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THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF OUR SEMI-REGULAR SERIAL RADIO CARTOON...JULIUS KNIPL(Keh-nipple): REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER. THIS WEEK'S EPISODE..."THE INK ERADICATOR."

This past Friday, the Senate Appropriations ommittee voted to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by forty ercent. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Washington Post reporter Jacqueline rescott about the steps that eventually lead to these final reduction ecisions.

NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI REPORTS FROM BELGRADE ON THE LATEST CROATIAN OFFENSIVE, YESTERDAY, AGAINST THE SERB-HELD REGION OF KRIYINA (cry-YEEN-ah).

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including United Nations official Alan Roberts commenting on the scalating situation in Croatia; a Hiroshima bombing survivor remembering the vents 50 years ago; Deputy Attorney General Phillip Heyman on the investigation nto the Clinton administration's involvement in the Whitewater affair; Thomas urphy, the CEO for Captial Cities, speaking about the acquisition of Captial ities/ABC last week by the Walt Disney Company; Michael Jordon, Chairman of the estinghouse Corporation, commenting on the merger of Westinghouse and CBS; epresentative Jack Fields (R-TX) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) ommenting on telecommunications legislation; Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich R-GA) on campaign reform; and President Bill Clinton commenting on Newt ingrich's failure to follow through on promises made when the two shook hands n New Hampshire last month.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with historian and author Sue Ellen oy about her new book, "Chasing Dirt - The Pursuit of Cleanliness." (Oxford niversity Press, May 1995) The book presents a sociological history of the merican public's obsession with being clean.

Daniel reads letters from listeners.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Hiroshima on the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. The city marked the occasion with a solemn ceremony. And protests against a French decision to resume nuclear testing also took place.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH AUTHORS ROBERT GOLDBERG, A TELEVISION CRITIC OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND GERALD JAY GOLDBERG, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH AND UCLA, A FATHER-SON TEAM, ABOUT THEIR NEW BOOK "CITIZEN TURNER: THE WILD RISE OF AN AMERICAN TYCOON" PUBLISHED BY HARCOURT BRACE & COMPANY...THE SAGA OF TED TURNER AND HIS RISE AS A MAJOR AMERICAN FIGURE.

One year ago, the nations of Jordan and Israel stablished peaceful relations after almost a half-century of war. Now, the two ountries have collaborated on sending aid to the citizens of Bosnia. Maureen eehan (MEE-han) reports on this joint humanitarian effort.

THIS MORNING, SHANNON FAULKNER IS SCHEDULED TO REPORT FOR CLASSES AT THE CITADEL. WE LISTEN TO PART OF AN INTERVIEW DONE LAST MONTH WHERE NPR'S LINDA WERTHEIMER ASKED SHANNON FAULKNER ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN ... AS LEADERS.