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Statehood gallery
POSTED: 01:30 p.m. HST, Jul 01, 2009
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1979: UPW STRIKE | Victor Fukata, operator of Emma Cab Co. at 202 Iolani Ave., used his bags of trash accumulated during a United Public Workers strike to make a statement against Iran and about his disappointment in the U.S. government's handling of the hostage situation. The American Embassy in Tehran had been seized the month before by Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution. Fifty-three Americans were held hostage for 444 days.
1978: NEIL ABERCROMBIE | In 1978, two-term state Rep. Neil Abercrombie was upward bound, campaigning for what would be an eight-year stint in the state Senate. He was joined by campaign worker Barbara Saromines in his eye-catching sign-waving campaign. Today, Abercrombie is serving his 10th term in Congress and capping his political career with a campaign for governor.
1976: WAIAHOLE-WAIKANE | Rezoning, No! Resting, Yes! No matter how dedicated a demonstrator might be, a man needs his rest. Lucio Cortona, left, and Macatio Palos, both of Waiahole Valley, sat out a few rounds in the Waiahole-Waikane development fight at the state Capitol. Waiahole-Waikane became a symbol and battle cry for anti-development fights across the state. In 1977 the state bought Waiahole Valley for $6.1 million and, during the next two decades, negotiated the terms of leases with the 100-family community.
1976: PINEAPPLE FIELDS | At noontime, toil in the pineapple fields would halt, and the workers would sit by the side of the dirt road and eat their lunches. For this worker it was vegetables, rice and fish.
1975: KALIHI STREET | Another day brought many chores at the Higa Store, which by 1975 had been a fixture on Kalihi Street for more than 30 years. Mrs. Kamikichi Higa mended the awning on the well-worn store she and her husband first opened in March 1941.
1974: PUZZLING POT: It is a plant that has alienated generations, divided the scientific community and sparked bitter political debate. Yet how many people actually recognize marijuana when they see it? Not many. At least that is what an informal experiment revealed in 1974 as shoppers — some puzzled, some oblivious — passed marijuana plants placed in their path at Ala Moana Center.
1973: GAS RUNS SHORT: The oil embargo of 1973 caused gasoline shortages across the United States, including the 50th state. The crisis, triggered when Arab oil-producing countries halted shipments to the U.S. and other countries that supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War, forced Hawaii station owners to limit fill-ups to a few gallons. Rodney Kahn of Kahn’s Service said he felt “people will adjust to the situation.”
1972: UH PROTEST | The University of Hawaii was the epicenter of the protest movement during the Vietnam War years, and any campus ROTC event was cause for protesters to march. Here, they follow then-Lt. Gov. George Ariyoshi, wearing the lei, as he rides in a jeep during the Joint Army-Air Force ROTC Governor's and Awards Parade on the UH campus.
1971: GOVERNOR BURNS| During a speech in 1971, Gov. John Burns said Hawaii's people had achieved remarkable advances in every phase of their lives since Hawaii had gained statehood 12 years before. "Without the climate of statehood," he said, "is it doubtful that we would enjoy the equality of opportunity that prevails in our social, our economic, our educational and our political institutions in Hawaii."
1970: SALT LAKE | Youngsters in one of Salt Lake Elementary School’s classrooms have the option of pulling up their chairs at tables on study lanais. Beyond the lanai and across the school yard is Salt Lake. By the end of the decade, the lake would disappear, filled in for Honolulu International Golf Course, and re-zoning around the course led to the high-rise residential area that it is today.
1969: MEMORIAL DAY: Graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, were decorated for Memorial Day with leis contributed by schoolchildren and with bouquets brought by relatives. Among the visitors was Mrs. Suwa Muneoka of North School Street, who brought an orange and flowers for the grave of her son, Kazuyoshi Muneoka, a World War II veteran. She was accompanied by two grandchildren, June Asato, 7, and Kent Asato, 8.
1968: LUNALILO FREEWAY: Matlock Avenue resident Mrs. Harold Kim checked the washing on her apartment lanai within feet of a new Lunalilo Freeway section. The Kims planned to move to Hawaii Kai in an attempt to escape the all-night traffic noise outside their window.
1967: CARPENTERS UNION STRIKE | In the fall of 1967, work stopped on the new state Capitol and other construction sites, including the huge Ilikai Hotel project, as the Carpenters Union went on strike. Striking members of Local 745 formed a picket line on the Capitol's muddy steps.
1966: THE MANAPUA MAN | Choi Yong, "The Manapua Man," was once a familiar sight around Palama. Carrying steaming buckets of manapua swinging from a pole across his shoulders, and ringing a bell to alert customers to his arrival, he made his rounds through neighborhoods and the business district.
1964: WAR PROTESTS | Hawaii in the 1960s became a military staging area and R&R site for soldiers during the Vietnam War. Waikiki was also a magnet for anti-war protesters. Here, marchers block the intersection of Kalakaua Avenue and Lewers Street; carrying the "Cease Fire" sign is then-University of Hawaii associate professor Oliver Lee, a political science professor who was an outspoken critic of American foreign policy in Vietnam.
1964: OUTDOOR CIRCLE | Undeterred by blazing sunshine -- or wearing high heels in the sand -- members of the Outdoor Circle spent Arbor Day 1964 caring for a newly planted palm on the beach at Waikiki. The women are Mrs. Harold Erdman, left, tree-planting chairman, and Mrs. William Blackfield, Circle president. That year the Circle added two trees to Kuhio Beach, and 11 at Aiea Elementary School.
1963: GIRLS DAY | There's no doubt what is on the mind of this little one whose photo appeared in the Star-Bulletin two days before Hina Matsuri -- Girls Day -- when family and friends pray for young girls' growth and happiness. Her name is missing from Star-Bulletin files, but her exuberant smile is unforgettable. She was standing before the traditional multitiered exhibit of dolls at Shirokiya department store on March 1, 1963.
1962: LEI STANDS | The inviting smile of Maile Lee accompanied the announcement that leis would cost less at Honolulu Airport lei stands during Aloha Week in 1962. Members of the Airport Lei Sellers Association decided to reduce their rates on the flowers as their contribution to the spirit of aloha.
1961: SURFING | It must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but Honolulu Police Officer Mitchell Chang didn't think so. He pulled this unidentified cycling surfer "over to the side" on Kalakaua Avenue for a lecture on safety. He agreed the man had an ingenious way of getting himself and his surfboard to the beach, but advised caution. The cyclist was seen afterward walking down the street with the board under one arm and maneuvering the bike with the other.
1960: STATE FAIR: Midsummer in Hawaii — endless days, no school and a carnival of distractions. Could life get any better? The thrill of a roller coaster — even a pint-sized one — put smiles on these faces, although it’s doubtful the youngsters realized the significance of the occasion — the first state fair in the newest state in the union.
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