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Home lietm onduu Stocks Dow industrial average advances 8.37 to 937.27 in active trading. Stock tables on Business news on B-l-4 VOL. 65, NO. 141 20c on Oahu 25c on th Neighbor Ulandi 76 Pages Four Sections HONOLULU, HAWAII Thursday, May 20, 1976 17 1 Flooding Worst in 3 Decades Transcript Denied in Moe Case J- It -tm-. 4 i I MANILA, The Philippines (AP) Typhoon Olga swept across the Philippines' eastern coast today, causing seven deaths in the worst flooding in the Manila area in 30 years, authorities said.

At least 10,000 persons were forced from their homes in neighboring Quezon City after the storm dumped more than 16 inches of rain there. Tens of thousands of commuters were stranded in Manila. Emergency refugee centers were set up in churches and schools. Navy frogmen rescued 71 persons from a swamped residential area just outside Manila. Ten persons were reported missing in the metropolitan area.

MORE THAN 1,500 persons were trapped by six feet of water in their homes in suburban Mandaluyong. President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared a state of emergency in the Weather bureau chief Roman L. Kintinar said 16.1 inches of rain fell on Quezon City in 24 hours, topping a Manila record of 15.9 inches set in July 1972 when the country was hit by a major flood. The Red Cross appealed to the U.S.

Agency for International Development and to local residents for emergency food supplies. Another typhoon, Pamela, swept through the Pacific area Tuesday, killing 10 persons on the islands of Truk Atoll. Guam Girds for Mighty Pamela AGANA, Guam (AP) Ga'le-force winds buffeted Guam today while residents braced themselves for a killer typhoon headed directly for the island. Typhoon Pamela is expected to pass over Guam late tonight, according to National Weather Service forecasters. The typhoon, which took 10 lives at Truk Atoll earlier this week, is packing winds of 150 miles per hour with gusts up to 190.

WINDS UP TO 50 m.p.h. dumped heavy rain on the island this morning. Several thousand persons h'ave taken refuge in public school shelters and thousands of others moved into typhoon-proof structures. With the worst yet to come, the FLOOD AT CHECKOUT COUNTER Supermarket employes and shoppers are stranded by flood waters in Manila. Associated Press Photo.

Kansak i Murder Cose Bail Manila area and five Luzon island provinces and ordered all but essential businesses closed in Manila and Quezon City. Communications to many areas outside Manila were cut, and officials said 4hey had no reports on damage outside the metropolitan area. Officials said the worst flooding came in the neighborhood of 25 flood-control projects that workers were trying to finish when Olga dumped record rains on the city. WEATHERMEN SAID storm remained almost stationary today and predicted "stormy weather tonight and tomorrow" in the same area. The government-owned Manila Transportation Co.

offered commuters free bus rides, and the armed forces put heavy trucks into service, but many streets were impassable. A 100-yard underpass in front of Manila's city hall looked like a canal. Suspect Free on By Leslie Wilcox Star-Bulletin Writer A circuit court Judge today blocked an effort by the family of the late Fitisemanu J. Moe to obtain a transcript of the Oahu Grand Jury proceedings which produced no indict-. tnents in Moe's death.

Judge Norito Kawakami said there were indications that criminal prosecution in the Moe case was not yet over. His ruling came after Kenneth Nam, the deputy City prosecutor who presented the Moe case to the grand jury May 6 and 7, took the stand and said the attorney general's office is submitting a motion asking for the transcript for possible use in criminal action. Nam said Atty. Gen. Ronald Ame-miya, as the highest law officer in the State, is his boss.

BUT THE STATE office did not consult him about its reported decision to seek the transcript, Nam said. The attorney general's motion is expected to be heard at 1:30 p.m. May 28 before Judge Walter M. Heen. Kawakami told attorneys for the Moe family, which has filed a $3.25 million suit against the City in connection with Moe's death, to return with their motion at 10:30 a.m.

June 3. By then, it should be known whether further efforts at prosecution are forthcoming, he said. Moe, 29, died March 6 in Waikiki, after several police officers forcibly subdued and arrested him. He was allegedly disorderly. FRANK O'BRIEN, attorney with the firm of Schutter Levinson, which is representing the Moe family, said his clients were "clearly prejudiced" by Kawakami's decision.

He said he knows of no criminal case on the docket related to the Moe incident, and reports of intended prosecution by the attorney general's office are "speculative." He said the Moe family is being denied information pertinent to their civil suit that is available to the City defendants in the case. City employes who were present at the grand jury meetings and permitted to take notes can easily relate to City representatives what evidence was presented, O'Brien said. Nam rose to say he resented O'Brien's remarks and that his office was not releasing any information that is not available to the Moe attorneys. A 17-year-old suspect in the January murder-rape of 12-year-old Jea-nine Kansaki has been released from Halawa Correctional Facility on $15,000 cash bail in connection with another sexual assault charge. The youth was indicted and arrested May 12 on charges of rape and sodomy in an attack last November on a 22-year-old college coed.

He is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow before Circuit Judge Walter M. Heen on the charges in the coed attack. Deputy Public Defender John Chang has been appointed to represent the youth. THE BOY ALSO is the prime suspect in the murder-rape of the Kansaki girl, who was found dying of multiple stab wounds on the road- storm has already knocked out electric power in many areas of the is-Turn to Page A-4, Col. 6 Hansen Is Silent in Plaza Probe Makaha Inn Firm Files Countersuit way of the 3900 block of Round Top Drive on Jan.

25. The Family Court last week waived jurisdiction over the youth, authorizing the Circuit Court to try him as an adult on charges of murder, two counts of first-degree rape and' two counts of first-degree sodomy. District Family Court Judge Barry Rubin announced then that the court had waived jurisdiction over the boy but declined to identify him because it would violate the Family Court Act. RUBIN POINTED OUT that the court could still have jurisdiction over the boy if the youth's attorney, Arthur K. Nakagawa, asked for reconsideration of the waiver decision.

Nakagawa told the Star-Bulletin he has moved for reconsideration. No hearing date has been set. Should his motion be denied and then appealed to the State Supreme Court, it would make uncertain the City prosecutor's plan to present the Kansaki case to the, Oahu Grand Jury on Wednesday. The validity of the rape-sodomy indictment may also be questionable if the Supreme Court rules Family Court still had jurisdiction over the boy at the time he was indicted on those charges. i InsiriA By Harold Morse and Russ Lynch Star-Bulletin Writers Hal J.

Hansen, former president of Oceanside Properties refused under oath today to answer any questions about the controversial Kukui Plaza development which his company built in cooperation with the City. Howard K. Hoddick, one of Hansen's two attorneys, repeatedly advised Hansen not to answer questions by Brook Hart, special counsel for the City Council investigating committee looking into Kukui Plaza. Hansen resigned as president of Oceanside recently, after the Council's investigation into the project began. AT THE SECOND hearing of the special Council investigating committee today, Hoddick and Hart clashed repeatedly over whether questions Hart raised were within the legitimate scope of the Council investigation.

The Council is investigating allegations that the City administration favored certain companies and indi- Turn to Page A-4, Col. 1 rough time making things go, but who has not during the past several years? We're here to stay, and intend to live up to our commitment to ourselves, to our members, our employes and the people of Hawaii." He also revealed that his company will file a court petition for reorganization under Chapter 10 of the federal bankruptcy law. This would mean reorganization by the trustee under court supervision, and is not to be confused with bankruptcy. "AS TO CHAPTER 10, we will work together with all in finding a solution to the operational problems at Makaha," Shoji said. "We are here to stay.

We have not toiled three years and spent $10 million to simply get up and just walk out. That would be too easy." He continued, "Makaha Inn has employed as many as 230 employes. "Our annual payroll was in excess of $1.5 million annually most of which stayed in the Leeward area, Turn to Page A-4, Col. 6 ByRayManeki Star-Bulletin Business Editor Hawaii Daiichi Kanko Inc. filed a $19 million countersuit against Makaha Valley Inc.

yesterday, charging misrepresentations and omissions when Hawaii Daiichi purchased the Makaha Inn and Country Club in 1973. Makaha Valley Inc. is a subsidiary of Capital Investment of Hawaii which filed a foreclosure suit against the Japan-based company two weeks ago, seeking nearly $7.9 million due on the purchase. "In the wake of the foreclosure action by Chinn Ho (chairman of Capital Investment), I have no other alternative but to fight for my rights," Mineo Shoji, president of Hawaii Daiichi, said in a prepared statement. MAKAHA INN, which continues to operate its golf, tennis and restaurant facilities, has reported losses of more than $5 million since it changed hands three years ago.

Said Shoji, "Sure, we've had a W1" the Dog Helps Save Girl from Shark BRISBANE, Australia (AP) A family dog helped save a 4-year-old girl from a nine-foot shark at a resort beach yesterday, according to park police. Police at Emu Park in central Queensland said the shark snapped at Tammy Stokes, who was playing in knee-deep water. The mixed-breed dog, Dollar, attacked the shark's tail as Tammy's father, Rodney Stokes, pulled her out of the water, the park police said. Aloha C-12 Amusements D-12 Astrology D-10 Bridge D-10 Business B-l Stock List B-2 Classified C-12 Comics D-10 Crossword D-10 Donnelly D-2 Dear Abby D-ll Editorials A-20 Kokua Line A-3 Obituaries C-12 Pulse Radio Hams C-22 Sports C-l Today D-l TV Logs D-10 Weather A-3 Mai J. Hansen If Machines Are Allowed to Gnaw Meat Pick Hot Dog Eaters May Have a Bone to By Don Kendall WASHINGTON (AP) There will be some finely ground chips from pig and cow bones in your hot dogs if the Agriculture Department carries through with its plan to let food processors use machines to gnaw meat closer to the bone.

But those bone chips should not be noticeable and, besides, they are a good source of calcium, the department says. The plan is to allow deboning machines to scrape the bones of processed livestock carcasses. Deboning of a consumer and marketing agency which included federal meat inspection. "If the government is concerned about a deficiency of calcium in the American diet, is this the best way to meet it? What they're doing is using that argument to justify what otherwise would be an adulterant or a contaminant," Leonard told a reporter. In its official proposal the department said, "Modern equipment can minimize the particle size and level of bone to an extent that it cannot be detected by sensation in the mouth." FURTHER, THE department said "we should consider the place of calcium in the American diet" and suggested that since bones are rich in calcium they should be good to eat.

Officials said, however, they recognize the issue is controversial and therefore they will hold "consumer briefings" on the proposal which will be opened for public comment at least through Aug. 25. Anyone wishing to submit written comments can send them in duplicate to the Hearing Clerk, Room 112-A, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250 regulations would allow up to one per cent "calcium content" in mechanically deboned meat for processing. THE PLAN WAS criticized by Rodney E.

Leonard, director of the private Community Nutrition Institute, who said "there are no microbiological standards" in the proposal and that there is a greater threat of bacterial contamination when such scrapings are processed into food. Leonard is a former USDA executive who during the 1960s was head The department, explaining the new approach, said, "Under traditional hand deboning methods, loss of meat typically occurs when packing house employes attempt to cut the meat from neck bones, ribs and backbones. "Mechanical deboning machines can strip such bones clean of all meat that otherwise would not be gotten by hand deboning." In the process, however, the department said that "a small amount of very finely ground bone" would be left in the meat. The proposed iV machines are used now by the industry but not in the final bone-scraping manner being urged by the Agriculture Department for processed meat products. THE DEPARTMENT'S plan would allow processors to include up to one pound of bone chips in every 100 pounds of meat to make such things as pork sausage, canned beef stew and frozen pizzas.

Officials say the technique could add nearly one billion pounds of meat a year to the U.S. food supply, about five pounds per American..

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