WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 02/23/96

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7Forest-Fatal

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
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TAPE# 96-15
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An argument between a Bedford County couple ends in a fatal accident.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Forest/Last Night;

It happened at about 11:30 in the parking lot of the Graves Mill Shopping Center in Forest.
Authorities say 29- year- old Deanna Kidd and her boyfriend, 26- year- old Robert Evans, had been arguing earlier in the day.
Evans told police he was driving his rollback truck through the shopping center when Kidd jumped on the back.
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SOT 2:50:48
IN Q=The story is
((MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF: THE STORY IS THAT WE HAVE NOW IS THAT SHE JUMPED BACK ON THE ROLLBACK SEVERAL TIMES, HE EXTRACTED HER FROM THE ROLLBACK, PLACED HER TO THE SIDE, AND THE FINAL TIME SHE APPARENTLY RAN.. MAYBE, AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW.. JUMPED AND POSSIBLY SLIPPED UNDER THE REAR WHEEL.))
SUPER=01-Mike Brown/Bedford Co. Sheriff; :00
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=under the rear wheel.
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VO-NAT

Kidd was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses apparently corroborated Evans' version of the accident, and he has not been charged in connection with her death.
Police are still investigating.
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7Bedford-Body

ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ssm
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Authorities are look for clues in the death of a man whose body was found yesterday alongside a Bedford County road.
The discovery came afer Pittsylvania County authorities received a tip that a man had been fatally shot and his body dumped in Bedford county.
Game Warden Steve Pike located the body yesterday off Route 6-0-8, about six miles from the Pittsylvania County line.
The victim is 36- year -old Bobby Anthony Carter of Gretna.
Police have not determined the cause of death.
An autopsy will be performed today.

7Carter

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#96-19
GRAPHIC=murder investigation

Pittsylvania County authorities are also looking for suspects in a double homicide.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Tuesday;

Authorities issued a capital murder warrant for 24- year- old Mark Anthony Carter of Axton.
He's is wanted for questioning in the Tuesday morning murders of 19- year- old Sydney Hairston of Martinsville and 25- year- old Darrell Womack of Axton.
Womack and Hairston were found shot to death outside an abandoned store on Route 8-41.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold

Carter is a white male, 5-feet 10 inches tall, weighing 173 pounds.
Authorities consider him armed and dangerous.

7School-Meeting

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-20
GRAPHIC=Education

Meantime, a Pittsylvania County elementary school is scheduled to close at the end of this school year despite pleas from residents.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Last Night;

Nearly 175- parents and concerned residents gathered at Whitmell Elementary last night.
Members of the County School Board were on hand to hear their concerns about the plans to close the school.
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IN Q=If it's not
((GERALD MARLOWE/CONSOLIDATION OPPONENT: IF IT'S NOT BROKE, LETS DON'T BE TRYING TO FIX IT. ))
SUPER=01-Gerald Marlow/Consolidation Opponent;
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=to fix it.
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VO-NAT

Parents are worried that consolidating with Mount Herman Elementary will place their children at a disadvantage.
Their number one argument is that the new school, already under construction, is NOT centrally located.
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IN Q=Is anything
((Reporter speaks: IS ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID HERE TONIGHT GOING TO CHANGE THE BOARD'S DECISION ABOUT THE EXPECTED CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL.
ROBERT NEALS/BOARD CHAIRMAN: I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO SAY NO---
I KNOW HOW AND I CAN SYMPATHIZE HOW IT WOULD FEEL HAVING YOUR SCHOOL CLOSED, BUT IT'S, WE'RE, IT'S A MATTER OF MONEY. ))
SUPER=01-Robert Neals/School Board Chairman; :11
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=matter of money.
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VO-NAT

Neals says Whitmell was built in 19-47 and needs more than two- million dollars in renovations.
Another meeting is scheduled for March.
Parents say they will not give up the fight.
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7WEATHER

ANCHOR=Melanie
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Turning now to the weather.
Expect foggy conditions and some light rain this morning.
By this afternoon, though, it should be partly sunny and warm with highs in the mid to upper 60's.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Lows will be in the upper 40's.
And looking ahead to the week.
Tomorrow willb e mostly sunny, breezy and mild.
Expect highs in the low to mid 60's.

55Fatal

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ssm
TAPE# edit of 96-15
GRAPHIC=none

What began as an argument ended in the bizarre death of a Bedford County woman.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Forest/Last Night;

At about 11:30 last night 29- year old Deanna Kidd was killed by her boyfriends truck in the Grave Mill Shopping center in Forest.
26- year old Robert Evans told police he was driving his rollback truck through the shopping center when Kidd jumped on the back.
He said he removed her, but she apparently jumped againi and slipped under a rear wheel.
Kidd was pronounced dead at the scene.
Evans said the two had argued earlier in the day.
Witnesses apparently corroborated Evans' version of the accident, and he has not been charged in connection with her death.
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55Stinnett

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
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A bad day just got worse for a Lynnhurst man when a court date resulted in a high speed chase that injured a Nelson County sheriff's deputy.
Sheriff Ronald Wood says it began when 30-year-old Edward Stinnett stole his sister's car to go to court, where he faced charges of assaulting his wife.
But before the hearing, Stinnett allegedly made a run for it and stole another car after learning his bond might be revoked.
A high speed chase ensued down Route 29 and ended 25 miles away, when a deputy pulled Stinnett over.
But Stinnett allegedly ran again, jumping over a guardrail.
Sergeant Robert Crews jumped too, but slipped 70 feet down a ravine.
Crews is in stable condition.
Stinnett was later found walking down a road in Augusta County.
He's charged with grand larceny, and failure to appear in court. Other charges are pending.

55Teacher-Pay

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-10
GRAPHIC=Education

Virginia's teachers may get an almost four percent pay raise over two years.
The House approved that yesterday.
But as Ellen Qualls reports the money did not come easily.
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IN Q=Governor George
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=@Allen; :15
SUPER=01-Del. John Watkins/(R) Chesterfield; :39, at 2nd appearance
SUPER=01-Rob Jones/Va. Education Assoc.; :52
SUPER=@Ellen2; 1:06
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OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.

(( Governor George Allen had NO state money for schoolteacher pay raises.
Lawmakers who ran on education platforms got to Richmond and came up with none.
Republicans offered to borrow from college professors' pay raises.
The Governor wouldn't say if he liked that plan.
sot 03:29:33
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT MY ANSWER IS... OH YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT. SURE.))
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But the Democratic leaders in the House offered up a smaller amount, still enough to get the approval of the mighty Virginia Education Association.
SOT 02:44:55
((DEL. JOHN WATKINS: I HAVE CONCERNS OVER WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE... CLOUT IN THIS STATE.))
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sot 06:09:11
((ROB JONES/VA. EDUCATION ASSOC.: I KNOW THAT DEL. WATKINS FOR EXAMPLE IS IN CHESTERFIELD. HIS WIFE IS A TEACHER. ...PORTSMOUTH OR TAZEWELL.))
RUNS=:13

The math lesson for the teachers comes from the Democrats: Make the Lottery Department lease new equipment instead of buying, borrow money from a reserve fund, and voila, you've got enough bucks to put the twinkle back in the teachers' eyes.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

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8Forest-Fatal

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=ssm
TAPE# 96-15
GRAPHIC=none

A Bedford County woman was killed when she was run over by her boyfriend's truck last night.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Forest/Last Night;

It happened at about 11:30 in the parking lot of the Graves Mill Shopping Center in Forest.
Authorities say 29- year- old Deanna Kidd and her boyfriend, 26- year- old Robert Evans, had been arguing earlier in the day.
Evans told police he was driving his rollback truck through the shopping center when Kidd jumped on the back.
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SOT 2:50:48
IN Q=The story is
((MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF: THE STORY IS THAT WE HAVE NOW IS THAT SHE JUMPED BACK ON THE ROLLBACK SEVERAL TIMES, HE EXTRACTED HER FROM THE ROLLBACK, PLACED HER TO THE SIDE, AND THE FINAL TIME SHE APPARENTLY RAN.. MAYBE, AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW.. JUMPED AND POSSIBLY SLIPPED UNDER THE REAR WHEEL.))
SUPER=01-Mike Brown/Bedford Co. Sheriff; :00
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=under the rear wheel.
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VO-NAT

Kidd was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses apparently corroborated Evans' version of the accident, and he has not been charged in connection with her death.
Police are still investigating.
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8Mark-Carter

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#96-19
GRAPHIC=murder investigation

A man wanted in connection with a double murder Tuesday in Pittsylvania County is still at large.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Tuesday;

Authorities issued a capital murder warrant for 24- year- old Mark Anthony Carter of Axton.
He's is wanted for questioning in the murders of 19- year- old Sydney Hairston of Martinsville and 25 year old Darrell Womack of Axton.
Womack and Hairston were found shot to death outside an abandoned store on Route 8-41.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold

Carter is a white male, 5-feet 10 inches tall, weighing 173 pounds.
Authorities consider him armed and dangerous.

8L'burg-Council

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-18
GRAPHIC=Campaign 96

Lynchburg Republicans have decided on four candidates to represent the party in this May's city council elections.
Steve Smallshaw reports that not all of the Republicans on the ballot have the support of the G-O-P.
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IN Q=
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Last Night; :00
SUPER=01-Dr. Robert Vogel/Lynchburg Council Member; :08
SUPER=01-Charlie Judd/Lynchburg GOP Chairman; :35
SUPER=@ssm1; :55
SUPER=01-Jim Curling/Lynchburg Council Member; 1:14
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OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.

(( They talked of a Reagan revolution coming to Lynchburg, but vowed they were not conservative clones looking for a stranglehold on city power.
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SOT 20:12:08
IN Q=We are all
((DR. ROBERT VOGEL/R- LYNCHBURG COUNCIL CANDIDATE: WE ARE ALL INDEPENDENTS OF MIND BUT WE SHARE THIS PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEF THAT LEADS US TO BECOME REPUBLICANS.))
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OUT Q=become Republicans.

Jim Whitaker, Robert Vogel and Robert Garber were all unanimous nominees for the three Ward seats.
Stuart Hobbs edged out Kevin Clauson by a single vote for the at- large nomination.
For now, all but Hobbs are unopposed.
City Democrats.. citing a council that is already too partisan.. will not be nominating anyone this spring.
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SOT 21:35:04
IN Q=The real interpretation
((CHARLIE JUDD/LYNCHBURG GOP CHAIRMAN: THE REAL INTERPRETATION FOR ME, AS PARTY LEADERSHIP, IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CANDIDATES YET.))
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OUT Q=candidates yet.

The Republicans may have more than they can handle.
On the outside of his party looking in was incumbent councilman Jim Curling.
Party leaders barred Curling from handing out his literature at the meeting.
He says the GOP decided long ago to dump him in favor of newcomer Robert Garber.
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SU 21:38:25
IN Q=So while Robert
((So while Robert Garber was unopposed for the party nomination, he essentially will still face opposition from another Republican. Jim Curling says he'll run as an independent and let the people of Ward Three decide whether they want him back.))
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OUT Q=want him back.

Curling did get a few brief seconds to address the crowd, but it was AFTER they had already voted.
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SOT 21:17:25
IN Q=And I just
((JIM CURLING/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I JUST WANTED ALL OF YOU TO KNOW I AM A REPUBLICAN, I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A REPUBLICAN.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=be a Republican.

Steve Smallshaw, News 7, Lynchburg.))

8WEATHER

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Turning now to the weather.
Expect foggy conditions and some light rain this morning.
By this afternoon, though, it should be partly sunny and warm with highs in the mid to upper 60's.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Lows will be in the upper 40's.
And looking ahead to the week. Expect highs in the low to mid 60's. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, breezy and mild.