WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 08/11/99

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Coming up-
A local teacher is electrocuted this afternoon..
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A book by a local author is found in the van of the suspected day camp shooter.
We'll head live to Salt Lake City- where a deadly twister touched down.
If you're interested in Hokie Football you'll want to stick around.
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News 7 is next.
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[Tornado]

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A tornado ripped through downtown Salt Lake City- caught on camera.
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The twister killed one person and injured dozens- Let's go live to Rod Decker with more.
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(( The warning came only minutes before the tornado hit. It was lunch hour when this twister swept into downtown Salt Lake City. The dramatic pictures caught on tape from nearby buildings and remote television cameras. The black funnel cloud uprooted trees, ripped roofs off buildings and sent debris flying. The storm also ripped through temporary buildings and tents housing a retailer's convention. At least one person was killed, dozens injured.
"He's hurt real bad. And I am hurt too. It swept out of no where, it was wild." The downtown area looked like a disaster zone with trucks overturned, power lines down, and windows blown out. Paramedics tended to victims among the debris. Helicopters were used to evacuate the injured.
"It went as fast as it came...we ran to the back and saw debris flying." The governor has declared a state of emergency...and the American Red Cross is rushing additional blood supplies to the city. Damage is estimated in the millions of dollars, all from a tornado that rarely strikes in this State.))

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[Water-Agreement]

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It won't end the water crisis ... but it's a deal that gives Roanoke a way to back up its dwindling water supply.

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City and county officials announced a plan to let each jurisdiction tap into the other's reservoir.
The agreement ends a political stalemate that went on for weeks.
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((JIM RITCHIE: IF YOU GO IN WITH AN OPEN MIND ... YOU CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS AS FAR AS COOPERATION IS CONCERNED.))
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Assuming both governments sign the new contract ... the county will no longer be required to buy city water -- something it's been doing for 20 years.
The county now guarantees it will SELL up to four million gallons a day to the city -- if the city requests it.
Water will cost two-dollars-and-75-cents for one thousand gallons.
To pay for the deal ... the city will hike water rates twice: eighteen percent in January, 2000... ten percent a year later.
For the average household... that means water bills eventually go up about three dollars a month.
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The city is still under mandatory water-conservation measures.
County residents are asked to cut back as well.
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[Toss back to anchor][CA-Shooting]

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The man who turned himself in for the Los Angeles Day Camp shooting- has ties to hate groups- and his father may have ties to this region.
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Buford Furrow turned himself into authorities in Las Vegas-
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He told authorities he was the one who opened fire in a Jewish Community Center yesterday.
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((GRANT ASHLEY/FBI SPECIAL AGENT: HE'S BELIEVED TO HAVE TRAVELED TO LAS VEGAS BY TAXI CAB FROM THE LOS ANGELES AREA.))

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Meanwhile doctors say a five year old who underwent 6 hours of surgery-is not out of the woods yet.
Furrow is facing charges in the day camp shooting.
He is also being charged with murder for the death of a postal worker in Los Angeles shortly after the day camp shooting.
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[Jewish-Reax]

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Furrow wanted his shooting rampage to be a wake-up call to Jews. Jewish Communities close to home are trying to come to grips with this kind of violence.
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Kate Weidaw joins us from the newsroom with more on local concerns.
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Jean even though the shooting happened thousands of miles away, folks here are worried about possible copy cat situations.
Jewish day care centers are taking extra precautions but most importantly they're talking with each other about their concerns.
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Beth Israel's Rabbi Manes Kogan has been hearing concerns from his congregation after Tuesday's shooting in Los Angeles.
Activities at the synagogue's day care center went on as scheduled with all the children attending. But some in the Jewish community worry about a copycat incident happening here.

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But the Roanoke Jewish Community is not letting the Los Angeles shooting get in the way of it's everyday life, however they are taking some extra precautions.

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But Beth Israel's President says it's not just important to bring in police, it's important to talk about the situation with one another.))

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A Roanoke City Police officer will be checking on the day care center at Beth Israel this week as a precautionary measure.
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But over all people in the Jewish community tell me they feel safe and don't think about incidents like the one in Los Angeles happening here.

[Hoskins-Book]

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Police reportedly found a book in Buford Furrow's van- It's a work called "War Cycles, Peace Cycles" written by an alleged white supremacist, Richard Kelly Hoskins.
Hoskins lives in Lynchburg, and today he denied any connection between his book and the California shootings.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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(( In the wake of another highly- publicized mass shooting, Richard Kelly Hoskins now finds himself holed up in his home.. at the vortex of a media whirlwind.
Hoskins' book "War Cycles, Peace Cycles" was published 15 years ago, but can still be ordered through his Virginia Publishing Company website.
Jewish leaders claim it's the handbook for the `Phineas Priesthood', a group which perverts Bible passages to justify racist and anti- Semitic acts of violence.
Hoskins is not talking with the media, but he released a statement saying "I find it difficult to understand what a book about economics has to do with shooting Jewish children in California."
He goes on to say "it's inconceivable that someone at this late date should suddenly become agitated and rush out to murder children."
But Hoskins' name pops up frequently in discussions of white supremacist groups and alleged hate crimes.
He's believed to be the leader of the Christian Identity movement, a group which many feel is part of the radical fringe of Nazism.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))

[Furrow-Virginia]

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According to the Internet, Buford Furrow had some family ties to Southwest Virginia.
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In a message on a Bluegrass music web site, Buford Furrow, Senior- -the suspect's father- -mentions growing up in Roanoke.
Furrow's brother-in-law, Bill Wells- -also mentioned in the message- -confirms the elder Furrow grew up in Virginia.
Wells says he hasn't seen his NEPHEW- -the Los Angeles suspect- -in 20 years.
We were not able to find anyone in the area who knew Buford, Junior, or his father.
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[Electrocution]

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A Salem High school teacher is dead tonight after being electrocuted.
36 year old Steven Britt Rossie was at his home in Troutville holding a metal ladder for a contractor when the ladder touched a wire.
Rossie was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The contractor was shocked and suffered burns on his feet.
Rossie was a science teacher at Salem High School for four years and was the former planetarium director at the science museum.

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A high-tech company is expanding and creating dozens of new jobs for Henry County.
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Drake Extrusions will bring 36 more jobs to its Martinsville plant... It's part of an 11-million dollar investment in the area.
The company makes high-tech fiber for carpets and bedding and already employs 145 people.
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The jobs range from hourly wage technicians to salaried supervisor positions.
Drake Extrusion opened in Henry County three years ago and has continued to expand its operation.
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An appeals court agrees to hear why attorneys for a man convicted of burning and beheading a black man say their client should get a new trial.
The story straight ahead.
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Coming up later, the last eclipse of this millennium is wow-ing spectators across Europe.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((O-K sports fans here's what's happening the Roanoke Wrath was home tonight for a key soccer match up The Virginia Tech Hokies met the Media today and the talk was about preseason polls Norm Lineburg and the Radford Bobcats get ready for the high school football season and Kenny Irwin is out after this year as the driver of the Robert Yates number 28 Ford Taurus.
All that and more coming up in sports.))
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[Cressell]

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Emmett Cressell, Junior's attorneys will be allowed to argue for a new trial before the Virginia Court of Appeals.

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Cressell is one of two men convicted of burning and beheading a black man in Grayson County two years ago.
One issue they'll focus on is that the evidence at trial did NOT support a first degree conviction.
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((JEFF DORSEY/CRESSELL'S ATTORNEY: USUALLY THAT TYPE OF ARGUMENT IS NOT VIEWED WELL BY THE COURT OF APPEALS SO WE'RE PLEASED BY THAT.))
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Cressell's attorneys also plan to argue that the trial should have been moved out of Grayson County and that three of the jurors should have stricken from the panel.
A date has not been set.
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[Abduction-Suspect]

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Henry County authorities have released a sketch of the man they say kidnapped and shot a woman last weekend.
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The woman was able to give authorities a description of her attacker.
He's described as 6-feet tall, with blonde hair.
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Shannon Wright told deputies she was kidnapped from a parking lot... then robbed, forced into the trunk of her car, and shot in the head.
Anyone with information should contact the Henry County Sheriff's department.
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[Centra-Health]

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A Lynchburg hospital is being sued by a former psychiatric patient who claims his co- workers got hold of his confidential medical files.
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Darnell Smith is now suing Centra Health and two of his former colleagues at Lynchburg General Hospital.
Smith claims the two workers gained access to his private files at Centra Health and told other employees about his psychiatric treatments.
He says the resulting harassment forced him to quit his job and attempt suicide.
Smith is seeking more than 300- thousand dollars in damages.
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Still to come, sky watchers get an eye full as much of Europe is blanketed by shadow.
And a center that
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helps local folks with disabilities live independently celebrates with a little humor.
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The story a little later.
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[Forest-Fire]

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Tonight 40 fire fighters instead of 100 are patrolling Purgatory Mountain...
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making sure back fires are keeping the blaze contained- it's been burning for five days now.
By the weekend, officials hope crews will be sent home and only be on call.
Nearly 13-hundred acres have burned since Saturday, but firefighters say there is always a chance of the fire jumping the line and starting new ones.
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[Eclipse]

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It is the last total eclipse of the sun in this millennium-
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It cast a giant shadow over much of Europe- The moon blocked the sun long enough to thrill visitors.
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Sky watchers who gathered in Cornwall, England saw it first.
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((I THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. AMAZED BY IT BASICALLY.)) [BUTT TO 15:04:38] ((STEVE MARAN/NASA ASTRONOMER: WHEN THE SUN GOES OUT BRIEFLY AT A VERY ODD TIME AT THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IT REALLY REMINDS YOU HOW DEPENDENT WE ARE ON THE SUN FOR THE LIFE ON EARTH.))
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The next full solar eclipse visible from the United States won't be until the year 20-17.
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It was media day at Virginia Tech the Radford Bobcats are getting ready for the upcoming high school football season.
But first our Extra Point.
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All pro running back Jamal Anderson has agreed to a new deal with the Atlanta Falcons worth 32 million over 5 years. Anderson arrived in camp this evening after 4 hours of talks with coach Dan Reeves.
He set a franchise record last season with 1-thousand 846 yards rushing.
Now, Here are tonight's Numbers.
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[S-Wrath]

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The Roanoke Wrath will need some help to make the Atlantic Conference playoffs.
Last night at Victory Stadium the Wrath lost to Wilmington 3 to nothing.
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The Wrath walking to the middle of the field for the games start.
In the first half Brian Hunter boots the ball but Wrath Goalie Danny Britton makes the save and the game remained scoreless.
Wilmington would add to a lead in the second half when George Corrie kicks it in from the side giving the Hammerheads a 2 to nothing lead.
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Wilmington would score a final goal with less than 2 minutes left in the game and the Hammerheads beat Roanoke 3 to nothing.
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[S-Cubs]

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Matt Williams drove in four runs as Arizona defeated Chicago 7 to 5 in 11 innings.
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It was cabbage patch doll day at Wrigley field.
The Diamondbacks would take the lead in the top of the third when Matt Williams hits the two run homer to make the score 3 to 1 Arizona.
Chicago would tie the score in the sixth when Manny Alexander hits the grounder to short the ball is thrown away in the attempt to get the double play two runs score to tie it at 3 to 3.
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Randy Johnson struck out 11 here he gets Sammy Sosa and Arizona wins it 7 to 5 in 11.
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((THE HOKIES TALK PRESEASON POLLS. MORE LATER ON MORNIN'.))

[S-Hockey]

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Roanoke Express players from the past and present are helping Pierre Paiement with his second annual Modern Hockey School.
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43 youngsters age six to 16 are learning hockey from current players Tim Christian and Daniel Berthiaume for five days.

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((PIERRE PAIEMENT/CAMP DIRECTOR:)) ((DANIEL bERTHIAUME/EXPRESS GOALIE:)) ((TIM CHRISTIAN/EXPRESS RIGHT WING:))
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Roanoke Hall of Fame member and former Express defense man Dave Stewart took a break from running his family automobile business in Canada, and he is NOT coming out of retirement.
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[Sports Tease]

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And coming up, Kenny Irwin is out of the Robert Yates four at the end of this season the Radford Bobcats are ready to take a bite out of the Three Rivers District.
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And the Virginia Tech Hokies pose and answer questions about being among the elite in the preseason football polls.

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[S-Tech]

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The media was at Lane Stadium yesterday to talk about the Hokies rise among college football's elite teams this preseason.
Mike Stevens has more on what should be a big time team in Blacksburg.
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((1999 could be a picture perfect season for the Hokies. They have earned their way into the top 10 in most of the preseason polls, and now they're ready to let down their hair and go to war tot stay there. ((FRANK BEAMER:)) ((COREY MOORE:))
Most of the individual hype is directed at redshirt freshman quartebrack Michael Vick. He only heightened the expectations of his game this summer by running a 4 point 3 second 40 yard dash and recording a 40 inch vertical leap. ((MICHAEL VICK:))
Fellow redshirt freshman Lee Suggs is now 22 pounds heavier than when he left Fleming. He also is anxious to get on the field this season.)) ((LEE SUGGS:)) ((MIKE STEVENS:))

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Radford's rich football tradition has always kept the Bobcats in the Friday Football Extra spotlight.
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This year, Norm Lineburg has a lot to work with, 16 starters are back, making this pre-season almost like the holidays.

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[VO-NAT]

The Bobcats finished 5 and 5 last year, third in the Three Rivers. Eight starters are back on each side of the ball.

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(())
[RUNS=:17]
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[S-Racing]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-37 (1:29:21)]
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This is Kenny Irwin's last year driving for Robert Yates.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape; :]

Yates will put a new driver in the number 28 Ford Taurus after this season. Irwin won rookie of the year honors in 1998 and in the first 20 races this season, the 30 year old driver has added a second career pole, one top five and two top 10 finishes.
He's 20-th in the points standings.
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((THAT'S IT FOR SPORTS. HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYBODY.))

[Independent-Living]

[ANCHOR=JEan]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jbi]
[TAPE#=99-23]
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A unique comedian helps celebrate the Blue Ridge Independent Living Center's tenth anniversary.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
Brett Leake has been a comedian since 1983 and does almost three hundred shows a year. He also has Muscular Dystrophy. Some of his jokes centered around his disability and he even found humor in handicapped parking spaces.
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[IN Q=I don't like]
((I DON'T LIKE PULLING OUT AND EXPOSING THE CHALK OUTLINE OF THE LAST GUY WHO TRIED TO PARK THERE. THAT LOOKS LIKE I RAN OVER A GUY IN A WHEELCHAIR.))
[SUPER=01-Brett Leake/ Comedian]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=wheelchair.]
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[VO-NAT]
The company thought Leake would be appropriate for its celebration because the company assists and employs people with disabilities.
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