By Journal on January 26, 2018
beer, Marshall Islands
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Journal 1/23/1981 P1 Airport water catchment completed The $3.3 million expansion and improvement of the Majuro water system — catchments and reservoirs at the airport — was officially completed January 22. Secretary of Public Works Charles Domnick accepted the project for the government. P6 Mili dispensary has drug shortages With a population of just under […]
By Journal on January 19, 2018
Department of Interior, Gale Norton, Richard Pombo
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Journal 1/16/1981 P2 Marshalls bank waiting Marshall Islands Bank organizer Milt Polland told the Journal this week that corporation papers are all that is holding up work on the bank. Polland said he filed applications for foreign business permits for the bank and an insurance company in May, 1980. He said if the Marshalls wants […]
By Journal on January 12, 2018
Akio Heine, Amata Kabua, Atlan Anien, Jude Samson, Nitijela
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Journal 1/9/1981 P1 Second Nitijela session opened By Akio Heine The second Constitutional Nitijela session reconvened January 5. After Speaker Atlan Anien called for the opening of the 1981 session, Rev. Jude Samson of Uliga Protestant Memorial Church gave the invocation. Everybody then stood up and sang a hymn, “O Master Let Me Walk With […]
By Journal on January 5, 2018
Danny Wase, Gold Wase, Nika Wase, Silver Wase
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Journal 1/2/1981 P1 Election case dismissed on jurisdiction Finding the 1979 Mili Atoll election flawed, TT High Court Chief Justice Harold W. Burnett nevertheless found that his court lacks jurisdiction to act in the election case. Thus Judge Burnett dismissed the case of Chuji Chutaro vs. Election Commissioner and Alee Alik. Burnett said there is […]
By Journal on December 29, 2017
Air Marshall Islands, DC-8, Jim Brom, Marshall Islands Development Authority
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Journal 12/28/1973 P1 Why should Micronesia suffer? Senator John Mangefel of Yap feels that Micronesia should not be able to suffer because of US policies over which it has no control. Citing the current fuel crisis, which is affecting Micronesia along with many parts of the world including the United States, the Senator asked: “Why […]
By Journal on December 22, 2017
abusers, Bermin Weilbacher, Micronesians, time
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Journal 12/23/1977 P4 Nauru housewarming in Saipan The local government announced the opening date of the new Nauru Building which is near completion on Saipan. The seven-story air conditioned structure, complete with escalators, four elevators and a revolving restaurant on top, will be ready for occupancy by the end of next month. P6 Time abusers […]
By Journal on December 15, 2017
Ailinglaplap, Chris Loeak, Katzuo Katjang, Nitijela
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Journal 12/21/1973 P1 The lawyers… Lawyers for the people of Roi Namur in Kwajalein Atoll have filed a suit in the Trust Territory High Court in Majuro which charges that Marshalls District Attorney Russell Walker and Trust Territory Attorney General Richard Miyamoto are withholding certain documents, files and information which defendant Walker compiled during the […]
By Journal on December 8, 2017
Micronesian Independent, Micronitor, suicide
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Journal 12/14/1973 P1 Blowing our horn Micronitor died this week, the victim of an apparent suicide. She wasn’t old as newspapers go, would have been four years old exactly come February. Friends of the bygone forerunner of Micronesian journalism have expressed legitimate concern for the passing of what many readers claimed was always a lively […]
By Journal on December 1, 2017
Bikini, Kwajalein, UFOs
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Journal 12/3/1976 P10 Marshalls Status Commission moves to include opposition Marshall Islands District Administrator Oscar deBrum named Congressman Ekpap Silk to a vacancy on the Marshall Islands Political Status Commission created by the resignation last week of Marshalls Education Director Kinja Andrike. The appointment of Congressman Silk, a veteran political status negotiator who had been […]
By Journal on November 30, 2017
dump/landfill, ombudsman, sports facilities
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Journal 11/21/1975 P7 A hitch Recent damage to Majuro’s dock, apparently caused by the docking of a ship, will have to be repaired before a newly announced shipping service can begin. Matson Navigation Company has stated its towed ship operation will not be able to dock at Majro unless the dock is repaired. Matson has […]