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"Is this what gave this year's Spelling Bee Champion, Janet Buchanan, the talent to spell? She's caught here at a cricket match at University playfield enjoying a beer. At left [behind her] is her mother and at right is her sister."

"Forced to quit: Sign painter Roy Byfield with his right hand in plaster after he was beaten on Darling Street and Spanish Town Road on Thursday afternoon."

"Medical journalist Phyllis Bowman (left) speaking on the hazards of making the abortion law legal. Mrs. Bowman was the main speaker at a press conference on Friday organised by the Jamaica Citizens Concerned for Life. Left to right are president…

"Mrs. V. Headley Wilson, president of the Jamaica Enrolled Assistant Nurses Association presents David Weller with a first aid kit at a function at Carrol Restaurant Wednesday. Weller received the present on behalf of the Pace Setters Cycling Club."

"Waiting patiently: Hundreds of voters all over the Corporate Area had to form long queues yesterday to cast their votes. In picture, a mixed bag of voters from Trench Town wait in the sun outside one of the many polling stations in St. Andrew…

"The sun might not always shine for Harry Joseph - but he is not going to let that deter him. Harry does business along Grove Road in St. Andrew, and yesterday had with him his two sons - one aged three and the other two. The…

"Prizes for a young poetess: It was a pleasant moment for Trudy Chin of Ardenne High [third left] when she received a medal a medal and a certificate for her winning poem in the Shanker's international children's competition from Amelia Manners…

"David Chin (extreme left) of David Chin and Associates, signs a $2.1 million contract yesterday at the Water Commission officer on Trinidad Terrace. Seated next to Mr. Chin is the Deputy Chairman of the National Water Commission, Andrew Abrahams.…

"New mining & Natural Resources Minister Horace Clarke bends low to sign the document that gives him responsibility for his portfolio during his swearing-in yesterday. Governor General Florizel Glasspole (in suit) makes sure he is doing it right…

"Part of the audience at the opening of the St. Josephs Medical Centre Medical Centre on Thursday applauding Archbishop Samuel Carter as he addressed them. The Medical centre is the first part of a building programme undertaken by the hospital."