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TODAY'S LATEST NEWS: TODAY'S DOW: 2 BOYS WERE ALIVE WHEfJ CAR SffclK OFF 38.36 Page A-8 PBcmolulu tar-Bulletin he of Paradise EESSE 37 KITH OTA a I EG 901 I YOUR GENERAL ELECTION GUIDE 1 GOIhG PO A EM ARB LES BP-. 53. 1 km 2 die as aircraft burns on roof of warehouse tr I A. jttjJLIIifiliijKl Wli Hl'Viirir rrT- A-U: At I.I Af't BY DEAN Star-Bulletin the burned wreckage of a singtengine'plane that crashed on Oiejopf of the DuPont Building in Mapunapuna today. Firefighters inspect the remaining wing in Recent crashes in Hawaii A-7 thought to be a Piper Cherokee, had Just left Honolulu Airport with two people on a regular flight path.

i The accident occurred minutes after the plane took off from Runway 4 Left at Honolulu Airport, said Pete Beckner, manager of the FAA Flight Standards behind the one that crashed. He said he heard the pilot of the doomed plane radio an emergency and request permission to return. "Honolulu tower, this is an emergency. We would like to come back to the airport," Tilley said he heard the pilot radio. "The tower cleared the request "One of the guys was alive I heard him screaming before he burst into flames," Callihan said.

"He was hanging out of the plane and trying to grab onto something to support himself." Callihan said the man appeared to be Caucasian and had a beard and no shirt. As flames moved toward the trapped occupant, he said, "We grabbed a fire extinguisher, but the plane was too high, so we shot the extinguisher bottles straight up at it I emptied two. "Then the fire engulfed him. We saw SEECRASH.PAGEA-12 yelling, "Help me, help me!" but the plane exploded into flames before rescuers could get to it "I saw a man die in front of me said Dan Callihan, who works at the Mike Salta Ponitac dealership across the street from the crash site. "We heard a voice, a weak 'help me, help but we couldn't get up there," said Curt Knudson, general manager of Savage Wholesale Building Materials.

"I just feel so terrible. We tried every- -thing but we didn't make it." The single-engine aircraft, initially District Office in Honolulu, The craft crashed into the top of a and we taxied off the runway." By Helen Altonn Star-Bulletin Two people died in a small airplane that nose-dived into the roof of a Mapunapuna building minutes after taking off from Honolulu Airport at about 11:30 a.m. today. They were not immediately identified but were believed to be males. People working nearby heard a voice warehouse in the DuPont Building at He estimated the plane was at about 2929 Koapaka St.and a few seconds latef 500 feet when something happened.

burst into flames. Callihan and Dan Baker, employees at Vance Tilley, a flight instructor with the Mike Salta dealership, ran with fire Petrides Aviation, was in a small plane extinguishers to put out the blaze. Frank Fasi: Ever a scrapper, like it or not Frank Fasi, standing infrontofhisshaka sign campaign logo, answers questions during a news conference. 5 IlMNLto launch news broadcast next year Station will use state-of-the-art digital technology in the programs ik GOVERNOR Faces in the race Inside HFasi's stand on key issues. PageA-6 This battle is likely to be the former mayor's last big run By Helen Altonn Star-Bulletin i "Pep.vim.andvigoT personified! 'Ginger" furnished -a constant source of dynamic energy to his fellow teammates on the gridiron and the basketball floor.

Noted for his pleasant mien and good sportsmanship, he well deserves the term 'a regular Weaver High School Yearbook Hartford, Conn. At 74, the pep, vim and vigor still seem to be there, although the "regular fellow" part may be disputed. "Ginger," (as in full of), is known to Hawaii folks as Frank FasL The Best Party candidate for governor and family members declined to be interviewed for thisstory. But after 42 years in Hawaii politics 22 as Honolulu's mayor Fasi's background, beliefs, accomplishments and battles are a matter of record. Sportswriter Jim Murray, Fasi's classmate at Trinity College in Hartford, once wrote: "Back in those sweet years, we always knew Fazz was going-; somewhere either the White House or the big Some think he should be in the "big house." Others see him as Hawaii's "best hope for the future" in his latest, and likely last, attempt to be governor.

Followers say he's fearless, a man of action, friend of the little guy, a brilliant leader with an elephantine memory, good instincts and good humor. "He's the best guy I ever worked for," said historian and writer Bob Dye, who was with Fasi 10 years as head of the city poverty assistance program and the mayor's Chief SEE FASI, PAGE a-6 I By June Watanabe Star-Bulletin The NBC peacock has not yet crossed local television channels from 2 to 13, but its pending switch has spurred KHNL Channel 13 to plan "a state-of-the-art television news operation" to be on the air sometime next 4 -That would give Hawaii viewers a choice of four locally produced TV news' broadcasts. KHNL President and Gen- eral Manager Douglas Armstrong told the Star-Bulletin yesterday that the decision to get into news does not hinge on the station, now the local Fox Television affiliate, joining up with net-L work giant NBC. However, "we are optimistic that we will have an agreement (with NBC) soon," he said. By KATHRYN BENDER, Star-BuUeUn Doug Armstrong: News program at least six months away Inside a KHNL turns to latest technology in TV production.

Page A-8 GORKY'S ILWWI Mclvccn (caving a Island singer Melveen Leed is saying aloha to Hawaii moving to Tahiti, where she will be married in December. See story, Page B-l OUTSIDE You may get wet if you're going out tonight; windward and mauka showers will be locally heavy some of the time. Your Saturday will be partly sunny with a few showers and a high in the upper 80s. Good tradewinds are still with us, 10-25 mph. Details, Page A-Z 1 si I 1 IT- AvA- A.

A-A ''frmi' KHNL became a candidate for NBC affiliation in August when a joint venture involving Fox Television announced that it was purchasing four Burnham Broadcasting Co. stations, including KHON-TV 2, the current NBC affiliate and Hawaii's top-ranked news station. But faced subsequently with a challenge from NBC focused on affiliate WLUK in Green Bay, Wis. SF Broadcasting said it was restructuring the joint venture's financing, delaying the sales of -all four stations. NBC is continuing to press the Federal Communications Commission to reject the purchase of WLUK, according to the Daily Variety.

But KHON President and General Manager Mike Rosenberg said SF Broadcasting will refile its plans with the FCC this week. "The sale probably will not be consummated until late April or early June," he said. It remains uncertain when KHON would lose the SEE KHNL-TV, PAGE A-8 Vol. 83, No. 264 77 sections Copyright 1994, Honolulu Star-Bulletin All rights reserved iniri li i i i in .) Hi Astrology C-6 KokuoLine A-2 AutoCloss, S-1 Letters A-21 Business C-l Obituaries A-18 Classified D-8 Scoreboard P-4 Comics C-6 Sports D-l DearAboy: B-2 Stocks C-2.

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