18:00-01
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The director of Operation Rescue reports to jail, but not before he weighs
in with the media, declaring he's not a martyr and not in it for the
publicity.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Keith
And we'll measure the will of the people 90-days AFTER the election on
repealing the car tax.Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, the USA men's hockey team is frozen out of the medals in
Nagano, the Hokies, Hoos and Maroons all hit the hardwood tonight along with
area high school teams.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
And Clifton Forge native Bryan Stinespring continues to climb the coaching
ladder as he gets a promotion at Virginia Tech.
(-------------)Wx-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
More clouds than sun and it stays fairly breezy. Weather details and
weatherschool just ahead.Operation-Rescue
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-96
GRAPHIC=Abortion
The national director of the anti- abortion group Operation Rescue is in the
Lynchburg jail tonight, even as his lawyers appeal his six- month sentence for
trespassing.
Steve Smallshaw tells us the Reverend Flip Benham feels he's being unfairly
punished for his religious beliefs.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Flip Benham
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00
SUPER=04-November 10, 1997; :09
SUPER=01-Ethan Ontjes/Prosecutor; :23
SUPER=01-Mike DePrimo/Benham's Attorney; :34
SUPER=@ssm1; :43
SUPER=01-Flip Benham/Operation Rescue Director; :56
RUNS=1:16
OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.
(( Flip Benham began his long walk to jail around 10:30 Wednesday, but the
wheels of justice were set in motion last November.
A judge ruled that's when Benham was trespassing when he and a hundred
Liberty University students staged an anti- abortion rally on the campus of
E.C. Glass High School.
Prosecutors say it wasn't Benham's message that got him in trouble.. he just
didn't follow the rules.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:33:36
IN Q=If you're planning
((ETHAN ONTJES/PROSECUTOR: IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO A DEMONSTRATION, ANY KIND
OF DEMONSTRATION, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR MESSAGE IS YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH THE
PROPER PEOPLE AND GET PERMISSION.))
RUNS:10
OUT Q=and get permission.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:19:49
IN Q=I think that
((MIKE DEPRIMO/BENHAM'S ATTORNEY: I THINK THAT PERHAPS THE COURT DIDN'T QUITE
CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN RENDERING HIS DECISION, AND
WE'RE GOING TO APPEAL ON THAT BASIS.))
RUNS:09
OUT Q=on that basis.
(/////SOT/////)
Standup
IN Q=So for the
((So for the next several months, Flip Benham will have to continue his
ministry from within the confines of a Lynchburg City jail cell. He says he's
not doing this for the publicity or because he considers himself a martyr for
the anti- abortion cause.))
RUNS:13
OUT Q=anti-abortion cause.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:15:17
IN Q=It is a
((FLIP BENHAM/OPERATION RESCUE DIRECTOR: IT IS A VERY SIMPLE, LITTLE THING AND
WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID I THINK IS TRUE: THAT I PRAY MY CONFINEMENT WILL
ENCOURAGE THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO STAND UP AND RIGHTFULLY REPRESENT THE
HEART OF THE LORD, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE GOD IS
GOD, AND I AM NOT, THANK GOD.))
RUNS:14
OUT Q=thank God.
Co- defendants John Reyes and Jeff Brown remain free on bond, while their
appeals are considered.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))Mason-Dixon
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-98
GRAPHIC=Personal Property Tax
The titanic battle of the car tax versus the food tax has taken place mostly
within the State Capitol.
SS=News 7 Poll
But a new NEWS 7/Mason-Dixon poll may be enlightening to lawmakers.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Stacked up head to head, 45-percent say they favor repealing the car tax.
37-percent favor repealing the sales tax on food.
18-percent say neither; ...or, they're not sure.
The breakdown along gender lines is interesting.
52-percent of men favor repealing the car tax; 30-percent would get rid of
the food tax.
Only 38-percent of women would repeal the car tax.
44-percent picked the food tax cut.
The Governor had a positive spin on all this.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:48
IN Q=If you
((GOV. JIM GILMORE: IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELECTION, YOU WILL SEE THERE WAS NO
GENDER GAP IN THE ELECTION. SO I THINK THE WORKING WOMEN OF THIS STATE
DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE TAX RELIEF. AND LET'S FACE IT, WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING
ABOUT TAX RELIEF AT ALL IF I HADN'T RUN ON A PROGRAM OF TAX RELIEF.))
SUPER=@Gilmore;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=tax relief.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
If state revenues decline ...and paying for the car tax cut requires new
revenue... only 30-percent of those polled would be willing to pay higher sales
or income taxes to make that happen.
And only 14-percent would agree to higher local property taxes to pay for
the car tax cut.
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DISSOLVE TO FULLSCREEN HOMEPAGE
You can check out the poll results yourself on the WDBJ homepage, at w-d-b-j 7
dot-com.Annie's-Bill
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa/EQu
TAPE#97-94
GRAPHIC=Death Penalty
Torture that results in the death of a child could define the latest
expansion of Virginia's death penalty law.
The House of Delegates approved "Annie's Bill" today on a vote of 93 to
five.
It's named for four- year old Annie Leftwich.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The Dickenson County girl died after months of repeated abuse by her mother
and stepfather who were tried in Montgomery County.
SUPER=03-Christiansburg/January;
When the four year old died she was gagged and bound to her urine- soaked
baby bed in a cramped utility room with wild squirrels.
The child's parents were each sentenced to the maximum 50- years in prison.
(----------------)
TALENT=Keith
SS=Death Penalty
The bill would make such a killing a capital crime.
It now goes to the state Senate.Bowman
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#=97-97
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
The historic Hotel Botetourt may have been set on fire by one of its
RESIDENTS, who says he was broke and depressed.
(------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fincastle;
30-year-old Duane Bowman lived at the home for disabled adults -- which
was demolished by fire last August.
SUPER=04-August 1997
All 29 residents were safely evacuated.
Bowman told a home employee and a sheriff's deputy he had set fire to
his curtains with a cigarette lighter.
The fire investigator says Bowman was angry about money.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:26:54
IN Q=He was telling me
((VOICE OF NELSON TOLLEY/SHERIFF'S DEPUTY: HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE MONEY,
THEY OWED HIM MONEY, THEY WERE CHEATING HIM OUT OF MONEY. HE HAD NO WELFARE,
HE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY CIGARETTES OR FOOD.))
SUPER=02-Nelson Tolley/Botetourt Co. Sheriff's Dept.
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=cigarettes or food
(------------)
VO-NAT
Both attorneys agree Bowman's sanity is at question.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:46:00
IN Q=I think we're going to be
((JOEL BRANSCOM/COMMONWEALTH'S ATTY: I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT
WE DO WITH MR. BOWMAN.
KEEP HIM IN A PENITENTIARY OR FIND SOMEPLACE THAT YOU CAN HOUSE HIM SAFELY
WHERE HE'S ALSO ABLE TO GET TREATMENT.))
SUPER=01-Joel Branscom/Prosecutor;
RUNS=:08
(------------)
VO-NAT
A grand jury will decide in March whether Bowman stands trial for arson.
(------------)
(------------)Abed
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Joe Abbott
Having heard testimony from 189 witnesses, reviewed more than 400 pieces of
evidence... the jury in the case against Joe Abbott and eight others is hearing
closing arguments tonight.
Over the last five weeks jurors have been "learning about a family
enterprise," prosecutor Julie Dudley said.
For seven years this family promoted a climate of fear, Dudley said,
through armed robbery, arson, burglary and fraud... part of what her co-counsel
Tom Bondurant said in his OPENING statement was a "pattern of thugish
activity."
The jury won't get the case until tomorrow.Robb
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#98-9
GRAPHIC=Chuck Robb
As the United States inches closer to military strikes on Iraq, Virginia
Senator Chuck Robb has a blunt suggestion.
Robb's calling for the United States to lift its 23- year old ban on
assassinating foreign leaders.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
The Senator says he's NOT advocating Saddam Hussein's assassination.
He merely wants to make Saddam "more receptive" to allowing access to U-N
inspectors.
Robb says lifting the assassination ban would deprive Saddam of some peace
of mind.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
A school principal who called police when one student kicked another says he
was just following policy. We'll hear from Byrd Principal Bob Patterson coming
up on News 7 at Six.
(---------------)
VO-NAT
And there are just 15 of them, but Lexington Police Department members are
getting recognition reserved for cop shops.
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ANCHOR=Robin
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NEWSCAST=6pm
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The Army Corps of Engineers is opening the floodgates a little wider in
Alleghany County.
(------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Alleghany Co.
Lake Moomaw is up due to recent heavy rain, so the flow at Gathright Dam was
increased twice today, once this morning, and again this afternoon.
Officials say it's stardard proceedure, and they don't expect any serious
flooding problems.
The increased flow rate will continue through the rest of the night.
(------------)School-Violence
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6 p.m.
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#97-99
GRAPHIC=Education
Roanoke county officials say they have "zero tolerance" for violence of
any kind in their schools.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Vinton;
William Byrd High School principal Bob Patterson says he was following
procedure when he called police after 16- year- old Joseph Grisson kicked
another student.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 9:53:20
IN Q=When Joseph
((BOB PATTERSON/WILLIAM BYRD PRINCIPAL: WHEN JOSEPH DID KICK THE YOUNG LADY, HE
DID DO BODILY INJURY. SHE WAS IN REAL SEVERE PAIN WHEN SHE CAME IN HERE AND
SHE WAS REAL UPSET ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY WE PROCEEDED AS WE DID. ))
SUPER=01-Bob Patterson/William Byrd Principal;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=proceeded as we did
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Patterson says he determined the incident was an assault, and so he turned
the matter over to police.
He says the situation was complicated when the boy was transported to a
LYNCHBURG detention facility because his parents could not be reached.
Meantime, Grissom's father says they were NOT contacted.
He's been protesting outside the school all week, demanding the removal of
the principal.
(----------------)
Hobbs
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#98-7
GRAPHIC=Lynchburg City Seal
The field of candidates for Lynchburg city council got a little more crowded
today.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
Businessman Stewart Hobbs turned in his petitions to the city registrar this
morning.
Two years after he ran and lost on the Republican ticket, Hobbs is seeking
an at- large seat as an Independent this time.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:45:13
IN Q=My personal feeling
((STEWART HOBBS/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL CANDIDATE: MY PERSONAL FEELING IS MORE IN
LINE THAT PARTISAN POLITICS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS MAYBE NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR THE PARTIES INVOLVED, BUT I THINK THE
CITY IS BETTER SERVED ON A NON- PARTISAN BASIS.))
SUPER=01-Stewart Hobbs/Lynchburg Council Candidate; :00
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=non-partisan basis.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Hobbs joins Republican Kevin Clauson and Independent Jane Thurber in the
race.
Incumbent councilman Carl Hutcherson is expected to announce his re-
election bid tomorrow.
(----------------)
Police-Accreditation
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=98-3
GRAPHIC=None
With a force of 15 sworn officers, the Lexington Police Department became
the smallest in Virginia to receive state accreditation.
(------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington
They've been trying for the honor since January of 1996 and got approved
after changing some department policies and passing a recent review.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12.04.29 - 12.04.42
IN Q=This is the
((CHIEF BRUCE BEARD/LEXINGTON POLICE DEPT.:THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER.
I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 28 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN
CHIEF OF POLICE FOR 11 YEARS AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE
THIS TASK.))
SUPER=01-Chief Bruce Beard/Lexington Police Dept.
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=complete this task.
(------------)
VO-NAT
The force serves about 7,000 people in Lexington--most of whom are students
at Washington and Lee University and V-M-I.
Chief Beard says accreditation will standardize department operations and
improve the department's standing in the community.
(------------)
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None
The department will receive a plaque officially recognizing the
accomplishment Thursday night at a Lexington city council meeting.
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
The stock market is still breaking records.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
RUNS=:25
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time, at 84- 51.
NASDAQ was up 12 points.
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Partnership
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#97-100
GRAPHIC=None
This week the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership is celebrating
15-years of doing business in Southwest Virginia.
By getting seven local governments to work together, the partnership has
brought some major employers to the region.
Scott Goldberg has more on the group's 15th anniversary.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;00
SUPER=01-John Pecaric/R.R. Donnelley & Sons;:11
SUPER=01-Beth Doughty/Rke. Valley Ec. Dev. Partnership; :53
SUPER=@Scott2;
RUNS=1:42
OUT Q=News 7
((At R-R Donnelley and Sons, they make books.
quick natsound of machines
Lots of books -- nine million since the plant opened last May.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:04:47
IN Q=i think
((JOHN PECARIC/RR DONNELLEY & SONS: I THINK NINE MILLION BOOKS IN NINE MONTHS
IS KIND OF A STAGGERING THING.))
RUNS:05
OUT Q=STAGGERING THING
And they do it using the highest tech equipment.
From computerized printing presses
stress-testing gizmo
... to a gadget that makes sure pages won't rip when you turn them.
quick nat of machines?
This is a world-class printing facility that could've built its plant
anywhere but decided to call the Roanoke Valley home.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT11:02:39
IN Q=i think
((JOHN PECARIC: I THINK WE WERE LOOKING FOR A GOOD MATCH AND THAT'S WHAT THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DO: CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MATCH
TO HAPPEN.))
RUNS:07
OUT Q=HAPPEN
**bump**
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 16:30:14
IN Q=THE ROANOKE
((BETH DOUGHTY: THE ROANOKE VALLEY HAS SO MUCH GOING FOR IT ...(lower audio,
keep video under track) ))
RUNS:02
OUT Q=
Those economic development people include Beth Doughty, who, with the rest of
the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership,
shot of mountains/Donnelley plant
is celebrating 15-years of bringing major industries like R-R Donnelley to
Southwest Virginia.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 16:33:27
IN Q=we accomplished
((BETH DOUGHTY: WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT FEAT BY ENCOURAGING A SPIRIT OF
COOPERATION AND IMPLEMENTING COOPERATION AND SEEING THE RESULTS THAT COME FROM
SEVEN DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS AND THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WORKING
TOGETHER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.))
RUNS:15
OUT Q=ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
pre-pro
Since 19-83, the partnership has brought the Roanoke Valley 500-million
dollars worth of investments through eight-thousand jobs and 60 companies that
have expanded or relocated here.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:02:03
IN Q=there is not
((JOHN PECARIC: THERE IS NOT A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY
WHO ARE BOOK MAKERS. AND WE KNEW THAT WHEN WE CAME HERE AS A COMPANY ))
RUNS:06
OUT Q=A COMPANY
But Pecaric said he knew something else:
People here are willing to learn.
Add that to the low cost and high quality of life, and you get the equation
Beth Doughty hopes will make the Roanoke Valley a good place to do business for
another 15 years.
Scott Goldberg, News-7.))
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#SPORTS TEASE
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming up tonight in sports, the USA Hockey Dream Team will go to bed without
a medal, Bryan Stinespring gets a promotion at Tech, a new tag team is emerging
in NASCAR.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
And the Virginia Cavaliers will again try to snap their ever-growing losing
streak as they travel to N.C. State tonight.
We'll hear from Curtis Staples right after this.
(-------------) S-USA
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S8-4
GRAPHIC=Nagano Olympics
The U.S. hockey "dream team's" visit to Nagano, Japan officially turned
into a nightmare early this morning when the Czech Republic knocked the boys in
red, white and blue out of medal contention.
(----------------)
VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Nagano, Japan; :00
Once again the U.S. came out strong taking a 1-nothing lead on Mike
Madano's tally in the first period of play; but the Czech's had the final say
on both sides of the ice. Czech goalie Dominik Hasek was a brick wall
registering 38 saves SUPER=34-Czech Republic/4/USA/1;
in net for his team.
Pittsburgh Penguin Jaromir Jagr scored the eventual game winner in the
second as the Czechs dominate 4-1 and end any chance for a U.S. medal in men's
hockey.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="we
((CHRIS CHELIOS/U.S. DEFENSEMAN:))
SUPER=01-Chris Chelios/U.S. Defenseman; :00
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=....is ourselves"
S-Line
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#TF97-2
GRAPHIC=TECH FB
The Virginia Tech football team has had a banner recruiting year, and today
one of its top recruiters got a new assignment.
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-Last Season; :00
Bryan Stinespring, the Clifton Forge native who has been a coach at Tech for
the past five years, was elevated to the position of offensive line coach
today.
Stinespring replaces the popular J.B. Grimes who resigned yesterday to take a
similar position at Texas A & M.
Bryan also was an assistant high school coach at Lexington and Patrick Henry,
serving under Dennis Vaught.
(-------------)S-Tech
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jkr
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Atlantic Ten
Tonight the Tech men's basketball team has a chance to even the score as it
faces conference leading Dayton at the Cassell.
In their last meeting Tech got trampled 85-60 on Dayton's home court.
Former Radford University head coach Oliver Purnell returns to the New River
Valley with a team that is in first place in the Atlantic Ten's west division.
Tech's overall record is 8-and-14. S-Virginia
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#VB98-1
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA LOGO
The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team hits the road again tonight to
take on N.C. State.
The Cavs have lost seven straight games and haven't won since they beat the
Wolfpack back on January 18th.
Virginia is the only team in the ACC with a losing record, and a win tonight
could sure a lot of ills.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="It's easy...
((CURTIS STAPLES/UVA SENIOR GUARD:))
SUPER=01-Curtis Staples/UVa Senior Guard; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=...OVER THE HUMP."
(-------------)
ANCHOR=Mike
SS=HOLD UVA
Staples is now just 14 three pointers away from the all-time NCAA record of
409 held by former Marshall great Keith Veney.
Highlights of the game for you tonight at 11.S-Roanoke
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA FOOTBALL
In one other item from UVa, this afternoon head football coach George Welsh
suspended redshirt freshmen Michael Greene, Ben Moore and T.J. Williams
indefinitely following their arrest on credit card fraud charges.
Police allege that the three used a stolen credit card at Fashion Square
Mall along with former walk-on Terrence Dendy, and ran up over $700 in charges.
SS=ODAC
Back to basketball, the Roanoke men play their final regular season game
tonight at the Bast Center as they host Emory & Henry.
Tipoff is set for seven.
The men's ODAC tournament begins its three day run at the Salem Civic Center
this Saturday.S-Mayfield
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-38
GRAPHIC=ROCKINGHAM
The Winston Cup circuit resumes this week in Rockingham, North Carolina with
the GM Goodwrench 400. An appropriate race for the circuit to be staging
(----------------)
VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL/Last Week; :00
considering the driver of the Goodwrench Chevy, Dale Earnhardt will again be
the man to beat at the Rock.
But folks better watch out for NASCAR's newest tag team combination of Rusty
Wallace and Jeremy Mayfield.
The two joined forces in the offseason with Roger Penske bought a part of
Michael Kranefuss's team.
And in their first race out, the two finished third and 5th in the Daytona
500.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="I was...
((MICHAEL KRANEFUSS/MAYFIELD'S CAR OWNER:))
SUPER=01-Michael Kranefuss/Mayfield's Car Owner; :00
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=...OPEN."
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