12:00-01
S-Internet-Arrest
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-81
GRAPHIC=The Internet
Local police are patrolling new sights for crime...but these sites are on
the Internet.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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SOT
IN Q=In this high-tech
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.; :09
SUPER=01-Lt. Kent Robey/Bedford Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :16
SUPER=@ssm2; 1:25
RUNS=1:32
OUT Q=News7, Bedford.
(( In this high- tech age, it may not be long before the wail of a police siren
is replaced by this sound..
natsot computer
RUNS=:02
This weekend, Bedford County authorities started cracking down on persons
who sell drugs over the Internet.
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SOT 12:55:57
IN Q=They're taking a
((LT. KENT ROBEY/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THEY'RE TAKING A LARGE RISK
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REALLY MEETING THE PERSON FACE TO FACE UNTIL IT'S REALLY TOO
LATE.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=really too late.
It certainly was too late for 52- year- old Kirby Lee Adams late Saturday
night.
Several weeks ago, a Bedford County deputy posing as a woman met Adams in an
America Online chatroom, and after exchanging e-mail, reportedly arranged to
buy some marijuana from him.
In this message, the deputy told Adams she and her friend "Dawn" wanted to
buy some pot to -quote- "carry home with us.. I have not gotten really wasted
in a long time".
The deputy went on to write: ".. don't smoke it all before we get there..
we'll be there around midnight, ready to party".
But instead of a party, it was a police SWAT team that burst in on Adams
instead.
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SOT 12:56:17
((HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.. ))
RUNS=:03
Police seized marijuana, scales and the so- called "date rape" drug
amitripraline from Adams' home.
Robey calls Adams a small- time dealer who was mostly on- line to meet
women.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:53:21
IN Q=And basically
((LT. KENT ROBEY: AND BASICALLY IT WAS PRETTY MUCH OPEN TO ANYBODY. IT COULD
HAVE BEEN A KID FOR ALL HE KNEW, WAS POSING AS THIS PERSON TALKING TO HIM.))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=talking to him.
Robey says the department will step up its efforts to monitor the Internet
and keep drug dealers off the web.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Bedford.))
E-Hoover-Color
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-78
GRAPHIC=strike
The holidays may be upon us, but workers at Pulaski's Hoover Color are still
walking the picket line.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hiwassee;
Nearly 30-hourly workers at the Pulaski County plant are on strike.
They're NOT satisfied with the company's latest contract offer.
Union members say it doesn't include a retirement plan and would increase
their insurance costs.
They're also at odds over Hoover Color's proposed absentee policy.
Union members have been manning the picket line 24-hours a day since last
week.
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SOT
IN Q=Our morale
((EUGENE GRAVELY/UNION MEMBER:OUR MORALE HAS NOT DROPPED ONE BIT I MEAN THE
COMMUNITY, HIWASSEE HAS GOT A COMMUNITY THAT IS BEHIND US 100- PERCENT, I MEAN
THEY KEEP US GOING, I DON'T SEE, ANYTIME, THAT OUR MORALE IS GOING TO DROP.))
SUPER=01-Eugene Gravely/Union Member; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=to drop.
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VO-NAT
Company officials declined comment but verified they are searching for
replacement workers.
The plant makes the color used in Crayola Crayons and other products.
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Clinton
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Clinton
The President and his family are back from their 36 hour red-eye tour of
Bosnia.
The Christmas-time visit of troops in the war-torn country was meant to
stress the continued need for U-S involvement.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Sarajevo;
Clinton was joined by his former adversary Bob Dole in the morale boosting
mission.
Bosnians cheered as a grateful nation showed the visitors its war wounds.
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SOT
IN Q=Only a little
(( PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
ONLY LITTLE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN RAN THE GAUNTLET
OF SNIPERS AND SHELLS IN A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR WATER.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=search for water
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The President used the visit to encourage the Bosnian people and government
to work even harder to achieve lasting peace.
Now the President has to convince Congress that keeping U-S troops in harms
way is needed to keep the peace.
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Unabomber
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=kaczynski, ted
Everyone involved in the Unabomber trial is ready--everyone except the judge
that is.
The jury has been selected to hear the case against Theodore Kaczynski, but
the judge ordered a delay.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Sacramento, CA;
Today he will hear arguments as to whether Kaczynski can claim mental
illness in the four attacks in which he's charged.
The death penalty will NOT be an option if the judge decides the defense can
claim mental illness.
Opening arguments are set for January fifth.
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WIPE WIPE WIPE
Nichols
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=WIPE WIPE WIPE
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Denver, CO;
The jury in the Terry Nichols trial is deliberating the fate of the second
man charged in the Oklahoma bombing.
Deliberations are now in the sixth day, as the jury tries to decide whether
Nichols helped Timothy Mcveigh carry out the bombing.
Some family members of the victims are standing by waiting for the verdict.
Nichols could receive the death penalty if the jury convicts him of the
April 19-95, bombing of the federal building.
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Hunter-Tylo
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=legal scales
Pregnancy is not a handicap.
That's the message actress Hunter Tylo is trying to send.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Los Angeles, CA;
An L-A jury awarded the actress five million dollars in her suit against
Spelling Entertainment Group.
The 34- year- old actress says she was un-fairly fired from the television
show "Melrose Place" after getting pregnant.
A jury of ten women and two men agreed.
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SOT 10:03:56
IN Q=as an actress
((HUNTER TYLO/ACTRESS: AS AN ACTRESS I KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.. I
STILL HAVE DIGNITY THERE'S THAT WHOLE IDEA A WOMAN LETS HERSELF GO WHEN SHE
GETS PREGNANT AND I WAS JUST BEING MYSELF.))
SUPER=01-Hunter Tylo/Actress;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=being myself
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VO-NAT
Spelling Entertainment contends the actress would not be able to fulfill her
role as a seductress while pregnant.
Tylo never appeared on "Melrose Place" and returned to her role as a sexy
psychologist on the C-B-S daytime soap "The Bold and The Beautiful."
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Clown-Arrest
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE
Seattle police weren't just clowning around when they arrested a suspected
bank robber yesterday.
They just thought the clown was a robber.
Deborah Horne has more.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Seattle, WA/Home Video; :00
SUPER=01-Bill Gremmert/Witness; :17
SUPER=01-Deborah Horne/Reporting; 1:22
RUNS=1:32
OUT Q=Washington
E-Allen-Deregulation
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-79
GRAPHIC=George Allen
A large state budget does NOT fit with Governor Allen's campaign promises to
shrink the state government.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
So it was more in keeping with his image yesterday to announce that he's
changing or throwing out 71-percent of the state's regulations.
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SOT 21:45:44
IN Q=We are
((WE ARE TERMINATING 30- PERCENT OF VIRGINIA'S REGULATIONS. THAT WE ARE
RETAINING 29- PERCENT. AND THAT WE ARE AMENDING 41- PERCENT.))
SOT 22:08:35
IN Q=There are
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: THERE ARE PROCEDURES. IT'S NOT JUST THAT I SAY "ALRIGHT.
ELIMINATE IT. CHANGE IT. IT FIRST GOES THROUGH SEVERAL REVIEWS. HOW IT'S TO
BE CHANGED. HOW IT'S TO BE IMPROVED OR ELIMINATED. BUT THEN THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I COMMENT ON IT. BUT SO DO THE PEOPLE OF
VIRGINIA.))
SUPER=01-John Forbes/Dept. of Planning & Budget
SUPER=@Allen; :08
RUNS=:26
OUT Q=of Virginia.
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VO-NAT
Allen says the number one response his staff got when asking why a
regulation existed was "because we've always done it that way."
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E-Robertson
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-85
GRAPHIC=Pat Robertson
Virginia Beach televangelist Pat Robertson may have been a bigger
contributors to Republican Jim Gilmore than previously thought.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/November 4;
Robertson's name shows up in federal campaign filings that weren't even due
until more than two weeks after the election.
Now we see Robertson gave another 200-thousand dollars to the Republican
National Committee one week before Gilmore was elected.
The Republican National Committee's various wings donated about one million
dollars to Gilmore in the final days of the campaign, bringing its total
contribution to Gilmore to over two million.
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ANCHOR=Denise
SS=Republicans
It's legal if Robertson did NOT designate which candidates should get the
R-N-C's money.
The R-N-C says he did NOT.
E-Earley
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=earley
In January Mark Earley will become Virginia's Attorney General.
He's already named his top advisors.
Two already hold top posts in the Attorney General's office.
Deputy Attorney General Bill Hurd becomes Senior Counsel.
Hurd's been the state's lawyer in the co-ed case at Virginia Military
Institute.
Frank Ferguson continues as Deputy A-G in charge of local and
intergovernmental affairs.
Earley's brought in education department lawyer Randy Beales to take over as
Chief Deputy Attorney General.
That's after former Chief Deputy David Anderson moved over to Governor-elect
Jim Gilmore's administration to be the Governor's lawyer.
E-Greenfield
ANCHOR=denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-83
GRAPHIC=none
History may be the shield one Botetourt County plantation needs to survive
and thrive.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
Greenfield Plantation stretches 900 acres -- including a log cabin and the
foundation of an 1800's home.
Botetourt wants to preserve part of this landmark by getting it on the
national register of historic places.
But county leaders are proposing only 28 acres for the recognition -- the
rest will be an industrial park.
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SOT 11:25:50
IN Q=The Greenfield plantation
((NED MCELWAINE/DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR: THE GREENFIELD PLANTATION WAS
ACTUALLY A WORKING PLANTATION IN SOUTHERN BOTETOURT COUNTY, ONE OF THE FIRST IN
THIS AREA. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CENTERS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE BACK YEARS
AGO AND SO IT'S QUITE FITTING THAT BOTETOURT COUNTY HAS PURCHASED THIS LOCATION
AND IS KIND OF REVIVING THAT ROLE.))
SUPER=01-Ned McElwaine/Assistant Co. Administrator;
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=reviving that role
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VO-NAT
Creeks and walking trails will wind through the new buildings -- preserving
the rural nature of the plantation.
Botetourt County won't know until March if Greenfield earns national
recognition.
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S-Winter-Blues
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-82
GRAPHIC=Winter Blues (Strip Bug)
The first day of winter marked the shortest day of the year and in those
cold months people are apt to be less active.
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VO-NAT
Some psychologists say the combination of darkness and fatigue can lead to
depression, otherwise known as the winter blues.
Seasonal Affective Depression or SAD, usually hits after the winter solstice
and can be just as damaging as any other form of depression.
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SOT 10:11:57
IN Q=Seasonal Affective
((LYN DAY/PSYCHOLOGIST:SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DEPRESSION OR DISORDER CAN RESULT IN
ABSOLUTE DISABILITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY PARALYSED THEY CAN'T GET UP THEY
DON'T WANT TO GET UP THEY DON'T WANT TO EAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING AND
EVENTUALLY THEY BECOME SUICIDAL))
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=become suicidal.
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VO-NAT
Doctor Day says SAD can be treated with special lamps that produce the same
ultraviolet rays the sun does in the middle of summer.
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E-Stealth-Banjo
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-84
GRAPHIC=none
It's not just the notes that come out of Scott Vestal's string banjo, but
the instrument itself.
Joe Dashiell visited a bluegrass musician who's taking the instrument down
new paths.
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SOT
IN Q=Scott Vestal has played
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00
SUPER=07-Scott Vestal; :28
SUPER=@Joe2; :48
RUNS=1:30
OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke County
((Scott Vestal has played with the best in bluegrass, as a member of the
group Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and with his current band Continental
Divide.
He's claimed top honors from the International Bluegrass Music Association,
but much of his music transcends the boundaries of bluegrass...
NAT SOT OF VESTAL PLAYING
RUNS=:10
The banjo Vestal plays is also unusual... a concept he carried to England
and banjo builder Phil Davidson.
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SOT
IN Q=He loved the idea
((HE LOVED THE IDEA OF DOING A STRING THROUGH THE NECK LIKE THIS BECAUSE THAT'S
AN OLD ENGLISH DESIGN WHICH THEY USED IN THE 1800S. AND THE PEGHEAD, I JUST
DREW OUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER WHAT I WANTED HIM TO DO AND HE BUILT IT FOR ME.
AND THEN IT SEEMED LIKE PEOPLE WERE LIKE, MAN THAT MAKES SENSE NOT HAVING THE
PEG UP THERE.))
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=peg up there
He's moved the fifth string tuner from the neck to the peghead. The fifth
string goes underground at the fifth fret, passing through a tube fitted
beneath the fretboard.
A streamlined profile and a dark stain give the instrument its name, "the
stealth banjo."
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SOT
IN Q=A lot of the traditional bluegrass
((A LOT OF THE TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS PEOPLE WILL BE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR
BANJO NECK BOY. WHAT'S A MATTER WITH THAT THING. AND I'M LIKE WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT. WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NATURAL TO ME NOW.))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=natural to me now.
Vestal is now assembling the banjos himself, selling them with the help of
Acutab, a music publisher based in western Virginia.
He didn't expect to sell that many, but says he's found a surprising demand
for a unique design.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke County))
WEATHER
SUPER=300-50/63/West 10/30.01F/66/1990/-2/1989;
SUPER=301-50/46/Variable 7/30.00F/71/1875/1/1935;
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Thickening/Clouds/30-34/Occasional Rain/Winds NE 10/36-40;
SUPER=331-Clouds Building/Light Winds/30-34/Rain/Developing/36-42;
SUPER=332-Cloudy, Showers/Developing Late/35-38/Rain/Likely/40-44;
SUPER=333-Clouding Up/Light Winds/30-34/Showers/Likely/35-39;
SUPER=334-Cloudy, Chance of/Rain Late/35-39/Rain/Likely/40-44;
SUPER=X5001;
Monday-Football
ANCHOR=denise
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NFL
The New England Patriots won the A-F-C East championship holding off the
Miami Dolphins 14-to-12 at Pro Player
Stadium.
By winning, the Patriots earned the right to host Miami in the first round
of the playoffs next Sunday in Foxboro.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Miami, FL/NFL-ABC Sports;
The Dolphins led 6-0 at halftime, but Mario Grier scored the
go-ahead touchdown for New England running in from two yards out.
After Dave Meggett's five-yard scoring run made it 14-6 Patriots, Miami
pulled to within two on Dan Marino's eight-yard scoring strike to Lamar Thomas.
The Patriots go on to win it 14-to-12.
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Brown
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=net (edit of FB97-3)
GRAPHIC=NFL
Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown underwent fusion surgery of the first
and second vertebrae yesterday at Henry Ford Hospital in the Motor City.
(----------------)
VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Pontiac, MI/ESPN; :00
Brown suffered a significant spinal injury on this play in the Lions' win
over the new York Jets.
The team doctor says Brown has sensation and movement in all of his
extremities; but the next couple days are critical.
His locker remains intact while teammates rally around him and remain
focussed on the playoffs.
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SOT
IN Q="It's our
((HERMAN MOORE/DETROIT RECEIVER:))
SUPER=01-Herman Moore/Detroit Receiver; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=to reality.
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Tech
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=net (edit of TB98-1)
GRAPHIC=Tech hoops
The West Virginia Moutaineers captured their first victory in Blacksburg
since 19-91.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Moutaineers vs. Hokies; :00
Early in the first half; Tech center Russ Wheeler nails the jumper from near
the charity stripe. The roll goes in the Hokies favor.
Tech freshman Rolan Roberts takes the entry pass from Eddie Lucas and gets
the jam; just two of his team high 14 points.
SUPER=34-West Virginia/55/Virginia Tech/52;
The Hokies Eddie Lucas comes right back with a nice move and short J.
But Damian Owens scored 18 to lead West Virginia over Tech 55-52.
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UVA
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=net (edit of VB98-1)
GRAPHIC=UVa
U-V-A hosted V-M-I.
Curtis Staples scored a game high 23 points as U-V-a prevailed 92 to 55.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Keydets vs. Cavaliers; :00
U-V-a's Norman Nolan drives in the lane and does some window cleaning for
two of his 19 points.
V-M-I tried to stay close with a perimeter game. Eric Mann snaps the nylon
from up top but fails the get back on defense and the Cavs make V-M-I pay with
Nolan's break away slam. U-V-a led SUPER=34-Virginia/92/VMI/55;
20 to 8.
and the Wahoos go on to slam the Keydets by 37 points.
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E-Ferrum-Santa
ANCHOR=Denise
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=djo
TAPE#97-86
GRAPHIC=christmas
And finally..
Tonight is the start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which begins at sun
down...
and in just a few days it will be Christmas, time for Santa to visit homes
worldwide.
David Johnson caught up with the jolly elf in Rocky Mount.
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SOT
IN Q=OLE SAINT NICK
SUPER=03-Ferrum; :00
SUPER=01-Lonnie Rigney/"Santa Claus"; :16
SUPER=07-Whitney Yopp; :42
SUPER=19-David Johnson; :46
RUNS=:58
OUT Q=NEWS 7, FERRUM
(( Ole Saint Nick is alive and well operating out of a house near Rocky Mount
for the past four years.
After six each night, you'll find the man in the red suit on his porch
listening to children's requests from children and working with the community.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT-06:53:44
((LONNIE RIGNEY/SANTA CLAUS; SANTA GOES FROM HERE TO STUART, TO CHURCHES AND
PLACES LIKE THAT AND COMMUNITY BUILDINGS. I GO AROUND TO A FEW HOSPITALS. I
JUST DO IT TO BE DOING IT BECAUSE TO SEE THE REACTION WHEN SANTA COMES UP. ))
RUNS=:14
Santa says he likes this region-- and especially those people who believe he
knows when you've been bad or good..
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SOT-06:48:33
((WHITNEY YOPP/SANTA CUSTOMER; MY MAW MAW TOLD ME THAT HE CAN READ PEOPLE'S
MINDS. ))
RUNS=:04
STAND-UP/07:06:47
DAVID JOHNSON/REPORTING; SO IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED YOUR CHRISTMAS WISH
LIST, YOU'D BETTER HURRY ON OVER TO SANTA'S HOUSE, BECAUSE CHRISTMAS IS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER.
((Bell ringing...Santa saying "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas))
DAVID JOHNSON, NEWS 7, FERRUM
))
RUNS=:13
by SS