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Twelve days ago citizens of Weyauwega, [wy-uh-WEE-guh] Wisconsin were evacuated from their homes following the derailment of railroad cars carrying fourteen propane tankers. Wisconsin Public Radio's Gil Halsted reports on life at a hotel where more than fifty evacuated families have been staying.

Robert talks to Seymour Martin Lipset, author of "American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword." (W.W. Norton & Company) Lipset says that many of the characteristics that Alexis de Tocqueville described as uniquely American still exist in our society today and continue to make the United States different from other countries. But Lipset notes these characteristics have a negative side, too.

A gunman opened fire on tiny school children in the small Socttish town of Dunblane. Sixteen children and a teacher will killed before the gunmen took his own life. We'll hear how the news was given on the BBC at 5 o'clock in England.

Part three of our special report. (IN S

This past week, Leland Capp was the passenger in a Cessna floatplane which his friend was flying. Tragically, Leland's friend had a heartattack while flying the plane, leaving Leland, who is not a pilot, to take over the controls. We have an excerpt of the recorded conversation between Capp and the air traffic control operator who talked him through the successful landing.

Jyl Hoyt recently visited Peru, and prepared this piece about efforts there to legalize the coca leaf. Coca, which produces the base substance of cocaine, is banned by the United Nations. Farmers in Peru argue that the leaf itself is no more addictive than a couple of cups of coffee. They say they ought to be able to use the leaf in products like tea or toothpaste, and if coca were legalized, they would no longer have to sell the leaf illegally to drug dealers.

Commentator Andre Codrescu says it would be a lot if we could just plant v-chips in people's brains...rather than TVs. That way we could all have a sunny outlook on life--all the sex and violence could be scrapped off by the government and destroyed.

spokesman for Catholic Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska, about the Bishop's plan to excommunicate church members who belong to abortions rights and right-to-die groups like Planned Parenthood and the Hemlock Society.

Voters in California's primary tomorrow will be asked whether they want to repeal special protection for the big cats. Two deaths and numerous sightings in recent years have created not only concern but a political fight involving hunters, biologists, and animal lovers. Chris Arnold reports on the political contretemps.

Music critic Tom Manoff reviews Das Jahr (DAHS YAHR) a