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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / OCTOBER 13, 1950

President Harry S. Truman was undaunted by showers as he took in the view at Pali Lookout. He spent several minutes at the scenic spot before continuing to Kailua during his visit to Hawaii.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 8, 1961

Manager Gene Kerwin surveys his new coffee shop opening at the Kapiolani Boulevard branch of Stewart’s Pharmacy near Ala Moana Center. A cup of coffee during opening week will cost a nickel.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 28, 1962

The small grocery market known as the Sato Store on the 900 block of Kapahulu Avenue sits right in the heart of the business area.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 15, 1948

Samuel Goldwyn and wife Frances Howard pause fleetingly on the wing of a chartered plane, that will whisk them to Hana Ranch on Maui, minutes after they disembarked at Honolulu Airport at 6:35 a.m. from a Los Angeles clipper. The Hollywood couple will vacation at Hana Ranch for two weeks as the guests of Paul I. Fagan.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 17, 1981

Some mean machines and dream machines are on display at the 7th annual “World of Wheels” Show at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Among the hottest of the rods is the $60,000 “Morque Machine,” featuring gold-plated engine and tire rims.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 4, 1960

The United States Army Pacific raised the new 50-star flag over Fort Shafter on July 4, in a colorful ceremony and a massed honor guard made up of a soldier from each state of the union bearing his state’s flag. General I.D. White, Commander in Chief, USARPAC, attached the flag before running it up the pole.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 19, 1968

Wilfred Watanabe offers lessons in surfing technique to women who are starting classes at the University of Hawaii. Four of his pupils are Marsele Burns of Seattle, left; Sharon Bertelsen of Bothell, Wash.; Marilyn Walter of Charleston, W.Va.; and Wanda Higbee of Austin, Texas.
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