From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 1, 1971:

• Lawrence residents were voicing their concerns over the unusually high bacteria counts found in milk being marketed in the city. Although Dr. Dale Clinton assured people that there was “no reason for people to get up in the air about this thing,” he admitted that not all health authorities were in agreement with him. “The only thing you can say for sure is that there appears to be a deterioration in milk quality recently. We’re trying to establish why it’s different,” Clinton explained. Both home deliveries and store sales were under scrutiny, and the higher bacteria counts had been found across different brands of milk, areas of the city, and types of stores.
• All sales clerks in Lawrence were getting used to the new sales tax schedule, which had gone into effect today. A front-page photo showed Peggy Jennings of downtown’s Jennings Daylight Donut shop consulting the new rate chart before discarding the old one.