WDBJ 7 morning news for 10/11/98

[Fed-Budget]

[ANCHOR=Denise]

[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=nET]
[GRAPHIC=BUDGET]

The budget impasse will keep the President busy today.
As Jonathan Freed reports education is still a stumbling block.
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[IN Q=BUDGET NEGOTIATORS]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rep Richard Gephardt/D-Minority Leader; 1:01]
[SUPER=01-Sen Trent Lott/R-Majority Leader; 1:13]
[SUPER=01-Rep. Heather Wilson/R-New Mexico; 1:29 QUICK!!]
[SUPER=01-Jonathan Freed/CBS News; 1:35]
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[OUT Q=JF,CBS News, Captiol Hill]
(( SOUND-UP: CORRIDOR CHATTER.
Budget negotiators met on Capitol Hill to try and resolve the political differences that are holding up government funding for the new fiscal year.
Since those discussions were happening behind closed doors, lawmakers, stuck in town, found ways to keep the debate going.

SOT: 11:25:24 (REP. JOE MOAKLEY/D-MA.): I'M NOT CHIQUITTA BANANA BUT I'M
HERE TO SAY WE SHOULD NOT BE DEBATING THIS BILL TODAY (LAUGHTER).
But the mood was more serious among Congressional leaders....

SOT: NEWT "SO FAR SO GOOD"

....who are battling for their agenda. The parties are still hung up over education. President Clinton pushed again for more money.

(GRAPHIC)
SOT: RADIO ADDRESS
WE MUST USE THIS MOMENT OF GOOD FORTUNE TO MAKE AN HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN THE QUALITY OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND WE'VE STILL GOT A FEW DAYS TO DO IT."
That didn't set well with the majority leader...

SOT 12:10:59 (SEN. TRENT LOTT/MAJORITY LEADER.): I'VE ABOUT HAD IT ON
THIS ISSUE!

SOT 12:15:25 (REP. RICHARD GEPHARDT/MINORITY LEADER): THIS IS A CRISIS!
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
Democrats are pushing for more than 6-billion dollars to build more schools and hire a hundred-thousand new teachers. They accuse the G-O-P of not caring.

SOT (12:15:30 -GEPHARDT): THEY'VE GOT TIME FOR ALL KINDS OF BILLS THAT
THEY WANT THAT MEAN NOTHING TO THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRYWE WANT THEM TO STAY HERE AND DEAL WITH OUR CHILDREN AND DO SOMETHING FOR EDUCATION.

SOT 14:10:26 (LOTT): THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US ON EDUCATION IS, DO
THE BUREAUCRATS IN WASHINGTON CONTROL AND RUN IT?THE WHITE HOUSE AND HIS TYPES UP HEREOR DO THE PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL?
SOUND-UP: REPUBLICANS CHANTING - "WORK ! WORK! WORK!'.
Republicans ended their day with a pep rally on the steps of the Capitol, challenging the President to get serious about cutting a budget deal.

SOT: REP. HEATHER WILSON (R-NEW MEXICO)
18:34 "WE'RE STAYING IN SESSION UNTIL THE WORK IS DONE!" APPLAUSE
VO (PIX OF THEM WALKING AWAY)
STAND-UP VO BUT ONLY THE BUDGET NEGOTIATORS ARE ACTUALLY WORKING HERE THIS WEEKEND. THE REST OF CONGRESS IS HEADING HOME TO GET IN SOME COLUMBUS DAY CAMPAIGNING. THEY'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY...IN TIME TO EITHER EXTEND EMERGENCY FUNDING TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING...OR FINALLY...TO PASS THE NEW BUDGET. JONATHAN FREED, CBS NEWS, CAPITOL HILL. ))

[Roanoke-Ax]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=kor]
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[GRAPHIC=fatal Accident]

One person was killed and three injured in a single car accident last night.
It happened on Sugar Loaf Mountain Road just before 11 p.m.
Police say that the driver was trying to negotiate a turn, ran off the left side of the road, and hit a tree.
The three people that were injured were taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The driver was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police have not released any names..

The accident is still under investiagtion. [11Roanoke-Body]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=djo]
[TAPE#=98-66; 27:48]
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Roanoke police are treating the death of a Northwest man as "suspicious".
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

Officers responding to a call, went to 416 Cherryhill Drive around one p-m yesterday afternoon.
A few hours later they removed the body of an unidentified man.
Investigators say the man's death is a mystery and that there was no evidence so far of foul play or suicide.
The body was taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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[11M'ville-Murder]

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A shooting in Henry County has left one man dead and another in jail.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville;]

It happened around five Friday afternoon at the Northview Gardens Apartment complex.
Authorities say an argument between two men prompted the shooting.
One resident said he heard gunshots.
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((GENE WOODS; SOMEBODY WAS SHOOTING. SOMEBODY SHOT A GUN. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY HAD GOT SHOT OR WHAT. SO WE LOCKED THE DOOR.))
[SUPER=07-Gene Woods;]
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[OUT Q=LOCKED THE DOOR.]
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[VO-NAT]

Officers say the victim-- 36-year old David Mervin Monroe of Fieldale-- died of a gunshot wound to the head.
Police charged 20-year old Darren Latron Hundley of Martinsville with first degree murder.
Hundley is in the Henry County jail and is being held on a half-million dollar bond.
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[11UVA]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
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[WRITER=eea]
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University of Virginia officials want a review of the university's medical center.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@File]

The Board of Visitors appointed a committee yesterday, saying events of recent weeks require the board to devote special attention to the center.
The hospital is at the center of the baby-switching case involving a Buena Vista family, and mix-ups involving infants who died.
The committee is to report its findings in January.
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[11SJ-Hospital]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-73; 00:15]
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Officials at Stonewall Jackson Hospital plan to build an entirely new facility within the next three to four years.

This comes after administrators decided that paying 12 million dollars to renovate the current hospital wasn't cost-efficient.
Stacey Martin has more.
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[IN Q=David King works]
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[SUPER=07-David King; :16]
[SUPER=01-Bob Huch/Stonewall Jackson Hospital CEO; :54]
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[OUT Q=SM, News 7, Lexington.]
((David King works out at Stonewall Jackson Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation center three times a week.
And, he-- like many others is looking forward to the new facility for the services and conveniences it will provide local residents.
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[SOT 11.25.11 - 11.25.29]
[IN Q=I came from a community]
((DAVID KING: I CAME FROM A COMMUNITY IN CONNECTICUT WHERE MOST PEOPLE WERE YOUNG AND I THINK THE PERCENTAGE OF OLDER PEOPLE IN LEXINGTON IS MUCH HIGHER AND THAT MEANS THAT ASIDE FROM OBSTETRICS, YOU NEED MORE HOSPITAL BEDS, MORE ROOM, MORE SERVICES.)) [RUNS18]
[OUT Q=more room, more services.]

Hospital officials say the facility is needed in part to reduce cramped conditions-- found even in the hospital's largest conference room--and set ups that are inefficient for workers and patients-- like this staff filing room that's side-by-side with a patient laboratory for drawing blood.
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[IN Q=Most of our sevices]
((BOB HUCH/CEO STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL: MOST OF OUR SERVICES TODAY IN FACT ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF OUR SERVICES ARE ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE TREND IN HEALTHCARE WHERE HOSPITALS ARE PROVIDING MORE AND MORE CASES ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS SO WE NEED TO GET OUT FACILITIES CONFIGURED IN A WAY TO DO THAT.)) [RUNS17]
[OUT Q=to do that.]

In addition to catering to out-patients -- officials also plan to phase out extended care facilities for the elderly and possibly add more women's health services and therapy and prevention services.
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[SOT 12.21.12 - 12.21.26]
[IN Q=The project is expected]
((STACEY MARTIN/REPORTING:THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COST FROM 15 TO 20 MILLION DOLLARS. ONCE COMPLETED THE NEW FACILITY WILL EXTEND INTO THE HOSPITAL'S CURRENT PARKING LOT AND THE FIELD BELOW. STACEY MARTIN NEWS, 7 LEXINGTON.)) [RUNS10]
[OUT Q=SM, News 7, Lexington.]
)) [HEADLINES]
[ANCHOR=Denise 2 shot]
[***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]

Roanoke police are also investigating yesterday's death of a Northwest Roanoke man.
Investigators say there was no evidence of suicide or foul play.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.

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[Talent=Denise]

One person was killed and three were injured last night in a single car accident on Sugar Loaf Mountain.
It happened just before 11 pm.
All were taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Police are still investigating.
[ANCHOR=Denise]

Dwayne Allen Wright is scheduled to die next week for the murder of a Fairfax woman.
But his lawyers are asking Governor Gilmore to grant a 60 day reprieve or commute his sentence to life in prison.
Wright was 17 years old when he committed the crime and this would make him the first juvenile offender to be executed in Virginia.
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[ANCHOR=Denise 2 SHOT]

And that's what's making news on this Sunday October 11 .
(toss to Kimberly for Newsreel)

[ReelOpen]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=VA Newsreel]

Roanoke's Community Hospital received a lot of unwanted attention last week because of a fire.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly 2-Shot]

It also received some unwanted attention in the 19-60's, before the building was even completed.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly Full]
[GRAPHIC=VA Newsreel]

Here's David Seidel with this week's Virginia Newsreel and the story of the Community columns.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE][Columns-Reel]

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[TAPE#=VA NEwsreel]
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[IN Q=Community hospital]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/1965; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bill Armistead/May 1965; :42]
[SUPER=20-David/Seidel; 1:03]
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[OUT Q=Seidel, News-7]
(( Community hospital has been standing strong for more than 30 years.
But in 1965-- well into construction of the building-- people weren't so sure about its strength.
In December 1964, architects discovered that nearly half of the columns that supported the building did not meet contract specifications-- they weren't strong enough.
The defective columns would have to be torn out and replaced.
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[SOT 40:42]
[IN Q=the 41 columns]
((JOHN ARMISTEAD; THE 41 COLUMNS IN THE FIRST TIER WHICH HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE ARCHTECTS DO NOT MEET THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. HE ALSO SAYS THAT 53 OF THE 89 THAT HAVE BEEN FABRICATED BUT NOT PLACED ON THE JOB ALSO DO NOT MEET THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. REPORTER: IS IT POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE FROM THE REPORT HOW FAR BACK THE SCHEDULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN SET? I WOULDN'T ATTEMPT THAT. NO SIR.)) [RUNS:36]
[OUT Q=No sir.]

The replacement columns weren't ready until the end of November 1965, throwing off the project's timetable by months.
The Roanoke company that cast the defective columns went out of business that same year.
That's Virginia Newsreel, I'm David Seidel News-7.))

[Budget]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Budget]

Federal Budget negotiations are continuing this weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington;]

The President plans to meet with his budget team and top Democrats to review the status of the talks.
Clinton wants more money to go to education and it now appears Republicans are expressing some willingness to give the president some of the money he wants.
The President is delaying his fund raising trip to New York until late tomorrow so he is available for budget talks.
Both the House and Senate will resume work tomorrow. A top order of business is likely to be passing another stopgap measure. If one isn't passed, much of the government will run out of money and be forced to shut down.
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[Wright]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

Lawyers for a man scheduled to die next week are asking Governor Gilmore to commute his sentence to life or at least grant a 60 day reprieve.
Dwayne Allen Wright is scheduled to die October 14th for the robbery, attempted rape, and murder of a Fairfax County woman in 19-89. Wright was 17 years old at the time he commited the crimes.
This would make him the first juvinille offender to be executed in Virginia.
Wright's lawyers say that he is mentally ill and borderline retarded.
He was also convicted of two other killings that occured in Maryland the same week he killed the Virginia Woman. [1

1Gay-Ministry]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=djo]
[TAPE#=98-58; 1:14:03]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A group of religious leaders says a person's sexual preference has nothing to do with their morals. The statement came during of a two day conference in Roanoke.
David Johnson has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Mary Boenke says]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :01]
[SUPER=01-Mary Boenke/Conference Coordinator; :07]
[SUPER=01-Walter Sullivan/Richmond Catholic Bishop; :39]
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[OUT Q=DJO, N7.]
(( Mary Boenke says she thinks America tends to equate sexuality with morality.
[SOT=10:04:19]
[IN Q=THERE ARE MANY]
((MARY BOENKE/CONFERENCE COORDINATOR; THERE ARE MANY, MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SEXUAL PREFERENCE WHO ARE MORAL PEOPLE. AND THERE ARE MANY STRAIGHT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO GREAT.)) [RUNS15]
[OUT Q=NOT SO GREAT.]
That's part of the reason that she organized Roanoke's first interfaith conference, to find ways to help gays feel more welcome in their churches. The leader of the Richmond Catholic Diocese says parents should go one step farther by being the first to learn to accept their children for who they.
[SOT=10:10:08]
[IN Q=THEY EXPERIENCE PREJUDICE]
((WALTER SULLIVAN/RICHMOND CATHOLIC DIOCESE BISHOP; THEY EXPERIENCE PREJUDICE FROM OTHERS. SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC BECAUSE IF WE THINK THE GAY PERSON IS HAVING DIFFICULTIES, USUALLY THE PARENTS ALSO ENCOUNTER THIS TYPE OF PREJUDICE.)) [RUNS14]
[OUT Q=OF PREJUDICE.]
[STAND-UP/10:35:39] ((DAVID JOHNSON/REPORTING; BOENKE BELIEVES IF CHURCHES ACCEPT INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENCES, THEN SOCIETY AS A WHOLE CAN LEARN TO DO THE SAME.)) [RUNS08]
[SOT=10:02:32]
[IN Q=IF WE CAN]
((BOENKE; IF WE CAN HELP OUT CHURCHES LIVE OUT THE BASIC MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL, WHICH IS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. AND TO REMIND THEM WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.)) [RUNS14]
[OUT Q=ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.]
David Johnson, News 7.))

[11Snow-Rodeo]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=98-64; 29:40]
[GRAPHIC=Lynchburg City Seal]

Snow may be a distant thought to most people, but Lynchburg's public works employees are ready to do battle with the white stuff.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/This Week]

The department held its annual "snow rodeo" this past week at City Stadium.
About 60 snowplow drivers were put through their paces on an obstacle course that tested their plowing accuracy, speed and ability to maneuver their vehicle.
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[SOT 00:28:12]
[IN Q=This is just]
((DENNIS REYNOLDS/LYNCHBURG PUBLIC WORKS: THIS IS JUST PRELIMINARY, GETTING 'EM USED TO DRIVING THE TRUCKS AGAIN WITH THE PLOW ON THE FRONT. IT'S A DIFFERENT FEEL TO THE VEHICLE WITH A TEN- FOOT PLOW ON IT AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW EMPLOYEES, IT GIVES THEM A FEEL FOR THE VEHICLE.))
[SUPER=01-Dennis Reynolds/Lynchburg Public Works; :00]
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[OUT Q=for the vehicle.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape; :00]

Reynolds says the city's snow removal equipment is back up to speed after a train collision and fire destroyed 16 salt spreaders and a salt storage facility last March.
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[Martin-Retires]

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[TAPE#=98-60 1:10:18]
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A man who is truly a legend inside the recording industry has decided it's time to retire.
YOU may not have heard of George Martin -- but, as Ted Stone reports, the music world might have been very different without him.
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[IN Q=I didn't really]
[SUPER=04-File Film; :09]
[SUPER=@Ted2; :44]
[SUPER=01-Sir George Martin/Record Producer; :55]
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[OUT Q=Stone, News 7.]

((SIR GEORGE MARTIN/RECORD PRODUCER: I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TIME TO STOP AND THINK "WHAT'S HAPPENING?" I WAS JUST RIDING THIS WHIRLWIND.)) ((Maybe George Martin just had better ears than anybody else. Back in 1963, he was the only important record producer who heard anything of promise in a demo tape from a band called the Beatles. Martin went on to produce almost all of the group's records, prodding the cheeky young men to greatness. It was he who told the Beatles he would record their songs -- if they could write some GOOD songs.)) ((SIR GEORGE MARTIN/RECORD PRODUCER: THEY CAME BACK WITH "SHE LOVES YOU." EACH TIME, THEY GAVE ME A NEW SONG. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME STAR WARS TWO. THEY GAVE ME SOMETHING FRESH. AND EVENTUALLY, THEY CAME UP WITH "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND," WHICH IS THE ONE THAT BROKE IN AMERICA.)) ((Martin is closing his career with one last album. It's a diverse collection of Beatles songs, performed by a diverse collection of celebrities. Celine Dion is there; so are Jim Carrey and Robin Williams.)) ((JIM CARREY/ACTOR: I WANTED TO ROCK OUT.)) ((MARTIN: I DO HAVE A LOT OF HEROES. PEOPLE THAT I HAVEN'T MET THAT I THOUGHT "I'D LOVE TO MEET YOU AND LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU." I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH GARY COOPER, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR UNFORTUNATELY HE'S NOT AROUND THESE DAYS. OR JIMI HENDRIX. I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING HIM ON THE ALBUM. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ROBIN WILLIAMS, WHOM I'VE ADMIRED TREMENDOUSLY. GOLDIE HAWN. AND I HADN'T MET THESE PEOPLE. I CONTACTED THEM. AND THEY WERE MARVELOUS. THEY WERE SWEET AND THEY WERE VERY COOPERATIVE AND SAID "YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO JOIN YOU.")) ((The album, entitled "In My Life," should be out by the end of the month.
Ted Stone, News 7.))

[60-Minutes]

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[WRITER=dse]
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Can putting Jewish and Arab teenagers together in a summer camp plant the seeds of peace among enemies? Tonight on 60 minutes, Morley Safer takes a look at giving peace a chance.
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You can see that story and more tonight at seven here on W-D-B-J.

[Health-Week]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=Health Check]
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It was a week of medical breakthroughs and revolutionary surgeries. Tonya Flory takes a look back at the medical headlines making news in Southwest Virginia.
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[IN Q= A Blacksburg man]
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[SUPER=01-Dr.Eric Desman/Plastic Surgeon; :18 ]
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[SUPER=01-Diane Kelly/Mental Health Assoc.; 1:08 ]
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(( A Blacksburg man is one of the few patients in the country to undergo a sentinel node biopsy to treat skin cancer. That's because Lewis-Gale is participating in clinical trials for the procedure that injects radioactive blue dye into the skin and follows where it drains with a gamma probe.
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[IN Q=A melanoma]
((DR. ERIC DESMAN/PLASTIC SURGEON: A MELANOMA ON YOUR RIGHT CHEEK MAY SPREAD TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR NECK WHEREAS ON ME IT MAY SPREAD TO THE LEFT SIDE, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS ROAD MAP AS TO WHERE TO EXAMINE.)) [RUNS:14]
[OUT Q=where to examine]
Studies are now being done for sentinel node biopsy as standard care for breast and colon cancer.
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About 145-thousand dollars has been appropriated by the General Assembly for the Keeping Our Kids at Home or KOKAH project. Blue Ridge Community Services runs this project to make sure resources are available for young people with mental problems to get help nearby. The closest facilities are in Staunton and Marion, both hours from Roanoke.
[TAPE#=598-27 1:30:25]
Meantime National Depression screening day heightened public awareness in Roanoke as the Mental Health Association set up screening at clinics all over town.
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((DIANE KELLY/MENTAL HEALTH ASSOC.: IT'S A VERY TREATABLE ILLNESS. 80-PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION WHO GET THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF MEDICATION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY CAN GET BETTER.)) [RUNS:08]
[OUT Q=get better]
[TAPE#=598-33 50:04]

And it was also a week to practice fire drills. Roanoke Firefighters gave blood in honor of Fire Prevention Week and spread the word about saving lives. They say blood donations are needed not only for victims of fires, but victims of all disasters. That's a look at this weeks top medical stories. Tonya Flory, News 7, Health Check.))

[ProfileOpen]

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After her only daughter died in 1884 at the tender age of 16, Indiana Fletcher Williams wanted to do something special in her memory.
Williams' estate provided the foundation for what is now Sweet Briar College.
Nearly a century later, many believe Indie and Daisy Williams still roam the Amherst County campus.
Steve Smallshaw has this week's ghostly "Virginia Profile".
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[IN Q=She founded]
[SUPER=03-Amherst Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Ann Whitley/Museum Director; :18]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Crispen/Field Hockey Coach; 1:07]
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[OUT Q=News7, Amherst County.]

(( She was the founder of Sweet Briar College, but for years, no one knew what Indiana Fletcher Williams looked like.
Then museum director Ann Whitley was sifting through a pile of old photographs and determined that this picture.. originally thought to be a photo of Daisy Williams.. was in fact her mother Indie.
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[SOT 00:32:01]
[IN Q=And I heard]
((ANN WHITLEY/MUSEUM DIRECTOR: AND I HEARD THIS GIGGLE, BUT NOBODY WAS IN THE ROOM, IT WAS JUST ME, AND I THOUGHT `UH OH, I THINK MISS INDIE IS STANDING HERE WATCHING AND I THINK SHE'S VERY TICKLED SHE'S BEEN DISCOVERED.)) [RUNS:12]
[OUT Q=been discovered.]

The school is full of similar legends.
Daisy's music box has been known to play by itself.. and two people saw Daisy and her mother walking into the main house the night it caught fire in 1927.
And in 1916 a housekeeper claimed Miss Indie suddenly appeared and told her where the family silver was hidden.
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[SOT 00:37:41]
[IN Q=Miss McVeigh]
((ANN WHITLEY: MISS MCVEIGH WENT RIGHT ALONG WITH HER AND THEY HAD THE COLLEGE CARPENTER COME UP AND OPENED THE WALL AND THE SILVER WAS IN THERE, WRAPPED IN NEWSPAPER.)) [RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=in newspaper.]

Then there's the Daisy Williams gymnasium, built in 1931.
The morning it was dedicated, a maid discovered this bronze plaque of Daisy in a closet.
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[SOT 1:42:46]
[IN Q=No one knows]
((JENNIFER CRISPEN/FIELD HOCKEY COACH: NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT WAS MADE, WHO MADE IT OR WHERE IT CAME FROM. BUT THE MAID SAID AT THE TIME `MISS INDIE SENT IT'.)) [RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=sent it.]
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[Standup 2:50:21]
[IN Q=Apparently Miss]
((Apparently Miss Daisy's spirit lives on. Even today, students and faculty here at Sweet Briar can recount their own ghostly experiences, and they're being asked to share them with the help of some 20th century technology.)) [RUNS:12]
[OUT Q=technology.]

Surf the Internet and on the Sweet Briar homepage, you can connect to the school's ghostly history.. and even enter your own tale for others to enjoy.
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((JENNIFER CRISPEN: IF THOSE OF US HERE WANT TO BELIEVE THAT SPIRITS ARE ALIVE HERE, IT WOULD BE LOGICAL. THIS PLACE WAS FOUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVED THE LAND, OWNED THE LAND AND PASSED IT ON, AND IT WOULD BE LOGICAL TO ASSUME THAT THERE COULD BE PRETTY STRONG SPIRIT FORCES HERE I THINK.)) [RUNS:17]
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Daisy and her parents are buried on Monument Hill, overlooking their beloved home and school.
But if their spirits still walk among today's students, no one seems to mind.
After all, they were here first.. and every slamming door and blinking light just adds to the mystery.

Steve Smallshaw, News7, Amherst County.))[Mornin-Promo]

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Don't forget to check in with the of the News-7 Mornin gang all this week.
Here's a look ahead.
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