Micronesian Reporter 1966 V14 05
Micronesian Reporter 1966 V14 05. Micronesian Reporter (Report). Saipan, Mariana Islands: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. October 1966. p. 36.
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Abstract: Beginning in 1951, the Headquarters for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) regularly published a magazine that detailed its work in the region. From 1951 through the first issue of 1956, the magazine was known as the Micronesian Monthly; from the second issue of 1956 through the end of the run in 1980, it was known as the Micronesian Reporter. From 1951 through December 1967, publication cycles varied: For the most part, the magazine was produced monthly, though certain issues cover two or more months. Starting in 1968, the magazine was formally shifted to a quarterly publication cycle, which continued through the first quarter of 1980, when publication ceased.
The November–December 1966 issue gives detailed coverage of Micronesia’s appearance before the United Nations Trusteeship Council in New York. High Commissioner M. W. Goding appeared as Special Representative of the Administering Authority, emphasizing accelerated progress in education, health, and political advancement. Ambassador Dwight Dickinson headed the U.S. delegation, joined by Bailey Olter of Pohnpei, who served as Micronesian Advisor. Also present were Petrus Mailo of Moen (now Weno), Chuuk District, Raymond Setik of the Mortlock Islands, and Juan B. Blanco of Saipan, who participated as Leader Grantees on a State Department study tour .
Articles highlight Bailey Olter’s statement to the Trusteeship Council, stressing Micronesians’ preference for gradual political development until they felt fully prepared for self-government. Profiles are given of Petrus Mailo, a long-time chief and legislator in Chuuk, and of Raymond Setik, Assistant District Administrator and former legislator from the Nomoi Islands. Leo Falcam of Pohnpei is noted as the first Micronesian awarded a Parvin Fellowship in public administration at Princeton University. District news describes fisheries development in Palau under Van Camp operations, progress in school construction and teacher training, and advances in public health and sanitation campaigns.
Key figures in political leadership mentioned include Amata Kabua (Marshall Islands), Tosiwo Nakayama (Chuuk), Lazarus Salii (Palau), Andon Amaraich (Chuuk), and Bethwel Henry (Pohnpei), reflecting the new prominence of Micronesian representatives in the Congress of Micronesia. Cooperative organizations and credit unions are reported expanding economic opportunities, while education initiatives receive support from the East-West Center. Traditional leaders, district administrators, and community organizations are also noted, illustrating the blending of customary authority with new institutions in the Trust Territory’s evolving political landscape .
Volume Fourteen, Number Five (1966) Index:
Agriculture 27
Ambilos 6, 8
Angaur 5
Anthropology 7, 13
Ballendorf 22
Biographies 4, 7
Canoes 14 – 16, 33
Catholic 5, 32
Chigiy 27
China 34
Church 25, 32
Congress 5 – 9, 11, 26 – 27, 30 – 31
Congress Of Micronesia 6, 8 – 9, 26 – 27, 30 – 31
Court 9, 15
Defense 33
Delegation 6, 35
also "Dublon" or "Tonoas" 20
Economic 5, 17, 25 – 27, 29
Education 6 – 8, 11, 25 – 26, 28, 31 – 32, 35
Elections 5
Falmog 11
Fefan (or "Fefen")21
Fisheries 11, 17
Gagil 7
Gilbertese 33
Guam 4, 7 – 10, 12, 15, 17 – 18, 29, 31, 36
Ibedul 11
Interior 35
Japan 26, 35
Japanese 17, 20, 26, 32 – 33
Kanoa 19
Kusaie (later termed "Kosrae")6 – 7, 26, 28
Kusaiean 6, 28
Kusaieans 28
Kwajalein 32, 35
Language 6, 12, 19, 23, 27, 35
Lukunor 8
Macquarrie 12
Majuro 32, 35 – 36
Makwelung 26
Mariana Islands 3, 19, 37
Marshall Islands 25 – 26, 36, 38
Modekngei 5
Mortlocks ("Nomoi Islands") 15
Mutnguy 30
Nanmwarki System 6
Navy 10 – 11, 36
Ngatik (or "Sapwuahfik")4, 13 – 16, 33 – 34
Ngchesar 7 – 8
Ngiraeherang 5
Ngiraked 27
Nuuan 28
Olter 6
Ongrung 11
Outer Islands 19
Palau 5 – 8, 10 – 11, 17, 22, 25 – 27, 31, 35 – 36, 38
Pangelinan 10, 12
Peace Corps 19, 22 – 23, 27, 35 – 36
Pingelap 6, 8, 28
Polycarp 5, 8
Ponape (or "Pohnpei") 6 – 8, 12 – 16, 26, 28, 33 – 36
Ponape'S 28
Ponapeans 13, 15 – 16, 33
Pretrick 6, 28
Protestant 7, 26, 32
Pulap (also "Pollap") 38
Ramarui 5 – 7, 26
Rechucher 36
Reklai 11, 22
Religion 12
Rengiil 11
Sadang 5
Sigrah 6, 28
Status 36
Suicide 28
Tamag 6, 28, 30
Tmetuchl 5 – 6
Truk (later termed "Chuuk") 4, 6, 8, 12, 20, 30 – 31, 35 – 36, 38
Udall 35
Uherbelau 19
United Nations 4, 9 – 12, 26, 31 – 32, 36 – 37
Winham 9, 25, 37
Yap 5 – 7, 11, 27 – 28, 30 – 31, 36, 38
Yapese 23, 27
