Briefs of News in Your Hawaii
By Star-Bulletin Staff
By Star-Bulletin Staff
At his arraignment this morning Durant was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and one count of making a false official statement in the case dealing with the death of Seaman Apprentice Frank Yoma.
Yoma, 25, was found fatally beaten outside Club Pearl. Also charged in the case is Marine Cpl. Jason Congdon, 21.
An unprecedented agreement between United States and Japanese space officials will allow them to collect data from Japanese satellites.
A signing ceremony is planned this week during a U.S.-Japan Earth Remote Sensing Conference funded by NASA and hosted by the UH at the Mauna Lani on the Big Island.
C. Barry Raleigh, dean of the UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, predicts the development will lead to "a major center for remote data processing and terrific new science."
Negotiations are under way now with Canadian and European officials for scientific access to their satellites.
Of 45 motorists killed in traffic accidents last year, only 12 wore seat belts, police department statistics show.
Sgt. Robert Lung, police traffic accident administrator, estimates 75 percent to 90 percent of those who have died in automobile crashes on oahu would have survived had they worn seat belts.
Without seat belts, he says, accident victims are more likely to fly into dashboards or windshields, or be ejected from vehicles. Medical treatment costs also increase for people not wearing seat belts.
Use of seat belts in Hawaii is nearly 80 percent, higher than the national average of 67 percent.
Councilman Brian De Lima has proposed allowing such open markets on any commercially zoned land on the island.
But businessman Randy Rohner says he doesn't want to see ugly blue tarp cities sprouting.
Restaurant operator Tip Davis complains the open markets have an unfair advantage. He says his business must be wheelchair accessible but the markets don't.
De Lima says he's proposing the change after hearing about the problems of Michael Rankin, who runs two downtown farmers markets.
Rankin's permit for the market is good only one month of the year. He has to get 11 others to apply for the permit to keep the market running.
Stephen Grimes, 40, of Pukalani suffered third degree burns over various parts of his body, authorities said.
The other man, Mark Watts, 31, also of Pukalani, was listed in stable condition this morning at Maui Memorial Hospital.
The two men were in a gulch off Kalialani Circle at about 5 p.m. when they tried to get the kite with a fiberglass pole, fire officials said.
A fire crew responded to a call at 94-1481 Waipio Uka St. shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, fire officials said. The girl was not breathing and had no pulse when the firefighters arrived, said Pearl City Capt. Carl Matsuura.
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