1959 MONDAY OCTOBER 15
It was good and bad news for Wales this week some 59 years ago – there was money for the mines from the Coal Board, but the capital was facing a water crisis...
Kelsey congratulates Moore
WELSH goalkeeper Jack Kelsey ran the length of the pitch to congratulate expit boy Graham Moore, 18, who scored the winning goal in Wales’ international against England in the rain at Ninian Park.
£20m Government plan to create jobs
THE Government was considering a £20m plan to bring jobs to unemployment blackspots, including factories in Wales.
Teddy Boys fined
YOUTHS said to be “Teddy boys” were fined a total of £200 by Bridgend magistrates for what was described as a “dastardly attack on two innocent citizens”.
The four youths were told: “You cannot go about beating up people.”
Uproar over comments about voting Labour
FIELD Marshal Montgomery caused uproar when he said anyone voting Labour was “barmy... and ought to be locked up in a lunatic asylum”.
His statement came just days before he was due at a lunch in Bolton celebrating the 10th anniversary of his election as a freeman of the borough.
As a result, all members of Bolton Town Council’s Labour group – the 50 people who controlled the authority – decided to stay away from the event.
Schoolgirls injured in science explosion
NINE girls and their science mistress were injured by an explosion at their Surrey school after an experiment involving sulphuric acid went wrong.
One of the victims suffered eye injuries and another had facial burns.
Birthday issue of Echo
THE Echo published a special souvenir issue to mark its 75th birthday.
PC had lucky escape from axe attack
PC Alun Thomas of Porthcawl was lucky to escape without serious injury as a man swung an axe at him, it was alleged.
The fracas began after a man claimed he had been assaulted by a worker at Coney Beach. Shortly afterwards, the man was seen at the beach with an axe, and when PC Thomas tried to speak to him, he allegedly turned on the policeman, striking him to the ground. He was remanded in custody until his trial.
Singer insures himself against mistakes
SINGER David Hughes, above, stood to collect £50 if he faltered while performing Begin The Beguine on TV show Make Mine Music.
That was the amount he had insured himself for if he slipped up, after paying a £1 premium. The policy conditions included: no alcohol in the hour before the programme, and no strenuous activity on the day of the show.
Future of coalfields is looking brighter
THE future for south Wales’ coalfields was looking brighter, thanks to plans for investment totalling £84m over the next five years.
The National Coal Board’s proposals included increasing production but cutting back opencast mining, in order to secure the life of mining communities.
Errol Fynn dies
LEGENDARY swashbuckling film actor Errol Flynn died this week, “laughing and having a good time”.
Married three times, the Robin Hood star, pictured above, collapsed from a heart attack at a friend’s apartment in Vancouver, Canada.
Water shortage is ‘almost catastrphic’
SOUTH Wales was facing a worsening
water shortage, with the situation described as “almost catastrophic”.
Cardiff’s reservoirs contained only 30 days’ supply, and the amount of available water was so meagre that it was practically impossible for people to have a bath.
Title was a curse, says Lady Seton
A MEMBER of the nobility who described her title as a curse has died aged 56. Lady Seton, formerly married to the Hereditary Armour Bearer, had ended up as a store demonstrator of packet soups. She had written newspaper articles about the difficulties of the “titled poor”.
Couple marry at 83 and 84
AGNES Hodges, 84, and Charlie Benbow, 83, tied the knot, two years after meeting at Fairfields, the Glamorgan County Council welfare home at Trealaw, Rhondda.