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1-News-Head
ANCHOR=Eric
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WRITER=eea
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VO-NAT
Coming up next on News 7 at Six...
A Franklin County animal dog breeder is charged with animal cruelty...
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ANCHOR=Eric
SS=None
And a V-M-I board member resigns because the school is admitting women.
Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
In sports, The Packers move on in the N-F-L playoffs Virginia and Maryland
went head to head at College park and Bill Fosters talks about tonight's game
at Xavier.
WX-Head
TALENT=Kimberly
SS=None
Today was one for the record books-- but don't get too used to this
unseasonably warm weather.
More Winter-like temperatures are are on the way.
Animal-Case
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-91
GRAPHIC=None
A Franklin County breeder says her neighbors are on a witchhunt.
But Animal Control officers and Humane Society officials say they've rescued
more than hundred dogs and cats from the breeder's.
Humane Society officials say the floors of Valery Green's home were covered
with animal feces and litters of puppies were piled into plastic carrying
crates.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;
23 puppies were taken to a local veterinarian.
Most of the dogs and cats remain on the property.
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SOT 14:39:32
IN Q=WE FOUND MULTIPLE
((BENNIE RUSSELL/FRANKLIN CO. DEPUTY PUBLIC SAFETY DIR.: WE FOUND MULTIPLE
DOGS, SOMEWHERE AROUND BETWEEN 60 AND 100 DOGS IN PENS TOGETHER. DIFFERENT
BREEDS, DIFFERENT VARIETIES AND CONDITION WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE'D
EXPECT.))
SUPER=01-Bennie Russell/Deputy Public Safety Dir.;
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OUT Q=LESS THAN WHAT WE'D EXPECT
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VO-NAT
Humane Society officials say neighbors have been complaining about the
facility for months.
But Russell says dogs are considered personal property and that caused
officials some problems when they tried to take action.
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SOT 14:41:38
IN Q=we've been trying
((WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PURSUE IT. TRYING TO FIND A LEGAL WAY FOR COMING IN AND
INTERVENING. UP UNTIL RECENTLY THE ANIMALS WERE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND WITH
THE SICKNESS OF THE OWNER, IT'S MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE TAKEN CARE OF
PROPERLY.))
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OUT Q=CARE OF PROPERLY
ANCHOR=ERIC
SS=None
Valery Green says she asked her landlord to take care of the animals while
she is in the hospital.
But Russell says the job became too much of a financial burden.
The Humane Society is now helping with the care of the animals.
Valery Green is being charged with animal cruelty and neglect.
Green says these charges are false and that she had arranged care for her
animals while she is in the hospital.
She plans to hire a lawyer to fight the charges.
VMI
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=VMI
A member of the Virginia Military Institute board of visitors has resigned.
Thomas Moncure Junior -- a 1973 V-M-I graduate -- said yesterday he could
not support admitting women.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington/File Tape;
Moncure says V-M-I fought against admitting women for six years when sued by
the U-S Department of Justice.
Allen appointed Moncure to V-M-I's governing board in July.
Moncure was one of eight board members who voted against admitting women
following a federal Supreme Court decision that the school could not exclude
women and receive state funds.
The vote to admit women was 9-to-8.
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O'Hair
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# 96-
GRAPHIC=Law & Gavel
The estranged son of missing atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair wants a judge to
give him control of his mother's estate.
William Murray is O'Hair's elder son.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
O'Hair filed a lawsuit on his behalf which led to the 1963 Supreme Court
decision that outlawed organized prayer in public schools.
O'Hair, her other son Jon and her granddaughter have not been seen since
they went on what they called a "working vacation" in September 1995.
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ANCHOR=Eric
SS=None
Today, William Murray runs a Christian ministry from his home here in
Virginia.
And he wants an Austin, Texas, judge to make him guardian of not only
his mother's estate, but those of his younger brother and estranged daughter.
A hearing on the petition could come in a couple of weeks.
McGraw
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE# 96-101
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A Roanoke County Clerk of Court was within his rights to fire the chief
deputy in 19-91.
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Steve McGraw is immune from suit.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file
Chief Deputy Marsha Conner sued McGraw, claiming she was dismissed for
political reasons.
Though the appeals court cites McGraw's "ever-changing explanations" for
firing Conner, he eventually came up with a valid reason: that it was because
she held a "policy-making position."
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ANCHOR=Eric
SS=None
"While the number two position in the clerk's office is also substantially
an administrative position," the Appeals Court concluded "it nevertheless
remains the backup policy position for the clerk."
This week's decision reverses Judge Jackson Kiser's ruling.
Bull-Auction
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=SIX
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-92
GRAPHIC=None
State cattle ranchers gathered in Red House to shoot the bull.
Actually it was an auction of the finest bulls in the state.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Campbell Co.;
The Red House Tested Bull Sale takes place in Campbell County every year.
The bulls are evaluated for growth ability, soundness and conformation.
Only the finest are sold.
Officials say this enables state breeders to genetically upgrade their
herds.
And that's important because cattle ranching is big business in this part of
the state.
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SOT 11:10:24
IN Q=we commonly think
((DICK WHITE/VA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AGENT: WE COMMONLY THINK OF TOBACCO AND
GRAINS CAUSE WE SEE SUCH LARGE FIELDS AND A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T SEE THE HERDS
BUT THE BEEF BUSINESS IN THIS AREA OF VIRGINIA IS PROBABLY 30 TO 35 MILLION
DOLLAR INDUSTRY.))
SUPER=01-Dick White/VA Cooperative Extension Agent;
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OUT Q=30 to 35 million dollar industry
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VO-NAT
But many ranchers are having a difficult time keeping their heads above
water.
Cattle prices are at a 15 year low so it takes planning to stay in business.
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SOT 11:06:50
IN Q=when we do
((CHARLES FARISS/BREEDER: WHEN WE DO HAVE GOODTIMES WE PROBABLY BUY EQUIPMENT
AHEAD OF TIME. KEEP IT IN BETTER SHAPE AND DO LESS REPAIRS IN THESE HARDTIMES
COME.))
SUPER=01-Charles Fariss/Breeder;
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OUT Q=hard times come
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VO-NAT
Breeders say the testing done at Bull Hill helps them supply Virginia with
quality beef.
And ensures that they will be ready when good times come again.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Eric
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at Six,
It seems everyone is trying to lose weight after the holidays.
That's the subject of this week's On-Record,
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VO-NAT
and,
Don't BET on an on-time opening for Virginia's first para-mutual racetrack.
(toss to kim)
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ANCHOR=Kimberly
wx ad lib
Well, if you bet we'd break records today for high temperatures-- you were
absolutely right.
New records were set in Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Bluefield, West Virginia.
But an approaching cold front's going to bring some changes-- more on that
in the forecast.
First, take a look at these numbers...
Roll
Lake Level
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COMM#1
Colonial-Downs
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# net edit 95-28(horse-racing)
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Colonial Downs likely will ask the General Assembly to relax a July first
deadline for opening.
Track president O-James Peterson says the delay is needed to ease a tight
construction deadline caused in part by bad weather delays.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Colonial Downs is building the state's first pari-mutual racetrack in New
Kent County.
The 62 million dollar project is expected to open this summer.
Under a law passed last year, Colonial Downs will have to close its
off-track betting parlors in Chesapeake and Richmond if racing doesn't begin by
July first.
The parlors couldn't reopen until racing started.
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Air-Protection
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=Virginia
The federal government is investigating Virginia's air protection program to
determine if state officials are too lenient on polluters.
The probe by the independent inspector general's office of the Environmental
Protection Agency could result in the loss of millions of dollars in
anti-pollution grants.
The E-P-A is already withholding one-point-six million dollars in grant
money to Virginia.
That's because the state allegedly failed to report properly on its
monitoring of waste treatment plants under the Clean Water Act.
Virginia officials played down the investigation.
They say it's politically motivated.
ON-RECORD
ANCHOR=ERIC
NEWSCAST=SIX
WRITER=DAL
TAPE# 96-93
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Americans are getting fatter.
Studies show that half the population will be obese within 20 years.
There are many drugs on the market to help people beat the battle of the
bulge.
Denise Allen has more on appetite supressants.
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IN Q=Janet Mikulas has
SUPER=07-Janet Mikulas; :09
SUPER=@File;:25
SUPER=01-Dr. Blackford Noland/Physician;:57
SUPER=01-Dr. Joe McVoy/Therapist;1:10
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OUT Q=News 7
(( Janet Mikulas has battled her weight all her life.
After months of cutting calories and behavior modification her weight loss
had stopped.
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IN Q=I JUST GOT
((JANET MIKULAS: I JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS HUNGRY ALL THE TIME. I
MEAN A CONSTANT AND DISTRACTING KIND OF HUNGER. I COULDN'T THINK HOW I FELT
CAUSE I WAS ALWAYS HUNGRY.))
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OUT Q=WAS ALWAY HUNGRY
So Janet's doctor prescribed appetite supressants.
She's been on the medication for about eight months now and has lost 60
pounds.
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SOT 06:26:10
IN Q=NOW I'M ABLE
((NOW I'M ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE EXERCISE, THE INTAKE AND THE MODIFICATION
THAT REALLY WAS THE CRUX OF MY ISSUES ANY WAY.))
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OUT Q=ISSUES ANY WAY
Weight loss aides are in high demand for the first time in more than 20
years the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new appetite suppressant.
Redux has hit the U.S. market in 1995.
Other appetite suppressant have been prescribed by doctors for years.
Fenfluramine and phentermine are two examples.
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SOT 04:11:24
IN Q=BOTH OF THESE HELP
((DR. BLACKFORD NOLAND: BOTH OF THESE HELP TO REDUCE CRAVINGS, HELP TO
INCREASE SATIETY AND IN SO DOING HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LOOSE
WEIGHT.))
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OUT Q=TO LOOSE WEIGHT
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SOT 12:45:09
IN Q=FOR JANET
((DR. JOE MCVOY/THERAPIST: FOR JANET SHE HAS TO TAKE THIS MEDICATION FOR HER
LIFETIME AND WE SHOULD THAT OVER FOUR TO FIVE YEARS WILL IT STILL WORK FOR HER?
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE YET AND WHAT WE HAVE WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY IT WON'T
BE.))
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OUT Q=IT WON'T BE
As a rule appetite supressants should only be prescribed for people who have
a weight problem that puts their health at risk.
Dr. McVoy worries that people will use these drugs just to fit into a pair
of jeans.
And he says little is known of the possible long term health risks
associated with appetite supressants.
To find out more on this subject watch On Record tomorrow morning at 11.
Denise Allen News 7. ))
Tease#2
Soft Music Under
ANCHOR=Eric
SS=none
Still to come on the newscast,
Roy will wrap up the N-F-L games of the day.
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VO-NAT
And,
While the Carolina Panthers are cracking down on opposing offenses,
North Carolina Police are cracking down on scalpers.
That and more when we continue.
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COMM#2
Tickets
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers' tickets for tomorrow's big playoff game with Dallas are
the hottest tickets in North and South Carolina.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Charlotte, NC/File Tape;
But be careful, because the tickets you're looking for may be hot in another
way.
First, people in North Carolina who sell tickets at more than three dollars
over their face value could be dealt a misdemeanor.
And those tickets could be confiscated from the buyers as evidence.
There's also the threat the tickets you buy are counterfeit.
It's happened before.
About 60 people were duped by scalpers who sold them phony tickets to the
Panthers game against San Francisco earlier this season.
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Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
And coming up, Virginia Tech's on the road tonight the Cavaliers traveled to
College Park for a game against the Terps.
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VO-NAT ENG#
And the Green bay Packers advance in the N-f-L playoffs with an easy win over
San Francisco.
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S-Packers
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#FB96-4
GRAPHIC=Packers/Niners
For the second year in a row, Green bay has sent San Francisco home in the
N-F-L playoffs.
This afternoon, The Packers beat the 49-ers 35 to 14.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Green Bay, WI/FOX SPORTS; ;
The Packers set the tone of the game early in the first quarter. Desmond
Howard receives the punt and he returns it 71 yards for the touchdown and a 7
to nothing Packer lead.
Then with six minutes left in the first quarter Brett Favre goes to the
air and hits Andre Rison on the four yard touchdown pass to make it 14 to
nothing Packers.
Green Bay went in at the half with a big lead Edgar Bennett takes the
handoff up the middle to score and it was 21 to Nothing Packers late in the
second quarter.
San Francisco got on the board when Elvis Grbac rolls out and hits Terry
Kirby on the short touchdown pass to make it 21 to 7 at the half.
The 49-ers made it a close game early in the third when Grbac fakes the
handoff and scores from in close The Niners trailed 21 to 14.
But Green bay answered. Edgar SUPER=30-Green Bay/35/San
Francisco/14/;Bennett fumbles the ball in the end zone And Antonio Freeman
recovers it for a touchdown and Green Bay wins it 35 to 14.
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S-Broncos
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Broncos/Jaguars
Denver and Jacksonville are playing in the A-F-C game. Vaughn Hebron
scored from the one and John Elway hit Shannon Sharpe on an 18 yard T-D pass.
But Jacksonville came back on two Mike Hollis field goals and an 8 yard
T-D run by Natrone Means and it was 13 to 12 Jacksonville to start the third
quarter and Jacksonvile led 20 to 12 late in the third..
S-Ross
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#FB96-3
GRAPHIC=VMI Logo
San Diego's loss may be V-M-I's gain. Yesterday, Charger head coach Bobby
Ross resigned that position yesterday become part of the 9-th coaching change
this season.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=04-NFL; :
It's possible that Ross may be interested in returning to his alma mater
and coach V-M-I next season.
A Richmond newspaper reported this morning that Ross has told family and
friends that he eventually intends to live in Lexington and become part of the
Keydet family.
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=hold Logo
Ross's brother Donnie is an Assistant at V-M-I and the head coaching job is
open after Bill Stewart resigned last Month.
S-UVA
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#VB97-1
GRAPHIC=UVA Logo
The Virginia Cavaliers jumped back into their A-C-C schedule this
afternoon with a trip to College Park to take on the Terps.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-College Park, MD/Maryland vs Virginia; :
The Terps pounded the board hard in the first half Laron Profit goes in for
the follow up basket to make it 21 to 13 Maryland.
Virginia worked the ball inside to Jamal Robinson who scores the layup
cutting the Terp lead to 6.
But Sarunas Jasikevicius (Jasi-kevicus) pulls up and nails his second three
pointer of the game and Maryland led the Cavaliers 27 to 15.
Then the Terps get out on the break Keith Booth takes it to the hoop for
the score to make it 29 to 15 Maryland.
Curtis Staples cut the lead to 9 SUPER=33-Maryland/78/Virginia/62/;when
he went to the corner and hit the three pointer making it 31 to 20 and Maryland
goes on to win the game 78 to 62.
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S-ACC
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#BB97-1
GRAPHIC=ACC Logo
In other A-C-C action this afternoon the Wolfpack of N.C. State hit the road
for a game in Tallahassee against Florida State.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Tallahassee, FL/N.C. State vs Florida State; :
Florida state trailed by 9 points early in the first half when Jay Flowers
pulls up and hits the jumper in the paint making it 18 to 11.
But the Pack comes right back Jeremy Hyatt misses the jumper but Damon
Thornton is there to slam it home making it 20 to 12 Wolfpack.
Florida state maintained its poise James Collins pulls up and nails the
three pointer to make it 20 to 18 Wolfpack.
But State comes right back again Clint Harrison with the three pointer to
make it 23 to 18 Wolfpack.
The game remained close throughout SUPER=33-Florida State/71/N.C.
State/51/;the second half and Florida State goes on to win it 71 to 51.
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S-Tech
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=TB97-1
GRAPHIC=Tech basketball
The 5 and 4 Virginia Tech Hokies take their perfect 1 and OH Atlantic 10
record to Xavier tonight.
The Musketeers are undefeated themselves and ranked 17th in the country. A
win over cross state rival and 6th ranked Cincinnati is also part of their
early season resume. In fact, Xavier reminds Coach Bill Foster of a team very
close to him.
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IN Q="Xavier
((BILL FOSTER/VA. TECH HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Bill Foster/Virginia Tech Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:42
OUT Q=...to low on a loss"
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=Hold Tech
Tip off is at 8pm at Cincinnati Gardens in ohio.
Wx-Tape
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SUPER=306-66/51/58/S-9mph/29.84r/7:35 am/5:16 pm;
Movie-Review
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=dse
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=None
The popularity of history-based movies is growing.
In fact, there's another one out right now.
Dennis Cunningham filed this review.
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SOT15:28
IN Q=Rob Reiner
SUPER=01-Dennis Cunningham/CBS Entertainment Editor; :00
SUPER=04-Ghosts of Mississippi; :36
RUNS=2:26
OUT Q=for CBS News.
((Rob Reiner produces and directs "ghosts of mississippi". Sorry to say,
the word "ghosts" is a metaphor. Meaning both the ghosts that might scare a
child at bedtime, and the ghosts of racism still wafting over the land. So,
see it gets metaphorical. And not at all smoothly either. Plus, because
there are so many facts to deal with, covering 30 years! it can get very
awkward and very wordy. And does. But it is a forceful, sincere story of the
civil rights movement: and just for the assassin of civil rights leader
medgar evers:
"Ghosts of Mississippi" has already been described, more than once, as
"important". A word, I'm afraid, to scare people away. The fact is, though,
it is important. A story of our nation's great civil rights struggle, already
forgotten by far too many. Sure the movie should be more lean and more
urgent. It has a tendency to be soft and noble. But it also has a
recommended final six. For, fine leading and supporting performances. And
for having something to say. Something "important". And for saying. In a
I'm Dennis Cunningham for CBS news.))
movie that eventually packs a mighty punch.
by SS