Waco Tribune-Herald from Waco, Texas • 10

ISA i 1 TRIBUNE-HERALD SATURDAY. MAY 9. 1987 Texas unemployment jumps risin credited is: ODtl work again. Richey said he neved most bad not been ployed for very tongsji "The longer voure out of worK' From staff and wire capons Rising optimism among Texans about Job prospects may have helped raise the state's unemployment rate to percent in April, a U.5(oWrato fatrsto62 fo in the near future. The federal figures show about 715)900 Texans were looking for week last month, up from 40MM in March, The stated total employment also rose slightly to 156 million.

Although the April rate marked the first upswing unemployment since late tost year, Richey said he was encoing bythe gams in the number of jobholders. "Since the tint of the year, em The April Increase nearly wiped out the decline recorded tat March. However, Richey said a portion of the previous month's si percent drop may have been the result-of seasonal factors or sampling er- He felt the April rate and February's 8.7 percent figure more accurately reflect the continuing stow economic recovery in Texas. Unemployment had hovered around percent for a six-month period that lasted through Janu- ary. "I certainly feel more optimistic about the near-term outlook for the economy than I cod four or five months ago," Richey said.

Nationally, civilian unemployment dipped to 13 percent tost month. The April figure was the lowest since the same rate was recorded tlw fb three months of 1990. federal labor officials said. Last month's ft.7 percent Jump, reported Friday by the ui. Bureau of Labor Statistics, was tied by officials to an increase of 134.N0 in the Texas labor force.

"People felt like things were looking they returned to the Job market increasing numbers," said BLS regional commissioner Bryan Richey. "A tot of them found work right away, but a larger number did not" Waco's unemployment rate dropped to percent in March, down three-tenths of a percentage point from February, according to preliminary figures released by the Texas Employment Commission. McLennan County's unemployment rate was 7.5 percent The April rates for Waco and McLennan County will be released ployment in services and government has begun to turn up just a little" despite the substantial weakness in the Texas economy, he said. Richey also noted that 152,000 more Texans were on the Job compared wlh one year earlier, but said the unemployment rates for last month and April 1996 were virtually the same. Of the Texans who recently found Jobs or started looking for FERN OR OAK LEAF FAN Our FANclest Fan In Antique Brass only KXXV sold to Los Angeles fin tmmav ii 1 hi i awe, bmi rmma iivi Similar to Illustration WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLDM! ALL LiGrHTKlf SON SALE FromPage.lA Negotiations have been way about 99 days, Mann said.

He said he sold the station because he was on "two career paths," and the broadcast business took more time than he had to devote to it Mann Is the chairman of United Bankers Inc. an eight-bank holding company based in Waco. just got more to do than I can tend to," Mann said. Mann said he has had. offers from potential buyers almost every week since the station went on the air.

"I think the fact that Roy Disney is the buyer brings a tot of intangibles to the station because of Disney's commitment to excel "We Service What We Sell" We also service a lot of what we don't where Waco, Texas, Is." In a prepared statement, Shamrock Television division president Jim Mixon said, "We took forward to the prospect of KXXV joining the Shamrock Group. Although on the air for only two years, KXXV has been positioned sa a fbst-cbus operation since day one." Although KXXV-TV has not been on the air for long, it has increased competition in the local broadcast area. It began operations as an NBC affiliate, but KC EN-TV was able to obtain the NRC-afftUatton only five months after KXXV-TV began operations. KXXV-TV then picked up the ARC affiliation. When KXXV-TV began broadcast operations in IMS, It was the first local station to broadcast tn stereo.

About $11 mlDion was invested in ronstruction costs of the station at Ragby and New Road. Another fM million was spent for studio equipment, 11.25 million for its broadcast tower near Moody, and almost 1.25 million for the 5-mil-non-watt transmitter. Waco was the last market in the top 150 markets to have three stations. The Waco market Is ranked about the 15th largest market out of more than 200 markets in the United States. The station hud off about 11 ptoyees from its news and production clepartments last September in a move to cut costs during a period of depressed national advertising revenues.

At that time, the station had employees. KXXV-TV currently employs 53 people. WITH SPECIAL PRICES LARGE SELECTION OF OAK REPRODUCTION FURNITURE sell. If you have fan us! 848-5061 Hwy. 6 FM 1 85-6 miles past twin bridges GREAT AMERICAN FAN INC.

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Between 1171 and 1973, deaths on Texas highways went from 41 ner lOOmUUon miles traveled to 4.0, a decrease of .42 percenL In 1I7 after the 55 mph limit was established, the rate dropped 15J percent to 19 highway deaths per IV) million mites traveled, according to past state pPS figures. From Page 1A State Highway Commission approved the new bmil for Texas. Brown estimated the new limit might save motorists 11 or 15 minutes on a drive from Waco to Dallas. The new signs cost the state an estimated $171,000, said Bo McCarm of Uw state highway department. Local ofndahi said a typical UrrS-foot sign costs $71 LI Lee Smith Of the Waco DPS office said there win be no toter-' ance for speeding when there any dear-cut, substantial violation.

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