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Honolulu Star-Bulletin from Honolulu, Hawaii • 1

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Gets Life Without Parole urns By Harriet Gee Star-Bulletin Writer William K. Medeiros Jr. yesterday said he was guilty of fatally shooting pretty Mitzi Iso Klotzbach through the head last Dec. 3 "because I meant to do it." Medeiros, 24, was then sentenced to life imprisonment without chance of parole for killing his 18-year- old girl-friend on a lonely Waianae beach. Circuit Court Judge Thomas S.

Ogata accepted the guilty plea and imposed imprisonment only after Medeiros convinced him that hewas guilty, of first-degree murder. MEDEIROS DID NOT show any visible signs of emotion as he turned away from the judge after being sentenced. Two of his accomplices in 'the-Klotzbach. murder also entered guilty' pleas yesterday as accessories: after the Daniel Pogtis and Roland C. Eguchi, both 19, readily admitted being- accessories "after the thing but were reluctant to de scribe specifically what they meant.

GOVERNMENT evidence introduced in court previously showed they dug the deep grave" for tiny Mitzi and buried her in it after Medeiro's had shot her in a nearby tent. i Medeiros said then that she knew too much about his criminal activities, a witness He still has two other murder charges and federal cry charges against him. P. A fourth defendant in the lotzbach killing, Jesse 'James Bates, was- not in yesterday. 5 IN ANOTHER major murder case before Ogata yes- terday, Edward L.

Silva pleaded guilty to second-de-. gree murder in the shooting death of Charles M. Akana Jr a suspected narcotics pusher. Charged along with reportedly has turned State's witness against-his co-defendants, are Medeiros and Bates, 25. Bates is scheduled to go on Turn to Page A-3, CoL 3 7: Mitzi Klotzbach William Medeiros Jr.

Admits A 4 i crin AA N. Home: Complete 0 The Weather Sunny and partly cloudy through tomorrow. Expected high today 83, low tonight 67. Details on Page. 2 Hawaii's Greatest- Newspaper S3 Pages HONOLULU, HAWAII Eight Sections Vol.

60, No. 131 hlQjWG)W(B UQG i 1 1 k- rijj i 2 vu.sr .3 reach the; protesting firemen, but- rather can we afford not to afford them?" he added. 1 FASI ALSO WANTS to beef up the City's recreation program so that youngsters may have "meaningful activities." and not engage in "questionable activities that idleness may lead The lion's share of the biidget, $36.5 million, goes for public safety. Included in FROM THE ROOFTOP Pblice climb a- ladder to Kokua Hawaiians 'Photo by Warren R. Rolli tor, advised the Kokua Ha-.

waiians through a- bullhorn" that thej had lO ininutes to vacate or face arrest. The a Hawaiians" sang "Sons of Hawaii," the alma mater of the Kameha-rheha Schools which is. sup-; ported by the Bishop Estate. Ten extra minutes were given, and then the people were; arrested, one by one. About- vtwo rdozen Kokua Hawaiians had gone to the roof of Santos' house arid hauled up after them.

Nine squad cars backed dawn! the rutted dirt road in "front" of the house to remove" the people who were; arrest- u-. a i- A fire- truck moved into the valley with a ladder. JOHN SAXTON, a hefty Hawaiian, was at the spot where the fire ladder went up. He at first refused to come down, and it looked as if he'd have to be carried. But he relented, came down and was carried by five officers to a squad car.

A man who said his name is Lono and who says he is a medical kahuna joined the Kokua Hawaiians to get arrested, But authorities wouldn't touch him. Lono, cigarette in spoke, in Hawaiian to the people on the roof. He put what he called a-Hawaiian curse on the heads of Bishop- Estate's trustees. "OUR AUMAKUA is with us," he said. "In the eyes of our gods we are not wrong." Lono said the curse was imikimalia "pinch here a little, pinch there a little." He said the curse would make the trustees feel ill for a time, but would never: know, what matter was'.

'After the arrests, 'Van Al-J lprt said the Bishop Estate; had trucks on the way move Santos pigs to a. temporary holding -pen in Ewa, Inside the Astrology Bridge Business Stock list B-6 Classified Comics Crossword B-3 Daily Magazine B-2-3 Dave Donnelly A-4' Dear Abby F-4 By- Pierre Bowman Star-Bulletin riter The occupation of Kalama Valley came' to an end About' 50 riot-equipped police officers 'i this morning converged'1 on the' valley, home of; pig farmer George Santos. They didn't need their- riot equipment. three dozen protesters were-removed without "Members of Kokua Hawaii had niove.d, th waIey this area is a second police helicopter and two additional pilots. Fasi also recommends that the fireman's work week be cut from 63 to 56 hours and that 48 new fire-fighting positions be created to fill the gap.

The second highest area of spending is a $19.4 million price tag debt Sanitation and waste removal will cost-. A Tuesday, May 11 1 971 behind Sandy Beach on -April 20, the1 deadline for Santas to vacate to make way for a Bishop Estate plan to devel-; ep the land. THEY DR AIATKED the issue ef land reform in the Islands and vgave Santos moral support in his fight against -eviction. Santos left his home volun-tarily-foday when' authorities arrivfd He went to; talk to Bishop Estate Officials attte mouth 0f the-valley. William.

Van Allen, a Bishop -Eslate' project coordina- Fasi estimates, and recreation will cost $10 million for the coming year. The Traffic Department will undertake improvement systems for and Central Oahu, Fasi said in his budget message." THE FOUR-POUND, 722r page City budget also contains- a brief 'outline "for Fasi's mass transits pro-r Turn to Page A-4, Col. 3 'I has di'astic increases, except for an-additional 296 police positions, but the budget is 14 per cent higher than the previous budget. "The, proposed budget is an austere one, providing for minimal increases in staffing with the exception of eur public safety 1 Fasi said. "'It is inot' a.

matler of or not wecan police off icier or By Richard Borreca Star-Bulletin. Writer Echoing the financial woes-of the State, Mayor Frank F. Fasi has recommended a $130.5 million "austere" City budget for the coming fiscal year. The Mayor's budget Includes $10 million in pay-as-you-go financing for propos- ed capital improvements i-; said there were Stock on Page B-6 Stocks Gain 10 HE SAID construction operations will start soon in the valley, with bulldozers possibly moving in today. Home Hayes, whose guard service has been engaged to secure the valley since the occupation began, said his men will remain on the job to keep trespassers out.

Santos was not arrested. "He's just, been moved from the property," said Van Allen. At the; mouth ef the valley after the. arrests, Santos he. had not been by -the Bishop Estate owhat: he te "da-pr Turn to Page A-12, Col.

5 Editorials A-14 Entertainment .1 Family Today Jim Becker Kokua Line MikeRoyko Obituaries Pulse E-6 Sports TV logs B-2 4 a day. Story on Pags Ml Kb may look like a lot of work, but Tavares says it takes only an hour A-5. Photos by Dick Schmidt. NEIGHBORHOOD ATTRACTION Sr. and Mrs.

John Tavares' Kapahulu home boasts a spectacular display of flowers, admired by visitors and neighbors like Carole Chung. It.

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