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On NEWS 7 at SIX:
A rancorous start to the legislative session- -one seat that'll be empty on
inauguration day.
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VO-NAT
And it may be just a sport to most skydivers- -but this time the chutes
saved lives.
We'll visit the Roanoke outfit that made for a safe landing in New Mexico.
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Sports-head
ANCHOR=Steve
In sports, Roy Stanley is front and center at the Tech/UVa basketball game;
he will join us courtside, The Colts hire a new head coach,
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VO-NAT
and the Packers and the Broncos receive warm welcomers upon their returns
from NFC and AFC championship wins.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Our Monday rain will slip away tonight. Looks chilly on Tuesday and more
winter precipitation may arrive on Thursday.
Elections-Lawsuit
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-87
GRAPHIC=None
Blame the bureaucrats.
Even if you appointed them.
That's the latest strategy of Governor George Allen and his Republican
lawyers trying to defeat the Democrats in their last bastion of power in
Virginia government.
Double Boxes=Keith and Ellen/State Microwave
Ellen Qualls is in our Richmond newsroom.
What battles were fought today and why?
Live=Ellen Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Ellen1;
SUPER=05-Richmond;
Today, the make-up of the House of Delegates is 50 Democrats, 46
Republicans, and one Independent.
Tomorrow evening, after special elections in Chesapeake, Prince William, and
Chesterfield -- it could be 49 Republicans -- making them best friends with
Bedford Independent Lacey Putney to try to force a power-sharing agreement.
The problem for the G-O-P is that Allen's own appointee to the Board of
Elections won't play ball with the party.
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SUPER=01-John Gibney/Meadows' Attorney; :27
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(( Electoral Board Secretary Bruce Meadows won't allow his board to meet to
certify the special election votes before Friday -- two days after the House
votes on the re-election of powerful Democratic Speaker Tom Moss.
sot 04:43:14
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: I THINK NORMAL PEOPLE THINK "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" MEANS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT MEANS RIGHT QUICK, OR EXPEDITIOUSLY, OR TODAY AS
OPPOSED TO THREE DAYS LATER.))
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So Allen and Attorney General Richard Cullne took it court -- and lost.
sot 07:05:25
((JOHN GIBNEY: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S TRYING TO DO...PROCESS.))
runs=:07))
Live=Ellen Full/State Microwave
SUPER=05-Richmond;
The Board's point is that local elections officials get tired at the end of
14 hour days... tired people make mistakes... and mistakes compromise
democracy.
To give you an idea of the personal animosity here, the Governor's Chief of
Staff, Jay Timmons, said off camera "I've always known Bruce was lazy. But now
that the Governor's sued him, I can say publicly that he's terribly lazy."
Double Boxes=Keith and Ellen/State Microwave
Keith, this lawsuit is NOT alone.
The Virginia Democratic Party is arguing a similar issue in federal court at
this very hour.
((Keith question--So the Governor will appeal in the state case?
Ellen response--He says he will -- that's expected to be heard tomorrow by a
three judge panel of the Virginia Supreme Court.))
Cranwell
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-94
GRAPHIC=Dick Cranwell
Getting the session off on an even colder note, House Majority Leader Dick
Cranwell of Vinton was to introduce Jim Gilmore at Saturday's inauguration
ceremony.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/January 1994;
Perhaps remembering the bitter cold of four years ago, Cranwell is bowing
out.
He tells The Washington Post he didn't want "to go out and get fitted for a
morning suit and sit out in the cold. Nothing less, nothing more."
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Innotech
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#97-95
GRAPHIC=Innotech
Since it opened less than 10-years ago, the Roanoke-based company, Innotech,
has been happy to talk about its growth.
Today, there's news that the maker of high-tech eyeglass lenses is firing a
number of workers.
And the company that owns Innotech does not want to talk about it.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Johnson and Johnson, which bought Innotech last year, will not say how many
workers are losing their jobs.
The Fortune-500 company WILL say Innotech is cutting its staff in four
departments:
Sales, marketing, operations and manufacturing.
Johnson and Johnson says it is making room on Innotech's payroll to hire new
workers down the road.
Innotech employs close to 200-people.
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Abed
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-88
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Seven members of the Abed family went on trial today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke
It was a slow start to what promises to be a long and tedious trial in U-S
District Court in Roanoke.
SUPER=03-Salem/April 1994
It's mainly about arson.
The government hopes to prove that the Abeds set at least half a dozen fires
in the early 1990's... part of a pattern of intimidation and lawlessness
designed to take control of the convenience store trade in the Roanoke Valley.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Legal Scales
Jury selection is taking a little longer than usual- -with attorneys for the
nine men of Middle-Eastern descent trying to determine whether any of the
potential jurors might be prejudiced against Arab followers of Islam.
They called 75 citizens from far-flung corners of Western Virginia- -who
might be less likely to have heard about case.
They hope to have a jury seated tomorrow.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
This is George Allen's last week in office, but his image will remain in
Richmond. We'll get a look at the governor's official portrait, coming up on
News 7 at Six.
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VO-NAT
And when a hot air balloon goes up, the trip down can be dangerous. Good
thing a couple of balloonists could count on parachutes made right here in
Roanoke. We'll have more on that story as well.
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Sakellaris
ANCHOR=Keith
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TAPE#97-90
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A jury began hearing evidence today in a million-dollar lawsuit against
three Danville police officers.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;
Sam Sakellaris Junior says he was beaten by three officers during a routine
traffic stop.
This is what Sakellaris looked like after the alleged attack in February
1994.
The officers say they did nothing wrong... and say it was Sakellaris who
started throwing punches.
The civil trial got underway today in federal court in Danville and is
expected to last through the week.
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Halifax-Student
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=djo
TAPE#97-93
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A Halifax County high school student who says she was raped on campus by two
boys last June has now been charged with sexual misconduct.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Halifax Co./July 1997
The 14-year-old girl maintained two 16-year-old students raped her while
two others kept watch.
She says a teacher finally walked in and stopped the incident.
Judge Franklin Slaydon rejected the girl's sexual assault claims.
Prosecutor John Greenbacker says evidence indicates the sex between the trio
was consentual.
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Talent=Keith
SS=Legal Scales
The girl has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sodomy and one fornication
charge.
Each of the boys were charged with one count of sodomy and one was charged
with fornication.
They both pleaded "no contest" to all of the charges.
City-Firefighters
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-82
GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Seal
Two years after the Roanoke fire department and emergency medical services
merged, firefighters are pursuing new grievances against the city.
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VO-NAT
A group of firefighters failed in court last year when the employees
challenged the policy that requires them to serve on ambulance crews as needed.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Fifteen- year veteran Ron Mathews says the standards he agreed to when he
was hired did not include emergency medical service.
Chief Jim Grigsby says the new grievance is identical to the one the court
rejected last year, and he says the cross- training policy has been implemented
fairly.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Legal Scales
Today, Judge Richard Pattisal denied a motion to remove local judges from
the case.
He'll hear more evidence later this month.
NS-Van-Line
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#97-83
GRAPHIC=Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern is chucking one of its subsidiaries.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;
The railroad announced today it is selling North American Van Lines.
It's a deal worth 200-million dollars.
Over the years, North American has struggled to turn a profit.
And Norfolk Southern could not afford to keep the moving company.
The railroad has reported low earnings because it is spending so much money
in the process of acquiring Conrail, a railroad based in Philadelphia.
Norfolk Southern said it wants to focus solely on that merger, which will be
finalized this summer.
N-S said it has no plans to sell its one remaining subsidiary, a natural
resources company.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
Another rocky day on the overseas markets sent the Dow plunging early in the
day on Wall Street.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
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Parachutes
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-85
GRAPHIC=None
They didn't make it around the world, but balloonists Dick Rutan and Dave
Melton survived their ill-fated trip last week... and they have a Roanoke man
to thank for it.
Eric Earnhart explains.
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IN Q=Their balloon torn
SUPER=03-Near Yeso, NM; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :10
SUPER=@File; :18-quick
SUPER=01-Manley Butler/Butler Parachute Systems; :26
SUPER=03-Cook Co., TX; :50-quick
SUPER=02-Dick Rutan/Balloonist; 1:00-quick
SUPER=01-Dave Melton/Balloonist; 1:13
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OUT Q=Eric Earnhart, News 7
(( Their balloon torn and leaking... Dick Rutan and Dave Melton had no
choice... they bailed out...
The bright orange chutes were a pretty site to Manley Butler...
He designed them... they were made here at Butler Parachute Systems in
Roanoke...
Butler met Rutan 11 years ago when he designed the emergency chutes for the
round-the-world Voyager flight.
For this flight, Rutan turned to Butler again, but he needed more than just
a parachute.
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SOT 11:52:08
IN Q=In this kind of flight
((MANLEY BUTLER/BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS; IN THIS KIND OF FLIGHT YOU'RE GOING
TO BE SUBJECTED TO ANYWHERE FROM SUBTROPICAL CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN AFRICA TO
POTENTIALLY ARCTIC CONDITIONS OVER SIBERIA.))
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OUT Q=over Siberia
So Butler designed a parachute survival pack, complete with life raft,
oxygen tank, radios, blankets and emergency rations...
Rutan was prepared for everything but the cactus he landed on... Painful,
but thanks to the chutes, he and Melton weren't on the gondola when it hit
power lines and exploded in Texas.
Sunday morning, Rutan left a thankyou message on Butler's answering
machine.
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SOT 11:58:10
IN Q=wanna call
((DICK RUTAN/BALLOONIST; ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND DAVE MELTON, GOOD JOB GUY,
YOU OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF AND YOU SAVED OUR BUTTS. ))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=saved our butts
From his hospital bed in New Mexico, Melton says his skydiving experience
taught him to trust his parachute...
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SOT 20:13:17
IN Q=before that
((DAVE MELTON/BALLOONIST; BEFORE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN
PARACHUTING, BUT EVER SINCE I WENT SKYDIVING I HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF FAITH IN
PARACHUTES AND SKYDIVING. ))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=parachutes and skydiving
Buttler's glad his part of this round-the-world trip worked the way it was
supposed to.
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SOT 11:53:55
IN Q=we're real proud
((MANLEY BUTLER/BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS; WE'RE REAL PROUD OF OUR PRODUCT AND
EVERYBODY HERE THAT PARTICIPATED IN BUILDING IT, EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT HAD A PIECE OF IT ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=piece of it.
Rutan will try again... no doubt with one of Manley Butler's packs on his
back.
In Roanoke Eric Earnhart, News 7. ))
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#None
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The Colts hire a new coach, Raven running back Bam Morris goes to jail and
Roy Stanley has a front row seat at the hottest game in town, Roy.
Live=Roy Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Roy1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke
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S-Hoops
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#BB98-2
GRAPHIC=Tech/UVA
Over at the Roanoke Civic Center tonight Virginia Tech and Virginia are
headed for a showdown that dates back to 1915.
Double Boxes=Steve and Roy/Microwave
The in state rivalry makes it a huge game. This is also Roanoke native
Curtis Staples final game in front of the home crowd. Roy Stanley is front and
center. Roy!
Live=Roy Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Roy1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
Steve, Curtis was bothered with a foot injury last week in a loss to
Liberty he looked better against North Carolina on Saturday and he hopes to
have a good game against the Hokies.
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Both teams are playing 500 and it would be difficult to pick a favorite in
the game because of the rivalry.
Double Boxes=Steve and Roy/Microwave
S-Mora
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=FB97-5
GRAPHIC=Colts
Colts president Bill Polian; who recently turned the Carolina Panthers into
a success; hopes Indianapolis's turn around began today with the hiring of Jim
Mora as the team's new head coach.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=04-National Football League; :00
This is Mora second NFL head coaching job. From 1986 to 1996; he marched
the sidelines in New Orleans. Mora lead the Saints to 4 post season
appearances. He succeeds Lindy Infante; who was fired after the Colts dismal 3
and 13 season.
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S-Bam
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=FB97-4
GRAPHIC=Ravens
Baltimore Ravens running back Bam Morris began a four month jail sentence
today.
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SUPER=03-Rockwall, TX/Today;
Morris will serve the 120 days for violating terms of his probation from a
marijuana possession conviction two years ago. He confessed to the violations
from a Rockwall, Texas courtroom today. He will serve 4 months of a 10 year
sentence.
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S-Packers
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=FB97-3
GRAPHIC=Super Bowl
Super Bowl 32 in San Diego is about two weeks away.
SS=Packers
Defending champion Green Bay returned to title town to find a rather warm
reception from the frozen tundra.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Green Bay, WI; :00
Crazed fans had to wait for their team while two cases of super bowl
tickets were unloaded. They were taken away by police escorts for safe keeping.
defensive end Reggie White proudly carried the NFC championship trophy off
the plane and into the airport.
He was followed by quarterback Brett Favre and head coach Mike Holgrem; who
brought up the rear.
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S-Broncos
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-19
GRAPHIC=None
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VO-NAT WIPE TO #ENG!!!!!!!
SUPER=03-Denver, CO; :00
AFC champion Denver also received a rather rousing homecoming welcome
after downing Pittsburgh 24-21 Sunday.
Future Hall of fame quarterback John Elway; who is probably facing his last
chance at a super bowl title; offered a few inspirational words.
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Allen-Portrait
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
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TAPE#97-86
GRAPHIC=George Allen
A formal look to communicate strong principles, done with warm colors to
show warmth.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
That was the thinking of the artist who painted Governor George Allen's
official portrait.
The work was unveiled today at the State Capitol.
Governor Allen got up to talk about the painting before the REAL reactions
came.
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SOT 04;22:54
IN Q=Each and every
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: EACH AND EVERY ASPECT OF THAT PAINTING-- YOU HAVE KIDS
CRYING... FRIGHTEN THE BABY. ACTUALLY IT WAS YELPING IN JOY AND HAPPINESS.))
SUPER=@Allen;
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OUT Q=joy and happiness.
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VO-NAT
Allen's portrait takes its place among the other governors just outside the
office he'll vacate this weekend.
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Weekend-Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=None
There's a new addition to your Saturday and Sunday morning T-V lineups.
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Take Fullscreen Board 9404 Weekend News
Join Denise Allen and Andrew Freiden for News 7 Saturday Morning and News 7
Sunday Morning.
That's at eight o'clock both days.
All the news, weather and sports to start off your weekend.
So join us for News 7 Saturday Morning and News 7 Sunday morning.
Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
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TAPE#Promo
It already has its shopping list, now Bedford County needs to determine how
much money it can afford to spend.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
Jean Jadhon is here to tell us more.
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;
Keith, about 60 million dollars worth of capital improvement projects will
be on the table at tonight's supervisor meeting.
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VO-NAT
About half that is tied up in requests for three new elementary schools.
The planning commission will let the board know which projects IT
recommends.
And supervisors will also get the county's revenue projections for the next
fiscal year..
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Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
We'll have the story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight
on News 7 at 11--Keith?
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