From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 9, 1973:

• The siren warning system in Lawrence was now functioning properly, according to H. H. Belote, county civil defense director. Further details about the malfunction during the most recent storm were being released, showing that the water had seeped into the coaxial cable connecting the antenna to the transmitter that was intended to activate the sirens. The problem had been corrected, Belote said, and negotiations had also been started for the use of one of two other transmitters at Kansas University as an auxiliary, in case of future malfunctions. A recommendation had been made at a recent Lawrence City Commission meeting to install battery packs on all sirens as a precaution against power failures, but Belote pronounced this idea as “ridiculous, so far-fetched it cannot be considered.”
• Lawrence school district 497 today received verification that its requests to the State Board of Tax Appeals had been granted for budget lid increases and a transportation mill levy. What this meant for the district was funding for maintaining the cooperative special education program with area school districts. Lawrence was sharing salaries for teachers with Eudora, Baldwin, Perry-Lecompton, Wellsville, Linwood-Basehor, and Tonganoxie. With the transportation mill levy, the district would raise $13,587 for carrying students living more than 2 1/2 miles from school and $74,026 for students living more than a mile but less than 2 1/2 miles.