RE: WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY/FIRST RUNDOWN DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 1995 HOST: SCOTT SIMON NEWS: SHAY STEVENS, LAURA KNOY FIRST HOUR OPEN :59 NEWSCAST 5:00 SEGMENT A-1 1. BLOCK/FERGUSON VERDICT: NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK REPORTS FROM NEW YORK ON YESTERDAY'S VERDICT THAT FOUND COLIN FERGUSON GUILTY OF KILLING SIX AND WOUNDING 19 PEOPLE ON A LONG ISLAND COMMUTOR TRAIN IN DECEMBER 1993. 4:00 2. SCHORR/NATIONAL SECURITY REVITALIZATION ACT: WEEKEND EDITION SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH LAWRENCE DiRITA (dih.REET.ah), DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, AND LAWRENCE KORB, SENIOR FELLOW IN THE FOREIGN POLICY STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY REVITALIZATION ACT, WHICH PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THIS WEEK. 7:30 INFO BREAK: THIS WEEK, THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VOTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY. :59 HEADLINES :59 SEGMENT B-1 1. BILLBOARD + SIMON/SWEDISH MINKS: AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTING THAT FOREIGN SUBMARINES, FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, WERE SPYING ALONG THE SWEDISH COASTLINE, THE SWEDES MADE PUBLIC LAST WEEK AN EMBARRASSING DISCOVERY...THEY HAD MISTAKEN RUSSIAN SUBMARINES FOR MINKS. SCOTT SIMON DISCUSSES THE MIX-UP WITH SIMON HAYDON, AN EDITOR AT REUTERS NEWS SERVICE IN STOCKHOLM. 3:38 2. O'CONNOR/GUATEMALA: NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GUATELALAN GOVERNMENT AND LEFTIST GUERILLAS TO END A 30-YEAR-OLD WAR HAVE STALLED OVER THE ISSUE OF PROTECTING THAT COUNTRY'S MAYAN INDIANS. MIKE O'CONNOR REPORTS. 5:50 3. SIMON/ELVIS: ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILMS THE OSCAR COMMITTEE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IN THEIR NOMINATIONS. 4:32 CUTAWAY: SIMON/OLLIE THE COW: SCOTT SIMON AND BARRY LEVENSON COMMEMORATE TODAY'S 65TH UNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST "FLYING" COW NAMED "ELM FARM OLLIE" AT THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIR EXPOSITION OF 1930. MR. LEVENSON IS THE CURATOR OF THE MOUNT HOREB MUSTARD MUSEUM AND FOUNDER OF ELM FARM OLLIE DAY, AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN MOUNT HOREB, WISCONSIN. 2:40 FUNDER :29 ****************** WEEKEND ALL THING CONSIDERED PROMO :29 ******************** MUSIC BREAK :29 HEADLINES :59 SEGMENT C-1 1. BILLBOARD + GOLDFARB/OSCAR WILDE: THIS WEEK, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AFTER BEING OFFICIALLY IGNORED BY BRITAIN'S LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, OSCAR WILDE WAS HONORED WITH A PLACE IN THE POET'S CORNER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY...ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE PREMIRE OF HIS GREATEST PLAY, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST." THE IRISH POET, PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST SCANDALIZED 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN BECAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY. NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB ATTENDED THE CEREMONY. 7:30 2. SIMON/LINCOLN BOOK: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH DR. DAVID LONG, HISTORIAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW AND HISTORY AT MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "THE JEWEL OF LIBERTY," PUBLISHED BY STACKPOLE BOOKS. THIS WORK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1864 IS BEING CALLED THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN MANY YEARS. NPR'S BOB EDWARDS READS FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 10:00 FUNDING CREDITS :29 SECOND HOUR PROMO :29 OPEN :59 NEWSCAST 5:00 SEGMENT A-2 1. CLIP :30 2. WEEK IN REVIEW: SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK. 9:30 3. MUSIC Q.: SCOTT SIMON SHARES SOME THOUGHTS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RATINGS AND EXPLOITATION OF THE NEWS. 2:00 INFO BREAK: GOLF TURNED UGLY THIS WEEK AT THE INDIAN WELLS COUNTRY CLUB IN PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, WHEN SOME PRESIDENTS -- PAST AND PRESENT -- PARTICIPATED IN THE BOB HOPE CHRYSLER GOLF CLASSIC. :59 HEADLINES :59 SEGMENT B-2 1. BILLBOARD + SIMON/NOCERA: BASEBALL: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH JOSEPH NOCERA (no-SER-ah), A BUSINESS COLUMNIST FOR GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. MR. NOCERA SAYS THAT THE SIX-MONTH OLD BASEBALL STRIKE IS NOT A TRADITIONAL LABOR DISPUTE. 5:30 2. GELLERMAN/A.B.A.: BRUCE GELLERMAN OF MEMBER STATION WBUR IN BOSTON REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW IN ANDOVER TO CHALLENGE THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OVER ITS ACCREDITATION STANDARDS. 8:30 CUTAWAY: SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL. 2:40 FUNDER :29 *********************** WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY PROMO :29 ********************** MUSIC BREAK :29 HEADLINES :59 SEGMENT C-2 1. BILLBOARD + SIMON/ANTARCTICA: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH 40-YEAR-OLD DON AND 34-YEAR-OLD MARGIE McINTYRE IN ANTARCTICA, WHERE THEY HAVE SET UP A SATELLITE-LINKED TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BASIC SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS TO SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED STATES. 5:15 2. BRESLOW/CUBAN BASEBALL: CUBANS HAVE BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL ALMOST AS LONG AS AMERICANS HAVE, AND THEY ARE TRULY FANATICAL. NPR'S PETER BRESLOW TRAVELED TO CUBA AND REPORTS ON WHAT BASEBALL MEANS TO CUBAN LIFE. 11:00 FUNDING CREDITS :29 PROMO :29 ******************************************************************************* END FEBRUARY 18, 1995