Journal 10/29/1982
P1 Washington talks on Kwaj/Compact
President Amata Kabua returned to the Marshalls October 28 following the talks in Washington concerning Kwajalein use payments. Asked if he had brought back a good deal, Kabua responded, “Ask the Kwajalein people to respond first, then I’ll respond.” Attorney General Carl Ingram described the negotiations with the US as “arduous.” He added that they are done but there are some loose ends to wrap up on the Kwajalein agreements. Ingram disclosed that talks on the Section 177 (nuclear testing damage compensation) subsidiary agreement on the Compact have begun. Ingram said he has been working on a revised agreement. He described the 177 agreement as a “major hurdle, just like Kwaj is or was.”
Journal 11/1/1991
P1 Time for a change!
“Ace is the Place with the helpful Hardware man,” took a backseat to the “Time for a Change” call of the Ralik Ratak Democratic Party as the party mounted a weekend series of political speeches aimed at winning votes and influencing people. Several of the party members put on a show that both entertained and enraptured the substantial crowd that hung about attentively under the tents and in the protection of the RRE overhang in front of the post office.
P1 Change to what?
The real political week began Thursday at Nitijela Chamber when President Amata Kabua and Speaker Kessai Note were joined by Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Kijiner in delivering remarks, and in the President’s case, an address celebrating the attainment of full membership in the United Nations…Significant perhaps in terms the political aspect of the occasion were the comments made by Speaker Note who chided the opposition party indirectly with questions about the Ralik Ratak Democratic party slogan, “Time for a Change.” “Time for a change to what?” asked Kessai. He was clearly of the impression that the government has demonstrated successfully what it can do, and the occasion of attainment of full UN membership unquestionably underscored that opinion.
P11 Chicken and eggs: Coming soon
The Israeli presence in the Marshalls is centered in Laura at the poultry project. The adviser is Shaul Eliat, himself a farmer from Israel. “Israelis are usually hard people,” he told the Journal. “I only have two years here and I don’t have time to play around.” After seven months, the program is on the verge of taking root. Approximately 3,000 pullets (chickens in the stage between chicks and layers) are being readied for the layer stage.
P23 Even the young guys get fish
Bwiji Aliven and Ben Reimers of Assumption pose with their 151-pound marlin Saturday at RRE jetty. The boys went out fishing by themselves and although their fathers are well known fishermen with the Marshalls Billfish Club they could not beat the boys who went out on Rudy Aliven’s boat.
Journal 11/4/2011
P11 Why are we waiting?
The new Ports arrangement whereby the pilot boats are being used to transport fishing crew to and from their ships appears to be a great improvement on the ships using their own boats. One glitch that’s surfaced is when the pilot boats don’t service the ships and the captain and crew become a little antsy. Take, for example, one blue purse seiner that spent much of the weekend repeatedly honking its very loud horn, presumably to attract some attention over at Uliga dock. Either that, or the crew was using its blower to publicly celebrate multiple birthdays, anniversaries, the catching of lots of fish, and the cutting off of one guy’s large toe.