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In an installment entitled "Water Street, U.S.A.," producer ulian Crandall Hollick (HAH-lick) looks at the multitude of small businesses in nd around the Bombay neighborhood of Byculla (BYE-cuh-luh), where many of the ountry's poorest residents live in makeshift huts built on the pavement. Many f the pavement dwellers make their living sewing clothes which are exported to he United States.

At the end of the Cold War, the U.S. bagan closing any of its overseas military bases. Annie Allsebrook reports from England on ne community's experience with the "downsizing" of the American presence verseas.

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.

Daniel talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who will update us on the investigation surrounding the bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City.

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 READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

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

When Primary Election season comes around, locations designated or the regional events often cause competition among states. From member tations W-U-W-M in Milwaukee, Andrea Rowe (ROH) reports that smaller states may xperience growing pains since so many of the larger states plan to hold their rimaries at the same time.

Jazz saxophonist, composer and band-leader Henry Threadgill as just released his first recording for a major record label (Columbia ecords). In the past, Threadgill gained notoriety for his unusual instrumention nd free improvisation. Tom Vitale reports that this guardian of avant-garde azz now hopes to enter the mainstream with a CD that may be more palatable to a eneral audience.

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.