[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[VO-NAT]
The F-B-I is analyzing surveillance camera video that captured some of the killing at a Colorado High school.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A string of bomb threats at area schools following last week's massacre has led to charges against at least one teen.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Cooler temperatures this morning...and another day for those umbrellas as light rainfall continues across the viewing area this morning.
Not much change in the forecast before the weekend...details straight ahead.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib live tease)
[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[school-shooting]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=School Shooting]
The sheriff in Littleton, Colorado, confirms investigators want to re-interview three young men taken
into custody during the Columbine High massacre.
All were found in combat fatigues and were able to name the gunmen, before their names were released.
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[VO-NAT]
Images of the two young killers tossing homemade bombs and gunning down their classmates have been caught on video.
Officials say a surveillance camera captured the entire carnage in the cafeteria.
Authorties also say the teen gunman each killed themselves after police gunfire prevented them from escaping.
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[SOT]
[4:03:01]
[IN Q=]
((SOT/STEVE DAVIS, JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT: EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT WITH IT BEING A DOUBLE SUICIDE. EACH INFL
ICTED THEIR OWN FATAL WOUNDS.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Davis/Jefferson Co. Sheriff's Dept.;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=THEIR OWN FATAL WOUNDS.]
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[VO-NAT]
CBS News has learned how the killers got at least two of their guns.
Sources say Robyn Anderson-- a friend of Harris and Klebold -- purchased two shotguns used in the massacre from a Denver gun show five months ago.
Police say Anderson has been cooperative and will be interviewed again.
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[E-Woodson]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=99-5 1:38:14]
[GRAPHIC=BombThreat]
The student accused of threatening to blow up Patrick Henry High School went before a juvenile court judge yesterday.
The prosecutor asked the judge to revoke bond for
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Jason Woodson, based on the fact that he called the teacher at home Monday night after he was released.
Woodson says the teacher, Leslie Cleveland lied.
She refused to discuss the incident yesterday, but school officials say the student communicated the threat to her directly.
Woodson says it took her an hour and a half to report it, so HE says she couldn't have been too concerned.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[graphic=none]
He also denies having said to Mrs. Cleveland anything to the effect of "you're not dead, yet?"...once classes resumed.
The judge set a June 2nd trial date.
[E-Drowning]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=99-19 5:01]
[GRAPHIC=Drowning]
A 57-year-old construction worker drowned at Smith Mountain Lake yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
Game wardens are NOT releasing his name until they notify all his relatives.
They say the man was working with someone else on a dock in the Lake Mount subdivision in Moneta, when he lost his balance and fell from the scaffolding into the water.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=none]
Wardens say the man could not swim, and he was dead when rescue workers found him more than an hour later.
[Kosovo]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Serbia Under Attack]
NATO is admitting that one of its bombs missed an army barracks in Yugoslavia yesterday, hitting a
residential area instead.
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[VO-NAT]
Yugoslav officials say at least 17 people were killed and scores of homes destroyed.
NATO says civilians are not being targeted.
[super=@File;]
Meantime, the Air Force is activating some 21-hundred reservists.
And it could keep some other personnel from quitting the service, for now.
It follows yesterday's authorization from President Clinton to beef up deployments in Operation Allied Force.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((MAJ. GEN. MICHAEL KUDLACZ/AIR FORCE SPOKESMAN "THOSE FORCES ARE NEEDED TO INCREASE THE TEMPO OF AIR OPERATIONS..))
[SUPER=01-Gen. Michael Kudlacz/Air Force Spokesman;]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=operations.]
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[VO-NAT]
In Belgrade, three captured American servicemen were finally allowed to see a doctor yesterday.
The Yugoslav government has now reportedly promised the Red Cross regular access to the prisoners.
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[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, the Avalanche gets buried by the Winston-Salem Warthogs--
while the Orioles finally win their fifth game of the season.
With those stories and more, here's Denise Allen.
Good Morning Denise.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning guys]
[RUNS=1:40]
[OUT Q=see you then]
[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-Jackie Jordan/Harley Owners Group;]
[SUPER=01-Gary Waldron/Harley Owners Group;]
[SUPER=01-Ken Luper/Harley Owners Group;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
(toss to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: chili))
[S-State-Y2K]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=99-11: 36:43]
[GRAPHIC=Battling the Bug]
Computer systems may fail.
But that's NOT what worries Virginia's top law enforcer about Y-2-K.
Ellen Qualls show us how state police are getting ready .. anticipating the human factor.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=While programmers]
[SUPER=01-Col. Wayne Huggins/State Police; :13]
[SUPER=03-Richmond; :30]
[SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:18]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.]
(( While programmers fret over zeroes, and captains of industry hope they've found every suspect chip... Y2K conjures up a completely different vision for Virginia police.
[nat sot party video]
[runs:02]
[sot 14:42:30]
((COL. WAYNE HUGGINS/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE: THE THING I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE PARTYING ASPECT OF THIS. THIS ISN'T EVEN A ONCE IN A LIFETIME SITUATION. THIS IS A ONCE IN EVERY A THOUSAND YEARS SITUATION.))
[runs:17]
So 18-hundred Virginia State Troopers will be preparing to deploy to the Y2K hotspots.
They're making sure THEY have the resources to operate if disaster strikes.
[sot 14:45:40 ]
((COL. WAYNE HUGGINS/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE: BUT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO OVERREACT OR LOOK IT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SOME MONUMENTAL CRISIS, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE'VE NEVER SEEN. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.))
[runs:14]
Colonel Huggins says the fear factor may be what's most dangerous.
People stockpiling fuel to run their generators are more likely to blow up their houses than be some of the few who survive an apocalyptic New Years Eve.
Gun stockpiles cause a whole new array of police nightmares.
Then, there's the day after...
[sot 14:55:08]
((COL. WAYNE HUGGINS/VIRGINIA STATE POLICE: I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CURIOUS. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VENTURING OUT AND SEEING WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS GOING ON.))
[runs:07]
[sot standup]
The Virginia State Police have been thinking about what the Year 2000 might mean since 1994.
They don't have the answers either.
[runs:00]
[nat sot partying]
[runs:01]
But they do know it's NOT all about computers.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
[E-Pluma]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=99-8 1:42:08]
[GRAPHIC=Pluma]
Hundreds of textile workers in southside must look for new jobs.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chatham]
Pluma -the maker of fleecewear and T-shirts- announced Monday that it will be closing its sewing plants in Chatham and Alta Vista.
More than 330 employees will be laid off before July.
Pluma officials say the company has lost money steadily for over a year and that to cut costs, the sewing jobs will be contracted to workers in Mexico and Honduras.
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[SOT 1:11:43]
[IN Q=I come to this job]
((SHERRIE DAVIS/PLUMA EMPLOYEE: I COME TO THIS JOB EVERYDAY. THIS IS LIKE MY HOME NOW. AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO UP AND LEAVE US HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR JOBS TO SOMEBODY OVERSEAS. I THINK IT'S WRONG.))
[SUPER=01-Sherrie Davis/Pluma Employee]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=it's wrong.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]
Pluma is offering about 75 workers sewing positions in its Martinsville plant.
[E-NRV-Trail]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#=99-12 TC49:53]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The New River Trail is back in business.
Until yesterday, a two mile stretch in Wythe County had been blocked off to hikers because of legal battles.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Barren Springs;]
Norfolk Southern donated land for the 57 mile trial.
But several property owners have fought the state arguing that the land was supposed to revert to the previous owners or their heirs when the right-of-way was no longer needed by the railroad.
A judge was supposed to decide the question of ownership yesterday but the property owners wanted more time to hire attorneys.
In the meantime, the judge has issued a temporary order opening the entire trail until the issue is finally resolved in court.
A June 21st trial date has been set.
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[E-Newman]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-9 TC1:17:00]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 99]
He's held elected office for most of his adult life, and Lynchburg's state senator Steve Newman hopes to return to Richmond for another four years.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Forest]
Newman kicked off his re-election campaign with a rally yesterday at Forest Middle School.
He says education, lower taxes and economic development are things he'd like to continue working on in the Virginia state senate.
Newman was first elected to the senate in 1995 when Elliot Schewel retired.
Democrats plan to nominate former C-I-A officer John Campbell as their candidate.
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, calcium and vitamin-D may work together to help older women.
Ed Crane has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Ed Crane/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=:56]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
(( DOCTORS ARE TOUTING THE BENEFITS OF AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED VITAMIN..
ESPECIALLY IN OLDER WOMEN.
VT=VO
((vo))
A NEW STUDY FINDS VITAMIN D CAN HELP PREVENT DEBILITATING HIP
FRACTURES IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.
OVER THE YEARS, CALCIUM HAS RECEIVED MUCH ATTENTION FOR ITS ABILITY
TO MAINTAIN STRONG BONES.
BUT RESEARCHERS SAY CALCIUM CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE HELP OF
VITAMIN D.
WOMEN CAN GET THIS IMPORTANT NUTRIENT BY EATING FORTIFIED FOODS LIKE
MILK... OR SIMPLY EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO MORE SUNLIGHT.//
VT=VO
((vo))
OBESITY APPEARS TO BE LESS OF A HEALTH RISK IN THE ELDERLY.
A STUDY IN TODAY'S JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUND
THAT DEATH RATES WERE MUCH HIGHER AMONG SEVERELY OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE IN
THEIR 20'S... THAN OBESE PEOPLE IN THEIR 60'S AND 70'S.//
VT=VO
((vo))
AND RESEARCHERS SAY MEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN WOMEN TO LIGHT UP A
CIGARETTE.. WHEN THEY GET IN A BAD MOOD.
ACCORDING TO A CALIFORNIA STUDY, MEN MORE OFTEN ASSOCIATE THE URGE TO
SMOKE WITH ANGER, ANXIETY, SADNESS, AND FATIGUE.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WOMEN SEEM TO SMOKE WHEN FEELING HAPPY.
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS.
I'M ED CRANE, 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-Ken Luper/Harley Owners Group;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
(I"ll call for #)
[SUPER=16-(540) 427-5790/Harley Owners Group;]
[Double Boxes=KMC & SPA]
(toss to Kimberly)
((Archive: chili))
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
The F-B-I is analyzing a surveillance-camera video of the start of the carnage at Columbine High.
The local sheriff also says investigators want to re-interview three camouflaged teens taken into custody near the school while the drama was unfolding.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
The series of bomb threats at local schools has led to suspensions.
Two students were suspended for the rest of the school year after they were linked to a threat at Alleghany High School
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
NATO is admitting that one of its bombs missed an army barracks in Yugoslavia yesterday, hitting a
residential area instead.
Meantime, thePentagon is activating 21-hundred reservists to help support NATO operations in the Balkans.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Wednesday April 28.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-school-shooting]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=School Shooting]
The Sheriff investigating the Colorado school shooting says three teenagers detained shortly after the April 20th massacre are being investigated for possible involvement in a conspiracy.
Meantime, the carnage in the cafeteria of Columbine High has been caught on video.
Officials say a surveillance camera recorded the two teenage killers tossing homemade bombs and opening fire.
Vince Gonzalez reports.
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[SOT]
[4:03:01]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Littleton, CO; :00]
[SUPER=01-Steve Davis/Jefferson Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :37]
[SUPER=01-Vince Gonzales/Reporting; 1:31]
[RUNS=1:40]
[OUT Q=cbs News Littleton, Co.]
((NATSND RADIO: ATTENTION ALL UNITS MINUTE OF SILENCE BEGINNING AT 11:21 TO PAY RESPECTS TO THOSE AFFECTED IN THE TRAGEDY AT COLUMBINE.
NARR: One week to the day 15 people died at Columbine High School -- Colorado stood still.
(QUIET PAUSE)
NARR: All across the state there was a moment of silence at the exact minute the shootings began on April 20th. Even investigators paused - but not for long. They say they're following up on almost 400 leads in
the case. And they confirm the two killers each took their own lives -- disputing reports that it was a murder-suicide.
SOT/STEVE DAVIS, JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT: EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT WITH IT BEING A DOUBLE SUICIDE. EACH INFLI
CTED THEIR OWN FATAL WOUNDS.
NARR: (GRAPHIC PIX OF KILLERS) CBS News has learned how the killers got at least two of their guns. (GRAPHIC OF ANDERSON FROM MACNAMERA)
Sources say Robyn Anderson-- a friend of Harris and Klebold -- purchased two shotguns used in the massacre from a Denver gun show five months ago. Police say Anderson has been cooperative and will be interviewed again.
NARR: (BEGIN TAPE GRAPHIC) And for the first time the voices of the killers are being heard. Authorities released an audiotape of a court hearing Klebold and Harris attended with their fathers-- after they were caught breaking into a van last year. A local county magistrate quizzed Harris about the crime.
SOT/TAPE MAGISTRATE: NOW THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT OUT AND ENGAGED IN THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, ISN'T IT? HARRIS:
YES SIR. MAGISTRATE: WHY DON'T I BELIEVE THAT?
NARR: Later the magistrate asked Klebold about his schoolwork.
SOT/TAPE MAGISTRATE: WHAT KIND OF GRADES DO YOU GET? KLEBOLD: C-MINUS, SIR. C-PLUS, B-MINUS AVERAGE.
NARR: (COVERED W/ VIDEO OF LITTLETON) What no one here has figured out yet-- is how these two students went from small-time thieves to mass murderers. Vince Gonzales, CBS News, Littleton, Colorado.))
[E-Alleghany-Threats]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssi]
[TAPE#=99-7 1:21:41]
[GRAPHIC=School Safety]
The fear sparked by last week's shooting is being felt close to home.
Two local students have been suspended for the rest of the school year after rumors kept over one hundred students away from Alleghany High School yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Low Moor]
Officials say the students have been charged with disruption to the education program.
Police say they were involved with promoting and creating threats.
Close to 200 students were either absent or left school early yesterday, after rumors of an Internet "hit list."
Word of the list came about Monday night, and students say it has names of people who were going to be shot if they came to school yesterday.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=So far]
[00:05:24]
((DR.MARTY LAUGHLIN/SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR: SO FAR, THROUGH ALL THE RUMORS AND ALL THE PHONE CALLS WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING. BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO INTERVIEW STUDENTS AND DECIDE ON ANY ACTION THAT MAY BE TAKEN, MAY BE NEEDED.))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Marty Laughlin/School Administrator]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=be needed.]
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[VO-NAT]
The sheriff and deputies searched the school and did not find anything.
An extra deputy will be placed at the school for the rest of the year.
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[E-Hidden-Valley]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=vvo]
[TAPE#=99-16 TC 2:17]
[GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Some parents are questioning school officials' handling of a bomb threat at Hidden Valley Junior High school yesterday.
A threatening note discovered on a bathroom wall sparked a thorough inspection of the school - it turned up nothing.
Children were allowed back into class, but some were NOT allowed to call home.
Out of order signs were placed on pay phones.
School officials say it was the best way to prevent chaos.
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[SOT tc 4:33]
[IN Q=It was pretty;]
(DAVID BLEVINS/PRINCIPAL: IT WAS PRETTY CHAOTIC. WE THOUGHT THAT GETTING STUDENTS BACK INTO CLASS AND SORT OF GETTING A
HANDLE ON WHERE PEOPLE WERE, WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, WAS REAL IMPORTANT AT THAT TIME.)
[SUPER=01-David Blevins/Principal]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=at that time.]
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[anchor=Melanie]
[graphic=none]
300 students did go home during the day. The school has called all parents to explain the incident.
[Carvins-Cove]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=mornin]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=99-22 TC03:53]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A committee of citizens and consultants is trying to develop a plan for the future of Carvin's Cove.
They're trying to decide whether light recreation activities around the lake should be restricted, or expanded.
Eric Earnhart has details.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Tony Richbourg drives]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tony Richbourg/Fisherman; :11]
[SUPER=07-Kathy Fuller; :31]
[SUPER=@Eric1; :45]
[SUPER=01-Jim Talian/Engeering Consultant; 1:08]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=EE, News-7.]
(( Tony Richbourg drives from Bedford to cast a line into the receding waters of Carvin's Cove...
He'd spend more time here, if there was MORE HERE.
[SOT 02:44:45]
[IN Q=a campsite]
(( TONY RICHBOURG/SPORTSMAN A CAMPSITE, YOU COULD STAY HERE ALL NIGHT, CAMPFIRES, TENTS, RECREATIONAL PLACES))
[RUNS= 07]
[OUT Q=recreational places]
A Land Use Committee and Consultant team is trying to map out the future of the lake, this is one of their informational meetings.
They're learning there is a strong public desire for more recreational opportunities at the reservoir.
[SOT 02:00:49]
[IN Q=Smith Mountain Lake]
(( KATHY FULLER; SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE IS AT THIS POINT OVERCROWDED AND DANGEROUS, I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE..))
[RUNS= 07]
[OUT Q=to where I live]
02:46:48
STANDUP
Right now though, the immediate concern about Carvin's Cove is not what to do with it, but what's left of it, the reservoir looks more like a martian landscape than a lake, and the incoming flow of water has been reduced to a mere trickle.
It's a concern because low levels combined with increased recreation means people on the lakebed, leaving more contamination.
Engineers say water quality holds the final trump card in this contest.
[SOT 02:03:08]
[IN Q=that's why it's]
(( JIM TALIAN/ENGINEERING CONSULTANT; THAT'S WHY IT'S ALL HERE TO BEGIN WITH, AND NOW THERE ARE COMPETING USES FOR THE AREA, IT ALL HAS TO COME BACK TO WATER QUALITY, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. ))
[RUNS= 12]
[OUT Q=the bottom line]
Tony Richbourg says whatever happens, he wants to see his favorite fishing hole protected.
[SOT 02:44:52]
[IN Q=basically just leave]
(( BASICALLY JUST LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. ))
[RUNS= 07]
[OUT Q=way it should be]
Eric Earnhart, news 7))
[Three-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[Microwave]
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[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=01-Jackie Jordan/Harley Owners Group;]
[SUPER=01-Sharon Jordan/Ladies of Harley;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
(I"ll call for #)
[SUPER=16-(540) 427-5790/Harley Owners Group;]
[double Boxes=SPA & MEL]
(toss to Melanie)
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=None]
(ad lib toss to bump)
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive: chili))
[2-Kosovo]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Serbia Under Attack]
NATO says one of the bombs it dropped yesterday in southern Yugoslavia missed its target and landed in a small residential area.
Serb officials call the attack barbariac and claim 17 people were killed and scores of homes were destroyed.
Meantime, the Air Force is activiating some 21 hundred reservists following President Clinton's authoritization to beef up deployments in Operation Allied Force.
Lisa Hughes reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=@File; :00]
[SUPER=01-Gen. Michael Kudlacz/Air Force Spokesman; :12 QUICK!!!!!]
[SUPER=01-Gen. Wesley Clarke/NATO Supreme Commander; :34]
[SUPER=01-James Rubin/State Department Spokesman ; :55]
[SUPER=01-Lisa Hughes/Reporting; 1:12]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=CBS NEWS WASHINGTON.]
(((SUPER: FILE TAPE)
(nats_refueling planes at base)
THE FIRST RESERVISTS WILL LIKELY FLY AND FIX REFUELING PLANES LIKE THESE.21-HUDRED MEMBERS OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD HAVE NOW BEEN CALLED INTO ACTIVE DUTY.
(SOT, Maj. Gen. Michael Kudlacz/Air Force Spokesman "Those forces are needed to increase the tempo of air operations)
(nats_explosion)
NATO'S CURRENT TEMPO IS DEALING A BLOW TO SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC. NATO BOMBS
HIT HIS PARTY HEADQUARTERS A SECOND TIME. HIS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
CONTINUES URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO ADMIT IT CANNOT DEFEAT NATO. ALLIED
LEADERS SUSPECT YUGOSLAV RESOLVE IS BEGINNING TO CRACK.
(SOT, Gen. Wesley Clarke/NATO Supreme Commander)
"We are winning. Milosevic is losing and he knows it. he should face up to it and he should face up to it now
THUS FAR, THERE IS NO SENSE OF VICTORY FOR THE THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES.
SICK. ELDERLY. HOMELESS. ALTHOUGH THE U-S HAS OFFERED TO TAKE IN AS MANY AS 20-THOUSAND REFUGEES_THERE'S STILL NO RELOCATION PLAN.
(Super: James Rubin/State Dept. Spokesman "We're trying to encourage more countries in the region to take refugees beca
use we want to keep them in the region if at all possible)
IN BELGRADE_THREE CAPTURED AMERICAN SERVICEMEN WERE FINALLY ALLOWED TO
SEE A DOCTOR. THE YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT HAS NOW REPORTEDLY PROMISED THE
RED CROSS REGULAR ACCESS TO THE PRISONERS. LISA HUGHES, CBS NEWS WASHINGTON.))
[E-Floyd-School]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=99-10 1:19:52]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Their experiments flew with John Glenn on the Space Shuttle Discovery, and now students at a Floyd County school are evaluating the results.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Floyd Co.]
After weeks of waiting, students at Blue Mountain School received the experiments they designed for the shuttle flight last October.
They were trying to measure the effects of microgravity and extreme temperature changes on ordinary materials such as photographic film, popcorn and motor oil.
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((PACO GELPI/STUDENT: WITH THE OIL, THE ONE THAT STAYED ON EARTH DEFINITELY DID LUBRICATE BETTER, AND THE SPACE OIL WAS ROUGHER.))
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Though their observations weren't unanimous, the students did find some differences between the samples that travelled in space, and those that remained on the ground.
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And their work isn't over. Yesterday, they planted some of the corn that made the shuttle flight, to see how well it grows after travelling in space.
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In sports, Friday is a big day for some Roanoke teams.
The Express opens its playoff series against Richmond--
And the Wrath kick off their season.
Here again is Denise Allen.
Good Morning Denise.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[Local-Recap]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Two local students have been suspended for the rest of the school year after rumors kept over one hundred students away from Alleghany High School yesterday.
Officials say the students have been charged with disruption to the education program.
Police say they were involved with promoting and creating threats.
Close to 200 students were either absent or left school early yesterday, after rumors of an Internet "hit list."
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Some parents are questioning school officials' handling of a bomb threat at Hidden Valley Junior High school yesterday.
A threatening note discovered on a bathroom wall sparked a thorough inspection of the school - it turned up nothing.
Children were allowed back into class, but some were NOT allowed to call home.
School officials say it was the best way to prevent chaos.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Their experiments flew with John Glenn on the Space Shuttle Discovery, and now students at a Floyd County school are evaluating the results.
After weeks of waiting, students at Blue Mountain School received the experiments they designed for the shuttle flight last October.
They were trying to measure the effects of microgravity and extreme temperature changes on ordinary materials such as photographic film, popcorn and motor oil.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
(ad lib bye)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
by SS