THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, June 8, 1996                TAG: 9606080423
SECTION: BUSINESS                PAGE: D3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY MYLENE MANGALINDAN, STAFF WRITER 
                                            LENGTH:   32 lines

JOBLESS RATES FOR REGION, VA. HELD STEADY IN APRIL

Hampton Roads and Virginia unemployment rates remained the same in April, the Virginia Employment Commission said Friday.

Normally unemployment drops from March to April, said William F. Mezger, senior economist at the Virginia Employment Commission.

But traditional temporary furloughs in textile and apparel industries prevented April's unemployment rate from falling lower, particularly in some parts of South Hampton Roads. The Easter holiday, the period when the furloughs occur, came at the beginning of the month's reference period. ILLUSTRATION: Graphic by Virginian-Pilot

Unemployment in Virginia

Hampton Roads and Virginia's unemployment rates remained the same in

April, the Virginia employment Commission said Friday.

Hampton Roads unemployment

[Not seasonally Adjusted]

[Unemployment figures for Apr. 1996 Mar. 1996 Apr. 1995 for

Hampton Roads, Virginia and United States]

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KEYWORDS: HAMPTON ROADS UNEMPLOYMENT by CNB