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The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 25

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1 im-Tii- miiiiiirTiuiiiipiir p- iiTiiiiwiiiiiTirwrwipiiM i ijiiiiiwipwwuifi FM EDITED! ITieHonoIulurtdvertiser Friday, November 22, 2002 B7 McKinley High honors aviation expert KHNL's 10 p.m. news moving to 'clock time' neering military programs that involved YB-47, KC-135 and Minute-men missiles. He was the chief design engineer on the company's AGM-69 short-range missile system and the B-l avionics system. He later directed work in break through technology programs that led to Boeing developing the B-2 and F22-A bombers, as well as the Boeing Condor aircraft. When he retired in 1989, Goo had worked his way up from chief engineer to president of a company that employed 32,000 people.

full scholarships to the University of Hawai'i for McKinley graduates pursuing a science major. They have also established a charitable trust at the University of Illinois, where Goo GOO By Wayne Harada Advertiser Entertainment KHNL, the NBC affiliate in Hawai'i will begin airing its 10 o'clock news on "clock time," industry jargon for actual time, on Dec 30. This means it will deliver at the advertised time, not five to seven minutes later, aligning its late news show with the other local stations. KHNL is the last of four stations to adopt "clock time." It has been station policy to insert extra advertising during prime time shows, delaying the start of its 10 p.m. newscast.

"We just feel it's time," said John Fink, KHNL general man- By Rod Ohlra Advertiser Staff Writer A 1943 McKinley graduate who retired as president of Boeing Advanced Systems and Boeing Military Airplane Co. was inducted today into his high school's "Hall of Honor." Seventy-seven-year-old Abraham Meu Sen "Abe" Goo, a Makiki native who lives in Kent, is the 153rd "Hall of Honor" inductee since the McKinley Alumni Association began recognizing distinguished graduates with framed photo portraits in the hallway of the school's administration building in 1986. Goo was formally inducted today in a mid-morning ceremony before the McKinley student body. "I appreciate the experience of being recognized by my high school," Goo said. Goo and his wife, the former Shin Quon, a 1945 McKinley graduate, established an endowment fund three years ago that provides Wednesdays and "ER" on Thursdays, often stayed with KHNL for the 10 p.m.

news, because switching channels meant the two or three top stories were already delivered on the competing affiliates. "They had the distinct advantage on nights when NBC had big lead-in shows; audiences were held hostage for a few minutes past 10," Rosenberg said. The decision to move the news to clock time comes as KHNL's 10 p.m newscast is gaining favor among viewers. In the last Nielsen survey in May, KHNL was No. 2 at 10 p.m.

"We're pleased with our promotion effort and growth of our news production, and look forward to going head to head at 10 p.m.," Fink said. Fink said the decision to join the bandwagon could affect advertising rates they would likely go up, to make up for the lost minutes of advertising. But the growth of sister station KFVE, the WB in Hawai'i, could help fill the revenue void. earned his electrical engineering degree in 1951. Goo is a third-generation Chinese-American and comes from a family of 14 childrea He dropped out of high school after his junior year to assist in clearing debris at Hickam field from the Dec.

7, 1941, attack. Dr. Miles E. Cary, then McKin-les principal, encouraged Goo to resume his educatioa Goo attended day classes and worked the night shift at Hickam repairing damaged warplanes. After earning his college degree, Goo began a 38-year career with Boeing in Seattle.

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