06:00-01
TEXAS
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
The hostage stand-off in West Texas is over this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fort Davis, TX;
A militant separatist group released two hostages earlier today in exchange
for one of its jailed members.
The self proclaimed leader of the group "The Republic of Texas," took two
neighbors hostage yesterday in retaliation for the arrest of two members by
police.
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SOT
FROM TOP STORIES
IN Q=we've started...
SUPER=01-Richard McLaren/Republic of Texas;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=World politics today.
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VO-NAT
Member of the Republic of Texas believe the annexation of Texas as a state
was illegal and demand Texas hold a state-wide referendum on independence.
About 100 federal, state and local police officers remain at the group's
remote compound.
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E-Goodyear-Strike
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=97-16
GRAPHIC=Goodyear
It's week two of a strike for nearly two thousand workers at the Goodyear
plant in Danville.
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VO-NAT
use file tape: 597-10, 97-18
SUPER=03-Danville/Last Week
Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union and management have reportedly
made little progress in their ongoing contract talks, taking place in
Cincinnati.
Goodyear workers in seven states walked off the job last Sunday.
Pay and benefits appear to the be the major sticking point, but the union
also wants all contracts covering Goodyear's 20-thousand union employees
to expire at the same time.
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ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=hold
Management has said it will attempt to keep production going at the affected
plants.
Goodyear is also reportedly seeking to reduce its labor costs at two of the
factories, the Danville plant and another facility in Union City, Tennessee.
E-Wilkins-Putney
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-26
GRAPHIC=none
He's distinguished himself as the General Assembly's only independent and
he's served in the state body longer than any other current member.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
But Bedford to Botetourt Delegate Lacey Putney has a new distinction.
He's the man House Republican leader Vance Wilkins likes so much that he's
urging fellow Republicans to NOT challenge him for re-election.
G-O-P sources tell News 7 Wilkins has discouraged G-O-P candidates from
opposing Putney.
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ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=none
But a Forest attorney is unswayed.
He's set to announce his candidacy in a few weeks.
Putney's refused to join the Republican party after over a decade of heavy
lobbying.
So why's Wilkins so fond of the former Democrat?
As one Republican puts it, Putney most often votes with Republicans now...
and there's NO need to upset the apple cart.
E-Feedback/4/27
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#=Feedback
GRAPHIC=News-7 Feedback
Viewermail this week focused on a shooting in Danville, and the North Dakota
flood.
Here's assignment editor Joe McKean with Feedback.
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SOT
IN Q=A ten-year-old
SUPER=03-Danville/April 20; :04
SUPER=03-Grand Forks, ND/Last Week; :45
RUNS=01:31
OUT Q=McKean, News-7.
(( A ten-year-old was shot and wounded at his home in Danville last weekend.
Police didn't release a motive, but the child's mother believed the incident
was related to efforts to keep drug dealers out of the neighborhood.
The shooting prompted a participant in our web page forum to write:
"...I send out my hatred for drug users and pushers. They all are weak,
cowardly people who have no pride in themselves and care nothing about their
own future or the future of this country. Drug users and pushers have no place
in our society. The pushers belong in morgues and I hope that users can see the
light enough to rethink and rebuild their lives. Let me reiterate that drug
users are sick and need help. Let me also reiterate that drug pushers are slime
and I would gladly and slowly break off their fingers should I have the
opportunity to meet one."
Another viewer commended the continuing coverage of the great flood in Grand
Forks.
"I am a native of North Dakota and just moved to Blacksburg in January. This
is a temporary move and I will be back in North Dakota within a year. I enjoy
being able to watch your evening news knowing that I will get the latest on the
greatest natural disaster my state has ever seen. Keep up the great work."
Here's how you can send comments on news stories to News-7.
Write Feedback at P.O. Box 7, Roanoke Virginia, 24022.
The fax number for our Roanoke newsroom is 343-7269.
Email goes to news@wdbj7.com.
To access our web page, just go to www.wdbj7.com.
Joe McKean, News-7.))
E-Graybeal
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#97-23
GRAPHIC=Graybeal, Pat
He's served the New River Valley for twenty years and now he's retiring from
the bench.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
Family and friends helped mark the end of Patrick Graybeal's six years as a
Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge.
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SOT
IN Q=JUDGE GRAYBEAL
((RICHARD CHIDESTER/FRMR. ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY; JUDGE GRAYBEAL
IMPRESSED ME AS BEING VERY FAIR, ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES OF THE
STORY, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IN JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
COURT, ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN, AND WE'LL
CERTAINLY MISS HIM. ))
SUPER=01-Richard Chidester/Frmr. Asst. Comm. Attorney;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=MISS HIM
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VO-NAT
He also served as Montgomery County's Commonwealth Attorney from 19-64 to
19-89.
Graybeal lost both hands earlier in his career as a prosecutor after a pipe
bomb exploded on his car.
A killer he helped send to prison apparently hired someone to plant the
bomb.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none
Graybeal will officially step down Wednesday. On Thursday, Bob Viar --
Graybeal's successor will start hearing cases.
Viar is a lawyer in Christiansburg.
Common-Sense
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#Common Sense
GRAPHIC=Common Sense
The financial markets have given people an up and down ride so far this
year.
Len Besthoff discusses an investment people may have overlooked in this
week's edition of Common Sense.
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SOT
IN Q=The Institute
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=@Len2; :14
RUNS=:54
OUT Q=the newsdesk.
((
The Institute of Certified Financial Planners says that an often neglected
asset category is real estate.
It has been in a slump the past decade, but some experts believe it's ready
for a rebound.
There are several ways to invest in real estate.
You can buy individual properties, but this type of investing requires
knowing the markets and being a landlord.
There are also limited partnerships, in which a small group of people invest
in property managed by someone else.
A lot of people are now checking out real estate investment trusts, also
known as REITs.
These companies pool a lot of investor money and purchase properties and
mortgages.
Some REITs specialize in a certain type of property, or a certain region of
the country.
There are also several mutual funds that focus on real estate.
They have the greatest diversity of all the above mentioned investments.
I'm Len Besthoff with this week's edition of Common Sense, let's send it
back to the newsdesk.))
Bosnia-Preview
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#=97-12
GRAPHIC=Bosnia Peacekeepers
It's been nearly three months since 46 Danville National Guard members left
Virginia to help a war ravaged country rebuild.
They're peacekeepers in Bosnia Herzegovina-- a country devastated by years
of ethnic and political fighting.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bosnia;
News 7's Teresa Hamilton and photographer Andrea DiRocco (Duh-ROCK-oh)
recently returned from a week- long visit with the soldiers.
All this week, they'll show us what being a peacekeeper is all about.
Some of the soldiers patrol the streets, while others deliver mail or
supplies to the poor.
Serving overseas has left the National guard members homesick.
But the soldiers believe peacekeepers are needed.
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SOT
IN Q=We'd been
((CHRIS WILES/DANVILLE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER:WE'D BEEN TOLD THINGS WERE PRETTY
BAD, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'D BEEN DISPLACED BECAUSE OF WAR, BUT UNTIL WE
ACTUALLY GOT DOWN HERE AND SOME OF THE DESTRUCTION, THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY SET
IN HOW BAD IT'S BEEN DOWN HERE DURING THE WAR.
CARL KEEN/DANVILLE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER:IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M DOING
SOMETHING WORTH WHILE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE OUT ON PATROL AND THE KIDS COME
OUT AND WAVE AT US, IT REALLY MAKES US FEEL GOOD. ))
SUPER=01-Chris Wiles/Danville National Guard; :06
SUPER=01-Carl Keen/Danville National Guard; :14
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=feel good.
(XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
**TAKE PINNACLE BOARD FULLSCREEN LIVE**
Watch for the first in a series of special reports, "Bosnia Peacekeepers"
today on News 7 at 6 and 11.
Teresa and Andrea take us along with a group of hometown soldiers as they
search for land mines-- one of the most dangerous jobs being performed by the
Southsiders in Bosnia.
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Republic-of-Texas
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
A twelve hour ordeal is over for two hostages held by a militant separatist
group in West Texas.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fort Davis, TX;
Authorities say early this morning the Republic of Texas traded the hostages
for one of ITS jailed members.
The self proclaimed leader of the group took two neighbors hostage yesterday
in retaliation for the arrest of two members by police.
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SOT
FROM TOP STORIES
IN Q=WE'VE STARTED
SUPER=01-Richard McLaren/Republic of Texas;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=world politics today.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Members of the Republic of Texas believe the annexation of Texas as a state
was illegal and demand Texas hold a state-wide referendum on independence.
Dozens of police are still
surrounding the Republic of Texas. Negotiations will resume later
this morning.
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Volunteer-Summit
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
It's a "call for action" for American volunteers.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Philadelphia, PA;
President Clinton, former Presidents Bush, Carter, and Ford, and former First
Lady Nancy Reagan are in Philadelphia this morning, to participate in a
workshop on volunteerism.
The three-day "Summit for America's future" kicked-off yesterday with calls
for Americans to, as Mr. Clinton put it, "redefine the meaning of
citizenship."
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SOT
IN Q=
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=a better place.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Retired Army General Colin Powell is chairing the event, which seeks to get
adults to give more of their time to the nation's children.
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Temptations
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
Roanoke County's Temptations restaurant has closed.
That's the business that was run by undercover drug informant Javier Cruz.
Cruz's attorney contends that publicity about his client's drug activities
damaged the restaurant.
Cruz left the state after reports were published last fall about drug
smuggling charges against him.
His arrest in 19-91 led to an undercover role infiltrating Colombia's Cali
drug cartel.
Investigators said Cruz provided information that helped lead to 136 arrests
around the country.
2-E-Wilkins-Putney
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-26
GRAPHIC=none
He's served in the General Assembly longer than any other current member:
35 years.
He's its only independent.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
But Bedford to Botetourt Delegate Lacey Putney has a new distinction.
He's the man House Republican leader Vance Wilkins likes so much that he's
urging fellow Republicans to NOT challenge him for re-election.
G-O-P sources tell News 7 Wilkins has discouraged G-O-P candidates from
opposing Putney.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=none
But a Forest attorney is unswayed.
He's set to announce his candidacy in a few weeks.
Putney's refused to join the Republican party after over a decade of heavy
lobbying.
So why's Wilkins so fond of the former Democrat?
As one Republican puts it, Putney most often votes with Republicans now...
and there's NO need to upset the apple cart.
E-Jackie-Robinson
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#=97-27
GRAPHIC=none
Professional baseball is honoring the man who changed the face of the
sporting world fifty years ago.
In 19-47 Jackie Robinson crossed the color line and became the first
African American player in the National League.
As Denise Allen reports Robinson's heroic performance still inspires local
players.
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SOT
IN Q=YOU'RE A SECOND BASEMAN
SUPER=01-Mac McCadden/Former Minor League Umpire; :07
SUPER=04-File Tape; :13
SUPER=03-Salem; :44
SUPER=01-Bill McGuire/Avalanche Manager; :58
SUPER=01-Stu Cole/Avalanche Coach; 1:19
SUPER=@Denise2; 1:36
RUNS=01:44
OUT Q=News 7
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SOT 14:23:58
IN Q=YOU'RE A SECOND BASEMAN
((MAC MCCADDEN/FORMER MINOR LEAGUE UMP: YOU'RE A SECOND BASEMAN AS JACKIE
ROBINSON WAS AND SOMEONE COMES SLIDING IN HIGH WITH SPIKES AND NO ONE DOES
ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND YOU'VE GOT TO TURN AROUND AND PLAY ANOTHER PLAY AND
REMEMBER THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD AND YET CONCENTRATE ON THE NEXT PLAY.
THAT'S TOUGH TO DO.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=TOUGH TO DO
Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby, the first African American in the American
League, inspired Mac McCadden.
Teammates threatened to walkout and Robinson and Doby weren't even allowed
to stay in the same hotels with the other players.
McCadden says their triumph over hardship is a good example for today's
young people.
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SOT 14:28:54
IN Q=NEITHER OF THEM
((NEITHER OF THEM WANTED ANYONE TO GIVE THEM ANYTHING THEY ONLY WANTED WHAT
THEY DESERVED TO HAVE AND THEY JUST WANTED A CHANCE TO PROVE THEMSELVES LIKE
ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S ALL THEY EVER WANTED.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=ALL THEY EVER WANTED
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SOT
IN Q=NAT SOT OF GAME
(( ))
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=
While Robinson made his mark in the majors, all aspiring baseball players
benefit from his efforts.
This season the Salem Avalanche does not have any African American players,
but other nationalities are represented on their roster.
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SOT 23:54:35
IN Q=they wouldn't
((BILL MCGUIRE/AVALANCHE MANAGER: THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LET A LATIN AMERICAN
PLAYER EITHER, MAYBE AN INDIAN. WHAT HE DID SET THE PRESENT DAY AND WE'RE JUST
FINALLY SEEING THE RESULTS OF IT NOW.))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=OF IT NOW
Those results include the dream of many black players to become major league
managers.
Avalanche Coach Stu Cole is working towards that goal.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 23:41:32
IN Q=I'M LOOKING FORWARD
((STU COLE/AVALANCHE COACH: I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A BIG LEAGUE MANAGER,
MYSELF. I'VE BEEN THROUGH ONLY TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN MY CAREER AND THERE WASN'T
A LOT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE FRONT OFFICE, BUT AS TIME HAS CHANGED THERE'S
BEEN PEOPLE WHO'VE GOTTEN HIRED.))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=WHO'VE GOTTEN HIRED
And that's Jackie Robinson's legacy--a pioneer who laid the ground work so
today's children can live their dreams.
Denise Allen News 7.))
2-E-Goodyear-Strike
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=97-16
GRAPHIC=Goodyear
Nearly two thousand workers at Danville's Goodyear plant are entering their
second week on strike.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
use file tape: 597-10, 97-18
SUPER=03-Danville/Last Week
Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union and management have reportedly
made little progress in their ongoing contract talks, taking place in
Cincinnati.
Goodyear workers in seven states walked off the job last Sunday.
Pay and benefits appear to the be the major sticking point, but the union
also wants all contracts covering Goodyear's 20-thousand union employees
to expire at the same time.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none
Management has said it will attempt to keep production going at the affected
plants.
Goodyear is also reportedly seeking to reduce its labor costs at two of the
factories, the Danville plant and another facility in Union City, Tennessee.
2-E-Graybeal
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#97-23
GRAPHIC=Graybeal, Pat
A New River Valley judge is retiring after more than twenty years of
service.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
Family and friends helped mark the end of Patrick Graybeal's six years as a
Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge.
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SOT
IN Q=JUDGE GRAYBEAL
((RICHARD CHIDESTER/FRMR. ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY; JUDGE GRAYBEAL
IMPRESSED ME AS BEING VERY FAIR, ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES OF THE
STORY, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IN JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
COURT, ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN, AND WE'LL
CERTAINLY MISS HIM. ))
SUPER=01-Richard Chidester/Frmr. Asst. Comm. Attorney;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=MISS HIM
(----------------)
VO-NAT
He also served as Montgomery County's Commonwealth Attorney from 19-64 to
19-89.
Graybeal lost both hands earlier in his career as a prosecutor after a pipe
bomb exploded on his car.
A killer he helped send to prison apparently hired someone to plant the
bomb.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=hold
Graybeal will officially step down Wednesday. On Thursday, Bob Viar --
Graybeal's successor will start hearing cases.
Viar is a lawyer in Christiansburg.
Robertson
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
Two pilots for Pat Robertson's Operation Blessing say that airplanes sent to
Zaire for humanitarian relief were used instead for Robertson's diamond mine
business.
Operation Blessing flew three planes to Zaire in September 1994.
Chief pilot Robert Hinkle said that only one or two of some 40 flights the
planes made in Zaire over the next six months could be considered humanitarian.
He said the rest were mining-related.
A Robertson spokesman said the planes turned out to be unsuitable for
medical relief and that Robertson reimbursed Operation Blessing for their use.
E-Mabry-Mill
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#=97-18
GRAPHIC=none
The Blue Ridge Parkway's most photographed landmark is now open for the
tourist season.
Mabry Mill and the park surrounding opened this weekend.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co.;
The park had been closed while the staff made some repairs to the mill.
Maintenance workers spent last week dreging the mill's retaining pond.
Creeks and water from roadways filled the pond with mud and in some places
the mud was higher than the water.
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SOT 10:31:12
IN Q=IT'S FUNCTIONAL
((LESTER WOOD/BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY: IT'S FUNCTIONAL FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES
ONLY. WE GOT THE WATER DREDGED OUT AND WE'RE SIX FOOT DEEP WITH WATER AND ALL
THE SEDIMENT IS GONE.))
SUPER=01-Lester Wood/Blue Ridge Parkway;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=SEDIMENT IS GONE
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VO-NAT
The park and restaurant opened this weekend.
Corn meal grinding and black smith demonstrations will start in late May.
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Signs
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
A national conservation group says more than one-third of the billboards
along federally-funded highways in Virginia don't meet the requirements of
Highway Beautification Act.
The group, Scenic America, said Virginia ranks 19th in the country for
non-conforming billboards.
Texas is ranked first.
For total numbers of signs, Virginia ranks 26th in the nation with more than
36-hundred billboards.
Florida is number one in that category.
by SS