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SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE NEW BASEBALL SEASON WHICH BEGINS REGULAR PLAY NEXT WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Daniel talks with Rasheed Khalidi, professor of Middle East History at the University of Chicago and Janet Dates, Dean of Communications at Howard University in Washington D.C. They'll discuss how certain ethnic groups tend to be either credited or blamed for certain events and how the media helps perpetuate stereotypes.

Liane Hansen talks with political commentator Clarence Page bout the Oklahoma City bombing and its effect on the nation's sense of ecurity.

Liane Hansen talks with Miles Chapin (CHAY-pin), o-editor of, "Tales From The Jungle: A Rainforest Reader." It's a collection f fiction and non-fiction which illustrates changing attitudes toward the ainforest during the 19th and 20th centuries. Chapin reads an excerpt from rthur Conan Doyle's 1912 book, "The Lost World." 7:00 "Tales From The Jungle: A Rainforest Reader;" edited by Daniel R. Katz and iles Chapin; Crown Trade Paperbacks,

Everyday life is slowly returning to normal for the residents f Oklahoma City ten days after the bombing of the federal building. NPR's Wade oodwyn attended a local college baseball game and spoke with a few citizens bout the gradual transition from chaos to relative stability over this past eek.

Daniel talks with Neal Underwood the mayor of Mt. Vernon Missouri. The town in Southeastern Missouri is offering the elderly and disabled there "taxi" rides for a mere 25 cents. The city sponsors and pays for the service which makes use of police cars that were no longer being used, but still in good condition.

40 years ago from this past week - Dr. Jonas Salk announced the success of a polio vaccine. Last year, Weekend All Things Considered interviewed Mark O'Brien, one of the few remaining polio sufferers who is still dependent on an iron lung. O'Brien reads a poem called "Stir" that he wrote about the frustrations of being confined to this apparatus which makes life possible for him at all.

This past week the White House sponsored a conference on rade and investment in Ireland. British Secretary for Northern Ireland Sir atrick Mayhew and political leader for the Irish Republican Army Gerry Adams ttended hoping to reach agreement on a number of economic and political issues. iane Hansen speaks with Conor O'Clery, the Irish Times newspaper's Washington orrespondent, about the details of this past week's meeting.