WDBJ 7 morning news for 06/14/99

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American troops are taking their places in the war-torn province of Kosovo.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

And rescuers in California search for the body of the person killed in last night's landslide at Yosemite National Park.
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

[kosovo]

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About 12-hundred U-S Marines are moving into Kosovo this morning, joining thousands of NATO peacekeepers already in the province.
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But it's a mission already marred by violence.
NATO troops killed at least two people during separate gun battles.
And two German journalists lost their lives when unidentified men opened fire on their car.
There is still tension at the Pristina airport.
NATO wants to use the airfield for strategic planning.
But Russian troops arrived first and, so far, refuse to give it up.
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((Gen. Wesley Clark/NATO Sup. Commander/FACE THE NATION "WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE IN. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THOUSAND TROOPS INSIDE KOSOVO RIGHT NOW. IN FACT, WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN OUR DEPLOYMENT."))
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[4:17:45] President Clinton plans to talk again today with Boris Yeltsin about the role of Russian troops in the Kosovo peacekeeping mission.
The two leaders talked for about an hour yesterday.
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[yosemite-landslide]

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A landslide Yosemite National park in North California has killed a rock climber.
Four others suffere minor injuries.
Searchers have worked through the night to make sure no one else was injured.
C-B-S News Correspondant Steve Hartman was among those who witnessed huge boulders breaking lose from Glacier Point.
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Authorities say they won't know the full extent of the slide until daybreak.
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[Drownings]

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[WRITER=chr]
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2 people lost their lives in separate drowning incidents over the weekend - one of them was a child.
In Amherst County Saturday night - authorities say 12-year-old Tiara (tee-AIR-uh) Dillard of Lynchburg wandered out too far in the James River at Monacan (monicun) Park and went under around 7 p-m.
3 teenagers tried to save her, but were not successful.
Dive teams searched nearly 4 hours before recovering her body.
And in Giles County - 31-year-old Harold Coker (coke-er) of Tazewell slipped on a rock at Shumate Falls in the Glenlyn community late yesterday morning.
He fell into the water and apparently could NOT swim.
A bystander pulled Coker from the water... but he died at the scene.

[E-Gun-Bust]

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A Southwest Virginia man is one of three gun dealers...
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arrested at a North Carolina gun show this weekend.
Henry William Gilbert - shown here on the right - reportedly violated North Carolina law when he
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allegedly sold a handgun to an undercover deputy, without asking to see a permit.
One gun dealer says those arrested give him - and other gun dealers - a bad name.
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((IT'S NOT JUST COSTING OUR BUSINESS, IT'S COSTING OUR REPUTATION... WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT OUR REPUTATION LONG-TERM.))
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Henry Gilbert is from Claypool Hill... in Tazewell County.
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[1-Sports]

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In sports, it was a big golf weekend here in the valley and in Nashville.
Roy Stanley has the highlights.
Good Morning Roy.
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[Bush-gore]

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An announcement could come today from Vice President Al Gore on his plans for the 2-thousand presidential race.
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He's been on the national political stage for more two decades, yet all this experience doesn't register in public opinion polls.
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((KATHY FRANKOVIC/CBS POLLING UNIT "I THINK THE MOST STRIKING THING IS THAT MOST PEOPLE TELL US THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT GORE AND YET HE'S BEEN VICE PRESIDENT FOR SEVEN YEARS."))
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Meantime, two polls have good news for presidential contender George W. Bush as he begins campaigning in New Hampshire today, the home of the first primary.
Bush got a little support on the campaign trail yesterday from his father.
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A Time-CNN poll has him leading Elizabeth Dole by 40 points and a Newsweek suvey puts him 30 points ahead of Dole.
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[Feedback, June 13]

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A story about the resignation of a pastor from a Salem church created a storm of viewer mail.
Assignment Editor Joe McKean has a sampling of the comments in this week's feedback.
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(( The story about the Reverend Mike Slaughter's decision to tell his congregation at West Salem Baptist Church that he had an affair and would resign brought us several phone calls and notes.
Just about everyone thought we were wrong.
I thought that your story on Michael Slaughter was unnecessary and hurtful to the parties involved. I don't know how the story came to you, don't you think it was a highly personal thing that did not need to be broadcast on the local news...think of his family's feelings.
I want you to know how much I disapprove of your making a local news report about this resignation. I do not believe this is anything but sensationalism and certainly does nothing to enhance our trust in your news department. I believe that this matter was, and should have been between Reverend Slaughter and his congregation.
I have always regarded your program as above average, quite professional for the area and on other stations I would not have been a bit surprised. To broadcast such a story, however, leaves me cold. Yes, Mr. Slaughter was wrong, yet I feel deeply for his family and his church and I think your actions in running this story did nothing to offset their pain.
I was dismayed when I heard your report on the pastor at West Salem Baptist Church. This was not news...it was an attack on a situation similar to gossip. Other stations in the Valley have taken events to the point of sensationalism. You have entered their arena with this story.
If you'd like to express an opinion about our news coverage or issues in the news, the address is P.O. Box 7, Roanoke, 24022.
The fax number is 343-7269.
E-mail goes to news@wdbj7.com.
And while you're on-line, check into our moderated forum at the website, wdbj7.com.
Joe McKean, News-7.))

[Health-Check]

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In medical news, Americans are living longer.
Mika Brzezinski has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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(( WOMEN WHO EXERCISE -MORE- MAY WIND UP SMOKING -LESS-.
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A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT WOMEN WHO EXERCISE VIGOROUSLY WHILE TRYING TO QUIT SMOKING... ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO KICK THE HABIT THAN THOSE WHO DON'T WORKOUT AT ALL.
RESEARCHERS SAY EXERCISING THREE TIMES A WEEK ALSO PREVENTS WOMEN FROM GAINING AS MUCH WEIGHT AFTER QUITING.
THE FINDINGS ARE IN TODAY'S ARCHIVE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE.//
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THE COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING IS SERVING AS A WAKE UP CALL FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS.
MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS AND THERAPISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY THEY'VE SEEN A SHARP INCREASE IN YOUNG PATIENTS SINCE THE TRAGEDY.
ONE NATIONWIDE REFERRAL SERVICE REPORTED A 25-PERCENT JUMP IN CALLS LAST MONTH... COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 1998.//
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AMERICANS ARE LIVING LONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS NOW 76 YEARS--
AND ONE IN 26 BABY BOOMERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 100.
NOW RESEARCHERS AT THE MAYO CLINIC HAVE COME UP WITH A LIST OF DO'S AND DON'T'S SO YOU CAN LIVE A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE.
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THEY INCLUDE DAILY EXERCISE, NO SMOKING, DRINKING ALCOHOL IN MODERATION, AND EATING A BALANCED DIET... RICH IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
THEY ALSO RECOMMEND KEEPING YOUR MIND CHALLENGED AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS.
THAT IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S MEDICAL NEWS. I'M MIKA BRZEZINSKI, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))

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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Here's a look at today's top stories.
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American troops are taking their places in the war-torn province of Kosovo.
Some 12-hundred Marines crossed the border this morning, one day after the first group of Army soldiers entered the area.
The U-S peacekeeping zone is in southeastern Kosovo. Germany has already suffered three casualties in Kosovo -- all journalists.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
-- Rescuers in California conintue to search for the body of the person killed in a landslide at Yosemite National Park.
Four others were injured.
It happened last night when rocks broke loose from what's called the Glacier Point apron.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

About 250 people demonstrated yesterday for the return of a portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to an outdoor Richmond museum. The rally yesterday outside the state Capitol was organized by the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The rally was in response to the removal of Lee's portrait just before the opening of the downtown Canal Walk earlier this month.
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[ANCHOR=melanie]

And that's what's making news on this Monday, June 14th .
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[peacekeepers]

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American troops are taking their places in the war-torn province of Kosovo.
Some 12-hundred Marines crossed the border this morning, one day after the first group of Army soldiers entered the area.
The U-S peacekeeping zone is in southeastern Kosovo.
But it's a mission already marred by violence.
Lisa Hughes reports from Washington.
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[SUPER=01-Gen. Wesley Clark/NATO Supreme Commander;]
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((There is no peace yet in Kosovo.
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German peacekeepers entering Prizren say they fired on this car in response to sniper fire. One armed man was killed.. the other wounded. Hours later, two German journalists were shot and killed by a group of unidentified gunmen. Elsewhere, ethnic Albanians who stayed in Kosovo say Serbs are burning homes as they withdraw.
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There is still tension at the Pristina airport. NATO wants to use the airfield for strategic planning. But Russian troops got here first and, so far, refuse to give it up. Although the standoff points up ongoing differences between NATO and Russiaallied leaders say their troops don't need the airport to proceed.
(Super: Gen. Wesley Clark/NATO Sup. Commander/FACE THE NATION) "WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE IN. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THOUSAN
D TROOPS INSIDE KOSOVO RIGHT NOW. IN FACT, WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN OUR DEPLOYMENT."
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But, even in the first days of NATO's latest mission, it is clear putting Kosovo back together and returning thousands of refugees will be perilous job.
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British paratroopersthe first allied soldiers to cross the borderare about to turn over some responibility to American troops.
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It was the Amerians' first full day in the province. Soldiers set up sniper shelters and took over a border post previously manned by the Serbs. For some, getting here is like a reward.
(Super: Sgt. Lewis Ray Rhinehart) "IT HAS BEEN MY DAILY DREAM AND ASPIRATION TO DEPLOY TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND DO SOM
E GOOD." STAND UP Lisa Hughes/CBS News/Washington "But as allied soldiers try to do some good, there are a lot of bad things happening around them. Securing the peace in Kosovo may be far more difficult than winning the war. Lisa Hughes, CBS News, Washington."))

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Rescuers in California still haven't found the body of rock climber killed in last night's landslide at Yosemite National Park.
Four others suffere minor injuries.
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C-B-S News Correspondent Steve Hartman was among tourists who witnessed huge boulders break loose from what's called the Glacier Point Apron.
He was at the park on vacation.
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Authorities say they won't know the full extent of the slide until daybreak.

[2-Drownings]

[E-Lee-Mural]

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About 250 people rallied near the state captiol yesterday in support of Richmond's Lee Mural.
In Lexington... where Lee is buried... opinon on the issue is divided.
Joy Sutton sampled some of the opinions.
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(((( The Robert E. Lee mural was removed from this flood wall... after a black city council member threatened a boycott.
And some black people in Lexington...where Lee is buried... say that was the right thing to do.
Karen Payne says it should have never gone up in the first place.
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((KAREN PAYNE: INSTEAD OF ASKING WELL HOW WOULD YOU ALL FEEL...IF WE PUT THIS UP...THEY JUST PUT IT UP AND KNOWING THAT IT WILL CAUSE A CONTROVERSY)) [RUNS7]
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But Holt Merchant - a professor at Washington and Lee - says not allowing the mural to be there is unfair.
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And some people in Lexington view Lee as a man of honor.
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((DAVID COX/DIR. R.E. LEE MEMORIAL CHURCH:WE BELIEVE HERE..HE WAS A MAN WHO TRIED EARNESTLY AFTER THE SURRENDER...TO BRING RECONCILIATION NOT ONLY BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH BUT BETWEEN RACES)) [RUNS12]
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Lee for many is a reminder of a painful past...but still some believe he deserves his rightful place in history.
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((ELLISON HENDERSON: I AGREE WITH THE SONS OF THE CONFEDERATE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ROBERT LEE AS PART OF HISTORY..SO HE SHOULD BE THERE)) [RUNS6]
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((JOY SUTTON/REPORTER: NOW A CITIZEN COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT THE MURAL BACK-UP. BUT AS ONE PERSON I SPOKE WITH SAID..IT'S A MUCH DEEPER THAN AN ISSUE ABOUT A MURAL...IT'S ABOUT A NATION THAT IS STILL RACIALLY DIVIDED)) [RUNS15]
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[2-E-Gun-Bust]

[S-Gun-Safety]

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As mayors nationwide called for new gun control laws yesterday - many people are saying education is the key to ensuring children's safety.
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The National Rifle Association sponsors an educational program in which Eddie Eagle teaches children gun safety.
The message is simple.
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((WALT KANIEFSKI/EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR: IT'S TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO HANDLE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT AND ADULT...HANDLE SITUATION.))
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Dr. Walt Kaniefski (Can-F-ski) says education is important even if you don't have a gun in the home.
Government statistics show about 50-percent of the homes in America DO have guns.
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If you would like more on the Eddie Eagle Gun Safety program or would like it taught to your organization, call the N-R-A at 1-800-231-0752 or Carilion Physician's Referral at 540-981-7641.
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[full screen our Web page]
Or you can turn to the Web Watch section of our home page and find a link to Eddie Eagle.
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[WebWatch]

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It's called the "worm" - it's an online program that's attacking computer systems across the country.
And you can join a match with the best chess player in the world.
Eric Earnhart has more in Webwatch.
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Watch out for the Worm... the FBI says worm-dot-explore-dot-zip is a virus-like program that looks like an e-mail attachment, open it and it can delete files from popular microsoft programs. Be careful with unknown e-mail messages.
Bad news for E-bay users last week, the popular auction site crashed, leaving more than 2 million items up for sale, out of reach.
The site is back up with apologies offered and auctions extended at no extra charge... they're working on a backup system.
Woodstock is gear up for the 1999 festival, begining July 23rd in Rome New York.
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At Woodstock-dot-com, concert-goers are chatting and forming campfire circles, making sure they spend the weekend with people who share their interests.
How about a nice game of chess? with chess master Garry Kasparov! Kasparov is taking on the entire world online this summer.
Sign up at the MSN game site... each time Kasparov makes a move, the world team votes on the best counter move. The game should last all summer. The links to all these sites are on the Webwatch page, at WDBJ 7-dot com.))

[3-Sports]

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In sports, Dale Jarrett has a strong run in Michigan.
Roy Stanley has the highlights.
Good Morning again Roy.
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Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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A Tazewell County gun dealer is among those arrested at a North Carlina gun show over the weekend.
Authorities say Henry William Gilbert violated North Carolina law when he allegedly sold a handgun to an undercover deputy, without asking to see a permit.
One gun dealer says those arrested give him - and other gun dealers - a bad name.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

Gun safety is the aim of a program sponsored by the National Rifle Association.
It's an educational program in which Eddie Eagle teaches children gun safety.
Government statistics show there are guns in about half of the homes in America.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]

About 250 people rallied yesterday in support of Richmond's Robert-E-Lee mural.
In Lexington where Lee is buried-- opinion on the mural is split-- often along racial lines.
Some people believe the mural was put up just to cause controversy.
Others say it is unfair to bury a part of history.
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