From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 14, 1974:

• Kansas University’s residence hall system had started an incentive plan to encourage energy conservation. Each of the nine halls was attempting to cut the previous year’s consumption of electricity and natural gas by 5 percent. Halls achieving the goal were to be treated to a special steak dinner the week after spring break. One part of the competition involved individuals acting as monitors to roam the building and turn off all unnecessary lights at night, according to Harry Wigner, KU freshman and spokesman for the Association of University Residence Halls. Wigner said if all nine halls reached the goal, enough energy could be saved to meet the needs of 30 average homes for a year.
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital was initiating a new policy to help emergency patients to see a doctor more quickly. Under the new policy, a doctor was to be called to LMH as soon as the emergency room staff was notified by ambulance drivers that a patient was on the way. The change had been made in response to local officials’ concerns that doctors were not available at the ER as soon as an ambulance arrived, although they were usually called as soon as the patient arrived. To assist with the new policy, the county had recently installed a radio system in the ambulances so that the hospital could be alerted ahead of time.