Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2014 4:30 pm
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Editor’s note: These historical items are derived from Hutchinson News articles published in July during the years listed below. Information in parenthesis is for clarification.
1914
July 4 and religion went hand-in-hand at the 21st convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America held jointly with the BYPU in Kansas City.
Forsythe and Hoagland Clothing Company was having a “half-price” sale on all clothing and men’s suits. They also were marking off one-fourth on all straw hats, men’s hats and women’s hats.
1939
The “Midget Auto Races” were being held at the Kansas State Fairgrounds, with admission costing 10 to 25 cents. Known as “A real attraction,” there was a special three-wheel car and several new racers.
The Western Association of Baseball featured the Hutchinson Pirates vs. the Joplin Miners at Carey Park in Hutchinson. Cost of admission was 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults.
1964
Cessna Aircraft and the International Association of Machinists reached a three-year contract agreement governing 4,000 hourly workers at the Wichita Cessna plant. The new contract covered a general wage increase ranging from 19 to 30 cents an hour.
Larned’s team of girl tennis players dominated events, while Anthony, Lindsborg and Buhler shared honors in boys’ events in the Annual July 4th Holiday Tennis Tournament that opened in Hutchinson.
1989
Taxes on gasoline, water and many consumer goods were set to rise, but at the same time many Kansans had less money withheld from their paychecks. That’s because the same legislature that voted to increase sales and motor fuels taxes by $112.3 million to pay for improved roads and almost $8 million to pay for water projects also approved $95 million in income tax cuts and property tax relief for homeowners.
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