
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 23, 1995                   TAG: 9505040033
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MARK BULLOCK STAFF WRITER
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OKLAHOMA CITY BLAST'S IMPACT FELT ALL THE WAY TO SALEM

Jamey Wright had not heard the news Wednesday morning when he telephoned his mother in Oklahoma City to wish her a happy birthday.

Wright, a pitcher for the Salem Avalanche, expected the conversation to be like any other call home. But after some initial pleasantries, his mother asked Wright if he had been watching the news.

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