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Georgia
jobless
rate up
ATLANTA (UPI) - One out
of every 10 members of the
Georgia work force was unem
ployed in March, the highest
rate of unemployment in the
state since the pre-World War
II depression.
State Labor Department
spokesman Bill Robinson said
Wednesday 219,500 Georgians
were out of work during March,
but the outlook appeared to
brighten during April for the
state’s 2,140,000-member work
force.
Georgia’s 10.2 per cent
unemployment rate for March
was higher than the 8.7
seasonally adjusted national
rate in February, the last
month for which the national
figures were available. Geor
gia’s rate was 10.1 per cent in
February and 9.8 per cent in
January.
“This (10.2 per cent) is the
alltime high as long as we have
been keeping records since
1948,” said Robinson. Georgia
has traditionally been below the
national average but the state
soared above the national rate
for the past three months.
Despite the gloomy figures,
Robinson noted some bright
economic indicators in recent
weeks. The number of new
unemployment applications has
dropped from a peak of 32,590
during the week of Jan. 25 to
12,000 last week.
The department also compiles
weekly the insured unemployed
rate, which includes about 75
per cent of those out of work.
Robinson said this rate dropped
to 8.85 per cent last week after
having reached 9.5 per cent
earlier.
“It’s been coming down
consistently this month,” he
said. “Commissioner (Sam)
Caldwell thinks we have hit the
bottom of the crunch.” He said
the unemployment rate now
may be down to 9.5 per cent.
Robinson cited declining food
prices, plenty of fuel, the stock
market recovery and the return
to work of auto workers as
signs the economic slump may
have peaked.
Atlanta and Albany, tradition
ally two areas with the lowest
unemployment in the state,
reported the highest unemploy
ment rates among the met
ropolitan areas in March.
Atlanta had 10.1 per cent
unemployed, Albany 9.1, Colum
bus 8.9, Macon 8.5, Augusta 8.3
and Savannah 8.0.
The March figures were down
slight from February in most
metro areas. The Atlanta rate
in February was 9.9, Albany
9.2, Columbus 9.2, Macon 9.0,
Augusta 7.7, and Savannah 8.8.
In March, 1974, the state
unemployment rate was only
4.7 per cent with Atlanta
reporting 4.5, Albany 5.2,
Columbus 5.2, Macon 5.1,
Augusta 4.6 and Savannah 4.6.
Atlanta, Macon and Columbus
were added to the national list
of depressed cities within the
past month. To qualify for the
list, which now includes 104
cities, a city must have an
unemployment rate over six
per cent for three straight
months.
Bond money
is returned
FRUITHURST, Ala. (UPI) -
Checks Wednesday were sent to
13 motorists who had been
arrested by this east Alabama
town’s police force, the attor
ney general’s office said.
Assistant Attorney General
Jim Ward said the city sent
those motorists the checks for
bond they paid when arrested.
Fruithurst officials recently
dismissed 16 charges filed by
the town’s six-man police force
against the 13 motorists.
Ward said in an interview
some motorists arrested for
speeding violations in this town
on U.S. 78 near the Georgia
state line may sue for false
arrest.
Last week State Attorney
General William J. Baxley sent
members of his staff and state
troopers to the town to check
every traffic arrest. He said
Fruithurst officials were ope
rating a speed trap, which he
called “a black mark on the
state of Alabama.”
Baxley sued the town, its
policemen and other town
officials to stop Fruithurst
police from enforcing any
traffic laws on U.S. 78.
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