WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 01/19/99

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A suprise from Roanoke's longtime city manager- After 14 years he's moving on.
Plus two pipe bombs are found in a pickup, and a woman is under arrest.
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News 7 is next.
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Two pipe bombs are discovered, ready to go off, and tonight, a local woman faces big charges.
The story is still developing, and we have the very latest.
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Good evening, I'm Jean Jadhon.[Pipe-Bomb]

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A Dublin woman is under arrest tonight, charged with attempting to hire somebody to commit murder.
Peggy Sullivan is behind bars in the Pulaksi County Jail without bond.
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Sources tell News 7 Sullivan was arrested this afternoon, after a conversation with an undercover police officer.
That's when authorities found two large pipe bombs in Sullivan's pickup truck, which was parked outside a fast-food restaurant in Dublin.
The pipe bombs were removed after a state police agent wearing a protective suit attached the bag the devices were in- to a rope.
The bag was then pulled into a container and taken to a nearby landfill where it was detonated.
Authorities expect to release more information sometime tomorrow.
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Roanoke is looking for a new City Manager tonight. After 14 years, Bob Herbert stunned City Council by announcing his resignation.
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Eric Earnhart is outside City Hall tonight with reaction.
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In other news from city hall tonight, downtown Roanoke will experience a change of direction. [Take Pinnacle Page] Campbell and Salem Avenues are currently one-way streets, running in opposite directions. [Take Next Pinnacle Page] Tonight, City Council voted to make them both two-way streets, creating some new downtown traffic patterns.
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Roanoke business owners have been pushing for the change, saying the current situation makes it tough to bring customers downtown.
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Council members also appropriated money to pay for the project. Nobody showed up to express any opposition.
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And a Roanoke man won a battle tonight over control of his front porch.
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When Aubrey Hicks rebuilt his porch at his home in historic "Old Southwest", the Architural Review Board objected, saying it did not meet their guideliness Tonight, Hicks told council members his porch looks a lot better than many of his neighbors'.
City Council agreed, and overruled the Board's decision, so Hicks can keep his porch.
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President Clinton says the State of the Union is strong- and he pledged to save Social Security.
The speech comes as Clinton's attorneys wrapped up their first day defending the President- before the Senate.
Jonathan Freed has more from Washington.
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Virginians are playing different roles in the president's impeachment trial.
Congressman Rick Boucher has made it clear we doesn't want a lead role and will not assist in the Clinton Defense.

Ellen Qualls reports from the capitol.
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Declining interviews, Boucher says in a written statement:
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So the Clinton defense had to proceed with out Boucher.
But with this man: Charles Ruff.
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He was Chuck Robb's attorney in 1992, when Robb successfully fought indictment by a federal grand jury in connection with an illegally taped cell phone conversation.
Can Robb be impartial?
We asked a Virginian waiting in line to get in.
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42 new firefighters? A federal mandate may require one city to hire them all. That story is still ahead.
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And another city still can't agree with ITS firefighters on overtime, months after a judge rules the city is wrong.
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((Good evening Jean, News 7 sports is coming up later in the newscasts with the Roanoke women, who are still unbeaten in the ODAC.
We'll check out a high school battle at Northside. Plus, Rice is on the shelf, Rodman calls it quits, and testing begin at Daytona for the GM cars. See you in a few minutes.))
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The City of Danville and its firefighters are at odds again, despite a recent court ruling that many thought would resolve the issue.
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Firefighters won a lawsuit in September regarding unpaid overtime, forcing the city to come up with three years of back pay.
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To avoid paying this overtime in the future, city council hired a consultant to come up with a cost-effective way to schedule the firefighters.
Nearly 100 firefighters turned out at tonight's council work session to oppose the plan.
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Firefighters say the proposed one day on, two days off plan cuts into their family time.
They want to stay with their current 24-hours shifts and be paid for their meal breaks.
City council will take another look at the issue next month.
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A task force is recommending the city of Lynchburg hire 42 new firefighters over the next three years to keep the city compliant with new safety regulations.
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OSHA'S "Two-In Two-Out" rule requires two firefighters to be on the outside of a burning building before two others can fight the blaze from the inside.
A fire department task force says hiring the extra personnel will put four firefighters on a single engine, helping decrease response time.
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The extra personnel is expected to cost the city more than 1-point 3 million dollars.
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A Campbell County man was killed early this morning when fire engulfed his home near Evington.
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Authorities say 53-year old Kallie Lee Overstreet helped his wife and son escape the burning home, then went back inside to see if anyone was left behind.
That's when he became trapped by the smoke and flames.
It's believe the fire was accidental.
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A tragic end to another accident that happened in Montgomery County late last month. The construction worker who fell forty five feet while working on the "Smart Road" died this afternoon. Thirty-seven year old Wesley Burford had been working inside a concrete support column when he slipped and fell.

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More jobs are on the way .. if you have the skills. Still ahead, a local company is expanding.
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Next, a woman who killed her own child learns how much time she'll spend in prison.
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Today was sentencing day for the Henry County woman who killed her own baby on Mother's Day.
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All total, Sharon Denise Alley will spend 36-years behind bars, for abusing her infant daughter Brooke and ultimately stabbing her to death.
Attorneys for both sides left the courtroom without commenting on the sentence.
The Commonwealth's Attorney wanted Alley to serve the maximum of 50-years in jail, calling the baby's murder one the of worst he's ever seen in Henry County.
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Expansion is in the plans for a Botetourt County steel company.
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O'Neal Steel today announced it will put five million dollars into another 50-thousand square foot building with new equipment and hopefully--more employees. O'Neal is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and it has openings for skilled fitters, welders and machinists, with pay ranging from twelve to 17-dollars an hour. Officials expect to complete the expansion by May.
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The Roanoke College women stay perfect in the Old Dominion Athletic conference tonight.
Alleghany wins again in the Blue Ridge.
Rodman quits and Rice needs surgery.
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But first in tonight's Extra Point. The Vikings lost to the Falcons on Sunday and today they lost their respected offensive coordinator to the Ravens.
Brian Billick signed a six year $9 million dollar guaranteed contract to be the team's head coach.
He inherits a team that was 6 and 10 this past season.
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The Lady Maroons remained undefeated in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference by beating Eastern Mennonite tonight.

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Susan Dunagan fired up her Lady Maroons, as Roanoke had to overcome Mennonite's 60-percent first half shooting.
Suzanne Webb helps wake Roanoke up driving the paint and drawing the foul, the former Narrows star gets three the old fashion way.
The Royals come right back, Abby Junkins pulls up and takes the baseline jumper. It's all net.
But the Maroons work the ball around the perimeter and find Megan Harrigan inside for the bucket.
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Roanoke has the game in hand when it gets it to former Cave Spring Knight Cheryl Rhodes for the score and the Lady Maroons win it 86-to-67
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Roanoke improves to nine and oh in the ODAC and 11 and 2 overall.

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As always Tuesday is a busy high school hoop night. And this evening we head into Northside gym where the Vikes hosted Alleghany.
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This one was a war and if you don't believe me just take a look at Shawn Simpkins.
Northside would battle just as hard inside in the paint and they finally get the third shot to drop. John Michael Deeds gets the bucket.
Alleghany's Shannon Johnson, the two-time Friday Football Extra player of the week would make the steal and go all the way in for the duece. The Mounties lead by 16.
But Northside comes back with Vernon Jackson's board and Simpkins hoop.
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Alleghany answers with Shawn Moss passing to Graham Clark. The Mounties win it 69-to-60.
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Elsewhere tonight, the Patrick County Cougars are for real. Tonight they beat defending champ Magna Vista 74-to-68.

Also in the Piedmont Laurel Park niped Martinsville 48-to-44.
George Wythe pummelled Holston by 28, Franklin County crushed Amherst, Glenvar beat Shawsville by 21, James Monroe in West Virginia beat Narrows 89-to-37, Covington whipped Criag County, and Tunstall beat Altavista.

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Last week Michael Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA and tonight it's his former Bulls mate Dennis Rodman who is quitting.
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Rodman's agent says his client just doesn't want to play any longer. The 37 year old plans to explore Hollywood where he has starred in several movies.
He also has been a part of several WCW pay per view events.
And he may want to become a spokesman for some makeup company.
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The NBA training camps open on Thursday, and as if the Hornets didn't have enough worries
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with their free agents, they now must fret over their top player under contract.
Glen Rice has to have a bone chip removed from his right elbow, and doctors say the recovery time is 3 to 6 weeks.
That he means the team's leading scorer will miss 20 games in what is already a shortened 50 game season.
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We will turn our attnetion to the track after a short break
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and among other things, check in on today's testing at Daytona for the GM cars.
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Jeff Gordon led today's General Motors test session at Daytona with a lap at 191 point 832 miles an hour.
Kyle Petty was second,
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but he and Jeff were the only two cars to top 191 miles an hour.
They are still a mile an hour slower than Rusty Wallace.
And Dale Earnhardt barely cracked 190 today.
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The GM testing continues tomorrow.
Qualifying for the front row takes place on Saturday February 6th.
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Home Depot is making its debut in Winston Cup racing in a big way this season, and if you don't know about it now you will soon.
The home improvement super store is mailing out 80 million advertising inserts this month to promote its new Cup team.
Home Depot sponsors the Joe Gibbs' owned Pontiac that will be driven by rookie Tony Stewart.
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Locally the Martinsville Speedway is getting rid of a headache.
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What used to be the Goody's 500 was changed to the Goody's Headache Powder 500 a few years back, but today officials renamed the April 18th race the Goody's Body Pain 500.
The name change has a little bit to do with the ramming and bamming that takes place at Martinsville, but more to do with the release of Goody's new Body Pain formula.
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John McEnroe, the man who won four US Open titles and three Wimbledon crowns,
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was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame today.
Mac won 59 events in his 12 years on the tennis scene, but his verbal attacks on linesmen and referees were also legendary.
In 1980 at the the age of 21 and 15 days he became the youngest player to achieve the number one ranking.
And finished as the number one player from '81 to '84.
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The hot temperatures of summer are still a few months away here in Virginia.
But half way around the world, the hot summer in Australia--
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--has made some surfers decide to just grin and "bare" it. It was Nude Surfing Day at the world famous Bondi Beach in Sydney. Surfers showed up on Monday sporting not much more than sunblock and a surfboard. There were Elvis lookalikes and even a very UNinhibited Prince Charles. Around ten thousand people gathered at the popular beach. Many of them brought along binocualars to check out the sights.
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