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April 18, 2021

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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 17, 1961

The Shirokiya Japanese department store at Ala Moana Center has debuted an enlarged toy department featuring $150,000 to $200,000 worth of merchandise. Shirokiya, observing its 300th anniversary, has expanded its street-level space for its toy, housewares and food departments.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 29, 1959

Rudy Daniel — assisted by his aunt Doris De Rego, left, and mother, Betty Labuguen — leads dignitaries and schoolchildren over a newly dedicated overpass in Nanakuli.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 24, 1956

Several hundred guests gathered at the Hawaiian Village Hotel to join a dedication and luau in the resort’s new convention hall. The celebration was the first in a series of luau at the Hawaiian Village.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JANUARY 14, 1962

Tourists stop their car while the “Hertz Rent A Guide” tells them about Waikiki. The tape-recorded tour guide, developed by Isle U-Drive, is available for $2 a day with any Hertz car rental. The portable device delivers up to three hours of tour information.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 2, 1949

The smokestack at the old Waimanalo Sugar Co. mill falls with a thundering crash after the company suffered shortages of labor and equipment during World War II, then — already hobbled by a defi cit and operating loss — could not weather a wage increase that resulted from an industrywide strike after the war.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 9, 1966

Emblems from countries around the world adorn the coat of Michael Carr, 8, which is displayed by his sister Linda and mother, Jacquelyn Carr. The family, from San Mateo, Calif., has been seeing the world on $5 a day.
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STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JULY 31, 1968

Jodo Mission of Hawaii Bishop Kyodo Fujihana, assisted by the Rev. Satoru R. Kawai, blesses the Saiho Maru, a skiff that will be loaded with food and incense, lit with lanterns and sent out to sea to mark the beginning of obon season, a summer-long homage to departed souls.
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