18:00-01
1-News-Head
ANCHOR=Keith
On NEWS 7 at SIX tonight a late- breaking story:
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VO-NAT
Shoppers over-come by noxious fumes at Crossroads Mall.
A LIVE report on that.
And the story of an 11-year old girl who drove from Roanoke to Lynchburg
after being left in the car with her cousin while Mom was at the fitness
center.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight on News 7 Sports, Barry Switzer and Bam Morris have to sit in the
timeout chair this afternoon.
The Fighting Blues of Parry McCluer are looking to defend their Pioneer
district football title.
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VO-NAT eng#
And we'll head up to Blacksburg and check in on the first day of practice for
the Hokies' freshman class of athletes.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
With these pleasant temperatures already in place, no reason to change the
forecast. Details just ahead.
Crossroads
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-47
GRAPHIC=None
Roanoke emergency crews evacuated a good portion of Crossroads Mall this
afternoon after customers and employees began feeling ill.
The city's fire and rescue personnel are trying to figure out what caused
the problem as they treat people suffering from a variety of symptoms.
Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Microwave
Len Besthoff has talked with Roanoke's deputy fire chief.
Len is there any idea how this all started?
Live=Len Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Len1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
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(Rollcue: with the victims)
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=02-Winston Simmons/Roanoke Fire and Rescue; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :12 QUICK
SUPER=01-Chuck Ortt/Mall Employee;
RUNS=1:10
OUT Q=these areas.
Live=Len Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
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Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Microwave
Missing-girl
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-51
GRAPHIC=None
An eleven- year old girl drove a station wagon from the Tanglewood area of
Roanoke County all the way to Lynchburg last night.
Latisha Wright had been left in the car- -along with her SEVEN- year old
cousin.
Latisha's mother, PATRICIA Wright, allegedly left the two girls alone in
the car for about an hour- -with the keys in it, the radio blaring, and the
motor running.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.
When Wright came out of Cory Everson's Aerobic and Fitness Center on Route
419, the car was gone.
She thought the girls might have been abducted, so she went to police.
Apparently her 5-foot-two, 120 pound daughter had grown tired of waiting
and simply drove off... headed for a relative's home in Lynchburg.
At home today, the 33-year old employee of Hanover Direct would not come to
the door- -sending someone else to shoo us away.
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SOT
IN Q=Go away
((GO AWAY. SHE HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE AS IT IS, AFTER WHAT HER DAUGHTER HAS DONE.
NO THANK YOU. ))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=no, thank you.
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VO-NAT
Patricia Wright has been charged with two misdemeanors- -allowing children
to be in need of services.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None
Eleven- year old Latisha Wright has not been charged.
Police say she actually stopped to buy gas once she got to Lynchburg last
night. She paid for it in cash- -money she got from her mother's purse that
police say was left in the car with the two girls.
Super-Lice
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-41
GRAPHIC=None
Virginians are leading the way in a consumer and health care battle that's
nationwide.
Their opponents are as big as an entire industry... and as small as a human
hair.
Ellen Qualls reports on the attack of the "super lice."
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SOT
IN Q=This is one of
SUPER=03-Henrico Co.; :00 OVER BITE!
SUPER=@file; :05!
SUPER=@Ellen2; :10!
SUPER=01-Debbie Duke/Henrico Co. Parent; :26
SUPER=@Cullen; :35
RUNS=1:36
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Henrico Co.
(( sot 14:48:44
((THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING THINGS I'VE EVER DEALT WITH.))
runs=:03
Millions of people know what Debbie Duke's talking about.
The battle to eradicate head lice in their children.
A slew of expensive treatments are on the market.
But when two of Duke's well-groomed children had an almost ongoing battle
with head lice for the past year -- she turned to scientific research into
so-called "super lice" that can't be beat back by the drug companies, despite
their claims.
sot 14:49:14
((DEBBIE DUKE: AND I KNEW THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM. THAT THERE WAS A RESISTANT
STRAIN.))
runs=:05
Enter Virginia's new attorney general -- who's asked for an FDA probe.
sot 04:49:48
((RICHARD CULLEN/VA. ATTORNEY GENERAL: IF OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS DON'T WORK,
THEN THE FDA MUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND I'M CONFIDENT THEY WILL. SO I DON'T
WANT TO SAY WHAT I'M GONNA DO IF THEY DON'T DO IT, BECAUSE I'LL BE SHOCKED IF
THEY DON'T.))
runs=:12
sot 14:48:22
((DEBBIE DUKE/HENRICO CO. PARENT: THE DRUG COMPANIES ARE LYING, AND THEY'RE
HIDING BEHIND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT USING THE PRODUCT CORRECTLY. AND
THAT THEY ARE BEING REINVESTED. WHEN THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT YOU DO, THE PRODUCT DOESN'T WORK.))
runs=:14
So Duke's contacted others through the National Perdiculosis Association to
initiate a class action lawsuit against Warner Lambert, the maker of Nix.
The drug companies won't concede the super lice theory.
Warner Lambert says it's investigating and it's sympathetic.
But its products may not be being used properly or children may be
re-infested in the school or at home.
sot 14:46:14
((DEBBIE DUKE: THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT FOLKS AREN'T STEPPING
FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBARRASSED THAT THEY HAVE LICE.))
runs=:06
And she's NOT just being nitpicky when she says that.
She'll see them in court.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Henrico County.))
UPS
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#97-48
GRAPHIC=UPS Strike
A possible break in the nationwide Teamsters strike against United Parcel
Service.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Monday;
Both sides have agreed to resume informal contract talks tomorrow.
Some 600 Teamsters in southwest and central Virginia are in their third day
of the walkout.
President Clinton said again today that he won't intervene to end the
strike, as he did with American Airlines.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
It's a Journey of Hope--a cross country trek that rolled into the Hill City
today.
We'll have that story.
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VO-NAT
Also many of them are high school marching band veterans--but now they're
taking it to a new level.
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SOT 14:21:08
IN Q=The experiences
((THE EXPERIENCES YOU GO THROUGH ON DRUM CORPS TOUR ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN
REGULAR LIFE OR AT WORK OR AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THE INTENSITY OF THE WHOLE THING
THAT YOU REALLY REALLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER WELL AND YOU STICK WITH EACH
OTHER FOR A LONG TIME))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=a long time.
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VO-NAT
They're competing tonight in Salem and we've got a preview--Robin will be
there.
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Beyer
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-52
GRAPHIC=Don Beyer
Don Beyer is taking aim at the State Board of Education in his bid to
become governor.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Beyer stopped in Roanoke this morning as he began a four- day swing through
western Virginia.
He argued against proposals that would allow localities to eliminate family
life education... and choose between reading specialists and elementary
guidance counselors.
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SOT
IN Q=It isn't so much
((IT ISN'T SO MUCH TAKING ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THEY
HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR THIS IS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA WANT. VIRGINIA'S
PARENTS WANT THEIR KIDS TO HAVE THE OPTION OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION. ANY PARENT
WHO DOESN'T WANT IT CAN ALWAYS PULL THEM OUT. LESS THAN TWO PERCENT DO. WE
DON'T WANT TO CREATE THIS FALSE CHOICE BETWEEN GIVING THEM GOOD STRONG READING
SPECIALISTS AND GIVING THEM ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE COUNSELORS. WE'VE HAD THEM SIDE
BY SIDE. IT WORKS VERY WELL. IT'S NOT THE TIME TO ABANDON THEM.))
SUPER=@Beyer1;
RUNS=:27
OUT Q=time to abandon them.
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Don Beyer
Beyer also says new accreditation standards should include more remedial
instruction for students who fail Standards of Learning tests.
The campaign will carry Beyer to the coalfields before returning to Galax
and Martinsville on Saturday.
Gilmore
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-42
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97
Beyer admits his plan to give a tax credit to average Virginia car owners
won't help Virginians who are so poor they don't pay income taxes... or so rich
he won't let them qualify.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
But Jim Gilmore says Beyer's plan leaves a majority of senior citizens out
in the cold.
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SOT 12:43:19
IN Q=Under Don Beyer's
((JIM GILMORE/R-CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR: UNDER DON BEYER'S ALLEGED TAX PLAN,
442-THOUSAND-907 VIRGINIA SENIOR CITIZENS WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM TAX RELIEF
BECAUSE THEY EITHER MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY OR TOO LITTLE MONEY UNDER HIS PLAN.
61- PERCENT OF VIRGINIA'S SENIOR CITIZENS WOULD GET NOTHING.))
SUPER=@Gilmore1;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=get nothing.
TALENT=Keith
SS=Campaign 97
A Beyer spokeswoman says Don Beyer's NOT seen a number out of the Gilmore
campaign that he agrees with yet.
She also say 100- percent of Virginia's seniors would get a break if Beyer
eliminated the tax on non-prescription drugs... something Gilmore has opposed.
Journey-Hope
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-39
GRAPHIC=None
For the tenth straight year, about 60 college students have spent their
summer bicycling across the United States.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
The "Journey of Hope" is a project of PUSH America.. an outreach of Pi Kappa
Phi fraternities.
The cyclists started in San Francisco on June 5th, and have worked their way
across country, rolling into Lynchburg this afternoon.
The 300- thousand dollars they've raised will benefit persons with
disabilities.
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SOT 2:35:24
IN Q=A lot of
((RICK BELL/CYCLIST: A LOT OF THE ROUTES THAT WE DO HAVE BEEN FROM YEARS PAST,
SO PEOPLE ARE USED TO SEEING US EVERY YEAR COME THROUGH AND THEY WANT TO
CONTINUE TO SEE US SO THEY DONATE ALONG THE WAY. AND A LOT OF PLACE DONATE IN-
KIND LIKE HOTEL ROOMS OR MEALS OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.))
SUPER=01-Rick Bell/Cyclist; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=things like that.
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VO-NAT
The tour continues tomorrow and wraps up in Washington D.C. on Saturday.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
Responding to a Federal Reserve report that shows moderate expansion of the
economy and little sign of inflation, Wall Street was setting records again
today.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
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Summer-Music
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-40
GRAPHIC=None
The Summer Music Games of Southwest Virginia get underway in just about an
hour at the Salem football field.
Eight drum and bugle corps are taking part--they compete nationwide for top
honors.
News 7's Tonya Flory shows us why it takes more than just talent to be part
of this musical group.
(/////SOT/////)
IN Q=Sixteen to
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
SUPER=01-Kevin Sandburg/Blue Devils Tuba Player;
SUPER=01-Pete Emmons/Blue Devils Asst. Director;
SUPER=01-Mary Loritsch/Summer Music Games;
SUPER=@Tonya2;
RUNS=1:48
OUT Q=News 7
((16-21 year old men and women spend their summer vacation sleeping on
gymnasium floors, traveling nearly 15-thousand miles over 21 states and
rehearsing for up to 12 hours a day and they pay to do it...but these dedicated
performers say it's all worth it.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:19:59
IN Q=Sometimes you
((KEVIN SANDBURG/BLUE DEVILS TUBA PLAYER:SOMETIMES YOU LOVE EM AND SOMETIMES
YOU HATE EM BUT IN THE END YOU ALWAYS GOT TO PULL TOGETHER AND DO WHAT YOU
GOTTA DO WHICH IS PERFORM WITH THE 128 OTHER KIDS ON THE FIELD))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=on the field
Some of the instruments weigh 70-80 pounds so it also takes a lot of physical
dexterity and dedication.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:17:31
IN Q=Their life
((Pete EMMONS:THEIR LIFE IS BASICALLY EATING, SLEEPING AND DRINKING DRUM
CORPS))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=drum corps
But in the end, the results are spectacular, some say its like a small
broadway production.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:34:13
IN Q=Each corps
((MARY LORITSCH:EACH CORPS IS UNIQUE IN THE MUSIC THEY PLAY AND HOW THEY WISH
THEY'RE ACCOMPANIMENTS TO TAKE PLACE ON THE FIELD SO IT'S QUITE A LITTLE SHOW
OR A PERFORMANCE. YOU'RE LIBEL TO HEAR JAZZ, GOSPEL, ROCK AND ROLL, WHATEVER.))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=whatever.
The sights are just as amazing as the sounds because each move is in precise
sync with every other member.
Add another dimension to what it takes to be a participant and maybe the most
important: trust
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:20:45
IN Q=you rehearse it
((KEVIN SANDBURG:YOU REHEARSE IT SO MUCH THAT WHEN YOU GET ON THE PERFORMANCE
FIELD IT LIKE GOING ON AUTOMATIC PILOT. YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO AND
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS DOING WHAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO SO YOU'RE ALL THERE))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=all there
The performers are selected from the cream of the crop...
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:36:22
IN Q=These are
((MARY LORITSCH:THESE ARE THE MUSICIANS OF THE FUTURE. THEY WILL BE YOUR
SYMPHONIC PLAYERS, YOUR BAND DIRECTORS IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL AS YOUR CONTEMPORARY PLAYERS))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=Contemporary players
Whether they take home a trophy or not, they all say they've made lasting
friendships which may be the more rewarding of the two...Tonya Flory, News 7.))
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=none
Coming your way tonight in sports, a day of fines and suspensions for "Bam"
and Barry.
The Tech freshmen go through their first workouts. Steve Mason will have
that story from Blacksburg.
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VO-NAT eng#
Plus, out preseason high school football previews continue tonight as we
check in with the FIghting Blues of Parry McCluer.
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S-Bam
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB97-2
GRAPHIC=RAVENS
The NFL bopped Bam Morris today by suspending the Baltimore Ravens star for
the first four games of the upcoming season.
Morris is guilty of violating the league's substance abuse policy for the
second time in two years.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-NFL; :00
Morris is guilty of violating the league's substance abuse policy for the
second time in two years.
Just last year he plead guilty to a marijuana possession charge.
The first game Morris will be allowed to play in is the September 28th
contest with the Chargers.
SUPER=03-Austin, TX;
Meanwhile, tonight at 5:30, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones fined head coach Barry
Switzer for his arrest on a gun charge.
Switzer's honest mistake will cost him $75 thousand bucks.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="I hope...
((JERRY JONES/COWBOYS OWNER:))
SUPER=01-Jerry Jones/Cowboys Owner; :00
RUNS=:28
OUT Q=...our responsibility."
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S-Tech
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=TF97-1
GRAPHIC=Tech football
Virginia Tech freshman began practice today.
Steve Mason brings us up to date on the 37 first year players and their
introduction to college football 101.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00
SUPER=01-James Lomax/Va. Tech Freshman Tight End; :14
SUPER=01-Cam Jackson/Va. Tech Freshman Safety; :20(QUICK)
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Head Coach; :28
SUPER=@Steve1; :41
SUPER=01-Chad Beasley/Va. Tech Freshman Defensive End; 1:36
RUNS=1:47
OUT Q=....news 7 sports"
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S-Blues
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-9
GRAPHIC=FFE
Business defections and floods have had their effect on the city of Buena
Vista over the years, but just like area's citizens, the Fighting Blues
football team always manages to stand tall in the adversity.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Buena Vista; :00
That was never more evident than last season, when head coach Charlie Wheeler
took a overachieving bunch of players and came from the back of the pack to win
the Pioneer district.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="We had...
((CHARLIE WHEELER/PARRY MCCLUER HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Charlie Wheeler/Parry McCluer Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=...FOR US."
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VO-NAT CON'T
Duplicating that feat will not be an easy task for the 37 members of this
year's team.
Wheeler will have to deal with tough squads at James River, Bath County and
Covington within the district and at the same time find a way to replenish his
own team that was wiped out by graduation.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="It's a rebuilding...
((CHARLIE WHEELER:))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=...FOR US."
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S-Quit
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=FOOTBALL
At least Wheeler has nearly 40 players with which to work this preseason.
Billy Slaughter, who coaches Chatham Central high in Bear Creek, North
Carolina doesn't even have a team.
Only four seniors and not a single junior came out for practice this week,
prompting the coach and school officials to disband the varsity squad for this
season.
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