For the first time in 29 years of operation, the Midwestern Music and Art Camp at Kansas University had to turn away prospective enrollees due to a lack of facilities. Enrollment for 1966 was about 1,700, up more than 400 students from a year before.

About 50 had applied for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce executive directorship following the resignation of E.R. “Bus” Zook, who had held the post for the past 18 years.