From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 31, 1985:

• The community drive-home program, offering free cab rides for those who’d had too much to drink, was set to begin at 6 p.m. and end at 6 a.m. tomorrow. The program, sponsored by the Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism (DCCCA), offered rides through City Cab Company or Yellow/Union Cab. Funding was provided by the cab companies, the Fraternal Order of Police Chapter No. 2, the Jazzhaus, the Kiwanis and the Knights of Columbus. Additionally, several organizations were sponsoring a party for teenagers with music, dancing, food and non-alcoholic beverages.
• The Kansas-National Education Assn. had requested the Kansas Legislature to raise new state funds for education in order to increase teachers’ salaries across the state by an average of $3,850 a year. This 18 percent increase would have brought state teachers’ salaries up to the national average.