IN 1977

Local police were getting ready to vote on the latest salary-benefit package offered by the city for the coming calendar year. The controversy had prevailed all summer.

An extended investigation into a double killing here was closed. Involved were Julius J. Johnson, 41, and his wife, Nancy, 37. The investigation substantiated the early conclusion that Johnson in a fit of depression had killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself. Mrs. Johnson had been a well-known retail store personality in Lawrence.

IN 1962

More than 350 Kansas University students signed up for the People-to-People program. The organization was designed to increase understanding and respect among U.S. and foreign students. Hallmark Cards was one of the corporate backers for the movement.

One of Kansas University’s greatest benefactresses, Mrs. Margaret Hashinger, was highly praised by chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe in dedication ceremonies of a KU residence hall named in her honor. More than 400 attended a luncheon in Mrs. Hashinger’s honor in the new dormitory’s dining room. The $1.9 million hall opened earlier in the month to house 444 women.

IN 1902

On Sept. 22, 1902, the Lawrence World editorialized: “A Chicago modiste (a maker or dealer in articles of fashionable attire) claims that short skirts are the best aids to graceful walking in women. This is reasonable. There is nothing that interferes with a graceful carriage more than the long skirt that has to be switched around to keep up with its wearer. As a matter of fact long skirts are a relic of barbarism. There is no reason why women should be put to discomfort simply because in ancient times custom decreed.”