From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 3, 1974:

• Kansas University had not and would not lower its standards in order to hire women or minorities, according to KU’s Affirmative Action Office. The remarks of office director Shirley Gilham were in line with observations made by executive vice chancellor Del Shankel in reaction to a recent Carnegie Commission on Higher Education report. The report claimed that colleges competing for federal aid were lowering standards and undermining faculty quality to hire more women and minorities. “It’s unfortunate that some schools have been overzealous in attempting to win the approval of federal agencies monitoring their affirmative action plans, “Ms. Gilham said. “It has not been and never will be KU’s policy to lower standards in order to increase the number of minority members or women employed here. That would benefit neither the individuals nor the institution.”
• Reversing two earlier decisions, the Lawrence City Commission this week agreed to pay half the cost, about $7,000, of enclosing a drainage ditch south of 23rd Street at Naismith Drive. In previous meetings, commissioners had declined to subsidize the project. On another storm drainage matter, commissioners ordered staff to propose a way to lessen the flooding problem in the Brook Street area.