[cuban-boy]
[ANCHOR=mel]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Elian Gonzalez]
It appears the decision on whether Elian Gonzalez
reunites with his father today in Washington is up to Elian.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Miami, FL;]
[1:05:47-elian]
Late last night a Cuban exile group announced that arrangements had been made for Elian to be brought to Washington where his father is.
[1:04:]
But just before midnight Elian's great-uncle told the crowd outside his Miami home that the meeting had been called off, because the six year old did not want to go.
And that was just what the crowd wanted to hear.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[1:04:14-22]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=Elian, Elian....]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[1:05;47]
But later a family spokesman told the crowd that the family
will ask Elian again this morning if he's changed his mind.
(------------)
[11Missing-Man]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-04]
[GRAPHIC=None]
There's still been no sign of a Bedford man who mysteriously disappeared last week.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford]
54- year- old James Walker was last seen in the Food Lion parking lot around 9:30 Friday morning.
Search teams spent the weekend combing the neighborhood with no success.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 1:10:00]
[IN Q=But really there's]
((LT. TONY SULLIVAN/BEDFORD CITY POLICE: WE'RE GOING BACK AND CHECKING OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT OUT, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE DEALING WITH A PERSON WHO AS FAR AS WE KNOW LEFT ON THEIR FREE WILL AND NOT MANY MORE AVENUES TO PURSUE.))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Tony Sullivan/Bedford City Police]
[RUNS=23]
[OUT Q=avenues to pursue.]
(XXXXXXXXX)
[TAKE DESCRIPTION FULL SCREEN]
Walker stands 6- feet 7- inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
[TAKE BEDFORD PD PHONE]
Anyone with information should contact the Bedford city police.
(------------)
[11Pitts-Fatal]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=nkr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
Two teens are dead and another is in critical condition following a head-on collision in Pittsylvania County.
(XXXXXXXXX)
[TAKE MAP FULL]
The accident happened just before two yesterday afternoon on Route 7-29.
Authorities say 18-year old Ronnie Lee Anderson Junior crossed the double yellow line and hit a pickup truck head-on.
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=none]
Anderson and his passenger... 18 year old Crystal Gayle Harris... died at the scene.
The driver of the pickup truck 18 year old Jerry Lee Trammell is hostpitatized in critical condition.
Investigators do not think alcohol or high speed were factors...but they are still investigating.
[11Intermet]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-03 TC1:38:22]
[GRAPHIC=New River Castins]
Indications are building up that New River Castings' parent company intends to rebuild the plant.
In a recent letter to Radford's Mayor, Intermet C-E-O John Doddridge writes:
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
"Thanks for expeditiously arranging all of the right people from the community and state to help get the ball rolling on the rebuild of the New River plant."
[SUPER=03-Radford/March;]
Radford Council members say that Intermet has made NO commitment to reconstruct the plant, destroyed in a March 5th explosion.
But Intermet submitted permit applications late last week with the Department of Environmental Quality that would help clear the way toward rebuilding.
(------------)
[11County-Supervisors]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke County Seal]
Roanoke County officials say any plans to charge for ambulance service are "on the shelf," for now.
Last month, a majority of the Supervisors said they couldn't support the idea unless the county's volunteer rescue squads approved.
Last night, County Administrator Elmer Hodge confirmed that the plan will NOT be part of next year's budget.
The board also heard a request for ten new paid positions at Mount Pleasant and Back Creek, two Fire and E-M-S stations where volunteers are not available during the day.
[knight]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Allegations against Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight now come complete with videotape.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-CNN-Sports Illustrated;]
C-N-N/Sports Illustrated aired a videotape last night showing Knight grabbing a player by the neck and pushing him backward during a practice.
Two university trustees are investigating the controversial coach following recent reports from two former players that he abused team members.
Findings of the investigation are due next month.
Neil Reed alleges that Knight choked him during a practice three years ago.
Reed says he's the player being pushed on the videotape.
(----------------)
[11M'ville-Murder]
[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sch/ejo/nkr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]
Police have been unable to locate a suspect in a Martinsville murder.
Marcus Leroy Stockton is charged with first degree murder for the shooting death of 29-year old Patrick Allen White.
White was found dead outside the Rivermont Apartments Saturday.
(XXXXXXXX)
[TAKE Description PINNACLE]
Stockton is a black male... six feet two inches tall... and weighs 185 pounds.
He may use the alias "Shaq."
[TAKE MARTINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT]
Police ask that you call the Martinsville Police Department at (540) 656-5301 with any information.
(-------------)
[11Wolfe-Plea]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=99-59]
[GRAPHIC=Legal scales]
A Wytheville man has pleaded guilty to beating another man to death.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Wytheville;]
23-year-old Jason Wolfe entered the plea in Wythe County Circuit Court.
He was arrested in August and charged with the first-degree murder of 24-year-old Michael Alderman.
Police say Wolfe killed Alderman with several blows to the head after catching him sleeping in bed with his wife.
Wolfe is scheduled to be sentenced in June.
He could receive 20 years to life in prison.
(------------)
[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, what role does estrogen play in heart disease?
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((
ON CAM
ESTROGEN OR NO ESTROGEN- THATS THE QUESTION MANY WOMEN ARE NOW ASKING
IN LIGHT OF RECENT STUDIES WHICH SHOW THE HORMONE MAY NOT PROTECT
AGAINST HEART DISEASE.
VT=VO
TODAY- THERE'S YET ANOTHER .THIS ONE FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WHICH SAYS IF YOU HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF LDL- THE BAD
CHOLESTEROL- TAKING ESTROGEN CAN HELP LOWER YOUR RISK OF HEART PROBLEMS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU HAVE LOW LDL. TAKING ESTROGEN MAY ACTUALLY
RAISE YOUR RISK OF HEART DISEASE.
VT=VO
ALSO TODAY- A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS- MOST DONT KNOW
THEY HAVE IT. ITS SLEEP APNEA- A CONDITION WHERE YOU CAN STOP BREATHING
FOR SECONDS TO MINUTES UP TO 40 TIMES A NIGHT- IT CAN PUT YOU AT RISK
FOR SUDDEN DEATH. A REPORT IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION SAYS IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE- ARE TIRED ALL THE TIME
-AND ARE A SNORER- YOU PROBABLY SHOULD BE TESTED FOR SLEEP APNEA.
VT=VO
FINALLY, ARE YOU ONE OF THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO TAKE HIGH DOSES
OF VITAMINS C AND E? I AM. WELL THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SAYS WE
MAY BE WASTING OUR TIME AND MONEY-- MEGADOSES OF THESE ANTIOXIDANTS HAVE
STILL NOT BEEN PROVEN TO PREVENT CANCER OR HEART DISEASE. THE ACADEMY
DOES RECOMMEND SLIGHTLY INCREASING THE DOSE OF VITAMIN C - TO 75 MG FOR
WOMEN-- AND 90 MG FOR MEN. BUT YOU DONT NEED A PILL FOR THESE AMOUNTS- A
GLASS OF OJ WILL GIVE YOU 100 MG.
ON CAM
THATS A LOOK AT THE DAYS TOP HEALTH STORIES, IM DR DAVE HNIDA FOR CBS NEWS.))
(ad lib to weather)
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
The on again off again reunion between Elian Gonzalez and his father in
Washington appears to be off again.
There was word last night that father and son would
finally see each other today.
But then Elian's great uncle pulled out of the deal after
immigration officials failed to guarentee that the boy would not be
turned over to his father after their reunion.
He also said Elian told the family he did not want to go.
(----------------)
[vo-nat]
[anchor=kim]
As the Columbine anniversary approaches,
White House aides say it's not likely Congress will pass new gun
laws by April 20th.
Yesterday, the House passed a Republican bill providing
cash for states which slap minimum five-year sentences on gun
criminals. But the White House calls that a ``cruel political
trick'' designed to disguise congressional inaction.
(----------------)
[vo-nat]
[anchor=melanie]
CNN/Sports Illustrated aired a videotape last night showing Indiana
basketball head coach Bobby Knight apparently grabbing a player by the
neck.
The tape is another piece in the puzzle in the case of former
Indiana player Neil Reed verses the legendary bombastic coach.
In March, CNN and Sports Illustrated reported Reed's allegation that
Knight choked him during a 19-97 practice.
Reed tells C-N-N that he is the player on the tape.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this April 12-th.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-cuban-boy]
[ANCHOR=mel]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Elian Gonzalez]
Efforts to arrange a meeting between Elian Gonzalez and his father continue this morning.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Miami, FL;]
[1:05:47-elian]
Late last night a Cuban exile group announced that arrangements had been made for Elian to be brought to Washington where his father is.
[1:04:]
But just before midnight Elian's great-uncle told an emotional crowd outside his Miami home that the meeting had been called off.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[1:05:06-23]
[IN Q=Lazaro fears that they....]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=about living in Freedom]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[1:05;47]
Lazaro Gonzalez says Elian told the family last night he did not want to go to Washington.
But the family plans to ask again this morning if he has changed his mind.
(------------)
[gun-control]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Philadelphia is joining a dozen other cities...suing -gun manufacturers.
The suit blames guns for crime and seeks damages to pay for medical care police protection and prisons.
In Washington, a small break in the impasse over gun control.
The house passed Richmond's project exile.
It encourages states to enact a minimum 5 year prison sentence for gun related crimes.
The action comes a week before the one year anniversary of the Columbine massacre.
And President Clinton calls it.... too little, too late.
Mark Knoller reports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Annapolis, MD; :00]
[Super=04-April 20, 1999; 1:15]
[SUPER=01-Mark Knoller/Reporting; 1:25]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=The White House][2-11Pitts-Fatal]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=nkr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
A head on collision in Pittsylvania County left two teens dead and another in critical condition.
(XXXXXXXXX)
[TAKE MAP FULL]
The accident happened just before two yesterday afternoon on Route 7-29.
Authorities say 18-year old Ronnie Lee Anderson Junior crossed the double yellow line and hit a pickup truck head-on.
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=none]
Anderson and his passenger... 18 year old Crystal Gayle Harris... died at the scene.
The driver of the pickup truck 18 year old Jerry Lee Trammell is hostpitatized in critical condition.
Investigators do not think alcohol or high speed were factors...but they are still investigating.
[Hogan]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
A man who withdrew as a Republican candidate for Roanoke City Council says he was forced out of the race by a handful of party leaders who learned he had a misdemeanor embezzlement conviction in 1994.
(------------)
[VO-NAT 00-08 17:49]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/February 23]
Party leaders neither confirmed nor denied Don Hogan's account.
Hogan said he had forgotten about the embezzlement case when he accepted the council nomination in February.
(------------)
[Anchor=Melanie]
[SS=None]
The case arose while Hogan was working as a life insurance agent.
It involved insurance funds, but Hogan said he never took money for personal use.
He had to pay about 13-hundred dollars in restitution and complete a community service requirement.
[Online-Class]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=am]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-09]
[GRAPHIC=Education]
The internet is opening doors for people who have a busy schedule and are looking for a way to take a college course.
Online classes are taking off across the country for busy students and parents. Kate Weidaw has more.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=so this is one]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;:04]
[SUPER=01-Sarah Airey/Virginia Tech Online Student]
[SUPER=01-Virgil Cook/Virginia Tech Online Professor]
[SUPER=01-Kim Snider/Virginia Tech Online Student]
[SUPER=@Kate1]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=News 7 Blacksburg.]
(([SOT 3:01:01 #1]
[INQ=]
((SARAH AIREY/VT ONLINE STUDENT: SO THIS IS ONE OF HIS LECTURES.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS:03]
Sarah Airey is a third year student at Virginia Tech majoring in computer engineering. Her busy schedule lead her to register for an online class in Technical Writing.
[SOT 2:59:13]
[INQ=]
((SARAH AIREY/VT ONLINE STUDENT: I'M A BUSY STUDENT AND IF I CAN TAKE A REQUIRED COURSE ONLINE AND DO THE WORK THAT IS REQUIRED AND DO IT WHEN I HAVE TIME IT'S GOOD FOR ME.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS:09]
Her professor Virgil Cook has been teaching online classes for Virginia Tech for 7 years. A a veteran teacher of 37 years-- his computer reads the material to him because he is blind. Cook says he finds online classes improve student's writing.
[SOT 2:08:02]
[INQ=]
((VIRGIL COOK/ONLINE PROFESSOR: THEY'RE FORCED TO COMPOSE FOR THEIR ONLINE RESPONSES OF COURSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN TELL THEY HAVEN'T COMPOSED.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS:08]
Cook e-mails his lecture material along with discussion questions twice a week to his 52 students -- the assignments are due once a week.
Students like Kim Snider who is a mother of a two year old finds the online class an opportunity to take a course she normally wouldn't have time for.
[SOT 3:58:57]
[INQ=]
((KIM SNIDER/VT ONLINE STUDENT: IT OFFERS PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE AT A UNIVERSITY OR WANT TO TAKE ONE COURSE AND HAVE A DAY JOB TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS10]
[SOT 3:30:29]
[INQ=]
((KATE WEIDAW/REPORTING: AND IT'S NOT JUST AT VIRGINIA TECH YOU CAN FIND ONLINE CLASSES. MOST MAJOR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ARE OFFERING THEM AS WELL. TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE CLASSES YOU CAN LOG ONTO THE SCHOOLS WEB PAGE OR CALL THEM. KATE WEIDAW NEWS 7 BLACKSBURG.))
[OUTQ=]
[RUNS14]))
[2-11M'ville-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sch/ejo/nkr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]
Authorities in Martinsville are still looking for a murder suspect .
Marcus Leroy Stockton is charged with first degree murder for the shooting death of 29-year old Patrick Allen White.
White was found dead outside the Rivermont Apartments Saturday.
(XXXXXXXX)
[TAKE Description PINNACLE]
Stockton is a black male... six feet two inches tall... and weighs 185 pounds.
He may use the alias "Shaq."
[TAKE MARTINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT]
Police ask that you call the Martinsville Police Department at (540) 656-5301 with any information.
(-------------)
[2-11Missing-Man]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-04]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Authorities are still looking for a Bedford man who has disappeared.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford]
54- year- old James Walker was last seen in the Food Lion parking lot around 9:30 Friday morning.
Search teams spent the weekend combing the neighborhood with no success.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 1:10:00]
[IN Q=But really there's]
((LT. TONY SULLIVAN/BEDFORD CITY POLICE: WE'RE GOING BACK AND CHECKING OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT OUT, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE DEALING WITH A PERSON WHO AS FAR AS WE KNOW LEFT ON THEIR FREE WILL AND NOT MANY MORE AVENUES TO PURSUE.))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Tony Sullivan/Bedford City Police]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=avenues to pursue.]
(XXXXXXXXX)
[TAKE DESCRIPTION FULL SCREEN]
Walker stands 6- feet 7- inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
[TAKE BEDFORD PD PHONE]
Anyone with information should contact the Bedford City Police.
(------------)
[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Mel/Kmc]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Two teenagers were killed in a head on collision in Pittsylvania County . Authorities say 18-year old Ronnie Lee Anderson Junior crossed the double yellow line and hit a pickup truck head-on.
Anderson and his passenger... 18 year old Crystal Gayle Harris... died at the scene.
The driver of the pickup truck 18 year old Jerry Lee Trammell is hostpitalized in critical condition.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Bedford authorities are still looking for 54- year- old James Walker who has mysteriously disappeared. He was last seen in the Food Lion parking lot around 9:30 Friday morning
(XXXXXXXXX)
[TAKE DESCRIPTION FULL SCREEN]
Walker stands 6- feet 7- inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
[TAKE BEDFORD PD PHONE]
Anyone with information should contact the Bedford city police.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
23-year-old Jason Wolfe has pleaded guilty to beating another man to death.
He was arrested in August and charged with the first-degree murder of 24-year-old Michael Alderman.
Wolfe is scheduled to be sentenced in June.
He could receive 20 years to life in prison.
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(Kimberly mic hot)
(///////////////)
(Kimberly ad lib weather)
(-------------)
[2-SHOT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's Keith Humphry with a preview of News 7 at Six.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Virginia]
[RUNS=19]
[OUT Q=news 7 at 6]
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[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
(ad lib bye)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
by SS