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Pennsylvania nnrnr' lei i 5 awash as snoivmelt swells rivers Ni it i Fresno State dumps 'Bows, 84-80 Sports, CI Refinancing booms, but some face nasty surprises Money, El 1 i I V. ,1 1 1 4 Partly Mivirfv I IHUJ WIUtlHJ Mid 80s. Details, A4 On Oahu $1.75 Final Edition Sunday, January 21, 1996 After 42 years, against all odds, father finds his abducted daughter I Wi if. By Mike Gordon Advertiser Staff Writer If HE sound of his daughter's voice had long ago slipped from David Kempton's memory. Vanished without a trace just like Tm someplace else besides reality," Kempton said later.

"It's great." Luck or was it fate? had brought father and daughter together after Kempton, who is 73, threw his energy at one final search. No one could have predicted the amazing results. Or that an old photograph, a one-in-a-million juxtaposition of people and a tabloid TV show would lead to a family haunted by lies, secrets and silence. Photo prompts questions She had seen the old photo many times. It stirred something deep inside her soul, prompted questions no one would answer.

But as a young girl, it was one of the first clues that something about her life with "mom" and "dad" was very wrong. Whenever she asked about the young boy in the photo, her mother said it was a neighbor. Whenever she asked about persistent memories of a man and a boy in a place far away, her mother said it was a dream. Above all, one image seemed to stand out for Donna Rae Roe. "I remember the night she walked out with me," she said.

"I can see it. I can close my eyes and see the night we walked away with a suitcase in her hand and meeting a man on the corner and getting into his car. "I have been asking my mom about that image since I was little." When she was 17, she found her baptismal certificate hidden among her See Donna, Page A2 A snapshot, at left, of Donna and Steven Kempton at Donna's fourth birthday party, Aug. 8,1953, was the key to her father, David Kempton, above, finding her after 42 years. she had on that weekend in September 1953.

So, Kempton trembled as he pressed the telephone to his ear one week ago in his Nuuanu home. After 42 years, it was Donna. His little Donna. The smiling blonde 4-year-old abducted by her mother. Kempton had found her.

Against the odds. While his head had said impossible, his heart had hoped he was wrong. They talked for an hour. La tin Ararffatt lassi -year-old remembered Fire death is rallying cause for Hawaiians "She is survived by a that once again such unspeakable and fiendish evil has stricken one of our children." from the funeral eulogy for 9-year-old murder victim Amber Hagerman ft, 6 --if" Separate camps unite at church By William Kresnak Advertiser Staff Writer Mourning the death of one of their own, about 60 Hawaiians gathered at Kaumakapili Church yesterday to discuss how to keep such a tragedy from happening again. The mourners, representing various Hawaiian groups, grieved for Hilbert Kahale Smith, 59, who burned to death Thursday inside his home in Anahola, Kauai.

Smith died after he set his Hawaiian Home Lands 1 house on fire when i. 4 Advertiser News Services HEBRON, West Bank Despite threats of violence, charges of corruption and a boycott by the opposition, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians went to the polls yesterday and elected Yasser Arafat as their first president. The large turnout and Arafat's 86 percent share of the vote in sheriffs tried Kraa to evict him. "We're just Jl 4r tf-jU preliminary returns suggested broad en-dorsemer of the unfolding peace with Israel upon which Arafat has stakpd his people's dream of a homeland. Many first-time voters waited excitedly in lines, saying they were proud finally to have the opportunity after centuries of foreign domination to select their own leaders in their first national election.

"I am ill, but I came to vote anyway," said Amina Irmail Abu 1 Hawaiian groups will hold a joint news conference Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at lolanl Palace to issue a statement and list of demands in response to Hilbert Kahale Smith's death. They invite all Hawaiians to attend. asking for no evictions. That's a reasonable demand.

But the evictions are continuing today," said Kame-aloha Smith, nephew of Hilbert Smith. Lilikala Kame'eleihi- Associated Press PLO chief Yasser Arafat waves after casting his ballot yesterday. L.M. OteroAssociated Press Richard Hagerman and Donna Whitson, parents of Amber Hagerman, place a flower on the coffin of their daughter at the close of Amber's funeral yesterday in Arlington, Texas. The body of the 9-year-old was found Wednesday in a creek several days after she was grabbed from her bicycle.

See story, Page A14. Mershed, a 90-year-old woman from the West Bank village of Halhoul, near Hebron, who arrived with her daughter and granddaughter. "This is the first time I have ever voted and I'm See Vote, Page A19 Hula Bowl shrinks but survives rmmm. irntf. few.

all 8 sections, 246 pages NATIONWORLD A1-20 HAWAII A21-27 Police Beat A23 Obituaries A27 FOCUS, Editorials B1-4 SPORTS C1-8 ISLAND LIFE D1-8 Arts D5 Fitness D8 Books D6 Horoscope D2 Crossword D2 Movies D6-7 MONEY Science Environment E5 TRAVEL F1-8 HOME G1-6 Classified H3-36 Gardening G1 TELEVISION TV Week wa told re porters outside the church: "Many Hawaiians have come together today because we're so concerned that this should never, ever happen again. We feel that Hawaiian Homes is responsible for this death." Inside the church, Hawaiians debated whether to call for the ouster of Kali Watson as head of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or even call for the firing of everyone involved in the Smith eviction action. Outside the church, Kame'e-leihiwa- said the Hawaiians would hold a news conference Tuesday to announce any further actions and demands. Virginia Kepano, who lives on homestead land, told The Advertiser that the Hawaiians "want to turn people on to our outrage." She fears that another tragedy similar to Smith's will occur unless Hawaiian evictions stop. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands: caught between angry lessees and state officials.

See story, Page A21. Big Islanders moum Smith. See story, Page A24. cuse for not supporting something. Do you want this thing or do you not?" Lenny Klompus, her husband and the game's chief executive officer, adds a dig: "Knock, knock, Honolulu.

Anybody there?" More than 1.5 million people are expected to watch ESPN's 3 p.m. broadcast today of the Hula Bowl Hooters' second year as sponsor, the 50th annual version of the game. And although the game is blacked out in Hawaii, it's a prime-time telecast on the East Coast and the only football game on TV, the lone fix for armchair addicts. "Perfect continuity between the (NFL) championship games and the Super Bowl," says Tony Roberts, renowned radio See Hula BowL Page A2 Lure offsets waning fans, waning funds By Greg Barrett Advertiser Staff Writer Marcia Klompus doesn't want to hear The Excuse. The mere words send her brown eyes flaring when she discusses the decline of Hawaii's first premier sporting event "People say, There are three bowl games and I don't know how everybody can says Klompus, executive director of the Hooters Hula Bowl.

"It's been said so often that people really believe it "That is absolute, utter nonsense. It's a very poor ex 0 00003' IU 7 Advertiser Mbrsry photo Janosry 1995 Former Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart (10), who has made a name for himself this year with the Super Bowl-bound Pittsburgh Steelers, breaks away in last year's Hooters Hula Bowl..