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NPR's John Greenberg reports that beginning tomorrow, a Congressional subcommittee will open hearings on cutting the amount of money the federal government spends on subsidized housing.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Zagreb, Croatia on an xpected widening of the war in Bosnia. Rebel Serbs forces currently occupy bout a third of Croatian territory, and Croatia has threatened strong etaliation if the Serbs do not agree to peace negotiations.

Liane talks with Sporting News columnist Dave Kindred about the tate of major league basball as mid-season is marked by Tuesday's All-Star aseball game. Attendance figures at America's major league baseball parks is ff by 20 per cent in the wake of the player's strike.

Sophie Fisher reports on UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's all for an end to the harassment of UN peacekeepers in Bosnia. As the military ituation deteriorates, the UN leader is warning a UN withdrawal from the mbattled country might become necessary.

SUSAN SMITH WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF HER TWO YOUNG SONS LAST OCTOBER, AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 29 YEARS. FROM MEMBER STATION WFAE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SUZANNE STEVENS REPORTS.

BOOM - Songwriter Jimmy Keyes died this past week. He wrote and performed the classic rhythm and blues song SH-BOOM in the 1950's, when he was with a group called The Chords. The song was one of the first r and b standards to cross over into the main commercial market.

SIMON/MINCHKIN CATS: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH PAUL McSORELY, SECRETARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUNCHKIN CAT SOCIETY, A BREED OF CAT THAT SUGGESTS THE FELINE MODEL OF A DACHSHUND...THEIR LEGS ARE ABOUT HALF THE LENGTH OF A TRADITIONAL CAT.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH EMINENT VIOLINIST AND CONDUCTOR DMITRY SITKOVETSKY, WHOSE TRANSCRIPTION OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS - ARIA WITH 30 VARIATIONS," INITIALLY COMPOSED FOR THE HARPSICHORD, INTO A WORK FOR A STRING ORCHESTRA CAN BE HEARD ON THE NEW CD "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS," PERFORMED BY THE NEW EUROPEAN STRINGS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AVAILABLE ON NONESUCH RECORDS.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including South Korean President Kim Young Sam (through interpreter) nd President Bill Clinton at the dedication ceremony of the Korean War emorial; Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) on lifting he Bosnian Arms Embargo; former David Koresh-follower Clive Doyle, ATF agent im Cavanaugh, and former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell at the WACO earings; and South Carolina resident Judy McKinney and another unidentified usan Smith trial watcher reacting to the prison sentence, as well as David mith, Susan Smith's ex-husband.

LAWS - Danny discusses the future of Congressional efforts to revamp the nation's environment laws with Bob Benenson of Congressional Quarterly and Stephen Klineberg, Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Yesterday, 51 House Republicans broke ranks with the leadership to join democrats and kill proposals that would have curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's power to enforce the clean air and water acts.