Journal 12/28/1982 P1 Jaluit jepta best? By Akio Heine Here is how we rated the jeptas we saw and heard at Uliga Protestant Church on Christmas Day. There were some good jeptas we were not able to see, but here goes: The best songs and most profession in their singing: the Jaluit jepta; Best beat: […]
Journal 12/24/1982 P1 AMI 748 arriving Christmas eve The Airline of the Marshall Islands’ own BAC748 aircraft is scheduled to arrive 24 December. There was no room for Santa Claus because it is filled with spare parts. There will be an official handover ceremony at the airport for the 48-seat turbo prop plane. The first […]
Journal 12/15/1982 P1 KMR-RepMar relations soured The landowner occupation of the Kwajalein Missile Range has been over for two months but relations between KMR and RepMar appear to be deteriorating. The seriousness of the current state of affairs was shown by KMR’s decision that the Kwaj Lodge was full when Chief Secretary Oscar deBrum and […]
Journal 12/8/1982 P1 High spirits The Rongelap airfield was opened Monday by an Airline of the Marshall Islands flight. Rongelap people prepared a welcome including dancing. P1 Power soon Testing on the new power plant is continuing December 8. The number one generator should produce power this week, according to one of the construction managers. […]
Journal 11/30/1982 P2 Outer islands update The Lae airfield should be ready by Friday. The first landing on Rongelap should be next Monday. The next atoll after Lae to get an airfield should be Ujae. P2 Seventh Day Adventist honor roll first quarter Linda Laupepa, Jelina Rilometo, Ginger Alik, Joann Tadeo, Vivanna Velasco, Linda Allen, […]
Journal 11/23/1982 P2 Ebb and Flow Can you believe it? There is a beer shortage on Ebeye. P3 It’s a big and expensive job to run a large funeral Running a funeral and burial for an irooj is a big job. In the case of Manini Kabua, there were two groups with resources and experience […]
Journal 11/16/2982 P1 Water cut back again Water hours have been reduced to 6:30-8:30am and 4:30-7:30pm, according to the Department of Public Works. There are only 5.5 million gallons of water in the reservoir. Journal 11/18/1994 P3 Religious review team An interdenominational group is working to revise the Marshallese language versions of the Old and […]
Journal 11/8/1982 P4 US sets up military space command After a quarter century of mostly peaceful exploration of spec, the United States has begun a vast expansion of its military operations there. In the next five years, the Reagan administration plans to increase spending on military operations in space even faster than the rest of […]
Journal 10/26/1982 P1 KAC says good news from Washington “We are very pleased to be home,” said Kwajalein Atoll Corporation Chairman Ataji Balos and KAC President Imada Kabua in a statement. “The news we bring with us, we believe, is good. For the past three weeks we have been in Washington, DC in meetings with […]
Journal 10/21/1982 P1 Kwajalein agreements reached in Washington President Kabua successfully concluded negotiations with the United States regarding use of Kwajalein Missile Range for an interim period of up to three years prior to the effective date of the Compact. President Kabua was also successful in reducing the term of the US use rights under […]
