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7Teen-Smoking


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TAPE#net (edit of 97-66)
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Lawful tobacco sales are topping the agenda of the Alcohol Beverage Control.
Virginia law says you must be 18 to buy tobacco.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./April 13, 1992;


A-B-C Special agent Butch Wright is used to busting up stills.
But now tobacco enforcement is new to his beat.
IN Q=February
SOT 5:27:08

((FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, THE ABC DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN ENFORCEMENT POWER OF THE TOBACCO LAWS. who was enforcing them? NOT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, IT WAS ON THE BOOKS, BUT IT WASN'T ENFORCED BY ANYONE-- BY ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY. ))
SUPER=01-Butch Wright/ABC Special Agent;
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OUT Q=agency
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


For the past few days, local A-B-C investigators have been sending high school kids into area stores to buy cigarettes.
In Roanoke, about 50 percent of the stores tested did not comply with the law.
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7E-Girls-Girls


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TAPE#97-67
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales


A panel of community members has been picked in Roanoke to decide between obscenity and art in our area.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke;


To accomplish that a jury of five women and three men was picked to review the evidence taken last Spring from "Girls, Girls, Girls."
It's a Roanoke nightclub that features dancers who strip down to nothing.
Roanoke police recorded 15 performances on videotape.
Vice squad officers posed as patrons and tried to fit in- with their hidden camera -among the mostly male customers.
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SOT 11:12:10
IN Q=and tipping the

((AND TIPPING THE FEMALES WHO'RE ON THE STAGE. IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU WOULD TIP DANCERS ON THE STAGE? THE DANCERS WOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD WHO WERE TIPPING.))
SUPER=01-Dennis Nagel/Prosecutor; :04
SUPER=02-Chris Perkins/Roanoke Police Detective; :07
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OUT Q=who were tipping.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Police Videotape


The jury will have to decide- perhaps today- whether this is offensive or whether it has some redeeming artistic, political or social value.
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7E-Robber


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It was not your typical convenience store hold up in Roanoke yesterday.
Police arrested 37- year- old Wendy Brickey, after she allegedly entered a convenience store, bought a soft drink and then pulled out a gun and demanded money.
The clerk handed over some cash but the robber returned it, saying there was too little, and then left the store.
Police say Brickey is also wanted in a series of armed robberies in Roanoke and surrounding counties.

75-City-Stadium


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Lynchburg's city stadium is in need of a facelift.
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SUPER=03-Lynchburg


Built in the 19-30's, the ballpark does not meet current minor league standards, NOR is it handicapped accessible.
Bids are now being accepted for a three-phase renovation study to be conducted this winter.
The man who owns the Lynchburg Hillcats says he's willing to pay extra for a better facility.
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SOT 1:33:14
IN Q=The other owners

((CALVIN FALWELL/PRES., LYNCHBURG BASEBALL CORP.: THE OTHER OWNERS ARE LIKE MYSELF.. WE DIDN'T GO INTO THIS BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY, WE WENT INTO IT TO KEEP BASEBALL IN LYNCHBURG. SO WE'RE WILLING TO PAY THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG MORE MONEY FOR THE FACILITIES WHEN THEY ARE UPGRADED.))
SUPER=01-Calvin Falwell/Lynchburg Baseball Corp. Pres.; :00
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OUT Q=they are upgraded.
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VO-NAT


With the city willing to renovate the current stadium, a proposed sports complex that would have included a NEW ballpark is now scrapped.
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7S-Jobless


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Virginia's unemployment rate has taken a dip.
It's fallen four- point- one percent in August to its lowest level in eight years.
That number for the same period last year was four- point- three percent.
Virginia officials say the continuing improvement is the result of students leaving the job force to return to school and a boom in construction.

7weather


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Taking a look at your Tuesday forecast.. Look for mostly sunny skies with highs in the low to mid 70's.
Tonight looks clear and breezy with nightime lows in the low to mid 50's.
And taking a look ahead...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 10/1/97
Wednesday:

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55Teen-Smoking


ANCHOR=Melanie
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Virginia's alcohol beverage control officials are cracking down on vendors that sell tobacco to minors.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./April 13, 1992;


A-B-C Special agent Butch Wright is used to busting up stills.
But now tobacco is new to his beat.
IN Q=February
SOT 5:27:08

((FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, THE ABC DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN ENFORCEMENT POWER OF THE TOBACCO LAWS. who was enforcing them? NOT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, IT WAS ON THE BOOKS, BUT IT WASN'T ENFORCED BY ANYONE-- BY ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY. ))
SUPER=01-Butch Wright/ABC Special Agent;
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OUT Q=agency
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


For the past few days, local A-B-C investigators have been sending high school kids into area stores to buy cigarettes.
In Roanoke, about 50 percent of the stores tested did not comply with the law.
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555-Girls


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=khu
TAPE#597-35
GRAPHIC=LEGAL SCALES


A Roanoke jury will determine the differnce between art and obscenity in the case against the Girls, Girls, Girls nightclub.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Police Video Tape;


The jurors spent most of the day watching police video tapes recorded last spring at the Roanoke nightclub.
The prosecutor HASN'T said the show is obscene.
That's for the jury to decide.
But the undercover vice squad officer made it clear nothing was left to the patrons' imagination.
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IN Q=She was nude

((CHRIS PERKINS/ROANOKE POLICE DETECTIVE: SHE WAS NUDE DURING THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I OBSERVED. WELL JUST PRIOR TO 30 SECONDS INTO THE VIDEO SHE WAS NUDE.))
SUPER=02-Chris Perkins/Roanoke Police Detective;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=she was nude
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VO-NAT


The jury will determine whether it's offensive and lacks artistic value.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD


The trial continues this morning.

55E-Franklin-Shelter


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TAPE#97-59
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An inmate work release program has been curtailed in Franklin County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./File Tape;


Yesterday, Judge B-A Davis officially ended the work release program at the animal control shelter..
The change comes after community members complained that having inmates work the shelter UNATTENDED was not safe.
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.


Public Safety Director Claude Webster says trustee labor saves the county money and it was never his intent to get rid of the inmate work program at the shelter...
He wanted the Board of Supervisors to check into the concerns.
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SOT 12:54:20
IN Q=I have had

((CLAUDE WEBSTER/DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY:I HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS THAT THE SHELTER PERSON THAT WAS THERE OR EVEN THE SHELTER MANAGER THAT WAS THERE HAD SAID SUCH AND SUCH TO THEM AND THAT CERTAINLY SHOULD MAKE US ALL BE AWARE OF THE PERCEPTION THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS))
SUPER=01-Claude Webster/Director of Public Safety
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OUT Q=public has
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VO-NAT


Right now the shelter only has two animal control officers on duty.
Those interested in adopting a pet through the shelter must call first to make an appointment.
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55Power


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American Electric Power today reveals its plans for a proposed high-voltage transmission line from Wyoming County in West Virginia to near Roanoke.
Plans for the line were slowed last year when the U-S Forest Service refused to allow it to cross the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia saying it would impair wildlife habitat.
American Electric has said massive blackouts could occur if the line isn't put in.



55S-Jobless


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Virginia's unemployment rate is at it's lowest level in eight years.
It's fallen four- point- one percent.
That number for the same period last year was four- point- three percent.
Virginia officials say the continuing improvement is the result of students leaving the job force to return to school and a boom in construction.

55weather


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Checking the Tuesday forecast--
Mostly sunny skies ahead today, and windy conditions.
Highs in the mid 70s.
Clear and breezy tonight, with lows in the mid 50s.
Sunshine continuing through the work week.
Highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s.
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8Teen-Smoking


ANCHOR=Melanie
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GRAPHIC=Smoking


Virginia law says you must be 18 to purchase cigarettes, but still man minors are lighting up.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin County/April 13, 1992;


A-B-C Special agent Butch Wright is used to busting up stills.
Now tobacco has been added to his beat.
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IN Q=February
SOT 5:27:08

((FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, THE ABC DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN ENFORCEMENT POWER OF THE TOBACCO LAWS. who was enforcing them? NOT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, IT WAS ON THE BOOKS, BUT IT WASN'T ENFORCED BY ANYONE-- BY ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY. ))
SUPER=01-Butch Wright/ABC Special Agent;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=agency
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


For the past few days, local A-B-C investigators have been sending high school kids into area stores to buy cigarettes.
In Roanoke, about 50 percent of the stores tested did not comply with the law.
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85-Girls


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=khu
TAPE#597-35
GRAPHIC=LEGAL SCALES


An eight person jury is deciding the difference between what's entertainment and what's obscene when it comes to the activities at a Roanoke nightclub.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Police Videotape;


Yesterday jurors watched police video tapes recorded last spring at the "Girls, Girls, Girls nightclub."
The prosecutor HASN'T said the show is obscene.
That's for the jury to decide.
But the undercover vice squad officer made it clear nothing was left to the patrons' imagination.
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SOT
IN Q=She was nude

((CHRIS PERKINS/ROANOKE POLICE DETECTIVE: SHE WAS NUDE DURING THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I OBSERVED. WELL JUST PRIOR TO 30 SECONDS INTO THE VIDEO SHE WAS NUDE.))
SUPER=02-Chris Perkins/Roanoke Police Detective;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=she was nude
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VO-NAT


The jury will determine whether it's offensive and lacks artistic value.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD


The trial continues this morning.

8E-Robber


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sly
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An alleged convenience store robber apparently didn't think it was worth her effort.
Police arrested a Montvale woman after she returned money to the store, complaining it wasn't enough.
The woman, 37- year- old Wendy Brickey, allegedly entered the store, bought a soft drink and then pulled out a gun and demanded money.
The clerk handed over some cash but Brickey reportedly returned it, saying there was too little, and then left the store.
Police say Brickey is also wanted in a series of other armed robberies in Roanoke and in surrounding counties.

8Franklin-Shelter


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=morn
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TAPE#97-
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Concerns over possible safety problems with the inmate work program are leaving the Franklin County Animal Shelter short- handed.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.


Inmate labor has been part of the county workforce since Judge Davis implemented the program over twenty years ago.
The jail holds 32 inmates...20 are in the county program and 12 work public jobs.
Franklin County Director of Public Safety Claude Webster says his intent in raising concerns over the matter was not to get rid of it...
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SOT 12:50:43
IN Q=There was

((CLAUDE VINCENT/DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY:THERE WAS AT NO TIME ANY MENTION MADE THAT WE WANTED THE INMATES OUT, IN FACT I'M CERTAIN THAT WE PROBABLY HAD SOME INPUT ON WHETHER THE INMATES WERE TO LEAVE OR NOT, THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT))
SUPER=01-Claude Webster/Director of Public Safety
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OUT Q=not the intent
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VO-NAT


Webster says he wanted the Board of Supervisors to examine the situation at the animal shelter to determine if it was a safety issue.
Judge Davis and Sheriff Overton acknowledge the project has had some problems, but they say overall it has been beneficial to both the inmates and the county.
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8S-Jobless


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GRAPHIC=Jobless Rate


Virginia's jobless rate is on the decline.
It's fallen to four- point- one percent in August, its lowest level in eight years.
That number for the same period last year was four- point- three percent.
Virginia officials say the continuing improvement is the result of students leaving the job force to return to school and a boom in construction.

8weather


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Taking a moment now to check the forecast--
Mostly sunny today, with gusty winds up to 30 miles an hour.
Highs in the mid 70s.
Clear and breezy overnight, with lows in the mid 50s.
Turning to the extended outlook--
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