Hawaii
THE Conservation Council board has a Dutch Treat whenever the secretary calls off the "V's" -- there's Van Allen (William, retired Army Colonel), Van Dorpe (Robert, President of the Save Diamond Head Association), Van Dyke (Fred, surfer & teacher) and van Royen (Dr. Pieter, Bishop Museum Botanist). (July 11, 1969) ... The Honolulu Ad Club flyer promotes the luncheon program Wednesday which will feature Dr. Milton Diamond, the UH anatomy prof who moderated the KHET-TV program on "Human Sexuality." According to the flyer, Dr. Diamond "will give an extensive discussion and slide presentation which will stimulate all of us." Sounds like it should be a wild lunch. (July 9, 1973) ... 1973: ‘Human Sexuality’
prof promises stimulating talkTHERE was a small fire in the Associated Press office in the wee hours the other day and the way bureau chief Bob Liu found out about it was a bit embarrassing. Seems Jim Dooley of United Press International noticed the smoke, alerting a security guard and ultimately Liu, who thought Dooley might be putting him on, but agreed to get dressed and head for the office anyway. He knew the call was legit when a fire department official called to ask what the insurance coverage was, and got to the bureau pronto. But A.P. will never live down getting scooped by the competition on a fire in its own offices. (July 9, 1974) ...
DID you hear the gag Bob Hope pulled at the Honor America Day in Washington D.C.? Standing before the throng in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, Hope told them he got a "funny feeling having the stone figure of a man looking over my shoulder -- it's like appearing on the Ed Sullivan show." ... Dick Bond says he spotted a new Mercedes Benz parked at Fisherman's Wharf with a bumper sticker reading, "I Am Proud to be an American," over which someone had written with a felt pen, "Then why didn't you buy an American car?" (July 13, 1976) ...
TWO recent Playboy magazine Playmates are due in this week. Both Patti McGuire, who is the magazine's Playmate of the Year, and Hope Olson, whose hopes and aspirations for fame sprang eternal in the October '76 issue, will be heading for Kauai for appearances in the "Starsky & Hutch" TV'er that'll be filmed there. In addition, the toothsome McGuire will be on hand for the official dedication of the Pearl Harbor enlisted mess coffee shop on July 22. A graphic flyer aimed at the enlisted men states, "Come and meet exotic Patti, and see your beautiful Mess." (July 13, 1977) ...
YOU hear so much bad news about how tourists are treated in Waikiki, it might be a good time to mention that Dale Stewart, a maintenance worker at King's Alley, found a wallet with a large amount of cash on the shopping complex grounds. He turned it over to police who located the owner, a visitor from Japan, and returned the wallet intact. (July 9, 1980) ...
TAILOR Andy Mohan is scratching his head about his latest telephone bill which included a charge of $245 for a 512-minute call to South San Francisco. He's wondering, naturally, who tied up his phone for nearly nine hours without someone noticing it. (July 13, 1981) ...
ONE of Hawaii's leading businessmen almost sustained an injury that could have been crippling, if not fatal. Hung Wo Ching was golfing at Waialae and, possibly in a hurry to get to the clubhouse, was ambling down the 18th fairway ahead of his playing partners. One of them hit a shot toward the green where Ching was headed and all shouted "Fore!" Ching's automatic response was to lift the putter he was carrying behind his head with both hands, and a good thing, too. The shot hit the putter and bounced harmlessly away -- otherwise it would have hit him in the head. Close call! (July 10. 1984) ..
RETIRED Adm. Bernard "Chick" Cleary was telling pals about his recently aborted vacation. Seems he and wife Jean were in a motel near Kennedy Airport in N.Y. ready to embark on a five-week golf tour of Europe when the phone rang and they found the tour had been canceled due to a State Department order. Cleary is a man accustomed to both giving and taking orders, but it wasn't until the next morning he learned why the cancellation took place. It was the day the U.S. bombed Libya! Their vacation was re-routed to U.S. locales. (July 11, 1986) ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com