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THURSDAY
DECEMBER 10
ATC
Puerto Rican independence group -- FALN
The story of Alicia Rodriguez.
Hosts: Linda Wertheimer and Noah Adams
Newscasters: Frank Stasio, Ann Taylor and Corey Flintoff
[=============FIRST HOUR============]
[1.] [COUNSEL'S SUMMATIONS] -- The House Judiciary Committee is getting close
to a vote on four articles of impeachment against President Clinton. Today, the
Committee's Minority Counsel, Abbe Lowell -- speaking for the Democrats -- used
his closing arguments to rebut each article and urged Republican members to
think of the consequences of a vote to impeach. In his closing arguments,
Majority Counsel David Schippers restated the case against the President and
concluded that, given the evidence, nothing less than a vote to impeach would
be just. (4:30)
[2.] [WHAT DO FOLKS THINK?] -
Linda talks with various people from around the
country about the impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill. Dubra Lazard
(DOO-bruh luh-ZARD) works with a public school advocacy group in Chicago, and
favors a censure of the president. She thinks the process has not been
especially fair to President Clinton and that the Republicans have pursued
personal agendas rather than doing what the people they represent want. Donald
Sorokin (soh-ROH-kin) is a senior at the State University of New York at Stony
Brook, and thinks that Clinton should not be impeached. Joan Anderton is a
library media specialist in Walnut Creek, California who is also opposed to
impeachment; she thinks that the president's actions, while reprehensible, do
not rise to the level of being impeachable offenses. Russ Froneberger is an
international business consultant from Columbia, South Carolina who thinks that
Clinton should be impeached and that the country should move forward. (7:30)
[3.] [DAVID HALE] -- NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that the Army has charged a
retired two-star general with having "improper relationships" with the wives of
several subordinate officers while based overseas and then trying to obstruct
an investigation by lying. Retired Major General David Hale faces 18 counts of
violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He retired earlier this year
after serving only four months as the Army's deputy inspector general in the
Pentagon. (3:45)
[4.]
[TEXAS EXECUTION] -
NPR's John Burnett reports a federal appeals court
has lifted a stay of execution for a Canadian man scheduled to die in the Texas
death chamber tonight. A Texas judge gave the reprieve yesterday for Joseph
Stanley Faulder and ordered an examination of the state's clemency process.
Faulder has been the subject of an international debate over the rights of
aliens sentenced to death in the US. (3:45)
[5.]
[ALICIA RODRIGUEZ] -
Producer Cecelia Vaisman interviewed Alicia
Rodriguez at a federal prison in California, where Rodriguez is serving out an
86-year-prison term. Alicia Rodriguez has spent 18-years in prison for
seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to a fatal 1970's bombing
campaign by the Puerto Rican independence group F-A-L-N.
The Spanish acronym means "Armed Forces of National Liberation". How did the
U-S born, middle class daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants become a
self-described freedom fighter for
an island she first visited at age 21?
Alicia Rodriguez story is part of the "World Views" project which is funded by
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (22:00)
[===============SECOND HOUR==============]
[6.]
[IMPEACHMENT] -- NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that House Judiciary
Committee members heard today from the Democratic and Republican counsels
summing up arguments for and against articles of impeachment against President
Clinton. Democratic Counsel Abbe Lowell told the committee that the evidence
did not clearly support claims that the President committed perjury or any of
the other offenses mentioned in four draft articles of impeachment. Republican
counsel David Schippers responded that the evidence was overwhelming and clear.
(7:30)
[7.] [CONSTITUENTS CONTACT CONGRESS] -- NPR's Larry Abramson says members of
Congress are reporting an increase in e-mail and phone calls during this
normally quiet time of year. The callers want their members to know how they
feel about the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. In the
offices Larry visited, where the members haven't announced how they'll vote,
the majority of the calls have been from people who favor impeachment. (4:30)
[8.] [SPACE STATION] -- Astronauts form the space shuttle are scheduled to
enter the newly joined parts of the international space station for the first
time. They'll start from the shuttle bay and move first into the American
module and finally into the Russian section, where they'll unbolt equipment,
make some minor repairs, and prepare the station for the first crew, due to
arrive in January 2000. NPR's Richard Harris will report on their progress.
(4:00)
[9.] [EARTHWORM GENETICS] -- Biologists have mapped all the elements of the
nematode worm known as C. elegans. It's a genetic first, reports NPR's Joe
Palca, being the first complex organism whose entire genome has been mapped.
More than a laboratory trick, the mapping gives scientists the ability to
compare the genome with the human genetic code, gene by gene, to see which
genes share the same basic biological functions. (4:00)
[10.]
[WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL] -- Gillian Sharpe reports from the Yugoslav War
Crimes Tribunal in the Hague that judges have handed down a guilty verdict
against a Bosnian Croat paramilitary commander. The court sentenced Anto
Furundzija to ten years in prison for standing by as another soldier raped a
woman prisoner. (3:00)
[11.]
[UN HUMAN RIGHTS] -- NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the history and the
impact of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed 50 years ago today.
The document serves as the standard of fundamental freedoms, affirming the
dignity and worth of human beings. Since the end of World War Two, the document
has altered the way countries relate to one another and it has ben used as the
basis for other international codes of human conduct. (6:00)
[12.] [LETTERS] --
Linda and Noah read from listeeners' comments. To contact All
Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts
Avenue Northwest, Washington D-C 20001. To contact us via the Internet, the
address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG (A...@NPR.ORG). (3:30) ((STEREO))
[13.]
[DAN OSMAN OBIT] --
Dan Osman, a celebrated rock climber, was killed last
month while executing a controlled free-fall at night from Leaning Tower Rock
in Yosemite. Osman had developed a technique of controlled fre-falling, jumping
from bridges or cliffs and then stopping his descent with an attached rope. On
November 23rd, the rope broke. Noah talks with Andrew Todhunter, the author of
"Fall of the Phantom Lord," a book profiling Osman. Todhunter says that Osman
was not simplly reckless and was, in fact, afraaid every time he jumped...which
was part of the sport's appeal for him. (STATIONS: "Fall of the Phantom Lord"
by Andrew Todhunter is published by Anchor Books; ISBN 0-385-48641-3.) (7:30)
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Th.
7p
RUNDOWN FOR
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 10, 1998
GUEST HOST: BARBARA BOGAEV (BO-gave)
INTERVIEW ONE SEGMENT**
Jordanian journalist RANA HUSSEINI (RAH-nah WHO-Sane-E).
She writes for the Jordan Times, the country's only English-
language daily. Her reporting on "crimes of honor" has
brought to light the practice of a woman being murdered by
her own relatives when it's thought the woman brought
dishonor upon them.
In one instance a 16 year-old schoolgirl
was killed by her older brother because her younger brother
raped her. Police and prosecutors have taken little notice
of "honor killing" but that attitude has begun to shift
because of HUSSEINI's efforts. Last fall she was presented
the Reebok Human Rights Award in New York.
HUSSEINI received her bachelor's degree in Oklahoma.
Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews two recent
recordings by the German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff
(KVAST-huff) of Mozart and Schubert (both on RCA Red Seal.)
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Fri.
ME egg nog...
5-10am
A near-miss last weekend in the skies over Long Island has raised
questions about the safety of the nation's air traffic control system...
John Boorman's new film "The General"...
about a brutal but charismattic criminal who terrorised Dublin in the 1980's
And a favorite NPR holiday recipe for egg nog...
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Friday, December 11
6-7pm
LIVING ON EARTH -
Host Steve Curwood
LIVING ON EARTH - RUNDOWN
Host: Steve Curwood
BANNED PESTICIDE DIELDRIN:
STILL WITH US TODAY -
Steve Curwood talks with John Brock who is a section chief
at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Dr. Brock co-
authored a study published in the current issue of the
British medical journal "The Lancet" which links the banned
pesticide Dieldrin to a doubling in breast cancer for women
exposed to the compound. (4:40)
OF BIRDS & TOWERS - Living on Earth's Daniel Grossman
investigates the link between migratory birds and radio
towers, and how they may impact birds' flight and health.
(9:25)
LOE GARDEN SPOT
Sage advice from Living on Earth's
resident gardening expert Michael Weishan on creating indoor
winter blooms. (4:55)
LISTENER LETTERS
A range of response to our recent
query on highway carpool lanes. (1:30)
THE LIVING ON EARTH ALMANAC -
This week, facts about...
Fifty years ago, then Soviet ruler Josef Stalin declared an
extensive tree-planting campaign. (1:30)
A CIVIL ACTION:
FROM WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS TO HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA -
There's a lot of buzz about the forthcoming
film starring John Travolta called "A Civil Action" which is
opening in theatres this holiday season.
Based on the best-selling book of the same name written by Jonathan Harr, it's
the story of a lawyer who takes on two companies which
contaminated drinking water, resulting in the deaths of
residents in Woburn, Massachusetts twenty years ago.
Living on Earth's Christopher Ballman has the background on the
events which took place in Woburn, and a look at why the
movie matters. (25:00)
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Fri.
7pm
"THIS AMER LIFE"
The Job That Takes Over Your Life
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Jobs That Take Over Your Life.
Several stories, some funny, some poignant, including an oral history produced
by Dan Collison about black sailors during World War II.
Prologue.
Host Ira Glass on his relationship to his job.
And your relationship to yours.
Act one.
The Test.
Radio producer Scott Carrier, at a low moment
in his life, quit his job. His wife left him. Took the kids.
And he got a job interviewing schizophrenics for some medical
researchers.
After doing it a while, he began to wonder if he was
a shizophrenic himself. (18 minutes)
Act Two.
Hair.
This American Life Associate Producer Peter
Clowney visits a modern-day touring company of Hair. They don't
just believe they're doing a job as professional actors.
They're living as a modern day tribe of hippies -
with all the tensions of any communal living. (9 minutes)
Act Three.
The Port Chicago 50.
The story of the worst stateside
disaster during World War II, at Port Chicago, an ammunition dump
for the navy just north of San Francisco. Black workers were
assigned to load ammo onto ships unders such unsafe conditions
that on July 17, 1944, two ships blew up, killing 320 men. When
50 survivors of the blast refused to return to work under the same unsafe
conditions, they were court martialed and sentenced to up to 15 years of hard
labor. There've been many attempts to clear the names of these fifty men,
including one in 1944 by then-civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall.
Dan Collison spoke with five survivors of the blast about what really happened.
(20 minutes)
Act Four.
Orientation.
Even the most innocent office job can
take over your life. A story by fiction writer Daniel Orozco
about one such job. Originally published in the Seattle Review.
(7 minutes)
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SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 12, 1998
7-8 am
"ONLY A GAME"
with BILL LITTLEFIELD
*LATEST NBA CANCELLATION: the 1999 ALL STAR GAME.
*PLIGHT OF PHILADELPHIA, WHERE THE BIG GUYS IN SHORTS HAVE JUKED AND JAMMED
AMIDST A CHORUS OF JINGLING CASH REGISTERS.
*OUR SIXTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE SO YOU CAN BLOW SOME MAJOR BREAD
CREATIVELY...HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR THE ECCENTRIC.
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Sat.
12/12/98
WHAD'YA KNOW?
*Guest - ANTHROPOLOGIST TOM FRICKE [FRIK-ee], DIRECTOR OF THE
MICHIGAN CENTER FOR THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
He'll TELL US WHY FARGO HAS A LOT IN COMMON WITH KATMANDU..
*GEORGE GERSWIN'S ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY WITH PIANIST
William Bolcom and soprano Joan Morris.
*LEARN THE BASICS OF STAGE FIGHTING WITH THE MICHIGAN THEATER DEPARTMENT'S ERIK
FREDRICKSEN.
*Morgantown, WV is the "Town of the Week"
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Sunday
Dec. 13
FRESH AIR/WEEKEND
7am
Al Kooper talks about his early days writing pop tunes for other singers, his
success with Blood, Sweat and Tears, and his famous organ line on Bob Dylan's
"Like a Rolling Stone."
Also -- The Farrelly brothers... the duo who brought
us "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb and Dumber."
They were interviewed on stage at the recent New York Comedy Film
Festival.
=======================================================================
Sunday, December 13, 1998
8-10am
WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY
Host: Liane Hansen
The latest on the House Judiciary Committee impeachment proceedings...
Part 2 of a conversation with Bryan Burrough about what really happened during
the Shuttle/Mir missions ...
A visit to two Vermont towns to assess the affect of a new school funding
law...
And master magician Ricky Jay shares some amazing tales of unique and amazing
entertainers in his new book.
Plus the weekly puzzle!
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Thur.
Dec. 17
Talk of the Nation
2pm
Book-Club-of-the-Air
DECEMBER 17
"THE BEACH"
BY ALEX GARLAND
"The Beach," the debut novel by 26-year-old British writer Alex
Garland, has been called a "'Lord of the Flies,' for Generation X."
The book follows three, twentysomething, backpackers in Thailand as they go in
search of what they think is Eden, a secret beach on an island cut off from the
outside world.
But who and what they find, turns out to be far from the utopia
they had in mind.
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