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7E-Shooters-44
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-14
GRAPHIC=NONE
A new business in Roanoke is under scrutiny.
The police are calling it prostitution , but the managment maintains its
only modeling.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke
Management says that's the extent of business at Shooters-44.
A glimpse inside yesterday afternoon, revealed catalogues of lingerie and
loosely-clothed women behind the counter.
Though one man was arrested for pandering Thursday night, he says news
stories over the weekend have not hurt.
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SOT 12:19:30
IN Q=Actually
((ACTUALLY, IT'S A LOT BETTER. FREE PUBLICITY. YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=can't beat that.
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VO-NAT
On a return trip to Shooters-44, a man blocked the main entrance, refusing
to let us in again.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
Company president Charles McNeff says it's strictly lingerie with live
models, no drugs, no alcohol, no touching.
7E-Lake-Issues
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-23
GRAPHIC=Smith Mt Lake
With all of its beauty, Smith Mountian Lake does have its share of problems.
some citizens say one of the biggest problems is that three counties share
and make decisions on the lake.
They say it's time for Bedford, Pittsylvania, and Franklin County officials
to work together.
Andrew Freiden has the story.
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IN Q=
SUPER=03-Smith Mountain Lake/File Tape; :00
SUPER=01-Wayne Angell/Franklin Co. Chairman; :07
SUPER=01-Ron Willard/Developer; :44
SUPER=@Andrew2; 1:10
RUNS=1:17
OUT Q=NEWS7, Bedford county.
(( Smith Mountain lake is just 31 years old, but it's already experiencing
some growing pains.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 20:48:48
((WAYNE ANGELL: WE'RE STILL IN THE WHAT IF STAGES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THE COUNTIES COLLABORATE FOR ITS FUTURE..))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=
The committee wants to make sure the LAKE WATER stays clear.
They say keeping silt out of lake during construction is of paramount
importance.
Utilities are another concern. The lake region has no central water supply.
A suggestion offered early and often was the creation of a "LAKE REGION"
that would have uniform laws and codes.
Currently the lake falls under the jurisdiction of three different counties.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 20:43:57
((RON WILLARD/DEVELOPER:GET THE 3 COUNTY ....PARTNERSHIP.))
RUNS=:15
BUTT/BUTT/BUTT
SOT 19:47:07
IN Q=
((WAYNE ANGELL: A LONG, AND TEDIOUS... THAT WILL REQUIRE...3 COUNTIES.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=
The committees will finalize the proposal, and submit it to surrounding
counties in a few months.
Andrew Freiden, News7, BCounty.))
7E-City-Budget
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-13
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Seal
A cut in the Roanoke real estate tax rate could ending up hiking the tax for
for cellular phone service.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Yesterday, City Manager Bob Herbert presented a 161-million dollar spending
plan.
The proposed budget maintains services, gives city employees a modest raise,
and funds the local share of the school budget.
It would also reduce the real estate tax rate by a penny.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Some of us sitting here
((CARROLL SWAIN/ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL: SOME OF US SITTING HERE ACTUALLY WANT
MORE. I FOR ONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TWO CENT REDUCTION.))
((NELSON HARRIS/ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL: THERE MAY BE SOME SENTIMENT AS A MATTER
OF POLICY FOR THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FROM THE PROPERTY TAX TO MORE OF A CONSUMER
TAX SITUATION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS A BREAK, BUT AGAIN COUNCIL HAS NOT
DECIDED THAT.))
SUPER=01-Carroll Swain/Roanoke City Council; :00
SUPER=01-Nelson Harris/Roanoke City Council; :07
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=has not decided that.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Council could replace real estate tax revenue with a new tax on cellular
phone service.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none
The city will hold a public hearing on the budget May 5th.
7weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Time now to check the Tuesday outlook--
Mostly cloudy skies today, with highs in the mid to upper 50s.
More clouds tonight, along with the likelihood of showers after midnight.
Lows in the mid 40s.
Cloudy tomorrow, with periods of rain.
Highs in the mid 50s.
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7BIRTHDAYS! 4/23/97
SUPER=130-66/Josephine Wallace/Low Moor;
SUPER=130-23/Stacey Pickeral/Penhook;
SUPER=130-7/Joey Stevers/Pearisburg;
SUPER=130-7/Amanda Meadows/Pembroke;
SUPER=130-3/Kendell Hill/Roanoke;
SUPER=130-9/Zachary Jenkins/Rocky Mount;
SUPER=130-25/Kenny Thurman/Rocky Mount;
SUPER=130-7/Tony Satterfield/Gretna;
SUPER=130-/Michella Smith/Eden NC;
SUPER=130-30/Melissa Broome/Christiansburg;
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55E-Cross
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#97-12
GRAPHIC=none
A disagreement between Rocky Mount and Franklin County over water and sewer
is not only hurting new business but may have cost the region its Economic
Development Director.
Greg Cross... who spent just three- and a half months on the job has
resigned.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;
Early yesterday, Cross agreed to speak with News-7 to talk about why he's
leaving.
But after meeting with county officials he declined to comment to the media.
The head of the Economic Development Commission believes Cross was
frustrated by the fact the Town and the County have been unable to resolve
their differences.
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SOT 23:28:57
IN Q=We've just run
((WALTER HUGHES/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: WE'VE JUST RUN UP AGAINST A
BRICK WALL RIGHT NOW. UNTIL THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY CAN GET TOGETHER AND WORK
OUT SOME OF THEIR PROBLEMS... WE'RE GOING TO BE STUCK IN THE MUD FOR A WHILE.
))
SUPER=01-Walter Hughes/Economic Development Commission;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=for a while
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
The County Board of Supervisors and Town Council will meet next week to talk
about the problem.
55E-Gibson
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#97-22
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A Richmond man has entered a no contest plea for first degree murder rather
than face trial.
Eddie Gibson, was one of three men charged with killing Elmer Eugene Fisher
last September in Pulaski County.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski Co./September 26
Police found Fisher's body on the banks of the New River.
Authorities say Gibson drove the victim and two other men to that spot and
then killed Fisher.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=NONE
Gibson had also been facing a robbery charge, but that was dismissed.
He'll be sentenced at a later date.
55E-Kroger-Robbery
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#97-20
GRAPHIC=bomb threat
Two Tenesse brothers face attempted armed robbery charges in connection with
a bomb threat a Roanoke Kroger store.
50- year- old Donnie Davis and his 54- year- old brother Leo were picked up
Friday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Friday
On that same day the store manager at the Hollins Kroger reported a man came
into his store, demanded money and said he had a homemade bomb.
The manager told the man to wait while he got some cash, he then snuck out
of the store and called police.
The man drove off in a car that matched the one the Davis brothers were
driving that night.
A state trooper in Smyth County spotted the car and apprehended the
brothers.
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55weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning your attention now to the damp weather--
Mostly cloudy skies today, with high temperatures in the mid to upper 50s.
Continued cloudy tonight, with showers likely after midnight.
Lows in the mid 40s.
Periods of rain tomorrow, with highs in the mid 50s.
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8P-Shooters-44
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#597-20
GRAPHIC=None
The owner of Shooters- 44 says he runs a legitimate lingerie business, NOT
a front for a prostitution ring. (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke
He says customers pay to see models wearing lingerie.
Police arrested one man working at the club last week, after he allegedly
arranged a sex for money deal for two undercover detectives.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None
But Shooters 44 president Charles McNeff says nothing illegal is going on
at his club-- no drugs, no alcohol, and no touching the models.
It started out as an escort business, he says, but he's had to shut down
that part.
McNeff says the live lingerie modeling will continue.
8P-City-Budget
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#597-11
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Seal
The good news is Roanoke city residents may get to pay lower real estate
taxes.
The NOT- so- good news is that they may have to shell out more money in
other areas.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
City manager Bob Herbert yesterday presented a 161- million dollar spending
plan to council.
That represents a five and half percent increase over the current budget.
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SOT
IN Q=Mayor, council I think
((BOB HERBERT/ROANOKE CITY MANAGER: MAYOR, COUNCIL I THINK THIS IS A GOOD
BUDGET FOR THE PEOPLE OF ROANOKE. IT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN SERVICES. IT MAKES
IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT MOVES US FORWARD IN A PROGRESSIVE
MANNER.))
SUPER=@Herbert;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=progressive manner.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=HOLD
The budget calls for a one- cent reduction in the real estate tax rate, but
it also includes a monthly increase of 46 cents in the E-9-1-1 surcharge on
phone bills, and the possibility of a new tax on cellular phone service.
8P-Cuba-Doctor
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-15
GRAPHIC=None
Eleven years ago, Russia's Chernobyl disaster caused thousands of young
victims to suffer radiation- related illnesses.
Even now, medical help is still needed.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00
Victims are getting it, thanks to a Lynchburg- based organization called
Life Outreach.
SUPER=04-Home Video; :05
Earlier this month, Life Outreach organized a first-of-its-kind shipment of
medical supplies to Cuba, where many Russian children have been sent for
treatment.
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SOT 2:41:52
IN Q=These children
((GEORGE JONES/LIFE OUTREACH INC.: THESE CHILDREN ARE GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT
THAT THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE GET IN UKRAINE, BELORUSSIA OR RUSSIA PROPER, BUT
STILL THEY DON'T HAVE SIMPLE THINGS LIKE ASPIRIN, TYLENOL, IBUPROFEN, UPPER
RESPIRATORY ANTIBIOTICS AND EVEN ANTACIDS.))
SUPER=01-George Jones/Life Outreach, Inc.; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=and even antacids.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Jones and his group are still looking for donations of medicine and
equipment for their next trip to Cuba in June.
(----------------)
8Internet-Goodlatte
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=Internet
Congressman Bob Goodlatte hopes to use federal legislation to clean up the
Internet.
Goodlatte's goal is to make cyberspace safe for kids and commerce. The
Republican serves on the House panel that handles computer issues.
He played the pivotal role in creating the controversial "decency" standard
for Internet material.
The U-S Supreme Court will rule on the standard later this year.
8E-Marilyn-Manson
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-21
GRAPHIC=NONE
The show WILL go on for shock rock band Marilyn Manson--
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Richmond city officials met with attorneys yesterday and decided to let the
band play at the city-owned Coliseum.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 04:46:52
IN Q=We've come
((WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE CAN'T STOP THE CONCERT CONSTITUTIONALLY.
SO WE'LL ALLOW THE MARILYN MANSON CONCERT TO BE ON SCHEDULE MAY 10TH, BUT
WE'LL ALSO WATCH THE CONCERT. AND IF THERE ARE ANY LAWS, ANY ORDINANCES
BROKEN, THEN THEY WILL BE CHARGED.))
SUPER=01-Larry Chavis/Richmond Mayor;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=they will be charged
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
Marilyn Manson is a self-avowed Satan worshiper, whose band is known for
vulgar lyrics and a sensational act.
Richmond city council last week cancelled the concert -- then was told it
was violating the first amendment.
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8weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Let's take a look at the wet forecast--
Mostly cloudy today, with more rain on the way late tonight.
Expect highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Lows tonight will be in the mid 40s.
Clouds tomorrow, with continued showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
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