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1-News-head
ANCHOR=Keith
Here's what's coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX:
The defense tries turning the tables at Ben Lilly's murder trial.
A brawl at a local high school ends in arrests.
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VO-NAT
And some of the most delightful sites in the Roanoke Valley are on the list
of "endangered places."
We'll hear more about that in a moment.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, Tommy Morrison has an opponent and he will fight next
month but outside the US.
Big South Hoops and statewide Rugby are making headlines tonight,
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VO-NAT eng#
Along with the Braves, who suddenly are no longer in control of the World
Series with the Yankees.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Easy going day with plenty of sun and mild temperatures. A return
engagement is in our weather forecast.
Lilly
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-79
GRAPHIC=Ben Lilly
Witnesses for the defense say it was Gary Barker who was handling guns and
talking big in the hours before a Virginia Tech student was shot... NOT Ben
Lilly.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
It's Lilly who's on trial as the triggerman in the death of Alexander
DeFilippis.
But two people testified today that earlier on December fifth, Barker
threatened to shoot anyone who tried to stop him for driving without a license.
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SOT 13:44:27
IN Q=
((PATRICIA QUESENBERRY/DEFENSE WITNESS: GARY JUMPS UP OFF THE COUCH AND HE SAYS
THAT "I WILL TAKE A GUN AND BLOW OUT THE BACK WINDOW" AND SHOOT ANYONE THAT
WOULD TRY TO TAKE HIM. ))
SUPER=01-Patricia Quesenberry/Defense Witness;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=try to take him.
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VO-NAT
The owners of two convenience stores robbed that night also said it was
Barker who threatened THEM with a gun.
Barker is already serving time for his part in the murder, but has testified
Ben Lilly pulled the trigger.
Ben's younger brother Mark, who still awaits trial for the crime spree, told
POLICE Ben was the shooter.
The jury is expected to begin deliberations tomorrow.
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Thomas
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-75
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A Halifax County man says he was scared for his life the night he shot and
killed his roommate.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Halifax;
Barry Dwight Thomas, Junior is charged with killing 33- year old Anthony
Meadows in March at the trailer home they shared.
The two lived there with their girlfriends.
Thomas testified Meadows had been arguing with both women, when he grabbed a
gun and asked Meadows to leave.
Thomas told the jury Meadows then lunged at him, and he fired the gun.
Prosecutors pointed to inconsistencies in Thomas' story and that of his
girlfriend.
A verdict is expected tonight.
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Halifax-Brawl
ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-78
GRAPHIC=None
A fight at Halifax County high school ended this morning with three students
in custody.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Halifax;
18- year old Craig Powell was the first to arrive at the Halifax County
Sheriff's department.
He was followed by 18- year old Michael Ewing and a 16- year old juvenile.
Authorities still don't know what led to the fight. There were actually
three fights going on at the same time.
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SOT
IN Q=We've been
((MAJ. RAY LINK/HALIFAX CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.:WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF IT THIS
YEAR. SHERIFF OAKES INTENSIFIED THE INVESTIGATION ON THE NARCOTICS FIND AND THE
OTHER DISTURBANCES WE'VE BEEN HAVING SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW ARRESTS SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.))
SUPER=01-Maj. Ray Link/Halifax Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=school year.
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None
The three have been charged with disorderly conduct.
Authorities also arrested another juvenile this afternoon for possession of
marijuana on school grounds.
221-Ax
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-80
GRAPHIC=Accident
An accident this afternoon in Roanoke County sent two people to the
hospital and backed up traffic on Bent Mountain Road.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
A pick-up and a sport utility vehicle collided on route 221 near Mount
Chestnut Drive.
One of the vehicles left the highway and overturned.
Two people were taken to the hospital, but their injuries did not appear to
be life-threatening.
The accident closed the road in both directions for more than half an hour.
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VA-GOP
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Ross Perot
Ross Perot today publicly rejected any suggestion from the Dole campaign
that he drop out-- and declared he'd stay in the presidential race "to the
bitter end."
SS=GOP
At a Richmond fundraiser just hours earlier, Republican National Committee
Chairman Haley Barbour had made the case for Perot to withdraw.
Barbour says a vote for Perot is a vote for Clinton.
He says the only way Clinton can win is if Perot splits the vote.
That comment comes despite the 22 point advantage Clinton holds over Dole in
the latest Washington Post poll.
Barbour told Virginia Republicans he's confident Bob Dole is going to win in
the Old Dominion.
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at 6--meet a candidate who supports Perot and would
like to take his style of politics to Washington as the Ninth District
Congressman.
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VO-NAT
And the Roanoke Valley could lose some valuable pieces of history. We'll
tell you about a few Endangered Places and what can be done to save them.
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Grey
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#96-84
GRAPHIC=Jeff Grey
Democratic Congressional candidate Jeff Grey is blasting Republicans for
cuts in veterans benefits.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
Grey is criticizing his opponent, incumbent G-O-P Congressman Bob Goodlatte
for supporting a bill to freeze Veterans' Disability Benefits.
At a news conference this morning, Grey talked to veterans and pledged to
continue to help protect their interests.
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IN Q=We need to stand behind
((JEFF GREY/D-CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS; WE NEED TO STAND BEHIND THEM AND GIVE
THEM THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT THEY DESERVE FOR FREEDOMS WE ENJOY HERE. I INTEND
TO DO THAT, MAKE SURE BENEFIT PROGRAMS ARE FULLY FUNDED AS THEY SHOULD BE. ))
SUPER=01-Jeff Grey/(D) Candidate for Congress;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=as they should be.
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Bob Goodlatte
A spokesman for Goodlatte says Grey's latest charges are "typical slash
and burn attacks" that are simply not true.
He says Goodlatte has voted for legislation streamlining access to V-A
Centers, and supported budgets in '96 and '97 that included increases in
veterans compensation and benefits.
Roberts
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#96-86
GRAPHIC=Candidate Profiles
Tom Roberts knows he has an uphill battle, challenging incumbent Rick
Boucher for the 9th district Congressional seat.
Len Besthoff reports the engineer from Blacksburg believes just getting his
ideas heard will be a partial victory.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Wytheville; :00
SUPER=01-Tom Roberts/(I) Candidate for Congress; :15
SUPER=@Len1; 1:58
RUNS=2:20
OUT Q=LB, News-7, Wytheville.
(( Addressing seniors in Wytheville, Tom Roberts sticks to the tenets of the
Reform Party's founder, Ross Perot...from the use of visual aids to homespun
analogies; like this one comparing the U-S budget debt to the Titanic.
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SOT 03:53:47
IN Q=You know
((TOM ROBERTS/(I)-CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS: YOU KNOW IF THE SHIP IS SINKIN IT'S
NOT A GOOD TIME TO START ARGUING ABOUT WHAT TO HAVE FOR DESSERT, OR MOVING THE
DECK CHAIRS AROUND.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=deck chairs around.
Like Perot, Roberts believes the federal government's deficit spending has
to end...or it will spell disaster for this country.
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SOT 04:05:50
IN Q=If this is
((ROBERTS: IF THIS IS ALL THE DEBT WE HAD, ONE TRILLION, FOR TWO HUNDRED
YEARS, AND THEN SUDDENLY, THESE PIGS AT A TROUGH COULDN'T GET ENOUGH TO EAT,
AND HAD TO GO TO THIS EXTENT, SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T
SAY WELL I'M GONNA TRY TO REFORM THE SYSTEM FROM WITHIN THE DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN PARTIES BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE DONE.))
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=can be done.
Nearly every position Roberts takes is in some way interwoven with his
hawkish stance on cutting federal spending.
Take crime for instance.
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SOT 4:10:49
IN Q=The U-S
((ROBERTS: THE U-S CONGRESS CAN DO MORE HARM ON A LOCAL LEVEL, AS FAR AS CRIME
IS CONCERNED, THAN THEY CAN GOOD. WHEN THEY RAISE THE TAXES AND TAKE 10
DOLLARS UP TO WASHINGTON D-C AND THEN GIVE YOU ONE DOLLAR BACK TOWARDS POLICE
TRAINING, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD THING. IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE
THAT MONEY STAY ON A LOCAL LEVEL OR STATE LEVEL FOR WHAT'S DONE.))
RUNS=:24
OUT Q=for what's done.
Roberts also advocates closing most tax loopholes and serious restrictions
on campaign spending.
And while it may not be the biggest drain on the federal budget, he's got a
big problem with the principle of congressional pensions.
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SOT 3:59:03
IN Q=When Congress
((ROBERTS: WHEN CONGRESS FROM 1982 TO 1996 DOUBLES THEIR OWN PAY AND MAKES IT
SO THAT IF YOU SERVE FOR 14 YEARS YOU CAN HAVE OVER A MILLION DOLLAR PENSION
CARE OF THE TAXPAYERS, THERE'S SOMETHING UNEQUAL ABOUT THAT.))
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=about that.
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SOT 04:39:09
IN Q=Roberts has some other interesting
((Roberts has some other interesting proposals. He talks about investing
current contributions to Social Security and some Medicare funding into stocks
and municipal bonds. Now his people have not done any polling on this race.
But they do expect their candidate will get a boost when Reform Party
presidential candidate Ross Perot visits the area right before election day.
Len Besthoff, News-7, Wytheville. ))
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=LB, News-7, Wytheville.))
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Wall Street the Dow dropped 44 points to close below the six thousand
mark, at 59 hundred 92.
NASDAQ was down a fraction of a point.
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RUNS=:25
SUPER=x5005;
Endangered-Places
ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-74
GRAPHIC=None
A local group says parts of our area are losing their heritage.
The Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation has compiled a list of the 10
most endangered places here in Southwestern Virginia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The group says each site is unique and is in danger of being overlooked.
A number of structures top the list... like the Burke Cabin on Clay Street
in Salem.
Another building in trouble-- the Claytor Clinic in the Historic Gainsboro.
But members also say the beauty of the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains
are being threatened by development.
And they fear the Roanoke River is being degraded by pollution and poor
planning.
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SOT 15:33:13
IN Q=We're hoping
((RUSTY PRITCHETT/ROANOKE VALLEY PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: WE'RE HOPING AS A
RESULT OF ALL OF THIS WE WILL DEVELOP SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROACTIVE WHICH
WILL HELP US TO MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THESE PLACES BEFORE THEY BECOME REALLY
ENDANGERED. ))
SUPER=01-Rusty Pritchett/Preservation Foundation;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=endangered
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VO-NAT
Other sites on the list include the Stokes House on Plantation Road in
Roanoke County.
And the old Shenandoah Hotel on the corner of Williamson Road and Campbell
Avenue.
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D-Day
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-76
GRAPHIC=D-Day Memorial
The National Memorial to D-Day is still in the planning and fund-raising
stages.
Now it's been expanded to include a 25-thousand square-foot visitor's center
with its own museum, auditorium and research center.
The additional facilities have boosted the price by two million dollars.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford
So it's now an EIGHT- million dollar project to be built on 88-acres behind
Bedford Elementary School.
Bedford Delegate Lacy Putney pushed a 200-thousand dollar appropriation
through the House.
The Senate scaled it back to 150-thousand.... less than 2-percent of what's
needed.
The check's been a long time getting to Bedford, but Putney presented it to
the D-Day foundation chairman today.
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SOT 1:53:35
IN Q=Our plans are
((RICHARD BURROW/D-DAY FOUNDATION DIRECTOR: OUR PLANS ARE TO TELL MANY OF THE
ORAL HISTORIES OF D-DAY VETERANS. BUT BEYOND D-DAY, TO CARRY FORTH THE STORY OF
THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDIE AND THE BATTLE FOR EUROPE AND TO EXTEND THAT OUT,
PERHAPS, TO THE ENTIRE SECOND WORLD WAR.))
SUPER=01-Richard Burrow/D-Day Foundation Director
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=second world war.
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VO-NAT
One -point -eight million dollars have been raised so far.
They hope to dedicate the memorial June 6, 1999, the 55th anniversary of the
Normandy Invasion.
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Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming your way tonight in sports, the Braves look to slow down the Yankees
express.
Roy Stanley reports from the Big South basketball media day in the Hill City.
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VO-NAT eng#
And we'll get you set for this weekend's huge Rugby tournament out at Green
Hill Park that costs you nothing to attend.
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S-Braves
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-20
GRAPHIC=BRAVES/YANKEES
The first player to ever hit a homerun in Fulton County Stadium was current
Yankee manager Joe Torre, who now has a chance to become the last manager to
win a game in the soon to be replaced ballpark.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/FOX; :00
Last night, Fred McGriff took this Kenny Roger's Roaster, and devoured it
without any sides, just a straight up the middle homer to deep center.
The Braves at one point led 6-to-zip.
But their heralded pitching staff let the Braves down as the Yankees came
back to win game four 8-to-6 in extra innings and tie the series at two games a
piece.
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SOT
IN Q="You know...
((MARK WOHLERS/GAVE UP THREE RUN HOMER:))
((STEVE AVERY/GAME FOUR LOSER:))
((DENNY NEAGLE/GAVE UP 3 RUNS LAST NIGHT:))
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SUPER=01-Steve Avery/Game Four Loser; :16
SUPER=01-Denny Neagle/Gave Up 3 Runs Last Night; :25
RUNS=:30
OUT Q=...OURSELVES."
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S-Morrison
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s6-19
GRAPHIC=boxing
Tommy Morrison shocked the boxing world earlier this Fall when he announced
he planned to make a boxing comeback despite have the AIDS virus.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Tulsa, OK/September 20;
Most figured he'd never find an opponent to fight, but today Anthony Cooks
signed to fight MOrrison on November 3rd in Tokyo.
The fight contract has certain provisions to protect Morrison
from the other boxer. If Morrison is cut, the fight will be stopped
and the win will go to the fighter with the most points.
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S-South
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S6-21
GRAPHIC=Big South
T-V, Expansion and a new site for the Women's tournament were hot topics
this afternoon and the Big South Media day. The pre-season polls were also
released today.
Roy Stanley has more.
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SOT
IN Q="New commissioner...
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00
SUPER=01-Kyle Kallander/Big South Commissioner; :17
SUPER=@Roy1; :37
SUPER=01-Lynne Agee/UNC Greensboro Head Coach; :50
SUPER=03-Radford; :57
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; 1:18
SUPER=01-Jeff Meyers/Liberty University Head Coach; 1:29
SUPER=01-Ron Bradley/Radford Head Coach; 1:40
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OUT Q=....news 7 sports."
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((New commissioner Kyle Kallander was proud to announce that the conference has
agreed to terms with SportSouth and Home Team Sports to televise 10 conference
games this season.
With the T-V deal, future expansion and a push in marketing, the future
looks bright for the Conference.))
((KYLE KALLANDER/BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE: ))
((ROY STANDUP: ))
((LYNNE AGEE/UNC GREENSBORO HEAD COACH: ))
((This is U-N-C Greensboro's last season in the conference and the Lady
Spartans are picked second in the pre-season pole behind the Lady Highlanders
of Radford.))
((LUBOMYR LICHONCZAK/RADFORD HEAD COACH: ))
((The two teams from Virginia are picked to challenge for the conference title.
Liberty University is picked first in the pre-season poll and Radford was
a close second.))
((JEFF MEYERS/LIBERTY UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH: ))
((RON BRADLEY/RADFORD HEAD COACH: ))
((Radford opens its season November 13-th against the Croatian Nationals. Roy
Stanley news 7 sports.))
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S-Rugby
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB96-2
GRAPHIC=ed & sandy lee cup
Some of the top rugby teams in the Commonwealth are coming to Roanoke County
this weekend to battle for the Ed and Sandy Lee Cup.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./1995; :00
More than 25 club and collegiate teams comprised of both men and women will
compete in the two day event, and things can often get a little heated
especially in the college division.
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SOT
IN Q=
((JOHNNY MCLEAN/MID-ATLANTIC RUGBY UNION DIRECTOR:))
SUPER=01-Johnny McLean/Mid-Atlantic Rugby Union Director;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=...AND YOUR SCHOOL."
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VO-NAT CON'T
Hundred od players and fans come to the valley each year for this event, and
the biggest plus may be the site itself - Green Hill Park.
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SOT
IN Q="They said...
((JOHNNY MCLEAN:))
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=...it's magnificent."
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VO-NAT con't
The action begins Saturday morning at nine and continues all day and then
again on Sunday, and best of all admission is absolutely free.
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SOT
IN Q="It's...
((JOHNNY MCLEAN:))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=...basketball."
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S-Football
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#TF96-1
GRAPHIC=Big East
The Race for the Big East championship is beginning to heat up and Virginia
Tech is right in the middle of the fire.
The Hokies are in third place behind Syracuse and a Miami team, which lost
last week to East Carolina.
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SOT
IN Q="Miami....
((FRANK BEAMER/VIRGINIA TECH HEAD COACH: ))
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Virginia Tech Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=.....ready to play."
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=Hold logo
The Hokies host Pittsburgh this Saturday with a noon kickoff.
S-Tennis
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s6-22
GRAPHIC=TENNIS
Earlier in the week we told you that Gabriela Sabatini was set to retire from
pro tennis at the ripe old age of 26,
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-New York, NY; :00
and today she made the retirement official at a newsconferecne in New York.
She won 27 singles titles and spent most of her career ranked in the top 10.
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