WDBJ 7 morning news for 05/23/04

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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning...... Six people are killed when the ceiling collapses at a Paris airport.
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And a former Nascar exec hopes to get the economy back on track as he accepts a nomination to run for congress. We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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An accident in Franklin County killed at least one person this morning.
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Officials say it happened just before 6 on Webster's Road in the Glade Hill area.
Police have not released details of the accident, or the identity of the victim at this time.
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Six-people are now confirmed dead after a structure collapse at a French airport.
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According to reports, the vaulted ceiling of a year-old passenger terminal caved in at Paris' Charles de Gaule International airport this morning. Officials say three of the dead are police officers and at least three other people were injured. Rescue workers evacuated the area, and brought in search dogs which indicated there were few, if any bodies left under the wreckage. Authorities say its not yet clear why the structure collapsed.
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Republicans in the Ninth Congressional District have picked their candidate to take on 22-year incumbant Rick Boucher.
Dickenson County native Kevin Triplett got the G-O-P nod yesterday.
Jennifer Wishon has more.
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((SHOT OF TRIPLETT WALKING TO THE PODIUM: NATS OF CHEERING))
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Republicans stood and cheered as Kevin Triplett accepted his parties' nomination at George Wythe High School Saturday.
They hope he'll be able to convince Boucher loyals it's time for a change.
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[IN Q=When you've seen manufacturing]
((KEVIN TRIPLETT: WHEN YOU'VE SEEN MANUFACTURING JOBS CLOSE, WHEN YOU SAW 138 COAL MINES CLOSE IN THE 90'S IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE. I MEAN THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THREE RECESSIONS, YET THE 9TH DISTRICT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO LATCH ON TO THAT AND THE CHALLENGE IS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT 22 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH.))
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Friday Triplett received an endorsement from Attorney General Jerry Kilgore and says his campaign was validated last month when Vice President Dick Cheney joined him in Roanoke for a fundraiser. A former NASCAR executive, Triplett has been back in the Ninth District for about a year now. He says his experience with the fastest growing sport in the nation will help him get the District's economy back on track.
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[IN Q=Sometimes I think just]
((KEVIN TRIPLETT: SOMETIMES I THINK JUST HAVING A COMMON SENSE BUSINESS PRAGMATISM AND JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND HELP I THINK IS BETTER THAN BEING DISCONNECTED AFTER 22 YEARS.))
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But for many District residents Congressman Rick Boucher is very much connected. Saturday he held a town meeting at Carroll County High School - just one of about a hundred such meetings held across the district each year.
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[IN Q=I think the people]
((RICK BOUCHER: I THINK THE PEOPLE OF THE 9TH DISTRICT ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WORK WE'RE DOING. MY PRIORITIES ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE CREATED 40,000 NET JOBS SINCE THE TIME I TOOK OFFICE, THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING... MEASURES OF SUCCESS OF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.))
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The Congressman says one example of his continued commitment to economic growth can be seen at Carroll County's Twin County Airport. Earlier this month he secured more than a million dollars in federal funding to widen and resurface the runway- an improvement he believes will help attract new industries to the area.
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[IN Q=For now, Boucher]
((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: FOR NOW, BOUCHER SAYS HE'LL FOCUS ON THE JOB HE WAS ELECTED TO DO AND WON'T KICK HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN INTO HIGH GEAR UNTIL CONGRESS GOES INTO RECESS IN THE FALL. JENNIFER WISHON, NEWS 7.))
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Expect to pay more at the pumps -at least throughout the summer.
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OPEC ministers met in Amsterdam, but had no quick solutions to the rising price of gas. The only promised effort so far has come from Saudi Arabia. By June 1st, America's largest OPEC supplier promises to increase production from 8-point-five million barrels a day to 9-million. But no matter what Saudi Arabia and OPEC do now, analysts say the damage is already done.
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[IN Q=Already inflation is... ]
((LEO DROLLAS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, CENTER FOR GLOBAL STUDIES: ALREADY INFLATION IS CREEPING UP AND WORLD GDP IS GOING TO SUFFER AT SOME STAGE OR ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THESE HIGH PRICES.))
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[OUT Q=... these high prices.]
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Analysts also say increasing production alone won't solve the problem -because the price hike is driven by a number of factors- including higher worldwide demand, production problems and fear of disruption from terrorist strikes or the war in Iraq. Bottomline- high gas prices will be around for a while, but the production hike could hold prices down come fall.
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Starting tomorrow, you really can take it with you... your cell phone number that is. We'll tell you how to carry the number over when switching companines -a little later
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but first
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Only five days until this year's Festival in the Park kicks off in Roanoke... see what's in store from shopping and games to idols coming up.
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In health review,
A Non-traditonal treatment is helping stroke victims.
Carilion is trying a new method for detecting breast cancer.
And the Virginia Transplant Center opens a local satellite office.
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Joy Sutton has details in today's Health Review.
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Before someone can undergo a kidney transplant they must have pre-surgical testing.
Up until recently, many patients in Southwest, Virginia like Debbie Kamode had to travel to Richmond for that testing.
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[IN Q=I think it will be a wonderful experience]
((I THINK IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE FOR ME I WORKED FULL-TIME UNTIL I HAD MY TRANSPLANT AND I TRAVELED BACK AND FORTH TO RICHMOND THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING A LOCAL OFFICE TO COME TO WOULD'VE BEEN JUST MUCH MORE CONVENIENT))
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The Virginia Transplant Center of Henrico Doctors' Hospital --now has a satellite office in Salem -- on the Lewis-Gale Medical Center campus.
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In other health news, some stroke victims are trying a therapy known as Interactive Metronome to help them regain the use of their limbs.
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[IN Q=I've gained some use of my left hand]
(( I'VE GAINED SOME USE OF MY LEFT HAND, ESPECIALLY IN MY HOBBY OF BUILDING AIRPLANES. IT'S NOT BACK TO NORMAL, BUT IT'S BACK TO WHERE I CAN DO A LITTLE BIT WITH IT))
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The therapy involves the patient clapping to a computer generated beat. The goal is to keep up with the tone.
This exercise strengthens the mind -- muscle connection --which can make a difference for someone who has had a stroke.
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[IN Q=The program is very successful]
((THE PROGRAM IS VERY SUCCESSFUL I'VE SEEN PEOPLE IMPROVE IN MOVEMENT, AND QUALITY OF MOVEMENT, AND INCREASE IN FUNCTIONAL SKILLS WHICH MEANS BEING INDEPENDENT WITH THEIR SELF CARE, THEY HAVE IMPROVED IN THOSE AREA BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM))
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How long it takes to see results depends on the patient.
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And finally in medical news,
Carilion will soon begin using larger slides to help with diagnosing breast cancer.
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[IN Q=The difference is that we're not finding the multipcle cancers]
((THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE NOT FINDING THE MULTIPLE CANCERS. WE'RE MISSING THE SMALL ONES AND WE'RE NOT DOING AS GOOD OF A JOB OF FINDING THE CANCER ON THE MARGIN OF THE SURGICAL SPECIMEN))
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Here's an x-ray of the removed breast tissue --using the smaller slides doctors can only sample about 16-percent or less of the margin or perimeter around the tumor.
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((THIS NEW TECHNIQUE ALLOWS US TO EXAMINE 100-PERCENT OF THAT CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE SURGICAL MARGIN TO MAKE SURE ALL THE CANCER HAS BEEN REMOVED))
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Carilion Consolidated Lab is already testing out new equipment to make the specimens for the larger slides Carilion hopes to eventually uses them for other cancers as well.
That's health review, I'm Joy Sutton.))
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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning...... OPEC officials examine rising gas prices, but don't offer much hope for change anytime soon.
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And the G-O-P is hoping Kevin Tripplett will find Victory lane in the 9th District Congressional race.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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Prices continue to soar at the pump, and just like the summer temperatures -it's going to worse before it gets better.
Randall Pinkston has more.

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[SUPER=01-Randall Pinkston/CBS News; 1:30]
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[OUT Q= Middle East Oil.]
((Meeting in Amsterdam, OPEC oil ministers had no quick solutions to the skyrocketing price of crude ... this gathering, said opec's president was not for action, but consultation , in advance of next month's formal meeting.

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((SOT: PURNOMO YUSGIANTORO/OPEC PRESIDENT: THE CONSULTATION OBSERVED THAT BRINGING ORDER AND STABILITY TO THE OIL
MARKET IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL STAKE HOLDERS IN THE INDUSTRY AND CALL FOR JOIINT EFFORTS TO BRING PRICES DOWN FROM THEIR CURRENT HIGH LEVELS))
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the only promised effort , so far, has come from saudi arabia.

by june 1st, america's largest opec oil supplier promises to increase production from 8.5 million barrels a day to 9-million .
just the annoucement trimmed 87 cents from the price of a barrel of u.s. crude... to 39.85 cents.. the first dip below 40 dollars in more than a week.
But no matter what Saudi Arabia and Opec do now, analysts say the damage is already done.

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((SOT: LEO DROLLAS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, CENTER FOR GLOBAL STUDIES: ALREADY INFLATION IS CREEPING UP AND WORLD GDP IS GOI
NG TO SUFFER AT SOME STAGE OR ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THESE HIGH PRICES.))
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plus, analysts say increasing production alone won't solve the problem -because the price hike is also driven by a number of factors.. including higher world wide demand, production problems and fear of disruption from terrorist strikes or the war in iraq.

no surprise that the oil crunch is becoming a focal point of the presiidential campaign.

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((SOT: PRESIDENT BUSH: IF PEOPLE HAD ACTED ON MY ENERGY BILL WHEN I SUBMITTED IT 3 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD BE IN A MUCH BET
TER SITUATION TODAY.))
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but democratic presidential challenger john kerry called for the bush administraiton to get more oil out of opec ,to dip into the strategic petroleum reserves and more..

((SOT: KERRY -radio: Short term steps are just stop gaps unless we
have a long term plan. I have a plan to invest in new tecyhllogies and alternatives tomake American energy-independent of middle east oil.))))

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That was Randall Pinkston reporting from New York.[11Severe-Wx]

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Severe weather kept many people in the Roanoke Valley on alert last night.
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Scattered storms started around six, drenching some areas while leaving other neighborhoods bone dry.
But wet or not, mother nature put on a light show for everyone in the area.
Some residents reported golf ball sized hail or larger.
Severe thunderstorm warnings lasted most of the evening.
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Coming up - see how stylish cellular safety can be. We'll check out the latest hands free gadgets coming up after the break
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and a little later
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An area cosmotology school has a brush with success as it gets tangled up in a local charity fundraiser.
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It was "tresses" instead of "dresses" that were on display at a fashion show this weekend.
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Students at the BarPalma Beauty Academy presented their first annual *hair-art* show. They modeled everything from classic summer braids to formal, sleek "up- dos." Nearly 200-people turned out for the event which all began as a classroom assignment.
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((WALT HODGES: WE HAD THEM DRAW DESIGNS OF HAIR AND COLORIZE THEM AND FAST FORWARD TO HERE.))
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Hodges told the audience that Cleopatra was one of the first women to use hair color. Admission to the event was either an item or donation to the Roanoke Rescue Mission. (------------)