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7E-Retail


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NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-32
GRAPHIC=Business Closing

It's the end of an era, after 117 years in business one of the first five
and dime stores will soon be closing its doors permanently. (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Woolworth's has over 400 around the country including two in Roanoke and Danville.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:55:10
IN Q=I'm very upset
((KATHY BENNINGTON/WOOLWORTH'S CUSTOMER: I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT WOOLWORTH'S CLOSING. I'VE GROWN UP IN THIS AREA SINCE 1960. I'VE BEEN COMING TO WOOLWORTH'S ALL MY LIFE. I'VE WALKED TO THE STORE AND COME UP AND GET CANDY AS A CHILD. I'VE KNOWN THE LADIES AT THE LUNCH COUNTERS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.))
SUPER=01-Kathy Bennington/Woolworth's Customer;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=years and years.
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VO-NAT

Woolworth's just couldn't keep up with the bigger, more modern retail chains like WalMart.
Nationwide it has 36-hundred full time and 56-hundred part time workers.
It staffs an average of about 25 people in each store.
In other retail news, it looks like Lowe's may add another superstore in the Roanoke Valley.
Roanoke County says it has had discussions with the hardware giant about the construction of another location along route 2-20 near Walmart.
A developer has been getting options on a number of homes where the Lowe's store would sit.
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7E-Mary-Dalton


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WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-34
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales

It was a long day in court yesterday in the case of Mary Catherine Dalton.
The 19- year- old woman is facing charges of murdering and robbing an elderly man.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;

Both sides agree...
Mary Dalton relied on 72- year- old Aubrey Adkins for money and drugs.
He was devoted to her.
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./December 1995;

But Mary Dalton's brother Michael says in 19-95, she lured Adkins to the side of the road and left the passenger door wide open moments before her boyfriend shot and killed Adkins.
Mary Dalton wept yesterday as her brother testified against her.
Michael Dalton was convicted a year ago of murdering and robbing Adkins but says he confessed to protect his sister.
Defense Attorney Bryan Haskins says Mary Dalton would have no reason to want Adkins dead.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=
SS=HOLD

The Jury will return to the courthouse this morning to decide Dalton's fate.

7P-Valley-Metro


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=597-33
GRAPHIC=None

Contract negotiations are under way betweeen management and Bus drivers for the Roanoke Valley's public transportation agency.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Valley Metro management and union representatives held another negotiating session yesterday.
One driver we spoke with says company officials are trying to --quote "cut costs and give the bus drivers less money."
But after the day's meeting officials with Valley Metro had few comments.
They say the negotiations are going fine and they will have a joint statement when talks finish--that's expected to be Sunday.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=None

The company was receiving about one million dollars in federal money.
But those dollars are NOT expected to be renewed next year.

7P-Tomato-Bust


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NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#597-24
GRAPHIC=None

Hot on the trail for illegal narcotics state police made a startling discovery earlier this week.
Helicopters were sent out when police thought they saw something suspicious in Raymond Millirons garden.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Riner/Tuesday;

Investigators on the ground quickly found out-- what the man in the sky thought was marijuana--was nothing more than 14 tomato plants.
You might think "end" of the story-- but the Richmond Times Dispatch picked up on what happened.
It's the second time in three years authorities "raided" the Millirons' property.
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5:19:10
SOT
IN Q=Well I
((RAYMOND MILLIRONS:WELL I THINK IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT THEY DON'T, THAT THEY CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARIJUANA AND TOMATO PLANTS, I THINK THEY NEED TO DO A LITTLE SCOUTING AROUND AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT MARIJUANA LOOKS LIKE.))
SUPER=07-Raymond Millirons; :00
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=looks like. (laughter).
ANCHOR=
SS=None

The (Mill-irons) Millirons say they're not mad-- just a little embarrassed-- since they're now-- the talk of the neighborhood.

7weather


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TAPE#
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Time now to check the Friday forecast--
Partly sunny and hot yet again-- highs in the low to mid 90s.
Variably cloudy tonight, with lows dropping into the upper 60s.
Tomorrow looks partly sunny and not as hot, with highs in the upper 80s.
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7irthdays! 7/20 & 7/21
7/20

SUPER=130-8/Keshia Nichols/Check;


SUPER=130-15/Samantha Farley/Narrows;


SUPER=130-/3/Zachary Hamilton/;

7/21

SUPER=130-13/John Wilson/Rockbridge Baths;


SUPER=130-8/Richard Brandon/Penhook;


SUPER=130-11/Matthew Shane Joyce/Rocky Mount;


SUPER=130-9/Nanna Onwuka/Roanoke;

No pictures:
7/20
SUPER=130-12th/Ron & Dawn Burris/Charlottesville;


(12th anniversary-7/20)


SUPER=130-/40/Sandra Turner;

7/21
SUPER=130-69/Doris Collins/Elliston;


SUPER=130-//Jane Wood;
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55Execution


ANCHOR=
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE

Death row inmate Roy Bruce Smith was executed last night for the 19-88 murder of a Manassas police officer.
The 50- year- old Smith made a final statement about getting the last meal he requested and then said (quote): "One man may die so the rest may live."
Smith had no visitors at his own request in his final hours.
He had declined to ask Governor Allen for clemency, and the Supreme Court denied a stay.
Smith's death marked the state's 40th execution since the U-S Sumpreme reinstated the death penalty twenty-years ago.

55Ferrum-Police


ANCHOR=
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#net (edit of 597-32)
GRAPHIC=Ferrum College

Some big changes ahead for Ferrum College's security system.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;

The Public Safety Office is switching from a private security department to a police department.
Training is the same as any other law enforcement agency in the state of Virginia.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:52:10
IN Q=It's given our
((MIKE GRICE/DIRECTOR OF FERRUM COLLEGE P.D.:IT'S GIVEN OUR OFFICERS SOME OPTIONS AND GIVEN THEM SOME AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO NOT ONLY ON PROPERTY, BUT OFF THE PROPERTY AS WELL))
SUPER=01-Mike Grice/Director Ferrum College P.D.
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=as well.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

It's a mutually beneficial relationship for the Franklin County Sheriff's department and Ferrum Police Department.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:06:26
IN Q=The sheriff's department
((PHILLIP YOUNG/FERRUM POLICE DEPARTMENT:THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS A LITTLE FREER TO USE US NOW BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE TRAINED TO HANDLE SITUATIONS THAT MAY ARISE IN THE AREA.))
SUPER=01-Phillip Young/Ferrum Police Officer;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=in the area
(----------------)
VO-NAT

The new status also benefits students.
Working alongside sworn police officers, criminal justice students can take what they've learned from books and put it into action.
(----------------)

55Donnelley


ANCHOR=
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 97-45)
GRAPHIC=Donnelley

The growth of the Roanoke Valley will be the focus of a new book set to be in bookstores by November.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;

The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce, R-R Donnelley- and- Sons, Platinum Publishing, and other local business will produce a book very similar to ones written about other cities in the U-S.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:21:33
IN Q=We're gonna
((JOHN STROUD/ROANOKE. REG. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: WE'RE GONNA PRODUCE A BOOK A HUNDRED AND SIXTY PAGE FULL COLOR BOOK, ON THE ROANOKE, NEW RIVER VALLEY, COVINGTON, LEXINGTON, SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE REGION. WHAT WE CALL THE ROANOKE ECONOMIC REGION. AND IT'S ABOUT PRIDE.))
SUPER=01-John Stroud/Roanoke. Reg. Chamber of Commerce;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=pride.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

The book will be even be printed here, at the new, state- of- the- art plant R-R Donnelley has built in Valley Techpark along route 4-60 on the western end of Roanoke County.
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55weather


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WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
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Looking at the very warm Friday forecast--
Partly sunny, with highs climbing into the low to mid 90s.
Variably cloudy tonight, with lows falling into the upper 60s.
Partly sunny skies ahead tomorrow, along with cooler temperatures.
Highs in the upper 80s.
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8Woolworth


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NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net (edit of 597-30)
GRAPHIC=None

They've been a fixture for years-- but declining business will close Woolworth's for good.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

The company has two stores in our area-- one in Roanoke and another in Danville.
Those employees will be among about ten-thousand others around the country to lose their jobs.
Last year, Woolworth's lost 37-million dollars nationwide. (/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:54:13
IN Q=I love
((PEGGY SWAINE/WOOLWORTH'S CUSTOMER: I LOVE THE STORE. THEY HAVE GREAT DEALS. YOU CAN USUALLY COME HERE AND FIND ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO A MALL. WHICH IS RIDICULOUS SOMETIMES. SO, I'M REALLY UPSET THAT IT'S CLOSING.))
SUPER=01-Peggy Swaine/Woolworth's Customer;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=closing.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

Nationally, Woolworth will convert about a quarter of its locations into its Foot Locker and Champs specialty shops-- but no word on what will happen with stores here.
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8P-Lowe's


ANCHOR=
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-31
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe wipe
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :

Another story, meanwhile for Lowe's.
Another superstore could open in the Roanoke Valley.
The hardware giant has discussed with Roanoke County the possibility of locating a second "big box" location across from the Walmart on route 2-20 just past Tanglewood Mall.
Lowe's already has a store at the Crossroads Mall in Roanoke.
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8E-Mary-Dalton


ANCHOR=
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-34
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales

A year ago her brother confessed to murder in order to protect her.
But now 19- year- old Mary Katherine Dalton faces charges in the murder
and robbery of an elderly man. (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;

Both sides agree...
Mary Dalton relied on 72- year- old Aubrey Adkins for money and drugs.
He was devoted to her.
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./December 1995;

But Mary Dalton's brother Michael says in 19-95, she lured Adkins to the side of the road and left the passenger door wide open...
moments before her boyfriend shot and killed Adkins.
Mary Dalton wept yesterday as her brother testified against her.
Michael Dalton was convicted a year ago of murdering and robbing Adkins but says he confessed to protect his sister.
Defense Attorney Bryan Haskins says Mary Dalton would have no reason to want Adkins dead.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=
SS=HOLD

The Jury will return to the courthouse this morning to decide Dalton's fate.

8P-Valley-Metro


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=597-33
GRAPHIC=None

Roanoke Valley public bus drivers have been hitting the road for weeks,
even though they don't have a contract. (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Valley Metro management and union representatives held another negotiating session yesterday.
One driver we spoke with says company officials are trying to --quote "cut costs and give the bus drivers less money."
But after the day's meeting officials with Valley Metro had few comments.
They say the negotiations are going fine and they will have a joint statement when talks finish--that's expected to be Sunday.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=None

The company was receiving about one million dollars in federal money.
But those dollars are NOT expected to be renewed next year.
That's led Valley Metro to focus on other ways of generating revenue.

8Ferrum-Police


ANCHOR=
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#net (edit of 597-32)
GRAPHIC=Ferrum College

Security officers at Ferrum College are getting some tougher training.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;

The Public Safety Office has gone from a private security department to a police department.
Training is the same as any other law enforcement agency in the state of Virginia.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:52:10
IN Q=It's given our
((MIKE GRICE/DIRECTOR OF FERRUM COLLEGE P.D.:IT'S GIVEN OUR OFFICERS SOME OPTIONS AND GIVEN THEM SOME AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO NOT ONLY ON PROPERTY, BUT OFF THE PROPERTY AS WELL))
SUPER=01-Mike Grice/Director Ferrum College P.D.
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=as well.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

It's a mutually beneficial relationship for the Franklin County Sheriff's department and Ferrum Police Department.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:06:26
IN Q=The sheriff's department
((PHILLIP YOUNG/FERRUM POLICE DEPARTMENT:THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS A LITTLE FREER TO USE US NOW BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE TRAINED TO HANDLE SITUATIONS THAT MAY ARISE IN THE AREA.))
SUPER=01-Phillip Young/Ferrum Police Officer;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=in the area
(----------------)
VO-NAT

The new status also benefits students.
Working alongside sworn police officers, criminal justice students can take what they've learned from books and put it into action.
(----------------)

8weather


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=

Turning to Friday's weather--
Hot again today, under partly sunny skies.
Expect highs to climb into the mid 90s.
Variably cloudy skies overnight, with lows in the upper 60s.
Partly sunny tomorrow, but more comfortable.
Highs Saturday in the upper 80s.
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