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'MB ism More Hawaii news inside: Tourism A7 Campaign '88 "A9 Obituaries D2 A-3 Ul in The Honolulu Advertiser Tuesday, August 16, 1988 A-3 a wan itness tampering' charged in McKellar suit 1 apparently want to play poli By James Dooley Charles Marsland Allegations "pure garbage" John Edmunds "Shocking piece of misconduct" cruz questioned him early last week at the police station, implying that Moon was an an accomplice in the alleged child abuse case. He said Antenocruz matched a composite sketch of a suspect in the child abuse case with an old police photo of Moon. Antenocruz then said the investigation was ongoing "and since we know that there was someone else in the car with McKellar, that we're going to show your picture around, and we got the right to do that, Moon said in the statement. Moon said Antenocruz then "panicked" when Moon asked to speak to his lawyer and Moon left the police station. He said he was particularly angered by the incident because the police lured him to the station on the pretext that they needed to talk to him about a sex abuse complaint Moon had previously filed on behalf of a relative.

The rela tive was allegedly abused by a former resident at the Second Chance rehabilitation center. Moon said he then contacted his lawyer, Erick Moon (no relation), who then passed the information along to Edmunds. Edmunds yesterday told Circuit Judge Patrick Yim that Moon's allegations represent "as shocking a piece of misconduct as can be imagined." Yim ruled that attorneys in the case can question Moon and his wife under oath Friday and a decision on whether they will be allowed to testify in the case will be made after that questioning is completed. Marsland, who is in the middle of a re-election campaign, said yesterday: "If people want to start trying this case in the media in an attempt to influence the election, then let's get it on, I welcome the opportunity to have Mr. Moon questioned under oath in open court." tics and drag a red herring through this case." "The truth is, we don't need Mr.

Moon to provide derogatory information about Mr. McKellar. People have been providing such information since this case started," Marsland said. Said McKellar, "I'm abslutely appalled. I don't see how anyone can feel safe." McKellar and his wife, Sher-ree, are suing the city, Marsland and Marsland's office for $3.7 million, alleging that McKellar was wrongfully prosecuted on charges of kidnapping and molesting two Windward preschool girls in 1984.

McKellar was acquitted of the charges. Moon, a former heroin addict who now heads a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program called Second Chance, was listed as a defense witness for-McKellar in the criminal case, but was not listed as a witness in the civil suit. Advertiier Staff Writer A new witness in James McKellar's malicious prosecution case against the city says that in the past three weeks, a police officer and a former officer had asked him to implicate McKellar in child abuse and child pornography activities. McKellar's attorney, John Edmunds, asked yesterday that the witness, Frank R. Moon, be allowed to testify at the trial.

Edmunds said he filed a criminal complaint with the FBI yesterday, based on a statement from. Moon, alleging "witness tampering, attempted bribery, extortion and conspiracy by some people in the Honolulu Police Department and the Prosecutor's Office." City Prosecutor Charles Mar-sland yesterday afternoon termed Moon's allegations "pure garbage." He said McKellar's lawyers Moon discussed buying a house through McKellar, a Realtor, at about the time the alleged kidnapping-molestation occurred in March 1984. Moon alleged in a statement filed in court yesterday that former police officer Tony Gon-salves, now a security guard captain at the University of Hawaii, told him July 27 that if Moon could "dig up" derogatory information on McKellar, "the old man (Marsland) will make sure you're taken care of." Gonsalves yesterday afternoon said Moon's allegation was "false." Asked if he had talked to Moon, he declined comment. Marsland said through a spokesman that he doesn't know Gonsalves and that Gonsalves has no involvement in the court case. Moon also said that a police detective named Jose Anteno- j.j i It Big slab of lava snaps off into sea mm ma mm a rwi it KALAPANA, Hawaii A huge slab of lava snapped off its coastal perch on the Puna shoreline yesterday morning and sank into the ocean, setting off a sizeable jolt that was registered on most of the Big Island's seismographs.

Tom Wright, chief scientist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, called the 6:30 a.m. splash a "major catastrophic collapse." Wright said there were no apparent witnesses to the geologic event that scientists call "slumping." But others who were familiar with the new coastline and saw the area after the breakoff said it was about 100 yards by 20 yards in size. Wright stressed that the piece was irregular and probably several yards thick but not seen either by scientists or by national park rangers. By the size of the jolt and the fact it was picked up virtually islandwide on the observatory's network of seismometers, Wright said he suspects there may have been a significant breakoff of new lava beneath the water's surface as well as the above-water breakoff. Wright said the incident emphasizes his concern that people who trespass across private property to approach the "active lava bench" to get a better view of the eruption are putting their lives in dan ger.

Such a concern last week led Harry Kim, Hawaii County Civil defense administrator, to summon state and county law enforcement officers to seek out a way of patrolling the area near Kapa'ahu Homesteads where most intruders enter into the area despite signs and roadblocks. and Wright have scheduled a meeting with police and state land department enforcement officers this morning. Wright said he has banned his own staff scientists from going onto the active lava delta, despite the ban resulting in a cutback in scientific observations. The instability of the area, coupled with a lack of any warning of the huge lava breakoffs, makes it simply too dangerous to venture any closer, he said. The slumping, first reported on July 12, is the result of lava building up at the water's edge and gradually extending over deeper water.

Eventually, the depth and slope of the coastal area beneath the lava is unable to support the weight of the new shelf of rock and it breaks off and slides farther into the ocean east of Kupapau Point. Kilauea has been erupting since Jan. 3, 1983, and has become the island's longest running eruptive event in history. Floating light in the night More than 2,000 lanterns bearing the names of the dead are floated down the Ala Wai Canal in the second annual Honolulu Toro Nagashi (Floating Lantern) Ceremony. Outrigger canoes, like the one bearing the larger lanterns in the background, towed rafts of lanterns to sea in the colorful ceremony.

AdvartJwr photo by Bmct Aaato Thousands of spectators watched the event, part of the Japanese season of o-bon, when the spirits of deceased ancestors return to earth. Last night's ceremony, put on by the Honolulu Toro Nagashi Coordinating Committee, fell on the 43rd anniversary of the end of World War II. Neighbor Island News claimed $50,000 a month in losses forced him to discharge seven workers April 15 and another 10 on May 31. Local 1260, which was attempting to organize the workers, filed unfair labor practice charges against Evans and other KHBC supervisory person- nel. The union alleged employees were told the station would be closed if workers supported the union and said the 17 workers were fired because they were sympathetic to the union.

Other charges included the burning of an NLRB representation election notice. The NLRB investigated and on June 27 issued a consolidated complaint and notice of hearing. The station went off the air July 1, Evans yesterday maintained the station was shut down because of fi nancial difficulties and not labor problems. Moreover, he said, he would be looking at possibly filing complaints against the NLRB after his current problem was resolved. KHNL yesterday confirmed it was negotiating for KHBC's broadcast license and transmitter.

Keith Aotaki. KHNL director of engineering, said KHNL could broadcast to Hilo and surrounding areas if the KHBC transmitter was obtained. Big Island residents currently can receive Channel 13 programming only if they arc cable subscribers. Other broadcast coverage on the Big Island will come when the station begins transmitting from a site atop Haleakala on Maui in December. Aotaki said most Maui residents as well as West Hawaii residents will receive the signal.

By Greg Wiles Vltcrtiier l.tiltttr Writrr The owner of a Hilo television station that went off the air July 1 has reached a tentative settlement with a union and the National Labor Relations Board over alleged unfair labor practices. William Evans, KHBC-TV 2 owner, said yesterday he also is close to selling the station to KHNL-TV in Honolulu. Evans said he did not want to enter into the NLRB accord, but believed failure to do so would jeopardize the KUNL sale and possibly the Federal Communications Commission licenses for his two Kona radio stations, KKON-AM and KOAS-FM. He said the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 had initially sought a $25,000 settle- KHBC-TV 2 in tentative NLRB accord mcnt for the 17 workers laid off before the station shut down. The union accepted about $18,500 in the final agreement, Evans said.

Tom Cestare, head of the NLRB's Honolulu office, said the settlement has been sent to Washington, D.C.. where it will be reviewed for approval by his agency's general counsel and board. A NLRB hearing scheduled for today on four unfair labor practice cases has been suspended indefinitely. I Evans purchased the independent television station in May 1987. He Charges of 'pettiness' traded in mayoral race 1 Campaign '88 I If, Jf-f ti i The commission said supervisors have solicited contributions from subordinates, campaign work schedules were assigned outside regular city working hours and each appointed officer or employee has been told a suggested amount for monetary contributions.

The commission also said it understood that no one was fired for contributing less than the suggested amount or for failing to make a contribution. The ethical question is whether elected city officials have a special advantage by soliciting campaign contributions from appointed city officials that violates City Charter standards-of-conduct provisions. "This situation is not a case of elected officers securing for themselves an advantage; the democratic system, in conjunction with a government staffed with both civil service and appointed personnel, has given them an advantage," the commission said. "For example, members of the City Council who are candidates for re-election have a similar advantage over candidates who do not hold elective office," the opinion said. By William Kresnak Advertiser Government Bureau A recent Honolulu Ethics Commission opinion clearing Mayor Frank Fasi of wrongdoing illustrates "the petty partisan politicking being done by certain mayoral hopefuls," city Managing Director Jeremy Harris said.

Democratic mayoral candidate Randall Iwase asked for the ruling on whether it. was proper for Fasi, a Republican, or his campaign staff to ask appointed city officials to donate time and money to the mayor's re-election campaign. Iwase made the request in June following reports that appointees had set contribution goals for themselves and circulated a memorandum showing "suggested" contributions and how close people were to their target. He felt the memo implied contributions were required. "The commission says there is absolutely nothing wrong with the solicitation of campaign contributions from appointed city personnel," Harris said.

"But I guess this nit-picking will go on until November. "The mayoral wanna-be's are trying to i create phony issues by attacking our character and ethics because they can't attack our record," he said. Iwase responded yesterday, saying, "I guess like Richard Nixon hiding behind the claim of executive privilege, Jeremy Harris can only hide behind 'politics' for so long." He said that under state, ethics rules, state supervisory personnel can't solicit monetary contributions from subordinates because it could be interpreted "as a demand to contribute. You can feel intimidated." "I think the city should have the same high standard of conduct," he said. The city Ethics Commission made its ruling on the understanding that appointed city officials, who serve at the pleasure of the mayor, were asked to donate time and money to Fasi's re-election campaign.

Frank Fasi Cleared by ethics commission Randall Iwase Questioned ethics of Fasi campaign.