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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 28, 1953

Explorers of the Honolulu Council, Boy Scouts of America, along with Office of Civil Defense personnel, will demonstrate methods of self-protection in case of disaster during the annual makahiki June 6 at the Honolulu Stadium.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 19, 1959

Waikiki is losing a 61-year-old landmark with the demolition of the Elks Club on Kalakaua Avenue. Ross Sutherland, a local clothing firm owner who purchased the four-story building in April to obtain some of its antiques, is having the club razed. Eventually, a new Elks Club will be built nearby.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 23, 1956

Workers took apart the last buildings of the 102-year-old Manoa Elementary School on East Manoa Road. Children now get their lessons at the new Manoa Elementary School, which has 48 classrooms.
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STARADVERTISER / DECEMBER 6, 1976

The new Kahaluu Lagoon, a flood control project near the Hygienic Store, Windward Oahu, is already being used by fishermen.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 24, 1953

Executives of KGMB-TV — Wayne Kearl, assistant general manager, left; C. Richard Evans, vice president and general manager, holding the sound transmitter switch; J. Howard Worrall, president, with his hand on the picture transmitter switch; and Daniel Hunter, chief engineer — stood by in the station’s transmitting room to throw the switches that put the station’s new high-power TV transmitters on the air for the first time on a scheduled telecasting basis yesterday. The transmitter cost more than $100,000 to buy and install. It radiates 107,000 watts of power.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / FEBRUARY 1, 1968

The Young Rascals arrive for two concerts at the Honolulu International Center arena. The first concert sold out in one day.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 30, 1971

These six lovelies will compete for the title of Miss Maritime at the Wednesday night meeting of the Propeller Club. Gracing the historic Falls of Clyde are Olga Mendoza, left, sponsored by the Dillingham Corp.; Bonnie Simnich, Pacific Container Service; Pat Monroe, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard; Pat Mrozek, C. Brewer & Co.; Paula George, Seatrain; and Pam Routhe, Kentron Hawaii.
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