Diana Riddle, Lawrence High senior, was crowned spring queen with Connie Cerne and Barbara Allen as her attendants.

Philip S. Humphrey, chairman of the department of vertebrate zoology in the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, was named the new director of the Kansas University Museum of Natural History.

Improved flood protection prospects for Lawrence got a major boost when final appraisal reports for land acquisition were filed in Douglas County District Court. It was seen as a major step toward substantially bolstering what was considered marginal flood protection here.