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PNA: Shape up or ship out

PNA: Shape up or ship out

Journal 9/3/1982 P2 Ebb and flowMarshalls second law school graduate, Christopher Loeak, arrived in Majuro this week. He attended Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane, Washington. He plans to take the Hawaii bar exam…Nauru President Hammer deRoburt stopped in Majuro this week. He reported that the permit for the Aqua Bar (at the Eastern Gateway […]

Atlan mutes Mili senator

Atlan mutes Mili senator

Journal 8/19/1982 P1 US compact negotiators called amateursLawyers for the Marshall Islands Atomic Testing Litigation Project are extremely critical of the way negotiations have been handled for the Compact of Free Association and the settlements offered their clients, victims of US nuclear testing in the 1940s and 1950s. “The negotiations were handled by a bunch […]

Bank official steals funds?

Bank official steals funds?

P1 Theft denied: Commercial Bank closes to wait for cash transferThe Marshall Islands First Commercial Bank has temporarily closed its doors due to a run on the bank caused by rumors of theft of the bank’s funds, Jeffery Yieh told the Journal August 17. “The bank just stopped opening to the public but has not […]

Billy Roberts’ crazy leaflet

Billy Roberts’ crazy leaflet

Journal 8/9/1982 P1 Senator Imada Kabua criticizes Kwaj treatmentSenator Imada Kabua on August 6 blasted the government of the Marshalls for not recognizing the duly elected Kwajalein Atoll Corporation leaders and accused the government of trying to split up the Kwajalein people by siding with a newly formed committee which he called “Ten-Ten,” a committee […]

KALGov waste wonders

KALGov waste wonders

Journal 7/30/1982 P1 US moves to prevent Marshalls holding vote on CompactThe United States has withdrawn its support for an August 17 plebiscite in the Marshall Islands to approve or reject the Compact of Free Association. US Ambassador Fred Zeder notified Marshall Islands Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum of the cancellation at a meeting in Honolulu […]

Ingram is the new AG

Ingram is the new AG

Journal 7/27/1982 P1 DeBrum: Compact talks collapsed todayThe Foreign Secretary of the Marshall Islands Tony deBrum says negotiations to end the United States administration of the territory have collapsed. Speaking in Honolulu, deBrum said the US was not prepared to end its trusteeship of the islands, except on its own terms and at a time […]

Chuji wins by four votes

Chuji wins by four votes

Journal 7/9/1982 P1 Kwaj talks pauseA series of meetings held this and last week on Ebeye and Kwajalein between President Amata Kabua, the Kwajalein Atoll Corporation leaders, and the landowners in trying to persuade the landowners occupying Kwajalein and other isles to return to Ebeye while negotiations continue was unsuccessful. The dispute between the government […]

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