From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 4, 1973:

• Sixteen past and five present Lawrence City Commissioners this week agreed to form a “Citizens’ Advisory Council.” There was some criticism that former commissioners were not the best population from which to pick council members, which was intended to eventually expand to a more broad-based group of 50 persons.
• A second-page closeup photo of a bird had this caption: “The proverbial first robin of spring — or one of his companions — was taking a look around Lawrence today after receiving a damp reception.” The Lawrence area had greeted March with rain, the first measurable precipitation recorded in the city since Feb. 19.
• Local Southwestern Bell manager Steve Call said today that more than 44,316,000 local and long distance calls had been placed in 18,100 Lawrence telephone users in 1971.