08:25-01
7Ax
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPEedit of #96-29
GRAPHIC=NONE
One person is in critical condition and FIVE others are also hospitalized
after a head- on collision in Botetourt County last night.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Last Night;
The accident happened on Carvins Cove Road near the Roanoke County line.
Lifeguard- 10 was called in because of the seriousness of the injuries.
All of the victims are being treated at Roanoke Memorial hospital.
Officials have not released any names at this time, nor have they indicated
if any charges will be filed.
Because of narrow roads, emergency crews had a tough time getting to-- and
leaving the crash site.
Traffic on Carvins Cove Road was blocked for more than an hour because of
the wreck.
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7Brzonkala
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-17
GRAPHIC=Brzonkala
It appears the two Virginia Tech football players accused of raping Christy
Brzonkala will NOT face criminal charges.
After considering the results of a state police investigation this morning,
a grand jury in Montgomery County has decided not to indict Tony Morrison and
James Crawford.
Tracy Altizer reports.
(//////////////)
SUPER=@File; :00
SUPER=01-Eileen Wagner/Brzonkala's Lawyer; :13
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;:26
SUPER=01-Joseph Painter/Crawford's Lawyer; :40
SUPER=@Tracy1; :56
RUNS=1:08
OUT Q=Altizer, News 7.
(( Christy Brzonkala has said in hindsight, she would have reported her
alleged rape immediately, while there was evidence to collect.
Her lawyer says she didn't expect the grand jury to indict the players
without that evidence.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 03:44:48
((EILEEN WAGNER/BRZONKALA'S LAWYER: HAVING SAID THAT, STILL, WE WANT EVERYONE
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS INVESTIGATION AND THAT THE RESULTS
OF IT WERE TOO CLOSE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY, BY HIMSELF TO CALL.))
RUNS=:15
Attorneys for Tony Morrison and James Crawford question how Brzonkala can
expect to win a civil suit if a grand jury can't find enough evidence to indict
the players.
Crawford's lawyer doubts the case would be pursued if black athletes weren't
involved.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:19:58
((JOSEPH PAINTER/CRAWFORD'S LAWYER: I'M GLAD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
ASKED FOR IT BECAUSE WE GOT A REALLY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
LOOK AT THE MOTIVATIONS THERE.
QUESTION: AND YOU THINK THE MOTIVATIONS ARE?
ANSWER: RACE AND MONEY. ))
RUNS=:14
None of the parties involved believe the grand jury findings will have any
bearing on the civil suit.
Virginia Tech is still waiting for the federal judge to decide whether to
dismiss the university as a defendant.
Tracy Altizer, News 7.))
7LGH-Shooting
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=LBE
TAPE#96-18
GRAPHIC=NONE
Salem Police detectives say they know the cause of Tuesday's murder suicide
at Lewis Gale Hospital.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem/Tuesday;
It was something many people probably expected.
Deputy chief Jeff Dudley said 71 year old Frank Neutze shot and killed his
ailing wife in her hospital room- as an act of love.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 04:05:45
IN Q=The investigation
((JEFF DUDLEY/SALEM DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF: THE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE
SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT REVEALS NO INDICATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR MALICE,
BUT THAT THE ACTIONS WERE THOSE OF A HUSBAND DISTRAUGHT BY HIS WIFE'S
SUFFERING.))
SUPER=01-Jeff Dudley/Salem Deputy Police Chief;:00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=wife's suffering.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Frank Neutze shot himself after shooting his wife.
He died an hour later.
Miriam, or "Betty" Neutze was suffering from a heart condition and a variety
of other medical problems, none of them life threatening.
She had been in Lewis Gale's rehabilitation unit since January 30th, and
was confined to a wheelchair.
Lewis Gale says it hasn't put any new security measures in place in
reaction to Tuesday's incident.
A spokesman says the hospital constantly evaluates its procedures regarding
safety.
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7Honaker
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#596-09
GRAPHIC=Allen
Governor George Allen says YES to a plan to help compensate the Roanoke man
imprisoned for ten years for a rape he did NOT commit.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=04-February 1995;
Ed Honaker (HAHN-uh-kuhr) was pardoned by Allen in 1994, after D-N-A
evidence cleared him of a Nelson County rape a decade earlier.
The Governor has now signed a bill that would pay Honaker 275 thousand
dollars in cash and annuities.
That would net Honaker about 350 thousand over ten years.
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7Weather
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Looking at the weather -
Today's finally going to feel like spring.
We're going to see sunny skies, with breezy, warm conditions.
Highs are expected to reach the low 70s.
55Wreck
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPEedit of #96-29
GRAPHIC=NONE
A Boones Mill man is dead following a head-on collision in Botetourt County
last night.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Last Night;
State police say 38-year-old Kenneth Wayne Vaden (VAY-den) died early this
morning.
They say Vaden was driving at a high rate of speed on the wrong side of
Carvins Cove Road when he hit another vehicle head on.
Five other people were sent to the hospital.
No word on their conditions.
Emergency crews had a tough time getting to-- and leaving the crash site
because the road was narrow.
Traffic on Carvins Cove Road was blocked for more than an hour because of
the wreck.
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55Bills
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPEedit of #96-20
GRAPHIC=Allen
Governor Allen says the Democrat-controlled General Assembly is trying to
undermine his line-item veto power by submitting only a portion of the state
budget to him.
Allen returned the bill late last night with a proposed amendment.
It says the budget will become law ONLY if the assembly resubmits the
ENTIRE spending plan and he signs it.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Radford/File Tape;
Also last night, the Governor approved full funding for Radford University's
new Waldron School of Nursing.
The Governor's spokesman says a phone conversation between Allen and Radford
president Douglas Covington convinced Allen the project was worthwhile.
Radford officials were concerned after the Governor's office began
questioning the expense last week.
Fellow Republican lawmakers, Tommy Baker and Bo Trumbo went on a P-R blitz
to keep the seven million dollar building in the budget.
Radford's proposed College of Global Studies fell to the Governor's budget
ax last year.
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55Warner
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=Warner, Mark
Democrats applying to choose their party's nominee for U-S Senate seem to
be LARGELY in favor of Mark Warner.
By last night, filings for delegates to the party's nominating convention
in June supported Warner OVER former representative Leslie Byrne by a margin of
almost FOUR-to-one.
Delegates will be chosen in caucuses this weekend.
55Southern-Virginia
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-21
GRAPHIC=education
Students at Southern Virginia College will be able to attend classes for
another year.
Yesterday, the board of trustees approved a plan that will bring in NEW
leadership and financial backing.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Buena Vista;
Following the loss of accreditation, the board had voted to close the
school after graduation in May.
But in the last month, a group of educators and businessmen with ties to
the Mormon Church stepped forward to keep the school open.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Nothing that we're doing
((GLADE KNIGHT/RICHMOND BUSINESSMAN: NOTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS AFFILIATED
WITH THE CHURCH. NOTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS AFFILIATED WITH THE BRIGHAM YOUNG
UNIVERSITY, OTHER THAN THE GREAT, GREAT DESIRE THAT WE HAVE SINCE THERE ARE SO
MANY KIDS WHO CAN'T GET INTO A UNIVERSITY OF THEIR CHOICE. WE WANT TO GIVE
THEM AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE CLOSER TO HOME. ))
SUPER=01-Glade Knight/Richmond Businessman;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=closer to home.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The group plans a non-sectarian, four year, co-ed college with a liberal
arts curriculum.
City officials are thankful.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=We just can't see
((JIM JEFFERIES/BUENA VISTA MAYOR: WE JUST CAN'T SEE IT ANY OTHER WAY BUT IT
BEING THE GREATEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE SEMINARY ON THE HILL,
AS WE CALL IT. SOUTHERN VIRGINIA HAS BEEN THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR
130 YEARS OR SO AND WE'RE JUST ELATED THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE ON.))
SUPER=01-Jim Jefferies/Buena Vista Mayor;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=continue on.
ANCHOR=Beth
SS=hold
Enrollment has fallen below 200, but the school's new leaders hope to
DOUBLE that number by the time classes resume in the fall.
55Salvation-Army
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
The Roanoke Salvation army plans to put the traditional holiday bell ringers
to work this spring.
Bringing out the kettles and bell ringers is a NEW effort to help the
organization's troubled finances.
Officials say they are devoting May's "National Salvation Army Week" to
raising money.
55Weather
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Taking a look at the forecast -
Today is going to be quite a change for us.
We're going to see sunny skies, with breezy, warm conditions.
Highs are expected to reach the low 70s.
Clear conditions tonight with lows in the 50s.
The weekend is going to get off to a nice start, with more sunny skies and
warm temperatures - expect highs around 80.
8Wreck
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPEedit of #96-29
GRAPHIC=NONE
Good Morning, I'm Connie Stevens sitting in for Melanie Moon.
A Boones Mill man is dead following a head-on collision in Botetourt County
last night.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Last Night;
State police say 38-year-old Kenneth Wayne Vaden (VAY-den) died early this
morning.
They say Vaden was driving at a high rate of speed on the wrong side of
Carvins Cove Road when he hit another vehicle head on.
Five other people were sent to the hospital.
No word on their conditions.
Because of narrow roads, emergency crews had a difficult time getting to--
and leaving the crash site.
Traffic on Carvins Cove Road was blocked for more than an hour because of
the wreck.
(----------------)
8Christy-Brzonkala
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-17
GRAPHIC=Brzonkala
After a state police investigation, a Montgomery County grand jury has found
no probable cause to indict two Virginia Tech football players for the alleged
rape of Christy Brzonkala.
Tracy Altizer reports.
(//////////////)
SUPER=@File; :00
SUPER=01-Eileen Wagner/Brzonkala's Lawyer; :13
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;:26
SUPER=01-Joseph Painter/Crawford's Lawyer; :40
SUPER=@Tracy1; :56
RUNS=1:08
OUT Q=Altizer, News 7.
(( Christy Brzonkala has said in hindsight, she would have reported her
alleged rape immediately, while there was evidence to collect.
Her lawyer says she didn't expect the grand jury to indict the players
without that evidence.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 03:44:48
((EILEEN WAGNER/BRZONKALA'S LAWYER: HAVING SAID THAT, STILL, WE WANT EVERYONE
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS INVESTIGATION AND THAT THE RESULTS
OF IT WERE TOO CLOSE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY, BY HIMSELF TO CALL.))
RUNS=:15
Attorneys for Tony Morrison and James Crawford question how Brzonkala can
expect to win a civil suit if a grand jury can't find enough evidence to indict
the players.
Crawford's lawyer doubts the case would be pursued if black athletes weren't
involved.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:19:58
((JOSEPH PAINTER/CRAWFORD'S LAWYER: I'M GLAD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
ASKED FOR IT BECAUSE WE GOT A REALLY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
LOOK AT THE MOTIVATIONS THERE.
QUESTION: AND YOU THINK THE MOTIVATIONS ARE?
ANSWER: RACE AND MONEY. ))
RUNS=:14
None of the parties involved believe the grand jury findings will have any
bearing on the civil suit.
Virginia Tech is still waiting for the federal judge to decide whether to
dismiss the university as a defendant.
Tracy Altizer, News 7.))
8Craig-Fires
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-28
GRAPHIC=Fire aftermath
One year ago wild-fires ravaged Craig County.
Now, officials are monitoring the growth of the national forest, and hoping
for more information on how the fires started.
Scott Prince has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=April, 1995.
SUPER=03-Craig Co./April 1995; :00
SUPER=03-Craig Co./Today; :10 QUICK!!
SUPER=01-Steve Croy/U.S. Forest Service Ecologist; :13 QUICK!!
SUPER=@Scott2; :23
SUPER=01-Woody Lipps/U.S. Forest Service Investigator; :41
RUNS=1:11
OUT Q=S.P., News- 7, Craig County
(( April, 1995.
Three separate fires rip through the mountains of Craig County... burning
nearly six- thousand acres of national forest.
Now one year later, the blackened bark serves as a grim reminder.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 6:31:11
IN Q=This ridge
((STEVE CROY/U.S. FOREST SERVICE ECOLOGIST: THIS RIDGE... AS WE LOOK UP THIS
RIDGE MOST OF THE OVER- STORY TREES HAVE BEEN KILLED. ))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=have been killed
Croy says the forest looks typical of one that burned during a growing
season.
But says it could take forty to sixty years before sections like these fully
recover.
While the forest goes through stages of renewal, forestry officials are
renewing their search for the arsonists.
The fires sparked a massive investigation.
But during the past few months, there have been no breaks in the case... and
there has yet to be an arrest.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:44:49
IN Q=We have
((WOODY LIPPS/U.S. FOREST SERVICE INVESTIGATOR: WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME
INFORMATION ANONYMOUSLY. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE PEOPLE FOR PROVIDING THAT
INFORMATION. WHILE WE THINK THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED
ENOUGH OF IT. ))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=enough of it
Lipps hopes a 5- thousand dollar reward will entice more people to come
forward with clues.
But forestry officials are quick to point out you can't put a price on the
damage the fires caused.
They now look to the future, and await greener pastures.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 6:27:28
IN Q=Here's a
((CROY: HERE'S A YOUNG PINE SEEDLING. ))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=pine seedling
Scott Prince, News 7, Craig County.))
8Weather
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Taking a look at the forecast -
Quite a change for us, today.
We're going to see sunny skies, with breezy, warm conditions.
Highs are expected to reach the low 70s.
Clear conditions tonight with lows in the 50s.
warm temperatures - expect highs around 80.
The weekend is going to get off to a nice start, with more sunny skies and
by SS