50 years ago
* The Wales Tourist and Holidays Association awarded Newport a certificate of merit for conspicuous services to tourism.
* The bank rate was hoisted by two per cent to seven per cent in a move to strengthen the international position of sterling.
* Newport’s new Ebbw Junction servicing and maintenance depot was likely to require only half the present workforce and 50 employes would have to be relocated.
* A delegate conference of dockers agreed to call off their strike if they get the pay increases recommended by the Devlin report.
* The fight to save Crumlin viaduct had been lost and nothing now stood in the way of British Railways’ plan to dismantle it.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here