pomes before Passin g over northern alau where it also caused damage |XPhoon Gilda struck Rota Mariana slands District » causin g extensj damage to CrOps, pri vate homes and government build] dings and facili ilittie iess Stice was lent o ve HontoCP TU r at ule y lssioner, €an Due to increasing res ponsibilities in education and health programs, the Department of Co mmunity Services Was separated into a Department of Educatj on and a De partment of and Adminis- Ponape : wtothe Health. Dr. William M. Peck mu Panmed the positi on of Director of op lic ealth in June [967 wa s pePoi penteHe d al Assist st:ant Commisiss siion e for oner | . in ntative, “se nte even thd Decemb er 19 67 &de als o . le Pacifie lowed fhe Territory’s first first-class So oan re Royal Taga, opened ip » Mariana Islands Dis trict. The three-story , $800 ,0 ; 00 Structure wi expa nded from 54 to 100 rooms. _, CSia’s SSi10n g in rable nan part a on fall Yanuary 1968 Nii ne members of the U.S. House of Representatiives an d thre e members of InsaneCommitices on Interior and ges At airs visited the Territory on rea € 2-week inspection tours. The nous members were accompanied by ie sistant Secretary of the Interior with eee visit, the delegations met pan : Congress of Micronesia���s is head olitical es he of oF . S, ‘© Status Commission ane aes from all six districts, and ited many remote islands. , jiawai Architects and Engineers im OF contract host P Pare to the Trust Territory Physical development Plans for all district centers and for Ebeye and Carlson Islands, sub- mitted its pre-fi “final Commissioner. P plan t¢ © the High Part I—Introduc tion The Honorable Edward P. Furber retired after 22 years as Chief Justice and U.S. Armed Forces, the combined Trust Territory and Office of Emergency Planning contribution to emergency and permanent restoration of the affected areas will be about $15 million. of the Trust Territory. He was suc- ceeded by Dr. Robert K. Shoecraft, former Attorney General of the Territory. The Final Report: Planning for Education and Manpower in Micronesia and Summary Report was received from the Stanford Research Institute and was distributed throughout the Territory. May 1968 February 1968 Airlines, Aloha Airlines and the United Air Micronesia took over the operation of air service in Micronesia, bringing jet service to the Territory for the first time. Air Micronesia, a cor- poration formed by Continental Micronesia Development Association, is committed to a program of training for Micronesian personnel and to a substantial contribution to the development of tourism in the Territory. The High Commissioner presented to the Appropriations Committees of the U.S. House and Senate a statement in support of the Territory’s $34 million budget request for fiscal year 1969. The M/V James M. Cook, the newly acquired Trust Territory administrative vessel, departed Saipan forits first voyage in Micronesia. The ship’s services will be in the fields of public health, education, and community development. Under the provisions of Public Law 2-2 of the Congress of Micronesia, a four-member Trust Territory Personnel Board heldits first meeting. The Board gives Micronesian government employees a voice in the formulation and implementation of the administration’s personnel policy applicable to Micronesians. Congress of Micronesia Senator Bailey Olter and Representative Lazarus E. Salii made a 45-day tour of the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Hawaii. The two members of the Future Political Status Commission traveled under the aus- March 1968 Donald R. Tindal, who came to Micronesia in April 1967 as Assistant Attorney General of the Territory, was appointed Attorney General. pices of State Department Leader Grants. Harold W. Burnett, Attorney Gen- April 1968 eral of Guam since 1962, was appoint- ed an Associate Justice of the Trust Territory. He will assume duties on July 1, 1968. Typhoon Jean moved through the Truk and Mariana Islands Districts, wreaking havoc in the Mortlock and Hall Islands through heavy sea action June 1968 and the Northern Marianas with winds up to 150 knots. In addition to emergency relief provided by the Red Cross High Commissioner W. R. Norwood, serving as special representative on the U.S. Delegation, appeared and then devastating Saipan, Tinian, 7 Fiscal Year 1968 TO ER Stem re gn mine ceri ag ce croyae r 4 bial . ge os, ; ah nT a Re TT" AE RR AE, RTReI « t