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For the record, we play tape from a Yankee Stadium ceremony in 1969 where the Yankees retired Mantle's number. Joe Dimaggio appeared along with Mantle.

In celebration of Labor Day, host Liane Hansen speaks with eknowned author Studs Terkel about the evolution of work in the United States. LABOR DAY VOX: We hear a few perspectives on work from some Washington, D.C. esidents. (Terkel and VOX total

NPR's Mark Schramm profiles the long and distinguished career of aseball great Mickey Mantle, who died this morning of cancer at the Baylor edical Center in Dallas. Mantle was 63 years old.

The Maldives are a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. They've got a problem. Due to global warming, the waters around the Maldives are rising, and within 50 years, the islands may no longer exist, sunk, as it were, underneath the ocean. Eric Weiner visited the Maldives and prepared this report.

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.

TOMORROW, THE ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE TUCKER TORPEDO, OR "THE TIN GOOSE," DUBBED THE CAR OF THE FUTURE SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR TWO, WILL BE AUCTIONED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE 25TH ANNUAL AUBURN COLLECTOR CAR SHOW AND AUCTION IN AUBURN, INDIANA. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH JOHN LEMMO, THE OWNER OF THE CAR WHO FOUND THE PROTOTYPE RUSTING AWAY BEHIND A BARN 25 YEARS AGO.

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

Daniel reads letters from listeners.

Daniel talks to Army historian Bill Hammond about 24th infantry regiment, an all-black regiment that fought during the Korean war. Recently, the army has re-written the history of the regiment.