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7E-Walton
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TAPE#97-67
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
An 18- year- old Danville man entered a guilty plea in court yesterday to
charges he murdered three people last year.
He could face the death penalty.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape;
Police say Percy Levar Walton killed and robbed an elderly couple and a 33-
year- old man last November.
Police found Jesse and Elizabeth Kendrick dead in their north Danville
condominium.
Later that week, Archie Moore was found in a nearby apartment, stuffed
inside a closet.
All three victims had been shot in the head and wrapped in sheets.
Commonwealth's Attorney Bill Fuller says Walton sprayed one corpse with
cologne to hide the stench and later told fellow prisoners about the crime.
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7E-Centerville
ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#97-
GRAPHIC=annexation
There's a battle going on in Halifax County between South Boston and
Centerville.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Centerville;
South Boston is hungry for the profits in Centerville-- and wants to make
the area part of South Boston.
Since Tuesday night, more than 200 people signed petitions against that
idea.
They say South Boston should cut costs first -- by merging 9-1-1 services
with the county and neighboring town of Halifax.
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SOT 18:08:54
IN Q=The petition
((BIGGY HUNT/BUSINESSMAN: THE PETITION IS STRICTLY ASKING THESE PEOPLE BY THESE
RESIDENTS TO SIT DOWN AND CONSOLIDATE. GET OUR TAXES DOWN.))
SUPER=01-Biggy Hunt/Businessman;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=get our taxes down
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VO-NAT
If these petitions do not keep South Boston at bay, Hunt says, Centerville
might become a town itself.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
South Boston's town manager declined to comment until he sees the petitions.
7E-Spong
ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#97-70
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Virginians are remembering former U-S Senator William Spong Junior, who died
yesterday of a ruptured aneurysm.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-1972;
Spong experienced chest pains yesterday morning and was taken to the
hospital where he died shortly before noon.
Spong represented Virginia in the Senate beginning in 19-66.
He served just one term before losing in 19-72 to Republican Bill Scott.
Spong never sought public office again.
SUPER=04-1994;
He was also dean of the School of Law at William and Mary and a past
president of Old Dominion University.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Warner
Senator John Warner called Spong a man of unquestioned integrity and
leadership.
William Spong was 77.
75-Dolan-Earley
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TAPE#597-46
GRAPHIC=EARLEY
Abortion has moved to the fore-front in the race for Virginia's attorney
general.
Democratic candidate Bill Dolan is calling attention to the 19-92 national
Republican party platform, which republican candidate Mark Earley helped write.
It calls for an amendment to the Constitution banning abortion.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
But Earley says it's silly to say that could be done in Virginia.
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SOT 03;00:28
IN Q=As attorney
((SEN. MARK EARLEY: AS ATTORNEY GENERAL WE TAKE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE LAW OF
THE LAND. I'LL DO THAT. I'VE DONE THAT FOR TEN YEARS. BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE
TO WORK ON PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND A BAN ON PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION.))
sot 01:53:19
((BILL DOLAN/D-CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: WHAT AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
BELIEVES MATTERS. AND MARK BELIEVES THAT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE
AMENDED TO BAN ALL ABORTIONS. AND THAT INCLUDES ABORTIONS IN CASES OF RAPE OR
INCEST.))
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SS=DOLAN
Dolan says the attorney general has great powers to issue opinions and could
influence anti-abortion legislation if the Supreme Court allowed it.
SS=ABORTION
Earley says the more relevant question is if Dolan will defend the parental
notification law in court.
Dolan says he's for the concept, but NOT the exact law Virginia passed.
7weather
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Taking a look at your Thursday forecast... Another warm day on the way with
highs in the low to mid 80's with partly sunny skies.
Tonight look cooler with a chance for a shower. Nighttime lows int he upper
50's to the low 60's.
And taking a look ahead...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 10/10/97
Friday:
SUPER=130-48/Margaret Thomas/Martinsville;
SUPER=130-3/Brooke Dinwiddie/Thaxton;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-38th/Bobby & Marie Shively/Ferrum;
SUPER=130-88/Erma Sowers/Salem;
SUPER=130-7/Brittany Lafon/Pearisburg;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-11th/John & Gloria Samuel/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-13/Ryan Adkins/Galax;
SUPER=130-69/Charles Surber/Wirtz;
Saturday:
SUPER=130-17/Robbie King/Lynchburg;
SUPER=130-9/Joey Hartman/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-92/Edith Lewis/Covington;
SUPER=130-41/Doretha Brooks/Lynchburg;
SUPER=130-13/John Martin/Moneta;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-/Claudine Woody/Martinsville;
SUPER=130-19/Melissa Simpkins/Christiansburg;
SUPER=130-82/Gladys Manual/Altavista;
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555-Walton
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TAPE#597-37
GRAPHIC=LEGAL SCALES
A Danville teen could end up on Virginia's death row after pleading guilty
to three murders.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape;
Percy Levar Walton admitted to killing and robbed a 33- year- old man and
an elderly couple last November.
Commonwealth's Attorney Bill Fuller says Walton sprayed cologne on one
corpse to cover up the smell.
And he says Walton told fellow prisoners about committing the murders.
Walton will be sentenced later this month.
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555-Reform-Candidates
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TAPE#597-35
GRAPHIC=campaign 97
The Virginia Reform party is striking back after it was excluded from
Monday's gubnatorial debate.
The party is seeking legal help from the A-C-L-U.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
The reform party grew out of Ross Perot's presidential bid.
It has nominated two candidates for statewide office... after its original
standard- bearers dropped out.
Sue Harris DeBauche (de-BUSH) runs a day care center in Henry County -- and
her name is on the ballot for governor.
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SOT 02;44:22
IN Q=Don't let
((DON'T LET A FEW DIEHARD REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO LITERALLY, I BELIEVE,
WOULD VOTE FOR MICKEY MOUSE AND DONALD DUCK IF THEY WERE RUNNING ON THOSE TWO
PARTIES-- THEY WOULD LITERALLY VOTE FOR THEM. THEY WOULD HAVE SOME VOTES. AND
THERE WOULD BE NO BRAIN POWER HERE AS TO WHETHER THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE ENTITIES,
ARE FICTITIOUS OR REAL.))
SUPER=01-Sue Harris DeBauche/Virginia Reform Party;
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OUT Q=or real.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/Monday Night;
DeBauche (de-BUSH) needs ten percent of the vote for the Reform party to
stay on Virginia ballots.
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55E-Centerville
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TAPE#97-
GRAPHIC=annexation
Is south Boston getting land greedy?
Some Halifax County residents think so.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Centerville;
South Boston is hungry for the profits in Centerville-- and wants to make
the area part of South Boston.
Since Tuesday night, more than 200 people signed petitions against that
idea.
They say South Boston should cut costs first -- by merging 9-1-1 services
with the county and neighboring town of Halifax.
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SOT 18:08:54
IN Q=The petition
((BIGGY HUNT/BUSINESSMAN: THE PETITION IS STRICTLY ASKING THESE PEOPLE BY THESE
RESIDENTS TO SIT DOWN AND CONSOLIDATE. GET OUR TAXES DOWN.))
SUPER=01-Biggy Hunt/Businessman;
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OUT Q=get our taxes down
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VO-NAT
If these petitions do not keep South Boston at bay, Hunt says, Centerville
might become a town itself.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
South Boston's town manager declined to comment until he sees the petitions.
555-backup-Flu
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TAPE# 597-44
GRAPHIC=flu generic
Scientists around the world are keeping an eye on a Hong Kong influenza
virus.
It APPEARS to be very similar to several strains that killed millions of
people earlier this century-- but no one's prepared yet to say this virus will
be that deadly.
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VO-NAT
Regardless-- doctors in the U-S are urging people to get a flu shot.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:03:14
IN Q=Is the
((DR. STEVEN MOSTOW/ROSE MEDICAL CENTER: IS THE VACCINE
EFFECTIVE? IN ABOUT 70% OF ADULTS WHO GET THE VACCINE, THERE WILL BE NO
INFECTION IF THEY'RE EXPOSED TO INFLUENZA. IN THE 30% NOT COMPLETELY
PROTECTED, IT IS A MUCH MILDER ILLNESS.))
OUT Q=milder illness.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:04:29
IN Q=We must get
((DR. GREGORY POLAND/MAYO CLINIC: WE MUST GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT THIS
VACCINE SAVES LIVES, PREVENTS SUFFERING, IS READILY AVAILABLE AND IS FREE, AT
LEAST TO MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Steven Mostow/Rose Medical Center, Denver; :00
SUPER=01-Dr. Gregory Poland/Mayo Clinic; :17
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OUT Q=medicare beneficiaries.
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VO-NAT
The Flu infects an estimated 25 million Americans each year, killing at
least 20-to-40 thousand.
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55weather
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Taking a look at your Thursday forecast... You can expect another mild
October day with highs in the low to mid 80's with partly sunny skies.
Tonight look cooler with a chance for a shower. Nighttime lows int he upper
50's to the low 60's.
And taking a look ahead...
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8E-Walton
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-67
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
An 18 year old Danville man has admitted to killing three people last year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape;
Percy Levar Walton pleaded guilty yesterday to killing and robbing an
elderly couple and a 33- year- old man.
Police found Jesse and Elizabeth Kendrick dead in their north Danville
condominium last November.
Later that week, Archie Moore was found in a nearby apartment, stuffed
inside a closet.
All three victims had been shot in the head and wrapped in sheets.
Commonwealth's Attorney Bill Fuller says Walton sprayed one corpse with
cologne to hide the stench and later told fellow prisoners about the crime.
Walton could receive the death penalty when he is sentenced at the end of
the month.
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8E-Spong
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TAPE#97-70
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Friends, family and state politicians are mourning the loss of
Former U-S Senator William Spong Junior.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-1972;
He died yesterday of a ruptured aneurysm.
Spong served in the Senate in 19-66.
He was defeated for re- election in 19-72 by Republican Bill Scott and never
sought public office again.
SUPER=04-1994;
He was also dean of the School of Law at William and Mary and a past
president of Old Dominion University.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Warner
Senator John Warner called Spong a man of unquestioned integrity and
leadership.
William Spong was 77.
8S-Reform-Candidates
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-66
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97
A third-party candidate for governor may be taking legal action because she
was not invited to Monday night's gubnatorial debate.
Sue Harris DeBauche's (de-BUSH'S) chances of moving into the Governor's
mansion may be slim,
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
but if she can pick up ten percent of the vote, she will keep the Reform Party
of Virginia on the ballot NEXT year.
The Henry County day care worker is
SUPER=04-Monday;
is seeking help from the American Civil Liberties Union.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 02:42:11
IN Q=Where did
((SUE HARRIS DEBAUCHE/VA. REFORM PARTY: WHERE DID IT BECOME OKAY TO EXCLUDE
YOU AS CITIZENS AND ME AS A CANDIDATE, WHO WORKED VERY HARD TO GET TO THIS
POSITION, INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA? WHEN DID BECOME ALRIGHT FOR THE TWO
PARTIES TO MONOPOLIZE EVERYTHING.))
SUPER=01-Sue Harris DeBauche/Virginia Reform Party;
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OUT Q=monopolize everything.
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VO-NAT
DeBauche (de-BUSH) and Lieutenant Governor candidate Bradley Evans are the
first third-party candidates in Virginia history to actually have their names
listed on the ballot in a statewide race.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Campaign 97
Virginia ballots have NO party affiliation listed next to candidates' names.
Sue Harris DeBauche's name will be listed above Jim Gilmore's and Don
Beyer's on the ballot.
85-Dolan-Earley
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TAPE#597-46
GRAPHIC=EARLEY
The Democratic candidate for attorney General, Bill Dolan, is putting the
abortion issue at the forefont of the campaign
He says his opponent helped write the 19-92 national Republican party
platform on abortion which calls for an amendment to the Constitution banning
abortion.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
But Earley says it's silly to say that could be done in Virginia.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 03;00:28
IN Q=As attorney
((SEN. MARK EARLEY: AS ATTORNEY GENERAL WE TAKE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE LAW OF
THE LAND. I'LL DO THAT. I'VE DONE THAT FOR TEN YEARS. BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE
TO WORK ON PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND A BAN ON PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION.))
sot 01:53:19
((BILL DOLAN/D-CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: WHAT AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
BELIEVES MATTERS. AND MARK BELIEVES THAT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE
AMENDED TO BAN ALL ABORTIONS. AND THAT INCLUDES ABORTIONS IN CASES OF RAPE OR
INCEST.))
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SUPER=@Dolan; :11
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OUT Q=rape or incest.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=DOLAN
Dolan says the attorney general has great powers to issue opinions and could
influence anti-abortion legislation if the Supreme Court allowed it.
SS=ABORTION
Earley says the more relavent question is if Dolan will defend the parental
notification law in court.
Dolan says he's for the concept, but NOT the exact law Virginia passed.
8weather
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Taking a look at your Thursday forecast... It doesn't seem like fall with
another mild day with highs in the low to mid 80's and partly sunny skies.
Tonight look cooler with a chance for a shower. Nighttime lows int he upper
50's to the low 60's.
And taking a look ahead...
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