These are the stories making the news in the South Wales Guardian 50 years ago on October 15, 1964.

AMMANFORD Magistrates fined a 19-year-old for driving a scooter without a warning instrument.

During his arrest the man said: “This is the first time my horn hasn’t worked, it normally runs off the battery, maybe I should have switched it to dynamo mode.”

LLOYDS Bank admitted holding on to £15 since 1940, money, which was collected by Llandeilo residents to buy an air raid warning device during WWII.

A town council spokesperson said: “We want the money back, they've had it long enough, we could spend the money on more appropriate things.”

A BETWS man was fined £2 for being unlawfully in possession it of a gun without the correct certificate.

The 22-year-old found the gun on a tip in Garnswllt and during his arrest he said: “Can’t we just keep this incident between ourselves officer.

Or at least give me the bullets, they belong to my friends, and if I don’t return them, they won’t be best pleased.”

AN APPLICATION to extended a pub licence till 3am was objected by Ammanford police and the town council.

A spokesperson said: "The request was just too unreasonable, people will have to watch the General Election results at home on their own his TV's."

AMMANFORD magistrates fined a van driver £1 for not displaying a number plate on the front of his vehicle.

When stopped by police he said: “It was there in the morning, I’m not the kind of person who runs about the place without a number plate you know, don’t charge me officer, I’ll go and look for it.”