Seiberfing subcommittee sefs final Compact bearingH3IONIA, Pohnpei - U.S. House

Public lands and National ParksChairman John F. Seiberling ofOhio announced that his subcom-mittee is scheduled to completehearings March 19 and vote on theCompact of Free Association thisspring, according to a Feb. 1 In-terior Committee press release.The March 19 hearing will be

the fourth scheduled by the Int-̂erior subcommittee this year -an4will be for FSM witnesses, acooE-ding to the release.

The composition of the FSM del-egation "is under consideration,"according to Status Commissionlegal counsel Greg Swartz."The House Foreign Affairs Com-

mittee indicated that it willcomplete action on the Compact nolater than April 28," Swartzsaid, adding, "I don't think theSenate (Energy and Natural Res-ources Contnittee) will hold morehearings."The Senate committee held one

hearing in May, 1984, which was

addressed by FSM President TosiwoNakayama, and reported the resol-ution to approve the Compact tothe full Senate for a vote whichdid not take place before the U.S. Congress adjourned for elect-ion campaigns in October.

lire Seiberling subcommitteeheld a series of 10 hearings andthe House Foreign Affairs Ccranit-tee held one hearing in 1984.The Reagan administration is

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The National UnionAN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE PEOPLE AND TH£ S T A T E S OF THE f E OE H A T E D S T A T E S Of MICRONESIA

Volume 6 Kolonia, Pohnpei, February 15, 1985 Number 3

PresidentUrgesEDLF TransferHDIDNIA, Pohnpei - President

Tosiwo Nakayama said that hisadministration will continue tosupport the FSM Development Bankand seek the transfer of itsshare of the Trust Territory Eco-nomic Development Loan Fund, dur-ing the opening session of theFeb. 11-16 Small Enterprise Dev-elopment and Financing Workshopin the Congress chamber here.The Development Bank is con-

sidering diversifying its activi-ties, including getting into com-mercial banking, according to itsboard chairman, Truk State Res-ources and Development DirectorRedley Killion.

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.I .iDDRESSES CEVEIOPMENT BANK WORKSEOP - PresiocSit Itosiwo Na-kayama, center, is addressing the opening session Feb. 11 of the FSMDevelopment Bank Small Enterprise Development and Financing Workshopfor FSMDB and state resources and development personnel in the Cong-ress chamber. FSMDB Acting President Manny Mori is seated left andFSMDB Board Chairman Redley Killion, who is the Truk State Resourcesand Development director, right.

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KDIDNIA, Pohnpei - Former StateHousing Authority Executive Dir-ector Johnny P. David was swornin as the second elected Pohnpeilieutenant governor, Feb. 1 inthe legislature chamber here.The afternoon ceremony followed

a State-of-the-State Message del-ivered in the morning by Gov. Re-sio Moses to the legislature.David, 48, in his first camp-

aign for elected office defeated

FSM Education Chief Daro Vfeitalin a Jan. 18 runoff race, afterrunning second to Vfeital in afield of eight candidates in theDec. 21 special election to repl-ace Lt. Gov. Strik Yota, who wasfound dead Sept. 2 in a Honoluluhotel.He was sworn in by Pohnpei Sup-

reme Court Chief Justice Edwel

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HDIONIA, Pohnpei - Gov. ResioMoses cited progress in the deve-lopment of Pohnpei's utilitiesand roads and urged the state le-gislature to act on his govern-ment reorganization • proposal Feb.1 during his State-of-the-StateMassage, marking the completionof almost two years in office.Moses, who took office May 1,

1983, said, "I had hoped to beable to stand here today and say,'We have water 24 hours a day,our power outages are over andthe road around the island iscompleted.'"What I can say to you, in-

stead, is that we are making pro-gress in these areas," he said,citing "stable water hours" andcontinuous chlorine treatment forthe Kblonia area and stating thathe signed a $2,057,000 contractin December with President TosiwoNakayaina to upgrade the Kbloniawater system.Moses said the problem of power

outages "will be over when a newpower plant at Dekehtik is opera-ting with new generators," sched-uled to be installed at the endof this year.Noting that the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers is scheduled tostart construction this year on ahydroelectric plant on the NanpilRiver and that funds for hydroel-ectric development on the Lehn-mesi River will be included inthe fiscal 1986 capital improve-ment projects budget request, heasked the legislature to author-ize him to incur a loan for powerline distribution around the is-land.The circumfrenti al road • is al-

most completed and $1.95 millionin fiscal 1985 CIP funds is avai-lable for bridges and culverts,Moses said.He said that a technical task

force was created to assist themunicipal governments in writingtheir development plans and "byOct. 1, 1985, we hope to have 11mini-plans completed, all in linewith the development goals andobjectives as identified in thePohnpei state and FSM-̂ wide plans."Another task force is looking

into the feasibility of trans-fering to the private sector cer-tain government functions, suchas plumbing, equipment rental,its machine shop, Micro Glory(field trip ship) operation, rockquarrying and garbage disposal,Moses said.Another task force has almost

completed work on a unified gov-ernment salary schedule, and itis recommending that the currentpublic emplo-ees1 minimum wage beincreased from $1.35 to $1.50 an

GOVERtDR DELIVERS STATE-OF-THE-STAIE MESSAGE - Gov. Resio Moses,cond from right, is delivering his State-of-the-State Message, Feb.1, in the Pohnpei State Legislature chamber, citing progress in thedevelopment of utilities and roads. From left are Legislature Spea-ker Salter Etse, State Supreme Court Chief Justice Edwel Santos, ;Mo-ses and Lt. Gov.-elect Johnny David.

hour, he said.Regarding health care, he said

the leprosy and tuberculosistreatment programs are well und-erway and the state "will standto benefit from the FSM-Pacificarea iredical school to be estab-lished in Pohnpei this year."Head Start and private pre-

school experiments have demon-strated the need for preschooleducation which the Education De-partment will attempt to providein all comnunities, the governorsaid.An elementary school consolida-

tion program will be implementedupon completion of the circum-frential road, PICS high schoolis being renovated with fiscal1984 enhanced operations andmaintenance funds and funds for asecond high school will be in-cluded, again, in the fiscal 1986CIP budget request, or under theCompact of Free Association, hesaid.Airport development includes

$1.2 million in fiscal 1985 forconstruction, scheduled to beginthis month, of a terminal andrunway improvements at PohnpeiInternational Airport; work onthe Mokil airstrip, which the le-gislature was Jted to fund, andfiscal 1986 CIP budget requestsfor outer islands airports in Nu-kuoro, Ngatik and Kapingamarangi,Moses said.Other CIP proposals for fiscal

1986 funding cited by Moses are aPohnpei State House to house theexecutive branch and circumfren-tial road upgrading and pavementwith the designation of the Sok-ehs Island road as part of thesystem for its immediate develop-ment.The fiscal 1984 budget deficit

of more than $1 million incurredby the state was attributed tounder-budgeting by $785,000 forutility production, overappropriating revenues by$667,000 and a $260,000 deficitat the beginning of the year bythe governor who said he expectedimprovements in the budgetdevelopment process and revenuecollections this year.

The governor urged thelegislature to act on his fiscal1985 budget request as soon aspossible, and said he would calla special session to considerrestructuring the government asrequired by the stateconstitution which went intoeffect Nov. 8, as scon as hisreorganization plan is completed.Other CIP proposals for fiscal

1986 funding indicated by Mosesare: A Pohnpei State House tohouse the executive branch andcircumfrential road upgrading andpavement with the designation ofthe Sokehs Island road as part ofthe system for its immediatedevelopment.

David sworn in »v Poftnpei, Irwfc senators challengedAs It. governor(Continued from Page 1).Santos during an inaurugaticn ce-remony attended by ESM PresidentTosiwo Nakayaira, Vice PresidentBailey Olter and Supreme CourtChief Justice Edward King. Thegovernor and nannwarkis JohnnyMoses of Uh municipality and Ben-ito Peter of Kitti addressed theceremony.In a brief inaugural address,

David premised to "work with theother branches of the state gov-ernment, as wall as the ESM nat-ional government...for the bene-fit of the people of Pohnpeistate."Born Aug. 21, 1937, in Kitti,

David is a 1956 graduate of theformer Pacific Islands CentralSchool (PICS) in Truk who attend-ed the University of Hawaii inHonolulu and the Community Col-lege of Micronesia here, in addi-tion to a number of training pro-grams sponsored by the Trust Ter-ritory government.He entered public service in

1956 as a clerk at the PonapeDistrict Hospital which he leftin 1966 to became Kitti Cooperat-ive Association business manageruntil 1969 when he became an ele-mentary teacher and later a prin-cipal and supervisor in Kitti.He hpramp executive director in

1978 of the Pohnpei State HousingAuthority which provides loans toinmi residences in the absenceof commercial bank housing loans.David is married to the former

Elprihte Jonathan of Kitti andthey have nine children.The governor in his mid-morning

State-of-the-State Message form-ally introduced David and saidthat he was pleased with the ac-complishments of the housing au-thority under David and that he"will be nominating a person tothis agency whose instructionwill be to follow the model esta-blished by the previous directorand also to further add necessaryrefinements to the program."

5 chosen for Job Corps .LEW, Kosrae - Five Kbsraeans

chosen from 90 applicants for1985 Job Corps training in Hawaiiinclude T-ifciaksa Freddy, Lelu,commercial fishing; Anson George,Malem, and Felix Sigrah, Lelu,plumbing, and Noritacn Saimon,Tafunsak, and Joeharty Joel, Ut-we, air conditioning, accordingto a Kosrae State InformationOffice release.

HDLONIA, Pohnpei - The threePohnpei incumbent ESM Congressmembers up for reelecticn and twoof five Truk incumbents are beingchallenged in the March 5 cong-ressional elections, according toMicronesian Affairs Deputy ChiefGabriel Ayin.Freshmen Senators Isaac Figir

of Yap, Claude Phillip of Kosraeand Tony Otto of Truk and three—term Senators Raymond Setik andKalisto Refalopei, both of Truk,are unopposed.Mine candidates filed petitions

with the Pohnpei national elect-ion catmissioner by the Feb. 3deadline, including:Congress Speaker Bethwel Henry

and Koffer Sohs of Sokehs in Dis-trict 1.Senator Kl.ias Thomas and Wagner

Lorence, State Ocnnunity Develop-ment director and a ' Kitti Munici-pal Councilman, in District 2.Senator Peter Christian, ESM

Training Chief Paul Gallen, Com-munity College of Micronesia Con-tinuing Bcucation Center DirectorOliver Joseph and Uh farmer Fran-cisco Marques in District 3.In Truk, Senator Sasao Gouland

is challenged by State PublicWorks Deputy Director Nick Bossyin District 2 and Senator JackFritz by Truk Community ActionExecutive Director Israel Dohichin District 3.Christian is chairman of the

Health, Education and Social Af-fairs Committee; Gouland, the Re-sources and Development Cattmit-

tee; Fritz, the Judiciary and Go-vernment Operations Committee.Unopposed chairmen are Figir,

External Affairs, and Setik, Waysand Means.The elections are for 10 seats

with two-year terms in the Fourth •FSM Congress which will hold itsfirst regular session in May.. Four Congress members havefour-year terms which will end in1987. They are Vice Speaker JoabSigrah, Kosrae; Floor Leader John 'Haglelgam, Yap; Pedro Harris,Pohnpei, and Koichi Sana, Truk.

Ship training heldKOIONIA, Pohnpei - Some 120 ESM

seamen completed shipboard safetyand emergency procedures trainingprovided by the U.S. Coast Guardon field trip ships, October-Dec-ember, in Truk, Yap and Pohnpei,according to national Sea Trans-portation Systems Officer Matth-ias Ewarmai.The training sponsored by the

Trust Territory government andconducted by personnel from the14th Coast Guard District in Hon-olulu included fire drills, as-signment of crew and equipmentduring disasters, first aid,steering casualty, damage cont-rol, man overboard and abandoningship.Crews from the MS Caroline Is-

lands and Micro Glory in Pohnpei,Micro Trader and Micro Dawn inTruk and Micro Spirit in Yap par-ticipated.

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JOB1XK DAVID SW3RN IN AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - Former Pohnpei StateHousing Authority Executive Director Johnny David, third from right,is being sworn in Feb. 1 by State Supreme Court Chief Justice EdwelSantos as the second elected Pohnpei lieutenant governor with hiswife, Elprihte, holding the Bible in the state Legislature chamber.Seated from left are President Tosiwo Nakayama, ESM Supreme CourtChief Justice Edward King, Nanmwarki Johnny Moses of Uh, Gov. BesloMoses, Jfanmwarki Benito Peter of Kitti and Legislature Speaker Sal-ter Este.

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SDIONIA, Pohnpei - Ciguaterapoison was found in fish, makingthan dangerous to eat, in certainareas of Pingelap and Mokil, lastyear by a joint Pohnpei state-na-tional government investigation,according to ESM Marine ResourcesChief Mike Gawel.The ISM Congress provided $10,-

000 for the investigation whichwas conducted in February and Au-gust by Gawel and Ruhne Phillipand Johnston Route of the StateConservation and Resource Sur-veillance Department as a resultof complaints by the two Pohnpeiouter islands' residents of fishpoisoning.The microscopic organism, Gamb-

ierdiscus toxicus which createsthe extremely strong poison, wasfound growing attached to seaweedin the wave zones of the reefswhere people had been poisoned byfish.Reef fish and their predators

collected in the south and south-east reefs of Pingelap and eastreefs of Mokil were found to bepoisonous, according to GawelThis type of poisoning can

cause diarrhea and vomiting froma few hours to 24 hours aftereating the contaminated fish, hesaid.It also can cause 1) tingling

of the hands and feet and aroundthe mouth; 2) itching; 3) pain inthe joints, head, muscles andstomach, and 4) chills, in addit-ion to causing a person's skin tofeel like it is burning when in

contact with cold water.Most symptoms appear within the

first day or two of eating pois-onous fish, Gawel said, addingthat "people that are poisonedrepeatedly get more and more sen-sitive to the poison."The team recommended avoiding

eating reef fish and other anim-als from the affected reefs andavoiding eating liver, eggs andinterals of reef fish, as nocooking, freezing, or chemicalscan remove the poison.

AH suspected cases of fishpoisoning should be reported tolocal medics, or to Marine Re-sources teams of Terry Moore andKeister Johnson in Mokil andChuck Sayon and Stonis Charley inPingelap."The university of the South

Pacific tested 16 species of fishfrom Pingelap and 25 species fromMokil which were collected in thepoisoned reef areas," accordingto Gawel who said, "All from Pin-gelap, except squirrelfish cont-ained some poison, but only halffrom Mokil proved to be poison-ous."The flesh and interals of fish

tested and found poisonous atboth atolls include various sur-geon fish, parrot fish, tang,grouper and snappers, which meanslarge reef predators, such as redsnapper, barracuda, bigjack andmoray eel in the affected reefareas are expected to be poison-ous for years, he said.

Seiberling sets final Compact hearing(Continued from Page 1)preparing the Compact to resubmitthe new Congress, according toSwartz.Washington Liaison Officer E£el

lion is scheduled to be lead ESMwitness in the Feb. 25 hearingscheduled by the Seiberling sub-committee on the fiscal 1986 bud-get request which would includeCompact funding, if it goes intoeffect by Oct. 1, according tothe release."I will also include an examin-

ation of the administration'sproposal to place the post-trust-eeship funding in the State De-partment," the release said."ESM witnesses are expected, in

addition to supporting Compact-level funding, to address transi-tion issues, capital improvementprogram, needs and federal programleases," Swartz said.A ffiirch 7 hearing will focus on

the uqpact of the Oonpact on U.S.

insular areas, such as Guam, Am-erican Samoa, Northern Marianas,Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands,plus Hawaii, with witnesses fromtheir governments and the Defen-se, Interior and State depart-ments.

A March 14 hearing will be de-voted to the Marshall Islandswith government andment witnesses invited to testify,"With the conclusion of the

March 19 hearing, the series onthe Compact for the Marshalls andthe FSM will come to an end," theInterior release said."The next step in the ratifica-

tion process will be the markingup of the legislation by the sub-committee members followed by avote on it," it said."This action is expected to

take place sometime in thespring," the release said.

U.N. volunteersUp in FSMH3IONIA, Pohnpei - The number

of U.N. volunteers in the FSM wasraised to 16 with the arrivalFeb. 8 of two medical doctors re-quested by Kbsrae, according toMicronesian Affairs Deputy ChiefGabriel Ayin.Dr. Mowa Chakravarty, a surg-

eon, and his wife, Dr. lalithaBanda, a general practicioner,arrived from India early Feb. 8in Pohnpei via Air Nauru and wentFeb. 9 to Kosrae on a PacificMissionary Aviation flight.They are the only U.N. volunt-

eers assigned to Kbsrae.Pohnpei has five U.N. volunt-

eers, including Dr. Bob Fedalizoof the Philippines, a dentist inthe state hospital; Dr. Rene Bar-ro of the Philippines, a surgeonat the state hospital; A. Opakuof Ghana, a cold storage repairand maintenance technician at theEconomic Development Authority;Mr. Gulati of India, an architectand physical planner in the StatePlanning Office, and A. Gamage ofSri lanka, a small business spec-ialist in the Conservation andResource Surveillance Department.Also working in Pohnpei is John

Nbwo of Ghana, a business inst-ructor at the Community Collegeof Micronesia.Truk has five U.N. volunteers,

including medical Drs. Wilfredoand Frudina Gesulga of the Phil-ippines stationed at the Mart-locks super dispensary in Sata-wan; medical Dr. O. Alegre-Ipanagof the Philippines at the statehospital in Moen, a Dr. Kakkar ofIndia at the Faichuk super disp-ensary in Tbl, and Miss M. Baroyof the Philippines, a poultrybrioler specialist in Moan.Yap has three volunteers, in-

cluding A. Abeysinghe of Sri lan-ka, a small business specialist;a public health Dr. Qidnas ofthe Philippines, and veterinaryDr. M. Thavalingam of Malaysia, aswine production specialist."We are expecting more requests

from the states this year (for U.N. volunteers)," Ayin said.He said that Truk has requests

pending for a small industriesadvisor and medical doctors toreplace the Gesulgas in the Morb-locks; Pohnpei for a fisheriesspecialist and a statistician;Yap for a coconut productionsspecialist, a fiberglass product-ion specialist and a civil engin-eer, and the FSM for a hospitalequipment repair technician.The host governments pay $1D,-

000 a year each toward the salar-ies of the U.N. volunteers andprovide housing, according toAyin.

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HDIONIA, Pohnpei - It. Gen. Ag-ustin Taro-Daviia, Chile's ambas-sador to the Philippines, saidhere Jan. 29 at the end of hisfirst visit to the KM that heexpects his country to establishtrade with Micronesia in thefuture.Toro-Davila, who has represent-

ed the government of PresidentAugusto Pinochet in Manila forthe past two years, arrived hereJan. 27 with his wife. Carmen,after visiting Guam and Saipan,and was scheduled to visit Palauon their way back to the Philip-pines.They spent Jan. 28 visiting the

Nan Modal Ruins; PATS high schoolwhere they had lunch with itsfounder, the Rev. Hugh Gostigan,S.J., and Keproni Waterfall inMadolenihmw Municipality, andJan. 29 making courtesy calls onPresident Ttosiwo Nakayama, VicePresident Bailey Olter and Gov.Resio Moses.Toro-Davila said that he was

visiting Micronesia to make con-tact with authorities, as his em-bassy has responsibility for con-tact, while the Chilean embassyin Washington, D.C., is respon-sible for consular affairs."I have a very good impression

of this country," he said. "I be-lieve this is a very beautifulcountry in the of development."The politicians are kind and

courteous, and they believe inwhat they are doing now," headded.The anfog;ssa<Viir said that his

German envoy sees cooperation 1KDIONIA, Pohnpai - Dr. Martin

Schneller, deputy chief of mis-sion and consul for Micronesia inthe West German embassy in Mani-la, during a Feb. 2-5 visit heresaid that his government is int-erested in possible areas of co-operation with Micronesian nat-ions.Schneller, who first visited

embassy is continously studyingthe possibilities of trade withMicronesia and expects it to beestablished "in the long term....because we are a country of thePacific and we believe the futureis in the Pacific."Ibro-Davila noted his country,

in a 1945 agreement with Peru andEcuador, was one of the first toestablish jurisdictional claimover its 200-mile offshore econo-mic zone, and said, "Now a greatpart of the world accepts thisconcept."Tbro-Davila said he is a three-

star army general whose "princi-ple career is military," and heis serving in his second diploma-tic post, having been ambassadorto Mexico.Before Manila, he was president

of the Uiiversity of Chile inSantiago for five years, afterserving two years as minister ofmines, which he called "a politi-cal job" in Gen. Pinochet's ad-

GHWRN HWOY yiSHS - Dr. MartinSchneller, right, deputy chief ofmission and consul for Micronesiain the West German embassy in Ma-nila, is visiting President Tosi-wo Hakayama in his office Feb. 4,during Feb. 2-5 visit with Pohn-pei state and FSM officials.

CHIIHVN AMBASSADOR VlSnS - Lt.Gen. Agustin Toro-Davila, center,Chile's ambassador to the Philip-pines, is meeting Jan. 29 withPresident Tosiwo Nakayama, left,and Vice President Bailey Olter,after arriving Jan. 26 for athree-day visit to Pohnpai.

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Pohnpei in August, 1981, came to &the FSM capital after visiting KSaipan, Guam and the Marshall Is-lands, and was scheduled to visit §Yap and Palau, before returning Hto Manila. 2After visiting with Pohnpei -

state and national government of- ̂ficials, Schneller cited possibi- «lities of joint ventures between %the FSM and Bonn government in aareas of fishing, seabed mineral 2exploitation, scholarships and >3manpower development. ,_,Schneller also visited historic u<

sites here from the period of *German rule in Micronesia andcomplimented the restoration workbeing done on the German-builtCatholic Church bell tower in Kb-lonia with $30,000 provided byhis government.He also visited the German Cem-

etery in Kolonia and said he wasfascinated by the gravestone in-scriptions, including that ofVictor Berg, the governor, or ad-ministrator who died here in 1907.Schneller said that he has com-

pleted four years in the Philip-pine embassy and expects to betransferee! soon to the ForeignMinistry in Bonn. He has been inthe foreign service since 1970and served in Bonn, Ireland, Af-rica and Belguim.

Permits issuedKDIONIA, Pohnpei - The U.S. Ar-

ray Corps of Engineers issued Dec.17 a federal permit to Safnat WawSamuel to complete a seawall andlandfill in Fefan Island, Truk,which were started without a per-mit, according to Col. Michael M.Jenks, Honolulu district engineer.The corps also issued Dec. 17 a

permit to Bismark A. Weilbacherto construct a 4,000-square footlandfill in Uh Municipality,Pohnpei, for a small gas stationat Nanuh.

Samuel constructed about 190feet of seawall and filled a 75by 25-foot area without a federalpermit, before being ordered Jan.23, 1984, by the corps to discon-tinue the work.Based on internal investigat-

ions of the unauthorized work andpublic review, the corps found noserious damage by the work to the'surrounding environment and gran-ted a permit to Samuel authoriz-ing him to extend the seawall to230 feet and fill area to 40 by150 feet to create a safe storage'area for public works equipmentin his care.

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K3IONIA, Pohnpei - FSM SupremeCourt Chief Justice Edward Kingdismissed Feb. 6 two petitionsfor certification of citizenshipbecause they do not present a"case" within the meaning of theConstitution."Such certification is a kind

of administrative function norm-ally consigned to the executivebranch," King said in the opiniondismissing the cases without pre-judice to the right of the petit-ioners, John Jacob Sproat andFritz Sablan Cruz, to renew theirpetitions under appropriate cir-

Gilmete sentencedroiDNIA, Pohnpei - Quirino Gil-

mete, 21, of Uh municipality,Bohnpei, was sentenced Jan. 31 byESM Supreme Court Chief JusticeEdward King to one year in jailand a $100 restitution paymentafter violating conditions of adeferred guilty plea, accordingto National Justice OmbudsmanNickontro Johnny. <iGilmete pleaded April 6, 1984,

guilty to assault with a danger-ous weapon on Albert Helgenberg-er, then an FSM Supreme Court em-ployee, in Uh, and the court,with Pohnpei State Court . ChiefJustice Bdwel Santos sitting as adesignated justice, deferred theguilty plea for one year on cert-ain conditions, including a pro-hibition against drinking alcoho-lic beverages.Upon determining that Gilmete

violated the drinking prohibit-ion, King imposed the sentencewhich includes release from jailduring the last three months ofthe first year on weekdays toperform cormunity service and re-turning to jail nights and week-ends.An additional two-year suspend-

ed sentence was imposed with Gil-Bete on probation and prohibitedfrom drinking during that period.

cumstances.King said that he consolidated

the two petitions because theyare "based on similar facts andraise identical legal issues,"with both petitioners claiming tobe constitutionally ESM citizensas one of the parents of eachwere born in the Federated States.There was no opposition to the

claims and the FSM Attorney Gen-eral's Office investigated andconfirmed their citizenship, hesaid.Article XI, Section 6 of the

FSM Constitution limits judicialpowers of the Supreme Court tofive specific kinds of "disputes"and five types of "cases," Kingsaid.There are no disputes involved

with the petitions and they arenot "cases'* 1) affecting offic-ials of a foregin government; 2)in which the national governmentis a party; 3) arising under theConstitution; 4) arising undernational law, nor 5) arising und-er treaties, he said.Therefore, he concluded that

the court did not have jurisdict-ion in the proceedings.

124 on Honor RollLELU, Kbsrae - Among the 452

students enrolled in Rosrae HighSchool, 124 were placed on thefirst quarter honor roll, includ-ing 13 who earned 4.0, or perfectgrade averages, according to aNov. 30 State Information Officerelease.The 4.0 students include fresh-

men Aaron Sigrah, Lipar George,Lotto Ismael and Sam Olter; soph-omores Tholman Alik, T.ilfi'aV Tol-ennoa and Surleigh Trara; juniorsAliksa Sigrah, Ditson Abraham,Johnson Asher, Nena Nena andThompson Siba, and senior YoslinGeorge.

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Dores sentencedTo 13 yearsHDIONIA, Pohnpei - Antonio Dor-

es, 30, of Un municipality wassentenced Jan. 28 by FSM SupremeCourt Chief Justice Edward Kingto a total of 13 years in jailfor manslaughter and assault witha dangerous weapon, due to hispleading guilty Oct. 22 of shoot-ing Reuben David to death May 31in Nan Kehlik, Madolenihmw.Dores previously pleaded guilty

of assaulting Herllno Makaya ofMadolenihmw with a dangerous wea-pon.He was sentenced to 10 years in

jail on the manslaughter chargewith the last two years suspend-ed, provided that he transfermore than four acres of familyland in Takax lou, Uh, as restit-ution to the family of the shoot-ing victim within six months aft-er the Jan. 28 sentencing date.Five of the 13 years were based

on the court's acceptance of thedeferred assault with a dangerousweapon guilty plea, according toa Supreme Court press releasewhich said that after the firstfive years of the sentence, Doresmay be released one day a week towork for the victim's family, ifthey request it.

Weaving fought of POPHDLONIA, Pohnpei - Ponape Coco-

nut Products is training 15 womanin traditional weaving to producegift packets for its soap prod-ucts, according to PCP GeneralManager Catalino Sam.

The eight-week project is beingfunded by the Fohnpei Job Train-ing Partnership Act office, ac-cording to Sam, who said that thewomen are learning several pat-terns for weaving baskets andmats under the supervision of Lu-cy Eliou.

Ten trainees will be hired oncompletion of the course to toprepare gift packs, he said.

"Vfe were selling more soap giftthan local weavers could

weave," Sam said, adding, "tfelost a major Guam customer, be-cause the local supply of basketsvas limited, but with our owngroup of weavers, we will be ableto nest the demand and increasesales."He said that imported packages

would be easier to obtain, "butwe want to promote local handi-crafts and limit our imports offoreign goods."

President cites Development Banfc rofe under Plan(̂ Continued from Page 1)Nakayama cited the goal of "a

reasonable degree of economicself-sufficiency" set in theNational Development Plan andsaid, "The efforts of this bankas an active partner for the pri-vate sector in creating new busi-nesses or expanding present oneswill be very crucial, if we areto reach our ultimate goal."The President endorsed the need

for the training workshop to dev-elop the skills of the Develop-ment Bank staff and state resour-ces and development officials andsaid that he will continue tosupport the institution.Highlighting past support by

his administration, Nakayamasaid, "We have for the past fouryears or so been pursuing thetransfer of the ESM share of the

Business advisors setKDIDNIA, Pohnpei - The Pohnpei

Chamber of Commerce is sponsoringa Business Advisory Team whichbegan Feb. 11 providing free con-sultation for small businesseshere, according to Martha Murphy,a Peace Corps volunteer who isthe chamber administrator and ad-visory team coordinator.The team of Peace Corps snail

business advisors is available 9a.m.-noon Mondays in the Chamberof Commerce office located in theState Conservation and ResourceSurveillance Department headquar-ters to very small business peo-ple to provide assistance in ac-counting procedures, marketing,obtaining loans, management, bud-geting, financial planning andutilizing government resources,Murphy said.Team members also will be avai-

lable on request to business loc-ations outside of Kblonia, if theclient provides transportation,or they can otherwise find trans-portation, she said.Team members, in addition Mur-

phy, are Doug Smith of the StateOuter Islands Affairs Office;Jeff Girdner, FSM DevelopmentBank; Andrea Novak, Kblonia Con-sumers ' Cooperative Association(KCCA), and Cynthia Hall, KittiMunicipal Office.The chamber approved the estab-

lishment of the team during aFeb. 6 meeting in the Palm Terr-ace Restaurant, according to Mur-phy who said the team will workunder the direction of State Eco-nomic Consultant Dan Perin who isthe state liaison to the Chamberof Commerce.

Economic Development Loan Fund."I believe the transfer of

these funds will not only in-crease the bank's capital, butwould offer this nation greaterflexibility in manageing thegrowth of this institution to ourutmost benefit," he said.As of September, 1982, the ESM

share was set at $3.2 million, or56.5 per cent of the $5.5 millionEDLF, according to FSMDB ActingPresident Manny Mori who saidthat more than $1.4 million hasbeen disbursed and received bythe bank.Nakayama also said efforts to

obtain FSMDB membership in theAsian Development Bank "have pro-gressed very well," noting thatthe ESM bank will participate forthe first time in the ADB gover-nors' meeing in April.And he cited training opportun-

ities for FSMDB staff in Japanand elsewhere through the nation-al government.Killion said the bank will be

"called upon to play a very dyna-mic role in its credit operat-ions," with the anticipated in-flux of economic developmentfunds under the Compact of FreeAssociation.He said the bank is now limited

in capital resources and is con-sidering ways to increase itsportfolio and to work toward cov-ering its administrative costsfrom its lending operations."Another strategy that the bank

is considering is to diversifyits activities," Killion said,stating that "to foster healthy

economic and financial environ-mant, the bank hopes to entersuch areas as insurance, equip-ment leasing and business con-sultancy, so that this will in-duce new investors to grow up andwill enhance capital developmentactivities in the nation."A third strategy is to broaden

the ESMDB's lending operations bycurrently arranging to guaranteeccmnerical bank loans to "in-crease the capital flow to busi-ness activities in the nation,"he said.The «bank is pursuing membership

in the World Bank and Asian Deve-lopment Bank to obtain technicalassistance and staff development,in addition to enhancing its cap-ital structure, according to Kil-lion.He said that "the bank is also

in serious consideration of get-ting into commercial banking, atleast in a limited way on populardemand."The main consideration in this

connection is to render added fa-cilities at least to the loaneeclients of the bank, numberingmore than 120 at present," Kil-lion said.In welcoming the participants,

Mori said that this is the firsttraining being provided jointlyto officials of the ESMDB andstate resources and developmentdepartments."Its main aim is to enhance the

skills knowlege and capabilitiesof the participants in dealingwith development loan packages,"he said.

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WEDCDMES NEW CAT TEAM - Pohnpei Gbv. Resio Moses, center, is welcom-ing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civic Action Team 84-13 commandedby Lt. Howard Klei, left, during a change of command ceremony Jan.29 at Camp Kitti. The governor also presented a certificate of ap-preciation on behalf of Pohnpei state to Lt. Kevin Keough, right,contender of CAT Team 84-11 which completed a six-month tour andleft Jan. 31 to return to Ft. Shatter, Hawaii.

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KOIDNIA, Pohnpei - The U.S.Coast Guard will continue searchand rescue operations in Microne-sia when the Conpact of Free As-sociation goes into effect, ac-cording to Rear Mm. Clyde Rob-bins, ccmnander of the 14th CoastGuard District, Honolulu.Robbins and his inmediate sup-

erior, Vice Mm. John D. Costelloof Alameda, California, PacificArea connander, came to Pohnpeivia Coast Guard aircraft on Jan.29 to brief FSM officials on fut-ure plans and present a proposedSearch and Rescue Agreement, sim-ilar to one to be entered intowith the Marshall Islands, forthe Ccnpact period.the admirals met briefly with

President Tosiwo Nakayama andVice President Bailey Olter inthe President's office, beforeholding the briefing in the Pres-ident "s Conference Room for offi-cials from the Attorney General'sOffice and External Affairs Dep-artment.Officials accotpanying the ad-

mirals met with Gov. Resio Mosesand his staff to brief them onthe search and rescue, navigat-ional aids, recruiting and train-ing plans for the Compact period.The proposed agreement complies

with an international search andrescue convention in spelling outthe responsibilities of a hostcountry in the event of an accid-ent and the support country, Rob-rbins said."I don't anticipate any changes

(in Coast Guard operations here)just because of the status

Health students soughtLELU, Kosrae - Kosrae High

School students were visited inDecember by University of HawaiiJohn A. Bums School of Medicineinstructors Roy Linne Wada andNanette Judd and Ccntnonity Col-lege of Micronesia Health CareerOpportunities Program DirectorMarylou Hawley to determine whowas interested in pursuing healthrelated studies, according to aState Information Office release.

change," Rabbins said." He noted that the Coast Guardprovided training recently insearch and rescue procedures forthe field trip ship crews inTruk, Yap and Pohnpei at the re-quest of Trust Territory HighCcntnissioner Janet McCoy."We will do as much as we can

(in providing training), as longas your governments want it,"Robbins said.Costello said the Coast Guard

is available to give advice ontechniques to minimize the envir-onmental impact of accidents,such as oil spills, and has astrike team to assist in majorspills.

Robbins also noted that theCoast Guard converted eightfloating bouy markers in Koloniaharbor to fixed navigational aidsto reduce maintenance costs andindicated that the Coast Guardwill continue this service withinthe ESM upon request.

"Vfe are not going to try to in-stall additional markers, justreplace the ones here, because 'wedon't have the funds," he said.

. Costello noted that Trust Ter-ritory citizens will be eligiblefor appointments to the U.S. ser-vice academies, including theCoast Guard Academy, and to en-list in the military services andthe Coast Guard.He indicated that upon request

the Coast Guard will set up itsown recruiting system in Microne-sia, since it is under the U.S.Transportation Department, in-stead of the Defense Department.

"Vfe feel that young people whocome from here would make excel-lent candidates, both as enlistedmen and officers, because theyare water oriented," Costellosaid, though "we are concernedthat people will try to sign upand see that they are not prepar-ed."One purpose of recruiters would

be to help FSM citizens prepareto meet Coast Guard requirements.On law enforcement and search

for illegal drugs and contraband>Robbins suggested a memorandum ofunderstanding between the CoastGuard and ESM government on pro-cedures for boarding and appre-hending vessels in FSM waters.

COAST GUARD ADMIRAIS VISIT - Rear Adm. Clyde Robbins, center, com-mander of the 14th U.S. Coast Guard District, Honolulu, and his im-mediate superior. Vice Adm. John D. Costello of Alameda, California,Pacific Area commander, are meeting with President Tosiwo Nakayamain his office, during a Jan. 29 visit to Pohnpei to brief ESM andPohnpei state officials on plans for the Ccnpact of Free Associationperiod. The admirals presented to the President a proposed searchand rescue agreement for the Conpact period.

THE NATIONAL UNIONPublished by: FSM Information OfficeP.O. Box 490, Kolonia, PohnpeiFederated States of Micronesia 96941Telephone: 548Ketson Johnson, Information OfficerTom Bryan, Information AdvisorEsikiel Lippwe, Broadcast Division ChiefHalverson Johnny, Information SpecialistElieser Rospel, Graphic ArtistAngle Mualia, Administrative AssistantMary Alien Manuel, Clerk TypistEsi James, Clerk Typist