total Unemployment Rate Rose .2 Percent In ftctoW [Norm Carolina s total unemploy ment rate for October rose above the previous month’s figure for th< first time in four months. At 5.6 percent, the rate exceeded Sep tember’s 5.4 percent but was con siderably below October 1980’s 6.4 percent according to figures re leased today by the state Em ployment Security Commission (ESC) Floyd Outland 61 ESC • Labor Market Information Divi sion says, “The reversal is due to various small layoffs by manu facturing firms which terminated a total of 6,800 employees.” Ac cording to Outland, "Our unem ployment rate is considerably better than the national rate, and we anticipate staying significantly below national figures." The national unadjusted unem ployment rate in October was 7.5 percent, up slightly from Septem ber-’s 7.4 percent.. ___ .4- 4- 4- 4-~4 According to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, the average hourly earn ings of production workers in manufacturing industries were $6.13 in October of 1981, up $.0.06 from the previous month and up $.0.58 from one year earlier. + + + + + People working in a new office building planned for Charlotte will be able to jog during lunch, shower and return to their jobs without ever leaving the building’s grounds. Or, if they’re not sports minded, they can eat lunch outdoors while overlooking a lake, fountain, large oak trees and a rolling, natural terrain. I he unusual office setting is part of the plan for the Willow Oak Building, a new office facility planned for the Oakhill Business Park, a development ownedby the NCNB Real Estate Fund. “The entire Oakhill Business Park, and the Willow Oak Building in particular, are designed with ws • PUNS • PUNS • PUNS » QUM* - tutus. • &iM OPEN DAILY 10 AM •• PM OPEN 0 DAY8 A WEEK CLOSED SUN. CHECK WITH US BEFORE YOU BUY OR SELL ANY QUN CASH FOR QUALITY USED CUMS COHFIOamAL APPtUUSALS ' OVER 1090 OURS IN INVENTORY COLL1AS LAWING&Ca ~—we— Complete Gunsmith Services Avaiable "Repair & Cleaning" 31S MOTH COLLEGE ST. bshmd public library Ig c,ocARMS AMMUNITION ACCESSORIES CRQOOOS RELOADING SUP“* ■“ D OTHER EQUIPMENT SOLD DISCOUNT PRICES [373-70»?J : WWl • WNS » ovwt • | YOUNG MEN'S DEPT. -n Arr*ei u J Neve Selection of \ j Boggy Pants $1799 r Sport Coats Jackets Suits *29" up *21" $49"up Men's Suits »69" up Shoes Beat Buy in town All Weather-Coat^ lop Coats Shirts t iOOO ? $5"up _Sweaters riolioWaub ^IV^onJW aH^ioppjn CenUr 597-3153