From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 30, 1971:

• The Douglas County Commission, in a decision expected to have large repercussions, ruled that there would be “no further welfare assistance … to any able-bodied person 18 to 40 years old where no children [were] involved.” This would affect those receiving aid in the “general assistance” category, which included approximately 200 persons at the time of various ages and levels of disability. The average aid received in this category was about $100 per month at the time.
• Phil Galbreath and a few residents of Sunflower Village, a privately owned “town” of about 1,750 located near DeSoto, were having informal discussions on the possibility of purchasing the village from its owner and running it as a cooperative. The Village, once a government housing project for workers at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, was privately owned and was thus considered an apartment complex, not a legally recognized city. Galbreath said that this contributed towards “powerlessness” on the part of Sunflower residents, who had no voice for bargaining with government or businesses.