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HAWAII ISLES MORTGAGE LENDINGTELL 28.7 PERCENT IN 1994 0-1 mm Mfeim Pulse Para pis 'V G11i(S ''4) r' to 1 i5Mir vv Ikeda leads attack against the governor's budget plans By Mike Yuen Star-Bulletin Gov. Ben Cayetano was branded "a dictator" as key legislators yesterday attacked the substance of his budget plan and the way in which his proposals for eliminating the state's $250 million shortfall were shaped. "He's not elected to be a dictator fumed Senate Ways and Means Chairwoman Donna Ikeda. "Just because he sees it one way doesn't mean that's the way it ought to be." Ikeda said Cayetano built his budget plan unilaterally and didn't communicate details about it to the Legislature. Cayetano today denied he was trying to keep lawmakers in the dark about his plans.

Ikeda, however, said last year, her first as the Senate's money committee chairwoman, she could always count on a call or a visit from former Gov. John Waihee's budget director, Eugene Imai, before an administration initiative was unveiled. The explanations she got helped her understand the Waihee administration's perspective although she didn't necessarily agree with what it was proposing, Ikeda said. Cayetano, she said, needs to learn how to develop a consensus. Ikeda added: "If he does see us as the second branch of government and one that he needs to coordinate with and work cooperatively with in order to bring the state into a financially sound condition, then that's what he ought to do not drop down (his budget message) at 6 o'clock (Monday night) and say, 'Do what you want with it and when you guys are done with BUDGET, PAGE A-9 ik We do not want to give this governor.

any excuse to further restrict the budget after the Legislature has ended Sen. Donna Ikeda BY KEN SAKAMOTO. Star.Bulktin Immigrants like him came from Mexico to work In pineapple, flower and coffee fields. Francisco Cortez picks pineapples at a farm on Maul, A TT ers She is so certain that Mexicans will become a significant cultural influence in the state that she is documenting their arrival for future generations. "I see that in two or three years, we will have a permanent Mexican migration in Hawaii, and we will have a new culture," Baisa said.

"Actually, it's already here. We're seeing their relatives and friends now. The population base is growing." As director of Maui Economic Opportunity, which runs the state's only federally funded program to help migrant farm workers, Baisa has witnessed Mexican immigration from its start in about 1930. That's when she began helping Maui Land and Pineapple Co. Inc.

rrn it Mexicans to work in its fickLs .) can-' nery.The program screened applicants and offered services, such as housing, education and language classes, to ease the transition. No government or private agency has figures on how many Mexican farm workers were brought to Hawaii al-' SEE MEXICANS, PAGE A-8 ByJoanConrow Honotalu SUtf-Bulktia Sometimes Eli Miramontes gets a little homesick. He misses the hundreds of varieties of chilies sold in Mexico's markets, conversing in Spanish, and seeing his parents, who still live in the tiny ran- cho of Zacatecas where he was born. But like many Mexicans who have immigrated to Hawaii in recent years, Miramontes desire for a better way of life waxes stronger tha nostalgia: State and federal officials estimate that between 5,000 and 10,000 Mexican citizens live in Hawaii. Most arrived within the past five years.

Like immigrants before them, the first wave of Mexicans were brought in to work in the state's pineapple fields, flower farms and coffee plantations. But even though recruitment ended two years ago, Mexican immigration shows no sign of slowing. Some believe Mexicans are on their way to becoming the next major ethnic group in Hawaii. Gladys Baisa is one of those believ A WW Texas-based grup agrees io buy EtflW A 1 The $51 million deal needs bankruptcy court and FCC approvals The immigrants are on the way to becoming the state's next major ethnic group Ufa in Hawaii Is often a struggle to survive for these new Immigrants. 2nd try in Fukusaku jury search BREAKING TODAY What's happening around the world Lawyers' bid to get murder i r.

i and general counsel, said today. He said the company doesn't expect any hitches in obtaining both court and FCC approvals, and hopes to close the deal sometime around June 1. KITV General Manager Dick Schaller could not be reached immediately for comment. Asked why Argyle decided to enter the Hawaii market, Blythe said, "We knew that Tak was inter ested in selling to get out of bankruptcy, so we looked at the stations and visited the stations" and decided to make an offer. Argyle Television Holding is split into Argyle I and Argyle II.

Argyle I owns four stations: the CBS affiliate in Dallas, the ABC affiliate in St. Louis, the NBC affiliate in Birmingham, and the CBS affiliate in Austin, which it is in the process of selling. Argyle II owns the ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, the Fox affiliate in Providence, R.I., and the ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss. "While the senior management of Argyle I and the senior ment of Argyle II are the same, the equity owners are different and they're separate companies," Blythe said. "They are not af iliat-ed companies." KITV last month signed a ir year contract to remain an ABC affiliate.

ByJuneWatanabe Star-Bulletin A company based in San Antonio, Texas, has agreed to buy KTTV, the local ABC affiliate, for $51 million from Tak Communications Inc. The sale of the station, plus another Tak station in Buffalo, N.Y., to Argyle Television Holding II Inc. is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Tak, based in Virginia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1990.

The pending purchase between Argyle and Tak is for a total $146 million: $51 million for KITV (Channel 4) and its satellite stations on the Big Island, Maui and Kauai; $91 million for the Buffalo station; plus an additional $4 million if the deal goes through. That deal, plus any competing offer that must total at least $149.5 million, is scheduled to be heard by a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Madison, on Feb. 22. "It's too premature to talk about specific plans," Dean Blythe, Ar-gyle's vice president, secretary his right to a speedy and fair trial has been violated because the government had tried to disqualify people of Hawaiian ancestry from serving as jurors.

"The exercise of racially discriminatory peremptory challenges to prospective Jurors of Hawaiian ancestry is tantamount to jury tampering," attorneys Myles Breiner and Gary Modafferi wrote. The prosecution's egregious misconduct only serves to reinforce the belief that the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney is only vaguely interested in and is not above obtaining a conviction by whatev- er means are necessary including the exploitation of racism and prejudice." The defense team told reporters earlier that Nakatani had declared the mistrial SEE FUKUSAKU, PAGE A-9 uiuppcu 15 1UU1C v. Star-Bulletin toff i.j A second attempt to choose jurors for the Raita Fukusaku. double-murder case began in Circuit Court today, amid charges by defense attorneys that prosecutors had engaged in misconduct. The new round of jury selection arose last week after Circuit Judge Gail Nakatani declared a mistrial in the initial effort to get a panel of 12 jurors and four alternates to hear the high-profile case.

Attorneys said they expect it will take at least two weeks to complete the selection process. Fukusaku's lawyers filed strongly worded motions yesterday asking Nakatani to dismiss the charges against their client, saying GORKY'S HAWAII U.S. to help with Somalia pullcut MOGADISHU An advance team of about' 33 American and Italian troops landed1 in Somalia today to help coordinate the final withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers. Some 2,500 U.S.

Marines, backed by a force of Italian troops, will go ashore in early March to extract the last United Nations contingents, in danger of being harried all the way back to the beaches by Somali gunmen. Militiamen loyal to warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid drove around south Mogadishu today using loudspeakers to denounce the American landing. Four U.S. Navy ships and 14 others from five -nations will take part in the mission. The U.S.-Ital-ian force is expected to land in the final stages of the evacuation to allow a rear guard of Pakistani troops to leave.

Clinton taps Cams to head the CIA WASHINGTON President Clinton today nominated retired Air Force Gen. Michael P.C. Cams to head the CIA which has been without a permanent director since R. James Woolsey abruptly resigned in December. "Gen.

Cams will face a challenge; its difficulty is matched only by its importance," Clinton said at a White House ceremony attended by leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees. "He's a proven innovator, open to new ways of doing business and skeptical of conventional wisdom," Clinton said, noting Cams, 57, had gained a reputation in the Air Force as a combat veteran and strong manager. 1 If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first military officer to head the CIA since Adm. Stans-f ield Turner in the Carter administration. Adm.

William Studeman, Woolsey's deputy who has been serving as acting director, would have to leave his No. 2 post if Cams takes over. From Star-Bulletin news services INSIDE FOOD Create a sandwich and win some dough Grab two slices of bread, or an English muff in, or pita, and let your creative juices flow in our Sandwich Isles sandwich contest OUTSIDE No clouds, rain or tradewinds are foreseen by the National Weather -Service. Tonight will be cool again, with a low in the lower 60s, Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high in the lower 80s. Winds are variable, 5-15 mph.

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