Virginia News Roundup Faces Tax, Safety and Crime Notes
Atty Gen Miller urges public hearings on competitive insurance pricing with SCC, or await action. Charlottesville police arrest Albemarle man for rapes tied to UVA coeds. Virginia senator says statewide races cost too much for run. North Anna plant waste systems improved after Surry lessons, NRC board considers license. Gov Godwin sees tighter financial attitudes but won’t push tax hikes. Campus police at state schools report high arrests and seek federal funding aid. Harvey Gunson calls for federal aid for campus police operations.
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Andrew Miller
Hassling
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
John G. Day
Miller
Day
SCC
Charlottesville
Albemarle County
University of Virginia
Coeds
John Dek
Bowen
Howard Robinson
Robinson
Surry House
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Vepco
North Anna
Louisa County
College of William & Mary
Virginia Council On Criminal Justice
Harvey Gunson
Train Cars Derail at Josephine Street Crossing
Two auto rack cars on a Norfolk and Western train derailed at 1 a.m. at Josephine Street crossing. Cars pulled a drawhead, caused them to jump tracks. After five hours they were re-tracked and the train resumed to Shenandoah. No injuries. railroad ties damaged.
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Berryville
Norfolk and Western
Josephine St
Shenandoah
Wizard of Tax Morrissett, Virginia’s first tax chief, dies
C H Morrissett, known as the Wizard of Tax, who organized Virginia’s Department of Taxation in 1926 and served under 11 governors, died at 84. He drafted most Virginia tax laws, rewrote the constitution in 1928, and devised plans that funded building programs without new taxes. He retired in 1970 after more than 55 years in state service.
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Richmond
C. H Morrissett
Virginia
State Code Commission
Harry F. Byrd
Morrissett
Department of Taxation
Byrd
Smiler
Senate
House
Tax Department
Stanley
William M. Tuck
College of William & Mary
Explosion reported in welder's truck fire on Rt. 522 North
Firemen extinguished a truck fire on Route 522 North near Front Royal after an acetylene tank aboard the Ricketts Construction Co. vehicle threatened an explosion. Douglas Ricketts of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, said the back exploded while en route to Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School construction in Winchester.
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Ricketts
Douglas Ricketts
Double Tollgate
Front Royal
Oar
Rt. 522
Hill
W. Va
Ricketts Construction Co
Winchester
Leslie Fox Keyser
Eugene Ricketts
Warren Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Department
George Sardells
Stephens City
Rt. 55 East
Virginia to seek higher unemployment benefits in 1978 plan
The Virginia Employment Commission will ask the 1977 General Assembly to raise the maximum weekly unemployment benefit from 103 to 110 dollars in 1978. The proposal targets 80 percent of eligible unemployed receiving half their average weekly wage, while expanding the minimum weekly benefit by eight dollars and excluding some low-end claimants.
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Richmond
Virginia Employment Commission
General Assembly
WEC
House Committee On Labor and Commerce
Weather And Rainfall Totals For The Region
Northern Valley notes partly cloudy and not so cold tonight with lows 25 to 30. Saturday brings partly sunny and warmer conditions with mid 40s highs and mountain lows in the teens. The extended forecast calls for a cold Saturday, moderating later, with a chance of snow on Sunday and highs around 30 to 50 by Monday. December rainfall to date is 43.57 inches. five year totals drift between 36 and 53 inches. Moon phases show Full Moon at 1:15 p.m. and Last Quarter at 5:14 a.m. on the 14th.
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Virginia
Temperatures and Weather Conjecture Report
Noon high 37 degrees with official high today 48. Partly cloudy and cold conditions noted. Weather conjecture lists a sequence of conditions from stormy to fair and cool with rain or snow possible depending on the day.
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