06:00-01
Headlines
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=mornin'
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
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Coming up on News 7 Mornin',
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VO-NAT
A teenager in Henry County is charged with the New Year's Eve murder of his
step father.
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ANCHOR=Beth
and a 17-year-old boy is shot and killed in Halifax County.
wx-head/live-head
(larry ad lib)
Henry-Murder
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#95-97
GRAPHIC=Murder
Authorities say a struggle between a Henry County man and his teenage
step-son ended in murder.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co./Yesterday;
The shooting happened New Year's Eve at the victim's residence in Fieldale.
Investigators say the shooting was sparked by a dispute between the 15-
year- old and his 19- year- old gilfriend outside the home.
A sheriff's investigator says the step-father got involved when the teen
went inside and grabbed a 22- caliber rifle.
Authorities say the two struggled before 30 -year old James Nelson Marshall,
Junior was shot in the chest.
The teen is also charged with another shooting.
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SOT
IN Q=For some
((P.G. PUCKETT/HENRY CO. INVESTIGATOR: FOR SOME REASON THE ACCUSED CAME OUTSIDE
THE RESIDENCE, WHILE HE WAS OUTSIDE FIRED ANOTHER ROUND THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR
OF THE RESIDENCE, THIS SECOND ROUND STRUCK THE ACCUSED GIRLFRIEND, THE 19- YEAR
OLD FEMALE. ))
SUPER=01-P.G. Puckett/Henry Co. Investigator; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=year old female.
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VO-NAT
The young man's 19- year old girlfriend, La-keshia Massey, has been released
from a local hospital.
The teen was charged with second degree murder in connection with his
step-father's death.
He's being held in a Danville juvenile facility.
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Halifax-Murder
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Murder
A teenager is also at the center of Halifax County's first murder of the
new year.
Authorities say 17- year old Jason Chandler was shot and killed at the
Super- Eight Motel in Riverdale early yesterday morning.
Sheriff's officials have NOT made an arrest.
They say the shooting may have been drug or gang related.
Mexico-Crash
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none
Mexican officials don't know what caused a bus to cross into the opposite
lane and ram an oncoming bus near the U-S border yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Phoenix, AZ/Yesterday;
26 people died and 22 were injured in the crash.
Six of the dead were children.
One Mexican official says several passengers noticed brake problems, but
both drivers on board ignored their complaints.
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Car-Crowd
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=wipe/wipe/wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Boston, MA/Yesterday;
In Boston, police say a man deliberately drove his car into a New Year's
crowd injuring 21 people.
The car plowed through a group of people watching the fireworks over Boston
Harbor.
The couple in the car say they were trying to leave the celebration when the
group attacked them.
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ANCHOR=Beth
SS=none
Angry onlookers kicked in the car's windows and headlights and slashed the
car's tires.
The driver, 26- year- old Anthony Brooks faces multiple charges of assault
with intent to murder.
1-Sports
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=none
Time now for sports --
Let's go bowling as Steve Mason takes a look at yesterday's college
football action.
Good morning Steve.
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SOT
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RUNS=1:56
OUT Q=you then
$CCOFF
One-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-1 Lewis Gale
CHROMAKEY=Live/Salem
GRAPHIC=none
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
SUPER=11-Salem;
(Roll cue:) When it comes to rehabilitation, there's been quite a few changes
at Lewis Gale.
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SOT
IN Q=We have our thirty-five...
SUPER=13-David Thompson/Dir. of Rehabilitation; :00
SUPER=12-Salem; :16
RUNS=2:22
OUT Q=in there full time.
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LIVE=Larry/Full
(Larry short weather & toss to bump)
Bosnia
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# NET C
GRAPHIC= Bosnia
In Croatia, military officials are hoping to move more vehicles across the
Sava River into Bosnia today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Orasje, Bosnia/Yesterday;
Muddy conditions are making the maneuver extremely difficult.
About 75 vehicles made it across the bridge yesterday after engineers dumped
loads of gravel to re-enforce the muddy ground.
It's day three of massive American ground troop movement.
150 U-S Army vehicles and 436 soldiers have made the trip across Croatia.
Hundreds more are expected to do it over the next few days.
The troops will then split up with some moving in a convoy to Tulza.
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Burke
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none
World War Two hero and architect of the modern U-S Navy... Admiral Arleigh
Burke died yesterday at the age of 94.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
Burke's destroyers sank eleven Japanese warships in 19-43.
He later became Chief of Naval Operations.. and had a class of destroyers
named after him.
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Polar-Bear
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none
Polar Bear Clubs are known for their annual New Year's Day Dips.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA/Yesterday;
Nearly a hundred people braved the chilly waters of the San Francisco Bay
yesterday morning to continue a holiday tradition.
It was the annual South End Rowing Club's swim from Alcatraz Island to the
beach between the South End and Dolphin Club.
The swimmers hit the 51-degree water off Alcatraz, jumping off a transport
boat.
Fast swimmers made it to the beach in about 25 minutes travelling 1-point-3
miles.
SUPER=03-Skiatook, OK/Yesterday;
In Oklahoma, the Polar Bears kept their clothes on and went for a Jet-Ski
ride.
Even Elvis showed up for this event.
This Polar Bear club has about 20 regular members and a dozen or so others
who show up for special functions.
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Cable-Personals
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#95-109
GRAPHIC=Cable TV
And here's something else to get your blood pumping.
Danville Cable company is finding a "love connection" for any viewer who is
willing to take THAT kind of plunge.
Teresa Hamilton has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=Television
SUPER=03-Danville; :00
SUPER=01-Don Robertson/CVN Director; :27
SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:45
RUNS=2:01
OUT Q=Hamilton, News 7, Danville.
((Television has been called a lot of things, but matchmaker isn't one.
Yet, that's exactly what Cable Vision Industries in Danville, has become.
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IN Q=
((Nat sound from the television. ))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=
Perhaps no one's more familiar with the role of matchmaker that Don
Robertson.
As Director of CVI's Video Connection Network, it's his to oversee the
personals that appear on Cable Channel 12.
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SOT
IN Q=THERE ARE
((DON ROBERTSON/VCN DIRECTOR:THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE TO GO OUT ON THE
BAR SCENE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS OUTGOING THAT NEED A SERVICE
LIKE THIS. ))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q= like this.
Placing an ad is free and confidential-- it's all done by computer.
There are no names or pictures.
CVI makes its profit from viewers who respond to the ads-- using a 1-900
number.
CVI also runs other photo-classifieds-- for homes, cars and other
businesses.
But none seem to have gained as much notoriety as the person to person ads.
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SOT
IN Q=It's pretty neat
((IT'S PRETTY NEAT...EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU HERE PEOPLE COMMENTING, YOU KNOW, OH
YOU WORK FOR THAT THING, THAT'S GOT ALL THOSE DATING PERSONAL ADS, SO IT'S
KIND OF HELPED BUILD OUR IDENTITY IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q= period of time.
Women are allowed eight weeks to run an ad-- men on the other hand, are
given just three.
The way Robertson sees it, women are likely to need more time, because
they're more timid and shy.
Whatever the case, he says, the service does work.
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SOT
IN Q=
((I'VE ONLY HAD ONE LADY TO CALL ME AND ACTUALLY THANK ME, BUT I GUESS WHEN
YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION, YOU KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED AND DON'T
REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW YOU CAME ABOUT, MEETING THAT SIGNIFICANT
OTHER.))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=significant other.
But as Channel 12 continues to gain viewers and more love connections are
made, perhaps others will be less apprehensive in giving "Person to Person"
credit for a perfect match.
Teresa Hamilton, News 7, Danville.))
2-scores
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=college football
Keyshawn Johnson deserves lots of credit for helping Southern California
beat third-ranked Northwestern in the Rose Bowl.
Tired of hearing the Northwestern hype, Johnson caught 12 passes for a Rose
Bowl-record 216 yards and one touchdown.
Let's go to the scoreboards for the final bowl scores.
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SUPER=101-Southern Cal/=41/Northwestern/=32//Fla. State/=27/Notre Dame/=26;
SUPER=101-Penn State/=43/Auburn/=14//Syracuse/=41/Clemson/==0;
SUPER=101-Tennessee/=20/Ohio State/=14//Colorado/=38/Oregon/==6;
SUPER=103-Washington/==4/Pittsburgh/==2//Toronto/==1/Dallas/==0;
Two-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
CHROMAKEY=Live/Microwave
GRAPHIC=none
(Live Interview)
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
SUPER=11-Salem;
SUPER=13-Catherine Tasselli/Lewis Gale Hospital;
SUPER=13-Page Moir/Maroons Head Basketball Coach;
SUPER=11-Salem;
(Toss to Beth)
2HEADLINES
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT
President Clinton has returned from his New Year's holiday and is ready to
resume budget talks with republican congressional leaders.
280- thousand federal employees have been idled for 17 days in the latest
government shutdown.
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VO-NAT
In Henry County, a 15- year- old boy is charged with shooting and killing his
30- year- old step father New Years' Eve.
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VO-NAT
And Hokie fans return after the Sugar Bowl victory in New Orleans.
But, heavy fog at the airport made getting home a challenge.
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ANCHOR=Beth
And that's what's making news on this Tuesday, January 2nd, 19-96.
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
Budget
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=clinton
President Clinton returned to the White House last night
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Andrews AFB, MD/Last Night;
after spending the New Years holiday at a retreat in Hilton Head, South
Carolina.
Later today, the President and republican congressional leaders will resume
the budget talks.
Some progress is already being reported.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole says negotiators are ready to start making
the tough decisions.
280- thousand federal employees have been idled for 17 days by the latest
government shutdown.
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Fed-Employees
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=govt shutdown
Meantime, a federal employees union is fighting back.
The National Treasury Employees Union is SUING the government, and is
seeking a court order to PREVENT employees from having to work withOUT pay
during the partial government shutdown.
Arguments on the suit are scheduled today.
Perry
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# NET
GRAPHIC=NATO
NATO forces remain on schedule to meet the challenge of keeping the peace
SS=Bosnia
in Bosnia, despite bad weather and landmines.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Andrews AFB, MD/Last Night;
That's the word this morning from Defense Secretary William Perry who left
for Italy last night.
He was accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John
Shalikashvili.
The two will meet with U-S and Allied fliers supporting the NATO
peace-keeping mission in Bosnia.
They will also visit peacekeepers stationed in Sarajevo and Tuzla.
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Airport
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-99
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Regional Airport
No one was flying out of Roanoke Regional Airport yesterday.
Dense fog in the Roanoke Valley hampered pilot visibility.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday;
Both arrivals and departures were either delayed or re- routed, and
officials expect some delays this morning while they determine IF the weather
will continue to be a problem.
Believe it or not, there were thousands of New Years' travelers who were NOT
phased by the fog.
Scott Prince has their story.
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wipe wipe wipe
Tech-return
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-96
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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SOT
IN Q=Hokie fans
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday; :05
SUPER=01-Melvin Dunman/Virginia Tech Fan; :16
SUPER=01-Brice Cole/Virginia Tech Fan; :22
SUPER=01-Beverly Sgro/Virginia Education Secretary; :32
SUPER=01-Mark Courtney/Roanoke Regional Airport; :54
SUPER=@Scott2; 1:11
RUNS=1:18
OUT Q=Scott Prince, News 7
(( Hokie fans have waited a long time for a victory in a major bowl.
So waiting to get back to Southwest Virginia was no big deal.
Heavy fog at Roanoke Regional Airport forced Sugar Bowl travelers to switch
gears... and fly to other airports.
But emotions could not be grounded.
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SOT 27:53
IN Q=It did not
((MELVIN DUNMAN/VIRGINIA TECH FAN: IT DID NOT MATTER. NO IT DIDN'T. WE HAD A
WONDERFUL TRIP FROM BEGINNING TO END. WE ENJOYED THE NEW ORLEANS. WE ENJOYED
THE FOOTBALL GAME. ))
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((BRICE COLE/VIRGINIA TECH FAN: IT WAS AWESOME. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT WIN
AND ANOTHER STEP FOR VIRGINIA TECH SPORTS. ))
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OUT Q=Virginia Tech sports.
Even Virginia's Secretary of Education said Tech doubters learned a valuable
lesson.
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SOT 25:48
IN Q=The team just played
((BEVERLY SGRO/VIRGINIA EDUCATION SECRETARY: THE TEAM JUST PLAYED SUPERBLY. THE
CROWD WAS PHENOMENAL. THE SUPPORT FOR VIRGINIA TECH WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. IT WAS
REALLY GREAT. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=really great
These Tech fans were the lucky ones.
THEIR charter flights landed in either Lynchburg, Charlottesville or
Greensboro, and then shuttle busses brought them to Roanoke.
But there are a number of Tech fans who never made it out of New Orleans
because of the weather.
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SOT 45:23
IN Q=So now we have
((MARK COURTNEY/ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT: SO NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING
TO PICK THESE PASSENGERS UP AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO IN
SOME CASES THEY'RE JUST COMING OUT TO THE AIRPORT TO FIND OUT IF WE HAVE
UPDATED INFORMATION, AND AGAIN, WE OFTEN DON'T HAVE THAT. ))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=don't have that
Even though the fog made travel plans confusing... there was no confusion on
the football field.
And for many a Hokie victory made it all worth while.
Scott Prince, News 7.))
3-Sports
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=none
Now for more bowl action, here's Steve Mason with sports.
Good morning Steve.
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OUT Q=you then
$CCOFF
Birthdays
TALENT=Larry
SS=none
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IN Q=(nat sot music)
RUNS=:51
Three-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
CHROMAKEY=Live/Microwave
GRAPHIC=none
(Live Interview)
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
SUPER=11-Salem;
SUPER=13-Page Moir/Maroons Head Basketball Coach;
SUPER=11-Salem;
(Toss to bump)
Fieldale-Murder
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#95-97
GRAPHIC=Murder
A Henry County teen is in custody this morning -- charged with fatally
shooting his stepfather.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co./Yesterday;
The shooting happened New Year's eve at the victim's residence in Fieldale.
Investigators say the shooting was sparked by a dispute between the 15-
year- old and his 19- year- old gilfriend outside the home.
A Sheriff's investigator says the step-father got involved when the teen
went inside and grabbed a 22- caliber rifle.
Authorities say the two struggled before 30 -year old James Nelson Marshall,
Junior was shot in the chest.
The teen is also charged with another shooting.
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SOT
IN Q=For some
((P.G. PUCKETT/HENRY CO. INVESTIGATOR: FOR SOME REASON THE ACCUSED CAME OUTSIDE
THE RESIDENCE, WHILE HE WAS OUTSIDE FIRED ANOTHER ROUND THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR
OF THE RESIDENCE, THIS SECOND ROUND STRUCK THE ACCUSED GIRLFRIEND, THE 19- YEAR
OLD FEMALE. ))
SUPER=01-P.G. Puckett/Henry Co. Investigator; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=year old female.
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VO-NAT
The young man's 19-year-old girlfriend, La-keshia Massey, has been released
from a local hospital.
The teen was charged with second degree murder in connection with his
step-father's death.
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Riverdale-Murder
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Murder
Meanwhile, authorities in Halifax County are busy investigating that area's
first murder of the new year.
Authorities say 17- year old Jason Lamont Chandler was shot and killed at
the Super- Eight Motel in Riverdale early yesterday morning.
Sheriff's officials have NOT made an arrest.
They say the shooting may have been drug or gang related.
Yearender
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-112
GRAPHIC=NONE
Another year has come and gone.
But not before Virginians witnessed controversy, jubilation, and tragedy.
Scott Prince counts down the top ten stories of 1995.
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SOT
IN Q= The O-J Simpson
SUPER=@File; :00
SUPER=01-Capt. O.P. Ramsey/Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Dept.; 1:54
SUPER=04-Home Video; 2:18
SUPER=01-Amber Medlin/Miss Virginia 1995; 3:23
SUPER=01-Kimball Glass/Lynchburg Lifesaving Crew Chief; 4:13
SUPER=01-John Brymer/Neighbor; QUICK!!!! 4:47
SUPER=01-Michelle Pritchett/Downstairs Neighbor; QUICK!!!!! 4:49
SUPER=01-Loretta LaPrade/Victim's Daughter; 5:01
SUPER=@Scott1; 5:12
RUNS=5:21
OUT Q=Scott Prince, News 7
(( The O- J simpson verdict, Colin Powell deciding not to seek the
Presidency, and the decision to send American troops to Bosnia.
These are just some of stories the nation will remember.
But there are many memories that hit very close to home.
So let's take a look at Central and Southwest Virginia's top 10 stories of
1995.
Number 10 tells a story of a
community's strength and perseverance.
Corrections Corporation of America planned to build a medium security prison
near Wytheville.
The county board of supervisors originally approved the 15- hundred bed
facility... even though thousands of residents were outraged.
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SOT 95-9 00:01:50 (start with gavel)
IN Q=Ladies and Gentleman
((LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! CROWD: LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON IT.
))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=let the people vote on it
Residents took their frustration to Richmond, and then to the polls.
Voters ousted two board members who supported the private facility.
And a new supervisor's vote shot down construction of any type of prison.
The ninth biggest story takes us to Blacksburg, where Virginia Tech sports
ruled.
For the first time in 22 years, the men's basketball team captured the
N- I- T championship.
Meanwhile on the gridiron, Tech shook off two early season losses and plowed
through the rest of its schedule.
The Hokies wound up co- champs of the Big East and earned a bid to the Sugar
Bowl.
Number eight focuses on the dividing line between men and women.
Early in 1995, the Federal Appeals Court allowed V- M- I to continue its
exclusion of women.
That paved the way for the Women's Institute for Leadership program at Mary
Baldwin College.
Both schools said they were pleased with the decision-- but the Justice
Department was not... calling the move "separate but equal discrimination."
Even still, 42 women made history this fall as they became the first cadets
in the V- WIL program.
Police call number seven a senseless tragedy.
On the night of December 5th, Virginia Tech student Alexander DeFilippis was
found dead, with a gunshot wound to the head.
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SOTtape 95-102 :15:22
((CAPT. O.P. RAMSEY/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: SENT THE DEPUTY DOWN HERE
CHECKING THIS AREA, WHICH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY. ))
RUNS=:04
Authorities say Mark Lilly, his brother Ben Lilly, and Gary Wayne Barker
carjacked and killed the student during a two- county crime spree.
Each suspect faces 12 felonies, including abduction, robbery and murder.
The sixth biggest news maker of 1995 comes in the form of fire.
Maybe the greatest loss was felt in the Gainsboro district, when two
juveniles set fire to the Old First Baptist Church.
About a week before that blaze 750 fire- fighters were battling flames in
the mountains of Craig County.
Nearly 5- thousand acres of national forest were blackened.
Something old becomes something new for our fifth biggest story.
The forty- million- dollar face lift on the Grand Old Lady was finally
completed, and folks lined up to see how she had changed.
The addition of a conference center, and extensive remodeling of guest rooms
highlight the new Hotel Roanoke.
But with all the changes there were still many things left alone or
restored.
And of course the recipes for spoon bread and peanut soup were untouched.
Our 4th biggest story is hardly a thing of beauty for Andrea Ballengee.
On July 1st she was crowned Miss Virginia-- but three weeks later, she was
stripped of her title.
Pageant organizers said she lied about her academic record-- claiming to be
a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a first a year law student at the University of
Miami.
The controversy opened the door for runner- up Amber Medlin.
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tape 95-53 46:52
((AMBER MEDLIN/MISS VIRGINIA 1995: IT WAS JUST AS HONORABLE TO RECEIVE THE MISS
VIRGINIA TITLE IN THIS WAY RATHER THAN ON JULY FIRST. ))
RUNS=:05
We voted election day as the third biggest story of 1995.
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SOT election tape 95-101 22:34:15
IN Q=We want John
((CROWD/WE WANT JOHN))
RUNS=:01
OUT Q=We want John
And voters got him.
Roanoke Vice- Mayor John Edwards soundly defeated Republican incumbent
Brandon Bell to capture the twenty- first senate seat.
Meanwhile House Majority Leader Dick Cranwell easily beat Republican
challenger Trixie Averill.
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SOT 23:01:22
IN Q=I love each
((DEL. DICK CRANWELL/(D)- VINTON: I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND I THANK
YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. ))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=of my heart
Republicans were hoping to gain control of the General Assembly for the
first time-- but fell short.
They earned a split in the Senate, but Democrats kept their stronghold on
the House of Delegates.
Mother nature claims the second spot.
In June, parts of Central and Southwest Virginia were pounded by rain.
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SOT 95-61 00:21
IN Q=Been real bad
((BEEN REAL BAD. BEEN REAL BAD AND REAL SAD...))
RUNS=:03
Floods swallowed up cars and homes-- but the biggest loss was human life.
One downpour in Franklin County caused multiple deaths.
Three men were killed when their pickup truck crashed into a 25- foot hole.
The story was just as sad in Lynchburg-- where water washed out Timberlake
damn.
Two lives were claimed there-- one of them a rescue worker.
For the number one story of 1995, we have to go all the way back to the start
of the year.
New Year's Day, Roanoke police dragged five murder victims out of this Old
Southwest home.
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SOTTAPE#=94-102 57:14
IN Q=i woke up
((JOHN BRYMER/NEIGHBOR: I WOKE UP TO GUN SHOTS.))
(/////SOT/////)
SOTTAPE#=594-29 39:58
((WHILE I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH DISPATCH THERE WAS ANOTHER GUNSHOT.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=another gun shot
It was the worst mass murder in more than twenty- years.
The gunman was Robert Michael May-- who eventually pleaded no contest to
five capital murder charges.
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SOTTAPE# 95-66 13:10
IN Q=He has no
((LORETTA LAPRADE/VICTIM'S DAUGHTER: HE TOOK MY MOTHER. HE DOESN;T HAVE A RIGHT
TO LIVE.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=right to live.
But in August, the court said he did.
He was given life in prison, instead of the death penalty.
Standup
That's how News- 7 team ranked the top ten stories of 1995.
Stay tuned in 1996.
We're sure it will be just as eventful.
Scott Prince, News 7))
4-scores
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=college football
New Year's was an eventful day for college football fans.
SS=orange bowl
Florida State trailed before scoring 17 points in the last ten minutes of
an Orange Bowl victory over sixth-ranked Notre Dame.
Let's go to the scoreboards for the final bowl scores.
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SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=101-Southern Cal/=41/Northwestern/=32//Fla. State/=27/Notre Dame/=26;
SUPER=101-Penn State/=43/Auburn/=14//Syracuse/=41/Clemson/==0;
SUPER=101-Tennessee/=20/Ohio State/=14//Colorado/=38/Oregon/==6;
by SS