RMI’s bumper copra year

By Journal on October 13, 2022 Ailinglaplap, Arno, copra tonnage statistics, Giff Johnson, Maloelap, Mili, Tobolar Copra Processing Authority, US Trust Territory government, Wotje News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON From the time American administrators of the US Trust Territory government started keeping copra tonnage statistics in 1951, it took 20 years for copra production to break the 7,000-ton mark in one year. That was 1970, when the “stars aligned” with copra making and shipping combining to produce the first-ever banner year for […]