WDBJ 7 morning news for 05/31/98

[SD-Tornado]

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It lasted only a few minutes but left total destruction.
A tornado hit Spencer, South Dakota last night.
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Residents say only a small corner of the town was spared.
Rescuers are searching the rubble and say at least one person was killed and nearly half of the town's of 300 residents were injured.
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((JUST LOOKED OUT OF THE WEST DOOR AND SAW THE DARK CLOUD COMING AND I COULDN'T GET THE WEST DOOR OPEN SO I WENT TO THE EAST DOOR AND I COULDN'T GET THAT ONE OPEN SO I JUST WENT AND HID BY THE CHIMNEY. then what happen? OH GLASS, THE ROOF FELL IN THEN I FINALLY GOT OUT WHEN THE WIND WENT DOWN.))
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Witnesses say the streets are littered with wood, glass, wrecked cars and power lines are down.
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[11-RoanokeCo-Accident]

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[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-49; 09:57]
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Rescue workers had to airlift a woman to the hospital after an accident in Roanoke County last night.
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It happened near the corner of Hedgelawn Avenue and Plantation Road around 5-15.
The woman was a passenger in a truck when it was rear-ended by a car.
The impact caused the pickup to spin out of control then flip.
It took rescuers 30 minutes to get the woman out of the truck.
Police say she suffered serious head injuries and was flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
No one else was seriously injured.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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Police aren't releasing the woman's name and her condition is NOT known.
Authorities filed charges against the car driver for following the truck too closely.

[6-Car-Tax]

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[NEWSCAST=11p]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=98-38; 37:42]
[GRAPHIC=Jim Gilmore]

Governor Jim Gilmore braved the hot temperatures yesterday to re-create the moment he signed-off on the largest tax cut in Virginia's history.
Ellen Qualls was there and has this report.
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(( First came the Harleys. [nat sound] [runs:01]
Well first came the cotton candy and the hot sun. [RIDING IN CAR]
And then the man whose "no car tax" slogan made him governor.
Poll numbers two weeks ago showed most Virginians didn't know the tax cut bill had passed.
Everyone's learning.
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((RYAN BUCKLAND/RICHMOND RESIDENT: HE MADE THIS BILL AND IT SAID NO CAR TAX.)) [runs:05]
The Governor says the partial refund you'll get later this year is yours to spend how you see fit-- a Republican cornerstone.
[sot 12:27:21]
((GOV. JIM GILMORE: AMERICA IS THE BASTION OF A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT FROM WHICH FREE PEOPLE AND FREEDOM FLOWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.)) [runs:07]
On this occassion, it was the ink flowing through the pen that brought the biggest cheer.
[sot 12:28:22]
((GOV. JIM GILMORE: AND THAT IS THAT. yay!)) [runs:04]

[sot 12:37:59]
((EILEEN DARBY/PETERSBURG RESIDENT: I HAVE A '92 HONDA. AND THE FIRST YEAR I GOT IT, I PAID OVER FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS IN TAXES. SO I'M SO HAPPY. laughs)) [runs:09]

[sot 12:32:19]
((GEORGE AGUIRRE/COLONIAL HEIGHTS RESIDENT: I HAD FIVE CARS. I HAD FOUR KIDS IN SCHOOL AND THEY ALL HAD A CAR. I GOT TIRED OF PAYING TAXES.)) [runs:07]
Democrats rode in on their now trademark yellow school bus-- with a call for the Governor to move beyond the car tax pledge to governing.
[sot 12:45:55]
((DEL. BARNIE DAY/D-PATRICK CO.: LET ME PAINT A PICTURE FOR YOU. WE HAVE OVERBUILT PRISON BEDS IN VIRGINIA BY 3,600. WE'RE TRYING TO IMPORT CONVICTS INTO THIS STATE TO PAY THE OVERHEAD. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE SENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VIRGINIA'S CHILDREN TO SCHOOLS IN TRAILERS. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE.)) [runs:16]

[sot standup 12:59:15 ]
((THE REALITY IS THAT WHAT GOT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR IS STILL ONLY A TWO YEAR PHASE-OUT OF THE CAR TAX. ONLY UP TO 27-POINT-5 PERCENT.)) [runs:08]
[SIGNING POSTER]
So Jim Gilmore calls this a great day for taxpayers.
He'll need another one in two years.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

[Prisoner-Trade]

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Virginia has a 36-hundred bed surplus in its prisons, but that extra room is going fast-- now that out-of-state convicts are moving in.
Yesterday, the first 150 Delaware prisoners arrived at Greensville Correctional Center.
Delaware will pay 60-dollars a day for Virginia to house 300 prisoners because its own prisons are overcrowded.

[Cancer-Cyber]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=wknd Health Check]
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Cancer sufferers are finding support from people they've never even met. New internet web sites and chat rooms offer patients the latest information and someone with whom to talk.
Health Check reporter Tonya Flory explains there's always someone out there on the world wide web.
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[SUPER=01-Lori Misicka/ Breast Cancer Patient; :00 Quick!!!]
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((LORI MISICKA/BREAST CANCER PATIENT:I KNEW THAT IF SOMEBODY ELSE COULD GET THROUGH IT THAN I COULD TO.)) [RUNS:05]
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Lori Misicka has a rare form of breast cancer. She's finding answers to questions about the disease on her computer.
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((LORI MISICKA/BREAST CANCER PATIENT:IT TOLD ME WITH NO HOLDS BARRED WHAT THE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS, WHAT THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE WAS.)) [RUNS::10]
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The web sites are designed to bring patients closer to someone with whom they can relate.
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((LEM KNEEDLER/CANCER Patient:JUST THE CAMARADERIE OF KNOWING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS, NOT NECESSARILY EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU ARE.)) [RUNS:12]
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((LORI MISICKA/BREAST CANCER PATIENT:I HAVE ACCESS TO PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN TO HELL AND BACK, TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN HELL AND YET THEY ARE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR OWN SITUATION FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO SEND COMFORT AND SUPPORT TO OTHER PEOPLE.)) [RUNS:15]
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Doctor Jeff Kane has his own web site and he's says this method of communicating with patients is effective.
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((DR. JEFF KANE/SUTTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL:UNLESS PEOPLE DEVELOP SOME SENSE OF CONTROL ABOUT THIS, THEY CAN GET VERY DEPRESSED SO ANYTHING THAT HELPS CONTROL WINS AND ONE OF THEM IS MANIPULATING INFORMATION.)) [RUNS:12]
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((LORI MISICKA/BREAST CANCER PATIENT:I HAVE ACCESS ON THE INTERNET TO ABOUT 250 PEOPLE WHO SUBSCRIBE, BOTH CAREGIVERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THE EXPERIENCE THEMSELVES AND I ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEBODY WHO IS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH.)) [RUNS:15]
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Dr. Kane's web site is located at www.mediconsult.com/, but some others with plenty of information include www.hopecenter.net and www.cyberstars.com. There are thousands of cancer support groups on-line that be can be found by simply doing a search. Tonya Flory, News 7, Health Check.))

[HEADLINES]
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[***No Music Under]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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Norfolk-Southern and C-S-X hope to get federal approval to split up Conrail.
They'll roll into Washington this week for hearings before the Surface Trasportation Board.
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[VO-NAT]
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis was remembered in Richmond yesterday.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans recreated Davis' final speech to the U-S Senate.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Denise]

And one person is dead and scores injured after last night's tornado in Spencer, South Dakota.
The twister lasted just a few minutes, but destroyed nearly all of the small town.
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And that's what's making news on this Sunday May 31-st.
(toss to Andrew for Newsreel)

[Gathright-Reel]

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(Toss To Andrew for Newsreel)
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It's one of the most controversial dams ever built in Virginia.
[ANCHOR=Andrew Full]
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David Seidel has more about Gathright Dam and Lake Moomaw in Virginia Newsreel.
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(( The 260-foot high dam was completed on May 25-th, 1978.
The last load of rock topped more than 10 years of work and 20 years of financial and legal wrangling.
Congress first approved the project in 1946, but fights over funding, safety and the dam's effect on the environment delayed construction until 1967.
And there was more work to be done.
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((ED SHUFORD/RESIDENT ENGINEER; WE'VE GOT ALL THE RECREATION FACILITIES TO CONSTRUCT, A GOOD PORTION OF THE ROADS AS WELL AS OUR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND OUR MAINTENANCE CENTER. ALL THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE.)) [RUNS:07]
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At the opening ceremony on October 12, 1979, Governor John Dalton closed the sluice gates and Lake Moomaw began rising.
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((AND AWAY WE GO. IT'S GOT A RED LIGHT. I HEARD A BUZZ. THERE IT GOES.)) [RUNS:08]
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((GOV. JOHN DALTON/OCTOBER 12, 1979; THE GATHRIGHT DAM AND LAKE MOOMAW WILL HAVE A MORE IMMEDIATE AND LASTING EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY OF THIS REGIONBUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS FACILITY WILL ALSO GENERATE BENEFITS FOR VIRGINIANS LIVING FAR DOWN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.)) [RUNS:14]
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((LT. GEN. JOHN MORRIS/ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; THIS PROJECT WAS NOT BUILT WITHOUT PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS OF AN ENGINEERIN NATURE, SOME THAT GAVE OUR ENGINEERS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, BUT WE'RE NOW CONFIDENT WE HAVE SOLVED. CERTAINY THE LEGAL PROBLEMS YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT.)) [RUNS:12]
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The project ended up costing 83-million dollars, but the lake's 43 miles of shoreline were expected to draw 300-thousand tourists during its first year alone.
That 's Virginia Newsreel, I'm David Seidel, News-7.))

[Sports-Plays]

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In Major league baseball, Mark McGuire slams home another one.
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[SUPER=03-San Diego, CA/Cards-KPLR;]

This is beginning to sound like a broken record. McGuire at the plate clubs one to deep center his 27th of the season.
But the Padres still grab the win beating the Cardinals three to two.
[SUPER=03-Omaha, NE/ESPN;]

In College baseball it's world series time, the Florida Gators grab the lead with this home run.
But Mississippi State comes back to win the game 14 to 13. This is just day two of this tournament. The Championship is June sixth.
The Washington Capitals stunned Buffalo at home last night two to zero.
The Caps lead the series 3 to 1.
And say they intend to ride their hot net minder all the way to the Stanley Cup.
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((OLAF KOLZIG/CAPS GOALIE: I DON'T THINK THE SERIES HAS REALLY COME DOWN GOAL TENDING. SO MUCH AS GOAL SCORING. I JUST GO OUT TO TRY AND GIVE MY GUYS A CHANCE TO WIN AND NOT PITCH A SHUT OUT EVERY GAME.))
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[Anchor=Denise]
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No team has ever recovered from a three to one deficit in the Conference Finals.[WebWatch]

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[WRITER=eea]
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Is your computer ready for the year 2000?
The answer's on the web.
And, a former Compuserve executive is convicted of assisting the spread of pornography on the Internet.
Eric Earnhart has more in today's webwatch.
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(( [intro] [RUNS05]

NSTL Online is currently offering a test that will check your computer's compatibility with the year 2000.
The YMark2000 test is a free, very small download.
Put it on a floppy and then re-start your computer in MS-DOS mode.
Extract and run the test program and it tells you if your computer will automatically make the transition from 1999 to 2000, if not, it tells you if you can manually switch your computer date when the time comes.

A German court has convicted the former head of Compuserve in Germany for helping distribute pornography through the on-line service... even AFTER the prosecution asked that Felix Somm be found not guilty, saying it was technically impossible to block the images.
Analysts say it could halt the growth of online services in that country.

The official Saturday Night Live website is offering a tribute to the late Phil Hartman.
The site includes a guestbook, and streaming video of the former castmember in some of his best-remembered roles, including Presidents Reagan and Clinton.

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You'll need either Realplayer or Netshow to watch.

For links to these sites, click on WebWatch, on the WDBJ home page at WDBJ7-dot-com.))

[6-Train-Preview]

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[TAPE#=98-48; 03:57]
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[ANCHOR TAG!!! ANCHOR TAG!!!]
The proposed takeover of Conrail by Norfolk-Southern and C-S-X is picking up steam.
Both railroads hope to get federal approval for their history-making deal in Washington this week.
Scott Goldberg has more.
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[SUPER=10-Bill Bates/Norfolk Southern/March 1997; :31]
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((It began as a bidding war between two Virginia railroads long before merger mania started rolling through the American marketplace.
Norfolk Southern and C-S-X both wanted to buy Conrail, because the Philadelphia railroad controls virtually all tracks in the Northeast United States.
Whoever married Conrail would dominate rail traffic east of Kansas City.
The Virginia railroads went to court to fight for the right to merge.
And after a long legal battle, they struck a deal:
Both railroads would take a piece of Conrail. [97-7]
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((BILL BALES/N-S SENIOR V-P: WE HAVE, WE BELIEVE, ELIMINATED MOST OF THE MAJOR OPPOSITION TO THIS PLAN AND WE THINK THAT THE OVERALL PLAN WILL OFFER A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN THE EAST THAT HAS NOT EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS.)) [RUNS:13]
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[97-7]
The way the merger was proposed, Norfolk Southern would pay six billion dollars and get 60-percent of Conrail's assets.
CSX pays four billion dollars and gets 40 percent. [97-52]
At first, unions tried to derail the merger, saying it would cost more than the 2000 jobs Norfolk Southern estimated.

And they said the job loss would be heavy in Roanoke, the city that built itself around the railroad.
But N-S says Roanoke will remain a regional hub and can expect to see 180-jobs CREATED here -- none taken away.
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((SCOTT GODLBERG/REPORTER: NORFOLK SOUTHERN STILL HAS TO SATISFY REGULATORS, PROVING THE MERGER WILL PROMOTE COMPETITION, ENSURE SAFETY AND BE AS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON, WHERE THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD -- A SMALL FEDERAL AGENCY -- WILL DECIDE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE BIGGEST MERGER IN RAILROAD HISTORY. SCOTT GOLDBERG, NEWS-7, ROANOKE.))
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Be sure to watch News-7 in the coming week for complete coverage of the Norfolk-Southern merger.

[Congress-Votes]

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[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=none]
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The investigation into campaign fundraising is getting some help from the House of Representatives.
This week the House approved a non-binding measure urging President Clinton to force people who fled the country to return and testify before Congress about the scandal.
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[take pinnacle board # 1000]

The Republican-sponsored resolution was approved 342 to 69.
[take pinnacle board # 1001]

Democrats Virgil Goode and Rick Boucher joined Bob Goodlatte in support of the bill.
Goode said he voted for it in part to make sure Congress gets to the bottom of the controversy over the sale of missile technology to China.
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[6-Davis-Memorial]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=98-53; 02:44]
[GRAPHIC=Memorial Day]

You may not have realised it, but yesterday was the actual Memorial Day holiday.
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[VO-NAT]
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It was also, in the world of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, "Jefferson Davis Memorial Day."
To commemorate it, the Virginia Division heard Davis's final speech to the U-S Senate re-enacted.
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((RON FURQUERON/"JEFFERSON DAVIS": HOW HAPPENED IT THAT AMONG THE ITEMS OF ARRAIGNMENT AGAINST GEORGE THE THIRD WAS THAT HE ENDORSED TO DO JUST WHAT THE NORTH HAS BEEN ENDEAVORING OF LATE TODAY. TO STIR UP INSURRECTION AMONG OUR SLAVES.
HAD THE DECLARATION ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEGROES WERE FREE AND EQUAL, HOW WAS THE PRINCE TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR RISING UP INSURRECTION AMONG THEM?))
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Memorial services for the president of the Confederacy were held around the nation.
But, only Virginia's was held at the State Capitol where Davis was inaugurated.
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[11-Washington-Park]

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[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-50]
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An army dressed in yellow and toting trashbags stormed a Roanoke park yesterday.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

Members of Kiwanis of Roanoke have adopted the lower level of Washington Park -- to clean and restore it.
They've spent 500-dollars to plant dogwoods -- and still hope to landscape the hillside.
Some have heard stories of the park -- back when it was called Dreamland, and Royal Gardens.
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[IN Q=It's near Gainesboro]
((VIRGINIA WOLFE/KIWANIS OF ROANOKE: IT'S NEAR GAINESBORO AND GAINESBORO IS THE OLDEST COMMUNITY IN ROANOKE CITY.))
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Volunteers plan to restore the rundown caretaker's house, to showcase local African-American history.
Kiwanis is the newest group to pitch in.
Frederica Monk started cleaning this park two years ago -- when it was too rundown to hold her church picnic.
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((FREDERICA MONK/PROJECT MANAGER: THE PARK NEEDS BETTER LIGHTING THEY NEED ANOTHER PAVILION, MAYBE A PATH TO GO THROUGH SO PEOPLE CAN DO SOME WALKING.))
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Monk says there is a 10-thousand-dollar budget available to restore Washington Park.
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[60-Minutes]

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[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=60 Minutes]
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Prosecutors say Vincent Gigante was the head of a crime family and eluded them for 30 years by faking mental illness.
Tonight on 60-Minutes, he speaks on videotape never before seen outside the Gigante family.
Here's Ed Bradley.
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[ANCHOR=Andrew]
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You can see that story and more tonight at Seven here on your Hometown Station.

[LibertyOpen]

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[WRITER=equ]
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94- percent of Americans polled say they don't know all their First Amendment rights -- much less what's in the rest of the Constitution.
One Virginia middle school aims to change that.
Ellen Qualls has their story.
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[Liberty-Dollar]

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[WRITER=equ]
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]

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[SUPER=01-Sam Wieber/Liberty Middle School; :23]
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[OUT Q=Qualls, news 7, Hanover Co.]

(([nat sot tape one 16:24:06]
((AMENDMENT ONE. FREEDOM OF RELIGION. FREEDOM OF SPEECH.)) [runs:06]

[sot tape one 16:36:47]
((BILL GATEWOOD: THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JAMES MADISON CAME UP WITH A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS. THEY BORROWED A LOT OF IDEAS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. LIKE JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU AND VOLTAIRE.)) [runs:11]
It's safe and regrettable to say Hanover County's Liberty Middle School has an above average knowledge of the subject.
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((SAM WIEBER: I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD SO MANY RIGHTS REALLY.)) [runs:03]
That's precisely the point behind the Liberty Dollar Bill Act.
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((RANDY WRIGHT/LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER: ONE NIGHT I WOKE UP AND I CAME TO SCHOOL AND I JUST LOOKED AT THIS FIRST PERIOD OF THE DAY AND SAID I THINK THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE ON THE BACK OF THE ONE DOLLAR BILL. WHAT DO YOU THINK?)) [runs:10]

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((CHELSEA ASTON: AND SINCE THE ONE DOLLAR BILL'S THE MOST USED PIECE OF MONEY AROUND THE WORLD, WE DECIDED TO PUT IT ON THAT. AND SINCE WE'RE ALREADY CHANGING IT, WHY NOT PUT IT ON THAT.)) [runs:10]
So into the redesign of U-S currency, the entire Constitution -- summarized to fit.
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((AMY STINNETT: THE FIRST THREE WORDS "WE THE PEOPLE," THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SAYS IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE. BUT THE REST OF IT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN THE ARTICLES IT BREAKS IT DOWN TO YOUR BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. AND THEN STATES' RELATIONSHIPS. AND THEN THE AMENDMENTS TELL YOU BASICALLY YOUR FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES.)) [runs:21]

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((RANDY WRIGHT/LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER: THE REASON ALL 27 AMENDMENTS ARE IMPORTANT IS THAT NOT ONLY DOES IT GIVE US THE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS. IT SHOWS US THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN PROGRESS AS WE IMPROVE THIS DOCUMENT. IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. IT'S STILL BEING WRITTEN.)) [runs:12]

[NAT SOT 16:51:41]
((WHEN WE SEE A BEAR WITH A GUN WE THINK OF AMENDMENT TWO AND IT'S THE--? RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.)) [runs:06]
So do Mom and Dad know what's in the Constitution?
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((KELLY ROMMEL: NOT AT ALL.)) [runs:02]
If Congress and of course the executive branch sign off on this, Mom and Dad will have a cheat sheet.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Hanover County.))
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[***No Music Under]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]

A tornado touched down last night in the small town of Spencer, South Dakota.
Rescuers say only a small part of the town was spared.
At least one person was killed and injured 150, nearly half of the town's population.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Denise]

One woman was seriously injured when the truck she was riding in was rear-ended.
The accident happened about 5-15 near the intersection of Plantation Road and Hedgelawn Avenue.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Denise]

And Governor Jim Gilmore re-created his signing of the Car-tax cut yesterday.
A poll taken two weeks ago found most Virginians didn't even know a car-tax cut bill had been passed.
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[ANCHOR=Denise 2 SHOT]

And that's what's making news on this Sunday May 31-st.

[Satellite-Farmers]

[ANCHOR=Denise 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=wknd enviro]

Computers have infiltrated nearly every element of agriculture.
[ANCHOR=Andrew Full]
[GRAPHIC=World Around us]

They influence what farmers are growing, how they grow it, even where to plant.
Mike Barger of affiliate K-W-T-X has more.
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[SUPER=03-Waco, TX; :00]
[SUPER=01-Brent Neuhaus/Farmer; :17]
[SUPER=01-Mike Barger/Reporting; 1:18]
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[OUT Q=Controlling your cost]

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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-51]
[GRAPHIC=SPCA]

Animals took the first step to help each other yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

About 150 pets met on a street corner with their owners in tow -- then marched two miles to raise money for the S-P-C-A.
They reined in five-thousand-dollars.
Many found their pets at the shelter and now want to help save other animals.
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[IN Q=A lot of people]
((SANDY OBENSHAIN/SPCA: A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE ONLY GET MUTTS. THIS IS A PUREBRED REGISTERED POMERANIAN. WHEN SHE CAME INTO THE SHELTER SHE HAD A VERY BAD SKIN PROBLEM. SHE WAS PRACTICALLY BALD. SHE COULDN'T BE PUT UP FOR ADOPTION BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF HER SKIN.))
[SUPER=01-Sandy Obenshain/SPCA;]
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[OUT Q=OF HER SKIN]
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[VO-NAT]

The SPCA nursed "Snuggles" back to health and found her a home.
It still needs money to build an updated shelter -- with running room, grooming space, and ventilation.
That project will cost about 800-thousand-dollars. (------------) The SPCA runs on membership and donations alone.