From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 5, 1975:

• The city of Lawrence had experienced a near-record month for building permits in April, thanks to an increased money supply and a depleted housing inventory. Twenty-seven permits for single-family homes had been issued, approaching the high of the past seven years of 35 in April 1972. Business permits included construction of the new Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints at 3615 W. 10th. Lawrence bankers attributed the growth in home construction in part to a federal $2,000 income tax credit for buying a new home this year.
• Nearly $10,000 damage had been done to a Union Pacific railroad track in east Lawrence over the weekend when a car had backed into a train and knocked the wheels from under a rail car. The driver of the car, 18-year-old Geraldine C. Smith, said she had been unable to see the train as she approached and fishtailed when she slammed on her brakes. Damage to Smith’s car was estimated at $800. After the first rail car was struck, the other seven cars slid off the tracks, causing damage to about 800 feet of track and creating a chaotic scene that was still being cleaned up today.
• An estimated record crowd showed up at the 14th annual Art in the Park show this weekend. Thousands of people had thronged the park to visit the booths of 144 local artists, who reported having sold an estimated $9,000 of work.