Micronesian Reporter 1968 V16 01

Micronesian Reporter 1968 V16 01. Micronesian Reporter (Report). Saipan, Mariana Islands: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. January 1968. p. 47.

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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 First Quarter 1968 issue of the Micronesian Reporter focused on Micronesia’s political development and the continuing oversight of the United Nations Trusteeship Council. High Commissioner M. W. Goding, reporting in New York, emphasized the rapid progress made under the new Congress of Micronesia and highlighted ongoing economic initiatives, including a two-year development contract with a U.S. firm to create a long-range economic plan. Ambassador Dwight Dickinson headed the U.S. delegation, introducing Bailey Olter of Pohnpei, who served as Micronesian Advisor. Other representatives included Petrus Mailo of Moen (now Weno), Chuuk District, Raymond Setik of the Mortlock Islands, and Juan B. Blanco of Saipan, who all participated in a U.S. Leader Grant study tour and observed the Trusteeship Council session.

Articles feature Bailey Olter’s address to the Trusteeship Council, where he reiterated Micronesians’ preference for cautious political evolution, stressing that self-government must proceed “when the fruit is ripe.” Profiles of Chief Petrus Mailo and Raymond Setik outline their rise from island leadership roles to territory-wide positions in the Congress of Micronesia and district administration. Leo Falcam of Pohnpei is noted for his Parvin Fellowship in public administration at Princeton University. District news highlights include the completion of the Yap broadcast station, expansion of cattle ranching on Tinian, new hotel projects for Saipan, and growth in student scholarships, with over 200 Micronesians pursuing higher education abroad.

Prominent political figures cited include Amata Kabua (Marshall Islands), Tosiwo Nakayama (Chuuk), and Lazarus Salii (Palau), alongside Andon Amaraich (Chuuk) and Bethwel Henry (Pohnpei), all emerging as key leaders of the Congress of Micronesia. The East-West Center is credited with technical and professional training support, while cooperative movements and fisheries development, notably Van Camp’s tuna operations in Palau, are highlighted as indicators of economic modernization. Traditional leadership is acknowledged in ceremonies and district affairs, reflecting the ongoing balance between customary authority and new representative institutions. Volume Sixteen, Number One (1968) Index:

Agriculture 20 Agrihan 13 – 17 Ailinglaplap 24 Angaur 46 Anthropologist 20 Army 25 Art 4 – 5, 44 – 45 Babelthuap (also "Babeldaob") 46 Bethwel 47 Bikini 18, 24, 28 Boeberitz 4, 21, 30, 39 Canoes 22 – 25, 30 Catholic 18 Church 45 – 46 Colodny 47 Congress 6, 20, 31 Congress Of Micronesia 6, 20, 31 Continental 47 Court 40, 47 Ebeye 47 Economic 6, 18 – 19, 34, 47 Education 19 – 20, 40, 42, 45 – 47 Eniwetokese 47 Fisheries 46 Germany 18 – 19, 45 Guam 4, 7 – 8, 10, 25, 32, 39, 41 – 42, 46 – 47 Handicraft 19, 45 Hirosi 47 Interior 24 Jaluit 6, 47 Japan 8, 10, 46 Japanese 8 – 11, 15, 17, 19 – 20, 34, 47 – 48 Jesuit 44 Kanoa 46 Keigo 47 Kusaie (later termed "Kosrae")47 Kwajalein 6, 25, 47 Language 35, 41 Liebenzell 44 – 45 Losap 47 Majuro 22, 24, 47 Maloelap 24 – 25, 28 Mariana Islands 6, 18, 49 Marpi 8, 10 Marshall Islands 5, 18 Mizpah 47 Navy 21, 32, 39 Ngiraibuuch 4 Nuuan 32 Oiterong 41 – 42 Outer Islands 45 Palau 10, 19, 40, 46 – 48 Peace Corps 6, 31, 33 – 34, 46 Peleliu 46 Phosphate 19 Ponape (or "Pohnpei") 47 – 48 Ponape'S 47 Protestant 44 Ralik 24 – 25 Ratak 22 Religion 45 Saipanese 7, 16, 41 Soviet 45 Spanish 18, 20 Status 20 Stone Money (or "Rai Stones") 30 Tourism 9 – 10, 32 Truk (later termed "Chuuk") 4, 6, 34, 47 Tunnuk 33 Typhoon 16, 47 Udot 4 – 6, 33 – 35 Ujelang 47 Ulithi 46 Ulithian 32 United Nations 18, 39 Vitarelli 47 Weilbacher 47 World War 18 – 19, 34, 47 Wotje 23 – 25, 28 Yap 4 – 6, 10, 30 – 32, 42, 44 – 47 Yapese 30 – 31, 40, 44 – 46 Yokwe 47