From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for August 11, 1974:

• Work was expected to begin later this month on the Union Pacific railroad track at Second and Maple in North Lawrence. Engineering plans for the work had been completed, according to UP officials, and the company was only waiting for materials and a work gang to begin the job. The project, which would allow the track to accommodate higher train speeds through Lawrence, was to include removing some curvature and switches and then increasing elevation at the depot track. New signs were also to be posted at city railroad crossings to warn motorists of the higher speeds. The speed increase, from 30 to 40 miles per hour, had been approved at a city commission meeting in late March.
• A car owned by an East Lawrence resident was recovered on a recent weekend after having been stolen about a day earlier. Police said the vehicle had stalled and was left early on a Friday night in the 1500 block of West Sixth but that it was stolen before family members returned to pick it up. The car was recovered about 8 p.m. Sunday after it was abandoned in the 2900 block of Schwarz Road.