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...tourists who visited sun-drenched Nassau last year, mostly from the U.S.. a special charm of the quaint old British colony was the ample corps of cheerful servants. But the black men who drive the taxis and tote the trays of rum punches had their private thoughts about the white minority that runs the island. Last week old resentments exploded into a bitter general strike. For the story of the crippling effect on a tourist economy, see HEMISPHERE. Strike for Power...
...more happily from the postwar tourist boom than the Bahamas, where last year 194,618 visitors-six times the 1949 total-enjoyed the other-century feel of picturesque streets, cheerful native servants, and dress-for-dinner luxury in a sun-washed tropical setting. Last week the pastel shops of Nassau's Bay Street were shuttered light at the height of the winter season, the colony's 16 major hotels were closed and empty. In a matter of days all but 24 of some 3,500 tourists fled home by cruise ship and plane. As they cleared...
Minor Issue. Taxi drivers touched off the trouble over a relatively minor issue: the tourist agencies' plan to provide bus or limousine service from the new Nassau International Airport, cutting into the taxis' business. Drivers massed their cars at the entrance halting all air traffic when the airport opened in November. They abided by a cooling-off period of six weeks, then struck again last week. Some 2,000 workers from hotels, construction projects, water works and the power plant went out in sympathy and locked up the island...
...times of crisis, such as that created by the unfortunate events near Nassau Street Thursday night, that the true mettle of a community is tested. So far officials of both the town police and the University administration have acted with moderation; we trust that they will continue...
This is the story he told police: "I was walking up Nassau Street around 11 o'clock when I saw a bunch of guys walking toward me. They were pretty big, and they looked at me kind of funny, so I ducked into an alley to keep out of their way. They ran after me and stood around me in a circle. I asked what they wanted, but they didn't say anything. They just kept grinning at me. Then one of them hit me in the side, and another hit me behind the head. I fell down. but they...