WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 02/19/96

23:00-01

News-head

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The late news is here on W-D-B-J- -7.
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With the story of a girl who says she watched her friend jump off a New River bridge.
The autopsy results from Friday's firey AMTRAK train wreck in D-C.
And the growing number of steakhouses in the Roanoke Valley- -with more on the way.
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ANCHOR=Keith?

Stick around... news 7 at 11 is next.

Newsbreak

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Robbery victims indicated today that they were held up with the same gun used to kill a Virginia Tech student just hours earlier.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg

At the preliminary hearing for Gary Barker and the Lilly brothers, the three men began distancing themselves from one another- -even as store clerks recounted for the judge what they'd been through the night Alexander DeFillipis was killed.
SUPER=03-Pembroke

Divers were searching the New River today for the body of a 14-year old girl who reportedly jumped off the Commissary Hill Bridge.
A companion says she saw the girl jump, but the search was called on account of darkness.
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ANCHOR=Keith

See you at 11.

Lilly-Barker

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-114
GRAPHIC=Murder

A judge has certified charges of murder, abduction, carjacking, robbery and firearms violations against three men accused in the murder of a Virginia Tech student.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./December 5;

Benjamin Lilly allegedly shot and killed 22 year- old Alexander DeFilippis after stealing his car and kidnapping him in December.
SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :08 Lilly, his brother Mark and friend Gary
Barker then allegedly held up two convenience stores in Giles County.
The robbery victims testified Gary Barker threatened them with the gun later determined to be the murder weapon.
Ben Lilly's lawyers say Barker also could've committed the murder.
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((CHRIS TUCK/BEN LILLY'S LAWYER: THESE EVENTS HAPPENED IN RAPID SUCCESSION. AND IT'S APPARENT THAT MR. BARKER HAD THE FIREARM THAT WAS USED IN THE MURDER IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS. ))
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((SKIP SCHWAB/ASST. MONTGOMERY CO. PROSECUTOR: THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY HAD THE GUN IN GILES COUNTY SOME HALF AN HOUR OR MORE LATER AFTER THE APPARENT TIME OF THE KILLING DOES NOT MEAN OR INDICATE ANYTHING ABOUT WHO HAD THE GUN AT THE TIME OF THE KILLING.))
SUPER=01-Chris Tuck/Ben Lilly's Lawyer;
SUPER=01-Skip Schwab/Asst. Montgomery Co. Prosecutor;
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VO-NAT

Mark Lilly and Barker have both blamed Ben Lilly for the murder.
But Ben Lilly told police they saw him hitchhiking and picked him up AFTER the murder.
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Halifax-Murder

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=11pm
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TAPE#96-7
GRAPHIC=Murder

Investigators say the cash register stolen during the robbery and murder of a Halifax County store owner contained less than 200- dollars.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Halifax Co./January 26;

The crime occurred three weeks ago at Bill's Country Store in the community of Alton.
Authorities believe 59- year old Bill Maxie was shot twice just minutes after opening for business.
Investigators say a lack of evidence has made it difficult to pin down a suspect.
Leads have also tapered off.
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((JEFF OAKES/HALIFAX CO. SHERIFF: YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS SHOT OUTSIDE OF AN ESTABLISHMENT THEN THEY GO INSIDE AND TAKE THE CASH REGISTER AND GO OUT THE DOOR, THEY DIDN'T STAY THERE AND THE QUICKNESS OF THE CASE TOOK AWAY A LOT OF EVIDENCE. ))
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VO-NAT

Oakes is hoping a 5-thousand dollar cash reward for information will result in new leads.
Half of the money was donated by the Halifax County Board of Supervisors.
The rest came from the local Crime Stoppers Organization and community donations.
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Giles-Drowning

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=11pm
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TAPE#96-11
GRAPHIC=NONE

Divers began searching the New River today...
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pembroke;

looking for the body of the fourteen- year-old girl who apparently jumped off the Commissary Hill Bridge yesterday.
Poor visibility hampered their efforts before the search was halted due to darkness.
Meanwhile-- the Giles County School System has implemented counseling services for students and faculty having difficulty with the girls disappearance.
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((RON WHETZEL/DIR. OF CURRICULUM, GILES CO.; WE HAVE ALREADY PROCEEDED WITH BRIEFING THE FACULTY AND INFORMING THE STUDENTS OF WHAT WE DO KNOW, WHICH IS LIMITED AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE CONTACTED NEW RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING COUNSELORS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS NEEDED.))
SUPER=01-Ron Whetzel/Dir. of Curriculum, Giles Co.;
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ANCHOR=Keith
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The witness that was with the girl when she jumped returned to the bridge today to recreate the scene for police.
The missing girl's name has not been released.
The search will resume Wednesday morning.

Continental-jet

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=khu
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

A Continental D-C--nine landed on its belly, skidding off the runway and onto a grassy area, at Houston's Intercontinental Airport this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Houston, TX

The landing gear of the jet apparently collapsed; investigators are trying to determine what went wrong.
A Continental spokesperson said none of the 82 passengers or five crew members was hurt.
The flight originated at Washington National Airport.
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AMTRAK

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=11
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TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Train Investigation

Investigators have ruled out mechanical failure in Friday's deadly train collision outside Washington.
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((JOHN GOGLIA/NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD: WE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MECHANICAL PROCESS IN THE TRAIN. WE FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRACK. THAT IS ALL DRIVING US NOW INTO OPERATORS ACTIONS.))
SUPER=01-John Goglia/National Transportation Safety Board; :04
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Silver Spring, MD/February 16

Three trainmen died in the firey wreck.
Tests show none of the the three crew members had alcohol in their bodies.
Drug tests have not been completed.
The medical examiner says eight of the eleven who died in the crash were killed by the fire -- not their injuries from the impact with an Amtrak train.
Investigators have said there was evidence that emergency doors and windows didn't work.
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ADAPT

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TAPE#96-9
GRAPHIC=Welfare in Virginia

The toughest welfare reform in the nation has hit a snag.
News 7 has learned that the Allen Administration has ordered a State Police investigation into its own Department of Social Services.
That means criminal activity may be at the root of the failed ADAPT welfare computer system we first told you about three weeks ago.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
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SUPER=@file; :00
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SUPER=@FILE; :22
SUPER=01-Bud Phillips/(D) Russell Co.; :37
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SUPER=01-Del. Frank Hall/(D) Richmond; 1:00
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(( Taxpayers have already spent 17- million dollars on technology that won't work in the long run.
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((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: WHETHER THERE'S ANY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS HERE REMAIN TO BE SEEN. WHETHER I PERSONALLY INSTITUTED OR NOT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.))
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But the Governor admits the State Police and Attorney General's office are investigating.
Culprits may date back to the Wilder Administration, but one obvious target is Carol Brunty -- Allen's commissioner of Social Services who resigned last month with no explanation.
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((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: WHOEVER MAY BE OR MAY NOT BE A TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GET INTO.))
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((DEL. BUD PHILLIPS/D-RUSSELL CO.: WELL AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU WHO IT'S GOING TO IMPLICATE. ALL I KNOW IS THE INVESTIGATION WILL LEAD TO WHOMEVER WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE. AND WITHOUT QUESTION IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOONDOGGLES THAT I'VE SEEN IN GOVERNMENT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN SIX YEARS. THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON ON THAT ISSUE.))
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But lawmakers want their own answers.
They've asked the independent Joint Legislative Audit Review Commission to work alongside the State Police.
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((DEL. FRANK HALL: THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE. AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE AN ASSET IN ANY INVESTIGATION.))
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Meanwhile, lawmakers are budgeting 150-thousand new dollars to start to find a fix.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
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SOFT MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
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When News 7 returns, London police make two arrests on terrorism charges, a Salem group offers help to women suffering from breast cancer,
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and as the campaigning winds down in New Hampshire, Pat Buchanan says HIS government would have no place for open homosexuals.
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Sydney-fire

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Police in Australia have charged a devil worshiper with arson- -for setting fire to Sydney's Roman Catholic cathedral.
Twenty-one -year-old Jason Humphries was arrested while watching the blaze.
Police say Humphries told detectives he set fire to the sandstone and wooden church as an act of revenge against his mother-in-law. HE said she had introduced him to black magic.
The fire caused about five million dollars damage.
The cathedral was built in 1935 on the site of the first Catholic Mass celebrated in Australia in 1803.

London-Bomb

ANCHOR=Keith
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WRITER=khu
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

Scotland Yard arrested two people today on terrorism charges.
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SUPER=03-London

The British police aren't saying if the arrests are connected to a bomb blast last night on a London bus.
One person died, and investigators say that person may have been carrying the bomb, and that it may have gone off prematurely.
Police also say they found a weapon in the wreckage of the bus, but they give no details.
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((KEVIN TOOLIS: THE IRA DO BELIEVE THAT WITH ENOUGH BOMBS AND ENOUGH MILITARY PRESSURE AS THEY CALL IT, THEY CAN FORCE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.))
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SS=NONE

The Irish Republican Army has taken responsibility for the explosion.

Jordan

ANCHOR=Keith
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WRITER=khu
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE

An alibi for the accused killer of Michael Jordan's father.
The defense for Daniel Green began building its case today in Lumberton, North Carolina, with testimony from a teen-ager.
Sixteen-year-old Monica Hernandez told the court that Green was at her mother's home until 4:30 on the morning James Jordan was killed. The state has said Green shot Jordan on a roadside at about 3 a-m.

Buchanan

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NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=khu
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

On the eve of the first- in- the- nation Presidential primary, the contenders have been criss-crossing New Hampshire and filling the airwaves.
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Dole is accusing Buchanan of pushing protectionist trade policies that would put export-dependent firms out of business.
A new Pat Buchanan commercial calls Bob Dole "a desperate man" whose campaign surrogates are "smearing" Buchanan.
Buchanan spent much of the day explaining an off-the-cuff remark about not employing gays in his administration.
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IN Q=If some one
((PAT BUCHANAN: IF SOME ONE IS AN OUT-OF-THE CLOSET HOMOSEXUAL, FLAMBOYANT LIFESTYLE, THEN I THINK THEY'RE FLAUNTING THE LIFESTYLE OF WHICH I DISAPPROVE.))
SUPER=01-Pat Buchanan/(R) Presidential Candidate
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Buchanan

Polls show Dole and Buchanan in a dead heat for first.

Allen

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-2
GRAPHIC=George Allen

In Richmond today, Gorvernor Allen said he's lived up to some of his campaign promises.
The Governor says he's surpassed his campaign pledge of 125- thousand new jobs by the time he left office.
Allen reports almost 152- thousand new jobs have been created in his first two years.
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SUPER=03-Richmond;

The Democrats unveiled a budget with more money for education than Allen had allotted.
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((LT. GOV. DON BEYER: WE'RE KEEPING OUR PROMISES. IT'S SAFE TO BELIEVE AGAIN.))
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But the new budgets House and Senate money committees have written still has NO money for teacher pay raises.
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IN Q=From the teacher's
((ROB JONES/VA. EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: FROM THE TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVE I THINK WE WERE SLAPPED ON THE RIGHT CHEEK WHEN THE GOVERNOR INCLUDED NO MONEY FOR A PAY RAISE IN HIS BUDGET AND WE WERE SLAPPED ON THE LEFT CHEEK BY THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP.))
SUPER=01-Rob Jones/Va. Education Assoc.;
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Lawmakers and the Governor will spend the next several weeks working out the differences among their budgets.
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Tranquility

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NEWSCAST=11
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TAPE#96-5
GRAPHIC=Traquility

Breast cancer can be devastating.
But a Salem man wants to ease the burdens through support and hope.
Scott Prince reports.
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IN Q=James Graham
SUPER=03-Salem; :05
SUPER=01-James Graham/Tranquility Foundation; :17
SUPER=@Scott1; :24
SUPER=01-Dr. Robert Ripley/Tranquility Foundation; :50
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OUT Q=Scott Prince, News- 7
(( James Graham is a changed man.
Two years ago, his wife Karla was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She is recovering, but HE says he will never be the same.
He's spent the past year on a crusade... forming a non- profit group called the "Tranquility Foundation."
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SOT 13:57:21
IN Q=There seemed
((JAMES GRAHAM/TRANQUILITY FOUNDATION: THERE SEEMED TO BE NO REAL SUPPORT NETWORK TO HELP PEOPLE OTHER THAN THAT OF A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT. ))
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stand up
Graham's ultimate goal is to establish help- centers across the nation for cancer victims and their families.
That will take hundreds of millions of dollars.
Right now the foundation isn't close to that goal, but that's not stopping Graham. end stand up
Even though the project is on the ground floor he's already getting support.

Lewis- Gale Hospital is not officially associated with the foundation, but it has donated office space to the group.
Plus a number of Lewis- Gale doctors make up its advisory board.
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IN Q=Having a
((DR. ROBERT RIPLEY/TRANQUILITY FOUNDATION: HAVING A FOUNDATION LIKE THIS SET UP JUST GIVES US AN EXTRA MEANS IN A WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE AND PROVIDING SUPPORT. ))
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OUT Q=providing support

Right now most of the money is coming from art sales.
This print called "The Journey for the Cure" is being sold at local Signet Bank branches... with all the proceeds going to the organization.
James Graham knows his life will never be the same.
But he hopes the Tranquility Foundation will make coping with this disease a little bit easier-- for himself, and others.
Scott Prince, News 7.
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Pinnacle Page
If you'd like more information on the Tranquility Foundation, you can write to it at P.O. Box 1310, Salem, Virginia 24153... or call 776-8215.
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SOFT MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE

Coming up a little later on the broadcast, new restaurants hope to steak a claim to the Roanoke market,
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and Virginia Tech has some good news for it's cost conscious students.
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Bedford-Evidence

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-6
GRAPHIC=Bedford Seal

Spring cleaning came a few weeks early for the Bedford County sheriff's department today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.

Sheriff Mike Brown and his staff put a torch to thousands of dollars worth of marijuana, moonshine and drugs that had been seized in criminal cases over the years.
Some of the evidence was more than thirty years old, and Brown says it was long past the time to get rid of it.
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((SHERIFF MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO.: THERE WAS NO WRITTEN POLICY AS TO DESTROYING EVIDENCE. AS I'VE SAID, THERE'S NOTHING SINISTER ABOUT IT, THERE WAS JUST NO WRITTEN POLICY.))
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Authorities also destroyed about two hundred guns that had been cluttering up the department's evidence room for years.
It's all part of a major renovation effort designed to modernize the way the sheriff's office operates.
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IN Q=Now after
((SERGEANT RICK WIITA/BEDFORD CO.: NOW AFTER WE'RE HERE WE'RE ABLE TO START IMPLEMENTING THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THE SHERIFF HAD IN MIND.))
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OUT Q=had in mind.
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Wiita (WEE-tuh) says the new evidence system will be computerized, making it easier to keep track of criminal cases.
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Tech-Visitor

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=11p
WRITER=rjo
TAPE#96-3
GRAPHIC=VPI SU

As college tuition rates increase across the country some students are wondering how they'll make ends meet.
But today Virginia Tech officials offered their students some hope.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;

The Board of Visitors decided today not to increase tuition costs for resident or non-resident students next year.
Tech officials said because the General Assembly didn't raise rates... they followed suite.
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SOT 14:53:25 (Tape #1)
IN Q=The board decided
((PAUL TORGERSEN/VIRGINIA TECH PRESIDENT: THE BOARD DECIDED NOT TO INCREASE TUITION NEXT YEAR AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THAT DECISION. I'M SURE THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE PLEASED TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS.))
SUPER=01-Paul Torgersen/Virginia Tech President;
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Some students say the are relieved by the new decision.
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IN Q=I think that's
SOT 15:02:23 (Tape #2)
((EVAN PANER/TECH STUDENT: I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE STARTING NEXT YEAR I HAVE TO PAY IT ALL MY SELF AND I'M TAKING A STUDENT LOAN OUT FOR THE WHOLE AMOUNT. I'VE GOT A JOB AND I HAVE TO PAY EVERYTHING.))
SOT 15:05:10
((LARA SLAGLE/TECH STUDENT: IT HELP OUT BECAUSE I RELY A LOT ON MY PARENTS AND EXTRA JOBS SO THE MONEY CAN GO TO SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN TUITION.))
SUPER=01-Evan Paner/Tech Student; :00
SUPER=01-Lara Slagle/Tech Student; :14
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OUT Q=other than tuition.
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However, Tech officials say there will be a slight increase of 44 dollars in comprehensive fees.
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S-Score

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S5-26
GRAPHIC=NONE

Tonight in sports, VMI looks to stay perfect at Cameron Hall on senior's night.
The Hoyas and Huskies battle in the Big East.
Deion puts away his bat.
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VO-NAT eng#

And Roanoke College wins the ODAC tournament championship tonight over Bridgewater.
Steve Mason will have that story from the Salem Civic Center after we check the scores. wipe to scoreboard
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S-VMI

ANCHOR=mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=twe
TAPE#S6-1
GRAPHIC=VMI logo

The 3rd largest crowd in Cameron Hall history turned out in Lexington tonight to watch a valiant VMI effort fall short against Southern Conference leader, Davidson.
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SUPER=03-Lexington/Keydets vs. Wildcats;

Five Keydet seniors played their last home game, including Botetourt product Bobby Prince who was hoping to go out in style.
But the Wildcats stole the show early on. Brandon Williams goes baseline and throws down 2 of his 18 on the night for a 5 point Davidson lead.
Reserve guard Andre Quarles gave the Keydets a spark. He drives down the lane and gets the bounce on the jumper to cut the lead to 3 at the break.
Then watch Lawrence Gullette find the trailing Lester Johnson for the easy deuce on the break.
But the Keydets faded in the last 6 minutes as Mark Donnelly connects on
SUPER=33-Davidson/95/VMI/=76;
the triple. Davidson puts 6 in double figures and ends the Keydets 13 game streak at Cameron, 95 to 76.
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((BART BELLAIRS/VMI HEAD COACH: ))
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S-ODAC

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB96-1
GRAPHIC=ODAC

2 thousand, 152 fans witnessed one of the state's best college basketball games of the year last night as Roanoke came back to ground the Eagles of Bridgewater in the ODAC championship. Steve Mason has the story from the Salem Civic Center.
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S-East

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-2
GRAPHIC=COLLEGE BASKETBALL

The Beasts of the Big East hooked up last night at the U.s Air Arena in Landover, Maryland.
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SUPER=03-Landover, MD/ESPN; :00

NBA executives Kevin McHale and Jerry West were courtside for the Big East
showdown between #3 U-Conn and #11 Georgetown.

And Allan Iverson would put on a show for the scouts and the crowd. Watch him go cost to coast. No one picks him up and he slams it down in the defense's face.
SUPER=33-Georgetown/=77/Connecticut/=65;

Iverson would score 26 points and dish out 6 assists, as the Hoyas hammer the Huskies 77-to-65 in front of 19 thousand in Landover.
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S-Nets

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#bb96-2
GRAPHIC=NBA LOGO

NBA history was made last night out in Phoenix as the Suns Charles Barkley grabbed an offensive rebound and joined some rather elite company.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Phoenix, AZ/Grizzlies vs. Suns; :00

Barkley grabbed this Kevin Johnson miss in the first quarter of tonight's game against Vancouver for his 10,000th career rebound.
He is now the tenth player to score 20 thousand points and grab 10 thousand boards.
The other to do so are named Jabbar, Chamberlain, Moses, the Big E, Baylor, The Chief, Olajuwan, Bellamy and Bob Petit.
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S-Deion

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S5-28
GRAPHIC=DEION SANDERS

Primetime has scheduled a daytime newsconference for this afternoon to announce he's temporarily putting his baseball career on hold.
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SUPER=04-NFL; :00

The Associated Press reports that Sanders plans to spend the offseason working with Troy Aikman to improve his wide receiver skills.
He also says he wants to spend more time with his family.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=hold deion

There are also two other pretty good reasons. One is that he doesn't have a contract in the major leagues right now, and with a $35 million dollar deal with Dallas he doesn't need to play baseball.

Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE

Still to come tonight, this year's Daytona 500 is in the books.
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And it's likely is in more books than ever before.
I'll tell you how racing Super Bowl topped football's in one category when we return.
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S-Media

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-18
GRAPHIC=DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS

Dale Jarrett is back home in Hickory tonight relishing his second career Daytona 500 championship.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL; :00

Jarrett's win in the great American race, and all of his preparation leading up to it during Speedweeks '96 was witnessed and reported by more media members than any of the other 37 500's.
In fact, track officials issued more media credentials for Speedweeks than the NFL issued for this year's Super Bowl.
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IN Q="We credentialed...
((HOLLI HYATT/DAYTONA: WE CREDENTIAL APPROXIMATELY 2 THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA HERE FOR SPEEDWEEKS ALONE, AND SPEEDWEEKS IS TWO WEEKS IN GENERAL, BUT THE LARGEST BULK OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ARE CONCENTERATED HERE DURING THIS PARTICULAR WEEK. SO IT IS A PHENOMENAL NUMBER THAT WE HANDLE, AND OF COURSE WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT, AND GLAD TO HAVE THEM, AND HOPE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE AND MORE IN THE FUTURE.))
SUPER=01-Holli Hyatt/Daytona Public Relations; :00
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=...in the future."
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VO-NAT con't

Jarrett made sure of that by keeping Earnhardt's winless streak in the 500 in tact. Earnhardt is now 0-for-18 in racing's super bowl.
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IN Q="I hate it...
((DALE JARRETT/TWO TIME DAYTONA 500 WINNER: YOU KNOW I HATE IT FOR EARNHARDT, AGAIN, BUT YA'LL WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHEN WE COME BACK HERE FOR THE 500.))
SUPER=01-Dale Jarrett/Two Time Daytona 500 Winner; :00
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=...the 500."
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Steak

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=11 p.m.
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-10
GRAPHIC=NONE

Here's a story you can really sink your teeth into--
Two new steakhouses will soon hit the Roanoke Valley but that doesn't mean the existing ones think they've had problems meeting the demand.
The new Round- Up steakhouse is coming to Valley View Mall, and another Golden Corral is on the way to Towne Square Mall.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;

Texas Steakhouse opened here about four years ago-- one of 13 restaurants in the local chain.
Its manager says he doesn't think there's been a resurgence of red meat-- just a concept change.
Steakhouses aren't just for formal dining anymore.
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SOT 8:07:47 tape 1
IN Q=I think what
((GEORGE KEMP/TEXAS STEAK HOUSE AND SALOON: I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW IS OPENED THAT UP AND MADE IT MORE CONDUCIVE TO FAMILIES AND NOT SO MUCH BUSINESS PEOPLE. KIDS CAN COME IN AND HAVE A GOOD TIME-- PLUS YOU CAN STILL GET A TOP QUALITY STEAK. ))
SUPER=01-George Kemp/Texas Steak House and Saloon;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=top quality steak
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Meanwhile, these folks have been serving up steaks for almost 23 years--
And they say since Roanoke is such a meat- and- potatoes kind of place-- there is enough business for everyone.
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SOT tape 2 8:04:43
IN Q=We've seen a
((CASSANDRA WISE/WESTERN SIZZLIN STEAK HOUSE: WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEM COME AND GO AND WE THINK THAT WE'VE BUILT A GOOD CLIENTELE, JUST THROUGH QUALITY SERVICE AND GOOD PRICES-- AND THERE'S ENOUGH MARKET FOR EVERYBODY. ))
SUPER=01-Cassandra Wise/Western Sizzlin Steak House;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=market for everybody
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VO-NAT

And both new and established restaurants expect their profits to stay meaty-- as long as people continue going out to eat. (----------------)