[Broughman]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=vo tape-00-12 pkg tape 00-26]
[GRAPHIC=Legal scales]
After arguing for eight hours a Botetourt County jury has called it quits....unable to convict a man who killed his brother.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Roger Broughman was charged with murder.
[Super=03-Botetourt Co./January 29;]
He admits he killed his brother last January but say it was in self-defense because his brother reached for a gun in his back pocket. Prosecutors say Roger caused the situation by visiting a man he knew was dangerous.
(------------)
[Anchor=Kimberly]
[SS=none]
Tina Tenret asked some of the jurors today why they could not agree on a verdict. She has more from the Botetourt County Court House. Tina?
[Double Boxes=Kim ANCHOR/Tina Microwave]
[Live=Tina Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=@Tina1]
[SUPER=06-Botetourt Co.]
(rollcue... from murder to manslaughter )
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I don't think]
[SUPER=01-Laura McCray/Juror; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dan Thorsen/Jury Foreman; : 25]
[RUNS=:35]
[OUT Q=should go home]
(())
[Live=Tina Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=06-Botetourt Co.]
(ad lib)
[Double Boxes=Kim ANCHOR/Tina Microwave]
[Chesterfield-Murders]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]
Police in Chesterfield County say the five people found dead in a suburban Richmond home were the victims of an apparent murder- suicide.
(---------------)
[VO-NAT 3:13:10]
[SUPER=03-Chesterfield Co.]
Authorities confirmed all five were fatally shot.
The victims were 35- year- old Tracy (will-kuh-witz) Wielkiewicz, her children 14- year- old Christina and eight- year- old Jonathan.
Her current husband 33- year-old Sean (back-TAUR-ee) Bakhtyari and her ex- husband, 36- year- old Edward (will-kuh-witz) also lived in the home.
Police say they believe Edward (will-kuh-witz) shot the other four, then turned the gun on himself.
Officers received a call from a family member, who actually discovered the bodies.
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[Confederate-Flag]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The winds of controversy will no longer ripple the Confederate Flag-- at least not on the South Carolina capitol dome.
The flag comes down tomorrow.
But as Jennifer Jones tells us, the flag won't disappear completely.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Columbia, SC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Gov. Jim Hodges/South Carolina; :24]
[SUPER=01-James Gallman/South Carolina NAACP; :47]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/Reporting; 1:01]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Glenn McConnell/South Carolina; 1:28]
[RUNS=1:49]
[OUT Q=Jennifer Jones, CBS News, Columbia. ]
((
(open/strong nats/burning flag)
After years of denouncing the confederate battle flag as a symbol of
slavery... (:05)
--
in: Burn, baby burn. (:03)
out:
---
as others glorified it in the name of heritatge... (:04)
--
State Sen. Glenn McConnell (:05)
South Carolina, 41st District
it is a statement of bravery, courage, dedication.
out:
---
The confederate flag that has waved atop the South Carolina state house
for 38-years, is in its final hours...set to come down July 1st. (:10)
--
Gov. Jim Hodges (:11)
South Carolina
If I had not signed that bill that South Carolina would still be
debating the flag issue and we simply didn't need to do that we need to
try to fashion a compromise which we did.
---
The compromise means flying a so called less offensive confederate flag
30-feet high at this monument honoring soldiers who died fighting to
keep slavery in the south. Still on state grounds. (:12)
--
James Gallman (:13)
Pres., SC NAACP
--
Why not fly it at your own house, why not fly it on the back of your
pick up truck, but the state house is my house, I don't subscribe to it
as being heritage.
--
std up: Of South Carolina's 35 African American lawmakers, Nine voted in
favor of the compromise, most of them state senators and much to the
surprise of the NAACP. (:12)
--
They talked about sticking with the NAACP and not wavering from this.
(:07)
--
State Senator John Matthews was one of them, he insists he supports the
NAACP, yet voted for the compromise. (:07)
---
somebody would say you're working both sides here...no, the issue is
you get it off the statehouse dome, you continue the sanctions, then we
probably can get moved somewhere else another day. (:09)
--
Not good enough for the NAACP...which is expanding its statewide
economic boycott, launched during this January March at the
statehouse...making it clear, the more than century old battle flag is
still at war in South Carolina.
jjcbsnews Columbia (:16).
))
[Wildfires]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Wildfires]
While the wildfire is still burning, the U-S Energy Secretary says the area around the Hanford nuclear site in Washington is safe.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richland, WA;]
The blaze that's burned more than 190- thousand acres and destroyed at least 20 homes over the last three days is almost out.
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson says there's no evidence the fire has contaminated the air or soil.
15 people were injured in the fire-- one of them seriously.
The blaze was ignited by a fatal car crash Tuesday.
Now firefighters are focusing on clean- up in the area.
(------------)
[Pageant]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Miss Virginia Pageant]
Miss Virginia 2-thousand will be crowned tomorrow night. The first 26 contestants from across the state have already started competition.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
From the preliminary competitions on yesterday and today, 10 semifinalist will be chosen for tomorrow's pageant.
Many of the contestants say this is an exciting time.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT5:56:39]
[IN Q=It's a combination]
((RENATA SHEPPARD/MISS PORTSMOUTH SEAWALL FESTIVAL: IT'S A COMBINATION OF ANXIETY AND THRILL OF PERFORMING AND WONDERING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN))
[SUPER=01-Renata Sheppard/Miss Portsmouth Seawall Festival;]
[RUNS=05]
[OUT Q=to happen]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
And whoever wins the pageant will head to Atlantic City for a chance to become Miss America.
(++++++++++)
[TAKE FULL SCREEN 9470 ESSC]
But before that the newly-crowned Miss Virginia will join us on the set for News 7 Sunday Morning, beginning at 8.
(++++++++++)
[Miller]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-11 2:00:49]
[GRAPHIC=Miss Virginia Pageant]
One contestant is not competing because she faces embezzlement charges.
(------------)
[V/O-NAT]
Samantha Miller of Richmond- -winner of the Miss Hampton Holly Days Festival,- -was arrested last week.
The 23-year old graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University is accused of stealing 12-hundred dollars from an employer.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 8:40:50]
[IN Q=Charges have been]
((CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST HER FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. AND IN OUR CONTRACT WITH EACH OF THE CONTESTANTS, IT BASICALLY SAYS IF YOU EVER COMMITTED A FELONY, OR IF YOU HAVE CHARGES PENDING, YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PAGEANT.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Musselwhite/Pageant Director]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=in the pageant]
(------------)
[V/O-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Musselwhite says Miller maintains she's innocent. But the Commonwealth's Attorney in Powhatan County says she embezzled the 12 hundred dollars over a 10-month period while she worked for C-C-I construction as a secretary.
(-------------)[Teacher-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
New information is coming out in the shooting death of a Florida school teacher.
In a taped confession, 13- year- old Nathaniel Brazill allegedly explains why he killed the teacher and how television helped him commit the crime.
Jim Bergamo has the story.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Lake Worth, FL;]
[SUPER=01-Jim Bergamo/Reporting;]
[RUNS=2:07]
[OUT Q=Jim Bergamo, CBS News, Lake Worth, FL. ]
[Amherst-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-25 20:28]
[GRAPHIC=none]
An Amherst teen is in custody charged with shooting his parents. Investigators still do not know why he did it.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Amherst Co.]
It happened at the home of John and Kathy Maddox on Route 60, east of Amherst.
Police say the 15-year old shot and killed his mother, then waited for his father to return home from work before shooting him.
John Maddox survived wounds to his hand and shoulder.. but neither he nor police can say why it happened.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 19:22:01]
[IN Q=And there's no]
((JIMMY AYERS/AMHERST CO. SHERIFF: AND THERE'S NO INDICATION FROM THE SON THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS, NO ARGUMENTS, NO DISAGREEMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE PRECIPITATED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.. NOTHING.))
[SUPER=01-Jimmy Ayers/Amherst Co. Sheriff]
[RUNS=12]
[OUT Q=like this, nothing.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
John Maddox attended his son's advisement hearing in juvenile court yesterday.. the teen was appointed an attorney and ordered held without bond in the Lynchburg detention home.
(------------)
[Freeman]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-23 24:43]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A Danville man has been convicted of using underage girls in pornographic material.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
25-year old Roger Donavan Freeman addressed the court before the judge handed down a seven and a half year prison sentence.
After serving his sentence Freeman will be on three years probation, receive counseling and enter into the sex offender program.
Judge James Ingram convicted Freeman last month of sodomy, statutory rape and child pornography.
Additional charges are pending.
(------------)
[Australia-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Fire Investigation]
A suspect is under arrest in an Australian hotel fire that killed 15 tourists.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Maryborough, Australia;]
Robert Long was handcuffed in a wheelchair, as he was taken to a waiting helicopter this morning.
Long is suspected of starting the fire at a backpackers' hostel.
He was the target of a nationwide manhunt, after witnesses said they saw him near the hotel right before the fire.
[SUPER=03-Childers, Australia;]
The burnt- out hostel has become a shrine for the hundreds of backpackers still visiting the area.
(------------)
[Card-Auction]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The HO- nus Wagner baseball card is considered THE major find for collectors.
You'll get a chance to bid on it on- line, when it goes on sale next Wednesday.
The cherished card could fetch more than a million dollars.
Drew Levinson introduces us to the seller.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Chicago, IL; :00]
[SUPER=01-Michael Gidwitz/Collector; :13]
[SUPER=01-Drew Levinson/Reporting; 1:36]
[RUNS=1:41]
[OUT Q=Drew Levinson, CBS News, Chicago.]
((
Millions know the face of Honus Wagner but few know the face of the man
who bought the worlds most valuable baseball card four years ago for
640-thousand dollars.
That is until now.
(SOT MICHAEL GIDWITZ/COLLECTOR)
I HAD FUN BUYING THE CARD, I HAD FUN OWNING THE CARD, NOW
IM HAVING FUN SELLING IT, ITS LIKE A WEDDING, ILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
THIS.
50-year old Michael Gidwitz says he isnt doing it for one
million dollars he hopes to fetch for the card, but rather to call
attention to his collection a collection that fills up every closet and
almost every shelf and every piece of wall space in his house.
IM SURROUNDED BY THIS AND I GET TO LIVE WITH IT AND ITS
LIKE LIVING IN A MUSEUM.
Gidwitz has 10s of thousands of piecesworth upwards of 20
million dollars. He beams when he shows offthe rarest piecesthe uncut
cards.
(NATSOUND 161034)
THERE IS JUST SO MANYYOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I GOT IN HERE,
SOME GREAT HERES A BOMAN SHEETTHIS IS A 49 BOWMAN UNCUT SHEET.
(NATSOUND )
THIS IS THE EARLIEST SHEET OF BASEBALL CARDS THAT I KNOW
OF.
(NATSOUND PULLING OUT ANOTHER CARD)
And its not just baseball or sports memorabilia for that
matter.
THIS IS MARILYN CHAMBERS ON THE IVORY SNOW BOX.
Hes got wacky cards and 100s of Mad Magazine covers---actually
theyre the original paintings.
And his collection is so big; he had to the buy apartment
next door.
(NATSOUND GOING IN APT)
Though it may not look like itGidwitz seems to know how
find just about everythingeven the Lou Gehrig Card.
(SOT )
You know now thats in the other apartmentlaughs. But you
have it, I have it!
AND WHAT GIDWITZ DOESNT HAVE, ONE DAY HE SAY HE WILL.
DREW LEVINSON, CBS CHICAGO.
))
[Anchor=Kimberly]
[SS=None]
Andrew returns with Growin' It after this.[GROWIN-IT]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=pev]
[TAPE#=500-1 1;07:30]
[GRAPHIC=Growin It]
Fresh, locally grown peaches are now starting to appear on the Farmer's Market, so we sent Patrick Evans to find out more about this year's crop.
Here is today's edition of Growin' It.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=@Patrick1; :00]
[SUPER=01-Mark Woods/Woods Farms; :22]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
[RUNS=1:17]
[OUT Q=Growin It]
by SS