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Joe Smith of member station W-C-P-N reports that Sam Jethroe, ho played for the Boston Braves 45 years ago, is currently suing the Major eague. Jethro was one of the few black players nominated as Rookie of the Year, ut was dropped to the minors after only three years with the Braves. He claims hat racial discrimination played a part in his demotion, and is taking legal ction to receive the pension benefits he says he deserves.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr speaks about revelations in new book by former FBI man Cartha "Deke" DeLoach regarding Lyndon B. Johnson nd Richard Nixon.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including Christian Coalition director Ralph Reed and Representative at Schroeder (D-CO) on the Coalition's "Contract with American Families"; ormer President George Bush and President Clinton on the NRA; archeologist Kent eeks on the discovery of ancient tombs in Egypt; and the theme music from the elevision show "Bewitched," whose star, Elizabeth Montgomery, died of cancer his past week.

This week the Texas Legislature passed a law making it LEGAL to carry a concealed weapon. Daniel talks with Democratic Texas state legislator Ron Wilson who authored the bill. And officer Mike Robbins, a Chicago city policeman who opposes laws that legalize the carrying of concealed weapons and who has worked against the passage of similar legislation in Illinois.

NPR's Cheryl Devall talks with a family in Chicago that has benefitted from an Illinois state law that requires a percentage of government contracts be set-aside for minority-owned businesses. The family says it's helped their business grow and helped their family move into the middle class.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with General John Galvin about he military and diplomatic options that could be used to resolve the conflict n Bosnia. Before his retirement three years ago, Galvin was the U.S. Army's upreme Allied Commander in Europe, as well as a State Department special envoy n peace negotiations in Bosnia.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Many real estate agents agree that if you are looking to purchase a house right now..its a great time ...prices are relatively low and there are many of them.. And as Nina Teicholtz reports even the mortagage companies are trying to make it easier to buy a house right now...

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that the hostage crisis in the Russian city of Budenovsk (pronounced: bood-YAWN-uhfsk) took a turn for the worse today, as Russian government troops stormed the hospital where Chechen fighters are holding more than one thousand civilians hostage, but failed to end the crisis. Some hostages were freed, around 200. But most remained captive. Negotiations continue. And in Moscow, the political fallout is accumulating, as Boris Yeltsin's government tries to figure out how to end the crisis without further loss of civilian lives.