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35 YEARS AGO JOHN F.KENNEDY HELD THE FIRST LIVE TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE. WE PLAY A FEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THAT CONFERENCE.

Daniel talks with James Tenser of Brand Marketing Magazine about a decision by Proctor and Gamble to test market the phasing out of coupons. Tenser says many companies now realize that coupons cost more than they actually bring in.

Daniel speaks with Ernie Manuelito and Cal Tuchin of radio station KTNN in Window Rock, Arizona...about tonight's first-ever broadcast of a Super Bowl in the Navajo language.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger says that the Superbowl is one of our main national observances. It is purified ritual and as gripping as any celebration that was invented earlier. He figures we must be a nation starved for drama -- so much so that we have to create our own. We lack the public spectacles of the Romans, Greeks and Mayas and so we demand it from our professional sports.

3: Sculptor DUANE HANSON died on Saturday in a Baca Raton hospital in Florida at the age of 70. The cause was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to the The Miami Herald. We'll hear an interview with Hanson conducted in 1990. Hanson was known internationally for his life-size super-realistic sculptures of people. His sculptures are so life-like that a museum worker in Florida once called the fire department for help when one of Hanson's sculptures failed to respond to his attempts to get her attention. Hanson was born in Alexandria, Minn in 1925.

about the expanding political crisis in Colombia. This week Colombia's legislature begins an extraordinary session to deal with allegations that President Ernesto Samper accepted millions of dollars from the Cali drug cartel for his 1994 presidential campaign.

presidential caucuses next Tuesday, before New Hampshire or Iowa. Republican candidates have been divided in their campaign strategies.

Catalina Reyes of member station KUNM reports that the state of New Mexico is trying to shut down Native American casinos across the state. The tribes have been operating casinos under an agreement with the federal government, but state courts have nullified that agreement, insisting that since gambling is not legal elsewhere in the state, it can't be allowed on the reservation. The tribes say they'll blockade highways through the reservation if they're shut down. Both sides have agreed to keep casinos and roads open until a U.S. court decides the matter.

NPR's David Molpus reports that an estimated eight million working Americans are now -- or soon will -- be providing substantial care for an elderly relative. For most people, providing care while continuing to work is stressful. Now, some employers are taking steps to ease the burden of providing care for elderly relatives.

and the growing criticism of him even by members of his own cabinet.

200 miles away in Washington is having a negative effect on the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping some 97 points yesterday. Technology issues also have played a role in the downturn.

editor of "Inside Track" magazine, about what will be the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster, called "Superman: The Escape".