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Child dies of radiation?

Child dies of radiation?

Journal 11/10/1982 P2 EditorialLast month, a boy from Kili died in Honolulu of cancer, according to one of their leaders. The boy was born on Bikini in the early 1970s and lived there until the people were moved in 1978 due to high radiation accumulation in their bodies. One must wonder, was he a victim […]

The chicken or the egg?

The chicken or the egg?

Journal 10/29/1982 P1 Washington talks on Kwaj/CompactPresident Amata Kabua returned to the Marshalls October 28 following the talks in Washington concerning Kwajalein use payments. Asked if he had brought back a good deal, Kabua responded, “Ask the Kwajalein people to respond first, then I’ll respond.” Attorney General Carl Ingram described the negotiations with the US […]

Nuclear tribunal shrinks

Nuclear tribunal shrinks

Journal 10/26/1982 P1 KAC says good news from WashingtonStatement of Kwajalein Atoll Corporation Chairman Ataji Balos: “The news we bring with us, we believe, is good. For the past three weeks, we have been in Washington, DC in meetings with top officials of the US Defense Department, as well as President Amata Kabua and Attorney […]

Atoll populations down

Atoll populations down

Journal 10/8/2025 P1 Kwaj talks continueA second day of meetings in Washington, DC between Kwajalein landowners, RepMar and the US Defense Department has been completed without any announcement of the results. From reliable sources, the following picture emerges: The ending of the demonstration on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur Islands is a result of an agreement between […]

Lañinbwil wins festival

Lañinbwil wins festival

Journal 10/1/1982 P1 Kwajalein talks underway in WashingtonThe talks in Washington, DC on Kwajalein are scheduled for October 2. The interim use agreement for Kwajalein Atoll use by the military expired yesterday (September 30). It contains a renewal clause which says that the governments expect to renew it subject to satisfactory progress toward a free […]

Tripling RMI tax revenues

Tripling RMI tax revenues

Journal 9/28/1982 P1 President heads to Washington; Some Kwajalein landowners already therePresident Amata Kabua left last night headed for Washington, DC and talks with US officials on increased assistance to Kwajalein Atoll where the US conducts strategic missile tests. Kwajalein landowners have said they will spread out from their occupation in camps on 1 October […]

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