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“$3 Million observatory started” and “Project’s booster misses ceremony”

Author:
Southward, Walt
Title:
“$3 Million observatory started” and “Project’s booster misses ceremony”
Periodical:
The Honolulu Advertiser
Year:
1967
Volume:
V2
Pages:
44a
Subject:
UH 84-inch telescope Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii Groundbreaking Hale Pohaku mid-level facility
Summary:
Ground breaking for the UH 84-inch telescope. The $850,000 contract for the telescope lens qas awarded to a Mainland firm. Steward-Berg wond the contract for construction of the dome and housing building at Hale Pohaku for $2,029,500. Mr. Akiyama was not invited to the ground breaking ceremony.
Date:
September 22, 1967
Collection:
Akiyama