18:00-01
1-News-Head
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V/O-NAT
A firey wreck on the Interstate in Roanoke shuts down the highway.
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ANCHOR=Keith
Murder in Sydnorsville overnight.
And a prison term for threatening phone calls.
Sports-head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, the Hokies head into the Carrier Dome as underdogs, DA
Weibring swings for charity at Hunting Hills today.
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VO-NAT eng#
And Dan Marino's sprained ankle turns into a break that will may keep him out
of the lineup for a month.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Patrick
SS=None
Though skies may look threatening tonight, more peaceful weather arrives
overnight, with sunny skies and cool fall temperatures dominating the forecast.
Stay tuned for all the details from the News 7 Weather Center.
581-Ax
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-79
GRAPHIC=Accident
Two people were injured this afternoon when a small car and a tractor-
trailer collided and caught fire in Roanoke.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The accident happened in the southbound lanes of Interstate 581 shortly
before three o'clock.
The vehicles were travelling beside each other when the car left the
highway.
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SOT
IN Q=They lost it in
((NELSON CHANDLER/GEORGIA TRUCK DRIVER: THEY LOST IT IN THE MEDIUM AND SPUN
AROUND AND JUST WENT UNDER THE TRAILER.))
SUPER=01-Nelson Chandler/Georgia Truck Driver; QUICK!
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=under the trailer.
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VO-NAT
The occupants of the car were injured in the crash, but bystanders
reportedly helped them escape as the car and the truck caught fire.
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SOT
IN Q=When we arrived
(( ))
SUPER=01-David Pope/Roanoke Fire EMS Captain;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=already out when we arrived.
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VO-NAT
Police closed the highway in both directions for more than an hour, but
traffic resumed after the wreckage was cleared from the southbound lanes.
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Franklin-Murder
ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-70
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Authorities in Franklin County are still trying to figure out what triggered
a fatal shooting last night.
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VO-NAT
29- year- old Clyde Price, Junior was found dead in his (SID-ners-vill)
Sydnorsville trailer, with gunshot wounds to his back and chest.
His live- in girlfriend... 24- year- old Angela Light... was arrested at the
scene and charged with murder.
Friends and family of Clyde Price are having a hard time accepting what
happened.
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SOT 1:47:44
IN Q=1:47:24
((LYNN PRICE/VICTIM'S MOTHER: IT'S REALLY A HARD THING TO GO THROUGH. YOU NEVER
KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TILL YOU DO IT YOURSELF. IT'S SOMETHING I WOULDN'T WISH ON
ANYONE. ))
SUPER=01-Lynn Price/Victim's Mother;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=wish on anyone
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VO-NAT
Light was arraigned this afternoon... and bond was set at 50- thousand
dollars.
She's currently being held at the Roanoke County Jail.
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for next month.
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Obremski
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#96-69
GRAPHIC=Michael Obremski
The man who made threatening phone calls to young girls in the Roanoke
Valley is going to prison for 15 and a half years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/May 10
That was the sentence a Roanoke County judge gave Michael Obremski today.
Obremski pleaded no contest a few weeks ago to a variety of charges,
including making abduction threats and taking indecent liberties with a minor.
In a background report prepared for today's hearing, Obremski admits he was
the man who had been stalking children in the Raleigh Court neighborhood.
Obremski still faces trial in Roanoke on several counts of molesting
children over the telephone.
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Liberty-View
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-78
GRAPHIC=None
Danville city council will decide tonight whether 76- low income apartments
will be torn down.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;
Housing officials say the move would ease overcrowding and related problems
at Liberty View.
The Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority wants to build a high tech
learning center on the site for low income families.
Council is expected to approve both measures, but a third request is
uncertain.
Housing officials want council to replace the 76- units with Section 8-
housing.
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SOT
IN Q=They go
((ALVIN STEINGOLD/HOUSING AUTHORITY EXEC. DIR.: THEY GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY,
THEY FIND AN APARTMENT OR A PLACE TO RENT AND THEY PAY NO MORE THAN 30- PERCENT
OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS THAT RENT AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PAYS THE BALANCE
WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS.))
SUPER=01-Alvin Steingold/Housing Authority Exec. Dir.; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=certain parameters.
ANCHOR=KEITH
SS=None
A News 7 crew is covering the council meeting-- we'll have the complete
story on News 7 at ELEVEN.
VMI
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-72
GRAPHIC=VMI
Renewed criticism of Virginia Military Institute has prompted an invitation
from the superintendent of V-M-I.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington
He says most of its critics have never actually been to the school.
So to counter the perception that the Institute remains defiant- -despite
having chosen to comply with the court order, to admit women- -General Josiah
Bunting today issued an invitation to V-M-I's critics.
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SOT
IN Q=If they would
(( ))
SUPER=01-Maj. Gen. Josiah Bunting/VMI Superintendent
RUNS=:52
OUT Q=not vindictiveness.
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VO-NAT
During his talk to cadets this morning, the Superintendent said it's up to
them to exhibit the kind of leadership that will make co-education a success,
whether or not they personally like the idea.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at 6--they're usually at odds, but in Roanoke today
health advocates and tobacco growers sat down together to try and find some
common ground.
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VO-NAT
and good news for sport fishermen--a new pier at Smith Mountain Lake State
Park gives anglers and the disabled access to deep water fishing.
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ANCHOR=Patrick
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Barry-Scheck
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-71
GRAPHIC=OJ Simpson
Barry Scheck's the man who took seemingly insurmountable DNA evidence -- and
turned it into an acquittal for O.J. Simpson.
Today in Richmond, he sang a different tune about DNA, urging Virginia
lawmakers to pony up more cash to support one of the nation's best forensic
labs.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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SOT
IN Q=Barry Scheck
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=@File; :11
SUPER=01-Barry Scheck/Defense Attorney; :16
SUPER=@Ellen1; :52
SUPER=01-Sen. Janet Howell/(D) Reston; 1:02
RUNS=1:19
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( Barry Scheck did NOT come to Virginia to talk about O.J. Simpson.
Because Virginia forensic scientists, and what they're doing with the DNA
strands that identify killers and victims, are worlds away from the L.A.P.D,
planted gloves, and acquitted celebrities.
SOT 03:04:47 tape one
((BARRY SCHECK/DEFENSE ATTORNEY: HERE I AM THE DARTH VADER OF DEFENSE COUNSEL
IN TERMS OF ATTACKING WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER BAD DNA TESTING. AND I'M TELLING
YOU, THE LEGISLATURE, YOU HAVE A GOOD LAB. THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS AND
THEY'LL DO MORE GOOD THINGS TO CONVICT THE GUILTY AND EXONERATE THE INNOCENT IF
YOU GIVE THEM MORE MONEY.)) RUNS=:19
In fact, Scheck believes Virginia's lab is one of the top two in the nation.
But director Paul Ferrara's NOT one to beg.
The problem, as Scheck told the state Crime Commission, is wasted potential.
DNA samples from felons and crime scenes that haven't been entered into any
data bank.
sot 07:19:15 NEXT TO LAST STANDUP TAPE TWO
((VIRGINIA'S BEEN COLLECTING THESE SAMPLES SINCE 1989. AND STORING THEM IN
FREEZERS LIKE THIS. 122- THOUSAND SAMPLES HAVE YET TO BE ENTERED INTO THE DATA
BANKS.))
runs=:10
sot 03:16:55 TAPE TWO
((SEN. JANET HOWELL: AND JUST KNOWING THAT THEY WERE GOING INTO THOSE FREEZERS
THAT WE ALSO SAW, FREEZER AFTER FREEZER AFTER FREEZER AFTER FREEZER, JUST TO
SIT THERE.))
runs=:09
So now, lawmakers must put a price tag on the best path to justice science
has yet to offer.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
Warner-Abortion
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-80
GRAPHIC=Mark Warner
Democrat Mark Warner's had a lonely summer on the campaign trail.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
But today in Richmond, some signs of life at a luncheon courting female
voters.
Warner got a good reaction to a speech that included his first major
references to abortion.
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SOT 05:59;20
IN Q=You see
((MARK WARNER/D-SENATE CANDIDATE: YOU SEE, I TRUST YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, AND
YOUR GOD WITH THE MOST PERSONAL OF ALL DECISIONS. applause fade))
SUPER=@Markwarner;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=(applause fade)
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VO-NAT
Mark Warner says he also supports freedom of access to abortion clinics.
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TALENT=Keith
SS=John Warner
Senator John Warner has voted to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision making
abortion legal.
He's also voted to keep women in the U-S Armed Forces from having abortions,
even at their own expense.
Roberts
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-67
GRAPHIC=Campaign 96
Independent congressional candidate Tom Roberts accuses incumbent Rick
Boucher of trying to hide his record, after the congressman called Roberts'
campaign a "NON-campaign."
Roberts is upset that
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
Boucher told News-7 the same standards for the presidential debates should
apply in the Ninth District.
Reform Party candidate Ross Perot is being EXCLUDED from the presidential
debates.
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SOT 10:33:09
IN Q=
((TOM ROBERTS/I-CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS: THAT'S ONE MORE ATTEMPT TO KEEP
INFORMATION OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, AND I THINK THAT IS BAD FOR THE PUBLIC. AND
IF BOUCHER WAS REALLY, REALLY HAD THE INTEREST OF THE NINTH DISTRICT IN MIND HE
WOULD INCLUDE US IN THE DEBATE.))
SUPER=01-Tom Roberts/(I)-Candidate for Congress;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=in the debate.
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TALENT=Keith
SS=Rick Boucher
Boucher says his staff has been working with republican challenger Patrick
Muldoon's campaign to schedule a debate.
Boucher says he's barely given ROBERTS a thought, but no details have been
finalized.
Tobacco
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#96-76
GRAPHIC=Tobacco
A symposium in Roanoke this week could be the beginning of an unlikely
alliance.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Tobacco growers and health advocates are meeting at the Hotel Roanoke to try
and find a way to work together.
One doctor from Martinsville says he joined the panel discussion because he
wanted to understand where tobacco growers were coming from.
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SOT 10:52:35
IN Q=what we need to do
((WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DO THIS, IS TO
ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO HELP OUR FARMERS AND TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WILL
NOT BE A THREAT TO THEIR LIVELIHOOD. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. David Lewis/Martinsville Physicians;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=threat to their livelihood.
TALENT=Keith
SS=Tobacco
At today's session, growers supported laws to prevent teen smoking...And asked
health advocates to help them keep foreign tobacco off the U.S. market.
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
The Federal Reserve has decided to leave interest rates unchanged. That
decision today surprised Wall Street.
The Dow jumped 50 points but then retreated, finishing the session down 21
points.
NASDAQ was up nearly four points.
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SUPER=x5005;
Fishing-Pier
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-75
GRAPHIC=None
For decades, Smith Mountain Lake has been a popular destination for local
anglers, and now fishermen will enjoy even greater access to the lake's
resources.
As Steve Smallshaw reports, you no longer need a boat to go after those deep
water bass.
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SOT
IN Q=They've been talking
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.; :00
SUPER=01-William Woodfin/Game & Inland Fisheries; :29
SUPER=@ssm1; :46
SUPER=01-Brian Heft/Park Manager; :58
RUNS=1:14
OUT Q=News7, Bedford County.
(( They've been talking about it for fifteen years, but only in the past two
months has the dream become a reality.
natsot ribbon-cutting 4:37:18
((ONE, TWO, THREE...))
RUNS=:04
State natural resources secretary Becky Norton Dunlop helped dedicate the
first public access fishing pier at Smith Mountain Lake State Park.
The 100- thousand dollar project was funded with proceeds from the sale of
fishing equipment and motorboat fuel across the state.
Now, the fishermen who helped pay those taxes can start reeling in the
benefits.
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SOT 4:51:05
IN Q=People enjoy fishing
((WILLIAM WOODFIN/GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES: PEOPLE ENJOY FISHING AND THEY LIKE
COMING OUT AND THE CAMARADERIE OF GETTING OUT. SOMETIMES THEY'LL COMPLAIN THEY
DIDN'T CATCH A FISH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY JUST ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE OF
GETTING OUT AND FISHING.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=and fishing.
The new pier is 110 feet long, with a forty-foot "T" section at the end.
Slightly graded ramps make it handicapped accessible.
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SU 5:14:32
IN Q=Park officials
((Park officials are also excited about the deep water access the new pier will
provide. Now, if a fisherman doesn't have access to a boat to get out on the
lake, they can still enjoy the deep water experience by casting from the end of
the pier.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=the pier.
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SOT 4:45:12
IN Q=We're in about
((BRIAN HEFT/PARK MANAGER: WE'RE IN ABOUT TWELVE FEET OF WATER AT THE END OF
THE PIER, SHORT CAST AWAY IS ABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET, SO, GOOD COVE TO FISH IN,
THEY'VE CAUGHT BIG STRIPERS HERE. THE FISH ARE HERE, WE JUST NEED THE
FISHERMEN.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=need the fishermen.
Once word gets out, that probably won't be a problem.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Bedford County.))
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming your way tonight on the big 7, Dan Marino is out for possibly a month
with a broken ankle.
D.A. Weibring charms the folks at this year's Tee Off for Sight.
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VO-NAT eng#
And Roy Stanley checks in from Blacksburg where the Hokies talk about being
underdogs to Syracuse this weekend.
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S-Hokies
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#TF96-1
GRAPHIC=Tech Logo
The Virginia Tech Hokies are establishing quite a collection a Big East
Honors three weeks into the season, but this week's game at the Carrier Dome in
Syracuse is the one that will go a long way toward determining the team's
season.
Roy Stanley has more.
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SOT
IN Q="Tickets....
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00
SUPER=01-Jim Druckenmiller/Big East Player of The Week; :20
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Head Coach; :51
SUPER=01-Cornell Brown/Va. Tech Linebacker; :1:10
SUPER=@Roy1; 1:31
RUNS=1:40
OUT Q=....news 7 sports."
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((The Hokies are 3 and 0 after last weeks win over Rutgers in Blacksburg.
In that game Tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller passed for 282 yards and
one touchdown and he rushed for 53 yards for a total of 335 yards of total
offense.
And Druckenmiller is the Big East offensive player of the week.))
((JIM DRUCKENMILLER/BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: ))
((The mistakes must be few if the Hokies are able to pull off the upset at the
Carrier Dome in Syracuse.
The Orangemen are 0 and 2 on the season the same situation the Hokies were
in at this point last year.
And while the Hokies are 3 and 0 and sporting the longest winning streak in
the country they will be the underdog at Syracuse.))
((FRANK BEAMER/TECH HEAD COACH: ))
((CORNEL BROWN/TECH LINEBACKER: ))
((ROY STANDUP: ))
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S-Dolphins
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB96-1
GRAPHIC=dolphins
The Miami Dolphins were hoping for the best and fearing the worst when Dan
Marino left last night's loss to the Colts in the first quarter with an ankle
injury.
Unfortunately, today's MRI exam came back positive.
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SOT
IN Q="Dan suffered an...
((JIMMY JOHNSON/MIAMI HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Jimmy Johnson/Miami Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:24
OUT Q=...3 or 4 weeks."
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S-Golf
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S6-16
GRAPHIC=Tee Off Sight
The 15-th annual Tee Off for Sight golf tournament was held at Hunting Hills
this afternoon.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :
This years guest pro was veteran D.A. Weibring.
Because of Bells Palsy Weibring has played a limited schedule this season
but he's won twice including the Greater Hartford Open and he's earned over
315-thousand dollars.
Today Weibring will join the valley's club champions in the charity event.
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SOT
IN Q="today is....
(( ))
SUPER=01-D.A. Weibring/Pro Golfer
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=.....Good shots."
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S-Radford
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=RADFORD LOGO
Radford University has named Mike Anderson the school's new men's tennis
coach.
Anderson has coached in the USTA's adult leagues since 1985.
He inherits a team that includes 8 letterman.
Anderson replaces Bruce Harrison who is now at VMI.
S-Date
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-18
GRAPHIC=TENNIS
In one other tennis item this evening, the first Japanese woman to ever reach
the top ten rankings is quitting.
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VO-NAT eng#
Kimiko Date says she's decided to retire at the ripe old age of 26.
Date was a semifinalist at Wimbledon this year, but the 5-foot-4
player says she's gone as far as she can against bigger, stronger opponents.
Her highest ranking was number-four in the world in November of
1995.
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S-Ball
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-19
GRAPHIC=MLB
If you think the wildcard races in the major leagues are getting wild,
nothing beats this wild behavior.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Baltimore, MD; :00
Today in Baltimore, Orioles fan Dan Jones sold the ball that Eddie Murray hit
for his 500th career homer for $500 thousand dollars.
The man who bought the ball is Michael Lasky the founder of the Psychic
Friends Network.
Unfortunately, this has created a sports memorabilia frenzy.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=mlb logo
The man who has the homerun ball Cal Ripken Jr hit in his 21 hundred and 30th
game now wants to sell it for 1 million bucks.
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Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=jda
TAPE#Promo
GRAPHIC=None
Last night we told you about some Roanoke County residents still dealing
with the effects of Hurricane Fran.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
And tonight, they're taking their case to the Roanoke County Supervisors.
Talent=Jean
SUPER=@Jean1;
The residents of Trevilian (tre-VIL-yun) Road lost their water
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VO-NAT
when the storm dumped heavy rain on western Virginia. They now have
temporary service, but a permanent solution will cost each family thousands of
dollars
Tonight they're appealing to the supervisors for help.
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Talent=Jean Full/Newsroom
We'll have a complete wrap up of today's news, sports and weather
Take Fullscreen Board
tonight on News 7 Prime Time--that's at the earlier time of 10pm on WEFC
Television--you can check your cable listings for the channel in your area--
and of course we hope you'll join us for News 7 at 11 here on WDBJ.
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