From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for June 25, 1986:

• Two Douglas County sites had recently been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Charles Duncan house, 933 Tennessee, had been built in 1969 and featured a distinctive bay tower. The home had cost $5,250 when new. At Baker University, the Case Library joined other campus buildings Parmenter Hall and the Old Castle on the national register. Case Hall had been built in 1907 to house the college’s library. After construction of the Collins Library in the 1960s, Case had been remodeled into classrooms.
• The upcoming Fourth of July celebration was going to be a little less glorious in some Kansas cities. Emporia, Concordia, Prairie Village and Lyndon had all canceled their fireworks shows because the cities were unable to afford recent two- and three-fold jumps in liability insurance premiums. In Lawrence, the fireworks show was scheduled to go on as planned. There was a change in the venue this year, with the show to be presented across from Burcham Park rather than at the traditional Kansas University location. Organizers said that liability insurance was not a factor in the switch, but rather that the fireworks were to be presented in conjunction with the annual Independence Days celebration in the park.