Old Home Town – 40 years ago

More than 70 percent of Lawrence’s 12,543 registered voters turned out and gave resounding approval to two new fire stations and a modest OK to a public swimming pool, the first such facility in the city’s history. However, the airport relocation plan was voted down about 5-1 and the city warehouse-garage issue was vetoed about 2-1. The new airport would have been located just west of Dragstrip Road, now Wakarusa Drive.