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GLITTERING FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA, sprawls luxuriously in the tropic sun.
In the foreground is Lucayan Country Club. Hotels and high-rise apartments tower
over the Bell Channel marina along the shoreline. Freeport now has 3,000 hotel rooms
with 2,000 more under construction.
Levittown With Palm Trees
By DICK KLEINER
West Const Correspondent
FREEPORT, Grand Ba
hama Island—-(NEA)—lnfla
tion seems to be a worldwide
worry these days, but on this
booming island everything is
up, not just the cost of liv
ing.
There wasn’t much here 10
years ( ago, but then came
some daring and wealthy
promoters and Grand Ba
hama was put on the map.
At first, it was the fact that
there is legalized gambling
that was Grand Bahama’s
claim to fortune, but that is
only an extra added attrac
tion now.
The island has become one
big real estate development
today. It's Levittown with
palm trees. Drive along the
roads—mostly all paved and
well-marked—and you pass
subdivision after subdivision.
Some areas are reserved for
apartments, some for private
homes. Everything is down
on the master plan.
Ten years ago there were
only a handful of people
here. The population today
is 47,000, and they expect it
to nudge 100,000 in a few
years.
It’s hard to see where they
all are. Most of the plans
are still on paper. Mile after
Kentucky fried
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mile, the land is flat and un
improved. Here and there is
a fancy modern condomin
ium, looking out of place
like a grass hut would look
on Fifth Avenue in New
York.
But much of the land has
been bought. Investors have
gobbled up many tracts.
Their theory is that this is
boom territory. The island is
only 78 miles east of Palm
Beach, Fla., and there is
regular air and sea service,
so the hope is that it will be
the next “in” resort.
The building boom, how
ever, hasn’t happened yet.
The land has been sold, but
nothing much is happening
on it. That may be due to the
high interest rates—a mort
gage costs 10 per cent—or to
other economic factors.
Living is expensive. Every
thing costs more here than
in Florida. To rent a two
bedroom apartment — nice,
but not fancy—takes S3OO a
month. This means that peo
ple who live here generally
have both husband and wife
working, to make ends meet.
But even that is getting
tougher. The government is
cracking down on “nonbe
longers”—noncitizens — hold
ing jobs that “belongers”
can handle. Employers are
getting wise and are report-
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ing to the authorities that
their secretaries are “writ
ers,” and cannot be replaced
by natives. But, increasing
ly, it is hard for newcomers
to get by.
That, of course, only ap
plies to people who want to
settle here. For tourists, the
welcome mat is always out.
There are some good hotels,
with more en route. There is
excellent fishing and several
fine golf courses—although
the vegetation is so lush that
if a ball goes off the fair
way, it’s almost impossible
to find. The rough is a
virtual jungle.
There are new schools,
new industries (a cement
plant to build houses was the
first) new stores, new air
ports, new hospitals, new
roads. There is no taxation
no income or sales taxes.
In every public building—
hotels, airports, banks—there
are salesmen on duty. They
will take you on a free tour
via car or plane or boat, to
sell you land or an apart
ment or a store site.
It reminds old-timers of
the big Florida land boom of
the early ’2os. It worries
some of them. But they have
their fingers crossed, be
cause they think this boom
will build.
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Gari Betz, who won the Emmy
for his defunct "Judd for the
Defense” series this year, will
appear in a segment of “The
FBI.”
DOCTOR’S MAILBAG
Grapefruit Is Good
Source of Vitamin C
By WAYNE G. BRANDSTADT, M.D.
NOTE: I have frequently
recommended Dr. Edmund
Jacobson’s book, “You Must
Relax,” to readers who com
plain of a chronic feeling of
tension. Each time I lent my
own copy to a friend, he
failed to return it and I
bought another copy until
the book went out of print.
I was delighted to learn a
few days ago that McGraw-
Hill published a fourth re
vised and enlarged edition in
1962 which is still available
(retail price $5.95). The book
is written for the layman
and covers the subject of
progressive relaxation in de
tail.
Q—What food value is
present in chocolate? Is
there any iron in it?
A—Aside from the cocoa
butter in whole chocolate, it
has little food value. It is
not a rich source of iron. The
food value in chocolate
candy is, however, another
matter.
Q—When I buy fresh fruit,
there are always a lot of
fruit flies on it, even after I
get it home. Can I get sick
from eating such fruit?
A—Not if you wash it and
cut away any parts that are
spoiled.
Q—l drink a pint of un
sweetened grapefruit juice
every day. Is this harmful in
any way?
A—This is a good source of
vitamin C. In some persons,
large amounts of citrus juice
irritate the digestive tract
and cause nausea and diar
rhea. Otherwise, it is not
harmful.
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Q—Why does phlegm form
in my throat after I eat ice
cream or drink milk?
A—These and other foods
stimulate the flow of mucus
from the salivary glands.
This is a normal physiologi
cal action.
Q—l have heard that tak
ing kelp and lecithin will
prevent baldness. Kelp is
rich in iodine. Is this bene
cial?
A— ls you can prevent
baldness this way, get it
patented and you will be rich
overnight. A moderate in
take of iodine will prevent
a colloid goiter—the large,
nontoxic type of thyroid
swelling.
Q—Does chicken liver
have the same value as beef
or calf liver?
A—Beef liver is a better
source of iron and vitamins
than calves’ liver but chick
en liver is better than either
of these.
Q—ls peanut butter a
healthful food? Is it hard to
digest?
A—All nuts are very nu
tritious. They are hard to
digest only if you don’t chew
them well. In peanut butter,
most of the chewing has
been done by machinery be
fore it comes to your table.
(Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
Please send your questions and
comments to Wayne G. Brondstadt,
M.D., in care of this paper. While
Dr. Brondstadt cannot answer indi
vidual letters, he will answer letters
of general interest in future columns.
YOUR PERSONAL FINANCE
Camping Cuts Vacation
Costs by up to 60 Per Cent
By CARLTON SMITH and
RICHARD PUTNAM PRATT
Can Fred Nebbish, his wife
and two kids find vacation
type happiness for $64.50 per
day? Let's hope so, because
that’s what their vacation’s
costing them, according to
the American Automobile
Association.
A recent AAA survey
found a traveling family of
four paying a daily average
of $26 for lodging (using two
rooms), $25 for meals, $8.50
for enough gas and oil to
drive 300 miles, and $5 for
tips and other oddments.
If almost SSOO a week
sounds steep, you may be a
candidate for an old-fash
ioned money-saving idea.
It’s called “camping,” and
it can cut travel costs as
much as 60 per cent.
Camping today is a lot dif
ferent from the Boy-Scout
and-mosquito routine you
may have in mind. Tents
and tent-trailers, sleeping
bags, stoves and lights have
all been vastly improved
over earlier versions. And
the federal government,
states, municipalities and
and private entrepreneurs
have created beautiful and
superbly equipped campsites
in which to use them.
Hot showers, coin-operated
laundries, recreation rooms
and tent platforms have
made a world of difference
in the comfort-quotient of
campgrounds. And there are
enough of them to fill a fat
paperback directory. They
aren’t all in the boondocks,
either. At least three of them
are no more than an hour’s
drive from Times Square.
If you own or can borrow
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camping equipment, the cost
picture is simple. You’ll
spend the same $8.50 for gas
and oil, and perhaps the $5
for miscellany. But it will
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REDUCED
famous name shoes reduced
for immediate clearance
Florsheim, Rhythm Step, Paradise,
Gayla, Sandler, Edith Henry
now
$7.85 & $11.85
all sales final
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cost an average of only $2.50
a day to rent a campsite
(some are free), and food
for a family of four should
be princely for about sl2.
That’s S2B a day, as op
posed to $64.50 for the motel
hoppers.
If you have to buy or rent
equipment, the price will
rise. A set of modest camp
ing gear can be bought for
about $350. That’s a good
chunk of money, but the
equipment should last you
10 years.
If you don’t plan to camp
often, or aren’t sure you will
like it, you can rent enough
equipment to house and feed
four people for less than SSO
a week.
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