12:00-01
NOON-HEADLINES
TALENT=Melanie
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VO-NAT
Hundreds of jobs are coming to Henry County as an Ohio company sets up shop.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
And in Lynchburg, a replacement is named to fill the city council seat left
open by the death of Junius Haskins.
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TALENT=Kimberly
SS=None
A wintry mess is forecast for later today and tonight--
You can expect some snow by afternoon, followed by a good dose of sleet and
freezing rain.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
Don't go away. News 7 at Noon is next.
SWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=school information
A number of schools are closing early today due to this wintry mix.
Let's look at the list.
Take SWatch
(Melanie reads boards)
Talent=Melanie
SS=School Information
Also, the extended day programs for Roanoke City schools have been cancelled
for today.
Snow
2-shot
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
(ad lib toss)
There's not much happening around here right now-- but that will be
changing later on.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
A sizeable winter storm is pulling out of the Gulf, and will begin moving
along the mid- Atlantic.
This will first bring us precipitation in the form of snow this afternoon--
then it will change over into sleet and freezing rain tonight.
Most of southwestern and central Virginia will see between one and three
inches of snow.
The Highlands could see up to five inches.
WX PRO=
WINTER STORM WARNING MAP
A winter storm warning will take effect for much of the region later today
and tonight.
A winter weather advisory will be in effect later for the Greenbrier
Valley.
2-shot
TALENT=KIMBERLY
And of course, we will have more details about this storm coming up in
weather and throughout the day here on News 7.
L'burg-Council
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-
GRAPHIC=l'burg seal
A replacement has been found for the late Junius Haskins on Lynchburg city
council.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
By a unanimous vote, council appointed Edward M. Barksdale to fill out the
remainder of Haskins' term.
Barksdale was one of ten applicants from Ward Two, representing most of
Lynchburg's inner city.
Council members say everyone who applied was a worthy candidate, but
Barksdale's experience gave him the edge up.
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SOT 10:09:37
IN Q=I think experience
((REV. CARL HUTCHERSON/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK EXPERIENCE IS A KEY
WORD. THE FACT THAT HE HAS THE TIME TO COMMIT TO COUNCIL, THE INTEREST HE HAS
IN WARD TWO AND IN THE CITY AT LARGE. I THINK ALL OF THOSE WERE FACTORS THAT
PLAYED INTO HIS SELECTION.))
SUPER=01-Rev. Carl Hutcherson/Lynchburg Council Member; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=into his selection.
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VO-NAT
While he replaces the outspoken Haskins, Barksdale says he's ready to make
his own mark on council.
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SOT 10:15:02
IN Q=I have my
((EDWARD BARKSDALE/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE MY OWN AGENDA. OF COURSE,
I'LL BE IN KEEPING WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE WAS DOING, BUT I HAVE MY OWN
AGENDA.))
SUPER=01-Edward Barksdale/New Lynchburg Councilman; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=my own agenda.
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VO-NAT
Barksdale will serve out the remainder of Haskins' term, which comes up for
re- election in May of 19-98.
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E-Henry-Industry
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-105
GRAPHIC=New Jobs
The nation's largest computerized embroidery firm is moving to Henry County.
Five-B's will move into Beaver Creek Industrial Park.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.;
Governor Allen and local dignitaries were on hand in Henry County yesterday
afternoon for the announcement.
The Ohio based company plans to hire one- thousand workers over the next
five years.
Company officials say most of the jobs will be labor intensive.
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SOT
IN Q=The average
((TODD BILES/5B'S PRESIDENT:THE AVERAGE WAGE STARTING WITHIN THE SEVEN TO EIGHT
DOLLAR RANGE, WHICH, YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE
APPAREL INDUSTRY, SO WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THE LABOR MARKET, THE WAGES, AND
WE'RE GOING TO COME IN WITH COMPETITIVE WAGES, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET GOOD
PEOPLE.
GOV. GEORGE ALLEN:OBVIOUSLY THE 10- MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND THOUSAND NEW
JOBS ARE A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN VIRGINIA AND I THANK YOU, EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU, LELAND, VICCI, TODD, THE WHOLE 5B'S GANG, THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THE
RIGHT DECISION IN COMING TO THE WINNING STATE, IN THIS DECISION. ))
SUPER=01-Todd Biles/5B's President; :
SUPER=@Allen; :14
RUNS=:30
OUT Q=this decision.
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VO-NAT
Five-B's was formed in 19-80 by Lee and Vicci Biles and their three
children.
They hope to begin operations next month.
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P-Roanoke-Prospect
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=abr
TAPE#96-108
GRAPHIC=new industry
Henry County is not the only one courting new business.
Roanoke is a top contender for a major industrial company.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The company's identity has NOT been released, but if Roanoke is chosen as
the final site, it would create about 170 jobs.
The 22 acre site being considered is at the "Center for Industry and
Technology" off Route 460.
Officials from the company toured the land yesterday with Roanoke's top
economic executives.
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Melanie
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VO-NAT
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Talent=Patrick
Wx-Tease
music up full
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American-Airlines
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
Time is ticking away as the standoff between American Airlines and its
pilots continues.
The pilots put a new offer on the table last night, but the company says
it's not enough.
The strike deadline is midnight Friday.
Scott Pelley reports.
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SOT
10:00:00
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Dallas, TX; :00
SUPER=08-James Sovich/President, Allied Pilots Association; :18(QUICK)
SUPER=01-Don Carty/American Airlines President; :26
SUPER=01-Scott Pelley/Reporting; :53
RUNS=1:07
OUT Q=CBS News, Washington.
((
AMERICAN'S PILOTS HAVE REJECTED A NEW COMPANY OFFER.
VO
THE FEDERAL MEDIATOR IN THE CASE SAYS NEGOTIATIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY
DIFFICULT. TWO DAYS BEFORE A POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING NATIONAL STRIKE, NEITHER
SIDE IS HOPEFUL. PILOTS UNION PRESIDENT JAMES SOVICH.
SOT
JAMES SOVICH
PRESIDENT, ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION
"I think its more probable that there's going to be a strike Friday than its
not."
VO
AIRLINE PRESIDENT DON CARTY.
SOT/PELLEY
Are you optimistic?
SOT
DON CARTY
PRESIDENT, AMERICAN AIRLINES
"No I'm not optimistic. I have a reputation around our company for
being the optimist. I'm not very optimistic.
VO
WITH TIME WINDING DOWN THERE IS PRESSURE ON THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT
HAS THE AUTHORITY TO POSTPONE THE STRIKE BUT YESTERDAY HE WASN'T READY.
SOT/CLINTON
"The time has not expired and I want to encourage the parties to make maximum
use of the mediation board process. thats what ought to be done and thats all i
have to say about it today."))
ARMY-ALLEGATIONS
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=NOON
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
More complaints of sexual abuse in the Army, now from overseas.
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VO-NAT
4:21;13
At least eleven women say they were harassed, sometimes raped, by male
instructors at a U-S base in Germany.
And there are now two more harrassment complaints aimed at Sergeant Major
Gene McKinney the army's top enlisted man who was suspended Monday after a
complaint by a former female aide.
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Goldman-OFFER
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JJA
TAPE# EDIT FROM NET A
GRAPHIC=Simpson
Just days after a jury ordered 0-J Simpson to pay millions, Fred Goldman
told a radio talk-show Simpson can keep the money under one condition.
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SOT 16:45:53
IN Q=
((FRED GOLDMAN: IF THE PERSON WHO'S NAME I DON'T USE THAT MURDERED MY SON WANTS
TO WRITE OUT A COMPLETE CONFESSION AND PUBLISH IT IN NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE
COUNTRY I WOULD BE GLAD TO IGNORE THE JUDGEMENT.))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=IGNORE THE JUDGEMENT."
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VO-NAT
Simpson rejected the challenge, saying he would never confess to a crime he
did not commit.
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Cell-phones
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=afr
TAPE#net (edit of 97-11)
GRAPHIC=Cell Phones
If you think talking on a car phone is an accident waiting to happen, you
may be right.
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine says talking on a cellular
phone while Driving can be just as dangerous as Drinking and Driving.
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VO-NAT
national video
The study concludes using a cell phone while driving quadruples the risk of
an accident.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
A manager for G-T-E Mobilnet says new customers receive notice about the
hazards of cell phone usage when they sign up for a plan.
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SOT 21:12:34
IN Q=people have been
((JOHN RODMAN/GTE MOBILNET GENERAL MANAGER: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DRIVING CARS FOR
ALMOST 100 YEARS NOW, AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER DISTRACTIONS THAT FOLKS CAN
FACE WHEN THEY'RE OPERATING ))
SUPER=01-John Rodman/GTE Mobilnet;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=they're operating
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VO-NAT
A state police officer agrees-- car phones can be dangerous.
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SOT 20:28:03
IN Q=you're not devoting
((:YOU'RE NOT DEVOTING FULL ATTENTION TO YOUR DRIVING, AND IN JUST A MATTER OF
A SECOND, SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN))
SUPER=01-Vern Jones/Virginia State Police;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=COULD HAPPEN
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VO-NAT
But Sergeant Jones also says he seriously doubts talking on the phone can be
as hazardous as drinking and driving.
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E-Coyner-Springs
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-9
GRAPHIC=NONE
State officials say they're impressed with improvements at the Roanoke
Juvenile Detention Home.
Yesterday, the Virginia Board of Juvenile Justice voted to re-certify the
center.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Tuesday;
Members of the board toured the facility Tuesday, and were expected to
consider the issue at a meeting in March.
But yesterdays, the board agreed to certify the facility for one year. The
city must deliver a status report after three months.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
The state placed the Coyner Springs facility on probation after inspectors
found more than 30 violations of state standards.
S-Branscom
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-104
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Joel Branscom has seen dozens of embezzlement cases during his career as a
prosecutor in Roanoke and as Botetourt County's Commonwealth's Attorney.
But the case he'll always remember never went to trial.
Branscom recently discovered 600- dollars was missing from his office...
from the Victim- Witness Restitution Fund.
He said all of the evidence pointed to his administrative assistant.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
Instead of ordering an internal investigation, he let her pay back the money
and resign.
Then he made changes to ensure that it would never happen again.
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SOT 14:52:07
IN Q=When I
((JOEL BRANSCOM/BOTETOURT COUNTY COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: WHEN I FIRST GOT
HERE, I WASN'T TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS WHOLESALE. IT DID BOTHER ME THAT THINGS
WERE TAKEN IN CASH, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT DONE IN ROANOKE CITY. SO WE ARE NOT ON
A CASH BASIS HERE ANYMORE. ))
SUPER=01-Joel Branscom/Botetourt Co. Commonwealth's Atty.;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=here anymore
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VO-NAT
The woman had been working in the Botetourt County Commonwealth's Attorney's
office for 16 years.
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E-Addison
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#net (edit of 97-4)
GRAPHIC=NONE
Roanoke's chapter of the N- Double- A-C-P is calling for greater minority
participation in public construction projects.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Tuesday night, the City School Board hired a Roanoke architectural firm to
design the improvements at Addison.
James Bumbry is a graduate of the school and a member of the committee that
recommended the firm.
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SOT
IN Q=When it comes to selecting
((JAMES BUMBRY/SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER: WHEN IT COMES TO SELECTING A
CONTRACTOR, WE DON'T GO BY RACE OR WHATEVER. WE PICK THE ONE THAT'S BEST-
QUALIFIED TO DO THE JOB AND THE COMMITTEE SELECTED THE BEST ONE TO DO THE
JOB.))
SUPER=01-James Bumbry/Selection Committee Member;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=to do the job.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
Roanoke's N-Double A-C-P president, Martin Jeffrey, says he is not
criticizing the committee that made the selection--- but he believes the city
and the school system should search for creative ways to involve more minority
firms in public construction projects.
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SOFT MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Melanie
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VO-NAT
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S-Cuspidor
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-2
GRAPHIC=None
It may seem like just another spitting match in Richmond,
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
But for those who chew tobacco, the cuspidor or its equivalent is NO joke.
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SOT 12:55:42
IN Q=We will
((WE WILL BE ELIMINATING THE SECTION...HAVING TO DO WITH SPITTING.))
SUPER=01-Sen. Emmett Hanger/(R) Augusta Co.;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=with spitting.
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VO-NAT
Current Virginia law requires cuspidors or spittoons -- like this well- used
one in Governor George Allen's office -- to be provided in professional
kitchens.
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SOT 12:58:34
IN Q=Do you
((DO YOU BELIEVE MR. PRESIDENT THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST ON THIS MATTER? I BELIEVE THAT'S UP FOR THE COURTS TO DECIDE SENATOR.
laugh))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=(laugh)
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VO-NAT
The Senate voted 38 to 2 to release kitchen owners from their spit
collecting duties.
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E-State-Song
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-3
GRAPHIC=State Song
The tune that has carried Virginia through the years moved another step
closer to retirement.
But, there is still no sign of a new state song.
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SOT 02:32:49
IN Q=And we've
((SEN. LOUISE LUCAS/D-PORTSMOUTH: AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE. BUT I
THINK FOR SOME OF YOU IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE YOU'VE HEARD THIS SONG. AND
I'D LIKE TO PLAY IT FOR YOU NOW.))
nat sot 02:34:11
((SONG: THERE'S WHERE I LABORED SO HARD FOR OLD MASSA. DAY AFTER DAY IN THE
FIELDS OF YELLOW CORN.))
SUPER=01-Sen. Louise Lucas/(D) Portsmouth;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=yellow corn.
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VO-NAT
Lucas sponsored the bill and her boom box did the trick.
A House Committee voted to retire the song.
But it decided NOT to look for a new one.
Danville heritage supporters said their piece.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 02:48:34
IN Q=Down by
((TONY LUNDY/SONG SUPPORTER: DOWN BY THE OLD DISMAL SWAMP WHERE I'VE WANDERED.
THAT'S WHERE THIS OLD DARKEY'S LIFE WILL PASS AWAY. MASSA AND MISSUS HAVE
LONG GONE BEFORE ME -- We know the words, we know the words! IT'S A SONG OF
CHRISTIAN LOVE OF THESE PEOPLE DYING AND BEING IN HEAVEN TOGETHER, AND I WOULD
SAY THAT THAT MORE THAN THE WORDS IS WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. I DO
NOT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO SING TODAY.))
SOT 02:54:24 tape two
((SEN. LUCAS: WE'RE SO TIRED OF THIS SONG THAT THAT WE WERE WILLING TO GET IN
BED WITH A RATTLESNAKE TO GET IT TO BE GONE. NO YOU'RE NOT THE RATTLESNAKE.
laughter.))
SUPER=01-Tony Lundy/Song Supporter;
RUNS=:32
OUT Q=(laughter)
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VO-NAT
The full House now takes up the controversy.
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hubble
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=shuttle
The crew of the shuttle "Discovery" is getting ready to give the Hubble
Telescope a service check.
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VO-NAT
The telescope is now locked in the shuttle's cargo bay.
Astronauts used the shuttle's long robot arm to capture the 13 ton telescope
early this morning.
Spacewalking astronauts will begin the multi million dollar upgrade on
Hubble tonight.
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WEATHER
SUPER=300-34/61/SE-7/30.48f/70/1951/10/1955;
SUPER=301-32/63/NE-8/30.50f/72/1951/5/1899;
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Snow, Then Sleet/& Freezing Rain/25-29/Mixed Precipitation/Tapering
Off/30-34;
SUPER=331-Snow Changing to/Mixed Precipitation/25-29/Sleet &
Rain/Ending/35-39;
SUPER=332-Snow Changing to/Freezing Rain/28-32/Freezing Rain,/Then All
Rain/38-42;
SUPER=333-Snow, Then Sleet/& Freezing Rain/22-26/Wintry Mix/Tapering
Off/28-32;
SUPER=334-Snow, Sleet, or/Freezing Rain/28-32/Snow Changing/to Rain/38-42;
SUPER=X5001;
R-Frazier
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=NOON
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net c
GRAPHIC=BUSINESS NEWS
A Salem company that repairs and recycles obsolete computers and other
office equipment is expanding overseas.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem/File Tape;
R. FRAZIER FILE LBSTOCK #4 01:04:35
R- Frazier's operation in Scotland has received a five- million- dollar
funding package from an international investor group.
"Three- I" says it became interested in R- Frazier after it was recognized
as one of the region's most dynamic businesses earlier this year.
R- Frazier sells the secondhand office items in developing nations.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=stocks
On Wall Street at Noon, the Dow was
tease#3
SPORTS MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Melanie
Still to come,
Move over Bubbles there's a new addition in Never Land.
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VO-NAT
and,
Dale Earnhart, Rusty Wallace, and Jeff Gordon...They're all gearing up for
the big race.
we'll check out all the pre-race action from Daytona.
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MUSIC UP FULL
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Daytona
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mst
TAPE#96-
GRAPHIC=speedway
NASCAR drivers are gearing up for
today's Twin 125-mile qualifying races at Daytona Beach.
Mike Stevens has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL; :00
SUPER=01-Rusty Wallace/Starts 2nd in Second Race; :17
SUPER=01-Jeff Gordon/Starts 11th in Second Race; :27
SUPER=01-Mike Skinner/Starts 1st in First Race; :57
SUPER=@mike1; 1:12
RUNS=1:23
OUT Q=news 7 sports.
Express
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of ICE-97)
GRAPHIC=Express/Charlotte
Charlotte scored a goal in the closing minutes of the third to beat the
Roanoke Express 6 to 5.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Express vs Checkers;
In the second period the Express trailed 5 to nothing. Then Dave Stewart
skates inside the blue line and fires the slap shot for the score.
Just 12 seconds later Wayne Strachan wins the face off and during a pile up
in front of the goal he scores.
SUPER=38-Charlotte/6/Roanoke/5/; Roanoke added three more goals, but in the
end the Checkers left the Roundhouse with a 6 to 5 win.
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JACKSON
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=jackson, micheal
The king of pop is now a papa.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
4:32:04
A hospital source says Micheal Jackson's wife, Debbie Rowe, gave birth to a
boy early this morning in Los Angeles.
Jackson and Rowe were married last November in Australia.
Tabloid reports have suggested Rowe was paid to carry Jackson's child and
that artificial insemination was used.
Jackson denies the reports.
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Candy-hearts
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=valentine's day
Love candy has gone high-tech at the New England confectionery company.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Cambridge, MA;
4;37;02
The maker of those candy hearts carrying tiny love messages, has added six
modern phrases.
This Valentine's Day, you might get a heartfelt "fax me," "page me," or
even that romantic "e-mail me."
To make room for the new hearts out dated phrases, like "hot stuff," have
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been retired.
by SS