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Alien Register Due January 31 William L. Pattillo, Pattillo. district direc dim r. tor of the Immigration and Natural ization Service has issued a remind er to aliens in Oregon that January 31. 1972 is tlie deadline for filing address report forms as required under provisions of the 1952 Im m i grations and Nationally Act The immigration official urged aliens who have not yet filed their address reports to do so no later than January 31 to avoid possible penalties Pattillo said the law requires that every alien except those having diplomatic status and represents tives of certain inter-national orga nizations must file the address report during January of each year at the nearest Post Office or Im m i gration and Naturalization Service Office. Pattillo said an estimated 17,500 aliens in the State of Oregon have filed address reports so far this January. W e’re wrapping up best wishes for all our good friends at this holiday season! VERNONIA CATV Building Permit» Drop Demonia Eagle In October Bureau Tab thuhsdat , d k . a. w» i AH-Time Employment Record Hit in 1972 Reports OSED ■ • A year-end report issued by Oregon State Employment Division has showed that Oregon's peak 1972 employment—an all-time record- was reached in June when 903.100 Oregonians were working Ross Morean Emnlovment Division ad- minstrator. reported that Oregon's seasonally-adjusted rate of unem ployment reached its year's peak in April, 1972 at 6.4 percent compared with 6.5 percent in April, 1971 and a national rate in April of 5.9 percent Oregon's civilian labor force sur passed the million mark for the first time in June. 1972 when 1,026,200 were recorded. Morgan said. Morgan said the Employment Division is building its services around serving more applicants and employers. He said new techni ques. including the computerized Job Bank, are being used to give employers and applicants alike faster and better service. Job Bank gives exposure statewide to all jobs available through Employment D i vision offices, Morgan said At the same time, he said, the Employ ment Division is continuing to serve the disadvantaged through various training programs, including the Work Incentive Program which was expanded statewide during 1972 The division also continued to administer most of the Public E m ployment Program (P E P ) under the Emergency Employment Act, with more than 1,44» currently working in public service jobs as a result of E E A funding. Administrator Morgan said the wage and salary employment index reached 121.3 in November com pared with 114.4 in November, 1971. He said this indicates substantial economic growth over the year. Morgan said the employment in most industries improved during the year compared with 1971. He said the economic picture should be much improved during 1973 with employment increasing and the un employment rate decreasing The seasonally-adjusted rate dropped to 5.3 percent in November, lowest since January '70. The Oregon average unemploy ment rate for 1972 is estimated to reach 5.8 percent, which compares with the average rate of 6.3 percent in 1971. Highest mid-month weeks of in sured unemployment in 1972 came in January and February with the rate of 6.7 percent and a total insured unemployment of 36.386 in January and 36.802 in February Lowest statewide insured unem ployment for a mid-month week came in October with a rate of 3.0 percent and a total of 17,450 claims. Unemployment insurance bene fits paid averaged about $925,000 pee week durmgtheywar. including the extended benefits initiated by the State Legislature in January, 1971 Extended benefits, half paid by the federal government and half by Oregon employers, made it possible for claimants who were still unemployed after exhausting their regular benefits to draw up to an additional 13 weeks. These were phased out in July, 1972. Wood products industry employ ment peaked during the year in June at 78.600 and dropped to 75,700 in November. These figures com pare with a yearly average in 1971 of 70.400 employed in the industry. Employers covered by the E m ployment Division Law (unemploy ment insurance), increased in num ber from 43.057 by the end of the third quarter. 1971 to 45.293 at the end of the third quarter, 1972 Non a g r i c u 1 1 r a I placement made during 1972 by the Oregon State Employment Service totaled 60,973 through November 30 and agricultural placements totaled 73,- 285. Placement of veterans totaled 17,961 through November 30, com- pared with 15,111 during the same period in 1971. A Jobs for Veterans campaign was continued all year in cooperation with the Governor’s JF V Task Force. Estimated average employment in Oregon for 1972 was placed at 932.700 compared with 890,000 in 1971 Peak factory production workers’ average hourly earning through October, 1972. were recorded in July at $4 36 per hour—an all- time high. Weekly average earn ings in 1972 peaked in May at $172 73 per week compared with $161.57 per week in May, 1971. Wages of Oregon workers (ex cluding government), covered by Employment Division Law, in 1972 are expected to exceed $4.5 billion, another all-time high. This compar es with $3.8 billion in 1971. Services to the disadvantaged through the Employment Division continued at a high level during the year Morgan said The high level of service was maintained despite a cutback in federal funds which caused the loss of 137 Employment Division positions starting in Sep tember. Some 456 were hired by private sector employers under the Nation al Alliance of Businessmen's JOBS program through November 30 During the same period 651 were hired in on-the-job training under the JOBS Optional Program op erated by the Employment D ivi sion All 651 were under contracts written in the private sector. ’ More than 415 were enrolled in training programs of the Portland Concentrated Employment Pro gram during the year through No vember 30. A total of 3.209 participated in Manpower Development and Train ing Act (M D T A ) training this year through November 30, Morgan said The division’s Apprenticeship In formation Center in Portland has interviewed a total of 6,918 so far this year and referred 1,978 to local apprenticeship c o in m i 11 e e s of which 499 were accepted and placed in various types of apprenticeships A total of 2,254 of those interviewed were veterans. Morgan said that a total of 841 were referred to the Job Corps by the Employment Division so far this vear The division also cooperated with the Residential Manpower Center in Portland in referring to training there and placement fol low-up after training was complet ed. The division cooperated in refer ral of 1,820 to the Neighborhood Youth Corps programs statewide The Employment Division’s Sum mer-Jobs- For- Youth Campaign, which officially ended September 30, generated 15,600 non-farm place ments (April through September) compared with 12.709 placements in the same period of 1971. Through the Work Incentive Pro gram. the Employment Division had placed 3,671 in jobs, January through November and 3,477 were in training on November 30. Some 10.737 ADC welfare recipients have Building permits were down in been helped by the WIN program Columbia County in October, 1972, since it started in July, 1969 The compared to October, 1971, the program now operates in all Oregon University of Oregon Bureau of counties. Business and Economic Research Outreach offices in the Smaller has reported. Communities program, which was In October, 1972, the total was phased out at the end of August, $158,184 compared to $307,705 in the were operated in Newport, and Cot ¡.same month last year. tage Grove during the year. Op Building permits from 148 identi eration Hitchike, also referred to cal reporting centers in Oregon as the Cooperative Rural Manpow totaled $61,012,984 in October, 1972 er Program, provided employment This was 32.1 percent more thhn the services to Gilliam. Morrow,Wal total in October, 1971. lowa. Wheeler, Sherman and Grant counties in cooperation with the U S. Extension Service The divi sion also began job development services for Food Stamp recipients in cooperation with Welfare Divi sion early in 1972. The state total in October, 1972 included $38,742,062 for 2,604 new dwelling units, $15,184,131 for new nonresidential construction, and $7,086,771 for additions, alterations, and repairs to existing structures. For the same month last year, the $46,171,837 total of permits was composed of $32,101,214 for 2.364 new dwelling units, $8,754,748 for new nonresidential construction, and $5,315,875 for additions, altera tions. and repairs to existing struc tures. County Bank Debits Up In October Says U of 0 Bank debits for the eight report ing banks including Columbia Coun ty were up in October, 1972, compared to October, 1971, the University of Oregon Bureau of Business and Economic Research has reported. Debits for October, 1972, totaled $25,588,000. For September, 1972, the total was $24,459,000 and for October. 1971, the total was $18,641,- 000. Oregon with 405 banks reporting had a percentage increase of 4.7 in October. 1972, as compared with September, 1972, * NOW YOUR SAVINGS EARN INTEREST COMPOUNDED DAILY h JR M ' A * -J $ W* * », mt A* FROM THE DAY OF DEPOSIT TO THE DAY OF WITHDRAWAL AT I •,. * 1 . 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