WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 12/17/03

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Coming up on News 7 at 5, attorneys try to stop tomorrow's execution of a 58 year old man from Christiansburg.
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Plus we'll hear from both sides of the argument as the government considers letting a morning after contraceptive go over the counter.
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That blast of cold air was certainly noticable today. Look for a chance of snow showers with a fast moving system tomorrow afternoon.

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Also today, new jobs are coming to Rocky Mount.
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A re-creation of a great moment in history fails to get off the ground.
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Plus Mike Stevens will check in live as Friday Football Extra honors this season's best players and coaches.
News 7 at 5 is next.
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Lawyers for a Christiansburg man scheduled to die by lethal injection make another last minute appeal.
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Lawyers for convicted killer James Edward Reid have filed an emergency motion with the Virginia Supreme Court to stay his execution.
Reid is scheduled to die tomorrow for the 1996 murder of 87-year old Annie Lester.
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New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel DePompa met with Reid's lawyers today. Rachel, what's the latest?
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Jean, Reid's attorneys have now filed with the U.S. Supreme Court and the Virginia Supreme Court... essentially asking for a stay of execution. They've also asked Governor Mark Warner for clemency. A ruling from any of those offices could come at any time.
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Reid is on death row for the murder of Annie Lester. Reid was Lester's handyman. On October 12 of 1996 he hit her over the head with a can, strangled her with a telephone cord, stabbed her 22-times with a pair of scissors and tried to rape her.
He entered an alford plea to the crime in 1997, meaning he acknowledged the state's evidence-- without admitting guilt. Reid's new attorney, Jimmy Turk says the trial lawyers mishandled the case and lied to Reid. Turk says that's reason enough for a stay of execution.
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Turk says Reid is doing well, considering the circumstance and is resigned to accept his fate.
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Reid is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9:00 tomorrow night.
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Jean, I also spoke with Annie Lester's family members about the upcoming execution. We'll have their story, tonight at 6:00.

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More jobs are coming to Franklin County.
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Ronile (Row-neal) Incorporated announced today it will expand operations at its Rocky Mount facility, adding 74-new jobs. Ronile makes custom-dyed yarns and other floor coverings. The one-point-one million dollar expansion is the result of the company's decision to close its Georgia plant. Officials say moving the jobs to Rocky Mount was a natural decision.
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Ronile currently employs more than 250-people. Officials hope to begin filling the new jobs in February.
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More money for education and, eventually, teacher salaries.
That is what Governor Warner is proposing in the state's new budget.
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Warner presented his two year plan to lawmakers today.
His budget is based on his tax reform proposals which include a penny increase in the state sales tax and a cut in the food tax.
He is recommending nearly two-point-four billion dollars in additional spending.
The bulk of that money would go to education, health services, transportation and public safety.
And two years down the road, state workers and teachers would see a pay raise.
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Republican Delegate Morgan Griffith accused the governor of trying to be the fun parent instead of the "disciplinarian."
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The Wright Brothers did it 100 years ago... but no chance of making the same flight today.
A modern re-creation of the Wright Brothers famous flight did not go quite as planned... as Drew Levinson reports from North Carolina.
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(( For the men who tried to re-create the Wright Brothers first flight at Kill Devil Hills--there's a true appreciation today of what Orville and Wilbur accomplished.
The 1903 Replica of the Wright Flyer had little trouble as it rambled down the launching rail----but as it reached the
end, instead of soaring toward the sky--it landed in mud. A second attempt was scrapped due to low winds. They couldn't do in 2003 what the brothers did in 1903. It was here on North Carolinas outer banks 100 years ago when the Wright Brothers soared into the record books with the first powered flight. The plane--with Orville at the controls was airborne for just 12 seconds-it traveled only 120 feet-- but on that day man discovered he WAS meant to fly. BUSH: THERE WAS A BOY NAMED JOHNNY.DAMNED IF THEY AINT FLEW. Even though the re-creation didn't fly--the orginal did, and at the North Carolina ceremony President Bush Praised that accomplishment
BUSH: WE REMEMBER ONE SMALL MACHINE AND REMEMBER THE GIANTS WHO FLEW IT." Without those giants making their short flight of just 120 feet--a man by the name of Armstrong would have never made his giant leap 240-thousand miles away. DREW LEVINSON CBS NEWS.))

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Coming up next on the newscast, some local health departments get a limited amount of flu vaccine.
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Plus a 78 year old woman says she feels free now that she can tell the world the identity of her famous father.
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In health check tonight,
The so called, "morning-after-pill" could soon be easy to get as aspirin.
A government advisory panel voted yesterday to recommend the FDA make it available over-the-counter.
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Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton joins us with details
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Jean,
Five states already allow some pharmacists to sell the drug without a prescription
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While Virginia isn't one of them. Some doctors say the demand is there.
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That's how many women come to this one Planned Parenthood location in Roanoke County for the so called morning after pill.
And why Dr. Randall Falls believe it should be available over-the-counter.
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But some opponents who testified before a government advisory panel yesterday say this is a form of abortion.
The President of the American Life League says the pills in question do not prevent pregnancy from occurring, but rather end the life of a baby after his or her life has begun at fertilization."
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Falls points out, however, that emergency contraception is nothing more than a higher dose of one the hormones in the birth control pill.
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Dr. Fall says the main side effect is nausea.
The morning after pill has be taken within 72 hours of intercourse. The longer you wait to take it --the less effective it will be.
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Jean,
Dr. Fall says figures have shown it to be 98 percent effective if taken within the first 12 hours.

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The Roanoke City Health Department says it is scheduling flu vaccinations for individuals at high risk.
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The department says it is only receiving another 100 doses which will be offered to children six to 23 months, pregnant women, people over the age of 65, and children over two who have other health risks.
Anyone who meets those conditions is urged to call the Roanoke City Health Department.
It is on a first come, first served basis to those individuals.
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Lynchburg's Health Department will have a walk in clinic tomorrow beginning at 8:30. It will administer another 50 doses to high risk patients.
And the Martinsville Health Department is now offering the FluMist, but it too is on a limited supply.

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A late development at this hour in the James Edward Reid story.
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His scheduled execution is now off.
Reid's attorney says the U.S. Fourth Circuit in Richmond late this afternoon granted a stay.
The 58-year-old handyman had been set to die by lethal injection tomorrow night.
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A mixed race woman who is Strom Thurmond's daughter says she kept silent until now, because she did not want to hurt the Senator's career.
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Thd children of Essie Mae Washington Williams urged her to step forward and tell the world the late U-S senator and former Segregationsit was her father.
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When Thurmond was 22 years old, when he had relations with the family's 16 year old black housekeeper.
As her mother's dying wish, Essie Mae finally met her father when she was 16.
His quiet acknowledgement came in the form of money and yearly meetings. Essie Mae said Thurmond cared for her and she for him but few knew until now.
On Monday, a public conformation came from the Thurmond family.
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Coming up next on the newscast, Robin will have the cold forecast.
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[VO] Then a little bit later, we'll go behind the scenes as fans prepare for the return of a box office King.
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Coming up next, Mike Stevens will check in live from tonight's Friday Football Extra Awards banquet.
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Then we'll see if the stock market could maintain its recent momentum.
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It's time now for the midweek ticker and tonight we are on the road in Salem getting ready for the 20th annual Friday Football Extra awards banquet. [SALEM DOUBLE BOX TOSS TO MIKE IN SALEM] Mike Stevens and the crew are busy preparing the Salem Civic Center for tonight's gala. Mike
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In what is being called a sluggish trading day on Wall Street, the major markets showed little movement today.
Ed Crane has more.
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Fans of the "Lord of the Rings" began lining up last night to catch the first screenings of "The Return of the King."
Chris Lawrence recently sat down with its stars for a look behind the scenes of the year's most anticipated movie.

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