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Next on News 7-
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City employees rally- We'll find out what message they're trying to get
across.
A corroded iron rod appears to be the culprit in yesterday's balcony
collapse during UVA Graduation.
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Wx-Heads
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This two day hot spell is now triggering showers and thunderstorms. We will
check the latest radar picture in a moment.
MEDICAL-HEADS
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A family feud may be to blame for the closing of an adult home in
Troutville...
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VO-NAT
Plus... harvesting a cure for cancer-- with the help of Mother Nature...the
story in Health Check.
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ANCHOR=Jean
Stick around-- News-7 at FIVE is next
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VO-NAT
A group of city employees protests-- hours before Roanoke council members
vote to put their raises on hold.
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5-city-council
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
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TAPE#597-12
GRAPHIC=news-7 at five
Good Evening, I'm Jean Jadhon.
SS=city seal
The controversy surrounding potential pay increases for Roanoke's mayor and
city council is guaranteed to last at least two more weeks.
That's because officials put off the issue, until council's next scheduled
meeting.
double boxes Jean/Scott
Scott Prince is at the Roanoek City Municipal Builidng, with more on today's
events...
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SUPER=@scott1;
SUPER=22-Roanoke;
(roll cue: "...there was plenty outside.")
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IN Q=for most (scott's voice)
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=01-Eddie Hopkins/Roanoke City Police Officer; :20
SUPER=01-Ron Ratcliffe/Roanoke City Police Officer; :31
RUNS=:40
OUT Q=really disappointed.
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SUPER=22-Roanoke;
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5-Balcony-Collapse
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
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TAPE#597-13
GRAPHIC=NONE
One-hundred seventy years of engineering genius came crashing down at the
University of Virginia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Yesterday;
Yesterday's balcony collapse during graduation on the historic lawn killed
one woman, and injured 17 others.
SUPER=04-Today;
School officials say the culprit appears to be a corroded iron rod.
It suspended a unique "floating" balcony designed by Thomas Jefferson.
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SOT 01:45:48
IN Q=No they've
((MURRAY HOWARD/UVA ARCHITECT: NO THEY'VE NEVER BEEN LIMITED OR DETERMINED TO
HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY. THERE HAVE BEEN SIZEABLE CROWDS ON THESE BALCONIES
FOR 170 YEARS. SO THIS IS REALLY QUITE AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.))
sot 01:36:19
((LOUISE DUDLEY/UVA SPOKESWOMAN: WE ARE ENGAGING AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO LOOK
AT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND GIVE US FORMAL DOCUMENTATION ON EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED AND WHY IT HAPPENED.))
SUPER=01-Murray Howard/UVa Architect; :00
SUPER=01-Louise Dudley/UVa Spokeswoman; :11
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=why it happened.
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VO-NAT
The University is covering the medical and counseling costs of those injured
in the collapse.
The collapse is the first structural failure of the architecture Jefferson
built in 1822.
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5-brown
ANCHOR=Jean
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GRAPHIC=legal scales
Former Virginia Tech Football player Cornell Brown was found guilty of
assault today.
Brown was sentenced to 30-days in jail, with all but two suspended.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
On the stand, Jonathon Nelson testified, Brown struck him on the head
during an altercation, knocking him to the pavement.
Brown admitted he swung at someone but said he initially said he didn't
know who, or why.
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SOT
IN Q=WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE
(( ))
SUPER=01-Cornell Brown/Defendant;
RUNS=:26
OUT Q=yes i would
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
Brown's attorney says he's disappointed in the verdict but will NOT appeal.
Brown is expected to serve his two-day sentence over the weekend.
5-Lowe's
ANCHOR=Jean
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GRAPHIC=
Another victim of last year's outbreak of Legionnaire's disease has filed
suit against Lowe's.
Jonathan East says he "came in close proximity" to vapors from a hot tub
display at Lowe's in Christiansburg last October.
He was hospitalized and nearly died.
East says he's now "totally disabled," and has had to close his business.
The Montgomery County resident is asking two million dollars in damages.
An earlier claim filed by John Allen Kirk is already set for trial in
November.
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
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Close more bases, spend less on weapons--that's what the Pentagon is
recommending.
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VO-NAT
And a bomber pilot formally submits her terms for resignation from the Air
Force... for charges of adultry and disobeying an order.
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ANCHOR=Jean
In tonight's Health Check report-- the President challenges researchers to
come up with an AIDS vaccine by 20-oh-seven...more on the story when NEWS-7 at
FIVE, returns.
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Comm Break#1
5-Bramblett
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#597-16
GRAPHIC=bramblett
The jury in the capital murder trial of Earl Bramblett may get to hear
evidence of sex crimes, drug dealing- -even other murders- -if they come to
believe Bramblett killed Teresa and Blaine Hodges and their two little girls.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Spartanburg, SC/July 1996;
Bramblett was once a suspect in the 1977 disappearance of two 14-year old
girls. He was questioned but never formally accused of killing them.
In 1984, he WAS tried- -but found NOT guilty- -of sexually molesting the
10-year old sister of one of his employees.
Those cases could come up when Bramblett is tried for arson and murder next
month.
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5-Flinn
ANCHOR=Jean
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Lieutenant Kelly Flinn formally submits her resignation today from the Air
Force.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
The 26 year old pilot faces a court martial on charges of adultery and lying-
Flinn wants an honorable discharge.
If the army won't grant her one, she'll take her chances in a military court.
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SOT 10:01:09
IN Q=
((FIRST LT. KELLY FLINN/U.S. AIR FORCE: THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
CHOICES I'VE HAD TO MAKE. I'VE DEDICATED MY ENTIRE LIFE AND MY PURSUIT OF MY
DREAM TO FLYING THE AIR FORCE.))
SUPER=09-First Lt. Kelly Flinn/U.S. Air Force/"60 Minutes";
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=fly in the air force.
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VO-NAT
Granting an honorable discharge would spare the Air Force court martialing
a woman for what seems to many to be a crime of the heart.
But Air Force officials point out she is also accused of lying and
disobeying an order.
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5-Defense-Plan
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
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The Pentagon is releasing a blueprint for the future-
A way to modernize the military while protecting U-S interests.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Minot, ND;
The plan includes some cost cutting- through base closings and spending less
on weapons.
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SOT 15:35:00
IN Q=
((GEN. JOHN SHALIKASHVILI/CHAIRMAN JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: THESE REDUCTIONS WILL
NOT BE EASY. THESE ARE NOT POSITIONS OR SPACES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THEY ARE
PEOPLE.))
SUPER=01-Gen. John Shalikashvili/Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair.;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=they are people."
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VO-NAT
The proposal still maintains U-S readiness to fight two wars at once.
It includes newer aircraft while cutting ships, submarines and support
services.
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groovy music UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
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Lights, camera-- action....an independent film is in production-- right here
in the Star City.
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SUPER=22-Roanoke Co.;
(patrick ad lib)
STOCKS BUMP NEXT
5-MOVIES
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=FIVE
WRITER=PEV
TAPE#NONE
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Independent films were a huge success at this year's Academy Awards, and
now even more of them are cropping up.
DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
A film currently being shot in Roanoke features some fantastic vintage
cars, and Patrick Evans is on the set to check out the "action".
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SUPER=22-Roanoke Co.;
SUPER=01-Charles Cullen/Film Maker;
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DOUBLE BOX PATRICK/ROBIN
Forecasts
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Warm/78-80;
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SUPER=334-Locally Heavy/Downpours Possible/54-58/Turning Partly/Cloudy/68-70;
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health music under
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In tonight's two minute ticker--A division two softball champion was crowned
this afternoon in Salem...
But first on Health Check-- the closing of an adult care facility in
Botetourt County could force more than 30-residents to find a new place to
live...
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VO-NAT
And it may be a long shot, but researchers are now testing the herb
yellowroot--which may hold some answers to cancer treatment...
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Comm Break#3
six-preview
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=amo
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GRAPHIC=NONE
SUPER=@Joe1;
SUPER=22-Roanoke;
Good Evening, I'm Joe Dashiell--tonight on NEWS-7 at SIX...
take fullscreen
The first part of Southeast Stories: One Neighborhood's Struggle.
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VO-NAT
The series begins with a look back at the history of the neighborhood...
The days when southeast was a thriving community, and the events 40-years
ago that changed the social landscape here.
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SOT 11:35:42 #7
IN Q=You see the Norfolk and Western
((CLARE WHITE/ROANOKE HISTORIAN: YOU SEE THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN WENT TO DIESEL
JUST ABOUT THE TIME THE VISCOSE CLOSED AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN
SOUTHEAST WERE IN EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER, SO THAT THEIR LIVELIHOOD WAS TAKEN
AWAY AT THAT POINT. THEY HAD TO START ALL OVER.))
SUPER=01-Clare White/Roanoke Historian;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=start all over.
Live=Joe/FULL
SUPER=22-Roanoke;
Eventually, other industries helped to fill the gap... but southeast
roanoke is still feeling the effects of those years.
double boxes Jean/JoeD
and Jean, they're the subject of our first southeast story tonight at 6.
ANCHOR=Jean
Thanks Joe, you'll dip into the archives tonight at six.
5-Adult-Home
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#597-18
GRAPHIC=H/C BUG
Topping tonight's Health Check report-- A bitter dispute has an adult care
facility in Botetourt County on the verge of closing.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
Residents at Shenandoah Acres recently found out they'll have to move.
The director of the program says all 36 people who live there have somewhere
to go.
Many of them are veterans with mental disabilities.
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SOT 01:48:52
IN Q=The business
((NINA BIRNBACH/SHENANDOAH ACRES DIRECTOR: THE BUSINESS IS EFFECTIVELY
CLOSING THE END OF THE MONTH. THEY WILL BEGIN MOVING TOMORROW. MANY OF THEM
ARE READY TO MOVE.))
SUPER=01-Nina Birnbach/Shenandoah Acres Director;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=ready to move.
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VO-NAT
The problems began when the owner of Shenandoah Acres and the owner of the
business being run there had a disagreement over the sale of the property.
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SOT 02:00:25
IN Q=I need
((MARY REED/SHENANDOAH ACRES PROPERTY OWNER: I NEED TO GET MONEY OUT OF THIS.
I'M TOO OLD TO HOLD THIS THE REST OF MY LIFE. AND SHE'S DOING EVERYTHING SHE
CAN, AND MEAN THINGS, TO STOP ME FROM SELLING.))
SUPER=01-Mary Reed/Shenandoah Acres Property Owner;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=from selling.
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
The owner of the adult care business did not want to comment on camera.
The program administrator says the Virginia Department of Social Services is
aware of the way the dispute is being resolved.
5-AIDS
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=AMO
TAPE#597-20
GRAPHIC=clinton
President Bill Clinton has a challenge for researchers:
SS=AIDS RESEARCH
develop a vaccine that will rid the world of AIDS within the next ten years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Baltimore, MD;
At a college graduation, the president told the graduates he wants the AIDS
vaccine to be the first great triumph of the 21st Century.
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SOT 10:06:00
IN Q=IT'S NO LONGER
((IT'S NO LONGER A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE CAN DEVELOP AN AIDS VACCINE. BUT IT
IS SIMPLY A QUESTION OF WHEN. ))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=Of when
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;
Some people say the president wants to take credit for a cure for AIDS...
Still...after years of telling AIDS patients not to expect a breakthrough
anytime soon, scientists are NOW sounding a rare note of optimism.
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SOT 10:06:55
IN Q=
(("THIS IS A VERY HIGH BAR TO JUMP, BUT WE BELIEVE THERE ARE SIGNS THAT
INDICATE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Harold Varmus/National Institutes of Health Dir.;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=that is possible.
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VO-NAT
In the next couple of weeks, researchers plan to begin testing the
effectiveness of one AIDS vaccine for the first time in high-risk people.
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5-Medicinal-Plants
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE# 597-25
GRAPHIC=Cancer Research
For hundreds of years, plants have helped treat the diseases of
mankind...everything from heart disease to arthritis.
Connie Stevens reports cancer researchers are studying an herb that may
hold some important insights into treating cancer.
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SOT
IN Q=About one quarter
SUPER=01-Dr. Donald Miller/Oncologist; :12
SUPER=@connie2; :59
RUNS=1:05
OUT Q=CS. Health Check.
((
About one-quarter of the prescription medicines we take today come from
plants.
Digitalis for heart conditions comes from foxglove, and aspirin from willow
bark.
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SOT 1:51:17
IN Q=Many of the
((DR. DONALD MILLER/ONCOLOGIST: MANY OF THE DRUGS WE USE NOW BEGAN WITH PLANTS,
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE HAD IN THE 1700'S. THEY DIDN'T HAVE BIG LABS TO
SYNTHESIZE NEW DRUGS. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=synthesize new drugs.
And then there's yellowroot.
Researchers have found cancer-killing properties in this plan.
Though, so far yellowroot hasn't been tested enough for researchers to
understand just how it works.
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SOT 1:52:01
IN Q=We're very very
((DR. DONAL MILLER: WE'RE VERY VERY EFFECTIVE AT TREATING CERTAIN TUMORS AND
WE'VE MADE HUGE PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS IN DEVELOPING NEW DRUGS. THERE
ARE STILL TUMORS SUCH AS LUNG CANCER, COLON CANCER, THAT REALLY DON'T RESPOND
WELL AT ALL TO THE TREATMENTS WE HAVE, SO IF WE HAD AN AGENT THAT WAS EFFECTIVE
IN THOSE TUMORS, WE REALLY WOULDN'T CARE HOW IT WORKED.))
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=how it worked.
The experts say it may be a long shot-- but the plant could provide one of
the best shots at harvesting new cures for deadly diseases.
Connie stevens. Health Check.))
S5-Tech
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-27
GRAPHIC=TWO MINUTE TICKER
Good afternoon everybody.
Welcome to a hot Monday everywhere including the basepaths.
SS=NCAA BASEBALL
The Virginia Tech Hokies are in the NCAA baseball tournament for the sixth
time in school history.
Steve Mason has more from Blacksburg with a couple of excited Hokies who
found out their first round destination about two hours ago.
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SOT
IN Q=FIRST AUDIO
SUPER=@steve1; :00
SUPER=01-Chuck Hartman/Va. Tech Baseball Coach; :16
SUPER=01-Chad Foutz/Virginia Tech Third Baseman; 1:04
RUNS=1:14
OUT Q=...Mike back to you"
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S5-Softball
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-28
GRAPHIC=SOFTBALL
California University of Pennsylvania captured the division two softball
national championship today by beating Wisconsin-Parkside 2-to-1 at the Moyer
Complex.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Salem/Division II Championship; :00
The Wisconsin Parkside Rangers took a one to nothing lead before Cal-PA
answered in the third. Jennifer Valeriote connects on a one bagger that plates
Lith Webb to tie the game at-all.
Then how about a little defense. Watch the Rangers Kathy Hillsdonk make the
incredible catch at the fence in the center field to preserve the tie.
But it was just a matter of time before Cal-Pennsylvania's Kerry Novack
knocked in the game winner in the bottom of the 6th.
SUPER=34-Cal-Pennsylvania/2/Wis.-Parkside/1;
Webb scores from second and the Vulcans win the Division Two national
championship 2-to-1 to cap another fun week in the City of champions.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=two minute
Have a good night everybody.
Jean has more News 7 at five for you right after this quick break.
take a break
5-Murder-Arrest
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Two Campbell County teenagers have been charged with the murder of a
Lynchburg woman found dumped in the James River a week ago.
The body of 23- year- old Lisa Yvonne Crider was found May 12th. She'd been
killed by a shotgun blast to the head.
Authorities arrested Trevor Andrew Jones and Brandon Wayne Hedrick, in
Nebraska.
The two 18-year olds had been wanted for two armed robberies near Lynchburg
earlier this month.
Both have waived extradition to Virginia and could be returned as early as
tomorrow.
5-Kicker
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
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Finally tonight-- A lost cat usually turns up nearby-- down the street- or
across town-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery, AL;
but one cat ended up in another STATE- some 370 miles from home.
Sprint was missing from Montgomery, Alabama for two weeks-
He ended up in Charleston, South Carolina.
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SOT 13:36:46
IN Q=
((JILL MEIKEN/VETERINARIAN ASSISTANT: WE GOT A CALL FROM A WOMAN IN CHARLESTON
WHO SAID THERE WAS A CAT ON HER PORCH. HE HAD ONE OUR RABIES TAGS ON.))
SUPER=01-Jill Meiken/Veterinarian Assistant;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=rabies tags on."
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VO-NAT
The vet's office tracked Sprint to owner Erica Collins-
Collins doesn't know how Sprint wound up in Charleston- but thinks he may
have jumped on a neighbor's moving van.
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bye
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
GRAPHIC=NONE
That's it for NEWS-7 at FIVE-- for more news later tonight--
full screen
Check out our local primetime newscast, NEWS-7 Primetime-- tonight at 10 on
WEFC.
Thanks for watching. Goodnight
ANCHOR=Jean
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