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By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

COMMONWEALTH Utilities Corp. yesterday made good its threat of suing for damages com-. panies that it claimed supplied a defective engine part and were partly responsible for Saipan's power outages.

In a complaint filed by the Of-

sues fice of the Attorney General at the US District Court, CUC named Goltens Singapore Pte Ltd., Goltens Trading & Engineering Pte Ltd., and Goltens New York Corp. as defendants in the civil suit.

Before filing the complaint, CUC and representatives from Goltens engaged in several talks

but nothing was reportedly re­solved.

The decision to enter into liti­gation had earlier been approved by the CUC board.

CUC, in its complaint, said that in early January last year, it or­dered a tri-metal bearing from Goltens Singapore to be used as part of the routine overhaul of the.

Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio and Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Borja bow in prayer as they pay their last respects to the late former Congressman Jesus A. Sonoda during state funeral rites Tuesday at the Multipurpose Center in Susupe. Sonoda, who served in the First and Third CNMI Legislatures, passed away last Aug. 23.

By Ferdie de la Torre Variety News Staff

A WOMAN awaiting trial for a criminal case is being joined in jail by her new-born baby at the Depai:tment of Public Safety's Pretrial Detention Facility.

The Variety gathered yester­day that the Family Court issued an order last week allowing Ge Ai Ping to take care of her baby girl

while serving time in the DPS -pre-trial jai I.

A court decision pertaining to the infant's wardship was issued by SuperiorCounAssociateJudge Virginia Sablan Onerheim, but the case was sealed. ·

Assistant Atty. Gen. William O'Roarty, legal counsel for the DPS, in an inte,view confirmed the infant has been allowed to be

with her mother inside the deten­tion facility.

O'Roarty said that a pregnant Ping, a Chinese national then al­ready in detention, was taken last Aug. 19 to the Commonwealth Health Center where she gave birth through caesarian section.

Last Aug. 22, O'Roarty said, Ping was brought back to jail while

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13.5-megawatt Engine No. 8, but was instead given a bi-metal bear­ing.

To make sure it gets the right item, CUC had provided a model of the tri-metal bearing to Goltens Singapore, the complaint stated.

CUC said Goltens Singapore tried to provide a bearing that met the required specifications but that it failed to do so.

'At first, two bearings which failed to meet the specifications were supplied by the defendants, and finally a third bearing sent was installed on Aug. 2, 1996 but 29 days later, the bearing "col­lapsed and widened," burning the

engine's crankshaft because of the friction and heat, the com­plaint said. ·

Since then, or for over a yehr now, the engine has not been op­erating, the CUC said, adding that as a result it has suffered eco­nomic losses.

The breakdown ofEngine 8 has been blamed as contributing to past power shortages that caused outages. ·

The CUC accused the defen­dants of breaching the following:

•the implied warranty of merchantibility by supplying a bearing that was not merchantible

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Aldan hits 'illegal' use of land lease proceeds

By Jojo Dass Variety News Staff

SEVERAL projects of the Di­vision of Public Lands are not budging because of government's alleged uncon­stitutional use of millions of dollars derived from land lease agreements, Public Lands Board Chairman Tomas B. Aldan yesterday said.

Aldan, in an interview, ex­plained that funds acquired through the agreements are put into an escrow under the super­vision of the finance depart­ment, as mandated by Public Law 10-29.

He said the law requires that collections be used to guaran­tee loans made by the Northern Mariana Housing Corporation.

"This is unconstitutional. This is not the normal way of doing this business pursuant to the policies and procedures es­tablished by the Constitution," Aldan argued.

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source knowledgeable on the matter admitted "there have been problems" with P.L. 10-29.

He however said the law "has been ignored" over these "problems on constitutional­ity."

Aldan meanwhile main­tained that the funds, which he estimated to have reached "a couple of million dollars," should be placed under BPL's control to finance operations

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Tenorio:·Classroom funds were not diverted By Zaldy Dandan Variety News 5_taff

GOVERNOR · Froilan C. Tenorio yesterday denied that funds for the emergency class­room project were repro­grammed to the Garapan Revi­talization Project as claimed by Martin A. Manglona who re­signed Tuesday as Public Works deputy secretary.

In a media statement, Tenorio said he accepts Manglona 's "vin­dictive resignation," adding that -the former deputy secretary "ob-

Froilan C. Tenorio Martin A. Manglona

viously cannot handle a demand­ing position."

Contrary to Manglona's claim, Tenorio said, the $500,000 for the emergency classroom project was neverrcprogrammed and "shou Id

be ready by the beginning of the year."

An Aug. 8 memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget to the governor, a copy of which was obtained by the Vari­ety, stated that the reprogramming cannot be done unless approved by the Legislature. · Likewise, Tenorio said the in­

cinerators he wants to purchase me(,tfederal standards, "and were even modified at our request so as not to endanger the health of our people."

The governor said the incin­erators were manufactured in Japan and not in South Korea where_ Manglona "went to in­vestigate against my direct or­der for him not to go."

Tenorio said it was Lt. Gov. Jesus C Bmja who approved the travel authorization.

"I don't know why Martin (went to) Korea and the (main­land) U.S. on the government's tab. There was no reason for him to go, that's why I said no.

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2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY- SEPTEMBER 4, 1997

Vietnam crash: 62 dead PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -A Vietnam Airlines jetliner crashed in a ball of flame Wednesday on a landing approach to Phnom Penl1's international airport. Police said at

least 62 people were killed. The plane, aniving from Ho Chi

Minh City, wentdowninaricepaddy aboutonekilometer(half-mile)south of the runway as a heavy seasonal rain

poured. It clipped palm trees and exploded into flame on impact, wit­nesses said.

The cause of the crash was un­known. The wreckage was still bum-

paddy and slid about 200 meters (yards). It hit a cow tied to bamboo trees. "Rescue workers rushed one of the survivors, a smal I chi Id covered in mud and debris, to an ambulance.

Japanese transport ministry holds talks on eve of US shipping ~anctions

ing more than one hour after the crash. Access for fire trucks and res­cue workers wasdifficulton the only waytothecrashsite,anarrow,flooded dirt road.Police, speaking on condi­tion of anonymity, gave the initial numberof dead as 62, and said there were four smvivors - two adults and two children. It was not known how many people were aboard.

Bodiesfromthecrashwerestrewn around the fire-blackened wreckage. Police were looking for scraps of paper and passpcrts that might help identify the victims.

Thousands of Phnom Penh resi­dents converged on the crash scene.

Some looting broke out, but was stopped by police and Cambodian soldiers.

Only the tail section of the plane andaportionofthefuselageremained intact.

TOKYO (AP)- Aday before U.S. sanctionsonJapaneseshippingtake effect, the Mini~try of Transporta­tion was holding separate talks Wednesdaywith shipping and har­bor representatives in an apparent attempt to avert the action.

The Japanese Shipowners' As­sociation, the Japan Foreign Steam­ship A<;sociation and the Japan HarborTransportation Association were participating in separate talks with the ministry. said Atsushi Fujimoto, a ministry spokesman.

ButFujimotosaid the talks were informal and were not aimed spe­cifically at averting the sanctions, which he said Japan considers '\m­just."

He said that the aim was to in­stead discuss how harbor condi-

PARIS (AP) - His mouth was so mangled his lips and tongue were tom away. The one person police hope can desc1ibe how photogrn­phers chased Princess Diana to her death can't talk.

Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, the sole survivor of the crash that killed tl1e princess, her boyfriend ru1d their d1iver. remains in c1itical condition witl1 m:L,sive facial injuries.

ll1e daily Le Figaro rcpo11ed W cdnesday that the force of the crash smashed his jaw, lipping away his

tions in Japan can be improved. In February, the independent Fed­

eral Maritime Commission imposed sanctions of$ I 00,000 against three Japanese cargo liners every time they make port in the United States to retaliateforrestrictive practices against U.S. shippers in Japanese harbor:;.

The sanctions were to take effect April 14.

The Clinton administration, how­ever, a<;ked regulators to forego the stiff fines, saying Japan's govern­ment had acknowledged anti-com­petitive practices on its dock and is taking steps to correct them. The imposition of sanctions was sus­pended until Sept 4.

The three Japanese shipping com­panies that call in U.S. ports and whichfacethesanctionsareKawasaki

lips, tongue and other tissue. It was unclear whether surgeons were able to reattach the tongue.

The bodyguard also suffered seri­ous chest in juries and broken bones. He ha~ been drifting in and out of consciousness at Pirie Salpetriere, the sarneParishospital where Diana died of her wounds.

Rees-Jones is in such bad shape he likely won't be able to meet with investigators for weeks-and when he does, he may have to write down what he saw before

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The FMC regulates commercial shipping while the Federal Mari­timeAdministration promotes U.S. shipping interests as an agency of the Transportation Department

A majorcomplainthas been over a practice known as ''priorconsulta­tion" in which any changes in ship­ping practices carried out by com­panies, both domestic and foreign, using Japanese ports must first be discussed with the Japan Harbor Transportation Association_

TheFMC,complainingthatcom­petition is restricted, has also ac­cused the Japanese of discriminat­ing against U.S. carriers who have attempted to run their own opera­tions in Japanese ports.

the Mercedes slammed into a tun­nel post and folded around him Sunday.

Rees-Jones, 29, of Whittington, England, works for the family of Diana's millionaire boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and was known as "Dodi's shadow."

One of about 40 Fayed family se­curity staffers, he is a former former paratrooper in the British military who served in the Middle East and Northern Ireland. He left the army in 1992_

Witnesses said the plane appeared to be making a landing approach when the pilot realized he had over­shot the runway. The nose started to rise, but then the plane crashed.

"I was playing and I heard the sound of the plane, and then a very noisy BOOM," said Roeun Phimm, a I 2-year-old boy. 'The plane hit a bunch of trees and went into the

lb Vanna,afanrerwhowas plowing his field, was about 700 meters (yards) from the plane when it explcxled.

'There was this huge explosion," lb Vanna said. "It sounded like the gas tanks had exploded."

Vietnam Airlines was one of tl1e first commercial carriers to resume service to Phnom Penh's Pochentong International Airport in the wake of a bloody coup in July where fighting was heavy around the airpc11.

Swindlers target gullible Pacific islands officials

By ROBERT KEITH-REID SUV A, Fiji (AP) -The impeccably dressed businessman had a fabulous investment deal for the government officials of the tiny Pa'cific island nation of Vanuatu.

All they had to do was bind tl1eir government to guru1llltee a $ I 00 million invesanent by his firm ,md he would repay$ 250million in less than a year.

The prime minister, deputy piime minister, governor of the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu, finance minister and finance secretary all jumped at the propcsal last year. They signed off on the deal, appropriately enough, on April Fool's Day.

It was, Vanuatu justice officials charge, another in a wave of financial scams being perpetrated by con men preying on the young nations of the Pacific. Several nations have been duped out of hundreds of thousands

of dollars and a few have come close to losing hundreds of millions.

In this case, savvier Vanuatu offi­cials got wind of the deal and were able to have British autho1ities seize the guarantee document~ in London before tl1ey could be converted into cash.

Peter Swanson, an Australian, was arrested in Vanuatu and charged with making false repre­sentations to the Reserve Bank and government. Free on bail awaiting trial, he maintains his innocence, saying he was pursuing a legiti­mate deal through his investment firm, New Resourcs Group (Vanuatu) Ltd.

Vanuatu's ombudsman 1,aid the deal would have bankrupted the na­tion if the Reserve Bank guarantee had ever been called in. Vanuatu 's entire annual eru11ings rue less than$ I 00 million.

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Reyes: Don't tax proceeds of land sales to NMI Gov't

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

HOUSE Majority Leader Pete P. Reyes (R-Saipan) yesterday said he will introduce a bill that would exempt from taxes the pay111ent made by the govem111ent to indi­viduab whose land were bought for public use. L

··11 ·snot fair," he said, "that after forcing a person to give up his land for govelllmcnt use, that he should then be taxed for the amount the government pays him."

Reyes said since the bill that appropriated $2.5 million for the govelllment 's land purchases be­came law last Aug. 18, he has re­ceived complaints regarding the tax.

"Lots of families are affected and I'm sure that I'm not the only legislator gelling complaints from the people," he said.

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they don't even want to exchange their land, but because the govelll­ment needs it, they seem to be forced to enter into the transaction, and then penalized (for i l) by being taxed."

To begin with, he noted, it is the government that appraises the value of the private land to be acquired.

resulted in capital gain, which means, he added, "that the sale of land is higher than the appraised value."

1liat's not the case, he said, with the government's acquisition of public lands through cash pay­ments.

In the past, he added, when the government was acquiring pri­vate land by exchanging public land of equal value, the private individual was not taxed for the transaction.

However, Reyes said, "because of the diminishing size of public land, it more prudent to buy the land instead."

"We need to save land for future generations, but the government's land purchases should be done prop­erly, (without putting a private in­dividual to a disadvantage.)"

Underwood: Guam crash report out in 2 to 3 ·mos. HONOLULU(Pacnews)-Apre­liminary report into the Korean Air crash in Guam on August 6 that killed over 227 passengers will be made public within 60 to 90 days.

This was revealed by Guam's Delegate to U.S. Congress, Robert Underwood.

The Korean Air crashed minutes before lai1ding in the U.S. Pacific tenitory.

At a weekend news briefing, Underwood said he is "very con­cemed" about the treatment Guam isreceivingintheKoreanmediaand itseffect"on tourism and the general image of Guam." ·

The congressman stressed it is impo1tant that Korea have access to accurateinfonnationaboutthecrash to dispel a "growing perception amongtheKrneanpublicthatGuam is not safe to visit" ·

Another tragic dimension to the

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crash, Underwood said, was "the lack of a clear plan on the part of Korean Air to deal with the situa­tion."

The U.S. Congressman also noted that despite the doubling up of DNA testing, with samples be­ing tested in botl1 Korea and the United Staates, "there is a real pos­sibility that some crash victims' remains will never be identified."

"They ,u-e asking why is it that Reyes said an earned income is

taxable only when the transaction

Santos: CNMI will 'overtake' Guam as tourist destination

Three NMC Regents not given new terms for being Borja supporters?

By Rick Alberto Variety News Staff

THE ACTING director of the Marianas Visitors Bureau said yesterday he was confident the CNMI would surpass Guam as a travel destination in the years to come.

Alvaro Santos pointed out one advantage of the Northern Mariana Islands, which is having more land mass than Gua111.

"'We have IO other islands to the north which are unspoiled and which we can develop in the fu­ture to provide lllore attractions to tourists,"' Santos said.

On the other hand, Santos added, Guam cannot move be­yond or anywhere else and that it can only offer so much over time.

··J'm optimistic that we will surpass Guam because we will eventually have more attractions lo accommodate the increasing number of tourists, .. he told the

Variety. Aside from Saipan, the CNMI

has Rota and Tinian-whose ca­sino industry is about to take off­to offer to tourists.

While Guam receives a little over a million tourists, the CNMI still aims to reach the million mark in the year 2000, or less than three years from now.

Last year, the CNMI was host to over 700,000 visitors, about 60 percent of whom are Japa­nese.

Santos said the MVB has to continuously keep up with its pro­motional effort to attain the mi I­lion-mark goal.

This goal will also hinge on the number of direct flights toSaipan.

"The more direct flights to S:iipan we have, the more visitors we can attract," he said.

I le explained that tourists usu­ally avoid stopovers as they do not like waiting for hours in air­ports for their next flight.

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

THE THREE Nonhem M,u"ianas College regents who were not re­appointed by Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio are "suspected" to be sup­po11ers of Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Brnja.

Brnja, who is nmning against Tenorio, yesterday said he has "no idea" why the governor wanted Vicente N. S,mtos, Teresa I. Taitano and John Schwarz out of NMC, but added "Maybe he learned they're supporting me."

Asked, however, if the three me supporting his candidacy, Brnja said "I don't know, but I'll ask them."

Schwarz yesterday declined to make a comment. The Variety tried to interview Taitano and Santos, but failed. As for NMC president Agnes McPhetres, the V m·iety was told that she is on vacation and will be back on Sept. 12.

It was McPhetres, B01ja said, who rccornmen<le<l that the three be reappointed.

"She told me that their may be a

HUDDLE. Political 'foes' Mayor Jesus DL. Guerrero (center, left) and Benigno M. Sablan, both candidates for U Governor engage in friendly banter after the state funeral rites for former Cong. Jesus A. Sonoda. Also in photo are (from left) Sen. Thomas P. Villagomez, Speaker Diego Benavente, CPA Chair Victor Hocog (back to camera) and Gov. Tenorio.

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problem if no appointments were made (as the) tenns (of the three) have expired (last Aug. 12), and another (regent's te1111-Marian Aldan-Pierce-will also) expire this month," he said.

"If no reappointments were made, the board might be ham­pered in its de! ibcrations. So I asked

for (names) and she told me the thrce ... have been doing good work for NMC. (so) I have no reason to disagree with the recommenda­tion."

Brnja said he told McPhctres that though as acting governor he can reappoint the three, Tenorio could withdrnw the nominations.

'"She said (they're) willing to take the chance, so I went ahead, and lo and behold, my prediction came true."

Bo1ja nominated the three last Aug. 22.

Tenorio, on Tuesday, said he is recalling the nominations, adding that he wants "new people" at NMC.

"I've already discussed this mat­ter with Mr. Sm1tos and (Bo1ja) should have discussed it with him when he made the nomination . ., he said.

Speaker on strained US ties: ·New administration needed

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

HOUSE Speaker Diego T. Benavente (R-Saipan) said Tues­day that the current diffirnlties in CNMl-federal relations require a "different attitude., and a new ad­ministration.

"A lot of the frustration in Washington, D.C .. " he said, was a result of the actions and non­actions taken by Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio, partirnlarly on the gradual wage hike and the cap on the numbcrofgannent work­ers.

By changing his position on the wage hike and lifting the cap on the number of workers, Tenorio "made problems even bigger for us," Benavente said.

I le added that the lifting of the cap, for example, led to anLal111ost three-fold increase in the number of garment workers which stood at 6,/)00 when Tenorio assumed office in 1994.

The Legislature passed a bill

that would set a new cap, but Tenorio vetoed it,

··we have to override his veto ljlist to set a new cap)," Benavente said. "These arc the types or ac­tion (taken by the govcrn0r) that will make any official very con­cerned.··

Benavente noted that it was only during Tenorio's time tl1at "the President of the United States him­self recommended a federal take­over (of local immigration and minimum wage policies)."

The only way to hold off the federal takeover, he added, is for CNMl 's voters to "make the right decision"' in the November el~c­tions.

Benavente said he told the Stayman. delegation to give the CNMI "a chance to put in the right administration in office.'"

111e new administration, he said, will implement the needed re­for111s without requiring federal action.

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4-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-THURSDAY-SEPTEMBER 4, 1997

According to Governor:

'Ban taken out·of context' By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

GOVERNOR Froilan C. Tenorio, who proposed a similar ban in 1994 only to change his mind aftcrw,irds, said Tuesday that his statement on banning Filipi119 workers from the CNMI has been "taken out of context" by the local media.

''Let's make it clear, and don't take it out of context," he told reporters. "(Wliat) I said is that I would consider the ban as an op­tion after testifying in Congress."

Meanwhile, Tenorio said, he will continue finding ways to stop labor abuses in the CNMI, which has over 20,000 Filipino contract workers.

"We 're doing our best here, but (as I've said earlier), if the (alleged) abuse of workers con­tinue, the way to stop it aside from prosecuting perpetrators is to (ban the hiring of new) workers," he said.

Tenorio added that he is, at present, looking into the local con­struction industry, particularly

those companies whose alien workers have complained of not getting their pay checks on time.

"Their bids (for a construction project) are too low," Tenorio said, '"and when they run out of money before the end of the contract, they (have trouble) paying their workers."

"Now I' II make sure that th::ir bids arc responsible," he added, "that they can finish the project and pay their workers on ti me."

In an Aug. 12 media confer­ence, Tenorio said he is consider-

ing a ban on the hiring of new Filipino workers, and that he has also suspended the ongoing memorandum of understanding (MOU)negotiations with the Phil­ippine government.

"I guess the Philippine govern­ment is forcing me to do some­thing they don't want to do," Tenorio said.

The CNMI governmeni, he added, has already been "doing everything" to check labor abuses, but the Philippine and federal gov­ernments, he added, appear to be

not satisfied. Tenorio, at the same time, said

he will no longer oppose any leg­islation that would limit the stay of the estimated 30,000 alien workers now in the CNMI.

The CNMI employers can eas­ily recruit workers from other countries, he said.

A bill that would limit alien workers to a two-year stay in the CNMI is currently being considered by a Senate-House of Representatives conference committee.

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Van'ety News Staff THE CAMPAIGN against brown tree snake infestation is high on the prirnity listoftheDepartmentofl..ands and Natural Resources for the com­ing fiscal year, DLNR Secretary Maggie Wonenberg said.

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"Brnwn tree snake is one of the p1irnitiesdefinitely,'"saidWonenberg.

She said DLNR is cunently estab­lishing ties witl1 ooth public and piivate sectors f ortheaeationof ananti-brnvm O-ee snake networl; that wil I cnsu1c that none of the snake species manage<l to slip tl1mugh th: islm1d's pons.

·111e11:'11: a lot of steps being done to suppo11 these program. We are working with vmious agencies and the p1ivate sector at tl1e po1t.~ of cn­uy, .. said Wonenberg.

She said that government is now concentrating on both sea mid air­po11s following the recent captme, by

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DLNR, Wonenbcrg said, is now undergoing a 11:view ofrecent activi­ties tl;it h~~ culminated witl1in this fiscal ye,ll".

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done and what needs to be done," she said.

Meantime, Fish and Wildlife Di­rector Daniel Quitugua said his office is now also coordinating with other government agencies including the Emergency Management Office re­gm·ding the DLNR 's procurement of equipment nccde<l forthe cremion of a radio network among mcmbe1, of the government's brown uec snake conuul program.

Quitugua said radio lines ,ll\: still beingestabl ished enabling those who mi!?.ht come across the snake to im­mc<liately 11:ach autho1ities for arc­po11 on the si!!litin!!.

1l1c plan to procuie a communica­tion system was hatched following the DFW's failure to immediately respond to s recent snake sighting reponed in Oleai.

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On panic attacks IT IS hap1~11ing again. Your hc:ut is pounding! You c,UJ't lm:atl1! 'Jh:rc is pressun: in your chest! You feel dizzy ,md lighthca<lc<l. Your lips m·e tingly: your fingrn; numb. You break i"nto a cold sweat. Is so111etl1ing teirible going to happ:!n? An; you going to die'? A11: you having a he,u1 attack? A suuke1 A11: you going crazy?

·111c symptoms of 1~ipid hew1bcat, shonness of b11:ath, pressure in the chest, feeling faint ,md sweating can all be due to serious problems with tl1c hcm1, lungsorgl,uids but when they happen ovcrm1d over again mid all.the tests mi.: normal ,md the <loctorsc,ui 't I ind a disease to explain it then it is time to strn1 thinking about a problem called pm1ic attacks.

lf'somclxxly jumpsoutoftl1cd,u·k and yells, ""boo" ora burghu·is prowling W'Ound your house it is normal to Ice! afraid ,md to have a racing he,ut. in 1·act it is cxpcclcd. But sometimes tl1e s.une symptoms can happen when tl1ere is no n:,Lson to be fril.d1tcncd. P,u1ic att,1cks aflcct 2-3'} of nonnal hcaltl1y people and nolxxly knows why they happen. A typical attack lasts 5-1 () minutes. It happens suddenly ,u1d for no gcxxl 1-.:,L,on. Sometimes attack., seem lo hapJ~n in the same situation. like when in a crowd or !?.Din~ outside. ·111cn a ,~rson may h,:crnne afraid or l~ing in that situatio11.~·111i; is called agoraphobia.

l';uiic attacks ctn he 11-.:atccd. There .uc medirntions that c:m shrnk'n or even 111i.;vent the attacks. ·11ie1-.: is also ;1 li.11111 of psychotherapy called rngnitive-l~haviourtJ1<.:1~1py which may lx vc1y hl'lpful. The cognitive 1xu1 is the thinking JXUt. Saying lo yc,w,dfth,il you ,11-.: 1101 going crazy. 'll1at it is not a hc,u1 attack ,u1d that you will not have a su·okc or die lll'!?.O l'razv. 'lhll in a few minutes the hrnTihlc lcclings will pass and you will l~ l;,1ck to nonnal, alive :uid no wrn;;c Ii.Jr wear. Th<.: behaviour 1xu1 is tl1c doing pall. Not avoiding situations in whil'h p,u1iL· attacks have hap1xn<.:d in the past. In fact seeking out ti msc si tuatiom aml proving to you1;;clf tlwt you can lick 1J1c problem.

If you Ihink tJwt you might 111: having p,llliL' attacks rnt out this a11iclc :uv.1 disrnss it witJ1 your doctor.

If you have questions or there ,ffe topics you would like L'O\'Cit'd in tl1is column pl,.;a-;c write to: Cl IC Medical Staff, Com1nonwcalth I kalth Cc mer, PO Box 4ffX'K, MP 96950.

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Ecret raps GTE, MTC plan SPECIAL Assistant to Gov. Tenorio for Telecommunica­tions Dave Ecret has criticized GTE Corp. for its appeal of Federal Communications Commission rate integration rulings before the US Court of Appeals in D.C.

Says appeal subverts rate integration perks to set its rates in the mainland U.S. independent of rates es­tablished by MTC in the CNMI.

In a news release, Ecret said GTE's action, made on behalf of its subsidiar , Micronesian

Telecommunications Corp. (MTC) in effect seeks to sub­vert rate integration, to be able to push for "comparati'vely .higher" long distance rates for the CNMI.

"This lawsuit makes plain that MTC's parent company,

MTC maintains control over local rates needed MICRONESIAN Telecommu­nications Corp. and its parent company, U.S.-basedGTECprp. are continuing to stand up to the federal government to push for the right of local control over long-distance rates.

In a news release, the com­pany confirmed GTE is appeal­ing through the federal court system the Federal Communi­cations Commission's decision in July requiring GTE to submit for approval only one rate sched­ule for its three separate long­distance subsidiaries.

The FCC ruled earlier this year that the policy of rate integration under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, means that long distance companies serving the U.S. insular areas in the western Pacific must offer rates between these islands and the mainland similar to those offered to their customers making calls between the 48 contiguous states.

Rate integrated tariff sched­ules came into use in the North­ern Marianas and Guam on Au­gust I, said MTC.

GTE is arguing that its main­land subsidiary GTE Long Dis­tance, GTE Hawaiian Tel and MTC should be able to file their own tariffs, reflecting the cost of doing business in their home markets.

It added that long distance rates between the Northern Marianas and the mainland should be set by competitive forces in a free marketplace ..

"For the past 15 years MTC has done everything it can to bring world-class telecommu­nications services to the people of this commonwealth," said MTC General Manager Del E, Jenkins.

"Our work has been funda­mental to the great economic expansion in these islands over thepastdecadethathas benefit­ted every family in our commu­nity."

Jenkins added on September I, MTC reduced its lowest rate to the mainland for its calling card customers to just 21 cents per minute.

-3· insurance· firms eye ·.' . for CNMI gov't contract.·. By Gerr R. Cayabyab, Jr. Variety News Slaff

A TOTAL OF three insurance companies are vying to become the Commonweal th government's official 'carrier' of life insurance for its employees the Retirement Fund yesterday said.

According to Fund Adminis­trator Edward H. Manglona, the CNMI govermcnt is required by taw to offer certain benefits to its employees, thereby, requir­ing the services of an official life insurance carrier that brings the best benefits package.

He said that under PL I 0- 19, the Commonwealth government transferred to the Fund the task of choosing a life insurance car­rier.

These companies are Moylan 's Insurance Underwrit­ers Int'I, Inc., an Atlantic South­ern Insurance company in Puerto Rico; Individual Assurance

Company of Kansas City, Mis­souri; and Pacifica Insurance Underwriters, Inc., represent­ing life insurance in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Manglona said two compa­nies were able to make the pre­sentation last Friday before the seven-member board of the Fund.

However, Moylan 's post­poned its presentation due to Typhoon 'Bing' in Guam, and has since been rescheduled to present the proposals on Sept. IO.

Manglona said the selection board is still unsure about which company will be chosen to handle the life insurance cover­age of government employees.

He said that once the board finally chooses a life insurance company, the duration of the franchise contract will be based upon the agreement.

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GTE, opposes the consumer­friendly policy of rate inte­gration and seeks to charge the highest rates it can in the CNMI," said Ecret.

"It is crystal clear that GTE and. MTC are continuing to work against, and not with the people of the CNMI."

The premise was that rates should be allowed to reflect the costs of doing business in any given local market.

FCC subsequently ruled against GTE's argument prompting the appeal.

He added that it is time for MTC and GTE to realize that "the days of charging inflated rates in the CNMI are over."

When asked for comment, MTC's Saipan office did not categorically dispute Ecret's allegation but issued a state­ment asserting the need for "local control." (See story at left)

Dave Ecret

CNMI. GTE had argued before the

FCC that it should be allowed

Based on GTE's own fig­ures, Ecret said MTC would be able to assess callers plac­ing calls to the mainland 65 cents per minute, if GTE's appeal succeeds, as opposc,d to the current rate of 40 cents per minute. (RHA)

The FCC 's rate integration policy prov ides that carriers. operating in the Pacific insu­lar areas are required to inte­grate their rates with those in the U.S. mainland, including the rates of their U.S. affili­ates.

According to Ecret, this means rates imposed by GTE in the mainland US would have to be at par with what its sub­sidiary, MTC, charges in the

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The following items are on the agenda for the above-referenced meeting:

I. PRELIMINARY MATIERS 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Adoption of Agenda 4. Adoption of Minutes (July 24, 1997)

It. CORRESPONDENCE Ill. COMMITTEES REPORT

1. Finance Committee a. Adoption of Financial Statements

2. Seaport Facilities Committee 3. Airport Facilities Committee 4. Personnel Committee

IV. EXECUTIVE REPORT V. OLD BUSINESS

1. CPA Ports Revenue Bonds, 1997 - Board Resolution 03-97 - Bond Documents - Public Hearing

VI. NEW BUSINESS 1. FY 1998 Budget 2. Supplemental Budget Request No. 97-08

VII. PUBLIC COMMENT(S) , VIII. (Executive Session) LEGAL COUNSELS REPORT IX. ADJOURNMENT

All interested persons are welcome to attend and to submit written or oral testimony on the above agenda ,terns.

Isl VICTOR B. HOCOG Dale: August 28, 1997 Chairman, Board of Directors

The CNMI Public School System is soliciting proposals 1rom insurance compani.es for the provision o1 insurance oolicy tor PSS vehides and 11eets. The PSS 1s seeking all nsk physical damage_ insur_ance at lull replacement value ol each v~h1de plus public liability ,nsurance with minimum coverage o1 S500,o.oo. per accident, $500,000 aggregate bodily injury and S100,000 property damage hab1hty.

In res;xinse to this proposal request. we ask that individuals or firms provide a brief desription of their experience prov1d1ng 11eet insurance and reinsurance which they carr1 as an insurance provider. Responders are also. requested to provide any other information they consider pertinent in a brief narrative. Proposal package will be available on or after August 26, 1997. A pre-proposal ronerence will be held on August 29, 1997, at 2:00 p.m. at the Procurement & Supply Office srtuated on the 3rd floor of tne Nauru Building, Susupe, Sa1pan. Proposals mus! be received no later than 2:00 p.m., Sep:ember 22, 1997 at the PSS Procuremenl & Supply Ott1ce situated on the 3m floor of the Nauru ~u1ld1ng, Susupe, Sa1pan. All 8roposals mus! be delivered with an or1Q1nal and a duplicate copy. ~ror;csa!s recmed after !he aforementioned cate and :1me would not be accepted under a1 1 : ,cu:-:is:ances. The p:oposer 1s required to suJmrt with his proposal a copy 01 his h~i busin~ss p~rmi'. Sroulu rh~ Puoilc Scr;00l System lorsee a need for a discussion with prospective proposer 81ease oe informed that discussion maybe conducted w1!h responsible o~eror 10/ the purpose of cl.ari1ication and to ensure a lull understand_ing of, and

responsiveness to the solicitation requirements: Otterors shall accorded fair and ecual 1rea:11enl v111h respect to any opportunity lor discussion. and rev1s1on of proposal ano such revision maybe permirted after ob',a1ning subm1ss1on and pnor to award for the purpose of obtaining the bes! ana final olier.

Inquiries to this RFP announcemen: may ue directed lo the Procurement & Supply Office at telephone number 664-3701/2

is/WILLIAMS. TORRES isl LOUISE CONCEPCION Commissioner of Education Procurement & 2!!EE!Y., Ott,cer

Tenorio: Board using Torres as 'scapegoat'

Froilan C. Tenorio

By Zaldy Dandan Variety News Staff

GOVERNORFrnilanC. Tenorioon Tuesday claimed that the Board of Education is using ousted education commissioner William S. Trnres as a "scapegoat."

111e problem, he said, is not Tones but the board.

"I assume that they'1e terminating him for something he did, but he wouldn 't(have don~ whateveritwas) without the board' ssanction,"Ten01io said.

He added, "If something is wrong at tl1e Public Works Dcpmtrnent and I continue to keep the depmtment secrctruy, then it's my fault."

When told that, in order to keep JXllitics "out," the board will not ap­JX)int a new commissioner until after the November election, a smiling Tenorio said "Politics is not in­volved?" He did not elaborate.

Torres on Friday was given a 60-day termination notice following a closed door meeting of the board. He iscunentlyon''administrative leave."

The board, in an executive session heldonRotalastJuly, voted tote1mi­nate Tones' scontractafterthe Public Auditor's Office (OPA) came out with a draft fCJXllt alleging mismm1-agementoftheMmianasHighSchool ~,ym project

Board chair Don Fm1ell told the Variety early last month that "in light of other continuing problems witl1 the' administration of public educa­tion," the board voted unanimously to fire Torres if the final OPA rcJXlr1 confinns the draft report.

The Movie House's ownership changes AFTER TWO years and almost 100 different first run movies, The Movie House is changing owners.

The Smith Family, who used to own Saip,m 'sonly cinema, is getting out of the movie busi­ness, it was learned.

"It has been a blast and we have been supported by so many wonderful customers, but it is now time to use our weekends to concentrate on our young children," said Christina Smith.

"But I must admit, I am re­ally going to miss my Thursday and Friday night regulars."

"Saipan has shown that they love the movies, and attendance during the past two years has

grow" at an exciting pace. Now, it is time to move The

Movie House to the next level." According to Smith a young

company from Los Angeles, California already on island is gearing for a successful transi­tion.

The new owners begin their movie adventure with "Spawn" this week.

"In the end, we just want to thank everyone who has made our time at the theater so much fun," said Matthew Smith, "We have met so many great people and made many new friends. And now we will be able to sit down and enjoy the movies with them."

William S. Torres

Tones has a.,ked the coult, how­ever, to decl:ue the board's decision illegal.

He reJXl1ted for work Tuesday af­ter the Superior Coult decided to temporaiily hof doff the board 'sdeci­sion.

ApJXlinted by the board fora four­yem· te1m, Tones 's contrnct tenni­nates on Aug. 27, 1999. .

Indigenous · officials on ITaoTaoTa

PROGRAMAN I TAOTAOTA is featuring the Planning Committee Members for the 1997 Cultural Heri­tage Month Celebration in tonight's live talk show on Marianas Cable Vision (MCV) hosted by Frances Sablan,

111e month of September has been proclaimed as Cultural Heritage Month by Lt Governor JesusC. Bmja on August 28, 1997.

Juan B. Tudela and Neel Quitugua from the Indigenous Affairs Office, Jesus Efameto from the Carolinian Affairs Office, Joe Deleon Guerrero from Historic Presel\lation Office, Joe Guerreo from the Aging Center, Carmen Taimanao from the PSS Chamorro Bilingual Program, Genevieve Cabrera from Arts Coun­cil and others will te sharing what tl1eir division or agency is doing to celebrate the 1997 CNMI Cultural Heritage Month.

BUCCAT GRADUATES. Saipan resident, Austin Lloyd M. Buccat waduated from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana last month with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree. Photo shows Bucc{lt with his family in this graduation photo.

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Guerrero tells opponents:. Rota bet for Senator tries to lobby Clinton Take stand on 'takeover'

SA1PAN Mayor and Democratic PartycaooidateforlLgovemor,Jesus S. DL. Gue1rero is challenging the other camps to "show leadership" inthefaceofU.S. threats to takeover CNMI local control.

"Ifyoutalktoourpeopleandread­the local papers, you know that there is nearly 100% opposition to this fecleral takeoverproposal in this community," said Guerrero in a news release.

''But we're not hearing a single word from the legislators and one of the , other·. gubernatorial camp," Guerrero added.

Guerrero said Gov. Froilan C. Tenorioactedwiselyinnotrneeting , with theStayman delegation, ~ince they have stated clearly· their posi­tion on the federal takeover is "non­negotiable."

.·· Stayman and key officials of an inter-agency group recently visited Saipan to lay out plans for an eventual application of federal irn­. migration and minimum wage laws

in the Commonwealth. ''I would really like to know what

the other camps plan to do about tllis situation, other than smiling a lot and making more promises to Congress. That was done many yea-s ago, l;lUt those promises weren'tkeptandnow we'resufferingasaresult,"Guerrero . said.

TheMayoralsocriticized thefour­point proposal of Ll. Gov. and Inde­pendeiitgubernatorialc.mdidateJesus C. Borja, which he said largely cen-

iers around more involvement for the Resident Representative, a.~ be­ing "too little and too late."

"I think (Res Rep) John Babauta hassomeexplainingtodoabouthis. position on the federal takeover and, ifhe really opposes it, he should tell us what he has done to prevent it in Wa~hington," Guerrero said. 'That's where we 're going to have to fight this thing."

As far as CNMI legislators go, Guerrero said it is not enough for them to talk about being united against this takeover, while "really chasing their own political ends."

'They should show the voters they mean what they say," said Guerrero.

The mayor said he is proud of the people for giving the Stayman delegation a chilly but polite re­ception this week: "No matter what, we're always nice to our guests, even when they want to impose an unfair and unreason­able policy on us." (RHA)

By Gerr R. Cayabyab, Jr. Variety News Staff

DEMOCRATIC Candidate for Senator Glenn H. Manglona on Monday sent a letter to President Bill Clinton, asking him to reconsider his plan towards a federal 'takeover'.

Manglona said "there is a need for U.S. officials to un­derstand that federalization is not a solution."

"It is our desire to achieve self- government. But during the course of achieving our desire, there are many ob­stacles that we must overcome. This is normal. There is no need to panic," Manglona ex­pressed.

He said the CNMI has met its obligation in good faith to provide opportunities for its citizenry while the 'feds' failed to entice American workers here.

a year," Manglona said. Manglona said the 'Cov­

enant' is in itself a document for co- existence, and stressed that the "principle of co-exist­ence is an important aspect of the 'Covenant'.

He added that proponents of such a '.takeover' must co­exist in our community if' fed­eralization' is an option.

"We share the same Ameri­can values and equal opportunties for everyone. But the 'Feds' should be mind­ful of our differences- politi­cally, economically, cultur­ally, socially, and in some cases, spiritually," Manglona said.

He encouraged the president not to consider such as "'dis­agreement" or being "off track with American values" as OJA director Stayman indicated during his visit. ·

BDC, Chamber and SBA to host marketing and media workshop

"Our plan of action is to maintain reasonable number of guest workers through mar­ket forces, and to establish a progressive minimum wage comparable to the 'Feds' and applicable to companies whose net income is $500,000

Manglona believes that creating innovative policie·s with new minds are 'starting points', and that being finan­cially independent is the key to achieve the desire of the people of the Common­wealth,

INTERESTED in lemning about how to get the most "value for your buck" when using the media for advertising and promotion?

Take advantage of the workshop titled, "Marketing and the Media­Getting Your Money's Worth," to be held at the Pacific Islands Club this Saturday, September 6th from 9:00 am-12:00 noon with lunch following.

The Northern Marianas College Business Development Center, in cooperation with the Saipan Cham­ber of Commerce, the University of Guam Small Business Develop­ment Center and the U.S. Small Business Administration have put together an outstanding mrny of speakers who will shm·e their ex­pertise on how to use scm·ce adver­tising dollars to gain maximum exposure in the print and electronic media.

The three-hour seminar will help small business owners, entrepre­neurs and others responsible for

FSM president signs $200,000 appropriation

PALIKIR, Pohnpei - President Jacob Nena fast Friday signed a new law to appropriate $200,000 additional budget for government.

The amount is to be divided as follows:

$140,000 to supplement the National Government's energy budget; $40,000 for fuel needs of the State of Chuuk, and $20,000 for fuel needs for the Micro class vessels for Chuuk State.

After becoming law, the Na­tional Director of Budget shall proceed to allot the Governor of Chuuk 's its shares of the appro­priation enabling Chuuk State to begin expending it.

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RP peso sinks further MA1'1LA, Philippines (AP) -1l1e Phi lippinepesosm1k to,motherrecord low as heavy demm1d for dollar, continued unabated Wednesday. whik stocks snapp.xl ,m eight-day .losing stJeak.

T1:1ders said 11:nc\1·cd jiners over regional cunmcies. following the

ll1ai baht's fall toanothenecord low against the dollar, a~-rr:1vatcd the de­mand for dolhu-s.

lh: peso weakened at one point to 31.83 pesos adolhll'. It was averaging 31.615 pesos per dollar at midaftcmoon,comFuedtoTuesday's closing ave1:1gc of 30.688 pesos.

Stocks, however, ended their los­ing stJeak with a saung technical rJ.!ly.

ll1e 30-share Philippine Stock Exchange Index rose 43.72 poinL~, or 2.2 percent, to 1.994.13, following Tuesday's 24.87-point decline. ·

Over the previous eight sessions,

The Marianas Visitors Bureau is soliciting sealed bids for the purchase of the following:

1) 1 new riding mower 2) 1 new tractor with attachments

Request for proposals is also being solicited for the following:

3) Security Services for Tourist sites

Bid specifications may be obtained at the Marianas Visitors Bureau Main Office in San Jose, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

All bids must be sealed and marked as follows:

1) 1 new riding mower 2) 1 new tractor w/ attachments 3) Security Services

ITB-MVB-9704 ITB-MVB-9705 RFP-MVB-9706

Bid packages must be submitted in duplicate at the Marianas Visitors Bureau Main Office in San Jose no later than 2:00 p.m. for item 1, 2:30 p.m. for item 2, 3:00 p.m. for item 3, Friday, September 19, 1997 at which time and place all bids will be opened and read. The tractor unit must be registered, marked, and delivered to the Field Operations Office across the Saipan International Airport no more than 45 calendar days after notification of award. The Marianas Visitors Bureau reserves the right to reject any or all bids if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best interest.

ANICIA Q. TOMOKANE MVB Managing Director

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A non-refundable fee of twenty five U.S. Dollars ($25.00) must accompany the Proposal. The twenty five dollars may be a certified check, a cashier's check or other forms acceptable and payable to the Marianas Visitors Bureau. The proposer is requested to submit with his/her proposal a copy of his/her business license. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., August 15, 1997 at the MVB Conference Room in San Jose.

/s/ ANICIA Q. TOMOKANE MVB Managing Director

the index had plunged 508.63 points, or 21 percent.

Traders credited the Dow Jones Industrial Avernge's 257.36-point advance Tuesday with paving the way for M,mila shrues' recovery.

Also aiding the mmi<et's advance was speculation that the centlm bank was considering a scaling back in mandatory bm1k liquidity reserves, which it recently boosted. 'Il1at would inject funds back into the stock mm·­ket ,md soften interest rates.

However, u-adcrs said m.u-ket sen­timent remained unsettled because of tJ1e cunency volatility.

Mounting moves to amend the constitution to ease term IimiL~ for public officials me also being closely watched by investors, said Jonas Ferrer, trader for Orion-Squire Secu­rities Inc. The moves have under­mined confidence in the country's political stability, he said.

Trnders said demand for dollan; came from importers, exporters, speculators and foreign fund manag­ers who have sold their Philippine stocks in recent days.

"Demand is coming from all fronts, makingitdifficulttopinpointifspccu­Iative demand for the dollar is over-

whelming real demand,'' one trader said.

The central bank has been forced to tum to liquidity tightening to ti)' to . support the peso because it no longer has enough foreign reserves to pur­sue the expensive market interven­tions that were unsuccessful in sup­porting the peso in July.

l11ecentrJ.! bank has likewise aban­doned iL~ previous strateb'Y of raising iL~ overnight borrowing rate to make the peso more attrnctivc, after high interest-rate payments also proved too costly for iL~ resources.

Last week, i traised mandatory bm1k liquidity reserve·s to 8 percent from 5 percent to reduce the aniountoffunds available to banks for speculation in the currency market.

Since July 28, when it began rnis­ing liquidity reserves from the origi­nal 2 percent, a total of 63.6 billion pesos ($ 2.1 billion) have been re­moved from circulation .. The tighter liquidity, however, has pushed inter­estrates highcrand threatened to slow economic growth.

On Tuesday, a bank association asked the central bank to reduce the liquidityreserverequirementbecause it had failed to protect tJ1e peso.

RP officials, rebels mark first year of peace treaty

By OLIVER TEVES JOLO,Philippines (AP)-Presi­dent Fidel Ramos took his Cabi­net to a former battle zone in the southern Philippines Tuesday to celebrnte the first anniversary of a peace agreement with Muslim rebels.

The peace pact with the Philip­pines' largest Muslim rebel group largely ended a quarter-century stJuggle for Muslim self-rule that killed more than 120,000 people.

Ramos was widely praised for achieving tl1e agreement. But crit­ics say his government has done too little since then to eradicate the bitter poverty that bred the fighting.

"Life is apparently becoming normal, although it is definitely far from being the ideal or perfect peace,'' Nur Misuari, head of the Moro National Liberation Front, said at Tuesday's ceremony.

Misuaii and other Muslim lead­ers say they arc frustrnt.cd by the continuing lack of roads, ports and airports in the southem Phil­ippines, wheremostMuslimslive.

President Ramos insisted in a speech that the agreement "is on track" but agreed that "our ta~k of

rebuilding the southern Philip­pines is far from complete."

"One year is too short a time to restore to wholeness a society tom apart by nearly a quarter­century of armed conflict and cen­

. turies of suspicion," he said. In an apparent attempt to

counter the criticism, much of Tuesday's commemoration fo­cused on economic development plans, with the government an­nouncing an additional3 ! 8.4mil­Iion pesos ($ 10.6 million) for development projects.

Ramos said the government hopes to bring the pove11y level in tJ1e region down from 47 percent to 15 percent by the year 2010.

Under the peace pact, signed Sept. 2, 1996, the MNLF agreed to end its rebellion in exchange for greatcrautonomy in the south­cm Philippines. The rebels were given Icadersh ip of a new counci I that is to oversee economic de­velopment project~ in 14 south­cm provinces for tl1ree years.

A plebiscite then wiil deter­mine how many of the provinces want to join an existing four­province autonomous govern­ment.

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Kim may pardon Roh, Chun SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -President Kim Young-sam said on Tuesday that he would consider pardoning two con­victed ex-leaders before his term ends next February but refused to set them free for now.

Kim made the remarks in response to requests from rul~ ing and opposition presiden­tial candidates for a pardon for ex-Presidcnls Chun Doo­hwan and Roh Tac-woo, who are serving long prison terms

on mutiny, treason and brib­ery convictions.

Such calls are efforts by the candidates to woo votes. De­spite their disgrace, the two former presidents remain popular among conservatives in their home bases in South Korea's southeastern region. · South Korea is scheduled to hold presidential elections in December and by law, Kim cannot seek re-election.

"I would consider granting amnesty during my term, but

-Australia may put cap on tourists' work visas

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -The government should limit the number of tourists allowed to undertake paid work during their stay in Australia, a Par­liamentary committee recom­mended Monday.

The bipartisan Joint Com­mittee on Migration said an inquiry showed that foreign workers were taking jobs from Australians, particularly in tourism and horticultural in­dustries.

"We found that young Aus­tralians with language skills were not getting jobs," com­mittee chair Chris Gallus said.

The committee called for a cap on the number of working visas issued each year by lm­migrati on Minister Philip Ruddock.

It also recommended that overseas workers be required lo acquire adequate knowl­edge of Australian culture, geography and history, and that penalties be strengthened for people who hired tourists without working visas.

About 40,000 people a year come to Australia on working tourist visas and arc allowed to stay in the country for up to 12 months.

The Tourism Council or Australia quickly rejected the finding as a gross exaggera­tion, and said that the govern­ment should dismiss the rec­ommendation to cap the num­ber of working tourists.

Council managing director Bruce Baird said government rescard1 showed foreign workers had a negligible ef­fect on the local job market and injected millions of dol­lars a year into the economy.

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it's not the right time to do so," Kim told aides. "It is a grave matter that should not be decided by political con­siderations."

It was the first time Kim has indicated he could pardon the two disgraced former presidents before his single five-year term ends on Feb. 24.

Chun and Roh, ex-army generals, are serving I ife and 17-year sentences, respec­tively, for mutiny and trea­son stemming from a I 979 coup they led to seize power and a subsequent bloody crackdown on a pro-democ­racy uprising.

They were also ordered to pay $ 250 million and $ 300 million in fines - the same amounts they were found to have received in bribes from

businessmen whik in office from 1980. to 1992.

Lee Hoi-chang, the govern­ing New Korea Party's presi­dential candidate, told sup­porters Monday he will re­quest a presidential amnesty for the two ex-leaders for "na­tional harmony and reconcili­ation."

Lee's top opponent in the race, Kim Dae-jung, told a morning talk show hours l.ater that he also supported a par­don.

"If we refuse to pardon those who do wrong just be­cause they

refuse to apologize, it can be taken as revenge,'' said Kim Dae-jung, who heads the leading opposition party, the National Congress for New Politics.

Kim Dae-jung was one of

Kim Young-sam

the most persecuted politi­cians under the two disgraced leaders. In I 980, he was sen­tenced to death for sedition but was set free only after tbe United States intervened.

Civic and liberal groups op­pose pardoning the two ex­presidents. They say the two have not repented enough.

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HIV rising in Singapore SINGAPORE (AP) - The num­berof Singaporeans infected with the virus that leads to AIDS is increasing, with 40 new cases de­tected in three months, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.

Health Ministry says 40 cases reported in 3 months drug users. Almost half of the patients were

in their 30s.

The ministry said the number of people testing positive for the

· human-immuno virus (HIV) has increased each year since I 985, when the first case was detected in the island city-state.

The ministry said 40 new cases were detected from April through

June, bringing the total for the firsthalfofthis year to 73, higher than the number of new cases reported in the first six months of 1996.

The ministry said 92 per-

cent of those infected this year were males, and that all but four acquired the virus through sexual activity. The others were a newborn infected from its mother, and intravenous

Since 1985, the Health Minis­try said, 631 Singaporeans have contracted HIV, and 211 have died from AIDS - acquired im­mune deficiency syndrome.

Some Asian markets rebound, but mood remains skittish

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HONG KONG (AP) - The Philip­pine peso hit a record low, share prices seesawed in Hong Kong and a rumble of anti-media discontent from · Malaysia highlighted another vola­tile day on Asian markets Tuesday, marked by several rebounds.

ThePhilippinecentralbank'stight­ening of money supply failed to stop the currency from plunging 1030.628 pesos tothedollarcompared to30.267 pesos late Monday. Many investors are opting to leave the country, and demand for dollars is driving down the peso.

The stock index, which lost 2.3 percent Monday, shed another 1.3 percent, closing at 1,950.41, another record low.

But elsewhere there were signs of a rebound after several days of steep share losses. The SingaJ.X)re and In­donesian stock markets opened higher,andHongKong'sHangSeng Index fell 405.40points to I 3,020.25, then recovered and was up more than 260 in late trading.

In Thailand, where the summer of

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COMMONWEALTH UTIL,ITIES CORPORATION Board of Directors

.,_. C>"'T • C::: E Governor Froilan C. Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus C. Borja hereby give Notice that pursuant to Public Law 8-41, Section 11, a Regular Meeting of the CornmonweaHh Utilrties Corporation (CUC) Board of Directors will be held on Friday, September 5, 1997, at 10:00 a.m. at the CUC Board Conference Room in Lower Base. The Agenda is set forth as follows: I. PRELIMINARY MATTERS

A. Call to Order B. Roll Call C. Adoption of Agenda D. Adoption of Minutes

1. July 22, 1997 II. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Ill. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

A. Financial Report B. Operations Report

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS V. OLD BUSINESS VI. NEW BUSINESS

A. Election of Officers VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS VIII. CORRESPONDENCE IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION

Pursuant to PL 8-41, Section 13, ltem {6), the Board may vote to meef in Executive Session. A. Legal Counsel's Report

1. Litigation Matters X. ADJOURNMENT

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turmoil on Asianmarl<ets began, share prices opened slightly higher, but in­vestors fear the local currency could reach anew lowof35 bahtagainstthe dollar this week, traders said.

In Malaysia, efforts by authorities tostoptheshareslidefailed toprevent the index from shedding 1.6 percent to an afternoon level of791.54 points.

In a move that was denounced by a human rights group, Malaysian banks and leading businessmen were reportedlydemandingpunishmentfor "rogue speculators" and the sacking of analysts and writers who publish negative comments about the economy. · The remarks, atnibuted to Trans­port Minister Ling Liong Sik in an

interview with The Star daily, were denounced as "wild and irrational" by Elizabeth Wong of a watchdog group VoiceoftheMalaysianPeoples.

The Malaysian government's moves to intervene in the marl<ets, and fresh anti-West pronouncements by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, have alarmed many investors.

Thailand tookadifferentapproach, unveiling plans for a $ 3 million advertising campaign to improve the iniage of its economy.

On Wednesday, Thailand an­nounced it will seek an extra $ 25 millioninloansrromthe WorldBank to bail out the flagging economy, expanding an IMF-sponsored aid package to$ 17.5 billion.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, sharepricesroseasinvestorsscooped up bargains in blue chips after recent sharp falls, but economic jitters con­tinued to dampen market sentiment

The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average gained 258.22 points, or 1.44 percent, closing at 18,232.52. On Monday, it had fallen below 18,000 for the first time in 4 1/2 months.

The dollar rose against the yen Tuesday afternoon in ToRyooncom­ments by Japanese financial officials trying to discourage speculation that the central bank may intervene to support the yen. It fetched 121.42 yen in afternoon trading, up 0.74 yen from late Monday.

·Business demands punishment for Malaysians supporting speculators· KUALA LUMPUR, Malay­sia (AP) - Banks and leading businessmen have demanded that Malaysians supporting "rogue speculators" in the cur­rency and stock markets here be identified and punished.

In an emergency meeting Sunday, some 40 banks and businessmen agreed that the "trai~ors,, needing punishment included analysts and report­ers writing negative articles about the economy.

They sho4ld be fired from their jobs, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said in an inter­view published in The Star tab­loid Tuesday. Ling did not elaborate on the proposed gov­ernment penalties for the of­fenders.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has repeatedly ac-

cused American financier George Soros of being a "rogue spec4lator," who has pushed down the ringgit, the Malaysian currency, and the stock market over the past two months.

The ringgit has fallen from abqut 2.52 to the dollar two months ago to 2.95 on Tuesday .. Officials say about 260 billion ringgit ($93.52 billion) has been wiped out in share values from the stock exchange due to the manipulation of the market.

"In the light of recent moves by the government and the strong ~conomic fundamentals,· the group said there was no rea­son why the market should not improve," Ling said.

Malaysian news reports last week said three stock brokers and two banks were being in­vestigated on suspicion of driv-

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ing down the market. They are accused of selling

stocks they don't yet own to take advantage of the decline in the market and then of buy­ing them back at a cheaper

. price. The practice, known as

short-selling privileges, was allowed in Malaysia until re­cently. The government has cracked down on the practice· by requiring that sold stocks be delivered immediately.

The government has also tried to tackle the currency problems by lifting the 100,000 ringgit ($ 53,970) tax on foreigners buying property, approving com­pany buy-backs of their own shares.and allowing govern­ment pension funds and oth­ers to buy shares.

Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) is seeking an

ADMINISTRATOR-MTC SYSTEMS (Billing) Responsible to perform analysis of internal and exlernal customer requirements and provides system design alternatives and solutions fo meet customer requirements by developing system design and program specifications to meet documented internal and external program ~pecifications to _meet documented inter~al and externa_l customer requirements within schedule. Validates program accuracy by prepanng unif test plans/scenarios and evaluating results against plans. Supervises the implementation of new versions of software or procedures. Includes answering and documenting inquiries or providing on-site assistance.

Bach~lor's Degre~ in comp~ter related. fi.eld. E~perience in comput~r technology and network operating system. 2-5 years of exper~ ence rn prowammmg on mainframe, mini and microcomputer. Working knowledge of procedures, utilities, at least two languages, local area and wrde area networkmg, operating system, etc.

' MTG is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affinnative Action Employer Application or resume must be received by the MTG Human Resource

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Human Resources Office Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. P.O. Box 306 Saipan, MP 96950 Phone: (670) 234-6600 Fax: (670) 235-9559

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7 na111ed as suspects By WILLIAM J. KOLE

PARIS (AP) - In a move that one lawyer angiily called '"theater jus­tice," seven men· have been named official suspect, in the case of Prin­cess Diana's fatal car crash.

In London, mem1while, · officials said the capital's huge squm-es m1d· r-egal boulevrn-ds may not be big enough to hold the throngs of moum­erscxpccted at Di,ma 's funeral Sutur­day. "Ilic lines of grieving

admir-erscontiQucd to swell ucs<lay, two days after Di,ma <lied in ,ITT auto­mobile crash in Pmis, and the out­pouring of srnrnwshowe<l no signs of slowing.

While Buckingham Palace grnppled with that problem, a French court took m1otherstep toward charg­ing seven paparazzi in Diana's death. It placed six photographers imd a motorcyclist under fomml investiga­tion, one step sho1t of filing charges, forinvoluntmy homicide and nothelp­ing the victims.

And yet m01-e disturbing news emerged about the driver, Hemi Paul. Already accused of speeding and be­ing legally dmnk at the time of the crash, ther-e wer-e new indications that his blood alcohol level wasevenhigher than originally believed at the time of the crash: four times the legal limit

Paul worked for Paris' posh Ritz Hotel, owned by Mohan1edAI Fayed, -the fatherofDi,ma 's boyfriend Dodi Fayed, whoalsodied in the crash. The elder Fayed joined the legal fray Tues­day by dechuing himself a civil pmty in the case.

Georges Kiejman, a well-known lawyer who represents Fayed and once represented the family of the late Pr-esident Francois Mittemmd, made it clear he aims to establish the fault of the photographers.

'The1-e is a causality between the pursuit (by paparnzzi) m1d and the accident," he said.

Also joining the case :L~ a civil prntywer-ePaul 's parenL~. They want access to documenL~ to determine howthcirson was judged to be legally dnmk al the ti rnc of the crash.

The photographer, who went bc­fol\; the judgt.: all wc:1c am:stcd at the bloody crash sL·enc, an<l had been in custody since then. 'Jl1cy were !iced - two on bail.

Along with "involuntrn-y homicide

Princess Diana

mid injuries," they were also placed under investigation for failing to aid people in danger. France has a "Good Sammitan" Jaw requiring people to come to the aid of victims of road accidents.

The step means the photographers will be fmther investigated. It does not, however, memi that they will necessarily be chrn-ged with any crimes.

If convicted, tl1e photographers could be sentenced to five years in prison and fined 500,000 francs ($ 83,000.)

The men were: Nikola Arsov, of the Sipa agency; Jacques Langevin, of Sygma; Laslo Veres, a freelancer; Steph:me Darmon, who is a motorcy­clist for Gamma; Serge Amal, of the Stills agency; Christimi Martinez, of Angeli; and Romuald RatofGamma.

Rat and Mmtinez were the only ones who had to post b<jil - I 00,000 fr.mes ($ 16,000) - and we1-e forbid­den from working as journalists pend­ing resolution of the case.

Police suspect Rat of obstrncting the work of the first officers on the scene. Rat's lawyer, Philippe Bemunou, said his client merely took Diana's pulse when he w,L, taking pictures of the wr-eckage.

"He wm1ted to see if she wa.~ <lead or alive," the lawyer said.

One lawycrsaid Ilic papamzzi were being used as scap:guats to satisfy a public that neeJs to blame someone for the u·agedy.

"This is theater justice, aimed at satisfying the expectations of Ilic pub-1 ic," said William Bourdon, a lawyer for Arsov.

.AI. Fayed defends driver . . . . ·. '

By CHRISTOPHER BURNS PARIS (AP) - Mohamed i\l Fayed said Tuesday he w,L~ mrntilied to bm1 one <if his chauffeurs may have been dnmk when his c.u· cm~hcd, killin~ him~lf, Princess Diana m1<l her tx°Jyli"ic:nd, Fayed 's son Dodi.

But Al Fayed, the Egypti,m-bom billionaire who owns I·hHods de­pmtment store, also c,m1e to the de­

. fense of Henri Paul, 41, the No. 2 secwitychief atthe Ritz Hotel, which Al Fayc<l also owns.

Paul w,L~ driving the couple from Ilic hotel to a villa in wcstem Prnis whcnthccrn-cm,hed inatunncl along thcScineRivercm·ly Sunday ,L~ itw,~ being pursued by pap,mizzi on mo­torcycles.

Auth01itics have said Paul w,L, le­gally drnnk at the time of ll1c cnt,h, with a blood-alcohol content of 1.87 gnu11S per liter of blood- almost four times higher than the Fr-ench legal

limit. 'Ilic daily Libc1~1tion quoted ,m

unidentilied Ritz employee assaying Paul, a pilot mid a fonncrpimttroopcr captain, :u,·ivec.J at the hotcl em·Iier thatcvcning··ovcrlycxcited:mddmnk m;a pig:·

But Al Fayed, in a statement from London, said no Ritz staff "detected ,my smell of drink or miy otlicr signs to suggest he had been drinking.''

i\l Fayc<l said he had dispatched his dircctorof security ,md lawyers to Pm·is to look further into tlie matter.

Pau I was trained to drive the armored Mercedes. He took Mcrcc<les driving courses in Hockcnhcim,nem·Stuttgar1 in 1990 and 1991, said a spokeswoman for Ritz security, speaking on condi­tion of anonymity.

The trnining included d1iving ce­lebrities in "exu-emc conditions," the spokcsmm1 said.

Paul, the driver of the armored Mercedes :md the Ritz Hotel's No. 2 security chief, also was ki lied in the cm,h. Officials say he was leg,~Iy drnnk at tl1e time.

A second police toxicology analy­sis came up with a level of 1.87 grams of alcohol per liter of blood - even higher th:m tl1c initial I. 75 figw-e given Monday.judicial officials said

on customary anonymity. ·111at gave the driver a blood-alco­

hol level nem·ly four times the 0.5 grams per liter legal limit in France.

A 1.75 level is the equivalent of drinking nine shot, of whiskey in rapid succession.

The Marianas Visitors Bureau is soliciting sealed bids from interested companies to provide manpower services and material supplies for the repair of existing structures on . selected tourist sites on the island of Tinian. Construction of pavilions and toilet facilities for the island of Rota, the reconstruction of the Grotto Steps and Security Rails, and the landscaping of the San Jose Intersection and Sugar King Park is also being solicited. Bid specifications may be obtained at the Marianas Visitors Bur?au Main Office in San Jose, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, starting August 25, 1997:

All bids must be sealed and marked as follows:

Project Name 1) Tinian Structures 2) Rota Pavilions & Toilet Facilities 3) Grotto Steps & Security Rails 4) San Jose Landscaping 5) Sugar King Park Landscaping

Bid Number RFP-MVB-9707 ITB-MVB-9706 RFP-MVB-9707 RFP-MVB-9708 RFP-MVB-9709

Deadline September 5, 1997 (1 :OD p.m.) September 5, 1997 (3:00 p.m.) September 5, 1997 (4:00 p.m.) September 8, 1997 (2:00 p.m.) September 8, 1997 (3:00 p.m.)

Bid packages must. be sealed, marked, and submitted in duplicate at the Marianas Visitors Bureau Main Office in San Jose at which time and place all bids and proposals will be opened and read. The Marianas Visitors Bureau reserves the right to reject any or all bids if in its sole opinion to do so would be in its best interest.

Isl ANICIA Q. TOMOKANE MVB Managing Director

COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

REQUEST FOR L

Pursuant to Public Law 8-41, Section 11, Governor Froilan C . Tenorio and Lt. Governor Jesus C. Borja through the Office of the Public Auditor is soliciting proposals for a financial and compliance audit of the Commonwealth Development Authority (CDA) and its subsidiary, the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation (NMHC) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997 in accordance with 0MB Circular S/B !-133 and applicable auditing standards. Proposals shall be submitted to the Public Auditor, P.O. Box 1399, Saipan, MP 96950, no later than 4:00 p.m., September 15, 1997. Copies of the RFP package may be obtained from GOA at Wakin's Building in Gualo Rai. Inquiries may be directed to Mr. James H. Ripple, GOA Executive Director, at telephone no. 234-6245. The Office of the Public Auditor and the Commonwealth Development Authority reserve the right to reject any proposal in the interest of the CNMI Government.

Isl JAMES H. RIPPLE Executive Director

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7:05 15 TMC: MOVIE ii' The River Ral 1961

7:30 8 ICN: Arabic News

14 Goof Troop (CCJ 19 Valiente 20 Bobby's World (OC) 22 Summer Jams· Rap 24 Slorytime (CC) 25 Looney Tunes 25 Street Sharks (CCJ 29 Crossroads - variety 30 Goll Central (Repeal) (30ml 31 Daily Workout 32 Woody Woodpecker 34 59 Paid Program 35 S1ingray 36 Wisdom of the Gnomes 39 Sr. Francis: Mirror of Chris! 40 Bodyshaping 54 Room by Room 55 Cher du Jour

7:45 2 HBO: MOVIE (((' A River Runs Through II

15 SHO: MOVIE(((( 12 Angry Men 1957 (lh35m) 23 Orama: Maglng Akin Ka Lamang 15

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3 This Morning (1h) 5 Saipan Mabuhay (1h) 8 ICN: Asia Business News

10 WorldVlew (CC) 11 News: Good Morning, Japan (30m) 12 Wild Aboul Animals (3DmJ 14 Chip ·n· Dale Rescue Rangers (CC) 19 Annaluna 20 Bobby's World (CC) 22 Pop.J~r Videos People Prefer· Variely 23 Drama: Mag-Asawa 24 Lamb Chap's Play-Along (CC) 26 Mighty Max (CC) 29 Grealest Hits or Music Video - Rock 30 Goll Cenlral (Repeal) (3Dm) 31 What Every Baby Knows (CC) 32 Bugs & Dally 34 D-. K:u. Pre;si:x,fll"S'fB· O:mn/ 35 Transformers 36 Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon 37 McMillan and Wile 38 Animals A-Z (1 h) 39 Image or God 40 Gona Sweat 45 MOVIE· Drama 111 Family of Spies: The Walk-

er Spy Ring (Pan 2 of 2) 1990 [3h) 47 CNBC Programming (1 h) 48 Housesmart! 49 Cannon - Crime Drama 50 Eight Is Enough· Drama 53 Dallas - Drama 54 Decorating Wilh Slyle 55 Pick ol lhe Day - Cooking 56 Falher Dowling Mysleries 59 BRV: MOVIE (II( Rashomon 1950 50 Cable Karaoke (2h)

8:30 8 ICN: May Ngan News

11 Local News (15m) 12 Amazing Tails (30m) 14 Little Mermaid (CC) 17 MAX:((' ScandalSheel (1h22ml 19 Mara Clara 20 Masked Rider (CC) 24 Anhur (CC) 25 Rugrals (CC) 26 Sailor Moon 30 Goll Central (ReP"..al) (30m) 31 Kids These Days (CC) 34 Daily Show 35 Inside Space - Science (CCJ 36 Iris, lhe Happy Professor 39 Stories ol Failh 40 Flex Appeal 54 Fix II Up! 55 Too HolTamales

8:40 15 TMC: MOVIE Ii! Top Gun 1985 [PG-1h49m)

8:45 11 Local News (oJ~I

8:55 14 Circle Time

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5 Saipan Mabuhay (1 r1i' 7 Live! With Regis And Kathie Lee (1,1:1 8 ICU: Arcbic Progr2mming

10 World News 12 Pel cetera [3)rij 13 Gym Team 14 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 19 Mr. Cupido 20 Fox Aller Breaklast (CC) 22 Music From Molei California. variely 24 Barney & Friends (CC) 25 Lillie Bear 26 Saved by lhe Bell: The New Class -Sitcom 29 RuPaul 31 Sisters. ::>rama {CC} 32 George ol lhe Jungle 34 MOVIE. Comedy(' My Demon Lover 1967 (2111 36 Carlo Cooks Italian 38 Wild Guess (30---:1:1 39 Many rs: They Died for Christ 40 NFL Yearbook San O;ego C:1argers 47 CNBC Programming {1 h,1 48 Stan lo Finish 49 Flip Wilson -Variety 50 Colleclibles Show - Collectibles 51 Shopping Channel 53 Aleene's Cra1ls 54 Hands On 55 Too Hal Tamales 56 Waltons ·ne Ou!rag1.::· 5a Signature Series

9:01 35 Lost In Space - Science Fiction

9:03 18 MOVIE - Orama(('Pro/eclX (I h55m)

9:15 11 Drama Serial: Fularikko [15m)

9:25 t4 Disney Shon

9:30 10 Moneyline (CC) 11 NewsAl8:30A.M. (5m) 12 Pet Conneclion (30ml 13 Asia Business News (lh30m) 14 Kalie and Orbie (CC) 15 SHO: MOVIE I!" Wait Until Spring, Bandini 19 Sineskwela (Replay) 24 Puule Place (CCJ 25 Blue's Clues 26 USA High· s,1com (CC) 29 Pop-Up Video - Rock 32 Tom and Jerry 36 Biba's llallan Kilchen 37 Banacek ·No S,gn or the Cross· 38 In Care Of Nature/Wildlife Journeys/Profiles

01 Nalure (30m)

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39 Stories or Hymns 40 NFL Yearbook Denver Broncos. 46 Interior Motives ·w,ndow Jewelry" 49 Pelllcoal Juncllon • Silcom 54 House Doctor 55 Essence or Emeril 59 BRV: MOVIE ((( Reunion 1989 (PG-13·lh5Dm)

9:35 11 Have A Good Day! (55ml

10AM

2 HBO: MOVIE ( Clubhouse Delectlves 3 The Price Is Right (I h) 4 In Person Wllh Maureen O'Boyle (1 h) 5 Salpan Ma bu hay (1 h) 7 Caryl And Marilyn: Real Friends (1 h) 8 !CN: SBS News Magazine

10 World News 12 Jim Hensen's Animal Show (30m) 14 Mickey's Mouse Tracks (CC) 17 MAX: MOVIE((' The Arrival 1995 19 At & P (Replay) 20 Gordon Elliott 22 Music Videos - vartety 23 Adventure: Darna Ang Pagbaballk (Abayari) 24 Sesame Street (CC) 25 Busy World of Richard Scarry (CC) 26 Facts of LIie • Sitcom 29 New Videos - Rock 31 Handmade by Design 32 New Scooby Dao Movies 35 Voyage to the Bottom or lhe Sea 35 Homeworks 38 Paid Program (30m) 39 Our Lady of the Angels Monastery Dally Mass 47 CNBC Programming (1 h) 48 Home Matters 49 That Girl· Sitcom 50 Dynasty • Drama 53 Wildhorse Saloon 54 Gardening by the Yard 55 Cooking Monday to Friday 56 700 Club 58 Big Tickel 60 Cable Karaoke (2h)

10:15 10 American Edition

10:30 10 Q & A 11 News: Good Morning, Japan (30m) 12 Madison's Adventures (30m) 14 Adventures In Wonderland (CC) 15 TMC: (( C.C. and Company 1970 (PG-1 h34m) 19 Ang TV 25 Muppet Babies 26 Facts of Lile· Silcom 31 Frugal Gourmel 35 Lynette Jennings Home 38 Odd Couple (30ml 49 Sonny and Cher - Variely 54 Viclory Garden 55 Yan Can Cook

11 AM

3 Price Is qrghl (CC) 4 Sunset Beach (CC) 5 Saipan Mabuhay (th) 7 The City (30m) 6 ICN: Asia Business News

10 Larry King Live (CC) 11 News At 10 A.M. (5m) 12 Acorn The Nut t3Dm) 13 World or Animation (Pan I) 14 Gummi Bears (CC) 19 Hoy Gising (Replay) 20 Paid Program 22 MusicFromMotelGailom~- Var'ely 24 Storyllme (CC) 25 Wubbulous World or Dr. Seuss (CC) 29 Greatesl Hils or Music Video - Rock 31 Our Home 32 Centurions 34 Salurday Night Live - Variety (CC) 35 Dark Shadows - Horror 36 Dream Living 37 New Mike Hammer 38 Paid Program (30m) 39 Lile on the Rock 46 Air Combat MThe X Planes~ 47 CNBC Programming (lh) 48 Housesmart! 49 Addams Family. Sitcom 50 Pickel Fences - Drama (CC) 51 Shopping Channel 53 Club Dance· Dance 54 Carol Duvall 55 Dining Around 58 Nonstop Country

11:01 18 MOVIE - fantasy ( Mannequin: On the Move

11:05 11 Cooking For Today (25ml

11:15 15 SHO: MOVIE Ill' True Gril 1959 (G-2h8m) (CC)

11:25 14 Circle Time

11:30 2 HBO: MOVIE 11' A Very Brady Sequel 3 Andy Grlililh (30ml 4 NBC Nighlly News With Tom Brokaw 7 Eyewitness News (30ml 8 ICN: SponsRAP (l~andarin) (3Dm)

11 Fun And Fashionable Home Handlcralls 125m) 12 Jim Hansen's Animal Show (30ml 13 Sine Skweia 14 Madeline (CC) 20 Judge Judy· Realily (CC) 24 Shining Time Slalion (CC) 25 Gullah Gullah Island 32 Pirales ol Dark Waler 35 Dark Shadows· Horror 36 Greal Country Inns 38 Manin (30ml 49 Hogan's Heroes· Silcom 54 Simply Quilts 55 Chef du Jour 56 Fil TV Sampler 59 BRV: MOVIE((' The Family 1987

11:55 11 World Music Album (Sm) 14 Circle Time

11:59 35 Ripley's Believe II or Not

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3 Acllon News Al Noon (3DmJ 4 Another World (1h) 5 Saipan Mabuhay {I hi 7 All My Children· Serial (I hi 8 ICN: Taiwan News (MandannJ (30m)

10 World News 11 News Al 11 A.M. (Sm) 12 Salpan Cable News (Repeal) (30ml 13 A.T.B.P. (Al Iba Pa) 14 LIiiie Mermaid (CC) 17 MAX: MOVIE II Dracula Has Risen From the

Grave 1969 (G· 1 h32m) (CC) 19 Home Along Da RIies 20 Judge Judy - Reality (CC)

22 Plnfield Suite· Rock 23 Action: Bad Boy Gang 24 Puzzle Place (CC) 25 Little Bear 31 Martha Stewart Llvin~ (CC) 32 SWAT Kais: The Radical Squadron 34 Whose Line Is II Anyway? , Comedy 36 Wedding Slory :Jane & Sieve· 37 Quincy ·snake Eyes· 38 Siar Trek: DeeE Space Nine (1h) 39 Psalms In the ife or David 40 AUlo Racing (Taped) (2hJ 45 Real West 47 CNBC Programming (lhJ 48 lnlerior Motives "Marvelous Molding· 49 Green Acres· Sitcom 50 Lile Goes On - Orama (CC) 53 Aleene's Crafts 54 Decorallng WHh Style 55 Taste 56 Rescue 911 (CCI 50 Gable Karaoke (2h)

12:05 11 m:an's Famous Mounlalns (10ml 15 C: MOVIE((' The Magic Bubble 1993

12:15 11 All Around Japan (15m)

12:25 14 Circle Time

12:30 3 Youn~ and the Resliess (CC) 8 ICN: upsankel News

10 Sholmiz Today· Entertaimient News 11 Heallh For Today (t 5m) 12 Amazing Tails (30ml f3 Ang Alamal NI Snow White 14 New Adventures or Winnie the Pooh (CC) 20 Paid Program 22 Music Fran Mot~ caifomia- Vartely 24 Mister Rogers (CC) 25 Blue's Clues · 31 Main i';Jlredienl 32 Super rlends 34 Tracey Ullman - Comedy 36 Weddlnr, Slory ·Elisa & Tim" 39 Rosary n the Holy Land 48 Start 10 Finish 49 Phil Silvers 54 Room by Room 55 Essence or Emeril

12:45 11 Japanese Little Museums (IOm) 39 Fallh Mailers

12:55 11 Weather Report (5m) 14 Disney Short

12:59 35 Mysteries, Magic & Miracles·

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1 PM ·

2 Llfestories: Families In Crisis (Repeal) (CC) 4 Days of Our Lives (CC) 5 Salpan Mabuhay (th) 7 One Life To Live - Serial (I h)

10 World News 11 News At Noon (20m) 12 Human Nature (I hJ 13 Teysing Tahanan 14 Ducklafes (CC) 20 Baywatch • Adventure (CC) 24 Readin~ Rainbow (CC) 25 Allegra s Window 30 Goll Central (Repeat) (30m) 31 supermarkel Sweep 32 Thundercats 34 Daily Show 35 Gardening Nalurally 37 Law & Order(CCJ 38 Odd Couple (30ml 39 Death of lhe White Marabul: The Lile of

Charles de Foucauld (1 h30m) 46 MOVIE· Drama ((I Family or Spies: The Wal<-

er Spy Ring (Part 2 of 2) 1990 (3h) 47 CNBC Programming ( I hJ 48 Great Chefs- Greal Cities 49 SI. Elsewhere· Drama 50 Pet Department - Pels (CC) 51 Shopping Channel 53 Dallas - Orama 54 Rooms for Improvement 55 Mollo Mario 56 Home & Family

1:01 18 MOVIE - Musical((' The Girl Next Door 1953

1:20 11 JapanAINoon[25mJ

1:25 14 Disney Short

1:29 35 M0nsters - Horror

1:30 2 HBO:((' Tiger Heart [PG-I 3-11130m) 3 Bold and the Beautiful (CC) 8 ICN: Hum Paanch Zee TV

10 world Report 14 Donald's Quack Altack (CC) 15 SHO: MOVIE Ill Hiroshima (Pan I ol 2J 17 MAX: MOVIE I(" Fandango 1985 (PG-lh31m) 19 Maalaaia Mo Kaya 24 Magic School Bus (CC) 25 Rupen 29 Pop-Up Video - Roe, 31 Debi 32 Super Adventures 34 Or. Katz, Professional Therapist. Comedy 36 Hometime 38 Blossom (30m) 48 Great Chefs or lhe Soulh 50 Fix-it 54 Help al Home 55 Ready ... Set ... Cook!

1:40 16 TMC: MOVIE II Pally Hearsl 1988

1:45 11 Drana Serial: Fulilrikko (Rcpe.31) (15m) 32 Voltron: Delendcr of the Unil1erse

1:59 35 Nigh! Gallery - Science Fiction

2PM ·

3 As the World Turns (CC) 4 Another World (CC) 5 Sal pan Mabuhay (1 h) 7 General Hospital· Serial 11 h) 6 ICN: Clnemagic Zee TV

10 World News 11 Wilh Mother (25ml 12 z~o Venture [30ml 13 sang Linggo Napo Slla (lh30mi 14 DISN: MOVIE II" The Brave LIilie Toasler 20 Compuler Man· Compulers 23 Action: Sa Kabila Ng Lahal 24 Growing Old In a New Age - Llleslyle 25 Inspector Gadgel 29 Top 10 Video Countdown - Rock 31 MOVIE· Drama: Decepllon: A Molher's Secre1 34 Soap - Sllcom (CC) 36 Homebodies 37 McMillan and Wile 38 Dinosaurs (30m) 47 CNBC Programming [lh)

SAi PAN CABLE TV

48 Travelers "La Tomalina: Bunal, Spain" 49 HIii Slreel Blues-Crime Drama (CC) 50 Hart lo Hart - Advenlure 52 Sarlmanok Network News (Live) (1 h) 53 Wildhorse Saloon 54 Gardener's Journal 55 Grillln' & Chillin' 58 Nonslop Counlry 59 BRV: MOVIE Ill( Zorba lhe Greek 1964 (2h22m) 60 Cable Karaoke (2h)

2:15 32 Super Adventures

2:25 11 I Can Do II Mysell! (15m)

2:29 35 Beyond Reality - Horror

2:30 8 ICN: Andaz Zee TV

10 lnsighl 12 Buck S1aghorn's Animal Biles (30m) 19 Midday Report (Live) 20 Paid Program 25 Tiny Toon Advenlures 32 Real Adveniures of Jonny Quesl 34 Make Me Laugh 36 Home Pro 38 Bananas In Pajamas (3Dm) 39 Choices We Face 40 ESPNews (Repeal) (3Dm) 54 Gardening by the Yard 55 In Food Today - Heallh

2:40 11 Children's English Lesson: Fun With English

(15ml 2:55

11 Lei's Meet The Animals! (Sm) 2:59

35 Incredible Hulk· Adventure

3PM'

Family Video Diaries (Repeat)(1hJ Guiding light (CC)

4 Leeza 5 Saipan Mabuhay (1 hi 7 Oprah Winfrey (1 h) 8 ICN: ATV Drama

1 O World News 11 News {Sm) 12 Pelcelera (30m) 17 MAX: MOVIE(' Demolition Day · 19 Oh No! It's Johnny! 20 Adventures of Batman and Robin 24 Newshour Wllh Jim Lehrer (CC) 25 Nick In 1he Afternoon 29 Sex Appeal 32 Super Friends 34 Saturday Nigh! Live - Variety (CC) 35 FurnllUre to Go 36 Darkwlng Duck (30ml 39 Our Lady or the Angels Monastery Daily Mass 40 Spor1sman's Dlgesl (Repeal) (30ml 47 CNBCProgramming (lh) 48 Movie Maglc 49 Gunsmoke - Western 50 Vega$ 51 Shopping Channel 52 Kang Kinsa isabwabg Ang Mga Bulak (30m) 53 Dukes of Hauard - Adventure 54 Victory Garden 55 Recipe tor Health. cooking 56 New Shop 'TII You Drop

3:01 18 MOVIE· Drama 1111 Breaking Away 1979 (2h)

3:05 11 German Conversallon [20m)

. 3:15 15 SHO: MOVIE I(( Hiroshima

3:25 11 Weather Repor1 (Sm) 15 TMC:MOVIE ((( Dominick and Eugene

3:30 3 Real Slorles Of The Highway Patrol 8 ICN: lnlernational Report News

10 Moneyllne (CC) 12 Pet Connecllon (30m) 13 Christy Permlnute 20 Eek!stravaganza (CC) 22 Mu~c From Mole! Gai~omia -Valiety 32 Scooby Dao 36 Renovalion Gulde 37 Banacek MNo Sign of the Cross· 38 Gargoyles (3Dm) 40 Glory Days (Repeal) [30ml 48 Beyond 2000 52 Maayon~ Buntag Sugbu (1h) 54 Fix II Up. 55 Pick or lhe Day· Cooking 56 Shopping Spree

3:35 14 Charlie Brown and Snoopy (CC)

3:58 35 Land of lhe Gianls

· ·. 4PM. ' .. . · ..

2 HBO: MOVIE: In lhe Line or Duly: Slreel War 3 Geraldo I I hi 4 Channel Four News ( I hJ 5 Saipan Mabuhay (I h) 7 Eyewilness News (lh) 8 ICN: CCTV Orama

10 World News 12 Wild About Animals (30ml 13 Mara Clara 14 Tale Spin (CC) 19 Sang Llnggo Napo Siia (Replay) 20 Big Bad Seelleborgs (CC) 22 Summer Jams. Rap ~ 23 Drama: Sana'Y lkaw Na Nga 24 Wishbone (CC) 25 Big Dale 29 RuPaul 31 Commish - Crime Orama (CC) 32 Freakazoid! 34 MOVIE· Comedy(' My Demon Lover 1987 (211) 35 Home11me ·oecks" "Fin,sh,ng" 38 Aladdin (30m) 39 Celebratlon of Padre Pio: Pray, Hope and

Don'I Worry (Repeal) ( I h) · 45 Air Combal 47 CNBC Programming (lh) 48 Slrange Planes 49 Cannon w Crime Orama 50 Fall Guy - Adven1ure 53 Dukes or Hauard • Adventure 54 House Doctor 55 Cooking Live 55 Animal Adven1ures 60 Cable Karaoke (2hJ

4:30 12 Amazing Tails (30ml 13 Ang TV 14 Ducklales (CC) 17 MAX;(( Man Trouble (PG-13- I 1140mJiCCJ 20 Round the Twisl (CC) 24 Where In Time is Carmen Sandiego? 26 Big Dale 29 Pop-Up Video - Rock 32 Bugs & Dally 36 Hometlme ·Re1a,mng Wa11s·· 38 Quack Pack (30m) 40 World's Slrongest Man Compelition 1995 52 Slya Ug Ako Sa Kangitngll (30m)

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4:45 15 SHO: 11· Lillie Heroes (G·1hl6mJ

4:58 35 Six Million Dollar Man· Science Rction

5 PM

3 Action News Al 5:00 (30ml 4 Dateline NBC (Via Salellite Delay) 11 hi 5 Saipan Mabuhay (lh) 7 Eyewilness News {I h) B ICN: World Repor1 News

1 o World News 12 Zoo VenlUre (30m) 13 Sarl-Sarlng Sine: Babe, lkaw Ba Y Maka

Salanan (2h) 14 Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (CC) 19 P & A 20 Saved by 1he Bell - Sitcom (CC) 24 Krans· Crealures (CC) 25 Are You Afraid of lhe Dark? (CC) 26 Saved by lhe Beil: The New Class. Sitcom

(CC) 29 To Be Announced 30 Paid Program 31 Golden Girls· Silcom (CC) 32 Cow and Chicken 35 Medical Detectives 37 New Mike Hammer 36 Hang in' Wilh Mr. Cooper (3Dm) 39 Molher Angelica Live 46 Newsreels 10 Night~ News: A History 47 CNBC Programming (I h) 48 Wild Discovery 49 Mannix • Crime Drama 50 A-Team. Adventure (CC) 51 Shopping Channel 52 Maayong Buntag Mindanao (th) 53 Yeslerday & Today. Country 54 Gardening by lhe Yard 55 Michael's Place - Coo<lng 56 Highway lo Heaven (CC) 58 Big Tickel 59 BRV: MOVIE(((' Requiem for a Heavyweight

1952 (lh27m) 5:01

18 MOVIE - Drama 11· Pro)ect X (2h) 5:15

16 TMC:[[' Windy City (I h42m) 5:30

3 CBS Evening News Wilh oan Rather 8 ICN: The Philipines Tonight

10 Showbiz Today- Enlertainment News 12 Buck Slaghorn (30m) 14 Goo! Troop (CCJ 20 California Dreams· Silcom 22 Music From Mot~ C.lijomia - Variety 24 Home Cooking 25 Rocko's Modern Lile (CC) 26 USA High - Sllcom (CC) 30 Paid Program 31 Golden Girls· Silcom (CC) 32 Fllnlslones (CC) 36 Trauma: Life and Dealh in the ER 38 Full House (30m) 54 Buy Smart - Consumer 55 Dining Around

5:45 HBO: MOVIE Ill' A River Runs Through It 1992 (PG-2h3ml (CCJ

5:58 35 Twilighl Zone· Fantasy (CC)

. 6PM

3 Hard Copy (30ml 4 Channel Four News (3DmJ 5 Saipan Mabuhay (lh) 7 Eyewilness News (30m) 8 ICN: Mara Clara

10 World News 12 Salpan Cable News (Live) (30m) 14 Flash Forward - Sllcom (CC) 20 Beverly Hills, 90210 - Orama (CC) 23 Comedy: Pusoy Dos 24 Nighliy Business Repor1 (CC) 25 Fl9ure ii Out 26 Wings - s,1com (CC) 29 Partridge Family· Sitcom 31 Supermarket Sweep 32 Jelsons 34 Dream On - Sitcom 35 Whal Happened? 37 Quincy ·snake Eyes" 38 The Simpsons (3Cm) 39 Chronicles or a Holy ManlRep,,alJ (Part 5 ol SJ

[lhl 46 Civil War Journal 47 CNBC Programming (1111 48 Mysterious Universe 49 Sonny and Cher· Variety 50 21 Jump Slr..,1- Crime Drama (CC) 52 Milyonaryong Mini (30mJ 53 Prime Time Country - Variety (CC) 54 FurnilUre 55 Emeril Live· COokin9 56 Carol Burnell and Friends 58 Signalure Series 60 Cable Karaoke (2hl

6:10 15 SHO: MOVIE (I' Wail Unlil Spring, Bandini

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17 MAX: MOVIE((' Ferris Bueller's Day 0111986 [PG·13·1h43m) (CCJ

6:27 35 Tales From the Darkside - Horror

5:30 3 CBS Evening News (CC) 4 NBC Nighliy News (CCJ 7 ABC's World News Tonighl [30m) 8 I Cit May Ngan News

10 Newsroom (CC) 12 Wild Guide (30m) 14 Torkelsons - Silcom (CC) 22 My So-Called Life - Drama 24 Newshour Wilh Jim Lehrer (CC) 25 Tiny Toon Adventures 26 Walker, Texas Ranger. Crime Drama 29 Partridge Family - Sllcom 31 Debt 32 Bugs & Dally 34 Make Me Laugh 38 Mad About You 13DmJ 48 MO'-'ie Magic "The D_anger Zon(f 49 Hogan's Heroes. S11com 52 Hoy Gising! Cebu (Live) (30ml 54 Home & Garden Almanac 56 Carol Burnett and Friends 59 Inside the Aclors Studio. Profile

5:58 35 Amazing Stories - Fanlasy (CC)

3 Diagnosis Murder (1h) 4 Exira! (3Dm) 5 Saipan Ma bu hay (I hJ 7 Jeopardy! (30m) 6 ICN: Vietnamese Orama

10 World News 11 News At 6 P.M. (Sm) 12 Human Nalure (1 h) 13 Hoy Glslng 14 DISN: Ill Homeward Bound: The Incredible

Journey (G-1 h24m) (CC) 19 Hoy Glsing (Live) 20 Cops - Reality (CC) 25 Doug (CC) 29 Panridge Family. Silcom 31 lntlmale Ponralt. Profile (CC) 32 Tom and Jerry 34 Daily Show 36 Survival in lhe Sky· investlgalive 37 Law & Order· Crime Drama (CC) 38 Rainbow Wahlne Sollball [2hJ 39 Religious Calalogue 40 World's Strongest Man Competition 46 Aulomoblles - History 47 CNBC Programming (1h) 48 Lincoln - Orama 49 Addams Family - Sitcom 50 Miami Vice - Crime Drama (CC) 51 Shopping Channel 52 TV Patrol Cebu (Live) (I h) 53 Ralph Emery on the Record With Travis

(Repeal) (I hJ 54 Working From Home - Careers 55 Mollo Marlo 56 Wallons - Drama 58 Nonslop Counlry

7:01 18 MOVIE - Science Fiction II' Predalor 1987 (2h)

7:05 11 Local Reports (25ml 16 TMC: MOVIE 111' Leaving Las Vegas 1995

(Repeal) (t h52m) (CC) 7:30

4 Access Hollywood (30m) 7 Wheel Of Fortune (30m) 8 ICN: Ral News

10 World Repor1 11 Whiz-Kids TV (25m) 20 Access Hollywood - Enlertainment News (CC) 22 Singled Oul 24 Bench • Profile (CC) 25 Rugrats (CC) 29 Panridge Family· Sitcom 32 Scooby Doo Where Are You? 34 Win Ben Stein's Money 35 Making or Kull lhe Conqueror 39 Blessed Fauslina 49 Misler Ed 54 That's Home Entertainment 55 Grillin' & Chiliin'

7:35 59 BRV:((11 Zorba lhe Greek

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11 Weather Report (Sm) 7:59

35 Seaquest DSV - Science Fiction (CC)

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HBO: MOVIE((' A Very Brady Sequel 1996 (PG-t 3-1 h29mJ (CCI

3 Promised Land· Orama (CC) 4 Friends· Silcom (CC) 5 Salpan Mabuhay (! hi 7 High Incident (1h) 8 !CN: Jaam E. Jam

10 World News 1 t Evening News At 7 P.M. (Japanese With Eng-

lish Sublitles) (40m) 12 AnlmalA-Z(lh) 13 TV Palrol (LiveJ 15 SH0:11 Stnplease (1 h55mJ (CCJ 17 MAX: Iii' Full Metal Jackel (th55m) (CC) 19 TV Palrol (Live) 20 Martin - Sitcom (CC) 22 Music Fran Molel Calttoma -v.,.;e1y 23 Drama: Apoy Sa Puso 24 Roam Swee! Home (CC) (I h) 25 Secret World of Alex Mack (CC) 29 RuPaul 30 European PGA Golt (Repeal) (2h) 31 Unsolved Mysteries· Rea lily 32 Speed Racer 34 Comedy Club Comedy Network 1 (Repeal)

(30m) 35 Medical Delectlves • Science 37 Biography - Proliie 39 Via Dolorosa 40 World's Slrongest Man Compelilion 46 Year by Year - History 47 CNBC Programming (lh) 48 Wild Discovery - Nalure 49 Pelticoal Junclion • Silcom 50 X·Flles • Science F,clion (CC) 52 Hoy Gislng! Davao (30m) 5J Dallas - Drama 54 Gardening by the Yard 55 Ready ... Sel... Cook! 56 Rescue 911 · Reallly (CC) 60 Cable Karaoke (2h)

8:30 4 Men Behaving Badly - Sllcom (CC)

to American Edllion 14 DISN: MOVIE: Escape to Wilch Mountain 1995

(lh36mJ (CCJ 25 I Lo,e Lucy - Sllcom (CC) 29 Pop-Up Video. Rock 32 Real Adventures of Jonny Quesl 34 Howie Mandel: Welcome la Howlewould

(Repeal) (30m) 36 Trauma: Lile and Death In the ER - Reality 40 RPM 2Nlght (Repeat) (30mJ 49 Green Acres- Sitcom 52 TV Palrol Davao(thl 54 Buy Smart - Consumer 55 Dining Around

8:40 11 Short Drama Serials: llsuka Mila sora (20ml

8:45 10 Q&A

'9PM

3 Diagnosis Murder· Mystery (CC) 4 Seinfeld - Silcom (CC) 5 Salpan Mabuhay (111) 7 Movie (2h) , B ICN: English Program

10 World News Asia 11 Comedy: Here's Eda (45m) 12 Salpan Cable News (Repeat) (30m) 13 Home Along Da Riles (11130m) 16 TMC: (' The Surgeon {I h40mJ 19 TFC Forum 20 New York Undercover- Crime Orama 24 Myslery! - Myslery (CC) 25 I Love Lucy - Silcom (CCJ 29 To Be Announced 31 MOVIE - Drama (( Jusl Between Friends 1986

12h30mJ 32 Cow and Chic,en 34 Tompkins Square· Comedy 36 What Happened? - Rea lily 37 MOVIE-Mystery:ScalesolJustre (2h) 38 News At Nine (30m) 39 Green Hel (Repeal) [30m) 40 Lillie League World Serles [2hJ 45 Ncwsroels lo N~hl/y News: A HISlory • 47 CNBC Programmfng (lhJ

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1997 -MARIANAS VARiETY NEWS AND VIEWS-15

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48 Mysterious Universe. Reality 49 Bosom Buddies - Silcom · 50 NYPO Blue· Crime Drama (CC) 51 Shopplng"Channel · 53 Du,es ofHazzard - Adventure 54 Furniture 55 Essence of Emerll 55 Hawaii Flve-0 - Crime Drama

9:01 18 MOVIE. Drama((' Return 10 Peyton Place

1951 (2h2m) 35 MOVIE ·.Science Fiction ( Godzilla on Monster

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2 HBO: Hoslilelnlenl (NR-lh3Dm) (CCJ 4 3rd Rock From the Sun - Silcom 8 ICN: English Program

12 GuamcaiJeNews(WednB&llyEcll>l<l) 25 I Love Lucy· Sllcom (CC) 32 Flintstones (CC) 36 Cops (30ml 39 Crea En La Sanla Iglesia Catollca 48 Movie Magic - Science 49 Flip WIison - Variety 52 TV Palrol Zamboanga (1 h) 54 Home & Garden Almanac 55 Taste

9:45 11 To,yoNews(15m)

. 10PM

3 48 Hours - Investigative (CC) 4 ER - Drama (CC) 5 Salpan Mabuhay (1h) 8 KRCA: Super Music (30m)

10 World News Asia 11 NHK News Al 9 P.M. (30m) 15 SHO: Elvis Meels Nixon (ih35mJ 17 MAX:(' Ra,en Hawk(!h26m) (CC) 19 Slack Market 20 Two • Drama (CC) 22 Yo! - Rap 23 Orama: Pansamanlalang Abril 24 Chinatown (th) 25 I Love Lucy· Silcom (CC) 29 FT - Fashion Television. Fashion 30 Goll Academy Live (Repeal) (lh) 32 Jetsons 34 Viva Variety - Comedy 36 Survival in lhe Sky - lnvesllgallve 38 Mad About You (30m) 39 Divine Mercy Chaplel 46 Civil War Journal· History 47 CNBC Programming (lh) 48 Lincoln. Drama 49 Hogan's Heroes· Sitcom 50 In Living Color· Variety 52 TV Patrol Cagayan De Oro (45m) 53 Prime Time Country - Variely (CC) 54 Working From Home - careers 55 Too Hal Tamales 56 700 Club 58 Nonstop Country 59 Inside lhe Aclors Sludio. Proliie 60 Cable Karaoke (2h)

10:05 14 DISN: MOVIE (((The Barefoot Execullve 1971

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Elsewhere in the Pacific · . . Rift brews among Bougainville secessionist movement leaders CANBERRA (Pacnews)-A rift has JevelopeJ in the Bougainville secessionist leadership over Monday·s proclamation of inde­pendence for the province by self­stvkd President Francis Ona.

·Sydney-based representative of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, Moses Havini, says the proclamation was released with­out his knowledge, claiming that it sent total confusion amongst Bougainvilleans.

In-a statcmem issued overnight. Havini said it has since been es­tablished that twoAustralianshad been the "advisers and authors" of the docu rnent.

He ·said they were very close to

Ona and very influential. "lliis is a sbp in the face by

Ona. Instead of trnsting his own people. he listens to advice from people who are NOT even Bougainville nationals and who have- NOT experienced per­sona[ losses as a result of the nine-year war.

It a·lso makes a mockery of Ona 's leadership on Bougainville to be listening to outsiders rather than his own Bougainvillean advisers. This is NOT an academic ex­ercise. We are talking about people's lives."

In an interview with an Aus­tralian newspaper Tuesday,

Ona warned Australia to stay out of the Bougainville peace process.

He said Australia was NOT considered neutral and any Aus­tralian presence on Bougainville would be considered a hostile act.

Pacnews Canberra Bureau says Ona's remarks came after Havini's first official meeting in Sydney last Friday with Austra­lian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer.

At the meeting plans were made for Australia to transport seces­sionist representatives from Bougainville to New Zealand for the ;ext round of peace talks due to start about September 15.

NZ increases investment·s i;n Fiji SUVA (Pacnews)-The Fiji Trade and Investment Board.has expressed satisfaction with the in­creasing level of investment in Fiji by New Zealand companies.

ITIB chief executive Jesoni Vitusagavulu. referred to the Fletcher Steel Division which re-

Aldan . .. Continued from page 1

of the Division of Public Lands, 1he balance of which has to go

into the Marianas Public Land Trust.

"First, it (funds) will go to DPL's operations, and then to in­frastructure projects like surveys and road clearing for home­steads ... and then other expenses that the Board feels is necessary to c:.llTy out its duties.

··What's left of the money

CUC ... Continued from page 1 --- - ------

as rcpresentcc..l and supplied; •the imp! icd wammty of fi tncss

for a particular purpose by sup­plying a bearing unfit or unusable as represented and supplied; and

•the express six-month wmTanty in that the bearing provided was

Speaker ... Continued from page 3

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"I told them, 'Two months from now you 'II sec that the people are more concerned than you are, and they 're going to make the right choice.···

However, Bcnaveme said he also "made clear·· to Stay man that the Legislature is against the Clinton administration's federal takeover recommendation.

As for the governor's proposal lo discuss a new political status for the CNMI, Benavente said it

cently bought Carpenters Steel, and Tabua Investments, who are building condominiums on Denerau Island, Radio Fiji reports.

Vitusagavulu (Mr) was speak­ing at the recent opening of the Unistik plant in the western Lautoka town.

should go to MPLT for invest­ment," said Aldan.

''This is the way the Constitu­tion supposedly guarantees it."

He said a lot of DPL projects are not moving "because we don't have the money."

It will be recalled that BPL, _in a recent meeting, agreed to open up a new homestead site in Tanapag.

''But we cannot open ... we cannot start work because there's no money," Aldan lamented.

He said BPLhas sought lhe Attor­ney Genernl 's opinion on the matter.

"defective in design and manu­facture."

Finally the CUC accuscc..l the defendants of negligence for, among other things. failing to give advice and help in restoring the engine.

The CUC asked for damages in an amount to be proven at the trial.

is not needed. "We have convinced a lot of

people for the past 10 years how important it is that we retain con­trol over immigration and the minimum wage, and we should continue to convince the federal government that we still need to retain control," he said.

The Democn.1t Tenorio, who is seeking reelection, is running against his 1993 running mate now Independent· candidate Lt. Gov. Jesus C. Botja, and former governor Pedro P. Tenorio, the Republican Party's standard bearer.

Veterans meeting THE CNMI U.S. Amicd Forces Veterans Association is holding its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, at the

CNMI Veterans Affairs office in As-Lito. Maximum participation by members is encouraged. Other U.S. veterans arc also welcome.

The company is a joint venture between Quickstik New Zealand and Universal Printing Press.

Meanwhile, exports to New Zealand have increased during the first halfofthis year, in particular the garment, timber and footwear exports.

Baby. • • Continued from page 1

the Division of Youth Services took custody of the child.

Ping was then permitted to see her daughter in jail except during evening hours until the court is­sued the order on Tuesday, said the government lawyer.

0 'Roarty said the mother and

Tenorio .. . Continued from page 1

And there was no reason for him to go to San Francisco and Wash­ington, D.C. either because if he needed to talk to the U.S. Inte­rior Department, they (have an office on Saipan), and the key contact for (the Environ­mental Protection Agency) in San Francisco ... wasn't avail­able .... "

Further, Manglona didn't have a hand on the new prison facility contract awarded to Haitai. Tenorio said, "so I don't know what he is ta! king about."

Manglona, in his resigna­tion letter, said there has been too many contracts awarded without going through the bid-ding process. ·

Haitai 'sis one such contract. But, according to Tenorio,

"Martin didn't even know that he had drawn his conclusions from a preliminary plan, not the final."

Moreover, the Haitai pro­posal still needs the approval of the Legislature, he said, and

There's no hope in hope

PNG governor cleared of'misconduct' raps PORT MORESBY (Pacnews)­Ted Diro, the govemorof Papua New Guinea's Western Province, has been cleared of charges of misconduct in office by the leadership tribunal.

Thethree-membert:ribunal headed by Justice Gibbs Salika unanimously rnled Tuesday that there was NO case against Diro to answer, NBC reports.

The packed courtroom erupted with clapping, whistling and applause when the decision was given.

Diro' s case stems from the I 991 Barnett forest inquiry and his subse-

quent refenal to the Ellis t:Jibunal to answer 86 charges of misconduct in office as Deputy Prime Minister.

The Ellis t:Jibunal found him guilty of misconduct in office and recom­mended his dismissal, but Diro re­signed before being dismissed.

Diro told 1eporters outside thecoutt­room he was happy and relieved this whole leadership tribunal was over.

He said he can now put ihe matter behind him and concen­trate on serving the people in his province.

Solomons m.inisters face poll petitions HONIARA (Pacnews)-Twomin­isters in Solomon Islands newly frnmed government me facing elec­tion petitions.

They arc Finance Minister Mm1asseh Sogavare and Minister for Police mid National Secu1ity Lester Huckle Saomasi, SIBC reports.

And another MP facing an election petitionisthememterforMalaitaOuter islands, David Holosivi. Former pro­vincial government minister Allan Qwusu is petitioning theelectiomesult

child, who are "both fine," are staying in a segregated section in the pretrial detention facility. DYS is assisting Ping in keeping with the baby's needs.

O'Roarty said it is the first time that DPS has allowed a baby to be with the mother in jail.

"We 're just complying with the court's order. The court makes the decision," O'Roarty pointed out, adding that the girl's father is

"right now it's not even a con­tract."

Manglona's "sudden claim to have a conscience," Tenorio said is "amusing.''

The real reason for the res­ignation, he added, "is his an­ger over my overruling of one of his actions.''

Manglona, as acting secre-. tary, "was moving people around to his liking" which, Tenorio said, is the secretary's sole authority.

"I made sure he knew that he shouldn't be making those kinds of decisions and then what do you know--he resigns over dioxins from Korean in­cinerators and other illegiti­mate concerns."

in East 01oiseul which was won by Sogavare by a majo1ity of 523 votes.

Frnmer MP for Malaita Outer is­lm1ds· Johnson Kengalu is also chal­lenging the 1esults in his constitu­ency, won by Holosivi, wi.thamajor­ity of 36 votes.

Minister for police mid national secu1ity Saomasi faces a petition lodged by rnnner-u p candidate in the West Honim·a constituency, Peter Bennett. A date ha~ yet to tesetforthe he,uing of the petitions.

also in jail awaiting for trial in a related criminal case.

Ping's trial was reportedly scheduled this November.

Court information showed that Ping was charged in connection with the kidnapping of a Chinese woman last November.

The victim was reportedly mauled, kidnapped, tied, locked up inside a bathroom and robbed by the defendants.

Tenorio said it was the third time Manglona resigned "un­der pressure in this adminis­tration.''

"When he was at the Divi­sion of Public Lands, almost the entire time he tri<:d to get me to agree to compensate him and his family for land he claimed was being used as a road, but I could never justify it and never approved it.''

Tenorio said he had nothing to do with Manglona's hiring, "but I'll gladly accept his fi­nal resignation from any of­fice in this administration, and I'll make sure that nobody will make the same mistake in hir­ing him again in my second term."

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Born today, you are a wise and witty individual with a wacky brand of humor and a willingness lo bend over backward to ensure that those around you are having a good lime. This is not to say that you always play the clo1rn; on the contrary, you do have yc1ur serious side, and you insist on being tal:en seriously when the time comes. You simply prefer to approach life in a lightl:carl,·d m:inncr, keeping your eyes and ear.c open for any signs of opportunity in work, recreation or domestic livini:;. You arc a born homemaker, though vou will not saddle vourself need· iesslv with domestic-chores.

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Abo born on this date are: Craig Claiborne, author and edi­tor; Dawn Fraser, swimmer; i\litzi Gaynor, singer and dancer; Paul Haney, broadcast­er; Tom Watson, golfer.

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the rupee. and its chief fractional tmit is the pi<:e.

Indiana is the Hoosier Stat<:.

T:,e state bird of Montana is the western meadowlark.

The stale flower of Oklahoma 1s mistletoe.

read the corresponding para­graph. Let your birlhday star be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -

Interruptions abound today, but you should be able to get your work done ahead of schedule if you make an early start and stay fo­cused.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) -You will receive signs that point lo a destination that has fascinated you for some time. Still, your ulti­mate arrival mav still be quite far off. ·

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -A loved one can keep your spirits up when circumstances alone would have you sinking into a de­pression that threatens to be long­term.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dcc. 21) - You will bci\'e 311 oppor~uni­ty today lo do something about a domestic mix-up that iias been threatening to blow out of propor­tion.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Kindness and understanding are paramount today. Take care that you don't let an outsider intrude on an idyllic situation afler dark.

TAUiWS (April 20-May 20) -You will be playing your hand cor­rectly today if you let someone else feel as though he or she is the controlling influence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Your interest in creative endeav­ors of all kinds will surely attract a number of unusual but highly col­orful indi\·iduals into your orbit.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Take care that vou am not so biunt with a rival that you promote a greater level of compctition at a lime when you are not up to it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Ex­cuses arc not enough today; you're going lo have to come up with some real reasons why you are do­ing what you arc doing every step of the way.

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arlins over Orioles By Steven Wine

MIAMI (AP) - Edgar Renteria singled home the winning run with two outs in the I 0th inning Tuesday night as the Florida Marlins handed Baltimore its fourth straight loss with

a 3-2-win over the Orioles. Charles Johnson opened the I 0th

with a single against former Marlin Teny Mathews (3-4) and pinch-run­ner Gregg Zaun advanced on a sac­rifice. Jeff Conine walked, and after

both runners moved up on a groundout, Renteria singled to center on Mathews' first pitch.

Ed Vosberg (1-0) retired two bat­ters with the bases loaded in the I 0th.

The Orioles have lost four in a row

Willia1lls~ Spirlea reach seinis By Hal Bock

NEW YORK (AP) - With the red, white and blue beads in her braided hair dahcing this way and that, VenusWilliamsusedherpower game to charge into the semifinals of the U.S. Open on Tuesday night witha7-5, 7-5victoryover Sandrine Testud.

Missing from the next round, though, is No. 2 seed MonicaSeles. The two-time champion and final­ist here the last two years, couldn't fightofftherelentlessplayofNo. 11 Irina Spirlea, losing in three sets 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (8-10) and 3-6.

As each point went by, Seles' shoulders seemed to droop a bit

Irabu . .. Continued from page 20

doing," Torre said. ''Hopefully, if he gc ts out there and has a ti me or twooutofthe bullpcn,hec,mmaybe find something. Right now, I sense he's feeling for it, mid not where he'd like to be."

[rnbu again showed his temrx;rfol­lowing a poor perfrnmance, breaking

Braves ... Continued from page 20

inning. Neagle pulled a belt-high fa,tball frnm Kevin Jaivis into the Brnves bullpen for his first homer since June 27, 1995, at Chicago's Wtiglcy Field.

Neagle, who went 2-for-3 with a sacrifice, g1inned sheepishly on his way back to the dugout rn1d spent the

Chang ... Continued from page 20

cramping. and I think he saw I was tired andhctriedtomakemerun."

Sensing victory, Chang pounced as only he c,m. Wobbling on heavy legs only minutes before, he sud­denly· bounced up mid down mid reduced Pioline to tJ·,e stiff mid sore victim.

Pioline, could hmtlly lift his feet, ,md he could do little m01e thm1 aim for tlie comer, ,md hope for winner,. It wm not a su·ategy tliat would suc­ceed against Chm1g, whochiLo;cddown vi11uallyevc1ything ,md played, once again, like a hummi backlxxm.l.

·nioughSampnL~, whobeatChimg in t11e final last ye,u-, is gone, Ch:mg docsn' t buy tJ1e idea tlial he seems destined to win his first U.S. Open.

"People talk about favorites," Chang said. "Every match is tough. You can't come out here ,md expect a cakewalk in any matc:h. If you do;i 't come out here ,md play your best temiis, you 're going to fall short."

Chang will play in the qum1e1, against No. 10 Marcelo Rios, who beat No. 7 Sergi Bn1gucra7-5,6-2,6-4. !..!~.seeded. M:.:gnus U11:ss01_i al~o

more with the reality that Spirlea wasn't going away anytime soon. In fact, she wasn't going away at all. Spirleawaslikeahittingmachineand almosteverything Selesuiedseemcd to come back across the net

Then Williams fought her way into the Open 's final four by ousting Testud to become the first unseeded player to reach the semifinals of the Open since 1976. It was not easy.

.. This was one of my toughest matches of the year and this tourna­ment," Williams said.

She was critical ofher game, espe­cially in the second set.

"I was playing a little lackadaisi­cal," she said. "My feet weren't

a sprinkler head in the Yankees' club­house at Veterans Stadium. He also punched a door leading to a Phillies news confeience room, leaving a fist­sized dent, the Daily News 1epo11cd.

Y,mkeesspokesmanRickCc1rnne told reportersafterthe gmne that lrabu dccidednottospcakwiththcm. "Frum what I've seen, I don't see (him staJt­ing again)," Steinbrenner told Newsday. "'And l don't want to hear it was the mound again .. I'm tired of

rest of the inning jokingly exchang­ing hitting tips with Jones in the dug­out. Back on the mound, however, Neagle was all business, finishing off the Tigers for his his foutth shutout of the season, equaling the league high.

McGriff left the game in the sev­enth after he wa~ struck on the right el bow by a pitch fmm Roberto Duran. X-rays were negative, mid he's day­to-day.

reached the qumtcrs, lx::ating Wayne Fcndra 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. ,Uld will next meet the winner of the Andn~ Ag,L~si-Pallick Rafter match.

Spirlea, who boldly said last week she w,mtcd to "shut up the mouths of everybody" talking about the teens on the tour, reached the semifinals by knocking off Seles, the two-time champion, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (10-8), 6-3.

Only a few crucial points in each set separated Seles ,md the I I th­seeded Spirleain tlieirdram:.ttic match, which featured tennis at its highest level ,md had t\ms gasping and rom·­ing after seemingly impossible shot.~.

Sclcs, tJic U.S. Orx:n champion in 1991 and 1992 and a finalist the p,L,t two yem, after a two-ycm· absence following her swbbing, showed the resolve forwhich she is famous in the firstsctticb1eakerwhenshcsmunbled out of a 3-5 jam. She cracked groundsu·okes from side to side, oblivious to p1essure, :md won four su·iught points - tlie last on a hop­ping second serve that Spirleaslugged long.

Though known to only the most avid aficionados, the Romani,m won tJie cmwd 's respect :md cheers in the second set wit11 the way she hung in giittily against Seles in long rallies,

moving. I hit some silly shots." In the end, though, her power

carried her through and past the quarterfinals for the first time as a pro.

"Ihaven 'tplayedthatmanytour­naments," she said. "The quarterfinals are a good thing. I always knew I could do better."

Williams blasted away from the baseline, sometimes with so much power that shots soared far out of bounds like long fly balls from the baseball game next door at Shea Stadium. She also charged the net and blasted balls back, grunt­ing each time she connected, much the way Seles does.

thoseexcuses. He's been disappoint­ing, no doubt about it. He's got to learn to pitch."

After signing with the Ymikees in May, Irabu made his fit,t major­league staJt on July 10 against De­tmit. He was sent back to the minors on July 28 after a 2-2 staJt.

h"abu was recalled from Colum­bus on Aug. 13, but since then has gone 2-1 in four starts, allowing 16 runs - 15 earned - and 30 hits.

The Braves ended a seven-game homelosingstreakagainstAL teams, dating back to their World Series­clinching victrny over the Cleveland Indians in 1995.

Atlanta lost three straight Series games to the Yankees at home last year, were swept in the three-gmne interleague series by Baltimore in June :md dropped the opener of the Tigers series Monday night.

cluo;cd down balls.that seemed out of reach, ,md attacked whenever she had t11e chance.

"I can get used to it," Spirlea said of the crowd's applause for her in a r,ue stadium appcm1mce. ··r like it.''

For much of the match, Spirlea reminded Seles of an old foe.

"Steffi is her idol, so I tJiink she modeled (her style) after Steffi's game," said Seles, who lost toGrnfin l,L,t year's final.

Spirlea offe1ed Seles a variety of backh:md slices ,md topspin fore­h,mds, much like Graf, ,md never relented.

"'She docsn 't like 10 play against my slice," Spirlea s,lid. "'She In, a little bit the stmie game with Steffi. When you play slice, you don't give her so much r1iytl1m tJiat she cm1 come imd hit every ball."

NeitJicrplayeryiclded serve in the second set, mid in the tiebreaker Spirlea again took mi em·ly lead, 4-1, before Seles evened t11e scOle with a superb backhm1d. Scles then man­aged to gain a match point at 6-5, but Spirlea ended t11at threat witJi a ctisp backh,md volley. At 8~8, Spirlea drillcdaforeh,md winner, then closed out the set when Scles lofted a fore­hand long.

for the first time since they ended a six-game losing streak, their longest of the season, on July 13.

TheMarlinshavewonfivestraight, all against Ameiican League teams. They're 11-3 versus in interleague games.

In a matchup between two of baseball's best pitchers, Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown dueled to a 2-2 tie through 7 1/2 innings.

First-base umpire Brnce Froemming mistakenly awarded Baltimore's Rafael Palmeiro a two­run homer in the first inning against Brown. Palmeiro's drive acrually hit halfway up the right-field wall just inside the foul line.

Mussina took a four-hit shutout into the seventh, but Moises Alou lied it with a two-mn homer after Bobby Bonilla led off with a bunt single.

Baltimore lost three mnners on the bases, including two at the plate. In the eighth inning, manager Davey Johnson used a pinch-mnner for a pinch-runner-and he promptly got pickedoffbycatcherCharles Johnson.

After pinch-hitter Harold Baines singled, Shawn Boskie replaced him at first Following a walk, Boskie was

Taiwan ... Continued from page 20

The race's resumption this year almost foundered over further political acrimony.

China's delegation to the event refused to attend a scheduled wel­coming party in Taipei with Tai­wanese officials, including mem­bers of the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation.

Upon the delegates' arrival Monday night, Chen Hua-heng, secretary-general of the sponsor­ing Taiwan Marathon Associa-

Bills ... Continued from page 2_Q

··1 won't be portrayed as a mad­man," Kuehne said. '"I'm just an average guy, a Bills fan. I don't go around slapping pregnant women."

Kuehne said Rogers became increasingly angry as the argu­ment ensued, and then got out of the vehicle and ran to the other side of the car to confront Kuehne. He also said Rogers bit him and kicked him during the fight. Kuehne was taken b~y ambul,;nce to a nearby hospital, where he was given antibiotics for the bite and treatment for bumps and bruises.

"'He was going animal on me, .. Kuehne said. ··1 was just trying to cover up. Herc's this big guy pounding away. I'm all banged up."

Leslie Rogers was not seri­ously injured in the altercation. Sam Rogers sustained scrapes and biuises on both hands and his elbow when he slipped in the park­ing lot while wrestling with the man. He is not expected to miss any games.

The Bills defense played poorly against the Vikings and received much of the blame for the loss. Rogers did not know whether the

replaced at second by Jeffrey Hammonds. Then, when Jeff Reboulet missed a bunt attempt, Johnson picked Hammonds off and Brown escaped the jam.

Alou and Gary Sheffield each threw out a runner trying to score fromsecondbaseonasingle. Sheffield nailed Chris Hailes in the second inning, and Alou gunned down Cal Ripken in the seventh.

The crowd of 35,708 pushed the Marlins over the 2-mi\\ion mark in home attendance for the first time since 1993, their first season.

Baltimore's only runs scored a, a result of Froemming's disputed rul­ing.

With a rnnner at first, Palmeiro pulled a liner down the right-field line that hit several feet below the top of the wall, then bounced onto the field. Froemming, apparently thinking the ball ·hit the foul pole, immediately signaled a home run, and the mling stood despite lengthy protests by the Marlins.

Had the ba11 been mled in play., B.J. Surhoff like] y wou kl have scored from fo,t Brown struck out the next batter to end the inning.

tion, accused China of allowing politics to interfere in a sport; event and announced that the race had been called off.

TI1e dispute W,L, settled Tuesday when the Chinese delegation, headed by sports official Xie Bingyen, com­promised by agreeing to the Taiwan­ese officials· participation in subse­quent activities.

After a five-day nm in Taiwan, the runners will continue the race from the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi, following the an­cient silk road to Beijing, offi­cials said.

fan was angry about Buffalo's performance or because the line­backer was attempting to get the vehicle through the crowd.

"He had no right to act like that, .. Rogers said.··[ don 'I care if it was toward me or anyone.""

Rogers said the entire i ncidcnt lasted about two minutes before security and other fans broke ii up. Rogers, a four-year veteran, is 6-foot-3, 245 pounds. Police saiu Kuehne is about 6-0, 200.

Kuehne was charged wit!; ha­rassment, a violation, and or­dered to appear in Orchard Park town court on Sept. 16. Rogers had not planned any civi I action against the man.

.. I don't want him to do any jail time or anything like that," Rogers said. ··1 just want hi 111 to stay away me. I just want him to SUI)'

away from the stadium."

Jaguars .. C::()n~~nued from pa!!~_O

with the Jaguars only two weeks ago and took his first NfL snaps on Sunday.

Miller made his first start in Jacksonville last year. He was largely ineffective, going 9-of-17 for 83 yards before being replaced in the Steelers' 24-9 loss to the Jaguars on opening day.

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Chang surges at US Open By Steve Wilstein

NEW YORK (AP) - Michael . Chang and Cedric Pioline shuffled' as if they wore lead sneakers, the muscles in their legs pulsating with pain, their feet sore, shoulders slumped, mouths gulping for air.

And they still had a set to go. Chang, that most indefatigable

of players, looked as if he had absolutely nothing left Tuesday, as if he most ce11ainly would fol­low Pete Sampras and Monica Seles out of the U.S. Open on this hottest and muggiest of days.

There was no reasonable way Chang could come back, trailing 5-2 in the fourth set and down and two sets to one. Yet, somehow, he did.

Chang dug into his incredible reservoir of desire, called upon those thick, sculpted legs to stmt moving, and won game after game - seven in a row and I I of the last J 2-toproduceamaste1ful 6-3,0-6, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 victory in 3 hours, 41 minutes to move to the qumterfinals.

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A day after the top-seeded Sampras, the defending and four­time champion, succumbed to his own exhaustion, and 1ight after Seles, the women's No. 2 seed, lost to Irina Spirlea, the second-seeded Chang barely escaped a similar early exit.

Chang's survival and Seles' sur­render surpassed in drama, though perhaps not in historical signifi­cance, the ascension of 17-year­old Venus Williams to the semifi-

nalsofherfirst U.S. Open with a 7-5, 7-5 victo1yoverSandrine Testud.

The 6-foot-l Williams grabbed a railing and hoisted herself up to kiss ·her mother after the match. Williams next meets Spirlea, who has made no secret of her dislike for the attention teens like Will­iams are getting before they win even one tournament.

No one, though, has paid his dues and gotten so much out of his body as Chang.

In 11 years at the U.S. Open, Chang had never lost a set 6-0. Rarely had he ever been pushed around from the baseline as he was against Pioline. And almost never did Chang hit the kind of sloppy, loose shots he hit in the second set when he committed I 7 unforced errors to the Frenchman's three.

But Chang,aseveryone in tennis knows, is most dangerous when he is down. At that moment, when he summons his last stores of energy and attacks, he can break an opponent's spirit. That's exactly what he did in this match against

Irabu booted from Yankees rotation By John F. Bonfatti

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Hideki Irabu was removed from the Yankees' pitching rotation Tuesday, a day after owner George Steinbrenner blasted the pitcher following a loss to Philadelphia.

"With Irabu, we've been searching for the consistency that will eventually be there because his stuff is there," New York manager Joe Torre said before Tuesday night's game against the Phillies. "He really hasn't caught up with the rest of our starters."

Irabu gave up five rnns and

nine hits in three-plus innings· in Monday's 5-1 loss. He is 4-3 with a team-high 7.68 ERA in eight starts, allowing 33 earned rnns,

· 55 hits and 12 home runs in 38 2-3 innings.

"I've got about seven dozen Hideki Irabu T-shirts I am giving to the Little Sisters of the Blind," Steinbrenner was quoted as say­ing in Tuesday's editions of The New York Post. "I wasn't im­pressed at all."

Steinbrenner had a front-row seat for Monday's series opener, and left soon after Irabu was pulled.

Torre said Irabu would pitch

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out of the bullpen to try and regain confidence.

"Really he doesn't have enoughcommandofwhat he's

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Bills' Rogers fights with fan who slapped pregnant wife

By· Bucky Gleason ORCHARD PARK, N, Y. (AP) -Buffalo Bills linebacker Sam Rogers was involved in a fight with an irate fan who apparently slapped Rogers' pregnant wife after a game.

Leslie Rogers, 26, filed a com­plaint against Kenneth Kuehne, 30, of Rochester, after the inci­dent Sunday following Buffalo's 34-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Rich Stadium.

Rogers, 27, said he was driv­ing through the parking lot to­ward the stadium after forget­ting one of his bags when Kuehne

began screaming profanities. Leslie Rogers was sitting on the passenger side with the window down when Kuehne reached in and slapped her in the face, the linebacker said.

''I jumped out of the trnck and jumped on him," Rogers told The Associated Press on Tues-· day. "Ipunchedhimacoupletimes before everybody jumped in. My reflexes and instincts told me you never let a man hit your wife or your children. How's a man sup­posed to react in that situation?"

Orchard Park police chief Rob­ert Henning said witnesses veri-

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fied Rogers' story. He said Rogers would not be charged for punching the man.

"Rogers went to his wife's defense, and rightfully so," Henning said.

Kuehne, who claimed wit­nesses would support his argu­ments, said he never made con­tact with Leslie Rogers. He said Rogers nearly hit Kuehne's daughter with the vehicle and later pointed his .finger in Kuehne' s face. Kuehne claimed Rogers was the one using pro­fanity.

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"When you are out there, you try not to think about being tired," Chang said. "You try not to think about anything that has to do with the physical aspect of the game. I felt like I had a little bit more today than Cedric. He was getting tired, and a few more errors were starting to creep into his game. He was starting to shorten up the points. I could see he was cramping up, shaking his leg."

The unseeded Pioline served for

the match at 5-3 in the fourth set, and Changdidn 'tgivehim a chance to put it away. At the end of a long rally on the first point, Chang tat­tooed the sideline with a winning forehand. Chang worked his way to two break points before Pioline struggled back to deuce. Then, with another break point against him, the fatigued Frenchman sent a fore­hand long.

"I was too tired," Pioline said after his second consecutive five setter. "That's why he's No. 2 io the world, and I'm not No. 2. I was

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Braves shut out Tigers By Paul Newberry

ATLANTA (AP) - Denny Neagle pitched a four-hitter for his I 9th win and also hit the third homer of his career, lead­ing the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

Javy Lopez and Keith Lockhart also homered for At­lanta, which knocked out De­troit starter Greg Keagle in the third for its I 0th victory in 13 games as they attempt to fend off Florida in the NL East.

The Braves built a 5-0 lead through four innings and cruised behind Neagle (19-3), the NL's winningest pitcher and only one away from the first 20-win sea­son of his career. The left-hander faced only two hitters above the minimum, wiping out two run­ners on double plays. He had six strikeouts and no walks.

Atlanta jumped on Detroit starter Greg Keagle ( 1-4) in the first when Lockhart, who .was 3-for-3 in a r~re start, singled with one out, moved to third on Chipper Jones' double and scored on Fred McGriff' s sacri­fice fly.

Lopez yanked his team-high 22nd homer into the left-field seats leading off the second, and Lockhart began the third with his fifth homer into the right­field stands. Keagle walked the next batter, Jones, and was done for the night.

Jones stole second and came home on McGriff's second RBI, a single to center, leaving Keagle with a pitching line of four runs on five hits in two-plus innings.

At least Keagle wasn't on the mound for a pitcher's ultimate embam1ssment the following

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[:·rjLL~~~~1Jt:EJJ~I~~•:t~ft(~ffJI_·.(,~);r~,:rJI~'::D~.-·-J,~-~-~:~I};_j JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)­With Rob Johnson's ankle in a cast and Mark Brunell out for another month, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed quarterback Jim Miller to a one-year contract Monday.

Pittsburgh released Miller, who started the Steelers' season­opener last year, during training camp after deciding to go with Kardell Stewart.

To make room on the roster, the Jaguars placed third-string rnnning back Chris Parker on in-

ju red reserve. Parker hurt his knee during the Jaguars' 28-27 victory over Baltimore on Sunday.

Johnson sprained his left ankle during the game, but managed to return to complete a remarkable first start. He was 20-of-24 for 294 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score.on a 28-yard touchdown to Jimmy Smith.

Johnson's status won't be known until Wednesday. His backup, Steve M.rtthews, signed

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Taiwan~Chirta joint mar.athon ..

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - After resolving a political dispute, 24 Taiwanese and Chinese runners are to start racing Wednesday in a 25-day, 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) marathon across Taiwan and China.

The cross-strait marathon race, last held in 1992, was suspended

after relations chilled over a Tai­wanese campaign to gain interna­tional recognition.

China considers Taiwan a ren­egade province with no right of self-government, and the two sides have shunned official con­tacts.

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