WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 05/28/96

08:25-01

7Wythe-Homicide

ANCHOR=Melanie
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A Wythe County man faces charges of murder following a shooting this morning.
Police say the man -- whose identity is not being released -- shot another Wythe County man at about one o'clock.
The victim -- who also is not being identified -- was taken to the hospital, where he died about five hours later.
Police say the shooting happened at the suspect's home in Ivanhoe -- they are still investigating a motive.

7Bedford-Veterans

ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#96-40
GRAPHIC=memorial day

A solemn ceremony yesterday in Bedford marking Memorial Day.
Keith Humphry has more.
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IN Q=The rain held
SUPER=03-Bedford/Yesterday; :00
SUPER=01-Albert Beveridge/Marshall Foundation; :35
SUPER=@Keith2; :56
SUPER=01-Sen. John Warner/(R) Virginia; :1:06
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OUT Q=Humphry, NEWS 7.

((The rain held off. But the ceremony in Bedford was moved off the courthouse steps... to the middle school auditorium.
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The Liberty High School band helped set the stage.
This community lost 23 men in the Normandy invasion of France.
A National D-DAY Memorial is in the works- -to be built in Bedford.
The Marshall Foundation has taken on a support role.
The foundation's director used the occasion to lament a difficult period of "extraordinary nastiness... rampant selfishness and disrespect."
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SOT 13:58:05
IN Q=Therefor I am
((I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS D-DAY MEMORIAL WILL NOT ONLY CELEBRATE THE FEATS OF THE MEN OF ARMS WHO TOOK PART IN THAT GREAT ENTERPRISE, BUT WILL REMIND US OF THE SENSE OF MUTUAL OBLIGATION AND RESPECT THAT MADE THIS NATION GREAT.))
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The other guest speaker mentioned Bedford's D-Day role, but was also anticipating FUTURE military conflicts.
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SOT 13:34:55
IN Q=I fight hard
((I FIGHT HARD IN THE SENATE AND WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE SENATE TO TRY TO CLARIFY THE FUTURE SUCH THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES GO FORTH IN HARMS WAY ONLY AND I REPEAT ONLY WHEN ITS IN THE VITAL NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES. ))
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The Senator voted against the American peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.
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SOT 13:44:57
IN Q=But our troops
((WARNER: BUT OUR TROOPS WENT. AND ONCE THEY'RE THERE THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT IT THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHERE WE SEND OUR TROOPS. NOT ONLY TO PROTECT THEM, BUT ALSO IT'S TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. AND WE CANNOT BE THE POLICEMAN ALL OVER THE WORLD.))
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OUT Q=over the world.

Warner is locked in a struggle for his party's nomination.
His stop in Bedford was one of four Memorial Day appearances he made, barely two weeks before the Republican primary.
Keith Humphry, NEWS 7.))

7Circuit-City

ANCHOR=Melanie
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WRITER=cro
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The Virginia N-Double-A-C-P has called for a "selective buying campaign" directed against Circuit City Stores.
The Richmond-based appliance and electronics chain is the target of two race discrimination suits.
A state N-Double-A-C-P official says the campaign is not a boycott.
But he called on consumers to take a strong look at where and how they spend their money.
The company has denied any discrimination in hiring and promotions.

7Anderson

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A Roanoke County woman says she'll go to the highest authority if she has to, but she won't give up.
Carolyn Anderson's parked car was hit by a Salem fire truck, and so far she has gotten nowhere with her claim for damages.
The law gives cities immunity for such things when providing legitimate governmental services.
Anderson's 1995 Grand Prix was sideswiped while she was attending her daughter's graduation earlier this month at Roanoke College.
The fire truck was responding to an emergency call.
The damage was under 400 dollars, but Salem's insurance won't pay it.

7Weather

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Turning now to the forecast -
Expect rain throughout the day, along with a chance of thunderstorms.
Highs will be in the mid 70s.

55Wythe-Homicide

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=shooting

A Wythe County man is accused of shooting and killing another man early this morning.
Police say the suspect -- whose identity is not being released, faces charges of murder.
They say he shot another Wythe County man at about one o'clock.
The victim -- who also is not being identified -- was taken to the hospital, where he died about five hours later.
Police say the shooting happened at the suspect's home in Ivanhoe.
A motive for the incident is still not known.

55New-Prisons

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-45
GRAPHIC=Virginia State Seal

By 19-98, four of the most secure prisons in the nation will be right here in Virginia.
And as Ellen Qualls reports, there are more changes planned in state corrections.
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IN Q=Corrections Director
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=01-Ron Angelone/Va. Corrections Director; :08
SUPER=@Ellen2; :45
SUPER=04-Courtesy of DOC; 1:11
RUNS=2:02
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.

(( Corrections Director Ron Angelone (ANN-ja-loan) thinks like a hardened criminal.
He's got to to keep up.
sot 01:15:38
((RON ANGELONE/VA. CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR: HAVE INMATES IN THE DAYROOM KILLED AND INJURED OTHER INMATES. YES. HAVE THEY HURT STAFF UNDER MY WATCH, YES.))
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He's been the man in the hot seat -- as his boss abolished parole and started packing 'em in.
There was the loaded gun that may have found its way onto Death Row.
Most recently, a corrections officer stabbed by an inmate at Mecklenburg.
sot 01:43:57
((RON ANGELONE/VA. CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I ALWAYS LOOK AT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF THAT WANTS TO RUN THIS PRISON. AND TO HAVE A STAFF THAT FEELS SAFE EVERY PLACE THEY ARE TO RUN IT. THEY DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY'RE OVERWHELMED, OUTNUMBERED, INTIMIDATED, NOT IN CHARGE.))
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Hence, Red Onion and Wallen's Ridge in Wise and Dickenson Counties.
They're just drawings now -- but by dividing the state's most violent predators into two separate units, they're the safest plans Angelone's 27 years' experience has to offer.
sot 01;22:51
((RON ANGELONE/VA. CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR: ULTIMATELY RIGHT NOW, UNTIL AFTER WE GET IT OUT AND WORKING AND SAY WE COULD ADD MAYBE SOMETHING TO IT, IS THE ULTIMATE DESIGN IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW. IT PROVIDES THE BEST SECURITY.))
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Sussex I and II in Sussex County are actually a little less sophisticated -- but one will become the new home to Death Row.
sot 01:19;12
((RON ANGELONE/VA. CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR: DEATH ROW IS NEVER YOUR MAJOR PHYSICAL PROBLEM WITH INDIVIDUALS. THEY'RE NOT INMATES THAT ARE CONTINUALLY CAUSING PROBLEMS. THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT. I MEAN THEY ARE FACING THE ULTIMATE OF SENTENCES.))
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So all four prisons have a new first in Virginia: guns and gun turrets INSIDE, overlooking the common areas, the mess hall.
Their ammo is rubber bullets meant to stop, hurt, teach a lesson -- but NOT kill.
The sound track of the architect's video inspires confidence.
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But really it's the view that warms the hearts of corrections officers.
All four prisons are slated to open by 1998.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

55Concert

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=Sta
TAPE#96-33
GRAPHIC=none

A new generation of Jackson's entertained students yesterday in Salem.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem/Yesterday;

The R and B group 3-T performed at Salem High School.
The groups members are the sons of Tito Jackson, but they say even with their famous last name, they still have to work hard.
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IN Q=We've just been
((TITO JOE JACKSON/SINGER; WE'VE JUST BEEN BROUGHT UP THAT IF YOU WORK HARD YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AND MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE. THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN 10 YEARS TO DO SO WE'VE WORKED PRETTY HARD.))
SUPER=01-Tito Joe Jackson/Singer;
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OUT Q= worked pretty hard.
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VO-NAT

Students at the school won the concert by sending in 15 hundred postcards to W-J-J-S radio.
The show is one of a series of concerts the group is giving along the east coast.
3-T is touring to promote its debut album called "Brotherhood"
The album has already produced one gold single.
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55Weather

8Wythe-Homicide

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=shooting

A Wythe County man is being held for murder this morning.
Police say 54-year old Ronald Lloyd Sutphin (SUT-FIN) shot 31 year-old Tony Ray Dunford at his home in Ivanhoe at about 1 o'clock this morning.
Dunford was taken to the hospital, where he died about five hours later.
A motive for the incident is still not known.
Sutphin has been charged with malicious wonding.
Murder charges are expected to be filed later this morning.

8Veterans

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=KHu
TAPE-edit of #96-40
GRAPHIC=HOLD memorial day

A special ceremony marked Memorial Day yesterday in Bedford, the town that lost 23 men in the Normandy invasion of France.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford/Yesterday;

The rain held off, but the ceremony was still moved off the courthouse steps to the middle school auditorium.
A National D-DAY Memorial is in the works, to be built in Bedford.
The Marshall Foundation has taken on a support role.
The foundation's director used the occasion to mourn a difficult period that he described as "extraordinary nastiness."
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SOT 13:58:05
IN Q=Therefor I am
((I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS D-DAY MEMORIAL WILL NOT ONLY CELEBRATE THE FEATS OF THE MEN OF ARMS WHO TOOK PART IN THAT GREAT ENTERPRISE, BUT WILL REMIND US OF THE SENSE OF MUTUAL OBLIGATION AND RESPECT THAT MADE THIS NATION GREAT.))
SUPER=01-Albert Beveridge/Marshall Foundation;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=nation great
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VO-NAT

The other guest speaker mentioned Bedford's D-Day role, but was also anticipating FUTURE military conflicts.
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SOT 13:34:55
IN Q=I fight hard
((I FIGHT HARD IN THE SENATE AND WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE SENATE TO TRY TO CLARIFY THE FUTURE SUCH THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES GO FORTH IN HARMS WAY ONLY AND I REPEAT ONLY WHEN ITS IN THE VITAL NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES. ))
SUPER=01-Sen. John Warner/(R) Virginia;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=united states

Senator Warner voted against the American peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.
Warner is locked in a struggle for his party's nomination.
His stop in Bedford was one of four Memorial Day appearances he made yesterday, barely two weeks before the Republican primary.
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8Berries

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-32
GRAPHIC=NONE

A harsh winter and cool spring hasn't hurt the berry crop.
Joe Dashiell reports on a bountiful harvest.
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IN Q=On a morning of blue skies
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00
SUPER=07-Kathy Davis; :08
SUPER=01-Buddy Hill/Garrett Farms; :23
SUPER=@Joe2 :42
SUPER=07-Wendy Lundstrum; :53
SUPER=07-Nancy Burns; :58
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OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke County

((On a morning of blue skies and cool breezes, Gretchen Davis was getting her first taste of fresh- picked strawberries.
SOT KATHY DAVIS 10:25:30
IN Q=I just wanted to bring her out
((KATHY DAVIS: I JUST WANTED TO BRING HER OUT AND EXPOSE HER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND SHE LOVES TO EAT THEM AS YOU CAN SEE. SHE'S GOT THEM ALL OVER HER.))
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OUT Q=all over her.

At Garrett Farms in Roanoke County, and at pick- your- own operations throughout western Virginia, a bountiful crop of strawberries is now in season.
And the growers are thankful.
SOT BUDDY HILL
IN Q=North Carolina lost
((BUDDY HILL/GARRETT FARMS: NORTH CAROLINA LOST 40 PERCENT OF THEIR CROP TO A LATE FREEZE. WE WEREN'T QUITE SO UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A FULL CROP. WE DID HAVE TO IRRIGATE SEVERAL TIMES FOR FROST CONTROL WHEN IT WAS COLD LATE IN THE SEASON AND LIKE I SAID WE ARE 10 DAYS LATE STARTING TO PICK THIS YEAR.))
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OUT Q=starting to pick this year

The rows at Garrett Farms will produce tons of berries... and it will probably be another couple of weeks before this two- acre patch is picked clean.
For those who head into the field, getting the berries home is half the battle.
SOT WENDY LUNDSTRUM 10:24:03
IN Q=We love strawberries in
((WENDY LUNDSTRUM; WE LOVE STRAWBERRIES IN OUR HOUSE. IN FACT, I'LL PROBABLY EAT A BUCKET FOR LUNCH.))
SOTNANCY BURNS 10:27:39
((NANCY BURNS: WE EAT THEM BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN HOME. JUST WASHING THEM AND EATING THEM FRESH AS THEY ARE IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY MY KIDS LIKE TO EAT THEM.))
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OUT Q=like to eat them.

Ripe strawberries fresh from a local field may be a fleeting pleasure. but berry lovers aren't crying the blues. They know the blueberries are on the way.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke County))

8Weather

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
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Turning now to the forecast -
Expect rain throughout the day, along with a chance of thunderstorms.
Highs will be in the mid 70s.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with more rain expected.
Lows will in the 60's.
Looking ahead, tomorrow, expect mostly cloudy conditions with the chance for Highs will be in the mid 70s. more rain.