From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 26, 1973:

Government officials in Lawrence and Douglas County met today to assess the national energy crisis and the recent announcements from President Nixon, which had included the news of a 15 percent cut from deliveries of gasoline and home heating oil to stave off severe damage to the nation’s economy. Local officials said they were still groping for specifics today, but some things seemed certain. The Christmas tree in the Douglas County Courthouse was to be unlighted this year, and cuts in trash pickup services were likely if the city gasoline supply were reduced 15 percent, according to Assistant City manager Dennis Kallsen. Kallsen said he did not anticipate any need to turn off street lights, a hope echoed by Lawrence Police Chief Richard Stanwix. “Burglars like to work in dark areas,” Stanwix said, “and policemen like a lot of light so they can see what’s going on. If we have to cut back on lights, there is nothing we can do about it, but it will make our work a lot tougher.” Kansas University officials, who were also meeting this week to come to grips with the energy situation, said lighting had already been cut on campus and that tennis court lighting was being turned off. For Haskell Indian Junior College, the new measures were not expected to change things much; as a federal institution, the school had already been abiding by the the president’s earlier voluntary recommendations. In his address, carried on television and radio, Nixon had said deliveries of airline jet fuel would be cut 15 percent, industries would be denied 10 percent of their oil needs, and commercial buildings would have to get by without 25 percent of their heating oil. The president said these measures were expected to reduce an expected 17 percent petroleum shortage to perhaps 7 percent, but that the remaining shortage would require additional measures. Nixon continued to hold direct consumer gasoline rationing and high fuel taxes as a last resort. Several local service stations were already complying with the voluntary fuel conservation measures, including a Sunday ban on gasoline sales. Sunday gas sales were expected to be “nonexistent” in Lawrence by the coming weekend.