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...Caribbean commonwealth, perhaps writing the whole experience off as a business expense. Plus, it would be a chance to see how flexible and fast on their feet the candidates really are--wouldn't it be great to have a president who could speak about the local politics of Agana, Pago Pago and Charlotte Amalie (those are the capitals of Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for the talk-show hosts and campaign staffers in the audience...
...AGANA, Guam: At least a dozen Americans were among the 254 passengers on board the Korean Air Flight 801 that went down on the tiny U.S. territory of Guam today. Helicopters from the local military bases have found at least 32 passengers so far. And as the search for survivors goes on, the search for the cause of the crash begins...
...simply bigotry. I am tired of Christians' being portrayed as hatemongers for holding true to deeply held biblical convictions. I am a Christian who opposes the very open gay agenda, but I do not hate homosexual people, and I'm tired of being told I do. MIKE HALL Agana Heights, Guam...
...first actual loss of U.S. territory was a small but symbolic one. Some 400 Japanese naval troops swarmed onto Guam at dawn on Dec. 10 and soon swept into the capital of Agana. After half an hour of gunfire, Guam's Governor, U.S. Navy Captain George McMillin, learned that an additional 5,000 Japanese were landing. He sounded three blasts on an auto horn to signal surrender. McMillin attempted negotiations in sign language, but he and his men finally had to strip to their undershorts and stand in embarrassed silence while the Rising Sun replaced the Stars and Stripes atop...
DIED. Erwin ("Spike") Canham, 77, scholarly editor emeritus of the Christian Science Monitor; after abdominal surgery; in Agana, Guam. Under Canham's direction, the Monitor was known for incisive international coverage and interpretive news writing. A farm boy who made it to Oxford, he joined the Monitor in 1925 and was named editor in chief in 1964. Canham served in a variety of civic positions, but still found time to teach Christian Science Sunday school class. After retiring from the Monitor in 1974, he was named resident commissioner of the Northern Mariana Islands...