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The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 4

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3 4 HONOLULU ADVERTISER March 9, I960 Japan Brokerage High-Living Tourist Cop Charged In Tavern Payoff i f. i Operate Here The bar has been listed i fit 1 By ED GREANEY i i i Nomura Securities one Japan's leading stock brokerage firms, is opening a Honolulu Branch at Merchant 4nd Alakea Sts. next month, tiichiro Kitaura, executive vice president, announced bers of the local press corps. Kitaura, who just arrived from Tokyo, said Yasushi Ta-keda of Nomura's foreign department has been appointed manager of the office. HAJIME MINAKI, also of if I 9 I A Uv fiere last night "Hawaii ioined the United itne toreign department, has States of America as the 50th been named assistant man- ager.

State last year, and this year than he did about his family." Honolulu surfers recalled Reesink as "a Mainland guy who used to bring his own board over and then sell it when he went home." HOW WAS Reesink able to leave the force regularly for extended vacations and still keep his job? "He used to claim he had a bad back," the womau said. "He'd take sick leave. But it didn't seem to keep from surfing." She said she felt "terribly sorry for his wife" whom she described as a "sweet woman." "Imagine being left with all those babies. I hope they don't put him away for a long time. "How will she be able to support those SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Police Sgt.

Waldo Reesink father of four, pleaded innocent Monday to departmental charges filed against him in connec-; tion with an alleged pay-' off by a Nob Hill tavern owner. At the same time, the police commission put off further action against the 44-year-old Reesink until at least March 14. Reesink is under indictment for bribe-taking and it is standard practice for the commission to defer disciplinary action until after an accused officer's criminal trial. REESINk! former night sergeant at Northern' Station, was accused of taking bribes from Leo B. Orrin, owner of the Handlebar at 1438 California St.

as a hangout for homosexuals. Orrin told investigating officers he had been paying protection money to Reesink since 1957. HANDSOME Police Sgt. Waldo Reesink was a frequent Honolulu visitor who regularly spent his "sick leave" surfing at Waikiki. "We used to wonder how he had enough money to stay in a suite at the Royal Hawaiian every year on his policeman's salary," a Honolulu acquaintance of Reesink said.

THE ACQUAINTANCE a Honolulu woman, said she and her'parents, who live in San Francisco, have known Reesink more than 20 years. She described him as a' "handsome man who cared more about surfing US 1 George Okada, one-time Palama druggist who has represented Nomura In Honolulu since 1952, will continue as a consultant for the firm in Hawaii. Okada introduced Japanese securities to the Islands when he closed his Palama drug store in 1952 to open a Nomura office on Merchant St, is the 75th anniversary of the ooming of first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii," Kitaura aid. "I FIND IT OF great significance that we could open our office at this time In a momentous year," Kitaura said at a party given at Na-ttunoya Tea House for mem- ii 'iff Cordon Mors Senator Bennett, Governor and Mrs. Qui nn, Senator Fong at Republican banquet GOP i II Continued from Page 1 Homebuilders Set Budget, 'Name Kailua Girl Queen paign war chest, the spokes man said.

SPEAKERS BESIDES Ben- AS TO THE effect of a Democratic victory on "our world leadership," Bennett predicted the possibility of increased spending on armaments. "This has always been the path to war and could mean the end of our leadership for peace," Bennett declared. Republicans, he said, have a record of budget balancing and stable prices. BENNETT lauded Nixon, saying he had training in the art of keeping inflation under Red Soldiers Recovering After Drifting 49 Days v. control.

nett were Mayor Blaisdell, Lieutenant Governor Kealoha and Governor Quinn. Bennett said all major candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination "follow the New Deal-Fair Deal line-far to the left." He charged that a Democratic President probably would be dominated by big city political bosses and "Big Labor." "We could expect a deficit every year," Bennett said. He also predicted that there would be a -wild inflationary spurt if the Demorats win the national administration. they asked where the Kearsarge was headed and expressed a "strong desire" to return to Russia, the Navy said. The story of the Russians' He said the responsibility of Republicans during the coming campaign will be to help voters "see this picture clearly." Bennett is scheduled to speak at several Neighbor Island GOP fund-raising din ordeal and rescue unfolded Four Russian soldiers who drifted 49 days on the Pacific, subsisting partly on shoe leather washed down with vodka, yesterday were recuperating aboard the U.S.

aircraft carrier Kearsarge which plucked them from the sea. The Kearsarge was steaming for San Francisco where the lucky Russians have yet another strange adventure ahead of them: a visit. to the U.S. THE FOUR were rescued Sunday from the waterlogged, 50-foot landing craft in which they had drifted some 1,020 miles from the ners. Area Trembles Around Volcano it yesterday in messages sent from the Kearsarge to Pacific Fleet headquarters here.

The four told of having been caught in a storm the night of Jan. 17 while taking part in a -military operation off Etorofu-to island in the Kuriles, which Russia took over from Japan after World War II. THE STORM swept the landing craft, similar to, an American LCM, southwards and the long drift began. The questioning was conducted by a Navy intrepre-ter aboard the Kearsarge, Chief Aviation ''Mechanic Philip Kaznetzoff. The Russians said their provisions consisted only of three cans of jerky beef, a loaf of bread and some vodka.

In the last days adrift they ate shoe leather. The only water they had was gathered from rainfall. At the time of the rescue, 'Kurile Islands north of Ja-ipan. I A twin-engine plane from 'the Kearsarge spotted them land the carrier sent out a VOLCANO OBSERVATORY Residents in and around Hawaii National Park kept wary eyes on the ground beneath them yesterday evea though earthquakes there had lost their wallop. Quakes numbered "one thousand or thereabouts" in knocked dishes and glassware from shelves, cracked building supports and tumbled a chimney cover.

I Within the park, superintendent Fred T. Johnston said no damage was done. Eaton said the continued settlement of the dome was "warping pie whole Gordon Mors LcRoy Klein, left, vice president in charge of sales of Caloric Appliance Corp. and Harry Walker, Caloric sales manager, congratulate Miss Gomes. all their food and water had been consumed.

THE RUSSIANS were identified as "M.Sgt. Victor Zygonschi, 21, and Pvts. An-dony Kruchkowski, 22, Philip PonlavskI, 20, and Fredor Ivan, 20. The Navy said the Russian embassy in Washington was notified of the rescue. There was no how ever, about arrangements to return the four to Russia.

The Russians were In "good spirits" after the rescue although each man had lost 35 to 40 pounds. CAPT. ROBERT L. TOWN-SEND, commanding officer ot the Kearsarge, said the. soldiers had "long unkempt hair, beards, red-rimmed eyes and the state of their uniforms testified to their Their uniform caps were decorated with red Sgt.

Zygonschi immediately asked for vodka, according to the message, "but when handed a bowl of hot soup and white bread, he accepted the substitute with appreciation." The soldiers told the inter- preter they had spotted ships three times during the long drift, but the ships never saw them. The four were huddled on the raised afterdeck of the landing craft when the Kearsarge approached to dispatch the rescue helicopter. THE WELL deck of the landing craft was awash with two to four feet of water, the Navy said. The twin-engine plane which first spotted the landing craft was operating about 15 miles from the Kearsarge at the time. The Kearsarge will contin-.

ue on to San Francisco, without stopping at Hawaii. The carrier is due in San Francisco March 15, having left Yo- helicopter to lift the men to safety. Site of the one-in-a-million rescue was 'about 1,000 miles west-northwest of Midway Island. Aboard the carrier, the Russians gobbled hot soup, bread and coffee, then turned in for a long sleep. YESTERDAY morning The Home Builders Association of Hawaii adopted a 1960 budget of $36,000 last nfght and designated Miss Annette Gomes of Kailua to reign at the 1960 Homeshow.

im MEETING, presided the preceding 24 hours, Seismologist Jerry P. Eaton said last night, but all were described as local ones, felt only by recording instruments. AT LEAST' six residents outside the park had cleanup and repair jobs following the shakers which Monday discussed hopes that the Federal Housing Administration may reduce down-payment requirements for lease-hold homes as the result of a recent on-the-spot survey. Wong predicted that Miss Gomes, daughter of contractor James A. Gomes of 705 over by HBA president Yoshio Okita, preceded a banquet and show in Kaiser Dome.

The Caloric Appliance Corp. sponsored the fete for 500 principals in the Homebuilding field. Chairman Francis Y. Wong announced that Miss Gomes, the 17-year-old Miss Kailua of 1959, had been selected as Queen of the May 12-15 Homeshow at Ala Moana Center. HOME BUILDER members Oneawa Kailua, would help the homebuilders "put their best foot forward" this Renter Jury DOG LICENSE DEADLINE TOMORROW avoid nmn year.

summit. 7 Senate Asks 2nd Thought On Pay Cut The State Senate yesterday asked the U.S. Civil Service Commission to reconsider its decision to cut the cost of living allowance paid Federal workers here. The reduction from 20 to 17V4 per cent is to take effect March 15. SUCH a Sen-ate resolution, "would inflict a cruel and singular hardship on said Federal employes in The Homeshow, he said, will be "the biggest and best yet" in the Islands.

Locked Up A jury of 11 women and one man in the Renter case had failed to reach a verdict by 11:30 last night, 5 Mi hours after taking the case under deliberation, and were sent to a hotel for the night. On trial is Mrs. Leocadia Renter, charged with embezzling license fees while serving as administrator-cashier for the Honolulu Liquor Commission. She was suspended from her job on Nov. 1, 1959.

A total of I Hawaii by decreasing the income of said Federal em-jployes in the face of ever-rising prices." I The resolution previously was adopted by the State 'House of Representatives. $4,000 in commission funds is unaccounted for. $105,000 Palolo Pool Sought Rep. Tadao Beppu yesterday introduced into the State House of Representatives a bill providing for an appropriation of $105,000 to construct a swimming pool at Palolo Playground. Among other bills introduced yesterday: Providing $100,000 to construct a water line from Kau-nakakai to the east end of Molokai.

Providing for the construction of a civic center at Waipahu. Providing $75,000 for the completion of the purchase of 60,000 square feet of land for a new 10-room classroom building at Waialae Elementary School. Providing for an increase in the fuel tax from 5 cents to 6 cents in Honolulu and that the new revenue go toward highway improvements in the 10th Representative District. Art, Orchestra Funds Ashed Sen. J.

Ward Russell (R-Oahu) introduced bills yesterday to appropriate $60,000 for maintenance and operation -of the Honolulu Academy of Arts and $20,000 for the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra for the same purposes. Junior Police Insurance Eyed Junior Police Officers would be insured in the amount of $20,000 for any liability incurred in the line of duty under provisions of a bill introduced in the State Senate by J. Ward Russell (R-Oahu). kosuka, Japan, on March 3 after a six-month tour with the Seventh Fleet. Scmciah Continued from Page 1 tion which sought to suppress the evidence 1n the case a hatbox containing 23 'CK0l BREWED -A in the great Northwest 11 from purest water and 1 finest ingredients! I I Dr.

Robert D. Y. Chang Dr. Milion H. Kobayashi Optometrists tnnounct thtit tssocialion in thi prtclit cf optometry sptcializing in tisual examination! tmd tontaet lenstu I Kailva Offfc Ground Floor (Now location) Kailva Shopping Contor T.ltphono J55-271 paper bags of marijuana worth $2,300 on the dope market.

Kanooh Offic 451-026 Kamohamoha Highway (Ntxt ta Kanooht Thootor) Tilophana 343-721 THE nATBOX was found in Palmer's closet when narcotics agents raided the apart ment last Nov. 6. In the final arguments be- coin act Satisfaction Guaranteed ACOUSTICON HEARING AIDS Free Audio Meter Test Complolt lino of Htorlng Aid Batttritj and Accotsoriet. OPTICAL FRAMES Complett Assortment Childron'f end Adultt The Honolulu Advertiser Display Advertising DesdUnes DAILY: Monday Saturday A p.m. two days prior to publication SUNDAYi Women's Stctiotj Thursday 10:00 cm.

Better Living Section Thursday 10:00 a.m. Food Section Tuesday 4:00 p.m. All Special Sections Thursday 10:00 a.m. Sports Section Friday 10:00 a.m. Main News Section Friday Noon Hawaiian Holiday Wednesday Noon-week prior to publication TV Weekly Friday 4.00 p.m.-week prior to publication fore the case went to the Klang labeled two of i the government's principal I witnesses, Mr.

and Mrs. Ben-Ijamin Barry, as "dregs of humanity." Barry testified earlier that Semiean took a handful of leaves from the hatbox filled with marijuana and wrapped them in paper, then left the apartment. IT WAS TIHS act, which the government contends was 'an illegal transfer of marijuana because Semiean didn't pay the tax, on which the charge was based. THE GOOD Complete Repairing Service! (Special D.tcevnt During Thi. Sale) HOUSE OF VISION distributed by Hawaiian Oke I Liquors, ltd.

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