WDBJ 7 morning news for 09/06/02

[11Sharov]

[ANCHOR=Marya]

[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#02-33 TC48:04]
[GRAPHIC=Sharov]

We have new information about criminal charges filed against Mikhail Sharov and his future with the U-S Army.
Sharov disappeared twice before here in Southwest Virginia.
The first time he ended up safe and sound at the Roanoke Regional Airport.
Then the soldier from Blacksburg disappeared again in January 2001 and was reported as AWOL from the Army.
That was the last we heard of him until Wednesday...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Aberdeen, WA]
when he was found inside a self-made bunker near Aberdeen, Washington.
That bunker is filled with spy gear, plans for explosive electrical circuits, maps and diagrams of power plants.

Police in Washington call the find disturbing, but say none of the items inside the bunker are actually illegal.

[SUPER=03-Roanoke/August 2000]

They could only charge Sharov with trespassing.
Yesterday, he appeared in court and pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor count.
Sharov was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 45 days suspended and three-thousand dollars in fines and restitution for damage to the property.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[SS=Hold]

But even after Sharov serves that sentence, he won't be out of trouble.
Police say they've contacted the army's AWOL Apprehension Unit.
They intend to pick him up after he's finished serving his time and send him back to Fort Bragg, North Carolina for a possible court martial.

[Afghanistan]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Afghan officials are blaming Osama bin Laden's Al Qaida network for yesterday's bloodshed.
Three people were killed during an assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai. And at least 10 are dead after a car bombing.
Melissa McDermott has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Ever since]
[SUPER=03-Kandahar, Afghanistan;]
[SUPER=01-Abdullah Abdullah/Afghan Foreign Minister;]
[SUPER=02-Melissa McDermott/Reporting;]
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[OUT Q=CBS News, NY.]
((EVER SINCE HE BECAME LEADER OF AFGHANISTAN HAMID KARZAI HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO BRING ORDER AND SECURITY TO A COUNTRY WRACKED BY DECADES OF BLOODSHED. (Kandahar, Afghanistan/Thursday) YESTERDAY , MORE OF THAT BLOODSHED. AFTER PRAYING AT A MOSQUE KARZAI WAS IN A CAR.. WAITING FOR HIS ENVOY TO LEAVE . SUDDENLY A MAN, DRESSED AS A SECURITY GUARD, OPENED FIRE. (nats) U-S SPECIAL FORCES, GUARDING KARZAI, IMMEDIATELY SHOT BACK. (nats) KILLING THE WOULD BE ASSASIN AND TWO OT
HERS. (SOT-ABDULLAH ABDULLAH/AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER) The president himself is safe, he was not wounded (Kabul, Afgh
anistan/Thursday) THE ASSASINATION ATTEMPT CAME ONLY HOURS AFTER A CAR BOMBING IN A CROWDED KABUL MARKET. A SMALL BOMB THROWN FROM A BICYCLE HAD JUST EXPLODED ON THIS BUSY STREET. PEOPLE GATHER AROUND TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WHAT THEY DON T KNOW IS ANOTHER, MUCH BIGGER BOMB HAS BEEN PLANTED IN A ROW OF CARS. (NATS) THE CAMERAMAN IS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET BUT KEEPS ROLLING AS CRIES OF THE WOUNDED FILL THE AIR. (NATS) AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS INJURED. STANDUP: AFGHAN OFFICIALS ARE BLAMING BOTH ACTS OF VIOLENCE ON AL-QAIDA. DESPITE THE WAR ON TERRORISM OSAMA BIN LADEN S NETWORK CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS PRESENCE KNOWN. AND THAT COULD MEAN THE U-S MILITARY WILL REMAIN IN AFGHANISTAN FOR YEARS TO COME. MELISSA MCDERMOTT, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK. ))

[Boys-Murder]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

Today, a Florida jury deliberates the fate of two boys accused of killing their father with a baseball bat.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pensacola, FL;]

13-year-old Alex and and 14-year-old Derek King are being tried as adults.
Alex testified that a 40-year-old family friend was the real killer ... The decision in HIS trial remains sealed until this one is decided.
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[Officer-Dragged]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

A Philadelphia police officer is in the hospital after being dragged under a suspect's car.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Philadelphia, PA;]

It happened last night, as the officer tried to arrest a man on drug charges.
Authorities say the man had been pulled over, but began to drive away as the officer tried to arrest him.
The officer managed to fire at the suspect, hitting him in the arm.
Both the officer and the suspect are expected to recover.
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[Miss-NC]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It's up to a different sort of judge to decide who will represent North Carolina in the Miss America Pageant...
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[VO-NAT :33]
[SUPER=03-Wake Co., NC;]
Later today, a federal judge in Wilmington will have to wade through the ugly legal battle between beauty queens. The case began when the winner of the initial competition - Rebekah Revels - was fired in July after an ex-boyfriend claimed he had snapshots of Revels topless. She sued and won her title back in court earlier this week. BUT the Miss America Organization says it recognizes the runner up- Misty Clymer - as Miss North Carolina. In the mean time, both women are packing to leave today for the pageant's preliminary events in Atlantic City - which begin Sunday.
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[Japan-Market]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

Tokyo's Nikkei stock average has fallen to a 19-year low ... spooked by fears of an economic slowdown in the United States.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Tokyo, Japan;]

The Tokyo Nikkei 225 Index was down 2-point-2-2 percent yesterday.
Japan's fragile economic recovery is largely dependent on its exports to the U-S -- it's biggest trade partner.
Data released by the U-S indicating slow retail sales overnight contributed to the plunge.
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[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

In business news,
The August unemployment rate is due out today.. and "Intel" is expected to see some action on Wall Street.
Trish (REE-gan) Regan has more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[IN Q=Investors are certainly]
[SUPER=01-Trish Regan/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=Trish Regan in San Francisco]
(( INVESTORS ARE CERTAINLY HOPING FOR A TURN-A-ROUND TODAY AFTER YESTERDAY'S PLUNGE.

(GR)
THE DOW CLOSED DOWN 141 POINTS...

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THE NASDAQ ENDED THE DAY OFF 41 ON DISAPPOINTING ECONOMIC NEWS.

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ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE ECONOMY TODAY AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL RELEASE THE jobs report FOR AUGUST. The UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS EXPECTED TO STAY CONSTANT AT 5.9%. // ALSO COMING OUT TODAY, THE HOURLY EARNINGS AND THE AVERAGE WORK WEEK NUMBERS. //
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SHARES OF SILICON VALLEY CHIP GAINT INTEL COULD SEE SOME ACTION TODAY: AFTER YESTERDAY'S CLOSING BELL, THE COMPANY GAVE ITS MIDQUARTER UPDATE SAYING THAT IT EXPECTS SALES TO LOWER THAN EXPECTED THIS QUARTER.

(GR)
Watch SHARES OF PROCTOR AND GAMBLE. THEY SAW SOME UPSIDE YESTERDAY AFTER RAISING FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS BY 15%. STRONG SALES FROM ITS CLAIROL PRODUCTS AND THE STREGTH OF ITS HEALTH CARE DIVISION ARE HELPING THE COMPANY.

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Some good news for home buyers and those looking to refinance: Mortgage rates hit another record low this week.

(GR)
The benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to an average of 6.15 percent, that's the lowest rate since Freddie Mac began tracking the loan in 1971.

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AND FINALLY, In ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PICK UP SALES, THE FAST FOOD GIANT MCDONALD'S SAYS IT'S CONSIDERING A NATIONAL DISCOUNT MENU. THE MENU WOULD INCLUDE 10 items - ALL SELLING for LESS THAN A $1. Wendy's already offers a 99-cent menu AND analysts SAY THAT HAS CERTAINLY HELPED Wendy's SALES. /
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FOR MORE BUSINESS NEWS, GO TO CBS-DOT-MARKETWATCH-DOT-COM.

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I'M TRISH REGAN IN SAN FRANCISCO. ))

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS] [COMM]

[11Missing-Girl]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=02-28 TC1:00:31]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]

The body of Michael Short is back in its Henry County burial plot, after authorities removed it to take hair samples earlier this week.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]

Investigators were hoping to compare them to hair found in the house.
The latest wrinkle in the investigation came yesterday, as officers tried to execute a search warrant to read the family's mail.
The Bassett post master refused to hand it over without a FEDERAL search warrant.
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[SOT 8:13 - :23]
[IN Q=Who knows]
((FRANK CASSELL/HENRY CO. SHERIFF; WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE TO SOLVE THIS CASE. WE GOT TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND A LITTLE GIRL MISSING AND THIS IS YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK.))
[SUPER=01-Frank Cassell/Henry Co. Sheriff; ]
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[OUT Q=dollars at work.]
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[VO-NAT]

Investigators continue to interview the family's acquaintances, including Chris Thompson, the former employee who found the Short's bodies.
They also did several air and ground searches in Bassett.
Family members are working on raising a hefty reward for information in the case.
They're planning a candlelight vigil at Sissy's Flea Market next to the Short home on 220 North September 15th at 8 P-M.
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[11Parkway-Body]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-26 TC1:24:27]
[GRAPHIC=None]
An artist's rendering of a man found dead on the Blue Ridge Parkway in May has resulted in new leads as to the man's identity.
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[VO-NAT]
Roanoke County Police used the man's skull to reconstruct his facial features out of clay after running out of leads.

Because of the sketches and the bust, police now have received at least 14 leads on missing men who resemble the victim.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./May 5;]
Authorities say the investigation could take weeks, because police have to find dental records or fingerprints of the missing men. The body was found in May on the Poages Mill Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Meanwhile, police are looking into whether the body may be that of Howard Woolwine, a man who disappeared from a Martinsville adult-care facility in 1998, but they add Woolwine is just one of more than a dozen men who look similar to the artist's rendering.
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[11Graham]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=tbr]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Evangelist Franklin Graham will bring his ministry to the region next spring.
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[Take Pinnacle Page 100 FULL]
Graham has accepted an invitation for a three day event to be held May Second through the Fourth next year.
The Southwest Virginia Festival will be held at the Salem Stadium and is sponsored by many churches in the region.
Franklin Graham is president and C-E-O of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association which was established by his father.
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[11Ambulance]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=say]
[TAPE#=502-08 TC39:13]
[GRAPHIC=Accident]

Three people are recovering after the ambulance they were traveling in flipped over yesterday in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yestserday]

It happened just before three o'clock at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Albemarle Avenue.
Police say the driver of this pickup truck was heading west on Albemarle with a green light.
The ambulance was traveling south on Jefferson but had a red light.
The two collided and the ambulance ended up on its side.
A driver, a patient, and an E-M-T were transported to Roanoke Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[SS=HOLD]

The driver and the E-M-T were treated and released.
We do not know the condition of the patient.

[1st-Business]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ckor]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

In business news this morning,
Delta says if you miss your flight, you could be out of luck... and new legislation wants young consumers to get a grip on credit card spending.
Here's Stan Turner with a look at the morning's top business stories..
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[SUPER=01-Stan Turner/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=in Washington.]
(( GOOD MORNING, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY, THE 6-TH OF SEPTEMBER.
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YOUR KIDS MAY HAVE ACED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL MATH COURSES.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING CREDIT CARDS IN COLLEGE, MANY ARE GETTING AN "F".
EXPERTS ON CREDIT CARD DEBT SPOKE BEFORE A SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE TODAY (THURSDAY).
THEY SAY MOST OF THE 14 MILLION KIDS HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE THIS YEAR HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST BASIC FINANCIAL SPENDING CONCEPTS.
BUT SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD SAYS CREDIT CARD COMPANIES SEE THE PROCESS OF ATTRACTING INCOMING FRESHMAN AS "SHOOTING FISH IN THE BARREL."
DODD HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE THOSE UNDER AGE 21 TO GET THEIR PARENTS' PERMISSION AND TAKE A COURSE IN CONSUMER CREDIT BEFORE THEY GET A CREDIT CARD.
BUT SENATOR PHIL GRAMM SAYS SUCH LEGISLATION WOULD INFRINGE ON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.
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ECONOMIC CONCERNS ARE FUELING A DROP ON WALL STREET -
TODAY, WE GET THE AUGUST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
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EITHER YOU USE THEM OR LOSE THEM.
THAT'S DELTA AIRLINES' NEW MOTTO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NON-REFUNDABLE TICKETS AND MISS THEIR FLIGHTS.
THE AIRLINE SAYS YOUR TICKET WILL NOW BE WORTHLESS IF YOU DON'T PAY THE ONE-HUNDRED DOLLAR "CHANGING FEE" BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT TAKES OFF.
DELTA ALSO SAYS IT PLANS TO RAISE THE FEE FOR PAPER TICKETS TO 20 DOLLARS.
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MORE THAN THREE-THOUSAND FLIGHTS THIS SEPTEMBER 11-TH.
A SURVEY BY THE OFFICIAL AIRLINE GUIDE SAYS NEARLY 330-THOUSAND SEATS WILL BE EMPTY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS.
RESPONDENTS CITED A FEAR OF FLYING SINCE THE ATTACKS...AND JUST WANTING TO STAY HOME THAT DAY.
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HOME DEPOT IS GETTING READY TO DO A LITTLE REMODELING OF ITS OWN.
THE COMPANY PLANS TO SPEND MORE THAN ONE- BILLION DOLLARS TO REVAMP ITS 14-HUNDRED STORES.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST REMODELING STORE ALSO PLANS TO SELL MORE APPLIANCES...AND OPEN 200 MORE STORES.
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AND THAT'S THIS MORNING'S CHECK ON FRIDAY'S BUSINESS NEWS.
I'M STAN TURNER ))

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS] [COMM]

[5-Red-Cross]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=502-02 1:18:35]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Health Check]

55-thousand Red Cross volunteers responded to the aftermath of the terrorist attacks a year ago... and about 24 of those were from the Roanoke Valley. Joy Sutton spoke with one area volunteer who spent 3 weeks at Ground Zero..and she says volunteering has made such a huge impact on her life, that when she retires she plans to do it full time.
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[IN Q=Never in my lifetime]
[SUPER=03-New York/September 2001;00]
[SUPER=03-Vinton;06]
[SUPER=01-Shirley Layman/Red Cross Volunteer;16]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;41]
[SUPER=01-Tom Brown/American Red Cross;52]
[SUPER=@Joy2; ]
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[OUT Q=Joy Sutton for N7 Mornin']
((
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[NAT SOT 11:10, cover the bit]
[IN Q=Never in my lifetime]
((NAT SOT: NEVER IN MY LIFETIME DID I THINK I WOULD SEE THIS))
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[OUT Q=would see this]

In her 18 years as a volunteer for the Red Cross, Shirley Layman has responded to 17 national disasters.. but it was her mission to ground zero, that made her realize why she started volunteering in the first place.
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[SOT19:18]
[IN Q=It's something so rewarding]
((IT'S SOMETHING SO REWARDING. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER BE ABLE TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH I ENJOYED IT)) [RUNS07]
[OUT Q=how much i enjoyed it]

Her reward came from the lives she touched while assisting as a nursing volunteer for the Red Cross.
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[SOT 18:34]
[IN Q=Anything they can not live without medically]
((ANYTHING THEY CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT MEDICALLY THAT IS WHAT MY JOB WAS. SO I PLAYED A SMALL ROLE IN THAT. IF THEY HADN'T GOT THEIR MEDICINE THEY WOULD DIE. )) [RUNS12]
[OUT Q=they would die]

The Red Cross says its volunteers are critical to assisting in national disasters...and that's why it's already training its volunteer in new techniques.
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[SOT1:13]
[IN Q=We're training all our volunteers]
((WE'RE TRAINING ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF IN BIOTERRORISM.. AND IN ALL OTHER TERRORISTIC ACTIVITIES THAT'S GOING FULL FULL BOAR)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q=going full boar]

9-11 also made the Red Cross realize it should expand some its services.
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[SOT2:30]
[IN Q=Because of so many deaths in 9-11]
((BECAUSE OF SO MANY DEATH IS 9-11. WE FELT WE HAD TO OPEN UP A NEW FUNCTION AND THAT WAS SPIRITUAL ADVISORS)) [RUNS12]
[OUT Q=spirtual advisors]

But it's the volunteers like Layman that many feel are the real angels --who stepped into to pick up the pieces..when everything came tumbling down.
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[SOT19:56]
[IN Q=It makes me feel very fortunate]
((IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT HOPEFULLY I PLAYED A SMALL ROLE IN THIS)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q=in this]
I'm Joy Sutton for News 7 Mornin'))

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[11Henry-Jobs]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-23 TC1:39:15]
[GRAPHIC=NEw Jobs]
A deal with plenty of meat behind it is creating jobs in Henry County...
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[VO-NAT :17.5]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]
The (Now-sss) Knauss Snack Food Company is investing five-point-seven million dollars to build a new processing plant.
It will provide 105-new jobs and be located in the Patriot Centre industrial park. The deal took a year of negotiations, tax incentives and over 3-hundred thousand dollars in grants.
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[SOT 17:00:25]
[IN Q=I'm standing]
((TROY KNAUSS/PRESIDENT KNAUSS FOODS INC.; I'M STANDING HERE TO SAY THAT WE'RE IN A GROWING INDUSTRY WE'RE A GROWING COMPANY AND I REALLY FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE OF MARTINSVILLE AND HENRY COUNTY WILL LET US CONTINUE TO GROW AND HELP US MAKE OUR WAY TO THE INDUSTRY LEADER.))
[SUPER=01-Troy Knauss/President Knauss Foods Inc.;]
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[OUT Q=INDUSTRY LEADER.]
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[VO-NAT]
(Now-sss) Knauss Foods Incorporated is based in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Its been a family owned and operated business for a 1-hundred years. Its snack food company was created 12-years ago.
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[TJX]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=none]

T-J Maxx and Marshalls will be taking time off to honor victims of September 11th.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Boston, MA]
The stores' parent company - T-J-X - lost seven employees in the attacks when the plane they boarded for a business trip was hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center. The company had a memorial garden built to pay homage to the seven women and this Wednesday - the anniversary of the a(------------) ttacks - all T-J-X stores nationwide will be closed from 9AM to Noon.