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HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
34-A Rainbow t>ive
m.0. HAWAII 96720
October 22, 1971
KSO TO: ndministrator, Hayiali Civil Derense Agency
SUBJECT: Food Supplies - Strike Effects 2elated Ihereto
As of October 22, 1971, during the period caimenciJig October 18 through
October 22, 180 containers of supplies arrived ai. the Port of Hilo, 62 oy
loung Brothers bar-e and 113 by latson's Ka-.-.niian Princess. Of the total
containers, 103 contained food supplies of vhich 30 contained rice, or a
total, approxiaately, of 1; million pounds of rice.
As of this date, the wholesalers have distributed all rice to sales
outlets. Sales outlets are experiencing a heavy run on rice, especially
on the 25-pound size. As a point of interest, it vras noted that »/here one
of the large supernarkets had 5- and 10-pcuni bags of rice on the shelves
with a note on an adjoining shelf that 25-Found ca^s would be on sale
.todorrou, shoppers did not buy the smaller bags but cvxrced the store the
following day to buy up the 25-pound bags. This night indicate that these
particular shoppers had rice at hone.
All food itens fornerly in short supply ?re foiaid on the shelves of
most of the sales outlets. These include :-ice, salt, dried beans and peas,
sacaroni and spaghetti, as well as pet foods and toilet tissue.
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