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With his wife and three children, Batista now lives quietly in Daytona Beach -next door to 83-year-old automotive pioneer Ransom Eli Olds. Every morning, he is up at 7 for a brisk row in the nine-foot boat he keeps in the Halifax River. He plays tennis at the smart Daytona Beach Bath and Tennis Club, goes to the movies two or three times a week and occasionally speaks at Rotary Club luncheons...
...Democrat opposition in a doubtful district. For Batista, it is a foot in the Cuban political door. Because most Cubans have forgotten his brutal police methods, remember only that meat & butter were cheaper in his time, Batista is likely to win in a walk without so much as leaving Daytona Beach...
...Daytona Beach last week, in a practice swim, Nell breast-stroked 220 yards in breath-taking time (16 seconds faster than the record). She seemed to be a cinch to win the A.A.U. crown later in the week. But at the last minute, someone raised the question of whether Netherlands Nell was eligible to compete in a U.S. championship. When embarrassed A.A.U. officials failed to uphold her eligibility at once, Nell withdrew, saved further red faces. Next day, Clara Lamore of Providence won the 220-yard breast stroke in 3:10.5 (more than 19 seconds behind Nell's practice...
Solomon Plus. In Daytona Beach, Fla., Judge J. C. Beard decided that two claimants had equal rights to a bicycle, had it sawed in half...
Sweet-singing Mary Bethune and her girls entertained at swank Daytona hotels, passing a hat after each performance. One day a sewing-machine tycoon dropped in a $20 bill. He followed it up by visiting Mrs. Bethune's school, and eventually left it $67,000 in his will. Mrs. Bethune sought out other angels. She rode a bicycle up to the secluded front door of Ivory Soap's James Gamble, talked him into helping out the school...