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NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER SPEAKS WITH DR. HENRY FOSTER, PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINEE FOR SURGEON GENERAL, ON THE EVE OF HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH CHIP BERLET, Ber-LAY) AN EXPERT ON MILITIAS AT THE POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ABOUT WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HATE SO FIERCELY. SCOTT ALSO TALKS WITH FRANK JORDAN, MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN OKLAHOMA CITY DOESN'T HAPPEN IN HIS. KATIE WORSHAM OF H.U.D., WHO ONCE WORKED IN THE BOMBED MURRAH BUILDING, RETURNED THIS WEEK AS ACTING STATE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE FORMER DIRECTOR WAS KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH HER ABOUT HER FORMER COWORKERS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THE BLAST. AND, SCOTT ALSO SPEAKS WITH JIM McNABB, PASTOR OF THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, ABOUT A FELLOW PASTOR WHO WAS KILLED WHILE IN THE BUILDING.

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports from Oklahoma City on how several businesses near the area of last week's blast have been affected by the tragedy...and their efforts to once-again open their doors to customers.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa reports from New York City that the Justice Department has forced Madison Square Garden and other sports arenas to remove cigarette advertisements from locations where they can be seen by television camera's broadcasting sports events from those arenas. Cigarette advertising on television has been banned for the last 24 years.

SIMON/BIRMINGHAM BOMBING: SCOTT SIMON GOES BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AND VISITS THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH WHICH WAS BOMBED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1963. HE TALKS TO THE PERSON WHOSE TESTIMONY HELPED CONVICT ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS AND EXAMINES WHY NO FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS TOOK PLACE. (BOOK: LONG TIME COMING - AN INSIDER'S STORY OF THE BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING THAT ROCKED THE WORLD, WRITTEN BY ELIZABETH H. COBBS/PETRIC J. SMITH AND PUBLISHED BY CRANE HILL - BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA)

NPR's John Burnett reports on how former President George Bush's resignation from the NRA has affected other members of the organization. This past week, Bush wrote a letter of resignation from the group saying he was offended by comments from one NRA leader who referred to federal agents as "jack-booted thugs" and compared them to Nazis. NRA members have had a variety of reactions to Bush's move with some agreeing that the rifle association has gone too far while others just say "good riddance" to the former president.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Phoenix, Arizona, where the National Rifle Association is continuing its annual meeting. Today, NRA executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre sought to distance his organization from the militias and paramilitary groups we've been hearing so much about since the Oklahoma City bombing.

SIMON/HOSPITAL: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MONROE PATERSON, PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE DANVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA, WHERE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED HOSPITAL PATIENTS ARE BEING OFFERED THE OPTION TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL IN ORDER TO RETIRE SOME OF THEIR MEDICAL DEBTS.

FROM MEMBER STATION WBUR, TOVIA SMITH REPORTS ON THE TEN POINT COALITION, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION OF MANY LIBERAL AND MINORITY BOSTON AREA MINISTERS WHO ARE HOPING TO COUNTER THE CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL AGENDA BEING PUSHED BY THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.

CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY AND POET JOSE MARTI DIED ON MAY 19, 1895, FIGHTING IN CUBA'S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH EMILIO CUETO (eh-MEE-leo ku-EH-toh), A CUBAN-AMERICAN WASHINGTON ATTORNEY, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND POET, WHO READS TO US, IN ENGLISH, MARTI'S POEM EL BUEN PEDRO (THE GOOD PEDRO), AND JESUS BARQUET (heh-SOOS bar-KEHT), A CUBAN POET WHO TEACHES SPANISH AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHO READS TO US, IN SPANISH, MARTI'S POEM DOS PATRIAS (TWO MOTHERLANDS). THEY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JOSE MARTI'S WORK.