Batistas application for asylum. I would hope that favorable action will be taken on it soon. The grant of sanctuary by this country to a political refugee has never involved a political commitment or a determination of any political controversy. This man simply has a very natural desire to rejoin his wife and family in Daytona Beach. The full story from the Daytona Beach Sunday NewsJournal follows: (By Mabel Norris Rees) The followers of erratic Fidel Castro may be acclaiming their new hero wildly In Havana on this. the 26th of July. but among them are thousands who once felt the steady. cool hand of a lady during their time of trouble.