WDBJ 7 morning news for 03/04/01

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Coming up.... Federal investigators look into yesterday's military plane crash that killed 21 people.
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And .. An arrest in Richmond leads local authorities to a missing Roanoke woman.. we will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[Plane-Crash]

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Federal Investigators will continue their investigation today, to determine the cause of a military plane crash that killed 18 Virginians.
All 21 on board died yesterday when the plane went down in a field 30 miles south of Macon, Georgia.
Jennifer Jones has the latest.
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MANDATORY COURTESY: WSST-TV, CORDELE, GA
A ROUTINE MILITARY FLIGHT ENDS TRAGICALLY. A UNITED STATES NATIONAL GUARD PLANE FLYING FROM FLORIDA TO VIRGINIA ... CRASHES IN A FIELD IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ... KILLING ALL 21 PEOPLE ON BOARD.

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"We understand damage was severe ... "
OFFICIALS SAY THE PLANE TOOK OFF AN AIRSTRIP NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA ... AND WAS HEADED TO OCEANA NAVAL AIR STATION IN VIRGINIA. BUT LATE SATURDAY MORNING, THE TWIN-ENGINE PLANE WENT DOWN NEAR UNADILLA, GEORGIA -- JUST SOUTH OF MACON.
WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW THE PLANE GLIDING TO THE GROUND.

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THE PLANE WAS CARRYING 18 MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THREE CREW MEMBERS. THE C-23 SHERPA AIRCRAFT -- LIKE THIS ONE -- WAS USED FOR TRANSPORTING TROOPS AND SUPPLIES. THE PLANE WAS BASED IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA.

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"It does good transportation and we've had no difficulty at all with it."
AUTHORITIES ARE NOT SURE WHAT BROUGHT THE PLANE DOWN, BUT HEAVY RAIN MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR..
JENNIFER JONES, CBS NEWS ))
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Meanwhile, Governor Gilmore has ordered all state flags lowered to half-staff... Eighteen members of the Virginia National Guard's Red Horse 203-rd civil engineering squadron were killed in the crash. In a written statement-- Governor Gilmore described the Air National Guard unit as one of the nation's finest.

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A suicide bomber has killed at least three people and injured 45.
It happened this morning in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya.
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The bomber was in a group of people standing at a pedestrian crosswalk when the explosive detonated.
The blast sent a car flying into the air and shattered shop windows.
Several eyewitnesses say the bomber had tried to get on a bus, but was prevented from doing so.
Islamic militants have vowed to carry out suicide missions to undermine the government of Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon. Some of the injured were treated for shock. At least two people were hurt seriously.
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Police in Richmond may have helped solve a murder in Roanoke. Police at Virginia Commonwealth University say when they pulled over Antonio Garland he confessed to killing his girlfriend. Yesterday - Roanoke police found the woman's body in her apartment. She had reportedly been dead for days.
Kate Weidaw reports.
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((Police say they found 36 year old Deborah Ann Jackson Jones' lying on her bed with a pillow covering her face. Police went to Jones' apartment after 30 year old Antonio Garland reportedly confessed to V- C-U Police in Richmond that he killed her.

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((SHELLY ALLEY: THEY HAD DETAINED A MAN FOR SUSPICION OF DRUNK DRIVING AND WHILE THEY WERE PERFORMING THE TRAFFIC STOP HE INFORMED THEM HE HAD KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ROANOKE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.))
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Jones' family filed a missing persons report with Roanoke City police Thursday night. Residents say Jones and the man who has reportedly confessed to killing her just moved into the apartment two weeks ago.

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((JACQUELINE GATES: EVERYDAY THIS WEEK I'VE SEEN HIM GOING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK I KNOW HE WORKED AT MCDONALDS, I'D ONLY SEEN HER ONCE WHEN SHE FIRST MOVED IN OVER HERE.))
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An autopsy will be performed on Jones to determine how and when she died. [STANDUP]
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((KATE WEIDAW/REPORTING: RIGHT NOW GARLAND IS BEING HELD IN A RICHMOND JAIL WITHOUT BOND. HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER.))

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Retirement isn't a time to catch up on your R and R - according to one Roanoke man... It's a time to volunteer and give to the community. From overseeing a thrift store to renovating a home - 74 year old Sidney Miller of Roanoke is practicing what he preaches. He slows down for a moment to speak with Kate Weidaw in this week's Virginia Profile.
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((SIDNEY MILLER: I RETIRED ON FRIDAY AND WENT TO WORK ON MONDAY, LIFE IS SHORT YOU GOT A LOT OF THINGS YOU NEED TO DO.))
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After working 47 years as a regional manager of Leggett Department Stores, taking time off wasn't in Miller's game plan.

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((WHEN I STOPPED WORK I DECIDED I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.))
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So he began to volunteer his time for the Rescue Mission in Roanoke. Before long Miller became an intregal part of the mission by finding volunteers and businesses to donate their time and money to special projects. Over the last eight years Miller has overseen projects like the Thrift Store and the new addition to the Rescue Mission - which includes a new kitchen, eating area, and chapel. But his latest project involved getting his hands dirty to renovate this 1-hundred year old home. Miller says finding and organizing hundreds of volunteers to do the work is really a piece of cake.
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((YOU'LL FIND IF YOU TELL PEOPLE YOU HAVE A NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WANT TO DO SOMETHING.))
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((WE HAVE HAD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 HUNDRED DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT.))
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The home had to be completey gutted: Floors had decayed, the ceiling had caved in, and the roof had to be redone.

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((WE TOOK 7 DUMPSTER LOADS OUT OF THE HOUSE ON THE FIRST DAY.))
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After a year of hard work the finished product is something that makes Miller proud.

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((WE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS AREA WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO TELL THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.))
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The next big project Miller plans to tackle is the Women's Shelter. So if you're wondering what to do with your retirement years Miller says making a difference for others can make a difference for yourself. Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke.))

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As Roy said the Lady Flames took home another Big South Tournament Title yesterday.
Its their fifth in as many years.
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Liberty beat Elon 52-47 at the Roanoke Civic Center yesterday morning.
Conference officials scheduled the 10 A-M contest to take advantage of a regional television opportunity.
Coach Carey Green says the Flames started preparing for this early game three weeks ago.
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The championship also comes with the Lady Flames' fifth consecutive invitation to the NC-Double-A Tournament.
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[Health-Check]

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A local hospital is given a new chance at life. R.J Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital is getting back on its feet.
And a study at Virginia Tech is hoping to help women prevent osteoporisis. Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton has more.
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((Patrick County's only hospital is on the road to financial recovery.
A bankruptcy judge approved the hospital's plan for reorganization.
And administrators say this is what the hospital needed.
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((CHIP MAGEE/HOSPITAL'S ATTORNEY: THIS HOSPITAL WAS ABOUT ON ITS DEATHBED. BUT WITH THE HELP OF THE PROFESSIONALS, THE ACCOUNTANTS, MANAGEMENT, THE GROUP FROM WINSTON-SALEM, NOVANT HEALTHCARE, THE HOSPITAL IS BACK ON ITS FEET, ABOUT TO BREAK EVEN, STILL HAS A WAYS TO GO ON THAT.))
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Also making medical headlines, a new study finds that eating fish high in fat, like salmon, could reduce older adults' risk of DYING from a heart attack. The reason: these fish contain Omega-3 fatty acids --which help reduce the triglyceride level in the body.
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((DONNA PROCTOR/EXTENSION AGENT: IT ALSO CUTS BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF VERY LOW DENSITY FAT THAT THE BODY MAKES AND THESE ARE VERY BAD FATS THAT TEND TO DEPOSIT ON THE ARTERY WALLS. SO WHEN YOU TAKE IN THE OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID THROUGH FATTY FISH THEN YOUR BODY MAKES LESS OF THE BAD FAT))
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In other health news, researchers at Virginia Tech hope a new study will help find a way to prevent bone loss in women who breast feed.
While the bone mass is recovered during the weaning period, researchers hope by preventing any bone loss during the lactation period --the women will end up with a higher bone density than they had before they started breast feeding.
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((ANIMAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT SOY ISOFLAVENS MIMIC ESTROGEN AND THEREFORE PREVENT BONE LOSS IN WOMEN WHO ARE AT LOW ESTROGEN STATUS, SUCH AS WOMEN WHO WOULD BE BREAST FEEDING ))
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Julie Cook is participating in the study because she has a family history of osteoporosis. She is 7 months pregnant.
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((JULIE COOK: THE STUDY HELPS ME NOT TO BE AS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT OR AT LEAST FEEL LIKE I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT BREAST FEEDING FOR THE BABY))
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If you're interested in participating in the study you can contact the Virginia Tech Bone lab at 540-231-7387.
That's this weeks health review, I'm Joy Sutton.))

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Coming up.... A routine military flight ends in tragedy. Now officials are trying to determine the cause.
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AND .. Candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor make a stop-over in Roanoke.
we will have more on those stories in just a few moments.
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A DUI arrest in Richmond early yesterday morning led to the discovery of a missing Roanoke woman. Police at Virginia Commonwealth University say when they pulled over Antonio Garland, he confessed to killing his girlfriend. Then yesterday morning - Roanoke police found the woman's body in her apartment.
Kate Weidaw reports.
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((Police say they found 36 year old Deborah Ann Jackson Jones' lying on her bed with a pillow covering her face. Police went to Jones' apartment after 30 year old Antonio Garland reportedly confessed to V- C-U Police in Richmond that he killed her.

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((SHELLY ALLEY: THEY HAD DETAINED A MAN FOR SUSPICION OF DRUNK DRIVING AND WHILE THEY WERE PERFORMING THE TRAFFIC STOP HE INFORMED THEM HE HAD KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ROANOKE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.))
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Jones' family filed a missing persons report with Roanoke City police Thursday night. Residents say Jones and the man who has reportedly confessed to killing her just moved into the apartment two weeks ago.

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((JACQUELINE GATES: EVERYDAY THIS WEEK I'VE SEEN HIM GOING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK I KNOW HE WORKED AT MCDONALDS, I'D ONLY SEEN HER ONCE WHEN SHE FIRST MOVED IN OVER HERE.))
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An autopsy will be performed on Jones to determine how and when she died. [STANDUP]
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((KATE WEIDAW/REPORTING: RIGHT NOW GARLAND IS BEING HELD IN A RICHMOND JAIL WITHOUT BOND. HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER.))

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Governor Jim Gilmore has ordered all state flags to half-staff, in memory of the 18 Virginia National Guard members killed in a plane crash yesterday.
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The members of the Red Horse 203-rd civil engineering squadron were returning to the Virginia Beach area following a two week training mission in Florida.
All 21 people on board were killed.
The C-23 SHERPA AIRCRAFT came down in a field 30 miles south of Macon, Georgia.
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Federal Investigators will continue their investigation today, to determine the cause of the crash.
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The candidates chasing the Republican nomination for Governor appeared in the Roanoke Valley yesterday.
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Attorney General Mark Earley and Lieutenant Governor John Hager spoke at the GOP's mass meeting at the Salem Court House. The meeting gives voters an opportunity to register or nominate someone to become a delegate for the Republican Convention. Currently Mark Earley is leading in the polls in Southwest Virginia... He says he hopes to keep it that way.
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((MARK EARLEY: RIGHT NOW WE'RE AHEAD IN THE DELEGATE COUNT STATEWIDE AND WE INTEND TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STAY THAT WAY SO WE CAN KEEP VIRGINIA MOVING FORWARD.))
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John Hager, meanwhile, is leading in the polls in Northern Virginia... but says the issues he stands behind are what Southwest Virginians believe in.
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((JOHN HAGER: I'M TALKING ABOUT BEING A CONSISTENT CONSERVATIVE NOT ONLY A SUPPORTER OF THE RIGHT TO LIFE BUT THE RIGHT TO WORK WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMY.))
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The Republican Convention will be held in Richmond on June first and second. The Republican candidate for Governor will face Democrat Mark Warner in November.
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Meanwhile, Warner spoke in Norfolk yesterday... but had Southern Virginia on his mind. The northern Virginia communications executive says Virginia's future depends on what it does with technology-based economies. Warner also promised that if he's elected Governor - he'll spread Northern Virginia's success to Southern parts of the state.

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The US Senate will have to make a decision about a bill that would change bankruptcy legislation. It's already been approved by the house. The bill would require those who file for bankruptcy to pay back a percentage of their debts over a five year period.

Critics say it will cause further hardship for those who DO file... but cannot afford to pay back their debts.
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Congressman Bob Goodlatte says that isn't so.
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((BOB GOODLATTE: PEOPLE WITH LOWER INCOMES OR PEOPLE WHO CAN SHOW THE COURT THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAY THEIR DEBTS CAN STILL GET THE CHAPTER SEVEN DISCHARGES WHICH DISCHARGE THEM COMPLETELY IN BANKRUPTCY.))
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The bill was passed by congress last year but former President Clinton vetoed it. This year President Bush says he will support the new legislation.

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The dance that was popular in the 1930's and 40's is making a comeback in this millinium. Swing revivals are popping up all over the country, and now it's dancing its way into the Roanoke Valley. Pbotographer Brent Watts shows us one local church who is helping to keep swing alive.
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If you have questions or would like more information on the lessons, you can call the number on your screen. Lessons are 5 dollars, and are held each tuesday night.

(++++++++)[Ebert-Picks]

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"3-thousand miles from Graceland" isn't your average Elvis-impersonator movie at all. At least that's according to Roger Ebert who has this review.
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You can see Roger Ebert's reviews today at Eleven here on Your Hometown Station. [2-shot toss to bump]

[Sports-Plays]

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There's a new WBA heavyweight champion.
John Ruiz anvenged last August's loss to Evander Holyfield.
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and became the first Hispanic boxer ever to win a share of the heavyweight crown.
Ruiz scored the upset last night in a 12 round unanimous decision in Las Vegas.
Bloodied, he knocked down Holyfield in the eleventh round.
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