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SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Last year, a cajun dance hall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere, allegedly denied entry to an African-American patron. The federal Justice Deptartment has sued the club saying it violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We traveled to the region to investigate the case...and to talk about race relations with the whites and blacks who live there. This is part one of a piece that continues in the second half hour of the show.

Part two of our piece about race relations in southwest Louisiana, and the Justice Department's civil rights lawsuit against a cajun dance hall called La Poussiere.

For listener comments, our Internet address is wesun@npr.org. lease note that this e-mail address is for WEEKEND SUNDAY ONLY.

Daniel visits Los Angeles County's General Hospital. A billion dollar budget shortfall will force the county later this month to layoff thousands of health care providers. The hospital is the largest public hospital in the nation and hundreds of thousands of people without health insurance will end up with no place to go.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister itzhak Rabin, President Bill Clinton, OJ Simpson defense attorney Johnny ochran, and Simpson prosecutors Christopher Darden and Marcia Clark.

SUSAN SPEAKS WITH SEVERN (SEH-vern) SUZUKI (soo-ZOO-kee), A TEENAGE ENVIRONMENTALIST FROM CANADA, WHO GAVE A MOVING SPEECH TO MEMBERS OF THE RIO SUMMIT IN 1992 AND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. SHE'S A MEMBER OF ECO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHILDREN'S ORGANIZATION.

SCOTT SIMON AND SIMON HOGGART OF LONDON'S GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SISTER MARY/ SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH SISTER MARY OF THE CROSS, A CLOISTERED NUN FROM SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY WHO ATTENDED THIS WEEK'S MASS BY POPE JOHN PAUL IN NEARBY NEWARK.

WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS THE NEW MOVIE "DEAD PRESIDENTS."