Hawaii Tribune-Herald from Hilo, Hawaii • 1

3 ijiijuiibiiLib no (SpecialToTheT-H) HONOLULU (AP)-Governor John A. Bums Saturday announced the State will advertise next week for bids' on two Big Island housing developments, which wiT provide 102 moderate income homes for sale in Mo and a 49 unit town house project for low income renters in Kailua-Kona. The Governor; said bid advertising will begin Monday for construction of 40 low rent family town house units on State land adjacent to Kealakehe School of Palani Road, about a mile mauka of Kailua. On Tuesday, bid advertising will begin for the Mohouli development, which will include 144 improved residential lots, 102 of which will include three bedroom, one bath homes. Both developments will Involve federal subsidy.

The Kailua-Kona project will cost an estimated firm of Walter Tagawa and Associates designed the complex, which will include a combination of one story and two story town houses. The development, planned by the Hawaii Housing Authority, will be 100 per cent financed by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Bid opening is set for April 23 and construction should be completed by February 1971. 1 Families with incomes not exceeding approximately $8,000 per year are eligible for the town house development.

The Mohouli subdivision is on State land in the Waiakea area of Hilo. The Hawaii Housing Authority has scheduled bid openings aDoui 30 days after the May 15 closing date for bid "submittals. v--- The entire development is schedule for completion within one year after the construction contract is awarded, but the suc-cecJul bidder is expected to complete the project in four increments. Park Engineering, Inc. prepared the subdivision' construction plans under a contract of Hawaii Housing Authority, and Lionel Wong, and engineer, was project coordinator.

The Mohouli subdivision will be financed under the FHA 235 interest subsidy program, which offers a federal subsidy on mortgate interest based on the family income and the market rate of interest. Families with annual incomes of up to ap proximately $3,500 are eligible for the program. As the family income increases the amount of subsidy is reduced. It ceases entirely when the family is able to pay the fall mortgage rates, property taxes and mortise teurence premium without exceeding 20 percent of its income. The first 102 homes in the 144 lot subdivision wi3 inciu-s a car port, paved driveway, water heater, laundry tray, rrr ja and oven.

The subdivision will have curbs, gutters and Bill Cook, the Governor's special assistant on urban a.Tairs, said the 142 vacant lots will have homes built upon them as the market demands. Cook said Governor Burns has directed him to work with the mayors of all islands in identifying State owned land which may be developed for housing. Me. To Host til 7. 1 It 71 Astro; 3 tlrfOlllD 'jor' 1ST Five astronauts will come to the Big Island Wednesday for a four-or five-day look at some of the Island's lunar-like volcanic areas.

i 4 The men are slated to be Apollo 14 crew members or backup 48TH YEAR NO. 73 HILO, HAWAII, SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1970 15 CENTS personnel Their mission date has not been announced. The party will be made up of Eugene Cernan, Joe Engle, Ed '1 Oldmoto iNL V' Gets Nod For' Post 4 Mitchell, William Pogue and Alan Shepard, airline spokesman said. They will arrive on Pan American's Flight 807 from Los Angeles to Hilo Wednesday at 1:50 p.m. At least one National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) geologist will precede the spacemen, according to the Associated Press.

He is Mike McEwen, and is due to stay at the Volcano House tonight The five potential and backup moonmen are booked at the Volcano House Wednesday through Saturday nights, it was learned. i 1 Apparently the NASA group will swell considerably as more scientists arrive on or before Wednesday, "About NASA people will stay at the Volcano House from Wednesday for four days, a spokesman there said. Apollo 13 astronauts scheduled to blast off April 13 are already Big Island-backgrounded. v- I Apollo 13 command pilot James Lovell Jr. and his fellow operator-explorer Fred Raise Jr.

spent four days hiking Kilauea's flanks and summit Dec. 17-20. From indications, their visit was quite productive geologically. -f Joining mem were John Young and Charles Duke Jr. of the Apollo 13 backup team, and Jack Lousma and Vance Brand of the support unit.

A team of geologists, NASA and the operations director for the upcoming shot were present The group visited Kapoho, Alae-Aloi vent (where they saw lava fountains 10 to 20 feet high) and Halemaumau fire pit in the summit area. 'vo 'm, Bearing an abundance of equipment and cameras, the busy astronauts often spoke into walkie-talkies as they toured hot spots or desolate-looking cold spots, picking up rock samples and making immediate identification. ''There are definite similarities between what we have seen here in Hawaii and what we expect to see on the moo Lovell told reporter Robert G. UrsuL "We were looking for vulcanism and this training ground is where we gained an insight into sizes and shapes of rocks." All the astronauts who have preceded Lovell and Haise to the moon have trained on the Big Island and several who have not made the space spin have accompanied them. i Tadao Okimoto has been nominated to replace John Farias Jr.

as chairman of the Hawaii Island Democratic Committee." -The nomination was i disclosed Friday by the central committee of the Island Okimoto is considered a supporter of Gov. John A. Kurns. It was not known iuiiiiediately if backers of l.t. Gov.

Thomas P. Gill would put up a Gill man to 1 oppose Okimoto. County Democrats will bold an annual convention April 25 at University of D.waii Hilo Campus. A now chairman will be elected along with conduct of other business. Okimoto is an employe in vthe auditing section of the County Finance Depart-; ment In lfi.

Okimoto ran for" Tounty lost in the general election to Vrthur Bento. Okimoto was county party chairman wee before in the late lWs. Farias has said he does not expect Gill's faction to put up a candidate in op-position to Okimoto although this could be done from the floor at the day- lon convention-. Consensus seems to be to keep away from an open Burns-Gill battle at' the convention. Okimoto is a longtime, supporter of Burns but it is expected he will continue party's hands off'policy in the event of a primary Kittle in October between limns and Gill.

Although neither has announced for the post, both men are expected to do so A third contender, who has an nouneed, is George Fontes of Honolulu. leleKates to the con- -vention are figured to be a i oiiKlily two to one in favor if the governor based on the results of precinct votin last month. i Pope Paul Opens Easter Rites VATICAN CITY AP) Li misty, chilly weather, Pope Paul VI opened Easter rites Saturday night by blessing the "new fire" of a tall Easter candle in the outdoor atrium of St Peter's Basilica. Then he went inside to celebrate the Easter vigil Mass. Cardinals, bishops, priests, nuns and the more than 20,000 Romans and tourists jammed into the basilica for the rites.

Immediately following the blessing of the new fire, Pope Paul entered the church for the rest of the liturgy. The Pope is motoring on Sunday to the parish of San Giorgio in Acilia, a moderate-income suburb of Rome. Court Majority Backs Carswell KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) The Florida White House made public Saturday a telegram to President Nixon in which If of the 15 judges of the U. S.

5th Circuit Court of Appeals expressed confidence in G. Harrold Carswell as a nominee to the Supreme 4 The telegram was signed by Circuit Judges Warm LV. Jones, Walter P. Gewin, Griffin Bell, Homer Thornberry, James Cole- man, Robert A. Ainsworth David W.

Dyer, Bryan Simpson, Lewis R. Morgan, Charles Clarke and Joe M. Ingraham. Friday, the Florida White House described Nixon as standing Merrv Monarch Celebration Set fully and confidently behind the embattled Carswell nomination. stbact Most Elaborate' Festival Starts Wednesday NEW DELHI, India (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress party suffered a major setback Saturday in elections for the 40-member upper house of Parliament, where itsi strength" was reduced from 98 to 83.

Despite the losses, Congress remained the largest single party in the upper house, but Mrs. Gandhi will have to continue to rely on the support of Communists and independents to win crucial votes. 1 '( Paraguayan Diplomat Is Freed BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) A left-wing organization ireea a uunapea faraguayau uyivuut iwuuuaj hiuiuui um- taming Hie release Ot two pouuetu priauiiers ueuianueu na raif mm. TJie group said it not go through with its threat to kill Waldeinar Sanchez, 56, "for humanitarian reasons." Official opening ceremonies will be staged April 1 at 10 a.m. at the Kulana Nauao.

Island King Abraham Mahuna and Island Queen Piilani Desha will reign. County and business leaders will untwine a maile lei and Edith Kanakaole and her Nalani Troupe will play and An ethnic exhibit will continue at Kulana Naauao until 4 p.m., Naope At 10:30 April 1, a unique display of silver objects such as trays, goblets, personal effects from King Kalakaua's Day-will open at the Wailoa Visitor Orientation Center in the Kailo'o area. It will be held on the second floor. Punahele Mothers of Keaukaha will put on a Hawaiian live crafts exhibit on the lower floor. Both will continue until 4 p.m., then open at 9 a.m.

the next. three days. Saturday, the last day, they will dose at noon. Judging of Kalakaua Era window displays at the Hilo Shopping Center and Downtown Hilo will take place April 1 at 11 a.m. and 12 noon respectively, Naope announced.

At 6:30 p.m., Naope said, a Hawaiian torch parade will move from Reed's Bay to the Civic Auditorium. Anyone and everyone age 13 and above who asks for a bamboo torch may have one to join the march. The Hawaii County Band will lead the ancient-type procession. There will be a 7 p.m. band concert at the Civic just before the coronation, Naope said.

1 Expected to draw plenty of celebrants this year will be the Grogge Shoppe, next to the Civic Auditorium in the Butler Building. Opening at 3 p.m. April 1, 2 and 3, at 12 noon April 4, at 1:30 p.m. April 5, it will offer several of about two dozen Big Island entertainers from 9 jn. the first three days, from 12 noon Saturday and 2:45 p.m.

These, said Naope, will include the Snns of Puna, Danny Paleka and his group, Liko Johnston and his Kona Hilton Polynesians, Mary Lou Brown of the Hukilau Hotel piano bar, Louis and Dolores of the Naniloa Hoomalimali Bar and Festival chairman Dorothy Thompson said that other prin- dpal events will be: Thursday, April 2, Qvic Auditorium, 6:30 Kamehameha Schools Concert Band program. At 7:30 p.m., a Kalakaua Jubilee Program. This, said Mrs. Thompson; will offer 130 top dancers from Kilo's eight studios in six ancient drum dances. They will be garbed in Kalakaua Era costumes in the first such mass performance.

Completing the program, the Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian ensemble will feature dances and music of Kalakaua's time. -Friday April 3, Youth night will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Civic. Brian Nakashima will be chairman of the lead-off variety show. A top teen-band will play for the dance that night.

-Saturday, April 4, at 7:15 a.m., a Merry Monarch royal procession will pass from the Kaiko'o area across the newly finished bridge to the SJiinmatchi area (pine or ironwood beach area) at Hilo Bay. A hukilau net 3,000 feet long and tended by fishermen in two canoes will be set in Hilo Bay. A hukilau will begin at 7:30 a.m. See MERRY MONARCH, Page 8 One hundred Kamehameha Schools concert singers, the 100-: piece Hilo High School Concert Band fashioning fanfares, and opening pageantry by a full Island Royal Court and its official "guests" will make jjhis year's Merry Monarch Festival Coronation the most elaborate since the celebration began in 1964. i George Naope, said at least 500 participants and dancers will combine to build to the evening's chief attractions opening night, Wednesday, at 7:45 p.m.

at the Civic. Iolani Luahine of Napoopoo will do dances of Old Hawaii and Johnny Lum Ho and his Troupe dances of the Kalakaua period with ukuleles and guitars, Naope said. i Miss Luahine is a leading authority on the Island's ancient dances, Naope said. The Festival honors King David Kalakaua, Hawaii's Merry Monarch of nearly 100 years ago. At least six other special events are set for the first day of the April 1-5 Festival, Naope said.

Yet the only "ticket" to these and other Merry Monarch attractions will be Merry Monarch Festival buttons available at the Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Visitors Bureau and Hawaii County Parks and Recreation office. First festival feature will be April 1 at 8 a.m. at the Hilo Pier. Welcoming the Navy's representation of the submarine USS Carbonero, the gasoline tanker USS Genesee, and their 350 of- ficers and men, will be the Royal Court and local entertainers "in a half hour program, Naope said.v 1 The Argentine government thus became the first to defy the demands of Latin-American terrorists who have kidnaped five other diplomats since September, freeing all in exchange for the release of political prisoners. Planned Border Attack Hinted SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese officers consulted with kAfMk nt aftastlr An nnnmv nnoifinna Dprnca MilllUUUlHIl VUlblMW wvvi w.

Die border, informed sources said Saturday. Tlie report tended to confirm earlier, indications that the at tack Friday was planned, and was not a case of "hot pursuit" of the enemy across the border. If so, this would be the first re- ported case of a planned attack across the border. '4 il. i.i'nr!.rf-j.