06:00-01

HEADLINES

ANCHOR=Beth
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VO-NAT


Ahead on News 7 Mornin, former World Boxing heavyweight champion Oliver McCall is facing charges in Martinsville.
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and a Peruvian airliner has reportedly crashed in the Pacific ocean killing all 200 people on board.

Peru


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=plane crash


Rescue crews are searching the Pacific off the coast of Peru for survivors from a Peruvian airliner crash.
The plane has reportedly crashed north of Lima with about 200 people aboard.
A fire department official says ambulances are parked along the beach and lights are being set up so survivors would know which way to swim.
Navy and police helicopters are also looking for survivors.
Limited information is available right now.

Summit


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yassar Arafat are scheduled to meet again today with President Clinton.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;


The two are trying to rebuild peace talks and end violence in the Middle East.
They met privately over lunch yesterday... and talked for nearly three hours in a dialogue described as constructive.
Israeli officials say Israel has refused to specify a date for Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank city of Hebron. A statement is expected later today.
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Fatal-React


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE# 96-68
GRAPHIC=fatal accident


A tragic chase in Alleghany County Monday night robbed a Covington mother of her only son.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Covington;


Sarah Mays describes her son Timothy as a very special person. Covington residents often saw him with a camera in his hand. His mother says he loved photography since he was boy. He would have celebrated his 30th birthday this month.
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SOT 14:22:43
IN Q=I don't guess it could

((SARAH MAYS/ VICTIM'S MOTHER; I DON'T GUESS IT COULD BE HELPED. LIKE THEY SAY, SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME...... I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM.))
SUPER=01-Sarah Mays/Victim's Mother;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=we're going to miss him
ANCHOR=beth
SS=Fatal Accident


Timothy Stocks was reportedly fleeing police when he collided with Mays.
Charges have not yet been filed.

Gulf-War


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


A study by the C-I-A could reveal that a large number of U-S troops were exposed to chemical weapons during the gulf war.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;


Pentagon Spokesman, Kenneth Bacon, told the media that the incomplete study points to an explosion at an Iraqi chemical weapons dump in southern Iraq in March 19-91 as the main source to the exposure.
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SOT
IN Q=I think

((KENNETH BACON/PENTAGON SPOKESMAN: I THINK THAT IT COULD BE MORE THEN 5,000 PEOPLE EXPOSED. HOW MUCH LARGER I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS INTILL THE MODEL IS RUN.))
SUPER=01-Kenneth Bacon/Pentagon Spokesman;
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=is run.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;


The Pentagon says that they are contacting five thousand troops whom they believe may have been exposed.
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Fuhrman


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=fuhrman


Reports are circulating in Los Angeles that former Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman will be charged with perjury for lying in court during the O.J. Simpson double murder trial.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;


The report says the state attorney general's office plans to charge Fuhrman with one count of perjury for allegedly lying about NOT using a racial slur in the last ten years.
A conviction on a perjury charge can bring up to four years in state prison.
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McCall


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-78
GRAPHIC=NONE


He said he was through with drugs, but yesteday in Martinsville police arrested former W-B-C heavyweight champion Oliver McCall.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Wembley, England/Sept. 26, 1994;


McCall was charged with driving under the influence and disorderly conduct.
Authorities got complaints about a suspect breaking windows at a local church boxing ring, as well as at the Paradise Inn.
Police found McCall driving a van that matched the witness's description.
McCall's possible connection to the property damage is still under investigation.
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TALENT=beth
SS=NONE


McCall won the W-B-C heavyweight championship two years ago, when he defeated Lennox Lewis.

Chase-Fatal


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-75
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident


A Kentucky man may face a charge of vehicular homicide, after Monday night's fatal crash in Botetourt County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Monday Night;


The accident took the life of 29-year old Timothy Wayne Mays of Covington.
The cars collided on a two-lane stretch of US 220 near Gala (GAY-luh).
18- year- old Timothy Stocks was still in the hospital last night, and charges had not been filed, but authorities in Botetourt County say they are considering their options.
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SOT
IN Q=Since there was a death involved

((JOEL BRANSCOM/BOTETOURT CO. PROSECUTOR: SINCE THERE WAS A DEATH INVOLVED, YOU NORMALLY LOOK AT MANSLAUGHTER. MY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT MANSLAUGHTER CARRIES A MAXIMUM 10 YEAR SENTENCE. THE LARCENY OF THE VEHICLE IS MORE SERIOUS AT LEAST SENTENCE WISE. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ELEMENT OF MALICE HERE, SO I AM LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT SOME WAY TO CHARGE HOMICIDE IN THIS CASE.))
SUPER=01-Joel Branscom/Botetourt Co. Prosecutor;
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=in this case.
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VO-NAT


The accident followed a high speed pursuit that began on Interstate 64 in Alleghany County, and continued south on 220.
The car Stocks was driving was reported stolen in Kentucky.
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ANCHOR=Beth
SS=HOLD


The state trooper called off the chase moments before the crash, and yesterday state police officials said HE did follow department policies.

Danville-Curfew


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-83
GRAPHIC=NONE


Underage Danville teens will not get the chance to throw away their watches anytime soon.
City council voted last night to renew the city's curfew.
Teresa Hamilton reports.
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SOT
IN Q=When city
SUPER=03-Danville/October 1995; :00
SUPER=01-Neal Morris/Danville Police Chief; :09
SUPER=01-Cary Wright/English Teacher; :34
SUPER=01-Shirley Mayhew/Danville City Council; :55
SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:15
RUNS=1:22
OUT Q=Hamilton, News 7.

(( When city council voted almost a year ago to enact a curfew-- members agreed to revisit the issue a year later, to gage its effectiveness.
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20:37:57
SOT
IN Q=We've seen

((NEAL MORRIS/DANVILLE POLICE CHIEF: WE'VE SEEN, AT ELEVEN DURING THE WEEK AND MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT, JUST A DRAMATIC CHANGE, CAPTAIN RIGNEY IS SITTING RIGHT THERE AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WORK THE STREET, THEY SAY IT'S JUST LIKE TURNING A LIGHT SWITCH OFF, IT IMPROVES SO DRAMATICALLY. ))
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=so dramatically.


Over the past year, Morris says 148- citations were issued.
But before making a decision, council gave those in the audience a chance to speak.
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20:35:23
SOT
IN Q=Don't

((CARY WRIGHT/ENGLISH TEACHER:DON'T VOTE FOR SHORT TERM FIX, VOTE FOR THE FUTURE, VOTE FOR FOLKS WHO YOU WANT MANAGING OUR INDUSTRY, VOTE FOR FOLKS WHO YOU WANT TO LIVE AND COME BACK TO DANVILLE AND SIT WHERE YOU'RE SITTING IN TWENTY YEARS. ))
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OUT Q=twenty years.


In the end, Pete Castiglione, Mayor Linwood Wright and Shirley Mayhew voted AGAINST the measure.
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SOT
IN Q=I don't

((SHIRLEY MAYHEW:I DON'T THINK GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CONTROL ANY MORE THAN IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN THIS COUNTRY, I THINK CHILDREN ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS. ))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=of parents.


The measure approved extends the curfew indefinitely, but Mayor Wright says, while it may sound like the curfew is written in stone, it can be brought back up anytime, at the urging of a majority of city council.
Teresa Hamilton, News 7.))

Food-Stamps


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-74
GRAPHIC=Welfare In Virginia


Virginia officials have said all along that a federal waiver means state welfare reform supercedes the federal law.
That federal welfare reform took effect yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;


But Virginia officials have suddenly conceded that people on food stamps WILL feel the federal law's impact.
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SOT 14:27:37
IN Q=We don't

((CLARENCE CARTER/VA. SOCIAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER: WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE A MECHANISM TO TRACK ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. SO WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO DO TO PUT THAT FOOD STAMPS COMPONENT IN PLACE.))
SUPER=01-Clarence Carter/Va. Social Services Commissioner;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=in place.
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VO-NAT


Virginia's plan has phased in a work requirement for those who get Aid for Families with Dependent Children.
Now, the federal government's pushing Virginians who receive food stamps-- and who are between 18 and 50 --onto the payroll.
If they don't have a job by March, they lose their food stamps.
Warning letters from the state will go out next month.
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2-HEADLINES
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ANCHOR=Melanie


Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT


Rescue crews are searching the Pacific off the coast of Peru for possible survivors of a Peruvian airliner crash.
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VO-NAT


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu and P-L-O leader Yassar Arafat are scheduled to continue their talks in Washington today in an attempt to end violence in the Middle East.
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VO-NAT


and Fifth District candidates Virgil Good and George Landrith square off in a debate in Farmville.
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And that's what's making news on this Wednesday the second of October.

wx-Hello


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WRITER=bmy
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Plane-Crash


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=plane crash


The search is on for possible survivors from the crash of a jet in the Pacific Ocean off Peru.
Lima radio station Radioprogramas says rescue crews are at the scene about 30 miles north of Lima.
On shore, ambulances have set up lights so anyone alive would know which way to swim.
There are few confirmed details at this time.

Mideast


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yassar Arafat are meeting in Washington DC to talk about ending the violence in the middle east.
Regina Blakely reports from Washington.
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SOT
IN Q=This picture was the
SUPER=03-Washington DC; :00
SUPER=01-Nick Burns/State Department Spokesman; :35
SUPER=00-Benjamin Netanyahu/Israeli Prime Minister; 1:14
SUPER=01-Regina Blakely/Reporting; 1:24
RUNS=1:42
OUT Q=CBS news, Washington.

((THIS PICTURE WAS THE VERY LEAST PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD HOPED FOR IN BRINGING TOGETHER ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND PALESTINIAN CHAIRMAN YASSAR ARAFAT....AND WHILE ALL PARTIES WANTED TO KEEP THIER DISCUSSIONS PRIVATE... JORDAN'S KING HUSSEIN PROVIDED THE FIRST HOPEFUL SIGN..
SOT: "how did it go?" thumbs up from hussein

NARR: IT WAS THE GOOD OMEN.. AND BY EARLY AFTERNOON.. THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THE TWO WERE MEETING PRIVATELY OVER LUNCH.. THE TWO MEN CARRIED ON A DIALOUGE FOR NEARLY THREE HOURS... A DIALGOUGE DESCRIBED AS CONSTRUCTIVE.. MOST IMPORTANTLY A POSITIVE START.
SOT: "what we hoped it would do is provide them an avenue to refocus

the debate from the street to the negotiating room and that's what happened here today." PRIOR TO THE LUNCH... PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD WHAT WERE DESCRIBED AS WARM MEETINGS WITH EACH LEADER INDIVIDUALLY... HUSSEIN.. WHO MADE AN EMOTIONAL APPEAL TO THE TWO TO END THIER DIFFERENCES.. THEN JOINED THE TWO AND PRESIDENT CLINTON IN THE OVAL OFFICE. PRESIDENT CLINTON: "our presence here symbolizes our desire to end the violence, get the process going, we've come a long way in the last three years and no one wants to turn back." THERE WERE POSITIVE BUT AMBIGUOUS WORDS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: "our commitment to peace is evident that we took up the president on this important offer..." STANDUP REGINA BLAKELY/WASHINGTON: "despite white house statements that the u.s. is not putting pressure on either party... an isreali official said it refused to specify a date for an isreali withdrawal from the west bank city of hebron. the discussions will continue today... with some formal statement at the end of the day. rb, cbs news, washington."))


2-Fatal-React


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE# 96-68
GRAPHIC=fatal accident


Monday night's fatal crash in Botetourt County robbed a Covington mother of her only son.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Covington;


Sarah Mays describes her son Timothy as a very special person. Covington residents often saw him with a camera in his hand. His mother says he loved photography since he was boy. He would have celebrated his 30th birthday this month.
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SOT 14:22:43
IN Q=I don't guess it could

((SARAH MAYS/ VICTIM'S MOTHER; I DON'T GUESS IT COULD BE HELPED. LIKE THEY SAY, SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME...... I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM.))
SUPER=01-Sarah Mays/Victim's Mother;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=we're going to miss him
ANCHOR=beth
SS=Fatal Accident


Timothy Stocks was reportedly fleeing police when he collided with Mays.
Charges have not yet been filed.

Fifth-District


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-80
GRAPHIC=Campaign 96


Fifth District candidates Virgil Goode and George Landrith squared off in Farmville last night.
Steve Smallshaw tells us voters may notice more similarities than
differences between the two candidates. (/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=In political
SUPER=03-Hampden-Sydney; :00
SUPER=@Landrith; :22
SUPER=@Goode; :32
SUPER=@ssm2; :45
RUNS=1:20
OUT Q=News7, Farmville. Quick out



((natsot 8:34:30

((I AGREE...))
RUNS=:02


In political terms, it's not much of a debate when the two candidates agree on just about every issue.
From regulating tobacco to balancing the budget, both George Landrith and Virgil Goode touched on many of the same themes.
But in front of this mostly college- age crowd, they disagreed on education: Landrith supports vouchers for public schools, Goode doesn't.
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SOT 8:11:57
IN Q=I support the

((GEORGE LANDRITH: I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF VOUCHERS RATHER THAN TAX CREDITS, YOU DON'T NEED A BUREACRACY TO DO IT.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=bureaucracy to do it.
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SOT 8:13:19
IN Q=I'm a firm

((VIRGIL GOODE/D- 5TH DISTRICT CANDIDATE: I'M A FIRM SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, VOUCHERS WOULD ONLY END UP HARMING OUT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. ))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=school systems.


By far the more partisan candidate, Landrith tried hard to pin the liberal Democrat label on Goode, as he blasted President Clinton for high taxes and low standards.
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SOT 8:43:37
IN Q=If the Democrats

((LANDRITH: IF THE DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF CONGRESS, YOU'LL HAVE THE MOST LEFT WING ADMINISTRATION EVER. ))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=left wing


But Goode continued to toe the middle line... the maverick politican who bucked his own party in last year's General Assembly, insisted he'd be his own man in Washington.
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SOT 8:42:33
IN Q=If it's Bob

((GOODE: IF IT'S BOB DOLE, YOU'RE NOT THERE TO REPRESENT BOB DOLE, IF IT'S BILL CLINTON, YOU'RE NOT THERE TO REPRESENT BILL CLINTON, YOU'RE THERE TO DANCE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU THERE.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=I'd represent


Steve Smallshaw, News7, Farmville.))

Ninth-District


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-73
GRAPHIC=Campaign 96


The two challengers seeking to unseat Congressman Rick Boucher in the "Fighting Ninth" district joined forces yesterday to complain about debate negotiations.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;


Republican Patrick Muldoon and Independent Tom Roberts say Boucher sent them different debate proposals, and accused him of confusing the talks to ultimately avoid a debate.
They say Boucher's campaign staff acted too quickly on Friday in announcing an agreement with Roberts.
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SOT 8:32:11
IN Q=

((TOM ROBERTS/I-CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS: THE DYNAMICS OF IT YOU HAD TO GET A THREE-WAY AGREEMENT AND TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THAT POINT I THINK WAS PREMATURE. ))
SOT 8:27:43

((PATRICK MULDOON/R-CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS: IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT RICK BOUCHER DOESN'T WANT TO DEBATE. HE WANTS TO FIND SOME WAY TO DISLODGE THIS THING BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO FACE THE ISSUES.))
SUPER=01-Tom Roberts/(I) Candidate for Congress;
SUPER=01-Patrick Muldoon/(R) Candidate for Congress;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=FACE THE ISSUES.
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TALENT=Beth
SS=Rick Boucher


Boucher spokesman John Shumate says the agreement struck with Roberts' campaign was also sent to Muldoon for approval on Friday, but Muldoon's negotiator was out of town.
A debate is tentatively set for October 25th if all three parties agree on the terms.

Accident


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#net (edit of 96-75 and 68)
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident


A Covington mother lost her only son Monday night and a Kentucky man may face a charge of vehicular homicide.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Monday Night;


29-year old Timothy Wayne Mays of Covington was killed in the crash.
The cars collided on a two-lane stretch of US 220 near Gala (GAY-luh).
18- year- old Timothy Stocks was still in the hospital last night, and charges had not been filed, but authorities in Botetourt County say they are considering their options.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Since there was a death involved

((JOEL BRANSCOM/BOTETOURT CO. PROSECUTOR: SINCE THERE WAS A DEATH INVOLVED, YOU NORMALLY LOOK AT MANSLAUGHTER. MY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT MANSLAUGHTER CARRIES A MAXIMUM 10 YEAR SENTENCE. THE LARCENY OF THE VEHICLE IS MORE SERIOUS AT LEAST SENTENCE WISE. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ELEMENT OF MALICE HERE, SO I AM LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT SOME WAY TO CHARGE HOMICIDE IN THIS CASE.))
SUPER=01-Joel Branscom/Botetourt Co. Prosecutor;
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=in this case.
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VO-NAT


The accident followed a high speed pursuit that began on Interstate 64 in Alleghany County, and continued south on 220.
The car Stocks was driving was reported stolen in Kentucky.
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ANCHOR=Beth
SS=HOLD


The state trooper called off the chase moments before the crash, and yesterday state police officials said HE did follow department policies.

L'burg-Robberies


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=none


Lynchburg police have made an arrest in a string of robberies.
30-year old Willie James Raven Junior has been charged with three counts of robbery in Lynchburg and Campbell County.
Authorities say Raven robbed two bakery thrift stores and the Star Value supermarket in the last week.
He is a suspect in several other robberies in the area.
Raven is being held on a 45- thousand dollar bond.

Merger-Meeting


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-82
GRAPHIC=NONE


Martinsville and Henry County officials got an earful last night from their residents.
Officials are trying to decide if they should study a proposed merger between the city and county.
Kimberly McBroom has the story from last night's public hearing.
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SOT
IN Q=The idea of
SUPER=03-Henry Co.; :09
SUPER=01-S.E. Moran/Merger Study Opponent; :21
SUPER=01-Butch Hamlett/Merger Study Supporter; :47
SUPER=01-Toy Cobbe/Merger Study Supporter; 1:03
SUPER=@Kimberly1; 1:13
RUNS=1:27
OUT Q=McBroom, News 7

(( The idea of consolidation is often a scary concept for residents to grasp.
It was last considered in Martinsville and Henry County back in 1982.
Now, local leaders are asking citizens their opinions about doing a study on it in 1996.
Some say a merger would not be equally fair to both the city and the county.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=

((S.E. MORAN/MERGER STUDY OPPONENT: THE CITY, AS I SEE IT, CAN'T OFFER HENRY COUNTY NOTHING. HENRY COUNTY CAN OFFER THEM EVERYTHING. ))
RUNS=:08


Residents also expressed concerns about what effect a merger would have on their services.
Some even fretted over what a merged community would be named.
But there were several speakers who welcomed the idea of at least a merger study-- and say residents shouldn't focus only on themselves, but on the area as a whole.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=

((BUTCH HAMLETT/MERGER STUDY SUPPORTER: A BIG PICTURE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY...THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ))
RUNS=:14
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SOT
IN Q=

((TOY COBBE/MERGER STUDY SUPPORTER: I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO...A REASONABLE THING TO DO. ))
RUNS=:12

Standup tag here
Residents will have more opportunities to express their opinions. There are four more public hearings planned after this one. Then the city and county will meet jointly next month to decide whether to do the merger study. Kimberly McBroom, News 7.))

NRV-Poland


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-79
GRAPHIC=Allen


Governor Allen's trade mission to Poland has proven profitable for two New River Valley businesses.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Radford/File Tape;


The RADVA Corporation announced a deal to supply its pre-fab housing manufacturing equipment to a Polish company.
A new company called Rad-panel will be formed to operate the equipment at a facility in Poland.
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/File Tape;


And Virginia Tech Library Systems has signed an agreement to provide software and support services to 24 Polish libraries.
The deal represents an EXPANSION of the company's Polish market. The University of Warsaw currently uses V-T-L-S software.
(----------------)
TALENT=beth
SS=HOLD


Governor Allen finishes his European trade mission and returns to Virginia today.

Disney


ANCHOR=beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 96-69)
GRAPHIC=Disney


Disney World in Orlando celebrated its 25th anniversary yesterday.
Meanwhile in Roanoke, they're celebrating the Disney style of management.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


Business leaders in the valley are studying the management style of one of the world's most successful companies in a program called Disney University.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 01:35:49
IN Q=

((LESLIE BAYS/DISNEY UNIVERSITY: WALT DISNEY SAID MANY MANY YEARS AGO WHEN HE OPENED UP DISNEY LAND IN 1955 THAT EVERY SINGLE GUEST SHOULD BE TREATED AS A CONSULTANT. WE TOOK NOTE OF THAT IN 1955 AND WE STILL BELIEVE IN THAT TODAY IN 1996.))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=in 1996.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


At one point, Nelson County was on a short list of Disney sites. But it sounds like at least for now, you'll have to leave the state to visit the famous mouse.
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4-Scores


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=Morning
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=mlb


The team that set a major league record for homers this season hit four more in the opening game of the American League playoffs.
For a look at the scores from the playoff games let's check the boards.
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