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...most celebrated example of Greek Revival architecture in the U.S. Off and flying, Biddle injected the national conscience into a battle over Hawaii's Diamond Head. Financier Chinn Ho's plan to develop apartments on the extinct volcano's seaward slope sparked an eruption of Hawaiian sentiment against the idea. Said Biddle: "There is a place for high-rise development, but must it be on the slopes of your greatest monument?" Now embattled preservationists have begun to sway the Honolulu city council against the rezoning plan...
...Rendezvous. Curiously, the biggest R & R city is Honolulu. Its appeal is neither its hula dancers nor its beaches. It is simply that Hawaii is a geographical midway point for a rendezvous with a wife or a sweetheart for five brief days. The expense can be staggering, even though Hawaiian hotels offer a discount to military personnel. But month after month, more R&R-ers (some 7,290-odd) take the long trek to Hawaii than anywhere else...
Eeyore & Elephant. The newlyweds, weary but radiant, winged off for a two-week (or better) honeymoon; giddiest guesses ranged from Caneel Bay to the "Garden Island" of Kauai in the Hawaiian archipelago, one of Lynda's favorite vacation spots (she has been there thrice). When they return, they will take up residence in a shrubbery-wreathed, $70,000 home near the White House, until Chuck departs in March for what he courageously hopes will be a combat post in Viet Nam. Meanwhile, they can catalogue their copious supply of wedding gifts, including a $6,770 silver tea and coffee...
...HAWAIIAN OPEN (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). A $100,000 pro golf tourney, live via Lani Bird satellite from the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Final round Sunday...
Died. Admiral Claude C. Bloch, 89, one of the three ranking officers at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack; after a long illness; in Washington. At the time, Bloch was C.O. of the Hawaiian naval district, and such was his performance before the disaster that a board of inquiry specifically cleared him of responsibility, while charging the other two commanders, Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short, with "dereliction of duty...