From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 15, 1986:

• Mary Rowlands, a local woman who lived at Presbyterian Manor, spoke about her upcoming 100th birthday and her long, “usually happy” life. When asked the usual question about the secret of her longevity, she summed it up with the word “Decency,” clarifying that with the explanation, “Oh, character and caring towards other people.”
• Radon gas made the front page as “one of the year’s hot environmental topics.” Five Lawrence homes had been part of a recent year-long study by the University of Pittsburgh. One house along Ninth Street near Lawrence Avenue had been found to have a “very high” radon level. Although there was still some uncertainty about the phenomenon, it was generally agreed that houses with basements and those that were well-sealed for energy conservation tended to have the highest radon levels.
• Movies showing in Lawrence theaters this week included “Top Gun,” “Nothing in Common,” “The Boy Who Could Fly,” “One Crazy Summer,” and the remake of “The Fly” with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. Over in Kansas City, Roy Orbison was performing live for one day at Worlds of Fun.