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1-News-head
ANCHOR=Keith
Defensive End Cornell Brown tops the list of Virginia Tech football players
INDICTED today by a County Grand Jury.
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VO-NAT
We've got two reports coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX: the criminal case against
nine players and its impact on the Hokie football team.
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ANCHOR=Keith
And, of course, the aftermath of the election.
Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
(Mike ad libs live Sports Head)
WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Keep an eye on the sky for rain showers tomorrow night. And weather school
tonight brings us to the desert.
Tech-Brawl
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-85
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech
A Montgomery County grand jury has returned indictments against nine
Virginia Tech football players. All but one are still on the team.
SS=Cornell Brown
Among those named: All American Defensive End Cornell Brown.
The charges stem from a fight outside Squires Student Center in August.
Double Boxes=Keith and Tracy/Microwave
Tracy Alitzer joins us from the Tech campus with the latest.
Live=Tracy Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Tracy1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
Keith, the brawl seriously injured two Tech track team members. It
apparently happened as a group of people were leaving a party.
As a result of the charges, most of the players in question also face team
sanctions.
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SOT
IN Q=A visibly upset
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Football Coach; :17
SUPER=01-Lt. Bruce Bradbury/Blacksburg Police; :56
SUPER=01-Dave Braine/Va. Tech Athletic Director; 1:13
RUNS=1:23
OUT Q=cause these problems
A visibly upset coach Frank Beamer announced player suspensions as a result
of their charges.
He stressed the suspensions are not an indication of guilt or innocence, but
punishment for the players putting themselves in a position of facing criminal
charges.
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SOT 14:33:09
((FRANK BEAMER/VT FOOTBALL COACH: IN CLOSING LET ME ASSURE ALL THOSE WHO PLACE
THEIR CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN ME THAT WE WILL TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO
RIGHT THE WRONGS AND TO GIVE OUR MANY FANS THE PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ACCUSTOMED TO, THE ONE IN WHICH THEY TAKE PRIDE. ))
RUNS=:14
Five of the Hokies charged with misdemeanor assault will be suspended only
for this Saturday's East Carolina game.
Greg Melvin is no longer on the team, and Brian Edmonds already served his
one-game suspension.
Angelo Harrison faces a felony charge and is suspended for the season.
As is Brad Baylor, for an unrelated felony abduction charge.
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Live=Tracy Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
(Tracy ad libs)
Double Boxes=Keith and Tracy/Microwave
(Tracy ad libs toss back to Keith)
John-Warner
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-80
GRAPHIC=John Warner
It ended with a six- point gap.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Falls Church/Last Night;
The two- year struggle by John Warner to turn back challengers ended closer
than any polls suggested.
Many voters favored the Republican because of the possibility he'd head the
powerful Senate Armed Services Committee.
SUPER=@file;
But in the morning- after analysis, Warner now says it looks like South
Carolina's Strom Thurmond won't give up the chairmanship.
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SOT 19:37:11
IN Q=Strom as
((SEN. JOHN WARNER/(R) VA: STROM AS HE APPROACHES HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY MIGHT
CONSIDER RELINQUISHING SOME OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES. AT THIS TIME I DON'T
HAVE ANY PLANS TO TRY TO CHALLENGE HIM. THEREFORE WE'LL SEE WITH THE PASSAGE
OF TIME THERE COMES A POINT WHERE MAYBE AT AGE 98 HE MIGHT SAY "WELL PERHAPS
NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO SHIFT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE."))
SUPER=01-Sen. John Warner/(R) Virginia;
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=the committee.
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VO-NAT
Senator Warner will probably retain his chairmanship of the Senate Rules
committee.
He pledged on election day to lead the fight in the Senate for campaign
finance reform.
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SOT 20:13
IN Q=No other
((NO OTHER CANDIDATE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAD ROUGHLY TEN MILLION
DOLLARS OF PERSONAL SPENDING DUMPED ON HIM.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=dumped on him.
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VO-NAT
Warner says Mark Warner's spending was bad for Virginia.
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Mark-Warner
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-81
GRAPHIC=Mark Warner
Mark Warner wasn't able to close the gap in his bid to unseat Senator John
Warner.
But today, he said he is proud of the race he ran and the issues he raised.
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SOT
IN Q=Let me say this loud
((LET ME SAY THIS LOUD AND CLEAR. I DON'T REGRET SPENDING ONE DIME OF IT,
BECAUSE THE FIGHT WAS WORTH IT.))
SUPER=07-Mark Warner;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=was worth it.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Alexandria/Last Night;
Mark Warner spent the night sorting out returns that made the election seem
closer than it really was.
But even as talk of a recount evaporated, Warner said the costly campaign
was a good investment.
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SOT
IN Q=There is nothing I feel
((MARK WARNER: THERE IS NOTHING I FEEL ASHAMED OF IN THIS CAMPAIGN. NOTHING I
REGRET FROM THE TIME, THE ENERGY OR THE RESOURCES I PUT IN. AND IN TERMS OF MY
POLITICAL STOCK BEING AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH, STOCKS GO UP AND DOWN, BUT I THINK I
MAY BE A LONG- TERM HOLD.))
SUPER=07-Mark Warner;
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=long- term hold
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Mark Warner
Warner compared the campaign to a roller coaster ride.
Now, he and his family are headed to Florida for a vacation at Disney
World.
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at 6--is Norfolk Southern out of the picture in the
big Rail Merger game? Len Besthoff has the latest.
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VO-NAT
and with Rocky Mount's Virgil Goode heading to Washington who will take his
place in the state senate? The guessing has already begun.
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Abused-Woman
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE# 96-77
GRAPHIC=None
A North Carolina woman is walking to New York to raise awareness of battered
women, and problems in child custody cases.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Asheville;
Michelle Buisch (bush) is walking from Asheboro, North Carolina to New York
to prove she wants her children.
She says she moved to North Carolina to escape an abusive relationship, and
then lost custody of her two children because she couldn't make it to back to
New York to go to court.
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SOT 10:57:14
IN Q=I went to court twice
((MICHELLE BUISCH/I WENT TO COURT TWICE, I COULDN'T GET THERE THE THIRD TIME. I
FELT THE COURT WAS VERY PREJUDICED AGAINST ME. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY, ANY WAY
TO GET THERE. I HAD MY CHILDREN IN NORTH CAROLINA, I HAD PROTECTION, I FELT
SAFE. ))
SUPER=07-Michelle Buisch
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=I felt safe
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None
Buisch is stopping at battered women shelters along the way. She's asking
people to walk part of the way with her to show their support.
She'll leave the Turning Point shelter at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
Goode
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-83
GRAPHIC=Virgil Goode
Virgil Goode walked away with 60- percent of the Fifth District vote.
The 50- year old Democrat will now plug his belief in a balanced budget
amendment and Medicare as a Congressman.
Teresa Hamilton has reaction from Goode and one of the lawmakers who'd like
to fill his shoes in Richmond.
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SOT
IN Q=Franklin
SUPER=03-Glade Hill/Last Night; :00
SUPER=01-Virgil Goode/(D) Congressman Elect; :29
SUPER=@Reynolds; :51
SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:05
RUNS=1:15
OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7.
((
Franklin County could not have been a better place to proclaim Virgil Goode
a winner.
nat sound from last night
RUNS=:05
The Rocky Mount native was cautious throughout the evening.
It actually took two trips to the podium before admitting he'd won.
He carried not only Danville but also Bedford and Pittsylvania Counties--
areas his challenger George Landrith secured two years ago in his run against
L. F. Payne.
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SOT
IN Q=I think
((VIRGIL GOODE/D-CONGRESSMAN ELECT:I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT ISSUES
RATHER THAN PARTY LABELS HELPED A WHOLE LOT IN THIS ELECTION. ))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=this election.
A spokesman for Goode says the democrat will resign from his state senate
post.
This sets the stage for a special election, possibly in December.
Whatever happens, Democrat Roscoe Reynolds, is definitely interested.
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SOT
IN Q=The
((DEL. ROSCOE REYNOLDS/D- MARTINSVILLE:THE ALMOST ELEVEN YEARS THAT I HAVE
SPENT IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES HAS HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE 20TH SENATORIAL
DISTRICT. ))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=senatorial district.
Democrat Ward Armstrong is also interested, but says he'll step aside if
Reynolds, wants the post. Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7.))
Dudley
ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-86
GRAPHIC=Republicans
REPUBLICANS are still looking for someone to make a run at Virgil Goode's
soon- to- be- vacated senatorial seat.
Many speculate it will be 9th District DELEGATE Allen Dudley.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;
Dudley has yet to make a decision, but says he's received lots of
encouragement to make a push for it.
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SOT 13:14:53
IN Q=At this
((DEL. ALLEN DUDLEY/R- ROCKY MOUNT: AT THIS POINT I REALLY CAN'T MAKE ANY
ANNOUNCEMENT. SINCE THE ELECTION AND THE RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT,
I'VE HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS AND AGAIN THIS MORNING OF PEOPLE ENCOURAGING ME TO
RUN FOR THAT SEAT. BUT I CONSIDER THAT A MAJOR DECISION AND WE'VE GOT TO GIVE
SOME CAREFUL THOUGHT TO IT. ))
SUPER=01-Del. Allen Dudley/(R) Rocky Mount;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=thought to it
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VO-NAT
Dudley was once a high school classmate of Virgil Goode.
He has served as the 9th District Delegate for nearly three years.
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Central-Races
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-82
GRAPHIC=Election96
Campbell County business owners are celebrating the passage of a mixed-
drinks referendum for their area.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Campbell Co./Yesterday;
Voters there passed the measure by a 5 to 1 margin yesterday.
The new law will allow restaurants to serve mixed alcoholic drinks in
addition to wine and beer.
Supporters say they were tired of losing business to restaurants in
neighboring Lynchburg.
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SOT 18:53:03
IN Q=People tell me
((JEANN STANLEY/RESTAURANT OWNER: PEOPLE TELL ME ALL THE TIME, `WELL, JEANNE WE
HEAD ON INTO LYNCHBURG BECAUSE SO AND SO LIKE A DRINK BEFORE A MEAL'. AND IT
MIGHT BE ONLY ONE PERSON IN THAT PARTY OF FOUR THAT WANTS THE DRINK, THE REST
OF THEM WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THE WINE OR THE BEER.))
SUPER=01-Jeanne Stanley/Restaurant Owner; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=wine or the beer.
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VO-NAT
Meanwhile in Bedford County, college administrator Robert Bashore
(BAY-shore) won a tight race for the District Four supervisor's seat.
Bashore edged out businessman John White by about 130 votes in the special
election to replace Wayne Newcomb.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Wall Street the Dow finished above the 61 hundred mark for the first
time--a jump of 96 points to close at 61 hundred 77.
NASDAQ was up 16 points.
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RUNS=:25
SUPER=x5005;
Rail-Merger
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#96-79
GRAPHIC=Rail Merger
After a brief pause, the bidding war between two Virginia railroads for
Conrail has gone from better to worse.
Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Newsroom
Len Besthoff says executives from Norfolk Southern and C-S-X are now
engaging in their own form of hand- to- hand combat.
Live=Len Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Len1;
Keith it all began last month when Conrail and C-S-X stunned Norfolk
Southern with their merger announcement.
Then Norfolk Southern came back with a much more lucrative bid for Conrail.
Now this.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
C-S-X and Conrail have amended their merger agreement so Conrail
stockholders will get more money for their shares.
It still doesn't exceed the offer from Norfolk Southern, one of the largest
employers in our area.
But the complex nature of the merger agreement could make it tough for N-S.
The new deal says Conrail directors must support the the C-S-X merger
through next JULY.
It also restricts C-S-X and Conrail from discussing deals with other
railroads.
But even with all this, the deal will still come down to a vote by Conrail
shareholders next month.
One analyst says he has spoken with 10 people who each own more than 50,000
shares of Conrail...and all of them favor the N-S offer.
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Live=Len Full/Newsroom
Keith in a release late this afternoon N-S says the amended agreement
between C-S-X and Conrail comes as no surprise.
N-S adds it will take all the steps necessary to ensure that Conrail
shareholders are offered a fair deal.
Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Newsroom
(Keith question: THIS MERGER AGREEMENT SOUNDS PRETTY RESTRICTIVE? ARE THERE
ANY OTHER WAYS N-S CAN CHALLENGE IT?)
S-tech
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=mst
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=Virginia tech
SUPER=@Mike1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
As Tracy Altizer told us at the top of the newscast tonight, eight current
and one former Virginia Tech football players were indicted by a Montgomery
County grand jury.
Seven are charged with misdemeanors and two with felonies.
The biggest name involved is that of All American Lineman Cornell Brown.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Last Saturday;:00
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Virginia Tech Head Coach;:29
SUPER=01-Dave Braine/Va. Tech Athletic Director; 1:08
RUNS=1:40
OUT Q=malicious wounding
SS=hold tech
Mike will adlib minor details before going to page two.
S-Eagles
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S6-25
GRAPHIC=Big East
SUPER=@Mike1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
In other Big East Football news, Boston College held a news conference
today to address the findings from an investigation into gambling by Eagle
players, as result of the findings,
13 players were suspended today.
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SOT
IN Q="They
((THOMAS RILEY/MIDDLESEX DISTRICT ATTORNEY:))
SUPER=01-Thomas Riley/Middlesex District Attorney; :P00
RUNS=:24
OUT Q=...is the Syracuse game"
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S-Byrd
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=VF96-1
GRAPHIC=UVA football
SUPER=@Mike1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
The University of Virginia has also imposed a suspension on one of it's
football players.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00
UVa wide receiver derrick Byrd has been suspended by head coach George
Welsh for Virginia's next two games for a violation of team rules.
The junior will not be in uniform for the Clemson game this saturday or or
the North Carolina contest November 16th.
Byrd has played in all 8 Virginia Games this season.
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S-Harrick
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB97-2
GRAPHIC=NCAA basketball
SUPER=@Mike1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;
Violations have also found a way on to the college basketball court.
Today, UCLA coach Jim Harrick was fired after the NCAA ruled he had violated
policy regarding ethical conduct last month during a recruiting dinner.
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SOT
IN Q=UCLA
((CHARLES YOUNG/UCLA CHANCELLOR:))
SUPER=01-Charles Young/UCLA Chancellor; :00
RUNS=:29
OUT Q=...So important"
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