Capacity crowd at the Woodstock film
(Guyana Graphic: October 14, 1970)
WOODSTOCK was shown for the first time in Guyana to a capacity crowd at the Metropole cinema Wednesday night.
This festival of song and music, proclaiming the brotherhood of man, is new for the local screen, and it is perhaps for this reason that so many of our young people turned out.
The rock music and hippie gear appeared to be the main attractions for the evening.
A wide cross-section of people, many of them young people, were dressed in the latest ‘mod-way-out teenaged fashions’ like hippies, just like the cast of the show.
The question now being asked is if such a festival as Woodstock, maybe on a smaller scale, would be such a bad idea for Guyana.
There was one in Trinidad a week ago.

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The Belvedere and French Restaurant
(Guyana Graphic: October 14, 1970)
WOODSTOCK Festival Fun on Friday, October 16. Music by Des Glasford’s Combo 7. Cover charge: $1.50 per person.

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‘Jacket Wallah’ gets five years
(Guyana Graphic: October 14, 1970)
MR. Justice Lindsay Collins yesterday sentenced Edward Wilson, called ‘Jacket Wallah’, to five years imprisonment for robbing Natalie Van Rossum of a $25 gold jingle in Broad Street on January 28, 1970.
Evidence disclosed that the restaurant waitress was going home from work when she was robbed in a ‘choke’ attack by the accused and two other men.
Wilson, in his defence, admitted beating the woman, but denied that he robbed her.

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Bogus doctor weeps as he is fined $126
(Guyana Graphic: October 14, 1970)
MAGISTRATE Roopan Singh, after being urged to show leniency in meting out punishment for the last time before leaving the magistracy, yesterday imposed a fine of $126 on Harry Persaud, who was found guilty of false pretence.
Persaud, who wept in court when convicted, was also ordered to pay $79.58 costs, with an alternative of three months imprisonment.
He was found guilty of obtaining $3.50 from aged Sylvanie Nugent after pretending that he was a medical doctor who could cure her.
The Magistrate overruled no case submissions by defense counsel, and said he believed the victim’s story, that Persaud gave her something to rub on her hands and face, and posed as a doctor.
After Persaud admitted 20 previous convictions, the Magistrate said he was doubtful whether his lenience would be appreciated in this case.
But Counsel said that Persaud may have chalked up the convictions because he had not been treated with leniency before.

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Zanzibar Night Club
(Guyana Graphic: October 17, 1970)
THE latest addition to the scene is the Zanzibar Discotheque and Restaurant at 19 Lombard Street, Georgetown.
Owner is Mr. Rudolph Bhaichandeen, who says that his nightclub caters especially for the small man.
There is dancing every Friday and Saturday night at the Zanzibar Discotheque, which also has a fine bar.
Experienced chefs provide the best in the line of food and service at this newly-opened nightclub.

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Cattle survey in the Rupununi
(Guyana Graphic: October 20, 1970)
THE plans for development of livestock in the Rupununi savannahs took a step forward recently when a U.S graduate in ranch management, Mr. Terrence Arthur, was posted to Lethem to conduct a survey of cattle in the Government ranches.
Mr. Arthur is working in collaboration with Mr. Tom Gordon of the Interior Department.
A report from the area said that work had already begun at Meritezero.

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NIS pays first maternity benefit
(Guyana Graphic: October 21, 1970)
THE National Insurance and Social Security Scheme yesterday paid its first maternity benefits to Mrs. Theresa Diana Pemberton, a typist of Sandbach Parker, at a private hospital in the city.
Mrs. Pemberton was admitted to hospital Monday night, and is entitled to 13 payments, to be made before her confinement, the week of confinement, and six weeks after.

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Another first for the NIS
(Guyana Graphic: October 22, 1970)
THE National Insurance and Social Security Scheme on Tuesday paid its first sickness benefit to Mrs. Epiphanie Smith, a packer at Wieting and Richter Limited.
On the same day, the NIS also paid out its first Maternity Benefit to Mrs. Theresa Pemberton at a private city hospital.

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Visit to sawmills
(Guyana Graphic: October 23, 2012)
THE Jaycees of Georgetown have launched a campaign to collect not less than 5,000 toys for presentation to ‘needy’ children at Christmas.
They hope to make the effort a national one, and are asking all persons to contribute any used toys they may have in their possession.
It is intended that toys may be handed in at any one of a number of collection points, or collected by the Jaycee members from the donor’s home.

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Exciting Regatta
(Guyana Graphic: October 25, 1970)
THE Demerara Rowing and Aquatic Club holds its fourth annual Regatta today, from 11:00am, at their Ruimveldt headquarters.
Promising to be the most exciting yet, this year’s programme includes speedboat races, skiing, swimming, rowing and the event of the day, the flying of the ski kite.
This will be the first time that Guyanese will have the opportunity to see this magnificent display of wizardry, strength of body and mind, and the dare-devil spirit of Maurice Amres as he flies his ski kite.
The Regatta will be opened by President Arthur Chung.

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Cotton comes to Harlem
(Guyana Graphic: October 27, 1970)
TODAY’S top negro stars, Raymond St. Jacques, Godfrey Cambridge, Judy Pace, Calvin Lockhart and Sidney Poitier, in the year’s greatest at the Metropole. Tomorrow nite, 8:30pm: ‘Cotton comes to Harlem’ and ‘In the Heat of the Night’.

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In memory of Sir David Rose
(Guyana Graphic: October 31, 1970)
PART of the celebrations to mark the recent festival of Diwali was a torchlight parade through the streets of Georgetown to the tomb of the late Governor-General, Sir. David Rose.
Lady Rose, widow of the late Sir David, led the parade, which was attended by a large cross-section of Guyanese.
Lady Rose also addressed those present at the tomb of her late husband at the Place of the Seven Ponds in the Botanic Gardens.

(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell-phone # 657 2043)