European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doily Magazine Over an Lightyear million has been spent to restore the Lolani Palace Back to its regal face lifting for americas Only Royal Palace by Ron Staton associated press Hawaii former Queen the Only Royal Palace in the United states is getting a regal but the spleen Dors of the Lolani Palace in downtown Hono Lulu remain hidden behind shuttered the Lightyear Effort to restore the Palace to the glory of its monarchy Days has Cost f6 but the refurbishing is now slowed by a Lack of funds and indecision Over who will operate the restoration of the building itself is said Joseph director of the but it will be at least another year before the Palace can reopen its doors to the Spielman said another is needed to finish the Interior of the hawaiian Palace Bat Only a Small amount will be available in Federal another 2 million will be needed to Complete restoration of the 11 acre Palace he this will include repairs to the Orange Iron Fence which surrounds the Palace removal of the Asphalt and replacement of various once motor vehicles will be banned from the Palace the debate continues about who will operate the the friends of Lolani a nonprofit group which has directed the restoration under contract with the has asked to continue As Bui the state Parks division says it should have the property is currently administered by the department of land and natural the Hawaii legislature is looking into the feasibility of having a commission run the some local particularly native a have been rankled by a proposal by the friends group to charge admission fees and conduct i program of guided but Abigail president of the said tourists make up 80 per cent of the Palace which was formerly open without Many hawaiians Sec the Palace As a Symbol of lost sovereignty and dont want it to be primarily a june 1977 tourist Jane state historical preservation said the Palace should be used to interpret hawaiian history Tor residents rather than to entertain Lolani Palace was first built in 1882 and was the Home of King Kalakaua and his Queen i the Queen was overthrown in the building was passed on to the territorial government when Hawaii was annexed by the United states in territorial and state governments were housed in the Palace until the new state Capitol opened in the throne where Kukaua and Liliuokalani reigned Over official bad been converted into the Hawaii House of representatives while the dining room bad served As the Senate the governor administered from the Kings bed room and the lieutenant governor worked out of what was once the Queens Spielman said that when state government moved the once splendid Palace was left in Sham contractors were brought in to remove wooden additions on the exterior of the building and Interior petitions which divided Large Interior Exten Sive termite damage had to be while we were at we also installed an air conditioning system and a sophisticated Security Spielman the air conditioning was installed in such a Way that none is visible in the main Public the most expensive and time consuming project was restoration of a carved staircase made of native Koa each of the hundreds of balusters was sanded and varnished by when finally the Palace will have less than a third of the original a series of auctions Between 189s and 1903 was held to dispose of most of the furnishings and Royal but during the past Many of the items have been voluntarily Spielman said that he Hopes More items will re turned prior to the Palace reopening the stars and stripes Page 9