WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 02/11/00

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Coming up today on News 7 at 5, the search for a missing teenager turns into a murder case. Authorities find the body of Tara Munsey. We'll have a live report from Pulaski.
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and Bedford County's largest employers accuses its striking workers of using racial taunts. [Weather-Head]
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A Winter Weather Advisory is up for tonight.
Portions of the viewing area will likely see a wintry mix tomorrow. Details coming up.

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In Medical News, parents are urged to be careful with their children's safety seats.
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and patients using an experimental cancer therapy may have accidentally been exposed to the AIDS virus.
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The search for a missing Radford teenager is over, but the hunt for her killer continues.
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Tara Munsey's body was discovered yesterday afternoon in a remote section of Pulaski County. Today authorities confirmed the Radford teenager died of gunshot wounds.
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Joe Dashiell is at the Pulaski County Sheriff's office with details.
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Tara's family issued a statement this afternoon expresing deep and heart felt gratitude to all the people of the New river Valley.
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The family's kindest words went to Tara's friends at Radford High School... friends who built a memorial to Munsey outside her home today. The family said those students' hard work and selfless devotion will forever endure as a beacon of light in what has been the darkest of hours."
Today those friends remembered Tara.
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There will be a memorial service for Tara at 3:00 Sunday at Radford High School.
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Tears and prayers today at the State Capitol-- but still NO solutions for laid off textile workers.
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Laid off textile workers were back to watch the final committee pass by their emergency relief bill- in a committee NOT scheduled to meet again.
The fight pits Southside Democrats against Republicans and the Governor's office.
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((DEL. WARD ARMSTRONG/D-MARTINSVILLE: MR. CHAIRMAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THIS COMMITTEE HAS ASKED ME. I WENT UP TO BOYD MARCUS'S OFFICE YESTERDAY AND BEGGED. WHERE IS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL? IF HE'S GOT A COUNTER PROPOSAL, BRING IT OUT. LEADERSHIP IN THIS STATE DOESN'T BEGIN AND END WITH THE THREE WORDS NO CAR TAX!))
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((DEL. JACK RUST/R-FAIRFAX: WHEN ALL WE'RE DOING IS POSTURING IN PUBLIC, WE GET NOTHING DONE IN PRIVATE.))
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After the meeting, the workers prayed for a legislative compromise.
Governor Jim Gilmore says he'll only embrace a bill that helps all laid off workers in the state equally.
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The war of words in the five- month long strike at Bedford's Rubatex plant has allegedly escalated to include racial slurs.
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That's the claim of company management, who say black replacement workers have been racially harassed by strikers as they enter the plant.
Plant manager Larry Brookshier wrote a letter to the union last week asking that the harassment stop.
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But last week, News7 caught this confrontation on tape outside the Rubatex main gate.
As two black workers drove out, one picketer can be seen pulling a banana from her pocket and making "ape" noises at the car.
Walker says he has no knowledge of any such incident taking place.
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The federal government ordered airplane inspections- Now they're taking place. We'll tell you if any problems have been found after this break.
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and from New York, the financial district is rocked when an early morning bomb explodes on Wall Street.
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A homemade pipe bomb exploded on Wall Street today-
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Now the search is on for a bomber somewhere in New York City.
The explosion happened just before five this morning- oustude of a building owned by Barclay's bank-
The blast injured one man slightly and shook up people nearby.
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((I SAW SOME SPARKS OVER THERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS FIREWORKS I ASKED THE GUY.. IT'S NOT THE FOURTH OF JULY. THEN ALL OF SUDDEN WE HEARD THIS LOUD NOISE VERY LOUD.))
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Investigators say there is no evidence that this was a terrorist attack.
They are looking for a man wearing a hard hat and carrying a took box seen leaving the scene.
The New York Stock exchange opened on time today even though it's only a few blocks from the blast.
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A nationwide inspection of MD-80's is on-
The order came after damage was found on two Alaska Airlines jets- similar to the one that crashed last week.
Lee Cowan has the story.
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(( Even BEFORE the F-A-A ordered the EMERGENCY inspections of some 11 hundred MD-80s and DC-9s, many airlines had already started doing it VOLUNTARILY.

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But by tonight, two days BEFORE the F-A-As deadline and with only a small number of delays close to HALF the nations MD-80 fleet will have been inspected and so far, no major problems with the jets horizontal stabilizers have been found.
JACK MACEVOY, RETIRED BOEING ENGINEER I think youll find a lot of those cases, the systems that are being checked out are perfectly normal, its just reaction, a nervous reaction to the situation.
The F-A-A issued the order after Alaska Airlines GROUNDED two of its MD-80s when mechanics found metal shavings in the JACK SCREW the assembly that moves the stabilizer up and down.
Its the SAME part investigators now blame for the crash of Alaska Airlines flight 261. I think safety should come first. If I was one of those 88 passengers I certainly would have wanted them to check that jack screw.
Investigators believe something in the MD-80s tail assembly broke just before the crash. Parts retrieved from the ocean floor support that theory.
Shards of metal were wrapped around the jackscrew itself, and the brass colored Gimbal nut similar to this one, was found with its threads nearly stripped.
So far, investigators are unsure whether THAT was the result of the crash, or something else.
COWAN: The rest of the inspections will be completed over the weekend and no plane will fly until its been checked off. But so far, investigators say the inspections prove that one of the most popular planes in the US fleet, is still safe to fly. Lee Cowan, CBS News, Washington.))

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Some Botetourt County students are making careers out of their court-ordered community service.
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They serve their sentence at the Read Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, where some like it so much they stick around. Jeremy Goyer put in 30 hours to pay for a speeding ticket -- then became a volunteer firefighter and E-M-T on his own time.
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The newest person to do time here is Matt Hall -- he also got busted for speeding. At the firehouse, he's doing more than mopping.
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Tonight on News7 at Six, we'll hear from a firefighter who first came here as a teenager who STARTED fires.
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Whether you have an aching sweet tooth or you are still stumped about what to give your honey for Valentines Day, Patrick Evans is here to tell us where you can find the sweetest things in town this weekend.
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Area chefs, in league with Center in the Square, have put their passion for chocolate on the line this weekend at the First Annual Chocolate Festival.
Patrick Evans has a preview of the event, which takes place Sunday at the Roanoke Civic Center.
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Coming up today in Sports, a local high school football coach decides to step down. Steve Mason will have the details in today's Sports ticker.
And on Health Check,
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we'll tell you why safety experts say you need to be careful where you buy your child's car seat.
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More than two dozen young cancer patients may have accidentially been exposed to the AIDS virus.
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The Washington Posts says the gene based medicine medicine used in an experimental treatment could have been contaminated with H-I-V.
The experiment was conducted at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
The Post says early testing of the medicine indicated it might have been contaminated with the virus that causes AIDS, or another that causes hepatitis C. Two subsequent tests found no contamination, indicating that the first results might have been false. More tests are being conducted.
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Parents are having a crushing experience this afternoon at Babies R Us in Crossroads Mall.
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Volunteers are crushing used, old, borrowed and abused car seats with a cardboard bailing machine.
Parents are also learning how to properly install new seats and when to replace old ones.
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((SANDRA DEEL/PARENT: WE'VE WAITED AND PRAYED FOR 14 YEARS FOR THIS LITTLE FELLOW SO NOTHING IS TOO GOOD, NOTHING IS TOO GOOD. THE LIFESPAN OF A CARSEAT IS FIVE OR SIX YEARS THE REASON IS THEY'RE MADE OF PLASTIC AND IN THE SUMMER OR WINTER YOU HAVE DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, THEY ARE EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING))
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Davis says routine checks are essential, because a car seat may look good, but even a hairline fracture in the seat can be unsafe. Roanoke City and County Police were also on hand to help parents guarantee a good fit in the vehicles.
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It's time now for our website of the day, in it we find a subject near and dear to Patrick Evans' heart...food.
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(( If you're searching for something good for dinner, headover to Betty Crocker's official website.
Not only can you find coupons for Betty's product's, you can find a wide variety of recipes from main courses and side dishes to desserts.
Under What's For dinner the site can help you plan a week's worth of menus and even prepare your shoppng list.
If you don't have the time for shopping, try the What's On Hand feature. Tell the computer what you have in your kitchen and it will send you a list of quick and easy recipes.
If you have a special love in your life, check out the complete Valentine's Day menu for a romantic dinner for two.

So if you're hungry and need something to help spice up your meals, head to our website of the day, though I would be a little leary of the Peanut Butter Chili Chicken. And as always, you can find a link to the website of the day through our page at WDBJ7-dot-Com.))

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Good afternoon everyone, welcome to your Friday ticker.
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One of our former Friday Football Extra coaches of the year has decided to step down.
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Rockbridge County coach Jamie Talbott, who won the FFE group 2A coach of the year honor in 1993, has resigned as head coach, siting the need to make this change to explore some new opportunities professionally.
Talbott and the Wildcats won the Blue Ridge District championship in 1993. His teams were ranked in the state polls at some point during the 1993, 94 and 95 seasons. Talbott was also the 1993 Blue Ridge, Region III and state AP coach of the year. This past season his Wildcats were 3 and 7, 2 and 5 in the district.
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After opening the season 5 and 2, V-M-I has dropped 16 straight games equaling the longest losing streak since the 1992-93 season.
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It's been tough for the team and head coach Bart Bellairs. V-M-I lost two games in overtime in January and the Keydets have lost two of their last three games by a total of 5 points.
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The Keydets hope to salvage the season by making a run with 5 games remaining before the Southern conference tournament.
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The Cincinnati Reds signing of hometown hero Ken Griffey Junior has already boosted the local economy.
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Personalized jersey's with Junior's name have been going like hot cakes, in fact, they were hot items long before the trade went through!
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((GREG KOCH/KOCK'S SPORTING GOODS OWNER: WELL WE ACTUALLY HAD REGUESTS FROM CUSTOMERS TO MAKE PERSONALIZED JERSEYS BACK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. PEOPLE WANTED A JERSEY WITH GRIFFEY 24 ON IT, THINKING THAT THE TRADE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE RUMORS WERE CIRCULATING SINCE NOVEMBER SO SOME PEOPLE JUMPED GUN AND WE ACTUALLY MADE SOME UP FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR PEOPLE.))
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That's it for five sports, we will see you again at six, have a great weekend everybody.

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America's newest panda made her public debut today.
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Hua Mei (HEW MAY) the six month old baby panda appeared today with her mother.
The pair slept lazily in the trees apparently unaware they were the center of attention.
Hua Mei is the first giant panda born in the western hemisphere since 1990.
At birth she weighed just four ounces. Now she is up to 22 pounds.
For decades, the majority of cubs born in captivity didn't survie. But according to her handlers, Hua Mei is very healthy.
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