The front page of the 26 July 1973 Cayman Compass carried the attention-getting headline, ‘Escaped Man Is Still At Large’, which told of the prison break of Robert Trevoir, 44, “an operator in organised crime”, which prompted “the biggest ever manhunt in the history” of the Cayman Islands. Called the stuff of “detective thrillers”, Trevoir was described as dashing and “always immaculately dressed”, though the photo of him tells a different story, pointing out he had “a noticeable hair transplant”. After escaping from George Town Prison, he was said to have taken off from Owen Roberts International Airport for Costa Rica, followed by the head of Cayman’s Criminal Investigations Department, Derrick Tricker, who was expected to return home empty-handed.
A page 2 story on sewerage said the issue may “reach alarming proportions unless an early solution is reached”. The owner of the “largest and most modern cesspool emptier in Cayman”, which had suspended service, said the difficulty was finding a dumping ground. The company serviced government facilities such as the airport, hospital and police stations, plus hotels, offices and private homes, among others. But many septic tanks were said to be overflowing, with an official noting “the immediate question was whether Government was willing to provide a dumping place”.
The story, ‘Guantanamo U.S. Servicemen Come To Cayman For R&R’, was accompanied by a photo of the three enlisted men and two officers standing in front of the US Navy plane in which they flew from Cuba. The men particularly enjoyed the diving and, in addition, “fishing, driving around the island and naturally [looking] for girls to date to take to some of the local night spots”.
And, finally, students from the Florida Institute of Technology spent a week here carrying out marine exercises attracted by the “excellent coral reef” in Cayman. The programme, which also included diving and underwater photography, was done in cooperation with Bob Soto’s Diving Headquarters.
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