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L'burg-Body

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE# 96-91
GRAPHIC=None


Lynchburg authorities are investigating the unexplained death of a city man whose wife remains hospitalized tonight.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;


Police responded to 728 Chickasaw Road around 8 this morning after a neighbor called 9-1-1.
The neighbor had come to check on the elderly couple and found a note on the door that said "help".
After entering the house, he found 87- year- old Edward Wright dead in his bedroom.
Wright's 86- year- old wife Maureen was lying in the den, but still breathing.
Rescue workers transported her to Lynchburg General Hospital.
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SOT 23:24:18
IN Q=At this time

((LT. EARL BURNETTE/LYNCHBURG POLICE: AT THIS TIME MRS. WRIGHT IS STILL BEING TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL. EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE INJURIES, THERE'S NO OBVIOUS TRAUMA TO MR. WRIGHT'S BODY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF HIS WAS, AND SHE'S STILL BEING TREATED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL.))
SUPER=01-Lt. Earl Burnette/Lynchburg Police; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=at the hospital.
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VO-NAT


Burnette says an autopsy on Edward Wright will be performed Monday, but it could take several weeks before the results of toxicology tests are available.
He would not comment on a possible cause of death.
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Ethiopian-Hijack


ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=Plane Crash


An Ethiopian jetliner was hijacked, and then crashed today, killing at least 50 people.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Nairobi, Kenya;


Relatives waited anxiously for information about survivors at the airport in Kenya.
The plane reportedly crashed into the sea off the Coromo Islands after running out of fuel.
45 people survived the crash, including the pilot and a crew members.
An air traffic controller says the the hijackers were from India, trying to go to Australia... there's no word on what happened to them.
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wipe/wipe/wipe

AirForce-Crash


ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=None
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Portland, OR;


Two people are now known dead following the crash of an Air Force Reserve plane off the Northern California coast.
The C-130 rescue plane crashed with 11 people on board last night.
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SOT 15:02:42
IN Q=Coast guard C-130

((COL. RICK DAVIS/939TH RESCUE WING: COAST GUARD C-130S AND HELICOPTERS WERE SCRAMBLED FROM A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA AND DISCOVERED THE WRECKAGE AROUND NINE O'CLOCK. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING FAMILIES. ))
SUPER=01-Col. Rick Davis/939th Rescue Wing;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=of notifying families.
ANCHOR=Eric
SS=Plane Crash


The Air Force Reserve says only one person has been found alive.
He was pulled from the ocean last night.
The crew reported electrical difficulties, shutting down one of four of the plane's engines.
Officials say the plane was on a training mission from North Island Naval Air Station near San Diego to its home base in Portland, Oregon.

Train-Derail


ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=Amtrak Derailment


An Amtrak train jumped the tracks while traveling from Washington DC to Boston this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Secaucus, NJ;


At least 30 people were hurt when the train derailed in Northern New Jersey.
The train was going about 60 miles an hour when both locomotives and several cars ran down an embankment, ending up in the mud.
It also sideswiped another Amtrak train, traveling to Charlotte... no one on that train was hurt.
Because of the wreck, all Amtrak service between Washington and New York was cancelled today.
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C-Burg-Ax


ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 96-94
GRAPHIC=Accident


Police say a teenager from Riner was traveling 50 miles over the speed limit when he wrecked his car in Christiansburg last night.
The 17- year- old driver was apparently going 75 in a 25 mile- per- hour- zone on Clearview Drive.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg/Last Night;


He finally wrecked at the intersection of Wimmer Street.
It happened around 11:30.
The driver was taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital where he was treated and released.
Life Guard 10 transported the passenger, 18- year- old Wesley Jones of Christiansburg to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
He remains in critical condition.
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Sports Tease


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


And coming up, Steve Mason will have a report from the Girls state basketball championship in Bristol Miami and Syracuse win.
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VO-NAT ENG#


And Virginia Tech picks up a Big East win beating the Mountaineers of West Virginia in Blacksburg.
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S-Tech


ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#TF96-2
GRAPHIC=Tech Football


Virginia Tech assured itself of at least a trip to the Gator Bowl this afternoon beating the Mountaineers of West virginia 31 to 14.
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SOT
IN Q="The Hokies...
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Virginia Tech vs West Virginia; :00
SUPER=01-Ken Oxendine/Scored Two Touchdowns; :38
SUPER=36-Virginia Tech/31/West Virginia/14/; :56
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Virginia Tech Head Coach; 1:05
RUNS=1:15
OUT Q=.....do to win."
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((The Hokies came into Lane Stadium Worsham field ready to take on the Mountaineers.
After a Shane field goal early in the game, Tech would go to the air attack as Jim Druckenmiller connects with Cornelius White on this 35 yard touchdown pass to make it 10 to nothing Tech.
With 1:35 left in the first half, the Mountaineers went to their air show as Chad Johnston hooks up with David Saunders on this one yard touchdown pass West Virginia trailed by 3.
The Hokies would come out in the third quarter with their running game as Ken Oxendine takes the handoff and goes 39 yards for the T-D Tech led 24 to 7.)) ((KEN OXENDINE/SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS: )) ((But West Virginia would also crank up its running attack as Alvin Swoope gets in the end zone on this 16 yard run to make it 24 to 14 Hokies.
Tech would get on the board one more time as Oxendine gets the one yard touchdown run and the Hokies go on to win it 31 to 14.)) ((FRANK BEAMER/VIRGINIA TECH HEAD COACH: ))
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S-College


ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=Fb96-4
GRAPHIC=College Logo


Second ranked Ohio State may be out of the national championship picture.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Ann Arbor, MI/ABC SPORTS; :


Michigan coming from behind in the second half to beat the Buckeyes. The big play was this Brian Griese 68 yard touchdown pass to Tai Streets.
For that and all of today's scores lets go to the boards.
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SUPER=#556;
SUPER=X5020;
SUPER=0101-j/Virginia Tech#17/31//West Virginia/14////VMI/14/j/Appy.

State/26///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Hampton/22/j/Morgan State/23////South Carolina///Clemson///Night/;
SUPER=X5009
SUPER=0101-j/North Carolina#13/27//Duke/10////Maryland/10//Florida
State#3/41/4//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Wake Forest/22/j/N.C. State/37///j/Navy/36//Georgia Tech/26///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0101-/Boston College/26/j/Miami#25/43///j/Syracuse#16/36//Temple/15///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Rutgers/0/j/Notre Dame#10/62////Ohio
State#2/9/j/Michigan#21/13///;
SUPER=X5009
SUPER=0101-/Arizona State#4///Arizona///Night//Penn State#7/32//Michigan

St./29///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-j/BYU#8/37//Utah/17///j/Tennessee#9/56//Kentucky/10///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Washington#12///Washington St.///Night/j/Kansas St.#14/35//Iowa

St./20///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Alabama#15///Auburn///Night//LSU#18///Tulane///Night/;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Iowa#24///Minnesota///Night/;
RUNS=:55
OUT Q=...LAST SCORE
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S-Hoops


ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#BB97-1
GRAPHIC=Hometown Hoops


The Lord Botetourt girls baskertball teams motto before this season began was continue the journey.
Today the Lady Cavaliers finished this years trip in an emotional 72 to 41 state championship win over Charlottesville.
Steve Mason has more on the twice as nice victory.
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SOT
IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Bristol;
SUPER=01-Sarah Hicks/14 of 15 From The Line; :
SUPER=01-Amy Wheat/Coach Wheat's Daughter; :
SUPER=01-Katrina Elliott/Lord Botetourt Guard; :
SUPER=33-Lord botetourt/72/Charlottesville/41/; :
SUPER=01-Sara Moore/Scored 13 Points; :
SUPER=01-David Wheat/Lord botetourt Coach;
SUPER=@Steve1:
RUNS=2:25

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by SS