WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 11/26/97

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7Cross-Burning

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu/SLY
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Race Relations

A burning cross on the lawn behind a church in Floyd County has left its minister looking for answers.
He says this is the latest in a series of racial attacks on the church.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co.

In October Pastor Diarmuid O'Hara found graffiti on the exterior of the Indian Valley Presbyterian Church. It read "K-K-K" and "White Power." More recently someone shot out the light fixtures with a B-B gun.
Then this past weekend, a cross was found burning behind the church.
Pastor O'Hara believes the culprits may have propped the cross up against the back wall, then pushed it over into the grass when the flames appeared to threaten the church.
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SOT 13:43:35
IN Q=There are a lot of
((THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE REALLY CAUGHT UP, THEY THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE IN THE K.K.K., BUT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THEN THERE ARE SOME OF THE OLDER ONES WHO KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND THE WORST OF USING IT IT SOUNDS LIKE.))
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VO-NAT

The experience has not deterred O'Hara, who says he might return to Indian Valley once he completes his seminary work. His wife says she's not so sure that's a good idea, however.
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7E-Danville-Student

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-87
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident

Students in Danville are trying to cope with the loss of one their classmates who died in a car crash earlier this week.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Monday;

Ruth Cardwell was killed when the car she was riding in flipped over on Route 726 in Ringgold.
At Dan River High School, fellow students met in the cafeteria for counseling.
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SOT 29:53
IN Q=They're sad
((DIANNE DONOHOE/SCHOOL NURSE: THEY'RE SAD. THEY'RE ANGRY. THEY'RE SHOCKED. AND THEY'RE ALSO SHARING FUNNY TIDBITS ABOUT THE LIFE OF THIS PERSON. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE FINDING JOY IN THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH HER, IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.))
SUPER=01-Dianne Donohoe/School Nurse;
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OUT Q=relationship with her
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VO-NAT

Another student, Anton Reece, was driving the car.
The hospital is not releasing his condition.
Cardwell and Reece both earned top grades and played in the band.
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SOT 12:30
IN Q=Anton also loved
((CLARISSA KNIGHT/PRINCIPAL: ANTON IS ALSO A MUSIC LOVER, WAS A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF RUTH'S. I THINK THEIR FRIENDSHIP FORGED BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN BAND.))
SUPER=01-Clarissa Knight/Principal;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=relationship in band
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VO-NAT

Students say they will try to help the victims' families.
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75-Sussex-Prison

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#597-46
GRAPHIC=New Prison

A new prison is in the works for early next year in the Commonwealth, among the prisoners who will be relocated are Virginia's death row inmates.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Sussex Co.;

Some of the costs of justice can be measured, right here in Southside Virginia.
Sussex One and Two open their barbed wire to nearly 24-hundred inmates in just about three months.
With a combined price tag of 142-million dollars, they feature the latest in prison technology.
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SOT 11:17:48
IN Q=There's nothing
((JOHN TAYLOR/SUSSEX I WARDEN: THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR SYSTEM THAT HASN'T BEEN TESTED IN SOME OTHER CORRECTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THAT GOES FROM OUR FENCE SYSTEM, TO OUR SECURITY CONTROL SYSTEM, TO OUR BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM.))
SUPER=01-John Taylor/Sussex I Warden;
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VO-NAT

Virginia's 44 death row inmates move here from Mecklenburg in mid-February.
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SOT TAPE ONE 11:27:26
IN Q=We were designed
((WE WERE DESIGNED FOR 88 DEATH ROW CELLS TO ACCOMMODATE ANY FUTURE INCREASE IN THE POPULATION. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A RECENT DECLINE IN THE NUMBERS. BUT THAT MAY JUST BE A TEMPORARY ABERRATION.))
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OUT Q=temporary aberration.
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VO-NAT

Among the new innovations: pneumatic (new-matic) doors, controlled from a central room, where armed officers will be ready to shoot-- the instant violence breaks out.
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7weather

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Taking a look at your mid-week forecast... Partly sunny and mild today with pleasant highs in the upper 50's to low 60's.
Tonight looks mostly clear and cool with nighttime lows in the mid to upper 30's.
And taking a look ahead at your holiday forecast...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 11/27/97
Thanksgiving Day!

SUPER=130-39/Barbara Abbott/Elliston;

SUPER=130-/Evelyn Broady/Clifton Forge;

SUPER=130-2/Megan Moring/Blue Ridge;

(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-60th/Cosby & Roby Horton/Fancy Gap;

SUPER=130-7/Ambra Miller/Chatham;

SUPER=130-20/DeVon Preston/Roanoke;

SUPER=130-12/Shacarra Edmunds/Danville;

SUPER=130-5/Brittany Rigney/Fieldale;

No Pictures:

SUPER=130-/James Johnson/Hollins;

Movie Review 11/28
"Starship Troopers" is a live action cartoon with a lot of graphic, cartoonlike violence including dismemberment and decapitation by giant mechanical looking bugs.
In a militaristic future, the Earth is under attack from colonies of giant bugs from another galaxy. A group of young recruits called citizens, or cannon fodder as it turns out, take off to rescue humanity from the arachnid. Among them Casper Van Dien, Dina Mayer and Jake Busey.
Unfortunately their commanders have underestimated both the brain power and the cunning of the insects with disastrous results.
"Starship Troopers" pulls out every old army cliche and updates it with bigger, but not better, guns. Giant bug bombs may have been more effective. "Starship Troopers" gets a D+ It's too silly to be serious; too serious and bloody to work as a parody. The special effects are good, but the movie doesn't have much else to offer.
The Jackal for 12/5
"The Jackal" is a pretty good action movie if not compared either to the Fredrick Forsythe novel or the earlier movie "Day of the Jackal". Some lapses in logic need to be overlooked as well.
Bruce Willis is a ruthless, remorseless assassin known only as the jackal. He is hired by some Russian mobsters to make a very bloody, very public hit on a highly visible American.
Since the jackal is a master of disguise an FBI agent, Sidney Poitier and a Russian Major played by Diane Venora are forced by circumstances to enlist the help of an IRA terrorist, Richard Gere, who is the only person alive to ever see the jackal's face.
The first part of the movie is intriguing, but when it becomes a contest between Willis and Gere, the movie moves along predictable lines. "The Jackal" gets a B-, It works only as long as the viewer can suspend disbelief and logic. cutopen
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55Cross-Burning

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu/SLY
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Race Relations

More reports of racism in Floyd County.
A student minister in Floyd County says a cross burning on the lawn behind his church is just the latest incident.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co.

In October Pastor Diarmuid O'Hara found graffiti on the exterior of the Indian Valley Presbyterian Church. It read "K-K-K" and "White Power." More recently someone shot out the light fixtures with a B-B gun.
Then this past weekend, a cross was found burning behind the church.
Pastor O'Hara believes the culprits may have propped the cross up against the back wall, then pushed it over into the grass when the flames appeared to threaten the church.
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SOT 13:43:35
IN Q=There are a lot of
((THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE REALLY CAUGHT UP, THEY THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE IN THE K.K.K., BUT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THEN THERE ARE SOME OF THE OLDER ONES WHO KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND THE WORST OF USING IT IT SOUNDS LIKE.))
SUPER=01-Diarmuid O'Hara/Pastor
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=sounds like
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VO-NAT

The experience has not deterred O'Hara, who says he might return to Indian Valley once he completes his seminary work. His wife says she's not so sure that's a good idea, however.
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555-Danville-Student

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#597-47
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident

It's been an emotionally draining week for students at Danville's Dan River High School,
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Monday;
after a car crash killed their 16-year old classmate.
State Police say Ruth Cardwell was not wearing a seatbelt when the car she was riding-in veered off Route 726 and flipped over.
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SOT 11:59
IN Q=Ruth was a musician
((CLARISSA KNIGHT/PRINCIPAL: RUTH WAS A MUSICIAN AND A MEMBER OF THE BAND AND HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BAND FOR SEVERAL YEARS. A LOVE OF MUSIC. SHE WAS ALSO AN HONOR ROLL STUDENT.))
SUPER=01-Clarissa Knight/High School Principal;
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VO-NAT

At Dan River High School yesterday, students gathered in the cafeteria for counseling.
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SOT 29:28
IN Q=They're sharing
((DIANE DONOHOE/SCHOOL NURSE: THEY'RE SHARING WITH EACH OTHER WHAT THEIR REACTIONS WERE THE FIRST TIME THEY HEARD AND THEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THEY CAN DO TO LEND SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY AND TO EACH OTHER. THEY'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OF SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND LEANING ON EACH OTHER.))
SUPER=01-Dianne Donohoe/School Nurse;
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OUT Q=on each other
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VO-NAT

Cardwell's friend and fellow band member, Anton Reece, who was driving the car is hospitalized.
Police are still investigating.
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55E-National-Tree

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-82
GRAPHIC=Christmas

The national Christmas tree is passing through Southwest Virginia on its way to Washington.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;

This is the third year David Duvall has hauled "America's Holiday Tree" to Washington.
Yesterday-- he made a quick stop in Wythe County to visit family before heading up the interstate to complete the three thousand mile trip.
The tree is a gift from the people of South Dakota.
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12:51:12
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IN Q=When it
((MICHAEL EVANS/US FOREST SERVICE:WHEN IT WAS CUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT ABOVE ZERO, THEY HAD A 30- BELOW ZERO WIND CHILL AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO COVER THE TREE ONCE IT WAS DOWN WITH A TARP AND HEAT IT TO KEEP THE TREE FROM BREAKING AS THEY TRIED TO WRAP IT. ))
SUPER=01-Michael Evans/U.S. Forest Service; :00
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OUT Q=wrap it.
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VO-NAT

The 60 foot black hills spruce will be placed in four feet of concrete before it's decorated.
The Speaker of the House will light the tree at a ceremony December 10th.
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55E-Blacksburg-Gift

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-80
GRAPHIC=NONE

Meantime, in Montgomery County students are trying to brighten the holidays of those less fortunate.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;

A penny drive at Blacksburg High school netted 18-hundred dollars for the Montgomery County Christmas store.
The students also put together 220 food baskets for the needy.
The baskets include everything for a Thanksgiving dinner.
The students are also donating more than 600-books for children.
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55weather

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Time now to check out Wednesday's weather--
Partly sunny and even milder today, with highs heading to near 60.
Mostly clear and breezy tonight, with lows in the upper 30s.
The extended forecast is mild for the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend.
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8Cross-Burning

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu/SLY
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Race Relations

Floyd county is again the site of a racial incident--
A cross was left burning outside a church over the weekend.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co.

In October Pastor Diarmuid O'Hara found graffiti on the exterior of the Indian Valley Presbyterian Church. It read "K-K-K" and "White Power." More recently someone shot out the light fixtures with a B-B gun.
Then this past weekend, a cross was found burning behind the church.
Pastor O'Hara believes the culprits may have propped the cross up against the back wall, then pushed it over into the grass when the flames appeared to threaten the church.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 13:43:35
IN Q=There are a lot of
((THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE REALLY CAUGHT UP, THEY THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE IN THE K.K.K., BUT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THEN THERE ARE SOME OF THE OLDER ONES WHO KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND THE WORST OF USING IT IT SOUNDS LIKE.))
SUPER=01-Diarmuid O'Hara/Pastor
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=sounds like
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VO-NAT

The experience has not deterred O'Hara, who says he might return to Indian Valley once he completes his seminary work. His wife says she's not so sure that's a good idea, however.
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8E-Danville-Student

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-87
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident

Students at Dan River High School are trying to come to terms with the death of a popular peer in a car crash this week.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./Monday;

Ruth Cardwell was killed when the car she was riding in flipped over on Route 726 in Ringgold.
At Dan River High School, fellow students met in the cafeteria for counseling.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 29:53
IN Q=They're sad
((DIANNE DONOHOE/SCHOOL NURSE: THEY'RE SAD. THEY'RE ANGRY. THEY'RE SHOCKED. AND THEY'RE ALSO SHARING FUNNY TIDBITS ABOUT THE LIFE OF THIS PERSON. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE FINDING JOY IN THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH HER, IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.))
SUPER=01-Dianne Donohoe/School Nurse;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=relationship with her
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VO-NAT

Another student, Anton Reece, was driving the car.
The hospital is not releasing his condition.
Cardwell and Reece both earned top grades and played in the band.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:30
IN Q=Anton also loved
((CLARISSA KNIGHT/PRINCIPAL: ANTON ALSO LOVED MUSIC, WAS A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF RUTH'S. I THINK THEIR FRIENDSHIP FORGED BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN BAND.))
SUPER=01-Clarissa Knight/Principal;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=relationship in band
(----------------)
VO-NAT

Students say they will try to help the victims' families.
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85-Sussex-Prison

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#597-46
GRAPHIC=New Prison

Many Virginia prisoners will be moving to a new facility early next year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Sussex Co.;

Some of the costs of justice can be measured, right here in Southwest Virginia.
Sussex One and Two open their barbed wire to nearly 24-hundred inmates in just about three months.
With a combined price tag of 142-million dollars, they feature the latest in prison technology.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:17:48
IN Q=There's nothing
((JOHN TAYLOR/SUSSEX I WARDEN: THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR SYSTEM THAT HASN'T BEEN TESTED IN SOME OTHER CORRECTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THAT GOES FROM OUR FENCE SYSTEM, TO OUR SECURITY CONTROL SYSTEM, TO OUR BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM.))
SUPER=01-John Taylor/Sussex I Warden;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=automation system.
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VO-NAT

Virginia's 44 death row inmates move here from Mecklenburg in mid-February.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT TAPE ONE 11:27:26
IN Q=We were designed
((WE WERE DESIGNED FOR 88 DEATH ROW CELLS TO ACCOMODATE ANY FUTURE INCREASE IN THE POPULATION. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A RECENT DECLINE IN THE NUMBERS. BUT THAT MAY JUST BE A TEMPORARY ABERRATION.))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=temporary aberration.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

Among the new innovations: pneumatic (new-matic) doors, controlled from a central room, where armed officers will be ready to shoot-- the instant violence breaks out.
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8E-Blacksburg-Gift

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-80
GRAPHIC=NONE

Every penny counts when it comes to helping needy families--
Just ask some Montgomery County students.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;

A penny drive at Blacksburg High school netted 18-hundred dollars for the Montgomery County Christmas store.
The students also put together 220 food baskets for the needy.
The baskets include everything for a Thanksgiving dinner.
The students are also donating more than 600-books for children.
(----------------)

8weather

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=

Turning our focus now to weather--
Partly sunny and pleasant on this Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Highs near 60.
Mostly clear and breezy overnight, with lows cooling into the upper 30s.
The holiday forecast is mostly sunny and mild...
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