From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 21, 1974:

• Winter weather was having a hard time saying goodbye to Lawrence this month. The temperature overnight had dropped to 15 degrees, approaching a 1913 record of 10 degrees for the first day of spring. Snow flurries had shocked many local residents the previous afternoon, but a predicted accumulation of one to three inches had never materialized, with a total snowfall amounting to less than an inch. The cold snap damaged some fruit trees as well as buds on some flowering trees and shrubs. Greg Shipe, manager of Davenport Orchards in Eudora, said a January cold snap had ruined the peach crop and last night’s temperatures had probably killed apricots. Apples were expected to survive, he said.
• The cold weather did not keep an enthusiastic crowd of 200 to 250 Jayhawk fans from gathering to cheer the Kansas University men’s basketball team as they boarded a bus for the NCAA finals in Greensboro, N.C. “I’m delighted the fans turned out. This means a lot to the players,” Coach Ted Owens said.
• Some Lawrence business people said farewell today to James R. McKinley, who had served as manager of the Union Bus Depot, 638 Massachusetts, since 1943. McKinley was to become terminal manager for Continental Trailways in St. Louis, Mo., and was to be succeeded in Lawrence by Kenneth M. Roper, a 24-veteran of the bus business.
• The White House this week passed legislation raising the minimum wage from $1.60 an hour to $2 this year for most workers covered and to $2.30 for all by 1978.