Pavement riders fined
(Daily Chronicle: January 3, 1973)
MAGISTRATE Cleveland Walters yesterday fined four persons for riding on city pavements, and said the Court could not sit idly by while irresponsible people intruded on the safety of others.

He said that pavements were intended for the purpose of preventing pedestrians from coming into contact with vehicles. Such pathways were meant to ensure safety of persons who did not use vehicles, and also to give drivers of vehicles more room on the roads.
The Magistrate imposed the fines on Guy Madison, who drove his motorcycle on the  Hincks Street pavement; ShamsundarDhanraj, who rode his bicycle on the Robb Street pavement; Rudolph Pickett, who rode his bicycle on the Regent Street pavement; and Muntaz Ali, who committed a similar offence on the Robb Street pavement.

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New Mining Association formed
(Daily Chronicle: January 5, 1973)
SOME 3,000 tributors and miners in the mining areas throughout Guyana will be represented by a new Association formed recently.
The Guyana Association of Traders and Tributors has as Chairman of the Steering Committee, Mr. C.V. Lampkin. Other members include Messrs. R. Lampkin,  D. George,  S.A. Wade, R. Savory and K. Bancroft, M.P.
The Association aims, among other things, to arrange a programme of development for mining communities. Within this plan, the mining areas will benefit from improved  housing facilities, water supply, recreational facilities, schools and other social amenities.
The Association plans to ask the government for representation on Public Corporation Boards, and, further, to be represented on the Assistance to Miners Scheme, which was formed by the Ministry of Mines and Forests earlier this year.
A draft Constitution has been drawn up, and is to be ratified by weekend.

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Shop-rum expensive
(Daily Chronicle: January 5, 1973)
AN aged Essequibo farmer told a magistrate that he was forced to drink bush rum because shop rum was too expensive.
Gildharrie, called Browne, of Hampton Court, was charged before Magistrate Satrohan Singh at Anna Regina Court with having bush rum in his possession.
He pleaded guilty, and told the Court that he worked hard during the day, and when he went home in the afternoon feeling tired, he usually took his “little toops.”
The magistrate fined him $250 with an alternative of four months imprisonment, and advised him to stop drinking the illicit brew, since it was injurious to his health.

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Afro fashion
(Daily Chronicle: January 11, 1973)
Don’t be left out of the 1973 Afro Fashion . The Fashion Pendulum has swung the Afro way. Do your own thing, and consult Mrs. UgoOdiri for the latest and finest Afro prints, just arrived from Africa. Call at Queen’s College Compound, Georgetown, for the SURPRISE.

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Thieves go to church
(Daily Chronicle: January, 11, 1973)
THIEVES broke into a church and temple in Berbice Tuesday night, and carried away articles worth altogether $214.
From St. Patrick’s Church, East Canje, Berbice, $150 worth of articles were stolen, while the Hindu temple at Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, suffered a $64 loss.
The Police are investigating.

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‘Godfather’ sets record
(Daily Chronicle: January 4, 1973)
IN LESS than a year, ‘The Godfather’ has deposed ‘Gone with the Wind’ as North America’s all-time Box Office film success, the show business weekly, Variety,  reported yesterday.
‘The Godfather’, starring Marlon Brando, and based on Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel about a Mafia family, has grossed US$81M (G$163M ) in the U.S and Canada since its release.
‘Gone with the Wind’, long the top Box Office success, has grossed US$77M (G $164M) since it was released in 1939.

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Jaycettes now female Jaycees
(Daily Chronicle: January 19, 1973)
THE Guyana Jaycettes, under the presidency of Mrs. Yvonne Charles, became the first female Jaycee Chapter in the West Indies at a simple ceremony at the Hotel Tower yesterday.
Established in January 1970, the Jaycette organization was formerly the female arm of the Georgetown Jaycees, a situation which no longer exists, now that the 36-member Club has received its Charter.
The presentation of the Charter was made by Mr. Charles Quinten, State President of the Georgetown Jaycees.
And the installation of Officers of the Executive was carried out by Mr. Harry Charles, V.P. Operations (Guyana), who also pinned the badge of office on Mrs. Charles, the female Jaycee member, who, incidentally, is his wife.

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Chamber luncheon March 30
(Daily Chronicle: January 19, 1973)
THE Georgetown Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual General Meeting  and Luncheon on Friday, March 30.
The Chamber is currently preparing statements of accounts and reports to members in time for the luncheon.
At its meeting yesterday, the Chamber approved associate membership for Cecil Hinds Variety Store, on an application sponsored by two members.
Honorary membership was accorded to the Commercial Attaché of the Chinese Embassy, and Mr. Ken Hollingsworth was named to replace Mr. Gordon Forte on the National Immunization Committee, following Mr. Forte’s resignation as the Chamber’s representative on that body.

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Self-help road to Orealla
(Daily Chronicle: January 25, 1973)
RESIDENTS of Corriverton are pushing plans for constructing a road, by self-help, to link the town and Orealla, on the Corentyne River.
This was disclosed by a leading resident in the area, Mr. Leon Dundas, who is involved in the plans.
Mr. Dundas said that the road will be about 40 miles long, and residents in the area were willing to work on the project.
Already, a number of them who have bulldozers and other heavy-duty machinery have volunteered to loan them for a period of time, so that the work can be completed as rapidly as possible.
The initiative shown by the residents in the area has resulted in persons from other areas, such as Kwakwani, being involved in the project from their end, which will lead to the construction of a road, by self-help, to link that mining community, and the one at Ituni, in the Linden area.
Mr. Dundas disclosed that at present, there is a trail which could be used by jeep from Orealla to Kwakwani, hence the possibility of a direct link with Linden. (Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell-phone # 657 2043)