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SUPER=#4065
SUPER=70-Connie Stevens;
SUPER=@Robin1;
SUPER=70-Steve Mason;
ANCHOR=Connie
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IN Q=
(( TONIGHT ON NEWS-7 PRIMETIME...
A MAN ALLEGEDLY SHOOTS HIS GIRLFRIEND INSIDE A HENRY COUNTY FURNITURE
PLANT.
THE HUSKERS MAY HAVE TAKEN THE BIG WINNINGS AT THE ORANGE BOWL, BUT THE
HOKIES' THREE MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE IS HARDLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=in the bucket.
top-story
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#top
GRAPHIC=none
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TOP STORY GRAPHIC 11004
It's Thursday January 9th- tonight's Top Story
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SOT tape two 00:11:11
IN Q=Because there wasn't
((MICHELLE BONO/ROANOKE INFORMATION OFFICER: BECAUSE THERE WASN'T AS MUCH SNOW
TO PUSH, WHAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN DOING IS RELYING A LOT ON THE CHEMICALS. WE
PUT DOWN JUST THIS MORNING, BY EIGHT O'CLOCK, WE PUT DOWN 250 TONS OF SALT.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=tons of salt.
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VO-NAT
Some streets won't be ready for school buses tomorrow, as several localities
bag their regular schedule for a long weekend.
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P-school-closings
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#none
SS=news-7 pt
Good Evening you're watching NEWS-7 Primetime on WEFC, I'm Connie Stevens.
GRAPHIC=school info
Many school systems aren't playing the waiting game-- they made the decision
early this evening.
Here's the latest list of school delays and cancellations.
dissolve to school watch
toss-to-rre
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=news-7 pt
So the roads will be a little clearer-- with fewer school-buses on the
move.
Let's check in now with Robin Reed, on what we can expect out there for
tomorrow.
(toss to Robin Reed)
SUPER=#565
P-Plane-Crash
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-d
GRAPHIC=NONE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Ida, MI; :
26 passengers and a crew of three were on board the commuter plane that
crashed today south of Detroit-- there were no survivors aboard Delta Comair
Flight 32-72.
The twin engine turbo-prop had departed Cincinnati and was on approach to
Detroit-- when it crashed in a wooded area 25 miles south of the city.
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SOT 20:09:45
IN Q=The plane
((SHAUN GILB/WITNESS: THE PLANE STARTED DIVING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, MAKING A
SPUTTER SOUND, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO CRASH. AND IT WAS ABOUT A
MILE-AND-A-HALF FROM MY HOUSE. THEN I LOOKED OVER AND SAW A BIG MUSHROOM CLOUD
OF SMOKE GO IN THE AIR, A BIG BALL OF FIRE SHOOT ABOUT 200 FEET IN THE AIR. ))
((JIM HALL/NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD: OBVIOUSLY AS IN ALL ACCIDENTS
WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDED AND THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDED
AND ATTEMPT TO BRING THEM BACK FOR A READ-OUT HERE AT OUR LABORATORIES IN
WASHINGTON DCTERMS. ))
SUPER=01-Shaun Gilb/Witness; :00 QUICKD
SUPER=01-Jim Hall/National Transportation Safety Bd.; :15
RUNS=:28
OUT Q=in Washington DCTERMS.
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VO-NAT
An F-A-A spokesman says the pilot on ComAir Flight 32-72 said nothing to
air traffic controllers to indicate there was a problem.
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P-Bassett-Shooting
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#596-38
GRAPHIC=shooting
A Henry County woman is in critical condition tonight after she was
allegedly shot by her boyfriend with a sawed off shot gun.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.;
It happened inside the "Bassett Superior Lines" plant where they both work.
35-year old Timothy Dexter Walton apparently left his work area shortly
before the shooting.
Sheriff's officials say minutes later Walton fired two shots in the
direction of 37-year old Susie Penn.
No one else was injured.
Authorities say the incident could have been worse because other employees
were also in the room.
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SOT
IN Q=There
((LT. KIMMY NESTER/HENRY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.:THERE WAS A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME
WHERE THE GENTLEMAN WAS HERE AND WAS NOT IN CUSTODY BUT SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL
OF THE OFFICERS, THEY FOUND HIM WITHIN THE BUILDING, HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY,
UNARMED, THE WEAPON HAD BEEN DISCARDED ALONG THE WAY, AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ))
SUPER=01-Lt. Kimmy Nester/Henry Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=without incident.
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VO-NAT
Investigators are still piecing together what happened but believe Penn may
have been trying to end their relationship.
Walton is being held in the Henry County jail.
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P-XGR
ANCHOR=COnnie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=equ
TAPE#596-42
GRAPHIC=vmi
The battle lines were drawn over co-education at the Virginia Military
Institute today in Richmond.
The 1997 General Assembly reopened the debate in the Senate.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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SOT
IN Q=It's fought
SUPER=01-Sen. Warren Barry/(R) Fairfax; :00
SUPER=03-Richmond; :29
SUPER=01-Sen. Janet Howell/(D) Reston; :34
SUPER=@Ellen1; :48
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OUT Q=qualls, news-7 richmond.
((
sot 12:15:03
((SEN. WARREN BARRY/R-FAIRFAX: IT'S FOUGHT IN A COURTROOM BY A HANDFUL OF
ATTORNEYS. AND THEN DECIDED BY ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE BEEN ELEVATED INTO A
JUDGESHIP. AND YET, LIKE IN THIS CASE, THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA WHO BUILT THIS
INSTITUTION 157 YEARS AGO, AND HAVE SUPPORTED IT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME
WERE NEVER ASKED ON ONE OCCASION WHAT THEIR FEELINGS WERE IN THE MATTER. NOR
WERE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.))
runs=:22
VMI Board Chairman Bill Berry and attorney Jim Roberts were in the gallery
for Barry's speech -- and the one response it prompted.
Janet Howell says the Supreme Court decision brought her joy.
sot 12:29:07
((SEN. JANET HOWELL/D-RESTON: IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED UP TO THIS
POINT IS IN FINEST TRADITIONS OF VIRGINIA, AND THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF VMI,
AND THE FINEST TRADITION OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.))
runs=:12
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IN Q=
((ELLEN QUALLS ))
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OUT Q=NEWS-7 RICHMOND.
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tease#1
music under
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
On Capitol Hill they're looking at how airbags may contribute to life or
death.
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VO-NAT
And the Virginia Tech Hokies didn't just see Orange in Florida, but a whole
lot of green.
What will they do with the money? The story when NEWS-7 Primetime returns.
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WEFC!!!
go to break
P-Drug-Raids
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#596-43
GRAPHIC=drug bust
It's called "Operation Crackdown"...a bust last night that put a dent in drug
trafficking in Bedford County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford Co./Last Night;
The roundup was the culmination of six months of undercover work targeting
the county's middle and upper-level drug dealers.
Arrest teams from Bedford, Lynchburg, the A-B-C board and the D-E-A hit
several areas around the county, making two dozen arrests.
Sheriff Mike Brown says the drug problem extends beyond the county lines.
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SOT 13:46:24//13:48:10
IN Q=We've connected these
((MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF: WE'VE CONNECTED THESE 41 WITH LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING NEW YORK, NEW ORLEANS, WASHINGTON D.C.,
MIAMI, NEW JERSEY AND JAMAICA. IN ONE INSTANCE WE HAD A MOTHER COME IN WITH AN
INFANT TO CONDUCT A DRUG DEAL, ANOTHER INSTANCE WE HAVE A JANITOR OF AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO WE HAVE ARRESTED TONIGHT.))
SUPER=01-Mike Brown/Bedford Co. Sheriff; :00
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OUT Q=have arrested tonight.
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VO-NAT
In addition to the arrests, police also seized small amounts of cocaine and
marijuana.
Eight suspects are still at large.
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P-Air-Bags
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-44
GRAPHIC=airbags
A senate panel today began looking into ways to make airbags safer.
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VO-NAT
Auto makers are arguing that air bags kill children because of government
rules-- since the bags must have enough power to protect an adult man who isn't
wearing a seat belt.
They say, that much force can be deadly to a child.
SUPER=03-Washington DC; :
Also today, a top safety official denies Washington is dragging its feet on
preventing children's deaths from air bags.
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SOT 15:17:00
IN Q=That's the
((DR. RICARDO MARTINEZ/NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION: THAT'S
THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION THAT
TAKES TIME AND TAKES LONGER, VERSUS EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS, SO WE HAVE COMBINED
TO DO BOTH. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Ricardo Martinez/Nat'l. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.; :
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=combined to do both.
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VO-NAT
Fast-opening air bags are blamed for the deaths of 32 children and 20
adults-- most of them smaller women-- in low-speed accidents.
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P-Tech-Money
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-94
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech
The Hokies may have left the Orange Bowl with a loss, but the university's
bank book indicates the school came up with major win. Tracy Altizer
explains.
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SOT
IN Q=Nebraska's tireless defense
SUPER=03-Ft. Lauderdale/December 31; :00
SUPER=01-Jeff Bourne/Assoc. Athletic Dir.; :29
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Wednesday; :43
SUPER=@Tracy1; 1:10
RUNS=1:25
OUT Q=News 7 Blacksburg.
(( Nebraska's tireless defense and in-your-face offense may have had the
Hokies seeing nothing but red in the Orange Bowl.
But now Tech officials are seeing green, and it has nothing to do with the
grass at Pro-Player Stadium.
If you subtract the one-point-two million dollars in travel expenses, Tech's
take-home pay from the Alliance appearance still adds up to a cool two-
point-three million.
Officials are still identifying ways to use the money. Most will go into a
cash reserve fund, some will go for academic initiatives.
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SOT 5:51:51
((JEFF BOURNE/ASSOC. ATHLETIC DIR.:IT MIGHT BE AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP, IT
COULD BE A PROJECT OF SOME KIND, A SPECIAL ACADEMIC PROJECT, AND WE THEN TAKE
THOSE MONIES AND TRANSFER THEM BACK TO THOSE NEEDS. SO IN A WAY IT'S A A WAY
FOR THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY. ))
RUNS=:14
Bowl money is also benefitting other campus sports.
Money from the previous two bowls has allowed Tech to build a new track and
soccer complex and women's softball field, all of which are still under
construction.
It has also boosted the athletic department's cash reserves.
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SOT 5:52:50
((THIS MONEY HAS ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO BUILD UP AN OPERATING RESERVE AND HAVE
MONEY IN THE BANK, WHICH WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. SO IN THE EVENT THAT THE RAINY
DAY SHOULD COME AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE COULD DEAL WITH THAT. ))
RUNS=:11
With the Orange Bowl earnings included, the reserve for 1997 is projected at
four million dollars.
To give you some perspective, Bourne says just the interest on that amount
would fund three of Tech's non-revenue sports. Tracy Altizer, News 7.))
tease#2
music under
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
TOnight on Primetime sports-- the Panthers are using some home remedies to
prepare for the frozen tundra in Green Bay this weekend.
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VO-NAT
But first-- Halogen lamps are energy efficient, bright, and popular.
But they may also be dangerous--
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WEFC!!!
go to break
P-Truck-Ax
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-93
GRAPHIC=none
The driver of a tractor trailer that plunged over an embankment near Radford
this morning surprisingly walked away un-hurt.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
State police say the rig loaded with M & M candies was passing a car on I-81
when it hit an icy spot and slid out of control.
It wiped out about 50 yards of guardrail and crashed down a steep hillside,
crushing the cab beneath the trailer.
Fire crews built a dam to keep a diesel fuel leak from contaminating a
creek.
The driver is charged with driving too fast for the road conditions.
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Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Cloudy Skies/Patchy Fog/28-30/Variable Clouds/Flurries Late/35-40;
SUPER=331-Cloudy Skies/Patchy Fog/30-32/Afternoon Clouds/Wind W-15/40-42;
SUPER=332-Cloudy Skies/Possible Flurries/24-26/Partly Cloudy/Snow
Showers/33-36;
SUPER=333-Cloudy Skies/Light Winds/24-28/Cloudy Skies/Snow Showers/30-32;
SUPER=334-Cloudy Skies/Flurries Likely/20-24/Snow Showers/2-3''
Accumulation/27-29;
SUPER=X5001;
RRE-CST-TOSS
ANCHOR=Connie
Primetime sports is headed your way on News-7 Primetime right here on WEFC.
cc sponsor
go to break
P-Halogen-Lamps
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-03
GRAPHIC=home safety
You may have heard about the recent warnings involving halogen lamps.
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VO-NAT
35-to-40 million bulbs have been sold in this country because they offer a
brighter, energy-saving form of light.
But halogen bulbs have caused 100 fires, 20 injuries, and 10 deaths since
since 1992.
Fires can start when the bulbs come into contact with clothes, towels or
draperies.
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SOT 20:26:40
IN Q=It can burn
((ANN BROWN/ CHAIRMAN CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION: IT CAN BURN UP TO
TEMPERATURES OF 1200 DEGREES AND WHEN THIS BULB COMES INTO CONTACT
WITH ANY KIND OF MATERIAL...BOOM...IT CAUSES FIRE AND IT CAUSES IT QUICKLY.))
SUPER=01-Ann Brown/Consumer Product Safety Commission; :
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=causes it quickly.
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Just this week, a massive blaze destroyed jazz musician Lionel Hampton's
Manhattan apartment-- apparently caused by a halogen lamp that fell over.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
To reduce the risk, beginning next month-- all halogen lamps must be
manufactured with a shield...to prevent even accidental contact between the
bulb and any fabric.
cool-video
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#cool video
GRAPHIC=News-7 primetime
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VO-NAT
For our video pick tonight-- what else are you going to do, when you jump
out of a balloon at an altitude of 33-thousand feet?
SUPER=75-Zell Am See, Austria; :
Well-- you sky surf of course.
These pictures come from somewhere over the Alps--
The Ikarus team did make it safely back to mother earth.
Without wearing protective pressurized suits, the German crew of two fell
to land-- as experts from the German Aero-Medical Institute surveyed their
progress.
They're working to gather unique information about reactions of the
unprotected body to pressure conditions in high altitudes.
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SP-Score
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S6-22
GRAPHIC=None
Lets warm up Primetime sports with a trip to the California links where
Tom Lehman has picked up right where he left off last year.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Carlsbad, CA/ESPN; :00
Lehman, the top PGA golfer a year ago, shot a 6 under 66 in the first
round of the Mercedes Championship, Here he goes 6 under on the birdie putt.
Tiger Woods, not to shabby of a day either. Woods fired a 70, including this
chip for birdie on the third hole. Now the numbers
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WIPE TO SCORES
SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5027;
SUPER=0098-/William & Mary/46/j/Virginia Tech/71//D. Jackson 17
pts/j/UNC-Asheville/63//Radford/56///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0098-/Kansas #1/130//Niagara/67/2//j/Kentucky #3/68//Canisius/45///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0098-j/Michigan #16/88//Illinois #25/74////Stanford #21/83//UCLA/42/2//;
SUPER=X5028;
SUPER=0096-/Utah/96/j/Toronto/110///j/Minnesota/110//New Jersey/107///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0096-j/Atlanta/97//Orlando/92//Final in OT//Golden
State///Vancouver///Late/;
SUPER=X5031;
SUPER=0103-/Montreal/4//Boston/5/3//j/Colorado/2//Ottawa/0///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0103-/Tampa Bay/2//Philadelphia/1/3///NY Rangers/0//Washington/2///;
RUNS=:35
go to break!
SP-Radford
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB97-3
GRAPHIC=Radford
Radford played without leading scorer Anthony Walker tonight, who was back
home in Columbus, Ohio to attend his fathers funeral. Without him, the
Highlanders fell to UNC-Asheville in RU's Big South opener at the Demon Center
Bubble.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Radford/Bulldogs vs. Highlanders; :00
The Highlanders; hoping to show their stuff against last year's third place
conference play. RU finhsed 5th last year.
Radford came out of the blocks quick. Big Eric Bowens, he's a DJ and can
groove on the floor as weel. He nails the jumper from near the key to give the
Highlanders a 2 pt lead.
The Dogs would come back to tie the game when Kevin Martin drives to the
hoop for the easy score.
The Highlanders then went on a 9 to nothing run that started with Eric
Parker. He takes the rock inside and goes up hard to the iron and adds two more
to the stat sheet.
Then, RU pushes the ball to the perimeter. Cory Reed snaps the bottom
SUPER=33-UNC-Asheville/63/Radford/56;
of the net on the three pointer and the Highlanders lead was now 3.
Radford coach Ron Bradley substitutes and Leslie Ballard answers the call,
grabbing his own rebound and scoring, but UNC-Asheville wins it's 5th straight,
beating RU 63-56.
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SP-Panthers
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=FB96-4
GRAPHIC=Panthers
The snow and ice took a detour around Charlotte. If the Panthers are to reach
the Super Bowl; they will have to brave the Green Bay elements.
Mike Stevens has more on how the cats intend to deal with the team and the
weather that both PACK a big punch.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Charlotte; :00
SUPER=04-Last Weekend; ;08
SUPER=01-Mark Carrier/Panthers Wide Receiver; :27
SUPER=01-Kevin Greene/Panthers Linebacker; :38
SUPER=@Mike1;:48
SUPER=01-Wesley Walls/Panthers Tight End; 1:07
RUNS=1:32
OUT Q=News 7 Sports
preview-boards
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#bds
GRAPHIC=none
Here's what're working on in the newsroom for NEWS-7 at 11.
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dissolve to boards
SUPER=x5024;
SUPER=76-Do We Have School Tomorrow?
We'll have the latest, updated school delay and cancellation list.
SUPER=77-Mission: Overseas;
And we'll meet a group of active duty army soldiers based in Salem--heading
overseas to back-up the troops in Bosnia.
SUPER=78-Flood Wall Update;
Plus an update on Buena Vista's new flood wall, it's nearly complete.
SUPER=x5025
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
These are just some of the stories you'll see in 30-minutes on NEWS-7 at 11
on WDBJ-7. Thanks for watching NEWS-7 Primetime, goodnight.
bye
That's it for us on NEWS-7 Primetime, see you tomorrow, goodnight.
ANCHOR=Connie
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