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.igSEs..Terl~je,;hbhad~n :a:~:~~u:o:~' Saip*\;Chargedwith~portationofam- -Lastmonth,JudgeMmtyW.k,#I~tiort~'cOll$piracy toimport Taylordeniedthemotionfiledby@ttaban~ and illegalposses; Sablan tosuppress thesameevi..:SloD.ofa:mmunitionisexpected dence;''topleadguiltytomorrow. 'I'lte separate motions to sup..:,<"The Superior Court was in- press the ammunition evidenc¢fOrmed Fridayof Terl~je's in- alleged thattheDivision ofCus-ten~on to'change his plea'fol- toms violated certain provisions:'lo\ving.negotiations with the in thecustoms rules andregula;g<svemment. tions in conducting searches 0('H;;Govemmentprosecutors de- incoming passengers in Com~;elinedtodisclosedetails of the monwea1th airports. ' . .(4Ca1with Terlaje, likevvhether Taylorupheld theauthority'pf'ot'notprosecution would rec- customs' insearching"th~bag4iPiDmeDd ajlrl1 termfortbe de~gageallegeQlY.broughtinhy~'·:~~4arit,an.dhoW ~yofthe' ,tWofrieDds,sa~gthatcu~tp~~cljarges would Terlaje.plead .was just perf~g~t.(dutY, 19'"gunty'to. ' ..... deteetandseizecontrabandg~.

')Terlaje and businessman smugglediiItotheCommoii<lotin'T. Sablan pleaded not wealth.·· .... . .;~!iUiltyto the importation or' DuringthehearingonSabian's,aiDmunitioncharge IastOcto- motion, Terlaje testified.that·hebet. . . retrieved thebaggagethatyielded: ·.Theyalsoseparatelyentereda thebulletsfromtheconveyorbelt.riotguilty pleato the additioIial at the airport arrival area and:charges of conspiracy to import brought it to thecustoms inspec-cOntraband and illegal pOsses-·tion counter.sianofammunition, whichwere Thebaggage's tag, accordingfiledrecently.· to the government, showed that

'JudgeAlexCasbOissupposed Sablan owned thebaggage.tohearumorrowthemotioofiledImporiationofcontrabandcar':by Terlaje to suppress' the evi- ries maximum jail term of five'dence in the case against bini . years, a fine of not more thanvlhic~~~th~~'7rounds°f,.:$~(XX)orboth~· '.,

GOVERNOR iorenzol. Guerrero leads officials of the Departments of PublicSafetyandNaturalResources intheground-breaking ceremonies for a one-hectare prison farm in Kagman Friday.

toabuse the privilege giventhem. inmate can be automatically and eam an· income, he said,If the privilege is abused, any stripped of the privilege to farm (GLD)

nounced in a news conferencethat the appointment papers forhisnewspecial assistantforplan­ning and budget had been pre­pared. Hesaid the appointee is awoman; but refused to identifyher.

"She is an accountant withmany years ofexperienceinbank­ing and has a master's degreetuckedunderherbelt.Shewouldbe a welcome addition to ourgovernment's team of womenachievers," Guerrero said. .

Sources said thequalificationswereMrs: Cabrera's. When sheaccepted the job, Mrs. Cabreraboughthundreds ofdollars'worthofbooks ongovernment budgetsto familiarize herself with hernewjob.

On Jan. 27, Sablan and Mrs.Cabrera were scheduled tohold an exit conference, dur­ing which the new special as­sistant would be briefed onher responsibilities at the bud­get office. Instead, the two

found out that Mrs. Cabrera wasnot to be appointed anymore..

The nextday, Rosario was ap­pointed acting special assistant

: for planning andbudget.

braincondition of anonymity.

According to the source,Mrs.Cabrera, whowasa branchman­ager at the Union Bank in Cali­fornia, visitedSaipanin Decem­ber at the advice of a brother.

OnJan.4, Governor Lorenzo1.Guerrero, Sablan and severalotheradministrationofficials dis­cussedSablan's resignation andhis possible replacement. Theyagreed thatMrs. Cabrerawasveryqualified to take over the posi­tion.

On Jan. 5, Sablan signedRosario's request to retire.Rosario, in aninterviewwithan­other reporter, denied this.Sablan, however, saidhehimselfsigned the so-called request forpersonnel action. If that requestwas later withdrawn, he did notknow.

On Jan. 13, Guerrero, Sablanand Mrs. Cabrera met, duringwhichMrs.Cabrerawasoffered,and accepted, the job of specialassistant for planning and bud­get. After thatmeetingshe wentback to the mainlandto pack upher thingsandretumedtoSaipanon Jan. 23.

On Jan. 25, the governor an-

drainMARIA Cabrera, who has amaster's degree in business ad­ministration and two other col­legedegrees, is one womanwhoshouldbe lb1 asset to the CNMIgovernment. Unfortunately, thegovernment itselfsenther.away,

Mrs. Cabrera, whocame backtoSaipaninDecemberafterleam­ingfroma brotherabouta forth­coming vacancy in the planningand budget office, was offeredthe position of special assistantfor planning and budget. DavidM. Sablan, the special assistantat that time, submitted his resig­nationon·Dec. 31.

Theappointment,however, didnot push through. At present,Frank P. Rosario is the actingspecial assistant forplanningandbudget.

Mrs. Cabrera declined an in­terview with the Variety. JohnJoyner, thegovernor'spublicin­formation officer, said he wasnot aware of any information orpressreleases on Mrs.Cabrera'sappointment.

Sources familiar with theeventsthatled to Mrs.Cabrera'sappointment and the subsequentchange agreed to tell the storyon

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INMATES at the Division of inmates which run as much asCorrections will soon be able to $15,000 monthly.support their respective families TheprisonfarmwouIdalsohelpevenwhileserving theirjail terms. fill the community's demand for

The Department of Public fresh vegetables grown locally,Safety,upon theproddingofGov-Camacho said.ernorLorenzoGuerrero, hasreal- The governor encouraged theized its plan to put up a prison inmates togivetheirbest andac-farm forlow-riskinmates,orthose knowledged DPS' efforttofulfillnot convicted of violentcrimes. whatGuerrero hadrecommended

DPS Director Gregorio DPS to do for the low-risk in-Camacho saidduring theground- mates.'breakingofthefacility inKagman Theone-hectare farmwouldbeFriday that the prison-farm con- planted with root crops, veg-ceptwouldallowlow-riskinmates etables, citrus andCoconut.to be productive by cultivating Natural Resources Directorcrops. Nicolas DL Guerrero and agri-

Aportion of theharvestwould culture teachers at the Northernbe 'sold for the inmates to have Marianas College wouldprovidemoney to giveto theirfamilies. theinmates withthetechniques in

Another part would be usedas farming, pesticide applicationandfood supply for all inmates so marketing of theirharvest.DPS could reduce expenses in- DOC Chief Antonio Adrianocurred as a result of feeding the cautioned theinmates, though, not

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A greentwo-doorMazdasedanandamaroonToyotapick-upwereinvolved intheaccidentbut itwasunclearwhichvehiclewascarry­ing the two children.

Other incidents reported to thepolice:

•In Paupau beach,a youngmanwas stabbed on his back whiledrinking with a group of friendsduring the weekend.

An unidentified man stabbedGino DL Guerrero, 23, then fledquickly. The suspectremainedatlarge.

The policereport did not indi­catehowseriousthestabbingvic­tim was.

·A womanworkerat AC nightclubinGarapan wasalsopushed.kickedand hit with a beer bottleby an unnamed assailant duringthe weekend.

-Police arrested Francisco M.Ramangmau who was driving aToyotaCorolla sedan which hadbeen reported stolen.

The car also yielded a smallplasticof an unnamedcontrolledsubstance.

Ramangmau was accosted onMiddleRoad, Gualo Rai shortlybeforemidnightSunday. (GLD)

POllCE arrested a Saipan resi­dent over the weekendfor alleg­edlyhittinghiswifewithabroomstickandattempting toburn theirhouse in Koblerville.

Nicanor1.Lisua, 42, was col­laredbyapoliceofficerinChalanKanoa Sunday, shortly after thesuspect's wifecomplainedto thepolice.

.The wife suffered a contusionat the backof the head as a resultof the attack.

She also complained that herhusbandcutoffthetelephonelinein their house when she tried tocall for police assistance at theheight of herbusband's rage.

The wife told a police investi­gator her husband attacked her~thoutanyprovocation. Shesaidher husband had been drinkingliquor.

Also on Sunday, two childrenwere slightly injured when thevehicletheywereridingcollidedwith anothervehicle on the roadin As Teo.

One of them, a seven-year-oldboy, suffered bruises while theother, a six-year-old girl, sus­tainedaminorlacerationandcon­tusionon theknee.

The policereport did not indi­cate whether or not the children

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Clintonneedsthepeople's trustto succeed. To win it, he has triedto lead by example, announcingplanstocuttheWhiteHousestaff,lopworkers 100,000fromthefed­eral payroll and eliminate manyperksof power.

"These thingsmay turn out tobe just symbolism, but it's prettyimportant symbolism," said Re­publicanpollster Fred Steeper.

It is just a firststep in lobbyinga public that collectively isn'tquite sure what it wants, and ex­pects, from thenew president.

"They wantverymuchfor himtosucceed:' saidClintonpollsterStanleyGreenberg. "Beyondthat,it can get confusing. They arehopeful, but skeptical."

Someconfusionisof Clinton'smaking, the product of shiftssincethecampaign, includinghisemphasisondeficitreductionandacknowledgement that hismiddle-class taxcut is on holdatbest.

One hurdle is convincingpeoplehecanstimulateeconomicgrowth while cutting the deficit.The public is skeptical.

"Presently, alotofthingsshouldbe done to make sure that thispolicyisheadedtowardstherightdirection, such that there is ac­countability for the funds,"Hofschneider said.

During the oversight hearingconducted last yearby the HouseCommittee on Public Utilities,Transportation and Communica­tion Hofschneider questionedwhere the funds went.

Inparticular,heraisedconcerns. ' as to'why the funds, along with

some $4 million in developer'scontribution funds, were co­mingledwiththoseforoperations.

"Thisshouldbecorrectediftheywant prudent financial manage­mentinthesystem,"Hofscbneidersaid (RHA).

taxesand otherunpopularresultsof the collisionbetweenhis loftycampaign promisesand soberingbudgetrealities.

Hemust alsojuggle his intensedesire to be liked, and to expandhissupportbeyondthe43 percentthat voted for him, with the un­popularmedicineneededtomake .his package a long-term success.Andthepresidentwho asacandi­daterarely discussedpainandsac­rificernustnow convincethepub­lic that to get what it wants fromhim, it willhave to give first.

Clintonpreferstocall itchange,notsacrifice. "Changemeansask­ingeveryone to pull his or herown. weight for the commongood,"he said Saturday.

In theory,the public embracesthatconcept: Pollafterpollshowsa majority of Americans say theywouldpaymore if it meantbetterschools, affordablehealthcareanda dwindling deficit.

But tell them Social Securitywillbecutor thepriceof gasolineraisedand the Underlying contra­dictions emerge.

"We have to run the countrylike a business and no businessgets away with such debt," saysretiree Earl Brown of Bangor,

bills," he said. "I believe theirpolicy shouldbe a bit more flex:"ible to allow customers with agood payment history to be ex­emptfrompayingdepositsorhavetheir deposits credited to theirpowerconsumption."

HofschneidersaidCUC'sprob­lem with delinquency is largelywithitsresidential customers andnot much with those who con­sumepoweron a commercialba­sis•.. In addition, CUCmustkeepthe

securitydeposits in accountsthatearn at least 1-2percent interest,partofwhichshouldbereimburs­able to customers after a certain

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WASHINGTON (AP)Throughout the US presidentialcampaign, voterskeptthissecret: .NomatterhowmuchBillClintoninsistedotherwise, theywerecon­vincedhe would raise taxes onjust abouteveryone.

Butdon't expectthemto likeitwhen President Clinton unveilshis economic plan Wednesday.andproves themright,testinghisrelationship with the Americanpublic at an early crossroads ofhis presidency.

"The next few weeks will be atest of Clinton's leadership and .his powers of persuasion," saidDemocratic pollster GeoffreyGarin.

"I don't thinkthereisanyques­tionthatpeoplewillgrumble andgroan all the way throughthis,"he said. "The bet Bill Clinton ismaking is that the stepshe takesnow will payoff in a bettereconomy andabetterAmerica bythe time voters have to decidewhether tohavehimbackforfourmoreyears."

Clinton'schallengeinthecom­ing weeks goesbeyondconvinc­ing Americans to accept higher

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Voters'secret: They knewClinton would raise taxes

Heinz S. Hofschnsiderareunlikelyto run awaywithun­paidutilitybills.

"I thinkit's abouttimethatCUCconsideritsdepositpolicybecauseitshouldnotoverburden thegoodcustomers.whohaveeveryinten­tiontoreligiouslypaytheirpower

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commercial establishments likehotelsmaybe required to depositas muchas $100,000.

The security deposit is a guar­anteethatcustomers willnotleavetheir place of residence or busi­ness without paying their utilitybills. In the past customers whomaintained good credit standingwithCUCreceived their depositback after one year. At present,the deposit, including interest,remains withCUCas longas thecustomer is connected to thepowersystem.

Hofscbneider said hotels, mo­tels.andgarmentfactories investhuge amounts of money to dobusiness in theNorthemMaiianasand should be considered low­riskcustomers, whichmeansthey

NickLegaspi EditorRafael H.Arroyo ReporterMa. Gaynor L. Dumat-ol Reporter

REPRESENTArrvs Heinz S.Hofscbneideryesterdayproposedthat big investors be exemptedfromthesecurity depositrequire­mentoftheCommonwealthUtili­ties Corp. (CUC).

"If the intentof CUCis to en­ticemorecustomers,Irecommendthatthisrequirementbewaivedinitsentirety for hotels,motels andgarment factories and the like.Ifnot,perhaps apply their depositstotheirmonthly powerconsump­tion,"Hofschneider said inan in­terview.

Under CUC rules, businessesand homeowners applying forpublicpowersupplymustdeposit

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Tinianopento garmentfactoriesTHE TINIAN Garment FactoryLocal Task Force (GFLTF) an­nounced yesterday theavailabilityof five license to operate garmentfactories in Tinian.

David Q. Maratita, task forcechairman said. Applications willbe accepted between Feb. 15andMarch16,submittedon thefonnasprescribed bythe task force; avail­ablefrom theTinian DepartmentofCommerce and Labor, San JoseVillage, Tinian, MP 96952. Allcompleted applications must befiledwith thatoffice no later thanMarch 16.

Maratita said the five garmentfactory licenses, authorized byTinian Local Law6-4(Tinian Gar­ment Factory Act of 1988), werefirstissued inlatterpartof1989butrevoked the following yeardue tonon-compliance of start-up of fac­ta)' operations by the licensees aspart of the conditi~ns of approval.

"These five licenses are nowavailable, antiilf'terallapplicationshave beenreceived within thean­nouncement period; the task forcewill review them accordingly, cer­tainly taking intoconsideration thebest proposals that. would ensurethatthegarment industry willhavea positive impact in Tinian'seconomy," Maratita said:

PacificeducatorsmeetinFSMSOME 1,000 Pacific educatorswill meet on Aug.24 in Chuuk,Federated States of MicronesiatFSM),for the 10thPacificEdu­cationalConference.

For thepast tenyears,thiscon­ference has been sponsored bythe Pacific Region EducationalLaboratory (PREL), Honolulu.Eachyeartheconferenceishostedbya Pacificdepartment ofeduca­tion. The event has been held inthe FSM only once before, inPohnpei in 1987.

The themefor this year's con­ference is"ThePacificChild:OurMostPreciousResource." Morethan 100 workshops will be con­ducted 'over the three-dayconference. This year there willbe a special emphasis on math­ematics and science education.PREL is now recruiting work­shoppresenters for this event

Planningfor the conference isactively underway in Chunk.Morethan 100peoplerepresent­ing business, community,edu~ation, and g~vernment. areservmgon a steenng committeeorganizedinto16subcommittees.Some500educators fromChuuk,primarily teachers, are expectedto attend. In addition, some 500people. from off island will par­ticipate. Delegationsofeducatorswill come from Guam, Hawaii,Palau, Marshall Islands, Com­monwealth of the NorthernMarianas and American Samoaas well as the other states of theFSM(Kosrae, Pohnpei andYap).Additional participants willcomefrom the.USmainlandand otherPacificnations.

Formoreinformation aboutthe10thAnnual PacificEducationalConference, contact: PRELCon­ference, 1164 Bishop St., Suite1409,Honolulu, HI96813,USA

Big hotels pay$12.7 M taxes

largest increases.According toToshimiYoshida,

HANMI president and HotelNikkogeneralmanager, thehotelassociation enjoyed healthybusiness in 1992 due to the in­creases in visitors. The averageguestroomoccupancy oftheninemajorhotels in Saipan was78.9percent, reflecting a 2.5 percentincreaseover 1991. The averageroom rate was $110.53, whichwas $3.18 higher than 1991.However, as earlyasApril 1992,the room rates began to declineslightlydue to competition fromotherdestinationssuch asGuam.

While the number of touristsincreasedoverall,theassociationpointed to two reasons why theoccupancy rate in hotelsdid notreachhigher levels: the averagelength of visitors' stay wasshorter,from 3.8daysin 1991 to3.5 days in 1992because of the'increasingpopularity ofinexpen­sive package tours among Japa­nesetourist,whichaveraged onlytwo to-three days.' 'In addition;approximately 150 new hotelrooms were added in Saipanin.thepast year. .: ,',., -

The total number of peopleemployedby membersof the as­sociation was 2,350, consistingof570residentworkers arid 1,780aliens. Payroll expenses of theninemajorhotelstotaled$23.718million.

"We are projecting a 10 per­cent increase in tourists comingto Saipan in 1993;however, thecompetition with other destina­tions is getting tougher all thetime," Yoshida said. "Unlesseveryone in the tourismindustry,the CNMI government, and theMarianas VisitorsBureau workstogether as a team, we cannotexpectsuchgoodresults in1993."

To bring more tourist to theNorthern Marianas, the associa­tionfeels that theCNMIneedstocontinue to have a welcomingattitude toward visitors, as wellas greater number of attractivetourist facilities, such as goldcourses. "We would like to askfurthersupportfromour govern­ment as well as MVB to ensuremaximum efforts to increase ourvisitorstoourbeautiful islands oftheCommonwealthof theNorth­ern Marianas," Yoshida said.

HANMI is aprofessional asso­ciation made up of 15 hotels onSaipan, Theirtotalof2,355roomsrepresent 88 percent of the totalnumberof hotel roomsavailablein Saipan,HANMlmembersare:Aqua Resort Club, BlueberryHotel, ChalanKanoaBeachClub,Coral Ocean Point ResortClub,Dai-Ichi Saipan Beach Hotel,Hafadai Beach Hotel, \HotelNikko' Saipan, Hyatt RegencySaipan, Marianas Resort Hotel,Pacific Gardenia Hotel, PacificIslands Club, Plumeria Resort,Saipan Diamond Hotel, SaipanGrand Hotel and Summer Holi­dayHotel: .

Yoshida

THE NINE largest hotels in:Saipanpaid a total of $12.7mil­lion in taxeslast year,equivalentto8.4percentofthegovernment'sbudget, according to a statisticalsurveyconducted by the Hotel

Association of the. NorthernMarianaIslands (HANMI).

The figures were reported bythe nine largesthotels. in Saipan,and included gross receipts tax,hotelroomoccupancy taxandbartaxpayments made to the CNMIgovernment. HANMI estimatesthat the hotel industry in Saipancontributes approximately 10percentof thenational budget.

Despite acontinuing economicslowdown inJapan,visitors com­ing to Saipan increased by 18percentin 1992; according tofig­ures provided by the MarianasVisitors Bureau. Forthefirsttimeinhistory,thenumberof visitorsexceeded one half million in acalendar year. Japanese touristsincreased by 14 percent whileKorean andTaiwaneseincreasedby 57 percent and 21 percent,respectively, contributing to the

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But then a new aggressor,Mussolini's Italy,conquered theOgaden and therest of Ethiopia."The Italians didn't collect taxesor kill our people," Yusuf said."The Italians helped us. Thepeople werehappy."

It wasshort-lived. In 1941, thenomads watched history'sgreat­est war roll through theirdesert,as the British drove the Italiansfrom eastAfrica,AfterWorldWarIT,theOgaden reverted toEthio-

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Then"the Amhara" came- theAmharic-speaking Ethiopians."Everyyearthey 'dcometocollectsomething they called 'taxes' ­notcash, butanimals, orbutter, orsuchthings."

Bythe 19308, Ethiopian sover­eignty overtheOgaden's Somaliclansmen was well established.

tering spots. ,Famine andconflict came with

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One ofhisearliest memories isof an attack by "the dervishes" ­theforces ofMohamed AbdullahHassan, a Somali nationalist theEuropeans dubbed the "MadMullah." r

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headcloth, his gray beard dyedhenna red

When he was a boy, Yusufcontinued through aninterpreter,hisfamily would take down theirbig hut, load it aboard threecamels and move according tothe season, driving their cattlebefore them.

"If there wasn't enough rainforgrazing and water, we'd shiftto another place. We'd gofromGode to Kelafo toMustahil," hesaid, naming three Ogaden wa-

A·desert life, a people's struggleEDITOR'S NOTE - "The val­

uesofSomali society arethose ofsurvivors,'sociologlstSeijulazizMilas writes, "of survivors in apastoral nomadic society Slrug_·gling for life in a harsh desertsetting where the cost of a mis­take, the priceofweakness, wasoftendeath." Here isalookatonewhodidnot die.

. 1UESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1993 -MARIANAS VARlETY NEWSANDVIEWs-7

By Charles J. Hanley

IN THE OGADEN DESERT(AP) • In the wispy shade of atamarindtree,theoldmantoldhistaleof life asa desert Somali, alongcentury'sjourney from boynomad tovillage elder, a story ofsurvival.

Mohamed Ismael .Yusuf hasoutlasted famine and religiousfanatics, Europeancolonizers andEthiopian empire-builders, clanwars andworld wars, plagues ofpests and plagues of disease. Hehasoutlived mostofhischildren,too. Nine lie buried beneath theOgaden'spowderysands,victims.of starvation or conflict, theSo­malipeople'stwincurses.

Today, at age 88, his wander­ing over, Yusufcan imagine anend to the starvation. He seesnomads finally putting downroots, growing crops. "I wouldliketo closethegateonhunger,"he said.

Butan end to conflict? An un­likely notion.

"Somalis often fight amongthemselves," the old nomad ex­plained. "It's difficult to stopthem."

The clans have heel} fightingagain in recent years, in a civil

. war thathas drawn world atten­tion, asneverbefore, to theresil­ient, contentiouspeoplewhoclingto Africa's remote northeastern .edge.

Yusuf's life,thestruggleofoneman'sfamily, isin many ways thestory of the Somali people - ofpridehumbled,ofresourcefulnesstestedbeyondlimits,ofoldvaluescast to thewinds.

The Ogaden is partofEthiopiabutispopulatedbySomalis, upto1million of them. Somali armieshave tried andfailed inthepasttoannex it toneighboring Somalia,a nation of more than 6 millionpeople. Yusuf andhiskinfolk arenow resigned to Ethiopian rule,and 400of their families areset­tling down as farmers underEthiopian government sponsor­ship.

But Yusuf remembers verydifferent times.

"WhenIwas aboy," herecalled,"there was no government."

Theoldnomad, coiled uponahomely green rug laid downagainst thedesert's dust, eagerlyheld forth for a visitor to hismakeshift village, a scattering ofdome-like thatched huts besidethemuddy Shebelle River.

Ashespoke,neighbors gatheredaround in themorning heat, boysclimbing into the tamarind'sfeathery branches, womenbrightly robed intheSomali way.Yusuf held center stage in hisown boldcolors - lavender-and­pink sarong. orange-and-blue

Ramsey namedDutyFreeGMDFS SAIPAN Limited has an­nounced theappointmentofPlayfordM. Ramseyasthe new general man­ager for its operations. Ramsey wastransferredtoSaipanfrom DFS HongKong.

Play, asheiscalled, isno strangerto Saipan, .having worked at DFSSaipanin 1978-1979. Afterleavingtheisland, heand his wife moved toCalifornia for several years, spent acouple of years in Guam, openedandmanaged DFS Koreaoperationsfor five years, then moved to DFSHong Kong over a year ago.

Play isreplacingTomPicarrowhoretired from DFS Saipan last year.

Heisjoined inSaipan byhis wife,Kris and their two children, Michaeland Colleen.

Mafnas' billto transferwater, sewer

.systemsREPRESENTATIVE Jesus P.Mafnas is planning to introduce abilltotransfer water and sewer ser­vices from Commonwealth Utili­ties Corp. to the Department ofPublicWorks, when theHouse con­venes fora session onFeb. 19.

"Weneed todothis soCUC canbecome a self-sustaining govern­ment corporation asmandated un­derthegrant pledge agreement wehad with the US government,"Mafnas said in an interview lastweek.

Hesaid the proposed "WaterandSewerReorganization Actof1993"will allow CUC to recapture itsinvestmentcosts without imposingunjustifiable burden topower con­sumers.

According to Mafnas, CUC'swaterand sewer services arebeingheavily subsidized by thecorporation's earnings from poweroperations.

CUC Executive DirectorRamonS. Guerrero said in earlier inter­views that water and sewer opera­tions were notprofitable venturesandhad tobesubsidized byCUC'spower operations.

"It's not fair for power custom­ers to pay indirectly for cue'spower and water operations whenthey arenotusing them. This mea­sure will liberate cue from an in­debtedness of$6million to$8mil­lion every year," Mafnas said.

From fiscal years 1989 to 1992,CUC spent $22.6 million for waterservices but generated only $8.5million in revenues.

Sewer operations. on the other!. hand,generated$1.4millioninrev-'

enues while expenditure reached$5.6 million.

"Water andsewer operations re­alized a deficit of $18.4 million,excluding the costof power sup­pliedbythepowergenerationdivi­sion to operate the water wells,pumps, treatment plants, etc. Theaverage annualcost was from $1.5million to $2.1 million," Mafnassaid inhisbill.

"Maybe bydoing this, CUC Canprove its point on whether it canstandbyitselfand achieve full costrecovery," hesaid.

CUC, under the conditionsdrawnupduring thenegotiations for thesecond financial assistance pack­age from the federal government,must attain full cost recovery initsoperations and function as a self­sustaining government agency

"TheGrantPledgeAgreementof1985 prohibits any form of subsi­dies. This actwill enable the legis­lature tosubsidize the operationsofwater and sewer," Mafnas said inhis bill.

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COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN)MARIANA ISLANDS ) ss.

On this 22nd day of January, 1993, before me, aNotary Public in and for the Commonwealth of theNorthern Mariana Islands, personally appeared JuanM. Sablan, duly authorized vepresentative for theMariana Islands, Housing Authority, known to me asthe person whose name is subscribed to the foregoingNOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER OF SALE INDEED OF TRUST, and he acknowledged to me thathe executed the same on behalfof the Mariana IslandsHousing Authority.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand andaffixed my official seal the day and year first writtenabove.

DATED this 22nd day of January, 1993.

By: IslJuan M. SablanExecutive DirectorMariana Islands Housing Authority

Is/JOSEPH MUNA-MENDIOLANotaryPublicCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsMy Commission Expires on the 3rd day ofSeptember,1993.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mariana IslandsHousing Authority will, on March 5, 1993, at 10:00a.m., at the office of the Mariana Islands HousingAuthority,Garapan, P.O. Box 514, Saipan,MP96950,under powerofsale containedin the DeedofTrust, sellthe above described parcel of real property at publicaction to the highest qualified biddet.to satisfy theobligations secured by said Deed of Trust. Themimmum bid offer shall be not less than ~65,OOO.OO,total amountdue toFmHA loan andMlliA sexpenses.

The sale shall be without warranty as to the title orinterest to be conveyed or as to the property of theDeed of Trust, other than that the Manana IslandsHousing Authority is the la:~ll holder ofsuch deed ofTrust. The purchase price shall bepayable by cash,certified check of cashier's check and shall be paidwithin 72 hours from time ofsale or partially fmancedby or through MIRA depending on the successfulbidder's repayment ability. Minimum downpaymentshall be twenty-five percent (25%) of the highest bidamount. Maximum financing term for the balanceshall be ten (10) years.

The Mariana Islands Housing Authority reserves theright to reject any and all bids and to cancel or extendthe date, timeand place for sale of such property. Anyprospective buyer must bea person authonzed by theConstitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of theNorthern Mariana Islands to hold title to real propertyin theCommonwealthoftheNorthern Mariana Islands.

NOTICE OF SALEUNDER POWER OF SALEIN DEEDOF TRUST

Maria C. T~bueffion or aboutA~ 26. 1984, gaveand deliver to e Mariana Islan s Housing Au­thority, acting on behalf of the Farmers Home Ad­ministration, United States of America, a Deed ofTrust upon certain real property hereinafterdescribed,which Deed ofTrust was recorded on April 29. 1984,under under File No. 85-0795 to secure payment ofaPromissory Note of the said Trustor to the MarianaIslands Housing Authority, acting on behalf of theFarmers Home Administration, United States ofAmerica.

The Deed of Trust and this Notice of Sale affect theproperty hereafter described:

LOT NO. 005 1027. ANDCONTAINING AN AREAOF 1,014 SQUARE METERS. MORE OR LESS, ASSHOWN ON CADASTRAL PLAT NO. 005l&t5THE ORIGINAL OF WHICH WAS REGISTEWTIH mE LAND REGISTRY AS DOCUMENTNUMBER 16706 ON MARCH 11, 1983. THE DE­SCRIPTION TIIEREIN BEING INCORPORATEDHEREINBY REFERENCE.

The Trustor has defaulted on payment of the Notesecured by the Deed of Trust, and by reason of saiddefault the Mariana Islands Housing Authority issuedits Notice of Default on December 111992.

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Onthis 22nd dayofJanuary, 1993,before me,aNotary Publicin and for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is­lands, personally appeared Juan M. Sablan, duly authorizedrepresentative for the Mariana Islands, Housing Authority,known tome as theperson whose name is subscribed to theforegoing NOTICE OFSALE UNDER POWER OF SALEIN DEED OF TRUST, andhe acknowledged to me that heexecuted thesame on behalfof theMariana Islands HousingAuthority.

TheMariana Islands Housing Authority reserves theright toreject anyandall bids andto cancel or extend thedate, timeandplace for sale of suchproperty. Any prospective buyermustbeaperson authorized by theConstitution andLaws oftheCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands toholdtitle to real property in the Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands.

/s/JOSEPH MUNA-MENDIOLANotary PublicCommonwealth of theNorthern Mariana IslandsMy Commission Expires on the 3rddayofSeptember,1993.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I haveset myhandand affixedmy official sealthe day andyearfirstwritten above.

DATED this 22nddayof January, 1993.

By: /s/Juan M. SablanExecutive DirectorMariana Islands Housing Authority

COMMONWEALTH OFTHENORTHERN)MARIANA ISLANDS ) ss.

NOTICEOF SALE UNDER POWER OF SALEIN DEED OF TRUST

The Deed ofTrustandthisNotice of Saleaffect thepropertyhereafter described:

LuciaD.Kashi (aka LuciaD.Deluna) andAkio Kashi, onorabout October 26, 1984, gaveand delivered to the MarianaIslands Housing Authority, acting on behalfof the FarmersHome Administration, United States of America, a Deed ofTrustuponcertain realproperty hereinafter described, whichDeedofTrustwas recorded onOctober 29, 1984, under underFileNo. 84-2303 tosecure payment ofa Promissory Note ofthe saidTrustor to the Mariana Islands Housing Authority,acting onbehalfoftheFarmers Home Administration, UnitedStates of America.

TheTrustor has defaulted onpayment of theNote secured bytheDeed ofTrust, andby reason of saiddefault the MarianaIslands Housirig Authority issued its Notice of Default onDecembet 11 1992.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mariana IslandsHousing Authority will,on March 5,1993, at 10:00 a.m.•attheoffice ofthe MarianaIslandsHousing Authority, Garapan,P.O. Box 514, Saipan, MP 96950, under power of salecontained intheDeedofTrust, selltheabove described parcelofrealproperty atpublic action tothehighestqualifiedbidder,to satisfy theobligations secured bysaidDeed ofTrust. Theminimum bid offer shall be not less than $67,000.00, totalamount dueto FmHA loan and MIRA'sexpenses.

Thesaleshall bewithout warranty as to thetitle orinterest tobeconveyed or as to theproperty of theDeed ofTrust, otherthan that theMariana Islands Housing Authority is thelawfulholder of such deed of Trust. 'n1e purchase price shall bepayable by cash, certified check eX cashier'scheckandshallbepaidwithin72 hours from time ofsaleorpartially financedhy or through MIRA depending on the successful bidder'srepayment ability. Minimum downpayment shall be twenty­five percent (25%) of the highest bid amount. Maximumfmancing term for thebalance shall be ten(10) years.

Lor NO. 005 I 538, AND CONTAINING AN AREA OF1,025 SQUARE METERS. MORE ORLESS, AS SHOWNTHEDMSION OFLANDS AND SURVEY'S OFFICIALCADASTRAL PLAT NUMBER 2084/82 THEORIGINAL

. OFWmCH WAS REGISTERED WITH THE LAND REG­ISTRY AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 14232 DATED MAY14,1982, THE DESCRIPTION THEREIN BEING INCOR­!'ORATED Hf:REIN BYREFERENCE.

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1 CONTROLLER - Collegegrad.2 yrs..experience. Salary:$1,000-1,500 permonth.Contact:UNIVERSE INSURANCE UN­DERWRITERS(Micronesia), INC.,P.O.Box 512 Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. No.234-7587(2123)T/10369.

1 DRESSMAKER - Highschoolgrad.2yrs.experience. Salary:$2.15perhour.Contact: PACIFIC ENGINEERING &CONST., INC. P.O. Box 2172 Saipan,MP 96950. Tel. No. 234-5224 (3/2)T/10447.

1 FACTORY 'MANAGER1 SALESMANAGER1INTERPRETER-Collegegrad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$5.80 per hour.139SEWINGMACHINE OPERATORS12 PRESSER(MACHINE)2 SEWINGMACHINE REPAIRER4'CooK 'c' ..

;~2 CUrrER (MACHINE) ,2>GENERATOR-OPERATOR "2 ELECTRICIAN- Highschoolgrad.,2yrs. experience. Salary$2.-15 perhour.4SEWINGSUPERVISOR- Highschoolgrad., 2 yrs. sxpertence. Salary $4.05per·hour.Contact: GRACE INTERNATIONALINC.,CallerBox PPP 109,Saipan,MP96950,Tel.No.234-9682 (312)T/10446.

1ACCOUNTANT -College grad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$900 per month.3 DRILLER, MACHINES - High schoolgrad.,2yrs. experience. Salary$2.15­$2.50 per hour.1 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC ­High school grad., 2 yrs. experience.Salary$2.15 per hour.Contact: SANYOUNG CORPORATIONdbaWELL DRILLING, CallerBoxAAA­N113,Saipan,MP96950,Tel.No.234­710017200 (312)T/10445.

1 MAINTENANCE REPAIRER, BUILD­ING - High school grad., 2 yrs. experi­ence. Salary$2.50per hour.Contact: ARNALDO G. GUBAN dbaARGIE MAINTENANCE/COURIERSVC, P.O. Box 2120, CK, Saipan, MP96950, Tel.No.235-3663 (2J23)T/1 0365.

1 HOUSE WORKER - High schoolequiv.,2 yrs. experience. salary $2.15per hour.Contact: LOURDES I.MAYONTE dbaERMACO ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box1956,Saipan,MP96950, Tel. No.288­0289 (2J23)T/1 0361.

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1 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST2IMPORT&EXPORTAGENT- Collegegrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$5.80per hour.1ACCOUNTANT - College grad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$5.20per hour.1 SALES REPRESENTATIVE· Highschoolgrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary .$2.15 - $3.00 perhour.Contact: LINSON (SAIPAN) INC.,P.O.Box 2706, Saipan,MP96950, Tel. No.234-3481 (2J16)T/10305.

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8 SECURITY GUARD - High schoolgrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$2.50per hour.Contact:GTSENTERPRISES INC.dbaGTSSECURITY SERVICES, P.O.Box1280,Saipan,MP96950,Tel.No.234­0779 (2J16)T/10308.

1 KITCHEN HELPER - High schoolgrad., 2 yrs. experience. Salary$2.15per hour. .Contact:SHIPASHORE, INC.dbaSHIPASHORERESTAURANT, P.o.,Box530

.CK, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234- ,570517776/6378 (2J16)T/10306. .

1 TRADESUPERVISOR-Collegegrad.10 yrs. experience. Salary: $18.00 perhour.Contact:FLETCHER PACIFICCONST.CO.. LTD.,CallerBox AAA 330, NauruBldg., Saipan, MP 96950. Tel. (670)235-3327(2123)T/10370.

5 WAITRESS (NC)- Highschoolgrad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$2.15- $3.00perhour. ,Contact: MARGARITAA.CASTROdbaCLUB SCORPIO, P.O. Box 2817,Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. N&.r334"2176(2J23)T/10358.

1.SALE$ PERSON ~ Highschoolgrad.,2 yrs. experience. Sal.ary $2.25 perhour. ''Contact: PACIFIC CENTURY INT'L.INC. dba GECKOMINI,P.O.Box5642CHRB, Saipan, MP96950,Tel.No.233-4888(2123)T/10359. .

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1 MASON - High school grad., 2 yrs.experience. Salary$2.15 per hour.1 CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR ­High school grad., 2 yrs. experience.Salary $4.05perhour.Contact: CAMILO ORALLO &ARNALDOGUBAN dbaUNIQUE GEN.MERCHANDISE & APARTMENTRENTAL, P.O. Box 1751,GualoRai, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No. 234­3701/2064(2116)T/1 0304.

6 ELECTRICIAN6 PLUMBER - Highschool grad.,2 yrs.experience. Salary$2.15per hour.Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATE­RIAL SUPPLY, INC. dba CMS, P.O.Box 609, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel. No.234-6136 (2J16)T/3911.

1 COMPUTER OPERATOR - Highschool grad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary$2.50per hour. .Contact: JUAN I. CASTRO, JA. dbaPACIFIC LAND SURVEYING, P.O.Box5055CHRB, Saipan, MP 96950, Tel.No. 233-7571/5263 (2123)T/10364.

2 CLASSROOM TEACHER - Collegegrad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$1,000per month. .Contact: SA. ANGELA PEREZ, RSMdba MOUNTGARMEL SCHOOL, P.O.Box6,Saipan, MP9f3950, Tel: No.235­1.252 (2J23)T/3934.

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6 HEAVYEQUIPMENT MECHANIC6 HEAVYEQUIPMENT OPERATOR­High school grad., 2 yrs. experience.Salary$2.15per hour.Contact: CONSTRUCTION & MATE­RIALSUPPLY,INC. dbaCMS, P.O.box609, Saipan, MP96950, Tel. No. 234­6136 (2J16)T/3905.

1 ASSISTANT MANAGER - Collegegrad" 2yrs.experience. Salary$1,000per-month. .Contact: PATRICK M. NELSON dbaMONTE DE ORO LEAD ENTER­PRISES, CallerBox AAA 714, Saipan,MP 96950, Tel. No. 235-6579 (2J23)T/10360.

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2 CARPENTER1 REINFORCING STEELWORKER1 MASON - High school grad., 2 yrs.experience. Salary $2.35per hour.1 WAREHOUSE WORKER - Highschoolgrad.,2 yrs.experience. Salary$2.30 per hour.3 ELECTRICIAN - Highschoolgrad., 2yrs. experience. Salary $2.35 - $3.25per hour.5 HEAVYEQUIPMENT OPERATOR­High school grad., 2 yrs. experience.Salary $2.30- $2.45per hour.2 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC ­

.High school grad., 2 yrs. experience.Salary $2.35- $2.50per hour.1BLOCKMAKER - Highschoolgrad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$2.45perhour.1 ELEC. MOTOR REWINDER - Highschoolgrad.,2'yrs.experience. Salary$2.70 per hour.2ACCOUNTANT -College grad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$900 - $1,225 permonth.Contact: .CONSTRUCTION & MATE­RIAL SUPPLY INC., dba CMS, P.O.Box 609, Saipan, MP 96950,Tel. No.234-6136 (2J16)T/3904.

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2 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC­High school grad., 2 yrs. experience.Salary $2.15- $2.50per hour.Contact: MARIANAS REPAIRS COM­PANY, INC., P.O. Box 2690, ChalanLau-Lau, Saipan, MP 96905, Tel. No.234·9083/4 (2J23)T/10356.

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ACCOUNTANT1ACCOUNTANT - College grad.,2yrs.experience. Salary$5.20to $6.00 perhour.2 CARPENTER -'High schoolgrad., 2yrs. experience. Salary$2.15 - $4.00per hour.1 HEAVYEQUIPMENT OPERATOR­High school grad., 2 yrs. experience.Salary$2.15-.$6.00per hour.Contact: KAM CORPORATION, P.O.Box 606, Saipan, MP 96950 (2J16)T/ .10309. . . .

1ACCOUNTANT - College grad.,2yrs.experience. Salary $900- $1,000 permonth.Contact: JOETEN. ENTERPRISES,INC.,P.O.Box137,Saipan, MP96950,Tel. No. 234-6445/6 (2116)T/3909.

7 ACCOUNTANT- Highschoolgrad.,2yrs. experience. ~Iary $900to $1,000per month. . '4 SALESPERSON, GEN. MERCHAN­DISE" Highschoolgrad:,2yrs. experi­ence. Salary $2.30- $3.1.5 per hour,5 WAREHOUSE WORKER - Highschoolgrad.,2 yrs. experience. Salary$2.15 - $2.95 perhour.Contact: J.C. TENORIO ENTER­PRISES, INC., P.O. Box 137, Saipan,96950(2J16)T/3908.

3 BEAUTICIAN· Highschool grad., 2yrs. experience. Salary $3.00 •'$4.00perhour. .,' , •Contact: K.H..CORPORATION., P.O.Box3019,Saipan,MP.96959. Tel. No.

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to taxpayers.The proposedreformsinclude

the lowering of the current 95percent tax rebate to 90 percent,70 percent and.50 percent, de­pendingonthe taxpayer's income.

Attaosaid'thetaskf~ shouldtaketimetoexplaintherationalebehind the recowmen~ations

through public IIefuings on theislandsofSaipan,RotaandTinian.

"The package is proposingsubstantial changes. Our peopleshouldknowtheimpactsof thesechanges, why the neeerfor this,where the proceeds of the addi­tionalrevenues willgo," he said.

He said it is unfair not to letpeople be aware of somethingthat will affecttheir lives.

Meanwhile.Villagomez clari­fied yesterday that the draft taxreformpackagefromthefmancedepartment did not includeinputfromthetax taskforcemembers.

He said the task force'wouldonly work on the proposal afterthe draft recommendations werefmished by the fmance depart­ment,

Finance Director Eloy S. Inosagreed. He also clarified thattherewasno such thingas a taskforce report,only Department ofFmance draft recommendationsfor tax reforms.(RHA)

Ethiopian highlands down to theeastern desert, where Somaliguerrillas fought to unite theOgadenwithSomalia. Oneday,someone shot and killed a gov­ernmentrepresentativeinYusuf'sarea. He now recalls it as "anaccident." But retribution wasswift

"Themilitary anacked,"hesaid,"and killed all my animals andfive of my children" - four sonsand a daughter in their 208 and30s.''TheAmharakilled35peopleinall. ...Thatwasthesaddestdayof my life."

The .sadness did not end. In1977, Somalia's PresidentMohamed Siad Barre

senthis troops intotheOgadentowrestit fromEthiopia. Somaliseverywhere rejoiced, but withinayeartheinvaders retreatedbeforea combined Ethiopian-Cubanforce.

"The Somali army. said that ifthe Ogadenwas recaptured, theAmhara wouldkill us all," Yusufsaid."Wedecided togo to Soma-li "a.

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Manning..• ~__was fired as Blazers coach.Adelmancriticizedhis team'slackof effort.

"Weweren'tpursuing theball.We werestanding andwatching.That's something thatshouldnothappento us at home. Weowe itto ourselves and the people whowatch us to go out and give ev­erything," Adelman said. . TheBlazershave lostfiveofsixoverallandare2-5sinceallegations sur­faced in Salt LakeCity that four

A desert... ~__pian rule, under Emperor HaileSelassie, and times soon grewgoodfor Yusufandhis kinsmen.

"I had 300 sheepandgoats,50cattleandsixcamels,"herecalledwithapassofhis trembling hand,as though surveying now-van­ished herds. He became a part­timefarmer, too.And he took 12wives over the years, in the So­mali fashion. They bore him 17children.

Butnature andhistoryconspiredto rob Yusufof much of what heheld dearest.

First, a drought in the early1970sdevastated the OgadenS0­malis. "There was no rain, nograzing,nowatertodrink," Yusufsaid.

"We lost all our animals. Wedepended on those animals. Wecouldn'tgrowcrops. Manyof ourpeople died" - including four ofYusuf's children.As the familytriedtorebuild theirlife, the soci­etyaroundthemwascoming apart.Marxist-inspired military menoverthrew HaileSelassie in 1974,and violence flared from the

Information, driveon tax plan urgedA WIDE public informationcampaign on proposed changesin the taxsystemshouldbe donebeforetheLegislature decidesonthe proposed taxreforms. HouseWaysandMeans Chairman JesusT. Attaosaidyesterday.

Meanwhile, members of theTask Forceon Incomeand SalesTaxationclarifiedthat the tax re­form package. being readied bythe CNMI government was aproductof the Department of Fi­nance and not of the task forceitself.

Attao, who was a member ofthe taskforceuntilhe yieldedhisseat to Speaker Thomas P.Villagomez, said any recom­mendedchanges inthetaxsystemshould be reported first to the

-public."A thorough information drive

onsuchanextremely crucialleg­islativemeasure isimperative.Thepeopleshouldbe madeaware oftheconsequences of anychangesin the taxstructure," Attaosaid inan interview. "I believe thisshouldbe done both on the taskforcelevelandattheLegislature."

According to Attao, the pro­posed package contains drasticchanges in thepresent tax systemwhich,if approved, may cause acertain degree of inconvenience

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SPORTS-Courier wins Kroger-St. Jude title

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MEMPIllS, Tenn. (AP) • Jim fightmy waythrough."Courierbattledthroughsomemen- Courier, ranked No.1 on thetal exhaustion and another three- ATPTour,had to dealwithsleepsetrnatch andheldoff96th-ranked deprivation thefirstfivedaysafterToddMartin 5-7,7-6(7-4), 7-6(7- hereturned fromhisvictory in the4) for theKroger-St,JudeInterna- AustralianOpeninthelastweekoftional championship. January. That was followed by

"It's verysatisfying to winfour mental fatigue ashe adjusted backthree-set matches in a row," Cou- to theUnited States.riersaid. "It'svery hardto dopar- _._ He wastaken to three setsinhisticularly aftercomingfrom aplace three matches leading up tolikeAustralia. It's tough to recu- Sunday'sfmal. Courier saidbeing

physically fit wasthedifference."Guyscangooutandplaythree­

setmatches andplayat100percentno problem. Everybody can do it ­once.We'retheguyswhocancomeout and do it two,three; four,fivedays in a row,"he said.

Courier led 5-4 in the fmal setwhen he squandered five matchpointsin failing tobreakMartin'sserve. He heldserveto go up 6-5beforeMartinforced thetiebreakerin the 2-hour, 43-minute final.

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points," Courier saidIn thetiebreaker,Courierjumped

ahead 5-2 as Martin's forehandshotmissedlong.Martinhitacross­court shot to pull within 5-3, andthey matched aces to go to 6-4beforeMartin returned a shotintothe net to give Courier the dlrs107,000 winner'scheck.

The title is Courier's secondof1993 inhissecond tournament andhis 11thsingles title overall. He is12-0inmatches thisyear. .

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tournament final, Martin shouldjumpintothetop60players thanksto his quarterfmal victory overeighth-ranked Andre Agassi andthe semifmal upset of seventh­rankedMichael Chang.

"I think the win against Agassijustmademe feellikeI couldcom­pete at the highest level and win.I've come close, but I never wonagainst the best players in theworld," Martin said. "It ... defi­nitely gave me more confidencethe restof the tournament.

San Jose beats Winnipeg, 3-2thirdperiod.

Sharkplayers werejumpingupand90WD onthebenchas the finalseconds ticked away.

GoalieArtursIrbe,whomade35saves, kept theSharks in thegameinthefirstperiodastheJetsoutshotSanJose 18~8 andwereahead18­3untiltwoWinnipeg penalties latein theperiod.

Teemu Selanne and SergeiBautin scored for Winnipeg.Selanne tiedthe Jet rookierecordof45goalssetbyDaleHawerchukin 1981-82. He is eightshy of theNHL rookie mark of 53 set byMike Bossyof the New YorkIs­landers in 1977-:-78.

The Sharks went up 2-0 withtwo quick power-play goals latein the first period.

Kisio rapped in a pass acrossthe crease with the Jets two menshortat18:56andGarpenlov fireda shot into thecomer 17 secondslater.

Selanneclosedthegap to2-1at16:05of the secondwith

a slap shot from the face-offcircle.

Kisiorestoredthetwo-goal leadwith 36 secondsleft in the periodwithasnapshotfromcloserange.

"It sure seemedlike it to me,"Adelmansaid.

Ron Harper added 21 andStanleyRoberts 20forLosAnge­les, whichsnapped 'a three-gamelosing streak. Manning hit justone of hisfirstnine shotsbut was6 for 9 after that.

"I thoughtStanleymight havebeenathisbesttonight," ClipperscoachLarryBrownsaid."I knowI've said that probably 15 timesthis year, but he really changedthe game." .

Rod Stricklandscored 16 andClyde Drexler 14 for Portland,whichhadn't lost four in a row atMemorialColiseumsinceJan.26,1989, just before Mike Schuler

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games and left coach RickAdelman disgusted withhisplay­ers' effort.

"I'mveryfrustrated,"Adelmansaid."Ifwedon't come outwith abetter effort than that we're riotgoing to go anywhere."

The Blazers, who had beaten .theClippers in Los Angeles 111-.:.104 two nights earlier, shot just37 percentfrom thefield Sundayand were 1 for 8 from 3-pointrange.

They scored a season-low 39points in the second half afterscoring43 in the final quarter inLos Angeles on Friday night.Adelman saidhis teamseemedtobe taking another win over theClippers for granted.

San Jose, which began its losingstreakonJan.4.

At7-48-2, SanJoseneedstowintwo of its last Z7 games to avoidmatching Washington's recordofeightvictories in itsfirst season.

The Sharks, outscored 88-31duringthelosing streakand19-1 intheir previous three games, lasteamedapointonJan. 2in a 2-2tiewithVancouver.

AwinoverLosAngeles onDec.26broketheSharks'13-game los­ingstreak. SanJoseis 2-32-1 in itslast35 games.

"It's always hard to stomachwhenyou lose to a team that youreallyfeelyoushouldbe beating,"Jetsgoalie RickTabaracci said.

Winnipegisalsostruggling.los­ingfourstraight andgoing1-6-1 inits last eightgames.

Winnipeg coachJohn Paddocksaid the Jets aren't getting a fulleffortfromtheirforwards.

"We played good in the firstperiodandafter thatwedidn'tplayverygood,"Paddocksaid"They'rejust notsharp."

The teams played a tense fmalfour minutes - with both benchesstaring at theclock- after the Jetsclosed the gap to 3-2 late in the

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) •It's over.

The San Jose Sharks snappedtheir 17-gamelosing streakSun­dayandavoided NHLhistory witha3-2victory against theWinnipegJets.

Thelasttime theSharkshadwonagame-onDec. 26.-GeorgeBushwas still in theWhiteHouse, Mi­ami wasNo. 1 in college footballand the NFL playoffs hadn't evenstarted.

."I've. been very proud of howthey've played despite a lotof ad­versity,". Sharks coach GeorgeKingston said. "I was concernedfor theplayers because therewasatremendous pressure that wasmounting on them."

KellyKisioscored twiceas theSharks escaped becoming thefirstNHL team to lose 18 games in arow. They now share the recordwiththe 1974-75WashingtonCapi­tals.

The Sharks'had tied the recordFriday night in a 6-0 loss to theEdmonton Oilers.

"We'reapretty excitedbunchofguysrightnow," Kisio said."It's abigload offmy mind."

JohanGarpenlov alsoscoredfor

Manning keys Clippers victoryBy Bob Baum

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Per­sistencepaidoff for DannyMan­ning on Sundaynight.

Manning missed eight of hisfirst nine shotsfrom thefield butwas 6-for-9 the rest of the wayandscoredagame-high 22pointsas the Los Angeles Clippers beat .Portland96-86.

"My teammates showedalotofconfidenceinme.Theykeptcom­ing to me andtellingme I neededlQ stay aggressive andI tried to,"Manningsaid."I got a few shotsto drop."

The defeat extended the TrailBlazers' longest homecourt los­ing streak in four years to four

Hill went into Sunday's finalroundwithasix-shotleadbuiltonhis 7-under-par65 in Saturday'ssecondround.

"I've never had a six-strokelead, so I didn't know how to actwith it ... and it even got up toeight. It's almost like the ballstartssnowballing, andyoudon'tknowwhetheryou're abletostopit or not."

Hill shot 32 on the front nine,eaglingthepar-5secondholeandregistering a birdie on the firstandninth holes.But some tenta­tiveplayon thebacknineyieldeda 2-over 38.

Stockton, meanwhile, wasshooting duplicate 33s on thefront and back nines. He bird­ied theflrst. seventh andeighth hole~ on the front side,then got birdies on the l Oth,13th and 15th holes.

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Hill hangs on to takeThe Challenge' titleNAPLES,Fla. (AP). MikeHill,who has found success on theSeniortour,shot a fmal-round 2­under-par 70 on Sunday to winTheChallenge championship and$75,000.

Hillfinished thethreeroundsat14-under202.

Dave Stockton, who shot a 6­under-par 66,closedtowithintwoshotsatthe end LeftyBobCharleshad a final-round 66 to fmish atlO-under-par 206for third place.

Hill,withhis leadevaporating,still managed to hang on afterbeing up eight shots at one pointin theafternoon at theVineyards.

"I think the turning point camefor me at 10, when I missed athree-foot putt. I think if Iwould've made that shot, Iwould've shot twoor threeunderon thebackside, insteadof strug­gling after that," Hill said.

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