[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
The Israeli Cabinet postpones a vote on the peace deal following a deadly terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
And a verdict in the Emmitt Cressell Murder trial.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Winds from the northwest are making for some very chilly wake-up temperatures this morning.
And keep the jackets handy-- the cooler-than-normal temperatures will stick around through the weekend.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[Cressell]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=98-75 TC52:30]
[GRAPHIC=Emmett Cressell]
The same Grayson County jury that last night convicted Emmett Cressell, Junior, of first degree murder, will return to court today for sentencing testimony.
They deliberated for about four and a half hours last night before finding Cressell guilty of the lesser murder charge.
Teresa Hamilton has more.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I figured they were]
[SUPER=03-Independence; :00]
[SUPER=03-Grayson Co./July 1997; :26]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Johnson/Victim's Cousin; :34 ]
[super=01-Mark Claytor/Cressell's Attorney; :57]
[SUPER=@Teresa1; 1:11]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=News 7, Independence.]
[E-Alley]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chu]
[TAPE#98-57 1:48:16]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A Henry County woman will have to wait until the new year to find out how much time she'll spend in jail.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]
Sharon Alley admitted to stabbing her eight-month old daughter Brooke to death on Mother's Day.
Rather than taking her chances with a jury, she pleaded guilty to second degree murder -- escaping a possible first degree murder conviction and a life prison sentence.
Alley also pleaded guilty to felony neglect for throwing her baby across the kitchen floor several months earlier.
Henry County's prosecutor says he's satisfied with the plea arrangement.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 23:49:07-:28]
[IN Q=We all agreed that the certainty]
((BOB BUSHNELL/PROSECUTOR: WE ALL AGREED THAT THE CERTAINTY OF THE CONVICTION WITH A DISPASSIONATE JUDGE IMPOSING THE SENTENCE WAS PREFERABLE TO THE GAMBLE OF A JURY TRIAL WITH THIS MANY EMOTIONAL WILDCARDS.))
[SUPER=01-Bob Bushnell/Prosecutor;]
[RUNS=:21]
[OUT Q=many emotional wildcards.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
Alley faces a maximum of 50-years in prison when she is sentenced in January.
(----------------)
[FORD]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A stunning confession made by a man who could be California's newest serial killer.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Eureka, CA;]
[4:07:12]
Yesterday a trucker walked into a police station and confessed to the murders of four women.
He also handed over evidence against him---
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[4:07;08]
[IN Q=]
(( HE SAID I HAVE EVIDENCE IN MY POCKET. IT WAS A ZIPLOCK BAG WITH A FEMALE BREAST. ))
[SUPER=01-Sheriff Dennis Lewis/Humboldt County, CA;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=A FEMALE BREAST.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lodi, CA/September;]
[4:11:22]
Authorities say 36-year old Wayne Adam Ford is also implicated in the deaths of two other women.
He will be arraigned today.
His bail has been set at one MILLION dollars.
(----------------)
[Israel-bomb]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Bombing]
Early this morning terrorists struck again at Israel and the Mideast Peace deal.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Jersusalem, Israel;]
A car bomb exploded in a Jerusalem market packed with weekend shoppers.
Israeli police say two people were killed and 14 wounded.
A cabinet meeting to approve the land- for-security deal ended at word of the blast.
The Cabinet has now indefinitely postponed ratification of the peace accord.
(----------------)
[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Iraq Conflict]
It's been nearly a week since Saddam Hussien cut off cooperation with weapons inspectors.
The U-N Security Council agrees Iraq is wrong but can't agree on whether to use force against it.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY;]
[4:15:09]
Members yesterday voted on a resolution demanding that Iraq cooperate with U-S weapons inspectors.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[4:15:31-44]
[IN Q=The result... ]
[SUPER=01-Peter Burleigh/U. N. Security Council;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=of the voting 1998.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
But the resolution does not spell out any military action.
The U-S and Britain say yesterday's resolution confirms their right to use force.
But China, France and Russia say it doesn't.
(----------------)
[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, it was a big night for volleyball in the Roanoke Valley Mike Stevens has the details plus your Friday Football Extra lineup.
Good Morning Mike.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Hoowdy everyone]
[RUNS=1:37]
[OUT Q=in a little bit]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=01-Kathy O'Keeffe/Binaba Shop;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
(toss to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive:))
[E-Bacova-Guild]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-65 45:40]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Workers at the Bacova Guild's Alleghany County plant voted more than 3-to-1 AGAINST forming a union.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Alleghany Co./October 10;]
[98-60, 1:23:50]
Workers defeated the idea by a vote of 203 to 64.
Officials with the United Paperworkers International Union accused management of using fear tactics to discourage workers from organizing.
An official with Bacova Guild's parent company Burlington Industries, said management preferred to deal directly with employees rather than go through a third-party.
(------------)
[ANCHOR=]
[SS=none]
Bacova Guild makes rugs and other household items.
If workers did vote to organize, they would have created the first union of the company's seven plants in Virginia.
[E-Advance-Auto]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=sgo]
[TAPE#=98-56 1:39:41]
[GRAPHIC=Advance Auto Parts]
Advance Auto is adding 200 jobs to its Roanoke headquarters.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
To make room for the growing staff, Advance leased -- and is renovating -- the old Leggett Outlet Center near Valley View Mall.
About 175-of those jobs will be new hires.
The rest are transfers.
All of this comes after Advance bought out Kansas City-based Western Auto.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 1:07:32]
[IN Q=our job growth]
((NEIL LEFTWICH/ADVANCE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: THE MOVE WITH WESTERN IS A GREAT GEOGRAPHIC FIT FROM WHERE WE WERE TO WHERE THEY ARE IN THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST.))
[SUPER=01-Neil Leftwich/Advance Chief Financial Officer;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=THE CLERICAL]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The merger gives Advance more than 15-hundred retail stores in 37 states.
It is the country's second biggest chain of auto-part stores.
Advance expects next year's sales will top two-billion dollars.
(------------)
[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, you'll soon be able to fight cancer and satisfy your sweet tooth at the same time.
Sissy Biggers has that story and more in today's Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Sissy Biggers/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:32]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
(( GOOD MORNING.
CANCER TREATMENT NOW COMES ON A STICK.
THAT'S RIGHT!
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CANCER PATIENTS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO FIGHT
SEVERE PAIN WITH A RASBERRY-FLAVORED LOLLIPOP.
VT=VO
((vo))
IT'S CALLED ACTIQ...
AND EVEN THOUGH THIS REMEDY MAY LOOK LIKE A CANDY, IT'S ACTUALLY
LOADED WITH A POWERFUL PAINKILLER THAT CAN ENTER THE BLOODSTREAM MUCH
FASTER THAN A PILL.
ACTIQ WON F-D-A APPROVAL DESPITE CONCERNS IT COULD BE ENTICING TO
YOUNG CHILDREN.
TO EASE THOSE FEARS... THE DRUG WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME IN PACKAGING
THAT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR KIDS TO OPEN.//
VT=VO
((vo))
WOMEN INFECTED WITH H-I-V ARE BEING URGED TO START TREATMENT MUCH
SOONER THAN MEN.
THIS, AFTER A NEW REPORT FINDS THAT SMALLER AMOUNTS OF THE VIRUS CAN
CAUSE AIDS IN WOMEN.
A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE LANCET MEDICAL JOURNAL EXAMINED MORE THAN
600 INFECTED PEOPLE--
IT FOUND THAT THE WOMEN HAD MUCH MORE WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, EVEN
THOUGH THEIR VIRAL LOADS WERE ONLY HALF THAT OF THE MEN.
RESEARCHERS SAY CURRENT HEALTH GUIDELINES SHOULD BE REVISED TO
REFLECT THESE BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES.//
VT=VO
((vo))
WHETHER OR NOT YOU SMOKE COULD DEPEND ON WHERE YOU LIVE, WHAT
RELIGION YOU FOLLOW, AND HOW MUCH TAXES YOU PAY.
A SURVEY BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL FOUND THAT KENTUCKY HAD
THE HIGHEST RATE OF ADULT SMOKING-- NEARLY 31-PERCENT.
UTAH HAD THE LOWEST WITH JUST 13-PERCENT.
RESEARCHERS SAY THE STRONG INFLUENCE OF THE MORMON CHURCH IS PROBABLY
THE REASON WHY UTAH'S SMOKING RATE IS SO LOW.
CIGARETTE TAXES WERE ALSO MAJOR FACTORS IN THE STATE-BY-STATE COUNT.
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.
I'M SISSY BIGGERS, 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;]
[SUPER=01-Ernest Freeman/Binaba Shop;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[Double Boxes=KMC & SPA]
(toss to Kimberly)
((Archive:))
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A Grayson County man has been found guilty of the burning and beheading death of a former Marine.
It took the jury more than four hours to find Emmitt Cressell Junior guilty of First Degree Murder.
The panel will return today to begin deciding his sentence.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
President Clinton is upping U-S aid to Central American storm victims to 70 million dollars.
He's also sending a high-level delegation to the region led by Tipper Gore.
He's calling for a ``global relief effort'' in a catastrophe that has killed at least ten-thousand people.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[ss=none]
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says President Clinton can speed up the impeachment inquiry by answering some questions -- 81 to be exact.
The questions were submitted to the White House yesterday and they're being reviewed
by President Clinton's lawyers.
(----------------)
[anchor=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Friday November 6th.
[anchor=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-Cressell]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=98-75 TC52:30]
[GRAPHIC=Emmett Cressell]
The sentencing phase of Emmett Cressell Junior's murder trial will begin today.
A Grayson County jury deliberated for about four and a half hours last night before finding Cressell guilty of first degree murder..
Teresa Hamilton has the story from Independence.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I figured they were]
[SUPER=03-Independence; :00]
[SUPER=03-Grayson Co./July 1997; :26]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Johnson/Victim's Cousin; :34 ]
[super=01-Mark Claytor/Cressell's Attorney; :57]
[SUPER=@Teresa1; 1:11]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=News 7, Independence.]
[E-Business-Council]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#98-61 1:34:00]
[GRAPHIC=Virginia Seal]
A report by the Virginia Business Council caught a lot of people's attention when it predicted a Billion dollar state budget shortfall in 2001.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]
Governor Jim Gilmore will respond later today, in an address to the Business Council.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 04:55:33]
[IN Q=We, in a]
((GOV. JIM GILMORE: WE, IN A QUIET AND CAREFUL WAY, LOOKED AT THE DRAFT REPORT AND CONCLUDED THAT THERE ARE MANY ERRORS IN ASSUMPTION, NO DEFINITION TRULY OF NEED, AN ERROR IN THE ESTIMATION OF REVENUE. AND SO THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES WITH THIS REPORT WHICH I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING WITH THEM MORE THOROUGHLY TOMORROW.))
[SUPER=@Gilmore;]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=thoroughly tomorrow.]
(-------------)
[TALENT=Kimberly]
[SS=None]
The Business Council's draft suggests that Gilmore's "no car tax" plan will break the budget when it's fully phased in.
[mitch]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Mitch aftermath]
Hurricane Mitch may be no more... but Central Americans are still burying their dead and struggling to recover from the massive storm.
The U-S has committed 70-million dollars in aid but the situation remains desperate.
Up to seventy per cent of the region's infrastructure has been destroyed making relief efforts slow and difficult.
Charles Hadlock reports from Honduras.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Tegucigalpa, Honduras; ;00]
[SUPER=01-Charles Hadlock/Reporting; :45]
[SUPER=01-Theresa Searcy/Medical Volunteer; 1:16]
[RUNS=2:04]
[OUT Q=Charles Hadlock, for CBS News.]
[E-Buster-Brown]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=98-64 55:10]
[GRAPHIC=Hurricane Mitch Aftermath]
Help from Southwest Virginia is on its way to Central America.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lebanon]
Workers at Buster Brown plants are taking up food and clothing donations for hurricane victims.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=The news that's coming]
((RICK SCHWARTZ/CONTRIBUTOR:THE NEWS THAT'S COMING OUT OF HONDURAS IS REALLY DEVASTATING. ALL THE LIFE THAT'S BEEN LOST AND THE HOUSES AND HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.))
[SUPER=01-Rick Schwartz/Contributor;]
[RUNS=09]
[OUT Q=have been destroyed.]
(-----------)
[VO-NAT]
Some of Buster Brown's operations are located in Central America where the death toll from Hurricane Mitch is at 9-thousand.
Collections are being taken up at sites in Lebanon, Wise, and Chilhowie.
(------------)
[Clinton-Impeachment]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#net]
[GRAPHIC=Impeachement Inquiry]
It's being called "the incredible shrinking impeachment inquiry".
House Judiciary commitee chairman Henry Hyde says hearings will start November 19th with one "Star" witness.
Jonathan Freed has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[4:20:53]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Chicago, IL; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rep. Henry Hyde/Judiciary Committee Chairman; :11]
[SUPER=03-Washington DC; :50]
[SUPER=01-Jonathan Freed/Reporting; 1:29]
[RUNS=1:43]
[OUT Q=white house.]
((
The man in charge of the impeachment inquiry came right to the point:
the results of this week's elections did not derail his
proceedings...calling it a question of duty.
SOT 0517 (REP. HENRY HYDE/JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CHAIR/R-IL.): OUR FIRM
INTENTION IS TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER WITH FAIRNESS, HONOR AND EXPEDITION.
WITH THE PRESIDENTS COOPERATION, WE WILL MEET OUR GOAL OF FINISHING BY
THE END OF THE YEAR.
Henry Hyde has sent the President a letter...formally asking Mr. Clinton
to help narrow the focus of the impeachment inquiry...by admitting or
denying certain allegations about the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Hyde also announced that, for now, the only major witness the
Republicans intend to call is Independent Counsel, Kenneth Starr. It's
scheduled for two weeks from now...the same time the G-O-P will be
deciding on its leadership for the next Congress.
The Republicans seem to be toning down their impeachment efforts...to
the delight of the White House.
LOCATOR: WASHINGTON, D.C.
The President was asked, again, what, specifically, he disputes in the
Starr report. He didn't answer directly...but it was clear his take on
the election outcome is different from Hyde's.
SOT 5037(CLINTON): THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SENT US A MESSAGE THAT WOULD
BREAK THE EARDRUMS OF ANYONE WHO WAS LISTENING. THEY WANT THEIR
BUSINESS TENDED TO. THEY ARE TIRED OF SEEING WASHINGTON FOCUSED ON
POLITICS AND PERSONALITIES.
Hyde also expects Kenneth Starr will be asked questions about the other
areas he has been investigating for the past four years.
STAND-UP (JONATHAN FREED/CBS NEWS): ALTHOUGH HYDE IS CLAIMING THE
ELECTION HASN'T INFLUENCED HIS THINKING...HE IS NOW SUGGESTING THAT ALL
OF THIS COULD RESULT IN A DEAL TO CENSURE THE PRESIDENT. BUT HE THINKS
THAT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN AFTER A HOUSE VOTE TO IMPEACH. J-F...WHITE HOUSE.))
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=01-Rand Garrett/Binaba Shop;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive:))
[E-Boty-NAACP]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=98-59 1:58:19]
[GRAPHIC=Race Relations]
Members of a new N-double A-C-P group in Botetourt County say they plan to make a lot of changes.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
They want to restore the name of this school -- originally built for African-Americans -- to the Central Academy.
They also want to increase the number of African-Americans in local government.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 13:54:38]
[IN Q=You will not find]
((MARTIN JEFFREY/ROANOKE NAACP PRESIDENT; YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERVING ON ANY KEY LEGISLATIVE OR DECISION-MAKING BODIES IN BOTETOURT COUNTY TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, CERTAINLY NOT ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.))
[SUPER=01-Martin Jeffrey/Roanoke NAACP President;]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=not on the school board]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Members say they also want to increase jobs, housing and voting opportunities across Botetourt County.
(------------)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=none]
The group meets for the first time Saturday as a branch of the Roanoke N-double A-C-P.
[E-Ventura-Gilmore]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#98-58 1:46:37]
[GRAPHIC=Election 98]
If you're a former professional wrestler who's elected governor, what does your security detail look like?
[ss=Jim Gilmore]
It's a question Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore asked his own executive protection unit this week.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]
Gilmore even told us he'd like to meet the former "grappler turned governor-elect" Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 04:53:09]
[IN Q=Well]
((WELL I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING JESSE "THE BODY," WHO IS NOW I THINK CALLED JESSE "THE MIND" VENTURA. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT. I CERTAINLY WISH HIM GOOD LUCK. NATURALLY AS A COLLEAGUE I WOULD GIVE HIM ALL THE ASSISTANCE
I COULD GIVE HIM AND I CERTAINLY HOPE HE'LL BE GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA.))
[SUPER=@Gilmore;]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=of Minnesota.]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
Ventura pledged to try to give each voter a thousand dollar tax rebate.
In South Carolina, a "no car tax" pledge modeled after Jim Gilmore's plan failed to re-elect South Carolina Republican Governor David Beasley -- even after Gilmore helped him campaign.
Gilmore says that's only because Beasley failed to make it a central campaign focus.
(--------0--------)
[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, professional wrestling invaded the Roanoke Civic center last night with that story here is Mike Stevens.
Good Morning Mike.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q= good morning folks]
[RUNS=2:06]
[OUT Q=Take care]
[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:
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Last night, a Grayson County jury found Emmett Cressell Junior guilty of first degree murder.
Today they'll begin considering his punishment.
The jury COULD have convicted Cressell of capital murder, but opted for the lesser charge.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Sharon Alley will have to wait until January to find out how much time she'll spend in prison.
Yesterday she admitted she stabbed her eight month old daughter to death on Mother's Day and pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
Henry County's prosecutor says he's satisfied with the plea agreement.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Workers at the Bacova Guild's plant in Alleghany County will not unionize.
Yesterday they voted down a unionization proposal by a margin of more than three to one.
None of Bacova's seven plants in Virginia are unionized.
The company makes mailboxes and other household items.
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(Kimberly mic hot)
(///////////////)
[2 shot=Mel/Kmc]
(Kimberly ad lib weather)
(-------------)
[Kimberly reads time off promo][Promo]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=98-74 TC05:38]
[GRAPHIC=Time Off]
To the thousands who attend Virginia Tech, Smithfield Plantation is simply, the "house next door".
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Smithfield Plantation stands adjacent to the Tech campus-- where it has stood for the last two centuries.
It was built for prominent land developer William Preston and his family in 17-72.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 6:26:24 ]
[IN Q=He wanted to]
((KEVIN ROBERTS/SMITHFIELD RESIDENT: HE WANTED TO MOVE DOWN HERE, BECAUSE THE SETTLERS THAT WERE HERE WERE MOSTLY FARMERS. SO, HE MOVED DOWN HERE. HE LAID OUT THE TRACKS OF LAND AND REALLY WAS THE MAJOR FACILITATOR OR EXPANSION IN THE PRESENT- DAY KENTUCKY AND WESTERN VIRGINIA.))
[SUPER=01-Kevin Roberts/Smithfield Resident;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=western Virginia]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The hospitality at Smithfield extends to tourists each year from April to December.
But we'll meet the young couple who actually RESIDES in this historic home..
(------------)
[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY]
[GRAPHIC=TIME OFF FS]
That's coming up tomorrow in "Time Off" on News 7 Saturday Morning.
(-------------)
[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