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electrical load of your Christmas decorations, both those on the tree and in other places in the house or outdoors. Do not overload the circuits.
Motor Fuel Consumed
Reaches Record High
Virginia highway users consumed a record 1,730,930,000 gallons of motor fuel during 1967, Virginia Petroleum Industries reports. H. H. Scott, Chairman of the Executive Committee, said that the estimated 1967 figure represents an increase of 4.4 per cent over 1966 gallonage. "Greater motor fuel consumption means greater tax collections,” Scott pointed out. He said that Virginia’s 7 centa-gallon levy on motor fuel will yield an estimated $ 123,251,000 to the state for 1967. This does not include revenue from the 4 cent-a-gallon federal tax on gasoline, he noted. Motor fuel tax receipts again constituted the largest single item in the state highway-user tax category, which includes registration fees and other special taxes imposed on vehicle use. Scott added that the figures
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