A front-page story of the 22 Aug. 1974 edition of The Caymanian Compass pointed to a potential ‘electrical crisis’ of concern to the Chamber of Commerce. The issue was raised because CUC had “refused to make any more hook-ups of electrical power” since the previous month, according to the article. At a chamber meeting in July with the manager of CUC, one member said the power company had an obligation to make new hook-ups for people who had been promised power when they started construction of their properties. The manager said a new generator would be shipped in September but the accompanying radiator might not get here until March.
Page 3 carried news of an increase in tourism numbers, with the story starting: “Despite the relatively grim outlook for tourism in many parts of the world, the Cayman Islands continue to report record gains in numbers of visitors here.” Stayover tourists hit 34,379 for the year to date, a 23.3% increase over the 27,881 arriving by air during the same period in 1973. Cruise numbers rose 158.8%, though that represented an increase from 971 passengers in 1973 to 2,513 for the first seven months of 1974.
Also on that page was an article about Lucille Seymour, a qualified teacher of deaf children, who was headed to the UK to attend a Commonwealth seminar on deafness at the University of Sussex. The Commonwealth Society for the Deaf was providing the accommodation and the Cayman Islands government was meeting other expenses.
And a photo on page 8 headlined ‘Silently Still’ showed the work in progress on the new Government Administration Building, which would become known as the Glass House. Noting that construction was “at a standstill” as the picture was snapped on a Sunday, the caption added that workers were back to it on Monday, with completion expected in early 1975.
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