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There have been fires started in garages on both sides of Kalanianaole and some of the highway, he said. A vacant house that had been moved from one lot to another on Kalanianaole was destroyed last month. "That definitely was maliciously set," Sawyer said. While investigators sift through the ashes and set dollar estimates ol damage, no price tag can be put on the fear these fires have implanted in the lives of immediate neighbors and other Niu Valley residents. "My reaction to all this?" asked John Shipley, a surfboard shop owner and neighbor of the most recent fire.

"I'm scared to death. "IT'S ONE THING when someone wants to fight you face to face. But when a person goes after people like this in the night, when they're sleep ing, when they can't see who it is? It's horrible." Another neighbor, Mrs. Frank Thompson, had a practical reaction. "I called my insurance agent this morning," she said.

Precautions range from those personally motivated to those suggested by Sawyer during his visit to the scene of yesterday's blaze. Many neighbors talked with him. He suggested Shipley move his mother from her cottage residence, which is similar, to the Ohara arrangement, to the main house. "She's out of there," Shipley said. "It's been a long day for her.

She was terrified." Ohara and her daughter were cared for by the Shipleys yesterday. Sawyer said he told residents to move their cars out of their garages and park them in their driveways if possible. Above all, he told them to clean up their garages. "People have cans of gasoline for their lawn mowers or their boats in plain sight in their garages, just inviting disaster," he said. I told them to get these things out of sight, lock them up and clean up their garages." SAWYER SAID HE strongly feels only one person is involved in the fires.

"We have no idea who it is, no de- scription, no witness, he said. Everyone's concern is the poten- tial loss of human life. In at least two instances, fires were started in garages that appeared to be apart from where people would be living. However, one was attached to a recreation area, said Sawyer. Yesterday's was started just feet away from where the mother and daughter were sleeping.

Niu fears grow as start occupied homes By KAREN HORTON Advertiter Staff Writer The latest in a series of apparently maliciously set fires in the Niu Valley area occurred just before dawn yesterday at 5633 Kalanianaole Hwy. The Fire Department reported an estimated (18,300 in damage to the structure and two cars inside. Mrs. Janice Ohara and her 8-year-old daughter who lived in the attached rental unit escaped injury, authorities said. The department said no cause has been found.

The main house, owned by businessman Richard Hadley, was not damaged. Richard Sawyer, assistant fire chief, called it the sixth or seventh purposely set fire in the Niu Valley area in the past seven or eight months. "THE LAST FOUR have occurred in the last two weeks," Sawyer said. tires The Honolulu Advertiser Hawaii Report Wednesday, April 21, 1976 A-3 tO StOB nan eeia evictions laiis of Hawaii environmental reguls tions. rw? "4V 4 Jt 7 Aw f'- ft fir I initiated by HECO against the residents.

Stopped plans for any power plant on Oahu's Windward Coast, "especially in or around the Heeia Kea area." THE PROPOSALS were submitted by stockholders Robert H. and Helen C. Hopkins, residents of Hanalei on Kauai, who were early participants in the fight against the H-3 Freeway on Oahu. Their arguments, as printed in HECO's annual meeting notice in accordance with SEC regulations, included these: The eviction proceedings show "callous disregard" for the residents, damaging HECO's "public image." "Environmentally, Heeia Kea has been found undesirable for power generation." HECO's counterarguments were that: It has no choice but to evict since the housing has deteriorated and been declared substandard by the City and County of Honolulu. The company's plans for the Heeia Kea site, which was purchased from' the Bishop Estate in 1965, include future installation of combustion turbine "peaking unit" generators, which would meet State By KIT SMITH Advertiser Financial Editor Hawaiian Electric Co.

stockholders yesterday overwhelmingly defeated proposals made by two of the shareholders relating to the utility's plans for its 219-acre Heeia Kea Valley site in Windward Oahu. After HECO's annual meeting, however, activist attorney Edward C. Brown, representing Heeia Kea residents who are fighting eviction, called the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in San Francisco to ask that the proceedings be ruled invalid. Brown, who also is general counsel for the environmental group Life of the Land, contended that a group of Heeia Kea residents was barred admittance to the meeting in violation of HECO's bylaws dealing with proxies.

It was plain from the outset that HECO's 85th annual meeting, held at the company's downtown headquarters, would be out of the ordinary. TO PREPARE FOR a possible disturbance, the company closed its King Street entrance and checked in stockholders on the ground floor instead of outside the second-floor auditorium as in years past. Indeed, sign-carrying Heeia Kea residents did appear at the open Merchant Street entrance. Order was maintained, however, encouraged by the presence of police. The two defeated proposals, neither of which mustered even three per cent of votes cast, including proxies, would have: Terminated eviction proceedings REGARDING THE dispute over proxies, attorney Brown said he is preparing affidavits to file with both the SEC and the State Department of Regulatory Agencies, asking for investigations.

The bylaw provision in question says, "Any stockholder may in writing authorize any person or corporation, one or more, to vote as proxy or proxies The words "one or more" and "proxy or proxies" should have allowed any number of Heeia Kea residents entry under even a single proxy, Brown argues. HOWEVER, President Williams, who presided at the meeting, said the purpose of a proxy "is to allow a vote and not to pack a meeting and cause a disturbance." And a motion to admit the residents was defeated, even without aid of proxies held by management. Brown said after the meeting that "there was no' intention to disrupt the meeting." Rather, five persons were going to speak and a 30-minute slide show presented on each issue, he said. "Our goal was to try to find some sympathetic souls among the Advertiser photo by V. Ishll Attorney Brown, left, unable to get into HECO annual meeting for Heeia Kea residents, talks with policeman in company's ground floor hallway.

$275 million supplement ators OK extra budget funds Legisl Pass bills, but never pass out Hawaii's legislators, like marathon runners, ended a final sprint last night which proved what experience and conditioning can do. Take the case of Rep. Jack Suwa, veteran House Finance Committee bargaining pay raises for 10 public worker unions. Some $12.2 million of that money would come out of general State tax revenues. More generous tax credits for Hawaii's poorer families.

Credits for those with a taxable income under $5,000 went from $30 to $40; from $28 to $32 for those between $5,000 and from $26 to $28 for those between $6,000 and $7,000 and from $24 to $26 for those between $7,000 and $8,000. A $12 million State employment program. Under the program, unemployed persons would be eligible for temporary State jobs or for State-subsidized private jobs. A $15 million crash repair and maintenance program on State facilities. This is designed to provide a boost to the hard-pressed construction industry.

That money includes $1.7 million for land acquisition at Malaekahana on Oahu's North Shore and several hundred thousand -'to purchase a houselot and home under construction on Paiko Peninsula. Cut out of the Administration's original construction proposal was nearly $10 million for the start of new athletic facilities and a new gym at the University of Hawaii. In addition to the Administration's capital improvement projects, the lawmakers added $1 million in construction projects for each of the 25 senators and $750,000 for each of the 51 House members. THE TOTAL OF THAT pork barrel district-by-district construction work amounts to some $63 million. Other spending bills related to the budget included; Nearly $19 million in collective The supplement continues a $4 million appropriation for an interis-land ferry approved last year, but adds some new language to the appropriation.

It changes the definition of interisland ferry system to "marine highway" and it insists that the Legislature be given final approval over ferry contracts entered into by the State. On the construction side of the budget, the Legislature authorized the Governor to borrow up to $156 million out of the $207 million left in the State's borrowing limit for this year. ONE OF THE MOST striking aspects of the capital improvements budget is the heavy stress placed on park purchase and planning. More than $50 million was included for parks in areas ranging from Makiki to Hana. a bob krauss special futute to up your diciary facilities.

That extra cash for construction depends on the Legislature's hope that State tax collections for the coming year will be much higher than Administration officials are predicting. The Legislature's budget conference felt the State would collect roughly $25 million more in tax revenues than Administration officials expect. If that extra money shows up, the budget will be balanced and all of the Legislature's spending plans will go into effect. IF TAX COLLECTIONS are slower as the Administration now predicts Gov. George Ariyoshi will have to put off some building projects.

The supplemental operating budget modifies and expands on a $1.35 billion two-year operating budget approved by the Legislature last year. The Legislature this year also approved a one-year $156 million capital improvements budget for the coming fiscal In all, the new operating funds including separate bills will probably total $86 million, not including the $30 million worth of projected cash construction projects. The operating package is highlighted by a $38 million supplement to last year's operating budget. Much of that money will go for new staff and expanded programs at the Tax Department, the Department of Social Services, Waimano Home and the Public Utilities Division. Each of these four agencies has been the target of criticism, largely due to inadequate staff.

THE OPERATING package includes $200,000 for a tourism plan, $58,000 to provide full Medicaid payments to doctors, $153,222 to fund higher hourly wages for prison inmates, nearly $6 million in extra grants-in-aid to Neighbor Island counties to offset property tax losses and $675,000 in continued funding for the Legal Aid Society. Also, $805,000 for the feedlot operation at Kohala sponsored by the Kohala Task Force, $200,000 for a Windward Regional Plan, $60,000 to begin setting up a full-time Parole Board and $250,000 for a labor education center at the University of Hawaii. By JERRY BURRIS Advertiser Politia Writer Hawaii lawmakers last night authorized the spending of $275 million in cash and borrowed money for everything from programs for the retarded at WaimSno Home to new parks and highways throughout the State, i The budget bill passed the Senate with only Duke Kawasaki voting no, and passed tbe House with only Rep. Richard "Ike" Sutton against it. The money was contained in a supplementary State operating and capital improvements budget and dozens of related spending matters.

The operating budget and related program spending amount to $86 million and the construction budget $186 million $156 million to be paid by bond borrowing and another $30 million in cash, Two themes running throughout the entire spending package are legislative concern for Hawaii's unemployed and a desire to create tax relief for property owners and taxpayers. LAWMAKERS TOOK AIM at relief for the unemployed with close to $30 million worth of job training, temporary unemployment and "make-work" State maintenance projects. Tax relief took various forms. Although plans for a $15 million tax rebate died in conference, the Legislature did decide to increase tax credits for Hawaii's poor. They also agreed to property tax package that should offer significant relief to homeowners, who have been hard-hit by soaring property values and resulting higher taxes.

Countering relief from unemployment and high taxes was the growing legislative feeling that Hawaii has been borrowing too much for construction projects. It is estimated that debt service, which was $35 million in 1970-71, will be $136 million by 1981. TO HEAD OFF a "New York City" situation, the supplementary budget contains $30 million worth of cash or "pay as you go" construction projects, including $10.2 million for the new statewide corrections system and $4.6 million for new ju chairman, who wasn't even breathing hard at the finish line. "He's said teammate Tennyson Lum, who has served on the committee for seven years. "We started meeting in conference with the Senate Finance Committee at 10 a.m.

Saturday. At 6 a.m. Sunday, we took a break and went home. We came back at 11 a.m. and stayed until 9 a.m.

Monday. "Suwa always looks fresh. When he got tired, he'd catnap for an hour and be wide awake again." REP. BEN CAYETANO agreed that some of the veteran legislators have amazing endurance. "If I have to stay up all night, I wilt around noon," said Cayetano, a mere 36 years old.

LIKE SOME athletes, some legislators make it look easy. "The work load was spread out this time, and we finished pretty well," said veteran Sen. Stanley Hara as he nibbled on roasted banana bits. "I'd call this a very calm and deliberate session. "It doesn't hold a candle to the one in 1955.

That one lasted something -like 110 days. "Our group caucused under the coconut plams on the waikiki end of the Iolani Palace grounds. (The Legislature met in those days at the palace.) "We got in a row and split with my friend Charlie Kauhane, the speaker of the House. He put the clock in his trunk and went home. "In those days, we stopped the clock to stay in session because the session was automatically ended when the clock ran out.

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