(A look at some of the stories that made the news ‘back-in-the-day’ with CLIFFORD STANLEY)
Pscyho is back
(Daily Chronicle: April 3, 1972)
THE Astor cinema is proud to announce that Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” is back, and it will open soon. For those who are too frightened to remember, “Psycho” is the suspense shocker with the famous blood-curdling shower bath sequence.
If you wish to leave before this horrifying scene appears on the screen, please note that it takes place 44 minutes after the film begins.
“Psycho” stars Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane. The supporting cast is headed by Martin Balsam, John McIntire and Frank Albertson.
“Psycho” is based on an Inner Sanctum mystery novel which tells a weird and suspenseful story that concerns a sensitive young man too long under his mother’s domination, and a girl who meets him while fleeing to her lover with a stolen fortune.
Perkins plays the young man, Janet Leigh the girl, and John Gavin the man she loves.
Vera Miles portrays Janet’s sister who becomes involved when the latter disappears with the money.
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Rupununi PTA plans new projects
(Daily Chronicle: April 4, 1972)
THE St. Ignatius Government School Parents Teachers Association met recently and elected its new office bearers for 1972.
The outgoing President, Mr. Derek Williams, was the returning officer. Members elected were: President, Mr. Baretto, Community Development Officer; Vice President, Mr. Kenneth Klien, Welder; Secretary, Mr. Edgar T. Fraser, Headmaster; Assistant Secretary, Ms Magdalen Simon; and Treasurer, Mrs. Yvette Rodrigues.
Other members elected to serve on the executive were: The Toshao of St. Ignatius, Mr. Lorentius Henry; Mrs. Clarence Daziel; Miss Leontini Jose; and Mr. I Williams.
The PTA held its first fair and dance on December 4, 1971, and was able to make a net profit of nearly $1500.
Among the projects listed for the year 1972 are: $400 for text books. These were already bought and presented to the school in the presence of the Minister of State for Cooperatives.
Others include a storeroom by unaided self-help to store the school’s equipment; the building of five tables and cupboards, for which an advance of $150 has already been paid to the Ministry of Works, Hydraulics and Supply, which has already begun to build them; a clock, which is expected to cost $125; and equipment for games, on which the association expects to spend about $175.
Apart from the fair next December, the Association plans to hold other money raising functions such as a bingo, raffles, and dances.
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Heart disease a main killer in Guyana
(Daily Chronicle: April 7, 1972)
THE Ministry of Health announced yesterday that diseases of the heart and blood vessels were the commonest cause of death in Guyana, accounting for 27% of all deaths in the country.
The Ministry released the figures to mark the commemoration of World Health Day, which is celebrated throughout the world today under the theme: “Your health is your heart”.
The Ministry said that a review of hospital admissions revealed that high blood pressure – hypertension — is the commonest heart disease requiring admission, with other causes including stroke, rheumatic heart disease, heart attack, congenital heart disease, and heart disease due to impairment of blood flow through the lungs.
Offering advice on heart attacks, the Ministry said that many people die without reaching a hospital, since the first few hours after a heart attack strikes is the time of the greatest danger.
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Pan Week
(Daily Chronicle: April 2, 1972)
A NATIONAL Church Service to mark the opening of the first Steelband Week of Guyana will be held at the St. George’s Cathedral at 4:30pm today.
The service, which will be attended by steelband players, tuners and the general public, will be conducted by the Dean of Georgetown, the Rev. R.O. George.
The Silvertones Steelband will play the “Halleujah Chorus” among other religious tunes during the service.
(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 657 2043)
