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ByBRUCESLOANE i Rappahannock New> SUIT Writer , Unemployment held steady in ' Rappahannock County at 5.4 percent in July, the same as the state •rate, and 1.5 points below the national average of 6.9 percent, ; according to figures released last I week by the Virginia Employment Commission. • This is the first time in more than a year that the county unemployment rate has not been higher than ,the state rate. In July 1992, for ex• ample,Rappahannock County recorded a 7.3 percent unemployment "rate, while the rate for the entire state was 6.1 percent. • The unemployment rate for Plan/ning District 9, which includes the
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