18:00-01
1-News-head
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VO-NAT
United Parcel Service faces a midnight strike deadline.
We'll open News-7 at SIX tonight with a look at the potential impact of a
shut-down at the nation's biggest shipper.
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ANCHOR=Keith
The only thing more certain than death and taxes may be rising bank fees.
We'll look into changes in all three.
Sports-Head
ANCHOR=steve
In sports, former Virginia tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller strikes gold
with the 49ers, the Big East and the ACC hold football media days,
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VO-NAT
and why is Darrell Waltrip doing the Icky shuffle after qualifying at Indy?
He and others had record breaking days.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Another night of record lows? Stay tuned, the forecast is a chilly one!
UPS
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-41
GRAPHIC=UPS
The nation's largest shipper may soon be grounded.
That concerns a number of businesses in southwest and central Virginia.
United Parcel Service says it has made its final contract offer to the
Teamsters.
The union says it's not good enough. Workers are prepared for a midnight
strike.
Double Boxes=Keith and Tonya/Microwave
News 7's Tonya Flory is at the U-P-S facility in Roanoke.
Tonya how are LOCAL union members responding to this proposed contract?
Live=Tonya Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Tonya1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
(Tonya ad lib)
rollcue: just want their voices heard.
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SOT
IN Q=A chance to vote
SUPER=01-Brian Huffman/UPS employee; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :09
SUPER=01-Larry Morgan/QFS President; :43
RUNS=1:00
OUT Q=real facts
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SOT 14:08:42
IN Q=A chance to vote
(( ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=doesn't look good
((Workers are feeling the pressure in this labor dispute. Union leaders are
calling for pay and pension increases, better medical benefit and
subcontracting limitations. UPS management handed Teamsters their final
offer...now it's up to union leaders to decide whether they'll let workers vote
on it.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT14:08:25
IN Q=I guess we'll strike
(( ))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=no
Area companies like Elizabeth Arden in Roanoke and J-Crew in Lynchburg
primarily use UPS. Pending the strike many are already switching to other
shippers...but others are holding out until the deadline.
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SOT 14:27:41
IN Q=As these things go
(( ))
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=real facts.))
Live=Tonya Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
If the 190-thousand workers walk off the job tonight at midnight, and the
strike lasts for any significant time, Federal Express and the Post Office will
get the bulk of that work.
People could be waiting for their packages for a long time, because some
analysts say the alternative carriers can't handle the shipments UPS normally
does.
Double Boxes=Keith and Tonya/Microwave
(Tonya ad lib toss back)
Missing-Girls
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#97-44
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
The murders of three young Spotsylvania County girls are now considered the
work of a serial killer.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Investigators today confirmed that the cases have been linked... through
evidence collected from the three victims: 16-year-old Sofia Silva, 15-year-old
Kristin Lisk and her 12-year-old sister Kati.
Police would not say what the common evidence is, but they do say the killer
is probably acting out a fantasy.
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SOT 11:28:57 News conference field tape
IN Q=The offender has a secure
(( ))
SUPER=01-Capt. Pat Sullins/Spotsylvania Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q= somewhere else
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VO-NAT
The Lisk sisters disappeared May first and were found floating in a Hanover
County river five days later.
Sofia Silva's body was discovered in a King George County creek eight months
earlier.
A multi- agency police task force continues its investigation into the
killings, following up eight thousand leads.
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Gray
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-49
GRAPHIC=None
A suspected drug dealer and convicted felon may have a hard time running
from police.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.;
31-year-old Kenny Gray weighs 700 pounds and lives in a double wide mobile
home in Bassett.
He was scheduled to face cocaine and gun charges in Roanoke federal court on
Wednesday, but never showed up.
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Talent=Keith
SS=None
Henry County Sheriff Frank Cassell says Gray drives a Ford Bronco custom
made with a small steering wheel to fit him.
The sheriff says Gray may head to New York, but thinks he's probably holed
up in Henry County.
Mason-Dixon
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-48
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97
The good news for Democrat Don Beyer is that he's in a statistical dead heat
with Jim Gilmore in the race for governor.
The bad news for Beyer is that when voters know more about his campaign
promises... a significant number prefer Jim Gilmore.
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VO-NAT
In our latest NEWS 7/Mason-Dixon poll, 45 percent of voters are unsure
which candidate's tax cut and spending plan they prefer.
32 percent say they like Gilmore's.
23 percent say they like Beyer's.
But when given more information, 55 percent say they like a plan like the
one Gilmore's proposing.
27 percent are still unsure.
And after hearing the details, only 18 percent would pick Beyer's tax cut
and spending priorities.
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TALENT=Keith
SS=News 7 Poll
Overall, Virginia voters we polled think the next governor should place a
higher priority on cutting taxes than spending more on education and police.
That's by a margin of almost two-to-one.
Take HomePage Address Fullscreen
Remember you can get the latest poll results on the W-D-B-J homepage.
The address is W-D-B-J 7 dot com.
Valley-Metro
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=sta
TAPE#97-51
GRAPHIC=None
Bus drivers for the Roanoke Valley's public transportation agency are now
working under a temporary contract.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Valley Metro General Manager Kathy Weikel says both management and the union
have agreed to extend the terms of the old contract while they continue talks
to iron-out a new one.
The most recent contract expired at least three weeks ago.
A joint statement about the status of the talks is expected next week.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
What might the recent big bank mergers mean for your A-T-M fees?
That story is coming up on News 7 at Six.
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VO-NAT
And one of the Chincoteague ponies has a new home in Franklin County--and a
new "Buddy".
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SOT 12:02:20
IN Q=And it's sort
((AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE HE RECOGNIZED ME, BECAUSE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HE
TRIED TO FOLLOW ME AROUND THE FENCE.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=the fence.
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VO-NAT
...like they'd met somewhere before in another life... sounds like "Misty
of Chincoteague." It's the real life version.
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ANCHOR=Robin
wx ad lib
Roll
Lake Level
MUSIC UP FULL
COMM#1
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SS=NONE
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Bank-Fees
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-45
GRAPHIC=Banking
Big Virginia bank mergers are bad business for bank customers.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
That's the message today from the U-S Public Interest Research Group and the
Virginia Citizens Consumer Council.
SUPER=@file;
A new report shows bank profits are way up... but so are fees.
And while Virginia bank fees are "in the middle of the road" nationally,
consumer advocates say recent bank acquisitions may change that.
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SOT 11:11:46
IN Q=The logical
((THE LOGICAL RESULT OF HAVING THESE MERGERS IS THAT BRANCHES WILL BE CLOSED,
FEES WILL BE RAISED, AND THAT THERE WILL BE FEWER CHOICES FOR CONSUMERS. AND
AS THE RESULT OF THE REPORT SHOWS, THE BIGGER THE BANK THE HIGHER THE FEES.))
SUPER=01-Jean Ann Fox/Va. Consumer Advocate;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=the higher the fees.
TALENT=Keith
SS=Banking
Consumer advocates recommend you shop around for cheaper accounts... at
smaller community banks and credit unions.
And, they suggest, lobby your lawmakers about A-T-M fees.
Death-Tax
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=sta
TAPE#97-40
GRAPHIC=Farming
A letter-writing campaign by farmers to change inheritance tax legislation
has ended with limited success.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;
Passage of the balanced budget bill means changes in the total tax exemption
farmers are allowed when their family business is passed down from one
generation to the next.
Farmers have complained the inheritance tax is a burden and sometimes drives
a family out of the business.
New legislation will eventually increase the previous 600-thousand dollar
exemption to one-point-three million dollars.
But, some area farmers fear it's too little too late.
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SOT 13.03.33 - 13.03.43
IN Q=For the person
((LINDA BOITNOTT/DAIRY FARMER: FOR THE PERSON THAT'S NEARING RETIREMENT AGE OR
MAYBE NEAR TURNING THEIR FARM OVER TO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IT MAY NOT BE AS
MUCH TO HELP THEM.))
SUPER=01-Linda Boitnott/Dairy Farmer;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=to help them
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VO-NAT
Boitnott headed local efforts for the letter-writing campaign among farmers
in Franklin County.
The goal of the campaign was a two million dollar exemption.
But it will take a while before the limited success is realized.
The new laws won't take effect until 1998 and when they do they'll be phased
in over the next 10 years, meaning many farmers won't benefit from them until
2008.
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Terp
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jsu
TAPE#97-39
GRAPHIC=Roanoke County Seal
Are Roanoke County Supervisors gambling with taxpayers' money by purchasing
land for a new corporate park?
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Vinton;
That's what Hollins Board of Supervisors Candidate Don Terp claims.
He says the proposal to purchase 463 acres of Glenn-Mary Farm needs to be
re-evaluated--taking into account what Terp says are the very high- risk and
costs involved.
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SOT 10:24:25
IN Q=The Track record
((DON TERP/BOARD SUPERVISORS CANDIDATE: THE TRACK RECORD OF THE COUNTY ISN'T
THAT GREAT. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF MAJOR PROJECTS ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY COSTLY AND VERY LITTLE THOUGH IS GIVEN TO COST. I DON'T THINK THERE
ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE THERE WHO KNOW THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR ))
SUPER=01-Don Terp/(I) Board of Supervisors Candidate
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=the value of the dollar
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VO-NAT
But Supervisors Chairman Bob Johnson disagrees--saying the board has done it
research.
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SOT 12:02:28
IN Q=He's just a candidate
((BOB JOHNSON/BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: HE'S JUST A CANDIDATE IN SEARCH OF AN
ISSUE. THIS IS ABOUT BROADENING THE TAX BASE OF THIS COUNTY. WE'RE LOOKING AT
TWO-HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY HERE. PROVIDING JOBS FOR TWO TO THREE
THOUSAND PEOPLE ))
SUPER=@Johnson;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=to three thousand people
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VO-NAT
Terp is challenging Johnson in the fall election.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Wall Street the Dow dropped for the first time this week.
The rest of the market was higher, however, with NASDAQ setting a new record.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
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RUNS=:25
SUPER=x5102;
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The Dow lost 32 points, closing at 82 hundred 23.
NASDAQ gained six points.
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Pony
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-46
GRAPHIC=nONE
Every little girl's dream came true for 11-year old Erin Murphy.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Franklin Co.; :00 QUICK
SUPER=03-Chincoteague/Yesterday; :06
SUPER=07-Erin Murphy; :21
SUPER=01-Lee Bogle-Murphy/Erin's Mom; 1:14
RUNS=1:37
OUT Q=foal and all.
(( She got to mingle with the Ponies on Virginia' Eastern Shore last year.
It's the annual mid-summer swim across Assateague Channel to Chincoteague.
About 65 of the wild ponies were auctioned off today as a means of thinning
the herd.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:04:15
IN Q=Whose idea
((Whose idea was it to go to Chincoteague? MINE. Why? I HAVE A VERY BIG LOVE
FOR HORSES. I LOVE HORSES. Did you read the book "MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE?" YES I
HAVE. I'VE READ "MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE" AND "SEA STAR" AND "STORMY, MISTY'S
FOAL." So this was a mission for you to go to Chincoteague?" SORTA. And see it
for yourself? SORTA. Never knowing you were going to come home with one. RIGHT
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I'D ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT I WOULDN'T COME HOME WITH ONE, THAT
THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ANY ANIMALS COMING HOME, BUT WE SORT OF VIOLATED
THAT.))
RUNS=:34
OUT Q=violated that.
...violated Dad's edict in a big way.
It wasn't her idea.
The Franklin County girl sort of bonded with "Buddy"- -like they'd met
before somewhere, she says.
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SOT 12:05:50
IN Q=So I just
((SO I JUST STARTED CALLING HIM "BUDDY," AND WHEN I SAW HIM AT THE AUCTION I
SAID, "MOM, THAT'S 'BUDDY,' ISN'T IT?" SHE GOES, "YEAH, IT IS." AND I GO,
"WELL, I HOPE HE GETS A GOOD HOME." AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW SHE'S GOT HER
HAND UP IN THE AIR. ))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=in the air.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:55:25
IN Q=I just thought
((I JUST THOUGHT, WELL I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO. SO I WILL. AND I DID. ))
SUPER=
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=and I did.
She's not saying how much the winning bid was, but she says a less
attractive colt went for 900 dollars. Some ponies fetch six thousand or more-
-and then they're returned to the wild.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:56:55 2ND time
IN Q=It makes
((IT MAKES IT REAL SPECIAL TO ME, BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A CHINCOTEAGUE
PONY. OF COURSE, I'VE READ THE BOOKS ABOUT MISTY AND HER FOAL AND ALL.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=foal and all.))
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VO-NAT
For now, Buddy's being boarded at a neighbor's farm- -until the Murphy's
prepare a proper pasture.
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Sports tease
ANCHOR=sopy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=none
Virginia Tech's Jim Druckenmiller comes to terms with the 49ers, qe will
take you to Indy for Busch Pole qualifying, news from the Big East Football
media day,
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VO-NAT
as well as the ACC football media day. The Cavs talk about youth and where
theyy fit.
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S-Qualify
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#=R-37
GRAPHIC=Indy motor Speedway
Busch Pole Qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway turned into a
record breaking event.
SS=Ernie Irvan
And when the speedometer stopped smoking; Ernie Irvan captured the pole.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Indianapolis, IN/ESPN; :00
Points leader Jeff Gordon, who has won the past two poles at Indy, had a
decent qualifying run, but would fall back to 24th when the first day was done.
Thanks to drivers like Darrell Waltrip. DW put the Western Auto Chevrolet on
the pole. Waltrip got out of his Monte Carlo and did the Icky Shuffle in
celebration.
Dale Jarrett then shuffled DW to the side.; knocked DW off the top spot with a
speed of over 177 miles per hour.
But Irvan; with his mother in a hospital in critical condition; mustered
the strength to put the Havoline thunderbird on the pole with a speed of
177.736 miles per hour.
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SOT
IN Q="They
((ERNIE IRVAN/BRICKYARD POLE WINNER:))
SUPER=01-Ernie Irvan/Brickyard Pole Winner; :00
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=...get the pole"
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VO-NAT(Con't)
Now here's your first round top 25.
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WIPE TO QUALIFYING
SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5016;
SUPER=0107-1. Ernie Irvan/177.736/2. Joe Nemechek//3. Dale Jarrett//4. Darrell
Waltrip//5. Dale Earnhardt//;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0107-6. Mike Skinner//7. Ricky Rudd//8. Ken Schrader//9. David
Green//10. Rich Bickle//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0107-11. Robby Gordon//12. Bobby Hamilton//13. Sterling Marlin//14.
Wally Dallenbach//15. Bill Elliott//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0107-16. Jeremy Mayfield//17. Rick Mast//18. Michael Waltrip//19. Steve
Grissom//20. Johnny Benson//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0107-21. Chad Little//22. Ted Musgrave//23. Ron Barfield//24. Jeff
Gordon//25. Bobby Labonte//;
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=.....LAST CAR.
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S-Druck
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-19
GRAPHIC=49ers
The San Francisco 49ers have come to terms with their top draft pick.
SS=Druckenmiller
This morning former Virginia tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller signed a 6
year deal worth over 5 and a half million dollars.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA; :00
Drukenmiller receives a signing bonus of just over 2 million dollars and
the signal caller reported to 49ers training camp this morning in Rocklin.
Druck will make 373 thousand this up coming season.
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S-Ravens
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S7-12
GRAPHIC=Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are still waiting for top draft pick and Florida State
all-american linebacker Peter Boulware to arrive.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Westminster, MD; :
His absence means that second round draft pick Jamie Sharper has had a
chance to show his stuff to the Raven's coaches.
But the regular season is getting closer and the Ravens need their number
one pick in camp.
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SOT
IN Q="Right now...
((JAMIE SHARPER/RAVENS LINEBACKER FROM UVA: ))
SUPER=01-Jamie Sharper/Ravens Linebacker From UVA; :
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=...........WITH US."
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S-Skins
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=Skins training camp
Redskins training camp continues and we wanted to clear up some confusion
on the Redskins Fan Appreciation day. Fans can meet the Skins on TUESDAY,
AUGUST 5TH; not the fourth; for those of you heading up to Frostburg, maryland.
S-East
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-18
GRAPHIC=Big Eastt football
The Big East held it's annual foottball media day today at the meadowlands.
Miami is picked to finish first, followed by Syracuse.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00
The Virginia tech Hokies fall in right behind thte ornagemen and are picked
to finish third in the conference. West Virginia was voted fourth; then Boston
College. Rutgers was picked last.
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S-UVA
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#ST5-30
GRAPHIC=ACC
The Atlantic Coast Conference held it's annual football media day this
afternoon.
SS=UVA
The Virginia Cavaliers will kick off their 1997 football Season against
Auburn.
The Cavaliers defense lost 7 starters to graduation; making this year
crucial for young talent and a young team.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="We've been...
((GEORGE WELSH/UVA HEAD COACH: ))
SUPER=01-George Welsh/UVA Head Coach; :
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=........not much experience."
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Charlottesville;
But pre season all american candidate Anthony Poindexter says the Cavaliers
will not be happy with seven wins this season.
Poindexter believes with a little help from the recruiting class that
Virginia can challenge for the A-C-C and a national championship.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="We Can do
((ANTHONY POINDEXTER/UVA DEFENSIVE BACK: ))
SUPER=01-Anthony Poindexter/UVA Defensive Back; :
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=..........IT TAKES."
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NEWSCAST=6
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TAPE#None
That's News 7 at Six. Coming up later tonight, we will have an update on
the possible Teamsters walkout against U-P-S. The strike deadline is midnight.
That story and more coming up on News 7 at 11.
by SS