Morning news AM cutins on WDBJ 7 12/29/95

08:25-01

7Amherst-Body

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=jmo
TAPE#95-108
GRAPHIC=None

It's the second time in two months that hunters have found a body in the woods of Amherst County.
Now the Sheriff's Department there says there may be a connection between the body of an apparent murder victim found yesterday and one found last month.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Amherst Co./Yesterday;

The hunters discovered the body of 32- year- old Jacquelyn Dorsey Carter at about 8:30 in the morning.
At the time Buck and Gordon Mathews were hunting off Earley Farm Road.
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SOT 6:32:09
IN Q=Yea, I was
((BUCK MATHEWS/FOUND BODY: YEA, I WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO SAW IT. I SAID GORDON LOOK A YONDER AND IT WAS A SHOCK. DON'T MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LAYING THERE DEAD. ))
SUPER=07-Buck Mathews;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=laying there dead.
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VO-NAT

Gordon Mathews had been by that same spot a day earlier.
He left there at about 11:30 in the morning.
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SOT 6:29:29
IN Q=Would you
((REPORTER: WOULD YOU HAVE NOTICED THE BODY THERE YESTERDAY? GORDON MATHEWS/FOUND BODY: OH YEA. IT WAS DIFFERENT TRACKS. SOMEBODY CAME IN AFTER I WENT OUT. ))
SUPER=07-Gordon Mathews;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=I went out.
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VO-NAT

An investigator from the department says the Lynchburg woman was identified through her fingerprints.
An autopsy will be performed this morning.
SUPER=04-November 24;

Just last month, two other hunters found the body of Robin Jeanette Burge in the Galt's Mill area, which is less than five miles from where the Carter's body was found.
No one has been arrested in the Burge case.
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7Monty-Fatal

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-109
GRAPHIC=NONE

An accident in Montgomery County involving a tractor trailor has left one person dead and two others injured.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./Yesterday;

State police say 59- year- old Rupert Guy Marshall was traveling on Interstate 81 when he attempted to move his vehilce into the right lane.
According to witnesses, Marshall tried to swerve back left to avoid hitting an Oldsmobile.
The truck jackknifed, it's trailer rear-ended the car, and both vehicles lost control and ran off the road.
Marshall was thrown from his rig and died at the scene.
The victims in the car are in stable condition.
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7Metzger

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#95-104
GRAPHIC=Metzger

The state's former parole board chairman is cleared of criminal charges in a state police investigaiton.
While the investigation found he broke parole board policy it concluded his actions did NOT violate state law.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
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IN Q=Last month
SUPER=@file; :00
SUPER=01-Col. Wayne Huggins/Va. State Police Superintendent; :18
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:09
RUNS=1:28
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Chesterfield County.
(( Last month, John Metzger ended a career leap from the U.S. Marshall's office in Roanoke to the head of George Allen's tough new parole board amid scandalous allegations.
The most damaging was that Metzger had had parolees re-arrested after their M.E.D. or minimum expiration date for their parole period.
sot 07:33:08
((COL. WAYNE HUGGINS/VA. STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT: OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS OF TRADITION, THE M.E.D. HAS COME TO BE THE DATE THAT THEY WERE IN FACT RELEASED. AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE PAROLE BOARD THROUGH PRACTICE HAS INTERPRETED THE M.E.D. WHEN THE CODE APPARENTLY DOES NOT SAY THAT.))
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Metzger was also cleared of a perjury allegation related to one of these re-arrests.
And State Police say they found "NO hard evidence" of racist behavior.
But as for the sexual jokes...
sot 07:34:38
((COL. WAYNE HUGGINS: ATTEMPTS AT HUMOR IS THE WAY IT WAS REFERENCED. CRUDE JOKES. CRUDE REMARKS. THAT TYPE OF THING THAT OFFENDED SOME OF THOSE THAT WERE PRESENT WHEN THOSE REMARKS WERE MADE. WE DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE THAT THERE HAD BEEN TOUCHING OR SEXUAL ADVANCES.))
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SOT STANDUP
((PUBLIC SAFETY SECRETARY JERRY KILGORE SAYS PAROLE BOARD POLICIES ARE NOW BEING CHANGED TO GIVE PAROLE BOARD MEMBERS AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AS THE LAW ACTUALLY ALLOWS. THAT'S THANKS TO, BUT WITHOUT, JOHN METZGER, WHOM KILGORE WISHES WELL IN THE FUTURE. ELLEN QUALLS, NEWS 7, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.))
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55Dorsey

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=jmo
TAPEedit of #95-108
GRAPHIC=NONE

Amherst County authorities believe they have a second homicide on their hands.
They say there may be a connection between the body of a woman found yesterday and one found last month.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Amherst Co./Yesterday;

Two hunters discovered the body of 32- year- old Jacquelyn Dorsey Carter.
An autopsy will be performed this morning.
SUPER=04-November 24;

Just last month, two other hunters found the body of Robin Jeanette Burge in the Galt's Mill area, which is less than five miles from where Carter's body was found.
No one has been arrested in the Burge murder.
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55Mont-Sheriff

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-106
GRAPHIC=NONE

Montgomery County is losing two of its top cops - but not by their own choice.
Incoming Sheriff Doug Marrs is terminating Captain of Law Enforcement O.P. Ramsey and Chief Deputy Dan Haga.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

Haga did not support Marrs when Marrs defeated him for the Republican nomination.
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;

Ramsey ran unsuccessfully for sheriff as an independent.
When he entered the race, Ramsey says Marrs threatened him to try to get him to back out.
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SOT 11:38:04
IN Q=
((O.P. RAMSEY/CAPT. OF LAW ENFORCEMENT: HE SAID "WELL YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SUPPORT ME AND IF YOU HADN'T DONE THIS YOU WOULD'VE HAD A JOB. YOU HAVE A JOB, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS." ))
SUPER=01-O.P. Ramsey/Capt. of Law Enforcement;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=have to do this.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

Ramsey is 10 months shy of retirement eligibility.
He and Haga have 54 years of law enforcement experience between them.
Marrs would not comment other than to say he's making appointments based on the best qualifications.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE

It is common for new sheriffs to name their own chief deputies and top administrators.

55Spring-Hollow

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#95-96
GRAPHIC=Roanoke County
CORRECTION --
The three year, three billion GALLON water project in Roanoke County is just about complete.
Joe Dashiell reports from the Spring Hollow Reservoir where the final details are falling into place.
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IN Q=The water level
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co. :00
SUPER=01-Gary Robertson/Roanoke Co. Utilities Director; :21
SUPER=@Joe1; :38
RUNS=1:09
OUT Q=JD News 7

((The water level at the Spring Hollow Reservoir is still about 20 feet below full pond, but that won't stop the county from turning on the tap in mid- January.
In the filtration building, workers are producing a shower of sparks, but the work there is virtually complete, the equipment prepared to treat fifteen million gallons of water a day.
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IN Q=It's been a long time
((GARY ROBERTSON/ROANOKE CO. UTILITIES DIRECTOR: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. FIRST WE HAD THE PROJECT JUST DEALING WITH THE DAM AND THE RESERVOIR AND THEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THE WATER LINES AND THE TREATMENT PLANT, BUT IT'S ALL GOING TO BE READY AND COMING TOGETHER JANUARY 13TH.))
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OUT Q=January 13th.

And as for rumors the dam has sprung a leak, Robertson says it isn't so. STAND-UP BRIDGE
Dams made of roller compacted concrete allow some seepage, and this dam is no exception,
But county officials say the amount of water they are losing each day is
well within the designer's estimates. (/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=The last couple of weeks
((GARY ROBERTSON/UTILITIES DIRECTOR: THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN VERY HECTIC AND PROBABLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WILL STILL BE HECTIC, BUT WE NOW KNOW THE END IS IN SIGHT AND WE CAN BE READY TO PRODUCE WATER.))
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OUT Q=ready to produce water.

And ready to produce enough water, planners believe, to satisfy Roanoke County's needs for the next 40 to 50 years.
Joe Dashiell News 7))

55Toothbrushes

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# edit of 95-96 toothbrushes
GRAPHIC=none

The signs of the season are starting to come down, and that includes an unusual holiday decoration at the Rockbridge County Courthouse.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington/Last Week;

Festive red toothbrushes that outlined the edges of the Courthouse lawn.
Despite nationwide publicity, no one has been able to explain the significance of the 53 toothbrushes.
They mysteriously appeared just before Christmas.
The courthouse left the toothbrushes in the ground for a week as a sort of holiday observance.
On Tuesday, they were pulled up.
The courthouse is saving them, and might put them out again next year.
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8Body

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=jmo
TAPE#95-108
GRAPHIC=NONE

Authorities believe the body of an apparent murder victim discovered yesterday in Amherst County may have some connection to a body found nearby last month.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Amherst Co./Yesterday;

Two hunters discovered the body of 32- year- old Jacquelyn Dorsey Carter early yesterday morning.
Buck and Gordon Mathews were hunting off Earley Farm Road.
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SOT 6:32:09
IN Q=Yea, I was
((BUCK MATHEWS/FOUND BODY: YEA, I WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO SAW IT. I SAID GORDON LOOK A YONDER AND IT WAS A SHOCK. DON'T MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LAYING THERE DEAD. ))
SUPER=07-Buck Mathews;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=laying there dead.
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VO-NAT

Gordon Mathews had been by that same spot a day earlier.
He left there at about 11:30 in the morning.
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SOT 6:29:29
IN Q=Would you
((REPORTER: WOULD YOU HAVE NOTICED THE BODY THEIR YESTERDAY? GORDON MATHEWS/FOUND BODY: OH YEA. IT WAS DIFFERENT TRACKS. SOMEBODY CAME IN AFTER I WENT OUT. ))
SUPER=07-Gordon Mathews;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=I went out.
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VO-NAT

An investigator from the department says the Lynchburg woman was identified through her fingerprints.
An autopsy will be performed this morning.
SUPER=04-November 24;

Just last month, two other hunters found the body of Robin Jeanette Burge in the Galt's Mill area, which is less than five miles from where Carter's body was found.
No one has been arrested yet in the Burge case.
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8Monty-Fatal

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-109
GRAPHIC=NONE

One person is dead and two others are injured following an accident on Interstate 81 in Montegomery County yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./Yesterday;

State police say 59- year- old Rupert Guy Marshall of Hillsville was trying to move his tractor trailer into the right lane.
According to witnesses, Marshall tried to swerve back left to avoid hitting an Oldsmobile.
The truck jackknifed, it's trailer rear-ended the car, and both vehicles lost control and ran off the road.
Marshall was thrown from his rig and died at the scene.
The victims in the car are in stable condition.
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8John-Metzger

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#edit of 95-104
GRAPHIC=Metzger

The former chairman of George Allen's Parole Board has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file; :00

John Metzger, who resigned last month amid allegations he misused his authority, was found not guilty of criminal wrongdoing by a state police investigation.
It found Metzger broke with Parole Board policy by ordering the arrest of an inmate who had been released from parole supervision.
It also found he offended fellow board members with sexual jokes.
But the investigation concluded his actions did not violate state law.
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8Organs

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cst
TAPE#95-113
GRAPHIC=NONE

Thousands of people die each year as they wait for an organ transplant.
Now, there are more than 43-thousand people on the waiting list.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File; :

At the Virginia Organ Procurement Agency, the problem is that demand is increasing-- while the supply of donors remains the same.
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SOT 00:00:39
IN Q=It's real
((BUNNY HANCOCK/DONOR MOM: IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT FAMILIES TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION WHEN THEIR LOVED ONES DIE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT AT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, THIS WEEKEND OF CELEBRATION WE LOOK TO 1996, AND IN THE EVENT A LOVED ONE DIES, OUR FAMILY WILL MAKE THAT DECISION. ))
SUPER=01-Bunny Hancock/Donor Mom; :
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=decision.
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VO-NAT

Bunny Hancock had to make the decision when her son Matt died of a cerebral aneurysm.
His heart, two kidneys, his liver, and corneas provided the gift of life for others.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=ess/full

For more information about organ and tissue donation, call the Virginia Organ Procurement Agency at 1-800-233-8672.

8weather

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
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Taking a look now at the forecast - Your weekend is going to get off to a sunny start.
Temperatures are will be slightly warmer this afternoon with highs in the the mid to upper 40s.
Tonight, it'll become cold again with temperatures dropping into the low 20s.
Tomorrow, we'll have more sunshine with highs in the low 50s.
Nightime temperatures will drop into the 30s. overnight lows will be in the 30s. For New Year's Eve - afternoon temperatures will be in the 40s and