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"Hospital equipment valued at about $30,000 was presented to the Jamaican Government yesterday by the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew.
The equipment was secured in Canada by the Club. Parliamentary Secretary Anthony Capleton (right) received the…

"On kitchen duty: Two soldiers of the Jamaica Defence Force [JDF], at work in the kitchen of the University Hospital Tuesday. The JDF men who have been at the hospital since Monday when auxiliary, clerical and adminsistrative workers took strike…

"The KSAC Fire Department's emergency tender (truck) was standing by yesterday evening to transport patients from the Kingston Public Hospital now closed. Also standing by was a vehicle of the Jamaica Defence Force, whose soldiers have been doing a…

"Pages from our Past - is a display on the historical background of our seven National Heroes. It was mounted by the assistant principal librarian Barbara Chevannes of the Tom Redcam Library. The display is part of National Heritage Week and will run…

"Wet existence: Number 14 Sirgany Drive during a short full in Tuesday's heavy showers. Some of the occupants of the home during yesterday and the previous night spent much time syphoning out dirty silty water that flowed between and under their…

"The body of little Karen Williams at the intersection of Half Way Tree and Retirement Road after she was hit down by a market truck yesterday evening."

"Edgar Merchant, 65, of Hagley Park Road thought he would be safe holding to his side of the road coming down Red Hills Road late Friday night. To his dismay, his Austin station wagon ended up in a Water Commission trench, knocking off the bonnet.…

"Seven-car chain-reaction crash: These three motor cars were along seven cars which crashed into each other along East Street on Tuesday, December 30. According to eyewitnesses, a Honda Accord motor car which triggered off the incident - was not…

"Sunday mishap: Misfortune struck this Sun Enterprise passenger bus while on its way from Portmore, St. Catherine to Cross Roads, St. Andrew near 9:30 yesterday morning. One eyewitness told the Daily News that driver Conroy Miller [back to camera, at…

"A car in the garden - "now what is this," this woman at right seems to exclaim as the car got out of control and landed in her vegetable garden. Driver, Mr. J. Brown, [beside her] a salesman travelling from Newmarket along the Toll Gate main road on…