These are the stories making the news in the South Wales Guardian 50 years ago on November 12, 1964.

AMMANFORD detectives were continuing their efforts to track down two bandits who attempted to hold-up Penygroes Post Office.

The 78-year-old Postmaster, who stopped the villains escaping with all his cash, was due to appear on the TV programme, Police 5, to give a full description of the masked men.

A COUPLE from Tumble were lucky to escape with their lives after a gas cylinder exploded and blew the roof off their home.

The pair had just moved the bottle from the pantry to the scullery and decided to reward themselves with a well-earned smoke when their lit match ignited leaking gas, blowing the roof off the house and reducing the rest of their furniture to firewood.

TWO slaughterhouse men accused of stealing vells from their place of employment and selling them on for profit were cleared by Llandeilo magistrates.

The senior magistrate said:“From the evidence I have heard, I believe you were given permission to take the vells as ‘perks of the job’. This is the most trivial case I have ever dealt with.”

FOLLOWING a number of complaints about hooliganism at the drill hall in Llandeilo, council officials stopped all Saturday night dances until further notice.

A council official said: “After reports of people going berserk and throwing tables and chairs around the place, I have no option but to close the hall. It is sad, but I'm doing it in the interest of law and order.”

A SCRAP metal man with a cash flow problem, pleaded guilty to stealing a lamppost from Garnant train station.

After months of detective work police finally shone a light on the case and traced the culprit, who told officers: “Yes I stole the lamppost, I’ve been a complete fool.”