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THE CONTENTS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S POCKETS THE DAY HE WAS ASSASSINATED ARE ON DISPLAY AT FORD'S THEATER.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH LOUIS SARRIS, A STATE DEPARTMENT ANALYST FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA THROUGH MOST OF THE YEARS OF THE VIETNAM WAR (NOW RETIRED), WHO SAYS THAT IN HIS MEMOIR "IN RETROPECT," ROBERT McNAMARA, WHO HAD HELPED DESIGN AND LEAD THE VIETNAM WAR, HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ERRORS FULLY...NOT EVEN IN THAT MEMOIR.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists are looking into an ancient mystery...trying to determine what caused 80 percent of all plant and animal life on earth to vanish in an episode that pre-dated the dinosaurs.

WE HEAR THE VOICES OF WOMEN WHO REMEMBER VOTING IN 1920, ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY THE 19TH AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED.

Mark Roberts reports from Denver that an infestation of weeds in the Rocky Mountain west is causing farmers there lots of headaches. Weeds are a problem in many places, but there are particular species that are aggressively inhibiting crops.

For the record, we hear how President Harry Truman explained his decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima to the American people. These are excerpts from a speech Truman made on August 9, 1945, three days after Hiroshima was destroyed.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON WHAT THE RUSSIANS ARE DOING IN CHECHENYA, FROM A TOWN WHERE PEACE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE COME -- BUT WHERE THIS WEEK'S EVENTS PROVE IT HASN'T.

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SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK THAT ILLUSTRATE WHAT IS GOOD AND BAD ABOUT THE 1995 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON.

Daniel talks with Peter Matthews, editor of the Guinness Book of World Records, about some of this year's more 'interesting' submissions. This fall, the internationally acclaimed tome will celebrate its 40th edition. And though the book is filled with records of all kinds from architecture to sports - those that capture the greatest attention are the human records, many of which are held by people from India - such as the world's longest fingernails, the longest hair, the shortest man ... Is it human nature at it's worst, or it's best? Matthews explains.