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450 prisoners cause a disturbance in the Buckingham Correctional Center
after the warden is stabbed.
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VO-NAT
And we'll check in as merchants hope to squeeze out the last of the holiday
dollars now that the post Christmas shoppers have returned to the stores.
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Sports-head
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=none
In sports, another NFL coach and his staff is fired today, we will here
from him, the nationsbank tourney tips off,
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VO-NAT
and Mike Stevens tips off his Virginia Tech and Virginia Bowl coverage from
Miami.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
A period of light rain is on the way tonight followed by a big warm up as we
head for the new year. The weather story is coming up.
Buckingham
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-100
GRAPHIC=Prison Security
The Virginia Department of Corrections says Buckingham Correctional Center
was in "chaos" today, but it was NOT a riot.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Buckingham Co./File Tape;
That's after an inmate stabbed warden Eddie Pearson in the neck.
Corrections spokesman David Botkins says Pearson is in serious but stable
condition at a hospital in Farmville.
Botkins says the stabbing happened near the mess hall.
About 200 inmates were in the rec yard at the time.
Those inmates refused to return to their cells for about 45 minutes.
Botkins says dogs and a warning shot from a non-lethal pellet gun helped get
the situation under control.
The stabbing is under investigation, and the department has a suspect who
has not yet been charged.
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Airborne-Crash
ANCHOR=jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-92
GRAPHIC=Airborne Crash
NTSB officials listened to the cockpit voice recorder of the ill-fated
Airborne Express flight that crashed in Giles County.
But at this point, they're not releasing their findings.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co./Monday;
Investigators returned to the scene late this afternoon, and hope to wrap up
their on sight probe tomorrow.
All six people on board were killed when the D-C 8 went down Sunday night.
A Greensboro T-V station is reporting the plane had trouble with its
hydraulic system the day before the crash.
SUPER=03-Greensboro, NC;
Meanwhile, officials at Triad International Maintenance Corporation-- the
company rebuilding the plane-- believe the problem had been fixed... and
they've launched their own investigation.
TIMCO which just settled racial discrimination and sexual harrassment
lawsuits... says its probe is out of concern for the victims' families.
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Nelson-Fatal
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident
A man who was driving backwards on Route 29 last night was killed when his
car collided with another vehicle.
It happened around nine in the northbound lanes of Route 29 near Arrington.
State police say 40-year old Lionel Dwight Crawford was backing up to meet
with friends he had just passed along the roadway.
Crawford died at the scene.. a passenger in his car was treated and released
from U-V-A hospital.
The driver of the other vehicle and her three-year old daughter were not
injured in the crash.
Shopping
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=jda
TAPE#96-97
GRAPHIC=NONE
For retailers, the crush of business before Christmas was only half the
battle.
Today the assault continued with the first round of returns and post-holiday
sales.
Double Box=Jean/Joe Microwave
Joe Dashiell has more on the shopping season and what it will mean for local
retailers.
He's at Tanglewood Mall tonight.
Joe are merchants pleased with the results?
LIVE=Microwave/Full
SUPER=@joe1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.;
(Joe ad lib)
(Roll cue:....and improve the bottom line.)
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SUPER=01-Renee Coles/Shopper; :19
SUPER=01-Carrie Conard/Store Manager; :36
RUNS=:58
OUT Q=coming through the door.
LIVE=Joe/Full
SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.;
(Joe ad lib)
Double Boxes=Jean/Joe
(What type of items are the best bargains today?)
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
Still to come on the Newscast, Virginia Tech is still reaping sweet
rewards from last year's Sugar Bowl victory,
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VO-NAT
and we'll tell you why one of Tech's bands is not bowled over with a recent
decision.
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Armed-Robbery
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmo
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
Two men have been arrested for the robbery of a Roanoke convenience store.
39-year old Roger Dean Poindexter of Vinton pulled a pocket knife on a clerk
yesterday at the Uni-Mart on South Jefferson Street.
Another man, 28-year-old Farris Slade Junior was waiting outside for
Poindexter.
Both men were charged with robbery and are being held on bond.
David
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96=94
GRAPHIC=legal scales
The man accused of a Christmas Eve murder in Lynchburg made his first court
appearance this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
33-year old James Michael David is charged with the beating death of his
roommate inside their motel room early Tuesday morning.
37-year old Richard Lee (Mo-Yey) Moye apparently died of blunt force trauma
to his body.
Police say the two men had been staying at the Ramada Inn for about two
weeks.
They would not discuss a possible motive.
David was given a court-appointed attorney today, and remains held without
bond.
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Park-Photos
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-91
GRAPHIC=NONE
Summer vacations may seem years away.
But the Virginia State Park system wants to remind you of some summer
outings that are decades away.
Ellen Qualls checked out a new photo exhibit at the Virginia Historical
Society.
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SOT
IN Q=Sixty years ago
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=01-Joe Elton/Va. State Parks Director; :36
SUPER=@Ellen2; 1:02
RUNS=1:44
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( Sixty years ago, Virginia became the first state to open an entire park
system on one day.
Six parks, from Douthat to Fairy Stone, Hungry Mother to Seashore.
In commemoration, park officials dug deep into their archives to find what
makes the parks special.
Some shots are just regular folks captured by the Civilian Conservation
Corps that helped build the original parks.
Some are professional models, hired for promotional pictures.
sot 02;13:20
((JOE ELTON/VA. STATE PARKS DIRECTOR: THE BATHHOUSES THAT WERE CREATED AT THE
TIME WERE VERY LARGE, VERY EXTRAVAGANT YOU MIGHT SAY IN TERMS OF THE SPACE
AVAILABLE. BUT PEOPLE RECREATED DIFFERENTLY THEN. THEY MIGHT AFTER CHURCH ON
SUNDAY, THE WHOLE FAMILY WOULD HOP IN THE CAR IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST ATTIRE AND
GO TO THE PARK. AND THEN CHANGE AT THE PARK INTO THEIR SWIMMING WEAR. WHICH
OF COURSE STYLES BEING WHAT THEY ARE HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE
1930'S. AND SO THE APPROACH IS DIFFERENT. AND I THINK FAMILIES RECREATED
TOGETHER A LOT MORE THEN. AND THAT'S DEPICTED IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.))
runs=:33
White Virginians have enjoyed 60 years of parks...but until 1964, black
Virginians went only to Prince Edward State Park for Negroes.
It's definitely a different era.
Smoking's big in these pictures.
And take a look at the cut of meat this camper's putting on the grill.
SOT 02:14:27
((JOE ELTON/VA. STATE PARKS DIRECTOR: WE'VE GROWN DRAMATICALLY. WE HAD
PROBABLY 91- THOUSAND VISITORS IN THAT FIRST YEAR IN 1936. AND WE'RE PROBABLY
AT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MILLION THIS YEAR, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD ONE OF
THE WETTEST YEARS IN HISTORY.))
RUNS=:15
And if you were in a park in 1996, this could be you in another few decades.
They sent the cameras back out this year to record it all for posterity.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
Stocks
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Wall Street, the stock market posted strong gains today.
The DOW was up 24 points, closing at 65-hundred-47.
NASDAQ finished UP seven points.
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SUPER=x5005;
Tech-Admissions
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-95
GRAPHIC=Tech
Virginia Tech's football team problems OFF the field don't seem to be
affecting student interest in the university near as much as its ON-field
success.
It appears more high school students than ever are considering becoming
Hokies.
Tracy Altizer reports.
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SOT
IN Q=Last year's Sugar Bowl
SUPER=03-New Orleans/December 31, 1995; :00
SUPER=01-Karen Torgersen/Interim Undergrad. Admissions Dir.; :20
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :38
SUPER@Tracy1; 1:19
RUNS=1:31
OUT Q=News 7 Blacksburg.
(( Last year's Sugar Bowl victory over Texas thrust Virginia Tech into a
limelight it had never seen before, and apparently left potential students
clamoring to be a part of it.
Freshman applications AND enrollment jumped significantly.
There was even double the number of students from Texas and Louisiana, where
the Sugar Bowl was played.
Ironic? Maybe not.
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SOT
((KAREN TORGERSEN/INTERIM UNDERGRAD. ADMISSIONS DIR.: I EVEN HAD A CALL FROM A
MOTHER AFTER THE SUGAR BOWL. THEY WERE FROM NEW ORLEANS AND HER SON WAS SO
EXCITED ABOUT VIRGINIA TECH THAT HE ENDED UP GOING TO THE HOTEL WHEN THE GAME
WAS OVER AND BEING IN THE LOBBY WHEN THE TEAM CAME IN, AND IN FACT HAD NEVER
REALLY SHOWN ANY INTEREST IN VIRGINIA TECH. BUT IT TURNED OUT HE DID APPLY TO
VIRGINIA TECH. ))
RUNS=:18
Torgersen says last summer, the number of visitors who came to check out the
campus increased 50 percent.
So far this year, early decision applications are up 30 percent.
Officials are convinced the athletic success is directly related, though
they're quick to point out other factors as well.
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SOT 13:07:30
((I THINK WE'RE BECOMING VERY WELL-KNOWN AS A HIGH-TECH SCHOOL AND THAT'S VERY
APPEALING TO TODAY'S GENERATION. WE'RE ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS IN THE
NATION THAT AMONG THEIR GRADUATES THIS YEAR HAD BOTH A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND A
RHODES SCHOLAR. AND SO ACADEMICALLY THE WORD IS CERTAINLY OUT IN THE STREET
THAT WE'RE AMONG THE BEST. ))
RUNS=:20
Torgersen says it's too early to tell how the upcoming Orange Bowl game
against the Cornhuskers may impact the numbers of applications from Nebraska
and Florida.
Tech has targeted next Fall's freshman enrollment at 43 hundred 50 students.
That's 600 fewer than this year's.
Tracy Altizer, News 7 Blacksburg. ))
Highty-Tighties
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-88
GRAPHIC=HOLD Tech
One of Virginia Tech's marching bands is being excluded from the Orange Bowl
parade.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
The university had committed 36 thousand dollars to send the
Highty-Tighties- the Corps of Cadets regimental band.
But the director, Major George McNeill says the band was told last week that
the parade is overbooked, and there's only room for ONE Tech band.
So it will be "The Marching Virginians" performing in the parade AND at half
time.
McNeill says the Highty-Tighties are disappointed, but still honored to be
selected as the band to represent Virginia in the presidential inaugural parade
next month.
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Sports tease
ANCHOR=steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=none
Mike Stevens will have a report from Miami as Virginia Tech and Virginia get
ready for bowls,
The Nationsbank tourney tips off,
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VO-NAT
and another NFL coach is fired after a disappointing regular season finish.
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S-Bowls
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=mst
TAPE#VF96-2
GRAPHIC=Carquest Bowl
The Virginia Cavaliers have finished preparing for tomorrow night's showdown
with the Miami Hurricanes in the Carquest Bowl.
And while they're almost set to head back home,
SS=Tech/Nebraska
the Hokies are just beginning their Florida excursion.
But Mike Stevens says it didn't take Tech long to figure out this vacation
isn't going to be all fun and games.
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SUPER=03-Miami, FL;:00
SUPER=01-Jim Druckenmiller/Va. Tech Quarterback; :14
SUPER=01-Shawn Scales/Va. Tech Receiver; :27
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Head Coach; :35
SUPER=@MIke1; :48
SUPER=01-Tim Sherman/UVa Quarterback; 1:09
SUPER=01-Tiki Barber/UVa Co-Captain; 1:22
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S-Fontes
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=FB96-3
GRAPHIC=NFL
Today, Detroit's Wayne Fontes and his staff became the latest to receive
pink slips.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Pontiac, MI; :00
Fontes Hugged owner William Clay Ford before speaking at his last news
conference as coach. The Lions were just 5 and a 11 this season. Fontes's
playoff record was 1 and 4.
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IN Q="its been
((WAYNE FONTES/FIRED AS LIONS HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Wayne Fontes/Fired Lions Coach; :00
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=...I appreciated you"
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S-Rice
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S6-25
GRAPHIC=Marcus Camby
In the day's only NBA matinee game, Former UMass star Marcus camby returned
from a back injury to beat his old coach as Toronto beat New Jersey 98-96.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Hamilton, Ontario/TBS; :00
Camby did not start but came off the bench early to face John Calipari.
Camby didn't waste any time in trying to impress his former Minutemen
coach, as he hesitates and then goes over the defender for the jumper.
SUPER=32-Toronto/98/New Jersey/96;
The Raptors little man, Damon Stoudelmire then goes to work, driving the lane
for 2 of his 18 points.
The Nets Robert Pack packed a big punch, scroing a game high 27 but the
Raptors win by 2.
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S-Nations
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB97-1
GRAPHIC=Hometown Hoops weekly
The NationsBank Holiday Hoops Classic tipped off this afternoon at the
Salem Civic Center.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Salem/Highlanders vs. Knights; :00
In the opener, Cave Spring coach Billy Hicks contended with Glenvar's Art
Lawrence.
In the third, Glenvar's Josh Williamson picks off Alex Phillips
SUPER=33-Glenvar/72/Cave Spring/64;
pass, goes coast to coast for the lay up.
Cave answered. Wally Kern nails the three pointer from the top of the key to
tie it at 44 all.
Then, Glenvar's Josh Hollyfield connects on the shot and the Highlanders
stun the Knights 72-64.
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SOT
IN Q="we're
((ART LAWRENCE/GLENVAR HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Art Lawrence/Glenvar Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=...gravy for us"
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-William Byrd vs. Patrick Henry;
William Byrd took on Patrick Henry in the second game. The Terriers Kevin
SUPER=33-Patrick Henry/62/William Byrd/55;
Stump led his team with 21 points,
But the Patriots were to strong. Boo Battle tallied 21 as PH wins 62-55.
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S-Express
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=ICE-96
GRAPHIC=Express/Renegades
A win over Richmond tomorrow, and the Express will tie it's longest win
streak of the season at 5. (----------------)
VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
In 4 wins, Roanoke has scored 23 goals. Jeff Jablonski and Ilja Dubkov have
combined for 60 points on the year.
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IN Q="We're
((FRANK ANZALONE/EXPRESS HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Frank Anzalone/Express Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=...pressure off Jablonski and Dubkov"
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Promo
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TAPE#Promo
Coming up tonight on News 7 at 11,
It all started 30 years ago as an attempt to boost African-American pride.
Now, the festival of Kwanzaa is becoming a larger part of the holiday
season.
The seven-day observance kicked off today.
We'll bring you some of the local celebration tonight at 11.
Talent=Jean
And to catch the late news a little earlier--
Take Prime Time Board Fullscreen
watch News 7 Prime Time.
That's at 10 p-m on W-E-F-C.
Check your cable listings for the channel in your area.
And don't forget to join us for News 7 at 11, right here on W-D-B-J.
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