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Medical Licensing Act okayed on final dayKDIONIA, Pohnpei - The Third

FSM Congress ended its fourth andfinal regular session Nov. 7 byapproving 16 bills, including anational Medical Licensing Act,and eight resolutions on the lastday.A total of 24 bills and 23 res-

olutions were adopted during the30-day session which began Oct. 9.A resolution adopted earlier in

the session calls for a fourthspecial session to be called bythe Speaker in December, or Jan-uary.The FSM Medical Licensing Act

creates a licensing board andappropriates $10,000 to defraythe cost of the board.Other bills approved on the fi-

nal day include: A $12,000 appro-priation to construct a fence a-

round the Pohnpei State Jail; a$35,000 appropriation to supple-ment the purchase of a fishingvessel for Namonuito Atoll, Truk;an amendment to the Weapons Con-trol Act to modify the disquali-fication time from being issued afirearm identification card andthe penalty for not possessingone, and a $20,000 appropriationfor the Air Transportation Joint

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The National Union^////^r 9

AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE PEOPLE AND T H£ S T A T E S OF THE F E D E R A T E D S T A T E S OF MICRONESIA

Volume 5 Kolonia, Pohnpei, November 15, 1984

Governor cites strength in FSM unityNumber 21

Pohnpei Consfifufion implementedKOLONIA, Pohnpei - Ponape be-

came Pohnpei on Nov. 8 with theimplementation of its first stateconstitution during a ceremonyheld in the legislature chamber.Gov. Resio Moses, in his Const-

itution Day keynote address, cit-ed the history of the development

of the Pohnpei State Constitut-ion, stating, "Finally, duringthe past 30 years we began comingcloser to the tine when we wouldassume control of our destiny,again, as people of the sovereignstate of Pohnpei, in union withthe people of Kosrae, Truk and

POHNPEE LEGISLATURE TAKE QA3H - The Third Ponape State Legis-lature is being sworn in Nov. 8 as the first Pohnpei constitutionallegislature by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Edwel Santos duringa Pohnpei Constitution Day ceremony in the legislature chamber, nar-king the implementation of the state constitution which was ratifiedSept. 24. . , . ., . . ..„,..-. .. • / *:

Yap."Because in union there is

strength, and because we are uni-ted as a state and as a nation bycommon sea and similar islandheritage, I pray that cooperat-ion, respect and love among allof us—both within Pohnpei andthe rest of the Federated Statesof Micronesia—will continue togrow, as we in Pohnpei begin thefull responsibilities under ourPohnpei Constitution, and contin-ue to live under or canton FSMConstitution," Moses said.The ceremony opened with the

traditional presentation of kavaroot used to brew the intoxicat-ing "sakau en Pohnpei" drink; aflag raising ceremony with thePohnpei, FSM and U.S. flags; aninvocation by the Rev. PaulinoCantero, S.J., and a brief hist-ory of Pohnpei's constitutionalgovernment by State legislatureVice Speaker Jcanes Edmund onbehalf of Speaker Salter Etse.FSM Chief Justice Edward King

then administered the oath of of-fice to Ponape State Court ChiefJustice Edwel Santos as the firstPohnpei Supreme Court chief jus-tice, and Santos administered theoath to Moses as the first Pohn-pei constitutional governor, theThird Ponape State Legislature asthe First Pohnpei State Legisla-ture, the State Court associate

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WAR CLAIMS HEARING PACKED - Hundreds of Pohnpei residents ana mano-ers of the ''Old People Square, level and Justice Organization on Po-nape (OPSLUOOP)" pack the FSM Congress Chamber and grounds, encir-cling the building, during the Nov. 1 External Affairs Cormitteehearing on war claims to demand over $55 minion for involuntaryservitude before and during World War II.

Hundreds pack war claims hearingKDIDNIA, Bohnpei - Hundreds of'

Pohnpei residents packed the FSMCongress chamber and encircledthe grounds Nov. 1, during an Ex-ternal Affairs Comnittee hearing,demanding more than $55 millionin World War II war claims pay-ments from Japan for involuntaryservitude.TJbse Cruz, organizer and advis-

or to the group which was formedin March, said that the $55.44million figure was based on $5,-000 each for infants to 18-year-olds, $20,000 each for men 18years old and older, $10,000 each

Utility payments upKDIDNIA, Ponape - The collect-

ion of utility payments has in-creased from $15,000 to $75,000 amonth, since power began beingcut off to offices and homeswhose utilities bills were notpaid, according Bonape State Com-munity Services Director BerminWeilbacher.Nevertheless, as of August,

about $100,000 in utility billshad not been paid, according to aState Information Office release.With billings being compiled by

computer since August, when abill does not get paid the powerwill be cut off, Weilbacher said,citing electricity being cut offfor one church, one ESM officeand two others.He said that consumers need to

pay for utilities services, toenable the department to pay forpower generation fuel and maint-enance.

for woman 18 and older and $25,-000 each for Ponapeans sent toperform ' labor in Kosrae, "plusthe repatriating and expatriatingof my father (from Saipan toPohnpei by the Japanese) and sanedebts to the family" in additionto 10 per cent allowed under theWar Claims Commission proceduresand 10 per cent for "people ment-ally disabled and not able tofile their claims."Cruz said that the group which

has chapters in five Pohnpei mun-icipalities and raised $30,000 bysoliciting $30 from each memberis proposing holding off on sane$33,827 in ( adjudicated war claimspayment in the state until moreinformation is received and con-,tinuing to pursue more money fromthe U.S. and Japanese governmentsfor Micronesian claims which werepaid only at the rate of 16 percent, due to the $10 millionceiling set by the U.S. govern-ment.

Attends leprosy workshopHJIONIA, Ponape - ESM Health

Services Coordinator Kiosi Aniolrepresented the Trust Territoryat the Oct. 25-29 multi-drug the-rapy on leprosy workshop cospon-sored by the World Health Organi-zation and Sasakawa MemorialHealth Foundation of Japan at theWHD regional headquarters in Man-ila.The workshop included 60 parti-

cipants from throughout SoutheastAsia and the Western Pacific.

Langsley namedFSM psychiatristN3IONIA, Ponape - Dr. Pauline

Langsley of Evanston, Illinois,arrived here Oct. 27 to serve twoyears as FSM psychiatric consult-ant, according to Health ServicesDirector Eliuel Pretrick.Dr. Langsley will work out of

the Health Services Division,aiding mentalhealth workersin dealing withmental illness,substance abuseand suicideproblems inof the FSM,additionving

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in theStatefor work with mental illness.Dr. Langsley, 57, is a native

of Lincoln, Nebraska, who wasgraduated fran the University ofNebraska College of Medicine andthe langley-Porter Neuro-Psychia-tric Institute in San Francisco.Her father was a psychiatrist

and her husband. Dr. Donald Lang-sley, is a psychiatrist and pro-fessor of psychiatry. She pract-iced while he taught in San Fran-cisco; Denver, Colorado; Davis,California; Cincinnati, Ohio, andEvanston, home of NorthwesternUniversity.They have three daughters, in-

cluding one, Dorothy, who is mar-ried to John Runman, son for YapState Public Affairs DirectorFrancis Defngin, and resides inthe Washington, D.C., area.

McComb leaves Xavier

MDEN, Truk - Norman McComb re-signed from his position of Xav-ier High School development dir-ector to become manager of theYap Cooperative Association, Xav-ier Media Consultant ChristineGrieco reported in an Oct. 19press release.McComb served eight and one-

half years at Xavier as a teach-er, public relations representa-tive and development director incharge of raising funds for theJesuit school's operations.A native of Cranston, Rhode Is-

land, who received degrees inpsychology and biology from Cath-olic University of America, Wash-ington, D.C., he first came toMicronesia in 1966 as a PeaceCorps volunteer and he taught atSt. Cecilia Elementary School inTruk, before starting in 1976 asa part-time teacher at Xavier.

76 bills, 8 resolutions approved on session final day(Continued from Page 1)Task Force.Also, a $100,000 appropriation

to defray state government expen-ses in enforcing the NationalCriminal Code; a $50,000 approp-riation to complete the ConmunityCollege of Micronesia dorm con-struction; a $250,000 appropriat-ion to match Yap State Marine Re-sources Program funds, and a$90,000 appropriation to defrayOneop, Wbleai and Kbsrae reeferplants contingent operating ex-penses.Also, a National Government Em-

ployees Health Insurance PlanAct; a $150,000 appropriationmatching Truk State Marine Res-ources Program funds; a $250,000appropriation to natch PohnpeiState Marine Resources Develop-ment Program funds, and a $1,-384,623 appropriation to supple-ment funding for the External Af-fairs, Social Services, Resourcesand Development and Finance dep-artmeucs; the Public Defender,Budget and Planning and Statist-ics offices; Micronesian MaritimeAuthority; KM TelecommunicationsCorp.; Vocational Rehabilitationmatching grant; Student Loan Rev-olving Fund; Trades Training andTesting program; the NationalPlan Task Force; hospital equip-ment; the 1985 national generalelection, and a government inves-tment project.Also, an amendment to tins act

to prohibit destruction, trans-portation, or exportation of his-torical artifacts, or property,except under certain circumstan-

ATA talks haltedKDIDNIA, Ponape - Negotiations

Oct. 23-25 in Honolulu with Amer-ican Tunaboat Association brokedown without a new Micronesianfishing agreement to replace theone which expires Dec. 31, accor-ding to FSM Attorney General Dav-id Nevitt."There is little prospect of

getting back together before Jan-uary," Nevitt said."All licenses for U.S. (purse)

seiners will expire Dec. 31 underthe current agreement," he said."The primary issue was price,"

Nevitt said, adding that "we of-fered $75 per registered ton pervessel and they offered $35."We didn't get to any other is-

sues," he said.The negotiations included rep-

resentatives of the FSM, Palauand Kiribati, with the Micrones-ian Maritime Authority represent-ing the FSM, he said.

ces, making the national govern-ment responsible for recoveringhistorical artificats to theirstates of origin; a reapportion-ment of Pohnpei public projectfunds to provide specific allot-tees certain funds and remove re-strictions on their authority toobligate the funds, and a reap-portionment of $320,000 in Kbsraepublic project funds to deletehospital complex construction.A bin to extend the life of

the marine resources matchingprogram was deferred to the nextspecial session and a bill relat-ing to the eligibility of FSM De-velopment Bank directors and of-ficers to borrow from the bankafter they terminate services andnational government responsibili-ties for the bank's liabilitieswas defeated on the final day.Resolutions approved on the fi-

nal day: Ask the U.S. CotmerceDepartment to establish a "firstorder" weather station in Kbsrae;ask Air Micronesia to change itsflight schedule to and from Yap;commend the Hawaii Job Corps Cen-ter for its role in FSM youth de-velopment; ask the President andTruk governor to take all actionpossible to remedy Truk StateHospital problems, and ask thePresident to call a convention ofFSM business people to discussapproaches to accelerating econ-omic development.Also, confirm the reappointment

of External Affairs Deputy Secre-tary Asterio Takesy to the Tele-communications Corp. board; set$8,738,462 as the estimated totalfunds available from the GeneralFund and $6,972,825 from the U.S.grant special fund for fiscal1985, and ask the governments ofPalau and the Marshall Islands tocontribute funds to the CCM dormconstruction.The Congress defeated Nov. 6

bills to redefine major crimesfor national jurisdiction as mur-der, manslaughter and negligenthomicide; to appropriate $100,000for the FSM Revolving EconomicDevelopment Fund for agriculture;to appropriate $15,000 to pur-chase communicable disease sur-veillance laboratory supplies,and to appropriate $50,000 forLukunor airstrip construction.A bill to appropriate $5 mil-

lion to purchase purse-seinefishing boat for the FSM was fil-ed Nov. 5. A resolution to amendthe FSM Constitution to give allCongress members four-year termswas defeated Nov. 4. A bill toincrease Congress members salar-ies from $15,000 to $30,000 ayear and the Speaker's salary tothe end of the session was def-

erred Nov. 1 to the end of the zsession and not acted on. fjOther bills passed during the

session include an FSM Environ- Smental Protection Act; reapport- Hionment of fiscal 1985 Truk pub- §'lie project funds for Uman; an *impressed revolving fund for the ̂Washington Representative and To- okyo Liaison offices with a $40,- jg000 authorization for both; a re- aquirement that fishing violation §*fines go to the General Fund ra- ̂ther than MMA; a $20,000 annual Msalary ceiling for public service in

enployees; an amendment to capit- Hal improvement program funds to Jgenable the transfer of $1.6 mil- ,ulion for power improvement in •Pohnpei, Truk and Yap to the FSM njgovernment; a $83,500 appropriat- *ion to defray 1983 Truk congress- n>ional election expenses, and atechnical amendment on deprivat-ion of rights.

8 bills become lawsHDLONIA, Ponape - President To-

siwo Nakayama signed into lawfour appropriations bills enactedby the Third FSM Congress in itsthird special session here in Au-gust and allowed five public pro-jects acts to became law withouthis signature.The laws signed by the Presid-

ent are PL 3-51 to provide $45,-000 in fiscal 1984 supplementalfunding for the Attorney Gener-al's Office; PL 3-52 to provide$11,000 to defray FSM Postal Ser-vice fiscal 1984 expenses; PL 3-53 to provide $40,000 in fiscal1984 supplemental funding for theStatus Commission and MicronesianMaritime Authority, and PL 3-54to provide $34,655.44 for the FSMRevolving Economic DevelopmentLoan Fund.

The acts which became law Sept.28 without the President's signa-ture include PL 3-55 to provide$382,500 for Yap state projects;PL 3-56 to provide $789,700 forTruk state projects; PL 3-58 toprovide $320,000 for Kbsrae stateprojects, and PL 3-59 to provide$287,800 for Faichuk area proj-ects in Truk.PL 3-57 to provide $720,000 for

Ponape state projects became alaw on Oct. 1 without the Presi-dent's signature.Trust Territory High Commissio-

ner Janet J. McCoy notified thePresident that she elected not tosuspend all, with the exceptionof PL 3-59 on Faichuk projectswhich is awaiting her action.

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justices and the the governor'scabinet.Following Moses address, Nan-

iwarki Benito Peter of Kittispoke on behalf of the tradition-al leaders and the Rev. Rufus Da-vid, United Church of Christ sec-retary general, gave the benedic-tion.The ceremony was attended by

ESM President Tosiwo Nakayama ofTruk; Vice President Bailey 01-ter, a delegate at large to thePonape State Constitutional Con-vention, and Congress Speakerffethwel Henry who served as vicechairman of the convention whichwas concluded March 3 with thesigning of the draft constitution.~ The ceremony was followed by atradional sakau pounding anddrinking ceremony in the nearbyNahs en Pohnpei at the governor'soffice and performances by thegroups scheduled to representPohnpei at the Pacific Arts Fest-ival in New Caledonia next month.In his address, the governor

noted that under the constitutiontransition act the first generalelections for governor, lieuten-ant governor and legislature mem-bers will be held on the secondTuesday in November, 1987, withtheir terms to begin on the se-cond Monday in January, 1988."It has taken a long tine to

get to this day—through manyyears of struggle—struggle withforeign powers and their wars andstruggle to survive from the dec-imating diseases brought by the(18th Century) whaling ships thatcame to our islands," he said."We are celebrating the birth

of our own Pohnpei state govern-ment under our own constitutionand a re-bith of control over ourHousing loons available!LELU, Kosrae - The Kosrae Hous-

ing Loan Fund program began Oct.16 under the State Planning andBudget Office with a $50,000 Com-munity Development Block Grantprovided by the U.S. Housing andUrban Development Department, ac-cording to a Kosrae State Rel̂ tee.Loans are available up to $2,-

500 each for not more than sixyears at 3 per cent annual inter-est with each applicant to ident-ify the kind of renovation propo-sed and to sign a promisory note.A seven-member Loan Review

Board to process the loan applic-ations is to be appointed by thegovernor, legislature speaker,health services director, financeand treasury director, planningand budget director, FSM Congressdelegation and municipal chiefmagistrates.

own destiny one again," Mosessaid.He cited Spanish, German, Jap-

anese and U.S. control and said,"Not only did others make ourlaws but for hundreds of yearsothers even changed the names ofour islands."Pohnpei has been called many

other names since the 1500s whenthe first foreign ships are saidto have landed on Pohnpei," thegovernor said.In addition to changing the

spelling to Pohnpei, the new con-stitution establishes Pohnpei andEnglish as the official govern-ment languages.It bans the introduction, dis-

posal and testing of nuclear andother harmful substances; pro-claims state jurisdiction oversubmerged and surface marine re-sources withing 200 nauticalmiles of all islands in thestate, contrary to the ESM Con-stitution which gives the statesjurisdiction over the first 12miles and the national governmentcontrol over the remaining 200—mile economic and fishing zone,and provides for annexation ofnew territory and extension ofPohnpei citizenship to annexedterritory.The Pohnpei Constitution was

ratified by 59 per cent of thevotes caste in a Sept. 24 refer-endum.Pohnpei is the third FSM state

to implement its own constitut-ion, since the FSM Constitution

went into effect May 10, 1979,following Yap and Kosrae. A re-ferendum date has not been setfor the Truk constitution whichwas drafted in 1982.

GOVERNOR SHORN IN - Gov. ResloMoses, right, is being sworn inNov. 8 by Pohnpei Supreme CourtChief Justice Edwel Santos as thefirst Pohnpei constitutional gov-ernor, during a ceremony in thestate legislature chamber. Santoswas sworn in as the first consti-tutional chief justice by ESMChief Justice Edward King.

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ART? FESTIVAL GROUP PERFORMS - The 26-msraber Pwihn en Pidek en DolenWenik (Wenik mountain group) of Uh municipality which was the topgroup selected to represent Pohnpei in the Dec. 8-23 Pacific ArtsFestival in New Caledonia is performing during Nov. 8 Pohnpei Const-itution Day ceremonies at the state government conplpx in Kolonia.

Wuyoch winsStamp contestHDIONIA, Ponape - Robert Wuyoch

of Yap was named Nov. 5 the firstplace winner in the first FSMChristinas Stamp Design Contest,according to Postmaster GeneralLeo A. Ealcam.Woyoch won a trip to New YorJc

City with Ealcam to attend a U.S.national stamp show Nov. 14̂ 18 inMadison Square Garden. Ealcamsaid that he notified Yap StateGov. John Mangefel, so they couldleave Nov. 12 on the same Air Mi-cronesia flight.The winning design depicts the

Christ child in a Micronesian-style basket woven from coconutfronds on a 20-cent stamp.the second place design by Jud-

ykos D. Dawe of Truk depicts twoMicronesian women sitting undertwo coconut trees preparing aChrit,cmas meal on a 40-cent stamp.The third place design includes

a combination of a Bible and can-dles by Sibo Michuo of Truk and afish on a banana leaf under a co-conut tree and four stars, repre-senting the four FSM states, byDawe on a 28-cent stamp.

The fourth-place design by Wuy-och includes a coconut tree deco-rated with Christmas lights andfour stars representing the FSMstates on a 35-cent stamp.Monetary prizes will be mailed

to the second-fourth place win-ners, Falcam said.

Special election setNJIONIA, Pohnpei - Gov. Resio

Moses called Nov. 13 for a spec-ial election Dec. 21 to fill thevacancy for the unexpired term oflieutenant governor and for threenew legislative seats, one eachin Kitti, Madolenihmw and Sokehs,according to a State InformationOffice release.The deadline for filing applic-

ations for lieutenant governorand the legislative seats is mid-night Nov. 21.The lieutenant governor's post

became vacant upon the death offormer Lt. Gov. Strik Yora on La-bor Day weekend in Honolulu. Thethree new legislative seats werecreated by the new Pohnpei Const-itution which went into effectNov. 8.The next general elections will

be held on the second Tuesday inNovember, 1987, and the nextterms of office will begin atnoon on the second Monday of Jan-uary, 1968, as provided by law.

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FSM CHRISTMAS STAMP DESIGN WINNERS - The 20-cent stamp in the upperright corner with the Christ child in a Micronesian-style coconutfrond basket is the first place design by Robert Wuyoch of Yap inthe first ESM Christmas Stamp Design Contest. Second is the 40-cent

depicting two Micronesian women preparing a Christinas meal by5 D. Dawe of truk; third, the 28-oent stamp by Dawe and Siboof Truk, and fourth, the 35-cent stamp by Wuyoch.

R&D directors to discuss planKDLONIA, Pohnpei - FSM state

and national Resources and Devel-opment directors will discuss im-plementation and monitoring ofeconomic development projects un-der the Five-Year National Devel-opment Plan during their secondconference here Nov. 16-22, ac-cording to R&D Secretary BernardHelgenberger.President Tosiwo Nakayama and

several Congress members arescheduled to attend the confer-ence.The President left Nov. 13 for

meetings in Guam before continu-ing Nov. 13 to Yap. He is sched-uled to return Nov. 25 to Pohn-pei, after visiting Saipan, ac-cording to his office.The proposed R&D conference ag-

enda includes, among otherthings, a review of the NationalDevelopment, the proposed Nation-al Fisheries Corp., foreign fish-eries licenses, Japanese goodsand services, an aquaculture re-search center, outer islands mar-ine resources assessment and pro-duct development, fish poisoninginvestigations, fisheries train-ing, marine minerals, fisheriesstatistics and a Forum FisheriesAgency fisheries development fea-sibility study proposal.It also includes discussions on

foreign investment, the Copra De-velopment Authority, medium andlarge scale industries develop-ment, the need to develop smallbusiness extension services, com-mercial banks, the FSM Develop-ment Bank and the need for a dev-elopment investment loan scheme.Other topics are agriculture

quarantine issues, atoll tarepatch problems and proposals,livestock development, the Col-lege of Micronesia Land Grantprogram, Micronesian RegionalTourism Council membership, mar-ine surveillance and enforcementand implementation and monitoringof the National Development Plan.

Ag grant availableHDIDNIA, Pohnpei - Public and

non-public nonprofit educationalorganizations, institutions andagencies may apply for funds un-der the $30,000 fiscal 1985 Voca-tional Agriculture Grant Programby Jan. 1, 1985, according to FSMEducation Division Chief DaroWeital.Application forms may be req-

uested from the Chief, Divisionof Education, Department of Soc-ial Services, FSM National Gov-ernment, Kblonia, Pohnpei ECI96941.

State senator begins sentenceMOEN, Truk - Truk State Senator

Kasiiniro Engichy, 38, and KirinoOtokichy, 30, both of Wbnei, werearrested here Nov. 1 to begin 15-year prison sentences, after theFSM Supreme Court Appellate Div-ision affirmed their murder con-victions in the Oct. 3, 1981,gang beating death of JenningsRochon, 14, of Dublon.The Oct. 30 opinion affirming

their convictions in April, 1983,by FSM Associate Justice RichardBenson was signed by ESM ChiefJustice Edward C. King and desig-nated justices Mamoru Nakamura,Palau Supreme Court chief just-ice, and Herbert D. Soil, North-ern Marianas Commonwealth Courtjudge."lie arrests were made in Moen

by ESM Security and Investigat-ions Chief Joe Race with the as-sistance of DSI and Truk StatePolice officials.Engichy and Otokichy were among

eight males from Wbnei chargedwith murder and assault in theattack on a group of Dublonyouths, killing Rochon and ser-iously injuring Johnson Ruben,16, and Mickensy Ruben, 19.Two defendants, Appepe Engichy

and Keresen Otokichy, pleadedguilty to assault with dangerousweapons and were sentenced to 18months and 10 months respectivelyin jail; two other defendantswere tried separately as juven-iles, and two were acquitted af-ter the trial.The beatings took place the

Truk Trading Co. parking lotwhere younger members of the Wbn-ei clan earlier had been engagedin a rock fight with six Dublonboys.The state senator, who was wor-

king at a nearby dock, respondingto reports of the rock fight,drove his clan members armed withreenforcement bars, saws, hamm-ers, crowbars and other weaponsto the scene and directed theirassault on the three Dublon boyswho did not escape, driving theassailants from one place to an-other as they chased the boysdown and beat them, according tothe opinion.He did not strike the victims,

but was convicted on murder andassault charges for aiding andabbetting by directing the at-tacks.Kirino Otokichy was found guil-

ty of aiding and abetting themurder by actively participatingin beating victims.

MISC attorney namedLELU, Kosrae - Lee Roy Miller

of Oregon began Oct. 6 serving asthe directing attorney of theMicronesian Legal Services Corp.Kosrae office, according to anOct. 22 Kosrae State Release.Miller, 44, is a graduate of

Stanford University, Palo Alto,California, with a BA degree inGerman literature and JD degreein law who practiced as a civillitigator in a Phoenix, Arizona,law firm and as a private attorn-ey in Denver, Colorado, beforejoining the Denver Legal Aid pro-gram under the U.S. Legal Serv-ices Corp. in 1981. While in Den-ver, he taught an individualrights course at a para legal in-stitute.Miller announced that he would

begin accepting new cases on Nov.6.

FSM Supreme Court Calender Court

Nov. 15, 9 a.m.Nov. 26,Nov. 29, 9 a.nu

Dec. 3, 9 a.m.10 a.m.

Dec. 4, 9 a.m.

TRAIL DIVISION - STATE OP POHNPEICASE NAME TYPETSH~v~Dores, et.al. HomicideFSM v Damarlane BurglaryFSM v Dares, et.al. HomicidePluhs v. BlackMicronesia, et.al. DamageFSM v Dares, et.al. HomicideFSM v Ponape BuildersConst, and Mendiola TaxContinental vIriarte ContractMarianas Rental vIriarte ContractRicky Napa, Inc. v

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Porter paysTaxes, billsMOEN, Truk - A motion to dis-

miss theft charges against AndrewPorter of Structural FinishingCo. because he paid $17,000 indelinquent FSM taxes and tele-phone bills is pending in the ESMSupreme Court here, according toAssistant Attorney General DavidBrown.Extradition proceedings where

initiated in Guam by the ESM, af-ter Porter sneaked out of Truk,June 25, on an Air Micronesiaflight while under $5,000 bailbond and court order not to leaveMoen.He was charged June 8 in the

PSM Supreme Court here with theftof services for not paying morethan $10,000 in ESM gross revenueand employee, $1,600 in SocialSecurity taxes and $1,923 in tel-ephone bills owed the ESM Tele-communications Corp.Porter represented Structural

Finishing Co. which was contract-ed to construct a weather stationin Truk and he reportedly receiv-ed $315,000 in payments on thecontract.The settlement on the taxes and

telephone bills was agreed toabout one month after Porter leftTruk and his Guam attorney, RobKeogh, apologized to FSM Assoc-iate Justice Richard Benson onhis behalf, according to Brownwho said that the FSM receivedSept. 1 two checks totalling$17,000 from Structural FinishingCo.10 attend Bible courseLELU, Kosrae - Ten Kosrae rep-

resentatives attended a 13-week"Beyond the Reef" Bible studyworkshop at the Bible TheologicalCenter, Aurora, Oregon, accordingto an Oct. 22 Kosrae State Rel-ease.Representing Kosrae were the

Rev. Aaron Sigrah; Deacon SalikCornelius; lay-Ministers Run Cal-eb, Tulensa Sigrah, Nena T. Kila-fwasru, Justus Mongkey and NenaL. Kilafwasru; Deaconesses AdelynNoda and Arue Timothy, and theRev. Alik R. Palsis.Truk, Ponape, Nauru and the So-

lomon Islands also were represen-ted at the workshop.Carpentry framing setLELU, Kosrae - The Kosrae Com-

munity Action Agency launched anine-month carpentry trainingprogram which began Oct. 29 forfive youths who will be paid $25bi-weekly with funds provided bythe Trust Territory Justice Im-provement Commission, accordingto a Kosrae State Release.

"3aFmHA construction Goof breeding practical experience gInspectors namedKDIONIA, Ponape - Ponape State

Farmers Hone Administration AreaSupervisor Shelten G. Neth an-nounosd Nov. 7 the appointment ofnine municipal construction in-spectors based on their past con-struction experience and partici-pation in a Nov. 2 inspectiontraining program here.Neth also also announced that

FmHA Hawaii State Office Manage-ment Assistant Joise Wblcheskywill be here Nov. 27-28 to con-duct her routine office reviewand train local .staff members,including Peter A. Joel, a newemployee and invited the publicto meet with her and expresstheir concern about EmHA operat-ions here.Neth said that the Ponape FmHA

office will be closed Nov. 12,Veterans Day, and Nov. 22, Thank-sgiving Day, holidays.The municipal construction in-

spectors are Lends Albert, Kblon-ia; Pris Panuel, Kitti; NelpetPerez and Pernet Silbanuz, Madpl-enihmw; Ichiro Benjamin, Mokil;Kienzy Lopez, Nett; Yukiwo Solo-mon, Pingelap; Sikalif Renny,Sokehs, and Walter Alfred, Uh.The inspectors will visit

single family dwelling construct-ion sites financed by FmHA loansto check on progress of plannedconstruction, repair, or remodel-ing and determine whether oon-struction scheduled, drawings,specifications, safety regulat-ions and other contract require-ments are being met, in additionto advising field workers onsound construction standards, inorder to protect FmHA borrowers,Neth said.Problem cases will be referred

to FmHA Chief Construction In-spector Francisco W. Abraham, hesaid.Eventually these appointed mun-

icipal inspectors will hold houseconstruction seminars in theirrespective municipalities for allteenagers, in hope that they willbe able to tackle the Ponape hou-sing demand in the near future,Neth said.

New office holds meetingsLELU, Kosrae - "Hie new Kosrae

State Production and DevelopmentOffice conducted meetings Oct.22-28 throughout the island withfarmers to explain its functions,including finding marketing out-lets for their produce, accordingto State Economic Development Of-ficer Pilika Palik, State Inform-ation Officer Alex Phillip repor-ted.

roiONIA, Pohnpei - The estab-lishment of the goat breeding un-it in Pohnlangas, Madolenihmw Mu-nicipality, here is providingpractical experience to Pohnpeifarmers in all aspects of goatproduction, according to U.N. De-velopment Program-Pood and Agri-culture Animal Production OfficerHaresh T. Patel.Patel, who arrived here May 29

to begin the FSM Regional Live-stock Development Project, saidthat the project will include thedevelopment of a herd of 200goats on about 70 acres at theState Forestry Station in Pohn-langas and will be used as a dem-onstration site while waiting forthe other ESM states to establishtheir facilities and acquire fem-ale stock from their local farm-ers, or from abroad.The Pohnlangas site now has a

total of 137 does on loan to theproject by Pohnpei goat farmersand 10 Anglo-Nubian bucks, inc-luding five which arrived Nov. 7on an Air Nauru flight, providedby the UNDP in Fiji, plus 20 ac-res of fenced property, an officeand a store, Patel said.UNDP and' FAO provided $50,000;

the national government, $15,000,and Pohnpei state, $10,000 forthe project which includes tech-nical assistance; in-service

PROJECT GOATS ARRIVE - U.N. Dev-elopment Program-Food and Agri-culture Organization Animal Pro-duction Officer Haresh T. Patelis Inspecting five Anglo-Nubianmale • goats en their arrival Nov.7 fron Fiji on an Air Nauruflight to take part in the UNDP-FAO-sponsored FSM livestock dev-elcpnent project.

training for the states' agricul-ture staffs; equipment, includingthe bucks, and a six-month FAO-sponsored training program forcounterparts from each state.Each state will provide facili-

ties and labor, and will be giventwo bucks, when their facilitiesare established and female stockacquired through local goat farm-ers, or abroad, Patel said.

"the goal of the project is toimprove livestock production inthe islands," he said, addingthat "the main problems in theislands are the limited grazingspace and limited number of live-stock, resulting in in-breeding.

"The mating of related animalslowers the genetic potential inof offspring and reduces product-ion," Patel said, citing that asthe reason for introducing theAnglo-Nubian bucks to the islands.The project is a demonstration

program for FSM farmers to cont-inue when it is phased out to in-crease animal production andeventually meat marketing, hesaid.

To solicite hydro bidsroiONIA, Ponape - Bids for the

1,700-kilowatt Nanpil River hyd-roelectric power plant here willbe solicited by the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers Honolulu Dist-rict Engineer through buildingtrade magazines and notices mail-ed to contractors, according tothe office of Ponape State Gov.Resio Moses.Col. Michael M. Jenks, Honolulu

District Engineer, requested com-ments and requests for public re-view on the environmental impactpermit requested by the governorby Nov. 4.Specifications on the plant

will be made available Nov. 26 topotential bidders, who may req-uest the material by writing toJenks, Building 230, Ft. Shafter,Hawaii 96858-5440.The U.S. Congress provided $8

million in fiscal 1985 Corps ofEngineers appropriations for theproject which will include a wat-er intake structure, a 4,600-footunderground penstock and roadway,a powerhouse, switchyard andtransmission lines.Bids for the hydropower plant

will be opened Feb. 22, 1985, andthe contractor is expected to ar-rive in Ponape in May to beginthe construction which is sched-uled to be completed in 1987.

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W/iee/c/ja/r pilot stops over on world circling firstBDIDNIA, Ponape - U.S. Air For-

ce Lt. Col. (Ret.) Donald L. Rcd-ewald, apparently the first wheelchair pilot to attempt to fly so-lo around the world, stopped ov-ernight Oct. 30 in Ponape enroutefrom Guam to Majuro.Rodewald, 66, said he retired

from the Mr Force in 1954 withtotal disability, after a T33 jetfighter he was piloting crashedshort of the runway at AndrewsAir Force Base near Washington,D.C., leaving him paralized fromthe waist down.He was a 16-year veteran of the

U.S. military, serving duringWorld War II as a ground armamentman with the Army Air Corps Fly-ing Tigers in Asia and servingtwo tours as a Sabre jet fighterpilot with the Air Force in Kor-ea, after earning his militarywings in 1943.After leaving the Air Force,

the paraplegic pilot worked forthe Lockheed Corp. airplane manu-facturers in its government mark-eting business in Burbank, Calif-ornia, until 1974 when he wentinto the airline business forhimself.His round-the-vorld odessy be-

gan when he left his home in LakeCity, Colorado, on July 15 andafter several stops to outfit thesingle-propeller Piper Comanche260 light aircraft with a special60-gallon fuel tank in the cock-pit, he left Labrador on the eastcoast of Canada on Aug. 3 for Eu-rope.Asked why he is making the

trip, Rcdewald said, "I wanted tosee Europe and Australia."Uncle Sam sent me around the

world four times, but I never sawEurope and Australia," he said.After leaving Labrador, his od-

essy took him to Iceland, the Un-ited Kingdom, West Germany, Ita-ly, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh,Bangkok, Singapore, Bali andthree and one-half weeks in Aust-ralia, including one week in ahospital in Adelaide where he al-so spent his birthday, Sept. 7,with a friend, Jean Kroemar, whomhe met in the United States andwho celebrated her birthday onthe same date.After visiting Sydney, Brisbane

THE NATIONAL UNIONPublished by: FSM Information Of f i ceP.O. Box 490, Kolonia, PonapeFederated States of Micronesia 96941Telephone: 548

Ketson Johnson, Information OfficerTom Bryan, Information AdvisorEsikiel Lippwe, Broadcast Division ChiefElieser Rospel, Graphic ArtistAngle Mualia, Administrative AssistantMary Alien Maneul, Clerk TypistEsi Janres, Clerk Typist

and Townsville in Australia, Rod-ewald flew to Port Moresby, PapuaNew Guinea; Biak, Indonesia; Man-ila, and Taipei for a reunionwith the Flying Tigers and TaiwanAir Force, plus a side trip withthe Flying Tigers to Hong Kongand Japan, before flying back toTaipei to pick up his airplaneand fly back to Manila and on toGuam.Rodewald arrived in Ponape a-

bout 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30, after se-ven hours of flying into heavyhead winds, and left at 10:45 a.m. Oct. 31 with plans to arrivein Majuro in five hours.He said, "I hope to be in Hono-

lulu in a couple of days," whichwould put him in Hawaii on Nov.1; to be in Oakland, California,during the week of Nov. 11 for areunion with California WheelChair Aviators Club which hehelped organize and three of hisfour daughters, and in Tucson,Arizona, on Nov. 19 for his moth-er's 93rd birthday."I think I am the first para-

plegic person to attempt to fly

WHEELCHAIR PILOT - U.S. Air ForceLt. Col. (Ret.) Donald L. Rode-wald, 66, is preparing his Coman-che 260 for his Oct. 30 departurefrom Pohnpei on his around-the-world solo wheelchair pilot trip.Rodewald is a paraplegic as a re-sult of a 1954 jet fighter crashnear Washington, D.C.

around the world," Rcdewald said.The Comanche 260 with the added

fuel tank in the cabin has a cap-acity of 177 usable gallons ofaviation gas, giving him a rangeof 2,550 nautical miles, flyingat 160 knots, or 185 miles perhour, using 60 per cent of hispower.Rodewald said that he has had

problems with his VHF radio, sohe keeps in touch with airlinepilots who assist him with hispositions and relay messages.The red and white aircraft with

a blue flair and star on thetail, carries only the markingsN8998P and "Maintained by CharlesCity Aeronautics, Inc., CharlesCity, Iowa, USA."

UNTC seeks endKOLONIA, Pohnpei - In a United

Nations Day (Oct. 24) message tothe Trust Territory of the Pacif-ic Islands, U.N. TrusteeshipCouncil President Laurent Rapinof France said the council hopesthe U.S. will take up terminationof the trusteeship "in the nearfuture."Rapin said that the council en-

dorsed its Visiting Mission'sconclusions that the 1983 FSM andMarshall Islands plebiscites onthe Compact of Free Associationwith the United States "had beenrun by the constitutional govern-ments so as to ensure the freeand fair expression of the wishesof the people."It reiterated that free assoc

iation was an option that was no^incompatible with the TrusteeshipAgreement, provided that the pop-ulations concerned had freely ac-cepted it," he said."The council hoped that in the

near future, the administeringauthority would take up the mat-ter of termination of the Trust-eeship Agreement both with theTrusteeship Council and the Sec-urity Council," Rapin said."It noted with satisfaction

that the Trust Territoy had con-tinued to expand its internation-al contacts," he said.