WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 08/12/98

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Today on news 7 at 5, we'll tell you why protestors are picketting the Roanoke County police department.
And rescue workers give up in their search for survivors following last week's blasts that rocked two U-S embassies in Africa. [Wx-Heads]
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Tomorrow looks dry and mild...Friday will be a different story. Forecast details coming up.

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A new study suggests teenagers are being infected with a dangerous sexually transmitted disease, they don't even know they have.
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And Virginia Tech researchers are findings ways to make tobacco a health benefit.
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New procedures are being put in place at the University of Virginia hospital maternity ward.
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Hospital officials still say they have NO idea how two newborns were switched-- but today they announced some new measures to increase security.
The I-D bracelets put on at birth will now be specific down to the wrist or ankle, right or left side.
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((DR. TOM MASSARO/UNIV. OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM: WE WILL LIST THE ANATOMIC PART. AND WE WILL LIST SPECIFICALLY THAT WE HAVE CHECKED THE NUMBER ON EACH OF THOSE POSITIONS. ))
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((DR. TOM MASSARO/UNIV. OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM: WE HISTORICALLY HAD THESE NEWBORN BANDS THAT WERE PINK AND BLUE. AND THEY WERE USED IN THE OBSTETRIC FLOOR, AND THEY WERE USED IN THE PEDIATRIC FLOOR, PEDS EMERGENCY ROOM. THEY WERE UNIVERSAL. BUT WE'VE NOW DECIDED THAT WE'LL TRY TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT COLORED BANDS FOR THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.))
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D-N-A results are still NOT in to definitely prove Rebecca Chittum of Buena Vista was switched three years ago with Callie Conley.
State police and the state health department are still investigating.
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The search for survivors ended today in Nairobi, Kenya
Now the attention now focuses on finding out who bombed the embassies.
As Jonathan Freed reports, the Kenyan Government says some people have been detained-
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((It was time for hope to give way to cold reality. They hadn't found anyone alive since the weekend. They didn't expect to find any more. So, the search for survivors was officially called off_but not before those involved in the international rescue effort paid their respects.
But hope of another kind was on the rise_as F-B-I investigators focused on what could be a key piece of evidence_a vehicle thrown against the embassy wall by the force of the blast.
At the White House, the President gathered with senior national security advisers_cutting short a cross-country political trip. Among other things, Mr. Clinton wanted to know what measures could immediately be taken to secure any vulnerable American posts around the globe. The signal was clear: the U-S will not heel to terrorists. P.J. CROWLEY/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: WE ARE NOT GOING TO CREATE A FORTRESS AMERICA. WE ARE NOT GOING TO RETREAT FROM THE WORLD.
Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright arrived in Germany_to console some of the injured recovering there_ and to accompany the bodies of ten fallen Americans back to a memorial ceremony at Andrews AFB. Before leaving Washington early Wednesday, she described her trip as a mission of pride and sorrow. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT/SECRETARY OF STATE: I GO WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDED TO OUR COUNTRY BY THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON ITS BEHALF.
Meanwhile, a number of American injured were headed for home. JONATHAN FREED/CBS NEWS: THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA ANNOUNCED THAT A NUMBER OF SUSPECTS HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR QUESTIONING IN THAT COUNTRY. THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD ONLY SAY THAT IT EXPECTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUSPECTS. Jonathan Freed, CBS News, Washington.))

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People near San Francisco woke up to the shaking of an earthquake-
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The quake measured five point four on the Richter scale-
It left cracks in the freeway-
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knocked bottles off a shelves
and rattled nerves at a resort in San Juan Bautista.
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((I'VE BEEN IN MANY OF THEM BUT THIS ONE REALLY SCARED ME.)) ((TRUTHFULLY I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE EARTH WAS GOING TO OPEN UP AND SWALLOW ME.))
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The quake was centered about 80 miles south of San Francisco near San Juan Bautista- Hitchcock fans may be familiar with the area since it served as the setting for his classic film Vertigo.
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The Roanoke County police station was the site of a demonstration today.
We'll tell you what brought out a couple of picketers after this break.
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And we'll show you what proved to be a very costly 300 million dollar mistake for the Pentagon.
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On health Check, Virginia Tech gets some much needed funding to find a healthy use for tobacco plants.
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and Patrick Evans is Lynchburg where he'll speak live with actress Valerie Harper. [cc sponsor]
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[5-Halifax-Jailer]

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A former Halifax County jailer will serve time in the prison he used to guard.
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Jonathan Majors was sentenced today to six months in jail-- for having oral sex with two female inmates.
He pleaded guilty in June to two counts of sodomy.
The women filed criminal complaints last year against Majors and two other jailers.
But there was only enough evidence to indict Majors.
Majors will report to jail in two weeks.
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[5-Covington]

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A group of people in Covington plan to sue city officials concerning the downtown construction of the new Alleghany Regional Jail.
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City Council plans to close off Court Street to make way for the new jail that's going to be about three to four times as big as the current one.
But, a Covington business woman says she and her mother own part of that property.
They say it's illegal for city officials to close it without compensating them.
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((SUSAN BROWN/H&L JEWELER'S: THERE'S NO REASON WHY PRIVATE RESIDENTS SHOULD GO AND HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER TWO TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TAKE THE MATTER TO COURT WHEN THEY'RE WELL AWARE THAT THEY DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY.))
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Brown along with 10 other business owners and a group called the "Friends of Covington" plan to file a lawsuit tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Covington officials say Court Street DOES belong to the city and they are prepared to prove the matter in court if necessary.
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A Roanoke construction worker is picketting the County Police Department, saying the county stole his truck and is killing his business.
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Gary Doss says his truck was impounded after an employee was stopped for speeding on a revoked license.
He says he didn't KNOW the employee's license was revoked, but his truck was impounded for 30 days anyway.
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((GARY DOSS/PROTESTER; I CAN'T DO NOTHIN', I DON'T HAVE A TRUCK, I CAN'T WORK, THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING MY FAMILY UP HERE TOMORROW, MY FAMILY WILL BE SITTING HERE TOMORROW. FOR THE NEXT 22 DAYS OR UNTIL I GET MY TRUCK BACK.))
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The prosecutor on the case says the judge didn't believe Doss when he said he didn't know the employee's license was revoked...
To make matters worse, the employee is a habitual offender.
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((MARIAN KELLEY/ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY; HABITUAL OFFENDER BEING A PERSON WHO HAS THEIR LICENSE REVOKED FOR TEN YEARS, IN THIS CASE FOR DUI CONVICTIONS. THE OWNER LETS HIM DRIVE, THEN HE'S GOING TO FORFEIT HIS RIGHT TO HAVE HIS CAR BACK FOR 30 DAYS.))
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Kelley says the purpose of the law is to keep habitual D-U-I offenders off the road.
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A rocket exploded off Cape Canaveral Florida- just 40 seconds after lift off.
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The Titan Four Rocket was carrying a clasified spy satellite for the Pentagon when it blew up.
Two seconds after the explosion- officials sent a destruct signal to further the break up- lessening the chances that falling debris would hurt anyone.
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((BRIGADIER GENERAL RANDY STARBUCK/COMMANDER U.S. AIR FORCE: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BECASUE WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. AS WE'VE ALREADY ELUDED TO THIS IS A 300 MILLION DOLLAR LAUNCH VEHILCE PLUS THE COST OF THE SPACE CRAFT SO WE'RE SADDENED BY THAT.))
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Starbuck says on a positive note no one was hurt.
No word on what caused the blast.
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Actress Valerie Harper has been part of a couple of history making television sitcoms. Now she's trying something different. She's playing a woman of history at Randolph Macon. [MUSIC UP FULL]
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In Sports, Mike Stevens and Steve Mason will bring us a preview of the Virginia Tech and U-V-A football seasons.
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Today on health check -- Chlamydia is the number one bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the United States.
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Now doctors are recommending sexually active teenage girls get tested every six months.
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((DAVID NOVA/PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE BLUE RIDGE: THIS IS A TREMENDOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM CHLAMYDIA FOR YEARS HAS BEEN AT EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS AND PART OF IT IS ALSO AN ISSUE OF COMMUNICATION BECAUSE VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT CHLAMYDIA.))
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The medical community is calling chlamydia a silent epidemic. Three quarters of the women and half of the men with the disease have no symptoms. But chlamydia can cause infertility and internal scarring if left unchecked.
That's why new recommendations by the American Medical Association urge sexually active teenaged girls to get tested for the disease twice a year.
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((DAVID NOVA/PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE BLUE RIDGE: CHLAMYDIA IS SO PREVALENT IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY THAT WE ACTUALLY OFFER THAT TEST TO EVERY WOMAN AND MAN THAT COMES INTO OUR OFFICE THAT COMES INTO OUR CLINIC.)) [RUNS:10]
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Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge also offers educational information about protection from Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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[VO NAT] There has been major progress in the treatment of chlamydia with antibiotics over the past few years.
A Study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the highest chlamydia infection rate was among 14-year old girls. Nearly 28 percent of those tested were infected.
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While the weather may not seem like it, football season is rapidly approaching.
Both U-V-A and Virginia Tech kicked off their media days today.
Let's check in first with Mike Stevens to see what's going on at Tech.
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[5-Henry-Computers]

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Henry County teachers are getting a lesson this week in computer technology.
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This lap-top training session in Collinsville is part of the county's initiative to put a computer in the hands of every 4th and 8th grade student.
The program cost Henry County one-point 6 million dollars-- including the purchase of 15-hundred computers.
These teachers agree school instruction must change with the times.
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Once the teachers get up to speed, parents will get an introduction to the new computers.
This year's 4th and 8th grade students should have their computers by October.
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