18:00-01

Newsbreak

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#
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Good evening, there was a small shakeup in Senator John Warner's campaign staff after last night's debate.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Virginia Beach/Last Night;

Warner fired a campaign staffer who used a racial slur while telling N-Double-A-C-P officials the debate was poorly organized.
When called to the podium as last night's debate, the staffer, who is black, said he was not referring to any particular person.
SUPER=04-File Tape;

Norfolk Southern goes to court to try and block a merger between Conrail and CSX.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Plus some vintage World War-2 planes are back in the sky tonight.
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ANCHOR=Eric
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More on those stories tonight on News 7.

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Warner-Warner

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-86
GRAPHIC=Campaign 96

In 72 hours the winners of the campaign marathon will have crossed the finish line.
SS=Warner, Mark

And according to challenger MARK Warner the race for the United States Senate seat is a tight one.
Denise Allen has more.
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SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :03
SUPER=03-Virginia Beach/Last Night; :10
SUPER=@MarkWarner; :24
SUPER=03-Danville; :41
SUPER=@Johnwarner; :51
SUPER=@Denise2; 1:06
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SOT M. WARNER
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Mark Warner told Democrats in the ninth district he has more than a fighting chance to unseat Republican incumbent John Warner.
Mark says he's feeling the momentum pendulum swing his way after last night's senate debate before the state N-Double-A-C-P.
He says educational and economical opportunities should be spread equally across the state.
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SOT M. WARNER 9:14:29
IN Q=THAT'S WHY I
((MARK WARNER/D-U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE: THAT'S WHY I THINK I'M DOING SO WELL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BECAUSE THERE'S A GREAT CONCERN I FIND THROUGHOUT RURAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THAT THE FEAR MAY BE THAT ALL THE GOOD JOBS MAY END UP IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.))
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SOT J WARNER 04:47:27
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In Southside John Warner pumped up the crowd at a Republican pep rally.
This Warner says the challenger is trying to buy his senate seat by spending a record setting amount of his own cash.
John Warner says Virginians aren't falling for it.
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SOT J WARNER 23:54:02
IN Q=and here
((JOHN WARNER/R-U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE: AND HERE ARE 21 EDITORIALS FROM EVERY MAJOR NEWSPAPER IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. I'M HUMBLE BY THIS. THIS IS AN HISTORICAL FIRST FOR A STATEWIDE CANDIDATE TO GET EVERY SINGLE NEWSPAPER.))
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And as the finish draws near each candidate has their own prediction of what election day will bring.
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SOT J.WARNER 09:07:03
IN Q=AND I'M PROUD
((JOHN WARNER: AND I'M PROUD TO SAY ALL VIRGINIANS ARE BACKING JOHN WARNER FOR THE U.S. SENATE.))
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SOT M. WARNER 9:57:38
IN Q=BUT IT WILL
((MARK WARNER: BUT IT WILL BE MARK NOT JOHN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!))
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=YOU VERY MUCH

Both candidates are on a whirl wind tour of the state before reaching the November fifth finish to this race.
Denise Allen News 7.))

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Debate

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# 96-85
GRAPHIC=Warner, John

John Warner fired one his staff members following last night's debate.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Virginia Beach/Last Night;

The Republican fired campaign aide Lyn Williams after the state N-double-A-C-P president charged that Williams uttered a racial slur before the debate.
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SOT 20:07:53
IN Q=I would like to
(( PAUL GILLIS/VA. NAACP PRESIDENT: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS THE CONDUCT OF YOUR STAFF AS YOU RUN THIS CAMPAIGN.
JOHN WARNER: I THINK SUCH A SERIOUS...I YIELD MY TIME FOR SUCH A SERIOUS ACCUSATION THIS INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE GRANTED DUE PROCESS. COME UP HERE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.))
SUPER=01-Paul Gillis/Va. NAACP President; :00
SUPER=@Johnwarner; :08
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=answer the question.
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VO-NAT

Warner then called Williams to the podium.
Gillis then repeated his allegation that Williams used the "n"-word to describe the debate as poorly organized.
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SOT 20:09:37
IN Q=I did not use
((LYN WILLIAMS/FORMER JOHN WARNER STAFF MEMBER: I DID NOT USE THE WORD "N" TO YOU. I JUST SAID WE'RE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AS WE AGREED TO AND I SAID TO YOU PERSONALLY THAT ANYTHING TO DO WITH CHANGING AT THE 11TH HOUR IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF OUT COMMUNITY AND YOU SHOULD TRY TO ADJUST YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.))
SUPER=01-Lyn Williams/Former John Warner Staff Member;
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OUT Q=accordingly...(clap out).
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VO-NAT

Warner defended Williams saying he was a man who has fought very hard for Virginia.
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Nelson-Body

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

A body was discovered inside of a burning car in Nelson County this morning.
The Sheriff's Department found the car on fire around four o'clock on a private road in the Afton area.
By that time the fire had just about extinguished itself.
Police were unable to determine the person's identity.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
The body has been sent to the medical examiner's office in Richmond for an autopsy on Monday.

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Blacksburg-Fire

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-87
GRAPHIC=Fire

Blacksburg Fire officials are investigating a suspicious fire at an apartment complex.
The blaze broke out at Terrace View around 11-30 last night.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Last Night;

Officials say the fire started in the basement storage area.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
No one was injured in the incident but the blaze did cause about five thousand dollars in property damage.
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MCI

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=Business News

It would be the biggest foreign purchase ever of a U-S company.
Sources say British Telecommunications has agreed to buy M-C-I Communications for as much as 21 billion dollars.
The sources say the boards of both companies agreed today on the deal.
A formal announcement of the merger is to be made tomorrow.
A combined British Telecom and M-C-I would provide a powerful competitor to A-T-and-T, the world's largest long-distance company.
It would have combined revenue of 35 billion dollars and two marquee brand names with operations in more than 70 countries.

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Bye-Planes

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-79
GRAPHIC=None

A piece of American history graced the skies over Roanoke this afternoon.
Two vintage warplanes left the Roanoke Regional Airport headed for southside Virginia.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke;

The World War Two B-24 liberator circled Woodrum Field before heading into the wild blue yonder.
Of the 18- thousand B- 24s that were built, this is the only one still flying.
The B-24 and a B-17 Flying Fortress touched down in Roanoke on Thursday.
Hundreds of history and aviation buffs boarded the planes during their lay-over in Roanoke.
The airplanes are owned by the Collings Foundation of Stow, Massachusetts.
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Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Tease
GRAPHIC=NONE

And coming up, Virginia and Virginia Tech score big wins on the football field this afternoon.
We'll have those stories coming up...

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S-Tech

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#TF96-1
GRAPHIC=Tech Football

Virginia Tech had a field day at home this afternoon beating Southwestern Louisiana 47 to 15.
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SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Hokies vs Cajuns; :00
SUPER=36-Virginia Tech/47/S.W. Louisiana/16/; :50
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Virginia Tech Head Coach; 1:00
SUPER=01-Jim Druckenmiller/Virginia Tech Quarterback; 1:13
RUNS=1:24
OUT Q=..........better teams."
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S-UVA

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=UVA football

Tiki Barber rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns to lead the 16-th ranked Cavaliers to a 27 to 3 win over Duke.
It's the seventh time the Cavaliers have beaten the Blue Devils in the last eight meetings.
Barber had an 81 yard punt returned called back but he score on runs of 3 and 5 yards.
Virginia is now 6 and 2 overall and 4 and 2 in the conference.

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S-Scores

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=College Logo

North Carolina, Ohio State, Michigan and Miami won today for those and all of today's scores lets check the boards.
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SUPER=0101-j/Virginia#16/27//Duke/3///j/Virginia Tech/47//SW Louisiana/16///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Ferrum/3/j/Emory & Henry/29///j/W & L/24//Bridgewater/13///;
SUPER=X5009
SUPER=0101-/Hamp-Sydney/21/j/Davidson/24///j/Northeastern/31//James
Madison/7///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/VMI/14/j/Western Carolina/17////Delaware/7/j/William & Mary/10///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0101-/Richmond/13/j/New Hampshire/14////Norfolk St./14/j/Howard
U./42///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-j/Liberty/34//Hampton U./30///j/North Carolina#8/52//N.C.
State/20///;
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SUPER=0101-j/Clemson/35//Maryland/3////Florida State#3///Georgia
Tech///Night/;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-j/Miami#22/57//Temple/26///j/Syracuse/30//West Va.#18/7///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-j/Florida#1/47//Georgia/7///j/Ohio State#2/45//Minnesota/0///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-j/Arizona St.#4/29//Oregon
St./14///j/Nebraska#5/73//Oklahoma/21///;
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Carolina/14///j/Colorado#7/41//Missouri/13///;
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SUPER=0101-j/Michigan#9/45//Michigan St./29////Northwestern#11/9/j/Penn
St.#15/34///;
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SUPER=0101-j/BYU#13/40//Texas El-Paso/18///j/Wyoming#17/59//SMU/17///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-j/Notre Dame#19/54//Navy/27////Utah#20/10/j/Rice/51///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Washington#21/15//Southern Cal/10/4//j/Southern
Miss.#23/21//Cincinnati/17///;
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