WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 02/03/00

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A blow to striking Rubatex Workers. The ruling on a claim of unfair labor practices tops NEWS 7 at SIX.
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And the General Assembly acts on a proposal to help consumers hang up on telemarketers.

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Tonight on News 7 Sports, the Tech men are back home in the Cassell tonight. Ricky Stokes also finds out where his home in the Big East will be next season.
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And we'll head to Charlottesville and check in with George Welsh, who is contemplating rejuvenation and not retirement.
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Winter refuses to let go. There will be a few more LIGHT snow showers tomorrow. Details coming up. [open]
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((As long as we're on strike, I don't consider this a victory. This is not a victory.))
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But federal labor officials have ruled in favor of Rubatex .. in its labor dispute with 400 strikers.
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Rubatex]

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Striking Rubatex workers had claimed that the company used regressive bargaining tactics during this 5-month-long labor dispute.
The National Labor Relations board has dismissed those charges but left intact a charge involving surveillance cameras on the Rubatex property.
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Steve Smallshaw is in Bedford tonight.
Steve how did the Union react to this ruling.
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[Trash-Ruling]

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Virginia's laws to ban out of state trash are UNconstitutional.
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That's according to a federal judge in Richmond.
Judge James Spencer called Governor Jim Gilmore's trash ban "a knee jerk" response, that violated the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution.
The Governor's asked Attorney General Mark Earley to appeal.
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((ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK EARLEY: I DON'T THINK THE OPINION WAS ANY SURPRISE TO US. I THINK THE JUDGE MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR TO US EARLY ON TO US THAT HE THOUGHT THE CASE HAD ITS DIFFICULTIES. WE STILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES HOWEVER.))
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The new laws would have capped landfill growth, banned garbage barges, and more tightly regulated trash trucks.
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[Telemarketing]

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You'd be hard-pressed to find a Virginian who wants telemarketers calling.
But a bill to keep them from calling can't get through Virginia's General Assembly.
Ellen Qualls tells us why.
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((COULD WE PLAN ON SEEING YOU THERE?))
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Not everyone's agreeable.
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But Jan Schweitzer needs the job.
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((EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, AS IN EVERY FIELD ...MOST PEOPLE ARE QUITE NICE.))
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So when the House Committee on Corporations, Insurance, and Banking was done hearing from the industry lobbyists... and killing a bill that would limit telemarketers' ability to reach Virginia households... it was Jan Schweitzer's job they said they were protecting.
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((I THINK I'M A NICE PERSON... NOT TO HARASS ANYONE.))
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Consumer advocates says the number of calls you get will only increase.
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((JEAN ANN FOX/VA. CITIZENS CONSUMER COUNCIL: IT'S BAD NEWS. IT'S BAD NEWS... HUNG UP ON VIRGINIA CONSUMERS TODAY.))

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So for now, you can hang up -- or use federal law, which allows you to be put on a do not call list.
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((DAVE JOHNSON/CONQUEST COMMUNICATIONS: WE HAVE A BUTTON... THIS PHONE BANK.))
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So, several thousand calls later, you will be on every telemarketers do not call list in America.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, RIchmond.))

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It's a controversial proposal that won't go away. Still ahead, the details from Smith Mountain Lake.
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And a plan to limit the "rat" population. V-M-I proposes to scale back on the size of incoming classes. That story is next.
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[SS=NONE]WEATHER CENTER
[WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER STORY TOMORROW FORECAST

[COMMERCIAL][Bunting]

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All the publicity surrounding the admission of women to Virginia Military Institute has helped boost enrollment to record levels.
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The number of applications from both men AND women is as high as it's been in 14 years.
But the Barracks can hold only so many cadets.
Four hundred-40 new students were admitted last Fall.
The Institute's Board of Visitors will consider a proposal from the Superintendent to limit the incoming class to 400.
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((AND AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU HAVE 13 OR 1400 APPLICANTS FOR A CLASS OF 400 YOU CAN LOOK VERY SEARCHINGLY AND CAREFULLY AT THE KIDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO COME HERE AND FLOURISH.))
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General Bunting also attributes the increase in applications to the Norelco Ad, a T-V spot featuring V-M-I cadet

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A Danville mother faces up to 10 years in prison for the death of her son.
LaShanda Stamps was found guilty yesterday of child neglect in the beating of her 8-month-old child.
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An autopsy showed the boy had bruises on his face and head, and had broken ribs in 13 places.
He also was severely underfed.
The prosecutor said Stamps had failed to keep her boyfriend, Jonathan (sha-VOSS) Chavious, from hitting the child.

Chavious was never charged. He committed suicide soon after the boy's death.
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[Henry-Fatal]

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A man from Martinsville died last night in a collision between his pickup truck and a tractor-trailer.
The accident happened just before midnight
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[FS MAP] on Route 220 in Henry County.
State police say 43-year-old Jerry Rigney was killed when he pulled in front of the tractor trailer.

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A bill that would let police pull you just for NOT wearing your seatbelt got out of committees in both the Virginia House and Senate today.
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But the pickup truck bill -- which would ban children under the age of 16 in the cargo area of the truck -- got sideswiped in a Senate committee.
That's even after the committee saw this video.
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((IT WAS VERY DRAMATIC...BED OF THE TRUCK.))
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Senator Trumbo doesn't like more controls on his rural constituents.
But the only pickup truck bed fatality in recent years was in nearby Montgomery County in 1997.
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The pickup truck bill will be back -- with some changes -- in front of the same committee next Thursday.

[Stocks]

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Tech stocks led the charge on Wall Street today. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE ]
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The DOW advanced 10 points, but NASDAQ rocketed from the opening bell, closing with a gain of 137 points.
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[SUPER=434-u/17/i1b/56b/u/31/i*/62@/u/58b;][Council-Candidates]

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Roanoke City Council Member Linda Wyatt announced her bid for re- election this afternoon.
That means all four incumbents whose terms are expiring, have launched their campaigns.
Joe Dashiell has more on the elections, and the expanding field.
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((Linda Wyatt welcomed friends and supporters to the Breckenridge Middle School Fitness Center. The facility, she said, exemplifies her commitment to strong neighborhoods.
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((AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RECONNECTING WITH COMMUNITIES, USING OUR SCHOOLS AS COMMUNITY CENTERS AND MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE PLACES AND HAPPY PLACES.))
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Last Friday, it was Jim Trout's turn, touting 20 years of experience on city council and promising fresh ideas.

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((DURING THE UPCOMING CAMPAIGN, I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A NEW FRESH VISION TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF A VIBRANT CITY.))
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With Mayor Bowers' announcement last Tuesday, and Carroll Swain's the week before that... all four incumbents whose terms are expiring, are now firing up their re-election campaigns.
Though Bowers doesn't have any announced opposition within the Democratic Party... Bill Bestpitch, Alvin Nash, and Angela Norman are seeking the party's nomination for council.
Republicans are promising a full slate... so far only Ralph Smith, and Don Hogan have publicly confirmed their plans to run. Bill Carder is expected to announce his interest in council next week.
Among the independents, Duane Howard and Mac McCadden are likely candidates for mayor... with Dan Wooldridge considering a bid for council.
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The field will be narrowed by the end of the month... Democrats will meet February 15th to choose their nominees, and the Republican mass meeting is scheduled for February 24th.

Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))[SML-Project]

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A Smith Mountain Lake developer will press ahead with plans for a condominium complex and restaurant -- even after residents won a lawsuit against him.
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Ed Waters wants to build 96 condominium units and a restaurant next to his Bridgewater Plaza at Halesford Bridge. Franklin County supervisors approved the plans last year. But two residents sued the county -- and a judge said supervisors had not used proper planning or advertising. Now Waters has applied again -- Lake residents say they will fight the proposal loudly when county planners consider it next Tuesday.
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[Sports Tease]

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Coming your way tonight on the Big 7, George Welsh says he rejuvenated and ready to get UVa football back on track. The Big East basketball conference puts Tech in its place.
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And tonight the Hokies hope to do the same to St. Joseph's as the Tech men return to the Cassell for a seven o'clock tipoff.
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[S-Tech]

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The Virginia Tech men's team returns to the Cassell tonight hoping to get its seasonal record back to the 500 mark at 10-and-10. This evening they face St. Joseph's, a team that itself is teetering at the 500 mark.
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Despite the recent losing streak, Stokes is staying the course and not changing the team's preseason goal.
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[S-Big]

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The Hokies will be playing in the Big East next season and today conference commissioner Mike Tranghese announced that starting next year the Big East will divide its 14 member schools into two divisions.
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[GO TO PINNACLE] The Hokies are bracketed with Boston College, U-Conn, Miami, Providence, St. John's, and Villanova. The Hokies will play each of these six teams twice and then play four schools from the other Big East division during the regular season. That means the Hokies will have a total of 16 conference games.
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It also means they won't have a chance to play against three teams. Syracuse, West Virginia, Notre Dame, Pitt, Rutgers, Seton Hall and Georgetown make up the second Big East division. The top six from each division will advance to the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden, with two teams staying home.

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George Welsh's contract as UVa's football coach runs through 2002 and he wants to coach four more years. But Steve Mason says, recruiting, not retirement was one of a few topics today in Charlottesville.
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((George Welsh seemed confident about replacing 11 starters, three of which were All-Americans and two veteran cornerbacks with 22 solid recruits. ((GEORGE WELSH:))
just over a month removed from a 63-21 loss to Illinois in the Micronpc.com Bowl Welsh says all of his assistant coaches are staying, but for the first time in 10 years, he will reassess the entire program. ((:)) Salem's Dennis Hailey, who committed to UVa and was offered a scholarship was not accepted by admissions. Sources say he will attend prep school. Former UVa running back Antoine Womack goes before the University Judiciary committee this Saturday. Donnie Green and two other defensive players should be back. ((:)) ((:)) ((:)) Quarterback David Rivers, the hero of the Georgia Tech game, will not return next season. In Charlottesville, Steve Mason News 7 sports.))

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On the NFL front, yet another player from the league is in trouble with police tonight, and again it's a member of the Carolina Panthers
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Reserve running back Fred Lane is free on bail tonight after being arrested earlier today on drug and weapons charges in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee. Police searched Lane and found marijuana and 22 calibre rifle in his possession.
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[WIPE TO ENG#!!!!!!!!!!]

In New York today, the World Wrestling Federation's king Vince McMahon announced that he is forming a professional football league that will kick off next winter right after the Superbowl.
The X-F-L, ad the league will be known, will consist of eight teams and McMahon promises that it will be 100 percent sport - with no faking.
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[WIPE TO PINNACLE PAGE 7517] And finally, keep in mind that Your Hometown Station is the place to be for tonight's big ACC battle between Duke and North Carolina. Catch it tonight at 99, on WDBJ-7.
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[Snow-Removal]

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The resurgence of winter weather over the last few weeks has V-DOT not only digging through the SNOW, but digging into its BUDGET, as well.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./January 18;]

So far, the Virginia Department of Transportation has spent about a THIRD of its statewide snow removal budget of 47-point-six-million dollars.
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((LAURA BULLOCK/VDOT SPOKESPERSON: SNOW REMOVAL IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY WITH US. WE'RE NOT GOING TO NOT DO SNOW REMOVAL. IF THERE'S SNOW OUT THERE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO, THE METER IS STILL RUNNING AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE SPENT AT LEAST 18 MILLION DOLLARS ON SNOW REMOVAL, THAT DOESN'T CAPTURE ALL OF THE COSTS THAT'LL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAST STORM.))
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The price tag from the Super Bowl Sunday storm includes overtime for workers and replenishment of V-DOT's salt supply.
By the way, crews are still working to clear secondary roads in those areas hardest hit by the storm.
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A Congresswoman with an outspoken reputation is at Virginia Tech tonight.
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Jean Jadhon joins us from the newsroom- Jean who are we talking about?
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Her name Maxine Waters.
She has served in the House of Representatives more than 8 years.
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Waters was recently in the national spotlight for her role on the House Judiciary Committee during Impeachment Hearings.
She spoke adamantly against impeachment -- and strongly supported the president.
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[Live=Jean Full/Newsroom]

Waters is the keynote speaker at Tech's Black History Month Celebration.
We'll hear from her after the Duke-UNC game.
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Keith?

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