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Hawaii Dave Donnelly |
1969: Big Island police
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hot spots on watchINSPECTOR David Gomberg, of the Big Island police, points out that the Hawaii County cops have the largest jurisdiction by square mile of any department in the United States, and it's the only one in the country with a live volcano. (Aug. 19, 1969) ... J.B.'s was jet-setting pretty good the other night. In Rainee Barkhorn's party were Christine Jorgensen and June Lockhart, and at a nearby table were Mrs. Dean Martin and Mrs. Lee Marvin ... Janet Lang writes from Chicago: "The children from Hawaiian Special Olympics thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Chicago. During the first day's events, Eunice Shriver organized a demonstration touch football game to amuse the children. The players were all 'notables.' You might like to know that our own local celebrity, Camille Almy, tackled Rosie Grier and flipped him." Mrs. Almy traveled with the kids as an administrative consultant. (Aug. 20, 1970) ...
FRIDAY night, Joe Louis, the "Brown Bomber" stopped by the Hanohano Room of the Sheraton Waikiki to catch the opening night of his buddy, Billy Eckstein, with Trummy Young. (I have a photo of those three and me that I've captioned "Which one doesn't belong here?") Watching Joe Louis sipping cognac is about as improbable as watching Gerri Madden swigging Primo. (Aug. 20, 1973) ...
LOCALITE Ed Sheehan says he got a residual check for $1.45 for a bit part he played in Elvis' isle-filmed movie "Girls, Girls, Girls" on the day of the singer's death. He recalls Presley as the epitome of politeness. "Here I had just a bit part," says Sheehan, "and he kept calling me 'sir' all the time." ... Rolling Stone magazine has reportedly thrown out its entire issue slated for release next week in order to devote the whole thing to Elvis, the man who more than anyone else charted the course for popular music (or "rock 'n' roll") as we know it today. If it hadn't been for Elvis, we'd probably all be still singing along with Mitch. (Aug. 18, 1977) ...
IN case you've wondered, Fred Rohlfing, the new attorney general of American Samoa, appears to have gone completely native. At a dinner party given at his Honolulu home last week for Chief Tulele Li'a, Sam's lieutenant governor, Rohlfing greeted his guests dressed in a lava-lava and nut lei, something of a departure from his more conservative image as a local GOPolitician. Li'a also wore a lava-lava, but his Hawaii counterpart, Nelson Doi, did not. Neither, for that matter, did Honolulu's prominent Samoan figure Gus Hannemann. (Aug. 20, 1978) ...
WHEN Lt. Gov. Jean King strolled into Matteo's Royal Tavern to meet some friends for dinner last Thursday, she was introduced to Cordco President Ed Reinhart, who deadpanned the classic singles bar line, "You work downtown?" (Aug. 19, 1979) ...
YOU may have read about the Maori who bared his buttocks to Prince Charles and Diana when they were in Auckland. The fellow was taken to trial recently, and the London Daily Telegraph assigned a reporter to cover it: Ronald Higginbottom. (Aug. 17, 1983) ...
IF you want to know why the N.Y. Mets swept a three-game series against the L.A. Dodgers, their first three-game sweep in L.A. in 18 years, I have the answer: The Kaneshiro Kurse is alive and well. Gene Kaneshiro, of the Columbia Inn, took in the Mets series at Dodger Stadium and, like his late father, Tosh, before him, suffered through one loss after another. The late Walter O'Malley, who owned the Dodgers, used to kid me that he'd offer Tosh money if he'd stay away from the games. Like father, like son. (Aug. 22, 1986) ...
YOU'VE got to give City Councilman Arnold Morgado credit for candor. After a lifeguard paddling team beat Morgado's City Council team, the councilman explained that his team was narrowly defeated. "Let me just say that the race was directed much better than a City Council meeting -- at least all the paddles were in the water at the same time." Could this be called the "Year of the Candor." (Aug. 23, 1991) ...
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Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968. The Week That Was runs Sundays and recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns. Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com
