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1-News-Head
ANCHOR=Keith
The dead man's car has been spotted around town several times since
72-year old Samuel York was found stabbed to death in Lynchburg last week.
Coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX, we'll hear from police on that.
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VO-NAT
And a home improvement story about new windows and doors that cost more
than the house is worth.
Homeowner Vera Anderson's not the only one who's unhappy.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#SPORTS HEAD
GRAPHIC=NONE
Tonight in sports, the Redskins-Giants game last night was almost too painful
to watch, but the performance of Tiki Barber was as good as advertised.
We'll talk with the Giants rookie tonight,
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VO-NAT eng#
Plus, check in with Steve Mason in Charlottesville as the Cavaliers and
Hokies prepare to play the 1997 version of the Clash in the Commonwealth this
Saturday.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
A really nice forecast ahead as the winds die down tomorrow and
WeatherSchool tries to take away our seasons.
L'burg-Murder
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-80
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Lynchburg police may have their first strong lead in last week's murder of
an elderly man.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
72- year- old Samuel J. York was found stabbed to death in his apartment the
night of November 17th.
York's car.. a 1993 red Lexus.. was reported missing from the scene.
Witnesses tell police they've seen the car around Lynchburg, being driven by
27- year- old Kenneth Lloyd Lawson.
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SOT 1:57:25
IN Q=Car has been
((INVEST. DANNY VIAR/LYNCHBURG POLICE: CAR HAS BEEN SEEN IN LYNCHBURG, WE'VE
GOTTEN NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS, WE'VE INTERVIEWED NUMEROUS WITNESSES WHO HAVE SEEN
HIM AND KNOW HIM, DRIVING THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE. Reporter: Just haven't been
able to catch up with it yet? NO, WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE THAT THE VEHICLE IS EVEN
IN THE LYNCHBURG AREA. IT HASN'T BEEN SEEN REALLY FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE
DAYS.))
SUPER=01-Invest. Danny Viar/Lynchburg Police; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=four or five days.
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VO-NAT
Lawson currently is being sought on auto theft charges.
Viar would "not" say if police consider him a suspect in York's murder.
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Pitts-Fatal
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-87
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident
One person is dead and another seriously injured
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;
after their car flipped in Pittsylvania County around 3:40 this afternoon.
Rescue workers say they found a man and a woman lying on the ground near the
wreck but they could not tell who had been driving.
Police say the driver lost control on Route 726, veered across the road and
crashed into signs and a phone box -- before the car overturned.
The accident happened at the intersection of Route 726 and Marvin Collie
Road.
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Pacesetter
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=Keith
TAPE#97-74
GRAPHIC=NONE
Replacing the windows in your home can reap big dividends: ...lower your
heating bill, improve security, increase the value of your home and make it
look better.
Be sure you know what you're getting into, though.
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SOT
IN Q=Vera Anderson
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Vera Anderson/Botetourt Co. Homeowner; :11
SUPER=01-Joe Casanova/Pacesetter Sales Manager; 1:36
SUPER=01-Helen Watts/Pacesetter Customer; 2:37
SUPER=01-Fran Stephanz/Better Business Bureau; 2:46
RUNS=3:09
OUT Q=companies out there.
(( Vera Anderson and her husband had wanted better windows in their modest
home ever since they first moved in as teenaged newly- weds in the early 70's.
6:05:55
((I JUST FEEL LIKE WE JUST GOT TAKEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PAY ENOUGH
ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS BEING SAID.))
RUNS=:08
They bought ten windows, paying almost 1,000 apiece. Six weeks later the
Pacesetter salesman came back and convinced them to buy a couple of storm doors
and a primary door.
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SOT 5:56:30
IN Q=
((LIKE A DUMMY, I JUMPED ON IT. HA.))
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=
Pacesetter completely re-wrote the contract- -doubling the term of payments
from five years to ten. The interest rate remained above 15- and- a half
percent.
The house is worth 17-thousand-200 dollars, by Botetourt County's most
recent assessment... a home that has no central heat, no indoor plumbing.
By the year 2006, the Anderson's will have spent 27-thousand dollars on
their SEVENTEEN thousand dollar house.
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SOT 6:03:45
IN Q=
((TO ME IT WASN'T PRESENTED THAT WAY. THE WAY HE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT WASN'T
PRESENTED AT THAT HIGH A PRICE.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=
NEWS 7 obtained estimates from three local firms for windows and doors on
the Anderson house. We asked for top-of-the-line materials.
They were all within a hundred dollars of one another.
The HIGHEST one was still one third the price the Anderson's paid ...before
adding finance charges.
The total amount was well over 13-thousand dollars, including credit health
and life insurance, title and recording fees to attach a lien on the house.
But Pacesetter doesn't try to be competitive on price.
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SOT 15:02:15
IN Q=
((I'M SAYING YOU COULD BUY WINDOWS FOR LESS THAN A THIRD OF THAT COST. AND I'M
GOING TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU. BUT YOU CAN ALSO BUY VINYL WIDOWS THAT
ARE 50% MORE THAN OURS ARE. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=
Pacesetter did throw in a free set of blinds on the picture window.
But there's no molding.
6:36:55 -at the picture window
((THEY DON'T DO WOODWORK AROUND WINDOWS. YOU HAVE TO PAY EXTRA FOR THAT.))
RUNS=:04
The unfinished edge of paneling doesn't meet the window.
Pacesetter operates in 40 states with headquarters in Omaha. The company
maintains an office on Peters Creek Road in Roanoke.
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SOT 15::11:05
IN Q=
((WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF VERY HAPPY, SATISFIED
CUSTOMERS. OK? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO AIR A STORY ON ONE OF THOSE. I KNOW YOU'RE
NOT.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=
The Andersons are NOT alone in their dissatisfaction.
Pacesetter salesman Steve Hartsock told the Andersons they'd get a break on
their windows, if they could get the neighbors to buy some.
Charlie and Helen Watts bought a couple of storm doors... even though they
told the Pacesetter salesman they weren't interested.
6:55:37
((HE'S REAL HARD.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE WAS DOING.
WHEN THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME, HE JUST WORRIED ME TO DEATH ABOUT IT, YOU
KNOW.))
RUNS=:09
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SOT 14:17:20
IN Q=
((THAT'S A PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH PACESETTER. THEY OUGHT TO IMMEDIATELY CALL
US AND REPORT THAT. BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED WITH NEBRASKA ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW,
"WHAT PART OF NO DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?"))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=
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SOT
IN Q=
((IF EVERY TIME SOMEONE SAID "NO" TO US ON THE PHONE, WE JUST HUNG UP THE
PHONE, WE WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS LIKE A LOT OF OTHER COMPANIES OUT THERE.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=companies out there.))
ANCHOR=Keith
Several days after we spoke with the local sales manager, Pacesetter's home
office said it would temporarily reduce the Anderson's monthly payment by
52-dollars.
That extends the life of the loan. The Anderson still owe about
12-thousand dollars on the contract.
Mrs. Anderson says "it's just delaying the inevitable."
Pacesetter HAS agreed to cancel the credit life and health insurance they
bought as part of the deal.
We'll have more on that on NEWS 7 at 11.
Harmony-Hall
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-67
GRAPHIC=Leagal Scales
There's no question Tracey Outlaw exposed herself while working at a Wythe
County strip bar, known as Harmony Hall.
But Judge Danny Bird could NOT say if Outlaw's actions were obscene because
the county does NOT have a specific definition.
Today the judge agreed to dismiss the charges against her, pending good
behavior.
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SOT
IN Q=She was
((BEV DAVIS/OUTLAW'S ATTORNEY: SHE WAS NOT A CAREER DANCER AT ALL BY AN MEANS
AND SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO PUT FOOD ON HER TABLE FOR HER TWO KIDS. ))
SUPER=01-Bev Davis/Outlaw's Attorney;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=two kids.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Wythe Co.;
Charges against manager, Bobby Ray Caviness, will also be dismissed pending
good behavior.
He allegedly allowed alcohol inside the establishment without the proper
permit.
Two obscenity related charges were dismissed before court began.
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4:05:25:02
SOT
IN Q=I know
((ROBBIE JENKINS/CAVINESS' ATTORNEY:I KNOW THEY STATED IT WAS BECAUSE WYTHE
COUNTY HAD NO OBSCENITY ORDINANCE AT THE TIME IN QUESTION-- I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT
WAS BECAUSE WE HAD FILED SEVERAL SUBPOENAS FOR DOCUMENTS TO OBTAIN NAMES AND
ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE WHO HAD RENTED X RATED VIDEOS IN SEVERAL VIDEO STORES HERE
IN THE COUNTY, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY WANTED TO GET INTO THAT, TODAY.))
SUPER=01-Robbie Jenkins/Caviness' Attorney; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=that today.
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VO-NAT
Charges against several other employees will also be dismissed pending good
behavior.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
The quality of your child's daycare could change soon. We'll tell you what
some childcare providers are worried about.
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VO-NAT
but first, we'll visit Northwest Roanoke as Joe Dashiell takes a three part
look at one of the Valley's most unique neighborhoods.
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Fire-Death
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-70
GRAPHIC=NONE
An elderly Lynchburg woman who was burned in a fire three weeks ago has died
of her injuries.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/November 4;
80- year- old Rena Davis was pulled from her burning home on Otey (OH-tee)
Street the night of November 4th.
She was flown to the U-V-A Medical Center, but died last week.
Firefighters rescued two other residents from an upstairs window.
The house did "not" have a smoke detector.
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1-Northwest
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-75
GRAPHIC=Northwest Passages
Northwest Roanoke is a neighborhood like any other. But it also has a
unique set of problems.
This week, we'll take a closer look in our series Northwest Passages.
Double Box=Keith & Joe/Microwave
Tonight, Joe Dashiell has the first installment.
Live=Joe Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Joe1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
Keith, Northwest Roanoke is actually a patchwork of neighborhoods,
prosperous and poor, that stretches westward from Williamson Road.
It is the corridor along Orange and Melrose Avenues we're talking about
tonight,
Take Fullscreen LIVE Northwest Passages
a portion where some of the most difficult challenges lie.
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SOT
IN Q=I was sinking
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :08
SUPER=01-Michael Hicks/Chorus Director; :23
SUPER=04-Roanoke Public Library; :35
SUPER=01-William Taborn/Northwest Roanoke Resident; 1:01
SUPER=01-Aletha Bolden/Harrison Museum Director; 1:30
RUNS=1:56
OUT Q=over me... Amen.
((OPENS ON NAT SOUND OF CHOIR 06:56:42
IN Q=I was sinking
((I WAS SINKING, DEEP IN SIN.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=deep in sin.
On Monday nights, members of the Loudon Avenue Christian Church rattle the
rafters.
The male chorus that started with a handful of volunteer voices a year
ago, is now fifteen strong.
MORE NAT SOUND OF CHOIR 06:57:23
IN Q=God's not dead
((GOD'S NOT DEAD. HE'S STILL ALIVE.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=still alive.
SOT MICHAEL HICKS 07:32:11
IN Q=These guys here
((THESE GUYS HERE ARE GUYS THAT SAY THEY CAN'T SING, SO WITH THE POWER OF GOD,
WE ALLOWED THEIR VOICES TO SING OUT.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=voices to sing out.
Northwest neighborhoods are among the city's oldest... and William Taborn
has called the area home for more than 80 years.
SOT 15:06:16
IN Q=When I first moved up here
((WHEN I FIRST MOVED UP HERE IT HAD DIRT ROADS, AND WHEN THE CARS PASSED BY YOU
COULD SEE NOTHING BUT DUST AND MUD. ))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=nothing but dust and mud.
Taborn lives in the house his father built in 1927. A founding member of
the Hunton Lifesaving Crew, a Scout Leader for more than 30 years, he misses
the sense of security and community the neighborhood once offered.
SOT WILLIAM TABORN 15:07:23
IN Q=you could go out
(( ))
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=nobody would bother you.
As longtime residents have died or moved away, homes have fallen into
disrepair. Vacant lots have multiplied, and neighborhoods have become breeding
grounds for crime.
And yet...
SOT ALETHA BOLDEN 14:30:43
IN Q=A neighborhood
(( ALETHA BOLDEN/HARRISON MUSEUM DIRECTOR: A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE ANY OTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PEOPLE LIVING, LOVING AND LEARNING. AND HELPING EACH OTHER.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR GOOD AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR BAD AND YOU GOT YOUR UGLY, BUT WE
FOCUS ON THE GOOD.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=focus on the good.
NAT SOUND OF MALE CHORUS SINGING 07:23:33
IN Q=I feel him in my hands
(( ))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=...Amen.))
Live=Joe Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
That's not to minimize the challenges that northwest Roanoke faces.
Double Boxes=Keith and Joe/Microwave
In part two of Northwest Passages, we'll view the neighborhood through the
eyes of other residents, and the Roanoke Tribune.
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
Plunging foreign markets had investors retreating on Wall Street today.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
The DOW dropped over 113 points today to close at 77-hundred-68
NASDAQ dropped about 34 points.
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Daycare-Hearing
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-77
GRAPHIC=Childcare
The state Child day care council is rewritting the rules.
The council is trying to stream,,line daycare regulation, but some speakers
at a public hearing tonight say they are going to far.
Double Boxes=Keith/Eric MICROWAVE
Eric Earnhart is here to tell us why.
LIVE=Eric Full
SUPER=@eric1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
((Rollcue; a bit more manageable.)
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=01-Sharon Jones/Child Day-care Council; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
SUPER=01-Fran Clark/Child Care Provider;
RUNS=:46
OUT Q=does not always happen.
LIVE=Eric Full
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
Eric adlibs
Double Boxes=Keith/Eric MICROWAVE
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Comngin up tonight in sports, Steve Mason checks in from Charlottesville
where tghe Cavs have their bacsk against the wall with Tech comgin to town on
Saturday.
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VO-NAT ENG#
Plus, we'll head up to the Jack and check in with Tiki Barber, the Gianst
rookie running machine.
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S-Barber
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#RS97-1
GRAPHIC=REDSKINS/GIANTS
Last night's 7-all overtime tie between the Giants and the Redskins wasn't
much to write home about.
But the Giants' visit to Raljon, Maryland dod give photographer Scott Ayres
and I
SS=TIKI BARBER
the opportunity to get caught up with New York running back Tiki Barber, who
is having one heck of a rookie season in the NFL.
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SOT
IN Q=FIRST AUDIO
SUPER=03-Raljon, MD/Last Night; :00
SUPER=01-Tiki Barber/Giants Rookie Running Back; :20
SUPER=03-Tampa, FL; 1:30
RUNS=2:15
OUT Q=...PART OF IT ALL."
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S-UVA
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Steve
TAPE#vf97-2
GRAPHIC=tech/uva
FULL SCREEN PINNACLE
Tonight we begin our week's worth of game previews with Steve Mason who says
Virginia faces a do or die plight. If they don't beat Tech they don't go
bowling.
WIPE TO ENG FROM PINNACLE
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SOT
IN Q=FIRST AUDIO
SUPER=@steve1; :00
SUPER=01-George Welsh/UVa Head Coach; :24
SUPER=03-Raleigh, NC/November 15; :40
SUPER=01-Patrick Kerney/UVa Defensive End; :54
SUPER=01-Bryan Owen/UVa Receiver; 1:02
SUPER=01-Anthony Poindexter/UVa Captain; 1:24
RUNS=1:35
OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS.
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