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Overseas shipping traffic at the Pond of Chicago in 1977 totalled more than 3.2 million tons, an increase of 16 per cent over 1976 according to the Department of Business and Economic Development. General cargo tonnage, important for the local and regional economy, rose 41 per cent.... Illinois traffic deaths in January 1978 totalled 85, an increase of nearly 12 per cent over January 1977 but 33
per cent below January 1976 fatalities according to a provisional report by the Department of Transportation .... The comptroller's monthly report showed in February the general funds average daily available balance was $133 million; end of month balance $103
million; combined funds end of month balance $191 million .... The wage claims division, Illinois Department of Labor, recovered a record $6.25 million in unpaid wages for Illinois workers in 1977 .... The maximum interest rate for loans secured by residential real estate in April was 10 per cent. ...The actual statewide unemployment rate for January using the new method of computation was 7.5 per cent (396,000 people out of work); in February the rate was 7.1 per cent (374, 000 unemployed). The December unemployment rate computed by the old method was 5,6 per cent (292,000 persons).
30/May 1978/Illinois Issues
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