WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 02/10/97

12:00-01

NOON-HEADLINES

TALENT=Melanie
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VO-NAT

Roanoke County police say a man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend before attempting to take his own life.
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ANCHOR=Melanie

And if you're holding an American Airlines ticket for Saturday, keep your eyes on Washington.
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TALENT=Patrick
SS=None

Some light to moderate snow showers are falling across the area, but they will not last too long, and we are expecting no additional accumulation. We'll check the forecast, as well as the progress of a couple of ladies' hoops teams around the region.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None

Stick around. News 7 at Noon is next.

SWatch

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=school information

Some schools are closing early due to the snow.
Let's look at the list.... Take school watch

E-County-Murder

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-106
GRAPHIC=Murder
******ANCHOR TAG******
In Roanoke County, a man watched as his girlfriend was fatally shot by her EX-boyfriend.
Police say the shooter then turned the gun on himself.
Denise Allen reports.
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((Doug Lakes says he drove his girlfriend, Lisa Sizemore, to Ronnie Brooks' house so she could pick up her things.
Lakes says she had recently broken up with Brooks.
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((DOUG LAKES/LISA'S BOYFRIEND: THE RELATIONSHIP HAD GONE SOUTH EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR. SHE JUST HADN'T BEEN IN A SITUATION TO GET OUT.))
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Lakes says Brooks had called them several times during the day telling Lisa to pick up her furniture.
But Lakes says when they reached the house it was dark so Lisa went to the front door.
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((HE SHOT HER WITH NO REMORSE WHAT SO EVER. HE SAID SOMETHING, "YOU'LL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN,))
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(( AND THE GUN WENT BOOM, I SAW FIRE FLY OUT OF THE END OF THE BARREL. I SAW HER HIT THE GROUND SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER. WE TORE OFF RUNNING DOWN TO THE STORE, BEFORE HE COULD SHOOT US CAUSE I KNOW I WAS HIS NEXT VICTIM.))
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Lakes says he called police from a near by store.
He says Lisa and Ronnie had a three year relationship with a history of violence.
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((ONCE YOU START ADDING ALCOHOL IN HIM, HE'S DR. JECKEL AND MR. HYDE. THEN YOU START THROWING CRACK IN ON TOP OF THAT AND YOU'VE CREATED A MONSTER.))
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Lakes says the sound of the gun firing and his girlfriend's scream will stay with him forever.
Denise Allen News 7.))
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None

Brooks is in Roanoke Memorial Hospital in stable condition.
Investigators say the shooting is still under investigation and charges against him are pending.

Abbott

ANCHOR=Mel
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-107
GRAPHIC=murder

A Pittsylvania County man charged with killing his wife wants to hire his own attorney.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Chatham;

34- year- old Timothy Wayne Abbott voiced his decision in court this morning.
Abbott was arraigned for allegedly killing his wife outside the home they shared in the Keeling community.
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Saturday;

Authorities say Melissa Faye Holland Abbott was shot once in the chest Saturday night and died at the scene.
Abbott is being held in the Pittsylvania County jail WITHOUT bond.
Sheriff's officials say they still have NOT determined a motive.
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Rockbridge-Shooting

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=shooting

A domestic dispute late last night in Rockbridge County ended in a shooting.
Authorities say 29- year- old Harry Duff was shot several times.
Police are charging Carla Marie Statler with malicious wounding.
Duff is listed in very critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The incident happened at the home of Statler's mother.

Carroll-Fatal

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=fatal accident

A Carroll County woman is dead after police say she ran her car head on into a tractor trailer.
State Police say Teresa Butler was driving south on U-S route 52 in the north bound lane early this morning when she hit the truck.
Butler died at the scene and her eight- year- old child was airlifted to a North Carolina hospital.

Airlines

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

A contract dispute could ground the nation's largest domestic airline.
American Airlines and its pilots' union will take their differences before federal mediators today.
Scott Pelley reports from Dallas.
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((
Passengers flying over the weekend were already booking other carriers. with no movement in the contract talks, few wanted to take a chance. HEIDI LAX/PASSENGER: I HAVE DOUBLE BOOKINGS AT THE MOMENT//AND COMING BACK WITH ANOTHER AIRLINE SO I BOUGHT A MORE EXPENSIVE TICKET BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE.
American's pilots haven't had a raise in three years. they want 11 and a half percent, the company is offering five. american says its pilots are already the best paid in the nation.
TIM SMITH/AMERICAN SPOKESMAN:THESE INCREASES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO US ARE TAKING US SO FAR ABOVE THOSE THAT WE COMPETE WITH THAT THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THIS COMPANY BEING SUCCESSFUL IS TRULY IN JEOPARDY.
The other issue involves american's low cost commuter, american eagle. the company wants to add jets to eagle's fleet. but the pilots worry eagle would start flying expanded routes and take away their jobs.
It is clear a strike would hurt the airline much more than the union. american would lose about 60 million dollars a day. that's enough to wipe out all the company's annual profits in just one month.
With the start of round the clock negotiations, one union leader said the chance of a strike is 50-50. CAPTAIN JIM PHILPOT/PILOT'S UNION: THERE IS ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION BUT IT IS CLEARLY IN THE COMPANY'S HANDS.
The strike deadline is midnight, saturday morning. american flies as many as 200-thousand passengers a day. a strike would be one of the most disruptive labor disputes in years. scott pelley, CBS News, Dallas.))

WHITEWATER

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=clinton

One of the convicted figures in the Whitewater scandal is hinting President Clinton played a larger role than previously thought.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

The New Yorker magazine is reporting that James McDougal is telling Independent council Kenneth Starr that Mr. Clinton knew of an illegal loan made to McDougal's ex-wife Susan in 19-86.
That contradicts testimony made by McDougal and the President during McDougal's trial.
Susan McDougal calls her ex-husband a liar.
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9:08:36
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((DAVID BERG/SUSAN MCDOUGAL'S ATTORNEY:SUSAN MCDOUGAL HAS DENIED EVERYTHING MR. MCDOUGAL SAID. SHE IS NOT GOING TO COOPERATE BECAUSE SHE THINKS THIS IS A WITCH HUNT AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE PART OF IT. ))
SUPER=01-David Berg/Susan McDougal's Attorney;
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC/Last Night;

The loan was made while the President was governor of Arkansas.
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S-KOREA

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

The search continues this afternoon for two missing American Marines.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-South Korea;

The two pilots were on a routine training mission yesterday when their fighter jet crashed into the Yellow Sea between South Korea and China.
A second jet, also on a training mission, reported seeing no parachutes or rafts.
The cause of the crash is not yet known.
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Nanny-charged

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

In Boston, a baby has died from injuries allegedly inflicted by his British nanny.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
4:02:42
Officials say the nine- month- old boy died late last night.
The nanny, 18- year- old Louise Woodward, was charged last week with shaking the baby so violently his brain smashed repeatedly against the side of his skull.
Prosecutors said they would charge her with murder if the baby died.
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E-Danville-Guard

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE# 96-104
GRAPHIC=Bosnia

Four dozen Danville National Guard Members are at Fort Benning, Georgia this afternoon training for duty in Bosnia.
It was a tearful goodbye yesterday for family and friends as the unit left Fort Pickett.
Teresa Hamilton and photographer Andrea DiRocco (Duh-Rock-OH) have our story.
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SUPER=23-Donna Jones; :13
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SUPER=25-Melissa Gilreath; 1:17 quick!!
SUPER=00-Chris Wiles/National Guardsman; 1:29
SUPER=23-Brook Martin; 1:42 quick!!
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((JENNIFER JONES:I'M VERY PROUD OF MY DADDY, BUT I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM.))
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No amount of planning could prepare 12- year old Jennifer Jones for saying goodbye to her father.
Indeed-- it was an emotional day for the entire family.
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((DONNA JONES: IT'S HARD, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE WHEN HE WAS IN DESERT STORM BUT IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER. ))
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Jones' husband is among 46- National Guardsmen in Danville who're being sent to Bosnia as peacekeepers.
Over the past two weeks they've undergone extensive training at Fort Pickett in Blackstone.
That training will now continue at Fort Benning, Georgia-- far from friends and family.
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((JOHN SIMMONS/NATIONAL GUARDSMAN:I HAVE GRAND DAUGHTERS I'M GOING TO MISS THEM GROWING UP, I HAVE A GRANDCHILD ON THE WAY THAT I WON'T BE HERE WHEN IT'S BORN. BUT THAT'S PART OF YOUR JOB AND AFTER 19- YEARS OF SERVICE, I'M PROUD TO SERVE. ))
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Simmons and the others are scheduled to arrive in Bosnia much earlier than expected-- which made saying goodbye even more difficult.
For Roger Gilreath words were hard to express.
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((REPORTER SPEAKS:IS THERE ANY AMOUNT OF PREPARING YOU CAN DO? ROGER GILREATH: NO. ))
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Gilreath's son, Tyler, is less than two months old.
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((MELISSA GILREATH:IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD, BUT IT'S TWICE AS HARD BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE ALMOST A YEAR OLD WHEN HE COMES BACK. ))
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For husbands, wives and fiance's the separation will be equally difficult.
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((CHRIS WILES/NATIONAL GUARDSMAN:THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HARDEST THING, THE SEPARATION, WE'VE JUST BEEN MARRIED SEVEN MONTHS, SO WE'LL BE APART FOR OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY BUT WE'LL MAKE UP FOR IT WHEN WE COME BACK. KRISTEN WILES:THAT'S RIGHT, LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD HOMECOMING.))
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The stay in Fort Benning, Georgia is expected to last less than a week-- after that the guardsmen will travel to Germany before reaching their ultimate destination. end su
The unit is expected to stay in Germany for a couple of weeks, which means they could arrive in Bosnia in about a month.
Governor Allen was on hand earlier in the day to offer encouragement.
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((GEORGE ALLEN:REMEMBER YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE BEST NATION ON EARTH AND INDEED THE GREATEST STATE IN THAT NATION. ))
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Once the unit arrives in Bosnia, they could stay for as long as 270- days. Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Fort Pickett.))

E-VMI

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=VMI

The first female cadets at V-M-I won't be alone when they get to campus this fall.
Female cadets from two other military colleges will live in the barracks to help them fit in.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington/File Tape;

Superintendent Josiah Bunting told the V-M-I board of visitors Saturday that four women from Texas A-and-M University and four from Norwich University will become part of the corps of cadets in August.
Bunting says the goal is to provide the young female cadets with advisers and counselors as they attend their first years at the previously all-male military institute.
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E-Feedback-2/9/97

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE# Feedback
GRAPHIC=State Song

The plan to retire Virginia's state song has struck a chord of controversy with some Virginians.
SS=Feedback

Assignment Editor Joe McKean has one viewer's comments, in this week's Feedback.
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(( The general refrain at the General Assembly regarding Virginia's current state song is that "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" should be shelved.
It's seldom sung in public because of lyrics many consider racially offensive.
But a viewer from Blue Ridge is still singing its praises.
"As a resident of Virginia, I do not want my state song `Carry Me Back to Olde (sic) Virginia' changed just because the Negro's (sic) are insulted because of the language. If people would get together and start a petition, maybe it will stop our song from being changed. Maybe I can't stop this from happening, but at least I'll have my say. The state song is my heritage and I will not have it stomped on.
This is 1997, not 1897. Grow up. The state song has the word `taters' in it. Is this like that Ebonics. You will never change history, and in my book `Carry Me Back to Olde Virginia' will never die."
We'd like to hear your opinions on issues in the news and our news coverage.
For letters, the address is News-7 Feedback, P.O. Box 7, Roanoke Virginia. The zip code is 24022.
To send a fax, just dial 540-343-7269.
And it's easy to reach us on the Web. The e-mail address is news@wdbj7.com.
Joe McKean, News-7.))

E-PAGEANT

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=DAL
TAPE# 96-105
GRAPHIC=None

The murder of 6- year- old Jon Benet Ramsey has drawn attention to beauty pageants for children.
Ramsey was found dead in her Colorado home shortly after Christmas.
And at her young age, she, was a veteran of the pageant circuit.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;

America's Cover Miss and Cover Boys sponsored a pageant at Tanglewood Mall yesterday.
Boys ages one month to five and girls up to 25- years- old strutted their stuff for trophies and cash.
11- year- old Amanda Morris is competing for the first time.
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((AMANDA MORRIS/PAGEANT CONTESTANT I LOOKED IN A NEWSPAPER AND I SAW IN AN AD AND I CUT IT OUT AND SHOWED IT TO MY MOM.)) ((ANGELA MORRIS/AMANDA'S MOM: TO JUST BE ABLE TO GET OUT IN THIS WORLD AND HAVE CONFIDENCE ABOUT HERSELF. I FEEL IT WILL BE GOOD FOR HER AND ME AS WELL TO ME AS A MOTHER, IT'S A MOTHER'S DREAM ESPECIALLY IF THEY DO WELL.))
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SUPER=01-Angela Morris/Amanda's Mom; :08
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Child psychologists say whether it's sports or beauty pageants, parents need to make sure there is a balance.
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((DR. HIMANSHU PATEL/CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST: IT'S OKAY TO BE IN PAGEANTS SO LONG AS YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THE CHILD TO FIND CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES AND SEE WHAT IS INSIDE OTHER THAN WHAT IS OUTSIDE THROUGH OTHER ACTIVITIES OR ACADEMICS.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Himanshu Patel/Child Psychologist; :00
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Winners of this preliminary pageant go on to the state pageant in Richmond.
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WEATHER
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SUPER=301-31/88/Calm/30.24f/72/1898/-3/1934;
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Partial/Clearing/22-26/Partly/Sunny/38-42;
SUPER=331-Partial/Clearing/24-28/Partly/Sunny/40-44;
SUPER=332-Cloudy/with Flurries/22-26/Gradual/Clearing/36-40;
SUPER=333-Partial/Clearing/18-22/Partly/Sunny/32-36;
SUPER=334-Cloudy/Flurries Possible/20-24/Cloudy/with Flurries/30-35;
SUPER=X5001;

Common-Sense

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#Common Sense
GRAPHIC=Common Sense

When it comes to income taxes, you want to get the biggest refund, or the smallest payment, that's legally possible.
Len Besthoff has more in this week's edition of Common Sense.
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((Today Bill Williams with H&R Blocks tells you about how to take advantage of every deduction and refund available to you.))
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((BILL WILLIAMS/H&R BLOCK: WELL FIRST OF ALL THEY SHOULD KEEP GOOD RECORDS OF THEIR TAX TRANSACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GOOD RECORDS. THEY'RE NEEDED TO PREPARE THEIR RETURN AND THEY'RE NEEDED IN CASE THERE'S AN AUDIT BY THE TAX AUTHORITIES. BUT THEY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AND STUDY IT VERY CAREFULLY, PARTICULARLY THE CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.))
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UVA

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of VB97-1)
GRAPHIC=UVA Logo

Tora Suber scored 23 points to lead 10th ranked Virginia over North Carolina State 91 to 66.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Charlottesville/ESPN2; :

Renee Robinson set the tone early in the game when she scored the first points of the game right after the jump ball.
N.C. State led at one time early in the first quarter on this play Jennifer Howard hits the three pointer.
But the Lady Cavaliers began to pull away. Demya Walker hits the jumper drawing the foul and the three point play.
Virginia increased its halftime SUPER=33-Virginia/91/N.C. State/66/;lead
to 20 early in the second half to cruise to the 91 to 66 victory.
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Wake

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of BB97-3)
GRAPHIC=College Hoops

Tim Duncan scored 20 points and grabbed 20 rebounds to lead second ranked Wake Forest over Missouri 73 to 65.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Columbia, MO/ABC Sports;

The Demon Deacons Corey Tate gets the jumper in the paint and Missouri led by 4.
But Wake gets it to Duncan who makes the fake and goes in for the slam, then scores from the baseline as the Deacons led 35 to 31 at the half.
Wake Forest opened it up in the second half with the outside jumper.
Missouri tried to get back in SUPER=33-Wake Forest/73/Missouri/65/;it with
the three pointer but Wake Forest holds on for the 73 to 65 win.
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Clash

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of R-35)
GRAPHIC=Busch Clash

Jeff Gordon kicked off the 19-97 Winston Cup Season at the Daytona International Speedway by winning the Busch Clash.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL; :

Dale Earnhardt started ninth but got caught in a group of cars and was never able to make the move to the front.
Terry Labonte never gave up the lead and he won the first segment.
In the second segment Jeff Gordon moved from the outside front row position to the front on the very first lap.
He would win his second Busch Clash finishing in front of Wallace and Earnhardt.
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((JEFF GORDON/BUSCH CLASH WINNER: )) ((RUSTY WALLACE/FINISHED SECOND: ))
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SUPER=01-Rusty Wallace/Finished Second; :19
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PIG-CHASE

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

There was quite a commotion at the St. Louis zoo yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-St. Louis, MS;

Apparently someone dropped off a vietnamese pot bellied pig outside the zoo.
But when zoo keepers went to catch him-- it turned into a race of the fittest or should we say, the fastest.
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