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Dec. 22, 2019

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 24, 1968

Marilyn Book and Yvonne Leickaert took over Hawaiian Island Products and moved into 6,000 square feet of office and factory space at 859 Mission Lane. “We are trying to produce authentic duplications of Hawaiiana,” said Cook, president of the firm. “We won’t duplicate anything that’s a farce.”
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 29, 1961

A technician works on the F-14 radio telescope at the Hawaii tracking station at South Point. The telescope measures the location of magnetic fields in space. Maps of the fields, important as chartings of the ocean’s dangerous reefs, will help human space travel.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 6, 1962

Caroline Chun told an ancient Hawaiian tale to a group of enthralled youngsters at the Kalihi-Palama Branch Library. The story hours were a popular weekly feature for children in the area.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 14, 1966

A barbershop quartet from the organization S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America) performed in their unusual uniforms. The well-known members are President John Craft, left; Vice President Vance Burnett; Peter Chang, oldest member of the chapter; and Assistant Director Charles Scharbach.
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 20, 1981

Workers have their hands full with the giant beer bottle on display at the University of Hawaii Campus Center as part of an “Aloha to Winter” program. As the crew tried to infl ate the two-story high bottle, it toppled in the wind and hit the roof of an adjacent building. The promotional bottle eventually was righted by the handlers.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 20, 1960

The Arthur I. Berch family in Niu Valley lights their menorah for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 12, 1960

An anchor of unknown origin was plucked off the bottom of Honolulu harbor by the freighter Hawaiian Traveler. Fred Louie of Pacific Marine and Supply recalls a barge losing an anchor about two years ago while dredging the slips of Piers 18, 19 and 20 and this may be it. Louie stands next to the mysterious anchor at Pier 14.
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