Employment Gains Match Jobless Rise
Bad weather and jobhungry teens boosted May unemployment while overall payrolls rose in crucial sectors including manufacturing. Nonfarm payrolls gained 573,000 to 63 million and total employment climbed 659,000 to 73.7 million, signaling continued economic strength despite a slower pace ahead. Overtime and factory pay also hit records, with the May workweek at 41.4 hours and overtime at 4.1 hours.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Gas Expansion Plan Approved
The Federal Power Commission grants Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line authority for a 32 million dollar expansion to raise winter delivery capacity by ten percent to 150 million cubic feet per day. The gas will serve 36 utility systems in Missouri Minnesota Indiana Ohio and Michigan, with nine Missouri systems supplying 300 000 people in 65 communities. The project adds 207 miles of main and lateral lines including 146 miles of 30 and 36 inch pipe, eight engines totaling 25 050 bores, at seven compressor stations. Most construction will occur in Kansas and Missouri, with about 19 million dollars spent there.
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