Richard H. Raney was voted the new Lawrence mayor after commissioners Clark Morton, Don Metzler and Jim Black were sworn into office following the recent election. John Emick was vice mayor. Raney, a native of Osborne and a local pharmacist, was 38.

Army Capt. Dave Gibson, 28, former real estate man here, was killed by Viet Cong artillery fire while leading a South Vietnamese small arms detachment into a combat zone.