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Chief Public Defender Roger St. Pierre has been fired or, in the Trust Territory's terms, reassigned. By a memo from Deputy High Commissioner Peter T. Coleman on Wednesday, St. Pierre was notified he had been desig­nated to fill the nebulous position of "acting special assistant to the High Commissioner" for a period of 30 days.

Rather than accept such a position,

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St. Pierre left Thursday evening for Washington, D.C., to seek a lawyer ex­perienced in Civil Service matters. He plans to return in about a week.

St. Pierre is a Civil Service employ­ee in a special, excepted category for professionals, and thus cannot be fired without due cause. Normal procedure would be to file an appeal with the U.S.

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MICRO IIDR ANSWERS LIBEL CHARGE Two days before he was

"fired," Public Defender Roger St. Pierre scored one point in his libel suit a­gainst the Micronitor. In the newspaper's answer to St. Pierre's complaint, ed­itor Joe Murphy admits that it was he who wrote the allegedly libelous articles

in question. "Publisher" Takaj i Abo

and editors Derson Ramon and Henry Asugar deny any responsibility for publi­cation of the articles, ~nd production editor Ann Haymaker states that at no t ·ime <lid she believe them to be libelous. All four

ask fo~ a summary judgment relieving them of any liability.

The newspaper's answer to St. Pierre's charges was filed on Honday, after a two-week extension.

Its attorneys seek, first, dismissal of St. Pierre's suit. If it is not dismissed by Chief Justice Harold Burnett, they then seek a change of venue, or place of trial

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ROTA Gives status views to commission ·

SAIPAN--Hilitary expan­sion, political education and veto power were some of the major points of discussion when two sub­committees of the :Iarianas Political Status Commis­sion journeyed to Rotc:1 on Monday. An evening public hearing was held for the Rota llunicipal Council and the general public to gather Rota's views for the first round of talks between the U.S. negotia­ting team and the Harianas Political Status Connnis­sion.

The subconnnittee o 1

Economic and Social }Iat­ters was chaired by Jose C. Tenorio, with Daniel T. Huna heading the Subcom­mittee on Land and 1-!ili-

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burglary trial opens

No room on the bus? See BUSING ON SAIPAN, page i.

trial of a in last burglary

SAIP NI--The man arrested week's attempted of an American home in Garapan was put off from Hednesday to Thursday, April 19.

The one-day continuance was obtained at the request of the suspect's attorney, Assist~nt Public Defender Benjamin Abrams. He had requested a 20-d.ay

postponement following a hastily called lineup on Tuesday afternoon. Abrams said it was his belief that this lineup, held i n the liigh Court chamber, was the first ever held on Saipan.

All the six participants in the lineup, including the 25-ycar-old suspect fror.i. San Vicente, Here

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BUSING ON Big and little, mostly

packed and seldom empty, always yellow. Hhat are they? These are Saipan' s school buses.

Too full and too few, they can be seen early in the morning, at lunchtime, in the afternoon, and at most any time suitable for a field trip. Watching them whizzing by on nearly every main road of the island, and some back roads, one could come to believe that Saipan has practically a yellow bliz­zard of buses.

But look again. There are, says the Marianas District Education Depart­ment, about 875 students who rely on bus transpor­tation to get them to and from School. And there are eight buses: four that hold 40

ing, patiently waiting, in sunshine or rain, for that second bus -- or is it the first? -- when the school bell is about to ring.

Francisco Sablan, Sai­pan's school bus director, told us that in the morn-

high schoolers in their late teens.

Are there any plans to purchase new school buses for Saipan? we asked Sab­lan. Two buses, each able to carry 60 students, are on order, he said. Several

to buy one bus. "We'll ask the Coneress

and District Legislature to provide us with more money," he explained, 11 and I hope they will. But if the 20 pe!cent budr,et cut affects us and the Con­gress or District Legisla­ture cannot aid us, we'll be forced to look for other sources to keep the buses running."

What would these "other sources" be? we asked Con­cepcion.

passengers each, two that hold 50, one that holds 30 and one more that holds 20. Doing a little quick arithmetic, we get a grand total of 310 seats. And 875 students into 310

It looks Zike only the girls who have to stand ..• !

For one, he replied, there is the undesired al­ternative of asking pa­rents to pay for their own children's transportation to school, as must be done in the other districts. Saipan is now the only distric·~ in !'icronesia that provides free trans­portation for students, although some money for this has been requested for ~alau and_Yap.

seats just comfortably anyway.

won't go, and safely

This is the dilemma now facing the District Educa­tion Department.

As an interim measure, some of the buses have been making double rounds. That's why you often see clusters of students alonp, the highways in the morn-

ing, four buses have been making two rounds each; in the afternoon, two buses do double duty. Getting out our pencils again, if we theorize that it is the 40-passenger buses that make two rounds in the morning, we still come up with only 470 seats for 875 passengers. Are the other 400 students stand­ing? Remember that these students range from the 3-year-old pre-schoolers to

There's always room for one more.

days later, Jesus M. Con­cepcion, Director of Edu­cation for the Harianas, clarified this, Because of the Trust Territory­wide budget cuts, he_ said, there is only ·enough money in the coffers now

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0 I am Sti ~]. hoping, II acld­ed Concepcion, ''that there will he no cut in the edu­cation budget; otherwi.se, teachers, buses and other educational needs will be cut.::

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Another basic source of income to support the bus­ing operation is the De­partment's current policy of renting out its school buses for tourists. (Yes, you're right if you

thought some of those faces peering out of the yellow bus windows were a little too old and too different to belong to Saipan's school children.) This is done, said Sablan and Concepcion, only when the buses are not needed for regular or special school transportation. Then, the buses are rented mainly to the Tourist Com­mission or travel agencies or hotels -- all to pro­duce additonal revenue to continue running the buses for the students. By the same token, making school buses available when the few commercial buses are in use helps pr~mote tour-

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Bus Stop, Mt. CarmeZ. Waiting for that second "bus.

ism on Saipan, which in turn adds dollars to the economy.

The rate for renting school buses is $15 an hour, with $1. 75 an hour extra for the driver. As testimony to the fact that the Education Department is not out to compete with the local hus operators, this rate is more than that charged co!TlI!lerically. (The same rate is charged for government agencies renting the school buses.)

While renting the buses for tourists brings in some additional income, it also brings addi.tional wear and tear on the al-

ready overworked buses, shortening their lives even further. The faulty mufflers, billowing oil­filled exhaust and general sluggishness of Saipan's school buses as they at­tempt to maneuver the scarred roads and steep hills testify to this fact of life. Breakdowns, late buses, no buses, the stu­dents themselves can tes­tify to. The safety factor of aisles-full of standees, the little pre­schoolers under foot; no seat belts; buses that are in use too often to re­ceive proper maintenance­- no one seems to want, or

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have the time, to address themselves to this.

Taking into accoont the annual increase in the school-age population, next September Saipan will need one or two new buses just to accommodate the newcomers, and not even seated at that, At this rate, the school bus force will be at less than half strength.

So, this is the dilemma now facing the District Education Department.

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Cable TV Proposed SAIPAN--(MNS) The Trust

Territory Department of Resources and Development has received an applica­tion from the Holmes Management Company of Guam to install and operate cable television stations in each of the six Dis­tricts of the Trust Terri­tory. The company proposes to set up its init ial operation on Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, if the application is approved,

The principals in Holmes Management Company are Hr. and Mrs. Lee Holmes. He is the owner of the Maria­nas Communications Systems (MCS) on Guam, which presently provides that island's only cable TV service. MCS cable TV began o'n Guam in 1971, and presently has about s,sno subscribers v!ho pay $13. 7 5 per month to receive the service. Host of them also paid an initial $20.00 fee for the hookup to the

system. It is not known whether a similar sched­ule of fees would apply to the Trust Territory opera­tion.

Cable television, which is widely used throughout the United States, brin~s a number of channels of programming into subscrib­ers' homes or other estab­lishments by use of cable. Viewers thus have a choice of programming, usually including color programs for those who have color TV sets. At present Sai­pan's only TV station, WSZE, broadcasts only in black and white.

Details of the cable TV proposal were not availa­ble, as JTolr.ies was off­island and not available for comment when MNS con­tact his company on Guam. The application to do business will be sent to each of the six District Economic Development Boards for consideration.

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No official Commission. reason for

the "reassignment" was im­mediately forthcoming from Coleman. It is strongly suspected, however, that the cause was the TT Ad­ministration's continued insistence that St. Pierre improperly accepted a fee or "gift" in a case on Ma­juro several years ago. No charges have ever been filed against the Public

, Defender, and he asserts that ' he did nothing ille­gal.

"The Administration's timing was exquisite," St. Pierre said on Thursday morning. "Two thousand years ago at this season of the year Judas Escari­ot, for a pittance, also assured himself a place in history."

At the time of the reas­signment announcement, both the High Commissioner and the Attorney General, who is responsible for in­vestigating the charges a­gainst St. Pierre, were off-island. High Commis­sioner Johnston was re­ported to have said in Washington last week that he was there in part to discuss certain "personnel problems." It appears that St. Pierre was one of them.

The timing of the dis­missal also raises ques­tions because this Monday the first TT-wide Public Defenders conference in 10 years is due to begin.

With St. Pierre 's depar­ture, the Public Defend­er's Office on Saipan will be left to the supervision of his assistants, Jose Tenorio ("Joe Eleven") and Benjamin Abrams.

"Despite their best ef­forts, including secretly orchestrated police raids on his offices," said Abrams, "TT authorities have totally failed to come up with even enough evidence to file charges against St. Pierre in court.

"Now, out frustration, and paranoia,

of seeming vindication the TT Ad-

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ministration is foolishly seeking to. terminate St. Pierre's employment with absolutely no grounds.

"In eliminating St. Pierre as Public Defender, the TT Administration is committing the most grave injustice of depriving Micronesians of their cho­sen, respected and es­teemed legal counsel after an outstanding record of highly effective service."

Even as he was making his plans to leave Saipan, words of support for St. Pierre poured in from Sen­ators, Congressmen, asso­ciates and friends.

"I'm humbled in the face of this open support," said St. Pierre.

"Many years ago I became aware of administrative determination to rid it­self of its nonconformist Public Defender -- noncon­formists are constant threats to the security of entrenched mediocrities who must mindlessly adhere to the status quo or per­ish -- but, vexatiously, opportunity lacked.

"Thwarted at every turr the Administration in itE desperation finally resor­ted to the most reprehen­sible and most transparent of subterfuges to accom­plish its nefarious ends.

"The sanctimonious piety coupled with the hypocrisy of the Administration's justification for the blood-letting would gag a vulture.

"The battle is joined." St. Pierre took up his

duties as Public Defender­coincidentally Easter week of 1962. A series of Public Defenders has held the post before, but none had stayed, and none so long certainly as Pierre.

St.

He says his feelings about returning are now very "ambivalent."

If the Civil ~ . uervice Commission eventually rules in his favor, St. Pierre could be reinstated in his job and be granted back pay for time lost.

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lite after death for CAAs ? IL CK CONSTRUCTION

Is death reversible? For the Marianas Dis­

trict Community Action Agency and its sister OEO programs across the United States, it yet could be.

On April 11 a federal judge ruled that the dis­mantling of the Office of Economic Opportunity by the Nixon Administration was illegal. Thus, com­munity action agencies that thought they had heard the death knell for a June 30 passing from the scene now do not know which way to turn,

Already, about one-fourth of MIDCAA's staff here on Saipan has left to find other jobs in antici­pation of the eventual phase-out. This leaves about 25, including Execu­tive Director Herman R, Guerrero.

The judge's decision II is some hope, 11 Guerrero said this week. Another slend-er strand of hope continued life of

for the MIDCM

is a six-month ;,phase-out grant" from OEO that the agency requested even be­fore the judge's decision. This $99,348 grant would enable HIDCM to continue some of its programs until Nobember.

Under the orders from Washington, D.C., to dis­mantle all OEO programs, the funding for most com­munity action agencies is due tc expire on June 30. All regional offices were told to close by April 28.

"If we receive the II G phase-out grant, uerrero

wrote to U.S. Rep. Patsy T, Mink last week, "we would be in a better posi­tion to maintain needed staff to develop budget plans to present to the Congress of Micronesia for funding consideration.

"We also need the grant in order to clear all financial obligations, hire an auditor, and con­duct an orderly, efficient phase-out of programs and personnel, especially if the CM has no alternative but to close down. 11

Antipoverty workers in the States reacted to the judge's decision with great rejoicing and cries of "Victory!"

The suit was several OEO unions and four

brought by employees'

community action agencies as a test of whether the President has the authority to stop programs already enacted by the U.S. Congress and for which money has been appropriated. Congress last year authorized the continuation of the com­munity action program through June 30, 1975.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the judge agreed with the plaintiffs on three main points:

The Administration cannot unilaterally terrni­mate OEO programs because funds already were appro­priated.

Moves by OEO Acting Director Howard Phillips to end federal financing of community action pro. grams and to transfer cer­tain programs to other federal agencies are illegal because such ac­tions must be presented to Congress.

Various Phillips di­rectives and policy chang­es issued since he took over January 31 as the Presj..dent's "OEO dismant­ler" are void because they were not published in the Federal Register.

On Monday Mayor Vicente D. Sablan of Saipan wrote to eight U.S. Senators and Congressmen ~sking that continued financial sup­port of MIDCM be conti­nued.

"It seems unfair, in our point of view," he wrote, "for the United States Government to build our hopes and dreams for a better community, and then suddenly, pull the ladder from under it!"

Some of the programs provided by MIDCM are Agriculture Extension Services, Farmers Coopera­tive Associatioq, Head­start, Adult Basic Educa-

tion, senior citizens, health services, youth programs, employment serv­ices. (Headstart, regard­less of OEO's fate, is slated to continue with other funding.)

''Foremost in its ef­forts," said Sablan, "the Corranuni ty Action Agency mobilized the poor people to take active participa­tion in the social and economic developments of thei r communities. It taught them how to tap and utilize whatever local materials, and human resourses a vailable in searching for solutions to their problems.

"The most significant efforts of the CM is in involving the grass root residents of the community in decision making pro­cess."

If OEO funding should even tually fail, MIDCM has an additional hope that the Trust Territory might be included in a special revenue sharing bill proposed by the U. S. Congress.

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IS THAT SNOW ON THE LAWNS? Dear Editor:

Have you ever stopped to wonder what it would feel like to ride in an automible on a paved road? This question mipht interest the municipal government or the Trust Territory government, as to wh~m is responsible for upgrading our public roads here in Saipan.

Try visiting the villages of San Roque, Tanaoag, San Antonio and part of Garapan and compare them with Susu­pe and downtown Chalan 1:anoa. Hhoever is responsihle will no doubt be confused.

If you drive over to the Kagman area, the road's con­dition is much, much favorable than downtown Chalan Kanoa or Susupe. Hhy do they attend first to "smooth­out" the Kagman area when the every..:day activities and travel are one-hundred (100) percent going on in these two villages?

The last several _months really distracted the green iardens and lawns in front of private residences in these two villages. Instead of green, you see white. It seems like snow is falling over these two villages every day.

I think it's about time in order to minimize the ugliness of our island.

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THE RAPE OF SAIPAN'S BEAUTY Dear Editor:

The architect's rendering of the new Continental Ho­tel (Marianas Variety, March 30) shows why the more edu­cated and aware Saipanese are against its construction.

The beach will be completely cut off for anyone except Continental Hotel guests.

No Micronesian would feel welcome with 200 or 300 for-eigners watching and taking pictures of·the natives.

I'm ashamed of my government. I'm ashamed of Continental. But most of all I feel sorry for the Saipanese in the

District and the Micronesians at Headquarters who have sold out. The people will remember them as helping start "the rape of Saipan's beauty." WAKE UP SAIPAN

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which was brought to the tary ,Matters. attention of the Conunis-

According to Pedro T. sion," said i'Iakatsukasa, i:lakatsukasa, the Assistant was a proposal that the District Legislative Lia- Rota delegation to the ison for the Harianas, Status Commission be given Rota's local leaders a veto power. The sub­voiced their sentiment committee recommendecl that that the military presence the problem be brought on the island should be before the entire Conuuis­limited. They also highly sion before any action is r~commended that "in the taken. event that the Commission On Weclnesday, the com­chooses a political status mittees were due to travel for the people of the to Tinian for a similar l1arianas District," a public hearing. comprehensive political Acting Commission Chair­education program be con- man Vicente Santos indi­ducted, one pointing out cated that t h e two the advantages and dis- committees plan a series advantages of the chosen of meetings soon for status. Saipan on the status

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~·rut ' Cial check woman presented o ponap

Dohsis Ealbert and Antreas J c,hn, two of the Commis­s~on's tnree field respre­sen:: ~ti,7 es in the Ponape Distr:f.ci::.

The first chec~ in pay­.. 2nt .) : Hicronesian war c: amc,/!ea was preserted on ·, on.? pe last week.

l'ic::-anesian Clai;~s Com­'Tl ission Chairrnan Ber. M. Greer gave Hrs. Inp.arna­~ion John a ~1 ,ron check ~s t he initia~ payvent on a $4,100 awa::-ci made to h er. Mrs. John ' s ,:laim ,,as for the deatr of her

To oa::e, four claims, & 1 l for war-related d,:!aths, have been awarded by the Commission. Hrs. John is the first, how­ever, to receive actual payment on her claim. Un­der the Micronesian Claims

father II.

during 'forid l·Ja:: /l et of 1971, an initial

Greer's presentation o f the check in Koloria on ~pril 11 was made on be­r alf of the Secretary of the Interior. By law, the Secretary is responsible for payment of the claims t l at are adjudicated by 'l ie ~ficronesian Claims or m:Lssion.

· ist~ict Ari~inistrntor , t.C' ~\. .:'alcRn of PoT'ape v" s present at the cere­M0ny. Also attenc'inp ~,,ere

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L;is t H ednesday, Mrs. ~Stefania T. Ogumoro of Saioan was informed that she had been awarded $5,000 on her claim for the death of her husband, Jose R. Ogumoro. As well as being the first Saipan­ese to have her claim adjudicated, Hrs. Ogumoro also received the maximum amount awarded by the Com­mission for death claims.

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An event of great significance for Saipan is coming up--if you're a bowling fan, that is. Somebody has finally decided that a bowling alley here can't miss, and I agree. There was an alley here during Navy times. The building it was in still stands, in fact. Now this popular sport is due for a comeback, in a large, new establishment on Beach Road behind Microl, and I intend to be there when the pins are set up.

I've had this bowling ball, you see, gathering dust in a corner for more than two years. Once in awhile ' I've gotten it out to see if it's getting moldy (it's not) as I've waited for· someone with more money and imagination than I to go into the bowling business. I envy the guys who have stock in this operation, because I really think they'~e got a sweet little investment there. Bowling is going to be big business on Saipan, I'm sure of it.

In anticipation of the big opening, I looked up a little bowling lore the other day. The game has lots of relatives, like tenpins, duckpins, skittles and lawn bowls. The first recorded American-style indoor bowling match was in New York City in 1840, and the general code of rules for ;he game was adopted in 1875. Thus it pre-dates such other popular sports as basketball and tennis.

Dowling equipment manufacturers will tell you that bowling is America's most popular participation sport. Other sources say it is second to swimming. In either case it is no argument that tens of millions in the U.S., and increasing numbers in Canada, Australia, Japan and elsewhere enjoy this sport regularly. One reason for its popularity is that it can be played by youngs­ters of less than ten years, yet can also be enjoyed well into old age, and it's fine exercise. Twenty­eight million bowlers rolled balls in 10,833 bowling establishmen~s in the U.S. in 1963, the last year for which I could find figures.

Another reason for the sport's popularity is that it fosters conviviality. The average team bowler has five minutes or more to relax between frames, time enough for a beer, a joke, or whatever. In fa'ct, I think there are a lot of drunks who bowl, but I couldn't find any figures on that.

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Micronitor.. .. in the High Court from Saipan to :fajuro in the Harshalls, where the news­paper is published.

The Nicronitor is being represented by the Hicro­nesian Legal Service5 Corporation.

As grounds for dismis­sing the suit, the defend­ants deny that the two allegedly libelous arti­cles were "false or maliciously composed and published." An unsigned December 1~, 1972, ~~ticle entitled "say who's Harri­son S. Clark" used the w o r d "extorting" in reference to St. Pierre. On January 29, the Micro­nitor published in the Johnny Kij idrik" column an item about last November's "raid" on the Public Defender's Office, includ­ing a question about whether "St. Pierre was invloved in some under­handed dealing ••. " Next to the column was a carica­ture of a shrew.

This caricature, say the defendants, "is commonly used with the column entitled 'Johnny Kijidrik! which is ~Jarshallese for a rat or shrew and had no reflection upon the plaintiff."

The matter of venue in a newspaper is a case of first impression in the Trust Territory. The Nicronitor urges the court to rule that venue should properly lie in the dis­trict where the paper is printed and published.

"It would not serve the •interests of justice," say the defendants, "to re­quire a young and finan­cially weak newspaper to utilize precious assets to defend an action 2,000 miles from its place of business.

"Such a requirement might inflict serious· and fatal injury to the Trust Territory's only independ­ent source of news and opinion."

The Microni tor also claims that it does not "conduct business" in the

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Marianas District -- that it has no paid distri­butors, no pa~d corres­pondents and obtains no advertising revenue in this District. (The Micronitor is sold on Sai­pan at the Royal Taga Hotel.) In addition, facts about the publication of the allegedly libelous matter are "more available in the Harshalls."

As affirmative defenses to the libel charges, the ~Iicronitor cites t h e "truth of such statements~' and the case of the New York Times v. Sullivan, which somewhat restricts public officials' suscep­tibility to libel.

In an affidavit filed with the court, Micronitor editor Joe Murphy accepts sole responsibility for writing and publishing the articles in question, absolving the other four defendants.

In separate affidavits, it is stated that Takaji Abo's sole job with the Micronitor is to translate articles in F.nglish into Harshallese; that Henry Asugar, an employee of the Truk Organization for Com­munity Action, only sends news stories from Truk to

burglary trial.... o r~ereG to renove their s~irts and shoes to allow better i d entification by the witnesses present. Called for the lineup were members of about six families who have been victimized rash of

in a recent burglaries and

assaults. The arrested

suspected of a other crimes in to the burglary he was charged.

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operandi of t~e person seen in the Garapan house included "working" clothes of only underwear a nd a rice sack over his head .

The results of the line­up were to be introduc ed in the prosecution's cas e against the suspect, who has been free on $1,000 bond (only $100, or one­tenth, of which he had to pay).

Last week the defens e attorneys asked--and then

.----------------------------- withdrew their request -­the paper and assists with the physical districution ~f the paper in Truk; and that Derson Ramon is employed at Pacific Islands Central High School on Ponape and had no responsibility for pub­lication of the article$.

Ann Haymaker, a part­time production ~ditor for the newspaper, contends that she did not believe or know that these articles were libelous.

None of these named defendants owns any part of the Micronitor (only Hs. Haymaker is paid a salary), nor do they have any management control over it. This rests solely with Joe Murphy, the legal papers state.

for a jury trial for t heir client. This would have been the first jury t rial in a criminal case ever held in the Trust Te rri­tory. Instead, t h e suspect was to be t ried before Chief Just ice Harold Burnett of the High Court.

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TM NEWS & Vi BATIK EASTER EGGS

"Egg making is easy to do but the egg maker, me, can't explain how it is done," said Bob Kenney, when asked by MHS Scope reporter Diana Camacho.

"I made all the eggs but I didn't lay them, 11 he said.

According to Mr. Kenney, MHS teacher, in making the "Batik" egg you first have to remove the yolk and the egg white by poking a hole through the egg.

When going to color it differently you cover the egg with wax (from a can­dle). You make designs you like through the wax.

CHESS TOURNAMENT C,Ol1ING

It was announced at the end of Harch that prepara­tions for the up-coming Chess Tournament between the Chess Club of Marianas High School and Chess Club of Mt. Carmel High School has already been tenta­tively set.

The tournament will take place in the latter part of April on weekends at Marianas High School.

Mr. Kenney of MRS and Mr. Yana of Ht. Carmel will act as referees at

After designing it, you dip it into the color you like. In making it a dif­ferent colored design, you design a part, dip it, then dry, then make an­other design, dip it in a different coloT and so on.

Mr. Kenney, after his students admired his batik eggs, decided to have a class at his apartment for those interested. As many students signed up for the class Mr. Kenney decided to have the class two nights, Tuesday, March 19, for girls and Wednesday, March 20, for boys.

The students were: (girls) Jeannette Sablan, Margaret Mendiola, Maria

the tournament. At least three games

should be completed during the tournament with a 3-hour game for the first round. In order to win in the tournament, a person should lead his opponent by 2 games.

There will also be a 5-minute rest after each game.

The general public is invited to witness the first chess tournament if they promise not to dis­rupt or make any noise.

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Mr. Kenney commented that he was so pleased that so many students did much good work. Several of them he said, have con­,.siderable artistic apti­tude. He also reported that he had used some of the ideas from his stu­dents presented him in egg making.

Examples of Batik E~ster eggs can be seen in Room 205-C at MHS.

MHS STUDENTS MEET JAPANESE YOUNG ROOTS MEMBERS

As the students walked up the white, steel ladder onto the ship after being picked up from their pick­up stations on Saturday at 5 p.m., the Japanese greeted them kindly.

At the top of the ladder students were greeted by some of the s~ip's top of­ficials, including the captain.

Led into the dancing hall, the students and the Young Roots members intro­duced each other and found themselves partners for the night. ''Kom Bang Was" and "Good Evenings'' were exchanged.

ThP welcoming ceremony took place soon and the hostess was a Japanese of­ficial.

Cheers were cried out as Mayor Vicente Sablan, Ben Camacho and various offi­cials of Saipan walked on­to the stage of the ship.

After the ceremony and after Mayor Sahlan finish­ed his welcoming ceremony, the evening continued with three Japanese girls sing­ing "How Do You Do" in both Japanese and English.

Second on the entertain­ment line was a Japanese dance , followed by the Carolinians' Old Mass Dan-

ApriZ 20, 19?3

cers. Cheers roared and filled the room when the old men did their most extraordinary dance. In addition to the excitement the United Carolinian Stu­dent Association (UCSA) of Marianas High School dan­ced their Masses off but perhaps the dance that got the 100st cheers was the one called "Careless Love," for it was inter­preted in four languages: Japanese, English, Caro­linian and Chamorro.

After the UCSA dancers Mrs. Sablan sang a couple of Japanese songs.

After a few more dances the party time came and all the MHS students, who by this time had found partners, went to eat.

Two long tables with various types of food laid upon them were placed along the two sides of the ship.

Students, Carolinian, f 1 o w e r clothes and

Saipanese and exchanged

s, addresses, souvenirs with

the Japanese. People were all scatter­

ed around the ship, hut soon it was departin~ time. All the visitors got off and all the Japan­ese came ~o the edge of the ship to bid goodbye .

As the people waved and shook hands and tears of joy and sadness came into their eyes the Carolinian dancers and people sang goodbye songs. The ship's visiting hours

ended at about 11 p.m. that evening, Saturday, March 31, at Saipan dock.

By Glen TaI'O

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Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that in accordance with

Section 16d of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, a Public Hearin~ for the purpose of considering the economic, social and environmental effects of the development and rehabilitation of Truk Distiict Airport and its consistency with the goals and objectives of existing urban planninp. for the corrununity is hereby authorized by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

The development of the Truk District Airport will consist of rehabilitation of the existing Runway 7L-22R and lengtheninp to 6,900 feet.

The Public Hearing will he held at 9:00 a.m. on flay 18, 1973, at the Hoen :Municipal Office. All interested persons are invited to submit data, views, comments or arr.uments for the Trust .,..erri­tory of the Pacific Islands government's considera­tion of the project at the date, time and place specified above. Hritten statemerits will also he accepted by the ~istrict Administrator, Truk Dis­trict until Hay 28, lQ/3,

The proposed 1'irport Layout Plan for Truk Dis­trict Airport will be available for public inspec­tion and review at any time during normal bud.riess hours at the Office of the District Administr~tor, Truk District. The Preliminary Draft of the Envi­ronmental Impact Statement is available for review at the Office of the District Administrator, the Library of the Congress of Hicronesia and Headquar­ters Office of Transportation and Communications Departwent. In addition, copies of the Preliminary Draft are available by request from the Office of the District Administrator, Hoen Island, Truk District 96942.

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