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Up next on News 7 at five-
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VO-NAT
The man found in a Bramblton Avenue Auto shop was murdered.
We'll have the latest.
A judge orders the material girl to appear in court.
Plus local federal workers rally in Roanoke.
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Wx-Heads
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Winter temperatures returned in a big way today. Wind chill has been a
factor all afternoon and snow showers are on the horizon.
MEDICAL-hEADS
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#MED HEADS
GRAPHIC=NONE
And on Health Check-- a possible link between women who drink while
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VO-NAT
they're pregnant and leukemia in their babies.
Plus, the government has it's NEW prescription for healthy living, in '96.
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SOT 07:21:02
IN Q=WE have no
((WE HAVE NO LEADS, WE HAVE NO MOTIVES AT THIS TIME. AS I SAID WE'RE TRYING TO
PIECE TOGETHER WHAT EVIDENCE WE HAVE.))
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OUT Q=evidence we have.
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VO-NAT
What was first just called a "suspicious death" is now being investigated as
Roanoke County's first murder in 1996.
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5-Wilson
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=rjo
TAPE#595-31
GRAPHIC=NEWS-7 AT FIVE
Good Evening this is NEWS-7 at Five, I'm Jean Jadhon.
SS=murder
Roanoke County Police say the man found dead at work was beaten to death
with multiple blows to the head and body.
double boxes ron/jean
Ron Jones is in our newsroom with the details.
ANCHOR=Ron
Jean, authorities say the death of 26-year-old Christopher Lee Wilson is
still a mystery--
LIVE=ron full
SUPER=@Ron1;
He was found dead at General Import Services-and auto repair shop on
Brambleton Avenue.
One of Wilson's co-workers found him early yesterday morning.
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SOT
IN Q=Christopher Lee Wilson
SUPER=03-Blue Ridge; :11
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Yesterday; :17
SUPER=01-Danice Wilson/Sister-In-Law; :23
RUNS=:42
OUT Q=police have to say.
(( Christopher Lee Wilson graduated from Pulaski County High School in 1987.
When he was 21 he moved to Blue Ridge and worked at General Imports in
Roanoke County.
He lived in this modest home in Blue Ridge and his landlord says he was a
good tenant-- saving to buy a home.
Those dreams came to an end yesterday when the shop manager found him
dead.
His family is baffled.
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SOT 03:31:01
IN Q=
((DANICE WILSON/SISTER-IN-LAW: WE DON'T KNOW WHY. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
THAT LAST NIGHT THAT HE HAD SO MANY FRIENDS AND WE CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY WHO
WOULD WANT TO HURT HIM ON PURPOSE. BUT GIVEN THE WAY CRIME IS YOU DON'T KNOW.
PEOPLE KILL EACH OTHER FOR JACKETS AND ALL KINDS OF STRANGE REASONS AND WE'RE
JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE POLICE HAVE TO SAY.))
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=have to say
))
LIVE=ron full
Yesterday police had only classified Wilson's death as suspicious.
double boxes jean/ron
However, after the autopsy today police are now looking for leads and a
motive-- but so far they have turned up empty.
5-Ross
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#595-32
GRAPHIC=ross
The Roanoke man charged with killing his wife over the weekend was assigned
a public defender today to handle his case.
Bryant Richard Ross is accused of murder, use of a firearm and auto theft.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Family and friends of the victim attended a brief hearing in Domestic
Relations court this afternoon.
The judge read the charges to the 36 year old defendant and appointed a
lawyer to represent him at future court appearances.
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SOT
IN Q=I Would like
((KAY JOHNSON/VICTIM'S SISTER: I WOULD LIKE TO BE ALONE WITH HIM IN A ROOM
WITH NOTHING AND NO ONE IN IT. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE.))
SUPER=01-Kay Johnson/Victim's Sister
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=I would like.
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VO-NAT
Johnson says Ross and her sister had agreed to split up, and that he moved
his things out of their apartment.
When Vickie returned from visiting her mother in Philadelphia for
Christmas, Kay Johnson says she believes Ross was hiding in the apartment
waiting for her.
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
He'll be back in court for a preliminary hearing later this month.
5-Jordan
ANCHOR=Jean
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TAPE#net-b
GRAPHIC=scales/gavel
Prosecutors have begun their case in the murder trial of Michael Jordan's
father.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lumberton, NC:
The district attorney says he'll show that Daniel Green shot James Jordan
in a roadside robbery.
The defense says Green wasn't present at the killing.
SUPER=04-August 1993;
James Jordan was found dead two and half years ago in Lumberton, North
Carolina.
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5-Madonna
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wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hollywood;
Pop music's material girl did not materialize in court- in the case of
the man accused of stalking her.
Madonna's lawyer wanted the judge to either remove the defendant during
the singer's testimony-- or allow her to testify by videotape.
But that motion was denied- the judge says Madonna must appear.
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SOT 10:17:40
IN Q=
((JOHN MYER/DEFENDANT'S ATTORNEY: MY CLIENT HAS A SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO
CONFRONT AND CROSS EXAM THE WITNESS AGAINST HIM.))
SUPER=01-John Myer/Defendant's Attorney; 00 quick!
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=the witness against him."
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Los Angeles;
The judge ruled making Robert Hoskins leave court would prejudice the
jury by sending a message that he's too dangerous to be in the star's presence.
Prosecutors say Hoskins has been on Madonna's property several times and
threatened to kill her.
Hoskins faces up to ten years in prison.
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5-Lippard
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=five
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#595-34
GRAPHIC=lippard
Former beauty queen Tracy Lippard says her trial should have been moved from
Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
Today she returned to the Lewisburg courtroom where she was convicted of
attempted murder.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lewisburg, WV;
Lippard has served three months of a two- year sentence in the regional
jail.
She was tried for an attack on the family of her romantic rival, and now
claims her original lawyer should have asked for a change of venue.
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SOT
IN Q=Most writs of habeas
((RICK LORENSEN/PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: MOST WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS BASED ON
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL ARE BROUGHT ABOUT WHEN SOMEONE IS CONVICTED
OF A MAXIMUM PENALTY. THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN
JAIL. HERE SHE WAS ACQUITTED OF FOUR FELONIES AND FOUND GUILTY ONLY OF
MISDEMEANORS.))
SUPER=01-Rick Lorensen/Prosecuting Attorney;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=only of misdemeanors.
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
Today, a judge scheduled a full hearing in February on Lippard's request
for a new trial.
tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
Straight ahead on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- the state does the numbers crunch on
handing out computers to schools.
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VO-NAT
And in Roanoke, some federal workers are ready to get back to work.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
And on Health Check--
The latest controversy in the medical community involves cholesterol
lowering drugs.
Plus, a little help might be on the way for dieters.
A report on the so-called Magic Pill of the future.
2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Jean
Patrick is in Downtown Roanoke looking for bargains...
ANCHOR=Connie
But it's a bittersweet sale-- at the Heironimus on Jefferson Street.
cc sponsor
5-budget
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=JJA
TAPE#NET-A
GRAPHIC=BUDGET
The budget battle is heating up again.
SS=CLINTON
President Clinton says the federal shutdown is an unnatural disaster
caused by House Republicans.
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SOT 15:19:00
IN Q=
((IT IS PART OF AN EXPLICIT STRATEGY BY REPUBLICANS TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN
TO GET THEIR WAY ON THE BUDGET AND TAX ISSUES. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE
BEFORE.))
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OUT Q=BEEN DONE BEFORE."
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=GOV'T SHUTDOWN
In response, Republicans say Clinton brought on the shutdown with his
veto of a balanced-budget plan.
5-rally
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TAPE#595-33
GRAPHIC=shutdown
This shutdown is now in its 19th day--
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
and as lawmakers debated how to resolve the budget impasse and get
government workers back on the job, some two dozen federal employees marched in
protest outside the federal building in Roanoke.
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SOT 3:55:25
IN Q=
((LINDA EDWARDS/V A WORKER: THE WORK IS JUST PILING UP EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY.
IN MY MIND THE 21 YEARS I'VE HAD WITH THE V.A., I CANNOT ENVISION HOW WE'RE
EVER GONNA GET CAUGHT UP. EVER.))
SUPER=01-Linda Edwards/V.A. Worker;
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OUT Q=caught up, ever.
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VO-NAT
Edwards says she's willing to go back to work NOW, withOUT pay, rather than
face the enormous backlog that's building up while she's away from her desk.
A judge in Washington ruled today that the government can force federal
employees to work withOUT pay.
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5-Allen-Computers
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#595-36
GRAPHIC=EDUCATION
A state audit shows the Allen Administration handed out over 300 surplus
computers to school systems--
But with little regard to which schools needed them most and what equipment
was actually needed.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/September 15, 1995;
The Governor announced the program in September.
By election day, 324 computers had been handed out only in the districts of
nine Republican lawmakers-- often by the lawmakers themselves.
The internal audit says many of the computers were NOT compatible with the
existing equipment in those divisions-- or even requested by local school
officials.
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SOT 04:38:28
IN Q=We have not
((KEN STROUPE/GOVERNOR'S SPOKESMAN: WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE LOCALITY WHICH HAS
RECEIVED THE FIRST 324 COMPUTERS COME BACK TO US AND SAY WE DON'T NEED THEM, WE
DON'T WANT THEM. THERE HAVE, AS I SAID, BEEN RARE INSTANCES, SIX TO BE EXACT,
WHERE THE COMPUTERS HAVE NOT WORKED.))
SUPER=01-Ken Stroupe/Governor's Spokesman;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=have not worked.
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VO-NAT
Stroupe (STROOP) says the program had NO political motivation.
But the ongoing computer handout will now be based on need, as decided by
the Department of Education.
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tease#2
groovy music under
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
The last of Downtown Roanoke's department stores is preparing to close
forever.
But there's still time to make one last shopping trip.
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SUPER=22-Roanoke;
stocks bump next
5-HEIRONIMUS
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=FIVE
WRITER=PEV
TAPE#595-37
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A downtown landmark is closing and everything in it is on sale.
Heironimus-- on the corner of Jefferson Street is liquidating it's
inventory.
double boxes jean/patrick
Patrick Evans joins us from the store-- What do the shoppers think of the
store's departure, and do they have any bargains for ME?
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SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
SUPER=22-Roanoke;
SUPER=01-Katherine English/Heironimus Shopper;
(ROLL OVER INTERVIEW)
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VO-NAT
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SUPER=22-Roanoke;
DOUBLE BOX PATRICK/ROBIN
Stats
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SUPER=303-36/21/54/NW-7mph/29.56/r;
Tease#3
ANCHOR=Jean
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Still to come-- the third annual Domino's Lewis-Gale Basketball Classic
tips off tonight.
ANCHOR=Connie
Plus, the government's new recommendations for healthy living are in.
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VO-NAT
While some groups say they just aren't tough enough-- others say they're
right on target to shape up America.
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SOT
IN Q=Everybody's different
((EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT, YOU CAN'T TELL EVERYONE THEY SHOULD RESTRICT MANY
THINGS TO AN EXTREME WHEN THEY DON'T REALLY NEED TO. ))
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OUT Q=really need to
health bump
5-Cholesterol
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#595-38
GRAPHIC=Drug Side Effects
A new study is drawing fire, after claiming that two popular
cholesterol-lowering drugs cause cancer in rats and mice.
Researchers say-- in the Journal of the American Medical Association-- that
doctors may need to rethink which patients get them.
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SOT
IN Q=The prospect of
SUPER=01-Dr. Thomas Newman/Univ. of California; :03
SUPER=01-Dr. Bruce Gordon/Rogosin Institute; :28
SUPER=01-Dr. Jim Cleeman/Nat'l Cholesterol Education Program; :35
RUNS=:43
OUT Q=sudden death.
((
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SOT 20:14:59
IN Q=The prospect
((DR. THOMAS NEWMAN/UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA: THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TENS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY TAKING CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND NOT
KNOWING WHAT THE EFFECTS WILL BE TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW, IS A BIT ALARMING.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=alarming
Researchers analyzed data that showed Lovastatin caused cancer in rodents
at four times the human dose.
Gemfibrozil at one-point-three times the human dose.
THe study is generating enormous controversy within the medical community.
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SOT 20:15:22
IN Q=The study
((DR. BRUCE GORDON/ ROGOSIN INSTITUTE: THE STUDY IS GOING TO UNDULY SCARE A
GREAT MANY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE TAKING CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS. ))
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OUT Q=cholesterol lowering drugs
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SOT 20:15:41
IN Q=About twenty
((DR. JIM CLEEMAN, NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION PROGRAM: ABOUT TWENTY TO
THIRTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO DEVELOP CORONARY DISEASE HAVE AS THEIR FIRST
EVIDENCE OF CORONARY DISEASE SUDDEN DEATH.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=sudden death.
))
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CONNIE VO-NAT
The message there-- it may be to late for patients if you wait for
evidence of heart disease.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Researchers remind us these drugs have played an important part in the
30-percent decline in deaths from heart disease.
5-AIDS-Blood
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE# 595-41
GRAPHIC=AIDS
The risk of contracting AIDS from blood transfusions is exceedingly small--
and getting smaller still.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File; :
That- from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The government agency found that about two dozen of the 12 million pints of
blood used in transfusions each year are infected with the AIDS virus.
That's about half the rate previously estimated.
Still, the F-D-A has recommended that an additional test be performed on
donated blood to make it even safer.
This report is published in the "New England Journal of Medicine."
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5-Leukemia
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Leukemia
Another new study suggests a link between women who drink while they're
pregnant and leukemia in their babies.
The University of Minnesota study found that for women who drank any amount
at any time during the pregnancy, the risk of their babies developing infant
leukemia increased by 160 percent.
And researchers say the risks increase more than ten-fold if women drink in
the six months before birth.
Infant leukemia is extremely rare.
Only about three babies out of 100-thousand develop leukemia before the age
of 18 months.
5-Diet
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#595-40
GRAPHIC=lifestyles 96
The government has released it's new lifestyle prescription for 1996.
The recommendation-- a little exercise, sensible eating, and even an
occasional glass of wine.
Here's our report on the new dietary guidelines released this week.
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SOT
IN Q=They will allow
SUPER=01-Donna Shalala/Health & Human Services Sec.; :03
RUNS=:50
OUT Q=their lives.
((
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SOT 18:05:13
IN Q=They will allow
((DONNA SHALALA/ SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: THEY WILL ALLOW AMERICANS
TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH
NEW DIET RESOLUTIONS THAT'LL PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND MAYBE SAVE LIVES.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=save lives.
There are some changes in this year's report.
Exercise gets greater emphasis-- at least 30 minutes a day of things like
brisk walking, housework, or calisthenics.
A low-fat diet with a variety of foods in moderation is they key.
And in a new twist, alcohol-- rather than being discouraged-- is now
allowed in moderation after several studies have found it can have healthful
benefits.
The government is also trying to dispel a myth-- that as you age, you'll
also get fatter.
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SOT 18:05:49
IN Q=For the first
((FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE GUIDELINES RECOMMEND ADULTS SHOULD MAINTAIN
THEIR WEIGHT IN ONE HEALTHY RANGE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. ))
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OUT Q=their lives.
))
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CONNIE VO-NAT
The guidelines also caution that if you're trying to shed those
post-holiday pounds, do it a half pound at a time-- and avoid the crash diet.
And as heart patients will tell you-- don't wait until it's too late.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Still, at least one food watchdog group says the guidelines are too mild to
be useful.
5-Fat-Pill
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=H/C BUG
There could be another boost for people trying to lose weight.
Scientists writing in the journal "Nature" say they've identified a
powerful appetite suppressor in the brain of rats.
A pill for humans could be just two years off.
2-shot-toss
ANCHOR=Jean
A good tournament for a good cause is just a few hours away--
ANCHOR=Connie
For more on the that and the final college football poll let's hear from
Mike Stevens.
S5-Live
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TAPE#=ST5-17
GRAPHIC=None
Good afternoon everyone, welcome to your Wednesday ticker. We start over
in Salem at Roanoke College where the third annual Domino's Lewis-Gale
Basketball classic is about to tip off. Four teams from as far as California
have come to play in the two day tournament.
double Box/Mike & Steve
One of the other attractions of the tourney is the raffle.
Steve Mason joins us from near courtside with a report on that, plus
what this event is all about. Steve.
ANCHOR=steve
Mike, Fans who come out can not only watch some great division three
basketball but have a chance to win some pretty neat stuff.
LIVE=steve full
SUPER=@Steve1; :
SUPER=22-Salem; :
For, example, eleven items will be raffled off tonight, including a Detroit
Piston Grant Hill autographed hat and a pair of Alonzo Mourning's size 17
shoes!!!
So what's all this for? To fight cancer. Roanoke head coach Page Moir now
joins us- coach, who benefits from this event and talk about it's success?
SUPER=01-Page Moir/Roanoke College Head Coach;
Coach, I have to ask you about last year's conspiracy where YOUR WIFE Jodie
won the Autographed Shaquille O'Neil jersey? Will we avoid that this year?
B-Roll over second Question!!!!
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SUPER=03-Salem/Last Year; :
RUNS=:20
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SUPER=@Steve1;
SUPER=22-Salem; :
Thanks coach, Mike the first game between Menlo College out of California
and Jersey City State is about to tip off, at six, we will talk about the
double boxes steve/mike
competition, Mike.
S5-Tech
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-18
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For the first time in school history, Virginia Tech finds itself in the Top
10 in the final Associated Press college football poll of the season.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-New Orleans/Sunday; :00
The Hokies 28-to-10 win over Texas vaulted the Hokies from the number 13 spot
over Notre Dame and into the top 10.
Now can they keep it going next season.
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SOT
IN Q="You know...
((FRANK BEAMER/VA. TECH HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=...NEXT YEAR."
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S5-Top25
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
Nebraska grabbed the number one spot with ease, earning all 62 first place
votes.
Here's a complete look at the final poll that also spotlight UVa in the
number 16 slot.
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SOT
IN Q=nebraska
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=IOWA.
ANCHOR=Mike
SS=NONE
More Steve Mason and a look back at last night's Fiesta Fiasco coming up at
six.
Have a good night everybody.
take a break
5-kicker
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#net-h
GRAPHIC=NONE
We've all heard the expression "cats have nine lives"-but in this case, it
was the cat that is credited for saving FOUR lives.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Maplewood, MN/Home Video;
Fire broke out in this house in Maplewood, Minnesota early in the morning.
The smoke alarms didn't work because they were tied into the electrical
system-- and the blaze disconnected power.
So it was the feline fire alarm to the rescue.
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SOT
IN Q=
((AMBER PROESCH: SHE WAS MAKING THIS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE LOUD MEOWS. I WOKE UP
AND THERE WAS A HUGE FIRE, EVERYTHING WAS JUST FIRE.))
SUPER=07-Amber Proesch;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=WAS JUST FIRE.
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VO-NAT
Pood the cat woke up Amber Proesch who got the rest of her family up and out
of the house safely--along with their other pets.
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six-preview
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#six preview
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming up at Six, an 8-point-3 million dollar lawsuit against Virginia Tech
and two of its football players may be the legal test for a new federal law.
double boxes Keith/Jean
Here's Keith Humphry with a preview.
ANCHOR=Keith
SUPER=@Keith1;
Jean, the attorney for the former student who says she was raped is already
playing hardball.
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VO-NAT
Attorney Eileen Wagner was the first lawyer to take on VMI's single sex
status-- and she hopes to be the first to defend the 1994 Violence Against
Women Act.
She also hopes Tech will use Christy Brzonkala's (bron-KALA's) case to
change how it deals with rape charges.
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SOT 06:52:03 TAPE TWO
IN Q=But when it comes
((EILEEN WAGNER/BRZONKALA'S ATTORNEY: BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTS THAT ARE
SERIOUS CRIMES, THEN THEY SHOULD TURN IT OVER TO THE POLICE AND STAY OUT OF
IT.))
SUPER=01-Eileen Wagner/Brzonkala's Attorney;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=out of it.
ANCHOR=Keith
We'll hear more about the legal blitz Eileen Wagner says she'll put on Tech.
double boxes keith/jean
That's coming up in one half hour, on NEWS 7 at SIX.
ANCHOR=Jean
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SS=NONE
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