06:00-01

Diana-Investigation

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=princess diana


Police investigating the Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana are examining parts of a second car that were found at the scene of the accident.
Scientists working on the case have determined that the pieces of the tail light came from a Fiat.

F-16-crash


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=plane crash


Two air national guard fighter jets collided last night off the coast of Atlantic City.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Off NJ Coast;


The jets were on routine training flights.
All three suffered minor injuries.
Two pilots from one plane ejected into the ocean and were rescued by the Coast Guard.
SUPER=03-Pomona, NJ; 10


The Air Force says the other jet remained airborne after the collision and the pilot stayed on the scene to direct rescuers to the site.
He later managed to safely land his severely damaged fighter.
It's the fifth U-S military air crash since Saturday.
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NC-CRASH


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Cherry Point, NC;


A Marine F-18 crashed Monday night off the coast of North Carolina killing two airman.
Their bodies were recovered yesterday.
SUPER=03-Middle River, MD;4:07:27


On Sunday a stealth fighter crashed outside of Baltimore during an air show.
SUPER=@File;

FROM NOON MONDAY
And Saturday an Air Force cargo plane collided with a German military plane off the coast of South Africa.
SUPER=03-Washington, DC/Yesterday;


The pentagon calls the recent string of military crashes "unrelated," and says it has no plans to ground all planes for a safety investigation.
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E-Ericsson


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-56
GRAPHIC=Ericsson


Fewer people buying private radio systems means more people will be looking for new jobs...about 275 people in Lynchburg.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg


Ericsson Incorporated announced yesterday it is restructuring its private radio division to make it more profitable.
130 contractors and hourly employees will lose their jobs.. another 145 SALARIED workers also will be affected.
But Ericsson expects 70 percent of those salaried workers to find jobs elsewhere in the company.
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SOT 00:45:33
IN Q=And Ericsson

((RALPH BRUSH/ERICSSON PRIVATE RADIO SYSTEMS: AND ERICSSON HAS BASICALLY SAID `HEY, YOU GUYS RESTRUCTURE, YOU TAKE YOUR NUMBER OF PEOPLE DOWN TO WHERE YOU CAN BE PROFITABLE, FOCUS ON YOUR CORE MARKET AND GROW AGAIN'. SO WE'RE REALLY VERY PLEASED.))
SUPER=01-Ralph Brush/Ericsson Private Radio; :00
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=really very pleased.
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VO-NAT


Brush says the company will help the laid- off employees find new jobs.
He adds Ericsson's cellular telephone business continues to experience tremendous growth.
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S-Sara-Lee


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-55
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hillsville/File Tape;


About 15- hundred people in our area who work for Sara Lee Knit Products have a little better job security.
But some big changes COULD be on the way soon.
Sara Lee's parent company has announced plans to sell the Knit Products division, so it can raise three- billion- dollars.
Sara Lee has a sewing plant in Hillsville, a textile plant in Galax, and a distribution center in Martinsville.
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E-Catawba-Fire


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-53
GRAPHIC=Fire


Fire consumed the home of a Roanoke County woman yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;


Flames ripped through Ann Orr's home late yesterday afternoon.
You could actually see the smoke from several miles away on route 3-11.
Orr says she was in the house when her daughter helped GET HER to safety.
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SOT 05:10:48 cover last half sot when discusses origin fire
IN Q=I was lying

((ANN ORR/HOMEOWNER: I WAS LYING DOWN AND MY DAUGHTER CAME RUNNING IN THE HOUSE WHEN SHE GOT OFF FROM WORK AND SAID MOMMA COME QUICK THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. AND SO THEN I WENT ONE WAY AND SHE WENT THE OTHER, AND I COULDN'T TELL WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM AND THEN I SAW THE CEILING FALL IN THIS LITTLE ROOM, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ATTIC. ))
SUPER=01-Ann Orr/Homeowner;
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=in the attic.
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VO-NAT


No one was hurt in the fire.
Orr's friends say she has a place to stay.
Orr says she has fire insurance but no smoke detectors.
Investigators have not said what caused the fire.
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E-Slaughterhouse


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-61
GRAPHIC=None


The Botetourt County board of Supervisors puts a stop to a proposed slaughterhouse.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./September 3


Residents said a butcher shop would disrupt the Dudley Stretch community.
They say they're happy with the board's decision NOT to approve rezoning Donald Griffith's property.
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.


But they say they're not surprised Griffith did not attend yesterday's meeting... after the way he acted at a planning commission meeting last week.
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SOT 2:12:04
IN Q=There were just

((SANDRA MCDANIEL/OPPOSES SLAUGHTERHOUSE:. THERE WERE JUST SO MANY PARABLES. HE WAS ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS AND HE COULDN'T ANSWER A SINGLE ONE, HE WASN'T PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.))
SUPER=01-Sandra McDaniel/Opposes Slaughterhouse
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=prepared for anything
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VO-NAT


Griffith says he'll still slaughter his own meat in a small shed, and neighbors say they'll watch him carefully.
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One-Steve


ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spa
TAPE#M97-9
GRAPHIC=NONE

On Record
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon;


Roll cold out of break
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SOT
IN Q=Welcome back
SUPER=12-Troutville; :00
SUPER=13-Rachel Nichols/Apple Barn II; :19
RUNS=2:42
OUT Q=where they come from


Tape will toss to stocks Stocks Comm

S-Baptists-Murphy


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-65
GRAPHIC=None


The state is set tonight to execute a man who admits to being a hired killer.
But now there's an argument that Mario Murphy's execution would jeopardize the safety and freedom of Americans abroad.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-International Mission Board;


That argument is coming from the conservative Southern Baptist Convention -- which oversees 42- hundred missionaries and their families in other countries.
Murphy's arrest and prosecution was NOT reported to the Mexican consulate -- because authorities say they did NOT know he was a Mexican citizen.
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SOT 05:00:58
IN Q=We think that

((DONALD KAMMERDIENER/SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION: WE THINK THAT IF WE WEAKEN THE WALL OF JUSTICE AND RIGHT TREATMENT OF THE ACCUSED IN OUR COUNTRY, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO DO THE SAME.))
SOT 17:43:32

((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: THAT GAVE ME SOME CONCERN. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS FEEL SAFE GOING INTO OTHER COUNTRIES ANYWAY. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR LAWS, THEIR CUSTOMS ARE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU RESPECT THE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE LAWS OF THOSE COUNTRIES.))
SUPER=01-Donald Kammerdiener/Southern Baptist Convention;
SUPER=@Allen; :10
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=those countries.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None


The governor says it's NOT Virginia's responsibility to uphold Geneva convention rights Murphy alleges he did NOT know he had.

S-Bedford-Abduction


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-52
GRAPHIC=None


A 16- year- old girl is still missing this morning and the Bedford County Sheriff's office is asking for the public's help.
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VO-NAT


Deanna Lynn Nunley was last seen at two o'clock Monday afternoon.
SUPER=03-Bedford


Police say she may be with 22- year- old Christian Campbell and may be held against her will.
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SOT
IN Q=That's a possibility

(( ))
SUPER=01-Lt. John McCane/Bedford Co. Sheriff's Dept.
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=locating her
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=None


Police have a warrant for Campbell charging him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The two may be travelling in Campbell's 19-93 red Mazda Miata.


E-Rebound


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-67
GRAPHIC=NOne


Floyd County may have said no to a military style boot camp for juvenile offenders, but the Colorado based company is eyeing a new location.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Floyd Co./File Tape;


"Rebound" was planning to renovate the old Department of Corrections work camp in Willis.
But the Board of Supervisors pulled its support for the project after hearing complaints from local residents.
Rebound agreed to search elsewhere.
A spokesman says the company has found a new site and is close to finalizing the deal but would not name the location.
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E-Dana-Layman


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-58
GRAPHIC=Layman, Dana


She's still on probation for helping her husband manufacture marijuana by the house-load.
But Dana Layman has paid her debt to society- nine months under house arrest.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke


Not so though, says the federal Appeals Court.
She's supposed to pull nine months in PRISON.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals sent Layman's case back to Roanoke for Judge James Turk to impose PRISON time.
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SOT 9:59:40
IN Q=Judge Turk indicated

((JOHN LICHTENSTEIN/LAYMAN'S LAWYER: JUDGE TURK INDICATED HE FELT HE HAD TO DO WHAT THE FOURTH CIRCUIT SAID HE HAD TO DO. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. HE LISTENED TO AND READ OUR BRIEFS AND OUR MOTIONS ON IT AND HAS INDICATED THAT HE'S GOING TO STAY THE IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE AND LET US ARGUE THIS IN THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. JOE MOTT/ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY: SHE WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE MANUFACTURING OPERATION AND THE SENTENCE WAS APPROPRIATE, GIVEN THE LEVEL OF HER INVOLVEMENT AND THE SENTENCES IMPOSED ON OTHER CO-DEFENDANTS.))
SUPER=01-John Lichtenstein/Layman's Lawyer
SUPER=01-Joe Mott/Assistant U.S. Attorney;
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=other co-defendants.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=NONE


Her husband, Vic, for example is serving a 57-month sentence.

S-Gilmore-Abortion


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-64
GRAPHIC=Abortion


After 18 years being passed around the General Assembly.. parental notification is law.
Now Republican Jim Gilmore wants parental consent.
That's where pregnant teens would have to have to NOT only notify -- but get their parents' permission to get an abortion.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;


It's the first specific Gilmore's released on his abortion stance in the campaign for governor.
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SOT 17:44:17
IN Q=I think

((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: I THINK THE IDEA OF PARENTAL CONSENT IS ONE THAT I'VE SUPPORTED IN THE PAST. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=the legislature.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Abortion


Monday, Democrat Don Beyer picked up the endorsement of the National Abortion Rights Action League.
All three Democrats favor parental notification.
L.F. Payne also favors a ban on so-called partial birth abortions.
Republican Mark Earley would like to prohibit all abortions -- even in cases of rape or incest -- unless the life of the mother is in danger.

Two-Steve


ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spa
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE

On Record Set

SUPER=15-Steve Pardon;


Welcome back to news 7 Mornin'
The Nichols' aren't sure exactly when they started giving tours of their apple farm to children. But they think it was around 20 years ago because the kids they have pictures of from their first one...are now graduating high school.
Over time the local apple farm tour has become so popular that they start taking tour reservations on July first and are usually filled for the season by the end of the week.
This year more than 18 hundred pre-school through first graders will travel to Troutville for a farm lesson. In a few minutes were going to give you a taste of what they learn.

Double Boxes=SPA & KMC

Toss to Kimberly

Diana-Accident


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=princess diana


Some surprising developments in the investigation into the Paris crash that killed Princess Diana.
The Mercedes the Princess and her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed were riding in may not have been the only vehicle involved.
A source say scientists investigating the crash have determined that pieces of a tail light found on the scene came from a Fiat.

crash-F-16


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=plane crash


Another military crash, this time off the coast of New Jersey.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Off NJ Coast;


Two air national guard fighter jets collided last night about 30 miles southeast of Atlantic City.
The jets were on routine training flights.
All three suffered minor injuries.
Two pilots from one plane ejected into the ocean and were rescued by the Coast Guard.
SUPER=03-Pomona, NJ; :14


The pilot of the other F-16 safely land his damaged plane.
It's the fifth U-S military air crash since Saturday.
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Stealth-CRASH


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Cherry Point, NC;

4:06:00
A Marine F-18 crashed Monday night off the coast of North Carolina killing two airman.
SUPER=03-Middle River, MD;4:07:27


On Sunday a stealth fighter crashed outside of Baltimore during an air show.
SUPER=@File;


And Saturday an Air Force cargo plane collided with a German military plane off the coast of South Africa.
SUPER=03-Washington, DC/Yesterday;


The pentagon calls the recent string of military crashes "unrelated," but the air show crash prompted Senator John Warner to propose a bill banning the use of the P-1-17 and B-2 at civilian air shows.
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SOT

4:07:27
IN Q=

((SEN. JOHN WARNER, R-VA:THE COST OF THIS AIRCRAFT PRECLUDES ITS AVAILABILITY IN AIRSHOWS OTHER THAN MILITARY AIR SHOWS AT A MILITARY BASE.))
SUPER=@Warner;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q= AT A MILITARY BASE.
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VO-NAT


Concerning all the recent crashes the Pentagon says it has no plans to ground all planes for a safety investigation.
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Catawba-Fire


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#net (edit of 97-68)
GRAPHIC=Fire


Fifty years of memories went up in smoke yesterday for one Roanoke County woman.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;


Flames ripped through Ann Orr's home.
You could actually see the smoke from several miles away on route 3-11.
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SOT 05:11:30
IN Q=We had

((ANN ORR/HOMEOWNER: WE HAD EVERYBODY'S FURNITURE, OF ALL MY RELATIVES WHO HAS DIED. I HAD ALL OF EVERYBODY'S FURNITURE. FOR THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT FAMILIES. ))
SUPER=01-Ann Orr/Homeowner;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=different families.
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VO-NAT


Orr says she was in the house when her daughter helped GET HER to safety.
No one was hurt in the fire.
Orr's friends say she has a place to stay.
Orr says she has fire insurance but no smoke detectors.
Investigators have not said what caused the fire.
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E-Danville-Firefighters


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-62
GRAPHIC=Lawsuit


Danville is facing litigation from some firefighters over pay issues, but not every crew member has complaints.
Tina Tenret reports.
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SOT
IN Q=More than 80 crew members
SUPER=03-Danville; :00
SUPER=@File; :10
SUPER=01-Capt. Ronald Harvey/Danville Firefighter; :18
SUPER=01-B. G. Lewis/Danville Fire Chief; :39
SUPER=@Tina1; :55
RUNS=1:05
OUT Q=News7, Danville))


((More than 80 crew members signed the lawsuit, saying if they must fight fires during meal breaks, they should be paid for that time.
They also say they're not getting paid properly for the overtime they do work.
But Captain Ronald Harvey says the crew agreed to the current pay rules in 1985, so he is NOT suing now.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 20:08:53
IN Q=Everybody here then

((CAPT. RONALD HARVEY/DANVILLE FIRE DEP'T: EVERYBODY HERE THEN AGREED AND I WAS IN FAVOR OF IT THEN AND I STILL AM. I ENJOY THE SCHEDULE I'M WORKING.))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=schedule I'm working


A lawyer for the suing members says the 1985 agreement is irrelevant and unfair.
Meanwhile, Chief B-G Lewis says he had no prior notice of the lawsuit and he was especially surprised that a chief deputy signed it too.
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SOT 20:01:58
IN Q=It did surprise me

((CHIEF B.G. LEWIS/DANVILLE FIRE DEP'T: IT DID SURPRISE ME A LITTLE BIT THAT SOMEONE OF THAT LEVEL WOULD BE A PART OF THIS TYPE OF LAWSUIT BUT IT'S A FREE COUNTRY AND YOU CAN BASICALLY VOICE YOUR OWN OPINION.))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=your own opinion

take standup
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IN Q=Both groups

((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: BOTH GROUPS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE STICKING TO VERY DIFFERENT POSITIONS. BUT THEY SAY ON THE JOB AND IN THE FIREHOUSE, THEY STILL WORK AS A TEAM. TINA TENRET, NEWS7, DANVILLE))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=News7, Danville))))




Three-Steve


ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spa
TAPE#M97-9
GRAPHIC=NONE


On Record
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon;


Roll cold out of birthdays
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SOT
IN Q=Welcome back
SUPER=12-Troutville; :00
SUPER=13-Al Nichols/The Apple Barn; :20
RUNS=2:45
OUT Q=Eating and cooking apple


Steve Live

Double boxes=SPA & MEL

Toss to Mel

5-Abs


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mfe
TAPE#597-39
GRAPHIC=mornin health check


In this morning's health check,
SS= fitness


You may think a strong, flat stomach offers just cosmetic benefits-- but not so, say the experts.
Strengthening your tummy can actually lead to better posture, easier breathing and it could help eliminate back pain.
Intern Reporter Matt Feret explains. (/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Muscular abs don't
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :08
SUPER=01-Sherry Bailey/Fitness Instructor; :19
SUPER=20-Matt Feret; :40
SUPER=04-Infomercial; 1:07
RUNS=1:37
OUT Q=MF, news 7

((
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SOT 00:34:07 STOCK 7
IN Q=NAT MUSIC
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=NAT SOUND MUSIC


If you want a flat stomach and firm abs, you're going to have to work for it.
The key-- crunches: One of the best ways to strengthen and tone the abdominal muscles.
The problem, says Fitness instructor Sherry Bailey is that many people do abdominal exercises such as situps incorrectly.
SOT 13:19:54

((YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY DO IT IT'S LIKE SLAM SLAM, AND THAT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING BUT ROLLING OFF YOUR BACK. AND THEY SAY I DO 3-HUNDRED CRUNCHES A DAY, WELL, YES, ITS YOUR HIP-FLEXORS, ITS YOUR REAR, ITS YOUR BACK AND YOUR HEAD DOING IT BUT NOT YOUR ABDOMINALS.))
RUNS=:17


Keeping your back FLAT ON THE FLOOR isolates your stomach muscles.
Otherwise, you're counting on other muscles to do all the work.
Bailey says its not how many you do, but how you do them.
SOT 13:28:57

((SHERRY BAILEY/PERSONAL TRAINER: FINGERTIPS BEHIND YOUR HEAD, I'M PRESSING MY BACK TO THE FLOOR, YOUR STOMACH MUSCLES ARE REALLY TIGHT LIKE I'M GOING TO PUNCH YOU IN THE STOMACH AND YOU'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE UP SLOWLY AND DOWN KEEPING YOUR BACK ON THE FLOOR.))
RUNS=:13

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SOT 00:34:35 STOCK 7
IN Q=It's a gut

((IT'S A GUT BE GONE. ROY LOVES HIS. ))
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=loves his.


So what about all those fancy ab machines on T-V?
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SOT 00:12:14 /597-28
IN Q=The Ab FLEX

((COMMERCIAL:THE ABFLEX ZEROS IN ON THOSE HARD-TO TARGET ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. SO IT CAN GIVE YOU A FIRM, FLAT STOMACH AND A SLIM SEXY WAISTLINE IN JUST THREE MINUTES A DAY. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=three minutes a day.


They're not the three-minute miracles they claim to be...
SOT 13:13:40

((YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IT TOGETHER WITH AN EXERCISE PROGRAM AND WATCH YOUR FAT BECAUSE ITS THE FAT THAT LAYS OVER YOUR ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. SO YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT OFF BEFORE YOU STRENGTHEN YOUR ABDOMINALS.))
RUNS=:12


So in order to get those washboard abs you've always wanted, you've got to be able to stomach the crunches. Matt Feret, News 7. ))
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5-Ericsson


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#597-35
GRAPHIC=ericsson


Almost 300 people at Ericsson Incorporated will soon begin the job search.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;


Slumping sales of private radio systems is forcing Ericsson to shift resources from that area of its company.
275 workers will be affected.. but of the 145 salaried employees, about 70 percent are expected to find jobs elsewhere in the company.
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SOT 00:54:08
IN Q=The analogy

((RALPH BRUSH/ERICSSON PRIVATE RADIO SYSTEMS: THE ANALOGY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK IN EMPLOYMENT IS MUCH LIKE THE DOW JONES AVERAGE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. OVERALL, IT CONTINUOUSLY GOES UP, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A BLIP DOWN, AND THEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A BLIP UP. WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN A LITTLE DOWN BLIP.))
SUPER=01-Ralph Brush/Ericsson Private Radio; :00
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=little down blip.
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VO-NAT


Ericsson says it will continue to manufacture the private radio systems, used by police, fire and emergency crews world-wide.
Officials say the company's wireless telecommunications branch continues to experience tremendous growth.
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5-GE


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#597-41

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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;


The General Electric Drive Systems plant in Salem has recalled 52 of 160 hourly production employees it laid off in July.
G-E officials say they're continuing to assess workload, and they DO expect to recall additional people, but they have NO firm numbers yet.
Some of those laid off are frustrated saying G-E led them to believe EVERYONE would be recalled.
G-E says it never made that promise.
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5-Sara-Lee


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#597-31

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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hillsville/File Tape;


In Southwest and Southside Virginia, a total of nearly 15-hundred workers may soon answer to a new corporate parent.
The Sara Lee Corporation says it plans to sell its Knit Products division, which includes a sewing plant in Hillsville, a textile plant in Galax, and a distribution center in Martinsville.
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5-Baptists-Murphy


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#597-34
GRAPHIC=virginia seal


Convicted hitman Mario Murphy is set to be executed tonight...
but if the state goes through with it the lives and freedom of Americans in foreign countries could be in danger.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-International Mission Board;


That's the argument from the Southern Baptist Convention... which is concerned about its 42-hundred missionary families.
Murphy is a Mexican citizen.
His attorneys say his arrest for a Virginia Beach murder should have been reported to the Mexican consulate to uphold the Geneva convention.
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SOT 05:01:58
IN Q=In the case

((DONALD KAMMERDIENER/SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION: IN THE CASE OF A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE CASES IN WHICH IN MANY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD WHERE IT'S VERY COMMON FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TO BE ARRESTED, PLACED IN JAIL WHILE THE FACTS ARE BEING DETERMINED. WE WOULD BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IF THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO NOTIFY THE AMERICAN CONSULATE OF THEIR PREDICAMENT.))
sot 17:41:57

((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: MR. MURPHY WAS NOT DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTACT THE MEXICAN CONSUL IF HE SO DESIRED.))
SUPER=01-Donald Kammerdiener/Southern Baptist Convention; :00
SUPER=@Allen; :21
RUNS=:29
OUT Q=if he so desired.
ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=NONE


Murphy admits his guilt in a "murder for hire" scheme of a Navy cook...
His attorneys say he was NOT told he had the right to get help from his government.

TOBACCO


ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=tobacco


President Clinton this morning will announce the changes he wants made to the national tobacco deal.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington, DC;


Aides say he will call for bolstering the F-D-A's ability to regulate cigarettes, as well as for new curbs on cigarette sales and advertising.
The President also wants big tobacco to face stiffer penalties if there is NOT a big drop in teen smoking.
Those penalties -- if passed on to consumers -- could lead to a jump of a-dollar-fifty on a pack of cigarettes.
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S-Property-Tax


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-57
GRAPHIC=Personal Property Tax


A Republican is backing his own party's representative in the campaign dispute over plans to alleviate taxpayers of the burdens imposed
(----------------)
VO-NAT

by the personal property tax.
Attorney general Richard Cullen says Jim Gilmore's car tax cut plan IS Constitutional.
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SOT 14;56:20
IN Q=Just last year

((RICHARD CULLEN/VA. ATTORNEY GENERAL: JUST LAST YEAR IN THE LAST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES AND THE SENATE, I THINK IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED LEGISLATION THAT CLASSIFIED ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLES AS BEING SUBJECT TO EXEMPTION IF THE LOCALITIES WANTED TO USE THAT POWER.))
SUPER=@Cullen;
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=that power.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/June 18;


Cullen says U-V-A Constitutional expert Dick Howard is just plain wrong when he says Gilmore's plan would need a Constitutional amendment.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Don Beyer


Democrat Don Beyer says through a spokeswoman: "with all due respect, we'll stick with Dick Howard over Gilmore's hand-picked successor."

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ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=MLB


In sports,
St. Louis blew a three-run lead in the ninth and fell to Los Angeles.
For yesterday's scores, let's check the scoreboards.
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WIPE TO SCORES
SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5010;
SUPER=0091-j/Cleveland/4//Baltimore/2////Cleveland/2/j/Baltimore/7///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-/Boston/0/j/New York/2////Boston/3/j/New York/4///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0091-/Kansas City/2/j/Texas/4///j/Minnesota/9//Anaheim/3///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0092-/San Francisco/4/j/Atlanta/6////San Diego/3/j/Houston/15///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0092-/Colorado/6/j/Florida/9////New York/2/j/Philadelphia/3///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0092-/Montreal/2/j/Pittsburgh/8////Cincinnati/0/j/Chicago/5///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0092-j/Los Angeles/7//St. Louis/6///;
RUNS=:49
OUT Q=....LAST SCORE.

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