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| Adventures of a Middle-Aged Editor |
GH Editor Michael Egan takes a terrifying trip
to Las Vegas. |
| New Hope for Alzheimer’s Sufferers |
| GH Medical Reporters discuss a series of dramatic breakthroughs. |
| GH Survey Winners |
| You could be the lucky recipient of a gift certificate. |
| Are You Older Than Your Boss? |
| Here are eleven coping strategies for dealing with a younger manager. |
| The Amusement Park |
| A new cartoon feature by Michael Egan. |
| A Whiskey a Day Keeps the Doctor Away |
| Moderate alcohol consumption is good for you! |
| Brother Noland Sings |
| Cover story features one of the Islands’ most popular musicians. |
| Heart Check |
| The American Heart Association offers women good advice. |
DEPARTMENT:
March 7, 1848: Conclusion of the land swindle known as the Great Mahele. Under the Great Mahele land is privatized and made available for purchase, leading to a decisive economic shift towards white monied interests.
March 27, 1868: whaling ships near the Big Island notice dense clouds of smoke rising from Mauna Loa ‘to a height of several miles.’ Temblors are experienced at Kona and Kau, and the next day a 15-mile flow crashes into the sea. Over 300 strong shocks are felt at Kau and 50 to 60 at Kona. By April 11, over 2000 distinct shocks are registered. A Richter-scale magnitude of 7.75 is later estimated.
At Kilauea the surface of the ground quivers for days. Lamps, crockery, and chairs spin around ‘as if animated.’ C. H. Hitchcock writes in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America that one shock resembled a cannon shell striking the ground.
Quakes are felt as far as Niihau, some 350 miles away. The ground ‘rolled like a ship at sea and many walls tumbled down.’ A landslide three miles long and thirty feet thick sweeps down the hill carrying trees, animals, and men. Thirty-one people and thousands of cattle, sheep, horses, and goats are killed. A tsunami wallops the coast from Hilo to South Cape. In Keauhou, Puna, and Honuapo 180 houses are washed away, and 62 lives lost. Another10-foot wave carries wreckage inland 800 feet. A stone church and other buildings are destroyed at Punaluu. Waves reach 65 feet high, the biggest observed in Hawaii to date.
March 12, 1959: Congress passes the Hawaii Statehood Admission Act. It is suggested that the USA is trying to forestall implementation of UN Resolution 1514, recognizing Hawaii as an occupied country.
In June, a Plebiscite offers the single option: statehood, yes or no. All Hawaii residents—including military personnel and other US citizens—are allowed to vote. The proposal is overwhelmingly carried. In August 1959 Hawaii becomes the fiftieth state.
In other March news:
1866: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) arrives in Hawaii as a correspondent
for a California newspaper. He describes Hawaii as ‘The loveliest
fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean.’
1899: Princess Kaiulani dies at the age of 23.