1970 | UVA Library

January

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from January of 1970.

Firefighters put out blaze

Delegate John Hagen makes case for the legalization of abortion in Virginia

Delegate to General Assembly explains his proposal on consolidation

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March

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from March of 1970.

West Virginia basketball team struggles

Democrat George C. Rawlings, Jr., announces candidacy for U.S. Senate

Call for state hospital construction funding

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March

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from March of 1970.

Newsman Clay Peters takes lie detector test

James Heizer of the Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association comments on Virginia State Senate passage of gas tax increase

Roanoke City Council turns down request for sanitary landfill

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April

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from April of 1970.

Richard Arey, head of Virginia Air Pollution Control Board addresses Garden Club convention about pollution

Hufford on candidate filing fees

Roanoke City Welfare Advisory Committee plans to fight city council request to cut welfare budget

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May

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from May of 1970.

Attorney William T. Winder trying to keep the Buckskins football franchise in Roanoke

Virginia Tech campus in turmoil with threats of violent and non-violent demonstrations

Buckskins general manager Jim Piersall interviewed on where the team will operate

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June

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from June of 1970.

Rebels in 6th place

Golf tournament opens Roanoke

Keffer has the lead in golf tournament

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July

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from July of 1970.

Jim Hall’s new "ground effects" Chaparral car will race in the Can-Am

Highlights of outstanding college running backs

Buckskins and their new draft picks

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August

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from August of 1970.

Highlights of college football games

John Wooden organizes All Star Basketball Camp

John Wooden, head basketball coach at UCLA, serving as featured instructor at the All Star Basketball Camp at Ferrum Junior College

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September

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from September of 1970.

Pedestrian accidents continue to increase in Virginia

The City of Roanoke, owner of the sewage treatment plant for the entire Roanoke Valley, is opposed to shared governance of the plant

John Jardine new head coach for the University of Wisconsin interviewed

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October

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from October of 1970.

Baltimore Bullets win again

Georgia Tech defeats Clemson 28-7 in football game

Virginia Squires forward Neil Johnson discusses the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association

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November

Video clips and corresponding anchor scripts from November of 1970.

Georgia Tech defeats Duke 24-16 in football game

Virginia Military Institute basketball coach Mike Schuler talks about the upcoming season

Ferrum College coach Marty Morris talks about the basketball clinic being held at Ferrum College