From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 27, 1988:

• As of this week, 1,301 athletes had registered to compete in the 1988 Junior Olympics which were to be held in Lawrence from Aug. 7 through 13. The application deadline was still two days away, and games director Tom Shepard said that he was “convinced that most of the applications will be sent in right on the deadline.” Organizers were still expecting about 5,000 athletes to participate in the games, which would feature competition in 15 sports at about 20 different sites at Kansas University, Lawrence public schools, city facilities, and Haskell Indian Junior College.
• Few details were available today on recent raids and confiscation of cultivated marijuana from fields in Douglas and Franklin counties. Gary Pettijohn, a Kansas Bureau of Investigation narcotics agent, confirmed that the raids had taken place but would not provide any further information. Officers from the KBI and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department had entered two fields in southern Douglas County earlier in the week. Ten officers had removed several plants, but sheriff’s officers gave no information today on just how many plants had been found or what their estimated street value was. In Franklin County, officers had arrested a 42-year-old woman on charges of possession with intent to sell during a raid that had netted over 400 plants. Earlier this month, authorities had raided another field in southeastern Douglas County. Gov. Mike Hayden had joined investigators during that raid, which had led to the seizure of 300 to 500 marijuana plants.
• A recent Gallup poll revealed that three out of four Americans questioned could not locate the Persian Gulf, placing it in such various locations as the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, or the Red Sea. Most had no idea of the U.S. population figures, and the majority got lost when trying to find Britain, France, or Japan on a map. The geographical literacy test had concluded that Americans ranked sixth compared with their counterparts in eight other countries. In the 18-to-24-year-old category, U.S. respondents had come in last. In a separate poll with a larger U.S. sample size, geographical ignorance was also apparent, but respondents showed high awareness of environmental issues such as the global ozone problem and the acid-rain issues in North America.