These are the stories that were hitting the headlines in the South Wales Guardian 50 years ago on September 10, 1964.

A traffic census revealed that between noon and 1pm was the busiest time of day on Wind Street with 103 pedestrians crossing the road compared to just 49 between 5pm and 6pm.

A grand total of 4,680 vehicles and 349 bicycles made their way along the street between 7am and 6pm.

Carmarthenshire County Council invested in 100 fluorescent orange sleeves with its school crossing guards.

Officers hoped that the move would see the lollipop ladies lighting up the hours of darkness.

A Llandybie meter reader “sacked himself” after sexually assaulting a teenage boy and “talking about prostitutes” while giving the 17-year-old a lift.

The 32-year-old told police afterwards that he was disgusted at “the mess he left himself in”.

The Carmarthenshire coroner urged the introduction of improved safety features on agricultural machinery following “an alarming increase in the number of farmers killed when overturning tractors”.

The comment followed the case of a 19-year-old Londoner who was crushed to death after leaving the metropolis to start a new life in the country.

A Towy Valley cleaner regularly steamed open envelopes left over the weekend in a solicitor’s safe and stole whatever money she could find.

She was caught when the canny legal eagle made a note of the serial numbers and went around Llandovery’s pubs and checked the notes in the till.