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FRESHMAN Del. George Beard (RCulpeper) was appointed to two major committees, Finance and Agriculture.
REPRESENTATIVES of the state Department of Agriculture and Commerce told the House Committee on Agriculture last week that farmers in the state had experienced a $262-million loss in grain production, hay and other crops as a result of the drought.
There were 117 localities declared eligible for drought aid assistance, the committee was told.
DEL. GEORGE W. GRAYSON (DWilliamsburg), formerly of Fauquier, has introduced a "crime shall not pay bill” which is "designed to prevent perpetrators of crimes from cashing in on their wrongdoing.”
The bill provides, for example, that if a publishing house contracts with a mass murderer to publish a book containing the crirtfinal’s account of his crimes, all money generated under the contract would be turned over to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established in 1976 to aid crime victims. The victim or victims of the crime committed by the author would have first claim on the money, Grayson said.
THE OUTLOOK for approval by the House of Delegates for $2.5 million to establish a veterinary school at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University looks good.
In fact, there is little way that the bill, introduced by Del. C. D. Dunford (DTazewell), could fail on the House floor. Joining Dunford in sponsoring the vet school bill are 73 of his colleagues.
Dunford’s bill gives the vet school the construction go ahead in 1978. j|M p^pp
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