17:00-01
News-Heads
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#news heads
GRAPHIC=NONE
Next on News 7 at FIve-
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VO-NAT
Two people are dead after an apparent murder suicide in Carroll County-
Virginia's largest health care insurer drops three hospitals fromits network.
Nala, the lion on the loose for 2 days in Florida- is re-captured.
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Wx-Heads
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
A weak cold front slips by today leaving another sunny forecast through
Friday.
medical-heads
ANCHOR=Tonya
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#med heads
GRAPHIC=NONE
How will a rift between Trigon and several local hospitals affect patient
care?
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VO-NAT
And how could a Japanese cartoon make hundreds of children sick?
These stories tonight on health check.
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2 shot
ANCHOR=Jean
(Jean ad lib)
video-open
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#video open
GRAPHIC=NONE
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VO-NAT
It's a waiting game as jurors deliberate the fate of Terry Nichols.
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5-Ok-Bombing
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#NET=-C
GRAPHIC=NEWS-7 AT FIVE
Good Evening. I'm Jean Jadhon.
SS=OK BOMBING
The jury in the second Oklahoma Bombing Trial asked to see the witness list-
as they began deliberating for their first full day.
Dave Fehling has more from Denver.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Denver;
SUPER=01-Jannie Coverdale/Victim's Grandmother;
SUPER=01-Scott Robinson/Legal Commentator;
SUPER=01-Andrew Cohen/Legal Commentator;
SUPER=01-Dave Fehling/Reporting;
RUNS=1:09
OUT Q=standard outcue."
((Mirrored windows concealed the faces of the seven women and five
men who will decide what role Terry Nichols played in the Oklahoma City
bombing.
JANNIE COVERDALE, GRANDMOTHER OF VICTIMS: I'M GONNA BE VERY UPSET IF TERRY'S
NOT CONVICTED BUT I DONT THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SCOTT ROBINSON, LEGAL COMMENTATOR:
INDEED THIS JURY IS GOING TO BE GRAPPLING VERY HARD WITH THE CONCEPTS OF
CONSPIRACY AND COMPLICITY. BECAUSE IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHAT DID TERRY NICHOLS
REALLY DO AND WHAT DID HE REALLY KNOW.
Nichols is accused of helping Tim Mcveigh build the bomb.
but unlike the jury in Mcveigh's trial who found him guilty of
first degree murder and sentenced him to death, this jury has the option of
considering lesser charges of second degree murder or
manslaughter...charges that do not carry the death penalty.
it was an option granted by the judge, Richard Matsch.
ANDREW COHEN/LEGAL COMMENTATOR:
THEN THAT'S A REFLECTION THAT HE THINKS ITS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD
FIND THAT AND THAT MEANS HE DOESN'T THINK THIS CASE IS AS STRONG AS THE
MCVEIGH CASE.
Jurors seemed to be methodically sorting through the evidence, at
one point asking the judge to provide a list of the nearly 200 witnesses. Dave
Fehling, CBS News, Denver.))
5-Trigon
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#597-43
GRAPHIC=Trigon
Virginia's largest health-care insurer is dropping three area hospitals from
its network of preferred providers.
Trigon Blue Cross, Blue Shield says it could not resolve a contract dispute
with the hospitals' management.
Double Boxes=Jean and Scott/Newsroom
Scott Goldberg joins us from the newsroom.
Scott, do we know what caused the dispute?
Live=Scott Full/Newsroom
Jean, all we know is Trigon and Columbia/H-C-A reached an impasse..
SUPER=@Scott1;
Trigon said three of the Columbia-owned hospitals in Southwest Virginia made
new demands regarding their contract with the insurer.
Those alleged demands have been a sticking point since August.
Now Trigon has decided it will not come to terms with the hospitals.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg;
Starting February 1st, Montgomery Regional Hospital, along with Lewis-Gale
Medical Center and Pulaski Community hospital...are no longer part of Trigon's
P-P-O network.
Trigon estimates close to 35-thousand subscribers used those hospitals as
preferred providers.
If they continue to use the Columbia hospitals, patients will have to pay
out-of-pocket costs.
So it's expected that most of those 35-thousand subscribers will take their
business to Carilion-owned hospitals like Roanoke Memorial and Community.
Carilion says it's ready for the influx of new patients.
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SOT 12:17:02
IN Q=We're not
((DON LORTON/CARILION HEALTH SYSTEMS: WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD AN ADDITION ON
THE BUILDING OR GO OUT AND BUILD A LOT OF NEW LAB EQUIPMENT OF SOMETHING LIKE
THAT TO ACCOMMODATE THESE ADDITIONAL PATIENTS.))
SUPER=01-Don Lorton/Carilion Health Systems;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=patients
Live=Scott Full/Newsroom
Again, Trigon will not say why it dumped the Columbia hospitals.
Only that the negotiations were, and remain, confidential.
Double Boxes=Jean and Scott/Newsroom
Jean, we tried getting in touch with Columbia hospitals.
But no one returned our calls.
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
Tonya Flory will be along with how this might affect patient care later in
the newscast.
5-Carroll-Murder
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#597-44
GRAPHIC=murder inv.
A Carroll County couple involved in an apparent murder-suicide last night
did NOT have a record of domestic violence.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Cana;
Sheriff's officials say 51-year old Fredrick Ray Edwards apparently shot his
live in girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.
Edwards and 35-year old Mary Ruth Hiatt were found in the front yard of
their Cana home.
According to police-- a couple of Hiatt's friends had been visiting when an
argument broke out and Edwards asked them to leave.
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9:08:05
SOT
IN Q=That scared
((WARREN MANNING/CARROLL CO. SHERIFF:THAT SCARED THEM AND THEY DID LEAVE AND
WHEN THEY WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THEY HEARD A SHOT AND INITIALLY RAN
TO THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE AND TRIED TO CALL US. ))
SUPER=01-Warren Manning/Carroll Co. Sheriff; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=call us.
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VO-NAT
Family members say Edwards had been depressed and drinking a lot.
But just a couple of days ago seemed to be in good spirits.
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tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#tease 1
GRAPHIC=NONE
The latest on the fire that killed a woman in Bedford County is coming up
next on NEWS-7 at FIVE--
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VO-NAT
And a little later-- a tranquilizer finally stops a 450-pound lion that had
escaped from a roadside zoo near Walt Disney World.
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ANCHOR=Tonya
In tonight's health check report--
More on Trigon's decision to drop Columbia Healthcare Hospitals--and how it
could impact the 30-thousand policyholders?
2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Jean
Also coming up-- Patrick is checking out Mill Mountain Theater's latest
production.
ANCHOR=tonya
And its just in time for Christmas-- stay close.
cc sponsor
Comm Break#1
5-Iraq-Demos
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#NET-A
GRAPHIC=IRAQ CONFLICT
Iraq's Prime minister claims his country is not hiding weapons of mass
destruction.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq;
But Tariq Aziz says Iraq will not allow weapons inspectors access to Saddam
Husseins 40 presidential palaces.
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SOTc 15:05:14
IN Q=
((TARIQ AZIZ/IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: THIS HAS BEEN USED BY THE AMERICANS
AS A PRETEXT TO DRAMATIZE THE SITUATION TO CREATE A MYSTERIOUS DRAMA ABOUT
THOSE SITES AND TO USE THE DRAMA TO PREPARE THE GROUNDS FOR MILITARY
AGRESSIVENESS.))
SUPER=01-Tariq Aziz/Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=MILITARY AGRESSIVENESS."
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VO-NAT
Iraq wants international sanctions lifted- It says sanctions are denying
people food and medicine.
Today a crowd, including many handicapped children, demonstrated in Baghdad.
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5-Fire-Folo
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-45
GRAPHIC=fire inv.
Bedford County authorities still aren't sure what caused yesterday's fire
that killed an elderly woman in Forest.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Forest/Yesterday
73-year old Barbara (STIH-glitz) Stieglitz died when her home in the Lake
Vista subdivision caught fire around 3 in the morning.
Investigators believe Stieglitz may have been trying to open the deadbolt on
her front door when she was overcome by smoke.
Authorities say Stieglitz had burned a log in the fireplace the night
before, but they don't know whether that may have sparked the blaze.
The fire is NOT considered suspicious.
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5-County-Officials
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#597-46
GRAPHIC=roanoke co. seal
Newly elected Roanoke County officials pledged their services into the year
2001 today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
Board of supervisors chairman Bob Johnson and Vinton representative Harry
Nickens took the oath of office, along with newcomer Joseph McNamara.
McNamara replaces Lee Eddy in the Windsor Hills district.
He asked former Roanoke City Mayor Noel Taylor to hold the Bible as he was
sworn in.
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SOT 11:00:19
IN Q=this is the turning
((JOSEPH MCNAMARA/WINDSOR HILLS SUPERVISOR; THIS IS THE TURNING POINT IN THE
CENTURY, SO IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE CHANNEL OUR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OUR INVESTMENT, IN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL
GOING FORWARD INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.))
SUPER=01-Joseph McNamara/Windsor Hills Supervisor;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=21st century
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VO-NAT
Roanoke County School Board chairman Michael Stovall, and board members
Jerry Canada and Tom Leggette were also sworn in this morning.
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tease#2
ANCHOR=Tonya
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
GRAPHIC=NONE
A traditional Christmas tale of believing comes to the stage at Center in
the Square... And you might want to check it out.
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(Patrick ad lib)
SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
STOCKS BUMP NEXT
5-Lion
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#net-d
GRAPHIC=none
The lion that escaped from a zoo near Orlando has been re-captured.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Kissimmee, FL;
The lion was found alive in a swamp next to Jungleland-
Florida game officials used a tranquilizer dart to subdue the animal and
carry her out of the woods.
The 450 pound female Lion named (Nah-la) Nala escaped from Jungleland on
Monday- when caretakers were repairing her cage.
Since then she's been on the loose in the area- which includes many tourist
attractions and neighborhoods.
Nala had been de-clawed- but still had deadly teeth and fangs.
Wildlife officers feared she'd become desperate and more aggressive- if not
found.
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3-SHOT
Forecasts
SUPER=#565;
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Clear With/Light Winds/26-30/Mostly Sunny/Light Winds/54-56;
SUPER=331-Mostly Clear/Winds Calm/28-32/Mostly Sunny/Light Winds/54-58;
SUPER=332-Clear And/Chilly/20-24/Mostly Sunny/Light Winds/52-54;
SUPER=333-Mostly Clear/Light Winds/25-28/Mostly/Sunny/52-54;
SUPER=334-Clear And/Chilly/22-25/Mostly Sunny/Light Winds/50-54;
SUPER=X5001;
tease#3
health music under
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#tease 3
GRAPHIC=None
The Roanoke Express will see a change at the top--
This after its General Manager resigns from the hockey team... details in
tonight's Two Minute Ticker.
ANCHOR=Tonya
On Health Check--
Students in Henry County public schools are getting additional health
facilities.
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VO-NAT
but in this case the facility comes to you--
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SOT 13:58:09
IN Q=It is a mobile
((IT IS A MOBILE UNIT BASICALLY A DOCTOR'S OFFICE ON WHEELS THAT WILL PROVIDE
PREVENTIVE CARE TO OUR STUDENTS.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=our students
health bump
Comm Break#3
six-preview
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#six preview
SUPER=@Keith1;
Tonight at six Virginia lawmakers are closer than ever to saying yes to
charter schools when lawmakers return to Richmond next month.
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SOT sot TAPE TWO 12:04:35
IN Q=It's much
((TIFFANI WALLACE/CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT: IT'S MUCH HARDER AND THERE'S THINGS
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE COULD LEARN IN SCHOOL. Like what? LIKE I'VE NEVER HAD
WRITING CLASS.))
SUPER=01-Tiffani Wallace/Charter School Student;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=writing class.
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VO-NAT
Tonight at SIX, Ellen Qualls visits a charter school in North Carolina so
you can see first-hand how one works.
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Live=Keith Full/Newsroom
It's the first of a two-part series on the grand experiment our neighbors in
North Carolina started this year.
And it's coming up at the top of the hour on NEWS 7 at SIX.
5-Patient-Care
ANCHOR=Tonya
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#597-47
GRAPHIC=trigon
Trigon's decision to drop the three Columbia HCA-Healthcare hospitals in our
area will have a dramatic effect on subscribers enrolled in the Preferred
Provider Organization program--
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
Montgomery Regional hospital C-E-O David Williams says the change treats
policyholders unfairly--because it limits choice.
Williams says policyholders should call Trigon to express their concerns.
pre pro
An estimated 30 to 35 thousand policyholders will be affected by the
change, which would go in effect January 31st for most subscribers.
State and local government employees coverage will be honored at Lewis-Gale,
Montgomery Regional and Pulaski Community hospitals through June 30th.
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ANCHOR=Tonya
SS=HOLD
Also policies will be extended to patients who are receiving care from one
of the three hospitals on February First and women in the third trimester of
pregnancy.
The change does not effect Trigon's medicare supplemental policy customers.
5-Kids-Insurance
ANCHOR=Tonya
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=sly
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Childrens Health
When it comes to health insurance for chidlren--
Virginia plans to take advantage of a new federal program by providing
comprehensive medical coverage to about 57 thousand kids whose parents work but
are too poor to afford health insurance.
Under the "Kid Care" program, Governor Allen is proposing the Commonwealth
spend 30 million dollars to snare new matching federal money that would pay for
the health coverage.
The federal Health Care Financing Administration is giving out 24 billion
dollars over the next five years as part of President Clinton's effort to
extend health coverage to about ten million children nationwide.
5-Cartoons
ANCHOR=Tonya
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#597-49
GRAPHIC=HOLD
A popular cartoon made more than 700 children physically sick in Japan
yesterday.
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VO-NAT
A colorful, flashing explosion on the cartoon called "Pocket Monsters"
caused epileptic-like symptoms.
SUPER=03-Tokyo
Hundreds of children ended up in emergency rooms suffering from vomiting and
convulsions.
Experts say some children are hypersensitive to strong, rapidly flashing
lights, but shouldn't suffer any lasting damage.
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SOT 10:08:30
IN Q=no I don't
((DR. MASAKAZU SEINO/EPILEPSY SPECIALIST; NO, I DON'T THINK SO, IF THEY AVOID
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Masakazu Seino/Epilepsy Specialist;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=stimuli
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VO-NAT
Police and government officials are investigating what happened.
T-V Tokyo pulled the program off the air.
Video stores are also taking the cartoon series off their shelves.
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5-Student-Health
ANCHOR=Tonya
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=tte
TAPE#597-50
GRAPHIC=teen health
Henry County has only one full-time nurse for its 21 public schools.
But a new van is coming to the school system's aid.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.;
The Henry County school board and Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and
Henry County are teaming up to buy a van, thanks to a 193-thousand-dollar grant
from the General Assembly.
The van will be outfitted with two exam rooms and a laboratory where two
full-time nurses and a nurse practitioner can offer everything from physicals
to prescriptions.
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SOT 13:59:04
IN Q=We count
((DAVID MARTIN/SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: WE COUNT ON OUR STUDENTS COMING TO SCHOOL
HEALTHY AND READY TO LEARN -- AND SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WITH THE
MOBILE UNIT WE CAN WORK WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR PREVENTIVE CARE.))
SUPER=01-David Martin/School Superintendent;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=preventive care
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VO-NAT
This also means fewer trips to the hospital for Henry County residents.
When schools aren't using the van it will travel countywide offering a
variety of services including blood screenings.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:02:47
IN Q=Trying to get
((JOSEPH ROACH/HOSPITAL DIRECTOR: TRYING TO GET INTO THE HOSPITAL IS VERY
DIFFICULT. YOU HAVE TO CALL ON FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS FOR TRANSPORTATION. THIS
WAY WE'LL BRING IT TO YOUR LOCALE -- YOUR LOCAL FIRE STATION, YOUR LOCAL
CHURCH.))
SUPER=01-Joseph Roach/Memorial Hospital Director;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=your local church
ANCHOR=Tonya
SS=HOLD
The van has not been purchased yet but it is expected to be on the road by
the summer.
2-shot-toss
ANCHOR=Jean
Time for the Two Minute Ticker-- and some personnel changes to talk about on
the hardwoods and the hard WATER.
ANCHOR=Tonya
Here's Roy Stanley with an employment update-- with word the General Manager
of the Roanoke Express is calling it quits.
S5-Express
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=ST5-31
GRAPHIC=ticker
Good afternoon everyone welcome to your mid week Ticker.
SS=Pierre Paiement
Express general manager Pierre Paiement returned from an out of town trip
to discuss the reasons why this will be his final season as the franchise's
G-M.
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SOT
IN Q="I felt
((PIERRE PAIEMENT/EXPRESS GENERAL MANAGER:))
SUPER=01-Pierre Paiement/Express General Manager;
RUNS=:24
OUT Q= decided to announce it
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke/This Morning; :00
Express president Joe Steffan spoke on behalf of the other owners today. A
a search for a new G.M. has begun. While rumors there was tension between some
members of the board of directors and Paiement emerged; Steffan offered his
support for his co owner.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="the position
((JOE STEFFAN/EXPRESS PRESIDENT:))
SUPER=01-Joe Steffen/Express President; :00
RUNS=:29
OUT Q=....of the roanoke Express"
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ANCHOR=Steve
SS=Hold pierre
Steve Mason will have more on Paiement's resignation at 6.
S5-Robinson
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#ST5-32
GRAPHIC=Two Minute ticker
Well, It comes as no surprise Southern California head football coach John
Robinson officially lost his job today.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=04-NCAA; :
The university fired Robinson today just two seasons after he led the
Trojans to a Rose bowl victory.
The Trojans finished this season with a 6 and 5 record and they failed to
receive a bowl bid which can ad thousands of dollars if not more to a school's
athletic department.
Today's action ends Robinson's second stint at the school. he was
104-35-and 4 over 12 seasons.
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=Hold Logo
The University replaced Robinson with Kansas City Chiefs offensive
coordinator Paul Hackett.
Hackett was a Robinson assistant at U-C-C from 1976-80.
5-MMT
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=FIVE
WRITER=PEV
TAPE#597-48
GRAPHIC=NONE
"Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus."
The play is bringing the Christmas spirit to audiences at Mill Mountain
Theater, and Patrick Evans is ready with behind-the-scenes details.
Patrick, who are you talking with today?
TOSS TO PATRICK AT ON RECORD SET
SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
SUPER=01-Jack Rowles/"Dr. Fred Miller";
SUPER=01-Kelly King Simpson/"Colleen Sullivan";
(ROLL OVER INTERVIEW)
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VO-NAT
RUNS=:40(STAGE LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK)
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TOSS TO JEAN
LIVE=PATRICK FULL
by SS