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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 31, 1968
Page
2
Miss Cecily Gibson, daughter of Hughes, completes a twelve month Churchill Fellowship world tour visiting potting centres across multiple countries in 1967. She reports on techniques, trends, and cultural influences shaping modern pottery.
Miss Cecily Gibson, a 1967 Churchill Fellow, completes nine months abroad studying pre Columbian pottery and contemporary techniques. Her reported travels include Mexico Peru USA England and Spain with notes on Inca stonework weaving and pottery, visits to museums in Lima Valencia and Barcelona, and an authentic Inca pot purchase.
From Peru she traveled to the United States visiting Washington New York and Boston to compare museums and galleries noting bright displays. She found US pots lacking variety while praising imaginative pieces. A week in England focused on the National Gallery and the Tate where Chinese pots impressed her. She marveled at glaze knowledge and kiln control.
Distinguished American soprano Phyllis Curtin opens an Australian tour for the ABC in Canberra. She headlines programs with La Regata Veneziana, Farewell to Life, Night pieces, and songs by Wolf Liszt Rachmaninov Debussy Faure Chanler among others. She is accompanied by photographer Eugene Cook and associates. Curtin has appeared at the Met Vienna State Opera La Scala and Buenos Aires Teatro Colon and has premiered or sung works by Milhaud Chanler and Britten. Her career spans nearly 80 roles with a strong affinity for contemporary music and major concert engagements in New York and Helsinki.
CANBERRA TOP FORTY list shows UNICORN at number one with The Irish Rover and Bachelor, followed by SIR WITH LOVE and Young Girl. The chart includes bands like The Beatles and Petula Clark, with names such as Tom Jones and Donovan, plus tracks like Simon Says and Hello How Are You, highlighting a busy week of pop hits and dropped entries. The piece reads as a snapshot of a radio survey, naming numerous artists and song titles amid a long mixed lineup.
A scanned TV guide lists programs across the day including school viewing blocks, cartoons like Pinky and Perky, Mr Ed, and The Rolf Harris Show. News, weather, kids shows, dramas, and films are timed from morning to late night with titles such as Here’s Humphrey, Tommy Hand’s Show, The Fugitive, Peyton Place, and The Monkees. It notes blocks for special segments and a closing with a documentary Itlian PanOrama and local sports previews.
Fragmentary radio listings show a jammed schedule with multiple stations and programs. Names include Dawnian Don Dive division, Frank Chamberlain, and Peter Dawes. Entries reference cricket, hospital hours, school notes, weather, stock exchange, classical music blocks, and BBC content.
A dialogue between John and Peggy centers on finding a set of positive numbers that sum to 25 and yield the largest product when multiplied. The exchange hints at a math brain teaser about optimal partitioning, with a prompt for tomorrow's answer and a nod to yesterday's solutions noting Bill is seven.
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