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7E-Smart-Highway
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-46
GRAPHIC=Smart Highway
A federal judge yesterday gave the green light to begin construction on the
"Smart Highway."
The road could be completed in as few as six- years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
Opponents had argued that the government failed to consider the
environmental impact of the highway, such as rows of snow- making towers.
In his opinion, Judge Jackson Kiser wrote it's possible that the cost may
outweigh the benefits.
But he said that "it's not for him to decide the wisdom of Congressional
allocations."
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12:29:23
SOT
IN Q=I don't
((DAN BRUGH/VDOT SPOKESMAN:I DON'T THINK THE COSTS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS AT
ALL, I THINK THE ROAD, SMART ROAD, IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL BOTH FROM A
TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT AND FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT. ))
SUPER=01-Dan Brugh/VDOT Spokesman; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=standpoint.
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VO-NAT
An official ground breaking is scheduled for next week-- but it's unlikely
John Lipsey will attend.
The project will run through his property-- despite his objections.
(/////SOT/////)
10:25:44
SOT
IN Q=I have
((JOHN LIPSEY/RETIRED DOCTOR:I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INVITED, BUT I DON'T THINK
I'M GOING TO ATTEND, I DON'T THINK MY HEART WOULD BE TOO INTO THE FESTIVITIES
THAT DAY.))
SUPER=01-John Lipsey/Retired Doctor;:00
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=that day.
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VO-NAT
The year 2002 is the earliest the project could be completed-- 2010 the
latest.
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7p-Political-Donations
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-48
GRAPHIC=NONE
A plan at the governor's office to keep intra-party competition neutral has
cost the adminstration one of it's top agency heads.
Department of Criminal Justice Services head and former temporary parole
board chairman Bruce Morris resigned
He alledges he was told he would have to make campaign donations to other
Republicans to keep his job.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/Monday;
Morris said in a letter that the policy came down last week from Governor
Allen's Chief of Staff Jay Timmons.
SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Yesterday;
The Governor says Morris misunderstood.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:48:20
IN Q=It's not a
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: IT'S NOT A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, NOR WERE THERE ANY
THREATS OF FIRING. IT'S JUST SIMPLY A POLICY AND YOU'D LIKE TO FOLKS TO ADHERE
TO IT.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=to it.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The policy asks the Governor's political appointees to donate to ALL four
Republicans who ran for the attorney general's nomination that Mark Earley
won... or to none at all.
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7P-Bank-Robbery
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-34
GRAPHIC=bank robbery
A Virginia Beach bank robber has proved to be a repeat offender.
The man who was on parole after robbing a bank, is behind bars again-- for
allegedly robbing a Lynchburg bank yesterday.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Around one o'clock, the suspect entered this First Federal branch on
Memorial Avenue, displayed a gun and demanded money.
He escaped on foot with an undetermined amount of cash, but was spotted by a
Lynchburg detective just a few minutes later.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:27:26
IN Q=At that point
((LT. EUGENE WINGFIELD/LYNCHBURG POLICE: AT THAT POINT, THE SAME INVESTIGATOR..
...TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.))
SUPER=01-Eugene Wingfield/Lynchburg Police; :00
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=to his right knee.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
34- year- old Darryl Delancey is charged with robbery, use of a firearm in
commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
He's being held without bond.
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7Trailer-Fire
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MJo
TAPE#NET-E
SS=fire
A toddler playing with a lighter is suspected as the cause of a trailer
fire yesterday in Montgomery County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.
Tina Hamlin was home with her two small children when the fire broke out at
Oak Forest Mobile Home Park.
Hamlin and the children escaped, and went to a neighbor's home to call for
help.
(/////SOT/////)
15:21:44
SOT
IN Q=It was
((SHANE SCOTT/NEIGHBOR: IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND DURING THAT TIME IT JUST GRADUALLY GOT MORE INVOLVED
UNTIL IT WAS BURNING OUT THE BACK AND OUT THE TOP OF THE TRAILER. ))
SUPER=01-Shane Scott/Neighbor
RUNS=:08
OUTQ=the trailer.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Fire officials say the trailer is a total loss.
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7weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Let's check the mid- week weather outlook--
Partly sunny today, with a slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Warmer high temperatures, in the upper 80s.
Partly cloudy tonight, with lows in the upper 60s.
Partly sunny, hot, and humid tomorrow.
Highs in the lower 90s.
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7BRITHDAYS! 7/3/97
Thursday:
SUPER=130-6/Dustin Sarver/Parrott;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-33rd/Don & Melva Weeks/Willis;
SUPER=130-3/Kaitlyn Sult/Blacksburg;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-48/Rosa Phanelson/Norfolk;
SUPER=130-3/Ciara Roberts/Elliston;
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55E-Clinics
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-28
GRAPHIC=abortion
Virginia's parental notification abortion law has survived its first day on
the books.
Officials with Planned Parenthood plan to meet with Commonwealth's Attorney
Don Caldwell today to get his opinion on their parental notification procedure.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Planned Parenthood officials says they're taking extra steps to stay on the
right side of the new law.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 16:04:36
IN Q=We've always encouraged
((DAVID NOVA/PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESIDENT; WE'VE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED MINORS TO
INVOLVE THEIR PARENTS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO. WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS NOW, WE
HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL WITH REGARD TO MINORS WHO COME FOR ABORTION
PROCEDURES.))
SUPER=01-David Nova/Planned Parenthood President;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=come for abortion procedures
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=HOLD
Nova says his staff now has to take steps to confirm that a minor actually
has her parents permission.
He'd also like to know who is held accountable if a minor successfully
deceives a clinic with an adult posing as a parent.
55E-Welfare-Deadline
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-47
GRAPHIC=welfare in virginia
Welfare as open-ended federal entitlement ended yesterday for one Virginia
under the new workfare system.
The new law requires recipients to work after two years of assistance.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:55:03
IN Q=If you'll
((CLARENCE CARTER/VA. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES: IF YOU'LL REMEMBER BACK IN THE
BEGINNING, PEOPLE WERE PREDICTING THAT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WOULD BE ATTENDING
THIS PROGRAM AND WE WOULD BE SHOVELLING BABIES IN THE STREET. BUT WE'VE COME
TO THE END OF THE ELIGIBILITY TIME PERIOD IN THE FIRST REGION FOR SOME
INDIVIDUALS, AND THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REACHED THAT TWO YEAR WALL
TODAY. AND UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL REACH THAT TWO YEAR TIME
LIMIT WHO IS NOT GAINFULLY EMPLOYED.))
SUPER=01-Clarence Carter/Va. Dept. of Social Services;
RUNS=:26
OUT Q=gainfully employed.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Charlottesville;
The news came yesterday from the Allen administration at a UPS distribution
center that's hiring a few Charlottesville area welfare recipients -- as THAT
region begins "workfare."
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD
The first region whose two year time limit expired includes Orange County.
Lynchburg and Bedford's timetable to kick any non-working recipients out of
the system comes in October.
A full third of the state, including Roanoke, has yet to even start the two
year welfare-to-work timeline.
55weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Time again to take a look at the forecast--
Partly sunny today-- we could see a scattered thunderstorm or two.
Highs in the upper 80s.
Partly cloudy tonight, with low temperatures dropping into the upper 60s.
Partly sunny, hot, and humid for Thursday.
Highs in the low 90s.
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8p-Smart-Highway
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#597-31
GRAPHIC=SMART HIGHWAY
Despite protest from residents and evironmentalitists, construction is set
is begin for the Smart Highway.
The road could be completed in six years.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
Preliminary work on the 100-million dollar project has been underway for
several weeks.
The Smart Road will link Blacksburg with Interstate 81.
Opponents had argued that the government failed to consider the
environmental impact-- such as the need for thousands of gallons of water.
In his opinion, Judge Jackson Kiser wrote it's possible that the costs may
outweigh the benefits.
But the judge said that "it's not for him to decide the wisdom of
Congressional allocations.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5pm bite
IN Q=Certainly
((DAN BRUGH/VDOT SPOKESMAN:CERTAINLY, WE'RE PLEASED, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT'S THE
WAY IT WOULD GO AND WE'RE GLAD IT DID. ))
((JOHN LIPSEY/RETIRED DOCTOR:THIS JUST TAKES AWAY THE TOTAL COMPOSITE OF THIS,
OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, AS AN AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST DISTRICT, LETS SAY AREA,
BECAUSE IT LITERALLY DESTROYS IT BY GOING THROUGH THE HEART OF IT WITH A 48
ACRE RIGHT OF WAY. ))
SUPER=01-Dan Brugh/Va. Department of Transportation; :02
SUPER=07-John Lipsey; :05
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=right of way.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
An official ground breaking is scheduled for next week.
(----------------)
8p-Political-Donations
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-48
GRAPHIC=NONE
Either contribute to ALL Republicans running for Virginia attorney
general, or lose your job.
That's what Department of Criminal Justice Services head and former
temporary parole board chairman, Bruce Morris alleges was said to him.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/Monday;
Morris said in a letter that the policy came down last week from Governor
Allen's Chief of Staff Jay Timmons.
SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Yesterday;
The Governor says Morris misunderstood.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:48:20
IN Q=It's not a
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: IT'S NOT A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, NOR WERE THERE ANY
THREATS OF FIRING. IT'S JUST SIMPLY A POLICY AND YOU'D LIKE TO FOLKS TO ADHERE
TO IT.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=to it.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The policy asks the Governor's political appointees to donate to ALL four
Republicans who ran for the attorney general's nomination that Mark Earley
won... or to none at all.
The policy is aimed at making Allen look neutral in intra-party contests.
(----------------)
8Deadbeat-Dads
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=aje
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
The state's offer of a second chance for the thousands of parents who were
overdue in child- support payments has apparently PAID OFF.
Statistics show the so-called deadbeat parents made payments totaling
one-point-two MILLION dollars during the two-week amnesty period last month.
The results were announced yesterday by Governor Allen.
8E-Gilmore
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=Gilmore
Attorney General Jim Gilmore is touring Southside Virginia to let tobacco
farmers know he's on their side.
This comes after Gilmore's back- seat approach to the national tobacco
settlement.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;
Gilmore says he wanted to keep Virginia free from an unfavorable
settlement.
So he monitored the talks instead of suing for favorable terms for farmers.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:50
IN Q=Our strategy
((JIM GILMORE/GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE (R): OUR STRATEGY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
WAS NOT TO BE BOUND INTO AN AGREEMENT BY EITHER FILING A SUIT OR BY GETTING
OURSELVES INTO A POSITION WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO SIGN ON TO AN
OVERARCHING AGREEMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE ENTERED TO BY PEOPLE THAT DID NOT
HAVE THE SAME ELEMENTS AND JOBS AT STAKE THAT WE DO HERE IN VIRGINIA.))
SUPER=01-Jim Gilmore/(R) Candidate for Governor;
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=here in Virginia
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Gilmore has urged tobacco companies and congressmen to protect farmers in
the final settlement.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT1:12:43
IN Q=I rent
((CLARENCE BRYANT/PRESIDENT, CONCERNED FRIENDS FOR TOBACCO: EVERYBODY FROM ALL
THE OTHER COUNTRIES WANT TO KNOW HOW WE DO IT AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE
KNOW-HOW. IT'S A CONSTANT THING. I'M NOT GOING TO TUCK MY HEAD AND BE ASHAMED
OF SOMETHING WE'VE GROWN THROUGH GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.))
SUPER=01-Clarence Bryant/Concerned Friends for Tobacco;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=going to do
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Gilmore says a special fund should compensate farmers for financial losses.
(----------------)
8weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning to the mid- week outlook--
Skies will be partly sunny today, with a small threat of scattered
thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 80s.
Partly cloudy tonight, with lows in the upper 60s.
Partly sunny and hotter tomorrow, with highs in the low 90s.
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