From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 22, 1986:

• Frank McDonald, described as a “colorful” man “widely known in political, athletic, and business circles,” had died of a long illness. McDonald had moved to Lawrence in 1920 and had been the head track and basketball coach, and then athletic director, at what was then called Haskell Institute. Although he had left Haskell in 1933 to enter other fields, he had often called his time there “the most rewarding period” of his life, referring to the building of Haskell Stadium as “an incredible experience.” McDonald was also credited with convincing George Docking, then a Lawrence bank president, to run for governor. Docking later became the first Democrat ever elected to the post.
• John Barrett, a local attorney and representative of the National Rifle Assn., said that he and other opponents of the new city handgun regulations had gathered half the signatures necessary to force a public vote on the new law.
• Hundreds had attended Kansas University’s sixth annual Museum Day recently. One of the main attractions was a 60-pound “alligator snapping turtle” which had been found in a creek southwest of Independence. Three-year-old visitor Michael Holmes temporarily lost his sense of perspective after seeing the turtle, who was being kept in a 50-gallon tank during the event. “He’s bigger than the building,” Michael said.