[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[VO-NAT]
A terrorist attack could jeopordize the Mideast Peace talks in Maryland.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And Roanoke police investigate a pair of weekend shootings.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(ad lib weather)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[MIDEAST-PEACE]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=MidEast Peace]
As a make-or-break Mideast peace summit continues in Maryland today, there is word of a terrorist attack in Israel.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Beersheba, Israel;]
[4:00:00]
At least 51 people were injured after a man tossed a pair of hand grenades into a bus station in the desert town of Beersheba.
Reports say witnesses tackled a suspect believed to be an Palestinian.
[SUPER=03-Washington DC;]
[4:03:52]
Back in Washington President Clinton is expected to return to the summit table later today.
He met with Benjamin Netanyahu and Yassir Arafat into the early morning.
The two sides have yet to agree on a west Bank land for peace deal.
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[EGYPT-ACCIDENT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=MORNIN]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A train accident in north Egypt has left at 52 dead and more than a hundred injured.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Alexandria, Egypt;]
[4:17:13 ]
It happened yesterday when the train jumped its tracks at a station and plowed into a platform full of people.
Authorities say the train went off the rails when the driver changed tracks ``at a high rate of speed.''
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[E-Musgrove]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=djo]
[TAPE#=98-69; 18:36]
[GRAPHIC=Heroin Deaths]
The fiancee of a man who died after taking a bad batch of heroin in Roanoke, spoke out this weekend about his life and sudden death.
29-year old Mark Allen Musgrove was one of two men who died after taking the unusually pure heroin.
The woman says it came at a time surprisingly when he was on the verge of kicking the habit.
David Johnson has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=MACK WAS A]
[SUPER=01-Patty Ballard/Musgrove's Fiancee; :01]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :16]
[SUPER=01-Linda Johnson/Ballard's Neighbor; :24]
[SUPER=@File; 1:01]
[SUPER=@David1; 1:18]
[RUNS=1:29]
[OUT Q=Djo, N7]
(([SOT=11:36:33]
((PATTY BALLARD/MUSGROVE'S FIANCEE; MACK WAS A VERY SWEET PERSON. HE HAD A BIG HEART. HE WAS A REAL GOOD FATHER.))
[RUNS14]
[OUT Q=REAL GOOD FATHER.]
Patty Ballard and her friend say Musgrove sometimes used drugs to escape his problems--but according to them, heroin was not his drug of choice.
[SOT=11:50:09]
[IN Q=I DEFINITELY DIDN'T]
((LINDA JOHNSON/BALLARD'S NEIGHBOR; I DEFINITELY DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD EVER DONE HEROIN. BUT I DID KNOW THAT HE HAD AN OCCASSIONAL PROBLEM WITH CRACK COCAINE.))
[RUNS07]
[OUT Q=CRACK COCAINE.]
[SOT=11:36:59]
[IN Q=HE DID DO]
((PATTY BALLARD/MUSGROVE'S FIANCEE; HE DID DO SOME BUT HE WOULD DO IT WHEN HE WOULD GET DEPRESSED OR SOMETHING. HE WOULD GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.))
[RUNS07]
[OUT Q=LIKE THAT.]
But, Ballard says Musgrove was gradually coming to grips with his problems and was trying to beat his drug habit.
[SOT=11:37:32]
[IN Q=HE HAD TROUBLE]
((PATTY BALLARD/MUSGROVE'S FIANCEE; HE HAD TROUBLE WITH IT WAY BEFORE I MET HIM AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET OFF IT. GET HIS LIFE TOGETHER AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR HIS LITTLE GIRL AND HE WAS DOING THAT.))
[RUNS17]
[OUT Q=WAS DOING THAT.]
Police discovered Musgrove's body in room 205 of the Budget Inn on Williamson Road.
He was the second of two men since October tenth, to die after taking the heroin.
The other victim-- 38-year old Charles Edward Roberts was found in a Northwest Roanoke home about a week ago.
[STAND-UP]
((DAVID JOHNSON/REPORTING; BALLARD SAYS SHE DOESN'T BLAME POLICE FOR MUSGROVE'S DEATH, BUT SHE WISHES AUTHORITIES WOULD
DO MORE TO PREVENT DRUG PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF REACTING TO DRUG DEATHS. DAVID JOHNSON, NEWS7.))))[E-Rke-shooting]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=98-52; 1:59:07]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
A Roanoke woman who was shot in the chest Saturday is now in stable condition.
According to police a man walked up to Pamela Tinsley's car and asked her for money.
She said she didn't have any and he shot her in the chest.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
There was another shooting in Roanoke early yesterday morning.
Grover Price told police two people chased him and shot into his car at the 37 hundred block of Long Meadow Avenue.
He was hit in the chest.
He's also hospitalized in stable condition.
No arrests have been made in either shooting.
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[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=ssa]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, Randall Cunningham leads Minnesota to another victory, while handing the Redskins loss number seven. R
oy Stanley has details.
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=1:54]
[OUT Q=later on mornin.]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Steve/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=01-John Royall/Lotz Funeral Home;]
(I'll call for funeral planning board)
[ESS#8701]
(I'll call for #)
[SUPER=16-(800) 533-1560/VA Board of Funeral Directors;]
[Steve Live]
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive:Will))
[COLOMBIA]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=net]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#None]
[GRAPHIC=Explosion]
At least 45 are dead and more than 60 injured after leftist rebels allegedly bombed Colombia's largest oil pipeline.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bogota, Colombia;]
[4:14:54]
The explosion sent blazing crude oil into air, engulfing two entire villages
early yesterday morning.
Police blame the explosion on the National Liberation Army, Colombia's second-largest guerrilla group.
Just last week the group launched tentative peace talks with the government and independent civic leaders.
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[Nigeria-Explosion]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Explosion]
Meantime, the death toll from a pipeline explosion in Nigeria is skyrocketing.
One newspaper says at least 420 people are dead.
Other reports put the number at more than 500.
Thieves were apparently trying to siphon off gasoline when one one of the tools used to break open the pipeline created a spark.
The resulting fire destroyed several villages and a large area of cropland.
[Fed-Ex]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=mornin]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It's official, the heads of the Federal Express pilots' union will seek a strike authorization from its members.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Memphis, TX;]
[4:32:38]
They took the vote yesterday and will now send out ballots to their 32-hundred members who have never had a contract.
Results are expected to be tallied on November 20th.
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[SOT]
[4:33:04-18]
[IN Q=]
(( BYRON COBB/VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL EXPRESS PILOTS ASSOC.
"OUR GOAL IS NOT TO STRIKE, RATHER OUR GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE A
FAIR AND EQUITABLE CONTRACT....AT THE OTHER MAJOR AIRLINES." ))
[SUPER=01-Byron Cobb/Federal Express Pilots Assoc.;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=other major airlines. ]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
Two thirds of the pilots will have to vote YES in order for a strike to happen.
If a strike materializes it will come just as the Christmas season begins, typically Fed-Ex's busiest time of year.
[Redskins-Protest]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Minnesotans have never been big fans of the Washington Redskins.
But yesterday, some Minnesota residents turned out at the Metrodome to protest the team's nickname.
Fredericka Fryberg has the story.
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[SOT 3:52:37]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Minneapolis, MN; :00]
[SUPER=01-Clyde Bellecourt/American Indian Movement; :26]
[SUPER=01-Rose Mathis/Redskins Fan; :41]
[SUPER=01-Monte Morris/Redskins Fan; 1:12 QUICK!!]
[RUNS=1:36]
[OUT Q=foir CBS News.]
[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, researchers may have found a way to fight alzheimers.
Mika Brzezinski has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Mika Brzezinski/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:41]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
(( GOOD MORNING.
A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THERE MAY BE A LINK BETWEEN ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE... AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF A AN AMINO ACID COMMONLY FOUND IN ELDERLY
PEOPLE.
IF THIS PROVES TO BE TRUE--A CURE COULD BE RIGHT AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
VT=VO
((vo))
RESEARCHERS AT OXFORD UNIVESRITY LOOKED AT MORE THAN 160 ALZHEIMER'S
PATIENTS AGED 55 AND OLDER--
ALL OF THEM HAD ELEVATED LEVELS OF AN AMINO ACID CALLED HOMOCYSTEINE.
THIS CAN BE EASILY LOWERED BY TAKING FOLATE ACID AND VITAMIN B-12.
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY MORE STUDIES ARE NEEDED TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT
IS TRIGGERING ALZHEIMER'S IN THESE PATIENTS.
THEY'RE ALSO CAUTIONING PEOPLE NOT TO TAKE EXTRA FOLIC ACID WITHOUT
FIRST CONSULTING THEIR DOCTOR.//
VT=VO
((vo))
DIETERS WHO TOOK THE ONCE POPULAR DRUG, FEN-PHEN, ARE BEING URGED TO
GET REGULAR HEART CHECK-UPS.
THIS, AS STUDIES TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE PILL'S LONG-TERM
EFFECTS ON THE CARDIO-VASCULAR SYSTEM.
FEN-PHEN WAS YANKED OFF THE MARKET LAST YEAR AFTER SEVERAL USERS
WOUND UP WITH DAMAGED HEART VALVES.
RESEARCHERS SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE HELD BY THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION SAID THE CONDITION MAY GET WORSE.. EVEN THOUGH PATIENTS HAVE
STOPPED TAKING THE MEDICATION.//
VT=VO
((vo))
CALL THEM DRIVE-BY SURGERIES.
THAT MAY BE THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE IN THIS COUNTRY.
A STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SAYS A NEW CLASS OF SHORT-ACTING
GENERAL ANESTHESIA COULD LEAD TO MORE SURGERIES BEING PERFORMED RIGHT IN
A DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
CURRENTLY, MOST OPERATIONS REQUIRE THAT A PATIENT SPEND AT LEAST A
FEW HOURS IN A HOSPITAL RECOVERY ROOM.. WHILE THE ANESTESIA WEARS OFF.
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY NEWER ANESTHETICS WILL HAVE PATIENTS IN-AND-OUT
IN RECORD TIME-- EVEN FOR MAJOR PROCEDURES LIKE GALL BLADDER REMOVAL AND
BREAST SURGERY.//
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.
I'M MIKA BRZEZINSKI, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
(ad lib to weather)
[Two-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=16-(800) 533-1560/VA Board of Funeral Directors;]
[Steve does 3-Weather][2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4050; Headline Banner]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
The mideast Peace talks continue today in Maryland, but a terrorist attack today in Israel could jeopordize any progress already made.
Forty-five people were injured when a man tossed two grenades into a bus station.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
The rain has stopped in Texas, but the flood threat continues.
The National Weather Service predicts record flooding today in
communities along the Colorado River, following weekend storms that
are blamed for 14 deaths.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[ss=none]
And Roanoke police invesitigate a pair of weekend shootings.
One happened Saturday, the other took place yesterday morning when two people apparently shot into the victim's car.
Both shooting victims are hospitalized in stable condition.
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[anchor=Melanie]
And that's what's making news on this Monday October 19-th.
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[TX-WEATHER]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Severe Weather]
Texas Governor George W. Bush will take a first-hand look today at the devastation left by weekend storms.
At least 14 people died, mostly in cars that were washed off the road.
The Colorado River is expected to crest at 32 feet in one spot today, which could cause new problems.
Dan Lauck has more.
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[SOT]
[4:04:28]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Brookshire, TX; :00]
[SUPER=01-Daniel Torres/Brookshire Resident; :15]
[SUPER=01-Gregory Vaughn/Tornado Survivor; :42]
[SUPER=01-Perry Vaughn/Tornado Survivor; 1:01]
[SUPER=01-Dan Lauck/Reporting; 1:30]
[RUNS=1:43]
[OUT Q=FOR CBS NEWS.]
[2-MIDEAST-PEACE]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Mideast Peace]
As the Mideast Peace summit continues today in Maryland there is word of grenade attack in Israel.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Beersheba, Israel;]
[4:00:00]
At least 51 people were injured today when a man tossed two grenades into a bus station.
Reports say witnesses tackled a suspect, believed to be a Palestinian.
Israel's demand for greater security guarantees from the Palestinians is apparently one of the issues stalling the U-S peace summit.
[SUPER=03-Washington DC;]
[4:03:52]
President Clinton rejoins the talks later today.
He returned to the White House early this morning after meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu and Yassir Arafat.
The talks have been extended for at least one day.
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[Jones-Lawsuit]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Bill Clinton]
President Clinton is rejecting a two million dollar settlement agreement suggested by Paula Jones' legal team.
Without a deal, Jones' lawyers tomorrow will ask a federal appeals court to reinstate Jones' suit, which was dismissed in April.
Meanwhile, some secret documents from that lawsuit will be made public at six this morning.
A judge plans to unseal some material and post it on the internet.
One thing that won't be on the Web is President Clinton's deposition.
No transcript is on file with the court.
[2-E-Musgrove]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=djo]
[TAPE#=98-69; 18:36]
[GRAPHIC=Heroin Deaths]
29-year old Mark Allen Musgrove was one of two men who died after taking the unusually pure heroin.
His fiancee says it came at a time surprisingly when he was on the verge of kicking the habit.
David Johnson has more.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=MACK WAS A]
[SUPER=01-Patty Ballard/Musgrove's Fiancee; :01]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :16]
[SUPER=01-Linda Johnson/Ballard's Neighbor; :24]
[SUPER=@File; 1:01]
[SUPER=@David1; 1:18]
[RUNS=1:29]
[OUT Q=Djo, N7]
(([SOT=11:36:33]
((PATTY BALLARD/MUSGROVE'S FIANCEE; MACK WAS A VERY SWEET PERSON. HE HAD A BIG HEART. HE WAS A REAL GOOD FATHER.))
[RUNS14]
[OUT Q=REAL GOOD FATHER.]
Patty Ballard and her friend say Musgrove sometimes used drugs to escape his problems--but according to them, heroin was not his drug of choice.
[SOT=11:50:09]
[IN Q=I DEFINITELY DIDN'T]
((LINDA JOHNSON/BALLARD'S NEIGHBOR; I DEFINITELY DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD EVER DONE HEROIN. BUT I DID KNOW THAT HE HAD AN OCCASSIONAL PROBLEM WITH CRACK COCAINE.))
[RUNS07]
[OUT Q=CRACK COCAINE.]
[SOT=11:36:59]
[IN Q=HE DID DO]
((PATTY BALLARD/MUSGROVE'S FIANCEE; HE DID DO SOME BUT HE WOULD DO IT WHEN HE WOULD GET DEPRESSED OR SOMETHING. HE WOULD GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.))
[RUNS07]
[OUT Q=LIKE THAT.]
But, Ballard says Musgrove was gradually coming to grips with his problems and was trying to beat his drug habit.
[SOT=11:37:32]
[IN Q=HE HAD TROUBLE]
((PATTY BALLARD/MUSGROVE'S FIANCEE; HE HAD TROUBLE WITH IT WAY BEFORE I MET HIM AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET OFF IT. GET HIS LIFE TOGETHER AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR HIS LITTLE GIRL AND HE WAS DOING THAT.))
[RUNS17]
[OUT Q=WAS DOING THAT.]
Police discovered Musgrove's body in room 205 of the Budget Inn on Williamson Road.
He was the second of two men since October tenth, to die after taking the heroin.
The other victim-- 38-year old Charles Edward Roberts was found in a Northwest Roanoke home about a week ago.
[STAND-UP]
((DAVID JOHNSON/REPORTING; BALLARD SAYS SHE DOESN'T BLAME POLICE FOR MUSGROVE'S DEATH, BUT SHE WISHES AUTHORITIES WOULD
DO MORE TO PREVENT DRUG PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF REACTING TO DRUG DEATHS. DAVID JOHNSON, NEWS7.))))[2-E-Rke-shooting]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=98-52; 1:59:07]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]
The victim of Saturdays's shooting in Roanoke is now in stable condition.
According to police a man walked up to Pamela Tinsley's car and asked her for money.
She said she didn't have any and he shot her in the chest.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
There was another shooting in Roanoke early yesterday morning.
Grover Price told police two people chased him and shot into his car at the 37 hundred block of Long Meadow Avenue.
He was hit in the chest.
He's also hospitalized in stable condition.
No arrests have been made in either shooting.
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[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Record]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Fleischhauer/Lawyer;]
(I'll call for wills board)
[ESS#8700]
(I'll call for #)
[SUPER=16-(800) 552-7977/VA Lawyer Referral Service;]
[Steve Live]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive:Will))
[Hospital-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=netB]
[GRAPHIC=Fire Aftermath]
Scheduling surgery has become a challenge fire disabled parts of Community Hospital.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
Roanoke Memorial has extended operating room hours, and has opened up an additional facility normally reserved for orthopedic patients.
While some surgeries have been delayed, officials say they're working with doctors to make sure patients who require urgent care receive it.
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[SOT 03:22:24]
[IN Q=He or she being the surgeon]
((RITA BISHOP/VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATING ROOM SERVICES: HE OR SHE BEING THE SURGEON WILL MAKE THAT CLINICAL DECISION. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY SURGEON TO CALL ME AND SAY MISS BISHOP I CANNOT GET MY CASES SCHEDULED. IF THEY HAD I WOULD HAVE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A CALL LIKE THAT.))
[SUPER=01-Rita Bishop/Operating Room Services]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=but I haven't had a call like that.]
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[ANCHOR=]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
Carilion officials hope to know early this week how long it will take to restore power to all of Community Hospital.
[E-Boys-Club]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=djo]
[TAPE#=98-57; 1:25:07]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Come Christmas-time-- youngsters in Southeast Roanoke will have a new hang out.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
An old magazine publishing building in the 17-hundred block of 9th Street is being renovated for a "Boys and Girls Club of the Roanoke Valley".
Project officials say this site should be ready just before the holidays.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT=12:47:10]
[IN Q=WE'RE GOING TO]
((FLOYD JOHNSON/FACILITY DIRECTOR; WE'RE GOING TO BE OPEN IN SOME FORM IN DECEMBER. PROBABLY EARLY TO MID-DECEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING OUT OF THE FRONT PART OF THE BUILDING OR POSSIBLY IN AN OFF-SITE LOCATION. HOPEFULLY THIS BUILDING WILL BE READY FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED KIDS A DAY BY MARCH.))
[SUPER=01-Floyd Johnson/Facility Director;]
[RUNS=19]
[OUT Q=BY MARCH.]
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[VO-NAT]
Johnson says the club will offer more than 60 activities at the site, including games, a computer lab, after-school tutoring and a fitness room.
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[E-Children's-Choir]
[ANCHOR=MElanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=djo]
[TAPE#=98-59]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Church hymns were put to the tune of East African music in a local church yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Vinton;]
The "African Chidren's Choir" paid a visit to the Vinton Baptist Church as part of their international tour.
The church pastor says keeping up to date with countries like Africa is his church's way of "reaching around the world".
[NAT-SOUND]
[RUNS=07]
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[SOT=10:52:49]
[IN Q=THROUGH MISSIONS]
((REV. CHRIS MONROE/VINTON BAPTIST CHURCH; THROUGH MISSIONS, WE EXPAND OUR AWARENESS OF CULTURES AND THE HAPPENINGS AND CURRENT EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.))
[SUPER=01-Rev. Chris Monroe/Vinton Baptist Church;]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=AROUND THE WORLD.]
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[VO-NAT]
The group has traveled through 40 states beginning in California and moving eastward for the past 16 months.
They perform at four churches each week.
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[SOT=10:13:50]
[IN Q=USUALLY THERE'S]
((SHARI MORIN/TOUR DIRECTOR; USUALLY THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHOIRS TRAVELLING AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WE TRAVEL ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND IN CANADA. WE ALSO TRAVEL IN THE U.K., IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND ENGLAND AND ALSO IN PARTS OF EUROPE. SO IT'S JUST CONSTENTLY GOING AND WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH CHOIRS.))
[SUPER=01-Shari Morin/Tour Director;]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=ENOUGH CHOIRS.]
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[VO-NAT]
After finishing up in Virginia, the Children's Choir will head for Atlanta.
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[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=ssa]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, the New York Yankees collect 16 hits in Game number two of the World Series.
Roy Stanley has the highlights.
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=1:37]
[OUT Q=day everybody.]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(weather toss)
[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]
The man shot early yesterday morning in Roanoke is now in stable condition.
Grover Price told police two people chased him and shot into his car on Long Meadow Avenue.
Price was hit in the chest.
Police have not made any arrests.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
We should know early this week when full power will be restored to Community Hospital.
In the meantime, scheduling surgeries has become a difficult task.
Roanoke Memorial Hospital has extended operating room hours, and has opened up an additional facility normally reserved for orthopedic patients, so that people who need urgent care won't be turned away.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
An old magazine publishing building on Ninth street will get a new lease on life as a Boys and Girls Club.
Club leaders say more than 60 activities will be offered at the site-- everything from games to after school tutoring.
The building should open around the holidays.
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
(Steve mic hot)
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(STEVE ad lib weather)
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[Double Boxes=Melanie and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
(ad lib bye)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
by SS