Carter says Democrats can win in Virginia and will
President Carter told 1,250 Virginia Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner he will fight for a 50 percent tax on excess oil profits and a plan to phase out crude price controls by 1981. He predicted strong party unity and pledged to help Virginia regain leadership role. He noted oil lobby opposition and cited Three Mile Island as a reminder of nuclear risks.
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Philpott and six others in crash after Jefferson-Jackson dinner
Richmond police report House Majority Leader A. L. Philpott and five other van occupants were treated and released after a crash on Monument Avenue following the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. Driver David R. Beauregard of Huntington was hospitalized with no serious injuries.
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