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ON THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF RICHARD NIXON'S "CHECKERS" SPEECH...WE HEAR EXCERPTS.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE SHORTAGE OF BIG-NAME QUARTERBACKS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE...AND ABOUT THE RISING TIDE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVOLVING BIG-TIME ATHLETES.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BILL FERRIS OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI IN OXFORD ABOUT THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND SOUTHERN CULTURE, IN THIS COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS.

ERITREANS RECEIVE MORE U.S. FOREIGN AID PER PERSON THAN ANY OTHER NATION IN AFRICA. BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THIS TWO-YEAR-OLD NATION SAID HE AGREES THAT THE U.S. SHOULD CUT ITS FOREIGN AID PROGRAM. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ERITREA'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, AMDEMICAEL KAHSAI, WHO EXPLAINS HIS NATION'S VIEW OF THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

3 JONATHAN KATZ is another comic who has broadened his horizons. He went into animation. His "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" is a half-hour animated sitcom on Comedy Central (Sundays at 10:30 PM and Tuesdays at 8:30 PM). Katz is the voice of the psychiatrist, and fellow comics supply the voice of the patients, and the routines on therapy. (ALSO: Tonight Jonathan Katz will be doing standup on HBO's Comedy Half

Actor/comic KEVIN POLLACK. He got his start in standup. It was his performance in Barry Levinson's "Avalon," as Izzy the TV salesman, that catapulted his acting career. Since then he's appeared in "A Few Good Men," "Miami Rhapsody" and "Grumpy Old Men." He's currently starring in "The Usual Suspects." Later this Fall you can see him in the new Martin Scorsese film, "Casino."

Daniel talks to Dan Lungren, attorney general of the state of California, about a new telephone initiative his office has put into place. The MOLESTOR HOTLINE is a number citizens can call to see if someone they want to employ who will come into contact with children is listed in a data bank of convicted child molestors. The hotline has only been up and running for a month but so far, the attorney general's office reports, nearly 9 percent of the callers have found a match for their inquiry.

Daniel talks with photography curator Mary Foresta about the current Daguerreotype exhibit at the National Museum of American Art in Washington. This precursor of the modern photograph--discovered in the mid-19th century--came just in time to document a young America's move west.

KATHY MERRITT REPORTS ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, BY SHANNON FAULKNER, THAT SHE IS LEAVING THE CITADEL.

Daniel talks to Dr. Mark Hlatky of Stanford University. Hlatky conducted a study with colleagues at Duke university looking at the effects of job stress on heart disease. They found that job stress does not cause measurable increases in heart disease.