ooI
N. f [.,iii e r
By PON BOIHNING I- SClLwo It Founded
V. Our L att. H...e..ca s
The Castro press once`?re- i By Dr. Hevia
ferrcd to it as "an incuhator4
of pirates." SCHOOL officials neither
To students and staff at t confirm nor deny alumni
the Pan American Merchant participation in this or other
Marine Academy here the exile activities.
sAcademy Is good for
lur in the Cuban Communist,{; "The y' discuss no plans here - the fuj must, b!e 17 and
publication "Bohemia" was a +.- neither what they have. Lure or Cuba , later all of have the equivalent of of
`mark of distinction. Latin America."
been connected with nor least a high school Qducation
It shows, they say,' that what the intend to do. We' tt and preferably one year of
"our enemies recognize us. 1. ,- --_ they u e S'; It's envisioned that one day n..,.._ - .
The Academy, in an out-of- !In what they d4 otherwise,
': the students will be the lead=
said newly named Academy r m in a free Cuba mariti Currently a 'class of 17: is;
the-way spot adjacrht to the
Maml River, is the ahrn I?Directoa Manuel AranM~, M , me
enrolled for the eight hours a,
e,r
mater for 200. young Cuban ?w,,, _ v,
,~.. ;~, ??;,
ban president, Dr. Carlos-,!-
I arts. ago, the Academy's fate was ~ti JJ' ork by Day Physically at least - since It'
uncertain when Dr. Hevia: {;? 'opened in 1001 in three sec:-:
Some, it is said, werq In died early this month. and-floor rooms of a down. r
the ranks of those who par- Class- at 1 lilt taco office building.
Rut its. backers - mostly t1._ b
In+rrestea Mliu1La11?s - ', MEANWHILE, they are It 110W has lour first floor
+ ;
sated their continued support L1 ?1 uopis ("two large and two 4
and Aran, longtime friend anti-Communist exiles tvhai '
and associate of Dr. Hevl:+, i,, .hnt"i 6 variety of jobs l small") near the Seventh
d and attend "" dtd b Mii J
onaeyaman ?ames
"We're established now and ton-free Academy q 1 a s s e s . Dickey.: .' .
" "`'" "" " "` " four nights a week.
point where we can expand c; Only outward sign of its;
and do an even better lob" :1.`:Instruction Is in Spanish. J,' existence is a?sheet of letter.;
said M i am I Businesslna+i Tl four instructors are all head stationery in the win '1
... ??-----v_ Ina- - - I -'-- ?'-'' -- - . .. i
and secretary-treasurer of, and professors at,, the Cuban proclaiming the "Pan Amer.:
Student ? Body"
Entirely Cuban
GTNN 0 SAID: -it, is hoped.
that a memorial biography of
'with any profits going to the.
time training..to youths from `ing artd.?: ? ?~;: 11; ..,' , f.,'
consisted .entirely' of- Cghans
ands as Ginn`e cplains itti"the;
dered a. halt to such ac''lvI.
The raids ;prempted'.'the
''BOhec:ila" attack..
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immediate concern is to train-
ow that 'knowledge is
used they say, is the concern
of the students, not the Acad..' e
"Now," adds Aran, To qualify for admission J
Cubans and enable a group of
'sea-minded', ones to get to-
,gether, to know each - other
,Tio salary. The fix-inanth
a course. parallels' that of ,hed
U.S. Merchant Marine.' Acad
The organization's charter:?j
says it is "non-political, non- A
profit and non-military.+' Its k
purpose,'-say', Oran :and Glitid,
Is only, to;'teach .the sea.fat
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