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Weather detain, Pg. A4 Money; nESEELHiri Jobless picture JjjT gloomy QgA 0 Page C1 1 I World: Yeltsin foe warns of blood Page A6 Sports; I iw.tNCAT'n Who will fJL be in the fUtR Final Two? wm Page D1 1 I TODAY'S WEATHER: Mostly sunny after a few morning showers; high In the mid 80s The Honolulu Advertiser Saturday, April 3, 1993 News summary Page A2 Cayetano may run for Senate if Waihee funding ban OK'd Seirlbs reject plain to dlividle Bosnia Face heavier sanctions from U.N. "A A ft 4 it" rv i 3 Zagreb 71 1. acnow I i QHUATIA BOSNIA- 7) 0 HERZEGOVINA a Sara)evojQ Adriatic Sei tano said he might consider running for the U.S. Senate.

Money collected for a state race cannot be transferred for use in a federal contest, so Cayetano said there would be a more level playing field in federal races. Cayetano's remark is particularly ironic because there has been much speculation that Waihee might run for U.S. Senate after he steps down as governor next year. Waihee last week suggested the state ban contributions from companies with non-bid contracts to put an end to suspicions that politics plays a part in awarding the contracts. But Cayetano said yesterday politics will still weigh into the process because "there are ways that contributions can still be made." Among other things, the Waihee proposal would not ban contributions by family members of corporate officials, nor would it ban contributions by employees.

"The governor's proposal may seem to be a part of the answer, but it's such a small part of the answer that it's By Kevin Dayton Advertiser Capitol Bureau Lt. Gov. Ben Cayetano says Gov. John Waihee's plan to ban political contributions from companies with no-bid government contracts will hurt candidates such as himself, and Cayetano said he may run for the U.S. Senate instead of governor if the ban is implemented.

"I've got to leave my options open," he said. Waihee's proposed ban will give incumbents such as Republican Mayor Frank Fasi a hefty advantage because Fasi has a bulging campaign war chest stocked with more than $1 million, Democrat Cayetano said. Challengers such as Republican Pat Saiki would be at a major disadvantage if the ban were implemented because she wouldn't be able to tap into a lucrative source of campaign money that helped stock Fasi's coffers, he said. Fasi and Saiki both have strongly suggested they will run for governor. If it becomes law, Caye This week, the U.N.

Security Council authorized enforcement of a no-fly zone over Bosnia to neutralize Serb aircraft Yesterday, NATO agreed to enforce the no-fly zone. The Security Council plans next week to adopt a resolution tightening sanctions on Serb-dominated Yugoslavia, which many world leaders view as instigator of the Bosnian fighting. None of that was enough to sway the Bosnian Serb assembly. "If the world wants to force us, we will fight to the last man, and we won't care whom we take with us," declared deputy Zlatko Kalecevic. The cease-fire generally held yesterday for a fifth day.

But Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic says he will quit the Vance-Owen plan if the Serbs don't sign, and more fighting probably would follow. Earlier, Karadzic's dramatic, fiery words left little doubt about how he felt. "All the world powers are against us, except God, the Russians and other Orthodox friends," he said. By Slobodan Lekic Associated Press BILECA, Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian Serbs last night rejected an international peace plan, an act of defiance likely to lead to more fighting in their embattled republic and harsher world sanctions. Britain's U.N.

ambassador said the Serbs now "have only themselves to blame" if sanctions are tightened, as expected. Deputies to a self-proclaimed parliament spurned as too moderate a resolution by their leader that held that the plan could be a basis for further discussion. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said "70-80 percent of the maps" proposed by mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen were acceptable. "This resolution should be thrown out, together with the Vance and Owen maps," said deputy Vojislav Maksimovic. "We Serbs must militarily defeat our enemies and conquer the territories we need." Serb fighters have seized 70 percent of Bosnia-Herzegovina si 3 ft 1 7 V7 km Ben Cayetano "I've got to leave options open" inadequate," Cayetano said.

Cayetano said that if the state wants to impose a ban, it should use the same approach as the federal government and ban contributions from all corporations. He said that should be accompanied by increased public financing of campaigns, which Waihee also proposed. Cayetano has publicly disagreed with Waihee on a number of issues lately, but said he is not attempting to distance himself from Waihee as part of preparation for his own bid for governor. Cayetano said he is "just expressing candid opinions on issues." API since fighting broke out a year ago after rival Muslims and Croats voted for independence from Yugoslavia. The U.N.

plan would divide Bosnia into 10 semi-autonomous provinces and give Serbs 43 percent of the territory. The Bosnian Serbs are the only holdouts. The Muslims and Croats already signed. H-3's panorama spectacular Schools' 'exceptions' the luck of the draw AV' 7 7 77' 1 1 LJ fill f' I' i 4 7-, 7 a in By William Kresnak Advertiser Education Writer Erin Merriam let out a shriek of delight when her daughter's name was called. Michele Tan, however, was disappointed when her son's name came up.

Merriam and Tan were among a dozen parents at Maemae Elementary School in Nuuanu yesterday as school officials drew the names of students who may get "geographic exceptions" allowing them to attend the school in the fall. Lotteries were held at public schools throughout the state for the geographic exceptions that allow a few students from outside a school's district to attend the school. At Maemae Elementary, more than 150 kindergartners applied for 30 to 40 out-of-district slots. Merriam's daughter, Lauren, came up number 17 in the "priority two" group, which Merriam believes will get her daughter into the school. There were 16 names in the "priority one" group that gets first shot at the available slots.

That group includes students who have siblings already at the school or parents teaching there, students who live with a "legal guardian" in the area, or those who want a program not offered at their "home" school. But Maemae Principal Morris Kimo-to said the program priority doesn't fr''. 1,7 Advertiser photo by T. Umeda Morris Kimoto and Geraldine Taoka of Maemae Elementary School draw names in the district exception lottery. apply at the elementary school level since programs in kindergarten through sixth grade are almost identical.

Applicants not qualifying for priority one status and who met the application deadline were eligible for the priority two group. Tan's son, Travis, came up number 30 in the priority two group, which See Schools, Page A2 AdverUter photo by Bruc Aiato The approach to the H-3 Trans-Koolau tunnels from the Windward viaduct will give motorists a spectacular view of the mountains once opened. State Transportation Department spokeswoman Marilyn Kali said yesterday that of 22 separate H-3 construction projects, two have been completed, two are in progress, two are going out to bid and one is being redesigned to elevate the freeway above what some believe are historic Hawaiian religious sites in Haiawa Valley. Tomorrow, members of the Haiawa Coalition will march into the valley to mark the one-year anniversary of a Hawaiian vigil near those sites. See story, Page A2.

What's Inside Action deferred on public early-out bill City opposes proposal; official says similar plans have failed elsewhere 4 sections, 40 pages Ann Landers B4 Asia-Pactlic news A6 Bridge B6 Caen, Bombeck B6 Classified ads D7-19 Comics B6 Crossword B6 Editorials A8 Entertainment, films B4-5 Global news A6 Horoscope B6 Letters to tne editor A9 Living section B1 Money section C1-4 National news A6 Obituaries D6 Police Beat A4 Religion news B2-3 Ship schedule C4 Sports section D1-5 Stocks C2 Television B4 ployees Retirement System, estimated about 6,150 state and county employees may qualify for the retirement bonus as it is now being proposed. If about half of those people took the early out which is about the percentage that have accepted early retirement offerings elsewhere the state and counties would have to come up with more than $82 million to cover the extra retirement costs, he said. The bill is opposed by the two larg est public employee unions: the Hawaii Government Employees Association and the United Public Workers. A spokesman for the HGEA suggested the measure may be a "golden parachute" for outgoing Waihee administration officials. A spokeswoman for the Waihee ad--ministration said that is "absolutely not true." that mentioned only "city retirees." The focus of the story was on the state administration of Gov.

John Waihee and the headline was wrong not to have reflected that as well, Advertiser editor Gerry Keir said. The proposal would affect city workers only if the city opts to adopt the idea, and Cynthia Bond, acting director of the city's Department of Personnel Services, has strongly opposed the bill. She argues that similar early retirement plans have not worked well elsewhere because governments tend to quickly replace the retirees. Unless the state and counties eliminate the positions that are abandoned by the retirees, they may end up paying extra retirement costs without saving much money through reduced payroll, she said. The state is proposing that a third of the positions abandoned by the retirees be eliminated, and a third be frozen for at least one year.

State and county officials would be able to replace the rest of the workers who took the early out. The measure would give a three-year retirement bonus to public workers who retire from state jobs between this September and the end of 1994, meaning they would qualify for three years extra service when their pensions are calculated. The bonus would be open to public workers on the contributory retirement plans if they have 25 years of service, and in the non-contributory plan if they have more than 30 years of service. Qualified workers could use the "early out" regardless of whether they are 55 years old or older, which is normally a retirement requirement Stanley Siu, secretary of the Em- By Kevin Dayton Advertiser Capitol Bureau The Senate Ways and Means Committee is rewriting parts of a proposal to offer early retirement to state and county workers, and deferred action on the bill yesterday. Senate Education, Labor and Employment Committee Chairman Mike McCartney, a key supporter of the measure, has said he wants more detailed estimates of how much the state could save in payroll costs if the measure were approved.

He also has said he wants better estimates of the cost of the early retirements to the state, including the impact on the fund that pays for retirement health benefits for public employees. A story about the bill in yesterday's Advertiser had a misleading headline 4 -7.