ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, October 10, 1996             TAG: 9610100066
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

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Waiting for Perot

Blacksburg will move into the national spotlight a week before the presidential elections when Ross Perot, the Reform Party's candidate, will make one of his rare appearances - on the Virginia Tech campus. He's agreed to speak to Tech's Corps of Cadets on Oct. 29 and later make a public appearance at Burruss Hall. See today's Virginia section.

Tech football woes

One of Virginia Tech's wide receivers has been dismissed from the football team after he and an accomplice were charged last week with shoplifting $190 in merchandise from the campus bookstore. See today's Sports section.

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