Dragging operations continued on the Kansas River here for Albert Sieber, 44, believed to have drowned while fishing several days earlier.

There were only five days left for voters to register for the August primary elections.

In an effort to prevent what he called “speculative building,” the president of the East Lawrence Improvement Association asked the city to downzone as many as 500 lots in his neighborhood. The request came from ELIA president Mark Kaplan. A committee was to study the issue before it went to the City-County Planning Commission.

The City Commission was to consider a request from a local man who wanted permission to let his lawn grass grow taller than 12 inches. The man, Michael Almon, 1311 Prairie, had been cited by city inspectors for violating the city’s weed ordinance because portions of his lawn were higher than the allowed 12 inches.