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7bedford-shooting


ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#97-
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Two men are dead and another is facing charges after an argument reportedly turned fatal in Bedford last night.
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SUPER=03-Bedford/Last Night


The shooting happened shortly before Seven last night.
Witnesses say the shooting stemmed from an argument about stolen tennis shoes.
Police have a suspect in custody-- 23- year- old Andre Eugene Evans.
He's facing first degree, and capital murder charges.
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((WE FOUND HIM HIDING IN A BASEMENT IN HIS HOUSE. NO, NOT HIS HOUSE. ))
SUPER=01-Chief Milton Graham/Bedford City Police;
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OUT Q=NOT HIS HOUSE. (DOUBLE OUT)
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VO-NAT


This is the first murder in Bedford in Six and a half years.
The victims have been identified as 25- year- old Timothy Ray Robinson and 25- year- old Lorin Tyler Murphy, both of Bedford County.
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7S-Weed-Seed


ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#97-62
GRAPHIC=Drug Bust


It's been a busy week for the Lynchburg police department.
Sixty people are facing charges after they were caught in part of the city's "Weed and Seed" program.
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SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Friday; :00


It started with the demolition of a suspected crack house last week, and continued with anti-crime sweeps through two neighborhoods over the weekend.
SUPER=04-Yesterday; :09


Police said yesterday they arrested 28 people on drug charges, ten for soliciting a prostitute, nine for driving under the influence and thirteen others on other charges.
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SOT 14:13:47
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((CAPT. LEON THOMAS/LYNCHBURG POLICE: WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL, GETTING THE NUMBERS IN THE ARRESTS, IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, AGAIN, IS TO RESTORE PUBLIC ORDER IN PUBLIC PLACES AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES. THIS IS AMERICA, PEOPLE NEED NOT TOLERATE OPEN- AIR DRUG MARKETS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES.))
SUPER=01-Capt. Leon Thomas/Lynchburg Police; :00
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OUT Q=of their houses.
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VO-NAT


Police hope the show of force encourages residents to take back their neighborhoods.
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7Cressel


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=legal scales


Emmett Cressell Junior WILL be tried for malicious wounding in the attack of a neighbor in Grayson County.
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Grayson-Murder, 8/10/97, 97-44
The attack came three weeks before Cressell and Louis Ceparano, who are white, allegedly burned and beheaded a black acquaintance.
Ceparano is charged with capital murder in the death of Garnett Johnson. Cressell is charged with first-degree murder.
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A preliminary hearing in the murder case is set for October 7th.


7Day-Care


ANCHOR=Melanie
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Virginia officials want to put children first.
The chairman of a state commission on children says the General Assembly will take up measures next year to improve regulation of day-care centers.
And Senator Stanley Walker said the legislation will include increased inspection funding.
Walker yesterday chided the Department of Social Services for failing to seek more money to hire enough inspectors to visit all child-care providers at least twice a year, as state law requires.

7E-Rorer-Fire


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
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TAPE#97-52
GRAPHIC=fire


A Roanoke apartment house went up in flames yesterday afternoon.
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No one was home when the fire started shortly after two.
A neighbor called 9-1-1 after spotting flames coming from the building.
Firefighters had to wet down the neighboring home to prevent the blaze from spreading.
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SOT 5:00:44
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((PHILLIP TAYLOR/ROANOKE CITY FIRE: A SEARCH AND KNOCKDOWN STARTED IMMEDIATELY-- FORTUNATELY THE FIRE DID NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE ))
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The Fire Marshal hopes to pinpoint the cause of the fire today.
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7weather


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Taking a look at your Wednesday weather outlook... Bring your umbrella and maybe even a light sweater...It's going to be cool today with more rain highs reaching only the upper 50's to low 60's.
Tonight calls for more periods of rain with light winds overnight lows in the low to mid 50's.
And taking a look ahead...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 9/25/97
Thursday:

SUPER=130-7/Lelyn Johnson/Roanoke;



SUPER=130-92/Camillus Camper/Fincastle;



SUPER=130-12/William Bradley/Roanoke;



SUPER=130-1/Kaithlyn Dickerson/Roanoke;



SUPER=130-6/Pamela Prillaman/Ridgeway;



SUPER=130-1/Hunter Cockran/Willis;



SUPER=130-4/Joseph Jenovese/Ironto;



SUPER=130-7/Katie Hale/Ironto;



SUPER=130-5/Holly Farris/Vinton;



SUPER=130-1/Nicole Ayers/Hurt;



(Twins)
SUPER=130-36/Herbert & Harold Durham/Roanoke;



SUPER=130-37/Rhonda Fitzgerald/Roanoke;



SUPER=130-11/Kelley Palmer/Ridgeway;



SUPER=130-15/Holly and Gary Bilbro/Roanoke;

o Pictures:

SUPER=130-/David McKee/Roanoke;

Movie Review

"In and Out" is a problematic comedy about the outing of a gay teacher. It takes a serious subject and makes a farce filled with gay cliches and silliness.
Kevin Kline plays Howard Brackett, a well loved english teacher and coach who is labeled as gay by a former student (Matt Dillon) when he thanks Howard in his Oscar acceptance speech. Joan Cusack is wonderful as Howard's flabbergasted fiance, Debbie Reynolds has a grand time as Howard's wedding obsessed mother and Tom Selleck plays a gay television reporter who follows Howard around to get his story.

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"In and Out" gets a B. It has some delightful moments but there is so much more that could have been done with the concept. cutopen

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55bedford-shooting


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-
GRAPHIC=murder investigation


Two men are dead and another faces charges in connection with a fatal shooting last night in Bedford.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford/Last Night


The shooting happened shortly before Seven last night.
Witnesses say the shooting stemmed from an argument about stolen tennis shoes.
Police have a suspect in custody-- 23- year- old Andre Eugene Evans.
He's facing first degree, and capital murder charges.
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SOT 8:45:30
IN Q=we found him

((WE FOUND HIM HIDING IN A BASEMENT IN HIS HOUSE. NO, NOT HIS HOUSE. ))
SUPER=01-Chief Milton Graham/Bedford City Police;
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OUT Q=NOT HIS HOUSE. (DOUBLE OUT)
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VO-NAT


This is the first murder in Bedford in Six and a half years.
The victims have been identified as 25- year- old Timothy Ray Robinson and 25- year- old Lorin Tyler Murphy, both of Bedford County.
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55NC-MURDER


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=murder investigation


Two teenage brothers from Richmond have been charged with gunning down a North Carolina state trooper and a sheriff's deputy during a routine traffic stop.
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SUPER=03-Fayetteville, NC;


Both were shot several times with an assault weapon when they pulled the car over on Interstate 95.
The suspects, 17- year- old Kevin Salvador Golphin and 19- year- old Tilmon Charles Golphin, were arrested last night following a 20-mile high speed chase and shootout with four deputies.
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55EEOC


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 597-32)
GRAPHIC=NONE


In Roanoke today, picketers plan to greet visitors at the offices of Senators Robb and Warner and Representative Bob Goodlatte.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke;


Minority groups are protesting what they call the Roanoke Valley delegation's alleged inaction regarding reforms of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or E-E-O-C.
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SOT EEOC PROTEST TAPE TOT 10:12:17
IN Q=They know

((HENRY CRAIGHEAD/PICKETER: THEY KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, GOING WRONG, WITH THE E-E-O-C AND THEY WON'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT WHEN THEY TALK TO US, THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT, AND THAT'S THE END OF IT.))
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SUPER=04-Monday;


Meanwhile, the topic of racial discrimination made the agenda of Monday night's city council meeting in Roanoke.
City workers have filed discrimination complaints with several federal agencies.
Roanoke Mayor David Bowers says IF the city is discriminating-- he won't tolerate it.
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555-Weed-Seed


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
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TAPE#597-41
GRAPHIC=l'burg seal


Lynchburg's police are starting to make a significant dent in the city's drug crime.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Friday; :00


The city kicked things off last week by tearing down a suspected crack house.
SUPER=04-Yesterday; :05


Yesterday, police announced they made 60-arrests over the weekend... on charges ranging from drug possession to solicitation of prostitution.
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((CAPT. EARL BURNETTE/LYNCHBURG POLICE: WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ACTION WILL MAKE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER, IT WILL LET PEOPLE BE AWARE THAT POLICE ARE GOING TO PATROL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AGGRESSIVELY ENFORCE THE LAWS.))
SUPER=01-Capt. Earl Burnette/Lynchburg Police; :00
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OUT Q=enforce the laws.
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VO-NAT


All of the arrests were made during sweeps in the Tinbridge Hill and College Hill areas of Lynchburg.
Police hope the show of force will encourage residents to take back their neighborhoods.
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55albert


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=albert, marv


In Arlington, the prosecution plans to call more witnesses today in the sex-abuse trial of Sportscaster Marv Albert.
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VO-NAT


Albert's accuser spent much of yesterday on the stand.
The defense tried to destroy her credibility by playing a recording in which she offers a potential witness a car and money in exchange for damaging testimony about Albert.
The woman says she was only joking.
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55weather


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Time now to check out the Wednesday forecast.
More rain likely today, with cool highs around 60.
Periods of rain continuing overnight.
Lows not dropping too much-- only into the mid 50s.
As for the extended outlook--
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8bedford-shooting


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-
GRAPHIC=murder investigation


An argument turned deadly last night in Bedford when two men were shot, and another was left facing charges.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford/Last Night


The shooting happened shortly before Seven P-M.
Witnesses say the shooting stemmed from an argument about stolen tennis shoes.
Police have a suspect in custody-- 23- year- old Andre Eugene Evans.
He's facing first degree, and capital murder charges.
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SOT 8:45:30
IN Q=we found him

((WE FOUND HIM HIDING IN A BASEMENT IN HIS HOUSE. NO, NOT HIS HOUSE. ))
SUPER=01-Chief Milton Graham/Bedford City Police;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=NOT HIS HOUSE. (DOUBLE OUT)
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VO-NAT


This is the first murder in Bedford in Six and a half years.
The victims have been identified as 25- year- old Timothy Ray Robinson and 25- year- old Lorin Tyler Murphy, both of Bedford County.
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85-Weed-Seed


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-41
GRAPHIC=l'burg seal


The Hill City is cleaning up its act-- and Lynchburg police say it's all thanks to the new Weed and Seed program.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Friday; :00


The city kicked things off last week by tearing down a suspected crack house.
SUPER=04-Yesterday; :05


Yesterday, police announced they made 60-arrests over the weekend... on charges ranging from drug possession to solicitation of prostitution.
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SOT 14:10:24
IN Q=We believe that

((CAPT. EARL BURNETTE/LYNCHBURG POLICE: WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ACTION WILL MAKE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER, IT WILL LET PEOPLE BE AWARE THAT POLICE ARE GOING TO PATROL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AGGRESSIVELY ENFORCE THE LAWS.))
SUPER=01-Capt. Earl Burnette/Lynchburg Police; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=enforce the laws.
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VO-NAT


All of the arrests were made during sweeps in the Tinbridge Hill and College Hill areas of Lynchburg.
Police hope the show of force will encourage residents to take back their neighborhoods.
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8EEOC


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 597-32)
GRAPHIC=race relations


The Roanoke offices of Senators Chuck Robb and John Warner, as well as that of Congressman Bob Goodlatte will have some disgruntled employees demonstrating on their doorsteps today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


Minority groups are protesting what they call the Roanoke Valley delegation's alleged inaction regarding reforms of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or E-E-O-C.
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SOT EEOC PROTEST TAPE TOT 10:12:17
IN Q=They know

((HENRY CRAIGHEAD/PICKETER: THEY KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, GOING WRONG, WITH THE E-E-O-C AND THEY WON'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT WHEN THEY TALK TO US, THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT, AND THAT'S THE END OF IT.))
SUPER=01-Henry Craighead/Picketer;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=end of it.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Monday;


Meanwhile, the topic of racial discrimination made the agenda of Monday night's city council meeting in Roanoke.
City workers have filed discrimination complaints with several federal agencies.
Roanoke Mayor David Bowers says IF the city is discriminating-- he won't tolerate it.
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8Cressel


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=legal scales


After allegedly attacking his neighbor in Grayson County, Emmett Cressell Junior will be on trial for malicious wounding.
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VO-NAT

Grayson-Murder, 8/10/97, 97-44
The attack came three weeks before Cressell and Louis Ceparano, who are white, allegedly burned and beheaded a black acquaintance.
Ceparano is charged with capital murder in the death of Garnett Johnson. Cressell is charged with first-degree murder.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD


A preliminary hearing in the murder case is set for October 7th.


8Day-Care


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Va Seal


State officials are hoping to ease the minds of working parents.
The chairman of a state commission on children says the General Assembly will take up measures next year to improve regulation of day-care centers.
And Senator Stanley Walker said the legislation will include increased inspection funding.
Walker yesterday chided the Department of Social Services for failing to seek more money to hire enough inspectors to visit all child-care providers at least twice a year, as state law requires.

8weather


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Rainy weather will continue for most of the day.
So, be sure to bring along those umbrellas.
Daytime highs will only get up to around 60.
Periods of rain likely tonight, with lows in the mid 50s.
We could see more showers tomorrow...
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