Flags of Alaska and Hawaii Help Convert Pomona Mall Into 'Avenue of States' Pomona, Calif. -- Hawaii and Alaska, last to gain statehood, became the first states in the union to fly their flags on the new Pomona Downtown Pedestrian Mall in anticipation of the mall being converted into an Avenue of the United States and the Americas for a forthcoming United States Mayors' Workshop (Nov. 16-17) on how this city of 75,000 cured its downtown core blight by private subscription of property owners, without taxpayers' money. Photo shows flag of Alaska characterized by Big Dipper and North Star being unfurled at left by Pomona College student Linda Kwon, while fellow student Rebecca Wong displays flag of Hawaii honoring discoverer Capt. Cook with Union Jack and each island in Hawaiian chain with eight red, white, and blue stripes. Flags were gift to Pomona from Alaska's Governor Egan and Hawaii's Governor Quin From: Joe Alvin & Company 1052 W. 6th St. (HU 2-9700) Los Angeles 17, Calif. For
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