IN 1977

Negotiators for the police in Lawrence had reached a tentative accord with city officials after a long period of on-again, off-again meeting about their wage and benefit package for calendar 1978. Included had been a short work slowdown. Meanwhile, the city’s firefighters were to vote on the city’s offerings for the coming year.

Kansas University chancellor Archie Dykes discounted talk of turmoil at the medical center in the wake of the resignation of Robert Kugel as executive vice chancellor and the elevation of David Waxman to the post. Dykes said any problems would be ironed quickly and he saw no big shakeups down the line.

IN 1962

A.G. Hammond, apple-producer near Vinland, was pictured in the Journal-World with one of his trees that had produced a bumper crop for the year. Growers throughout the region had reported excellent 1962 yields, most of them far better than normal.

IN 1902

On Sept. 7, 1902, the Lawrence World headline read “Sour Grapes,” referring to another newspaper’s comments regarding an upcoming visit of President Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence. The Hutchinson News had observed “The World says that President Roosevelt will visit Lawrence because he was especially invited. The World is getting excited. The president will visit Lawrence because that town happens to be on his route and he didn’t want to take the trouble to avoid passing through it. He will visit Lawrence just the same as a man who passes through his neighbor’s yard on his way to work pays a visit. That is all.”