Cayman’s natural resources came under the spotlight in the 24 Oct. 1973 Cayman Compass with the news that ‘Experts To Conduct C.I. Marine Study’. Legislators approved the implementation of the study, to be conducted by US and UK scientists and professors. The motion passed by a 10-4 vote, with Warren Conolly, the ExCo member for tourism and natural resources, stressing that, with Cayman’s attractiveness as a tourism destination and financial centre, and with a stable government, it would be unwise “not to agree to the Survey at this time”.
Another front page item, in an unfortunate example of international events hitting close to home, was headlined ‘Middle East War Affects Caymanian’. According to the article, one of Cayman’s air traffic control officers returned home from Beirut, Lebanon, where he was being trained as a flight operations officer. A. P. (Pat) Johnson saw the fighting there every day and requested permission from the United Nations, which was conducting his course, to leave that country. He said the communications system was “blown up and flights reduced to one a day. So, in the midst of the heavy fighting I decided to leave on my own.”
The UN also was the subject of the editorial, headlined ‘U.N. Birthday’, to mark the 28th anniversary of the international body, “which was founded to maintain peace and security all over the globe”. Pointing to the UN “performing a most worthy and useful function”, it said, “man must make his contribution, too, to that peace”, which could “only be achieved by the elimination of malice, hate, and spite from man’s mind”.
And, finally, some news from the entertainment section – ‘Grand Old House Re-Opens For Business’ for the upcoming tourist season. The major change for the restaurant was a dock being built to berth owners Bob and Jeanne Brenton’s Mallard II, as well as eventually providing a spot to serve drinks seaside.
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