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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 11, 1953

Officers with the new Windward Broadcasting Company gather around the control console at which radio station KANI will debut. J. Robert Jensen, vice president and general manager, sits at the controls as President J. Calvin C. McGregor, left, secretary Merrill K. Riley and directors James Y.Y. Goo, Clifford E. Miller and Uichi Kanayama look on.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 4, 1981

When the July heat sizzles out Haleiwa way, there’s one cool comfort that island residents can rely on: shave ice by the cupful.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 25, 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Shoiki Okumoto, right and center, help a customer in their stop-and-shop market. At the time, the family-owned grocery store was one of the most popular in Kapahulu.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 16, 1951

Elza Edsman poses for Rolf Armstrong, a well-known New York poster artist. Edsman will be added to his already long list of calendar girls in January. After four months of vagabonding through the South Seas, Armstrong is now visiting the islands and is at the Halekulani. Constantly on the alert for art material, Armstrong is here for an indefi nite visit and might do some sketches for future posters. Edsman was Miss Hawaiian Islands in the fi rst Miss Universe Pageant in 1952, in Long Beach, Calif. The Kaimuki High graduate and Aloha Airlines hostess was chosen to represent the territory of Hawaii.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 13, 1969

Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co. workers appear to have found a solution to the downtown parking situation, as this picture shows. Workers are using the $2.7 million Fort Street Mall as their private parking lot until the facility is officially turned over to the city next week.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 25, 1982

Dear Mom: Hawaii ain’t so bad. Our (Army) recruiting officer promised that we would fly first class for maneuvers on the Big Island, and he wasn’t kidding. We just got back from 11 days at Pohakuloa and flew there and back on Hawaiian Air. Sarge said no grunt planes were available, but told us we’d get in-flight movies for sure when Pan Am jets us to Poland. Your loving son, Fred.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 11, 1970

Eurythmic dancers, a troupe made up of 18 senior girls from Sacred Hearts Academy, perform at a Celebration of Faith rally at the Waikiki Shell. More than 4,000 island Roman Catholics attended the first such pageant to be held here.
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