WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 06/07/97

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News-head

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Coming up next on News 7 at 11. New York police charge a teenager with killing the son of Time Warner's CEO.
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VO-NAT

Were a city engineer's warnings about a California water slide ignored by builders?
And a female Citadel Cadet says students at the military school were obsessed with nazis and the Ku Klux Klan
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News 7 at 11 is next.

Levine-Folo

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Good Evening, I'm Eric Earnhart.
Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of the son of Time Warner's chief executive.
Jonathan Levin was a popular school teacher. He was killed earlier this week...his ATM card stolen from his wallet.
Today police arrested one of his former students.
19-year-old Corey Arthur is charged with first degree murder.
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((RUDOLPH GIULIANI/NEW YORK MAYOR; NOTHING CAN EVER EASE THE TREMENDOUS PAIN THAT THIS VERY GOOD FAMILY IS SUFFERING, BUT THE EXCELLENT AND QUICK WORK OF THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARY THE DETECTIVES OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT LEAST BEGINS TO BRING SOME RESOLUTION TO THIS HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.))
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Police have also arrested an alleged accomplice, Montoun Hart, and charged him with second degree murder.
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TWA-folo

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Investigators are closer to ruling out a missile as the cause of the TWA flight 800 crash.
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They say witnesses who saw streaks of light in the sky were actually seeing flaming jet fuel after the front section of the plane fell into the sea.
They believe the rest of the plane continued to climb, trailing a stream of burning fuel from a ruptured tank.
Investigators say they are still no closer to discovering what actually did cause the plane to explode.
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Water-Slide

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there is an anchor tag!
Some new questions about the fatal collapse of a California waterslide earier this week.
The slide was apparently built in spite of concerns raised by a city engineer.
Reporter Len Ramirez has details.
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Meanwhile in Napa, California today friends and family remembered a high school senior who died in the accident.
About 800 people showed up at a memorial service for 17-year-old Quimby Ghilotti.

Nickens

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Long time Roanoke County supervisor Harry Nickens received overwhelming support at today's Democratic party mass meeting.
Nearly 400 people showed up at William Byrd High School to decide who would represent the party on the ticket for the Vinton seat.
David Chopski was challenging the 15 year incumbent for the nomination.
Nickens says he was humbled by the amount of support he received today.

MDA-Poker

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Thunder rumbled through the Roanoke Valley this morning.
No it wasn't mother nature, it was the eighth annual M-D-A Poker Run.
The Roanoke Valley Chapter of the Harley Davidson Owners Group sponsors the event each year.
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About 300 bikers came out to raise money to help fund Muscular Dystrophy research.
The poker run starts in Roanoke.
The 68 mile journey takes the bikers through Roanoke and Botetourt Counties before ending in Salem.
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Today's poker run will raise between 10 and 15-thousand dollars for M-D-A.
The HOGs do several fundraisers a year for various charities, but they say this is their biggest.
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60-Minutes-Piece

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***NOTE- ANCHOR TAG- ***
Coming up tomorrow night on 60 Minutes, Ed Bradley focuses on issues of hate at the Citadel.
Recently hazing and harassment have been the controversial topics at the South Carolina Military school.
But what about honoring the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazi Regime?
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It is being reported Jeanie Mentavlos, the female cadet who left the Citadel because of alleged hazing and harassment, says she believed cadets were obsessed with the Ku Klux Klan, Nazis and serial killers.
The former cadet's lawyer says Mentavlos was starved for two weeks because she couldn't answer a question about an extreme faction of the Klan.
He also says one upperclassman was well known on campus for glorifying Nazi symbols.
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Still to come on News 7 at Eleven,
For those of you who use Microsoft to surf the net, the company says the service may be soon be wiped out.
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VO-NAT

And, bikers from the area rev-up their engines to help a local charity. Now, let's check in with Andrew in the Weather Center.
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WebWatch

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Getting access to the internet through Microsoft may soon be harder to do.
The company is reportedly thinking of scaling back its efforts as an internet service provider.
That story and more in this week's edition of WebWatch.
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(( A report in the LA-Times says Microsoft executives are discussing whether to dump the ISP part of the Microsoft network.
A spokesperson for MSN says there are no plans to drop it, but couldn't guarantee that Microsoft is in the ISP business for the "long term"

More people are turning to the internet for medical advice. They apparently like the easy access, and the chance to chat anonymously about embarassing conditions.
Medical experts say it's a good way to be an informed patient, but use a little caution.

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(( MOST OF THE INFORMATION PEOPLE ARE FINDING IS FAIRLY VALID, BUT THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE WE FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE FINDING REALLY MISLEADING INFORMATION AND I THINK IT'S DOING THEM DAMAGE. ))
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Yeltsin www.gov.ru
The Russians are on the web... And President Boris Yeltsin has his own page...
The site is still mostly in Russian, with few pictures, but the developers say an english version is on the way.
The URL's ARE in english, so you can surf around the site and see where the Russians are in the cyber-space race.

To brush up on your Russian, or link to the other sites we featured today, click on WebWatch, on the WDBJ website, at WWW-dot-WDBJ7-dot-COM.))

Habitat-Bikers

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Student bikers were pedaling their way cross country to help needy families.
The group includes mostly students from Yale University.
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The 63 day journey is an effort to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity.
The group left Salem this morning en-route to Christiansburg.
The cyclists will pedal at least 60 miles during a normal day's travel.
This is the fourth year a college group has made the cross country trip.
Money raised on this trip will help build the second collegiate Habitat house in New England.
Habitat for Humanity helps people who normally couldn't afford it, build homes.
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Baby-Doll

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It's tough sometimes relating to youngsters especially when talking about safe sex and how to avoid teenage pregnancy.
But, one local group is using an old toy as a new teaching tool to help in the matter.
It's a baby doll.
News 7's Stacey Martin explains.
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((It's a baby doll in the truest sense. And, it's helping these young girls learn that being a teenage mother is no laughing matter. video from 03.56.03 ??
It's called the "Baby Think It Over" doll. It's one of the newest teaching tools used in Blue Ridge Planned Parenthood classes about safe sex and avoiding teen pregnancy.
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It weighs eight pounds, about as much as a real baby and it cries loudly without any warning.
To stop the baby's crying, the girls must cradle the infant and rock it.
The infant simulator also cries when its hungry. Then, the girls must insert a "feeding key," turn it gently and hope it does the trick.
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A California couple facing the challenges of parenting themselves designed the doll which sells for about 200 dollars.
It's only been on the market for two years, so there are few figures detailing its effectiveness.
But, when it comes to being a teen parent most of these girls say the doll has convined them to...well, think it over...before it really happens.
Stacey Martin, News 7, Roanoke.))

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Coming up next on News 7 at 11,
A group of local residents take control against crime in their neighborhood.
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And, some fishermen cast their lines hoping to earn money for businesses in our area.
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ON-RECORD

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When crime increased in one local neighborhood, one local group of residents didn't get scared, they got tough and regained control of their neighborhood.
Andrew Freiden takes a look now at the efforts of The Day/Marshall Block Pride group.
Andrew Freiden explains.
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((Efforts of residents to clean up the neighborhood didn't just pay off in appearance-- BLOCK PRIDE TAPE (CLEAN UP) after 3 block pride clean up days, Police calls from the 3 blocks of Day Avenue dropped more than 50 percent.
Residents say their Old Southwest neighborhood isn't as bad as people think it us. DAY AVENUE TAPE
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((JOHN SHELOR/BLOCK PRIDE: PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE OWN HOMES AND HAVE COMPLETELY RENOVATED AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOMES INSIDE. THAT PART KIND OF GOES UNNOTICED.))
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Several organizations are working to reclaim downtown neighborhoods.
The Roanoke Neighborhood Partnership is one of those groups-- Mariam Alam says she hopes people will come outside of their homes-- that's because porch sitters tend to deter crime. ON RECORD AIRCHECK...
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To learn more about The Day/Marshall Block Pride group, and about what you can do to improve your neighborhood, Watch On record, tomorrow morning at 11.
Andrew Freiden, News 7.))

Bass-Tourney

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The Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce says fishing tournaments could be reeling in big bucks for lake businesses.
Many say it's time to make more of an effort to sell the lake's great fishing opportunities.
Denise Allen has more.
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(( Philpott Bassmasters is just one of the many clubs that hosts annual fishing tournaments at Smith Mountain Lake.
And marina operators say if a tournament launches off your dock it means a busy day at the register.
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Cultivating this business could mean long term economic success for businesses near the lake.
Michealsen says if the fishermen like it here they come back and often bring their families for vacations.
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ITS SUCCESS HAS SPAWNED OTHER REVENUE GENERATING IDEAS.
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Michealsen says the goal is to make Smith Mountain Lake the ultimate fishing vacation destination.
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S-Wrath

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The Roanoke Wrath returned to Victory Stadium tonight for a Soccer match with the Iberia Soccer Club from South Carolina.
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Both teams lineup during the playing of the National Anthem.
Roanoke's Gary Ricketts gets the Wrath on the board when he boots the ball in on an angle from the left side and Roanoke led 2 to 1.
The Wrath was on tonight on this SUPER=34-Roanoke/5/Iberia/3/;play Gavin
Spooner gets the ball and kicks it past the Iberia goalie and Roanoke goes on to win the game 5 to 3.
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S-Orioles

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Harold Baines drove in the winning run in the 11-th inning to push the Chicago White Sox past Baltimore 1 to nothing.
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It's dog day at Comisky and this guy made a special appearance on the field.
The Orioles had their chances to win the game in the top of the 10-th Roberto Alomar strikes out with the bases loaded.
Baltimore's defense came up with a big play in the bottom of the 10-th watch B.J. Surhoff make this nice basket catch on a fly ball hit by Ray Durham and Oriole Manager Davey Johnson likes the catch.
Then in the 11-th Banes hits a SUPER=35-Chicago/1/Baltimore/0/;bloop fly
to left field the runner beats Surhoff's throw to the plate and the White Sox beat the Orioles 1 to nothing in 11.
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S-Reds

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Cincinnati won its third straight game this afternoon beating the New York Mets 10 to 5.
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Willie Green catching his breath in between innings.
Cincinnati led 1 to nothing then in the top of the fourth, Todd Hundley belts this solo homer over the right field wall to make it 2 to 1 Reds.
Terry Pendleton had a big day for the Reds he had three hits including this R-B-I double off the wall in left centerfield and Cincinnati took a 4 to 1 lead.
Then in the seventh The Red's Mike SUPER=35-Cincinnati/10/New
York/5/;Kelly belts this two run homer deep over the left field wall Cincinnati led 9 to 3 and the Reds go on to win it 10 to 5.
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S-Scores

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Andrew Jones hit a tie breaking homer and Greg Maddux picked up his seventh win as the Braves topped the giants 5 to 2.
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In College baseball, Danny Higgins had a solo homer and a two run single to lead L-S-U to the College World Series title with a 13 to 6 win over Alabama.
Now, Lets go to the boards and check all of the pro scores.
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Sports Tease

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And coming up, Joe Nemechek leads second round qualifying at Pocono "Touch Gold" wins the Belmont Stakes.
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And top Seed Martina Hingis is upset in the championship at the French Open.
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S-French

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Top seed Martina Hingis lost her first match of the year as ninth seed Iva Majoli of Croatia won the French Open.
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The 19 year old Majoli broke Hingis's serve three times and never faced a break point during the 79 minute match.
She beat Hingis in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to become the first Croation player to win a grand slam title. She also is the lowest seeded player ever to win the French Open.
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S-Tennis

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Top seed Oliver Mayo was knocked out of the singles competition this morning in the Central Virginia Invitational Tennis Tournament in Lynchburg.
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The loss prevents Mayo from defending his title in the tournament. But earlier this year, Mayo was a main part of the Tennis program at Virginia Tech.
The Hokies won the Atlantic 10 championship made it to the sweet 16 and was ranked as high as 21-st in the country.
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Mayo lost to third seed Carl Clark Two set tie breakers. But Mayo still can defend his title in doubles competition.

S-Belmont

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"Silver Charm's" run for the Triple Crown faded in the stretch.
"Touch Gold" passed "Silver Charm" on the outside to win this afternoon's Belmont Stakes.
Lets listen to the call by A-B-C's Dave Johnson.
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"Free House" finished third.

S-Qualify

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Joe Nemechek led second round qualifying for tomorrow's running of the Pocono 500 with a speed of 167 point 645.
Now here's position 26 through 42.
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S-Golf

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There's a tie for the lead after two rounds of the Roanoke Valley Hall of Fame.
Jake Allison and Barry Graham share the lead at 147. Allison shot 71 and Graham 74. Botetourt leads the team competition with a 912.
Dot Bolling is the leader after round one of the Women's division. Bolling shot 76 at the Waterfront course today. Hidden Valley is the team The final round is tomorrow at blue Hills. leader at 245.