of theft charges.In a criminal complaint leveled

against Evangelista, Asst. Attorney­General Marsh alleged that on orbefore November 10, 1993,theRev­enue chief"unlawfully and feloni­ously" tookgovernmentchecks pay­able to Donald Takeuchi ($8,357),NaomiTanda($4,533),MarkDeluna($7464) and Max Rapisore ($5,524).

infrastructuregrantforfiscal year1993.

"Both the grantsignedonJanu­ary 15, 1993 and the special rep­resentatives agreement providethat the local matchingsharemaybe met using the bond interestproceeds,butrequire thatthefundsbe appropriated by the CNMILegislature,"Turnertoldthegov­emor in that letter,

Turner's lettercame weeks af­ter Guerrero officially transmit­ted a summary list of all plannedcapital improvement projects toOTIAincompliancewithrequire­ments on the drawdown of some$27.72 million in federal aidmoney for fiscal year 1993.

The list sent was an integratedCIP project summary, associated

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THE CLINTON Administration maintains its supportfor contin­uedfunding assistance for the c;NMI under section 702 of theCovenant.

But arthesame time, CNMI officials should be aware that thelocalgarments industry is still being given a close watch by USCongress. .. This.was the message imparted by Interior Deputy AssistantSecretary for Territorial and International Affairs Allen Staymanduring a whirlwind visit of Saipan Friday.

AccordingtoInterior FieldRepresentative Jeff Schorr,Stayrnanswung by theCNMI after aspeaking engagement in Guammainlyto offer congratulations to Governor-elect Froilan C. Tenorio andLieutenant Governor-elect Jesus C. Borja.

He also met with Governor Larry I. Guerrero and LieutenantGovernor BenjaminT. Manglonatodiscuss the statusof federally­funded projects thatareCUrrently on-going.Iike theSaipan Harborimprovementproject, theAmericanMemorial ParkandtheSaipanAirportControl Tower.

"Thedeputy assistantsecretarywasherefor onlyonedaymainlytodeliver a messageof congratulationsfor the newadministrationand to discuss current issues," said Schorr in a telephone conver­sation with the Variety yesterday.

Headded uhe federal official opted not to make his short visit~~~. .. .

According to Schorr, Staymanhas maintained his position thatthe issues of funding assistance for the CNMI should be helddistinct from otherissues of-concern to US Congress.

Stayman i.s remem~~ed as the Iill~rior official who testifiedf-

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Staymansupportscontinued 702 funds

plaint against Evangelista waswidely seenasanother majorblowagainst the Guerrero administra­tion which has been accused ofcorruption especially by its oppo­nent during theelection period.

.Late lastyear. then Department ofCommunity and Cultural AffairsDirector Jesus Pangelinan was de­tained and subsequently convicted

could be in a position to drawdown the $6.93 million. Evenmore recent conversations withAssistant Secretary Leslie M.Turner indicatethatthejointreso­Iution.approach wouldbe accept­able to the Departmentof the In­terior," said the governor.

He asked that the LegislatureconsideradraftHouseJointReso­lutionwhich he recommended.

The governor's request fol­lowed an earlier letter by Turnersaying the $6.93 million bondmoney approved for release bytheInterior's OfficeofTerritorialand InternationalAffairsneedstobe appropriated by the Legisla­ture before it could be used tomatch the $27.72 million federal

amounting to more than $25,000.The checks, according to a com­plaintfiled lastThursdaybyAssis­tant Attorney General Russell E.Marshof theAG's Criminal Divi­sion, weresupposed to bepayableto four other people.

A status conference has beenset for December 27 of this year.

The lodging of criminal com-

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prosecutor Charles Rotbart.Rotbart said in his opening state­ment that Laude together withfriend Nilo Rivera where drivingalongBeachRoadwhentheywere"pulled over" by the suspectsandbrought them to Mario's As Litoresidence whereLaudeandRiverawere mauled.The suspects alleg­edly decided to bring the two toLaulau beach where they will be"thrown off thecliff." On thewayto Laulau Rivera however man­aged to escape from the back ofthe trunk of a car were they wereforciblyplaced.Laudeontheother

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acting Governor Benjamin T... Manglonacertifyingtheavailabil­

ityof$6.93 millionfrom thebondproceeds to match thefederal ap­propriations.

"Lt. GovernorManglonawrotelast November 12 urging legisla­tive action, throughjointresolu­tion, so that the Commonwealth

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ofJudgeEdwardManibusan yester­daymorning toarswer thecharges.He wasrepresented byformer As­sistant Attorney General DennisO'Shea who is now into privatepractice.

During the arraignment, theRevenue and Taxation chief de­nied allegations thathe had pock­eted four government checks

charges againsthim."Ifever I saidanything, (Mario

Reyes said) he will kill me,"Efrain said in his testimony be­fore a 6-memberjury.

The jury trial for Mario Reyesand another co-accused JosephAnthony Bowiebegan yesterdayat Court room A of the SuperiorCourt.Mario,Bowieandfouroth­ers including Efrain have beenimplicatedby thegovernmentforthe murder of Laude which oc­curred last November 5, 1992.

Laudediedafterhe wascrusheddown by the vehicle of the sus­pects, according to Government

Speaker Thomas P. VillagomezNovember 18th, Guerrero askedadoptionof thejoint resolutiontospecifically authorize the expen­diture of the fundsbased on a listof CIP projects the governmentsent to the Interior Department.

The letterservesas a follow-up.toa November 12 letter by then

REVENUE andTaxation DivisionChief JuanL. Evangelista entereda plea of not guilty yesterday onfour counts of theft charges filedagainst himby theCNMIgovern­ment.

Evangelista, the second high­rankinggovernmentofficial withina one-year period to face theftcharges, appeared before the sala

FirstLadyMatilde Guerrero (thirdfromleft)gracesgatheringsponsoredby theCHC Volunteers in thepresenceof 1993 Miss CNMllnternatio(1al Tayna Belyeu, 1993 Miss CNMIUniverse Vicky Tudela and an unidentifiedparticipant.

MARIO Reyes,one of theprinci­pal suspects in last year's grue­some murder of a Filipino con­tract workerhad allegedlythreat­ened to kill his brother Efrain,shouIdhe tellanybody"whathap­pened".

This was learned frorn-Efrainhimself, who testified yesterdayagainst his brother who is facingfirst degree murder, kidnappingand robbery charges for the bru­tal death of carpenter EladioLaude. Efrain has agreed to tes­tifyagainsthis brotherMario andJoseph Anthony Bowie in ex­change for the droppingof minor

Evangelista pleads 'not guilty' to theft

$6.93M appropriation soughtGOVERNOR~ 1. Guerrero Money from bond proceeds to match $2Z72M fed grant for FY 93hasaskedtheLegislaturetoactonaproposedjoint resolutionwhichwould enable the CNMI to draw'down$6.93millionineamedbondinterest from Bank of New Yorkto match the $27.72 million an­nual federalassistanceinfrastruc­ture grant for fiscal year 1993.

In a letter to Senate PresidentJuan S. Demapan. and House

Witness in Laude case saysReyes threatened to kill him

ccssive intake of alcohol when heunzipped his pants andexposed hissex organin front ofJapanese touristsSaturday at Bobby Caddilac's inGarapan. 'The incident, which wasreported to the DPS at around 10:30p.m., sentthe Japanese munering intheirOWl1tOOguC, apparcnl1ycmbar­rasscd by Lhc man'saction.

Anson was arrested by a policeofficerwho responded to the corn­plaint, TIle man was detained butSheucouldnot say if hehasalready,beenreleased.

"How would you feel if some­body visits yourhome for thefirsttime and goes straight to yourbedroom?" Cing said.

Meanwhile,sourcesin theleg­islature said theracefor.the presi­

-dency may be a free-for-all withmore than threesenatorscontest­ing the coveted seat.

"It seems everybody wants tobepresident.The politicalpostur­ing andmaneuveringhas begun,"said the source aclose aideof oneof the senators.

and Sugiyama said the ratifica­tion of the Compact is the bestdecision for Palau given the to­tality of circumstances.

"Ifwe are tosucceed in thisnewera, we must as a nation and as apeople, direct our vision forward.We cannot letdifferences anddis­putesofthepastdivide andparalyzeus as we move intothisbrightnew

. future. We need0 dream together,plan togetherandworktogether toaccon Iplishourgoals forourselves,ourchildren andourcountry," saidthe two leaders.

"With unity ofpurpose and withharmony of spirit, wecan and wewill build a nation we will all beproud of," the statement furtherread, (RHA)

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nor-elect Froilan C. Tenorio,rather than work with it.

Hesaidwhatthepeoplewant ismore collaboration between thelegislative andexecutive branchesof government.

Villagomez's statements werenot met with approval by Cingduring yesterday's interview.

"This ishis firsttermassenatorand he is just newly-elected.I donot thinkit is appropriateforhimto run although he is free to do

. that," said Cing.

tions after the last world war, inessence voted whether to freelyassociate with the US, the coun­try said to have been largely re­sponsible for its transformationinto self-governing status.

After the last vote on theCompact in 1991, island leaderssaid the relationship could not beapproved unless certainlongstanding concerns of theirpeople were addressed.

In an effort toencourage amarcpositive response on the Com­pact, Palauans late last year triedlowering the approval require­ment to a"simplemajority"ratherthan the current75% affirmativevote:

In their statement, Nakamura

Man nabbed for exposingsex organ in front oftouristA bunch of Japanese tourists gotanother "view" of Saipan Satur­day. This time it was not a par­ticular touristdestination nor theinfamousPuertoDumpwhichhasbeen considered an "eyesore" bythe tourism ii.dustry. It was theunexpected indecent exposure ofa Ponapeian man which shockedthe Japanese travellers.

Department of Public SafetySpokesperson CathySheu saidSteveAI: . .' '."i!S not knov

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5,193 or 68.26%. Those not infavor totaled 2,415 or 31.74%.

The Compact relationship isexpected to make Palau a sover­eign state, secure military rightsfor the USfor as longas 50 years,grant the islands some $500 mil­lion in assistance over 15 yearsand give Palauans free access tothe nation.

Majorities have voted in favorof the relationship seven timesbeforebutithasnotbeenapprovedbecause the number always fellshort of the constitutionally-re­quired 75%.

Palau, reputed to be the onlyremainingpan of thelast territoryplaced under the trusteeship ad­ministration of the United Na-

can't bear with seeing the samepersonalities again leading t!Ie

.Senate. He said he just honestlyfeelsDemapan'spersonality isjustnot apt for thepresidency becausehe "puts political affiliations firstover the interest of thepeople."

He also said he believes thecombination of Mafnas andDemapan,beingRepublicanstal­warts, may be seeking more tofight the Democratic administra­tion of Governor-electFroilan C.Tenorio and Lieutenant Gover-

new era for Palau," said PalauPresident and Vice PresidentKuniwo Nakamura and Peter L.Sugiyama in a joint statement.

"Through a lawful and demo­cratic process, we have togetherchosen to become a sovereignnation in a special and honorablerelationship with the UnitedStates. As a people, it is our ob­ligationtoeach otherandtofuturegenerations of Palauans to standfirmly together in support of thisdecision," the twoofficialsadded.

According to certified poll re­sults, a total of 7,624 votes out of11,562registeredvoterswerecastin the political exercise.

Total number of votes in favorof the Compact was pegged at

currentSenate leadership,said hefeels Demapan may be the mostfeasiblechoice to leadwhatcouldperhaps be a "turbulent" NinthLegislature.

"President Demapanisa crisis­testedleader.HemovedtheEighthSenate through all controversiesand I believe we accomplished alot under his leadership," saidCing.

"Why should we abandonabandoraa workable president,"he added.

Although he said he has noth­ing against Sablan norVillagomez, Cing said they maylack the leadership qualitiesDemapan has.

"Sen. Sablan is okay because Iknow we can work with him, butat least from my point of view he

.can only lead if the sailing issmooth.He is not asaggressiveasPresident Demapan," said Cing.

Meanwhile, Sablan has yet toconfirm ifhe is seekingthe presi­dency or not but it appears he isbeing convinced to run by hisNovember 6 "runningmate,"Villagomez.

"Ifhe(Sablan)doesnotrun,I'llbecontestingthepresidency,"saidVillagomez in a Sunday inter­view.

According to Villagomez, he

DEMOCRATIC Tinian SenatorDavid M. Cing yesterday ex­pressedhisfullsupportforSaipanSenator Juan S. Demapan in hisbid to retain the presidencyof theNinth Senate even as two other

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DavidM. CingRepublicansmaybeposturingforthe top post.

In an interview at his Senateoffice yesterday,Cingairedskep­ticismon suggestionsthatnew1y­elected RepublicanSaipan Sena­torsJesusR. SablanorThomas P.Villagomez may be interestedwith the presidency.

Cing, who is a membersof the

THE PEOPLEof theRepublicofPalau have overwhelmingly ap­proved the island nation's Com­pact of FreeAssociation with theUnited States during the plebi­sciteheldNovember9,accordingto certificationdocumentsissuedby the Palau Election Commis­sion.

The five-memberCommissionlast November 19th certified theoutcomeof the plebiscite,pursu­ant topertinentlaws, therebyrati­fying a newpolitical relationshipwith the US.

"Ourjourneytosovereigntyandindependencehas been long andat times extraordinarilydifficult,but we believe we can now opti­misticall look to the dawn of a

Christmas in the Air.Agoodnumberof business establishment on Saipan have started to spruce up their stores withChristmas decorations tousherthe spiritof theseasons early.

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need for public order, immigra­tion controls and the death pen­alty, outlawed since World WarII. It has distanced itelf from thedictator's anti-Semitic policiesaswell as the recent upsurge inskinhead violence in Europe.

In thenortherncitiesof Genoa,VeniceandTrieste,the racewasatest of the strength of the North­ern League, which is hoping tobuild on its success in Milan,where it won themayor's seatand45 percent of the vote in June.

The league's candidates madethe runoff in Genoaand Venice ­where they trailed leftist-backedcandidates - and missedby a hairin Trieste, polls showed. .

However, thepartycapturedthemost votes incitycouncil seats inall three cities. The neo-fascistswere top vote-getters for councilseats in Naples and Rome.

The league appeals to a middleclass fed up with its tax moneygoing to the central governmentin Rome and helping to supportthe poorer and organized crime­ridden south.

In Palermo. Leoluca Orlando,outspoken leaderof the anti-Ma­fia, leftist party La Rete (theNetwork) won overwhelmingly,capturing about75 percent of thevote, according to exit polls andearly returns.

In a seriesof elections over thepast year,Italian voters havepun­ishcdtheChristianDemocrats andSocialists. No Christian Demo­crat candidatewas placinghigherthan third, and no Socialist wasconsidered a front-runner in anyof the six major cities.

The two panics have beendeeply implicated in a scandalthat has unearthed widespread,systematic corruption and pro­duccd allegations of tics betweenpoliticians and organized crime.

A 30-year-old former actress.who represents a Naples districtin Parliament, Mussolini is thedaughter of Benito Mussoliru 'sson, Romano, a jazz pianist. andthe sisterof actressSophiaLoren,Maria Scicolonc.

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ROME (AP)- Fed up with cor­ruption in mainstream politics,voters turned tocandidates of theleft and right - as well as theautonomy-minded NorthernLeague - in mayoral elections,exit polls showed.

The Christian Democrats andtheSocialists,whohavegovernedItaly for45 years,wereshutout insix major citiesonSunday,show­ing that voters had lost faith inboth centrist parties ahead of na­tional elections likely next year.

In one of the most closelywatched races, AlessandraMussolini, granddaughter ofWorld War II dictator BenitoMussolini and a prominent neo­fascist herself,made it to a runoffin the Naples mayor's race.More than I I million Italians - ora quarter of the electorate - wereeligible tovote inSunday's races.Upforelectionweregovernmentsin 428 cities, three provinces andthe regionofTrentino-Alto Adigein northeastern Italy.

Turnout was reponed heavydespitesnowandrainupanddownthe peninsula.

The major tests were in Rome,Venice, Genoa, Trieste, Palermoand Naples. To win, a candidatemust receiveat leasthalfthe votescast. Ifno candidatedoes, the toptwo vote-getters enter a Dec. 5runoff election. Mussolinigarnered about 30 percent of thevote - enough to force a runoffwith her leftist rival, AntonioBassolino, who led withabout 49percent, accordingtoexitsurveysby the Doxa polling service forstate-run TV.

InRome.thenco-fascists scoredanother gain, with national partyleader Gianfranco Fini reachingthe runoff against FrancescoRutclli, a Parliament deputybacked by the Greens and ex­Communists, the polls showed.

With 50scats in Parliament, thenco-fascist partyholdsitselfupasthe heir to Benito MussolinisFascist movement, stressing the

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'Y!th two trade victories, Clinton looks toward Europey OM RAUM Zernin- w.ere quick to pronounce state of East Asian affairs. Kantor saidhe would makea big farmsubsidiesandEuropeannatioos,

lh~ summita success. The leadersliked the ideaof the push Monday and Thesday in his particularly France, seeking tocon-One mu~t not ex~ggerate. conference- thelargest gathering meetings with Brittain, the European tinue them.

There are still great differences of Asian leaders ever - so much trade official, to try tokeeptherna- "TheFrench areisolated"Kantoramong the members. But a start that they even agreed to do it mentum going from theweekend. said.has been made," said Hamish againnext year in Indonesia.Par- The major issue of contention in Agriculture is "something that isMacleod.Hong Kong's financial ticipantssaid annual summitses- Gcnevaisadisputeoveragricultura1 going to' have to be negotiated,"secretary. sions - rivalling the annual eco- trade - with the United States and Kantor said "Wehave tohavemar-. And Jiang, while refusing to nomic summits of the Group of most other nations favoring easing ket-opening inagriculture."

yield on President Clinton's de- Seven Westernindustrializedde- .mands ~at China. do more on mocracies -was a distinct possi- Italian Mayoral electionshuman nghts and In other trade bility.

areas, was upbeatabout the meet- The 'leaders promised at the strike a blow at partiesing itself - particularlythe infor- conference to work more closely I

m~l heads-of-state session that in the future to promote tradeandClintonhostedSaturdayata lodge economic growth in the region.on Blake Island in Puget Sound. They also directed their finance

"APEC should be open, flex- ministers to meet in March in theible and loose," Jiang said. "The UnitedStatestodiscusseconomicmeetingwassuccessfuland itwill trends and flows of capital acrosshave a positive impact." borders.

Christophersaidthatwhilethere And leaders issued an appealwere no great accomplishments, aimed at Europe to help end a"the meeting was the message." logjam that is holding up a new

Administration officials were set ofliberalized traderulesbeingjubilant over what they saw as negotiated by 108 nations underone of the best few days of the auspices of the GeneralClinton's presidency: an enor- Agreement on Tariffs andTrade.mous congressional victory in Most participants in the confer-passing NAFTA, followed by a ence also agreed to cut tariffs onwarm reception in Seattle _even many goods traded among them-from Asianleaderswho had eyed selves.him suspiciously at first. It all added up to a lot of pres-

"I think wewill lookback in 10 sure on EU~ope. . .or 20 yearsandconsiderthis lead- U.S. ?fflcl~ls ~at.d Clm~on'sers' conference a turningpoint in nexrrnajorprojecrm internationalth A' P if hi' economics IS trying to wrap up

e sra- .acI IC istory In terms the GATT tradetalks by theDec.of symbolism and in terms of the 15 deadline so they can be sub-begl~nmg to move toward a mitted to Congressgenume co~unity," said Win- The talkshavebe~n goingon inston Lord, assistant secretary of Geneva for seven years.

2·MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TIJESDAY-NOVEMBER 23, 1993

SEAlTLE (AP) - The Clintonadministrationis claiming ahugepsychologicalboostas it turns itsattentionfrom Asia-Pacificsum­mitry [0 winning completion inGeneva of a long-stalled set ofnew global trading rules.

Leaderswhoparticipatedin thethree-day conference of PacificRim nations said the meetings inSeattlewouldhelpbringpressureto bear on reluctantEuropeans tocomplete a roundof trade liberal­ization movesby a Dec. 15dead­line., ."The president has had a ter­rific week," Secretary of StateWarren Christophersaid Sundayon ABCtelevision. "He hascom­pletedtwopartsof thistripleplay"withthesuccessfulAsiansummitand the passage this week of theNorth American Free TradeAgreement.

"I don't think our partners inGeneva have missed the signifi­cance of what's happened here,"U.S. Trade RepresentativeMickey Kantor said in Seattle.

Kantor is expected to press thepoint Monday in talks in Wash­ington with Leon Brittain, tradecommissioner for the 12-nationEuropean Community. Partici­pants in the 17-nation Asia-Pa­cific EconomicCooperationcon­ference - rangingfromclose U.S.allies to Chinese President andCommunist Party leader Jiang

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opportunities in their own coun­try, many Filipinos go abroadevery year. About 500,000 of theapproximately 2.5 million Filipi­nosworkingoverseasareexpeeredto go home this holiday season,according to Manzano, who hasbeen here for more than threeyears now as Labor officer.

Driven by growing unemploy­ment in their own country, a sub­stantial number of Filipinos goabroad every year where theywork as professional staif and asskilled workers.

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protection while on their way totheir hometowns. Manzano saidreturning contract workers willbe given' 20% discounts on alldomestic flights.

The "Pamasko" program is thefirst-everproject launched by theLabor department that would di­rectly benefit returning contractworkers to the Philippines, ac­cordingtoManzano.This,hesaid,is a simple act of gratitude tothese unsungheroes who contrib­ute millions of dollars to thecountry's coffers through taxes

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also bear a green sticker indicat­ing that he is a contract worker.The stickers and ribbons will bemade available by the labor at­taches or officers at PhilippineConsulatesandembassies world­wide. In the CNMI, all returningFilipinocontract workersmay getthe stickers and ribbons at Any.Manzano's office at the Philip­pine Consulate in San Jose"Saipan.

At Manila's Ninoy Aquino In­ternational Airport, one of Asia'sbusiest, specific lanes have al­readybeendesignatedas"expresslanes"for Filipinocontract work­ers toensure that theirarrivaldoesnotbecomeburdensome andcom­plicated. ManzanosaidallPhilip­pineOverseas LaborOfficershavebeen given the responsibility toissue OECs to contract workerswho are going home this Christ­mas season. Any. Manzano saidFilipino expatriates can get theirGEes from hisoffice by paying afew dollars. This means that theydon't have to go to the POEAcenter in Manila where the OECsare issued.

According to a message re­layed to the PhilippineConsulateyesterday by the Manila govern­ment, all contract workers will beabletoclear immigrationandcus- Vicente Manzano

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" .ofHopwood"for theirschool pride,enthusiasmfor learning, and theirstrivingforexcellence as evidencedin their actions and altitudesthroughout their schoolday."

William Torres, commissionerof the Public School System, ex­tended his congratulations to theschool for the success of its ac­creditation efforts,saidin thenewsreleasefrom Hopwood.

"I want to take this opportunitytoshowmyappreciation to allthoscatHopwoodJr.Highwhoinvolvedthemselves in this accreditationeffort. Onlythroughaknowledge­able educational team effort can aschoolachieveaccreditation and itis obvious that HopwoodJT. Highhas such a team," the Commis­sionerquoted in the newsrelease.

"The accreditation of HopwoodJr. High by the WASCis criticallyimportant becauseit demonstratesthatyoureducational programandfacilities havebeen thoroughly re­viewed. by a professional evalua­tion team and found to be compa­rable to stateside schools," theCommissioner stated.

rather than a grand holiday. Theyare also required to appear at thePOEAcenter to get OECs, some­thing which has never been easy,accordingto thosewhohave gonethere several times. In oder to getan OEC, a contract worker willhave to join a long line and waitfor hours.

But under the "Pamasko ParaSaMgaOCWs" projector Christ­mas Gift for Overseas ContractWorkers, everythingismade easy,according to Attorney VicenteManzano, the Philippine Laborrepresentative to the NorthernMarianas. Theproject,aconcertedeffortby various government andprivate sector agencies, will be­ginon December I, 1993and willendonJanuary15,1994,Manzanosaid in an interview in his officeyesterday.

The project, which also in­cludes a red-carpet welcome forreturningFilipino contract work­ers, guarantees a very convenienthomecoming. Atty Manzanosaid,thiswillbeaccomplished throughthe coordination of Immigration,Customs,andairportpersonnel inManila.

A returning contract workerwill be easily identified with agreen ribbon on his or her shirt,Manzano said. His passport will

IN A LETTER, dated June 18,1993,theWestern AssociationofSchools and Colleges, officiallynotifiedTom Pangelinan, princi­pal of Hopwood, that HopwoodJunior High School, has beengranted accreditation.

"Weare pleased to announcethat the officers of the Accredit­ingCommission forSchools haveexamined the preliminary visitreport submitted by the teamwhichvisitedyourschoolrecenLlyon behalf of this Association andhave authorized the granting.ofaninterim thermofaccrediration."

"The term of accreditation forHopwood Junior High School iseffective as of this date and ex­tendsthroughJune 30,1996,"saidin the letter.

The Accrediting Commissioncommended the school for pro­vidingparents opportunities to beactively involved "in the educa­tional preparation of theirstudentsso they will be better prepared tomeet the challenges of the 21 stcentury," the letter explains.

It alsocommended the students

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Hopwood Junior High isgranted accreditation

PHILIPPINE Consul Vill ipandowillbe this week's gueston CablcForum, it was announced in news release from Saipan Cable TV.

"With the large number of Filipinos working on Saipan, weencourage all viewers to call in their questions and concernsregarding contract workers, and local policies and immigrationproceduresfor the holiday season," said Saipan Cable TV GeneralManager Fred Lord. .

Cable Forum can be seen tonight (11/23/93) from 7:30 p.m. to8:30 p.m. on Saipan Cable TV Channel 12.

FILIPINO contract workers willnolongerhavetoexperiencehoursofordeal at the immigration andcustoms counters when they goback to their homeland this holi­day season thanks to a govern­mentprogramaimed ateasing theairportnspections andprocessingof travel documents.

At the same time, Filipino ex­patriateswillbespared fromjoin­ing a mile-longqueue at the Phil­ippine Overseas EmploymentAdministration, an attachedagency of the Philippines' LaborandEmploymentDepartmentthatregulates and monitors the dis­patchofcontract workers toothercountries, to obtain an OverseasEmployment Certificate (OEC).An OEe, a certification that ex­emptscontractworkersfrom pay­ing a travel tax which is muchhigher, is required of every re­turningFilipino contract worker.It can be obtained after payingbetween$17 to$35 depending onthe employment status of theworker.

ReturningFilipinos,called inthePhilippinesas "balik-bayans"normally go through massivechecksandinspectionsbeginningat the immigrationcounters downtothecustomscounters, making avacation a grueling experience

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He said nothing had happenedbecause he said "the AuorneyGeneral was indifferent to pros­ecuting these types of cases."

"Let's spend the last remainingdays of this Legislature produc­tivelyandfindoutthetruth.Wherethere have been crimes commit­ted, let's get it out into the open.The time is now. Let's reassurethe public we do not tolerate cor­ruption at all," Rep. Torres toldthe speaker in his letter.

Statehood supporters argued thatthe effort was aimedat removingtwocenturies of taxation withoutrepresentationIorresidents of theDistrict, which does not have avoting representative in Con­gress.

The legislation would create a51 st state called "New Colum­bia."

Opponents maintained that achangebyCongressin thebound­ariesof the federal scatof govern­mentisunconstitutional. The Dis­trict now has limitedself-rule.

pioIIoffers lewd shows.TI1C column isjust that - satirical.We issue this clarification after themanagement of Scorpio II ap­proached us conicnding U1CY do nothavea VIProom.

number of possible carriers inthe whole Marianas, includingGuam. We regret the error. - TheEditor.

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Program Manageras saying theremay be 300 to 400 possible HIVcarriers in the CNMI.That figureis supposed to represent the

Heard someone suggesting UlCYcongregate in a VIProom down atScorpio II."The line item is notmeant to implythere isindeed aVIProom atthesaidestablishment, nor docs it say Scor-

about the unsolved shooting inci­dent thatoccurred at hishome andthose of two other congressmenlate last year.

"What bappened to the DPSinvestigation? I'll tell you whathappened to it - the same thingthathappened to the investigationof the DPS director kicking Sena­tor David M. Cing in front of fiftyor more people - they put it inthe garbage can and laughed atus," said Torres.

votesand that theshowingissure tomove the issue forward.

"I'm ready to declare a victoryright now," said Eleanor HolmesNorton, the District's non-votingdelegate to Congress who spear­headedtheeffortintheHouse. "TIlevote has surpassedmy greatestex­pectations."

It was the first time that the Dis­trict statehood issue has made it asfar as a floor debate and vote. Ms.Norton said she hoped the strongshowingwouldincrease the chancesof Senate considerationnext year.

Clarification...The editor wishes to stale for therecord that there is no malice in­tended when the political satirecolumn, eavesdropper (page 6,November 19 issue) indicated,"Panel to hear lewd show bill.

House rejects statehousebid for capital

The article cnti tied"Hundreds ofHIV carriers in the NMI" (page3, November 17, 1993 issue) in­advertently quoted CHC AIDS

Members of the CHC Nurses Association hold up a copy of a proclamation signed recently byGovernor Larry I. Guerrero declaring ~NMI Nurses' day.

Among the "items" Torreswants investigated is the allegedticket-fixing incident involvingformer Public Works DirectorNick Sablan, who reportedly ex­ecuted a sworn affidavit to con­firm the incident.

Hechidedboth thespeaker andthe Senate president for not act­ingon twoprevious lettershe sentasking for a joint committee toinvestigate such allegation.

He also brought up the case

By H. JOSEF HEBERT

WASHINGTON (AP) - TheHouserejected a proposalSundayto make the District of Columbiathe 51st state, ignoring argumentsthatthecapital's 600,000residentsshould have the same voice inCongress as other Americans.

Nevertheless, statehood sup­porters characterized the Housefloor vote as a significantvictory,sayingthe277-153 tallysurpassedexpectations. Supporters said theyhadexpectedtogetonlyabout120

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Torres seeks panel to probe alleged misfitsHOUSE Floor Leader Stanley

T. Torres has reiterated his callfor a special committee to con­duct an investigation on what hetermedas irregularitiesat the De­partmentof PublicSafety and hassuggestediha:the inquiry expandto include whether the AttorneyGeneral is doing its job with re­gards to looking into such alle­gations.

In a November 19 letter toHouse Speaker Thomas P.Villagomcz,Torresasked that thespecial House committee beformed to shed light on severalreported instances which Torresbelieves constitute mismanage­ment and neglect of duty.

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inMesa'sdecisionmayhavebeendue to the influence of "some­body".

"Somebody might have talkedto her that might have changedher mind," Atty. Rotbartsaid.

Earlier, in the morning Mesaand the rest of the jurors werebriefedby thecourtregarding therulestofollowin thecourseof thehearing. One of the rules prohib­its themfrom talkingto anybodyabout the case until a decision ishandeddown.This, according toCastro,mighthavebeenviolatedby Mesa, givingenoughgroundsfor her removal from thejury.

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handfailedtoescapeafterhewascaughtbythesuspects. Afterhav­ingrunnedoverbyacar, hisbodywasdumpedin the Dan dan areaand his pick up truck set ablaze,the prosecution alleged.

Defense attorney AnthonyLongwhorepresented Bowiear­guedthat the prosecution's sum­maryof the events leading to thedeath of Laude were based on"shaky...sandy foundation." Longlikened the statements made byatty.Rotbartto thatof theparableoftwohouseswhereonewasbuilton a rockandone on sandyfoun­dation. Rotbart's statements, he

, said were based on "weak foun­dation". He told the jurors thatonce the facts are presented, theprosecution's claims will be"eroded" and Bowie will not befound guilty."

Meanwhile, one of the jurorswasdisqualified from participat­inginthetrialofBowieandReyesafter admitting to a court clerkthatsheis a closefriend of MarioReyes's wife, Gina. PresidingJudge Alex Castro removedMelinda C. Mesa from the juryyesterday afternoon shortly afterthe hearing on the murder caseresumed.

CourtclerkJovyFlorestoldtheprosecution and the defense thatshe was approached by Mesaabout 30 minutes after the hear­ing was adjourned and admittedthat she was a friend of Mario'swife. Twentyminuteslater,how­ever, Mesa told marshall JoeGarcia that she still wanted toremainas a memberof the jury.

Mesa, who was chosen lastweek out of the 150possibleju­rors, was "excused" because shemay not give an objective judg­ment in the course of the trial,according to Castro. At thesametime, Castro said he was con­cerned about possible "taint" ofthejurors.. Members of the jury are se­lected after a thorough screeningto determine their impartiality.Possible jurors with affinity anyof the persons involved in thecase are disqualified.

"She (Mesa) may not be fairand impartial (anymore) as a ju­ror," Castrosaid afterhearing thearguments of theprosecution andthedefenseonwhether to removeMesafromthejury or not."She'sno longer a juror in this case."Mesa willbereplaced byacertainMrs. Manglona, who acts as oneof the alternates.

Goverrunent lawyers alsoques­tioned Mesa's impartiality to themurdercase afterhearingthetes­timony of FloresandGarcia. At­torney Rotbart saidthatthechange

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CNMI EDUCATION MONTHNOVEMBER 1993

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS'OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

SAIPAN, MP 96950

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, the future of the Commonwealth lies in the education of its people and education isthe cornerstone upon which our society is built; and

WHEREAS, the system of education in the Commonwealth has made great strides over the pastseveral years and continues to improve; and

WHEREAS, education plays an important role in our society and a period of time ought to beset aside to recognize those who have contributed to the development of our educationalsystem and to increase the awareness ofthe general public concerning the role ofeducation

in our society and; finally, to promote closer cooperation and a stronger relationshipbetween the educators and the community at large; and

WHEREAS, recognizing the importance of education to thepeople of the Commonwealth, the delegates to the Second Con­stitutional Convention adopted and the voters approved an

amendment to our Constitution which provided for an elected~ardofEducation and gave the Public School System greaterautonomy;NOW, THEREFORE, I, LORENZO I. DE LEON

GUERRERO, Governor of the Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitu­

L."".tion and laws of the Commonwealth, do hereby proclaim and endorse November1993 as CNMI EDUCATION MONTH in the Commonwealth. Education Monthshall be utilized to promote programs and activities which will build the morale ofeducators and others involved in the education system within the Commonwealth.

It will also provide the opportunity for professionai development demonstrationsin academic areas or skill areas for our Public School System staff and teachers.

Furthermore, Education Month will provide an opportunity for the sharing ofSchool ideas, methods and experiences among those concerned with the

education of the people of our Commonwealtho I encour­age everyone to assist in any way they can to make thismonth a very special one to remember.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set myhand on this 29th day of November 1993.

Public SchoolSystemHopwood Junior High School

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meeting with Clinton and otherleaders who attended the AsiaPa­cificEconomicCooperation forumin Seattleover the weekend.

Police, including a specialweapons team, prevented the stu­dents fromcrossinga seasidebou­levardinfrontoftheembassycom­pound.

Asimilarprotestlastweekendedin a scuffle in whichthreestudentswere injured.

The demonstrators carriedarnu­ral depictingRamosas a lapdog ofClinton. The protestended with­out incident.

didnolhaveenoughmoney topayfortransportation and were now con­sidered absent withoutofficialleave.

Some of thewives of the soldierssaidtheyreceived only the monthlyallowances of their husbands fromtheir respective marine unitsplus theUNTACmedal.

"What good is that medal if wecannot feed our families," one ofthemsaid.

ManyFilipinosoldiers andpolice­men have volunteered for peacekeeping dutiesinCambodiapartly toeam more than theirregular servicepay.

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interest of Clinton's governmentis to maintain its military su­premacyintheAsia-Pacificregionand to force open the marketsespecially of China for theircommodities," he said.

"Toward this end, Ramos hasoffered access to Philippine portsfor U.S. military maneuvers andhas continuallyechoedtheClintonline for a more open globaleconomy," he said.

Ramos was meeting Clinton inWashington D.C.on Monday, thehighlight of his two-week visit.

His visit has included a brief

the wives and other family mem­bers, complained that they re­ceived orily their first month'spayof$I,028 for theirnine-monthtour in Cambodia. They have notreceived their pay for the suc­ceeding eight months.

Acting Defense SecretaryFelicianoGacis told reportersthatthe Department of Foreign Af­fairs should be the proper agencyto address the problem since theassignment was international.. But the troops said they were

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) ­About 200 leftist students onMondaydemonstrated in frontofthe U.S. Embassy, denouncingPresident Fidel Ramos' visit tothe United States as part of a planto maintain U.S. military su­premacy in the Asia-Pacific re­gion.

Amante Jimenez, chairman ofthe League of Filipino Students,said he suspected "secret deals"havebeen forged betweenRamosand PresidentClinton on the Phil­ippines' role in future U.S. plansfor the region. "The main

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) ­About 500 Philippine marinespicketed the Department of Na­tional Defense on Monday; de­manding backpay for U.N.peacekeeping duties in Cambo­dia.

The marines, wearing theirjungle camouflage uniforms and;some carrying weapons, formedpart of the Philippine contingentof the peacekeeping force of theUnited Nations Transitional Au­thority in Cambodia. Theyreturned to Manila last month.

The troops, who werejoined by

RP Students denounceRamos trip to U.S.

Peace keepers in Cambodiaprotest for no salaries

for increasing crime and risingoverall unemployment. Govern­ment officials estimate more than58,000 foreigners - mostly fromChina, the Philippines and otherlessdeveloped Asiannations- areworking in South Korea withtourist visas.

About 5,000 foreigners are em­ployed officially as technical train­ees, and the number would be in­creased to 20,000 next year, LaborMinister RhccIn-jesaidlastweek.

Witheconomic prosperity,greaternwnbcrs of South Koreans are re­fusingarduous labor.leadingtoscvercworker shortages insome industries.Thegaphasbeenfilled byforeignerswho seck employment for higherwages than they could receive athome.

treatment for malignantlymphoma.

Lee is the eldest son of formerPrime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Itwaswidely assumed thattheyoungerLeewouldbecome thenextleaderofthiscity-state of 3 million people.

Suppiah Dhanabalan, a formercabinet minister whohas filled inasMinister forTradeandIndustry, hasaskedto be allowed to stepdownattheendof the year.

SingaporeBroadcastingsaidGoh'sannouncement wasmadein Seattlewhere he anended the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation forum lastweek.

mitments by Nov.30of thisyear.Underpressurefromfarmers,thegovernment suspended importsof coni and other grains, whichthe Department of Financewamedwasinconsistentwithlib­eralizationpromises to theWorldBank.

Finance Undersecretary RomeoBernardo saidRamos would arguethat the grain import suspensionwasto givetheadministration timeto implement other structural re­forms 10help local farmers com­pete with imports. Otherremaining commitments whichhavenot beenfollowed areliberal­izedimports of usedtrucks below18tonsandrelaxing importrulesoncoaland petroleum products.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) ­PresidentFidelRamoswill seek"flexibility" in complying withWorld Banktermsfornewloansbecausehehasbeenunabletogeteconomicliberalizationprogramsthrough Congress,officials saidSunday.

Ramos was to meet WorldBankofficialsMondayinWash­ington to discuss, among otherthings, the release of the latestinstallment the $160 millionEconomicIntegration Loan.

The first installment, halffromtheWorldBankandtherestfromthe Japan Export-Import Bank,was releasedlast February.

The government was to com­plyfullywithliberalization com-

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ­South Korea, concerned aboutacute labor shortages in factories,will consider allowing some20,000 migrant foreign workersto be hired legally next year, gov­ernment officials said Monday.

AllforeignersillegallyworkinginSouth Korea have beenorderedto report and leave by a Dec. 15deadline, triggering complaintsfrom smallbusinesses that relyonillegal aliens to keep down laborcosts.

Labor Ministry officials saidsomeforeigners wouldbeallowedto stay on, but others would beordered out.

Public resentment against ille­gal workers has grown in SouthKorea, with many blaming them

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Illegal foreign workersmay stay in South Korea

Changes planned forSingapore's cabinetSINGAPORE (AP) - PrimeMinisterGoh ChokTong plans tomake changes in his cabinet nextmonth, government news mediareported Monday. After thechanges, Deputy Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong will be respon­sible for "overview" of theTradeand Industry Ministry, which heonce headed, but will not neces­sarily take over again as minister,the semi-official SingaporeBroadcasting Corporation said.

Lee, 41, has been recoveringfrom cancerdiagnosed ayearago.He left the ministry and otherduties to undergo chemotherapy

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from Bank of New York, wheresome$34 million inbond interestmoney for the Commonwealthsits.

The release of $6.93 million tothe CNMI government wasokayed by Turner owing to theprogress being made by Com­monwealth UtilitiesCorp. on therequirements imposed by theOperations and Maintenance Im­provement Program.

But although the money couldbeusedby theCNMI governmentas its matching contribution pur­suant to the termsof the FY 1993grantof the$27.72million,TurnercIarified that thedrawdownof theFY 1993funds iscontingentuponmeeting grant conditions.

The actual drawdownof OTIAcash and the funds on depositwith the trustee bank must be as­sociated with theimplementationof individual projects.

Among the projects in thegovernor's list are improve­ments for water systems($7.32 million), sewage sys­tems ($7.67 million), solidwaste (S4.5 million), powersystems S3.615 million), pub­lic schools (S5 million), healthservices (SO.4 million, judi­ciary (S3.25 million), admin­istr at ion (S 1 mi II ion) and theNorthern Marianas College(S1.9 million), for a total of$34.65 million.

Breakdown of project fund­ing per islands, according tothe list, is as follows: Saipan,$24.44 million or 70.52% ofthe total funding; Rota, $5.88million or 16.98%; and Tinian$4.33 million or 12.5%.(RHA)

sored anti-apartheid moves in the .UnitedNationsandthe l Ol-mem­ber Non-Aligned Movement.Botha was the first senior SouthAfrican official to visit India. Hearrived in New Delhi on Sundayand met Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao later thatday.

"I am happy that the newSouthAfrica is what we expected it tobe," said Singh.

Nodateshavebeensetforopen­ing theembassies, but theAfricanNational Congress will continueto maintain its office here.

India began relaxing sanctionsafter President EW. de Klerk in­troduced reforms towardmultiparty democracy.

,The first breakcame inNovem­ber 1991 when South Africa'scricket team was allowed to playin India.

New Delhi allowed trade andculturalcontactswithPretoria,butwithheld diplomatic ties untilSouth Africa's new constitutionwas approved. Last month AirIndia began operating flights toJohannesburg.

As Botha and Singh signed theagreement at the foreign'minister's office, cricket teamsofthe two countries played a one­day international match inChandigarh, 250kilometers (155miles) north of New Delhi.

cost estimates and budget costsfor the islands' elP projects forfiscal years 1993-1994.

A total of $27.72 million hasbeen appropriated by US Con­gress in FY 1993 to fund infra­structure projects in theCNMI inthe absence of a new multi-yearfunding assistance package un­der section 702 of the Covenant.

Such amount was the level offunding the CNMI got in the lastyearof thesecondseven-year702funding grant which lapsed in FY1992.

Under US Public Law 99-396,the CNMI would still be gettingfinancial assistance grants underthe Covenant at the last fiscalyear's level, until a new fundingpackage is approved, or unlessCongress otherwise provides bylaw.

The third funding assistancepackage under section 702 of theCovenant isyet to beapprovedbyUS Congress.

This means that the CNMIwould get $27.72 million annu­ally until the third funding assis­tance package is approved or un­til Congress enacts a law to stopthe annual gran!.

Section 701 of the Covenantcommits the federal governmentinto giving the CNMI fundingassistance to until it reaches thelevelwhereitcould meettheneedsof economic self-sufficiency.

But even as the money avail­able for FY 1993 has been as­sured, thefederalgovernmenthasinsistedthattheCNMIputinsome$6.93 million in local funds tomatch the 1993 grant, and thiswill be provided through the dis­bursement of that same amount

NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Af- .ter five decades on the front lineof the anti-apartheid movement,India established full diplomaticrelations with South Africa onMonday.

ForeignMinistersDineshSinghand R.E Botha of South Africasigned documents to open em­bassies in the two countries andhold regular meetings betweenofficials.

"This is a historic moment,"Botha said after signing the two­page agreement.

With more than one millionpeople of Indian origin in SouthAfrica, India was an early cam­paigner against the policy of ra­cial discrimination.

Mohandas K. Gandhi, laterIndia's independence leader,emerged as a public figure as ayoung lawyer in South Africa inthe 1920sfighting for therightsofblacks andcoloreds.There hefor­mulated his philosophy of non­violence and his tactics of civildisobedience.

.India never established diplo­matic ties with South Africa afterit became independentfrom Brit­ain in 1947. It was oneof the firstcountries to enforce a total em­bargo against Pretoria and spon-

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Representative-elect Vicente Attaohelpshimselftothedelicious foodpreparedby theBangladeshiAssociationduring a recentgathering.

Representatives-electStanleyT. Torres, Jesus T.AttaoandVicente T.Attao (eachwithmwarmwars) weretheuests of honorduring a recentgathering of the CNMIBangladeshi Association.

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Forexample,aflightfromFrank­furt, Germany, to Dallas left ontime Sunday,carryingpassengersbound for Dallasas well as somewho had been unable to get on aflight from Frankfurt to Chicagothat couldcarryonly cargo.

FlightsinandoutofStockholm,Sweden,havebeencarrying cargobut no passengers, whileflights inand out of Londonhave had pas­sengerson some planes.

Detailsof thecarrier's flights inLatinAmericawere alsoelusive.

InRiodeJaneiro, AliciaAmaral,a representative of the federal air­portcontrolatGaleaoInternationalAirportconfirmed Sunday morn­ingthatthetwoAmerican Airlinesarrivals for Sunday, from Miamiand New York, are on normalschedules.

tive issue with the House ofRepresentative.

In response to a recent moveby the House Natural Re­sources Committee to end theannual financial assistancegrants for the CNMI, Staymanwas said to have been in dis­agreement with the move.

"He (Stayman) did not thinkthe House will make such adramatic statement before giv­ing the new Commonwealthadministration time to pull it­self together," said Schorr.

Swissair chairman HannesGoetz said his company had in­sisted on Delta in the interest ofSwissair's stockholders and em­ployees.

The idea of bringing two U.S.carriers into the consortium wasconsidered but rejected, execu­tives said.

With the negotiations termi­nated,thefourairlines announcedplans for the future.

Bouw said KLM was not plan­ning any major staff reductionsand would strengthen its coop­eration with European partnerssuch as Air U.K. and Transavia.

SASchiefexecutiveofficerJanReinas said the carrier wouldsell17 planes and take steps to cutoperating costs by ten to 12 per­cent

Austrian Airlines said it wouldcontinuenegotiationsGermany'sLufthansa. Swissair said it wasconsidering other partnershipof­fers but declined to name pro­spective partners.

"It is his (Stayman's) and As­sistant Secretary LeslieTurner'sbelief that infrastructurefundingshould not be tied to other con­cerns such as alien labor, textileindustryproblems,andtax issues.He believes these issues shouldnotbeusedtopunishtheCNMIinother areas," said Schorr.

According to Schorr,Stayman has suggested thatthe CNMI garments industryis still being watched closelyby US Congress and that theindustry is still a very sensi-

Thanksgiving holiday.American operates 30 flights a

day out of Europe.Since the walkout by flight at­

tendants beganThursday, Ameri­can has not stranded any passen­gersovernightin Europe, spokes­womanLizannPeppardsaid.

AllofAmerican'strans-Atlanticplanes are flying, and with eachpassing day,Peppardsaid,Ameri­can hasbeen able to operate moreflights withpassengers aboard be-­causeit has had moreflightallen­dants available who crossed thepicketline.

A number of American's jetshave flown back and forth acrossthe Atlantic carrying only cargobecause the carrier did not haveenough flight attendants to meetsafetyregulations.

"Ultimately,however,wecouldnotagreeon thepositioningin theAmericanmarket and the conse­quentchoiceof anAmericanpart­ner,"KLMchairmanPieterBouwsaid.

In Minneapolis, NorthwestpresidentJohn Dasburg said that"otherprospectivememberswerenot prepared to participate in apartnership in which the KLM­Northwestalliancemight providethe center of gravity."

Bo Berggren, chairman of theSwedishbranch of SAS, said theScandinavianshad initially sidedwith KLM, which effectivelyfunctions with Northwest as asingle carrier, on the matter of aU.S. partner.

"Northwest and KLM have anOpen Skies arrangement whichwould have been good for thealliance," Berggren said. "ButSAS was worried about North­westAirlines,economicsituationand in the long run we may havewanted to take Delta."

continued from page1Stayman...before the US Senate Subcom­mittee on Energy and Resourcesto defend the department's posi­tion in favor of the third multi­year funding assistance for theCNMI under 702.

Such a funding package waslitterdropped by a House-Senateconference committee thatworked on a reconciliation bud­get measure.

Schorr indicated Stayman stillremains to be a CNMI advocateas far as federal funding is con­cerned.

LONDON (AP) • The strike atAmerican Airlines put hundredsof passengers onto the trans-At­lantic flights of rival carriers, butAmerican said Sunday its busi­ness has been getting closer tonormal day by day.

The extent of the disruption toAmerican'soverseasschedulere­maine; unclear, because the com­panyhassteadfastly refusedtosayhow many flights are taking offwithpassengers aboard.

But the effects of the strike byflightattendants has been lessof aheadacheforoverseas travelers thanfordomestic U.S.passengers. No­vember andFebruary arethe slow­est months for flights betweentheUnited States and Europe- a starkcontrast to theairports thatbecomejammed in America around the

Disruptions ofairline strikenot as severe overseas

EC defense ann to discuss closer links with Eastern EuropeBy PAUL AMES KIausKink~landhisFrenchroun- land, Hungary, the former east. humanitarian aid.

terp~ Alall'~ Juppe, sugg~sted ~zechoslovakiaandothersknock- Instead, Washington has pro- TheWEUalreadyhelpsenforceoffermg affiliate membership of mg at the door of NATO in the posed closer links under "part- sanctions against Serbia.the Western European Union to face of Russian opposition. nership for peace" agreements, Ministers will also discuss the~me former Warsaw Pact na- PresidentClinton and other lead- detailsofwhichare beingworked roleofEurocorps-a40,OOOstrong·U~?~. .. ~rs are .set to discuss NATO's out by the 16 members of the armycorps madeupof unitsfrom

I m sure that Will be dis- links With Eastern Europe at a North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- Belgium, France and Germanycussed," said WEU Secretary summit in Brussels, Belgium, in tion. . which is scheduled to becomeGeneralWil~em v~ Eekelen: January.. Van Eekelen has stressed the fully operational by 1995.De~ense links with- one-nme But the UmtedStatesandmany WEU will consult fully with the The corps will be linked to the

foes In Eastern Europe has be- European allies are against an United States before opening its WEU,butwillcome'underNATOcome a sensitive issue, with Po- immediate enlargement to the doors to the easterners. And EC command in an emergency.

officials said no decision was Discussion of what is plannedlikely before the NATO summit. as a model for a future united

'Under the Franco-German pro- Eurceean army could be souredposals, the states most likely to by a dispute over languages. Bel-offered a closer formal relation- giuminsistsDutch- spokenby 60ship with the WEU are those percent of Belgians - be includedwhichhave "association accords" as one of the unit's official lan-on trade and political ties with the guages.EC - Bulgaria, the Czech Repub- Frenchand German officials arelie, Hungary, Poland, Romania worried three languages couldand Slovakia. make giving orders too cumber-

Also on the agenda at the some.WEU's regular twice-yearly WEU members are Belgium,meeting of foreign and defense France.Spain.Germany.Portugal,minsters are the organization's Britain, Luxembourg, the Nether-possible role in the former Yugo- lands, Italy and Greece. The re-slavia - where EC ministers may maining EC members, Denmarkask it to help keep open routes for andIreland haveobserver status.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands(AP) - An effort to merge fourEuropean air carriers collapsedSundayafterthecompaniesfailedto agree on a U.S. partner.

ScandinavianAirlines System,Royal Dutch Airlines, Swissairand AustrianAirlines announcedthey had terminated negotiationsto establish one of the world'sbiggest airline groups, a movethat would have helped the fourcarriers.compete atatimeof recordindustry losses worldwide."Fundamentallydifferent views"on whichU.S.carrier tochooseasa partnerscuttled the project, be­gunlast January and code-namedAlcazar, the airlines said.

KLM,whichownsa largestakein NorthwestAirlines, wanted tobring the troubled U.S. carrierinto the partnership. Swissair in­sistedon Atlanta-basedDelta AirLines as a partner in' the consor­tium.

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LUXEMBOURG (AP) - FranceandGermanyareexpectedtopushfor closer military links with thenations of Eastern Europe at ameeting Monday of foreign min­isters from EuropeanCommunity's fledgling defensearm.

During a visit to Poland re­cently, German Foreign Minister

Four European carriers end merger talksBy JEFFREY STALK

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accepting 20 million yen(S187,(00) from a constructionfirm competing for local publicworks projects.

Yagiwassupportedbythe Lib­eralDemocratic Party,whichwasousted from power in Augustaf­ter bring tainted by a string ofbribery scandals, and by the So­cialist Party, oneof themain par­tiesin therulingcoalition. It wasthe first time since the coalitionwas formed in August that theparties had split on theirsupportof a candidate in a gubernatorialelection. The results are anothersign of the growing support forthe new reformist parties overestablished parties liketheLiberalDemocrats and the Socialists,formerly the main oppositionparty.

cutthehugeU.S.-Japan trade imbal­ance -$49.6billion inJapan's favorlastyear.

JapanesePrimeMinisterMorihiroHosokawa toldaseparate news COIl­

ference in Seattle that his govern­mentwill exert maximum efforts inaddressing the trade imbalance.

Onthestockmarket, the225-issueNikkei Stock Average fell 220.52points, or 1.23percent, to 17,720.67points in the first30minutes of trad­ing.OnFriday,theaveragefell225.13points, or 1.24 percent, to close at17,941.19.

TheTokyo StockPriceIndexofall issueslistedonthefirstsectionwas down 19.19 points, or 1.25percent, to 1,520.40. The TOPIXclosedat 1.539.59.

of their exports. Bertonesaid theplan should begin to have an in­fluence on the market prices inthe next few weeks.

During the last two months,prices have ranged between dlrs75 and dlrs 79 perbag, the news­paper reported. A bag of coffeeweighs about 60 kilograms (132pounds).

Bertonesaidhisprediction wasbasedonestimates thatColombia'sharvest wouldbeabout10percentsmaller than last year. Brazil re­cently took back its position fromColombia as the world leadingcoffee exporting nation.

Bertone alsosaidstocks of con­sumer nations fell in October, in­cluding a drop of467,000 bags inthe United States.

tion onthediskscannotbealteredbyusers.

Fujitsu is thetop-ranked maker of .computers in Japan and thesecond­largest in the world About three­quarters of its revenue comes fromdata-processing equipment. but thecompany hasbeenshiftingemphasisto workstations and personal com­puters from bigger systems as cus­tomers scaledown operations.

TOKYO (AP) - A candidatebacked by reformist parties waselected Sunday to replace a pre­fectural governor who resignedindisgraceafterbeingarrestedoncharges of taking a bribe from aconstructioncompany. ShiroAsano easily defeated his rival,Isao Yagi, to become the newgovernor of the northern prefec­ture of Miyagi.

Asano was supported by thenewreformistparties thatlead theseven-party governing coalition,including Prime MinisterHosokawa 's Japan NewPartyandthe Japan Renewal Party.

Vagi was lambasted by othercandidates for having served asvice governor under ShuntaroHonma,whoresignedlast monthafter being arrestedonchargesof

Brazilian authority expectsCoffee prices to riseRIO DEJANEIRO,Brazil (AP)- Declining world coffee stocksand a likely drop in Colombia'sharvest could boostcoffee pricesto $95 per bag, an industry offi­cial said in a report publishedSunday.

The president of the BrazilianCoffee Committee, ManoelBertone, told the Estado de SaoPaulonewspaperthattheincreasein prices is expected to partlycompensate for a slide in pricessince the London-based Interna­tionalCoffeeAccorddissolvedin1989.

Under the accord, consumingand producingnationsagreed on ­prices and exportquotas.

Producing nations recentlyagreed to retain up to 20 percent

TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. dollaropened higher against the Japaneseyen Monday, while prices on theTokyoStock Exchange tumbled inearly trading. The dollar startedtrading at 108.46 yen, up 0.73 yenfrom Friday's close and above itsflnishinNew York Friday at 108.45yen.

The dollar was steady in earlyTokyo trading, supported by thestrength of the U.S. economy andexpectations of an easing in U.S.­Japan trade tensions following theweekend meeting of Asian-Pacificleaders inSeattle.

Attheendofthesummit,PresidentClinton saidheexpects progress bythemiddle of next year onefforts to

Dollar open higher,stocks tumble

Reform candidate winsGubernatorial elections

softwarehaveincreased thepopular­ity of personal computers that runCD-ROM software among schools.and average consumers.

The huge storage capacity ofCD­ROM disks, which look just likemusicCDs, allows computers todis­playvisual images near thequalityoftelevision andproduce high-qualitysound. ROM stands for"read-onlymemory," and means the informa-

software makers. Thatwillmakeiteasy to produce software that canbe usedon bothmachines.

The companies hope the agree­ment will build demand for ma­chines that run the software byincreasing the nwnber of titlesavailable on CD-ROM and mak­ing themcheaper.

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Under Monday's agreement,Apple Computer Japan Inc. andFujitsu will exchange proprietarydata and make compatibilityguidelines available toindependent

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TOKYO (AP) - Fujitsu Inc. andthe Japanese subsidiary of AppleComputer Inc. on Monday an­nounced a broad tie-up inpersonalcomputer software that wiII enablethe two companies' machines touse the same software titles.

"Multimedia" CD-ROM soft­ware for Fujitsu's FMTowns andApple's Macintosh computers ac­counts for90percent of thegrow-

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recent Southern California wild­fires that destroyed 1,241 struc­tures anel killed four people.

He spoke later in East Los An­geles at achurch withacongrega­tion largely composed of Mexi­can-Americans, Koreans andVietnamese. His speech recalledthe remarks he made in Memphisa week ago in which he saidAmericans should be intolerantof crime and violence.

Notingthat Monday is the 30thanniversary of the assassinationof President John F. Kennedy.Clintonsaid Kennedyhadreachedout to Latin America.

Recalling the efforts of UnitedFarm Workers leader Chavez,Clinton said, "Think how horri­fied he would be ,.. if he were stillhere today to pick up the paperandreadaboutthe2-year-oldchiIdbeing killed."

He said Chavez and Sen. Rab­en Kennedymarchedtogether"sothat these children could haveopportunity, not danger. And 'wehave to give it to them."

proved by some states.The bill also provides for $200

million ingrantstostatesto get thebackgroundcheckson line;notifi­cation of state and local police ofmultiplehandgun sales; and writ­ten acknowledgement whenpack­ages containing firearms are re­ceived.

Votingforthebillwere47Demo­crats and 16 Republicans. Voting"no" were 8 Democrats and 28Republicans.

Thebillwasthesecondmajoranti­crimeinitiative tocleartheSenate inasmanydaysaslawmakers rushed torespond towidespread voteroutrageoverstreet crime.

OnFriday theSenate approved abill calling for over $22 billion toplace morepoliceonthestreet, buildnewprisonsandbanthefuture saleof19combat-style assault weapons.

Bradyhas lobbiedfuriously forthebill in his wheelchair. But his wife,Sarah, has been themost relentlesslobbyist for the- bill for more than adecade.

153,butsupportersgotmorevotesthan they'd hoped,andthepacked.gallery - filled with District resi-:dents - erupted into cheers whenthe vote board rolled pass 150"yes" votes.

It was the first time statehoodhad reached thefloor. Supporterssaid theDistrictunfairlygetstaxedwithoutrepresentation; opponentssaid it would be unconstitutionalto redraw the boundaries of thenation's capital. With the Senatenot in session Sunday, Dole andMitchell went on television topraise both parties for what Con­gress has accomplishedso far thisyear. Family leave,anational ser­vice plananddeficitreduction aresome of the key items that havebecome law.

regard to race or income or re­gion. You deserve as much andwe have to do it."

He said the crime bill and theBrady bill nearing final action inCongress "will make a big steptoward making our streets safer,"puuing lOO,CXlO more police of­ficers on the streets and imposinga five-day wait on handgun pur­chases.

After two days of intense inter­national diplomacy with Asianand Pacific leaders in Seattle,Clinton came here on his seventhvisit to California as president.

Withits54electoralvotes,Cali­forniaispoliticallycrucialforhim.Hc'lI be back in the state Dec.-2­3.

California is gripped by highunemployment and a sicklyeconomy in the aftermath of bigcutbacksindcfensespending, andthe administration is strugglingover how to give thestate a boost.

The president began the day inPasadena visiting with two dozenpeople who lost their homes in

tary James Brady, who waswoundedin the1981 assassinationattempt on PresidentReagan,

President Clinton drew cfieerswhenhe announced the bill's pas­sageduringa Saturday night fund­raiser for Sen. Diane Feinstein inSan Francisco.

''They passed a crime bill thatwill give the cities of our countrytheactual meanstoreducethecrimerate,"Clintonsaid."Thiswillmakea difference,this crime bill."

The Senate compromise lan­guage would set a four-yearexpi­ration of the waiting period, butempower the attorney general toadd a fifth year.

Guncontroladvocates willfightin conference for the five yearsadopted bytheHouse, becausetheywanttomakesureacomputerized,instantbackgroundcheckisinplacewhen the waitingperiod ends.

·Guncontrol opponents, as partof thedeal,hadgivenup theirinsis­tence that the federal waiting pe­riod supersede longer delays ap-

publicans and Democrats alikehailed 1993 as a year that brokegridlock.

"It's the most productive firstyear of any president since Presi­dentEisenhower's firstterm,"saidSenate Majority Leader GeorgeMitchell, D-Maine. Rare coop­eration between Republicans andDemocrats had produced a "re­markable" year, he said.

"Each party can claim somecredit in some areas," added Sen­ate Minority LeaderBob Dole,R­Kan., appearingon NBC's "Meetthe Press" with Mitchell.

In otherHouseaction,thecham­ber rejected a plan to let the Dis­trict of Columbia become thenation's 51st state as "New Co­lumbia." The measure lost, 277-

President Clinton pushes anti-cr-imecampaign with Mexican-Americans

By TERENCE HUNT

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Invok­ing the memories of DemocraticlegendsJohn F.Kennedy, RobertKennedy and labor leader CesarChavez, President Clinton saidSunday "we must do bcucr" toprotect Americans from violenceand insure their sense of personalsecurity.

At a church festival two miles(three kilometers) from where a2-year-old girl was shot dead in agang showdown Saturday,Clinton seized on the anti-crimesentiment sweeping the country.

"Our disregard for life in thiscountry is seen coast to coast,"the president said, citing the Hal­loween shooting deaths of threeyouths in Pasadena, Calif., andthe slaying of a teen-ager in Bal­timore who was taking young­sters out trick-or-treating.

ThelargelyMexican-Americanaudience applauded loudly whenClinton said that America has tocrackdown on violence "without

WASHINGTON (AP) - After aday of tense,private negotiations,the Senate passed legislation toimpose a five-day waiting periodon handgunpurchases.

The 63-36 vote came Saturdaynighton a measure - the so-calledBradybill - thatvirtuallyhad beenpronounced dead for the year Fri­day beforea delicate compromisefmally washammeredoutby sena­torshuddlingon thefloor.

The House of Representativeshas approved similar legislation,and differences will have to beironedout - either in the next fewdaysor next year.

"There is no doubt now that itwillbecomelaw,"HouseMajorityLeaderGeorgeMitchelltoldanewsconference.

The bill, which requires a five­day waiting period and a back­ground check on would-be hand­gun buyers, takes its name fromformer White House press secre-

By LARRY MARGASAK

Senate passes crime bill

per election, but doesn't bringdown the current $5;000 limit foreach PAC contribution.

The measure provides for vol­untary spending limits of$600,000 perrace, and tries to getlawmakers to abide by givingthem incentives - tax-financedcommunications "vouchers" forTV advertising time, bumperstickers and postage. But it pro­videsnowaytofinancethevouch­ers; Congress would have to ad­dress that later. The provisionswould take effect in 1996.

No campaign finance reformbillwouldbecomelaw until 1994,anyway, since the Senate haspassed a different version.

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Synar complained the "Demo­cratic plan could be better de­scribed as the incumbent protec­tion plan," while he called theRepublican alternative the "fat­cat enhancement plan."

But others said 1992 voters de­manded a change on electionspendingandpoliticalactioncom­mittees.

"It demonstrates that the Con­gress is listening to the call forreform, that we hear the cry forchange," saidRep.Rosa DeLauro,D-Conn.

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With Congress rushing towardpre-Thanksgiving adjournment,the House voted, 220-207, in fa­vor of letting the leadership billcome up for a vote.

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Barry Sanders gained 75 yardson 17carriesfor Detroit HejoinedEric Dickerson and Tony Dorsettas the only runners to gain 1,000yards in each of his first five sea­sons.

Oilers 27, Browns 20AtCleveland,MarcusRobertson

intercepted threepasses and GaryBrown ran for 194yards as Hous­ton beat the Browns for us fifthstraight victory.

The Oilers (6-4) matched thelongestwinningstreak in teamhis­tory, last accomplished in 1980.Houston intercepted four passes,recovered a fumble and blocked apunt.

The Browns (5-5) lost their sec­ond straight game since coach BillBelichick cut quarterback BernieKosar.ThecrowdbooedBelichickat the startof thegame andchanted"Bill Must Go!" at the end.

annual purse in the history of thetour.

His 1993 singles record of 83­15 was the best since Ivan Lendlwem84-7 in 1985and he was mefirst to win eight titles in a yearsince Lendl won 10 in 1987.

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Edgar Bennett scored on twoshort runs for the Packers (6-4).Green Bayended me Lions' four­game winning streak and movedwithin one game of them in the

He moved one place up in thecomputer rankings to No.2, re­placingJim Courier, who droppedto third.For me second time in hiscareer, Stich won titles on all foursurfaces in a year.

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Lime in seven games. They madefive tripsinsidetheBills10,but didnot take advantage.

Jets 17, Bengals 12AtEastRutherford,NJ.,Boomer

Esiasonbecamethecareerpassingleader amongleft-handedquarter­backs as New York dropped Cin­cinnati to()"1O'. Esiason,acquiredfrom the Bengalsin the offseason,leadstheAFCinpassing.Hethrewfor 192 yards and increased hislifetimetotalto28,130,surpassinglefty KennyStabler.

TheJets(6-4)wontheirfourthina row, theirlongestwinningstreaksince 1986.

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Boris Becker won last year butfailed to qualify this time.

"After the (1991) Wimbledonvictory, this is for sure is the mostimportant win I had," Stich said."I can say I am playing my besttennis of the whole year rightnow."

and 17rebounds,butmostof thosenumbers werepostedwhileKempsat on the bench. Billy Owens ledthe Warriors with 16 points be­fore leaving the game with a soreright hamstring.

NateMcMillanadded 19points,eight rebounds and seven assistsfor Seattle. Gary Payton (18)Detlef Schrempf (15), SamPerkins (12) andKendallGill (12)rounded out the balanced scoring.

threw down No. 8 maegashiraKotobeppu and received his sec­ond 1million yen techniqueprizefor his8-7 record,includingvicto­ries from ozekis - Konishiki andTakanohana. Kotobeppu fmishedat 8-7.

No. 16 rnaegashira Oginishikiheld off No. 7 maegashiraKyokudozan's arm throw attemptandbulldozedhimoutandreceivedhisfirst 1millionyenfightingspiritprize for his 11-4 record.Kyokudozanfmished at 6-9.

In Ihe 26-memlx:r juryo divi­sion, No.6-ranked Hoshiandesu,or ArgentineJose AntonioJuarez,wound up me tournament at 10-5as he wassent out of the ring frombehind by No.7-ranked Daishi.Daishi finished at 8-7.

Inrnakushita, thetopjuniordivi­sion, No. 39-rankedSunahama,orAmerican William Hopkins,slammed down No. 27-rankedAkinoshu for his sixth victoryagainstone defeat.

No.4l-rankedNampu,or Ameri­can KaleoKekauoha, hurleddownNo. 35-rankedAraya and finishedat 3-4.

Injonidan, the third highest juniordivision, No.4-ranked Koryu, orAmerican EricGasper, finished at3­4 as hesuffered hisfourthdefeatbydefault to No. 96-rankedKashimaurnioofsandanme,lhe sec­ond highest juniordivision.

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South Korea defeatsIran for Third Place atAsian ChampionshipsJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) • South Korea routed Iran 86-70Sunday to clinch the third place in the 17th Men's Asian BasketballChampionship.

The South Korean tearn had lead 51-30 after the first half.China, the defending champion, and North Korea are to battle later

in the day.I~ another match at the Jakarta's Senayan Sports Hall, Taiwan

claimed5th place, edging Saudi Arabia 75-74. The Saudis placed6th.

Japan avoided coming in last of the eight tournament finalistsdefeating Uni Arab Emirates 87-75 to take the 7th place. '

In consolation round games, Kuwait defeated Jordan 65-62 whilethe Philippines dumped the host Indonesia 89-76 as they fought forplaces 9 through 12.

Eighteen countries are participating in the nine-day tournament.

Super Sonic beat WarriorsIN OAKLAND, Calif., ShawnKemp scored 28 points, all in thefirst three quarters, as Seattle ranits record to 8-0.

Kemp played just 29 minutesand added 14 rebounds. He wasalso an intimidating defensivefactor inside for Warriors rookieChris Webber, who missed six ofhis first sevenshots andwasscore­less until the second quarter.

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Musashimaru, .or FiamaluPenitani, received his first $9,345outstanding wrestler award.

Takanohana finished at 7-8 andTochinowaka ended at 8-7.

In other major bouts, ozekiWakanohana charged ozekiKonishiki with hand thrusts andsent the hefty Hawaiianout of thering from behind.

Wakanohana wound up thetournament with a 12-3 andKonishiki, or Salevaa FuauliAtisanoc from Hawaii,ended at 6­9.

Konishiki, 29, will be demotedtosekiwakein thenext tournamentwhich starts on Jan. 9, but willrecover his ozeki status if he wins10or more wins in the New YearTournament.

Konishiki droppedoutofthe pre­vious tournament in Septemberwith aninjury.after two losses.

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Born today, you lean toward aquiet, private existence surround­ed by your favorite things and fa­vorite people. You do have yourquirky, entertaining side, however,and though you are never one toseek out the spotlight you will cer­tainly satisfy yourself and any au­dience you manage to attractwhenever you find yourself at thecenter of attention. You have anunusually vivid sense of humor,and you see everything from yourownunique point ofview.

You are rather obsessive whenit comes to the truth - you willseek it out whenever and wherev­er possible. Ofcourse, some thingswill always be offlimits to you, andthis is something that, althoughyou may get used to it, you willnever really be able to accept.Yourcuriosity is driving and undy­ing.

Also born on this date are:Franklin Pierce, U.S. President;Boris Karloff, actor; HarpoMarx, musician and comedian.

To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding para­graph. Let your birthday star beyour dailyguide.

DATE BOOKNov, 23, 1993

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TODAY'S HISTORY: On this day in1899, the first jukebox was installed,inSanFrancisco's Palais Royal Hotel.TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: FranklinPierce 0804-1869), U.S. president;Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney, 1859­1881), outlaw; Boris Karloff 0887·1969), actor; Harpo Marx (J888-19~4),

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)• Michael Stich saved his besttennisof theyearfor thelast eventand upset Pete Sampras in foursets to win the ATP Tour WorldChampionship Sunday.

Stich blasted27 acesin a7-6,2­6, 7-6,6-2 victory that lifted.theGerman to No. 2 in worldrankings.

"It's a great finish to a greatyear," Stich said.

Sampras will finish the year asNo.1 despite the losing the finalof the event that pits the top eightplayers in the world.

He had rolled through the tour­nament and came into the matchas the favorite, having won hislast nine finals, But the Americannever came close to the over­whelming performance he hadshown in earlier matches. "It'sdisappointing," Sampras said. "Iobviously had a great year and Ican hold my head up high."

"I had my chances today, but

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"I can't lose to the same wres­tler twice in one tournament,"Akebono said of the playoff.Musashimaru had pulled downAkebonoon thccighthday.hand­ing him his first upset in thetourncrncnt.

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Morse's "offense"was(0 knockdown several twigs and someleaves on the backswing for hissecond shot. He Slopped ill mid­shot. Ironically, if he had contin­ued and hit the ball there wouldhave been 110 penally.

The penalty was incurredunderRule 13, which prohibits a playerfrom improving "the area of hisintended swing."

Morse left Sunday forMelbourne, where he will nextweek play in theAustralianOpcn,a title he won in a playoff withAustralian Craig Parry in 1990. '

$46,700.Wrestling before a capacity

crowd of 11 ,000,Akebonofoughtoff sekiwake (junior' champion)Musashimaru's thrusting anddriving attempts and quicklyslapped him down to the din.

"I am very pleased to win thechampionship," said Akebono,whose real name is Chad Rowan.

"I tried not to let him put his

While Morse had no choiceunder the rules, and byreputationwould not have thought twiceabout it, match commiucc chair­man Graeme Nightingale said itwas unlikely anyone else noticedMorse's purely technical rulebreach on the 18th hole.

And tournament winner IanBaker-Finch of Australia said itwas the sort of breach some play­ers may have ignored in less dra­matic circumstances.

"That's golf but I think it's fan­tastic that hehad theguts todo it,"Baker-Finch said.

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) ­Akebono slapped down fellowAmericanMusashimaru inaplay­off Sunday tocapture thechampi­onship of the IS-day KyushuGrand Sumo Tournament.

Itwasthe24-year-oldyokozuna(grand champion) Akebono'sthird straight tournamenttitle andsixth overall since his 1988 de­but, He received prize money of

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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) ­"Gentleman" JohnMorseboostedan already considerable fan clubon the Australian golf tour with adecision to penalize himself inAustralianPGA tournamentSun­day.

Officials and fellow playerswere full of praise for the Ameri­can after he took the step thatknocked him out of a four-wayplayoff for the title.

The two-strokepenally lefthimwith a l-over-par 71, and twostrokes away from entering theplayoff.

cago downed Kansas City 19-17,Green Bay defeatedDetroit26-17and Houston stopped Cleveland27-20.

In latergames,it wasPittsburghatDenver,the New YorkGiantsatPhiladelphia, theLosAngelesRaid­ers at San Diego and Washingtonat the Los AngelesRams.

Minnesotawas atTampaBay atnight. On Mondaynight,NewOr­leansplaysatSanFrancisco. Phoe­nixandSeattlewereidlethisweek.

Dolphins 17, Patriots 13At Miami, Steve DeBerg threw

twotouchdown passesinthefourthquarter and the Dolphins ralliedpast New England.

DeBerg, the oldestplayerin theleague at 39, completed 16 of 27passesfor 252 yards and no inter­ceptions. He was signed as a freeagent after an injury to SCOllMitchell,whohadreplaced injuredDan Marino.

MarkHiggsranfor108yardsforMiami (8-2), giving coach DonShulahis 326thcareervictory. ThePatriots (1-9) have lost five in arow, the last four gamesby a totalof II points. They have droppednine straight to the Dolphins.

Bills 23, Colts 9AtOrchardPark,N.Y.,JimKelIy

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NEW YORK (AP) • The DallasCowboys,alreadyplayingwithoutinjuredquarterbackTroyAikman,lost running back Emmitt Smithtwo minutes before halftime andsaw their seven-game NationalFootball Leaguewinningstreakendat seven with a 27-14 loss to theAtlantaFalcons.

Smith was sidelined with abruisedright quadricep.

"I tookakneetothequad,"Smithsaid."I'll take whatever treatmentis necessary and see how it goes."

Dallas (7-3) had not lost sinceSmith returned from a two-gamesalary holdout at the start of theseason. The Cowboys have onlyfour days of rest before their nextgame, playing Miami on Thurs­day, the American ThanksgivingDay holiday.

Atlanta's swarming defense,which shut out the Los AngelesRams lastweek,blankedDallasfornearly threequarters.DeionSand­ers, one of the Falcons' best de­fenders, alsocontributedonoffenseby catching a 70-yard touchdownpass and high-stepping to the endzone with 3:51 left.

Even beforeSmith was hurt, hedid little.He was held to 1yard ononecarryand9 yards onfourpassesfrom BernieKosar.

Atlanta(4-6) won for thefourthtime in five games.

In othergames, Miami defeatedNew England 17-13, BuffalobeatIndianapolis 23-9, the New YorkJets toppedCincinnati 17-12,Chi-

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