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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
7
The report notes changes in ongoing claims and initial claims with figures showing a decline in one category and continued gains in another. The data suggests mixed signals about unemployment trends in the period reported.
For the week ending June 10 1950 unemployment claims in Massachusetts totaled 132 832 with 130 882 under state law and 1 950 veterans under the GI Bill This compares to 198 554 claims in the prior year With 2 262 807 paid last week including 2 229 782 under state law and 33 025 under GI Bill Benefits paid are down 960 126 from a year ago The state reports total benefits for the period at 9 278 100 less than 1949 through June 10 with 46 832 983 paid last year and 45 395 503 so far in 1950 Antonio England Director notes improvements in placements and partial employment offset by continued layoffs in the shoe sector.
The Division of Employment Security cut backlogs from 80 000 hours and bottlenecks after a full system study. Director England says the agency now pays benefits promptly with fewer claimant calls and requests for legislators.
U P correspondent describes Limestone Maine as the new base for intercontinental B-36 bombers. The 10 000 acre site sits on land once disputed by Britain and the United States since the 1783 treaty. The Webster Ashburton era settled the border with seven-twelfths US and five-twelfths GB. Potato growers of Aroostook county profited as workers built the $35 million installation boosting local population.
The Yale Law Journal argues the U S Supreme Court should ban contempt by publication, contending press reports do not affect trial outcomes and that gag rules chill public access to material vital for an informed electorate. The piece cites Baltimore radio station prosecutions over a murder case and warns suppression does not remove bias but hides it.
Concord Miss Beverly Drake resigns as associate home demonstration agent for a trip to Europe and to pursue advanced study next year. In the county she made many friends who wish her bon voyage. The oldest known murder trial, 3,800 years old, was found inscribed on a two by four inch tablet unearthed in Iraq.
The system has reached a point where most unemployment benefits are mailed from the Administrative office in Boston within twenty four hours of claim signing, with claimants collecting in local employment offices across the state.
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