WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 11/11/97

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7E-Goodyear

ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#97-68
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Some workers at Danville's Goodyear plant say they expect layoffs on the horizon.
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SUPER=03-Danville;

The company says it cannot make enough tires at the plant, since union members refuse to work on Sunday.
So it's investing 15-million dollars in the Topeka Kansas plant instead -- where employees WILL work around the clock.
The Danville plant -- which offers the city's highest pay rate -- is no longer hiring --
It's also shipping tire machines to more productive plants.
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SOT 3:09:21
IN Q=In the works
((KORI REED/PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER: IN THE WORKS ARE PLANS TO MOVE TWO OF THE TIRE ASSEMBLY MACHINES OUT OF THE DANVILLE PLANT TO OTHER LOCATIONS THAT DO HAVE CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS -- SO WE CAN MEET THE DEMAND FOR MEDIUM RADIAL TRUCK TIRES.))
SUPER=01-Kori Reed/Public Relations Manager;
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Plant managers will not comment on the possibility of layoffs.
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7E-Operation-Rescue

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TAPE#97-73
GRAPHIC=Abortion

The police were called to E-C Glass high school yesterday morning after a group of anti-abortion protestors met at the school.
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SUPER=03-Lynchburg

More than one hundred Liberty University students gathered in protest.
They sang songs, prayed and displayed anti-abortion messages to passing motorists.
School officials called the police who ordered the group off school grounds.
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SOT 7:59:44
IN Q=We need to
((COL. CHARLES BENNETT/LYNCHBURG POLICE: WE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE AND ORDERLY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN COME IN TO SCHOOL AND CAN LEARN AND NOT BE DISTURBED AND DISTRACTED BY ANY TYPE OF DEMONSTRATION, WHATEVER THE PARTICULAR ISSUE MIGHT BE.))
SUPER=01-Col. Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief; :00
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Rally organizers say they wanted to apologize to students for -quote- "allowing God to be expelled from school".
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SOT 7:56:34
IN Q=We are going
((JOHN REYES/PROTEST ORGANIZER: WE ARE GOING TO RISE UP AND TAKE A STAND AND SAW WE REPENT AND WE TELL THESE STUDENTS WE ARE SORRY, ON THE PATH OF OUR PARENTS FOR NOT TAKING A STAND WHEN THEY KICKED JESUS OUT OF SCHOOL IN THE 1960'S AND AS GENERATION X WE'RE GOING TO SAY NO TO THIS.))
SUPER=01-John Reyes/Protest Organizer; :00
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Police may cite the rally organizers for failing to get the proper city permits.
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7REVENUE-COMMISSIONERS

ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#net (edit of 97-74)
GRAPHIC=personal property tax

Virginia's 130 commissioners have different views when it comes to governor-elect Jim Gilmore's personal property tax cut plan.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Some say they don't think the state will have the money to pay them back if the personal property tax is eliminated, but many say the tax is a bit steep.
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((MITCH NUCKLES/LYNCHBURG COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE: I FEEL THAT TAX IS TOO HIGH, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH GOVERNOR GILMORE AND WELL AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRYING TO ARRIVE AT AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD. ))
SUPER=01-Mitch Nuckles/Lynchburg Comm. of Revenue;
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The Professional organization is meeting in Roanoke all this week.
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7S-Floyd-Vandalism

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TAPE#97-67
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Several cars and a church in Floyd fell victim to vandalism this weekend leaving officials searching for answers.
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SUPER=03-Floyd

Residents near New Town Road say this isn't the first time vandals have targeted their neighborhood.
Late Saturday night, somebody apparently drove through the predominantly black area, splattering orange paint on cars and a local church.
People who live in the area found the damage when they woke up Sunday morning.
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((HARRY JOHNSON: AS YOU SEE, I HAD BOTH OF MY CARS PARKED OUT HERE AND WHEN I CAME OUT IN THE MORNING...THEY GOT MY WHOLE WINDSHIELD. AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ME -- HIS CAR WAS ALL MESSED UP. SOME PEOPLE'S CARS GOT FULL OF PAINT MUCH MORE THAN MINE.))
SUPER=07-Harry Johnson;
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Authorities say they aren't sure if this was an isolated event, or if it's linked to other reports of vandalism over the last year.
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7weather

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Taking a look at your Tuesday forecast.... Morning clouds will give waay to partly sunny skies with highs in the low 50's.
Tonight looks partly cloudy with nighttime lows in the mid to upper 30's.
And taking a look ahead...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 11/12/97
Wednesday:

SUPER=130-5/Danielle Roberts/Christiansburg;

SUPER=130-23/Danielle Clark/Danville;

SUPER=130-1/Hunter Gibson/Covington;

(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-49th/Posey & Elsie Poindexter/Glade Hill;

SUPER=130-34/Teresa Gallagher/Salem;

SUPER=130-4/Brittany Meredith/Blacksburg;

SUPER=130-42/Steve Thorne/Martinburg WV;

SUPER=130-8/Cameron Linkenhoker/Buchanan;

SUPER=130-4/Amber Bennington/Glasgow;

SUPER=130-6/Cordaro Brown/Clover;
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55-Goodyear

ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#597-41
GRAPHIC=goodyear

Danville's largest employer is under a hiring freeze, and the next move it makes could include layoffs.
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SUPER=03-Danville;

It appears Goodyear workers are suffering the consequences of Sunday's union vote.
The majority rejected a continuous work schedule.
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SOT 3:09:34
IN Q=Currently the plant
((KORI REED/GOODYEAR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER: CURRENTLY THE PLANT IS UNDER A HIRING FREEZE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE LABOR ACROSS THE PLANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY COMPETITIVE AT THIS POINT.))
SUPER=01-Kori Reed/Goodyear Communications Manager;
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Employees say they expect layoffs-- although managers would not comment.
Goodyear says without a seven-day schedule, it can not make enough tires in Danville--
So instead the plant in Topeka, Kansas, which DOES operate continuously, was awarded 15-million dollars to expand.
In a statement Goodyear vice president H-Clay Orme said:
"We were hoping to be able to invest heavily in our Danville, Virginia plant, but a union vote there on continuous operations failed. Now, we're exploring all options globally for supply points."
Two tire machines are also being moved out of the Danville plant.
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55REVENUE-COMMISSIONERS

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
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TAPE#net (edit of 97-74)
GRAPHIC=personal property tax

Virginia's 130 commissioners have kept a close eye on the elections, and Governor elect- Gilmore's pledge to cut the car tax,
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SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Some say they don't think the state will have the money to pay them back if the personal property tax is eliminated, but many say the tax is a bit steep.
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((MITCH NUCKLES/LYNCHBURG COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE: I FEEL THAT TAX IS TOO HIGH, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH GOVERNOR GILMORE AND WELL AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRYING TO ARRIVE AT AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD. ))
SUPER=01-Mitch Nuckles/Lynchburg Comm. of Revenue;
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OUT Q=acceptable method
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The Professional organization is meeting in Roanoke all this week.
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55-Operation-Rescue

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
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TAPE#597-44
GRAPHIC=NONE

Police were called to the campus of E-C Glass high school yesterday to break up a religious rally.
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SUPER=03-Lynchburg

About one hundred demonstrators, many of them Liberty University students, converged on school grounds.
Although many carried anti-abortion signs, the group's stated mission was -quote- "to put God back in school."
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IN Q=And our parents
((JOHN REYES/PROTEST ORGANIZER: AND OUR PARENTS' GENERATION AND WE ARE APOLOGIZING TO THE STUDENTS FOR ALLOWING JESUS AND GOD TO BE KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL IN 1960, AND FOR OUR APATHY IN THIS NATION TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO DICTATE TO THE CHURCH WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE SAID IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.))
SUPER=01-John Reyes/Protest Organizer; :00
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School officials say they had NO advance warning of the event.
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SOT 7:59:44
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((CHIEF CHARLES BENNETT/LYNCHBURG POLICE: WE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE AND ORDERLY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN COME IN TO SCHOOL AND CAN LEARN AND NOT BE DISTURBED BY ANY TYPE OF DEMONSTRATION, WHATEVER THE PARTICULAR ISSUE MIGHT BE.))
SUPER=01-Col. Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief; :00
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OUT Q=issue might be.
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Bennett says organizers may be cited for not obtaining the proper permits beforehand.
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55VA-Tech

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=VA Tech

Virginia Tech president Paul Torgersen is taking action to counter a growing problem with racism on campus.
Torgersen says the school will hire a vice president for minority affairs to deal with such issues.
A series of problems in recent month have included a racially offensive e-mail, reports of shouted racial epithets at blacks, and anti-gay graffiti.
Those problems were aggravated when students discovered evidence that two prominent Tech graduates were founding members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter at the school.

55weather

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Time now to check the Veterans' Day forecast--
After morning clouds, expect partly sunny skies with highs in the lower 50s.
Partly cloudy tonight, with lows in the upper 30s.
The forecast gets a little messier for the latter half of the work week...
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8E-Goodyear

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
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TAPE#97-68
GRAPHIC=Goodyear

The Goodyear plant in Danville is losing out to what company officials call
a more productive plant in KANSAS. (----------------)
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SUPER=03-Danville;

The company says it cannot make enough tires in Danville, since union members refuse to work on Sunday.
So it's investing 15-million dollars in the Topeka Kansas plant instead -- where employees WILL work around the clock.
The Danville plant -- which offers the city's highest pay rate -- is no longer hiring --
It's also shipping tire machines to more productive plants.
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SOT 3:09:21
IN Q=In the works
((KORI REED/PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER: IN THE WORKS ARE PLANS TO MOVE TWO OF THE TIRE ASSEMBLY MACHINES OUT OF THE DANVILLE PLANT TO OTHER LOCATIONS THAT DO HAVE CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS -- SO WE CAN MEET THE DEMAND FOR MEDIUM RADIAL TRUCK TIRES.))
SUPER=01-Kori Reed/Public Relations Manager;
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OUT Q=medium radial truck tires
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Some Danville employees say they expect layoffs -- but managers will not comment.
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8E-Operation-Rescue

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-73
GRAPHIC=Abortion

Some Liberty University students brought their anti- abortion sentiment to a DIFFERENT campus.
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SUPER=03-Lynchburg

More than one hundred Liberty University students gathered at E-C Glass High school.
They sang songs, prayed and displayed anti-abortion messages to passing motorists.
School officials called the police who ordered the group off school grounds.
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SOT 7:59:44
IN Q=We need to
((COL. CHARLES BENNETT/LYNCHBURG POLICE: WE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE AND ORDERLY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN COME IN TO SCHOOL AND CAN LEARN AND NOT BE DISTURBED AND DISTRACTED BY ANY TYPE OF DEMONSTRATION, WHATEVER THE PARTICULAR ISSUE MIGHT BE.))
SUPER=01-Col. Charles Bennett/Lynchburg Police Chief; :00
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OUT Q=issue might be.
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Rally organizers say they wanted to apologize to students for -quote- "allowing God to be expelled from school".
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SOT 7:56:34
IN Q=We are going
((JOHN REYES/PROTEST ORGANIZER: WE ARE GOING TO RISE UP AND TAKE A STAND AND SAW WE REPENT AND WE TELL THESE STUDENTS WE ARE SORRY, ON THE PATH OF OUR PARENTS FOR NOT TAKING A STAND WHEN THEY KICKED JESUS OUT OF SCHOOL IN THE 1960'S AND AS GENERATION X WE'RE GOING TO SAY NO TO THIS.))
SUPER=01-John Reyes/Protest Organizer; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=no to this.
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Police may cite the rally organizers for failing to get the proper city permits.
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8REVENUE-COMMISSIONERS

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE#net (edit of 97-74)
GRAPHIC=personal property tax

The effects of Governor- Elect Jim Gilmore's vow to cut the car tax are trickling down to the state's commissioners of revenue.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Some say they don't think the state will have the money to pay them back if the personal property tax is eliminated, but many say the tax is a bit steep.
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SOT 4:27:32
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((MITCH NUCKLES/LYNCHBURG COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE: I FEEL THAT TAX IS TOO HIGH, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH GOVERNOR GILMORE AND WELL AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRYING TO ARRIVE AT AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD. ))
SUPER=01-Mitch Nuckles/Lynchburg Comm. of Revenue;
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OUT Q=acceptable method
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The Professional organization is meeting in Roanoke all this week.
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8VA-Tech

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=VA Tech

Virginia Tech's president says the school plans to add some personnel to deal with its racism problem.
Yesterday, Paul Torgersen said the school will hire a vice president for minority affairs to deal with such issues.
A series of problems in recent month have included a racially offensive e-mail, reports of shouted racial epithets at blacks, and anti-gay graffiti.
Those problems were aggravated when students discovered evidence that two prominent Tech graduates were founding members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter at the school.

8Colonial-Downs

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

Colonial Downs' race track is in NO hurry to pay its bills--
That's according to the general contractor, who says he's seeking almost nine million dollars in court.
Track officials are disputing the claims brought by Norglass, the Ohio-based contractor.
They say not all work at the track is finished and some bills have already been paid or are for incorrect amounts. Norglass' attorney said the track hasn't paid the company since May.
The track opened for racing in September.

8weather

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Taking a moment now to look at Tuesday's forecast--
After some cloudiness this morning, skies will become partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 50s.
Partly cloudy overnight, with lows cooling into the upper 30s.
The extended outlook is rainy, with some snow showers mixed in on Thursday..
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