Journalist Jim Becker, who died Feb. 7 at 98, covered a lot of important people and stories in his career: The Korean War. Jackie Robinson’s first game in the majors. The exile of the Dalai Lama. Highlights of his amazing career with the Associated Press and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin are recounted in an AP obituary. Jim was also fond of recalling his coverage of an early 1950s swim meet at the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium with no fewer than five world-record holders, all from Hawaii. In an oral history interview with Mo Radke, president of the Friends of the Natatorium,
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