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News-Heads
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Next on News 7-
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VO-NAT
William Weld gives up the fight to become the U-S ambassador to Mexico.
And Mike Stevens takes us inside for a look at the new Jack Kent Cooke
Stadium.
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Wx-Heads
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Kind of quiet weatherwise. Tomorrow you can plan on low to mid 80s for
daytime highs.
medical-heads
ANCHOR=Connie
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On Health Check today--
Two popular diet drugs are coming
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VO-NAT
off the market, after reports linking them to serious heart damage.
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SOT 13:02:48
IN Q=Today we
((TODAY WE ANNOUNCE THE VOLUNTARY AND IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF TWO WEIGHT LOSS
MEDICATIONS FROM THE MARKET-- REDUX AND PONDIMIN. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=Redux and Pondimin.
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VO-NAT
William Weld takes his name out of consideration as Ambassador to Mexico.
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SOT 14:10:26
IN Q=
((SO I CAN GO BACK TO NEW ENGLAND WHERE NO ONE HAS TO APPROACH THE GOVERNMENT
ON BENDED KNEE TO ASK IT TO DO IT'S DUTY.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=to do its duty.
5-Weld
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Good Evening. I'm Jean Jadhon.
SS=WELD
Weld's announcement came after it was clear he would not get a Senate
hearing.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington ,DC/Last Week;
North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms blocked the hearing saying Weld was too
soft on drugs.
But Weld claims his record on drugs is strong- and says he's a victim of
Washington politics.
He criticized Helms and advice Capital insiders offered him.
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SOT 15:17:49
IN Q=
((WILLIAM WELD/FORMER NOMINEE: THEY SAID WE CAN'T JUST HAVE A HEARING. FIRST
YOU HAVE TO GO ON BENDED KNEE AND KISS A LOT OF RINGS. WELL MY MOTHER AND
FATHER TAUGHT ME I'M NO BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT THAT I'M NO WORSE.))
SUPER=01-William Weld/Former Nominee;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=that I'm no worse.
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VO-NAT
Weld stepped down as Massachusetts Governor for the Ambassador position.
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5-Danville-Fire
ANCHOR=Jean
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TAPE#597-42
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More than 80 firefighters are suing the city of Danville over their pay.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape;
The lawsuit alleges Danville firefighters are asked to work during meal
hours even though they're NOT paid.
It also maintains the department is not paying some employees overtime.
City Attorney Tim Spencer says the firefighters agreed to the current pay
terms more than ten years ago.
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5-Amtrak
ANCHOR=Jean
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An Amtrak Train carrying 83 people collided with a truck in Indiana.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Gary, IN;
The truck driver was killed in the crash- but only SEVEN of the train's
passengers were hurt- none seriously.
The train was on its way from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Chicago.
Officials say the driver of the truck drove around lowered crossing gates
and probably did not see the train coming.
The impact reportedly sheared off the cab of the truck.
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5-Stealth-Folo
ANCHOR=Jean
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The Air Force is temporarily grounding its fleet of F-117 Stealth fighters-
after yesterday's crash during an air show.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Middle River, MD;
Today authorities blocked off the area near Baltimore.
Soldiers are looking through debris to try and determine what went wrong.
SUPER=04-Yesterday;
The plane spiraled out of control destroying two homes.
But the pilot was able to eject- safely to the ground.
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SOT 14:05:30
IN Q=
((WILLIAM COHEN/DEFENSE SECRETARY: TO WATCH THE FILM OF HIM WAITING UNTIL THE
FINAL MOMENT BEFORE EJECTING IS TRULY A COMPLIMENT TO THE KIND OF COURAGE AND
DEDICATION THAT IS EXHIBITED DAY IN AND DAY OUT BY MEN AND WOMEN IN THE AIR
FORCE ALL OVER THE WORLD.))
SUPER=02-William Cohen/Defense Secretary;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=OVER THE WORLD."
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VO-NAT
No one on the ground was seriously hurt.
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5-VMI
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=KHu
TAPE#597-41
GRAPHIC=vmi
Virginia Military Institute has forwarded its first report to the court
since the school admitted women four weeks ago.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lexington/Last Month;
The updated progress report is due ten days after each quarterly meeting of
the V-M-I Board of Visitors.
Attorneys in Richmond have been pouring over it since, putting it into
legal form to submit to the federal judge who is still overseeing co-education
at V-M-I.
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
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TAPE#tease 1
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Candidates for Sheriff in the Hill City are walking the beat and some are
accusing each other...
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VO-NAT
And a little later, on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- it's the price you pay for a
successful fundraiser--
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ANCHOR=Connie
If you're using Redux or the drug combination fenfluramine and phentermine
to lose weight... not only does the government want you to stop,
The drug's manufacturers are pulling two products off of the shelves.
2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Jean
Also coming up-- a look inside the new Jack Kent Cooke Stadium...
ANCHOR=connie
Mike Stevens is our tour guide. Stay close.
cc sponsor
Comm Break#1
5-L'burg-Sheriff
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
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TAPE#597-32
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With seven weeks until election day, the candidates for Lynchburg sheriff
are trading accusations.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
Today, Ron Gillispie blasted incumbent Lawrence Simpson for claiming that
his deputies have the same level of training as a county deputy.
Gillispie says that's both inaccurate and dangerous.
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SOT 15:03:16//
IN Q=I want
((RON GILLISPIE/LYNCHBURG SHERIFF CANDIDATE: I WANT LYNCHBURG SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES TO RECEIVE THE SAME PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AS OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES
DO. NO MORE EXCUSES OR DENYING THE PROBLEM. LET'S FIX IT BEFORE RICHMOND MAKES
US FIX IT.))
SUPER=01-Ron Gillispie/Candidate for Lynchburg Sheriff; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=makes us fix it.
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VO-NAT
Simpson refuted Gillispie's claim, saying he was misquoted.
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SOT 15:20:27
IN Q=We do receive
((LAWRENCE SIMPSON/LYNCHBURG SHERIFF: WE DO RECEIVE THE SAME TRAINING AS THEIR
COURT STAFF AND THEIR JAIL STAFF. WE DO NOT RECEIVE THE SAME TRAINING AS THE
FIELD STAFF.))
SUPER=01-Lawrence Simpson/Lynchburg Sheriff; :00
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=the field staff.
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VO-NAT
Herb Duff and Mary- Randolph Preston round out the field of candidates for
Lynchburg sheriff.
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5-Virginia-Students
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
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TAPE#597-31
GRAPHIC=EDUCATION
Roanoke County schools fare above the state average when it comes to remedial
aid.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Virginia spends about 25-million dollars a year on developmental classes.
PRE-PRO
The state council of higher Education's latest statistics are out.
They show nearly one of every four public high school graduates who entered
state colleges in the fall of 1995 needed remedial work in english, reading and
math.
That's compared to eleven percent of private high school grads.
Roanoke County school officials say they offer advanced classes, but
enrollment is low.
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SOT 4:41:42
IN Q=Roanoke County schools
((GARY KELLY/DIRECTOR OF GUIDANCE: ROANOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS HAD ABOUT 16-PERCENT
THE LAST DATA WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE COUNCIL, SO WE WERE OBVIOUSLY
SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER THE STATE NUMBERS))
SUPER=01-Gary Kelly/Director of Guidance;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=state numbers
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VO-NAT
School officials say the majority of the remedial work is needed in
arithmetic courses.
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5-Fundraiser
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5 p.m.
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TAPE#597-34
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Sometimes when you're raising money for a charitable cause, you have to
give a little something extra--
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
In teacher Troy Smith's case, it was HAIR-- LOTS of hair.
Students at Hidden Valley Junior High School shaved Smith's head after
raising more than 15-hundred dollars for the Leukemia Society of America.
That easily surpassed their original goal of 948-dollars.
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SOT 0:30:48 TAPE 1
IN Q=They would have
((TROY SMITH/HIDDEN VALLEY JR. HIGH TEACHER: THEY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY GIVEN
ANYWAY, BUT THE FACT THAT I HAD MY HEAD SHAVEN WAS A BIG INFLUENCE ON THEM,
TOO, BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THE HAIR WAS COMING OFF IF THEY RAISED A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF GOALS. ))
SUPER=01-Troy Smith/Hidden Valley Jr. High Teacher;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=amount of goals
TALENT=Jean
SS=HOLD
Smith says although the buzz cut was a "liberating experience", he still
plans to let his hair grow back.
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health music under
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Her talk shows have been imitated dozens of times- so will Oprah Winfrey
continue hosting into the next century?
ANCHOR=Connie
More than 20 million prescriptions of the drug combination known as Fen-Phen
were written last year.
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VO-NAT
Now, half of that combo is being taken off the market, along with the new
drug REDUX.
Coming up on Health Check-- more information about a link to serious heart
damage.
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SOT 13:03:09
IN Q=This new information is not
((THIS NEW INFORMATION IS NOT DERIVED FROM A THOROUGH CLINICAL STUDY AND IS
DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE. HOWEVER, WE ARE TAKING THE MOST PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION
IN ANNOUNCING THIS WITHDRAWAL. ))
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OUT Q=this withdrawal.
health bump
Comm Break#3
2-shot-toss
(2-shot)
5-diet-drugs
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-36
GRAPHIC=recall
Two of the most popular and controversial diet pills sold today are being
taken off the shelves because of evidence they cause heart problems.
Lee Cowan reports on today's action, which came at the urging of the Food
and Drug Administration.
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SOT
IN Q=THEY WERE
SUPER=01-Dr. Michael Freedman/Acting FDA Commissioner; :25
SUPER=01-Dr. Marc Bessler/Obesity Expert - Surgeon; :47
SUPER=01-Geri Lipschitz/Weight-Loss Patient; 1:15
SUPER=01-Lee Cowan/Reporting; 1:25
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OUT Q=COWAN, CBS NEWS CHARLOTTE.
((
They were the drugs that showed light at the end of the tunnel.
Diet pills-- which helped cut body weight by about 10-percent... enough to
reduce dangerous high blood pressure... and as such, offer other health
benefits for clinically obese people.
They were never without risk -- but the F-D-A says new information about
the nation's most popular driet drugs may have changed the
odds.
DR. MICHAEL FRIEDMAN/ACTING FDA COMMISSIONER: NOT KNOWING... WITHDRAW THESE
PRODUCTS.
Preliminary research shows the drugs seemed to damage the heart,
specifically the heart valves.
It's a defect the Mayo Clinic discovered two months ago in connection with
Fen-Phen... and the F-D-A connected Redux a short time later.
DR. MARC BESSLER/OBESITY EXPERT--SURGEON: IT'S NOT AT ALL SURPRISING THAT THE
COMPANY HAS DECIDED TO DO THIS-- PULL BACK-- GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AND
REASSESS.
Ever since they burst on the market, dexfenfluramine or redux-- or
fenfluramine-- half of the fen-phen cocktail have been widely successful in
helping those who have serious weight problems. and they brought in millions
for the two companies which manufacture the drugs.
Those who were so happy with the drugs initial success-- feel it's back to
square run.
GERI LIPSCHITZ/WEIGHT-LOSS PATIENT: I'M A LITTLE FRIGHTENED-- IT MAY BE A BIT
OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL CRUTCH-- AND I KIND OF DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE-- SO I'M A
LITTLE AFRAID...
The voluntary recall is based on the hope that larger and more detailed
studies-- show the drugs are safe. there is a chance the drugs will be back on
the market -- but not anytime soon.
FDA: OBVIOUSLY... KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT.
Prescriptions of the drugs have plunged since the first sign of problems
back in July.
That has already hit the drug-makers hard-- this undoubtedly will make
things worse.
Lee Cowan, CBS News, Charlotte.))
5-React
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TAPE#597-37
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The effects of today's withdrawal by Wyeth Ayerst will likely be felt at
Roanoke's Center for Bariatric Medicine--
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File; :
where many patients are on weight loss medications.
Bonny Lee just wants more study on ALL possible obesity treatments.
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SOT 12:20:03
IN Q=I wish that
((BONNY LEE/CENTER FOR BARIATRIC MEDICINE: I WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE A RISK TO
BENEFIT IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF UNDERSTANDING THE RISK TO THE BENEFIT IN AN
ATMOSPHERE WITH A PHYSICIAN AND LET THE PATIENT MAKE DECISIONS FOR
THEMSELVES.))
SUPER=01-Bonny Lee/Center for Bariatric Medicine; :
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=for themselves.
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VO-NAT
The Center is hoping to offer its patients alternative treatments.
Currently, Hypericum, or St. John's Wort, is being tested for it's
potential in aiding weight loss.
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SOT 12:18:11
IN Q=There are
((BONNY LEE/CENTER FOR BARIATRIC MEDICINE: THERE ARE DRUGS THAT CAN BE USED
ALONE. SEVERAL DRUGS, WE USE THAT ALONE, WE USE MAZENDOL, IS ANOTHER DRUG THAT
WE CAN BE USED. THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE USED. BY THEMSELVES.
THE FENFLURAMINE AND DEXFENFLURAMINE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.))
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=to be available
5-Lifestyles
ANCHOR=Connie
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WRITER=cst
TAPE#597-38
GRAPHIC=HOLD
For patients who are on Redux, or the Fenfluramine-Phentermine combination,
the experts say-- keep in mind, the weight you lost wasn't all due to the
medicine.
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VO-NAT
Rather, for many, it was the lifestyle changes-- changes in fitness, changes
in the amount and types of food in your diet-- that led to your weight loss.
And those changes CAN be permanent.
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SOT 13:01:54
IN Q=One of the
((LEE ANN KING/HEALTH MANAGEMENT CENTER: ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IS WRITE
DOWN WHAT FOODS YOU'RE CONSUMING, HOW MUCH, PORTIONS, AND KEEP TRACK OF THAT SO
THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES, WE EAT MORE
THAN WHAT WE THINK BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AWARE. ))
SUPER=01-Lee Ann King/Health Management Center; :
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=not aware.
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VO-NAT
Keep up the exercising, and eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
They've got lots of fiber and water, so they're filling-- allowing you to
keep your calories low and your nutrition up.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Again, what's often referred to as Fen-Phen, it's not correct to say that's
being taken off the market.
One half of that drug combination-- Fenfluramine, also known Pondimin--
that won't be available.
Neither will Dexfenluramine, known as Redux.
But Phentermine, that will still be on the market, and can be used alone as
an appetite suppressent.
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groovy music UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=amo
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Want to slow things down and enjoy a blast from the past, or live the 1950s
for the first time while drinking a thick milkshake?
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SUPER=22-Roanoke Co.;
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six-preview
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#six preview
SUPER=@Keith1;
There's more NEWS-7 at FIVE in a moment, first a look ahead to NEWS-7 at
SIX-- we'll visit Radford High school where biology students are becoming
amateur scientists.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Radford;
The 10th graders are taking part in a nationwide research project involving
the monarch butterfly.
The students monitor the insects as they develop from tiny eggs into
caterpillars before maturing into butterflies.
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10:11:55
SOT
IN Q=It amazes
((DAVID HALL/BIOLOGY STUDENT:IT AMAZES ME THAT THE INSECTS FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
THIS AND KNOW HOW TO DO THIS, AND, I MEAN, IF I HAD TO DO THIS, I'D BE
COMPLETELY CONFUSED, WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT, IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
PROCESS. ))
SUPER=01-David Hall/Biology Student; :
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=beautiful process.
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VO-NAT
The students not only raise the butterflies but also tag them for release.
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ANCHOR=Jean
Tonight at six more on this project that's designed to help scientists AND
students learn more about the monarch migration--which has been called an
"endangered phenomenon".
5-SODA-JERK
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=FIVE
WRITER=PEV
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE
The fifties are all but a memory these days, but one establishment is
turning back the clock with a nostalgic new snack shop.
DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
Patrick Evans joins us from the "Soda Jerk", at Tanglewood mall- with a
perspective from the past.
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SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
SUPER=22-Roanoke Co.;
SUPER=01-Jerrel Hanson/"Soda Jerk";
SUPER=22-Roanoke Co.;
DOUBLE BOX PATRICK/JEAN
SPORTS-TOSS
ANCHOR=Jean
Let's turn to sports--
The Washington Redskins won in overtime in their new digs yesterday...
Mike Stevens was there--
You say there's plenty to see?
S5-Stadium
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-29
GRAPHIC=TWO MINUTE TICKER
Welcome everybody to your Monday afternoon.
Later tonight week three in the
SS=NFL
National Football League comes to close as the Dallas Cowboys host the
Philadelphia Eagles.
SS=REDSKINS
But yesterday, the spotlight was in the D.C. Metro area as the Skins played
Arizona and officially opened Jack Kent Cooke stadium.
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SOT
IN Q=NAT SOUND
SUPER=03-Raljon, MD/Yesterday; :00
SUPER=01-Norv Turner/Redskins Head Coach; :29
SUPER=00-Max Feinman/Skins Fan from Lynchburg; :43
SUPER=00-Pete Haislip/Skins Fan from Salem; 2:01
RUNS=2:10
OUT Q=...A BIG PLUS."
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NAT SOUND OPEN
(( UVa's Ryan Kuehl, the newest Redskin joined some of the franchise greatest
players ever to christen the stadium and pay tribute to the late Jack Kent
Cooke, a man who spent 10 years of his life trying to build his team a new
home, only to die 160 days before it opened for business.
((NORV TURNER/REDSKINS HEAD COACH:))
The stadium is a fitting monument to Mr. Cooke and his perseverance.
For starters, it was built in a record 17 and a half months - five months
faster than the previous record of 22 to construct Pro Player in Miami.
To support the 80 thousand fans who will inhabit it each season, the stadium
is made of 650 thousand cinder blocks, 268 million pounds of concrete and 9
million pounds of steel.
((MAX FEINMAN/SKINS FAN FROM LYNCHBURG:))
And there's more to this place than just nuts and bolts.
38 concession stands and 2 formal restaurants serve everything from pizza to
steak to crab cakes, but nothing's free - one beer costs $5 bucks.
Of course money is no object for many folks, like the ones who inhabit the
208 luxury suites.
Each suite has leather couches, chairs, TVs, refrigerators, and a mahogany
sink and bar area.
It's one of the best seats in the house, but it will cost you as much as $160
thousand a season to own one.
There are cheaper seats but you still better bring your ATM card.
It will cost a family four over $200 bucks just to get in the gate.))
((MIKE STEVENS:))
((PETE HAISLIP/SKINS FAN FROM SALEM:))
S5-Orioles
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-15
GRAPHIC=ORIOLES/YANKEES
The Baltimore Orioles entered today's doubleheader with the Cleveland Indians
needing a one win to clinch a spot in the playoffs.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Baltimore/Indians vs. Orioles; :00
And the Orioles would ride a four run explosion in the early innings to hang
on and beat the Tribe 6-to-5.
The Orioles have now won 91 games and they are the first to wrap a spot in
the postseason.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=ticker
Coming up at six we'll check in with Michael Westbrook, the hero of
yesterday's Skins' win over the Cards.
Take care everybody.
take a break
5-OPRAH
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=AMO
TAPE#NET-h
GRAPHIC=NONE
She's been called the queen of daytime talk shows.
Today Oprah Winfrey said the show WILL go on.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Chicago;
Winfrey hinted this season might be her last.
Today, though, she announced she's committed through the 1999-2000 broadcast
season.
And she joked about her theme song.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:24:49
IN Q=There's a
((OPRAH WINFREY/TALK SHOW HOST: ))
SUPER=01-Oprah Winfrey/Talk Show Host;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=WILL BE (DOUBLE OUT)
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VO-NAT
Winfrey says her goal is to entertain and help people lead better lives.
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