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SCOTT SIMON TRAVELS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA TO VISIT THREE ARTISTS. CHARLIE LUCAS, MOSE TOLLIVER, AND HIS DAUGHTER ANNIE TOLLIVER ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OUTSIDER OR VISIONARY ARTISTS. VISIONARY ARTISTS FOLLOW THEIR OWN STYLE...A STYLE THAT IS QUICKLY GAINING RECOGNITION IN THE ESTABLISHED ART WORLD.

Guest film critic STEVE VINEBERG reviews two new college movies: "A Reason to Believe" and "Kicking and Screaming"

Daniel visits with archeologists who have just finished excavating a site in Washington D.C., about four blocks from the Capital Mall. The site will soon to be the location of a new sports stadium. The artifacts found in the dirt tells a lot about who we are and how we lived.

Former press secretary for Reagan and Bush, MARLIN FITZWATER. He spent 17 years as a government flak before being appointed to his position in the Reagan White House. In his new memoir, Call the Briefing! Reagan and Bush, Sam and Helen: A Decade with Presidents and the Press (Times Books). FITZWATER writes about the relationship between the press secretary, the White House, and the press.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews the new film, "Leaving Los Vegas," directed by Mike Figgis and starring Nicholas Cage. REV. : Milo Miles reviews a tribute album to Harry Nilsson "For the Love of Harry," (Music Masters).

Host Liane Hansen speaks with William Quandt, professor of nternational Relations at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. rofessor Quandt was an advisor on the Middle East during the Carter dministration, and provides historical context, as well as current analysis, of he self-rule agreement on the West Bank in Israel.

Music director and conductor MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS. This month he took over the San Francisco Symphony. He's been conducting for 25 years. At the age of 24 years old he was appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, and began filling in regularly as conductor when the musical director's health began to fail. THOMAS was mentored by Leonard Bernstein. However, THOMAS's roots are in the theater: His grandparents were Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, who founded the Yiddish theater in New York. There's a new book about him, Michael Tilson Thomas: Viva Voce. Conversations with Edward Seckerson. (Faber and

2: San Antonio Police officer ROGER MANGUM. In 1982, he shot and killed a man in the line of duty. Recently he and other officers set up a support group for officers involved in "critical incidents." The group is called, Police Officer Support Team (P.O.S.T.). In 1992 MANGUM left the police force, and began teaching at the San Antonio Police Academy.

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This coming Wednesday is the 100th anniversary of the birth of uster Keaton, one of the all-time great silent film comedians. Known as the Great Stone Face," Keaton's unflappable demeanor worked as brilliant ounterpoint to his phsyical comedy. Keaton made the transition to talking films nd eventually television, but it was not an easy road. Neal Rauch prepared this ppreciation.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & FRANK STASIO