WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 06/20/99

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Up next on News 7 at Six, fire destroys a Roanoke apartment building as residents narrowly escape the flames.
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And the investigation into yesterday's fatal tractor-trailer accident continues on I-81.

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In sports, The Winston Cup Drivers were at Pocono this afternoon Dallas wins the Stanley Cup.
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And we'll also check in with scores and highlights from Major League Baseball.
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Father's Day ends up being cloudy and dreary. We will ring in summer the same way tomorrow. Details coming up. [open]
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Eight people...including several small children barely escaped an apartment house fire on Campbell Avenue in Roanoke about seven this morning.
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When firefighters arrived the house was engulfed in flames...
The house included four apartments.
Fire officials say there was about 75-thousand dollars worth of damage...and about 10-thousand dollars worth of damage to the house next door.
Tonya Taylor says her son was the first to notice the flames.
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Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire.
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Traffic on I-81 near Dixie Caverns is still reduced to one lane at this hour....as the clean-up continues of debris from the fatal tractor trailer accident yesterday.
Joy Sutton has the story.
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(( Hazmat crews were at the fatal accident location for several hours....removing contaminated soil from the fatal accident...
Robert C. Garrard of Commerce, Georgia man was killed by a tractor that detached from a row of three trucks being transported north on Interstate 81 by another tractor ...in what is known as a piggy-back.
The detached tractor crashed head-on with the tractor trailer traveling south bound.
Trucker Walter Johnson says the piggy backs are dangerous and he would not never drive one.
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And some truckers say even a pre-trip safety inspection is not fool-proof.
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Authorities are still trying to determine who or what is to blame in the fatal collision...but authorities have charged the driver of the piggy back, James Edward Blake of Maryland with failure to secure a load.
Futher charges could be pending.))

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A special program through TAP Virginia Cares...made it possible for a local man...to spend time with his children on today, Fathers Day.
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James Hardy picked today as one of his supervised visitation days to spend with his two children...Malcolm and Danielle.
They made father's day cards and played football. But if it wasn't for the TAP's Access and Visitation program many parents wouldn't get to spend time with their children at all.
And Hardy says today is an important day for him to see his kids.
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And his son Malcolm gave him something special for Fathers Day.
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((MALCOLM HARDY:GAVE HIM A LOT OF LETTERS....a lot of letters..what did you say in those letters...HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADDY. I LOVE YOU DADDY))
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The Access and Vistation Program gives parents who do not have custody a supervised enviroment where they can spend time with their children.
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Governor Gilmore is bringing a national panel to the state to discuss taxing online sales. We'll have that story next,
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and then we'll tell you why an internet firm issued an open invitation to hackers after it discovered a flaw that could expose customers' credit card numbers.
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A national commission is meeting tomorrow in Williamsburg to discuss taxing the Internet.
Governor Jim Gilmore will lead the 19 member panel.
As of now sales over the Internet are tax free.
Many in the business say keeping it that way will help the economy grow faster.
But conventional merchants fear online shopping is robbing them of customers and local governments also worry e-commerce is taking tax dollars out of circulation.
Governor Gilmore doesn't sound optimistic. He predicts it will be really tough for the panel to reach a consensus.
Tomorrow's panel was created by Congress to establish a national policy. Congress wants to have new laws ready before a ban on new taxes on electronic sales expires in October of 2001.
New research shows online sales are rising 300 percent a year, and could top 200 (b) billion dollars in the year 2000.

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Internet traffic makes a big jump in 1999...
And a security company tries to force microsoft into action, by helping hackers.
Details in tonight's WebWatch.
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If it seems more crowded on online, that's because it is... A Nielsen Media Research/Commercenet survey found 92 million people over age 16 online in the U.S. and Canada... that's up 13 million since last August. 55 million people are shopping online... There's a demographic breakdown on the Commercenet website.

Internet Security company eEye says microsoft ignored them when they discovered a security flaw that could give hackers access to credit card numbers at hundreds of thousands of sites, including Disney, Nasdaq, and Barnes and Noble.

So eEye began offering free software that would allow hackers to break into microsoft servers... they say they wanted to force the company to fix the problem.
Last week microsoft posted a security patch on it's website.

You can also get a fix to protect microsoft Outlook from the explore worm.

If you didn't get enough of the Royal weekend wedding, you can go back and enjoy it over and over again... BBCAmerica offers streaming video of the nuptials.

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For links to these sites, click on webwatch on the WDBJ website, at WDBJ7-dot-com.))

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Gun control was the main challenge for the House of Representatives this week.
The final bill that came up for a vote would have lessened some current restrictions, but imposed others.
In the end, it was shot down.
Here's how western Virginia's representatives voted.
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The roll call on Friday was 280 to 147 against.
Republican Bob Goodlatte voted yes.
But Democrats Rick Boucher and Virgil Goode voted no.
Over in the Senate, the Y2K Act was approved. It's designed to keep people from filing lawsuits if the Y2K computer glitch causes major problems.
The vote was 62 to 37.
Both Democrat Chuck Robb and Republican John Warner voted yes.
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Few stories have brought us as much mail as the resignation of the pastor of West Salem Baptist Church, almost all of it critical of our decision to put it on the air.
But not everyone agreed with that viewpoint.
Here's assignment editor Joe McKean.
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((Almost all of the comments we received, more than we can cite on the air, were along these lines:
"By allowing such a story to air, you have become no better than the tabloid magazines and television programs I refuse to read and watch. Rev. Slaughter is not my pastor, nor am I a member of his faith, but I believe every person deserves privacy in matters such as these."
A fellow clergyman also disagreed that this was news. But he had a slightly different viewpoint.
"I do not recall any news report by WQDJ on the positive ministries that West Salem Baptist Church has been involved in our community, and there have been many positive and good ministries that this Church has contributed to the residents of the Roanoke Valley. I will continue to watch your news programs because I believe an honest judgment by the news editors was made, but I do expect to start seeing some positive reporting on the ministries, activities and churches that contribute to the residents of the Roanoke Valley."
And a Christiansburg viewer applauded our coverage.
"I think your coverage of Reverent Slaughter's resignation was appropriate and newsworthy. As a minister of the Gospel he is a public servant and open to scrutiny just as our mayor or anyone else in the public eye. Did you not report also that his spouse had forgiven him? Not once did I hear sensational wording or any bias on your part. Please keep up the good work you do as an excellent source of news."
If you'd like to get in touch with us, try P.O. Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
The fax number is 343-7269.
E-mail should be addressed to news@wdbj7.com.
And our website, wdbj7.com, has a moderated on-line forum.
Joe McKean, News-7.))

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Coming up today in Sports, Roy Stanley will have the highlights from Pocono,
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and we'll see how a Roanoke group is helping young fathers adapt to the role of parenthood.
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A Roanoke group is trying to help unmarried teenage fathers with some difficult decisions.
It's known as ROAD as in "Reaching Out To Adolescent Dads" and as Andrew Freiden tells us, it wants to make sure these young fathers stay on the right path.
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((3 months ago D-C Dunnaville wasn't working. He was behind in his child support and not spending time with his son. But ROAD turned him around.
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Dunnaville didn't give up. He's catching up on his child support payments and he spends more time with his son. Wednesday night he was awarded for his success-- being named ROAD's most improved father.
Health Educator Anthony Drakeford says the main focus of Road is to get the dads involved in their childrens lives. The program teaches being a father is more than just giving financial support.
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Jermaine Peeks has been in the program since last year. He says his situation isn't easy, but ROAD offers support.

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Peeks took home an award for father of the year. Jermaine and D.C encourage other teen fathers to check out the program.
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And coming up, The leaders are still on the course in the final round of the U-S open scores and highlights from Major League Baseball.
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And the Stanley Cup is headed to Texas for the first time in National Hockey League history.
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Bobby Labonte made his move with less than 20 laps to go and he holds on to win the Pocono 500.
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Last weeks winer at Michigan Dale Jarrett would take the lead with 176 laps left in the 200 lap race.
Chad Little gets in trouble trying to pit the car gets lose turns around and backs into the wall. He was penalized 4 laps.
Then South Boston native Ward Burton made his way to the front taking the lead from Mark Martin after 70 laps of the race.
Then Dave Marcis gets lose and slams into the wall on the drivers side bringing out the caution. Marcis walked from the crash but was taken to a local hospital with cuts and bruises.
Jeff Gordon finally made it to the front to lead the race and collect the bonus points.
But the ninth caution of the day would come out when Steve Park taps Darrell Waltrip in the rear he hits the wall in turn one.
Bobby Labonte took the lead from Jimmy Spencer with less than 20 laps to go and he holds off Gordon to win the Pocono 500, his second win of the season.
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Dale Jarrett was third, Sterling Marlin fourth and Mark Martin fifth.

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The leaders were still on the course in the final round of the U-S Open. When they made the turn Payne Stewart and Phil Mickelson were tied for the lead at one under par on the 10-th hole.
Mickelson made par and Stewart bogey.
Tiger Woods bogeyed the 11-th hole to drop to 2 over par.

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In the Big Apple today, The Anaheim Angels get the 4 to 2 win over the New York Yankees.
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The crowd making its way into Yankee Stadium on this Fathers Day.
Anaheim wasted no time taking the lead. In the top of the second Matt Luke gets all of this pitch for a two run homer over the right field wall and the Angels jumped out to the 2 to nothing lead.
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The Yankees would get on the board in the bottom of the third. Bernie Williams connects for this solo homer over the right field wall to make it 2 to 1 but anaheim wins it 4 to 2.
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Several other games on tap this afternoon. Lets check out those scores.
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For the first time in hockey history, The Stanley Cup belongs in Texas.
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Last night in Buffalo, The Stars earned their first title outlasting Buffalo 2 to 1 in the second longest game in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Brett Hull scored the winning goal at 14:51 of triple overtime to give the stars the win.
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But the Sabres are not going quietly. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff says he plans to protest the winning goal because replays showed Hull's skate was in the crease when he scored.
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The Richmond Rhythm wraped up it's pre-draft camp by inviting fans to an open house today to get a look at some of the players who may be making their mark in the International Basketball League.
Denise Allen talked with Rhythm G-M, Ralph Sampson, and he says the new pro-league will stress parity.
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If these players make it into the league, they will be employees of the league not the franchise.
The league is also providing educational opportunities, so the players can become well-round men making them good role models for young fans.
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A roster hasn't been determined, but general manager and executive vice president Ralph Sampson announced former Virginia Tech player and Richmond native Allan Bristow is the Rhythm's head coach.
Sampson promises fans will be entertained on and off the court.
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The league starts play next fall with a 64 game schedule.
10 teams make up the IBL for '99-2000 season.
Denise Allen News 7 sports.))
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If you want to learn more about the Richmond Rhythm and the IBL, you can find links to both in the sports section of our web page at WDBJ-7-dot-com
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