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ANCHOR=Melanie
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WRITER=tal
TAPE#597-11
GRAPHIC=williams
A Blacksburg woman has been found guilty of drunk driving.
In January, while driving on the Virginia Tech campus Evelyn Williams hit
and killed a Tech student.
It took six hours to get a warrant to test her blood alcohol level.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/January 11;
Twenty- year- old Dan Kelly and Ryane Simpson were walking with their backs
to traffic on Virginia Tech's Southgate Drive.
The car Williams was driving hit them from behind.
Kelly died on impact.
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IN Q=
((RYANE SIMPSON/ACCIDENT SURVIVOR: ALL I REMEMBER IS I WAS THROWN, BEING PICKED
UP, THROWN IN THE AIR AND THEN LANDING IN THE SNOW ALONGSIDE THE ROAD. THEN I
ROLLED OVER AND I SAW DAN LAYING ABOUT 30 FEET FROM ME. ))
SUPER=01-Ryane Simpson/Accident Survivor;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=30 feet from me.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Yesterday;
A state toxicologist used a measured rate to estimate blood alcohol level at
the time of the accident...saying it was in the neighborhood of POINT One
three...above the legal limit of point-oh-eight.
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((HON. THOMAS FRITH/MONTGOMERY CO. DIST. JUDGE: IT'S A REAL CLOSE SITUATION,
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU. BUT IN VIEW OF MR. CARPENTER'S TESTIMONY I
DON'T FEEL I CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT CONVICT YOU OF DUI. ))
SUPER=01-Thomas Frith/Montgomery Co. District Court Judge;
RUNS=:10
out=you of DUI.
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VO-NAT
Judge Frith fined Williams 500 dollars and suspended a 30- day jail
sentence.
Her license is suspended for a year, or until she completes an alcohol
safety course.
The judge also certified an involuntary manslaughter charge to the
Montgomery County grand jury.
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7E-Mize
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-2
GRAPHIC=Mize
A Campbell County teen receives a lenghty prison sentence for murdering his
neighbor.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Campbell Co.
Doctors said 17- year- old Lewis "Trey" Mize was suffering from a psychotic
disorder when he murdered 19- year- old Roger Vassar Junior in January, 19-96.
But a judge yesterday called it a "cold and calculated assassination" and
sentenced Mize to 56 years in prison.
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SOT 00:05:57
IN Q=As the judge
((NEIL VENER/PROSECUTOR: AS THE JUDGE SAID IT WAS A TOTALLY SENSELESS HOMICIDE,
A TOTALLY SENSELESS MURDER, THERE WAS NO REASON FOR IT, AND WE'LL NEVER KNOW
WHY THE DEFENDANT DID IT, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO PREVENT THE
DEFENDANT FROM HAVING A CHANCE TO DO IT AGAIN.))
((ROGER VASSAR SR./VICTIM'S FATHER: WE HAVE LOST OUR SON AND THE MIZES HAVE
LOST THEIRS TOO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM COMING OUT AT A YOUNG AGE
WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IT AGAIN.))
SUPER=01-Neil Vener/Prosecutor; :00
SUPER=01-Roger Vassar, Sr./Victim's Father; :13
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=do it again.
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VO-NAT
Mize apologized to the Vassar family before he was sentenced.
His attorney says an appeal is likely.
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7E-M'ville-Murder
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tha
TAPE#97-13
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation;
Some major developments in Henry County murder investigation.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.;
Authorities charged 22- year- old Jaquan (Juh kwan) Anderson Ross with first
degree murder and illegal use of a firearm.
Sheriff's deputies have also identified the man Ross is accused of killing.
He is 27- year- old Carlton Alfonzo Flash.
Authorities found Flash's body in the road earlier this week. He had been
shot several times.
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7E-N-S
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-16
GRAPHIC=Norfolk Southern
Some news of Washington should calm fears about potential job losses in
Roanoke as a result of Norfolk Southern's purchase of Conrail's assets.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;
Some have worried that hundreds of jobs at N-S's East End shops are at risk,
because Conrail has a similar facility in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte met with Norfolk Southern's Chief
Executive David Goode yesterday.
Goode says he believes N-S WILL get the Altoona shops.
But he assured the Congressman that this will NOT effect the Roanoke
operations.
Goode went on to say that the deal could end up creating more jobs in
Roanoke, at places like its downtown offices.
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7weather
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NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Time now to take a look at today's forecast--
Patchy morning drizzle and fog-- otherwise mostly cloudy.
Highs will reach the upper 50s.
Tonight looks variably cloudy, with lows near 40.
Mostly sunny and warmer tomorrow, with highs nearing 70.
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7BIRTHDAYS! 3/21/97
Friday:
SUPER=130-20/Calvin George Jr./Gretna;
SUPER=130-6/Lucian Prestn-Black/Boones Mill;
SUPER=130-3/Danielle Crump/Nathalie;
(Twins! - Cute!)
SUPER=130-2/Jordan & Jasmine Banks/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-2/Carolyn Wisser/Roanoke;
(Twins!)
SUPER=130-5/Ethan & Kacie Horton/Willis;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-10th/Lennie & Brenda Smith/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-18/Carrie Caldwell/Roanoke;
Saturday:
SUPER=130-7/Kenny Moses/Shawsville;
SUPER=130-13/Anthony Janney/Goodview;
SUPER=130-/Crystal Stump/Christiansburg;
SUPER=130-12/Stephanie Lytton/Christiansburg;
SUPER=130-50/Linda Slate/Claytor Lake;
SUPER=130-40/Kathy Hatcher/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-7/seth Sigmon/Ferrum;
SUPER=130-20/Kristel Jenkins/Vinton;
SUPER=130-6/Cierra Kidd/Rocky Mount;
SUPER=130-2/Ryan Odell/Martinsville;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-/Rumile Pannell/Bassett;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-39th/Joseph & Almela Claybrooks/Bassett;
SUPER=130-22/Melanie Daniels/Forest;
SUPER=130-66/Evelyn Gordon/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-48/Connie Moore/Roanoke;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-34th/Zebedee & Alma Cook/Roanoke;
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55P-Abed
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#597=04
GRAPHIC=abed
The key figure in a major rackteering case in the Roanoke Valley could be
set free on Bond today.
Yesterday a federal magistrate set bond at a quarter of a million dollars
for Joe Abott.
However, a District Judge may try to (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke
block Abott's release.
Meantime, Abott's son, Rod Abed was DENIED bond yesterday.
The government has pinpointed Abott as the head of a Palestinian crime
family in Roanoke.
Another son- -who is NOT a suspect the racketeering case- -says it's simply
UNtrue, that There is no crime family.
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SOT 7:41:45
IN Q=We get up
((WE GET UP AND GO TO WORK EVERY MORNING JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND WE HAVE
THIS PRESSURE ON US. IT'S GETTING UNBEARABLE. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
MEDIA TO PLEASE TONE IT DOWN. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE ABED CRIME
ORGANIZATION. ))
SUPER=01-Robert Abed/Joe Abbott's Son
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=crime organization.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-January 13, 1995
The indictment charges Robert's brother, Rod, set TWO fires on 13th Street
the same day.
Two people DIED in the second one... possibly because they might have seen
who set the first fire.
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55P-Georgia-Pacific
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-12
GRAPHIC=None
Georgia- Pacific's container-board mill in Big Island has stopped production
for the rest of the week due to soft demand.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Big Island/File Tape;
Close to 400 people work at the plant.
Nearly all of them have the week off without pay.
There is a handful of salaried, maintenance, and security employees still
working.
The plant reopens Monday.
Georgia Pacific has closed several other facilities across the U-S for the
same reason.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None
The last furlough at the Big Island plant took place in 19-95.
55E-N-S
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-16
GRAPHIC=Norfolk Southern
Some positive news out of Wasington for Roanoke's Norfolk Southern workers,
concerning N-S's partial acquisition of Conrail.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;
Some have worried that hundreds of jobs at N-S's East End shops are at risk,
because Conrail has a similar facility in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte met with Norfolk Southern's Chief
Executive David Goode yesterday.
Goode says he believes N-S WILL get the Altoona shops.
But he assured the Congressman that this will NOT effect the Roanoke
operations.
Goode went on to say that the deal could end up creating more jobs in
Roanoke, at places like its downtown offices.
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55WEATHER
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WRITER=KMC
TAPE#
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Turning now to weather--
Early morning fog today, and lingering clouds this afternoon.
Expect milder temperatures in the upper 50s.
Variably cloudy tonight, with lows around 40.
Mostly sunny and warmer tomorrow, with highs nearing 70.
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Wind/38-42;
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8E-Williams
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-7
GRAPHIC=Williams
A Blacksburg woman who's car hit and killed a Virginia Tech student in
January was found guilty of drunk driving.
The judge also moved felony charges of involuntary manslaughter onto a grand
jury.
Tracy Altizer reports.
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IN Q=Dan Kelly and Ryane
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/January 11; :00
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :10
SUPER=@Tracy2;:49
SUPER=01-Ryane Simpson/Accident Survivor;:58
RUNS=1:19
OUT Q=Altizer, News 7.
(( Dan Kelly and Ryane Simpson were walking, with their backs to traffic, on
Tech's Southgate Drive.
Evelyn Williams hit them from behind.
Kelly was killed on impact.
A Tech police officer testified Williams slipped up in several field
sobriety tests.
But six hours passed before officers could get a warrant to test her blood.
It registered point-oh-four, well below the legal limit of point-oh-eight.
But a state toxicologist used a measured rate to estimate blood alcohol
level at the time of the accident.
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((IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF O.13. ))
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Though judge Thomas Frith struggled with his verdict, he couldn't ignore
the scientific testimony.
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SOT 6:06:16
((IT'S A REAL CLOSE SITUATION, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU. BUT IN VIEW OF
MR. CARPENTER'S TESTIMONY I DON'T FEEL I CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT CONVICT YOU
OF DUI. ))
RUNS=:10
Frith fined Williams 500 dollars and suspended a 30- day jail sentence.
Her license is suspended for a year, or until she completes an alcohol safety
course.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 6:17:20
((RYANE SIMPSON/ACCIDENT SURVIVOR: WE MISS HIM A WHOLE LOT AND I KNOW THIS IS
NOT GONNA BRING HIM BACK BUT I'M GLAD THAT AT LEAST SOME JUSTICE IS SERVED.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS. ))
RUNS=:12
A Montgomery County grand jury will now consider whether Williams should
stand trial for involuntary manslaughter. Tracy Altizer, News 7.))
8S-Green-Animals
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#97-10
GRAPHIC=Valery Green
**Note**Anchor Tag
A judge has given the Franklin County Humane Society approval to either
sell or adopt- out the animals taken from animal breeder Valery Green.
More than 100 dogs and cats are needing new homes.
In the meantime, Scott Prince reports some of them have found FOSTER
homes.
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IN Q=It doesn't
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./January; :08
SUPER=01-Lee Owens/Humane Society Volunteer; :25
SUPER=@Scott2; :38
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OUT Q=Scott Prince, News- 7
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None
A spokesperson from Franklin County Humane Society says the organization
will not be responding to telephone inquiries involving the Valery Green
animals.
Instead, volunteers will be posting adoption instructions at various
veterinary clinics throughout Franklin County, as well as the Roanoke Valley.
8weather
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NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Taking a look at today's forecast--
Patchy fog and drizzle will give way to mostly cloudy skies this
afternoon.
Look for highs in the upper 50s.
Variably cloudy tonight, with lows near 40.
Plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures tomorrow, with highs in the
upper 60s.
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