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Poor get back CUCserviceCOMMONWEALTH Utilities Corp. (CUC) Executive Director Ramon S. Guerrero has approved the reconnection of 105 low-in- come households to the public power system without service fees.

The move followed the suspen­sion of regulations which disquali­fied the low-income households from government subsidies un­der the Low-income Home En­ergy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) because of their fail­ure to pay the unsubsidized por-

tion of their electricity bills.Governor Lorenzo I. Guerrero

has signed the Declaration of Sus­pension of Part II (8) of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) rules and regulations, effective March 1.

The LIHEAP program pays a portion of the monthly electricity bills of low-income households, the amount depending on house­hold size and income. A part of the bill, however, must be shoul­dered by the beneficiaries. Fail-

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Bowie, Reyes ask court to dismiss murder charges

By Gaynor Dumat-ol

TWO OF the four suspects in the murder of a carpenter last year have separately asked the court to dismiss the charges against them.

Joseph Anthony Bowie asked the Superior Court yes­terday to dismiss the charges against him while Efrain M. Reyes Jr. asked the Supreme Court earlier this month to do the same.

Judge Marty W. .K. Taylor will hear Bowie’s motion on Thursday next week.

Bowie, Reyes, R eyes’ younger brother Mario and a juvenile, appeared before the Superior Court yesterday for the preliminary hearing.

T ay lor was supposed to set a trial date for the suspects but Bowie’s counsel G. Anthony Long said he would still file several pre-trial motions.

Counsels for the Reyes brothers decided to join in the filing of the motions.

The government asked for a month to respond to the mo­tions, so the earliest possible trial date for the suspects would be in June.

The suspects were arrested in November, days after Eladio O. Laude, 48, was abducted, robbed of the money he was

supposed to bring home to the Philippines, beaten up, ran over by a car then dragged underneath the vehicle to a distance of about 100 feet.

Laude’s body, which showed signs of violent death, was found in the Dandan homestead area on Nov. 6, the morning after he and a friend were abducted.

The murder victim’s friend managed to escape.

The suspects were charged with first degree murder, kid­napping, robbery and assault and battery

Long, in his motion asking the court to dismiss the charges against his client, claimed there was “no justifiable de­lay” for the preliminary hear­ing held yesterday.

‘The charge against Bowie should be dismissed because of the delay,” Long told the court.

According to Long, it took nearly a month for the pros­ecution to schedule a prelimi­nary hearing.

It should have been held within 10 days after the Su- premeCourtdismissedonFeb. 22 Bowie’s motion which asked the high court to order Bowie’s release, Long said.

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G O V E R N O R Lorenzo I. Guerrero (second from left) and SpeakerThom as P. Villagomez, who will soon fight' for Republican Party nomination for this year's election, in a happy m om ent with former Senator Juan T. Guerrero (left), lawyer David W isem an ana Hafadai Beach Hotel President Yutaka Kurihara during the recent ground-breaking ceremony for the first part of the hotel's final expansion project.

Cop accused of mauling NMC studentA STUDENT of Northern Marianas College has accused a police officer in Saipan of maul­ing him Friday night, police said yesterday.

Melion Pemey, 27, was alleg­edly punched in the stomach area, kicked and slapped by the still unidentified police officer, po­lice said.

Pemey told the police he was picked up from a baske tbal 1 court in Susupe at 10:32 p.m. by the police officer and attacked at an undisclosed place. The report did not indicate why the NMC student was picked up.

Assistant Police Chief Ray B. Camacho said an investigation was being conducted by the De­partment of Public Safety’s In­ternal Affairs Division.

Meanwhile, unidentified per­sons hurled beer cans filled with gasoline at the barracks of Con- solidatedTransportation Services Inc. workers in Susupe over the weekend.

The gasoline caught fire and burned the roof of the barracks.

Two other fires occurred over the weekend.

A semi-concrete house in Koblerville was extensively dam­aged by a fire of still undeter­mined origin Saturday afternoon. The house was occupied by the family of Sy Wong Lee.

Fire fighters on Sunday also contained a blaze that started in a San Vicente house. The house was partially damaged.( GLD)

Guerrero doubts CNMI can raise matching funds

By Rafaei H. Arroyo

REPRESENTATIVE Herman T. Guerrero has expressed doubts about the capability of the CNMI to match the federal funds that would be received under the new seven-year financial assistance agreement.

In separate letters to the chair­men of the US House and Senate subcommittees which have over­sight authority over insular areas, Guerrero said the CNMI may not be able to generate the matching funds provided under the agree­ment, especially the bigger amounts in future years.

“Although I support the intent of increased autonomy and eco­nomic self-sufficiency for the CNMI, I question whether the one- to-one matching requirement is

realistic in light of our current economic downturn,” Guerrero told Subcommittee on Insul ar and International Affairs Chairman Ron De Lugo, whose subcommit­tee is holding a public hearing on March 18 on a bill seeking ap­proval of the $240 million finan­cial aid package.

Another letter addressed to Sen­ate Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Pro­duction Chairman Daniel T. Akaka asked for approval of a public bond financing of infra­structure projects similar to the CNMI’s $140 million bond issue in 1986 which was secured by the so-called Covenant Section 702 funds.

Although the Legislature en­acted a balanced budget for fiscal

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Condition 3 declaredGOVERNOR Lorenzo I. Guerrero yesterday declared tropical stotm condition 3 for Saipan, Tinian and Rota because o f the potential threat o f tropical storm Irma, the Emergency Operation Center o f the Disaster Control Office said.

In a report on the storm, the center said Irma was expected to pass through the Northern Marianas near Rota this afternoon, Maximum winds near the circulation center are projected to be 63 miles per hour with gusts o f up to 80 miles per hour.

As o f 10 a.m. yesterday, Irma was located 316 miles east- southeast o f Rota, with maximum winds estimated at 58 miles per hour with gusts o f up to 75 miles per hour. Irma was moving to the west northwest direction at 13 miles per hour.

For more information contact the Emergency Operations Cen­ter at 322-9579/9572/9274 or call the hot line, 322-0222.

2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-MARCH 16,1993

Reyes proposes 35% pay cut for lawmakersREPRESENTATIVE Pete P. Reyes is proposing a 35 percent reduction in the salaries of mem­bers of the House of Representa­tives to cope with the current bud­get deficit of the government.

“I think we lawmakers should join hands and push for a more austere government We should all bite the bullet during this difficult times,” Reyes said in an interview Friday.

Reyes’ proposal is to reduce the salaries of lawmakers from the presentS39,000per annum to about $25,000 a year.

He said his proposal might not be acted upon by the lower house as it would be very difficult for the Legislature to make a decision that will be to the individual members ’ detriment.

“I know this is a hard proposal to get through the Legislature since there will always be personal inter­ests involved in the decision-mak­ing process, so I feel it would be more appropriate to achieve this through apopular initiative,'’’Reyes

Pete P. Reyessaid.

He said he was preparing a peti­tion to gauge public opinion on whether they want their lawmak­ers to share in cost-cutting efforts in the government

At present, the Legislature re­ceives a $2.8 million funding per fiscal year, which is dividedequally between the House and the Senate.

Reyes has been planning since lastyear to initiate action that would lower the salaries of lawmakers so that aspirations for public office would not be driven by monetary

motivations but to be serve the community.

Reyes ’ bill faces some legal tech­nicalities due to a constitutional provision prohibits changes insala­ries for legislators in excess of the percentage change in an accepted composite price index for the pe­riod since the last change.

That provision also disallows salary increases for the Legislature that enacted the law.

“The Constitution set guidelines for salary increases for legislators but was silent on a salary decrease. AlthoughI felt that the mandates of the Constitution applies only on increases, I had to look at the legal ramifications of my proposal. Be­sides, salary changes should be made only upon recommendation of an advisory commission estab­lished by law,” Reyes said.

“It seems that there is no other way to achieve this other than through a popular initiative Should the people approve of it, then, I hope the Legislature will seriously consider it,” he said. (RHA)

S U P E R V IS O R Ben Salas (left), electronic technician Sim sack Jack, (second from left) and equipm ent technician Inoske Yam ada (right) o f the M T C Eart Station dem onstrate the G T E G O PA C cellular communication system for N M I R e d Cros Chairperson H eidi Dennis.

Aspin: No mockery on Clinton ship visit Red Cross gets cellular phonesWASHINGTON (AP) - Secre­tary of S tate Les Aspin on Sunday denied that there was an under­current of mockery when Presi­dent Clinton visited an aircraft carrier two days earlier.

Aspin, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” acknowledged that some of the US military has adopted a “let’s wait and see” attitude about Clinton.

Obviously” there is some con­cern about Clinton’s lack of a military record, Aspin said of Clinton, who was attacked during the presidential campaign for his opposition to the Vietnam War and efforts to avoid the draft.

Nevertheless, “I think this (the military) is an eminently winnable constituency for Bill Clinton. I think that in a couple of years, you

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will see a really strong support for the president from the men and women in uniform.”

The Secretary of State said Clinton received a “bum rap” in a news report that said sailors and Marines were disparaging toward the president when he and Aspin visited the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

The Washington Post on Satur­day said that while Clinton was treated with official politeness aboard the carrier, sailors and Ma­rines privately told jokes about the president and his family. It quoted five officers by name who were critical of him and his policies and said Capt. Stanley W. Bryant en­treated the crew before the visit to support the president “ whether you voted for him or not.”

THE NMI chapter of the Ameri­can Red Cross now has another reason to celebrate “Red Cross Month,” which is being observed during March.

Micronesian Telecommunica­tions Corp. (MTC) has enabled the Red Cross to “go cellular” during public emergencies such as typhoons, by donating the use of a GTE GOPAC Cellular Com­munications System.

On March 9, MTC earth Sta­tion supervisor Ben Salas demon­strated the GOPAC system to Heidi Dennis, chairperson of the NMI Red Cross board of direc­tors and board member Larry Lee.

‘The GOPAC is designed for rapid deployment,” Salas said. “Everything you need is packed in two suitcases: five cellular phones, a fax machine, power supply, and carrying cases for the phones. You just plug it into a

car’s cigarette lighter to recharge the batteries when you’re out in the field.”

When she saw the GOPAC, Dennis was delighted by how complete and compact the system is. “It’s fantastic,” she said. “It’s really going to make communica­tions easier for us.”

Dennis added that cellular com­munications will be especially useful for the NMI Red Cross now that MTC is planning to ex­pand cellular coverage islandwide in Saipan (beginning April 15).

MTC has also donated a trans­portable cellular phone for year- round used by the NMI chapter of the Red Cross, as well as a busi­ness telephone system for the Red Cross office.

Roy Morioka, MTC vice presi­dent and general manager, said. “We donated the use of this phone equipment to the NMI Red Cross

THE CAPTION on the photo about the lieutenant governor’s wife which appeared on page 1 of yesterday’s issue should have read “the remains of Mrs. Magdalena Manglona...”

On page 12 of the same issue, the caption should have read “Bennet Seman, managing director of the Marianas Visitors Bureau...”

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because MTC is committed to keeping communications going during disasters. Everyoneknows they can rely on the phones to work even during the worst storms, because MTC made the investment to bury all phone cables underground in Saipan, Tinian and Rota. Once our interisland undersea fiberoptic cable to Tini an, Rota and Guam is in place next year, interisland and international connections will be even more secure.”

MTC maintains a 24-hour com­mand center in Susupe during all typhoons to track the storm’s progress and watch for trouble in the CNMI’s phone system. To guard against power failures there are two sets of back-up generators that can power the CNMI’s phone system to last through a week-long storm, and for months afterwards with additional fuel supplies.

Saiship barge found in RPBy G aynor Dumat-ol

A 200-FOOT barge which was lost off Guam at the height of Typhoon Hunt in November was found on the edge of a reef in the Philippines last month, three months after it was reported miss­ing, this was learned over the week­end.

“It’s amazing,” said Ed Com­fort, director for marketing of Saipan Shipping Co., agent for Marianas Tug and Barge which owns the vessel.

Saipan Shipping believes that the barge Francisca, worth about $600,000, was carried by waves and current then made its way through the San Bernardino Straight to Masbate province in the Philippines.

That means the vessel travelled

at a speed of about 1.4 knots or about half the speed of a person walking.

Comfort said the barge’s fate “boggles the mind” but Saiship is glad the barge is back.

He said a substantial amount of revenues was lost due to the barge’s disappearance.

Francisca was the only barge op­erated twice weekly by Saiship on the Guam-Saipan route.

On No v. 18, the barge was waiting in Guam for loading of cargo to be shipped to Saipan when reports that Typhoon Hunt was approaching prompted the Guam Ports Authority to advise vessels to keep distance to avoid being washed to shore.

Several hours after the barge was towed to deeper waters that day, huge waves broke the tow line con­necting the Francisca and its tug.

The tug managed to retrieve the line but the typhoon’s winds inten­sified and the barge was lost again.

Comfort said the barge was last seen at about 5 p.m. on Nov. 18. Aerial and sea searches were con­ducted for several days but found no trace of the Francisca, Comfort said.

During the middle of last month, Marianas Tug received a call from its agent in the Philippines that the barge had been found.

The tug Don Juan Tenorio was then dispatched from Saipan to re­trieve the barge in Masbate. The barge was towed to Cebu, also in the Philippines, for minor repairs.

Don Juan Tenorio brought the barge back to Saipan last week.

Comfort said the barge was put back on business Sunday.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 16,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3

Terlaje denies attack on reporterJOSE C. Terlaje yesterday denied having assaulted a reporter of this newspaper outside the Superior Court last month.

Terlaje’s counsel G. Anthony Long entered a plea of not guilty in behalf of his client during an arraignment yesterday.

The arraignment of Terlaje had been twice postponed.

Judge Marty W. K. Taylor scheduled a status conference on April 12 on the assault and battery complaint against Terlaje.

Terlaje was charged with the criminal offense on Feb. 25 after allegedly shoving the camera of Gaynor Dumat-ol into her face.

The camera, which was held close to the reporter’s face, alleg­edly hit her forehead with a force that almost threw her off-balance.

The incident occurred on Feb. 24, shortly after Terlaje emerged from a courtroom where Presid­ing Judge Alex Castro denied a motion to suppress the evidence in the importation of ammunition charge against him.

Terlaje was scheduled that day to change his plea to guilty in relation to the ammunition-related charge but the defendant back­tracked on his decision.

Instead, Terlaje asked the court to suppress the 347 bullets he and businessman John T. Sablan al­legedly tried to smuggle from Guam to Saipan in October.

Castro ruled that the motion cited customs rules that do not even apply to Terlaje’s case. He said the m otion was frivolous.(GLD)

New postmaster namedAN OFFICER, of the US Postal Service in Guam has been desig­nated as postmaster for Saipan to replace Jim Miller.

New Postmaster John San Nicolas assumed the position on March 1.

San Nicolas, 45, was mails and delivery supervisor in Guam.

San Nicolas will be heading the US mail services on the island in an acting capacity. He has been with the postal service for 21 years, occupying supervisory po­sitions the last five years in Guam, where he spent most of his 21- year career with the Postal Ser­vice.

Miller was reported missing on Feb. 25. Investigators later found out that Miller went to Jakarta.

On Thursday, a complaint ac­

cusing the missing postmaster of misappropriating funds was filed in the District Court.

US Attorney Frederick A. Black and Postal Inspector Devin Hall said the complaint for embezzle­ment was filed following discov­ery that about $95,000 was miss­ing from the local post office.

The local post office’s safe could not be opened when Miller disappeared because the key was also missing, so authorities drilled it.

When forced open, authorities found out that the $95,000 cash earlier placed in the safe was no longer there.

The money was an accumula­tion of remittances.

The court issued an arrest war­rant against Miller. (GLD)

Guerrero...fiscal year 1992, it is faced with a $7.2 million deficit because of a revenue shortfall.

“This, I believe is indicative of a generalized economic slow­down and of the inescapable fact that the worldwide recession has finally reached our island shores,” Guerrero told de Lugo and Akaka.

Guerrero also questioned the propriety of the Office of Terri­torial and International Affairs’ insistence that the $27.72 million federal grant for fiscal year 1993 be matched by the CNMI with $6.25 million while the agreement is still pending approval by Con­gress.

Guerrero said it would be ben­eficial to amend the proposed approving language of the 702 agreement to permit a public bond financing of CIP projects.

He said the CNMI could very well do with public bond issues as a financing vehicle for infra­structure, having had prior successful experience with bonds.

Guerrero said public bond issue is especially timely in the current climate of low interest rates and

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Continued from page 1______economic slowdown.

“This is consistent with both the federal policy of requiring improved fiscal accountability in the insular areas and our own desire for increased financial au­tonomy. I urge that your committee support our desire for the necessary enabling amend­ment,” Guerrero told Akaka.

In a related development, Gov­ernor Lorenzo I. Guerrero is expected to leave today for Washington to testify before de Lugo’s subcommittee during the March 18 public hearing.

Guerrero will be accompanied by acting special assistant for planning and budget Frank Rosario, Finance Director Eloy S. Inos, special legal counsel Tim Bruce and Steve Lemieux, who handles capital improvement projects.

The Legislature will be repre­sented by Speaker Thomas P. Villagomez. Senate President Juan S. Demapan is not going but has sent a written testimony to de Lugo.

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O FFIC IALS o f the M arianas Association o f Japanese Educators during their first meeting (from left): Tsuneo Musashi, secretary; Tony D. Guerrero, director, Japanese Consul Hirozo Ushida, honorary president and Keiji Yagihashi, president.

Japanese educators hold 1st m eetingTHE FIRST meeting of the offic­ers of the newly organized Marianas Association of Japanese Educators (MAJE) was held at the Northern Marianas College on March 12. MAJE is composed of educators teaching Japanese language in the CNMI from all levels of education. Its mission is to promote the study of Japanese language and its culture in the advancement of CNMI’s tourism industry. On the other hand, its goal is not only to produce young people who will be proficient in the Japanese language but also to develope experts who will con­duct researches of interest about Japan. To achieve these, the Marianas Visitors Bureau, the consular office of Japan, the Ja­pan Foundation and the Society for Teaching of Japanese gave their pledges of support to the association.

Foremost in the agenda of MAJE is to develop a curriculum design in the teaching of Japanese language; a scope and sequence of the course to be offered in the elementary, Junior high school, high school and college level.

The Association, for a start, will administer a qualifying examina­tion on April 24, which will cover a written and oral (interview) test.

For detail, contact Mr. Keiji Yagihashi, president of MAJE. Phone 234-7624, ext. 52.

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4-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-MARCH 16,1993

Public NoticeThe Public School System has a p p lie d for assis­ta n c e under Part 605 of the Urban Mass Trans­portation Regulations an d th e PSS certifies, in a c c o rd a n c e with Section 605.17, that there a re no private school bus operators opera tin g in the C N M I. The Public School System will utilize funds p ro v id ed through Part 605 to support transportation projects to the students a tte n d ­ing our system of schools.

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Hofschneider wants MPLC issue in ballot

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A SPECIAL House committee is looking at the possibility of let­ting voters decide whether to al­low Marianas Public Land Corp. to remain an autonomous govern­ment agency.

Committee Chairman Heinz S. Hofschneider is currently wrap­ping up a series of public hearings on all three islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota aimed at getting public opinion on how MPLC should operate.

“As far as we’re concerned, we see the need to allow MPLC to remain an autonomous govern­ment agency. But to make that happen, there may be a need to amend certain provisions in the

CNMI Constitution,”Hofschneider said in an interview last week.

Hofschneider’s committee is considering a legislative initia­tive that would put a planned con­stitutional amendment through a referendum simultaneous with the gubernatorial, mayoralty and leg­islative elections in November this year.

In the case of the MPLC disso­lution issue, the amendment will recall the constitutional mandate that MPLC’s functions be trans­ferred to the executive branch so it can remain an autonomous gov­ernment corporation.

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Constitution mandates MPLC’s dissolution and the transfer of its functions to the executive branch at 12 years after the Constitution took effect.

The dissolution and transfer should have been done two years ago. The deferment prompted the House to create the Special Com­mittee on MPLC Review to deter­mine how MPLC’s functions could be strengthened and stream­lined.

According to Hofschneider, he is also planning to introduce a bill to consolidate all land matters under MPLC and flnetune its func­tions.

“It would be better for MPLC to remain an autonomous govern­ment agency so that it will be free from any political interference. Butultimately this decision has to be made by the people themselves through the power of the ballot,” he said. (RHA)

Bowie.continued from page 1Supreme Court that Bowie was illegally arrested because of defi­ciencies in the arrest warrant served on the suspect but the high court affirmed the lower court decision that Bowie be made to remain in jail.

The four were unable to post bail.

Judge Alex Castro set a S 1.2- million cash bail for Bowie and Efrain Reyes Jr., the first two suspects arrested, $1 -million cash bail for Mario M. Reyes and $500,000 for the juvenile.

The court subsequently reduced the bail to $750,000 each for Bowie and the Reyes brothers.

Poor...continued from page 1year 1992, it is faced with a $7.2 million deficit because of a rev­enue shortfall.

“This, I believe is indicative of a generalized economic slow­down and of the inescapable fact that the worldwide recession has finally reached our island shores,” Guerrero told de Lugo and Akaka.

Guerrero also questioned the propriety of the Office of Territo­rial and International Affairs’ in­sistence that the $27.72 million federal grant for fiscal year 1993 be matched by the CNMI with $6.25 million while the agree­ment is still pending approval by Congress.

Guerrero said it would be ben­eficial to amend the proposed ap­proving language of the 702 agree­ment to permit a public bond fi­nancing of CIP projects.

He said the CNMI .could very well do with public bond issues as a financing vehicle for infrastruc­ture, having had prior successful experience with bonds.

Guerrero said public bond is­sue is especially timely in the current climate of low interest rates and economic slowdown.

TUESDAY, MARCH 16,1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5

Group to help gov’t answer Payne’s bill

THE GARMENT industry has formed a five-man task force to coordinate with the government in responding to Representative Lewis Payne’s proposal to remove the duty-free privilege of the CNMI.

The task force is composed of John Riggins of Saipan Manufac­turers Inc., James Lim of United International, Carmen Gaskins of Kyung Suh, J.H. Suh of Mariana Fashions and lawyer Robert O’Connor.

“We hope to help the govern­ment demonstrate that, in partner­ship with the government, we are going to resolve complaints of la­bor abuses and demonstrate to Congress that this is an industry that is not a threat to the mainland. It is not growing, in fact, it is de­

creasing in size,” O’Connor said in an interview after the group’s first meeting yesterday.

He said the task force would prepare for the March 29 hearing of Payne’s bill. In addition, he said the group would also act on other problems that might affect the fu­ture relations between the industry and the local government and Con­gress.

“We want to contribute to the solution to the problems and ex­press our point of view, hand in hand with the CNMI government,” he said.

The formation of the task force was the result of a meeting called last week by Commerce and Labor Secretary Jack Torres. Tim Bruce, the governor’s special legal coun­

sel, said in an interview the meet­ing was called because of the threat from Payne’s bill.

He said the government itself had done some work to respond to the concerns raised by the pro­posal. Yesterday’s meeting was held in the conference room at the governor’s office. The government is providing the forum for the in­dustry to get together, Bruce said.

Payne proposed to remove the duty-free privilege granted to the CNMI under Headnote 3(a) and to prohibit the use of the “Made in USA” label in goods made here unless the local minimum wage is raised to the federal level ($4.25 per hour at present) and the local labor content of goods is increased to 50 percent (from 20 percent). (NL)

DPHES, DEQ conduct inspectionsPERSONNEL from the Division of Public Health Community Sanita­tion Services and the Division of environmental Quality will continue to conduct island wide village in­spections.

The inspections are to ascertain non-compliance with Sanitation standards and DEQ regulations. These inspections are necessary to ensure the public health and safety of our environment.

The public is advised to secure

house guard pets for the safety of the inspectors. The inspectors will be inspecting the exterior area of every residence building and the exterior and interior of all com­mercial facilities. Premises will be inspected between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

The island wide village inspec­tion will start from the northern portion of the island (i.e. As Matuis) and end at the southern end (i.e. Koblerville). Sanitation and DEQ

personnel will begin conducting in­spections the first week of April. These inspections will continue un­til completion.

Completion is expected in No­vember of this year. Cooperation of the public is appreciated.

If you have any questions please contact Division of Pub­lic Health Community Sanita­tion Services at 234-6474 or the Division of Environmental Quality 234-1012.

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6-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-TUESDAY-MARCH 16,1993

NOTICEThe M ariana Islands Housing Authority

(MIHA) wishes to notify the public that it is currently accepting housing loan

applications under its program with the Guam Savings & Loan Association at

9% to 12% fixed interest rate for a term up to 30 years.

Homesteaders and property owners whose lots lack existing infrastructure m ay be assisted under this program.

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Germ an shot in la test * vio len ce in Zam boangaZAMBOANGA, Philippines( A P) - A 65-year-old German was slain by a gunman Sunday as he and his wife were leaving a shop­ping center in this southern Phil­ippine city.

Guenter Weese of Hamburg was shot'once in the head and died instantly, police said. His wife, Brigitte, 62, was not harmed. The gunman escaped and the motive remained unclear.

Police ruled out robbery since the assailant made no attempt to take any money from the victim. He was carrying about $2,200 worth of American and Philip­pine currency.

Weese, who had been in this city for about one week, had

registered with the International Press Center in Manila as a jour- nalistbuthis affiliation and status were unknown.

Police said Weese and his wife had come to Zamboanga to adopt a 6-year-old boy, whose parents had met the couple on a visit to the Philippines in 1986.

Weese had been a godfather to the child, police said.

The killing was the latest in a series of violent incidents in Zamboanga, 560 miles (896 kilo­meters) south of Manila. Last month, a bomb exploded in the city’s airport, injuring more than 20 people.

Last May, an Italian mission­ary was murdered here in a still

unsolved incident believed to in­volve Islamic extremists. Several weeks later, a grenade was hurled into a Catholic religious shrine, killing three people and injuring more than a dozen.

In a statement to news organi­zations, Manuel Jaldon, president of the local press association, de­plored Weese’s murder, saying the incident “buttresses the ob­servation that no one is safe in this city.”

Zamboanga is a major port on Mindanao, second largest of the Philippines’ 7,100 islands. Sev­eral foreign embassies, including the Japanese and the American, have urged their nationals to avoid traveling to parts of Mindanao because of lawlessness.

RP set to restore death penaltyBy Claro Cortes

MANILA (AP) - After abol­ishing capital punishment six years ago, the Philippines is on the verge of restoring the death penalty to appease public out­cry against rising crime.

But the plan has been op­posed by religious and human rights groups which question the deterrent effect and fear ex­ecutions will be used against the poor who cannot afford lawyers to win them lesser punishments.

The 1987 constitution, drafted in the wake of the “peoplepower revolution against the late Ferdinand Marcos, abolished the death penalty. But in a com­promise, ¿he charter allowed for its reimposition if Congress so deemed.

Last month, both houses voted to restore capital punishment because of public pressure brought about by a wave of ran­som kidnappings, increasing drug addiction, spectacular murders and other crimes.

Many of the crimes, espe­cially kidnappings and bank robberies, have been blamed on former and active duty soldiers and policemen protected by corrupt officials of the Philip­pine National Police.

President Fidel Ramos, who succeeded Mrs. Aquino last June 30, had urged restoration of capital punishment to restore order and convince foreign in­vestors that the government was serious about public safety.

But the issue remains contro­versial. Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, archbishop of Manila, and the in­fluential Catholic Bishops Con­ference of the Philippines have spoken out against capital pun­ishment.

In a commentary Sunday, Gamaliel Bongco, president of the Philippine Christian Lawyers Fellowship, wrote that “life is sa­cred ... and must not be taken away by any man or insti tutions.”

The leftwing Philippine Alli­ance of Human Rights Activists said strict enforcement of exist­ing laws and a fair, efficient court system were more effective de­terrents than capital punishment.

So far, the two legislative chambers have not agreed on what crimes should be covered by ex­ecution.

The House of Representatives agreed to support Ramos’ call by approving the death penalty on 15 “heinous” crimes, including trea­son, murder, hijacking, kidnap­ping, piracy, rape and drug traf­ficking.

The Senate lumped several crimes in five major categories, including homicide and kidnap­ping. The Senate also added two crimes not in the House version: embezzlement of public funds and bribery.

Congress hopes to come up with the final unified version of the bill before it takes a recess in May.

Critics also complain that the death penalty would not solve the country’s crime problem. Even during the Marcos era, legal ex­ecutions were rarely used, al-

though extralegal policekillings were common.

The last legal execution in the Phil ippines took pi ace in 1972 when drug dealer Lim Seng was publicly executed by firing squad.

“Heinous crimes won’t be prevented by more punishment,” wrote columnist Conrado de Quiros in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “They’ll be prevented by more human rights. The death penalty w on’t add to the community’s regard for life. It will lessen it.”

Judge RubenReyes, president of the Manila Judges Associa­tion, said he did not expect reinstitution of the death penalty to lead to a wave of executions.

Reyes said that in his 29 years as a judge, he sentenced only to people to death.

Sen. Arturo Tolentino, head of the Senate committee work­ing on the bill, said a new Senate proposal allows judges to decide whether to impose the death penalty based on the severity of the crime.

Tolentino said the new pro­posal allows the death penalty to be given to a public official who has been found to have' embezzled more than 10 mil­lion pesos ($400,0000).

He said another innovation is for police officers to be given the death penalty for accepting bribes from criminals whose offense is punishable with death.

Tolentino said the new pro­posal is expected to improve public confidence on the gov­ernment.

M uslim insurgents burn gov’t truckISABELA, Philippines (AP) -Muslim insurgents stopped a government truck on a contested southern island, forced the driver out and set it ablaze, the military said Sunday.

The incident occurred Friday near the town of Tipo-Tipo on Basilan, about 600 miles (960

kilometers) south of Manila.It was the latest in a series of

incidents since a splinter group of the Moro National Liberation Front killed 25 government troopers last month in one of the bloodiest ambushes there in re­cent years.

Troops have been pursuing the

rebels, who have been fighting for nearly 20 years to establish an Islamic state in the south.

Muslim leaders complain that hundreds of civilians have been driven from their homes in re­prisal attacks, but the government denies the charge.

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Judge studies ja il order for lawyerEXECUTION of a four-hour jail sentence for Assistant Public Defender Pamela Tower was again suspended Friday.

Presiding Judge Alex Castro decided to “do further research” before deciding whether the sen­tence imposed on Tower should be reconsidered or not.

Although judges have wide powers to cite lawyers for con­tempt, Castro said they “must be exercised with extreme caution.”

Castro said he would againread a transcript of Thursday’s pro­ceedings on a case involving crystal methamphetamine or “ice” to see if Tower’s statements contempt citation.

Castro made his decision after C hief Public Defender Dan DeRienzo and Assistant Attor­ney General Russell March ex­changed arguments on the con­tempt finding.

Tower was found in contempt while defending Julio M. Sangalang on the drug-related complaint.

Castro felt that Tower chal­lenged his decision to reject a motion to dismiss the charges against Sangalang. To wer said the

Castrocase should be dismissed because of the delay in the analysis of the seized substance and because the weight of the ice was reduced when sent to Guam for analysis.

Tower argued that Sangalang’s right to speedy trial had been violated due to the four-month delay and that the integrity of the ice evidence was questionable because of the reduced weight.

But Castro said the CNMI government does not have its own facility to analyze the suspected ice so it was not the AG’s fault that the analysis was delayed.

The judge further said the weight of the ice as evidence would have mattered if the sub­stance gained, not lost weight. (GLD)

4 state heads to v isit KoreaSEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Kim Young-sam has only been in office a few weeks, but he’s already proving to be a popular fellow with foreign heads of state.

The leaders of France, Sweden, Vietnam and New Zealand are all expected to pay a call on Kim in the next two months, Foreign Minister Han Sung-joo said.

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has already visited Seoul, just a week after Kim was inaugu­rated Feb. 25.

Han said Sweden’s prime min­ister, Carl Bildt, will visit April 6- 8 and French President Francois Mitterrand in late April or May.

Also expected in May are New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger and Vietnam's prime minister. Vo Van Kiel. Han said.

Mount Carmel receives grantMOUNT Carmel School is the re­cipient of a $12,000 grant from Koch Foundation Inc.

The Florida-based foundation which provides grant support for Roman Catholic Evangelization efforts, approved the application of Mount Carmel School to strengthen its theology department and enhance its campus ministry project.

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NEW YORK (AP) - The bliz­zard that paralyzed much of the Eastern Seaboard whirled through New England and eastern Canada and headed out to sea Sunday, leaving at least 107 dead from Cuba to Quebec.

Among the victims was a man found frozen to deathin Alabama, a southern state that usually has mild winter temperatures.

About 100 hikers hunkered down in shelters and tents in the mountains of east Tennessee, and dozens of others were missing in North Carolina wilderness Sun­day night, a full day after the storm passed through.

Millions of people up and down the coast had no electricity; many didn’t have heat, either. Thou­sands more were stuck in airports and shelters.

The calm after the storm was windy and bitterly cold - as low as a record 2 (minus 16 C) degrees in Birmingham, Ala., and a wind chill of 40 below zero (40 below zero C) in Vermont.

Rain followed by cold turned snow on New York City’s streets into “rock-hard piles of ice,” Sanitation Commissioner Emily Lloyd said.

Airports in Atlanta, Washing­ton, D.C., New York, Boston and other cities slowly began reopen-

ing.At least 18 homes toppled into

the sea on New York’s Long Is­land, and four were close to col­lapse on Nantucket in Massachu­setts. About 200 homes along North Carolina’s Outer Banks were damaged and may be unin­habitable, the Army Corps of Engineers said. Roads and homes were flooded and beaches were scoured along the Gulf Coast and along the Atlantic.

Worse coastline damage had been expected in the Northeast, but by the time high tide came during the night, the wind had shifted and was pushing water away from the coast.

But in the South, the storm was at least as bad as forecasters pre­dicted. Florida was strafed by tornadoes and other severe weather, and at least 26 people died. The Gulf Coast suffered extensive flooding.

A Honduran freighter sank in stormy seas off Florida. Three crew members died, four were missing and three were rescued.

Birmingham, Ala., got 13 inches (33 cms) of snow within 24 hours - more than the city had ever gotten in an entire winter.

At least 200 travelers took shel­ter inside control rooms in two tunnels along Interstate 77 at the Virginia-West Virginia line on Saturday night, said John

Redmond, spokesman for the Virginia Department of Trans­portation. Some weren’t rescued until Sunday night.

Guardsmen rescued 70 people Sunday stranded in mountainous East Tennessee but about 100 others were stuck in shelters along the trail, said Army National Guard Col. Larry Shelton.

Among other dramatic rescues: National Guard helicopters ferried 100 teen-agers and counselors to safety from a camp in Caesars Head, S.C. And rangers rescued about half of a 103-member Michigan school group in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, but were trying to find the others.

The monster storm formed Thursday and Friday over the Gulf of Mexico, and early Saturday it covered nearly the entire eastern third of the United States, with its outermost bands over Cuba and the Canadian Maritimes. In Cuba, at least three people died, many homes were destroyed and tobacco crops were ruined, the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported Sunday.

The storm also spawned a tor­nado that destroyed more than 200 homes and left 5,000 people homeless in Reynosa, near the Texas border, the Mexican news agency Notimcx reported.

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Gulf countries threaten to cut oil exportsMANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - The Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council will cut oil exports and oil production development plans if the European Community implements a proposed carbon tax, a Bahraini official said Sun­day.

The minister of development and industry, Yousef Shirawi, re­turned from a meeting in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, where he and oil ministers from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates discussed the world oil market.

The six GCC ministers issued a communique in which they vowed to defend oil exports against pro­posed energy taxes by the indus­trialized countries,particularly the EC.

Bahrain’s r -ulf News Agency reported that Shirawi said the min­isters “discussed the subject of the energy tax that the EC plans to impose on hydrocarbons, point­ing out that in case such a tax was imposed then the GCC member states will limit their oil exports and production development.”

A communique from Jiddah earlier Sunday said: “the minis­ters reviewed the various taxes that oil faces in the industrialized world under various names as carbon tax or energy tax, and af­firmed the opposition of their states to the principle of increas­ing-the tax burden on already heavily taxed oil especially in the states of the European Commu­nity.”

Such taxes were being lined up at a time of continued subsidies to alternative energy sources “of greater harm to the environment such as coal and nuclear power,” said the communique.

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Eqtisadiah indicated that retalia­tion might include a restriction in multibillion-dollar plans to ex­pand production capacity to meet rising world oil demand and pre­vent shortages that send prices spiraling.

Starting with the Earth Summit in June 1992, Saudi Arabia has publicly and consistently ques­tioned taxing as a tool for combat­ting environmental problems like climatic change whose causes are not fully known.

The Gulf countries estimate that a proposed d$3-a-barrel carbon tax in the European Community would dent their oil revenues by $15 billion a year.

Mostrecently, just before Presi­dent Bill Clinton announced his own energy tax proposals, Saudi Oil Minister Hisham Nazer was in Houston, Texas where he de­cried what he called the growing “petrophobia” and said that while the “scientific jury is out, there is no need to rush into costly poli7 cies.”

Independent economists in the Gulf have been highlighting the frustrationfeltbyGulfproducers, already strapped with budget defi­cits since the oil boom days re­ceded in the 1980’s. The produc­ers see their customers trying to glean taxes from Gulf oil while at the same time discouraging oil consumption in the long term.

Four of the six GCC countries are ranking members of the Orga­nization of Petroleum Exporting Countries which in February or­dered slashes in individual output figures to firm up weak prices and bring them up to a targeted $21 a barrel.

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A bond of 15% of the total bid price must accompany the bid. This security may be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond made payable to MIHA. The bidder is required to submit with the proposal, a copy of business permit in compliance with the Contractor’s Registration and Licensing Law of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Specifications and Plans of the project are available at the MIHA Executive Director’s Office in Saipan on or after March 15, 1993. A non-refundable payment of $300.00 is required for each set of the Plans and Specifications. The project’s pre-bid conference will be held on March 26, 1993, at 10:00 a.m. at MIHA’s Office in Garapan.

Attention is called to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 which requires the provision of training and employment, and the awarding of contracts for work on the project, to low-income project area residents and business concerns. MIHA also notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this adver­tisement, minority and women’s business enterprises will be accorded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation.

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Li Peng backs capitalist-style reforms for China

By Dan Biers

BEIJING (AP) - Premier Li Peng on Monday gave a ringing en­dorsement for brisk economic growth fueled by capitalist-style reforms, saying nothing was more important to the world ’ s last great Communist nation.

“We must never allow ourselves to be distracted from economic development,” Li told the open­ing session of China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress.

“All other work must be subor­dinated to and serve that central task.” As Li’s work report shows, the 17-day congress will strongly endorse senior leader Deng Xiaoping’s call to deepen his market-style reforms, which led to blistering 12.8 percent growth of the economy last year.

The congress also will approve a new government line-up that will be dominated by members of the ruling Communist Party’s top body, the seven-member Polit­buro Standing Committee. For the first time, no old revolutionaries from the Mao Tse-tung era are expected in key govemmentposts.

The personnel reshuffle, to be unveiled at the end of the con­gress, has been widely expected to help ensure power will smoothly pass to a new generation of Communist officials once Deng, who is 88 and ailing, dies. The tone of Li’s speech was a far cry from his cautious annual work report last year when he suggested a modest 6 percent economic growth rate. This year, he said the average annual growthrate would

increase to 8 percent or 9 percent and acknowledged it may even exceed that rate.

Li, who is expected to receive another five-year term, still warned of the “constant threat of inflation,” a politically explosive issue which contributed to the dissatisfaction that led to the mas­sive 1989 pro-democracy protests. Li was among conservative lead­ers who called in the army to crush that movement.

He also acknowledged strains on China’s transportfacilities and shortages of energy, and he said the amount of bank credit had risen too fast. But Li did not suggest that those problems would force the government to sharply rein in the economy.

The premier, dressed in a con­servative dark business suit as he spoke in the Great Hall of the People, also denounced leftism, urging the country to combat egalitarianism by allowing some individuals to grow rich first. While the economy moves closer to the Western capitalist model, Li gave no indication that China is interested in political reform that would bring it closer to Westem-style democracies.

In the nationally televised speech, Li also:

Warned that China, the world’s mostpopulous nation with nearly 1.2 billion people, was in the midst of a baby boom. “It is more and more difficult for us to control population growth” with a market economy that encour­ages migrant work forces which are difficult to monitor.

Revolutionaries out of major posts in Beijing

By Dan Biers

BEUING (AP) - Members of the ruling Communist Party’s top body will dominate a new gov­ernment lineup that for the first time will not include old revolu­tionaries in key posts, an official report confirmed Sunday. The plan, to be unveiled at the 8th National People’s Congress be­ginning Monday, has been widely expected to help ensure power will smoothly pass to a new gen­eration of Communist officials once ailing senior leader Deng Xiaoping dies.

The English-language Beijing Review, in an unusually frank article, said President Yang Shangkun, 85, and congress Chairman Wan Li, 77, will step down after the 17-day congress. The official Xinhua News Agency later confirmed Li’s retirement.

Those posts, the premiership, and the chairmanships of the Central Military Commission and a national consultative body “are widely believed to be retained by the (seven) members of the Standing Committee of the Party Politburo,” it said.

Such a plan would mark a step backwardffomeffortsinthe 1980s to separate party and government.

While the magazine did not say who would fill the government posts, party General Secretary Jiang Zemin is expected to be named president, which would raise his profile and give him more opportunity to travel abroad. Premier Li Peng is expected to be given another five-year term, and another Standing Committee member, Qiao Shi, likely will re-

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BEIJING ( AP) - Premier Li Peng on Monday accused Britain of trying to create disorder in Hong Kong by unilaterally proposing political reforms before the colony is returned to China in 1997.

The proposal “is designed to create disorder and to impede the smooth transfer of power, so it is not a question of democracy,” Li said in his annual work report at the opening session of China’s legislature.

Li’s comments were the latest barrage in China’s incessant ver­bal attack on the political reform plan proposed by the British co­lonial governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten.

China’s Foreign Ministry and official m edia immediately

blasted Patten after he took a first step Friday toward submitting the reform plan to the local legisla­ture.

Patten’s move came after ef­forts to hold formal talks on the issue stumbled over what role Hong Kong officials should play in the decision-making process.

The impasse sent Hong Kong stocks plummeting late Friday and at the opening of trading Monday, andithas triggered fears that the power struggle between Britain and China could destabi­lize one of Asia’s leading finan­cial centers.

Beijing already has threatened to set up a “shadow government” for Hong Kong, and it could take other measures to undermine the

authority of the colonial govern­ment before the turnover.

Li said that China sought coop­eration instead of confrontation with Britain.

“But the Chinese government will never barter away principles,” he said. “The only solution for the British government is to change its course.”

Although Beijing has promised Hong Kong a high-degree of au­tonomy after the turnover, the Chinese reject Patten’s political reform package, fearing that de­mocracy in the colony would give ideas to mainland Chinese.

Patten’s package would expand the electorate for the local legisla­ture.

Continued from page 10place Wan as congress chairman.

The Xinhua report said Wan “bid farewell to the NPC top seat” Sunday at the first session of the 8th congress’ presidium.

“I have acomplished my task,” Xinhua quoted Wan as telling applauding presidium members before he left the hall to more applause. Qiao then presided over the rest of the meeting.

Top government leadership posts already have been decided by the Communist Party, and congress spokesman Zhou Jue confirmed Sunday that only the official candidates would be placed before the 2,978 deputies for approval.

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Just how far and fast the lead­ership is willing to go in switch­ing to a market economy will be detailed in Li’s report to the con­gress Monday.

The party newspaper, the People’s Daily, last week under­scored the importance of the re­forms in an editorial that said the “acid test of an official’s political quality, level of leadership and working ability” was commitment to China’s quick economic de­velopment.

Although a few people remain “nostalgic for the old economic pattern, with its low prices and high state subsidies,” the major­ity never want to turn back from Deng’s reforms, the Beijing Re­view said.

While China’s economy moves closer to the Western model, Zhou made clear that there would be no similar political reform.

“We will not introduce and de­velop the multiparty system or the parliamentary system like those of the West,” he said. “Nor will we copy the models of any other country.”

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In the Matter of the Petition for the Adoption of:BRYAN JOE OBALDO DELEON GUERRERO,

Minor,By RAMON A. DELEON GUERRERO and RHIA OBALDO DELEON GUERRERO,

Petitioners.

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1 GENERAL MANAGER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,500 per month.1 ASST. GENERAL MANAGER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 per month.1 CHIEF COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$900permonth. 1 ASST. CHIEF COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $700 per month.Contact: STRING STO N E ENT. INC. dba BISTRO TEI, Caller Box PPP 535, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-5417 (3/23)T/10723.

ACCOUNTANT1 ACCO UN TAN T-C ollege grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,200 per month.2 AUTOMATIVE SERVICE STATION MECHANIC - High school equlv., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $600 per month. Contact: F & J CASTRO CORPORA­TION dba CASTRO SERVICE STA­TION, P.O. Box 282, Saipan, MP 96950 (3/16)T/10629.

6 ACCOUNTANT -College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.20 per hour. Contact: PACIFIC GRO U P O F CO M ­PANIES, INC., Caller Box PPP 687, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-8391 (3/23)T/10715.

1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.20 per hour.2 TO UR (COORDINATORS) G UIDES - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.25 - $4.00 per hour.Contact: STS ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. Box3203, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-3760 to 62 (3/23JT/10721.

1 A CCO U NTANT-College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $900 per month.1 CASHIER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 - $3.70 per hour. 'Contact: M E IT E T S U S H O P P IN G CENTER, INC. dba M EITETSU MART, P.O. Box 38, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 2 3 4 -6 2 3 0 /6 4 5 8 /6 9 8 5 (3 /2 3 )T / 10711.

1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.24 - $5.45 per hour.Contact: MARIANAS V IS ITO RS DE­VELOPMENT, INC. dba M.V.D., P.O. Box 5192, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-2020/21 (3/23)T/10714.

1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $900 per month.1 AUTO BODY REPAIRER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $800 per month.Contact: SJ CORPORATION dba SJ AUTO REPAIR SHOP, P.O. Box 1962, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3977 (3/23)T/10725.

1 ACCOUNTANT - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $900 per month. Contact: NINO'S INC., P.O. Box 1808, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-9299 (3/23)T/4120.

ENTERTAINER1 COOK1 (REST.) W AITRESS - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.35 per hour.Contact: K.C. POONS dba POONS RESTAURANT, P.O. Box 1486, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6907 (3/23)T/ 10710.

1 BARTENDER 8 WAITRESS, N IGHT CLUB 1 DISC JOCKEY - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: M.S. DEVELOPM ENT CORP. dba H E P IN G R E S T A U R A N T & NIGHTCLDUB, Caller Box AAA 123, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-0365 (3/23JT/10709.

10 W AITRESS, N IG H T CLUB - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.35 - $3.22 per hour.Contact: GH ENTERPRISESdba CLUB CHERRIES KARAOKE, Caller Box PPP 687, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 8391 (3/23)T/10716.

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1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 /rs.experience. Salary$2.15perhour. Contact: LEONARDO G. REYLES dba REYLES ENT., P.O. Box 2251, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-1780 (3/23)T/ 4114.

1 ELECTRICIAN - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 perhour. Contact: QUEZADA CONSTRUCTION, P.O. Box 1038, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8576 (3/16)T /10627.

MECHANIC2 ELECTRONIC MECHANIC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 per hour.Contact: AUSAKO'S TRADING CO. LTD., P.O. Box 2273, Chalan Laulau, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8400 (3/16)T/10630.

2 AUTO MECHANIC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $500 per month.

. Contact: MARIANAS RENTAL COR­P O R A TIO N dba N A T IO N A L CAR RENTAL/NIPPON RENT-A-CAR, P.O. Box 562, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-8338/7259/7310 (3/16)T/4085.

ENGINEER1 PROJECTENGINEER-Collegegrad., 2yrs.experience. Salary$1,000-$1,700 per month.1 (C O N S T R U C T IO N ) E N G IN E E R , CIV IL- College grad., 2yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 - $1,500 per month.3 MASONS - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.45 per hour.Contact: TUR NER PACIFIC CORPO­R ATIO N dba C O N S T R U C T IO N & PROPERTYDEVELOPMENT.P.O. Box . 1277, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322- 2006/7 (3/16)T/10628.

MISCELLANEOUS3 MAINTENANCE WORKERS 1 V E H IC L E M A IN T E N A N C E M E ­CHANIC1 COOK (STAFF D IN ING )-H igh school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.50 per hour.1 HOUSEKEEPING, CLEANER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 -$ 2 .4 0 per hour.1 COOK SUPERVISO R (WESTERN FOOD) - High school grad., 2 yrs. expe­rience. Salary $500 - $800 per month. Contact: DIAMOND HOTEL CO., LTD. dba SAIPAN DIAMOND HOTEL, P.O. Box 66, Susupe, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-5900 Ext. 265 (3/16)T/ 4075.

1 M AINTENANCE REPAIRER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $ 2 .1 5 -$ 2 .5 0 perhour.Contact: JOCELYN N. GATBONTON dba BELYN'S ENTERPRISES, Caller Box PPP 425, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-5288 (3/23)T/10712.

1 HO USEW O RKER-High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: ERNESTO M. CASTILLANO dba EGMC ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 651, San Jose Village, Saipan, MP 96950,Tel. No. 235-1057(3/23)T/10719.

1 A D M IN IS TR ATIV E A SS IS TA N T - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $4.65 per hour.Contact: SAIPAN ICE INC., P.O. Box 1808, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322- 9299 (3/23)T/4119.

1 LAUNDRY W ORKER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 - $4.00 per hour.Contact: TR O PIC A L "LAUNDRY & LINEN SUPPLY CO., LTD., P.O. Box 540 CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-3077 (3/16)T/4081.

1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILD­ING - High school grad., 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary $2.45 per hour.1 BAGGER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.50 per hour. Contact: S IX -T E N C O N V E N IE N T STORE INC., P. O. Box 13, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6671 (3/23)T/10720.

1 PHYSICALTHERAPIST-High school grad. 2 yrs. experience. Salary: $2.15 per hour.Contact: M ICRO ASEAN CORP. dba VIP ROYALE HEALTH CENTER, Caller Box PPP 608, Saipan, MP 96950. (3/ 23)T._______________________________

1 DRESSM A KER-H igh school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 - $2.50 per hour.Contact: GOLDEN ENTERPRISESdba C O N S TR U C TIO N , A U T O S H O P & DRESS SHOP, P.O. Box 2372, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3267 (3/23)T/ 10724.

CLASSIFIED ADS NEW1 GENERALMANAGER-College grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,500 per month.1 IM PORT/EXPORT AGENT - College grad., 2yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 per month.Contact: M.S. DEVELOPMENT dba HELPING RESTAURANT, Caller Box 123, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 0365 (3/30)T/10808. _______

1 ACCOUNTANT -College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.20 - $12.90 per hour.Contact: A-1 CONSULTANCY, P.O. Box 941, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-8071 (3/30)T/10772.

1 ACCO UN TANT-College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.20 per hour. Contact: MBV CORPORATION, P.O. Box 2452, Garapan, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-2712 (3/30)T/10Q04.

1 ACCOUNTANT (CPA) -College grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $5.20 - $8.65 per hour.Contact: U N IT E D M IC R O N E S IADEVLOPM ENT ASSOCIATION, INC. dba UMDA, P.O. Box5235, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-9253/9388 (3/30)T/ 4253.

1 TOUR COO R DINATO R - College grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $1,000 per month.Contact: C R E A T IV E T O U R SMICRONESIA, INC., c/o Hotel Nlkko, P.O. Box 5152, CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-7417(3/30)T/10813.

2 GAS ATTENDANT - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.25 per hour.Contact: JOAQUIN LG. SABLAN dba SHELL DANDAN SERVICE STATION, P.O. Box 542, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel.

. No. (3/30)T/10803.__________________

4 DANCERS - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: MORE M ONEY INC. dba LITTLE SAIGON KARAOKECLUB, P.O. Box 877, Saipan, MP 96950 (3/30)T/ 1082._______________________________DELIVERY-ROUTE TRUCK DRIVER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: GLOBAL ENTERPRISES INC. dba DIAMOND ICE, P.O. Box 146 CHRB Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-5922 (3/20JT/10801.

1 SUPERVISOR1 BICYCLE (MOPED) RENTAL CLERK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $4.00 per hour.Contact: ALFONSO R. DELA CRUZ dba FM 2, P.O. Box 2617, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 233-7061 (3/30)T/10806.

1 M AINTENANCE W ORKER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 per hour.1 MAINTENANCE MECHANIC - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: ISLAND BOTTLING COM ­PANY, INC., P.O. Box 266, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 322-2653 (3/30)T/10771.

2 MASON2 CARPENTER 1 ELECTRICIAN1 PLUMBER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: JUAN P. T E N O R IO dba MORGEN ENT., P.O. Box 925, Saipan, MP 96950 (3/30)T/10797.

2 PLUMBER2 ELECTRICIAN3 CARPENTER - High school grad., 2 yrs.experience. S alary$ 2 .1 5 perhour. Contact: RONALD D. SABLAN dba JR'S C O N S TR U C TIO N COM PANY, P.O. Box 2164, CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-6796 (3/30)T/10815.

1 COOK - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: FAR EASTERN GENERAL MERCHANDISE INC. dba DIAMOND CHINESE RESTAURANT, P.O. Box 1147, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- 8188 (3/30)T/10814.

5 HOUSEW ORKER 5 JANITOR - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour. Contact: ARELCIE SERVICES, INC. P.O. Box 3052 PR 337, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-5009 (3/30)T/10800.

1 C O M M E R CIAL CLEANER - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: CHONG S. GAFFNEY dba HOLLYW OOD VIDEO/BFB COLLEC­TIO N, P.O. Box 2214, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 256-1254 (3/30)T/10811.

1 W ELDER, CO M BINATIO N - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.55 per hour.1 W ELDER, CO M BINATION - High school grad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: CAM ILO A. ORALLO dba UNIVERSAL IRON W ORKS, P.O. Box 1751, Gualo Ral, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234-3701 (3/30)T/10817.

8 OVERLOOKING SEW ING MACHINE OPERATOR5 SINGLE NEEDLE (CHAINSTICH MA­CHINE) O PERATO R- High school grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary $2.15 per hour.Contact: UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, P.O. Box 689, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-6888/7888 (3/ 30)T/10799.

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JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) wishes to announce the following job vacancies:

1. Administrative - Training Coordinator

2. (2) Radio Operator-W eather Observer (For Saipan A irport Advisory Station)

3. (2) Field M aintenance W orkers (For Saipan A irport Operations)

Application forms are available on the 2nd Floor, Arrival Building of the Saipan International Air­port. The dateline for submission of applications is" on March 19, 1993 at 4:30' p.m. For more information, please contact CPA at: 234-8315-6- 7.9 *_________________________________ ·_______ ;____________________________________3/10 lo If (00*123)

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YOUR BIRTHDAYBy Stella Wilder

Born today, you have been endowed with high ideals, grand ambitions, and the ability to accomplish almost any­thing you decide to do. You never turn away from a challenge, but seem in' fact to light up when you are faced with an unexpected difficulty of any kind. You go about your business in a private manner, yet always with a great deal of focus and energy, you are likely to rise quickly through the ranks and enjoy the success you desire, even at an early age.

You are usually jovial, friendly, fun- loving, and generous, but there are times in which you become so focused on yourself and your own affairs that you virtually ignore those around you. It is rare for these periods to last any real length of time, but your friends and loved ones nevertheless feel the effects of them.

A ieo born on this d ate are: Jam es Madison, U.S. president; Jerry Lewis, actor and com ic; Erik Estrada, actor.

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

W EDNESDAY, M ARCH 17

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You must tend to details and be sure you don’t miss anything before the time comes to spring into action.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Op­portunities abound today, but you must know where to look for them. A career boost is just around the corner.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Your values may come under fire to­day — from those who are themselves suspect. You needn’t take this threat seriously.

GEMINI (May 21-Jnne 20) - A major decision must be made today, and will surely affect those around you as well as yourself for some time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - You’re likely to feel very suddenly as though you’re on top of a situation which had you beaten in the recent past.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Your magnetism will serve you well, but will win you only so much. You must be willing to put in an ertra effort.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - The pressure at home may be building, but you know how to defuse a potentially explosive situation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — This is a good day for letting go of excess bag­gage. You needn’t carry around past

mistakes with you any further.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - You

don’t want to attract too much atten­tion at this time. Stay in the back­ground; assert yourself in subtle ways.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You can be quite persuasive, but to­day you must let loved ones make their own mistakes. You can help a lit­tle later.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - A romantic risk may have to be taken today before you will be able to enjoy the fulfillment of your true potential.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Emotional issues are likely to demand attention throughout the day. Don’t shy away from issues which are personal.

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DATE BOOKMarch 16, 1993

Today is the 75th day o f 1993 and the 86th day o f winter.

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IOC seeks Atlanta assurances for ’96

By Stephen Wilson

ATLANTA (AP) - Billy Payne has a message for the International Olympic Committee: don’t worry.

IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and other officials have expressed unease over Atlanta’s state of preparations for the 1996 Summer games. The IOC executive board, meeting in At­lanta this week for the first time since the city was awarded the Games in 1990, will press for as­surances that planning and con­struction are not falling behind schedule.

Payne, president of the Atlanta Committee for theOlympic Games, said he will be ready to remove any doubts whenhe reports to the board on Monday. “We will assure them that our construction schedule is right on time,” he said. “And we will seek to reassure them that the American system of debate and dialogue is healthy and is not a threat to our ability to organize the Games.”

Payne and the IOC are relieved thatagreementwasfmallyreached last week for construction of an 85,000-seat Olympic stadium in south Atlanta. The proposal for the stadium, which will be con­verted into a ballpark for the At­lanta Braves US Major League Baseball club, had drawn opposi­tion in the predominatly-black neighborhoods surrounding the site.

Payne said he would tell IOC leaders that the stadium debate was a natural part of the political process and would not delay plans for groundbreaking in May.

“Some have seen this healthy debate as demonstrative of de­lay,” Payne said. “We will have to re-establish the sanctity and the credibility of our scheduling pro­cess, which is totally unchanged. There may be some misconcep­tions about that, but w e’ll straighten those out.”

Although the stadium contro­versy appeared to expose divi­sions within the community over the direction of Olympic plan­ning, Payne said disagreements were only natural.

“Of course there are difficulties,” he said in an interview. “Of course we fuss and fighL That’s really the

Atlanta style. And yet we come together. After seemingly hope­less negative debate, the stadium was approved 6-1 (by Fulton County commissioners). We ’re not ashamed of that, nor are we bowed and broken because of it. We’re proud of iL This is America. It’s the way we do things.”

Payne will also update the IOC on the financial aspects of organiz­ing the $1.47 billion Games.

“We consider ourselves further ahead, both in terms of raising money and in terms of technical planning, than any other organiz­ing committee has ever been at this stage,’’hesaid. “Wehope to achieve (the IOC’s) affirmation of that.”

Payne acknowledged that cor­porate sponsorships, which sell at $40 million apiece, have not come as quickly as he had originally ex­pected. So far, four US sponsors - out of a hoped-for 12 - have signed up. But Payne

said he was not concerned. “Corporate Americahas stepped

up to the line and they’re continu­ing to do so,” he said. “Our finan­cial plan is not impacted nega­tively.”

Payne said he was confident that Atlanta would receive record rev-«· enues from the sale of television rights. The European rights have already soldfor$250million, while negotiationsforthesaleofUS rights are scheduled to be completed by the end of July.

Payne said he was reluctant to predict how the figure will com­pare with the $401 million paid by the net work NBC for the B arcelona Olympics.

“I don’t know if they’ll pay ‘x ’ or not,” he said. “But what they’ll pay will comfortably match our financial plans and expectations.”

On other issues, Payne said he didn ’t expect to decide before Sep­tember whether to accept propos­als to include women’s soccer and beach (two-man) volleball on the Atlanta program. Samaranch and other officials have expressed support for both disciplines, but Payne saidhe wouldn’t be rushed into a decision.

“We’re going to make up our own mind on these two disci­plines,” he said. “We’re not in a position to have something forced on us right now._____________

Disinterested.. ̂ continued from page 16ments this year, and he’s part owner of a casino boat on the Mississippi River near his home­town of Belleville, III.

“I just don’t feel like playing lhatmuch anymore,’’hesaid. “I ’m enjoying spending more time at home and on away-from-tennis activities.” The weather was chilly, but much improved over Saturday, when all 54 matches had to be postponed because of high winds.

“Compared to Saturday, it was beautiful,” top seed Steffi Graf said after winning her second round match in straight sets, beat­ing Chanda Rubin 6-2,6-1.

Jennifer Capriati and defend­

ing champion Arantxa Sanchez Vicario also advanced easily to the third round.

Capriati, seeded fourth, de­feated Ines Gorrochategui of Ar­gentina 6-1, 6-0 and Sánchez- Vicario beat Rosalyn Fairbank- Nideffer 6-3, 6-1.

Gigi Fernandez defeated An­gelica Gavaldon of Mexico 6-2, 7-5, and Lori McNeil ousted Shaun Stafford 6-4, 6-1.

No. 10 seed Magdalena Maleeva withdrew prior to her first match because of a tooth infection.

In other men’s play, Patrick McEnroe upset No. 6 seed Goran Ivanisevic 6-3,6-3.

Vorapin retains crownBANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand’s Rattanaphol Sor Vorapin knocked out Indonesia’s Nicolas Thomas in the seventh round Sunday and retained his International Boxing Federation mini-fly- weight crown.

The 19-year-old Thai downed his 26-year-old oppo­nent with a left jab to the mid­riff 31 seconds into the sev­enth of 12 scheduled rounds. The lOthnranked Thomas crumpled to his knees, and Australian referee Billy Mails ended the fight.

Rattanaphol, fighting in an open-air arena at a military camp in his hometown, the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima, was much more aggressive than his foe. By the fourth round, he was pummel- ing Thomas, who at 102 pounds (46.4 kilograms) was three pounds (1.4 kilograms) lighter.

Thomas seemed to abandon his defensive strategy after a below-the-belt punch near the end of the fourth round doubled him over, and drew Rattanaphol a warning.

Carbajal keeps DBF title, wins WBC too

By Ed Schuyler Jr.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Michael Carbajal weighs 48 kilograms (107 pounds). Saturday night, he was a giant.

And he had to be to beat Humberto Gonzalez in a seven- round war that had a crowd of about 6,400 at the Hilton Center screaming themselves hoarse from the opening bell to the wild finale.

Carbajal had been knocked down twice by Gonzalez, «48.3 kilos (107 1-2), and appeared to be on the verge of losing his light flyweight title. Then, Carbajal hurt Gonzalez badly about midway through the seventh round and then knocked him out with a right and left hook to the head with one second remaining in the round.

“I wasn’t worried,” Carbajal said. “I was confident. I got knocked down twice but I knew he couldn’t knock me out.

“I ’m a real champion. I get up. I knock him down.”

As referee Mills Lane counted out Gonzalez, Carbajal stomped his foot in triumph and then shouted at the top of his lungs when his victory became official.

“I caught him with the hook,” he said, “and I said, ‘Bye-bye. Good night.” Carbajal not only kept his IB F share of the 48.6-kilo (108-pound) title. He also won the WBC championship.

The fightfollowed an impresive performance by Oscar de la Hoya, the only US.boxing gold medal winner at the 1992 Olympics.

De la Hoya was supposed to go to school for eight rounds but he dismissed class early, knocking down veteran Jeff Mayweather with a left hook to the head and stopping him at 1:35 of the fourth round.

De la Hoya, who weighed 134, one pound less than the light­weight limit, is 5-0, all by knock­out.

“I think he has what it takes to become a world champion,” said the 28-year-old Mayweather, who weighed 135. “He’s a little better than I am. That’s for sure.”

May weather’s record is 23-3-2 with six knockouts.

“I was a bit worried about his record and I was more nervous than usual,” de la Hoya said.

The fans, however, did not leave the arena talking about de la Hoya. They left talking about the battle of giants for the light flyweight title.

Carbajal, 28-0 with 16 knock­outs, was knocked down at 2:30 of the second round by a right and left hook to the head. It was the first time he had ever been down in his career, amateur or pro. Gonzalez was cut over the left eye in the round.

Carbajal rallied in the third and fourth rounds markedby toe-to-toe exchanges.

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S P O R T S __________________Kasparov captures Linares titleLINARES, Spain (AP) - World champion Garry Kasparov de­feated American Gata Kamsky in 35 moves Sunday to win the Linares International Chess Tour­nament.

The 29-year-oldRussian, play­ing white, finished with 10 points in the tournament, winning $8,000 after taxes. A player receives one point for a victory and a half point for a draw.

Fellow Russian and former world champion Anatoly Karpov

finished second, with 8.5 points.The 13-round tournament,

which began Feb. 22, featured 14 of the world’s top players.

Final results Sunday from the 13th round of the Linares Interna­tional Chess Tournament (Those playing white listed first; Players receive one point for a victory and a half point for a draw):

Valery Salov, Spain, drew with Visuanathan Anand, India, in 27 moves.

JanTimman, Netherlands, lost

to Alexander Beljavsky, Ukraine, in 37 moves.

Garry Kasparov, Russia, de­feated Gata Kamsky, United States, in 35 moves. Artur Yusupov, Rus­sia, drew with Alexi Shirov, Latvia, in 42 moves.

Evgeny Bareev, Russia, drew with Anatoly Karpov, Russia, in 43 moves.

Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Yugosla­via, drew with Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraine, in 47 moves.

Valdimir Kramnik, Ukraine, de­

feated Boris Gelfand, Belarus, in 53 moves. Final Standings

Garry Kasparov, Russia, 10 points

Anatoly Karpov, Russia, 8.5 points

Visuanathan Anand, India,8.5 points

Alexi Shirov, Latvia, 8.0 points

Vladimir Kramnik, Russia,7.5 points

Valery Salov, Spain, 6.5 points

Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraine,6.5 points

A lex an d er B e ljav sky , Ukraine, 6.0 points

Gata Kamsky, United States,5.5 points

Evgeny Bareev, Russia, 5.5 points

Artur Yusupov, Russia, 5.0. points

Jan Timman, Netherlands,5.0 points

Boris Gelfand, Belarus, 4.5 points

Reynolds gets relief from 400-meter gold

By Richard Keil into the homestretch, breaking- for the pole at the 200-meter

TORONTO (AP) - After blast- mark. He was third, behind Sun-ing around the track at the day Bada of Nigeria and DarrenWorld Indoor Championships , Clark of Australia.Butch Reynolds wanted to sa- . Reynolds had reached the vor the gold medal he has half-way mark in a swift 21.3waited so long to win, as far as seconds, but, because of his po-possible from the politics and sition, knew he would have topressure that bear down so in- run further - in lane 2 - if hecdssantly on his life. wanted a chance for the gold.

So after winning the 400- No matter - he pulled up onmeter ran in 45.25 seconds - a Bada’sshoulderatthe300mark,meet record and the second- pulled even with him on finalfastestin the world this winter . tum,and gradually pulled away - Reynolds walked slowly on the straightaway. He ranaround the steeply banked200- through the tape with his armsmeter oval at the SkyDome, wind-milling in joy, with Badawaving in appreciation to a taking silver and Clark thecrowd that was cheering his bronze,every step. “The guy from Nigeria gets

“I feel relieved ,” said out fast, and I tried to be him toReynolds, who has gained as the break, but he was too fast,”much attention for his lengthy Reynolds said. “But the last 50.. battle with track’s governing meters or so, I’m stronger thanbody as he has for his prowess anyone. Ijust tried to stay close.”on the track. “I felt good, very Perhaps another reason hegood. And I appreciated it, be- lingered so long on the trackcause in Canada and every- because it is there, and onlywhere I went in Europe, they there, that he can escape thehave applauded me.” political battles and the struggle

A year ago, Reynolds was a for athletes’ rights that hislonely man who needed every straggle against the IAAF hasclap of support he could find, come to represent,suffering through the end of a Afterwards, he seemedtwo-year suspension after test weary of the fight to clear hising positive for steroids at a name,meet in Monte Carlo during “I have made my statements, August 1990. and I have proved myself on

He fought the ban, saying the track”Reynolds said. “This .the test had been botched, but is a very hard, a very difficultthelntemational Amateur Ath- situation, taking oh the posi-letic Federation refused to re- tion of being a leader, takingconsider. Victories in court on politics.”earning Reynolds the right to Of his negotiations with therun in last year's US Olympic IAAF, Reynolds sounded moreTrials and awarding him $27.3 conciliatory than he has inmillionindamagesmeantnoth- months,ing as he settled ino his starting ‘The time has come for theblocks in lane 5 on Sunday. IAAF and my team to come to

All he had been fighting f6r, a mutual understanding,”after all, was a chance to prove Reynolds said. “They need tohimself on the track. understand that I am not going

Reynolds exploded at the gun, anywhere, and I know they’resprinting around the oval and not going anywhere.”

JA PA N E SE children p lay tug o f w ar during athletic m e e t a t the Am erican M em orial P ark Saturday. The event is part o f the activities conducted during the annual gathering o f the 3 0 0 Japanese residents in the CNM i.

Detroit Pistons beat Chicago Bulls 101-99

Disinterested Connors loses Lipton match

By Steven Wine

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - Qualifier David Engel of Sweden took advantage of an admitted disinterested Jimmy Connors on Sunday, beating 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Lipton Champi­onships.

Such a defeat might have trig­gered a temper tantrum from a youngerConnors, but he shrugged off this loss.

“I showed up, that’s what went wrong,’’saidConnors, 40. “Idon’t play enough anymore to keep my game sharp enough to just walk out there and play.”

The winner of eight Grand Slams has split his six matches in three tournaments this year. He decided to enter Lipton only be­cause a commitment with a Euro­pean jean company brought him to South Florida.

Other ventures also require Connors’ time. He’s planning a tennis circuit for players 35 and older that will hold three touma-

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By The Associated Press

JOE DUMARS scored 27 points andpassed the 10,000 mark for his career as the Detroit Pis­tons beat the Chicago Bulls 101- 99 Sunday.

Chicago, playing without in­jured starters John Paxson, Horace Grant and Bill Cartwright, nearly overcame a 14-point third-quar­ter deficit.

With the scored tid at 95, Alvin Robertson gave Detroit a two- point lead. The Piston’s Isiah Thomas and B.J. Armstrong of Chicago each hit a pair of free throws to make it 99-97 with 1:48 left. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen each missed jumpers in the final minute.

Clippers 124, Timberwolves 107

In Minneapolis, Ron Harper scored 25 points as the Clippers extended their winning streak over M innesota to 10. The Timberwolves haven’t beaten the Clippers since Dec. 11,1990.

Los Angeles, which evened its record at 31-31, easily beat Min­

nesota for the second time in three days and completed a four-game season sweep of the Timberwolves, who have the sec­ond-worst record in the NBA at 14-45. Clippers coach Larry Brown moved into 20th place on the NBA career victory list at 424-332, including 54-43 with Los Angeles.

Knicks 121, Pacers 90In New York, John Starks had

31 points and 10 assists and Patrick Ewing scored 29 points on 10- for-12 shooting as the New York Knicks coasted to their 11th con­secutive home victory.

The Knicks, who moved a game ahead of Chicago in the Eastern Conference, also won their sixth straight game overall and handed the Pacers their ninth consecutive road loss. The game originally was scheduled for Saturday night, but a blizzard forced postpone­ment for one day.

Detlef Schrempf and Reggie Miller scored 19 points each for the Pacers, but Miller was ejected with two technicals in the third quarter.

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