From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 25, 1974:

• The Douglas County Commission today approved an emergency revenue-sharing allocation for the Lawrence Indian Center. The commission agreed to give the center $1,995 in revenue-sharing money to meet expenses until the end of June. The center, at 1912 Massachusetts Street, had been founded in 1971 with $5,000 from the Coordinating Council on National Crisis of the American Lutheran Church.
• A bill to allow school districts complete freedom in establishing starting times passed the Kansas House today, 123-0, and was headed back to the Senate. The bill had originated in the Senate as a measure to allow school districts to vary starting times during the recent federally-mandated period of Daylight Saving Time.
• The Lawrence City Commission’s agenda for this week’s meeting included discussions on public transportation, federal revenue-sharing, and a city maintenance garage. City officials were considering authorizing a study of the potential for mass transit in Lawrence.
• Student attendance at Oskaloosa schools was beginning to improve today following excessive absences due to the recent flu outbreak. Oskaloosa High School principal Richard Findley said about 200 of the district’s 463 students had missed school at the beginning of the previous week, forcing the cancellation of classes and the postponement of a basketball game.
• Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, federal energy chief William E. Simon said he would have to recommend gasoline rationing if the inconvenience of long lines at the pumps were to become widespread. However, he pointed out that “at this time the shortages and long lines are really concentrated in the metropolitan areas.” Simon added that he was personally opposed to gas rationing because he simply thought it wouldn’t work. “It would put a great many rigidities in a very complex economy,” he said.