WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 01/19/00

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Today on News 7 at 5, three students are killed and 50 more injured in a over night fire at Seton Hall. We'll have the details.
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and if Governor Gilmore has his way state employees will get a four day weekend next January.
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Winter storm warnings mean more accumulation than our last snow event. Details ahead.

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In Health News, the local Red Cross says its blood supply is STILL at critical lows. We'll have an update,
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and President Clinton proposes the most radical change to Health Care since the creationof Medicare.
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More snow on the way.
The National Weather Service has posted winter storm warnings- Significant snow is expected over night and that's not all-
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Let's go to Meteorologist Robin Reed- Robin when will this snow begin? [Robin-Tease] [01/19/2000]
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Some school systems will be closed tomorrow as a result of yesterday's snow fall.
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Carroll County, Grayson County, and Patrick County Schools will all be CLOSED tomorrow.
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We will have the most updated list of school announcements throughout the night and morning hours. You can find them on the bottom of your screen and on our Internet homepage at WDBJ7-dot-com.
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A deadly fire at Seton Hall University in New Jersey.
It started in the middle of the night in a dormitory lounge-
Three students are dead and 50 others hurt- several critically.
Bobbi Harley has more.
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(( THERE'S LITTLE OR NO VISIBLE DAMAGE ON THE OUTSIDE.... BUT EARLY THIS MORNING ...BOLAND HALL ON THE THE CAMPUS OF SETON HALL... WAS ENGULFED IN SMOKE. A FIRE THAT APPARENTLY STARTED IN A THIRD FLOOR LOUNGE... FORCED HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.. INTO FRIGID PRE-DAWN COLD. KATHLEEN BROWN/STUDENT THE HALLWAYS WERE JUST FILLED WITH SMOKE, I MEAN EVERYBODY WAS JUST RUNNING AROUND THE BUILDING, PEOPLE SCREAMING OUT THE WINDOWS, IT WAS HORRIBLE.
ONE STUDENT JUMPED FROM A WINDOW TO SAFETY... OTHERS WERE PREPARING TO DO THE SAME. STUDENT: "WORSE CAME TO WORSE WE WERE GOING TO JUMP OUT THE WINDOWS, BUT THE FIREFIGHTERS CAME BEFORE THAT. WE GOT SAVED ON THAT ONE." STUDENTS HERE SAY FALSE ALARMS ARE COMMON IN THE DORM AND MANY DIDN'T TAKE THE FIRST ALARM SERIOUSLY.
PARENTS WHO RUSHED TO THE SCENE CERTAINLY DID. ELISE LISI/PARENT IT'S DEVASTATING TO ME, I'M VERY UPSET OVER THIS WHOLE THING. IN ADDITION TO THE THREE FATALITIES, OVER 50 STUDENTS WERE HURT, SEVERAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. WITH CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES CANCELLED, MANY STUDENTS MILLED AROUND THE STUDENT CENTER..SOME CLEARLY EXHAUSTED FROM A TRAUMATIC NIGHT.))

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How does a four day holiday weekend in January sound?
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That's what Governor Jim Gilmore's proposing -- finally offering some details in his plan to separate Lee-Jackson-King Day into two separate holidays.
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Gilmore's plan would move Lee and Jackson to the Friday before the third Monday-- making a four day weekend.
But the Sons of Confederate Veterans are NOT pleased.
On hand at the Capitol to commemorate Robert E. Lee's birthday, they raised concerns.
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((RED BARBOUR/SONS OF CONFED. VETERANS: THEN YOU'RE MOVING THE ACTUAL LEE-JACKSON HOLIDAY FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL BIRTH DATES OF LEE AND JACKSON. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON THE THIRD MONDAY SINCE ABOUT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. IF THEY GOTTA GO BACKWARDS, I'D JUST AS SOON SEE THE HOLIDAY STAY AS IT IS.))18
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The Gilmore administration estimates the cost of a new holiday at 900- thousand dollars.
The House Appropriations Committee staff says it might cost more like ten million dollars.
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If the president of Washington & Lee gets his way some Virginians could that extra day off next year.
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The school celebrated confederate general Robert E-Lee's birthday today. Some people here say the former Washington & Lee president should have his own holiday, instead of being lumped in with Martin Luther King and Stonewall Jackson. That way- they believe he would get more attention.
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Still, Washington & Lee leaders say they will steer clear of the General Assembly debate for political reasons.
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Still to come on our newscast, a local school system says it will treat it's students uniformly. We'll explain,
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but first, officials in Connecticut charge a relative of the Kennedy's in a murder that dates back 25 years.
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Nearly 25 years after a mysterous murder in Connecticut- a Kennedy nephew today turns himself in- to face charges.
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Michael (SKAY-kul) Skakel is the nephew of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
He is charged in the death of Martha Moxley in 1975- The two were 15 year old neighbors at the time.
Skakel arrived at court with his attorney- He is expected to post bond-
His lawyers says he was innocent then and he is innocent today- There will be no plea bargain-
Nick Young has more on the decades old case.
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(( Michael Skakel, the son of Rushton Skakel, Ethel Kennedy's brother is scheduled to answer allegations in the 1975 murder of his neighbor Martha Moxley. Moxley was 15 when she was found dead on her family's estate in Greenwich, CT. She had been part of a group of teens visiting the Skakel home the night before Halloween. Her body was found the next day beaten with a golf club and stabbed with the shattered shaft. The club was matched to a set owned by the Skakel family but no arrests were ever made. After more than twenty years, a judge acting as a grand jury got the case and interviewed more than 40 witnesses. Because Skakel was only 15 at the time of the killing, it's possible that he would be prosecuted initially as a juvenile, meaning details of the evidence against him and even his name could remain sealed. JONATHAN BENEDICT, CT STATE'S ATTORNEY I wanted to dispell any notion what-so-ever that while those matters are being conducted behind the closed doors of juvenile court, that nothing was actually being done. After more than two decades of dead ends, prosecutors have filed court documents claiming Skakel made admissions of guilt while residing at a substance abuse treatment center from 1978 to 1980. This information and the judge's findings have brought another Kennedy scandal into the headlines. Nick Young, CBS News, New York.))

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Starting next month, eighth graders in Lynchburg's alternative education program will be wearing school uniforms to class.
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The program involves 36 students at the Amelia Pride Center.
They'll be issued khaki slacks and blue shirts to wear to school every day.
Educators say the idea is to reduce peer pressure and prepare students for becoming part of the workforce.
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((CHARLENE WATSON/ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION DIRECTOR: AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN SOME KIND OF A WORKPLACE OUTFIT EVERYWHERE, WHETHER THEY'RE DOCTORS OR THEY'RE WORKING AS CASHIERS OR AUTO MECHANICS, THERE'S SOME SORT OF A WORKPLACE OUTFIT. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES, AND MAKE IT A VERY POSITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL WAY, NOT ONE THAT'S PUNITIVE IN NATURE.))
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The plan has come under fire from some minority leaders who say the uniforms unfairly single out black students.

The program goes into effect February 1st.
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A Hollywood sex symbol from the 1930's and 40's has died.
Hedy Lamarr was found dead today at the age of 86. The Austrian born actress was once billed as the world's most beautiful woman.
Lamarr first achieved international fame in the 1933 film''Ecstasy,'' in which she appeared nude. Her most successful movie was "Samson and Delilah," with Victor Mature.
The actress was also an accomplished inventor. She came up with a radio controlled torpedo guidance system that was used during the second World War.
While the system became a cornerstone of defense communications, Lamarr and a co-inventor reportedly never received any money for it.

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It is said that art is in the eye of the beholder, but can it also be something you sit on. Coming up a little later, Patrick Evans will show us some artistic furniture.
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Coming up today in Sports, Steve Mason will have this week's edition of Hometown Hoops Weekly.
Then on Health check, local blood supplies are below emergency levels,
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and we'll see a new treatment for wrinkles that takes some of the sting out of the recovery process.
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((THE BEAUTY IS NO DOWN TIME AND ITS NO PAIN. YOU GO BACK TO WORK IMMEDIATEL, BUT IT'S A SLOWER ANTI-AGING REGIMENT. ))

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Today President Clinton proposed a 100 BILLION dollar health care plan he says would be the biggest investment in the nation's health since Medicare was introduced in 1965
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The program is designed to provide coverage for five million uninsured Americans. It would expand the number of poor kids who are covered -- AND let their parents enroll.
Even though there are several measures included that Congress has ignored in the past, Clinton thinks the time is right to try again.
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((PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON: INVESTING IN HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IS A SMART CHOICE FOR AMERICA. WE'RE MEETING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO ALL OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS, SUPPORTING SENIORS, HELPING MAKE OUR CHILDREN MORE READY FOR THE FUTURE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CONGRESS TO SEIZE THESE OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR.))
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Another part of the plan would provide tax breaks of up to three thousand dollars to help the two million Americans trying to care for elderly or disabled relatives on a long term basis.
The President didn't say how the plan would be paid for. Details for that probably will not come out until he releases his budget plan next month.

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Southwest Virginia blood banks are down to only a one day supply.
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The storage coolers are usually three times fuller than they are today. The demand for blood in Southwest Virginia is growing because of the holidays followed by widespread flu cases. The Red Cross is asking people who have never donated to volunteer.
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Deana (DEE-na) Shoemaker is a first time donor, but she says this won't be the last.
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((DEANA SHOEMAKER/FIRST TIME DONOR: YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT BE IN THE POSITION YOU NEED BLOOD SO IT'S GOOD TO DONATE.))
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The Red Cross says platelet donation is also low due to illness.
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A new laser treatment is speeding up the recovery process for people who want to have their wrinkles zapped away.

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Traditional laser treatments can keep patients out of work for two to three weeks while their faces heal. But the Photoderm Laser enables them to return to work immediately.
It's been used for five years to zap a condition known as Rosacea which causes a redness under the skin.
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((DR MITCH GOLDMAN: NOT ONLY DOES THE REDNESS GO AWAY, THE WRINKLES STARTED TO GO AWAY AFTER FOUR OR FIVE TREATMENTS.))
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Each treatment takes just a few minutes and is relatively painless.
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((SO THE LIGHT PENETRATES THROUGH THE SKIN AND BASICALLY SEALS THE BLOOD VESSELS CLOSED AND AT THE SAME TIME ITS SEALING THE BLOOD VESSELS CLOSED, IT'S HEATING THE DEEPER LAYERS OF SKIN CREATING NEW COLLAGEN.))
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The Photoderm treatment can be expensive. Each treatment costs about 400 dollars and it can take several sessions to get the desired results.
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It's time for our two minute ticker.
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Like high school students all across our region, Hometown Hoops Weekly returns from the holiday break. Here's Steve Mason.
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((The good times have taken the Giles all the way to the state's third place ranking in the Group A poll. A loss last year has been a big part of the Spartans rise this season. ((:)) ((:))
Glenvar graduated nine of 12 players off last years state championship team. Art Lawrence has handed the reins to Rick Crotts whose team is fighting, with a 3 and 9 record. Leading scorer Scott Price is the only returning part time starter.
Floyd County is 2 and 11, Shawsville is 6-5 and Auburn is 5 and 5. The district is strong, two of the last three Single A state champions have come from this district.
Radford is 11 and 4 and 3 and OH in district play. Super Soph Shane Nichols is Three Rivers third leading scorer, averaging 18 points a game. ((:))
The Bobcats go 8 or 9 deep and everyone wants to win badly.))

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Traditionally, art is something you hang on the wall, but the Art Museum is offering a different perspective.

FURNITURE can be artwork, and the current exhibit demonstrates just that, as Patrick Evans explains.
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