Baldwin’s Maple Leaf Festival, which in 1970 was also the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the city’s founding, was scheduled to feature the world premiere of a musical play, “The Ballad of Black Jack.” (The play has been a frequent, though not constant, fixture of the Maple Leaf since that time.)

A car driven by an 18-year-old resident ran through a Massachusetts Street intersection, struck a retaining wall at Central Junior High School, then ran across the school lawn before stopping. The driver said that the accelerator “stuck” when he was backing out of a parking spot on the west side of the 1300 block of Massachusetts.

A small ad invited readers to try “Lawrence’s Finest Hot Roast Beef Sandwich” at the “Burger Chef,” 814 Iowa.