May 3, 1996
All Things Considered
(entire program)
- John Ydstie reports the unemployment rate declined by
two-tenths of a percent in April to its lowest rate in more than a year. The
key labor market rate now stands at 5.4 percent. Analysts judged the monthly
employment report weak though, because business payrolls expanded only slightly
(3:45)
- Cheryl Corley visits the Mitsubishi plant
in Normal, Illinois. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently filed
a major sex harassment suit against Mitsubishi, charging that female employees
had been victims of years of harassment by male employees. Employees are
divided over whether the charges are justified, and the dispute has made life
very tense at the plant, one of the largest employers in town. (6:00)
- Noah Adams talks with Robin Roberts of ABC's Wide World of
Sports about the Derby that will be held this Saturday at Churchhill Downs in
Louisville, Kentucky. This year there could be nineteen contenders, which means
that although Unbridled Song is the favorite, the horse is not necessarily a
shoo-in. (4:00)
- Brooke Gladstone reports on an Austin
Texas television station's effort to reduce the violence in its local
newscasts. News executives at K-VUE have adopted experimental guidelines for
determining whether certain violent pictures or stories should even air. Its
local competitors accuse K-VUE of arrogantly filtering the news. Yet the
station's newscasts are number one in its market. (12:30)
- Robert talks to Don Gonyea about testimony
today in so-called "Doctor Death" Jack Kevorkian's trial for yet another
assisted suicide. (4:30)
- Critic Bob Mondello reviews the film I Shot Andy
Warhol, opening this week. The movie tells the story of outlaw lesbian
feminist Valerie Solanus , who, in addition to shooting the pop
artist, promoted a radical manifesto for doing away with all men. (3:30)
- Noah talks to national political correspondent
Elizabeth Arnold about the efforts by Republicans to repeal the gas tax,
efforts by Democrats to raise the minimum wage, and the passage of the
immigration bill in the Senate this week. (5:00)
- Jennifer Ludden reports that international relief agencies
are agonizing over whether to return to Liberia. Most aid groups were forced to
abandon the country last month, when renewed fighting shattered the country's
fragile peace. Mostly teenage militias ransacked relief agencies' offices and
stole their equipment and supplies. Aid workers worry that even if the
situation stabilizes and they do return to Liberia, there are no guarantees
that things won't deteriorate again. (4:00)
- Robert talks with Michael Goldfarb about British
politics. Local elections yesterday...seen as a barometer of public
mood...indicate that Prime Minister John Major's Conservative Party is in
trouble. Conservatives were beaten badly yesterday. Major has a year to regain
public confidence before calling a national election. (4:30)
- Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome that the political
mood in Italy has changed. Two weeks ago voters elected enough politicians from
the center-left to form a coalition. Next week the new parliament forms a
government. It will be the first time since the end of the second world war
that the center left has had an opportunity to govern. (6:00)
- Robert remarks on some "non-news" from Eastern Europe which is
becoming less and less Eastern. In Poland, a new anti-smoking law took effect
last month. (2:00)
- A 25th Anniversary celebration of All Things
Considered. This is a tape montage of evocative moments from our program's
history. ATC began on May 3, 1971. We hear the very first show, plus excerpts
from other programs featuring clips of commentators and hosts. (8:00)
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