18:00-01
1-News-head
ANCHOR=Keith
On NEWS 7 at SIX tonight.
From here it looks like a winter wonderland.
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VO-NAT
If you LIVE on Bent Mountain, it's a homeowner's headache.
A live report on that in just a moment.
And a Norfolk-Southern train falls victim to flood waters and erosion that
simply washed away the track.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Roy
In sports, the cars in position for the Bud Shootout at Daytona--we'll show
you the lineup.
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VO-NAT ENG#
And Virginia Tech breaks a losing streak with a win last night at the
Cassell.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
The slow moving winter storm continues to produce light rain and freezing
rain in our area. More of the same tomorrow.
Bent-Mountain
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=jda
TAPE#97-92
GRAPHIC=Winter Weather
Most of Western Virginia has put its latest brush with winter weather behind
it, but some areas are still in the grip of a damaging deep freeze.
Double Boxes=Keith and Joe/Microwave
Joe Dashiell is on Bent Mountain tonight, where it may be the weekend before
many residents have their power restored.
Live=Joe Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Joe1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.;
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rollcue: residents here have come to expect
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SOT
IN Q=Bent Mountain is no stranger
SUPER=01-John Lancaster/Bent Moutain Resident; :11
SUPER=01-Don Powell/American Electric Power; :43
RUNS=:53
OUT Q=but it's slow going
Live=Joe Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.;
Double Boxes=Keith and Joe/Microwave
Train-Wreck
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#97-97 **Rolled from StarLink**
GRAPHIC=Norfolk Southern
They've been out since the crack of dawn.
And they'll keep working all day tomorrow.
Norfolk Southern crews and construction workers are working as fast as they
can to clean up a derailed train in Glasgow.
Double Boxes=Keith and Scott/StarLink
Scott Goldberg is in Glasgow tonight.
Scott, we know no one was hurt. But how has this incident hurt the railroad?
Live=Scott Full/StarLink
SUPER=@Scott1;
SUPER=06-Rockbridge Co.;
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(Rollcue: before Saturday.)
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SOT **Rolled from StarLink**
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Glasgow;
SUPER=01-Capt. Richard Spangler/Glasgow Volunteer Fire Dept.;
RUNS=1:03
OUT Q=carries it away
Live=Scott Full/StarLink
SUPER=06-Rockbridge Co.;
Double Boxes=Keith and Scott/StarLink
Clerk-Shooting
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-98
GRAPHIC=Shooting
A Campbell County judge called it one of the most malignant acts he's seen
in many years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Rustburg;
21- year- old Rodney Keith Holland and 19- year- old Derek Dewayne Smith
were found guilty today-- on a total of nine charges stemming from an attempted
convenience store robbery last summer.
Authorities say Smith shot store clerk Matthew Longerbeam in the head at
point blank range during the crime.
A bullet fragment is still lodged near Longerbeam's spine and he also
suffers from hearing loss.
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SOT 8:04:38//8:09:06
IN Q=It's a combination
((MATTHEW LONGERBEAM/SHOOTING VICTIM: IT'S A COMBINATION OF LUCK THAT I'M STILL
ALIVE, LIKE YOU SAY, BUT IT'S CHANGED MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT. IN FACT, I'VE HAD
SOME DRINKING PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THIS, I'VE LOST WORK LIKE I MENTIONED, I'M
SEEING A PSYCHIATRIST, SO IT HAS HAD A BIG IMPACT ON MY LIFE.))
((NEIL VENER/PROSECUTOR: I'M GOING TO SEEK A LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR BOTH OF
THEM, BECAUSE THIS IN ESSENCE WAS A CAPITAL MURDER AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY
COULD TO KILL THE MAN AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S JUST SHEER LUCK OR THE GRACE OF GOD
THAT HE'S ALIVE.))
SUPER=01-Matthew Longerbeam/Shooting Victim; :00
SUPER=01-Neil Vener/Prosecutor; :21
RUNS=:30
OUT Q=that he's alive.
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VO-NAT
Both men will be sentenced in April.
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Blevins
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A second school employee in Montgomery County now faces charges of having
sex with a child.
34-year-old Michael Blevins was arrested Tuesday at Shawsville High
School, charged with 15 counts of fornication and 30 counts of crimes against
nature, including sodomy.
State police say the victim is 16 years old but she is NOT a student of
Blevins.
The crimes allegedly occurred last summer in Smyth County, where Blevins
taught high school in the 1980's.
He is currently a Montgomery County wrestling coach and math teacher but
has been suspended WITH pay until trial.
State police say they plan to press similar charges against Blevins in
other jurisdictions.
A Montgomery County teacher's aide - John Breedlove - is set for trial in
April on charges of having sex with four girls.
NRV-Search
ANCHOR=khu
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=kzu
TAPE#97-95
GRAPHIC=None
Rescue squads in Giles County are searching for a man believed to have
drowned in the New River this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Narrows;
A resident of the Ridgeview Campground told authorities he saw a man in a
blue shirt struggling and screaming for help in the middle of the river.
The man disappeared in the swift current made worse this week by runoff from
recent storms.
Sheriff's deputies are checking the banks of the river for an abandoned car
or boat trailer but haven't turned up any information about the man's identity
or how he got into the water.
The swift current and rising river levels have complicated the search and
kept divers out of the water.
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Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
The proposal to penalize Virginia teen drivers who get tickets has lost some
of its punch. We'll have that story just ahead on News 7 at Six.
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VO-NAT
And parents who don't pay a school materials fee in Bedford County are
facing a penalty. The school system is threatening legal action.
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ANCHOR=Robin
wx ad lib
Roll
Lake Level
MUSIC UP FULL
COMM#1
Roll
TALENT=Robin
SS=NONE
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SUPER=82-3.47''/plus 3.07''/11.44''/plus 8.42'';
SUPER=83-Above 0.33 foot/Above 0.33 foot;Lake levels
Teen-Drivers
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-100
GRAPHIC=Session 98
Teen drivers found some friends today in Virginia's House of Delegates.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
A measure that would put restrictions on teens who've been cited for moving
violations lost some teeth.
SUPER=@file;
Lieutenant Governor John Hager's signature bill would have limited the
number of passengers who could ride with a teen who'd gotten one ticket.
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SOT 13:38:36 LONNIE
IN Q=My teenage
((MY TEENAGE CHILDREN WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIES. AND FIVE OF THEM WANT TO GO.
AND THERE'S ONLY THE CAR THAT WE HAVE. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO DRIVE THEM TO
THE MOVIES AT 8:30, GO BACK AND PICK 'EM UP AT 11:30 BECAUSE FIVE OF THEM
COULDN'T GO OR SIX HEAVEN FORBID IF WE HAD A MINIVAN.))
SUPER=01-Del. John Tate/(D) Smyth Co.;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=had a minivan.
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VO-NAT
But the bill's defenders made the unsuccessful argument that it's a matter
of life and death.
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SOT 13:47:15
IN Q=Particularly
((DEL. JIM SCOTT/R-FAIRFAX: PARTICULARLY BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
OVERREPRESENTED IN ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES AND IN INFRACTIONS PROPORTIONALLY TO
THE POPULATION, THAT THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN RISKY BEHAVIOR. AND
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO DISCOURAGE THAT RISKY BEHAVIOR.))
SUPER=01-Jim Scott/(R) Fairfax;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=risky behavior.
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VO-NAT
As the bill's been left now, only teens with more than one ticket would be
restricted.
Two brings a suspension.
Three tickets brings a one year revocation.
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School-Fee
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-94
GRAPHIC=Education
Bedford County is starting to crack down on parents who haven't paid their
child's 25- dollar school fee.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
The school board last year approved the fee to plug a revenue gap in the
annual budget.
The 25 dollars covers the cost of school materials such as chalk, paper and
glue.
In December, superintendent John Kent estimated only 80 percent of the
parents had paid their fees.
Schools continue to send notices home with students, urging the parents to
pay up.. and threatening legal action if they don't.
Officials say most of the delinquencies occur in the county's poor, rural
areas.
The school fee is "not" part of Dr. Kent's budget for the next school year.
The issue may come up for discussion at tonight's school board meeting.
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Frith
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Earl Frith
Federal jurors will soon begin deliberating the money laundering case
against Earl Frith.
Closing arguments consumed the entire day.
The judge has told the jury to plan on working late this evening.
The 73-year old realtor is accused of structuring bank deposits to avoid
reporting more than 10-thousand dollars in cash receipts.
Frith allegedly deposited 16-thousand dollars- -in two separate
transactions in 1989... money from drug smuggler Javier Cruz.
Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
Stocks declined modestly, following recent dramatic gains.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
RUNS=:25
SUPER=x5102;
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The Dow lost about 13 points to close at 81 hundred 18.
NASDAQ dropped three and a half points.
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$=7/16 *=15/16
h= UP (Local Stocks only!)
i= DOWN (Local Stocks only!)
u= UNCHANGED (Local Stocks only!)
(You must use lowercase letters)]
SUPER=465-**/###/**/###/**/###;
[ Bassett Fur/ Bedford Bancshares/Dimon]
SUPER=466-**/###/**/###/**/###;
[ ETS /Main Bankshares/ Optical Cable]
SUPER=467-**/###/**/###/**/###;
[Pulaski Furn./ Roanoke Electric Steel/Roanoke Gas]
SUPER=468-**/###/**/###/**/###;
[ Stanley Furniture/ Tultex/Valley Bank]
Floyd-Administrator
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#98-2
GRAPHIC=nONE
The Floyd County administrator has resigned.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co./File Tape;
Roy Crawford is leaving after two years, to move to Charlotte, North
Carolina.
That's where his wife has found a new job.
Crawford has been running Floyd County for two years.
He's spent more than 25 years in local government. He says he'll probably
look for a job this time in business or industry.
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Gender-Equity
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#98-1
GRAPHIC=None
Women know it.
They pay more at hair salons, some drycleaners, and in clothing stores than
men do.
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SOT 13:29:45
IN Q=
((DEL. GLADYS KEATING/D-FAIRFAX: IT'S A QUESTION OF SIMPLE EQUITY OF FAIRNESS.
AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CALLS FROM ALL OVER SAYING OH THANK HEAVENS SOMEBODY'S
DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.))
SUPER=01-Del. Gladys Keating/(D) Fairfax;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=about this.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Fairfax Delegate Gladys Keating's fighting a battle against the forces of
the free market.
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SOT 13:29:05
IN Q=I would
((DEL. KATHY BYRON/R-LYNCHBURG: I WOULD JUST ASK DO WE REALLY NEED A BILL IN
ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH TRYING TO GET EQUALITY THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ON OUR OWN.
DEL. GLADYS KEATING/D-FAIRFAX: MR. SPEAKER I WOULD SAY OBVIOUSLY OR I WOULDN'T
HAVE PUT IT IN.))
SUPER=01-Del. Kathy Byron/(R) Lynchburg; :00
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=it in.
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VO-NAT
But there is one area where women consumers benefit...
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NAT SOT
IN Q=In the gentleman's
((IN THE GENTLEMAN'S PAST, HAS HE EVER GONE TO A RESTAURANT ON A LADIES NIGHT?
laughter. ))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=(laughter)
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VO-NAT
The Gender Equity Act of 1998 is mired in debate -- and got sent back to
committee for more work.
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Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
And coming up, Duke and North Carolina square off tonight in Chapel Hill
the field for the Bud Shootout is all set.
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VO-NAT ENG#
And Two former high school basketball players from Fleming and Patrick Henry
have teamed up to help tutor some kids at the elementary level.
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S-ACC
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#BB98-2
GRAPHIC=ACC
The biggest game of the year in the ACC, and perhaps the biggest game in the
nation this season, takes place tonight in Chapel Hill as the second ranks
Tarheels host number one Duke.
It's a match made in Carolina heaven.
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SOT
IN Q=FIRST AUDIO
((BILL GUTHRIDGE/UNC HEAD COACH:))
((SHANE BATTIER/DUKE FORWARD:))
SUPER=01-Bill Guthridge/UNC Head Coach; :00
SUPER=01-Shane Battier/Duke Forward; :15
RUNS=:31
OUT Q=...DUKE BASKETBALL."
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WIPE TO pinnacle board#
S-Board
ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=none
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wipe to pinnacle page
Pinnacle (99051)
And you can catch the game LIVE right here on Your Hometown station tonight
as the two ACC schools separated by just 12 miles come together in Chapel Hill.
Tipoff is set for NINE right here on WDBJ.
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S-UVa
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#VB98-1
GRAPHIC=HOLD ACC
Last night in the ACC, the Virginia Cavaliers saw their record drop to
10-and-12 on the season as Florida State beat them 81-to-73.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Last Night; :00
Fleming and Radford University grad Steve Robinson had to watch fellow
Roanoker Curtis Staples light up the U-Hall sky with 16 points and four three
pointers.
But his Seminoles were up for the challenge and Terrell Baker makes the steal
and goes in for the jam as Florida State drops UVa to 2-and-8 in the ACC with
the 81-to-73 win.
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SOT
IN Q=
((STEVE ROBINSON/F.S.U. HEAD COACH:))
((CURTIS STAPLES/16 POINTS LAST NIGHT:))
((JEFF JONES/UVA HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Steve Robinson/FSU Head Coach; :00
SUPER=01-Curtis Staples/16 Points Last Night; :13
SUPER=01-Jeff Jones/UVa Head Coach;:23
RUNS=:30
OUT Q=...same things
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S-Tutor
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S8-4
GRAPHIC=College hoops
Roanoke hosts Bridgewater tonight in Salem. While the maroons are 8 and 9
on the season; they have a lot to be proud of; especially when you consider the
efforts of two freshman.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Today; :00
Brad Dunleavy and Colby Leftwich are tutoring a few youngsters every
Thursday afternoon at Virginia Heights Elementary school. They work on the
second graders math, spelling and reading.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="We can
((BRAD DUNLEAVY/ROANOKE FRESHMAN:))
((COLBY LEFTWICH/ROANOKE FRESHMAN:))
((CHARLES GODFREY/VA. HEIGHTS SECOND GRADER: ))
SUPER=01-Brad Dunleavy/Roanoke Freshman; :00
SUPER=01-Colby Leftwich/Roanoke Freshman; :12
SUPER=01-Charles Godfrey/Va. Heights Second Grader; :21
RUNS=:30
OUT Q=...how to spell"
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S-Bud
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=DAYTONA S'WAY
The starting grid for Sunday's Bud Shootout, formally known as the Busch
Clash, is all set.
Mark Martin drew the top spot this afternoon while Dale Jarrett wasn't so
lucky.
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WIPE TO MOTION
SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5013;
SUPER=0107-1. Mark Martin//2. Ken Schrader//3. Mike Skinner//4. Ward
Burton//5. Jeff Gordon//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0107-6. Todd Bodine//7. Bill Elliott//8. Geoff Bodine//9. Bobby
Labonte//10. Joe Nemechek//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0107-11. Johnny Benson//12. Kenny Wallace//13. Rusty Wallace//14. John
Andretti//15. Ernie Irvan//;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0107-16. Dale Jarrett//17. Wildcard Entry;
RUNS=:20
OC=...Wildcard Entry
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=DAYTONA S'WAY
The Wildcard entry will be the winner of the new Bud Shootout qualifying
race. Sterling Marlin starts on the pole in that event with Dale Earnhardt 3rd.
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go to pinnacle board
And don't forget to join MIke Stevens this Saturday night at 7:30 for a
special half hour look at the upcoming Winston Cup season.
The "Dash To Daytona" begins right here on WDBJ-7.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=DAYTONA
And you can watch the Shootout and next week's Daytona 500 right here on Your
Hometown Station.
Wx-Tape
SUPER=305-42/37/74/1991/-1/1996;
SUPER=306-40/39/96/W-3mph/29.64r/7:19am/5:50pm;
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=335-Of all the tornadoes/that occur, the % considered/"weak" totals
about:/A) 42%/B) 62%/C) 82%;
SUPER=X5003; Dissolves in question
SUPER=X5001; Clears FX
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Light Rain/Wind N-10/33-35/Mostly Cloudy/Light Rain/36-40;
SUPER=331-Intermittent/Light Rain/32-36/Mostly Cloudy/Drizzle/38-40;
SUPER=332-Winter Advisory/Rain & Sleet/31-33/Freezing/Drizzle/33-36;
SUPER=333-Light Rain/Freezing Above 3,000'/30-33/Cloudy With/Light Rain/36-40;
SUPER=334-Winter Advisory/Rain & Snow/28-32/Cloudy With/Rain & Snow/30-34;
SUPER=335-Of all the tornadoes/that occur, the % considered/"weak" totals
about:/A) 42%/B) 62%/C) 82%;
SUPER=X5003; Dissolves in question
SUPER=335-Of all the tornadoes/that occur, the % considered/"weak" totals
about://B) 62%;
SUPER=X5003; Dissolves in answer
SUPER=X5001; Clears FX
Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
(toss to Jean)
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=
TAPE#Promo
Coming up tonight at 11---Roanoke's roots as a railroad town include many
contributions from black railroad workers.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is recognizing that legacy and Jean
Jadhon is here to tell us more.
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;
Keith, the museum is launching an oral history project which will span 40
years-
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VO-NAT
from the 1930's to the 1970's.
Interviewers will talk to retired black workers with Norfolk and Western
Railway, recording the hardships and contributions workers made to the company.
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Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
We'll have that story and more on News 7 at 11, right after the Duke-North
Carolina matchup--Keith?
(ad lib byes)
Talent=Keith
by SS