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1-News-Head

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
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A reduction in work load leads to a reduction in the work FORCE at G-E in Salem.
We'll have a LIVE report from the Drive Systems plant on layoffs there.
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And the coach is acquitted. We'll hear from Byrd Basketball coach Paul Barnard after his day in court- -and from his accuser.
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Sports-Head


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#SPORTS HEAD
GRAPHIC=NONE


Tonight in sports, another NASCAR track is gobbled up by one of the big boys.
VMI signs its first female scholarship athletes.
We'll meet one of the finalists to take over the announcing duties at UVA football and basketball games.
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Plus, investigators say the fire that destroyed NBA star Reggie Miller's house was deliberately set, but not by Miller.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
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Don't look for much of a cool down this week. Even the showers will stay away.

GE


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-37
GRAPHIC=General Electric


For the third time this year, one of the Roanoke Valley's largest employers has announced a big lay off.
Double Boxes=Keith/Len


Len Besthoff says a reduced work load at Salem's General Electric plant is to blame.
LIVE=Len Full
SUPER=@Len1;
SUPER=06-Salem

((Len Adlibs)) Rollcue: Anger ***Rolled from the truck***
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LIVE=Len
SUPER=06-Salem

((Len adlibs)
Double Boxes=Keith/Len

((Question: Len, I understand things could have been worse.))

Atlanta-Murder


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-33
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation


Four youngsters from Georgia face murder and robbery charges after refusing to stop for police this weekend.
They were headed to Henry County after allegedly killing an 18-year-old man in Georgia Friday night.
Double Boxes=Keith and Tina/Microwave


Tina Tenret has more on the story from our Danville newsroom.
Live=Tina Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Tina1;
SUPER=05-Danville;


Police say a 17-year-old girl lured her 18-year-old boyfriend Vernon Greer to a Georgia park Friday night.
She and three males then allegedly stole his car and drowned him in a nearby river.
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SUPER=01-Sgt.Howard Honaker/State Police;
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((
Once the foursome reached Henry County, a police officer linked the licence plates to the stolen car.
State police arrested the girl and 20-year-old Jeffrey Bohannon Saturday night.
19-year-old Wayne Curtis Shaw and a 15-year-old boy fled but were arrested this afternoon.
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SOT 8:05:43
IN Q=Both of them

((SGT. HOWARD HONAKER/STATE POLICE: BOTH OF THEM HAD A POCKETFUL OF GREEN MARIJUANA LEAVES. APPARENTLY AS THEY CAME THROUGH THE WOODS THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MARIJUANA PLANTS WHICH THEY STRIPPED AND PUT IN THEIR POCKETS.))
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Live=Tina Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Danville;


The group was heading to Henry County because the three boys share the same father. He lives in Henry County and says he's just been released after 14 years in prison. But this man is not only the father of these three Georgia boys. He is also the father of Michael Stokes, who allegedly broke into a house last month and engaged in a shootout with the homeowner.

Barnard


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-36
GRAPHIC=NONE


An assault charge was dismissed today in the case a high school basketball coach accused of hitting one of his players.
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Coach Paul Barnard has been a phys-ed teacher and coach at William Byrd High School for 24 years.
SUPER=03-Salem


He'd avoided public comment on the assault charge, until the judge threw out the case this afternoon.
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SUPER=01-Paul Barnard/Wm Byrd Basketball Coach; :00
SUPER=01-Billy Belcher/Basketball Boosters Club Pres.;
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((I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU DO THINGS RIGHT, EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO COME OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TODAY ))
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One Thursday evening in late May Billy Belcher went to the school to pick up his twin boys- -both basketball players.
Belcher and the Coach got into a heated argument over what Belcher says is a theft problem in the team locker room.
The coach testified that Belcher knocked him to the floor... a blow that required medical attention.
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SOT 5:43:45
IN Q=

((THE REAL PEOPLE HURT ARE MY SONS. THEY'RE PLAYED BASKETBALL NOW AT WILLIAM BYRD SINCE THE SEVENTH GRADE AND HERE IT IS THEY'RE SENIOR SEASON. AND MY TWIN SONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FORGO THAT. ))
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Belcher was on probation at the time- -from a 1995 embezzlement conviction in Bedford county.
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SOT 5:45:50
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((THAT'S WHAT KEPT ME FROM HITTING COACH BARNARD. BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS ON PROBATION, AND THAT IF I HIT HIM I WOULD BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME FROM DOING IT. ))
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((AND I THINK THAT MAYBE IF I HAD HIT HIM MAYBE I WOULDN'T FEEL SO BAD TODAY. I REALLY DO. ))
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Judge George Harris found sufficient evidence to convict Belcher of assaulting Coach Barnard but he did not find impose a conviction, as long as the twins have quit the team and Billy Belcher intends to resign as President of the basketball boosters club.
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SOT 5:52:45
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((I HAVE NO ANIMOSITY TOWARD STEVE AND CHRIS. MR. BELCHER, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ABOUT HIM. ))
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OUT Q=about him.
ANCHOR=Keith


Coach Barnard left the courthouse and drove straight to Tidewater where he'll coach in the annual all star game in Hampton tonight.
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Still to come on the newscast, state police are searching for a bank robber,
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and we'll tell you why Bedford County police are out to prove their not barking up the wrong tree in their fight against drugs.
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ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jsu
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=Fatal accident

An accident with a front-end loader has killed its driver.
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VO-NAT
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The accident happened this afternoon off of Sweet Annie Drive in Floyd County.
62-year-old Allen Junior Nichols was apparently using the loader to remove the top of a small house.
The vehicle rolled over trapping him underneath.
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SOT 11:50:21
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((LT. BILL MEADOR/ROANOKE CO. FIRE & RESCUE: HE APPARENTLY GO TOO CLOSE TO A SMALL EMBANKMENT, ROLLED OVER ON THE EMBANKMENT AND WAS CRUSHED BY THE VEHICLE ))
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VO-NAT


Authorities say Nichols died at the scene.
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Bank-Robbery


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Bank Robbery


The suspect in an armed bank robbery in Bland County is still at large.
State police say a man armed with a revolver entered the First Virginia Bank in Rocky Gap around noon.
He's described as a white male-- about five foot ten with medium brown hair-- and a brown mustache.
He left the bank in a late model white Chevy Cavalier.
Authorities believe he may have been headed for West Virginia.

Bedford-Dogs


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


Bedford County authorities say they'll be turning up the heat on area drug dealers this summer, and they're getting some four- legged help to do it.
Steve Smallshaw explains.
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SUPER=01-Mike Brown/Bedford Co. Sheriff; 1:19
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(( They're smart, they've got a nose for crime and they'll work for dog biscuits.
Meet the three newest members of the Bedford County sheriff's department.
It costs six thousand dollars to buy and train a good drug dog.. the county could only afford one, but business owners Betty and David Schuette had no
problem writing a check for two more. (/////SOT/////)
SOT 1:29:08
IN Q=Our law

((BETTY SCHUETTE/REGAL MEDICAL SERVICES: OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON THEIR LIFE.))
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Rico and Volco are both Belgian Malinois', which authorities say are quick, hard-working dogs that don't tire easily.
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SOT 1:19:19
IN Q=That's what I

((LT. KENT ROBEY/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THEM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PATTERN OF SEARCHES. IF IT'S CLOSE BY THEY'RE GOING TO FIND IT.))
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Standup 2:07:58
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((Most of Bedford County's drug interdiction has taken place on the county's major highways, and this is where deputies say drug dogs can really help out. If a deputy has stopped a vehicle that he feels might be carrying illegal drugs, but he doesn't have enough probable cause to search the car.. a drug-sniffing dog can make all the difference.))
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((IRV PAGAN/BEDFORD CO. DEPUTY: I JUST GIVE HIM THE COMMAND TO SEARCH, OR FETCH- FIND, AND HE'LL JUST GO SWEEPING THE CAR, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE CAR THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT OR SHOULDN'T BE THERE, HE'S GOING TO ALERT ON THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO ACT ON THAT. HE GIVES US THE PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN- DEPTH SEARCH INSIDE THE VEHICLE.))
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And with one dog for each shift, the county will be well- covered.
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SOT 1:32:59
IN Q=But this will

((MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF: BUT THIS WILL PUT THE DOG IN THE COUNTY AND INSTEAD OF TAKING 35, 40 MINUTES, MAYBE AN HOUR GETTING A DOG TO A LOCATION, WE CAN HAVE HIM THERE IN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES.))
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OUT Q=matter of minutes.


With every ounce of drugs they turn up, it's just a matter of TIME before these canines pay for themselves.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Bedford.))

Stocks


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


On Wall Street today, the TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE remained almost UNchanged from Friday's close.. up ONE point.
NASDAQ rose 21 points to close at 15-hundred-24, its eighth straight record close.
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Partners-prevention


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-38
GRAPHIC=NONE


Virginia Health officials are going after 20 million dollars in federal grants.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;


The funds will go to the five states that best reduce the numbers of out of wedlock births without increasing abortion rates.
101 different "Partners in Prevention" groups from across the state have submitted their suggestions to state officials.
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((THOMAS M. PREST/FAMILY SERVICE OF CENTRAL VA: WE ARE GOING TO TARGET THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGH THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CURRICULUM, WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS. WE FEEL ITS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FAITH COMMUNITY." )) ((ROBERT METCALF/SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES: WHY SHOULD VIRGINIANS GO TO THE TROUBLE TO ORGANIZE SUCH A GRASS ROOTS RESPONSE? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. THE GROWING PROBLEM OF ILLEGITIMACY DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR LEVELS OF POVERTY, OUR HEALTH, OUR EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. ))
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SUPER=01-Robert Metcalf/Va. Health & Human Resources Sec.; :17
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SUPER=@File;


If Virginia receives one of the grants, the money would be split among all localities-- and used to implement programs.
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Boucher


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-37
GRAPHIC=Education


Technology is one way educators in Southwest Virginia are trying to ease disparity.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Dublin;


Congressman Rick Boucher hosted a conference this morning dealing with "information technology".
A number of speakers outlined how various types of technology have improved the quality of education for their students.
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((REP. RICK BOUCHER/(D) NINTH DISTRICT:THERE IS A SATELLITE MEANS OF RECEIVING INTERNET ACCESS IN PLACE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN GILES COUNTY AND WE HAVE A WIRELESS MEANS OF DELIVERING INSTRUCTION AND OTHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS INTERNET ACCESS EMANATING FROM THE GOVERNOR SCHOOL IN PULASKI COUNTY AND BEING SHARED BY HIGH SCHOOLS ALL THROUGHOUT THE NEW RIVER VALLEY. ))
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The conference was held at New River Community College-- which has added many technological advances-- including internet access and video-based distance learning.
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Sports Tease


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE


Coming up tonight in sports, another Winston Cup track is sold, VMI signs its first female scholarship athletes,
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and this coming season when the Cavaliers hit the gridiron at Scott Stadium a voice that already rings out in an area ball park, may be the leading the cheers at Scott Stadium.
That story is coming up right after this break.
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S-Andretti


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-37
GRAPHIC=NASCAR


Usually, the day after a NASCAR event is a day for recovery, but after the conclusion of yesterday's Jiffy Lube 300 in New Hampshire, most figured it would be a day if fines.
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SUPER=03-Loudon, NH/TNN; :00


On the final lap of yesterday's Cup race in Loudon, New Hampshire John Andretti was involved in a crash that completely tore the back end of his car off.
Andretti felt Jeremy Mayfield needlessly caused the wreck, and he charged his car on the cool down lap and invited him to dinner.
Nascar usually hates those kinds of invitations. Look for one or both drivers to get fined several thousand bucks.
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S-Phoenix


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=PHOENIX


The Phoenix International Raceway was purchased today by someone other than Bruton Smith.
International Speedway Corporation which owns, Daytona, Talladega, Darlington and Watkins Glen, purchased the 65 thousand seat one mile oval this morning.
One of the ISC's first priorities will be adding 25 thousand news seats.
Bill France Jr. is the CEO of International Speedway Corporation.

S-Soccer


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


Earlier this month we told you about a group of area soccer players who were on their way to Europe.
Well, the Roanoke Stars 15 year old all-star team is not only safely across the Atlantic, but it is already winning.
Today the team beat the club from Stockholm, Sweden 2-to-nothing in its first match in the Gothia Cup tournament.
Kelly Ballard and Bruce Banning did today's scoring.
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SUPER=03-Blaine, MN; :00
It might a good thing they are in Europe and not Minnesota.


The Twin Cities are hosting US Cup soccer this month, and take a look at the fields outside of Minneapolis and St. Paul that were pelted Saturday and Sunday.
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S-VMI


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=VMI


The VMI track and field team signed seven athletes to scholarship papers today.
Nothing unusual about that except that you of the signees are women.
Rachel Love, a distance runner from Emmaus, Pennsylvania and discus thrower Kelly Sullivan from Jackson, Georgia are the first two scholarship athletes in VMI's 158 year history.

S-Mansion


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-13
SS=nba


Indiana Pacers star Reggie Miller found out today that he is a victim of arson.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Fishers, IN/May 15; :00


You many remember back in the spring that Miller's three million dollar lake home burned to the ground in a fire that had destroyed 70 percent of the house before fireman arrived.
Today, investigators say they are confident someone set fire to the house on purpose.
Reggie is offering $10 thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest.
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S-Chuck


ANCHOR=mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=twe
TAPE#VF96-2
GRAPHIC=HILLCATS


The Lynchburg Hillcats have lost a manager and top draft pick Kris Benson to call-ups already this season.
Now it appears that the club may lose another valuable member.
Travis Wells fills us in from the Hill City.
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S-Ferrum


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-7
GRAPHIC=FERRUM


When the legendary Hank Norton retired as Ferrum's head football coach in 1993 after 34 years of service to the school, he left town with 244 wins, a national championship, and the promise that he would spend his free time fishing.
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Well, here's proof that four years after walking away from the game Hank is keeping his word.
The latest issue of "The Rivah" the visitor's guide for tourists in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas of the state features Big Hank on the cover doing a little light tackle fishing near his home in Deltaville.
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Coming up tonight on News 7 at 11 some Covington residents say the cornfield next door is dangerous.
Double Boxes=Keith/Jean
SUPER=@Jean1


With a preview of that story, here's Jean Jadhon.
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A farming company sprayed the corn with chemicals... a few days later, neighbors noticed their trees were dying...
Now they're concerned about their own well being.
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More on that story tonight on News 7 at 11.
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