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Star-Bulletin staff and wire service
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Remains from 1941 attack ID'd
The military has identified the remains of three sailors missing from the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on the battleship USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.
The attack on the Oklahoma left 429 sailors and Marines dead. Following the attack, 36 of these servicemen were identified, and the remaining 393 were buried as unknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl.
Independent researcher Ray Emory, an Oklahoma survivor, contacted the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) in 2003 with information he believed indicated that one of the Oklahoma casualties who was buried as an unknown could be positively identified. After reviewing the case, JPAC exhumed the casket and discovered that it contained what is believed to be the remains of at least 28 other men in addition to the three identified.
The identified sailors are Ensign Irvin Thompson of Hudson County, N.J.; Ensign Eldon Wyman of Portland, Ore.; and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lawrence Boxrucker of Dorchester, Wis.
Grants offered after antitrust suit
Grants are available from the settlement of an antitrust case to benefit people with hypertension, chronic stable angina or angina due to a coronary artery spasm.
The settlement resulted from a lawsuit filed against two drug companies by state attorneys general and private class-action plaintiffs.
The companies were accused of conspiring to keep a generic version of a commonly used blood pressure and angina medication off the market.
More than $21 million was provided in the settlement to distribute to more than 76,000 consumers. About $268,000 remains.
New York's attorney general, on behalf of Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett and the other attorneys general, is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations and public agencies for one-time grants for projects with a nationwide impact.
Nov. 21 is the deadline for submitting grant applications.
Visit www.cypresfunds.net/cardizem.html for a notice of the grants, request for proposals and application for funding.
HOT SPOTCourtesy Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
A near-vertical view of Kilauea volcano on Friday revealed a vigorously bubbling lava surface below the rim of the vent within Halemaumau crater. Continuous spattering was casting globs of lava across the lake surface and onto the conduit walls.
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Tips help minimize vog damage
VOLCANO » Farmers can minimize crop damage from vog by washing plants, shielding them from acid rain and reducing the acidity of irrigation water.
That is the advice of Scot Nelson and Kelvin Sewake, researchers with the University of Hawaii's Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Services.
The scientists also recommend spraying plants with products to close pores on their leaves or using a bicarbonate solution to neutralize acidity.
They published their findings in "Volcanic Emissions Injury to Plant Foliage," published by the Cooperative Extension Service.
The publication looks at the effects of volcanic smog, or vog, on agriculture since December, when vog emissions from Kilauea volcano's Halemaumau crater increased.
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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff
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Man, 51, arrested in death of father
Police arrested a 51-year-old Kailua-Kona man in the stabbing death of his 85-year-old father in a North Kona home yesterday.
Police identified the victim as John M. Scott of Alii Drive.
At about 6:30 a.m., police responded to a report of a stabbing and found Scott dead in his home with a stab wound in the upper torso.
Police arrested Anthony Scott for investigation of second-degree murder.
Fire evacuees return to their homes
HILO » Residents of 33 homes in the Ouli Ekahi Subdivision on the dry west side of Waimea wet down their houses with garden hoses last night, checked on their neighbors' children in homes where parents were at work, then evacuated as a grassland fire threatened the community, the fire department said.
As 21 firefighters worked through the night, the fire was brought under control after scorching 40 acres. No property was damaged and evacuees returned to their homes at 7 a.m. today.
The fire between Kawaihae Road and a residential street was reported at 10:21 p.m., Battalion Chief Aaron Arbles said. Ten homes were considered threatened at one point, but the entire subdivision was evacuated because of concerns about residents breathing smoke. Most people stayed with family members for the night, but 13 people stayed at a Red Cross shelter established at the Waimea Community Center. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Student drowns off Goat Island
A 23-year-old University of Hawaii foreign exchange student drowned yesterday near Malaekahana State Recreational Area, authorities said.
The man was pronounced dead at the beach at 4 p.m., said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.
At about 9:30 a.m. the man went for a walk across the reef to Goat Island with a group of UH students who were camping at the park, said Honolulu Fire Capt. Terry Seelig.
The man told his friends that he was tired and headed back, Seelig said.
After the group returned, they could not find the man.
Firefighters started their search at about 12:20 p.m. with a helicopter, boat and a fire company on land. The search grew to include police, state parks employees, lifeguards and a Navy helicopter.
Firefighters found the man about 75 yards offshore at about 3:30 p.m., Seelig said.
"He was underwater and unresponsive when they brought him up," Seelig said.
LEEWARD OAHU
Search restarted for missing hiker
Family members, friends and local hiking clubs joined police and fire to search for the missing Australian visitor.
Firefighters restarted a search yesterday for a 77-year-old hiker after new information was received from a pig hunter who saw the hiker last week.
Jon Parsons was reported missing at 7:47 p.m. Thursday after he did not return from a hike on Waimalu Trail. A search began at the trail head at Onikiniki Place but was suspended after no signs of the man on Friday.
The pig hunter told police that he talked to the man on Thursday and was walking with him before leaving him on the trail, said Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig.
The hunter told police about the man, saying he appeared in good condition, after learning Saturday that he was missing.
Seelig said the search was focused on a different area of the trail from the previous search.
Firefighters began searching the trail yesterday morning with the help of a fire helicopter, covering about seven miles of trail.