06:00-01
E-Rack-Sack
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=97-43
GRAPHIC=rack & sack closing
A local grocery store closed its doors yesterday, leaving employees jobless
with practically no notice.
Stacey Martin has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=The Rack and Sack
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=01-Heather Adkins/Frmr. Rack & Sack Employee; :22
SUPER=01-Ann Perrin/Frmr. Rack & Sack Customer; :42
SUPER=@Stacey1; :54
RUNS=1:05
OUT Q=News 7 Roanoke
((The Rack and Sack store near Valley View Mall closed its doors permanently
at 6 p-m.
An hour earlier, employees at the store were called to an emergency
mandatory staff meeting.
They were all terminated and told the store would be shutting down.
One employee said management blamed the closing on poor sales.
But, the news was a surprise to almost everyone.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 04.39.05 - 04.39.13
IN Q=I don't know
((HEATHER ADKINS/ FORMER RACK AND SACK EMPLOYEE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO. I'M GOING BACK TO COLLEGE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS BUT I KNOW NO ONE'S GOING TO HIRE ME FOR TWO MONTHS. ))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=for two months.
Some customers were caught up in the closing as management shut the doors
refusing to let people in.
Remaining shoppers bought their groceries and strolled off while would-be
customers were turned away by a security guard.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 04.35.34 - 04.35.41
IN Q=I drive over
((ANN PERRIN/FORMER RACK AND SACK CUSTOMER: I DRIVE OVER HERE FROM SOUTHWEST
COUNTY BECAUSE I PAY HALF FOR GROCERIES THAN WHAT I PAY ELSEWHERE.))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=I pay elsewhere
Management is refusing to make any comments at this time, referring all
questions to corporate headquarters.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 03.59.23 - 03.59.36
IN Q=As this sign
((STACEY MARTIN/REPORTING: AS THIS SIGN POINTS OUT THE ONLY SHOPPERS THEY WERE
LETTING IN ARE CUSTOMERS FOR DRUG EMPORIUM LOCATED INSIDE RACK AND SACK. THAT
STORE WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL JULY 22ND. STACEY MARTIN NEWS 7, ROANOKE.))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=SM, News 7, Roanoke.
))
E-Fatal-Ax
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-38
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident
The horseshoe shape of a car that crashed in a northwest Roanoke
neighborhood yesterday tells much of the story.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Police say the car was traveling at least 76 miles per hour on the
residential street.
But witnesses say it was closer to 100.
The car sideswiped a utility pole, spun out of control and hit a second pole
with such force it pulled it out of the ground.
The driver, 29- year- old Ronald William Smith died at the scene. Police
say he was driving on a suspended license.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 9:54:19
IN Q=I just seen him
((PAUL WASHINGTON/NEIGHBOR; I JUST SEEN HIM FLYING DOWN, COMING DOWN THROUGH
THERE FLYING. I KNOW IT'S BOUND TO HAVE BEEN 85-100 MILES AN HOUR, THING ABOUT
IT, MOST EVERY AFTERNOON THEY'RE COMING DOWN THROUGH THIS WAY FLYING.
HAD YOU SEEN THIS CAR DO THIS BEFORE?
YEA, YES I HAVE.
))
SUPER=01-Paul Washington/Neighbor;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=yes I have
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The victim's sister disputes that.
Jo Ann Smith tells News 7 she owns the car, and her brother was driving it
for the first time.
(----------------)
helicopter-crash
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE
Investigators from the Army Safety Center at Fort Rucker, Alabama are on
their way to Fort Bragg to investigate yesterday's deadly helicopter crash.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fort Bragg, NC;
An Army black hawk helicopter was on a routine training mission yesterday
when it crashed and burned killing eight soldiers.
The Army says some of the bodies remain at the scene to preserve the crash
site for investigators who will arrive later this morning.
All of the dead were from the 82nd Airborne.
(----------------)
FEN-PHEN
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=medical news
There are new worries about the diet drug combination known as Fen-Phen.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
It's being prescribed more and more, despite concerns about serious side
affects.
The Mayo Clinic and the F-D-A now warn that Fen- Phen may cause serious
heart and Lung damage.
The F-D-A is NOT recommending that people stop taking the drugs, but urges
doctors and patients to be "very careful."
The maker of one of the drugs says the Mayo Clinic's report is limited and
inconclusive.
(----------------)
E-Smart-Road
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-35
GRAPHIC=Smart Road
Officials broke ground yesterday to mark the start of construction on the
smart road.
Len Besthoff was there.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=nat sound music
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :15
SUPER=@Allen; :25
SUPER=01-Andy Petersen/Ctr. for Trans. Research; :41
SUPER=01-Shireen Parsons/Smart Road Opponent; :56
RUNS=1:19
OUT Q=LB, News-7, Blacksburg.
E-Knowles
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-44
GRAPHIC=Knowles
For the second time in the past few months convicted murderer Michael
Knowles has halted court proceedings with an attempt to hurt himself.
Yesterday he tried to stab himself with a sharpened pencil before he was
sentenced to life in prison.
Teresa Hamilton was there.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Do you
SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :00
SUPER=04-File Tape; :20
SUPER=01-Max Jenkins/Knowles' Attorney; :23 QUICK!!!
SUPER=@Teresa1; :27
SUPER=01-Doug Marrs/Montgomery Co. Sheriff; :41
RUNS=1:17
OUT Q=NEWS 7, Christiansburg.
((
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Do you
((DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO TELL THE JUDGE?
MICHAEL KNOWLES/CONVICTED MURDERER:ALRIGHT, LISTEN, THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT, THIS
IS TOO IMPORTANT. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=too important.
Knowles' attorney Max Jenkins says he wasn't too surprised by this latest
incident.
Knowles pulled a similar stunt during his jury trial last month when he
attempted to cut his throat with part of a disposable razor.
(/////SOT/////)
23:05:33
SOT
IN Q=I have
((MAX JENKINS/KNOWLES' ATTORNEY:I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE PENCIL CAME FROM, I
SURE DON'T. ))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=sure don't.
take su
Sheriff Doug Marrs is equally puzzled by what happened.
He says Knowles was strip searched before being brought into the courtroom.
end su
Marrs believes Knowles either found the pencil lying on a desk-- or possibly
found one in a holding cell.
(/////SOT/////)
23:19:26
SOT
IN Q=There's
((DOUG MARRS/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF: THERE'S ONE PLACE THAT WE FOUND THAT WAS
UNDER A COMMODE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A
MIRROR, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK, IT'S A CREVICE, YOU KNOW WHERE IT BOLTS OT
THE FLOOR AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE CAN POSSIBLY THINK. ))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=possibly think.
Whatever the case-- one thing is certain-- security is being tightened in
terms of razors.
Whenever a disposal razor is given to a inmate-- it has to be turned back
over to authorities.
Marrs believes Knowles may have smuggled the razor into the courtroom by
concealing it inside his mouth with chewing gum.
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Christiansburg.))
P-Howell
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#597-21
GRAPHIC=HOWELL
Henry Howell may have lost three bids for governor of Virginia --
But he's being remembered as the man who brought down the exclusionary Byrd
machine of his own Democratic party.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
Howell died Monday at his Norfolk home at age 76.
He served one term in the early '70's as lieutenant governor.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:10:10
IN Q=I mean people
((PAUL GOLDMAN/FORMER VA. DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR: I MEAN PEOPLE DON'T
REMEMBER... THEY RACE-BAITED, THEY JEW-BAITED, THEY DID EVERYTHING.))
SUPER=01-Paul Goldman/Former Va. Dem. Party Chair;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=did everything.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
So it was Howell's fiery rhetoric that served as the conscience of a party
opening its doors to the working class, minorities, and women.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 13:29:24
IN Q=Needless to say
((NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT I'M EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN HAVING A NEW VIRGINIA. I
WANT TO HELP EVERYBODY, MILLS GODWIN AND ALL OF THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE VIRGINIA
CATCH UP WITH THE TIMES. ))
SOT 14:11:53
IN Q=That's his
((PAUL GOLDMAN/FORMER VA. DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR: THAT'S HIS LEGACY. IT'S A
GREAT LEGACY. YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE TREATED MORE KINDLY...HIS CONTEMPORARIES.))
SUPER=01-Henry Howell/1967;
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=his contemporaries.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=HOLD
Howell's controversial style is also credited with mobilizing the modern
Republican party in Virginia against him.
P-Swearing-in
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-36
GRAPHIC=Virginia Supreme Court
A woman from far southwest Virginia is the newest justice of the State
Supreme Court.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jonesville;
Cynthia Kinser was administered the oath yesterday morning.
She's a former Lee County Commonwealth's Attorney- -and most recently
served as the federal magistrate in Abingdon.
Kinser and George Allen were classmates in law school at the University of
Virginia.
She replaces Roscoe Stephenson on the Supreme Court bench.
(----------------)
P-Animal-Plates
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=597=31
GRAPHIC=DMV
A local group is hoping to fight pet overpopulation with a new license
plate.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The Prevent Animal Litters Coalition is campaigning for tags featuring a cat
and dog.
The group is hoping for 350 orders by September first.
Money from the tags will eventually go toward helping pet owners spay and
neuter their animals, especially cats. (/////SOT/////)
SOT 02.30.18 - 02.30.33
IN Q=We don't have
((LINDA ALBERT/SALEM ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER: WE DON'T HAVE A LAW HERE IN THE
CITY OF SALEM ON THE CATS RUNNING AT LARGE. SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GO OUT THEIR
AND WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE IT THEY'RE AN INTACT MALE OR FEMALE THEY ARE GOING
TO BE BREEDING. THE MINUTE THE FEMALE TURNS SIX MONTHS SHE USUALLY GOES INTO
HEAT AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LITTER.))
SUPER=01-Linda Albert/Salem Animal Control Officer
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=have a litter.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The Department of Motor Vehicles needs 350 orders before they'll start
making the special license plates.
After one thousand plates are sold, a portion of the proceeds from future
sales will go to help local residents cover the cost of spaying and neutering
their pets.
(XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
take pinnacle board-essC
To order an animal friendly license plate you can contact.. The Roanoke
Valley S-P-C-A, the Salem Animal Shelter or PAL-- the Prevent Animal Litters
Coalition.
(----------------)
P-Rack-n-Sack
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=597-33
GRAPHIC=rack & sack closing
A single hour before closing yesterday, management at the Rack and Sack
store next to Valley View Mall held an emergency, mandatory meeting with
employees.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
They told employees the store would be closing its doors permanently at six.
Most workers were stunned by the news that they were losing their job.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 04.39.05 - 04.39.13
IN Q=I don't know
((HEATHER ADKINS/FORMER RACK AND SACK EMPLOYEE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO
DO. I'M GOING BACK TO COLLEGE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS BUT I KNOW NO ONE'S GOING TO HIRE ME FOR TWO MONTHS.))
SUPER=01-Heather Adkins/Frmr. Rack & Sack Employee;-double out
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=for two months
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Customers were surprised too as a security guard turned some away from the
store.
Others read about the closing on this sign posted on the front doors.
Management would not comment, referring questions to corporate headquarters.
As for the Drug Emporium located inside Rack and Sack, it is apparently
staying open until July 22nd.
(----------------)
NATO
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NATO
The NATO Summit wraps up today in Madrid.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Madrid, Spain
Yesterday alliance leaders formally
invited Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic to join the group.
Today they signed a special charter tying Ukraine to the alliance.
The accord is much like the one signed by Russia's Boris Yeltsin earlier
this year.
It provides a voice, but not a veto, in NATO deliberations.
President Clinton successfuly blocked the added inclusion of Romania and
Slovenia.
(----------------)
WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
CAMPAIGN-FINANCE
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Capitol Hill/Yesterday;
While the President's out of the country Senate hearings on alleged
campaign fund-raising abuses continue on Capitol Hill.
The Senate committee investigating will hear from its first witness today,
former National Committee finance director Richard Sullivan.
Movie Actor turned Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson charged that China tried
to sway last year's U-S elections by pumping in illegal money.
Democrats countered that both
Republicans and Democrats are guilty of campaign finance abuses.
(----------------)
E-Trash-Tags
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-40
GRAPHIC=Lynchburg
Lynchburg's trash tag system is still intact.
An effort to eliminate it narrowly failed during last night's city council
meeting.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
Councilman Robert Garber argued the city could easily afford to offer its
residents' free trash pickup.
But Garber's motion to repeal the trash tags failed by a four to three vote.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:20:00
IN Q=My biggest concern
((JIM WHITAKER/LYNCHBURG MAYOR: MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT IF WE ELIMINATE THE
TAG SYSTEM AND DO NOT REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING THAT ENCOURAGES RECYCLING, THAT
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT GOES INTO
THE LANDFILL, THEREFORE SHORTENING THE LIFE OF THE LANDFILL.))
SUPER=01-Jim Whitaker/Lynchburg Mayor; :00--double out
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=of the landfill.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Council instead voted to reduce the cost of the trash DECALS from 50 dollars
to 40 a year- the decals are attached to residents' garbage can.
Garber says he does NOT plans to bring up the issue again.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:29:25
IN Q=Well I think
((ROBERT GARBER/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY'S HAD ENOUGH
OF IT FOR A WHILE. I THINK WITH THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL, WE GOT WHAT WE GOT,
IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET RID OF IT THEN THEY NEED TO SEND SOME MORE PEOPLE THAT
WILL VOTE TO GET RID OF IT.))
SUPER=01-Robert Garber/Lynchburg Council Member; :00
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=get rid of it.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The new decal prices will take effect October 1st.
(----------------)
S-Computer-Dispatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=None
Computers can now make the difference between life and death, jail and
escape, and a speeding ticket or a warning.
Ellen Qualls reports on the newest tool for Virginia's state troopers.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=There's just
SUPER=03-Hanover Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Julie Blanton/State Police Dispatcher; :33
SUPER=01-Jean Henries/Virginia State Police; : :45
SUPER=@Ellen2; 1:08
RUNS=1:17
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Hanover Co.
((
There's just NO way to automate much of what Virginia State troopers do
everyday.
But as the rest of the world speeds into the computer age, Virginia's
troopers have been held back.
NAT SOT TROOPER TAPE 12:34:58
((YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 100 AND 65 MILES PER HOUR?))
RUNS=:04
No more.
Last month, the first computer-aided dispatch center went online in the
first division near Richmond.
And mounds of paperwork went away with the touch of a key.
NAT sot 11:31:44
((YEAH IT'S STATE POLICE... TRUCK FIRE.))
runs=:04
Tracking the high speed chase may in fact be the best use of the new
computer.
SOT 11:45:40
IN Q=Before, you
((JULIE BLANTON/STATE POLICE DISPATCHER: BEFORE, YOU WOULDN'T, THE
DISPATCHER'S TRYING TO WRITE THIS AND TRYING TO FLIP THE CARD BACK AND FORTH
AND KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES, AND A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO HAVE WASN'T GETTING KEPT TRACK OF.))
RUNS=:12
SOT 11:16:36
((MAJ. JEAN HENRIES/VA. STATE POLICE: THE DOWNSIDE IS WE DON'T NEED LESS PEOPLE
IN THE RADIO ROOM... MORE TIME ON THE ROAD TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.))
RUNS=:15
SOT 11:16:06
((MAJ. JEAN HENRIES: THIS IS THE PLATFORM FOR FUTURE GROWTH...MOBILE COMPUTER
TERMINALS IN OUR TROOPERS CARS, THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME IN PLACE NEXT YEAR.))
RUNS=:10
All seven divisions will be computerized by January.
Computers start going into the troopers' cars later next year.
Ellen Qualls, NEWS 7, Hanover County.))
P-Knowles
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tha
TAPE#597-27
GRAPHIC=knowles
A convicted murderer who tried to cut himself with a disposable razor in a
Montgomery County courtroom recently, pulled a similar stunt yesterday.
At his sentencing, Michael Knowles tried to injure himself with a sharpened
pencil.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 50:14 597-25
IN Q=Do you
((VOICE OF MAX JENKINS: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO TELL THE JUDGE?
MICHAEL KNOWLES/CONVICTED MURDERER:ALRIGHT LISTEN, THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT, THIS
IS TOO IMPORTANT. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=too important. DOUBLE OUT
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
Sheriff's deputies managed to grab the pencil away from Knowles.
He was in court yesterday to be sentenced for killing his wife.
SUPER=04-May 29;
During his trial, Knowles attempted to cut his throat with part of a
disposable razor.
The Sheriff is questioning where the pencil came from.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=We strip
((DOUG MARRS/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF:WE STRIP SEARCH THEM, BRING THEM TO A
HOLDING CELL, WE TURN AROUND THE SEARCH THEM AGAIN WHEN WE GET THEM THERE.))
SUPER=01-Doug Marrs/Montgomery Co. Sheriff;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=get them there.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Knowles was in handcuffs when he entered the courtroom-- but asked the judge
to have them removed before testifying.
After the scuffle, Knowles was sentenced to life in prison, with the
possibility of parole when he turns 65.
(----------------)
P-Moorman-Ax
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#597-23
GRAPHIC=fatal accident
Residents are calling for more patrols in their neighborhoods following an
accident where a 29- year- old man died after losing control of his car on
Moorman Avenue.
Ronald William Smith was apparently speeding.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Neighbors who live in the northwest neighborhood say they've seen the car
speeding down the street several times over the past few weeks.
Witnesses say the car was traveling nearly 100 miles per hour when it
sideswiped a pole and spun out of control.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 09:47:33
IN Q=I heard the noise
((RICHARD PRICE/WITNESSES; I HEARD THE NOISE WHEN IT FIRST STARTED AND WHEN THE
CAR GOT OVER THE HILL IT WAS WEAVING AND THEN THE CAR, IT GOT UP OFF THE GROUND
AND HIT THAT POLE.
SOT 9:54:21
PAUL WASHINGTON/NEIGHBOR; I KNOW IT'S BOUND TO HAVE BEEN 85 OR 85 OR 100 MILES
AN HOUR, BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT IT, EVERY AFTERNOON THEY'RE COMING DOWN
THROUGH THIS WAY.))
SUPER=01-Richard Price/Witness; :00
SUPER=01-Paul Washington/Neighbor; :11
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=through this way
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The car crashed near a playground where children were playing... the spare
tire landed just a few feet away.
The victim's sister says she owns the car, and her brother was driving it
for the first time.
(----------------)
smart-highway
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=amo
TAPE#net (edit of 597-26)
GRAPHIC=smart road
Construction on a six mile road that stretches from Blacksburg to Interstate
81 is underway.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
The Smart Road road will provide a testing ground for Virginia Tech and
private researchers.
They will study road-to- vehicle communication as well as automated vehicle
control possibilities.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:47:09
IN Q=This
((GOVERNOR GEORGE ALLEN: THIS ROAD OF DREAMS...THAT ONCE IT'S BUILT, THEY WILL
COME. AND WHAT WILL COME WITH THEM IT'LL BE INNOVATIVE IDEAS. FORWARD LOOKING
IDEAS, NOT STODGY, STAGNANT IDEAS, BUT THOSE WHO ARE CREATIVE, ARE LOOKING AT A
BETTER WAY OF GOING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=transportation.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Right now the first stretch of two miles is underway-- that phase should be
completed by next summer, with a price tag of 17-point- three million dollars.
But not everyone at yesterday's announcement was praising the project.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 40:24
IN Q=nat sound
(( ))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=its lovely green mountains.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Opponents say the project is destroying the scenic area.
One of them was was arrested during the Governor's speech.
(----------------)
P-Poplar-Forest
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-22
GRAPHIC=none
Architecture was just one of Thomas Jefferson numerous accomplishments.. and
150 years after his death, students are still learning from his techniques.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.;
Twenty-two students from around the world are taking part in the fifth
annual Prince of Wales Summer School in Architecture.
They're spending six weeks studying historic restoration techniques in the
United States.
That included a stop in Bedford County, where craftsmen are working to
preserve Jefferson's Poplar Forest estate.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:23:48
IN Q=Poplar Forest
((RICHARD JOHN/PRINCE OF WALES ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL: POPLAR FOREST, I THINK, IS
AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CONSERVATION WORLD HAS PIONEERED THE
PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF TRADITIONAL
BUILDING TECHNIQUES, WHICH ARE OFTEN FAR BETTER THAN CONTEMPORARY BUILDING
TECHNIQUES. THEY'RE TRIED AND TESTED, THERE'S A REASON WHY THESE TRADITIONS
WERE ESTABLISHED.))
SUPER=01-Richard John/Architecture School; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=traditions were established.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The summer school is also spending time in Charlottesville, Washington D.C.
and Berkeley, California.
(----------------)
4-SCORES
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=tyson, mike
The waiting could end for Mike Tyson today.
Nevada regulators hold a hearing to decide his punishment for biting
Evander Holyfield's ears during last month's title fight.
They could revoke his boxing license and fine him up to three million
dollars.
Lee Cowan reports.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
4:00:00-newspath
IN Q=
SUPER=01-Mike Tyson/Former Heavyweight Champion; :13 quick
SUPER=01-Mills Lane/Referee; :32
SUPER=01-Evander Holyfield/Heavyweight Champion; 1:17
SUPER=01-Lee Cowan/Reporting; 1:30
RUNS=1:45
OUT Q=CBS NEWS, Las Vegas.
((
MIKE TYSON AND HUMILITY ARE ABOUT AS GOOD A PAIR, AS BOXING GLOVES AND BRASS
KNUCKLES...THEY DON'T MIX.
BUT LAST WEEK...MIKE TYSON SUDDENLY FOUND HUMILITY IN HIS CORNER.
SUPER: MIKE TYSON/FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
"I apologize to the world, my family and the Nevada State Athletic Commission
that has always treated me fairly.....I was wrong and I expect to pay the
price like a man."
HIS CAREER HAD TAKEN A BLOW HARDER THAN ANY HE EVER THREW IN THE RING...
MILLS LANE//REFEREE:"You lose credibility, if you lose that, that's all you
have to sell in
life."
TYSON THE CHAMPION, BECAME TYSON THE DISQUALIFIED...NOT TECHNICALLY DEFEATED,
BUT TO MANY BOXING FANS, A LOSER ANYWAY.
MARCUS MATHEWS
ROUND THREE BECAME THE OBSESSION OF THE NEVADA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION LAST
WEEK...REPLAYING THE NOW INFAMOUS BITE THAT LEFT HOLYFIELD'S EAR IN
TATTERS...AND TYSON'S TACTICS MATCHED WITH THAT OF A JUNK YARD DOG.
AS TIME WORE ON, TALK TURNED FROM REVENGE TO PUNISHMENT.
EVANDER HOLYFIELD//HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION:The person who committed the crime,
should have to do the time.
BUT AT 31...TIME IS SOMETHING TYSON IS RUNNING SHORT ON...HIS BITE MAY HAVE
SILENCED HIS BARK FOREVER.
TODAY'S DECISION IS WIDELY SEEN AS AN ATTEMPT TO HOLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS TO A
NEW AND HIGHER STANDARD AND AT THE SAME TIME TO PUNISH AND THE MAN WHO MANAGED
TO BOTH SYMBOLIZE AND DEMONIZE THE SPORT OF BOXING. LC CBS NEWS LV.))
by SS