All Things Considered 

DT:   Tuesday, May 18, 1999

RE:  19995017.ATC Final Rundown, ATC Monday, 5/17/1999



Hosts: Linda Wertheimer and Robert Siegel

Newscasters:  Frank Stasio, Ann Taylor, and Ann Boozell



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{HOUR ONE}

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{1.}  {ISRAEL - ELECTION} --  Israelis have chosen a new parliament, electing 

a new majority. The new Israeli Prime Minister will be Labor Party challenger 

Ehud Barak (bah-RAHK). Three candidates withdrew from the race over the weekend, 

reducing the chances of the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Netanyahu conceded defeat shortly after the polls campaign. The change in 

leaders could facilitate some movement in the Middle East peace process.  Barak 

says he'll try to reach a final settlement with the Palestinians and resume 

negotiations with Syria over the Golan Heights. Robert speaks with NPR's 

Jennifer Ludden about the election. (4:00)



{2.} {US - ARAB REACTION} -- NPR's Ted Clark reports that the victory of Labor 

Party challenger Ehud Barak over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 

today's election, will likely result in short-term movement and euphoria in 

the Middle East peace process. (4:30)



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{3.} {MILITARY MINDSET} -- NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that Pentagon officials 

say they will continue efforts to win the war against Yugoslavia through air 

power alone.  The US military acknowledges it will be hard to stop Serb attacks 

against ethnic Albanian civilians from the air. But the Pentagon is prepared 

for a protracted bombing campaign. (3:30)



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{4.} {TELECOMMUNICATIONS MERGER} -- NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that Global 

Crossing, a neophyte company based in Bermuda, is merging with regional Bell 

US West in a $37 billion deal. The transaction underscores how new firms with 

modest sales, but soaring stock prices, are gaining a major foothold in 

telecommunications. (3:30)



{5.} {PHANTOM FLU} -- NPR's Elaine Korry reports that high-tech companies are 

bracing for massive absenteeism this Wednesday, the opening day of "The Phantom 

Menace." Many Silicon Valley types have "Star Wars" in their blood and wouldn't 

miss the George Lucas opening for the world. (3:30)



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{6.} {CRIME STATS} -- NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the latest FBI statistics 

that show serious crime has dropped for the seventh consecutive year. 

Criminologists and experts say a combination of a strong economy, successful 

police practices, high incarceration rates, and stabilization of the trade in 

crack cocaine may be contributing to the continued decline. (4:00)



{7.} {CHINA ESPIONAGE} -- Through weeks of news stories about lax security at 

the nation's nuclear bomb labs, the central figure of suspicion has been a 

Taiwanese-born scientist named Wen Ho Lee.  Although he lost his job at the 

Los Alamos laboratory for violating security procedures, Lee has NOT been 

arrested. Nor does his arrest appear imminent. In recent days, suspicion has 

been raised about other figures within the nuclear scientific community. NPR's 

Barbara Bradley reports the case against Lee may never stand up in court. (5:00)



{8.} {VENTURA'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY} -- Martin Kaste (KAH-stee) of Minnesota Public 

Radio reports on the release of Governor Jesse Ventura's colorful and 

controversial autobiography.  Ventura is facing criticism for admitting to a 

past that included frequenting prostitutes and smoking marijuana.  Ventura says 

he didn't always know he'd be a role model and believes in coming clean about 

his past. (3:30)



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{9.} {TWILIGHT OF THE WAGNERS} -- Robert talks to Gottfried Wagner (VAHG-ner), 

author of "Twilight of the Wagners." Wagner is the great-grandson of composer 

Ricard Wagner, and the book discusses the Wagner family's history of 

anti-semitism and its close association with Adolf Hitler.  Gottfried Wagner 

argues that Ricard Wagner's anit-semitism is evident in some of his most famous 

operas, including Parsifal and the Ring Cycle. (12:30) {Stations: The book is 

published by Picador Press}  



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{HOUR TWO}

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{10.} {ISRAELI ELECTION} -- Robert speaks with Ze'ev Chafets (zehv CHAY-fehts), 

a political analyst for the Jerusalem Report, and Yaron Ezrahi (yah-ROHN 

ehz-RAH-hee), a professor of Polical Science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 

and Senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. They discuss the results 

of today's election in Israel, in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has 

conceded defeat. (6:00)



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{11.} {NATO} -- NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Brussels that European Union 

foreign ministers discussed the Kosovo crisis today with their Russian 

counterpart, Igor Ivanov. The Russians have resumed diplomatic efforts after 

withdrawing briefly following NATO's bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. 

Meantime, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook seemed to be pushing the NATO 

allies toward the option of deploying ground troops in Kosovo, without the 

written agreement of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. (3:30)



{12.} {US - FOREIGN RELATIONS} -- NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says 

in addition to threatening American relations with old adversaries China and 

Russia, the Kosovo crisis may now be endangering our partnership with old friend 

Great Britain. (2:30)



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{13.} {PORT HURON, MI} -- NPR's Don Gonyea reports many parents in Port Huron, 

Michigan remain concerned following last week's arrest of four Middle School 

children. The four are suspected of plotting a mass shooting at their school. 

Parents' worries increased after a bomb was discovered at the school, apparently 

planted after the arrests were made. (4:00)



{14.} {WANTING AN EXPLANATION} -- Comentator David Weinberger says attempts 

to explain the school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, and the search for where 

to place the blame - reflect an expectation that things are not supposed to 

go wrong. We expect diseases to be cured, asteroids to be diverted, and bad 

things to happen to other people. (3:00)



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{15.} {LOUIMA} -- Linda speaks with NPR's Melissa Block about the ongoing trial 

of New York City police officers charged with brutalizing Haitian immigrant 

Abner Louima. (4:00)



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{16.} {SCOTUS - WELFARE} -- The Supreme Court ruled today that states cannot 

pay new residents lower welfare benefits than they pay to long-time residents. 

The justices' 7-2 decision, which came in a California case, also affects laws 

in at least 14 other states. Congress had permitted states to provide lower 

benefits for newcomers when it overhauled the nation's welfare laws in 1996. 

But the court said that the provision violates the constitutional right to 

travel. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. (4:00)



{17.} {SCOTUS - REDISTRICTING} -- The Supreme Court today slowed the process 

by which legal challenges may be brought against Congressional districts based 

on race. Justices overturned a lower court ruling that had found one of North 

Carolinas districts unconstitutional because it was drawn to aggregate black 

voters.  The ruling did not approve of the district as drawn, but it said the 

lower court should have held a trial before issuing its own judgment on the 

matter.  NPRs Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh. (4:00)



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{18.} {BROWN VS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION} -- We remember the Supreme Court's 

ruling 45 years ago today, that found school segregation unconstitutional. 

(1:30)



{19.} {AIR CONDITIONING} -- NPR's Susan Stamberg examines the history of air 

conditioning, the subject of an exhibition at the National Building Museum in 

Washington DC. Without it, there'd be no chocolate, tract homes, or Las Vegas. 

A-C has made the UN-inhabitable, habitable. (6:30)





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