Hutchinson Community College - Dragons Tale Yearbook (Hutchinson, KS)

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CUl'I'E'I'lt events CUFFETH events CLll'l'Gnt GVGFHS CUI'l'Gl'lt events current GVETHS CLIF! In a visit to Wichita in October, 1974, President Ford and Senator Bob Dole boost each other's candi- dacy. Inflation has hit all Americans. Re- member when the15a candy bar was only 100 and when 20 bubblegum was only a penny? Those days are gone for a while because of the cost of sugar. ln early january, a ten pound bag of sugar was over six dol- lars. Although it has dropped to ap- proximately S3.50 - other sugar products continue to rise. As the United States nears its bi- centennial, there is a first in the White House. This democratic na- tion has a president and vice- president who haven't been elected by the people. Due to the resigna- tion of Spiro Agnew and of Richard Nixon, the nation is now governed by President Gerald Ford and Vice- President Nelson Rockefeller. Miss Hutchinson 1975 is Cindy Mclntosh, a sophomore at HCJC. At right is Miss Kansas, Karen Smith, Miss Hutchinson 1974, Patty Lee, Miss Hutchinson 1975, Cindy Mcln- tosh, and Miss America, Shirley Cothran.

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UCI! Iss, 'aww if-' M at M ms. ill' i Henry Williams lLeftJ was among the close to one hundred HCIC students employed under the work-study program. Kerry McCoy lBelow7 was an employee of the mainten- ance department. s ,.,avv- .. ' 4 ' ,f . , - 5

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TEVENTS CUITENT EVENTS CLIFFENT EVENTS CUITENT EVENTS CUFFENT EVENTS CUFFENT EVENTS At left: Contestants for Miss Black Hutchinson from HCJC were Linda jones and Denise Go- mez. 1975 was the year of the rebate. Because the number of new car sales were dropping and auto workers were being laid off, car manufac- turers offered up to S600 back on the purchase of a new car. The layoff of auto workers and other related auto industries helped to contribute to the national unemployment rate of 8.20f0 during the first four months Of 1975. At lefti Kansas Lieutenant-Governor Shelby Smith, Governor Bob Bennett, and President Gerald Ford in Wichita. According to Carl Skoch, The na- tional economy is creeping into Hutchinson - jobs are getting scarce and more students are look- ing for jobs. As of March 1 there were 309 job openings and 236 stu- dents have been placed in full or part-time jobs. At this time last year, there were seventy more openings and only seven more students had been placed. The main job opening for women is in clerical and office jobs, for men it is in construction and heavy industry.