From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 12, 1974:

• Several members of the Kansas University Marching Jayhawks were pictured on today’s front page as they practiced in a field west of Oliver Hall. Of the 350 students who auditioned, only 260 had been admitted, according to director Robert Foster, and of those 260, only 214 would have uniforms and march at home football games. The remainder of the student musicians were to sit and play with the band, wearing blue blazers. Efforts were being made this week to find money for more uniforms. If ordered soon, they could reach KU in time for a bowl game, Foster said. The cost for one uniform was $200.
• The U. S. Senate this week unanimously passed a highway funding bill that included money for the Clinton Parkway. The road, which was to connect 23rd and Iowa with Clinton Lake, was listed as a top priority project in a new section of the bill designed to help pay for federal reservoir access roads. The bill provided 50 percent federal funding for the parkway and stipulated that the local government could reduce the present four-lane plans to two lanes. The four-lane road first had been estimated at $4 million, but the cost had risen to $6 million due to inflation and additional federal requirements. Lawrence and Douglas County were to share the matching costs equally, but the Douglas County Commission was concerned that the county could not obtain its share of the matching funds for a four-lane project and had requested the option to build only two lanes.
• Local managers of two company-owned Conoco service stations had been informed that their stations were to be closed in late September or October. Company officials in Kansas City, however, maintained that there were no plans to close the stations or for Conoco to withdraw from the Lawrence market. Richard Riggs, of Rigg’s Conoco, 1901 Massachusetts, said he had been notified this week that his station would close by Oct. 31. Riggs, who had operated the station since September, 1965, said he did not know what he would do after the closure. “It leaves me out in the cold,” he said. J. E. Young, of Red’s Conoco, 900 New Hampshire, said he was told his station would be closed Sept. 30. Young, who had operated the station for 11 years, also said he had no immediate employment plans.