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SUPER=@Melanie1
7E-Council-pay
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-19
GRAPHIC=City Seal
Roanoke City Council members and Mayor Bowers might not be getting the pay
raise that was approved at the last council meeting.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
City councilman Jack Parrott says he was wrong to vote for the 14-percent
pay hike last Monday.
Parrott says many residents are complaining about council's raise.
Now Parrott's calling for another vote.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:07:55
IN Q=We've got a lot
((WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE CITY. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
GOING FOR US BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T NEED IS SOME ISSUE LIKE THIS THAT'S
GOING TO JUST SPLIT US REALLY CRITICALLY. BECAUSE WE NEED TO PULL TOGETHER FOR
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT TO DO.))
SUPER=01-Jack Parrott/(R) Roanoke City Councilman
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=to do
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VO-NAT
Council also approved a 28-percent pay raise for Mayor David Bowers.
Bowers says council should also re-examine the paychecks of Roanoke's top
administrators.
Bowers will talk about that in a news conference today.
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7E-Bank-Robbery
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-27
GRAPHIC=Bank Robbery
Police are on a man hunt this morning for a bank robbery suspect.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Wytheville;
It happened at the Wytheville East Main Street branch of Premier Bank.
Police say a man showed a teller a note demanding cash.
She handed over a bank bag filled with money, and the robber drove off in a
dark gray, four-door Mazda.
Police believe the car was last seen heading north on Interstate 81.
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7P-Road-Projects
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#97-22
GRAPHIC=Smart Road
The "smart road" is becoming a reality as an Augusta County company gears up
to the first section of it.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;
The state awarded a 17-million dollar contract yesterday to Vecellio
(veh-SILL-ee-oh) and Grogan of Fishersville.
That's for the first two-mile stretch of the six-mile Smart highway in
Montgomery County.
The project is designed to test technology that improves highway safety and
traffic flow.
Opponents of the Smart Road say more study is needed on the project's
environmental impact.
State officials couldn't say when construction would start.
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7S-Democrats
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-26
GRAPHIC=Virginia Democrats
The number of people on Virginia's Democratic Party staff has been cut in
half.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
But party officials say it's NOT financial trouble.
SUPER=04-Saturday;
It's just an effort to NOT duplicate jobs being performed by the new
"coordinated campaign" of Beyer, Payne, and Dolan, and the House Democratic
Caucus.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 03:45
IN Q=We're all
((JUDY NAPIER/VA. DEMOCRATIC PARTY: WE'RE ALL GOING AFTER PRETTY MUCH THE SAME
DOLLAR. AND WE'RE CONSOLIDATING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BEST DOLLAR GETS RAISED
AND THE MOST DOLLARS GET RAISED, AND GO TO WHERE THE EFFORT IS MOST NEEDED.
AND THAT IS TO ELECT OUR TICKET.))
SUPER=01-Judy Napier/Virginia Democratic Party;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=our ticket.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=Virginia Republicans
The Republican Party of Virginia says it shows the Democratic message is NOT
ringing true with donors.
But the Republicans are themselves still 18- thousand dollars in debt from
financial trouble two years ago.
7P-Dolan
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-20
GRAPHIC=dolan
Violence at interstate rest stops, is the hot topic for Virginia's
Republican Attorney General candidate in his campaign.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski;
On the campaign trail in Pulaski, attorney general candidate Bill Dolan
warned against knee- jerk reactions in an effort to improve rest stop security.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:39:03
IN Q=
((BILL DOLAN/(D) ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE: AND WE'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER IS
NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE WHEN THEY STOP, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA
DO IT WITH SNAPPY, LET'S PUT IN A MCDONALD AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. ))
SUPER=@Dolan;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=will be fine.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./April 30;
Estel Singleton of Roanoke, was shot and killed at the Ironto rest stop two
weeks ago.
Dolan says he wants to hear ideas from state police on better security
measures.
Dolan says he's doubtful that privatizing the rest areas, as republican
Jerry Kilgore suggested, would be a viable solution.
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7weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Time now to check out the Friday forecast--
Partly sunny, breezy and cooler today.
Look for highs in the low to mid 60s.
Increasing clouds and diminishing winds later tonight, with lows in the
mid 40s.
Variably cloudy tomorrow and warmer, with highs in the 70s.
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7BIRTHDAYS! 5/18/97
SUPER=130-16/Heather Bowden/Goshen;
SUPER=130-58/Lorraine Brown/Saxe;
SUPER=130-/Bridget Ferguson/Martinsville;
SUPER=130-8/LeAnna Armstrong/Mill Gap;
SUPER=130-35/C.R. Sult/Blacksburg;
SUPER=130-9/Christine Baker/Troutville;
SUPER=130-75/Lucille Burns/Millboro;
SUPER=130-7/Katie Thomas/Floyd;
SUPER=130-91/Roy Morser Sr./Clifton Forge;
SUPER=130-12/Melissa Hughes/Blacksburg;
SUPER=130-30/Jeannette Hunt/Hurt;
SUPER=130-98/Roby McVey/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-8/Jairamy Goode/Boones Mill; (Pronounced - Jeremy)
SUPER=130-16/Adam Smith/Elliston;
SUPER=130-8/Jarel Phanelson/Roanoke;
(Twins)
SUPER=130-11/LaQueda & LaQuesa Hill/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-8/Ashley McManus/Radford;
Monday:
SUPER=130-11/Jennifer Jonas/Elliston;
SUPER=130-/Cathy Williams/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-/Shirlene Witcher/Rocky Mount;
SUPER=130-8/Jordan Webb/Burnt Chimney;
SUPER=130-100/Gilbert Gobble/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-10/Oaka McGuire/Pearisburg;
SUPER=130-14/Romney Willson/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-28/Sharon Vaughn/Roanoke;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-62nd/Waldo & Mattie Slusher/Willis;
SUPER=130-57/Aster Law/Danville;
SUPER=130-5/Kristen Vest/Check;
SUPER=130-50/Howard Adams/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-4/Dareyn Williams/Bassett;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-82/Troy Hudson/Vinton;
SUPER=130-/David Fix/Lexington;
SUPER=130-32/Bill Akers/Pilot;
SUPER=130-/Connie Falls/Lexington;
SUPER=130-/Charlie Brown Jr./Bassett;
SUPER=130-/Sissy Stevenson/Lexington;
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55E-Council-pay
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-19
GRAPHIC=City Seal
One Roanoke City Councilman is having second thoughts about the big raises
the council approved for itself earlier this week.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Jack Parrott says he was wrong to vote for the 14-percent pay raise.
Parrott says many residents are now complaining about the raises.
And Parrott is calling for another vote.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:07:55
IN Q=We've got a lot
((WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE CITY. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
GOING FOR US BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T NEED IS SOME ISSUE LIKE THIS THAT'S
GOING TO JUST SPLIT US REALLY CRITICALLY. BECAUSE WE NEED TO PULL TOGETHER FOR
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT TO DO.))
SUPER=01-Jack Parrott/(R) Roanoke City Councilman
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=to do
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Council also approved a 28-percent pay raise for Mayor David Bowers.
Bowers thinks council should also re-examine the paychecks of Roanoke's top
administrators.
Bowers will talk about that in a news conference today.
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55P-Democrats
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#597-14
GRAPHIC=DEMOCRATS
At the Democrats Richmond headquarters four of the party's eight staff
members have been laid off.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 02:23
IN Q=The coordinated
((JUDY NAPIER/VA. DEMOCRATIC PARTY: THE COORDINATED CAMPAIGN IS GETTING
STARTED ... SIX DIFFERENT ENTITIES ALL WITH STAFF PEOPLE, VERY QUALIFIED STAFF
PEOPLE.))
SUPER=01-Judy Napier/Virginia Democratic Party; :00
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=qualified staff people.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Republicans say the lay-offs are a sign of UNpopular ideas and low
donations.
But the G-O-P is still in recovery from its own debt problems just two years
ago.
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55E-Crown
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=business news
Some big business news for Lynchburg.
Another company says it will locate its corporate headquarters in the Hill
City.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Three executives from Crown Cork and Seal of Philadelphia have bought a
packaging machinery business.
The cost- 200-million dollars.
They'll call the new company Crown Simplimatic and run it out of the Hill
City.
Crown Simplimatic has one thousand employees in nine plants, on six
continents.
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55weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning to the Friday outlook--
Partly sunny skies and gusty northwesterly winds.
Highs in the low to mid 60s.
Increasing clouds overnight, with lows in the mid 40s.
Variably cloudy tomorrow and pleasant.
Highs climbing into the 70s.
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8P-Council-pay
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#597-12
SS=rke city seal
A change of heart for one Roanoke city council member.
Jack Parrott voted in favor of a council pay raise, but now he's against
the idea.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The Republican is now asking city council to reconsider the 14-percent pay
hike.
SUPER=04-Monday;
Monday night, Council voted five to two for its own pay raise, plus a
28-percent salary increase for the mayor.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:08:42
IN Q=There have been so many
((THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY THAT HAVE TALKED TO FRIENDS OF MINE, PEOPLE WHO
SUPPORTED ME, AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE SAID LOOK YOU'RE NOT HEARING WHAT'S
HAPPENING. AND WITH THAT IN MIND, I JUST FEEL IT'S BEST TO JUST TRY TO SAY
LOOK, I DID WRONG.))
SUPER=01-Jack Parrott/(R) Roanoke City Councilman;
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=i did wrong.
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VO-NAT
Mayor David Bowers refused an on-camera interview.
But in a statement Bowers says council should not only reconsider pay for
council and the mayor but also top administrators.
The mayor says he thought council was right to vote for the pay raises.
But says council obviously did NOT do a good job of explaining it to the
public.
Bowers scheduled a news conference for this morning to address the issue.
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8P-Bank-Robbery
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#597-13
SS-bank robbery
A Wytheville bank robber is still on the run this morning after making off
with a bagful of cash.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Wytheville;
Police say a white or hispanic male handed a teller a note demanding cash
at the East Main Street branch of Premier Bank.
The teller filled a bank bag with an undetermined amount of money and
handed it over.
The man left in a dark gray, four-door Mazda, believed to be heading North
on Interstate- 81.
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8P-Road-Projects
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#97-22
GRAPHIC=Smart Road
The first section of the "Smart Road" will be built by an Augusta County
Company.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;
The state awarded a 17-million dollar contract yesterday to Vecellio
(veh-SILL-ee-oh) and Grogan of Fishersville.
That's for the first two-mile stretch of the six-mile Smart highway in
Montgomery County.
The project is designed to test technology that improves highway safety and
traffic flow.
Opponents of the Smart Road say more study is needed on the project's
environmental impact.
State officials couldn't say when construction would start.
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8E-Crown
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=Business news
Lynchburg's business community is getting a new CROWN--
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Three executives from Crown Cork and Seal of Philadelphia have bought a
packaging machinery business. The cost- 200-million dollars.
They'll call the new company Crown Simplimatic and run it out of the Hill
City.
Crown Simplimatic has one thousand employees in nine plants, on six
continents.
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8E-Rimes
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=97-33
GRAPHIC=NONE
She has a voice like Patsy Cline, but isn't old enough to drive.
14- year- old Leann Rimes proved she had the RHYTHM last night at the Salem
Civic Center.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Buy one way
(( ))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=I don't know
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
Rimes performed some of her latest hits for the local crowds.
Rimes shot up to the top of the country music scene with her multi-million
selling album "Blue."
But in spite of the sudden fame she says she'll have no problem maintaining
her momentum.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=I think
(( ))
SUPER=07-Leann Rimes
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=rest of forever
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VO-NAT
Rimes and her band have been touring for about a year with stops overseas in
Canada and Australia.
She recently picked up top honors at the Grammies and the Country Music
Awards.
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8weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Cool and breezy weather as we head into the start of the weekend.
Today's forecast calls for partly sunny skies and highs in the low to mid
60s.
Clouds slowly building late tonight, with lows in the mid 40s.
Variably cloudy skies tomorrow and warmer, with highs in the 70s.
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