McVay case
to be heardTV, or not TV, that is the question. Apparently there will be TV coverage of next week's introduction in Congress of a bill to erase the court martial of Capt. Charles B. McVay III, skipper of the "USS Indianapolis," sunk by a Japanese sub in World War II. McVay's son, Kimo McVay, former owner of Duke Kahanamoku's, has been trying for years to get his father's court martial overturned, but now he has a novel ally in a 12-year-old Pensacola, Fla., youngster named Hunter Scott. Correspondent Ed Bradley of "60 Minutes" is interviewing Scott in Florida and will be on hand along with Scott when the bill is introduced on the floor of the U.S. House next Wednesday by GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough of Florida and Rep. Julia Carson, a Democrat whose district includes Indianapolis. McVay and his brother Quatro will also be present in the House that day along with several "Indianapolis" survivors, all of whom feel Capt. McVay was made a scapegoat by Navy brass. Now Congress can rectify that ...
Yip blips
LOCAL TV producer Cynthia Yip is back from L.A. where she's been working for two months on stories for "Inside Edition" and "American Journal." The first show even sent her to Washington to cover the Monica Lewinsky story (or nonstory, if you prefer). Yip also worked on the Steven Spielberg stalker case, a Pamela Anderson Lee story, the Pacifica homes sliding into the Pacific and covered fashion at the Oscars. Certainly a varied plate. "Inside Edition" even offered her a permanent position, but she decided that Hawaii was home ... And localite Phil Girodi was the cameraman for "Hawaii's Stolen Treasure," airing at noon Sunday on the Arts and Entertainment Channel. It's part of A&E's "Treasure" series ...AN anonymous reader passed along a flier about how you can watch Channel 9 News and win cash. The thought of wooing viewers not with quality news coverage but with the opportunity to win money prompts the reader to wonder, "Wouldn't Bob Sevey be proud of this?" For those just off a plane, Sevey was the longtime anchorman on Channel 9 frequently called "The Walter Cronkite of Hawaii." ...
SPEAKING of old newshounds, Mike Middlesworth, onetime managing editor of the Advertiser (and golfing partner of Sevey, come to think of it), has taken over as the new CEO and executive editor of the Virgin Islands Daily News. He took on the job at the behest of Virgin Islands media magnate Jeffrey Prosser, who bought the daily from the Gannett Corp., Middlesworth's former employer. He has big pumps to fill -- his predecessor as executive editor, Penny Feuerzeig, led the paper to a Pulitzer in 1995 ...
WHEN the computer went down at KINE Radio during the morning show Wednesday and they couldn't play records, hosts Frank B. Shaner and Brickwood Galuteria took action. Shaner asked entertainers to call in and sing. It became a songfest with such folks as Bill Kaiwa, Aunty Genoa Keawe and Martin Pahinui singing over the phone with Brickwood accompanying them on a guitar he grabbed from his car ...
Every half-century
THE Singers of Hawaii are doing a concert version of "H.M.S. Pinafore" tonight through Sunday at Windward Community College's Little Theatre. It features the UH theater department's Terence Knapp, his first appearance in a Gilbert & Sullivan work since he appeared in "Pirates of Penzance" at the tender age of 17. Ah well, they say G&S is an acquired taste. Tickets are only $10; $7 for seniors and students ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
His columns run Monday through Friday.Contact Dave by e-mail: donnelly@kestrok.com.