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7E-McCloskey
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TAPE#=97-99
GRAPHIC=Lawsuit
A man is claiming hospital workers fatally injured his son.
John William McCloskey died February 24, 1996- His father says after workers
at Western State Hospital violated him with a broom handle or similar device.
Now, two years after his son's death from internal injuries, Carl McCloskey
is suing the hospital for ten million dollars.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Augusta Co.;
Hospital officials deny any wrongdoing--claiming McCloskey was violated by
deputies with the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Department when they arrested him
in December of '94.
The teen was charged with disorderly conduct and exposing himself at a store
in Arnold's Valley. Shortly, afterward a magistrate declared McCloskey mentally
ill and ordered him to be sent to Western State Hospital.
Sheriff Bob Day denies his deputies did anything wrong.
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SOT 13.07.33 - 13.07.59
IN Q=The deputy marked
((ROCKBRIDGE CO. SHERIFF BOB DAY: THE DEPUTY MARKED IN ROUTE FROM THE STORE TO
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ARRIVED HERE IN 22 MINUTES WHICH IS NORMAL DRIVING
TIME. THE TIME THE DEPUTY ARRIVED UNTIL ABOUT FOUR MINUTES 'TIL THE ARREST
WAS MADE. SO, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT 30 MINUTES THERE TO ARRIVE HERE AND PUT
IN A HOLDING CELL. THE MAGISTRATE CAME AND ISSUED WARRANTS AND THEN HE WAS
ADMITTED TO JAIL.))
SUPER=01-Bob Day/Rockbridge Co. Sheriff
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OUT Q=admitted to jail.
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VO-NAT
A hearing date for the trial has yet to be set.
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7E-Black-Farmers
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Planting season begins in about a month and black farmers say they're not
receiving federal loans to help them through what they call an "emergency."
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Rocky Mount;
The National Black Farmers Association protested in front of the Farm
Service Agency -- saying their loans are always rejected.
They say the Farm Service Agency discriminates against black farmers -- and
small farms.
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SOT 9:49:42
IN Q=I don't ask
((DOUG WITCHER/FARMER: I DON'T ASK ... ANSWERING UP.))
SUPER=01-Doug Witcher/Farmer;
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OUT Q=answering up
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VO-NAT
None of these farmers applied for loans this year -- saying it was too much
paperwork for nothing.
But by the end of the rally, many made appointments with loan officers --
who say there's still more than two million dollars available.
Don Davis of the Farm Service Agency says he cannot refute the farmers'
claims of racism -- but he would be happy to talk to each farmer one-on-one.
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7S-Thurber
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GRAPHIC=Lynchburg City Seal
In Lynchburg, the first woman has joined the city council race.
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SUPER=03-Lynchburg
Jane Thurber announced yesterday she'll seek one of the three at- large
seats up for grabs in May.
Thurber says she wants to take on corruption and partisanship in city
government.
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SOT 1:32:04
IN Q=I've felt that
((JANE THURBER/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL CANDIDATE: I'VE FELT THAT WHEN PEOPLE GOT MAD
ENOUGH, I WOULD WIN. AND I HOPE AND WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT BY NOW, MAYBE,
THEY'RE MAD ENOUGH.))
SUPER=01-Jane Thurber/Lynchburg Council Candidate
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OUT Q=they're mad enough.
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VO-NAT
Thurber joins four other candidates already in the race.
Lynchburg Republicans will nominate their candidates Saturday.
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7Weather
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Checking your Thursday forecast, another sunny day today with increasing
cloudiness late in the afternoon. Very warm again today with highs in the
mid-60s...
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7BIRTHDAYS!2/27/98
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45S-Women's-Caucus
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TAPE#98-4
GRAPHIC=Session 98
While women's issues such as abortion, divorce law and child care have
garnered the attention of the General assembly, the tide may changing for
women.
Ellen Qualls explains.
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IN Q=I want to say
SUPER=01-Sen. Yvonne Miller/(D) Norfolk; :00
SUPER=03-Richmond; :12
SUPER=01-Sandra Duckworth/Virginia Women's Network; :25
SUPER=@ellen2; :35
SUPER=01-Robin DeJarnette/Family Foundation; :48
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OUT Q=Qualls, News 7.
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SOT 01:02:50 TAPE ONE
((SEN. YVONNE MILLER/D-NORFOLK: I WANT TO SAY WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE NOT FIRST
IN VIRGINIA. THEY ARE LAST.))
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On the Virginia Women's Network version of the Titanic, the good ole boys
are off in the lifeboats, and the women and children are going down with the
ship.
But how can that be happening with their strongest numbers ever: 15 women
in the House, including Lynchburg's Kathy Byron, and seven in the Senate.
The allegedly non-partisan Women's Network blames the Republican takeover.
SOT TAPE TWO 01:22:27
((SANDRA DUCKWORTH/VA. WOMEN'S NETWORK: EVEN BEFORE WE HAD THIS MANY
REPUBLICANS ELECTED, I THINK WE WERE BEGINNING TO SEE THE EROSION OF SUPPORT
FOR WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES.))
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But wait a minute, almost half the women in the House are Republicans
themselves.
And boy are the women at the conservative Family Foundation glad to see
them.
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((ROBIN DEJARNETTE/FAMILY FOUNDATION: VERY MUCH SO. I FEEL LIKE WOMEN HAVE
MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS OVER THE YEARS... FROM THE STATE.))
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So finally in Virginia's General Assembly -- women's issues depend on the
woman.
Ellen QUalls, News 7.))
455-Eclipse
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GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check,
A partial eclipse will cover about a quarter of the sun in Southwest
Virginia today.
While you may be tempted to look to the sky to check it out, be warned it
could result in permanent eye damage.
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SUPER=03-Christiansburg
Experts say there are safe and unsafe methods for watching a solar eclipse.
Doctors say the only safe methods of looking at the sun directly are through
special mylar filter glasses or number-14 welders goggles.
Any other way will cause irreversible eye damage.
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SOT 11:15:16
IN Q=If you stare
((DR. SCOTT MANN/OPTOMETRIST:IF YOU STARE AT THE SUN DIRECTLY FOR A PROLONGS
PERIOD OF TIME YOU GET A BURN TO THE RETNA WHICH IS THE DELICATE INNER LINING
AT THE BACK OF THE EYE AND THAT CAN RESULT IN A PERMANENT LOSS OF CENTRAL
VISION. THE SCARY PART IS IT'S PAINLESS AND IT DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY HAPPEN SO
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE RESULTS OF THE BURN ARE EVIDENT.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Scott Mann/Optometrist;
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OUT Q=are evident.
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Doctor Mann says looking at the sun through C-D's, layers of film, or
stacking sun glasses together will not protect the eyes.
But you can also try indirect techniques like making a shadow box by cutting
a hole in one end, taping a piece of paper over it, and putting a pinhole in
it, which makes a lens.
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SOT 11:18:35
IN Q=If you're careful
((DR. SCOTT MANN/OPTOMETRIST:IF YOU'RE CAREFUL YOU CAN TAKE BINOCULARS AND
NEVER USE THEM DIRECTLY, BUT YOU CAN AIM THEM AT THE SUN AND FOCUS THEM BACK ON
A PIECE OF PAPER AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE TWO ECLIPSES.))
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OUT Q=see two eclipses.
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VO-NAT
Special mylar filtered glasses are available at the Science Museum in
downtown Roanoke.
The partial eclipse is expected to start about 12:15 in our area and peak at
about 1:08.
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45weather
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Shifting our attention now to weather--
Mostly sunny and warm today, with highs in the lower 60s.
Clouding up later, with showers developing overnight.
Lows near 40.
Showers remain in the forecast for the next few days...
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8E-DayCare-Bills
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GRAPHIC=Childcare
Tougher rules for day care providers are creating some concerns among
those who take care of children.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke
Tuesday the State Senate approved imposing 500-dollar fines on day care
centers who endanger children in their care.
Some who provide day care services out of their homes agree with the
legislation... at least in part.
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IN Q=THINGS THAT ARE
((THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE HOMES ARE USUALLY BLAMED ON CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE PROVIDING CARE FOR THESE OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A BIG MESS.))
((I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DAY CARE PROVIDERS BEING SET UP BY THE PARENT THAT
MAY BE GIVING THEM SOME TROUBLE. OTHERWISE, I FEEL IT'S VERY GOOD BECAUSE
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE SAFE IN THE HOME FOR DAY CARE FOR ALL CHILDREN.))
SUPER=01-Barbara Cox/Barbara's Child Care; :00
SUPER=01-Jacqueline Brown/Brown Family Day Care Home; :12
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VO-NAT
The Senate also approved a bill requiring licensed day care providers to
personally spend at least three-quarters of their time taking care of the
children, rather than hiring someone else to do it.
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8C'burg-Student
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A Montgomery County student is facing charges of possessing a firearm on
school property.
This, after police say an investigation Tuesday turned up a
semi-automatic handgun on the 16-year-old at Christiansburg High School.
8Balcony-Collapse
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GRAPHIC=Lawsuit
The investigation into the collapse of a balcony at a Blacksburg apartment
complex has resulted in a one-and-a-quarter- million dollar lawsuit.
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SUPER=03-Blacksburg/April 1996;
The five people filing suit against the owner are among the 16 who were
injured in the collapse almost two years at the Terrace View Apartments.
A third-floor balcony fell onto a
second-floor balcony, and it then gave way.
An inspection by the town concluded that overcrowding, not structural
defects, led to the collapse.
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8E-Abed
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GRAPHIC=Abbott
It appears jurors in the Abed trial are taking their time rendering a
verdict--
That could be several days or weeks away.
The jury foreman yesterday predicted it may take ten working days to render
a decision in the racketeering and arson case in federal court.
The judge has another trial in Charlottesville next week, but the foreman
in this case told him he'd be "very safe" going to Charlottesville.
85-Credit-Unions
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The U-S Supreme Court has set new limits on the ways credit unions do
business.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The court voted 5-to-4, saying credit unions can not serve more than one
membership group.
A membership group is made up of people who have something in common -- like
where they work or go to church.
The president of a local credit union said yesterday's high-court ruling
could make it harder for people to join credit unions in the future.
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SOT 13:48:46
IN Q=as future
((DONNA HARRIS/FESTAR CREDIT UNION: AS FUTURE GENERATIONS COME, THOSE PERSONS
WOULD NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR CREDIT UNION MEMBERSHIP AND THIS IS GOING TO
HURT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.))
SUPER=01-Donna Harris/FedStar Credit Union;
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OUT Q=millions of americans
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The banking industry was quick to applaud yesterday's ruling.
pre pro
On its website, the Independent Bankers Association of America said:
"The Supreme Court.. confirmed that some credit unions have overstepped their
bounds."
Bankers also urged Congress NOT to rush to judgment.
Congress is considering a bill that would re-write the law that established
credit unions.
That bill would, in effect, overrule the decision by the court.
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8weather
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Turning to the Thursday forecast--
Mostly sunny and spring- like again today.
Highs will reach the lower 60s.
Increasing clouds by tonight, though, with showers developing.
Lows around 40.
The four day outlook is warm, but fairly wet--
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