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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1968
Page
4
A fragmented note on international artists rising in popularity cites the Beatles, Procol Harum, and the Rolling Stones. It mentions country-based appeal and lists Denmark and Scandinavia as notable locales while touching on Soviet and American regional groups shaping current tastes.
A garbled survey ranks acts from the Defenders to the Monkees, naming Englebert Humperdinck and Johnny Kelly top. It lists Australian stars, The Seekers, Tommy Jones and Tom Jones, noting RCA’s The Crowd and Mamas and the Papas as prominent. It praises The Crowd’s Bird Without Vines and discusses vocalists Donna Warner and Mike Collins amid a shifting chart landscape.
Crossword clues and terms appear garbled listing numbers and partial words for a puzzle page. It mentions across and down references, scattered foreign or misspelled terms, and a note about Monday Galutins. Reads like a damaged puzzle section with many unreadable entries and partial solutions.
A condensed schedule lists opera performances at the Opera House and nearby venues in Canberra including Tannhauser and The Magic Flute with dates from February 21 to March 9. Also noted are concerts, paintings by Canberra painters, a country priest film, a piano recital by Annie Fischer, and pottery by Shiga Shigeo.
The Artists Society of Canberra finalised the election of committee members this week and formed an Exhibition Committee. Named officers include Dorthy Moore as president and Baldisan Git leapie as vice president, with a slate of members such as J Serrg ers M Cariery and John Fitageratd. An exhibition is planned at the Theatre Central Civic during the long weekend in June. The society meets at Riverside on Wednesday evenings and invites new members by phone at 9117.
A scrambled and partial OCR text featuring scattered crossword style clues, named individuals, and stray phrases. It mixes potential numbers, word fragments and hints like Birdman father and General Zero, with unclear dates or places, yielding a nonsensical puzzle fragment rather than a coherent item.
A shuffled collection of cryptic crossword style clues and stray letters. The text mixes partial clues with stray phrases and numbers, referencing people, places, and vague actions, resembling a puzzle page with inconsistent formatting and unreadable entries.
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