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1-News-head
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VO-NAT
Just ahead on News 7 at Six: it will be a tough holiday season for 150
Dublin workers who found out today their factory is closing on Christmas Eve.
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ANCHOR=Jean
And he roomed with murder suspect Earl Bramblett in South Carolina and
testified against him today in court. Keith Humphry has the only interview with
witness James Lee Owens.
Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Roy
In sports, the Marlins win game three of the World Series, the 1999 Ryder
cup captain has been named.
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VO-NAT ENG#
And the Terriers of William Byrd are the Group Two A golf state champions.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Frost and freeze warnings are in place for many as temperatures tumble into
the 20's. The chilly details just ahead.
Dublin-Garment
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-75
GRAPHIC=None
Workers at one of Pulaski County's oldest garment plants are preparing to
start over.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Dublin;
Christmas Eve will be the last day on the job for workers at Dublin Garment
Company.
The plant, which has been in business for more than 40-years, notified its
150 employees today.
Some, like Barbara Spangler, have been with the company for nearly 30-years
and think of their co-workers as family.
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9:55:27
9:39:15
SOT
IN Q=I am
((BARBARA SPANGLER/DUBLIN GARMENT EMPLOYEE:I AM ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES, THAT HAS
ALREADY LANDED A JOB, I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT COULD SEE THE WRITING ON THE
WALL.
KEN LANGSTON/PLANT MANAGER:WE GOT A NICE BUILDING AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD
PEOPLE, WE'VE HAD GOOD RESULTS, AND IF YOU'VE GOT GOOD PEOPLE, YOU GOT GOOD
RESULTS, YOU GOT BAD PEOPLE, YOU GOT BAD RESULTS, BUT WE'VE DONE GOOD, IT'S
NOTHING WE'VE DONE. ))
SUPER=01-Barbara Spangler/Dublin Garment Employee; :00
SUPER=01-Ken Langston/Plant Manager; :08
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=we've done.
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VO-NAT
Langston has been in contact with the mayor in hopes the town will be able
to find a new owner for the factory.
The plant makes health care uniforms.
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Celco
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-78
GRAPHIC=None
Giles County's largest employer and union officials are at odds over plans
for a large scale reorganization.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co./September;
Celco officials say the union has rejected a proposal that would automate
some jobs in the plant.
Plant officials insist the plan would have provided hourly workers with job
security.
But union leaders reportedly feel the proposal violates their contract,
which is good until the year 2-thousand, by stripping away seniority rights.
As many as 500- hourly workers could be affected.
Celco makes material for cigarette filters and yarn for synthetic clothes.
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Pitts-Shooting
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-77
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation
A witness is helping Pittsylvania investigators find a killer -- but so far
the case is not cracked.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blairs;
Sheriff's deputies found 20-year-old (Del-VECK-e-o) Delvecchio Farmer dead
in this mobile home shortly before 11 last night.
He had been shot to death -- investigators say they found bullet holes in
the trailer and shells on the ground.
Sheriff Harold Plaster wants to hear from anyone who saw a white Nissan
Maxima or a light blue Jeep Cherokee near Route 716 last night.
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SOT 14:46:33
IN Q=This will help us tremendously
((HAROLD PLASTER/PITTS. CO. SHERIFF: THIS WILL HELP US TREMENDOUSLY WHEN PEOPLE
GET INVOLVED WITH THESE THINGS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PIECE EVERYTHING
TOGETHER. AS FAR AS MOTIVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.))
SUPER=@Plaster;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=at this time
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VO-NAT
Farmer was from Keeling, and the trailer was NOT his home.
But a woman was in the mobile home with Farmer and is helping the Sheriff
track down suspects.
Plaster will not say if he is close to making an arrest.
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Bramblett
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=khu
TAPE#97-72
GRAPHIC=Earl Bramblett
A man who lived with Earl Bramblett in South Carolina for a time testified
today that the capital murder suspect tried several times to tell him what had
happened in Virginia.
But James Lee Owens didn't want to hear it.
Double Boxes=Jean and Keith/Microwave
Owens told Keith Humphry his story before returning to South Carolina this
afternoon-- Keith?
Live=Keith Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Keith1;
SUPER=05-Salem;
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(Rollcue: and birth certificate)
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IN Q=Owens and Bramblett
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SUPER=01-James Lee Owens/Bramblett's Former Housemate; :10
SUPER=03-Vinton/August 29, 1994; 1:04
RUNS=1:13
OUT Q=blame it on me
Live=Keith Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Salem;
( ad lib)
Double Boxes=Jean and Keith/Microwave
(Jean question: But Owens never mentioned Bramblett saying anything to him
about arson and murder, right?)
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
In the not too distant future you won't have to drive or take the bus to get
to Valley View Mall--you'll be able to walk or bike there. We'll explain,
coming up on News 7 at Six.
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VO-NAT
and Hollywood comes east to weigh in on the race for Virginia Governor.
We'll have that story but first let's check in with Meterologist Robin Reed.
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City-Council
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=jda
TAPE#97-69
GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Seal
Construction of the new interchange on Interstate 581 could begin by the
end of the year.
Today, Roanoke City Council approved a three- point- nine million dollar
construction bid for the project.
Double Boxes=Jean and Joe/Microwave
Joe Dashiell reports today's vote was also a victory for Greenway
planners.
Live=Joe Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Joe1;
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(Rollcue: cyclists and pedestrians alike.)
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IN Q=If all goes
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SUPER=01-Liz Belcher/Greenway Coordinator; :21
SUPER=01-Jeanette Manns/Washington Park Alliance; :41
RUNS=:52
OUT Q=continue to grow.
((If all goes according to plan, the new interchange on I 581 will be open
to traffic by November of 1998... in time to offer some relief for holiday
shoppers.
But council's vote also offers encouragement to the Valley's greenway
advocates... because the contract includes construction of a bike path and
walkway over the highway.
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SOT 15:29:02
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(( ))
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OUT Q=so we are thrilled.
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(( ))
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OUT Q=to continue to grow.))
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Boitnott
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-76
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97
Campaign signs in the town attorney's window are causing some controversy in
Rocky Mount.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Rocky Mount;
Democrat John Boitnott posted signs for two republicans- Delegate Allen Dudley
and Democrat Congressman Virgil Goode.
Dudley's opponent, Democrat Mary Harkins, has her campaign headquarters just
a floor below Boitnott's.
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SOT 13:28:25:02
IN Q=She was
((JOHN BOITNOTT/TOWN ATTORNEY:SHE WAS INSULTED BY THE DUDLEY SIGNS NEAR HER
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS))
SUPER=01-John Boitnott/Town Attorney;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=campaign headquarters
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VO-NAT
Boitnott received a letter saying because of his public support for the
Republican candidate for delegate, Boitnott's Democratic Party membership has
been cancelled.
Boitnott has since taken down the signs.
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Debate-Injunction
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-74
GRAPHIC=Bradley Evans
For a candidate not aligned with a major political party, Lieutenant
Governor hopeful Bradley Evans has accomplished a lot.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/File Tape;
Evans, running on the Reform Party line, is the first third party candidate
to be placed on the ballot for statewide office.
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Week;
But he was not included in a taped debate set to air tonight on public
television station WBRA.
So Evans is trying to get a court injunction to stop the broadcast.
He says he should have been included.
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SOT 16:02:12
IN Q=THE PROGRAM WAS
((LARRY DYER/WBRA GENERAL MANAGER: PROGRAM WAS CONCEIVED IN EARLY MAY, THE
OFFER WAS EXTENDED ON MAY 27, AT THAT TIME, FOR THE LT. GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM,
THERE WERE ONLY 2 CERTIFIED CANDIDATES. IN FACT, MR. EVANS WAS NOT A CERTIFIED
CANDIDATE UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 17TH.))
SUPER=01-Larry Dyer/WBRA General Manager;
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=september the 17th.
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VO-NAT
WBRA plans to air the debate tonight as scheduled.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Wall Street profit taking took over today after the big gains of the first
two sessions of the week.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
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Heston
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-64
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97
The man better known for his work in Hollywood and with the National Rifle
Association is lending his voice to Virginia politics.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
Charlton Heston spent the day campaigning around the state for Republican
gubernatorial candidate Jim Gilmore.
Heston, who's Vice President of the N-R-A, just met Gilmore today.
But he's familiar with Virginia politics.
He campaigned for George Allen.
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5:52:00
5:58:28
SOT
IN Q=It's good
((CHARLTON HESTON/SCREEN ACTOR: IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK, I REMEMBER VIVIDLY, WHEN
I TOURED FOUR YEARS AGO, AND I FEEL OBVIOUSLY, IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE ROOM, THE
SAME SENSE OF ELECTRICITY AND EXCITEMENT.
JIM GILMORE/R-CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR:THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE HAVE 12
DAYS TO GO IN THIS ELECTION, 12 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE ELECTION, AND NOW IT RESTS
WITH YOU. ))
SUPER=01-Charlton Heston/Actor; :00
SUPER=@Gilmore; :12
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=rests with you.
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VO-NAT
Heston says he enjoys visiting Virginia because quote--- it's where the
country was invented.
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Earley
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-65
GRAPHIC=Mark Earley
**Note Anchor Tag**
Mark Earley went to the Philippines to preach Christianity.
He came back to Virginia to preach democracy.
Ellen Qualls has his story.
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SOT
IN Q=Mark Earley
SUPER=@file; :00
SUPER=@Earley; :32
SUPER=@Ellen2; 1:18
RUNS=2:08
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( Mark Earley tends to defy stereotypes.
A deeply religious Christian.
But also an aggressive lawyer.
Since he ran for state senate first in 1987, he's been its most successful
champion of conservative causes -- but he's respected by the capitol's liberal
leaners.
A Virginia Republican whose father was a labor union member.
He still lives in the same neighborhood he grew up in, but he had to leave
Virginia to develop a desire to lead Virginia.
The epiphany came 20 years ago, doing ministry work in the Philippines.
sot 13:02:05
((AND I REALLY CAME TO SEE THAT THE TREMENDOUS DEMOCRATIC LIBERTIES AND
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AMERICA DON'T RISE LIKE THE SUN ON THE REST
OF THE WORLD EVERYDAY. AND I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT UNLESS EACH
GENERATION OF AMERICANS REALLY HAS A PASSIONATE RECOMMITMENT TO THE CORE
PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR
CITIZENS, NOT JUST SOME, THAT WE WERE IN DANGER OF LOSING OUR GREATNESS IN THE
FUTURE.))
runs=:25
Earley's vision includes the Filipino-American community in Chesapeake.
sot 13:04:19
((EVEN AS I WAS A KID GROWING UP, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.))
runs=:07
sot 13:04:31
((WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE '70S WHEN OUR HIGH SCHOOL WAS INTEGRATED, I
TRIED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN WELCOMING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND BEING
SURE THEY WERE MADE PART OF ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS. THE BAND, THE PLAYS, THE
KEY CLUB.))
runs=:12
He calls his minority appeal the untold story of his campaign.
He counts NAACP state president Paul Gillis as a supporter.
Gillis, you may remember, labelled Earley ally George Allen a racist Howdy
Doody.
Democrats label him a Pat Robertson clone -- and in fact the polarizing
televangelist is his biggest individual contributor.
sot 13:06:06
((I SEE HIM ON OCCASION. PROBABLY NO MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR. BUT HE'S
IN MY SENATE DISTRICT, SO I MAY KNOW HIM BETTER THAN SOME OTHERS.))
runs=:06
But he blasts the campaign tactic.
sot 13:06:25
((BASICALLY AN APPROACH TO POLITICS THAT'S REMINISCENT OF JOE MCCARTHEY IN THE
LATE 1950S -- WHERE YOU ATTEMPTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE BY LINKING
THEM TO SOMEBODY ELSE.))
runs=:10
The link he doesn't mind is to George Allen, with whom he shared credit for
ushering parental notification for minor abortions into law this year after an
18- year battle.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
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TALENT=Jean
SS=Bill Dolan
Tomorrow night: Earley's opponent, two-time candidate Bill Dolan.
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
And coming up, Ben Crenshaw will Captain the U-S Ryder Cup team in 1999--
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VO-NAT ENG#
and Gary Sheffield and the Marlins win game three of the World Series last
night at Jacobs Field.
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S-Byrd
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S7-17
GRAPHIC=Sports Logo
The Terriers of William Byrd are the Group Two A state Golf champions.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Vinton; :
Yesterday in Harrisonburg the Terriers survived a cold windy day to capture
the title on the course at the Spotswood Country club.
It's Byrd's first golf championship since 1992.
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SOT
IN Q="Not only..
((TIM CHOCKLETT/BYRD HEAD COACH: ))
((ROBBIE CRAFT/BYRD GOLFER: ))
SUPER=01-Tim Chocklett/Byrd Head Coach; :00
SUPER=01-Robbie Craft/Byrd Golfer; :19
RUNS=:25
OUT Q= ....get one."
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S-Crenshaw
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S7-16
GRAPHIC=Ryder Cup
The United States is already preparing for the next Ryder Cup Competition in
1999.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=04-PGA TOUR; :
Ben Crenshaw will captain the team that year. The two time Masters champ is
a four time member of the U-S-Ryder cup team.
Europe retained the cup with a 14 and a half to 13 and a half win in Spain
Last month.
The americans have lost five of the last seven tries to bring the Cup Back
home.
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S-Series
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S7-9
GRAPHIC=World Series
The Florida Marlins scored seven runs in the top of the ninth and held on
for a 14 to 11 win over the Cleveland Indians to lead the World Series 2 games
to one.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Cleveland, OH/NBC SPORTS; :
The Marlins took advantage of several Indian turnovers in the ninth and
rode the bat of Gary Sheffield. He had three hits, including a homer and he
drove in five runs in the Florida win.
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SOT
IN Q="I've been
((GARY SHEFFIELD/HOMER 5 RBI'S: ))
((CHARLES NAGY/INDIANS PITCHER: ))
SUPER=01-Gary Sheffield/Homer, 5 R-B-I's; :00
SUPER=01-Charles Nagy/Indians Pitcher; :13
RUNS=:23
OUT Q= ......CRUSHED IT."
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=hOLD LOGO
Jaret Wright is scheduled to take the hill for the Indians tonight. And Tony
Saunders will pitch for the Marlins.
And again it will be a cool night at Jacobs Field the tempeture is expected
to be in the Mid 20's.
S-Hornets
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#TB98-1
GRAPHIC=HORNETS
Fans who saw the Hornets play at the Civic Center on Sunday night got a
chance to see the team's new point guard, David Wesley.
But Mike Stevens says it's the Hornets' "old" point man who is attracting the
attention this preseason.
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SUPER=@mike2; :57
SUPER=08-Dell Curry/Hornets All-Time Leading Scorer; 1:19
RUNS=1:49
OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."
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