Daniel speaks with Lou Friedman in Santa Monica, California, where he has organized the 1997 International Conference on Mobile Planetary Robots. Some 150 space engineers from around the world are demonstrating the robots they hope tto send on the next space mission to Mars. (4:30) 9. Herb Caen - We remember legendary San Francisco newspaper columnist Herb Caen (Herb Cane), who died earlier today. He was 80 years old. (2:15) 10. Huey Newton - The play "A Huey P. Newton Story" opens in New York next week at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. The play, a one-man show based largely on the words of the former Black Panther leader, was created and performed by Roger G. Smith - an actor that has been in a variety of films, from 'Do The Right Thing' to 'Get On The Bus'. Daniel talks with Smith about the difficulty of creating a one-man show around a character who, though mesmerizing, was not an especially good orator. In fact, he was shy, he stuttered and had a rather high pitched voice.
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