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THEODORE FIDDLEMAN WHO, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST PROLIFIC CORRESPONDENTS TO THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SECTION OF SOME MAJOR NEWSPAPERS, HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE, IN REALITY, PAUL H. BLACKMAN, A RESEARCH COORDINATOR FOR THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATIONS' INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION.

WEEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH JEFFERY TOOBIN, FORMER ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY IN BROOKLYN, N.Y. AND STAFF WRITER FOR THE NEW YORKER, AND JONATHAN ALTER, SENIOR EDITOR AND MEDIA CRITIC FOR NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, ABOUT MEDIA AND LEGAL TURMOIL RESULTING FORM THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on how Congressional epublicans are planning to revamp the Medicare system. Schorr says although ost Americans agree that some sort of action is needed on Medicare, there are umerous opinions on just what that action should be.

Washington D.C. is the most recent American city to oin the movement of considering curfews for juveniles as a measure of crime revention. Derrick Ward of member station WAMU reports on the conflicts between hose who are for and against the implementation of such restrictions on teens n the Nation's capital.

Daniel talks to Israeli superstar Danny Sanderson, a comedian and singer who recently toured the East coast, packing auditoriums with Israeli audiences. His CDs have been best sellers in Israel for nearly two decades and his on-stage stand-up routines have the hebrew-speaking audience rolling in the aisles.

Recently, columnist Meg Greenfield proposed that we use the "Bob Newhart Test" when considering government proposals. Newhart's famous comedy routine, when he pretends to be listeing to someone explain what a cigarette is, points out the ludicrousness of the idea of putting a buringing leaf in your mouth... we asked Bob Newhart to apply the "Bob Newhart Test" so a government program, and he chose the defense budget.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

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HOST SUSAN STAMBERG, A FORMER SMOKER, REMEMBERS HER FIRST CIGARETTE.

Daniel speaks with NPR's David Welna, who's in Port au Prince, Haiti. Haitians voted today in local and parliamentary elections designed to makeup for a tainted vote in June. Welna says voter turnout was very low, largely because opposition parties boycotted the balloting.

Rebekah Presson has a remembrance of writer Frank Waters, who ied earlier this month at the age of 92. Waters was considered to be one of his country's most prominent writers about the Native American culture and the outhwestern United States.