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7Henry-Murder

ANCHOR=Melanie
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Henry County authorities are looking for answers in the murder of a Martinsville High School Student.
The body of 15-year old Lavina Scales was found off Route 6-79 in Bassett last night, after a motorist spotted the body in a wooded ravine.
Police say she had been shot.
Scales had been reported as runaway, and was last seen by her family Monday afternoon.

7DANVILLE-AX


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TAPE#95-88
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Less than a week after a deadly car accident that took the lives of two grade schoolers, the children's relatives are arrested for blocking the intersection where the collision occurred.
They say it's a dangerous highway that needs improvements.
Teresa Hamilton has more.
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IN =Two lives
SUPER=01-Tammy Mustain/Children's Mother; :00 QUICK!
SUPER=03-Danville/Yesterday; :13
SUPER=01-Robert Jones/Children's Grandfather; :33
SUPER=01-Raymond Mustain/Children's Stepfather; 1:13 QUICK!!
SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:20
RUNS=1:29
OUT Q=Hamilton, News 7, Danville.
((TAMMY MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S MOTHER: TWO LIVES HAVE BEEN TAKEN. THIS IS EXTREME? THIS IS NOT EXTREME, THIS IS A START.))
((Tammy Mustain has turned the loss of her two children into a mission.
She met with officials from the Virginia Department of Transportation Wednesday morning.
But when Traffic Engineer R. B. Moore could not promise a bridge over the intersection the family took matters into their own hands.
Using their own vehicles, they blocked the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Route 265.
The children's grandfather was the first to be arrested. ((ROBERT JONES/CHILDREN'S GRANDFATHER: UNTIL THEY DO SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. Q: SO, YOU'RE WILLING TO GO TO JAIL TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT? A: YES. ))
Jones' son was also arrested for impeding traffic.
Danville police asked the family several times to leave.
Then the children's step-father was the third to be arrested. ((Q: THIS IS AN AWFULLY DESPERATE MEASURE? POLICE OFFICER: NO, NO. RAYMOND MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S STEP-FATHER: SHE CAN INTERVIEW ME. SHE HAS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. REPORTER: I CAN INTERVIEW HIM. TELL US WHY YOU FEEL THIS IS NECESSARY? RAYMOND MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S STEP-FATHER: BECAUSE THE CITY WANTS TO COVER IT UP THAT'S WHY. Q: IF THERE'S ONE THING YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? RAYMOND MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S STEP-FATHER: DON'T COME UP THIS HIGHWAY, ITS A DANGEROUS HIGHWAY, THE CITY IS COVERING IT UP. ME AND THEIR GRANDFATHER TOOK A STAND BECAUSE THE CITY AIN'T DOING NOTHING BUT SITTING ON THEIR BUTTS.))
All three family members were released from police custody.
A fund has been set up at all branches of People's Bank in Danville to pay for the children's funeral expenses.
Teresa Hamilton, News 7, Danville.))
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7Drug-arrests


ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#95-73
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Danville's year long mission to clear the streets of durg dealers appears to be paying off.
Yesterday City
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/Yesterday;
and state police announced that warrants were issued for 85- people, as a result of an intensive investigation known as Operation Knockout.
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IN Q=We always
((NEAL MORRIS/DANVILLE POLICE CHIEF: WE ALWAYS SEE AN IMPROVEMENT WHEN WE HAVE A DRUG ROUNDUP LIKE THIS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST AS HAPPY THAT DEAL DRUGS WHEN WE MAKE THESE ARRESTS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT BETTER FOR THEM TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS LATER ON AND SO WE HAVE TO KEEP A CONSTANT VIGIL GOING ON FOR THIS. ))
SUPER=01-Neal Morris/Danville Police Chief;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=for this.
ANCHOR=Melanie
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Police say 10- of those charged were underage.
So far, 65- people have already been picked up.

7Tench


ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE# 95-75
GRAPHIC=State Seal

The Virginia Supreme Court is standing behing the state's tough new drunken driven law.
The law allows police to sieze the licenses of those suspected of drinking and driving.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file

The controversial law has been an enforcement HEADACHE for police officers, judges, and prosecutors since it took effect in January.
SUPER=03-Henrico Co.;

David Tench-- a Henrico County driver gave the law its FIRST appeals court test.
Tench's attorney argued the seven- day license seizure was double jeopardy, punishing the driver twice for the same crime.
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TALENT=Melanie
SS=HOLD

The Appeals Court says NO--
Suspending a drunken driver's license for seven days is NOT a punishment, but a way of getting him OFF the highway for a week.
No word yet if Tench will appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court.

7weather


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Turning now to weather,
It's going to be another sunny day, but clouds will be increasing.
Temperatures will be in the 60s.
Tonight, it's going to be cool with lows dipping into the mid 40s.

55Henry-Murder


ANCHOR=Melanie
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A Martinsville High School student has been found shot to death.
A motorist spotted the body of 15-year old Lavina Scales in a wooded ravine off Route 6-79 last night.
Scales had been reported as a runaway and was last seen by her family Monday afternoon.

55Arrests


ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE# edit of 95-88
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Family members of two children killed in a car wreck last week were arrested for blocking the intersection where the collision occurred.
The grandfather, uncle and stepfather of the victims were put behind bars for their actions.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/Yesterday;

The family of 12-year-old Jami Earles and her ten-year-old brother -- James -- wants the intersection of Route 2-65 and Elizabeth Street changed to prevent more deaths.
The Elizabeth Street intersection is the only entrance to the bypass around Danville that does not have entrance ramps and an underpass.
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55Justice-House


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-89
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Residents of Roanoke's Justice House are looking for a new home.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday;

Building inspectors condemned the facility yesterday and told everyone to move out as soon as possible.
That came as no suprise to residents of the low income apartment complex. The building has no electricity and no water.
Still, there are some who refuse leave.
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SOT 4:12:52
IN Q=I'm staying here
((CONNIE RITTER/JUSTICE HOUSE RESIDENT: I'M STAYING HERE. I AIN'T LEAVING. IF THE COPS COME UP HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAUL ME OUT OF HERE AND PUT MY BUTT UNDER THE JAIL! I AM NOT LEAVING. ))
SUPER=01-Connie Ritter/Justice House Resident;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=I am not leaving.
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VO-NAT

The majority of the residents ARE moving out.
They say they simply can't put their children in danger.
City officials say the building needs a number of repairs.
That coupled with the loss of utilities forced them to shut it down.
Roanoke Area Ministries says it will offer financial assistance to any Justice House resident.
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55Lippard


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
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TAPE#edit of 94-106
GRAPHIC=Lippard

A former Virginia beauty queen is trying to get her convictions overturned.

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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lewisburg, WV/January 4;

Twenty-four-year-old Tracy Lippard is serving time in a West Virginia jail for attacking a romatic rival's family. She was convicted of seven misdeameanors.
Her attorney filed an appeal yesterday with a West Virginia circuit court, contending Lippard did NOT receive a fair trial.
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55Bedford-Merger


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
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TAPE#95-92
GRAPHIC=Bedford County
The controversial issue of consolidation goes before the voters in Bedford County in November.
Bedford City and County are considering a merger that would protect the county from annexation at the hands of Lynchburg.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Moneta/Last Night;

It's been a HOT issue for more than a year, but just a handful of people turned out for an informational forum in Moneta last night.
Government officials answered residents' questions about the proposed merger.
They say IF it does happen, most people WILL NOT notice the difference.
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SOT 20:05:23
IN Q=We said the
((BILL ROLFE/BEDFORD CO. ADMINISTRATOR: WE SAID THE OTHER DAY THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, THE ONLY CHANGE THEY WERE GOING TO NOTICE WAS THE LETTERHEAD ON THE STATIONERY AND THAT'S ALL THEY WOULD SEE, AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH TRUE.))
SUPER=01-Bill Rolfe/Bedford Co. Administrator; :00
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=pretty much true.
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VO-NAT

Some Smith Mountain Lake residents are against consolidation.
They say it would prevent their community from ever becoming its own incorporated town.
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55Henrico


ANCHOR=Melanie
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Some big names in the computer business may be setting up shop in the Richmond area.
The "Richmond Times-Dispatch" reports this morning that Motorola and Siemens A-G of Germany are considering Henrico County as a possible site for a one-point-five billion-dollar computer chip plant.
Citing an un-named source, the paper says the companies are looking at a state-owned site near the Richmond International Airport.
In a joint statement issued yesterday in Munich, the companies announced their partnership in a U-S-based chip plant.
The companies declined to say where the plant would be located.
State and local officials had no comment on any possible link between the announcement and the airport site.

55weather


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Turning now to weather,
It's going to be another sunny day, with increasing clouds..
Temperatures will be in the 60s.

8Henry-Murder


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=Murder

A Martinsville High School student has been found murdered.
A motorist spotted the body of 15-year old Lavina Scales in a wooded ravine off Route 6-79 last night.
Police say she was shot to death.
Scales was last seen by her family Monday afternoon. She had been reported as a runaway.

8DANVILLE-AX


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THA
TAPE#95-88
GRAPHIC=NONE

A Danville family returns to the site of a fatal car accident that took the lives of their two children.
They were there to protest the section of highway they consider dangerous and responsible for their children's deaths.
But the demonstration led to arrests.
Teresa Hamilton reports.
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IN =Two lives
SUPER=01-Tammy Mustain/Children's Mother; :00 QUICK!
SUPER=03-Danville/Yesterday; :13
SUPER=01-Robert Jones/Children's Grandfather; :33
SUPER=01-Raymond Mustain/Children's Stepfather; 1:13 QUICK!!
SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:20
RUNS=1:29
OUT Q=Hamilton, News 7, Danville.
((TAMMY MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S MOTHER: TWO LIVES HAVE BEEN TAKEN. THIS IS EXTREME? THIS IS NOT EXTREME, THIS IS A START.))
((Tammy Mustain has turned the loss of her two children into a mission.
She met with officials from the Virginia Department of Transportation Wednesday morning.
But when Traffic Engineer R. B. Moore could not promise a bridge over the intersection the family took matters into their own hands.
Using their own vehicles, they blocked the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Route 265.
The children's grandfather was the first to be arrested. ((ROBERT JONES/CHILDREN'S GRANDFATHER: UNTIL THEY DO SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. Q: SO, YOU'RE WILLING TO GO TO JAIL TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT? A: YES. ))
Jones' son was also arrested for impeding traffic.
Danville police asked the family several times to leave.
Then the children's step-father was the third to be arrested. ((Q: THIS IS AN AWFULLY DESPERATE MEASURE? POLICE OFFICER: NO, NO. RAYMOND MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S STEP-FATHER: SHE CAN INTERVIEW ME. SHE HAS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. REPORTER: I CAN INTERVIEW HIM. TELL US WHY YOU FEEL THIS IS NECESSARY? RAYMOND MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S STEP-FATHER: BECAUSE THE CITY WANTS TO COVER IT UP THAT'S WHY. Q: IF THERE'S ONE THING YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? RAYMOND MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S STEP-FATHER: DON'T COME UP THIS HIGHWAY, ITS A DANGEROUS HIGHWAY, THE CITY IS COVERING IT UP. ME AND THEIR GRANDFATHER TOOK A STAND BECAUSE THE CITY AIN'T DOING NOTHING BUT SITTING ON THEIR BUTTS.))
All three family members were released from police custody.
A fund has been set up at all branches of People's Bank in Danville to pay for the children's funeral expenses.
Teresa Hamilton, News 7, Danville.))
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8Bypass


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#95-83
GRAPHIC=none

Improvements in travel along route 4-60 in Montgomery County are in the works.
Construction is still a few years away, but the public is getting a peek at the plans.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Yesterday;

The Virginia Department of Transportation's proposal is a two- phased project.
It will create a three- mile bypass between Blacksburg and Christiansburg-- and a one- mile extension to a new interchange with Interstate 81.
The 135- million- dollar plan is designed to ease traffic congestion-- as well as to promote economic development.
But there's some opposition among residents who will be displaced by the project.
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SOT 16:05:01
IN Q=We certainly
((DAN BRUGH/VA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION: WE CERTAINLY ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT THERE TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE WERE GOING TO AFFECT. CERTAINLY, THIS IS NEW TO THEM AND THEY DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, AND WE HOPE WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT. ))
SUPER=01-Dan Brugh/VA Dept. of Transportation;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=to minimize the impact
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While they are not thrilled about having to move-- some residents say the road is necessary.
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SOT 16:17:50
IN Q=I think the road
((DOROTHY SNIDER/CHRISTIANSBURG RESIDENT: I THINK THE ROAD IS REALLY A GOOD THING TO HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT THERE LATER ON IN YEARS. ))
SUPER=01-Dorothy Snider/Christiansburg Resident;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=later on in years
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VO-NAT

V-Dot expects to start building the new highway in 19-98-- at the earliest.
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8weather


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Taking a look now at weather for your Thursday,
It will be sunny, with clouds moving in by late this afternoon.
Temperatures are going to be in the 60s. Tonight, you can expect cool temperatures in the mid 40s.
by SS