Weary Delegates Begin Work on 3.1 Billion Virginia Budget
The Virginia House of Delegates, worn from two night sessions, opened today at 10 a.m. to tackle Gov Godwin's 3.1 billion budget bill with about 200 amendments. Debates focused on highway funding uses, open meetings and records rules, and a bid to phase out the Constitutional Government Commission.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Godwin
John Warren Cooke
House
L. M. Kuhn
House Appropriations Committee
State Highway Commission
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Elizabeth River
Richmond-Petersburg
Richmond Expressway
James M. Thomson
Norfolk
Edward L. Breeden
Appropriations Committee
Mills E. Godwin
Robert A. Maloney
Fairfax
Robert Y. Button
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
C. H. Morrissett
Smith
Thomas L. Moss
General Assembly
Lynchburg
William Dudley
Spong Seeks Restore of Virginia School Aid
Senator William B. Spong Jr joined with Senator Fulbright to boost Virginia’s impact area school aid by 9 million in supplemental appropriations. Virginia would otherwise receive about 24.4 million for 1967-68, down from 29.8 million, due to prior cuts. Spong cited many federal employees and California’s larger aid as context.
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Washington
William B. Spong Jr
William Fulbright
D . Ark
Senate
Virginia
Spong
California
Old Dominion
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Russian woman evacuated to U S Navy hospital after fishing vessel aid
A Russian woman named Lillia Kostina, 28, was flown to a U S Navy hospital from the Soviet fishing vessel Akademik Berg about 140 miles south of San Diego off the Baja California coast. She was reported in good condition after undergoing medical evacuation by a U S Coast Guard helicopter responding to a Russian request for assistance.
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Calif
US. Navy
U.S. Coast Guard
Lillia Kostina
Miss Kostina
Akademik Berg
Baja California
Mexico
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