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Thirty-Weather
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7Fatal-Chase
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TAPE#net (edit of 97-63)
GRAPHIC=Police Chase
The investigation is underway into Wednesday night's police chase that ended
in fatality.
The chase started when a car allegedly hit another car and then tried to
flee police.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Madison Heights;
43- year- old Daniel Candler and 36- year- old Janet Phelps of Madison
Heights were killed instantly when they were thrown from their vehicle after
hitting a parked car.
Lynchburg's police chief is defending his officer who was involved in the
chase Wednesday night.
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SOT 2:47:54
IN Q=It appears what
((CHIEF BENNETT: IT APPEARS WHAT THE LYNCHBURG POLICE OFFICER DID WAS NOT ONLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICY BUT WAS IN KEEPING WITH THE DUTIES OF POLICE
PERSONNEL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.))
SUPER=01-Col. Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=protect the public.
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VO-NAT
Bennett also says police found whiskey and marijuana in the wrecked car..
autopsies should reveal whether either substance played a role in this crash.
Officer Jamison, who's been on the force less than a year, will remain on
active duty while an internal review is completed.
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7E-Breedlove
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-51
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A teacher's aide in Montgomery County accused of having sex with a 13- year-
old student has lost his job and now faces additional charges.
Investigators believe 25- year- old John Breedlove was involved with yet
another student.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Ferrum/File Tape;
Breedlove, shown here during a Ferrum College basketball game, was a
teacher's aide at Auburn High school.
The latest charge accuses Breedlove of having consensual sex with a second
13- year- old student last spring.
He's also accused of asking another girl for oral sex.
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7E-Spots-Murders
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=abr
TAPE#97-65
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Police are still investigating the slayings of three Spotsylvania County
girls, but they say it's "unlikely" a man jailed in Prince William County is
the killer.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Thirty-nine- year- old Michael Alan Jett is being held in a Manassas jail on
abduction, sexual battery and attempted sodomy charges.
Authorities looking into the deaths of 16- year- old Sofia Silva,
15- year- old Kristen Lisk and her 12- year- old sister Kati now say they have
information suggesting Jett may NOT be the killer.
Jett came to the attention of police after a cellmate claimed Jett talked
about the Lisk case and molesting young girls.
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7E-Crash-Victims
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
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TAPE#97-66
GRAPHIC=Helicopter Crash
Also in Spotsylvania County, residents are mourning the lose of two
neighbors.
Two of the five Americans killed in a United Nations helicopter crash in
Bosnia were from the area.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bosnia/Wednesday
Retired F-B-I agents and next door neighbors David "Kris" Kriskovich and
Olivio Albert (Ba-satch-io) Beccaccio were identified by U-N officials.
Kriskovich was a deputy with the U-N's International Task Force in Bosnia
and Beccaccio (Ba-Satch-io) was his assistant.
The men were serving in Bosnia since March to rebuild the Bosnian police
force.
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7New-Target
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE#597-31
GRAPHIC=Valley View Mall
A new store coming to Roanoke could give Wal-Mart some competition.
A new Target store is in the works for Valley View Mall.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
A parcel of land next to Wal-Mart is being graded for a Target discount
store-- one of the most successful discount chains in the country.
Sources tell News 7 that Target will have some neighbors in the new
developmentment.
Five companies have reportedly signed up-- including the Sports Authority,
Petsmart, and Ruby Tuesdays.
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7weather
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Taking a look at your Friday forecast... Mostly sunny skies today with
summertime highs in the low to mid 80's.
Tonight looks clear and mild with lows dropping to the low to mid 60's.
And taking a look ahead...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 9/21/97
Sunday:
SUPER=130-6/Brittany Bean/Christiansburg;
SUPER=130-/Jerome Woody/Glade Hill;
SUPER=130-7/Dale Inman/Ferrum;
SUPER=130-2/Christian Gallaher/Monroe;
SUPER=130-27/Lisa Albert/Merrimac;
SUPER=130-7/Chelsea Ayers/Thaxton;
SUPER=130-18/Justin Bishop/Martinsville;
SUPER=130-5/Amethyst Hurt/Rustburg;
Monday:
SUPER=130-7/Destiny Lyons/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-9/David Strader/Danville;
SUPER=130-11/Adam Painter/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-3/Hannah Lukin/Lynch Station;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-35th/Jennings & Mary Bolt/Floyd;
SUPER=130-36/Vickie Turner/Collinsville;
SUPER=130-11/Heather Bentley/Christiansburg;
SUPER=130-8/Ellie Witt/Salem;
SUPER=130-/Herbert Cundiff/Eden NC;
SUPER=130-4/Barry Smith/Chatham;
SUPER=130-43/Richard Bishop/Martinsville;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-/Raynell Bracey/Chatham;
SUPER=130-/18/Kristen Blankenship;
SUPER=130-/Howard Eames/Snow Creek;
SUPER=130-/LaVerne Brooks/Martinsville;
SUPER=130-94/Mrs. Dulaney/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-/Cristle Proctor/Roanoke;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-28th/Rita & Harold Stump/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-/Adelle Adams/Sycamore;
SUPER=130-7/Malika Patterson/Roanoke;
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55Fatal-Chase
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#net (edit of 97-63)
GRAPHIC=Police Chase
An internal investigation is underway at the Lynchburg Police Department
following a police chase that turned deadly.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Madison Heights;
43- year- old Daniel Candler and 36- year- old Janet Phelps of Madison
Heights were killed instantly when they were thrown from their vehicle after
hitting a parked car.
Lynchburg's police chief is defending his officer who was involved in the
chase Wednesday night.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 2:47:54
IN Q=It appears what
((CHIEF BENNETT: IT APPEARS WHAT THE LYNCHBURG POLICE OFFICER DID WAS NOT ONLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICY BUT WAS IN KEEPING WITH THE DUTIES OF POLICE
PERSONNEL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.))
SUPER=01-Col. Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=protect the public.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Bennett also says police found whiskey and marijuana in the wrecked car..
autopsies should reveal whether either substance played a role in this crash.
Officer Jamison, who's been on the force less than a year, remains on active
duty.
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555-Breedlove
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#597-37
GRAPHIC=legal scales
A Montgomery County teacher's aid is facing more charges of having sex with
minors.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Riner;
Twenty-five year old John Breedlove, was working as a teacher's aid at
Auburn High school and Middle School when he was arrested last week for having
consensual sex with a 13 year old female student.
Breedlove is NOW accused of having sex with another 13- year- old girl--
last spring.
Investigators say Breedlove is also accused of asking a third student for
oral sex.
Montgomery County's school superintendent says Breedlove's job has been
terminated.
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55Death-Row
ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#none
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Virginia death row inmate Michael Satcher will NOT get a new trial.
Satcher was convicted of the 1990 murder of a woman on an Arlington bike
path.
The appeals court overturned a federal judge's decision to order a new trial
for the 29-year-old Satcher.
The appeals court also rejected defense claims that a new D-N-A
test contradicts a previous test that helped convict Satcher.
55E-Danville-Fire
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-64
GRAPHIC=Fire
Danville fire investigators believe children are suspected of starting a fire
yesterday at an abandoned house. (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville
No one lives at 839 Stokes Street, but neighborhood children use it as a
clubhouse.
Witnesses say they were playing with matches in the basement when the fire
started.
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SOT 21:46:45
IN Q=I was coming home
((TARSHA WEST/WITNESS: I WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. I SEEN THE HOUSE ON FIRE
AND THE LITTLE KIDS WERE SITTING AROUND PLAYING BY THE FIRE. AND I CAME BACK
AND TOLD EVERYONE THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE AND THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.))
SUPER=01-Tarsha West/Witness;
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OUT Q=the fire department
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VO-NAT
No one was hurt, and the fire inspector says the children ran away.
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555-Child-Support
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#597-40
GRAPHIC=none
More than 700 people face charges in the state for failing to pay child
support.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
It's round two in a crackdown on the "worst of the worst" of those parents
who refuse to pay child support.
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SOT TAPE ONE 11:35:02
IN Q=In June
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR WE LAUNCHED ...REFUSE TO SUPPORT
THEIR CHILDREN.))
SUPER=@Allen;
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OUT Q=their children.
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VO-NAT
A Danville woman says the effort netted her three-thousand dollars in a
battle that's lasted...
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SOT 11:46:07 TAPE ONE
IN Q=Through the
((LIZABETH ADKINS/DANVILLE MOTHER: THROUGH THE LAST FIVE YEARS. HE HAS NEVER
PAID CHILD SUPPORT REALLY. JUST WHEN HE'S ABOUT TO GO TO JAIL HE'LL COME UP
WITH THE LUMP SUM.))
SUPER=01-Lizabeth Adkins/Danville Mother;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=lump sum.
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VO-NAT
Enforcement officials say that despite the effort, their caseloads keep
growing, and many deadbeats know they won't soon be caught.
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55weather
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Time now to take a peek at the Friday forecast--
After patchy morning fog, skies will turn mostly sunny today.
Highs warming up into the low to mid 80s.
Clear overnight, with lows in the mid 60s.
The warm weather lasts through tomorrow, then a cooldown is ahead for
Monday...
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8Fatal-Chase
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#net (edit of 97-63)
GRAPHIC=Police Chase
The investigation continues into the fatal car chase in Lynchburg
Wednesday night.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Madison Heights;
43- year- old Daniel Candler and 36- year- old Janet Phelps of Madison
Heights were killed instantly when they were thrown from their vehicle after
hitting a parked car.
Lynchburg's police chief is defending his officer who was involved in the
chase Wednesday night.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 2:47:54
IN Q=It appears what
((CHIEF BENNETT: IT APPEARS WHAT THE LYNCHBURG POLICE OFFICER DID WAS NOT ONLY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICY BUT WAS IN KEEPING WITH THE DUTIES OF POLICE
PERSONNEL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.))
SUPER=01-Col. Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=protect the public.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Bennett also says police found whiskey and marijuana in the wrecked car..
autopsies should reveal whether either substance played a role in this crash.
Officer Jamison, who's been on the force less than a year, will remain on
active duty while an internal review is completed.
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8E-Breedlove
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-51
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
More accusations have been made against a Montgomery County teacher's
aide.
25- year- old John Breedlove was ALREADY accused of having sex with a 13-
year- old student.
Now investigators believe Breedlove was involved with ANOTHER female
student.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Ferrum/File Tape;
Breedlove, shown here during a game, was a teacher's aide at Auburn Middle
and High school.
The latest charge accuses Breedlove of having consensual sex with a second
13- year- old student last spring.
He's also accused of asking another girl for oral sex.
Breedlove has been fired.
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ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=None
Montgomery County's school superintendent, Fred Morton, says Auburn High is
an excellent school-- and hopes people won't lose faith in what has been a good
institution.
8E-Spots-Murders
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=abr
TAPE#97-65
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Authorities are now saying the man sitting in a Prince Willliam County
jail may NOT be the killer of three Spotsylvania County girls.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Thirty-nine- year- old Michael Alan Jett is being held in a Manassas jail on
abduction, sexual battery and attempted sodomy charges.
Authorities looking into the deaths of 16- year- old Sofia Silva,
15- year- old Kristen Lisk and her 12- year- old sister Kati now say they have
information suggesting Jett may NOT be the killer.
Jett came to the attention of police after a cellmate claimed Jett talked
about the Lisk case and molesting young girls.
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8E-Crash-Victims
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=abr
TAPE#97-66
GRAPHIC=None
Also in the Spotsylvania County area, two residents there were among the
five Americans killed in a United Nations helicopter crash in Bosnia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bosnia/Wednesday
Retired F-B-I agents and next door neighbors David "Kris" Kriskovich and
Olivio Albert (Ba-satch-io) Beccaccio were identified by U-N officials.
Kriskovich was a deputy with the U-N's International Task Force in Bosnia
and Beccaccio (Ba-Satch-io) was his assistant.
The men were serving in Bosnia since March to rebuild the Bosnian police
force.
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8Ferrum-Computers
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#net (edit of 97-54)
GRAPHIC=none
Ferrum College is making it possible for ALL students to have computers, no
matter what their incomes are.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.
Ferrum's President says the computers will be purchased within the next
couple of weeks, but students won't be able to use them until the spring
semester.
Educators say they hope this will make things easier for low income
students.
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SOT 2:10:08:05
IN Q=The difference
((DR. JERRY BOONE/FERRUM COLLEGE PRESIDENT:THE DIFFERENCE I THINK IS THAT OUR
STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND SO SOME OF THEM CAN NOT AFFORD TO DO THIS,
SO WE'RE OFFERING THIS TO EVERYBODY. WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY STUDENT
HAVE THE AVAILABILITY AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Jerry Boone/Ferrum College President;
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OUT Q=doing it
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VO-NAT
The 700-thousand dollar project includes hiring technical support to deal
with any problems that may arise.
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8weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
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Friday's weather outlook is very pleasant--
Expect mostly sunny skies and warm highs in the mid 80s.
Skies staying clear overnight, with lows in the mid 60s.
Sunny and warm tomorrow, then showers move in by Sunday.
Cooler temperatures move in on Monday...
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