Dateline: Sept. 11, 1968
The city sanitary land fill project is proceeding on schedule. Fill is being used to reclaim an area from Cedar Street to Lakeside Park. Garbage is dumped, then buried with waste from road construction in the city. The city administrator said the program has been “slightly accelerated,” because “we are doing a bit more street work than last year.” “All garbage hauled by the two city trucks or any other city vehicles is being taken to the sanitary fill area,” he said. The first development in the reclaimed area will probably be light industrial with recreation facilities in the rest of the area. There is no date set for completion of the fill project as it “could take 20 years for the whole concept, from the city limits to the park.”
Dateline: Sept. 12, 1968
Efforts to toughen regulations about gun sales are scheduled to resume in the U.S. Congress this week. But the tide may have run out. Public support for tighter regulation has waned since the assassinations of Rev. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kennedy. The period since, including a Congressional recess, has given the traditional enemies of gun control a breathing spell to whip up organized dissent. Weeks ago, Congress approved legislation that bans the mail order sale of revolvers and pistols. The House of Representatives has approved the same for rifles and shotguns. The Senate expects to deal with it Thursday. It seems extremely doubtful that there will be support for licensing and registration of all guns. The pattern of resistance to gun control is similar across the country as the national crime rate continues to rise. Some authorities estimate there are perhaps 200,000,000 firearms in the U.S. or one for every man, woman and child.
Dateline: Sept. 21, 1968
The fourth annual Battle of the Bands got off to a rocking start Friday night at the Civic Centre Arena. A crowd of more than 500 teenyboppers stormed into the centre and danced or just listened to the bands which appeared on three stages. The first band to appear were Spokane’s Cold Power, the winners of a recent battle in Spokane. The Cold Power were a real “hard rock” group who confined themselves to the intricate rhythms and stylings of groups like Jimi Hendrix, Cream and The Who. Unfortunately their highly personal music was not ideally suited to dancing and they got little crowd support. A different group entirely were the Adanac Reply with members from all over Canada. The crowd was more appreciative of their music. A total of 10 bands are to appear at the battle, with the final showdown coming Saturday night at the Civic Centre Arena when the five bands which manage to reach the final will take to the stage.
Dateline: Sept. 21, 1968
There was one most welcome addition to the Nelson Maple Leafs training camp Friday — netminder Bill McDonnell. The Ottawa-born goalie-of-the-year in the Western International Hockey League two seasons ago, returned from the pro camp of the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday. After having been given a good shot at the goaltending slot of the Flyers, McDonnell looked sharp in practice Friday as the Leafs stepped up the pace and got down to business. The 24 year old, in his second year at Notre Dame University, is one-half of the Leafs goaltending duo with Dave Halme.
Dateline: Sept. 26, 1968
Three days of terror began Wednesday evening for some Notre Dame University students. At 5 p.m. the annual initiation of first-year students started. A few minutes later, one girl had been deposited in a 20-foot washbasin by the school cafeteria, and several others had been tenderly placed in the refreshing waters of the West Arm. Today, upperclassmen will be hazing the students all day. At supper time, summonses for the kangaroo court will be issued in the cafeteria followed by a sock hop.
On Friday, first-year students will be required to don clothes slightly different from their usual garb. Men will be sartorially correct in lady’s nightgown, a two-foot rope tying their legs together and devoid of shoes. Women will be formally attired in long underwear and will also be shoeless. Saturday about 1:30 p.m., the annual snake parade will begin at the CPR station and wend through Nelson. Festivities will then adjourn to the University, where a physical fitness test will be administered to freshmen.
The test takes the form of a short sprint from school to Lakeside Park and back to school. Meanwhile upperclassmen will be hard at work preparing the famed “mud hole.” This will serve as a holding container for freshmen during the afternoon and is the climax of hazing. Students will then have the opportunity to scrape off the dirt before digging into a steak dinner. The steak dinner is also a tradition and is sponsored by the student council.
