08:25-01
7Via
ANCHOR=Melanie
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WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=murder
A Roanoke woman has been charged with fatally beating her newborn daughter
at a homeless shelter.
It happened last December.
In a statement to police, 28-year-old Veronica Janine Via said she was
feared she could not raise her 14-day-old daughter alone, so she decided to --
quote -- "send her to a better place."
End quote.
Via was indicted yesterday on a charge of murdering Jasmine Monique Via at
the Transitional Living Center for homeless people.
An official at the center said Veronica Via no longer lives there.
7Neighbors-Bell
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-51
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Two Roanoke City sheriff's deputies hope to be back on the job now that
they've been cleared of sexual misconduct charges.
Yesterday, a judge dismissed the case, citing inconsistencies in the
accuser's story.
Joe Dashiell has more.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm just glad
SUPER=01-Larry Neighbors/Defendant; :00 quick
SUPER=01-David Bell/Defendant; :06 quick
SUPER=07-Ronlyn Eaton; :29
SUPER=01-Bob Bushnell/Prosecutor; :51
SUPER=@Joe2; 1:12
RUNS=1:19
OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke
((
SOT
IN Q=I'm just glad it's over with
((LARRY NEIGHBORS/DEFENDANT: I'M JUST GLAD IT'S OVER WITH AND I'M GLAD THE
PUBLIC IS FINALLY FINDING OUT THE FULL TRUTH.))
((DAVID BELL/DEFENDANT: IT'S BEEN A TOTAL HELL, I'LL TELL YOU. IT'S PUT US
THROUGH A LOT, BUT IT'S OVER AND I JUST WANT TO GET ON WITH MY LIFE.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=get on with my life.
The two deputies say they're pleased a fourteen- month ordeal is over.
For their accuser Ronlyn Eaton, the decision was a bitter disappointment.
She claimed the men offered her a ride home from a Roanoke bar in May of
1995, then forced her to have sex with them.
SOT
IN Q=People take care of their own
((PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN AND THEY THOUGHT THAT MAYBE BECAUSE OF WHO I
WAS THAT MAYBE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT. UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID,
BUT I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.))
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OUT Q=anyone else.
While the judge raised questions about the deputies' behavior that night,
he said there were too many inconsistencies in Eaton's story to convict the
men.
SOT
IN Q=I've got some concerns
((BOB BUSHNELL/PROSECUTOR: I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY MR. BELL AND
MR. NEIGHBORS CONDUCTED THEMSELVES ON THIS EVENING WITH MS. EATON, BUT I THINK
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE HAVE A LOT OT BE PROUD OF WITH REGARD TO THE
WAY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE INVESTIGATED
THESE ALLEGATIONS.))
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OUT Q=these allegations.
After more than a year of unpaid leave, the deputies say they hope to
return to their jobs.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))
7Accident-Folo
ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#96-60
GRAPHIC=NONE
A small boy made a trip to a Lynchburg Fire station last night to say
thankyou to some firefighters
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Six- year- old Zachary Snell was seriously injured in a car accident in
Lynchburg May 17th.
Internal injuries sent Zachary to a Charlottesville hospital for more than a
week, and he was released on Friday.
Zachary's first order of business was to come to Fire Station 8 and thank
the firefighters who helped him when he was hurt.
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SOT 19:14:28
IN Q=He remembered
((KENNETH SNELL/FATHER: HE REMEMBERED DUANE WHO WAS IN THE AMBULANCE AND
HELPING HIM OUT AND ALL, AND HE JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND THANK DUANE, HE
REALLY APPRECIATED ALL HIS HELP.))
SUPER=01-Kenneth Snell/Father; :00
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=all his help.
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VO-NAT
Zachary and his brother Paul presented paramedics Duane Stone and Tom
Bartell with flowers and a thank- you card.
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SOT 19:12:04
IN Q=It's nice to
((DUANE STONE/PARAMEDIC: IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THANK US ONCE IN A WHILE,
IT GIVES US A LITTLE EXTRA PUSH, INCENTIVE TO DO THE JOB BETTER AS THE DAYS GO
ON.))
SUPER=01-Duane Stone/Paramedic; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=days go on.
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VO-NAT
Zachary and his family didn't walk away empty- handed.
Firefighters presented the boys with caps and t- shirts, and gave them the
royal tour of the fire station.
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7Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to the forecast -
It's going to be another day - Highs are going to be around 90
degrees.
Expect partly cloudy skies with a chance of thunderstorms this after noon.
For tonight, look for clouds and the chance of showers to remain.
Lows will be in the mid to upper 60s.
Looking ahead, it's going to be partly sunny tomorrow with cooler
temperatures - highs will be in the mid to upper 80s.
55VMI-Allen
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-55
GRAPHIC=VMI
Published reports today quote the superintendent of V-M-I as saying that a
growing number of the Lexington school's alumni believes the military college
should admit women WITHOUT changing its rigorous physical training.
SS=Bunting
V-M-I head Josiah Bunting said the idea is that few women would want to
undergo such training.
During a tour of the region,
SS=Allen
Governor Allen also discussed last week's Supreme Court decision.
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VO-NAT
The governor has already stated he'll stand by the ruling...
SUPER=04-File Tape;
but says he plans to talk to school officials about the privatization issue.
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SOT 12:53:18
IN Q=The board
((GOVERNOR GEORGE ALLEN: THE BOARD WILL BE MEETING SHORTLY. THEY'LL SIFT
THROUGH THIS, THEY'LL CERTAINLY HEAR FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AS TO WHAT
THEY THINK THEY MIGHT DO. AND I DO WANT TO TALK TO JOSIAH BUNTING AND GET HIS
LAY OF THE LAND. ))
SUPER=@Allen;
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OUT Q=of the land
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD Allen
Allen thinks it will take 10 to 12 million dollars in donations each year
for V-M-I to go private.
But he's not sure of the legal ramifications that might accompany such a
switch.
55Allen-Botetourt
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-43
GRAPHIC=Allen
The Governor made those comments in Botetourt County, where he not only paid
a visit, but paid out hundreds- of-thousands-of-dollars to incoming businesses.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Cloverdale;
His first stop was in Cloverdale... where he got a first hand look at the
A-O Smith plant.
The automotive products company received 300- thousand dollars from the
Governor's Opportunity fund.
A-O Smith plans to open its facility later this year and eventually hire 130
employees.
Governor Allen then headed north to Buchanan.
He presented Meadville Forging a check for 175-thousand dollars... and
helped break ground on its new facility.
Company officials expect production to start next summer.
They will ALSO hire more than 100 workers.
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55Ferry-Farm
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# edit of 96-12
GRAPHIC=Wal-Mart
Plans for Wal-Mart to build a store on a portion of the farm where George
Washington grew up may be chopped down.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Stafford Co./File Tape;
A Wal-Mart spokesman says the company is willing to swap the site for another
nearby, under certain conditions.
Plans for the store drew national criticism, although the land was zoned for
commercial development.
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55Wal-Mart
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-59
GRAPHIC=wal mart
Meanwhile, in the parking lot of ROANOKE'S Walmart Supercenter, shoppers
got a bargin country music concert.
As Kimberly McBroom reports the free concert was all part of Walmart's
Country Music Across America tour.
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SOT
IN Q=nat sound of music
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=01-Marty Raybon/Shenandoah Lead Singer; :24
SUPER=01-Mike McGuire/Shenandoah Drummer; :58
SUPER=@Kimberly1; 1:17
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OUT Q=McBroom, News 7
((
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SOT nat sound of music
((SINGING, "JEANIE BAKER'S LOVE SLAVE." ))
RUNS=:10
The grammy award winning group, Shenandoah took to the stage at, of all
places, the Wal-Mart Super Center parking lot.
Although it's known mainly as a haven of good deals-- Walmart is also a key
player in the country music business.
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SOT 19:23:46
((MARTY RAYBON/"SHENANDOAH" LEAD SINGER: WALMART'S THE BIGGEST RETAIL SELLING
OUTFIT OF COUNTRY MUSIC, IN GENERAL. THEY SELL MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
SO, WHEN THEY CALL YOU AND THEY WANT YOU TO COME AND DO A COUPLE OF SHOWS WITH
THEM, YOU'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT. ))
RUNS=:18
Newcomer Paul Brandt opened up for Shenandoah.
After its current tour, Shenandoah will prepare for its largest audience
yet-- the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
Group members say country music is replacing rock and roll in the hearts
of young listeners.
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SOT 19:26:46
((MIKE MCGUIRE/"SHENANDOAH" DRUMMER: KIDS ARE LISTENING TO COUNTRY MUSIC NOW.
THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO ROCK AND ROLL LIKE THEY USED TO. THEY'RE LISTENING TO
COUNTRY MUSIC BECAUSE COUNTRY MUSIC, IN MY OPINION, IS THE ONLY KIND OF MUSIC
THAT'S GOT ANYTHING TO SAY. ))
RUNS=:07
Shenandoah is one of nearly 100 acts on the Walmart tour--
The question is, do they shop there?
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SOT 19:27:56
((MARTY RAYBON: DEFINITELY. IN FACT, I GOT THIS SHIRT AT WAL-MART. IT'S BEEN
SEVERAL YEARS, BUT I DID. ))
RUNS=:06
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SOT standup here
((KIMBERLY MCBROOM/NEWS 7: FOLLOWING THE OUTDOOR CONCERT, FANS WERE INVITED
INSIDE THE STORE FOR AN ALBUM- SIGNING, AS WELL AS SOME BARGAIN SHOPPING.
KIMBERLY MCBROOM, NEWS 7. ))
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))
55Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to the forecast -
Partly cloudy skies today with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
Highs will reach the 90s.
8Via
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=murder
A Roanoke woman faces murder charges in the beating death of her newborn
baby.
It happened last December at a homeless shelter.
Via was indicted yesterday on a charge of murdering Jasmine Monique Via at
the Transitional Living Center for homeless people.
8CHurch-arrest
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=mel
TAPE#=NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
Two men and a girl have been arrested in the April 16th fire that destroyed
a building owned by a black church in Chesterfield County.
But authorities say there was no evidence that the fire at the First Baptist
Church of Centralia's auxiliary
building was racially motivated.
The suspects have been charged with malicious burning of an unoccupied
church.
8Deputies
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# edit of 96-51
GRAPHIC=legal scales
Two Roanoke City sheriff's deputies may soon be back on the job after being
cleared of sexual misconduct charges.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
A judge yesterday dismissed the case against David Bell and Larry Neighbors.
Circuit Judge Barnard Jennings said the alleged victim's story was not
believable.
Ronlyn Eaton claimed that the two off-duty deputies raped and sodomized her
after offering her a ride home from a night club.
But she also had claimed that one of the men had gotten her pregnant.
D-N-A tests, however, excluded both men as the father.
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8Kim-Stan
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=rjo
TAPE#596-17
GRAPHIC=none
A large state grant should help speed up cleaning efforts at the Kim Stan
landfill.
But as Ron Jones reports, residents there are far from finding a permanent
solution.
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SOT
IN Q=Eight years of stench
SUPER=04-File Tape; :00
SUPER=03-Alleghany Co.; :30
SUPER=@Allen; :56
SUPER=01-Alicia Gordon/Selma Resident; 1:07
SUPER=01-Herb Taylor/Kim-Stan Committee Member; 1:29
SUPER=@Ron2; 1:38
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OUT Q=Ron Jones News Seven.
((Eight years of stench-- eight years of dangerous toxins-- eight years of
frustration.
That's how some residents would describe the Kim Stan Landfill.
Mounds of trash brought in by the steady flow of trucks produced 36-thousand
gallons of leachate that flows into the Jackson River even to this day.
These citizens have fought hard over the years to rid their community of
industrial irresponsibility.
The fight is still on going.
But after the help of a retired NASA scientist this grassroots organization
finally has some hope.
They are planning to do construct a organic vegetation filter system to
absorb the leachate.
But it takes money.
And the state has finally stepped in.
Governor Allen presented the County with a check for more than 134-thousands
to begin the project.
SOT 16:22:13
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: WHILE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IT IS ONE OF
MANY STEPS, MANY STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN IN THE FUTURE TO
CLEAN UP THIS SITE, AND TO SECURE THIS SITE, AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND OUR
RIVERS.))
RUNS=:14
BUTT, BUTT, BUTT
SOT 16:33:21
((ALICIA GORDON/SELMA RESIDENT: LIKE THE GOVERNOR SAID I AGREE IT'S A STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT LIKE HE ALSO SAID WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY OF VIRGINIA HELP US IN OUR SEARCH FOR OTHER
INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS FOR THE LAND FILL.))
RUNS=:18
But some beleive the best solution would be to rid the mess.
SOT
((HERB TAYLOR/KIM STAN COMITTEE MEMBER: WE STILL NEED TO PUT MORE OF A COVER
OVER AS YOU WELL KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A COVER ON THERE AND WE STILL
NEED TO VACATE THE GAS THAT COMES UP.))
RUNS=:10
But for now residents say this first step has been a big one-- on the road
to a clean and safe community.
Ron Jones News Seven.))
8Weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to the forecast -
It's going to be another day - Highs are going to be around 90
degrees.
Expect partly cloudy skies with a chance of thunderstorms this after noon.
For tonight, look for clouds and the chance of showers to remain.
Lows will be in the mid to upper 60s.
temperatures - highs will be in the mid to upper 80s.
Looking ahead, it's going to be partly sunny tomorrow with cooler
by SS