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WRITER=JJA
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Up next on News 7 at five-
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VO-NAT
A commuter train crashes into a school bus- killing several students in
Illinois.
A girl scout leader admits to embezzling cookie money-
Plus we'll show you why the next world series pitch is out of this world-
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Wx-Heads
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
One more pleasant day then another batch of rain arrives on Friday. Forecast
details straight ahead.
MEDICAL-hEADS
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#MED HEADS
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Health Check-- the danger of being UNDER-insured.
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VO-NAT
In the event of serious illness, millions of Americans will not be
financially prepared.
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2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
(Jean AD LIB)
Video-Open
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SOT 15:04:55
IN Q=
((I JUST SAW. I COULD SEE BODIES IN THE BUSES. KIDS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR
GOING THROUGH THE WINDOW.))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=going through the window.
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VO-NAT
A witness describes what she saw when a commuter train hit a school bus
in suburban Illinois this morning.
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5-Bus-Ax
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=jja
TAPE#net-a
GRAPHIC=news-7 at five
Good Evening this is NEWS-7 at FIVE, I'm Jean Jadhon.
A routine ride to school turned deadly this morning.
Five people were killed and 30 others hurt when the train hit the bus.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fox River Grove, IL;
It happened early this morning in Fox River Grove- not far from Chicago.
Students aboard the bus say the bus stopped at a red light but the back of
the bus was still over the railroad tracks.
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SOT 15:04:08
IN Q=i saw
((TABEN JOHNSON/STUDENT ON BOARD BUS: I SAW ALL OF THE KIDS RUNNING FORWARD AND
I DIDN'T KNOW WHY AT FIRST BUT THEN I FIGURED IT OUT AFTER AWHILE THAT A TRAIN
WAS COMING CAUSE WE WERE ON THE TRACK AND THE LITTLE BELL THING WAS RINGING AND
THE GATE FELL.))
15:04:27
((TERESA ROBERTSON/STUDENT ON BOARD BUS: AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEE THE
GATE COMING DOWN ON THE TRAIN. WE ALL STARTED LAUGHING AND THEN WE FIND SHE'S
NOT EVEN GONNA MOVE YET AND THERE'S A TRAIN COMING.))
SUPER=01-Taben Johnson/Student On Board Bus; :00
SUPER=01-Teresa Robertson/Student on Board Bus; :12
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=and there's a train coming.
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VO-NAT
The impact of the accident knocked the bus off the (Chassy) chassis and
spun it around.
Passengers on the commuter train say the conducter was blasting his horn
for a while before crashing into the bus.
Students say it was the bus driver's first day on the job.
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5-Toxic-leak
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=jja
TAPE#net-b
GRAPHIC=NONE
A Santa Fe Railway train jumped the tracks this morning in California-
spewing toxic gas into the air.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Shafter, CA;
Thirty people near the derailment were overome by the poisonous gas.
Crews had to evacuate residents within a half a mile- but they have been
allowed back home.
The derailment left train cars strewn across the tracks- so far no word
on what caused the accident.
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5-Gas-Leak
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=jja
TAPE#net-c
wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bogalusa, LA;
A toxic gas leak is under control in Bogalusa, Louisiana, but schools
there are still closed.
That's partly because school buses are being used to haul thousands of
evacuees back to their homes.
Authorities gave residents the O-K to return today- two days after a
ruptured rail car spewed poisonous gas into the air.
About 500 people had to be treated for exposure to the chemical.
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5-Wythe-Prison
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=tal
TAPE#595-26
GRAPHIC=new prison
Wythe County is among three finalists for a privately- operated minimum-
security prison.
The state corrections department has narrowed its list of competing
companies from eight to three.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;
Corrections Corporation of America will now negotiate further to build a one
thousand bed facility on farmland in Wythe County.
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
The Department of Corrections expects to award a contract within a month.
5-Stokes
ANCHOR=jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=spr
TAPE#595-23
GRAPHIC=stokes
'Scouts Honor' has been tainted in Salem by a former Girl Scout troop
leader.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
Catrice Stokes-Goode pleaded no contest to embezzlement today.
She's accused of stealing close to 25-hundred dollars in cookie money.
She confessed to police back in May, telling them she spent the majority of
the cash on fast- food and bar- hopping.
Stokes-Goode says she is upset because she let her scouts down.
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SOT 09:39:37
IN Q=To my girl scouts
((CATRICE STOKES-GOODE: TO MY GIRL SCOUTS, TO MY GIRL SCOUTS I WOULD SAY I WAS
SORRY. ))
SUPER=07-Catrice Stokes-Goode;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=I was sorry
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
Stokes- Goode is scheduled to be sentenced January 18th.
The maximum penalty for embezzlement is 20 years in prison.
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
Coming up next on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- Norfolk Southern posts its best third
quarter earnings ever--
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VO-NAT
And a little later-- you won't see anyone walk onto the baseball field and
throw the first pitch in game four of the World Series, instead its coming from
space.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
On Health Check-- Planned Parenthood opens up it's Lynchburg Clinic.
Plus, the government is urging seniors to get vaccinated against the flu
and pneumonia this year.
2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Jean
State-wide television campaign ads are unveiled by the Republican and
Democratic parties.
ANCHOR=Connie
It is the first of its kind for a General Assembly Election-- That story
after this break.
cc sponsor
5-NS-Earnings
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#595-22
GRAPHIC=NS Logo
A record performance for one of the region's largest employers.
Norfolk Southern came out with its third quarter figures this morning.
double boxes len/jean
Len Besthoff says the railroad giant posted its most profitable quarter
ever.
Len, I imagine this is good news for both N-S employees and shareholders
alike.
ANCHOR=Len
It is Jean. N-S's earnings exceeded analysts' expectations, and you won't
SUPER=@Len1;
hear too many bad things about this company's bottom line.
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SOT 14:11:27
IN Q=People are
((JIM KERN/INTERSTATE-JOHNSON LANE: PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT
RAILROADS IN GENERAL, N-S IN PARTICULAR, MAY BE A GOOD PLACE TO PLACE YOUR
FUNDS SINCE WE EXPECT TO SEE GOOD SUSTAINED EARNINGS GROWTH AND LOW VOLATILITY.
))
SUPER=01-Jim Kern/Interstate-Johnson Lane;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=low volatility.
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VO-NAT
Norfolk Southern made 184-million-dollars in the third quarter, up
nine-percent from the same period a year ago.
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LIVE=len full
It's stock price hasn't gone up because of the news though.
N-S was down more than a dollar a share at the close of trading today.
double boxes jean/len
(question: Why did that happen, Len? Is there reason to believe N-S's profits
will be going down soon?)
5-Retired-Miners
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=five
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#595-25
GRAPHIC=coal mining
The United Mine Workers say legislation pending in congress will threaten
the pension benefits of widows and retirees.
Today, they urged Senator John Warner to reconsider his support for the
bill.
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SOT 11:56:59
IN Q=He votes yes
((HE VOTES YES ON THIS BILL, IT WILL BE POLITICAL SUICIDE IN THE NEXT
ELECTION.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=in the next election.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Abingdon;
This morning, Union leaders brought a group of widows and pensioners to
Warner's office in Abingdon.
They say Senate Bill 878 would damage the Miners Health Trust Fund and
jeopardize health care benefits of thousands of retired miners and their
families.
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SOT 11:57:28
IN Q=I have a son that
((I HAVE A SON THAT IS DISABLED. HE'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE 17. HE WAS IN AN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND IT'S JUST HIM AND I AT HOME. AND IF THEY TAKE OUR
HEALTH CARD, I CAN'T MAKE IT. ))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=I can't make it.
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
Assuming the Senate bill wins approval in both houses, union leaders are
hopeful President Clinton will veto it.
5-TV-Campaigns
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#595-24
GRAPHIC=campaign 95
Even if it seems like the same old campaign stuff, both major parties in
Virginia are doing something totally new.
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SOT 07:34:56
IN Q=Please vote for
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: PLEASE VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY TO BRING MORE
HONEST CHANGE TO VIRGINIA.))
SOT 04:20:05
((THE REPUBLICANS SAY THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS, LIKE
PRESIDENT CLINTON. OR WHETHER YOU THINK GOVERNOR ALLEN IS A NICE GUY. BUT
IT'S NOT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.))
SUPER=04-Va. GOP Caucus; :00
SUPER=04-Democratic Party of Va.; :06
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=our children.
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VO-NAT
The Democrats have finally joined the Republicans on the airwaves -- making
these the first General Assembly elections in history where the parties have
run their OWN ads across the state.
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SOT 04:32:13
IN Q=
((GAIL NARDI/DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VA.: THIS GOVERNOR HAS USED THE BULLY PULPIT
OF THE GOVERNORSHIP TO MAKE PARTISAN ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATS, AS INDIVIDUALS AND
AS A GROUP.))
sot 06:45:32
((KEN STROUPE/GOVERNOR'S SPOKESMAN: THIS IS A REFERENDUM ON GEORGE ALLEN.
THESE ELECTIONS THIS NOVEMBER ARE A REFERENDUM ON THE GOVERNOR AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION.))
SUPER=01-Gail Nardi/Democratic Party of Va.; :00
SUPER=01-Ken Stroupe/Governor's Spokesman; :12
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=a group.
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VO-NAT
The GOP is on its second television ad.
The Democrats are premiering the first today.
Expect more from both camps in the next two weeks.
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healthy music under
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
The Harrison Museum is flaunting several new exhibits--including a journey
to Africa without even leaving the Roanoke Valley.
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(Patrick ad lib)
SUPER=22-Roanoke;
stocks bump next
5-HARRISON
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=FIVE
WRITER=PEV
TAPE#NONE
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Some new exhibits have arrived at the Harrison Museum, while at the same
time one key person is departing.
DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
Patrick Evans reports today on new developments taking place at the
Museum, including the upcoming annual meeting.
Patrick, just who is leaving the museum?
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SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
SUPER=22-Roanoke;
SUPER=01-Aletha Bolden/Curator;
DOUBLE BOX PATRICK/ROBIN
Stats
SUPER=302-64/37/37/Calm/30.06/f;
SUPER=303-65/38/37/SW-5mph/30.08/f;
tease#3
healthy music under
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
Still to come in the newscast-- what does it take to sing the National
Anthem before a sporting event? Mike has a look at the dos and don'ts.
ANCHOR=Connie
On Health Check-- the Montgomery County Health Department is serving up
drive-through flu shots.
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VO-NAT
Plus, the high cost of health care.
We'll hear the potential dangers of being UNDER-insured.
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health bump next
5-Insurance
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#595-28
GRAPHIC=health insurane
A new study out by the American Medical Association estimates that
29-million Americans are under-insured in the event of a catastrophic illness.
We're not talking about people who don't have insurance at all-- but those
who aren't aware they may have to pay out of their own pockets in the even of
an illness.
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SOT
IN Q=If you end up here
SUPER=01-Jack Parisi/Heart Disease Patient; :39
SUPER=01-Dr. Warren Wexelman/Cardiologist; :50
SUPER=01-Bobbie Adwar/Heart Disease Patient; 1:18
RUNS=1:50
OUT Q=even need.
((
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SOT
IN Q=NAT SOUND
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=NAT SOUND
If you end up here, the dollars start adding up fast. Take heart bypass
surgery, for example:
Anesthesiology alone will probably run five-thousand dollars.
The average surgeon's fee for an UNCOMPLICATED procedure-- 10-thousand
dollars.
Post-op care from a cardiologist-- three-thousand dollars.
And perhaps the biggest bill comes from the hospital itself-- 15-thousand
dollars.
Even having to pay a small out-of-pocket percentage of the total bill can
be tough to absorb.
Jack Parisi's bypass surgery totaled nearly 50-thousand dollars.
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SOT 10:42:35
IN Q=It cost me
((JACK PARISI:IT COST ME OUT OF MY POCKET ABOUT SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ON
MY OWN. IT MADE ME VERY ANGRY BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF IN THE
INSURANCE POLICY, BUT APPARENTLY IT WASN'T ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=it wasn't.
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SOT 10:42:53
IN Q=Patients now
((DR. WARREN WEXELMAN, CARDIOLOGIST: PATIENTS NOW CAN BUY INSURANCE THAT THEY
THINK WILL COVER THEM, AND ACTUALLY IS ADVERTISED IN COVERING THEM FOR MANY
MANY THINGS, AND WHEN YOU READ THE FINE PRINT OF THE CONTRACT IT REALLY DOESN'T
COVER WHAT THEY THINK.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=what they think
The problem doesn't just occur with acute catastrophic illness.
Many insurance policies lack long-term coverage for chronic problems,
expenses like drugs, checkups and therapy.
Bobbie Adwar's insurance covered her quintuple bypass surgery, but not the
necessary rehabilitation.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:43:25
IN Q=You're monitored
(( BOBBIE ADWAR, HEART DISEASE PATIENT: YOU'RE MONITORED AND IF SOMETHING
SHOULD HAPPEN IT CAN BE NIPPED IN THE BUD, WHERE IF YOU'RE RUNNING DOWN THE
STREET AND YOU GET THIS PAIN AND YOU SAY IT'S JUST BECAUSE I'M EXERCISING IT
COULD BE SOMETHING SEVERE AND YOU WOULDN'T PICK UP ON IT UNTIL ITS TOO LATE.))
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=too late.
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butt butt butt butt
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SOT 10:43:44
IN Q=These are the
((THESE ARE THE KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD HOPE KEEP PATIENTS FROM
REDEVELOPING THE DISEASE AND CERTAINLY GETTING BACK INTO THE WORK FORCE A LOT
QUICKER. IF IT WERE UP TO HER INSURANCE COMPANY SHE WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO
CARDIAC REHABILITATION AND SHE'D PROBABLY BE HOME AND EVEN MORE SO PROBABLY
UTILIZING MEDICAL CARE THAT NOW HOPEFULLY SHE WON'T EVEN NEED.))
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=even need.
))
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Experts say for the most part, the best insurance polices are those that
don't restrict you from doctors, or from certain therapies.
5-Planned-Parenthood
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#595-29
GRAPHIC=planned parenthood
Women's reproductive health services are now being offered in the Lynchburg
area, courtesy of Planned Parenthood.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
About 40- supporters gathered for a ribbon- cutting ceremony at the group's
offices on Langhorne Road.
Despite the appearance of half- dozen protestors, Planned Parenthood says it
is receiving a warm welcome in the community.
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SOT 00:23:37
IN Q=We have had
((KATHRYN HAYNIE/PLANNED PARENTHOOD: WE HAVE HAD A REQUEST FROM THIS COMMUNITY
FOR MANY YEARS FOR SERVICES AND I THINK THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT, THE DEPTH OF
SUPPORT IN THIS COMMUNITY WE'VE EXPERIENCED SINCE WE ACTUALLY STARTED TRYING TO
GARNER THE SUPPORT OFFICIALLY IN TERMS OF DOLLARS TO OPEN THIS CENTER, HAS BEEN
JUST REMARKABLE.))
SUPER=01-Kathryn Haynie/Planned Parenthood; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=has been just remarkable.
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VO-NAT
Haynie says Lynchburg- area supporters contributed 130- thousand dollars to
help open the new office.
She adds her group is still deciding whether to offer abortion services in
central Virginia.
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5-Flu-Shots
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#595-31
GRAPHIC=flu shots
The government is urging elderly people to get their flu shots this fall.
The best time to get the vaccination is between mid-October and
mid-November.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File; :
The Centers for Disease Control says an estimated 20-thousand Americans die
from flu or its complications annually.
Eighty to 90 percent of the deaths are among the elderly.
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5-Drive-Through
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=tal
TAPE#595-30
GRAPHIC=HOLD
The Montgomery County Health Department was serving up shots fast food style
today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
Drive-through flu and pneumonia vaccines were the order of the day.
Public health nurses administered the shots to people in, or out of their
cars.
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SOT 13:37:50
((RUTH WOLFORD/NURSE SUPERVISOR: IT'S MOST ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
PHYSICALLY-IMPAIRED AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR CAR EASILY.
BUT THEN IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT THE FLU AND THE
PNEUMONIA. ))
SUPER=01-Ruth Wolford/Nurse Supervisor;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=and the pneumonia.
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VO-NAT
Wolford says this is the first time such curbside service has been offered
in Virginia.
The whole process takes about 15 minutes.
Officials even offered free refreshments to help ease the pain.
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2-shot-toss
ANCHOR=Jean
It was a nail-biter last night in game three of the World Series.
ANCHOR=Connie
Now the Indians have cut the Braves lead-- with more on the game, here's
Mike Stevens.
S5-Series
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-15
GRAPHIC=NONE
Good afternoon everybody the midweek ticker gets started today with the
ending to last night's game three of the world series than of you probably
missed.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Cleveland/NBC-TBN; :00
Around 12:45am the Indians broke open a six-all tie with the Braves as Eddie
Murray slapped this single to center field and plated Alvaro Espinoza with the
game winning run.
And no one was happier to see the Indians get the 7-to-6 win and cut the
series lead to 2 games to one than tonight's starting pitcher, Ken Hill.
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SOT
IN Q="Well, it's....
((KEN HILL/INDIANS STARTER TONIGHT:))
SUPER=01-Ken Hill/Indians Starter Tonight; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=...THE MOMENTUM."
S5-Banner
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#st5=16
GRAPHIC=none
As many of you know, the World series opened last Saturday night with Darius
Rucker, of Hootie and the Blowfish, performing the national anthem.
Well, it seems everybody wants a chance to sing the Star Spangled Banner.
In fact, the New Jersey Nets basketball team has open tryouts. Here's a
sample of the singing.
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SOT
IN Q=AUDIO UP FULL
RUNS=1:07
OUT Q=...ETHEL MERMAN'S VOICE."
ANCHOR=Mike
SS=NONE
Coming up at six tonight we'll hear from the newly crowned Northside high
school state championship golf team.
Have a nice night everybody.
take a break
5-first-pitch
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#net-h
GRAPHIC=world series
Tonight's game four of the World Series will have an "out of this world"
start.
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VO-NAT
The first pitch wil be thrown by an astronaut aboard the Shuttle Columbia
in orbit.
Astronaut Ken Bowersox taped the ceremonial pitch for the camera this
morning.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:16:43
IN Q=Tonight our
((KEN BOWERSOX/ASTRONAUT: TONIGHT OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE NATIONAL PASTIME.
TO THE BRAVES AND THE INDIANS, GOOD LUCK IN GAME FIVE OF THE WORLD SERIES. NOW
LET'S PLAY BALL.))
SUPER=01-Ken Bowersox/Astronaut;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=(THROWS BALL)
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VO-NAT
The crew was a game ahead-- tonight is game FOUR.
The astronauts taped a few versions-- one of them will air at the beginning
of tonight's game in Cleveland.
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six-preview
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#six preview
GRAPHIC=NONE
(toss to robin)
(robin ad lib)
RUNS=:20
(robin tosses to Jean)
ANCHOR=Jean
The Justice House is officially condemned.
double boxes Keith/Jean
Keith Humphry has the latest on the woes of the low income apartment
building.
ANCHOR=Keith
SUPER=@Keith1;
Jean, just last night we reported it was lights out for Justice House--
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VO-NAT
Now the city has cut off all hope.
This morning building inspectors condemned the building, forcing residents
to get out as soon as possible.
Many of them are scrambling this hour to try and move out before the sun
goes down.
But there are some residents who are still refusing to leave.
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double boxes jean/Keith
We'll have that story, plus all the latest news, sports, and weather on
News 7 at six.
ANCHOR=Jean
That's all for NEWS-7 at FIVE-- goodnight.
by SS