Country music star Porter Waggoner gave a Sunday night performance at Shiloh, 23rd and Haskell. His six-woman band included Lawrence’s Lisa Spears, daughter of local musician Billy Spears. A large crowd attended and applauded wildly after most numbers.

Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. seemed willing to negotiate and possibly enter into a transportation agreement with Kansas University to get cheaper natural gas to the campus. KU seemed determined to get cheaper gas rates to conform with budget cuts for the coming year.

A fugitive described as a former heroin kingpin of the western United States was found dead in Kansas City of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a daylong standoff with police. He was James Orlando Quintana, 46.

All-out efforts were being made to register local voters and special times and sites were set up by county clerk Patty Jaimes for the process.

Many on the Haskell Indian Junior College campus were regularly wearing purple and gold attire, the school colors, to commemorate the op8ening of the school on Sept. 17, 1884, 100 years earlier. Leading the way was president Gerald Gipp.