From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 12, 1971:

• The fraternity system at the University of Kansas was suffering some problems in what an article termed “a fight for survival.” Several houses were struggling to keep their doors open. Of the 28 chapters in operating condition one year previously, one had lost its house through a mortgage foreclosure, another had sold its house, and four houses had pledged no men for the upcoming academic year and had apparently dissolved.
• Area hunters were being reminded of a new state law enacted during the 1971 Legislature protecting hawks and owls in Kansas. This included the small dove-sized sparrow hawk which was a bird often killed by dove hunters. Ron Klataske, a representative of the National Audubon Society, pointed out that these birds were considered beneficial as they fed mainly on small rodents and large insects.