WDBJ 7 morning news for 09/04/02

[West-Nile]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=West Nile Virus]

There is now confirmation that one transplant patient has died from the West Nile Virus.
Two others are infected.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY;]

This new development is raising concerns that the virus can be spread through blood transfusions and other medical procedures.
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[IN Q=The blood banks]
((DICKSON DESPOMMIER/COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF HEALTH: THE BLOOD BANKS WHERE WEST NILE BROKE OUT HEAVILY LIKE LOUISIANA, ILLINOIS, MISSISSIPPI COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TAINTED BLOOD FROM WEST NILE AS WE SPEAK."))
[SUPER=01-Dickson Despommier/Columbia School of Health;]
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[OUT Q=as we speak.]
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[VO-NAT]

The Centers for Disease Control discovered the possibility after investigating four patients who received organs from a Georgia donor-- a woman who possibly became infected through transfusions.
Until now, it was believed West Nile could only be spread through an infected mosquito bite.
Health officials are now rushing to develop a West Nile screening test.
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[US-Air]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

A U-S Airways Express flight returned to Charlotte after a passenger allegedly punched a flight attendant who had spilled water in his lap.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlotte, NC/File Tape;]

Authorities say the passenger, Robert Quarture punched the attendant in the stomach shortly after the plane took off for Birmingham, Alabama.
22- people were on board the plane.
He was charged with attacking a flight attendant.
The male flight attendant was taken to the hospital as a precaution, then released.
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[11Parkway-Body]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=02-31 TC38:14]
[GRAPHIC=None]

An artist's rendering might help Roanoke County Police solve the mystery of a body found along the Parkway last May.
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[VO-NAT :20]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./May 5;]
The partially decomposed body was discovered at the Poages Mill overlook by a group of friends playing frisbee. Investigators say they are running toxicology and other tests to determine the victim's identity but are pretty much "stuck".
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday;]
That's why they've used the man's skull to reconstruct his facial features out of clay.
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[IN Q=We just hope...]
((RICK MOORER/INVESTIGATOR:))
[SUPER=01-Rick Moorer/Investigator;]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=might recognize this person.]
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[VO-NAT :12]
The man is described as being white, between 55 and 75 years old, and weighing between 150 to 170 pounds. Investigators believe he had light brown or grey hair and stood about 6 feet tall.
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[WIPE TO FULL SCREEN BOARD] If you have any information about the man's identity you can call the FBI at 344-5561, Roanoke County Police at 561-8064 or the National Park Service at 767-2213, extension 18.
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[11Williamson-Road]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-28 TC 56:44]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The city of Roanoke is making it harder for young people to cruise up and down Williamson Road... But some residents want to put the brakes on the city's decision. As Teresa Hamilton reports, the days of making a left turn along Williamson Road WHEREVER and WHENEVER you want are over for now.
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[IN Q=I THINK ]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :12]
[SUPER=01-Leon Whitmer/Resident; :30 ]
[SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:05]
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[OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7, Roanoke. ]
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((I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING.)) [RUNS06]
[OUT Q= THE SAME THING.]
Leon Whitmer and his neighbors live on Trinkle Avenue... This summer-- signs went up along Williamson Road making it illegal to turn left onto their street between nine at night and three in the morning. The city is hoping to discourage folks from cruising Williamson Road-- by making it harder to find a place to turn around. But Whitmer and his neighbors say NOT being able to turn into their neighborhood just isn't fair.
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[SOT 00:27:51]
[IN Q= That is what ]
((LEON WHITMER/RESIDENT: THAT IS WHAT MOST OF THE CITIZENS IN THIS AREA THINK, WE'RE BEING PUNISHED AND THE CRUISERS ARE NOT BEING STOPPED.)) [RUNS06]
[OUT Q=NOT BEING STOPPED.]
Preston and Christian Avenue are the other two streets also affected. Yesterday-- Whitmer took his concerns and a petition signed by a little more than 100- people to city council. He says, for the most part, he left the meeting satisfied. Council admitted the signs are an inconvenience for the neighborhood-- and agreed to study the problem in more detail.

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[IN Q= WE WANT A ]
((WE WANT A RELIEF THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT BLOCKS OUT OF THE WAY.)) [RUNS06]
[OUT Q= OUT OF THE WAY.]
People who make a left turn when they're not supposed to-- put themselves at risk for a ticket. So, neighbors we spoke with say they have no choice-- but to obey the law unless they're successful and the signs come down.
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Roanoke. ))

[WL-President]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Washington and Lee's new president will be inaugurated later today, as a special part of the university's fall convocation exercises. Dr. Thomas Burish will officially become the 24th president in the institution's 254-year history .. and he's expected to outline his goals for Washington and Lee. Burish has been on the job in Lexington since July 1st.

[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

In business news, Wall Street has opened September trading with a huge sell-off.
Ed Crane has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SUPER=01-Ed Crane/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=I'm EC CBS Marketwatch NY.]
(( SEPTEMBER'S BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNKIND TO THE MARKETS...IN FACT IN 32 OF THE LAST 50 YEARS, MARKETS HAVE LOST GROUND IN THAT MONTH....ANDTHIS SEPTEMBER'S STARTING OUT ON A SOUR NOTE:

ESS=dow

the dow's off 355 points....
ESS=nasdaq

the nasdaq's off 51

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FACTORS AT WORK --- FIRST, THE MARKETS OPENED ON THE HEELS OF A BEARISH DAY OVERSEAS.....THEN INVESTO
RS GOT WORD OF ANALYSTS DOWN GRADES AT FORD AND AND INTEL A COMPONENT OF BOTH THE DOW AND THE NASDAQ HAVE SENT THOSE SHARES LOWER... CITIGROUP FELL SHARPLY AFTER WORD THAT NEW YORK'S ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS EXPANDING A PROBE INTO OPERATIONS
AT IT'S SALOMON SMITH BARNEY UNIT...ONE INVOLVING I-P-O'S---THE OTHER INVOLVING FORMER TELECOM ANALYST JACK GRUBMAN...T
HE MARKET'S ALSO BEEN SPOOKED BY A LUKEWARM REPORT ON MAnufacturing and WORD THAT CORPORATE LAYOFFS HAVE NOW HIT A SIX MOINTH HIGH..
GO AHEAD AND SUPERSIZE THOSE FRIES...MC DONALDS SAYS IT'S DEVELOPED A NEW LIGHTER FRYING OIL THAT WILL CUT THE BAD FAT OUT OF IT'S FRENCH FRIES...MICKEY D SAYS TRANS FATTY ACIDS WILL BE REDUCED BY 50 PERCENT --SATURATED FAT BY 16 PERCENT...AND MC DONALDS SAYS YOU WON'T NOTICE A TASTE DIFFERENCE....

FINALLY---THE MARKETS BEEN TAKING A REAL TOLL ON THE WEALTHY--A NEW STUDY FINDS 11 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAD A MIL
LION ORMORE IN INVESTIBLE ASSETS LAST YEAR....ARE UNDER THE MILLION DOLLAR PLATEAU.....THE STUDY ALSO FINDS THE NUMBER OF HALF MILLIONAIRES...HAS FALLEN 1 PERCENT....
GET MORE ON OUR WEBSITE...CBS DOT MARKETWATCH DOT COM. ED CRANE, CBS MARKETWATCH, NY.))

[Tape tosses to STOCKS]
[STOCKS]
[COMM]

[Bush-Iraq]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Today President Bush will meet with leaders from both houses of Congress on the subject of Iraq.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]

And he may have some new information to offer.
Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the Bush administration can support its claims that Saddam Hussein is close to developing nuclear weapons.
Meanwhile, aides say Bush still has made no decision on whether to launch an attack against Iraq.
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[11Hairston]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The search for a missing woman from Martinsville is over.
62-year old Maxine Hairston was visiting her granddaughter in Charlotte, North Carolina over the Labor Day weekend when she disappeared. She was spotted late last night walking in a field near Charlotte.
A passerby picked up Hairston and drove her to a nearby church where she was reunited with her family.

[5-Stress]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=502-02 1:15:58]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Health Check]

While it's been said that time heals all wounds, for many, not enough time has passed to ease the suffering associated with September 11th.
While most people around the county are doing fine, the one year anniversary of any tragic event or death is often the hardest.
Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton spoke with a local psychologist who offers some advice on how to get through the next few days.
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[IN Q=The images of Sept. 11th]
[SUPER=04-September 11, 2001;00]
[SUPER=01-Rick Seidel/Carilion Behavioral Health;11]
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[OUT Q=I'm JS for News 7 Mornin'.]
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The images of September 11th attacks are forever etched in our memories...and the anniversary may bring it all back to the surface.
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[IN Q=The time of the year]
((THE TIME OF THE YEAR IS THE SAME AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN. WHEN ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IT TRIGGERS MEMORIES AND WITH THOSE MEMORIES COME FEELINGS AND SO ON. IT TAKES TIME TO GRIEVE AND IT'S NOT ALL PUT WAY AFTER A YEAR TYPICALLY)) [RUNS16]
[OUT Q=after a year typically]

Psychologist Rick Seidel says don't ignore those emotions --in fact it can help to remember and to talk about what happened and why and to honor those who lost their lives.
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[IN Q=All of these things]
((ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN HELP US GROW. THEY HELP US HEAL AND THEY HELP US MOVE FORWARD. IN ADDITION TO THAT TO REMEMBER FOLKS CLOSE TO YOU THAT MATTER)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q=that matter]

Seidel also recommends that you limit the amount of television you watch on the attacks ... even more so in the case of children..
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[IN Q=From my perspective]
((FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IT SERVES VERY LITTLE PURPOSE TO KEEP WATCHING THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. EXCEPT TO SCARE YOU AN STIR UP EMOTIONS AND TRAUMATIZE YOU )) [RUNS12]
[OUT Q=and traumatize you]))
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=HOLD]

Experts say people can also find comfort by participating in community activities to commemorate the attacks. In fact, Festival in the Park will hold a day of Remberance at Elmwood Park in Roanoke on September 11th.

(Kimberly tosses to bump)

[bump-chyron]

[comm #3]

[5-Parkway-Body]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=502-01 2:16:33]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The Chief Medical Examiner is asking for help identifying the body of a man found along the Parkway last Spring.

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[VO-NAT :21]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./May 5;]
The partially decomposed body was discovered last May at the Poages Mill overlook by a group of friends playing frisbee. Investigators say they're running toxicology and other tests to determine the victim's identity but are pretty much "stuck".
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
That's why they've used the man's skull to reconstruct his facial features out of clay.
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[SOT 16:14:34-16:14:52]
[IN Q=The reason that we've gone ahead to this extreme...]
[SUPER=01-Rick Moorer/Investigator;]
((RICK MOORER/INVESTIGATOR: THE REASON THAT WE'VE GONE AHEAD TO THIS EXTREME IS A LACK OF LEADS. WE FELT LIKE IF WE COULD RECREATE WHAT THIS PERSON LOOKED LIKE AND YOU ARE ABLE TO PRESENT IT TO THE PUBLIC THEN SOMEONE MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS PERSON.))
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[OUT Q=then someone might recognize this person.]
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[VO-NAT :12]
The man is described as being white, between 55 and 75 years old, and weighing between 150 to 170 pounds. Investigators believe he had light brown or grey hair and stood about 6 feet tall.
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[Take Pinnacle Full] If you have any information about the man's identity you can call the FBI at 344-5561, Roanoke County Police at 561-8064 or the National Park Service at 767-2213, extension 18.
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[11City-Council]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-23 TC1:36:10]
[GRAPHIC=None]

A new water source for the City of Roanoke is up and running...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
The Muse Spring Well went on-line yesterday... producing 1-million gallons of water for residents each day. The City's Director of Utilities says all the water it provides will be utilized while we remain under drought conditions. Located on city property in southeast Roanoke, it was drilled last summer but only just completed. Officials say the project cost about 100-thousand dollars. Five other city locations are being considered as possible sites for additional wells.
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[6-CF-Bankruptcy]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Still no word as to how the bankruptcy of one of the country's biggest trucking companies will affect its facility here in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

The entrances to Consolidated Freightways operation on Plantation Road were blocked yesterday.
On Monday, C-F announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and laying off as many as 15-thousand people around the country.
In letters being mailed to workers, Consolidated says it simply doesn't have enough money to continue operations.

The terminal manager of C-F's Roanoke facility was unavailable for comment yesterday.
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[11Short-Benefit]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-25 TC1:55:04]
[GRAPHIC=Jennifer Short]
The family of Jennifer Short is still praying for the girl's safe return.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./File Tape;]
They're also trying to keep active in the search for the missing nine- year old. This weekend-- Jennifer's great uncle is planning a cook-out to raise money.
It'll go toward a reward fund established in Jennifer's name at First National Bank in Boones Mill. But Frank Arrington says he needs the public's help. He's hoping the community and local businesses will donate food and other supplies.
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[SOT 02:15:17]
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((FRANK ARRINGTON/MICHAEL SHORT'S UNCLE; BOTH MICHAEL SHORT'S FAMILY AND MARY'S FAMILY MEMBERS FROM BOTH SIDES WILL BE THERE TO HELP OUT WITH THIS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT TO BE A GOOD THING AND SHOULD RAISE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND 100- PERCENT OF WHATEVER'S RAISED WILL GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE FUND FOR HER SAFE RETURN. ))
[SUPER=01-Frank Arrington/Michael Short's Uncle; ]
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[OUT Q=SAFE RETURN.]
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[VO-NAT]
The cook-out will be held Saturday, from one until five, at Dudley's Truck Stop on Route 220- just North of Rocky Mount. If you'd like to make a donation-- you can contact Arrington at 540- 721-2850.
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[Typhoon]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Efforts to recover from the damage and shock of the worst typhoon in 40 years continue in South Korea.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Kangnung, South Korea;]

The death toll has risen to 115.
Soldiers are still trying to rescue 69 people still missing after the typhoon hit last weekend.
Yesterday, South Korea's President visited the hardest- hit areas, and consoled victims. (------------) The cost of the damage across the country is expected to top a billion dollars.