06:00-01
E-Giles-Shooting
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-20
GRAPHIC=shooting
A tragic ending to an apparent troubled relationship between a Giles County
couple.
The two are now dead, victims of an apparent murder-suicide.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.;
It happened early yesterday morning at the home 34- year- old Anthony
Meadows and 32- year- old Susan Jean Sartin shared in Glen Lyn.
Family members found their bodies shortly after receiving an alarming phone
call from Meadows.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 19:28:40
IN Q=
((WILLIE LUCAS/GILES CO. INVESTIGATOR: HE HAD CALLED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT
THERE WAS PROBLEMS AND THEY WENT OVER TO CHECK ON THEM AND THEY WENT IN AND
FOUND BOTH BODIES. ))
SUPER=01-Willie Lucas/Giles Co. Investigator;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=found both bodies.
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VO-NAT
Lucas says according to the family, Sartin wanted to leave Meadows.
But investigators don't know if that's what prompted the shooting.
Lucas says it appears Meadows shot Sartin with a small-caliber weapon,
before turning a semi-automatic rifle on himself.
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E-Boty-Schools
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#97-22
GRAPHIC=Education
Some Botertourt County residents are concerned that elected officials may be
sacrificing education for industrial growth.
Scott Prince has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Botetourt County
SUPER=01-Michele Kernan/Concerned Parent; :06
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :19
SUPER=@Scott2; :24
SUPER=04-File Tape; :28
SUPER=01-Jerry Burgess/Botetourt Co. Administrator; 56
RUNS=1:15
OUT Q=S.P., N-7, Botetourt County
((Botetourt County parents made one final plea for more educational funding.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 7:31:17
IN Q=Take that
((MICHELE KERNAN/CONCERNED PARENT: TAKE THAT BIG PIGGY BANK THAT YOU HAVE AND
SHAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU'RE GROWN PEOPLE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
SPANKED FOR DOING IT. JUST TAKE IT AND SHAKE IT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=comes out
Parents like Michele Kernan are having a hard time understanding why her
Board of Supervisors have asked the School Board to cut its budget by more than
2 million dollars.
If full funding is not granted, teacher pay raises will be sliced and no new
school busses will be purchased.
Parents say it would be one thing if the county was financially strapped.
But they say that's not the case.
Parents point to money that will be pumped into Botetourt Center at
Greenfield and the rebuilding of the Eagle Rock bridge.
But they're most intrigued by the 14 million dollars sitting in the county's
reserve fund.
They wonder why some of that money can't be transferred over to the schools.
But county officials say the reserve fund won't be so plentiful in the
coming months.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=We've been
((JERRY BURGESS/BOTETOURT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR: WE'VE BEEN VERY FISCALLY
CONSERVATIVE IN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN THE PAST. THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE GOT INTO
THIS SITUATION. BUT THAT AMOUNT OF RESERVE FUNDS IS GOING DOWN. ))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=going down
So what impact will this public hearing have?
Parents will get the answer to that question April 25th... when the final
school budget is voted on.
Scott Prince, News- 7, Botetourt County.))
fargo
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=flooding
Residents in North Dakota are continuing their struggle to hold back the
swollen Red River.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fargo, ND;
The Dikes protecting Fargo are showing the strain.
One gave way late yesterday, flooding a school and several homes.
The river reached its highest level on record in Fargo yesterday.
Down river, folks in Grand Forks are scrambling to repair cracks in a dike.
A thousand people have been evacuated as a precaution.
The Red River is expected to top fifty feet there later today or tomorrow.
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E-Tech-Anniversary
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-16
GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech
Still a youngster by some standards, Virginia Tech is celebrating a 125
years of educating students.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
The university is so proud of its years it had students and faculty display
the numbers on the campus drillfield yesterday.
About two thousand people were expected to join the display, which an aerial
photographer captured on film for posterity.
Tech enrolls more than 23-thousand students.
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E-Neonatal-Carilion
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-15
GRAPHIC=Carilion
The State Health department is studying the numbers at a Roanoke Hospital.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
That, after some nurses complained about staffing at Carilion Roanoke
Community.
SUPER=@file
Their complaints focus on the neonatal intensive care ward- where they say
the number of on-duty nurses falls below state guidelines.
Health Department inspectors will wrap up an on-site investigation today.
Carilion says personnel records show they are following state guidelines.
The Health Department will report it's findings in six to eight weeks.
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E-Holocaust-Museum
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-17
GRAPHIC=None
A Richmond man is giving others a glimpse into some of his darkest hours.
Jay Ipson is re-creating his experiences in the Holocaust for all Virginians.
Ellen Qualls has more.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Our neighbors
SUPER=01-Jay Ipson/Holocaust Survivor; :00
SUPER=03-Richmond; :22
SUPER=@Ellen2; :26
RUNS=2:10
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
((
sot tape one 16:33:17
((JAY IPSON/HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: OUR NEIGHBORS HAD STARTED SLAUGHTERING WITH
BUTCHER KNIVES THE JEWS IN THE STREET.))
runs=:05
Jay Ipson's childhood memories aren't easy to hear.
sot tape one 16:33:27
((THEY TOOK THE RABBI AND CUT HIS HEAD OFF AND PARADED IT THROUGH THE STREETS.
WE WERE ALMOST RELIEVED WHEN THE GERMANS PUT US INTO A GHETTO.))
runs=:08
In 1941, life became a three year hell for Lithuanian Jews.
This museum re-creates the horrible scenes.
550 Jewish scholars killed in one night in their own synagogue... also the
scene of a tragedy that a child remembers.
sot 16:52:16 TAPE 2
((CATS AND DOGS WERE BROUGHT IN AND THEY WERE ALL THE PETS OF THE CHILDREN IN
THE GHETTO. THEY WERE KILLED. THEY WERE SKINNED. THEIR HIDES WERE SHIPPED TO
THE RUSSIAN FRONT TO BE MADE INTO GLOVES AND EARMUFFS. AND THE CARCASSES WERE
FED BACK TO THE JEWS IN THE FORM OF FOOD.))
runs=:17
One of the museum's prized finds is this photo, with a young Jay clearly
visible, of the family waiting in a selection line for the gas chambers.
In the Ipson family, only Jay and his parents were selected to survive.
His sister, grandparents, aunt, and uncles were sent on to what the Nazis
called "the final solution."
sot tape two 17:03:03
((THIS IS THE ROAD TO THE NINTH FORT. EXACTLY--WHEN YOU WERE TOLD TO GO TO THE
LEFT, YOU WENT DOWN THE ROAD TO THE NINTH FORT. AND THERE YOU WERE EXECUTED.))
runs=:10
Two chilling facts for Virginians: the number of Holocaust victims is
roughly Virginia's population today.
The number of children killed in the Holocaust equals Virginia's current
school enrollment.
sot TAPE ONE 16:40:00
((JAY IPSON: THE FINAL SOLUTION ROOM IS AN OPTIONAL ROOM. WE'RE GONNA ASK THE
TEACHER BEFORE WE SHOW IT TO ANY CHILDREN. THE REST OF IT: IT HAPPENED TO ME
WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD; IT HAPPENED TO MY SISTER WHO DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST;
IT HAPPENED TO OTHER CHILDREN. WE SURVIVED. WE'VE LEARNED. WE'RE TRYING TO
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.))
runs=:21
The surviving Ipson's escaped into hiding.
14 people spent nine months in a wood-lined underground cave sharing time
near an oxygen tube.
Finally, Eisenhower and the Allies liberated the Holocaust victims.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum opens in Richmond on May first.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
Valley-Bank
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 97-23)
GRAPHIC=Valley Bank
A move from the red to the black has Valley Bank's shareholders' smiling.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
In the earlier part of its startup stage, it was operating at a loss.
But for the second straight quarter, the Roanoke bank is in the black.
Management is especially pleased with the past three months, when it had the
added expense of a new branch after a key location in South Roanoke became
available.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 17:56:48
IN Q=We've kept
((ELLIS GUTSHALL/VALLEY BANK PRESIDENT: WE'VE KEPT OUR HAND ON THE EXPENSES.
IT'S A REAL TEAM EFFORT, BECAUSE AS THE BANK GROWS, WE CAN GENERATE MORE
INTEREST INCOME.))
SUPER=01-Ellis Gutshall/Valley Bank President;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=interest income.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Valley Bank believes it now has earnings momentum because the money it's
making on loans and other investments is outpacing its expenses.
It's stock is traded under the symbol V-Y-F-C.
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flooding
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=flooding
The Dikes protecting Fargo, North Dakota from the rising Red River are
showing the strain.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Fargo, ND;
One gave way late yesterday, flooding a school and several homes.
The river reached its highest level on record in Fargo yesterday and is
expected to top fifty feet in Grand Forks later today or tomorrow.
A thousand people there have been evacuated because of cracks in a dike.
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missing-plane
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none
The Air Force is considering suspending its intense search for missing air
force pilot Craig Button and his A-10 warplane.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Eagle Co., CO;
Military officials say if the jet is NOT located within four days the search
will probably be suspended, although satellite observations will continue.
The air search would resume once warmer weather sets in and starts melting
snow at higher elevations.
It's been 15 days since the plane
disappeared -- officials believe it went down within five miles of
New York Mountain.
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Gingrich
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=gingrich
Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has figured out how to pay a
three-hundred thousand dollar ethics penalty,
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
he's borrowing the money from former Senate leader and Republican
Presidential candidate Bob Dole.
Some critics say the loan's improper because Dole's about to go to work for
a Washington lobbying firm.
But Dole maintains it's nothing more than a loan between friends and that
he's been thinking about it for a long time.
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P-Boty-Schools
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#597-19
GRAPHIC=education
Some Botetourt County parents fear their children are suffering because
elected officials are placing too much emphasis on industrial growth.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
A standing room only crowd greeted the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors
for its annual budget hearings.
More than a dozen concerned parents took to the podium asking that more
educational funding be included in the upcoming budget.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 7:30:49
IN Q=I am so
((MICHELE KERNAN/CONCERNED PARENT: I AM SO SICK AND TIRED.... WE'VE GOT THE
BEST SCHOOLS ))
((STEVE HARRIS/CONCERNED PARENT: WE WANT BOYS AND GIRLS TO HAVE THE BEST
EDUCATION... RIGHT NOW. ))
SUPER=01-Michele Kernan/Concerned Parent; :00
SUPER=01-Steve Harris/Concerned Parent; :10
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=right now
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Last month, the SCHOOL BOARD was told it needed to cut its proposed budget
by more than two- million dollars.
Last night's public hearing was the last opportunity for residents to
express their concerns before the Board of Supervisors votes on the budget next
week.
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E-Childers
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-12
GRAPHIC=childers, peggy
A shelter on the Appalachian Trail has been home to a 58- year- old homeless
woman since September.
Keith Humphry says Peggy (CHILL-ders) Childers LIVED there until her arrest
last month.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Now she's been
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=@keith1; :10
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :17
SUPER=01-Woody Lipps/National Forest Service Officer; :27
SUPER=01-Kathy Nichols/Forest Service Special Agent; :45 (HYPER QUICK)
RUNS=:59
OUT Q=Humphry NEWS 7.
(( Now she's been convicted- -again--of occupying National Forest Service
property... a crime punishable by SIX months in jail.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT STANDUP 12:00:00
IN Q=
((BY HER OWN ACCOUNT, PEGGY CHILDERS LIVED HERE FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, STRAIGHT
THROUGH THE WINTER, LIVING ON PEANUTS AND WHATEVER HUNTERS, HIKERS AND LOCAL
RESIDENTS WANTED TO SHARE WITH HER. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=share with her.
While the Appalachian Trail Conference asked the Forest Service for help in
getting Childers evicted from the shelter, trail club members were among those
who were bringing her food, enabling her to stay.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:37:15
IN Q=and a person
((AND A PERSON LIVING THERE FOR MONTHS AT A TIME CREATES QUITE A MESS. IT
BECOMES A HEALTH HAZARD. AND PEOPLE CALL US BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUAL'S WELL-BEING. IT'S COLD. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=
The forest service contacted a long list of social service agencies for
help- -but they know Childers' story all too well. There's not much more they
can do.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:34:45
IN Q=
((THEY HAVE TRIED. BUT SHE ALWAYS LEAVES. ))
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=
For now, Childers has gone back to the city jail, while the Probation
Office works with her attorney in search of a solution.
Keith Humphry NEWS 7.))
E-Low-Vision
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=abo
TAPE#97-14
GRAPHIC=mornin health check
In Health News this morning,
Imagine being told you can never drive a car, read a book or watch television
again-
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
For years, doctors told Lynchburg resident Mike Tucker just that.
Tucker is considered legally blind, and had little hope until he met a
Roanoke optometrist.
Doctor Joe Blackstock prescribed glasses with a micro-spiral telescope.
(////SOT/////)
SOT 11:29:54
IN Q=They've got distance
((DR. JOE BLACKSTOCK/OPTOMETRIST: THEY'VE GOT DISTANCE VISION THROUGH THE
TELESCOPE, BUT THEY'VE ALSO GOT SIDE VISION WHEN THEY LOOK AROUND, THEY'VE GOT
USE OF BOTH THEIR SIDE VISION AND THEIR CENTRAL VISION.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Joe Blackstock/Optometrist
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=their central vision.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Because the device is able to focus, Tucker can see objects at a distance and
close up.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:31:37
IN Q=Without the use
((MIKE TUCKER/EYE PATIENT: WITHOUT THE USE OF THIS DEVICE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO PERFORM THE JOB FUNCTIONS THAT I DO, AND WITHOUT IT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD
WORK.))
SUPER=01-Mike Tucker/Eye Patient
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=I could work.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Doctor Blackstock says about 30 of his patients are now using the tiny
telescope.
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(toss to Bump)
P-Giles-Shooting
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#597-14
SS=shooting
Domestic violence claims two more lives in Southwest Virginia.
This time in Giles County...an apparent murder-suicide.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.;
Giles County authorities were called to a home on East River Mountain Road
yesterday morning for a murder-suicide.
Family members of 34- year- old Anthony Meadows went to the home after he
called them.
Investigators say Meadows told his family the problems he and his live-in
girlfriend were having were going to end.
When they arrived, they found Meadows and 32- year- old Susan Jean Sartin
already dead.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 19:27:53
IN Q=
((WILLIE LUCAS/GILES CO. INVESTIGATOR: WE'VE FOUND THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
SOME DOMESTIC PROBLEMS THERE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS WANTING TO LEAVE TO GO
BACK TO HER FAMILY. ))
SUPER=01-Willie Lucas/Giles Co. Investigator;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=to her family.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Lucas says Meadows shot Sartin with a small-caliber weapon before turning a
high-powered rifle on himself.
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P-Neonatal-Carilion
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#597-17
GRAPHIC=carilion
Understaffing complaints brought Health Department inspectors to Carilion
Roanoke Community Hospital.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The complaints focus on the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, saying
the ratio of nurses to babies falls below state guidelines.
A Carilion spokesperson confirmed that an investigation is underway.
SUPER=04-File Tape;
Health inspectors will be wrapping up an on-site investigation at the
hospital today.
Carilion officials say the neonatal intensive care unit is NOT
understaffed, and their personnel records will prove it.
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E-Saint-Clair
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-19
GRAPHIC=NONE
A Lynchburg optometrist says he has NOT decided whether to heed the call of
his fellow Republicans and run for the House of Delegates.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
22nd District representative Joyce Crouch announced last month she was
stepping down.
Crouch and other G-O-P leaders are pushing Gary St. Clair to run.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:04:42
IN Q=I still have
((DR. GARY ST. CLAIR/POSSIBLE 22ND DISTRICT CANDIDATE: I STILL HAVE A LITTLE
MORE THINKING TO DO. ALL THIS ENCOURAGEMENT MAKES IT HARDER TO SAY NO, BUT I
NEED TO TALK MORE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A
DEFINITE DECISION HERE VERY, VERY SOON.))
SUPER=01-Gary St. Clair/Possible 22nd District Cand.; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=very very soon.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Lynchburg dry cleaner Ron Buchanan is the only Republican to officially
announce his candidacy for the seat.
(----------------)
S-Children's-World
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=abo
TAPE#97-13
GRAPHIC=None
It was not an experiment,
but they did answer the age old question-what do you get when you combine
three-thousand preschoolers and an amusement park?
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:20:03
IN Q=Nat sound
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=Nat sound
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SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
Cloudy skies did not stop the National Association for the Education of Young
Children and Roanoke County Parks and Rec from holding their second annual
Children's Festival.
Kids got a chance to step behind the wheel or fly through the air.
Also keeping them busy were magic tricks and pony rides.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:14:59
IN Q=The children can
((TWILA BRISCOE/FESTIVAL ORGANIZER: THE CHILDREN CAN PULL FROM FOUR DIFFERENT
AREAS OF PLAY TODAY, THEY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR PICNIC LUNCHES, THEY'RE GOING TO
PICNIC IN THE PARK, AND THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY HAS PROVIDED FREE DRINKS
FOR EVERYBODY.))
SUPER=01-Twila Briscoe/Festival Organizer
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=drinks for everybody.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
To deal with the onslaught of kids, festival planners made sure the children
stayed amused and that all lines were kept to a minimum.
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4-Scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=mlb
In baseball,
Marc Sagmoen hit an inside-the-park home run to help Texas beat Kansas City
5-to-2.
For last night's scores, let's check the boards.
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WIPE TO SCORES
SUPER=#556
SUPER=x5011;
SUPER=0093-/Salem/0/j/Wilmington/2///j/Lynchburg/4//Frederick/1///;
SUPER=x5012;
SUPER=0095-j/Virginia Tech/11//Richmond/9///j/Greensboro/10//Ferrum/9///;
SUPER=X5010;
SUPER=0091-j/Texas/5//Kansas City/1////New York/4/j/Milwaukee/5///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-j/Seattle/8//Detroit/6////Anaheim/3/j/Minnesota/4//10 Innings/;
SUPER=x5009
SUPER=0091-j/Cleveland/4//Boston/3///j/Baltimore/1//Chicago/0///;
SUPER=X5010;
SUPER=0092-/Cincinnati/2/j/Pittsburgh/3////St. Louis/1/j/Florida/2///;
SUPER=x5031;
SUPER=0103-/Montreal/2/j/New Jersey/5////Ottawa/1/j/Buffalo/3///;
SUPER=x5009
SUPER=0103-/Pittsburgh/1/j/Philadelphia/5////N.Y. Rangers/0/j/Florida/3///;
RUNS=:56
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oc- ...LAST SCORE."
by SS