy to CHC linen and laundry services, yard main-ready established throughout the and stimulate the economy. tenance, and housekeeping services. Pacific to assist educators and com- ''Ibelievethatprivatization increases With the privatization scheme, munities in developing and imp le- the level of health can: services by Abraham earlier said the government menting improved strategies for having private organizations partici- is savin_g 30-35 percent it nonnally effective schools that are appropri- , "d s=n,1, m· hiring' labor """""',,,.L .. pate with us,' Abraham sru . I""~ ..----·-

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cem about being discriminatory against commercial consumers.

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Palau ... Continued from page 1 lot to the growth of the CNMI.

Borja, for his part, told Nakamura "that citizens of Palau are always wel­come to Saipan, just as citizens of our CommonwealtharewelcomeinPalau.''

Addressing his message to

moved to refer the bill back to the House Public Utilities, Transponation and Communication Committee. The motion was defeated.

The bill ended up being passed basi­cally in the same original version that Tenorio submitted.

Nakamura, Borja said the presence of Palau Consulate office on Saipan "is a sign of youramcem and this office will assist your people in numerous ways."

Borja promised that his office would a,sist the Palau Consulate staff"in any way possible."

In the pa,t years, Nakamura said, messages between the two govern-

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'There was no government-to-gov­ernment corrununication," Nakamura said. "Now that we're here, communi­cation will be a lot easier."

So far, the Palau president said, there werenotanyseriousproblemsinwhich Palauans have been involved.

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Trial of Rabin 'assassin' begins By DAN PERRY

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The deeply religious Jewish nation­alist who stunned the world by assassinating Yitzhak Rabin goes on trial for murder Tues­day morning.

Yigal Amir, a 25-year-old law student, surrendered to police at the site of the Nov. 4 shooting and has confessed to killing the Israeli prime minister in hopes of stopping the peace process with the Palestinians.

The prosecution's seemingly rock-solid case is bolstered by this week's revelation that there is an amateur video of the assas­sination that, according to jour­nalists who saw it, shows Amir lunging at Rabin and shooting him in the back at pointblank. It is to be broadcast Tuesday and later presented as evidence.

Still, the trial is expected to be one of the most dramatic in Israel's history.

The assassination caused a na­tional trauma among Israelis weaned on the notion that Jews essentially stand united against the Arabs. It has also led to a crackdown on extreme right­wing groups and a reassessment of internal security concepts that left Israel's leader so fatally exposed. But Amir's political calculation appears to have backfired: Rabin's succes­sor, longtime peace advocate Shimon Peres, has accelerated peace talks with Syria and pro­ceeded with Israel's troop pull­out from much of the West Bank - land many religious Jews like Amir believe was promised by God to Israel.

Amir's lawyers have said he might not plead guilty and are expected to ask for a two-month n:cess to prepare their case. Even if he do_es plead guilty, there will be a trial before the three-judge panel led by Edmond Levy to determine the sentence.

If convicted, Amir's manda­tory sentence is life in prison. The death penalty in Israel is reserved for Nazi war criminals and offenders ·who harm state security, such as spies.

Amir's mother Geula said Monday she planned to attend the trial, telling Israel TV that while she disagreed with his methods, Yigal "is still my son.''

Amir is represented by law­yer Jonathan Goldberg, who im­migrated seven years ago from Houston, Texas, and lives in a West Bank settlement, and Is­raeli partner Mordechai Offri.

According to the indictment submitted two weeks ago, Amir decided sometime after the first Israet-P.LO accord, signed in 1993, to kill Rabin. The charge sheet said he recruited· his brother Hagai, 27, and a friend, Dror Adani, to help him.

They considered ambitious ideas like blowing up Rabin's car or firing an anti-tank rocket into his apartment, -but in the end Yi gal Amir settled on shoot­ing Rabin with his 9mm Beretta pistol, the charge sheet said.

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By CHARLENE L. FU BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government on Tuesday accused a German reporter of "negatively influencing German public opin­ion about China'' and ordered him to leave the country by Dec. 28.

Henrik Bork, Beijing bureau chief for the Frankfurter Rundschau, was informed in the early morning hours by the Ger­man government after last-ditch efforts by the German Foreign Ministry failed to reverse the Chi­nese decision.

The Chinese government said it was not expelling Bork. How­ever, it refuses to renew Bork's press credentials, which expire on Dec. 28. Without the press credentials, Bork cannot get a visa to continue working in China.

Bork is the seventh Beijing­based foreign correspondent or­dered out of the country since 1986. The last expulsion was of Andrew Higgins of the British newspaper The Independent in September 1991 after he reported on a secret document.

The ruling Communist Party has Jong made clear that it consid­ers foreign journalists enemies of

socialism and agents of capitalist ideology. Reporters are routinely followed when they meet Chi­nese contacts and must get gov­ernment apprc>vaJ if they w::mt to leave the capital for reporting.

Bork's de facto expulsion fol­lows a high-profile China trip by German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, whowaswidelycriticizedathome for visiting Chinese military bases.

Bork, 34, has reported from China for the major German daily for four years. A fluent Chinese speaker, he had previously stud­ied in China and has a 10-year association with the country.

"There's more here than just my job,'' said Bork, who said he wept after a meeting with an offi­cial of the Chinese Foreign Min­istry on Friday.

In a written statement, he called the order to leave China "an at­tempt by the Chinese government to intimidate all Western journal­ists in Beijing." "The Communist government's deci­sion will certainly damage China's image abroad and therefore is bad news for the Chinese people, for whom I feel deep sympathy," he said.

Bork said Foreign Ministry of­ficials in charge of foreign jour­nalists had told him that his re­porting was consistently "biased and negative," that his articles had "attacked personalities of the People'sRepublicofChina," and that he had traveled through China usingafalsenameandconcealing his status as a journalist

Bork said the charge of attacking Chinese personalities appeared to be a reference to a 19()4 article about Chinese Premier Li Peng shortly be­fore Li visited Germany.

In that article, Bork said Li ducked questions about his role in the 1989 militmycrackdownontheTrananmen Square democracy movement even before he had arrived in Gennany. Bork also called Li a dictator.

The article reportedly infuriated Li, who was met by protestors in many places-during his tour through Germany. The Chinese leader even canceled some visits to avoid protest­ers.

BorksaidtheChineseofficials who were blamed for failing to warn Li of anti-Chinesesentimentandthepossi­bility of protests produced him as a scapegoat

But the Orinese government ap­parently waited until after Chinese PresidentandCornmunistPartychief Jiang 2.emin visited Gennany in July and Kohl's November visit before moving against Bork.

German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel intervened on Bork's behalf, writing a letter' to his Chinese coun­terpart, Qian Qichen, in which he warned that an expulsion could re­duce public support for Bonn's "straight and forward-looking China policies."

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In a move that has been an­ticipated for weeks, Kim sacked his prime minister last Friday and named Lee Soo-

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Lee's appointment was overwhelmingly approved by the single-house parliament, which is controlled by the gov­erning party.

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shakeups are often used to di­vert attention from major po­litical scandals or infrastruc­ture disasters.

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bers to be replaced are report­edly being asked to run in April elections.

Roh, president from 1988 to 1993, went on trial Monday for allegedly taking bribes fo~ a dlrs 650 million slush fund he operated during his term. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.

His immediate predecessor, Chun Doo-hwan, is also in jail for allegedly masterminding a 1979 coup. If convicted, he faces the death penalty.

Chun on hunge:r stnke SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Weakened from a long hun­ger strike, disgraced former President Chun Doo-hwan may have to be hospitalized soon, reports said Monday.

The 64-year-old Chun was in the 16th day of a hunger strike Monday, protesting what he perceived to be po­litical retaliation. He was ar­rested Dec. 3 for mastermind­ing a 1979 coup that brought him to power. Since his arrest, he has refused all food

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US House shelves anti-terrorism bill By JIM ABRAMS

WASHING TON (AP) - Eight months after the Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee has abandoned hopes of getting an anti-ter­rorism bill through Congress this year, lawmakers said Monday.

The bill, promoted with a sense of urgency and strong White House backing after the bombing attack last April, has

been stalled in the House by an odd coalition of some of its most liberal and conservative members. The with­drawal of the legislation, passed by a 91-8 vote in the Senate last June, was "a vic­tory for those in the Congress, Republican and Democrat, who cherish our most funda­mental civil liberties," said Rep. John Conyers of Michi­gan, ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett said the delay was needed to ensure careful and constitutionally proper legislation. "Every tjme we have passed legisla­tion as an emotional response, we have regretted it later."

.Bartlett, who opposes gun control, denied Democratic suggestions that Republicans wouldn't back the bill until they got a repeal of an assault­sty le firearms ban passed last year, when Democrats con-

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People go back home after fire in Cape Town CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A smelly, yellow residue stained the streets of a Cape Town suburb Monday after a weekend sulfur fire at a nearby chemical plant.

Two people died and more than 2,000 were evacuated from the Somerset West area on Sat­urday night and Sunday after piles of a brittle sulfur com­pound caught fire and emitted a choking cloud of gas.

Most people returned home by Monday morning as a steady rain washed away the yellow residue that smelled like rotten eggs.

Police Capt. Wicus Holtzhausen said reports of a third death caused by the chemi­cal fire could not be verified. He identified the two dead men as Andrew Williams, 54, and his brother Ronnie, 4 7, who both suffered from asthma.

More than 100 people were treated at local hospitals for mi­nor ailments related to breath­ing the sulfur dioxide, a corro­sive gas that irritates the eyes, nose and lungs.

The gas was released late Sat­urday when a brush fire ignited a giant sulfur stockpile at the AECI chemical factory, police and company officials said.

Firefighting crews assisted by 12 bulldozers and three heli­copters extinguished the blaze by midday Sunday, said Pete Harries, chief fire officer of the Cape Metro Council.

An AECI official said the company would consider com­pensating local residents for any damage caused.

"I want to say how dreadfully sorry I am that a community we had relations with for almost I 00 years should have been dis­comforted,'' said Boet Coetzee the AECI managing director of operational ·services.

"We cannot operate as a com­pany if we don't have trust with the people around us,'' he said. "We need to see how we can restore that trust."

Chris Nissen, a provincial leg­islator who visited the evacuees Sunday, called the location of the AECI plant and a second chemical company's factory "really bad apartheid planning.''

He said the factories were al­ready in place when the former white-minority government forcibly moved mixed-race South Africans from other neighborhoods around Cape Town in the 1970s.

Apartheid ended with historic 1994 elections that put Presi­dent Nelson Mandela' s African National Congress in power.

State radio said the sulfur, a brittle solid used in the making of explosives, had been stored at the AECI factory since the apartheid · era. Anti-apartheid sanctions had prevented South Africa from buying weapons abroad, so the country built up a large arsenal.

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Salinas brod charged for enriching himself

By JOHN RICE MEXICO CITY (AP) - A fed­eral watchdog agency has filed an illegal enrichment charge against Raul Salinas de Gortari, the brother of Mexico's former president, and fined a former prosecutor fighting extradition

. from the United States a whop­ping $21 million.

The actions reported Monday by the comptroller's office added new fuel to the scandal of alleged murder and corruption at the top lev~ls of Mexican politics.

Raul Salinas, the brother of former President Carlos Sali­nas de Gortari, is already in prison. He faces charges of mas­terminding the September 1994 murder of his former brother­in-law, Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, a former state gover­nor who was secretary-general of the ruling party. Carlos Salinas, not charged in any of the crimes, left office Dec. 1, 1994, then left the country in March, his re;mtation tattered by an economic nosedive most Mexicans blame on his policies. He is widely rumored to be in Cuba.

Mexican prosecutors say they have found at least $123 million in Raul Salinas' foreign bank ac­counts, in addition to a host of investments across Mexico.

But the new complaint covers only the period when he was a mid-ranking government official, 1983 until 1992, and did not specify the size of Salinas' hold­ings at that time.

"We still do not have all the assessments of the real estate and we have to make other calcula­tions,'' Gustavo Ponce Melendez of the comptroller's office told reporters who asked about the size of the fortune.

"But, obviously, there is a dis­parity between the income he de­clared and the amount" of his holdings, he said.

Raul Salinas· lawyer, Eduardo Luengo Creel, insists his client is i;mocent and came by the money honestly. Bu~ his office failed to provide an c,;pi:rnation within tne 10-day fle,Jc>,: set by !he comptrolle 0 • s oft'ic~. Swiss officials say Lhey iiclievc $8..\ mi,­lion helu h) i~aul ')aiinas there' under an ail..s ;s rciatcd to iaun­dcrcd drug money. They arrested his wife, Paulina Castanon. OE

Nov. 15 when she tried to with­draw some of the money. but released her last week, saying she apparently had played only a minor role.

Since her arrest, Mexican newspapers have carried daily photos of Raul Salinas' alleged properties.

Meanwhile, the ruling Insti­tutional Revolutionary Party said it would begin taking testi­mony Tuesday on a motion to expel the Salinas brothers from the party.

The controller's office also said it has taken new action against Mario Ruiz Massieu, a former deputy attorney general accused of ~ampering with evi-

dence in his own brother's death to protect Raul Salinas.

After he was questioned, Mario Ruiz Massieu left for the United States, where he was ar­rested in December 1994 on cur­rency reporting charges, which were later dropped.

He remains in jail facing extra­dition requests.

The agency said Mario Ruiz Massieu would be banned from public service for 20 years and fined about $21 million for the unexplained wealth he has alleg­edly amassed.

Those administrative actions come on top of criminal charges of illegal enrichment filed earlier.

The agency said Ruiz Massieu had U.S. bankaccountsworth$9.3 million, Mexican accounts with the equivalent of more than dlrs 1

million and real estate in the two countries worth several hundred thousand dollars. In American courts, Ruiz Massieu' s attorneys have argued that his in­come was larger than listed be­cause of special bonuses for.good work from the president and at-

, tomey general. A U.S. magistrate in Newark,

N.J., has already rejected three extradition requests against Mario Ruiz Massieu, and on Friday, Mexican prosecutors admitted a flaw in the evidence in their fourth attempt.

They must give notice Tuesday whether they wish to continue . Carlos Salinas has said he knew nothing of his brother's activities, though some officials say they warned him about possible prob­lems.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 95·657 JAMES H. GRIZZARD, Plainliff. I'S. MOGAMBO, INC , GIGADO HOA PHAM, and CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD, ~etendants. SUMMONS

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: GIGADO HOA PHAM

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GABA IEL F. BOYER, Plaintiff, V VICENTE N. RIVERA, dba IGI GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPMENTS, INC., Defendant, SECONO AMENOED NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pur­suant to a Writ of Execution issued by the Court in this matter of January 27, 1995, I have levied and executed upon, and will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder. for current lawful money of the United States, all of the right, title, and interest of Defendant Scholastica 8.L. Rivera in and to the following prop­erty:

Lot 001 G 29, containing an area of 824 square meters, more or less, as shown on the Division of Lands and Sur­veys Official Cadastral Plat No. 001 G 02 dated March 18, 1986, the description therein being incorporated herein by ref­erence.

The sale will be held on Friday, Janu­ary 5, 1996, at the hour of 1 :15 p.m., at the law officers of White, Pierce, Mail· man & Nutting, Susupe, Saipan, North­ern Mariana Islands.

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

DATED, this 12th day of December, 1995:

/s/ TAHER K. MANASTERLI

Fll{ST ANNIVERSARY ROSARY Hunt on for more dead sea scrolls

For the late

EPIPHANIO CABRERA We, the family of the late Epiphanio Cabrera. would· like to invite our relatives and friends to join ~s in the nightly rosaries and daily Masses offered for the re­pose of his soul.

Rosary is said nightly, 8:00 p.m. at their residence. Daily masses are offered at Mt. Carmel Cathedral from De­cember 16-22 6:00 A.M., December 23 at 5:00 P.M. Mass on- Saturday. Dec. 23. Please join us. Thank You.

From: Mrs. aeofe cabrera and 01ildren

FIRST ANNIVERSARY ROSARY

We the family of the late ROMANA VILIAGOMEZ WDEIA

would like to invite all of our relatives and friends to

join us for the first anniversary rosary of our beloved one.

Nightly rosary will be held at the residence of Mr. Alejandro C. Tudela in Papago beginning

on December 25, 1995. On the final day, Tuesday January 2, 1996, the

mass will be offered at 4:00 p.m. at Garapan Church. Dinner will follow immediately at the residence of Mr. Alejandro C. Tudela. Your presence and your prayers is

greatly appreciated.

Kindly join us. The Family

By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN QUMRAN, West Bank (AP) -The hunt for more biblical-era Dead Sea Scrolls got under way as teams of volunteers shoveled earth out of four newly discov­ered man-made caves.

The first scrolls, written at the time of Jesus, were discovered not far from the caves in 1947 by a Bedouin shepherd and helped shed light on the origins of Chris­tianity.

"We may see history in the mak­ing again," said Angela Crow, of Kansas City, Missouri, one of a dozen American, Canadian and Israeli volunteers digging Mon­day under blue desert skies_

Archaeologist Hanan Eshel from Bar llan University found the four undisturbed caves this summer. That took his colleagues by surprise, because the area had already been extensively surveyed and excavated.

Eshel has said there is a sense of urgency to the work, because Qumran may be handed to Pales­tinian control as part of peace negotiations.

Even before the latest excava­tions began, Palestinian authori-

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ties demanded that Israel stop dig­ging in the West Banlc, which they call "last-minute plunder­ing_"

The fate of Qumran is to be detennined in negotiations sched­uled for May, said Yitzhak Magen, the chief Israeli archaeological officer in the West Hanle. Until then, the Israelis will continue to dig.

Eshel said Monday that the caves, their openings smothered in rubble, were very likely to hold the treasures.

The caves are about 200 yards north of the ancient village of Qumran, which was inhabited by the Essene sect believed by many to have written the scrolls.

Eshel noted that the newly dis­covered caves are carved in marl, a crumbly mix of clay and lime­stone, similar to one of the earlier caves that contained 530 of the 850 Dead Sea Scrolls.

The archaeologist also pointed to ancient footpaths leading from Qumran to the mouths of the caves.

"These trails showed they used the caves. I'm not sure we'll find anything, but it is our duty to check, because even the smallest fragment of a scroll can help us reconstruct how they lived," Eshel said.

The prospects so excited Magen Broshi,fonnercuratoroftheDead Sea Scroll collection at Israel Museum, that he came out of re­tirement to help lead the excava­tion.

The first scrolls were found between 1947 and 1956 in 11 caves near Qumran. The collec­tion of manuscript<\ contains the oldest known texts of the Old Testament, as well as messianic prophecies and moral teachings that shed light on the develop­ment of Judaism at the time of Jesus and theoriginsofChristian­ity.

Many of the volunteers were excited just being part of the ex­cavation along the shores of the Dead Sea.

"This is Quuuumran, man!" said Pete Keuper, a 32-year­old teacher from Santa Maria, Califoria, who is studying at the American Institute of Holy Land Studies.

Heaving a stone out of"Cave C,'' the heavy-set Keuper grunted: "It's awesome to be a part of history.''

Asked if he believed there were any scrolls to be found, Keuper broke into a broad grin and said: "I played Santa Claus, and they say he isn't real too." The dig is expected to stop in early Janu­ary, and then resume for an­other two weeks in February, Eshel said.

"There is something verY. magical about the term Dead Sea Scroll. It evokes a mys­tery built up over the years,'' said Seymour Gitin, director of the W.F. A!bright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. "

And people love a mystery."

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13 CUTTER-Salary $2.75 per hour 06 IRON -WORKER(PRESSER MA­CHINE)-Salary $2.75 per hour 06 PACKER-Salary $2. 75 per hour 125 SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS­Salary $2.75 per hour Contact: ONWEL MFG (SAIPAN)LTD., TEL: 234·9522-25(12/27)W21838

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Privatization Study of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) November 17, 1995

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YOUR BIRTHDAY

By Stella Wilder

Born today, you are often inter­ested in the unusual and the bizarre, and you will parlay these interests into a career that is both lucrative and exciting. Content­ment, for you, depends upon the freedom to explore life as you choose. Like most other Sagittari­ans, you are prompted by an ea­gerness to learn, explore, and live life to the fullest. You don't like ta be confined to an office for long, and you prefer work that takes you to the far reaches of the world. At the very least, you'd like to explore your awn corner of the globe.

You are attractive to members of the opposite' sex, and though you may not have classic beauty you still command the kind of ad­miration even classic beauties fail to earn. Your strength of charac­ter, inner resolve and bright out­look will serve you well

Also born on this date are: Harvey Firestone, businessman; Jenny Agutter, actress; Uri Geller, psychic; George Roy Hill, director; John Hillerman, actor.

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

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Our ini;1i~ler says the age of mir;.1 ,·i<,, may be with us again. The choir finished !he op,•ning hymn togi'tlwr .ind in tune

Thought for dr'i\'Prs One for th~ rnad JUSl might take you on a short journey right arnund the c.:oroner

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21) - You may encounter some­one who wishes to challenge you before the day is out. Make sure to prepare well in advance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Give yourself a chance to explore your territory today. You have been too hemmed in lately, and freedom beckons.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Your impulsive nature may get you into one or two out-of-control situations today. Use caution at all times.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - You will get a revised version of an important event today. As a re­sult, you will develop a greater un­derstanding of what really hap­pened.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -You may want to take time out from your routine today to check on the progress of someone you've recently taken under your wing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -There is no reason to hold back to­day, especially when you are fac­ing a familiar opponent who knows most of your tricks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -If you make changes quickly and

"Class" 1s h:1vrng a matched set or plastic tabkw;irl'. 1,ut l{EAL class is having a matched Sl't or WASHABLE tableware.

Of cour-;e 1\'s possibll' to get S(l!lll' thing for nolhing. The eon artist gels the something. and you get th<: !l(Jlh-1ng

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with subtlety, the rewards may ex­ceed yot,tr considerable expecta­tions. Togetherness will be impor­tant at th!S time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -At some point today, you may see someone who brings back memo­ries that will enrich your thoughts and feelings at this time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Teamwork will yield great results at this time, but you may have to take charge briefly to get through a moment of confusion today.

VIRGO <Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -You will have a chance to strut your stuff today, but you may have to wait some time until you get the chance again. Make this time count!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -While others are taking their time, you can pick up the pace and get ahead of the game. Do not wait un­til the last minute to explore your options.

SCORPIO <Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Practice may not make perfect to­day, but it can get you within reach. You still have a few fine points to smooth out.

There would be a good deal0 less -racket out or Washington if the folks on the Hill would conduct more !is· tenings and fewer hearings.

i\fter our latest go-round with the bureaucracy. we have one question· Whv du thev call them "civil" ser· van.ts'> ·

The problem ror-us in ·wm1ng things down before we forget them is that we can't recall where we put the pad and pencil.

The law of physics that states what goes up must come down does not apply to elevators in office buildings at quitting time.

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69. Fred Camacho shot the best low

gross of the day and placed with gross 79, 8hand.icap, net 71. Bryan Reyes was fourth with gross 80 and net 72, while Norbert Sablan shot rounds of 90 net 72.

In a related news, SGA will hold its Ace of Aces membership

PABA ... Continued from page 20 .

The PABA league will have one juniors'. and two seniors' games every Sunday starting at 2: 15 p.m. at the Susupe Civic Center:

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second game, 15-13, and later the tie breaker, 11-7. It was Retton's first tournament

The doubles event finals was an all-Guam contest, ~th two Guam teams-Frank Rios with Larry An­geles and Ricaro Rosario with Juan Palomo-capturingbothfinalberths.

RiosandAngelesdefeatedRosario andPalomointwogames, 15-11 and 15-5.

Guamteam'scoachFrankRosario secured top honors in the masters event when he defeated John Joyner, 15-6and 15-11. Rios was originally scheduled to play against Richard Pierce in the mas­·ters, but Pierce did not make it in the competition due to a last-

tournament on Saturday at the Lau Lau West Course.

The tournament, which is open only to bonafide members, will tee off at 6:52 a.m. (See related schedule box for pairings and other tee-off schedules).

SGA golfers are advised tocon­finn their participation in the tour­nament by calling John Babauta at 235-6918 or Norbert Sablan at 322-4363.

All seniors teams will carry in their uniforms Pepsi products like Pepsi Diet, Lipton Tea, Dr. Pep­per, Mountain Dew, 7-Up, Pepsi and Camida Dxy.

Pepsi will shoulder l! percentage of the cost of unifonns of most teams. lheunifonnsareexpectedtobeready also by January.

minute off-island commitment. In the final medal tally, Japan won

two first places, CNMI won two sec­ond place meda4,, while, Guam won four first place and four second place medals.

Out of 17 CNMI players, only Joyner and Retton competed in the finals.

Bulls .. ~ Continued from page 20

shook off a slow start to dominate the second quarter and most of the third.

J37Z 110, Nets 103 In East Ruthelford, New Jersey,

Howard Eisley and Karl Malone com­binedonafour-pointplayto~parl<agrum­breaking 16-3 spwt to end the third quar­ter, and Utah Jazz defeated New Jersey llO-Jill.

Malonehad24 points and 15 rebounds, and backup guani Jeff Homacek ooded

49ers ... Continued from page 20

Fuad Reveiz kicked his third field goal, a 38-yarder with 6:42 remain­ing but Young led San Francisco on aclock-killingdriveandthe Vikings didn, t get the ball back.

Povm 21-0 after the first quarter, Minnesota came back to make it 27-27 when the Vikings tu.med San Francisco's fourth 1nmover into a 6-yardscoringpassfromMoon to Jake Re.edmidwaythroughthethirdquar­ter.

The score was set up by Adam Walker's fumble, recovered by Esra Tuaolo at the San Francisco 19.

San Francisco struck for21 first­quarter points and the game had the look of a blowout, but Minnesota answered with a 20-point second quarter and trailed just 27-20 at half­time.

· The Vikings were held without a first dovm and forced to punt four timesinthefirstquarterwhile Young hit Rice with two scoring passes and Dexter Carter renuned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown.

Carter, SanFrancisco' sfirst-round pick in 1990 who rejoined the te.am

24 points as Utah beat the Nets for the second time this season and 14th in the last 16meetings.JohnStocktonadded 11 points and lOassists for the Jazz, which overcame an early 12-point deficit by shooting 52 percent from the floor.

Kenny Anderson had 21 points and 10 assists for New Jersey, which Jost its third straight, and second in row at home afteropening the season at the Meadowlands with seven straight wins. Armon Gilliam added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Nets, who made just IO second-half baskets.

Nov. 9 after being cut by the New Yodc Jets, broke into the clear and fakedhiswaypastpunterMikeSaxon en route to the score.

The Vikings closed to 21-10 on Fuad Reveiz' s 29-yard field goal, set up by Qadty Ismail' s 71-yardkickoff return, and War

ren Moon's first scoring pass to Cris Carter. The touchdown drive was aided by two penalties· on the 49ers and a 53-yard completion to Jake Reed that advanced the ball to the 5. Afterarunningplay lost a yard, Moonpassed6yardstoCarterforthe

score. Dexter Carter's 46-yard kickoff

return set up San Francisco at the Minnesota38.Fiveplayslater, Young scrambled away from presswe and threw a 31-yard touchdovm pass to Rice, left wide open when Harlon 1

Barnett slipped and fell. But Minnesota's Donald Frank

interceptedYoungandretume.dit42' yards to the San Francisco 3, le.ading to Moon' sse.condtouchdovm pass to Cris Carter, a 2-yarder.

Reveizkickedhissecondfieldgoal as time expired in the second quarter.

PUBLIC NOTICE 1V18/95

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DE­VELOPMENT CORPORATION DIVISION (DCDt Of THE COMMONWEALTH DEVEL­OPMENT AUTHORITY WILL RESCHEDULE ITS MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEM­BER 20, 1995 TO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1995 AT 10:00 A.M. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE CDA SAIPAN CONFER­ENCE ROOM.

DCD MATTERS WILL BE DISCUSSED.

ls/JESUS D. SABIAN CHAIRMAN

IMPORTANT NOTICE The Division of Public Lands requests all homestead applicants of 1990 whose names are shown below to report to the Homestead Offi9e by December 27, 1995. The purpose of this request is to update your application for the lottery for Kagman Ill (Phase IV) homestead subdivision.

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DLGuerrero, Lucia A. Camacho, Cathryn Babauta Camacho, Dwayne Mendiola Carbullido, Arlene Deleon Guerrero Celis, Juan D. Taimanao/

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Camacho, Lucy Ann Marie

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20-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- DECEMBER 20, 1995

p ~ 49ers overpower Vikings, 37-30 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings stood no chance against Jeny Rice.

In the fifth highest yardage total by a receiver in NFL history, Rice had a career-high 289 yards and caught three touchdown passes Monday night, leading the playoff-bound San Francisco 49ers to a 37-30 victory.

It was the sixth straight win for the 49ers, who led 21-0 after one quarter and then had to hold off the Vikings.

Rice, whofinishedwith 14catches, overtook Hennan Moore of Detroit to set an NFL record for most receiv­ing yards in a season. Rice will take 1,695 yards into the regular-season finale against Atlanta. Moore ha~ 1,581 with a game to go.

Steve Young threw for 425 yards, completing 30 of a career-high 49 passes for San Francisco ( 11-4 ).

The win gave the 49ers a first­round playoffbye and they could sew

up home-field advantage with a vic­tory at Atlanta. The 49ers had a bye and home-field during last year's Super Bowl run and clearly want all the advantages again.

Minnesota's loss allowed Detroit to clinch a playoffberth. The Vikings (8-7) can still qualify for a postseason berth withsomehelpfromotherteams and by heating Cincinnati next week.

Rice, who caught touchdown passes from Young of 8, 46 and 31

Guam play~rs rule. X'mas racketball tiff· PLA YERSfromGuamdominated the three-day I 995 Holiday Rac­quetball Tournament, taking home eight of the 12 top honors in the competition held at the Nikko Ho­tel last weekend

Twenty nine players-four women and _six men from Guam, three women and 14 men from the Commonwealth and a pair from Japan-competed in the open, women's, B, C doubles and mas­ters events.

Hirome Maeda, a lady player from Japan played exceptionally in the tournament with 30 games in 15 matches capturing two titles.

Maeda won the open and

women's open. Rankednumber 13 inJapan,Maeda

defeated Guam's national champion Lany Angeles in afust-to-15 cham­pionship gaine.

Duringtheirfirstencounter, Maeda defeated Angeles in a three-game match. Maeda took the first game, 15-14. Angeles bounced back in the secondgame, 15-11,butlosttoMaeda in the tie-breaker, 11-6.

In their second encounter, Maeda likewjse won the first game, 15-6. Angeles took game two, 15-12, but Maeda again won the tie-breaker, 11-6.

In the women's event, Maeda de­feated Guam's Anidal.eon '-iuerrero

inl\Yostraightgames, 15-3and 15-8.

Guam players bested their rivals in the B, C and doubles events.

Two players from Guam, Tom CamachoandRicaroRosario, both clinched the two finals berth. Camacho won over Rosario in two straight games, 15-5 and 15-6. · ·

In the C event, Lucy Cruz of Guam scored a come-from-behind victory over Commonwealth's Gano Retton in a three-game final match.

Retton won the first game, 15-12, but missed his chance for a. straight victory when Cruz won the

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Orioles sign up Roger McDowell BALTIMORE (AP) - Roger McDowell and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to aone-yearconu.ict Monday, becoming the third pitcher to join the team in less than a week.

McDowell, 34, made 64 relief ap­pearances for the Texa, Rangers la,t season, second in the American League to the Orioles' Jesse Orosco. He wa, 7-4 and had a 4.02 ERA.

Duringhis 11-yearcareer,McDowell h,L, played with the New York Met,, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Ange­les Dodgers. He stlute<l his m,tjor league career with the Met, in 1985.

In 1986, he won a World Series ring on a Met, te.un le.id by Davey Johnso~ the new Orioles m,mager. Jesse Orosco and Randy Mym. al;> with Baltimore fornextseason. were in the Met, bullpen.

Baltimore also traded a pair of pros­pect, Sunday night for Kent Mercker, the Atlanta Braves No. 5 starter. Mercker, 27, was 7-8 with a 4.15 ERA la,t season with Atlanta.

Last Wednesday, the Orioles agreed to a two-year contract with Myers. He led the NL last season with 38 saves while pitching for the Chicago Cubs and will be the Orioles closer.

Ben Aldan SGA's Deceinber Ace BEN Aldan shot his way to win the Saipan Golfers Association's December Ace of the Month tour­nament last Saturday at the Lau Lau Bay Golf Resort East Course.

Aldan shot a round of 87 with

Saipan Golfers Association

Ace of Aces Membership Tourney Dec. 23, Lau Lau West Course

Pairings and lee off lime schedule 6:52 a.m 6:59 a.m. John S. Torres Tony Ta1la110 Ed Manibusan Joe Demapan Brian Reyes Ray Diaz Fred Camacho 7:06 a.m. 7:13 a.m.

Pele A. Tenorio

Robert R. Sablan Juan L. Babauta Max Castro Frank C. Castro Norbert Sablan Ed Manglona Ben Aldan Larry Hocog 7:20 a.m. 7:27 a.m. Tony Salas Tony Flores John T. Lizama Pele Babauta John Diaz Roman Demapan Greg Saolan Ed Flores 7:34 a.m. 7:41 a.m. Lorraine Babauta Frances Borja Jess M. Castro

Rudy Pangelinan Ray M. Sablan Plasido Tagabuel Manny A. Tenorio

18 handicap for a low net of (i9

besting 12 other contenders. Rudy Sablan secured second-

place honor with a low gross 85 and 16 handicap for a low net of

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Tzsyu-Pineda fight set for January 20

SYDNEY,Australia (AP)-Unde­feated Kostya Tszyu will defend his Intemational Boxing Ft-'<.lemtion jun­ior-wclte1weight title against Colom­bian Hugo Pineda at Pmrnmatta Sta­dium on January 20.

The bout will be the second title defense for Russian-born, Australian­based Tszyu, who won the title from American Jake Rodriguez early this year and defended it against another American, Roger Mayweather.

Tszyu originally wa-; scheduled to defend against Pineda in Cartagena, Colombia, on Nov. 27, but refused to travel-citing concerns for his safety.

Tszyu initially was stripped of the title by the IBF, then reinstated after t.aking legal action.

His manager, Vlad Warton. said Tuesday that the ring will be set up in

the middle of the football stadium in Sydney's westemsuburbswith8,000 seal~ available around the ring in addi­tion to the 20,000 gmndstand and hill positions.

Tszyu, 25, ha, a 15-0 record, while Pineda has a 27-0-1 Iog.

111c bout will be the first world title fight sanctioned by a major body to be held in Sydney for five years.

Tszyu said he was glad arrange­ment'i for the bout finally are in place. ''I didn't th.ink I would ever fight Pineda," he said. "But everything ha\ turned around and I'm very happy to fight in Australia."

Warton said the undercard also would include a I 0-roundjunior~wel­teiweight bout between Tszyu 's spar­ring partners Hector Lopez of Mexico and Corey Johnson of J)etroit.

yards in the first half, had a 41-yard reception to set up Jeff Wilkins' tie­breaking 20-yard field goal with 4:20 remaining in the third period

He got behind Dewayne Washing-

ton for a 52-yard completion to help setup Young's6-yardscramblefora score putting San Francisco up 37-27 with 12: 14 remaining.

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PABA league to start in January THE first Philippine Amateur Basketball Association - Pepsi amateur league is tentatively set to start on the first week of J anu­ary.

The league, which was sup­posed to kick offlast Wednesday, was rescheduled to give way to the Yuletide season commitments of league and team officials and players, said Rolly Bigalbal who is handling two teams in the up­coming league.

Thirteen teams will see action in the event dubbed as the Pepsi­PABA Men's Basketball League

that will feature four teams in the juniors' division and nine teams in the seniors' division.

Competing in the seniors' divi­sion are teams from Lau Lau Bay Resort Club, Marfran, Sablan Construction, Heineken, TripleJ, E.Z. Gozum, FT Construction, Bud Light and the American Sports Wear.

The teams in the juniors' divi­sion are the American Interna­tional Construction Cardinals, O' Douls, Violators and the FHP Red Bulls.

Continued on page 19

Bulls beat Celtics BOSTON (AP)-Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan scored 37 points each as the Chicago Bulls pulled away from the Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter Tuesday night for their 10th straight win, 123-114.

Trailing 80-71 with 4:29 left in the third quarter, the Bulls outscored the Celtics 43-18 and took their biggest lead, 114-98 with 4:55 remaining. Pippen had 15 points in the surge and Jordan added nine.

Pippen just missed a triple-double, getting 12 assists and nine rebounds,

while Jordan had six rebounds, five steals and three assists. Dennis Rod­man had 17 rebounds, the fifth time in his last seven games he had that many, as the Bulls improved their NBA-best record to 20-2.

TheCeltics' three,.gamewinningstreak. encledasthey lostforonlythesecondtime in eight games. They were led by Dino Radja with 23 point~ and Dana Banos and Todd Day with 21 each.

Boston ( 11-11) began the day over 500 for the first time this season and

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BANMI Games Results (Dec. 14, 16 games)

Saturday, first game Thursda~. game one Team: rewers

Team: Brothers Pla~ers No. 3P 2P FT F TP Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP M. emson 6 0 0 - 2 0 Ed Diaz 9 0 8 5/11 3 21 M. Aozic 20 0 5 4/6 2 14 Tony Diaz 8 0 9 5/6 3 23 A. Nepaial 16 0 2 - 0 4 Jesse Dela Cruz 6 1 7 0/2 3 17 S. Frink 3 0 2 1/2 4 5 Mike Sablan 10 0 1 - 2 2 G. Robinson 9 1 3 4/6 1 13 Jell Diaz 7 2 9 - 2 24 H. Blanco 15 0 4 1/2 2 9 Jack Diaz 4 0 0 1/2 2 1 D. Voss 12 2 7 7/8 3 27 Darrin Bulleris 14 0 2 - 0 4 M. Toves 14 2 4 1/2 2 15 Pat Guerrero 15 0 2 - 0 4 J Plunkert 7 0 0 1/4 2 1 Felix Ayuyu 13 0 0 - 1 0 J Santos 10 0 0 0/2 0 0 James Diaz 11 0 2 1/2 1 5 Total 5 'n 19/32 18 88 Barrie M:iralrla 00 0 0 - 1 0 Team: 01' Aces Total 3 40 12/23 18 101 Players llo. 2P 2P FT F TP Team: Sunrlsers Junror Renguul 6 0 16 0 4 32

Martin Mellao 14 0 0 1/2 3 1 Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP Joe Taitano 12 0 0 - 2 0 Clark 6 0 10 1/2 3 21 Peter Camacho 7 0 6 0/3 3 12 Jerome 15 0 1 - - 2 Eli Rangamar 31 2 2 1/1 5 11 Jay 8 0 5 1/7 3 11 Winsor Peter 11 1 7 2/2 0 19 Jerry 13 0 8 7/8 3 19 Mrke Major 4 0 0 0 5 0

Aon Atalig .9 0 2 1/2 2 5 Joe 7 0 2 2/4 5 6 Jerry Ayuyu 5 0 3 4/10 2 10 Jack 18 0 3 0/2 3 6 Total 3 36 9/20 24 90 George 10 1 7 2/4 - 19 Halftime score: Brewers 46, 01' Aces 35 Frank 4 1 2 2/2 1 g Thursda~ame two Total ~ 38 15/27 18 93 Team: eelz Halftime score: Brothers 55. Sunrrsers 36 Players Na. 3P 2P FT f YP

Frank Iglesias 14 0 3 1/2 3 7 Satllrday. game two Tony Sablan 8 0 0 2/3 1 2 Team: Brewers Nilo Acielo 3 0 1 3/3 4 5 Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP Dado Vista! 4 0 5 4/4 3 14 A. Neparal 16 0 1 - 1 2 John Richardson 6 1 7 2/2 1 19 S Frrnk 3 0 8 1/1 5 17 Bob Lee 7 0 3 0/2 2 6 G. Robinson 9 1 8 1/2 0 20 Noel Aemolano 9 0 4 - 1 8 D. Voss 12 1 7 2/2 2 19 Ray Lizama 10 0 4 5/10 3 13 M. Toves 14 1 6 - 1 15 Jerome lakopo 11 0 1 1/2 2 3 J Plunkert 7 0 4 - 1 8 Yosh Gabaldon 12 0 1 0/2 0 2 J Santos 10 0 0 0/2 5 0 Total 1 29 18/30 20 79 C Cepeda 11 0 4 - 1 8 Team: Sunrlsers Total 3 38 4{7 16 89 Pla{ers No. 3P 2P FT F TP

Clar Ngiraidong 6 1 2 3/6 2 10 Team: Primos Clark Babauta 4 O 2 - 1 4 Players No. 3P 2P FT F TP Jay Moresheta 8 0 4 4/10 5 12 Charlie Sablan 16 2 6 0/2 1 12 Oscar Masga 17 2 7 - 1 20 Jun Fujihira 18 1 6 3/7 3 18 Jerry Benavente 13 0 2 2/2 3 6 Ben Guerrero 12 0 4 1/2 0 9 Jack Tudela 18 0 1 - 5 2

Alex Marat1ta 14 0 1 2/6 3 4 Tom Tudela 11 0 2 - 5 4 George Masga 10 0 3 2/2 1 8

Dave Sablan 5 0 1 - 2 2 Jerome Reyes 15 0 4 2/2 0 10 Ben Palacios 8 3 2 3/4 1 16 Jett Quitugua 0 0 0 - 1 0 Total 6 20 9/19 10 67 Total 3 'l:1 13/22 24 76 Halftime score: Brewers 36, Primos 31 Halftlme score: Wheels 41, Sunrisers 37

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