THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on July 13 in the years identified:

1956:House

Two bills passed by the

of Representatives are deferred for further consideration by the Government in the Legislative Council. They are the Travel Agents Control Bill and the International Business Companies tax incentives Bill. Deferring of the Travel Agents Bill follows representations made by letter to the Government by travel agents, as a result of which members of both Houses are scheduled to receive a travel agent’s deputation. The International Business Companies bill is deferred by the government members of the Legislative Council after they accepted the view of unofficial members that the bill requires further consideration before passage into law.

1974:specialist

Eight hundred metres

Yvonne Whyte rewrites her name in the record book with a great run of 2:07 seconds for the event at the National Stadium at the first-ever Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association’s Senior Championships. Whyte, holder of the Jamaica national record of 2:08.6, breaks this by a huge 1:6 seconds to remain at the top of the list. Central Branch Primary School teacher, Helen Blake, equals the old record in placing second. 1999:force

About half the labour

is cut as it is estimated that there will be a near 60 per cent reduction in the output of the Kaiser plant in Discovery Bay. According to Willard Murrel, general manager of Kaiser Bauxite Company in Jamaica, “the situation is relatively clear”.

– GLEANER ARCHIVES

TODAY’S GEM

“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library, and I’d written a t housand stories.”

– Ray Bradbury