Old Home Town – 40 years ago

About 6,000 teachers from northeast Kansas were here for one of eight sectional meetings of the Kansas State Teachers Assn.

The torchlight parade, an old tradition for Kansas University students and faculty members, was being revived for homecoming activities.

Judson Mitchell, the son of Kansas football coach Jack Mitchell, was recovering after suffering a serious concussion during seventh-grade football practice at Central Junior High.