06:00-01
HEADLINES
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VO-NAT
A day in court for the man accused of killing four members of a Vinton
family nearly two years ago.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
And Olympic security guard Richard Jewell remains under investigation in
Saturday's pipe bomb explosion at Centennial park.
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Bramblett
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TAPE#96-52
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Earl Conrad Bramblett is behind bars in South Carolina this morning, accused
of the 1994 murders of a Vinton family. Yesterday Bramblett made his first
formal court appearance in connection with the case.
Keith Humphry has more from Spartanburg.
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SUPER=01-Anthony Mabry/State Solicitor; :08
SUPER=07-Earl Bramblett; :32
SUPER=03-Vinton/August 29, 1994;:50
SUPER=01-Barry Keesee/State Police Special Agent; 1:15
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Obremski
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WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-61
GRAPHIC=Michael Obremski
He was charged with nearly a dozen felonies- and accused of striking fear in
little girls.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/May 10;
Michael Obremski was arrested in May for making threatening telephone calls
to girls ranging in age from 8 to 18.
Yesterday he pleaded no contest in Roanoke County circuit court to 11
charges.
They include threatening to abduct, taking indecent liberties with a minor
and making an obscene phone call.
Obremski will be sentenced in late September.
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jewell
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Olympic Bomb
The F-B-I's investigation of an Olympic security guard goes on, despite
earlier word that interest in the bombing suspect was diminishing.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Habersham Co., GA;
In fact, federal agents have expanded their search for possible
evidence involving Richard Jewell.
Late yesterday they searched a cabin in northeastern Georgia where Jewell
lived before moving to Atlanta in May.
SUPER=03-Atlanta;
Earlier in the day, agents carted away box after box of unidentified
material from Jewell's Atlanta apartment.
Jewell's lawyer says the investigation will vindicate his client, and a man
who says he is a friend of Jewell's is confident the 33 year old is not
resposible for Saturday's pipe-bombing.
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(( ))
SUPER=01-Jeff Crane/Friend of Jewell;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=no reason at all.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Saturday;
Jewell has not been charged or arrested in with connection with the
Centennial park explosion that killed one person and wounded more than 100.
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1-Sports
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NEWSCAST=Mornin
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TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=Olympics
A big day on the track at the Olympics today.
Michael Johnson will be shooting for gold in the 200-meter sprint.
He's hoping to complete a historic 200-400 double. And Dan O'Brien
tries to complete his long trek to an Olympic decathlon title.
Freestyle wrestlers highlighted the American play yesterday in Atlanta,
winning two golds and a silver.
Talent=Melanie
SS=None
Elsewhere in sports the latest baseball trade involves the New York Yankees
and Detroit Tigers.
Mike Stevens has the details and more this morning.
Good morning Mike.
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Fire-Suspect
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sly
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
The man accused in the 1994 murders of a Vinton family is apparently ready
to fight extradition back to Virginia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Spartanburg, SC;
Earl Bramblett has been living in Spartanburg South Carolina since shortly
after the slayings of the Hodges family.
He told a judge yesterday that Virginia State Police had told him he was
free to move and that he has made no attempts to conceal his identity.
Bramblett has been working at a Spartanburg sign shop and was also in the
process of buying a home.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Vinton/August 1994;
Bramblett is described as a friend of Blaine and Teresa Hodges. The bodies
of the couple and their two young daughters were found in their burning home
two summers ago.
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Talent=Melanie
SS=Murder Investigation
Earl Bramblett remains held without bond in South Carolina. He may appear
in court again on Friday.
Valley-View
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NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-63
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A Roanoke man's skirmish with a Valley View Mall security official led
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to call for a boycott of the mall.
Yesterday both the shopper and the security guard faced each other in
court.
Kimberly McBroom has the story.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke/June 4; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :19
SUPER=01-Gerald Teaster/Prosecutor; :33
SUPER=01-Melvin Hill/Mann's Attorney; :41
SUPER=@Kimberly1; :56
SUPER=01-Robyn McNeal/Valley View Shopper; 1:04
SUPER=01-Hayward Statum/Valley View Shopper; 1:14
SUPER=01-Wendy Schaeffer/Spencer Gifts; 1:21 quick!!
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(( In early June, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference accused
Valley View Mall of discriminating against blacks.
They made a public example of a confrontation between 25- year- old Robert
Manns and Valley View's security chief, John Rutledge.
Manns filed assault charges-- accusing Rutledge of shoving him.
In turn, Rutledge charged Manns with trespassing, saying he refused to
leave the mall when he was asked to.
Testimony revealed Manns left the mall-- then came back.
A judge has ruled Manns was guilty of trespassing, but did NOT enter a
conviction of record.
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SOT manns tape 5:20:45
((GERALD TEASTER/PROSECUTOR: EVENTUALLY HE LEFT AND IT WASN'T A MATTER OF
HAVING HIM PHYSICALLY TAKEN AWAY AND I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY HE DID
NOT GIVE HIM THE CONVICTION.))
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SOT MANNS TAPE 5:11:48
((MELVIN HILL/MANN'S ATTORNEY: BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHICH WAS ANSWERED IN OUR
FAVOR IS DO YOU WANT TO CONVICT SOMEONE BASED ON THOSE SET OF FACTORS. HE CHOSE
NOT TO AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.))
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Meanwhile, Rutledge was found Not Guilty of assaulting Manns-- with the
evidence failing to prove any intent to cause harm.
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((KIMBERLY MCBROOM/NEWS 7: AFTER ALL THE ATTENTION THIS CASE HAS RECEIVED, WE
DECIDED TO TALK TO SOME FOLKS WHO SHOP AND WORK AT VALLEY VIEW MALL TO FIND OUT
WHAT THEY THINK THE ATMOSPHERE IS LIKE. ))
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SOT 8:13:45 TAPE 2
((ROBYN MCNEAL/VALLEY VIEW SHOPPER: YOU CAN BE WALKING AROUND THE MALL AND
THEY WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW IT-- YOU JUST WALKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS, AND THEY'LL
SWEAR UP AND DOWN YOU'RE TRYING TO STEAL SOMETHING AND THEN THEY'LL FOLLOW YOU
ALL AROUND THE STORES LIKE YOU'RE A THIEF. ))
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SOT TAPE 2 8:09:40
((HAYWARD STATUM/VALLEY VIEW SHOPPER: MY SON AND I COME OUT HERE AT LEAST ONCE
A WEEK AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND SHOP, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE AT ALL.))
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SOT tape 1 4:49:10
((WENDY SCHAEFFER/SPENCER GIFTS: EVERYBODY AROUND HERE'S REAL COOL. EVERYBODY
AROUND HERE IS REAL LAID BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BIG DEAL IS.))
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Schaeffer says she hasn't noticed any change in business since the S-C-L-C
called for the boycott.
Kimberly McBroom, News 7.))
2-Scores
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NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=mlb logo
Turning now to sports--
Seattle blasted seven homers and toppled Milwaukee 9-to-3.
Jay Buhner (BYOO'-nur), Ken Griffey Junior and Alex Rodriguez each homered
twice and Brian Hunter added a solo
shot to support Sterling Hitchcock's shaky outing.
He picked up his eleventh win despite allowing ten hits and three runs in
five innings.
Let's check out the scoreboards for the rest of last night's major league
action.
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Innings//Houston/0/j/Cincinnati/10///;
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City/6/j/Danville/12////Martinsville///Bluefield///Postponed/;
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2Headlines
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Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT
The man accused of killing four members of a Vinton family remains in jail
this morning in South Carolina.
Earl Bramblett appeared in court yesterday to hear the charges against him
which include one count of Capital Murder and three counts of first degree
murder.
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VO-NAT
After reports yesterday that investigators were losing interest in Richard
Jewell.. officials now say it's still to early to rule him out as a potential
suspect in Saturday's Olympic park bombing.
Federal agents searched Jewell's home yesterday, carting away several
boxes of unidentified materials.
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VO-NAT
The House overwhelmingly passed a welfare reform bill yesterday giving
states broad authority to run their own welfare programs.
The senate is expected to approve the bill today.
President Clinton has promised to sign it.
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ANCHOR=Melanie 2 shot
And that's what's making news on this Thursday the first day of August.
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(beth ad lib)
Hodges
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sly
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Nearly two years after a Vinton family was found murdered in their home,
the man accused of the crime stood before a judge to hear the charges against
him.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Spartanburg, SC;
Earl Bramblett has been living in Spartanburg South Carolina since shortly
after the slayings of the Hodges family.
In court yesterday Bramblett said after the murders Virginia State Police
questioned him but told him he was free to move.
Bramblett says he was down on his luck when he first arrived in Spartanburg.
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IN Q=When I landed
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OUT Q=social security number
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VO-NAT
Bramblett has been working at a Spartanburg sign shop and was also in the
process of buying a home.
SUPER=03-Vinton/August 1994;
Bramblett is described as a friend of Blaine and Teresa Hodges. The bodies
of the couple and their two young daughters were found in their burning home
two summers ago.
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Talent=Melanie
SS=Murder Investigation
Earl Bramblett remains held without bond in South Carolina. He may appear
in court again on Friday.
olympic-bomb
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Olympic Bomb
The F-B-I continues its probe into whether security guard Richard Jewell is
the Olympic pipe-bomber.
Yesterday, agents searched Jewell's apartment in Atlanta as well as
his previous home in northeastern Georgia, looking for evidence that might link
him to Saturday's bombing at centennial park.
But so far, it appears there is no smoking gun.
Manuel Gallegus reports.
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4:00:43
IN Q=FBI agents are
SUPER=03-Atlanta; :00
SUPER=01-David Tubbs/FBI Spokesman; :32
SUPER=01-Manuel Gallegus/Reporting ; 1:22
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TWA-Crash
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#NetC
GRAPHIC=Plane crash Invest
Off the coast of New York's Long Island, high winds and rough seas are
making the search for wreckage and victims of TWA Flight 800 difficult.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Off Long Island, NY;
Yesterday Navy divers were kept out of the water and the search was
suspended.
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SOT 20:29:34
IN Q=
((ROBERT FRANCIS/NAT'L TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD: IT WAS VERY ROUGH SEAS OUT
THERE. SIX TO EIGHT FOOT WAVES AND ALMOST NO ACTIVITY.))
SUPER=01-Robert Francis/NTSB;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=AND ALMOST NO ACTIVITY."
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VO-NAT
Officials say they still can't definitively say what caused the explosion,
but one source close to the invesigation says there is now a belief that if a
bomb was to blame it exploded in a front cargo bin that held passenger luggage.
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welfare
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sly
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Washington DC
A welfare overhaul is nearing reality.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Capitol Hill;
The Senate today is expected to approve a bill revamping welfare
following yesterday's passage by the House.
The measure would end the six decades long federal pledge of open ended aid
to the poor.
President Clinton has pledged to support the bill.
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((
I WILL SIGN THIS BILL FIRST BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IN BROKEN, SECOND
BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS MADE CHANGES I SOUGHT AND THIRD//THIS IS THE BEST CHANCE
TO COMPLETE THE WORK OF ENDING WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT. ))
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OUT Q=as we know it.
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VO-NAT
The new bill would limit Welfare benefits to five years and recipients
would be required to work within two years.
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3-Sports
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NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=Olympics
Two U-S medals from track and field last night -- both in the
women's 400 hurdles.
There was silver for Kim Batten of Georgia and
bronze for Tonja (TAHN'-juh) Buford-Bailey of Ohio.
Jamaica's Deon Hemmings won the race in Olympic-record time.
Today at the games -- Michael Johnson runs in the men's 200
final and Dan O'Brien tries to complete his long trek to an Olympic
decathlon title.
He's leading after five events.
Talent=Melanie
SS=None
Also in sports --all eyes are on Dale Earnhardt as practice gets underway
for this week's qualifying.
Mike Stevens has that story and more.
Good morning Mike.
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SOT
IN Q=Hello once again
RUNS=2:11
OUT Q=good day everybody
2-Bramblett
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=khu
TAPE#96-52
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
The main suspect in the murders of a Vinton family two years ago faced
formal charges for the first time yesterday.
Earl Conrad Bramblett is behind bars in South Carolina, accused of the 1994
murders of four members of the Hodges family.
Keith Humphry has more from Spartanburg.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=01-Anthony Mabry/State Solicitor; :08
SUPER=07-Earl Bramblett; :32
SUPER=03-Vinton/August 29, 1994;:50
SUPER=01-Barry Keesee/State Police Special Agent; 1:15
SUPER=@Keith1;
RUNS=1:35
OUT Q=South Carolina
L'burg-Shooting
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NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#96-54
GRAPHIC=Shooting Generic
A mother is accused of shooting her daughter in Lynchburg.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
42-year old Emma Jean Davis was led away in handcuffs after police charged
her with shooting her 26-year old daughter, Tara Kim.
Commander Earl Burnette says the 9-1-1 call that police received said Kim
was shot after a burglar entered her house.
But soon after officers arrived at the Augusta Avenue home, a different
picture emerged.
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SOT sot burnette on figuring thing out
IN Q=The only thing
((BURNETTE: THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW IS DURING THE COURSE OF THE
INVESTIGATION, IS THAT THINGS DIDN'T ADD UP AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHARGE
BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THAT WE FOUND AT THE SCENE.))
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OUT Q=at the scene.
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VO-NAT
Neighbors say Kim and Davis had lived on their street for roughly six
months.
Kim's two daughters also lived there.
They were not hurt.
Lynchburg General Hospital says Kim is in serious condition after surgery.
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Recall
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
Playskool is recalling thousands of infant carriers because children may
fall out of them.
The product is called the Fold N' Travel Carrier.
Playskool says it's received reports of infants tumbling out of the
carriers, including seven cases of babies who suffered serious head injuries.
The Fold 'N' Travel carriers can be adjusted for use as a rocker, feeder or
sleeper, and they fold up for storage.
If you have one return it to Playskool or the store for a refund.
Mason-Dixon
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-53
GRAPHIC=News 7 Poll
Might Virginians go against recent history and support a Democrat for the
presidency?
The latest News- 7 Mason Dixon Poll says... maybe.
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VO-NAT
President Clinton trails Republican Bob Dole by just two percentage
points-- with ten percent of voters still undecided.
SUPER=@File;
Ross Perot's independent candidacy seems to have little chance of gaining
steam in the Commonwealth.
BUT when you toss him into the mix Dole's lead over Clinton gets even
slimmer.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD
The poll DOES show that Dole would widen the gap here if he picked up Colin
Powell as a running mate.
Statewide, 39-percent of voters said they would be "more likely" to vote for
Dole if Powell was on the ticket.
4-Scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=mlb logo
Turning now to sports--
Tony Clark hit a tie-breaking, three-run homer to
push Detroit past California 10-to-5.
Melvin Nieves (nee-EH'-vehs), Bobby Higginson and Travis Fryman also homered
as the Tigers tied a season high with their third straight win.
Detroit has slammed 14 homers in its last four games.
Let's check out the scoreboards for the rest of last night's major league
action.
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City/6/j/Danville/12////Martinsville///Bluefield///Postponed/;
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