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7Correll
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#95-108
GRAPHIC=Walter Correll
A convicted murderer is executed in Jarrett ten years after killing a
Franklin County man because he believed the man was gay.
Ellen Qualls has more on the case of Walter Correll.
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SUPER=03-Jarratt/Last Night; (Quick) :00
SUPER=01-Father James Griffin/Catholic Priest; :09
SUPER=01-Martha Slud/Media Witness; :26
SUPER=01-Jim Clark/Greensville Correctional Center; :39
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./May 1986; :52
SUPER=01-John Gallini/Richmond Peace Center; (Quick) 1:22
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:28
RUNS=1:40
7Henry-Ax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#95-111
GRAPHIC=NONE
An eight-year old Henry County has died from injuries he received
yesterday when he was hit by a car.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co./Yesterday;
Police say Kyle Helton was waiting for his school bus yesterday morning
along route 57 when he ran in front of a car.
He suffered head trauma, a broken leg and possible internal injuries.
Helton was airlifted to a Roanoke hospital but doctors could not save him.
Authorities don't expect to file any charges against the driver, 57- year
old Pauline Woodall of Axton.
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7D-Day-Memorial
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-102
GRAPHIC=D-Day Memorial
The 52nd anniversary of the Normandy invasion is still several months away,
but Southwest Virginia is getting a head start with its plans aimed at making
sure the nation never forgets D-Day.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday;
The National D- Day Memorial Foundation FORMALLY introduced two new members
yesterday, executive director Richard Burrow and development consultant Carl
Manfield.
Thirty acres of land in Bedford have already been set aside for the
memorial.
Officials hope the project will also feature a visitor's center and a small
museum.
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IN Q=We intend
((RICHARD BURROW/D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: WE INTEND TO BUILD A FIRST CLASS
FACILITY, AND TO OPERATE IT AS A FIRST CLASS FACILITY BOTH NATIONALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLY. ))
SUPER=01-Richard Burrow/D-Day Memorial;
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VO-NAT
Burrow says a major fundraising campaign should start in a few months.
He thinks it will be AT LEAST three years before the memorial is built.
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7SchoolWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
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Overnight snow and ice in some areas is causing a few school delays this
morning.
(mel reads boards)
7Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
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Looking at the forecast, it's going to be a cold weekend.
It will start off partly sunny today with temperatures in the high 30s.
Increasing clouds tonight, with lows dipping in the 20s.
Tomorrow will become cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
55L'burg-Fatal
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#95-115
GRAPHIC=NONE
A truck hit a car in Lynchburg killing a woman.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Yesterday;
The accident happened yesterday. Police say the driver of the truck, 19-
year- old Andrew Viar the third of Evington apparently ran a red light.
The victim's identity is not being released until her family is notified.
Viar was uninjured in the collision.
No charges have been filed at this time.
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55Halifax-Robbery
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=THa
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
Halifax County authorities are still on the lookout for three men who
wounded a store clerk yesterday during a hold-up.
Authorities say the suspects hit a female clerk in the head with a pistol
while robbing Used Furniture.
She was knocked unconscious after opening the store safe.
Authorities say all three robbers were wearing masks.
Officials are not disclosing how much money was taken.
The store clerk was not seriously injured.
55Execution
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# edit
GRAPHIC=correll
Last night Walter Correll became the 30th inmate to be executed in Virginia
since the death penalty was reinstated 20 years ago.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jarratt/Last Night;
Correll died by lethal injection at 9:13 p-m at the Greensville Correctional
Center in Southside Virginia.
He made no final statement.
Governor Allen denied an appeal for clemency, and the U-S Supreme Court had
rejected Correll's final appeal Wednesday.
Correll was convicted of capital murder in the abduction, robbery, and
stabbing death of Charles Bousman Junior in 19-85.
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55Meth-Lab
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# 95-112
GRAPHIC=drug bust
The Rockbridge County Sheriff's department and state police yesterday raided
a methamphetamine lab and arrested two people.
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VO-NAT
31- year- old Kenneth John Keller and his wife 27- year- old Laurie Ann
Keller were arrested at their residence on Route 6-45.
SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co./Yesterday; (Quick)
They've been charged with manufacturing the drug.
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IN Q=When the task
((R.W. DAY/ROCKBRIDGE CO. SHERIFF: WHEN THE TASK FORCE ENTERED THE HOME THE
LAB WAS IN OPERATION, THEY WERE COOKING AT THAT TIME.))
SUPER=01-R.W. Day/Rockbridge Co. Sheriff;
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OUT Q=at that time.
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VO-NAT
The couple's three children ages three, six, and nine were also there.
Police say they've been put in their grandmother's care.
Confiscated from the residence were substances such as Muratic (Mur-Attic)
acid, paint thinners, and potassium.
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IN Q=After seeing the
((R.W. DAY/ROCKBRIDGE CO. SHERIFF: AFTER SEEING THE COMPONENTS THAT IT TAKES
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THERE POSSIBLE MORE IN THE COUNTY. ))
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OUT Q=in the county.
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VO-NAT
Police say about 300 pages of computer paper with e-mail addresses and drug
making directions were also confiscated.
The Kellers will be arraigned today.
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55Omni-Hokies
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-104
GRAPHIC=NONE
The owner of a Blacksburg travel company blames a charter company for
leaving 500 Hokie fans stranded in New Orleans.
Now, she is considering legal action against that company.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Wednesday;
The fans finally flew back into Roanoke Wednesday.
Their flights scheduled for Monday were delayed due to weather, then the
charter company fulfilled its other obligations before getting back to them.
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Yesterday;
Omni Travel organized the Sugar Bowl trip.
The agency's owner says she finally had to call the main legal counsel for
the U.S. Department of Transportation to get some action.
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((PATTY COWLEY/OMNI TRAVEL: HE WAS ABLE TO START PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON
THE AIRLINE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO RESPOND
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND SO CONSEQUENTLY ONCE HE GOT INVOLVED
I THINK IT SPED THINGS UP. ))
SUPER=01-Patty Cowley/Omni Travel;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=sped things up.
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VO-NAT
Patty Cowley (COOley) tearfully apologized to her customers.
She says she has already contacted a lawyer and hopes to pursue a lawsuit to
recoup expenses, and damages to her reputation.
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55SchoolWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=School Info
Snow and ice in some areas are causing a few school delays this morning.
(mel reads boards)
55Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=SchoolWatch
Looking at the forecast, it's going to be a cold weekend.
It will start off partly sunny today with temperatures in the high 30s.
Increasing clouds tonight, with lows dipping in the 20s.
Tomorrow will become cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
8Walter-Correll
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#95-108
GRAPHIC=Walter Correll
Roanoke and Franklin County authorities believe Walter Correll Junior was
acting out of hate when he killed a man he believed was a homosexual.
Last night, Correll was executed.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
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SUPER=03-Jarratt/Last Night;(Quick) :00
SUPER=01-Father James Griffin/Catholic Priest; :09
SUPER=01-Martha Slud/Media Witness; :26
SUPER=01-Jim Clark/Greensville Correctional Center; :39
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./May 1986; :52
SUPER=01-John Gallini/Richmond Peace Center; (Quick) 1:22
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:28
RUNS=1:40
8Bedford-Lab
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#95-107
GRAPHIC=Barr Labs
Some 125, high paying jobs are coming to Bedford County.
Barr Laboratories of New York says it will invest 14-million-dollars to
build a manufacturing site in Forest.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=Forest/Yesterday;
Barr Labs is one of the Nation's largest makers of generic drugs.
The company hopes to be making some of these drugs in Central Virginia by
next year. It says production may even triple due to a dramatic increase for
products.
SUPER=@File;
Barr Labs plans to move into the Galileo Corporation's old building.
Galileo moved out of Bedford County two years ago after demand for its optical
products dropped.
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8Ashe-Statue
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# edit of 95-111 ashe-statue
GRAPHIC=NONE
The City of Richmond is still trying to decide on just the right spot for
the statue honoring tennis start Arthur Ashe.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/July 17;
The city's Mayor is now suggesting the statue be built in a future black
sports hall of fame in downtown Richmond.
Ashe proposed the hall of fame before he died of AIDS in 19-93.
Since then, Richmond has been wrangling over where to put a memorial statue.
A local sculptor's statue received preliminary approval for a site on
Monument Avenue.
But the issue of what and where was blown open again this week after Ashe's
widow objected to that site.
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8SchoolWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Some portions of the region got a bit of snow overnight and that's left
behind some icy conditions.
(MELreads boards)
8Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Looking at the forecast, it's going to be a cold weekend.
It will start off partly sunny today with temperatures in the high 30s.
Increasing clouds tonight, with lows dipping in the 20s.
Tomorrow will become cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
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