Clark drew 3,896 votes, Rose 3,494, Carter 3,184, Mibeck 2,370, Paul 1,532 and Albertson 1,317. Eliminated were David Hann, Margaret Brun, Bette Mallonee, Phillip Perry, Jerald Riling and Floyd Cobler.

Roger Pine, Arkie Vaughn, Bill Hopkins, Paul Wolfe, Barbara Crews and Bob Davis were the finalists for the three school board positions. Pine led the way in the primary with 3,404 votes ranging down to Davis at sixth with 1,638. Eliminated were Jane Frydman, H.C. Stuart, Ottia Vann, Peggy Barlow, Georgann Villee, Ola Faucher and Willis Dukelow.

By a margin of nearly 4-1, Lawrence voters approved issuance of $8.4 million in general obligation bonds to finance the Clinton Reservoir Water Treatment plant here. Passage assured construction of the 10 million-gallons-per-day plant would get under way by late spring or early summer.

IN 1962

City manager Harold Horn said the city would begin its limited Dutch elm disease tree spraying program at the end of March or in early April. Further non-DDT plans for action to fight the disease were incomplete. There had been periodic protests of the spraying program here, but officials said it was vital to preserve what trees were still alive and healthy.

Kansas University had a special observance to honor Arthur W. Davidson, immediate past chairman of the KU chemistry department.

Kansas University junior Carolyn Parkinson, Miss Lawrence-Miss Kansas and queen of the American Royal, was among those in Kansas City for a reception honoring movie star Rock Hudson. Parkinson was from Scott City.

Downtown parking, Kansas University’s future growth and its impact on Lawrence and promotion of local highlights were among the key items at a meeting of the Retail Merchants Division of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.

IN 1902

On March 9, 1902, the Lawrence World reported: “Mrs. Mary Montgomery’s Bridge street restaurant and bakery in North Lawrence is for sale. It has an established trade. Over work cause of selling.”