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ANCHOR=Keith

Coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX:
"Case dismissed" in the matter of a Virginia Tech football player charged with abduction.
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And we'll hear a public apology from amateur golf champ Penny Stallins... just hours after she's released from jail.
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Sports-Head


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports head
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Tonight on News 7 sports, the Larry Bird era begins in Indiana as he holds court for the first time as the Pacers' head coach, the Flyers have a new ice boss,
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and the party is on in Cleveland as the best baseball players in the world get ready for tomorrow night's all-star game at Jacob's field.
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Baylor


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-39
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales


A judge today cleared a Virginia Tech football player who'd been charged with forcing another student to drink large quantities of alcohol.
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Bradley Baylor was accused of forcing Todd Pringle to drink numerous shots of bourbon last July-- or he'd be beaten.
Pringle testified several others were also involved but he couldn't pinpoint any names.
Pringle was found lying unconscious on the sidewalk with a blood alcohol content FOUR times the legal limit.
Part of his head had been shaved.
Judge Ray Grubbs said he BELIEVED portions of Pringle's story, but he said the state failed to prove Brad Baylor was responsible.
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((MARC LONG/DEFENSE ATTORNEY:BRAD MISSED SOME OF THE BIGGEST GAMES TECH HAD LAST YEAR AND HE'S BEEN PUNISHED FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO ALREADY AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE AND I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. ))
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Baylor plays defensive tackle for Tech- -and is looking forward to returning to the team this fall.
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a-Tech-Brawl


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-38
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales


Another Tech football player was also cleared of wrongdoing today in a separate incident.
Charges were dismissed against Nathaniel Williams.
The Tech football player was accused of taking part in a fight outside Squires Student Center.
The brawl seriously injured two track team members.
In court-- Williams' attorney introduced a tape in which one of the track team members named several people involved in the incident-- but Williams was not mentioned.
Another player charged in connection with the incident is still in court.
Sean Sullivan's trial is expected to wrap- up shortly.

Stallins


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=khu
TAPE#97-43
GRAPHIC=Stallins


Golf Champion Penny Stallins has done her time.
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She was released from jail today- -having served nearly all of a six-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
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A three- time winner of the Roanoke Valley Hall of Fame Women's Golf Tournament, Stallins fought to stay OUT of jail, but looking back, she says it saved her life.
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That's one of many phrases Stallins got from her 12-step drug treatment program.
Though she emerged from the Botetourt County jail with a criminal conviction, she's ready to turn that spiritual fervor into the religious conviction of a reformed drug addict.
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Stallins taught phys ed in the County and Salem schools for 20 years before retiring on disability.
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At age 46, she says now she has hope... including the hope to play golf again, competitively.

Henry-Arrest


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-42
GRAPHIC=NONE


State police say they have arrested the man who shot at a homeowner during a botched burglary attempt.
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21-year-old Richard Michael Stokes of Martinsville faces six charges, including statutory burglary, grand larceny, and attempted murder.
Police believe Stokes was with 21-year-old Randall Lee Gilbert when the pair allegedly tried to burglarize a Martinsville home on June 16th.
When the homeowner surprised the would-be burglars, Stokes allegedly fired at him and fled the scene.
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ANCHOR=Keith
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Still to come on News 7, Roanoke announces an initiative to bring a higher education center to the downtown,
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and candidate John Hager says he won't let his wheelchair keep him from taking the Lieutenant Governor's office.
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City-Council


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=Roanoke


Five years after the fundraising campaign for the Hotel Roanoke renovation, Roanoke Valley residents may be asked to open their wallets again.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke;


For years there has been talk about putting a higher education center in one of the former Norfolk Southern buildings in downtown Roanoke.
Mayor David Bowers wants to establish an "investment fund" to get the ball rolling.
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((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: WITH TWO- POINT- FIVE- MILLION- DOLLARS OF THAT AMOUNT TO BE DESIGNATED BY OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FROM CITY FUNDS, AND A TWO- POINT- FIVE- MILLION- DOLLAR MATCH FROM EITHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND- OR CITIZEN SPONSORED FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.))
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The mayor also used his state of the city address to discuss Roanoke's housing problems.
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IN Q=My proposal

((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: MY PROPOSAL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS THAT WE DIRECT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT A DECADE, AN INNER CITY HOUSING STRATEGY TASK FORCE FOCUSING ON RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, SPECIFICALLY, BUT ALSO OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS.))
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Roanoke


The task force would include citizens, government, industry, and civic organizations.

Wood


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-33
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97


Patrick County political activist "Tex" Wood is the only Southwest Virginian on the statewide ballot this year.
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(("TEX" WOOD/REFORM CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOV.: AT THIS STAGE IN HISTORY, OF THIS STATE, THIS IS THE TIME FOR AN ALTERNATIVE IN A RESPONSIBLE POSITION.))
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Wood is specifically thinking of the tie-breaking vote in the half-Democrat, half-Republican state senate.
He kicked off his bid for lieutenant governor today.
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IN Q=It is a critical

((IT IS A CRITICAL TIME IN OUR STATE FOR ALTERNATIVE ON THE BALLOT. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO GET AN ALTERNATIVE ON THE BALLOT. AND THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE BALLOT LINE. IT GIVES SOMETHING BESIDES WHAT THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES COUGH UP IN THE WAY OF HACKS AND POLITICAL HACKS AND COMPROMISE.))
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Wood needs at least ten percent of the vote to keep the Reform party on future statewide ballots.
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Hager


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-35
GRAPHIC=Hager


John Hager's an original.
The Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor is the first Virginian to campaign for statewide office in a wheelchair.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
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It may be just another race for John Hager.
But it's historic for Virginia.
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((JOHN HAGER: I CHOSE TO DECIDE THAT I WASN'T DISABLED.))
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Don Beyer has a birth defect that you notice if you shake his hand.
He has a lot of support from disabled Virginians, but says his three finger grip does NOT disable him. plane boarding shot
But John Hager's physical challenges on the campaign trail are real, and something he estimates a million Virginians "touched" by disability understand.
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((JOHN HAGER/R-CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR: I VIEW THAT AS A SIGNIFICANT VOTING BLOC OF PEOPLE.))
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So is the wheelchair a selling point of sorts?
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((JOHN HAGER/R-CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR: WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. THAT'S THE SIMPLE ANSWER.))
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But politics professor Bob Holsworth says Hager called him a year ago to ask if the wheelchair would be a plus or a minus.
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((BOB HOLSWORTH/VCU POLITICAL ANALYST: IT MAY BE A MARK OF DISTINCTIVENESS IN THE CAMPAIGN. IT MIGHT HELP HIS NAME RECOGNITION A LITTLE BIT. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE PEOPLE REALLY VOTE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT A PERSON IS IN A WHEELCHAIR.))
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((JOHN HAGER: I MEAN I CAN CITE SOME STORIES THAT ARE THE OTHER WAY. PEOPLE SAY "WELL, CAN YOU DO IT? WELL, HOW YOU GONNA GET TO THE PODIUM?" I MEAN, WHO GIVES A DAMN? OR YOU KNOW, UH, "DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH TO DO IT?" AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I'M 60 YEARS OLD AND I STILL DO MARATHONS. I'D DARE SAY NONE OF THEM STILL DO MARATHONS.))
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It was polio, contracted from his infant son after a vaccination, that put Hager in the chair.
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(( But if he makes it to this chair, where the Lieutenant Governor heads up the Senate, getting a mechanical lift installed is just the first thing he'd like to change.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
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Chest-Pain


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#97-40
GRAPHIC=NONE


People in Southwest Virginia are on average 40 minutes slower than those in other regions, in getting help when they're exhibiting signs of a heart attack.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke; :


That's why Carilion Health System has launched the "Fast Act Chest Pain Program".
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IN Q=Our initiative is

((DR. PAUL FRANTZ/ CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON: OUR INITIATIVE IS TO BRING THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION AND MAKE THEM MORE AWARE THAT CHEST PAIN, NECK PAIN, AND OTHER SYMPTOMS MIGHT BE RELATED TO CARDIAC ILLNESS AND TO SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE EARLIER. THE OTHER PART OF THE PROGRAM IS THEN TO TAKE THESE PATIENTS AND THEN DETERMINE WHETHER THE SOURCE OF THEIR CHEST PAIN AND TREATMENT. ))
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When it comes to response time, the idea is that time is MUSCLE.
The sooner you can treat a heart attack, the more heart function you can preserve.
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Stocks


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


On Wall Street today, profit takers and program selling pushed the stock market lower. TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
The DOW lost more than 37 points to close at 78-hundred-58.
NASDAQ gained three points.
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Shady-Sites


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-41
GRAPHIC=Internet


There's an overwhelming amount of information available on the World Wide Web, but how can you be sure what you're getting is reliable?
As Eric Earnhart reports, let the browser beware.
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(( The web page offers a free airline safety report card.
The Air Travelers Association report gives every major U.S. carrier an A, except Valujet, which got an F.
It compared fatal accidents with total flights over ten years... problem is, Valujet has only operated for 3 years, which means, with few flights, and one fatal, it fails, while U.S. air with millions of flights and six fatals, gets a near perfect score.
A Valujet spokesperson called the report "very misleading".
Roanoke College statistics expert Bill Ergle calls it absurd.

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((DR. BILL ERGLE/ROANOKE COLLEGE MATH DEPT. CHAIR; WHAT IT REALLY SAYS IS VALUJET HAD AN ACCIDENT BEFORE IT ACCUMULATED A LARGE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS, AND THAT'S ALL THIS REPORT REALLY SAYS.))
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Todd Curtis, an aviation safety expert who publishes the Airsafe Journal on the web says a rating based on fatal accident rates is a reflection of history and not necessarily a predictor of the future, and that's the case whether the addident rate is zero, or much higher than average.
So what's the point of the report? The president of the Air Travlerers Association, David Stempler says it's a way to introduce people to the company.
To get the "free" report, you have to pay a four-ninety-five handling fee with your credit card, and you WILL be automatically enrolled in the Air Travelers Association, which, if you don't cancel, will cost you fifty dollars a year.
Stempler told us the report is only supposed to reflect the airline's past performance, and not future safty.
He said "I can't tell you what's going to happen tomorrow".
For more information about this story, and where you an find airline safety data, visit the News 7 Webwatch page at WWW-dot-WDBJ7-dot-com.
Eric Earnhart, News 7))

Sports Tease


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
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Coming up tonight on News 7 sports, the major league all-star game festivities have begun in Cleveland, we'll check in on the party, plus visit Larry Bird's first practice as the Pacers' head coach.
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And drop in on this week's Lacrosse camp at Roanoke College that is attracting aspiring players from all walks of life.
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S-Stars


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-12
GRAPHIC=MLB ALL STAR


The Major League all-star game is set for tomorrow night in Cleveland, already today the Yankees Tino Martinez has won the annual homerun hitting contest, beating the likes of Griffey, McGuire and Chipper Jones.
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This afternoon all of the players had a chance to take a little batting practice and get aclamated with their surroundings.
The designated hitter is being used this year so, the pitchers won't be batting and that's unfortunate.
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((GREG MADDUX/NATIONAL LEAGUE STARTER:)) ((RANDY JOHNSON/AMERICAN LEAGUE STARTER:))
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ANCHOR=Mike
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The game is set for tomorrow night at eight.

S-Bucs


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-11
GRAPHIC=HOLD LOGO


Area minor league baseball will be represented tomorrow night as rookie Tony Womack makes his first appearance in the all-star game.
The 27 year old Danville native, who attended Gretna high school,
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spent seven years in the minor leagues including time in Salem with the Buccaneers, he hits the all-star break with a 272 average and 33 stolen bases.
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((TONY WOMACK/FIRST TIME ALL-STAR:))
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S-Bird


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-10
GRAPHIC=NBA


The Larry Bird coaching era began today in Indianapolis as the New Pacers' boss is taking his team through its first week of practice.
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Rookies and free agent hopefuls are doing their best to impress Bird this week.
And at the same time he's doing his best to wear them out with rigorous workouts.
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((LARRY BIRD/PACERS HEAD COACH:)) ((AUSTIN CROSHERE/PACERS TOP DRAFT PICK:))
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S-NHL


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-9
GRAPHIC=NHL


The Philadelphia Flyers made it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals, but they still fired their head Terry Murray, because he didn't get along very well with his players.
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SUPER=03-Philadelphia, PA; :00


Today, the Flyers took a chance on a blast from the past by naming Wayne Cashman the team's new head coach.
Cashman skated with Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge on Boston's top line in the 1970's when they won Stanley Cup championships in 1970 and '72.
This will be his Cashman's first head coaching job.
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S-Lax


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-13
GRAPHIC=Roanoke lacrosse camp


The Roanoke College lacrosse camp this week in Salem is not only about teaching the game but also bridges the cultural gap.
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most of the 160 campers are out of state visitors. Michigan, Canada, Texas and new York City are a few localities WELL represented at this lacrosse melting pot.
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S-Sampson


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
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And finally tonight a little more proof that time is flying.
Former University of Virginia star Ralph Sampson is celebrating his birthday today.
Big Ralph, who owns and operates Sampson Sportswear in Richmond is 37 today.
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Coming up on News 7 at 11, some Pittsylvania County residents are upset about a potential neighbor.
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With a preview of that, here's Jean Jadhon.
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Several Pittsylvania County residents are protesting a proposed hog farm... Tonight they take their case to the county supervisors.
They say the the farm would produce too much waste to be legal in the county.
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A North Carolina company called G-I-S is hoping to move about ten thousand hogs onto this farm.
But neighbors say the animal waste will run into local drinking water... while polluting the air and dragging down property values.
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Double Boxes=Keith/Jean


We'll have the story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight on News 7 at 11.
ANCHOR=Keith-full

Good bye
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