[Gun-Locks]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=00-11]
[GRAPHIC=Gun Safety]
Preventing kids from hurting themselves or someone else is the goal of a new program involving the Roanoke Police Department.
[Double Boxes=Kimberly ANCHOR/Teresa Microwave]
Teresa Hamilton is in downtown Roanoke with details.
[Live=Teresa Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=@Teresa1]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :]
[SUPER=01-Joe Gaskins/Roanoke City Police Chief; :]
[SUPER=01-Pete Jackson/Nat'l. Sports Shooting Foundation;]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=real successful]
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[Live=Teresa Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke]
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[Double Boxes=Kimberly ANCHOR/Teresa Microwave]
[Ethiopia-Students]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A torrential rainstorm led to a stampede that killed several children in Ethiopia.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Addid Ababa, Ethiopia;]
Two- thousand children were gathered at a memorial service for the victims of a school bombing.
A downpour caused the crowd to run for cover.
14 of the children were killed, 53 were injured.
The school bombing occurred three weeks after a border dispute.
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[Mideast-Peace]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is in the Middle East, encouraging peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Jesse Schulman has an update on her progress.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Ramallah, West Bank; :00]
[SUPER=01-Madeleine Albright/Secretary of State; :21]
[SUPER=01-Jesse Schulman/Reporting; :40]
[RUNS=:50]
[OUT Q=Jesse Schulman, CBS News, Tel Aviv.]
((
(SCRIPT)
(Spuer: Ramallah, West Bank)
As she visits Middle Eastern leaders, the good news for Secretary of
State Albright is that Israelis and Palestinians are negotiating at the
moment, instead of fighting. The bad news is, the talks are going
nowhere. More than six years into the peace process Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat knows his people want independence, not more delays.
SOT/Madeleie Albright/Secretary of State: The moment of truth is fast
approaching in Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Israels Prime Minister Barak though is offering the Palestinians a
state in name only, with the West Bank cut into three pieces. The
reason for his foot-dragging - hardline opposition within Baraks own
supposedly pro-peace government.
Schulman OC close: Albright wants to bring Barak and Arafat to
Washington for a summit with President Clinton - but shell have to get
the two sides a lot closer to a deal, before that.
js cbs news tel aviv
))
[Art-Museum]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-14 TC54:25]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The city of Roanoke, Center in the Square and the Art Museum of Western Virginia are joining forces to build a new museum and IMAX Theater.
City officials and civic leaders have outlined the 30- million dollar project.
Joe Dashiell has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=By combining two projects into one]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :05]
[SUPER=@Bowers; :10]
[SUPER=01-Jenny Taubman/Arts & Sciences Foundation; :45]
[SUPER=@Joe1; :55]
[RUNS=1:09]
[OUT Q=Joe D News 7 Roanoke]
((By combining the two projects into one, supporters hope to boost tourism in downtown Roanoke and improve the region's cultural life at the same time.
[SOT 15:15:35]
[IN Q=Just as the biomed]
((JUST AS THE BIOMED CENTER WHICH WAS JUST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IS A MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF AN AREA OF OUR CITY, I SUBMIT TO YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BY ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL AND THE WESTERN VA. FOUNDATION IS ANOTHER MAGICAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL LEAD TO THE TRUE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS GREAT CITY.))
[RUNS= :21]
[OUT Q=of this great city.]
Members of City Council voted to endorse the concept, and they committed four million dollars of city money to the project.
The museum and theater would be located on the site of the Hunter Viaduct... now a parking lot between Billy's Ritz and the railroad tracks.
[SOT 15:16:08]
[IN Q=This day]
((THIS DAY MARKS THE FIRST MAJOR STEP OF A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ART MUSEUM OF WESTERN VIRGINIA AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE.))
[RUNS= :10]
[OUT Q=the city of Roanoke.]
[STANDUP CLOSE]
Supporters say that together the Art Museum and the Imax theater will attract more visitors than they could individually.
They believe the project will bring between 400- and 500- thousand visitors a year into downtown Roanoke.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))
[City-Council]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-15 TC 34:18]
[GRAPHIC=Noel Taylor]
City hall will be renamed to honor the late Reverend Noel Taylor, who served on council for more than two decades.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
A committee made that recommendation, and yesterday city council approved the tribute to Roanoke's longtime mayor.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=He was such an outstanding human being]
((JIMMY HARVEY: OUTSTANDING HUMAN BEING, SUCH A GREAT LEADER OF THIS CITY, AND DESERVES EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL JUST DID FOR HIM.))
((ALL HOLLAND: HE WAS THE TYPE OF MAN WHO WOULD LAUGH OFTEN AND WORK HARD. AND HE TRIED TO LEAVE THE WORLD JUST A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE DAY HE MET IT.))
((ELIZABETH BOWLES: HE JUST REALLY LOVED THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS OF ROANOKE AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO GIVE THAT TRIBUTE TO HIM.))
[SUPER=01-Jimmy Harvey/Former Council Member; :00]
[SUPER=01-Al Holland/Committee Chairman; :11]
[SUPER=01-Elizabeth Bowles/Former Council Member; :21]
[RUNS=:28]
[OUT Q=that tribute to him.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
City council has also commissioned a portrait of Taylor that will hang in the lobby of the Municipal Building.
[NV-Wildfires]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Wildfire]
Strong winds are fanning a wildfire near Las Vegas --
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Near Las Vegas, NV;]
The blaze has charred nearly 35- hundred acres.
Yesterday, 400 firefighters spent the day battling the stubborn blaze, along with tanker aircraft and helicopters.
In addition to Nevada firefighters, the Forest Service was also drawing crews from California, Arizona, Utah and Montana.
It was 25- percent contained over the weekend, but high winds quickly blew it out of control.
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[Floyd-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Fire]
A burning cigarette may have been responsible for the fire that killed a man in Floyd County over the weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Floyd Co.;]
Authorities have NOT confirmed the man's identity but neighbors say he was Brian Streeter.
The 44- year old was found dead inside a burning mobile home in Batman Thumper Village Sunday morning.
The trailer did NOT have electricity.
Investigators believe the victim was smoking and fell asleep.
Wanda Harris lives next door and called 9-1-1.
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[SOT 00:27:55....00:35:41]
[IN Q=He was ]
((WANDA HARRIS/NEIGHBOR: HE WAS BIG HELP TO ME, HE WAS JUST A GOOD FRIEND AND HAD A GOOD HEART.
KENNY KAYE/MOBILE HOME PARK OWNER: I LIKED HIM, HE'D BEEN HELPING ME OUT FOR ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS NOW AND HE WAS A PRETTY LIKABLE FELLOW.))
[SUPER=01-Wanda Harris/Neighbor; :00 QUICK]
[SUPER=01-Kenny Kaye/Mobile Home Park Owner; :05]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=likable fellow]
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[VO-NAT]
Kenny Kaye owns the mobile home park where Streeter had been doing maintenance work.
He says he let Streeter stay in the trailer rent free for the past few days, because he didn't have a place to live.
(------------)[Winn-Dixie]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-12 TC1:06:30]
[GRAPHIC=Winn Dixie]
Winn- Dixie has closed several stores throughout the area.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
Yesterday was the last day of operation for five local stores, including three in Lynchburg.
They were closed as part of a downsizing effort by the supermarket's national headquarters.
Some customers say they're losing their neighborhood grocery store.
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[SOT 1:43:30]
[IN Q=Whenever we]
((E.M. CREWS/WINN- DIXIE CUSTOMER: WHENEVER WE DROPPED DOWN THROUGH HERE, WE JUST COULD ALWAYS COME TO THIS STORE, DOING BUSINESS DOWN THIS WAY, WE COULD RUND OVER HERE TO THE STORE AND THE OTHER THING IT WAS JUST CONVENIENT FOR US TO COME INTO.))
[SUPER=01-E. M. Crews/Winn-Dixie Customer]
[RUNS=09]
[OUT Q=us to come into.]
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[VO-NAT]
Customers received a 30 percent discount on their purchases, but the pickings were slim.
Most of the inventory had been sold, leaving bare shelves in many of the stores.
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[5-Pigeon-Paint]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=500-8 23:09]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Pigeons are a problem in downtown Roanoke, but the health department hopes the color blue will change that.
Tonya Flory explains.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;:00]
[SUPER=01-Dick Tabb/Environmental Health Manager; :12]
[SUPER=01-Jeana Arar/The Galleria;1:03]
[SUPER=01-Matt Kennell/Downtown Roanoke Incorporated; 1:13 ]
[SUPER=@Tonya2; 1:30]
[RUNS=1:44]
[OUT Q=Health Check.]
(([Pigeons shots]
Pigeon droppings are creating a sanitation concern for residents in the city.
The health department removed 500 pounds of bird waste from one building alone last fall.
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[SOT tc 00:01:24]
[IN Q=When large]
((DICK TABB/ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER: WHEN LARGE AMOUNTS OF PIGEON DROPPINGS OCCUR, A FUNGUS CAN GROW, THAN IF A PERSON DISTURBS THOSE DROPPINGS CAN COME DOWN WITH WHAT'S CALLED HISTOPLASMOSIS, IT'S A FUNGAL INVASION OF THE LUNGS.))
[RUNS:16]
[OUT Q=the lungs.]
[wire prongs]
Wire prongs on the ledges are a popular deterrent for many businesses.
But a safe, yet unproven alternative is catching the attention of some -- paint the ledges and top of buildings blue to repel the birds.
[2-shot Tabb]
The idea came from someone in Washington DC who heard about the problem in Roanoke.
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[SOT tc 00:04:09]
[IN Q=The reader]
((DICK TABB/ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER: THE READER WHO CONTACTED US HAD EXPERIENCE WITH HOMING PIGEONS, THAT HOMING PIGEONS WOULD NOT LAND ON SOMETHING SKY BLUE.))
[RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=sky blue.]
Jeana Azar's husband just opened a business on Kirk Avenue.
And she likes the idea.
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[SOT tc 00:13:46]
[IN Q=Myself, I wouldn't]
((JEANA ARAR/THE GALLERIA: MYSELF, I WOULDN'T MIND THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY ATTRACTIVE.))
[RUNS:04]
[OUT Q=pretty attractive.]
Downtown Roanoke Incorporated's president is also receptive to the strategy, he's just not sure the birds will fall for it.
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[SOT tc 00:17:09]
[IN Q=We tried to]
((MATT KENNELL/DOWNTOWN ROANOKE INCORPORATED: WE TRIED TO TRICK THEM IN MANY WAYS, FROM DECOYS WE EVEN BROUGHT IN FALCONS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FALCONS IS THEY FLEW AWAY, BUT WE'LL TRY, IF WE TRIED THE FALCONS, I'M SURE WE WOULD LOOK INTO THIS.))
[RUNS:15]
[OUT Q=look into this.]
[generic downtown buildings]
First, all the building owners downtown will have to agree to try the sky blue paint trick.
[Opened window]
Until then, the health department recommends closing the windows do discourage pigeons from nesting inside -- and one more recommendation -- don't feed the birds.
Tonya Flory, News 7, Health Check.))
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SS=HOLD]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has researched the blue paint idea and is in favor of trying it in Roanoke.
[Waitress-Tip]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A nine- dollar- tab proved VERY profitable for a Chicago waitress.
Her service with a smile inspired one grateful patron to leave her a 10- THOUSAND- dollar tip.
It sounds like something from a movie...but Burleigh Hines has the real story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Chicago, IL; :00]
[SUPER=01-Melanie Uczen/Lucky Waitress; :15]
[SUPER=01-Shawn Krutsinger/Manager; 1:06]
[SUPER=01-Burleigh Hines/Reporting; 1:23]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=Burleigh Hines for CBS News.]
(
Melanie Uczen is still a little dazed ...still finding it hard to
believe.
(NAT: I'm shocked...basically.
Shocked because just a few hours earlier the 23-year-old cocktail
waitress had served a customer who was very grateful.
it was the end of the night...guys ordered drinks....I got a good
tip..c'mon now...well 10 thousand dollars.
That's right ten thousand big ones...the bill for the drinks came to
nine dollars.....and there was no mistake reading the size of the tip....
SOT: he told me the thought I was a wonderful cocktail waitress and that
I deserved it...said he wanted me to go back to school and be a doctor.
Melanie said her customer said he was a doctor from England..and when he
learned that she recently graduated college and wanted to go to graduate
school he gave her the huge tip.
SOT: said he worked hard for his money...told him I wanted to pay my way
thru college...that's what I want to do.
Club manager Shawn Krutsinger said the incident shook up everybody in
the club.
SOT: I kept telling here see if it goes thru...he looked like a nice
guy...hope he keeps his word.
So why does Melani think she got such a huge tip?
(smiling....14:35:40 good quality service...and have fun with your
customers.)
bh,for cbs news
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by SS