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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 6, 1959

One of Hawaii’s best but least known carvers of Hawaiian wood is a busy Lanai City housewife, Ethel Chang Au. She is the wife of the proprietor of the 10-room Lanai Inn, the Pineapple Isle’s only hotel. Au carves faces into native Hawaiian tree branches and logs.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 1, 1947

Globe Wireless Ltd. debuts radiotype service, a new type of high-speed direct communication, between Honolulu and San Francisco at The Royal Hawaiian hotel. Executives watch a message transmitted by radiotype direct from the hotel to Globe Wireless in San Francisco: James H. Jones, commercial manager of Globe in Hawaii, left; George J. Scott, district manager of Globe; Mrs. George Scott at the keyboard; Riley H. Allen, editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin; and Warren B. Pinney, managing director of the Hawaiian hotels division of Matson Navigation Co.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 17, 1975

Pomari Tahiti Sportswear has moved to a new 23,000-square-foot manufacturing headquarters in the Iwilei area. The company has 13 stores on Oahu and 10 on other islands.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 2, 1960

The popular radio program “Hawaii Calls” turns 25 years old and is celebrating with an anniversary show in the Banyan Court at the Moana Hotel. The show is one of the oldest sustaining network radio programs in the nation. “For one reason or another, people all over the world want Hawaiian music played by Hawaiians from Hawaii,” says originator and producer Webley Edwards, seen with photos of personalities who have appeared on the program.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 9, 1970

The fellow waving to motorists is neither policeman nor hitchhiker. He’s Hiram Fong Jr., the Republican candidate for a 15th District seat in the state House. Fong was at the Ala Moana Boulevard and Atkinson Drive intersection. He and Democrat Clarence Akizaki will meet in a court-ordered special election for the seat.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 13, 1978

Dedicated fishermen braved wind and rain at the Nuuanu Reservoir yesterday in hopes of taking some channel catfish home for dinner. The rain brought luck to at least one angler, Greg Uramoto, 13, of Hawaii Kai, who displays one of the several catfish caught yesterday.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 8, 1972

Gail Uyemura, 17, left, of Kaimuki High School and Theresa Young, 17, of Maryknoll School are the top winners of the 15th Hawaii Science and Engineering Fair being held at the Honolulu International Center Exhibition Hall.
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