18:00-01
1-News-head
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VO-NAT
One down, one to go.
With a second snowstorm poised on the border, we'll look at the problems a
double whammy could cause.
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ANCHOR=Keith
And the latest on backroom interparty squabbles in Richmond- -in a report
from Ellen Qualls.
sports-head
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=none
In sports, we will hear from Jimmy Johnson; the new skipper of the Miami
Dolphins, dan marino reacts to his appointment,
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VO-NAT
and Mike Stevens visits with the the King on the 1996 NASCAR Media Tour.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
The snow will come in quickly tonight and will be the wet, heavy variety. A
doppler update is just moments away.
Wx-Check
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sly
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Snow Sequel
Good evening this is News 7 at Six. I'm Keith Humphry.
We barely got a break.
Another major snowstorm is about to pounce on us, less than a week after the
pounding that left a record snowfall.
Two Shot Keith and Robin on set
Robin Reed says it's a little late, but the storm is still headed this a
way.
ANCHOR=Robin
SUPER=@Robin1;
(Robin Ad Lib)
**WXALERT/FULL= STORM WATCH
LIVELINE/FULL= STORM POSITION/ZOOM
Two Shot Keith and Robin on set
(Robin) And once again watch for the complete list of school closings--we'll
run Schoolwatch during the C-B-S Evening News, right after the newscast.
(Robin Ad Lib toss back to Keith)
Storm-Prep
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#95-104
GRAPHIC=Snow Sequel
Today, Roanoke city officials urged residents to prepare for the possibility
of outages, if heavy snow and ice bring down power lines.
And while we're still digging out from under the first storm,
DOUBLE BOX=Keith and Joe
Joe Dashiell reports the next one may pose a different danger.
LIVE=Joe Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Joe1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
That's right Keith, we haven't even dealt with the leftovers from last
weekend's storm, but tonight the concern is not just for the ice under foot,
but the snow over our heads.
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SOT
IN Q=Fresh from their first scrape
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=07-Richard Ferron; :06
SUPER=01-Ron Miller/Roanoke Building Commissioner; :30
RUNS=:47
OUT Q=experience some problems.
LIVE=Joe Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
(AD LIB)
DOUBLE BOXES=Keith and Joe
(TOSS BACK TO KEITH)
Power-Preps
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#95-107
GRAPHIC=AEP
As this latest winter storm approaches, American Electric Power has beefed
up its night shift and is preparing for the worst--possible widespread power
outages.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
Company officials say the predicted bad weather is of special concern this
time around.
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10 08 36 00 - 10 08 54 00
SOT
IN Q=The one we worry about
((BARRY SNODGRASS/AEP REGION MANAGER: THE ONE WE WORRY ABOUT THE MOST IS
FREEZING RAIN. IT CREATES THE MOST DAMAGE. HEAVY SNOW IS THE SECOND WORST.
HIGH WINDS, THE THIRD.))
SUPER=01-Barry Snodgrass/AEP Region Manager;
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=the third.
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VO-NAT
Snodgrass says extra workers will be on stand-by tonight. Many will stay in
local motels and some will be stationed at difficult locations like Bent
Mountain, so they can respond to any reported power outages as quickly as
possible.
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Supermarkets
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-103
GRAPHIC=Snowbound '96
If you haven't stocked up on groceries by now, you're likely to be in a
bind.
We're talking lots of bare shelves and long lines at just about every store
in the area.
Double Boxes=Keith and Tracy/Microwave
Tracy Altizer joins us from Wade's Supermarket in Blacksburg with more on
that situation.
Live=Tracy Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Tracy1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
All I can say is it's a zoo out there. And if you're still in need of the
essentials, good luck finding any now.
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SOT
IN Q=Here at Wades
SUPER=01-Blacksburg; 00
SUPER=01-Ricky Hodge/Merita Delivery Driver; :09
SUPER=01-Greg Wade/Wade's Supermarkets; :30
SUPER=01-Rachel Katz/Virginia Tech Student; :46
RUNS=:52
OUT Q=right now.
Here at Wade's in the Blacksburg Shopping Center, the Merita Bread delivery
man had a hard time getting his loaves TO the shelves, much less ON them.
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SOT 15:43:22
((RICKY HODGE/MERITA DELIVERY DRIVER: YO GET MOBBED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
RACK. YOU LOSE ABOUT HALF YOUR LOAD BEFORE YOU GET BACK THERE. ))
RUNS=:05
Deliveries of just about everything are way behind from the first snowstorm,
leaving supermarkets frantic in their efforts to feed the masses.
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SOT 15:15:42
((GREG WADE/WADE'S SUPERMARKETS: THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE'RE PROBABLY TWO OR
THREE TIMES OVER NORMAL PROJECTIONS, WHICH THROWS US INTO A BIND. AND THEN TO
HAVE THE TRUCKS COMING IN LATE ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO KEEP
UP.))
RUNS=:11
Essentials such as bread and milk are in especially hot demand, but those
shelves are pretty well cleared out.
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SOT 15:47:55
((QUESTION: ARE YOU FINDING WHAT YOU NEED?
ABOUT HALF. ))
RUNS=:03
It's the same story all over.
Take it from this Virginia Tech student who just returned to Blacksburg from
Northern Virginia.
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SOT 15:53:38
((RACHAEL KATZ/VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT: WE SHOPPED AT GIANT AT HOME AND THEY
WERE OUT OF BREAD AND MEAT. WE'RE JUST HOPING FOR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. ))
RUNS=:05))
Live=Tracy Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
(Tracy ad lib)
Double Boxes=Keith and Tracy
(Tracy ad lib toss back to Keith
QUESTION: Tracy, I understand some local governments there have some special
requests of their citizens tonight?)
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at 6---the latest on the power-sharing struggle in
Richmond as the General Assembly TRIES to get down to business.
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VO-NAT
and a little later--officials at Southern Virginia College make a painful
decision.
The financially-strapped women's college is closing its doors.
We'll have details on that story and more--stay with us.
XGR
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=EQU
TAPE#95-105
GRAPHIC=Session '96
In its second day of the 1996 session, Virginia's Senate has done more
inter- party dealmaking than it may have done for decades.
Almost all behind closed doors.
Some call it progress.
Some call it gridlock.
Let's see what Ellen Qualls calls it.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Richmond/Last Night; :00
SUPER=@Allen; :06
SUPER=01-Del. Tom Moss/(D) Speaker of the House; :19
SUPER=01-Sen. Louise Lucas/(D) Portsmouth; :39
SUPER=@Trumbo; 1:05
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:23
RUNS=1:41
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( The Governor did HIS part, infusing the State Capitol with a swell of bi-
partisan camraderie.
sot
runs=:10
But in the harsh light of the morning, the House got tired of waiting on the
wheeling and dealing in the Senate.
sot 12:25:31 WALDO
((DEL. TOM MOSS: I'M SORRY THAT WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES. SINCE WE ARE NOT UNFORTUNATELY A UNICAMERAL FORM OF
GOVERNMENT.))
runs=:10
Halifax County's Senator took shots at her western neighbor and fellow
Democrat Virgil Goode, whom she'd called "crazy" earlier in the week for
demanding Republicans be given equal power in the 20- 20 Senate.
sot 02:00:24
((SEN. LOUISE LUCAS: ONCE YOU ALLOW THE KIND OF DEFECTION...THAT'S BAD.))
runs=:22
But Botetourt Senator Bo Trumbo says it's all been good work behind the
scenes.
SOT 02:05:55
((SEN. BO TRUMBO: YEAH THERE'S PERSONALITIES INVOLVED...NOT TOO LONG AGO I
JUST HAD A DELEGATE TELL ME THAT I HAD SOLD OUT SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BY SAYING I
WOULDN'T BE ON FINANCE....ENTIRE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH.))
RUNS=:18
Democrats put Republican Trumbo on Finance in their proposal.
Republicans countered with Southside Republican Charles Hawkins.
Trumbo says it's not WHO gets what, but what KIND of lawmakers -- rural or
urban -- get their hands on the brass ring of power.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
Saul
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#95-115
GRAPHIC=Murder
The Roanoke garage mechanic found beaten to death last week had apparently
picked up his killer- -hitchhiking, only to be struck in the head and robbed of
his wallet and car keys.
Chris Wilson's car was found a couple of days later- -100 yards from the
suspect's home.
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VO-NAT
Christopher James Saul was arrested, based on information from an informant
who says Saul told him Wilson picked him up New Year's night
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./January 2
...that they went to General Imports on Brambleton Avenue where Saul allegedly
admits he struck Wilson in the head with "some type of bar."
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None
According to a search warrant affidavit, Saul tried to use Wilson's A-T-M
card. The bank's security camera caught Saul and the informant at the A-T-M
machine at 1:09 A-M, the affidavit says.
Police seized 18 items- -mostly shoes and clothing- -from Saul's apartment,
hoping to find traces of the victim's blood.
Child-Support
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#95-111
GRAPHIC=None
Collecting child support from an unwilling parent is an uphill battle.
But child support advocates say parents who take their fight across state
lines have an even tougher climb.
Teresa Hamilton has more in this report.
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SOT
IN Q=Diane Bowen
SUPER=03-Danville; :00
SUPER=01-Diane Bowen/Single Parent; :30
SUPER=03-Danville/Sept., 1995; :40
SUPER=@Teresa1; :54
SUPER=01-Jeff Cumbo/Child Support Advocate; 1:22
RUNS=1:39
OUT Q=Hamilton, News 7.
((Diane Bowen works part time--
But with two children-- money is tight.
Making ends meet could be easier, she says, if her estranged husband would
pay the nearly 6- thousand dollars he owes in child support.
Diane says she's tracked him down, but she's in Danville-- he was in
Roxboro, North Carolina.
Officials with the state Child Support Enforcement Agency confirm Diane's
story.
Bottom line, she's frustrated by the lack of progress in finding her
estranged husband.
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19:59:11
SOT
IN Q=He grew
((DIANE BOWEN/SINGLE PARENT: HE GREW UP DOWN THERE, THERE'S NOT A POLICE
OFFICIAL DOWN THERE THAT DOESN'T KNOW HIM, SO I MEAN, HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO
FIND ONE LITTLE PERSON. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=little person.
Ron Harris is a district Manager for Child Support Enforcement and handles
cases like Diane Bowen's.
He spoke at a candle-light vigil held in Danville last fall to draw
attention to the 400- thousand children in Virginia without child support.
take su
Harris says interstate cases are some of the most difficult because no two
states operate alike.
Sometimes he says, his agency's hands are simply tied.
To make matters worse, he says, his agency is understaffed-- for every case
that's resolved there are two waiting in line.
end su
Jeff Cumbo has stood in Diane Bowen's shoes.
He helped organize the vigil and today helps other parent.
He says if you're dealing with Child Support Enforcement, get to know your
caseworker.
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18:38:18
SOT
IN Q=When I
((JEFF CUMBO/CHILD SUPPORT ADVOCATE: WHEN I PUT MY OWN FILE TOGETHER, I PUT
PICTURES OF MY CHILDREN IN THE BEGINNING OF IT, SO WHENEVER I TALKED TO SOMEONE
NEW, I PULL THESE PICTURES OUT AND I SAY THAT'S WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=talking about.
Cumbo says above all else, don't give up and make copies of all your files.
Teresa Hamilton, News 7.))
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=Stocks
GRAPHIC=NONE
Following big drops the last two days, the stock market advanced today.
The Dow was up 32 points.
NASDAQ rose nearly 21 points.
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RUNS=:25
SUPER=#D-69;
Southern-Virginia
ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-113
GRAPHIC=None
Southern Virginia College in Buena Vista is closing its doors.
The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to cease all operations after the
spring semester.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Financial problems have been well documented at the all- women's junior
college.
And last month the school lost it's accreditation.
Southern Virginia.. or Southern Seminary as it's formerly known.. has an
enrollment of 165 students.
The college has been in existence for 129 years and is considered to have
one of nation's top equestrian programs.
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Meals-Wheels
ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-108
GRAPHIC=Snowbound '96
The League of Older Americans is giving people some food for thought.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Volunteers with four- wheel- drive vehicles are needed for the Meals on
Wheels program.
About two- hundred fifty subscribers in Roanoke received food today.
But officials say more help is needed... especially with the threat of
additional snow.
A number of first- time volunteers answered the call this morning.
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SOT 11:40:05
IN Q=I had many
((DEBBIE ZERWEKH/MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEER: I HAD MANY ABLE BODY FRIENDS THAT
WERE STUCK AND THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT COULDN'T GET THEIR
OWN FOOD. SO I DECIDED WHEN I HEARD THE CALL ON THE RADIO TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE
IT A TRY. ))
SUPER=01-Debbie Zerwekh/Meals On Wheels Volunteer;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=give it a try
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VO-NAT
Meals on Wheels usually serves one meal- a- day.
But because of the weather, volunteers delivered three meals to each
subscriber.
Anyone interested in donating their time and vehicle, should contact the
League of Older Americans.
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Sports tease
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none
Mike Stevens visits with King Richard Petty on the NASCAR Media Tour to talk
about his improved Pontiac, highlights from Tech and UVa basketball games,
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VO-NAT
and there is a new game in Miami under the direction of Jimmy Johnson.
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S-Johnson
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#==S5-28
GRAPHIC=Miami Dolphins
Around 4:30 this afternoon; The Miami Dolphins entered a new era. The team
introduced Jimmy Johnson as only the team's second head football coach in
nearly 3 decades.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Miami/Today; :00
The Dolphins called a news conference to make Johnson's appointment
official. The former dallas coach signed a 4 year, 8 million dollar contract.
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SOT
IN Q=Jimmy...
(( ))
SUPER=01-Wayne Huizenga/Dolphins Owner; :00
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=...has had
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VO-NAT(Con't)
Huizenga held up a picture of a bald Jimmy Johnson, insinuating that the new
coach should be like the owner, but this is Jimmy's team.
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SOT
IN Q="we will
(( ))
SUPER=01-Jimmy Johnson/New Dolphins Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=..in the past"
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S-React
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S5-27
GRAPHIC=Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins two quarterbacks; Dan Marino and Bernie Kosar talked about
Johnson's appointment on Miami radio today and seem positive about the
decision.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm...
(( ))
SUPER=01-Dan Marino/Miami Starting Quarterback; :00
SUPER=01-Bernie Kosar/Dolphins Reserve QB; :15
RUNS=:28
OUT Q=...on Sunday's"
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S-Charlotte
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=R-31
GRAPHIC=1996 NASCAR Media Tour
Richard Petty and STP celebrate their 25th year of partnership this
season. And the hopes are high for a great year in the tandem's silver
anniversary.
MIke Stevens has more on the King, his health and what's ahead this season.
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SOT
IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Level Cross, NC; :00
SUPER=01-Mark Haglund/President of STP; :16
SUPER=01-Richard Petty/Owner of STP Racing Team; :33
SUPER=@Mike1 1:06
RUNS=1:50
OUT Q=...News 7 sports"
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S-UVA
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=VB96-1
GRAPHIC=UVA
The Virginia mens basketball team heads into this Saturday's ACC game with
Duke at U-Hall with a 6 and 5 record and only one conference win.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Clemson, SC/Last Night; :00
Despite a career high 39 points from guard Harold Deane, the Cavaliers lost
to Clemson 89-79 last night at Little John Arena.
Curtis Staples scored 12 and Courtney Alexander also was in double figures;
knocking down 10.
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Wx-Tape
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