06:00-01
1-SWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=school info
Some schools are closed or delayed this morning due to icy conditions.
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Rosser
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-98
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
Neighbors are in shock after an eight- year- old is charged with killing his
step-father in Pittsylvania County.
Sheriff Harold Plaster won't confirm the arrest and has placed a gag order
on his department.
The Commonwealth's attorney is also refusing comment.
But a source close to the Bernard Rosser murder case confirms the chief
suspect is the man's eight- year- old stepson.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;
The 55- year- old Franklin County probation officer was found dead at his
Gretna home in mid-December.
SUPER=04-Franklin News Post;
Authorities say he suffered a severe blow to the head.
Neighbors say prior to the arrest they were concerned for their own safety
because of the severity of the crime.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Naturally
((JACK DALTON/VICTIM'S NEIGHBOR:NATURALLY, ANYBODY WOULD BE, LIVING TWO DOORS
DOWN, KNOWING SOMEBODY RUNNING LOOSE, THAT HAD MURDERED SOMEBODY, NATURALLY WE
WOULD BE TENSED.))
SUPER=01-Jack Dalton/Victim's Neighbor; :00
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=be tensed.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD
Neighbors say the Rosser family moved into the house about two years ago.
They report seeing the eight- year old- boy playing in the yard.
Neighbors tell NEWS 7 the child was large for his age but did not cause any
problems in the neighborhood.
Arson-Fires
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-
GRAPHIC=fire
A suspected arsonist kept Lynchburg fire crews busy last night battling
three separate blazes.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Just hours after they extinguished a fire at a Hill City lumberyard,
firefighters were called to this house on Marsh Street where the front porch
had been set on fire.
It took them about fifteen minutes to bring the blaze under control.
Just across the street, crews hosed down a small pile of tires and debris
that had been torched.
Fire marshal John Jennings says all three fires were intentionally set.
No arrests have been made.
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MIDEAST
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=mideast peace
The Israeli cabinet has approved the deal on Hebron and Israeli forces
are already pulling out.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hebron, West Bank;
This morning, troops are taking apart military installations in the West
Bank town.
Israel says most of its soldiers will be gone within ten days.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Leader Yassir Arafat
sealed the pact for withdrawal yesterday.
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SNOW-SD
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=winter weather
The upper midwest is getting socked by the fifth blizzard of the season.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Watertown, SD;
4:25:44
In the Dakotas, three times the normal amount of snow is crushing buildings
and closings roads.
Overnight temperatures dipped to minus 20 degrees with windchills around 60
below.
SUPER=03-Marshall, MN;
4:26:33
In Minnesota, some houses are buried under snowdrifts as highs as 15 feet.
The governor has closed schools today because of windchills of 70 below.
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2-SWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=school info
Freezing rain has changed some school schedules this morning.
Here's a look at the list of schools that are closed or delayed
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P-Gammon
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#596-43
GRAPHIC=legal scales
Two Carroll County brothers who killed their father and shot their
step-mother were each sentenced to 48 years behind bars.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hillsville;
Willie and Chris Gammon could've gotten up to three life terms each.
In pleading for leniency, their lawyers called them psychological hostages
of a violent, abusive father, Gary.
They said the brothers feared for their own lives if their father saw they
had damaged the car in a failed effort to hot-wire it to run away.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 18:13:20
IN Q=
((JONATHAN VENZIE/WILLIE GAMMON'S LAWYER: YEAH, THEY WERE HOSTAGES, AND THEY
TRIED TO STAND UP TO HIM AND IT JUST EXPLODED IN THEIR FACE. ))
SUPER=01-Jonathan Venzie/Willie Gammon's Lawyer;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=in their face.
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VO-NAT
Gary Gammon died when his sons shot him in his home in October of 19-94.
His wife, Rebecca Gammon may never walk as a result of her injuries.
She claims Gary was not the violent man his sons made him out to be, and
had little to say about their sentence.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 18:02:57
IN Q=
((REBECCA GAMMON: WELL THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF TIME GONNA BRING BACK GARY'S LIFE
OR CHANGE MINE IN ANY WAY, SO I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST HASN'T HIT YET. ))
SUPER=07-Rebecca Gammon;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=hasn't hit yet.
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VO-NAT
Chris and Willie Gammon both pleaded no contest to the charges.
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Gil-Davis
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#96-99
GRAPHIC=Davis, Gil
A Pittsylvania County woman is raising questions about the character of a
prominent Virginia lawyer.
Gil Davis is running for Virginia Attorney General, and represents Paula
Jones in her sexual harrassment suit against President Clinton.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;
Ramona Hines says Davis behaved innappropriately, when she and her husband
met him at a Roanoke Hotel for a conference on her case.
She says the three began drinking and partying, and talking about a playboy
photo-shoot.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=now what do you
(((/////SOT/////)
off the preprod tape 16:44:18
Davis;
"Now what do you want to do?"
Hines:
"what did I tell you?"
Davis;
"You want to take your clothes off"
Hines;
"No I didn't say that...(laughter)
3:18:04
RAMONA HINES: THIS, WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SEEN IS NORMAL, THAT'S CHARACTER FROM
MR. DAVIS, AND WHEN I WOULD HEAR HIM ON CNN AND I WOULD HEAR HIM SPEAK, HE TO
ME WAS SPEAKING OUT OF CHARACTER;))
SUPER=07-Ramona Hines
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=speaking out of character
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD
A spokesman for Davis says he can not respond to Hine's statements because
he still represents her, and is bound by attorney client confidentiality.
Hines says she is considering a lawsuit against Davis, and may sell the
rights to the video tape, though she says she is not actively seeking a buyer.
Earley
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-110
GRAPHIC=Davis
There will surely be SOME political fallout for Gil Davis.
He's running against three other Republicans for the Virginia Attorney
General nomination in a June 10th primary.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Religious conservative Mark Earley is one of his two opponents in the state
Senate.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 01:26:21
IN Q=Clearly I
((SEN. MARK EARLEY/R-CHESAPEAKE: CLEARLY I WOULD HOPE IT'S NOT TRUE. FOR A
LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. NUMBER ONE I THINK IT REFLECTS POORLY ON THE BAR
ACROSS VIRGINIA. LAWYERS. IT CLEARLY WOULD REFLECT POORLY ON A CANDIDATE FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL. BUT YOU KNOW I WANT TO WITHHOLD JUDGMENT IN ALL FAIRNESS
UNTIL I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE ALLEGATIONS ARE.))
SUPER=01-Sen. Mark Earley/(R) Chesapeake;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=allegations are.
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VO-NAT
Virginia Beach Senator Ken Stolle (STAH-lee) declined to comment on camera,
but says the tape could be "extremely damaging" to Davis.
Former George Allen cabinet secretary Jerry Kilgore says he's anxious to
hear Gil Davis's side of the story.
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3-SWatch
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=school info
Icy road conditions are keeping some students home from school today.
Here's a look at the list of delayed and closed schools today...
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Israel
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=mideast peace
The Israeli flag has been lowered in
Hebron.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hebron, West Bank;
And this morning Israeli troops are packing up and moving out.
Dozens of trucks have been loaded up with equipment and bulldozers are
taking down cement barriers near the Israeli military headquarters.
The withdrawal was approved by Israel's cabinet late yesterday
by an eleven-to-seven vote.
Troop withdrawal should be finished by tomorrow.
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S-DAKOTA
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=winter weather
Another blizzard has hit the midwest.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Watertown, SD;
4:25:44
In the Dakotas, winds of up to 55 miles per hour and blinding snow have shut
down highways.
SUPER=03-Marshall, MN;
4:26
In Minnesota, 15 foot high snowdrifts are burying homes.
And schools are closed today throughout the state because of wind-chills of
70 below.
SUPER=03-Omaha, NE;
4:28:20
Meantime, in Nebraska some dramatic pictures of a snowmobiler who was
rescued from an icy lake.
The 35- year- old spent more than 30 minutes in the frigid water.
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PERU
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
A possible break in the month old hostage standoff in Lima, Peru.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lima, Peru;
Leftist rebels who still hold seventy-four men have agreed to a government
proposal to set up a negotiation commission.
But they say everything
must be up for discussion, including their demand for release of
jailed comrades.
The government has yet to respond to the proposal.
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CLINTON-ETHICS
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=clinton
President Clinton is telling Congress to, quote, "get on with it."
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC/Yesterday;
"IT" is the ethics troubles of House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The President said he thinks the House should settle the matter quickly and
move on.
Mr. Clinton also said that way too much time and energy is spent on
these types of issues.
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Pierpont
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-106
GRAPHIC=NONE
One Salem resident is among the unsung heros of World War Two, partly
because he never came back.
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VO-NAT
George Hobart Pierpont died in a plane crash in 19-44.
SUPER=03-Mao'er Mtn., China
Until now, his family only knew the B-24 he was piloting did not return
from a bombing run over a Taiwan harbor.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:45;45
IN Q=
((I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT HIM AND I FIGURED THAT HE'D GONE DOWN OVER THERE IN THE
TAIWAN STRAITS. EVEN IF THEY CRASH LAND AND GOT OUT OF IT, EITHER THE JAPS
WOULD HAVE SHOT THEM OR THE SHARKS WOULD HAVE GOT THEM. ))
SUPER=01-J.C. Penn/High School Friend
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=got them.
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VO-NAT
The mystery began to unravel last October when a chinese farmer discovered
the wreckage of the B-24 on the tallest peak in South China.
The remains- -Pierpont and his nine-man crew- -were handed over to U-S
officials yesterday.
They'll be shipped to Hawaii for positive identification and will eventually
be returned to the States for burial.
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2-Arson-Fires
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-
GRAPHIC=fire
Lynchburg fire crews kept busy last night battling three separate blazes set
by a suspected arsonist.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Just hours after they extinguished a fire at a Hill City lumberyard,
firefighters were called to this house on Marsh Street where the front porch
had been set on fire.
It took them about fifteen minutes to bring the blaze under control.
Just across the street, crews hosed down a small pile of tires and debris
that had been torched.
Fire marshal John Jennings says all three fires were intentionally set.
No arrests have been made.
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5-Ear-Infections
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-05
GRAPHIC=ear infections
Ear infections are the most common health problem in young children.
Treating them usually involves 10 days of an oral antibiotic.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
But a new study in the journal "Pediatrics" finds that a single injection
of an antibiotic works just as well.
The researchers say the single dose approach could be helpful for kids who
won't-- or can't-- take medicine by mouth.
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5-Kids-Growth
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-07
GRAPHIC=child development
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a statement about the use of
a growth hormone in children.
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VO-NAT
Many healthy children are receiving the drug to make them grow taller.
Now the Academy says only those children who are deficient in growth
hormones should receive the drug.
Concern about the physical and psychological effects of the drug sparked the
new policy.
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5-Weight-Watchers
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-01
GRAPHIC=mornin health check
The Dutchess of York has found a company to endorse.
Sarah Furgeson, better known as Fergie-- has signed on as the new face-- and
body-- of Weight Watchers International.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:29:35
IN Q=It's not just
((SARAH FERGUSON/WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT AN
ENDORSEMENT THOUGH, IT'S ABOUT A LIFESTYLE IT'S ABOUT ME STANDING UP HERE WITH
REAL PASSION AND WANTING TO TRY AND NOT LET OTHER MEN AND WOMEN GO THROUGH SUCH
TURMOIL AS I'VE BEEN THROUGH. IN TRYING TO RETAIN AND REGAIN MY CONTROL OF
MYSELF. IT'S A PART OF LIFE, IT'S NOT JUST A BIG PROMOTIONAL WORK OR A BIG
PROMOTIONAL TOUR. ))
SUPER=01-Sarah Ferguson/Weight Watchers International; :
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=PROMOTIONAL TOUR.
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VO-NAT
Fergie says she remembers when the media ridiculed her about her weight--
and she says while she can laugh about it now, it certainly hurt at the time.
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(toss to bump)
4-SWatch
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NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=school info
Some schools are closed or delayed this morning.
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5-Rosser
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#596-42
GRAPHIC=murder investigation
A bizarre twist to a Pittsylvania County murder investigation-
It's now confirmed that the chief suspect is the victim's young step- son.
Neither the sheriff nor the Commonwealth's attorney would comment.
But a source close to the case says the person arrested for the murder of
55- year- old Bernard Rosser, was in fact Rosser's eight- year- old stepson.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Franklin News Post;
The Franklin County probation officer was found dead in his Gretna home last
month.
He was killed after suffering a blow to the head.
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./December 19;
The boy's name is not being released... and officials declined to say
whether the child is being kept in custody.
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Gammon
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-104
GRAPHIC=legal scales
A Carroll County judge says Chris and Willie Gammon have lived a sad and
tortured life.
But, Judge Duane Mink says, that does NOT justify their actions.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hillsville;
Mink sentenced the half-brothers to 48 years each for murdering their
father and shooting their step-mother.
During their three-day sentencing hearing, Chris, Willie, and a string of
family members told horror stories of violence and abuse on the part of their
father, Gary Gammon.
The brothers' lawyers begged for leniency.
They could have gotten up to three life terms in prison.
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P-Gil-Davis
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#596-46
GRAPHIC=va seal
A videotape from 19-94 could effect the Attorney General nomination in
June.
In the tape candidate Gil Davis is drinking and partying with a client at
a Roanoke hotel.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.
Davis, who is representing Paula Jones in her sexual harrassment suit
against President Clinton, also represents Pittsylvania County resident Ramona
Hines in a lawsuit.
In 19-94, Hines video taped a meeting she and her husband had with Davis in
a Roanoke Hotel, where the three drank, and discussed a Playboy Magazine
appearance.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=this, what you have just seen
((RAMONA HINES: THIS, WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SEEN IS NORMAL, THAT'S CHARACTER FROM
MR. DAVIS, AND WHEN I WOULD HEAR HIM ON CNN AND I WOULD HEAR HIM SPEAK, HE TO
ME WAS SPEAKING OUT OF CHARACTER;))
SUPER=07-Ramona Hines
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=Speaking out of character
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Gil Davis
A spokesperson for Davis says he can not comment on Hine's remarks, because
he still represents her and is bound by attorney-client confidentiality.
NUCLEAR-TESTING
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
More secrets from the cold war are spilling out.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
These films of cold-war atomic bomb tests were made public yesterday.
During the tests, the U-S military deliberately exposed soldiers to
radiation.
The soldiers were assured they were in no danger.
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Renfro
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-4
GRAPHIC=Renfro
A sock maker that employs about 13-hundred people in Pulaski is closing its
flagship plant in North Carolina.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski/File Tape;
Renfro officials are NOT saying what impact that may have in Southwest
Virginia.
Some of the Mount Airy workers will be able to relocate.
But the company also announced completion of a new 100 thousand square-foot
addition in Pulaski.
As a condition of a loan for that project, Renfro is obligated to bring 250
NEW jobs to Pulaski by the end of this year.
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Virginia-Transformer
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net u
GRAPHIC=business news
A big overseas deal should translate into big bucks for a Roanoke firm.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/1987;
file cued from 87-124
Virginia Transformer has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with
Crompton Greaves (GREEVES) of Mumbai (mum-BUY), India.
The contract is expected to generate as much as three- to- five- million-
dollars annually in additional sales for the company.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
Virginia Transformer has been in a strong growth mode for a while now.
It recently opened a plant in Mexico, and last year it hired about 50 new
people in Roanoke.
4-Scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=news 7 generic/college hoops
In college hoops,
Second-ranked Wake Forest
barely escaped the Virginia Cavaliers.
For last night's scores let's check the boards.
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WIPE TO SCORES
SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5027;
SUPER=0098-j/Wake Forest #2/58//Virginia/54///j/Clemson #3/67//Maryland
#11/63///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0098-j/Louisville #10/92//Houston/78///j/Duke
#13/87//UNC-Greensboro/49//UNCG @ Radford - Saturday/;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0098-/Ga. Southern/41/j/Virginia
Tech/76////Averett/63/j/Ferrum/75//M.Hunter 22 Pts & 10 Rebs./;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-j/East Carolina/65//V.C.U./61////Richmond/86/j/George Mason/98///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Old Dominion/77/j/American/80//Overtime//N.C. State/56/j/North
Carolina/59///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Florida State/58/j/Ga. Tech/71///j/Syracuse/83//Seton Hall/66///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Bridgewater/70/j/Roanoke/83///j/Lynchburg/83//Wash. & Lee/77///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-j/Maryville/96//Emory & Henry/70//J. Light Tops 1000 pts./j/Indiana
#17/66//Northwestern/63///;
RUNS=:56
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OUT Q=....last score."
by SS