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...young woman was not unlike the fading Hawaiian afternoon: sunny and unhurried, going with the proverbial flow. A Finnish dental student halfway through a round-the-world vagabondage, she stood at the side of the oceanfront highway at Nanakuli Beach Park, waiting for a bus that would take her back to Honolulu. But she did not arrive at her hotel until late the next day. During the intervening hours she was raped repeatedly, a11 night long, by more than a dozen local punks, many of them stoned on marijuana. Hawaiians, especially those concerned with an enormous tourist industry, were already...
Ranked thirteenth in the nation last year, the Princeton aquawomen boast a talented crop of freshmen and veterans, including freshman Hawaiian Kaili Chun, who was Harvard's top recruiting goal last year. Against the likes of versatile junior Charlotte Tiedemann, freestyler Liz Richardson, and top-ranked diver Chris Moses most teams just crumble--much the same way Harvard did last week...
Princeton--the 13th best team in the country--features a clutch of stellar performers, including Hawaiian backstroker Kaili Chun, who last year opted for the Orange and Black over the Crimson...
Tourists looking for a quiet vacation are becoming nervous about a Hawaiian retreat. Says Paul Abramson, who owns a Manhattan travel agency and recently visited Waikiki: "Tourist guides warned that we should go out at night only in pairs and that ladies should hold on to their handbags. I think a lot of people come home afraid." Complains Peggy Ontai, who sells conch shells at a roadside stand on Oahu: "This crime has to stop. Tourists are too frightened to drive around the island and get out of their cars." Travel agents report that greater numbers of vacationers are opting...
...Hawaii can clamp down on crime, the islands will remain helplessly vulnerable to the soaring cost of jet fuel, which is the main cause of the rising air fares. Local officials fear that Hawaii may become a resort only for the very wealthy. Says Paul DeDomenico, president of Hawaiian Holiday Macadamia Nut Co.: "Some people say that tourism in Hawaii depends on the rich. That's wrong. It depends on the middle class...