From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 14, 1973:

• In their upcoming meeting, Lawrence city commissioners were scheduled to discuss the issuance of industrial revenue bonds for Lawrence Paper Company and the possible appointment of a Bicentennial Committee. Also included in the agenda were site plans for a Kingdom Hall for Jehovah’s Witnesses at 1802 E. 19th Street as well as for additions to Knight’s Women’s Apparel (2332 Louisiana) and Campus Motors (1303 W. 23rd).
• About 12,000 people visited Lawrence’s 12th annual Art in the Park festival and sale this weekend. Beautiful weather helped bring out the visitors to the booths that lined both sides of South Park. The show was co-sponsored by the Lawrence Art Guild and the Parks and Recreation Department.
• Skylab, the United States’ first space station, was launched into orbit today, 271 miles above the earth. The station’s first three-man crew was scheduled to ride into space tomorrow to link up with the lab for a 28-day mission.