Old home town – 25 and 40 years ago today
IN 1978
Saying the group was “unanimous” in its desire to work together with city commissioners to achieve more viable older neighborhoods, members of Lawrence’s Community Development review committee were seeking a meeting with the commissioners. Jerome Langdon was replacing Glenn Kappelman as head of the group.
IN 1963
The official spring semester enrollment at Kansas University was listed at a record 10,763, an 8 percent increase over the figure for the previous spring term. While there were predictions of continued KU enrollment rises, few were prognosticating the 25,000-plus totals on the campus in the coming 20 to 25 years.