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 […]
Journal 10/14/1982 P1 Weather station technicians get computer Majuro weather service meteorological technicians have a new helper, an Apple computer, which relieves them of an hour of tedious calculation and checking of data from weather balloon flights. Future improvements will include a hard disk for increased storage and speed. P2 Fishing fees only 3% “The […]
Journal 10/8/1982 P1 Kwajalein landowner camps reported nearly empty As of October 8, only 15 people remained behind at Camp Hamilton, Kwajalein, according to Journal correspondent on Ebeye Elvi Lakabung. People at Roi-Namur were to leave for Ebeye the day before but did not because of a missile operation that day. Lakabung said they will […]
Journal 10/4/1982 P3 New plumbing company opens Having problems with your plumbing lately? Let the fingers of Yamar Corporation, Inc. people do the work. Help is just around the corner. Just go to Rubar, near Irooj Joba’s place and tell Yuhei Yamaguchi, president and plumber, of Majuro’s only professional plumbing company. P3 Aqua Bar damaged […]
