IN 1978

Bad weather further impeded work on the Kansas River bridge project, a controversial venture that already was running at least a month behind schedule.

Crime in Lawrence had risen by a rate of 6.7 percent during calendar 1977.

IN 1903

From the Lawrence Daily World of Jan. 21, 1903: “A professional revivalist has just closed a meeting in Ottawa and he said in closing that the newspapers never get things right. Perhaps he has been expecting too much of the newspapers. They have other things to do besides catering to him and his revivalist wants. There is no more reason why he should be coddled by the newspapers than any other business should. And his calling is a business.”