WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 10/27/95

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Up next on News 7 at FIVE-
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A sniper opens fire at Fort Bragg- one soldier is dead- and 18 others are wounded.
More details about the death of a Henry County teen.
Plus the Roanoke Comedy Club is moving. We'll tell you where.
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Showers will continue through much of the night, with cooler, drier weather coming up later in the weekend, I'll have a look at the doppler radar coming up.

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And coming up in tonight's Health Check report-- Now that a breast cancer gene
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detecting who is most likely to get the disease is on the horizon-- what do women do with this information?
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They are the soldiers who protect our country. Today they were the victims of a sniper attack- by one of their own.
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One person is dead, 18 others injured after gunfire erupted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The gunman fired on members of the 82nd airborne during an early morning run.
A soldier at the base has been arrested.
Now investigators are looking for others who may also be responsible.
Fort Bragg officials have just wrapped up a press conference-
Byron Harlan is standing by with the latest details. cut to byron
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(( The suspect in custody is a soldier from the 82nd Airborne division of Ft. Bragg, the same division he targeted early this morning.
Roughly 13-hundred soldiers had started their customary pre-dawn run when shots rang out from a wooded area near the post's stadium.
Men scattered for cover after about five pops of gunfire sounded.
Of the 18 wounded, all but one were evacuated to womack army medical hospital.
Most had injuries to the abdomen, chest and legs.
One soldier with a neck wound was air lifted to Duke University Medical Center.
Investigators from the Army's criminal investigation division placed markers where key evidence was taken.
They found what appeared to be an automatic rifle, a knife, a web belt and a piece of camouflage clothing.
Ft. Bragg is home to 43-thousand troops.
It is an open post where people can come and go as they please.))
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Fort Bragg says anyone seeking information
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on relatives should call 1-800- 589-5788 or 1-800- 457-4636.
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5-Henry-Murder

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Police in Henry County are still looking for the killer or killers of a Martinsville teenager.
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The body of 15-year old Lavina Scales was found on Route 679 Wednesday evening by a passing couple.
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The medical examiner has NOW determined Scales died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head.
And that there was no indication of sexual assault.
Police say they are still looking into several names that were on a piece of paper found in Scales' pants pocket.
She was a sophomore at Martinsville High School.
Counselors are helping students there deal with their grief.
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5-Bus-Ax

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Federal investigators are taking urgent action because of the school bus-train collision near Chicago.
The National Transportation Safety Board is isuing a nationwide recommendation-
It wants officials across the country to check the timing of traffic signals at all crossings.
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The agency says it found a timing problem with the signal system at the Illinois intersection where the crash happened.
The traffic light near the crossing is supposed to turn green when a train is coming so traffic will move off the tracks, but apparently the light did not turn soon enough.
The NTSB says there wasn't enough time for the driver to move once she saw a signal that the train was coming.
The back of school bus was still on the tracks when it was hit.
Seven students were killed and several other remain hospitalized.
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Don't go away, there's more news coming your way--Governor Allen rips into state Democrats... we'll explain.
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And did a million men really march on Washington-- the scientific data is unveiled.
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On Health Check-- airbags and children. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is concerned about recent deaths involving the two.
Plus we'll check in at the Virginia Nurses Association conference a little later on NEWS-7 at FIVE. cc sponsor

5-Motorola

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With just 11 days to go before election day, the mud- slinging is picking up its pace.
Governor Allen today blasted Democrats over a February memo from a Democratic pollster.
The so- called "Democratic playbook" memo from pollster Alan Secrest outlined strategies to make the Governor look "stupid."
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Today, the Governor said the memo shows that Democrats were "actively conspiring" to disrupt his efforts
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to lure a Motorola plant and five- thousand jobs to Goochland County.
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Chesterfield Republican John Watkins released two pages from the memo today that he'd previously withheld.
In those pages, the pollster suggests ways Democrats could place blame on the Governor if the project fell through, or claim "a fair share" of credit for landing the deal.
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Allen today called the memo "the most disheartening fact to come to light" since the start of his administration.
Democratic spokeswoman Gail Nardi says Allen and Watkins should be ashamed.

5-Whitehead

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State Senator Virgil Goode is standing by his party and Claude Whitehead.
Whitehead is a Democratic house of delegates candidate.
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Today Goode and Congressman L.F. Payne came out to show their support for Whitehead's campaign.
In recent weeks there have been some questions as to whether Goode would support Whitehead or republican incumbent and long time friend Allen Dudley.
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Today Delegate Dudley received an endorsement from Congressman Thomas Bliley.
Dudley says his re-election campaign is supported by both republicans and democrats.
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5-March-Count

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A new count is out for the Million Man March-
This one says 837 thousand people attended the rally.
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Boston University experts re-examined photos and video- to come up with the number.
It has a 20 percent margin of error.
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The count is more than double the official estimate of 400-thousand provided by the National Park Service.
It was lower though than the Nation of Islam estimate which counted up to two million.
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Up next on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- the Roanoke Comedy Club is laughing all the way to a new location.
After years in Downtown Roanoke, the Club is leaving its upstairs digs.
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The Roanoke Comedy Club has a new home.
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After more than a decade in downtown Roanoke, Jimmy Butler is taking his act out to the suburbs.
Starting next weekend, the comedy club will operate out of the (TEE-kee) Tiki Lounge.
The Tiki Lounge is right under the Fiji Island restaurant.
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Butler says he had to sell his downtown digs because the restaurant that was in his building never got off the ground.
The restaurant was supposed to cover half of the costs of operating the building. Stats
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Straight ahead on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- the latest on Mister Twister the Clown and his illegal crusade to feed the parking meters.
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But first on Health Check-- speak up and participate when it comes to changes in the health care industry-- that's the advice to nurses at the Nurses Association convention in Roanoke.
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Topping tonight's Health Check report-- New worries about air bag safety and children--
Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says its concerned about air bags that can kill kids who aren't wearing seat belts.
Overall, the Administration says air bags have saved hundreds of lives, but now its investigating the deaths of six children.
The kids ranged in age from four to nine.
Most were NOT wearing a lap AND shoulder belt.

5-Mastectomy

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With the discovery of the breast cancer gene, doctors will soon be able to accurately predict who is most likely to get breast cancer.
Women with the gene run a very high risk-- up to 85-percent of getting the disease.
Dr. Emily Senay reports, for those at a higher risk it's a difficult situation.
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A test for the breast cancer gene may be in use within the next few years and many women will eventually be tested. Dr. Alisan Goldfarb is a breast surgeon who says this test will surely raise new questions for women.
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With the breast cancer gene test on the horizon many women in high risk groups are going to have to decide what to do with that information, and the fact is the options today are just the same as they were twenty years ago.
It was nine years ago, after watching six other women in her family get breast cancer, that Andrea Rothenberg decided she could not live in fear and had both her breasts removed.
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Having healthy breasts removed--called prophylactic mastectomy--is not a medical decision but an emotional one.
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For women who are at high risk--and in the future those who will test postive for the breast cancer gene--prophylactic mastectomy is perhaps the only way to prevent cancer. A reminder that an improvement in diagnosis does not necessarily lead to improvement in prevention or treatment.
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And even the radical choice of having prophylactic mastectomies won't quarantee a women she'll never get breast cancer.
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Andrea does not regret her decision. But if she took the breast cancer test now?
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There is hope that discoveries like the breast cancer gene will eventually lead to better methods of preventing breast cancer.
Dr. Emily Senay, for CBS News, New York.))
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Researchers currently estimate that about six hundred-thousand women in the United States may carry the gene for breast cancer, but not all carriers will develop it.
Currently women who are at high risk must speak to their doctors about their options.

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With the trend toward at-home, outpatient care, the importance of nurses in the health care field keeps growing nearly every day.
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The keynote speaker at the 94th annual Virginia Nurses Association says this new role also carries increased responsibilities.
Ruben Fernandez is the Vice President for Nursing at Beth Israel Hospital in New Jersey.
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He points out that a number of providers are restructuring these days, to adjust to the cost-conscious environment now present in the medical profession.
Fernandez says it's crucial that nurses try to have a say in how these restructurings take place.
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In our area, the Carilion Health System is currently undergoing a restructuring process it calls "re-engineering".
Carilion says its nurses have given extensive input on how it should be done. 2-SHOT-toss
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The Indians are still alive in the World Series--
Mike has more on Cleveland's big win last night as well as the soggy rundown of tonight's Friday Football Extra Games.

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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to a wet Friday night.
The Friday Football Extra schedule for tonight is an absolute mess, and we'll get to your postponements just a second.
But first the World Series is off tonight and headed back to Atlanta for game number five on Saturday evening.
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Last night the Indians stopped the Braves chop and kept Atlanta from clinching the series by posting a 5-to-4 win in game 5.
The Indians got to Braves ace Greg Maddux in the first inning, as Albert Belle launched a two run homer into the right field seats.
Jim Thome then clinched it in the eighth, with a solo homer to deep center off former Tech star Brad Clontz.
The Indians now head to Atlanta overflowing with confidence.
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The Braves will throw Tom Glavine against Dennis Martinez tomorrow night in game six.

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For the second straight week the weather is playing havoc with the Friday Football Extra schedule of games for week number nine.
The rain has forced a number of postponements, but we have still managed to rustle up nine games for you tonight from Amherst to Hot Springs to Independence.
Games at Grayson County, Amherst, Bath County, Patrick Henry, Cave Spring, Glenvar, BOtetourt, Floyd and Rockbridge are still on tonight.
But action in Alleghany, Pulaski, Covington, Shawsville, Laurel Park, Radford, Brookville, Blacksburg, Rustburg and Dan River is off this evening.
Coming up at six, we'll have a complete for you.
Plus Roy Stanley will have your college game day preview for tomorrow's Tech-West Virginia game in Morgantown, and some football news from W&L.
Have a nice weekend everybody.
I'll see you tonight at 11:35. take a break

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Thanks to a media circus and citizens' support, Mister Twister has won the freedom to feed parking meters.
In Santa Cruz, California it is illegal to put coins in parking meters without consent.
Mister Twister uses tips from his balloon creations and entertainment to feed expired meters before parking officers can write tickets.
Recently Mr. Twister was slapped with a 13-dollar fine for unauthorized meter-feeding.
The city ended up dropping the citation and repealed the ordinance that barred strangers from plugging parking meters.
Even the mayor admitted the law should not be on the books and that it never made much sense.

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Endangered songbirds will soon find sanctuary in Wytheville.
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Keith, I hear some Rural Retreat high school students were braving the rain to help our feathered friends today.
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Jean the students are helping to restore 40 acres of woodland at Wytheville Community College.
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The first step is planting trees to provide a pollution buffer and canopy.
The site will be left to natural succession, that is, the weeds and trees will be allowed to take over and provide a habitat for birds and other animals.
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We'll tell you more about the project and how the community can help on News 7 at Six.
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And that's it for NEWS-7 at FIVE, have a nice weekend. Buh-Bye.