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STAMBERG/RENT A FORT: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH GARY JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, ABOUT WHY HIS STATE WANTS TO RENT OUT FORT STANTON, A THIRTEEN-HUNDRED ACRE GARRISON BUILT IN 1855.

SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL AND JOE NOCERA, WEEKEND EDITION'S BUSINESS ANALYST, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT CURRENT NETWORK MERGERS...THE DISNEY COMPANY'S PURCHASE OF CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, WESTINGHOUSE'S PURCHASE OF CBS, AND THIS WEEK POSSIBLE MERGER. TIME-WARNER INC. MAY BE BUYING TED TURNER'S TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEMS.

NPR'S MARGO ADLER REPORTS THAT GETTING A PASSPORT FAST MAY CURRENTLY TAKE DAYS.

Daniel talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the death of three top U.S. officials today on a muddy road near Sarajevo in Bosnia. The three men were architects of the Clinton administration's policy towards Bosnia. They died in what Clinton called a "tragic accident" when their vehicle rolled off the road.

Daniel talks with Pastor Karen Young, from the Allen Chapel AME church in Wheaton, Maryland. The church is kicking off a national program to improve the immunization rate of African American children which lags behind the national average. The program, called "First Wives" is being initiated through the wives of pastors all over the country because, they believe, it is the women who are most concerned with childcare.

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SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR'S MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PENNANT RACE, ONLY THIS YEARS' RACES ARE NOT FOR THE TOP SPOT.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS FROM MOSCOW ON RUSSIA'S COSSACKS....THE KEEPERS OF THE FAITH.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports from Ames, Iowa on a straw poll republicans are holding this evening in which they'll cast ballots for members of their party who want to be president. Anybody can vote if they buy a $25 ticket.

Daniel speaks with Roland Roome, who's with the aid organization CARE, in Kigali, Rwanda. They talk about conditions in Rwanda now that the massacres there have been over for a while. Roome says things in Kigali, the capital, are much improved, but adds that in the countryside, people still fear a return of violence.