12:00-01

NOON-HEADLINES

TALENT=Melanie
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A dead body found in Amherst County is being linked with an abandoned vehicle found in Lynchburg,
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And President Clinton is about to name his new national security team.
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TALENT=Patrick


Clouds and showers, with cold temperatures AND the possibility of some mixed precipitation are all features in today's forecast. Stay tune for details on that, plus find out who was voted best Football player in the Commonwealth.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
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Don't go away, News 7 at Noon is next.

CLINTON


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
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A woman and prominent Republican may be offered the top job at the State Department.
Sources say President Clinton will name U-N
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ambassador Madeleine Albright to be secretary of state.
She would be the first woman to hold that position.
The sources say Maine Senator William Cohen will be nominated as Secretary of Defense.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
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A senior White House official also says Clinton has decided to move National Security Adviser Tony Lake to the post of C-I-A director.
A formal announcement could be made today.

UN


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
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Bowing to pressure from the United States, U-N Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali suspended his candidacy for re-election.
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The U-S claims Boutros-Ghali has failed to carry out reforms at the U-N.
Africa countries are expected to summit candidates today.
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Amherst-Body


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-92
GRAPHIC=Shooting


Investigators believe a body found in Amherst County was most likely the driver of a vehicle found abandoned in Lynchburg Tuesday.
24- year- old Vincent Lee (SKUL-ter-brant) Schulterbrandt was found dead along Route 617.
He'd been shot in the head.
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Sheriff Jimmy Ayers says (SKUL-ter-brant) Schulterbrandt matches the description of the man driving the abandoned Nissan Pathfinder.
Blood was found in the passenger seat of the vehicle.
It has New York plates-- (SKUL-ter-brant) is a resident of the Bronx.
The regional homicide squad is now investigating.
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SIMPSON


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the O-J Simpson civil trial could begin wrapping up their case today.
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VO-NAT
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Yesterday, the jury heard from a worker at a battered women's shelter.
Nancy Ney testified a woman named Nicole called the shelter just days before the murder and said her famous ex-husband had threatened to kill her.
Simpson's lawyers obejected to Nancy Ney's testimony as hearsay because the woman never left her last name.
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Domestic-Violence


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#net (edit of 96-100)
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Businesses in the southside area are doing their part to help victims of abuse.
A Martinsville agency is providing the vehicle.
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Actually, it's a DECAL--
Citizens Against Family Violence recently started a campaign, asking businesses to display these stickers.
They indicate a safe place for those who suffer domestic or sexual abuse to call for help.
Agency officials say businesses are the perfect locations to call for help, because they're public and safer.
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((LYNN WEHLAU/CITIZENS AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: YOU'RE NOT ISOLATED. YOU CAN CALL, AND PEOPLE DON'T GET RAPED OR ASSAULTED IN THE STREET. USUALLY, IT'S IN THE PRIVACY OR BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND SEE THIS IS RIGHT IN THE OPEN, SO THAT GIVES YOU A MEASURE OF PROTECTION. ))
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So far, about 100 local businesses have taken part.
(Way-LO) Wehlau says the number of visitors to the Martinsville shelter has tripled over the last eight years.
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Soering


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
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Some unidentified fingerprints connected with the 19-85 murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom have been lost
Officials say such losses are not unheard of in cases that old.
But Jens (YENZ) Soering, convicted of the killings, believes the missing prints could help prove his innocence.
And Soering says they could point to someone else.
Soering gets a court hearing next week on a claim that prosecutors withheld evidence in his case.

Beyer


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-84
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The Virginia Farm Bureau responded to Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer with little enthusiasm at its annual meeting yesterday.
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((LT. GOV. DON BEYER: I'VE GOT LETTERS FROM SOME OF YOU AND PHONE CALLS FROM OTHERS. AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND MY POSITION.))
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Beyer spoke in defense of his support of F-D-A regulation of tobacco sales.
A "Q and A" session afterward brought only one question.
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((JERRY JENKINS/LUNENBURG CO. FARMER: IF AS YOU SAY YOU FEEL THAT THE VIRGINIA LAWS REGARDING USE OF TOBACCO BY MINORS ARE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT, THEN WHY WOULD YOU GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SUPPORT BRINGING IN FEDERAL MANDATES THROUGH THE FDA?))
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((LT. GOV. DON BEYER: WHAT THE NATIONAL APPROACH GIVES US IS A UNIFORM SENSE THAT IN AMERICA WE DON'T WANT KIDS TO SMOKE. IT'S STILL LEGAL FOR ADULTS. AMERICANS CAN CHOOSE.))
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((TOM WEST/HALIFAX CO. FARMER: IT OFFENDED ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE HE DEFENDED HIS POSITION. I WAS HOPING HE WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT SOFTER POSITION.))
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Beyer is the Democrats' only candidate for Governor next year.
Republican candidate Jim Gilmore will address the Farm Bureau today.
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Allen


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#net (edit of 596-34)
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There are some more changes in the Virginia State Department.
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Governor George Allen appointed former prosecutor Patricia West to the post of Virginia's Public Safety Secretary.
The 35- year- old director of Virginia's Department of Juvenile Justice helped usher a reform of juvenile laws through the legislature.
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She will replace Jerry Kilgore, who formally kicked off his bid for Attorney General.
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SHUTTLE


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=NOON
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=shuttle


America's oldest astronaut, Story Musgrave and his 4 crew members will spend another day in space.
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Bad weather prevented Columbia from landing this morning at the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA will try again tomorrow.
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ANCHOR=Melanie


When we return,
It looks like the Tour duPont has hit a roadblock.
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And,
The road is wide open for the first mass produced electric car--
That and more when we come back.
But first, let's check in with Patrick.
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electric-car


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


G-M unveils its battery powered E-V-1 today, the first mass produced electric car in the U-S.
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VO-NAT
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The battery powered vehicle has a driving range of 90 miles and takes four hours to recharge.
And it does not come cheap.
G-M is only leasing the car right now, at 500 dollars a month.
That does not include the two-thousand dollars this man spent re-wiring his house for the battery charge.
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SUPER=01-Charles McCollister/Electric Car Leaser;
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VO-NAT


Still, G-M's car is a first step toward meeting California's clean air rules rules that demand 10 percent of all vehicles sold by the year 2003 be non-polluting.
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EARHART


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


We may soon have some answers about the disappearance of legendary pilot Emelia Earhart.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsburgh, PA;


Tests on a piece of aluminum found on a deserted Pacific island might hold the clues.
The corroded piece of metal is thought to come from the plane Earhart was flying when she disappeared July 2, 19-37.
Some hold the theory Earhart landed on the island when she ran out of gas and died before rescuers could reach her.
The tests are expected to take days.
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DuPont


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-93
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It's an uphill battle for the Tour Dupont and the incline may be too steep.
The bike race has lost its sponsor.
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VO-NAT
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DuPont says it's pulling out because contractual obligations were not met.
The company blamed those on a lawsuit between the event's owners.
Meanwhile, a local organizer told News-7 it's doubtful there will be a race next year, but it could return in '98.
To get the cycling event under way next year, race promoters would have to raise more than two-and half million dollars in the next two weeks.
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Concord-Rezoning


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-99
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Residents and developers came to a tentative agreement last night over the best use of some land in Campbell County.
Steve Smallshaw has more from Concord's town meeting.
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(( Some residents say it's the nicest section of land in the village of Concord.
That's what led the Cedar Creek Land Development Company to buy an option on these 100 acres, with the intent of subdividing it into eleven separate parcels.
But that raised a lot of eyebrows: another Cedar Creek project a few miles features single and double-wide trailer homes.
That's NOT what residents wanted to see dropped into the middle of Concord.
So more than a hundred of them turned out for a meeting with the developers to see if they could hash out their differences.
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((In the interest of promoting a frank and open discussion, News7 honored the developers' request NOT to bring a videocamera into the meeting. What followed was a mostly cordial discussion with some pointed questions about the future of the land. Essentially residents did NOT want to see double- wide trailers built on these plots.. buildings they feel would not blend in with the rest of the Concord community.))
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After 90 minutes of discussion, Cedar Creek agreed NOT to allow any single or double-wide trailers.. other suggested restrictions have been taken under consideration.
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((JOSEPH MAILLET/DEVELOPER: WE WEREN'T REALLY OBLIGATED.. WE DID THAT.))
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((CHUCK BULLOCK/DEVELOPER: WE MADE SOME CONCESSIONS.. EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.))
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Steve Smallshaw, News7, Concord.))

Property-Tax


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#net (edit of 96-90)
GRAPHIC=Virginia State Seal


Eliminating personal property tax may not be a good idea.
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Manassas Senator Charles Colgan's plan to do just that would require a sales tax increase to make up for the lost car and boat tax revenue.
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((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: AS I SAID AS A CANDIDATE, AND ALSO AS GOVERNOR, I HAVE SAID THAT I WILL VETO ANY SALES OR INCOME TAX INCREASE THAT COMES ACROSS MY DESK.))
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Colgan admits his proposal may take years to win support.
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ANCHOR=Melanie


Still to come in the newscast,
Fire alarms are often ignored in college dorms-- and that has fireFIGHTERS alarmed.
Governor Allen may have an expensive solution to the problem.
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VO-NAT


And,
Bikes are expensive gifts, but not if they are given away by the Toys- for- Tots campaign.
Stay with us.
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Dorm-Safety


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-88
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Students may find themselves paying for improved fire protection in some of Virginia's college dorms.
Governor Allen says he'll find the money to install sprinklers, but has yet to say where the cash will come from.
Tracy Altizer reports.
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(( On Virginia college and university campuses, dorm construction and upkeep is paid for through student fees.
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((DAVE NUTTER/VT UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: AND SO THAT IS THE WAY ALL OF OUR DORMS HAVE BEEN OPERATING. THEY'RE WHAT WE CALL AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES TO THE UNIVERSITY AND STATE MONIES DO NOT GO INTO THEIR OPERATION OR UPKEEP. ))
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Governor Allen has not said how he would pay for installing sprinklers in high-rise dorms, but he refused to rule out raising student fees.
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((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF WAYS THAT IT MAY BE DONE. EACH COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY MAY HAVE, ALL THE BUILDINGS AREN'T THE SAME HEIGHT. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.))
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It's estimated to cost more than five and a half million dollars to add sprinklers to Tech's five high-rise dorms. That breaks down to about 58 dollars per student over the next 20 years.
Officials at Tech and Radford University agree sprinklers would provide the ultimate protection. But they say smoke and fire alarms and extinguishers, stairwell hookups for fire hoses, and non-combustible construction make their dorms safe now.
Firefighters seem more concerned with passive student attitudes.
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((KEITH BOLTON/BLACKSBURG FIRE CHIEF: OUR CONCERN IS THAT STUDENTS HAVE GOTTEN USED TO THE ALARMS GOING OFF, AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS TWO OR THREE TIMES A NIGHT, AND THEY WOULDN'T COMPLETELY EVACUATE THE BUILDING. ))
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State officials have yet to tabulate the costs of sprinklers for all 12 dorms in question. Tracy Altizer, News 7.))

Foundation


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=eea
TAPE# 96-86
GRAPHIC=NONE


The Alleghany Foundation is giving out money.
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VO-NAT
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The group has a 35 million dollar grant fund.
One million dollars will start up a school nurse program and a mobile dental care van in Alleghany County.
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200 thousand dollars will save the Clifton Forge Library expansion project, which was stalled by cost overruns.
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((DR. RON GOINGS/LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN; IT'S KIND OF LIKE CHRISTMAS COME EARLY, YOU GET A GREAT BIG PRESENT, ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL OF THE WORRYING ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND WERE WE GONNA HAVE IT SUDDENLY BECAME "EVERYTHINGS" DONE, NOW WE JUST SIT BACK AND LET SOME PEOPLE WORK ON BUILDING IT AND IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS WE'LL REAP THE REWARDS.))
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Grants were also awarded to Clifton Middle School, the Alleghany Highlands Y-M-C-A and the Arts Council. Non-profit organizations can apply for foundation grants.
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Bikes


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-87
GRAPHIC=None


A Roanoke radio station hopes to collect one-thousand new bicycles as part of this year's Toys for Tots campaign.
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Last year, J-93 set a goal of 93 bikes, but listeners responded with more than 600.
Again this year, morning personality Slam Duncan and Marine Reserve Staff Sergeant Steve Gardner will broadcast from a camper suspended above the Tanglewood Mall Parking lot.
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((SLAM DUNCAN/J-93 PERSONALITY: I THINK IT'S A LOFTY GOAL. I'M A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE. I WAS APPREHENSIVE WITH THIS EVENT THIS YEAR ABOUT TRYING TO REPEAT IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE? IF YOUR HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, THINGS WORK OUT. THEY REALLY DO.))
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J-93 and other sponsors will kick off the campaign Thursday December 12th at Six in the morning.
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HANUKAH


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=hanukah


Today is the start of Hanukkah and this year the Jewish celebration goes on line.
Millions of Internet users will be able to watch the lighting of the first holiday candle at the Western Wall, thanks to "The Wall Cam."
An Israeli service will broadcast the event live to the Net.
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10;17:52
And on the first day of Hanukah, the first ever Hanukah rap as sung by Craig Taubman of Craig and Company.
He has established himself as a unique voice in family entertainment blending kid friendly themes with adult music appeal.
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Funeral-Homes


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 96-89)
GRAPHIC=None


A handful of well established firms usually dominate the funeral home business.
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In Roanoke, three funeral homes, Hamlar- and- Curtis, Lotz, and Oakey's, have dominated the market.
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But Allen Simpson, who worked for Oakey's for two decades, is striking out on his own.
He and a partner are investing nearly two- million- dollars to open their own funeral home.
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((ALLEN SIMPSON/SIMPSON-THARP FUNERAL HOME: THE MARKET CHANGES AND NEW PEOPLE COME ALONG AND CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES.))
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Simpson and his partner Skip Tharp will market their business to rapidly aging baby boomers, who may have different ideas about what a funeral service should be.
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Tharp has successfully launched similar concepts in Lynchburg and Bedford County, even with several dominant players already there.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
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Right now the average cost for a funeral in our area is about 55- hundred- dollars, but there's speculation the new competition could mean lower prices.

Stocks


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE# none
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On Wall Street at Noon, the Dow was DOWN 8 points
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Up next on the newscast,
John Wayne Bobbit is back in the news. He has plans to marry a lot of people.
We'll explain when we come back.
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And,
The award for the best Division 1 football player in Virginia was announced last night--
Stay with us, sports is next.
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Dudley


ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#VF96-2
GRAPHIC=DUDLEY AWARD


Last year Tiki Barber finished second in the Dudley Award balloting to Virginia Tech's Cornell Brown.
Last night Tiki was back in Richmond hoping to move up a spot.
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SUPER=03-Richmond/The Downtown Club; :00


The U-V-a tailback was joined at the Downtown club by fellow finalist, Thomas Haskins of V-M-I, and Tech's Jim Druckenmiller.
This time Tiki would win the award in balloting done by a panel of sportscasters and writers from around the state.
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((TIKI BARBER/1996 DUDLEY AWARD WINNER:)) ((JIM DRUCKENMILLER/DUDLEY AWARD FINALIST:))
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UVa


ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#net (edit of VB97-1)
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA LOGO


The 25th ranked Virginia Cavaliers struggled to beat William & Mary 75 to 64.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Williamsburg/Cavaliers vs. Indians; :00


Dave Grabuloff helped the Indians take a 10 point lead with five minutes left in the first half.
Curtis Staples feeds Courtney Alexander for the 2 handed jam, and U-V-a hits the half with a 33-to-31 lead.
Virginia would crank it up in the second half and win the game 75 to 64.
SUPER=33-Virginia #25/75/William & Mary/64;


Norman Nolan had a great offensive game scoring a career high 22 points.
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Roanoke


ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#net (edit of s6-24)
GRAPHIC=ROANOKE


The Roanoke College Maroons improved their record with an easy win over Emory & Henry.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Salem/Wasps vs. Maroons; :00


Nathan Hungate feeds Tim Braun inside to get the party started.
The Wasps would have to struggle all night long. Donald Childress comes down and dishes to Donald Thurston for the hoops inside.
SUPER=33-Emory & Henry/63/Roanoke/98;


But the Maroons have never had it so easy against the Wasps as they did last night. Courtney Fitch hits the hoop and Roanoke stays unbeaten with the 98-to-63 rout.
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Bobbitt


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


Remember John Bobbitt? Well, now it's the Reverend John Bobbitt.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Las Vegas, NV;

4:07:48
After starring in a porn movie and spending time behind bars the former Virginia resident became an ordained minister yesterday in Las Vegas.
The victim of an infamous run-in with his knife wielding wife says he plans to perform marriages as soon as he gets his state license.
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