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News 7 at five is next-
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Campaign 96 is heating up both nationally--and here in Virginia. We'll hear from Mark Warner who's in town today.
Plus a plane makes an emergency landing in Roanoke.
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Wow..if that was Indian Summer..how about some more! Today temperatures approached a record pace. Details ahead.

MEDICAL-HEADS


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On Health Check, we'll tell you about a controversial study linking breast cancer and abortion.
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Plus, possibly some good news for allergy sufferers-- as a new treatment may be going over the counter.
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With three weeks until election day, the Presidential campaigns are gearing up for the home stretch.
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5-Clinton


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Good Evening. I'm Jean Jadhon.
President Clinton campaigned in Albuquerque New Mexico.
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He gave a downtown campaign rally the kind of good news any politician loves.
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((TODAY WE LEARNED THAT THE FBI REPORT THAT CAME OUT EVERY YEAR SAYS OUR CRIME RATE IS AT TEN YEAR LOW AND IT'S GONE DOWN FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.))
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The President is in Albuquerque preparing for Wednesday's debate in San Diego.
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5-Dole


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wipe wipe wipe
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((GO BOB DOLE. GO BOB DOLE!))
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Republicans are trying to get voters to focus on the President's character instead
Bob Dole pointed to the revelation that the Clinton Administration peaked at hundreds of personal files from the FBI and White House.
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((BOB DOLE/R- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: WHEN THEY HAVE 900 FILES, SOMEBODY PERSONAL FILES TAKEN AWAY FROM THE FBI AND THE WHITE HOUSE, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO JAIL IN THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION FOR LOOKING AT TWO FBI FILES. THEY'VE GOT 900 FILES.))
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Dole says he will bring up the questions of character and ethics at Wednesday's debate.
It'll be a town hall style meeting with questions from the audience.
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5-mark-warner


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Democrat Mark Warner may be behind in recent polls but he's picking up endorsements from environmental activists.
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Joe Dashiell caught up with the Senate hopeful at Smith Park in Roanoke just a few minutes ago.
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5-Forbes


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Tired of seeing their man down in the polls, Virginia Republicans are taking the gloves off on Bob Dole's behalf.
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State party chairman Randy Forbes is indirectly slamming President Clinton in a speech to children around the state.
But with reporters, he's more direct.
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Virginia Republicans will be handing out what they call "Character Counts" ribbons between now and election day.

5-Grey


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Sixth District Congressional Candidate Jeff Grey got an endorsement today,
as he continued to SS=goodlatte

question Bob Goodlatte's support for Medicare.
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Speaking with reporters this morning at Friendship Manor, the democratic nominee announced an endorsement from the National Council of Senior Citizens.
Grey said incumbent Bob Goodlatte and the Republican leadership have voted to cut funding for Medicare.
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((JEFF GREY/D-SO NO I DON'T THINK THEIR AGENDA IS TO SAVE MEDICARE. I AM NOT CONVINCED OF THAT AND I DON'T THINK THEIR VOTING RECORD DOES ANYTHING TO HELP CONVINCE ME OF THAT EITHER.))
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Bob Goodlatte says he considers it "the height of irresponsibility," to scare senior citizens with the medicare issue.
He says the Medicare plan passed by Congress provided a 50 percent INCREASE in spending for each recipient by the year 2002.

5-Roanoke-Shooting


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Roanoke Police still have not made an arrest in a drive-by double shooting over the weekend.
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Early Saturday morning, two teenagers were found inside a jeep in the 400 block of Gilmer Avenue.
One of them... a 17-year old from Vinton had been shot in the head.
He remains in critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
His passenger- also 17- was shot in the foot.
Police say the 2 teens were seen arguing with ANOTHER person shortly before the shootings.
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Straight ahead--on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- some tense moments today over the
runway at the Roanoke Regional Airport---
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You may not have had the day off, but today the nation observes Columbus Day-- we'll take you to the Big Apple for the festivities there.
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Virginia's first lady rallies behind the cause, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
That's coming up on Health Check. 2-SHOT
Anchor=Jean


Also coming up-- Steve Mason has a report from UVA media day--
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That story and much more next on NEWS-7 at FIVE. cc sponsor

5-Plane-Emergency


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A small plane flying to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina made an emergency landing at the Roanoke Regional Airport this morning.
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The plane was flying over the area when the pilot noticed smoke in the cabin.
He called air traffic controllers who gave him clearance to land, and the pilot brought the plane down safely.
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((MARK COURTNEY/ ASSISTANT AIRPORT DIRECTOR; THE PILOT DID ELECT TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, AND THE AIRCRAFT NEEDED TO BE TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY, BUT IT LANDED BASICALLY, UNEVENTFULLY))
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Courtney says the plane apparently ran out of oil.


5-New-Industry


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Things aren't as gloomy as they once appeared at the L'eggs distribution center in Salem.
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Nearly a year to the day the company announced it was closing up shop, a new firm out of Chicago announced it will move into the space and try to hire most of the remaining L'eggs workers.
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((HOWARD REESE/LEVY HOME ENTERTAINMENT: LEVY HOME ENTERTAINMENT HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH SARA LEE DIVISION L'EGGS PANTY HOSE TO TAKE OVER THIS FACILITY EFFECTIVE JANUARY THE FIRST.))
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The L'eggs employees that stay on board with (Lee-vee) Levy will be handling books.
(Lee-vee) Levy is believed to be the largest book distributor in the U-S.
By the end of next year it hopes to have 125 people in Salem.
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5-Columbus-Day


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Columbus Day festivities filled Fifth Avenue in New York City today-
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It's the annual Columbus Day Parade-
It included all the usuals- floats and bands- even some traditonal dancers in costume.
People gathered along Fifth Avenue to watch the marchers go by.
What a day- temperatures in the 70's and clear skies made this 52nd annual parade perfect for spectators.
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People have been riding stationary bikes for years to stay in shape, so what's new about a program at the Roanoke Athletic Club?
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5-SPINNING


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Every day, people are finding new and improved ways to stay in shape and keep healthy. DOUBLE BOX JEAN/PATRICK
Today Patrick Evans highlights a new stationary cycling workout that's a recent addition at the Roanoke Athletic Club.
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ANCHOR=Jean
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Stick around for more NEWS-7 at Five--it's hard to believe, but it's time for college basketball--Mike Stevens keeps us up to date in tonight's Ticker.
Anchor=Connie


On Health Check-- treating dizziness.
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There are new treatments making it even easier to cure this more than annoying sensation.
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((WHEN I SAT UP THE ENTIRE ROOM WAS JUST SPINNING AROUND...AND I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I'D BE ABLE TO SIT UP ANY LONGER. PEOPLE WERE ASSISTING ME TRYING TO CALM IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.))
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5-Abortion


ANCHOR=Connie
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A controversial study has been released, concluding that a woman who has an abortion is 30-percent more likely to develop breast cancer.
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Researchers collected information from 23 different studies involving 50-thousand women.
The researchers say that abortion is to blame for about five-thousand cases of breast cancer a year.
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((WALTER SEVERS/PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: THE PROBABILITY IS REAL THAT INDUCED ABORTION IS A RISK FACTOR FOR BREAST CANCER. THAT IS WHAT IS KNOWN. THAT'S HOW MUCH WE CAN SAY SCIENTIFICALLY AT THIS TIME. ))
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Researchers at the National Cancer Institute disagree-- pointing out that more than two-dozen other studies have inconclusive results.
With this latest study-- one critic suggests the authors may not have removed all their bias-- as one of the authors writes for an anti-abortion newsletter.
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((JOEL BRIND/BARUCH COLLEGE: THERE IS A DIVERGENCE IN SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCHERS IN GENERAL. AS THERE IS A DIVERGENCE OF OPINION OF THIS ISSUE AMONG THE FOUR OF US. ))
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While opinions and research vary. the medical world does know that at the beginning of a pregnancy, a burst of hormones cause a woman's breast to grow.
More hormones are thought to induce milk production at the end of pregnancy-- which is believed to protect mothers from breast cancer.
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5-Susan-Allen


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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month got a boost today from Virginia's First Lady.
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Susan Allen was in Danville promoting the cause.
Allen marked the occasion by planting a tree outside the Danville Oncology Center.
Her own life has been touched by the disease-- her Great Grandmother died from Breast Cancer.
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((SUSAN ALLEN/VIRGINIA'S FIRST LADY:ELEVEN HUNDRED WOMEN TOTAL WILL DIE FROM BREAST CANCER IN VIRGINIA, ACROSS ALL PARTS OF VIRGINIA, ACROSS ALL BOUNDARIES, IT AFFECTS ANYBODY, AT ANYTIME, AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT, ABOUT EARLY DETECTION AND EDUCATING WOMEN ABOUT BREAST EXAMS, YEARLY EXAMS AND MAMMOGRAPHY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBINING ALL THREE. ))
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Susan Allen will be promoting breast cancer awareness all week by visiting several cities and towns throughout the state.
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5-Allergies


ANCHOR=Connie
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Allergy sufferers may want to hear this---
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A panel of experts has recommended the F-D-A approve the sale without a prescription...of Nasalcrom Nasal Spray to relieve the symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
It affects about 40 million people every year when pollen counts climb.
If the FDA approves Nasalcrom it will be the only medicine allergy sufferers can buy without a prescription that actually prevents symptoms rather than just suppresses them.
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5-Dizziness


ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
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Most of us have experienced the odd sensation of dizziness at one time or another.
There are a number of reasons WHY people get busy-- most often though, it's Benign Positional Vertigo that's to blame.
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That's just a fancy name for getting dizzy when you move your head into certain positions.
The problem is actually in the inner ear, which regulates balance.
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(( DR. JUDITH WHITE/LAHEY HITCHCOCK CLINIC: THERE ARE PARTICLES IN THE FRONT OF THE INNER EAR WHICH OCCASIONALLY FALL BACK INTO THE MOST POSTERIOR CANAL - WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS YOU BECOME DIZZY WHEN YOU MOVE BECAUSE THOSE PARTICLES ACT AS A PLUNGER AND PULL FLUID BACK CAUSING DIZZINESS.))
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There are two new treatments to correct the problem.
One involves a series of simple exercises that get the particles in the inner ear, back where they belong.
The other is to have your head positioned in such a way that the particles fall back into place.
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5-Smells


ANCHOR=Connie
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WRITER=cst
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Pleasant smells bring out the best in people.
That's the theory behind a new study that found that people are more than twice as likely to preform simple acts of kindness when smelling coffee or baked goods in the air, than when there's no smell.
Researchers used a New York shopping mall as their lab-- they checked their theory by asking strangers for change and dropping pens to see who'd help.
The opposite may also be true.
Bad smells apparently bring out the worst in people.
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S5-Stuff


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The Atlanta Braves season may come to screeching halt tonight as the defending World Series champs now find themselves one game from elimination in the National League championship series.
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Last night the Braves blew a three to nothing lead when Brian Jordan capped off a four run St. Louis Cardinals comeback with this solo homer in the 8th.
The Cards win 4-to-3, and now lead the best of seven series 3-games to 1.
Game five gets underway tonight at 7. SUPER=03-New York;


Meanwhile, the American League champion Yankees aren't worried about who they are playing.
After camping out overnight New York fans lined up for tickets for the World Series today.
A number of buyers were injured by some overzealous fans who rushed the gates.
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Much more sports coming up at six, including George Welsh commenting on the Football team's gag order for this week.
Have a great night everybody. take a break

5-miss-bosnia


ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
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We all know the popularity of pageants in this country and in Bosnia, it may be a sign that life is slowly getting back to normal.
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We're talking about the Miss Bosnia pageant.
Hundreds of people gathered at the Sarajevo Cultural Center in the Bosnian capital to see 18-year old Belk-ma (Za-ver-ko) Zvrko crowned Miss Bosnia 1996.
There were 20-contestants from all over the Bosnian Federation- They danced with the national football team. Miss Bosnia is now invited to attend the Miss World competition next month in India.
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ANCHOR=Jean


Election Day is just three weeks away--
For the next few weeks NEWS 7 at Six profiles local candidates to help make the choices a little easier.
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Teresa Hamilton is in our Danville newsroom with a preview on one of the candidates vying for the Fifth District Congressional seat
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Jean, State Senator Virgil Goode is a familiar face around Richmond.
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He won his first election in 1973-- at age 27.
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We caught up with Goode a week ago in Martinsville.
The Rocky Mount Democrat is seeking the Fifth District Congressional seat vacated by L- F Payne.
If elected, Goode has a top priority.
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((VIRGIL GOODE/D-CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE: FIRST THING, BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. VIRGINIA HAS THAT AND IT'S REALLY NEEDED IN WASHINGTON. ))
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It's always interesting to hear what Virgil Goode has to say-- he's especially colorful at campaign functions.
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This is one story, you won't want to miss.
ANCHOR=Jean


Thanks Teresa. full screen
Plus the region's first AND only local primetime newscast, NEWS-7 Primetime tonight at 10 on WEFC. Goodnight. ANCHOR=Jean
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