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1-News-Head
ANCHOR=Keith
On NEWS 7 at SIX, we'll take you to the site of
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VO-NAT
a chemical fire in Smyth County- -assess the fallout and health risks
associated with this situation.
And drop in on a prison camp in Pulaski County where state police are
looking for remains of the warden's wife who's been missing for three years
now.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight on News 7 sports, Radford is set to add four greats to its sports
hall of fame, Steve Mason has a preseason report on the VMI Keydets tonight,
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VO-NAT eng#
Plus, Courtney Alexander announces today that he is not returning to UVA, and
instead transferring to another college.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
The ground soaked up all the rain from Wednesday and now we slip into a cool
stretch. Details ahead.
Chemical-Fire
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-57
GRAPHIC=Chemical Fire
A dark cloud hangs over a big part of Smyth County tonight.
Emergency crews are waiting for back-up to put out a fire at Marley Mouldings
Plastics Warehouse.
The blaze has been burning and spreading a chemical cloud since last night.
Double Boxes=Keith and Tonya/StarLink
Tonya Flory is in Atkins--any idea when the fire might be put out?
Live=Tonya Full/StarLink
SUPER=@Tonya1;
SUPER=06-Smyth Co.;
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SUPER=03-Smyth Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Harry Howe/Emergency Services Spokesman; :14
SUPER=01-Gregory Britt/Hazardous Materials Branch Chief; :32
SUPER=01-Gary Peacock/Marley Mouldings Vice Pres.; :49
RUNS=1:03
OUT Q=paying for that
Live=Tonya Full/StarLink
SUPER=06-Smyth Co.;
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Double Boxes=Keith and Tonya/StarLink
Closings
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Chemical Fire
The chemical fire is causing some schedule changes--
TAKE PINNACLE BOARD FULLSCREEN
Atkins Elementary School will be closed tomorrow, and so will Woodgrain
Millworks. All other industries will be open, but employees will have to
travel I-81. Again, Atkins Elementary and Woodgrain Millworks are closed
Friday.
Safety
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sta
TAPE#97-49
GRAPHIC=Chemical Fire
Perhaps of greatest concern were the reports of small amounts of cyanide gas
possibly leaking into the air from the fire.
Authorities on the scene stress the amount never reached a dangerous level.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Marion/This Afternoon;
Doctors say the gas mainly attacks a person's respiratory system.
And, symptoms vary.
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SOT 14.00.18 - 14.00.28
IN Q=Very small concentrations
((LAURIE KING/MD:VERY SMALL CONCENTRATIONS OF CYANIDE GAS MIGHT CAUSE THEM TO
FEEL SHORT OF BREATH. THEIR BREATHING WOULD BE RAPID. THEY MAY BE DIZZY, THEY
MAY HAVE SOME NAUSEA OR VOMITING. THEY MAY BE VERY ANXIOUS. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Laurie King/Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=very anxious.
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VO-NAT
Doctors are also warning that the gas is not only colorless but odorless to
most people as well.
So, residents should NOT rely on their senses when determining their level
of exposure.
Treatment for exposure mainly includes hooking-up patients with an oxygen
mask.
Normally, doctors note that long-term medical problems do NOT result from
exposure to small amounts of the gas.
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VMI-Day-4
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-61
GRAPHIC=VMI
They knew it would happen- -sooner or later- -one of the women at Virginia
Military Institute has dropped out.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington/Yesterday
It happened just eight hours after the start of the grueling six-month
initiation period generally referred to as "the rat line."
The first woman quit. Her parents came to pick her up around 11-o'clock
last night.
V-M-I is not identifying her - -or any of the 13 MEN who've dropped out so
far.
Most seem to quit for about the same reason.
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SOT 14:12:10
IN Q=
((COL. MIKE STRICKLER/VMI PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER: "I WOULD RATHER BE
SOMEWHERE ELSE. THIS IS NOT FOR ME." AND VMI IS CERTAINLY NOT FOR EVERYONE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.))
SUPER=01-Col. Mike Strickler/VMI Public Relations;
RUNS=:08
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VO-NAT
Colonel Strickler says the remaining 29 women appear to be doing well.
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SOT 14:12:25
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((I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF THEM TODAY. THEY ARE HANDLING EVERYTHING THAT THE GUYS
ARE AND SEEM TO BE ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES.))
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OUT Q=the punches.
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=VMI
Thirteen men and one woman.. is below the average attrition rate of about
5-percent for the first week.
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
It's a day many Southside residents hoped would NOT come--water from Lake
Gaston has finally arrived in Hampton Roads. We'll have the story next on News
7 at Six.
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VO-NAT
and--what's going on at the Pulaski Correctional Unit?
State police are searching a trash pit behind the prison camp they suspect may
hold clues to the disappearance of the warden's wife.
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Pulaski-Prison
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-50
GRAPHIC=None
Well over a dozen State Police Agents have been digging up part of the
Pulaski Correctional Unit.
They're looking for the remains of Carol Smith... the wife of warden.
David L. Smith reported her missing more than three years ago.
Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Microwave
Len Besthoff is at the Prison Camp tonight.
So far, no direct indication that this is a search for the warden's wife?
Live=Len Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Len1;
SUPER=05-Pulaski Co.;
(Len ad lib)
rollcue: "aerials shot earlier today."
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IN Q=This video
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SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./August 17, 1994
SUPER=07-Kathy Smith;
SUPER=01-Kathy Phillips/Neighbor;
SUPER=01-Bob McDonald/Neighbor;
RUNS=1:05
OUT Q=daughter and son
Live=Len Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Pulaski Co.;
(Len ad lib)
Double Boxes=Keith and Len/Microwave
(Keith question: Do we know anything abut the status of Smith's job as
warden?)
L'burg-Sheriff
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-47
GRAPHIC=Lynchburg City Seal
Add a third name to the the field of candidates for the job of Lynchburg
sheriff.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg
And for the first time, a woman is entering the race.
Mary Randolph- Preston announced her candidacy during a downtown rally this
afternoon.
She has fourteen years of law enforcement experience including stints in
Appomattox County and Tampa, Florida.
She says being a woman can only help her campaign.
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SOT 5:00:50
IN Q=I have had
((MARY RANDOLPH- PRESTON/LYNCHBURG SHERIFF CANDIDATE: I HAVE HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE TELL ME `WELL, I ALWAYS SEE THE SHERIFF AS BEING A MAN'. BUT ONCE THEY
TALK TO ME AND GET TO REALIZE MY EXPERIENCE AND MY BACKGROUND AND THEN GET TO
KNOW ME AS A PERSON, THEN THE ATTITUDE CHANGES BECAUSE THEY REALIZE I'M REALLY
SERIOUS ABOUT IT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN, THAT
I'M NOT SERIOUS. BUT I AM SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT.))
SUPER=01-Mary Randolph-Preston/Lynchburg Sheriff Candidate; :00
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=to understand that.
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VO-NAT
Randolph- Preston also says she's the only candidate with experience in
running a regional jail.
Construction on Lynchburg's new facility starts next month.
Incumbent Lawrence Simpson and retired officer Ron Gillispie are the other
two candidates in the race.
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Lake-Gaston
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-43
GRAPHIC=None
There is NO giant sucking sound in Southside Virginia.
In fact, you won't hear much at all.
But after 15 years of legal battles, water is seeping out of the bottom of
Lake Gaston -- and splashing into the water supplies of Virginia Beach.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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IN Q=nat sound
SUPER=03-Isle of Wight Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Tom Leahy/Virginia Beach Public Utilities; :15
SUPER=03-Virginia Beach/File Tape; :19
SUPER=@Ellen2; :39
SUPER=03-Mecklenburg Co.; :42
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OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Isle of Wight Co.
((nat sot water beauty shot
runs=:03
This is it.
Rain that fell in the Blue Ridge mountains and flowed through the farms and
rivers of Southside and southwest Virginia -- it's pouring out into the
reservoirs that serve Virginia Beach.
sot 02:15:00
((TOM LEAHY/VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES: I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE PROJECT
15 YEARS NOW, AND YES, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE WATER FLOW OVER FOR THE FIRST
TIME.))
runs=:03
That's almost laughable understatement for Virginia Beach-- which will have
spent 15 years and about a quarter BILLION dollars fighting to, finally
building, and operating this 76 mile pipeline.
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((I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND ANY CITY THAT'S HAD TO RESTRICT OR
CONSERVE WATER AS FREQUENTLY AS WE HAVE, OR USES LESS WATER PER PERSON.))
runs=:09
But it's a cascade of frustration for Virginians to the west who've been
watching their water levels -- no matter what Virginia Beach says.
sot
((THE PROJECT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER ON THE UPPER ROANOKE RIVER BASIN
AROUND SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE IN THE UPPER BASIN. IN LAKE
GASTON, THE PROJECT WILL HAVE NO DISCERNIBLE EFFECT ON THE LAKE. CERTAINLY NO
VISUAL EFFECT -- NO SOUND EFFECTS.))
runs=:17
It's possible -- but unlikely -- that a federal appeals court in D.C. could
still dampen Virginia Beach's fun.
But until then -- this flow will increase from 4 million gallons a day to 60
million sometime in November.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Isle of Wight County.))
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
After three days of advances stocks took quite a dip today.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
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Hope-Harbor
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-62
GRAPHIC=None
A home for recovering drug and alcohol addicts is celebrating its 25th
anniversary in Danville.
Meanwhile, the men inside are working toward a much greater hallmark.
Tina Tenret explains.
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IN Q=Lenny Sutherland
SUPER=03-Danville; :00
SUPER=01-Lenny Sutherland/Resident; :08
SUPER=01-Rev. Jeffrey Wright/Director; :20
SUPER=01-Anthony Poole/Former Resident; :47
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((
Lenny Sutherland is a recovering crack cocaine addict.
When he arrived at Hope Harbor seven months ago, he was crying out for help.
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IN Q=I'm in college today
((LENNY SUTHERLAND/RESIDENT: I'M IN COLLEGE TODAY. IF YOU'D TOLD ME SEVEN
MONTHS AGO I WAS GOING TO BE IN COLLEGE, WELL, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A FOG
ANYWAY. I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO YOU.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=attention to you
Director Jeffrey Wright says crack is hitting Danville hard.
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SOT 4:54:22
IN Q=One of our
((REV. JEFFREY WRIGHT/DIRECTOR: ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAID CRACK WAS THE BEST
LOVER HE EVER HAD. IF YOU WERE LONELY AND YOU HAD A CRACK, A ROCK OF CRACK,
YOU FELT GOOD RIGHT AWAY. THAT ROCK NEVER SAID NO.))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=never said no
Hope Harbor is a Christian home with voluntary Sunday services and bible
study ...
But rules are strict, every man must hold a job and pay half his salary as
rent.
Anthony Poole says he used to drink a jug of moonshine a day.
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SOT 4:36:48
IN Q=I could walk up
((ANTHONY POOLE/FORMER RESIDENT: I COULD WALK UP, HEY MAN, LET ME HAVE A PINT,
HALF A PINT OR JUG. GET A CASE OF LIQUOR ON CREDIT, PAY HIM HALF. AS LONG AS
HE GOT SOMETHING I GOT A CASE OF LIQUOR.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=case of liquor
These men say education is the key to cleaning up the streets.
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IN Q=Stop turning
((STOP TURNING A BLIND EYE. STOP PRETENDING LIKE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. STOP
PRETENDING LIKE IT'S NOT THERE.))
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OUT Q=like it's not there
The 40 men living at Hope Harbor call themselves a family.
And this, many say, is home.
Tina Tenret, News7, Danville.))
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming up tonight in sports, Courtney Alexander says he's finished with UVa,
Art Monk is in Radford tonight,
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VO-NAT eng#
and Steve Mason was in Lexington this afternoon to check in with the VMI
Keydets who are ready for their football season under head coach Ted Cain.
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S-Alexander
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-29
SS=VIRGINIA
Back in July, UVa head basketball coach Jeff Jones suspended guard Courtney
Alexander indefinitely after he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend.
She told police he choked her, hit her and kicked her in the ribs.
SS=Alexander
This afternoon Alexander told UVa he's not coming back to school
because it's just not in his or the University's best interest for him to
return.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-Last Season; :00
The sharp shooting guard will not say where he plans to go to finish out his
career, but WINA radio in Charlottesville reports that Alexander will enroll at
Connecticut.
Wherever he transfers to, he will have to sit out all of next season, before
becoming eligible in the Fall of 1998.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=HOLD ALEXANDER
But first Alexander's court date is set for next Monday, August 25th.
S-Radford
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-15
GRAPHIC=RADFORD LOGO
Radford University is ready to welcome it third group of sports hall of fame
inductees back to campus tonight.
And the list includes former soccer all-american Dante Washington, former
basketball star Steve Robinson, former athletic director Chuck Taylor and
former women's hoops star Nan Millner.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Carlisle, PA/1990; :00
Those in attendance tonight at Muse Hall will also have the privilege of
hearing guest speaker Art Monk, the former Redskins pro bowler, who is destined
for the hall of fame.
Roy Stanley will talk with all of these folks tonight on News 7 at 11.
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S-Redskins
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=REDSKINS
Speaking of the Skins, Washington will attempt to close out its preseason
unbeaten tonight as the team plays the Dolphins at Pro Player stadium this
evening at 8.
Troubled receiver Michael Westbrook will not play tonight.
S-Keydets
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=FB97-1
GRAPHIC=VMI Football
The VMI annual football media day kicked off this afternoon.
Steve Mason introduces us to a new coach; a new playbook and a a new look.
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SOT
IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Lexington; :00
SUPER=01-Ted Cain/VMI's 27th Head Football Coach; :11
SUPER=01-Brandon Bissell/VMI Junior Receiver; :31
SUPER=03-Lexington/1996 Game vs. the Citadel; :44
SUPER=@Steve1; 1:05
SUPER=01-Al Lester/VMI Senior Quarterback; 1:17
SUPER=01-Mike Rogers/VMI Senior Linebacker; 1:38
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OUT Q=...News 7 sports"
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S-FFE
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
wipe to out of pkg!!!!
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And in one more football item, be sure to finish up your Friday with us
tomorrow night at 11:35 for the season premier of Friday Football Extra.
We'll be kicking off the first of 17 weeks of high school football happenings
with our preseason special.
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S-MLB
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s7-17
GRAPHIC=MLB
In the major leagues this afternoon, the Chicago Whitesox won their third
straight game with a 6-to-3 victory over Toronto.
Frank Thomas homered and Doug Drabek got the win on the mound.
Also today the Expos have beaten the Cardinals 3-to-2.
Montreal's Mike Johnson got his first career win and first major league hit
in the game.
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ANCHOR=Keith
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TAPE#None
That's News 7 at Six.
We'll have an update on the situation in Smyth County--more than 500
residents are still not able to return to their homes because of a chemical
fire.
weather, and sports tonight on News 7 at 11.
We'll have the latest on that story, plus the rest of the day's news,
by SS