[Day-Munsey]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=sat. am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-01 27:00]
[GRAPHIC=Tara Munsey]
This morning, authorities are continuing their investigation of the crime scene where they believe 17 year- old Tara Munsey was murdered.
And while authorities search for clues to solve this murder -- Tara's friends say they will not have closure until her killer is found.
Joy Sutton has the latest.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Kim Hopkins/Victim's Friend]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;]
[SUPER=01-Jim Davis/Pulaski Co. Sheriff]
[SUPER=01-Deana Phillips/Victim's Friend]
[super=01-Ed Phillips/Friend's Father]
[RUNS=1:45]
[OUT Q=n7 pulaski county]
[anchor=denise]
[ss=none]
Tara's friends want this song to be dedicated to her at the memorial service on Sunday at Radford High School at 3 p-m.
[11Family-React]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=sat Am]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Pre-Pro Tape]
[GRAPHIC=Munsey]
Tara Munsey's family issued a statement, thanking the people of the New River Valley for their "tremendous" support during the past two and a half weeks.
The family also says
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[VO-NAT]
The solidarity, hard work, and selfless devotion of Tara's Radford High school friends and classmates will forever endure as a beacon of light in what has been the darkest of hours.
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[AEP]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat am]
[WRITER=nkr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=AEP]
5-thousand people are waiting to get their power turned back on this morning.
The effected residents live in the city of Roanoke and Roanoke and Bedford Counties.
American Electric Power officials tell us there's a problem with a Vinton transformer.
In the meantime...they're working to restore power.
It went off around 6 this morning.
[Inspections]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Aircrafts are being grounded after inspections ordered by the federal government in the aftermath of the Alaska Airlines crash.
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[vo-nat]
The National Transportation Safety Board says a total of six aircraft -- including the one that crashed -- had unusual metal shavings in their tail wing assemblies.
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the inspections of about 12-hundred planes -- after the probe of last week's crash began to focus on the plane's horizontal stabilizer device.
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[11Textile-Relief]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=equ/nkr]
[TAPE#=500-7 16:01]
[GRAPHIC=Textile relief]
Laid-off textile workers pleaded...begged and prayed for help at the State Capitol yesterday...but the answer is still no.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=God bless]
[SOT 10:40:49]
((BISHOP JOSEPH ADAMS/BETHEL CHURCH OF DANVILLE: GOD BLESS THE ASSEMBLY. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HERE TO DOWNSIDE ANYBODY.))
[SUPER=01-Bishop Joseph Adams/Bethel Church of Danville;]
[RUNS=:06]
[OUT Q=downside anybody.]
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[VO-NAT]
Laid off textile workers were back to watch the final committee pass by their emergency relief bill- in a committee NOT scheduled to meet again.
The fight pits Southside Democrats against Republicans and the Governor's office.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Mr. Chairman]
[SOT 10:16:58]
((DEL. WARD ARMSTRONG/D-MARTINSVILLE: MR. CHAIRMAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THIS COMMITTEE HAS ASKED ME. I WENT UP TO BOYD MARCUS'S OFFICE YESTERDAY AND BEGGED. WHERE IS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL? IF HE'S GOT A COUNTER PROPOSAL, BRING IT OUT. LEADERSHIP IN THIS STATE DOESN'T BEGIN AND END WITH THE THREE WORDS NO CAR TAX!))
[SOT 10:57:39]
((DEL. JACK RUST/R-FAIRFAX: WHEN ALL WE'RE DOING IS POSTURING IN PUBLIC, WE GET NOTHING DONE IN PRIVATE.))
[SUPER=@Armstrong; :00]
[SUPER=01-Del. Jack Rust/(R) Fairfax; :21]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=in private.]
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[VO-NAT]
After the meeting, the workers prayed for a legislative compromise.
Governor Jim Gilmore says he'll only embrace a bill that helps all laid off workers in the state equally.
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[11Bush-McCain]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=99-53 1:05:27]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]
On the campaign trail, things are heating up before Virginia's Republican presidential Primary on February 29-th.
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[VO-NAT]
Both of the front-runners are all over TV in Virginia, more than two weeks out.
But even with much of Virginia's Republican leadership behind George W- Bush-- a new style of ad shows Bush may NOT be counting on victory.
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[SOT BUSH AD "PROMISED" 11:25:25]
[IN Q=But news]
((BUT NEWS INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL MCCAIN SOLICITS MONEY FROM LOBBYISTS WITH INTERESTS BEFORE HIS COMMITTEE. AND PRESSURES AGENCIES ON BEHALF OF CONTRIBUTORS.))
[SOT 11:21:05]
((PAUL GALANTI/MCCAIN CHAIRMAN IN VIRGINIA: IF NICE PEOPLE HAVE TO RESORT TO THAT, IT WOULD COME ACROSS TO ME AS PROBABLY A SIGN OF DESPERATION.))
[SUPER=04-Bush Campaign; :00]
[SUPER=01-Paul Galanti/McCain Campaign in Virginia; :09]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=of desperation.]
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[VO-NAT]
Governor Jim Gilmore is Bush's campaign chairman in Virginia.
He defends the ads.
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[SOT GILMORE 14:12:07]
[IN Q=I think]
((GOV. JIM GILMORE: I THINK ANYTIME THAT YOU DRAW DIFFERENCES AND GIVE VOTERS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO MAKE DECISIONS, THEN THAT'S A GOOD THING.))
[SUPER=@Gilmore;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=a good thing.]
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[VO-NAT]
The McCain campaign is running only "bio" type ads about the candidate himself right now in Virginia.
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[Campaign]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
The Democratic presidential hopefuls are in California today.
Both Al Gore and Bill Bradley will ask party faithful for support.
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[VO-NAT]
The presidential hopefuls plan nearly back-to-back addresses before more than three-thousand people at the state party convention in San Jose.
There's lots at stake. California holds its primary on March seventh, and the convention-goers represent the core Democrats who tend to vote in primaries.
California also sends more nominating delegates to the national convention than any other state.
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[2-Day-Munsey]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=sat. am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-01 27:00]
[GRAPHIC=Tara Munsey]
[***ANCHOR TAG***]
Police are now searching for suspects in the shooting death of 17-year-old Tara Rose Munsey.
And while authorities search for clues to solve this murder -- Tara's friends say they will not have closure until her killer is found.
Joy sutton reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Kim Hopkins/Victim's Friend]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;]
[SUPER=01-Jim Davis/Pulaski Co. Sheriff]
[SUPER=01-Deana Phillips/Victim's Friend]
[super=01-Ed Phillips/Friend's Father]
[RUNS=1:45]
[OUT Q=n7 pulaski county]
[Anchor=denise]
[ss=none]
Tara's friends want this song to be dedicated to her at the memorial service on Sunday at Radford High School at 3 p-m.
[Power-Outage]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat am]
[WRITER=nkr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Close to 5-thousand residents are without power this morning in Roanoke City and Roanoke and Bedford Counties.
American Electric Power Officials tell us something happened to a Vinton transformer.
They're still looking for the cause.
In the meantime...they're working to restore the power.
It went off at six a-m.
[11Rubatex]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=ssm/nkr]
[TAPE#=99-47 2:01:01]
[GRAPHIC=Rubatex Strike]
Bedford's Rubatex plant is dealing with allegations of racial harassment in an ongoing labor dispute.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford/Last Week]
More than a dozen workers have reported hearing racial slurs from picketers as they enter and leave the plant.
This is video of an incident from last week where strikers waved bananas and made "gorilla" noises at two black workers driving past the main gate.
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[SOT 9:05:24//10:10:25]
[IN Q=Coming to work]
((LARRY BROOKSHIER/RUBATEX PLANT MANAGER: COMING TO WORK, CROSSING THAT PICKET LINE IS AN EMOTIONAL EVENT SOMETIME IN ITSELF, YOU THROW IN RACIAL SLURS WITH THAT AND YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACT OF VIOLENCE OCCURRING.))
((RICHARD WALKER/LOCAL 240 UNION PRESIDENT: HE'S TRYING TO TURN THE MEMBERSHIP AGAINST US AND THE COMMUNITY AGAINST US, AND MADE UP SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING.))
[SUPER=01-Larry Brookshier/Rubatex Plant Manager; :00]
[SUPER=01-Richard Walker/Local 240 Union President; :14]
[RUNS=21]
[OUT Q=haven't been doing.]
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[VO-NAT]
Rubatex is asking the union to stop the racial harassment.
Walker says the company is trying to distract attention from the real contract issues.
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[Reel-Open]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=Reel Open]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[Andrew LIVE Microwave]
Cheesy Westerns and a bowl with have both been part of the Texas Tavern's 70 year history. But do you know know how it all got started? Keith Humphry takes a look in this week's Virginia Newsreel.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=animation]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=stop animation]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
[Texas-Tavern-Reel]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=Virginia Newsreel]
[GRAPHIC=wipe]
[wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=21-Jim Bullington/Texas Tavern; :17]
[SUPER=21-Roanoke; :29]
[SUPER=21-Matt Bullington/Texas Tavern; :]
[SUPER=21-Keith Humphry/Reporting]
[RUNS=3:13]
[OUT Q=I'm Keith Humphry]
((In the 1920's Texas Tavern founder, Nick Bullington worked as an advance man for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus. He traveled a year ahead of the show and set up sites for the circus to perform. During his travels he picked up a recipe for the tavern's chili.
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[SOT 3:05]
[IN Q=He ended up in San]
((HE ENDED UP IN SAN ANTONIO ONE TIME AND WENT TO A HOTEL THERE AND ATE SOME CHILI THAT HE REALLY LIKED AND GOT THE CHEF TO GIVE HIM THE RECIPE AND HE JUST KEPT IT BECAUSE HE KNEW EVENTUALLY HE WOULD SETTLE DOWN SOMEWHERE ))
[SUPER=01-Jim Bullington/Texas Tavern]
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[OUT Q=SAME LOCATION]
He ended up in Roanoke. The restaurant opened on February 13th 1930 on the same spot where it sits today.
Burgers were a nickel, a bowl of chili was a dime, and a glass of buttermilk cost two cents. The Texas Tavern opened in the midst of the great depression.
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[SOT 3:06:00]
[IN Q=No I think if]
(( back in those days people did not have a lot of money, and the prices at the tavern have always been inexpensive. It was a place someone could bring their family and it didn't cost them a lot of money.))
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[OUT Q=of money]
The hamburgers are still reasonable.
The price has gone up only a dollar since 1930.
They are still using the same chili recipe.
One customer believes it has healing powers.
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[SOT 3:07:53]
[IN Q=One fella]
((ONE FELLA GERALD WILLIAMS SAYS THAT MY GRANDFATHER SENT HIM CHILI WHEN HE HAD RHEUMATIC FEVER AND HE SAYS THE CHILI CURED THE RHEUMATIC FEVER AD HE'S BEEN EATING THE CHILI SO THAT THE RHEUMATIC FEVER BACK ON HIM AGAIN. NOW WE DON'T SAY WE CAN CURE RHEUMATIC FEVER OR PREVENT IT BUT WHY TAKE A CHANCE))
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[OUT Q=TAKE A CHANCE]
Many interesting stories have come out the Texas Tavern including some of the people who've been served.
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[SOT 3:09:28]
[IN Q=My Grandfather]
((MY GRANDFATHER OPENED A TAVERN IN LYNCHBURG IN 1934. THERE WAS A VAUDEVILLE THEATER UP THE STREET AND THE THREE STOOGES PLAYED THAT THEATER QUITE OFTEN AND THE TAVERN WAS THEIR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT. IN THE 1940'S GLENN MILLER USED TO COME HERE AND EAT WHEN HE IN THE VICINITY))
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[OUT Q= IN THE VICINITY]
Over the years the restaurant has received regional and national attention. The Texas Tavern graced the cover of "The Roanoker" Magazine in 1978.
[tape 2 41:42]
2 years later, Jim Bullington explained the key to the tavern's success on the nationally syndicated television show PM Magazine.
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[SOT42:17 Tape 2]
[IN Q=Simplicity]
((SIMPLICITY GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD FORTUNE. BY SIMPLICITY I MEAN THE ORIGINAL RECIPES WERE SIMPLE AND OVER THE YEARS WE HAVEN'T CHANGED IT. WE TRY TO BUY THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AND WE DON'T CHANGE IT. WE HAVE LEFT EVERYTHING ALONE.))
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[OUT Q=ALONE]
And the business is staying in the family. Jim's son, Matt, decided to get involved when he was still a student at Roanoke College. Now he's the fourth generation of Bullingtons to run the business. Though the management has changed, the philosophy remains the same.
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[SOT 3:18:32]
[IN Q=People like]
(( I THINK THAT IS WHY PARENTS BRING THERE KIDS IN GRANDPARENTS BRING THERE KIDS IN AND THERE IS A GREAT GENERATIONAL DRAW TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT. THAT PRECISELY WHY IT HAS THAT...IT'S STAYING POWER))
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[OUT Q=STAYING POWER]
Matt has had a few new ideas for the tavern, but his Dad always comes back with the same advice.
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[SOT 3:20:07]
[IN Q=I just keep getting]
(( I just keep getting reminded if it's not broke don't fix it))
[RUNS03]
[OUT Q=don't fix it]
That's Virginia Newsreel, I'm Keith Humphry.))
[Live=Andrew Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=@Andrew1]
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[Double Boxes=KimberlyANCHOR/AndrewMicrowave]
[Andrew tosses to Kimberly in the chromakey][Looking-Glass-House]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Saturday AM]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Time Off]
[GRAPHIC=Time Off]
As with all the bed and breakfasts that we've profiled in our "Time Off" segment, The Looking Glass House offers appealing accomodations and gourmet food.
But it also appeals to those guests who've always wanted to play Sherlock Holmes.
Kimberly McBroom explains in this week's "Time Off".
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Nelson Co.; :01]
[SUPER=01-Earl Hampton/Looking Glass House; :22]
[SUPER=01-Janet Hampton/Looking Glass House; 1:20]
[SUPER=@Kimberly2; 1:39]
[RUNS=2:17]
[OUT Q=not even know it]
(( With just a bit of detective work, you can trace the ownership of this 152- year- old Victorian house.
It was originally built for a doctor, then was sold to former state assemblyman George Goodwin in the 18-70s.
In recent years, it's served as a bed and breakfast.
Its previous owner refurbished mirrors on the side...that's where the "Looking Glass House" gets its name.
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[SOT 11:21:26]
((EARL HAMPTON/LOOKING GLASS HOUSE: WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO LOOK AT IT AS A POSSIBILITY, BEHIND THIS LIVING ROOM DOOR WE HAD 15 DIFFERENT MIRRORS...ANYWHERE FROM 150 YEARS OLD TO MAYBE 400 YEARS OLD...))
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Mirrors have remained a prominent feature at the inn.
Earl and Janet Hampton have been running the bed and breakfast for nearly three years.
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[SOT 11:34:43]
((EARL HAMPTON/LOOKING GLASS HOUSE: LET ME SHOW YOU THE ROOM THAT WAS ONCE THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. JANET AND I HAVE SINCE CHANGED THIS INTO A GUEST ROOM OURSELVES. IT WAS BASICALLY JUST A STORAGE ROOM AND WE FELT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS WORTH SEEING.))
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The inn offers five guest rooms...each with its own unique style.
The Le Doux room won an award for its decor...the Honeymoon suite is very feminine with antique touches...and the Kitty Room will make you think you've stepped into a scene from "Alice in Wonderland".
There are no televisions in the rooms, but you'll hardly miss them.
Guests make their own entertainment during the Looking Glass House's murder mystery weekends.
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[SOT 12:12:57 tape 2 ]
((JANET HAMPTON/LOOKING GLASS HOUSE: WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MURDER MYSTERY IN A BED AND BREAKFAST THAT THE GUESTS PARTICIPATE IN AND NOT SIT AND WATCH.))
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Guests are encouraged to search for clues to the murder mystery...there are several stories that were written specifically for the inn..
Individual couples can be grouped with others for the murder mystery weekend... or better still, the Hamptons recommend organizing your own group to reserve the entire house.
You'll be in good intellectual company.... some of the world's sharpest minds have taken a crack at solving the mysteries.
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[SOT 12:19:03 tape 2]
((JANET HAMPTON/LOOKING GLASS HOUSE INNKEEPER: WE'VE HAD F.B.I., C.I.A. AGENTS-- ALL FRIENDS-- WE RESERVED THE BED AND BREAKFAST FOR THEIR PARTY AND IT WAS JUST LOTS OF FUN, HOW THEY DERIVE AT RESOLVING THE CRIME.))
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But be careful...YOU could be the suspect and not even know it.))
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=FS Web Address]
You don't have to be a sleuth to find your way to the Looking Glass House Bed and Breakfast.
Directions are posted on our web site at W-D-B-J-7-DOT-COM.
by SS