Braff and Fighter doing well abroad
(Guyana Graphic: October 4, 1970)
GUYANESE international pop singer, Johnny Braff popped in over the week on a business trip, and had very good news about another Guyanese pop artiste abroad.
He said King Fighter is still King of the Virgin Islands, where he has been living for the past five years.

Both Johnny and King Fighter have been entertaining fans in Martinique and other neighbouring islands. They have also made trips to Canada and the USA.
Johnny’s latest recording, a 45rpm, is titled, ‘I’ll kiss the tears from your eyes’, coupled with ‘Suffer, you fool’.
‘Tears’ has just entered the Windward Islands’ Top 100 at number 18.
King Fighter’s latest single is one called ‘Pluck chicken’.

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MORRIS OXFORD
(Guyana Graphic: October 2, 1970)
Guyana’s most popular family saloon, now safely anchored by our new built-in thief-proof steering lock. Available with Automatic or Standard transmission  from Bookers Garage. Also Bookers Stores Limited, New Amsterdam, and Markenburg.
Price with standard transmission: $6,150. Automatic transmission: $590 extra; built-in steering lock: $68 extra.

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Fined for giving false information to police
(Guyana Graphic: October 6, 1970)
A YOUNG man who made a false report to the police and caused them to detain a man pending the laying of two criminal charges, was yesterday fined $100 with an alternative of two months’ imprisonment  by Magistrate Rudolph Harper.
Durpat Goland pleaded guilty to a charge of giving false information to a peace officer.
The Magistrate, in scolding Goland about the wicked act he had committed, told him: “Your inaccurate report caused the police to detain a man who could have been placed on serious charges hadn’t the police been alert in their investigations.”
The Court was told that Goland stopped a policeman last Sunday night in Lombard Street and told him that one Lloyd James had assaulted him, and stolen his bicycle.
James was later contacted and detained at a police station, pending investigations into the allegations made against him. He, however, denied them, and proceeded to question Goland about the circumstances that led to the reported incidents.
Goland then admitted that he had made a false report against James, who was then released, and Goland charged.

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Blues Busters coming with Byron Lee
(Guyana Graphic: October 8, 1970)
THE world-renowned Blues Busters, who skyrocketed to fame with that sensational hit, ‘Behold’, and who have been making it big in the United States for the past five years, will be coming with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires when the all-Jamaican group fly in here on October 19 for shows at McKenzie and Globe Theatre, Georgetown, on October 20 and 21.
The Blues Busters, who started out singing sentimental, were the first to introduce soul music to Guyana in the early 60s.
They have become serious threats to top American duos like Sam and David.
Phillip James and Lloyd Campbell, real names, are not only the first West Indian duo to have stayed together so long. They have also outlasted several top groups in the USA and Canada.
Now working mainly in Hollywood, the Blues Busters have over 12 long-playing albums, and 50 forty-fives of various titles.
They eagerly look forward to renewing old acquaintances in Guyana.

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(Guyana Graphic: October 9, 1970)
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Essay contest
(Guyana Graphic: October 11, 1970)
UNDER the patronage of the Brazilian Embassy, the Centre of Brazilian Studies is sponsoring an Essay Contest.
Three prizes of $150 will be awarded for the best essay presented on each of the following topics:
1) The road to Brazil: Cultural and trade implications.
2) Perspectives for strengthened Guyana-Brazil relations
3) Paralells in Guyanese and Brazilian  culture.
Entries must be submitted in type-written form, specifying category with a minimum of 850 words to:
Centre of Brazilian Studies
PO Box 638, Georgetown, Guyana.
Deadline for entries: November 15, 1970.

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Loud-speaking phones are here
(Guyana Graphic: October 11, 1970)
THE LAT 4 loud-speaking telephone has come to Guyana.
One of the latest inventions, it allows the busy executive complete freedom to refer to correspondence, make notes, or even type while carrying on a telephone conversation.
It is also designed to allow any number of people in the office to join in the conversation.
The telephone is operated by an on/off switch, and a dial like that of the ordinary telephone.

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Woodstock: Three days of peace, music and love
(Guyana Graphic: October 13, 1970)
THE most talked about music festival in the world comes to Guyana on Woodstock Day;  that’s at the Metropole Cinema on Wednesday 14th at 4:30 and 8:30pm.
Cast: Cast members appear as themselves, and are listed in alphabetical order:
Joan Baez; Joe Cocker, Country  Joe and the Fish; Crosby, Stills and Nash; Arlo Guthrie; Richie Havens; Jimi Hendrix; Santana; John Sebastian; Sha-Na-Na; Sly and the Family Stone; Ten years after; and The Who.
Mod Fashions by the House of Flair; Rock Exhibition by the Dominators Combo.

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Proposes changes in Republic Song
(Guyana Graphic: October 13, 1970)
THE author of the lyrics of the Song of the Republic, Barrister-at-Law Cleveland Hamilton, has proposed a change in the lyrical structure of the song.
But he complained that the authorities had not treated his proposal with the necessary dispatch and priority.
Mr. Hamilton, who won the competition for the song under the pen name, ‘Theophilus Hally’, wrote a letter on September 28 to the National History and Arts Council, pointing out that he wants to add another stanza to the song.
He proposed that the new stanza become the second stanza, and that the second and third stanzas be made the third and fourth, respectively.
The writer said he received no reply to his letter, and sent another letter last week as a reminder.
In his second letter, he said that the Song of the Republic was not being put in its true perspective by Guyanese.
He said that there was need for the National History and Arts Council to stipulate when the Song of the Republic should be sung at public functions.
(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell-phone # 657 2043)