Generators are on island

Front pages from 1982, 1991, and 2011.

Journal 1/22/1982

P1 Chutaro wins Mili
Chuji Chutaro won a narrow and still unofficial victory over Alee Alik in last week’s court-ordered election for Mili’s Nitijela seat and said that when he is certified the winner he will try to bring Mili people together to work for the good of the atoll. Chutaro, who lost by six votes to Alik in the flawed 1979 election, said Alik visited him January 20 to offer his congratulations and assistance in easing tensions caused by the campaign.

P1 First two generators arrive for new power plant
The first two generator engines for the new power plant arrived on PM&O Lines. Each generator weights 53 tons, among the largest single pieces of cargo ever carried on the ship. Also on board were 30 containers of materials for the power plant and tank farm.

P4 Interior Plumbing & Aeronautics
Recent developments regarding negotiations for a Compact of Free Association between the entities of the disassembling Trust Territory are clearly worrying Marshall Islands leaders. Having successfully waged an arduous campaign to rid themselves of perceived liabilities, connected with the concept of unity, Marshalls now stands in danger of being seen as part of the mob “out there” which includes a heckler from Truk threatening to boycott further talks, and a wild group of Palauan government types culling satisfaction by burning down government buildings. Further escalation of the danger arises from re-entrenchment of Republicans in Washington, signifying, as it has, the start of a new foreign affairs approach. Democrats and Republicans, claimed difficult to tell apart by near-sighted observers, do evidence telling differences: Kennedy (D) ignited the political status fire and was follow by Johnson (D) who threw more logs on the issue. Then came Nixon (R) who came on with an offer for commonwealth status for openers and managed his negotiations through an acknowledged CIA operative, buggings and all. Carter (D) reinstated a more favorable climate to the talks, and appointed a very capable Peter R. Rosenblatt to represent him. When Reagan took over, the fledgling Republican administration lost no time in attempting to alter terms of the talks: an immediate goal was to change the 15-year use agreement for Kwajalein to 100 years. The swift, amicable pace of talks that had characterized the Rosenblatt era was snow-bound in a ‘review’ by the new administration.
—Joe Murphy

Journal 2/8/1991

P22 Alik predicts bill 176 failure
During the Nitijela session last Friday, Mili Senator Alee Alik talked about bill 176 that would appropriate 20 percent of the General Fund to local governments. Alik told his fellow legislators: “The bill as you already understand is one of the bills that won’t survive. Some of you will kill it because you may say it is not really important.” He said the bill is important because the current money the local governments receive is not enough.

Journal 2/4/2011

P6 MIMRA market officially opens
Japan government VIPs joined their Marshall Islands counterparts to officially open the new Japan-funded fish market in Uliga last week. The $8 million facility was reported to be completed two months prior to schedule.

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