WDBJ 7 morning news for 08/13/98

[Headlines]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]

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[VO-NAT]

The F-B-I finds key evidence in the rubble from the U-S embassy blasts in Africa.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

And a simmering school issue in Roanoke County could come to a boil tonight.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

TEMPERATURES certainly won't be boiling today, we're expecting more pleasant numbers in the mid 80s.
One more day of partly sunny weather before rain re- enters the forecast tomorrow.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

[Africa-bombing]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=mel]
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Some new developments this morning in the investigation into the East Africa embassy bombings.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Nairobi, Kenya]

U-S and Kenyan investigators say five people are being questioned in connection with the U-S embassy bombing in Kenya.
At an news conference today, they also said they're making ``some progress'' in identifying the vehicle that delivered the bomb.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington DC;]

President Clinton will lead a memorial service at Andrews Air Force base today for the American casualties of the Kenya bombing.
[SUPER=03-Ramstein AFB, Germany;]
[4:00:38]
Secretary of State Madelience Albright flew out of Germany this morning on a plane carrying the coffins of the 12 victims.
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[E-County-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=98-52 TC41:31]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Co. Schools]

Tonight the high school issue that has been simmering in Roanoke County may come to a boil.
At issue is whether the county School Board should operate one or two south county high schools.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

Last night the new citizens group, Blue Ribbon Backers, held an informational meeting at Hidden Valley Junior High, BUT leaders were preaching to the choir.
Members want the county to follow the advice of the Blue Ribbon Committee that studied school construction needs, and recommended two schools.
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((DONNA VITTUR/BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE MEMBER: IT'S GOING TO TAKE ACTION BY OUR LEADERS. AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. THEY HAVE TO BE READY TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AND TO FUND WHAT THEY DECIDE AND IT'S TIME FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO TAKE ACTION.))
[SUPER=01-Donna Vittur/Blue Ribbon Committee Member;]
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[OUT Q=to take action.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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The Blue Ribbon Backers are encouraging residents to attend the School Board Meeting.
School Board Member Tom Leggette says he hopes the board will decide the issue tonight, or at the next meeting after that.

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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=598-32 21:44]
[GRAPHIC=Lawsuit]

A Radford church is responding to allegations that a former principal at a school they operated had a sexual relationship with a teenaged boy.
A 25-million dollar lawsuit claims the affair started when the boy was
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[VO-NAT]
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a 14-year-old student at Three Angels Christian School.
The court papers claim Principal Cynthia Mariam Carroll told the boy to keep it a secret.
The school is operated by the Seventh-Day Adventists Church in Radford.
Whatever happened was before Pastor Dave Seymour arrived. He can't say whether the story is true or not.
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[IN Q=We want the community]
((WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE IN NO WAY APPROVE OR SANCTION ANY OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S ALLEGED HERE.))
[SUPER=01-Dave Seymour/7th-Day Adventist Pastor]
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[OUT Q=alleged here.]
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[VO-NAT]

The complaint says Carroll had sex with the boy AT THE SCHOOL and IN THE CHURCH SANCTUARY among other places over a five year period.
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[E-University-Hall]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=dse]
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The University of Virginia has had to close down it's indoor sports complex.
The school says an annual inspection of University Hall found problems with a tension ring that holds the dome together.
32 of the 670 wires that make up the ring were broken.
The athletic department has been moved to other offices.
U-V-A says the closing is temporary.

[E-NAACP]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=98-55 TC30:29]
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The president of the local chapter of the N-Double A-C-P is calling for 2 resignations in Roanoke County's government.
Martin Jeffrey says the County Administrator and the County's Director of Human Resources should step down for maintaining a culture of discrimination in county government.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

At a news conference, Jeffrey highlighted the complaints of Patricia Puryear (per-YEAR), a 28-year employee of the Real Estate Assessment office.
She filed an unsuccessful age discrimination complaint in 1996, and says she has been a target of retaliation since.
She has also filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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((I THINK OUR POSITION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO RESIGN. THEY ARE THE GATEKEEPRS FOR THIS CULTURE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEY HAVE NOT DISPLAYED ANY INTENT TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS AT ALL.))
[SUPER=01-Martin Jeffrey/Roanoke NAACP President]
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[OUT Q=clean up this mess.]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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Attempts to reach County Administrator Elmer Hodge were unsuccessful last night. Other County officials declined to comment.

[5-Covington]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[TAPE#=598-31 45:55]
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Downtown construction of a new jail in Covington is causing legal headaches for the city.
A group of business owners is planning to sue.
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[SUPER=03-Covington]

City Council plans to close off Court Street to make way for the new jail that's going to be about three to four times as big as the current one.
But, a Covington business woman says she and her mother own part of that property.
They say it's illegal for city officials to close it without compensating them.
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((SUSAN BROWN/H&L JEWELER'S: THERE'S NO REASON WHY PRIVATE RESIDENTS SHOULD GO AND HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER TWO TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TAKE THE MATTER TO COURT WHEN THEY'RE WELL AWARE THAT THEY DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY.))
[SUPER=01-Susan Brown/H & L Jeweler's]
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[VO-NAT]

Brown along with 10 other business owners and a group called the "Friends of Covington" plan to file the lawsuit today.
Meanwhile, Covington officials say Court Street DOES belong to the city and they're prepared to prove the matter in court if necessary.
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[E-Halifax-Jailer]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=chu]
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[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

From guard to inmate.
A former Halifax County jailer will know in two weeks what it's like on the other side of the prison bars.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Halifax Co./June 4;]

Jonathan Majors was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail-- for having oral sex with two female inmates.
He pleaded guilty in June to two counts of sodomy.
The women filed criminal complaints last year against Majors and two other jailers.
But there was only enough evidence to indict Majors.
He'll report to jail in two weeks.
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[SWISS-BANKS]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=MEL]
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[GRAPHIC=Lawsuit]

Jewish groups, Swiss banks and lawyers for Holocaust survivors have struck a deal over claims to assets lost during World War Two.
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[4:05:33]
Money from the one-point-two billion-dollar settlement will be paid out over a three-year period.
Tens of thousands of Holocaust victims deposited money in Swiss banks as the Nazis gained power in Europe, expecting to retrieve it later.
But plaintiffs say bank officials wouldn't give the money back after the War, claiming they could not find accounts or demanding death certificates.
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[1-Sports]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
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In sports, Eric Davis extends his hitting streak to 27 games.
Roy Stanley has more.
Good Morning Roy.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[5-Tobacco-Research]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#598-29 52:17]
[GRAPHIC=tobacco]

Virginia Tech researchers are looking to find the positive medical effects of tobacco.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]

The college was recently awarded 754- thousand dollars in state funds to aid in the project over the next few years.

[SUPER=04-Virginia Tech Video]

Earlier this summer, researchers planted thousands of genetically engineered tobacco seedlings at Tech's research stations in Blackstone and Glade Spring.
The hope is that the seedlings will eventually create the human proteins needed to make NEW drugs.
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((CAROLE CRAMER/VIRGINIA TECH PROFESSOR: SOME OF THE EARLIEST PRODUCTS WE LOOKED AT WERE PROTEINS THAT COULD CURE VERY RARE GENETIC DISEASES AND IN THAT CASE THERE MAY BE A THOUSAND PATIENTS AND WE COULD POSSIBLY MAKE THE WHOLE US NEED FOR THAT PROTEIN IN ABOUT TEN ACRES BUT WE'VE NOW EXPANDED TO A NUMBER OF BLOOD PROTEINS, POTENTIAL ANTI CANCER DRUGS, THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE THERE WOULD BE A MUCH LARGER POPULATION NEED FOR THE DRUG AND IN THAT CASE WE ENVISION THAT EASILY THOUSANDS OF ACRES COULD BE USED. ))
[SUPER=01-Carole Cramer/Virginia Tech Professor; :00]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./File Tape;]

This would be especially helpful to Virginia's tobacco farmers whose livelihoods are at stake-- in this day and time when tobacco is under fire for its health risks.
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[Health-Check]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=chr]
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[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]

To medical news, the birth control pill just might be a life-saver for women at high risk of ovarian cancer.
Rick Jackson has that story and more in today's Health check.
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((ONCAM=RICK
((on camera))
GOOD MORNING.
BIRTH CONTROL PILLS APPEAR TO BE EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING THE CHANCES OF OVARIAN CANCER... IN WOMEN WHO ARE AT A HIGHER RISK FOR THE DISEASE.
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PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE HORMONES IN ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES CAN CUT THE RISK OF OVARIAN CANCER IN HALF AMONG WOMEN IN GENERAL.
NOW A REPORT IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE SAYS BIRTH CONTROL PILLS CAN PRODUCE THOSE SAME RESULTS IN WOMEN WHO ARE GENETICALLY PREDISPOSED FOR THE DISEASE.
BUT DOCTORS SAY THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT THE PILLS MAY ALSO INCREASE THE CHANCES OF THESE WOMEN GETTING BREAST CANCER.//
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SNAKE VENOM IS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE.
RESEARCHERS SAY A DRUG MADE FROM THE VENOM OF RATTLESNAKES CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND DEATH... AMONG PATIENTS WITH HEART PROBLEMS.
THE DRUG IS CALLED INTEGRILIN--
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION EARLIER THIS YEAR.//
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AND ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS ARE URGED TO KEEP THOSE JOINTS MOVING!
A GROWING NUMBER OF STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT EXERCISE CAN EASE THE PAIN IN SORE AND STIFF JOINTS...
AND IN SOME CASES--IT CAN PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE.
BUT EXPERTS SAY ATHRITIS PATIENTS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT AN EXERCISE PROGRAM THAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM.
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS. I'M RICK JACKSON, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))

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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

President Clinton will lead the nation in mourning the 12 Americans killed in the Kenya embassy bombing.
The service will be held at Andrews Air Force Base.
Meantime, the F-B-I is questioning five people in connection with the Kenya explosion.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]

The University of Virginia Medical Center is making some changes in the wake of the baby switching case.
Yesterday it announced stricter measure when it comes to I-D bracelets.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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And Swiss banks have agreed to pay one-point-two billion dollars to Holocaust survivors or their heirs.
The banks had been accused of not releasing Jewish deposits after World War Two.
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[anchor=Kimberly]

And that's what's making news on this Thursday August 13th.
[anchor=Melanie]

News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[2-africa-bombing]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=mel]
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[GRAPHIC=Bombing]

F-B-I investigators say they may have identified parts of the vehicle that carried the bomb to the U-S Embassy in Kenya.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Nairobi, Kenya;]

At a news conference in Nairobi today, investigators said they're questioning about five people in connection with the Kenya explosion.
Federal investigators stressed that both countries are working together in all facets of the investigation.
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[SUPER=01-Sheila Horan/FBI;]
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[OUT Q=potential suspects.]
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[SUPER=03-Ramstein AFB, Germany;]

The bodies of ten Americans killed in the Kenya bombing left an Air Base in Germany this morning.
Secretary of State Madeliene Albright is accompanying the bodies.
The plane will arrive later this morning at Andrews Air Force Base where there'll be a memorial service for the victims lead by President Clinton.
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[E-Principal-molester]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=98-43 1:54:41]
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More now on charges that a Christian School principal in Radford had a sexual relationship with a student beginning when the boy was just 14 years old.
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[SUPER=03-Radford]

The Three Angels school in Radford will not re-open this fall, though the current pastor says that's unrelated to the complaint filed yesterday in court.
The boy who is now 20-years old says- -through his attorney-- that the illicit sex occurred at the school, in the church sanctuary- -even at the FORMER pastor's home in Myrtle Beach.
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((I CAN TELL YOU THIS FELLOW'S IN COUNSELING, HAS BEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO HIM.))
[SUPER=01-Terry Grimes/Plaintiff's Attorney]
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[OUT Q=devastating to him.]
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((I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FAMILY, DOING ALL WE CAN TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND CARING AND HEALING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.))
[SUPER=01-Dave Seymour/7th-Day Adventist Church]
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According to the lawsuit, Principal Cynthia Carroll told the boy to keep it a secret.
Pastor Seymour says he heard about it for the first time six or eight months ago.

[2-E-County-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=98-52 TC41:31]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Co. Schools]

A decision may come tonight on whether Roanoke County's School Board will operate one south county high school, or two.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

Last night the new citizens group, Blue Ribbon Backers, held an informational meeting at Hidden Valley Junior High, BUT leaders were preaching to the choir.
Members want the county to follow the advice of the Blue Ribbon Committee that studied school construction needs, and recommended two schools.
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((DONNA VITTUR/BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE MEMBER: IT'S GOING TO TAKE ACTION BY OUR LEADERS. AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. THEY HAVE TO BE READY TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AND TO FUND WHAT THEY DECIDE AND IT'S TIME FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO TAKE ACTION.))
[SUPER=01-Donna Vittur/Blue Ribbon Committee Member;]
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[OUT Q=to take action.]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[GRAPHIC=none]

The Blue Ribbon Backers are encouraging residents to attend the School Board Meeting.
School Board Member Tom Leggette says he hopes the board will decide the issue tonight, or at the next meeting after that.

[5-UVA-Babies]

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[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#598-33 TC23:16]
[GRAPHIC=Baby Swap]

It is NOT an admission of fault -- but the University of Virginia Medical Center is changing the rules when it comes to handling newborns at the hospital.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville;]

Officials still say they have NO idea how two newborns were switched 3 years ago -- but yesterday they announced some new measures to increase security.
The I-D bracelets put on at birth will now be specific down to the wrist or ankle, right or left side.
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((DR. TOM MASSARO/UNIV. OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM: WE WILL LIST THE ANATOMIC PART. AND WE WILL LIST SPECIFICALLY THAT WE HAVE CHECKED THE NUMBER ON EACH OF THOSE POSITIONS. ))
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((DR. TOM MASSARO/UNIV. OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM: WE HISTORICALLY HAD THESE NEWBORN BANDS THAT WERE PINK AND BLUE. AND THEY WERE USED IN THE OBSTETRIC FLOOR, AND THEY WERE USED IN THE PEDIATRIC FLOOR, PEDS EMERGENCY ROOM. THEY WERE UNIVERSAL. BUT WE'VE NOW DECIDED THAT WE'LL TRY TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT COLORED BANDS FOR THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Tom Massaro/Univ. of Virginia Health System;]
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[OUT Q=different locations.]
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[VO-NAT]

D-N-A results are still NOT in to definitely prove Rebecca Chittum of Buena Vista was switched three years ago with Callie Johnson.
State police and the state health department are still investigating.
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[2-E-NAACP]

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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=98-55 TC30:29]
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A call for resignations in the upper echelons of Roanoke County's government.
Yesterday the president of the local chapter of the N-Double A-C-P accused the County Administrator and the County's Director of Human Resources of fostering a culture of discrimination.
And Martin Jeffrey said the two should step down.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

At a news conference, Jeffrey highlighted the complaints of Patricia Puryear (per-YEAR), a 28-year employee of the Real Estate Assessment office.
She filed an unsuccessful age discrimination complaint in 1996, and says she has been a target of retaliation since.
She has also filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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((I THINK OUR POSITION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO RESIGN. THEY ARE THE GATEKEEPRS FOR THIS CULTURE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEY HAVE NOT DISPLAYED ANY INTENT TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS AT ALL.))
[SUPER=01-Martin Jeffrey/Roanoke NAACP President]
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[OUT Q=clean up this mess.]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Attempts to reach County Administrator Elmer Hodge were unsuccessful last night. Other County officials declined to comment.

[E-Police-picket]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=98-51 TC58:23]
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Roanoke County police are refusing to return a Roanoke construction worker's truck -- and he says that's killing his business.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

So Gary Doss is protesting in front of the Roanoke County police department.
His truck was impounded after police stopped one of his employees for speeding with a revoked license.
Doss says the judge in the case won't let him have the truck back.
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[IN Q=we went]
((GARY DOSS/PROTESTER; WE WENT MONDAY, HE SAID NO, DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO US. WE WENT TODAY, HE TALKED TO ME, HE ASKED THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SAID KEEP IT, HE KEPT IT. DID THEY TELL YOU WHY THEY'RE KEEPING IT? NO))
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[VO-NAT]

The prosecutor in the case says the truck was impounded because the employee involved was a habitual offender.
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((MARIAN KELLEY/ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY; IN THIS SITUATION, THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE WHO LETS A HABITUAL OFFENDER DRIVE THE CAR, HABITUAL OFFENDER BEING A PERSON WHO WHO HAS THEIR LICENSE REVOKED FOR 10 YEARS, IN THIS CASE FOR DUI CONVICTIONS, THE OWNER LETS HIM DRIVE, THEN HE'S GOING TO FORFEIT THE RIGHT TO HAVE HIS CAR FOR 30 DAYS.))
[SUPER=01-Marian Kelley/Asst. Commonwealth's Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=for 30 days]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Doss told the judge he didn't know his employee's license was revoked, but the judge didn't believe him.
He says he can't work without the truck, so he'll keep protesting until he gets it back.

[2-swiss-banks]

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[WRITER=mel]
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[GRAPHIC=Lawsuit]

A billion dollar agreement has been reached between Swiss banks, holocaust survivors and jewish groups who claimed the banks stole the accounts of holocaust victims.
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[SUPER=@File;]
[4:05:33]
Jewish groups say bank officials wouldn't give them their money back after World War Two.
One 73 year old New York woman, who's father was a Holocaust victim, says the deal is a major step in bringing justice for aging Holocaust survivors.
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[IN Q=THIS IS NOT CHARITY...]
[SUPER=01-Estelle Sapir/Holocaust Survivor]
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[OUT Q=MY FATHERS.]
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[VO-NAT]

Money from the one-point-two-billion-dollar settlement will be paid out over a three-year period.
A federal judge still must give his approval to the plan.
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[JONBENET-RAMSEY]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=MEL]
[TAPE#net-E]
[GRAPHIC=Jonbenet Ramsey]

The JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation is heading for a grand jury.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@File;]

That announcement came from Colorado prosecutors after the Governor of Colorado said he WOULDN'T appoint a special prosecutor for the case.
[SUPER=03-Denver, CO;]

Roy Romer says it would have further held up the nearly 20-month-old investigation.
Six-year-old JonBenet was found beaten and strangled in her family's home in December 1996.
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[Birthdays]
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[E-Henry-Computers]

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[TAPE#98-44 TC1:34:49]
[GRAPHIC=Education]

Forget pens and paper, come fall Henry County students will pull out the lap tops to complete their homework.
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[SUPER=03-Collinsville;]

Every 4th and 8th grader will be issued a lap top to use during the upcoming school year.
Teachers received their computers yesterday at a training session in Collinsville.
Educators hope these high-tech learning tools will prepare kids for the ever-changing workforce and for college.
The plan is to expand the lap top program in the future. (/////SOT/////)
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[IN Q=As the technology changes]
((DAVID MARTIN/SUPERINTENDENT: AS THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE NEXT PHASE TECHNOLOGY FOR 5TH GRADERS AND 9TH GRADERS. SO IN 4 OR 5 YEARS THERE WILL BE A LAP TOP IN THE HANDS OF EVERY STUDENT GRADES 4-12. THAT'S OUR DREAM. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER.))
[SUPER=01-David Martin/Henry Co. Superintendent;]
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[OUT Q=what we're after.]
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[VO-NAT]

Henry County spent one-point six million dollars for the computers.
Students should be using them by October.
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[E-Pearl-Buck]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#98-46 1:21:14]
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Many remember her as Rhoda, the less-than-perfect friend and Neighbor of Mary Richards on the Mary Tyler Moore show.
Now Valerie Harper has moved from the small screen to a stage in Lynchburg to take on a very different role.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

Harper will put on a one- woman play based on the life of novelist Pearl S. Buck.
Buck was a 1914 graduate of Randolph Macon Woman's College, and went on to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize for Literature.
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[SOT 5:53:08]
[IN Q=I think she]
((ELIZABETH LIPSCOMB/RMWC ENGLISH PROFESSOR: I THINK SHE WAS A GOOD WRITER, I DON'T THINK SHE WAS A GREAT WRITER. BUT SHE TELLS A VERY GOOD STORY, SHE HAS A REMARKABLE GIFT FOR CREATING BELIEVABLE BACKGROUNd AND HER PICTURE OF CHINA IN MANY OF HER NOVELS IS VERY FINE.))
[SUPER=01-Elizabeth Lipscomb/RMWC English Professor; :00]
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[OUT Q=is very fine.]
[VO-NAT]

Harper says Buck's humanitarian work makes her an interesting character to portray.
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[SOT 8:10:04]
[IN Q=Prodigious]
((VALERIE HARPER/ACTRESS: PRODIGIOUS HUMANITARIAN. IT'S INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF GOOD SHE DID FOR PEOPLE, MIXED- RACE CHILDREN ADOPTIONS, MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SO I THOUGHT SHE WAS A GREAT SUBJECT, DRAMATIC LIFE.))
[SUPER=01-Valerie Harper/Actress; :00]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=dramatic life.]
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[VO-NAT]

Harper's play is entitled "All Under Heaven" and will run for two weeks in September at Randolph Macon's Thoresen (THOR-sen) Theater.
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[3-Sports]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]

In sports, the golfers are set to go at this year's P-G-A championship.
Roy Stanley has details.
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good Morning]
[RUNS=1:20]
[OUT Q=day everybody.]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Mel/Kmc]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

A decision could come as early as tonight on whether south Roanoke County will operate one high school or two.
Last night a new citizens group urged the county school board to follow the recommendation of the Blue Ribbon Committee that advised having TWO schools in south county.
A school board meeting is scheduled tonight.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

The Three-Angels school in Radford will NOT re-open this fall, but the pastor of its parent church says that has NOTHING to do with a lawsuit alleging the school's former principal had sex with a student.
The 25-million dollar suit claims Cynthia Carroll began a sexual relationship with the student -- who is now 20 -- when he was just 14 years old.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]

The president of the local chapter of the N-Double A-C-P wants the Roanoke County Administrator and the County's Director of Human Resources to resign.
Martin Jeffrey says the county has maintained a culture of discrimination.
At a press conference yesterday, he highlighted complaints of age discrimination and sexual harrassment from an employee of the Real Estate Assessment office.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
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