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No-Strike


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#net (edit of 97-42)
GRAPHIC=Yokohama


Workers at the Yokohama tire plant in Salem are on the job as usual today.
Last night union leaders and company officials extended the current labor contract for six more days.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;


A source tells News 7 that both sides are nearing an agreement.
The official statement says significant progress has been made, but both sides need more time to study the proposals on the table.
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CUNANAN


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


The nationwide search for suspected serial killer Andrew Cunanan ended last night when his body was found inside a Miami Beach houseboat.
Police say the 27- year- old shot himself to death, just two and half miles from where fashion designer Gianni Versace was gunned down last week.
Byron Pitts is in South Florida with the latest. ***take from NEwspath***
SUPER=01-Byron Pitts/Reporting;
SUPER=05-Miami Beach, FL;
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IN Q=
SUPER=01-Chief Richard Barreto/Miami Beach Police;
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=Back to you in the studio.

((
THE END FOR ANDREW CUNANAN WAS AS QUICK AND VIOLENT AS THE DEATHS HE IS BLAMED FOR: A GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD, PROBABLY WITH THE SAME 40-CALIBER PISTOL USED ON HIS VICTIMS.
CHIEF RICHARD BARRETO, MIAMI BEACH POLICE, THE NATION CAN STAND DOWN.

NATSOT, TEARGAS BEING SHOT INTO DOOR YESTERDAY


IT'S BELIEVED CUNANAN HAD BEEN DEAD FOR HOURS BY THE TIME POLICE FIRED TEARGAS INTO THE HOUSEBOAT.AND MOVED IN LAST NIGHT. THEY DON'T KNOW YET HOW LONG HE'D BEEN HIDING OUT THERE, LESS THAN THREE MILES FROM THE GIANNI VERSACE MURDER SCENE. BUT POLICE DO BELIEVE THE PRESSURE OF THE CHASE, THE INTENSE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND WANTED POSTERS WITH HIS FACE PLASTERED ACROSS THE NATION FINALLY GOT TO HIM.
BARRETO AGAIN, WAS A DESPERATE PERSON, COULDN'T MOVE AROUND.
POLICE WILL SPEND THE DAY GATHERING EVIDENCE AT THE HOUSEBOAT. THEY HOPE TO DETERMINE HOW LONG CUNANAN HAD BEEN THERE, HOW HE GOT IN AND WHAT RELATIONSHIP, IF ANY, HE HAD WITH THE OWNER, WHO'D LEFT THE PLACE VACANT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
PITTS STANDUP CLOSE, IDENTIFICATION WAS COMPLICATED BECAUSE CUNANAN REPORTEDLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE.))


E-O'Dell


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#97-40
GRAPHIC=None


A lethal injection last night ended the life of convicted killer Joseph O'Dell.
He was convicted of the 19-85 rape and murder of a Virginia Beach woman.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Greensville;


O'Dell was put to death by lethal injection two hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his last appeal.
In his final statement, O'Dell said his marriage at the prison yesterday to legal advisor Lori Urs made this the happiest day of his life.
Virginia's corrections director read from the statement, which included a message for the governor.
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IN Q=Governor Allen,

((RON ANGELONE/VA. CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR: GOVERNOR ALLEN, YOU'RE KILLING AN INNOCENT MAN. I HOPE YOU PRESERVE THE EVIDENCE FOR FUTURE TESTING. EDDIE, MAKING REFERENCE TO THE VICTIM'S SON, I DID NOT KILL YOUR MOTHER.))
SUPER=01-Ron Angelone/Virginia Corrections Director;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=your mother.
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VO-NAT


O'Dell's case attracted international attention, especially in Italy, where the pope and politicians pleaded for his life.
He was the 41st person to be executed in Virginia since capital punishment was reinstated twenty years ago.
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WIPE WIPE WIPE

Vigil


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=wipe/wipe/wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Palermo, Italy;


Meantime, residents of the Italian city where O'Dell was born held a vigil overnight to protest his execution.
The mayor of Palermo (pah-LER-moh) took part in the vigil and ordered that all flags outside his palace be put on half mast.
He also announced that the city is ready to give O'Dell a burial.
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E-Knowles


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-41
GRAPHIC=Michael Knowles


Advice columnist Ann Landers is no longer facing a defamation suit after a federal judge threw out the charges.
Convicted killer Michael Knowles sued for slander and defamation after Landers published a letter he wrote.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./File Tape


Knowles was convicted last month of killing his wife... but not before he wrote a letter to the nationally- published advice columnist.
In the letter last February he clearly stated that he took Angie's Knowles life.
In the newspaper, Landers said it was a "cop out" for Knowles to blame Angie for leaving him for a man she supposedly met on the Internet.
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GULF-CHEMICALS


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none


The Pentagon now says the number of American soldiers that may have been exposed to small amounts of poison gas during the Gulf War is much larger than previously estimated.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;


Officials now say 100-thousand troops were exposed to poisons after Iraqi chemical weapons were blown up at the end of the war.
The pentagon had said 20-thousand troops were exposed.
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Rain-Train


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=flooding


The remains of "Danny" seem to be creating more havoc now than when the storm was a hurricane.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Charlotte, NC;


Yesterday floodwaters washed out a railroad bridge plunging a C-S-X coal train locomotive into a creek.
The crew safely evacuated.
But flooding and other problems related to heavy rain the storm is dumping have claimed six lives in the Carolinas and Georgia.
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P-SWAT-Team


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-44
GRAPHIC=None


Police operations, such as drug raids, must be well orchestrated to protect everyone involved.
That's why 30 central Virginia police officers are going through a SWAT team training exercise in Altavista.
Steve Smallshaw has the story of this unusual training program.
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SUPER=01-Tommy Neal/Altavista Police Chief; :22
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SUPER=01-Terry Henderson/Martinsville Police Dept.; :49
SUPER=01-Andy Boitnott/Martinsville Police Dept.; 1:17
RUNS=1:35
OUT Q=News7, Altavista.



((natsot 3:14:48

((POLICE, GET DOWN, GET ON YOUR KNEES! GET ON YOUR KNEES!))
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What looks like a scene from the TV show "Cops" is actually a very real exercise in advanced tactical training.
The instructors are from the Army's military police school at Fort McLellan in Alabama.
They travel all over the country, training officers in big cities and small, because criminals know no boundaries.
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SOT 1:39:41
IN Q=We've got

((TOMMY NEAL/ALTAVISTA POLICE CHIEF: WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT THE LARGER CITIES HAVE GOT, IT'S JUST ON A SMALLER SCALE.))
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OUT Q=smaller scale.


Neal says he jumped at the chance to bring the training program here to the old Altavista Elementary School.
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Standup 3:32:02
IN Q=The school

((The school has been closed for a little over two years now, but instructors say the twists and turns in these old classrooms make it a perfect setting for this kind of special operations training.))
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OUT Q=operations training.


In small groups they approach a room.. making sure each angle is covered before any member of the team advances.
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SOT 2:48:55
IN Q=Safety first

((TERRY HENDERSON/MARTINSVILLE P.D.: SAFETY FIRST, THAT'S THE KEY IS SAFETY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS OUT THAT GOES IN. NEXT IS SAFETY OF ANY INDIVIDUALS IN A ROOM.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=in a room.


But that doesn't include gun- wielding bad guys, who can be lurking around any corner.
natsot shooting 3:13:21

((WE'RE OKAY OVER HERE. WE'VE GOT SUSPECT DOWN, HOW YOU ALL DOING OVER THERE? WE'RE CLEAR.))
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SOT 2:52:14
IN Q=A lot of

((ANDY BOITNOTT/MARTINSVILLE P.D.: A LOT OF NEW OFFICERS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY GO OUT FRESH AND GREEN AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF TACTICS AND SOMETIMES IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY'RE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY BECAUSE OF BAD TACTICS. SO THIS HELPS OUT IN ALL ASPECTS OF POLICE WORK, NOT JUST SWAT CONCEPTS.))
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OUT Q=SWAT concepts.


Hopefully by the end of the week, they'll have learned their lesson.. surviving on the streets is considered a passing grade.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Altavista.))

E-Clements


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noone
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-38
GRAPHIC=legal scales


It was a no contest plea to murder charges from a Danville man yesterday.
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VO-NAT


Thirty-four- year- old Frank Edward Clements got a life sentence for murdering Tyrone Dawkins in 19-93.
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Dawkins body was found behind a Danville middle school.
Clements must also serve two years for using a firearm to commit a felony. He must still stand trial for allegedly shooting ten- year- old Reggie Hutchins in April and robbing a Danville bank five years ago.
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P-Beyer-Gilmore


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=eea
TAPE#597-24
GRAPHIC=campaign 97


The two candidates for the highest office in Virginia have different ideas for the state's personal property tax..
SS=tobacco under fire


They ALSO have different ideas of how tobacco should or should NOT be regulated.
The two brought their campaigns to our area yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Martinsville;


In Martinsville, Don Beyer promised to PROTECT tobacco growers.
The Democrat said he supports government efforts to reduce underage smoking, but adults should have the right to light up, even if it makes them sick.
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SOT 9:40:03
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((DON BEYER/D- CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR; BUT, THAT'S TRUE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, I NEVER WANT TO INTERFERE WITH AN ADULT'S RIGHT TO MAKE THE KNOWN CHOICE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE GREAT PLEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO. LET ADULTS MAKE THE FREE CHOICE AND ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES.))
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RUNS=:14
OUT Q=accept the consequences
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


Jim Gilmore, was in Roanoke...
The Republican also says he doesn't want the government to reduce the adult market for Virginia's tobacco products.
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SOT 13:44:40
IN Q=I think the people

((JIM GILMORE: R- CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: I THINK THE PEOPLE HAVE TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN HEALTH BENEFITS AS TO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO... OUR FOCUS HAS TO BE ON MAKING SURE THE YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T SMOKE, AND WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE THE WORKING JOBS OF THE FARMERS OF VIRGINIA.))
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OUT Q=farmers of Virginia
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VO-NAT


Beyer and Gilmore don't agree on who should restrict underage smoking... Beyer supports F-D-A regulation.
Gilmore opposes it: attempting instead to strengthen state laws against children buying cigarettes.
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P-Barta


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=campaign 97


And while Beyer and Gilmore are eyeing this November's election..one newcomer to the political scene is moving past 19-97.
Radford eye doctor Joe Barta is considering challenging Democratic Congressman Rick Boucher in '98.
SS=gop


Barta has formed an advisory committee and says he'll spend the next few months meeting with Republican leaders in the Ninth District, before deciding whether he'll actually seek the G-O-P nomination.

EMMYS


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE


The nominees for the 49th annual Emmy awards were announced this morning in Hollywood.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-North Hollywood, CA;


The picks for Best drama include N-Y-P-D Blue, The X Files, Law and Order and Chicago Hope.
The C-B-S drama "Touched by an Angel" wasn't nominated for Best drama but its stars Roma Downey and Della Reese received nominations for Best actress and Supporting Actress.
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10:48:44-59
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OUT Q=and talking people.
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VO-NAT


The nominees for best comedy include Frasier, The Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld, Third Rock From the Sun and Mad About you.
Bryant Gumbel will host the Emmys right here on C-B-S September 14th.
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Magnet-Camp


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=12
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-45
GRAPHIC=NONE


For a group of students in the Roanoke Valley, summer camp has a high- tech edge this year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


At the Lincoln Terrace Saturn Network, students have been designing home pages for the Internet.
Participants in "Tech Camp" are also visiting three other Roanoke magnet schools, for hands- on experience with science and technology.
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IN Q=It's always exciting

((SANDRA BRYAN BURKS: IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO ME TO SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS DO. HERE FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A REAL WIDE GROUP OF RISING FOURTH THROUGH TENTH GRADERS AND THEY BRING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS INTO THE PROGRAM AND CREATE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS.))
SUPER=01-Sandra Bryan Burks/Magnet Schools Director;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=create some wonderful things.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE


The Tech Camp program is designed in part to give students a taste of the city's magnet programs.
The Lincoln Terrace Saturn Network School is still accepting applications for the next school year.

E-Bees


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-37
GRAPHIC=None


Turbeville's Cantaloupe Festival is going strong.
As Tina Tenret explains in a round-about way, one man's livelihood makes the festival possible.
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SUPER=01-Allen Blanks/Beekeeper; :09
SUPER=@Tina1; :22
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OUT Q=News 7, Pittsylvania County


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P-Bassett


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-33
GRAPHIC=None


Bassett Furniture is making more changes.
Now a North Carolina crib factory is closing.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bassett/File Tape;


Bassett says it will transfer the work to one of its Henry County plants.
The company says the move may mean new jobs, but also more hours for its current workers.
Bassett has about 21- hundred employees in the Henry County area.
Back in May it announced the closing of its W-M Bassett plant in Martinsville.
Nearly all the 400 employees affected in that move have transferred to other Bassett facilities, mostly in Henry County.
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Braves


ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of S7-16)
GRAPHIC=Braves/Cubs


On the National League diamond, Sammy Sosa homered and drove in 2 runs Wednesday afternoon as the Chicago Cubs downed the Atlanta Braves 3 to 1 at Wrigley.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Chicago, IL/WGN; :


In the bottom of the fourth Sammy Sosa hits this double to centerfield scoring Brian McRae and the Cubs took the one to nothing lead.
Chicago led 2 to nothing until the top of the 8-th that's when Atlanta's Danny Bautista hit this solo homer over the left field fence to make the score 2 to 1.
Sosa added the icing to the cake SUPER=35-Chicago/3/Atlanta/1/;in the

bottom of the 8-th with this solo shot over the left field wall his 19-th homer the Cubs beat the Braves 3 to 1.
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Yankees


ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S7-19
GRAPHIC=MLB LOGO


In the A-L, meanwhile, a throwing error in the bottom of the ninth gave the New York Yankees a 5 to 4 win over Anaheim.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-New York, NY/MSG; :


The Yankees got off to a good start in the Bottom of the second Charlie Hayes gets all of this pitch, sending it over the left field wall for a 2 to nothing lead.
But Anaheim came back in the top of the sixth trailing 4 to 1. Tim Solman hits this three run homer over the left field wall and the game was tied at 4.
Then in the ninth Chad Curtis SUPER=35-New York/5/Anaheim/4/;scores from

second when second baseman Luis Alicea's throw gets past pitcher Shigetoshi Hawsegawa who was covering first and New York wins it 5 to 4.
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Orioles


ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=aje
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=Orioles


Roberto Alomar is continuing to make headlines in the sport of baseball.
The Major League Players Association will appeal the fine levied on the Orioles' second baseman for missing the team's exhibition game with its Triple-A Rochester, New York farm club. Donald Fehr (FEAR) says a grievance will be filed within the next month unless Alomar and the club work out a settlement.


Jackson


ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S7-11
GRAPHIC=Chicago bulls


News from the hardwood, The Chicago Bulls have taken a big step in keeping the championship team together by signing head coach Phil Jackson.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=04-NBA; :


Jackson agreed to a one year contract extension with the bulls for the 19-97-'98 N-B-A Season.
A Bulls spokesman confirmed the agreement but would not release the financial terms.
But the spokesman did say Jackson's Salary will be the highest ever paid to an N-B-A coach who was not also a general manager.
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Camel


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mjo
TAPE#97-36
GRAPHIC=NONE


The Virginia Tech Veterinary School plays mom for a baby camel.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;


Dorey, a six- day- old camel is doing well after being admitted to the hospital on Sunday.
She was born last Friday at the Lost World Ranch in Pounding Mill.
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1:19:22
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IN Q=When she

((DR. MARK CRISMAN/VA. TECH VET SCHOOL PROFESSOR: WHEN SHE CAME TO THE CLINIC SHE WAS BASICALLY A LITTLE MALNOURISHED AND HADN'T GOTTEN MOM'S MILK AFTER SHE WAS BORN. SHE HAD A LITTLE ACCIDENT WHERE SHE ACTUALLY ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND WAS UNABLE TO GET UP AND GET TO HER MOTHER. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Mark Crisman/Va. Tech Vet. School Professor;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=her mother.
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VO-NAT


A special formula had to be developed to feed Dorey since camel's milk is much different from other animals'.
Dorey has been bottle-fed around the clock to keep her healthy.
She has made rapid progress and school officials hope to send her home to her real mom tomorrow. (----------------)
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