From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 17, 1970:

• Two 18-year-olds were pictured in a staff photo at the office of Vera Mercer, city clerk, on the previous day. It had been the first day in the history of Kansas for voter registration of 18-to-20-year-olds. Carol Parks, 1312 Kentucky Street, was the first to come into the office to register. The new voting law had been passed by Congress the previous June, and its constitutionality was being tested in the courts and studied by the U.S. Supreme Court. Election officials were being advised to keep the new registrations separate from the 21-and-over ones so that they could be more easily removed if the Supreme Court were to strike down the law.
• About 100 people were in attendance at Haskell Indian Junior College for a general session to discuss plans for the future of Haskell. Pictured at the meeting were Haskell superintendent Wallace Galluzzi, student council secretary Louella Brewer, student council treasurer Lester Boney, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce president Morris Kay, and Richard F. Tonigan, the director of the Bureau of Educational Planning and Development in Albuquerque, N.M.