Gov. Robert Docking was supporting legislation to pave the way to create additional turnpike roads in Kansas.

Two Lawrence women were Kansas Relays queen candidates – Elizabeth Lee Reese and Donna Giffen.

City officials spent more than five hours discussing aspects of the new Clinton Parkway but reached no final decisions on any of the issues.

A nine-foot Alaskan Eskimo totem pole which had been stolen from the rural property of agriculture official Eben Farley near Lakeview was recovered and five local youths were charged with the theft.

Proponents of a new state bank to be located here (eventually University State) appeared before an examining group from the state banking board to tell why they thought a fourth bank was needed in Lawrence. Attorney Jack Brand headed up the presentation.