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...last week tourists were telling the story of a woman visitor awakened by noises outside her hotel window. When she complained to the manager that "I didn't come to Hawaii to get a room next to a pile driver," he replied: "Madam, nowadays all the rooms in Honolulu are next to pile drivers...
From the ranch lands of outlying islands, where orchids grow wild, to the cool, pastel-colored balconies of new buildings on famed Waikiki Beach, a frenetic building boom of houses, shopping centers and hotels is under way in Hawaii. The Honolulu bureau that records new construction is eight months behind in its tallies. In February alone, new construction of dwelling units reached $15 million, a 250% increase over a year ago. Fortunes have been made in days by big and small investors alike. Examples...
...over to a war tempo, and to convince Congress that it needs modernization, MATS mounted a 14-day, $10.6 million "Operation Big Slam." Into Puerto Rico's sun-soaked Ramey Air Force Base and Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, from 14 fields as far off as Hickam in Honolulu (6,000 miles), some 250 MATS planes began lifting 20,530 troops and 11,150 tons of gear. Last week Ramey roared with a take-off or landing every 3¼ minutes (Berlin airlift average: one every three minutes). Up to 101 planes were in the air at a time...
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Married. Anne Baxter, 36, cinemactress (The Ten Commandments); and Randolph Gait, 30, cattle rancher; she for the second time (No. 1: Cinemactor John Hodiak), he for the first; in Honolulu...