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7Bedford-Ax


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NEWSCAST=Morn
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TAPE#97-12
GRAPHIC=fatal Accident


A Bedford County girl is dead after the car she was traveling in stalled in traffic.
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VO-NAT
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Police say a pick up truck rear ended the car eleven- year- old Allison Brittany Fullen was riding after the car while pulling out onto route 24.
Fullen was pronounced dead at Roanoke Community Hospital.
Police are not releasing any information on the others involved in the crash.
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7E-Monty-Fatal


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=abr
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident


And in Montgomery County,
a teenager died in a single car accident.
Police believe Monica Ruth Stevens of Troutville was speeding on Alleghany Springs Road when she lost control of her car.
The 18- year- old ran off the right side of the road, then overcorrected and veered off the left side of the road.
The car hit a tree and overturned.
Stevens died at the scene.

7E-Danville-Shooting


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=dal
TAPE#97-17
GRAPHIC=none


What's being called by some a revenge shooting, has left a 10 year old boy hospatilized with multiple gun shot wounds.
It happened at about 9-15
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;

Saturday evening.
Police say Reggie Clay Hutchins was shot at his home on Lee Street in Danville.
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SOT 3:55:25
IN Q=THE DOOR BELL

((CAROLYN HUTCHINS/REGGIE'S MOTHER: THE DOOR BELL RANG AND REGGIE OPENED THE DOOR AND WHO EVER IT WAS JUST STARTED SHOOTING. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REALIZED THEY WERE SHOOTING A 10 YEAR OLD.))
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Reggie was shot in the chest and shoulder.
He is in serious but stable condition at Danville Regional Hospital.
His mother believes the shooting was payback for her family's effort to clean up the neighborhood.
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SOT 3:54:35
IN Q=WE DON'T WANT

((WE DON'T WANT DRUG DEALERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SPOKE UP ABOUT IT. NOT DIRECTLY TO THEM BUT THEY'VE SEEN THE POLICE COMING AND GOING. I THINK IT WAS A VENGEANCE TYPE OF THING. THEY WANTED TO GET BACK AT MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF AND REGGIE JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE ONE THAT WAS HURT.))
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SS=shooting


Investigators have not confirmed the motive for the shooting.
An arrest has not been made.

7Car-Gas-Ax


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=accident


Flames as high as Seventy-five feet melted a hotel sign after a car crashed into a Natural Gas Station in Blacksburg yesterday.
Police say 21- year- old Gerald Close lost control of his car on South Main and crashed into the gas station.
Close and his passenger, Virginia Tech student Maria Goldsby suffered multiple injuries and burns.

7E-Goodyear


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#97-18
GRAPHIC=none


The largest tire makers in North America is facing thousands of srticking workers -- Eighteen-hundred of those of in Danville.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;


United Steelworkers members say contract talks with the company have broken off because management is seeking concessions.
In a written statement company officials say they have negotiated in good faith.
They claim the union's position hurts the company's ability to compete in the current marketplace.
Talks between the two sides are set to resume this morning.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=goodyear


Nationally 12-thousand-500 Steelworkers walked off the job.

7E-Gilmore


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=Sta
TAPE#97-16
GRAPHIC=none


Attorney General and Candidate for Governor Jim Gilmore is facing more controversy.
That's the warning from State Democrats.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@FILE


A month ago the republican candidate for governor accepted a 50-thousand dollar donation from televangelist Pat Robertson.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=gilmore


Last August Gilmore refused a Democratic state senator's request to investigate the Christian Coalition -- a group founded by Robertson.
To date, Gilmore has received a total of 100-thousand dollars from the televangelist.



7weather


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Turning now to the forecast as you start the work week--
Cloudy today, with rain developing.
Look for highs in the low to mid 50s.
Meanwhile, occasional rain tonight with lows in the mid 40s.
Continued cloudy tomorrow, with a chance of lingering drizzle.
Highs warmer, in the low 60s.
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7BIRTHDAYS! 4/22/97

SUPER=130-8/Rashad Scott/Lynchburg;



SUPER=130-60/Hilda Ferris/Copper Hill;



(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-1st/Joey & Debbie Carr/Salem;



SUPER=130-77/Raleigh Overstreet/Moneta;



SUPER=130-3/Laci Smith/Buena Vista;



SUPER=130-12/Kelly Vest/Christiansburg;



SUPER=130-9/Corey Hodges/Galax;



SUPER=130-/Rose Matherly/Penhook;



SUPER=130-7/Justin Webb/Blacksburg;


No Pictures:

SUPER=130-90/Ruby Altizer Roberts/Christiansburg; (Poet Emeritus-1993)



SUPER=130-55/Jesse Nichols/Henry;



SUPER=130-/Thelma Yost/Pearisburg;



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55E-Monty-Fatal


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=abr
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident


Montgomery County police suspect speed is to blame for a fatal single vehicle accident.
Authorities believe 18 year old Monica Ruth Stevens of Troutville was speeding on Alleghany Springs Road when she lost control of her car.
Stevens ran off the right side of the road, then overcorrected and veered off the left side of the road.
The car hit a tree and overturned.
Stevens died at the scene.

55E-Goodyear


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#97-18
GRAPHIC=Goodyear


Contract negotiations resume this morning in Cincinnati between Goodyear and a union representing striking employees in seven states.
The walkout against the tiremaker includes some eighteen hundred workers from Danville.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;


The strike began over the weekend after Goodyear's congract with the United Steelworkers union expired.
Contract issues include wages and benefits.
The union also is concerned about job security and outsourcing of work to other companies.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold


Nationally 12-thousand-500 Steelworkers walked off the job.
Goodyear is the largest tire maker in North America.

55E-Job-Fair


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#97-11
GRAPHIC=none


With summer just around the corner, some area high school students are already checking out the job market.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


Some 300 high school seniors came out with resumes in hand to the annual Roanoke Area Job Opportunities Convention.
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SOT 10:29:15
IN Q=I am impressed

((KRISTI WEISE/LORD BOTETOURT SENIOR: I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE COUNTY OF ROANOKE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION-- CHILDREN THAT I LIKE TO WORK WITH, AND IT'S A SUMMER JOB THAT I'M LOOKING FOR SO, THEY HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO ME. ))
SUPER=01-Kristi Weise/Lord Botetourt Senior;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=available to me
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VO-NAT


Michael Andrews left the fair with a job waiting for him after graduation at Precision Fabrics.
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SOT 10:17:40
IN Q=I was expecting

((MICHAEL ANDREWS/PATRICK HENRY SENIOR: I WAS EXPECTING TO GET INTERVIEWED, BUT I REALLY WASN'T EXPECTING TO GET HIRED.))
SUPER=01-Michael Andrews/Patrick Henry Senior;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=to get hired
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VO-NAT


Nearly 60 area businesses set up shop at the fair.
Representatives say they've been impressed with the students.
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SOT 10:40:57
IN Q=WE look for absolutely

((BERT THOMPSON/CONNEX PIPE SYSTEMS: WE LOOK FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HERE-- ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. THE KIDS ARE PREPARED. THEY'RE READY AND WE'RE READY. I'M VERY IMPRESSED.))
SUPER=01-Bert Thompson/Connex Pipe Systems;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=very impressed
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VO-NAT


The school systems taking part in the event included Roanoke, Salem, as well as the counties of Roanoke, Botetourt, and Craig.
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Let's now take a look at the Monday forecast--
Skies will be cloudy today, with rain on the way.
Highs in the low to mid 50s.
Occasional showers will linger into tonight.
Expect overnight lows in the mid 40s.
Cloudy tomorrow, with a chance of more drizzle.
Highs reaching the low 60s.
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8Bedford-Ax


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=lba
TAPE#97-12
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident


A car accident claimed the life of an 11- year- old Bedford county girl.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.;


Police say a pick up truck rear ended the car Allison Brittany Fullen was riding in, while the car was pulling out onto route 24.
Fullen was pronounced dead at Roanoke Community Hospital.
Police are not releasing any information on the others involved in the crash.
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8E-Monty-Fatal


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=abr
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident


A Troutville woman died in a car crash over the weekend in Montgomery county.
Authorities believe 18- year- old Monica Ruth Stevens was speeding on Alleghany Springs Road, when she apparently lost control of her car.
Stevens ran off the right side of the road, over- corrected, and then veered off the left side of the road.
Her car then struck a tree and overturned.


8E-Danville-Shooting


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=dal
TAPE#97-17
GRAPHIC=shooting


Revenge for trying to clean up a neighborhood--
That's what some people are saying is the motive for the shooting of a 10- year- old Danville boy.
It happened around 9 -15
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;

Saturday evening.
Police say Reggie Clay Hutchins was shot at his home on Lee Street in Danville.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:55:25
IN Q=THE DOOR BELL

((CAROLYN HUTCHINS/REGGIE'S MOTHER: THE DOOR BELL RANG AND REGGIE OPENED THE DOOR AND WHO EVER IT WAS JUST STARTED SHOOTING. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REALIZED THEY WERE SHOOTING A 10 YEAR OLD.))
SUPER=01-Carolyn Hutchins/Reggie's Mother;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=A 10 YEAR OLD
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VO-NAT


Reggie was shot in the chest and shoulder.
He is in serious but stable condition at Danville Regional Hospital.
His mother believes the shooting was payback for her family's effort to clean up the neighborhood.
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SOT 3:54:35
IN Q=WE DON'T WANT

((WE DON'T WANT DRUG DEALERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SPOKE UP ABOUT IT. NOT DIRECTLY TO THEM BUT THEY'VE SEEN THE POLICE COMING AND GOING. I THINK IT WAS A VENGEANCE TYPE OF THING. THEY WANTED TO GET BACK AT MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF AND REGGIE JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE ONE THAT WAS HURT.))
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OUT Q=THAT WAS HURT
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=shooting


Investigators have not confirmed the motive for the shooting.
An arrest has not been made.

8E-Goodyear


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=dal
TAPE#97-18
GRAPHIC=Goodyear


It's back to the bargaining table this morning for Goodyear and the United Steelworkers of America.
Around 18- hundred Danville workers are among those nationwide on strike against the tiremaker.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;


The strike began over the weekend after Goodyear's congract with the United Steelworkers union expired.
Contract issues include wages and benefits.
The union also is concerned about job security and outsourcing of work to other companies.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold


Nationally 12-thousand-500 Steelworkers walked off the job.
Goodyear is the largest tire maker in North America.

8E-Job-Fair


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morning
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#97-11
GRAPHIC=None


Many local high school seniors are getting a jump- start to finding jobs for the summer.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


Some 300 high school seniors came out with resumes in hand to the annual Roanoke Area Job Opportunities Convention.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:29:15
IN Q=I am impressed

((KRISTI WEISE/LORD BOTETOURT SENIOR: I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE COUNTY OF ROANOKE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION-- CHILDREN THAT I LIKE TO WORK WITH, AND IT'S A SUMMER JOB THAT I'M LOOKING FOR SO, THEY HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO ME. ))
SUPER=01-Kristi Weise/Lord Botetourt Senior;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=available to me
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VO-NAT


Michael Andrews left the fair with a job waiting for him after graduation at Precision Fabrics.
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SOT 10:17:40
IN Q=I was expecting

((MICHAEL ANDREWS/PATRICK HENRY SENIOR: I WAS EXPECTING TO GET INTERVIEWED, BUT I REALLY WASN'T EXPECTING TO GET HIRED.))
SUPER=01-Michael Andrews/Patrick Henry Senior;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=to get hired
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VO-NAT


Nearly 60 area businesses set up shop at the fair.
Representatives say they've been impressed with the students.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:40:57
IN Q=WE look for absolutely

((BERT THOMPSON/CONNEX PIPE SYSTEMS: WE LOOK FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HERE-- ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. THE KIDS ARE PREPARED. THEY'RE READY AND WE'RE READY. I'M VERY IMPRESSED.))
SUPER=01-Bert Thompson/Connex Pipe Systems;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=very impressed
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VO-NAT


The school systems taking part in the event included Roanoke, Salem, as well as the counties of Roanoke, Botetourt, and Craig.
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8weather


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Shifting gears to weather--
Cloudy skies will produce some showers today.
Highs will be rather cool, in the low to mid 50s.
Occasional rain tonight, with lows in the mid 40s.
And more clouds tomorrow, along with the chance of drizzle.
Warmer high temperatures in the low 60s.
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