Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 3 · column 2 of 4 · from the scan, no model involved

based on the expected revenues for the budget period July 1, 1974, to July 1, 1976. Until last fall it appeared that the estimates of this amount of surplus would be conservative but with the deteriorating economic situation in Virginia, as well as the rest of the cpuntry, the state revenues are turning out to be less than expected last year.
97.8%