From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 1, 1974:

• Closure of three traffic control booths at Kansas University was a proposal in a Student Senate task force report on campus parking regulations. The report suggested the traffic control stations on Mississippi Street, 14th Street, and Jayhawk Boulevard in front of the Kansas Union be closed. A barrier could be placed on Mississippi, the writers of the report suggested, closing that entrance to all traffic except maintenance vehicles. The objective of the changes was a reduction in the Parking Division’s operating costs.
• Telephone customers could soon expect higher prices unless recent government regulations were changed, said Ed Carter, district manager for Southwestern Bell, in a speech to the Lawrence Rotary Club today. Carter said businesses in low population areas which used private interstate lines would be affected first. Regular telephone service costs would also eventually increase, he said.
• A front-page photo today showed the last remnants of water in a muddy expanse. The small rivulet of water was all that remained of a pond that was being filled to make way for a parking lot at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Trees and other vegetation had been removed, and dirt was being pushed into the hole.