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House eyes_ override By~afaelH.Arroyo In case governor indeed vetoes H.B. 10-65 Vanety News Staff

THE HOUSE of Representatives is preparing to override the governor should he choose to veto the bill giving government agencies four more years to hire non-resident workers.

House Bill 10-65, as amended by the Senate, was given final approval by the House of Representatives during a session Friday.

The bill now goes to Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio for action although the governor had earlier said he would veto it.

Tenorio, even before House Bill I 0-65 was passed by either house,

said he would like Legislature to repeal the hiring restriction instead of extending exemptions.

The governor could not be contacted as of yesterday as he is believed to be off-island on a trip to the mainland.

But should the veto and override materialize, it would mark the second time in Tenorio' s term that his veto is challenged.

Just before the year 1996 started, the Legislature overrode the governor's veto of a bill delaying the scheduled wage increase.

"We are aware of the possibility of a veto. The House leader-

ship feels very strongly about the bill and so an override is very possible," said House Speaker Diego T. Benavente.

"We will be ready to overturn his veto, if ever," he added.

The bill, which will extend the sunset provision in Public Law 7-45 to up to the year 2000, was amended by the Senate in a session Thursday.

In effect, the move takes away the Division of Environmental Quality from the list of those agencies exempted from the general alien hiring restriction.

Also, the Senate version limits

HEAVY FALL. Two police officers direct" traffic as a rocksaw fell into a ditch along As Terlaje Road near the Northern Marianas College Friday night. The operator of the heavy equipment was unhurt.

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Feds take 2 inmates into custody for 'ice peddling' TWO detained men were arrested last week after a grand jury indicted them for conspiracy to pos-

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sess an illegal drug and for possession of it with intent to distribute.

Raul L. Albelda and Pacifico E. Bartolome, both 27 years old, on Friday pleaded not guilty to the charges before the District Court.

The court denied bail for the two Filipinos, who were arrested while detained at the CNMI Detention Facility.

They had earlier been charged before the Superior Court.

According to the indictment, Albelda and Bartolome conspired with each other to intentionally possess with intent to distribute more than IO grams of crystal methamphetamine, or "ice," on Nov. 15 last year.

Bartolome, on that day, allegedly contacted a certain person

saying he (Bartolome) had ice to sell.

They agreed to meet at the lower parkinglotoftheCommonwealth Health Center.

At 8 p.m. police detective Roque Camacho and the contact person met with Bartolome at the meeting place.

Bartolome, however, told the two buyers that the person who had the ice was to meet them in the parking lot of a business establishment in Gualo Rai.

Camacho and his companion again met Bartolome in the second meeting place at about 8:50 p.m. and a few minutes later Albelda arrived.

Albelda allegedly gave more than IO grams of ice to Bartolome

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the exemption for the Public School System to cover only the renewals of non-resident workers that are already on board.

Public Law 7-45 contains a Sept. 30, 1995 deadline after which agencies formerly exempted from the hiring restriction could no longer obtain employment documentation for their non-resident staff.

Although most House members were not really in favor of restricting DEQ and PSS hiring, they deemed that acceptance of the Senate amendments was necessary due to the urgency of Commonwealth Health Center's need for more doctors.

CHC doctors have lobbied both houses of Legislature to act quickly on Public Law 7-45 as it

Diego T. Benavente hinders professional staffing of the hospital.

Since the September 1995 sunset provision expired, CHC has been having a hard time recruiting doctors.

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L&T hits·· Mit&hell for· 'abllsive' delay tactics

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By Ferdie de la Torre . Variety News Staff

L&T Group of Cos., Ltd. has accused lawyer Theodore R. Mitchell of being abusive and obstructionist prolonging the litigation of the taxpayers' lawsuit filed by Rep. Stanley T. Torres and Jeanne H. Rayphand.

In another motion to disqualify Mitchell as counsel for torres and Rayphand, defendant L&T, through counsel David G. Banes, said Mitchell's abusive tactics shows he is unfit to represent his clients-the CNMitaxpayers.

Banes said Mitchell's conduct during discovery "has shown that his abusive and obstructionist manner is prolonging the litigation driving up attorney fees."

Citing the previous motion . to disqualify plaintiffs counsel

· filed by L&1 and co-defen~ dalits Gov. Froilan Tenorio et al, Banes said the court ruled that Mitchell may have breached his fiduciary duty to his clients-the taxpayers-by conditioning the payment of his $2:2 'million legal fees.

He said while Mitchell failed to engage in good faith settlement negotiations, the court ruled that there may be an appearance of impropriety because Rayphand is Mitchell's employee.

While the court denied the first motion, Banes said Superior Court Associate Judge Edward Manibusan did instruct Mitchell to engage in settlement discussions or the defendants may renew their niotion.

The L&T counsel claimed that the Article 12 lawyer has failed completely to follow the court's instruction.

Banes said Mitchell did not respond to any settlement attempts and has three times in writing stated that he will not discuss any settlement with defendants' attorneys.

The lawyer said Mitchell is not the plaintiff in this action and he has a professional obligation to try to settle this matter in good faith.

Despite this unwillingness to negotiate settlement, Banes said L&T requested that Mitchell "tender a col.Inter-offer" to them.

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Arafat wins presidential polls By SAID GHAZALI

RAMALLAH, W estBank (AP) - Yasser Arafat won solid endorsement early Sunday for his peacemaking with Israel in a historic election many Palestinians saw as a major step toward realizing their dream of statehood.

With 60 percent of ballots counted, Arafat won 85 percent of the vote for the presidency compared to less than IO percent for challenger Samiha Khalil, a 72-year-old social worker. About 5 percent of the votes cast Saturday were invalid.

The PLO-run radio Voice of Palestine reported that winners for seats in the 88-member Palestinian Council included Hanan Ashrawi, a former Arafat spokeswoman running as an independent.

Also among the winners were prominent members of Arafat's peace team including Ahmed Qureia, who negotiated the withdrawal agreements, and Saeb Erakat.

Among the losers, the radio said, was Marwan Kanafani, who was

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Arafat's spokesman at the time elections were held.

The Palestinian election commission, which announced tlie partial results, projected voter turnouts of90 percent in the Gaza Strip and 85 percent in the West Bank. The militant Islamic group Hamas, boycotting the vote, had warned that it would claim victory ifless than 50 percent voted.

Lee Kuan Yew in ICU after heart treatment SINGAPORE (AP) - Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew remained in· intensive care Sunday after doctors opened up two narrowings in an artery feeding blood to his heart.

There were no complications and the functions of his heart were normal with no evidence of muscle damage, officials said.

Lee, 72, was hospitalized Friday after he complained of chest pains. He had looked fit at an appearance in Parliament earlier Friday.

Lee underwent balloon angioplasty, which does not involve surgery, in which the blockage is removed by inserting a thin tube through the body into the artery and manipulating it.

Coronary arteries, or vessels supplying blood to the heart, can thicken and narrow with aging, eating fatty foods or smoking. Narrow arteries can lead to fatal heart attacks.

Lee, who holds the Cabinet post of senior minister without portfolio, was in power for 31 years from 1959.

He was succeeded by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong who visited Lee's bedside Saturday.

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Although observers charged Israeli police scared voters away from east Jerusalem polls and there were some irregularities, the day passed without the feared violent disruptions by Israeli extremists and Islamic militants opposed to peace.

The elections cemented the 65-year-old Arafat's transformation from guerrilla chief to leader of a state-in-the-making. I twas aimed· at creating a new cadre of elected Palestinian leaders with a stake in peace.

Under Arafat's leadership, most Palestinian towns in the West Bank and Gaza gained autonomy over the past two years, giving a people long governed by foreigners their first taste of self-rule.

"I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited," said Abu Hamda, an 18-year-old student who was first in line to vote at a school in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Saturday, the first sunny day in a week of stormy weather.

More than 1 million Palestinians were registered to vote. · Prime Minister Shimon Peres said he called Arafat to congratulate him on the victory. Peres said the high turnout showed that the majority of Palestinians supported the peace agreements with Israel.

"Hamas has taken a blow because it is has become clear that the majority of the Palestinians support the Oslo (peace) agreement," Peres said on army radio.

Arafat had his kaffiyeh headdress knocked askew as he made his way Saturday through the

crowd at a packed polling station in Gaza City.

"This is the first legislative election for Palestinians, and this is a foundation for a Palestinian state," Arafat said as he voted at the Anas Ibn Malik high school.

Turnout was far lower in J erusalem, where Palestinian leaders and international monitors complained that voters were scared off by 4,000 Israeli police called out to enforce security.

"I don't think there is any doubt they are doing everything they c·an to intimidate the voters," said former U.S. President iimmy Carter, head of a team of election observers.

On Saturday, red, white, black and green Palestinian flags fluttered in central squares in the West Bank and Gaza. There was a holiday mood at polling places, where each voter dropped two ballots -red for president and white for the council - into cardboard boxes.

"The era of Israel is gone - the era of occupation is gone," exulted Hanineh Kehwani, a 60-year-old blind woman casting her vote in Abu Dis, a village outside Jerusalem. "Wearestartinganew era of democracy."

The final borders and·status of the Palestinian entity - as well as such explosive issues as the future of Jerusalem and the rights of Palestinian refugees - are supposed to be decided in talks with Israel starting in May.

Several thousand Israelis opposed to the Israel-PLO peace process held a prayer vigil and

rally Saturday in Jerusalem. In Hebron, the only West Bank

city where Israeli troops remain, a Jewish settler was stabbed. Israel responded by closing down central Hebron, forcing voters to get escorts from among international observers.

Despite the boycott by Hamas and other Palestinian opposition groups, many of their followers were seen lined up at polling stations.

At several polling places in Gaza, Hamas supporters handed out lists of pro-Harnas candidates.

In the West Bank town of Jenin, polling stations were deserted Saturday morning as thousands attended the funerals of three Hamas members who were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers Friday night after they fired on an . army roadblock.

But election officials said voting picked up later in the day.

Voting hours were extended in Jerusalem because of what the Palestinian election commission called a "massive disturbance of the electoral process" by thousands of Israeli police who surrounded polling places in the city.

After Carter complained to Israeli authorities, the police force was reduced and police stopped videotaping voters. Carter also helped secure the release of four Palestinian election observers who had been arrested.

Early Sunday, the army lifted a closure over the West Bank and Gaza Strip that it had imposed before the elections.

Clinton faces hostile Congress for his state of union address

By TERENCE HUNT WASHINGTON (AP) Deadlocked with Republicans over a balanced budget, President Clinton will confront a hostile Congress when he delivers• his State of the Union address Tuesday.

His election-year message: all sides must face up to America's real problems of crime, education and the economy.

The speech before Congress will open Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign and preview the themes he will throw against his Republican rival.

The. budget battle will loom over Clinton's address, which comes just three days before the expiration of a temporary measure keeping much of the government open.

Ho we ver, presidential spokesman Mike McCurry' said the budget won't be Clinton's primary focus.

"In a sense, he will make the budget fight seem puny by talking about the things that have a much more direct impact on the lives of Americans," McCurry said.

Everyone agrees it would be an exercise in futility for Clinton to ask the Republican Congress to approve a lengthy

list of initiatives. Still, he is expected to offer

ideas dealing with the economy, education, crime and the environment. He also is expected to renew his call for a campaign against teen pregnancy - a crusade he promised in last year's address, only to let fade away with his failed nomination of Dr. Henry Foster as surgeon general.

Last year, soon after taking control of Congress, the Republicans booed Clinton's ,speech.

The mood is sure to be even worse this year after a year of hot tempers, angry battles and veto struggles.

One thing seems certain: Clinton's address won't be as long as last year's 81-minute marathon.

Republicans happily ridiculed it, and the White House doesn't want to give them another easy shot.

On the budget, the president will argue that Congress and the White House should put aside their disputes and lock in a deal with what the administration claims are $740 billion in agreed-upon savings.

"It is wrong for us to defer this because of disagreements

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that are not necessary to resolve in order to have a balanced budget or a modest tax cut," Clinton said Thursday, a day after Republicans called off budget talks with the White House.

Republicans portray Clinton as the barrier to a budget deal and hope to make that the focus of the November election.

"We' II take it to the voters rather than make a bad budget deal," said Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.

Clinton is expected to focus on domestic issues, but foreign policy alsc will be important in the address.

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Rota lawmakers take drug test By Rafael H. Arroyo Variety News Staff

1WO LAWMAKERS from Rota have submitted themselves to drug testing after one of them challenged Legislature to pass a bill that would require mandatory similar tests for all elected officials.

Sen. Paul A. Manglona and Rep. Vicente M. Atalig trooped to FHP's Chalan Laulau clinic Thursday afternoon to have themselves tested for illegal drugs.

The results are due in two weeks time, Manglona said

Earlier, Manglona introduced Senate Bill 10-10 which would mandate drug screening for the governor, the lieutenant governor, legislators, mayors, municipal council members and BoardofEducation members prior to assuming office.

The !'esult5 of such tests shall be made public, the bill proposes.

The measure unanimously passed the Senate on final reading during a session la~t week and is headed to the House for action.

According to Manglona, it is incumbent for elected officials to take drug tests as a matter of promoting public trust

He also said such a requirement is timely due to the worsening drug problem in the Commonwealth.

"It is in the best interest of the people of the CNMI to know if lheirelected officials are acting in violation of the Commonwealth Controlled Substances Act," Manglona said in his bill.

In a privlege speech during the Thursday session, Manglona noted that he has been introducing a similar bill for the last three legislatures but that it had not seen enactment.

He said such a requirement is important owing to the proliferation of

crystal methamphetamine or "ice" in the islands.

"Simple lip service about drug . abuse is no longer enough to fight this growing problem," said Manglona.

"Therefore, as elected officials, we must take the strongest effort possible to stop drugs and get a message to our people, especially our young," he said.

To prove his point, he hurled a challenge to all legislators to pass the measure "for the sake of future generations."

Last year, the Tenorio Administration encouraged all executive branch officials to voluntarily submit themselves to drug testing to erase any shadow of doubt that the government does not tolerate drug use in government service.

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Asked what prompted him to undergo a voluntary drug test, Manglona said he wants to serve as an example to other legislators and to defend his bill through action.

New Board of Education lays down agenda

Board members (from left) Jovita Masiwemai Esther Fleming, and Dan Farrel (partly seen) in a brainstorming session at PREL office Friday.

By Mar-Vic C. Munar Variety News Staff

TIIE COMPLETION ofTinian and Kagman school projcct,,and thecen~ tralization of the Public School System top the agenda of the Board of Education under the chairmanship of Tomas Pangelinan.

The boaroheld its first meeting la~t Friday to set its agenda for the first I 00 days of the new administration.

Education Commissioner William Torres-who had been at odds with Pangelinan over several policies when the latter was still Hopwood principal--did not attend the first board meeting.

Lyle Bicknell, Public School System's infonnation officer, said the commissioner "was told that his attendance wasnotrequired. ... because this meeting was seen as an infonnal

brainstonning." The board meeting w,c~ held at the

office of the Pacific Regional Education Laboratory, of which Pangelinan is a board member.

Aside from the new BOE chairman, Esther Heming also made her debut as a new board member.

Rota board member Aniceto Mundo did not show up. He took his oath of office last Jan. 8. However, an election protest filed against him by Marja Lee Taitano remained unresolved.

Former board chairman Danie\ Quitugua presented at least 12 items he said he "would like to see accomplished in the first 100 days."

Among these items are: •Teach er reclassification and com

pensation; •Full accreditation of all CNMI

schools; • Relocation of central office; • Moreautonomyforvillageschool

administrators; • Push for a popular initiative to

establish sound fiscal funding for PSS; and

• Increase the reading competency of students.

Quitugua admitted that some of the programs under his administration "were not met with great success."

"I take responsibility for what happened under my administration," he told the board.

Pangelinan, for his part, sought the entire board's ,upport for the following goals:

•Develop a good r.tpport with the legislature, executive officials, teachers, parents and business leaders;

-Get off the multi-track system as soon a, feasibly possible;

One on one with Tom Pangelinan •Search a national level for trade school scholarship;

•Establish a master's degree program for school administrators; and

•Fuiish tl-)e Kagman school facilities.

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1BOMAS Basa Pangelinan, the new chairman of the Board of Edu

. cation, started hi5 teaching career at

. Hopwood.Junior High in 1969. He became principal of the same school in 1985 and stayed on in the job before deciding to run for the board.

Late last year, he joined the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory as a program specialist in its W estem f>acific Service Center on Saipan.

For his intrepidity, Pangelinan has earned an outstanding reputation in the education circle.

Marianas V llj"iety luid a one-onone ilue,vie'nl with the new board chief at the PREL office la~t week.

Excerpts: MV: What are your priorities? TP: There are three. First is the

completion of Kagman school facilities as soon as possible:Second, is the centralization of the Public School System. We have to find a centralized area where all education personnel shall hold office. Right now, parents are having a hard time reaching education personnel because they hold office in different places. Third,apossible salary read-

justrnent for teachers and school administrators. They all deserve higher pay. I'm also looking into the possibility of rehiring local retired quality teachers. I have to make sure they don't lose their retirement pension.

I'm not satisfied with the present system wherein we recruit retired teachers from US, Guam or anywhere else. We provide them housing when we can do that to local quality retired teachers. And that's costly.

By rehiring local retired teachers, we can save fund~ and we can use these savings for other programs our kids need.

What's your opinion of Public Law7-45'?

I was the first one from PSS to call for the amendment of PL 7-45, to exempt all excellent alien teachers on board We should let the p1incipals decide on tl1efateoftheircontract~. lf the principal decide that these excellent teachers must be retained, then theteachen; should be retained.Some of the teachers affected by PL 7-45 are multi-awurdees.

What do you think of Amendment No.13?

TP: I reserve comment on that. I' II

announce my position weeks from now.

You were earlier opposing the implementation of the multi-~ck system. 'What do you intend to do with it now that you're \\ith the board?

My only concern regarding the implementation of the multi-track system was our unpreparedness. Change has its own process. I was opposing it because I wanted to study it first. I wanted to know how this new idea would fit into the needs of students.· All I was asking then was. justgiveusatin1etodoittoensurethat this would work. My own research found that multi-track system is an academic killer. •

To resolve overcrowding in schools, we want to expedite the Kaginan school facilities. 1bat way, the student population will be diffused. I want to see San Vicente school and Marianas High School go back to single track system.

·What can you say about the proposal to install metal detectors in Hopwood and Marianas High School?

At this point, I disagree with the

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idea. That's a strange concept for .this part of the world I guess what we should do to tum school climate in to SO!Ilething exciting. We should implement programs that will help resolve some of these conflict~. Schools should have a lot of excellent program such as cultural and sports activities.

Will you keep your board seat. atPREL?

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In an interview a day before the board meeting, Pangelinan said he hopes to "see a democratic atmosphere" in the education agency. (See excerpts from one-011-one interview)).

Although in the past months he and Torres had been at odds over several policies, Pangelinan vowed to

"put asid!! all those things that arc not important."

"But I will not hesitate to step on anybody's toes if our students' best interest is compromised," Pangelinan said.

He added: "He (Torres) has to work with us. When I say 'us· 1 mean the board, I am not the board. I am just the chainnan. He has to work with the board and the rest of the PSS."

Pangelinan expressed displeasure over Torres' "sugar-coated" statements the week before about the supposed "good relationship" between them.

''One cannot mandate what matters." Pangelinan said "By doing that, he's taking other people's feelings for granted."

WHEN we find ourselves in a tight spot (dilemma) trying to figure out a solution, the most damning ~uestion anybody could ask is: "What do you think?" You snap this question at guys and you quiL, ·, find out that most men don'i think. There's an instant mental paraly,i,., ·I you begin quizzing yourscl f whatever happened to their cran' ;11n?

**** Through the years, we've started learning hOI, \" .i-.• 1: .. i1gs in busi-

ness-like fashion. For instarfce~ when traveling oii-is,u.nd we used to rely on relatives to put us up for a couple of days while we attend to our loved-ones at the Guam Naval or Memorial Hospital. Or we simply walk into a motel and get a room. Today, this has changed to making reservations for both ground transportation and lodging before heading to the departure gate.

'**** There are local linksters (golfers) too who think that making reserva

tions for tee-time isn't necessary. They still hold on to the "walk-in" mentality. Given that most links are busy during the winter months, either you make your reservations or wait around until there's an opening. Funny though that as they wait in frustr~tion, you hear the old cultural chorus: "I'm a local, therefore, you have to let me play right now!" And I was like: "Local or Loko?"

**** Some guys are good at grocery shopping. Most others are better off at

home mowing the lawn or doing something or other. Yeap! They open up the newspaper and literally review every item on sale. And it pays to know what is being advertised. For instance, an uncle went into a certain grocery store to purchase flank steak. He asked for two cases of it.

As he was scribbling the total amount on his check, the sales lady gave him a different sum. Said he: "No. The actual figure is this amount. If you doubt it, see today's paper because it is adver¥sed at this price". Sure enough, the advertisement confirmed it and so he was given the item as advertised. Whether the sales manager or manager gets axed is immaterial.

Women are especially good at comparing prices from grocer:, store to grocery store. What I can't stomach, however, is having to drive from Chalan Kanoa to, i.e., a grocery store in Tanapag because it is selling a certain item cheaper by three cents. I mean, there's the cost of gasoline or even the possibility of getting into an auto-accident to consider. So why risk it? No wonder my spouse never wants me around when she goes shopping. Hell, I do my shopping "One Stop!" And there's no two ways about it either.

**** There's a double standard in the local culture in promiscuity. In other

words, what's mine is mine and what's yours is ours. Woe! It is no wonder that we have yet to come to terms with new realities,

i.e., that foreigners who are here have equal protection under the law. This warped mentality must go in that it has no room in modern day

Marianas! ****

The first five letters in the word Chamorro (Chamo) simply means "don't". It's an interesting term in the sense that most indigenous male Chamorros have difficulty understanding that "No is a No". This attitudinal malady now clashes with a new attitude among professional indigen.ous women who definitely know that a .. No is a No". Ship-shape fellas in tha't you're in .for a long treat with what you used to take for granted. For your own good, start reciting "No is a No"-No Mas!

**** At a bar, the waitress sitting with the guys asked to be excused

"because I have customer". My buddy shot right back: "Gee, what are we, pigs?" Well, perhaps we' re only consumers and not "customers". Strange perception of the term "customer?" Guess she only wants our money

**** A patient was given a clean bill of health by his doctor at a private

clinic. He all smiles to hear such good tidings. The minute he exited the doctor's office, he dropped dead. The nurse told the doctor that the man just given a clean bill of health died at the door. Said he: "Pull him. It's bad news if this gets around".

**** A three-hundred pound man wanted to lose weight. So he consulted a physician

to get a weight-loss program. The doctor related: "Eat a light breakfast, skip a meal, then eat a very light dinner. Let's start you out with this and come back a week from today sower.an review your progress".

A week later he came back one-hundred-eighty pounds lighter. Surprised at how much ·weight his patient lost, the doctor quizzed: "You mean my recommendation has worked this well?" Replied the patient: "No, doc, I was tired of skipping"-skip rope.

**** There's such a thing as Chamorro Logic. For instance, I once warned a friend

about excessive consumption of salt and fat. Said he: "That's why we have medicine and a hospital where illnesses are taken care of should something go wro_nJ(. f had to teHmyself:_ "_Mind your own business, stupid'".

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Global effort to get rid of nuke arms SYDNEY, Australia (AP)- Scientists, former military stratr 1)sts and retired statesmen from around the world gathered in Sydney on Sunday ahead of their first meeting to discuss how to rid the world of nuclear arms.

The Canberra Commission on the elimination of . nuclear \\'.capons, tljkes its name from Australia's national capital where they'll hold their inaugural talks or. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

TI1e sponsor of the initiative, Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, hopes it can devise "practical steps towards a nuclear-free world."

The panel will discuss how all the world's nuclear arms might be eliminated without triggering international instability or threatening global peace.

The 17-member lineup includes Robert McNamara, who was United States Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson at the height of the Cold War in the 1960s.

Last year Mcnamara admitted his policy of escalating United States military involvement in the Vietnam War was terribly wrong.

Here too is Gen. George Lee Butler, a former Commander in Chief of the U.S. Strategic Air Command in 1991 and 1992. He also held responsibility for all U.S. Air Force and Navy nuclear deterrents between 1992 and 1994.

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makers. My boss retains me and Honolulu wants me here. I like what I do here. This is about education.

Don't you foresee any conflict of interests'? I don 'tsec thatasaconflict. I have my pe1c;onal time

managemenL

You had been at odds with Commis.sioner Torres when you were principal of Hopwood. How do you feel about working with him now?

Leadership to me is getting a job done through people. In order for me and him (Torres) to work together we must put aside all those things that are not important. 1 have sworn under oath to exert my maximum capabili~es todo my best in protecting and promoting education that kid, rightfully deserve. However ,I will not hesitate to step on anylxxly' s toes if our students' best interest is compromised He has to work with us. When say 'us,' I mean the board. I an1 not the board. I am just the chairman. He has to work with the board and the rest of the PSS.

What's your assessment of the system under Comrni<,sioncr Torre;' administration'!

I don't want to delve in to that. He iscntrnstrxl with that sole responsibility to excel his best. I feel that everyday is a new day to protect and promote education. I don't have any instrument to indicate that he is

Another member is Prof. Joseph Rotblat, a British scientist who became an ardent anti-nuclear campaigner after he helped build atomic bombs in World War IL He won the Nobel Peace Priz.e in 1995.

Michel Rocard, a former prime minister of France· which has its own nuclear arsenal, is also taking part.

Other panelists come from Russia, China, Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Japan, Egypt and Malaysia

French marine expert Jacques Cousteau will miss this week's inaugural session as he nies to salvage his famous flagship Calypso which accidentally sank in Singapore earlier this month.

The group will have a series of meetings through to August when it will report to the Australian government

It's findings will also be presented to the U.N. General Assembly.

This week's meeting will takeplaccamidacontroversia! series of nuclear tests by France in the South Pacific.

Defying international outrage, France has detonated five blasts beneath Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls since September.

The sixth, which Paris promises will be its last forever, is due anytime now.

Australia has been among the most vocal critics of French testing.

excellent or satisfactory. 'That is one issue that the board would like to address in a very near futwe. Al this point of time I'm not ready to respond to that

Duringyoun:ampaign, were you not calling for Commlssioner Torres' resignation?

No. I never state,:! that publicly. What I was saying then wa, that anyone who compromised students' achievement in anything must be addressed sincerely. I felt that the board must take action on those people who had some interests other than providing our student, with education that they deserve.

You were Commissioner Torres' Math teacher at Hopwood. How was he as a student?

In most cases, he excelled beyond expectation. I was an excellent teacher, he was an excellent student.

But when I wastheprincipa!ofHopwood, we had a lot of disagreement, on programs, policies. That's part of human dimension. We must consistently voice our compliments and at the same time our opposition. I personally encourage everyone in the system to say whatever he or she feels. We need to be coached. We need to listen. I guess the Lorri was so good that He gave us one more year to get together. Disagreements are part of a powerful learning component. 1hat' s the best mechanism to grow.

MONDAY ,JANUARY 22, 1996 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-5

CDA forecasts a rosy 1996 By Rick Alberto Variety New SIB.ff

'IHE Commonwealth Development Authorityhasrel~arosyprognosis for 1996.

In an article entitled "Outlook for 19%" published in the January 1996 issueofCDARepom, theagencylhat istaskedwithslimulatingtheeconomy said 1996 "could be the startof double digit economic growth."

"Whether or not this happens dependsgreatlyuponournewlyelected CNMlgovemmentofficials,"thearticle, however, said

ltsaidtheelectedleaders,aswellas theCNMipeople"havegreatcontrol overtbeeconomicfutureoftheCommonwealth."

It enjoined the people to communicate with public officials. "If you want growth, tell your Congressman .... "

The CDA said tourism will remain the· "basis for economic growth."

New tourism-related activities and destination attractions.should provide opportunities for locals to start new businesses or expand

existing ones, it said. Saying that demand "is at hand,"

the quarterly publication said the CDA "has and will continue to assist local persons by.providing commercial loans."

The CDA said the CNMI had enjoyed 14 years of continuous economic growth until fiscal year 1992. In 1993, it said, the Com• monwealth experienced its "first recession."

By the middle of FY 1994, the positive economic growth resumed and continued till 1995, it said.

It said that although the economic health of the CNMI is improving, "revenues that fuel the government's capacity to provide goods and services (are) lagging."

"This is due to the condition bf our tax system and private sector capital investments," it said

It explained that alttaxes, except the excise, are paid at least one quarter after items are consumed or taxed.

The CDA said revenues collected last year would be tluec to four per-

cent more than those of 1994. TheCDA pointed out that the Part

nership Agreement between the CNMI and the Department of Interiorisoneissuethat''mustcontinueto receive CNMI attention."

Most of the agreement's conditions, it said, pertain to the Commonwealth Utility Corp., which the department wants privatized

The release of about$70 million in Covenant funding hinges on the fulfillment of the conditions.

This amount alone could provide the investment base to give the CNMI good economic growth in 1996 and 1997, the CDA said.

It said the investments "are required to meet current public needs and also to improve the infrastructure for private sector investors to build on and use."

The CDA outlook also said that since the CNMI government "has limited liquid resources, .. .longterm investments of leasing pub-1 ic lands to private sector investors .. .is the asset that will provide sustained economic growth."

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THESUPERIORCourthasdenieda motion to release a J apanesc tourist held for possession of methamphetamine hydrochloride, gun and ammunition.

AtFriday'shearing,SuperiorCourt Presiding Judge Alexan<:lro Castro

denied a motion for bail by defendant Hideaki Satake.

Satake, through counsel Assistant Public Defender Ted Christopher, reqµested the court to release him to a thin! party custodian. .

The person who supposed to act as custodian failed to attend the hearing.

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Man arrested for assault in Dandan A 26-YEAR-OLD man was arrested for allegedly physically assaulting a 22-year-old woman in DanCll!ll Thursday.

Reynaldo C. Javier, 26, was nabbed for assault and battery and criminal mischief.

Initial police investigations showed that prior to the assault, Javier and the victim had an argument at a residence.

No other details were given. In another police report, a 39-

year-old. woman sought police help after an unidentified person allegedly stole her watch and two rings which she had placed inside an office in Garapan Thursday afternoon.

In China lfown, a 64-year-old man told police that an unknown persbn/s broke into their residence and took a TV set Thursday night.

In Garapan, a 24-old man suffered injuries after another man allegedly pushed and punched him at Songbird Night Club Thursday night.

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$25M Palau hotel project to begiJJ. HONOLULU, Hawaii, USA- Construction of the $25 million Outrigger Palau Hotel is set to begin this February following the signing of a new equity partner for the project.

Asia Pacific holdings Corporation (APH) of Taiwan has joine,d Micronesia Investment & development Corporation (MIOCORP) of the Republic of Palau in the development and construction of the 165-room Outrigger Palau, formerly known as the Outrigger Korea Hotel Construction.

APH and 'MIDCORP have established Palasia Resort Inc., a Palau joint venture, to serve as the developer and owning entity for the hotel and have affirmed the original technical services and management agreement signed by Outrigger Hotels& Resorts withMIDCORP in December 1994.

''Wespentagreatdealoftimeover the past year seeking the appropriate equity partner for the Outrigger Palau Hotel," said Alan Seid, President of

MIDCORP. ''Welookforwardfora long and mutually profitable relationship with Asia Pacific Holdings Corporation."

Asia Paci.fie Holdings Corporation is one of seven investment holding companies under the Business Management Committee of the ruling Kuomintang (KM1J party of the Republic of China APH is exclusively responsible for international direct investments.

"Our investment in the Outrigger Palau represents the first overseas. hotel investment for our group," said David Chen, President of Asia PacificHoldingsCorporation. "ltshows our confidence in the Republic of Palau and its people. We see a very bright economic future for Palau."

The Outrigger Palau Hotel is a first for Outrigger Hotels & Resorts. It represents the beginning of the chain's long-term expansion plans to take the Outrigger brand throughout the Pacific andintootherresortdestinations

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Outrigger's first steps outside of the United States," said Perry Sorenson, ChiefOperatingOfficerforOutrigger Hotels. "After almost 50 years in Hawaii, we illlderstand how-to conduct business in an island environment and are familiar with how a host culture can contribute to the visitor experience."

''We appreciate the vote of confidence that both Asia Pacific Holdings and Outrigger Hotels & Resorts have expressed in the future of the new Republic of Palau," added Seid. 'We are confident that the Outrigger Palau hotel will make a significant contribution to the future growth of thetourismandtheeconomy of our country."

The Outrigger Palau Hotel is being built on the main island of Koror within the is-land nation's central business district on land overlooking the ocean. When finished, this 165-room hotel will be the largest hotel in Palau and will feature shops, a swimming

pool, severitlrestaurants, banql!et and ~etin'g .facilities, a .businesJl,..t:enter and a fitness center ..

The site for the project is owned by the Merii Olkeriiil Corporation, which is named after the great-grandmother of one of Palau's most prominent families, the Seids. "The Said family's equity investment of their land in this project will not only benefit the family for years to come, it will. also contribute to the betterment of the people of Palau by providing additional employment and opportunities for our workforce and aiding in the growth of Palau's developing visitor's industry," said/ Alan Seid.

The Republic of Palau is an island nation located 800 miles southwest of Guam and 600 miles east of the Philippines, just north of the equator. Most of its nearly 15,000 residents live on the main island of Koror, which is the capital of the Republic of Palau

; and its center of commerce.:

The nation attracted approximately 50,000 visitors in 1995, roughly half of which came from from Japan. Many visitors come to Palau to sample the world;s finest scuba diving and view the natural beauty of its famous Rock Islands.

Outrigger Hotels & Resorts is a full-service lodging and hospitality company based in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the state's largest hospitality chain and the 28th largest in the U.S., offering 29 hotels and resort condominiums throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Outrigger's affiliate, Outrigger Lodging Services, manages nearly two dozen hotels and resorts throughout the U.S. mainland.

For reservation and information in the U.S. and Canada, call Outrigger hotels & Resorts at 1-800-0UTRIGGER (688-7444) From other areas, call 303-369-7777.

Outrigger's e-mail address is reservations @ outrigger, com.

Fiji-US aviation tax pact expected to yield millions f1JI will gain millions of dollars in savings with a new bilateral aviation tax agreement with the United States.

The deal was made between Fiji and US government officials to cover exemption for Fiji's national airline, Air Pacific, on taxes on the Federal level.

The Fijian flag carrier pays up to US$ I million per annum per flight

Fiji's aviation and tourism secretary, Nemani Buresova, told P ACNEWS in New Y 01k, that Fiji is seeking similar arrangements at state level in California

The treaty is reciprocal and would apply to all American carriers stopping in Fiji. The agreement still requires Congressional approval.

With now two flights a week into Los Angeles, the savings for Air Pacific will be rcmazkablc.

The negotiation between Fiji and USA also resulted in new flight access points for the Fijian airlitle into the United States.

Although government officials were reluctant to spell out details,

PACNEWSunderstandsthatFijihas been granted access into Hawaii and San Francisco.

A State Department official confirmed that the talks involved "the

exchange of opportunities of new routes and air services through the Paci.fie and beyond'' and said there had been "significant gains on both sides'' ....... Pacnews

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Acting Southern Highlands provincial policecomalan~f Eugene Manguva said 15 guns were confiscated atth€l enmµi'Z tqhli()ro station, the major rig site of Kutubu oil project, the Natip11aj ~?rted last week. · ·. i . )

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The shortage of doctors, officials say, will compromise CHC's delivery of health care services.

"We felt it was more important for us to act favorably on the amendments because of the urgent need of the hospital," said Benavente in an interview yesterday.

Besides, he said, members felt the exclusion of the two agencies would not really hamper their operations.

"So we deemed it better to

pass it as amended as we could address any problems of PSS or DEQ later if we have to," said the speaker.

Should the bill be vetoed, the House would require a three-fourths vote to have it overriden.

The vote of the House leadership, composed of 14 members, is enough for an override.

Under the Constitution, any bill vetoed by the governor becomes law if both the House and the Senate can muster a three-fourths vote against the veto.

HOllCI OF PUBLIC HEARING The Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) will be holding a public hearing regarding proposed regulations for the creation of a Coastal Hazards Area of Particular Concern (APC). The proposed changes to the CAM regulations are a result

of the findings of the Coastal Resource Management Program (CAMP) Section 309 study on Coastal Hazards and represent the final phase of the program. The public is invited to attend and to submit written

comments and/or to make oral comments regarding the proposed regulations. All written and oral comments received will be made a part of the record and will be considered in any decision inade concerning

the proposed regulations. The public hearing is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 1996 at 6:30 pm at the Garapan Elementary School. A second and final notice of this

public hearing will appear at a later date. Please contact Coastal Resources Management at 234-6623/7320 or 3907 if you have any questions or

require further information regarding this project.

ls/MANUEL C. SABLAN Director Coastal Resource Management

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Coastal Resources Management Program (CAMP) will be holding a public hearing regarding Coastal Permit Application No. SMS-95-X-219 submitted by Juan C. Tenorio and Associates on behalf of L & T Group of Companies for·the construction of Garapan Shopping Center north of the Commonwealth Health Center in Navy Hill, Saipan. The proposed project calls for the construction of a 144,420 sq .. ft. mall building which includes a major retail outlet, a five-plex theater with future expansion of two (2) additional theaters, a whimsy outlet, common areas, and a food court. Also to be constructed is 18,212 sq. ft. of Accessory Buildings to include a post office, food pad, bus shelter, and common areas. The public is invited to attend and to submit written comments and/or to make oral comments regarding this project. All written and oral comments received will be made a part of the permit application record, and will be considered in any decision made concerning the proposed project. The public hearing is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 1996 at 6:30 pm at the Garapan Elementary School. This is the second and final notice of this public hearing. Please contact the Coastal Resources Management at 234-6623/7320 or 3907 if you have any questions or require further information regarding this project.

Manuel Sablan DirectOr Coastal Resources Management

This means the override, for it to become successful, would also need the affirmative vote of at least six senators.

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who in turn delivered it to Camacho.

Albelda was slapped with a second count of ice possession with intent to distribute since according to the indictment he was found to have intentionally possessed more than l O grams of the drug the following day, Nov. 16.

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Mitchell refused to respond, he said.

"Mitchell forgets however, he is not the client, he is only the attorney," Banes said. "He does not have sole and arbitrary power to reject settlement offers."

He said the court has already ruled that this case is a taxpayer's action and analogous to a class action.

"As such, counsel for a named taxpayer is also coW1Sel for all taxpayers, whether or not expressly named as parties," said Banes.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED 'REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH A COASTAL HAZARDS AREA OF

PARTICULAR CONCERN (APC)

The CNMI Coastal Resources Management Program hereby notifies the general public that it proposes to establish a Coastal Hazards Area of Particular Concern (APC) within the existing Coastal Resources Management Office Rules and Regulations. The Director of Coastal Resources Management is authorized to do so under 2 CMG Section 1511 (3) B and this adoption is done in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, 1 CMG 9101, et. seq. Interested persons may obtain copies of the proposed regulation change from the Coastal Resources Management Office located in the second floor (!f the Morgen Building, San Jose, Saipan. Anyone interested in commenting on the proposed regulation change may do so in writing within fortyfive (45) days from the date this notice. Comments should be sent to: Director Coastal Resources Management Office Department of Lands and Natural Resources Caller Box 10007 Saipan, MP 96950

ls/MANUEL C. SABLAN Director, Coastal Resource Management Division 1/18/96

Notice of Public Hearing The Coastal Resource Management Program (CRMP) will be holding a public hearing regarding Coastal Permit Application No. SMS-95-X-258 submitted by Obyan Beach Resort Associates through their representatives Haas & Haynie Corporation for the construction of Obyan Beach Resort at Obyan-Naftan, Southeast end of Saipan. The proposed project consists of three (3) hotels, two (2) eighteen (1 B) hole golf courses, golf clubhouse, spa, retails shops, restaurants, three hundred (300) golf villas and various project infrastructure including power generation, water and wastewater treatment facilities. The project will be· constructed in two (2) separate phases. Phase one (I) will include a four hundred (400) room hotel, one (1) eighteen (18) hole go1f course, fifty (5)) golf villas and various types of project infrastructure. Phase two (II) includes the ·construction of a five hundred (500) and three hundred (300) room hotels, freestanding retail shops, tennis center, beach club, golf clubhouse, two hundred fifty (250) golf villas, the second eighteen (18) hole golf course and the infrastructure to support the facilities. The public is invited to attend and to submit written comments and/or make oral commervs regarding this project. All written and oral comments received will be made a part of the permit application record, and will be considered in any decision made concerning the proposed project. The public hearing in scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, 1996 at 6:30 pm at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library. This is the second and final notice of this public hearing. Please contact the Coastal Resources Management at 234-6623/7320 or 3907 if you have any questions or require further information regarding this project.

MANUEL C. SABl.AN Director Coastal Resources Management

"Mitchell's clients are the CNMI general public. He therefore has as fiduciary duty to the public."

In his response to the second motion to disqualify, Miicn!ll said his clients offered to settle ifL&T agreed to fixed rental of$14.8 million.

That offer was ignored, he said. Mitchell said the plaintiffs rejected

theL&Tspreviousofferof$I0mil-1ion.

Their expert Michael McCart is prepared to testify that the fair rental valueofthepropertyis$18.8rnillion. ·

HesaidL&Tnowraisesitsofferby a mere $800,000 still far from $18.8 million.

Mitchell said he has been instructed by his clients to reject L&Ts offer and to counter-offer for $18.8 million.

The failure of settlement negotiations cannot be the basis for disqualification, he said

Mitchell said thedefendants' counsel destroyed any chance for good faith settlement discussions.

"By disclosing the unsuc'cessful settlement negotiations in this case, and attempting to exploit their failure, defendants attorneys have themselves destroyed any chance of settlement negotiations," he said.

"How can plaintiffs' counsel engage in settlement negotiations on a fair and even basis if he knows that if his clients reject whateveroffer is made, they will rush to court to have him removed from the case?" Mitchell pointed out.

He said the defendants' attorneys were just attempting to exploit and abuse the settlement process.

Mitchell said he expressly asked for agreement that all settlement negotiations would be kept confidential and would never be revealed to the court.

On their solemn word of honor, they agreed never to reveal their discussions to Judge Manibusan.

"Then, they breached that agreement. That is an act of bad faith. How can opposing counsel, thereafter have even the minimum amount of respect for his colleagues on the other side of the negotiating table?"Mitchell said.

He pointed out'that the law is clear that. the plaintiffs have not brought a class action and that choice cannot be countermanded by the defendants.

The plaintiffs have, if anything, a duty in this taxpayer action with public significance, Mitchell said, is to diligently prosecute the case to a successful conclusion.

'They have no duty to settle the care, on any terms, other than those which they feel are the best they can get and just and fair in every aspect," said Mitchell.

At Friday's hearing, Judge Manibusan took the motion under advisement

Manibusan, however, granted L&T's motion to compel deposition testimony ofplaintiffsexpert,McCart, on or before Jan. 22.

TorresandRayphandfiledthelawsui t questioning the terms of the lease between L&T and the government

The L&T counsel said they would like to resolve the matter so that it can proceed with the world-class shopping mall in Lower Navy Hill which would improve the quality of life for all Saipan residents.

QJ Simpson to appear in cable TV interview LOS ANGELES (AP) - Once again, 0.J. Simpson has consented to a television foterview.

Simpson is scheduled for a live, one-hour interview Wednesday on cable's Black Entertainment Television network, starting at 7 p.m. (0300 GMT), the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.

Ed Gordon, news anchor for the Washington, D.C.-based network, said he will conduct the interview and that Simpson will not be paid. The deal was made final Friday.

"l' ve never met Simpson personally," Gordon told the paper.

"There have been a number of parties involved in this. We,

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By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN WASIDNGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department took a step toward distributing Iraqi assets frozen in this country to U.S. businesses and individuals with claims against Iraq dating from the I 9<J I Persian Gulf War and before.

Anticipating imminent congressional approval of legislation to alJow distribution of the more than $1.2 billion in frozen assets, Attorney General Janet Reno established a registry for those with claims against Iraq.

"This is the first step in securing justice for thousands of U.S. citizens who have waited far too long," Reno told her weekly news conference on Towi;day. 'They are the last hostages of the Gulf War."

Delissa Ridgway, chairman of the Foreign Oaims Settlement Conunission,saidthe government believes there are more than $5 billion in claims by U.S. citizens that could get a share of the frozen Iraqi assets.

ClanruJ.nts include major engineeringandoilcompanies, small businesses and individuals.

These are claims that do not qualify for settlement by the United Nations Compensation Corrunission in Geneva, Swit7.erland. More than 3,00J claims against Iraq are pending before the U .N. commission.

Ridgway's commission, aquasi-judicialagencywithintheJusticeDepartment, wouldhandlethefollowingtypes of claims, which are excluded from U.N. jwisdiction:

-Those that predate Iraq's 1990 invasion of K~waiL

-Those arising from the U.S. embargo on Iraq and related events.

-Those related to the 1987 missile attack on the USS Stark in the Persian Gulf.

-Those by military personnel who paqicipated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm or their survivors.

Once Ridgway's panel decides whichclaimSarevalid,paymentswould be made on a pro rat.a basis among the qualified claimants.

Each would get the same number of cents for eac4 dollar of valid claims.

like everyone on the planet, have been going after him."

Calls to BET officials for further comment Saturday were not answered.

The interview comes as Simpson is promoting a mailorder video that tells his side of the case.

Simpson had agreed to an interview with NBC shortly after he was acquitted of murder charges in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. He backed out the day it was to take place.

Negotiations for a CNN interview also broke down.

Since his Oct. 3 acquittaJ, Simpson has occasionally popped up, unannounced, to give his side of tpe story. He twice dialed The Associated

Press, and has also called CNN's "Larry King Live" and The New York Times.

Gordon said the BET interview was negotiated by Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran. He would not speculate on why he and BET were chosen to interview Simpson.'

When asked whether BET had accepted restrictions on questions that would be asked, Gordon said, "I can better answer that on Monday. There's still some fine-tuning going on."

Simpson is scheduled to give a deposition Monday in the civil wrongful death lawsuit brought on behalf of Ms. Simpson and Goldman, sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, have told the AP. O.J. Simpson

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Yeltsin claims victory over rebels Says most Chechen hostages already _freed era! times earlier this week

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By CHRIS BIRD KEMSI-YURT, Russia (AP) - Boris Yeltsin declared a bitter victory over Chechen rebels: They were wiped out by Russian troops and most of their hostages survived an as-

sault that turned a tiny village into a wasteland of cinders and corpses sprawled in snowy ditches.

His account, which attempted to put a humiliating and politically costly episode in the best possible light, could not be independently confirmed. Other government and military officials said fewer hostages lived through the barrage and some rebels survived.

Photographers allowed into Pervomayskaya after the fourday assault found bloodied bodies lying in makeshift bunkers alongside rows of rifles and stacks of ammunitipn boxes.

Those images may bolster Yeltsin' s image for taking a tough line again;i well-armed

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rebels - or they may increase the perception that the country is on the brink of chaos and the Chechen war is a mistake.

There was no immediate reaction from rebel forces to Yeltsin's remarks and it was not clear if they had reached rebel sympathizers who were holding a Turkish ferry hostage and threatening to kill the Russians aboard.

Trying to explain why a huge Russian force took so long to defeat a band of no more than 250 rebels, Yeltsin claimed the village masked a giant underground rebel base with concrete gun emplacements.

The claim about Pervomayskaya, a remote hamlet of simple brick houses, seemed highly unlikely.

Chechen separatists humiliated Russia last week when they slipped past the border into the neighboring Russian republic of Dagestan, seizing hostages to press their demand that Moscow pull its troops out of Chechnya.

After a five-day standoff in Pervomayskaya near Chechnya's border, Russian troops stormed the village on Monday, unleashing their tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships on the gunmen surrounded there.

On Thursday, Yeltsin said his forces had killed the gunmen and would now go after rebel leaders who have resorted to ·taking hostages and attacking Russian towns in their fight for independence from Russia.

"We have taught (rebel leader Dzhokhar) Dudayev a sound lesson, and now it is necessary to deliver strikes on

Dudayev' s strongholds ... to put an end to terrorism on Russian soil," Yeltsin said.

Russian tanks rolled into Chechnya in December 1994 to end the republic's threeyear drive for independence. Up to 30,000 people have been killed in fighting.

Saying they had given up hope of saving more hostages, .the Russians stepped up their bombardment of Pervomayskaya on Wednesday, seemingly intent on destroying it. Russian jets, tanks and artillery pounded the village with hundreds of shells and rockets for hour after hour.

But Yeltsin said 82 of the hostages had been rescued by Thursday afternoon, and that 18 hostages were still missing but "must be presumed alive."

Yeltsin said 26 Russian troops and all of the rebels were killed "unless some are hiding underground." The Interfax news agency reported that the bodies of 153 rebels were found in and around Pervomayskaya and· 28 gunmen were taken prisoner.

A hostage who escaped on Thursday told the IT AR-Tass news agency that he had been forced to bury killed rebels. "There were a lot of them," Ali Aliyev said.

Another, Niyamuddin Amrakhov, said hostages were also forced to dig trenches, carry ammunition and act as human shields for their Chechen kidnappers during the Russian assault.

Russian authorities have given widely different and often contradictory estimates of the number of gunmen and hostages involved, and senior military officials claimed sev-

Shortly before Yeltsin made his claims, Russian authorities said 42 hostages had been freed. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin had implied th.e remaining hostages were dead.

Gen. Mikhail Barsukov, head of the Federal Security Service, said troops found no dead hostages in Pervomayskaya, despite the huge government bombardment, although he added that rebels may have buried some bodies.

He said he did not know whether the rebel band's leader, Dudayev' s son-in-law, Salman Raduyev, was killed.

The hostages were among up to 3,000 people Chechen gunmen seized Jan. 9 in the nearby city of Kizlyar, to dramatize their demand for a Russian troop withdrawal from their republic.

Most of the hostages were freed the next day, but rebels herded several dozen onto buses to use as human shields. Russian troops stopped them late that day in Pervomayskaya, just short of Chechnya's border.

Repeated Russian attempts to capture the village failed in the face of bitter Chechen resistance.

Russian helicopter gunships and artillery resumed the attack on Pervomayskaya on Thursday after about 70 separatist fighters tried unsuccessfully to break out of the destroyed village in the early morning darkness.

The rebels' attack early Thursday morning apparently caught the Russian forces by surprise and it took them several hours to halt the rebels.

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Missing girl's body found in creek By MELISSA WILLIAMS

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -Less than a week after Amber Hagennan was dragged screaming off her bicycle in the middle of the afternoon by a man in a pickup, her body was found floating face-down in a creek, her throat cut.

The gruesome discovery Thursday hit hard in the neighborhood where the 9-year-old was kidnapped Saturday.

Balloons and ribbons hanging from homes and cars in Amber's favorite color, pink, blew in a cold, stiff wind.

"It's just so overwhelming to think that somebody could do something like that to a small child," said Archie Price, 71, who Ii ves down the street from the

home of Amber's grandparents, where the girl had been playing before her disappearance.

"I hope whoever has done it is caught quickly."

The body was found late Wednesday by a man walking his dog outside an apartment complex.

The area was about eight miles (13 kilometers) from the middleclass neighborhood where a witness saw a man drag Amber as she fought and screamed.

Investigators believe the body was dumped upstream and washed north as strong thunderstorms swelled the creek.

The body was identified by way of a fingerprint card that her parents had filled out in the event of such a tragedy, said family frie~d

Semiconductor firm chair quits after just 15 months

By MARK WARBIS BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Steve Appleton, the 35-year-old wunderkind who in nine years rose from the production line to chief executive of Micron Technology Inc., abruptly resigned Thursday.

Tyler Lowrey, vice chairman and chief teclmical officer, was named chairman and chief executive. Micron is one of the world's fastestgrowing computer chip makers and one of just two U.S.-based firms that produce memory chips.

In a one-page statemem the company said Appleton resigned "for personal reasons," effective immediately.

But he will contmue to serve in a consulting capacity for about nine months. ·

The shakeup was renuniscent of the one that lifted Appleton into the top spot in September 1994. At that time, CEO Joe Parkinson, the company's founder, resigned amid speculation of a rift with its biggest shareholder, potato billionaire J.R. Simplot

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Simplotcontrolsmorethan20percent of the company's stock personally and through a trust Micron's stock shot up from the low $20 range to just under $90 from January to September last year.

But it has since plung1:9. closing at $32onThursday,aspriceshavestarted to fall for memory chips following an unusually long two years of holding steady.

Meanwhile, Micron has been preparing to embark on a $4 billion capital program to expand and update manufacturing facilities in Idaho and build a new plant in Utah.

But in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Conunission last month, Micron said it might delay its expansion if it cannot "obtain financing on acceptable terms."

The company last month reported a profit of dm; 328 million in the quarter that ended Nov. 30, the first ofits fiscal year. That was more than double its profit of $159 .3 million in the same period in 1994. Revenue was $1.2 billion, up from $535 million.

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Peace is still elusive in B11rma By ROBERT HORN

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -Khun Sa, Burma's notorious opium warlord, stood at a table in his jungle headquarters this past week with generals he has been fighting for nearly two decades, raised a glass of whiskey and toasted to the end of war.

Peace in Burma, however, may still be far off.

Khun Sa' s surrender of his territory in eastern Burma does bring the Burmese army a step closer to gaining control of the chaotic hinterland and borders for the first time since independence from Britain in 1948.

Burma's military rulers are eager to achieve that goal for more than security reasons. Analysts say the junta believes that would legitimize its rule, support the argument that only it can unify the insurgency-wracked nation and improve an image tarnished by

brutal handling of democracy activists.

The prospect of peace with the various rebel movements raises some fears. Democracy advocates contend the government would use peace as an opportunity to tighten its grip on power and dismantle their movement.

Some analysts also are concerned that a strong Burmeseanny controlling the frontiers would create problems for neighboring countries.

The army, which killed thousands 0f unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators in 1988, has shown no willingness to compromise over its role in ruling Burma.

Arrests of followers of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi are continuing.

"The military is using the border situation to try and gain support from the international community," said Josef Silverstein, a

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"If they get it, that will be a crushing blow to the democracy movement."

But the junta may not be able to focus just on political dissent. Most of the minority ethnic groups that have signed truces warn that the agreements are not a permanent peace.

They say the government still -must address their demands for some measure of autonomy and control of natural resources.

"There is no peace in Burma," said Abel Tweed, an official with ethnic Karenni rebels, who along with ethnic Karens are one of two groups along the Thai-Burmese border still fighting the government.

"You can hear the mortars and machine guns from here."

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the Burmese border, 400 Karenni guerrillas were struggling to hold a peak called Rambo Hill against an attack by 2,600 Burmese soldiers.

A cease-fire signed by the Karenni collapsed when the Burmese army attempted to seize control of the lucrative cross-border timber trade that helps finance the Karenni militia.

Burma, a nation of 45 million people, is made up of eight major ethnic groups divided into 135 subgroups. · Burmese dominate the central

plains, while the Kachins, Karens, Karennis, Shans, Chins, Mons, Rakhines and others predominate in outlying areas.

The minorities do not trust the government in Rangoon, and most spent decades fighting for autonomy or independence.

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The minorities have used crossborder trade in items like timber and gems - and some have used opium trafficking- to finance their insurgencies.

Because the truces do not address their political aspirations, the ethnic groups are reluctant to give up control of their natural resources and economies.

Suu Kyi says the disputes can be solved through dialogue.

The junta argues that if it was not in control, Burma would disintegrate in violence like the former Yugoslavia.

"It is the most legitimate argument they make for their continued rule," said Martin Smith, a Burma expert in London.

"They truly believe they are the only guys capable of holding the country together."

Berti! Lintner, a Burma expert in Bangkok, sees a Burmese army with no insurgencies to quell as a threat to regional stability.

Thailand and Burma are ancient enemies, and the Thais supported the ethnic groups as a buffer between them and the Burmese. In an effort to improve trade with Burma, that support has ended. But there are still 70,000 mostly Karen refugees along the ThaiBurmese border.

Bunnese raids on refugee camps have been common. Thai attempts to negotiate the problems have failed.

"The B urrnese aren't interested in solving the border problems," Lintner said.

"They want to humiliate the Thais."

US-made anti-ship missiles sought by Taiwan TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan is considering buying Harpoon ;ur-tosea missiles from the United States, a newspaper reported Sunday.

It was the second report in recent days of Taiwanese moves to buy American missiles.

Taiwanese and U.S. officials will discuss military sales later this year, after which Taiwan will decide whether to buy the Harpoon missiles from St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas Corp., the Liberty Times quoted unidentified military officials as saying.

On Monday the China Times said Taiwan has decided to buy US.made Avenger anti-aircraft missiles.

The military refused to conunent on either report, and both sales would require U.S. government approval.

China invariably protests when weapons are sold to Taiwan, which it views as a renegade province to be recovered by force if necessary.

Taiwan is anxious to strengthen its defenses against what it sees as a Chinese military buildup directed against the island.

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Success earns astronauts good sleep By MARCIA DUNN

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - There's nothing like a good night's sleep_ and some good sake - after a long and tiring, but successful space shuttle mission.

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata was looking forward to both.

"You can take tomorrow off," commander Brian Duffy assured him after Endeavour's early-morning landing Saturday.

The six astronauts were elated by their triumphs: capturing a Japanese satellite that had been in orbit for nearly one year, releasing and retrieving a U.S. science satellite and performing two spacewalks to help international space station designers.

"We feel like we got 1996 off to a great start," Duffy said. "We also feel that we took another step in the international cooperation in space exploration."

The No. I objective of Endeavour's nine-day, 3.7 million-mile voyage was snaring the Japanese satellite. The spacecraft was launched from Japan last March with an infrared telescope, crystalgrowth furnaces, female newts and newt eggs. (The newts died as planned after 1 1-2 months in orbit.)

Before Wakata could snare the satellite with the shuttle robot arm last weekend, ground controllers had to sever its two folded solar panels, which would not latch into place for the trip home.

Each day brought a new

challenge, and as each objective was accomplished, Duffy said, "we felt a lot of satisfaction and we would revel in it a little bit among ourselves, saying, 'We did it and we did it right.'

And then we would look forward to the next hurdle. We could never get too comfortable with what we were doing."

The final hurdle was the 2:42 a.m. touchdown on a floodlit runway at Kennedy Space Center. It was the eighth time in 74 missions that NASA shuttles landed in the dark.

Duffy, an Air Force colonel, said it turned out to be just as he had expected, despite some slight turbulence.

'I would like to celebrate , the successful mission in the near future with all the crew members over Japanese sake," Wakata said six hours after touchdown.

"I want to go to my apartment in Houston and sleep," he added. Shuttle manager Tommy Holloway said the two spacewalks by three End~avour astronauts to test construction tools and techniques and heated spacesuits greatly contributed to the international space station program. NASA and the space agencies of Japan, Europe, Canada and Russia plan to start building the giant orbiting complex late next year.

Overall, Holloway said he was pleased with how well the mission went "in spite of a threeweek (government) furlough and a threat of closing our shuttle program down for lack of budget."

Bridge-builder finds job of a lifetime in Bosnia

By DAVID CRARY MOSTAR, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - In a city where a fast-flowing riverbecameafrontlinebetweenneighbors, engineer Gilles Pequeux has· the job of a lifetime: rebuilding six bridges almost simultaneously.

"It's a unique challenge," said"the soft-spoken Frenchman. "Each bridge is completely different"

One by one, the bridges spanning the Neretva River in and around Mostar were all destroyeddwingthree years of war:Mostwerewrecked by Serb shelling in 1992.

But the city's historic stone footbridge, the Stari Most (Old Bridge), was toppled by Croat tank fire in 1993 when Mostar's own Croat and Muslim communities battled each other across the river.

Pequeux was recruited by the Eunr pean Uruon to build four full-size bridges and two footbridges over the Neretva He arrived here in January

, 1995 and hopes to complete the final one by August - six bridges in 18 months.

''Lots of wrecked bridges, and all the money he needs," said the EU mission inMostar'schief of personnel, Murray McCulloqgh, who takes tango lessons from Pequeux. ''He's a happy man."

Pequeux, 39, from the southern French city of Montpellier, has built manybridgesinFranceandAfrica.But

he has never worked in a war zone before, and never before tried to build more. than one bridge at a time.

His cwrent preoccupation is a stunningreplicationofthemajestic,doublearched Carinski bridge, built under Austro-Hungarian rule in 1917 and destroyed by Serb shelling in 1992.

He saved the Roman-style columns retrieved from the ruins of the old Carinski bridge, in part to show to doubters that his new structure will have virtually identical colunms.

It is scheduled for completion in April, and will be the first bridge directly re-linking the Croat west side of the river with the Muslim east side.

Funding is coming from the European Union, whose two-year administration of Mostar ends" in July.

The winner of the $3.5 million contract, a construction fum from Zagreb, Croatia, was asked to subcontract the labor equally to one firm from east Mostar and one from the west.

The Muslim and Croat workers -about 60 in all - work separately from each side of the river, never mixing shoulder to shoulder but joking sometimes over their radios.

One bridge Pequeux won'tbeworking on is a replacement for the f~ old stone footbridge. Muslim authontics are believed to be intent that the Old Bridge will be the last of Mostar's bridges to be restored.

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Asia's largest railway station opens BEIJING (AP) - Chinese leaders on Sunday opened Asia's largest railway station - a 6 billion yuan project ($720 million) aimed at easing congestion in the capital.

Premier Li Peng cut the ribbon before a special train, with

a portrait of revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung embossed in metal on its locomotive, left Beijing Western Railway Station on a ceremonial run to a suburb 20 kilometers ( 12 miles) to the south.

Real passenger traffic was

expected to begin later Sunday afternoon, after the several thousand people who attended the opening cleared the massive main en trance hall.

The station, a key project of China's recently completed eighth five-year plan, took

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South Korea hints at flexibility on food aid SEOUL, South Korea {AP) - South Korea, apparently easing its tough policy, will exercise greater flexibility in allowing private groups to aid impoverished North Korea, the Y onhap news agency said Sunday.

Accusing its northern communist rival of exaggerating its need for outside aid while hoarding military supplies, South Korea has been extremely reluctant to give further food aid to the North.

The reported South Korean policy reversal comes a day after North Korea lashed out at the rival South for blocking international aid.

The issue is expected to be a major topic of talks among the United States, Japan and South Korea in Hawaii next week.

"Aid donations by businesses will be allowedthroughtheKoreaRedCross," the South Koreannewsagency Y onhap quoted a Unification l\1inistry official as saying.

But before the aid can be given, Seoul will demand that a South Korean Red Cross official be allowed to participate in the international Red Cross I11Jssion in North Korea.

'The presence of the Red Cross official will guarantee that the donations are not diverted for military use," the unnamed ministry official told Y onhap.

Earlier this month, the South Korean Red Cross shipped $150,000 worth of relief goods - blankets, socks, and instant noodles - but had not received

government pennission to send rice, It was unclear whether the new flex

ibility would translate into rice shipments.

South Korea had shipped 150,CXXI tons of free rice last year, but broke off talks on further shipments after expectations of better relations failed to materialize.

Since then, it has said the North must fonnally request the rice, stop antiSouth propaganda, and pull back some of the troops and arms from the border before aid can be reswned.

In spite of reports of massive hunger and imminent starvation, South Korea has withheld government aid, and prevented businesses from donating rice and other needy goods.

"The World Food Program has said that millions face starvation, including 2.5 million women and children.

Experts have said the North produced only half of its needed grain supply of 7 million tons.

OnSaturday,aNorthKoreanForeign Ministry official accused South Korea of blocking international aid for political purposes.

"(But)ifhostile elements continue to politicize and attempt to block the humanitarian assistance, we will no longer pin any hope on the socalled 'assistance' and will go our own way on our assessment and decision," a spokesman was quoted as saying by the J'!'cirth's official Korea Central News Agency.

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10 die in immigrant home fire By CLAUS-PETER TIEMANN

LUEBECK, Germany (AP) - A suspicious pre-dawn fire raced through a home for immigrants, killing at least lO people, including a woman who leaped from an upper story while holding a child. Police detained three men suspected of setting the fire.

The child was severely injured, one of 35 people hurt in the fire Thursday which, if deliberate and aimed at immigrants, would be Germany's deadliest anti-foreigner attack since World War II.

The three men were being investigated on suspicion of murder and arson, but authorities had not confirmed the cause of the fire.

Luebeck prosecutor Michael Boeckenhauersaid the fire started simultaneously in several places, indicating arson.

But police later said they were still investigating and had not ruled out "a technical defect" as the cause.

The four-story building, re-

duced to a smoking shell, had housed asylum-seekers from Angola, Zaire, Lebanon, Syria and Poland. Four children were among those kilJed.

Officials said an unknown number of people who lived on the upper floors were still missing. Firefighters looked for more bodies in the rubble throughout the day but, with the house in. danger of collapse, called off the search until Friday morning.

In all, 15 people were hospitalized, six with life-threatening injuries, officials said. About 20 others suffered less serious injuries.

The fire horrified Germans, who have experienced a wave of antiforeigner attacks since unification in 1990.

The number of anti-foreigner attacks has dropped since a peak in 1993, however.

German authorities have arrested hundreds of nee-Nazis, banned several groups and infiltrated the movement.

US automakers dismayed over lack of dealerships WASHINGTON (AP) - The lobbying arm of the Big Three automakers expressed disappointment at how slowly dealerships in Japan were signing on to sell American cars.

Under a U.S.-Japanese trade agreement signed last June, the Japanese were to open their to more U.S. vehicles. But the slow process of getting American cars into Japan is an indication that they may not be making a good-faith effort to comply with the agreement

General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. expect 200 dealers for their products by the end of 1996, said Andrew Card, the president of the American Automobile Manufacturers Association.

But only a total of 19 have signed ·up ih the six months since the agreement. Last month, only one new dealer

outlet was added. "That is very disappoint

ing," said Card. "We are a long way from the goal of 200."

When the trade agreement was signed in June, both sides interpreted it differently.

The Clinton administration said the agreement made it easier to penetrate Japan's auto market. The Japanese noted they had refused to agree to quotas for how many U.S. cars or parts would end up in their country.

However, Japan and its auto manufacturers pledged to encourage Japanese auto dealers to sell U.S.-made vehicles.

And Japanese carmakers outlined plans for buying more American-made parts and building more cars and parts in this country.

Also Thursday, Card announced that sales of U.S. automakers in Japan were up 46 percent in 199 5 to 97,380 vehicles.

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Germany also changed its asylu111 law, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of foreigners admitted.

Survivors of the blaze were in shock. Wearing just a thin coat and slippers against the bitter cold, Joao Sunga of Angola stood in front of the scorched shell of the house where he and his family lived while waiting for Germany to rule on their asylum request.

Some friends tried to lead him into a warm bus, but he pulled away, refusing to leave the smoking ruin where his wife had perished.

Sunga, who has been in Germany six years waiting for asylum, said he was awakened by his children crying "Fire! Fire!" They managed to get out; his wife did not.

His gaze kept returning to the house, its white-washed walls stained black by flames and smoke that billowed from the windows.

Nearby residents expressed shock at the attack, describing their relationship with the immigrants as good.

Their children went to school and played soccer together.

"When they didn't come to

school today, we cried," said 10-year-old Michelle, a classmate of the children in the house.

"The brother of our friend is dead. We must do something to help them."

Mariannne Klink, who works in a snack shop, said the immigrant children came in nearly every day in the summer to buy ice cream.

"They were so sweet," she said. There was less contact between

the adults, "but they were all·nice when you met them on the ·street."

Hundreds of residents of Luebeck, a Baltic seaport of 210,000, turned out for an evening vigil at the scene called by Mayor Michael Bouteiller.

Some were in tears, many left behind votive candles. Some held a vigil in front of a sign reading: "We don't understand."

Luebeck has seen right-wing violence in the past. Young neoNazis firebombed the city's synagogue on the 1994 Jewish holiday of Passover.

Arsonists set fire to the synagogue's storeroom last May, although police later blamed that attack on a pyromaniac.

Speaking in nearby Kiel, Ger-

man President Roman Herzog offered sympathy to the victims and their families, and questioned whether enough was being done to ensure public safety.

"We have to pay attention today to the basic rights of criminals," he said, "but we also have to protect the human rights of the victims."

The three suspects were between 17 and 36, said Boeckenhauer, the prosecutor. All had police records, though not for right-wing crimes, he said.

A police officer saw the three men getting into a car I 00 yards from the burning house.

He stopped them and took their addresses because one had a shaved head, paratrooper boots and a bomber jacket - typical attire ofextremerightist"skinheads."They were arrested a few hours later in Grevesmuehlen, about 15 miles east

In BurgwedeL about 130 miles southwestofLuebeck,someonetried to set ablaze a shelter for refugees from former YugoslaviaearlyThursday.

The fire was quickly extinguished by residents.

No one was injured and no suspects were arrested.

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Oil ·barge spills 720,000 gallons By TIM WHITMIRE

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, Rhode Island (AP) - A barge carrying 4 million gallons (15 million liters) of heating oil leaked about 720,000 gallons (2.7 million liters) near a wildlife refuge area Saturday, a day after it ran aground in a storm.

Thousands of lobsters and several dozen birds were killed along Rhode Island's southern coast. Other birds were

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The spill is the worst in state history.

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eight saltwater ponds that are breeding grounds for fish and migration stops for millions of water fowl.

Earlier Saturday, officials had surmised that a relatively small amount of oil leaked from the 340-foot ( l 00-rneter) barge.

"When we did get a chance to get on board, we found that there are in fact considerable breaches in the bottom of the vessel ... during low tide, we began to get a significantly greater increase in oil loss," Arnold Witte, who is heading the barge salvage operation, said at a news conference with the the Coast Guard, EPA and state officials.

Witte explained that less oil leaked during high tide because water, which is heavier than heating oil, acted as a seal to keep oil in the ruptured compartments.

The cleanup effort was aided

by a northwest wind that pushed the spill away from shore, Witte said. Workcrewsplannedtopump the remaining oil from the barge, the North Cape, into another one and set it afloat again Monday.

"We hope that by the end of (Sunday), we will have solved the problem of leaking oil," said Witte, ofDonJon Marine Services.

A sheen of oil about 3 miles (5 kilometers) long and several hundred yards (meters) wide was moving southeast into the Atlantic Ocean.

Coast Guard pollution control teams were using booms to prevent the oil from spreading into the beach.

They also were using a special skimming" ·system to remove oil from the water surface.

Gov. Lincoln Almond flew over the barge with federal Transportation Secretary Federico Pena and members

of Rhode Island's congressional delegation.

The barge, which has 14 compartments, did not break up, and oil was believed .to be leaking from only two of them.

Home heating oil is much lighter than other fuels, such as crude oil, and easily evapo-. rates into the air. The Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil off Alaska.

En route from New York's Staten Island to Providence, the barge ran aground Friday night after its tugboat caught on fire and the six-member crew· evacuated in 60 mph (95 kph) winds, 15-foot (4.6-meter) waves and driving rain. The Coast Guard rescued them.

The burned-out tugboat, still tethered to the barge, was about 25 feet (seven meters) off the beach at low tide, while the barge was about 150 feet (45 meters) off shore.

Aznar certain of victory as union prepares for a fight

By LEON LAZAROFF MADRID, Spain· (AP) - In a convention replete with videos and upbeat music, the head of the party favored to win upcoming elections vowed to reenergize Spain's democratic spirit. after years of scandalridden Socialist rule.

Jose Maria Aznar, whose Popular Party is ahead by as many as nine points in opinion polls, ·acted all but assured Saturday of becoming the first candidate to encl Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez's 14-year grip on power.

Even union ·members, holding their own meeting across town, felt Aznar will win the March 3 vote.

They warned that the conservative leader, who has promised to cut Spain's deficit, would face strikes if he cuts deeply into social spending and changes labor laws.

However, Aznar did not discuss economic plans. Instead, when he took the podium after delegates voted to confirm him as their leader, he reiterated his party's claim of representing Spain's political center.

"The impressive growth in Mipporters of the Popular Party proves that most Spaniards want to be part of our project to. revitalize our democracy and strengthen our country," Aznar told the delegates in the Juan Carlos I convention center, decorated with cobalt blue

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Outside, elite police, dressed in green jump suits and carrying stubby assault rifles, kept watch against possible attacks by the Basque separatist group ET A. Aznar narrowly survived an ET A bomb attack 'last April that destroyed his car.

In his speech, Aznar promised to "wipe out, using laws we have at hand, terrorists and those who support them."

Members of the Workers Commissions, completing their own four-day convention, said they fear that Aznar, who lias close ties with business, will cut social spending and change labor laws to make it easier for businesses to lay off workers.

Antonio Gutierrez, leader of the federation, one of s=pain' s biggest, said Friday that Aznar should "have the courage" to demand "sacrifices from the rich."

In its three-day convention wh.lch ends Sunday, the Popular Party pledged to reduce income taxes while also cutting the budget deficit, lower contributions paid by companies for employee benefits and cut oligatory military service from nine to six months.

Socialist party spokesman N arcis Serra complained to reporters that although the Popular Party was attacking the government, it was offering no specifics on how it would rule.

Gonzalez'~ government has been plagued by allegations of financial wrongdoing and high-level collaboration with death squads.

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Born today, you are a hardworking and diligent individual. You are always willing and eager to go that extra mile whether or not circumstances require a greater effort. You have a flair for the dramatic, but unlike many who tend to go to extremes, you are subtle and controlled in your approach and you use your talents to explore more fully the world around you. You will not promote fantasy or fiction in your daily life even though there 1s a place for both at times.

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Also born on this date arc: Bill Bi:xbv and John Hurt, actors; Linda .Blair and Piper Laurie, actresses.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - Problems associated with financial concerns will come to your at· tention before this day is over. You will discover a way out by the end of the day.

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Bradley heads 1996 first LPGA event ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -Just two months shy of her 45th birthday, LPGA Hall of Farner Pat Bradley remains as hungry as any tour rookie.

Bradley is the defending champion in the HealthSouth Inaugural, the se·ason' s first full-field event, which begins Friday at Walt Disney World's Lake Buena Vista course.

"It's like I was going to the first day of school, .the .. firs_t grade, when your stomach is in knots," Bradley said before starting her 23rd LPGA season.

Bradley has reason for her excitement.

In 1995 she enjoyed her best year since 1991, when she was Playerof the Year and claimed

Galindo, Kwan.•. Continued from page 20.

Todd Eldredge, who skated just ., . ~ships as singles. skaters, while before Galindo and fell short of Eldredge, who was second to winningafourthU.S.title.Eldredge Canada's Elvis Stojko a year ago, was first with two of the nine judges will go for the fifth time. The world fora conservative program to "First championships are set for March in Knight." Soaring to third was Edmonton. Dan Hollander, who like Galindo .Falling short of the team after a has been on the border of the med- poor free skate, worth two-thirds of als podium before, but never the total score, was Scott Davis, a reached it. two-time national champion. Davis

Galindo andHollanderwillmake steppedontof several jumpsandtwo-theirfirst trips to the world charnpi- footed others.

Gran.d sumo .. ., Continued from page 20

(6-6), and No. 13 Mutetsuyarna pushed out No. 9 Kyokushuzan or Batbayar Davaa of Mongolia Both are 7-5.

No. 9 Rikio downed No. 11 Daiki or Percy KipapafromHawaii, who is 6--6.

In makushita, No. 2 Nanfu or Kaleo Kekauoha from Hawaii collected his fourth triumph against three def~ts after thrusting out

No.13 juryo Gokenzan. In sandanme, No. 2 Takarnio or

John Feleunga from Hawaii (5-1) drove out No. 60 makushita Bangakurai and No. I 00 Koryu or American Eric Gasper bulldozed Ryuten, No. 3 jonidan, for his second victory against four defeats.

Wrestlers in junior divisions have only seven bouts during the 15-day tournament.

Rising star Chanda outshines Gabriela

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - It's hard to outshine popular Gabriela Sabatini, but the crowd roaredSWldaywhenChandaRubin beat her in straight sets at the Aus-

. tralian Open. Rubin, a 19-year-old rising star,

has been. winning the hearts of crowds since last year when she playedtwoofthemostremarkable • matches of 1995. . Rubin'ssecond-roundmatchon

an outside court at Wtmbledon became an epic, as she fought to a 7-6, 6-7; 17-15 victory over Patricia Hy-Boulais, setting the record for themostgames,inawoman'ssingles GrandS!ammatch.Itwastrelongest final set ever at 2 hours 4 minutes, and most games in a set.

1bat was only a few weeks after the French Open, where she came backfroman0-5, 040deficitinthe ·third set tobeatJanaNovotnain the third round, saving seven match points in the process.

"There will be some tough matches," Rubin said after beating Sabatini 6-2, 6-4, "but I still feel I can play with anybody when I'm playing goo!i-solid tennis."

Rubin. seeded No. 13, played aggressively against the sixthseeded Argentine, spraying some shots wild, but hitting enough winners to keep the match under con-trol . '

· "Chanda is playing really good tennis.She'sirnproving.Eachtime I play her, sh,e seems to improve a little bit," saitl Sabatini, who woke up in the second set and threatened Rubin's dominance, but couldn't quite care~ her .. Ten double faults

hurt Sabatini badly. Rubin and Sabatini have dueled

seven times, Sabatini winning the fir.l1: six until last year in Los Angeles, when Rubin beat her 6-0 in the third set after splitting two tiebreakers.

The daughter of a judge and a retired schoolteacher, Rubin grew upinlouisianaandwasexposedto tennis at age 5 by her parents, who were avid players. "I would just go out with them and get in their way," she said

Rubin began taking group lessons at age 7. She turned pro in 1991, at age 15.

'"Therewasn'toaepointwherel just said, 'Okay, I'm serious about it,"' she said. "It was kind of a gradual improvement, and I kept making strides in the game and decided to take it all the way."

Her next opponent, on Tuesday, will be No. 3 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, who has been breezing through the lower-ranked players so far without dropping a set.

Sanchez- Vicatio won their first four matches, Rubin the last two, including the sem,is at Los Angeles last year right after beating Sabatini.

Rubin and Sanchez Vicario got a chance to eye each otehr' s form later Sudnay when they played as a doubles team, beaeting Gennans Anke Huber and Karin Kschwendt 6-0, 7-5.

"We'll see how far I can take it this time," Rubin S!!id "I st.opped at thequarterfinalsattheFrenchOpen, so I hope that I can take itjusta little bit further."

her 30th career title to" qualify for the Hall of Fame. · No·t only did she earn dlrs

368,984 to finish 11th on the tour money list last year, she won for the first time since her hall of fame induction. Shooting a near-flawless final-round 68, Bradley edged Beth Daniel by one stroke for last year's HealthSouth title.

"That victory meant a tremendous amount to me," she said. "No victory of mine has ever been blase. I couldn't say it was just another win. I think it made a great statement.

"It told me I still had the right stuff to be a winner.

It took tremendous weight off my shoulders because I was fighting myself for 3 1/2 years, wondering if it was still there. That win told me that it was and I can draw on that.''

She may need to. The 144-player field is missing only 1995 LPGA Player of the Year Annika Sorenstam, who has said she will not join the tour until March.

Among the headliners in the $450,000 event are Liselotte Neumann, who won last week's Tournament of Cham: pions by 11 strokes, Laura

Boxer Chavez.,s dispute with King resolved LAS VEGAS (AP) - Promoter Bob Arum say he has resolved a dispute with rival promoter Don King over contracts King has with Julio Cesar Chavez.

Arum said Thursday that he would withdraw a federal court lawsuit filed a day earlier that sought a court order severing Chavez's ties with his longtime promoter.

"We're withdrawing the suit today," Arum said. "King has agreed to let Chavez do these two fights."

Arum said he filed the suit Wednesday to get King to live up to an earlier. agreement under which the two promoters would jointly put on a Feb. 9 card featuring Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya in separate fights and a June 7 bout matching the two fighters.

The suit contends that the contract Chavez has with King expires Jan. 30, two years after he first lost his title to Frankie Randall.

Twice before, Chavez unsuccessfully canceled his contract with Don King Productions, but both times went back to the promoter.

The 33-year-old Chavez, who testified during King's recent insurance fraud trial, has had a rocky relationship with the promoter. At the trial, he said he owes King some dlrs 600,000, although King said it was higher than that.

In 1990, Chavez signed a $15 million contract with Arum's Top Rank, but King traveled to Mexico and convinced him to break the contract.

Davies, Beth Daniel, Patty Sheehan, Betsy King, Dottie Pepper, Meg Mallon and Nancy Lopez.

A fresh crop of rookies includes Arizona State f\'.11-American and 1994 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Wendy Ward.

Bradley, however, can

match her record With any of the LPGA greats - past, present and, most likely, future.

She has played in 582 career LPGA events and produced 302 top-10 finishes - 2G7 of them in the top five.

Her most recent was last week in the Tournament of Champions.

Japan Open Badminton

3rd-seeded Xiaoqing withdraws due to flu TOKYO (AP) - Third-seeded Lim Xiaoqing of Sweden withdrew from the women's singles competition due to a flu at the Japan Open Badminton Championships at Yoyogi Gymnasium in downtown Tokyo on Thursday.

Unheralded Debra O'Connor of Trinidad and Tobago beat Lim by default and advanced to the third round scheduled for Friday.

Otherwise, all other high-positioned players either won by defaults or beat their opponents.

Top-seeded Ye Zhaoying of China beat Yoshiko Ohta of Japan by default. So did second-seeded Susi Sasanti ofindonesia, over Australian Lisa can{pbell.

Fourth-seeded Wang Chen of China defeated Taiwan's Jeng Shwu-jen 12-9, 11-0, while the world's No. 5 player Camilla Martin of Denmark

Australian Open

lvanisevic MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Tenth seed Goran Ivanisevic crashed out of the Australian Open in the third round Sunday, a victim of his own errors against patient Italian player Renzo Furlan.

The Croatian's loss eliminated the chance of a quarterfinal clash between two of the game's biggest servers - 1v·a:nisevic and Australian Mark Philippoussis, who overpowered top seed Pete Sampras Saturday night.

lvanisevic hit 12 aces but ovorall put in just 52 percent of his first serves and handed Furlan 7 3 free points on seven double faults and 66 unforced errors as he lost 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

"He played nothing special," Ivanisevic said. "I was the one who was very nervous, I don't know why, rushing too much, going for the winners everywhere, couldn't put the first serve in."

Meanwhile, No. I Monica Seles, No. 3 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and No. 13 Chanda Rubin all advanced to the women's quarterfinals with straight-set victories.

Rubin had to beat a higher

outcla~sed Japan's Mariko Nakayama 11-0, 11-4.

In the men's singles, topseeded Arbi Haryanto of Indonesia ousted Japan's Furnihiko Macflida 15-8, 15-11, advancing to the third round.

"Believe, me, I did my best," said Machida, a ·26-year-old company employee from Tokyo. It was his first encounter against the world's No. ·l player.

''I'm glad I had a few good rallies."

Second-seeded Joko Suprianto of llldonesia beat Iain Sydie of Canada 15-7, 15-5, while third-seeded PaulErik Hoeyer Larsen of Denmark eliminated Britain's Peter Knowles 15-11, 15-9.

Alan Budi Kusuma, the world's No. 4 player, won by default over Thomas StuerLauridsen of Denmark.

crashes out seed, No. 6 Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina, but the 19-yearold American has been rising steadily up the rankings. She won 6-2, 6-4.

Seles stretched her unbeaten streak.at Australian Opens to 25 matches, beating No. 15 Naoko Sawamatsu of Japan 6-1, 6-3. In four matches this time, the three-time Australian champion has dropped just 14 games. Sal_lchez Vicario, of Spain, ousted American Mary Joe Fernandez, the ninth seed, 6-3, 6-3 and also has yet to lose a set here.

In .a postponed match, No. 16 Amanda Coetzer of South Africa beat Japanese qualifier Rika Hiraki 6-3, 6-1.

Among the men, No. 5 Michael Chang was the first into the quarterfinals, winning his fourth straight-sets match 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 against French qualifier Jean-Philippe Fleurian.

Fleurian had reached the last 16 with help from injuries to two of his three early round opponents - Sjeng Schalken and No. 11 seed Richard Krajicek, both of the Netherlands.

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SPOBTS __ @ .... rl ... ··:z ... -0 l$8tlllllr""l'W.... WB0B1il0lAYt Nets end Minnesota win streak EASTRUTHERFORD,New Jersey (AP) - Chris Orilds scored a career-high 30points and hit four free throws in the final 44 seconds of overtime as the New Jersey Nets ended the Minnesota Tunberwolves' longest winning streak in three years, 103-97 Saturday night

Oillds, taking over at point guard following Kenny Anderson's trade to Charlotte, a1so· had l O assists.

Annon Gilliam added 23 points and 12 rebounds, and rookie Ed O'Bannonhadaseason-high 19points as the Nets prevented the Tunberwolves from getting a club

record-tying fourth straight win. New Jersey won despite dress

ing only nine players for the game. Kendall Gill and Khalid Reeves, the two new players obtained Friday in the trade, were ineligible because the Nets have asked for more time to examine Reeves' injured ankle. Backup center JJ1,yson Williams also was unavailable after coming down with the flu.

Christian Laettner led Minnesota with 25 points, while Tom Gugliotta had 22 and Isaiah Rider 17.

The Nets took the lead for good at

98-97 after Childs hit a free throw after the Tunberwolves were called for a technical foul on an illegal defense with 44.5 seconds to play in overtime.

Neither team led by more than five points in the second half, and the margin was not more than two in the final two minutes, with Minnesota tying the score three times in that span. Laettner forged the last tie at 92-92, hitting two free throws after Shawn Bradley picked up his sixth foul with 8.2 seconds to play.

Warriors 110, Hornets 102.

Goydos leads Bob Hope Classic after· 2 rounds

By KEN PETERS "Having 11-under leading PALM DESERT, California surprises me; I thought there (AP) - After shooting his best would be somebody lower than round since joining the PGA that." Tour in 1993, Paul Goydos Goydos, 31, who played at had another milestone await- Tamarisk Country Club, is at ing him - a spot on the top of 133 in the 90-hole event - one the leader board. shot in front of Brian Kamm

Gaydos shot an 8-under-par and Mark Brooks. Kiimm and 64 Thursday for a one-stroke Brooks were co~Ieaders the lead after two rounds of the first day with 66s. Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Conditions were excellent

"Am I leading? I've never Thursday, in contrast to the done that before," said previous day, when winds Goydos, a former school gusting to 40 mph (64 kmph) teacher who almost lost his kicked up dust - and scores, tour card last year. which historically are low in

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the tournament. Four courses are used for.

the $1.3 million, five-day event, with all the golfers playing one day at each of the courses through Saturday, when the field is cut for Sunday's final round at Indian Ridge Country Club. "It's hard to really tell who's leading !fore until everybody has played all four courses," Goydos said. "But I guess I'd rather be in the lead than anywhere else."

John Adams shot a secondround 66 to move within two shots of the pace, and Mark Calcavecchia also was at 9-under witli a 68. -----------Zurbriggen of

TOKYO (AP) - Takanohana remainedunbeatenwithhis 12th straight victory 011 Thursday, and had a one match · lead on Takanonaini with three days left in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

. thrusts, but as he retreated, Switzerland Tarnakasuga pulled him down.

No. I maegashira Takatorki Wins King Of

Y okozuna (grand champion) Takrinohana, seeking his 12th tournament victory, and No. 7 maegashira Terao at first traded hand thrusts

suffered· his third defeat after · losing to' komusubi (junior Mountain race . champion second class) Mµsoyama who · toppled SNOWBIRD, Utah (AP) -Takatorki at the edge of the Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzer-.ring. Musoyarna is 8-4. land, a four-time World Cup . Sekiwake (junior champion) overall champion who retired

.Kaiograbbedozeki(cham.pion) in 1990, took advantage of soft Musashimaru's right hand and course conditions to win his threw him down. Musashimaru first King of the Mountain

InOlarlotte,NorthCarolina,l..atrell Sprewell scored 17 ofhis20pointsin the second half as Golden State snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the shorthanded Charlotte Hornets.

Rookie Joe Smith, the NBA' stop draft pick, added 21 points and 20 rebounds - seven better than his previous season high - as the Warriors won in Charlotte for just the second time in eight games.

Glen Rice had 25 points and Dell Curry added 23 for Charlotte, which dressedjusteightplayersandfadedin the closing 18 minutes.

The Hornets h&fpianned on starting Kenny Anderson, acquired in a trade Friday with the New Jersey

Figure Skating

Nets, at point guard But Andelson and Gerald G~ also picked up by Charlotte in the trade, were oot allowed to suit up because the Nets had yet to complete their physical examination of Khalid Reeves, one of the two players Charlotte sent over in the deal.

Hawb 98, Heat 78. In Atlanta, the Atlanta Hawks re

mained the second-hotte& team in theNBA,getting20pointsfromGrant Long a¢ holding the Miami Heat to only 32 points in the second half to win their seventh consecutive game.

Long led six players in double figures for the Hawks, whose winning streak is their longest in more than two years.

Galindo, Kwan ·win· US title in upset · SAN JOSE, California (AP) -RudyGalindo,in theperfonnance of his life before a chanting crowd that was on its feet long qefore he finished, won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, earning two perfect marks along the way.

Galindo, 26, twice was a U.S. pairs champion with Kristi Yamaguchi. But while Yamaguchi went on toworldandOlympicfame in singles once they split, Galindo hassk.atedonthefringesofmedals contention. Until now.

As expected, Michelle Kwan capped a superb years with her first national title in the women's event. Kwan hit six seven triple jumps, including a triple toe looptriple toe loop combination for her fifth straight first-place finish ·tfiis season.Kwan, 15, is the thirdyoungest women's champion.

Defending champion Nicole Bobek withdrew just before the free skate with tendinitis in her

right ankle. That opened the way for veteran Tonia K wiatkpwski, 24, to finish second and for 13-year-old Tara Lipinski to surge to third place.

The U.S. Figure Skating Association's international com:. rnittee was to meet after the competition to name the women's team for the world championships in March.

Before his hometown crowd, Galindo took the ice last, and left it to a standing ovation that began with 30 secon~ to go in his free skate, to "Swan Lake." By that time, he had nailed eight triple jumps, two in combination, and was smiling broadly as he com• pleted a stunning perf onnance.

The crowd already was chanting "6.0" when two of them appeared on the scoreboard, forpresentation. He earned 11 5.9s for technical merit and presentation.

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MVB Buffaloes Fun Runs start Jan. 27 Then Takanohanakeptlow and

grabbed his foe's belt and easily . forced him out Terao is5-7.

or Fiamalu Penitani from Ha- downhill race. THE MARIAN AS Visitors The orientation for Japanese

Ozaki (champion} Takanonanu put his hand on the nape of the neck of No. 8 maegashiraKonishikiorHawaiian-born Salevaa Fuauli Atisanoe and pulled him down in the matter of seconds. Konishiki fell on his .stomach· for6-6. Tapnonamiremaineda contender with 11-1.

No. 16 maegashira Tamakasuga picked up·his 10th victory after beating No. 9 maegashira Hamanoshinia. · Hamanoshima attacked Tamakasuga with ,quick hand

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· No. 8 Yamato or George newly fallen snow, and on Sat- along the scenjc Beach Road 2nd floor of the Joeten Dandan Kalima from Hawaii picked up urday race officials decided and be back. Building, Room 21. his fourth victory against eight to use an abbreviated, one-run The lOK turn around will be For more information, defeats,beatingNo.11 Kotokanyu format due to the soft course at the Nissan Motors and the please contact the MVB qf-

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