18:00-01
1-News-Head
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VO-NAT
Southside Soldiers on the job in Bosnia.
Coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX, we'll mingle with National Guard troops from
our area who've been pressed into service as peacekeepers.
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ANCHOR=Keith
And word of an acquittal in the case of the one Tech football player
charged with a felony.
Sports-head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, Elvis signs with the Chiefs, Dennis Rodman steps in the
squared circle with the Hulkster,
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VO-NAT eng#
And Steve Mason checks in from Martinsville where he and photographer Lynn
Eller caught up with Dale Jarrett and the Quality Care Ford during a testing
session this morning.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
A strong cold front and a storm to the south will conspire to bring wet, and
then chilly weather to the region.
Bosnia-Troops
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tha
TAPE#97-5
GRAPHIC=Peacekeepers
It's one thing to read about life in a war-torn country, but seeing the
destruction is something entirely different.
Members of a Danville National guard unit stationed in Bosnia will have
plenty of stories to tell-- they've been assigned overseas as peacekeepers.
Double Boxes=Keith and Teresa/StarLink
Teresa Hamilton has been following the story and joins us from the Danville
National Guard headquarters with an update on the group.
Live=Teresa Full/StarLink
SUPER=@Teresa1;
SUPER=06-Danville;
Keith, we understand it's been a tough adjustment for many of the men who're
missing their friends and families but it's a job that's also been a source of
pride.
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SOT
IN Q=It doesn't
SUPER=01-Lt. Todd Gibbs/National Guard Member; :00
SUPER=03-Bosnia; :11
SUPER=01-Sgt. Frankie Hudgins/National Guard Member; :29
RUNS=:39
OUT Q=Jason Harris
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SOT
IN Q=It doesn't
((LT. TODD GIBBS/NATIONAL GUARDSMAN:IT DOESN'T REALLY BOTHER ME AT ALL, I FEEL
LIKE I'M DOING SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, THAT'S REPRESENTING THE
US. ))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=representing the US.
Lieutenant Todd Gibbs has living in in Bosnia for about two weeks.
He and 45- Danville National guardsmen are stationed there as peacekeepers.
Last week, the unit officially took over the mission from a group out of
Massachusetts.
Adjusting to life overseas has been difficult especially for those with
wives and children.
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SOT
IN Q=My wife
((SGT. FRANK HUDGINS/NATIONAL GUARDSMAN; : MY WIFE IS HAVING..JASON HARRIS. ))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=jason harris.
Live=Teresa Full/StarLink
SUPER=06-Danville;
(Teresa interviews guest)
SUPER=07-Sandra Hudgins
Double Boxes=Keith and Teresa/StarLink
L'Burg-Shooting
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-16
GRAPHIC=Shooting
A five year old is believed to have fatally shot his six year old brother in
Lynchburg yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
Police were called to the Greenfield Apartments around 11:30 Sunday morning.
The two boys had been playing outside their apartment building when they
went back inside and found the gun.
Authorities believe the gun went off accidentally, striking the six-year-
old in the upper body.
He died last night at Lynchburg General Hospital.
Charges against the parents may be pending.
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SOT 22:13:00
IN Q=It's certainly
((LT. EUGENE WINGFIELD/LYNCHBURG POLICE: IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVEN'T RULED OUT AT THIS POINT. OUR INTENTIONS RIGHT NOW ARE TO COMPLETE THE
INVESTIGATION, WE'LL PRESENT IT TO THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR
FINAL DISPOSITION.))
SUPER=01-Lt. Eugene Wingfield/Lynchburg Police; :00
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=for final disposition.
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VO-NAT
Police recovered a .22 caliber pistol and a pellet gun from the scene.
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Quints
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-15
GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Seal
Roanoke City Council has narrowly approved the purchase of two new fire
trucks.
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VO-NAT
Council voted to buy two quints, vehicles that combine the functions of a
pumper and an aerial ladder truck.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Firefighters have argued the quints are part of a plan to downsize the
department, but Mayor David Bowers said he was disappointed with what he called
a "campaign of fear."
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SOT
IN Q=The firefighters
((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: TO ME THIS WAS JUST AN EQUIPMENT PURCHASE. WHEN
IT CAME DOWN TO IT, AS SOMEONE SAID, YOU CAN'T GO INTO THE 21ST CENTURY ON AN
OLD FIRE TRUCK.))
((ED CRAWFORD/ROANOKE FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION: THE TASK DOESN'T CHANGE...
HOPEFULLY NO ONE GETS HURT.))
SUPER=@Bowers; :00
SUPER=01-Ed Crawford/Roanoke Fire Fighters Association;
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=no one gets hurt.
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Roanoke City Seal
And the firefighters promise more questions about the city's ongoing
effort to reorganize their department.
Tech-Brawl
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-9
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech
Of seven Virginia Tech football players indicted after a campus brawl last
August, Angelo Harrison was the only one charged with a felony and suspended
from the team for the season.
SS=Legal Scales
Today, Montgomery County circuit judge Ray Grubbs found him NOT guilty.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
Harrison was accused of breaking track athlete Hilliard Sumner's collarbone.
Sumner identified Harrison as the person who attacked him with a cane.
But other witnesses disputed that, including football player Tyron Edmond,
who is charged with a misdemeanor.
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SOT 3:33:39
IN Q=
((DID YOU SEE ANGELO HARRISON THAT EVENING?
EDMOND: YES I DID.
DID HE EVER HAVE THE CANE?
EDMOND: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
YOU HAD IT THE ENTIRE TIME?
EDMOND: YES SIR. ))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=YES SIR.
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VO-NAT
The judge ruled the evidence failed to prove Harrison's involvement.
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SOT 7:50:33
IN Q=
((MARC LONG/HARRISON'S LAWYER: WELL I HOPE EVERY ATHLETE IN THIS COUNTRY,
ESPECIALLY AT VIRGINIA TECH HAS LEARNED SOMETHING, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE AROUND
THIS SORT OF THING. IF IT STARTS TO HAPPEN THEY'VE GOT TO WALK AWAY.))
SUPER=01-Marc Long/Harrison's Lawyer;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=to walk away.
TALENT=Keith
SS=Legal Scales
Under Tech's new athletic department policy, Harrison's acquittal makes him
eligible to return to the football team.
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at Six--the state and Westvaco strike a deal for
cleaning up the Jackson River while at the same time allowing the company to
expand.
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VO-NAT
And it's not even 10 years old, but this fast-growing Roanoke company
plans to quadruple its work force.
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Innotech
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-12
GRAPHIC=Innotech
By the end of the year, a Roanoke company in the vision care business
expects to complete a multi- million- dollar expansion, creating hundreds of
new jobs.
Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Microwave
Len Besthoff is outside Innotech tonight, a home-grown firm founded less
than a decade ago.
Live=Len Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Len1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
Keith Innotech first announced these plans last April.
But now the deal is signed, and the company sees itself doubling the size of
its plant and quadrupling its workforce in the near future.
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SOT
IN Q=They mentioned
SUPER=01-Phillip Sparks/Chief of Econ. Development; :01
SUPER=@File; :09
SUPER=01-Ron Blum/Innotech; :27
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :32
RUNS=:48
OUT Q=further expansion.
((
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SOT 11:49:56
IN Q=They mentioned
((PHIL SPARKS/CHIEF OF ECON. DEVELOPMENT: THEY MENTIONED AT THEIR PRESS
CONFERENCE 12 OR 18 MONTHS AGO, THAT THEY EXPECTED TO HAVE GROWTH, BUT HERE
WE'VE ACTUALLY FINALIZED THOSE AGREEMENTS, AND THE GROWTH IS GONNA BE
OCCURRING.))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=occurring.
All told Innotech plans to hire 410 people over the next three- to- four
years, to accommodate the rapidly growing sales of the eyeglass lens castings
systems it makes.
The company would not state how much the sales, technical and professional
jobs will pay, but they've been called "high quality jobs".
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SOT 11:42:44
IN Q=Most of
((RON BLUM/INNOTECH: MOST OF THEM WILL COME ABOUT THROUGH LOCAL HIRES, BUT WE
WILL BE BRINGING FAMILIES INTO THE ROANOKE VALLEY.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=Roanoke Valley.
Innotech also pointed out that this expansion will not be affected by its
recently announced merger with health care products giant Johnson and Johnson.
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SOT 11:40:16
IN Q=In other
((RON BLUM/INNOTECH: IN OTHER WORDS WE WOULD EXPECT THE J-AND-J ACQUISITION TO
BE A SPRINGBOARD FOR FURTHER EXPANSION.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=further expansion.
))
Live=Len Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
Keith if the weather cooperates, Innotech expects to break ground on this
project by May.
Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Microwave
Innotech currently has 130 employees at this facility.
Suicide-Threat
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-6
GRAPHIC=None
A Wythe County man, upset over some trees that were cut down on his
property, threatened to set himself on fire outside the Poff Federal Building
this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
A U.S. Marshall first noticed the man as he chained himself to a bench in
front of the building.
He was holding a jug of gasoline and smoking a cigarette.
Police who talked with the man say he was upset about Wythe County removing
some trees from his property.
Finally, a parole officer talked him into unlocking the chain and releasing
the jug.
Officials wouldn't release the man's name.
He was escorted into the building, and later released.
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Allen-Drugs
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-2
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Drug gang members may NOT get their own individual shots at justice starting
July first in Virginia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Governor George Allen signed bills today allowing gangs to be tried jointly
in one trial... and making it a capital offense to murder or order the murder
of another person during a drug crime.
The signing was in a Richmond neighborhood where the so-called Poison Clan
operated in 1994.
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SOT 11:48:31
IN Q=They killed
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: THEY KILLED A YOUNG MAN HERE WHO REFUSED TO HELP THEM
SELL CRACK COCAINE. THE POISON GANG ALSO KILLED TWO OF HIS FRIENDS AND WOUNDED
A FOURTH. WE'RE DETERMINED THAT THESE VICIOUS MURDERERS WILL BE BROUGHT TO
JUSTICE.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=to justice.
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VO-NAT
But the Governor says the Poison Clan killings are being tried now in
federal courts, in part because state laws made the prosecution too difficult.
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Thiab
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-7
GRAPHIC=Ahmad Thiab
An absolute claim of innocence this weekend from one of the men charged
with hiring Joe Abed's reputed "crime family"- -to set fire to a Salem
nightclub three years ago.
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SOT 4:04:10 * * *
IN Q=It's unbelievable
((IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. YOU KNOW I'M AN EDUCATED MAN. I DID MY MASTERS. I HAVE MY
PH-D. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT LOW-CLASS. I'M NOT CRAZY. I DON'T SO THIS. THIS IS
NOT MY THING.))
SUPER=07-Ahmad Thiab
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=not my thing.
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VO-NAT
Thiab is staying with the man who bailed him out of jail, while awaiting
word on whether he'll be allowed to return to Canada.
Robert Khatib put up his restaurant as collateral for the 100-thousand
dollar bond Thiab posted Friday.
In the early '90's Khatib himself was a victim of the Abeds, the government
says.
As proof of that, Khatib points to a letter purportedly from Abed Jamil that
claims Khatib supports Islamic terrorists.
"Every year," the letter says, "Khatib sends $450,000 to help the Moslem
terrorist group."
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Robert Khatib
Khatib says, "If I had that kind of money, I sure wouldn't send it to
Middle East."
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Wall Street, at the end of a day of huge highs and lows, the Dow finished
UP 20 points.
NASDAQ was DOWN 13 and a half points.
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RUNS=:25
SUPER=x5005;
DEQ
ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-8
GRAPHIC=None
An agreement between Westvaco and the Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality will lead to cleaner water, and could pave the way for a plant
expansion.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
DEQ officials announced a consent order today which allows Westvaco to drop
plans for a 30 million dollar discharge cooling system.
SUPER=04-File; :08
In return Westvaco will spend 150 million dollars to clean up the water the
plant releases into the Jackson River.
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SOT
IN Q=We expect a
((THOMAS HOPKINS/DEQ DIRECTOR; WE EXPECT A NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT OF IN-STREAM
DISSOLVED OXYGEN, COLOR, AMONIA-CLORIDE, AMONIA COMPOUNDS, AND THE AQUATIC
COMMUNITY WITHIN A YEAR.))
SUPER=01-Thomas Hopkins/DEQ Director;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=within a year.
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VO-NAT
Thompson said part of the project will be in conjunction with an expansion
of the plant's pulp production capacity, expected by the year 2001.
A Westvaco spokesman would not confirm that a plant expansion is in the
works, but did say that the plant currently uses more pulp than it is able to
produce.
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Computer-Lab
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-14
GRAPHIC=None
It used to be that all a policeman needed to do his job was a gun and a
badge... nowadays you can add a mousepad and keyboard to that list.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
The Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy in Lynchburg unveiled its new
computer lab today.
With the help of F-B-I instructors, police officers are now being trained to
detect and recover evidence of computer-related crime.
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SOT 21:55:13
IN Q=Wherein a computer
((SPECIAL AGENT AL JOHNSON/FBI INSTRUCTOR: WHEREIN A COMPUTER WAS EITHER USED
AS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF A CRIME OR ACTUALLY USED TO HELP COMMIT THE CRIME. GET
TO THAT COMPUTER, SEIZE IT PROPERLY, PROTECT THE EVIDENCE, GET IT OUT OF THERE
AND ACTUALLY DO AN ANALYSIS ON THE SYSTEM TO FIND OUT WHATEVER MIGHT BE THERE
TO PROVE THE FRUITS OF THE CRIME ITSELF.))
SUPER=01-Special Agent Al Johnson/FBI Instructor; :00
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=the crime itself.
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VO-NAT
Federal drug enforcement grant money helped pay for the 16 computer
workstations.
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Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming your way tonight on News 7 Sports, Elvis was spotted signing
autographs today in Kansas City, Dale Jarrett was on the track at Martinsville
this morning,
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VO-NAT eng#
and look who was spotted in the wrestling arena yesterday with Hulk Hogan.
Dennis Rodman. He the one with the hat.
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S-Chiefs
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-2
GRAPHIC=Chiefs
Elvis is alive and now he's a quarterback in Kansas City.
This morning Elvis Grbac, officially left the 49ers today and signed a
five-year deal with the Chiefs.
The former Michigan standout is the
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Kansas City; :00
third straight former 49, to take over the Chiefs. He follows in the
footsteps of Joe Montana and Steve Bono, but he's a Midwest native and could
care less about leaving the Bay area.
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SOT
IN Q="You know it's...
((ELVIS GRBAC/SIGNS WITH CHIEFS:))
SUPER=01-Elvis Grbac/Signs With Chiefs; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=...RESIDENCY HERE"
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=Chiefs
Grbac is expected to be Chiefs starter when training camp open this Summer.
S-testing
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=R-35
GRAPHIC=Martinsville
Dale Jarrett has no one to chase right now. This week the Winston Cup
leader IS trying to run down a short track that always challenges him.
Steve Mason has more on DJ's testing stop at Martinsville today.
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SOT
IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Martinsville; :00
SUPER=01-Dale Jarrett/Has 9 Career Wins; :10
SUPER=01-Todd Parrott/Quality Care Ford Crew Chief; :48
SUPER=@Steve1; 1:03
RUNS=1:37
OUT Q=...News 7 sports"
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S-Stocks
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-23
GRAPHIC=MARTINSVILLE
Yesterday the Late Model Stocks were in control of the Martinsville Speedway,
as race winner david Hyder found out that good things do indeed come to those
who wait.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Martinsville/Yesterday; :00
Hyder led 172 of the 200 laps in the main event of the Miller 300 to take
home $27 thousand and 500 dollars.
It should have been his second straight big payday at the track.
SUPER=04-Last Fall;
Last Fall he was less than a lap away from winning the Taco Bell 300 when
David Blankenship spun him out trying to make a pass in turn one.
So, you might say poetic justice has been served.
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S-NIT
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-24
GRAPHIC=NIT
The NIT continues tonight with second round action, and college basketball
fans who follow the game in the region will be in for a real treat as N.C.
State hosts West Virginia.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Morgantown, WV/Last Wednesday; :00
The Mountaineers opened the NIT with a come from behind 98 to 95 win over
Bowling Green last Wednesday.
But duplicating that point total against the red hot Pack will be difficult.
22 of N.C. State's opponents this season failed to break 60 points.
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S-Rodman
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s6-26
GRAPHIC=RODMAN
The Dennis Rodman soap opera added yet another chapter to its already juicy
and at times repulsive screen play.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Charleston, SC; :00
Rodman made his debut as a member of the NWO yesterday in Charleston, South
Carolina.
The NWO, which stands for new world order is led by Hulk Hogan the Macho Man
and several others bad boys.
Rodman got right into the act yesterday choking an opponent with a rope,
slapping another in the face, and then spray painting NWO on the back of a
beaten opponent.
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Wx-Tape
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Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
(toss to Jean)
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=
TAPE#Promo
Last year, Roanoke County voters rejected a 37 million dollar bond issue for
school renovation and new school construction.
Shortly thereafter, a special Blue Ribbon Commission was formed--
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
Jean Jadhon is in the Newsroom-- Jean what's the latest with that
commission?
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;
Keith, the 22 members are reporting the results of their findings to the
School Board tonight.
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VO-NAT
Members of the commission come from all areas of the county.
Many of those voting against last year's bond issue complained there was too
much emphasis on the problems of south Roanoke County.
The school board expects the results of this new study to be more broad
based.
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Talent=Jean Full/Newsroom
We'll have the story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight
on News 7 at 11. Keith?
Talent=Keith
And for the region's first TEN O'clock newscast,
Take Prime Time Board Fullscreen
watch News-7 Prime Time on W-E-F-C.
It's on Channel 38 "over the air," and on a lot of cable systems--we're on
Cable Channel two in Campbell County.
And don't forget to tune in to News 7 at 11, right here on W-D-B-J.
Talent=Keith
by SS