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Sophomore lawmakers make a mark 42? South Korea embroiled in change Focus, bi Management phobia afflicts U.S. Business, gi keeps us laughing Island Life, El tftflr yy FINAL EDITION Sunday, April 20, 1997 or; York fashion t) mfm S8388S as nee The Honolulu Advertiser di? ff Dfow nap sGnairpDif wlws By David Waite Advertiser Staff Writer The number of people entering Hawaii's prison system is up 21 percent over the same period last year, with no indications of leveling off any time soon. The numbers are expected to focus attention once again on the debate among public officials, prisoners' advocates and taxpayers over whether Hawaii when he became public safety director, now has to deal with the overcrowding he helped create with his office's aggressive policies toward offenders. He attributes the bulging prison population to a combination of factors, including: A new law that requires a mandatory minimum sentence for anyone convicted of a crime See Prisons, Page A2 less of the overcrowding problem," Carlisle said. "In my opinion, that is the only way to reduce our crime problem.

"You can try to solve the overcrowding problem by reducing admissions or by reducing length of stay, or you can build, build, build. We have tried the first two solutions over the past 10 years. Now we are doing the latter." Kaneshiro, the city prosecutor until just four months ago, should simply build more prisons or expand social programs that might keep people from committing crimes. The most obvious reason for the increase in prison population is tougher sentencing laws that target certain kinds of offenders. Some judges are also ordering repeat misdemeanor offenders to serve time.

"I don't discourage the police or the prosecutors from adding to our problems. We just have to do what we have do to," said the state public safety director, Keith Kaneshiro. "I don't think the problem has crested "We've got tough new sentencing laws and until repeat offenders get the feeling there will be consequences for breaking the law, they're not going to stop. The overcrowding is going to rise until they find out we're very serious about taking these guys off the street." City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle said he and his deputies aren't letting the overcrowded prison and jail conditions or the threat of legal intervention by the American Civil Liberties Union keep them from pursuing prison sentences for more of Hawaii's criminals. "We are vigorously pursuing our policy of incapacitation through incarceration, regard- Baseball makes grand return Flood, fire ravage city of 50,000 in North Dakota iinf tJ 1 J.

i 1 "-v i i Art vi Mm II Associated Press GRAND FORKS, N.D. Fire raged through downtown buildings in this flooded city last night as firefighters struggled in water-clogged streets to save other businesses. "Our entire town is flooded, and now our town is burning," Battalion Chief Jerry Anderson said. Fire officials said the fire covered approximately a city block, but they did not know how many buildings were burning. They said they probably would not know until morning.

After trying without success to fight the blaze, they said it might have to burn itself out. Shortly before midnight, a fire truck from the Grand Forks Air Force Base was able to get through the water. "It's not under control, but we're making headway," Anderson said. The blaze started in a three-story building and spread to another building in the commercial district. Crews dropped fire-fighting chemicals from planes but suspended the operation at nightfall.

Some fire trucks were blocked by abandoned cars floating in the streets, flooded with as much as 4 feet of water from the swollen Red River. Firefighters were also hampered by low water pressure. Three firefighters were treated for hypothermia, but no other injuries were reported. Twenty people safely fled the building when the fire started. Most of Grand Forks' 50,000 residents abandoned the city earlier yesterday as the water rushed over sandbag dikes.

Police and National Guardsmen ii Hi. i mini ii ii 1 i Photographs by Coty LumThe Honolulu Advertiser anc hnlrl ntit itoms tn hp fiiitnnranhfid before tha name between the San Dieao Padres and St. Louis Cardinals at Aloha Stadium. Fans hold out items to be autographed before the game between the San David J. PhillipAssociated Press Firefighters were unable to reach fires raging in downtown Grand Forks, N.D., because of floodwaters.

The blaze spread through an entire city block. tried to get the holdouts to leave, threatening arrest for those who refused. In neighboring East Grand Forks, officials were also urging residents to leave. Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens said residents might have to stay out of their homes for two weeks while the city's swamped water plant is repaired. "Lack of services is going to make life difficult and perhaps See North Dakota, Page A14 1 Islands' fans finally catch glimpse of major leagues 1 I iom Haynes had a vin-'tage red-and-gold I Hawaii Islanders cap on I'- Fepd Lewis 4- i Library budget cuts divide lawmakers Jk his head, a ticket in his hand and a widening smile on his face.

All around him, Aloha Stadium had come alive in ways baseball hasn't witnessed in a decade and in a major league manner many had long since given up hope of ever seeing here. On an 85-degree, postcard kind of a day, a steady din carried through the stands, smoke from barbecue grills swirled in the air and crowds poured through the turnstiles for the doubleheader opener of the three-game Paradise Series between the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. "This," Haynes said, pausing to soak up the atmosphere, "is great, just great, especially the crowds. That's what you miss too." For Haynes, a one-time Islander regular, it was a day of rediscovery of all that has been missing since the late, lamented Islanders of the Triple-A Pacific See Baseball, Page A15 Cardinals second baseman David Bell tags Greg Vaughn in the seventh inning of the first game.

A total of 37,382 fans turned out for the first major league game in Hawaii. Photo altered, UH scientist says wm. 21 sections, 298 pages Ann Landers E2 Hawaii A23-30 Arts E5 HomeStyle D1-6 Business 61-5 Horoscope E2 By Jean Christensen Advertiser Staff Writer House and Senate negotiators working to pass the public libraries budget are divided over Senate proposals to end a controversial book-buying contract and eliminate several management positions, including that of state librarian Bart Kane's assistant. The Senate wants to cut $5.1 million from the $38 million sought by Gov. Ben Cayetano to run Hawaii's 49 public libraries for the next two years.

The cuts would come mostly from upper management and would not cause closures or cuts in service, Senate Education Committee Co-Chairman Rod Tam said. John Penebacker, special assistant to Kane, would lose his job under the Senate plan. Other positions targeted are those of administrative assistant to the librarian, library public relations officer, offset press operator and illustrator-photographer. "These are managerial positions where, quite frankly, all they do is send the paperwork down to somebody else to do," Tam said yesterday. Penebacker said: "I'm not going to comment on something like that.

That's obviously absurd." Funding for the Baker Taylor Inc. contract to select and supply books for Hawaii libraries also would be eliminated under the Senate plan. Book-selection duties would revert to librarians. Librarians have criticized Baker Taylor's performance since the North Carolina firm was hired. last spring.

They say Baker Taylor supplies a disproportionately high number of cheap paperbacks because it is paid a flat rate of $20.94 per book. The House wants about $18.6 million a year for the libraries and a continuation of the Baker Taylor contract with more librarian involvement in book selection. House Finance Committee Chairman Calvin Say said the state could face a court challenge if it withdraws from the 5V-year, $11.2 million contract. '5. Classified H3-30 Island Ute 1-10 E9 ClassifiedJobs G6-14 Movie ads Crossword E2 Obituaries A24.A29 C1-12 Earthweek G5 Sports F1-8 Editorials B2 Travel By Michael Hammerschlag Special to The Advertiser KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii A photograph on the Internet showing what was purported to be a spaceship trailing the Hale-Bopp comet was a doctored version of a picture taken with the University of Hawaii's Mauna Kea telescope, UH astronomer David Tholen says.

The controversy about a supposed comet-trailing spaceship was discussed on the Internet during the months before 39 Heaven's Gate cultists committed suicide in the belief that a spaceship behind the comet would carry them to a "higher Focus B1-6 TV log TV Week A4 Gardening D5 Weather The doctored photograph, left, on the Art Bell web site has an extra bright spot in its center. The original UH photo is at right. Lo90 JJdjo 7 was a version of one taken Sept.1, 1995, on Mauna Kea "The original image was avail-See Comet, Page A10 level" after death. The cult members were known to be avid Internet users. Tholen said he has "absolutely no doubt" that the faked photo A Gannett Newspaper.