06:00-01
HEADLINES
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=am
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#heads
GRAPHIC=NONE
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Coming up on News 7 Mornin'
Tradition is carried out at V-M-I, but it may have been for the last time,
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
And after facing the possibility of up to ten years in prison, former
Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker is sentenced to four years' probation.
(//////SOT/////)
wx-heads
(beth ad lib)
(//////SOT/////)
ANCHOR=Melanie 2 shot
Stick around -- News 7 Mornin' is next.
S-korea
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
A nine-day protest by South Korean students came to a bloody end this
morning in Seoul.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
4:04:07
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Seoul;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=(nats of protest)
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Thousands of riot police stormed a university building where students were
illegally demonstrating for the unification of North and South Korea.
The students were exhausted and nearly sleepless, having been without food
or water for days--yet they fought back with rocks, pipes and fire bombs.
Some Eight hundred people were arrested.
(----------------)
Tucker
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net b
GRAPHIC=legal scales
Another Whitewater defendant is
scheduled to be sentenced today.
Susan McDougal faces up to 17 years in prison on fraud charges.
Yesterday Arkansas' former Governor was spared prison time for his
Whitewater crimes.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Little Rock, AR;
A judge in Little Rock sentenced Jim Guy Tucker to four years probation
because he needs a liver transplant. Tucker said the judge passed down a
compassionate sentence.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 18:13:09
IN Q=
((REPORTER: SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUE THIS AS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
ABOVE THE LAW? JIM GUY TUCKER/ WELL I GUESS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER POEPLE
WHO ARE FACING IMMINENT LIVER TRANSPLANTS THAT ARE IN SIMILIAR SITUATIONS TO DO
A FAIR COMPARISON.))
SUPER=01-Jim Guy Tucker/Former Arkansas Governor;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=A FAIR COMPARISON."
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence Tucker for the maximum sentence of
10 years for fraud and conspiracy.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
ss=Legal Scales
Jim McDougal's sentencing was postponed yesterday until after
the election amid talk that he is cooperating with prosecutors.
Wyoming-Crash
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=Melanie
TAPE#nET C
GRAPHIC=none
Air Force investigators are now analyzing the flight data recorders from a
Presidential cargo plane that crashed this weekend in Wyoming.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jackson Hole, WY;
Experts say the Black boxes appear to be in good shape.
Today officials will begin removing the bodies of the victims from the
crash site.
All nine on board the C-130 died when it slammed into a remote mountain
shortly after takeoff.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
A Campbell County man was among the victims.
Senior Airman Ricky Merritt of Lynch Station was listed as a flight
engineer on the plane.
twa
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=plane (commercial) investigation
T-W-A flight eight-hundred investigators now say they are close to
officially ruling out engine failure as a cause of the disaster.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Smithtown, NY;
4:15;44
N-T-S-B officials say the four engines that were recovered from the ocean
have been examined and confirm that finding.
SUPER=03-Shinnecock Bay;
4:18:19
Officials also say the remote video of the deris field shows that there's
still a lot of wreckage to be recovered.
More than 20 bodies of the 230 victims still have not been recovered.
(----------------)
VMI
ANCHOR=mel
NEWSCAST=mornin'
WRITER=spr
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=VMI
It's one of the long standing traditions at Virginia Military Institute.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington;
Freshmen... or rats... lining up for crew cuts.
But this year... school officials think there might be some symbolism hidden
in that herritage.
If VMI remains a state- supported school, it will be forced to admit women.
Officers say that may clip tradition.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:59:51 tape 1
IN Q=I did say
((MAJOR GENERAL JOSIAH BUNTING/VMI SUPERINTENDENT: I DID SAY TO THE NEW RATS
THAT THERE ARE 2 DISTINCTIONS THEY HAVE. ONE, THEY ARE THE LAST CLASS OF THIS
MILLENIUM. THEY WILL GRADUATE IN 2000. AND TWO, THERE IS A VERY STRONG CHANCE
THEY WILL BE THE LAST CLASS THAT IS ALL MALE. ))
SUPER=01-Josiah Bunting/VMI Superintendent;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=all male
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Bunting may know the school's fate by next month.
The VMI Board of visitors will meet next month to decide whether to prepare
for the admission of women... or take steps to privatize the school.
(----------------)
Governor-Reax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-63
GRAPHIC=VMI
The Justice Department is demanding that VMI clear with it any
communications with other institutions about co-education.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Governor George Allen had harsh words about that.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:11:11
IN Q=It makes
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: IT MAKES YOU WONDER IF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH
IS THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THESE CONVERSATIONS SO THEY CAN
CONTINUE PESTERING VMI AND BOTHERING THEM. THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO THEY'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE JERKING A CHOKE CHAIN ON THEM AND CONTINUE THE PESTERING AND
BOTHERING OF THEM.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=bothering of them.
TALENT=Melanie
SS=HOLD
A Justice Department spokesman says the close scrutiny is based on past
experience with VMI.
SPCA
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-71
GRAPHIC=SPCA
**Note Anchor Tag**
The Roanoke Valley S-P-C-A is not moving, at least, not yet.
That's what City Council decided last night.
Kimberly McBroom reports on the 5- 2 rejection of the group's rezoning
request to build on a new site.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=It's been a dog's life
SUPER=@File; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :16
SUPER=07-Roy Stroop; :20
SUPER=07-Donald Helms; :31
SUPER=07-Robey Patrick; :46
SUPER=01-Lynda McGarry/S.P.C.A. Board of Directors; 1:05
SUPER=@Kimberly1; 1:15
RUNS=1:27
OUT Q=McBroom, News 7
(( It's been a dog's life for leaders of the S-P-C-A -- as once again they
attempted to find a new home for their furry residents.
Recently, the planning commission said NO to to their rezoning request to
build a new facility off Lynn Brae Drive and Route 460.
Now, city council is following suit-- but not before hearing from
residents.
(/////SOT///)
SOT 19:37:52 tape 1
((ROY STROOP: THE SPCA HAS NOT PROMISED US AT ALL, AND I DON'T THINK THEY CAN
PROMISE US THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ODOR OR NOISE. ))
RUNS=:10
(/////SOT/////)
SOT tape 1 19:33:03
((DONALD HELMS: WHILE I AM AWARE THAT THE SPCA IS NOT AN ANIMAL POUND, TO MOST
OF THE PUBLIC, THE TWO ARE THE SAME. THIS BEING THE CASE, WHETHER REAL OR
IMAGINED, IS GOING TO HURT THE BUSINESSES OF THAT AREA. ))
RUNS=:14
(/////SOT/////)
SOT tape 2 19:43:35
((ROBEY PATRICK: PROSPECTIVE TENANTS AND BUYERS SAY THEY WILL NOT LOCATE HERE
IF THE DOG POUND OR SHELTER IS ALLOWED TO MOVE INTO THIS COMMERCIAL AREA. ))
RUNS=:09
The S-P-C-A owns the land.
And while they hoped council would ask the planning commission to
reconsider-- the S-P-C-A officials say they won't roll over and play dead.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT tape 2 20:28:11
((LYNDA MCGARRY/SPCA BD. OF DIRECTORS: I THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. I SEE THIS AS A DELAY, BUT HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE A NEW SHELTER SOON
AND IN MY OPINION, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. ))
RUNS=:09
(/////SOT/////)
SOT standup tape 2 20:42:35
((KIMBERLY MCBROOM/NEWS 7: EVEN THOUGH CITY COUNCIL ENDED UP REJECTING THE
REZONING REQUEST-- SPCA OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE HOPING TO AT LEAST PUT OFFICES AT
THE NEW LOCATION-- AND PROVE THEY CAN BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. KIMBERLY MCBROOM,
NEWS 7. ))
RUNS=:11
))
TALENT=Melanie
SS=SPCA
The S-P-C-A Board of Directors is scheduled to meet Thursday night.
Burley
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#Net edit of 96-18
GRAPHIC=James Henry Burley
A judge has refused to exclude D-N-A evidence in the double murder trial of
James Henry Burley.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@File
But Amherst County Circuit Judge Michael Gamble agreed yesterday to a
defense request for independent D-N-A tests.
Gamble also delayed Burley's
trial to November 12th.
The 44-year-old Madison Heights man is charged with killing two Lynchburg
women whose bodies were found by hunters at separate times late last year.
(----------------)
Military-Crash
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-66
GRAPHIC=NONE
A Campbell County man was among the nine people killed in the crash of a
military cargo plane in Wyoming over the weekend.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jackson Hole, WY;
The plane crashed into a remote mountaintop near Jackson Hole Saturday
night.
The aircraft was serving as part of President Clinton's vacation entourage,
carrying presidential vehicles and other cargo.
Senior Airman Ricky Merritt of Lynch Station was listed as a flight engineer
on the plane.
Merritt and seven other Air Force officers on board were stationed at Dyess
Air Force base in Abilene, Texas.
Authorities don't know why the plane went down.
(----------------)
Amherst-Sheriff
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-68
GRAPHIC=NONE
Money is pushing the Amherst County Sheriff's department into the 21st
century, 300-thousand dollars in state and federal grant money, to be more
exact.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Amherst;
Sheriff Jimmy Ayers had campaigned last year on the promise that he would
seek grant money for new equipment and personnel for the department.
In his eight months on the job, Ayers and his staff have won more than a
half dozen grants, helping them finance new vehicles, computers and staff
positions.
Ayers says the computers in particular will help slash the number of hours
spent on paperwork every year.
That means deputies will spend more time behind the wheel than behind a
desk.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:08:21
IN Q=It'll be more
((JIMMY AYERS/AMHERST CO. SHERIFF: IT'LL BE MORE HOURS THAT THE ROAD GUYS CAN
SPEND OUT ON THE ROAD, THAT'S A BIG PLUS TO US RIGHT THERE. INVESTIGATORS, IT
WILL BE EASIER FOR THEM TO PULL REPORTS UP THAN HAVING TO GO MANUALLY PULL 'EM.
IT WILL JUST BE A BIG HELP TO US.))
SUPER=01-Jimmy Ayers/Amherst Co. Sheriff; :00
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=big help to us.
(----------------)
VO NAT
Ayers says he's also applying for help in financing radar patrols and D-U-I
checkpoints.
(----------------)
Beyer-Son
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Don Beyer
The son of Virginia Lieutenant Governor Donald Beyer was rescued by two
boaters after jumping from a bridge into the Potomac River over the weekend.
Beyer's office has confirmed
that the man rescued by passersby on
Sunday was Donald Sternoff Beyer the Third, the lieutenant
governor's 20-year-old son.
The Beyer family had no comment on the incident.
The younger Beyer was treated and released from a Frederick County hospital.
Creek-Ax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#96-70
GRAPHIC=None
A quick thinking bystander helped a toddler avoid injury last night as the
car the child was sitting in rolled off an embankment into a creek.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
About 6:30 last night the car belonging to Tina Moran of Roanoke County
rolled toward the creek off Summeview Drive.
Moran chased the car as it hit the water with her three year old son still
strapped in his car seat.
Jerry Hall jumped in the water to get the boy.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=I saw the car
(( ))
SUPER=07-Jerry Hall;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=got him out.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Hall quickly retrieved the boy and handed him to another bystander.
No one was seriously injured in the incident.
(----------------)
Two-Larry
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-9 Animal Health
GRAPHIC=none
This week we salute veterinarians everywhere during National Veterinarian
Week for the job they do keeping our pets, horses, and livestock healthy.
Talent=Beth 2 shot
In this mornings Animal Health segment, Larry Dowdy gets us ready for back
to school as we learn how to handle a stray animal?
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=There's no doubt...
SUPER=13-Dr. Mark Finkler/Veterinarian; :00
SUPER=12-Roanoke; :55
RUNS=2:45
OUT Q=thing is to just freeze.
(CLOSING ANIMAL HEALTH BILLBOARD)
(-------------)
LIVE=Melanie & Beth
2-HEADLINES
SUPER=#4050; Headline Banner
ANCHOR=Melanie
Here's a look at today's top stories.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
In Seoul, police clad in riot gear and armed with tear gas stormed a
building at a South Korean university, where up to 2,000 students had
barricaded themselves for more than a week, demonstrating for the unification
of North and South Korea.
Hundreds were arrested.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Doctor Jack Kevorkian may be facing his toughest battle yet.
Medical experts say his latest suicide patient showed no signs of being
sick.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
And reports this morning say actress Margaux Hemmingway committed suicide.
The grandaughter of the great Ernest Hemmingway was found dead in her
apartment July first.
(----------------)
Talent=Melanie 2 shot
And that's what's making news on this Tuesday, August 20th.
Talent=Beth 2 shot
(Beth ad lib)
2Wx-Hello
ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=None
(TWO SHOT)
(CHYRON)
SUPER=X5000;SET DISSOLVE
SUPER=311-68/87/N-3/Clear;Roanoke Conditions
SUPER=312-63/100/Calm/Clear;Lynchburg Conditions
SUPER=314-Partly/Sunny/83-87/Partly/Cloudy/61-65;
SUPER=#555;RESET
(TWO SHOT)
WILDFIRES
ANCHOR=melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=brushfires
In California.. cooler temperatures and calmers winds are making it easier
to battle a wildfire that charred some 70-thousand acres in Los Padres
National Forest.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lake Co., CA;
4:06:25
Meantime to the north Firefighters continue to battle major blazes in
Northern California.
The 70-thousand acre blaze in Upper Lake spewed smoke that spanned from the
San Francisco Bay area to Lake Tahoe.
The week-old blaze, named the Fork fire, had more than doubled in size in
one day.
Close to three-thousand firefighters were battling it, and 650 military
personnel from Colorado are set to arrive today.
(----------------)
688-Fire
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-67
GRAPHIC=Fire
Fire consumed a house in Bedford County yesterday afternoon.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.;
The blaze broke out around 1- 30 just off Route 6-88.
Fire officials are still investigating the cause.
The heat of the fire and the heat of the day proved to be too much for some
of those battling the blaze.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:12:54
IN Q=WE had some
((DONALD HALE/BEDFORD CO. VOL. FIRE CHIEF: WE HAD SOME PEOPLE OVERCOME WITH
HEAT AND SMOKE. IT'S JUST-- THE HOUSE IS BROKE UP SO BAD AND IT'S SO HOT, WE'RE
NOT PUTTING NOBODY IN IT TO RISK IT. ))
SUPER=01-Donald Hale/Bedford Vol. Fire Chief;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=in it to risk it
(----------------)
VO-NAT
There were no injuries in the fire-- but the house is a total loss.
(----------------)
S-k-STUDENTS
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
In Seoul, South Korea this morning a nine-day protest by South Korean
students came to a bloody end.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
4:04:07
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Seoul;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=(nats of protest)
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Thousands of riot police stormed a university building where students were
illegally demonstrating for the unification of North and South Korea.
The students were exhausted and nearly sleepless, having been without food
or water for days--yet they fought back with rocks, pipes and fire bombs.
Some Eight hundred people were arrested.
(----------------)
Kevorkian
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Kevorkian
A Michigan coroner says the latest patient to die in Dr. Jack Kevorkian's
care was depressed and overweight.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Oakland Co., MI;
4:
But Dr. L.J. Dragovic (DRAG'-oh-vich) says Judith Curren showed no signs of
chronic fatigue syndrome.
Curren's husband as well as some medical experts are questioning the
findings.
(----------------)
They say the disease leaves no signs in the bodies of its victims.
Yet, one specialist says Kevorkian made a mistake this time because chronic
fatigue is never fatal.
Margaux
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
Model-turned-actress Margaux Hemingway reportedly killed herself with a drug
overdose.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
A Los Angeles T-V station reports she died from (fee-nuh-BAHR'-bi-tawl)
phenobarbitol use, at a level consistent with an intentional overdose.
The coroner's office did not confirm the report but is expected to release
its finding later today.
SUPER=04-July 1;
Hemingway was found dead in her Santa Monica beach apartment on
July first, just days shy of the 35th anniversary of the suicide of
her grandfather, Ernest Hemingway.
Margeux Hemingway was 41-years old.
(----------------)
Allen-Economy
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-62
GRAPHIC=Allen
Governor Allen boasted an 83-million dollar state budget surplus and NO
pressing needs yesterday.
As Ellen Qualls reports, a brash Governor with a bold agenda appears to be
slowing down his pace.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=A bullish
SUPER=@Allen; :04
SUPER=03-Richmond; :08
SUPER=01-Sen. Stanley Walker/(D) Norfolk; :23
SUPER=@Clement; :49
RUNS=1:14
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( A bullish George Allen is presiding over a healthy economy.
sot 10:02:47
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: I REMAIN OPTIMISTIC. AND THE BULLS ARE STILL RUNNING IN
VIRGINIA.))
runs=:04
For the third year, Allen is suggesting that taxes might be cut -- but he's
passed that ball to a bi-partisan commission to study.
This speech highlighted George Allen as Virginia's number one salesman to
new industry.
He introduced 28 new corporate leaders.
sot 10;34:51
((SEN. STANLEY WALKER/D-NORFOLK: A LOT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OR IS BEING
ACCOMPLISHED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE, AND THERE
WAS VERY LITTLE SAID ABOUT WHERE WE STILL HAVE TO GO IN HIGHER EDUCATION,
PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND TRANSPORATION NEEDS. AND THEY ARE VERY SERIOUS
PROBLEMS.))
runs=:15
sot 10:16:19
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: CLEARLY I THINK WHAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO IS SET
CERTAIN PRIORITIES. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THEM. AND YES, THE
GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE THERE TO HELP THE PRIVATE SECTOR.))
runs=:11
sot 10:42:49
((DEL. WHITT CLEMENT/D-DANVILLE: I THINK WE'VE SEEN ABOUT ALL WE'RE GOING TO
SEE FROM GEORGE ALLEN IN TERMS OF ANY INITIATIVES. THAT MAY BE GOOD.))
runs=:13
sot standup
((SOME INITIATIVES LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE GUBERNATORIAL LEADERSHIP
ON INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS FOR SCHOOLS, MORE MONEY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, AND
A HOST OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. ELLEN QUALLS, NEWS 7, RICHMOND.))
RUNS=:13
2-S-korea
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
A nine day standoff between South Korean police, and hundreds of students is
over.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
4:04:07
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Seoul;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=(nats of protest)
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Thousands of riot police stormed a university building where students were
illegally demonstrating for the unification of North and South Korea.
The students were exhausted and nearly sleepless, having been without food
or water for days--yet they fought back with rocks, pipes and fire bombs.
Some Eight hundred people were arrested.
(----------------)
2-VMI
ANCHOR=mel
NEWSCAST=mornin'
WRITER=spr
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=VMI
It's one of the long standing traditions at Virginia Military Institute.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington;
Freshmen... or rats... lining up for crew cuts.
But this year... school officials think there might be some symbolism hidden
in that herritage.
If VMI remains a state- supported school, it will be forced to admit women.
Officers say that may clip tradition.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:59:51 tape 1
IN Q=I did say
((MAJOR GENERAL JOSIAH BUNTING/VMI SUPERINTENDENT: I DID SAY TO THE NEW RATS
THAT THERE ARE 2 DISTINCTIONS THEY HAVE. ONE, THEY ARE THE LAST CLASS OF THIS
MILLENIUM. THEY WILL GRADUATE IN 2000. AND TWO, THERE IS A VERY STRONG CHANCE
THEY WILL BE THE LAST CLASS THAT IS ALL MALE. ))
SUPER=01-Josiah Bunting/VMI Superintendent;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=all male
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Bunting may know the school's fate by next month.
The VMI Board of visitors will meet next month to decide whether to prepare
for the admission of women... or take steps to privatize the school.
(----------------)
Clinton
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=clinton, bill
Paychecks will be going up for about ten million Americans.
President Clinton will sign a 90-cent minimum-wage increase today.
The hike will take effect just a month before the November election.
The bill will raise the minimum wage
to five-15 an hour by September 19-97.
2-Wyoming-Crash
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=Melanie
TAPE#nET C
GRAPHIC=none
Air Force investigators are now analyzing the flight data recorders from a
Presidential cargo plane that crashed this weekend in wyoming.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jackson Hole, WY;
Experts say the Black boxes appear to be in good shape.
Today officials will begin removing the bodies of the victims from the
crash site.
All nine on board the C-130 died when it slammed into a remote mountain
shortly after takeoff.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
A Campbell County man was among the victims.
Senior Airman Ricky Merritt of Lynch Station was listed as a flight
engineer on the plane.
2-Tucker
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net b
GRAPHIC=legal scales
Another Whitewater defendant is
scheduled to be sentenced today.
Susan McDougal faces up to 17 years in prison on fraud charges.
Yesterday Arkansas' former Governor was spared prison time for his
Whitewater crimes.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Little Rock, AR;
A judge in Little Rock sentenced Jim Guy Tucker to four years probation
because he needs a liver transplant. Tucker said the judge passed down a
compassionate sentence.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 18:13:09
IN Q=
((REPORTER: SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUE THIS AS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
ABOVE THE LAW? JIM GUY TUCKER/ WELL I GUESS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER POEPLE
WHO ARE FACING IMMINENT LIVER TRANSPLANTS THAT ARE IN SIMILIAR SITUATIONS TO DO
A FAIR COMPARISON.))
SUPER=01-Jim Guy Tucker/Former Arkansas Governor;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=A FAIR COMPARISON."
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence Tucker for the maximum sentence of
10 years for fraud and conspiracy.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
ss=Legal Scales
Jim McDougal's sentencing was postponed yesterday until after
the election amid talk that he is cooperating with prosecutors.
HEMINGWAY
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
Local broadcast reports out of Los Angeles this morning say the coroner's
office has concluded actress Magaux Hemingway committed suicide.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=04-July 1;
Hemingway's body was found July first.
The report says she died from (fee-nuh-BAHR'-bi-tawl) phenobarbitol use, at a
level consistent with an intentional overdose.
SUPER=@File;
She did not have a prescription for the drug, and police say she left no
suicide note.
The coroner's office did not confirm the report but is expected to release
its finding later today.
Hemingway was 41-years old.
(----------------)
4-Scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morning
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=MLB
Ninth-inning fireworks allowed the White Sox to pick up their tenth straight
win versus the Tigers, leaving them six and a-half games behind Central-leading
Cleveland.
For a roundup of the scores from the ball parks let's check the numbers.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=FIRST SCORE
SUPER=#556;
SUPER=X5010;
SUPER=0091-/California/9/j/Boston/10///j/Chicago/12//Detroit/7///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-j/Texas/10//Cleveland/3////Seattle/4/j/New York/10///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-j/Milwaukee/6//Minnesota/1///j/Toronto/2//Kansas City/1///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0092-j/Colorado/6//Cincinnati/3///j/Florida/4//Chicago/3///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0092-/Pittsburgh/1/j/Houston/2////Montreal/3/j/San Diego/7//;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0092-/New York/4/j/San Francisco/5//;
SUPER=x5011;
SUPER=0093-/Prince William/2/j/Lynchburg/10//;
SUPER=x5012;
SUPER=0105-j/Danville/5//Martinsville/2///j/Bristol/5//Martinsville/4///;
RUNS=:35
(-------------)
OUT Q=...LAST SCORE
by SS