From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for August 6, 1974:

• Federal agents this week padlocked and sealed a warehouse seven miles northeast of Lawrence, saying it contained several thousand eight-track stereo tapes which were under investigation for possible copyright violations. The warehouse, located 1.7 miles east of U.S. 24-40 on K-32 in Leavenworth County, was leased to Denver Sounds, Jim Foster, the company’s manager, said today his firm was re-recording tapes made by the recording artist before Feb. 15, 1972, when a changed copyright law had become effective. “Unfortunately, all independent recording groups are termed bootleg or pirates,” Foster said. Paul Young, special agent in charge of the FBI in Kansas City, Mo., and Patrick Eldridge, an assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas City, Kan., estimated value of the tapes and equipment in the locked warehouse to be in excess of $1 million. If any of the original recordings were copyrighted after Feb. 15, 1974, officials explained, they could be in violation of a federal law requiring re-recording firms to get approval of the copyright holders.
• Lawrence residents awoke to the pleasant sound of rain this morning, an “almost alien sound” that hadn’t been heard on local rooftops for more than a month. Lawrence received .84 of an inch in the welcome downpour, which unfortunately came too late to save some crops, trees, and lawns that had been suffering under hot conditions since July 3.
• Facing the biggest crisis of his career, President Richard M. Nixon told his Cabinet today that he would not voluntarily leave office. Cabinet members quoted the President as saying he intended “to stay on and allow the Constitution to be the overriding factor.” Demands for Nixon’s resignation had escalated after his disclosure a day ago that he had tried within a week of the Watergate burglary to thwart a crucial phase of the investigation.