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of theft charges.In a criminal complaint leveled
against Evangelista, Asst. AttorneyGeneral Marsh alleged that on orbefore November 10, 1993,theRevenue chief"unlawfully and feloniously" tookgovernmentchecks payable to Donald Takeuchi ($8,357),NaomiTanda($4,533),MarkDeluna($7464) and Max Rapisore ($5,524).
infrastructuregrantforfiscal year1993.
"Both the grantsignedonJanuary 15, 1993 and the special representatives agreement providethat the local matchingsharemaybe met using the bond interestproceeds,butrequire thatthefundsbe appropriated by the CNMILegislature,"Turnertoldthegovemor in that letter,
Turner's lettercame weeks after Guerrero officially transmitted a summary list of all plannedcapital improvement projects toOTIAincompliancewithrequirements on the drawdown of some$27.72 million in federal aidmoney for fiscal year 1993.
The list sent was an integratedCIP project summary, associated
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By ~afael H. Arroyo
THE CLINTON Administration maintains its supportfor continuedfunding assistance for the c;NMI under section 702 of theCovenant.
But arthesame time, CNMI officials should be aware that thelocalgarments industry is still being given a close watch by USCongress. .. This.was the message imparted by Interior Deputy AssistantSecretary for Territorial and International Affairs Allen Staymanduring a whirlwind visit of Saipan Friday.
AccordingtoInterior FieldRepresentative Jeff Schorr,Stayrnanswung by theCNMI after aspeaking engagement in Guammainlyto offer congratulations to Governor-elect Froilan C. Tenorio andLieutenant Governor-elect Jesus C. Borja.
He also met with Governor Larry I. Guerrero and LieutenantGovernor BenjaminT. Manglonatodiscuss the statusof federallyfunded projects thatareCUrrently on-going.Iike theSaipan Harborimprovementproject, theAmericanMemorial ParkandtheSaipanAirportControl Tower.
"Thedeputy assistantsecretarywasherefor onlyonedaymainlytodeliver a messageof congratulationsfor the newadministrationand to discuss current issues," said Schorr in a telephone conversation with the Variety yesterday.
Headded uhe federal official opted not to make his short visit~~~. .. .
According to Schorr, Staymanhas maintained his position thatthe issues of funding assistance for the CNMI should be helddistinct from otherissues of-concern to US Congress.
Stayman i.s remem~~ed as the Iill~rior official who testifiedf-
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Staymansupportscontinued 702 funds
plaint against Evangelista waswidely seenasanother majorblowagainst the Guerrero administration which has been accused ofcorruption especially by its opponent during theelection period.
.Late lastyear. then Department ofCommunity and Cultural AffairsDirector Jesus Pangelinan was detained and subsequently convicted
could be in a position to drawdown the $6.93 million. Evenmore recent conversations withAssistant Secretary Leslie M.Turner indicatethatthejointresoIution.approach wouldbe acceptable to the Departmentof the Interior," said the governor.
He asked that the LegislatureconsideradraftHouseJointResolutionwhich he recommended.
The governor's request followed an earlier letter by Turnersaying the $6.93 million bondmoney approved for release bytheInterior's OfficeofTerritorialand InternationalAffairsneedstobe appropriated by the Legislature before it could be used tomatch the $27.72 million federal
amounting to more than $25,000.The checks, according to a complaintfiled lastThursdaybyAssistant Attorney General Russell E.Marshof theAG's Criminal Division, weresupposed to bepayableto four other people.
A status conference has beenset for December 27 of this year.
The lodging of criminal com-
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prosecutor Charles Rotbart.Rotbart said in his opening statement that Laude together withfriend Nilo Rivera where drivingalongBeachRoadwhentheywere"pulled over" by the suspectsandbrought them to Mario's As Litoresidence whereLaudeandRiverawere mauled.The suspects allegedly decided to bring the two toLaulau beach where they will be"thrown off thecliff." On thewayto Laulau Rivera however managed to escape from the back ofthe trunk of a car were they wereforciblyplaced.Laudeontheother
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acting Governor Benjamin T... Manglonacertifyingtheavailabil
ityof$6.93 millionfrom thebondproceeds to match thefederal appropriations.
"Lt. GovernorManglonawrotelast November 12 urging legislative action, throughjointresolution, so that the Commonwealth
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ofJudgeEdwardManibusan yesterdaymorning toarswer thecharges.He wasrepresented byformer Assistant Attorney General DennisO'Shea who is now into privatepractice.
During the arraignment, theRevenue and Taxation chief denied allegations thathe had pocketed four government checks
charges againsthim."Ifever I saidanything, (Mario
Reyes said) he will kill me,"Efrain said in his testimony before a 6-memberjury.
The jury trial for Mario Reyesand another co-accused JosephAnthony Bowiebegan yesterdayat Court room A of the SuperiorCourt.Mario,Bowieandfourothers including Efrain have beenimplicatedby thegovernmentforthe murder of Laude which occurred last November 5, 1992.
Laudediedafterhe wascrusheddown by the vehicle of the suspects, according to Government
Speaker Thomas P. VillagomezNovember 18th, Guerrero askedadoptionof thejoint resolutiontospecifically authorize the expenditure of the fundsbased on a listof CIP projects the governmentsent to the Interior Department.
The letterservesas a follow-up.toa November 12 letter by then
REVENUE andTaxation DivisionChief JuanL. Evangelista entereda plea of not guilty yesterday onfour counts of theft charges filedagainst himby theCNMIgovernment.
Evangelista, the second highrankinggovernmentofficial withina one-year period to face theftcharges, appeared before the sala
FirstLadyMatilde Guerrero (thirdfromleft)gracesgatheringsponsoredby theCHC Volunteers in thepresenceof 1993 Miss CNMllnternatio(1al Tayna Belyeu, 1993 Miss CNMIUniverse Vicky Tudela and an unidentifiedparticipant.
MARIO Reyes,one of theprincipal suspects in last year's gruesome murder of a Filipino contract workerhad allegedlythreatened to kill his brother Efrain,shouIdhe tellanybody"whathappened".
This was learned frorn-Efrainhimself, who testified yesterdayagainst his brother who is facingfirst degree murder, kidnappingand robbery charges for the brutal death of carpenter EladioLaude. Efrain has agreed to testifyagainsthis brotherMario andJoseph Anthony Bowie in exchange for the droppingof minor
Evangelista pleads 'not guilty' to theft
$6.93M appropriation soughtGOVERNOR~ 1. Guerrero Money from bond proceeds to match $2Z72M fed grant for FY 93hasaskedtheLegislaturetoactonaproposedjoint resolutionwhichwould enable the CNMI to draw'down$6.93millionineamedbondinterest from Bank of New Yorkto match the $27.72 million annual federalassistanceinfrastructure grant for fiscal year 1993.
In a letter to Senate PresidentJuan S. Demapan. and House
Witness in Laude case saysReyes threatened to kill him
ccssive intake of alcohol when heunzipped his pants andexposed hissex organin front ofJapanese touristsSaturday at Bobby Caddilac's inGarapan. 'The incident, which wasreported to the DPS at around 10:30p.m., sentthe Japanese munering intheirOWl1tOOguC, apparcnl1ycmbarrasscd by Lhc man'saction.
Anson was arrested by a policeofficerwho responded to the cornplaint, TIle man was detained butSheucouldnot say if hehasalready,beenreleased.
"How would you feel if somebody visits yourhome for thefirsttime and goes straight to yourbedroom?" Cing said.
Meanwhile,sourcesin thelegislature said theracefor.the presi
-dency may be a free-for-all withmore than threesenatorscontesting the coveted seat.
"It seems everybody wants tobepresident.The politicalposturing andmaneuveringhas begun,"said the source aclose aideof oneof the senators.
and Sugiyama said the ratification of the Compact is the bestdecision for Palau given the totality of circumstances.
"Ifwe are tosucceed in thisnewera, we must as a nation and as apeople, direct our vision forward.We cannot letdifferences anddisputesofthepastdivide andparalyzeus as we move intothisbrightnew
. future. We need0 dream together,plan togetherandworktogether toaccon Iplishourgoals forourselves,ourchildren andourcountry," saidthe two leaders.
"With unity ofpurpose and withharmony of spirit, wecan and wewill build a nation we will all beproud of," the statement furtherread, (RHA)
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nor-elect Froilan C. Tenorio,rather than work with it.
Hesaidwhatthepeoplewant ismore collaboration between thelegislative andexecutive branchesof government.
Villagomez's statements werenot met with approval by Cingduring yesterday's interview.
"This ishis firsttermassenatorand he is just newly-elected.I donot thinkit is appropriateforhimto run although he is free to do
. that," said Cing.
tions after the last world war, inessence voted whether to freelyassociate with the US, the country said to have been largely responsible for its transformationinto self-governing status.
After the last vote on theCompact in 1991, island leaderssaid the relationship could not beapproved unless certainlongstanding concerns of theirpeople were addressed.
In an effort toencourage amarcpositive response on the Compact, Palauans late last year triedlowering the approval requirement to a"simplemajority"ratherthan the current75% affirmativevote:
In their statement, Nakamura
Man nabbed for exposingsex organ in front oftouristA bunch of Japanese tourists gotanother "view" of Saipan Saturday. This time it was not a particular touristdestination nor theinfamousPuertoDumpwhichhasbeen considered an "eyesore" bythe tourism ii.dustry. It was theunexpected indecent exposure ofa Ponapeian man which shockedthe Japanese travellers.
Department of Public SafetySpokesperson CathySheu saidSteveAI: . .' '."i!S not knov
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5,193 or 68.26%. Those not infavor totaled 2,415 or 31.74%.
The Compact relationship isexpected to make Palau a sovereign state, secure military rightsfor the USfor as longas 50 years,grant the islands some $500 million in assistance over 15 yearsand give Palauans free access tothe nation.
Majorities have voted in favorof the relationship seven timesbeforebutithasnotbeenapprovedbecause the number always fellshort of the constitutionally-required 75%.
Palau, reputed to be the onlyremainingpan of thelast territoryplaced under the trusteeship administration of the United Na-
can't bear with seeing the samepersonalities again leading t!Ie
.Senate. He said he just honestlyfeelsDemapan'spersonality isjustnot apt for thepresidency becausehe "puts political affiliations firstover the interest of thepeople."
He also said he believes thecombination of Mafnas andDemapan,beingRepublicanstalwarts, may be seeking more tofight the Democratic administration of Governor-electFroilan C.Tenorio and Lieutenant Gover-
new era for Palau," said PalauPresident and Vice PresidentKuniwo Nakamura and Peter L.Sugiyama in a joint statement.
"Through a lawful and democratic process, we have togetherchosen to become a sovereignnation in a special and honorablerelationship with the UnitedStates. As a people, it is our obligationtoeach otherandtofuturegenerations of Palauans to standfirmly together in support of thisdecision," the twoofficialsadded.
According to certified poll results, a total of 7,624 votes out of11,562registeredvoterswerecastin the political exercise.
Total number of votes in favorof the Compact was pegged at
currentSenate leadership,said hefeels Demapan may be the mostfeasiblechoice to leadwhatcouldperhaps be a "turbulent" NinthLegislature.
"President Demapanisa crisistestedleader.HemovedtheEighthSenate through all controversiesand I believe we accomplished alot under his leadership," saidCing.
"Why should we abandonabandoraa workable president,"he added.
Although he said he has nothing against Sablan norVillagomez, Cing said they maylack the leadership qualitiesDemapan has.
"Sen. Sablan is okay because Iknow we can work with him, butat least from my point of view he
.can only lead if the sailing issmooth.He is not asaggressiveasPresident Demapan," said Cing.
Meanwhile, Sablan has yet toconfirm ifhe is seekingthe presidency or not but it appears he isbeing convinced to run by hisNovember 6 "runningmate,"Villagomez.
"Ifhe(Sablan)doesnotrun,I'llbecontestingthepresidency,"saidVillagomez in a Sunday interview.
According to Villagomez, he
DEMOCRATIC Tinian SenatorDavid M. Cing yesterday expressedhisfullsupportforSaipanSenator Juan S. Demapan in hisbid to retain the presidencyof theNinth Senate even as two other
By Rafael H. Arroyo
DavidM. CingRepublicansmaybeposturingforthe top post.
In an interview at his Senateoffice yesterday,Cingairedskepticismon suggestionsthatnew1yelected RepublicanSaipan SenatorsJesusR. SablanorThomas P.Villagomez may be interestedwith the presidency.
Cing, who is a membersof the
THE PEOPLEof theRepublicofPalau have overwhelmingly approved the island nation's Compact of FreeAssociation with theUnited States during the plebisciteheldNovember9,accordingto certificationdocumentsissuedby the Palau Election Commission.
The five-memberCommissionlast November 19th certified theoutcomeof the plebiscite,pursuant topertinentlaws, therebyratifying a newpolitical relationshipwith the US.
"Ourjourneytosovereigntyandindependencehas been long andat times extraordinarilydifficult,but we believe we can now optimisticall look to the dawn of a
Christmas in the Air.Agoodnumberof business establishment on Saipan have started to spruce up their stores withChristmas decorations tousherthe spiritof theseasons early.
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Compact ratified by Palau electorate
On the presidency of the Ninth SenateCing says Demapan still best man for job
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need for public order, immigration controls and the death penalty, outlawed since World WarII. It has distanced itelf from thedictator's anti-Semitic policiesaswell as the recent upsurge inskinhead violence in Europe.
In thenortherncitiesof Genoa,VeniceandTrieste,the racewasatest of the strength of the Northern League, which is hoping tobuild on its success in Milan,where it won themayor's seatand45 percent of the vote in June.
The league's candidates madethe runoff in Genoaand Venice where they trailed leftist-backedcandidates - and missedby a hairin Trieste, polls showed. .
However, thepartycapturedthemost votes incitycouncil seats inall three cities. The neo-fascistswere top vote-getters for councilseats in Naples and Rome.
The league appeals to a middleclass fed up with its tax moneygoing to the central governmentin Rome and helping to supportthe poorer and organized crimeridden south.
In Palermo. Leoluca Orlando,outspoken leaderof the anti-Mafia, leftist party La Rete (theNetwork) won overwhelmingly,capturing about75 percent of thevote, according to exit polls andearly returns.
In a seriesof elections over thepast year,Italian voters havepunishcdtheChristianDemocrats andSocialists. No Christian Democrat candidatewas placinghigherthan third, and no Socialist wasconsidered a front-runner in anyof the six major cities.
The two panics have beendeeply implicated in a scandalthat has unearthed widespread,systematic corruption and produccd allegations of tics betweenpoliticians and organized crime.
A 30-year-old former actress.who represents a Naples districtin Parliament, Mussolini is thedaughter of Benito Mussoliru 'sson, Romano, a jazz pianist. andthe sisterof actressSophiaLoren,Maria Scicolonc.
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ROME (AP)- Fed up with corruption in mainstream politics,voters turned tocandidates of theleft and right - as well as theautonomy-minded NorthernLeague - in mayoral elections,exit polls showed.
The Christian Democrats andtheSocialists,whohavegovernedItaly for45 years,wereshutout insix major citiesonSunday,showing that voters had lost faith inboth centrist parties ahead of national elections likely next year.
In one of the most closelywatched races, AlessandraMussolini, granddaughter ofWorld War II dictator BenitoMussolini and a prominent neofascist herself,made it to a runoffin the Naples mayor's race.More than I I million Italians - ora quarter of the electorate - wereeligible tovote inSunday's races.Upforelectionweregovernmentsin 428 cities, three provinces andthe regionofTrentino-Alto Adigein northeastern Italy.
Turnout was reponed heavydespitesnowandrainupanddownthe peninsula.
The major tests were in Rome,Venice, Genoa, Trieste, Palermoand Naples. To win, a candidatemust receiveat leasthalfthe votescast. Ifno candidatedoes, the toptwo vote-getters enter a Dec. 5runoff election. Mussolinigarnered about 30 percent of thevote - enough to force a runoffwith her leftist rival, AntonioBassolino, who led withabout 49percent, accordingtoexitsurveysby the Doxa polling service forstate-run TV.
InRome.thenco-fascists scoredanother gain, with national partyleader Gianfranco Fini reachingthe runoff against FrancescoRutclli, a Parliament deputybacked by the Greens and exCommunists, the polls showed.
With 50scats in Parliament, thenco-fascist partyholdsitselfupasthe heir to Benito MussolinisFascist movement, stressing the
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'Y!th two trade victories, Clinton looks toward Europey OM RAUM Zernin- w.ere quick to pronounce state of East Asian affairs. Kantor saidhe would makea big farmsubsidiesandEuropeannatioos,
lh~ summita success. The leadersliked the ideaof the push Monday and Thesday in his particularly France, seeking tocon-One mu~t not ex~ggerate. conference- thelargest gathering meetings with Brittain, the European tinue them.
There are still great differences of Asian leaders ever - so much trade official, to try tokeeptherna- "TheFrench areisolated"Kantoramong the members. But a start that they even agreed to do it mentum going from theweekend. said.has been made," said Hamish againnext year in Indonesia.Par- The major issue of contention in Agriculture is "something that isMacleod.Hong Kong's financial ticipantssaid annual summitses- Gcnevaisadisputeoveragricultura1 going to' have to be negotiated,"secretary. sions - rivalling the annual eco- trade - with the United States and Kantor said "Wehave tohavemar-. And Jiang, while refusing to nomic summits of the Group of most other nations favoring easing ket-opening inagriculture."
yield on President Clinton's de- Seven Westernindustrializedde- .mands ~at China. do more on mocracies -was a distinct possi- Italian Mayoral electionshuman nghts and In other trade bility.
areas, was upbeatabout the meet- The 'leaders promised at the strike a blow at partiesing itself - particularlythe infor- conference to work more closely I
m~l heads-of-state session that in the future to promote tradeandClintonhostedSaturdayata lodge economic growth in the region.on Blake Island in Puget Sound. They also directed their finance
"APEC should be open, flex- ministers to meet in March in theible and loose," Jiang said. "The UnitedStatestodiscusseconomicmeetingwassuccessfuland itwill trends and flows of capital acrosshave a positive impact." borders.
Christophersaidthatwhilethere And leaders issued an appealwere no great accomplishments, aimed at Europe to help end a"the meeting was the message." logjam that is holding up a new
Administration officials were set ofliberalized traderulesbeingjubilant over what they saw as negotiated by 108 nations underone of the best few days of the auspices of the GeneralClinton's presidency: an enor- Agreement on Tariffs andTrade.mous congressional victory in Most participants in the confer-passing NAFTA, followed by a ence also agreed to cut tariffs onwarm reception in Seattle _even many goods traded among them-from Asianleaderswho had eyed selves.him suspiciously at first. It all added up to a lot of pres-
"I think wewill lookback in 10 sure on EU~ope. . .or 20 yearsandconsiderthis lead- U.S. ?fflcl~ls ~at.d Clm~on'sers' conference a turningpoint in nexrrnajorprojecrm internationalth A' P if hi' economics IS trying to wrap up
e sra- .acI IC istory In terms the GATT tradetalks by theDec.of symbolism and in terms of the 15 deadline so they can be sub-begl~nmg to move toward a mitted to Congressgenume co~unity," said Win- The talkshavebe~n goingon inston Lord, assistant secretary of Geneva for seven years.
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SEAlTLE (AP) - The Clintonadministrationis claiming ahugepsychologicalboostas it turns itsattentionfrom Asia-Pacificsummitry [0 winning completion inGeneva of a long-stalled set ofnew global trading rules.
Leaderswhoparticipatedin thethree-day conference of PacificRim nations said the meetings inSeattlewouldhelpbringpressureto bear on reluctantEuropeans tocomplete a roundof trade liberalization movesby a Dec. 15deadline., ."The president has had a terrific week," Secretary of StateWarren Christophersaid Sundayon ABCtelevision. "He hascompletedtwopartsof thistripleplay"withthesuccessfulAsiansummitand the passage this week of theNorth American Free TradeAgreement.
"I don't think our partners inGeneva have missed the significance of what's happened here,"U.S. Trade RepresentativeMickey Kantor said in Seattle.
Kantor is expected to press thepoint Monday in talks in Washington with Leon Brittain, tradecommissioner for the 12-nationEuropean Community. Participants in the 17-nation Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperationconference - rangingfromclose U.S.allies to Chinese President andCommunist Party leader Jiang
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opportunities in their own country, many Filipinos go abroadevery year. About 500,000 of theapproximately 2.5 million Filipinosworkingoverseasareexpeeredto go home this holiday season,according to Manzano, who hasbeen here for more than threeyears now as Labor officer.
Driven by growing unemployment in their own country, a substantial number of Filipinos goabroad every year where theywork as professional staif and asskilled workers.
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protection while on their way totheir hometowns. Manzano saidreturning contract workers willbe given' 20% discounts on alldomestic flights.
The "Pamasko" program is thefirst-everproject launched by theLabor department that would directly benefit returning contractworkers to the Philippines, accordingtoManzano.This,hesaid,is a simple act of gratitude tothese unsungheroes who contribute millions of dollars to thecountry's coffers through taxes
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also bear a green sticker indicating that he is a contract worker.The stickers and ribbons will bemade available by the labor attaches or officers at PhilippineConsulatesandembassies worldwide. In the CNMI, all returningFilipinocontract workersmay getthe stickers and ribbons at Any.Manzano's office at the Philippine Consulate in San Jose"Saipan.
At Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport, one of Asia'sbusiest, specific lanes have alreadybeendesignatedas"expresslanes"for Filipinocontract workers toensure that theirarrivaldoesnotbecomeburdensome andcomplicated. ManzanosaidallPhilippineOverseas LaborOfficershavebeen given the responsibility toissue OECs to contract workerswho are going home this Christmas season. Any. Manzano saidFilipino expatriates can get theirGEes from hisoffice by paying afew dollars. This means that theydon't have to go to the POEAcenter in Manila where the OECsare issued.
According to a message relayed to the PhilippineConsulateyesterday by the Manila government, all contract workers will beabletoclear immigrationandcus- Vicente Manzano
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" .ofHopwood"for theirschool pride,enthusiasmfor learning, and theirstrivingforexcellence as evidencedin their actions and altitudesthroughout their schoolday."
William Torres, commissionerof the Public School System, extended his congratulations to theschool for the success of its accreditation efforts,saidin thenewsreleasefrom Hopwood.
"I want to take this opportunitytoshowmyappreciation to allthoscatHopwoodJr.Highwhoinvolvedthemselves in this accreditationeffort. Onlythroughaknowledgeable educational team effort can aschoolachieveaccreditation and itis obvious that HopwoodJT. Highhas such a team," the Commissionerquoted in the newsrelease.
"The accreditation of HopwoodJr. High by the WASCis criticallyimportant becauseit demonstratesthatyoureducational programandfacilities havebeen thoroughly reviewed. by a professional evaluation team and found to be comparable to stateside schools," theCommissioner stated.
rather than a grand holiday. Theyare also required to appear at thePOEAcenter to get OECs, something which has never been easy,accordingto thosewhohave gonethere several times. In oder to getan OEC, a contract worker willhave to join a long line and waitfor hours.
But under the "Pamasko ParaSaMgaOCWs" projector Christmas Gift for Overseas ContractWorkers, everythingismade easy,according to Attorney VicenteManzano, the Philippine Laborrepresentative to the NorthernMarianas. Theproject,aconcertedeffortby various government andprivate sector agencies, will beginon December I, 1993and willendonJanuary15,1994,Manzanosaid in an interview in his officeyesterday.
The project, which also includes a red-carpet welcome forreturningFilipino contract workers, guarantees a very convenienthomecoming. Atty Manzanosaid,thiswillbeaccomplished throughthe coordination of Immigration,Customs,andairportpersonnel inManila.
A returning contract workerwill be easily identified with agreen ribbon on his or her shirt,Manzano said. His passport will
IN A LETTER, dated June 18,1993,theWestern AssociationofSchools and Colleges, officiallynotifiedTom Pangelinan, principal of Hopwood, that HopwoodJunior High School, has beengranted accreditation.
"Weare pleased to announcethat the officers of the AccreditingCommission forSchools haveexamined the preliminary visitreport submitted by the teamwhichvisitedyourschoolrecenLlyon behalf of this Association andhave authorized the granting.ofaninterim thermofaccrediration."
"The term of accreditation forHopwood Junior High School iseffective as of this date and extendsthroughJune 30,1996,"saidin the letter.
The Accrediting Commissioncommended the school for providingparents opportunities to beactively involved "in the educational preparation of theirstudentsso they will be better prepared tomeet the challenges of the 21 stcentury," the letter explains.
It alsocommended the students
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1993 -MARIANAS'VARIETY NEWS ANDVIEWS-S
Homecoming, no longer ordeal for Filipinos come Dec. 1st
Hopwood Junior High isgranted accreditation
PHILIPPINE Consul Vill ipandowillbe this week's gueston CablcForum, it was announced in news release from Saipan Cable TV.
"With the large number of Filipinos working on Saipan, weencourage all viewers to call in their questions and concernsregarding contract workers, and local policies and immigrationproceduresfor the holiday season," said Saipan Cable TV GeneralManager Fred Lord. .
Cable Forum can be seen tonight (11/23/93) from 7:30 p.m. to8:30 p.m. on Saipan Cable TV Channel 12.
FILIPINO contract workers willnolongerhavetoexperiencehoursofordeal at the immigration andcustoms counters when they goback to their homeland this holiday season thanks to a governmentprogramaimed ateasing theairportnspections andprocessingof travel documents.
At the same time, Filipino expatriateswillbespared fromjoining a mile-longqueue at the Philippine Overseas EmploymentAdministration, an attachedagency of the Philippines' LaborandEmploymentDepartmentthatregulates and monitors the dispatchofcontract workers toothercountries, to obtain an OverseasEmployment Certificate (OEC).An OEe, a certification that exemptscontractworkersfrom paying a travel tax which is muchhigher, is required of every returningFilipino contract worker.It can be obtained after payingbetween$17 to$35 depending onthe employment status of theworker.
ReturningFilipinos,called inthePhilippinesas "balik-bayans"normally go through massivechecksandinspectionsbeginningat the immigrationcounters downtothecustomscounters, making avacation a grueling experience
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He said nothing had happenedbecause he said "the AuorneyGeneral was indifferent to prosecuting these types of cases."
"Let's spend the last remainingdays of this Legislature productivelyandfindoutthetruth.Wherethere have been crimes committed, let's get it out into the open.The time is now. Let's reassurethe public we do not tolerate corruption at all," Rep. Torres toldthe speaker in his letter.
Statehood supporters argued thatthe effort was aimedat removingtwocenturies of taxation withoutrepresentationIorresidents of theDistrict, which does not have avoting representative in Congress.
The legislation would create a51 st state called "New Columbia."
Opponents maintained that achangebyCongressin theboundariesof the federal scatof governmentisunconstitutional. The District now has limitedself-rule.
pioIIoffers lewd shows.TI1C column isjust that - satirical.We issue this clarification after themanagement of Scorpio II approached us conicnding U1CY do nothavea VIProom.
number of possible carriers inthe whole Marianas, includingGuam. We regret the error. - TheEditor.
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Program Manageras saying theremay be 300 to 400 possible HIVcarriers in the CNMI.That figureis supposed to represent the
Heard someone suggesting UlCYcongregate in a VIProom down atScorpio II."The line item is notmeant to implythere isindeed aVIProom atthesaidestablishment, nor docs it say Scor-
about the unsolved shooting incident thatoccurred at hishome andthose of two other congressmenlate last year.
"What bappened to the DPSinvestigation? I'll tell you whathappened to it - the same thingthathappened to the investigationof the DPS director kicking Senator David M. Cing in front of fiftyor more people - they put it inthe garbage can and laughed atus," said Torres.
votesand that theshowingissure tomove the issue forward.
"I'm ready to declare a victoryright now," said Eleanor HolmesNorton, the District's non-votingdelegate to Congress who spearheadedtheeffortintheHouse. "TIlevote has surpassedmy greatestexpectations."
It was the first time that the District statehood issue has made it asfar as a floor debate and vote. Ms.Norton said she hoped the strongshowingwouldincrease the chancesof Senate considerationnext year.
Clarification...The editor wishes to stale for therecord that there is no malice intended when the political satirecolumn, eavesdropper (page 6,November 19 issue) indicated,"Panel to hear lewd show bill.
House rejects statehousebid for capital
The article cnti tied"Hundreds ofHIV carriers in the NMI" (page3, November 17, 1993 issue) inadvertently quoted CHC AIDS
Members of the CHC Nurses Association hold up a copy of a proclamation signed recently byGovernor Larry I. Guerrero declaring ~NMI Nurses' day.
Among the "items" Torreswants investigated is the allegedticket-fixing incident involvingformer Public Works DirectorNick Sablan, who reportedly executed a sworn affidavit to confirm the incident.
Hechidedboth thespeaker andthe Senate president for not actingon twoprevious lettershe sentasking for a joint committee toinvestigate such allegation.
He also brought up the case
By H. JOSEF HEBERT
WASHINGTON (AP) - TheHouserejected a proposalSundayto make the District of Columbiathe 51st state, ignoring argumentsthatthecapital's 600,000residentsshould have the same voice inCongress as other Americans.
Nevertheless, statehood supporters characterized the Housefloor vote as a significantvictory,sayingthe277-153 tallysurpassedexpectations. Supporters said theyhadexpectedtogetonlyabout120
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Torres seeks panel to probe alleged misfitsHOUSE Floor Leader Stanley
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In a November 19 letter toHouse Speaker Thomas P.Villagomcz,Torresasked that thespecial House committee beformed to shed light on severalreported instances which Torresbelieves constitute mismanagement and neglect of duty.
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inMesa'sdecisionmayhavebeendue to the influence of "somebody".
"Somebody might have talkedto her that might have changedher mind," Atty. Rotbartsaid.
Earlier, in the morning Mesaand the rest of the jurors werebriefedby thecourtregarding therulestofollowin thecourseof thehearing. One of the rules prohibits themfrom talkingto anybodyabout the case until a decision ishandeddown.This, according toCastro,mighthavebeenviolatedby Mesa, givingenoughgroundsfor her removal from thejury.
Thejurorswerealso toldnot toread any newson the papersandlisten radio news or watch newsontelevision regarding theLaudecase.
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handfailedtoescapeafterhewascaughtbythesuspects. Afterhavingrunnedoverbyacar, hisbodywasdumpedin the Dan dan areaand his pick up truck set ablaze,the prosecution alleged.
Defense attorney AnthonyLongwhorepresented Bowiearguedthat the prosecution's summaryof the events leading to thedeath of Laude were based on"shaky...sandy foundation." Longlikened the statements made byatty.Rotbartto thatof theparableoftwohouseswhereonewasbuilton a rockandone on sandyfoundation. Rotbart's statements, he
, said were based on "weak foundation". He told the jurors thatonce the facts are presented, theprosecution's claims will be"eroded" and Bowie will not befound guilty."
Meanwhile, one of the jurorswasdisqualified from participatinginthetrialofBowieandReyesafter admitting to a court clerkthatsheis a closefriend of MarioReyes's wife, Gina. PresidingJudge Alex Castro removedMelinda C. Mesa from the juryyesterday afternoon shortly afterthe hearing on the murder caseresumed.
CourtclerkJovyFlorestoldtheprosecution and the defense thatshe was approached by Mesaabout 30 minutes after the hearing was adjourned and admittedthat she was a friend of Mario'swife. Twentyminuteslater,however, Mesa told marshall JoeGarcia that she still wanted toremainas a memberof the jury.
Mesa, who was chosen lastweek out of the 150possiblejurors, was "excused" because shemay not give an objective judgment in the course of the trial,according to Castro. At thesametime, Castro said he was concerned about possible "taint" ofthejurors.. Members of the jury are selected after a thorough screeningto determine their impartiality.Possible jurors with affinity anyof the persons involved in thecase are disqualified.
"She (Mesa) may not be fairand impartial (anymore) as a juror," Castrosaid afterhearing thearguments of theprosecution andthedefenseonwhether to removeMesafromthejury or not."She'sno longer a juror in this case."Mesa willbereplaced byacertainMrs. Manglona, who acts as oneof the alternates.
Goverrunent lawyers alsoquestioned Mesa's impartiality to themurdercase afterhearingthetestimony of FloresandGarcia. Attorney Rotbart saidthatthechange
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CNMI EDUCATION MONTHNOVEMBER 1993
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS'OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SAIPAN, MP 96950
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the future of the Commonwealth lies in the education of its people and education isthe cornerstone upon which our society is built; and
WHEREAS, the system of education in the Commonwealth has made great strides over the pastseveral years and continues to improve; and
WHEREAS, education plays an important role in our society and a period of time ought to beset aside to recognize those who have contributed to the development of our educationalsystem and to increase the awareness ofthe general public concerning the role ofeducation
in our society and; finally, to promote closer cooperation and a stronger relationshipbetween the educators and the community at large; and
WHEREAS, recognizing the importance of education to thepeople of the Commonwealth, the delegates to the Second Constitutional Convention adopted and the voters approved an
amendment to our Constitution which provided for an elected~ardofEducation and gave the Public School System greaterautonomy;NOW, THEREFORE, I, LORENZO I. DE LEON
GUERRERO, Governor of the Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitu
L."".tion and laws of the Commonwealth, do hereby proclaim and endorse November1993 as CNMI EDUCATION MONTH in the Commonwealth. Education Monthshall be utilized to promote programs and activities which will build the morale ofeducators and others involved in the education system within the Commonwealth.
It will also provide the opportunity for professionai development demonstrationsin academic areas or skill areas for our Public School System staff and teachers.
Furthermore, Education Month will provide an opportunity for the sharing ofSchool ideas, methods and experiences among those concerned with the
education of the people of our Commonwealtho I encourage everyone to assist in any way they can to make thismonth a very special one to remember.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set myhand on this 29th day of November 1993.
Public SchoolSystemHopwood Junior High School
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meeting with Clinton and otherleaders who attended the AsiaPacificEconomicCooperation forumin Seattleover the weekend.
Police, including a specialweapons team, prevented the students fromcrossinga seasideboulevardinfrontoftheembassycompound.
Asimilarprotestlastweekendedin a scuffle in whichthreestudentswere injured.
The demonstrators carriedarnural depictingRamosas a lapdog ofClinton. The protestended without incident.
didnolhaveenoughmoney topayfortransportation and were now considered absent withoutofficialleave.
Some of thewives of the soldierssaidtheyreceived only the monthlyallowances of their husbands fromtheir respective marine unitsplus theUNTACmedal.
"What good is that medal if wecannot feed our families," one ofthemsaid.
ManyFilipinosoldiers andpolicemen have volunteered for peacekeeping dutiesinCambodiapartly toeam more than theirregular servicepay.
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interest of Clinton's governmentis to maintain its military supremacyintheAsia-Pacificregionand to force open the marketsespecially of China for theircommodities," he said.
"Toward this end, Ramos hasoffered access to Philippine portsfor U.S. military maneuvers andhas continuallyechoedtheClintonline for a more open globaleconomy," he said.
Ramos was meeting Clinton inWashington D.C.on Monday, thehighlight of his two-week visit.
His visit has included a brief
the wives and other family members, complained that they received orily their first month'spayof$I,028 for theirnine-monthtour in Cambodia. They have notreceived their pay for the succeeding eight months.
Acting Defense SecretaryFelicianoGacis told reportersthatthe Department of Foreign Affairs should be the proper agencyto address the problem since theassignment was international.. But the troops said they were
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) About 200 leftist students onMondaydemonstrated in frontofthe U.S. Embassy, denouncingPresident Fidel Ramos' visit tothe United States as part of a planto maintain U.S. military supremacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Amante Jimenez, chairman ofthe League of Filipino Students,said he suspected "secret deals"havebeen forged betweenRamosand PresidentClinton on the Philippines' role in future U.S. plansfor the region. "The main
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) About 500 Philippine marinespicketed the Department of National Defense on Monday; demanding backpay for U.N.peacekeeping duties in Cambodia.
The marines, wearing theirjungle camouflage uniforms and;some carrying weapons, formedpart of the Philippine contingentof the peacekeeping force of theUnited Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia. Theyreturned to Manila last month.
The troops, who werejoined by
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Peace keepers in Cambodiaprotest for no salaries
for increasing crime and risingoverall unemployment. Government officials estimate more than58,000 foreigners - mostly fromChina, the Philippines and otherlessdeveloped Asiannations- areworking in South Korea withtourist visas.
About 5,000 foreigners are employed officially as technical trainees, and the number would be increased to 20,000 next year, LaborMinister RhccIn-jesaidlastweek.
Witheconomic prosperity,greaternwnbcrs of South Koreans are refusingarduous labor.leadingtoscvercworker shortages insome industries.Thegaphasbeenfilled byforeignerswho seck employment for higherwages than they could receive athome.
treatment for malignantlymphoma.
Lee is the eldest son of formerPrime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Itwaswidely assumed thattheyoungerLeewouldbecome thenextleaderofthiscity-state of 3 million people.
Suppiah Dhanabalan, a formercabinet minister whohas filled inasMinister forTradeandIndustry, hasaskedto be allowed to stepdownattheendof the year.
SingaporeBroadcastingsaidGoh'sannouncement wasmadein Seattlewhere he anended the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation forum lastweek.
mitments by Nov.30of thisyear.Underpressurefromfarmers,thegovernment suspended importsof coni and other grains, whichthe Department of Financewamedwasinconsistentwithliberalizationpromises to theWorldBank.
Finance Undersecretary RomeoBernardo saidRamos would arguethat the grain import suspensionwasto givetheadministration timeto implement other structural reforms 10help local farmers compete with imports. Otherremaining commitments whichhavenot beenfollowed areliberalizedimports of usedtrucks below18tonsandrelaxing importrulesoncoaland petroleum products.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) PresidentFidelRamoswill seek"flexibility" in complying withWorld Banktermsfornewloansbecausehehasbeenunabletogeteconomicliberalizationprogramsthrough Congress,officials saidSunday.
Ramos was to meet WorldBankofficialsMondayinWashington to discuss, among otherthings, the release of the latestinstallment the $160 millionEconomicIntegration Loan.
The first installment, halffromtheWorldBankandtherestfromthe Japan Export-Import Bank,was releasedlast February.
The government was to complyfullywithliberalization com-
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea, concerned aboutacute labor shortages in factories,will consider allowing some20,000 migrant foreign workersto be hired legally next year, government officials said Monday.
AllforeignersillegallyworkinginSouth Korea have beenorderedto report and leave by a Dec. 15deadline, triggering complaintsfrom smallbusinesses that relyonillegal aliens to keep down laborcosts.
Labor Ministry officials saidsomeforeigners wouldbeallowedto stay on, but others would beordered out.
Public resentment against illegal workers has grown in SouthKorea, with many blaming them
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Changes planned forSingapore's cabinetSINGAPORE (AP) - PrimeMinisterGoh ChokTong plans tomake changes in his cabinet nextmonth, government news mediareported Monday. After thechanges, Deputy Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong will be responsible for "overview" of theTradeand Industry Ministry, which heonce headed, but will not necessarily take over again as minister,the semi-official SingaporeBroadcasting Corporation said.
Lee, 41, has been recoveringfrom cancerdiagnosed ayearago.He left the ministry and otherduties to undergo chemotherapy
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from Bank of New York, wheresome$34 million inbond interestmoney for the Commonwealthsits.
The release of $6.93 million tothe CNMI government wasokayed by Turner owing to theprogress being made by Commonwealth UtilitiesCorp. on therequirements imposed by theOperations and Maintenance Improvement Program.
But although the money couldbeusedby theCNMI governmentas its matching contribution pursuant to the termsof the FY 1993grantof the$27.72million,TurnercIarified that thedrawdownof theFY 1993funds iscontingentuponmeeting grant conditions.
The actual drawdownof OTIAcash and the funds on depositwith the trustee bank must be associated with theimplementationof individual projects.
Among the projects in thegovernor's list are improvements for water systems($7.32 million), sewage systems ($7.67 million), solidwaste (S4.5 million), powersystems S3.615 million), public schools (S5 million), healthservices (SO.4 million, judiciary (S3.25 million), administr at ion (S 1 mi II ion) and theNorthern Marianas College(S1.9 million), for a total of$34.65 million.
Breakdown of project funding per islands, according tothe list, is as follows: Saipan,$24.44 million or 70.52% ofthe total funding; Rota, $5.88million or 16.98%; and Tinian$4.33 million or 12.5%.(RHA)
sored anti-apartheid moves in the .UnitedNationsandthe l Ol-member Non-Aligned Movement.Botha was the first senior SouthAfrican official to visit India. Hearrived in New Delhi on Sundayand met Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao later thatday.
"I am happy that the newSouthAfrica is what we expected it tobe," said Singh.
Nodateshavebeensetforopening theembassies, but theAfricanNational Congress will continueto maintain its office here.
India began relaxing sanctionsafter President EW. de Klerk introduced reforms towardmultiparty democracy.
,The first breakcame inNovember 1991 when South Africa'scricket team was allowed to playin India.
New Delhi allowed trade andculturalcontactswithPretoria,butwithheld diplomatic ties untilSouth Africa's new constitutionwas approved. Last month AirIndia began operating flights toJohannesburg.
As Botha and Singh signed theagreement at the foreign'minister's office, cricket teamsofthe two countries played a oneday international match inChandigarh, 250kilometers (155miles) north of New Delhi.
cost estimates and budget costsfor the islands' elP projects forfiscal years 1993-1994.
A total of $27.72 million hasbeen appropriated by US Congress in FY 1993 to fund infrastructure projects in theCNMI inthe absence of a new multi-yearfunding assistance package under section 702 of the Covenant.
Such amount was the level offunding the CNMI got in the lastyearof thesecondseven-year702funding grant which lapsed in FY1992.
Under US Public Law 99-396,the CNMI would still be gettingfinancial assistance grants underthe Covenant at the last fiscalyear's level, until a new fundingpackage is approved, or unlessCongress otherwise provides bylaw.
The third funding assistancepackage under section 702 of theCovenant isyet to beapprovedbyUS Congress.
This means that the CNMIwould get $27.72 million annually until the third funding assistance package is approved or until Congress enacts a law to stopthe annual gran!.
Section 701 of the Covenantcommits the federal governmentinto giving the CNMI fundingassistance to until it reaches thelevelwhereitcould meettheneedsof economic self-sufficiency.
But even as the money available for FY 1993 has been assured, thefederalgovernmenthasinsistedthattheCNMIputinsome$6.93 million in local funds tomatch the 1993 grant, and thiswill be provided through the disbursement of that same amount
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Af- .ter five decades on the front lineof the anti-apartheid movement,India established full diplomaticrelations with South Africa onMonday.
ForeignMinistersDineshSinghand R.E Botha of South Africasigned documents to open embassies in the two countries andhold regular meetings betweenofficials.
"This is a historic moment,"Botha said after signing the twopage agreement.
With more than one millionpeople of Indian origin in SouthAfrica, India was an early campaigner against the policy of racial discrimination.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, laterIndia's independence leader,emerged as a public figure as ayoung lawyer in South Africa inthe 1920sfighting for therightsofblacks andcoloreds.There heformulated his philosophy of nonviolence and his tactics of civildisobedience.
.India never established diplomatic ties with South Africa afterit became independentfrom Britain in 1947. It was oneof the firstcountries to enforce a total embargo against Pretoria and spon-
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Representative-elect Vicente Attaohelpshimselftothedelicious foodpreparedby theBangladeshiAssociationduring a recentgathering.
Representatives-electStanleyT. Torres, Jesus T.AttaoandVicente T.Attao (eachwithmwarmwars) weretheuests of honorduring a recentgathering of the CNMIBangladeshi Association.
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Forexample,aflightfromFrankfurt, Germany, to Dallas left ontime Sunday,carryingpassengersbound for Dallasas well as somewho had been unable to get on aflight from Frankfurt to Chicagothat couldcarryonly cargo.
FlightsinandoutofStockholm,Sweden,havebeencarrying cargobut no passengers, whileflights inand out of Londonhave had passengerson some planes.
Detailsof thecarrier's flights inLatinAmericawere alsoelusive.
InRiodeJaneiro, AliciaAmaral,a representative of the federal airportcontrolatGaleaoInternationalAirportconfirmed Sunday morningthatthetwoAmerican Airlinesarrivals for Sunday, from Miamiand New York, are on normalschedules.
tive issue with the House ofRepresentative.
In response to a recent moveby the House Natural Resources Committee to end theannual financial assistancegrants for the CNMI, Staymanwas said to have been in disagreement with the move.
"He (Stayman) did not thinkthe House will make such adramatic statement before giving the new Commonwealthadministration time to pull itself together," said Schorr.
Swissair chairman HannesGoetz said his company had insisted on Delta in the interest ofSwissair's stockholders and employees.
The idea of bringing two U.S.carriers into the consortium wasconsidered but rejected, executives said.
With the negotiations terminated,thefourairlines announcedplans for the future.
Bouw said KLM was not planning any major staff reductionsand would strengthen its cooperation with European partnerssuch as Air U.K. and Transavia.
SASchiefexecutiveofficerJanReinas said the carrier wouldsell17 planes and take steps to cutoperating costs by ten to 12 percent
Austrian Airlines said it wouldcontinuenegotiationsGermany'sLufthansa. Swissair said it wasconsidering other partnershipoffers but declined to name prospective partners.
"It is his (Stayman's) and Assistant Secretary LeslieTurner'sbelief that infrastructurefundingshould not be tied to other concerns such as alien labor, textileindustryproblems,andtax issues.He believes these issues shouldnotbeusedtopunishtheCNMIinother areas," said Schorr.
According to Schorr,Stayman has suggested thatthe CNMI garments industryis still being watched closelyby US Congress and that theindustry is still a very sensi-
Thanksgiving holiday.American operates 30 flights a
day out of Europe.Since the walkout by flight at
tendants beganThursday, American has not stranded any passengersovernightin Europe, spokeswomanLizannPeppardsaid.
AllofAmerican'strans-Atlanticplanes are flying, and with eachpassing day,Peppardsaid,American hasbeen able to operate moreflights withpassengers aboard be-causeit has had moreflightallendants available who crossed thepicketline.
A number of American's jetshave flown back and forth acrossthe Atlantic carrying only cargobecause the carrier did not haveenough flight attendants to meetsafetyregulations.
"Ultimately,however,wecouldnotagreeon thepositioningin theAmericanmarket and the consequentchoiceof anAmericanpartner,"KLMchairmanPieterBouwsaid.
In Minneapolis, NorthwestpresidentJohn Dasburg said that"otherprospectivememberswerenot prepared to participate in apartnership in which the KLMNorthwestalliancemight providethe center of gravity."
Bo Berggren, chairman of theSwedishbranch of SAS, said theScandinavianshad initially sidedwith KLM, which effectivelyfunctions with Northwest as asingle carrier, on the matter of aU.S. partner.
"Northwest and KLM have anOpen Skies arrangement whichwould have been good for thealliance," Berggren said. "ButSAS was worried about NorthwestAirlines,economicsituationand in the long run we may havewanted to take Delta."
continued from page1Stayman...before the US Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Resourcesto defend the department's position in favor of the third multiyear funding assistance for theCNMI under 702.
Such a funding package waslitterdropped by a House-Senateconference committee thatworked on a reconciliation budget measure.
Schorr indicated Stayman stillremains to be a CNMI advocateas far as federal funding is concerned.
LONDON (AP) • The strike atAmerican Airlines put hundredsof passengers onto the trans-Atlantic flights of rival carriers, butAmerican said Sunday its business has been getting closer tonormal day by day.
The extent of the disruption toAmerican'soverseasscheduleremaine; unclear, because the companyhassteadfastly refusedtosayhow many flights are taking offwithpassengers aboard.
But the effects of the strike byflightattendants has been lessof aheadacheforoverseas travelers thanfordomestic U.S.passengers. November andFebruary arethe slowest months for flights betweentheUnited States and Europe- a starkcontrast to theairports thatbecomejammed in America around the
Disruptions ofairline strikenot as severe overseas
EC defense ann to discuss closer links with Eastern EuropeBy PAUL AMES KIausKink~landhisFrenchroun- land, Hungary, the former east. humanitarian aid.
terp~ Alall'~ Juppe, sugg~sted ~zechoslovakiaandothersknock- Instead, Washington has pro- TheWEUalreadyhelpsenforceoffermg affiliate membership of mg at the door of NATO in the posed closer links under "part- sanctions against Serbia.the Western European Union to face of Russian opposition. nership for peace" agreements, Ministers will also discuss the~me former Warsaw Pact na- PresidentClinton and other lead- detailsofwhichare beingworked roleofEurocorps-a40,OOOstrong·U~?~. .. ~rs are .set to discuss NATO's out by the 16 members of the armycorps madeupof unitsfrom
I m sure that Will be dis- links With Eastern Europe at a North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- Belgium, France and Germanycussed," said WEU Secretary summit in Brussels, Belgium, in tion. . which is scheduled to becomeGeneralWil~em v~ Eekelen: January.. Van Eekelen has stressed the fully operational by 1995.De~ense links with- one-nme But the UmtedStatesandmany WEU will consult fully with the The corps will be linked to the
foes In Eastern Europe has be- European allies are against an United States before opening its WEU,butwillcome'underNATOcome a sensitive issue, with Po- immediate enlargement to the doors to the easterners. And EC command in an emergency.
officials said no decision was Discussion of what is plannedlikely before the NATO summit. as a model for a future united
'Under the Franco-German pro- Eurceean army could be souredposals, the states most likely to by a dispute over languages. Bel-offered a closer formal relation- giuminsistsDutch- spokenby 60ship with the WEU are those percent of Belgians - be includedwhichhave "association accords" as one of the unit's official lan-on trade and political ties with the guages.EC - Bulgaria, the Czech Repub- Frenchand German officials arelie, Hungary, Poland, Romania worried three languages couldand Slovakia. make giving orders too cumber-
Also on the agenda at the some.WEU's regular twice-yearly WEU members are Belgium,meeting of foreign and defense France.Spain.Germany.Portugal,minsters are the organization's Britain, Luxembourg, the Nether-possible role in the former Yugo- lands, Italy and Greece. The re-slavia - where EC ministers may maining EC members, Denmarkask it to help keep open routes for andIreland haveobserver status.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands(AP) - An effort to merge fourEuropean air carriers collapsedSundayafterthecompaniesfailedto agree on a U.S. partner.
ScandinavianAirlines System,Royal Dutch Airlines, Swissairand AustrianAirlines announcedthey had terminated negotiationsto establish one of the world'sbiggest airline groups, a movethat would have helped the fourcarriers.compete atatimeof recordindustry losses worldwide."Fundamentallydifferent views"on whichU.S.carrier tochooseasa partnerscuttled the project, begunlast January and code-namedAlcazar, the airlines said.
KLM,whichownsa largestakein NorthwestAirlines, wanted tobring the troubled U.S. carrierinto the partnership. Swissair insistedon Atlanta-basedDelta AirLines as a partner in' the consortium.
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LUXEMBOURG (AP) - FranceandGermanyareexpectedtopushfor closer military links with thenations of Eastern Europe at ameeting Monday of foreign ministers from EuropeanCommunity's fledgling defensearm.
During a visit to Poland recently, German Foreign Minister
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accepting 20 million yen(S187,(00) from a constructionfirm competing for local publicworks projects.
Yagiwassupportedbythe LiberalDemocratic Party,whichwasousted from power in Augustafter bring tainted by a string ofbribery scandals, and by the Socialist Party, oneof themain partiesin therulingcoalition. It wasthe first time since the coalitionwas formed in August that theparties had split on theirsupportof a candidate in a gubernatorialelection. The results are anothersign of the growing support forthe new reformist parties overestablished parties liketheLiberalDemocrats and the Socialists,formerly the main oppositionparty.
cutthehugeU.S.-Japan trade imbalance -$49.6billion inJapan's favorlastyear.
JapanesePrimeMinisterMorihiroHosokawa toldaseparate news COIl
ference in Seattle that his governmentwill exert maximum efforts inaddressing the trade imbalance.
Onthestockmarket, the225-issueNikkei Stock Average fell 220.52points, or 1.23percent, to 17,720.67points in the first30minutes of trading.OnFriday,theaveragefell225.13points, or 1.24 percent, to close at17,941.19.
TheTokyo StockPriceIndexofall issueslistedonthefirstsectionwas down 19.19 points, or 1.25percent, to 1,520.40. The TOPIXclosedat 1.539.59.
of their exports. Bertonesaid theplan should begin to have an influence on the market prices inthe next few weeks.
During the last two months,prices have ranged between dlrs75 and dlrs 79 perbag, the newspaper reported. A bag of coffeeweighs about 60 kilograms (132pounds).
Bertonesaidhisprediction wasbasedonestimates thatColombia'sharvest wouldbeabout10percentsmaller than last year. Brazil recently took back its position fromColombia as the world leadingcoffee exporting nation.
Bertone alsosaidstocks of consumer nations fell in October, including a drop of467,000 bags inthe United States.
tion onthediskscannotbealteredbyusers.
Fujitsu is thetop-ranked maker of .computers in Japan and thesecondlargest in the world About threequarters of its revenue comes fromdata-processing equipment. but thecompany hasbeenshiftingemphasisto workstations and personal computers from bigger systems as customers scaledown operations.
TOKYO (AP) - A candidatebacked by reformist parties waselected Sunday to replace a prefectural governor who resignedindisgraceafterbeingarrestedoncharges of taking a bribe from aconstructioncompany. ShiroAsano easily defeated his rival,Isao Yagi, to become the newgovernor of the northern prefecture of Miyagi.
Asano was supported by thenewreformistparties thatlead theseven-party governing coalition,including Prime MinisterHosokawa 's Japan NewPartyandthe Japan Renewal Party.
Vagi was lambasted by othercandidates for having served asvice governor under ShuntaroHonma,whoresignedlast monthafter being arrestedonchargesof
Brazilian authority expectsCoffee prices to riseRIO DEJANEIRO,Brazil (AP)- Declining world coffee stocksand a likely drop in Colombia'sharvest could boostcoffee pricesto $95 per bag, an industry official said in a report publishedSunday.
The president of the BrazilianCoffee Committee, ManoelBertone, told the Estado de SaoPaulonewspaperthattheincreasein prices is expected to partlycompensate for a slide in pricessince the London-based InternationalCoffeeAccorddissolvedin1989.
Under the accord, consumingand producingnationsagreed on prices and exportquotas.
Producing nations recentlyagreed to retain up to 20 percent
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. dollaropened higher against the Japaneseyen Monday, while prices on theTokyoStock Exchange tumbled inearly trading. The dollar startedtrading at 108.46 yen, up 0.73 yenfrom Friday's close and above itsflnishinNew York Friday at 108.45yen.
The dollar was steady in earlyTokyo trading, supported by thestrength of the U.S. economy andexpectations of an easing in U.S.Japan trade tensions following theweekend meeting of Asian-Pacificleaders inSeattle.
Attheendofthesummit,PresidentClinton saidheexpects progress bythemiddle of next year onefforts to
Dollar open higher,stocks tumble
Reform candidate winsGubernatorial elections
softwarehaveincreased thepopularity of personal computers that runCD-ROM software among schools.and average consumers.
The huge storage capacity ofCDROM disks, which look just likemusicCDs, allows computers todisplayvisual images near thequalityoftelevision andproduce high-qualitysound. ROM stands for"read-onlymemory," and means the informa-
software makers. Thatwillmakeiteasy to produce software that canbe usedon bothmachines.
The companies hope the agreement will build demand for machines that run the software byincreasing the nwnber of titlesavailable on CD-ROM and making themcheaper.
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recent Southern California wildfires that destroyed 1,241 structures anel killed four people.
He spoke later in East Los Angeles at achurch withacongregation largely composed of Mexican-Americans, Koreans andVietnamese. His speech recalledthe remarks he made in Memphisa week ago in which he saidAmericans should be intolerantof crime and violence.
Notingthat Monday is the 30thanniversary of the assassinationof President John F. Kennedy.Clintonsaid Kennedyhadreachedout to Latin America.
Recalling the efforts of UnitedFarm Workers leader Chavez,Clinton said, "Think how horrified he would be ,.. if he were stillhere today to pick up the paperandreadaboutthe2-year-oldchiIdbeing killed."
He said Chavez and Sen. Raben Kennedymarchedtogether"sothat these children could haveopportunity, not danger. And 'wehave to give it to them."
proved by some states.The bill also provides for $200
million ingrantstostatesto get thebackgroundcheckson line;notification of state and local police ofmultiplehandgun sales; and written acknowledgement whenpackages containing firearms are received.
Votingforthebillwere47Democrats and 16 Republicans. Voting"no" were 8 Democrats and 28Republicans.
Thebillwasthesecondmajoranticrimeinitiative tocleartheSenate inasmanydaysaslawmakers rushed torespond towidespread voteroutrageoverstreet crime.
OnFriday theSenate approved abill calling for over $22 billion toplace morepoliceonthestreet, buildnewprisonsandbanthefuture saleof19combat-style assault weapons.
Bradyhas lobbiedfuriously forthebill in his wheelchair. But his wife,Sarah, has been themost relentlesslobbyist for the- bill for more than adecade.
153,butsupportersgotmorevotesthan they'd hoped,andthepacked.gallery - filled with District resi-:dents - erupted into cheers whenthe vote board rolled pass 150"yes" votes.
It was the first time statehoodhad reached thefloor. Supporterssaid theDistrictunfairlygetstaxedwithoutrepresentation; opponentssaid it would be unconstitutionalto redraw the boundaries of thenation's capital. With the Senatenot in session Sunday, Dole andMitchell went on television topraise both parties for what Congress has accomplishedso far thisyear. Family leave,anational service plananddeficitreduction aresome of the key items that havebecome law.
regard to race or income or region. You deserve as much andwe have to do it."
He said the crime bill and theBrady bill nearing final action inCongress "will make a big steptoward making our streets safer,"puuing lOO,CXlO more police officers on the streets and imposinga five-day wait on handgun purchases.
After two days of intense international diplomacy with Asianand Pacific leaders in Seattle,Clinton came here on his seventhvisit to California as president.
Withits54electoralvotes,Californiaispoliticallycrucialforhim.Hc'lI be back in the state Dec.-23.
California is gripped by highunemployment and a sicklyeconomy in the aftermath of bigcutbacksindcfensespending, andthe administration is strugglingover how to give thestate a boost.
The president began the day inPasadena visiting with two dozenpeople who lost their homes in
tary James Brady, who waswoundedin the1981 assassinationattempt on PresidentReagan,
President Clinton drew cfieerswhenhe announced the bill's passageduringa Saturday night fundraiser for Sen. Diane Feinstein inSan Francisco.
''They passed a crime bill thatwill give the cities of our countrytheactual meanstoreducethecrimerate,"Clintonsaid."Thiswillmakea difference,this crime bill."
The Senate compromise language would set a four-yearexpiration of the waiting period, butempower the attorney general toadd a fifth year.
Guncontroladvocates willfightin conference for the five yearsadopted bytheHouse, becausetheywanttomakesureacomputerized,instantbackgroundcheckisinplacewhen the waitingperiod ends.
·Guncontrol opponents, as partof thedeal,hadgivenup theirinsistence that the federal waiting period supersede longer delays ap-
publicans and Democrats alikehailed 1993 as a year that brokegridlock.
"It's the most productive firstyear of any president since PresidentEisenhower's firstterm,"saidSenate Majority Leader GeorgeMitchell, D-Maine. Rare cooperation between Republicans andDemocrats had produced a "remarkable" year, he said.
"Each party can claim somecredit in some areas," added Senate Minority LeaderBob Dole,RKan., appearingon NBC's "Meetthe Press" with Mitchell.
In otherHouseaction,thechamber rejected a plan to let the District of Columbia become thenation's 51st state as "New Columbia." The measure lost, 277-
President Clinton pushes anti-cr-imecampaign with Mexican-Americans
By TERENCE HUNT
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Invoking the memories of DemocraticlegendsJohn F.Kennedy, RobertKennedy and labor leader CesarChavez, President Clinton saidSunday "we must do bcucr" toprotect Americans from violenceand insure their sense of personalsecurity.
At a church festival two miles(three kilometers) from where a2-year-old girl was shot dead in agang showdown Saturday,Clinton seized on the anti-crimesentiment sweeping the country.
"Our disregard for life in thiscountry is seen coast to coast,"the president said, citing the Halloween shooting deaths of threeyouths in Pasadena, Calif., andthe slaying of a teen-ager in Baltimore who was taking youngsters out trick-or-treating.
ThelargelyMexican-Americanaudience applauded loudly whenClinton said that America has tocrackdown on violence "without
WASHINGTON (AP) - After aday of tense,private negotiations,the Senate passed legislation toimpose a five-day waiting periodon handgunpurchases.
The 63-36 vote came Saturdaynighton a measure - the so-calledBradybill - thatvirtuallyhad beenpronounced dead for the year Friday beforea delicate compromisefmally washammeredoutby senatorshuddlingon thefloor.
The House of Representativeshas approved similar legislation,and differences will have to beironedout - either in the next fewdaysor next year.
"There is no doubt now that itwillbecomelaw,"HouseMajorityLeaderGeorgeMitchelltoldanewsconference.
The bill, which requires a fiveday waiting period and a background check on would-be handgun buyers, takes its name fromformer White House press secre-
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Senate passes crime bill
per election, but doesn't bringdown the current $5;000 limit foreach PAC contribution.
The measure provides for voluntary spending limits of$600,000 perrace, and tries to getlawmakers to abide by givingthem incentives - tax-financedcommunications "vouchers" forTV advertising time, bumperstickers and postage. But it providesnowaytofinancethevouchers; Congress would have to address that later. The provisionswould take effect in 1996.
No campaign finance reformbillwouldbecomelaw until 1994,anyway, since the Senate haspassed a different version.
Meanwhile, as lawmakers prepared to adjourn for the year, Re-
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floor.House Speaker Thomas Foley,
D-Wash., and other Democraticleaders were forced to scroungefor votes after Synar 's forces, atone point, appeared to have thevotestoblock the leadership plan.Even President Clinton calledSynar to inquireabout the holdup.
Synar complained the "Democratic plan could be better described as the incumbent protection plan," while he called theRepublican alternative the "fatcat enhancement plan."
But others said 1992 voters demanded a change on electionspendingandpoliticalactioncommittees.
"It demonstrates that the Congress is listening to the call forreform, that we hear the cry forchange," saidRep.Rosa DeLauro,D-Conn.
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With Congress rushing towardpre-Thanksgiving adjournment,the House voted, 220-207, in favor of letting the leadership billcome up for a vote.
A defeat would have likely.ended the House bill's chancesfor the year. Lawmakers put offfurther debate and a vote on themeasure until Monday.
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Barry Sanders gained 75 yardson 17carriesfor Detroit HejoinedEric Dickerson and Tony Dorsettas the only runners to gain 1,000yards in each of his first five seasons.
Oilers 27, Browns 20AtCleveland,MarcusRobertson
intercepted threepasses and GaryBrown ran for 194yards as Houston beat the Browns for us fifthstraight victory.
The Oilers (6-4) matched thelongestwinningstreak in teamhistory, last accomplished in 1980.Houston intercepted four passes,recovered a fumble and blocked apunt.
The Browns (5-5) lost their second straight game since coach BillBelichick cut quarterback BernieKosar.ThecrowdbooedBelichickat the startof thegame andchanted"Bill Must Go!" at the end.
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His 1993 singles record of 8315 was the best since Ivan Lendlwem84-7 in 1985and he was mefirst to win eight titles in a yearsince Lendl won 10 in 1987.
Stich's victory also gave a boostto Germany's Davis Cup team,which plays Australia in me finalDec. 3-5 in Duesseldorf.
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Dave Krieg's pass could not becontrolledbyJonathanHayesdeepin Kansas City territory, and Lincoln intercepted. On third down,Andersonscored. Marcus Allenscoredon twoshortruns in the first19 minutes for Kansas City (7-3).KevinButlerkickedtwofieldgoalslater in the first half for the Bears(5-5).
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Edgar Bennett scored on twoshort runs for the Packers (6-4).Green Bayended me Lions' fourgame winning streak and movedwithin one game of them in the
He moved one place up in thecomputer rankings to No.2, replacingJim Courier, who droppedto third.For me second time in hiscareer, Stich won titles on all foursurfaces in a year.
Sampras, whoseeight titles thisyear included Wimbledon and theU.S.Open,tookhomedlrs610,OOO.
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Lime in seven games. They madefive tripsinsidetheBills10,but didnot take advantage.
Jets 17, Bengals 12AtEastRutherford,NJ.,Boomer
Esiasonbecamethecareerpassingleader amongleft-handedquarterbacks as New York dropped Cincinnati to()"1O'. Esiason,acquiredfrom the Bengalsin the offseason,leadstheAFCinpassing.Hethrewfor 192 yards and increased hislifetimetotalto28,130,surpassinglefty KennyStabler.
TheJets(6-4)wontheirfourthina row, theirlongestwinningstreaksince 1986.
Bears 19, Chiefs 17
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Boris Becker won last year butfailed to qualify this time.
"After the (1991) Wimbledonvictory, this is for sure is the mostimportant win I had," Stich said."I can say I am playing my besttennis of the whole year rightnow."
and 17rebounds,butmostof thosenumbers werepostedwhileKempsat on the bench. Billy Owens ledthe Warriors with 16 points before leaving the game with a soreright hamstring.
NateMcMillanadded 19points,eight rebounds and seven assistsfor Seattle. Gary Payton (18)Detlef Schrempf (15), SamPerkins (12) andKendallGill (12)rounded out the balanced scoring.
threw down No. 8 maegashiraKotobeppu and received his second 1million yen techniqueprizefor his8-7 record,includingvictories from ozekis - Konishiki andTakanohana. Kotobeppu fmishedat 8-7.
No. 16 rnaegashira Oginishikiheld off No. 7 maegashiraKyokudozan's arm throw attemptandbulldozedhimoutandreceivedhisfirst 1millionyenfightingspiritprize for his 11-4 record.Kyokudozanfmished at 6-9.
In Ihe 26-memlx:r juryo division, No.6-ranked Hoshiandesu,or ArgentineJose AntonioJuarez,wound up me tournament at 10-5as he wassent out of the ring frombehind by No.7-ranked Daishi.Daishi finished at 8-7.
Inrnakushita, thetopjuniordivision, No. 39-rankedSunahama,orAmerican William Hopkins,slammed down No. 27-rankedAkinoshu for his sixth victoryagainstone defeat.
No.4l-rankedNampu,or American KaleoKekauoha, hurleddownNo. 35-rankedAraya and finishedat 3-4.
Injonidan, the third highest juniordivision, No.4-ranked Koryu, orAmerican EricGasper, finished at34 as hesuffered hisfourthdefeatbydefault to No. 96-rankedKashimaurnioofsandanme,lhe second highest juniordivision.
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South Korea defeatsIran for Third Place atAsian ChampionshipsJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) • South Korea routed Iran 86-70Sunday to clinch the third place in the 17th Men's Asian BasketballChampionship.
The South Korean tearn had lead 51-30 after the first half.China, the defending champion, and North Korea are to battle later
in the day.I~ another match at the Jakarta's Senayan Sports Hall, Taiwan
claimed5th place, edging Saudi Arabia 75-74. The Saudis placed6th.
Japan avoided coming in last of the eight tournament finalistsdefeating Uni Arab Emirates 87-75 to take the 7th place. '
In consolation round games, Kuwait defeated Jordan 65-62 whilethe Philippines dumped the host Indonesia 89-76 as they fought forplaces 9 through 12.
Eighteen countries are participating in the nine-day tournament.
Super Sonic beat WarriorsIN OAKLAND, Calif., ShawnKemp scored 28 points, all in thefirst three quarters, as Seattle ranits record to 8-0.
Kemp played just 29 minutesand added 14 rebounds. He wasalso an intimidating defensivefactor inside for Warriors rookieChris Webber, who missed six ofhis first sevenshots andwasscoreless until the second quarter.
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Musashimaru, .or FiamaluPenitani, received his first $9,345outstanding wrestler award.
Takanohana finished at 7-8 andTochinowaka ended at 8-7.
In other major bouts, ozekiWakanohana charged ozekiKonishiki with hand thrusts andsent the hefty Hawaiianout of thering from behind.
Wakanohana wound up thetournament with a 12-3 andKonishiki, or Salevaa FuauliAtisanoc from Hawaii,ended at 69.
Konishiki, 29, will be demotedtosekiwakein thenext tournamentwhich starts on Jan. 9, but willrecover his ozeki status if he wins10or more wins in the New YearTournament.
Konishiki droppedoutofthe previous tournament in Septemberwith aninjury.after two losses.
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Born today, you lean toward aquiet, private existence surrounded by your favorite things and favorite people. You do have yourquirky, entertaining side, however,and though you are never one toseek out the spotlight you will certainly satisfy yourself and any audience you manage to attractwhenever you find yourself at thecenter of attention. You have anunusually vivid sense of humor,and you see everything from yourownunique point ofview.
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Also born on this date are:Franklin Pierce, U.S. President;Boris Karloff, actor; HarpoMarx, musician and comedian.
To see what is in store for youtomorrow, find your birthday andread the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star beyour dailyguide.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)• Michael Stich saved his besttennisof theyearfor thelast eventand upset Pete Sampras in foursets to win the ATP Tour WorldChampionship Sunday.
Stich blasted27 acesin a7-6,26, 7-6,6-2 victory that lifted.theGerman to No. 2 in worldrankings.
"It's a great finish to a greatyear," Stich said.
Sampras will finish the year asNo.1 despite the losing the finalof the event that pits the top eightplayers in the world.
He had rolled through the tournament and came into the matchas the favorite, having won hislast nine finals, But the Americannever came close to the overwhelming performance he hadshown in earlier matches. "It'sdisappointing," Sampras said. "Iobviously had a great year and Ican hold my head up high."
"I had my chances today, but
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"I can't lose to the same wrestler twice in one tournament,"Akebono said of the playoff.Musashimaru had pulled downAkebonoon thccighthday.handing him his first upset in thetourncrncnt.
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Morse's "offense"was(0 knockdown several twigs and someleaves on the backswing for hissecond shot. He Slopped ill midshot. Ironically, if he had continued and hit the ball there wouldhave been 110 penally.
The penalty was incurredunderRule 13, which prohibits a playerfrom improving "the area of hisintended swing."
Morse left Sunday forMelbourne, where he will nextweek play in theAustralianOpcn,a title he won in a playoff withAustralian Craig Parry in 1990. '
$46,700.Wrestling before a capacity
crowd of 11 ,000,Akebonofoughtoff sekiwake (junior' champion)Musashimaru's thrusting anddriving attempts and quicklyslapped him down to the din.
"I am very pleased to win thechampionship," said Akebono,whose real name is Chad Rowan.
"I tried not to let him put his
While Morse had no choiceunder the rules, and byreputationwould not have thought twiceabout it, match commiucc chairman Graeme Nightingale said itwas unlikely anyone else noticedMorse's purely technical rulebreach on the 18th hole.
And tournament winner IanBaker-Finch of Australia said itwas the sort of breach some players may have ignored in less dramatic circumstances.
"That's golf but I think it's fantastic that hehad theguts todo it,"Baker-Finch said.
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) Akebono slapped down fellowAmericanMusashimaru inaplayoff Sunday tocapture thechampionship of the IS-day KyushuGrand Sumo Tournament.
Itwasthe24-year-oldyokozuna(grand champion) Akebono'sthird straight tournamenttitle andsixth overall since his 1988 debut, He received prize money of
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) "Gentleman" JohnMorseboostedan already considerable fan clubon the Australian golf tour with adecision to penalize himself inAustralianPGA tournamentSunday.
Officials and fellow playerswere full of praise for the American after he took the step thatknocked him out of a four-wayplayoff for the title.
The two-strokepenally lefthimwith a l-over-par 71, and twostrokes away from entering theplayoff.
cago downed Kansas City 19-17,Green Bay defeatedDetroit26-17and Houston stopped Cleveland27-20.
In latergames,it wasPittsburghatDenver,the New YorkGiantsatPhiladelphia, theLosAngelesRaiders at San Diego and Washingtonat the Los AngelesRams.
Minnesotawas atTampaBay atnight. On Mondaynight,NewOrleansplaysatSanFrancisco. PhoenixandSeattlewereidlethisweek.
Dolphins 17, Patriots 13At Miami, Steve DeBerg threw
twotouchdown passesinthefourthquarter and the Dolphins ralliedpast New England.
DeBerg, the oldestplayerin theleague at 39, completed 16 of 27passesfor 252 yards and no interceptions. He was signed as a freeagent after an injury to SCOllMitchell,whohadreplaced injuredDan Marino.
MarkHiggsranfor108yardsforMiami (8-2), giving coach DonShulahis 326thcareervictory. ThePatriots (1-9) have lost five in arow, the last four gamesby a totalof II points. They have droppednine straight to the Dolphins.
Bills 23, Colts 9AtOrchardPark,N.Y.,JimKelIy
came back from last week's concussionand threwtwotouchdownpassesthatled the BillsoverIndianapolis. Kelly wasknockedout of a 23-0 loss in Pittsburgh onMonday night, Thurman Thomas
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NEW YORK (AP) • The DallasCowboys,alreadyplayingwithoutinjuredquarterbackTroyAikman,lost running back Emmitt Smithtwo minutes before halftime andsaw their seven-game NationalFootball Leaguewinningstreakendat seven with a 27-14 loss to theAtlantaFalcons.
Smith was sidelined with abruisedright quadricep.
"I tookakneetothequad,"Smithsaid."I'll take whatever treatmentis necessary and see how it goes."
Dallas (7-3) had not lost sinceSmith returned from a two-gamesalary holdout at the start of theseason. The Cowboys have onlyfour days of rest before their nextgame, playing Miami on Thursday, the American ThanksgivingDay holiday.
Atlanta's swarming defense,which shut out the Los AngelesRams lastweek,blankedDallasfornearly threequarters.DeionSanders, one of the Falcons' best defenders, alsocontributedonoffenseby catching a 70-yard touchdownpass and high-stepping to the endzone with 3:51 left.
Even beforeSmith was hurt, hedid little.He was held to 1yard ononecarryand9 yards onfourpassesfrom BernieKosar.
Atlanta(4-6) won for thefourthtime in five games.
In othergames, Miami defeatedNew England 17-13, BuffalobeatIndianapolis 23-9, the New YorkJets toppedCincinnati 17-12,Chi-
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