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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a proposal being considered by President Bill Clinton which would force government employees with access to classified information to submit their financial records for inspection. The measure is an effort to catch people such as Aldridge Ames who flaunted large sums of money while working for the CIA. Ames was a Russian spy who was being paid handsomely for the information he was passing on to Moscow.

Liane reads a few letters from our listeners.

NPR's Philip Davis reports that beginning this year, 27 states and the District of Columbia have been required, under the Federal Clean Air Act, to begin tougher automobile emissions testing. The rules would require motorists to have their cars tested at centralized test sites, as opposed to the local gas station, where much of the testing is now done. Most of the states involved are upset with the requirement, arguing they don't want to spend the money to build new tests sites. And motorists are angry, because of added inconvenience.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including the late folksinger/actor Burl Ives; Senator Bob Dole (R.-KS) nnouncing his bid for the Republican nomination for President; Representative obert Dornan (R.-CA) announcing his bid for the presidency; President Bill linton in his weekly radio address; and former U-S Secretary of Defense Robert cNamara admitting that U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was wrong.

Many of us are familiar with Marcia Clark, Robert Shapiro and udge Lance Ito at the O.J. Simpson trial. Newsweek magazine photographer Lester loan talks about a few of the peripheral characters who are making their mark utside the courtroom.

Mention the words 'performance artist' and people are likely to think of Laurie Anderson. Jim Metzner has a review of Anderson's latest work - this time on CD-Rom. The CD-Rom is "Puppet Motel" published by the Voyager Company.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Daniel reads letters from listeners.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with actor Peter Horton about his irst-time role behind the scenes rather than in front of the camera. Horton ecently directed THE CURE (Universal Pictures), a film that explores different erceptions and misconceptions of the deadly AIDS virus, experienced through he eyes of a young boy suffering with the disease. The movie will hit national heaters this weekend.

Thousands of people were killed by Rwandan soldiers or rampled in stampedes when refugees tried to escape a camp in southwestern wanda. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Ray Wilkenson of the United Nations, bout the details of the massacre.