WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 10/17/95

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1-News-Head

ANCHOR=Keith
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VO-NAT

Coming up on the BIG show:
A buyer for Justice House- -if somebody can only figure out who the seller is.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

And the notion of hayrides in a cemetery sounds too much like whistling through the graveyard to some folks in Christiansburg.

Sports-Head

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports head
GRAPHIC=NONE

Tonight in sports, the Indians and Mariners hook up in game six of the ALCS tonight.
Tech hopes to avoid another late defensive lapse at Rutgers this weekend.
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VO-NAT eng#

And the Virginia Tech men's basketball team talks about being in the hotseat and the national polls to start the season.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None

Another chilly evening ahead and things remain quiet through Thursday. You fall weather details are just around the corner.

Justice-House

ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE# 95-85
GRAPHIC=NONE

A Roanoke family may be the last hope for the troubled Justice House.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

The Hasan (HASS-en) family, who owns the Community Grocery Store on Elm Avenue is looking into purchasing the building.
Unfortunately, the family isn't sure who to buy it from-- and that issue will have to be resolved before any other action can be taken.
According to the city, the Mennonite Board of Missions still owns the building.
But the church maintains it sold Justice House five years ago.
Nidal Hasan says his family is not that wealthy, but his relatives might be able to afford the low- income apartment building with a loan.
Meanwhile, Roanoke Area Ministries and the Mennonites are urging Justice House tenants to move out immediately.
RAM says it'll provide emergency financial assistance to anyone who wants to leave.
Residents are divided on what to do.
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SOT 3:01:51
IN Q=I'm moving out
((KARA KINCAID/JUSTICE HOUSE RESIDENT: I'M MOVING OUT CAUSE I GOT A BABY DO AND I CAN'T AFFORD WHAT IF'S. IF THEY'RE GOING TO REMODEL IT OR IF THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE IT DOWN... I FEEL UNSAFE HERE. )) ((LEE COE/JUSTICE HOUSE RESIDENT: BEFORE I CAME HERE I WAS HOMELESS. NOW I GOT SOMETHING. I'M DOING SOMETHING FOR MYSELF. I'M WILLING TO GO AT ALL EXTENT TO KEEP THIS PLACE UP. ))
SUPER=01-Kara Kincaid/Justice House Resident;
SUPER=01-Lee Coe/Justice House Resident; :14
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=keep this place up
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VO-NAT

Those residents who want to stay are planning a protest tonight outside Justice House.
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HCMF

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE# 95-74
GRAPHIC=NONE

The H-C-M-F Corporation says it's surprised some employees took a contract dispute to the streets this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;

A dozen union workers picketed outside the company's Roanoke County headquarters.
They work at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Big Stone Gap, an H-C-M-F holding.
The employees are unhappy with the slow pace of contract talks, which began early this year.
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SOT 10:20:30
IN Q=I work on
((PAT HORTON/HERITAGE HALL EMPLOYEE: I WORK ON FULL TIME. I WORK ON SEVEN TO THREE. I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE APRIL THE EIGHTH OF 94. I MAKE FOUR-FIFTY AN HOUR AND IT'S HARD TO SUPPORT TWO CHILDREN ON FOUR-FIFTY.))
SUPER=01-Pat Horton/Heritage Hall Employee;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=four-fifty.
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VO-NAT

H-C-M-F says the union's actions are part of a corporate campaign to pressure and coerce officers following nine months of negotiations.
The company says the union rejected the wage and benefit package it recently offered.
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Cranwell

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE# 95-84
GRAPHIC=Cranwell

The State Republican Party has taken aim at House Majority Leader Dick Cranwell, but the Vinton Delegate says the G- O- P's latest missive misfired.
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VO-NAT

The pamphlet began appearing in mailboxes about a week ago.
It charges that Cranwell is hiding from a record only a liberal could love.
Cranwell says it is filled with falsehoods, claiming he voted against legislation he actually voted FOR.
SUPER=03-Vinton;

Cranwell says the pamphlet misrepresents his record on the death penalty, welfare reform, and sentencing for firearm violations.
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SOT 14:43:10
IN Q=This in my opinion
((DEL. DICK CRANWELL/D- VINTON: THIS, IN MY OPINION IS ONE OF THE MOST INCOMPETENTLY PUT TOGETHER MAIL PIECES IN 20- SOME YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, OR IT IS THE MOST VICIOUS AND INSIDIOUS ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD VOTERS THAT I HAVE SEEN.))
SUPER=@Cranwell;
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OUT Q=that I have seen.
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VO-NAT

Challenger Trixie Averill was unavailable this afternoon, but her campaign manager says the basic argument of the mailing is valid.
He says Cranwell voted against amendments by republican lawmakers and the governor that would have resulted in stronger legislation.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

The pamphlet features a photo of Averill with Governor Allen, but the piece was authorized by the state republican party and mailed from Richmond.

Roselawn-Cemetery

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE# 95-75
GRAPHIC=NONE

A Fall fun day at a Christiansburg cemetery has spooked some people with loved ones buried there.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;

Roselawn Memorial Gardens is hosting a day of free pumpkin decorating, hayrides, games and refreshments this Saturday.
In a telephone interview, the manager said the event is intended as a Fall celebration to teach children they have nothing to fear at cemeteries.
But some people say the graveyard is no place for frolic.
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SOT 16:19:35
IN Q=
((DOROTHY SOWERS: IF I WANTED MY DAUGHTER TO LEARN ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH I COULD TEACH HER THAT MYSELF, WITHOUT HER BEING IN A HAYWAGON. ))
SOT 16:16:01
((NANCY THOMPSON: IF I WANT TO GO OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND TO VISIT MY DAD, I DON'T WANT TO RUN IN THERE AND SEE A LOT OF HAYRIDES GOING AROUND THE AREA WHERE MY DAD'S BURIED.))
SUPER=07-Dorothy Sowers;
SUPER=07-Nancy Thompson;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=my dad's buried.
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VO-NAT

Manager Terri Welch says the hayrides will be confined to the roads through the graveyard.
And the other festivities will take place in an UN-developed part of the cemetery.
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TALENT=Keith
SS=NONE

Welch says her company, the Lowen Group, owns three- hundred cemeteries nationwide, and has sponsored similar events at each one with good response.
Tease#1
SOFT MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

Just ahead: New facilities in Franklin County to benefit the body and the mind, we'll tell you those plans,
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VO-NAT
and find out why a family- owned business in the New River Valley prides itself on being the little kid on the block.
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Owens

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE# 95-80
GRAPHIC=Charles Owens

Radford University's Vice President for Academic Affairs has announced his retirement.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Radford/June 20, 1994;

Charles Owens notified president Douglas Covington in writing that he'll leave his post at the end of next June to pursue private business interests.
Owens has been an administrator and tenured chemistry professor at Radford since 19- 89.
Last year he served as acting president.
Covington says he'll notify the Board of Visitors at its meeting tomorrow of plans to seek Owens' successor.
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County-Schools

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11 p.m.
WRITER=kmc
TAPE# 95-79
GRAPHIC=education

Cave Spring High School students are moving closer to getting a new place to learn.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;

The Roanoke County School Board held a work session today.
Board members got background information about recommendations for southwest county schools-- recommendations from both consultants and community members.
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SOT 15:32:20
IN Q=I think it's
((DEANNA GORDON/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT: I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE'RE BEYOND BRAINSTORMING NOW. WE'RE LOOKING-- WHEN YOU BRAINSTORM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE-- WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW THE FOCUS DOWN TO WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHEN DO WE DO IT. ))
SUPER=01-Deanna Gordon/Roanoke Co. Schools Superintendent;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=do we do it
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VO-NAT

On the front burner-- whether to build a new high school on this property across from Penn Forest Elementary.
But official say it's still too early to call a new Cave Spring High School a done deal.
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SOT 15:30:37
IN Q=the board will
((DEANNA GORDON/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT: THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND THEN ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO SEEK THE SANCTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING. SO, WE'RE STILL REALLY TWO OR THREE IMPORTANT STEPS FROM SAYING WE'RE READY TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL. ))
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OUT Q=a high school
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VO-NAT

Gordon says today's work session helped prepare the school board for Monday's official meeting-- when they'll hear a more formal presentation of the recommendations.
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Explore

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# 95-72
GRAPHIC=Explore

Explore Park's new education director hopes history can come to life through exciting education programs.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;

Today was Mark Shanks', second day on the job.
He specializes in performing interpretations of historical characters and events.
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10 50 18 00 - 10 50 44 00
SOT
IN Q=I've done a great
((MARK SHANKS/EXPLORE PARK EDUCATION DIRECTOR: I'VE DONE A GREAT AMOUNT OF CLASSROOM OUTREACH, WHERE I'D GO IN CHARACTER FROM ELIZABETHAN EXPLORERS TO 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL MASTERS TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY INVENTORS. I WOULD MAKE THESE HISTORICAL CHARACTERS LIVE AND MAKE HISTORICAL IDEAS SENSIBLE TO MODERN STUDENTS. ))
SUPER=01-Mark Shanks/Explore Park Education Director;
RUNS=:26
OUT Q=to modern students.
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VO-NAT

Shanks says there is a market for living history exhibits and education and Explore can claim more of that in time.
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10 50 59 00 - 10 51 14 00
SOT
IN Q=People are willing to pay
((MARK SHANKS/EXPLORE PARK EDUCATION DIRECTOR: PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY. WILLIAMSBURG SEEMS TO DO IT. I THINK EXPLORE CAN BE MENTIONED RIGHT AFTER WILLIAMSBURG AS THE ATTRACTIONS. THE PLACES TO GO TO SEE HISTORY IN VIRGINIA.))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=history in Virginia.
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VO-NAT

Explore Park expects to top last year's attendance this season. Last Saturday was Explore's busiest day yet, with more than 700 people visiting the park.
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Wades

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=TAL
TAPE# 95-73
GRAPHIC=Va Econ

A company from Maine plans to build a food and drug superstore in Danville.
The announcement from Hannaford Brothers signals a growing surge of Fortune 500 supermarkets into Virginia.
But in a world of supermarket giants, Wades family- owned grocery in the New River Valley refuses to be dwarfed.
Tracy Altizer reports.
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SOT
IN Q=It used to take
SUPER=01-Greg Wade/Buying & Advertising Director; :00
SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :08
SUPER=01-Susan Mathena/Customer; :22 QUICK!!
SUPER=01-Lula Slusher/Customer; :25
SUPER=@Tracy1; :46
SUPER=03-Radford; 1:07
RUNS=1:21
OUT Q=Altizer, News 7.
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SOT 10:20:47
((GREG WADE/BUYING & ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: IT USED TO TAKE TWO DAYS TO GET TO ROANOKE BY HORSE AND BUGGY TO BUY GROCERIES ON THE MARKET TO BRING THEM BACK TO SELL IN FLOYD. ))
RUNS=:06

That's how it started in the 1930's, when Greg Wade's grandfather opened the Alum Ridge Grocery.
By the '50's, the family had opened the first Wade's in Christiansburg, and started building a clientele with loyalty that spans generations.
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SOT 10:40:03
((QUESTION: AND YOU'VE ALWAYS COME HERE, TOO? ANSWER: YES, SINCE I WAS LITTLE, WITH MY MOM AND MY GRANDPARENTS TOO. ))
SOT 10:16:06
((LULA SLUSHER/CUSTOMER: I'VE BEEN SHOPPING HERE FOR 40-SOME YEARS. ))
SOT 10:16:16
((AND I JUST, I JUST LIKE TRADING HERE. THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE.))
RUNS=:12

As the bigger chains have moved in, that loyalty has enabled Wade's to not only survive, but thrive. It now has six stores in the New River Valley. suOne of the advantages to being small is that management can make decisions quickly on a local basis, rather than going through a corporate headquarters. That's something the so- called "big boys" can't do.su
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SOT 10:24:46
((IF IT'S NOT AUTHORIZED FROM THEIR HEADQUARTERS THEY CAN'T BUY IT, PERIOD. ))
RUNS=:03

Wade's efforts to buy locally is part of its secret to customer loyalty.
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SOT 10:22:23
((ANY OPPORTUNITY, SOMEBODY COMES IN, IF THEY'VE GOT APPLES OR SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE GROWN, WE'LL TRY TO BUY FROM THEM. ))
RUNS=:08

Despite the success, Wades is treading cautiously. A seventh store is going up in Radford, but the company is marketing a lot where it planned to build in Christiansburg, now that a super Wal- Mart with a grocery is moving in across the street.
Tracy Altizer, News 7.))

Stocks

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=agi
TAPE#=
GRAPHIC=NONE

As the blue- chips and hi- techs advance, trading on the big board was heavy today.
Nasdaq was up 17 points.
The Dow rose 11- and- a- half points, closing at 47- hundred- 95.
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SUPER=#D-69;

New-Technology

ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE# 95-76
GRAPHIC=NONE

Rocky Mount residents will be seeing some changes to their community in the next two years.
And Franklin County officials are hoping the changes will benefit everyone.
Scott Prince explains.
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SOT
IN Q=This grassy lot
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Jay Strickler/Franklin Co. Public Schools; :20
SUPER=19-Scott Prince; :45
SUPER=01-Russ Merritt/Franklin Co. Family YMCA; 1:03
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OUT Q=Scott Prince, News 7

(( This wooded lot in Rocky Mount doesn't look like much, but sometimes looks can be deceiving.
In 1997, this area right off North Main Street will be transformed into the Rocky Mount Office-Technology Park... one of the chief tenants will be the Franklin County Board of Education and its Center for Applied Technology and Career Exploration.
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SOT 10:40:57
IN Q=There are eight
((JAY STRICKLER/FRANKLIN CO. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: THERE ARE EIGHT MODULES WHICH ARE SET UP AROUND CAREERS. WE WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN THOSE AREAS AND TO COME AWAY WITH SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT POSSIBLY THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IN THE FUTURE. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=IN THE FUTURE

Right now middle school students can take a class in a technology lab.
The new facility will give eighth and ninth graders an opportunity for at least one entire semester exploring a career path. Standup
But the new technology center won't be standing alone out here. Just a few hundred yards away, the Franklin County YMCA will set up shop.
VO-NAT

But Y officials say they still have a way to go.
They've already collected more than a million dollars in donations, but they'll need 4-million dollars in order to get things going.
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SOT 12:01:33
IN Q=In the springtime
((RUSS MERRITT/FRANKLIN CO. FAMILY YMCA: IN THE SPRINGTIME WE'LL BE OPENING UP THE CAMPAIGN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN FRANKLIN COUNTY MAKING THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE THROUGH SUPPORT OF THE YMCA.))
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OUT Q=support of the ymca

The Y will be home to dozens of programs and sports activities, and more than 13-hundred Franklin County residents have already signed up.
Both facilities plan to be up and running by mid 1997.
Construction on the technology center should begin in the spring.
YMCA officials hope to start building next summer.
Scott Prince, News 7.))

Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE

Coming up tonight in sports, the Hokies talk about the start of their big Big East stretch of games to close the season.
We'll hear from a Hokie who was at the Million man march yesterday.
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VO-NAT eng#

And Randy Johnson is poised and ready to mow down the Indians tonight and even the American League championship series at 3- games apiece.
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S-MLB

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s5-23
GRAPHIC=al championship

The Cleveland Indians can wrap up the American League pennant tonight with a win over the Mariners in Seattle.
The Indians will send game on loser Dennis Martinez to the mound to face six foot ten inch Randy Johnson.
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SOT
IN Q="I don't...
((RANDY JOHNSON/SEATTLE STARTER TONIGHT:)) ((DENNIS MARTINEZ/CLEVELAND STARTER TONIGHT:))
SUPER=01-Randy Johnson/Seattle Starter Tonight; :00
SUPER=01-Dennis Martinez/Cleveland Starter Tonight; :14
RUNS=:29
OUT Q=...IN BASEBALL."
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S-Hoops

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#TB96-1
GRAPHIC=TECH HOOPS

The Virginia Tech men's basketball team is in its first full week of practice.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Saturday Night; :00

The defending NIT champs, who set a school record for victories with 25 last season, are a consensus top 25 preseason pick this Fall.
And with every starter back from last year along with a cast of talented newcomers the Hokies are finally back in the national spotlight.
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SOT
IN Q="Well, this...
((BILL FOSTER/VA. TECH HEAD COACH:)) ((SHAWN SMITH/VA. TECH FORWARD:))
SUPER=01-Bill Foster/Va. Tech Head Coach; :00
SUPER=01-Shawn Smith/Va. Tech Forward; :26
RUNS=:36
OUT Q=...hokies can play."
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S-Hokies

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#TF95-1
GRAPHIC=Tech Football

After opening the season with back to back loses at home, The Virginia Hokies have won four straight games.
but as Roy Stanley reports, the next four Big East games beginning with Rutgers this week will be the key to the Hokies season.
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IN Q=First audio
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Tech vs. Akron; :00
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Tech Head Coach; :21
SUPER=03-Piscataway, NJ/1992; :49
SUPER=01-Billy Conaty/Tech Center; :57
SUPER=01-Torrian Gray/Tech Rover; 1:09
SUPER=@Roy1; 1:16
RUNS=1:28
OUT Q=........news 7 sports."

((Last Saturday at Lane Stadium against Akron, The tech offense put on a record setting performance in front of a home coming crowd.
The Hokies rushed for 453 yards, second highest single game total in Big East History.
And the 9 point two yard rushing average is the best ever in the conference.)) ((FRANK BEAMER/TECH HEAD COACH: )) ((While the record setting win against Akron was sweet, The Hokies have little time to enjoy the victory.
Tech is preparing for 4 straight conference games beginning this Saturday on the road at Rutgers.
The Scarlet Knights have owned the Hokies in New Jersey outscoring tech 62 to 7 in the fourth quarter.)) ((BILLY CONATY/TECH CENTER: )) ((TORRIAN GRAY/TECH ROVER: )) ((ROY STANDUP: ))

S-March

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S5-17
GRAPHIC=Tech Football

At least one Virginia Tech Football player was excused from practice yesterday.
SS=Million Dollar March

To attend the Million Man March in Washington D.C.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Washington, DC;

Defensive end Lawrence Lewis was among the hundred of thousands who attended the march.
Lewis, who's from Hampton, has seen large crowds before but none like the one he was with yesterday in front of the Nations Capital.
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SOT
IN Q="You get
((LAWRENCE LEWIS/TECH DEFENSIVE END: ))
SUPER=01-Lawrence Lewis/Tech Defensive End; :00
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=......our world."
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S-Levy

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S5-19
GRAPHIC=BILLS

Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy is out of surgery after undergoing what his doctors are calling a very successful prostate cancer operation.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-NFL; :00

The 70- year- old Levy, who coached at William & Mary from 1964- 1968, is listed in good condition and resting comfortably.
In fact he has a realistic chance of being back on the sidelines for the Bills' November 12th game against Atlanta.
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Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
(toss to Jean)
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=NONE

Some Clifton Forge residents say teenagers in their city are out of control and they want something done about it.
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VO-NAT

Tonight the city holds a public hearing to consider a curfew ordinance.
The proposed ordinance would fine parents whose kids are out after hours.
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE

--In Bedford County, they're wondering who's going to replace retiring Bedford County sheriff Carl Wells.
The five candidates for the county's top law enforcement job will attend a political forum tonight at the Bedford Middle School. Those stories, tonight at 11. The interim commonwealth's attorney and his opponent will also be there.