WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 06/06/97

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Westvaco will re-invest more than 100- million dollars in its Covington plant.
Details on that top News 7 at SIX in just a moment.
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VO-NAT

And a newly- forged Franco- American friendship emerges from efforts to recognize D-Day soldiers of Company "A.
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Sports-head

ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=none

In sports, early highlights from the Rustburg/Tunstall softball state semi final, plus we will have qualifying results from Long Pond,
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and are the Detroit Red Wings "On Golden Pond with a 3 game lead on the Flyers?
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WX-Head
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Your weekend forecast is not a washout but it will be chilly with some light rain. Details coming up.

Westvaco

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#-97-34
GRAPHIC=Westvaco

Talk about staggering figures.
In the past decade Westvaco has invested a BILLION- dollars in its Alleghany Highlands' facilities.
Today the region's largest employer followed up with another big cash commitment.
Len Besthoff has the story.
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(( Sorry, no new jobs coming from this announcement.
But Westvaco is dropping some big bucks into its Covington operation, to the tune of 117- million- dollars...Governor Allen calls it a big vote of confidence for the company's employees.
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((Westvaco's Covington facility, which makes paperboard products for a variety of consumer uses, is about to drop 47- million- dollars into the expansion of its woodyard. It's also spending 70- million- dollars on a new lime kiln that basically recovers chemicals during the plant's paper making process.))
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((JOHN LUKE JR./WESTVACO CEO: WITH THIS INVESTMENT WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO IMPROVE BOTH THE QUALITY AND THE COST EFFICIENCY OF THE OUTPUT OF THIS PAPER MILL, AND THATT WILL ENHANCE THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS OF THIS WORLD CLASS FACILITY.))
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What's interesting is Westvaco is making this multi- million- dollar investment even though its earnings for the first half of its fiscal year are down 35- percent.
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((LUKE: IT IS OUR VIEW THAT WITH STRENGTHENING IN WORLD MARKETS THAT WE'RE NOW IN A POSITION TO SERVE THAT, WE WILL POISED FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE BETTER FINANCIAL RESULTS IN THE FUTURE.))
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Westvaco's 2000- plus employees will see these improvements in place soon.
They are scheduled to be completed by the end of next year.
Len Besthoff, News-7.
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This investment will bring a half- million- dollars of additional tax money to Covington.
Westvaco already pays more than seven- million- dollars in taxes in the Alleghany Highlands.

Primary-Day

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#=97-31
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97

Voters across Virginia will be heading to the polls on Tuesday.
And in Roanoke, two primaries may create a dilemma for some.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Nov. 1996;

Republicans statewide are choosing among the G-O-P candidates for Attorney General.
Roanoke City Democrats are nominating a candidate for Commissioner of Revenue.
Voters can only participate in one party's primary.
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((LOUELLA THAXTON/ROANOKE CITY REGISTRAR: THE MACHINES ARE GOING TO BE SET UP DIFFERENTLY. IF YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, THAT REPUBLICAN MACHINE WILL BE SET UP BY ITSELF. IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE THAT MACHINE WILL BE SET UP BY ITSELF.))
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Campaign 97

Roanoke Registrar Louella Thaxton has already received complaints from residents who wanted to participate in both primaries.
Thaxton says she hopes city voters will have patience and understanding when they head to the polls on Tuesday.

Gilmore-Tax

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#-97-25
GRAPHIC=Personal Prop Tax

A billion dollar tax break on cars could drive Jim Gilmore right into the Governor's office in November.
But some low tax localities are starting to question the fairness of what Gilmore is calling a "good times dividend."
Ellen Qualls reports.
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(( It must be every politician's dream.
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((JIM GILMORE/R-CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: WE WILL ABOLISH THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ON PERSONAL CARS AND TRUCKS HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.))
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That may be hundreds of dollars per lucky car owner.
And it comes back to local governments dollar for dollar.
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((JIM GILMORE/R-CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: THIS ENDING OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX IS A DIVIDEND... IS A DIVIDEND FROM OUR GROWING ECONOMY THAT WE ARE NOW ENJOYING THE BENEFIT OF.))
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But before voters buy into the this deal, some rural Democrats want them to think.
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((L.F. PAYNE/D-CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR: WHEN THE MONIES ARE REPLACED AND YOU'RE TAKING MONIES THAT ...MIGHT HAVE.))
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In Carroll County, the tax rate is a dollar-30 per 100 dollars of assessed value.
In Arlington, it's four dollars and 40 cents per 100.

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((JIM GILMORE/R-CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: THEY'VE ALREADY SET THEIR OWN TAX RATES WITH THEIR CITIZENS UNDER THEIR OWN POLITICAL SYSTEMS THAT THEY'VE GOT WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTIES, WITHIN THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT, THEY'VE ALREADY SET THEIR OWN TAX RATES. SO ALL WE'RE REALLY DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HOLD THE TAXPAYER HARMLESS FROM THIS ONEROUS TAX.))
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Just for the record, Democrat Don Beyer didn't worry about the low tax localities either.
He said he wished he could propose Gilmore's tax cut too.
He just thinks Virginia can't afford it.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

Roanoke-Fire

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jsu
TAPE#=97-27
GRAPHIC=Fire

Fire officials say a wiring malfunction is to blame for a fire in Northeast Roanoke today that left a family homeless.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

A SHORT in an electrical wire in the dining room sparked the fire..and HIGHLY combustible wood paneling on the walls caused it to spread quickly.
By the time fire fighters arrived at about three this morning, the house was engulfed in flames.
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VO-NAT

Homeowner Chuck Booth says smoke alerted him to the fire.
He woke up his wife and five children, took them to a relative's house across the street and called 9-1-1.
No one was injured but the family watched their home go up in flames.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Fire

Fire Officials say the family was only MINUTES from losing their lives.

Tech-Visitors

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech VPI

Governor Allen has filled two seats on the Virginia Tech board of visitors.
The new members are Roanoke County attorney John Rocovich, Jr., and Arlington County businesswoman Susan Bari.
Rocovich is president-elect of the Tech alumni association and former president of the Virginia Tech Foundation.
Bari runs a company that provides counseling to nonprofit organizations.
They succeed Henry Dekker and Sue Ellen Rocovich, whose four-year terms have expired.

Federal-Mogul

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#-97-33
GRAPHIC=Environmental Health

Federal Mogul and state officials are trying to determine how many homes may be affected by a chemical degreaser that's seeped into the ground.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;

The degreaser has been detected in a well at A-and-T Mobile Home Park, as well as a nearby spring that feeds into Wilson Creek.
The chemical, known as Trichloroethylene (Try-cloro-eth-lean), or T-C-E, is used at Federal Mogul to degrease engine bearings.
The chemical apparently seeped into the ground at a private waste water treatment plant on the site-- that's now closed.
State environmental officials say the company could spend several million dollars removing the chemical from the groundwater.
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Still to come on News 7 at Six, local officials hear from an expert on how criminals think.
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And, a foreign official gets a hometown welcome from veterans in the area, many of whom fought to free his country.
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Bedford-D-Day

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#=97-21
GRAPHIC=D-Day Memorial

The 53rd anniversary of D-Day marks the official beginning of a "sister city" relationship between Bedford and Vierville-sur-Mer, France.
Though officials from both cities will tell you the sisterhood actually began when allied troops liberated the village in 1944.
A delegation from France has been visiting the Bedford area all week.
Denise Allen reports.
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Roy Stevens lost his twin brother when troops stormed Omaha Beach.
He says everyday he thinks about his brother and the other men that died that day.
Stevens says the time for a National D-Day monument is long over due.
And he hopes he's still alive to see the completion of Bedford monument in 1999.
Officials say the National Monument will pay tribute to the sacrifices soldiers made for freedom.
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((MIKE SHELTON/BEDFORD MAYOR: THE BEDFORD BOYS WERE THE FIRST ON THE BEACH AND 53 YEARS LATER IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN IN EITHER COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW SO WELL WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY.))
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And that's exactly what officials hope the National D-Day Monument will do.
At the site of the monument sand from Omaha Beach was mixed with Bedford soil in a dedication ceremony to symbolize the bond that soldiers like Roy Stevens built when Allied troops invaded Normandy.
Denise Allen News 7.))
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ANchor=Keith
SS=D-Day Memorial

So far the National D-Day Memorial Foundation has raised 2 and a half million dollars of the eight million needed to build the memorial.
Officials say they will break ground on the monument later this year.

Patrick-Henry

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-24
GRAPHIC=none

The Martinsville- Henry County area will soon have another big tool to help attract more businesses to the region.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.;

Patrick Henry Community College held an indoor groundbreaking today for its new J- Burness (BURR-niss) Frith Economic Development Center.
The center will provide people with the advanced business training and education needed so they can go to work for local employers.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=none

The Frith family donated one- point- five- million- dollars to build the center.
The gift represents one of the largest contributions ever received by a community college in Virginia.

Violent-Crime

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jsu
TAPE#=97-29
GRAPHIC=none

An F-B-I Agent was in Salem today revealing the techniques of a special unit which investigates violent crimes.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;

Special Agent Eugene Rugala met with area health workers, lawyers and police at the Lewis-Gale Medical Center.
Rugala discussed the role of the Profiling Behavioral Assessment Unit in helping with investigations.
His unit focuses on criminal profiling and understanding the criminal mind.
Rugala says that today more offenders are younger and more crimes are committed at the work place.
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((EUGENE RUGALA/FBI SPECIAL AGENT: WE GO OUT TO THE PRISONS..WE'LL TALK TO THESE OFFENDERS WHO COMMIT THESE CRIMES IN AN EFFORT TO MAYBE TAKE A WALK IN THEIR SHOES. ))
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=none

The F-B-I's Profiling Behavioral Assessment Unit also investigates violent crimes, such as rape, murder and terrorism.

Stocks

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE

The stock market blasted off to record territory today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 130 points for a record close. TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
The Dow closed UP 134.78 at 7440.07.
The Nasdaq climbed nearly 15 points closing at 1404.84.
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Claytor-Lake

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#=97-28
GRAPHIC=none

A group of volunteers is making a difference at Claytor Lake State Park.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;

The "Bell Atlantic Telephone Pioneers of America" spearheaded a campaign to build a fishing pier and trail for the elderly and handicapped.
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((DORIS OLIVER/VOLUNTEER:WE'RE SO THRILLED AND I HAVE AN EXPRESSION I'M PUMPED TODAY, I'M REALLY PUMPED, TODAY, THAT WE'VE BROUGHT THIS TO A REALITY AND IT'S NOW, IT'S FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. LEE OLIVER: A LOT OF OUR OLDER FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY NOW WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, FOLKS THAT HAVE GOTTEN ON UP IN THEIR YEARS, ALSO OTHERS, IN ADDITION TO FOLKS, LIKE MYSELF, WHO ARE YOUNGER THAT USE A WHEELCHAIR FOR MOBILITY. ))
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The group not only raised the money needed but also found volunteers to do the work.
The park's manager says the pier would NOT have been possible without their hard work and dedication.
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Habitat

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#=97-23
GRAPHIC=Habitat Humanity

Volunteer labor is also producing constructive change here in Roanoke, where Habitat for Humanity continues to fill the need for affordable housing.
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Employees of Moore's Lumber and Building Supplies, and other volunteers are hard at work on Chapman Avenue.
That's where one of the latest Habitat homes is going up.
And the group has plans for several more in 1997.
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((AMY MOORE/HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THREE HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE JUST DEDICATED OUR 64TH HOUSE LAST WEEK AND THIS FALL WE HOPE TO PUT UP EIGHT AT THE SAME TIME, TO MAKE A TOTAL OF TWELVE THIS YEAR.))
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Habitat Humanity

A fundraiser tonight at Salem Municipal Stadium will wrap up a week of activities recognizing Habitat for Humanity.

Sports tease

ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none

Who won the pole for the Pocono 500 today; we will give you the rundown, also; highlights from the Rustburg/Tunstall state softball semifinal to come,
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VO-NAT

and The Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan flew into Utah today to prepare for game 3 of the NBA finals.
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S-Qualify

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=Pocono

Winston Cup drivers are in Long Pond Pennsylvania qualifying for this Sunday's Pocono 500. Bobby Hamilton captured the pole with a speed of 168.089 miles per hour. Now lets take a look at the top 25.
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SS-Hold Pocono
Michael Waltrip was 29th fastest, sterling marlin, Kenny Schader, Kyle Petty and Ted Musgrave also missed the top 25.

S-Rustburg

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-11
GRAPHIC=VHSL

State semifinal baseball and softball action hits respective diamonds tonight. Let's start in Rustburg for the Group 2A state softball semis. Lady Red Devils against Tunstall
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SUPER=03-Rustburg/Trojans vs. Red Devils; :00

Lady trojan head coach Roger Cook was giving his team last minute instructions before this one got underway.
The Lady Red Devils would get on the scoreboard first. Christy Davidson hits a line drive to the fence in right center field; she rounds the bases for an inside the park homerun and Rustburg was out in front 1 to nothing in the bottom of the first.
Tunstall comes back in the top of the third. Brynn Hews smacks a grounder to third; the throw goes over the first baseman's head and Melissa Dixon scores tot tie the game at 1 to 1.
The Lady Trojans took the lead in the fourth. Rustburg pitcher Lindsey Torrence throws a wild pitch and Jerry hews come home from third. 2-1 Tunstall. We will have the final score at 10 and 11.
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S-Byrd

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-5
GRAPHIC=VHSL

William Byrd is under an hour away from it's Group A state semifinal baseball game against Chatham.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Vinton/State Quarterfinals; :00

The Terriers beat Chattham 6-5 for the Regional crown and will go with ace pitcher Chris Manning tonight on Byrd's home diamond in Vinton. Both team know each other well.
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S-State

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
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GO TO CHYRON - STEVE TALKS OVER
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Here is a list of the other state semifinal games. Glenvar is in Castlewood for the Group A semis. That game started at 6pm.
As we said; in baseball; Chatham and Byrd meet in Vinton at seven, and Grayson Co. hosts J.J. Kelly, also at seven o'clock tonight. We will have the highlights later on this evening.
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S-Wings

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-8
GRAPHIC=Stanley cup

The Detroit Red Wings are just one win away from tthe city's first Stanley Cup championship since 1955.
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VO-NAT(CON'T)
SUPER=03-Detroit MI/ESPN;

Last night; Detroit beat Philadelphia 6-1 in game 3 and now has a 3 games to none lead in the series. So are the Red Wings thinking about their first cup in 42 years?
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((SCOTTY BOWMAN/DETROIT HEAD COACH:))
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S-Bulls

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-7
GRAPHIC=NBA finals

Finally; the Chicago Bulls are up 2 ggames to none over the Utah Jazz in the NBA finals.
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SUPER=03-Salt Lake City, UT; :00

The defending world champions have a rrived in Uath for game three. Michael Jordan and his teammates are chasing their sixth NBA title in seven years. The Bulls will platy the next three in Salt lake City.
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