[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
The F-B-I zeroes in on an area in Western North Carolina for one of its most wanted, accused abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A man found dead over the weekend in a burning car in Lynchburg was apparently murdered.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
High pressure will keep our weather dry for one more day-- then scattered showers and storms return to the forecast by tomorrow.
Forecast details, on the way.
(ad lib weather)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[E-L'burg-Body]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#98-43 1:14:36]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Lynchburg police say what started out as a burning car call has turned into a murder investigation.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Sunday]
A man's body was discovered Sunday morning in a burning car near Graves Mill Road.
Police now say he was shot in the head and the car was apparently torched to cover the crime.
The car was leased from a rental car company in Boston.. but authorities don't know if the man who rented it is the same person who was murdered.
They hope dental records will help provide a positive identification.
(----------------)
[E-Crook]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#98-57 4:25]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A Montgomery County man has been indicted on charges that he killed a man, then dumped his body near Blacksburg.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg/June 16; ]
Robert Crook, Senior is accused of shooting Michael Durham several times back in March.
The murder weapon has NOT been found.
But a witness who testified during last month's preliminary hearing said Crook shot Durham with what appeared to be a small handgun while they were riding down the road.
Durham's body was discovered several hours later by a passerby.
A trial date has been set for September.
(----------------)
[Rudolph-Manhunt]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net-L]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A massive manhunt is underway this morning for the man suspected in a deadly abortion clinic bombing earlier this year in Alabama.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Andrews, NC;]
Eric Rrudolph was spotted near Andrews, North Carolina.
Police say he took a truck and escaped with a six month supply of food.
[SUPER=03-Birmingham, AL/January 29;]
The January explosion at the Birmingham clinic killed a police officer and seriously injured a nurse.
Rudolph is on the F-B-I's ten most wanted list.
(----------------)
[SECRET-SERVICE]
[ANCHOR=kIMBERLY]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net-J]
[GRAPHIC=Janet Reno (2116)]
Attorney General Janet Reno heads to Capitol Hill today.
She's to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and topics are likely to include Secret Service subpoenas in the President Clinton-Monica Lewinsky investigation.
[ss=Ken Starr]
It appears the battle between Kenneth Starr and the Secret Service is intensifying.
Yesterday Starr subpoenaed the head of President Clinton's security detail to testify.
Maureen Maher reports.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Kenneth Starr]
[SUPER=@File; :00]
[SUPER=01-Mike McCurry/White House Press Secretary; :51]
[SUPER=03-Washington DC; 1:03]
[SUPER=01-Maureen Maher/Reporting; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:37]
[OUT Q=CBS NEWS WASHINGTON.]
((((
Kenneth Starr wasted little time in ratcheding-up the pressure on the
Secret Service... subpoenaeing Special Agent Larry Cockell late
Tuesday)to testify before the grand jury looking into the Monica
Lewinsky case. He is the head of President Clinton's security detail--
and the man closest to the commander-in-chief.
The Justice Department will undoubtedly fight the subpoena-- as well as
others of elite security team members that are expected soon. Officials
are already battling Starr's attempts to hear from other Secret Service
members-- not on the personal detail.... as well as his request for
records that include some of the President's overnight activities, and
the events of specific days --during and after Monica Lewinsky's term as
a White House intern.
The White House meanwhile tried to pour water on speculation the
President would change his security detail-- if his agents are forced to
testify.
SOT/Mike McCurry/White House Press Secretary) "..
"140830 "not aware of any circumstance or any factual basis for even
asking the question"
(nat sot of Joe Murtha/Linda Tripp's Lawyer responding to reporter
question)
000154 "Will this be her last week of testimony? "Personally, I hope
so, but I'm not sure"
(LOCATOR: WASHINGTON, DC)
In fact, on this the 5th day of her testimony, no one is sure just how
long it will take the Grand jury to lead the prosecutor's chief witness,
Linda Tripp, through her 20 hours of taped conversation with Monica
Lewinsky - conversations that allege an affair with the President -
which both have denied in court.
(Stand Up Close: ) Up until now, only Monica Lewinsky's and the
President's testimony were considered more compelling than Linda Tripp's
- but that could change if Ken Starr get's his way and Secret Service
agents are force to take the stand and tell their side of the story - MM
CBS News, Washington.))
[new-neighborhood]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#NET-f; FROM 98-50]
[GRAPHIC=Lynchburg]
Lynchburg City council has given its okay to two major projects.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg;]
Council approved a 100 million dollar residential development.
Investors want to turn 400 acres of land into the Wyndhurst development--- building a city within the city.
It would contain homes, stores, restaurants, fitness clubs, a nursing home and churches.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The design]
((DOYLE ALLEN/HURT & PROFFITT ENGINEER: THE DESIGN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO WORK, SHOP AND CARRY ON MANY OF LIFE'S OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WYNDHURST IS DESIGNED SO THAT MANY RESIDENTS- 220 TO 500 HOUSEHOLDS- WILL LIVE WITHIN AN EASY FIVE MINUTE WALK OF SHOPPING, RESTAURANTS AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN THE CORE OF THE COMMUNITY. ))
[SUPER=01-Doyle Allen/Hurt & Proffitt Engineer;]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=core of the community.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
Council also approved a plan to turn the home on Grace Street into a neighborhood education center that also will house a health clinic and day care facility.
(----------------)
[E-Coca-Cola]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-41 1:22:11]
[GRAPHIC=Lawsuit]
Coca-Cola says it shouldn't have to pay personal property tax for vending machines, so the company is suing Botetourt County.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
The soda company says its vending machines should be exempt from taxes since they're used for manufacturing.
But the county attorney says the machines are used to sell, not manufacture.
A judge could force Botetourt County to refund nine-thousand dollars in back taxes plus forfeit all future taxes from Coke vending machines.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 15:46:54]
[IN Q=It's significant]
((JAY ETZLER/COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE: IT'S SIGNIFICANT. IT'S MORE THAN THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD PAYS IN TAXES, PROBABLY TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT. BUT IF THEY DON'T PAY AND THEY SHOULD BE PAYING, THAT'S THAT MUCH MORE THAT EVERYONE ELSE has TO PAY.))
[SUPER=01-Jay Etzler/Commissioner of the Revenue;]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=has to pay]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Etzler says the tax money would typically be spent to improve schools.
The judge says he will decide within the week.
(------------)
[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, the Pittsburgh Steelers make some big decisions about the future of the team.
Mike Stevens has more.
Good Morning Mike.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Good Morning]
[RUNS=1:43]
[OUT Q=a few moments]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#none]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;]
[SUPER=13-Scott Setchel/Star City Roller Skate Center;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;]
(toss to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
[E-Drug-Sentencing]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-51 29:40]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
Two men who sold imitation drugs will get probation over jail time.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
Kai Safran was part of a group that sold cough medicine disguised as ecstacy.
His two year prison sentence was suspended.
Richard Gluth, another member of the drug ring, also had his three-year prison sentence suspended.
Both men will spend the next few years on probation.
(------------)
[E-Video-Award]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sgo]
[TAPE#=net-E]
[GRAPHIC=None]
They came from upstate New York to start a video production company near Roanoke.
Six years later, they're award winners.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bent Mountain;]
Rick (Ro-MAH-nus) Romanus and his wife Nancy run Blue Ridge Digital out of their home on Bent Mountain.
They've produced high-tech digital commercials for national and local companies.
[video from beta tape]
[SUPER=04-TV Commercial;]
Some of those commercials, like this one for the cable network M-S-N-B-C, won national advertising awards.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 13 27 18]
[IN Q=WE'RE VERY PROUD ]
((RICHARD ROMANUS/BLUE RIDGE VIDEO: WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THOSE AWARDS BECAUSE THAT REALLY SHOWS WHAT WE'VE DONE. BUT WE'RE EQUALLY AS PROUD TO OFFER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA OUR SERVICES ON HIGH-END VIDEO THEY CAN AFFORD.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Romanus/Blue Ridge Video;]
[RUNS=12]
[OUT Q=CAN AFFORD]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Romanus said he spends most of the money he makes on new equipment.
Everything in his studio is state-of-the-art, and he wants to keep it that way.
(------------)
[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET-H]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, television could prove physically damaging to youngsters.
Melinda Wittstock has that story and more in today's Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[SUPER=01-Melinda Wittstock/Reporting; :00 ]
[SUPER=@file; ]
[RUNS=1:20]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((ONCAM=MELINDA
((on camera))
GOOD MORNING.
PARENTS OFTEN WORRY ABOUT TELEVISION DAMAGING THEIR KIDS' MINDS...
BUT COULD IT ALSO BE DAMAGING THEIR BODIES?
VT=VO
((vo))
A SMALL STUDY DONE IN SPAIN FOUND THAT CHILDREN WHO WATCHED A LOT OF
TELEVISION... WERE MORE LIKELY TO INJURE THEMSELVES PHYSICALLY.
IN FACT, THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING HURT ROSE BY 34-PERCENT... FOR EACH
HOUR OF T-V THEY WATCHED.
DOCTORS SAY THE INJURIES MAY BE A RESULT OF YOUNGSTERS TRYING TO
IMITATE STUNTS THEY'VE SEEN ON THEIR FAVORITE SHOWS.//
VT=VO
((vo))
NINE OUT OF TEN WOMEN WHO CHOSE A CONTROVERSIAL METHOD OF ABORTION
SAY THEY WOULD DO IT AGAIN...AND ALSO RECOMMEND IT TO OTHERS.
THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES TAKING A COMBINATION OF PILLS THAT INDUCE
ABORTIONS.
ALTHOUGH THIS METHOD CAN CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS, MOST OF THE WOMEN
SURVEYED SAID THEY WOULD CHOOSE IT AGAIN OVER SURGERY.
THE REPORT APPEARS IN THE JOURNAL, ARCHIVES OF FAMILY MEDICINE.//
VT=VO
((vo))
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS ARE APPARENTLY TARGETING HEALTHY
SENIOR CITIZENS, WHILE LEAVING YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE OUT IN THE COLD.
ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, HMO'S ARE NOT
DOING ENOUGH TO ATTRACT THIS GROUP--
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN.
THE STUDY CITES A LACK OF WHEELCHAIR ACCESS AT HEALTH PLAN SEMINARS...
AS WELL AS NEWSPAPER AND T-V ADS THAT FAIL TO SHOW YOUNG AND DISABLED
CLIENTS.
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.
I'M MELINDA WITTSTOCK, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
(ad lib to weather)
[Two-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.]
[SUPER=13-Scott Setchel/Star City Roller Skate Center;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.]
[Double Boxes=KMC & SPA]
(toss to Kimberly)
[2-HEADLINES]
[SUPER=#4050; Headline Banner]
[2-shot=mel]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A subpoena sent to the head of President Clinton's security detail is sending shock waves through the Secret Service.
Starr subpoenaed the head of President Clinton's security detail to testify in the Monica Lewinsky probe.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
The search has intensified for clinic bombing suspect Eric Rudolph.
Authorities say a man believed to be Rudolph was spotted near Andrews, North Carolina.
He's wanted in connection with a deadly bombing at an Alabama abortion clinic.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[ss=none]
And Lynchburg city council approves two major projects, including a 100 million dollar residential development.
In addtion to homes it would include churches, shopping centers and a nursing home.
(----------------)
[anchor=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Wednesday July 15th.
[anchor=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-SECRET-SERVICE]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net-K]
[GRAPHIC=Ken Starr]
Independent counsel Kenneth Starr is turning up the heat in his fight to force secret service agents to testify.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@File;]
Starr has now subpoenaed the head of President Clinton's security detail to testify in the Monica Lewinsky probe.
Subpoenaes also went out to several uniformed officers.
The secret service is seeking an emergency appeal to squash those
subpoenaes.
The White House meanwhile tried to pour water on speculation the
President would change his security detail-- if his agents are forced to testify.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=not aware]
((
MIKE MCCURRY/WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY:NOT AWARE OF ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR ANY FACTUAL BASIS FOR EVEN
ASKING THE QUESTION.
))
[SUPER=01-Mike McCurry/White House Press Secretary;]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=asking the question.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington DC;]
Starr's key witness, Linda Tripp, returns for a sixth day of testimony before the Lewinsky grand jury.
(----------------)
[2-Rudolph-Manhunt]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net-I]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The F-B-I says it is hot on the trail of one of the ten most wanted fugitives in the U-S.
Eric Rudolph was reportedly spotted in western North Carolina recently.
He is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing that killed a man and wounded a nurse earlier this year.
Lee Cowan has the latest.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[4:00:00]
[IN Q=A tiny town]
[SUPER=03-Andrews, NC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Wood Enderson/FBI Task Force; :33]
[SUPER=01-Lee Cowan/Reporting; 1:23]
[RUNS=1:41]
[OUT Q=CBS News Charlotte;]
((
A TINY TOWN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA JUST GOT A LOT BIGGER ---
WITH THE REPORTED ADDITION OF ONE NOTORIOUS TRAVELLER, AND A SWARM OF
FEDERAL AGENTS.
(( SUPER: WOODY ENDERSON//FBI TASK FORCE )) (( SOT 14:12:36 ))
"We will be here ---until we bring him into custody."
ERIC RUDOLPH, ONE OF THE FBI'S MOST WANTED - A MAN WITH A MILLION
DOLLAR PRICE TAG ON HIS HEAD - AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, HAS
BEEN SIGHTED, AGAIN.
LOOKING THINNER, AND WITH HIS HAIR IN A PONEY TAIL, FBI OFFICIALS
SAY HE STOLE A TRUCK, FILLED IT WITH FOOD, AND THEN DISAPPEARED INTO THE
WOODS AGAIN.
THE FIRST SOLID SIGHTING IN MONTHS.
(( ENDERSON SOT 14:10:27 ))
"This is a significant - can focus in on smaller area --- have been
before."
RUDOLPH'S GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE STARTED IN JANUARY AFTER HIS GRAY
PICKUP WAS SPOTTED FLEEING THE SCENE OF A FATAL BOMBING AT A WOMEN'S
CLINIC IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA.
THAT TRUCK WAS FOUND DAYS LATER, ABANDONED IN A FIELD, A SHORT
DISTANCE FROM RUDOLPH'S LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE.
IT BECAME THE FIRST OF MANY CLUES - ENOUGH TO LINK HIM WITH AT
LEAST THREE OTHER BOMBINGS, INCLUDING THE OLYMPIC PARK BLAST IN 1996.
BUT NOT ENOUGH TO TRACK HIM DOWN, DESPITE MORE THAN A DOZEN
SIGHTINGS - ALL IN THE DENSE WOODS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
(( SOT 14:57:00 ))
"We do believe that Eric Rudolph - still in this area."
(( LEE COWAN//CBS NEWS ))
"Rudolph has been able to live for more than 6 months braving the
elements and watching the seasons change. Officials said he may have
stolen enough food to last at least that long again, maybe more. Lee
Cowan, CBS News, Charlotte."))
[2-E-L'burg-Body]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#98-43 1:14:36]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Autopsy results show that a man found inside a burning car in Lynchburg was murdered before the fire.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Sunday]
The man's body was discovered Sunday morning in a wooded area near Graves Mill Road.
Police now say he was shot in the head and the car was apparently torched to cover the crime.
The car was leased from a rental car company in Boston.. but authorities don't know if the man who rented it is the same person who was murdered.
They hope dental records will help provide a positive identification.
(----------------)
[E-Organized-Crime]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#98-45 56:36]
[GRAPHIC=Virginia State Seal]
Virginia crime officials are taking a pro-active approach to fighting drug crimes in the Commonwealth--in hopes that they can stop problems before they start.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=We have]
((SEN. KEN STOLLE/STATE CRIME COMMISSION: WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION STATUTE. BUT IT HAS THE SAME PENALTY AS IF YOU SELL DRUGS IN VIRGINIA. IF YOU SELL A GRAM OF COCAINE, THAT'S THE SAME AS OUR TRANSPORTATION STATUTES ARE. CAN WE LEGISLATIVELY PROVIDE TOOLS FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITIES TO MAKE IT LESS DESIRABLE TO SELL DRUGS IN VIRGINIA SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE PEOPLE SAYING VIRGINIA'S OPEN FOR BUSINESS BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE GOT OUT OF THERE, NOW I'M GONNA RUN IN THERE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. ))
[SUPER=01-Sen. Ken Stolle/State Crime Commission; :00]
[RUNS=:23]
[OUT Q=yes, absolutely.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-DEA Video;]
In Virginia, methamphetamine labs, like this one busted in Franklin County two years ago, are increasingly common.
Marijuana's thriving.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The climate]
((COL. WAYNE HUGGINS/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE SUP'T.: THE CLIMATE, AND RURAL TERRAIN OF VIRGINIA IS CONDUCIVE TO SUCCESSFUL GROWING OPERATIONS, AND THE HINDRANCE OF DETECTION AND ERADICATION EFFORTS. MARIJUANA REMAINS A POPULAR CHOICE AMONG TRAFFICKERS AND ABUSERS.))
[SUPER=01-Col. Wayne Huggins/Virginia State Police; ]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=and abusers.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]
So Virginia's Crime Commission kicked off a study yesterday-- aimed at retooling drug laws to get more of the big time dealers.
(-------0---------)
[E-Boy-Shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=98-49 48:28]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A visit with grandparents turned dangerous for one Marion teenager, who is in a North Carolina hospital following an accidental shooting.
(------------)
[SUPER=03-Mebane, NC;]
Thirteen-year old Ronnie Eastwood is in serious condition.
He and several other teens were playing with a disassembled rifle.
They put the weapon back together and loaded it.
The rifle fired and the bullet hit Eastwood in the neck.
(------------)
[E-Wyndhurst]
[ANCHOR=Kimbelry]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#98-50 34:06]
[GRAPHIC=Lynchburg]
A stamp of approval could bring thousands of new residents to Lynchburg.
Last night, with a new mayor and two new city council members in tow, the city approved plans for major new residential development.
Steve Smallshaw has details.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The new- look]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Travis Wilson/White Rock Hill Resident; :20]
[SUPER=01-Doyle Allen/Hurt & Proffitt Engineer; :49]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:12]
[RUNS=1:16]
[OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.]
((
The new- look Lynchburg city council wasted no time approving two projects of very different magnitudes for the Hill City.
First up was a plan to turn this home on Grace Street into a neighborhood education center that also will house a health clinic and day care facility.
It will offer a better choice for kids like 12- year- old Travis Wilson.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 19:34:14]
[IN Q=If the center]
((TRAVIS WILSON/WHITE ROCK HILL RESIDENT: IF THE CENTER WOULD NOT BE HERE, THERE WOULD ONLY BE TWO CHANCES: EITHER TO STAY HOME AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES OR GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING STUPID LIKE STEAL FROM THE CORNER STORE OR SHOOT STUFF.))
[RUNS:12]
[OUT Q=shoot stuff.]
Council also approved the long- awaited Wyndhurst development for Laxton Road.
Investors want to take these 400 acres and build a city within the city: one that would contain homes, shopping, restaurants and fitness clubs.. with room for a nursing home, churches and an amphitheater to boot.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 19:45:13]
[IN Q=The design of]
((DOYLE ALLEN/HURT & PROFFITT ENGINEER: THE DESIGN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO WORK, SHOP AND CARRY ON MANY OF LIFE'S OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WYNDHURST IS DESIGNED SO THAT MANY RESIDENTS- 220 TO 500 HOUSEHOLDS- WILL LIVE WITHIN AN EASY FIVE MINUTE WALK OF SHOPPING, RESTAURANTS AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN THE CORE OF THE COMMUNITY.))
[RUNS:21]
[OUT Q=of the community.]
The cost of the ten- year project figures to exceed 100 million dollars.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))
[Soda-Taxes]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=mornin]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=net-G]
[GRAPHIC=Taxes ]
A Botetourt County judge says he will decide this week whether Coca-Cola has to pay taxes.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
The soda company says its vending machines should be exempt from personal property taxes because they are used for manufacturing.
If a judge agrees, Botetourt County may have to refund nine-thousand-dollars in back taxes plus forfeit future taxes.
Coke is also suing other localities to escape the tax.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 15:49:23]
[IN Q=We probably]
((WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AS MANY VENDING MACHINES AS DO A LOT OF THE MORE POPULATED LOCALITIES AROUND, ROANOKE CITY OR ROANOKE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THERE PROBABLY ARE NOT AS MANY BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE WATCHING THIS IN BOTETOURT AS WOULD BE IN MOST LOCALITIES. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPROTANT TO ALL LOCALITIES AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH.))
[SUPER=01-Jay Etzler/Commissioner of the Revenue;]
[RUNS=:22]
[OUT Q=commonwealth]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The attorney says Coke should continue to pay taxes -- he says mixing syrup and water does not make them a manufacturing company.
(------------)
[Birthdays]
[SS=none]
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT ]
[IN Q=(nat sot music)Wed.]
[RUNS=1:07]
[out= back to you.]
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;]
[SUPER=13-Chris Atwood/Star City Firehawks;]
[super=13-Robert Berman/Star City Firehawks;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
[Authority-Expansion]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=djo]
[TAPE#=98-58; TC 2:33]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Now that the Bedford County Sheriff's office has moved into it's own facility, the Bedford jail has plans to expand.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford;]
The Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority had a conditional use request approved last night by the Bedford City Council.
Expanding the jail will allow the building to grow into the state's department of corrections standards.
And it will help alleviate inmate overcrowding.
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[SOT=19:13:55]
[IN Q=I THINK WHAT]
((CHRIS WEBB/AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR; I THINK WHAT IT WILL HELP US ACHIEVE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS JUST TPO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE LOCAL COURTS BETTER AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BY HAVING THE FACILITIES THAT WILL LET THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM ARREST THROUGH FINAL CONVICTION IN COURT FLOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER.))
[SUPER=01-Chris Webb/Authority Administrator;]
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[OUT Q=LITTLE BIT BETTER.]
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[VO-NAT]
Groundbreaking for the expansion will take place in the next couple of weeks.
In other council matters, the panel has until August 11th to appoint a replacement for councilman Skip Tharp.
The owner of Carder-Tharp Funeral Home is bidding to run the city's cemeteries, a local government-held contract.
Tharp resigned to prevent any conflict of interest.
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[E-Hamlett]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=KHu]
[TAPE#98-40 1:43:32]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A two year legal battle for the ex-husband of actress Debbie Reynolds moved to Roanoke yesterday.
Richard Hamlett is fighting a Las Vegas divorce decree that orders him to pay her nearly 9-million dollars.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
In Roanoke, Hamlett was shuttling between two federal judges, hoping to convince the courts HERE that they should wait to see what the Nevada Supreme Court does.
Hamlett is appealing the judgement, claiming it was entered in his absence without all the facts before the court.
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[SOT 12:09:55]
[IN Q=I was represented by counsel]
((I WAS REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL, AND HE TOLD ME NOT TO COME, BECAUSE THE JUDGE COULDN'T RULE, BECAUSE WE REVERSED ORDER ON THE STIPULATIONS UP TO THE SUPREME COURT. AND THEY HAD TO RULE ON THAT FIRST. AND NOT TO COME TO COURT, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY USE IN ME BEING THERE. THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LET ME TESTIFY TO ANYTHING THAT I'D GIVEN THEM.
Surprise, surprise. You're not there and the judge comes down anyway.
$8.9 MILLION JUDGMENT. ))
[SUPER=01-Richard Hamlett/Debbie Reynolds' Ex-Husband]
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[OUT Q=judgment.]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[SS=none]
Reynolds' attorneys refused to discuss the case on camera, and Debbie Reynolds herself did NOT appear in Roanoke yesterday.
[E-City-School]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ach]
[TAPE#=98-39; TC 1:45:47]
[GRAPHIC=Education]
New Leadership is on its way to Patrick Henry High School.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Wayne Harris, the Superintendent of Roanoke Public Schools, appointed Doris Ennis as the interim principal of the school.
Harris announced his decision yesterday at a school board meeting.
Ennis is coming out of retirement to fill the vacancy and says she looks forward to the challenge.
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[SOT 10.17.13]
[IN Q= The staff and]
((DORIS ENNIS/INTERIM PRINCIPAL: I'VE MET BRIEFLY WITH THE HOME PRINCIPAL AND THEY TOO ARE EXCITED AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO WORK AS A TEAM AND I WANT TO BECOME A PART OF THAT TEAM.))
[SUPER=01-Doris Ennis/Interim Principal]
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[OUT Q= of that player.]
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[VO-NAT]
She has agreed to take on the job for the first semester but may stay the entire year if a replacement hasn't been found.
Harris is re-opening the application process for the job this November.
He has been searching for a qualified canidate since Dr. Elizabeth Lee left the post this past June.
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[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, an area junior golfer wins his second big golf title of the year.
Mike Stevens has details.
Good Morning Mike.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Howdy folks]
[RUNS=1:43]
[OUT Q=take care folks]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Mel/Kmc]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Lynchburg police are now conducting a murder investigation into the body found in a burning car Sunday.
They have yet to identify the man, but autopsy results show he was shot in the head.
Police believe someone then torched the car to cover the crime.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Thousands of new residents could be headed to Lynchburg following city council's approval of a 100-million dollar development.
Last night, the Hill City's new mayor and two new city council members were among those involved in the approval.
Developers and investors in the proposed residential community hope it will be a city within a city.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Coca-Cola has filed a lawsuit against Botetourt County.
The company says it shouldn't have to pay personal property tax for vending machines because they're used for manufacturing.
The County attorney takes issue with the claim, saying the machines sell, they don't manufacture.
If a judge sides with Coca Cola, Botetourt County could have to refund nine-thousand dollars in back taxes.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(Kimberly mic hot)
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[2 shot=Mel/Kmc]
(Kimberly ad lib weather)
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[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
(ad lib bye)
by SS