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VO-NAT
A Virginia Tech student is dead after three men allegedly abducted him and
stole his car to use in a string of armed robberies.
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And some 250 workers in Pulaski County will start the new year off without a
job.
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live-head
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Armed-Robbery
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A 22 year- old Virginia Tech student is dead, the victim of a CRIME SPREE
last night that may involve FOUR jurisdictions in the New River Valley.
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VO-NAT
Police say 22 year- old Alexander DeFilippis was abducted while sitting in
his car at the Hethwood (HEETH-wood) Express store in Blacksburg.
On a tip from one of THREE suspects, SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
police found the victim's body in the White-thorn area of Montgomery County.
Authorities suspect DeFilippis may have been killed with a gun stolen in
Floyd County earlier yesterday.
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SOT 23:27:19
((CAPT. O.P. RAMSEY/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THE INFORMATION WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW, THIS BOY WAS SHOT WITH A .38, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE GUN THAT WAS STOLEN FROM FLOYD WAS THE WEAPON THAT WAS USED IN THE
MURDER. ))
SUPER=01-Capt. O.P. Ramsey/Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.;
The suspects were apprehended after they allegedly held up two convenience
stores in Giles County.
Ben Lilly, his brother Mark Lilly, and Gary Barker are all charged with
armed robbery there.
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They could face capital murder charges in Montgomery County.
Layoffs
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In neighboring Pulaski County, about two- hundred- fifty hourly and
salaried employees at the Volvo G-M Heavy Truck Corporation will be LAID OFF in
January.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Dublin/File Tape;
Yesterday, the company announced it would REDUCE it's staff by one hundred
workers next month.
That announcement is in addition to the one hundred to one hundred fifty
layoffs announced in November.
Volvo says the lay offs are necessary because the number of truck orders at
the plant has been decreasing this fall.
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Bosnia
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Advance troops of the U-S and its allies are fanning out across Bosnia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tuzla, Bosnia;
NATO leaders yesterday gave formal approval to operation joint endeavour.
All told, 60- thousand troops are involved including 20- thousand from the
U-S.
SUPER=03-Washington DC/Yesterday;
President Clinton, aware that a majority of Americans still are NOT
convinced of the need to send troops to Bosnia, yesterday tried to put a human
face on his reasoning. He surrounded himself with adults and children forced
to flee the fighting.
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((WE CANNOT ERASE IT'S HORRORS// EDIT TO WE CAN PREVENT FURTHER SUFFERING.
WE CAN NOW HELP IT'S PEOPLE BUILD A FUTURE OF HOPE.))
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The White House also welcomed news that former President George Bush is
URGING congress to adopt a resolution SUPPORTING the mission, despite certain
reservations.
BUDGET
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Also on Capitol Hill yesterday -- a sign of movement at the budget talks.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Capitol Hill;
White house officials and Democratic congressional leaders say they're
preparing a seven-year budget-balancing plan.
The new plan is expected to call for a smaller tax cut and smaller
increases for many domestic programs.
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1-Sports
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In sports, Mike Stevens has a Sugar Bowl update, plus the latest in
negotiations between the N-B-A and the league's referees.
Good morning Mike.
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(Live Interview)
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
SUPER=11-Roanoke;
SUPER=13-Steve Janosko/Flowers & Things;
SUPER=11-Roanoke;
(Toss to Beth)
Monty-Murder
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Three men could face murder charges for an alleged night of terror that left
a Virginia Tech student dead.
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VO-NAT
22 year- old Alexander DeFilippis of McLean, Virginia was abducted while
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; sitting in his car at the Hethwood (HEETH-wood) Express
store in Blacksburg last night.
Police say the three suspects drove him
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
to the Whitethorn area of Montgomery County, forced him to strip and walk,
then shot him in the head.
Police believe the murder weapon may have been stolen in Floyd County
earlier yesterday.
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SOT 23:27:19
IN Q=
((CAPT. O.P. RAMSEY/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THE INFORMATION WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW, THIS BOY WAS SHOT WITH A .38, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE GUN THAT WAS STOLEN IN FLOYD WAS THE WEAPON THAT WAS USED IN HIS
MURDER. ))
SUPER=01-Capt. O.P. Ramsey/Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=in his murder.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.;
Giles County authorities later arrested the men near Eggleston after they
allegedly held up two convenience stores.
Ben Lilly and his brother Mark Lilly, and Gary Barker are being held in the
Giles County jail without bond.
They could face charges of capital murder and abduction in Montgomery
County.
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Thompson
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Accused capital killer Paul David Thompson reached a plea bargain on the
criminal charges he faces in WEST Virginia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday
He's expected to enter a guilty plea in Fairmont, BEFORE he's tried in
Roanoke for the robbery and murder of Virgie Green.
Thompson's attorneys advised the judge in ROANOKE yesterday they expect
Thompson will be sentenced to "LIFE without mercy" in West Virginia.
That means the 26- year- old killer will have NO chance of parole in that
case.
Prosecutors HERE will ask the jury for a DEATH sentence.
The judge agreed to bring in one HUNDRED potential jurors for the lawyers to
chose from.
SUPER=04-November, 1994
Green's body was found in the trunk of a car behind her home in Old
Southwest last year.
Trial in that case is set to begin Monday.
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Henry-Bus
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A Henry County girl is in serious condition after she was struck by a car
while walking to her bus stop.
Authorities say Amanda Wagoner was crossing Route 57, just east of
Martinsville yesterday morning.
The car apparently failed to stop for the bus' flashing lights-- and struck
Wagoner.
Charges are pending against the driver.
State police are still investigating.
Rickett
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
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TAPE#95-93
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And in Bath County, a former bank manager who FAKED a bank robbery pleaded
GUILTY to embezzling nearly thirty-thousand dollars.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bath Co./Yesterday;
Last March, Robin Rickett said a black man dressed in dark clothing robbed
her bank and fled on foot.
But apparently Rickett was a suspect from the beginning.
She was indicted in June by a grand jury on 17 charges, including fraud and
forgery.
SUPER=03-Bath Co./March 30;
Police say she used names of fictitious customers to make fake loans to
herself at the State Bank of the Alleghanies.
Rickett finally confessed to state police that she took the money.
She sobbed in court yesterday as she agreed to give the bank twenty-thousand
dollars from her retirement fund as partial restitution.
She'll be sentenced later.
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2-scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
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Time now for a look at sports.
In the N-H-L -- Philadelphia's eight-game win streak ended with a
loss in Detroit.
Let's take a look at the scoreboards.
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SUPER=103-Boston/==6/Dallas/==4//Toronto/==4/Ottawa/==1;
SUPER=103-Pittsburgh/==6/NY Islanders/==3//Colorado/=12/San Jose/==2;
SUPER=103-St. Louis/==1/Calgary/==1//Vancouver/==6/Edmonton/==2;
Two-Larry
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TAPE#M95-10 Jorans
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SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
SUPER=11-Roanoke;
(Roll cue:) Decorating the home using themes.
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SUPER=13-Randall Neely/Joran's Designer; :30
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Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT
Three men allegedly abducted and murdered a Virginia Tech student last night
and then used his car to help them commit a string of armed robberies.
The suspects were apprehended early this morning in Giles County.
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VO-NAT
ANCHOR=Beth
Some 250 workers at the Volvo-GM plant in Pulaski County will start the new
year off without a job.
That's on top of more than one hundred layoffs announced in November.
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VO-NAT
ANCHOR=Melanie
And the 13- day strike in France may be nearing an end following the largest
demonstrations yet in the walkout.
France's prime minister says he's ready to talk about changes in the social
security plan, the main issue of the strike.
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And that's what's making news on this Wednesday, December 6th.
ANCHOR=Beth
Stick around, News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
Abduction
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morning
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-
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A 22 year- old Virginia Tech student is dead, the victim of a CRIME SPREE
last night that may involve FOUR jurisdictions in the New River Valley.
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VO-NAT
Police say 22 year- old Alexander DeFilippis was abducted while sitting in
his car at the Hethwood (HEETH-wood) Express store in Blacksburg.
On a tip from one of THREE suspects, SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
police found the victim's body in the White-thorn area of Montgomery County.
Authorities suspect DeFilippis may have been killed with a gun stolen in
Floyd County earlier yesterday.
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SOT 23:27:19
((CAPT. O.P. RAMSEY/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THE INFORMATION WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW, THIS BOY WAS SHOT WITH A .38, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE GUN THAT WAS STOLEN FROM FLOYD WAS THE WEAPON THAT WAS USED IN THE
MURDER. ))
SUPER=01-Capt. O.P. Ramsey/Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=in the murder.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.;
The suspects were apprehended after they allegedly held up two convenience
stores in Giles County.
Ben Lilly, his brother Mark Lilly, and Gary Barker are all charged with
armed robbery there.
They could face capital murder charges in Montgomery County.
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troops
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NATO is moving ahead with the deployment of 60-thousand troops to keep the
peace in Bosnia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Brussels/Yesterday;
Yesterday, NATO ministers gave formal APPROVAL to the LARGEST operation in
NATO history.
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SOT
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((WARREN CHRISTOPHER/THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SOLDIERS FROM VIRTUALLY EVERY
EUROPEAN POWER
WILL SERVE TOGETHER IN A COMMON MILITERAY OPERATION//ALL SHARING THE SAME RISKS
ON THE SAME SOIL UNDER THE SAME BANNER AT THE SAME TIME. ))
SUPER=01-Warren Christopher/Sec. of State;
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OUT Q=at the same time.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tuzla;
The NATO blessing on the mission came as an advance team of American
soldiers arrived in Tuzla to prepare the U-S headquarters and other facilities.
The bulk of the U-S troops will arrive in Tuzla after the Bosnia Peace
Treaty is signed in Paris on December 14.
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As the American mission begins in Bosnia- a fight on HOME turf turned the
eyes of the U.S. military to Richmond yesterday.
Gays-Military
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President Clinton's "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy on gays in the military
made it to its first federal appeals court.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=The full
SUPER=03-Richmond/Yesterday; :00
SUPER=01-Paul Thomasson/Former Navy Lieutenant; :13
SUPER=@file; :39
SUPER=@Ellen2; :50
SUPER=01-Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis/Family Research Council; :56
SUPER=01-Allan Moore/Thomasson's Attorney; 1:08
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OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( All 13 judges in Richmond's federal appeals court presided over a standing
room only court.
Former Navy Lieutenant Paul Thomasson started it all when he told his
commander he was gay.
The Navy discharged him.
SOT 03:14:11
((PAUL THOMASSON/FORMER NAVY LIEUTENANT: I HOPE THAT THEY FIND THAT THIS
POLICY THAT -- THAT -- SORRY -- THIS POLICY THAT TELLS GAY AND LESBIAN SERVICE
MEMBERS THAT THEY CAN GO IN HARM'S WAY FOR THEIR COUNTRY, BUT THAT THEY CAN'T
COME OUT AND TRY TO DISPEL THE STEREOTYPES OR OVERCOME THE PREJUDICE WITH WHICH
THEY SUFFER IS ABSOLUTELY INIMICAL TO THE VERY CONSTITUTION THAT THEY'VE ALL
SWORN TO DEFEND.))
RUNS=:26
The Justice Department is defending Bill Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell"
compromise -- arguing that "telling" could imply one was engaging in homosexual
sex.
THAT would be a Navy no no.
The ultra-conservative Family Research Council argued against Thomasson, too
-- but with a different spin.
sot 03:18:07
((LT. COL. ROBERT MAGINNIS/FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: BACK IN '93, THE CONGRESS
PASSED A LAW AFTER A GREAT DEBATE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THE CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO SUBVERT THE LAW. TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT HOMOSEXUALS TO SERVE. AND THEY ARE NOW ALLOWING
HOMOSEXUALS TO SERVE.))
RUNS=:12
sot 03:15:26
((ALLAN MOORE/THOMASSON'S ATTORNEY: THE POINT HERE IS THAT POLICY ADMITS THAT
SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS NOT A BAR TO SERVICE, AND PEOPLE KEEP OVERLOOKING THAT
POINT.06 SO AS LONG AS IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY AND SERVE, THE STATEMENT "I AM
GAY" DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT'S ACTIONABLE.))
RUNS=:12
The appeals court will NOT rule before next year.
Whatever the outcome, the question will likely end up at the steps of the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
Volvo
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As many as two hundred- fifty hourly and salaried workers will be looking
for NEW jobs in January when Pulaski County's Volvo G-M Heavy Truck Corporation
LAYS OFF employees.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Dublin/File Tape;
Yesterday, the company announced it would REDUCE it's staff by one hundred
workers next month.
That announcement is in addition to the one hundred to one hundred fifty
layoffs announced in November.
Volvo says the lay offs are necessary because the number of truck orders at
the plant has been decreasing.
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wipe wipe wipe
FRENCH-STRIKE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Paris;
In France, striking public workers held their BIGGEST and NASTIEST
demonstrations to date yesterday.
Half- a- million people braved snow and freezing temperatures hitting the
streets across the country to protest the government plan to cut social
security and pensions.
Today, there are signs that the two sides are hunting for a way to end the
strike.
Prime Minister Alain Juppe (al-AN' zhoo-PAY') says the door is open to
discussions about changes in the social security plan.
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XMAS-TREE
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
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GRAPHIC=Christmas
O Christmas Tree!!
That's the cry going out in midtown Manhattan with the lighting of the
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-New York, NY/Last Night;
Specially chosen guests, including children from an HIV care center, flipped
the switch and turned on a glowing sign of the holiday season.
The Norway spruce stands 75-feet high and 35-feet wide.
It takes 25- thousand bulbs and more than five miles of wires to light the
tree.
The spruce is the gift of a New Jersey convent.
It will remain trimmed until January 2nd.
Grammy Award winning singer Luther Vandross emceed the event.
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3-Sports
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NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
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In sports, Mike Stevens has the latest in college hoop action, plus
highlights of last night's Express game.
Good morning Mike.
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Birthdays
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OUT Q=BACK to you (music under)
Three-Larry
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(Live Interview)
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
SUPER=11-Roanoke;
SUPER=13-Jean Thorne/Flowers & Things;
SUPER=11-Roanoke;
(Toss to bump)
Murder
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A Virginia Tech student is dead and three men face murder charges following
a crime spree in the New River Valley last night.
doublebox=mel/tal
Tracy Altizer has been following the developments and joins us from
Blacksburg with this EXCLUSIVE report.
LIVE=tal/full
SUPER=@Tracy1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
Melanie, the three suspects may face charges including abduction, capital
murder and armed robbery.
Their alleged night of terror started at the Hethwood Express convenience
store in Blacksburg sometime before nine p.m.
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SOT
IN Q=22 year- old Alexander
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :05
SUPER=01-Bill Brown/Blacksburg Police Chief; :13
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.; :29
SUPER=01-Capt. O.P. Ramsey/Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :46
SUPER=03-Giles Co.; :57
SUPER=01-E. L. Montgomery/Narrows Police; 1:14
RUNS=1:33
OUT Q=Giles County jail.
((22 year- old Alexander DeFilippis waited in his car while his cousin entered
the convenience store to copy some papers.
His cousin called police after a witness alerted him to trouble outside.
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SOT
((BILL BROWN/BLACKSBURG POLICE CHIEF: A COLLEGE-AGE MALE WENT INTO THE HETHWOOD
EXPRESS AND SAYS "YOUR FRIEND OUT THERE IS BEING ABDUCTED." AND WHEN HE WENT
OUTSIDE TO CHECK ON HIS FRIEND, THE CAR WAS GONE AND HIS FRIEND WAS GONE. ))
RUNS=:12
Brown says the three suspects abandoned a vehicle that ran out of gas
outside the store.
They allegedly drove the victim's car to the Whitethorn area of Montgomery
County, where police say they forced DeFilippis to get out of the car, take off
his clothes and start walking.
Police say a cooperative suspect told them Ben Lilly then shot DeFilippis in
the head, and also told them where to find the body.
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SOT 23:30:33
((CAPT. O.P. RAMSEY/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: GILES CALLED BLACKSBURG,
BLACKSBURG NOTIFIED OUR DEPARTMENT, THAT SENT THE DEPUTY DOWN HERE CHECKING
THIS AREA, WHICH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY. ))
RUNS=:11
Ramsey says the three suspects drove on to Giles County, where they
allegedly held up two convenience stores.
Authorities apprehended two of the men when they stopped near Eggleston in
the victim's car.
They say Ben Lilly surrendered peacefully. They found another man, Gary
Barker hiding nearby.
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SOT 19:25:35
((E.L. MONTGOMERY/NARROWS POLICE: AND THEN WE OBSERVED ONE INDIVIDUAL DOWN
THERE WITH A RIFLE, SITTING DOWN IN THE GULLEY, AND HE HAD THE RIFLE TO HIS
HEAD, SAID HE WAS GONNA BLOW HIS HEAD OFF. ))
RUNS=:10
Police captured Ben Lilly's brother, Mark Lilly running along route 460 in
Pembroke.
All three suspects are being held without bond in the Giles County jail.))
ANCHOR=tracy
LIVE=tracy/full
As for the eyewitness at Hethwood, he apparently left the scene.
Authorities are asking him and and anyone else who may have witnessed the
incidents to call Blacksburg police or the Montgomery County sheriff's
department.
ANCHOR=Melanie q and a
(Have any charges been filed in Floyd county?)
Jobs
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=MORN
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# edit of
GRAPHIC=layoffs
In nearby Pulaski County, the Volvo G-M Heavy Truck Corporation is laying
off up to two hundred- fifty hourly and salaried workers in January.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Dublin/File Tape;
Yesterday, the company announced it would reduce it's staff by one hundred
workers next month.
In November, the plant announced plans to lay off one hundred to one hundred
fifty workers.
Volvo says the lay offs are necessary because the number of truck orders at
the plant has been decreasing.
The plant currently produces 80 trucks a day, but will reduce it's
production to 64 trucks per day in January.
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Bus
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=none
Authorities say Amanda Wagoner is in serious condition after she was struck
by a car while walking to her bus stop.
The accident happened yesterday morning on Route 57, just east of
Martinsville.
The car apparently failed to stop for the bus' flashing lights-- and struck
Wagoner.
Charges are pending against the driver.
State police are still investigating.
Ax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#edit of 95-110
GRAPHIC=NONE
And three people were injured last night when the vehicle they were riding
in flipped over an embankment in Roanoke County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Last Night;
Police say 23-year-old George Pritchard of Roanoke County was northbound on
Olsen Road when he came upon a sharp curve.
Pritchard and his two passengers, Allison Brown and Daniel Fletcher - both
23 - were taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.
Authorities say Pritchard has been charged with failing to maintain control
of his vehicle.
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4-scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
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In college basketball, the Cavs lost to Vanderbilt last night.
Let's take a look at the scoreboards.
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SUPER=97-Vanderbilt/=61/Virginia/=48//Michigan/=69/LSU/=68;
SUPER=97-Villanova/=70/Miami - Fl./=68//Arizona/=84/Montana/=66;
SUPER=97-Memphis/=89/Ga. State/=69//Miss. St./123/Troy State/=73;
SUPER=97-Arkansas/104/Missouri/=93//Iowa/=78/Northern Iowa/=73;
SUPER=96-New York/=92/Dallas/=87//Indiana/108/Philadelphia/=91;
SUPER=96-Houston/103/Utah/100//San Antonio/117/LA Lakers/=89;
SUPER=96-Phoenix/112/Vancouver/108//Seattle/119/Toronto/=89;
SUPER=96-Orlando/114/LA Clippers/105;