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Daniel talks to Buck Revell, a former FBI official, about the process by which suspects are apprehended. Although much of the nation was surprised by the speed with which Timothy McVeigh was apprehended, Revell says he is not surprised. There are computer networks that track information on explosions, terrorists, vehicles, and criminals which can be utilized quickly to find suspects.

NOW THAT EXCAVATION IS OVER AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA, TWO AND A HALF WEEK AFTER A BOMB BLAST KILLED 167 PEOPLE, MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE BEING HELD AT THE SITE TO HONOR THE DEAD. NPR'S KATHY LOHR REPORTS THAT PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE SITE.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MUSICAL HUMORIST VICTOR BORGE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES AND CLOSE-CALLS WITH THE NAZIS DURING WORLD WAR II AS A DANISH JEW.

ROBERTS/FERRET: A TEN-YEAR EFFORT BY WILDLIFE EXPERTS TO BRING THE WESTERN BLACK-FOOTED FERRET BACK FROM THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION IS ON THE VERGE OF SUCCEEDING, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO ELIMINATE THE PROGRAM. CONCERNED CONSERVATIONISTS MET THIS WEEK IN DENVER TO RAISE THE $250,000 NEEDED TO EXTEND THE BREEDING PROGRAM ONE MORE YEAR, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. MARK ROBERTS REPORTS.

EARTH DAY BEGAN ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES 25 YEARS AGO, AND PHILIP DAVIS TAKES A LOOK AT THE STATE OF CURRENT STUDENT ENVIRONMENTALISM.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE ON PRESIDENT CLINTON'S TRIP TO HAITI TO ATTEND CEREMONIES AT WHICH HE HANDED OVER PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS THERE TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

Joyce Russell of member station W-O-I reports on programs that are trying to save the institution of the family farm by linking retiring farmers with young people who want to farm. Some programs find creative financing for the purcahse of small farms, others help new farmers find mentors in experienced farmers who don't want a full-time farm anymore but want to keep in contact with their land.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NEW YORK CITY HISTORIAN CHRISTOPHER GRA ABOUT THE UNSOLVED BOMBING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 IN THE WALL STREET AREA OF LOWER MANHATTAN THAT, UP UNTIL THE DEADLY BOMBING THIS WEEK IN OKLAHOMA CITY, HAD BEEN CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST SINGLE ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES.

JAPAN: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY IN TOKYO ABOUT AN APPRARENTLY FOILED "TERRORIST" PLAN BY THE CULT AUM SHINRI KYO FOR A JAPANESE-STYLE GAS ATTACK ON DISNEYLAND OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.