12:00-01
NOON-HEADLINES
TALENT=Melanie
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VO-NAT
In Michigan, crews begin recovering bodies from the Comair plane crash.
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And a Henry County woman is shot at work allegedly by her boyfriend.
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ANCHOR=Patrick
SS=NONE
Some snow showers and flurries have been reported around the region today,
and we could see that continue through the evening. No additional accumulation
is expected, but bitter cold is on the way for our weekend, bundle up the
forecast is headed your way.
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TALENT=Melanie
SS=None
Stay with us, News 7 at Noon is next.
CRASH
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=plane crash invest
Near Detroit this afternoon, crews are removing the bodies from the site of
a commuter plane crash.
The Comair jet nosed-dived into a snow covered field yesterday killing all
29 on board.
Byron Harlan has more.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Ida, MI; :00
SUPER=01-Tilman Crutchfield/Monroe County Sheriff; :16
SUPER=03-Detroit, MI/Last Night; :32
SUPER=01-Byron Harlan/Reporting; :45
RUNS=1:00
OUT Q=CBS News, Michigan.
11:30 UPDATE WINDOW
((
A MAKESHIFT MORGUE HAS BEEN SET UP NEAR THE SITE OF THE CRASH IN MONROE
COUNTY. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO RECOVER THE 29 VICTIMS OF
YESTERDAY'S DEADLY CRASH...BUT THEY SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY:
TILMAN CRUTCHFIELD, MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF
SUPER:SOT..."it's going to take at least a day..."
TRACK: THE WEATHER WON'T HELP...AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE PLANE CRASHED WON'T
EITHER. WITNESSES SAY THE SMALL COMMUTER PLANE PLUNGED STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE
GROUND...LEAVING BITS AND PIECES OF THE AIRCRAFT SCATTERED ACROSS AN AREA THE
SIZE OF A COUPLE OF FOOTBALL FIELDS.
(LAST NIGHT, DETROIT, MI)
(NATSND...SOBBING WOMAN)
COMAIR OFFICIALS TRIED TO NOTIFY THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS...
BUT THIS WOMAN DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL SHE GOT TO THE DETROIT AIRPORT THAT HER
UNCLE WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH.
(HARLAN STANDUP CLOSE, ON THE NTSB INVESTIGATING, ETC.)))
victim
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co./December 23;
One of the victims of the crash reportedly was on her way to a funeral for
her brother who died in a cargo plane crash last month in Virginia.
"The Cincinnati Enquirer" says 37- year- old Maureen DeMarco was going to
Detroit to attend the funeral of her brother Brian Scully.
Scully was one of six people killed when the Airborne Express plane crashed
into a mountainside near Narrows December 22nd.
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EMERGENCY-LAND
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
Some scary and painful moments in the sky for some American Airlines
passengers today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA;
Several people were slammed against the ceiling of the plane when the DC-Ten
hit severe turbulence on a flight from Hawaii to Texas.
The jet made an emergency landing in San Francisco.
Six people were taken to the hospital but none of the injuries is considered
life threatening.
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Bassett-Shooting
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=THA
TAPE#96-95
GRAPHIC=Shooting
One woman is in serious condition and her boyfriend is behind bars following
a shooting at a Henry County furniture company.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co./Yesterday;
Authorities charged 35- year- old Timothy Dexter Walton with shooting his
girlfriend yesterday inside the "Bassett Superior Lines" plant.
Investigators say Walton apparently left his work station, pulled out a
sawed off shotgun, and fired at least two shots in the direction of his
girlfriend.
37- year- old Susie Penn is in serious condition after surgery yesterday.
Other employees were in the room at the time, but no one else was injured.
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SOT
IN Q=They really
((LT. KIMMY NESTER/HENRY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.:THEY REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT
WAS TAKING PLACE IN FRONT OF THEM, AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WERE IN FEAR OF THEIR
OWN LIFE, SAFETY, SO EVERYONE BEGAN TO FLEE, SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS REALLY
ANYTIME FOR ANYBODY TO REACT, SOME OF THE FOREMAN APPROACHED WHEN THEY REALIZED
WHAT WAS GOING ON, THAT'S WHEN I BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE STARTLED THE YOUNG MAN
AND AT THAT TIME, HE SIMPLY BEGAN TO RETREAT. ))
SUPER=01-Kimmy Nester/Henry Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :00
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=to retreat.
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VO-NAT
Walton was arrested inside the plant without incident.
He's being held in the Henry County jail without bond.
Investigators believe Penn may have been trying to end a relationship with
Walton.
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Ax-Salem
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#96-100
GRAPHIC=accident
An accident last night on an icy bridge in Salem sent two people to the
hospital.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
Police say the driver skidded across the median and over a 50 foot embankment
after apparently hitting a patch of ice.
The car landed just short of the railroad tracks underneath the overpass.
Both the driver and a passenger were taken to the hospital where their
injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
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Truck-Ax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-93
GRAPHIC=accident
The driver of a tractor trailer that plunged over an embankment near Radford
yesterday walked away surprisingly un-hurt.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
State police say the rig loaded with M & M candies was passing a car on I-81
when it hit an icy spot and slid out of control.
It wiped out about 50 yards of guardrail and crashed down a steep hillside,
crushing the cab beneath the trailer.
Fire crews built a dam to keep a diesel fuel leak from contaminating a
creek.
The driver is charged with driving too fast for the road conditions.
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Simpson
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=simpson
O-J Simpson returns to the witness stand at his civil trial today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Santa Monica, CA;
This time his lawyers will be asking the questions, trying to put him in a
favorable light.
But before he takes the stand the jury will hear the conclusion of the
videotaped testimony from defense forensics expert, Dr. Henry Lee.
Lee has been critical of how police handled the evidence in the case.
The defense is expected to rest sometime next week.
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ISRAEL
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#ne
GRAPHIC=mideast peace
A day after two bomb attacks in Tel Aviv, Israel has stepped up security
throughout the country.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jerusalem;
Today marks the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
(RAH'-muh-dahn).
And with thousands of Muslim worshipers expected in Jerusalem authorities
have stationed
three-thousand extra soldiers in the Old City.
SUPER=03-Tel Aviv/Yesterday;
Yesterday's explosions injured 13 Israelis.
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NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#596-42
GRAPHIC=vmi
The General Assembly became the newest battleground for the debate over
co-education at Virginia Military Institute.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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SOT
IN Q=It's fought
SUPER=01-Sen. Warren Barry/(R) Fairfax; :00
SUPER=03-Richmond; :22
SUPER=@Ellen2; :26 (no SU)
SUPER=01-Sen. Janet Howell/(D) Reston; :34
RUNS=:48
OUT Q=qualls, news-7 richmond.
((
sot 12:15:03
((SEN. WARREN BARRY/R-FAIRFAX: IT'S FOUGHT IN A COURTROOM BY A HANDFUL OF
ATTORNEYS. AND THEN DECIDED BY ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE BEEN ELEVATED INTO A
JUDGESHIP. AND YET, LIKE IN THIS CASE, THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA WHO BUILT THIS
INSTITUTION 157 YEARS AGO, AND HAVE SUPPORTED IT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME
WERE NEVER ASKED ON ONE OCCASION WHAT THEIR FEELINGS WERE IN THE MATTER. NOR
WERE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.))
runs=:22
VMI Board Chairman Bill Berry and attorney Jim Roberts were in the gallery
for Barry's speech -- and the one response it prompted.
Janet Howell says the Supreme Court decision brought her joy.
sot 12:29:07
((SEN. JANET HOWELL/D-RESTON: IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED UP TO THIS
POINT IS IN FINEST TRADITIONS OF VIRGINIA, AND THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF VMI,
AND THE FINEST TRADITION OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.))
runs=:12
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SOT
IN Q=
((ELLEN QUALLS ))
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OUT Q=NEWS-7 RICHMOND.
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Allen
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
Governor George Allen has called for the resignation of a official in the
state's Department of Environmental Quality.
Michael McKenna, D-E-Q's director of policy and planning, wrote a memo to his
bosses outlining a plan to discredit a legislative watchdog panel that issued a
highly critical report of the department.
Salem-reserve
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-97
GRAPHIC=NONE
They're in the Army now.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
...regular, active- duty U-S Army soldiers.
Just the other day they were members of a reserve detachment based in Salem.
Now they're getting ready to ship out Saturday night... on the way to Europe
to backup U-S troops headed for Bosnia.
Like most "weekend warriors" around the country, members of this garrison
support unit were more intent on their civilian lives- -until Uncle Sam swore
them in yesterday as federal troops.
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SOT
IN Q=Well see, I'm
(( ))
SUPER=01-Vanessa Payne/2174th Garrison Support Unit
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=German, cooking? Cooking. (her RESPONSE)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Bosnia
The unit will be overseas at least four months... maybe as much as NINE
months... before returning to Salem.
Missing-Man
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
Pittsylvania County authorities are looking for an elderly man who's been
missing since yesterday.
73- year- old Henry Thomas Parrish walked away from his home yesterday and
has NOT been seen since.
Parrish has Alzheimer's disease.
He's described as a black man with gray hair and brown eyes, and weighs
about 145 pounds.
Flood-Wall
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# 96-99
GRAPHIC=NONE
While Western states are scrambling to recover from record floods, Buena
Vista is working to prevent future floods.
Jay moore has an update on the city's flood wall project.
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SOT
IN Q=Buena Vista's flood
SUPER=03-Buena Vista; :00 Quick!!!
SUPER=01-Jody Blackburn/US Army Corps of Engineers; :05
SUPER=01-Stephen King/Interim City Manager; :24
SUPER=04-June 1995; :35
SUPER=@Jay1; 1:00
RUNS=1:09
OUT Q=Moore, News 7.
(( Buena Vista's flood wall project is in its final stages...about 75 percent
complete.
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SOT 16:59:41
IN Q=There's some concrete
((JODY BLACKBURN/US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: THERE'S SOME CONCRETE WORK TO DO
AND SOME EMBANKMENT WORK TO DO AND SOME MOUNTING OF SOME LARGE GATES. VALVES
AND GATES.))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=valves and gates.
The gates are made to control the water flow and prevent water from backing
up into the city.
The U-S Army Corps of Engineers designed the wall to take on the greatest
flood on record.
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SOT 17:18:21
IN Q=This project is
((STEPHEN KING/INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE 69
FLOOD PLUS THE FACTORS OF SAFETY THERE'S THREE EXTRA FEET OF FREEBOUND ON THE
LEVY.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=on the levy.
The partially completed wall has already had some impact.
King says it stopped the downtown from flooding in '95 but it didn't stop
creaks and streams from overflowing.
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SOT 17:13:30
IN Q=We're in the
((KING: WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND ARE PURSUING AND HAVE GRANTS TO DO WORK ON
THE UNIQUE FLOODING PROBLEM WHICH ARE OUR INTERIOR STREAMS.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=our interior streams.
When the project was started it was estimated to cost 42- million.
Now the pricetag is considerably less at 34 million.
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SOT
IN Q=The project has
((JAY MOORE/REPORTING: THE PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR MORE THAN
THREE YEARS AND IF MOTHER NATURE COOPERATES IT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY MID-
SUMMER. IN BUENA VISTA, JAY MOORE, NEWS 7.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=Moore, News 7.
Kevorkian
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=kevorkian
The latest criminal charges against Dr. Jack Kevorkian are being dropped.
The new prosecutor in Oakland County, Michigan, says the charges
against the assisted-suicide advocate and two colleagues were issued in haste.
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Rodeo
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
The west is riding into the Roanoke Valley.
The Salem Civic center will host a championship rodeo this weekend.
2-shot
With us today to talk about it is Bobby Rowe, the owner of Imperial Rodeo
Productions. Welcome.
(response)
(Which rodeo events will be featured this weekend?
SUPER=01-Bobby Rowe/Imperial Rodeo Productions Owner;
Many rodeo events happen so quickly it is sometimes hard to see it all. How
can inexperienced viewers catch the action?
What can people expect this weekend in addition to the usual rodeo events?))
WEATHER
SUPER=300-36/44/SW 16-25mph/29.54f/70/1949/-2/1982;
SUPER=301-35/72/SW 8mph/29.56f/74/1937/-4/1970;
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Cloudy/Snow Likely/23-27/Partly Sunny/Breezy & Cold/30-35;
SUPER=331-Cloudy with/Snow Showers/24-28/Partly Sunny/Breezy & Cold/32-36;
SUPER=332-Light Snow/1" to 2"/18-22/Mostly Cloudy/Cold with Flurries/24-28;
SUPER=333-Periods of/Snow/20-24/Variable Clouds/Cold with Flurries/28-32;
SUPER=334-Snow Likely/2" to 3"/14-18/Mostly Cloudy/Snow Showers/20-24;
SUPER=X5001;
Tech-Money
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-94
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech's football team may have lost the Orange Bowl, but just
getting to the game was a big economic win for the school.
Tracy Altizer gives us a look at where the money goes.
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SOT
IN Q=If you went to
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Wednesday; :00
SUPER=01-Jeff Bourne/Assoc. Athletic Dir.; :22
SUPER=@Tracy1; :37
SUPER=03-Ft. Lauderdale/December 31; :50
RUNS=1:29
OUT Q=Altizer, News 7.
(( The construction on the Tech campus is hard to ignore.
It's a new track and soccer complex and a women's softball field, which
money from the 1995 Sugar Bowl and 1994 Gator Bowl are funding.
That money has also helped in the ACADEMIC arena, as will the 1996 Orange
Bowl payout.
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SOT 5:55:35
IN Q=
((JEFF BOURNE/ASSOC. ATHLETIC DIR.: WE'VE HELPED IN THE PAST WITH ASSOCIATE
POSITIONS, PROFESSORSHIP POSITIONS ON CAMPUS, MAYBE A TECHNICAL PROGRAM,
ACADEMIC PROGRAM LIKE WE WORKED WITH LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR IT SHOULD BE
SOMETHING SIMILAR. ))
RUNS=:12
And some of the money has remained in an athletic department cash fund,
made possible by bowl earnings.
SU With the Orange Bowl earnings included, the reserve for 1997 is
projected at four million dollars.
To give you some perspective, Bourne says just the interest on that amount
would fund three of Tech's non-revenue sports.SU
So while Nebraska may have scored the big honors in the Orange Bowl, the
Hokies still come out winners financially.
Even after travel expenses, Tech brings home more than two million dollars,
more than half of which will go to cash reserves.
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SOT 5:53:27
IN Q=
((PROBABLY AS MUCH AS 8 OR 900 THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT MONEY COULD BE
TRANSFERRED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO STILL LEAVE AT A MINIMUM
2.2 OR 2.3 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE RESERVE, MAYBE EVEN UP TO THREE MILLION
DOLLARS IN THE RESERVE TO DRAW ON, COLLECT INTEREST ON AND INVEST IT. ))
RUNS=:19
Or as Bourne says, save for a rainy day, since you can't count on a bowl
game every year. Tracy Altizer, News 7.))
Stocks
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=stocks
On Wall Street at Noon, the Dow was
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Tech
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of TB97-1)
GRAPHIC=Tech Hoops
Virginia Tech broke a two game Atlantic 10 losing streak last night beating
William and Mary 76 to 41 at the Cassell.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Virginia Tech vs William & Mary; :
With six minutes left in the game Andre Ray steps up and smokes the three
pointer and the Hokies led 65 to 41.
The Hokies dominated the half. On this play Troy Manns drives to the hoop
for two of his 10 points in the game.
The next time down the floor Tech pushes it inside to Alvaro Tor. He
SUPER=33-Virginia Tech/71/William & Mary/46/;
gets the miss and puts it back in and the Hokies led by 26.
The Hokies beat William and Mary 71 to 46.
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SOT
IN Q="We got to stay
((DAVID JACKSON/5 THREE POINTERS: ))
((BILL FOSTER/TECH HEAD COACH: ))
SUPER=01-David Jackson/5 Three Pointers; :00
SUPER=01-Bill Foster/Virginia Tech Head Coach; :17
RUNS=:27
OUT Q=.....lot closer."
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Jaguars
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=Net (edit of FB96-3)
GRAPHIC=Jaguars
To get to the Super Bowl the Jacksonville Jaguars must beat the New England
Patriots this Sunday in the A-F-C championship.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jacksonville, FL; :00
The Patriots are loose, but so are the Underdog Jaguars, especially former
U-V-A star Jeff Lageman.
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SOT
IN Q="I'm
((JEFF LAGEMAN/JAGUARS DEFENSIVE END:))
SUPER=01-Jeff Lageman/Jaguars Defensive End; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=...playing our game"
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TWINS
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
One woman made medical history in England after she gave birth to twins an
astonishing 19 days apart.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Swindon, England;
10:31;22
Tracy Speakman gave birth to daughter Page December 19th.
The baby's sister Abbey did NOT arrive until Tuesday, born in a different
year from her twin.
The doctor who delivered the babies says this is the first time he has seen
twins born at different gestation periods survive.
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