Old Home Town – 40 years ago

Burglars had escaped with more than $25,000 in diamonds, watches, checks and currency after a weekend strike at the Marks Jewelry Store here. No arrests had been made.

The number of farms in Douglas County had dropped 14 percent in the five years ending in 1964, state agricultural census figures showed.

The summer meeting of the directors of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce was held in Lawrence.