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Hawaii Statehood Nullification Sought HONOLULU, Dec. 22 (UPI) -A Hawaiian woman has asked a federal court to de- clare illegal the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. Peggy Ross, acting as her own attorney, filed a $300 billion suit Friday in which she asked U.S. District Court hre to "dissolve the political bands which have connected the Hawaiian islands to the United States of America." The suit seeks compensation for Mrs. Ross and other Hawaiians "for the damages caused by its (the United States') unconstitutional acts of overthrowing the lawful government of Hawaii and for annexing the Hawaiian islands to the United States without the consent of the native Hawaiians."