WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 05/23/00

[Clinton-Disbarment]

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It's up to his attorney now.
But President Clinton says he'll defend his law license aggressively after he leaves office.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

An Arkansas Supreme Court committee says Mr. Clinton should be disbarred over his testimony concerning Monica Lewinsky.
The committee says the President engaged in serious misconduct by lying under oath in the Paula Jones case.
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[IN Q=The precendents]
((THE PRECEDENTS CONTRADICT THIS DECISION. WE'LL GIVE THE JUDGE THE CHANCE TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT, AND I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.))
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((JOSEPH CAMMARATA/PAULA JONES' FORMER ATTORNEY: THERE HAS BEEN A JUDICIAL FINDING THAT THIS PRESIDENT'S CONDUCT AND TESTIMONY WAS INTENTIONALLY FALSE AND AS A LAWYER, AS AN OFFICER OF THE COURT, THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE SANCTION.))
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[VO-NAT]

The disbarment recommendation goes to a circuit court in Little Rock.
If the judge there also finds for disbarment, the President can appeal to the Arkansas supreme court.
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[SC-Flag]

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The winds of controversy are diminishing somewhat in the confederate flag debate.
South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges will sign the bill today that brings the flag down from the statehouse dome.

But the bill still calls for flying a similar flag elsewhere on the statehouse grounds.
Flag opponents say it'll still be too visible.
The N-Double-A-C-P vows to continue its boycott of the state.

[Nelson-Vandalism]

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Another day off for students at Nelson County High School.
Meantime the clean up continues from this weekend's vandalism spree.
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[SUPER=03-Nelson Co.]

Authorities say someone broke into the school after eight Sunday night and sprayed fire extinguishers in the kitchen, cafeteria and hallways.
They also destroyed several toilets and cash registers and stole video equipment and money.
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((GARY BRANTLEY/NELSON CO. SHERIFF: WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT WE TOOK THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINGERPRINT AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REPORT THIS TO CRIMESTOPPERS AND THEY WILL OFFER A REWARD UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION LEADING TO THIS.))
[SUPER=01-Gary Brantley/Nelson Co. Sheriff]
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[OUT Q=leading to this.]
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN PHONE NUMBER]
The number for Crimestoppers is 1- 888- 798- 5900.
You can remain anonymous.

(-------------)[D'ville-Shooting]

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[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]

Danville authorities are still looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting over the weekend.

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[VO-NAT]

Police say 19 year old Atrae (A-tray) Lamar Martin is wanted for the fatal shooting of 26 year old Daniel O'Bryant Woods.
[SUPER=03-Danville/Sunday]

The incident happened around one Sunday morning inside Union Hall on Franklin Street in Danville.
Investigators say the two were arguing when Martin allegedly shot Woods in the back.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=Shooting]

In an unrelated incident, two men were shot while walking on Jefferson Street in Danville.
21-year old Avanti Gravett was shot in the chest and 21 year old Damon Lee was shot in the foot.
Police say the injuries are not life threatening.
That shooting happened Sunday morning also.

[Bridge-Collapse]

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[GRAPHIC=Bridge Collapse]

The president of the Lowe's Motor Speedway said this weekend's events leading up to the Coca-Cola 600 will go on as scheduled.
Meantime a second pedestrian walkway has been closed after engineers found a rust spot about the size of a nickel.
The bridge is about 500 yards from the one that collapsed Saturday.
A Franklin County woman is among those who witnessed the collapse.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rocky Mount;]

Cindy Williams was about forty feet from the bridge, waiting on her in-laws, when she saw the structure snap in half.
[SUPER=03-Concord, NC;]

Williams is a medical assistant and immediately ran to help the injured-- including a three year old boy from South Boston.
Yesterday, Williams returned to work-- where friends and colleagues consider her a hero.
In Williams' eyes, though, she was only doing her job.
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[IN Q=I really commend]
((CINDY WILLIAMS/WITNESS:I REALLY COMMEND THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED DOWN THERE ON THAT SCENE IT WAS YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WAS THERE WITHIN MINUTES....AND ANYTIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS IT REALLY MAKES YOU THANK GOD YOU'RE WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.))
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[OUT Q=are today.]
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[VO-NAT]

The three year old boy is doing fine-- but his mother and stepfather are still hospitalized.
A Salem couple was also injured.
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[Forest-Roads]

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The Forest Service wants to know what the public thinks about building additional roads through the National Forests. Kate Weidaw has the story.
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[SUPER=01-David Olson/Forest Service; :25]
[SUPER=01-Jim Loesel/Conservationist; :41]
[SUPER=01-Susan Curry/Nat'l. Forest Protection Alliance; :54]
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[SUPER=01-Dan Dezeds/Logger; 1:14]
[SUPER=01-Dave Muhly/The Sierra Club; 1:27]
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((More than 400-thousand acres of land in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests have been declared roadless areas. That means is that area is protected from road construction. But every 10 to 15 years this plan comes up for revision, so now the question is how would the public like these areas managed for the future. According to the forest service, the topic of building roads is very controversial.

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((DAVID OLSON/FOREST SERVICE: ROADS THEN ARE TIED TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TIMBER HARVESTING, RECREATION, EXPLORATION FOR MINERALS.))
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Conservationists like Jim Loesel say roadless areas are needed for the preservation of wildlife as well as outdoor activities.

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((JIM LOESEL: THESE ARE AREAS PEOPLE WANT TO GO FOR BACK COUNTRY RECREATION TO GET AWAY FROM TRAFFIC.))
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Others do not believe the Forest Service will use the public's comments when deciding how to manage roadless areas in the future.

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((SUSAN CURRY/NATIONAL FOREST PROTECTION ALLIANCE: I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO PROTECT THESE ROADLESS AREAS WITH THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC DEMANDING FOR THIS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED A LONG TIME AGO.))
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((KATE WEIDAW/REPORTING: OVER 8000 ACRES ON NORTH MOUNTAIN ARE DECLARED ROADLESS THIS IS THE KIND OF AREA LOGGERS SAY WOULD BE TIED UP BY THE FOREST SERVICES PLAN.))
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((DAN DEZEDS/LOGGER: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 94% OF THE FOREST BEING OFF LIMITS TO TIMBER HARVESTING SO THAT IS ONLY GOING TO LEAVE US 6% TO HARVEST ON. KATE WEIDAW: SO WHERE DO YOU GO FROM THERE. DAN: YOU GO TO PRIVATE LAND OR YOU GO OUT OF BUSINESS.))
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((DAVE MUHLY/SIERRA: LOGGING IS NECESSARY BUT NOT IN THE NATIONAL FOREST, THE NATIONAL FOREST ARE THE PEOPLES FOREST.))

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The Forest Service will make a final decision on the future of roadless areas sometime before the end of the year. Until then, the debate will go on. Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke County.))

[Mideast-Peace]

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Israel's Prime Minister is calling it the end of a "18- year tragedy".
Israeli troops are making a quick exit out of Lebanon, but are leaving behind chaos.
Jesse Schulman has the story.
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(Super: Israeli-Lebanese border)
HAPPY CAMPERS Israeli troops were crossing the border out of Lebanon overnight, in what is surely the happiest retreat in Israeli military history.
ACT: SINGING
The troops will all be home within a few days... the final orders came from Prime Minister Ehud Barak late yesterday... it is the end of a two-decades-long occupation of southern Lebanon most Israelis now see as a costly failure.
HEZ Israel's guerilla adversaries the Hezbollah have been celebrating too... planting their flag on abandoned fortifications.
BOOM The violence hasn't quite ended yet... Israel says it will retailiate fiercely if there are any attacks on retreating troops or on its border towns.
Still, at the moment it looks like Israel's long Lebanese nightmare may finally be nearing its end.

js cbs news tel aviv))[LA-Explosion]

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The news hit too close to home yesterday for a Los Angeles camera crew.
A T-V reporter was seriously injuried in an explosion when the overhead mast of a microwave van got too close to a high voltage power line.
Linda Breakstone reports.
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[SUPER=01-Diane Thompson/KNX Radio Witness; :18]
[SUPER=01-Linda Breakstone/Reporting; :53]
[SUPER=01-Rigo Bonilla/Los Angeles Police Department; 1:03]
[SUPER=01-John Brooks/KFWB Radio Witness; 1:15]
[SUPER-01-Winston Duran/Eyewitness; 1:23]
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[OUT Q=Linda Breakstone, CBS News, Hollywood.]

[Fintel]

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Another former Lewis Gale Clinic doctor has joined Lewis-Gale Medical Center.

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[SUPER=03-Salem; ]

The latest is medical oncologist William Fintel.
After his resignation from the clinic in January, he was determined to stay in the area.
Doctor Fintel's dad was president of Roanoke College so his ties go back to the mid 1970s.
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[IN Q=Some of the best]
((DR. WILLIAM FINTEL/MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST: SOME OF THE BEST DOCS STAYED WITH THE CLINIC, BUT A LOT THE GOOD DOCS THAT WANTED TO LEAVE ARE NOW STAYING LOCALLY AND WE'RE SEEING DOCTORS OFFICES SPRING UP AND THE CLINIC IS RISING UP AGAIN AND BRANCHING OFF IN ALL OF ITS DIRECTIONS, SO THE CENTER IS BETTER THAN EVER IN MY OPINION.))
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[VO-NAT]
Doctor Fintel joined Oncology and Hematology Associates and opened his office at Lewis-Gale Medical Center.
All of the doctors who resigned from the clinic earlier this year now have ties with the Medical Center.
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[Dan-River]

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Dan River is buying a company based out of South Carolina.
WesTek makes specialty adhesive coated yarns and fabrics used in automotive and industrial hoses, conveyer belts and tire reinforcement textiles.
Dan River already makes some industrial yarn material but company officials say this deal will help serve their customers better.
WesTek has two plants in Georgia and corporate offices in Columbia, South Carolina.

[Haiti-Elections]

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Haiti is awaiting the outcome of its first peaceful presidential vote in years.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Port au Prince, Haiti;]

There are no clear indications of a winner just yet.
Election observers say Sunday's voting was mostly free and fair, but warn the delay in vote counting could lead to fraud.
The country's primitive ballot count by candlelight will delay any FINAL result for several days.
An estimated two-point-four- million voters cast ballots.
There are hopes that the election will restore a working legislature to Haiti, and bring the country millions of dollars in U-S aid.
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[Sailing-Academy]

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[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-23 TC05:28]
[GRAPHIC=Smith Mt. Lake]

If you're interested in learning how to sail there's a school at Smith Mountain Lake.
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[IN Q=Okay]
((OKAY LET'S SAIL A LITTLE BIT GUYS. WE'RE ON A PORT TACK JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SAIL OUT. FALL OFF. FALL OFF THE WIND.))
[SUPER=03-Smith Mountain Lake;]
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[OUT Q=fall off the wind]
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[VO-NAT]
You see fewer sailors than speedboats on Smith Mountain Lake, and their masts are too tall to pass under Hales Ford Bridge. Still people drive hours and take vacation to learn at the Lake Sailing Academy.
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[IN Q=It's very peaceful]
((IT'S WORK. YOU GET A LOT OF CALLOUSES ON YOUR HANDS. YOU CAN'T BE THE TYPE WHO WANTS YOUR NAILS DONE EVERY WEEK. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO RELAX AND UNWIND AND TAKE YOUR MIND OFF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT KEEPS YOU BUSY.))
[SUPER=01-Barbara Brush/Academy Co-Owner;]
[SUPER=01-Andrew Cohill/Sailing Student; :09]
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[OUT Q=keeps you busy]
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[VO-NAT]
Courses range from coastal cruising to certification and cost fifteen dollars an hour.
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[Dog-Roof]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=kmc]
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You've probably heard of a cat getting stuck in a tree--
But what about a dog getting trapped on a roof?
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Portland, OR;]

That's what happened to Sheena.
After she went out through the upstairs window of her house, she found she couldn't get back inside.
Sheena was hot and scared when her owner discovered where she was.
But not to worry, the fire department came to her rescue. (------------) It took a few moments of pushing and prodding, but soon Sheena was back in safe and sound.