The Union Pacific Railroad called off its pre-Christmas demolition of the North Lawrence depot for a month while various agencies considered ways to save and preserve the historic site. However, UP said it would have difficulty extending the delay by more than 30 days. A Depot Committee had been appointed to study the matter and the alternatives.

City officials issued a building permit for the new terminal at the Lawrence Municipal Airport and a new hangar was due to be in the coming format, as well.

The federal government had given its blessing to a new machine that shatters kidney stones with shock waves, and treatments with the device at the Kansas University Medical Center were due to start in two years. KU had been a pioneer in the field.

The U.S. economy, as sluggish at the end of 1984 as it was robust when the year began, was expanding at an annual rate of just 2.8 percent in the final quarter.