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Jacki talks with Albert Shanker who is president of the American Federation of Teachers. The AFT has launched a national campaign calling for a "Code of Conduct" in the nation's schools. Shanker says schools are struggling with a student discipline problem and that the only solution is standards for behavior.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new CD "Friends: featuring music played on the NBC sitcom "Friends" (Reprise).

LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Host Liane Hansen continues her conversation with echno-culture commentator Rich Dean about the legal and ethical issues urrounding pornography and erotica on the Internet.

N-P-R Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr is watching General olin Powell's apparent transformation from soldier to politician.

Craig DeSilva reports from Hawaii on President Clinton's isit to attend ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary of the formal end f the second World War.

Jacki visits a one-room schoolhouse in Waterford, Virginia where urban school children are being taught the old fashioned way. The school was built in the 1860's by Quakers who wanted to provide an education for freed slaves. The school was attended by African American students until the 1950's.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MELANIE LOMAX, A LOS ANGELES DEFENSE ATTORNEY ABOUT THE O.J. SIMPSON CASE, WHICH WAS FINALLY SENT TO JURY YESTERDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE DRUG THALIDOMIDE (thuh-LID-duh-mide) WAS PROVEN TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS IN THE 1960'S AFTER PREGNANT WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE DRUG TO RELIEVE MORNING SICKNESS, SCIENTISTS NOW SAY THAT THE DRUG SHOWS GREAT PROMISE IN TREATING PEOPLE WITH A NUMBER OF DISEASES...INCLUDING AIDS. RACHEL GOTBAUM REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS THREATENING TO CRACKDOWN ON THE SALE OF THE DRUG ILLEGALLY THROUGH UNDERGROUND BUYERS CLUBS.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILM "DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS," A WALTER MOSLEY DETECTIVE NOVEL ADAPTED TO THE SCREEN AND STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON AS EZEKIEL "EASY" RAWLINS.

Bob Mondello reviews the movie "Unzipped," a documentary about fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

AS THE UNITED NATIONS 50TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES, TREVOR ROWE ASSESSES THE U.N.'S ROLE IN ABATING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC AID TO POOR COUNTRIES.