Journal 9/26/1980 P1 Dependence or independence? President Amata Kabua in a radio interview September 16 Sid he believes the US wants to keep the Marshalls dependent. “It is now very clear that the US wants to keep us in a state of begging.” Reacting to US blocking of the Japanese satellite communication offer and perhaps […]
Journal 9/21/1984 P6 Tourist? Driving down the road I tried to define just what it was that made the tourists different from the local Americans. They wear shorts, Matt Holly was wearing shorts and he did not look like a tourist. They carry cameras, so does a reporter. It finally came to me, what the […]
Journal 9/14/1984 P1 What about a Bikini cleanup The US House approved a bill recently to study the impact of the resettlement of Bikini islanders on Maui. The US Congress must approve conditions on a $20 million fund to allow use of the money to resettle people outside the Marshall Islands. On Maui itself, a […]
Journal 9/7/1984 P2 Catch of the day The Marshall Islands Fishing Team took second place in the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament at Kona. The star was Wally Milne. He caught four fish in four consecutive days. That’s a world record. He also caught the largest fish in the tournament, a 573.5 pound marlin. P3 RepMar […]
P4 LDS to build chapel The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is having a groundbreaking ceremony for their new chapel on September 4 at 1pm behind the satellite communications center. At 4pm the same day they will have another groundbreaking in Laura for a chapel. P9 Rep. Seiberling on Kwajalein discontent “We, the […]
Journal 8/24/1984 P1 Fish base groundbreaking Ground breaking ceremonies were held Wednesday for the start of the $2 million Majuro fishing base funded by Japan. Father Tom led the opening prayer, followed by speeches from President Amata Kabua, Lerooj Atama Zedkaia, Minister of Public Works Charles Domnick, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tony deBrum, and officials […]
Journal 8/17/1984 P10 Nitijela gives MIDA broad power The Nitijela gave final approval to Bill 20 to reconstitute the Marshall Islands Development Authority. The Development Authority — known as MIDA — is established as the business arm of the government. The bill gives broad powers to MIDA too promote and assist with development projects, establish, […]
Journal 8/10/1984 P10 9 to 5 wins 1984 championship Nine to Five is the 1984 women’s softball champions after eliminating all teams they met in the double elimination tournament. They downed Dri-Malal Saturday by the score of 10-4 to keep their record clean with no losses. P10 Tourney winner Una Watak walked away $45 richer […]
Journal 8/3/1984 P1 Auditor’s report to Nitijela The first semi-annual report of the Office off the Auditor General is printed and ready for distribution to the Nitijela. The report covers 21 separate assignments undertaken by the office, including one exercise by the Inspector General, Department of Interior. Among areas covered: Public Service Commission stating that […]
Journal 7/27/1984 P1 Headstart funding doubled Parents of young children throughout the Marshalls have a group of people to be thankful to: the new board and staff of Marshall Islands Islands Headstart, Inc. Our local Headstart program last June, in competition with over 1,600 other federal agencies, was successful in obtaining a permanent $200,000 increase […]