06:00-01
E-Tech-Brawl
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-9
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech football player Angelo Harrison can now return to the team.
He was suspended for the second half of last season after he was charged
with a felony stemming from a campus brawl.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
Harrison was found NOT guilty of hitting Hilliard Sumner with a cane,
breaking the track athlete's collarbone.
Sumner identified Harrison as his attacker.
But Harrison denied the charge.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:59:47
IN Q=
((DID YOU EVER TOUCH THE CANE?
ANGELO HARRISON: NOT AT ALL.
DID YOU EVER HIT HILLIARD SUMNER WITH THE CANE?
HARRISON: NO SIR, I DIDN'T.
HOW CLOSE DID YOU GET TO HILLIARD SUMNER?
HARRISON: ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET. ))
SUPER=01-Angelo Harrison/Virginia Tech Wide Receiver;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=15 to 20 feet.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Several other witnesses recalled seeing Harrison at the scene, but NOT
holding the cane.
Despite the acquittal, Harrison's lawyer says he's still paid a price for
being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 7:49:21
IN Q=
((MARC LONG/HARRISON'S LAWYER: AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. I MEAN HE'S A LOSER IN
THIS TOO BECAUSE HE MISSED THE BIGGEST GAMES OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR OVER THIS.
BUT HE UNDERSTANDS WHY THAT HAPPENED. ))
SUPER=01-Marc Long/Harrison's Lawyer;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=why that happened.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Long says the lesson for all college athletes is to walk away from similar
situations in the future.
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E-L'burg-Shooting
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-16
GRAPHIC=Shooting
An accident that took the life of a six- year- old is reminding people about
gun safety.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
It happened at the Greenfield Apartments around 11:30 Sunday morning.
Authorities say two boys had gone inside their apartment and found a gun..
that's when the five- year- old apparently shot his brother in the upper body.
The child died at Lynchburg General Hospital Sunday night.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 22:13:17
IN Q=It's an unfortunate
((LT. EUGENE WINGFIELD/LYNCHBURG POLICE: IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE TRAGEDY AND IT'S
AN EXAMPLE OF WHY PEOPLE SHOULD BE SECURING THEIR GUNS. IF THEY NEED TO KEEP
THEM UNLOADED OR IN A LOCK BOX OR WHATEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE JUVENILES AROUND,
THEY HAVE TO BE KEPT IN A SECURED AREA WHERE THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.))
SUPER=01-Eugene Wingfield/Lynchburg Police; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=accessible to them.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The names of those involved have not been released.
Police have "not" said whether the parents will face charges.
(----------------)
McVeigh
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=McVeigh
Jury selection in the Oklahoma City bombing trial will begin as scheduled on
March 31st.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Denver, CO;
Yesterday the trial judge denied a
defense request to delay or move the trial.
Lawyers for Timothy McVeigh said they feared recent articles that suggest
McVeigh confessed to the bombing tainted the jury pool.
The stories appeared in a major newspaper, magazines and on the Internet.
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E-county-schools
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-17
GRAPHIC=Roanoke County
Roanoke County could soon house a new high school.
According to a Blue Ribbon Committee the new school should go off route 220,
and would not take the place of Cave Spring High School.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
But it would share a football field with Cave Spring.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:11:55
IN Q=IT IS OUR
((IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, THAT THE EXISTING CAVE SPRING HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE
PROPOSED SOUTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SHARE A COMMON STADIUM ATHLETIC FACILITY.))
SUPER=01-Donna Vittur/Blue Ribbon Commission;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=athletic facility.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
The Committee is made up of 22 citizens.
Its job was to develop a comprehensive plan for Roanoke County-
That after last year's failed 37 million dollar referendum.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:52:06
IN Q=
((BOB JOHNSON/SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN: THERE WAS NOT EQUITY IN THAT FORMULA.
MANY PEOPLE SAW IT AS A SW COUNTY PACKAGE, AND THIS PACKAGE RESEMBLED NOTHING
LIKE THAT PACKAGE.))
SUPER=01-Bob Johnson/Roanoke Co. Supervisors Chairman;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=that package
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The report suggests one hundred-twenty million dollars of improvements over
the next decade.
That money would renovate all 28 county schools except for William Byrd High
School, which the committee considers its "model school."
(----------------)
Innotech
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 97-12)
GRAPHIC=Innotech
A Roanoke company has kept its pledge to expand in focus.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
A year ago Innotech announced plans to add several hundred more employees.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:46:47
IN Q=What's so
((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: WHAT'S SO PHENOMENAL ABOUT THE EXPANSION IS THAT
THE COMPANY BASICALLY BEGAN IN THE GLEAM OF AN EYE BY DOCTOR RON BLUM. TALK
ABOUT VISION, THAT'S VISION.))
SUPER=01-David Bowers/Roanoke Mayor;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=that's vision.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Yesterday it confirmed that it will double the size of its plant and add 410
workers.
SUPER=@File;
The company was founded about a decade ago.
It makes an eyeglass lens fabrication system.
Innotech currently employs 130 people.
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E-Bosnia-Troops
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-5
GRAPHIC=Peacekeeper
Life overseas is an adjustment for members of a Danville National Guard
unit.
They say they miss their family and friends, but they're proud of their
work.
Teresa Hamilton reports.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=It doesn't
SUPER=01-Todd Gibbs/National Guardsman; :00
SUPER=03-Bosnia; :11
SUPER=01-Frankie Hudgins/National Guardsman; :29
SUPER=01-Sandra Hudgins/Peacekeeper's Wife; :50 (QUICK)
SUPER=@Teresa1; :55
RUNS=1:16
OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7.
((
(/////SOT/////)
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.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=My wife
((SGT. FRANK HUDGINS/NATIONAL GUARDSMAN: MY WIFE IS HAVING HER BIRTHDAY ON THE
20TH AND I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO MY STEPSON, JASON HARRIS.))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=jason harris.
Hudgins' wife, Sandra, was shocked to find out her husband had been
interviewed.
The couple had planned on an April wedding but had to move the date up when
they learned about the mission.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=But it
((SANDRA HUDGINS/GUARDSMAN'S WIFE:BUT IT WAS THROWN TOGETHER, THANKS TO A
PERFECT MOM, IT MANAGED TO BE OK. ))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=ok.
STAND UP:
The Danville troops have actually been gone for more than a month-- they
left in early February for extensive training in places like Georgia and
Germany.
end su
The troops were told they'd probably stay overseas for about nine- months,
which means they've got about seven months to go before heading home for good.
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7.))
S-Rail-Merger
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-11
GRAPHIC=Rail Merger
The chief executives of Norfolk Southern and C-S-X met yesterday with the
governor of Pennsylvania.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Harrisburg, PA;
Governor Tom Ridge wanted to make known his concerns about the Virginia
railroads' plans to carve up Conrail, which has thousands of employees in the
Keystone State.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT Governor's feed 15:09:03
IN Q=We want
((TOM RIDGE/PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR: WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN
DO TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO PRESERVE AS MANY JOBS AS WE CAN WITH CONRAIL, BUT
ALSO TO WORK WITH NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND CSX.))
SUPER=01-Tom Ridge/Pennsylvania Governor;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=and CSX.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The governor's office says that following the meeting, the executives from
N-S and C-S-X were shuttled off to another meeting with Congressman Bud
(SHOE-sterr) Shuster of Altoona.
SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;
Altoona has a Conrail hopper repair facility very similar to one in Roanoke.
So far, N-S has not stated if it is acquiring that facility.
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E-Quints
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-15
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Seal
Over the objections of firefighter and some city residents, Roanoke City
Council yesterday approved the purchase of two new fire trucks.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=We've been told
((JOE NASH/WASENA RESIDENT: WE'VE BEEN TOLD ))
SUPER=01-Joe Nash/Wasena Resident;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=see that remain.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Most of the speakers at the afternoon meeting opposed the plan to buy two
new quints.
They're multi-purpose vehicles that combine the functions of a pumper with
an aerial ladder truck.
The firefighters association says the quints are part of a plan to cut
manpower and close stations, but fire officials say they are simply buying
better equipment with more capabilities.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=I was disappointed
((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE CAMPAIGN OF FEAR OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WHICH GOT SOME OF OUR CITIZENS UPSET. I DID NOT SHARE IN
THAT.))
SUPER=@Bowers;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=did not share in that.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD
Fire fighters say they will work with the new equipment, but the vote does
not end the controversy.
Fire fighters promise more questions about the ongoing reorganization of
their department.
Lake
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=washington dc
The White House today will have to start looking for another nominee for
C-I-A Director.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
President Clinton last night accepted Anthony Lake's withdrawal from the
nomination process.
In a letter to the President, Lake complained that bitter partisanship on
Capitol Hill complicated the confirmation process-- leading to his decision to
back down.
Mr. Clinton called Lake's treatment at the hands of the Senate Intelligence
Committee inexcusable.
(----------------)
clinton-africa
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
More questions about controversial Democratic party contributors.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
C-B-S News has learned that Lebanese- American Roger Tamraz, an oil company
owner, attended several coffees and social events at the White House..
despite the National Security Council's recommendation that he be banned from
such get-togethers.
Tamraz has business dealings in Libya, Iraq, and Lebanon.
SUPER=03-Goree, Senegal;
Meantime, the First Lady and daughter Chelsea continue their African tour.
Yesterday they were in Senegal.
The two spend today in Johannesburg, South Africa.
(----------------)
russia-crash
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
In Russia this morning, a rescue team is hurrying to the site where a
passenger jet crashed.
But officials fear all 48 aboard are dead.
Officials say the twin-engine turboprop crashed shortly after take off in
SOUTHERN Russia.
It was headed to northern Turkey.
p-Bosnia-Troops
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#97-5
GRAPHIC=PEACEKEEPERS
Their mission is to bring peace to the region, but their immediate goal is
to simply get acclimated to their surroundings.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tuzla, Bosnia;
Forty-six members of a Virginia National Guard unit from Danville arrived in
the war torn country a few days ago.
Most have been pleasantly surprised by the LACK of violence they've seen.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 9:15
IN Q=I'd prefer
((STAFF SERGEANT FRANKIE HUDGINS/VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD: I'D PREFER TO BE BACK
HOME, BUT WE HAVE A JOB TO DO AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. EVERYTHING IS PRETTY
PEACEFUL OVER HERE RIGHT NOW. WE SEEM TO BE DOING A GOOD JOB. ))
BUTT! BUTT! BUTT!
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:09
((SERGEANT CHRIS BENNETT/VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD: WE ALL MISS OUR FAMILIES.
THAT'S THE HARDEST THING. IT'S REALLY SHOCKING TO GET OVER HERE AND SEE ALL OF
THE DESTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING. WE'RE HOPING IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO REACH A
SETTLEMENT. ))
SUPER=01-Frankie Hudgins/Virginia National Guard; :00
SUPER=01-Chris Bennett/Virginia National Guard; :15
RUNS=:27
OUT Q=a settlement
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The local guards could be stationed in Bosnia for as long as nine months.
(----------------)
E-Thiab
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-7
GRAPHIC=Thiab, Ahmad
Attorneys for at least one of the ten men indicted in a Roanoke
racketeering and arson scheme yesterday renewed their demand for proof of the
government's case against them.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/March 6
An attorney for Rod (AH-bed) Abed said: "the government has made lurid
allegations."
Abed and others are charged with setting eight fires- -one of them with
fatal results.
"And yet when pressed to back up their accusations," says Attorney David
Damico, the government "appears unwilling to produce even minimal proof."
Canadian businessman (Ah-MOD The-ab) Ahmad Thiab says flat out: the
government does NOT have a case against him.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:05:50
IN Q=I'm here
((I'M HERE TO PROVE MY INNOCENCE. I CAME BY MYSELF, AND I'M HERE TO COOPERATE
IN ANY WAY THEY WANT ME TO COOPERATE. AND I HAVE NO KNOW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE
FIRE. MY PARTNER HAS NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FIRE. WE DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT.))
SUPER=07-Ahmad Thiab
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=who did it.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem/April 1994
The government says Thiab and his partner hired the Abeds to set their
restaurant on fire, because it was losing money.
(----------------)
E-Allen-Drugs
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-2
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Starting July first, Virginia courts will start trying drug gang members
together.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Governor George Allen signed bills yesterday ending the right of gang
members to individual trials... 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 19-94.
(/////SOT/////)
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.
(----------------)
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.
(------0----------)
P-L'burg-Shooting
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-12
GRAPHIC=shooting
A six- year- old Lynchburg boy is dead after his five- year- old brother
apparently accidentally shot him.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
It happened at the Greenfield Apartments around 11:30 Sunday morning.
Police say the two boys apparently were playing with a pistol when it went
off, striking the older boy in the upper body.
He died about seven hours later at Lynchburg General Hospital.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 22:13:17
IN Q=It's an unfortunate
((LT. EUGENE WINGFIELD/LYNCHBURG POLICE: IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE TRAGEDY AND ITS A
BAD EXAMPLE OF WHY PEOPLE SHOULD BE SECURING THEIR GUNS. IF THEY NEED TO KEEP
THEM UNLOADED OR IN A LOCK BOX OR WHATEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE JUVENILES AROUND THEY
HAVE TO BE KEPT IN A SECURED AREA WHERE THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.))
SUPER=01-Eugene Wingfield/Lynchburg Police; :00
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=accessible to them.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The names of those involved are not being released.
Police have NOT decided whether to charge the parents for failing to keep
the gun away from the children.
(----------------)
p-Tech-Brawl
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-9
GRAPHIC=tech
Angelo Harrison was the only one of seven Virginia Tech football players
charged with a felony after a campus fight last August.
He was suspended from the team for the season.
Yesterday, Montgomery County circuit judge Ray Grubbs found him NOT guilty.
(----------------)
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.
(/////SOT/////)
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. ))
SUPER=01-Angelo Harrison/Virginia Tech Wide Receiver;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=YES SIR.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The judge ruled the evidence failed to prove Harrison's involvement.
(/////SOT/////)
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.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=HOLD
Under Tech's new athletic department policy, Harrison's acquittal makes him
eligible to return to the football team.
Cartledge
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
George Cartledge Senior, one of the partners in Grand Piano and Furniture
died Sunday night.
He and two partners purchased the Roanoke store in 19-45.
Cartledge was 87.
E-DEQ
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-8
GRAPHIC=NONE
State environmental officials have agreed to let Westvaco drop a river
cleanup project in favor of a better one.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The Department of Environmental Quality released a copy of a consent order
yesterday that would cancel Westvaco's obligation to build a 30 million dollar
discharge cooling system this year.
SUPER=@file
Instead, the company will spend 150 million over the next three to four
years on several pollution control projects.
A representative of a Virginia environmental group gave the agreement
cautious approval.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 13:21:23
IN Q=
((BILL TANGER/FRIENDS OF THE RIVERS OF VIRGINIA; CLEARLY WESTVACO IS NOT AFRAID
TO THROW SOME MONEY AT THE PROBLEM, AND I THINK, ON THE SURFACE ANYWAY, IT'S A
BETTER PROJECT, LONG TERM, THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. ))
SUPER=01-Bill Tanger/Friends Of The Rivers Of Virginia;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=was originally proposed
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The consent order will be sent to the state water control board for approval
next month.
The pollution control project would also pave the way for a possible
expansion of Westvaco's pulp production capacity.
(----------------)
E-Ward-System
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-18
GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Seal
A Roanoke task force is now trying to chart the future of city elections-
Members say they want to hear what residents think about a modified ward
system.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Last night, members of the Northwest Neighborhood Environmental
Organization were briefed on the work of the ward system task force.
The group is studying at least four different plans that would elect some
council members in wards, and others at-large.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=We've talked about the issue
((BILL BESTPITCH/TASK FORCE MEMBER: WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE A LOT AMONG
OURSELVES AS A TASK FORCE, BUT WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF
ROANOKE WILL COME TO ONE OF THE MEETING AND GIVE US THEIR INPUT, SO WE CAN HAVE
THAT BEFORE ANY FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE.))
SUPER=01-Bill Bestpitch/Task Force Member;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=decisions are made.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=none
The task force plans a dozen public meetings in the next six weeks. The
group will present a recommendation to city council in June, with the
expectation that the issue will be put to the city's voters in a November
referendum.
E-Innotech
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-12
GRAPHIC=Innotech
A Roanoke company in the vision care industry is making good on its pledge
to expand.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
A year ago Innotech announced plans to add several hundred more employees.
Yesterday it confirmed that it will double the size of its plant and add 410
workers.
SUPER=@File;
The company was founded about a decade ago.
It makes an eyeglass lens fabrication system.
Innotech currently employs 130 people.
(-------------)
4-Scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=nba
In the N-B-A,
Charlotte's shooters went cold after the first quarter of a 114-to-93 loss
to Utah.
For last night's scores, let's check the boards.
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GO TO SCORES
SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5028;
SUPER=0096-j/Utah/114//Charlotte/93////Milwaukee/117/j/Boston/126///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0096-/Orlando/107/j/Atlanta/112//Overtime//Detroit/82/j/Cleveland/85///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0096-j/Washington/109//San Antonio/85///j/L.A. Laker/113//Denver/94///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0096-j/Phoenix/116//Golden State/95///;
SUPER=x5027;
SUPER=0098-/Michigan St./63/j/Florida St./68//NIT Second Round/j/West
Virginia/76//N.C. State/73//NIT Second Round/;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Oregon/59/j/Tennessee/76//NCAA Midwest
Women//Iowa/53/j/Connecticut/71//NCAA Midwest Women/;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Tulane/67/j/G. Washington/81//NCAA East Women/j/Notre
Dame/86//Texas/83//NCAA East Women/;
RUNS=:49
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oc=...LAST SCORE
by SS