[thecodont]

Not only that, but microfilm can be tested for its age. If they were to attempt to create a fake microfiche, it would be pretty obvious very quickly. That's why he wants the microfiche. If a section has been cut and spliced together or the entire reel reburned, the forensics would reveal it. You can't fake a reel of microfiche from the 1960s.

Right.

Not only that, I'm sure they've found by now someone with an original August 1961 Honolulu Star Advertiser newspaper.

[Steven Tyler]

Yup, Zullo did mention surprise at the extent of the poor and impovrished areas of Hawaii.
Sounds like he talked to 95 year old Verna Lee, and other persons of interest.

I am a bit of a pack rat. I keep sections of newspapers when relatives are born, get married, or pass away.

I would think other like minded pack rats live in Hawaii.
You would simply need a lot of man hours to track down everyone listed in the Birth/Death section of that newspaper