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Cement & Thatches. Kaiser started in a small way-for him. He bought $3,000,000 worth of land bordering on Waikiki, created his own beach and artificial lagoon, and started work on his Hawaiian Village Hotel. In short order, he built 70 thatch-roofed units, a million-dollar 100-room hotel, a 1,000-seat convention hall, a 14-story, 260-room Ocean Tower, an aluminum dome for the convention over flow, and a $1.5 million, 13-story hotel. Now being finished are a pair of $5 million, 17-story hotels called the Diamond Head Towers, which will give...
...owns a share of a huge cement plant. Kaiser has also built the $4 million Kaiser Medical Center, the islands' most modern hospital, has built two clinics and is planning a third to accommodate 40,000 members he has signed up in his own health plan. His other Hawaiian interests include a radio and TV station and a fleet of twin-hulled tour boats (catamarans...
...malo and a rakish palm hat, Bernstein entertained his entire New York Philharmonic Orchestra, which was flown over to Maui after two concerts under Bernstein's baton in Honolulu. During the day the mellowing boy wonder of music went waterskiing, stuffed himself with poi and other Hawaiian goodies, planted a coconut tree and got a raft of gifts, including a pass exempting him from being jugged for any Maui traffic violations...
...days there island hopping. Nixon campaigned as if he expected Hawaii's three electoral votes to decide the outcome in November. He was also testing his style and some of his "impact lines" for future use. Inevitably, he was draped with leis, let himself be kissed by Hawaiian maidens, showed up at a luau wearing a just-purchased electric-yellow sports shirt, ate gluey poi with his fingers in the native manner...
...holds rain to be a good omen. At Hilo, on the island of Hawaii, he mentioned not only the tidal wave that devastated Hilo last May but also the big wave that hit the city back in 1946. On Maui, he tried his tongue on some flattering words in Hawaiian: "Maui no ka oi"-roughly, "Maui is the best of all the islands.'' It all went over very well...