06:00-01
headlines
ANCHOR=Melanie
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VO-NAT
A standoff at the University of Northern Colorado ends with four people
dead.
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And the Federal Reserve made the much awaited decision on interest rates..
standoff
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=standoff
A man suspected of executing his three roommates and then holding his
ex-girlfriend and several college
students hostage is dead this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Greeley, CO;
Police in Colorado say 18-year-old Joseph Gallegos (geye-YAY'-gohs)
apparently shot his three roommates
execution-style in the town of Bayfield.
Then he took a roommate's car and drove 350 miles to the University of
Northern Colorado to see his ex-girlfriend.
Police say (geye-YAY'-gohs) Gallegos shot the woman in the foot, while
holding several of her roommates hostage.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=01-Kathryn Plimpton/Dorm Resident;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=I'M COMING FOR YOU.
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VO-NAT
Police negotiated for hours Tuesday before Gallegos was shot to death by a
SWAT team.
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SPYING
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#NOne
GRAPHIC=none
A U-S citizen working in naval intelligence reportedly will be arraigned
today on charges of spying for South Korea.
C-B-S Radio reports Robert Kim was arrested by F-B-I agents at a Virginia
Army base late last night.
C-B-S said Kim was born in South Korea but is a U-S citizen who has worked
in naval intelligence for 20
years.
INTEREST
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
Short-term interest rates will remain at their current level.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
Federal reserve policy-makers met yesterday in Washington and decided that
economic growth is not triggering higher inflation, at least not yet.
The Fed meets again in November, after the Presidential election.
Its decision is viewed as a political victory for President Clinton--- who
claims his policies created the healthy economy.
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Water
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-73
GRAPHIC=None
The Roanoke County Supervisors offered sympathy and some help to a
neighborhood that lost its water supply earlier this month.
But last night, the board did not agree to bring them county water for
free.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
Six families on Trevilian Road lost their water supply, when their
undergound spring was inundated with mud.
They now have temporary water service, and last night they asked the
supervisors to waive the fee for a permanent connection.
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SOT 21:19:29 tape #2
IN Q=We do feel like
((DAVID BURNLEY/TREVILIAN ROAD RESIDENT: WE DO FEEL LIKE IF WE DO HOOK UP TO
THE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM, WE CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL WE'RE PAYING FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S
MISTAKE.))
SUPER=01-David Burnley/Trevilian Road Resident;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=someone else's mistake.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none
The county is offering to connect the residents for about 36- hundred
dollars, less than the going rate for new construction.
They can also pay over time, but the supervisors did not agree to waive the
fees.
County-Supervisors
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-76
GRAPHIC=Roanoke County Seal
Roanoke city council rejected the idea earlier this month, but a plan
allowing the public resource authority to haul commercial waste is still alive.
Last night, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors endorsed the
controversial proposal on a unanimous vote.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;
The Roanoke Valley Resource Authority and private haulers are at odds over
tipping fees at the
Smith Gap landfill, and the decision of at least one company to haul garbage
out of state.
Last night they squared off over the plan that would allow the authority
to compete for commercial business.
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SOT
IN Q=What gives me my passion
((KAREN FREELAND/BROWNING FERRIS INDUSTRIES: WHAT GIVES ME MY PASSION IS THAT I
LIVE IN A COUNTY THAT I'M SCARED IS GOING DOWN THE WRONG ROAD AND INSTEAD OF
GETTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE TABLE, THEY'RE CHOOSING, OR MAY BE
CHOOSING, A WAY THAT SHORT CIRCUITS THE WHOLE PROCESS OF GROWING AND LEARNING
AND BEING A BETTER COUNTY.))
((BOB JOHNSON/SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN: WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUR FEET
UNDER THE SAME TABLE WITH YOU AND TALK ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND WE'RE NOT
AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE SIT DOWN AND TALK
WITH YOU, AUTOMATICALLY SOLID WASTE IS ON 81 GOING TO TENNESSEE.))
SUPER=01-Karen Freeland/Browning Ferris Industries; :00
SUPER=@Johnson; :18
RUNS=:33
OUT Q=going to Tennessee.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
The issue now appears to be headed back to Roanoke City Council, which
rejected the change in the Resource Authority's charter.
Council members are expected to reconsider the vote when they meet in
early October.
581-Ax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#596-34
GRAPHIC=accident
Two people were injured when a small car and a tractor-trailer collided and
caught fire on Interstate 5-81 in Roanoke.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The accident happened in the southbound lanes of 581 near the Hershberger
Road interchange at about three P-M yesterday.
The vehicles were driving alongside each other when the CAR left the road.
Witnesses say the car hit the median, and then went under the trailer.
The two people in the car were injured, but escaped, with the help of other
motorists- then the car AND trailer exploded.
The injured were taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, their injuries are not
life-threatening.
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Obremski
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#96-69
GRAPHIC=Michael Obremski
The man who made threatening phone calls to young girls in the Roanoke
Valley is going to prison for 15 and a half years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/May 10
That was the sentence a Roanoke County judge gave Michael Obremski
yesterday.
Obremski pleaded no contest a few weeks ago to a variety of charges,
including making abduction threats and taking indecent liberties with a minor.
In a background report prepared for yesterday's hearing, Obremski admits he
was the man who had been stalking children in the Raleigh Court neighborhood.
Obremski still faces trial in Roanoke on several counts of molesting
children over the telephone.
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Henry-Book
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#net (edit of 96-75)
GRAPHIC=NONE
Virginia Windle has lived all of her 75 years in Martinsville and Henry
County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Martinsville;
The local historian wrote a book, "The Way It Was," which she says is not a
history book, but is instead a collection of personal tales and anecdotes.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:56:13
IN Q=well
((VIRGINIA STONE WINDLE/AUTHOR: WELL, I'VE JUST ALWAYS KEPT DIARIES AND MADE
NOTES ALL ALONG THE WAY. ))
SUPER=01-Virginia Stone Windle/Local Historian-Author;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=along the way
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VO-NAT
Windle did a lot of research, but she also features stories of celebrities
who have visited over the years.
Pre- U.S. Senator John Warner and Elizabeth Taylor paid a visit to the
Martinsville Speedway in 1976.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:03:00
IN Q=they were just
((THEY WERE JUST GOING TO MAKE ONE LOOP AROUND THE TRACK AND THEN THEY WERE
GOING TO LEAVE AND THEY SAID SHE WAS HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME-- EVERYBODY WAS
OOHING AND AHHING, AND SHE WAS WAVING AND BEING MISS-- BIG TIME, SO SHE HAD
SUCH A GOOD TIME THEY STAYED THROUGH THE WHOLE RACE. ))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=the whole race
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VO-NAT
The afterword in Windle's book summarizes her life's work-- "Keep on
Digging because you never know what you may find."
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2-HEADLINES
SUPER=#4050; Headline Banner
ANCHOR=Melanie
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT
A hostage drama at the University of Northern Colorado ends with four dead,
including the gunman.
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VO-NAT
Hospitals could soon be required to keep new moms in the hospital for at
least two days.
The House and Senate last night O-K'd the hospital stay measure, now it's
up to President Clinton.
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VO-NAT
The much-awaited Federal Reserve meeting to decide the fate of interest
rates has come and gone.
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And that's what's making news on this Wednesday, September 25th.
ANCHOR=Beth
Wx-Hello
ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=None
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(CHYRON)
SUPER=X5000;SET DISSOLVE
SUPER=311-57/93/N-3/Clear;Roanoke Conditions
SUPER=312-54/96/Calm/Clear;Lynchburg Conditions
SUPER=314-Mostly/Sunny/70-74/Clear/Cool/45-49;
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hostage
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=standoff
A terrifying day at a Colorado University yesterday.
Authorities say an 18- year- old man apparently shot his three roomates
execution style and then drove more than 300 miles to the University of
Northern Colorado where he held his girlfriend and several other college
students hostage, before he was shot to death by a SWAT team.
Rick Sallinger has more.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Greeley, CO; :00
SUPER=01-Kathryn Plimpton/Dorm Resident; :17
SUPER=01-Rick Sallinger/Reporting; :50
RUNS=1:07
OUT Q=a nearby hospital.
Franklin-Murder
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-70
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Investigators are searchng for a cause of a fatal shooting in Franklin
County, while relatives of the victim are trying to cope with their loss.
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VO-NAT
29-year old Clyde Price, Junior was shot several times in the chest and back
Sunday night.
It happened at his home in (SID-ners-vill) Sydnorsville.
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;
When sheriff's deputies got there he was already dead.
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SOT 1:47:39
IN Q=It's a shock
((LYNN PRICE/VICTIM'S MOTHER: IT'S A SHOCK. WE'RE ALL SHOCKED. YOU NEVER THINK
OF NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING. YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT A CAR WRECK OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, BUT NOT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. ))
SUPER=01-Lynn Price/Victim's Mother;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=like this
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VO-NAT
Price's girlfriend 24-year old Angela Light was arrested at the scene and
charged with murder.
Her bond was set at 50-thousand dollars. A preliminary hearing is scheduled
for next month.
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VMI
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-72
GRAPHIC=VMI
Virginia Military Institute has been facing some harsh criticism in the wake
of their decision to co-educate rather than go private.
V-M-I's top man responded yesterday with an invitation.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington;
Rather than answer the Institute's critics in harsh rhetoric, General
Josiah Bunting yesterday chose to invite V-M-I's critics to visit the post, see
it for themselves, have dinner and talk to the cadets... one on one.
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SOT
IN Q=The people who are most ardent
((THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST ARDENT AND INSISTENT IN THEIR CRITICISM OF THE
INSTITUTE, FOR THE MOST PART, HAVE NEVER SEEN THE SCHOOL. VMI HAS A TENDER
HEART IT'S TOUGH SCHOOL BUT THERE'S A TENDERNESS AND COMPASSION HERE. PEOPLE
MISS THAT. ))
SUPER=01-Josiah Bunting/VMI Superintendent;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=people miss that.
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VO-NAT
At the same time, Bunting is not backing down on his determination to make
as few changes as possible when it comes to accommodating women.
"Buzz cut" haircuts are part of the opening ritual, he says. And women who
want to participate in the V-M-I "experience" should be prepared to accept
that.
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Fishing-Pier
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-75
GRAPHIC=None
Local anglers have enjoyed Smith Mountain Lake for decades, and now
fishermen will enjoy even greater access to the lake's resources.
As Steve Smallshaw reports, you no longer need a boat to go after those deep
water bass.
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SOT
IN Q=They've been talking
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.; :00
SUPER=01-William Woodfin/Game & Inland Fisheries; :29
SUPER=@ssm1; :46
SUPER=01-Brian Heft/Park Manager; :58
RUNS=1:14
OUT Q=News7, Bedford County.
(( They've been talking about it for fifteen years, but only in the past two
months has the dream become a reality.
natsot ribbon-cutting 4:37:18
((ONE, TWO, THREE...))
RUNS=:04
State natural resources secretary Becky Norton Dunlop helped dedicate the
first public access fishing pier at Smith Mountain Lake State Park.
The 100- thousand dollar project was funded with proceeds from the sale of
fishing equipment and motorboat fuel across the state.
Now, the fishermen who helped pay those taxes can start reeling in the
benefits.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:51:05
IN Q=People enjoy fishing
((WILLIAM WOODFIN/GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: PEOPLE ENJOY FISHING AND THEY LIKE
COMING OUT AND THE CAMARADERIE OF GETTING OUT. SOMETIMES THEY'LL COMPLAIN THEY
DIDN'T CATCH A FISH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY JUST ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE OF
GETTING OUT AND FISHING.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=and fishing.
The new pier is 110 feet long, with a forty-foot "T" section at the end.
Slightly graded ramps make it handicapped accessible.
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SU 5:14:32
IN Q=Park officials
((Park officials are also excited about the deep water access the new pier will
provide. Now, if a fisherman doesn't have access to a boat to get out on the
lake, they can still enjoy the deep water experience by casting from the end of
the pier.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=the pier.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:45:12
IN Q=We're in about
((BRIAN HEFT/PARK MANAGER: WE'RE IN ABOUT TWELVE FEET OF WATER AT THE END OF
THE PIER, SHORT CAST AWAY IS ABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET, SO, GOOD COVE TO FISH IN,
THEY'VE CAUGHT BIG STRIPERS HERE. THE FISH ARE HERE, WE JUST NEED THE
FISHERMEN.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=need the fishermen.
Once word gets out, that probably won't be a problem.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Bedford County.))
rates
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
In its last meeting before the Presidential election, the Federal Reserve
has decided to leave interest rates at their current level.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
The Fed decided that economic growth is not triggering higher inflation, at
least not yet.
The panel meets again in November.
Yesterday's decision is viewed as a political victory for President Clinton
who claims his policies created the healthy economy.
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insurance
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
No more one day hospital stays for new mothers.
President Clinton is expected to sign legislation today that would force
insurance companies to cover 48-hour hospital stays for healthy deliveries
beginning in 19-98.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
Congress pushed through the legislation late last night.
The bill also requires insurance companies to provide more money for mental
health coverage.
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Barry-Scheck
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-71
GRAPHIC=none
He gained fame trying to convince jurors in the O-J Simpson case that D-N-A
evidence could not be trusted.
Now dream team lawyer Barry Scheck is in Virginia DEFENDING D-N-A and
fighting FOR the state forensics lab.
Ellen Qualls explains.
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SOT
IN Q=Barry Scheck
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=@File; :11
SUPER=01-Barry Scheck/Defense Attorney; :16
SUPER=@Ellen1; :52
SUPER=01-Sen. Janet Howell/(D) Reston; 1:02
RUNS=1:19
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( Barry Scheck did NOT come to Virginia to talk about O.J. Simpson.
Because Virginia forensic scientists, and what they're doing with the DNA
strands that identify killers and victims, are worlds away from the L.A.P.D,
planted gloves, and acquitted celebrities.
SOT 03:04:47 tape one
((BARRY SCHECK/DEFENSE ATTORNEY: HERE I AM THE DARTH VADER OF DEFENSE COUNSEL
IN TERMS OF ATTACKING WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER BAD DNA TESTING. AND I'M TELLING
YOU, THE LEGISLATURE, YOU HAVE A GOOD LAB. THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS AND
THEY'LL DO MORE GOOD THINGS TO CONVICT THE GUILTY AND EXONERATE THE INNOCENT IF
YOU GIVE THEM MORE MONEY.)) RUNS=:19
In fact, Scheck believes Virginia's lab is one of the top two in the nation.
But director Paul Ferrara's NOT one to beg.
The problem, as Scheck told the state Crime Commission, is wasted potential.
DNA samples from felons and crime scenes that haven't been entered into any
data bank.
sot 07:19:15 NEXT TO LAST STANDUP TAPE TWO
((VIRGINIA'S BEEN COLLECTING THESE SAMPLES SINCE 1989. AND STORING THEM IN
FREEZERS LIKE THIS. 122- THOUSAND SAMPLES HAVE YET TO BE ENTERED INTO THE DATA
BANKS.))
runs=:10
sot 03:16:55 TAPE TWO
((SEN. JANET HOWELL: AND JUST KNOWING THAT THEY WERE GOING INTO THOSE FREEZERS
THAT WE ALSO SAW, FREEZER AFTER FREEZER AFTER FREEZER AFTER FREEZER, JUST TO
SIT THERE.))
runs=:09
So now, lawmakers must put a price tag on the best path to justice science
has yet to offer.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
Warner-Abortion
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-80
GRAPHIC=Mark Warner
Democrat Mark Warner has been trying to revive his campaign, which so far is
behind in the polls.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
But yesterday in Richmond, some signs of life at a luncheon courting female
voters.
Warner got a good reaction to a speech that included his first major
references to abortion.
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SOT 05:59;20
IN Q=You see
((MARK WARNER/D-SENATE CANDIDATE: YOU SEE, I TRUST YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, AND
YOUR GOD WITH THE MOST PERSONAL OF ALL DECISIONS. applause fade))
SUPER=@Markwarner;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=(applause fade)
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VO-NAT
Mark Warner says he also supports freedom of access to abortion clinics.
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TALENT=Melanie
SS=John Warner
Senator John Warner has voted to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision making
abortion legal.
He's also voted to keep women in the U-S Armed Forces from having abortions,
even at their own expense.
Roberts
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-67
GRAPHIC=Campaign 96
Independent congressional candidate Tom Roberts accuses incumbent Rick
Boucher of trying to hide his record, after the congressman called Roberts'
campaign a "NON-campaign."
Roberts is upset that
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
Boucher told News-7 the same standards for the presidential debates should
apply in the Ninth District.
Reform Party candidate Ross Perot is being EXCLUDED from the presidential
debates.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:33:09
IN Q=
((TOM ROBERTS/I-CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS: THAT'S ONE MORE ATTEMPT TO KEEP
INFORMATION OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, AND I THINK THAT IS BAD FOR THE PUBLIC. AND
IF BOUCHER WAS REALLY, REALLY HAD THE INTEREST OF THE NINTH DISTRICT IN MIND HE
WOULD INCLUDE US IN THE DEBATE.))
SUPER=01-Tom Roberts/(I) Congressional Candidate;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=in the debate.
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TALENT=Melanie
SS=Rick Boucher
Boucher says his staff has been working with republican challenger Patrick
Muldoon's campaign to schedule a debate.
Boucher says he's barely given ROBERTS a thought, but no details have been
finalized.
Tobacco
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#96-76
GRAPHIC=Tobacco
An unlikely alliance may be forming at a symposium in Roanoke this week.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Tobacco growers and health advocates are meeting at the Hotel Roanoke to try
and find a way to work together.
One doctor from Martinsville says he joined the panel discussion because he
wanted to understand where tobacco growers were coming from.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:52:35
IN Q=what we need to do
((WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DO THIS, IS TO
ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO HELP OUR FARMERS AND TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WILL
NOT BE A THREAT TO THEIR LIVELIHOOD. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. David Lewis/Martinsville Physicians;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=threat to their livelihood.
TALENT=Melanie
SS=Tobacco
At yesterday's session, growers supported laws to prevent teen smoking...And
asked health advocates to help them keep foreign tobacco off the U.S. market.
4-Scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morning
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=mlb
The Chicago White Sox did all their scoring in the bottom of the ninth to
beat Kansas City 3-to-2.
For all of last night's scores from the diamond let's check the boards.
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wipe to score
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SOT
IN Q=FIRST SCORE
SUPER=#556;
SUPER=X5010;
SUPER=0091-/Milwaukee///New York///Postponed by
Rain//Baltimore/8/j/Boston/13///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-/Minnesota/5/j/Cleveland/7///j/Toronto/4//Detroit/1///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-/Kansas City/2/j/Chicago/3///j/Texas/7//Oakland/3///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-/Seattle/6/j/California/11////;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0092-j/Montreal/6//Philadelphia/2///j/St. Louis/7//Pittsburgh/1///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0092-/Atlanta/1/j/Florida/12///j/New York/4//Houston/0///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0092-/San Francisco/2/j/Los Angeles/6///j/Colorado/5//San Diego/4/11//;
RUNS=:49
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oc=...last score
by SS