Lawrence had just enjoyed the second best March building pace in its history – $1,117,578 in permits. The record of $1,187,861 had been set in March of 1956.

Charles Whittaker of Kansas City, retired justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, issued an “appeal to reason” in his lecture for the Kansas University centennial celebration inauguration here. He called for sound thinking and predetermined action by everyone during a time of social unrest and ferment which he predicted lay directly ahead.