Official figures showed that students had set another spring enrollment record at Kansas University. There were 21,327 taking classes on the Lawrence campus, 275 more than during the past spring when there had been 20,962.

Raising the drinking age from 18 to 21 could brew economic troubles in Lawrence by shutting the tap on as much as $300,000 in student salaries, an opponent of the move contended. There seemed to be a growing trend for all states to boost the drinking age to 21.