WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 02/06/98

12:00-01

CLINTON-INTERN

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Clinton

A joint warning today for Iraq.
President Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair today each spoke at a news conference and said together they are determined to prevent Saddam Hussein from threatening his neighbors and the world.
But Mr. Clinton couldn't escape questions about his personal life.
In response to new reports in the Monica Lewinsky matter -- President Clinton is saying again that he "never asked anybody to do anything but tell the truth."
He also refused to explain his relationship with Lewinsky and blasted what he describes as illegal leaks of grand jury testimony concerning the investigation.
Lee Cowan reports. ***take from NEWSPATH***
SUPER=01-Lee Cowan/Reporting
SUPER=05-Washington, DC;
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SUPER=01-Bob Currie/Betty Currie's Husband;
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SUPER=05-Washington, DC;
(( IN HIS FIRST FORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE THE LEWINSKY ALLEGATIONS FIRST SURFACED, THE PRESIDENT KNEW WHAT WOULD BE ON THE TOP OF THE AGENDA.THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
NAT BETTY CURRIE DEPARTURE FROM GRAND JURY (LAST WEEK) ANOTHER LEAK TO THE MEDIA IS BLAMED FOR THE LATEST ROUND OF QUESTIONS THIS ONE SURROUNDING THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL SECRETARY, BETTY CURRIE.
A NEW YORK TIMES STORY ALLEGES BETTY CURRIE WAS CALLED INTO THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE TO WALK THROUGH WHAT SHE REMEMBERED ABOUT MONICA LEWINSKY. HER STORY AND THE ONE THE PRESIDENT HAD TOLD LAWYERS IN THE PAULA JONES DEPOSITION DIFFERED ON ONE KEY POINT: THAT THE TWO WERE NEVER ALONE. THE TIMES STORY HINTS MR. CLINTON TRIED TO LEAD CURRIE INTO SAYING THE SAME THING. WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN MIKE MCCURY CALLED THE REPORT APPALLING AND CURRIE'S LAWYER SAYS IT IS "ABSOLUTELY FALSE" AND A "MISCHARICTERIZATION OF THE FACTS."
HER HUSBAND AGREED.
BOB CURRIE//BETTY CURRIE'S HUSBAND: "I think she's distressed by what is implied she said as opposed to what she said, and the Grand Jury basically says she's not supposed to talk to anybody, but it seems Starr's people can."
MONICA LEWINSKY AND HER ATTORNEY REMAIN IN LOS ANGELES THE MEDIA CRUSH GROWING TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. HER ATTORNEY INSISTS THAT STARR IS TRYING TO PRESSURE LEWINSKY INTO SAYING THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. STARR DENIES THAT, AND SAYS LEWINSKY'S ATTORNEYS ARE DENYING THEM A FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW. THAT BATTLE CONTINUES.

LEE COWAN CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.))Frith

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=khu
TAPE#=98-5
GRAPHIC=Frith, Earl

In the early hours of the morning a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against Earl Frith guilty.
Keith Humphry was there when the verdicts were read.
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SUPER=01-Earl Frith/Realtor; :10
SUPER=@keith1; :43
SUPER=01-Richard Studenic/Juror; :55
SUPER=01-Louis Welch/Jury Foreman; 1:02
SUPER=01-Joe Mott/Prosecutor; 1:21
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(( 15:39:30 ((I'M DISAPPOINTED.))
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Always the diplomatic salesman. The 63-year old realtor left the courthouse still frustrated by the delay in the time between his indictment and trial. ((EIGHT YEARS IS A LONG TIME.))
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NINE years ago, Frith sold a farm in Floyd County to Columbian Cocaine trafficker Javier Cruz.
Then there was a large cash transaction- -that prompted Frith to structure deposits at the bank to come in UNDER 10-thousand dollars... trying to avoid the scrutiny from the IRS.
He was convicted of "structuring;" found NOT guilty of playing a part in Cruz's drug conspiracy.
After nine hours of deliberation the judge declared a mistrial on the one remaining charge. 15:54:30 ((THOUGH THE FOREMAN INDICATED TO THE JUDGE THAT IT DIDN'T APPEAR PROMISING THAT THE JURY COULD COME UP WITH A VERDICT ON THE MONEY LAUNDERING COUNT AGAINST FRITH, SEVERAL JURORS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO STAY- -EVEN AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING- -AND CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE.))
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15:30:30 (( ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RENDER A VERDICT? WE WOULD LIKED TO HAVE DECIDED IT.))
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15:31:20 (( I GUESS CLOSE TO FINDING HIM NOT GUILTY ON THAT LAST COUNT.))
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The foreman said the jury had trouble agreeing on the law in the case.
He emphatically rejected any notion that Frith might have been set up by the government.
Though Cruz's ex-WIFE testified the informant himself did NOT. 15:38:30 ((THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WITNESSES WE DIDN'T CALL IN THIS CASE. AND CERTAINLY WE FELT WE PROVED OUR CASE, EVEN WITHOUT MR. CRUZ AS A WITNESS.))
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The jury made short work of convicting the other defendant, J-R Castellanos, a Miami drug trafficker of conspiring to import and distribute cocaine. 15:56:45 CASTELLANOS FACES A MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON. Keith Humphry, NEWS 7,Roanoke.

RUNS=:06))Olympics

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=nagano 98

Just a few hours to go until the Winter Olympics get underway in Nagano, Japan.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Nagano, Japan;

The opening ceremonies are usually one of the most watched events.
And the script for the ceremonies is also one of the world's most closely guarded secrets.
And organizers are promising this year's ceremonies will not be a big commercial showcase.
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((KO YAMAGUCHI/NAGANO ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: THIS IS THE LAST WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN THIS CENTURY WANT TO TRY TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE 21ST CENTURY THAT THE NEXT CENTURY SHOULD BE PEACEFUL.))
SUPER=01-Ko Yamaguchi/Nagano Organizing Committee;
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OUT Q=SHOULD BE PEACEFUL.
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VO-NAT

Four years ago in Lillehammer, Norway, the U-S team won 13 medals -- an American record.
U-S Olympic officials think the team in Nagano can match that record over the coming 16 days.
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Earthquake

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=lfi
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Earthquake

A series of massive earthquakes in northeastern Afghanistan has left nearly four-thousand people dead with about 15-thousand more homeless.
Those are the first figures coming from the remote region.

Train-Wreck

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#=net
GRAPHIC=train derailment

Soggy ground is making the job tough for crews trying to clean up the site of yesterday's train derailment in Glasgow.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Glasgow/Thursday;

Norfolk Southern crews were able to lift two derailed cars back onto the tracks.
Three engines remain stuck in the soggy ground.
The railroad expects to have the track clear by tomorrow.
But Norfolk Southern did not say when trains would start running their normal routes into Roanoke.
Nobody was hurt in yesterday's wreck.
Environmental crews are still trying to capture diesel fuel that spilled from one of the train's engines.

(------------)E-Blevins

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tte
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales

A teacher and coach at a Montgomery County school is facing charges of having sex with a teenager.
34- year- old Michael Blevins was arrested Tuesday at Shawsville High School, charged with 15 counts of fornication and 30 other counts, including sodomy.
State police say the victim is 16- years- old, but she is NOT one of Blevins' students.
The crimes allegedly occurred last summer in Smyth County, where Blevins taught high school in the 19-80's.
He has been suspended WITH pay until trial.
State police say they plan to press similar charges against Blevins in other jurisdictions.

TEACHER-HEARING

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=legal scales

The former grade school teacher who had sex with a student could be sent to prison today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

Thirty-five- year- old Mary Kay LeTourneau faces a court hearing in Seattle, following her arrest Tuesday for meeting with the now 14- year- old boy.
Her parole calls for her to stay away from all juveniles.
Prosecutors want a judge to order LeTourneau (leh-TOHR'-noh) to serve out a seven-year prison sentence that was suspended two months ago.

(----------------)S-Gender-Equity

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#98-1
GRAPHIC=None

Ever wonder why some hair cuts, dry cleaning services, and clothes cost more for women than for men?
One Virginia lawmaker did-- and she's fighting it.
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((DEL. GLADYS KEATING/D-FAIRFAX: IT'S A QUESTION OF SIMPLE EQUITY OF FAIRNESS. AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CALLS FROM ALL OVER SAYING OH THANK HEAVENS SOMEBODY'S DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.))
SUPER=01-Del. Gladys Keating/(D) Fairfax;
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OUT Q=about this.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;

Fairfax Delegate Gladys Keating's fighting a battle against the forces of the free market.
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((DEL. KATHY BYRON/R-LYNCHBURG: I WOULD JUST ASK DO WE REALLY NEED A BILL IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH TRYING TO GET EQUALITY THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ON OUR OWN. DEL. GLADYS KEATING/D-FAIRFAX: MR. SPEAKER I WOULD SAY OBVIOUSLY OR I WOULDN'T HAVE PUT IT IN.))
SUPER=01-Del. Kathy Byron/(R) Lynchburg; :00
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VO-NAT

But there is one area where women consumers benefit...
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((IN THE GENTLEMAN'S PAST, HAS HE EVER GONE TO A RESTAURANT ON A LADIES NIGHT? laughter. ))
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VO-NAT

The Gender Equity Act of 1998 is mired in debate -- and got sent back to committee for more work.
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S-Teen-Drivers

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-100
GRAPHIC=Session 98

A General Assembly crackdown on teen drivers has lost some of its fire.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;

A measure that would put restrictions on teens who've been cited for moving violations lost some teeth.
SUPER=@file;

Lieutenant Governor John Hager's signature bill would have limited the number of passengers who could ride with a teen who'd gotten one ticket.
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SOT 13:38:36 LONNIE
IN Q=My teenage
((MY TEENAGE CHILDREN WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIES. AND FIVE OF THEM WANT TO GO. AND THERE'S ONLY THE CAR THAT WE HAVE. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO DRIVE THEM TO THE MOVIES AT 8:30, GO BACK AND PICK 'EM UP AT 11:30 BECAUSE FIVE OF THEM COULDN'T GO OR SIX HEAVEN FORBID IF WE HAD A MINIVAN.))
SUPER=01-Del. John Tate/(D) Smyth Co.;
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OUT Q=had a minivan.
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VO-NAT

But the bill's defenders made the unsuccessful argument that it's a matter of life and death.
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((DEL. JIM SCOTT/R-FAIRFAX: PARTICULARLY BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OVERREPRESENTED IN ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES AND IN INFRACTIONS PROPORTIONALLY TO THE POPULATION, THAT THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN RISKY BEHAVIOR. AND THIS IS AN EFFORT TO DISCOURAGE THAT RISKY BEHAVIOR.))
SUPER=01-Jim Scott/(R) Fairfax;
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OUT Q=risky behavior.
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VO-NAT

As the bill's been left now, only teens with more than one ticket would be restricted.
Two brings a suspension.
Three tickets brings a one year revocation.
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S-Drug-Bust

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=chu
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Drug Bust-Pot

Danville police arrested two men after finding 60-pounds of marijuana in their car.
Miguel Pena of Cascade Virginia and Fernando Medina of Mexico are in jail --each being held on 25-thousand dollars bail.
Officers seized the drugs Wednesday.
They estimate the street value of the pot at 90-thousand dollars.

E-School-Fee

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-94
GRAPHIC=Education

Bedford County parents are being told to "ante up" or face possible legal action if they don't pay their child's school materials fee.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;

The school board approved the 25-dollar fee last year to help cover a revenue shortfall in the budget.
The money helps purchase supplies like paper, chalk and glue.
Superintendent John Kent said that as of December, 80 percent of the families had paid the fee.
Most of the delinquencies are in the county's poor, rural areas.
Some schools have sent as many as five notices home with children, reminding the parents to pay the fee.
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S-Floyd-Administrator

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#98-2
GRAPHIC=nONE

Floyd County administrator Roy Crawford is off to Charlotte, North Carolina.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co./File Tape;

That's where his wife has found a new job.
Crawford has been running Floyd County for two years.
He's spent more than 25 years in local government. He says he'll probably look for a job this time in business or industry.

(------------)E-Rehab-Clinic

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-96
GRAPHIC=NONE

A local rehab program for work related injuries is garnering national attention.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

The patient's progress with physical therapy is documented and sent to a national database called the (EYE-zern-hay-gen) Isernhagen program.
The information is then compared with others across the country and recommendations are made regarding treatment and when the patient can return to work.
Physical therapy patients at Rehab Services of Roanoke are taking part in program.
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((TINA CADDEN/PHYSICAL THERAPIST:FOR INSTANCE SOMEONE WHO HAD A LUMBAR DISCECTOMY WHICH IS A LOW BACK SURGERY CAN BE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERSON WITH A SIMILAR HISTORY IN CALIFORNIA...WERE THE TREATMENTS DIFFERENT? DID THEY GET BETTER FASTER IN ONE PLACE THAN THE OTHER AND THAT MIGHT CHANGE HOW WE APPROACH OUR CARE.))
SUPER=01-Tina Cadden/Physical Therapist;
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VO-NAT

The data is confidential for each patient.
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Oral-History

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=sta
TAPE#598-5
GRAPHIC=NONE

The legacy of black railroad workers is a new theme at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

So they're putting together an oral history project--based on the memories and experiences of black workers with Norfolk and Western.
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((KAY HOUCK/VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM EXEC. DIR.: I REALLY BELIEVE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WAS THE BACKBONE FOR THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD SYSTEM. WHO LAID THE TRACKS IN CALIFORNIA IS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE ORIENTALS AND CERTAINLY UP NORTH WE CARE ABOUT THE IRISH THAT PLAYED A BIG ROLE. BUT, IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN-AMERICANS LAID THE TRACKS.))
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VO-NAT

Roanoke Councilman Carroll Swain approached museum officials with the idea for the project after seeing a Norfolk and Western exhibit at the museum.
Swain said it didn't adequately represent black workers.
The project is expected to be completed in early March and officials hope to follow it with a television documentary.
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ACC

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of S8-3)
GRAPHIC=ACC Logo

North Carolina won the showdown between the top two ranked teams beating Duke last night 97 to 73.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Chapel Hill, NC/JP-RAYCOM Sports; :

Chris Carter hits the turn around jumper in the first half to tie the game at 4.
But the Blue Devils go on a four to nothing run moments later.
North Carolina works for the easy shot Ed Cota passes to Antawn Jamison who scores two of his 35 points as Carolina took the lead.
The Blue Devils trailed 50 to 34 at SUPER=33-UNC#2/97/Duke#1/73/;the half
here going to Trajon Langdon for the three But North Carolina goes on to win it 97 to 73.
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Roanoke

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#net (edit of BB98-1)
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Logo

The Roanoke College Maroons hosted the Eagles of Bridgewater.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Salem/Maroons vs Eagles;

The Eagles got off to a rough start. Justin Bourne loses the ball and Roanoke's Dewayne Bullock passes to Kyle Murphy for the layup and the lead.
Bridgewater's Jason Jones gets the score.
But Roanoke answered Nathan Hungate SUPER=33-Roanoke/73/Bridgewater/70/;
passes to Bullock who shoots from the outside scoring the basket and the (-------------)Maroons go on to win the game 73 to 70.