18:00-01
Talent=Keith
Coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX:
He's not the first prominent inmate at the city jail in Lynchburg- -maybe
not even the first to convert his fellow convicts... we'll hear how abortion
protester Flip Benham's adjusting to the lock up.
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VO NAT
And a Roanoke businessman confesses to us that he put the video camera in
the ladies' room at B-and-H Beauty Supply.
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ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, it's been a rough day for local college teams in
tournament action.
Steve Mason reports from Greensboro on VMI loss in the Southern, highlights
of a Liberty win but a Radford loss at the Big South women's event.
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VO-NAT eng#
And in Charlotte at the ACC women's tournament UVa is whipped by North
Carolina, losing by 20 points.
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TALENT=Robin
SS=None
A return to more normal temperatures this weekend and the clouds continue to
hang tough as well. More on the weather coming up.Abortion-Protest
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#98-2
GRAPHIC=Abortion
He has served just one week of a six- month sentence, but friends of the
Reverend Flip Benham say the anti- abortion activist is holding up well inside
the Lynchburg city jail.
Now, with a March 13th rally in sight, Benham's supporters are SUING for the
right to protest without a city permit.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Last Week; :00
SUPER=01-Lawrence Simpson/Lynchburg Sheriff; :12
SUPER=01-John Reyes/Co-Defendant; :34
SUPER=01-Keith Tucci/Life Coalition International; 1:02
SUPER=@ssm1; 1:07
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OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.
(( Nationally- known anti- abortion activist Flip Benham is not the first
famous person to occupy a Lynchburg jail cell.. and authorities there say he's
being treated like everyone else. (/////SOT/////)
SOT 1:24:32
IN Q=We haven't had
((LAWRENCE SIMPSON/LYNCHBURG SHERIFF: WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REAL BIG PROBLEMS
EXCEPT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, QUITE A BIT OF MAIL, PEOPLE WANTING TO COME SEE
HIM.))
RUNS:10
OUT Q=come see him.
One of those visitors was co- defendant John Reyes, who's appealing his own
jail sentence.
Reyes says Benham has been holding nightly Bible studies in jail, and has
helped a fellow inmate rededicate his life to Christ.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:46:02
IN Q=He's in very
((JOHN REYES/CO- DEFENDANT: HE'S IN VERY GOOD SPIRITS. I BELIEVE THAT HE
PROBABLY BELIEVES THAT THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS IN
CHRIST HAVE GONE THROUGH, OR WHAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
WHO ARE BEING PERSECUTED FOR THEIR FAITH.))
RUNS:14
OUT Q=persecuted for their faith.
With a March 13th rally just two weeks away, Reyes and Life Coalition
director Keith Tucci are suing the city of Lynchburg, claiming the ordinance
requiring groups to get a protest permit is unconstitutional.
Tucci said last week they would hold the rally anyway.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:25:48
IN Q=These demonstrations
((KEITH TUCCI/LIFE COALITION INTERNATIONAL: THESE DEMONSTRATIONS WILL BE
PEACEFUL, THEY'LL BE POLITE BUT THEY WILL BE VERY OBVIOUS.))
RUNS:06
OUT Q=very obvious.
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Standup
IN Q=The lawsuit
(( The lawsuit, however, may be moot, because police chief Charles Bennett has
already instructed his officers NOT to arrest anyone for protesting without a
permit. That decision was made after Reverend Benham's trial, when city
attorneys decided it was in their best interest to review the ordinance
regarding public demonstrations. Officials say if the protesters aren't
acting disorderly or trespassing on March 13th, there shouldn't be any
problems.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))
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OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.))
Aronson
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#=97-99
GRAPHIC=None
A Roanoke man who runs a beauty supply shop allegedly hid a video
camera in the women's restroom.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
34-year-old Paul Aronson faces charges of videotaping partially naked women
without their consent.
His employee, Melanie Melton, found the camera in the restroom's ceiling.
Police say the tape shows Aronson adjusting the camera toward the toilet,
then a female customer using the bathroom.
Aronson says B-&-H Supply supervisors have told him not to talk.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:48:57
IN Q=But you can't
((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: BUT YOU CAN'T DENY YOU PUT THE CAMERA THERE? NO I CAN'T
DENY THAT, NO.))
SUPER=01-Paul Aronson/B&H Supply;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=no I can't deny that no
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VO-NAT
Police say Melton had visited Aronson's home before -- and that he told
her he enjoyed making his own videos.
Police seized several tapes from Aronson's home.
He's scheduled to appear in court next month.
The store is closed.
Melton's mother refuses to let her daughter talk until she speaks to an
attorney.
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Roanoke-Rape
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#=98-1
GRAPHIC=None
Roanoke police are looking for the man who raped an 80-year-old woman.
And they're asking for your help.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Police hope someone recognizes this hat.
It's dark and splattered with white paint.
The front of it says "Been there, done that."
Police found it at the rape victim's home in Northwest Roanoke.
Police say anyone who thinks the hat looks familiar should call the Roanoke
city criminal investigation unit.
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SOT
IN Q=we're still trying
((SGT. STAN SMITH/ROANOKE POLICE: WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND WITNESSES TO THIS
MATTER. AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE GENERAL
PUBLIC IN HELPING US TO FIND THE WEARER OF A CAP THAT WAS LEFT AT THE CRIME
SCENE WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURRED.))
SUPER=01-Sgt. Stan Smith/Roanoke Police;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=
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VO-NAT
That cap has been turned over to the state crime lab.
Investigators there will look for D-N-A evidence that could help police
identify a suspect.
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State-Computers
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=The Internet
Virginia state employees will be able to view sexually explicit Internet sites
on state computers.
A federal judge in Alexandria has struck down the state's constraints on
computer use, saying the law violates constitutional free-speech rights.
Six professors at state universities and the A-C-L-U had challenged the law.
Supporters say it was designed to keep state
workers from frivolous or indecent activity while they were on the
job.
Evans
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-97
GRAPHIC=Andre Evans
Bedford County prosecutor Randy Krantz says he's still deciding whether to
seek the death penalty for murder suspect Andre Evans.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford/File Tape
Evans is charged with the shooting deaths of Timothy Ray Robinson and Lorin
Tyler Murphy during a confrontation in the city of Bedford last October.
Police say the killings apparently stemmed from an argument over tennis
shoes.
Several witnesses identified Evans as the shooter during a preliminary
hearing this morning.
A grand jury could indict Evans when it meets in April.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
A dance ensemble with a proud history is taking the stage tonight in Roanoke.
Patrick Evans joins us with a preview, coming up on News 7 at Six.
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VO-NAT
And imagine finding out that the quiet neighbor living down the street from
you is actually a major player in a Columbian Cocaine cartel. We'll take to
the Roanoke County neighborhood where Leo Rivera lived.
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ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=khu
TAPE#=98-6
GRAPHIC=Javier Cruz
**Note Anchor Tag**
Up until last Spring, we could count among our neighbors here in the
Roanoke Valley a pair of high-rolling Colombian drug dealers.
Javier Cruz maintained a high profile, life-in-the fast-lane kind of
existence... almost advertising his drug world connections... even though he
was working for the D-E-A ...had been since his arrest in 1991.
Leo Rivera was also an informant, but he lead a much different lifestyle.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Jack Bailey/Neighbor; :17
RUNS=1:18
OUT Q=shouldn't have.
((
Rivera and his wife and two children lived in this quiet subdivision on the
Roanoke-Botetourt County line.
They paid 124-thousand dollars for the house on Jonathan Lane in Bonsack in
November, 1992.
For more than four years they managed to avoid raising any suspicions.
11:26
((AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED, THEY WERE DECENT NEIGHBORS AND THEY DIDN'T BOTHER
ANYBODY.))
RUNS:05
When the Cruz story broke at the end of 1996... he claimed Rivera was
already in the witness protection program... though Rivera's neighbors tell us
it was April of last year before he actually moved out.
He'd amassed millions importing and distributing cocaine... a sore point
with the man his neighbors jokingly call the "Mayor" of Bonsack.
11:27:20
((IF HE'S OBTAINED MONEY UNDER ILLEGAL CIRCUMSTANCES, IT SHOULD BE TAKEN
AWAY.))
RUNS:05
Rivera kept a low profile... in contrast to Cruz and his all-night dance
club across town... and a house that cost more than twice as much as Rivera's.
11:25:35
((THEY STAYED TO THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME. AND OF COURSE SHE DIDN'T SPEAK
ENGLISH, AND HE WAS GONE MOST OF THE TIME. SO PEOPLE WONDERED IF SOMETHING WAS
GOING ON. BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW.
Once you did figure it out, what did you think? SURPRISE, SURPRISE. ACTUALLY WE
WERE SURPRISED, BECAUSE IF THE GOVERNMENT PUT THEM OUT HERE, THEY SHOULDN'T
HAVE.))))
RUNS:21
Talent=Keith
SS=None
The house on Jonathan Lane finally sold... just a few weeks ago... for
about 13-thousand more tha paid for it.Tech-Paper
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=jda
TAPE#=598-1
GRAPHIC=Virgina Supreme Court
The State Supreme Court says the Collegiate Times may be guilty of bad
taste, but today the court refused to reinstate a defamation lawsuit filed by
Virginia Tech administrator, Sharon Yeagle.
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VO-NAT
Yeagle filed suit after the Collegiate Times identified her as "Director
of Butt-Licking." Newspaper Staffers said it was a mistake, never meant for
publication.
A Montgomery County judge ruled the title was too absurd to be taken
seriously, and the Supreme Court justices apparently agreed.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Virginia Supreme Court
In today's majority opinion, Justice Elizabeth Lacy acknowledged the phrase
was digusting, offensive, and in extremely bad taste. But Lacy said the phrase
could not reasonably be considered as conveying factual information about
Yeagle.New-Judge
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=chu
TAPE#98-4
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
There's a new judge laying down the law in Danville.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;
M-Lee Stilwell Junior was sworn in today as a judge in the 22nd Judicial
District.
The courtroom was packed as he took the oath of office.
Stilwell spent 25-years as a trial lawyer before taking this judgeship.
His six-year term officially begins Sunday. Danville's newest judge says
he brings to the job the lessons his parents taught him.
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SOT 7:11:46-:56
IN Q= The fairness and the
((M. LEE STILWELL/JUDGE: THE FAIRNESS AND THE IMPARTIALITY THAT THEY TAUGHT ME
AS I WAS GROWING UP. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG... AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THE TRUTH IS.))
SUPER=01-Lee Stilwell Jr./General District Judge
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=what the truth is.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-January 5, 1998
Stilwell fills the vacany created by the retirement of Judge T. Ryland
Dodson.
Dodson retired earlier this month after serving 20-years on the bench.
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Roop
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#=98-8
GRAPHIC=Campaign 98
Another local lawman wants to get into politics.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Martinsville/October 1995;
Former Martinsville police chief Terry Roop says he'll run for city
council this May.
Roop retired about two years ago after 31 years with the force.
He says if he wins, he'll focus on economic development and neighborhood
restoration.
(-------------)Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
Make it three in a row for Wall Street, as the Dow finished the day and the
week in record territory.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
RUNS=:25
SUPER=x5102;
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The Dow gained 55 points to close at 85 hundred 46.
NASDAQ lost almost seven points.
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SUPER=432-h!/54%/hb/17f/i#/39d/h#/52c/hf/50c;
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SUPER=434-h&/43$/u/28g/h1a/31/ha/79f/i*/`46#;Alvin-Ailey
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=pev
TAPE#98-7
GRAPHIC=None
The Alvin Ailey dance ensemble is performing at the Roanoke Civic Center
this evening, visiting from New York City.
Double Boxes=Keith and Patrick/Microwave
Patrick Evans joins us from the Civic Center stage, where he has been
watching rehearsals this afternoon.
Patrick, this ensemble is about teaching AND learning, tell us more.
Live=Patrick Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Patrick1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
( ad lib live interview)
SUPER=01-Roxanne Lyst/Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble;
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RUNS=:45
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Live=Patrick Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
( ad lib)
Double Boxes=Keith and Patrick/Microwave
The performance is tonight at 8pm, the Roanoke Civic Center, tickets are
still available at the box office.
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming up tonight in sports, college hoop highlights from this afternoon
tournament action in the Southern Conference concerning VMI, and the ACC
women's tournament.
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VO-NAT eng#
Plus, we'll check in with the Big South women's event in Lynchburg where
Liberty remained unbeaten and Radford was sent home.
(-------------)S-VMI
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#bb98-1
GRAPHIC=southern conference
The VMI Keydets season came to sudden stop this afternoon in the
quarterfinals of the Southern Conference tournament in Greensboro.
Steve Mason tells us how The Citadel won this military battle of the South.
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SOT
IN Q=FIRST AUDIO
SUPER=03-Greensboro, NC
SUPER=01-Matt Matheny/9 Points For VMI;
SUPER=01-Jason Bell/10 Points For VMI;
SUPER=33-Citadel/77/VMI/66;
SUPER=@steve1;
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."
(-------------)S-South
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# BB98-2
GRAPHIC=Big South Conference
There is plenty of lady's action to talk about.
In the first game of the Big South Tournament the Liberty Lady Flames were
trying to move closer to scoring back to back titles.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
The red, white and blue was represented in a slightly different light this
afternoon--and these GUYS were cheering for the Flames.
Sarah Wilkerson takes things into her own hands, drives to the hoop and
notches the difficult two, Sarah led all scorers with 19.
Lady Buc Joy Taylor tries to make up the difference and tucks one away here
for Charleston Southern.
SUPER=34-Liberty/64/Charleston Southern/54;
Conference M-V-P Elena Kisseleva recovering from the flu scored in double
figures for the 43rd straight game and the Flames go on to win it 64-to-54.
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(( ))
SUPER=01-Elena Kisseleva/11 points;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=What happens then
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Radford vs. UNC-Asheville;
The lady Highlanders were looking for another matchup with Liberty.
But UNC-Asheville kicks in, then outside to Amy Freed. And Freed drowns the
three.
SUPER=33-Radford/74/UNC-Asheville/81;
And despite the teamwork of Jennifer Gant to Wilma Walton and Rebecca NcNeil
UNC Asheville wins it 81 to 74.
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S-UVA
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#VB98-1
GRAPHIC=ACC LOGO
The Women's ACC tournament in Charlotte turned out to be a nasty one day
affair for the Virginia Cavalier women.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Charlotte, NC/UVa #15 vs. UNC #10; :00
This afternoon's quarterfinal matchup between the 15th ranked Cavs and the
10th ranked North Carolina was a blowout.
The two teams had played a combined five overtimes this season so, most
expected this game to be close.
SUPER=33-North Carolina/76/Virginia/56;
But this time the Cavaliers gave it away by commiting 31 turnovers as they
lose it 76-to-56.
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ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NBA LOGO
In the NBA, the Spurs waived 2nd year guard Cory Alexander.
He had appeared in 37 games this season and was averaging 5 points a game.
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PINNACLE PAGE
Alexander is at the bottom of the paycheck comparison list when it comes to
what some of of our former local college stars are making this season in the
NBA.
Bryant Stith leads the W-2 brag book with $4 million a season.
Curry, Polynice, Lynch and Bimbo Coles are also million dollar men.
(-------------)S-Vegas
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-38
GRAPHIC=VEGAS
The Winston Cup cars are out west this weekend for the inaugural Las Vegas
400.
Qualifying for Sunday's race just underway about 15 minutes ago.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Las Vegas/NV/ESPN2; :00
As you know there is no luckier number in Las Vegas than 21.
And the fabled Wood Brothers machine was the second car out in qualifying
this afternoon.
Right now only a handful have made their runs.
I'll have the complete top 25 tonight at 11.
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