WDBJ 7 morning news for 11/05/99

[Headlines]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]

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[VO-NAT]

Police in Seattle are still looking for the gunman-- responsible for Wednesday's shooting at a business on the waterfront.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

And Danville police investigate the alleged beating death of a baby.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

After a rather chilly morning, we'll have a pleasant Fall day to look forward to.
High pressure brings out the sunshine again and we could see temperatures climbing to near 70.
A look at the weekend forecast, coming up.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[2-shot]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

[Boty-Ax]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]

Some V-Dot workers stumbled on a fatal accident some four days after it happened.
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They found the accident scene yesterday afternoon on Route 43 near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Botetourt County.
On October 31, state police believe Thomas J. (gi-Doy) Guidoy of Raceland, Louisiana drove off the road, down and embankment and hit several trees.
He was the only person found in the car.
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[E-L'burg-Y2K]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-42 50:12]
[GRAPHIC=Battling the Bug]

If you're expecting your lights to go off, your water to dry up and your money to disappear when midnight rolls around on January 1st, you're probably going to be disappointed.
That's the word from civic and government leaders in Lynchburg who say Y2K problems are more hype than reality.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[IN Q=About 75 people]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Gordon Howell/Crestar Bank; :24]
[SUPER=@ssm1; :33]
[SUPER=01-Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief; :50]
[SUPER=01-Doug Eggleston/American Red Cross; 1:06]
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[OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.]
(( About 75 people turned out for this public meeting, wanting to know whether they too should be worried about the computer glitch known as Y2K.
Eighteen officials representing everything from banking to public works were on hand to answer their questions.
The good news is your power should stay on, your phone should work and your money won't vanish overnight.
[SOT 9:33:28]
((GORDON HOWELL/CRESTAR BANK: WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A PROBLEM, WE DON'T EXPECT THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE GETTING MONEY OUT OF THE BANKS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK WHERE IT'S SAFE AND DON'T TAKE IT HOME AND PUT IT UNDER A MATTRESS.))
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[OUT Q=under a mattress.]
[Standup 00:51:11] ((Officials say if you do run into a problem on January 1st, it's more likely to be related to severe weather than it is Y2K. To that end it still wouldn't hurt to prepare like you would for a big snowstorm.. have some bottled water and non- perishable food on hand as well as a little extra cash.. the key is preparation, not panic.))
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[OUT Q=not panic.]
[SOT 9:36:01]
((CHARLES BENNETT/LYNCHBURG POLICE CHIEF: BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT. IF YOU GO TO AN ATM AND IT DOESN'T WORK ON JANUARY 1ST, IT MAY VERY LIKELY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH Y2K.))
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[OUT Q=with Y2K.]
[SOT 9:40:53/9:41:03]
((DOUG EGGLESTON/AMERICAN RED CROSS: WE'RE READY TO BE THERE TO HELP YOU OUT IN ALL OF OUR CAPACITIES.. BUT YOUR BEST PREPAREDNESS IS GOING TO BE FOR YOU TO BE READY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.))
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[OUT Q=and your family.]

Officials say if Y2K has done anything, it's helped both government and citizens be better prepared for ANY emergency.. natural or man-made.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))

[E-Noel-Taylor]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=99-37 1:31:59]
[GRAPHIC=Noel Taylor]

Noel Taylor will be buried later today in Bedford County, following services at the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum.
Last night, friends and admirers paid their respects to the family of Roanoke's beloved pastor and longtime mayor.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Hundreds gathered at High Street Baptist, Taylor's church for 37 years.
The crowd included city officials past and present, members of the High Street congregation, and Roanokers black and white.
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[SOT 09:12:46]
[IN Q=Everyone appreciated him and he appreciated everyone]
((EVERYONE APPRECIATED HIM AND HE APPRECIATED EVERYONE. HE WAS A KIND, RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN.))
[SUPER=01-Elizabeth Pullen Otey/Noel Taylor's Cousin;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=kind respectable gentleman.]
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[VO-NAT]

Following the wake, Taylor's casket was carried from High Street Baptist Church.
The funeral begins at noon today.
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN!!!]
WDBJ-7 is working with Cox Communications to bring live coverage of today's funeral to Roanoke Valley Cable Subscribers.
You can see the entire service on Cox Cable Channel 9, starting at 12-o'clock
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[Baby-Death]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Police say an eight month old baby boy in Danville was beaten to death.
An autopsy confirms that Ryheen Lamar Chavious (Ra-HEEN Lamar Sha-VOSS) died of blunt injuries to the head.
The baby already was dead when his mother brought him to the hospital early Wednesday morning.
Police won't say if the baby's parents are suspects in the investigation.

[Seattle-shootings]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]

Hospital officials in Seattle say the conditions of the two men wounded in Wednesday's shipyard shooting are improving.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Seattle, WA;]
[3:14:37]
Two other men were killed in the attack, and the gunman remains at large today.
Police said they don't think the shooting was a random act.
Extra police officers are patrolling the neighborhood blocks and a nearby school remains locked down with security guards on patrol.
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[dragging-death]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

In Jasper, Texas 50 potential jurors have been chosen in the trial of a third white man accused in the 19-98 dragging death of a black man.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Beaumont, TX;]

Meanwhile, prosecutors yesterday told an appeals court in Beaumont, Texas, that a C-B-S News producer shouldn't be able to withhold transcripts from a T-V interview with defendant Shawn Berry.
Mary Mapes is appealing a contempt-of-court citation.
[SUPER=04-60 Minutes II;]

A judge is threatening to send her to jail for not turning over the unaired information from a Dan Rather interview with Berry.
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[3;16:57]
[IN Q=you can see shawn berry....]
[SUPER=01-Brit Featherston/Assistant U. S. Attorney;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=summarizing these statements.]
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[VO-NAT]

The next step in Berry's trial is to pick a 12-person jury and two alternates from the pool today.
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[1-Sports]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]

In sports, a Virginia Tech football player gets national recognition.
Mike Stevens has that and a preview of tonight's Friday Football Extra.
Good Morning Mike.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[GRAPHIC=NONE]

[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=07-Natasha Kolstzova;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]

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[STOCKS] [COMM] ((Archive: russian bread))

[egyptair-crash]

[ANCHOR=melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Egyptair Crash]

Officials hope to make some headway into the search for answers in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Newport, RI;]

Weather permitting, the Navy intends to lower a robot down 270 feet to the ocean floor to look for the plane's black boxes as well as debris and human remains.
The Navy also hopes to send divers to the bottom of the Atlantic.
The black boxes and voice recorder are key to figuring out what caused the 767 to climb eight thousand feet before plunging in the Atlantic killing all 217 on board.
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(( JIM HALL/CHAIRMAN, N.T.S.B.; "THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE ALL THE DATA THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE AN ANALYSIS ON THE BASIS OF THE RADAR DATA."))
[SUPER=01-Jim Hall/NTSB Chairman;]
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[OUT Q=OF THE RADAR DATA.]
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[VO-NAT]

Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board says it will let families view some of the debris that's been brought ashore.
Some relatives are angry that they have not been allowed to see the wreckage.
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[E-Planned-Pethood]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=99-40 1:17:04]
[GRAPHIC=None]

It's an entirely different kind of birth control that has Planned Parenthood talking.
The organization wants to make sure dogs and cats don't walk in as customers.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
A Franklin County animal clinic set to open next spring is called Planned PEThood. Leaders of Planned PARENThood want to make sure there's no confusion -- the agencies are NOT related.
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[SOT 16:27:03]
[IN Q=Planned Pethood]
((PLANNED PETHOOD IS CLEARLY PLAYING OFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S NAME. IT'S A WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATION AND WE HOPE USING THE CONNECTION TO US HELPS THEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HURT THEM OR US IN THE PROCESS.))
[SUPER=01-David Nova/Planned Parenthood;]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=in the process]
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[VO-NAT]
There are five other Planned Pethoods nationwide, and both agencies say Planned Pethood will keep its name here too.
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[Health-Check]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]

In medical news, there may be an ear infection vaccine by the end of the year.
Dr. Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
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[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((For many kids, they're just part of growing up. Ear infections. But some good news today for these children and their parents.
VT=VO
The FDA is reviewing a new vaccine to immunize young children against the most common germ that causes ear infections, a germ called pneumoccus. The new vaccine is given in four doses starting at two months and it's supposed to prevent 85% of infections caused by pneumoccus. Good news since the germ can also cause pneumonia and meningitis as well as ear infections. Expect approval by the end of the year.
VT=VO
Also today, do your children hate vegetables..especially those all time favorites, brussel sprouts and cauliflower? Well don't despair..time may be on your side. A report in the Journal health Psychology reports children become less sensitive to the bitter taste of certain vegetables as they grow older. In essence, the taste buds mature and don't react as strongly to the chemicals in some vegetables that cause a bitter taste. How long does it take for the taste buds to mature? I'm not sure...I still don't like brussel sprouts.
VT=VO
And finally today, early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and cranky. In fact, throw out the healthy and wealthy and stick with the cranky. A new study in the New Scientist says people who get up early and go to work early secrete higher levels of stress hormones and these stress hormones make an early riser more prone to getting sick and being more than a little irritable. The witching hour for going to work too early: 7:20. And it didn't matter how much sleep these people got the night before. ON CAM That's a look at today's top medical stories. I'm Dr. Dave Hnida for CBS News.))

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[Two-Steve]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#NONE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]

[Microwave]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=01-Marlene Ginsberg/Legacy International;]
[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]

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((Archive: russian bread)) [2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]

Here's a look at today's top stories.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Danville police this morning are investigating the alleged beating death of a baby.
The baby was already dead when his mother brought him the hospital Wednesday morning.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=kim]

Police in Seattle are still looking for the gunman-- responsible for Wednesday's shooting at a business on the waterfront.
They say -- at this point-- they don't think the shooting was random violence.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=melanie]

Heavy duty navy salvage ships are on their way to the crash site of Egyptair flight 990.
The U-S-S Grapple... equipped with a deep drone robot and two other vessels will use special sonar to scan the ocean floor.
Navy officials hope an expected break in the bad weather will allow them enough time to find the jet's two black boxes.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=kim]

And the Funeral service for Noel C. Taylor begins at noon today at the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum.
Last night hundreds paid their respects at High Street Baptist church, where Taylor pastored for 37 years.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And that's what's making news on this Friday November Fifth.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[2-Boty-Ax]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]

It took four days for someone to find a fatal Botetourt County Accident.
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[TAKE MAP FULL SCREEN]
Some V-Dot workers stumbled on the accident scene yesterday afternoon on Route 43 near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
On October 31, state police believe Thomas J. Guidoy of Raceland, Louisiana drove off the road, down and embankment and hit several trees.
He was the only person found in the car.
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[2-E-Noel-Taylor]

[ANCHOR=kimbrely]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=99-37 1:31:59]
[GRAPHIC=Noel Taylor]

The Funeral service for Noel Taylor will begin at noon today at the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum.
Noel Taylor will then be buried in Bedford County.
Last night, friends and admirers paid their respects to the family of Roanoke's beloved pastor and longtime mayor.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Hundreds gathered at High Street Baptist, Taylor's church for 37 years.
The crowd included city officials past and present, members of the High Street congregation, and Roanokers black and white.
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[SOT 09:12:46]
[IN Q=Everyone appreciated him and he appreciated everyone]
((EVERYONE APPRECIATED HIM AND HE APPRECIATED EVERYONE. HE WAS A KIND, RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN.))
[SUPER=01-Elizabeth Pullen Otey/Noel Taylor's Cousin;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=kind respectable gentleman.]
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[VO-NAT]

Following the wake, Taylor's casket was carried from High Street Baptist Church.
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN!!!]
WDBJ-7 is working with Cox Communications to bring live coverage of today's funeral to Roanoke Valley Cable Subscribers.
You can see the entire service on Cox Cable Channel 9, starting at 12-o'clock
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[2-E-L'burg-Y2K]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-42 50:12]
[GRAPHIC=Battling the Bug]

Y-2-K won't be as exciting as some have made it out to be.
That's the word from business and government leaders in Lynchburg who say Y2K problems are more hype than reality.

Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=About 75 people]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Gordon Howell/Crestar Bank; :24]
[SUPER=@ssm1; :33]
[SUPER=01-Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief; :50]
[SUPER=01-Doug Eggleston/American Red Cross; 1:06]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.]
(( About 75 people turned out for this public meeting, wanting to know whether they too should be worried about the computer glitch known as Y2K.
Eighteen officials representing everything from banking to public works were on hand to answer their questions.
The good news is your power should stay on, your phone should work and your money won't vanish overnight.
[SOT 9:33:28]
((GORDON HOWELL/CRESTAR BANK: WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A PROBLEM, WE DON'T EXPECT THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE GETTING MONEY OUT OF THE BANKS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK WHERE IT'S SAFE AND DON'T TAKE IT HOME AND PUT IT UNDER A MATTRESS.))
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[OUT Q=under a mattress.]
[Standup 00:51:11] ((Officials say if you do run into a problem on January 1st, it's more likely to be related to severe weather than it is Y2K. To that end it still wouldn't hurt to prepare like you would for a big snowstorm.. have some bottled water and non- perishable food on hand as well as a little extra cash.. the key is preparation, not panic.))
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[OUT Q=not panic.]
[SOT 9:36:01]
((CHARLES BENNETT/LYNCHBURG POLICE CHIEF: BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT. IF YOU GO TO AN ATM AND IT DOESN'T WORK ON JANUARY 1ST, IT MAY VERY LIKELY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH Y2K.))
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[OUT Q=with Y2K.]
[SOT 9:40:53/9:41:03]
((DOUG EGGLESTON/AMERICAN RED CROSS: WE'RE READY TO BE THERE TO HELP YOU OUT IN ALL OF OUR CAPACITIES.. BUT YOUR BEST PREPAREDNESS IS GOING TO BE FOR YOU TO BE READY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.))
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[OUT Q=and your family.]

Officials say if Y2K has done anything, it's helped both government and citizens be better prepared for ANY emergency.. natural or man-made.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))

[2-dragging-death]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

A jury could be seated as soon as today in the trial of the third white man accused in last year's dragging death of a black man in East Texas.
The jury pool has been narrowed down to 50.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Beaumont, TX;]

Meanwhile, prosecutors yesterday told an appeals court in Beaumont, Texas, that a C-B-S News producer shouldn't be able to withhold transcripts from a Dan Rather interview with defendant Shawn Berry.
[SUPER=04-60 Minutes II;]

But C-B-S say the transcripts are immaterial to the case and would make journalists pawns to lawn enforcement.
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[3:17:14]
[IN Q=.there's no evidence in this case......]
[SUPER=01-Chip Babcock/CBS Attorney;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=what they want is the tapes.]
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[VO-NAT]

The jury pool finalized yesterday includes eleven blacks.
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[2-Seattle-shootings]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=noon]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]

In Seattle, hospital officials report the conditions of the two men wounded in Wednesday's shipyard shooting are improving.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Seattle, WA;]
[3:14:37]
Two other men were killed in the attack, and the gunman remains at large today.
Police said they don't think the shooting was a random act.
Extra police officers are patrolling the neighborhood blocks and a nearby school remains locked down with security guards on patrol.
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[E-Project-Exile]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=99-41 34:28]
[GRAPHIC=None]

In the wake of that shooting and another in Hawaii that left seven dead ... lawmakers on Capitol Hill were talking about gun control yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[99-27 1:07:23]
[super=03-Richmond/September]

On the agenda: Richmond's Project Exile, that takes guns out of the hands of felons.
Attorney General Mark Earley
[SUPER=03-Washington DC]
[14:58:29] brought along a big gun from the world of national politics to support the program.
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[SOT]
[14:58:36-14:58:48]
[IN Q=The word is]
[SUPER=01-Charlton Heston/NRA President]
((CHARLTON HESTON: THE WORD IS OUT NOW ON THE STREETS OF RICHMOND. IF YOU ARE A FELON CAUGHT WITH A GUN, YOU WILL GO TO JAIL FIVE YEARS, NO PLEA BARGAIN, NO PROFILE, FIVE YEARS.))
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[OUT Q=no profile, five years.]
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[VO-NAT]

The N-R-A President challenged President Clinton to implement the program nationwide... and focus more on prosecution of criminals who use guns... instead of working for more gun-control laws.
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[Three-Steve]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[SUPER=11-Roanoke;]
[SUPER=07-Natasha Kolstzova;]
[SUPER=01-Dave Linden/Heartland Bread;]
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((Archive: russian bread))

[S-Natural-Bridge]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=99-27 2:01:53]
[GRAPHIC=Natural Bridge Under Repair]

They've started work at Natural Bridge -- trying to strengthen the historic landmark -- after a falling rock killed a tourist there last month.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Natural Bridge;]

Crews began drilling yesterday morning.
They're making holes to insert rock bolts that will reinforce the bridge.
They're also planning yearly geological inspections and putting in a monitoring device to measure rock shifts.
If the repair work goes as scheduled, the bridge could re- open by the end of next week.
Visitors can still get close to the bridge, but they can't walk under it until the work is finished.
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[E-Wayne-Henderson]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=99-46 13:21]
[GRAPHIC=None]

A Grayson County musician's creations are so popular, rock stars are willing to wait years to get one.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Grayson Co.;]
Wayne Henderson is an award-winning bluegrass musician who also makes guitars. There's a two year waiting list for his instruments, which come etched with ivory, ebony and seashell.
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[SOT 14:46:37]
[IN Q=I do pretty well]
((I DO PRETTY WELL AT IT. I DON'T GET RICH. IF I CHARGED PRICES LIKE SOME OF THE BIG COMPANIES DO I PROBABLY COULD GET RICH DOING IT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE I'M NOT MUCH INTO EITHER. I JUST DO IT MORE FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND THE ART OF IT.))
[SUPER=01-Wayne Henderson/Musician;]
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[OUT Q=nat music]
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[VO-NAT]
Henderson's famous for his own unique style of pinch picking, playing with metal tips on his fingers. He's touring the West Coast for the next three weeks with top musicians from across the country. When he gets back, he says he just might get around to making that guitar Eric Clapton requested.
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[E-Star-Birthday]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=99-38 57:45]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Noel C. Taylor will be buried today in Bedford County.
The former mayor brought a light of his own to the Star City.
But one of his favorite spots in the Roanoke Valley was the Mill Mountain Star.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

The late mayor would have enjoyed the ceremonies at the Community School yesterday.
Students, staff and parents held a 50th birthday party for the city's famed landmark.
There was cake, a speech by the current mayor, and the traditional serenade.
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[OUT Q=happy birthday to you. ]
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[VO-NAT]

All in honor of a symbol that turns fifty years old this year, and, like the city it represents, is still shining.
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[3-Sports]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]

In sports, Mike Stevens has area college basketball highlights and notes.
Good Morning Mike.
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[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=2:30]
[OUT Q=care of yourself]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[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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[TAKE MAP FULL SCREEN]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Some V-Dot workers stumbled on a fatal accident some four days after it happened.
They found the accident yesterday afternoon on Route 43 near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Botetourt County.
On October 31, state police believe Thomas J. Guidoy of Raceland, Louisiana drove off the road, down and embankment and hit several trees.
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Noel Taylor will be buried today in Bedford County, following noon-time services at the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum.
Last night, friends and admirers paid their respects to the family of Roanoke's beloved pastor and longtime mayor.
Hundreds gathered at High Street Baptist, Taylor's church for 37 years.
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If you're expecting your lights to go off, your water to dry up and your money to disappear when midnight rolls around on January 1st, you're probably going to be disappointed.
That's the word from civic and government leaders in Lynchburg who say Y2K problems are more hype than reality.
Officials say if you do run into a problem on January 1st, it's more likely to be related to severe weather than it is Y2K-- so it still wouldn't hurt to prepare like you would for a big snowstorm
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