State officials said it was too early to tell whether Kansas revenues were really on the rebound, but a preliminary tally of general fund receipts for July showed they came within a whisker of meeting projections made the previous April. Gov. John Carlin earlier had called for a 4 percent cutback in state spending to meet an anticipated $47 million state shortfall in funding.

Seventeen houses in two blocks of Connecticut Street were included in a painting program sponsored by the East Lawrence Improvement Assn. Five of the houses in the 700 and 800 blocks were owned by elderly residents.