<® I Polynesian Paradise Firm 
i Appoints 15 Directors 
Polynesian Paradise, In¬ 
corporated, the development 
firm planning a multi-mil¬ 
lion dollar reseat at Palmyra 
Island, has announced ap¬ 
pointment of 15 businessmen 
as directors. 
Among those widely 
known locally are Leslie Ful- 
lard-Leo, who leased the is¬ 
land to the firm for 75 years; 
Stanley C. Kennedy, Jr. ? Ha- 
j waiian Airlines regional 
sales manager in Los Ange¬ 
les, and Ford Studebaker, 
former Hawaiian Airlines of¬ 
ficial now board chairman of 
Aeromaritime, Incorporated, 
of Washington, D.C. 
A. Maxwell Klum, board 
. chairman of Mercury Inter- 
i national Insurance Under- 
i writers of Los A n g e 1 e s, 
which owns Polynesian Para 
dise, made the announce- 
ment. 
Klum is a director and has 
established the develop¬ 
ment firm’s Honolulu office 
at the Royal Prince Apart¬ 
ment Hotel. 
Other officials are: 
Ernest W. Woods, presi¬ 
dent of Woods and Company 
of Birmingham, Alabama, 
president and director. 
W. R. Faris, sales direc¬ 
tor of World Airways of Los 
Angeles, executive vice- 
president and director. 
Oscar Schleiff, executive 
vice-president of Wicker- 
sham Press, Long 1 si a n d 
City, vice-president and di¬ 
rector. 
A. 0. Bennet, vice-presi* 
I dent of Mercury Inter nation- 
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WASHINGTON (UPI) — 
rhe United States exploded 
its 12th nuclear test in the 
current Pacific series yes¬ 
terday. the Atomic Energy 
Commission and Defense De¬ 
partment announced. The 
AEC also announced that 
an underground test was 
conducted at the Nevada 
testing, range. 
The Pacific explosion was 
in the intermediate range. 
The weapon was dropped 
from an airplane in the vi¬ 
cinity of Christmas Island 
where all of the current 
Pacific tests have thus far 
taken place. 
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
said the test took place at 
5:30 a.m. HST. An explosion 
in the intermediate range 
means about 100,000 tons of 
TNT. 
The underground test at 
Nevada was described as 
being of low yield. This 
would mean it was less than 
20,000 tons of TNT in expio- 
1 sive force. 
al, secretary and director. 
R. G. Macteae. executive 
vice-presided ?£ Stewart, 
Smith (Canada Limited of 
Montreal, treasurer and di* 
John Tracy, president of 
Midwestern Financial Cor¬ 
poration of Denver, director. 
Frank Der Yuen, project 
development manager of 
Lockheed Aircraft Corpora¬ 
tion of Burbank, California, 
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Francis T. Fox, aviation 
director at Los Angeles In¬ 
ternational Airport, director. 
Hugh D. McBride, vice- 
president of Mercury Inter¬ 
national, director. 
W. R. May, president of 
Mercury International, direc¬ 
tor. 
Frank Waters, Los Ange- 
i les attorney, director. 
Development cost esti¬ 
mates and projections have 
already been completed by 
Belt, Collins and Associates 
and Wimberly and Cook, 
Architects, but the start of 
construction has not been 
set. 
The developers hope to 
make Palmyra one of the 
sport fishing capitals of the 
world and there are plans 
for scientific activities in 
oceanography, marine life 
tanks and satellite tracking. 
A 6,000-foot airstrip is ex¬ 
pected to service aircraft. 
Faris, who will be operat¬ 
ing head, and May have 
; been actively engaged in the 
! project. 
Jains U.H. Staff 
Dr. Williams Hugh, for¬ 
mer California State Poly¬ 
technic College professor of 
animal husbandry, has 
joined the University of Ha¬ 
waii Co-operative Extension 
Service as a swine specialist. 
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