12:00-01
E-Reid
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-77
GRAPHIC=Reid, James
A Montgomery County circuit judge this morning convicted 52- year- old James
Reid of capital murder.
The judge has not decided whether Reid will be put to death or spend life in
prison.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
Reid was convicted of beating and stabbing Annie Lester in her home last
October.
Yesterday Reid entered an Alford plea in court in hopes of avoiding the
death penalty.
The plea acknowledges the state's evidence-- without admitting guilt.
The defense maintains Reid does NOT remember what happened that day because
he had been drinking heavily.
His attorneys point to the fact Reid did not try to conceal his blood
covered clothes after the crime as an indication of his state of mind.
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14:00:52
SOT
IN Q=It seems
((ROBBIE JENKINS/REID'S ATTORNEY:IT SEEMS THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS AWARE OF WHAT
THEY'D DONE AND HAD COMMITTED A CRIME LIKE THAT-- THAT THEY WOULD'VE SNUCK OVER
THERE, THAT THEY WOULD'VE HAD A WEAPON ON THEM, THAT THEY WOULD'VE SNUCK AWAY
FROM THE HOUSE, THEY WOULD'VE TRIED TO CONCEAL WHAT HAPPENED OR CLEAN
THEMSELVES UP AND NONE OF THIS HAPPENED.))
SUPER=01-Robbie Jenkins/Reid's Attorney; :00
RUNS=:15 approx.
OUT Q=none of this happened.
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VO-NAT
Forensic evidence showed Lester was not raped.
Testimony is still underway at this hour.
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Bomb-death
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#97-79
GRAPHIC=NONE
Police in the town of Louisa, just east of Charlottesville, are
investigating an explosion that killed 24- year- old Tammy Lynn Baker and her
unborn child.
Sarah Lee has the story.
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SOT 03:14:33
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Louisa; :00
SUPER=01-Sarah Lee/Reporting;:36
RUNS=:55
OUT Q=CBS NEWS
MANDELA
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=NOON
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Mandela, Nelson
In South Africa today Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African
President Nelson Mandela, denied charges that she had
ordered the killing of political opponents in the late 19-80s.
A stream of witnesses at a hearing this week has accused her of murder and
other crimes.
Mark Phillips reports.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-South Africa;:00
SUPER=04-Yesterday;
SUPER=39-Jerry Richardson/Witness; :23
SUPER=01-Winnie Madikizela-Mandela/Former Anti-Apartheid Activist; :49 QUICK
SUPER=01-Mark Phillips/Reporting; 1:20
RUNS=1:33
OUT Q=CBS News, London.
((
For eight days the testimony against Winnie Madikizela has been extremely
damning. That members of her group of body guards -- known as the Madela
United Football Club-- has carried out kidnappings, torture and murder on her
orders.
The most graphic testimony cam from a man named Jerry Richardson who is
serving a sentence for the murder of another former member of the club called
Stompie.
Jerry Richardson/Hearing Witness:
Winnie Mandela has always denied that she ordered the killing, and today she
was defiant again.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela/Former Anti-Apartheid Activist)
And how is her defiance playing. Many still support her but some are more
skeptical.
But the Truth and Reconciliation Commission isn't a court of law. It's
supposed to expose the crimes of the past and allow the country to move on.
But in the case of Winnie Mandela though...not much moving on was accomplished
today. MP, CBSN, London.))
graham
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=graham, billy
The world's most famous evangelist remains hospitalized in Florida this
afternoon.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
10:18:45
The Reverand Billy Graham is suffering from pneumonitis (new- ma- ni-tis) or
inflammation of the lungs.
He developed the infection, along with fever and chills, while vacationing
in the Caribbean.
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SOT
10:20:38
IN Q=HE'S SOMEWHAT DEHYDRATED..
SUPER=01-Sharon Hackney/St. Luke's Hospital;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS.
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VO-NAT
Graham, who is 79, also suffers from Parkinson's disease.
He delegates many responsibilities to his son, William Franklin Graham the
third, but still heads the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
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NBA
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-9
GRAPHIC=NBA
It's a first in N-B-A history.
The Golden State Warriors have terminated Latrell Sprewell's (SPREE'-wehlz)
32 million dollar contract for insubordination.
Earlier this week he attacked coach P.J. Carlesimo (kar-LIH-sih-moh).
Before last night's decision, Sprewell broke his silence about the incident.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=BITE
((LATRELL SPREWELL/WILL LOSE $950,000 IN SUSPENSION:))
SUPER=01-Latrell Sprewell/Fired for Insubordination; :00
RUNS=:33
OUT Q=...THE GUYS."
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Fatal-Ax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=djo
TAPE#97-90
GRAPHIC=fatal ax
A truck driver from Tennessee is facing involuntary manslaugter charges
after an accident this morning that killed one person and critically injured
another.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg/This Morning;
Witnesses say 48- year- old Harry Hoopes pulled his truck into traffic when
a car came up from behind.
The passenger side of the car was crushed, killing the passenger and
trapping the driver, 22- year- old Harrison Mumford of Kentucky.
Rescue workers spent almost half an hour freeing Mumford, who is now listed
in critical condition.
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E-Lawson
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-86
GRAPHIC=murder investigation
A Maryland man is facing charges in the stabbing death of a 72- year- old
Lynchburg man.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
Samuel J. York was found stabbed to death in his apartment November 17th.
On Monday, Maryland police stopped 27- year- old Kenneth Lloyd Lawson as he
was driving YORK'S stolen car.
Lawson was returned to Lynchburg where he now faces murder charges.
Police have also recovered a possible murder weapon.
Lawson remains held without bond.
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IRAQ-FOOD
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=NOON
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=iraq conflict
The U-N Security Council is meeting today to discuss Iraq's oil-for-food
program.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq;
The council is considering expanding the program that allows Baghdad to sell
oil to raise money for humanitarian needs.
The current program expires at midnight.
Right now, Iraq is allowed to
sell just over two billion dollars' worth of oil every six months to buy food
and medicine for its citizens.
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Israel-strike
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=mideast peace
Israeli airports, railroads, government offices, banks and even the Tel Aviv
Stock exchange are closed for a second day.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jerusalem, Israel;
Some 700- thousand Israeli workers are striking over pension plans.
The strikers ignored a national labor court injunction ordering some of them
back to work today.
SUPER=03-Tel Aviv;
The walkout has also paralyzed the national telephone and electric companies
and other state run companies.
There are water shortages in parts of the country and garbage is piling up
on the streets of Tel Aviv.
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Roanoke-Fire
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=djo
TAPE#97-92
GRAPHIC=fire
The cause of a suspicious fire that destroyed a Downtown Roanoke abandoned
house is still undetermined.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;
The fire at the house in the 500 block of Luck Street started around 11:30
last night.
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SOT 11:51:04
IN Q=WE COULDN'T
((CHIEF BOBBIE SLAYTON/ROANOKE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY IN IT.
There were reports that there was a vagrant in the house next door? YEAH, WE
COULDN'T FIND HIM..WE SEARCHED THAT HOUSE TOO.))
SUPER=01-Chief Bobbie Slayton/Roanoke Fire Dept.;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=THAT HOUSE TOO.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Neighbors say both houses-- directly across from the Jefferson Gym-- were
slated for demolition.
Evidence has been gathered and sent to the state forensic lab. The fire is
being investigated as a possible arson.
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E-Byrd-Bus
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-85
GRAPHIC=none
The investigation continues into how a runaway bus managed to crash into
William Byrd High School yesterday afternoon.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
The bus rolled across an empty parking lot, fifteen minutes before school
let out.
It hit the side of the school, punching a large hole in a classroom wall.
No one was hurt.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:54:48
IN Q=this year it's empty
((RICHARD FLORA/TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR; THIS YEAR IT'S EMPTY, IT'S BEING
RENOVATED AS PART OF THE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE, IT WAS AN OCCUPIED
CLASSROOM LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR IT'S EMPTY AND IS JUST ABOUT , WAS ALMOST
FINISHED BEING RENOVATED.))
SUPER=01-Richard Flora/Transportation Supervisor;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=being renovated
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VO-NAT
The bus driver said she stopped the bus, set the parking brake, and went
inside.
When she came out it was rolling away.
School officials are interviewing other drivers who were in the lot at the
time, hoping someone saw what happened.
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S-Sabato
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-75
GRAPHIC=none
Virginia lawmakers who may stand in the way of the car tax cut are getting a
warning from one of America's premier election analysts.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 13;32:30
IN Q=You can
((YOU CAN DISAGREE PHILOSOPHICALLY ALL YOU WANT TO. BUT IF YOU'RE A LEGISLATOR
WHO HAS TO GET ELECTED, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU'RE IDENTIFIED AS
OBSTRUCTIONIST, AS STOPPING THE PEOPLE'S CAR TAX CUT, GOOD LUCK TO YA.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE FROM A SUBURB OR A RURAL AREA. IF YOU'RE FROM A CENTRAL
CITY YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT. BUT IF YOU'RE FROM A SUBURB OR A RURAL PART FO
THE STATE, YOU'RE DEAD.))
SUPER=01-Larry Sabato/Political Analyst;
RUNS=:26
OUT Q=you're dead.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Political analyst Larry Sabato told the Virginia Farm Bureau that -- as a
college professor -- he suspects the tax cut will end up hurting education.
But, Sabato says, the voters have spoken.
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New-Building
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-93
GRAPHIC=NONE
After years standing empty, the governments of Buena Vista, Rockbridge
County, and Lexington breathed new life into the old Blue Bird plant.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Buena Vista;
Since the bus making company pulled out of town five years ago, a 930 foot
long facility has sat vacant in Buena Vista.
Virginia's 19-97 entrepreneur of the year wanted to move in-- but the price
was too high.
So the three counties joined forces to purchase the extra land for a future
industrial park.
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SOT 4:36:43
IN Q=we definitely
((NICK DES CHAMPS/DES CHAMPS LABORATORIES: WE DEFINITELY NEEDED SPACE. FOR
THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE GROWN AT ABOUT 30-40 PERCENT A YEAR, AND
WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE OUR FACILITIES IN NATURAL BRIDGE HAD ALL THE
MACHINERY AND INVENTORY, AND NO PLACE TO MANUFACTURE.))
SUPER=01-Nick Des Champs/Des Champs Laboratories;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=to manufacture
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Des-Champs Laboratories has been up and running on the site for two weeks.
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E-Lottery-Xmas
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-76
GRAPHIC=virginia lottery
You may feel like you're taking a gamble when you buy Christmas presents for
some distant relatives.
The Virginia lottery is giving buyers a chance to do just that, but some
people aren't too happy about it.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=There's NO
SUPER=04-Virginia Lottery; :00
SUPER=03-Richmond; :24
SUPER=01-Penelope Kyle/Va. Lottery Director; :30
SUPER=01-Bill Kincaid/Anti-Gambling Lobbyist; :47
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:17
RUNS=1:28
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( There's NO getting around it.
It's a cute ad.
But some religious conservatives think the popular lottery's treading where
even angels fear to tread-- mixing religion with gambling.
sot 46-52
((JUST SLIDE DOWN IT. NOTHING TO IT HE SAYS. THE VIRGINIA LOTTERY BRINGS YOU
THREE GREAT GIFT IDEAS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.))
runs=:06
It's sacrilegious and NOT amusing says the Virginia Association of
Independent Baptists.
But lottery officials say it's NOT a Christmas ticket -- it's a holiday
ticket.
sot 02:44:04
((PENELOPE KYLE/VA. LOTTERY DIRECTOR: I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY CHRISTIAN
SYMBOL, NOT EVEN OVERT. NO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS AT ALL. WE ARE
EXTREMELY CAREFUL AT THE LOTTERY, BEING A STATE AGENCY, NOT TO DO ANYTHING THAT
REPRESENTS ANY PARTICULAR RELIGION.))
runs=:18
sot 13;52:10
((BILL KINCAID: IT'S KIND OF SHAME ON THE LOTTERY BOARD. AND SHAME ON THE
DIRECTOR. THEY'RE JUST KIND OF REACHING NEW LOWS EACH WEEK. THEY'VE NOW
OPENED UP NEW LOTTERY DRAWINGS FOR SUNDAY. AND THE NATURAL THING WOULD BE
CHRISTMAS LOTTERY TICKETS IN EVERYBODY'S STOCKING. AND THEN WHY DON'T WE JUST
-- WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT EASTER BRINGS.))
runs=:24
sot 02:43:12
((PENELOPE KYLE/VA. LOTTERY DIRECTOR: WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH
EASTER. AND I'VE NEVER HEARD ANY PROPOSAL TO DO THAT.))
runs=:08
In defense of the Lottery, we voted for it.
And the staff's mandate is to make money.
And note again in the ad-- it's just Mom and Dad's stockings.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
S-Allen-Tree
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-80
GRAPHIC=christmas
A 33 foot eastern red cedar now adorns the lawn at the Governor's mansion.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
And, unlike last year, state capitol groundskeepers did NOT chop down
Virginia's "holiday tree" from the scenic capitol grounds.
Governor George Allen and family did the honors on this year's tree -- which
was plucked instead from a state juvenile correctional facility.
We're told the juvenile inmates helped transport the tree.
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WEATHER
SUPER=300-56/67/Southwest 9mph/29.69f/76/1982/12/1966;
SUPER=301-57/75/West 7mph/29.68f/75/1982/12/1940;
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Partly/Cloudy/34-37/Cloudy & Brisk/Flurries Possible/40-43;
SUPER=331-Partly/Cloudy/36-39/Cloudy/& Brisk/41-45;
SUPER=332-Snow Flurries/Late/25-28/Windy & Cold/Snow Showers/32-35;
SUPER=333-Partly/Cloudy/32-35/Brisk with/Snow Showers/34-38;
SUPER=334-Snow Showers/1'' Accumulation/24-27/Windy & Cold/Flurries/30-33;
SUPER=X5001;
Dudley
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#TF97-2
GRAPHIC=DUDLEY AWARD
The Dudley award was presented to the top college football player in the
state at a ceremony in Richmond last night.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
This beauty is the prize that goes to the winner. Previous recipients
include the likes of Tiki Barber, Cornell Brown, Cary Perkins and Shawn Moore,
the inaugural winner in 19-90.
This year UVa's Anthony Poindexter beat out Tech's Ken Oxendine and William
and Mary's Alvin Porch to win it.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="My coaches...
((ANTHONY POINDEXTER/1997 DUDLEY AWARD WINNER:))
SUPER=01-Anthony Poindexter/1997 Dudley Award Winner; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=....THIS AWARD."
(----------------)
VO-NAT CON'T
Poindexter, the former Friday Football Extra player of the week from
Jefferson Forest, received congratulations from the award's namesake, Bullet
Bill Dudley.
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East
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#VF97-2
GRAPHIC=BIG EAST
Although Ken Oxendine was looked over for the Dudley Award the senior was
named to the Big East conference's second team all-star squad last night.
In all the Hokies put six players on the first team.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00
Place Kicker Shayne Graham from Pulaski County, who had a record setting
season for the Hokies is a first team selection for the second straight year.
And on the defensive side, safety Pierson Prioleau, who saved the Miami game
with this interception on a two point conversion also grabbed a spot on the
first team.
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ANCHOR=Patrick
SS=BIG EAST
Gennaro DiNapoli, Todd Washington, Kerwin Hairston and punter Jimmy Kibble
also made first team all-Big East.
UNC
ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=GATOR BOWL
The Gator Bowl continues to be a likely destination for the North Carolina
Tarheels, but reports out of Jacksonville continue to say that the bowl is not
interested in a Virginia Tech-U-N-C matchup.
SS=tech fb
One individual close to the bowl situation says the best thing Tech fans can
do is hope Auburn beats Tennessee on Saturday night. That would likely trigger
a chain reaction that would pit The Hokies against Notre Dame in the Gator.
SS=UVA
As for UVa, it still looks like the Cavs best shot is the Independence.
N.C. State is apparently headed to the Motor City Bowl.
Koalas
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE
In Australia, nearly two dozen cuddly Koalas are getting used to a new home
this afternoon.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Australia;
10:24:10
They were taken from their tree homes on Kangaroo Island yesterday and
transported to the mainland in an effort to reduce their population.
Some five- thousand koalas live on the island, about two- thousand more than
it can sustain.
The overcrowding has resulted
in serious shortages of native vegetation for the furry creatures.
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by SS